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Boogie Woogie (film)
''Boogie Woogie'' is a 2009 British black comedy film directed by Duncan Ward and produced by Eric Eisner and Leonid Rozhetskin. It is based on the 2000 novel of the same name by Danny Moynihan, who adapted his own book on the New York art world of the 1990s and titled it based on the unfinished 1944 Piet Mondrian painting ''Victory Boogie-Woogie''. The film stars Gillian Anderson, Alan Cumming, Heather Graham, Danny Huston, Christopher Lee, Joanna Lumley, Charlotte Rampling, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård and Jaime Winstone. It premiered on 26 June 2009 at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Plot ''Boogie Woogie'' is a comedy of manners, its cast of characters devouring each other in a small world awash with big money. Set against the backdrop of contemporary London and the international art scene, it casts an eye over the appetites and morality of some of its major players. Dealers, collectors, artists, and wannabes vie with each other in a world in which success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Simon
Christopher Simon (born 5 June 1963) is an Australian actor and producer. Born in Sydney, Australia. He produced the film '' Miss You Already'' directed by Catherine Hardwicke. Simon is also a producer of such films as ''The Sweeney (2012 film)'' directed by Nick Love, '' Pusher'', ''I, Anna'', ''Still Life'', ''Me and Me Dad'', ''Boogie Woogie'', '' The Proposition'', ''Beyond the Ocean'', ''The Trouble with Men and Women''. He also produced short films by Joe Wright such as ''The End'' and Nick Love's ''Love Story''. Simon's various television acting roles include Eddie in The Long Firm, Pedro in '' Gimme Gimme Gimme'', Michael Hassan in ''The Bill'', Lee Andersen in ''Casualty'', Abdel in ''Lovejoy'', Samir in ''Ultimate Force'', Da Souza in Lynda La Plante’s ''Supply and Demand'', Nathan Morgan in ''Wire In The Blood'' and he appeared in ''Lenny Henry in Pieces''. Film acting roles include Room To Rent, The Delivery and O Jerusalem. He appeared as Hussein in the '' Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Eisner (producer)
Eric Eisner is the founder and CEO of Double E Pictures, and partner at The Tornante Company. He is the son of Disney magnate Michael Eisner and a producer. Early life and education Eisner is the son of Jane Breckenridge, a business advisor and computer programmer, and Michael Eisner. His mother is a Unitarian of Scottish and Swedish descent while his father is Jewish.Pinsky, Mark I.The Gospel According to Disney: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dustp. 123-129 Eisner holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Career Eisner started his entertainment career in sports, working for the NHL team, the Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks. There he worked in the hockey operations department and helped renegotiate both the radio and television contracts. Eisner also spent two years as a talent scout and participated in the scout table during those NHL entry drafts. Eisner founded the popular original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker and photographer. He attended the Actors Studio, made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared in ''Giant'' (1956). In the next ten years he made a name in television, and by the end of the 1960s had appeared in several films, notably ''Cool Hand Luke'' (1967) and ''Hang 'Em High'' (1968). Hopper also began a prolific and acclaimed photography career in the 1960s. Hopper made his directorial film debut with ''Easy Rider'' (1969), which he and co-star Peter Fonda wrote with Terry Southern. The film earned Hopper a Cannes Film Festival Award for "Best First Work" and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (shared with Fonda and Southern). Journalist Ann Hornaday wrote: "With its portrait of counterculture heroes raising their middle fingers to the uptight middle-class hypocrisies, ''Easy Rider'' became the cinematic symbol of the 1960s, a celluloid an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedonism
Hedonism refers to a family of theories, all of which have in common that pleasure plays a central role in them. ''Psychological'' or ''motivational hedonism'' claims that human behavior is determined by desires to increase pleasure and to decrease pain. ''Normative'' or ''ethical hedonism'', on the other hand, is not about how we actually act but how we ought to act: we should pursue pleasure and avoid pain. ''Axiological hedonism'', which is sometimes treated as a part of ethical hedonism, is the thesis that only pleasure has intrinsic value. Applied to well-being or what is good for someone, it is the thesis that pleasure and suffering are the only components of well-being. These technical definitions of hedonism within philosophy, which are usually seen as respectable schools of thought, have to be distinguished from how the term is used in everyday language, sometimes referred to as "folk hedonism". In this sense, it has a negative connotation, linked to the egoistic pursuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Cuts
''Short Cuts'' is a 1993 American comedy-drama film, directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Altman and Frank Barhydt, it is inspired by nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver. The film has a Los Angeles setting, which is substituted for the Pacific Northwest backdrop of Carver's stories. ''Short Cuts'' traces the actions of 22 principal characters, both in parallel and at occasional loose points of connection. The role of chance and luck is central to the film, and many of the stories concern death and infidelity. The film features an ensemble cast including Matthew Modine, Julianne Moore, Fred Ward, Anne Archer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Robert Downey Jr., Madeleine Stowe, Chris Penn, Jack Lemmon, Frances McDormand, Lori Singer, Andie MacDowell, Buck Henry, Lily Tomlin, actress and singer Annie Ross, and musicians Huey Lewis, Lyle Lovett, and Tom Waits. Plot A fleet of helicopters sprays for medflies and reveals all the characters along the path of their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Altman
Robert Bernard Altman ( ; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director and is considered an enduring figure from the New Hollywood era. Altman's style of filmmaking covered many genres, but usually with a "subversive" twist which typically relied on satire and humor to express his personal views. Altman developed a reputation for being "anti-Hollywood" and non-conformist in both his themes and directing style. Actors especially enjoyed working under his direction because he encouraged them to improvise, thereby inspiring their own creativity. He preferred large ensemble casts for his films, and developed a multitrack recording technique which produced overlapping dialogue from multiple actors. This produced a more natural, more dynamic, and more complex experience for the viewer. He also used highly mobile camera work and zoom lenses to enhance the activity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Huston
