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Which country does the airline Gulf Air come from? | Which Is The Safest Airline In The Middle East? Which Is The Safest Airline In The Middle East? {{article.article.images.featured.caption}} Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Full Bio The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. Loading ... This story appears in the {{article.article.magazine.pretty_date}} issue of {{article.article.magazine.pubName}}. Subscribe Threat Of Anti-Chinese Riots Grows In An Angry Indonesia Planes from Emirates Airline (left) and Iraqi Airlines on the tarmac at Rafik Hariri International airport in Beirut, on November 21, 2015. (Photo: ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images) In the wake of the EgyptAir crash on May 19, the safety record of Middle East airlines is again under scrutiny. So if you’re flying in the region, which carrier might give you the greatest peace of mind? EgyptAir is probably not the answer. It has one of the worst fatality records among Middle East airlines. Some 502 people have lost their lives on board its planes in 11 separate fatal incidents, according to the Aviation Safety Network (ASN). That isn’t the highest figure though. Some 549 people have died on Iran Air planes and 645 have died on Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) flights. These are absolute numbers, of course, and don’t take into account the number of flights or the number of passengers carried. Overall, there have been 93 fatal accidents involving major Middle East carriers, with a total death toll of 4,692, according to the ASN. 14 images The high death toll for some airlines is often due to a small number of horrific incidents. In 1988, for example, an Iran Air Airbus A300 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile fired by the US Navy’s cruiser, the USS Vincennes. All 290 passengers and crew were killed. An even more deadly accident happened in November 1996, when a Saudia Boeing 747 that had just taken off from New Delhi airport collided in mid-air with a Kazakhstan Airlines cargo jet. All 312 passengers and crew on board the Saudia flight were killed, as were the 37 people on the Kazakh plane. Other airlines which have suffered high tolls include Royal Jordanian (464 deaths), Libyan Airlines (324), Air Algeria (309) and Bahrain’s Gulf Air (255). On the other hand, some airlines have never suffered a fatality, including Emirates, Etihad, Qatar Airways and Tunisair. Of course, the past is not necessarily a good indicator of where things might go wrong in the future. Training, maintenance and security standards continue to improve in most countries, which lessens the chance of accidents happening. But the political turmoil in the region does increase the risk of terrorism and the authorities have not always been equal to the challenge. In October 2015, a MetroJet plane was blown up soon after it left Sharm el-Sheikh airport in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Some international airlines have avoided the airport ever since. So which airline is the safest? The AirlineRatings site grades carriers on a seven-star scale, with seven being the safest. Those with the top score include two of the three big Gulf carriers, Emirates and Etihad. Others such as Kuwait Airways, Saudia, Jazeera Airways, and Air Arabia also score the full seven stars, as does Israeli flag carrier El Al. |
What is Alistair Cooke's real first name? | Leader: Cooke's compliments | Media | The Guardian Cooke's compliments Thursday 1 April 2004 01.17 EST First published on Thursday 1 April 2004 01.17 EST Share on Messenger Close It was at the prompting of friends, revealed Nick Clarke in our obituary columns yesterday, that the then Alfred Cooke changed his name to the "more artistic" Alistair in 1930. But could there have been something other than artistic impression involved in this rebranding? It seems possible. For our late and revered Guardian colleague was not the first or last of that ilk to feel the need for a new first name. The soul singer Sam Cooke, for instance, once favoured the name Dale rather than Sam, and was born without the "e" that he later added to his surname. The future foreign secretary was born Robert Cook, but has long preferred to be known as Robin. And Gloucestershire's legendary slow left-arm bowler, so celebrated in the writings of Frank Keating, may have been known to all as Sam Cook from Tetbury; his real name, however, was Cecil. So what is it about all these Cooks (or all those Cookes) that makes them yearn for this tweak of identity? Beryl, Roger, Charlie and Thomas Cook may all have found their fame and fortune with the name. But even the greatest Cook of them all has gone down in history as plain Captain rather than James Cook. The immortal Peter, meanwhile, sometimes seemed more at ease as one of his many aliases, such as EL Wisty, Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling or even the mournful Norwegian fisherman Sven. Would that incomparable prose have been any less celebrated for being delivered by Alfred Cooke? Would Robert Cook have climbed the Labour party's greasy pole any less successfully? And would Cecil Cook have gained more than that solitary test cap (at Trent Bridge against South Africa in 1947) or have returned better match figures than 0-127? All are unlikely. Cooks should, we feel, be more confident. All that can be said with any certainty is that only in the kitchen can there ever be too many of them. |
How is seriously rich Percy Miller better known? | stumbleupon More StatsView More About Master P American rapper, entertainer, investor and entrepreneur, Percy Robert “Master P” Miller, has an estimated net worth of $350 million. Percy Miller, best known in the hip hop world as Master P is the president-CEO , founder of No Limit Records, also the founder of P. Miller Enterprises, an entertainment and financial conglomerate and Better Black Television.Like Jay-z, Master P got superb business skills, he built a well diversified empire that includes several rap labels, a clothing line, a management company, a high end travel agency, a film production company, a video game company and even a phone sex line.His most notable and likely most successful endeavor was his No Limit record company which pioneered the Southern Rap sound. Once a top company, housing the likes of Mystikal, Silk the Shocker and even Snoop Dogg at one point, the label has since fallen on hard times. Numerous lawsuits forced P to shut the label down and file for bankruptcy in 2003, but it appears as if No Limit is looking to bounce back, announcing a relaunch in 2011, helmed by Master P’s oldest son, Romeo. The young rapper revealed to the Boombox that he has been working on his solo project as well as cultivating new talent for the label. Miller’s financial status has been brought to light as the rapper and his ex-wife are engaged in a heated battle over child support. The millionaire mogul, whose net worth was once estimated at $600 million, has only been ordered to pay $271 a month in child support for each of his four minor children. Master P with son,Rapper Romeo Miller and daughter, singer Cymphonique Miller and father rapperattend the 10th Annual BMI Urban Awards at the Pantages Theatre on September 10, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. Earnings & Financial Data The below financial data is gathered and compiled by TheRichest analysts team to give you a better understanding of Master P's net worth by breaking down the most relevant financial events such as yearly salaries, contracts, earn outs, endorsements, stock ownership and much more. ? |
How old was Laurel and Hardy producer Hal Roach when he died in 1992? | Jay Leno chats to 100 year old Laurel & Hardy Producer Hal Roach - 1992 - YouTube Jay Leno chats to 100 year old Laurel & Hardy Producer Hal Roach - 1992 Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jun 24, 2014 http://twitter.com/stan_and_ollie . Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. (January 14, 1892 -- November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer, director, and actor from the 1910s to the 1990s, best known today for producing the Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang (later known as The Little Rascals) film comedy series. Category |
Who was West German Chancellor from 1969 to 1974? Willy Brandt. | BBC - History - Willy Brandt z Willy Brandt, May 1971 © Brandt was a German politician, and chancellor from 1969 to 1974. He won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1971. Willy Brandt was born Karl Herbert Frahm on 18 December 1913 in Lübeck, northern Germany. He became a socialist in the late 1920s. In 1933, he changed his name and fled to Norway to avoid arrest by the Nazis. After the German occupation of Norway in 1940, he escaped to Sweden where he lived until 1945. Brandt returned to Germany after World War Two. In 1948, he started his political career, holding various offices within the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and becoming a member of the German parliament. Brandt first became well known outside Germany when he took the position of mayor of West Berlin, which he held from 1957 until 1966. This was a particularly tense time for the city with the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961. By the early 1960s, Brandt was the leading figure in the Social Democratic Party and its candidate for chancellor. He was unsuccessful in the 1961 and 1965 elections, but became vice chancellor and foreign minister in the coalition government of 1966. In 1969, Brandt was elected chancellor and retained the post in the general election of 1972. His main policy was that of 'Ostpolitik', as he tried to create closer ties between West and East Germany and improve relations with Poland and the Soviet Union. In Germany, Brandt's 'Ostpolitik' was controversial, but in 1971 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for his work. In April 1974, one of Brandt's personal assistants was arrested for being an East German spy. Brandt took responsibility and resigned the following month. Brandt remained head of the SPD until 1987 and was honorary chairman until his death. He was a member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1983. In 1977, he was appointed chair of an international commission that produced the Brandt Report, calling for drastic changes in the international community's attitude to development in the Third World. In late 1989, Brandt was one of the first leaders on the left in German politics to publicly favour reunification of the two halves of Germany. Brandt died near Bonn on 8 October 1992. |
What sort of Menace was the 1999 Star Wars movie? | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) - IMDb (New York City) – See all my reviews I love the original films, probably ANH most of all. If you saw it on it's original release you had a cinema experience unlike any other. There just weren't films like this being made. Sure, it drew on films and books of the past, but nothing had looked or sounded like this. You have to remember the world we lived in then. Video games were very rudimentary. Even ASTEROIDS was several years in our future. And 2001 was one of the few films to show us convincing views of space travel. STAR WARS was something new with a capital "N". Audiences loved it. And it changed movies. By 1999, we'd seen numerous Science Fiction movies, lots of space battles, lots of special effects. And video games had developed a realism that was shocking compared to what we'd had in 1977. Enter THE PHANTOM MENACE. Not only did this film have to live up to memories of the originals, it also had to compete in an entertainment world that had caught up. Lucas could never create an experience as mind-blowing as he had in the original. But he was going to try. And he was also going to try to do a few other different things. The nexus of this new thought was Jar Jar Binks. A CGI creation that was also a character. And a type of character never before seen in the SW Universe, a comic relief character. But more than that, a slapstick comic relief character. In many of the movies that inspired STAR WARS there are such characters. And Lucas wanted to try one in his films. Well, for most, he failed. Many, or at least the most vocal, hated Jar Jar Binks. And few of these people even credited him for trying something new. They didn't want Lucas' STAR WARS. They wanted their STAR WARS. A STAR WARS, it is important to note, that only exists in their minds. In addition, he decided to make Anakin a small boy. Another new decision. STAR WARS had never featured a boy character. Again, the fans whined. They didn't like it. They didn't want Lucas to try new things. But he also gave them what they came to expect. A truly great action set-piece: The pod race. One of the best action set-pieces in the entire series. And he gave them a lightsaber duel unlike any they'd ever seen. But that wasn't enough. Sadly, had Lucas made a film that was little more than a remake of STAR WARS with Anakin in the Luke role, fans would have been happy. And I think that says more about the limited scope of STAR WARS fans than it does about the talents of George Lucas. THE PHANTOM MENACE, like all the films in the series, has it's own unique tone and flavor. And though these flavors may not be to everyone's taste, I think in the coming years more and more fans will come to appreciate this film for what it is, rather than what they wish it would be. 542 of 996 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes |
What was the name of Drew Barrymore's character in E.T.? | Drew Barrymore's Baby: Potential Girl Names Tweets Her due date is just days away, but Drew Barrymore — who, along with hubby Will Kopelman, is expecting a baby girl — has kept her daughter’s name under lock and key, despite going public with her first child’s gender way back in April. So what’s a gossip-loving entertainment writer to do? Come up with a list of potential baby names for Barrymore’s first child. The Contenders Charlie – Sure, it’s technically a boy’s name, but Charlie ranked 376th on the Social Security Administration ‘s list of top 1,000 baby names of 2011. Barrymore starred in the 2000 and 2003 Charlie’s Angels films; she also played a character named Charlie in one of her first movie roles (1984’s Firestarter) Blyth – Not only is this old-fashioned name Barrymore’s middle name, but it’s also a family name; Drew’s great-grandfather Maurice Barrymore actually changed his last name from Blyth to Barrymore. Ethel – Another family name, Ethel Barrymore is one of the most famous members of the Barrymore clan … she’s also Drew’s great-aunt Elliott – It’s unlikely Barrymore would choose Gertie — the name of the character she played in her first hit, E.T. — but she could opt to steal the name of her on-screen brother, Elliott; when spelled with just one “t,” the name ranks 875th on the SSA’s 2011 girl names list Sophia – Drew’s Godmother is actress Sophia Loren, and with Sophia reaching the top spot on the SSA’s 2011 rankings for girl names, it would be an obvious choice Chanel – Naming children after products is all the rage (ever met a Mercedes?), but naming her daughter after this world famous designer would be appropriate, given her father-in-law is a former Chanel CEO Casey – Barrymore has been in three movies in which her character was named Casey: 1984’s Irreconcilable Differences, 1995’s Mad Love, 1996’s Scream Josie – When Barrymore took on the role of Josie Geller in 1999’s Never Been Kissed, it not only marked her return to blockbuster movies, but also her debut as an executive producer for a film Arielle – In honor of her new father-in-law, Arielle — or Ariella — are female versions of Arie; the girl names also are of Hebrew origin, harkening to Kopelman’s Jewish faith Do you have any predictions for baby names for Drew Barrymore’s daughter? |
Which ER star played opposite Jenny Seagrove in Don' Go Breaking My Heart? | BBC - Drama - People Index Jenny Seagrove Jenny Seagrove Jenny Seagrove Jenny's career has spanned theatre, film and television. Her credits include Local Hero, A Woman of Substance, and Don’t Go Breaking My Heart. Jenny's now best known for playing Jo Mills in Judge John Deed. What's she been in? Jenny first found fame in 1983, with the film Local Hero, and the TV mini-series A Woman of Substance, which achieved Channel 4's highest ever viewing figures of 13.8 million. A year earlier she had made her movie debut in Jerzy Skolimowski's Moonlighting. Her other movie roles include Appointment With Death, A Chorus Of Disapproval, Miss Beatty's Children, and Don't Go Breaking My Heart with ER's Anthony Edwards. After a 15 year break from regular television work, Jenny landed the part of Jo Mills in the pilot episode of Judge John Deed, broadcast in January 2001. She's now a regular in the series. On TV she's also appeared in Hold The Dream, a follow-up to A Woman Of Substance guested in programmes such as The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense, and Peak Practice. As well as TV and film, Jenny's an accomplished stage actress, whose recent credits include Brief Encounter with Judge John Deed co-star Christopher Cazenove, The Constant Wife, and a female twist on The Odd Couple, with Paula Wilcox. Did you know? Now playing a TV barrister, Jenny once fell foul of the law herself. She was caught for speeding and lost her licence for the month. Jenny told the Mail on Sunday, "I was speeding because I was desperate to deliver a curry to my mother before it went cold." Her life and career were celebrated in a March 2002 edition of This Is Your Life. Jenny developed anorexia in her late teens, but successfully conquered the eating disorder. "The spectre of it is always there but I've got it under control," she revealed in an interview with The Express newspaper. "I eat sensibly and eat organic food but that's because I'm appalled by what is done to the environment." Jenny's a vegetarian and an animal rights campaigner. She played an eco-warrior in the Casualty episode, Sympathy For The Devil, broadcast in October 2000. She's a huge fan of Everton Football Club. Personal Details |
Who played Rick Deckard in Blade Runner? | Rick Deckard | Off-world: The Blade Runner Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Harrison Ford Rick Deckard is the protagonist in Ridley Scott 's 1982 science-fiction film, Blade Runner . The character originally appeared in Philip K Dick 's novel, " Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? " on which the movie is based. Rick Deckard was played by Harrison Ford. Biography Edit Rick Deckard is a Blade Runner , a special member of the L.A police department who is employed to hunt down and "retire" replicants (genetically manufactured humanoids). Since they were declared illegal on Earth , it is up to the Blade Runners to "retire" any that find their way to Earth. At the beginning of the film, Deckard is called out of retirement after a group of six clever and brutal replicants hijack a shuttle to Earth, intending to pass themselves off as normal humans. Deckard is reluctant to resume work, but is told he has no choice and must use some of "the old blade runner magic" to succeed. There are lengthy debates among the movie's fandom on whether Deckard is a replicant himself. The Director's Cut DVD of the movie seems to lean towards the fact that Deckard is a replicant, as new footage was added that supports that side of the argument. |
What was the fourth Alien film called? | Alien: Resurrection (1997) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Two centuries after her death, Ellen Ripley is revived as a powerful human/alien hybrid clone who must continue her war against the aliens. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Visit IMDb Picks Related News a list of 47 titles created 25 Jul 2012 a list of 29 titles created 11 Oct 2013 a list of 46 titles created 23 Aug 2014 a list of 36 titles created 19 Oct 2014 a list of 45 titles created 10 months ago Search for " Alien: Resurrection " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 6 wins & 18 nominations. See more awards » Videos After her last encounter, Ripley crash-lands on Fiorina Fury 161, a maximum security prison. When a series of strange and deadly events occur shortly after her arrival, Ripley realizes that she brought along an unwelcome visitor. Director: David Fincher The moon from Alien (1979) has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be enough? Director: James Cameron 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10 X After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as distress call, their landing on the source moon finds one of the crew attacked by a mysterious lifeform. Continuing their journey back to Earth with the attacked crew having recovered and the critter deceased, they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun. Director: Ridley Scott During an archaeological expedition on Bouvetøya Island in Antarctica, a team of archaeologists and other scientists find themselves caught up in a battle between the two legends. Soon, the team realize that only one species can win. Director: Paul W.S. Anderson A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior. Director: John McTiernan Amidst a territorial gang war in 1997, a sophisticated alien hunter stalks the citizens of Los Angeles and the only man between him and his prey is veteran L.A.P.D. officer, Lieutenant Mike Harrigan. Director: Stephen Hopkins 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7/10 X Following clues to the origin of mankind a team journey across the universe and find a structure on a distant moon containing a monolithic statue of a humanoid head and stone cylinders of alien blood but they soon find they are not alone. Director: Ridley Scott A group of elite warriors parachute into an unfamiliar jungle and are hunted by members of a merciless alien race. Director: Nimród Antal Warring alien and predator races descend on a rural US town, where unsuspecting residents must band together for any chance of survival. Directors: Colin Strause, Greg Strause Stars: Reiko Aylesworth, Steven Pasquale, Shareeka Epps A cybernetic warrior from a post-apocalyptic future travels back in time to protect a 19-year old drifter and his future wife from a most advanced robotic assassin and to ensure they both survive a nuclear attack. Director: Jonathan Mostow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X A seemingly indestructible humanoid cyborg is sent from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate a waitress, whose unborn son will lead humanity in a war against the machines, while a soldier from that war is sent to protect her at all costs. Director: James Cameron After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees, and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace. Director: Steven Spielberg Edit Storyline 200 years after the conclusion of Alien 3, the Company is able to resurrect Ripley through the process of cloning and the scientists successfully take the Queen Alien out of her. But, Ripley's DNA gets mixed up with the Queen's and she begins to develop certain alien characteristi |
What number Star Trek movie was called The Wrath of Khan? | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ( 1982 ) Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (original title) PG | With the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon. Director: a list of 27 titles created 20 Apr 2011 a list of 25 titles created 29 Apr 2012 a list of 30 titles created 28 Dec 2013 a list of 21 titles created 13 Aug 2014 a list of 24 titles created 18 Aug 2014 Title: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) 7.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 2 wins & 9 nominations. See more awards » Videos Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis planet to recover Spock's body. Director: Leonard Nimoy To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales. Director: Leonard Nimoy When an alien spacecraft of enormous power is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral Kirk resumes command of the Starship Enterprise in order to intercept, examine and hopefully stop the intruder. Director: Robert Wise On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace. Director: Nicholas Meyer Captain Kirk and his crew must deal with Mr. Spock's long-lost half-brother who hijacks the Enterprise for an obsessive search for God at the center of the galaxy. Director: William Shatner The Borg travel back in time intended on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed. Director: Jonathan Frakes Captain Picard, with the help of long presumed dead Captain Kirk, must stop a madman willing to murder on a planetary scale in order to enter an energy ribbon. Director: David Carson When the crew of the Enterprise learn of a Federation conspiracy against the inhabitants of a unique planet, Captain Picard begins an open rebellion. Director: Jonathan Frakes The Enterprise is diverted to the Romulan homeworld Romulus, supposedly because they want to negotiate a peace treaty. Director: Stuart Baird Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets. Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley Set decades after Captain Kirk's five-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers set off in a new Enterprise on their own mission to go where no one has gone before. Stars: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes In the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, the Federation space station Deep Space Nine guards the opening of a stable wormhole to the far side of the galaxy. Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Cirroc Lofton Edit Storyline It is the 23rd century. Admiral James T. Kirk is an instructor at Starfleet Academy and feeling old; the prospect of attending his ship, the USS Enterprise--now a training ship--on a two-week cadet cruise does not make him feel any younger. But the training cruise becomes a deadly serious mission when his nemesis Khan Noonien Singh--infamous conqueror from late 20th century Earth--appears after years of exile. Khan later revealed that the planet Ceti Alpha VI exploded, and shifted the orbit of the fifth planet as a Mars-like haven. He begins capturing Project Genesis, a top secret device holding the power of creation itself, and schemes the utter destructio |
In Stepmom who played Susan Sarandon's daughter? | Stepmom (1998) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A terminally ill woman has to settle on her former husband's new lover, who will be their children's stepmother. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 35 titles created 03 Nov 2013 a list of 42 titles created 23 Jan 2014 a list of 22 titles created 10 months ago a list of 27 images created 3 months ago a list of 21 titles created 3 months ago Search for " Stepmom " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 8 wins & 6 nominations. See more awards » Videos When a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding. Director: P.J. Hogan A reporter is assigned to write a story about a woman who has left a string of fiances at the altar. Director: Garry Marshall An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply. Director: Steven Soderbergh A free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 1950s Wellesley girls to question their traditional social roles. Director: Mike Newell A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband. Director: Joseph Ruben A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love. Director: Garry Marshall The life of a simple bookshop owner changes when he meets the most famous film star in the world. Director: Roger Michell A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself". Director: Ryan Murphy After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood ... See full summary » Director: Joel Schumacher A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold. Director: Herbert Ross A movie publicist deals with the messy public split of his movie's co-stars while keeping reporters at bay while a reclusive director holds the film's print hostage. Director: Joe Roth A woman's world is rocked when she discovers her husband is cheating on her. Director: Lasse Hallström Edit Storyline Anna and Ben, the two children of Jackie and Luke, have to cope with the fact that their parents divorced and that there is a new woman in their father's life: Isabel, a successful photographer. She does her best to treat the kids in a way that makes them still feel at home when being with their dad, but also loves her work and does not plan to give it up. But Jackie, a full-time mother, regards Isabel's efforts as offensively insufficient. She can't understand that work can be important to her as well as the kids. The conflict between them is deepened by the sudden diagnose of cancer, which might may be deadly for Jackie. They all have to learn a little in order to grow together. Written by Julian Reischl <[email protected]> Be there for the joy. Be there for the tears. Be there for each other. Genres: Rated PG-13 for language and thematic elements | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 25 December 1998 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $19,142,440 (USA) (25 December 1998) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia Rejected titles include "Goodnight Moon," "Promises Kept," "See You in My Dreams" a |
Which King did Leonardo Di Caprio play in The Man in the Iron Mask? | The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) - IMDb IMDb 2 January 2017 8:47 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The Man in the Iron Mask ( 1998 ) PG-13 | The cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother who he keeps imprisoned. Can the twin be substituted for the real king? Director: Alexandre Dumas père (novels) (as Alexandre Dumas), Randall Wallace (screenplay) Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 28 titles created 07 Jan 2012 a list of 22 titles created 12 Dec 2012 a list of 45 titles created 25 Oct 2014 a list of 21 titles created 06 Sep 2015 a list of 22 titles created 10 months ago Title: The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) 6.5/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 3 wins & 4 nominations. See more awards » Videos Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it. Director: Danny Boyle Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue. Director: Baz Luhrmann In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer. Director: Martin Scorsese A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes ' career from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s. Director: Martin Scorsese A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond. Director: Edward Zwick Lady avenger returns to western town owned by a ruthless gunslinger hosting an elimination tournament. Director: Sam Raimi A CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence. Director: Ridley Scott J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly 50 years, looks back on his professional and personal life. Director: Clint Eastwood A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow. Director: Jerry Zaks A teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction. Director: Scott Kalvert A writer and wall street trader, Nick, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Director: Baz Luhrmann After his father's death, Gilbert has to care for his mentally disabled brother, Arnie, and his morbidly obese mother, which is suddenly challenged when love walks into his life. Director: Lasse Hallström Edit Storyline Paris is starving, but the King of France is more interested in money and bedding women. When a young soldier dies for the sake of a shag, Aramis, Athos and Porthos band together with a plan to replace the king. Unknown to many, there is a 2nd king, a twin, hidden at birth, then imprisoned for 6 years behind an iron mask. All that remains now is D'Artagnan, will he stand against his long time friends, or do what is best for his country? Written by Leonardo DiCaprio For the honor of a king. And the destiny of a country. All for one. Genres: Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and some sensuality/nudity | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 13 March 1998 (USA) See more » Also Known As: El hombre de la máscara de hierro See more » Filming Locations: $17,271,450 (USA) (13 March 1998) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia Gérard Depardieu 's son Guillaume Depardieu and daughter Julie Depardieu also appeared together in a Musketeer film: they played Athos and Constance in Milady and the Three Musketeers (2004). See more » Goofs In the 20-something King Louis XIV's bedroom we can see a portrait of Louis |
Which role did Rupert Everett play in The Madness of King George? | The Madness of King George | Film from RadioTimes The Madness of King George Nicholas Hytner (1995) Our Score by Adrian Turner Nigel Hawthorne gives an inspired, funny and deeply moving performance in the title role of this celebrated, Oscar-winning film of Alan Bennett's play The Madness of George III. The king is married to Charlotte (Helen Mirren), dallying with Lady Pembroke (Amanda Donohoe), and is not only father of 15 children (Rupert Everett plays the foppish Prince of Wales) but also of a nation and an empire. Problem is, Farmer George - a nickname the king delights in - is showing signs of madness, or at least that's the official diagnosis. Surgeon Ian Holm is brought in to put the king into a straitjacket (providing some of the film's most disturbing scenes), while the royal quacks examine the royal stool for traces of insanity. Behind the sardonic jokes and colloquialisms that are Bennett's trademark is a serious study of 18th-century politics and the monarchy, with a final scene that hints at the House of Windsor as much as that of Hanover. Immaculately directed by Nicholas Hytner, this is an unmissable treat and the finest vision of a bygone age since Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon. It won the Oscar for best art direction and Bennett's screenplay was one of three other nominations. Summary British monarch George III's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic, prompting fears that he is going insane. While physicians try to uncover the cause of his condition, the king's enemies in Parliament and the frustrated Prince of Wales conspire to have him declared insane and removed from the throne. Period drama based on Alan Bennett's play, starring Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren and Rupert Everett. Cast & Crew |
Which UK pop singer an environmental campaigner appeared in Dune? | Sting - IMDb IMDb Soundtrack | Actor | Music Department Sting was born Gordon Matthew Sumner on 2 October, 1951 in Wallsend, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, the eldest of four children of Audrey (Cowell), a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, an engineer and milkman. He received his name from a striped sweater he wore which looked like a bee. He grew up in the turmoil of the ship-building ... See full bio » Born: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 42 images created 03 Feb 2011 a list of 39 people created 31 Mar 2011 a list of 30 people created 19 May 2014 a list of 36 people created 13 Jun 2014 a list of 42 people created 02 Oct 2015 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How Much Have You Seen? How much of Sting's work have you seen? User Polls Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 19 nominations. See more awards » Known For Strictly Come Dancing (TV Series) (writer - 5 episodes, 2014 - 2016) (performer - 1 episode, 2016) - The Semi-Final Results (2016) ... (performer: "One Fine Day") / (writer: "One Fine Day") - Week Three Results (2016) ... (writer: "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" - uncredited) - Week 8: Blackpool Special (2014) ... (writer: "El Tango de Roxanne" - uncredited) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) (writer - 7 episodes, 2014 - 2016) (performer - 4 episodes, 2014 - 2016) (music - 3 episodes, 2015 - 2016) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2015) - Sting/Kate McKinnon (2016) ... (music: "Message in a Bottle" - uncredited) / (performer: "Message in a Bottle" (uncredited), "I Can't Stop Thinking About You") / (writer: "I Can't Stop Thinking About You") - Tyler Perry/Dave Franco/Harland Williams (2016) ... (writer: "Shadows in the Rain" - uncredited) - Sting & Mylène Farmer/Eva Longoria (2015) ... (lyrics: "Stolen Car") / (music: "Stolen Car") / (performer: "Stolen Car") / (writer: "Russians", "Message in a Bottle" - uncredited) - Jason Statham/Adrian Grenier/Elayne Boosler (2015) ... (writer: "Every Breath You Take" - uncredited) - Sting/Kevin Connolly/Kevin Delaney (2015) ... (performer: "Roxanne", "The Night the Pugilist Learned How to Dance" - uncredited) / (writer: "Roxanne", "The Night the Pugilist Learned How to Dance" - uncredited) 2016 Who's Doing the Dishes? (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Chesney Hawkes (2016) ... (writer: "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" - uncredited) 2016 The Voice (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) 2016 Zoolander 2 (writer: "Roxanne") 2016 Dafabet Masters (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) 2016 Atmos the Addict (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Addergeist (2016) ... (writer: "Money For Nothing") 2015 Love the Coopers (performer: "A Soalin'" aka "Soul Cake") 2015 Deutschland 83 (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Atlantic Lion (2015) ... (writer: "Wrapped Around Your Finger") 2015 Biggest Band Breakups and Make Ups (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" - uncredited) 2014 Kingsman: The Secret Service (writer: "Money For Nothing") Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) (performer - 4 episodes, 2005 - 2014) (writer - 4 episodes, 2005 - 2011) - Chris Rock/Sting (2014) ... (performer: "What Say You, Meg?") - Episode #19.18 (2011) ... (performer: "Demolition Man" - uncredited) / (writer: "Demolition Man" - uncredited) - Episode #18.179 (2011) ... (writer: "Synchronicity II" - uncredited) - Episode #18.79 (2011) ... (writer: "Synchronicity II" - uncredited) - Episode #17.32 (2009) ... (performer: "Soul Cake" - uncredited) - Second Round: Part 1 (2014) ... (writer: "Money For Nothing" - uncredited) 2014 Stalker (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Phobia (2014) ... (writer: "Every Breath You Take (Re:Imagined)" - uncredited) 2014 Tu cara me suena - Argentina (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Episode #2.13 |
What was Stanley Kubrick's final movie? | Was Stanley Kubrick Killed By The Illuminati? | The Ghost Diaries Was Stanley Kubrick Killed By The Illuminati? Entertainment , Most Read , Unexplained One of the more outlandish conspiracy theories holds that Stanley Kubrick was killed by the Illuminati for revealing too much about the secret society in his final film Eyes Wide Shut. While the official cause of death was listed as cardiac arrest (certainly not shocking for a 70 year-old man), some conspiracists point to the preponderance of Illuminati symbolism in his films, his clean bill of health prior to dying, and the strange editorial takeover of the film before its release as evidence there was more going on here than meets the eye. Believers of this theory, many of whom also believe that Kubrick was enlisted by the US government to produce the faked moon landings, view the prevalence of Illuminati symbols in his films as more than just the result of unconscious archetypes. There is anecdotal evidence that Kubrick himself was a part of the Illuminati, and was using his films as a vehicle for communication with outsiders, as a way to reveal the existence of a globalist synarchy. Indeed, many if not all of his films–including The Shining, 2001, and A Clockwork Orange–are full of Illuminati symbols, most notably the one eye symbol. The ubiquitous one eye symbol and the pyramid shape are often pointed to in popular culture as evidence that the world’s major celebrities are puppets of the Illuminati. But if Kubrick’s body of work is rife with Illuminati symbolism, his final film Eyes Wide Shut is the climax. Not only is this film about a mysterious, perhaps murderous, secret society, it is drenched in allusions to the New World Order cabal. Occult symbols like the pentagram can be found throughout the film, as well as multiple references to rainbows and looking glasses, which are notoriously used to evoke The Wizard of Oz and the cultural brainwashing of MKULTRA and other CIA operations. In another anecdotal connection, the film’s costume store called the Rainbow is actually across the street from a Masonic lodge. The secret society in the film is often compared to the Masons, as they have both been associated with ritualized sex magic orgies in which human blood is sacrificed. This association is also frequently tied to Satanism and pedophilia, both of which are alluded to in the film. There is even a character named after the creator of the Church of Satan, Anton Sandor LaVey; and the Rainbow store owner’s underage daughter is depicted as a prostitute to rich men. Eyes Wide Shut, the phrase itself, is a calling card among secret societies, meaning ‘my eyes are shut to your misdeeds, brother.’ This anonymity is required of the participants, otherwise the society’s moneyed elite would be revealed. For as one character in the film says, “If I told you their names I don’t think you’d sleep so well.” Perhaps the most eyebrow-raising evidence for Kubrick being murdered by the Illuminati is the events surrounding his death. Kubrick had no history of heart disease in his family and was very healthy prior to his passing. More importantly, he died only days after submitting the first cut of the film to Warner Brothers. At this point, the film was commandeered by Warner Brothers and heavily edited. At the time, the editing was attributed to the need to mask out the hardcore sex shots in the orgy sequence. Yet edits to the film regarding sexuality were very minor. It’s hard to believe that so much energy would be invested into editing images that displayed sexual deviance no more lascivious than the vast majority of Hollywood films. Is it possible that this scene and others originally contained images and/or dialogue that illuminated the New World Order in a way that was dangerous to their privacy? Was Kubrick trying to out the secret society, or at least toy with their heads? Regardless, it is worth noting that Stanley Kubrick’s wife has gone on record at least once claiming she doesn’t believe Kubrick died from a heart attack. So perhaps it is no coincidence that Kubrick pas |
