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Bulletproof (1988 Film)
''Bulletproof'' is a 1988 American action film directed by Steve Carver and starring Gary Busey. Plot A clan of terrorists, of all backgrounds and types, seize the "Thunderblast" top-secret super tank, hiding it in Mexico. The task of recovering it is entrusted to "Bulletproof" Frank McBain, a former secret agent and current cop. Cast Production In an interview from 2020 Steve Carver says the production was plagued by shutdowns because production company CineTel had financial problems. Home Media Platinum Disc released the film onto DVD in 2002. Then on November 12, 2013, Shout! Factory Shout! Factory is an American home video and music company founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment. Its video releases include previously released feature films, classic and contemporary television series, animation, live music, and comedy ... released the film on DVD with 3 other films. The DVD set is called the "Action-Packed 4 Movie Marathon, Volume 2". References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Carver
Steve Carver (April 5, 1945 – January 8, 2021) was an American film director, producer, and photographer. Biography Carver attended Manhattan's High School of Music and Art and received his BA from Cornell University and his MFA from Washington University in St. Louis. He was originally interested in cartooning, commercial art and animation. He was a cameraman for the Wide World of Sports, for the St. Louis Cardinals, and made 30 documentaries in two years while teaching in St Louis area colleges. American Film Institute In 1970, a documentary he shot in grad school got him admitted to the American Film Institute, then in its second year of taking in fellows in Hollywood. While at the AFI he studied under such filmmakers as George Stevens, George Seaton, Alfred Hitchcock, Charlton Heston and Gregory Peck. He worked as an assistant director on Dalton Trumbo's sole effort as director, ''Johnny Got His Gun'' (1971). Carver's final AFI project was a short film based on Edgar All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Lincoln Kilpatrick (February 12, 1932 – May 18, 2004) was an American film, television, and stage actor. Biography Career Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Kilpatrick attended Lincoln University and earned a degree in drama before he began acting. Encouraged by Billie Holiday, Kilpatrick began his career in 1959 in the Broadway production of ''A Raisin in the Sun''. In the 1960s, he mainly guest-starred in television roles and bit parts in movies. His primary acting talents were showcased in stage and theater work, which he remained active in until his death. Kilpatrick was co-founder of the Kilpatrick-Cambridge Theatre Arts School in Hollywood, California. He was also the first African-American member of the Lincoln Center Repertory Company. Personal life and death Kilpatrick was married 47 years to the singer and stage performer Helena Ferguson from 1957 until his death from lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory is an American home video and music company founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment. Its video releases include previously released feature films, classic and contemporary television series, animation, live music, and comedy specials. Shout! Factory also owns and operates Shout! Studios, Westchester Films, Timeless Media Group, Biograph Records, Majordomo Records, and Video Time Machine. History Retropolis Entertainment was founded in April 2002 by Bob Emmer, Garson Foos, and Richard Foos, three principals from Rhino Records, as the company was negotiating with the five majors for distribution. After selling Rhino to Warner Bros., the three set out to launch a new retro pop culture label. The company's first product was ''Red, White & Rock'', a joint release with PBS station WQED-TV that was produced with Warner Strategic Marketing. In August 2002, Retropolis acquired Biograph Records. Other early releases included blues and jazz CDs from the Biograph label ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film
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 photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, 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 imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platinum Disc
Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see List of music recording certifications). Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories, which are named after precious materials (gold, platinum and diamond). The threshold required for these awards depends upon the population of the territory where the recording is released. Typically, they are awarded only to international releases and are awarded individually for each country where the album is sold. Different sales levels, some perhaps 10 times greater than others, may exist for different music media (for example: videos versus albums, singles, or music download). History The original gold and silver record awards were presented to artists by their own record companies to publicize their sales achiev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Japanese: 田川 洋行, ''Tagawa Hiroyuki''; born September 27, 1950) is a Japanese-born American actor, film producer, and martial artist. Often cast as villains, he is known for his film roles in ''The Last Emperor'' (1987), the James Bond film ''Licence to Kill'' (1989), ''Showdown in Little Tokyo'' (1991), ''American Me'' (1992), '' Rising Sun'' (1993), ''The Phantom'' (1996), ''Snow Falling on Cedars'' (1999), ''Pearl Harbor'' (2001), ''Planet of the Apes'' (also 2001), ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' (2005), ''Tekken'' (2009), ''47 Ronin'' (2013), '' Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge'' (2014), and ''Kubo and the Two Strings'' (2017). He starred as Trade Minister Nobusuke Tagomi on the Amazon Prime television series ''The Man in the High Castle'' (2015–2018) and Hiroki Watanabe on the Netflix series ''Lost in Space'' (2018–2021). Tagawa is known for his role as the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung in various works of the ''Mortal Kombat'' franchise: he first played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drew Fischer
