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Exit To Eden (film)
''Exit to Eden'' is a 1994 American comedy thriller film directed by Garry Marshall and adapted to the screen by Deborah Amelon and Bob Brunner from Anne Rice's novel of the same name. The original music score was composed by Patrick Doyle. Dana Delany stars as Lisa Emerson (named Lisa Kelly in the book) and Paul Mercurio plays Elliot Slater. Half of the film consists of a new comedic detective story line written by the director. Several new characters were also created, including Dan Aykroyd and Rosie O'Donnell as police officers pursuing diamond thieves to the Eden resort. Plot Elliot Slater is a young, attractive, Australian professional photographer living in Southern California. Having always been uncomfortable with his sexual proclivities, which tend toward the BDSM realm, he signs up for a dominatrix-themed vacation on a private tropical island known as "Eden" in the hopes of working through his discomfort. Unbeknownst to him, before embarking on his journey of sexual di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garry Marshall
Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 – July 19, 2016) was an American filmmaker and actor. He started his career in the 1960s writing for ''The Lucy Show'' and ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' before he developed Neil Simon's 1965 play ''The Odd Couple (play), The Odd Couple'' for The Odd Couple (1970 TV series), television in 1970. He gained fame for creating ''Happy Days'' (1974–1984), ''Laverne and Shirley'' (1976–1983), and ''Mork and Mindy'' (1978–1982). He is also known for directing ''The Flamingo Kid'' (1984), ''Overboard (1987 film), Overboard'' (1987), ''Beaches (1988 film), Beaches'' (1988), ''Pretty Woman'' (1990), ''Runaway Bride (film), Runaway Bride'' (1999), and the family films ''The Princess Diaries (film), The Princess Diaries'' (2001) and ''The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement'' (2004). He also directed the romantic comedy ensemble films ''Valentine's Day (2010 film), Valentine's Day'' (2010), ''New Year's Eve (2011 film), New Year's Eve'' (2011), and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Thriller
Comedy thrillers are a hybrid genre that draw subject matter generally from comedy and thrillers. Criteria They often include a darker tone, relative to other genres, of humor. List of comedy thriller films * '' The Big Fix'' (1978) * ''Charade'' (1963) * ''Doctor'' (2021) * ''Hopscotch'' (1980) * ''In Bruges'' (2008) * '' The King of Comedy'' (1983) * ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' (2005) * ''The Lady Vanishes'' (1948) * '' The Ladykillers'' (1955) * ''Lucky Number Slevin'' (2006) * '' Mr. and Mrs. Smith'' (2005) * '' Silver Streak'' (1976) * '' A Simple Favor'' (2018) * '' A Thin Line Between Love and Hate'' (1996) * ''The Thin Man'' (1934) * ''Welcome to Collinwood'' (2002) See also *Social thriller *Postmodernist film Postmodernism is an intellectual stance or mode of discourseNuyen, A.T., 1992. The Role of Rhetorical Devices in Postmodernist Discourse. Philosophy & Rhetoric, pp.183–194. characterized by skepticism toward the " grand narratives" of moderni ... Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemary Forsyth
Rosemary Forsyth is a Canadian-born American actress most notable for her role as Bronwyn opposite Charlton Heston in ''The War Lord'' in 1965. Early years Forsyth was born in Montreal, Quebec. Her father, David Forsyth, was Scots-Canadian; her mother was an Irish American who worked as a model in New York using her maiden name, Rosemary Collins. Her parents separated when she was an infant, and at five years of age she and her mother moved to New York. She studied drama in high school and college and became a model as a teenager. Educated in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, she added to her acting studies by attending the Wynn Handman Drama School in New York. Before she became a model, she worked as a file clerk and a counselor at a camp. Career A caption under Forsyth's picture in ''Life'' reported, "Rosemary ... was plucked out of a magazine by Universal, then sent to New York for 18 months to act in TV, summer stock, anywhere she could find seasoning jobs." She made her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Patrick Stuart
James Patrick Stuart is an American actor, currently portraying Valentin Cassadine on the daytime soap opera ''General Hospital'', for which he received three consecutive Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Early life Stuart was born to English parents Chad and Jill Stuart. His father was one-half of the 1960s British Invasion duo Chad & Jeremy; because of this, Stuart spent much of his childhood in recording studios. As a child actor, he went by the name Patrick Stuart, and starred in the 1980s TV series ''Galactica 1980'' as Doctor Zee. Career Stuart played Confederate Colonel Edward Porter Alexander in the 1993 film '' Gettysburg'' and its 2003 prequel '' Gods and Generals''. Between 1989 and 1992, he was the second actor (after Lonnie Quinn) to play Will Cortlandt on the daytime soap opera ''All My Children''. He is known mostly for his work on television, appearing in such shows as '' CSI'', ''Andy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Pratt
Deborah M. Pratt is an American actress, writer, and television producer. Early life Pratt was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Geraldine (''née'' Bryant) and Col. Bertram Roberson Pratt, a vice president of Pullman Heritage Bank. Her parents were both of African-American and Creole descent. Career Pratt was a co-executive producer and a writer on the ''Quantum Leap'' TV series, which was created by her then-husband, Donald Bellisario. Pratt also frequently starred in the show as both the narrator and the voice of Ziggy. Pratt also acted in various television series, including ''Magnum, P.I.'', ''Happy Days'', ''The New Odd Couple'', ''Benson'', and ''Airwolf''. In 2000, she directed ''Cora Unashamed'' for ''Masterpiece Theatre''s ''The American Collection''. In 2009, she reprised her role as Ziggy for the ''Quantum Leap'' fan film A fan film is a film or video inspired by a film, television program, comic book, book, or video game created by fans rath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Harring
Laura Elena, Countess von Bismarck-Schönhausen (née Martínez Herring; March 3, 1964), known professionally as Laura Harring, is a Mexican-American actress. In 1985, Harring became the first Hispanic woman crowned Miss USA. She later began her acting career in television and film. She is best known for her dual roles as Rita and Camilla Rhodes in the 2001 postmodern neo-noir film ''Mulholland Drive''. She is also known for her roles in other films, including ''The Forbidden Dance'' (1990), ''John Q'' (2002), '' Willard'' (2003), ''The Punisher'' (2004), '' The King'' (2005), ''Love in the Time of Cholera'' (2007), ''Ghost Son'' (2007), '' The Caller'' (2008), ''Drool'' (2009), ''Sex Ed'' (2014), and ''Inside'' (2016). She also played Carla Greco in ''General Hospital'' (1990–1991), Paula Stevens on '' Sunset Beach'' (1997), and Rebecca "Becca" Doyle in ''The Shield'' (2006). Early life Harring was born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico on March 3, 1964. Her mother, María Elena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Niznik
Stephanie Lynne Niznik (May 20, 1967 – June 23, 2019) was an American film, television, and theatre actress, most famous for her role as Nina Feeney on ''Everwood''. Early life and career Niznik intended to become a geneticist before graduating ''magna cum laude'' from Duke University majoring in theater and Russian. She then attended the California Institute of the Arts. Besides ''Everwood'', Niznik's television roles include guest roles on ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'', '' Profiler'', ''Sliders'', '' JAG'', ''Frasier'', ''Epoch'', ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', '' Traveler'', and '' Diagnosis: Murder'', in addition to being a series regular on the mid-1990s action drama ''Vanishing Son'' and the 2007 drama ''Life Is Wild''. She also appeared in the films '' Star Trek: Insurrection'' and ''Exit to Eden''. After retiring from acting in 2009, Niznik focused on volunteerism. Death She died in Encino, California on June 23, 2019, at the age of 52, from chronic liver disease associated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean O'Bryan
