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Cleopatra Wong
Cleopatra Wong is a fictional character created in 1978 by Filipino filmmaker and producer Bobby A. Suarez, who featured her in three feature-length movies: ''They Call Her Cleopatra Wong'' in 1978, ''Dynamite Johnson'' (a.k.a. ''Bionic Boy II'') in 1979, and ''Devil’s Angels'' (a.k.a. ''Devil’s Three'') in 1980. She was portrayed by Singapore actress Marrie Lee. Fictional character biography The Singapore-based fictional Interpol agent has been used in an early film franchise hailing from Southeast Asia, and has remained the only film franchise featuring a Singaporean as the central figure. In ''Dynamite Johnson'', the character Cleopatra Wong joined forces with Bionic Boy, another recurring character also created by Bobby A. Suarez. The Cleopatra Wong films are renowned for bringing together elements pertaining both to the Western spy movie genre and to the Asian martial arts film genre, with the use of numerous gadgets and a variety of exotic locations, as well as for the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Call Her Cleopatra Wong
''They Call Her... Cleopatra Wong'' (also known as ''Cleopatra Wong'' and ''Female Big Boss'') is a 1978 Philippine-Singaporean international co-production film directed by Bobby A. Suarez and co-written by Suarez and Romeo N. Galang. It features the first adventure of Asian Interpol agent Cleopatra Wong, starring Marrie Lee in the title role, together with Franco Guerrero, Dante Varonna and George Estregan. The film, riding on the success of Hong Kong martial arts films of the era as well as the Cleopatra Jones, James Bond and superspy craze, details the adventures of the first and only Singaporean female Interpol agent. The film is reportedly listed by cult director Quentin Tarantino as among those that inspired him. Two sequels were filmed in the Philippines. Plot Cleopatra Wong is a deadly female Interpol agent, with the title sequence displaying her prowess at marksmanship, archery and unarmed combat. She is interrupted while on holiday in Manila by the Chief in Singapore, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
''They Call Me Mister Tibbs!'' is a 1970 American DeLuxe Color crime drama film directed by Gordon Douglas. The second installment in a trilogy, the release was preceded by '' In the Heat of the Night'' (1967) and followed by '' The Organization'' (1971). The film's title was taken from a line in the first film. Sidney Poitier reprised his role of police detective Virgil Tibbs, though in this sequel, Tibbs is working for the San Francisco Police rather than the Philadelphia Police (as in the original film) or the Pasadena Police (as in the novels). Plot Detective Virgil Tibbs, now a lieutenant with the San Francisco police, is assigned to investigate the murder of a prostitute. A prime suspect is Reverend Logan Sharpe, a street preacher who is leading one of the sides in a city referendum on an urban renewal project. He tells Tibbs he was visiting the prostitute in his professional capacity, to advise her spiritually, and that when he left her apartment, she was alive an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female Characters In Film
Female (symbol: ♀) is the sex of an organism that produces the large non-motile ova (egg cells), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and males are results of the anisogamous reproduction system, wherein gametes are of different sizes, unlike isogamy where they are the same size. The exact mechanism of female gamete evolution remains unknown. In species that have males and females, sex-determination may be based on either sex chromosomes, or environmental conditions. Most female mammals, including female humans, have two X chromosomes. Female characteristics vary between different species with some species having pronounced secondary female sex characteristics, such as the presence of pronounced mammary glands in mammals. In humans, the word ''female'' can also be used to refer to gender in the social sense of gender role or gender identity. Etymology and usage The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Characters Introduced In 1978
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 photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of 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 images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Editions Didier Millet
Editions Didier Millet is a publisher of illustrated general and reference books, emphasising strongly on Southeast Asia. The company also produces books and catalogues for museums, galleries, corporations and other institutions. The company was established in 1989, headquartered in Singapore. It has offices in Kuala Lumpur, Bali and Paris. It sells and distributes its books in Southeast Asia, and sells elsewhere by co-editions with other publishers, including Harvard University Press and Tuttle in the US, HarperCollins and Thames & Hudson in the UK, Christian Verlag in Germany and Oxford University Press and Penguin in India. Archipelago Press is an imprint of Editions Didier Millet. Books published by Editions Didier Millet Editions Didier Millet publishes approximately 40 titles a year. Some important titles include: * ''Chronicle of Malaysia'' * ''Chronicle of Singapore'' * ''Chronicle of Thailand'' * '' Sketchbook series'' * ''The Chic Collection'' * '' The Encyclopedia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphaël Millet
Raphaël Millet is a French writer, critic, producer and director of cinema and television, as well as an organiser and programmer of photographic and cultural events. Studies Having completed his secondary education at lycée Henri-IV in Paris, Raphaël Millet graduated from the Paris Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) in 1994, obtained a master's degree (diplôme d'études approfondies – DEA) in political science (with a specialization in African studies) from University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne in 1995, and a master's degree (diplôme d'études approfondies – DEA) in film studies from University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle in 1996. Career Raphaël Millet started his career in 1996–97 as a consultant for the Paris office of international law firm Shearman & Sterling, then for the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. In 1998, he joined French National Center of Cinematography and the moving image, as advisor to the CEO. In 1999, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rock Database
