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Allison Argo
Allison Argo (born December 23, 1953) is an American film producer, director, writer, editor, and narrator. She is best known for her documentaries that focus on endangered wildlife and conservation. Her films have received awards including six National Emmy Awards. and the duPont-Columbia Award for journalism. In her early career as an actress, Argo performed on Broadway, in television, and in film. Her theatre roles included work as an original cast member in two Broadway theatre productions, and her work in television and film included roles in television movies and a major role in a TV series, along with recurring roles in two soap operas. In 1989, while on location in the state of Washington, Argo happened upon a gorilla caged as an exhibit in a shopping mall. This experience led Argo to produce and direct her first film, ''The Urban Gorilla'' (National Geographic 1992), about the lives of captive gorillas. Argo received the duPont-Columbia award for the documentary. Sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond, Virginia
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IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Paper Chase (TV Series)
''The Paper Chase'' is a 1978 American drama television series based on the 1971 novel of the same name by John Jay Osborn Jr., and a 1973 film adaptation. It follows the lives of law student James T. Hart and his classmates at an unnamed law school, modeled on Harvard Law School. Plot overview Season 1 James T. Hart is a law student from rural Minnesota who enters the intensely competitive environment of a prestigious law school specifically to study with Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, the world's leading authority on contract law. Kingsfield inspires both awe and fear in his students in his unremitting determination to prepare them for the practice of law. To cope with the heavy workload, Hart joins a study group organized by Franklin Ford III. Ford is under immense pressure to succeed. His family has produced an unbroken string of outstanding lawyers going back generations, culminating in his demanding father, the senior partner in a very prestigious Wall Street law firm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladies' Man (1980 TV Series)
''Ladies' Man'' is an American sitcom starring Lawrence Pressman as a divorced male working at a women's magazine. The series premiered October 27, 1980, on CBS. The program also stars Louise Sorel and her former husband, Herbert Edelman. The show was written by Anne Convy and Carmen Finestra. The series did not do well in the ratings and was canceled after one season. Synopsis Divorced Alan Thackeray (Pressman) was a single father of daughter Amy (Natasha Ryan) and was completely surrounded by women. At home, with good advice on how to raise Amy (and to provide her with a motherly figure in her life, in lieu of her real mother), was his cheerful and friendly next-door neighbor, Betty Brill (Karen Morrow). At ''Women's Life'' magazine, the magazine he worked at as a feature writer, he was also surrounded by women. The staff included fellow columnists: serious minded researcher Gretchen (Simone Griffeth); Susan ( Allison Argo), a militant feminist; and romantic minded reporter And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Ice (film)
''High Ice'', also known as ''Challenge of the High Ice'', is a 1980 American adventure television film directed by Eugene S. Jones and starring David Janssen, Tony Musante, Madge Sinclair, and Gretchen Corbett. Its plot follows a park ranger and army lieutenant attempting to save three rock climbers stranded on a mountain ledge. The film was released in the United States as an NBC Movie of the Week in early 1980, but was given a theatrical release internationally. The extended theatrical cut of the film shown in foreign countries includes nude sequences that were excised from the television version. Premise A park ranger (David Janssen) clashes with an army lieutenant (Tony Musante) regarding the rescue efforts of three rock climbers stranded on a mountain ledge in Washington. Cast Production Filming took place in Darrington, Washington in the summer of 1979. The production budget was approximately $2 million. Release Upon its airing on NBC in January 1980, ''High Ice'' was me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gift (1979 Film)
''The Gift'' is a 1979 made-for-television film directed by Don Taylor and starring Glenn Ford, Gary Frank and Julie Harris Julia Ann Harris (December 2, 1925August 24, 2013) was an American actress. Renowned for her classical and contemporary stage work, she received five Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play. Harris debuted on Broadway in 1945, against the wish .... External links * 1979 television films 1979 films American television films {{US-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between The Lines (1977 Film)
''Between the Lines'' is a 1977 ensemble drama from Midwest Films directed by Joan Micklin Silver and produced by her husband Raphael D. Silver. The film won two out of the three awards it was nominated for at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot The story revolves around a group of people who work at ''The Back Bay Mainline'', an alternative newspaper in Boston, as it is bought out by a major corporation. Cast Notes Fred Barron, who had written for both ''The Phoenix'' and ''The Real Paper'', used his alternative newspaper experiences as the basis for his ''Between the Lines'' screenplay. The director Silver once had worked for ''The Village Voice''. Doug Kenney, co-founder of the National Lampoon, has a cameo role. The success of the film led to a short-lived TV sitcom, also titled ''Between the Lines''. Reception The film received positive reviews at the time and is still regarded as an excellent 'snapshot' of the alternative newspaper era. Matthew Monagle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Search For Tomorrow
