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Dennis Virkler
Dennis Virkler (November 23, 1941 – September 15, 2022) was an American film editor with more than 40 credits dating from 1973. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, and was elected as a member of the American Cinema Editors. ''The Fugitive'' (1993) was listed as the 39th best-edited film of all time in a 2012 survey of members of the Motion Picture Editors Guild. Virkler died from heart failure on September 15, 2022. He was 80. Filmography (selected) *''Necromancy'' (1972) *'' Chosen Survivors'' (1974) *'' Burnt Offerings'' (1976) *''The Bad News Bears Go to Japan'' (1978) *'' Xanadu'' (1980) *''Continental Divide'' (1981) *''Sharky's Machine'' (1981) *'' Airplane II: The Sequel'' (1982) *'' Independence Day'' (1983) *'' Gorky Park'' (1983) *''The River Rat'' (1984) *''Secret Admirer'' (1985) *''Miracles'' (1986) *'' Nobody's Fool'' (1986) *'' Big Shots'' (1987) *'' Distant Thunder'' (1988) *'' The Favorite'' (1989) *''The Hunt for Red October'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. maritime border with Canada, northeast of Cincinnati, northeast of Columbus, and approximately west of Pennsylvania. The largest city on Lake Erie and one of the major cities of the Great Lakes region, Cleveland ranks as the 54th-largest city in the U.S. with a 2020 population of 372,624. The city anchors both the Greater Cleveland metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and the larger Cleveland–Akron–Canton combined statistical area (CSA). The CSA is the most populous in Ohio and the 17th largest in the country, with a population of 3.63 million in 2020, while the MSA ranks as 34th largest at 2.09 million. Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River by General Moses Cleaveland, after whom the city was named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independence Day (1983 Film)
''Independence Day'' is a 1983 American drama film directed by Robert Mandel from a script by the novelist Alice Hoffman. It was designed by Stewart Campbell and shot by Charles Rosher. It stars Kathleen Quinlan, David Keith, Cliff DeYoung, Frances Sternhagen and Dianne Wiest. The film concerns the small-town life of an artist (Quinlan) and her challenge to become "what she's ''almost'' sure she could be." "Her desperation takes the form of affectations and pretensions that are a little like those of the young Katharine Hepburn in '' Alice Adams'' and the young Margaret Sullavan in ''The Shop Around the Corner'', but the Quinlan character "has the talent driving her on past all that." Wiest plays a battered wife. The film was reviewed favorably by the critic Pauline Kael in her collection '' State of the Art'': "Kathleen Quinlan plays the part of the woman artist with a cool, wire-taut intensity, Robert Mandel keeps the whole cast interacting quietly and satisfyingly, Wiest has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman Forever
''Batman Forever'' (on-screen title is simply ''Forever'') is a 1995 American superhero film directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by Tim Burton, based on the DC Comics character Batman by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. The third installment of Warner Bros.' initial ''Batman'' film series, it is a sequel to ''Batman Returns'' starring Val Kilmer, replacing Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne / Batman, alongside Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell, Michael Gough, and Pat Hingle. The plot focuses on Batman trying to stop Two-Face and the Riddler in their scheme to extract information from all the minds in Gotham City while adopting an orphaned acrobat named Dick Grayson—who becomes his sidekick, Robin—and developing feelings for psychologist Dr. Chase Meridian. Schumacher mostly eschewed the dark, dystopian atmosphere of Burton's films by drawing inspiration from the Batman comic books of the Dick Sprang era, as well as the 1960s television series. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Only The Strong (film)