The Australian Rock Database was a website with a searchable online database that listed details of Australian rock music artists, albums, bands, producers and record labels. It was established in 2000 by Swedish national Magnus Holmgren, who had developed an interest in Australian music when visiting as an exchange student. Information for the database entries was initially gleaned from Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara and Paul McHenry's ''Who's Who of Australian Rock'' (3rd ed, 1993) and Ian McFarlane's ''Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop'' (1999). Australian Government The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government, is the national government of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Like other Westminster-style systems of government, the Australian Government i ...'s former website on Culture and Recreation listed Australian Rock Database as a resource for Australian rock music. References ;General * * NOTE: Online copy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Armiger
Michael William Armiger is an English-born Australian guitarist and teacher. He has been a member of various groups including Paul Kelly Band (1983–84), Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls (1985–86), John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong (1987–88), The Johnnys (1988–89, 1991), The Go-Betweens (1989), and Sean Kelly and the Iron Dukes (1990). Biography Michael William Armiger was born in Hertfordshire. His father, John, played double bass, piano and sang in local bands; his mother also played piano and sang. His older brothers are Martin (born 1949), Keith and Andrew, and his younger brother is Christopher (born 1965). The family migrated to Australia by 1965 and they lived in Elizabeth, South Australia. In 1978 he formed The Immigrants with his brothers Keith and Andrew, and with Rod Greig, Andy Thomas, and Kym Webster. The group broke up in 1980. Soon after Armiger and his brothers, Keith and Andrew, left Adelaide for Melbourne and formed 10000 Guitars. By August 1983 Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Go-Betweens
The Go-Betweens were an Australian indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1977. The band was co-founded and led by singer-songwriters and guitarists Robert Forster and Grant McLennan, who were its only constant members throughout its existence. Drummer Lindy Morrison joined the band in 1980, and its lineup would later expand to include bass guitarist Robert Vickers and multi-instrumentalist Amanda Brown. Vickers was replaced by John Willsteed in 1987, and the quintet lineup remained in place until the band split two years later. Forster and McLennan reformed the band in 2000 with a new lineup that did not include any previous personnel aside from them. McLennan died on 6 May 2006 of a heart attack and the Go-Betweens disbanded again. In 2010, a toll bridge in their native Brisbane was renamed the Go Between Bridge after them. In 1988, "Streets of Your Town", the first single from '' 16 Lovers Lane'', entered the Top 100 on both the Kent Music Report chart in Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Brown (musician)
Amanda Gabrielle Brown (born 17 November 1965) is an Australian composer, classically trained musician, singer and songwriter known for her role as the violinist of the band The Go-Betweens and more recently a session musician and soundtrack composer. Career 1980s Brown's early bands during the early 1980s were Climbing Frame, Tender Mercies (with John Willsteed, also later with The Go-Betweens) and Blood Brothers, in which she played violin, oboe, guitar and keyboards. In 1986, The Go-Betweens – soon after signing a new contract (this time with Beggars Banquet) – discovered Amanda Brown playing live in a café. She later joined the band in London, her addition expanding the line-up to a five-piece, for which she provided backing vocals, violin, oboe, guitar and keyboards and arrangements.Strong, Martin C. (1999) ''The Great Alternative & Indie Discography'', Canongate, Brown played on two studio albums, '' Tallulah'' (1987) and '' 16 Lovers Lane'' (1988). The Go-Betweens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Hartley
Mark Hartley is an Australian film maker. He is best known for the documentary '' Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!'' (2008) and the remake of ''Patrick'' (2013). He also wrote and directed the documentary film '' Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films''. Select filmography * ''A Dream Within a Dream: The Making of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock (2004) (documentary) *'' Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!'' (2008) (documentary) *''Machete Maidens Unleashed!'' (2010) (documentary) *''Patrick'' (2013) *'' Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films'' (2014) (documentary) Awards and nominations ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987. ! , - , 1997 , Mark Hartley for "Good Mornin'" by You Am I , rowspan="7" , Best Video , , rowspan="7" , ARIA Award prev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Straits Times
''The Straits Times'' is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and currently owned by SPH Media Trust (previously Singapore Press Holdings). ''The Sunday Times'' is its Sunday edition. The newspaper was established on 15 July 1845 as ''The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce''. ''The Straits Times'' is considered a newspaper of record for Singapore. The print and digital editions of ''The Straits Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' have a daily average circulation of 364,134 and 364,849 respectively in 2017, as audited by Audit Bureau of Circulations Singapore. Myanmar and Brunei editions are published, with newsprint circulations of 5,000 and 2,500 respectively. History The original conception for ''The Straits Times'' has been debated by historians of Singapore. Prior to 1845, the only English-language newspaper in Singapore was ''The'' ''Singapore Free Press'', founded by William Napier in 1835. Marterus Thaddeus Apcar, an Armenian mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
