Carl Gottlieb

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Carl Gottlieb (born March 18, 1938) is an American screenwriter, actor, comedian and executive. He is probably best known for co-writing the screenplay for Jaws, as well as directing the 1981 low-budget cult film Caveman. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Gottlieb, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

Acclaimed director John Landis (Animal House, The Blues Brothers) presents this madcap send-up of late night TV, low-budget sci-fi films and canned-laughter-filled sitcoms packed with off-the-wall sketches that will have you in stitches. Centered around a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Landis  •  Peter Horton  •  Joe Dante  •  Carl Gottlieb  •  Robert K. Weiss
CAST:  Arsenio Hall  •  Monique Gabrielle  •  Debby Davison  •  Rob Krausz

Acclaimed director John Landis (Animal House, The Blues Brothers) presents this madcap send-up of late night TV, low-budget sci-fi films and canned-laughter-filled sitcoms packed with off-the-wall sketches that will have you in stitches. Centered around a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Landis  •  Peter Horton  •  Joe Dante  •  Carl Gottlieb  •  Robert K. Weiss
CAST:  Arsenio Hall  •  Monique Gabrielle  •  Debby Davison  •  Rob Krausz

Clueless (1995)

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Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amy Heckerling
CAST:  Alicia Silverstone  •  Stacey Dash  •  Brittany Murphy  •  Paul Rudd

Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amy Heckerling
CAST:  Alicia Silverstone  •  Stacey Dash  •  Brittany Murphy  •  Paul Rudd

Into the Night (1985)

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Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Landis
CAST:  Jeff Goldblum  •  Michelle Pfeiffer  •  Carmen Argenziano  •  Stacey Pickren

Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Landis
CAST:  Jeff Goldblum  •  Michelle Pfeiffer  •  Carmen Argenziano  •  Stacey Pickren

Jaws (1975)

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When an insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, the police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the blood-thirsty beast.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Spielberg
CAST:  Roy Scheider  •  Robert Shaw  •  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Lorraine Gary

When an insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, the police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the blood-thirsty beast.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Spielberg
CAST:  Roy Scheider  •  Robert Shaw  •  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Lorraine Gary

M*A*S*H (1970)

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Altman
CAST:  Donald Sutherland  •  Elliott Gould  •  Tom Skerritt  •  Sally Kellerman

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Altman
CAST:  Donald Sutherland  •  Elliott Gould  •  Tom Skerritt  •  Sally Kellerman

The Jerk (1979)

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After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes him from rags to riches and back to rags again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Reiner
CAST:  Steve Martin  •  Bernadette Peters  •  Catlin Adams  •  Mabel King

After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes him from rags to riches and back to rags again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Reiner
CAST:  Steve Martin  •  Bernadette Peters  •  Catlin Adams  •  Mabel King

The Long Goodbye (1973)

In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Altman
CAST:  Elliott Gould  •  Nina van Pallandt  •  Sterling Hayden  •  Mark Rydell

In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Altman
CAST:  Elliott Gould  •  Nina van Pallandt  •  Sterling Hayden  •  Mark Rydell

Up the Sandbox (1972)

A young wife and mother, bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mother breaking into the apartment, an explorer's demonstration of tribal fertility music at a party causing strange ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irvin Kershner
CAST:  Barbra Streisand  •  David Selby  •  Ariane Heller  •  Jacobo Morales

A young wife and mother, bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mother breaking into the apartment, an explorer's demonstration of tribal fertility music at a party causing strange ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irvin Kershner
CAST:  Barbra Streisand  •  David Selby  •  Ariane Heller  •  Jacobo Morales

The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977)

Bernie Cates requests the services of the most absent-minded waiter he's ever seen, who pours water before setting the glasses, endlessly repeats questions, brings wrong orders, and ruins everything- but the bill.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Gottlieb
CAST:  Steve Martin  •  Teri Garr  •  Buck Henry  •  Naomi Stevens

Bernie Cates requests the services of the most absent-minded waiter he's ever seen, who pours water before setting the glasses, endlessly repeats questions, brings wrong orders, and ruins everything- but the bill.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Gottlieb
CAST:  Steve Martin  •  Teri Garr  •  Buck Henry  •  Naomi Stevens

Caveman (1981)

In this comedy, Atouk becomes leader of the misfit cavemen. Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Gottlieb
CAST:  Ringo Starr  •  Dennis Quaid  •  Shelley Long  •  Jack Gilford

In this comedy, Atouk becomes leader of the misfit cavemen. Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Gottlieb
CAST:  Ringo Starr  •  Dennis Quaid  •  Shelley Long  •  Jack Gilford

Cannonball (1976)

Coy "Cannonball" Buckman (David Carradine) and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, Buckman jockeys with an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Bartel
CAST:  David Carradine  •  Bill McKinney  •  Veronica Hamel  •  Gerrit Graham