Drew Fischer (born July 10, 1980) is a Canadian football referee who regularly officiates Major League Soccer games, and was approved for international matches in 2015. Background Fischer was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. As a teen in Calgary he began officiating to earn extra money. Fischer has been a professional referee since 2007. He was accredited to first-division games in North America in 2012 and has been FIFA referee since 2015, only one of three Canadians at the time. He has a degree in physics from the University of Calgary. Refereeing career Fischer has officiated several Canadian Championship matches since 2012. He officiated the finals of the Canadian Championship in 2013, 2016, and 2018. Fisher has also officiated several Major League Soccer matches since 2012. After obtaining FIFA status in 2015, Fischer was appointed to referee the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Championship and the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship. On June 23, 2017, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gray Frederickson
Gray Frederickson (July 21, 1937 – November 20, 2022) was an American film producer. Frequent collaborators and history Frederickson was a long-time producer for Francis Ford Coppola and worked out of a studio alongside Greg Mellott out of Oklahoma City. Robert De Niro claims that in 1974 he and Frederickson went up to the Gulf and Western Building in New York City to a private screening room to study Marlon Brando's movements. De Niro compared it to a science experiment which prepared him for his character in ''The Godfather Part II''. Frederickson and Coppola collaborated on ''Apocalypse Now'', ''One from the Heart'', and '' The Outsiders''. According to ''Rolling Stone'', the first meeting between Frederickson, Coppola, and Al Ruddy was interrupted by a phone call from Brando. Awards Frederickson is best known for winning an Oscar as one of the co-producers of ''The Godfather Part II'' at the 47th Academy Awards. In addition he was also nominated for ''Apocalypse Now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Trejo
Danny Trejo ( ; born May 16, 1944) is an American actor. He has appeared in films including ''Desperado'', ''Heat'', and the ''From Dusk Till Dawn'' film series. With frequent collaborator and his second cousin Robert Rodriguez, he portrayed the character of Isador "Machete" Cortez, which was originally developed for the ''Spy Kids'' series and was later expanded into its own franchise of the same name. Trejo's movie career began in 1985, when he accidentally landed in the American indie film ''Runaway Train'', where he played the role of a boxer for a daily fee of 320 dollars. He went on to star in a multitude of other films, including ''Desperado'', ''From Dusk till Dawn'', ''Con Air'', '' From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money'', '' From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter'', ''Reindeer Games'', '' Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'', and ''Grindhouse''. Early life Childhood Trejo was born on May 16, 1944, on Temple Street in the Echo Park neighborhood of Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Medlock
Kennard Medlock (born October 31, 1949) is an American character actor and former baseball player known for his role in ''Moneyball''. As a player, Medlock was a pitcher for the Decatur Commodores The Decatur Commodores were a professional minor league baseball team based in Decatur, Illinois that played for 64 seasons. The Commodores are the primary ancestor of today's Kane County Cougars. They played, with sporadic interruptions, from 1 ... in the 1970s. He later worked as a coach for the St. Paul Saints. Filmography Film Television References External links * Living people Decatur Commodores players 1949 births {{American-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redmond Gleeson
Redmond Gleeson (born Martin Gleeson; January 26, 1935 – May 6, 2020) was an Irish-born American stage, film, and television actor. Life and career Martin Gleeson was born in Dublin on January 26, 1935."Descendants of Benjamin Hanks, Sr." Retrieved 10 December 2010. indonesianow.blogspot.com, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Lee Flippin
Lucy Lee (born 23 July 1943) is an American actress. Education and early life Flippin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was raised in Douglassville, Pennsylvania. She attended Northwestern University and spent a year performing with Holiday on Ice before pursuing a career in acting. Later she studied acting under Uta Hagen. Career She initially began her career in New York City where she eventually got several TV commercials and off-Broadway theatre work, most notably opposite Richard Gere in a Lincoln Center production of '' A Midsummer Night's Dream''. At the advice of her agent, she relocated to Los Angeles where she would get roles in television series and films. She played Eliza Jane Wilder on the TV series ''Little House on the Prairie''. She also played Fran Castleberry, the younger sister of Polly Holliday's character on the show '' Flo''. After ''Little House on the Prairie'' stopped production, she appeared in many different television shows and movies, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
