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Doonby
''Doonby'' is a 2013 independent film written and directed by Peter Mackenzie. It stars John Schneider, Jenn Gotzon, Ernie Hudson, Jennifer O'Neill, Will Wallace, Robert Davi and Joe Estevez. Plot summary Sam Doonby (John Schneider) is a mysterious drifter who gets off a bus one afternoon in a small Texas town to change and improve the lives of all he comes in contact with. It is a story of greed and envy, played out against the backdrop of the classic country and blues music that is performed in Leroy’s Bar. The film has been described by the producers as ''Crazy Heart''-meets-''It's A Wonderful Life'', while Schneider described it as "''It's A Wonderful Life'' without the Wonderful." Cast * John Schneider as Sam Doonby * Jenn Gotzon as Laura Reaper *Ernie Hudson as Leroy *Robert Davi as Sheriff Woodley *Jennifer O'Neill as Barbara Ann *Will Wallace as Tony *Joe Estevez as Cyrus Production The film was shot on location in Smithville, Texas. Release ''Doonby'' was previewed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenn Gotzon
Jenn Gotzon Chandler is an American film actress. She portrayed U.S. President Richard Nixon's daughter Tricia Nixon in the 2009 film '' Frost/Nixon''. Gotzon portrayed the female protagonistGotzon takes the lead . 2011-1-26. in ''The Farmer and The Belle: Saving Santaland'' opposite her actor-husband Jim E. Chandler, and appeared in the mystery-drama ''''. Early life and education Jennifer Lee Gotzon was born in |
John Schneider (screen Actor)
John Richard Schneider (born April 8, 1960) is an American actor and country music singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Beauregard "Bo" Duke in the American television action/comedy series ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' (opposite Tom Wopat, Catherine Bach and James Best), Jonathan and Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent in the 2001–11 TV series ''Smallville'', and James "Jim" Cryer on the television series ''The Haves and the Have Nots (TV series), The Haves and the Have Nots'', created by Tyler Perry. Alongside his acting career, Schneider has been a singer since the early 1980s, releasing nine studio albums and a greatest hits package, as well as eighteen singles. This total includes "I've Been Around Enough to Know", "Country Girls", "What's a Memory Like You (Doing in a Love Like This), What's a Memory Like You", and "You're the Last Thing I Needed Tonight", all of which reached the top of the Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' country singles charts. Early life Schneider was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Joseph (producer)
Mark Joseph is an American multimedia producer, author, and founder/CEO of MJM Entertainment Group and Bully! Pulpit. He lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife and children. Early life and education Joseph was born in Tokyo, Japan and after graduating from the Christian Academy in Japan in 1986 moved to Los Angeles to attend Biola University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in communication in 1990. Early career & TV While in college in 1988, Joseph founded MJM Entertainment Group, coordinating recording sessions for Japanese bands and producing documentaries for Japanese TV networks Nippon Television, NTV, NHK, and Fuji TV. Joseph has worked steadily as a TV talk show host and correspondent for a variety of media outlets. In 1992 when the co-host of the Westinghouse Broadcasting, Group W broadcast, ''The Wow Wow Entertainment Report'', decided to take a sabbatical to star in a film, Joseph was chosen to fill in on a temporary basis. What was to have been a two-month e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Estevez
Joseph Estévez (born February 13, 1946) is an American actor and director. He is the younger brother of actor Martin Sheen and the uncle of Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Renée Estevez, and Ramon Estevez. Life and career Early life Estevez was born in Dayton, Ohio to a Catholic, Galician (Spanish) father, Francisco Estévez (1898–1974), and an Irish mother, Mary Anne (née Phelan) (1903–1951). He is one of ten children—nine boys and one girl. As a child, he lived in the South Park neighborhood of Dayton. He attended Chaminade-Julienne High School, a Catholic High School located in Dayton. Upon his graduation, he enlisted and served in the United States Navy. Career After serving in the United States Navy, Estevez began pursuing an acting career starting in the early 1970s. He initially used his mother's maiden name, Phelan, before using his surname, Estevez. Throughout his career, Estevez has appeared in numerous film and television roles in lead, supporting, and min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CMD Distribution
CMD Distribution is a faith and family film distribution company, headquartered in Wake Forest, North Carolina. The company distributes, acquires and markets Christian and family-friendly films. CMD Distribution has distributed films such as '' Creed of Gold'' and '' Two for the Show'', known for starring Mickey Rooney and being the last film in which Joe Dimaggio appeared. The company was forced to close after the Family Christian Stores filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and the closer of Allegro Lawsuit Crystal Creek Media launched a lawsuit against CMD Distribution for failing to fulfill its contractual financial obligations over the distribution of the movie Creed of Gold. In early 2017 Crystal Creek Media was awarded a judgment against CMD Distribution by the Superior Court of New Hanover County in the state of North Carolina. Unfortunately, CMD was in the process of filing bankruptcy at the time due to the collapse of its biggest customer Allegro Media. Films *''Anoth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Davi
Robert John Davi (born 1953) is an American actor, singer and filmmaker. Over the course of his acting career, Davi has performed in more than 130 films. Among his most known roles are opera-singing heavy Jake Fratelli in ''The Goonies'' (1985), Vietnam veteran and FBI Special Agent Johnson in ''Die Hard'' (1988), Bond villain, James Bond villain Franz Sanchez in ''Licence to Kill'' (1989), police deputy chief Phil Heinemann in ''Predator 2'' (1990) and strip club manager Al Torres in ''Showgirls'' (1995). On television, he portrayed Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Special Agent Bailey Malone in the NBC television series ''Profiler (TV series), Profiler'' (1996–2000). Classically trained as a singer, Davi launched his professional singing career in 2011. His first album, ''Davi Sings Sinatra – On The Road To Romance'', hit No. 6 on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' jazz charts. Praised for his voice and vocal interpretations, Davi debuted as a headliner at The Venet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer O'Neill
