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Dolly Hall
Dorothy Theresa Hall (born April 26, 1960) is an American film producer. Biography Hall has produced films including ''The Wedding Banquet'' (1993), ''The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love'' (1995), '' All Over Me'' (1997), ''High Art'' (1998) and '' 54'' (1998). In 1998, ''Variety'' named Hall as one of their top ten "Producers to Watch". Also that year, she received the Frameline Award from the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival for her longstanding service to the lesbian and gay community. In 1999 she shared a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award for her work on ''High Art''. Personal life Hall is the eldest daughter of late actress Diana Lynn and Mortimer W. Hall, son of publisher Dorothy Schiff. In 2001, she married John Kochman, a vice president at StudioCanal Image whom she met in 1999 while looking for financial backing for '' The Girl''. Filmography * 1991: '' Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole'' * 1992: ''Breaking and Entering'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana Lynn
Diana Marie Lynn (born Dolores Eartha Loehr, July 5, 1926 – December 18, 1971) was an American actress. Early years Lynn was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Louis Loehr, was an oil supply executive, and her mother, Martha Loehr, was a concert pianist. Lynn was considered a child prodigy. She began taking piano lessons at age 4, and by the age of 12 was playing with the Los Angeles Junior Symphony Orchestra. Lynn made her film debut playing the piano in ''They Shall Have Music'' and was once again back at the keyboard, accompanying Susanna Foster, in ''There's Magic in Music'', when it was decided that she had more potential than she had been allowed to show. Paramount Pictures changed her name to "Diana Lynn" and began casting her in films that allowed her to show her personality and developed her skills as an actress. Her comedic scenes with Ginger Rogers in ''The Major and the Minor'' were well received, and in 1944 she scored an outstanding success in Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole
''Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole'' is a 1991 independent crime film directed by Amos Poe. It was Philip Seymour Hoffman's film debut. Plot A couple of robbers focus on rich golfers and eventually meet their match with one last mark. Years later, a scriptwriter decides to observe the children of robbers who sail around Manhattan in the luxury yacht. Cast * Eric Mitchell as Remy Gravelle * Daisy Hall as Amanda Levy * Alba Clemente as Nina Baccardi * Jesse McBride as Satch Levy *Angela Goethals as Bree Levy *Robbie Coltrane as Steffano Baccardi * John Schmerling as P.C. Brian O'Brien *Tom Cohen as Freddie Arnstein * Avital Dicker as Cookie *Philip Seymour Hoffman as Klutch (as Phil Hoffman) * Olga Bagnasco as Stacha (as Olga Bragnasco Starr) * John Heys as Roman *Lee Hegrin as Captain Aria (as Lee Nagrin) *May Au as The Masseuse *Chic Streetman Chic (; ), meaning "stylish" or "smart", is an element of fashion. It was originally a French word. Pronounced Chick. Etymology '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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American People Of German-Jewish Descent
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Film Producers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 Births
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Fingers (2006 Film)
''Five Fingers'' is a 2006 American drama-thriller film directed by Laurence Malkin, and written by Chad Thumann and Malkin. The film had ten producers, including actor Laurence Fishburne, who stars in it alongside Ryan Phillippe, Gina Torres, Touriya Haoud, Saïd Taghmaoui and Colm Meaney. ''Five Fingers'' was filmed in the Netherlands, Morocco, and Louisiana in 2004. Plot Martijn (Phillipe), a gifted Dutch jazz pianist, flies to Morocco to set up a food assistance program. When he arrives, however, he and his travel guide, Gavin (Meaney), are quickly kidnapped by terrorists, taken to an undisclosed location, bound and blindfolded. The captors swiftly shoot Gavin and then begin methodical attempts to extract information from Martijn about where he obtained the money to set up the program by cutting off his fingers one at a time. Martijn insists that he has no idea where the money came from, though in time it becomes clear that all is not what it seems. Martijn at first denies e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poster Boy (film)
