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Bright Shining City Productions
Bright Shining City Productions is an independent film and media production company established in Austin, Texas by Polish-American film director and producer Mariusz Kotowski in 2005. The company's initial film project was the full-length documentary '' Pola Negri: Life is a Dream in Cinema'', highlighting the career of Polish silent film star Pola Negri. The production company went on to release the narrative films ''Forgiveness'' (2008, re-released as ''Esther’s Diary'' in 2010) and ''Deeper and Deeper'' (2010), the latter starring Emmy-winning actor David Lago. All three of the films have also been released on DVD. Bright Shining City Productions’ other media productions include: *The soundtrack CD of the film ''Deeper and Deeper'' (2010), featuring songs by vocalist and television personality Mandy Lauderdale and orchestration by Rick DeJonge, *''Pola Negri: Legenda Hollywood'' (2011), a Polish-language Pola Negri biography released in Poland by Prosynski Media and the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deeper And Deeper (film)
''Deeper and Deeper'' is a 2010 American erotic psychological thriller written by Cyndi Williams and directed by Polish-American filmmaker Mariusz Kotowski. Plot When bank teller Ryan (David Lago) meets beautiful but icy business executive Angelica (LisaMarie Lamendola) he becomes instantly infatuated with her. He stumbles upon the perfect opportunity to spy on her when he is hired by Dolores (Cyndi Williams) as a part-time maintenance man and moves into an apartment across the street from Angelica. He uses his position and his apartment's view to start spying on her, and slowly inserts himself into Angelica's life. Angelica turns on him and Ryan slits his wrists in the bathtub in despair. When items from Ryan's apartment begin explicitly appearing in Angelica's apartment, Dolores becomes suspicious of Angelica, especially when Angelica visits the apartment building and produces a memento from Dolores' late son. Cast *David Lago as Ryan *Cyndi Williams as Dolores *LisaMarie La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the List of United States cities by population, 11th-most-populous city in the United States, the List of cities in Texas by population, fourth-most-populous city in Texas, the List of capitals in the United States, second-most-populous state capital city, and the most populous state capital that is not also the most populous city in its state. It has been one of the fastest growing large cities in the United States since 2010. Downtown Austin and Downtown San Antonio are approximately apart, and both fall along the Interstate 35 corridor. Some observers believe that the two regions may some day form a new "metroplex" similar to Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas and Fort Worth. Austin i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lago
David Scott Lago (; born January 18, 1979, in Downey, California) is a Cuban-American actor. He is best known for playing ''Raul Guittierez'' on ''The Young and the Restless'' from 1999 to 2004. He has also had a recurring role as Jeremy on '' 7th Heaven''. Career Film and television He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004, before finally winning in 2005, his last year on the soap. He had not prepared a speech, so he left the audience stunned by simply repeating a line from the film ''Catch Me If You Can'' about two mice falling into a bucket of cream. He also won a Young Artist Award in 2000 for his portrayal of Raul, having previously been nominated in 1999 for his role in the short-lived television series, ''Hollywood Safari''. He has since been in a number of independent films and has also been executive producer too. In May 2009, Lago briefly returned to ''The Young and the Restless'' in the role of Raul. On February 3, 2010, David be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Production Companies Of The United States
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] |
Sappho (film)
''Sappho'' (also known as ''Mad Love'') is a 1921 German silent film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Pola Negri as the title character. Alfred Abel, best known for his role as John Fredersen in ''Metropolis A metropolis () is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural center for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications. A big ci ...'' (1927), appears in the role of Andreas De La Croix, the insane brother. Plot Richard De La Croix has a brother, Andreas, who has been driven insane by a notorious vamp and socialite named Sappho. A man-about-town named Teddy takes Richard to the Odeon to meet her, but when Sappho actually meets Richard, he is unaware that she is the woman who drove Andreas insane. Sappho genuinely falls in love with Richard, and decides to leave her vampy ways behind her so that she can have him. Sappho casts off her previous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Augen Der Mumie Ma
''Die Augen der Mumie Ma'' (English: ''The Eyes of the Mummy'' or ''The Eyes of the Mummy Ma'') is a 1918 German silent film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The film stars Pola Negri as Ma, Emil Jannings as Radu, and Harry Liedtke as Wendland. It was the first collaboration between Lubitsch and Negri, a pairing that would go on to make worldwide successes such as '' Carmen'' (1918), '' Madame DuBarry'' (1919), and '' Sumurun'' (1920). Plot A young, wealthy painter named Wendland travels to Egypt, where he hears about the tomb of Queen Ma, a site far out into the desert that has reportedly driven everyone who has visited it mad. Intrigued, the painter arranges to be taken to the tomb. When he arrives, he is greeted by an Egyptian native named Radu, who leads him to a coffin in a dark room. There he sees the eyes behind the coffin slowly open and come to life, just before the Egyptian tries to attack him. The painter wards off Radu, and finds that the coffin lid is actually an entra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Gelbe Schein
