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Dylan Kidd
Dylan Kidd (born August 30, 1969) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter best known for directing and writing the 2002 American film '' Roger Dodger''. Career Kidd achieved critical acclaim through his debut film ''Roger Dodger'', starring Campbell Scott and Jesse Eisenberg in 2002. The movie won 12 awards, including Best Narrative Movie at the Tribeca Film Festival. His second movie ''P.S.'' was released in 2004 and was met with mixed reviews. In 2008 he directed the movie Peep Show and in 2011 directed two episodes of the U.S television series Childrens Hospital. Kidd went on to direct the 2016 film '' Get a Job'', starring Miles Teller and Anna Kendrick Anna Cooke Kendrick (born August 9, 1985) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including a Satellite Award, five Teen Choice Awards, three MTV Movie Awards, and nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award a .... In 2017 he directed the movie Party Boat. Filmography R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
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Roger Dodger (film)
''Roger Dodger'' is a 2002 American comedy-drama written and directed by Dylan Kidd. It stars Campbell Scott, Jesse Eisenberg (in his feature film debut), Isabella Rossellini, Elizabeth Berkley and Jennifer Beals. The film follows Roger Swanson, a womanizing ad executive who takes his nephew Nick out for a night in the city after the young man asks him for advice on experience with women. The film debuted at the inaugural Tribeca Festival to critical acclaim and won the award for Best Narrative Feature for Kidd. It went on to win the FIRESCI Prize and award for Best Debut Film at the Venice Film Festival. ''Roger Dodger'' was given a limited release by Artisan Entertainment on October 25, 2002. Both Scott and Eisenberg received awards notices, with Scott winning a National Board of Review Award for Best Male Lead and Eisenberg earning a Gotham Award nomination for Breakthrough Actor. Plot After cynical New York City advertising copywriter Roger Swanson is dumped by his on-again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campbell Scott
Campbell Scott (born July 19, 1961) is an American actor, producer and director. His roles include Steve Dunne in '' Singles'', Mark Usher in ''House of Cards'', Joseph Tobin in ''Damages'', and Richard Parker in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'', as well as narration in ''The Men Who Built America''. Early life Scott was born on July 19, 1961, in New York City, the son of American actor George C. Scott (1927–1999) and Canadian-American actor Colleen Dewhurst (1924–1991). He graduated from John Jay High School with friend Stanley Tucci before graduating from Lawrence University in 1983. His brother is Alexander Scott. He also has one paternal half-sister, actress Devon Scott. Career Scott's first role was in the 1987 film '' Five Corners'', as a policeman. In 1990, Scott played a lead role in the ground-breaking film ''Longtime Companion'', which chronicles the early years of the AIDS/HIV epidemic and its impact upon a group of American friends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Eisenberg
Jesse Adam Eisenberg (; born October 5, 1983) is an American actor, writer, and director. He has received various accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He made his television debut with the short-lived comedy-drama series '' Get Real'' (1999–2000). Following his first leading role in the comedy-drama film '' Roger Dodger'' (2002), he appeared in the films ''The Emperor's Club'' (2002), '' The Village'' (2004), ''The Squid and the Whale'' (2005), and ''The Education of Charlie Banks'' (2007). He is also known for playing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher's film ''The Social Network'' (2010), which earned him nominations for the BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Academy Award for Best Actor. In 2009, Eisenberg had his breakthrough with starring roles in the comedy-drama film '' Adventureland'', and the horror comedy ''Zombieland''. He has since starred in the Woody Allen f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by TriBeCa Productions, Tribeca Productions. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive programming. Tribeca was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in 2002 to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of Lower Manhattan following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Until 2020, the festival was known as the Tribeca Film Festival. Each year, the festival hosts over 600 screenings with approximately 150,000 attendees, and awards independent artists in 23 juried competitive categories. History The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, and Craig Hatkoff, in response to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center (1973–2001), World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the Tribeca neighborhood in Lower Manhattan. The inaugural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Childrens Hospital
''Childrens Hospital'' (originally titled ''Children's Hospital'' as webisodes) is an American black comedy television show, television series and web series that parodies the medical drama genre, created by and starring actor/comedian Rob Corddry. The series began on the web on The WB, TheWB.com with ten episodes, roughly five minutes in length, all of which premiered on December 8, 2008. Adult Swim picked up the rights to the show in 2009 and began airing episodes in 2010. The storyline centers on the staff of Childrens Hospital, a children's hospital named after Dr. Arthur Childrens. The hospital sporadically (and usually without reason) is mentioned as being located within Brazil despite making virtually no effort to conceal that the series is shot in Los Angeles, California, except for the fifth season, which was set at an American military base in Japan. Corddry is part of an ensemble cast portraying the hospital's doctors, which also includes Lake Bell, Erinn Hayes, Rob H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get A Job (2016 Film)
''Get a Job'' is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Dylan Kidd and written by Kyle Pennekamp and Scott Turpel, about a group of friends who graduate from college and their efforts to secure employment. The film stars Miles Teller, Anna Kendrick, Brandon T. Jackson, Nicholas Braun, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Marcia Gay Harden, Alison Brie and Bryan Cranston. Shot in 2012, the film remained unreleased until March 25, 2016, when it received a limited and video on demand release by Lionsgate Premiere and CBS Films. Plot After recently graduating from college, millennial Will Davis is set to work in video production for ''LA Weekly'' but when he arrives for his first day, he is informed that the position promised to him during an internship was lost due to downsizing. He is obligated to find another position quickly to appease his parents, success-driven girlfriend Jillian, and to make rent for the house he shares with his three friends: Luke, Ethan, and Charlie. Will asks his fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Teller
Miles Teller (born February 20, 1987) is an American actor. He played a jazz drummer in ''Whiplash'' and a supporting pilot in '' Top Gun: Maverick''. Teller made his feature film debut in 2010 and gained recognition for his starring role in the 2013 coming-of-age film ''The Spectacular Now'' and the ''Divergent'' film trilogy (2014–2016), both opposite Shailene Woodley. His role in the 2014 Academy Award-winning drama ''Whiplash'' served as his breakthrough and earned him wide acclaim. He later became a leading man, starring in multiple romantic comedies, the superhero film ''Fantastic Four'' (2015), and the 2016 biographical films ''War Dogs'' and '' Bleed for This'', among others. In 2022, Teller starred in the action film ''Top Gun: Maverick''. The film was directed by Joseph Kosinski, whom he had previously collaborated with on the film '' Only the Brave'' (2017). The pair teamed up again for the Netflix film ''Spiderhead'' (2022). On television, he has starred in the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Kendrick
Anna Cooke Kendrick (born August 9, 1985) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including a Satellite Award, five Teen Choice Awards, three MTV Movie Awards, and nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award; making her one of the youngest people to be nominated for the "Triple Crown of Acting" and the youngest person to do so without winning. Kendrick began her career performing in theater productions at a young age. Her first starring role was in the 1998 Broadway musical ''High Society'', for which she earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She made her film debut in the musical comedy ''Camp'' (2003), and rose to prominence for her role in '' The Twilight Saga'' (2008–2012). She achieved further recognition for the comedy-drama film '' Up in the Air'' (2009), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and for her starring role in the ''Pitch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Births
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is First inauguration of Richard Nixon, sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – Attempted assassination of Leonid Brezhnev, An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Leonid Brezhnev, Brezhnev es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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