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American Strays
''American Strays'' is a 1996 American comedy-drama film directed by Michael Covert. It follows three interwoven stories of desert travelers as they converge on a small diner. Synopsis Red's Desert Diner Oasis, a dive in the middle of nowhere, becomes the focal point of three separate storylines. In the first, Dwayne (Savage), a homicidal vacuum cleaner salesman, may have met his match in Patty Mae (Tilly), a woman with an impressive collection of sweepers. The second story follows Johnny (Perry), a suicidal man who hires a sadistic hitman (Jones) to end his life anyway possible which includes beating the ever loving crap out of him. The third story follows an unemployed man ( Roberts) and his family, two mobsters ( Viterelli and Russo), and others as they travel across the emptiness of the American Southwest. Cast * Scott Plank as Sonny * Melora Walters as Cindy * John Savage as Dwayne * Brion James as Oris * Joe Viterelli as Gene * James Russo as Eddie * Luke Perry as Johnny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Perry
Coy Luther "Luke" Perry III (October 11, 1966 – March 4, 2019) was an American actor. He became a teen idol for playing Dylan McKay on the Fox television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' from 1990 to 1995, and again from 1998 to 2000. He also starred as Fred Andrews on the CW series '' Riverdale.'' He had guest roles on notable shows such as ''Criminal Minds'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''The Simpsons'', and ''Will & Grace'', and also starred in several films, including ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1992), ''8 Seconds'' (1994), ''The Fifth Element'' (1997), and ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' (2019), his final feature performance. Early life Luke Perry was born on October 11, 1966 in Mansfield, Ohio, the second of three children to Ann Perry, a homemaker, and Coy Luther Perry Jr., a steelworker. He had an older brother, Thomas Perry and a younger sister, Amy Coder (nee Perry). His parents divorced in 1972. His biological father died of a heart attack in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Kalem
Toni Z. Kalem (born August 29, 1956) is an American actress, screenwriter and director. Kalem is best known for her portrayal of Angie Bonpensiero on the HBO series ''The Sopranos''. Kalem grew up in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey. She appeared in such films as ''Double Jeopardy'', '' Private Benjamin'', ''Sister Act'', '' The Wanderers'', '' Eyes of the Beholder'', ''Silent Rage'' and ''The Boy Who Drank Too Much''. Her television credits include guest appearances on '' Starsky and Hutch'', ''MacGyver'', '' Another World'' and '' Police Woman''. During the sixth season of ''The Sopranos'', Kalem was elevated from guest star to series regular for her character Angie Bonpensiero, the widow of Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero who runs a body shop in partnership with Tony Soprano. In 1999, Kalem wrote and directed the film ''A Slipping Down Life''. In 2004, she wrote the fifty-sixth episode for ''The Sopranos'', called " All Happy Families..." Filmography Awards and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s English-language Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 '' Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the ... is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new Roman legion, legions, Legio I Parthica, I Parthica and Legio III Parthica, III Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Comedy-drama Films
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on board; Eight people die in a blizzard on Mount Everest; Dolly the Sheep becomes the first mammal to have been cloned from an adult somatic cell; The Port Arthur Massacre occurs on Tasmania, and leads to major changes in Australia's gun laws; Macarena, sung by Los del Río and remixed by The Bayside Boys, becomes a major dance craze and cultural phenomenon; Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crash-ditches off of the Comoros Islands after the plane was hijacked; the 1996 Summer Olympics are held in Atlanta, marking the Centennial (100th Anniversary) of the modern Olympic Games., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Centennial Olympic Park bombing rect 200 0 400 200 TWA FLight 800 rect 400 0 600 200 1996 Mount Everest disaster rect 0 200 300 400 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Films
The year 1996 involved many significant films. The major releases this year included ''Scream'', '' Independence Day'', '' Fargo'', '' Trainspotting'', '' The Rock'', ''The English Patient'', ''Twister'', ''Space Jam'', ''Mars Attacks!'', ''Jerry Maguire'' and a film version of the musical '' Evita''. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1996 by worldwide gross are as follows: Box office records * ''Independence Day'' became the highest-grossing film of Will Smith's career, up until it was surpassed by '' Aladdin'' (2019). * ''Rumble in the Bronx'' was released in North America, becoming Jackie Chan's first major box office hit in the region. It became the year's most profitable film, with its US box office alone earning over 20 times its budget. It was Chan's biggest ever hit up until then. Events * July 10 – Nickelodeon releases its first feature film, ''Harriet the Spy'', a spy-comedy-drama film based on the 1964 novel of the same name. It also launches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden (born July 18, 1941) is an American writer, poet, and music and film critic. Biography Holden earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Yale University in 1963. He worked as a photo editor, staff writer, and eventually became an A&R executive for RCA Records before turning to writing pop music reviews and related articles for ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, ''Blender'', ''The Village Voice'', ''The Atlantic'', and '' Vanity Fair'', among other publications. He first achieved prominence with his 1970s ''Rolling Stone'' work, where he tended to cover singer-songwriter and traditional pop artists. He joined the staff of ''The New York Times'' in 1981, and subsequently became one of the newspaper's leading theatre and film critics. Holden's experiences as a journalist and executive with RCA led him to write the satirical novel ''Triple Platinum'', which was published by Dell Books in 1980. He is the recipient of the 1986 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes for '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Warburton
