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Jake's Corner (film)
''Jake's Corner'' is a 2008 American independent drama film starring Richard Tyson and Danny Trejo. The title of the film refers to the census-designated place of the same name. Plot Cast * Colton Rodgers as Spence * Richard Tyson as Johnny Dunn * Diane Ladd as Fran * Danny Trejo as Clint * B. J. Thomas as Doc Production The film was shot in three weeks in Jakes Corner, Arizona. Reception Laurie Jayne Frost of White Mountain Independent Casa Grande Valley Newspapers Inc. is a family owned and operated newspaper and commercial printing company based in Casa Grande, Arizona. Since its inception, it has grown to 6 community newspapers, 4 specialty publications, 3 news websites and ... gave the film a positive review and wrote, "go see this movie." Randy Cordova of '' The Arizona Republic'' gave the film a negative review and wrote: "The lunkheaded logic isn't made any more palatable by the script, in which all of Dunn's pals are given silly quirks and blah back stories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Tyson
Richard Tyson is an American actor. He is best known as Kaz in ''Hardball'' (1989–1990) as well as his film roles in ''Three O'Clock High'' (1987), ''Two Moon Junction'' (1988), ''Kindergarten Cop'' (1990), ''Bound to Vengeance'' (2015), and ''Playing with Dolls'' (2015). Biography Tyson was born in Mobile, Alabama. His brother John was the district attorney of Mobile County, and was later the Democratic Party nominee for attorney general of Alabama in June 2006. Tyson starred in ''Three O'Clock High'', ''Kindergarten Cop'' and three films directed by the Farrelly brothers. He starred in the television series ''Hardball''. His roles in the 2000s included ''The Fear Chamber'', ''Richard III'', '' Flight of the Living Dead'', ''No Bad Days'' and the western ''Shoot First and Pray You Live''. He starred in the horror film ''Big Bad Wolf'' in which he is accused by his stepson of being a cruel and vicious werewolf. Tyson played a former football star who owned the eponymous town i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Ladd
Diane Ladd is an American actress. She has appeared in over 120 film and television roles. For the 1974 film '' Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore'', she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television for '' Alice'' (1980–81), and to receive Academy Award nominations for '' Wild at Heart'' (1990) and '' Rambling Rose'' (1991). Her other film appearances include '' Chinatown'' (1974), ''National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation'' (1989), ''Ghosts of Mississippi'' (1996), ''Primary Colors'' (1998), '' 28 Days'' (2000), ''American Cowslip'' (2008) and '' Joy (2015 film) '' (2015) . Ladd is the mother of actress Laura Dern, with her ex-husband, actor Bruce Dern. Personal life Ladd was born Rose Diane Ladner, the only child of Mary Bernadette (née Anderson), a housewife and actress, and Preston Paul Ladner, a veterinarian wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Trejo
Danny Trejo ( ; born May 16, 1944) is an American actor. He has appeared in films including ''Desperado'', ''Heat'', and the ''From Dusk Till Dawn'' film series. With frequent collaborator and his second cousin Robert Rodriguez, he portrayed the character of Isador "Machete" Cortez, which was originally developed for the ''Spy Kids'' series and was later expanded into its own franchise of the same name. Trejo's movie career began in 1985, when he accidentally landed in the American indie film ''Runaway Train'', where he played the role of a boxer for a daily fee of 320 dollars. He went on to star in a multitude of other films, including ''Desperado'', ''From Dusk till Dawn'', ''Con Air'', '' From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money'', '' From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter'', ''Reindeer Games'', '' Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'', and ''Grindhouse''. Early life Childhood Trejo was born on May 16, 1944, on Temple Street in the Echo Park neighborhood of Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Dorff
Stephen Hartley Dorff (born April 21, 1949) is an American songwriter and composer whose work is mainly in the field of country music. Career Dorff has written several songs for other artists, including "Hypnotize the Moon" and " My Heart Will Never Know" for Clay Walker, " The Man in Love with You" and " I Cross My Heart" by George Strait, " Don't Underestimate My Love for You" by Lee Greenwood, "Every Which Way but Loose" by Eddie Rabbitt and " Through the Years" by Kenny Rogers. He also composed the themes for '' Spenser: For Hire'', '' Murphy Brown'', '' The Singing Bee'', ''Just the Ten of Us'' and others. In addition, Dorff was a co-writer of the song "I Just Fall in Love Again" with composers Larry Herbstritt, Harry Lloyd, and Gloria Sklerov. "I Just Fall in Love Again", originally recorded by The Carpenters but not released as a single, became a major pop hit for Anne Murray, peaking at #12 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1979. Steve Dorff also wrote the music score for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sedona Film Festival
