New Yorker James Foley started in the Biz with Reckless, a rom com, in 1984. Sean Penn takes him to direct At Close Range in 1986. Great noir drama, featuring a magistral Chris Walken part. Penn, then Madonna's husband, tintroduces him to the music diva. He directs music videos for her, then he directs Madonna in Who's That Girl, a catastrophy.
Then Foley does another film noir, based on the book by Jim Thompson, After Dark, My Sweet in 1990, one of his best flicks.
Then in 1992 came the adaptation of David Mamet's play, Glengarry Glen Ross, with a superb cast of actors, from Al Pacino to Alec Baldwin, Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey and Jonathan Pryce, as an all male ruthless salesmen in an existential piece. Unebeliavable, the film was nominated for only One (!) Academy Award.
Pacino gave him his next project, Two Bits, in 1995.
Next on, Fear and The Chamber, with Gene Hackman, after John Grisham's novel, both in 1996.
And Confidence, a flawed con men movie in 2003.
Then nothing much, routine thrillers, a lot of TV. Like he lost his enthusiasm for good projects.
James Foley died on May 8th, 2025. He was 71. RIP.
Obit in Variety here.
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