''Der Gelbe Schein'' (English titles ''The Yellow Ticket'' and ''The Devil's Pawn'') is a 1918 German silent film starring Pola Negri in a double role as Lea and her mother Lydia, Victor Janson as Ossip Storki, and Harry Liedtke as Dimitri. It was directed by Victor Janson and Eugen Illés. Plot Pola Negri plays Lea, a bright adolescent girl who lives in the Jewish ghetto of Warsaw with her ill father. She loves to read, and intends to study medicine at a university in St. Petersburg in the hopes of making her father well again. Her father dies suddenly and her tutor, Ossip Storki, is called away to work for the governor. When she goes to Russia, she learns that Jewish women are only allowed to work as sex workers with the benefit of a "yellow passport", otherwise they will be taken to prison. She applies for a yellow passport and takes up residency at a brothel. Upon finding the identification papers of her tutor's deceased sister Sophie in a book her tutor gave her, Lea applie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bestia (1917 Film)
Bestia is a 1917 Polish silent film starring Pola Negri. It was directed by Aleksander Hertz and released by Warsaw-based film studio Sphinx Company. It was released in the U.S. under the title ''The Polish Dancer'' in 1921. Plot Pola Basnikov is an adolescent girl living with her parents. She likes to stay out late and rabblerouse with her friends, to the worry of her parents. One night she and her father get into a fight, so Pola decides to run away. Her boyfriend, Dmitri, helps her get lodging at a hotel. Pola gets him drunk, takes all his money, and leaves, leaving behind a note promising to pay him back. Pola gets work as a model at a modeling studio, which opens up work for her as a cabaret dancer. One of the cabaret's patrons, a married man named Alexi, is taken by Pola, and the two engage in an affair, with Pola unaware that Alexi already has a family. Once Alexi gets the courage to leave his wife, he and Pola go to Cafe de Paris to celebrate. There, her old boyfriend, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Iconic Collection
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandy Lauderdale
Mandy Lauderdale is a cabaret singer from Atlanta, Georgia and former reality TV personality and MTV VJ. She first gained fame on the Fox television series Temptation Island. Lauderdale contributed vocals to the platinum-selling band Rehab song, "More Like You". Early career Lauderdale first rose to prominence as a castaway on the Fox reality series '' Temptation Island'' in 2001, which led to appearances on various talk shows and magazines around that same time. Subsequently, she was a VJ for MTV in 2001 for the Summer in the Keys, in addition to hosting ''Hot Zone'' and ''TRL'', co-hosting Carmen Electra’s ''Hypermix'' and judging ''Sink or Swim'' and '' Say What? Karaoke''. Lauderdale also worked on-camera with Dave Holmes, Usher, Mandy Moore, Alicia Keys, Backstreet Boys, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ashton Kutcher, Good Charlotte, Molly Sims and Rehab. Later career Two of her songs, "Mister Stevens" and "Champagne Champagne", were featured in the film ''Deeper and Deeper''. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with their own set of rules and award categories. The two events that receive the most media coverage are the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards, which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming, respectively. Other notable U.S. national Emmy events include the Children's & Family Emmy Awards for children's and family-oriented television programming, the Sports Emmy Awards for sports programming, News & Documentary Emmy Awards for news and documentary shows, and the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for technological and engineering achievements. Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the year, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariusz Kotowski
Mariusz Kotowski is a Polish-born writer and director. As a director, he has gained a reputation for cinematic portrayals that are atypical of both Hollywood and independent film styles and that cleverly mix different film approaches into a cohesive whole. To date, Kotowski's feature films include '' Pola Negri: Life is a Dream in Cinema'' (2006), a feature-length biographical documentary about the silent film actress Pola Negri; the Holocaust film '' Esther's Diary'' (2010), which was originally released in 2007 as ''Forgiveness''; and ''Deeper and Deeper'' (2010), an erotic psychological thriller starring Emmy-winning actor David Lago. All of these films have been released by Kotowski's Austin-based production company Bright Shining City Productions. Prior to the launch of his directorial career, Kotowski worked as a renowned dancer and dance choreographer. As a dancer, Kotowski has the distinction of being the first Polish citizen ever to receive the rare Triple Fellowshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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