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Hubert Taczanowski
Hubert Taczanowski (born 1 October 1960, Poland) is a US and UK-based motion picture cinematographer. He is the son of Stanisław and Mirosława (née Sadżak) Taczanowski and a member of the former magnate family Taczanowski from Poznań A graduate of Cinematography at the famed Łódź Film School in Poland, Taczanowski has been the director of photography on nineteen feature films and two television series. His films have been screened at the Sundance, Venice, Toronto, Edinburgh and Berlin Film Festivals. Additionally, he has shot over twenty music videos for Sony Music, Atlantic Records, EMI and Chrysalis. In January 2007 he married British costume designer Stephanie Collie. He resides in New York and London. Filmography Cinematographer * ''Love, Wedding, Repeat'' (2020) * ''How to Build a Girl'' (2019) * ''Military Wives'' (2019) * '' London Town'' (2016) * '' Spooks: The Greater Good'' (2015) * ''The Face of an Angel'' (2014) * '' The Look of Love'' (2013) * ''Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera and light crews working on such projects and would normally be responsible for making artistic and technical decisions related to the image and for selecting the camera, film stock, lenses, filters, etc. The study and practice of this field is referred to as cinematography. The cinematographer is a subordinate of the director, tasked with capturing a scene in accordance with director’s vision. Relations between the cinematographer and director vary. In some instances, the director will allow the cinematographer complete independence, while in others, the director allows little to none, even going so far as to specify exact camera placement and lens selection. Such a level of involvement is less common when the director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rise Of Taj
''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 pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Cab
''Chicago Cab'' is a 1997 American drama film directed by Mary Cybulski and John Tintori. It is based on the play ''Hellcab'' by Will Kern. Synopsis The film follows an unnamed taxi driver (played by Paul Dillon) over one day in Chicago, shortly before Christmas. More than 30 passengers enter his taxi throughout the course of the film, providing brief looks into their personal lives. Among the actors giving cameo appearances are Gillian Anderson, John Cusack, Laurie Metcalf, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Michael Shannon, Michael Ironside, and Reggie Hayes. Release and reception ''Chicago Cab'' had its premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival in October 1997, where it was nominated for a Golden Hugo Award. It was not released in movie theatres until September 18, 1998, when it played in two venues and earned $23,946. The film received criticism for having unrealistic taxi passengers, since all of the characters have an exciting story. Roger Ebert, however, gave it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Opposite Of Sex
''The Opposite of Sex'' is a 1998 American romantic black comedy film written and directed by Don Roos, and starring Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan and Lisa Kudrow. A directorial debut for Roos, it marked the final film produced by Rysher Entertainment. Shortly before the film’s world premiere at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, it was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics. The tagline: "You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be offended." Plot Sixteen-year-old Dedee Truitt runs away from home. She is pregnant by her ex-boyfriend, Randy Cates. Not revealing her pregnancy, Dedee eventually moves in with her much older half-brother Bill, a gay teacher in a conservative, suburban community in Saint Joseph County, Indiana. Although he is living with Matt, Bill still mourns the loss of his previous partner, Tom, who died of AIDS some time ago. Bill maintains a friendship with Tom's younger sister, Lucia, who idolized her brother. Dedee seduces Matt, then tricks him into believin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Break Up (1998 Film)
''Break Up'' is a 1998 American crime thriller film directed by Paul Marcus and written by Anne Amanda Opotowsky. It stars Bridget Fonda, Kiefer Sutherland, Hart Bochner, and Steven Weber. Plot After blacking out in a violent domestic battle, Jimmy (Bridget Fonda) awakens in the hospital to learn that her abusive husband, Frank (Hart Bochner), has died in a fiery crash, and that she is the prime suspect. As the police focus on building their case against Jimmy, she uncovers evidence indicating that Frank may not only still be alive, but getting away with murder. Jimmy, in a daring escape from police custody, races towards a final confrontation with justice and revenge. Cast * Bridget Fonda as Jimmy Dade * Kiefer Sutherland as Officer John Box * Steven Weber as Officer Andrew Ramsey * Hart Bochner as Frankie Dade * Penelope Ann Miller as Grace * Tippi Hedren as Mom * Leslie Stefanson as Shelly Reception The film was acquired in 1997 by Harvey Weinstein, who then ran Miramax w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Boy
''Buddy Boy'' is a 1999 psychological thriller film written and directed by Mark Hanlon and starring Aidan Gillen, Emmanuelle Seigner and Susan Tyrrell. The film premiered at the 56th Venice International Film Festival. Rex Reed of ''The New York Observer'' called it "a curious, unsettling, darkly conceived and absolutely fascinating little film. Not since Roman Polanski at the pinnacle of his European weirdness have I seen a film this strange and riveting." Plot The film's title character, Francis, lives with his invalid, abusive mother Sal in a dingy tenement apartment, and has suffered a life of unrelenting misfortune and brutality, further impacted by a stutter. Over time, he has withdrawn from the world and into himself, silently observing others rather than interacting with them. His only solace has been his Catholic faith, but he has begun to question his belief in a loving God who could countenance so much evil and pain. When he discovers he can see into the apartmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turn It Up (film)
