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Frank Crudele
Frank Crudele is an Italian-Canadian actor. He was born and lived in Italy (Triggiano near Bari) until 10 yrs old. His family moved to Montreal, Canada in 1965 and two years later to Toronto where he spent his formative years. He has an older brother (Vince Crudele) and two sisters who married two brothers; Marie Lecce and Maria Teresa Lecce. He holds a BA from Concordia University in Italian literature (1977). His main acting teacher and influence was Stella Adler in NYC with whom he studied on a Canada Council grant. Having worked extensively in theatre for the first decade, his career has spanned between Europe, Canada and the US and has worked in English, Italian, Spanish and French. He has played prominent roles in both film & television and was chosen and directed by Martin Scorsese to play “Big Jim Colosimo” in the 2009 pilot episode of the award winning HBO tv series Boardwalk Empire. His breakout appearance for his work in Europe was at the 2002 Venice film festival fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples. It is a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas. The city itself has a population of 315,284 inhabitants, over , while the urban area has 750,000 inhabitants. The metropolitan area has 1.3 million inhabitants. Bari is made up of four different urban sections. To the north is the closely built old town on the peninsula between two modern harbours, with the Basilica of Saint Nicholas, the Cathedral of San Sabino (1035–1171) and the Hohenstaufen Castle built for Frederick II, which is now also a major nightlife district. To the south is the Murat quarter (erected by Joachim Murat), the modern heart of the city, which is laid out on a rectangular grid-plan with a promenade on the sea and the majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Cruz (director)
Juan Cruz (born 1966) is a television and film director and screenwriter. He co-directed the 2005 film ''Tapas'' as his directorial film debut. Filmography * ''Incidencias'' 2015 * ''Pelotas (TV series) 2009–2010 * '' Universos'' (TV series) 2008 * ''Cowards'' 2008 * ''XXI Premios Anuales de la Academia'' (TV special) 2007 * ''Tapas'' 2005 * ''Ratones coloraos'' (TV series) 2002 * ''Set de nit'' (TV series) 2001 * ''A pèl'' (TV series) 2001 * ''El olor de las manzanas EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American ...'' (short) (writer) 1999 External links * Spanish film directors Living people 1966 births {{Spain-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trial And Error
Trial and error is a fundamental method of problem-solving characterized by repeated, varied attempts which are continued until success, or until the practicer stops trying. According to W.H. Thorpe, the term was devised by C. Lloyd Morgan (1852–1936) after trying out similar phrases "trial and failure" and "trial and practice". Under Morgan's Canon, animal behaviour should be explained in the simplest possible way. Where behavior seems to imply higher mental processes, it might be explained by trial-and-error learning. An example is a skillful way in which his terrier Tony opened the garden gate, easily misunderstood as an insightful act by someone seeing the final behavior. Lloyd Morgan, however, had watched and recorded the series of approximations by which the dog had gradually learned the response, and could demonstrate that no insight was required to explain it. Edward Lee Thorndike was the initiator of the theory of trial and error learning based on the findings he sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Don's Analyst
''The Don's Analyst'' is an American television film that starred Robert Loggia, and premiered on Showtime on September 6, 1997. It predated the very similarly plotted 1999 movie ''Analyze This''. Plot Don Vito Leoni, the Godfather, is clinically depressed. The world has changed and he hasn't. He'd like to retire, but if he left the "family business" to his two idiot sons, they'd be dead in a minute. So he decides to go legit, which convinces everyone that he must be completely off the deep end. To preserve their cushy lives, his dysfunctional family conspires to get him some psychotherapy. So his boys kidnap a "paisan" shrink, and order him to "fix" their father. Cast * Robert Loggia as Don Vito Leoni * Rick Aiello as Frankie Leoni * Robert Cicchini as Donnie Leoni * Howard Jerome as Tomaso * Louis Di Bianco as Salvatore * David Calderisi as Anthony * Lou Pitoscia as Tommy The Rope * George Santino as Paul Tondini * Angie Dickinson as Victoria Leoni * Kevin Pollak as Dr. Julian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Promise The Moon
''Promise the Moon'' is a 1997 Western film by Kevin Sullivan, based on the book ''The Four Arrows Fe-As-Ko'' by Randall Beth Platt. The script was adapted by Kevin Sullivan and Peter Behrens, and directed by Ken Jubenvill. The film won a Gemini Award for Best Costume Design. Plot summary Ranch hand Roy Leckner ( Henry Czerny) gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to fulfill his bosses dying wish to bring home his long lost son Levi (Shawn Ashmore) and teach him to take over the Four Arrows Ranch. Roy finds Levi unable to speak and living in an institution where he's been his entire life. Roy has no idea how he is going to be able to teach the boy anything and to make matters worse, Sir Robert Butler ( David Fox) a local, cut throat businessman, is plotting to take over the ranch. Roy thinks the case is hopeless until Butler's former secretary Jane Makepeace (Colette Stevenson) joins forces with Roy to keep her greedy ex-employer at bay. The prim and proper Jane brings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotti (1996 Film)
