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Amityville 3-D
''Amityville 3-D'' (also known as ''Amityville III: The Demon'') is a 1983 supernatural horror film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Tony Roberts, Tess Harper, Robert Joy, Candy Clark, Lori Loughlin and Meg Ryan. It is the third film based in the ''Amityville Horror'' series, it was written by David Ambrose, under the pseudonym William Wales. It was one of a spate of 3-D films released in the early 1980s, and was the only Orion Pictures film filmed in the format. Due to a lawsuit between the Lutz family and Dino De Laurentiis over the storyline which did not involve the Lutz family, ''Amityville 3-D'' was not initially promoted as a sequel, and the name Lutz is never used in the film. However the film does make a reference to the original ''Amityville Horror'' story. The character of John Baxter (Roberts) is loosely based on Stephen Kaplan who at the time was trying to prove the Lutzes' story was a hoax. It was panned upon release. Plot After he exposes a pair of c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Fleischer
Richard O. Fleischer (; December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American film director whose career spanned more than four decades, beginning at the height of the Golden Age of Hollywood and lasting through the American New Wave. Though he directed films across many genres and styles, he is best known for his big-budget, Tent-pole (entertainment), "tentpole" films, including: ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1954), The Vikings (film), ''The Vikings'' (1958), ''Barabbas (1961 film), Barabbas'' (1961), ''Fantastic Voyage'' (1966), the musical film ''Doctor Dolittle (1967 film), Doctor Dolittle'' (1967), the war epic ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' (1970), the dystopian mystery-thriller ''Soylent Green'' (1973), the controversial period drama Mandingo (film), ''Mandingo'' (1975), and the Robert E. Howard sword-and-sorcery films ''Conan the Destroyer'' (1984) and Red Sonja (1985 film), ''Red Sonja'' (1985). His other directorial credits include: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Kaplan (paranormal Investigator)
Stephen Kaplan (September 19, 1940 – June 9, 1995) was an American paranormal investigator, vampirologist, and founder/director of the Vampire Research Center and the Parapsychology Institute of America, both of which were founded in Suffolk County, New York and subsequently relocated to Elmhurst, Queens. He was also an author and radio commentator, and a prominent skeptic of the alleged ''Amityville Horror'' hauntings. Kaplan lived in Suffolk County, New York and worked for the New York City Board of Education. His overview of the Amityville Horror became the basis for the film ''Amityville 3-D'' that chronicles his attempt to prove the story was a hoax. Amityville Horror dispute In 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot and killed his parents and four younger siblings at the picturesque home known as the Amityville Horror, and was sentenced in 1975 to serve six sentences of 25 years to life. George and Kathy Lutz moved into the house on December 18, 1975. They remained in the house for ... [...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] |
Janet Maslin
Janet R. Maslin (born August 12, 1949) is an American journalist, best known as a film and literary critic for ''The New York Times''. She served as a ''Times'' film critic from 1977 to 1999 and as a book critic from 2000 to 2015. In 2000 Maslin helped found the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, New York. She is president of its board of directors. Education Maslin graduated from the University of Rochester in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. She began her career as a rock music critic for ''The Boston Phoenix'' and became a film editor and critic for them. She also worked as a freelancer for ''Rolling Stone'' and worked at ''Newsweek''. Career Maslin became a film critic for ''The New York Times'' in 1977. From December 1, 1994, she replaced Vincent Canby as the chief film critic. She continued to review films for ''The Times'' until 1999. Her film-criticism career, including her embrace of American independent cinema, is discussed in the documentary ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penske Media Corporation
Penske Media Corporation (PMC) () is an American digital media, publishing, and information services company based in Los Angeles and New York City. It publishes more than 20 digital and print brands, including ''Variety'', ''Rolling Stone'', '' WWD'', ''Deadline Hollywood'', '' Billboard'', ''Boy Genius Report'', Robb Report, ''Artforum'', ''ARTNews'', and others. PMC's Chairman and CEO since founding is Jay Penske. History Founding and early years of Penske Media Penske Media Corporation was founded by Jay Penske in 2003. It began as an affinity marketing and internet services company called Velocity Services, Inc. The company acquired the Mail.com domain and was renamed to the Mail.com Media Corporation (MMC). By 2008, the company owned digital entertainment properties like OnCars.com, Hollywoodlife.com, ''Movieline'', and MailTimes in addition to operating the Mail.com portal and email service. In mid-2008, the company received a $35 million growth equity round of financin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fandango Media
Fandango Media, LLC is an American ticketing company that sells movie tickets via their website as well as through their mobile app, as well as a provider of television and streaming media information through its subsidiary Rotten Tomatoes. History On April 11, 2007, Comcast acquired Fandango, with plans to integrate it into a new entertainment website called "Fancast.com," set to launch the summer of 2007. In June 2008, the domain Movies.com was acquired from Disney. In March 2012, Fandango announced a partnership with Yahoo! Movies, making Fandango the official online and mobile ticketer for registered users of the Yahoo! service. That October, Paul Yanover was named President of Fandango. Fandango made its first international acquisition in September 2015 when it bought the Brazilian ticketing company Ingresso, which provides ticketing to a variety of Brazilian entertainment events, including the biannual Rock in Rio festival. On January 29, 2016, Fandango announced it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harkins (actor)
John Raymond Harkins (September 7, 1932 – March 5, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actor. Life and career Born in St. Louis, Missouri, where he attended Normandy High School, Harkins began acting professionally in the mid-1950s on the Broadway stage after studying at the University of Iowa. A life member of The Actors Studio, Harkins appeared in productions of ''The Terrible Swift Sword'', ''Good as Gold'', and ''Mother Courage and Her Children'', prior to making his television debut in a 1965 episode of ''The Trials of O'Brien''. The next year, Harkins made his film debut in ''The Three Sisters'', opposite Shelley Winters and Geraldine Page. From 1967 to 1970, he appeared in various roles on ''Dark Shadows'', and appeared in guest roles on ''Harry O'', and had roles in several television movies. In 1975, Harkins had a recurring role on the CBS sitcom ''Doc''. He also appeared in "Chuckles Bites the Dust", a memorable episode of ''The Mary Tyler Moore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leora Dana
Leora Dana (April 1, 1923 – December 13, 1983) was an American film, stage and television actress. Education Dana was born in New York City and her elder sister was Doris Dana. Dana graduated from Barnard College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Stage In 1947, Dana made her stage debut in London. In 1948, she debuted on Broadway in ''The Madwoman of Chaillot''. Film After appearing in the 1957 western '' 3:10 to Yuma'' with Van Heflin and Glenn Ford, Dana had supporting roles in two 1958 Frank Sinatra films; ''Kings Go Forth'' and ''Some Came Running''. Her other film credits included ''Pollyanna'' (1960), '' A Gathering of Eagles'' (1963), ''The Group'' (1966), ''The Boston Strangler'' (1968), ''Change of Habit'' (1969), ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' (1970), ''Wild Rovers'' (1971), ''Shoot the Moon'' (1982), ''Baby It's You'' (1983), and ''Amityville 3-D'' (1983). Dana also played Anne Fry, the wife of the patriot John Fry, played by Jack Lord in the 1957 Paramount Pictures o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Beal (actor)
John Beal (born James Alexander Bliedung, August 13, 1909 – April 26, 1997) was an American actor. Early years Beal was born James Alexander Bliedung in Joplin, Missouri. His father had a department store and Beal went to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania "mapped for a commercial career." While at Wharton, Beal (who enrolled under his real name, James Alexander Bliedung) spent time drawing cartoons for the school's humor magazine and singing in productions of the Mask and Wig club. Stage Soon after graduating from college in 1930, Beal began acting with the Hedgerow Theatre. Beal originally went to New York to study at the Art Students League of New York. A chance to understudy in a play made him change his mind. He went on to appear in ''Russet Mantle'' and ''She Loves Me''. Beal's Broadway credits include ''Three Men on a Horse'' (1993), ''The Seagull'' (1992), ''The Master Builder'' (1992), ''A Little Hotel on the Side'' (1992), ''The Crucible'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josefina Echánove
Josefina Echánove (born Josefina Rojas Hudson; 21 July 1917 – 11 July 1999) was a Mexican film, television and stage actress.Murió a los 92 años la actriz Josefina Echánove, madre de María del Sol She received two nominations for her acting roles. Early life Echánove was born in New York and raised in , Mexico. She studied journali ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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