Screenplay: Martyn Burke

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Martyn Burke. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Top Secret!

1984 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Jim Abrahams · David Zucker · Jerry Zucker

Cast Val Kilmer · Lucy Gutteridge · Omar Sharif · Christopher Villiers

Plot Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker--of AIRPLANE! and NAKED GUN fame--wrote and directed this genre-hopping slapstick juggernaut which lampoons World War II spy films and Elvis movies, making many other satirical stops...

7.1

33K votes

7.1

33K votes

Pirates of Silicon Valley (TV)

1999 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Martyn Burke

Cast Noah Wyle · Anthony Michael Hall · Joey Slotnick · John DiMaggio

Plot Biographical look at the men who founded Apple and Microsoft and a look at the early days of the companies. Noah Wyle and Joey Slotnick portray Apple founders Steve Job...

6.2

6K votes

6.2

6K votes

The Pentagon Wars (TV)

1998 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Richard Benjamin

Cast Kelsey Grammer · Cary Elwes · Viola Davis · John C. McGinley

Plot Air Force Lt. Col. John Burton was assigned to evaluate the usefulness of the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle, an Army troop carrier/scout vehicle that, in its final redesign, was effectively...

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6.0

105 votes

6.0

105 votes

The Second Civil War (TV)

1997 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Joe Dante

Cast Beau Bridges · Joanna Cassidy · Phil Hartman · James Earl Jones

Plot A simple immigration issue spins wildly out of control for those involved, ranging from the President of the United States, to a news producer.

5.9

106 votes

5.9

106 votes

Animal Farm

1999 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction John Stephenson

Cast Pete Postlethwaite · Alan Stanford · Caroline Gray · Gail Fitzpatrick

Plot A direct allegory to the rise of Stalinist Russia, this film combines Orwells parable with animatronics and voice characterizations by popular actors. Following a speech made by a venerable pig...

5.7

3K votes

5.7

3K votes

Power Play

1978 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Martyn Burke

Cast Peter O'Toole · Donald Pleasence · David Hemmings · Eugene Amodeo

Plot A group of military officers, angered and frustrated by the corruption and repression of the current government, finally decide that for the good of the country they must overthrow the...

5.4

52 votes

5.4

52 votes

The Clown Murders

1976 · Movie · 92 min. · Canada

Direction Martyn Burke

Cast John Candy · Stephen Young · Susan Keller · Lawrence Dane

Plot Four men kidnap an old girlfriend on Halloween night as a joke to ruin a real estate deal, only to have a very real clown-masked killer stalk them seeking revenge.

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Sugartime (TV)

1995 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

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The Last Chase

1981 · Movie · 101 min. · Canada

Direction Martyn Burke

Cast Lee Majors · Burgess Meredith · Chris Makepeace · Alexandra Stewart

Plot In a future United States, the only transport available to an individual is public transportation. Predicated on an assertion that "the oil has run out", an increasingly totalitarian central government...

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Witnesses: The Untold War in Afghanistan

1988 · Documentary · 90 min. · Canada

Direction Martyn Burke

Cast Martyn Burke

Plot The film is a portrait of the Soviet–Afghan War of the 1980s, as told through the testimonies of various people who had been on the ground as first-hand witnesses to...

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