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Graham Beckel
Graham Stuart Beckel (born December 22, 1949) is an American character actor. He is known for his guest appearances on television but has had roles in several major films as well. He is known for his roles as Franklin Ford in the drama film '' The Paper Chase'', and Dick Stensland in Curtis Hanson's ''L.A. Confidential''. He also played Jack Fisk on ''Battlestar Galactica'' and Hal Sanders on ''Heroes''. Beckel also appeared in ''The Astronaut Farmer'' as Frank, a customer at the diner. Beckel portrayed oil tycoon Ellis Wyatt in ''Atlas Shrugged'' (2011). He has a recurring role on the AMC TV show ''Halt & Catch Fire'' as Nathan Cardiff, owner of the show's fictional company "Cardiff Electric". He is the younger brother of the late political strategist and TV commentator Bob Beckel Robert Gilliland Beckel (November 15, 1948 – February 20, 2022) was an American political analyst and pundit, and political operative. He was an analyst and commentator on Fox News. He had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbarians At The Gate (film)
''Barbarians at the Gate'' is a 1993 American biographical comedy-drama television film directed by Glenn Jordan and written by Larry Gelbart, based on the 1989 book of the same name by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. The film stars James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, and Peter Riegert. It tells the true story of F. Ross Johnson, who was the president and CEO of RJR Nabisco. ''Barbarians at the Gate'' received generally positive reviews from critics. The film earned nine nominations at the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards, winning one for Outstanding Made for Television Movie. It also won Best Miniseries or Television Film and Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film for Garner at the 51st Golden Globe Awards. Plot Self-made multimillionaire F. Ross Johnson, CEO of RJR Nabisco, decides to take the tobacco and food conglomerate company private in 1988 after receiving advance news of the likely market failure of the company's smokeless cigarette called Premier, the development ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Days
''Two Days'' (russian: Два дня, Dva dnya) is a 2011 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Avdotya Smirnova. Cast *Fyodor Bondarchuk - Pyotr Drozdov, Deputy Minister of Economy and Development *Kseniya Rappoport - Maria Ilinichna *Evgeny Muravich - Vladimir Nikolayevich Ilyin, Director of the Museum *Irina Rozanova - Larisa Petrovna *Gennady Smirnov - Victor *Konstantin Shelestun - Arkady *Maria Semyonova - Katya * Andrei Smirnov - Minister *Olga Dihovichnaya - Lida *Sergey Umanov - Kharkevich *Boris Kamorzin - Sergei Ivanovich Begletsov, Governor *Yuri Pronin - Chief Engineer Reception The film received positive reviews. It was a winner of two Golden Eagle Awards, for Best Actor (Fyodor Bondarchuk) and Best Actress (Kseniya Rappoport Kseniya Aleksandrovna Rappoport (russian: link=no, Ксе́ния Алекса́ндровна Раппопо́рт; born 25 March 1974) is a Russian actress. She graduated in 2000 from Saint Petersburg Academy of Theatrical Arts and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Blue (film)
''Dark Blue'' is a 2002 American crime thriller film directed by Ron Shelton and written by David Ayer, based on a story written for film by crime novelist James Ellroy and takes place during the days leading up to the Rodney King trial verdict. The film stars Kurt Russell with Ving Rhames and Brendan Gleeson in supporting roles. Plot Los Angeles, 1992. The film opens ''in medias res'' to LAPD Sergeant Eldon Perry, who is pacing in a motel room with a shotgun and pistol. Five days earlier, four people are killed and one wounded when two men, Darryl Orchard and Gary Sidwell, rob a convenience store in order to gain access to a safe in the office. Meanwhile, Perry defends his partner, Detective Bobby Keough, before an internal hearing concerning Keough's use of deadly force in a previous case; Keough is later exonerated. Perry and Keough later celebrate the former's impending promotion with their superior, Jack Van Meter, who is also Keough's uncle. Van Meter, a corrupt cop who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Ask My Children (2001 Film)
''Just Ask My Children'' is a 2001 historical drama made-for-television film, recounting the true story of the Kern County child abuse cases from the perspectives of various members of the Kniffen Family. Plot In 1982, Parents Brenda Kniffen (Virginia Madsen) and her husband Scott Kniffen (Jeffrey Nordling) are arrested due to false accusations of satanic ritual abuse, child molestation and other acts of illegal activity. Two years later, they are found guilty and both sentenced to 240 years in prison without parole following a systematic trial. Brenda and Scott have two young boys, Brandon and Brian Kniffen, who are played by various actors as they age from little boys to grown adult men in the foster care system. Denver Dunn (Graham Beckel), a private detective, is hired soon afterwards to have the Kniffen parents exonerated. Ms. Landry, a surly prison guard, (Deirdre O'Connell) would show disgust towards Brenda at first, but as time passed she would to have doubts about Brend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardball (film)
''Hardball'' is a 2001 American sports drama /comedy film directed by Brian Robbins and starring Keanu Reeves in the main role, Diane Lane and D. B. Sweeney. The screenplay by John Gatins is based on the book ''Hardball: A Season in the Projects'' by Daniel Coyle. The original music score is composed by Mark Isham. The film was released on September 14, 2001, topping the box office the weekend after the September 11 attacks. Plot Conor O'Neill is a gambler who secretly bets $6,000 on his dead father's account and is now severely in debt with two bookies. In order to repay the debts, he is told by a corporate friend that he must coach a baseball team of troubled African-American fifth grade kids from Chicago's ABLA housing projects in exchange for $500 each week, for ten weeks. Worried only about getting his $500 check, Conor shows up at the baseball field to a rag tag bunch of trash-talking, street-wise, inner city kids who live in the projects. Some of the players include: Andr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester W
