The 1985 Japanese comedy Tampopo was publicized as not sphagetti, but what type of western?

Super Reviewer ½ Juzo Itami creates one piece of work in Tampopo, a film that centers around ramen. This movie will make you hungry for noodles. I don't care if you are sick or you just ate. You will be hungry for noodles. When it comes down to it, this film is about a group of people that help turn a middle aged woman's cheap ramen shop into the best one in town. However, there is much more in this movie than just that. Why? I do not know. The beginning starts off with a man talking to the audience (you) about manners while watching a movie. The opening credits is then in black and white and finally we are under way. The story is interesting and there is sort of a childish tone to it, which keeps things fun. Speaking of fun, throughout this film there are scenes that have just no meaning in here. There are a few love scenes, an old woman in a grocery store, a man rushing home to his dying wife, etc. The ONLY thing these scenes have in common is food. The love scenes involve food as an aphrodisiac. There is nudity and all. The old woman in the grocery store is smashing food with her fingers. The man rushes home to his dying wife so she can cook her last meal. Why are these scenes there? To make the movie longer? To make the story more entertaining? No matter the reason, they are there and they will get people laughing. Nobuko Miyamoto and Tsutomu Yamazaki both carry this movie nicely and the supporting cast follow their leaders. Tampopo is one film that is hard to pass up. Also, what is up with the end credits? JY Skacto Super Reviewer Dandelion You cannot watch this movie and not want to eat noodles. I couldn't wait until after it was over; I had to pause it half way through this time and cook up a bowl for myself. It's the same problem I have watching a good cook on the Food Network. Nothing like ushering out the old and welcoming in the new year with great homemade ramen. Very fulfilling fare. Lanning : )


Cheoah Dam in North Carolina was the real-life location of the 'dive scene' in what 1993 movie in which the protagonist is wrongly accused of murder?

The Fugitive (Film) - TV Tropes The Fugitive You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share WMG "Listen up, ladies and gentlemen. Our fugitive has been on the run for ninety minutes. Average foot speed over uneven ground barring injury is four miles an hour; that gives us a radius of six miles. What I want out of each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. Your fugitive's name is Doctor Richard Kimble. Go get him." — Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard The Fugitive is a 1993 action film based on the classic 1960s TV show . Dr. Richard Kimble ( Harrison Ford ), a respected Chicago cardiovascular surgeon, returns home one night to find his wife brutally murdered by an intruder, a one-armed man. However, the police disbelieve Kimble's story as lots of circumstantial evidence makes him look guilty, and he is wrongfully convicted of his wife's murder. Soon after, he escapes from custody and returns to Chicago, determined to find the real killer. Kimble also must contend with a dogged team of U.S. Marshals, led by Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard ( Tommy Lee Jones ), who pursue him relentlessly. Both Kimble and Gerard eventually discover that the chase is bigger than the both of them, and that several parties involved actually want to see Kimble dead. The film was highly acclaimed and was nominated for 7 Oscars , including Best Picture; Tommy Lee Jones won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. It had a sequel in 1998, U.S. Marshals , which featured Gerard and his team pursuing another fugitive and also inspired the hilarious spoof film, Wrongfully Accused starring Leslie Nielsen , released that same year. It can be considered quite an influential film in that during the decades prior, films based on TV shows (other than the Star Trek franchise) tended to be sporadic. After the worldwide success of this film, they became far more common. Not to be confused with the 1947 film directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda . The Fugitive provides examples of the following tropes: Abandoned Warehouse : The laundry room, despite being neither abandoned nor a warehouse, functions as this for the finale. Its bare furnishings and industrial aesthetic make it an effective setting for armed folks running around trying to catch each other. Actor IS The Title Character : Some posters for the film state that "Harrison Ford is The Fugitive". Action Survivor : Kimble is a doctor, not a fighter, but he's quick on his feet and is unspeakably clever. Actor IS the Title Character : " Harrison Ford is The Fugitive" Adaptation Distillation : To the point that it's possible to use the same plot summary to refer to both the original series and this film adaptation. Dr. Richard Kimble is an innocent man wrongly convicted of killing his wife. After a train crash enables him to escape custody, he decides to seek out the real killer, a one-armed man, and clear his name, though never without stopping to do good deeds along the way. However, Kimble is doggedly pursued by [Lieutenant/Marshal] Gerard, who initially views his duty to apprehend Kimble as paramount but gradually becomes convinced that his quarry is, in fact, innocent. The only major changes are the motive for the murder (a botched robbery in the series, and a premeditated hit as part of a corporate conspiracy in the film) and the events of the climax (Gerard shoots and kills the one-armed man just as he's about to shoot Kimble in the series finale, and Kimble knocks out Nichols right before he's about to shoot Gerard in the film.) Also, an early draft of the script had much more similarities to the series—the Kimble's troubled marriage, Kimble traveling around the country to find his wife's killer (presumably, this version of the film would have taken place over a much longer time period than the finished product did), and Kimble finding love again (With Helen's sister, no less). Adaptation Name Change : Gerard's first name changes from


For an American Express ad, Tiger Woods once donned the role of Carl Spackler, a character from what 1980 comedy set at the Bushwood Country Club?

Still Alright: 35 Years of 'Caddyshack' - Biography.com Nostalgia Still Alright: 35 Years of 'Caddyshack' To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the classic comedy, we're hitting the gopher-infested greens with 18 "Caddyshack" fun facts. Avatar: Social count: 333 To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the classic comedy, we're hitting the gopher-infested greens with 18 "Caddyshack" fun facts. 333 0 Bill Murray as greenskeeper Carl Spackler and his nemesis, the destructive "Mr. Gopher," were a classic comedy duo in "Caddyshack." (Photo: Archive Photos/ Getty Images ) It was, as kamikaze greenskeeper Carl Spackler says, a “Cinderella story”: A first-time director and a quartet of first-rate comedians, improvising one crazy situation after another, descended on a Florida golf course and scored a hole in one with moviegoers when it was released on July 25, 1980. Let’s go a round with Caddyshack and fill in 18 holes in your knowledge of a much-loved comedy classic with some fun facts.  The original "Caddyshack" movie poster from 1980. (Photo: Movie Poster Image Art/ Getty Images ) 1) Bill Murray was on set for all of six days to play Carl, who was originally a silent character. The movie was a family affair for Murray: co-writer, co-star and older brother Brian Doyle-Murray, who plays Lou Loomis, based the script on their memories of caddying at Indian Hill Club in Winnetka, IL. 2) Joining their stroll down memory lane was co-writer and director Harold Ramis , who also caddied at Indian Hill. Some of the supporting characters, like the elderly duffers, and incidents including the infamous Baby Ruth in the pool scene (scored like Jaws) were based on their recollections. Ramis, who co-wrote the hits National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978) and the Murray-starring Meatballs (1979), made his directorial debut with Caddyshack—he would also co-star with Murray in Stripes (1981) and the two Ghostbusters movies in 1984 and 1989, and direct the actor in Groundhog Day (1993), all of which he also co-wrote. Ramis called his debut movie “a $6 million scholarship to film school.” 3) Less acknowledged for the film’s success was producer and co-writer Douglas Kenney, who co-founded National Lampoon magazine, a major influence on film and TV comedy, in 1970. Depressed over the way the movie was edited, and its critical reception (its stock would rise with reviewers over time), and wrestling with cocaine addiction, Kenney died from a fall off of a cliff in Hawaii just a month after its release, on August 27, 1980. He was 33. (You can see him briefly in the movie and as Stork in Animal House, which he co-wrote.) 4) The movie, which takes place in the Midwest at the fictitious Bushwood Country Club, was shot in fall 1979 at the Rolling Hills Golf Club in Davie, FL, which had no tell-tale palm trees.  5) On set, Murray and co-star Chevy Chase , who had bogeyed their relationship on Saturday Night Live (where they allegedly feuded), patched things up long enough to shoot their only scene together. “Well, I got a lot of stuff on order. You know…credit trouble…” 6) “Whoa, did somebody step on a duck?” The movie’s wildest card is standup comic Rodney Dangerfield , in his first substantial movie role. Singer Don Cherry, who like the comedian was a Vegas headliner, taught him how to play golf. Dangerfield went on to star in Easy Money (1983) and another comedy smash, co-written by Ramis, Back to School (1986).  7) “The world needs ditch diggers, too!” Not so happy with the unscripted mayhem was co-star Ted Knight, in his last film role. Knight, who won two Emmys playing the bumbling Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, was thrown off by the constant ad-libbing. So were Michael O’Keefe (an Oscar nominee for 1979’s drama The Great Santini) and Scott Colomby (later in another hit comedy, 1982’s Porky’s, and its two sequels), who saw their less funny parts, as rival college-age caddies, reduced as the comics got more and more to do.  8) “Oh, rat fart!” Also in the cast is veteran Henry Wilcoxon, who had been on the screen scene since 1931 and had starring r


Called the biggest regular cultural event on the African continent, FESPACO, the largest African film festival takes place in the capital of which country? (hint: formerly Upper Volta)