Who tries to save the world from virtual reality in The Matrix? | The Matrix (1999) - FAQ The content of this page was created directly by users and has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Visit our FAQ Help to learn more FAQ How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie? For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for The Matrix can be found here . What is "The Matrix" about? The story is set at an indeterminate point in the future, estimated by one character to be the 22nd century, in which human bodies are used for heat and electrical energy while their minds are held in a computer-generated, virtual reality simulation called the Matrix. Humans are essentially slaves in this world. People in the Matrix are subject to the lifelong, full-sensory illusion that they inhabit modern times at the turn of the century. Computer programmer/hacker Thomas "Neo" Anderson ( Keanu Reeves ), who may be "The One," joins a Resistance led by Morpheus ( Laurence Fishburne ) and several other freed humans, including Trinity ( Carrie-Anne Moss ), Apoc ( Julian Arahanga ), Tank ( Marcus Chong ) and his brother Dozer ( Anthony Ray Parker ), Switch ( Belinda McClory ), Cypher ( Joe Pantoliano ), and Mouse ( Matt Doran ). They endeavor to expose the truth, overthrow the Matrix, and defeat the vengeful and warlike Machines behind it. What is "the One"? "The One" is the man prophesied to release the humans from their bondage to the Matrix through his ability to manipulate the Matrix. It was prophesied by the Oracle that his coming would hail the destruction of the Matrix and bring freedom to the human race. Morpheus is convinced that Neo is that man, although others, Neo included, are not so sure. As explained by the Architect in the second movie, ]the "one" is a program anomaly that the Matrix could not account for; an anomaly that occurs because humans have to be given a choice (if the only an illusion of such) in order to accept the virtual world the machines have created for them. Doing so creates the anomaly that is 'The One'. According to the Architect, there were 5 predecessors to the current "One". Once Neo reaches the Architect, he is told of the choice of the One: to choose a certain number of humans to repopulate Zion and start all over again, or to choose to let Zion fall and cause the mutual destruction of both, the machines and the humans. The One is basically a real world reset switch. There are those in the Matrix that will never fully accept the machines' reality, and they will find ways to leave the Matrix for the human city of Zion. Once the free human population of Zion grows too large, it poses a threat to the machines; therefore the "One" is reintroduced to the Matrix to restart the cycle. Once the One meets the Architect, he is given a choice: to return to the source in order to save humanity and rebuild Zion (thus starting a new cycle and bringing balance as prophesied), or to choose to stay in the Matrix, thereby assuring the destruction of both species. Each of the 5 predecessors to the current Neo chose to save humanity. How does Morpheus know everything about Neo's office during the phone call? Morpheus is watching the green raining code screens on the Nebuchadnezzar. The code is the visual representation of the Matrix. He's able to decode what he sees on the screen, giving him a full view of Neo's office building, locations of Agents, the existence of the window washer platform, etc. Think of it like unlimited security camera footage. What is that road that Neo has been down before? A metaphor. This was not referring to any specific physical place, but rather to the act of Neo getting out of the car and not getting the answers he sought. In the past, he probably used to run away from the truth; this is the 'road' that he has been down before, and they know that he does not want to go that way again. What's with the red and blue pill thing? Morph |
Which decade does Michael J Fox go back to in Back to the Future? | Johnny B. Goode - Back to the Future (9/10) Movie CLIP (1985) HD - YouTube Johnny B. Goode - Back to the Future (9/10) Movie CLIP (1985) HD Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on May 27, 2011 Back to the Future movie clips: http://j.mp/1BcYInh BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/veXQMg Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Marty (Michael J. Fox) introduces rock and roll to the young people of 1955. FILM DESCRIPTION: Contemporary high schooler Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) doesn't have the most pleasant of lives. Browbeaten by his principal at school, Marty must also endure the acrimonious relationship between his nerdy father (Crispin Glover) and his lovely mother (Lea Thompson), who in turn suffer the bullying of middle-aged jerk Biff (Thomas F. Wilson), Marty's dad's supervisor. The one balm in Marty's life is his friendship with eccentric scientist Doc (Christopher Lloyd), who at present is working on a time machine. Accidentally zapped back into the 1950s, Marty inadvertently interferes with the budding romance of his now-teenaged parents. Our hero must now reunite his parents-to-be, lest he cease to exist in the 1980s. It won't be easy, especially with the loutish Biff, now also a teenager, complicating matters. Beyond its dazzling special effects, the best element of Back to the Future is the performance of Michael J. Fox, who finds himself in the quagmire of surviving the white-bread 1950s with a hip 1980s mindset. Back to the Future cemented the box-office bankability of both Fox and the film's director, Robert Zemeckis, who went on to helm two equally exhilarating sequels. CREDITS: TM & © Universal (1985) Cast: Michael J. Fox, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, Harry Waters Jr., David Harold Brown, Lloyd L. Tolbert, Granville 'Danny' Young Director: Robert Zemeckis Producers: Neil Canton, Bob Gale, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg Screenwriters: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale WHO ARE WE? The MOVIECLIPS channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. Here you will find unforgettable moments, scenes and lines from all your favorite films. Made by movie fans, for movie fans. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MOVIE CHANNELS: |
In which 90s movie did Al Pacino play retired Colonel Frank Slade? | Super Reviewer ½ When things get tangled, tango on! Great Film! The Scent of a Woman is the kind of film that many would think belongs to a bygone era. While it is frank and contemporary without sugar coating it illustrates the value of character over glitz and how small acts can have long lasting consequences. The Scent of a Woman is very satisfying on many levels. Of course the primary reason it succeeds is Al Pacino, whose Oscar was well-deserved, needless to say. Chris O'Donnell doesn't overplay his part, and in doing so is realistic and natural. The character development is superb, dialogue terrific, glamorous locations and a story line that requires the characters to show themselves to be the people they really are. The film has a lot of funny lines and great drama. Frank is a retired Lt Col in the US army. He's blind and impossible to get along with. Charlie is at school and is looking forward to going to university; to help pay for a trip home for Christmas, he agrees to look after Frank over thanksgiving. Frank's niece says this will be easy money, but she didn't reckon on Frank spending his thanksgiving in New York. Manu Gino Super Reviewer Al Pacino is one of the most respected and talented actors in the history of filmmaking. So why did it take him over 20 years in the business before he finally got his hands on one of those golden little baldies, that go by the name of Oscar? It's a question that will confound many but at least now, with this performance in 1992, it probably, proudly, rests on his mantelpiece. In order to make some money for a Christmas trip home, impoverished college-student Charlie (Chris O'Donnell) agrees to look after Frank (Al Pacino), a blind retired Colonel for Thanksgiving. Babysitting takes on a whole new dimension when Frank decides he wants to spent the weekend living it up in New York City. At the time of this films release Pacino had had 4 nominations for Best Actor and 3 nominations for Best Supporting Actor. He had produced such sterling work in classic films like "The Godfather", "Serpico", "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Scarface". This is only a few in a long list but, finally, no-one could argue with his bravura portrayal of a blind, hard drinking, ex-Army colonel. This isn't the type of film you'd tip for Pacino receiving an award but it's a performance that can't be ignored. Yes, grandstanding does ensue, but hey! It's Pacino, he's allowed. There's an unsettling intensity to his performance that's so powerful, it's hard to take your eyes off him. Ironically, he plays a blind man but his performance allows the audience to see. To see, what an actor can encapsulate. The film itself is a tad lighthearted and despite being overshadowed considerably, a young Chris O'Donnell handles himself well in such company. But it feels like the story itself is only a vehicle, or series of scenes, in which to allow Al to chew up. It's enjoyable stuff nonetheless and at a running time of 2hrs 30mins, you wouldn't know. The time flies by as it's so much fun. A major demerit is the Hollywood perfect, rousing, finale though. The schmaltz factor goes through the roof, leaving you feeling a bit embarrassed at the audacity in even attempting it and it seriously sells the film short. If I was to rate this based on Pacino's performance, it would be an unquestionable 5 stars. It's one of his finest. However, the flimsy material brings the film down a notch. Mark Walker |
What is the name of Kate Winslet's character in Titanic? | Kate Winslet - IMDb IMDb Actress | Soundtrack Ask Kate Winslet what she likes about any of her characters, and the word "ballsy" is bound to pop up at least once. The British actress has made a point of eschewing straightforward pretty-girl parts in favor of more devilish damsels; as a result, she's built an eclectic resume that runs the gamut from Shakespearean tragedy to modern-day ... See full bio » Born: a list of 30 people created 15 Apr 2012 a list of 26 people created 26 Feb 2014 a list of 25 images created 29 Sep 2015 a list of 25 people created 13 Oct 2015 a list of 47 people created 10 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Kate Winslet's work have you seen? User Polls Won 1 Oscar. Another 79 wins & 148 nominations. See more awards » Known For Finding Neverland Sylvia Llewelyn Davies (2004) 1992 Anglo Saxon Attitudes (TV Mini-Series) Caroline Jenington 2005 Romance & Cigarettes (performer: "Scapricciatiello (Do You Love Me Like You Kiss Me)", "Little Water Song") 2001 EastEnders (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) 2001 Christmas Carol: The Movie (performer: "What If I") 1997 Titanic (performer: "Come, Josephine, In My Flying Machine") 1994 Heavenly Creatures (performer: "Sono Andati") Hide 2016 Made in Hollywood (TV Series) Herself 2006-2016 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Herself 2016 Rencontres de cinéma (TV Series) Herself Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Presenter: Spotlight 2016 Nature (TV Series documentary) Herself - Narrator 2016 60 Minutes (TV Series documentary) Herself - Actress (segment "And the Nominees Are") 2004-2016 Film 2016 (TV Series) Herself - Interviewee / Herself 2016 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2016 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV Series documentary) Herself 2015 Celebrity Conversations (TV Series) Herself 2015 Janela Indiscreta (TV Series) Herself 2006-2015 Live! with Kelly (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2015 IMDb Asks (TV Series) Herself 2015 Wimbledon 2day (TV Series) Herself - Spectator 2015 IMDb: What to Watch (TV Series documentary) Herself 2014 Divergent: Faction Before Blood (Video documentary short) Herself 2014 E! News (TV Series) Herself 2014 Omg! Insider (TV Series) Herself 2013 Celebrity Style Story (TV Series) Herself 2012 La nuit des Césars (TV Series documentary) Herself - César d'honneur 2011 The Making of Mildred Pierce (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2010 An Extras Night In (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2010 30 minuts (TV Series documentary) Herself 2009 Bambi Verleihung 2009 (TV Movie) Herself - Winner Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role 2009 Xposé (TV Series) 2009 At the Movies (TV Series) Herself 2002-2009 Cinema 3 (TV Series) Herself 2009 Larry King Live (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2009 Días de cine (TV Series) Herself - Interviewee 2009 This Morning (TV Series) Herself - Interviewee 2008 Access Hollywood (TV Series) Herself 2002-2008 Charlie Rose (TV Series) Herself - Guest 1997-2008 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary) Herself 2008 The One Show (TV Series) Herself 2008 Showbiz Tonight (TV Series) Herself 2007 British Film Forever (TV Mini-Series documentary) Herself 2006-2007 Tavis Smiley (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2007 ITV Lunchtime News (TV Series) Herself - Actress 2007 ITV Evening News (TV Series) Herself - Actress 2007 Five News (TV Series) Herself - BAFTA Nominee 2007 ITV News (TV Series) Herself - BAFTA Nominee 2007 2007 Britannia Awards (TV Special) Herself 2006 Close Up (TV Series) Herself - Interviewee 2006 Weekend Sunrise (TV Series) Herself 2006 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series documentary) Herself 2006 The Culture Show (TV Series documentary) Herself 2006 The View (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2006 Corazón de... (TV Series) Herself 2006 Deep Sea (Documentary short) Narration (voice) 2005 Titanic: EPK Press Kit (Video documentary short) Herself 2005 Happy Birthday, Peter Pan (TV Special documentary) Herself 2004 The Early Show (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2004 Good Morning America (TV |
Which spin-off from a 60s sitcom was a 1999 movie with Jeff Daniels and Christopher Lloyd? | My Favorite Martian – EW.com Comedy, Romance, Sci-fi and Fantasy We gave it a D+ The big innovation is that Uncle Martin (Christopher Lloyd), the quizzical alien with the ’50s TV antennas popping out of his head, has been given an anthropomorphic silver space suit — a dancing, prancing, horny polymer uniform that carries on like Jim Carrey in ”The Mask.” The big drag is that the suit completely outshines Martin. In this glorified special-effects demo reel based on the singularly daft ’60s sitcom (what’s next — ”Petticoat Junction”?), Lloyd, when not spouting hyperkinetic scientific gibberish, makes scoops of ice cream fly around the room, guzzles the contents of a lava lamp, and literally falls apart into head and rascally limbs, as his earthly caretaker (Jeff Daniels) gawks in dismay. ”Flubber” was more edifying — and more fun. Show Full Article |
Who played the title role in Emma? | Emma (1996) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error In rural 1800s England things go bad for a young matchmaker after she finds a man for another woman. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 30 titles created 17 Dec 2011 a list of 26 titles created 13 Aug 2012 a list of 48 titles created 16 Sep 2013 a list of 24 titles created 15 Jun 2015 a list of 27 titles created 1 week ago Search for " Emma " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations. See more awards » Videos At 10, Fanny Price, a poor relation, goes to live at Mansfield Park, the estate of her aunt's husband, Sir Thomas. Clever, studious, and a writer with an ironic imagination and fine moral ... See full summary » Director: Patricia Rozema Emma Woodhouse seems to be perfectly content, a loving father whom she cares for, friends, and a home. But Emma has a terrible habit - matchmaking. She cannot resist finding suitors for her... See full summary » Stars: Romola Garai, Michael Gambon, Jonny Lee Miller Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the titular opposites. Director: Ang Lee Northanger Abbey (TV Movie 2007) Drama | Romance A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart. Director: Jon Jones Royal Navy captain Wentworth was haughtily turned down eight years ago as suitor of pompous baronet Sir Walter Elliot's daughter Anne, despite true love. Now he visits their former seaside ... See full summary » Director: Adrian Shergold Sense & Sensibility (TV Mini-Series 2008) Drama | Romance Widow Dashwood and her three unmarried daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, inherit only a tiny allowance. So they move out of their grand Sussex home to a more modest cottage in ... See full summary » Stars: Dominic Cooper, Charity Wakefield, Hattie Morahan While matchmaking for friends and neighbors, a young 19th-century Englishwoman nearly misses her own chance at love. Director: Diarmuid Lawrence Pride and Prejudice (TV Mini-Series 1995) Drama | Romance Jane Austen's classic novel about the prejudice that occurred between the 19th century classes and the pride which would keep lovers apart. Stars: Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Susannah Harker Mansfield Park (TV Movie 2007) Drama 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10 X At age 10, Fanny Price is sent by her destitute mother to live with her aunt and uncle, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram. As a child she was often made to feel that she was the poor relation but... See full summary » Director: Iain B. MacDonald A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman. Director: Julian Jarrold Jane Eyre (TV Mini-Series 2006) Drama | Romance A young governess falls in love with her brooding and complex master. However, his dark past may destroy their relationship forever. Stars: Ruth Wilson, Toby Stephens, Lorraine Ashbourne Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice? Director: Joe Wright Edit Storyline Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people's affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightly. Written by Philip Brubaker <[email protected]> Cupid is armed and dangerous! Genres: Rated PG for brief mild language | See all certifications » Parent |
Who played Batman immediately before George Clooney? | The 9 actors who’ve played Batman | Den of Geek Search The 9 actors who’ve played Batman We look at the nine actors who’ve graced Batman's cowl on the big screen, including Mr Ben Affleck… j Holy revolving door, Batman! The Caped Crusader has been portrayed by more actors than any other superhero in movie history – nine to be exact. Most have lasted for just one film, but with the release of The Dark Knight Rises, Christian Bale became the first man to have played Bruce Wayne and his alter-ego more than twice on the silver screen. He didn’t have much competition – Michael Keaton was the only prior actor to reprise the role. Will Arnett will also join that club when his LEGO Batman movie hits cinemas in 2017. Ben Affleck could well throw all these records out, of course, given the sprawling DC Extended Universe plans now afoot and his vital involvement in them. Here's the nine actor who've played Gotham's Dark Knight... 1. Lewis G Wilson Wilson was the first and youngest actor ever to play the adult Batman, and also the least successful. At 23, the unknown thespian donned the cape and the cowl in the 15-part 1943 Columbia serial Batman. While he looked the part of the dashing playboy, his physique was more Danny DeVito as the Penguin. One critic described Wilson as “thick about the middle.” Maybe that was why he wore his utility belt just below his chest. Critics also complained that his voice was too high and that he had a Boston accent. That, of course, wouldn’t be the last time someone complained about Batman’s voice. After Batman, Wilson’s career went nowhere. Most of his roles went uncredited. His next biggest movie part was probably in the 1951 cult classic Bowanga Bowanga. A few years later he was out of showbiz altogether. His son, Michael G Wilson, however, fared better in Hollywood, becoming the executive producer of the James Bond series. Lewis G Wilson died in 2000. 2. Robert Lowrey Lowery took over the role in the follow-up serial, 1949’s Batman And Robin. Unlike Lewis, Lowery, 36 at the time, was a veteran actor, having already appeared in The Mark Of Zorro (1940), The Mummy's Ghost (1944) and Dangerous Passage (1944). He also filled out the Batsuit better than Lewis, with his utility belt hanging where you would expect it on a non-octogenarian. Though Lowery never played Batman in another movie, he did get to wear the cape once more and make superhero history in the process. In 1956 he guest-starred on an episode of The Adventures Of Superman, marking the first time a Batman actor shared screen time with a Superman actor. (One for the fact fans: the two actors also appeared together in their pre-superhero days, in a WWII anti-VD propaganda film called Sex Hygiene). After Batman, Lowrey enjoyed another 20 years in movies and TV. He died in 1971. 3. Adam West The man logging the most hours in the Batcave, of course, was William West Anderson, whom you probably know better as Adam West. Either you love him for his goofy charm or hate him for blemishing the Bat’s image for several decades. His campy, over-the-top portrayal of Gotham’s Guardian infiltrated nearly every medium, including a 1966 movie and several animated series. Legend has it producer William Dozier cast West after seeing him play a James Bond-like spy called Captain Q in a Nestlé Quik TV ad. He beat future Wonder Woman co-star Lyle Waggoner for the role. Dozier, who supposedly hated comic books, decided the only way the show would be successful was if they camped it up. So blame him. Things would almost come full circle when, in 1970, West was offered the role of James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever. West declined, later writing in his autobiography that he believed Bond should always be played by a Brit. Holy bad career moves, Batman! After the Batman series went off the air in 1968, West was resigned to typecast hell. At one point he was forced to make public appearances as the Caped Crusader to earn a living. Then, in 1977, he returned to the tube as Batman, doing his voice in The New Adventures Of Batman, and then on such shows as Super Frien |
Who played the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel? | Ewan McGregor is still interested in an Obi-Wan Kenobi spin-off – EW.com Pinterest ILM/Lucasfilm, Ltd. Speaking at the Edinburgh Film Festival , Ewan McGregor, who played young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, said that he’s definitely be up for another trip to the galaxy far, far away. And he has a very specific idea about how it could come about. “I’d be happy to do the story from episodes three where I finish up and Alec Guinness starts,” McGregor said, referring to the era between the two trilogies, when Obi-Wan is camped out in the deserts of Tatooine. McGregor has been consistent in this view. We know this because it’s the same movie he’s been pitching since early 2013, when he shared the same idea with MTV . While McGregor’s idea for a spin-off seems like a good one, Lucasfilm’s slate is looking a little full at the moment. After The Force Awakens in December and Rogue One in 2016, the plan is to finish off the new trilogy in 2017 and 2019, with a Boba Fett spin-off in between and a Han Solo movie likely coming afterward. That could mean we wouldn’t see an Obi-Wan movie until 2021 at the earliest. Maybe that would give McGregor some time to go more gray. On top of sharing his thoughts on a potential future for Obi-Wan, McGregor also took time to throw some shade Kylo Ren’s way. “I’m not sure about the hilt on the lightsaber,” referring to the weapons wielded by Adam Driver’s character. “If you fight with a lightsaber properly you don’t need one.” Come on, Ewan. Everyone knows that Stephen Colbert put the crossguard debate to bed. |
Who played Drew Barrymore's stepmother in Ever After? | 'Ever After: A Cinderella Story' Save money with NextCard Visa Sumptuous, satisfying and sweetly subversive, "Ever After: A Cinderella Story" is more "Masterpiece Theatre" than "Faerie Tale Theater." There is no magical gourd and no stroke of midnight, but there is a handsome prince, an evil stepmother and, naturally, a pretty girl down on her luck. Only this 16th-century sister quotes freely from Sir Thomas More's "Utopia," can lift the prince straight off the ground and, when it comes to defending herself, has a mean left hook. She's the orphan Danielle and, as played by Drew Barrymore, there is a refreshing robustness rounding out the heroine's alabaster beauty. In this modern retelling of the well-known fable, she is one princess-in-waiting who does not need rescuing by any knight in shining armor. Even as a little girl, the feisty Danielle (Anna Maguire) could whip the boy next door (Ricki Cuttell). But when her father (Jeroen Krabbe) dies, leaving her in the care of his new bride, Rodmilla (a deliciously vicious Anjelica Huston), Danielle's fire is buried under the soot from the hearth she is forced to clean. "Cinder-soot" and "Cinderella," her nasty and demanding stepsister Jacqueline (Melanie Lynskey) soon dubs her. Less snooty but no more helpful is the other stepsibling, namby-pamby Marguerite (Megan Dodds). Enter Prince Charming-excuse me, Prince Henry (Dougray Scott)-the disaffected dreamboat son of King Francis I of France (Timothy West). His Highness Henry is engaged to be married to the daughter of the King of Spain as part of the recent treaty between the two countries, but Daddy senses that Junior isn't too keen on the arranged match and gives him one week to find another bride. At the top of his list, of course, is Danielle, whom Henry only knows as the Countess Nicole. (That's the pseudonym Danielle adopted while impersonating a noblewoman in order to buy back a member of her household out of slavery.) Now all he has to do is find Ms. Right while avoiding the grasping Jacqueline and her social-climbing mother. Sound familiar? Be prepared for a few surprises. One of the wonderful things about "Ever After" is its clever blend of historical accuracy and fantasy. Gone are Disney's talking mice and fairy godmother and in their place is Leonardo da Vinci (Patrick Godfrey) who, in the last few years of his life, actually did hang out in the court of Francis I. He's the one who gets Danielle to the royal ball on time and designs an extravagant costume for her, not with a wave of a wand, but by calling into play his legendary mechanical know-how. To be sure, there are a handful of anachronisms in this tall tale, not least of which is Danielle's strength and independence, practically unheard of in the 16th century. When she herself is sold into slavery to the vile merchant Pierre Le Pieu (Richard O'Brien), it is by her own wiles and swordsmanship that she is able to escape. But such quibbles are negligible, given the fact that this is, after all, a bedtime story, framed by the oral narrative of actress Jeanne Moreau, playing a 19th-century grande dame whose ancestors supposedly knew the "real" Cinderella. One thing is certain. A commoner probably never strolled arm in arm through the woods with the crown prince and it is doubtful that anyone ever asked him, "Why is it men never stop for directions?" But with a romance this fanciful and filled with little delights, a tiny bit of poetic license is more than allowed. © Copyright 1999 The Washington Post Company |
In which 1998 film did Bruce Willis lead a team to confront a deadly threat from outer space? | Nasa funds Armageddon-stylerobots who will protect Earth from asteroids | Daily Mail Online comments You are probably familiar with films such as Armageddon, telling stories of the human race nearly being wiped out by impacts from asteroids. But a project funded by Nasa is developing a way to turn such asteroids from a threat into something useful, namely spaceships that can help defend the planet. The project, named Reconstituting Asteroids into Mechanical Automata (RAMA), aims at working out a way to turn the rocks into basic spacecraft using robots. A new project, named Reconstituting Asteroids into Mechanical Automata (RAMA), aims to develop a way to turn the rocks into basic spacecraft using robots. It has just been awarded funding from Nasa to work on the first nine months of feasibility tests The idea is that a set of technically simple robotic processes will be developed that can convert asteroid elements into very basic versions of spacecraft subsystems. RELATED ARTICLES Share 27 shares 'Upon completion, the asteroid will be a programmed mechanical automata carrying out a given mission objective,' said James Dunn, co-founder of Made in Space, the US based space-manufacturing company working on the project. A strike from a mid to large sized asteroid or comet, or near-Earth orbit (NEO) would have catastrophic effects around the world. THE SEARCH FOR DEADLY NEOS Astronomers around the world use ground-based telescopes, including Nasa's space-based NEOWISE infrared telescope, to track near-Earth objects. Data are sent to a global database, and once NEOs are detected, orbits are monitored by the Center for NEO Studies at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab in California. Then, further characterisation is done using Nasa's Infrared Telescope facility, Spitzer Space Telescope, and interplanetary radars. These programs will continue under the new PDCO, and have long been funded by the NEO Observations Program. Each year, roughly 1,500 near-Earth objects (NEOs) are identified, and more than 13,500 have been discovered since the Nasa-funded searches began in 1998. It's widely thought that a comet strike spurred the extinction of the dinosaurs. Mr Dunn said the missions will include 'relocation to an Earth-Moon libration point for human rendezvous or perhaps to set an Earth-threatening NEO on course to the outer solar system and out of harm's way.' Mr Dunn hopes this project will add to Nasa's ongoing work to keep an eye on NEOs and potentially defend from them. Earlier this year the space agency set up the Washington based Planetary Defense Coordination Office, which will spearhead the ongoing search for asteroids and comets passing near Earth's orbit, and will work with disaster relief agencies to develop emergency response plans. The space agency said there are no known threats to date, but near approaches in the recent past are reminders of the potential hazards. Each year, roughly 1,500 near-Earth objects (NEOs) are identified, and more than 13,500 have been discovered since the Nasa-funded searches began in 1998. Nasa has already identified more than 90 per cent of NEOs larger than 0.62 miles (1km), and has turned its sights on smaller, football field-sized objects. Each year, roughly 1,500 near-Earth objects (NEOs) are identified, and more than 13,500 have been discovered since the Nasa-funded searches began in 1998. RAMA could help turn asteroids into spaceships that could set an Earth-threatening NEO (artist's impression) on course to the outer solar system In the 1998 film Armageddon, Nasa recruits a team of deep core drillers to save the planet after discovering that an asteroid is going to impact Earth in less than a month. The new project funded by Nasa hopes to take asteroids and turn them into spaceships that could save Earth from collisions The project hopes to fulfill these goals within the next 20 to 30 years, Mr Dunn said. RAMA is one 13 proposals chosen by Nasa through its Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program which invests in the development of pioneering technologies. 'The latest Nasa Innovative Ad |
Which 1968 sci fi classic was based on The Sentinel by Arthur C Clarke? | Arthur C. Clarke Biography (Writer) Birthplace: Minehead, Somerset, England Best known as: The author of 2001: A Space Odyssey Sci-fi superstar Arthur C. Clarke wrote the 1953 novel Childhood's End, which went on to become one of most popular and acclaimed science fiction novels of all time. Yet he is still better known for his 1968 novel 2001: A Space Odyssey (based on his own 1951 short story The Sentinel). Clarke worked with director Stanley Kubrick on the screenplay for the 1968 film, which is now regarded as a classic. Clarke has published hundreds of essays and short stories and over 75 novels, including the sequels 2010: Odyssey Two (1982), 2061: Odyssey Three (1988), 3001: The Final Odyssey (1997). Along with his literary work, he is credited with coming up with the idea for a real-life space success: geostationary communications satellites. Since 1956 he has lived in Sri Lanka. Clarke was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1998. Arthur C. Clarke - The Authorized Biography was published by Neil McAleer in 1992. He died in the Indian Ocean country of Sri Lanka, his home since 1956. Extra credit: Clarke’s middle name is Charles… He was nominated for a screenwriting Oscar in 1969 for 2001: A Space Odyssey, but did not win; the winner that year was Mel Brooks for the comedy The Producers… Among Clarke’s literary creations is the fictional supercomputer Hal 9000 . Copyright © 1998-2017 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. Advertisement Advertisement |
Which tough guy played Mr. Freeze in Batman & Robin? | Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) | Batman Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) Bad (though at the end, he starts becoming good) Affiliation: Hair - Brown (before accident) White then shaved off (after accident) Eyes - Brown (before accident) Ice Blue (after accident) Portrayed by: ―Mr. Freeze [src] Mr. Freeze was the alias of Dr. Victor Fries. After the result of an accident condemning him to live in sub-zero temperatures, he became a cold hearted villain and was determined to find a cure for his wife's illness even if he had to freeze all of Gotham City to do it. Contents Dr. Victor Fries before the accident. History Edit Victor Fries was a two time olympic decathlete and a very well known scientist, having won the Nobel Prize in the field of molecular biology. He was trying to cure his wife Nora (who he was deeply devoted to) from a terminal illness called MacGregor's syndrome that would eventually kill her. Victor placed her in an experimental cryogenic floatation tank of his own invention, hoping to keep her in suspended animation until he could find a cure. He continued his research on the disease while his wife endured her frozen slumber, even managing to cure the disease in its early stages, but still working on the advanced case Nora had contracted. During an experiment, he fell into a vat of his cryo-fluid that was fifty degrees below zero, somehow surviving only to find himself dependent on a special cryosuit that used special diamond enhanced lasers to keep him at zero degrees. He took on the persona of Mr. Freeze. Crime spree Edit Freeze hid out at Snowy Cones Ice Cream Factory and began a life of crime in a continued effort to cure his wife. He began robbing museums of large diamonds, planning to use them to create a large scale freeze gun that he called his "freezing engine" to freeze Gotham, holding it ransom for billions, allowing him to complete his research for her cure. He was pursued by Batman and Robin , but managed to steal a diamond after freezing Robin, and warned Batman that he had eleven minutes to thaw Robin before he would freeze to death. Freeze spared Batman, but threatened to kill the Dark Knight the next time he tries to stop him, and escaped with the diamond. At his hideout Freeze is watching his past before the accident. He is then interrupted by one of his thugs who is holding a newspaper and tells him that he wants to see, but he freezes him, commenting, "I hate when people talk during the movie." Then he tells his wife only one diamond left and notices the newspaper on one his frozen thugs and reads it. At a rainforest costume party that was using a large diamond necklace to help raise money for a charity, Freeze returned and stole it. Mr. Freeze caught by Batman. Batman and Robin followed and captured him, imprisoning Freeze in Arkham Asylum . Stripped of his cryo-suit, Victor could no longer survive outside of his specially designed cell, and was rendered incapable of escaping. While in Arkham, Mr. Freeze carved an ice statue of his wife in order to have some solace, for he missed her deeply and wished he was still with her. Alliance with Poison Ivy Edit Freeze was then broken out of the asylum by Poison Ivy and Bane . Ivy had witnessed Freeze's attack at the party and been impressed at his skills. They returned to Freeze's hideout where Ivy and Bane distracted the Dynamic Duo (who had learned of Freeze's escape) while he retrieved his energy diamonds and weapons telling Ivy to bring his wife back to him. However, Poison Ivy betrayed him by disconnecting the cable to the floatation tank that was keeping Freeze's wife alive. Later at Ivy's Turkish Bath hideout, Freeze had taken refuge there and frozen one of the rooms for his survival. As soon as he saw Ivy, he asked her if she had retrieved his wife. Ivy told him Batman had deactivated Nora and that she was dead. Freeze angrily refused to believe her until she showed him Nora's special snowflake necklace that he had given her as a gift. He was deeply grieved and shed a small tear that suddenly froze an |
What was the subtitle of Terminator 2? | Terminator 2: Judgment Day subtitles | 498 subtitles Movie ID: Watch movies with subtitles using Open Subtitles MKV Player . It is free and clean, works under Windows. install opensearch for browser Results 1 - 40 >> of 498 (0.136 seconds) You can click on table header to sort results by column name Terminator 2: Judgment Day subtitles Buy at Amazon Movie details "It's nothing personal.". Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah. Movie rating: 8.5 / 10 (759156) |