Coy "Cannonball" Buckman (David Carradine) and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, Buckman jockeys with an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Bartel
CAST:  David Carradine  •  Bill McKinney  •  Veronica Hamel  •  Gerrit Graham

Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013)

A look at the life and work of legendary film producer Richard D. Zanuck.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Bouzereau
CAST:  Steven Spielberg  •  Lawrence Gordon  •  Richard D. Zanuck  •  Clint Eastwood

A look at the life and work of legendary film producer Richard D. Zanuck.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Bouzereau
CAST:  Steven Spielberg  •  Lawrence Gordon  •  Richard D. Zanuck  •  Clint Eastwood

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)

A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenneth Bowser
CAST:  Dennis Hopper  •  Peter Bogdanovich  •  William H. Macy  •  Tony Bill

A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenneth Bowser
CAST:  Dennis Hopper  •  Peter Bogdanovich  •  William H. Macy  •  Tony Bill

Something Evil (1972)

A young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants to take possession of the wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Spielberg
CAST:  Sandy Dennis  •  Darren McGavin  •  Ralph Bellamy  •  Jeff Corey

A young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants to take possession of the wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Spielberg
CAST:  Sandy Dennis  •  Darren McGavin  •  Ralph Bellamy  •  Jeff Corey

The Sting II (1983)

Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of Veronica, a new grifter. They convince this new victim that Hooker is a somewhat dull boxer who is tired of taking dives for Gondorf. There is a ringer. Lonigan, their victim ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Kagan
CAST:  Jackie Gleason  •  Mac Davis  •  Teri Garr  •  Karl Malden

Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of Veronica, a new grifter. They convince this new victim that Hooker is a somewhat dull boxer who is tired of taking dives for Gondorf. There is a ringer. Lonigan, their victim ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Kagan
CAST:  Jackie Gleason  •  Mac Davis  •  Teri Garr  •  Karl Malden

The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of 'Jaws' (2009)

After three decades, Jaws continues to intrigue, thrill and frighten viewers. This documentary focuses on the many ways in which Jaws has helped to shape popular culture.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erik Hollander
CAST:  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Carl Gottlieb  •  Gregory Nicotero  •  Robert Rodriguez

After three decades, Jaws continues to intrigue, thrill and frighten viewers. This documentary focuses on the many ways in which Jaws has helped to shape popular culture.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erik Hollander
CAST:  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Carl Gottlieb  •  Gregory Nicotero  •  Robert Rodriguez

Steve Martin: Homage to Steve (1984)

This video contains three segments: First, the Oscar-nominated short The absent-minded waiter (1977), then a fake interview with Steve Martin about his art (comedians-segment) and finally a full live performance from September 28, 1979, at the Universal Ampitheater  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Martin  •  Carl Gottlieb  •  Gary Weis
CAST:  Teri Garr  •  Buck Henry  •  Paul Simon  •  David Letterman

This video contains three segments: First, the Oscar-nominated short The absent-minded waiter (1977), then a fake interview with Steve Martin about his art (comedians-segment) and finally a full live performance from September 28, 1979, at the Universal Ampitheater  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Martin  •  Carl Gottlieb  •  Gary Weis
CAST:  Teri Garr  •  Buck Henry  •  Paul Simon  •  David Letterman

Partners in Life (1990)

During the Great Depression, a bumbling duo travels the country looking for employment. But they wind up getting into trouble every chance they get.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Gottlieb
CAST:  Joe Guzaldo  •  Kevin Pollak  •  Rob Reiner  •  Jennifer Jason Leigh

During the Great Depression, a bumbling duo travels the country looking for employment. But they wind up getting into trouble every chance they get.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Gottlieb
CAST:  Joe Guzaldo  •  Kevin Pollak  •  Rob Reiner  •  Jennifer Jason Leigh

The Making of 'Jaws' (1995)

A documentary on the making of one of the greatest films ever made, filled with trivia, interviews from cast and crew and never-before-seen footage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Bouzereau
CAST:  Steven Spielberg  •  Roy Scheider  •  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Lorraine Gary

A documentary on the making of one of the greatest films ever made, filled with trivia, interviews from cast and crew and never-before-seen footage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Bouzereau
CAST:  Steven Spielberg  •  Roy Scheider  •  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Lorraine Gary

The Making of Jaws 2 (2001)

A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this sequel to the now-classic horror movie that had viewers too scared to go into the water. Includes interviews with the writer, director, and other members of the creative staff who relate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Bouzereau
CAST:  David Brown  •  Richard D. Zanuck  •  Jeannot Szwarc  •  Carl Gottlieb

A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this sequel to the now-classic horror movie that had viewers too scared to go into the water. Includes interviews with the writer, director, and other members of the creative staff who relate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Bouzereau
CAST:  David Brown  •  Richard D. Zanuck  •  Jeannot Szwarc  •  Carl Gottlieb
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