''Only the Strong'' is a 1993 martial arts film directed by Sheldon Lettich, starring Mark Dacascos. It is considered to be the only Hollywood film that showcases capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art, from beginning to end. Plot Former Green Beret Louis Stevens (Mark Dacascos) returns to his hometown of Miami after completing military service in Brazil, only to learn that his old high school has become a haven for gangs and drug dealers. After Stevens uses his capoeira skills to kick several drug dealers off the school property, Mr. Kerrigan (Geoffrey Lewis), one of Stevens' old teachers, sees the impact that Stevens has on the students. Kerrigan gives him the task of teaching capoeira to a handful of the worst at-risk students at the school, giving Stevens an abandoned fire station as their practice area. While doing so, Stevens earns the ire of the local drug lord, Silverio Aliveres (Paco Christian Prieto), whose younger cousin, Orlando Aliveres (Richard Coca), is one of Stev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under Siege
''Under Siege'' is a 1992 American action thriller film directed by Andrew Davis, written by J. F. Lawton, and starring Steven Seagal as a former Navy SEAL who must stop a group of mercenaries, led by Tommy Lee Jones, after they commandeer the U.S. Navy battleship . Released on October 9, 1992, ''Under Siege'' was both a critical and commercial success, receiving two Academy Award nominations for sound production and grossing over $156 million at the global box office. It is often considered Steven Seagal's best film to date. It was followed in 1995 by a sequel, '' Under Siege 2: Dark Territory'', which was not as well received. Plot The battleship arrives at Pearl Harbor, where then-President George H. W. Bush announces that the ship will be decommissioned in California. Casey Ryback, a Chief Petty Officer assigned as a culinary specialist, prepares meals in celebration of the birthday of Commanding Officer Captain Adams, against the orders of Executive Officer Commander K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falling From Grace (film)
''Falling from Grace'' is a 1992 American drama film directed by and starring John Mellencamp; it was met with more positive reviews than not. The 100-minute drama film is the on-screen and directorial debut rock singer John Mellencamp. It also stars Mariel Hemingway, Claude Akins, Dub Taylor, Kay Lenz, and Larry Crane. Larry McMurtry's story closely follows one of Mellencamp's own: following a country-music celebrity who returns to Indiana with his wife (Hemingway), but cheats with a hometown lover (Lenz), repeating the spiraling lifestyle of his father (Akins). ''Falling from Grace'' was released in the US by Columbia Pictures on February 21, 1992 to 22 theaters where the Motion Picture Association of America rated it as PG-13. At 96 minutes, the film was released in the United Kingdom on October 1, 1992. In the US, the film earned at the box office on opening weekend, with an overall 45-week return of (respectively equivalent to $ and $ in ). , review aggregator Rot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freejack
''Freejack'' is a 1992 American science fiction cyberpunk action film directed by Geoff Murphy and starring Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo, and Anthony Hopkins. The screenplay was written by Steven Pressfield, Ronald Shusett (who also produced), and Dan Gilroy and loosely adapted from the 1959 science fiction novel '' Immortality, Inc.'' by Robert Sheckley. The film was produced by Morgan Creek and released by Warner Bros. in the United States on January 17, 1992. It received mostly negative reviews. Plot In 2009, the super-wealthy achieve immortality by hiring "bonejackers", mercenaries equipped with time travel devices, to snatch people from the past, just prior to the moment of their deaths, for use as substitute bodies. Those who escape are known as "freejacks" and are considered less than human under the law. In this dystopian future, most people suffer from poor physical health as a result of rampant drug use and environmental pollution, making them unattractive a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Favorite (1989 Film)
''The Favorite'' (also titled ''Intimate Power'') is a 1989 Swiss-American historical drama film based on the unsubstantiated story of Aimée du Buc de Rivéry that takes place at the dawn of the 19th century. It was the final film of director Jack Smight. Premise A young French woman named Aimee is kidnapped and forced into a Sultan's harem in the Ottoman Empire. Fiercely independent, she resists, but must make choices in order to survive. She begins to influence the Sultan toward more fair manners of solving his conflicts, but finds herself at odds with another one of his wives, who wants her son Mustafa to become the new sultan. As the years pass, she must deal with the new Sultan's advances while protecting her adopted son Mahmud, and helping the Ottoman Empire against Russia during the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792. The source for the story is a novel by Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark titled ''Sultana - La Nuit du Serail''. Cast *F. Murray Abraham as Abdul Hamid * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Distant Thunder (1988 Film)