Which 1996 film has its climax on 4th of July? | Independence Day (1996) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 33 titles created 24 Feb 2013 a list of 30 titles created 06 Mar 2014 a list of 33 images created 20 Dec 2015 a list of 24 titles created 11 months ago a list of 35 titles created 5 months ago Search for " Independence Day " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Oscar. Another 32 wins & 34 nominations. See more awards » Videos A police officer joins a secret organization that polices and monitors extraterrestrial interactions on Earth. Director: Barry Sonnenfeld After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, N.A.S.A. recruits a misfit team of deep core drillers to save the planet. Director: Michael Bay Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind's new space defenses be enough? Director: Roland Emmerich Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek across America to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age. Director: Roland Emmerich In 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity. Director: Alex Proyas Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure. Director: Francis Lawrence Hancock is a superhero whose ill considered behavior regularly causes damage in the millions. He changes when one person he saves helps him improve his public image. Director: Peter Berg As Earth is invaded by alien tripod fighting machines, one family fights for survival. Director: Steven Spielberg An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager. Director: Michael Bay A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind. Director: Roland Emmerich In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr Zorg at bay. Director: Luc Besson Humans in a fascistic, militaristic future do battle with giant alien bugs in a fight for survival. Director: Paul Verhoeven Edit Storyline On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. It is soon learned by the military that a number of enormous objects are on a collision course with Earth. At first thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to be gigantic spacecraft, piloted by a mysterious alien species. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles and Washington, as well as Paris, London, Houston and Moscow. The survivors set out in convoys towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom. July 4th is their ... Written by Gustaf Molin <[email protected]> |
Which Apollo mission was filmed in 1995 with Tom Hanks? | Apollo 13 (1995) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy. Director: Hidden Figures and The Hope for More Real Science Stories 21 hours ago | FilmSchoolRejects.com a list of 33 titles created 24 Feb 2013 a list of 33 titles created 05 May 2013 a list of 36 titles created 24 Dec 2013 a list of 45 titles created 28 May 2014 a list of 21 titles created 18 Oct 2015 Search for " Apollo 13 " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 2 Oscars. Another 24 wins & 49 nominations. See more awards » Videos A FedEx executive must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island. Director: Robert Zemeckis When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit. Director: Jonathan Demme An eastern immigrant finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there. Director: Steven Spielberg A murder inside the Louvre and clues in Da Vinci paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years -- which could shake the foundations of Christianity. Director: Ron Howard The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. Director: Paul Greengrass Two business rivals who despise each other in real life unwittingly fall in love over the Internet. Director: Nora Ephron A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner. Director: Nora Ephron Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican. Director: Ron Howard Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry. Director: Penny Marshall After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, N.A.S.A. recruits a misfit team of deep core drillers to save the planet. Director: Michael Bay A detective must adopt the dog of a dead man to help him find the murderer. Director: Roger Spottiswoode As Earth is invaded by alien tripod fighting machines, one family fights for survival. Director: Steven Spielberg Edit Storyline Based on the true story of the ill-fated 13th Apollo mission bound for the moon. Astronauts Lovell, Haise and Swigert were scheduled to fly Apollo 14, but are moved up to 13. It's 1970, and The US has already achieved their lunar landing goal, so there's little interest in this "routine" flight.. until that is, things go very wrong, and prospects of a safe return fade. Written by Rob Hartill Houston, we have a problem. Genres: Rated PG for language and emotional intensity | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 30 June 1995 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience See more » Filming Locations: $200,645 (USA) (20 September 2002) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia The Saturn V rockets (used for launching the Apollo spacecraft) were 363 ft (110.8 Meters) tall, taller than the overall height of the Statue of Liberty. See more » Goofs Lovell is incorrectly shown taking off his space suit while Swigert is performing the Transpositon and Docking Maneuver. Due to the risk of a collision, all three astronauts would be fully suited for this maneuver. Note the transmission from Houstion just prior to this event: "We recommend you secure cabin pressurization at this |
In which film did Susan Sarandon play Sister Helen Prejean? | Dead Man Walking (1995) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families. Director: Helen Prejean (book) (as Sister Helen Prejean C.S.J.), Tim Robbins Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC ‘Marjorie Prime’ Exclusive Teaser: Lois Smith And Jon Hamm Star In New Sci-Fi Drama About Artificial Intelligence 13 September 2016 7:00 AM, -08:00 | Indiewire a list of 23 titles created 31 Mar 2013 a list of 43 titles created 15 Aug 2013 a list of 42 titles created 18 Sep 2014 a list of 33 titles created 8 months ago a list of 39 titles created 5 months ago Title: Dead Man Walking (1995) 7.6/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Oscar. Another 20 wins & 19 nominations. See more awards » Photos A mentally handicapped man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter, and in the process teaches his cold hearted lawyer the value of love and family. Director: Jessie Nelson Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera. Director: Mike Figgis An Arkansas waitress and a housewife shoot a rapist and take off in a '66 Thunderbird. Director: Ridley Scott The Gospel Of Luke from The Bible. Director: David Batty Edit Storyline A convicted murderer on Death Row and the nun who befriends him. Through the portrayal of finely drawn characters and their interactions as the days, hours, and minutes tick down to the condemned man's execution, powerful emotions are unleashed. While Matthew Poncelet and Sister Prejean desperately try to gain a stay of execution from the governor or the courts, scenes are intercut from the brutal crime, gradually revealing the truth about the events that transpired. In addition to her temporal help, the nun also tries to reach out spiritually and assist as a guide to salvation. Written by Tad Dibbern <[email protected]> Rated R for a depiction of a rape and murder | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 2 February 1996 (USA) See more » Also Known As: La dernière marche See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia The scene where Sister Helen was pulled over is based on an incident that happened to Helen Prejean during filming. She thought it was so funny that she asked to have it put into the film. See more » Goofs Matthew says that they shaved his left leg in case they couldn't find a vein. In subsequent shots, it has clearly not been shaved. See more » Quotes Matthew Poncelet : I like rebels. Some blacks is ok. Martin Luther King, he led his people all the way to DC and kicked the white man's butt. Sister Helen Prejean : You respect Martin Luther King? Matthew Poncelet : He put up a fight. He wasn't lazy. Matthew Poncelet : Don't like 'em. Sister Helen Prejean : So it's lazy people you don't like? See more » Crazy Credits This Film Was Edited On Old Fashioned Machines. This credit was inspired by John Ottman, editor of 'The Usual Suspects'. Ottman had wanted to put "edited on a piece of s*** Steenbeck" at the end of his movie, but settled for the more subtle "Edited on film". Tim Robbins heard about this, and decided to put his own variation of the line on the credits of 'Dead Man Walking.' See more » Connections Soundtracks This Is The Day The Lord Has Made Performed by Rev. Donald R. Smith and The Golden Voices Gospel Choir Of St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church Text written by Isaac Watts Arranged by Donald R. Smith and David Campbell (as David Campbell) |
In which city does the action of the 1998 movie Godzilla take place? | Godzilla (1998 film) | The American Godzilla Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Godzilla: The Series (1998-2000) Godzilla (also titled GODZILLA and Godzilla - The Movie) is a 1998 science fiction monster disaster film co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich . It is a loose remake of the 1954 giant monster film classic Gojira and its 1956 Americanized version Godzilla, King of the Monsters! . The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Emmerich and Dean Devlin . The film relates to a fictional tale involving a nuclear incident in the South Pacific which causes an abnormal mutation to occur in a reptile. The beast migrates to North America and wreaks havoc on Manhattan . Incorporated in the plot is the character of Dr. Niko "Nick" Tatopoulos , played by actor Matthew Broderick . Tatopoulos, an American scientist whose work involves the effects of exposed nuclear radiation on species; is recruited by the military to help contain and subdue the creature referred to as " zilla ". The ensemble cast also features Maria Pitillo , Hank Azaria , Kevin Dunn , along with French actor Jean Reno in principal supporting roles. The film was a co-production between the motion picture studios of Centropolis Entertainment and TriStar Pictures . It was commercially distributed by TriStar Pictures theatrically, and by Sony Pictures Entertainment for home media. Godzilla explores nuclear mutation, crisis management and military warfare. [2 ] Following its wide release in theaters, the film won and was nominated for multiple mainstream awards, including Saturn Award nominations for Best Special Effects, Best Fantasy Film, and Best Director. The film also won the People's Choice Award in the category of Best European Director for Emmerich from the European Film Awards. On May 19, 1998, the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released by the Epic Records label. It features songs written by several recording artists including The Wallflowers , Rage Against the Machine , Silverchair , and the Foo Fighters . The film score was composed and orchestrated by musicians David Arnold and Nicholas Dodd . Godzilla premiered in theaters nationwide in the United States on May 20, 1998 grossing $136,314,294 in domestic ticket receipts. It earned an additional $242,700,000 in business through international release to top out at a combined $379,014,294 in gross revenue, but despite this it was considered a disappointment at the box office [3 ]. The widescreen DVD edition of the film featuring theatrical trailers, scene selections, and selected commentary, among other highlights was released in the United States on November 3, 1998. The film spawned an animated television spin-off sequel, titled Godzilla: The Series , which premiered September 12, 1998 on the Fox Kids network. Contents [ show ] Plot Following a nuclear test in French Polynesia in the early 70's, an iguana nest is irradiated by the fallout of subsequent radiation, and all but one egg survives. Decades later, a Japanese fishing vessel is suddenly attacked by an enormous sea creature in the South Pacific ocean; only one seaman survives. Traumatized, he is questioned by a mysterious Frenchman in a hospital regarding what he saw, to which he replies one word, "Gojira". [2 ] Dr. Niko "Nick" Tatopoulos ( Matthew Broderick ), an NRC scientist, is in the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine researching the effects of radiation on wildlife, but is suddenly interrupted by the arrival of an official from the U.S. State Department . He is sent to Tahiti and Jamaica , escorted by the military, to observe the wreckage of the recovered Japanese fishing trawler with massive claw marks on it. The Frenchman is also present, observing the scene, and introduces himself as Philippe Roaché ( Jean Reno ), an insurance agent. Aboard a military aircraft, Nick identifies skin samples he discovered in the shipwreck as belonging to an unknown species. He dismisses the military's theory that the creature is a living dinosaur, instead deducing that it is a mutant created by nuclear testing. The large reptilian |
Which star of Cheers co-starred with ?Whoopi Goldberg in Made in America? | Whoopi Goldberg | StarTrek.nl Home » Database » Cast biographies » The Next Generation » Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg plays in a recurring guest star role, as Guinan, the alien humanoid hostess of "Ten Forward," the ship's lounge. An avid Trekkie, Goldberg says, "Star Trek is something I wanted to do since I was a little girl. It was the first show that said, yes, there's a future for black folks." Whoopi starred in the box-office hit "Sister Act." She also starred in "Sarafina!," a film adaptation of the stage musical, shot on location in South Africa. Whoopi also co-starred in the film "Made in America" opposite Ted Danson. Goldberg received an Oscar nomination and the Golden Globe Award in 1985 for her motion picture debut in Steven Spielberg's film version of Alice Walker's "The Color Purple." She has since starred in such films as "The Long Walk Home," "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Burglar," "Fatal Beauty," "Clara's Heart," "Soapdish," and "The Player," among others. Whoopi's performance as Oda Mae Brown in "Ghost" earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Golden Globe Award, and the NAACP Image Award. She was also named the NAACP's "Entertainer of the Year" for 1990. In 1986, her appearance on an episode of Moonlighting earned Goldberg an Emmy Award nomination as Best Guest Performer in a Dramatic Series. Her performance in the CBS Schoolbreak special, "My Past Is My Own," garnered Goldberg a Daytime Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special. Her appearance on A Different World earned her yet another Emmy nomination. Her television credits include Baghdad Cafe (in which she starred with Jean Stapleton), "Scared Straight: 10 Years Later," "Carol, Robin, Whoopi and Carl," "Funny, You Don't Look 200," Marlo Thomas' "Free To Be...A Family" and "Freedomfest -- Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Special," which she co-hosted. Whoopi co-produced and appeared in "Hot Rod Brown," the first two "Tales from the Whoop" for Nickelodeon, for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award. Whoopi Goldberg, along with Billy Crystal and Robin Williams, have also co-hosted HBO's "Comic Relief" specials, which benefit the nation's homeless. Goldberg's first album, a recording of her Broadway show, won a Grammy Award as Best Comedy Recording of the Year. Her second album, "Fontaine...Why Am I Straight?" based on her HBO special, also earned a Grammy Award nomination. In February 1992, Whoopi hosted the "34th Annual Grammy Awards" telecast. In 1990, she hosted yet another special for HBO Comedy Hour, "Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Connolly in Performance." She performed in three specials for HBO, including "Whoopi Goldberg: Chez Whoopi," which debuted in August, 1991. In the summer of 1991, Whoopi returned to legitimate stage to co-star with Timothy Dalton in A.R. Gurney's two-person play, "Love Letters." Among Goldberg's stage credits are solo performances of "The Spook Show," "Moms," based on the legendary Moms Mabley, and "Living on the Edge of Chaos." Whoopi was named the NAACP's Entertainer of the Year. Other recent honors include the "Hollywood Woman's Press Club's Golden Apple" for Female Star of the Year, UCLA's "Jack Benny Award," and Women in Film's "Norma Zarky Humanitarian Award," among others. Whoopi was honored for Distinguished Achievement in Film at the "9th Annual American Cinema Awards" and at L.I.F.E. (Love is Feeding Everyone) "Hunger Hero Awards." She is well-known for her tireless humanitarian efforts on behalf of children, the homeless, human rights, substance abuse and the battle against AIDS. |
What was Pierce Brosnan's first outing as 007? | James Bond 007 :: MI6 - The Home Of James Bond 2003 - Everything or Nothing (voice & likeness) "Acting allows me to explore new worlds, to discover characters by delving into their lives, and ultimately to become someone else entirely." Biography Pierce Brendan Brosnan was born into a somewhat broken family on the 16th of May, 1953. Father, Thomas Brosnan, promptly abandoned the family after Pierce's birth and as a result, he grew up living with grandparents while his mother, Mary, trained as a nurse. Brosnan was born and raised in Navan, Drogheda, a small town north of Dublin, Ireland before the unfortunate death of both grandparents and young Brosnan was moved from family-member to family-member and even into boarding houses. Brosnan recalls his childhood as neglected yet certainly memorable - reflecting later that his chosen profession was perhaps stronger because of it. As a boy, he spent a short spell in a strict and over-zealous Catholic school, whilst staying with a foster parent Eileen Reilly, as well as long hours at his Aunt's pub before, at the age of 11, being retrieved by his mother to live with her in England. Mary (who preferred to be called May) was at this point about to re-marry and Brosnan's soon-to-be step-father would take him on regular outings to the cinema. One film that particularly caught his eye was " Goldfinger ". Pierce and step-father, William Carmichael, began to develop a strong relationship and Brosnan began to relish having a stable father figure in his life. During his childhood in England, Brosnan and family lived in Putney, where he was educated at Elliott School, a modern state school in the area. Here he was landed with the nickname "Irish" - for obvious reasons. Growing tired of the same jibes, Brosnan quickly learned to mimic the accents of the area and soften his Irish accent. During his schooling years, the young Brosnan thrived on English and Arts but elected to drop out of school at the young age of 16. Pierce was already enrolled in an Art School with the hopes of becoming a commercial artist and attending local drama classes at night. Brosnan was first accepted into an acting troupe when he applied to join the Kennington Oval House Theatre Club (on advise from a friend) where he volunteered as an Assistant Stage Manager in 1973. In order to persue a carreer in the theatre, Brosnan took any job going, from cleaning hotel rooms to waiting tables. Three years later, Brosnan would graduate from art school and join the York Theatre Royal, where he stage managed several successful productions before appearing on stage in his first performing role - "Wait Until Dark". During a run at the York based theatre, Brosnan was witnessed by highly-regarded playwright, Tennessee Williams who commissioned Pierce Brosnan to appear in his newest production - giving Brosnan an amazing boost in popularity. He performed the part of McCabe in "The Red Devil Battery Sign" which received an amazing response from audience and reviewers. By the end of the production, Williams issued a telegram to Brosnan, which read simply "Thank God for you, my dear boy" - a prized possession of Brosnan's today. After the success of "The Red Devil Batter Sign", Brosnan was invited to perform in London's Lyric Theatre where he'd play opposite Joan Plowright in a production of "Filumena". This production earned Brosnan further kudos and the Franco Zeffirelli directed production ran for 18 months solid. "I had good luck and a bit of talent somewhere in the back pocket that I could kind of polish and nurture, but I dreamt and wished for all of this, then you get all of that and you've just got to show up and work." In 1979, Brosnan began dabbling in television, including successful searies' such as "The Professionals" and "Murphy's Stroke". By 1980 he had made his first feature film, "The Long Good Friday". The s |
Which The Bridges of Madison County star became a father again aged 65? | Amazon.com: The Bridges of Madison County: Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Jim Haynie, Annie Corley: Amazon Digital Services LLC By The Best Reviewer on Amazon! on February 10, 2016 Format: Blu-ray Verified Purchase This review is more about the special features that came with the bluray rather than the movie itself. The movie is a cult classic - as it should be - because it's a beautifully shot film. I think this may have been my first full length feature film with Clint Eastwood. I did not grow up with Mr. Eastwood but was very well acquainted with his cowboy, tough guy image. I was very disappointed that there wasn't a director commentary track with this movie, but I think Eastwood actually does NOT do those on ANY of his movies (not any of that I own at least). There is a nice featurette that I enjoyed thoroughly but it's still not enough. There is a commentary track with the editor and someone else and I was bored to DEATH of their commentaries. So disappointing. But the film looks beautiful in letterbox though I'm not sure it's really HD quality. Such a beautifully shot film. |
Who was the star of the dark thriller 8mm? | 8MM Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 163 out of 185 people found the following review useful: A dark, graphic view into the underworld of pornography from London 29 October 2004 Firstly, this film is hugely under-rated. For those reviewers who call this film a "waste of time" or place it in the "hall of shame", maybe they should go back to watching more obvious and simple films. 8mm focuses on "snuff" movies and follows Nicholas Cage as he ventures into the dark underworld of the pornographic industry. I'm not a great fan of Nicholas Cage (I still wonder how he ever made it as a movie star), but in 8mm felt he redeemed himself from past performances. Other actors in the film put on great performances, notably Joaquin Pheonix, and James Gandolfini (of Sopranos). What makes the film worth watching though is the emotion, dark imagery and tense moments throughout the film. The storyline too is very well thought out although does have a few holes and untouched areas that may have helped develop the film further. There is no Hollywood ending, forced propaganda, or marketing. What you do get is graphic scenes, moderate violence, and an insight into "snuff" movies (which really is quite disturbing). Having said that this movie is not for the faint hearted, so if you're a "puppy-dogs and ice-cream" kind of person I'd suggest watching something else. If however, you feel you will be able to stomach such a film then prepare yourself for a moving film, which will leave you feeling that little bit darker at the end. I highly recommend this film. 8/10 Was the above review useful to you? 172 out of 207 people found the following review useful: Well made, but disturbing. Watch with care. from Helsinki 27 February 1999 I walked into the movie theater last Friday not expecting at all what I was about to see. I'd heard about it, thought "Oh, another Seven". Same screenwriter, but I was way off track. I can stomach a lot, having no problem stuffing down popcorn during very graphic scenes. In 8MM, my coke had trouble going down. 8MM did not have consistent gory/violent scenes, but the way the movie was made made you fill in the blanks of what the makers of the movie could not screen. And if you pay attention and immerse yourself, you fill in more blanks than you really think you could, or want. As Max put it: "the devil changes you." The perversity and deep rottenness of the human minds displayed in 8MM is what disturbs you. Then you realize, that "snuff"-movies are real, that there are individuals twisted enough to endorse/enjoy/take part in it. And worst of all, that these individuals don't look like monsters, they're perhaps just overweight nearsighted men who look like your dad, your son, your brother, even yourself. And if you don't look out,(no matter how secluded you think you are in your suburban home, with a wife, a daughter, and a dog named Shep) you dive into the pit of perversion and rottenness as well, finding no way out. In conclusion: excellent music, acting very sufficient, the plot: a must see. Just don't bring popcorn, and prepare to walk out of the movie theatre disturbed, asking questions, and a little bit more suspicious of those walking around you, and yourself. Was the above review useful to you? 104 out of 141 people found the following review useful: A Haunting and disturbing Brilliant Realistic Masterpiece!! from Massachusetts, USA 26 February 1999 The intensely intriguing storyline of 8MM follows the haunting search by a private investigator (played superbly by Nicolas Cage) for the makers of a grotesque and disturbing snuff film in which a young woman is murdered. Starting by looking through endless missing persons files (in an attempt to identify the victim), Cage ultimately follows leads to the world of underground seaze films and the people who are involved in making them. Throughout his creepy investigation, Cage becomes more and more disturbed by the Snuff film and stops at nothing in an attempt to track down answers to what really happened. This film is So intriguing and suspenseful, there are scenes that wil |
Where was the 1990s version of Dickens' Great Expectations set? | Great Expectations (1998) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Modernization of Charles Dickens classic story finds the hapless Finn as a painter in New York pursuing his unrequited and haughty childhood love. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC ‘Togetherness,’ ‘Rectify’ and More: A Tribute to the Canceled & Retired TV of 2016 5 December 2016 3:08 PM, -08:00 | Indiewire Television a list of 23 titles created 18 Dec 2012 a list of 37 titles created 25 Jul 2013 a list of 42 titles created 09 Mar 2014 a list of 30 titles created 01 Aug 2014 a list of 46 titles created 01 Jan 2015 Search for " Great Expectations " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 1 win & 3 nominations. See more awards » Videos Edit Storyline Based on Charles Dickens' timeless tale, this is a story of the love of a man for an unreachable woman. Updated to modern day New York City, the story concerns a man of modest background who falls in love with a rich girl. But when a mysterious benefactor greenlights the man to make his dreams come true, everything done has the ultimate goal of making Estella fall in love with him... Written by Steve Richer <[email protected]> Let desire be your destiny. Genres: Rated R for language and some sexuality | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 30 January 1998 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $9,593,290 (USA) (30 January 1998) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia In his book, "What Just Happened?", producer Art Linson reveals that the narration in the movie was written by David Mamet . It was done for free, on the condition that nobody ever find out he did it. See more » Goofs When Finn is holding Lustig on the subway, there is nothing on the floor of the train. When Lustig asks Finn to grab his suitcase for him, there it is on the floor, next to the knife, neither of which were seen in the first shot. See more » Quotes Finn : That's a big cat! That's the biggest cat I've ever seen! What do you feed it? See more » Crazy Credits The credits are accompanied by images of all the artwork drawn by Finnegan Bell (Ethan Hawke). They run the entire duration of credits. See more » Connections Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp. by arrangement with Warner Special Products (morristown, TN) – See all my reviews Great Expectations is one of the few films that can incorporate stunning visuals, one of the best soundtracks to ever grace a film and simply characters that you truly care about by the end of the film. It's true that the character development on the character of Finn is a little weak, but the characters of Estella and the over flamboyant and heartbroken Miss Dinnsmore certainly make up for Finn's minor flaws. Personally i found the film very enjoyable and immersive, and the incredibly imaginative cinematography will certainly keep anyone's attention as well. This film is a stylish and brilliant remake of a classic and could almost be considered timeless compared to other recent attempts at "updating" the classics which fail in comparison(such as the recent failed attempt at romeo and juliet). Great Expectations is certainly worth a rental (or even purchase) for anyone that enjoys simply a good, immersive movie with some absolutely beautiful imagery. 38 of 52 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes |
Which important US building has its roof ripped off in Superman II? | Superman II (1980) Superman II (1980) d. Richard Lester, 127 minutes, 116 minutes Superman II (2006), Richard Donner's cut, with 83% Donner original footage Film Plot Summary This film began by reviewing short clips from the previous film, beginning with the trial of three criminals: General Zod (Terence Stamp), Ursa (Sarah Douglas), and Non (Jack O'Halloran), on seditious treason charges before Krypton's Council of Elders. The trio had stealthily entered the Council Chamber where the neck of a guard was broken. However, the Council was prepared against their coup d'etat attempt and the group was apprehended. They were encircled by descending, spinning, imprisoning rings as they were declared guilty. The three were banished from the planet Krypton into the revolving, two-dimensional Phantom Zone, their prison, causing them to be flattened. Under the credits, Krypton's respected scientist Jor-El (Marlon Brando), fearing that Krypton would be destroyed by a collision with its sun, prepared a space capsule/rocket (with one green crystal) to bear his son Kal-El safely away, just before the planet exploded. There was a brief recap of Kal-El's crash landing in a wheatfield in Kansas, his encounter with adoptive parents, his summoning by the green crystal and trek to the North to create the Fortress of Solitude, Clark Kent's (Christopher Reeve) subsequent employment as a reporter in Metropolis at the Daily Planet, and Superman's first public demonstration when he rescued fellow reporter Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) from a crashing helicopter. The summary ended with the previous film's concluding sequence, in which Superman saved the West Coast from catastrophe when villain Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) detonated a nuclear missile on the San Andreas Fault. At the Daily Planet Office, chief Editor Perry White (Jackie Cooper) ordered his oblivious reporter Clark Kent to do a background story on a terrorist group (disguised as repairmen) that had seized the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and taken about 20 tourists as hostages. They were making demands of the French government, while threatening to explode a Hydrogen bomb (hidden in an oil drum) and level the city. Lois Lane had already been sent to Paris as White's "best reporter" to get the story. Worried about her, Clark hurriedly left the building, darted into an alley, and magically transformed himself into Superman at running speed (on camera) - rapidly soaring toward Europe. Meanwhile, ambitious and determined Lois arrived at the scene where the terrorists had released the remaining hostages. To get the story (Lois hoped for a Pulitzer or Nobel prize!), she evaded one security guard with her tourist's translation phrase book, and climbed under the lift-elevator mechanism - after which it was raised high into the air, carrying the terrorists and the bomb. To capture the terrorists, French gendarmes with cable-cutters snapped the elevator's thick steel supports, plunging it down the shaft to the ground (with Lois pinned and clinging underneath), as one of the terrorists inadvertently triggered the timer device with only 60 seconds until detonation. Superman caught the out-of-control elevator, told Lois: "I believe this is your floor," left her off on a lower level, and pushed the elevator (with the bomb) up the shaft and into outer space past Earth's moon. When it exploded, the concussion force of its shock-wave rings caused the Phantom Zone, traveling nearby, to shatter and break open - unwittingly freeing and restoring the Kryptonians as three-dimensional beings, who then flew on toward Earth. Outside the Daily Planet office, Clark jaywalked to reach Lois across the street, and was directly hit in the legs - but unhurt - by a Checker taxi, which suffered major front-end damage. He was bewildered as he entered the office, where the day's paper (an exclusive article by Lois) announced: "MERCI SUPERMAN - French Terror Scheme 'Bombs'." In the prison where bald Lex Luthor (calling himself the "greatest criminal mind...the greatest genius in this world") and bumbling assistant Otis (Ned |
What is the name of the Darth Vader-to-be in the Star Wars Prequel, Episode 1? | Darth Vader Is Coming To Star Wars Rebels, Here's Why - CINEMABLEND Darth Vader Is Coming To Star Wars Rebels, Here's Why By jessica rawden 2 years ago Disney has done a lot of intense work marketing its new animated Star Wars series, Star Wars Rebels. This week, the Disney Channel premiered a 44-minute special episode called Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion to kick off the series. The special did quite well on The Disney Channel, and now Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion is headed to ABC for an additional second showing. The network's airing of Spark of Rebellion will be extra special however, as it will come with a special bonus scene and a cameo from James Earl Jones. That’s right, when Spark of Rebellion heads to ABC later this month, fans will be treated to an additional scene featuring none other than Darth Vader. And thanks to Jones’ involvement, the iconic character will get his original voice. On Thursday, executive producer Dave Filoni explained why the new scene has been added in. “We wanted to do something special for the ABC broadcast. We’ve added a scene which gives audiences insight into the Inquisitor and includes a cameo by Darth Vader voiced by the distinguished actor James Earl Jones.” The animated series takes place in the time between Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. A ragtag crew led by the soon-to-be powerful Jedi Ezra Bridger (Taylor Gray) and renegade Jedi Kanan Jarrus (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) are tasked with taking on threatening villains and saving the day. Their main threat will be the aforementioned Inquisitor (Jason Isaacs), who has been tasked by Darth Vader to rid the universe of all Jedi. The show is also notable because it is expected to be canon. As I noted prior, Disney is really crushing the marketing with its Star Wars Rebels stuff. Due to big buzz and a built-in audience, the show got off to a killer start on October 3, pulling in more than 6.5 million total viewers, numbers that are high for The Disney Channel. Additionally, the network showed a boost of confidence in the series when it signed on for Season 2 before Season 1 even premiered. Star Wars Rebels will hit the schedule in its regular form on Monday, October 13 at 9 p.m. ET. Sixteen episodes are expected to be produced for Season 1. A scene with added information and a Darth Vader cameo might inspire fans to rewatch Star Wars Rebels: Spark The Rebellion when it re-airs on ABC on October 26 at 9 p.m. ET. Even if it doesn’t, it’s still an added reason for new viewers to give the show a shot, without having to add Disney or Disney XD to their cable package in order to do so. Subscribe To Topics You're Interested In close |
What was the first sequel to Star Wars? | The 'Star Wars' Sequel That Never Happened The 'Star Wars' Sequel That Never Happened April 29, 2014 @ 11:00 AM Del Rey Books George Lucas had a backup plan. It might not seem like such a bold move today – in the era of blockbuster franchises – to be planning for a sequel before the first movie has even been released. But, in the 1970s, this was downright revolutionary thinking. Especially considering that we’re talking about a movie set in another galaxy in an era where such films were considered inane. (Granted, some people still consider them inane.) But not only did Lucas have a plan for a ' Star Wars ' sequel, he had two plans. One, as you know, became ‘The Empire Strikes Back.’ The other exists as a sort of alternative universe oddity of what could have been – a story titled ‘Splinter of the Mind’s Eye.’ Even after the enormous success of ‘Star Wars,’ its sequel, ‘The Empire Strikes Back,’ nearly bankrupted Lucasfilm – which financed the film independently instead of accepting backing from 20th Century Fox as Lucas had with the first film – and if ‘Empire’ had bombed, Lucasfilm itself would have gone bust. (This, as we know, didn’t happen.) The money Lucasfilm used to finance ‘Empire’ was basically what Lucas had earned on ‘Star Wars’ after Fox took their cut. Now, in this aforementioned alternative universe, let’s pretend ‘Star Wars’ was a modest success and not an entity that changed movies and mainstream culture forever. Under this scenario, Lucas wouldn’t have the money to make a film on such a grand scale like ‘Empire,’ so – before ‘Star Wars’ was even released – he commissioned Alan Dean Foster to write a lower-budget sequel to 'Star Wars' titled 'Splinter of the Mind’s Eye.' "I was originally brought in while 'Star Wars' was still in production, on a two-book contract to do the novelization of the film," Alan Dean Foster told me by phone from his Arizona home, "but he also instructed me to write a novel that could be filmed on a low budget." 'Star Wars' did become a huge hit, so the idea for a ‘Splinter’ film was scrapped for the much more ambitious ‘Empire,’ but the novel was still released in 1978 as a follow-up story to ‘Star Wars’ – due to rights issues with stars Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher, the book couldn’t even feature their faces, which is why Luke and Leia have their backs turned on the Ralph McQuarrie-painted cover – and the first book of the expanded universe of ‘Star Wars’ stories. The original 'Splinter of the Minds Eye' cover The plot of 'Splinter' is fairly simple. Taking place after the events of 'Star Wars,' Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa – along with C-3P0 and R2-D2 – are on their way to an important meeting with representatives of a system that might join the Rebellion. On the way, the two crash-land on a swamp planet called Mimban (Lucas asked Foster to scrap a space battle that originally led to the crash because it would be too expensive to film), where they soon discover that the Empire has a secret mining colony in operation in an effort to find something called a Kaiburr crystal. Eventually the two are discovered, ending with a showdown between Luke and Leia against Darth Vader. One character missing from the book entirely and only referenced twice (and only once by name) is Han Solo. "I couldn't use the characters of Han Solo and Chewbacca," Foster explains. "Chewbacca because he's Han Solo's buddy and Han Solo because Harrison Ford hadn't yet signed on to do anything related to future developments of 'Star Wars.'" Which, to Foster’s credit, didn’t seem to bother him too much, "It was kind of liberating. The story idea I had in mind focused on Luke, Leia and, in the background of course, Darth Vader. And working a third major character into the storyline would have been a little awkward. It was less that I had to worry about." Solo and Chewbacca aside, due to some very important plot points that are revealed during 'The Empire Strikes Back,' 'Splinter' had a tendency to create a lot confusion for anyone who happened to read it after they watched 'Empire.' It was somewher |
