{"id":776,"date":"2012-10-23T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T17:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2012\/10\/23\/sam-raimi-turns-53\/"},"modified":"2012-10-23T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T17:24:00","slug":"sam-raimi-turns-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2012\/10\/23\/sam-raimi-turns-53\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Raimi turns 53"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-M5YKreg1Y_c\/UIbSvpFXW8I\/AAAAAAAAALA\/xUFbC23AfIw\/s1600\/samraimi04.jpg\" style=\"clear: right;float: right;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-left: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-M5YKreg1Y_c\/UIbSvpFXW8I\/AAAAAAAAALA\/xUFbC23AfIw\/s320\/samraimi04.jpg\" width=\"243\" \/><\/a>Self-made director-writer-producer Sam Raimi turns 53 today. Raimi has led a storied and versatile career, starting with the breakout success of low-budget horror movie <i>The Evil Dead<\/i>. Over the course of three decades, Raimi has collaborated with the Coen brothers, produced hit television shows, and helmed the <i>Spider-Man<\/i> film franchise. On top of directing major Hollywood tentpole titles, he now regularly returns to his roots and produces and funds small horror movies.<\/p>\n<p>Who knows what next turn Raimi&#8217;s career will take, but his filmography is diverse and exciting. Especially given the seasonal focus on horror movies, it&#8217;s worth taking time to look back at some of Raimi&#8217;s biggest films.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0219699\/\">The Gift<\/a> &#8211; HU DVD 897 <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0110074\/\">The Hudsucker Proxy<\/a> &#8211; HU DVD 1054<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0145487\/\">Spider-Man<\/a> &#8211; HU DVD 7121<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0316654\/\">Spider-Man 2<\/a> &#8211; HU DVD 7122<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0413300\/\">Spider-Man 3<\/a> &#8211; HU DVD 7123<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0391198\/\">The Grudge<\/a> &#8211; HU DVD 7779 <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0083907\/\">Evil Dead<\/a> &#8211; HU DVD 8141<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0092991\/\">Evil Dead II<\/a> &#8211; HU DVD 8142<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1127180\/\">Drag Me to Hell<\/a> &#8211; HU DVD 10122\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-made director-writer-producer Sam Raimi turns 53 today. Raimi has led a storied and versatile career, starting with the breakout success of low-budget horror movie The Evil Dead. Over the course of three decades, Raimi has collaborated with the Coen brothers, produced hit television shows, and helmed the Spider-Man film franchise. On top of directing major [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[290,355],"class_list":["post-776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-related-movies","tag-timely-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}