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Family Viewing
''Family Viewing'' is a 1987 Canadian drama film. The second feature directed by Atom Egoyan, it stars David Hemblen, Aidan Tierney, Gabrielle Rose, Arsinée Khanjian, and Selma Keklikian. The plot follows a young man from a dysfunctional family who fakes his beloved grandmother's death with the help of a phone sex worker, as his home movie-obsessed father dominates his life. Plot Van (Tierney) frequently visits his grandmother, Armen (Keklikian) who is living in a poor quality nursing home. There, he meets Aline (Khanjian), whose mother (Sabourin) is in the bed next to Armen. Aline's job as a phone sex worker does not pay enough to afford a better nursing home for her mother. Van and Aline get to know each other through their frequent meetings at the nursing home. Van's mother (Sarkisyan) disappeared years ago and his father, Stan (Hemblen), is reluctant to visit his mother-in-law. Stan does go to visit Armen once, but he first visits with a stranger because he does not even kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan (; hy, Աթոմ Եղոյեան, translit=Atom Yeghoyan; born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in the 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with ''Exotica (film), Exotica'' (1994), a film set primarily in and around the fictional Exotica strip club. Egoyan's most critically acclaimed film is the drama ''The Sweet Hereafter (film), The Sweet Hereafter'' (1997), for which he received two Academy Awards, Academy Award nominations, and his biggest commercial success is the erotic thriller ''Chloe (2009 film), Chloe'' (2009). He is considered by local film critic Geoff Pevere to be one of the greatest filmmakers of his generation. Egoyan's work often explores themes of social alienation, alienation and solitude, isolation, featuring characters whose interactions are mediated through technology, bureaucracy, or other power structures. Egoyan's films often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census Metropolitan Area#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest city, and List of cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aino Pirskanen
Aino may refer to: * Aino (given name), a first name in Finland and Estonia * Ainu people (sometimes called ''Aino''), an ethnic group of northern Japan * Ainu language (also sometimes called ''Aino''), the language of the Ainu people * Aino, Nagasaki, Japan, a former town, merged in 2005 into the city of Unzen * Mount Aino, a mountain in Japan * Sony Ericsson Aino, a telephone Arts and entertainment * ''Aino'' (Kajanus), a symphonic poem for male chorus and orchestra by Robert Kajanus * Aino (mythology), a figure in the Finnish national epic poem Kalevala * ''Aino'' (opera), a 1912 opera by Erkki Melartin based on the epic poem above * Minako or Mina Aino, alter ego of Sailor Venus in the Sailor Moon franchise Train stations * Aino Station (Hyōgo), a train station in Sanda, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan * Aino Station (Shizuoka) is a railway station in the city of Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai ). Lines Aino Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garfield Andrews
''Garfield'' is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis (cartoonist), Jim Davis. Originally published locally as ''Jon'' in 1976, then in nationwide Print syndication, syndication from 1978 as ''Garfield'', it chronicles the life of the title character Garfield (character), Garfield the cat, his human owner Jon Arbuckle, and Odie the dog. As of 2013, it was syndicated in roughly 2,580 newspapers and Magazine, journals, and held the Guinness World Record for being the world's most widely Print syndication, syndicated comic strip. Though its setting is rarely mentioned in print, ''Garfield'' takes place in Jim Davis' hometown of Muncie, Indiana, according to the television special ''Happy Birthday, Garfield''. Common themes in the strip include Garfield's laziness, obsessive eating, love of coffee and Lasagne, lasagna, disdain of Mondays, and Diet (nutrition), diets. Garfield is also shown to manipulate people to get whatever he wants. The strip's focus is mostly on the inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Shafer
John Shafer is a former American college athletics administrator. He served as athletic director at the University of Mississippi from 1998 to 2002, at Eastern Kentucky University from 2003 to 2004, and at Southeast Missouri State University from 2008 to 2011. Shafer attended college at Auburn University, where he played on the school's baseball team Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding te .... Shafer announced his retirement from collegiate athletic administration on June 16, 2011. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Shafer, John Living people Auburn Tigers baseball coaches Auburn Tigers baseball players Ole Miss Rebels athletic directors Eastern Kentucky Colonels athletic directors Southeast Missouri State Redhawks athletic directors Year of birth missing (living people)< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrant Alianak
