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Directors in a Tom Movie

posted 9 years ago by AlexStuntman
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So with the announcement of Jack Reacher 2 this week helmed by Last Samurai's director Edward Zwick, I thought it would be interesting to round up all of Tom's movies with the same director and round up his other notable directors.

Francis Ford Coppola - The Outsiders (1983)
Ridley Scott - Legend (1986)
Tony Scott - Top Gun (1986), Days of Thunder (1990)
Martin Scorsese - The Color of Money (1986)
Barry Levinson - Rain Man (1988)
Oliver Stone - Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Ron Howard - Far and Away (1992)
Brian De Palma - Mission: Impossible (1996)
Cameron Crowe - Jerry Maguire (1996), Vanilla Sky (2001)
Stanley Kubrick - Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Steven Spielberg - Minority Report (2002), War of the Worlds (2005)
Edward Zwick - The Last Samurai (2003), Jack Reacher 2 (2016)
Michael Mann - Collateral (2004)
J.J. Abrams - Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Robert Redford - Lions for Lambs (2007)
Christopher McQuarrie - Jack Reacher (2012), M:I-RN (2015)
Doug Liman - Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Mena (2017)

Wow, that's a pretty impressive list. The question is also, when will Tom work with a director for the third time.

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[–] Yorick_Brown 9 years ago

The question is also, when will Tom work with a director for the third time.

Maybe Doug Liman if he courts him to direct M:I-6.

I don't think another collaboration with Cameron Crowe is entirely out of the question. (Cruise did produce one of Crowe's movies before, which made for a third collaboartion but not in the director-star kind you want).

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[–] juacas 9 years ago

You should add those movies where he has supporting roles

[–] sinbad8982 9 years ago

P.T Anderson Magnolia is a significant one too.

[–] YonduUdonta 9 years ago

Cruise wants to do Luna Park and Edge Of Tomorrow sequel with Liman. And since they are buddies now, it's possible that he could direct next or the future Mission Impossible. It's also very likely that he will work again with Christopher McQuarrie.

[–] jpmkam-1 9 years ago

Bodies? LOL

[–] YonduUdonta 9 years ago

My bad, sorry.Corrected.

[–] robobalboa 9 years ago

I was thinking about this the other day and the director's list is pretty intense. I haven't done the research, but how many people have worked with Kubrick and Scorsese?

He just needs to do a Fincher and a Tarantino and he'd have basically worked with every influential director of the last thirty years.

BTW I know a lot of people don't like Tarantino, but having Cruise do a Len Grossman in a Tarantino movie would be worth ticket price alone.

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[–] bhang-812-928667 8 years ago

I was thinking about this the other day and the director's list is pretty intense. I haven't done the research, but how many people have worked with Kubrick and Scorsese?

Jack Nicholson worked with both directors. Nevertheless, I guess I know what you mean. Intense list of directors, indeed. And Sydney Pollack belongs to the OT's list, too.

Other directors he should work with: Eastwood, Allen, Anderson (Wes, that is), Coppola (Sofia), Payne, Lynch, Jarmusch, Inarritu, Villeneuve, Refn... Would be cool, if he, from time to time, continues the "Magnolia"-indie-kinda path.

[–] MeMyself_I 8 years ago

Inarritu, Fincher, Tarantino, and Del Toro remain on my wishlist. He needs to make some phone calls.

[–] Bridrowski8 8 years ago

Mission Impossible 6 is confirmed to be directed by Christopher McQuarrie, so that is number 3 between Cruise and him.

Impressive list nonetheless.

Creed 9/10
The Big Short 8/10
Hateful Eight 8.5/10

[–] MrBass 8 years ago

Doug Liman is also attached to Luna Park.

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[–] Brendina94 8 years ago

Sydney Pollack, Brad Bird, Rob Reiner, and John Woo are pretty big too. Maybe count Neil Jordan.