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Body Count (1997 Film)
''Below Utopia'', also known as ''Body Count'', is a 1997 independent film directed by Kurt Voss. The movie stars Justin Theroux, Alyssa Milano and Ice-T. Milano was also the executive producer of the film. Ice-T had composed an instrumental musical score for this film that was not used. The compositions instead appeared on a CD entitled "Below Utopia: The Lost Score". The video release was on March 17, 1998. The DVD release was followed on October 23, 2001. It is also one of the films on a two-pack DVD. The other film is ''Out-of-Sync''. Plot Daniel returns to his family's mansion for the holidays along with his girlfriend Susanne. His family's seemingly utopian existence is overshadowed by not only the death of Daniel's brother, but also by Daniel's failure to live up to his brother's potential. However, this quickly becomes inconsequential, as blood-thirsty killers soon show up to steal the artwork, and whatever else they can find in the house. As the family members are killed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Voss
Kurt Voss (born Kurt Christopher Peter Wössner) is an American film director, screenwriter and musician-songwriter. Voss's credits include Will Smith's debut ''Where The Day Takes You''; the Justin Theroux, Alyssa Milano and Ice-T action film ''Below Utopia''; actress Jaime Pressly's debut feature '' Poison Ivy: The New Seduction'', and rock and roll related films including ''Down and Out with the Dolls'' and ''Ghost on The Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club''. Voss has frequently collaborated with fellow UCLA alumnus Allison Anders. Working together over twenty-five years, the duo created a trilogy of rock films: ''Border Radio'' (1987), a portrait of the L.A. punk scene featuring John Doe ( X) and Dave Alvin (The Blasters) and published by The Criterion Collection; the Sundance-premiered ''Sugar Town'' (1999), featuring John Taylor (Duran Duran) and Rosanna Arquette; and ''Strutter'' (2012), a Kickstarter-financed independent film. Training at UCLA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out-of-Sync
''Out-of-Sync'' is a 1995 American crime drama film featuring LL Cool J in his first starring role. The film was directed by Debbie Allen and co-starred Victoria Dillard, Tim Reid and Howard Hesseman. Plot Jason St. Julian (LL Cool J), a talented yet troubled DJ with a gambling problem. As St. Julian is sleeping, Crash (Gene Anthony Ray) and Nut (Mark Venturini) break into his apartment to collect a debt, since St. Julian doesn't have the money, he gets a week to repay it. One night while DJing an underground party, St. Julian runs into Danny Simon (Ramy Zada) and his girlfriend Monica (Victoria Dillard), Simon tries to convince St. Julian to DJ at his club, but he refuses to do so because of Simon was responsible for sending St. Julian to jail. Moments later, the party is broken up by the police and St. Julian is arrested for his part. While being interrogated, St. Julian meets Marcus Caldwell (Howard Hesseman), a crooked cop, who blackmails him into DJing for Simon. While at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s English-language Films
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American Thriller Films
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CineTel Films Films
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CineTel can refer to: *CineTel Films, an independent film distributor *CineTel Productions, which became Scripps Productions after being bought out by E. W. Scripps Company The E. W. Scripps Company is an American broadcasting company founded in 1878 as a chain of daily newspapers by Edward Willis "E. W." Scripps and his sister, Ellen Browning Scripps. It was also formerly a media conglomerate. The company is he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Thriller Films
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1997 Films
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'', the List of highest-grossing films, highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of the most observed comet, comets of the 20th century; Golden Bauhinia Square, where sovereignty of Hong Kong is Handover of Hong Kong, handed over from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China; the 1997 Central European flood kills 114 people in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany; Korean Air Flight 801 crashes during heavy rain on Guam, killing 229; Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner (rover), Sojourner land on Mars; flowers left outside Kensington Palace following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a car crash in Paris., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Titanic (1997 film) rect 200 0 400 200 Harry Potter rect 400 0 600 200 Comet Hale-Bopp rect 0 200 300 400 Death of Diana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Kristen
Marta Kristen is a Norwegian-born American actress. Kristen is best known for her role as Judy Robinson, the oldest child of Professor John Robinson and his wife, Maureen, in the television series ''Lost in Space'' (1965–1968). Her character was a young adult, around 20 years of age. Early life Kristen was born Birgit Annalisa Rusanen in Oslo, Norway, to a Finnish mother and a German soldier father who was killed during World War II. She spent her first years in an orphanage in Norway, and was then adopted in 1949 by a couple from Detroit, Michigan, Harold Oliver Soderquist, and his wife, Bertha, who renamed her Martha Annalise Soderquist. Her adoptive father was a professor of education at Wayne University, Detroit. Kristen has a brother whom her parents adopted. In 1959, Kristen moved to Los Angeles, California when her father was on a sabbatical. She remained there, with a guardian, and is a graduate of Santa Monica High School. Career Reflecting her Scandinavian herit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pine
Robert Pine (born Granville Whitelaw Pine, July 10, 1941) is an American actor who is best known as Sgt. Joseph Getraer on the television series ''CHiPs'' (1977–1983). Including ''CHiPs'', Pine has appeared in over 400 episodes of television. Life and career Pine was born in New York City on July 10, 1941, the son of Virginia (née Whitelaw) and Granville Martin Pine, a patent attorney. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1963. He is married to Gwynne Gilford, who appeared in several episodes of ''CHiPs'' as Betty Getraer, the wife of Pine's character. They have two children, actors Chris and Katie. Pine arrived in Hollywood in 1964, where he learned to ride horses because as a contract player with Universal Studios, he was frequently featured in westerns. Pine remained under contract with Universal until 1967. During his career he starred on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' as Walter Coleman and had guest appearances in many American television shows, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister
Tommy Deebo "Tiny" Lister Jr. (born Thomas Duane Lister Jr.; June 24, 1958 – December 10, 2020) was an American character actor and occasional professional wrestler known for his roles as the neighborhood bully Deebo in the 1995 film ''Friday'', its 2000 sequel and as President Lindberg in ''The Fifth Element''. He had two short professional wrestling stints, with Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) after appearing as Zeus in the 1989 film ''No Holds Barred'' and resuming the feud as Z-Gangsta in 1996 for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He was born with a detached and deformed retina and was blind in his right eye, which drooped, a unique look that he turned to his advantage in film. He played in both comedies and dramas, usually cast as 'the heavy/big bully'. Early life Lister was born on June 24, 1958, in Compton, California, to Thomas Duane Lister and Mildred (Edwards) Lister. Since his birth, he had a deformed and detached retina in his right eye, causin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa M
Mary Lisa Marrero Vázquez (born January 16, 1974) better known by her stage name Lisa M, is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, composer, dancer and record producer. She is known as the first female rapper artist to debut in Latin America. Early life Mary Lisa Marrero Vázquez was born on January 17, 1974 from Dominican parents in Puerta de Tierra, a neighborhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico she started, hip-hop dancing at the age of 11 years old, going on to work later as a dancer for reggaeton artist Vico C. Career ''Trampa'' and ''No Lo Derrumbes'' Lisa M recorded her first album ''Trampa'' in 1989 at the age of 15 with the record label Prime Records. The first songs she recorded in this album "Trampa" was "La Segunda Cita" (with Puerto Rican rapper star and pioneer Vico C) were the starting point to her successful career making her the first female Spanish Rapper in Puerto Rico and Latin America. She grew more and more popular becoming the most successful artist in her genre for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
