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John Karlsen
John Karlsen, sometimes credited as Charles John Karlsen or John Karlson (20 October 1919 – 5 July 2017), was an actor from New Zealand who was active in cinema between 1958 and 2003. He is best known for ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'' (1989), ''The Black Stallion'' (1979) and '' The Sin Eater'' (2003). In Europe he appeared in mostly Italian films. Karlsen was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and launched his career in Europe in the late 1950s. His filmography includes 80 titles, including several works for television. Karlsen died on 5 July 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand, at the age of 97. Selected filmography * ''The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina'' (1958) as The Security Guard at Jeweller's Shop (uncredited) * ''The Naked Maja'' (1958) as Inquisitor * ''Francis of Assisi'' (1961) as Friar (uncredited) * ''Battle of the Worlds'' (1961) as United Commission Leader (uncredited) * ''Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory'' (1961) as Old Man * ''A Difficult Life'' (1961) as Smok ... [...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] |
Cleopatra (1963 Film)
''Cleopatra'' is a 1963 American epic historical drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, with a screenplay adapted by Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougall and Sidney Buchman from the 1957 book ''The Life and Times of Cleopatra'' by Carlo Maria Franzero, and from histories by Plutarch, Suetonius, and Appian. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor in the eponymous role. Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, and Martin Landau are featured in supporting roles. It chronicles the struggles of Cleopatra, the young queen of Egypt, to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome. Walter Wanger had long contemplated producing a biographical film about Cleopatra. In 1958, his production company partnered with Twentieth Century Fox to produce the film. Following an extensive casting search, Elizabeth Taylor signed on to portray the title role for a record-setting salary of $1 million. Rouben Mamoulian was hired as director, and the script underwent numerous revisions from Nigel Balchin, Dale W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Christmas That Almost Wasn't
''The Christmas That Almost Wasn't'' (original title, ''Il Natale che quasi non fu'') is a 1966 American-Italian film that stars Rossano Brazzi and Paul Tripp, and was originally released by Childhood Productions Inc. On television, the movie had traditional December airings on Home Box Office (HBO) during the 1970s and early 1980s. Plot Sam Whipple, a broke lawyer who is nevertheless young at heart, meets Santa Claus and learns that he is upset because he has a new landlord named Phineas T. Prune, to whom Santa owes a great deal of rent. Prune has threatened to confiscate Santa's toys and have him, Mrs. Claus and the elves evicted. In order to raise money, Sam and Santa get jobs at a department store, where working for two days will somehow earn enough money to pay all of the entire rent that is due. Santa is nervous at first, but when the children arrive, they naturally gravitate to him and he becomes a big success. Prune schemes to thwart Sam and Santa's plans. He buys the dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Requiem For A Secret Agent
''Requiem for a Secret Agent'' (also known as ''Requiem per un agente segreto'') is an Italian international co-production Eurospy film. It was co-produced with Spain (where it was released as ''Consigna: Tánger 67'') and West Germany (where it was released as ''Der Chef schickt seinen besten Mann''). The film was directed by Sergio Sollima, and was Sollima's third and last Eurospy film, and the first one he directed with his real name (in the two previous spy films he was credited as Simon Sterling). It was shot in Morocco. Plot O’Brien (Franco Andrei) is driving through the streets of Tangier in a sporty blue convertible, when he notices that he is being followed, He stops for petrol, and makes a phone call to Bressart (Luis Induni), warning that he might have to cancel their meeting. O'Brien kills his pursuer but later, when he arrives at his rendezvous, he finds Bressart dead and is in turn killed by the mysterious Alexej (Wolf Hillinger), who works for the former Nazi int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Greco (1966 Film)
''El Greco'' is a 1966 Italian drama film and biography of the painter El Greco directed by Luciano Salce and starring Mel Ferrer and Rosanna Schiaffino. Cast * Mel Ferrer as El Greco (Domenico Teotocopulo) * Rosanna Schiaffino as Jeronima de las Cuevas * Adolfo Celi as Don Miguel de las Cuevas * Mario Feliciani as Nino de Guevara * Franco Giacobini as Francisco * Renzo Giovampietro as Brother Felix * Ángel Aranda as Don Luis * Nino Crisman as Diego de Castillo * Gabriella Giorgelli as Maria * Giulio Donnini as Pignatelli * Fernando Rey as Philip II * Rafael Rivelles as Marquis of Villena * John Karlsen as Prosecutor * John Francis Lane as De Agueda * Rossana Martini as Zaida Production It was Mel Ferrer's first film as producer. According to Ferrer, the film cost $800,000 which he felt was modest considering the film was in color and was the first movie allowed to shoot at Toledo Cathedral. Reception According to Fox records, the film needed to earn $1,300,000 in rentals to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Men In Bagdad