Who did Jane Fonda play in the 60s movie of the same name where she repeatedly lost her clothes. | Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding (2011) - News NEWS 7 June 2012 2:56 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news » Actress Catherine Keener turned hippie sage for Peace, Love & Misunderstanding co-star Jane Fonda , so the movie veteran could understand what it meant to be an earth mother, Woodstock festival-goer type in the late 1960s. Fonda, 74, had no idea how influential the inaugural music and arts event was to the hippie movement in 1969, so Keener took it upon herself to school the Barbarella star about the alternative lifestyle. In an interview on U.S. breakfast show Today, Fonda said, "I play a hippie. People think that's what I was but I never was a hippie and (Keener) was far more a hippie than I. She told me what music to listen to and (in the film) I had to say something to (co-star) Jeffrey Dean Morgan about how I was at the Woodstock festival and (her character) breached, the baby breached when... Jimi Hendrix played The Star-Spangled Banner." And Fonda only fully understood the gravity of rock icon Hendrix's performance after watching 1970's Woodstock , which documented the legendary festival on film. She added, "She (Keener) brought me the documentary so I could see what that (performance was like). No wonder my (character's) water broke! It was an amazing experience. So she helped me understand what that was all about." » 7 June 2012 6:58 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news » There are moments during certain romantic comedies when you might find yourself throwing up your hands and growling, “come on!” under your breath. And with good reason: the improbability of plotlines and inconsistencies of characters are enough to drive even the sappiest of us screaming from the theaters, scouring the streets for the realism and even cynicism that seems to have deserted us over the course of the film. “ Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding ,” from director Bruce Beresford (“ Driving Miss Daisy ,” “ Tender Mercies ”), is not one of these kinds of rom-coms. At least, not entirely. Though wildly predictable from the outset, and undoubtedly sentimental in its bits of hippie-dippie, lovey-dovey wisdom, the movie doesn’t stray too far from the real world, and ultimately drives home an honest and applicable moral about accepting your family, warts and all. The film wastes no time getting its story off the ground. Dialogue filters in over a black screen. » - Emma Bernstein 6 June 2012 9:23 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news » Even as teens and adults, people tend to be all too eager to fight with their parents over their differences in lifestyles and opinions. But the new comedy-drama ‘ Peace, Love & Misunderstanding ,’ which hits select theaters on Friday, shows that once people are pushed outside their comfort zones, they’re more willing to accept their family’s diverse views. A seemingly mismatched family unpredictably comes together after unforeseen circumstances bring them together in the Bruce Beresford -directed film. ‘Peace, Love & Misunderstanding’ follows uptight Manhattan lawyer Diane ( Catherine Keener ), who decides to visit her hippie mother Grace ( Jane Fonda ) in Woodstock for the first time in 20 years, after her husband Mark (Kyle [ Read More ] » - Karen Benardello 4 June 2012 6:31 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news » Watchmen star Jeffrey Dean Morgan hopes fans of The Band don't turn on him when they hear his awful rendition of the late Levon Helm 's signature turn The Weight in new movie Peace, Love & Misunderstanding , insisting he begged film director Bruce Beresford to consider an alternative. The actor croons the song with co-star Catherine Keener and accepts it's a terrible way to remember Helm, who died in April. He tells WENN, "It was horrible. I think we butchered the song. Neither of us are probably the most musical people. We love music, but talent-wise you're looking at the bottom of the talent bowl! "That was the most nervous I've been doing a scene in a long time. We were both wrecks. Bruce insisted that we do it but I was kind of hoping that somebody would just lo |
Which veteran actress Katharine was the first actress to win four Oscars? | 1981 Academy Awards® Winners and History Reds (1981) Actor: HENRY FONDA in "On Golden Pond", Warren Beatty in "Reds", Burt Lancaster in "Atlantic City", Dudley Moore in "Arthur", Paul Newman in "Absence of Malice" Actress: KATHARINE HEPBURN in "On Golden Pond", Diane Keaton in "Reds", Marsha Mason in "Only When I Laugh", Susan Sarandon in "Atlantic City", Meryl Streep in "The French Lieutenant's Woman" Supporting Actor: JOHN GIELGUD in "Arthur", James Coco in "Only When I Laugh", Ian Holm in "Chariots of Fire", Jack Nicholson in "Reds", Howard E. Rollins, Jr. in "Ragtime" Supporting Actress: MAUREEN STAPLETON in "Reds", Melinda Dillon in "Absence of Malice", Jane Fonda in "On Golden Pond", Joan Hackett in "Only When I Laugh", Elizabeth McGovern in "Ragtime" Director: WARREN BEATTY for "Reds", Hugh Hudson for "Chariots of Fire", Louis Malle for "Atlantic City", Mark Rydell for "On Golden Pond", Steven Spielberg for "Raiders of the Lost Ark" The Best Picture winner this year was a surprise and major upset win for British producer David Puttnam's low-budget Chariots of Fire, directed by Hugh Hudson, with seven nominations and four wins. It also took top honors for Best Screenplay (Colin Welland), Best Original Score (Vangelis' rich electronic, throbbing score, especially during the iconic opening credits sequence) and Best Costume Design. The win signaled the start of another mini-British renaissance of film awards for this year and the next - with Gandhi (1982) soon breaking all British film Oscar records. (It had been 13 years since another British-made film had won Best Picture, Oliver! (1968)) Chariots of Fire was also the second sports film to win Best Picture (the first was Rocky (1976) ). It also marked the first of four biopics to win the top award during the 80s, joining Gandhi (1982), Amadeus (1984), and The Last Emperor (1987). Of the top five competitors for Best Picture, two were historical epics, two were about senior-citizens, and one was a throwback to the action/adventure films of the past: Chariots of Fire was the inspirational story of the 1924 Olympics running event in Paris and the motivations of two of Britain's runners, Cambridge University students - English Jew Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) and Scottish Christian missionary Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson). The film, which contained an anti-Semitism subplot, soon became the most-successful foreign film in US box-office history Warren Beatty's $35 million, three-hour long American epic masterpiece and front-runner in the competition, Reds (with twelve nominations and three wins) including Best Director (Warren Beatty), Best Supporting Actress (Maureen Stapleton), and Best Cinematography (Vittorio Storaro, the winner of the same award for Apocalypse Now (1979) .) Reds was the film biography of American communist and romantic figure John Reed, a left-wing radical journalist and author of Ten Days That Shook the World, who journeyed from Oregon to Greenwich Village and then to Russia to cover first-hand the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution on the streets of Petrograd [Beatty received simultaneous nominations as producer, director, co-writer (with English dramatist |
Who won his second Oscar in successive years for Forrest Gump? | 'Forrest Gump' Anniversary: Looking Back At The American Classic 19 Years Later | The Huffington Post 'Forrest Gump' Anniversary: Looking Back At The American Classic 19 Years Later 07/06/2013 01:13 pm ET Matthew Jacobs Entertainment Reporter, The Huffington Post Paramount Pictures Nineteen years ago today, on July 6, 1994, one of the great American epics was released. "Forrest Gump" became a staple of movie culture, producing one of the most indelible title characters of all time. Tom Hanks went on to win his second consecutive Oscar for the performance, and "Gump" has seen been catalogued in Americana via countless television re-airings, a themed chain restaurant and a coveted spot in the United States National Film Registry. Based on the 1986 novel by William Groom, "Gump" held the No. 1 spot at the box office for a whopping 10 consecutive weeks, becoming the fourth highest-grossing film of all time after earning $677.4 million worldwide. It currently holds on to the No. 60 spot on the list. The movie has since become a dividing point in American pop culture. Despite its historical stature, many critics and even some fans have lambasted the film's immense adoration. Some feel it's a saccharine melodrama that is far inferior to "Pulp Fiction," its chief competition for that year's Best Picture Oscar. Still, at No. 71 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies countdown, the movie is an undeniable piece of pop culture history, even if not all audiences find it as sweet as a "box of chocolates." Join us in recalling the "Forrest Gump" premiere and the movie's many accolades in the slideshow below. The Release Of 'Forrest Gump' The Release Of 'Forrest Gump' 1 |
Who won his second Oscar for the role of Raymond in Rain Man? | 1988 Academy Awards® Winners and History Working Girl (1988) Actor: DUSTIN HOFFMAN in "Rain Man", Gene Hackman in "Mississippi Burning", Tom Hanks in "Big", Edward James Olmos in "Stand and Deliver", Max von Sydow in "Pelle the Conqueror" Actress: JODIE FOSTER in "The Accused", Glenn Close in "Dangerous Liaisons", Melanie Griffith in "Working Girl", Meryl Streep in "A Cry in the Dark", Sigourney Weaver in "Gorillas in the Mist" Supporting Actor: KEVIN KLINE in "A Fish Called Wanda", Alec Guinness in "Little Dorritt", Martin Landau in "Tucker: the Man and His Dream", River Phoenix in "Running on Empty", Dean Stockwell in "Married to the Mob" Supporting Actress: GEENA DAVIS in "The Accidental Tourist", Joan Cusack in "Working Girl", Frances McDormand in "Mississippi Burning", Michelle Pfeiffer in "Dangerous Liaisons", Sigourney Weaver in "Working Girl" Director: BARRY LEVINSON for "Rain Man", Charles Crichton for "A Fish Called Wanda", Mike Nichols for "Working Girl", Alan Parker for "Mississippi Burning", Martin Scorsese for "The Last Temptation of Christ" Beginning this year, the trademark phrase: "and the winner is..." was substituted with "and the Oscar goes to..." Director Barry Levinson's critically and financially-successful Rain Man was the major Oscar winner in 1988. It was the buddy-road saga of the human relationship that gradually develops between two sibling brothers: the elder one a TV-obsessed, institutionalized adult autistic (Hoffman), the other an ambitious, hotshot money-maker/car salesman and hustler (Cruise). The autistic savant's kidnapping from an asylum by his fast-talking brother is with the intent to swindle him of his inheritance, but during a cross-country road trip, a loving relationship develops between the brothers with strong blood ties. Rain Man had a total of eight nominations and four wins - for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay (by Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow). It was the year's highest-grossing picture as well, taking in $173 million (domestic). The other Best Picture nominees included the following: director Lawrence Kasdan's adaptation of Anne Tyler's novel, the psychological drama The Accidental Tourist (with four nominations and one win - Best Supporting Actress), with two co-stars - Kathleen Turner and William Hurt - that Kasdan had teamed together in an earlier film - Body Heat (1981) British director Steven Frears' first American feature film, the lush, pre-Revolutionary France costume drama of competitive sexual seduction Dangerous Liaisons (with seven nominations and three wins - Best Screenplay, Best Art/Set Direction, and Best Costume Design) director Alan Parker's propagandist account of the investigation of the disappearance of three civil rights activists in 1964 in the social drama Mississippi Burning (with seven nominations and only one win - Best Cinematography) director Mike Nichols' sophisticated romantic comedy about 80s corporate ladder-climbing and office politics in Working Girl (with six nominations and one win - Best Song by Carly Simon: "Let the River Run") Two of the five directors of Best Picture nominees were not included in the list of Best Director nominees. The tw |
In 1997 James Cameron won an Oscar for which blockbuster? | 1997 Academy Awards® Winners and History The Full Monty (1997, UK) Actor: JACK NICHOLSON in "As Good As It Gets", Matt Damon in "Good Will Hunting", Dustin Hoffman in "Wag the Dog", Robert Duvall in "The Apostle", Peter Fonda in "Ulee's Gold" Actress: HELEN HUNT in "As Good As It Gets", Judi Dench in "(Her Majesty) Mrs Brown", Helena Bonham Carter in "The Wings of the Dove", Kate Winslet in "Titanic", Julie Christie in "Afterglow" Supporting Actor: ROBIN WILLIAMS in "Good Will Hunting", Robert Forster in "Jackie Brown", Anthony Hopkins in "Amistad", Greg Kinnear in "As Good As It Gets", Burt Reynolds in "Boogie Nights" Supporting Actress: KIM BASINGER in "L.A. Confidential", Joan Cusack in "In & Out", Minnie Driver in "Good Will Hunting", Julianne Moore in "Boogie Nights", Gloria Stuart in "Titanic" Director: JAMES CAMERON for "Titanic", Peter Cattaneo for "The Full Monty", Atom Egoyan for "The Sweet Hereafter", Curtis Hanson for "L.A. Confidential", Gus Van Sant for "Good Will Hunting" Director-producer-screenwriter James Cameron's three-hour mega-hit, Titanic - both the most expensive film ever made AND the number one, most successful box-office film of all-time (shared by 20th Century Fox and Paramount Studios), was the fictionalized account of the 1912 White Star Line cruise-ship disaster. It was the first Best Picture winner to gross over $1 billion (worldwide), and $600 million (domestic). Cameron's film was both a love story surrounded with the special-effects sinking of the 'unsinkable' Titanic on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York. The reconstructed ship in the film was three-quarters actual size. Titanic had a record number of nominations and wins - fourteen, tying the all-time record set by All About Eve (1950) . That made it the second of only two films to receive 14 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. It was also the second film to win 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture - it tied Ben-Hur (1959) with eleven Oscar wins - the most Oscar wins of any film in Academy Awards history. [ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) would equal the feat in six years with 11 wins.] Both Titanic and Ben-Hur (1959) failed to win Best Original Screenplay (Titanic wasn't even nominated in the category), although both films won Best Picture and Best Director honors. To date, it was the last film to win Best Picture without a Screenplay nomination (Adapted or Original); the last Best Picture to not have its screenplay nominated was The Sound of Music (1965) . [The earlier version, Titanic (1953), lacked nominations for Best Picture and Best Director, but had two nominations, including Best Art Direction and it won an Oscar for Best Story and Screenplay - by Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, and Richard Breen.] Its fourteen nominations included: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Make-up, Best Score, Best Song ("My Heart Will Go On"), Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing, and Best Visual Effects. Titanic lost only three awards for which it was nominated - its two acting nominations, and |
Which Nick won an Oscar for The Wrong Trousers? | Nick Park - IMDb IMDb Writer | Producer | Director Nick Park was born on December 6, 1958 in Preston, Lancashire, England as Nicholas Wulstan Park. He is a writer and producer, known for The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), The Wrong Trousers (1993) and Chicken Run (2000). See full bio » Born: a list of 28 people created 25 May 2014 a list of 22 people created 30 Sep 2014 a list of 21 people created 04 Nov 2015 a list of 33 people created 8 months ago a list of 41 people created 1 month ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Nick Park's work have you seen? User Polls Won 4 Oscars. Another 53 wins & 25 nominations. See more awards » Known For 2015 Shaun the Sheep Movie (characters created by) Shaun the Sheep (TV Series) (based on characters by - 76 episodes, 2007 - 2014) (original idea - 49 episodes, 2007 - 2010) (based on an original idea by - 3 episodes, 2007) (written by - 1 episode, 2009) - Fruit and Nuts (2014) ... (based on characters by) - The Stare (2014) ... (based on characters by) - Duck! (2014) ... (based on characters by) - Save the Dump (2014) ... (based on characters by) - Picture Perfect (2014) ... (based on characters by) 1989 A Grand Day Out (Short) (written by) Hide - Timmy Makes a Splash (2012) ... (executive producer: Aardman Animations Ltd) - Timmy's Scrapbook (2011) ... (executive producer: Aardman Animations Ltd) 2007 Creature Comforts America (TV Series) (executive producer) 2003-2006 Creature Comforts (TV Series) (executive producer - 26 episodes) - Safari Park (2006) ... (executive producer) - Communication (2006) ... (executive producer) 1997 Stage Fright (Short) (executive producer) Hide 1985 Second Class Mail (Short) (color artist) Hide 2011 The Simpsons (TV Series) Nick Park - Angry Dad: The Movie (2011) ... Nick Park (voice) Hide 1989 A Grand Day Out (Short) (photographed by) Hide 1985 Second Class Mail (Short) (lots of help) Hide 2005-2015 Film 2016 (TV Series) Himself / Himself - Interviewee 2013 This Morning (TV Series) Himself 2012 Just Dandy (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2011 The Big Picture (TV Series) Himself - Executive Producer 2010 100 Greatest Toys (TV Movie) Himself (as Nick Park CBE) 2010 Breakfast (TV Series) 2007-2009 The Culture Show (TV Series documentary) Himself 2009 News Zero (TV Series) Himself 2008 The One Show (TV Series) Himself 2008 Blue Peter at 50 (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2008 All About 'Thunderbirds' (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2007 Comics Britannia (TV Mini-Series documentary) Himself 2007 British Film Forever (TV Mini-Series documentary) Himself 2007 The Comedy Map of Britain (TV Series documentary) Himself 2006 The South Bank Show (TV Series documentary) Himself 2006 Richard & Judy (TV Series) Himself 2005 The 100 Greatest Family Films (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2005 El Magacine (TV Series) Himself 2000-2005 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary) Himself 2005 Best Ever Ads (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2005 Rove Live (TV Series) Himself 2005 Top 50 Greatest Celebrity Animals (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2005 Animation Nation (TV Series documentary) Himself 2004 The 100 Greatest Christmas Moments (TV Special documentary) Himself 2001 The 100 Greatest Films (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2001 I Love the 1990s (TV Series documentary) Himself 2000 The Panel (TV Series) Himself 2000 Omnibus (TV Series documentary) Himself 2000 The Hatching of 'Chicken Run' (TV Short documentary) Himself 1994 Limited Edition (TV Series documentary) Himself 1994 Live & Kicking (TV Series) Himself Himself - Winner: Best Animated Short Film Hide Personal Details Other Works: [1996] Animated music video for "In Your Wildest Dreams" by Tina Turner and Barry White . See more » Publicity Listings: 5 Interviews | 2 Articles | See more » Official Sites: Did You Know? Personal Quote: [on the award-winning Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer (1986) pop video] Part of the brief in a way was to look like a fourteen-year-old kid had made it in their attic and in a way that was the way it end |
What is Sean Connery's profession in The Name of the Rose? | The Name of the Rose (1986) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The Name of the Rose ( 1986 ) Der Name der Rose (original title) R | An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey. Director: User Lists Related lists from IMDb users a list of 25 titles created 30 Jan 2011 a list of 24 titles created 12 Jul 2012 a list of 32 titles created 10 Aug 2012 a list of 28 titles created 22 Feb 2013 a list of 31 titles created 06 Sep 2013 Title: The Name of the Rose (1986) 7.8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 15 wins & 5 nominations. See more awards » Photos An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponent, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize". Director: Russell Mulcahy In November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain in their newest sub violates orders and heads for the USA. Is he trying to defect or to start a war? Director: John McTiernan When Robin and his Moorish companion come to England and the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham, he decides to fight back as an outlaw. Director: Kevin Reynolds Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team. Director: Brian De Palma Edit Storyline 1327: after a mysterious death in a Benedictine Abbey, the monks are convinced that the apocalypse is coming. With the Abbey to play host to a council on the Franciscan's Order's belief that the Church should rid itself of wealth, William of Baskerville, a respected Franciscan friar, is asked to assist in determining the cause of the untimely death. Alas, more deaths occur as the investigation draws closer to uncovering the secret the Abbey wants hidden, and there is finally no stopping the Holy Inquisition from taking an active hand in the process. William and his young novice must race against time to prove the innocence of the unjustly accused and avoid the wrath of Holy Inquisitor Bernardo Gui. Written by Rick Munoz <[email protected]> They believed in God, but traded with the Devil See more » Genres: 24 September 1986 (USA) See more » Also Known As: The Name of the Rose See more » Filming Locations: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)| Dolby (35 mm prints) Color: Helmut Qualtinger 's last movie. See more » Goofs The secret message on the parchment is exposed three times. The translator heated it to reveal the location of the library, William of Baskerville heated it again when he was in the scriptorium and yet again to show the others the message. When a message is written in lemon juice, heating it will cause it to be exposed because the sugar in the juice is caramelized. It does not disappear again. See more » Quotes [first lines] Voice of Adso as an Old Man : Having reached the end of my poor sinner's life, my hair now white, I prepare to leave on this parchment my testimony as to the wondrous and terrible events that I witnessed in my youth, towards the end of the year of our Lord 1327. May God grant me the wisdom and grace to be the faithful chronicler of the happenings that took place in a remote abbey in the dark north of Italy. An abbey whose name it seems, even now, pious and prudent to omit. Crazy Credits The opening credits read - A palimpsest of Umberto Eco's Novel The Name of the Rose See more » Connections The Novel Predates the Davinci Code by 20 years 13 March 2005 | by emuir-1 (United States) – See all my reviews A number of people have commented on the similarity of this film, and the Novel by Umberto Eco, to the DaVinci Code. For those who were not born then, The Name of the Rose was published in 1980, thus predating DaVinci by about 20 or more years. I must admit that I found DaVinci to |
In which film did Jodie Foster play FBI agent Clarice Starling? | Hannibal (2001) - FAQ The content of this page was created directly by users and has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Visit our FAQ Help to learn more FAQ How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie? For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Hannibal can be found at here . What is 'Hannibal' about? Ten years after the events in The Silence of the Lambs, FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling ( Julianne Moore ) is assigned to the case of Mason Verger ( Gary Oldman ), the only surviving, but severely disfigured, victim of cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter ( Anthony Hopkins ), and Verger wants revenge. Lecter, who disappeared (after the events in The Silence of the Lambs), is currently living in Florence, Italy as a library curator under the assumed name of Dr Fell. Recently disgraced for a bungled drug raid, Clarice is contacted by a sympathetic Lecter. Now that Lecter's whereabouts are known, the hunt for Lecter begins. Is "Hannibal" based on a book? Hannibal is based on a 1999 novel of the same name by American writer Thomas Harris. The novel was adapted for the movie by American screenwriters David Mamet and Steven Zaillian. Hannibal is the film sequel to The Silence of the Lambs (1991). It was followed by Red Dragon (2002) and Hannibal Rising (2007), both adapted from novels by Thomas Harris and written as prequels to The Silence of the Lambs. Prior to The Silence of the Lambs, there was another Hannibal Lecter movie, Manhunter (1986), also based on Harris' 1981 novel, Red Dragon, but not considered to be part of The Silence of the Lambs franchise. Who from "The Silence of the Lambs" is back in "Hannibal"? Anthony Hopkins reprises his role as the cannibalistic serial killer, Hannibal Lecter, this time in the guise of Dr Fell, new curator of the Capponi Library in Florence, Italy. FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling is also back, although she is played by Julianne Moore, not Jodie Foster . Barney Matthews ( Frankie Faison ), the nurse who admitted Clarice to the locked row of cells in which Lector was being held at the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, is seen again in a small part at the beginning of the movie. Justice Department official Paul Krendler, played by Ray Liotta rather than Ron Vawter , returns in an expanded and more sinister role. Added to the cast is Gary Oldman playing Mason Verger, a pedophile horribly disfigured by Lecter and the only one of his victims to survive. Also added to the main cast is Chief Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi ( Giancarlo Giannini ) of the Florence Questura, who recognizes Fell as Lecter and attempts to capture him for Verger. Weren't there really two surviving victims? According to the film, Mason Verger is the only surviving victim of Dr. Lecter's 14 victims. In the novels, it is said that there are three known surviving victims: (1) Verger, (2) an unnamed victim residing in a mental hospital in Colorado, and (3) Will Graham from Red Dragon. Although the novel Red Dragon was written in 1981, before The Silence of the Lambs (1988) and Hannibal (1999), it wasn't filmed until 2002, after the filming of The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Hannibal (2001), so the character of Will Graham hadn't yet been introduced to the Hannibal franchise. Why did Mason Verger cut off his own face? Mason was a sexual deviant who was also infatuated with Lecter. Lecter had given him a 'popper' [in the book, a mixture of hallucinogenic and hypnotic drugs] before suggesting that he cut off his face and feed it to the dogs. Verger was based on the real case of a man named Michael who, while under the influence of PCP, did the same thing -- cut off parts of his face and fed them to some dogs. For more information on Michael, see here . Why was Mason Verger in a wheel chair? This was another mishap from his encounter with Hannibal Lecter |
Which Julie won an Oscar for Darling in 1965 and was Oscar nominated in 19987 for Afterglow? | Julie Christie - Awards - IMDb Julie Christie Showing all 46 wins and 28 nominations Academy Awards, USA Evening Standard British Film Award Best Actress Evening Standard British Film Award Best Actress Most Promising New Star (Female) San Diego Film Critics Society Awards Tied with Ellen Page for Juno (2007). Village Voice Film Poll a list of 35 images created 12 Aug 2011 a list of 49 people created 06 Dec 2011 a list of 27 people created 22 Feb 2012 a list of 22 people created 29 Sep 2012 a list of 33 people created 5 months ago IMDb Everywhere Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet! |
Which musical set in gangland New York won 11 Oscars in 1961? | West Side Story (1961) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. Directors: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 31 titles created 31 Jul 2011 a list of 42 titles created 20 Aug 2012 a list of 23 images created 06 Jan 2014 a list of 40 titles created 03 Feb 2014 a list of 35 titles created 10 months ago Title: West Side Story (1961) 7.6/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 10 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 11 nominations. See more awards » Videos Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago. Director: Rob Marshall Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman. Director: Vincente Minnelli A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays. Director: John Madden An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years. Director: Bruce Beresford A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York to seek personal fortune but, in the process, finds himself a new friend. Director: John Schlesinger A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them. Director: Bob Fosse A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound. Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship, but it may not stay platonic for long. Director: Vincente Minnelli In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter. Director: Sydney Pollack Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country. Director: Barry Levinson A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions. Director: Michel Hazanavicius Ted Kramer's wife leaves her husband, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation. Director: Robert Benton Edit Storyline West Side Story is the award-winning adaptation of the classic romantic tragedy, "Romeo and Juliet". The feuding families become two warring New York City gangs- the white Jets led by Riff and the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo. Their hatred escalates to a point where neither can coexist with any form of understanding. But when Riff's best friend (and former Jet) Tony and Bernardo's younger sister Maria meet at a dance, no one can do anything to stop their love. Maria and Tony begin meeting in secret, planning to run away. Then the Sharks and Jets plan a rumble under the highway - whoever wins gains control of the streets. Maria sends Tony to stop it, hoping it can end the violence. It goes terribly wrong, and before the lovers know what's happened, tragedy strikes and doesn't stop until the climactic and heartbreaking ending. Written by Anonymous "BEST PICTURE!" Winner of 10 Academy Awards! - 1961 (post-Oscar) See more » Genres: 23 December 1961 (Japan) See more » Also Known As: Amor sin barreras See more » Filming Locations: 152 min Sound Mix: 4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints)| 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording Sy |
Who did Ali McGraw marry after they had made The Getaway together? | About Ali MacGraw, Ali MacGraw Biography, Ali MacGraw Bio at The Steve McQueen Site About Ali MacGraw Ali MacGraw was born Alice MacGraw on April 1, 1938 in Pound Ridge, New York. She was born to an Irish-American Father and a Jewish mother. She has one brother. Both parents were artists and coming from an artistic family, Ali realized from an early age she wanted a career in the arts. She attended the prestigious Wellesley College which boasts Hilary Rodham Clinton and Diane Sawyer as alumni. At age 22, Ali became an assistant to Diana Vreeland at Harper's Bazaar and stylist at Vogue Her natural beauty and grace impressed the photographers and she was asked to move in front of the camera and do some photo shoots. Her clean, fresh look was a bit hit and she began a successful second career modeling and appearing in TV commercials. She started the Less-is-More look as she needed and used little make-up thus creating a huge trend in women wanting to look natural rather than made-up. She soon turned to acting. She began her career in acting in 1968 in the movie A Lovely Way to Die but it wasn't until she starred in the movie Goodbye Columbus that she caught the eye of Robert Evans, a Paramount executive. They fell in love and were married in 1971 and had one child, a son Josh. With Evans guiding her career, her next film role would be one with which she would forever be associated. In 1970, she was cast as the beautiful Jennifer Cavalleri in the huge hit Love Story co-starring Ryan O'Neal for which she received an Academy Award nomination. The role she would play after Love Story would change her life dramatically. In 1973, she was cast as Carol McCoy in the hit The Getaway in which she co-starred with Steve McQueen. They fell madly and passionately in love while filming and Ali would eventually leave Robert Evans to be with McQueen. The Getaway would be her last role while she was married to him. She gave up her career to become a full-time wife to placate McQueen, he preferred his wife to be in the role of a homemaker rather than a career woman. While Ali was happy to give up her interests to make Steve happy, he was unwilling to do the same. While he was a talented and well-loved actor, he was not a supportive or faithful husband. Soon after they were married, he returned to his old ways of drinking, taking drugs and having numerous affairs. Ali was devastated and soon realized she needed more than to be just Mrs. Steve McQueen to fulfill her life. She began discussing a return to films with Steve and to her dismay, Steve became furious and demanded she remain a housewife only. He didn't want her to take classes or have any outside interests because he wanted her to be at home and waiting for him when he decided to come home. With Steve living his double life, she was unable to maintain hers as the dutiful wife and began looking at scripts. In 1978, she signed on for a role in Sam Peckinpah's Convoy and her marriage to McQueen came to a very nasty end. She had signed a pre-nuptial agreement and had very little of her own money since she hadn't worked in so long. Steve controlled everything. Consequently, he kicked Ali out of their marital home and moved the woman with whom he'd been having his latest affair, into their home even as Josh was still living there and Ali's clothes were still in the closet. Her name was Barbara Minty and she would become his third wife. Even Steve's first wife Neile was disgusted by his behavior and made the remark that it was not his most shining moment. In Steve's mind, because she had refused to do everything he'd asked, he felt Ali had betrayed him and he would never forgive her. They divorced in 1978. Ali had always hoped to reconcile their differences with Steve but, on his deathbed, he would not see or speak to her. Some say it is because he did not want her to see him in his condition. According to Marshall Terrill's biography, many of Steve's closest friends and confidantes are convinced she was the one true love of his |
"Who uttered the famous line ""Frankly my dear I don't give a damn?" | Greatest Film Misquotes Greatest Film Misquotes Greatest Movie Misquotes (Part 2) Greatest Movie Mis-Quotes: Some of the most classic film lines or scenes are really only legendary and/or apocryphal, or they are merely movie misquotes, but after many years of repetition and being misquoted in subsequent films, they have become part of the filmgoing public's consciousness. Many of these examples are film quotes that were either commonly attributed wrongly, or in fact were never actually spoken. The top 10 most misquoted film lines are marked with an icon Rhett Butler's (Clark Gable) scandalous, swear-word farewell to Scarlett (Vivien Leigh) in Gone With the Wind (1939) did not include Scarlett's name. It was: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." (long version) It was NOT: "Frankly, Scarlett, I don't give a damn." The misquote was heard in Clue (1985), when Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren) begged Wadsworth (Tim Curry) to forgive her for trying to shoot him: Scarlet: "Wadsworth. Don't hate me for trying to shoot you." Wadsworth: "Frankly, Scarlet, I don't give a damn." Play clip from Clue (1985): And in The Mask (1994), the Mask/Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) spoofed the line (along with other semi-familiar lines) after being shot: - "Tell Scarlett I do give a damn." Play clip from The Mask (1994): The other lines were referential: - "Hold me closer, Ed." Flo (Esther Muir): "I want to be near you. I want you to hold me. Hold me closer! Closer! Closer!" Dr. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx): "If I hold you any closer, I'll be in back of ya!" Referencing both The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Old Yeller (1957). - "Tell Tiny Tim I won't be comin' home this Christmas." Referencing A Christmas Carol. - "Thank you, You love me, you really love me." This line misquoted the end of Sally Field's Oscar acceptance speech in 1985 for her performance in Places in the Heart (1984): "...The first time, I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now. You like me!" Play end of Sally Field's speech: Contrary to popular opinion, Gone With the Wind (1939) was not the first use of the word 'damn' in a film. It reportedly was said a few times in Glorifying the American Girl (1929) and in Pygmalion (1938, UK). Also, the phrase "March and sweat the whole damned day" appeared on a dialogue card in the silent epic war film The Big Parade (1925) . In Only Angels Have Wings (1939) , Cary Grant said the name 'Judy' numerous times to costar Rita Hayworth (playing a character named Judith McPherson), such as: "Hello, Judy" - but never repeated her name in rapid succession. "Helly, Judy." Play clip from Only Angels Have Wings (1939) : "Judy...Judy...Judy" - was falsely attributed to Cary Grant. Cary Grant vaguely recalled that at a party he attended, someone introduced Judy Garland by saying, "Judy, Judy, Judy" and the phrase was attributed to him. A 1960 New Yorker ad for several Judy Garland albums ("Judy! Judy! Judy!") reinforced the incorrect quote. The most beloved family film, The Wizard of Oz (1939) has had problems with one of its most famous lines spoken by Judy Garland (as Dorothy Gale) to her dog Toto: "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." Play clip from The Wizard of Oz (1939) : It's generally misquoted as: "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" or "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto." A misquote was heard in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), when the two Szalinski siblings, Amy (Amy O'Neill) and Nick (Robert Oliveri) realized that they had been miniaturized and trapped in a plastic garbage bag in their backya |
Whose voice did Marni Nixon dub in the classic My Fair Lady? | Marni Nixon - Biography - IMDb Marni Nixon Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (3) | Trivia (17) | Personal Quotes (5) Overview (3) Margaret Nixon McEathron Mini Bio (1) "Loverly" soprano Marni Nixon has ensured herself a proper place in film history although most moviegoers would not recognize her if they passed her on the street. But if you heard her, that might be a horse of a different color. Marni is one of those unsung heroes (or should I say "much sung" heroes) whose incredible talents were given short shrift at the time. For those who think film superstars such as Deborah Kerr , Natalie Wood , and Audrey Hepburn possessed not only powerhouse dramatic talents but amazing singing voices as well...think again. Kerr's Anna in The King and I (1956), Natalie's Maria in West Side Story (1961), and Audrey's Eliza in My Fair Lady (1964) were all dubbed by the amazing Marni Nixon, and nowhere in the credits will you find that fact. Born Marni McEathron in Altadena, California, she was a former child actress and soloist with the Roger Wagner Chorale in the beginning. Trained in opera, yet possessing a versatile voice for pop music and easy standards as well, she not only sang for Arnold Schönberg and Igor Stravinsky but also recorded light songs. Marni made her Broadway musical debut in 1954 in a show that lasted two months but nothing came from it. In 1955, the singer contracted to dub Deborah Kerr in The King and I (1956) was killed in a car accident in Europe and a replacement was needed. Marni was hired...and the rest is history. Much impressed, the studios brought her in to "ghost" Ms. Kerr's voice once again in the classic tearjerker An Affair to Remember (1957). From there she went on to make Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn sound incredibly good with such classic songs as "Tonight" and "Wouldn't It Be Loverly." She finally appeared on screen in a musical in The Sound of Music (1965) starring Julie Andrews , who physically resembles Marni. The role is a small one, however, and she is only given a couple of solo lines in "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" as a singing nun. Marni's vocal career in films dissolved by the mid 1960s, but she continued on with concerts and in symphony halls, while billing herself as "The Voice of Hollywood" in one-woman cabaret shows. Throughout the years, she has played on the legit stage, including the lead roles in "The King and I" and "The Sound of Music," and in her matronly years has been seen as Fraulein Schneider in "Cabaret," and in the musicals "Follies" and "70 Girls 70." Her last filmed singing voice was as the grandmother in the animated feature Mulan (1998) in the 1990s. Married three times, twice to musicians; one of her husbands, Ernest Gold , by whom she had three children, was a film composer and is best known for his Academy Award-winning epic Exodus (1960). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh / [email protected] Spouse (3) Trivia (17) Hosted "Boomerang," a Seattle children's TV show. Provided the singing voice for Natalie Wood in West Side Story (1961). She also was Deborah Kerr 's singing voice in both An Affair to Remember (1957) and the musical classic The King and I (1956). Started out at the age of four as a violinist and had a singing act with her sisters by age eight. Earned her reputation as "Singing Voice of the Stars" by "ghosting" other film luminaries as well, including Margaret O'Brien , Janet Leigh , and Jeanne Crain in some of their song sequences. She even touched up some singing parts for Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), dubbing the phrase "These rocks don't lose their shape" and some higher notes in the "Diamond's Are a Girl's Best Friend" number. She starred in her own local children's TV show in Seattle entitled "Boomerang" in the late 70s and early 80s and won four Emmys for her efforts. Toured extensively with both Liberace and Victor Borge . Of her three children, Andrew Gold is a rock musician, composer and producer; daughter Martha Gold Carr is a psychologist; and Melanie Gold is a singer and songwrit |
