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Harry Standjofsky
Harry Standjofski (born May 22, 1959) is a Canadian actor as well as a theater director and playwright. He has appeared in films such as '' Guy X'', '' The Aviator'', ''Protection'', '' X-Men: Days of Future Past'' and '' Hidden Agenda'' and has voiced characters in video games such as '' Assassin's Creed'', '' Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones'', '' Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory'', and ''Splinter Cell''. His plays ''Anton'' and ''No Cycle'' can be found in his book ''Urban Myths'' published by NuAge Editions. Standjofski has been teaching theatre part-time at Concordia University, where he attended, since 1986. Filmography Film roles * '' Wild Thing'' (1987) - Sgt. Matty * '' Ford: The Man and the Machine'' (1987, TV Movie) - Saboteur * '' Falling Over Backwards'' (1990) - Club manager * '' Moody Beach'' (1990) - Douanier * ''Love and Human Remains'' (1993) * '' The Neighbor'' (1993) - Morrie * '' Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle'' (1994) - Home Movie Director * ''Warriors'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Thing (film)
''Wild Thing'' is a 1987 film directed by Max Reid and starring Robert Knepper and Kathleen Quinlan. The screenplay was by John Sayles and the story by Larry Stamper. The film was distributed by the Atlantic Entertainment Group. Plot When his parents are killed in a botched drug deal, a young boy is taken in by a bag lady who teaches him about the Blue Coats (Cops) and White Coats (Doctors). After her death, he becomes an urban Tarzan defending innocents in a large city. He soon becomes an urban legend and champion of street justice, espousing a 1960s philosophy and coming to the aid of the helpless and oppressed. Jane (Kathleen Quinlan) is the concerned social worker who falls for the hero. Armed with a bow and arrow and makeshift equipment such as a grappling hook made from an old umbrella, he and his cat sidekick set out to avenge his parents death when he finds the drug dealer that killed them. The song '' Wild Thing'' by the rock band The Troggs is played as a sort of them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walk (2015 Film)
''The Walk'' is a 2015 American 3D biographical drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by him and Christopher Browne.. It is based on the story of 24-year-old French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on August 7, 1974. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Petit, alongside Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, James Badge Dale, Ben Schwartz, and Steve Valentine. The film was released by TriStar Pictures on September 30, 2015 in the United States in IMAX 3D, and on October 9 in regular 2D and 3D. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for Gordon-Levitt's performance, Zemeckis' direction and the visual effects, particularly during the wire walk scene, but underperformed at the box office. The film was dedicated to the victims of the September 11 attacks. Plot In 1968, Parisian street performer Philippe Petit bites a hard candy from the audience, damaging his tooth. In the dentist's waiting room, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Militaire
''The Military Man'' (french: Le Militaire) is a 2014 Canadian drama film starring Laurent Lucas, written and directed by Noël Mitrani. Plot A former French soldier lives in solitude in Montreal. Since returning from Afghanistan with a leg injury, this soldier has had trouble coming to grips with reality and overcoming his loneliness. The trauma caused by his memories of the conflict leads him towards an unhealthy relationship with women. One day, his behavior brings him into contact with a woman and makes him questions his motives. Cast * Laurent Lucas as Bertrand * Noémie Godin-Vigneau as Audrey * Larry Day * Harry Standjofski Production The film is an independent feature shot on super 16 mm like a documentary. For the role, Laurent Lucas specially grew his beard and shaved his head. The film was shot on location in Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Young And Prodigious T
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already 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 pronouns 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 pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barney's Version (film)
''Barney's Version'' is a 2010 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Richard J. Lewis, based on the novel of the same name by Mordecai Richler. The film was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Plot Barney Panofsky is living with his best friend Boogie in Rome. He marries the mentally disturbed and unfaithful Clara Charnofsky after she tells him she is pregnant with his child. He later finds out the child delivered stillborn is not his, and he demands they separate. She commits suicide, and a devastated Barney decides to return home to Montreal. Barney soon meets the woman who becomes his second wife, the daughter of a wealthy Jewish family. At their lavish wedding, Barney meets Miriam Grant and immediately falls in love. He tells her his feelings for her that night but she rejects him. Despite his marriage, Barney sends Miriam flowers and gifts. He later picks up Boogie, who comes to detox, for a few days at Barney's lake house. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Sentimental Capitalism
