James Bridges: Quick Facts

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Born	February 3, 1936 • Arkansas
Died	June 6, 1993 (aged 57) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors	Edgar Award (1966)
Notable Works	“9/30/55” • “Bright Lights, Big City” • “Mike’s Murder” • “Perfect” • “The Baby Maker” • “The China Syndrome” • “The Paper Chase” • “Urban Cowboy” • “White Hunter, Black Heart”

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Lobby card for The China Syndrome (1979) showing Jack Lemmon speaking into a microphone held by Jane Fonda, with Michael Douglas standing between them and a film camera behind.

John Travolta, wearing a black cowboy hat and blue shirt, leans against a bar holding a beer bottle in a scene from the film Urban Cowboy.

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