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Brigsby Bear
''Brigsby Bear'' is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed by Dave McCary in his feature directorial debut, written by Kevin Costello and Kyle Mooney, and starring Mooney, Claire Danes, Mark Hamill, Greg Kinnear, Andy Samberg, Matt Walsh, and Michaela Watkins. It tells the story of a captive man raised in a bunker since he was a baby being rescued by the authorities where he obsessed over a children's television program titled ''Brigsby Bear''. When he realizes the show was created by his captor that he called his dad, his fascination leads him to finish the storyline himself. The film was inspired by McCary, Mooney, and Kevin Costello's middle school experiences making short films together, with a story stemming from Mooney's fascination with 1980s children's shows. Principal photography took place in Utah during Mooney and McCary's break from working on ''Saturday Night Live'' in 2016. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2017, and was theatri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave McCary
David Lawrence McCary (born July 2, 1985) is an American comedian, writer, and director. From 2013 to 2019, he served as a segment director for ''Saturday Night Live'' and was also the main director for the first two seasons of the popular web series ''Epic Rap Battles of History''. During college he formed sketch comedy group Good Neighbor. He is married to actress Emma Stone, with whom he has a daughter. Early life McCary lived with his childhood friend Kyle Mooney while Mooney attended the University of Southern California but dropped out after his second year. It was there that McCary met future Good Neighbor members Nick Rutherford and Beck Bennett. Career Good Neighbor In 2007, McCary came together with Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, and Nick Rutherford to form the sketch comedy group Good Neighbor. Prior to landing on ''SNL'', Good Neighbor had just finished filming a Comedy Central pilot, ''The Good Neighbor Show'', that was produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay via the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Film
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all credits". In the United States, short films were generally termed short subjects from the 1920s into the 1970s when confined to two 35 mm reels or less, and featurettes for a film of three or four reels. "Short" was an abbreviation for either term. The increasingly rare industry term "short subject" carries more of an assumption that the film is shown as part of a presentation along with a feature film. Short films are often screened at local, national, or international film festivals and made by independent filmmakers with either a low budget or no budget at all. They are usually funded by film grants, nonprofit organizations, sponsor, or personal funds. Short films are generally used for industry experience and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Rutherford
Nicholas Rutherford (born August 7, 1985) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and co-founder of the sketch comedy group Good Neighbor. He has performed live stand up and sketch comedy in Los Angeles and New York. He was a writer for ''Saturday Night Live''. Early life Rutherford is originally from Thousand Oaks, California. He attended college at the University of Southern California. There, he performed improv and sketch comedy with collegiate group, Commedus Interruptus. He was hired to write for SNL until he was abruptly fired after only one season. Career Good Neighbor In 2007, Rutherford came together with Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, and Dave McCary to form the sketch comedy group Good Neighbor. Some of their videos include "My Mom's a MILF", "Is My Roommate Gay?", "Outrageous Fun", "420 Disaster", "This is How We Trip", "Toast", and "Unbelievable Dinner", a sketch based on the movie ''Hook''. ''Talking Marriage with Ryan Bailey'' On April 30, 2014, Nick was a guest on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Heidecker
Timothy Richard Heidecker (; born February 3, 1976) is an American comedian, writer, director, actor, and musician. Along with Eric Wareheim, he is a member of the comedy duo Tim & Eric. He has also appeared in films, including ''Bridesmaids'' (2011), ''Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie'' (2012), '' The Comedy'' (2012), ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' (2018), and '' Us'' (2019). He currently co-hosts the parodic film review web series ''On Cinema'' and stars in the comedy series '' Decker'' alongside Gregg Turkington and hosts a weekly call-in show, ''Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker'', with DJ Douggpound and Vic Berger. Early life Timothy Richard Heidecker was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania on February 3, 1976. He attended and graduated from Allentown Central Catholic High School in Allentown, and then attended Temple University in Philadelphia, where he met his comedy partner Eric Wareheim. Career Television Heidecker and Wareheim created, wrote, and starred in ''Tom Goes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Adams (actress, Born 1965)
Jane Adams (born 1965) is an American actress. She made her Broadway debut in the original production of ''I Hate Hamlet'' in 1991, and won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 1994 revival of ''An Inspector Calls''. Her film roles include ''Happiness'' (1998), ''Wonder Boys'' (2000), '' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'' (2004), and '' Little Children'' (2006). She also had a recurring role on the NBC sitcom ''Frasier'' (1999–2000), and was nominated for the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television for the HBO series ''Hung'' (2009–11). Early life Jane Adams was born in Washington, DC, the daughter of Janice, an administrative assistant, and William Adams, an engineer. She has a younger brother, Jonathan, and was raised in Wheaton, Illinois, and Bellevue, Washington. Adams attended the University of Washington, where she studied political science, and the Cornish College of the Arts, where she took theater. She attended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Lyn Sheil
