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Chumscrubber
''The Chumscrubber'' (German: ''Glück in kleinen Dosen'') is a 2005 comedy-drama film, directed by Arie Posin, starring an ensemble cast led by Jamie Bell. The plot, written by Posin and Zac Stanford, focuses on the chain of events that follow the suicide of a teenage drug dealer in an idealistic but superficial town. Some of the themes addressed in the film are the lack of communication between teenagers and their parents and the inauthenticity of suburbia. The titular Chumscrubber is a character in a fictional video game that represents the town and its inhabitants. Posin and Stanford had originally planned to shoot the film using their own funds, but they sent the script to producers Lawrence Bender and Bonnie Curtis who agreed to produce the film and help to raise the budget. Bell was cast in the lead role after an extensive auditioning process, and the film was shot in various California locations over 30 days in April 2004. ''The Chumscrubber'' premiered at the Sundance F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arie Posin
Arie Posin is an Israeli-born United States, American film director and screenwriter best known for his 2005 film ''The Chumscrubber''. Early life and education Posin was born in Israel in the early 1970s, a month after his anti-communism, anti-communist parents left Russia. His father was a filmmaker and a member of a dissident underground intellectual society. He lived in Israel for the first years of his life before moving to Canada for eight years and ultimately relocating to the United States. Though Posin's father took filmmaking "very, very seriously", Posin was not allowed to watch television when growing because his father believed that "Just like there is good food and there is junk food ... he didn't want us growing up on junk images." Posin graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) in 1993, which he says was the "epilogue" of film school after growing up with his father as a mentor. While at USC he met filmmaker Billy Wilder, who encouraged Posin to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Chatwin
Justin Chatwin (born October 31, 1982) is a Canadian actor. He began his career in 2001 with a brief appearance in the musical comedy ''Josie and the Pussycats''. Following his breakthrough role as Robbie Ferrier in the blockbuster ''War of the Worlds'' (2005), Chatwin headlined studio films such as '' The Invisible'' (2007) and ''Dragonball Evolution'' (2009), an action-adventure feature based on the Japanese manga '' Dragon Ball''. In the 2010s, Chatwin acted mostly in small independent films. He starred as rock star idol Bobby Shore in the surreal sci-fi musical ''Bang Bang Baby'' (2014), which earned him a Canadian Screen Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and appeared in the romantic comedy ''Unleashed'' (2016), and drama '' Summer Night'' (2019). Throughout the 2000s, Chatwin made guest appearances in several television series including '' Weeds'' and ''Lost'', later being cast in his first regular role on the Showtime comedy-drama '' Shameless'', portraying J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Fish Pictures
Go Fish Pictures was an American film production and distribution company and a division of DreamWorks SKG, The company was founded in 2000 in order to produce and release arthouse, independent and foreign films. The division was initially successful with the anime films ''Millennium Actress'' and '' Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence'' in 2003 and 2004 respectively. This led to venturing into live-action films with the releases of ''The Chumscrubber'' and ''The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio''. However, following the critical and commercial failure of ''Chumscrubber'', DreamWorks shut down the division in 2007 shortly after the release of the Japanese film ''Casshern ''Casshan'', also known in Japan as , is an anime series created by Tatsunoko Productions founder Tatsuo Yoshida in 1973. The ''Casshern'' franchise also includes a 1993 original video animation titled '' Casshan: Robot Hunter'', and a 2004 ...''. Films References External links * DreamWorks Pict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie Curtis
Bonnie Kathleen Curtis (born March 26, 1966) is an American film producer whose credits include ''Saving Private Ryan'', ''A.I.'', ''Minority Report'', and '' The Lost World: Jurassic Park'', directed by Steven Spielberg. Her first solo project was the 2005 release ''The Chumscrubber''. She then joined Mockingbird Pictures with partner Julie Lynn in 2011. Curtis and Lynn produced ''Albert Nobbs'', which was nominated for three Academy Awards. Curtis is a co-recipient of the 1999 Producers Guild Award for Motion Picture Producer of the Year, for ''Saving Private Ryan''. On March 12, 2015, Curtis was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame. Spielberg congratulated her via video message during the ceremony. Life and career Curtis was born in Dallas, Texas.20th Anniversary Topaz Awards Gala , October 22, 2004. She is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Taylor Pucci
Lou Taylor Pucci (born July 27, 1985) is an American actor who first appeared on film in Rebecca Miller's '' Personal Velocity: Three Portraits'' in 2002. Pucci had his breakthrough leading role in '' Thumbsucker'' (2005), for which he won a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival. Pucci then starred in ''The Chumscrubber'' (2005), ''Fast Food Nation'' (2006), ''The Go-Getter'' (2007), '' Explicit Ills'' (2008), and '' Carriers'' (2009). Pucci had starring roles in the 2013 '' Evil Dead'' remake, as well as ''The Story of Luke'' (2013) and ''Spring'' (2014). Early life and education Pucci was born in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. His mother, Linda Farver, is a former model and beauty queen (Miss Union County), and his father, Louis Pucci, worked as a guitarist for the bands The Watch and Leap of Faith. He has two brothers. At the age of two, he moved to Keansburg, New Jersey. He is a graduate of Christian Brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie-Anne Moss