Hrant Alianak (born 1950), also billed as Harant Alianak or Grant Aljanak, is an Armenian-Canadian actor and playwright. Career In 1988, he was nominated for the Genie Award "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role" for the 1987 film ''Family Viewing''. He played Pete in the 1995 Adam Sandler movie ''Billy Madison''. He portrayed Dr. Mendez in the 2009 Canadian horror film ''Pontypool''. He also played Dr. Marek in "Stay Out of the Basement", a 1996 episode of the TV series ''Goosebumps''. Alianak's plays include ''Lucky Strike'', ''The Walls of Africa'', and ''The Blues''. Alianak made his debut as a writer in 1972 at Theatre Passe Muraille, with ''Tantrums''. ''The Walls of Africa'' was the 2001 winner of three Dora Awards, including Best New Play, and was published by Scirocco Drama in 2002. Scirocco has also published ''The Blues'' (2003). In 2010, Alianak portrayed Principal Hicks in the movie ''My Babysitter's a Vampire''. In 2011, he reprised the role in the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David MacKay (actor)
David McKay or MacKay may refer to: Arts * Dave Mackay (musician) (1932–2020), American jazz pianist, singer and composer * David Mackay (producer) (born 1944), Australian record producer/arranger and musical director * David McKay (activist) (born 1986), activist and artist known for his betrayal by Brandon Darby and subsequent incarceration * David McKay (actor), Scottish actor known for the television show ''Shoebox Zoo'' * David McKay (publisher) (1860–1918), comic and book publisher ** David McKay Publications Sports * Dave Mackay (1934–2015), Scottish football player (Hearts, Tottenham, Derby, Scotland) and manager * Dave Mackay (footballer, born 1981), Scottish football player (Dundee, St Johnstone) and manager * David Mackay (sailor) (born 1959), New Zealand Olympic sailor * Dave MacKay (ice hockey) (1919–1980), Canadian professional ice hockey player * Dave McKay (baseball) (David Lawrence McKay, born 1950), Canadian major league baseball player * Dave McKay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Sarkisyan
A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Their flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe, North America, and northwestern Africa. Species, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and often are fragrant. Roses have acquired cultural significance in many societies. Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach seven meters in height. Different species hybridize easily, and this has been used in the development of the wide range of garden roses. Etymology The name ''rose'' comes from Lati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Sabourin
Jeanne may refer to: Places * Jeanne (crater), on Venus People * Jeanne (given name) * Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, 1412–1431) * Joanna of Flanders (1295–1374) * Joan, Duchess of Brittany (1319–1384) * Ruth Stuber Jeanne (1910–2004), American marimbist, percussionist, violinist, and arranger * Jeanne de Navarre (other), multiple people * Leon Jeanne (born 1980), Welsh footballer Fictional characters *Jeanne, a character from the ''Bayonetta'' series of video games Arts and entertainment * ''Jeanne'' (1934 film), a French drama film * ''Jeanne'', also known as ''Joan of Arc'', a 2019 French drama film * ''Jeanne'', an 1844 novel by George Sand Other uses * Tropical Storm Jeanne (other) See also * Joan (other) * Joanna * Joanne (other) * Jean (other) * Jehanne (other) * Gene (other) A gene is a sequence of DNA or RNA that codes for a molecule that has a function. Gene or Genes also may refer to: Given nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selma Keklikian
Selma may refer to: Places * Selma, Algeria *Selma, Nova Scotia, Canada *Selma, Switzerland, village in the Grisons United States: *Selma, Alabama, city in Dallas County, best known for the Selma to Montgomery marches *Selma, Arkansas *Selma, California, city in Fresno County * Selma, Colorado *Selma, Indiana, town in Delaware County *Selma, Iowa * Selma, Kansas * Selma, Louisiana * Selma, Michigan * Selma, Mississippi *Selma, Missouri *Selma, North Carolina, town in Johnston County * Selma, Ohio *Selma, Oregon, unincorporated community in Josephine County * Selma, South Carolina *Selma, Texas, a city in Bexar, Comal, and Guadalupe counties *Selma, Virginia *Selma Township (other), various Historic buildings *Selma Union Depot, a train station and museum in Selma, North Carolina *Selma (Eastville, Virginia), a plantation house listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) *Selma (Leesburg, Virginia), a mansion and former plantation property *Selma (Winche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