Patrick Warburton (born November 14, 1964) is an American actor. On television, he has played David Puddy on '' Seinfeld'', the title character on '' The Tick'', Jeb Denton on ''Less Than Perfect'', Jeff Bingham on ''Rules of Engagement'' and Lemony Snicket on ''A Series of Unfortunate Events''. His voice acting roles include Joe Swanson on '' Family Guy'', Kronk in ''The Emperor's New Groove'', Buzz Lightyear on ''Buzz Lightyear of Star Command'', Ian in '' Open Season'', Blag in ''The Wild'', Ken in ''Bee Movie'', King Agamemnon in '' Mr. Peabody & Sherman'', Pulaski in '' Planes: Fire & Rescue'', Sheriff Bronson Stone in ''Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'', Mr. Barkin on '' Kim Possible'', Brock Samson on ''The Venture Bros.'', Flynn in ''Skylanders'' and Hugo Vasquez in ''Tales from the Borderlands''. In advertising, he plays a "control enthusiast" in commercials for National Car Rental. Early life Patrick Warburton was born in Paterson, New Jersey on November 14, 1964. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leland Crooke
Leland Crooke is an American actor from stage and film. He is known from several stage plays and films by David Beaird. Career In February 1980, Crooke gave his stage debut in the play Bal ( Richard Nelson's loose adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's play ''Baal'' with James Belushi in title role) which was staged at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. In October of the same year he was cast as Swiss Cheese, the youngest son of Mother Courage in Sharon Ott's adaption of Brecht's play ''Mother Courage and Her Children'' at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1981 he was seen as Lackey (a musketeer) in Cyrano de Bergerac at the same theatre. In 1984, he met director, screenwriter, and playwright David Beaird with whom he collaborated at the films '' The Party Animal'' (1984), ''My Chauffeur'' (1986), '' It Takes Two'', ''Pass the Ammo'' (both 1988), '' Scorchers'' (1991), and '' The Civilization of Maxwell Bright'' (2005). Crooke was also seen in Beaird's stage plays '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Horse
Michael Horse (born Michael James Heinrich; December 21, 1949) is an American actor known for his portrayals of Native American characters in film and television. Early life Horse was born Michael James Heinrich near Tucson, Arizona, on December 21, 1949. At age 10, Horse moved to Los Angeles. His mother, Nancie Belle Posten, was Swedish. Horse's adoptive father, George Heinrich, was born in Florida to parents from Austria. Nancie died in California in 2004. Career Horse's film debut came in the role of Tonto in the 1981 movie, ''The Legend of the Lone Ranger'', which was a commercial failure. Before taking the role, Horse had been concerned that the character might be perceived as a stereotype. After appearing in David Lynch's short film ''The Cowboy and the Frenchman'' (1988), Horse portrayed Deputy Hawk, a Native American policeman, in Lynch's TV series ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–91). He also acted in ''Passenger 57'' (1992), ''House of Cards'' (1993), the 1990s version of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fields
Robert Samuel Fields (born 10 July 1934) is an American actor who has appeared in film and television. A life member of The Actors Studio, Fields is known for his role as Daniel in the 1987 drama film ''Anna''. Early life and education Fields was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fields of Brookline, Massachusetts. His father was a restaurateur. Fields graduated from Carnegie Mellon University and Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. Career Fields appeared with Steve McQueen in the 1958 science fiction horror film ''The Blob'' (1958), playing Tony Gressette. It was Fields' film debut. He later provided commentary in 2000, when the film was released on DVD by The Criterion Collection. He played Joel in the 1969 film '' They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' (1969). Fields portrayed the character Will in the 1970 film ''Cover Me Babe''. Fields also co-starred with Sally Kirkland in ''Anna'' (1987). One of his final performances to date was as Jay Smiley in ''The Souler Opposite'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luana Anders
Luana Anders (born Luana Margo Anderson, May 12, 1938 – July 21, 1996) was an American film and television actress and screenwriter. Career Anders began her career with supporting roles for American International Pictures. Some of the early films she appeared in were directed by Roger Corman. Anders was part of a group of actors who met in the acting class of actor Jeff Corey. They included Jack Nicholson, Sally Kellerman, and Robert Towne. Anders appeared in a number of low-budget films, including starring roles in ''Life Begins at 17'' and ''Reform School Girls'', along with Sally Kellerman. Her best-known performances may have been as Vincent Price's sister in Corman's ''The Pit and the Pendulum'' (1961) and as a murder victim in Francis Ford Coppola's ''Dementia 13'' (1963). She also appeared in Curtis Harrington's cult film ''Night Tide'' (1961) opposite Dennis Hopper, who later cast her as one of the hippie commune girls who go skinny-dipping with Hopper and Peter Fonda i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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