''Poster Boy'' is a 2004 American independent drama film directed by Zak Tucker and starring Matt Newton, Karen Allen, Michael Lerner, and Jack Noseworthy. It toured the gay and lesbian film festival circuit beginning in 2004 before a limited theatrical release in 2006. Plot The film opens with Henry Kray being interviewed by a reporter about the events about to unfold on-screen. Henry is the son of a powerful and conservative Senator from North Carolina. Senator Kray has gained a national reputation in part by attacking homosexuality. Unknown to the senator, Henry is gay. The senator plans to kick off his re-election campaign at a luncheon at Henry's college campus and he expects Henry to deliver his introduction. Henry's sexuality is something of an open secret around campus, to the extent that the campus gay activist group has created a chart of his many sexual partners. The night before Senator Kray is scheduled to arrive, Henry has sex with Anthony, a former ACT UP activist w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just A Kiss (2002 Film)
''Just a Kiss'' is a 2002 dark comedy film and the directorial debut of Fisher Stevens. Patrick Breen wrote the screenplay adapted from his own off-Broadway play entitled ''Marking'' and co-starred in the film. The story follows a disastrous chain of events that results from a kiss between two unfaithful people. The film contains a mixture of live action scenes with rotoscoped animation. ''Just a Kiss'' was filmed in New York City. Plot Dag is a successful director of television commercials who lives with his girlfriend, Halley. Dag, however, has a serious case of wandering eye and is given to frequent flings with other women. Halley tries to turn a blind eye to Dag's infidelity, but when she discovers Dag had a one-night stand with Rebecca, a beautiful but troubled ballet dancer who is dating Dag's close friend Peter, she decides things have gone too far. To add to her feeling of betrayal, she hears a message on the answering machine for Dag from another woman looking to meet u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadpole (film)
''Tadpole'' is a 2002 American romantic comedy film directed by Gary Winick, written by Heather McGowan and Niels Mueller, and starring Sigourney Weaver, Bebe Neuwirth, Aaron Stanford, John Ritter, Robert Iler, and Kate Mara. A low-budget production, ''Tadpole'' premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival where it won rave reviews and was awarded the Dramatic Directing Award for Winick. Miramax acquired the film for distribution and gave it a limited theatrical release on August 2, 2002. Plot Oscar Grubman is a precocious 15-year-old boy traveling home from school for Thanksgiving. He speaks fluent French, quotes Voltaire and finds girls of his own age to be too shallow and superficial, as well as too immature and inexperienced in life. When Miranda Spear, an attractive girl from school, shows interest in Oscar, he politely brushes her off. Oscar confides in his friend Charlie that he is in love with a mature woman and plans to win her heart during Thanksgiving break. Oscar ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johns (film)
''Johns'' (styled as ''johns'') is a 1996 American drama film written and directed by Scott Silver and starring David Arquette and Lukas Haas, who portray hustlers who work Santa Monica Boulevard. Plot It's Christmas Eve and John (David Arquette) is asleep in a Los Angeles park. He awakens as someone is stealing his shoes, in which he keeps his money. He chases the thief but can't catch him. John is angered not only because those are his "lucky" sneakers but because he's trying to accumulate enough money for an overnight stay in a fancy hotel to celebrate his birthday, which is also Christmas. Each time John puts any money together, via prostitution or stealing from clients, it's taken from him either by robbery or in payback for a drug deal where he burned the dealer. Meanwhile, Donner (Lukas Haas), a fellow hustler who's new to the streets and has fallen for John, tries to convince John to go with him to Branson, Missouri. Donner has a relative who runs a theme park there who ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shao Nu Xiao Yu
''Siao Yu'' () is a Taiwanese film directed by Sylvia Chang, written by Sylvia Chang and Ang Lee, starring Rene Liu in her debut film role, released in 1995. Rene Liu was nominated for the Golden Horse Award Best Actress in 1994, and won the Asia-Pacific Film Festival Best Actress award in 1995. Cast * Rene Liu (as “Joyin Liu”) as Lin Siao Yu * Marj Dusay as Rita *Tou Chung-hua as Giang Wei * Daniel J. Travanti as Mario Moretti * Connie Tai-Fung Hsia as Baoshu *Ajay Mehta as Photo clerk *Daxing Zhang as Lao Chai * Joseph Ricca as Frank * Nunzio Sapienza as Mike *Stephen Daly as Tino *Di Cheng Di or DI may refer to: Arts and media Music * Di, a tone in the solfège ascending chromatic scale existing between Do and Re * dizi (instrument) or di, a Chinese transverse flute * ''D.I.'' (band), a punk band from Southern California ** '' ... as Shelley External links * * 1995 films 1995 drama films 1990s Cantonese-language films 1990s English-language films Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |