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Costas Mandylor
Costas Mandylor (born Konstantinos Theodosopoulos; 3 September 1965) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his role as Kenny in ''Picket Fences'' and for portraying Mark Hoffman in the ''Saw'' films. Early life Mandylor was born in Melbourne, the son of Greek immigrants from the Peloponnese region. Mandylor took a version of his mother's maiden name, citing his real name in Greek being too long. He grew up in St Kilda and South Melbourne. He moved to the United States in 1987 where he started taking acting lessons. He was initially unable to find any work acting and had to work any job available. Career Mandylor's first major role was in the 1989 film ''Triumph of the Spirit'' playing a European Jew, which was filmed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. He returned to Los Angeles meeting director Oliver Stone and auditioned and got the role of an Italian count in ''The Doors'' (1991). Mandylor landed a leading role in ''Mobsters'' playing Mafia boss Frank Cost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawnee Smitha And Costas Mandylor Saw 3D Premiere
The Shawnee are an Algonquian-speaking indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands. In the 17th century they lived in Pennsylvania, and in the 18th century they were in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, with some bands in Kentucky and Alabama. By the 19th century, they were forcibly removed to Missouri, Kansas, Texas, and ultimately Indian Territory, which became Oklahoma under the 1830 Indian Removal Act. Today, Shawnee people are enrolled in three federally recognized tribes, all headquartered in Oklahoma: the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, and Shawnee Tribe. Etymology Shawnee has also been written as Shaawanwaki, Ša·wano·ki, Shaawanowi lenaweeki, and Shawano. Algonquian languages have words similar to the archaic ''shawano'' (now: ''shaawanwa'') meaning "south". However, the stem ''šawa-'' does not mean "south" in Shawnee, but "moderate, warm (of weather)": See Charles F. Voegelin, "šawa (plus -ni, -te) MODERATE, WARM. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intrepid (film)
''Intrepid'', also known as ''Deep Water'', is a 2000 action film directed by John Putch, written by Keoni Waxman (under the name Darby Black), produced by Jim Wynorski and starring James Coburn, Costas Mandylor, Finola Hughes, Blake Clark, Julie McCullough, and Kevin Rahm. Cast * James Coburn as Captain Hal Josephson *Costas Mandylor as Alan Decker *Finola Hughes as Katherine Jessel *Alex Hyde-White as Colin *Larry Poindexter as First Officer "Lazo" Lazaro *Sonia Satra as Sabrina Masters *Chick Vennera as Ellerson *David Kaufman as Max Dennis *Blake Clark as Wayne * Robert Bauer as Mr. Clarence *Julie McCullough as Shannon * Brandon Maggart as The Bronco *Kevin Rahm as Steward Beck * Carol Arthur as Marcia Lowell *Michael Dean Jacobs as Mickey *Johnny Martin as Ernest *Clive Revill as Rupert Masters * David Packer as George *Warren Munson as General Moss *Michael Tylo Michael Edward Tylo (October 16, 1948 – September 28, 2021) was an American actor. Career Among his numer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Brother Cicero
''My Brother Cicero'' is a 1998 comedy short film written by Louis Mandylor and Tony Nittoli starring Louis Mandylor, Costas Mandylor and Tony Nittoli. Filmed in Hollywood, it garnered two independent film awards and generated mostly positive reviews from critics. Plot The harsh tale of an abusive relationship between a man and his cat - who steals his women and drugs, kills his mobster boss, and altogether terrorizes him. Cast * Costas Mandylor as Cicero * Louis Mandylor as Nicky * Tony Nittoli as Jimmy the Cat Crew * Producer Louis Mandylor * Director: Tony Nittoli * Writers: Tony Nittoli & Louis Mandylor Awards * 1998 ''Best Independent Film'' at Societes des Auteurs award at the Brussels Independent Film Festival * 1999 ''Best Short Film'' at the New York Underground Film Festival The New York Underground Film Festival was an annual event that occurred each March at Anthology Film Archives in New York City from 1994 through 2008 founded by filmmakers Todd Phillips ('' Roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Take (1998 Film)
''Double Take'' is a 1998 thriller film directed by Mark L. Lester. It follows a writer who believes he helped wrongly convict a man in an assassination, pulling him into a world of espionage and murder. Cast * Craig Sheffer as Connor McEwan * Costas Mandylor as Hector * Brigitte Bako as Nikki Capelli * Dan Lett as Detective Hardaway * Torri Higginson Sarah Victoria "Torri" Higginson (born December 6, 1969) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles in the '' TekWar'' movies and series, and for portraying Dr. Elizabeth Weir in ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'' (2004–2 ... as Peggy * Maurice Godin as Fritz * Peter Keleghan as Robert Mead * Frank Pellegrino as Frankie Reception Chris Parry of eFilmCritic.com wrote: "If you catch this late at night on TV, you may be tempted to watch til the end just to see how awful it can get. Do yourself a favor, fight that urge." References External links * * 1998 films English-language Canadian films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Write
''Just Write'' is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by Andrew Gallerani starring Jeremy Piven, Sherilyn Fenn, JoBeth Williams and Wallace Shawn. Plot Harold McMurphy (Piven) is a single, 30-year-old, Hollywood-obsessed tour bus driver in Beverly Hills who works for his father's struggling tour company. He dreams of finding a perfect woman that will love him for who he is, despite his father's insistence that he lower his standards. When two women from a tour ask Harold where they can see Hollywood stars, he directs them to a trendy Hollywood cafe where his best friend, Danny (Jeffrey D. Sams), is a bartender. Harold goes to meet them and overhears a conversation in which a man hits on a woman by telling her that he is a writer represented by Arthur Blake (Shawn). Harold then spots up-and-coming actress Amanda Clark (Fenn) arguing with her agent, Sidney Stone (Williams). Danny encourages Harold to ask Amanda for an autograph. She greets him warmly and asks what he does ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtuosity
''Virtuosity'' is a 1995 American science fiction action film directed by Brett Leonard and starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. Howard W. Koch Jr. served as an executive producer for the film. The film was released in the United States on August 4, 1995. ''Virtuosity'' had an estimated budget of $30 million and grossed $37 million worldwide. Plot In Los Angeles, Lt. Parker Barnes and John Donovan are testing a virtual reality system that is going to be used for training police officers. The two are tracking down a serial killer named SID 6.7 at a restaurant in virtual reality. SID (short for Sadistic, Intelligent, Dangerous, a VR amalgam of the most violent serial killers throughout history) causes Donovan to go into shock, killing him. The director overseeing the project, before Commissioner Elizabeth Deane and her associate, William Wallace, orders the programmer in charge of creating SID, Dr. Darrel Lindenmeyer, to shut down the project. Barnes is a former police ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delta Of Venus (film)
''Delta of Venus'' is a 1994 American erotic drama film directed by Zalman King and starring Audie England, Costas Mandylor, and Marek Vašut. It is inspired by the posthumously published 1977 short story collection ''Delta of Venus'' by Anaïs Nin. NC-17 and R-rated versions of the film exist; the NC-17 rating is due to explicit sex. The DVD release contains both versions of the film. The film was released in June 1995 in the United States. Plot Set in Paris, France, in 1940 in the early days of World War II before the German invasion and conquest of France, Elena Martin (Audie England) is a young American writer struggling to get by in Paris while searching for inspiration for her first novel. Elena meets and has a sordid affair with a fellow American expatriate named Lawrence Walters (Costas Mandylor). With some encouragement from her friends, her lover, and her publisher, Elena gets involved in nude modeling and progresses onward through many other forms of voyeuristic and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fist Of The North Star (1995 Film)
''Fist of the North Star'' is a 1995 American science fiction martial arts film based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara. The film was directed by Tony Randel, who also co-wrote the script with Peter Atkins, and stars Gary Daniels, Costas Mandylor, Chris Penn, Isako Washio and Malcolm McDowell. A Japanese dub of the film was produced by Toei Video which featured the cast of the 1980s anime television series reprising their roles. The film was released direct-to-video. The film, which loosely adapts the first story arc of the original manga, centers on Ken (Daniels), the lone master of the "North Star" martial art school, who wanders the post-apocalyptic Earth in search of his nemesis Lord Shin, the man who killed his master and kidnapped his fiancee. Meanwhile, Shin rules as dictator of the city of Southern Cross with his personal army known as the Crossmen, who are given orders to hunt down Kenshiro. Plot In the aftermath of World War III, the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus Rising
''Venus Rising'' is a 1995 erotic science fiction film directed by Leora Barish and Edgar Michael Bravo and starring Billy Wirth, Audie England, Costas Mandylor, Morgan Fairchild, Meredith Salenger, Jessica Alba, and Joel Grey. Plot summary Eve (Audie England) grows up on a privately run prison island. She finds a boat left by a man who had shipwrecked on the island's coast. When her guardian tries to rape her, she kills him by removing a security device implanted in his arm and then takes the boat to escape the island. Once on land, Eve prostitutes herself to a stranger in exchange for money and food. After sex, they argue and the man tries to rape her, but she stabs him in the side, killing him, and leaves his body on the beach. While the police start investigating the man's death, the private corporation that runs the island prison notices that someone has escaped and begins a search. Eve befriends a rich woman who takes her home and provides food and fine clothes. The wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatal Past
''Fatal Past'' is a 1993 Australian thriller film 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 ....Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p56 References External links * * * 1993 films 1990s thriller films Australian thriller films 1990s English-language films 1990s Australian films {{1990s-Australia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soapdish
''Soapdish'' is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Michael Hoffman, from a screenplay by Robert Harling and Andrew Bergman. The film was produced by Aaron Spelling and Alan Greisman, and executive produced by Herbert Ross. The film tells a backstage story of the cast and crew of a popular fictional television soap opera. It stars Sally Field as a mature soap star, joined by Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr., Elisabeth Shue, Whoopi Goldberg, Cathy Moriarty, Teri Hatcher, Garry Marshall, Kathy Najimy, and Carrie Fisher, as well as cameo appearances by TV personalities like Leeza Gibbons, John Tesh (both playing themselves as ''Entertainment Tonight'' hosts/reporters), real-life soap opera actors Stephen Nichols and Finola Hughes. The film received generally positive reviews. Kline was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Plot Celeste Talbert, the long-time star of the daytime drama ''The Sun Also Sets'', is targeted by her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