Who was jailed for her 'obscene' stage play Sex? | The History of New York Scandals - Mae West’s �Sex’ Capade -- New York Magazine (Photo: Bettmann/Corbis) 1927 In a 1925�26 New York theater season with acclaimed new plays by O’Neill (The Great God Brown), O’Casey (Juno and the Paycock), and Coward (Hay Fever), critics agreed that the rock bottom was Sex, the first Broadway vehicle written by and starring the voluptuous vaudeville trouper Mae West. Sex was �street sweepings,� in the verdict of The New Yorker, and �a crude, inept play, cheaply produced and poorly acted,� according to the Times. The paper’s review did helpfully note that the show’s �one torrid love scene� lived up to its title. An ad warning patrons who �cannot stand excitement� to �see your doctor before visiting Mae West� didn’t hurt either. The play outlasted nearly all the competition. Variety christened its heroine, a Montreal lady of the evening with a fondness for sailors, �the Babe Ruth of stage prosties.� Politics turned a hit into a Jazz Age phenomenon. When New York’s rakish mayor, Jimmy Walker , took a Havana holiday in February 1927, the acting mayor, Joseph V. (�Holy Joe�) McKee, raided three risqué Broadway shows. West was the prime target: Sex, then in the tenth month of its run, had been seen by 325,000 theatergoers. To the delight of the tabloid press, its twenty actors were hauled off to a police station in Hell’s Kitchen. The star spent the night in the Jefferson Market Women’s Prison. West bailed out her company. The court had offered to drop charges if she would close the show. But she knew that in showbiz, crime paid. The grand jury’s claim that her �obscene, indecent, immoral, and impure drama� would abet �the corruption of the morals of youth� was better than any rave review. Festooned with white roses, she rode a limo to incarceration on Welfare Island and boasted of wearing silk underwear throughout her eight-day stay there. When Liberty magazine paid her $1,000 for an exit interview, she used it to start a Mae West Memorial Library for female prisoners. A later West play�The Pleasure Man, awash in female impersonators and homosexuality�would be raided and shut down at its second Broadway performance in 1928. Undaunted, she eventually revived Sex and toured the Depression-era Midwest without incident, before arriving in Hollywood, where, paired with Cary Grant and W. C. Fields, she hit superstardom as she was reaching 40. The Bushwick-born, self-invented West (1893�1980) wrote the Ur-text for Madonna and Lady Gaga, repeatedly breaking gender and sexual barriers over a marathon career as a writer, performer, free-speech provocateur, and showbiz entrepreneur. Her pioneering playbook for turning scandal into profits remains the gold standard in American pop culture to this day. |
Which 1997 movie equaled Ben Hur's record 11 Oscars? | Film History Milestones - 1997 Event and Significance 1997 Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension (aka Marvin the Martian in 3D), a 12-minute Warner Bros film, opened as a feature of the Warner Bros.' theme park "Movie World" in Australia. It was the first computer-animated CG film that was to be viewed with 3-D glasses. It combined the experience of watching a fully CGI film with polarized/anaglyphic glasses. 1997 James Cameron's Titanic (1997), the most expensive film of all time at the time of its release, also soon became the highest grossing and most successful film of all-time in Hollywood history (at $600.8 million domestic gross box-office receipts, and $1.8 billion total worldwide gross), surpassing the all-time box-office (domestic) record of Star Wars (1977) . (Titanic remained at the top until Cameron's own Avatar (2009) surpassed it 12 years later at $760.5 million (domestic).) It was the first film with a budget of $200 million, and it was the first movie to gross $1 billion (worldwide). When adjusted for inflation, however, Cleopatra (1963) had the highest budget of any film, and Gone with the Wind (1939) remained the highest grossing. Delays during production and a budget of $200 million threatened to 'sink' the film, but didn't affect its overall success. Repeated theatrical viewings by young teens (enthralled by the romance between Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) were partly responsible for the film's high returns. The bulk of the state-of-the-art visual effects (CGI and miniature models) were provided by Cameron's own company, Digital Domain. And the film was backed or co-produced by two studios in order to foot the bill -- Fox and Paramount. 1997 The blockbuster film Titanic (1997) had a record-tying fourteen nominations and won a record-tying eleven Academy Awards (duplicating the feat of All About Eve (1950) ). That made it the second of only two films to receive 14 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. It was also the second film to win 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture - it tied Ben-Hur (1959) with eleven Oscar wins - the most Oscar wins of any film in Academy Awards history. [ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) would equal the feat in six years with 11 wins.] 1997 There were only two instances in which the same movie character was Oscar-nominated within the same film. The first instance was in Titanic (1997), where the character of Rose DeWitt Bukater was played by nominees Gloria Stuart and Kate Winslet. [Note: The second instance was the character of Iris Murdoch in Iris (2001).] 1997 The 18th official Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) was the first film in cinematic history to have the largest product placement deal ever, covering its entire production budget of $110 million. The film was largely marketed through the film's promotional partners. Sponsoring companies included BMW, Ericsson cellphones, Bollinger champagne, Omega watches, Dunhill, Brioni clothing, Avis rental cars, Golden Wonder potato chips, L'Oréal cosmetics, VISA, and Heineken beer. Some joked that the Bond films had now become the "Licence to Sell." 1997 The first time product placement appeared in an animated picture was Chanel perfume in Anastasia (1997). 1997 Due to its opening against James Cameron's blockbuster Titanic (1997), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) was the first (and only) Pierce Brosnan Bond film to not open as the # 1 film at the box-office. 1997 Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt won Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars for As Good As It Gets (1997). This was only the seventh time in 70 years that the leading actor and actress from the same film received the Oscars. 1997 Slim DVDs (Digital Versatile Discs), the new generation of optical disc storage technology, began to be sold to c |
Who won an Oscar wearing an eye patch in True Grit? | 'The Oscars': John Wayne Wins Best Actor for 'True Grit' in 1970 | AOL.com My Queue 'The Oscars': John Wayne Wins Best Actor for 'True Grit' in 1970 Barbra Streisand presents John Wayne with the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role during the 42nd Academy Awards in 1970. This was the first and only Oscar win for the three-time nominee, who won for his role as eye patch-wearing Rooster Cogburn in 'True Grit.' During his acceptance speech, John Wayne joked that had he known he'd win, he would've put on an eye patch 35 years prior. Watch LIVE OSCAR SUNDAY on ABC. Recommended |
In which film did David Niven play James Bond? | Casino Royale (1967) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH. Directors: From $9.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 25 titles created 25 May 2011 a list of 43 titles created 16 May 2012 a list of 26 titles created 05 Nov 2012 a list of 26 titles created 21 Jul 2013 a list of 42 titles created 02 Jul 2015 Search for " Casino Royale " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 nominations. See more awards » Photos A SPECTRE agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated. Director: Irvin Kershner A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own. Directors: Clive Donner, Richard Talmadge Stars: Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider James Bond woos a mob boss's daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps that involves beautiful women from around the world. Director: Peter R. Hunt A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program. Director: Terence Young A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon. Director: Guy Hamilton Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked. Director: Lewis Gilbert James Bond heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme. Director: Terence Young James Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond willingly falls into an assassination ploy involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by SPECTRE. Director: Terence Young 007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed. Director: Lewis Gilbert A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces. Director: John Glen Edit Storyline After the death of M, Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH and Le Chiffre, Bond thinks up the ultimate plan. That every agent will be named James Bond. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle. Written by simon Casino Royale is too much for one James Bond! See more » Genres: 28 April 1967 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Charles K. Feldman's Casino Royale See more » Filming Locations: 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints)| Mono (35 mm prints) Color: Black and White (archive footage: Keystone Cops)| Color (Technicolor) Aspect Ratio: Cameos by Frank Sinatra , Sophia Loren , and Barbra Streisand were planned. See more » Goofs When the pod from the flying saucer "drives" up out of the water in the underground dock, the cable pulling it is p |
Which Emma won an Oscar for her screenplay of Sense and Sensibility? | The Sense and sensibility screenplay & diaries: bringing Jane Austen's novel ... - Emma Thompson, Jane Austen - Google Buku 0 Resensi https://books.google.co.id/books/about/The_Sense_and_sensibility_screenplay_dia.html?hl=id&id=E3dZAAAAMAAJ Including the complete shooting script, named Best Screenplay of the Year by the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, the Broadcast Film Critics, the New York Film Critics, the Los Angeles Film Critics, and the Boston Critics, among others. With 91 color and black-and white photographs, full cast and crew credits, and the complete text of Emma Thompson's acceptance speech at the Golden Globes. Dari dalam buku Apa yang dikatakan orang - Tulis resensi Kami tak menemukan resensi di tempat biasanya. Isi |
Which film with Ralph Fiennes won Anthony Minghella an Oscar? | The English Patient (1996) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 35 titles created 02 Aug 2012 a list of 25 titles created 18 Jul 2013 a list of 34 titles created 13 Dec 2013 a list of 23 images created 06 Jan 2014 a list of 40 titles created 03 Feb 2014 Title: The English Patient (1996) 7.4/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 9 Oscars. Another 49 wins & 66 nominations. See more awards » Videos A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays. Director: John Madden Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military. Director: Kevin Costner In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter. Director: Sydney Pollack The story of the final Emperor of China. Director: Bernardo Bertolucci Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago. Director: Rob Marshall Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country. Director: Barry Levinson An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years. Director: Bruce Beresford Ted Kramer's wife leaves her husband, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation. Director: Robert Benton Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption. Director: Paul Haggis Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics. Director: Hugh Hudson A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions. Director: Michel Hazanavicius A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. Director: James Cameron Edit Storyline October 1944 in war torn Italy. Hana, a French-Canadian nurse working in a mobile army medical unit, feels like everything she loves in life dies on her. Because of the difficulty traveling and the dangers, especially as the landscape is still heavily booby-trapped with mines, Hana volunteers to stay behind at a church to care solely for a dying semi-amnesiac patient, who is badly burned and disfigured. She agrees to catch up to the rest of the unit after he dies. All the patient remembers is that he is English and that he is married. Their solitude is disrupted with the arrival at the church of fellow Canadian David Caravaggio, part of the Intelligence Service, who is certain that he knows the patient as a man who cooperated with the Germans. Caravaggio believes that the patient's memory is largely in tact and that he is running away from his past, in part or in its entirety. The patient does open up about his past, all surrounding his work as a cartographer in North Africa, which ... Written by Huggo In love, there are no boundaries. See more » Genres: Rated R for sexuality, some violence and language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 6 December 1996 (USA) See more » Also Known As: El paciente inglés Se |
I Could Go on Singing was the last film of which screen legend? | Judy Garland - IMDb IMDb Soundtrack | Actress One of the brightest, most tragic movie stars of Hollywood's Golden Era, Judy Garland was a much-loved character whose warmth and spirit, along with her rich and exuberant voice, kept theatre-goers entertained with an array of delightful musicals. She was born Frances Ethel Gumm on 10 June 1922 in Minnesota, the youngest daughter of vaudevillians ... See full bio » Born: a list of 40 people created 04 Dec 2011 a list of 30 people created 03 Mar 2012 a list of 42 people created 03 Jul 2012 a list of 41 people created 25 Dec 2012 a list of 25 people created 29 May 2014 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Judy Garland's work have you seen? User Polls Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 7 nominations. See more awards » Known For A Star Is Born Vicki Lester / Esther Blodgett (1954) 2015 Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture (TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode) - Inside (2015) ... (performer: "Over the Rainbow") 2014 Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead") 2014 Somewhere Over the Rainbow (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - uncredited) 2014 Dancing in Small Spaces (TV Series short) (performer - 1 episode) - Steps (2014) ... (performer: "I Got Rhythm") 2014 The Lego Movie (performer: "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm") 2013 Six by Sondheim (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Get Happy") 2013 Mr Selfridge (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Episode #1.3 (2013) ... (performer: "Under the Bamboo Tree" - uncredited) 2012 Vegas (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Bad Seeds (2012) ... (performer: "Lucky Day") 2012 Upstairs Downstairs (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Somewhere Over the Rainbow (2012) ... (performer: "Over the Rainbow" - uncredited) 2011 Mildred Pierce (TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Part Five (2011) ... (performer: "I'm always chasing rainbows") - Best Band in the Land (2010) ... (performer: "Over the Rainbow") 2010 A Star Is Born: Special Features (Video) (performer: "Gotta Have Me Go with You", "The Man That Got Away", "Lose That Long Face", "Here's What I'm Here For", "Trinidad Coconut Oil Shampoo", "Born in a Trunk") 2009 Doctors (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - O Christmas Tree (2009) ... (performer: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - uncredited) 2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe") 2009 Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - 9 (2009) ... (performer: "Over the Rainbow") 2009/I 9 (performer: "Over the Rainbow") 2009 Taking Woodstock (performer: "No Love, No Nothin'") 2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (Video documentary) (performer: "We're Off to See the Wizard" - uncredited) 2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (Video documentary) (performer: "The Trolley Song", "Hoe Down", "Strike Up the Band", "How About You?", "Look for the Silver Lining", "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", "Who?" - uncredited) - Home Is Where You Hang Your Holster (2009) ... (performer: "Over the Rainbow" - uncredited) 2008 Australia (performer: "Over the Rainbow") 2008/I Milk (performer: "Over the Rainbow") 2008 True Blood (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Mine (2008) ... (performer: "Mine" - uncredited) 2008 The Bread (Short) (performer: "Embraceable You") 2008 Sex and the City (performer: "The Trolley Song") 2008 Pageant (Documentary) (performer: "The Trolley Song") 2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "We're Off to See the Wizard", "The Trolley Song", "Hoe Down", "Look for the Silver Lining", "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis", "Get Happy" - uncredited) 2007 Eterna Magia (TV Series) (performer: "That Old Black Magic") 2007 P.S. I Love You (performer: "The Man T |
Which British actor's autobiography was called What's It All About? | Michael Caine - Biography - IMDb Michael Caine Biography Showing all 212 items Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (2) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (5) | Trivia (103) | Personal Quotes (94) | Salary (3) Overview (3) 6' 1" (1.85 m) Mini Bio (2) Michael Caine was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in London, to Ellen Frances Marie (Burchell), a charlady, and Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, a fish-market porter. He left school at 15 and took a series of working-class jobs before joining the British army and serving in Korea during the Korean War, where he saw combat. Upon his return to England he gravitated toward the theater and got a job as an assistant stage manager. He adopted the name of Caine on the advice of his agent, taking it from a marquee that advertised The Caine Mutiny (1954). In the years that followed he worked in more than 100 television dramas, with repertory companies throughout England and eventually in the stage hit, "The Long and the Short and the Tall." Zulu (1964), the 1964 epic retelling of a historic 19th-century battle in South Africa between British soldiers and Zulu warriors, brought Caine to international attention. Instead of being typecast as a low-ranking Cockney soldier, he played a snobbish, aristocratic officer. Although "Zulu" was a major success, it was the role of Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File (1965) and the title role in Alfie (1966) that made Caine a star of the first magnitude. He epitomized the new breed of actor in mid-'60s England, the working-class bloke with glasses and a down-home accent. However, after initially starring in some excellent films, particularly in the 1960s, including Gambit (1966), Funeral in Berlin (1966), Play Dirty (1969), Battle of Britain (1969), Too Late the Hero (1970), The Last Valley (1971) and especially Get Carter (1971), he seemed to take on roles in below-average films, simply for the money he could by then command. There were some gems amongst the dross, however. He gave a magnificent performance opposite Sean Connery in The Man Who Would Be King (1975) and turned in a solid one as a German colonel in The Eagle Has Landed (1976). Educating Rita (1983) and Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) (for which he won his first Oscar) were highlights of the 1980s, while more recently Little Voice (1998), The Cider House Rules (1999) (his second Oscar) and Last Orders (2001) have been widely acclaimed. - IMDb Mini Biography By: [email protected] Michael Caine is an English actor and author. Renowned for his distinctive working class cockney accent, Caine has appeared in over 115 films and is regarded as a British film icon. He made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in a number of acclaimed British films, including Zulu (1964), The Ipcress File (1965), Alfie (1966), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, The Italian Job (1969), and Battle of Britain (1969). His most notable roles in the 1970s included Get Carter (1971), The Last Valley (1971), for which he earned his second Academy Award nomination, The Man Who Would Be King (1975), and A Bridge Too Far (1977). He achieved some of his greatest critical success in the 1980s, with Educating Rita (1983) earning him the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. In 1986, he received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986). Caine played Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). Having by that time practically retired from acting on the big screen, he enjoyed a career resurgence in the late 1990s, receiving his second Golden Globe Award for his performance in Little Voice (1998) and receiving his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Cider House Rules (1999) the following year. Caine played Nigel Powers in the 2002 parody Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), and Alfred Pennyworth in Christopher Nolan 's Batman film series. He appeared in several other of Nolan's films including The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010), and Interstellar (2014). He also appeared as a supporting character in Alfonso Cua |
Judi Dench won an Oscar as which Queen in Shakespeare in Love? | Should Judi Dench keep her ‘Shakespeare in Love’ Oscar? – EW.com Pinterest Judi Dench’s roughly eight minute performance as Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love was not the briefest to ever win an Academy Award; that record is still held by Beatrice Straight at six minutes for 1976’s Network. But it’s still pretty friggin’ short — and pretty friggin’ memorable. Dench’s droll, deftly understated take on the monarch sets much of the film’s plot in motion, gives its theatrical climax a pungent grace note, and steals every square inch of the screen for every precious second she’s on it. And yet, when Dame Judi collected her Oscar for the performance, even she felt obliged to note, while regarding her statue, “I feel for eight minutes on the screen, I should only get a little bit of him.” Should she have gotten any of him? We’ve been looking back at all the major Oscar categories from 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years ago and asking just that question in our Recall the Gold survey of the entertainment industry. For a decade, the performances of these five best supporting actress nominees — including Kathy Bates ( Primary Colors ), Brenda Blethyn ( Little Voice ), Rachel Griffiths ( Hilary and Jackie ), and Lynn Redgrave ( Gods and Monsters ) — have percolated in the popular culture, and now we want to know if you, PopWatchers, think Dench’s still rates as the most Oscar-worthy. Ten years ago, her win wasn’t a sure thing. Redgrave had won the Golden Globe for her role as the hilariously no-nonsense maid to Bride of Frankenstein director James Whale (fellow nominee Ian McKellan). Bates had taken home the Screen Actors Guild award for her role as a hilariously take-no-prisoners political operative. Both were far more traditional supporting performances (i.e. they we’re a fair shade longer than eight minutes). Bates’ movie, however, was otherwise seen as a disappointment, and it was released way back in March 1998 — rarely an Oscar-friendly month. As for Redgrave, perhaps some voters thought Gods and Monsters should be recognized by McKellan’s performance instead (er, whoops ), or by screenwriter Bill Condon’s win for best adapted screenplay. Blethyn and Griffiths were caught in a different bind: They arguably gave lead performances against a fellow actress with a far showier role. Blethyn tore into the chance to play an oft-sozzled stage mom to Jane Horrocks’ meek title character; the movie, however, was specifically created to show off Horrocks’ jaw-dropping impersonations of legendary Hollywood singers (Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland), and Blethyn’s over-the-top scenery chewing may have turned off voters besides. (The film, alas, has also lived up to its title: I can’t even find the trailer on the Web.) Meanwhile, much of Hilary and Jackie, a biopic about sisters and musical rivals Hilary and Jacqueline du Pré, is told from Griffiths’ perspective as the older, more ordinary sister Hilary…who is overshadowed by her brilliant, egomaniacal younger sister Jackie, played by (ahem) Best Actress nominee Emily Watson. Though the Griffiths stunning work in the film launched quite the healthy career (HBO’s Six Feet Under, ABC’s Brothers & Sisters), she was, at the time, the designated “now who is she again?” nominee. So, PopWatchers, is there still, in the inimitable words of presenter Robin Williams, nothing like a Dame? Or should another actress have be anointed with Oscar gold? Vote in our poll below; if you need a reminder of the performances, check out the clips after the jump. While you’re at it, if you haven’t already, vote in all the other polls from our ongoing walk down Oscar’s memory lane . Tomorrow, we’ll take a look at the 1993 Best Picture race; also, check out coverage of this year’s awards contenders in Dave Karger’s Oscar Watch blog . addCredit(“Steve Granitz/WireImage.com”) Judi Dench’s Oscar victory for Shakespeare in Love, with short excerpts of all five nominated performances (Robin Williams’ japery ends at the 1:20 mark) Kathy Bates, Primary Colors Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love Rachel Griffiths, Hilary and Jackie Ly |
Who won the Best Actor and Best Director Oscar for Dances With Wolves? | 1990 Academy Awards® Winners and History GoodFellas (1990) Actor: JEREMY IRONS in "Reversal of Fortune", Kevin Costner in "Dances With Wolves", Robert De Niro in "Awakenings", Gerard Depardieu in "Cyrano de Bergerac", Richard Harris in "The Field" Actress: KATHY BATES in "Misery", Anjelica Huston in "The Grifters", Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman", Meryl Streep in "Postcards from the Edge", Joanne Woodward in "Mr. & Mrs. Bridge" Supporting Actor: JOE PESCI in "GoodFellas" , Bruce Davison in "Longtime Companion", Andy Garcia in " The Godfather, Part III ", Graham Greene in "Dances With Wolves", Al Pacino in "Dick Tracy" Supporting Actress: WHOOPI GOLDBERG in "Ghost", Annette Bening in "The Grifters", Lorraine Bracco in "GoodFellas" , Diane Ladd in "Wild at Heart", Mary McDonnell in "Dances With Wolves" Director: KEVIN COSTNER for "Dances With Wolves", Francis Ford Coppola for " The Godfather, Part III ", Stephen Frears for "The Grifters", Barbet Schroeder for "Reversal of Fortune", Martin Scorsese for "GoodFellas" The Best Picture winner, co-producer/director/actor Kevin Costner's three-hour epic and revisionistic western film Dances With Wolves was an anomaly win in Oscar history - it was only the second time that a western genre film won the Best Picture Oscar. [The first Best Picture western film was Cimarron (1930-31), sixty years earlier.] However, some argued that Costner's (another actor-turned-director) romantic-epic film shouldn't have been categorized as a Western. Dances With Wolves was honored with twelve nominations and seven Oscar wins - Best Picture (Costner), Best Director (for Costner's directorial debut film), Best Adapted Screenplay (Michael Blake), Best Cinematography (Dean Semler), Best Sound, Best Original Score (John Barry), and Best Film Editing. The pretentious, but visually-impressive film told the saga of a Civil War Union officer, Lt. John W. Dunbar, who became disillusioned, headed west, and eventually found peace away from white civilization with nature and the Lakota Sioux. The film contained long portions of the Sioux-Lakota language and detailed the native American culture. The other four Best Picture nominees were: director Penny Marshall's psychological drama Awakenings (with three nominations and no wins), a semi-true account of a doctor who 'awakens' catatonic patients with an experimental drug director Jerry Zucker's highly-successful, romantic comedy/fantasy Ghost (with five nominations and two wins - Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay), about a murder victim who protects his wife through a psychic director Francis Ford Coppola's long-awaited gangster epic sequel The Godfather, Part III (with seven nominations and snubbed with no wins, although both previous parts of the saga won Best Picture Oscars - and it was the first of only two trilogies to have all three films nominated for Best Picture) - an extension of the Mafia-tale about an older crime kingpin Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) and his temperamental, trigger-happy nephew (Andy Garcia) and daughter (Sofia Coppola) director Martin Scorsese's GoodFellas (with six nominations and one win - Best Supporting Actor), a violent and foul-mouthed adaptatio |
Which Jessica was the then oldest Oscar winner for Driving Miss Daisy? | 'Driving Miss Daisy' Wins 4 Oscars, Including One for Jessica Tandy - NYTimes.com 'Driving Miss Daisy' Wins 4 Oscars, Including One for Jessica Tandy By ROBERT REINHOLD, Special to The New York Times Published: March 27, 1990 LOS ANGELES, March 26— ''Driving Miss Daisy,'' a sentimental film about the relationship between an elderly Southern Jewish widow and her black chauffeur, won four Oscars tonight, including best picture of 1989 and best actress, in an Academy Awards presentation that offered many surprises and odd contradictions but few clear clues to trends in film. No single film dominated the 62d annual awards, as has often happened in past years. And the film considered one of the heavy favorites to win best picture, ''Born on the Fourth of July,'' the story of a paraplegic Vietnam veteran's passage into the antiwar movement, won only two Oscars, for best director for Oliver Stone and for film editing. Bruce Beresford, the director of ''Miss Daisy,'' was not even nominated. But the film gave Jessica Tandy, the 80-year-old stage actress, the chance to win her first Oscar in six decades as a performer. There was also an Oscar for Alfred Uhry for his screenplay for ''Miss Daisy,'' which he adapted from his Pulitzer Prise-winning Off-Broadway play. It was also a satisfying night for the makers of ''My Left Foot,'' the wrenching film about the Irish painter and writer Christy Brown, who suffered from cerebral palsy. The award for best actor went to the British actor Daniel Day-Lewis, for his performance as Brown. Brenda Fricker, the Irish actress, won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Brown's mother. And there was glory, too, for ''Glory,'' the Civil War epic about a black regiment fighting on the Union side. It won three awards, including best supporting actor for Denzel Washington, his first Oscar. It was thus a diffused and surprising evening with no clearly dominant winners. Mr. Day-Lewis, who beat out the early favorite for best actor, Tom Cruise, in ''Born on the Fourth of July,'' used his victory to issue a plea for better treatment of the disabled and acknowledged that some disabled actors resented his taking the role. ''But due to the hypocrisy of financing, this film could never be made with a disabled actor,'' he said backstage after the awards. ''I very selfishly decided to put my name on it.'' In accepting, the actor said that when the artist was alive he needed very little encouragement to make his voice heard. ''I'm truly grateful to you for honoring me with this award,'' he said. None were more delighted than Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck, producers of ''Driving Miss Daisy,'' which was rejected by all major studios at first. Mis Tandy, the 80-year-old stage actress, had never been nominated for an Oscar before. ''I never expected in a million years I'd ever be in this position,'' Miss Tandy said. She was the oldest person ever to win an Oscar. The film, adapted from Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, portrayed the slowly evolving relationship between the widow and her black chauffeur, played by Morgan Freeman. In accepting, Miss Tandy thanked the Zanucks, the producers of the film, which had repeatedly been rejected by major studios. In an especially pointed mention, she gave special thanks to her director, Bruce Beresford, who was not nominated for best director even though ''Miss Daisy'' received nine nominations, including one for best picture. Washington for 'Glory' For his powerful performance as a mistreated runaway slave serving in a black Civil War regiment in the film ''Glory,'' Mr. Washington won his first Oscar, as best supporting actor. The award to the young black actor came as something of a surprise in a category that included strong performances by Danny Aiello as the white owner of a pizza parlor in a black neighborhood of Brooklyn in ''Do the Right Thing'' and Dan Aykroyd as Miss Tandy's son in ''Driving Miss Daisy.'' In accepting the award, Mr. Washington cited with pride the role of black soldiers who fought, largely unsung, on the Union si |
Who was the first actress to receive four Oscars? | Oscars fast facts Home » fastfacts » Oscars fast facts Oscars fast facts The shortest Oscar ceremony ever was the first, held in 1929; it lasted only about 15 minutes as all the winners had been announced three months earlier. The longest Oscar awards ceremony was in 2000, running for 4 hours and 16 minutes – beating a previous record by 16 minutes. Bob Hope has hosted the Oscars 18 times; Billy Crystal is in second place with 8 times. Tom Hanks is the youngest recipient of the Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award, which he received in 2002 at age 45. Kate Winslet received four Oscar nominations before reaching the age of 30. Elizabeth Taylor received four Oscar nominations before reaching the age of 28. Gone with the Wind, at 3 hours and 56 minutes, was the longest film to have won a Best Picture Oscar; it was also the first film in color to win Best Picture. The 1968 movie, War and Peace, was the longest film (431 minutes) to an Academy Award – for best Foreign picture. Julia Phillips was the first female producer to win Best Picture award, for The Sting (1973). The first female to win the Best Director award was Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008). Henry Fonda was first nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in 1941 for his role in The Grapes of Wrath but had to wait 41 years before he finally achieved a win in 1982 for his role in On Golden Pond. At 76, he is the oldest actor yet to have received the Best Actor award. The oldest actress to win an Oscar is Jessica Tandy – at 81 she won the Best Actress Oscar in 1990 for her performance in Driving Miss Daisy. Anthony Quinn’s performance as painter Paul Gaugin in Lust for Life (1956) is the shortest ever to win a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award, his second Oscar. He was on screen for only 8 minutes. (He won a similar award in 1952 playing opposite Marlon Brando in Elia Kazan’s Viva Zapata!) The shortest-ever winning performance for Best Supporting Actress belongs to Beatrice Straight, who won an Oscar in 1976 for her 5 minutes 40 seconds appearance as devastated wife Louise Schumacher in Network. Dame Judi Dench won an Oscar in 1998 for less than 8 minutes of screen time playing Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love. The shortest-ever Best Actor Oscar-winning performance was awarded to David Niven in 1958, having appeared for only 15 minutes and 38 seconds in Separate Tables. The second-shortest winning appearance was made by Anthony Hopkins in 1992, for less than 16 minutes of screen time as Dr Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. In 1948, Jane Wyman won Best Actress award without uttering a word; she played the role of a deaf -mute person in the movie Johnny Belinda. The fewest lines actually spoken by an Oscar-winning actress won Patty Duke a Best Actress in a Supporting Role portraying the deaf and blind Helen Keller in the 1962 film The Miracle Worker. In the role she speaks only one word in the last scene: “Wah-wah” (for “water”). In 1993, Holly Hunter won a Best Actress Oscar for her role as a deaf person in the movie The Piano but she narrated a few scenes and does speak (although her face is covered) in the last scene of the film. The films with the most Oscar wins are Ben-Hur, Titanic and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, each winning 11 Oscars from 12, 14 and 11 nominations respectively. See more in the lists of Oscar winners . In total, the Middle-earth series (The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003) – and the The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) won 17 Oscars out of 33 nominations. William Wyler has directed more actors to Academy Award success than any other, with 34 nominations and 14 wins. Jack Nicholson leads the Best Actor Academy Award category with wins from 11 nominations, followed by Laurence Olivier, nominated 10 times and receiving one Best Actor award, and then Spencer Tracy with nine nominations resulting in two awards. Daniel Day-Lewis has won the most Best Actor awards, with 3 awards (1989, 2007, 2012). Meryl Streep had more Best |
