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Home For The Holidays (1995 Film)
''Home for the Holidays'' is a 1995 American family comedy-drama film directed by Jodie Foster and produced by Peggy Rajski and Foster. The screenplay was written by W. D. Richter, based on a short story by Chris Radant. The film's score was composed by Mark Isham. The film follows Claudia Larson, who after losing her job, kissing her ex-boss, and finding out that her daughter has plans of her own for the holidays, departs Chicago to spend her Thanksgiving with her dysfunctional family. The film features an ensemble cast, including Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Dylan McDermott, Geraldine Chaplin, Steve Guttenberg, Cynthia Stevenson, Claire Danes, Austin Pendleton, and David Strathairn. ''Home for the Holidays'' was released theatrically on November 3, 1995, by Paramount Pictures in North America and by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment worldwide. The film received mixed reviews from critics who appreciated Foster's direction, and Hunter's and Downey' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodie Foster
Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and the honorary Cecil B. DeMille Award. For her work as a director, she has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. ''People'' magazine named her the most beautiful woman in the world in 1992, and in 2003, she was voted Number 23 in Channel 4's countdown of the 100 Greatest Movie Stars of All Time. ''Entertainment Weekly'' named her 57th on their list of 100 Greatest Movie Stars of All Time in 1996. In 2016, she was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star located at 6927 Hollywood Boulevard. Foster began her professional career as a child model at age three and made her acting debut in 1968 in the television sitcom ''Mayberry R.F.D.'' In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she worked in multiple television series and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy-drama Film
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom. In the United States Examples from United States television include: ''M*A*S*H'', ''Moonlighting'', ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', '' Northern Exposure'', '' Ally McBeal'', ''Sex and the City'', ''Desperate Housewives'' and '' Scrubs''. The term "dramedy" was coined to describe the late 1980s wave of shows, including ''The Wonder Years'', ''Hooperman'', ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' and ''Frank's Place''. See also *List of comedy drama television series *Black comedy *Dramatic structure * Melodrama *Seriousness *Tragicomedy *Psychological drama References Comedy drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodie Foster 1995
Jodie is a unisex given name. It is related to names Cody, Jodi, Jody, Codey, and Jodey. It is also a rare surname. It can be used as a nickname for Joseph, Jude, Judith, Joan and Jonathan, and a variant for Jo. People Female Given name * Jodie Allen, senior editor at the Pew Research Center * Jodie Aysha (born 1988), English singer and songwriter * Jodie Bowering (born 1982), Australian softball player * Jodie Campbell (born 1972), Australian politician * Jodie Comer (born 1993), English actress * Jodie Connor (born 1981), English musician * Jodie Cooper (born 1964), retired surfer * Jodie Davis (born 1966), Australian cricketer * Jodie deSolla (born 1982), Canadian curler * Jodie Dibble (born 1994), English cricketer * Jodie Dorday (born 1968), New Zealand actress * Jodie Dry (born 1974), Australian actress * Jodie Evans (born 1954), American political activist * Jodie Fields (born 1984), Australian cricket player * Jodie Fisher (born 1960), American actress * Jodie Foster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Hatosy
Shawn Wayne Hatosy is an American film and television actor and director. He is best known for his roles in the films '' In & Out'', ''The Faculty'', '' Outside Providence'', '' Anywhere but Here'', ''The Cooler'', and ''Alpha Dog''. He is also well known for his role as Detective Sammy Bryant on the TNT crime drama series ''Southland'' and starred as Andrew "Pope" Cody in the TNT crime drama series, '' Animal Kingdom'', based on the 2010 Australian film of the same title. Early life and education Shawn Hatosy was born in Ijamsville, Maryland, to Carol Ann (née Owens), a loan officer, and Wayne Thomas Hatosy. He has Hungarian and Irish ancestry. He grew up in the Loch Haven neighborhood of Ijamsville, Maryland, attended New Market Middle School, and graduated from Linganore High School in 1994. Career Since appearing in '' Public Enemies'' (2009), starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, and '' Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans'' (2009), in which Hatosy portrays Nicolas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Slovick
Samuel J. Slovick (born June 23, 1958) is an American actor, musician, and writer. Life and career Slovick grew up in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.Bollier, Jeff (March 24, 2007). Oshkosh native nominated for Pulitzer Prize. ''Oshkosh Northwestern'' He currently lives in Topanga, California.Walker, Alissa (March 28, 2011)A Video Series Giving a "Voice to the Voiceless" in L.A.GOOD As an actor, he appeared in the movies ''Red Dawn'' (1984) and '' Home for the Holidays'' (1995), and the TV series '' Fame''. As a singer-songwriter, he was part of the group Louie Says. Slovick has written for ''Whole Life Times,'' ''LA Yoga'' magazine, and ''Good Magazine''. His work on Skid Row, Los Angeles for ''LA Weekly'' won a 2007 prize at The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, was submitted for a Pulitzer Prize, and was made into a documentary. In 2008, Slovick wrote a sexually graphic review of immigrant LGBT bar The Silver Platter near MacArthur Park. The review led to protests; it was later rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Stone