''Distant Thunder'' is a 1988 American drama film directed by Rick Rosenthal and starring John Lithgow and Ralph Macchio. Plot The film tells the story of a troubled ex-Navy SEAL and Vietnam War veteran Mark Lambert (John Lithgow), who, upon returning home from the war, alienates his wife and child by deserting them and moving away into the remote wilderness of Washington state. After 10 years of living off the land and suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder, Mark decides to rejoin civilized society and finds his now teenage son Jack (Ralph Macchio), who is living in Illinois. As an estranged father and recluse, Mark quickly finds himself unprepared for the changes that he must face. Cast * John Lithgow as Mark Lambert * Ralph Macchio as Jack Lambert * Kerrie Keane as Char * Reb Brown as Harvey Nitz * Janet Margolin as Barbara Lambert * Denis Arndt as Larry * Jamey Sheridan as Moss * Tom Bower as Louis * John Kelly as Andy * Michael Currie as Coach Swabey * Hilary Strang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Shots (film)
''Big Shots'' is a 1987 American adventure comedy film directed by Robert Mandel, starring Ricky Busker and Darius McCrary. Plot An 11-year-old boy from Hinsdale, Illinois, named Obie Dawkins (Ricky Busker) is out fishing with his father ( Bill Hudson), who tells him about the birds and the bees. All the while Obie shows interest in his dad's watch, who eventually gives it to him. Later that morning in school, Obie's mom (Brynn Thayer) arrives to tell him that his dad is in the hospital. The family learns that he suffered a massive heart attack, which he dies from days later. Arriving at school Obie is reminded of the way his dad took him to school when he sees a father drop his son off. Upset, Obie leaves school and runs away on his bike. Having left the suburbs Obie finds himself on the South Side of Chicago. There, Obie is lured into a lot where he is attacked and robbed of his bike and watch. A boy named Scam (Darius McCrary), an 11-year-old street hustler, befriends him and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobody's Fool (1986 Film)
''Nobody's Fool'' is a 1986 comedy film written by playwright Beth Henley. It stars Rosanna Arquette, Eric Roberts and Mare Winningham. Plot Cassie (Rosanna Arquette) who seeks love and escape from her mundane ordinary life meets a traveling Shakespeare troupe offering a community acting workshop. Cast * Rosanna Arquette as Cassie * Eric Roberts as Riley * Mare Winningham as Pat * Jim Youngs as Billy * Louise Fletcher as Pearl * Gwen Welles Shirley * Stephen Tobolowsky as Kirk * Charlie Barnett as Nick * J.J. Hardy as Ralphy * William Steis as Frank * Belita Moreno as Jane * Lewis Arquette as Mr. Fry * Ronnie Claire Edwards as Bingo * Ann Hearn as Linda * Scott Rosensweig as Winston * Cheli Ann Chew as Prissy Lee Reception Critical response Film critic Michael Wilmington of the ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote in his review: "''Nobody's Fool'' doesn't really jell, but it's still a sometimes rhapsodically goofy experience. If Arquette doesn't really hold the center together, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miracles (1986 Film)
''Miracles'' is a 1986 American comedy film about a newly divorced couple who can't seem to get away from one another. The film was written and directed by Jim Kouf. Plot Somewhere in the jungle a little girl (Erika Faraon) is sick. Everybody in the tribe is really worried, especially her father K'in (Jorge Reynoso) and her mother (Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez). The witchdoctor cannot heal her and gets drunk. The witchdoctor, called Kayum (Adalberto Martínez) throws out a kind of omen/incantation while being completely wasted. It produces a huge thunderstorm with plenty of lightning bolts. It affects the weather in New York, where Roger Briggs (Tom Conti) is performing surgery. The lights go in and out, but he finally finishes it well. The lightning also affects Jean (Teri Garr), who is at a party, enjoying her new-found freedom after her divorce from her hard-working and wealthy husband. A robbery goes awry. One of the robbers is left stranded and, during his attempt to run away fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