The Sedona International Film Festival (SIFF) is an annual, eight-day film festival in Sedona, Arizona. The festival was founded in 1994. The Sedona Film Festival screens feature films, documentary films, short films, animated films, and student films. In the festival workshops, organised by Academy Award-winner Frank Warner, award-winning industry professionals teach a new generation of filmmakers. ''Genghis Blues'' (1999), ''Spellbound'', and '' Why Can't We Be a Family Again?'' (2002) are among the Academy Award nominees screened at the SIFF. The 2004 festival premiered ''What the Bleep Do We Know!?'', ''Inside Job'', and ''Another Year''. Robert Osborn has presented several film classics, such as ''The Third Man'' (1949), ''Sunset Boulevard'' (1950), ''Some Like It Hot'' (1959), ''North by Northwest'' (1959). Some of the guests and honorees of past festivals are Ed Asner, Rick Schroder, Andrew McCarthy, Donald O'Connor, Ann Miller, Sean Young, Dean Stockwell, Linda Gray, Ted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakes Corner, Arizona
Jakes Corner is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The population was 76 at the 2010 census. Geography The CDP is located in northwestern Gila County, in the valley of Hardt Creek, a tributary of Tonto Creek. Arizona State Route 188 passes through the community, leading northwest to State Route 87 and south to Theodore Roosevelt Lake. Payson is north via Routes 188 and 87. According to the United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of the ..., the Jakes Corner CDP has a total area of , all land. Demographics References {{authority control Census-designated places in Gila County, Arizona Census-designated places in Arizona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tucson Citizen
The ''Tucson Citizen'' was a daily newspaper in Tucson, Arizona. It was founded by Richard C. McCormick with John Wasson as publisher and editor on October 15, 1870, as the ''Arizona Citizen''. When it ceased printing on May 16, 2009, the daily circulation was approximately 17,000, down from a high of 60,000 in the 1960s. The ''Citizen'' published as Tucson's afternoon paper, six days per week (except Sunday, when only the ''Arizona Daily Star'' (Tucson's morning paper during the week) was published as part of the two papers' joint operating agreement). The ''Tucson Citizen'' was the oldest continuously published newspaper in Arizona at the time it ceased publication. History Founder Richard C. McCormick had originally been the owner of the ''Weekly Arizonian, Arizonan''. However, when the editor of the ''Arizonan'' refused to support McCormick's re-election as congressional delegate for the territory of Arizona, McCormick took the press and started the ''Arizona Citizen'' with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Mountain Independent
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers Inc. is a family owned and operated newspaper and commercial printing company based in Casa Grande, Arizona. Since its inception, it has grown to 6 community newspapers, 4 specialty publications, 3 news websites and a digital marketing division. CGVNI prints all of its publications and those of its sister company, White Mountain Publishing, at its plant in downtown Casa Grande. It recently built a warehouse to store its newsprint rolls in the Central Arizona Commerce Park. Its flagship is the ''Casa Grande Dispatch The ''Casa Grande Dispatch'' is an American newspaper published Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays in Casa Grande, Arizona. Circulated in Casa Grande and surrounding areas, it is Pinal County's largest paid circulation newspaper. It has been publi ...''. Publications White Mountain Publishing References {{Reflist Newspaper companies of the United States Casa Grande, Arizona Family-owned companies of the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Arizona Republic
''The Arizona Republic'' is an American daily newspaper published in Phoenix. Circulated throughout Arizona, it is the state's largest newspaper. Since 2000, it has been owned by the Gannett newspaper chain. Copies are sold at $2 daily or at $3 on Sundays and $5 on Thanksgiving Day; prices are higher outside Arizona. History Early years The newspaper was founded May 19, 1890, under the name ''The Arizona Republican''. Dwight B. Heard, a Phoenix land and cattle baron, ran the newspaper from 1912 until his death in 1929. The paper was then run by two of its top executives, Charles Stauffer and W. Wesley Knorpp, until it was bought by Midwestern newspaper magnate Eugene C. Pulliam in 1946. Stauffer and Knorpp had changed the newspaper's name to ''The Arizona Republic'' in 1930, and also had bought the rival ''Phoenix Evening Gazette'' and ''Phoenix Weekly Gazette'', later known, respectively, as ''The Phoenix Gazette'' and the ''Arizona Business Gazette''. Pulliam era Pulliam, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Drama Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Independent Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Scored By Steve Dorff
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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