Charles Minsky
Charles David Minsky is an American cinematographer. He is best known for his collaborations with film director Garry Marshall, their collaborations include ''Pretty Woman'', '' Dear God'', ''Raising Helen'', '' The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement'', ''New Year's Eve'' and ''Mother's Day''. Filmography *''Radioactive Dreams'' (1985) *''April Fool's Day'' (1986) *'' Weekend Warriors'' (1986) *''Pretty Woman'' (1990) *''Dutch'' (1991) *''The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag'' (1992) *''Past Tense'' (TV) (1994) *''Kazaam'' (1996) *'' Dear God'' (1996) *''Guinevere'' (1999) *''Looking for an Echo'' (2000) *'' Tomcats'' (2001) *'' Slap Her... She's French'' (2002) *''Welcome to Collinwood'' (2002) *''Raising Helen'' (2004) *'' The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement'' (2004) *'' The Producers'' (2005) *''Keeping Up with the Steins'' (2006) *''You, Me and Dupree'' (2006) *'' The Russell Girl'' (TV) (2008) *''Post Grad'' (2009) *''Loving Leah'' (TV) (2009) *''New Year's Eve'' (2011) *'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera and light crews working on such projects and would normally be responsible for making artistic and technical decisions related to the image and for selecting the camera, film stock, lenses, filters, etc. The study and practice of this field is referred to as cinematography. The cinematographer is a subordinate of the director, tasked with capturing a scene in accordance with director’s vision. Relations between the cinematographer and director vary. In some instances, the director will allow the cinematographer complete independence, while in others, the director allows little to none, even going so far as to specify exact camera placement and lens selection. Such a level of involvement is less common when the director ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Looking For An Echo
''Looking for an Echo'' is 2000 independent drama film. Plot The lead singer of an oldies group reminisces about the good ol' days and a potential comeback. Cast * Armand Assante as Vinnie Pirelli **Rick Faugno as Young Vinnie Pirelli * Diane Venora as Joanne Delgado * Tom Mason as Augustus "Augie" MacAnnally III **Tommy J. Michaels as Young Augustus "Augie" MacAnnally III * Anthony John Denison as Ray "Nappy" Napolitano (as Tony Denison) **Eric Meyersfield as Young Ray "Nappy" Napolitano * Johnny Williams as Phil "Pooch" Puccirelli **Danny Gerard as Young Phil "Pooch" Puccirelli * Joe Grifasi as Vic (uncredited) **Johnny Giacalone as Young Vic * Edoardo Ballerini as Anthony Pirelli * Christy Carlson Romano as Tina Pirelli * David Vadim as Tommie Pirelli * Monica Trombetta as Francine Pirelli * David Margulies as Dr. Ludwig * Paz de la Huerta as Nicole Delgado (as Paz De La Huerta) * Ilana Levine as Sandi (Vic's Date) * Gena Scriva as Arlene (Blonde at Bar) * Gayle Scott as Ren ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Adventures In Babysitting (2016 Film)
''Adventures in Babysitting'' is a 2016 American adventure comedy television film directed by John Schultz and starring Sabrina Carpenter and Sofia Carson. It is a remake of the 1987 film of the same name. The film premiered on Disney Channel in the United States and Canada on June 24, 2016, and is the 100th Disney Channel Original Movie. Plot Jenny Parker and Lola Perez are teenagers with opposite personalities but the same passion for photography. The two meet when they are finalists for a prestigious photography internship and accidentally switch phones at their interview. Helen Anderson calls Jenny's phone, begging for a last-minute babysitter because of a relative who couldn't make it. Lola is about to explain the mistake, but decides to take the job when she gets served with a parking ticket from Officer James. Jenny's crush Zac Chase calls to invite Jenny to a Psychic Rockets concert but Lola quickly and, coincidentally, dismisses him in order to flirt with Officer Jame ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Something Borrowed (film)
''Something Borrowed'' is a 2011 American romantic comedy film based on Emily Giffin's 2005 book of the same name, directed by Luke Greenfield, starring Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson, Colin Egglesfield, and John Krasinski and distributed by Warner Bros. Plot Darcy throws her friend Rachel a surprise 30th birthday. She is a young, serious-minded single attorney in New York City, whereas Darcy is free-spirited, Rachel's polar opposite. Darcy is engaged to Dex, and Rachel's close friend Ethan is her confidante. Darcy gets drunk at the party, so Dex takes her home, but returns for her Chanel purse. Rachel offers to help look for it, and he gets her a drink for her birthday. Afterwards, a drunk Rachel mentions the crush she had on him in law school. Sharing a cab, she apologizes, he kisses her and they wake up in bed together to Darcy's frantic message that Dex never came home. Flashbacks show Rachel and Dex in law school, growing closer and culminating in a pivotal evening. Over dri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Loving Leah
''Loving Leah'' is a television film that aired on CBS as a '' Hallmark Hall of Fame'' movie on January 25, 2009. The film is directed by Jeff Bleckner and stars Adam Kaufman as a non-observant Jewish bachelor who feels compelled to marry his rabbi brother's widow, Leah (Lauren Ambrose), to honor him via the ancient Jewish law of ''yibbum'' ( levirate marriage). ''Loving Leah'' began as a play by P'nenah Goldstein and was brought to Hallmark by Ricki Lake, who appears in a minor role in the film. Goldstein also wrote the screenplay and "saw it in a way like ''Moonstruck'' or ''Crossing Delancey''." To prepare for her role, lead actress Lauren Ambrose spent time with women of the close-knit Hasidic community. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Post Grad