''Search for Tomorrow'' is an American television soap opera. It began its run on CBS on September 3, 1951, and concluded on NBC, 35 years later, on December 26, 1986. Set in the fictional town of Henderson in an unspecified state, the show focused primarily on the character of Joanne, known to the audience as "Jo." Actress Mary Stuart played Jo for the entire run. Broadcast history and production notes ''Search for Tomorrow'' was created by Roy Winsor and was first written by Agnes Nixon (then known professionally as Agnes Eckhardt) for the series' first 13 weeks and later by Irving Vendig. The program was one of several daytime soap operas produced from the 1950s through the 1980s by Procter & Gamble Productions, the broadcasting arm of the famed household products corporation. Procter & Gamble used the program, as well as the company's other serials, to advertise its products (such as its Joy dishwashing liquid and Spic and Span household cleaner). As ''Search''s ratings inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lady From The Sea
''The Lady from the Sea'' ( no, Fruen fra havet, link=no) is a play written in 1888 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen inspired by the ballad '' Agnete og Havmanden''. The drama introduces the character of Hilde Wangel who is again portrayed in Ibsen's later play ''The Master Builder''. The character portrayal of Hilde Wangel has been portrayed twice in contemporary film, most recently in the 2014 film titled ''A Master Builder''. Characters * Doctor Edvard Wangel *Ellida Wangel, his second wife *Bolette, his elder daughter from a previous marriage *Hilda, his younger daughter from a previous marriage *Lyngstrand, a dying would-be sculptor and friend of the Wangels *Arnholm, Bolette's former tutor and possible suitor, and Ellida's former suitor *Ballestad, a painter and friend of the Wangels *The Stranger, a man whom Ellida has a history with and the antagonist Synopsis This play is centred on a lady called Ellida. She is the daughter of a lighthouse-keeper, and grew up where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
Jackson Wild, formerly Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, is a film festival turned nonprofit organization founded in 1991. Jackson Wild is based in Jackson Hole in the state of Wyoming, USA. The organization is primarily known for the annual Jackson Wild Summit, an international conference for professionals in the natural history filmmaking and media industry, as well as the Jackson Wild Media Awards recognizing excellence in natural history filmmaking. The Summit is typically held within Grand Teton National Park at the Jackson Lake Lodge. The organization also hosts events around the world, including their annual World Wildlife Day Film Showcase, organized in partnership with CITES and the UNDP. Alongside events, Jackson Wild produces different programs that support emerging filmmakers, such as the African Conservation Voices program in partnership with the African Wildlife Foundation The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is the leading international conservation organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Wildlife Film Festival
The International Wildlife Film Festival is a film festival held annually at the Roxy Theater in Missoula, Montana Missoula ( ; fla, label= Séliš, Nłʔay, lit=Place of the Small Bull Trout, script=Latn; kut, Tuhuⱡnana, script=Latn) is a city in the U.S. state of Montana; it is the county seat of Missoula County. It is located along the Clark Fork .... The International Wildlife Film Festival was "the first regular ongoing festival devoted solely to wildlife films" and this "signaled that wildlife films had arrived as a motion picture genre distinct from others". It is a juried event that lasts eight days and "involves the world's top wildlife filmmakers, producers, scientists and conservation leaders", and up to 12,000 people attend. The festival, which was "founded by internationally known bear biologist Dr. Charles Jonkel in 1977, recognizes scientific accuracy, artistic appeal, and technical excellence". Jonkel was described in 1989 as "an appropriately grizzled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Close
Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress. Throughout her career spanning over four decades, Close has garnered numerous accolades, including two Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Tony Awards. Additionally, she has been nominated eight times for an Academy Award, holding the record for the most nominations in an acting category without a win (tied with Peter O'Toole). In 2016, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame, and in 2019, ''Time'' magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Born in Greenwich, Connecticut, Close majored in theater and anthropology at the College of William & Mary. She began her professional career on the stage in 1974 with ''Love for Love''. While in Broadway, she appeared in productions of ''Barnum'' in 1980 and ''The Real Thing'' in 1983, winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the latter. Her film debut came in the come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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