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Jay Cocks

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Was present the day George Lucas began writing the first draft of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Although he does not remember it, everyone present that day claims he came up with the infamous line "In a galaxy far, far away..." when Lucas asked how he should begin the script. See more trivia »

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John C. Cocks Jr.
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2013 Silence (screenplay) (pre-production)
 
2004 De-Lovely (written by)
 
2002 Gangs of New York (screenplay / story)
 
1996 The 68th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (special material)
 
1995 Strange Days (screenplay)
 
1993 The Age of Innocence (screenplay)
 
1990 Made in Milan (documentary short)
 
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2007 Turn the River (very special thanks)
 
2005 American Masters (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) (special thanks)
 
2002 A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
1973 Mean Streets (special thanks)
 
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2008 A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry (video documentary short)
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2008 The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 The Business End: Violence in Cinema (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 The Craft of Dirty Harry (video documentary short)
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2007 Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil (video documentary short)
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2007 Great Bolshy Yarblockos! Making 'A Clockwork Orange' (video documentary short)
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2007 Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (video documentary short)
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1992 Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' (TV documentary)
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1990 American Masters (TV series documentary)
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– Martin Scorsese Directs (1990) … Himself
 
1989 Wunderbare Visionen auf dem Weg zur Hölle - Das Kino und die Kämpfe des Martin Scorsese (TV documentary)
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1970 Street Scenes (documentary)
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Was present the day George Lucas began writing the first draft of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Although he does not remember it, everyone present that day claims he came up with the infamous line "In a galaxy far, far away..." when Lucas asked how he should begin the script. See more »

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