Randy Stone (August 26, 1958 – February 12, 2007) was an American actor, producer, and casting director. He was a co-founder of The Trevor Project. Career Stone began his acting career in 1976 as a child actor on ''Charlie's Angels''. However, most of his acting roles were as an adult. He appeared in two episodes of '' Space: Above and Beyond'', and did two film roles. His most notable performance was as the hapless gay Los Angeles millionaire Michael Beebe in the second-season episode ''Beware of the Dog'' on the television series ''Millennium''. Stone's primary career was as a casting director. He began working with The Landsberg Company in 1981. His first job was casting the NBC series ''Gimme a Break!'' He was head of casting at 20th Century Fox Television, and was responsible for casting David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson on ''The X-Files'' and Lance Henriksen on ''Millennium''. In 1998, Stone, who was gay, was terminated at Fox and filed a complaint with the Californ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Paton
Angela Paton (January 11, 1930 – May 26, 2016)AP Angela Paton obituary , ap.org; accessed May 29, 2016. was an American stage, film, and television actress and theatre director. She co-founded the -based Berkeley Stage Company. She appeared in stage performances, and in comedy, drama, and thriller films, in roles including Mrs. Lancaster, the innkeeper, in ''Groundhog Day'' (1993) and Grandma in '' |
Celeste Lecesne
Celeste Lecesne (formerly James Celeste Lecesne; born November 24, 1954), is an American actor, author, screenwriter, and LGBT rights activist, best known for the Academy-award-winning short film ''Trevor.'' Lecesne has written several books including ''Absolute Brightness'' and ''Virgin Territory,'' and is also active in the entertainment industry as an actor and producer. Screenwriting career Lecesne wrote the 1995 short film ''Trevor'', which won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Lecesne based the screenplay for ''Trevor'' on a character from their one-man show ''Word of Mouth''. Also in 1995, ''Word of Mouth'' won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show. ''Word of Mouth'' was directed by Eve Ensler. The Trevor Project In 1998, on the night Ellen DeGeneres hosted the television debut of ''Trevor'' on HBO, Lecesne co-founded and launched The Trevor Project as the first nationwide 24-hour crisis intervention lifeline for lesbian, gay, bisexual, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Ann Lloyd
Emily Ann Lloyd (born Emily Ann Morelli; March 27, 1984) is a retired American actress. She is best known for her role as Susan Lovell, the daughter of Jim Lovell, in ''Apollo 13''. Life and career Lloyd was born in Glendale, California, the daughter of Melissa (née Rogers) and David Morelli. and the older sister of actor Eric Lloyd. She made her debut in 1990 in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film ''Kindergarten Cop''. For that role she won the Young Artist Award in 1991. After that she played the role of Elizabeth 'Betsy' Gibson Ewing in the television series ''Knots Landing ''Knots Landing'' is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from December 27, 1979, to May 13, 1993. A spin-off of ''Dallas'', it was set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles and initially centered on the lives of ...''. In 1997 she reprised her role as teenager in the miniseries '' Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac''. Filmography References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Yasbeck
Amy Marie Yasbeck (born September 12, 1962) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Casey Chappel Davenport on the sitcom ''Wings A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils. A wing's aerodynamic efficiency is expre ...'' from 1994 to 1997, and for having played the mermaid Madison in the television film ''Splash, Too'' in 1988 (the role originated by Daryl Hannah in the film ''Splash (film), Splash''). She has guest starred in several television shows and appeared in the films ''House II: The Second Story'', ''Pretty Woman'', ''Problem Child (1990 film), Problem Child'', ''Problem Child 2'', ''The Mask (1994 film), The Mask'', ''Robin Hood: Men in Tights'', and ''Dracula: Dead and Loving It''. Early life Yasbeck was born in the Cincinnati suburb of Blue Ash, Ohio, the daughter of Dorothy Louise Mary (n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Strathairn
David Russell Strathairn (; born January 26, 1949) is an American actor. Known for his leading roles on stage and screen, he has often portrayed historical figures such as Edward R. Murrow, J. Robert Oppenheimer, William H. Seward, and John Dos Passos. He has received various accolades including an Independent Spirit Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Volpi Cup, and has been nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Strathairn made his acting debut in his fellow Williams College graduate John Sayles' film ''Return of the Secaucus 7'' (1980). He continued acting in films such as ''Matewan'' (1987), ''Eight Men Out'' (1988), '' City of Hope'' (1991), ''A League of Their Own'' (1992), '' Sneakers'' (1992), ''Passion Fish'' (1992), '' The Firm'' (1993), ''The River Wild'' (1995), ''L.A. Confidential'' (1997), and ''Limbo'' (1999). Strathairn gained prominence for his portrayal as journalist Edward R. Murrow in G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Pendleton
Austin Campbell Pendleton (born March 27, 1940) is an American actor, playwright, theatre director, and instructor. He is known as a prolific character actor on the stage and screen who has appeared in films including ''Catch-22'' (1970); '' What's Up, Doc?'' (1972); ''The Front Page'' (1974); ''The Muppet Movie'' (1979), ''Short Circuit'' (1986); ''Mr. and Mrs. Bridge'' (1990); ''My Cousin Vinny'' (1992); '' Amistad'' (1997); '' A Beautiful Mind'' (2001), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nomination; and '' Finding Nemo'' (2003). Pendleton received a Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Play for the Broadway revival of ''The Little Foxes'' in 1981. He has received two Drama Desk Award nominations and the recipient of a Special Drama Desk Award in 2007. He also received a Obie Award for Best Director for the 2011 off-Broadway revival of '' Three Sisters''. Recent Broadway credits include ''Choir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
