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Comeback (film)
''Comeback'' is a 1982 semi-autobiographical film starring Eric Burdon, an English singer best known as a member and vocalist of rock band The Animals and of the funk rock band War, and for his aggressive stage performances. It was shot first in Los Angeles then in Berlin. In spring 1984, MGM released the film on VHS. A soundtrack to the movie was also released in 1982, ''Comeback (Eric Burdon album), Comeback''. Premise A once-famous blues singer whose career has taken a downturn tries to get back on top. Cast File:Eric-Burdon 1973.jpg, Eric-Burdon 1973 File:Eric Burdon & the Animals.jpg, Eric Burdon & the Animals * Eric Burdon as Rocco * Julie Carmen as Tina * Michael Cavanaugh (actor), Michael Cavanaugh as The Manager * John Aprea as Lawyer * Louisiana Red as "Louisiana" * Jorg Pfennigwerth as Paul * Blackie Dammett as "Heavy" * Edwin Craig as "Freak" * Emily Woods as Laura * Bob Lockwood as Marilyn * Rosa King as Rosa * Blair Ashleigh as Liz * Dan van Husen as Zuhaelt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Burdon
Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941) is an English singer. He was previously the lead vocalist of R&B and rock band the Animals and funk band War. He is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep, powerful blues-rock voice. He is also known for his aggressive stage performances. In 2008, he was ranked 57th in ''Rolling Stone'''s list of "The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time". Early life Eric Burdon was born in 1941 in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. His father, Matt, was originally from Tyneside. His mother, Rene, was originally from Ireland and moved to Scotland before settling in Newcastle in the 1930s. He also had a younger sister, Irene. Burdon later recalled that his middle name "Victor" had been chosen after encouragement from the Lord Mayor, who offered new mothers £25 if their new-borns were given a patriotic "war name." Burdon states he often had a divided loyalty in his sense of place and identity. He was born to a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Carmen
Julie Carmen (born April 4, 1954) is an American actress, dancer and a licensed psychotherapist. She came to prominence onscreen in the 1980s, for her role in John Cassavetes' film, ''Gloria'' (1980), opposite Gena Rowlands. Acting Carmen was born in New York City of Spanish and Cuban ancestry. Her acting training was with Sanford Meisner at Neighborhood Playhouse and with Uta Hagen at HB Studios. Carmen was on the Board of Directors of both Women in Film for three years and IFP/West for six years. She has starred in a variety of films including ''Gloria'' directed by John Cassavetes, ''Night of the Juggler'' (1980), ''Comeback'' (1982) opposite Eric Burdon, '' Last Plane Out'' (1983), Condo , '' Blue City'' (1986), Robert Redford's ''The Milagro Beanfield War'' (1988), ''Fright Night Part 2'' (1988) as vampire Regine Dandrige, ''Paint It Black'' (1989), John Carpenter's ''In the Mouth of Madness'' (1995), NYPD Blue (1999) and '' King of the Jungle'' (2000) opposite John Leguiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Seitz
Jane Seitz (also known as Juliane Sperr; 17 August 1942 – 4 January 1988) was a German film editor. Seitz edited different films produced by Bernd Eichinger. She was his girlfriend for some time and committed suicide at the age of 45. Her last editorial credit was for the comedy film ''Felix'', released in September 1988.Katja Eichinger: ''BE'' pages 184-188 Wolfgang Rihm orchestrated 1988/89 a text written by Seitz’ former partner Wolf Wondratschek ''Mein Tod. Requiem in memoriam Jane S.'' for soprano and orchestra. Films (incomplete list) * 1965: ''When the Grapevines Bloom on the Danube'' * 1966: ''Onkel Filser – Allerneueste Lausbubengeschichten'' * 1967: ''When Ludwig Goes on Manoeuvres'' * 1968: ''Hunting Scenes from Bavaria'' * 1970: ''Deadlock'' * 1970: ''Student of the Bedroom'' * 1970: ''Die Feuerzangenbowle'' * 1971: ''Supergirl'' * 1974: ''Supermarket'' * 1975: ''Katie Tippel'' * 1976: ''Coup de Grâce'' * 1977: ''Soldier of Orange'' * 1977: ''The Conquest o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema International Corporation
Cinema International Corporation (CIC) was a film distribution company started by Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures in the early 1970s to distribute the two studios' films outside the United States – it even operated in Canada before it was considered part of the "domestic" market. During the 1970s, CIC was the "most important agent of overseas distribution" for American films. In 1981, CIC merged with United Artists' international units and became United International Pictures. The formation of CIC, and the profit-sharing arrangement that made it work, has been described as the product of "revolutionary thinking". Overview Paramount Pictures, Paramount's early history with MCA Inc., MCA dates back to the 1950s, when part of its talent pool worked for Paramount Pictures; Alfred Hitchcock was among the best known. In 1958, MCA purchased the Paramount sound feature film library from 1929 to 1949. In 1962, MCA purchased Universal Pictures, Universal Studios. In 1966, Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comeback (Eric Burdon Album)
