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David Wingo
David Wingo is an American film and television composer. He is known for his collaborations with directors David Gordon Green and Jeff Nichols. Career Wingo began his career writing film scores for his childhood best friend, director David Gordon Green, including ''George Washington'' (2000) and ''All the Real Girls'' (2003). His score for ''Take Shelter'' (2011), was nominated for a Discovery Of The Year Award at the World Soundtrack Awards. As the composer of the HBO dark comedy series ''Barry'' (2018–2023), he was nominated for the 2019 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score). He has also recorded three albums with his band, Ola Podrida Ola Podrida is an Austin, Texas indie rock band. They are led by film composer David Wingo. The band has released three albums, which have received favorable reviews in publications such as Pitchfork Media, ''Spin (magazine), Spin'', ''Paste (ma .... Filmography Film References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronised recorded sound. In movie industry terminology usage, a sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track (''dialogue track'', ''sound effects track'', and '' music track''), and these are mixed together to make what is called the ''composite track,'' which is heard in the film. A ''dubbing track'' is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M&E (music and effects) track. M&E tracks contain all sound elements minus dialogue, which is then supplied by the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Zobel
Roger Craig Zobel is an American filmmaker and actor whose work includes music videos, film, and television. He has directed the films ''Compliance (film), Compliance'' (2012), ''Z for Zachariah (film), Z for Zachariah'' (2015), and ''The Hunt (2020 film), The Hunt'' (2020). On TV he has directed episodes of ''The Leftovers (TV series), The Leftovers'', ''American Gods (TV series), American Gods'', and ''Westworld (TV series), Westworld''. In 2021, he directed the miniseries ''Mare of Easttown'' on HBO. Early life Zobel was born in New York and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, later studying film at the North Carolina School of the Arts alongside David Gordon Green and other future collaborators. He is of Jewish background. Career After graduation, Zobel worked on Green's first three films — ''George Washington (film), George Washington'' (2000), ''All the Real Girls'', (2003) and ''Undertow (2004 film), Undertow'' (2003), as either co-producer, production manager or second unit di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie (film)
''Maggie'' is a 2015 American post-apocalyptic horror drama film directed by Henry Hobson, in his directorial debut, written by John Scott 3, and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin and Joely Richardson. ''Maggie'' is a dramatic departure for Schwarzenegger, who is better known for his action film roles. The film was originally set to have its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, but Lionsgate bought the American distribution rights and pulled the film out of the festival's roster. It instead premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival on April 23, 2015, as part of their lineup, followed by a limited theatrical release and simultaneous VOD release on May 8, 2015. Plot In the present-day Midwestern United States, society struggles to function in the aftermath of a zombie pandemic (Necroambulism) barely under control. Maggie Vogel calls her father from a broken city under curfew; her voicemail urges that he not seek her and that she loves hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manglehorn
''Manglehorn'' is a 2014 American drama film directed by David Gordon Green and written by Paul Logan. The film stars Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Harmony Korine, and Chris Messina. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. The film was released in theaters on June 19, 2015 by IFC Films. Plot A.J. Manglehorn is a reclusive Texas key-maker who spends his days caring for his cat, finding comfort in his work, and lamenting a long lost love. Enter kind-hearted bank teller Dawn whose interest in the eccentric Manglehorn may just be able to draw him out of his shell. Cast *Al Pacino as A.J. Manglehorn *Holly Hunter as Dawn *Harmony Korine as Gary *Chris Messina as Jacob *Marisa Varela as Patricia *Skylar Gasper as Kylie Production The shooting of the film began on November 4, 2013 in Austin, Texas, Austin, Texas and the filming lasted for twenty-five days at different locations in the city. The film was scored by Austin post-rock band E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Messina
Christopher Messina (born August 11, 1974)Hochberg, Mina.Chris Messina stars in 'Ruby Sparks'. ''Newsday'' (Long Island, New York). August 8, 2012: “...the actor, who turns 38 Saturday ugust 11, 2012 After graduating from Northport ew YorkHigh School, he enrolled in Marymount Manhattan College on a theater scholarship. Seized by doubts about acting, he dropped out…. is an American actor, director, writer, and producer. He is best known for starring as Danny Castellano in the Fox/Hulu romantic comedy series ''The Mindy Project'' (2012–2017), which earned him two nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. He has appeared in films such as ''Vicky Cristina Barcelona'' (2008), ''Julie & Julia'' (2009), ''Devil'' (2010), ''Argo'' (2012), ''Ruby Sparks'' (2012), ''Celeste and Jesse Forever'' (2012), ''Cake'' (2014), ''Birds of Prey'' (2020), and ''I Care a Lot'' (2020). Messina wrote, executive produced, and starred in the comedy f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Of Venice
''Alex of Venice'' is a 2014 drama film directed by Chris Messina in his directorial debut. It is written by Jessica Goldberg, Katie Nehra and Justin Shilton. The film stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Don Johnson, Katie Nehra, Chris Messina, Derek Luke, Skylar Gaertner. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, 2014, and has expanded to a few other film festivals. The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand beginning on April 17, 2015. Plot Alex, a young environmental lawyer in Venice, California, is working hard to support her family. Her stay-at-home husband George, an artist, decides he's unhappy and can't continue taking care of their shy school-aged son Dakota or Alex's aging father Roger. When George leaves Alex, Roger invites her wild younger sister Lily, a clothing designer, to stay with them and help look after Dakota. Alex needs to deal with an impending legal case against Frank, a property developer with whom she has a br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe (2013 Film)
