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Anna's Dream
''Anna's Dream'' is an American television film directed by Colin Bickley, starring former ''Caitlin's Way'' star Lindsay Felton as Anna Morgan and former ''So Weird'' star Cara DeLizia as Beth Morgan. It aired on Pax TV on September 20, 2002. Plot Eighteen-year-old Anna Morgan becomes a paraplegic after a gymnastics accident. Her whole world has changed. Anna has to repeat her junior year of high school after missing school to go to therapy, her boyfriend ignores her, she loses her friends, and her parents treat her like a helpless child. Anna is befriended by a stranger, whose life changed overnight. He tells Anna that she can't get her old life back, but he can offer her hope. Cast * Connie Sellecca as Leslie Morgan * Richard Thomas as Roderick "Rod" Morgan * Lindsay Felton as Anna Morgan * Cara DeLizia as Elizabeth "Beth" Morgan * Tyler Goucher as John Morgan * Courtney Jines as Julie Morgan * Matthew Newton as Neil Kennedy * Don Franklin as Thomas "Tommy" Thompson See als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie Sellecca
Connie Sellecca (born Concetta Sellecchia; May 25, 1955) is an American actress, producer, and former model, best known for her roles on the television series '' Flying High'', ''The Greatest American Hero'', and ''Hotel'', for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 1987. Early life Sellecca was born Concetta Sellecchia in The Bronx, New York to Italian parents, Primo Sellecchia and Marianna (Acampora) Sellecchia, who were married from 1952 until Primo's death in 1987. At age 12, she moved to Pomona, Rockland County, New York, and attended Pomona Junior High School. While attending Ramapo High School in Spring Valley, she first became interested in the performing arts. Although she attended Boston College, she withdrew to pursue a career in acting. Career Sellecca first worked as a fashion model before making her acting debut in the 1978 television film ''The Bermuda Depths''. She starred in the short-lived CBS comedy- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Franklin
Don Franklin (born December 14, 1960) is an American actor, best known for his roles in ''seaQuest DSV'' as Commander Jonathan Ford, '' Seven Days'' as Captain Craig Donovan, and as one of ''The Young Riders'' (Noah Dixon). Biography Franklin was born and raised in Chicago and graduated from Whitney M. Young Magnet High School. He has a daughter with his first wife Sheila, and a son with his second wife, Kristine, from whom he is now divorced. Franklin currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Partial filmography *''Northville Cemetery Massacre'' (1976) - Officer Fedorko *'' Somewhere in Time'' (1980) - Tourist in Hall of History #2 *''Fast Forward'' (1985) - Michael Stafford *''The Cosby Show'' (1987, TV Series) - Greg Martinson *'' Moving'' (1988) - Kevin *''Knightwatch'' (1988–1989, TV Series) - Calvin Garvey *'' The Big Picture'' (1989) - Todd Marvin *''Nasty Boys (TV series)'' (1989, TV Movie) - Alex Wheeler *''The Young Riders'' (1990–1992, TV Series) - Noah Dix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films About Paraplegics Or Quadriplegics
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] |
American Drama Television Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Films
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2002 by worldwide gross are as follows: 2002 was the first year to see three films cross the eight-hundred-million-dollar milestone, surpassing the previous year's record of two eight-hundred-million-dollar films. It also surpasses the previous years record of having the most ticket sales in a single year (fueled by the success of various sequels and the first Spider-Man movie). Events * March 1 — Paramount Pictures reveals a new-on screen logo that was used until December 2011 to celebrate its 90th anniversary. * May – '' The Pianist'' directed by Roman Polanski wins the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival. * May 3–5 – '' Spider-Man'' is the first film to make $100+ million during its opening weekend in the US unadjusted to inflation. * May 16 – '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' opens in theaters. Although a huge success, it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Girls In Pretty Boxes (film)
''Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters'' is a 1995 nonfiction book by ''San Francisco Chronicle'' sports writer Joan Ryan detailing the difficult training regimens endured by young women in competitive sports such as gymnastics and figure skating, published by Doubleday Books. Ryan's material was largely derived from personal interviews with nearly 100 former gymnasts and figure skaters as well as trainers, sports psychologists, physiologists, and other experts, focusing on the physical and emotional hardships young women endured for the sake of Olympic glory. Advocacy Ryan began writing the book after performing research for a series of articles initially published in the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', where she was working as a sportswriter. The book criticized contemporary training practices. In a 2018 interview, Ryan stated the thesis of the book was that abuse had become part of the normal culture of these sports. Ryan ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sang Lan
Sang Lan (; born 11 June 1981) is a former Chinese gymnast and television personality. She is currently a student and advocates for improved conditions for disabled people within China. Athletic career and injury Sang achieved excellence in gymnastics at a young age, winning the all-around and every single event final at the 1991 Zhejiang Province Championships. By 1995, she was competing nationally. Sang was one of China's strongest vaulters, placing second on the event at the 1995 Chinese Nationals, and gaining championship in 1997. While she never represented China at the Olympics or World Gymnastics Championships, she did compete at the 1996 and 1997 American Cup meets, and was selected for the 1998 Goodwill Games team. In New York City at the Goodwill Games in July 1998, during warm-ups for the vault event final, Sang fell while she was performing a timer (a simple vault, used by the athlete to familiarize herself with the apparatus and warm up). She could not raise herself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julissa Gomez
Julissa D'Anne Gomez (November 4, 1972 – August 8, 1991) was an American gymnast whose rapid rise through the ranks of elite gymnastics in the mid-1980s was cut short by a vaulting accident in 1988 that left her a quadriplegic. She eventually died from her injury. She was being coached by Al Fong, and had previously been coached by Bela Karolyi. Her injury sparked major changes to the vaulting discipline of women's gymnastics with the goal of preventing such serious injuries. Career Gomez was born in San Antonio, Texas, the older of two daughters born to a pair of former migrant farm workers from Laredo, Texas. Her parents, mother Otilia and father Ramiro, worked their way up from their farm working days to become a teacher and a welder, respectively, and struggled to keep their family together while giving 10-year-old budding gymnast Julissa a chance to train with renowned gymnastics coach Béla Károlyi in Houston. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Mukhina
Elena Vyacheslavovna Mukhina (russian: Елена Вячеславовна Мухина; first name sometimes rendered "Yelena", last name sometimes rendered "Muchina"; 1 June 196022 December 2006) was a Soviet gymnast who won the all-around title at the 1978 World Championships in Strasbourg, France. Her career was on the rise, and she was widely touted as the next great gymnastics star until 1979, when she broke a leg and missed several competitions. The rushed recovery from that injury, combined with pressure to master a dangerous and difficult tumbling move (the Thomas salto) caused her to break her neck two weeks before the opening of the 1980 Summer Olympics, leaving her permanently quadriplegic. Early life Elena Mukhina was born 1 June 1960, in Moscow, Russian SFSR. Both her parents died when she was five years old. She was raised by her grandmother, Anna Ivanovna, who later died. Career Mukhina took an interest in gymnastics and figure skating at an early age. When an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Newton
Matthew Joseph Newton (born January 22, 1977) is an Australian actor, writer, and director, and son of TV personalities Bert Newton, Bert and Patti Newton. His acting career was interrupted by treatment in a psychiatric unit for bipolar disorder after several incidents of domestic violence and assault, which were widely reported in the Australian media. Newton has relocated to New York City, where he is now based, and has resumed his directing and acting career. Career Acting Newton has performed in Australia and abroad on stage, television and movies. In 1988, he starred in ''Sugar and Spice (Australian TV series), Sugar and Spice'', a children's television series. In 1992, he starred in ''Late For School'', a drama series that aired briefly on Network Ten, Channel Ten. In 2000, he starred alongside Pia Miranda in the Looking for Alibrandi (film), film adaptation of the teen novel ''Looking for Alibrandi (novel), Looking for Alibrandi''. In 2001 he appeared in the Australian/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