''Our Men in Bagdad'' ( it, Il gioco delle spie, french: Bagarre à Bagdad pour X-27) is a 1966 Italian-French Eurospy film starring Rory Calhoun. It was the directorial debut of Paolo Bianchini after about 60 films as assistant director. It was shot in Algeria, Rome and Civitavecchia. Plot Four secret agents working for the Soviets come into possession of a briefcase containing sensitive files that document an agreement between the American government and an emirate to supply weapons in exchange for oil. Cast * Rory Calhoun as Alex *Roger Hanin as Sadov *Evi Marandi as Sonja *Ralph Baldwin as Dimitri *Jean Gaven as General Yuri Fiodorenko *Lea Padovani as Fiodorenko's partner *Tino Carraro as The Professor *John Karlsen John Karlsen, sometimes credited as Charles John Karlsen or John Karlson (20 October 1919 – 5 July 2017), was an actor from New Zealand who was active in cinema between 1958 and 2003. He is best known for ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure' ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massacre In The Sun
A massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when perpetrated by a group of political actors against defenseless victims. The word is a loan of a French term for "butchery" or "carnage". A "massacre" is not necessarily a "crime against humanity". Other terms with overlapping scope include war crime, pogrom, mass killing, mass murder, and extrajudicial killing. Etymology The modern definition of ''massacre'' as "indiscriminate slaughter, carnage", and the subsequent verb of this form, derive from late 16th century Middle French, evolved from Middle French ''"macacre, macecle"'' meaning "slaughterhouse, butchery". Further origins are dubious, though may be related to Latin ''macellum'' "provisions store, butcher shop". The Middle French word ''macecr'' "butchery, carnage" is first record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modesty Blaise (1966 Film)
''Modesty Blaise'' is a 1966 British spy-fi comedy film directed by Joseph Losey, produced by Joseph Janni, and loosely based on the popular comic strip ''Modesty Blaise'' by Peter O'Donnell, who co-wrote the original story upon which Evan Jones and Harold Pinter based their screenplay. It stars Monica Vitti as "Modesty", opposite Terence Stamp as Willie Garvin and Dirk Bogarde as her nemesis Gabriel. The cast also includes Harry Andrews, Michael Craig, Alexander Knox, Rossella Falk, Clive Revill (in a dual role), and Tina Aumont. The film's music was composed by Johnny Dankworth and the theme song, ''Modesty'', sung by pop duo David and Jonathan. It was Vitti's first English-speaking role. The film's production saw creative clashes between director Losey and ''Blaise'' creator O'Donnell over the vision of the final film, Losey wanting to create a " pop art"-inspired spoof of the spy movie craze prevalent at the time, in contrast to the relatively serious and grounded tone of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The She Beast
''The She Beast'' is a 1966 horror film written and directed by Michael Reeves in his directorial debut. The film stars Barbara Steele, John Karlsen and Ian Ogilvy. Plot The film starts in Transylvania with an alcoholic, Abraham Van Helsing, Count Von Helsing, reading from a text, which begins a historical narrative of the witch, Bardella. The film flashes back roughly 200 years to a religious service during his reading, where a child shows up and reports Bardella's location. Then, hysteria breaks out because of the pastor's leadership, and the congregation Witch-hunt, sets out to find and kill the witch. However, one of the villagers warns the others against killing the witch, as he explains the Count must exorcise the witch first, lest she will not die and will linger on as a curse for generations to come. Nevertheless, the congregation sets out and finds the witch. Upon finding her, the pastor directs the crowd to take her to the lake, where she will be Impalement, impaled a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Mafiosi Against Goldfinger
''Two Mafiosi Against Goldfinger '' or ''Due mafiosi contro Goldginger'' is a 1965 Eurospy comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. It is a spoof of the 1964 James Bond film, '' Goldfinger''. It was picked up by American International Pictures and dubbed into English to be shown on their AIP-TV movie package as ''The Amazing Dr. G'' or ''Two Crazy Secret Agents''. Plot After the British agent James Bond is killed, the cruel entrepreneur Goldginger plans to conquer the world using surrogate robots to be included in the various embassies policies in the world. In Sicily, two photographers, bungling Franco and Ciccio, who discovered Goldginger's plan, are captured by him because they possess secret information picked up by James Bond before he died. Immediately, the comedy and the rift with the world of 007 become apparent to the viewer. In fact, while James Bond had his licence to kill, when the two Sicilian friends are captured, Ciccio pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crack In The World
''Crack in the World '' is a 1965 American science-fiction doomsday disaster movie filmed in Spain. It is about scientists who launch a nuclear missile into the Earth's crust, to release the geothermal energy of the magma below; but accidentally unleash a cataclysmic destruction that threatens to sever the earth in two. It was released by Paramount Pictures on February 24, 1965. Plot An international consortium of scientists, operating as Project Inner Space in Tanganyika, Africa, is trying to tap into the Earth's geothermal energy by drilling a very deep hole down to the Earth's core. The scientists are foiled by an extremely dense layer of material. To penetrate the barrier and reach the magma below, they intend to detonate an atomic device at the bottom of the hole. The leader of the project, Dr. Stephen Sorenson (Dana Andrews), who is secretly dying of cancer, believes that the atomic device will burn its way through the barrier, but the project's chief geologist, Dr. Ted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