''Comeback'' is an album by Eric Burdon released in 1982, during the '' Comeback film'' project. It was the studio album to the film. Live tracks recorded during the sessions were released later on compilations. It was re-released several times under the name ''Crawling King Snake'' and ''The Road''. ''The Comeback Soundtrack'' (with studio and live tracks) was released in 1994. Track listing # "No More Elmore" (Eric Burdon, John Sterling) – 4:36 # "The Road" (Eric Burdon, John Sterling) – 4:50 # "Crawling King Snake" (Traditional; arranged by Eric Burdon) – 2:15 # "Take It Easy" (Delbert McClinton) – 3:41 # "Dey Won't" (James Newport, John Sterling) – 3:09 # "Wall of Silence" (Eric Burdon, John Sterling) – 3:10 # "Streetwalker" (Eric Burdon, John Sterling) – 3:12 # "It Hurts Me Too" (Elmore James) – 4:49 # "Lights Out" (Mac Rebennack Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the African-American culture. The blues form is ubiquitous in jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll, and is characterized by the call-and-response pattern (the blues scale and specific chord progressions) of which the twelve-bar blues is the most common. Blue notes (or "worried notes"), usually thirds, fifths or sevenths flattened in pitch, are also an essential part of the sound. Blues shuffles or walking bass reinforce the trance-like rhythm and form a repetitive effect known as the groove. Blues as a genre is also characterized by its lyrics, bass lines, and instrumentation. Early traditional blues verses consisted of a single line repeated four times. It was only in the first decades of the 20th century that the most common current str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Cavanaugh (actor)
Michael Cavanaugh (born November 21, 1942) is an American actor. Cavanaugh was born in New York City, and has performed in more than one hundred films since 1976. His television guest-credits include ''The West Wing'', ''Joe Bash'', ''Starman'', ''Hunter'', ''Monk'' and '' 24''. He also served in the United States Navy, enlisting following graduation from high school, serving for three years while stationed in Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat .... Film Television Web series References External links * 1942 births American male film actors American male television actors Living people Male actors from New York City {{US-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Aprea
Jonathan "John" Aprea (born March 4, 1941) is an American actor and comedian, best known for his role as the young Sal Tessio in '' The Godfather: Part II'' (1974) and on television as Lucas Castigliano in '' Another World'' from 1989 to 1992. He played Lee in ''Tales from the Darkside'' Going Native (1988) series 4, episode 17. He also co-starred with Lee Horsley in ''Matt Houston'' during the 1980s, and appeared on the TV series ''Full House'' (1987–1995) and the spin-off series '' Fuller House'' (2016). He guest-starred on the HBO series ''The Sopranos'' (1999). Biography Aprea was born Jonathan Aprea in Englewood, New Jersey, on March 4, 1941.Coutros, Evonne"ENGLEWOOD NATIVE STRIKES OUT ON OWN" ''The Record (Bergen County)'', July 20, 1994. Accessed November 25, 2007. He has one daughter, Nicole Alexandra Aprea (born 1989). Filmography * 1968 ''Bullitt'' as Killer * 1970 '' The Grasshopper'' as The Ice Pack * 1970 '' The Dark Side of Tomorrow'' as Jim Jeffers * 1972 ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana Red
Iverson Minter (March 23, 1932 – February 25, 2012), known as Louisiana Red, was an American blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer, who recorded more than 50 albums. He was best known for his song "Sweet Blood Call". Biography Born in Bessemer, Alabama, Minter lost his parents early in life; his mother died of pneumonia shortly after his birth, and his father was lynched by the Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan (), commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is an American white supremacist, right-wing terrorist, and hate group whose primary targets are African Americans, Jews, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and ... in 1937.Wynn, Ron. [ Louisiana Red: Biography]. Allmusic.com. He was brought up by a series of relatives in various towns and cities. Red recorded for Chess Records, Chess in 1949, before joining the United States Army, Army. He was trained as a parachutist with the 82nd Airborne and was sent to Korea in 1951. The 82nd Airborne was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackie Dammett
Anthony Kiedis ( ; born November 1, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter. He is a founding member and lead vocalist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Kiedis and his fellow band members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Kiedis spent his youth in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his mother, and then moved shortly before his twelfth birthday to live with his father in Hollywood. While attending Fairfax High School, Kiedis befriended students Flea and Hillel Slovak, who were members of a band called Anthym. After high school, Kiedis began taking classes at UCLA but dropped out in his sophomore year. When Kiedis received an offer to be the opening act for a local band, he enlisted Flea, Slovak, and drummer Jack Irons. After a show under the name Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem, the band progressed and the line-up eventually became the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He has recorded thirteen studio albums with the Red Hot Chili Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