Jennifer O'Neill (born February 20, 1948) is a Brazilian-born American actress, model, author, and activist. She is known for her modeling and spokesperson work for CoverGirl cosmetics starting in 1963, and her starring role in the Oscar-winning 1971 film ''Summer of '42.'' She also starred in the Howard Hawks western ''Rio Lobo'' (1970), and worked in Italian cinema, such as Lucio Fulci's famous giallo horror film ''Sette note in nero'' and Luchino Visconti's final film ''The Innocent'' (1976). She starred in the cult horror film ''Scanners'' (1981), the Rachel Scott biopic ''I'm Not Ashamed'' (2016), and the short-lived television series ''Cover Up'' (1984–85). Since the 1990s, O'Neill has been a born-again Christian and active in the pro-life movement, and worked as a motivational speaker. Early life O'Neill was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her mother was English and her father was a Brazilian of Portuguese, Spanish and Irish ancestry. She and her older brother Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smithville, Texas
Smithville is a city in Bastrop County, Texas, Bastrop County, Texas, United States, near the Colorado River (Texas), Colorado River. The population was 3,922 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Thomas Jefferson Gazley arrived in 1827 and set the pace of development for Smithville by building the first house and establishing the first store, which served incoming settlers. He later served in the Mexican government and helped write the Texas Declaration of Independence and the first Constitution, and became a true Texas hero. William Smith's family arrived several years after Gazley. They also owned a store and were early influences on the area, including the naming of Smithville where about seventeen families lived on the south bank of the Colorado River. Local businessman, Murray Burleson, persuaded the approaching railroad to erect a terminus here and the TB&H steamed through in 1887. The Missouri, Kansas & Texas took over the Taylor, Bastrop, and Houston Rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Hudson
Earnest Lee Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an American actor. His roles include Winston Zeddemore in the ''Ghostbusters'' film series, Sergeant Darryl Albrecht in ''The Crow'' (1994), and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's '' Oz'' (1997–2003). Hudson has also acted in the films ''Leviathan'' (1989), '' The Hand That Rocks the Cradle'' (1992), ''Airheads'' (1994), '' The Basketball Diaries'' (1995), '' Congo'' (1995), '' Miss Congeniality'' (2000), and as Principal Turner in ''The Ron Clark Story'' (2006). Hudson had appeared in the television shows '' St. Elsewhere'' (1984), ''The Last Precinct'' (1986), '' 10-8: Officers on Duty'' (2003–2004), ''Desperate Housewives'' (2006–2007), ''The Secret Life of the American Teenager'' (2008–2013), ''Law & Order'' (2009–2010), the voice of Agent Bill Fowler in '' Transformers: Prime'' (2010–2013), ''Franklin & Bash'' (2012–2014), ''Grace and Frankie'' (2015–2020), and '' L.A.'s Finest'' (2019–2020). He had a cameo as Patty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norma McCorvey
Norma Leah Nelson McCorvey (September 22, 1947 – February 18, 2017), also known by the pseudonym "Jane Roe", was the plaintiff in the landmark American legal case ''Roe v. Wade'' in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that individual state laws banning abortion were unconstitutional. Later in her life, McCorvey became an Evangelical Protestant and in her remaining years, a Roman Catholic, and took part in the anti-abortion movement. McCorvey stated then that her involvement in ''Roe'' was "the biggest mistake of [her] life". However, in the Nick Sweeney documentary ''AKA Jane Roe'', McCorvey said, in what she called her "deathbed confession", that "she never really supported the antiabortion movement" and that she had been paid for her anti-abortion sentiments. Early life McCorvey was born in Simmesport, Louisiana, and spent her early childhood at her family's residence in Lettsworth, Louisiana, Lettsworth in Pointe Coupee Parish. Later in her childhood, the family mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiderwood Studios
Spiderwood Studios is a motion picture, television, music and animation studio that opened in 2009 by producer Tommy G. Warren. Located east of downtown Austin, Texas, it is situated on 164 acres of back lot alongside the Colorado River, and is the state’s largest privately owned studio. Studio facilities Spiderwood Studios facilities includes sound stages as well as fully equipped production offices and suites, make-up rooms, a film vault and a R.V. park with full hook-ups. The facilities are capable of housing various sets that can be redressed. Spiderwood Studios produces feature films, television, animation, music recording as well as national and international commercials. Spiderwood Studios is home to a 24-foot-high, 100-foot-wide, one-of-a-kind Cyclorama Wall designed by Visual Effects Director Chuck Schuman (Avatar, Lord of the Rings Trilogy) and Tommy G. Warren. The stage is most often used for visual effects and wire stunts, and is equipped with a steel cat walk. It a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landmark Theatres
Landmark Theatres is a movie theatre chain in the United States. It was formerly dedicated to exhibiting and marketing independent film, independent and foreign film, foreign films. Since its founding in 1974, Landmark has grown to 35 Independent movie theater, theaters with 178 screens in 24 markets. Landmark Theatres is known for both its historic and newer, more modern theaters. Helmed by President Kevin Holloway, Landmark Theatres is part of Cohen Media Group (). History 1970s Landmark Theatre Corporation began as Parallax Theatres, which was founded in 1974 by Kim Jorgensen with the opening of the Nuart in Los Angeles, the Sherman in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks, the Rialto in South Pasadena, California, South Pasadena, and the Ken in San Diego. Steve Gilula and Gary Meyer became partners in 1976, as the chain expanded as Landmark. In 1976, the River Oaks Theatre in Houston (which originally opened in 1939) and the single screen Oriental Theatre in Milwau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