In the 70s which gangster film won an Oscar as did its sequel? | Oscars 2016 predictions: Who's going to win? - CNN.com 1 of 88 Photos: Oscar-winning best pictures 'Wings' (1927) – The first Academy Awards were given out at a dinner on May 16, 1929. The best picture winner was 1927's "Wings," a film about World War I pilots starring Clara Bow, right, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, left, Richard Arlen and Gary Cooper. Even today, the silent film's aerial sequences stand out as some of the most exciting ever filmed. Another film, "Sunrise," was given an Oscar as most "unique and artistic production," an honor that was eliminated the next year. The academy didn't begin using a calendar year for awards until movies made in 1934 (with ceremonies held in 1935). Hide Caption 2 of 88 Photos: Oscar-winning best pictures 'The Broadway Melody' (1929) – The musical "The Broadway Melody" was the first sound film to win best picture. The film stars Charles King, Anita Page and Bessie Love. Hide Caption 3 of 88 Photos: Oscar-winning best pictures 'All Quiet on the Western Front' (1930) – "All Quiet on the Western Front," best picture of 1929-30, was the film adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's classic novel. The film stars Lewis Wolheim and Lew Ayres and was directed by Lewis Milestone. Hide Caption 4 of 88 Photos: Oscar-winning best pictures 'Cimarron' (1931) – "Cimarron," based on the Edna Ferber novel, is best remembered for its portrayal of the 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush, which literally featured a cast of thousands. Richard Dix and Irene Dunne star in the film. Hide Caption 5 of 88 Photos: Oscar-winning best pictures 'Grand Hotel' (1932) – The all-star cast of "Grand Hotel," including Greta Garbo and John Barrymore (pictured), portrayed characters in a mix of plot lines at a Berlin hotel. The film won just the one Oscar, but has been immortalized for one of Garbo's lines of dialogue: "I want to be alone." Hide Caption 6 of 88 Photos: Oscar-winning best pictures 'Cavalcade' (1933) – "Cavalcade," based on a Noel Coward play, won the 1932-33 prize for best picture. The film follows a London family from 1899 to 1933 and stars, left to right, Una O'Connor, Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook. Hide Caption 7 of 88 Photos: Oscar-winning best pictures 'It Happened One Night' (1934) – "It Happened One Night" was one of the great underdog winners. Its studio, Columbia, wasn't considered one of the majors at the time, and neither Clark Gable nor Claudette Colbert, its stars, were excited about the project. But it became the first film to sweep the five major categories of picture, actor, actress, director and screenplay. To this day, only two other films -- "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) and "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) -- have pulled off the same trick. Hide Caption 8 of 88 Photos: Oscar-winning best pictures 'Mutiny on the Bounty' (1935) – Clark Gable was in the best picture winner the next year as well, playing Fletcher Christian in the 1935 version of "Mutiny on the Bounty." Charles Laughton plays Captain Bligh. Hide Caption 9 of 88 Photos: Oscar-winning best pictures 'The Great Ziegfeld' (1936) – Luise Rainer stars in "The Great Ziegfeld." She picked up an Oscar for best actress, though William Powell, who played the title figure, came up empty (although he was nominated for another movie, "My Man Godfrey"). Hide Caption 10 of 88 Photos: Oscar-winning best pictures 'The Life of Emile Zola' (1937) – "The Life of Emile Zola" won three Oscars, including best picture. The film is a biography of the famed French author. Star Paul Muni was nominated for best actor but lost to Spencer Tracy ("Captains Courageous"). Hide Caption 11 of 88 Photos: Oscar-winning best pictures 'You Can't Take It With You' (1938) – "You Can't Take It With You" is one of the rare comedies to win best picture. The film, based on the George Kaufman and Moss Hart play, stars James Stewart, Jean Arthur and Lionel Barrymore. It also won a best director Oscar for Frank Capra, Capra's third in five years. Hide Caption 12 of 88 Photos: Oscar-winning best pictures 'Gone With the Wind' (1939) – Still considered one of the great Hollywood e |
Geoffrey Rush won an Oscar for Shine, as what type of musician? | Shine (1996) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim. Director: From $2.00 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC "No Small Parts" IMDb Exclusive: 'Manchester by the Sea' Star Casey Affleck Ben Affleck 's younger brother Casey Affleck has been nominated for a Golden Globe for his role in critically-acclaimed drama Manchester by the Sea . Take a look at some of his earlier roles. Don't miss our live coverage of the Golden Globes beginning at 4 p.m. PST on Jan. 8 in our Golden Globes section. Watch the video Related News a list of 36 titles created 13 Jan 2012 a list of 41 titles created 14 Jul 2012 a list of 21 titles created 03 Sep 2013 a list of 24 titles created 22 Sep 2015 a list of 42 titles created 16 Oct 2015 Search for " Shine " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Oscar. Another 44 wins & 48 nominations. See more awards » Videos Edit Storyline As a child piano prodigy, David Helfgott 's musical ambitions generate friction with his overbearing father, Peter. When Helfgott travels to London on a musical scholarship, his career as a pianist blossoms. However, the pressures of his newfound fame, coupled with the echoes of his tumultuous childhood, conspire to bring Helfgott's latent schizophrenia boiling to the surface, and he spends years in and out of various mental institutions. Written by Jwelch5742 A true story of the mystery of music and the miracle of love See more » Genres: Rated PG-13 for nudity/sensuality and intense thematic elements | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 14 February 1997 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $162,179 (USA) (22 November 1996) Gross: Based on the life of pianist David Helfgott . See more » Goofs The length of David Helfgott's cigarette when playing "Flight of the Bumblebee" at Moby's. See more » Quotes Cecil Parkes : No one's ever been mad enough to attempt the Rach Three. David : Am I mad enough, professor? Am I? Himself: hand double for Geoffrey Rush See more » Connections (United States) – See all my reviews This was a very interesting movie and pleasant surprise, although sometimes that theme of the obsessive parent driving a kid crazy gets overworked. Nonetheless, it's a very well-made movie. Geoffrey Rush is fascinating in the lead role as "David Helfgott." However, I would give equal kudos to Noah Taylor, who played Helfgott as a teenager, and to Armin Mueller-Stahl, who was Helfgott's father. They were just as impressive as Rush. This is a supposedly true-life story of child prodigy piano player from Australia. As you can imagine, the music in here is excellent. Even better is the cinematography. Wow, this looks and sounds fantastic on DVD. Although not always pleasant to watch, the story is riveting; hard to put down once you've started watching. The ending turned me off a bit with the overt plug for astrology, but is a happy one for all parties and at least leaves the viewer feeling satisfied. In all, a very intense, beautifully-photographed biography. 24 of 30 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes |
For which film about a Scottish hero did Mel Gibson win his first Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director? | BraveHeart – The 10 historical inaccuracies you need to know before watching the movie | Hande's Blog BraveHeart – The 10 historical inaccuracies you need to know before watching the movie December 5, 2011 The 1995 movie, BraveHeart, is a cinematic master-piece. A multiple Oscar winner, an awe-inspiring cinematic portrayal of Scottish freedom fighter William Wallace and his greatest accomplishments. It’s also an extremely historically inaccurate film, but that doesn’t devalue it as a cinematic achievement. Star and director Mel Gibson himself notes that the film is a “historical fantasy” and shouldn’t be taken as the accurate portrayal of Wallace’s life. Here is a list of the most important historical inaccuracies that people should be aware of before watching the movie. This is intended to enhance one’s enjoyment of the film and not berate it and its makers. Disclaimer 2015 (due to the huge amounts of traffic to this post and the ridiculous length of the comments section): I am not a historian and have never claimed to be. All the facts on this page are from my personal research done out of curiocity using a variety of sources. Feel free to like and share the blog if you found it an interesting read, but don’t get offended if I don’t reply to your comments since I’ve gotten quite sick of reading the comments section. Also, I’ve removed the whole “fag = cigarette” wordplay from the blog since it seemed to fly over too many peoples’ heads. Update (May 2016): Comments have now officially been closed. It’s nice that people find this blog a fun read while others still clearly miss the point which is not to belittle the movie in any way. However, I’m really getting tired of comments popping on this blog which I wrote ages ago, so I’m just doing this to stop it. Error #1: William Wallace’s origins Although Gibson can be excused on a lot of inaccuracies relating to Wallace’s early life on the basis that his pre-military life and career is not well documented, many historians may take offense to how Wee William is depicted in the film. The movie gives off the image of William being born to poverty and living the simple life of a farmer before being taken under the care of his uncle Argyle, when his father dies fighting the English. In actuality, most historians believe Wallace was born to the Scottish aristocracy and was already a knight by the time of the Battle of Stirling (and wasn’t knighted afterwards like the movie suggests). But again, no actual historical texts say one way or another, so Gibson could be just as right as the historians as far as we know. As an added side-note: Wallace’s wife was called Marian, not Murron. Gibson changed the name because he wanted to avoid the audience confusing her with Maid Marian from Robin Hood. Error #2: Wardrobe incongruities There are two major wardrobe related errors in the film. Probably the most discussed and well-known is the portrayal of Scots wearing kilts in the 13th century. In actuality, kilts did not become a popular form of men’s wear until well into the 17th century, which means that the film’s portrayal can be considered grossly inaccurate. However, there might be a legitimate cinematic reason for it which I’ll get to in a bit. Another inaccuracy is the fact that the English soldiers are shown wearing uniforms while such was not in fact the custom in Wallace’s age. Martial dress code didn’t become a norm in England until the 17th century. In the age of Wallace, soldiers would wear pretty much anything they could get their hands on (as most were so poor they didn’t have two coins to rub together). Aristocratic knights did wear suits of armour head-to-toe, but the only insignia they would wear was frequently their family coat of arms which ensured that if they were captured alive, they would still have a chance of returning home once their family paid their ransom. What can be seen both on the Scottish and English side of this wardrobe malfunction is a “uniformalization” of both sides. This is done for the audience’s convenience so that during the big battle scenes we can |
Who got her first big break in Grease 2? | Grease 2 (1982) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error An English student at a 1960's American high school has to prove himself to the leader of a girls' gang whose members can only date greasers. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 25 titles created 21 Mar 2011 a list of 25 titles created 02 Oct 2012 a list of 45 titles created 19 May 2014 a list of 36 titles created 9 months ago a list of 44 titles created 3 months ago Search for " Grease 2 " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Edit Storyline Return to rockin' Rydell High for a whole new term! It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors - and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he's been branded a brainiac. Can he fix up an old motorcycle, don a leather jacket, avoid a rumble with the leader of the T-Birds, and win the heart of Pink Lady Stephanie Zinone? He's surely going to try! Written by Anonymous Grease is still the word! See more » Genres: 11 June 1982 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Son of Grease See more » Filming Locations: $4,645,411 (USA) (11 June 1982) Gross: Dolby (35 mm prints)| 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Pamela Adlon was starring the on The Facts of Life (1979) when this movie came out See more » Goofs Johnny and Stephanie are trying to paddle the raft when Michael shows up. A few seconds later he jumps the pool on his motorcycle and we can see that now Johnny and Stephanie aren't moving at all, and the water is suddenly completely still. On top of that, a second later one of the motorcycle gang jumps his bike into the pool and it's once again calm. Then his buddy also tries to jump the pool right after him and the water is still somehow flat as a pancake when he hits it. See more » Quotes Sharon : Personally, I think that-... T-Birds: [in unison] We don't care, Sharon! (NYC) – See all my reviews I used to work in a record store in the late 80s/early 90s, and one thing we sold a copy of at least every week was the Grease 2 soundtrack. I used to ask the people buying about it, and they all acknowledged that it was one of the worst movies, but that there is something about it so lovable, and that the songs are terrible, but there's something about them so charming
Now that I've seen the movie, I know what they mean. This movie is appalling in nearly every respect, but there's just something about it--perhaps how brazenly appalling it is--that gives it an almost hypnotic fascination. I love how the producers made only the most surface-level attempt to even appear 50s. The clothes, hairstyles, songs, and ways of speaking all scream 80s. I haven't the slightest idea why they decided to dress Michelle Pheiffer in things that essentially look like sweatshirts for the first half of the movie. And she's got on those huge dark glasses all the time
making her look like early Debbie Harry. You just really have to wonder. As for the sets
I don't think I've ever seen such low production values in a movie released by a major studio. The sets also are brazenly 80s
When Michelle is being tutored, they are OBVIOUSLY in an Elias Brothers Big Boy! Couldn't they at least have found a 50s-themed diner? There is also a scene showing guys motorcycling through a subdivision that looks like 1985 Westland, Michigan, and another time--my favorite--when Michelle and someone are sitting out in what is obviously some municipal park, with a huge superhighway with massive 18-wheelers barreling by in the background. I really have to take my hat off. What's also charmingly appalling is how the producers made NO attempt to recapture ANYTHING you may have loved abo |
Who played Charlie Chaplin in Richard Attenborough's 1992 film? | Chaplin (1992) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A film about the troubled and controversial life of the master comedy filmmaker Charles Chaplin . Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 46 titles created 11 Feb 2013 a list of 43 titles created 28 Feb 2013 a list of 40 titles created 07 Dec 2013 a list of 35 images created 03 Jul 2014 a list of 38 titles created 06 Oct 2015 Search for " Chaplin " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 11 nominations. See more awards » Videos Edit Storyline The biography of Charlie Chaplin, filmmaker extraordinaire. From his formative years in England to his highest successes in America, Charlie's life, work, and loves are followed. While his screen characters were extremely hilarious, the man behind "The Little Tramp" was constantly haunted by a sense of loss. Written by Murray Chapman <[email protected]> He made the whole world laugh and cry. He will again. See more » Genres: Rated PG-13 for nudity and language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 8 January 1993 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia In real life, Charles Chaplin 's eyes were reportedly very strikingly blue by those who knew him, but in the movie Robert Downey Jr. 's are a darker; medium brown/green. (They look dark brown at first glance, but the brighter lighting of his face in "Restoration" reveals a much lighter honey/syrup colour with hints of green.) See more » Goofs During Chaplin's 1921 trip to Great Britain, he rides a Southern Railway train, which pulls into St. Pancras Station. Southern Railway didn't exist until 1923. St. Pancras Station was owned by the Midland Railway, which became the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. See more » Quotes [first lines] George Hayden : Ha ha ha ha ha. Come on Charlie stop messing about, we really have to get down to it now. I just hope our friendship survives the day, that's all. Charlie Chaplin : Ha George, don't be so melodramatic. George Hayden : Well, it's your autobiography Charlie. And as your editor I have to tell you that parts of the manuscript are pretty vague, to say the least. I mean for instance, your mother. Now when did she first lose control? We need to know those facts. Charlie Chaplin : It's hard to say. She could be so wonderful, on good days... Fantastic Performance By Downey As Chaplin 24 April 2006 | by ccthemovieman-1 (United States) – See all my reviews Wow, this is one of the finest acting jobs I have seen as Robert Downey Jr. portrays the famous Charlie Chaplin. His performance includes some of Chaplin's famous slapstick moves and Downey is tremendous at executing them. To the film's credit ,it does show both the good and bad sides to this famous man. But it's definitely biased. Just check out how they portray J. Edgar Hoover, a man Hollywood loves to hate (along with any Conservative or Republican). Hoover is pictured as mean-spirited and nasty throughout, and is even blasted in the ending credits! His first speech at a dinner table, intended to show him in a negative actually shows him to be prophetic whether Tinseltown ever admits it or not. Regarding Chaplin, if the film was the truth (that's always a big "if"), then it WAS a real miscarriage of justice to kick him out of the country for having a baby he didn't produce. Nevertheless, most of the film centers around his career and his wives, most of whom were very pretty with great figures.....but too young, most of them being teenagers! Also shown nicely in the film are Chaplin's talent, his obsession with work, his great friendship with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (Kevin Kline), the great films he produced and the sympathy he had with the American poor. On the other side, |
Which star of Gypsy and West Side Story married Robert Wagner twice? | Natalie Wood - IMDb IMDb Actress | Soundtrack | Music Department Natalie Wood was born on July 20, 1938, in San Francisco, California, as Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko. Her parents, Maria Stepanovna (Zudilova) and Nikolai Stepanovich Zakharenko, were Russian-born émigrés, of Ukrainian and Russian descent, who spoke barely comprehensible English; they changed the family name to Gurdin after becoming US citizens.... See full bio » Born: a list of 32 people created 23 Jan 2011 a list of 40 people created 04 Dec 2011 a list of 25 people created 29 May 2014 a list of 22 people created 23 Jan 2015 a list of 38 people created 1 month ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Natalie Wood's work have you seen? User Polls Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 27 nominations. See more awards » Known For The Searchers Debbie Edwards - Age 15 (1956) 1979 Hart to Hart (TV Series) Movie Star 1979 The Cracker Factory (TV Movie) Cassie Barrett Girl in the Bubble Bath / Cruise Ship Passenger - The Cage (1978) ... Girl in the Bubble Bath 1973 The Affair (TV Movie) Courtney Patterson 1954-1957 Studio 57 (TV Series) Sheila Mason 1955-1956 Kings Row (TV Series) Renee Gyllinson 1955 Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) Louise 1954 Public Defender (TV Series) Renee Marchand 1954 The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV Series) Monica 2010/I White Snow (writer: "Number Ones") 1973 The Affair (TV Movie) (performer: "I Can't See You Anymore") 1966 Penelope (performer: "The Sun Is Gray") 1965 Inside Daisy Clover (performer: "You're Gonna Hear from Me", "The Circus Is a Wacky World" - uncredited) 1965 The Great Race (performer: "The Sweetheart Tree") 1962 Gypsy (performer: "Little Lamb" (1959), "If Momma Was Married" (1959), "Let Me Entertain You" (1959), "Together, Wherever We Go" (1959) - uncredited) 1961 West Side Story (performer: "Maria" (1957) (1957), "Tonight" (1957), "I Feel Pretty" (1957), "One Hand, One Heart" (1957), "Quintet" (1957), "Somewhere" (1957), "A Boy Like That/I Have a Love" (1957), "Somewhere" (reprise) (1957) - uncredited) - Pat Suzuki and Natalie Wood (1958) ... (performer: "Them There Eyes" - uncredited) Hide 1973 The Affair (TV Movie) (musician: title song) Hide 1969 Downhill Racer (production assistant - uncredited) Hide 1989 Dieter & Andreas (Short) (grateful acknowledgment) 1983 Brainstorm (dedicatee - as Natalie) Hide 1978-1980 Good Morning America (TV Series) Herself - Guest 1979 The 51st Annual Academy Awards (TV Special documentary) Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film 1974 ABC Late Night (TV Series) Herself 1974 Cinema (TV Series documentary) Herself 1974 James Dean Remembered (TV Special documentary) Herself 1973 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV Series documentary) Herself - Guest 1966 Penelope's Fashion Show (Documentary short) Herself (uncredited) 1966 What's My Line? (TV Series) Herself - Mystery Guest 1957 The 29th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special documentary) Herself - Audience Member 1956 The Linkletter Show (TV Series) Herself 1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) Herself - Intermission Guest Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role Hide 2015 Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2005-2012 American Masters (TV Series documentary) Herself / Judy 2012 Banda sonora (TV Series) Maria 2011 48 Hours (TV Series documentary) Herself 2006 Private Screenings (TV Series) Herself 2003 Christmas from Hollywood (Video documentary) Herself 2000-2003 Biography (TV Series documentary) Herself / Judy 2003 Bob Hope at 100 (TV Movie documentary) Herself (uncredited) 2000 The Final Day (TV Mini-Series documentary) Herself 1996 Rediscovering a Rebel (TV Short documentary) Herself (uncredited) 1995 Barbra: The Concert (TV Special documentary) Herself - at a Nightclub (uncredited) 1994 100 Years at the Movies (TV Short documentary) Herself 1990 Rock Hudson (TV Movie) Herself (uncredited) 1963 Hollywood: The Great Stars (TV Movie documentary) Herself (uncredited) Personal Details Other Works: (12/22/47) Radio: Appe |
Which lyricist who has worked with Elton John and Andrew Lloyd Webber won an award for A Whole New World from Aladdin? | ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTS: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT — Utah Shakespeare Festival ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTS: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTS: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT By Lynnette Horner Like many musical partnerships, the collaboration of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice brought together the essential elements of musical creation: a passion for their art, astronomical talent, and enough diversity to keep things interesting. Andrew Lloyd Webber attacked his career with a single-minded vision that produced dramatic spectacles such as Cats (1981), Starlight Express (1984), and Phantom of the Opera (1986). Tim Rice, as a modern Renaissance man, has shown an amazing ability to diversify his interests. In addition to collaborating with Lloyd Webber on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1968), Jesus Christ Superstar (1971), and Evita (1976), he has been a successful non-fiction writer, publisher, cricket player, pop song writer, radio show host, and collaborator with other music heavyweights such as Alan Menken, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast, and Elton John, The Lion King. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s biography reads like the reincarnation of historic music geniuses. He was born into a musical family on March 22, 1948, and was raised in South Kensington, England. His father was a professor at the Royal College of Music and taught music theory and composition. His mother, also employed at the Royal College, taught piano and was a singer and violinist. At the age of three, Lloyd Webber was playing the violin; at six, he was composing music, and at nine, he was published in the magazine Music Teacher. At the age of seventeen, Lloyd Webber received the following letter from the then twenty one-year-old law student, Tim Rice: “Dearest Andrew, I’ve been told you’re looking for a “with it” writer of lyrics for your songs, and as I’ve been writing pop songs for a while and particularly enjoy writing the lyrics I wonder if you consider it worth your while meeting me. Tim Rice.” He obviously did consider it “worth his while” and thus began the collaboration of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Tim Rice was born November 10, 1944, in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. He briefly studied law, then ended up working for EMI Records while Lloyd Webber was studying serious music. After their meeting in 1965, they began working on their first musical, The Likes of Us, which was never performed. After this time Rice wanted to compose pop songs, but Lloyd Webber, true to his vision, wanted to work on another musical. It was during this impasse that they were contacted by Alan Doggett, the head of music at Colt Court, a small preparatory school in West London. He commissioned them to write an end-of-term religious concert. During the next two months a twenty-minute “pop-cantata” version of Joseph and his colored coat was born. (Today Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a two hour stage spectacular.) The play made its debut on March 1, 1968, and its immediate popularity demanded repeat performances in May and November of the same year. With each performance, “Joseph” got bigger and better. An early review notes that Tim Rice sang the part of Pharaoh in several of the early performances. The success of “Joseph” led to a record deal with Decca for an album that was cut in January of 1969. Perhaps Lloyd Webber and Rice felt they had really hit on something with their Bible theme and once again raided the Good Book to write Jesus Christ Superstar which premiered in 1969. In 1975 they began another venture based on the classic tales of P. G. Wodehouse and began writing the musical Jeeves. However, Rice soon lost interest and dropped out of the project. It wasn’t long, however, before they got back together to collaborate on Evita, which premiered successfully in 1976. These two enormous talents parted ways at this time to “recharge their batteries,” as Rice said, away from each other. However, unlike many other musical collaborations, both men went on to phenomenal succ |
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head was an Oscar winner from which movie with Robert Redford & Paul Newman? | Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head by B.J. Thomas Songfacts Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head by B.J. Thomas Songfacts Songfacts Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote this song for the film Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. It was the first million-seller for the legendary songwriters. Thomas was recording for Scepter Records, which was also home of Dionne Warwick, who recorded many Bacharach/David hits like "Don't Make Me Over" and "I Say A Little Prayer." She took a copy of Thomas' song " Hooked On A Feeling " to Bacharach, who was working on a score for the film. She convinced him to consider Thomas, and although he was reluctant at first, Burt asked Thomas to sing the main theme: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head." What he didn't tell Thomas was that the song had already been turned down by Bob Dylan and Ray Stevens. Thomas was getting over laryngitis when he recorded this. It gave the song a raspy quality that the producers of the movie liked. Eight weeks later, Thomas recorded another version that was released as a single in October 1969. This version, with the famous horn solo added to the end, made #1 in the US the first week of 1970 and stayed there for 4 weeks. Said Thomas, "I was in the right place at the right time, and probably got their best song ever." Burt Bacharach (from Record Collector magazine): "'Raindrops' was done for the score. When you're scoring a motion picture you service the picture and there was that scene with the bicycle. I did keep hearing that title, I must say. That is my title, 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head.' Hal tried to change it and come up with another lyric but it never seemed to work as well. I watched the film so much when I was scoring it. It was a convenient way to get B.J. Thomas to sing it because he was in the stable of Scepter at the time. Our first choice was Ray Stevens. They flew Ray out to see the picture and hear the song but he didn't like the picture and he didn't like the song." This won the Oscar for Best Song From A Motion Picture at the 1970 awards, where Thomas performed it. Bacharach also won for Best Score. The single version of this song was edited together from three different studio takes of the song. The "B.J." in B.J. Thomas stands for "Billy Joe." Thomas started singing with a church choir in Houston when he was 14. Some of his other hits include: "Everybody's Out of Town," "I Just Can't Help Believing," "Most of All" and "Rock And Roll Lullaby." He had some legal trouble with this and his other Scepter Records recordings, and had to sue for the royalties he was owed on these tracks. >> Suggestion credit: Bertrand - Paris, France This song is played in Spider-Man 2, right after Peter Parker decides not to be Spider Man anymore. Thankfully, Parker changed his mind and became a valued superhero. >> Suggestion credit: Dawson - Draper, UT Something about this song goes well with animated comedies - it has been used in The Simpsons, Family Guy and Futurama. Movies that have used the song include Boys on the Side (1995), Spy Hard (1996), Clockwatchers (1997) and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002). |
The multi-Oscar winning The Deer Hunter was about steelworkers who went to fight where? | LiveLeak.com - ‘Deer Hunter’ director Michael Cimino dies at 77 Browse Channels ‘Deer Hunter’ director Michael Cimino dies at 77 Michael Cimino, the American award-winning filmmaker best known for his Vietnam War classic “The Deer Hunter,” has died at the age of 77. He passed away on Saturday (July 2) at his home in Los Angeles. The cause of his death was not immediately known. Cimino won two Academy awards for his 1978 masterpiece “The Deer Hunter” – the story of three Pennsylvania steelworkers who go off to fight in the Vietnam War, starring Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and John Savage. But Cimino’s career took a hit just two years later with “Heaven’s Gate,” a Western that went wildly out of budget, was a huge commercial flop and became a cautionary tale for giving directors too much power. Michael Cimino: A Filmmaker Who Dared to Dream Big https://t.co/uNqtlp36dv — Variety (@Variety) July 3, 2016 Loading the player ... |
Which red-haired actress had the Margarita cocktail named after her as her real name was Margarita Cansino? | Rita Hayworth - Biography - IMDb Rita Hayworth Biography Showing all 160 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (2) | Spouse (5) | Trade Mark (3) | Trivia (92) | Personal Quotes (46) | Salary (7) Overview (5) 5' 6" (1.68 m) Mini Bio (2) Spanish dancer Eduardo Cansino 's daughter Margarita studied dancing beginning in her girlhood. At age 12, the mature-looking Rita joined Eduardo's stage act, in which she was spotted three years later by Fox studio head Winfield R. Sheehan , leading to her first studio contract and film debut at age 16 in Dante's Inferno (1935). Fox dropped her after five small roles, but expert, exploitative promotion by her first husband Edward Judson soon brought Rita a new contract at Columbia Pictures, where studio head Harry Cohn changed her surname to Hayworth and approved raising her hairline by electrolysis. After 13 mainly minor roles, Columbia lent her to Warner Bros. for her first big success, The Strawberry Blonde (1941); her splendid dancing with Fred Astaire in You'll Never Get Rich (1941) made her a star. In person Rita was shy, quiet and unassuming; only when the cameras rolled did she turn on the explosive sexual charisma that in Gilda (1946) made her a superstar. To Rita, though, domestic bliss was a more important, if elusive, goal, and in 1949 she interrupted her career for marriage - unfortunately an unhappy one almost from the start - to the playboy Prince Aly Khan . Her films after her divorce from Khan include perhaps her best straight acting performances, Miss Sadie Thompson (1953) and They Came to Cordura (1959). Beginning in 1960 (age 42), early onset of Alzheimer's disease (undiagnosed until 1980) limited Rita's ability. The last few roles in her 60-film career were increasingly small. Almost helpless by 1981, Rita was cared for by her daughter Yasmin Khan until her death at age 68. Deep sultry voice Trivia (92) The annual Rita Hayworth charity gala, managed by daughter Princess Yasmin Khan , raised $1.8 million in 1999 alone for the Alzheimer's Association. She appeared in five movies with classic leading actor Glenn Ford : Affair in Trinidad (1952), The Lady in Question (1940), The Loves of Carmen (1948), The Money Trap (1965) and Gilda (1946). Ranked #98 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] Some legends say the Margarita cocktail was named for her when she was dancing under her real name in a Tijuana, Mexico nightclub. Her dancer father, Eduardo Cansino , himself the son of a dancer, came to New York from Spain in 1913 with sister Elisa. Mother, showgirl Volga Hayworth (sometimes spelled Haworth), met Eduardo on Broadway in 1916; they married 1917. Her first (uncredited) appearance on film was with the dancing Cansino family in a Vitaphone short La Fiesta (1926). She appeared four times on the cover of "Life" Magazine; 7/15/40, 8/11/41, 1/18/43 and 11/10/47. The famous Bob Landry photo of Rita in "Life", 11 August 1941, p. 33, made her the number 2 soldier pin-up of World War II. Her singing was dubbed by Nan Wynn (1941-1944), Martha Mears (1945), Anita Ellis (1946-1948), and Jo Ann Greer (1952-1957). Her own singing voice is heard in the introductions to her songs (otherwise dubbed by Jo Ann Greer ) in Pal Joey (1957). Owned the production company "Hillworth Productions A.G." together with her fifth husband, James Hill . She played the sister of Barbara Stanwyck in A Message to Garcia (1936), but after a test screening all her scenes were cut at the request of Darryl F. Zanuck . The image of her face was glued onto an A-bomb which was dropped on the Bikini Atoll during a test in 1946. Interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California, USA, in the Grotto section, L196, #6 (to the right of the main sidewalk, near the curb). Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars" in film history (#54). [1995] Through her mother she is part Irish and part English. In 1947, started her own production company, "Beckworth Corporation" (formed from syllables of her daughters name, Rebecca, and her own surname). I |
In what year does Demolition Man take place? | 10 things the film Demolition Man predicted | Pop Verse Home / Comment / 10 things the film Demolition Man predicted 10 things the film Demolition Man predicted Posted by: Stephen Flockton in Comment , Film August 16, 2013 18 Comments 68,015 Views Demolition Man is one of my favourite movies of all time; it’s a super fun, early 90’s action movie that doesn’t take itself too seriously. If you have not seen it, I strongly recommend you seek it out. For those of you who don’t know, Demolition Man opens in a post-apocalyptic LA (1996) where gang warfare is the order of the day. Psychotic gang leader Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) has taken a bus load of hostages and the John ‘Demolition Man’ Spartan (Sylvester Stallone), disobeys orders to take down Phoenix. Unfortunately, Spartan is falsely accused of manslaughter for the deaths of the hostages and both Phoenix and Spartan are sent to a ‘cryo prison’. When Simon Phoenix escapes into a crime free utopian LA in 2032, the police are not prepared to deal with his level of violence. They have no choice but to defrost John Spartan so he can take down Phoenix again. Take a look at the trailer and bask in the 90’s awesome! Here are the ten things I think Demolition Man predicted about the future: 1) Arnie’s political career We all laughed in 1993 at the concept of Arnold Schwarzenegger running for any kind of political office, never mind the presidency. But after two terms as the Governor of California it’s not looking so un-likely anymore. Sure he’s getting back into movies now but who’s to say that a 61st amendment allowing foreigners to run for the presidency is out of the question. 2) The rise of video calling It’s not an early 90’s action movie without some gratuitous nudity, in this case delivered through a video call. It’s an odd sort of video call that starts without you actually having to answer. Sure video calling existed before 1993 but it was not until broadband connections became more prevalent that it existed in the form shown in the movie. You could even argue that Demolition man invented ‘Sexting’! !Warning NSFW! 3) Self-driving Cars Almost all the cars in the film (with the notable exception of the red oldsmobile) are self-driving. With Google leading the charge on self-driving cars the technology is already here. Google’s latest cars have driven over 300,000 miles without an incident. It won’t be long until they are a common sight on our roads and you saw it on Demolition Man first! 4) Taco Bell is winning the franchise wars In the film, the only restaurants are Taco Bell. They won the mysterious franchise wars and are the only chain left standing. While Taco Bell have not won the wars yet, they have just come up with the Waffle Taco breakfast. With technology that advanced no other chain can stand before them. 5) Wesley Snipes is a hardened criminal Okay so he didn’t lead a gang of hardened criminals and murder a school bus full of children, but he did commit some pretty serious tax evasion. He had a prison sentence and everything (admittedly it was not a cryro prision, but still). 6) Teleconferences That’s right the modern office joy of teleconferences has made it to 2032. For some reason however each of the TV screens has some nice table space which is a little odd considering they are not physically there. It’s a nice touch when they spin round and follow the speaker through the room. This was pretty novel stuff back in 1993, but is common place now… just as they predicted. 7) Biometric implants Everyone in the shiny utopia that is future LA has an implant they use as ID, as medical trackers and a virtual wallet. While we already have medical implants to monitor insulin levels and control pacemakers, with the rise of NFC on phones it’s only a matter of time until you will have tiny implants in your hand. 8) Tablet computers Who needs an iPad when you have this wonderful little device in your hand? It’s perfect for the cryo prison warden on the go! Now say what you want about the other things on this list but this was some damm good forward thinking. Sure (huge) |
Who played a character based on Bob Fosse in a 1979 Oscar winning film? | All That Jazz (1979) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid life of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer. Director: From $5.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 47 titles created 05 Feb 2013 a list of 27 titles created 16 Apr 2014 a list of 45 titles created 24 Jun 2015 a list of 30 titles created 11 months ago a list of 26 titles created 9 months ago Title: All That Jazz (1979) 7.8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 4 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 14 nominations. See more awards » Photos Edit Storyline Choreographing and picking dancers for his current show whilst editing his feature film about a stand-up comedian is getting to Joe Gideon. Without the chemical substances, he would not have the energy to keep up with his girlfriend, his ex-wife, and his special dancing daughter. They attempt to bring him back from the brink, but it's too late for his exhausted body and stress-ravaged heart. He chain-smokes, uses drugs, sleeps with his dancers and overworks himself into open-heart surgery. Scenes from his past life start to encroach on the present and he becomes increasingly aware of his mortality. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26} See All (69) » Taglines: All that work. All that glitter. All that pain. All that love. All that crazy rhythm. All that jazz. See more » Genres: 20 December 1979 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Hinter dem Rampenlicht See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia One of the first lines in the movie is, "To be on the high wire is life. The rest is waiting." is a slightly changed version of a quotation of the great German racing driver of the 1930s, Rudolf Caracciola, :"To race is to live. All the rest is simply waiting." See more » Goofs The sweat spot on Audrey's back changes when Joe talks about fidelity and Paul plays the piano. See more » Quotes See more » Crazy Credits There are no opening credits, only the company credits and the title, which resembles revolving Broadway lights. See more » Connections (las vegas, nv) – See all my reviews Bob Fosse's autobiographical look at his life, with Roy Scheider fabulously standing-in for Fosse as Joe Gideon, pill-popping, womanizing director-choreographer on the verge of collapse in New York City. Fosse paints himself as suspicious, paranoid, driven, indifferent, exhausted and horny. It's more than most of us want to know about the guy, who seems intent on showing us what a creep he is...but a talented creep! It's a film that doesn't particularly look good (it's a gray, chilly movie), but it has amazing musical flourishes and the self-styled bombast is actually rather amusing once you get the idea. Jessica Lange is beautiful in an early role as the Angel of Death (imagine Fosse explaining that role to her!), and Scheider's performance is really something to see (only occasionally does the camera catch him not knowing what to do). Fosse tries hard not to be pretentious, he keeps things playful and perky, and his ironic ending is wincingly funny. The film is alive and ticking--but that's not Fosse's heart, it's a time bomb. *** from **** 23 of 29 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes |
Where in Europe was much of Evita filmed? | Evita Movie Review & Film Summary (1997) | Roger Ebert Tweet “Evita” allows the audience to identify with a heroine who achieves greatness by--well, golly, by being who she is. It celebrates the life of a woman who begins as a quasi-prostitute, marries a powerful man, locks him out of her bedroom, and inspires the idolatry of the masses by spending enormous sums on herself. When she sings: “They need to adore me--to Christian Dior me,” she's right on the money. Advertisement I begin on this note not to criticize the new musical “Evita” (which I enjoyed very much), but to bring a touch of reality to the character of Eva Peron, who, essentially, was famous because she was so very well-known. Her fame continued after her death, as her skillfully embalmed body went on to a long-running career of its own, displayed before multitudes, spirited to Europe, fought over, prayed over, and finally sealed beneath slabs of steel in an Argentine cemetery. Eva Peron lived only until 33, but she went out with a long curtain call. She was not an obvious subject for a musical. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice , who wrote the stage version of “Evita” and whose songs are wall-to-wall in the movie, must have known that; why else did they provide a key character named Che Guevera (onstage) and Che (on screen), to ask embarrassing questions? “You let down your people, Evita,” he sings. She let down the poor, shirtless ones by providing a glamorous facade for a fascist dictatorship, by salting away charity funds, and by distracting from her husband's tacit protection of Nazi war criminals. Why, then, were Webber and Rice so right in choosing Eva Peron as their heroine? My guess is that they perfectly anticipated “Evita's” core audience--affluent, middle-aged and female. The musical celebrates Eva Peron's narcissism, her furs and diamonds, her firm management of her man. Given such enticements, what audience is going to quibble about ideology? For years I have wondered, during “Don't Cry for Me, Argentina,” why we were not to cry. Now I understand: We need not cry because (a) Evita got everything out of life she dreamed of, and (b) Argentina should cry for itself. Even poor Juan Peron should shed a tear or two; he is relegated in the movie to the status of a “walker,” a presentable man who adorns the arm of a rich and powerful woman as a human fashion accessory. Advertisement All of these thoughts, as I watched Alan Parker's “Evita,” did not in the least prevent me from having a good time. I suspect Parker has as many questions about his heroine as I do, and I am sure that Che (Antonio Banderas) and Juan Peron ( Jonathan Pryce ) do--not to mention Oliver Stone , co-author of the screenplay. Only Evita herself, magnificently embodied by Madonna, rises above the quibbles, as she should; if there is one thing a great Evita should lack, it is any trace of self-doubt. Here we have a celebration of a legendary woman (for those who take the film superficially) and a moral tale of a misspent life (for those who see more clearly). Certainly Parker is a good director for this material. He has made more musicals than his contemporaries, not only “ Bugsy Malone ,” “Fame” and “ The Commitments ,” but especially “Pink Floyd the Wall,” one of the great modern musicals, where he uses similar images of marching automatons. Working with exteriors in Argentina and Hungary and richly detailed interior sets, he stages Evita's life as a soap opera version of “ Triumph of the Will ,” with goose-stepping troops beating out the cadence of her rise to glory. The movie is almost entirely music; the fugitive lines of spoken dialogue sound sheepish. Madonna, who took voice lessons to extend her range, easily masters the musical material. As importantly, she is convincing as Evita--from the painful early scene where, as an unacknowledged child, she tries to force entry into her father's funeral, to later scenes where the poor rural girl converts herself into a nightclub singer, radio star, desirable mistress, and political leader. Advertisement There is a certain opaque quali |
What was the name of the butler in The Rocky Horror Picture Show? | The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - Plot Summary - IMDb The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Plot Summary Showing all 6 plot summaries It's the weird and wonderful as newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter a problem when their car halts in the rain. They both look for contact, only to find themselves at the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite. A place to stay is offered, but will Brad and Janet want to remain there? Especially when a large group of Transylvanians dance to the 'Time Warp', Dr. Frank-N-Furter builds his own man and a whole host of participation for the audience to enjoy. - Written by simon After Janet accepts Brad's marriage proposal, the happy couple drive away from Denton, Ohio, only to get lost in the rain. They stumble upon the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite who is holding the annual convention of visitors from the planet Transsexual. Frank-N-Furter unveils his creation, a young man named Rocky Horror, who fears the doctor and rejects his sexual advances. When Frank-N-Furter announces that he is returning to the galaxy Transylvania, Riff Raff the butler and Magenta the maid declare that they have plans of their own. (An audience participation film) - Written by Rick Gregory <[email protected]> While driving home during a rain filled night, straight-laced lovebirds Brad and Janet, by chance, end up at the castle of one Dr. Frank-N-Furter and his strange and bizarre entourage, and find that he's having a party. This is no ordinary party, no ordinary night. This is the unveiling of the Dr's latest creation: Rocky; A man-made Adonis that will give...absolute pleasure. This is an exceedingly grand visual and musical camp satire of the golden days of the B-movie horror and science-fiction genres. Projected along with a musical soundtrack to give "audience participation" a new meaning in dimension, time and space, this shall be a night that both Brad and Janet will remember for a very, very long time in the sexually kinky, rock 'n roll (f)rock-opera world of a gender-bending scientist...and his time warped plans. - Written by Cinema_Fan Brad and Janet, newly engaged, stumble onto the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter during a rainstorm. Taking refuge in the castle, they're present for the doctor's unveiling of his newest creation, Rocky. Over the course of the night, Frank seduces both Brad and Janet, Janet and Rocky become involved biblically, Dr. Everett Scott arrives looking for his son Eddie (whom Frank killed earlier in the film), and it all goes to pot when the guests discover that Frank is actually an alien (a transvestite from the planet Transsexual in the galaxy Transylvania) who's succeeded in creating the Sonic Transducer, "an audio-vibratory physiomolecular transport device" capable of "breaking down solid matter and then projecting it through space and, who knows, perhaps even time itself." - Written by Leo A story of creation, love, hate, adventure, and, most of all, sex; the story begins in Denton, Ohio as Brad Majors and Janet Weiss, after getting engaged (Dammit Janet), travel to see "the man who began it," but wind up at the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite alien from the planet of Transsexual in the galaxy of Transylvania (Sweet Transvestite). And they meet Riff Raff, Magenta, and Columbia which leads to "doing the Time Warp again!" They discover they have been there on a "special night." Frank's creation is to be born! As Rocky has been revealed (Sword of Damocles / I Can Make You A Man), rebel Eddie, Frank's last-recent creation, ponders in on his motorcycle (Hot Patootie-Bless My Soul) whom Frank kills. In comes Dr. Everett Von Scott, he's come for Eddie (Eddie's Teddy) which results in the discovery of Eddie's deceased body. Frank chases Janet and Brad and Dr. Scott chase Frank (Planet Schmanet Janet), which results in everybody (but Frank) getting frozen. Enter the floor show (Rose Tint My World / Don't Dream It / Wild & Untamed Thing) which then turns into the horrifying death of both Frank and Columbia die and the castle's blasting off! Bra |
What was the real first name of the silent Marx Brother? | Harpo Marx - Biography - IMDb Harpo Marx Biography Showing all 51 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (2) | Trivia (30) | Personal Quotes (11) | Salary (2) Overview (4) 5' 5½" (1.66 m) Mini Bio (1) With the big, poofy, curly red hair, a top hat, and a horn, the lovable mute was the favorite of the Marx Brothers. Though chasing woman was a favorite routine of his in the movies, Harpo was a devoted father and husband. He adopted the mute routine in vaudeville and carried it over to the films. Harpo was an accomplished self-taught harpist whose musical numbers would many times bring tears to the eyes of the audience of an otherwise hilarious movie. - IMDb Mini Biography By: John Nehrenz Spouse (1) ( 28 September 1936 - 28 September 1964) (his death) (4 children) Trade Mark (2) Usually wore a raincoat, beat up top hat and a red wig. Rarely spoke in his roles and never in films with his brothers. He would use pantomime and often had a bike horn to communicate with. He often had a scene where he would play a harp with great skill. In the Paramount films, his coat carried an infinite variety of items for whatever need whether it was a blowtorch for lighting cigarettes, a sword and fish for a speak-easy password, a candle burning at both ends, etc. Trivia (30) Recreated the mirror scene from Duck Soup (1933) in an episode of I Love Lucy (1951). When he taught himself to play the harp, he later learned that he played it the wrong way. However, when he became famous and wealthy, he on occasion throughout his career, took harp lessons from various harpists and music teachers in both New York City and Los Angeles to better increase his skill. However, due to his natural born talent, many musicians and music teachers ended up approaching him to learn his method of harp playing. Harpo first using the gag of chasing a screaming girl as a quick prank to throw his brother Groucho Marx 's timing off on stage. Groucho wasn't fazed, but Harpo got in trouble when he found out the hard way that the girl had a violent mobster for a boyfriend. He quickly made peace with the man and incorporated the girl chasing for the rest of his career. Brother of Groucho Marx , Chico Marx , Zeppo Marx , and Gummo Marx . After his death, he was cremated and his ashes were allegedly sprinkled into the sand trap at the seventh hole of the Rancho Mirage golf course in California, USA where he used to play golf on a monthly basis. As a child, Harpo was apparently infatuated with music. He rejoiced when his family bought a piano. He then fell into dispair when he found out that they could only afford to let one brother have piano lessons. His brother Chico Marx ended up with the lessons, which he did not take seriously. Harpo, of course, later mastered the harp. Harpo officially became a mime after a theater critic noted in 1914 that Harpo was brilliant until his character spoke. From then on, Harpo never spoke while in character. Nephew of actor Al Shean . Adopted father of Bill Marx , Alexander Marx, Minnie Marx and Jimmy Marx, from his marriage to Susan Fleming Son of Sam Marx and Minnie Marx (nee Schoenberg). Died on the day of his 28th wedding anniversary. One of only two Marx Brothers to play a recurring role in their films (not counting when they used their own names). He played the role of "Pinky" in both Horse Feathers (1932) and Duck Soup (1933). He was voted, as one of The Marx Brothers , the 62nd Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly. Legally changed his given name to Arthur around 1911 because he much preferred it to the very German Adolph. Was seldom recognized when out of character because he was almost completely bald. The character of Banjo in George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart 's play "The Man Who Came to Dinner" is based on Harpo. Once crashed a Hollywood costume party at the home of Marion Davies , dressed as Kaiser Wilhelm II . He had to hitchhike to get home and ended up being arrested by Beverly Hills police on charges of vagrancy, illegal entry, escaping from jail in Glover |
What was Steve Martin's first film? | Steve Martin - IMDb IMDb Writer | Actor | Soundtrack Steve Martin was born on August 14, 1945 in Waco, Texas, USA as Stephen Glenn Martin to Mary Lee (née Stewart; 1913-2002) and Glenn Vernon Martin (1914-1997), a real estate salesman and aspiring actor. He was raised in Inglewood and Garden Grove in California. In 1960, he got a job at the Magic shop of Disney's Fantasyland, and while there he ... See full bio » Born: a list of 21 people created 14 Apr 2011 a list of 47 people created 24 May 2011 a list of 29 people created 09 Jun 2011 a list of 22 people created 15 Apr 2015 a list of 48 people created 1 month ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Steve Martin's work have you seen? User Polls Nominated for 5 Golden Globes. Another 22 wins & 34 nominations. See more awards » Known For Fantasia 2000 Himself - Introductory Host (1999) 2001 The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) (special material written by) 1999 Bowfinger (written by) 1986 Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills (TV Series) (creator - 1986) George Burns Comedy Week (TV Series) (story by - 1 episode, 1985) (story - 1 episode, 1985) 1998-2013 Saturday Night Live (TV Series) Various / Guy / Himself / ... 1982 Twilight Theater (TV Movie) Various Characters Soundtrack (29 credits) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes, 2015 - 2016) (music - 1 episode, 2016) (writer - 1 episode, 2015) - Martin Short & Steve Martin/Ruth Negga/Common (2016) ... (performer: "My Little Buttercup" - uncredited) - Steve Martin & Edie Brickell/Martin Freeman/Bright Star (2016) ... (music: "Sun's Gonna Shine") / (performer: "I Don't Want to Do This Show") - Episode dated 23 April 2013 (2013) ... (performer: "When You Get to Asheville") - Episode #19.42 (2011) ... (performer: "Somethin' Stupid", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", "Molly" - uncredited) - Episode #18.36 (2010) ... (performer: "Dueling Banjos", "Rye Whiskey" (uncredited)) - Episode #17.20 (2009) ... (performer: "Saga of the Old West" - uncredited) - Episode dated 15 November 2001 (2001) ... (performer: "Foggy Mountain Breakdown") 2012 The Dust Bowl (TV Mini-Series documentary) (arranger: "Claw Hammer Medley") / (performer: "Claw Hammer Medley") 2012 Taken 2 (writer: "Handyman") Saturday Night Live (TV Series) (performer - 6 episodes, 1976 - 2012) (writer - 3 episodes, 1976 - 2009) - Mick Jagger (2012) ... (performer: "Ruby Tuesday") - Steve Martin/Jason Mraz (2009) ... (performer: "Late For School" - uncredited) / (writer: "Late For School" - uncredited) - Steve Martin/James Taylor (1991) ... (performer: "Not Going to Phone it in Tonight") The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2012) (writer - 1 episode, 2012) - Episode #20.132 (2012) ... (performer: "Me and Paul Revere") / (writer: "King Tut" (uncredited), "Me and Paul Revere") 2011 The Big Year (performer: "Pitkin County Turnaround") / (writer: "Pitkin County Turnaround") 2011 Conan (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - The Container Store of My Discontent (2011) ... (performer: "Dueling Banjos", "Jubilation Day" (uncredited)) The Colbert Report (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2011) - Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers (2011) ... (performer: "Jubilation Day") / (writer: "Jubilation Day") 2010 Nostalgia Critic (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Top 11 Villain Songs (2010) ... (performer: "Dentist!" - uncredited) 2009 American Idol (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Finale (2009) ... (performer: "Pretty Flowers") 2008 30 Rock (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Gavin Volure (2008) ... (performer: "Tomorrow" - uncredited) 2005 White Noise (writer: "In My Nursery") Freaks and Geeks (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2000) (writer - 1 episode, 2000) 1983 The Man with Two Brains (performer: "Under the Bamboo Tree" - uncredited) 1981 Pennies from Heaven ("I'll Never Have to Dream Again" (1932), "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" (1933), "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (1931)) / (performer: "Pennies from |
Which film tells of the exploits of singer Deco Duffe? | Movie Review - - Review/Film; How American Soul Music Conquered Dublin - NYTimes.com Review/Film; How American Soul Music Conquered Dublin By JANET MASLIN Published: August 14, 1991 "When I was studying, I used to sing hymns," the young man whispers in the confessional. "Now I'm always humming 'When a Man Loves a Woman,' by Marvin Gaye." "Percy Sledge," the priest corrects him in "The Commitments," Alan Parker's exuberant valentine to American soul music and the impoverished Dublin teen-agers who think of it as magic. That everyone in this film, from the priest to the street kids to the father who never got over Elvis Presley, is totally obsessed with popular music is simply taken for granted. As in his earlier "Fame," Mr. Parker immerses his audience in a world in which popular art amounts to a communal high, a means of achieving identity and a great escape from the abundant problems of everyday life. As in "Fame," he does this with a mixture of annoying glibness and undeniable high-voltage style. The sound and the setting have changed, but these two films are at heart very similar. What Mr. Parker has done, in effect, is to remake "Fame" in a different language. Once again, a taste for slickness gives his film an air of unreality for all its ostentatious grit, but once again the energy level is so pumped up that it barely matters. "The Commitments" finds Mr. Parker again doing what he does expertly: assembling a group of talented newcomers, editing snippets of their exploits into a hyperkinetic jumble, and filling the air with song. The song in this case is American soul music of the 1960's, and it took more than a little nerve to devote an entire film to the efforts of an all-white band to master "In the Midnight Hour" and "Mustang Sally." Similarly, it's a stretch for this band to call itself the Commitments and claim the status of working-class heroes when they perform this music wearing evening dresses or black tie. (This is because "all the Motown brothers wore suits," as one of the wiser Commitments says. "You play better in your suit.") Any political earnestness the film may have is limited to its glimpses of north Dublin as a claustrophobic and impoverished but friendly place, and to the speeches made by Jimmy (Robert Arkins), the budding impresario who initially assembles the band. "You're working-class, right?" he badgers one new recruit. "Your music should be about work." Relying on a cast of vigorous and unfamiliar players (Andrew Strong, the ponytailed lead singer who does an estimable Joe Cocker imitation while performing a daunting array of soul standards, is only 16), Mr. Parker tells the slow but lively story of how the Commitments came together. There is the cute, predictable bad-audition montage; the surprisingly good singer discovered at a wedding; the times when Jimmy practices giving interviews in the shower. (Mr. Parker uses these interviews as bookends for the film, to wryly good effect.) And during all of this, there is music everywhere. Jimmy's family can even be glimpsed doing a jig to traditional Irish music while their errant son interviews potential Commitments in another part of the house. Music also permeates all conversations, serving as kind of shorthand through which the characters identify one another as kindred spirits. "I'm blind without my glasses," says one. "So is Ray Charles," another replies. Someone else observes, for no pressing reason, that nothing has been the same since Roy Orbison died. A priest offers tacit encouragement when two of his parishioners sneak in to practice "A Whiter Shade of Pale" on the church organ. Lest anyone doubt that to these characters music has become a kind of religion, Jimmy's father keeps his framed portrait of Elvis just above his portrait of the Pope. In this atmosphere, Mr. Parker is capable of whipping a series of quick, well-edited snippets into a happy collage of musical high spirits. The band's rehearsal of "Nowhere to Run" moves through the neighborhood on a streetcar, with the musicians, the other passengers and even people hang |
In which category was Mrs. Doubtfire Oscar-nominated? | Amazon.com: Mrs. Doubtfire: Robin Williams, Chris Columbus, Fox, 20th_century_fox: Amazon Digital Services LLC By Bambi L. Tuckey on July 18, 2015 Format: DVD Verified Purchase This movie had me laughing so hard I actually got a headache! Robin Williams is beyond funny in it, he'll have you rolling on the floor laughing. Sally Field is brilliant in it, along with Mara Wilson and the other actors. It's a great blend of slapstick, comedy, heartfelt moments, touching scenes, and just downright hilarious lines that today are still classics. If this movie doesn't make you laugh, then you have no sense of humor. Period. That is how funny it is. Also, the Behind the Seams Edition has TONS of deleted, extended and alternate scenes, along with hilarious outtakes! A couple deleted scenes are hilarious moments where Mrs Doubtfire gets back at the nosy neighbor next door by ruining her garden. Another hilarious deleted scene includes her messing up the washer, flooding the floor, while on the phone with Sally Field. There's also a deleted scene of the fight between the two at home after the restaurant scene when Sally Field finds out Doubtfire is really Robin. As I stated, if this movie doesn't make you laugh, you got NO sense of humor whatsoever. It is a brilliant film, one of the late Robin William's BEST. Comment One person found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback. Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again By I am nobody are you nobody too? on January 24, 2015 Format: Amazon Video Verified Purchase I watched this movie so many times when I was younger and loved it immensely now when I revisit it I just want to cry. I miss Robin Williams so much I adore quite a few actors but Robin will never have an equal.On a less depressing note what's not to love about this movie it's not only funny but quite touching and very entertaining. Plus a father has to be pretty freaking determined to see his kids to undergo a whole woman bodysuit plus makeup I've never encountered someone who would go through such great lengths to see his kids(and his wife of course) more frequently having been divorced. It's a beautiful film one of my favorites. I recommend this movie to anyone who has an appreciation of good film. Comment 2 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback... Thank you for your feedback. Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again By Amazon Customer on May 1, 2015 Format: Blu-ray Verified Purchase MRS. DOUBTFIRE [1993/2015] [Blu-ray + Digital HD] Robin Williams is Hilarious! The Film is Fall-Down Funny! Comedy superstar Robin Williams is “downright irresistible” (The Washington Post) as Mrs. Doubtfire, the delightfully doting British housekeeper who’s much more than a woman – “she” is actually a well-meaning divorced father in disguise, trying to spend more quality time with his children without his ex-wife Sally Field catching on. FILM FACT: 66th Academy Awards® Won for Best Makeup. 51st Golden Globe® Awards Won for Best Picture for Musical/Comedy. Robin Williams Won for Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy. 48th BAFTA Awards Nominated for Best Makeup and Hair. Cast: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Lisa Jakub, Matthew Lawrence, Mara Wilson, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, Scott Capurro, Robert Prosky, Polly Holliday, Anne Haney, Martin Mull, William Newman, Todd Williams and Terry McGovern Director: Chris Columbus By Philip Scholz on July 2, 2014 Format: DVD Verified Purchase While this is without a doubt one of Robin Williams's better comedies, I like the man better in more dramatic roles where he subtly inserts his humor (i.e. Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting.) But as a comedy, this is still a very good film and it does allow Williams to go a bit more over-the-top than some of his other projects have. A prime example is his multiple phone calls as various different characters considered unsuitable by the poor soul at the other end of the line. As for the rest of the cast, they were definitely the colle |
Which musical was Victor Fleming making the same time as he was making Gone With the Wind? | The Real Rhett Butler The Real Rhett Butler The forgotten man behind two of Hollywood’s most enduring classics. By Table of Contents Victor Fleming (seated second from right) with Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable on the set of “Gone with the Wind,” in 1939, the year he also made “The Wizard of Oz.” Credit Photograph from MGM / Photofest Howard Hughes, whose acumen outside certain areas of expertise (aeronautics and the acquisition of beautiful actresses) was rarely sound, once said something intelligent about the relative merits of two movie directors. The remark was delivered in early 1939, when George Cukor had been shooting “Gone with the Wind” for about three weeks. An adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s thousand-page blockbuster novel, from 1936, about the Old South, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, the movie was the largest and most expensive production in Hollywood up to that time, with a huge cast, massive sets (the city of Atlanta was burned down and then rebuilt), and hundreds of unshaven and bandaged extras trudging across the landscape. As half of Hollywood maliciously cheered, the production slipped into disaster. The script could be kindly described as a mess, and the star—Clark Gable—was in turmoil. The initial rushes displeased David O. Selznick, the legendary, manic producer who dominated every aspect of the film, and he suddenly fired Cukor, who, he later said, couldn’t have handled the more spectacular elements of the movie. In Cukor’s place, Selznick hired Victor Fleming, who was then directing the other big picture in town, “The Wizard of Oz.” Fleming was a vigorous and resourceful man, but few people considered him an artist. The change pleased Gable but distressed the two female leads—the young stage and film actress Vivien Leigh, just arrived from England and not yet a star, and Olivia de Havilland, who was then Howard Hughes’s girlfriend. Both women depended on Cukor, who was known as a “woman’s director,” and de Havilland brought her troubles to Hughes, who advised: “Don’t worry, everything is going to be all right—with George and Victor, it’s the same talent, only Victor’s is strained through a coarser sieve.” Hughes was almost correct. Fleming’s talent was not “the same” as Cukor’s, yet he was definitely the right man for “Gone with the Wind,” and he did inventive and powerful work on “Oz.” But in the seventy years since the release of those films, Fleming, whose talent flowed not smoothly or subtly, but roughly, in surges of energy and feeling, has been largely forgotten. The auteur-theory critics who, in the nineteen-sixties and seventies, went wild over Cukor, Hitchcock, Preminger, John Ford, Howard Hawks, Ernst Lubitsch, Josef von Sternberg, Frank Capra, and many other directors of the late silent and early sound periods, ignored Fleming, though he had made a number of entertaining movies in the nineteen-twenties and thirties and his two super-productions of 1939 are very likely the most widely seen movies in American film history—not just good pictures but films that have entered the unconscious of generations of moviegoers. “Gone with the Wind,” with its happy plantation slaves—emblems of Noble Toil—posed against reddening skies, has its enraging and embarrassing moments; the racist kitsch is, regrettably, part of the nation’s collective past. What remains remarkably modern in the film is the central combat of wills between Leigh’s Scarlett O’Hara and Gable’s Rhett Butler, each seeking the upper hand in and out of bed. Margaret Mitchell set up the conflict, but it was Fleming who got the two actors to embody it. As for “The Wizard of Oz,” the movie’s version of the magical land of Oz, in its combined freedom and unease, happiness and fear, has become a universally shared vision of the imagination itself. Since Fleming was the element common to both movies, it’s time for his contribution to be lifted out of the shadows. The seventieth anniversary of these two classics has seen deluxe new (and expensive) versions on DVD, and the appearance of two good books: “Victor Fleming: An American Movie |
Which Club featured in cabaret? | CABARET Musicians/Party Guests: Laura Kariuki, Zach Russell, Christine Pascoe Sailor/Pary Guest: Lucas Lowry Young Boy Soloist: Ethan Wood SYNOPSIS Act I At the dawn of the 1930s in Berlin, the Nazi party is growing stronger. The Kit Kat Klub is a seedy cabaret, a place of decadent celebration. The Klub's Master of Ceremonies, or Emcee, together with the cabaret girls and waiters, warm up the audience ("Willkommen"). In a train station, Cliff Bradshaw arrives, a young American writer coming to Berlin to work on his new novel. He meets Ernst Ludwig, a German who offers Cliff work and recommends a boardinghouse. At the boardinghouse, Fräulein Schneider offers Cliff a room for one hundred marks; he can only pay fifty. After a brief debate, she relents and lets Cliff live there for fifty marks. Fräulein Schneider observes that she has learned to take whatever life offers ("So What?"). As Cliff visits the Kit Kat Klub, the Emcee introduces a British singer, Sally, who performs a racy, flirtatious number ("Don't Tell Mama"). Afterward, she asks Cliff to recite poetry for her; he recites "Casey at the Bat". Cliff offers to take Sally home, but she says that her boyfriend Max, the club's owner, is too jealous. Sally performs her final number at the Kit Kat Club aided by the female ensemble ("Mein Herr"). The cabaret ensemble performs a song and dance, calling each other on inter-table phones and inviting each other for dances and drinks ("The Telephone Song"). The next day, Cliff has just finished giving Ernst an English lesson when Sally arrives. Max has fired her and thrown her out, and now she has no place to live, and so she asks him if she can live in his room. At first he resists, but she convinces him (and Fräulein Schneider) to take her in ("Perfectly Marvelous"). The Emcee and two female companions sing a song ("Two Ladies") that comments on Cliff and Sally's unusual living conditions. Herr Schultz, an elderly Jewish fruit-shop owner who lives in her boardinghouse, has given Fräulein Schneider a pineapple as a gift ("It Couldn't Please Me More"). In the Kit Kat Klub, a young waiter starts to sing a song—a patriotic anthem to the Fatherland that slowly descends into a darker, Nazi-inspired marching song—becoming the strident "Tomorrow Belongs to Me". He initially sings a cappella, before the customers and the band join in. (In the 1998 and 2014 revivals, this is replaced by the Emcee playing a recording of a boy soprano) Months later, Cliff and Sally are still living together and have fallen in love. Cliff knows that he is in a "dream," but he enjoys living with Sally too much to come to his senses ("Why Should I Wake Up?"). Sally reveals that she is pregnant, but she does not know the father and reluctantly decides to get an abortion. Cliff reminds her that it could be his child, and seems to convince her to have the baby. Ernst enters and offers Cliff a job—picking up a suitcase in Paris and delivering it to his "client" in Berlin—easy money. The Emcee comments on this "Sitting Pretty", or (in later versions) "Money". Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider has caught one of her boarders, Fräulein Kost, bringing sailors into her room. Fräulein Schneider forbids her from doing it again, but Fräulein Kost threatens to leave. She also mentions that she has seen Fräulein Schneider with Herr Schultz in her room. Herr Schultz saves Fräulein Schneider's reputation by telling Fräulein Kost that he and Fräulein Schneider are to be married in three weeks. After Fräulein Kost leaves, Fräulein Schneider thanks Herr Schultz for lying to Fräulein Kost. Herr Schultz says that he was serious and proposes to Fräulein Schneider ("Married"). At Fräulein Schneider and Herr Schultz's engagement party, Cliff arrives and delivers the suitcase to Ernst. A "tipsy" Herr Schultz sings "Meeskite" (Meeskite, he explains, is Yiddish for ugly or funny-looking), a song with a moral ("Anyone responsible for loveliness, large or small/Is not a meeskite at all"). Afterward, looking for revenge on Fräulein Schneider, Fräulein Kost tells Ernst, who now sports a N |
"""The corn is as high as an elephant's eye is in which musical?" | Corn as High as an Elephant’s Eye - The Field Position® Corn as High as an Elephant’s Eye Posted on July 9, 2012 by: Laura Cunningham, Marketing Coordinator “Knee high by the Fourth of July” was an expression used for many years by Midwest farmers, indicating their corn crop was expected to yield well if those “knee-high conditions” existed. These days the lyrics, “The corn is as high as an elephant’s eye,” from the song Oh, What a Beautiful Morning from the 1943 musical Oklahoma! by Rodgers and Hammerstein , is more accurate. This year you could even describe much of the corn crop as “high as an elephant’s eye and tasseled by the Fourth of July.” But a walk into Latham’s Genetic Garden will show you just how much corn varieties and hybrids have evolved from the 19th Century until now. On July 4th we saw corn plants of every size: ankle high, knee high, head high and even some that had tasseled. Temperate teosinte, one of the first ancestors of corn, is about knee high. Wild teosinte is measuring around knee high. Northern flint, a red dent corn is tasseled. Current hybrids like LH 5494 3000 GT are “as high as an elephant’s eye.” This truly shows the evolution of hybrids at Latham Hi-Tech Seeds. Many of the varieties aren’t equipped to handle the hot, humid and dry weather we have seen. Because the weather we’ve experienced this growing season is starting to take a toll on the Genetic Garden, we’ve begun to irrigate it. Look to TheFieldPosition.com for continued updates on the Genetic Garden . We’d also like to invite you to see it for yourself! Take a walk through our “living museum of corn” on Saturday, Aug. 25, during the Latham Country Fair in Alexander, Iowa. |
What was the name of the orphanage where The Blues Brothers were brought up? | The Blues Brothers film locations (1980) Metra Union Pacific Station: Ogilvie Transportation Center , Madison Street at Canal Street Wrigley Field , 1060 West Addison Street (CTA: Addison Station; Red Line) Visit: Bangs Lake, at Wauconda Los Angeles Visit: the Hollywood Palladium, 6215 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood (tel: 323.962.7600) Trivia To see more of Chicago on-screen, try Brian De Palma 's The Untouchables , The Fugitive, Martin Scorsese 's The Color of Money or Christopher Nolan ’s The Dark Knight The Blues Brothers location: the mural on ‘Ray’s Music Store’: South Prairie Avenue at East 47th Street, Chicago The Blues Brothers was filmed, of course, around Chicago – but there’s also a glimpse of Los Angeles – as director John Landis deploys his usual breathtaking knack of persuading the authorities to allow him to stage major set pieces in busy public places. It’s hard to remember that this enormously overblown and expensive slapstick chase movie started out a box office disappointment, before the terrific soundtrack, the great array of soul stars on display and John Belushi ’s charisma bumped it up to major cult status. The Blues Brothers location: Jake is released: Joliet Correctional Center, Joliet Photograph: Jim Kirkpatrick Jake ( Belushi ) is released from the Joliet Correctional Center in Joliet on Highway 53, itself south of Chicago . The prison is also featured in Oliver Stone ’s Natural Born Killers, Stir Of Echoes and Derailed and, more recently, Michael Mann 's Public Enemies – as well as TV’s Prison Break. Opened in 1925 to hold 1,500 inmates, two of Stateville’s housing units (one of which is the longest cell house in the world) are now historical sites. It was the British philosopher Jeremy Bentham who came up with the design of the panopticon cell house, known as the round house, which is claimed to be one of the only remaining circular-style cell houses still in use in the US. The new Bluesmobile – picked up by Elwood at a Mount Prospect City police auction – demonstrates its prowess by leaping across the East 95th Street Bridge over the Calumet River at Calumet Harbor, south Chicago , down near the Indiana border. Heading into the city of Chicago itself, the Brothers reluctantly keep a promise to visit the Penguin ( Kathleen Freeman ) at the ‘Saint Helen of the Blessed Shroud’ orphanage. But it’s not in ‘Calumet City’. The Penguin’s rather rundown facility was a simply frontage built on West 18th Street at South Normal Avenue, southwest of the city (CTA: Halsted Station; Orange Line) – although it’s obviously no longer there, the warehouse buildings remain unchanged. ‘Triple Rock Baptist Church’, to which the boys are sent, is the Pilgrim Baptist Church, 9114 South Burley Avenue at East 91st Street, to the south of the city (Metra: 93rd Street (South Chicago) Station). The interior, where Jake sees the light as the Rev Cleophus James ( James Brown ) pumps out The Old Landmark, was – you'll not be surprised to hear – recreated on a soundstage at Universal Studios in Los Angeles . Off to reform the Blues Brothers band, Jake and Elwood are pulled over by the cops on West Talcott Road at South Cumberland Avenue (near the Nelson Funeral Home, 820 Talcott Road – which is still in business) in South Park (no, seriously), south of Park Ridge, northwest of Chicago (Metra: Edison Park or Park Ridge; from Chicago Ogilvie Transportation Center). The ensuing car chase finds the brothers cornered in a shopping mall car park. No problem. The mall was the Dixie Mall in Harvey, a suburb of south Chicago over the Little Calumet River. Opened in 1966, it was already closed by the time of filming. Stores were redecorated and brought back to life, only to be completely trashed. It subsequently stood derelict for many years, being scheduled for demolition in 2005. It hung on for several more years but finally disappeared for good in 2012. The Blues Brothers location: site of the Blues Brothers hotel: Van Buren Street, Chicago The Brothers’ digs in the city , ‘Hotel For Men Only. Transients Welcome’, no longer exists |
On which film was Three Men and a Baby based? | View All Photos (4) Movie Info Three Men and a Baby is an Americanized remake of the 1985 French comedy hit Three Men and a Cradle. Tom Selleck, Ted Danson and Steve Guttenberg play three upwardly mobile New York bachelors who share an apartment. Their even-keel lifestyle is thrown out of whack when a young woman leaves a baby on their doorstep, suspecting that film director Danson is the father. The balance of the film is devoted to milking as much humor as possible out of the situation of three urbane young men trying to play nursemaid with nary a clue of what they're doing (at one point, a desperate Selleck offers Guttenberg a thousand dollars if Guttenberg will change a diaper). A subplot involving drug dealers is thrown in to sustain audience interest after our trio of heroes become accustomed to a baby around the apartment. "Urban legend" aficionados please note: That cardboard cutout of Ted Danson briefly glimpsed in one scene of Three Men and a Baby is not the ghost of a little boy who died in the bachelors' apartment before filming started. Rating: |