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Locality"; downloaded froCheshire West and Chester: Population Profiles, 17 May 2019 it is the most populous settlement of Cheshire West and Chester (a unitary authority which had a population of 329,608 in 2011) and serves as its administrative headquarters. It is also the historic county town of Cheshire and the second-largest settlement in Cheshire after Warrington. Chester was founded in 79 AD as a "castrum" or Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix during the reign of Emperor Vespasian. One of the main army camps in Roman Britain, Deva later became a major civilian settlement. In 689, King Æthelred of Mercia founded the Minster Church of West Mercia, which later became Chester's first cathedral, and the Angles extended and strengthened t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Harbor (film)
''Pearl Harbor'' is a 2001 American romantic war drama film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer and written by Randall Wallace. It stars Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, Colm Feore, and Alec Baldwin. The film features a heavily fictionalized version of the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941, focusing on a love story set amidst the lead up to the attack, its aftermath, and the Doolittle Raid. The film was a box office success, earning $59 million in its opening weekend and nearly $450 million worldwide, but received generally negative reviews from critics, who criticized the story, long runtime, screenplay and dialogue, pacing, performances and historical inaccuracies, although the visual effects and Hans Zimmer's score were praised. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning in the category of Best Sound Editing. However, it was also nominated for six Golden Raspb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Crime (1999 Film)
''True Crime'' is a 1999 American mystery thriller film directed by Clint Eastwood, and based on Andrew Klavan's 1995 novel of the same name. Eastwood also stars in the film as a journalist covering the execution of a death row inmate, only to discover that the convict may actually be innocent. The film was released on March 19, 1999 and became a box-office bomb, grossing just $16 million against its $55 million production budget. Plot Steve Everett, an Oakland journalist recovering from alcoholism, is assigned to cover the execution of convicted murderer Frank Beechum following the death of Everett's colleague, Michelle Ziegler, who had originally been assigned to the story. Everett investigates the background to the case and comes to suspect that Beechum has been wrongly convicted of murdering Amy Wilson. He gets permission from his editor's boss to investigate, and is told that the top editor would call the Governor, and that would do the job, if Everett gets hard proof. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Vacancy (1999 Film)
''No Vacancy'' is a 1999 American independent comedy film written and directed by Marius Balchunas in his directorial debut. Plot The film is about the various people who inhabit the seedy Pink Motel in Los Angeles. Two men wake up with hookers, then proceed to accost a beauty-obsessed woman (Lolita Davidovich); the Latino motel owner (Joaquim de Almeida) is angered after finding his daughter (Patricia Velasquez) wants to marry a white man; a young woman (Christina Ricci) wakes up to find a stranger (Timothy Olyphant) in her bed. Cast * Christina Ricci as Lilian * Timothy Olyphant as Luke * Robert Wagner as Mr. Tangerine * Lolita Davidovich as Constance * Gabriel Mann as Michael * Ryan Bollman as Pete * Joaquim De Almeida as Reynaldo * Patricia Velasquez as Ramona * Graham Beckel as "Do It Again" Guy * Rhona Bennett as Penelope * Olek Krupa as Leonard * Tracy Tutor Tracy Tutor (born August 11, 1975) is an American actress, author, real estate agent and reality televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Streak (film)
''Blue Streak'' is a 1999 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Les Mayfield. Inspired by the 1965 film '' The Big Job'', the film stars Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Dave Chappelle, Peter Greene, Nicole Ari Parker and William Forsythe. Lawrence plays Miles, a jewel thief who tries to retrieve a diamond he left at a police station, whereupon he disguises himself as a detective and gets paired with a real policeman to investigate burglaries. The film was shot on location in California. The prime shooting spot was Sony Pictures Studios, which is located in Culver City, California. ''Blue Streak'' was released theatrically by Columbia Pictures on September 9, 1999 and opened as the number one movie in North America. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, it went on to gross nearly $120 million at the worldwide box office against a $36 million budget. The film's soundtrack album, featuring a number of popular urban/hip-hop artists, was certified platinum. Plot Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fallen (1998 Film)
''Fallen'' is a 1998 American supernatural thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit, produced by Charles Roven and Dawn Steel, from a screenplay by Nicholas Kazan. Denzel Washington plays a Philadelphia police detective who is investigating occult murders committed by an apparent copycat killer. John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz, James Gandolfini and Elias Koteas also star. Warner Bros. released ''Fallen'' on January 16, 1998. Despite the movie’s underperformance at the box-office, ''Fallen'' gained a cult following and is considered one of Washington’s most underrated films. Plot Philadelphia Police Detective John Hobbes visits serial killer Edgar Reese, whom he helped capture, on death row. Reese is in high spirits and, during conversation, grabs Hobbes' hand and delivers a spiteful monologue in an unknown language, assumed to be gibberish but later identified as Aramaic. As he is executed, Reese mocks the spectators and sings " Time Is on My Side" by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
