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...
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
Direction John N. Smith
Cast John Turturro · Mary-Louise Parker · Elias Koteas · Maury Chaykin
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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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