Jack Alexander Huston (born 7 December 1982) is a British actor. He appeared as Richard Harrow in the HBO television drama series '' Boardwalk Empire''. He also had a supporting role in the 2013 film '' American Hustle'', portrayed the eponymous '' Ben-Hur'' in the 2016 historical drama, and appeared as one of the main characters in the fourth season of the FX anthology series '' Fargo'' (2020). Early life and ancestry Huston was born on 7 December 1982 in King's Lynn, Norfolk, the son of Lady Margot Lavinia (''née'' Cholmondeley) and actor, assistant director and writer Tony Huston. Huston decided to become an actor at the age of 6, after playing the title role in a school production of ''Peter Pan''. He later attended Hurtwood House, a drama institute. His mother is English and his father is American. His paternal aunt is actress Anjelica Huston, and his paternal half-uncle is actor Danny Huston. His paternal grandparents were American director John Huston (who beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Uddin
Jan Uddin is a British actor of Bangladeshi descent, now living in Los Angeles. He is best known for his lead roles in independent film '' Cliffs of Freedom'' (2019) and British thriller ''Lies We Tell'' (2017). Jan is the first person of Bangladeshi origin to star on Marvel Cinematic Universe and Netflix Original. Early life Uddin was born in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England. His parents were of Bangladeshi origin. Jan moved to London when 19 years old and then trained to become an actor at the Academy Drama School. Career Acting In 2007, acting roles included ''Casualty'' and short film ''Famous Last Words''. In 2008, he featured in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' as Jalil Iqbal; a love interest for Shabnam Masood (Zahra Ahmadi.) His character first appeared on 17 March 2008 departing on 28 March 2008. In 2009, Jan Uddin appeared in a film called ''Boogie Woogie'' alongside Gillian Anderson, Heather Graham and Amanda Seyfried. In 2010, Uddin played Sweet Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemma Atkinson
Gemma Louise Atkinson (born 16 November 1984) is an English influencer, actress, radio presenter and former glamour model. She played Lisa Hunter in ''Hollyoaks'' (2001–2005, 2022) and in three spin-off series, '' Hollyoaks: After Hours'' (2004), '' Hollyoaks: Let Loose'' (2005) and '' Hollyoaks: In the City'' (2006), Tamzin Bayle in ''Casualty'' (2011–2012, 2014) and Carly Hope in ''Emmerdale'' (2015–2017). She currently presents the drive time slot across the Hits Radio Network. In November 2021, it was announced that Atkinson is set to reprise her role as Lisa Hunter in ''Hollyoaks''. Early life and education Atkinson was born in Bury, Greater Manchester. Her father David was Scottish and from Dumfries. She took her GCSEs at Castlebrook High School, Bury. Career Acting Television Atkinson rose to fame playing Lisa Hunter in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. Atkinson and Marcus Patric (who played the character Ben Davies (Hollyoaks), Ben Davies) subsequently ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meredith Ostrom
Meredith Joy Ostrom is an American actress. She graduated from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts where she got her BFA degree with a double major in Drama and Fine arts with a minor in Cinema Studies. After graduation she moved to London. She was linked for years to Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes. She has donated art to causes such as in her first solo exhibition in March 2009, which was a show in which the majority of the proceeds went to the Youth for Youth international children's charity, the space was donated by Philips de Pury. Donating works to the Gilda Radner cancer research Centre for recovering patients in the New York area, the World Childhood foundation's annual auction and gala, whose patron is Queen Silvia and Princess Madeline of Sweden. In December 2008 her work was exhibited at the Stanton Barrett Gallery in New York which was a pop up space created by racing driver Stanton Barret and supported by fellow drivers. On April 27, 2009 Ostrom demonstr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon McBurney
Simon Montagu McBurney (born 25 August 1957) is an English actor, playwright, and theatrical director. He is the founder and artistic director of the Théâtre de Complicité, London. He has had roles in the films ''The Manchurian Candidate'', ''Friends with Money'', ''The Last King of Scotland'', ''The Golden Compass'', '' The Duchess'', ''Robin Hood'', ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'', ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'', ''Magic in the Moonlight'', '' The Theory of Everything'', and '' Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation''. He plays Cecil the choirmaster in BBC's ''The Vicar of Dibley''. Early life McBurney was born in Cambridge, England. His father, Charles McBurney, was an American archaeologist and academic of Scottish descent. His paternal great-grandfather was American surgeon Charles McBurney, who was credited with describing the medical sign McBurney's point. Simon McBurney's mother, Anne Francis Edmondstone (née Charles), was a British secretary of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Of Manners
In English literature, the term comedy of manners (also anti-sentimental comedy) describes a genre of realistic, satirical comedy of the Restoration period (1660–1710) that questions and comments upon the manners and social conventions of a greatly sophisticated, artificial society. The satire of fashion, manners, and outlook on life of the social classes, is realised with stock characters, such as the braggart soldier of Ancient Greek comedy, and the fop and the rake of English Restoration comedy.George Henry Nettleton, Arthu''British dramatists from Dryden to Sheridan''p.149 The clever plot of a comedy of manners (usually a scandal) is secondary to the social commentary thematically presented through the witty dialogue of the characters, e.g. ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' (1895), by Oscar Wilde, which satirises the sexual hypocrisies of Victorian morality. The comedy-of-manners genre originated in the New Comedy period (325–260 BC) of Classical Greece (510–323 BC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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