Africa is a Country | Afraso Africa is a Country a site of media criticism, analysis and new writing URL: Bamako Diaries II Fri, 18/12/2015 - 16:00 Africa is a Country culture editor Neelika Jayawardane visited Bamako for this year’s  Encounters Biennale of African Photography . This is part 2 of her roundup, read part 1 here . Any photographer can tell you that the strictures of being successful – or trying to get there – include near-constant travel, jet-lag, aloneness: residencies, promotional talks, openings at galleries, art shows, festivals. One lives out-of-place, and out of time, performing a presentable, palatable version of self. Given these disjunctures in modern photographers’ lives, I wondered what might mean for them to be engaged in “telling” time, Bamako Encounters’ theme, using a medium that is, essentially, about distilling time into a “still”. In stilling a moment in time through recording it in an image, we are engaging in a form of melancholia – an inability to let go of a past as time moves on. Our longing for that past is strong enough that it appears in our mirrors sometimes, and in frames of photography and film – uncanny visitors from histories we cannot untie from the threads of our present. Some work at Bamako Encounters remarked on the way that past attachments stay ever-present, using deeply personal reflections; they meditated on the way that time – and the geographical, political, and genetic locations through which we have passed – keeps telling and retelling itself on our psyches and our bodies. Mimi Cherono’s collage of photographs, the first to greet the visitor in the cool, white tent, comments on that relationship with time in a way that was more indicative of melancholic presence – an inability to let go of a past that insistently wounded one’s present. Cherono’s work, “Do You Miss Me? Sometimes, Not Always” is an invitation, a secret garden of jewel greens overlapped by darkness and dappled light. “Do You Miss Me” consists of a selection of photographs taken in Kigali, Abidjan, Kampala and Nairobi, images of both cityscapes and suburban loneliness. They were taken during six months of travel, subsequent to the passing of one of Cherono’s close friends, South African photographer Thabiso Sekgala . These studies tell us stories of cities built by architects influenced by poor-man’s Bauhaus and post-colonial practicalities: minimalist, concrete, easily replicable. But Cherono also bookmarks structures that hope to escape that mediocrity, aspiring to something to do with indicating affluence: a white home with a double peaked roof, its white columns holding up twin stories, accompanied by an immaculate, close-cropped green lawn. In another photograph, a red brick wall shows us the perimeter of a property and the limits of its inhabitants’ freedom; an ornate, russet settee, devoid of a sitter, tells one just how uncomfortable this aspired-to comfort is. Shoes – heeled court shoes, kiddies’ sandals, and some fashion-conscious youth’s sneakers with Velcro tongues – are piled up at an entryway – waiting their owners’ return. A wide avenue where a red sports car barrels down, past sleepy conifers and hedges, is reminiscent of Americana; a seashore, where a distant couple is walking could be a postcard: one of them is wearing a red shirt, and the other is in dark clothes, and their feet are catching the silver web of saltwater lapping the strand. The largest image in this collage is a close up of banana leaves – broken and battered by rainstorms, some ragged by age, others being choked by undergrowth. There is an abandoned, dirty white pony figurine – once part of a carousel, perhaps? – poking its unlikely head out. In the middle of that refulgent foliage and decaying objects, Cherono has imbedded a small, blurry, black and white image: it is a photograph of a man, who is either just waking up, or he is a little tired, because it is late at night. The small shadow by his elbow tells me that it is probably night, because the light is artificial. His slim body is lounging comfortably on a sofa


The climax of what great 1952 Italian film, Ingmar Bergman's favorite, has the title character attempting suicide on a train track with his pet dog?

Roberto Rossellini | White City Cinema White City Cinema By michaelgloversmith Sipping “Monty Python’s Holy Ale” while watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail A couple of years ago, my wife and I bought a DVD box set of the first season of Saturday Night Live on a whim when we found it used for a ridiculously low price at Chicago’s Reckless Records. Aside from the greatness of its contents (the classic comedy sketches, the genius of two-time musical guest Leon Redbone, etc.) I became fascinated with the set simply because I knew the whole thing was filmed and broadcast live in 1975, the year of my birth. A wave of something like nostalgia for a time I can’t quite remember came over me: this is what the world had looked and sounded like when I entered it. I was immediately filled with the desire to watch as many films as I could from that year in order to better understand the culture into which I was born. The result of that years-long quest is this blog post, two days in advance of my 40th birthday, in which I have compiled a list of my 40 favorite movies of 1975 (each accompanied by a still and a two-sentence review). As you can see, it was a staggeringly great year for movies, one of the best ever. In fact, it’s almost comical how many excellent directors, spanning all six filmmaking continents, made landmark films in 1975. Let’s start with Europe: in Germany, Fassbinder alone made four movies, and there were also important works from the filmmaking teams of Jean-Marie Straub/Danielle Huillet and Margharethe Von Trotta/Volker Schlondorff; in France, Jean-Luc Godard directed his best film of the decade, and he was joined by his New Wave compatriots Claude Chabrol, who made two superior genre movies, and Francois Truffaut (whose neo-“Tradition of Quality” epic The Story of Adele H. is not listed below); also from France, Marguerite Duras helmed her most acclaimed feature, an avant-garde feminist masterpiece that was mirrored by Chantal Akerman working in Belgium (is it a coincidence that both movies feature the same lead actress?); Russia is represented on the list by Andrei Tarkovsky and Eldar Ryazanov, whose efforts can be seen as representing the twin poles of Russian cinema (i.e., austere arthouse and commercial entertainment), respectively, and they’re joined by interloper Akira Kurosawa whose sojourn to the USSR earned him a Best Foreign Film Oscar. In Italy, Roberto Rossellini and Pier Paolo Pasolini directed their final films (both amazing) while Antonioni made his last masterpiece as an international co-production; and England is, happily, represented by Monty Python’s supreme comedy creation. Meanwhile, over in Africa, the great Ousmane Sembene directed one of his most lauded works. In Australia, Peter Weir made what many consider to be the best Australian movie of all time. South America is represented by the underrated Argentinian director Leopodo Torre Nilsson, as well as Raul Ruiz, who directed his first post-Chilean effort in France with a group of fellow exiles. Asia is represented by King Hu, Li Han-Hsiang and Kaneto Shindo, all working in different countries (in addition to the aforementioned Kurosawa), as well as a certain “curry western” from India that many would call the pinnacle of Bollywood. And in the U.S., the Maysles brothers made a controversial landmark documentary while the “New Hollywood” saw instant-classics from the likes of Arthur Penn, Robert Altman, Sidney Lumet and Milos Forman. And this is to say nothing of important films from Angelopoulos, Bergman, Cukor, Kubrick, Wajda, etc. I hope you enjoy my tour through the cinematic landscape of 1975, and I highly recommend conducting a similar cinematic excursion through the year of your own birth. 40. Like a Bird on the Wire (Fassbinder, Germany) This T.V. movie is essentially a filmed stage play of Fassinbder-favorite Brigitte Mira performing an autobiographical one-woman show. Fassbinder devotees really need to track this down just to see “Emmy” from Ali: Fear Eats the Soul singing a spirited rendition of “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Fri


Editor Thelma Schoonmaker's successful collaboration with which director fetched her three Oscars in 1980, 2004 and 2006? (hint: the director won only once till date in one of these years)

Gary Dretzka « Movie City News Murders in the Rue Morgue/The Dunwich Horror: Blu-ray Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXXV One of the things Hollywood-based reporters hear when assigned to write about movies that aren’t very good is that no one sets out to make a bad film. According to their stars and directors, the real stinkers were doomed from the start, wildly misunderstood or butchered by the suits. Actors rarely go into a project thinking they can phone in their performance from home. Directors, writers, cinematographers, grips and designers all hope to be congratulated by friends and relatives after the opening weekend. After the first round of budget cuts are announced, however, and pages begin to be ripped out of the working script, everyone begins to expect the worst. I only mention this because none of the genre specimens reviewed this week can be recommended for any other reason than being a guilty pleasure or for an individual performance or technical credit. I generally leave it up to the individual to decide whether a movie is “so bad it’s good.” These titles, I believe, are so bad that they almost defy description. Even so, the filmmakers and actors interviewed in the bonus features describe the movies we’ve just seen as being a lot better than they were, by any objective or critical standard. other than objectively inferior to most movies that have preceded it into the ancillary markets. It’s truly refreshing when a director comes clean as to how his dog picked up its fleas. In Hollywood, though, the truth isn’t a valued quality.   One definite tipoff to a picture’s distinct absence of quality is the number of titles its carried on its arduous journey to DVD/Blu-ray. Pigs was veteran character actor Marc Lawrence’s second and final foray into the business of making a feature film from behind the camera. Released briefly in 1972 as “The 13th Pig,” its working title was “Daddy’s Deadly Darling.” In Pig’s many re-edits and re-issues, it’s also been called “Blood Pen,” “Daddy’s Girl,” “Roadside Torture Chamber,” “The Secret of Lynn Hart,” “The Strange Love Exorcist” and “Horror Farm.” As far as anyone knows, the new Vinegar Syndrome DVD/Blu-ray represents the only time Lawrence’s vision has been realized intact. In it, Lawrence’s very attractive and amazingly buxom daughter, Toni, plays a young woman who one day shows up in a dusty speck on the map of California, where she takes a job at a restaurant owned by Zambrini (Lawrence), an elderly former circus performer who runs a small café and pig farm. Local legend has it that his pigs only eat human flesh and that in order to satisfy their growing appetites, Zambrini has begun to murder drifters. Coincidentally, his new waitress is an escapee from a mental facility and not at all averse to supporting her boss’ hobby. In fact, Lynn had killed her father after he raped her and now senses his abusive behavior is a condition shared by most men. Because it was made before the introduction of sophisticated special makeup effects and CGI, the titular stars of Pigs are limited to grunting before cinematographer Glenn Roland’s in-your-snout camera and terrorizing Lynn’s suitors by running through their legs. The pigs owned by the Chinese butcher in “Deadwood” were far more convincing, as was the wild boar in Razorback and the masks worn by the killers in Motel Hell, Saw and Berkshire County. Several movies have been inspired by Canada’s most prolific serial killer, pig farmer Robert Pickton. As bad as it is, VS has sent Pigs out in Blu-ray with a new 2K restoration from the 35mm Interpositive; featurettes with Toni Lawrence, also noteworthy for being Billy Bob Thornton’s second wife, composer Charles Bernstein (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Cujo) and Roland (Ilsa She Wolf of the S.S.); two alternate openings and alternate ending; and a gallery.   Anyone familiar with the work of sleazoid New Jersey auteur Bill Zebub already will have a pretty good idea what to expect when picking up his latest micro-budget extravaganza, Dickshark. Based on the jacket notes, we already know i


