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Damon Fox (writer)
Damon Fox (born May 17, 1966) is an American writer. His works as a screenwriter include ''Traces of Death'' (1993) and ''Traces of Death II'' (1994). Early life Fox was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1966. He claims to have written and directed plays during childhood. In High School, he wrote and directed original plays. Career During the 1990s, Fox formed Foxx Entertainment Enterprises Inc. With this production company, he created, scripted and narrated the shockumentary films ''Traces of Death I'' and ''II''. Selected filmography Self * Traces of Death (1993) - Narrator, host * Traces of Death II (1994) - Narrator * The Coroner's Camera (1997) - Narrator Producer * Traces of Death (1993) - Co-executive producer * Traces of Death II (1994) - Co-executive producer * The Coroner's Camera (1997) - Producer Writer * Traces of Death (1993) * Traces of Death II (1994) * The Coroner's Camera (1997) Composer * The Coroner's Camera (1997) * The Kid & I ''The Kid & I'' is a 2005 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix ( ; nv, Hoozdo; es, Fénix or , yuf-x-wal, Banyà:nyuwá) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities and towns in Arizona#List of cities and towns, most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the List of United States cities by population, fifth-most populous city in the United States, and the only U.S. state capital with a population of more than one million residents. Phoenix is the anchor of the Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, which in turn is part of the Salt River Valley. The metropolitan area is the 11th largest by population in the United States, with approximately 4.85 million people . Phoenix, the seat of Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa County, has the largest area of all cities in Arizona, with an area of , and is also the List of United States cities by area, 11th largest city by area in the United States. It is the largest metropolitan area, bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traces Of Death
''Traces of Death'' is a 1993 Z movie mondo shockumentary that consists of various scenes of stock footage depicting death and real scenes of violence. Unlike the earlier ''Faces of Death'' which included fake deaths and reenactments, ''Traces'' consists mostly of actual footage depicting death and injury, and consists also of public domain footage from other films. It was written and narrated by Damon Fox. Since its release, ''Traces of Death'' has been followed by four sequels. The first sequel, ''Traces of Death II'', was released in June 1994. This was followed by ''Traces of Death III'' in December 1994, ''Traces of Death IV: Resurrected'' in 1996 and ''Traces of Death V: Back in Action'' in April 2000. Film content In the first two films of the series, Damon Fox was the narrator. Darrin Ramage, who would later become the founder of Brain Damage Films, would become the host for the third, fourth and fifth volumes. Unlike ''Faces of Death'', the footage throughout the ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mondo Film
Mondo films are a subgenre of exploitation films and documentary films. Many mondo films are made in a way to resemble a pseudo-documentary and usually depicting sensational topics, scenes, or situations. Common traits of mondo films include portrayals of foreign cultures (which have drawn accusations of ethnocentrism or racism),Kerekes & Slater, p. 108. an emphasis on taboo subjects such as death and sex, and staged sequences presented as genuine documentary footage. Over time, the films have placed increasing emphasis on footage of the dead and dying (both real and fake). The term ''mondo'' is derived from the Italian word for "world". The term shockumentary is also used to describe the genre. Mondo films began to soar in popularity in the 1960s with the releases of ''Mondo Cane'' (1962), ''Women of the World'' (1963) and '' Africa Addio'' (1966). The genre arguably reached its peak with ''Faces of Death'' in 1978, a film that inspired myriad imitators, such as the ''Traces o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kid & I
''The Kid & I'' is a 2005 American comedy film directed by Penelope Spheeris and starring Tom Arnold and Eric Gores. Plot Former actor Bill Williams ( Tom Arnold) is about to commit suicide over his ruined career. He throws out all his stuff and gives his clothes to a homeless man. The man drinks Bill's vodka and takes half of his pills messing up his suicide plan and takes off. Bill drinks his alcohol and then takes the remaining pills. He then lies down in the bathtub. Three days later an eccentric film agent named Johnny Bernstein ( Henry Winkler) shows up at the apartment with a business offer for him. He says a billionaire, Davis Roman (Joe Mantegna), will hire Bill to write and co-star in a movie exactly like 1994's ''True Lies'' so that his son, Aaron Roman ( Eric Gores), whose favorite film is ''True Lies'', can live out his dream of being an actor and star of an action movie. Not knowing much about the boy or the billionaire, Bill agrees to do the project since he woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Births
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. * January 15 – 1966 Nigeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