''A Sentimental Capitalism'' (french: Un capitalisme sentimental) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Olivier Asselin and released in 2008.Charles-Henri Ramond"Un capitalisme sentimental – Film d’Olivier Asselin" ''Films du Québec'', April 15, 2009. The film stars Lucille Fluet as Fernande Bouvier, an aspiring artist in Paris in the 1920s who unwittingly becomes the cause of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 after businessman Victor Feldman (Alex Bisping) bets two of his colleagues that he can sell her on the financial market despite her lack of tangible artistic output. The film's cast also includes Paul Ahmarani, Frank Fontaine, Sylvie Moreau, Anne Létourneau, Harry Standjofski and Steve Barry. The film premiered on October 8, 2008 as the opening film of the Festival du nouveau cinéma. It was regarded by some critics as prophetic, as the financial crisis of 2007–2008 was in full swing by the time of its release. Isabelle Malenfant received a Jutra Award The P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom
''Stardom'' is a 2000 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Denys Arcand and written by J.Jacob Potashnik and Arcand. It stars Jessica Paré and Dan Aykroyd. It tells the story of a young girl who tries to cope with her rise to stardom after being discovered by a fashion agency. The film was screened out of competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. Arcand cited his later film '' Days of Darkness'' (2007) as similar to ''Stardom'', though ''Days of Darkness'' was ostensibly a sequel to his other films ''The Decline of the American Empire'' (1986) and ''The Barbarian Invasions ''The Barbarian Invasions'' (french: Les Invasions barbares) is a 2003 Canadian-French sex comedy-drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand and starring Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau and Marie-Josée Croze. The film is a sequel to Arca ...'' (2003). Cast References External links * * Denys Arcand's Stardom: media mania and the beauty of beauty 2000 films English-language Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sleep Room
''The Sleep Room'' is a 1998 Canadian television movie about experiments on Canadian mental patients that were carried out in the 1950s and 1960s by Donald Ewen Cameron and funded by the CIA's MKUltra program. It originally aired as a miniseries and is based on the book ''In The Sleep Room: The Story of CIA Brainwashing Experiments in Canada'' by Anne Collins. The first half of the film details the evolution of Cameron's experiments using a procedure he called psychic driving which included continuous loop taped messages while the patients were under the influence of curare and LSD, as well as intensive electroshock treatments. The second half covers the legal efforts of the patients and their attorneys in the 1980s to obtain a settlement. The film was directed by Anne Wheeler and starred Leon Pownall, Macha Grenon, Nicola Cavendish, Donald Moffat, Diego Matamoros, Jean-Guy Bouchard, Emmanuel Bilodeau and Marina Orsini. It won several Gemini awards, including best televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wrong Woman
''The Wrong Woman'' is a 1995 Canadian thriller film directed by Douglas Jackson and starring Nancy McKeon, Chelsea Field, and Michele Scarabelli. It was produced by Pierre David and written by Douglas Soesbe. Plot An honest temporary employee (Nancy McKeon) finds herself accused of murder when the president of the real estate company to which she has been assigned is suddenly murdered before she can tell him that she discovered one of his regular workers has been robbing him blind. That she was having an affair with the slain man only complicates matters. The film was broadcast on CBS March 26, 1996. Prior to that, it was released on video by Republic Pictures and is a frequent repeat on the Lifetime Network. Cast *Nancy McKeon as Melanie Brooke *Michele Scarabelli as Christine Henley *Chelsea Field as Margaret Bateman * Gary Hudson as Lt. Nagel *Stephen Shellen Stephen Shellen, also known as Stephen Shellenberger (born June 17, 1957), is a Canadians, Canadian actor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Neighbor (1993 Film)
''The Neighbor'' is a 1993 horror thriller film directed by Rodney Gibbons, starring Rod Steiger, Linda Kozlowski and Ron Lea. Plot The film is about an aging gynecologist (Rod Steiger) with a "killer instinct" who terrorizes his urban neighbors (Linda Kozlowski and Ron Lea) in a rural community in Burlington, Vermont. Cast * Rod Steiger as Dr. Myron Hatch **Benjamin Shirinian as Young Myron Hatch * Linda Kozlowski as Mary / Mrs. Hatch * Ron Lea as John * Bruce Boa as Bishop * Jane Wheeler as Dr. Wayburn * Sean McCann as Lieutenant Crow * Frances Bay as Aunt Sylvia * Harry Standjofski as Morrie * Pauline Little as Rebecca * Mark Camacho as Bank Manager * Claire Riley as Dr. Statner * Linda Singer as Clinic Receptionist * Philip Spensley as The Pharmacist * Gordon Masten as City Worker Production While filming, Steiger commented on his character: "He¨s a person whose acts are villainous and sad, a sick person. Otherwise, I couldn't play him. I don't know how you do a villain. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love And Human Remains
''Love and Human Remains'' is a 1993 Canadian film directed by Denys Arcand and based on Brad Fraser's stage play ''Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love''. Fraser also wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation. The film version follows the storyline of the original play fairly closely: a gay man and his heterosexual, female roommate try (who sexually experiments by having sex with a lesbian) to find love and sexual gratification in Edmonton, as a serial killer is loose in the city. While the film was shot on location in Montreal, Quebec, the original stage play and the screenplay are both set in Edmonton, Alberta. There are attempts made in the dialogue, props and background film footage to identify the city as Edmonton, as in David's remark, "Let's order a Rosebowl pizza and discuss your sexual crises" (Rose Bowl Pizza is a well-known restaurant and bar in Edmonton). In another scene, the TV news reporter signs off from "CFR-" and gets cut off by the TV remote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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