''Turn It Up'' is a 2000 action hood film written and directed by Robert Adetuyi and starring Ja Rule, Pras, Faith Evans and Jason Statham. Cast * Pras as Diamond * Ja Rule as David "Gage" Williams * Jason Statham as Mr. B * Tamala Jones as Kia * Vondie Curtis-Hall as Cliff * John Ralston as Mr. White * Chris Messina as Baz * Eugene Clark as Marshall * Faith Evans as Natalie * Chang Tseng as Mr. Chang Production ''Turn It Up'' was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Denial NiteClub, 360 Adelaide St. W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Reception On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 8%, based on reviews from 38 critics. The website's consensus reads, "Reviewers say Turn It Up has a derivative feel, running through too many urban movie cliches." On Metacritic, it has a score of 18 out of 100, based on reviews from 16 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade D− on a scale of A to F. Box office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How To Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
''How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog'' is a 2000 American black comedy film written and directed by Michael Kalesniko. It stars Kenneth Branagh and Robin Wright Penn. Plot Peter McGowan is a chain-smoking, impotent, insomniac British playwright who lives in Los Angeles. Once very successful, he is now in the tenth year of a decade-long string of production failures. His latest play is in the hands of effeminate director Brian Sellars, who is obsessed with Petula Clark; his wife Melanie is determined to have a baby; he finds himself bonding with a new neighbor's lonely young daughter who has mild cerebral palsy; and during one of his middle-of-the-night strolls, he encounters his oddball doppelgänger who claims to be Peter McGowan and develops a friendship of sorts with him. Cast Production Petula Clark's recordings of " I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" and "A Groovy Kind of Love" were heard during the opening and closing credits respectively, and "Downtown 99", a disco remix of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home Movie (2001 Film)
A home movie is a short amateur film or video typically made just to preserve a visual record of family activities, a vacation, or a special event, and intended for viewing at home by family and friends. Originally, home movies were made on photographic film in formats that usually limited the movie-maker to about three minutes per roll of costly camera film. The vast majority of amateur film formats lacked audio, shooting silent film. The 1970s saw the advent of consumer camcorders that could record an hour or two of video on one relatively inexpensive videocassette which also had audio and did not need to be developed the way film did. This was followed by digital video cameras that recorded to flash memory, and most recently smartphones with video recording capability, made the creation of home movies easier and much more affordable to the average person. The technological boundaries between home-movie-making and professional movie-making are becoming increasingly blur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadpole (film)
''Tadpole'' is a 2002 American romantic comedy film directed by Gary Winick, written by Heather McGowan and Niels Mueller, and starring Sigourney Weaver, Bebe Neuwirth, Aaron Stanford, John Ritter, Robert Iler, and Kate Mara. A low-budget production, ''Tadpole'' premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival where it won rave reviews and was awarded the Dramatic Directing Award for Winick. Miramax acquired the film for distribution and gave it a limited theatrical release on August 2, 2002. Plot Oscar Grubman is a precocious 15-year-old boy traveling home from school for Thanksgiving. He speaks fluent French, quotes Voltaire and finds girls of his own age to be too shallow and superficial, as well as too immature and inexperienced in life. When Miranda Spear, an attractive girl from school, shows interest in Oscar, he politely brushes her off. Oscar confides in his friend Charlie that he is in love with a mature woman and plans to win her heart during Thanksgiving break. Oscar ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Little Eye
''My Little Eye'' is a 2002 British horror film directed by Marc Evans about five adults who agree to spend six months together in an isolated mansion while being filmed at all times. The idea for the film came from reality television shows such as '' Big Brother''. The title refers to the guessing game I spy. Plot Five contestants, Matt (Sean Cw Johnson), Emma (Laura Regan), Charlie (Jennifer Sky), Danny ( Stephen O'Reilly) and Rex (Kris Lemche), agree to take part in a reality webcast, where they must spend six months in a house to win $1 million. If anyone leaves, then no one wins the money. Nearing the end of the six months, tension between the contestants rises after Emma finds strange messages she believes are from a man from her past and the food packages arrive containing a letter that claims Danny's grandfather has died, and a gun with five bullets. One night, a man named Travis Patterson (Bradley Cooper) arrives, claiming he is lost in the woods and that his GPS ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deathwatch (2002 Film)
''Deathwatch'' is a 2002 British-German horror war film written and directed by M. J. Bassett and starring Jamie Bell, Laurence Fox, Kris Marshall, Matthew Rhys, and Andy Serkis. A lost squad of British soldiers in World War I take shelter in an abandoned enemy trench, but it proves to be no refuge as the men find themselves hunted by unseen evils. Plot During World War I, soldiers of the British 5th Battalion's White Company under Cpt. Jennings charge a German trench as part of a larger assault. The young Pvt. Charlie Shakespeare initially refuses, but is coaxed along by Sgt. Tate. Many soldiers fall to machine-gun fire or artillery and the unit becomes lost in the fog. After walking for hours, carrying Pvt. Colin Chevasse, now paraplegic, the unit comes across a maze-like network of trenches. There they find three terrified Germans, who ignore Private Willie McNess's cries for surrender in apparent fear of something further down the trenches. Pvt. Thomas Quinn shoots and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
