Lawrence Lasker (Writing)
Little is known about Lawrence Lasker, a figure with a modest footprint in Writing. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.
Works
The Other Side of the Wind
Surrounded by fans and sceptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 but never completed during Welles's lifetime.
Release Date:2018-11-02
Character:Party Guest
Vote Count:216
WarGames: The Dead Code
Computer hacker Will Farmer engages a government super-computer named Ripley in an online terrorist-attack simulation game. Little does Farmer know that Ripley has been designed to appeal to potential terrorists, and certain software glitches have in turn made him become paranoid.
Release Date:2008-07-29
Department:Writing
Job:Characters
Vote Count:129
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of ‘Sneakers’ (1992).
Release Date:2003-06-03
Character:Self
Sneakers
When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.
Release Date:1992-09-09
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:922
Eddie Dodd
Release Date:1991-03-12
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:6
Awakenings
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.
Release Date:1990-12-04
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:2580
True Believer
Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic prodding, Eddie reluctantly takes on a case of a young Korean man who, according to his mother, has been in jail for eight years for a murder he didn't commit.
Release Date:1989-02-17
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:109
Project X
A young inductee into the military is given the task of looking after some chimpanzees used in the mysterious 'Project X'. Getting to know the chimps fairly well, he begins to suspect there is more to the secret project than he is being told.
Release Date:1987-04-17
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:262
WarGames
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
Release Date:1983-06-03
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:1926