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Films Set In Minnesota
Many television shows and/or films have been filmed or set in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Films * '' The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)'' * ''Airport'' (1970) (box office #1 film in the U.S.) * ''An American Romance'' (1944) * ''Angus'' (1995) * ''Aurora Borealis'' (2006) * '' Beautiful Girls'' (1996) * ''Best Man Down'' (2012) * '' Big Bully'' (1996) * '' The Big One'' (1997) * ''Bill'' (1981) * ''The Bishop's Wife'' (1947) * ''Bloodstained Memoirs'' (2009) * ''Clouds'' (2020) * '' Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther'' (1939) * '' Contagion'' (2011) (box office #1 film in the U.S.) * ''Crossing the Bridge'' (1992) * ''The Cure'' (1995) * '' D2: The Mighty Ducks'' (1994) (box office #1 film in the U.S.) * '' D3: The Mighty Ducks'' (1996) * ''Dear White People'' (2014) * ''Drop Dead Fred'' (1991) * '' Drop Dead Gorgeous'' (1999) * ''Embrace of the Vampire'' (1995) * '' The Emigrants'' (1971) * ''Equinox'' (1992) * '' The Eyes of Tammy Faye'' (2000) * ''Factotum'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Shows
A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed between shows. Television shows are most often scheduled for broadcast well ahead of time and appear on electronic guides or other TV listings, but streaming services often make them available for viewing anytime. The content in a television show can be produced with different methodologies such as taped variety shows emanating from a television studio stage, animation or a variety of film productions ranging from movies to series. Shows not produced on a television studio stage are usually contracted or licensed to be made by appropriate production companies. Television shows can be viewed live (real time), be recorded on home video, a digital video recorder for later viewing, be viewed on demand via a set-top box, or streamed over the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
From The Diary Of Ray And Esther
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Fargo (1996 Film)
''Fargo'' is a 1996 black comedy crime film written, produced and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Frances McDormand stars as Marge Gunderson, a pregnant Minnesota police chief investigating a triple homicide that takes place after a desperate car salesman (William H. Macy) hires two criminals (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife in order to extort a hefty ransom from her wealthy father (Harve Presnell). The film was an American-British co-production. Filmed in the United States during the end of 1995, ''Fargo'' premiered at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, where Joel Coen won the festival's '' Prix de la mise en scène'' (Best Director Award) and the film was nominated for the Palme d'Or. The film was both a commercial and critical success, earning particular acclaim for the Coens' direction and script and the performances of McDormand, Macy, and Buscemi. ''Fargo'' received seven Oscar nominations at the 69th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Factotum (film)
''Factotum'' is a 2005 French-Norwegian dark comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Bent Hamer, adapted from the 1975 novel of the same name by Charles Bukowski. It stars Matt Dillon as Bukowski’s alter ego, Henry Chinaski. Although events in the book take place in Los Angeles in the 1940s, the film has a contemporary setting. Plot Henry 'Hank' Chinaski (Matt Dillon) is working toward becoming a writer while struggling with alcoholism and holding various menial jobs. The film follows Chinaski as he works at, and gets fired from, various jobs, which include cleaning a massive sculpture, delivering ice, working at a pickle factory, and at a bicycle supply warehouse. In the course of sampling the smorgasbord of short-lived occupations, he meets up with assorted eccentric, frequently alcoholic characters. The first woman Chinaski meets in a bar becomes his most consistent companion throughout the film. Jan (Lili Taylor), like Chinaski, is an alcoholic. He moves in and becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye (2000 Film)
''The Eyes of Tammy Faye'' is a 2000 American documentary film about the life of Tammy Faye Bakker. Directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, produced by their company World of Wonder, it is narrated by RuPaul Charles. Legacy and home media It was followed by a 2005 documentary ''Tammy Faye: Death Defying'', which follows Bakker's struggle with inoperable stage 4 colon cancer. Both films are available on WOW Presents Plus. Reception ''The Eyes of Tammy Faye'' has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 86% based on 36 reviews. It is listed at 23rd on the ''50 Documentaries to See Before You Die'' on Current TV. Accolades It won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Documentary Film and was also nominated for Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature. Film adaptation The documentary served as the basis for a biographical film of the same title, starring Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye and Andrew Garfield as Jim, with Cherry Jones and Vincent D'Onofrio co-starring. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equinox (1992 Film)
''Equinox'' is a 1992 film written and directed by Alan Rudolph. It stars Matthew Modine in dual roles, along with Lara Flynn Boyle, Marisa Tomei and Fred Ward. The film was shot in Minnesota and Utah and is set in the fictional urban city of Empire. It was nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards. Plot Henry Petosa and Freddy Ace are identical twins living in the fictional city of Empire with no knowledge of each other, separated at birth and given up for adoption. Henry is a shy garage mechanic. He lives in a slum and loves Beverly Franks, his best friend's sister. He also baby-sits for his neighbor Rosie, a prostitute. Freddy is a driver for Mr. Paris, a gangster. He is slick and self-confident, married to a materialistic woman named Sharon. One day, a young woman named Sonya Kirk who works in a morgue accidentally comes across a letter indicating that the twins are actually the offspring of European nobility and owed a large sum of inheritance money. Sonya decides to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Emigrants (film)
''The Emigrants'' ( sv, Utvandrarna) is a 1971 Swedish film directed and co-written by Jan Troell and starring Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Allan Edwall, Monica Zetterlund, and Pierre Lindstedt. It and its 1972 sequel, ''The New Land'' (''Nybyggarna''), which were produced concurrently, are based on Vilhelm Moberg's ''The Emigrants'', a series of novels about poor Swedes who emigrate from Småland, Sweden, in the mid-19th century and make their home in Minnesota. This film adapts the first two of the four novels ('' The Emigrants'' (1949) and ''Unto a Good Land'' (1952)), which depict the hardships the emigrants experience in Sweden and on their journey to America. ''The Emigrants'' won international acclaim and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 44th Academy Awards. It was nominated for four more Oscars the following year, including for Best Picture, the same year that ''The New Land'' was nominated for Best Foreign Language F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embrace Of The Vampire
''Embrace of the Vampire'' is a 1995 American erotic thriller-vampire film directed by Anne Goursaud. It stars Alyssa Milano as Charlotte, a chaste girl who is haunted by a vampire played by Martin Kemp. Plot Charlotte is a "chaste" good girl, who is having erotic dreams where she meets her dream lover who is a dark, handsome vampire – who was himself bitten by nymph vampires long ago, losing the love of his life, and who sees Charlotte as the reincarnation of his long lost lover, a princess. Charlotte's dreams interfere with her relationship with her real-life boyfriend, who is not quite as fascinating as the vampire dream boy. The vampire gives Charlotte an Ankh that alters her behaviour when she wears it. Charlotte is drawn towards the vampire's world but she is disturbed by her longings. There is the usual struggle between such opposing entities, as Charlotte sees that not only does she have to choose between her boyfriend and her mysterious night-time visitor, but also betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drop Dead Gorgeous (film)
''Drop Dead Gorgeous'' is a 1999 American satirical mockumentary black comedy film about a small town beauty pageant, directed by Michael Patrick Jann, and starring Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Brittany Murphy, Allison Janney, Denise Richards, Kirstie Alley, and Amy Adams in her film debut. The satirical dynamics of a Minnesota town unfold as multiple contestants in the regional American Teen Princess Pageant begin to die suspiciously. The film has gained new fans with time and is now regarded as a cult film. Plot In 1995, Mount Rose, Minnesota is preparing for the annual Sarah Rose Cosmetics Mount Rose American Teen Princess Pageant beauty pageant. Ambitious Amber Atkins, an optimist, signs up to follow in the footsteps of her idol Diane Sawyer. Her mother, Annette is a former contestant. Amber works after school in the mortuary, applying makeup to corpses. They live in a small trailer near their friend Loretta. Fellow contestant Rebecca ("Becky") Leeman is the daughter of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drop Dead Fred
''Drop Dead Fred'' is a 1991 black comedy fantasy film directed by Ate de Jong, produced by PolyGram and Working Title Films and released and distributed by New Line Cinema, starring Phoebe Cates as a young woman named Elizabeth Cronin and Rik Mayall as her imaginary friend Drop Dead Fred, with Carrie Fisher, Ron Eldard, Tim Matheson, and Bridget Fonda in supporting roles. The film follows Elizabeth as she is haunted by Fred in adulthood. Plot Unassertive and repressed Minneapolis court reporter Elizabeth Cronin visits her husband Charles, from whom she is separated, on her lunch break, hoping to sort out their problems. He reasserts his desire for a divorce and says that he is in love with another woman, named Annabella. While she is at a public phone, first a man breaks into her car to steal her purse, and another steals the car itself. Forced to run back to work at the courthouse, she arrives late and gets fired. As she leaves the courthouse, she runs into childhood friend Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dear White People
''Dear White People'' is a 2014 American satirical dark comedy-drama film written, directed and co-produced by Justin Simien. The film focuses on escalating racial tensions at a fictitious, prestigious Ivy League college from the perspective of several black students. It stars Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Kyle Gallner, Teyonah Parris, Brandon P. Bell, Brittany Curran, Marque Richardson and Dennis Haysbert. The film premiered in competition in the ''US Dramatic Category'' at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014. The film had a theatrical release in United States on October 17, 2014. A commercial and critical success, the film profited at the box office and received positive reviews from many professional critics. It has also been nominated for and has received several awards. In 2017, the film was adapted into a Netflix series of the same name, also with Simien's involvement. Like the film, the series has also enjoyed critical acclaim. Plot Samantha White, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mighty Ducks
''The Mighty Ducks'' is an American media franchise. It features a trilogy of live-action films released in the 1990s by Walt Disney Pictures, an animated television series, a live-action sequel television series, and a real-world National Hockey League hockey team. The movies revolve around a Twin Cities ice hockey team, composed of young players that stick together throughout various challenges. Despite negative reviews from film critics, the trilogy's commercial success paved the way for the franchise's expansion. The franchise has various releases in other media, including theme park and hotel attractions. Film ''The Mighty Ducks'' (1992) After being pulled over for drunk driving, Minneapolis-based attorney Gordon Bombay is sentenced to 500 hours of community service, coaching youth hockey. There he meets the District 5 peewee hockey team perennial losers who finish at the bottom of the league standings year after year. They are shut out every game and lose by at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
