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Always Outnumbered
''Always Outnumbered'' (also known as ''Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned'') is a television film based on the novel ''Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned'' by author Walter Mosley. It first aired on pay television channel HBO in 1998. Plot The film stars Laurence Fishburne as aging ex-con Socrates Fortlow, who after a long incarceration, is trying hard to make a new life and to accept the regrets of his past. Meanwhile, he meets a young boy named Darryl, who witnessed a boy murdered by a friend of his. He also has to deal with his best friend's deteriorating health and finding work. Cast * Laurence Fishburne - Socrates Fortlow * Bill Cobbs - Right Burke * Natalie Cole - Iula Brown * Daniel Williams - Darryl * Cicely Tyson - Luvia * Laurie Metcalf - Halley Grimes * Bill Nunn - Howard M'Shalla * Bridgid Coulter - Corina M'Shalla * Isaiah Washington - Wilfred * Bill Duke - Blackbird Willis * Kevin Carroll - Pegus * Jamaal Carter - Phillip * John Toles-Bey - Stoney Wiley * Brook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned
''Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned'' is a 1997 crime novel by Walter Mosley. Plot Summary Ex- convict Socrates Fortlow lives in Watts, a tough Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ... neighborhood, and struggles to stay on the path of righteousness. He befriends a young boy named Darryl, who initially dislikes Socrates but grows to appreciate his mentorship. He counsels Corrina, a pretty 23-year old who works and wants to keep her husband who has no job. He counsels the husband, Howard, to step up lest he lose Corrina. After a few trials and tribulations, Socrates lands a job at a supermarket further on the west side of Los Angeles. He helps Darryl again as he stands up against gang members, and tries to make up for his past misdeeds by reaching out to an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooke Marie Bridges
''Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide'' is an American comedy television series created by Scott Fellows for Nickelodeon, which ran from September 12, 2004, to June 8, 2007. Main characters {, class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" , - ! rowspan="2" style="width:14%;" scope="col", Actor ! rowspan="2" style="width:14%;" scope="col", Character ! colspan="4" , Season , - ! style="width:7%;" scope="col", 1 ! style="width:7%;" scope="col", 2 ! style="width:7%;" scope="col", 3 , - ! scope="row" , , Ned Bigby , colspan="3" , - ! scope="row" , , Jennifer "Moze" Mosely , colspan="3" , - ! scope="row" , , Simon "Cookie" Nelson-Cook , colspan="3" , - ! scope="row" , , Gordy , , colspan="3" , - ! scope="row" , , Mr. Monroe , , colspan="2" {{CRecurring Ned Bigby Ned Bigby (played by Devon Werkheiser; 54 episodes) is the main protagonist, who speaks to the viewer and created his school survival guide after being embarrassed wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Michael Apted
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Drama Films
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster (1998), Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake, Afghanistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Films
The year 1998 in film involved many significant films, including '' Shakespeare in Love'' (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), '' Saving Private Ryan'','' Armageddon'' (which was the top grossing film of the year in the United States), '' American History X'', '' The Truman Show'', ''Primary Colors'', '' ''Rushmore'''', ''Rush Hour'', '' There's Something About Mary'', '' The Big Lebowski'', and Terrence Malick's directorial return in '' The Thin Red Line''. DreamWorks SKG released its first two animated films: '' Antz'' and ''The Prince of Egypt''. The ''Pokémon'' theatrical film series started with '' Pokémon: The First Movie''. Warner Bros. Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary. The year saw two dueling science-fiction disaster films about asteroids, '' Armageddon'' and ''Deep Impact'', becoming box office success, with ''Armageddon'' becoming the more popular of the two. It was also the highest grossing film of 1998 worldwide. Highest-grossing films The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Television Films
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster (1998), Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake, Afghanistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HBO Films Films
Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is based at Warner Bros. Discovery's corporate headquarters inside 30 Hudson Yards in Manhattan's West Side district. Programming featured on the network consists primarily of theatrically released motion pictures and original television programs as well as made-for-cable movies, documentaries, occasional comedy and concert specials, and periodic interstitial programs (consisting of short films and making-of documentaries). HBO is the oldest and longest continuously operating subscription television service in the United States. HBO pioneered modern pay television upon its launch on November 8, 1972: it was the first television service to be directly transmitted and distributed to individual cable television systems, and was the conceptual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On American Novels
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Hood Films
This is a list of hood films – films focusing on the culture and life of African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, and/or in some cases, Asian Americans living in segregated, low-income urban communities, as well as comparably deprived and crime-ridden communities in other countries such as the UK. List of hood films 1970s *''The Harder They Come'', 1972 *''Cooley High'', 1975 *''Walk Proud'', 1979 1980s *'' The Outsiders'', 1983 *''Rumble Fish'', 1983 *''Colors'', 1988 *''Do the Right Thing'', 1989 1990s *''King of New York'', 1990 *''New Jack City'', 1991 *''Boyz n the Hood'', 1991 *'' Straight Out of Brooklyn'', 1991 *''Deep Cover'', 1992 *''Juice'', 1992 *'' Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.'', 1992 *''American Me'', 1992 *'' South Central'', 1992 *''Trespass'', 1992 *''Menace II Society'', 1993 *''Blood In Blood Out'', 1993 *''Strapped'', 1993 *''Poetic Justice'', 1993 *''Above the Rim'', 1994 *'' I Like It Like That'', 1994 *'' Sugar Hill'', 1994 *''Mi Vida Loca'', 1994 *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Jai Parker
Paula Jai Parker is an American actress. She is best known for her supporting roles in the films ''Friday'' (1995), '' Sprung'' (1997), '' Why Do Fools Fall in Love'' (1998), ''Phone Booth'' (2002), ''Hustle & Flow'' (2005), and '' Idlewild'' (2006), and for her roles on television sitcoms ''The Wayans Bros.'' (1995-1996), '' Family Time'' (2012-2019), ''Hollywood Divas'' (2014-2016), ''Ray Donovan'' (2016), '' Black Jesus'' (2019), '' A House Divided'' (2019-2022), and ''Queen Sugar'' (2021). Parker is also known for her voice of Trudy Proud in the Disney Channel animated comedy series, ''The Proud Family'' (2001-2005), and also in the 2005 TV Movie ''The Proud Family Movie'', and even its 2022 reboot, '' The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder''. Early life Parker was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, but moved to Washington, D.C. in 1987 to study at Howard University. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Martin (actor)
Jacob Daniel Martin (born December 22, 1951) is an American actor. He has been featured in numerous roles, primarily playing law enforcement characters or in movies about law enforcement, notably as Bradley Baker (a recurring police deputy chief) in ''The Bold and The Beautiful''. Filmography Live-action * '' Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop'' (1988–1993, TV Series) as Lou Adams * '' A Man Called Hawk'' (1989, TV Series) as Jackie Stubbs * ''Casualties of War'' (1989) as Sergeant Hawthorne * '' Doctor Doctor'' (1990, TV Series) as Dr. Martin Tomkins * ''Tales from the Crypt'' (1991, TV Series) as 'Snaz' * '' Roc'' (1991, TV Series) as George * ''Jake and the Fatman'' (1992, TV Series) as Sergeant Lincoln 'Linc' Connell * '' Sleepwalkers'' (1992) as Andy Simpson * '' Dream On'' (1992, TV Series) as Barry * ''L.A. Law'' (1993, TV Series) as Officer Walters * '' Laurel Avenue'' (1993, TV Mini-Series) as Woodrow Arnett * '' Hangin' with Mr. Cooper'' (1993, TV Series) as Vince * ''Melrose P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Goldring
Danny Goldring (May 31, 1946 – December 2, 2022) was an American film, stage and television actor. He is known for playing former homicide detective and Tom Kane's childhood friend Ryan Kavanaugh in the American political drama television series ''Boss''. Life and career Goldring was born in Woodstock, Illinois, the son of a United States Navy officer. He attended a preparatory school in Maryland. Goldring then attended Trinity University. At the age of 18, while Goldring was visiting some friends of his in New York, it was suggested to him that he should become an actor. Goldring served in the Signal Corps branch of the United States Army. After being discharged, he worked in construction in Maryland, where he made his stage debut in a production of ''A Thurber Carnival''. Goldring worked as a puppeteer with the Cole Marionettes, with whom he toured for two years. Goldring returned to Chicago, Illinois, in 1970. He attended The Theatre School at DePaul University, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