Whose poems returned to the bestsellers list after Four Weddings and a Funeral? | Funeral Poems - Poems For Funeral - February 21 - Whose Birthday Today? - Poem Hunter Funeral Poems - Poems For Funeral - February 21 - Whose Birthday Today? - Poem Hunter Funeral Poems - Poems For Funeral - February 21 - Whose Birthday Today? Poems about funeral. You can read the best funeral poems. Browse through all funeral poems. Funeral Poems: 0 / 100 February 21 - Whose Birthday Today? - Poem by Michael Shepherd Your browser does not support the audio element. Autoplay next poem If you saw the film 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' you'd have been moved maybe to tears by his 'Funeral Blues'; If you were a college poetry student the day after 9/11 you might have had your poet in residence read his 'September 1,1939' and had your breath taken away by its accidental appropriateness and the last line, which he wanted to amend, 'We must love each other, or die' Two poems he himself didn't think quite good enough.. this is posthumous fame beyond the control of poets; this is what poetry can leave to the world; this is what poetry is. Wystan Hugh Auden would have been 100 today. Rest In Poetry. Duncan Wyllie (2/21/2007 4:45:00 AM) A mark of respect and acknowledgement for those that share their fine gifts with the rest of us, This write has alot of feeling contained Thankyou Michael Not a member No 4 (2/21/2007 4:43:00 AM) Having only recently been introduced to Auden and specifically Sept 1 1939 as my starting point, and been very moved by it and the rest of his work, I appreciate the importance of this very fine and important tribute and reminder. jim (Report) Reply Tara very irritated with PH injustice (2/21/2007 4:21:00 AM) 'would have been'? Dammit, that is why the postman returned my cake. In seriousness.... top class as ever M. This moved me. t x (Report) Reply |
Who was the voice of O'Malley in The Aristocats? | Phil Harris - IMDb IMDb Actor | Soundtrack | Music Department A bandleader of the 1940s and a radio, film, and TV actor who always seemed to imply allegiance to the former Confederate States of America. Was a principal of long standing among the comedian Jack Benny 's radio retinue, parlaying his popularity into his own radio series, in which his wife, Alice Faye , co-starred. See full bio » Born: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 23 people created 20 Oct 2011 a list of 29 people created 28 Jan 2013 a list of 30 people created 09 Oct 2013 a list of 25 images created 17 Aug 2014 a list of 35 people created 3 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Phil Harris's work have you seen? User Polls The Jungle Book 'Baloo' the Bear (1967) Robin Hood Little John - A Bear (1973) 1980 The Love Boat (TV Series) Harvey Cronkle 1978 Fantasy Island (TV Series) Will Fields 1974 Here's Lucy (TV Series) Phil Harris 1968 The Lucy Show (TV Series) Phil Stanley 1967 F Troop (TV Series) Flaming Arrow 1963-1964 Burke's Law (TV Series) Gus Watt / Rip Farley 1964 Ben Casey (TV Series) Clarence Simmons 1960 The Big Sell (TV Movie) Salesman 1958 Shower of Stars (TV Series) Phil Drummer in Band at The Boiler (uncredited) Hide 2009 The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (Documentary) (performer: "I Wanna Be Like You") 2001 Charlotte Gray (performer: "Black Eyed Susan Brown") 1995 Frank and Ollie (Documentary) (performer: "Bear Necessities" - uncredited) 1991 Rock-A-Doodle (performer: "Tyin' Your Shoes") 1991 Kidsongs: Very Silly Songs (Video short) (writer: "The Thing") 1973 Robin Hood (performer: "The Phony King of England" (1972)) 1971 The Last Picture Show (performer: "The Thing" - uncredited) 1970 The AristoCats (performer: "Thomas O'Malley Cat", "Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat") The Johnny Cash Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1969) (writer - 1 episode, 1969) - Episode #1.15 (1969) ... (performer: "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)", "That's What I Like About the South") / (writer: "That's What I Like About the South") 1968 The Dean Martin Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Episode #3.21 (1968) ... (performer: "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" - uncredited) 1967 The Jungle Book (performer: "The Bare Necessities" (1967), "I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song)" (1967) (uncredited), "The Bare Necessities (Reprise)" (1967)) 1951 Starlift (performer: "Look Out, Stranger, I'm a Texas Ranger" - uncredited) / (writer: "Look Out, Stranger, I'm a Texas Ranger" - uncredited) |
What was the name of Bob Fosse's character in All That Jazz? | All That Jazz was Bob Fosse’s portrait of the artist as total bastard · Watch This · The A.V. Club Every day, WatchThis offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: With Battle Of The Year 3-D waltzing into theaters, we look back on other movies about dancers. All That Jazz (1979) Strictly speaking, All That Jazz isn’t about a dancer. Bob Fosse was many things—dancer, choreographer, actor, director, writer, and some might say History’s Greatest Monster for beating out Francis Ford Coppola for Best Director at the 1973 Oscars . And strictly speaking, All That Jazz isn’t technically about Fosse, at least in that the lead character—a similar multi-hyphenate named Joe Gideon played by Roy Scheider—isn’t named “Bob Fosse.” But the film à clef is, for all intents and purposes, a Fosse biopic written and directed by the man himself. And it’s not a flattering portrait. But it is, in typical Fosse fashion, flashy and stylish, with a hint of the avant garde. Scheider plays Gideon as a womanizing, speed-addled, chain-smoking workaholic, the kind of bastard who recognizes what a bastard he is, but doesn’t let his guilt force him into changing his ways. Anchoring the film are two elements: repeated short scenes of Gideon’s morning routine (Alka Seltzer, eye drops, dexedrine, shower, Vivaldi’s “ Concerto In G Major, ” and “It’s showtime, folks!” to himself in the mirror); and dreamlike scenes where Gideon converses with a mysterious woman in white (Jessica Lange) about his life. In one, she asks, “Family?” “Screwed up,” he replies. “Work?” “All there is.” As the film progresses, those scenes help elucidate Gideon’s deterioration, from his worsening cough to his interactions with Lange’s unnamed character (listed as “Angelique” in the credits), whose identity becomes clear. The primary plot of the film follows Gideon as he works on two high-profile projects: a new Broadway musical about flight attendants and a stand-up film about a comedian played by Cliff Gorman (likely reflecting Lenny, the Lenny Bruce biopic Fosse directed). Neither is going well; the film is way overdue and over-budget, and the musical isn’t coming together like Gideon wants. His personal life is going no better as he cheats on his girlfriend and fails his daughter. All That Jazz has been appropriately described as a song-and-dance film that people who don’t like musicals can enjoy; there isn’t that much singing and dancing, and the other parts easily stand on their own thanks to the engrossing drama that unfolds. A lot of the credit goes to the incredible Scheider, who was neither Fosse’s nor the studio’s first choice. Richard Dreyfuss was originally cast—the studio wanted a big name to anchor this risky film, and he had just won an Oscar for The Goodbye Girl—but he didn’t like the film or Fosse. Scheider had a reputation that was the opposite of Fosse’s—whom Scheider described as “ a guy who overdid everything ”—but had a history in the theater. As the actor tells it, he met Fosse at an office in the Brill Building and told him about every terrible play he’d ever done. That won Fosse over, so they spent the week reading the script every night at his apartment until Fosse felt like Scheider was the right choice. He was, though Dustin Hoffman beat him for Best Actor at the Oscars that year. The drama of Gideon’s life may take precedence, but the song-and-dance scenes are pretty great, particularly the closer with Ben Vereen. Although that number, and the film preceding it, is clearly leading to one inevitable conclusion, the final shot of All That Jazz remains jarring—and, as it turns out for Bob Fosse, prescient. Availability: Not streaming anywhere, but the DVD is available via Netflix. |
How old was Macaulay Culkin when he was cast for his role in Home Alone? | Macaulay Culkin - Biography - IMDb Macaulay Culkin Biography Showing all 66 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (2) | Trivia (38) | Personal Quotes (13) | Salary (7) Overview (4) 5' 7" (1.7 m) Mini Bio (1) Macaulay Carson Culkin, one of the most famous American child stars, was born on August 26, 1980 in New York City, New York, USA, as the third of seven children of his father Christopher Culkin (a former stage and child actor and also Macaulay's former manager) and mother Patricia Brentrup . He is the brother of Shane Culkin , Dakota Culkin , Kieran Culkin , Quinn Culkin , Christian Culkin , and Rory Culkin , most of whom have also acted. Macaulay's mother, who is from North Dakota, is of German and Norwegian descent. Macaulay's father, from Manhattan, has Irish, German, English, Swiss-German, and French ancestry. "Mack", as he's known to his close friends and family, first came into showbiz at the age of 4, appearing in a string of Off-Broadway shows such as the New York City Ballet's The Nutcracker and, by 8 years-old, the films Rocket Gibraltar (1988) and See You in the Morning (1989), which included him in the rare company of kids who have received rave reviews from The New Yorker and The New York Times. By the age of 9, the young actor had nearly upstaged star John Candy in Uncle Buck (1989) (his deadpan interrogation of Candy was Buck's funniest scene). Then, in 1990, writer John Hughes turned his finished Home Alone (1990) script over to director Chris Columbus with a suggestion to consider Culkin for the lead. Though Macaulay was the first kid Columbus saw, he was skeptical about having him in the lead and saw over 200 other possible actors and he admitted that no one came as close to being as good as Culkin. By the callback interview, Mack had memorized two scenes, and Columbus was sure he found his "Kevin McCallister". The movie grossed more than $285 million in the US alone, becoming one of the highest grossing movies of all time and making Macaulay Culkin one of the biggest movie stars of the time. His next big project was My Girl (1991) in which he played "Thomas J. Sennett", a boy who seems to be allergic to everything. Despite some controversy over the ending, the film was released anyway and proved to be another hit film for Mack (and featured his very first kiss). In 1992 came Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), which grossed more than $172 million in the US alone. In 1993 came The Good Son (1993), which was the first role to depart from his cute kid comedies. He played a murderous little demon named Henry. He got the role when his powerhouse negotiator/manager/father Kit Culkin said that he would pull Mack out of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) unless he was given the psychotic boy lead in The Good Son (1993). He was also given a salary of $5 million for the film. In 1994, at the age of 14, came a string of duds, The Pagemaster (1994), Getting Even with Dad (1994) and Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994). He was paid $8 million for the last two, the highest salary ever paid for a child star. Many people believed Mack had lost his touch, though, because he was no longer that cute tiny kid they saw in Home Alone (1990). In 1995 his parents, who were never married, separated and started a greedy legal battle over the custody of their kids and Mack's fortune. In 1996, the young actor had reportedly said he wouldn't accept any roles until his parents settled their custody dispute. That case would not be resolved until April 1997 when Kit Culkin relinquished control to Brentrup. In 1998, Macaulay married actress Rachel Miner , but separated in 2000 because Rachel wanted to start a family and Mack wanted to get back into acting. There has been a gap of eight years since 1994's Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994), and although he made a 'comeback' on stage in 2001, appearing in a London production of "Madame Melville", and also portrayed Michael Alig in Party Monster (2003); with an estimated fortune of $17 million he clearly never has to work again - if the roles don't appeal to him. - IMDb Min |
In which 70s musical did Paul Michael Glaser star? | Paul Michael Glaser: Starsky and Hutch star at peace now after rage and guilt over family's HIV - Mirror Online Celebs Paul Michael Glaser: Starsky and Hutch star at peace now after rage and guilt over family's HIV 20 years ago he thought his life was over after his teacher wife and daughter died from Aids and his son was left infected by HIV Share Paul Michael Glaser and a rehearsal for his latest version of Fiddler on the Roof (Photo: Pamela Raith) Share Get celebs updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email As a hormonal teenager with the world’s biggest crush I spent four years staring at pictures of screen heart-throb Paul Michael Glaser. Like millions of fans I watched every episode of 70s US cop show Starsky and Hutch, but my devotion to the dark-haired half of the dreamboat duo knew no bounds… I even wore a Starsky cardie knitted by my long-suffering mum. And, while three decades may have passed, I’m convinced I’ll recognise Paul instantly when he arrives for our interview. So who, I wonder, is the ageing hippy with the bushy beard and long greying hair approaching me from across the park? Then I notice that distinctive swagger. It’s the gait of a man who should be walking to his red and white striped Ford Torino with a 9mm Smith and Wesson in his ankle holster ready to patrol the streets of California. But Paul, now 70, is actually heading to a rehearsal studio in West London to prepare for the lead role in a new stage production of musical Fiddler on the Roof – hence the beard. And as we chat it soon becomes clear that the startling physical transformation of Starsky into Tevye is nothing compared to the changes in his personal and spiritual life. For 20 years ago he thought his life was over after his teacher wife Elizabeth and daughter Ariel died from Aids and his son Jake was left infected by HIV. Paul Michael Glaser with his late wife Elizabeth and their daughter Ariel (Photo: Rex) He says: “I was full of rage, anger and guilt that I couldn’t do anything to stop this. I’d ask, ‘Why me? Why Me?’ But the only answer to that question was, ‘Why not me?’ In my darkest moments I probably thought about ending it. “But nothing made sense, even that. I liken it to being a soldier in Vietnam. Somehow you put one foot in front of the other and you get through it.” Paul and Elizabeth, had been married a year when, in 1981, she was given an HIV infected blood transfusion while giving birth to Ariel. She passed the virus on through breast feeding and three years later infected their second child, Jake, in the womb. The family only discovered the tragedy when Ariel fell ill with a mystery virus at four and was diagnosed with Aids. Paul remained clear but ignorance and fear of Aids then meant even their closest friends cut them off. When Ariel died the Glasers bravely decided to go public. Elizabeth wrote a heart-rending book and founded the Paediatric Aids Foundation which has raised millions for research and led to the virtual eradication of mother-to-child HIV infection in the US. Princess Diana said Elizabeth’s courage had sparked her own work for Aids charities in Britain and she visited the Glasers at their home in Massachusetts. Paul Michael Glaser (left) in the Fiddler on the Roof movie (Photo: Sunday Mail) After his wife’s death Paul continued to campaign and threw himself into work. But he admits he fought a long and painful journey to come to terms with his grief. He was repeatedly approached to write his autobiography but found it impossible to revisit those dark days. But he has now written and self-published a fantasy novel called Chrystallia and the Source of Light which he calls “a metaphorical autobiography”. Paul says: “It’s about a teenage girl and her nine-year-old brother whose mom is dying, on a journey in an underground world where everyone and everything is made of crystals and minerals, searching for the source of light.” Now, I normally switch off when a Hollywood star starts talking crystals, energy and rebirth… |
"In Private ""Benjamin, what is the name of ""Benjamin's captain?" | Eileen Brennan, Stalwart of Film and Stage, Dies at 80 - The New York Times The New York Times Movies |Eileen Brennan, Stalwart of Film and Stage, Dies at 80 Search Photo Eileen Brennan as Capt. Doreen Lewis in "Private Benjamin." Credit Warner Brothers Pictures, via Associated Press Eileen Brennan, a smoky-voiced actress who had worked in show business for more than 20 years before gaining her widest attention as a gleefully tough Army captain in both the film and television versions of “Private Benjamin,” died on Sunday at her home in Burbank, Calif. She was 80. Her manager, Kim Vasilakis, confirmed the death on Tuesday, saying the cause was bladder cancer. Ms. Brennan had had a solid career on the New York stage and in films like “The Last Picture Show” and “The Sting” when she was cast for the film “Private Benjamin,” a 1980 box-office hit starring Goldie Hawn in the title role. Ms. Brennan played Capt. Doreen Lewis, the slow-burning commanding officer of a pampered, privileged young woman who joins the Army and finds that she isn’t anybody’s little princess anymore. The performance brought Ms. Brennan an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress. She reprised the role in 1981 in a CBS sitcom based on the film, with Lorna Patterson in the Goldie Hawn role. The TV performance brought Ms. Brennan the Emmy Award for best supporting actress in a comedy, variety or music series. But she was forced to leave “Private Benjamin” when she was hit by a car and critically injured in Venice, Calif. Without her, the series died in 1983. While recovering Ms. Brennan became addicted to pain medication and underwent treatment. She later developed breast cancer. Advertisement Continue reading the main story She returned to television in 1985 in a new sitcom, “Off the Rack,” with Edward Asner, but the show lasted only six episodes. Afterward she made guest appearances on other shows, but she never recaptured the attention she had known in the past — as the toast of Off Broadway in “ Little Mary Sunshine ,” as a film actress in the 1970s, and as an honored comedy star just before her accident. Verla Eileen Regina Brennen was born on Sept. 3, 1932, and grew up in Los Angeles, the daughter of a newspaper reporter who also worked in sales and a former actress. Later in life, dealing with her own alcohol dependency, she talked about the alcoholism in her family when she was a child. After attending Georgetown University, she studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, performed in summer stock and worked as a singing waitress. Her first big role was as the title character in Rick Besoyan’s “Little Mary Sunshine,” a 1959 parody of operettas that played at the Orpheum Theater. She won an Obie Award for her portrayal of the show’s spunky, fluttery-eyed heroine. A year later she complained to The New York Times that she had been “hopelessly typecast as that kookie girl.” Photo Ms. Brennan in the 1971 film "The Last Picture Show." Credit Columbia Pictures, via Photofest Perhaps to prove otherwise, she promptly starred in the national tour of “The Miracle Worker,” as Helen Keller’s gravely serious teacher, Annie Sullivan. In 1963, Ms. Brennan earned positive reviews as Anna in a City Center revival of “The King and I.” In 1964, she was cast as Irene Molloy, the young widow, in the original Broadway production of “Hello, Dolly!,” with Carol Channing. Among later stage performances, she appeared in John Ford Noonan’s “A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking,” a critically praised 1980 two-woman show with Susan Sarandon, and Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy “The Cripple of Inishmaan” (1998), in which she played an alcoholic Irishwoman. Ms. Brennan made her television debut in “The Star Wagon,” a 1966 PBS special, based on Maxwell Anderson’s play about a man who invented a time machine. Her film debut came a year later, in “Divorce American Style,” a comedy starring Debbie Reynolds and Dick Van Dyke. Advertisement Continue reading the main story After a brief stint as an original cast member (along with Ms. Hawn) |
How many different hats does Madonna wear in Evita? | Don't Cry For Me Argentina: Eva Perón graffiti | BA Street Art Pin It María Eva Duarte de Perón, more commonly known as Evita was born on 7 May 1919, and died of cancer aged 33 on 26 July 1952. We were wondering about the origin of the signature song Don’t Cry For Me Argentina and who was the real Eva Perón? The song was of course immortalized in the hit musical Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber (1976), and later turned into the movie starring Madonna and co-written by Alan Parker, Oliver Stone, Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Not long after Parker’s movie came out in 1996, Argentine director Juan Carlos Desanzo released his own film biography of Evita called Eva Perón: The True Story. The two film portrayals of Eva are so contrasting, it’s as if they depict two different characters. So which version of Evita is the most accurate? The song lyrics in Don’t Cry For Me Argentina are openly critical of Eva and her penchant for designer clothes and jewellery with lyrics such as: “All you will see is a girl you once knew. Although she’s dressed up to the nines. At sixes and sevens with you.” Parker’s production is extremely lavish with Madonna holding the record for the most costume changes in a movie – an estimated 85 times (including 39 hats, 45 pairs of shoes and 56 pairs of earrings). ‘Glamourous’ Another song entitled “The Money Kept Rolling In (And Out)” refers to Eva’s charitable work and allegations of money laundering, while also implying that she cultivated a glamourous image to impress the poor people of Argentina and to help promote Perónism. Another song (“You Must Love Me”) suggests that it’s only when Eva realises that she’s dying from cancer does she renounce her pursuit of the vice-presidency and realise that Perón loves her for herself with the words: “How can I be of any use to you now?” Eva and Juan Desanzo’s film, though much lower budget, focuses on Eva’s political career and last years. It portrays her as a brave, charismatic. passionate woman, and a champion of women’s and workers’ rights. The Eva of Desanzo is conscious of her roots, she is a sensitive, tearful woman with a human touch, holding babies and hugging pensioners. The movie was released while Carlos Menem’s government was in power and is perhaps the reason why there is no shortage of Perónist propaganda. Esther Goris, who plays Eva, gives a rousing speech at a school that includes the frequent use of the words ‘Peronista’ and ‘Peronismo’ before she had even met her future husband. There is also a scene when she meets Juan Domingo Perón for the first time at Luna Park and flatters him saying that the people call him ‘Colonel of the people’. Clip from Desanzo’s film The cast and crew of Parker’s movie faced protests in Argentina upon arrival over fears that the project casting The Queen of Pop in the lead role would tarnish Eva’s image. Madonna’s forays into acting had previously included the abysmal erotic thriller Body of Evidence and Desperately Seeking Susan. Indeed she did seem to be making a mockery of Argentina’s most loved lady and many movie critics panned her performance. Eva Perón wasn’t the saint as portrayed by Desanzo, neither was she the star-gazing child who went from slutty gold-digger to talentless actress to wife of the president, as portrayed by Stone and Parker. But Desanzo’s version is a truer reflection of Eva than is so often the case when Hollywood gets its hands on a biographical movie script Portrait of Eva on the Ministry of Health building in 9 de Julio A feature entitled ‘Eva Peron The Myth’ in La Nación newspaper unravels her legacy: “She lives on as a myth with her unique personality that is constantly associated with all political solidarity. Insolent, scarastic, spiteful, with a natural elegance that chose Coco Chanel when she was advised not to overdress. Born with a thirst for power, she came from humble origins with her surname in dispute (her birth certificate read Duarte while her baptismal certificate read Ibarguren) and achieved a great death that shook the world like a Greek tragedy. Her death was like that of |
A Little Night Music was based on which non-musical film? | Movie Review - - Film: 'A Little Night Music':Bergman-Inspired - NYTimes.com Film: 'A Little Night Music':Bergman-Inspired By VINCENT CANBY Published: March 8, 1978 INGMAR BERGMAN'S "Smiles of a Summer Night" is, next to his film version of "The Magic Flute," the most charming, most buoyant movie he's ever made. "A Little Night Music," the Broadway musical adaptation of the Bergman film, directed by Harold Prince, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim at his best, sent one out of the theater feeling in top form. It's something more than a shock, then, that the film adaptation of the Broadway show not only fails to raise the spirits; it also tramples on them. The more kindly disposed will leave the theater depressed, a lot of others may be in a rage. Though it's possible to fail with intelligence and grace, the movie, which opens today at Columbia 1, pursues disaster in the manner of someone who, with mindless self-confidence, saws off the limb he's sittin on. Perhaps the movie's worst sin is to make the critic feel he must play the role of the piously aggrieved scoutmaster, who has to say a lot of boring, obvious things—in this case about the difference between the stage and movies. These are things that Mr. Prince, who also directed the movie, and Hugh Wheeler, who wrote the screenplay from his own Broadway book, certainly know from experience that is more practical than most critics will ever have. The way they have made the movie, it looks like a publicly posted suicide pact. Such a succession of mistakes can't be accidental. The Broadway show, like the Bergman film, is a wickedly lyric rondel, a romantic, turn-of-the-century masquerade about three mismatched couples who, in the course of a limpid summer night, on a magnificent country estate, more or less stumble into perfect happiness. They are a beautiful, worldly actress of certain years (Elizabeth Taylor), her lover, a foolish hussar (Laurence Guittard), the hussar's jealous wife (Diana Rigg), the wife's school friend (Lesley-Ann Down), whose much older husband (Len Cariou) loves the actress and whose stepson (Christopher Guard) loves his stepmother. Looking on are the actress's ancient mother (Hermione Gingold), herself once a famous courtesan, and the actress's daughter (Chloe Franks), plus one lively, pretty maid (Lesley Dunlop), without whom no farce can be complete. The sum and substance of the show are not the characters but Mr. Sondheim's music and lyrics. They describe the awful and funny torments of hearts that rule minds of the size and consistency of baby peas. It's not exactly a problem play. It's Mozartean comedy in which stylized settings, costumes and even lighting create a world of sweet timelessness. Having elected to transform the Sondheim show into a film, Mr. Prince appears to have made every decision that could sabotage the music and the lyrics. He has cast the film with people who don't sing very well and then staged almost every number in such a way that we can't respond to the lyrics. He often photographs the singers in those blandly uninformative close-ups that force us to consider hairlines, necklines and lip-sync techniques. Mr. Sondheim's marvelous two-and three-part songs, in which characters, often in different settings, share their sentiments, work on the stage since the characters are enclosed by the same proscenium. In the movie, which is set in elegant but realistic locations, these numbers require all sorts of busy cross-cutting that upstages the music, which becomes as effectively fragmented as the images. It is, of course, possible to hear the songs, but in this movie it seems like-work. "Send in the Clowns" will survive Miss Taylor's game way with a lyric, and so will "You Must Meet My Wife" (Miss Taylor and Mr. Cariou), but "A Little Night Music" shouldn't be a matter of survival. It should be ebullient and fun. It isn't. It often seems to be mean-tempered. There's no reason why Miss Taylor should be photographed so unflatteringly (unless she gave the orders), or that Lesley-Ann Down and Diana Rigg should appear a |
What was the name of the high school in Porky's? | Porky's (1981) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error In 1954, a group of Florida high schoolers seek out to help their buddy lose his virginity, which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them. Director: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. Blu-ray Review: Black Christmas (1974) Collector’s Edition 7 December 2016 11:02 AM, -08:00 | DailyDead a list of 21 titles created 12 Jun 2011 a list of 33 titles created 22 Jun 2012 a list of 44 titles created 29 Oct 2013 a list of 42 titles created 16 Jan 2016 a list of 35 titles created 9 months ago Search for " Porky's " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 1 win & 1 nomination. See more awards » Videos The naughty high schoolers of Angel Beach High now seek revenge on a group of KKK religious fanatics and corrupt politicians who want to shut down their Shakespeare production after they cast a Seminole transfer student in the lead. Director: Bob Clark As graduation nears for the class of 1955 at Angel Beach High, the gang once again faces off against their old enemy, Porky, who wants them to throw the school's championship basketball game because he's betting on the opposing team. Director: James Komack At Adams College, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self-respect. Director: Jeff Kanew The rising college nerds set out to a convention in Florida, but are not welcomed by the Alpha Beta representatives. Director: Joe Roth A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party. Director: Neal Israel Three college buddies search for sex in the summer holidays and end up starting a successful whorehouse. Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith Two high school nerds attempt to create the perfect woman, but she turns out to be more than that. Director: John Hughes A group of good-hearted but incompetent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks. Director: Hugh Wilson A group of Southern California high school students are enjoying their most important subjects: sex, drugs and rock n' roll. Director: Amy Heckerling Edit Storyline 1954. The sexual hijinks of a group of mid-teen male students of Angel Beach High School in Florida are presented. Their main goal is to lose their collective virginity. In the process, they embark on games of sexual innuendo with their female classmates, as witnessed by the activities of Billy, Tommy and Pee Wee in their secret surveillance. Pee Wee is the most desperate, that desperation which gets him into one predicament after another, especially as he is the butt of many a prank. A side issue for Tim, basically a good guy, is dealing with his learned racism, which comes to the surface with the arrival to their school of new student, Jewish Brian Schwartz. The sexual pursuits at the school are not limited to the student body as new boys Phys Ed coach, Roy Brackett, has a mutual attraction with cheer-leading coach, Miss Lynn Honeywell, who doesn't want to go all the way; Coach Brackett's goal is to find out why Coach Warren has nicknamed Miss Honeywell "Lassie". All these goings-on... Written by Huggo Did You Know? Trivia Actor Dan Monahan , who played Pee Wee, later worked with director Bob Clark again on Baby Geniuses (1999), From the Hip (1987) and Porky's II: The Next Day (1983). See more » Goofs The marching band at the end has Mellophones. These instruments were invented around 1966 and didn't become p |
What was Tootsie's name before he turned into Tootsie? | Tootsie Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 60 out of 71 people found the following review useful: Funny AND intelligent. from Omaha, NE USA 11 September 2005 There is so much more to this film than Dustin Hoffman running around in a dress trying to act like a woman. Tootsie is one of the most intelligent comedies I've ever seen. It is perfectly cast, well-layered, and full of surprises. Dustin Hoffman plays Michael Dorsey. He seems to know everything about acting except how to stay employed as an actor. In an early montage we see him auditioning for numerous plays where he is either too old, too young, too short, simply not the right guy for the part, or in some cases impossible to work with. We also see him trying to teach his craft to some young wannabe actors, and working at a restaurant to pay the bills. After a hilarious argument with his agent, he is simply told "No one will hire you!" The very next shot has Hoffman in drag walking down the street to an audition for a soap opera part his friend (Terri Garr) was unable to land. So intent is the chauvinistic director (Coleman) on casting a woman that looks tough enough for the part of a hospital administrator, Hoffman is denied without so much as a reading. He responds with a hilarious tirade that opens the door to his television career. Hoffman lands the part, and is soon winning over fans all over the country. While Hoffman finds it wonderful to be working regularly, his personal life is understandably put to the test. He alienates Garr, is constantly made fun of by his roommate (Murray) and falls in love with one of his co-stars (Lange) who of course cannot learn his secret or he's out of a job. Things are further complicated when two older men fall in love with him. It would be pointless to try and describe some of the awkward situations he finds himself in. You must see the movie to experience them for yourself. The film is so well-cast it's incredible. There are so many fine actors at work here that it almost becomes a contest of who can steal the scene first. Murray gets his share with his improvised lines. His lamenting of the state of his plays during a party scene will have you howling. The icing on the cake was director Sydney Pollack agreeing to play Hoffman's agent. They only have a few scenes together, but they are the film's best. Tootsie is head and shoulders above other films I've seen that deal with men in women's clothing. Mrs. Doubtfire for example was all slapstick without much heart. In the end it tried to redeem itself in that department and just got way too sappy. Tootsie also wisely holds back in the feminism department. Although Hoffman's Dorothy Michaels is clearly a woman who inspires others to stand up for themselves, he is advised to tone it down by Pollack in one scene. Hoffman feels his Dorothy character should be doing specials and giving advice and whatnot, but Pollack reminds him, "You have NOTHING to say to women, Michael." In other words, you're lucky you've gotten away with the stunt up to this point, now you should be looking for a way to get out. Overall Tootsie is wonderful experience. It made a fortune when released, and is still very relevant today. Don't miss it! 10 of 10 stars from the Hound. Was the above review useful to you? 49 out of 55 people found the following review useful: They Don't Get Better Than This from Ottawa, On 16 May 2005 Remember when comedies used to be actual movies with actual stories with actual points and the funny just flowed out of them, instead of just a flimsy excuse to string together jokes and funny scenes and stock situations? Yeah, me too. What happened? If you're in the mood for a great movie that will get you to cough up a boatload of honest laughs, then you ain't gonna do better than TOOTSIE. You are not going to find a better written, acted, and directed comedy anywhere. There are plenty as good - but none better. This is a career highpoint for all involved, and when "all" includes names such as Sydney Pollack and Dustin Hoffman, you know that's a sentiment that carries some significant we |
What was the first sequel to The Pink Panther called? | The Pink Panther - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics For other uses, see The Pink Panther (disambiguation) . The Pink Panther is a series of comedy films featuring the bumbling French police detective Jacques Clouseau that began in 1963 with the release of the film of the same name . The role was originated by, and is most closely associated with, Peter Sellers . Most of the films were directed and co-written by Blake Edwards , with notable theme music composed by Henry Mancini . Despite its use in the titles of most of the films of the series, the "Pink Panther" is not the Clouseau character, but a large and valuable fictitious diamond of the same name which is the " MacGuffin " of the first film in the series. [1] The phrase reappears in the title of the fourth film, The Return of the Pink Panther , in which the theft of the diamond is again the center of the plot; that film also marked the return of Sellers to the role after a gap of ten years, which may have contributed to some confusion between the character and the diamond. The phrase has been used for all the subsequent films in the series, even when the jewel does not figure into the plot (the diamond has only appeared in six of the eleven films in the series). The first film in the series had an animated opening sequence, created by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and set to the theme music by Henry Mancini , which featured the Pink Panther character . This character, designed by Hawley Pratt , was subsequently the subject of its own series of animated cartoons – as well as being featured in the opening of every movie in the Pink Panther film series except A Shot in the Dark and Inspector Clouseau . Contents 5 External links Films and themes Although the two most recent Pink Panther films starred Steve Martin , most of the films in the series starred Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau and were directed and co-written by Blake Edwards. The popular jazz-based theme music was composed by Henry Mancini. In addition to the credits sequences, the theme accompanies any suspenseful sequence involving "the Phantom" at work on a theft, both in the first and in subsequent films. Mancini's other themes for the first film include an Italian-language set-piece called " Meglio Stasera " whose purpose seems primarily to introduce young actress Fran Jeffries . Portions of an instrumental version also appear in the film's musical score several times. Other segments include "Shades of Sennett ", a " honky tonk " piano number introducing the film's climactic chase scene through the streets of Rome . Most of the remaining tracks on the soundtrack album are early 1960s orchestral jazz pieces, matching the style of the era. Although variations of the main theme would be reprised for many of the Pink Panther series entries, as well as the cartoon series, Mancini composed a different theme for A Shot in the Dark. The Pink Panther of the title is a diamond supposedly containing a flaw which forms the image of a "leaping panther", which can be seen if held up to light in a certain way. This is explained in the beginning of the first film, and the camera zooms in on the diamond to reveal the blurry flaw, which focuses into the Panther (albeit not actually leaping) to start the opening credits sequence (this is also done in Return). The plot of the first film is based on the theft of this diamond, which is mentioned in only five other films in the series ( The Return of the Pink Panther , Trail of the Pink Panther , Curse of the Pink Panther , and the 2006 remake of The Pink Panther and the remake's sequel The Pink Panther 2 ). The name "the Pink Panther" became attached to Inspector Clouseau, in much the same way that " Frankenstein " has been used in film titles to refer to Dr. Frankenstein's creation or The Thin Man was used in a series of detective films. A Shot in the Da |
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