''Post Grad'' is a 2009 American romantic comedy film directed by Vicky Jenson and starring Alexis Bledel, about a recent college graduate who moves back in with her family while she figures out what she wants to do next. Originally under the working titles of ''Ticket to Ride'' and then ''The Post-Grad Survival Guide'', the film was released on August 21, 2009. Plot Ryden Malby (Bledel) graduates from college in the middle of the late-2000s recession and is forced to move back in with her parents, because her dream job has been given to her arrogant college bestie Jessica Bard (Catherine Reitman). Ryden and her best friend Adam (Zach Gilford), who has had a longtime crush on her, must find a job for Ryden before she loses hope for her future dream as an editor of a big publishing company, but her ambitions for getting a job blinded her from noticing that Adam was giving up going to New York in hopes that one day she will feel about him the same way he does for her. After a while, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Russell Girl
''The Russell Girl'' is a 2008 American drama television film directed by Jeff Bleckner and written by Jill Blotevogel. It stars Amber Tamblyn as a young medical student who must come to terms with her past. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Jennifer Ehle, and Henry Czerny co-star. The film premiered on CBS on January 27, 2008, as part of the ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' anthology series. Synopsis Sarah Russell is a young woman who has recently discovered that she has leukemia right before she also discovers that she has been accepted to Northwestern University's medical program. She decides to put her school on hold so she can travel back home to tell her parents Gayle and Phil about her recent diagnosis. However at the same time Sarah is convinced that this is retribution for a tragic accident that involved her neighbor Lorainne's baby. Cast * Amber Tamblyn as Sarah Russell * Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Gayle Russell * Jennifer Ehle as Lorainne Morrissey * Henry Czerny as Howard Morr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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You, Me And Dupree
''You, Me and Dupree'' is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo and written by Mike LeSieur. It stars Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon, Seth Rogen, Amanda Detmer, Todd Stashwick, and Michael Douglas. The film revolves around newlyweds Carl and Molly Peterson (Dillon and Hudson). After Carl's best man and best friend Randolph "Randy" Dupree (Wilson) loses his job and home, the couple allow him to move in but Dupree overstays his welcome. Protective father Bob Thompson (Douglas) begins to dislike son-in-law Carl and works against him. Plot Molly Thompson and Carl Peterson are preparing for their wedding day in Hawaii, until Carl's friend Neil interrupts to say that Randolph Dupree got lost. They drive off together to pick up Dupree, who appeared to have hitched a ride with a light plane after landing on the wrong island. A day before the wedding, Molly's father, Bob Thompson, who is also CEO of the company that Carl works for, makes a toast wit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Keeping Up With The Steins
''Keeping Up with the Steins'' is a 2006 comedy film directed by Scott Marshall, and starring Garry Marshall, Jeremy Piven, Jami Gertz and Daryl Hannah. The film is a commentary on how too many Jewish families see a bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah not as a coming of age for their son or daughter, but rather as an excuse to throw outrageously lavish parties which end in drama. Plot Benjamin Fiedler is the 13-year-old son of Jewish couple Adam and Joanne Fiedler. After attending the elaborate bar mitzvah party for the son of Arnie Stein - which was done on a cruise ship, with a ''Titanic'' theme - Benjamin's parents decide to go all out for his bar mitzvah. The plan is to rent Dodger Stadium for the bar mitzvah party, complete with movie stars and everything. Adam even books Neil Diamond to sing the National Anthem. However, Benjamin does not want to go through with it, as he does not even understand the words of the haftorah he has to read as part of his bar mitzvah rite. To try t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Producers (2005 Film)
''The Producers'' is a 2005 American musical comedy film directed by Susan Stroman and written by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan based on the eponymous 2001 Broadway musical, which in turn was based on Brooks's 1967 film of the same name. The film stars an ensemble cast led by Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach, Roger Bart, and Jon Lovitz. Creature effects were provided by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. The film was released in the United States by Universal Pictures in a limited release on December 16, 2005, followed by a wide release on December 25. It garnered generally mixed reviews from critics and was a commercial failure, earning $38 million worldwide from a $45 million budget. Plot In 1959, following the flop of the theatrical musical ''Funny Boy'' (based on William Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'') ("Opening Night"), the show's washed-up producer, Max Bialystock, hires the neurotic Leo Bloom as his accountant. While studying Max's books, Leo no ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Welcome To Collinwood
''Welcome to Collinwood'' is a 2002 American caper comedy film written and directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and starring William H. Macy, Isaiah Washington, Sam Rockwell, Michael Jeter (in his last movie, during his lifetime), Luis Guzmán, Patricia Clarkson, Andrew Davoli, George Clooney, Jennifer Esposito, and Gabrielle Union. It is a remake of the Oscar-nominated 1958 Italian film '' Big Deal on Madonna Street (I soliti ignoti'') by Mario Monicelli. The screenplay concerns a group of small-time thieves and misfits from the Collinwood neighborhood of Cleveland, who attempt to carry out a major theft from a jeweller's apartment safe. Plot Cosimo is arrested when he and Toto try to steal a car. In prison, he meets an old man who tells him of a “Bellini” - a perfect heist - that he could not carry out because of a life sentence. Cosimo asks his girlfriend Rosalind to find a "Mullinski" (slang for someone willing to do prison time in exchange for money) so that he can wal ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |