Editing Martin Brest (section)

==Career==
Brest's major studio debut was ''[[Going in Style]]'' (1979), which starred [[George Burns]], [[Art Carney]], and [[Lee Strasberg]].<ref name="Canby">{{cite news |last1=Canby |first1=Vincent |author-link1=Vincent Canby |title=Movie: 3 Widowers Try 'Going in Style' |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/25/archives/movie-3-widowers-try-going-in-style.html |access-date=October 8, 2018 |date=December 25, 1979 |language=en}}</ref> Brest was then hired to direct ''[[WarGames]]'' (1983), which starred [[Matthew Broderick]], but he was fired three weeks into production amid conflicts with the film's executive producer, and replaced with [[John Badham]].<ref name = Gilchrist/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2008/07/ff-wargames/|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|author=Brown, Scott|date=July 21, 2008|title=WarGames: A Look Back at the Film That Turned Geeks and Phreaks Into Stars}}</ref>

The dismissal from ''WarGames'' left Brest highly pessimistic about his career, until he was recruited by [[Don Simpson]] and [[Jerry Bruckheimer]] to direct ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]'' (1984), starring [[Eddie Murphy]].<ref name = Gilchrist/><ref>{{cite web|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/beverly-hills-cop-1984-review-952752|title='Beverly Hills Cop': THR's 1984 Review|date=December 5, 2016|author=THR Staff}}</ref> The film grossed over $300 million worldwide<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|title=Beverly Hills Cop|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beverlyhillscop.htm}}</ref> and received Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) and for Best Actor (Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Eddie Murphy), as well as an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]. In 2024 it became the second of Brest's films to be chosen by the [[National Film Registry]] of the Library of Congress to "be preserved as cultural, artistic and/or historical treasures."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The Washington Post - Breaking news and latest headlines, U.S. news, world news, and video |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=The Washington Post |language=en}}</ref>

Brest was then in pre-production for ''[[Rain Man]]'' (1988), when he cast [[Tom Cruise]] for the role opposite [[Dustin Hoffman]], before [[Barry Levinson]] eventually directed the film.<ref>{{cite web|last=Breihan|first=Tom|title=Rain Man's movie-star chemistry holds up better than its depiction of autism|website=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=June 12, 2020|url=https://www.avclub.com/rain-man-s-movie-star-chemistry-holds-up-better-than-it-1843905089/amp|accessdate=June 19, 2022}}</ref>

Brest's next film was the action-comedy ''[[Midnight Run]]'' (1988), starring [[Robert De Niro]] and [[Charles Grodin]].<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=REVIEW/FILM; DE NIRO AND GRODIN IN CROSS-COUNTRY CHASE|author-link=Vincent Canby|author=Canby, Vincent|date=July 20, 1988|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/20/movies/review-film-de-niro-and-grodin-in-cross-country-chase.html}}</ref> The film was another critical and commercial success, earning Brest another [[Golden Globe Award]] nomination for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy]] as well as a Best Actor Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy nomination for De Niro.

His work on ''[[Scent of a Woman (1992 film)|Scent of a Woman]]'' (1992) earned him a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama]]. The film also won Golden Globes for [[Al Pacino]] and screenwriter [[Bo Goldman]], as well as a Best Supporting Actor nomination for [[Chris O'Donnell]]. In addition, the film received four Academy Award nominations: [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay (Adapted)]], with Al Pacino winning [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]].<ref name=THR>{{cite web|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/scent-a-woman-1059207|title=The Cast of 'Scent of a Woman,' Then and Now|date=December 23, 2017|last=Idasetima|first=Courtney}}</ref>

Brest's next film, ''[[Meet Joe Black]]'' (1998), starring [[Brad Pitt]] and [[Anthony Hopkins]], was a loose remake of 1934's ''[[Death Takes a Holiday]]''.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/13/movies/film-review-when-death-comes-to-call-serve-peanut-butter.html|title=FILM REVIEW; When Death Comes to Call, Serve Peanut Butter|author-link=Janet Maslin|last=Maslin|first=Janet|date=November 13, 1998}}</ref> The film had an American box-office return of $44.6 million, taking in an additional $98.3 million overseas for a worldwide total of $142.9 million.<ref name=B>{{cite web|publisher=Box Office Mojo|title=Meet Joe Black|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=meetjoeblack.htm}}</ref>

Brest wrote and directed ''[[Gigli]]'' (2003), starring [[Ben Affleck]] and [[Jennifer Lopez]].<ref name=PB>{{cite web|work=[[Playboy]]|url=http://www.playboy.com/articles/what-happened-to-director-martin-brest|title=MARTIN BREST DIRECTED BEVERLY HILLS COP, MIDNIGHT RUN AND, YES, GIGLI. THEN HE VANISHED. WHY?|last=Patches|first=Matt|date=December 19, 2014|archive-date=December 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222232939/http://www.playboy.com/articles/what-happened-to-director-martin-brest}}</ref> During filming, production company [[Revolution Studios]] took creative control from him, resulting in a radically re-written and re-shot version of the original film being released.<ref name = PB/> That version became one of the more notorious films of its time, being widely panned by critics. A 2014 article in ''Playboy'' observed that in the then-eleven years since ''Gigli''{{'}}s release, Brest "went Full [[J. D. Salinger|Salinger]]", appearing to have left the entertainment industry completely, without any further credits or major public appearances to his name.<ref name = PB/> However, in 2021, he appeared as a featured guest at a screening of ''Beverly Hills Cop'' and ''Midnight Run'' in Los Angeles, where he was interviewed by fellow filmmaker [[Paul Thomas Anderson]].<ref>{{cite news|url = https://moveablefest.com/martin-brest-paul-thomas-anderson-midnight-run/|title = "Every Day Was Like, 'How Do We Pull This Off?'" Martin Brest on "Midnight Run"|date = July 26, 2021|accessdate = September 15, 2021|last = Saito|first = Stephen|work = Moveable Feast}}</ref> Two years later, he gave an interview to ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' in which he reflected:
{{blockquote|Once [''Gigli''] happened, I thought I'll never be invited back [to make more films]. Second, I would never be able to operate with the kind of control that a director, I feel, needs and deserves. So that felt like a clear signal it was time for me to back away.

I had a good run, and I enjoyed success and freedom, and that was fantastic. I would've liked it to go on longer, but everybody likes everything to go on longer.<ref name = Gilchrist/> }}

Brest has received the American Film Institute's [[Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award]], which "celebrates the recipient's extraordinary creative talents and artistic achievements."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://conservatory.afi.com/franklin-j-schaffner-award/ | title=Franklin J. Schaffner Award }}</ref>

His essays about art and artists have appeared in various books.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wendy M. ; Siedell Daniel A. Brest |first=Martin; Blazier |title=An Unfinished Conversation: Collecting Entique Martinez Celaya |date=2009-01-01 |publisher=Boca Raton Museum of Art |isbn=978-0-936859-80-4 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tom Chamberlain: Regardless |url=https://drawingroom.org.uk/product/tom-chamberlain-regardless/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Drawing Room |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Text Book Tamy BenTor Miki Carmi |url=https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781735230924/text-book-tamy-bentor--miki-carmi.aspx |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=www.spdbooks.org}}</ref>