In 1978 following a public campaign to restore it, the following nine gave $27,777 for each of its components: Terrence Donnelly, Giovanni Mazza (Italian movie producer), Les Kelley, Gene Autry, Hugh Hefner, Andy Williams, Warner Bros. Records, Alice Cooper and Thomas Pooley. It was a campaign to preserve what nine letter symbol?

Hollywood Sign & The Batcave: Hiking LA's Famous Spots | California Through My Lens California Through My Lens Hollywood Sign & The Batcave: Hiking LA’s Famous Spots Last updated: Monday, August 22, 2016 By JoshMc 13 Comments Email Shares 1.1K One of the most iconic symbols of Southern California, the Hollywood Sign, is also very accessible and should be a go to destination at least once during your time in California. The hike is easy enough that any member of the family can do it, but still difficult enough to get your heart rate pumping and your blood flowing. Once you make it to the Hollywood Sign you will see a unique view of LA that is unlike most other views as you see the Hollywood Sign with LA behind it instead of vice versa. Bundle this with the Bronson Caves, the Batcave from 60’s TV lore, and you will have made a full day of experiencing the essence of Hollywood nostalgia. Hollywood Sign History The sign was first erected in 1923 and originally read “HOLLYWOODLAND”. Its purpose was to advertise the name of a new housing development in the hills above the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. Each letter of the sign was 30 feet (9.1 m) wide and 50 feet (15 m) high, and the whole sign was studded with some 4,000 light bulbs. The sign was officially dedicated on July 13, 1923. It was not intended to be permanent. Restoration company Bay Cal Painting says on its website that the expected life was to be about a year and a half, but after the rise of the American cinema in Los Angeles it became an internationally recognized symbol, and was left there. In 1949 the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce began a contract with the City of Los Angeles Parks Department to repair and rebuild the sign. The contract stipulated that “LAND” be removed to spell “Hollywood” and reflect the district, not the “Hollywoodland” housing development. Following the 1978 public campaign to restore the sign, the following nine donors gave $27,777 each to remake a letter (which totaled $250,000): H – Terrence Donnelly – publisher of the Hollywood Independent Newspaper O – Giovanni Mazza – Italian movie producer L – Les Kelley – originator of the Kelley Blue Book L – Gene Autry – singer, actor and businessman Y – Hugh Hefner – founder of Playboy magazine W – Andy Williams – singer O – Alice Cooper – singer, who donated in memory of comedian Groucho Marx D – Thomas Pooley — donated in the name of Mathew Williams Bronson Caves When you park at the bottom of Bronson Canyon Park near Camp Hollywoodland, you are literally less than a half mile from the Bronson caves. Simply proceed up the road, take the first right and climb the hill to the caves. These man-made caves harken to a time in the past when Hollywood was coming of age and Batman had one liners instead of dark battles. It also has great views of the end goal of this hike, the Hollywood Sign. I love all things Batman, so I was excited to walk through the caves, snap a couple of pictures, then proceed on. The Hollywood Sign Hike From here the hike starts. You will be walking up for the next two miles and this is by far the hardest part of the hike. Take your time and enjoy the changing views. Make sure to pack a lot of water if it is a hot day as there is almost no shade, a better hike to do during the cooler months. The trail will flatten out for a while after the initial climb and then it will dump you at a paved road. From here you can go to the left and get good views of the Hollywood Sign as seen below, or proceed right and make you way up to the top. This is also where the easier hike starts to the sign but you miss seeing the Batcave if you go this way. Optional excursion for a nice view The Hollywood Sign After proceeding another half mile you will find yourself at your destination behind the Hollywood Sign. Unfortunately this is as close you can get to it and I recommend taking pictures through the gate to get a better angle. The sign itself has like 10 cameras watching every angle so I would not suggest trying to sneak in as it is heavily watched. You can however, proceed to the little h


What frightening sci-fi film character, also called a xenomorph, was designed by H. R. Giger from a lithograph titled Necronom IV?

Xenomorph | Horror Film Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Archie Hahn (Voice actor) AvP & AvP:RTom Woodruff Jr The Alien, also called the Xenomorph, is a fictional endoparasitoid extraterrestrial species that is the primary antagonist of the Alien film series. The species made its debut in the 1979 film Alien , and reappeared in its sequels Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997). It has also appeared in the series' two spinoffs Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), as well as the series' subsidiary literature and video games. Unlike many other recurring enemy extraterrestrial races in science fiction, the aliens are not an intelligent civilization, but predatory creatures with no higher goals than the propagation of their species and the destruction of life that could pose a threat. Like wasps or termites, aliens are eusocial, with a single fertile queen breeding a caste of sterile warriors. The aliens' life cycle, in which their offspring are violently implanted inside living hosts before erupting from their chests, is in many ways their signature aspect. Their design deliberately evokes many sexual images, both male and female, to illustrate its blurring of human sexual dichotomy. The alien design is credited to Swiss surrealist and artist H. R. Giger, originating in a lithograph called Necronom IV and refined for the series' first film, Alien. The species' design and life cycle have been extensively added to throughout each film. Concept and creation Necronom IV, Giger's surrealist painting that formed the basis for the alien's designThe script for the 1979 film Alien was initially drafted by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett.[10] Dan O'Bannon drafted an opening in which the crew of a mining ship are sent to investigate a mysterious message on an alien planetoid. He eventually settled on the threat being an alien creature; however, he could not conceive of an interesting way for it to get onto the ship. Inspired after waking from a dream, Shusett said, "I have an idea: the monster screws one of them";[10] planting its seed in his body, and then bursting out of his chest. Both realized the idea had never been done before, and it subsequently became the core of the film.[10] "This is a movie about alien interspecies rape," O'Bannon said on the documentary Alien Evolution, "That's scary because it hits all of our buttons."[11] Giger's Alien design, inspired by his earlier painting Necronom IV, for the film AlienThe title of the film was decided late in the script's development. O'Bannon had quickly dropped the film's original title, Star Beast, but could not think of a name to replace it. "I was running through titles, and they all stank," O'Bannon said in an interview, "when suddenly, that word alien just came out of the typewriter at me. Alien. It's a noun and it's an adjective."[10] The word alien subsequently became the title of the film and, by extension, the name of the creature itself. Prior to writing the script to Alien, O'Bannon had been working in France for Chilean cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky's planned adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel Dune. Also hired for the project was Swiss surrealist artist HR Giger. Giger showed O'Bannon his nightmarish, monochromatic artwork, which left O'Bannon deeply disturbed. "I had never seen anything that was quite as horrible and at the same time as beautiful as his work," he remembered later.[12] The Dune film collapsed, but O'Bannon would remember Giger when Alien was greenlit, and suggested to director Ridley Scott that he be brought on to design the alien, saying that if he were to design a monster, it would be truly original.[10] Giger's alien, as portrayed by Bolaji Badejo in Ridley Scott's 1979 film AlienAfter O'Bannon handed him a copy of Giger's book Necronomicon, Scott immediately saw the potential for Giger's designs, and chose Necronom IV, a painting Giger completed in 1976, as the basis for the alien's design, citing its beauty and strong sexual overtones. That the creature could just as easily ha


The set piece of what classic 1955 one-word French film is a 30-min heist scene filmed in near silence and which has inspired real crimes around the world?

27th Leeds International Film Festival Catalogue by Martin Grund - issuu issuu 27th Leeds International Film Festival WELCOME We are thrilled to present the complete programme for the 27th Leeds International Film Festival. Inside this year’s catalogue, all 318 selected films are featured, spanning five major programme sections that together celebrate the incredible diversity and unstoppable creativity of worldwide filmmaking culture. The Film Festival’s mission to make this culture easily accessible to a growing audience is led by the global reach of the Official Selection, which this year brings previews and premieres of 30 acclaimed new feature films to Leeds. In Retrospectives, classic films are revived in new settings and master filmmakers whose work is rarely screened are honoured in special seasons, with the focus this year on Masaki Kobayashi and Walerian Borowczyk. The home of world genre cinema at the Film Festival is Fanomenon and for 2013 there is an enormous feast of fantasy, horror, action, animation, sci-fi, family treats, cult classics, and the unclassifiable. The documentary section Cinema Versa gives voice to vital issues and marginalised figures, presents fascinating profiles of musicians, and supports unique collaborative events. The final and also the largest section, Short Film City is an epic selection of outstanding short films, with this year 38 countries represented across competitions and panoramas. We hope you enjoy the programme. Film Festival Team Official Selection 7 Retrospectives Masaki Kobayashi Walerian Borowczyk European Catalyst Films Classic Thrillers at Leeds Town Hall Special Screenings Basha Poster Exhibition 25 26 29 32 35 39 45 Fanomenon Panorama Day of the Dead 7 Night of the Dead 13 Anime Day 2013 Fanomenon Cult Classics Fanomenon Greats at Leeds Town Hall Fanomenon Shorts (Méliès d’Argent Competition,  NOTD Shorts, Love & Hate, Sci-FI) 47 48 55 57 59 62 66 68 Cinema Versa Underground Voices Music on Film Special Events 77 78 88 94 Short Film City Louis Le Prince International Short Film Competition World Animation Award British Short Film Competition Yorkshire Short FIlm Competition European Panoramas (Belgium, France, Lithuania, Spain) Special Programmes (Euro Docs, Vive le tour!, Guest  Film Focus: BAF!, Cherry Kino) 101 103 109 114 116 118 Index 129 122 Leeds International Film Festival is organised by the Leeds Film section of Leeds City Council, which also presents Leeds Young Film Festival (leedsyoungfilm.com). The Leeds Film office is located at Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AD (tel 0113 247 8398). 3 PARTNERS Presented by Supporting Partners Centre for World Cinemas School of Modern Languages and Cultures Film Festival Catalogue and Guide designed by Martin Grund at leedsfilm.com designed by Jonathan Alderson at Trailer reel designed by Michael Hoskin MEDIA A privileged place for meetings, exchanges and discovery, festivals provide a vibrant and accessible environment for the widest variety of talent, stories and emotions that constitute Europeâ€™s cinematography. The MEDIA Programme of the European Union aims to promote European audiovisual heritage, to encourage the transnational circulation of films and to foster audiovisual industry competitiveness. The MEDIA Programme acknowledges the cultural, educational, social and economic role of festivals by cofinancing every year almost 100 of them across Europe. These festivals stand out with their rich and diverse European programming, networking and meeting opportunities for professionals and the public alike, their activities in support 4 of young professionals, their educational initiatives and the importance they give to strengthening inter-cultural dialogue. In 2013, the festivals supported by the MEDIA Programme have programmed more than 40.000 screenings of European works to nearly 3 million cinema-lovers. MEDIA is pleased to support the 27th edition of Leeds International Film Festival and we extend our best wishes to all of the festival goers for an enjoyable and stimulating event. MED


The main setting in what 1994 classic is modeled after Hell's Gate National Park in Kenya where crew members of the film spent time to study on the film's setting and observe the animals?

The Lion King - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia I Love to read n write about Interesting People The Lion King Director  Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers Writer  Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton Release date  June 15, 1994 (1994-06-15) Film series  Walt Disney Animated Classics Cast  Jonathan Taylor Thomas (Young Simba), Matthew Broderick (Adult Simba), James Earl Jones (King Mufasa), Jeremy Irons (Scar), Moira Kelly (Adult Nala), Niketa Calame (Young Nala) Characters  Simba (Matthew Broderick), Mufasa (James Earl Jones), Scar (Jeremy Irons), Timon (Nathan Lane), Sarabi (Madge Sinclair) Similar movies  Cinderella, Frozen, Cinderella, Aladdin, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Tangled Tagline  Life's greatest adventure is finding your place in the Circle of Life. Honest trailers the lion king feat avbyte Sponsored Links This Disney animated feature follows the adventures of the young lion Simba (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), the heir of his father, Mufasa (James Earl Jones). Simbas wicked uncle, Scar (Jeremy Irons), plots to usurp Mufasas throne by luring father and son into a stampede of wildebeests. But Simba escapes, and only Mufasa is killed. Simba returns as an adult (Matthew Broderick) to take back his homeland from Scar with the help of his friends Timon (Nathan Lane) and Pumbaa (Ernie Sabella). The Lion King is a 1994 American animated epic musical film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. The story takes place in a kingdom of lions in Africa, and was influenced by the biblical tales of Joseph and Moses and William Shakespeares play, Hamlet. The film was produced during a period known as the Disney Renaissance. The Lion King was directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, produced by Don Hahn, and has a screenplay credited to Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts and Linda Woolverton. Its original songs were written by composer Elton John and lyricist Tim Rice, and original scores were written by Hans Zimmer. The film features an ensemble voice cast that includes Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Rowan Atkinson, Robert Guillaume, Madge Sinclair, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, and Jim Cummings. The Lion King tells the story of Simba, a young lion who is to succeed his father, Mufasa, as king; however, after Simbas uncle Scar murders Mufasa, Simba is manipulated into thinking he was responsible and flees into exile in shame and despair. Upon maturation living with two wastrels, Simba is given some valuable perspective from his childhood friend, Nala, and his shaman, Rafiki, before returning to challenge Scar to end his tyranny. Development of The Lion King began in 1988 during a meeting between Jeffrey Katzenberg, Roy E. Disney and Peter Schneider while promoting Oliver & Company in Europe. Thomas Disch wrote a film treatment, and Woolverton developed the first scripts while George Scribner was signed on as director, being later joined by Allers. Production began in 1991 concurrently with Pocahontas, which wound up attracting most of Disneys top animators. Some time after the staff traveled to Hells Gate National Park in Kenya to research on the films setting and animals, Scribner left production disagreeing with the decision to turn the film into a musical, and was replaced by Minkoff. When Hahn joined the project, he was dissatisfied with the script and the story was promptly rewritten. Nearly 20 minutes of animation sequences took place at Disney-MGM Studios in Florida. Computer animation was also used in several scenes, most notably in the wildebeest stampede sequence. The Lion King was released on June 15, 1994, to a positive reaction from critics, who praised the film for its music, story and animation; it finished its run as the highest-grossing release of 1994. Following a 3D re-release in 2011, with earnings of over US $987 million worldwide as of 2011, the film is the highest-grossing hand-drawn animated fi


The 1998 Canadian movie The Red Violin that traces the story of a mysterious violin across Vienna, Oxford, Shanghai, and Montreal starts off in what Italian location?

The Red Violin - WOW.com The Red Violin $10 million [1] The Red Violin (Original French Title: Le Violon Rouge [2] ) is a 1998 Canadian drama film directed by François Girard . It spans four centuries and five countries as it tells the story of a mysterious red-colored violin and its many owners. The film was an international co-production among companies in Canada, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Contents 8 External links Plot The film frames the history of the "Red Violin" around a Canadian auction in 1997, where the violin is at the centre of multiple bids by interested parties, and a tarot card reading in 1681, where a violinmaker's wife has her future read for herself (and, by extension, that of the violin). Cremona, 1681 ) The Moon tarot card Nicolò Bussotti (Cecchi) is a violinmaker whose wife, Anna Rudolfi (Grazioli), is pregnant with their first child. Anna is worried that her age may complicate her pregnancy or childbirth. Despite Nicolo's confident assurances that he will have the best people available when she goes into labor, Anna asks her servant Cesca (Laurenzi) to foretell her unborn child's future. Cesca cannot determine the future of someone not born, but she does offer to read Anna's future using tarot cards. Anna chooses five cards, with the first ( The Moon ) signifying that Anna will live a long life. In the meantime, Nicolò has fashioned a new violin that he believes will be his masterpiece, with the hope that their child will become a musician. He is about to varnish it when he is summoned to the bedside of his wife, only to find that both she and the child have died. Distraught, Nicolcare returns to his shop and begins to varnish the violin (it is later revealed that this violin is the last one Nicolò made). The violin then makes its way to an orphanage in Austria. Each orphan there is given a violin which will be theirs for his/her entire duration at the orphanage, and thus the Red Violin passes through a number of children over the next 100 years. Vienna, 1793 Language of dialogue: German and French ) The Hanged Man tarot card Cesca turns over the second card, The Hanged Man , which means disease and suffering for those around Anna. At the orphanage, the violin comes into the possession of Kaspar Weiss (Koncz), a young but brilliant violin prodigy . A violin instructor , Poussin (Bideau), is called to assess the boy's talents and is asked by the monks at the orphanage to adopt the boy to further his development. Poussin agrees and brings Weiss and the violin to Vienna , in spite of his wife's concerns that they cannot afford to raise him. Poussin, however, is convinced that Weiss's talents could bring prosperity to Poussin's household. When he learns that a Prince Mannsfeld (Denberg) is visiting Vienna and is looking for a prodigy to accompany him back to Prussia , promising fame for Weiss and a generous reward from the Prussian monarchy, Poussin puts Weiss through a strict practice regimen. Using his "Poussin Meter" (a primitive metronome ), Poussin has Weiss practice his piece, steadily raising the tempo each day. However, Weiss has a heart defect , which the strict practice regimens are taking a toll on, and a strong attachment to the violin, to the point that he sleeps with it. When Poussin tells the boy not to sleep with his violin, his heart starts to have problems and a doctor is summoned, with Weiss's heart even stopping for a full minute. On the day of the recital, Mannsfeld shows an interest in the violin instead of Weiss, even offering to purchase it, though he allows Weiss to play to assess his talents. Just as he is to start playing his piece, Weiss's heart gives out from the stress and he collapses, dead. Weiss is buried at the orphanage he grew up in. When Poussin inquires about the violin, interested in its potential worth, the monks explain that they buried it with Weiss so he "could play it in heaven". The violin is later stolen by grave robbers travelling in a gypsy procession, where it is handed down and played by several generations of gypsies, spanning another century befor


What video-distribution company known for standardizing features like letterbox ratio, bonus features, and special editions started in 1984 with the releases of Citizen Kane and King Kong?