''Gotti'' is a 1996 American crime drama television film directed by Robert Harmon and written by Steve Shagan, based in part on the 1996 non-fiction book ''Gotti: Rise and Fall'' by Jerry Capeci and Gene Mustain. The film stars Armand Assante in the title role as infamous Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, along with William Forsythe, and Anthony Quinn. It aired on HBO on August 17, 1996. Assante won an Emmy Award for ''Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special'' for his performance. Assante also received a Golden Globe nomination the same year. Plot The film starts In 1973 in New York, and ends in 1992, with Gotti's imprisonment. Gotti's association with three mobsters is also highlighted in the film: a father-son like relationship with family underboss Aniello "Mr. Neil" Dellacroce, his deep but rocky friendship with Gotti crew member and longtime friend Angelo Ruggiero, and the respect and ultimate frustration that he felt for the man who became his underboss, Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Commish
''The Commish'' is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC in the United States from September 28, 1991, to January 11, 1996. The series focuses on the work and home life of a suburban police commissioner in Eastbridge, New York. Premise The series stars Michael Chiklis as Anthony Joseph "Tony" Scali, a former NYPD detective who is now the police commissioner in the small fictional suburban New York town of Eastbridge, and tends to work through problems with humor and creativity more often than with violence or force. Theresa Saldana plays Rachel Scali (née Metzger), Tony's wife, and Kaj-Erik Eriksen plays their young son, David. Also living with the family in the first season was Rachel's freeloading brother, Arnie Metzger, played by David Paymer. A daughter, Sarah Lou, named after her maternal grandmother Sarah Metzger (Rachel's mother) and Lou Donello (an old friend and former partner of Tony's), and played by twins Justine and Dayna Cornborough, was bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Series
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maniac Mansion
''Maniac Mansion'' is a 1987 graphic adventure video game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. It follows teenage protagonist Dave Miller as he attempts to rescue his girlfriend Sandy Pantz from a mad scientist, whose mind has been enslaved by a sentient meteor. The player uses a point-and-click interface to guide Dave and two of his six playable friends through the scientist's mansion while solving puzzles and avoiding dangers. Gameplay is non-linear, and the game must be completed in different ways based on the player's choice of characters. Initially released for the Commodore 64 and Apple II, ''Maniac Mansion'' was Lucasfilm Games' first self-published product. The game was conceived in 1985 by Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, who sought to tell a comedic story based on horror film and B-movie clichés. They mapped out the project as a paper-and-pencil game before coding commenced. While earlier adventure titles had relied on command lines, Gilbert disliked such syst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trish Sie
Patricia Mary Sie ( ''née'' Kulash; born October 11, 1971) is an American film and music video director, best known for directing the films '' Step Up: All In'' (2014) and ''Pitch Perfect 3'' (2017), as well as music videos, particularly for the alternative rock band OK Go. She has worked in film, television, commercials, music videos, stage, children's entertainment and ballroom DanceSport. Life and career Sie was born in Washington, D.C. She graduated from National Cathedral School and, as a teenager, attended the National Music Camp at Interlochen Center for the Arts. She has a degree in music theory and composition from the University of Pennsylvania and was a member of Penn Dance Company. After graduating in 1994, she became a professional championship ballroom dancer and a well-known choreographer. She moved to Orlando, Fla., where she opened the Zebra Room Dance Studios and organized an arts collective called the Exchange. Other projects include concepts, directing, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Barbareschi
Luca Barbareschi (born 28 July 1956 in Montevideo) is an Italian-Uruguayan actor, television presenter, and former member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Barbareschi is Jewish. He was one of four actors whom the Italian police believed had been murdered in the making of the 1980 horror film '' Cannibal Holocaust'', where he also abused and killed a young piglet. So realistic was the film that shortly after it was released its director Ruggero Deodato was arrested on suspicions of murder. The actors had signed contracts to stay out of the media for a year in order to fuel rumours that the film was a snuff movie. The court was only convinced that they were alive when the contracts were cancelled and the actors appeared on a television show as proof.Ruggero Deodato (interviewee), ''In the Jungle: The Making of Cannibal Holocaust'', Alan Young Pictures, Italy, 2003.Ruggero Deodato, interview with Sage Stallone and Bob Murawski, ''Cult-Con 2000'', Cannibal Holocaust DVD Commenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tutti I Santi Giorni
''Every Blessed Day'' ( it, Tutti i santi giorni) is a 2012 Cinema of Italy, Italian romantic comedy film directed by Paolo Virzì. Cast * Luca Marinelli as Guido * Thony as Antonia * Micol Azzurro as Patrizia * Katie McGovern as Katherine * Claudio Pallitto as Marcello * Stefania Felicioli as the gynecologist * Franco Gargia as Professor Savarese * Giovanni La Parola as Jimmy * Frank Crudele as Antonia's father * Mimma Pirré as Rosetta, Antonia's mother References External links * 2012 films Italian romantic comedy-drama films 2012 romantic comedy-drama films Films set in Rome Films directed by Paolo Virzì 2012 comedy films 2012 drama films 2010s Italian films {{2010s-comedy-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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