''Joe'' is a 2013 American independent crime drama film directed and co-produced by David Gordon Green, co-produced by Lisa Muskat, Derrick Tseng and Christopher Woodrow and written by Gary Hawkins, adaptation from Larry Brown's 1991 novel of the same name. It stars Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan, revolving around a tormented man who hires a 15-year-old boy and protects him from his abusive father. The film premiered at the 70th Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2013, with a subsequent screening at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was then distributed by Worldview Entertainment and Lionsgate Films on April 11, 2014. It was a box office flop, grossing only $2.3 million from a $4 million budget, but received acclaim from critics, who praised Green's direction and the performances of Cage, Sheridan and Poulter. Plot A 15-year-old drifter named Gary asks Joe, the boss of a Texan tree-poisoning crew, for a job, and impresses him with his industriou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Explosions In The Sky
Explosions in the Sky is an American post-rock band from Texas. The quartet originally played under the name Breaker Morant, then changed to the current name in 1999. The band has garnered popularity beyond the post-rock scene for their elaborately developed guitar work, narratively styled instrumentals—what they refer to as "cathartic mini-symphonies"—and their enthusiastic and emotional live shows. They primarily play with three electric guitars and a drum kit, although band member Michael James will at times exchange his electric guitar for a bass guitar. The band has later added a fifth member to their live performances. The band's music is almost purely instrumental. History Originally called Breaker Morant, Explosions in the Sky was formed in Austin, Texas, in 1999. Drummer Chris Hrasky is from Rockford, Illinois, and the rest of the band hails from Midland, Texas. The new name of "Explosions in the Sky" came from a comment Hrasky made in reference to the noise or s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Avalanche
''Prince Avalanche'' is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written and directed by David Gordon Green and starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch. The screenplay is based on the 2011 Icelandic film ''Either Way'' (''Á annan veg''). The film was shot in Bastrop, Texas, after the Bastrop County Complex Fire. Plot In 1988, an odd pair of sorts, meditative and stern Alvin and his girlfriend's brother, Lance, dopey and insecure, leave the city behind to spend the summer in solitude repainting traffic lines down the center of a country highway ravaged by wildfire. As they sink into their job in the remarkable landscape, they learn more than they want to about each other and their own limitations. They regularly encounter a drunk truck driver. As Lance leaves for a weekend in the city, Alvin enjoys his solitude and explores the woods by himself. He comes across a house that has been burned to the ground by the wildfire, and encounters a woman who explains that it is her house, and she is sear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mud (2012 Film)
''Mud'' is a 2012 American Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age Drama (genre), drama film written and directed by Jeff Nichols. In the film Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland portray a pair of teenagers who encounter the eponymous Mud (Matthew McConaughey), a fugitive hiding on a small island, and agree to help him evade his pursuers. Sam Shepard and Reese Witherspoon also star. ''Mud'' competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and was also shown at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013. It opened on April 26, 2013 with a limited release in select theaters, before having a wide release on May 10. ''Mud'' performed well at the box office, grossing $32.6 million on a $10 million budget, and received critical acclaim. Plot Ellis and Neckbone, two teenage boys living in the DeWitt, Arkansas, DeWitt, Arkansas area, find a boat stuck on a small island in the Mississippi River. They meet the occupant, a man named Mud, who claims to have grown up nearby. Mud tells the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sitter
''The Sitter'' is a 2011 American dark comedy film directed by David Gordon Green and written by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka. The film follows a slacker college student who, after being suspended, is forced by his mother to fill in for a babysitter that called in sick. During this time, he takes his charges along for his extensive criminal escapades. The film is a Michael De Luca Productions and 20th Century Fox joint venture, distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film was originally scheduled to be released in theaters on August 5, 2011, but was pushed back to December 9, 2011. It received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed $34 million against its $25 million budget. Plot Noah Griffith is an unemployed suspended college student who lives with his divorced mother in New Jersey. After Noah returns home from his sex buddy Marisa's house, his mother tells him that her plans to go to a party with her friends the Pedullas have been ruined because the Pedu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Documentary Film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception [that remains] a practice without clear boundaries". Early documentary films, originally called "actuality films", lasted one minute or less. Over time, documentaries have evolved to become longer in length, and to include more categories. Some examples are Educational film, educational, observational and docufiction. Documentaries are very Informational listening, informative, and are often used within schools as a resource to teach various principles. Documentary filmmakers have a responsibility to be truthful to their vision of the world without intentionally misrepresenting a topic. Social media platfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
