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James "Jim" Jacks (December 29, 1947 – January 20, 2014 was an American film producer of several blockbuster films, and was also known for cultivating visionary independent film auteurs, having produced the first Hollywood films of Richard Linklater, Joel and Ethan Coen (the Coen Brothers), and Kevin Smith. Born December 29, 1947, Jacks grew up in a military family. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and from Cornell University with an MBA. He was working as a Wall Street financial analyst when he decided to be a screenwriter. Unsuccessful, he became head of production at Circle Films in the early- to mid-1980s and then senior vice-president of production at Universal Studios from the late-1980s into the early-1990s. In 1992, he became an independent producer with Alphaville Films, which he co-founded with Sean Daniel. He left Alphaville Films in 2004. The shrimp parmigiana at the Los Angeles restaurant Dan Tana's is named for him. Jacks died on January 20, 2014, of a heart attack at his Los Angeles home at the age of 66. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Jacks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
James Jacks
Producer
for Producer in Jon Favreau's John Carter of Mars
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Captain John Carter, a weary Confederate soldier, is mysteriously transported to Barsoom (Mars), where the planet's lower gravity grants him superhuman strength. Captured by the warlike, four-armed Tharks, he earns their respect—and the enmity of their cruel king, Tal Hajus. When a Helium airship crashes, Carter meets Dejah Thoris, the fierce princess of the besieged city of Helium, and learns his lost friend James Powell has become Sab Than, the genocidal Prince of Zodanga, who seeks to control the ancient Atmosphere Plant that sustains all life on Mars. As Helium falls and Powell threatens to destroy the planet by tampering with the Plant, Carter must ally with Tars Tarkas, unite the warring Thark tribes, and confront his former brother-in-arms in a battle that will determine the fate of Barsoom—and whether Carter can ever find his way home.
