Peter Yates
3 titles · american genre
Yates could make a chase or a character study with equal ease. The Friends of Eddie Coyle follows a small-time Boston hood trading information to stay out of jail. In Breaking Away, four friends just out of high school in an Indiana college town square off with the students. Krull is a sword-and-sorcery fantasy with a prince who must rescue his bride.
Signature
- Crime realism on real streets (The Friends of Eddie Coyle).
- Small-town coming of age (Breaking Away).
- Fantasy spectacle (Krull).
- Understated, observational performances.
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