The Criterion Collection : definition of The Criterion Collection and synonyms of The Criterion Collection (English) 6 External links   History The Criterion Collection company was founded in 1984 by Robert Stein , Aleen Stein, and Joe Medjuck, who later were joined by Roger Smith. In 1985, the Steins, William Becker, and Jonathan B. Turell founded the Voyager Company , [3] to publish educational multimedia CD-ROMs (1989–2000), [3] [4] during which time, The Criterion Collection became a subordinate division of the Voyager Company. In March 1994, Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH bought 20 percent of Voyager for US$ 6.7 million; the 4 founders each retained a 20 percent owner’s share. [3] In 1997, the Voyager Company was dissolved (Aleen Stein founded the Organa LLC CD-ROM publishing company), and Holtzbrinck Publishers sold the “Voyager” brand name, 42 CD-ROM titles, the Voyager web site, and associated assets, to Learn Technologies Interactive, LLC (LTI). [5] Robert Stein sold 42 Voyager titles to LTI from his Voyager–Criterion company share. The remaining 3 partners, Aleen Stein, William Becker (President) and Jonathan Turell (CEO) owned The Criterion Collection company, [5] which has a business partnership with Janus Films , and had one with Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) until 2005, when Image Entertainment bought HVE. [6]   Home Vision Entertainment In 1986, Charles Benton founded Home Vision Entertainment (HVE), the home-video division of Public Media Inc. (PMI), which he had previously founded in 1968. The HVE company sold, advertised, marketed, and distributed Criterion Collection DVDs, and also sold its own HVE brand of DVDs (co-produced with Criterion), including The Merchant Ivory Collection , [7] and the Classic Collection, a joint venture between Home Vision Entertainment and Janus Films. The latter enterprise published HVE imprint films, for which Janus Films owned the video rights, but which were unavailable from the Criterion Collection; however, Criterion published the Classic Collection films. In 2005, Image Entertainment bought HVE, thus it became the exclusive distributor of Criterion Collection products.   Online ventures Criterion began to provide video-on-demand (VOD) in partnership with MUBI (formerly The Auteurs) in 2008. In February 2011, Criterion began switching its VOD offerings exclusively to Hulu Plus . [8]   Contributions and influence Commercially, the Criterion Collection video company pioneered the correct aspect ratio letterboxing presentation of movies, as well as commentary soundtracks, multi-disc sets, special editions, and definitive versions. These ideas and the special features introduced by the Criterion Collection have been highly influential, and have become de facto industry-wide standards for premium home video releases.   Letterboxing With its eighth laserdisc release, Invasion of the Body Snatchers , Criterion introduced the letterbox format, which added black bars to the top and bottom of the 4:3 standard television set in order to preserve the original aspect ratio of the film. [9] Thereafter, Criterion made letterboxing the standard presentation for all its releases of films shot in widescreen aspect ratios. [10]   Commentary soundtracks The Criterion Collection's second catalog title, King Kong (1933), was the debut of the scene-specific audio commentary contained in a separate analog channel of the laserdisc. It featured US film historian Ronald Haver reporting about the production, cast, screenplay, production design and special effects. He also is the commentator for the Casablanca (1942), Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), Singin' in the Rain (1952), and The Wizard of Oz (1939) laserdiscs. Typically, the chapter-indexed commentaries are exclusive to the Criterion releases and their initial DVD reissues; they became collector’s items when the original-owner studios re-issued titles previously licensed to Criterion (with newly-produced commentary tracks or not) .   Special editions The Criterion Collection began in 1984 with the releases of Citizen Kane (1941) an


In June 2011, FBI arrested Boston mob boss James 'Whitey' Bulger near Los Angeles after a 16 year manhunt. He was the inspiration behind the character of Frank Costello in which Oscar-winning film?

James J. Bulger | Mafia Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Bulger's father, Johnny Joseph Bulger, Sr., was from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. After settling in the North End, Boston James Sr. married Jane Veronica "Jean" McCarthy, a first generation Irish-American. Their first child, James Joseph Bulger, Jr. was born in 1929. The elder Bulger worked as a union laborer and occasional longshoreman; he lost his arm in an industrial accident and the family was reduced to poverty. In May 1938, the Mary Ellen McCormack Housing Project, now known as Old Harbor Village public housing project, was opened in South Boston. The Bulger family moved in and the children grew up there. The other Bulger children, William Michael and John P. Bulger, excelled at school; James Bulger, Jr. became drawn into street life. Early criminal career Edit Bulger developed a reputation as a thief and street fighter fiercely loyal to South Boston. This led to him meeting more experienced criminals and finding more lucrative opportunities. In 1943, fourteen-year-old Bulger was arrested and charged with larceny. By then, Bulger had joined a street gang known as the "Shamrocks" and would eventually be arrested for assault, battery and armed robbery. He was sentenced to a juvenile reformatory. Shortly after his release in April 1948, he joined the U.S. Air Force, where his character continued to show. After his basic training, he was stationed first at the Smoky Hill Air Force Base in Salina, Kansas, then in Idaho. Bulger was sentenced to the stockade for several assaults. He was also arrested in 1950 for going absent without leave. Nevertheless, he received an honorable discharge in 1952, and returned to Massachusetts. Prison Edit In 1956 he was first sentenced to federal time in Atlanta Penitentiary for armed robbery and hijacking. There, according to mobster Kevin Weeks , he was involved in the MK-ULTRA program, the goal of which was to research mind-control drugs for the Central Intelligence Agency, headed by CIA chemist Sidney Gottlieb. For eighteen months, Bulger and eighteen other inmates, all of whom had volunteered in return for lessened sentences, were given LSD and other drugs. Bulger later complained that he and the other inmates had been "recruited by deception," and that they were told that they were helping to find "a cure for schizophrenia". He was transferred from Atlanta to Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, arriving on November 2, 1959, as prisoner #AZ1428. He became a close friend of fellow inmate Clarence Carnes, alias "The Choctaw Kid". In November 1962, he was transferred to Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary and in the following year, 1963, to Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary. He was released in 1965, after serving nine years in prison. The Killeen–Mullen War Edit After his release, Bulger worked as a janitor and construction worker before becoming a bookmaker and loanshark with ties to Donald Killeen , the leader of the dominant Irish mob in South Boston. In 1971, Killeen's younger brother allegedly bit off the nose of Michael Dwyer, a member of the rival Mullen Gang. A gangland war soon resulted, leading to a string of killings throughout Boston and the surrounding suburbs. The Killeens quickly found themselves outgunned and outmaneuvered by the younger Mullens. It was during the Killeen–Mullen war that Bulger committed what Kevin Weeks describes as his first homicide. According to Weeks: "Killing Paul McGonagle , however, took Jimmy longer than he originally expected. Paulie talked a big game, but he wasn't a shooter. Although he never did anything, he kept on stirring everything up with his mouth. So Jimmy decided to kill him. One day while the gang war was still going on, Jimmy was driving down Seventh Street in South Boston when he saw Paulie driving toward him. Jimmy pulled up beside him, window to window, nose to nose, and called his name. As Paulie looked over, Jimmy shot him right between the eyes. Only at that moment, just as he pulled the trigger, Jimmy realized it wasn't Paulie. It was Donald, the most likable of the McGonagle


What runs for about 1.3 miles on Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles county and is said to attract 10 million tourists every year?

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The Bengali films Pratidwandi, Seemabaddha and Jana Aranya directed by the Oscar winning Satyajit Ray are known as the trilogy of what Indian city to which he was strongly associated?