Kate Lyn Sheil (born June 13, 1985) is an American actress. She is primarily known for her roles in independent films ''You're Next'', ''V/H/S'', '' The Color Wheel'', '' The Sacrament'', and the award-winning Netflix series ''House of Cards''. Early life Sheil was born and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey. She studied at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 2006 with a B.F.A. in acting. She also studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Career In 2016, after her film ''Kate Plays Christine'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, she was dubbed "the Meryl Streep of the micro-budget film community" by ''Rolling Stone''. In 2020, Sheil starred in ''She Dies Tomorrow'' directed by Amy Seimetz, which was initially set to premiere at South by Southwest in March 2020, however the festival was scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was released by Neon via video on demand Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution sys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexa Demie
Alexa Demie is an American actress and singer who is best known for her role as Maddy Perez on the HBO teen drama television series ''Euphoria''. Demie made her feature film debut with a minor role in the comedy-drama ''Brigsby Bear'' (2017), before starring in the coming-of-age film ''Mid90s'' (2018) and the drama film ''Waves'' (2019). She has also appeared in numerous music videos. Early life Born in Los Angeles, California, Demie grew up in the neighborhood of Atwater Village. She was raised by her mother, Rose Mendez, a make-up artist whose family immigrated to Los Angeles from Mexico when she was an infant and who got pregnant with Demie at an "extremely young" age. Demie has said that she "didn't grow up with the best male figures in erlife" or "much respect for men". She lived in an apartment across the street from a meth lab and next door to several meth addicts, with the Black Eyed Peas recording studio being around the corner from her. According to her, there was fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beck Bennett
Christopher Beck Bennett (born October 1, 1984) is an American actor, comedian, and writer, who was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' for eight seasons (2013–2021). Before then, he performed in AT&T "It's Not Complicated" commercials in which he interviewed children, and produced sketch videos with the comedy group Good Neighbor and for his YouTube show ''Theatre of Life''. Early life Bennett was born in Wilmette, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), the son of Sarah and Andy Bennett. He performed in multiple shows at Children's Theatre of Winnetka. He graduated from New Trier High School in 2003 where he played Jean Valjean in his school's production of ''Les Misérables''. Bennett attended the USC School of Dramatic Arts in the B.F.A. Acting program. Career In 2003, Bennett joined the improv/sketch group Commedus Interruptus along with fellow future ''SNL'' cast member Kyle Mooney and Nick Rutherford. In 2007, after graduation, Mooney, Rutherford, and Bennett joined wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Lendeborg Jr
Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος ('' Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' had been rarely given in Western Christendom since at least the 6th century. The popularity of the name however develops from around the 12th century, in Occitan in the form ''Jordi'', and it becomes popular at European courts after the publication of the ''Golden Legend'' in the 1260s. The West Iberian form ''Jorge'' is on record as the name of Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (1481–1550). List of people with the given name Jorge * Jorge (footballer, born 1946), Brazilian footballer * Jorge (Brazilian singer), Brazilian musician and singer, Jorge & Mateus * Jorge (Romanian singer), real name George Papagheorghe, Romanian singer, actor, TV host * Jorge Betancourt, Cuban diver * Jorge Campos, Mexican football player * Jorge Cantú ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Simpkins
Ryan Simpkins (born March 25, 1998) is an American actor, known for their performances in films such as ''Pride and Glory (film), Pride and Glory'', ''A Single Man'', ''Revolutionary Road (film), Revolutionary Road'', and ''Fear Street Part Two: 1978''. Early life and education Simpkins was born in Manhattan, New York City, and moved to California in 2006. Their younger brother is actor Ty Simpkins. Simpkins attended University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley. Simpkins is non-binary. As of 2021, they used they/them pronouns, but as of July 2022, their Instagram indicated they/she pronouns. Career Their first film appearance was in ''Sherrybaby'', playing a lead role opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal. They have performed three times alongside brother Ty, in ''Pride and Glory (film), Pride and Glory'', ''Revolutionary Road (film), Revolutionary Road'' and ''Arcadia (film), Arcadia''. They had a lead role as Lizzy Muldoun in the film adaptation of Wendy Mass's book ''Jeremy Fink ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,660 attending in 2016. It takes place each January in Park City, Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah; and at the Sundance Resort (a ski resort near Provo, Utah), and acts as a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival consists of competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature films and short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections, including NEXT, New Frontier, Spotlight, Midnight, Sundance Kids, From the Collection, Premieres, and Documentary Premieres. History 1978: Utah/US Film Festival Sundance began in Salt Lake City in August 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival in an effort to attract more filmmakers to Utah. It was founded by Sterl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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