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 <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au> 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 <rag.apa@email.apa.org> 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


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 AwardsÂ® Won for Best Makeup. 51st Golden GlobeÂ® 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


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