The Adversary Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 35 out of 41 people found the following review useful: Ray's forgotten masterpiece from India 16 April 2005 It is my personal view, and I think I'll have to go into hiding after saying this, that this is Satyajit Ray's greatest film. I happen to share a common name with the protagonist, Siddhartha, and knowing the sort of impact this movie had on my father, and people of his generation, I wouldn't be surprised if, subconsciously at least, I was named after the character. This movie is the first in what is called Ray's 'Calcutta Trilogy', which consists of 'Pratidwandi', 'Seemabaddha', and 'Jana Aranya'. These three movies, though not as remarkable perhaps as his previous, and more famous trilogy, the 'Apu trilogy', are nonetheless some of his finest and most subtle movies. Pratidwandi is set in a Calcutta rocked by political unrest, and examines the varied reactions of the youth of the city to this unrest. Based on Sunil Gangopadhyay's novel, the story revolves around Siddhartha, his family, the girl he loves and his struggle for survival in the big city, while at all times staying true to his principles. From its beginning interview scene, its use of real events as backdrop, its sublime acting, particularly that of Dhritiman, right till its remarkable ending, arguably Ray's greatest ever, the film sustains a continues high which makes watching it an unforgettable experience. Was the above review useful to you? 7 out of 9 people found the following review useful: Rebel with a Cause from India 16 December 2010 There are as many Rays as there are movies made by him. Having seen a good number, I find the present one different from any of the others. This is not the gentle poet of Pather Panchali nor the romantic chronicler of India's past of Charulata. This is the first of the so called Calcutta Trilogy. The film depicts the agony of youth stranded at the dawn of adulthood, in the specific context of Calcutta in the late sixties. This was the age of hippies and budding Naxalism, of Woodstock and the Vietnam war.The film reflects the bitterness and anger of an intelligent, sensitive youth man engaged in the herculian task of finding a job. Siddharth has recently interrupted his medical studies after losing his father. His sister is earning, but that is more because of her youth and femininity, and although nothing specific is imputed, her activities are perceived to be dishonorable. The younger brother is drifting towards shady political activity. Siddhartha's own encounters with women are sensitively portrayed. One charge that can never be made against Ray is lack of realism or anything less than utter honesty. He tells it exactly like it was. Ray seems to have indulged in some cinematic innovation. There are a number of eery dream sequences which reminded one of the opening sequence in Wild Strawberries. At some points the surrealism definitely seems artificial and overdone as when a whole crowds of job seekers waiting to be interviewed turns into skeletons in his imagination. Like Siddharth, Ray is in love with Calcutta, city of revolt and history and squalor. He has an unusual ability to condense everything into a short statement of a minute or so. These inspired climactic moments of dense compression punctuate Ray's work. In the present movie this comes towards the end when the seething dammed emotions of the young man explode in a demonstration of rage, as the long wait of the job seekers waiting to be interviewed is prolonged by another hour. Not his best but his worst is ahead of other's best. Was the above review useful to you? 4 out of 5 people found the following review useful: The competitor Author: anirban ghatak 19 June 2013 " The competitor or Pratidwandi was set up in a time of political turmoil in Bengal where a medicine drop out Siddhartha is looking out desperately for a job. Siddhartha had to leave his medicine study due to the sudden death of his father and ended up studying botany hence. The film moves through Kolkata with the eyes of Sidhartha mainly as an u


Which Hollywood heartthrob got his first name because his pregnant mother felt his first kick while she was viewing the painting of a famous Italian artist?

IMDb: Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "Boys, The" Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "Boys, The" 51-100 of 6,750 names. Benicio Del Toro Benicio Del Toro emerged in the mid-'90s as one of the most watchable and charismatic character actors to come along in years. A favorite of film buffs, Del Toro gained mainstream public attention as the conflicted but basically honest Mexican cop in Steven Soderbergh 's Traffic . Born on February 19, 1967 in San Germán, Puerto Rico, Benicio is the son of lawyer parents Fausta Genoveva Sanchez Rivera and Gustavo Adolfo Del Toro Bermudez. His mother died when he was young, and his father moved the family to a farm in Pennsylvania. A basketball player with an interest in acting, he decided to follow the family way and study business at the University of California in San Diego. A class in acting resulted in his being bitten by the acting bug, and he subsequently dropped out and began studying with legendary acting teacher Stella Adler in Los Angeles and at the Circle in the Square Acting School in New York City. Telling his parents that he was taking courses in business, Del Toro hid his new studies from his family for a little while. During the late 1980s he made a few TV appearances, most notably in an episode of Miami Vice and in the NBC miniseries Drug Wars: The Camarena Story . Del Toro's big-screen career got off to a slower start, however--his first role was Duke the Dog-Faced Boy in Big Top Pee-wee . Things looked better, however, when he landed the role of Dario, the vicious henchman in the James Bond film Licence to Kill . Surprising his co-stars, Del Toro was, at 21, the youngest actor ever to portray a Bond villain. The potential break, however, was spoiled as the picture turned out to be one of the most disappointing Bond films ever; it was lost amid bigger summer competition. Benicio gave creditable performances in many overlooked films for the next few years, such as The Indian Runner , Christopher Columbus: The Discovery and Money for Nothing . His roles in Fearless and China Moon gained him more critical notices, and 1995 proved to be the first "Year of Benicio" as he gave a memorable performance in Swimming with Sharks before taking critics and film buffs by storm as the mumbling, mysterious gangster in The Usual Suspects , directed by Bryan Singer . Del Toro won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting actor for the role in the Oscar-winning film. Staying true to his independent roots, he next gave a charismatic turn as cold-blooded gangster Gaspare in The Funeral directed by Abel Ferrara . He also appeared as Benny Dalmau in Basquiat , directed by artist friend Julian Schnabel . That year also marked his first truly commercial film, as he played cocky Spanish baseball star Juan Primo in The Fan , which starred Robert De Niro . Del Toro took his first leading man role in Excess Baggage , starring and produced by Alicia Silverstone . Hand-picked by Silverstone, Del Toro's performance was pretty much the only thing critics praised about the film, and showed the level of consciousness he was beginning to have in the minds of film fans. In 1998 he took a leading role with Johnny Depp in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas , directed by the legendary Terry Gilliam . Gaining 40 pounds for the role of Dr. Gonzo, the drug-addicted lawyer to sports writer Raoul Duke, Benicio immersed himself totally in the role. Using his method acting training so far as to burn himself with cigarettes for a scene, it was a trying time for Del Toro. The harsh critical reviews proved tough on him, as he felt he had given his all for the role and been dismissed. Many saw the crazed, psychotic performance as a confirmation of the rumors and overall weirdness that people seemed to place on Del Toro. Taking a short break after the ordeal, 2000 proved to be the second "Year of Benicio". He first appeared in The Way of the Gun , directed by friend and "The Usual Suspects" writer Christopher McQuarrie . Then he went to work for actor's director Steven Soderbergh in Traffic . A


Which actor, the epitome of American masculinity has the appropriate distinction of being the only one on every annual list of Harris Poll's 'America's favorite film stars'?

IMDb: Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "John Wayne" Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "John Wayne" 1-50 of 123 names. John Wayne John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Iowa, to Mary Alberta (Brown) and Clyde Leonard Morrison, a pharmacist. He was of English, Ulster-Scots, and Irish ancestry. Clyde developed a lung condition that required him to move his family from Iowa to the warmer climate of southern California, where they tried ranching in the Mojave Desert. Until the ranch failed, Marion and his younger brother Robert E. Morrison swam in an irrigation ditch and rode a horse to school. When the ranch failed, the family moved to Glendale, California, where Marion delivered medicines for his father, sold newspapers and had an Airedale dog named "Duke" (the source of his own nickname). He did well at school both academically and in football. When he narrowly failed admission to Annapolis he went to USC on a football scholarship 1925-7. Tom Mix got him a summer job as a prop man in exchange for football tickets. On the set he became close friends with director John Ford for whom, among others, he began doing bit parts, some billed as John Wayne . His first featured film was Men Without Women . After more than 70 low-budget westerns and adventures, mostly routine, Wayne's career was stuck in a rut until Ford cast him in Stagecoach , the movie that made him a star. He appeared in nearly 250 movies, many of epic proportions. From 1942-43 he was in a radio series, "The Three Sheets to the Wind", and in 1944 he helped found the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, a Conservative political organization, later becoming its President. His conservative political stance was also reflected in The Alamo , which he produced, directed and starred in. His patriotic stand was enshrined in The Green Berets which he co-directed and starred in. Over the years Wayne was beset with health problems. In September 1964 he had a cancerous left lung removed; in March 1978 there was heart valve replacement surgery; and in January 1979 his stomach was removed. He received the Best Actor nomination for Sands of Iwo Jima and finally got the Oscar for his role as one-eyed Rooster Cogburn in True Grit . A Congressional Gold Medal was struck in his honor in 1979. He is perhaps best remembered for his parts in Ford's cavalry trilogy - Fort Apache , She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Rio Grande . James Arness American leading man famed as the star of one of the longest-running shows in U.S. television history, Gunsmoke . Born of Norwegian heritage (the family name, Aurness, had formerly been Aursness) in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Rolf and Ruth Duesler Aurness. His father was a traveling salesman of medical supplies and his mother later became a newspaper columnist. James attended West High School in Minneapolis. Although he appeared in school plays, he had no interest in performing, and dreamed instead of going to sea. After high school, he attended one semester at Beloit College before receiving his draft notice in 1943. He entered the army and trained at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, before shipping out for North Africa. After landing at Casablanca, Arness joined the 3rd Infantry Division in time for the invasion of Anzio. Ten days after the invasion, Arness was severely wounded in the leg and foot by German machine-gun fire. His wounds, which plagued him the rest of his life, resulted in his medical discharge from the army. While recuperating in a Clinton, Iowa hospital, he was visited by his younger brother Peter (later to gain fame as actor Peter Graves ), who suggested he take a radio course at the University of Minnesota. James did so, and a teacher recommended him for a job as an announcer at a Minneapolis radio station. Though seemingly headed for success in radio, he followed a boyhood friend's suggestion and went with the friend to Hollywood in hopes of getting work as film extras. He studied at the Bliss-Hayden Theatre School under actor Harry Hayden , and while appearing in a play there was spott


The authentic Nazi submarine used in Raiders of the Lost Ark was rented from the production of what 1981 epic war film that tells the fictional story of the crew of U-boat U-96?