Carrie-Anne Moss (born August 21, 1967) is a Canadian actress. After early roles on television, she rose to international prominence for her role of Trinity in ''The Matrix'' series (1999–present). She has starred in '' Memento'' (2000) for which she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, '' Red Planet'' (2000), '' Chocolat'' (2000), '' Fido'' (2006), ''Snow Cake'' (2006) for which she won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, '' Disturbia'' (2007), ''Unthinkable'' (2010), '' Silent Hill: Revelation'' (2012), and ''Pompeii'' (2014). She also portrayed Jeri Hogarth in several television series produced by Marvel Television for Netflix, most notably ''Jessica Jones'' (2015–2019). Early life Carrie-Anne Moss was born in Burnaby, British Columbia, the daughter of Barbara and Melvyn Moss. She has an older brother, Brooke. Moss's mother reportedly named her after the Hollies' 1967 hit song, "Carrie Anne", which had been re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Curtis (actor)
Thomas Wayne Curtis (born April 20, 1991) is an American actor. Curtis has starred in the 2000 movie ''The Cactus Kid'', and appeared in ''Sweet Home Alabama'', '' Red Dragon'', ''The Chumscrubber'' and ''Hansel & Gretel''. He also starred alongside Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ... winning actress Charlize Theron in the critically acclaimed film '' North Country'' in 2005. His latest acting role is as "Tom Olsen" in the TV series '' While the Children Sleep''. Filmography Feature films Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Curtis, Thomas 1991 births American male child actors American male film actors Place of birth missing (living people) American male television actors Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory Culkin
Rory Hugh Culkin (born July 21, 1989) is an American actor who is known for his roles in ''Scream 4'', ''Lords of Chaos (film), Lords of Chaos'', ''You Can Count on Me'', ''Columbus (2017 film), Columbus'', and M. Night Shyamalan's ''Signs (2002 film), Signs''. He is the younger brother of actors Macaulay Culkin and Kieran Culkin. Early life Rory Hugh Culkin was born July 21, 1989 in New York City, the youngest of seven children born to Kit Culkin, Christopher Cornelius "Kit" Culkin, a former Broadway theatre, Broadway stage actor, and Patricia Brentrup, a native of North Dakota who met Kit in 1974 while working as a road traffic controller in Sundance, Wyoming. Culkin's siblings include Shane ( 1976), Dakota (1979–2008), Macaulay Culkin, Macaulay ( 1980), Kieran Culkin, Kieran ( 1982), Quinn ( 1984), and Christian ( 1987). He also had a paternal half-sister, Jennifer (born 1970), who died in 2000. Culkin's paternal aunt is actress Bonnie Bedelia. Career Culkin began acting by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DreamWorks Pictures
DreamWorks Pictures (also known as DreamWorks SKG and formerly DreamWorks Studios, commonly referred to as DreamWorks) is an American film company and distribution label of Amblin Partners. It was originally founded on October 12, 1994 as a live-action film studio by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen (together, SKG), of which they owned 72%. The studio formerly distributed its own and third-party films. It has produced or distributed more than ten films with box-office grosses of more than $100 million each. In December 2005, the founders agreed to sell the studio to Viacom, parent of Paramount Pictures. The sale was completed in February 2006 (this version is now named DW Studios). In 2008, DreamWorks announced its intention to end its partnership with Paramount and made a deal to produce films with India's Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, re-creating DreamWorks Pictures as an independent entity. The following year, DreamWorks entered into a di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison Janney
Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) is an American actress. In a career spanning three decades, she is known for her performances across multiple genres of screen and stage. Janney has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and seven Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for two Tony Awards. Born in Boston and raised in Dayton, Ohio, Janney received a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art following her graduation from Kenyon College. After years of minor and uncredited film and television appearances, Janney's breakthrough came with the role of C. J. Cregg in the NBC political drama ''The West Wing'' (1999–2006), for which she received four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2014, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Margaret Scully on the Showtime period drama ''Masters of Sex''. For her portrayal of Bonnie Plun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Bell
Andrew James Matfin Bell (born 14 March 1986) is an English actor and dancer. He rose to prominence for his debut role in ''Billy Elliot'' (2000), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, becoming one of the youngest winners of the award. He is also known for his leading roles as Tintin in ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (2011) and as Ben Grimm / Thing in ''Fantastic Four'' (2015). Other notable performances include in the films ''King Kong'' (2005), ''Jumper'' (2008), ''Snowpiercer'' (2013), and ''Rocketman'' (2019). He earned a second BAFTA Award nomination for his leading performance in ''Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool'' (2017). In television, Bell starred as Abraham Woodhull in the AMC historical drama series '' Turn: Washington's Spies'' (2014–2017). Early life Jamie Bell was born on 14 March 1986 in Billingham, Teesside, England, where he grew up with his mother, Eileen Matfin, and elder sister, Kathryn. His father, John Bell, a toolmaker, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Close
Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress. Throughout her career spanning over four decades, Close has garnered numerous accolades, including two Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Tony Awards. Additionally, she has been nominated eight times for an Academy Award, holding the record for the most nominations in an acting category without a win (tied with Peter O'Toole). In 2016, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame, and in 2019, ''Time'' magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Born in Greenwich, Connecticut, Close majored in theater and anthropology at the College of William & Mary. She began her professional career on the stage in 1974 with ''Love for Love''. While in Broadway, she appeared in productions of ''Barnum'' in 1980 and ''The Real Thing'' in 1983, winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the latter. Her film debut came in the come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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