Sean Michael O'Bryan (born September 10, 1963) is an American film and television actor from Louisville, Kentucky. He attended and graduated from St. Xavier High School. Career He co-starred with William Ragsdale on the series '' Brother's Keeper''. Early television work includes guest roles on such television series as '' Married... with Children'', ''MacGyver'', ''Northern Exposure'', ''Cold Case'', '' Diagnosis: Murder'', ''Quantum Leap'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Chicago Hope'', '' Roswell'' (season 3 episode 9), ''Roseanne'' (season 8 episode 19), '' Six Feet Under'', ''Criminal Minds'', ''The King of Queens'' and '' Dexter''. More recent television credits include '' CSI'', ''Bones'', ''Melissa & Joey'', ''Hot In Cleveland'', ''The Mentalist'', ''Leverage''. He appears in the recurring role of Ron Donahue on '' The Middle''. His film credits include ''Chaplin'', '' Crimson Tide'', ''Phenomenon'', ''Exit to Eden'', '' Out to Sea'', ''Big Fat Liar'', ''Detective'', ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orleans
New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nueva Orleans) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 according to the 2020 U.S. census, it is the List of municipalities in Louisiana, most populous city in Louisiana and the twelfth-most populous city in the southeastern United States. Serving as a List of ports in the United States, major port, New Orleans is considered an economic and commercial hub for the broader Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast region of the United States. New Orleans is world-renowned for its Music of New Orleans, distinctive music, Louisiana Creole cuisine, Creole cuisine, New Orleans English, uniq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy (psychology)
In psychology, fantasy is a broad range of mental experiences, mediated by the faculty of imagination in the human brain, and marked by an expression of certain desires through vivid mental imagery. Fantasies are associated with scenarios that are absolutely impossible. Conscious fantasy In everyday life, individuals often find their thoughts "pursue a series of fantasies concerning things they wish they could do or wish they had done ... fantasies of control or of sovereign choice ... daydreams." George Eman Vaillant in his study of defence mechanisms took as a central example of "an immature defence ... ''fantasy'' — living in a 'Walter Mitty' dream world where you imagine you are successful and popular, instead of making real efforts to make friends and succeed at a job." Fantasy, when pushed to the extreme, is a common trait of narcissism; and Vaillant found that "not one person who used fantasy a lot had any close friends." Other researchers and theorists find that fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominatrix
A dominatrix (; ) or femdom is a woman who takes the dominant role in BDSM activities. A dominatrix can be of any sexual orientation, but this does not necessarily limit the genders of her submissive partners. Dominatrices are known for inflicting physical pain on their submissive subjects, but this is not done in every case. In some instances erotic humiliation is used, such as verbal humiliation or the assignment of humiliating tasks. Dominatrices also make use of other forms of servitude. A dominatrix is typically a paid professional (''pro-domme'') as the term ''dominatrix'' is little-used within the non-professional BDSM scene. Terminology and etymology ''Dominatrix'' is the feminine form of the Latin ''dominator'', a ruler or lord, and was originally used in a non-sexual sense. Its use in English dates back to at least 1561. Its earliest recorded use in the prevalent modern sense, as a female dominant in sadomasochism, dates to 1961.Pérez Seves, ''Eric Stanton & the Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BDSM
BDSM is a variety of often erotic practices or roleplaying involving bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and other related interpersonal dynamics. Given the wide range of practices, some of which may be engaged in by people who do not consider themselves to be practising BDSM, inclusion in the BDSM community or subculture often is said to depend on self-identification and shared experience. The initialism ''BDSM'' is first recorded in a Usenet post from 1991, and is interpreted as a combination of the abbreviations B/D (Bondage and Discipline), D/s (Dominance and submission), and S/M (Sadism and Masochism). ''BDSM'' is now used as a catch-all phrase covering a wide range of activities, forms of interpersonal relationships, and distinct subcultures. BDSM communities generally welcome anyone with a non-normative streak who identifies with the community; this may include cross-dressers, body modification enthusiasts, animal roleplayers, rubber fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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