Das Boot, The Background, Facts and Goofs Das Boot, The Background, Facts and Goofs SHARE: Facebook Twitter “Das Boot” is a 1981 German war film epic. Meaning “The Boat,” it is an adaptation of Lothar-Günther Buchheim’s 1973 German novel of the same name. Set in WWII, it tells the fictional story of the crew of the U-96. The film depicts both the excitement of battle as well as the tediousness of a fruitless hunt. It shows the life of the crew aboard the boat as regular individuals as well as patriots with a desire to do the best for both their comrades and the country. The screenplay was inspired in part by exploits of the real life U-96, a Type VIIC-class U-boat. Development work on Das Boot started in 1979. Several American directors were considered to helm the project before it was shelved. Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, the actual captain of the real life U-96 and Hans-Joachim Krug, former first officer on U-219, served as consultants for the production of the film. The film was made on a budget of 32 million DM (approximately $18.5 million USD) and was released on September 17, 1981. A director’s cut of the film was later released in 1997 under Petersen’s supervision. The film grossed $80 million worldwide between its theatrical releases while also receiving critical acclaim. Due to its high production costs, Das Boot ranks among the top most expensive films ever in German cinematic history. A mock-up of the U-96 submarine was created for the movie to be shot in. The interior of the sub was mounted five meters off the floor. To simulate depth charge attacks the submarine set was shaken, rocked and tilted 45 degrees with a hydraulic apparatus and vigorously shaken. Petersen had a fanatical obsession with regard to the structural detail of the U-boat set. He pointed out that “every screw” was an authentic facsimile of the type used in WWII U-boats. To accomplish this impressive production feat he got help from numerous photographs provided by Lothar-Günther Buchheim who had taken them during U-96’s heyday during the war. The photographs were initially published in his 1976 memoir U-Boot-Krieg (“U-Boat War”). Marketed both by its German name Das Boot and in English as The Boat, the film was unusual in its promotion. With a very non-descript English name, Das Boot eventually stuck as the title for the film. The outdoor mock-up of U-96 was simply a shell propelled by a small engine which was stationed in La Rochelle, France. It has a history all its own. One morning the production crew arrived on set and went to where it was normally docked to find it missing. A breakdown in communication resulted in the crew not being informed it had been rented out by Steven Spielberg who was filming Raiders of the Lost Ark at the same time. Incredibly, just a few weeks later during production the mock-up was damaged and sank during a storm. Production crews recovered and patched the mock-up for the final scenes. The full-sized mock-up version was used for the filming of the Gibraltar surface scenes. The rockets and bomber plane, a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber, were real. The British ships were models. All the cast members were fluent in English and dubbed themselves for the English version. While filming, the actors were not allowed to go out in sunlight to help create the pallor typical of submariners who seldom see the sun during missions. The actors were intensely trained as submariners learning how to quickly navigate their tight quarters. Continues on Page 2


The screening of the classic satire Dr. Strangelove was originally scheduled for November 22, 1963 but was delayed until January 1964 for what particular reason?

DR STRANGELOVE : definition of DR STRANGELOVE and synonyms of DR STRANGELOVE (English) Box office $9,164,370 (US) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, commonly known as Dr. Strangelove, is a 1964 black comedy film which satirizes the nuclear scare . It was directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick , starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott , and featuring Sterling Hayden , Keenan Wynn , and Slim Pickens . The film is loosely based on Peter George 's Cold War thriller novel Red Alert , also known as Two Hours to Doom. The story concerns an unhinged United States Air Force general who orders a first strike nuclear attack on the Soviet Union . It follows the President of the United States , his advisors, the Joint Chiefs of Staff , and a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer as they try to recall the bombers to prevent a nuclear apocalypse . It separately follows the crew of one B-52 as they try to deliver their payload. In 1989, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry . It was listed as number three on AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs . Contents 9 External links   Plot United States Air Force Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper ( Sterling Hayden ) is the commander of Burpelson Air Force Base, which hosts the 843rd Bomb Wing of nuclear-armed B-52s . The base's aircraft are currently part of a SAC airborne alert force, holding at their fail-safe locations only hours from Soviet airspace. Ripper calls Group Captain Lionel Mandrake ( Peter Sellers ), a Royal Air Force exchange officer serving as General Ripper's executive officer , and has him place the base on alert and issue attack orders to the aircraft. Mandrake initially suspects this is a drill, but Ripper tells him it is not. Onboard the aircraft, the attack code is received and the crews express concern about whether or not it is real. After receiving confirmation from Burpelson, they begin their attack. As part of this process, the aircrew enter a code into their CRM 114 Discriminator, which blocks any unauthorized radio transmissions. When Mandrake discovers the country is not at war, he confronts Ripper, demanding the code. Ripper refuses, locking them into his office. In the " War Room " at The Pentagon , General Buck Turgidson ( George C. Scott ) briefs President Merkin Muffley (Sellers). When the president asks whether or not the bombers will stop at their fail-safe points, Turgidson notes they were already there, and only the recall code will be useful. He mentions the problems with the CRM and states they are trying every possible code, although he admits this will take over two days. When the president asks how the attack could be carried out without his direct authorization, Turgidson notes the president himself signed the orders to remove this requirement to allow counterattacks in the event a Soviet first strike obliterated Washington. When President Muffley angrily begins to question the wisdom of the plan, the general states he does not "think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up". Muffley proposes that troops be sent to the Air Force base to seize Ripper (and hopefully force the recall code from him), Turgidson warns that General Ripper will have put the security forces there on high alert. The Army general dismisses this concern, stating the airborne units being sent would brush them aside. In the meantime, Turgidson tries to persuade Muffley to seize the moment and eliminate the Soviet Union by launching a full-scale attack. The general believes that a first strike would destroy the majority of the Soviets' missiles before they could retaliate. Even if the remainder were launched, the US would suffer only "ten, maybe twenty million dead". Muffley refuses to have any part of such a scheme, and instead summons the Soviet ambassador, Alexei de Sadeski ( Peter Bull ). The Ambassador calls Soviet premier Dimitri Kisov on the " Hot Line " and gives the Soviets information to help them shoot do


The 1973 Japanese film Lady Snowblood that is about a woman seeking vengeance upon her parents' killers was the inspiration behind what 2000s 2-part blockbuster?

B-Movie - TV Tropes B-Movie You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share by John Gara of Buzzfeed . "Life is like a B-movie: you don't want to leave in the middle of it, but you don't want to see it again." — Ted Turner The Great Depression hit Hollywood almost as hard as it hit other industries; a third of the audience disappeared between 1929 and 1933. To combat this, the major studios distributed feature films in pairs meant to be screened as a Double Feature . The longer and bigger-budgeted of the two films was called an "A-movie", while the secondary feature was called a "B-movie".note There was also a species known as a "programmer", which could be used as either At first, the studios maintained separate production units to make the Bs; these units served as training grounds for talent on the way up and as last stops for talent on the way down. Later, the studios just bought pictures from "Poverty Row" studios like Monogram, Mascot & Republic; again, some stars were able to use these pictures to make or remake their careers, notably John Wayne and Roy Rogers . Some of the ground rules for B-movies date back to these early origins: they were and are produced on a limited budget with cast who are not exactly household names. While B-movies may occasionally have very well-written scripts and gripping plots, the primary goal is not art or staying power, but cheap, disposable entertainment. As such, B-movies tend to be genre pieces, in such categories as western (by far the most popular B-genre in Hollywood's Golden Age), horror , Science Fiction , or crime . B-movies are often heavily trope - laden , and a particularly successful one can become a trope maker for big-budget films in the future. During the 30's and 40's, also, B-series were often highly successful; for example, Andy Hardy , Charlie Chan , The Cisco Kid , The Saint , and even Sherlock Holmes (in the sequels produced by Universal). As the studio system collapsed, beginning in the late 1940s and continuing through the 1950s, the double feature faded from profitability and, thus, the need for major studioï¿½distributed Bs declined. On the other hand, the overall decline of the majors left room for independents with a B mentality — American International Pictures and Roger Corman being by far the most prominent — to flourish. In the 1960s and 1970s , the term B-movie came to be synonymous with what were previously called " exploitation films " — low-budget cash-ins with an emphasis on sensationalism, sexuality, and gore — and the phrase is understood in those terms to this day. During the "Golden Age" of the B-movie in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, the films were widely distributed and screened in older cinemas colloquially called "grindhouses," supposedly because the movies would be shown over and over again, grinding down the film. Since the dawning of cable TV and home video in The '80s , few B-movies see theatrical release, but are typically produced as TV movies or Direct-to-Video releases, or released directly over the internet . Syfy (formerly the Sci Fi Channel) in particular produces many original B-movies , and Mystery Science Theater 3000 maintained interest in the genre throughout the '90s, with its rereleases of classic B-movies with three characters making snarky comments on the action. While many B-movies are "bad" in terms of writing and execution, some prove to be So Bad, It's Good . Those that attempt seriousness are usually full of narm . However, several B-Movies of the 1940s and 1950s, came to be Vindicated by History . The restrictions of The Hays Code often focused more heavily on the A-Picture, with the B-Movie falling Beneath Suspicion , this meant that directors, paradoxically, had more freedom on a B-Movie than an A-Picture. Several films, especially Film Noir , which today are regarded as classics were B-Movies in their day.For example, Detour, by Edgar G. Ulmer, would later be cited by the likes of Martin Scorsese , Franï¿½ois Truffaut and Errol Morris as a major masterpiece of cinema. A lot of later mo


The title of what poignant 1971 drama film set in Anarene, Texas refers to the fact of the town's only cinema closing forever?

Film Festival Program Announced Film Festival Program Announced Here’s the Lineup for February 4-14 Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Myspace [Updated January 30, 11:30am] Once again, our fair city is about to be flooded with films as the 25th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival kicks off on February 4 and runs through the following Sunday, February 14. Whether you love spotting Hollywood stars, need to hear insiders share the stories behind the latest blockbusters, want to learn about how to make it in the industry, or simply enjoy watching great, hard-to-find films on the big screen, there’s a lot for everyone. As fest veterans know, the screenings can change without much notice, and popular films manage to get additional screenings scheduled, so keep your ear to the ground and eyes to independent.com for continuing coverage. Our All Films Listing by date is complete (January 31). As the updating process continues on into the actual festival, we will maintain an updated dateline and show any changes within this article with “strike-through” marks (until our various schedule grids are online). – 2010 USA 84 minutes Director: Chris Malloy To The Maxxx (World Premiere) The gorgeous and historic new film from director Chris Malloy, of the famous Santa Barbara County Malloy brothers, focuses on Yvon Chouinard, part-time Santa Barbara resident, rock climbing legend, and founder of Ventura-based Patagonia. The film follows adventurer Jeff Johnson as he retraces the epic 1968 journey of his heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia. Along the way he gets shipwrecked off Easter Island, surfs the longest wave of his life, and prepares himself for a rare ascent of Cerro Corcovado. Jeff’s life turns when he meets up in a rainy hut with Chouinard and Tompkins who, once driven purely by a love of climbing and surfing, now value above all the experience of raw nature and have come to Patagonia to use their influence to help protect it. The film is a road trip movie, a historic document, but mostly a meditation on what matters most in life — staying true to one’s own vision and values. —Russ Spencer - Wednesday, Feb. 10, 8pm Arlington Theatre - Friday, Feb. 12, 3:30pm Victoria Hall – 2009 Canada 132 minutes Director: Ricardo Trogi Focus On Quebec In 1981, the Trogi family moves into a new home and adjusts to paying a mortgage for the first time. Eleven-year-old Ricardo is the new kid in a class where the other students are from wealthier backgrounds. Ricardo resorts to inventing a new family history, which he must vigilantly maintain to keep up appearances for his new friends. Finally, young Ricardo must choose between truth and lies. - Friday, Feb. 5, 10:30am Metro 4 Theatre III - Monday, Feb. 8, 10:30am Metro 4 Theatre III - Friday, Feb. 12, 4:30pm Metro 4 Theatre III – 2009 Mexico 57 minutes Director: Yolanda Cruz Spanish/Latin American Cinema (U.S. Premiere) The secluded, mountainous town of Teococuilco is virtually a ghost town. In search of work, 2,500 of the town’s previous inhabitants have left for other parts of Mexico and the United States. These migrant workers endured torturous days of travel through a barren desert to cross the border and work for years without seeing their loved ones. To honor the mostly overlooked lives of these migrant workers, the renowned Mexican artist Alejandro Santiago spent several years and close to a million dollars to fashion individual clay figures representing the workers. Alejandro hired a team of workers to aid him in the creation of this massive project, and through the sculptures, they honor the migrants who have left Teococuilco. 2501 Migrants: A Journey is a documentary that relates the story of an underrepresented people who endure harsh circumstances in the hope of finding a better life on the other side of the border. — Ali Cutler - Thursday, Feb. 11, 10am Santa Barbara Museum of Art - Saturday, Feb. 13, 7pm Santa Barbara Museum of Art – 2009 Hong Kong 89 minutes Director: Pou-Soi Cheang East X West (U.S. Premiere) It is no hyperbole to say that Accident is one of th


"Which 1992 romantic-thriller that had two Oscar nominated songs in ""I Have Nothing"" and ""Run to You"" has spawned the best-selling movie soundtrack of all time?"

The Bodyguard (1992 film) | The Movies Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The Bodyguard (1992 film) $410,945,720 [2] The Bodyguard is a 1992 American romantic thriller film starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston . Costner stars as a former Secret Service Agent-turned- bodyguard who is hired to protect Houston's character, a music star, from an unknown stalker. Lawrence Kasdan wrote the film in the 1970s, originally as a vehicle for Steve McQueen and Diana Ross . [3] It was directed by Mick Jackson . This film was Houston's acting debut. It was the second-highest-grossing film worldwide of 1992, right behind Aladdin . The soundtrack became the best-selling soundtrack of all time, selling more than 45 million copies worldwide. [4] Contents Edit Rachel Marron ( Whitney Houston ) is an Oscar -nominated music and movie superstar who is being stalked and sent death threats. Frank Farmer ( Kevin Costner ) is a former Secret Service Special Agent who served as part of the presidential protection detail during the presidencies of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan . Frank is haunted by the fact that he was off duty when Reagan was shot . He is now a highly successful private and professional bodyguard who protects corporate VIPs. He is hired by Rachel's manager, Bill Devaney ( Bill Cobbs ), to protect her after she receives a number of threats against her life, and a small bomb detonates in her dressing room. [5] The film follows Rachel's singing career and family life. Frank is unsure about accepting the job because he sees Rachel as a spoiled diva who is oblivious to the threats, not knowing that Rachel's handlers had withheld the bomb in the dressing room from her. At first, Rachel looks upon Frank as paranoid, and his techniques intrusive. Rachel's bodyguard Tony ( Mike Starr ) also resents Frank's presence, leading to a fight in which Frank coldly and efficiently beats Tony. But at a concert where Rachel is performing a riot breaks out and Frank successfully escorts her to safety; as a result, Rachel falls in love with Frank. He initially tries to keep the relationship professional, but the two eventually sleep together. However, recognizing that their relationship may compromise his judgement, Frank breaks off the affair. Hurt, Rachel begins to push Frank's buttons by violating their security routines and attempting to sleep with his former Secret Service partner, Greg Portman ( Tomas Arana ). After she has personal contact with her stalker via a harassing phone call, Rachel realizes that she must put her trust in Frank ahead of her own desire for success. She finally recognizes the seriousness of the situation and cancels the rest of her tour. Frank, Rachel, Rachel's driver Henry ( Christopher Birt ), Rachel's son Fletcher ( DeVaughn Nixon ), and her sister Nikki ( Michele Lamar Richards ) then travel to Frank's father's home, which is a large log cabin in the mountains by a lake. Frank's dad, Herb ( Ralph Waite ) is a semi-retired attorney who welcomes the group to his home. At the mountain retreat, Nikki attempts to seduce Frank, and becomes angry when her advances are refused. Fletcher is almost killed the next day, when a bomb explodes inside the boat he had been riding in moments before. After finding footprints around the cabin, and the automobiles sabotaged, they realize Rachel's stalker has followed them. They lock down the house for the night, with plans to leave in the morning. It is revealed that Rachel's obsessive stalker and the person trying to kill her are not the same person, when an upset and drunken Nikki admits that in a drug-induced jealous fit she hired a hitman to kill Rachel, but the letters from the stalker began before. After Fletcher was almost killed, Nikki realized the hitman she hired would kill anyone to get to his target, including her nephew. However, she cannot call it off because she does not know the killer's identity. The hitman breaks into the house; Nikki tries to stop him, and he shoots and kills her before escaping. Frank ensures that his father has secured the rest of the group on the s


"What Oscar nominated 2010 movie was adapted from the book The Accidental Billionaires and advertised with the tagline ""You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies""?"

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The 1996 movie The Evening Star starring Shirley MacLaine who reprises the role of Aurora Greenway is a sequel to which Oscar-winning movie of the 1980s?

Terms of Endearment (1983) - 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 Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems. Director: Larry McMurtry (based on the novel by), James L. Brooks (screenplay) Stars: a list of 23 titles created 02 Jun 2011 a list of 27 titles created 13 Dec 2011 a list of 22 titles created 20 Nov 2013 a list of 31 titles created 26 Jul 2015 a list of 32 titles created 3 months ago Title: Terms of Endearment (1983) 7.4/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     5     Oscars. Another    26 wins & 17 nominations. See more awards  » Photos The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son. Director: Robert Redford An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years. Director: Bruce Beresford In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter. Director: Sydney Pollack Ted Kramer's wife leaves her husband, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation. Director: Robert Benton Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics. Director: Hugh Hudson The story of the final Emperor of China. Director: Bernardo Bertolucci Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellious ... See full summary  » Director: Robert Harling A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York to seek personal fortune but, in the process, finds himself a new friend. Director: John Schlesinger A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays. Director: John Madden Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military. Director: Kevin Costner A single mother/waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery. Director: James L. Brooks At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair. Director: Anthony Minghella Edit Storyline Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy. Aurora's interludes with Garrett Breedlove, retired astronaut and next door neighbor are quite striking. In the end, different people show their love in very different ways. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net> Come to Laugh, Come to Cry, Come to Care, Come to Terms. Genres: 9 December 1983 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: La fuerza del cariño See more  » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Although not specifically stated, the bulk of the story takes place over a span of several years during the late 1970s (a 1979 wall calendar is visible midway through the movie). Interestingly, as the character Garrett is an astronaut, this particular time period was exactly when his services would be least needed by NASA. The final Apollo mission was in 1975 and there would not be another manned spaceflight until the first Space Shuttle mission in 1981. See more » Goofs Gar