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Jordan Alan
Jordan Alan is an American film director, producer and television commercial director. In 1985, Alan made a 35mm film trailer starring Sandra Bullock. The trailer was screened by South African film producer Anant Singh at Technicolor in New York City. The trailer's success led to the financing of ''Terminal Bliss'' and helped bring Alan to Los Angeles. His films include '' Kiss & Tell'', ''The Gentleman Bandit'', and ''Cats Dancing on Jupiter'', completed in 2011 and unreleased as of December 2016, starring Amanda Righetti, his ex-wife. His company, Bliss Sinema, projects in development include the film ''Deconstruction Red''. He has shot TV commercials for clients including 1-800-DENTIST, 1-800-USA-EYES, Invisalign, LA Sight Laser Center, and LA Solar Group. Personal life Alan married actress Amanda Righetti Amanda Righetti (born April 4, 1983) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Grace Van Pelt on ''The Mentalist'', as well as her roles in '' Friday the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Righetti
Amanda Righetti (born April 4, 1983) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Grace Van Pelt on ''The Mentalist'', as well as her roles in ''Friday the 13th'', ''The O.C.'' and ''Colony''. Early life The youngest of eight children, Righetti was born on April 4, 1983, in St. George, Utah, and raised in Nevada, outside Las Vegas. Her father, Alexander Dominic Righetti, is of Italian descent, while her mother, Linda Carol Chisum, is of German, French and English descent. Career Righetti started modeling at age 14, then she moved to Los Angeles at age 18 to start her acting career. After securing a role in the pilot for a proposed series by the name of ''No Place Like Home'', she played a recurring character in the teen drama ''The O.C.'', was a regular in the primetime soap opera '' North Shore'' and in late 2005, Righetti starred in Fox's drama series ''Reunion''. Other credits include a recurring role on '' K-Ville'', guest roles on ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terminal Bliss (film)
''Terminal Bliss'' is a 1992 film directed by Jordan Alan and starring Luke Perry. Premise Two adolescent children of wealthy parents deal with the emotional travails of spoiled youth by indulging in self-destructive behavior including drugs, parties, and teenage sex. Friends John (Luke Perry) and Alex (Timothy Owen) deal with issues of betrayal involving Alex's girlfriend Stevie (Estee Chandler). Cast *Luke Perry as John Hunter *Estee Chandler as Stevie Bradley *Sonia Curtis as Kirsten Davis *Micah Grant as Bucky O'Connell *Alexis Arquette Alexis Arquette (born Robert Arquette; July 28, 1969 – September 11, 2016) was an American actress. Early life Arquette was born in Los Angeles, the fourth of five children of Lewis Arquette, an actor and director, and Brenda Olivia "Mardi ... as Craig Murphy Reception The film was poorly received by critics. It debuted at number 17 at the domestic box office. References External links * * * 1992 films Films directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Film Directors
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write their o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IndieWire
IndieWire (sometimes stylized as indieWIRE or Indiewire) is a film industry and review website that was established in 1996. The site's focus was predominantly independent film, although its coverage has grown to "to include all aspects of Hollywood and the expanding universes of TV and streaming." IndieWire is part of Penske Media. History The original IndieWire newsletter launched on July 15, 1996, billing itself as "the daily news service for independent film." Following in the footsteps of various web- and AOL-based editorial ventures, IndieWire was launched as a free daily email publication in the summer of 1996 by New York- and Los Angeles-based filmmakers and writers Eugene Hernandez, Mark Rabinowitz, Cheri Barner, Roberto A. Quezada, and Mark L. Feinsod. Initially distributed to a few hundred subscribers, the readership grew rapidly, passing 6,000 in late 1997. In January 1997, IndieWire made its first appearance at the Sundance Film Festival to begin their coverage o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pipeline (film)
''Pipeline'' () is a 2021 South Korean crime action film directed by Yoo Ha and starring Seo In-guk, Lee Soo-hyuk and Eum Moon-suk. The heist film tells the story of six thieves who wish to change their lives by stealing oil hidden in a tunnel dozens of meters underground in Korea. The film was released theatrically on May 26, 2021. Synopsis Korea has over 1,200 km of oil pipeline, which is lifeline of the country. A drilling engineer prodigy (Seo In-guk) spearheads an oil heist to drill into this pipeline against heavy odds fighting catastrophic explosion and corporate greed. Geon-woo (Lee Soo-hyuk), a rich oil refining company owner, sets up a plan to steal oil from pipeline between Honam and Seoul-Busan highway within a month. Pin Dol (Seo In-guk), the drilling engineer forms a team with Jeob-sae (Eum Moon-Suk), section chief Na (Yoo Seung-mok), Geun-sab (Tae Hang-ho) and Counter (Bae Da-bin) to complete the impossible heist. As the task gets delayed from various setbacks, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missing Emotions
Missing or The Missing may refer to: Film * ''Missing'' (1918 film), an American silent drama directed by James Young * ''Missing'' (1982 film), an American historical drama directed by Costa-Gavras * ''Missing'' (2007 film) (''Vermist''), a Belgian film that was a 2007 box office number-one film in Belgium * ''Missing'' (2008 film), a Hong Kong horror film directed by Tsui Hark * ''Missing'' (2009 film), a South Korean film directed by Kim Sung-hong * ''Missing'' (2009 short film), a film starring Susan Glover * ''Missing'' (2010 film), a Jordanian film directed by Tariq Rimawi * ''Missing'' (2016 film), a South Korean film directed by Lee Eon-hee * ''Missing'' (2018 film), an Indian film directed by Mukul Abhyankar * ''Missing'' (2019 film), a Hong Kong film directed by Ronnie Chau *''Missing'', a 2007 film featuring Nao Ōmori * ''Missing'' (2023 film), an American thriller film * ''The Missing'' (1999 film), an Australian film directed by Manuela Alberti * ''The Missing'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cat's Cradle (1997 Film)
''Cat's Cradle'' is a satirical postmodern novel, with science fiction elements, by American writer Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut's fourth novel, it was first published in 1963, exploring and satirizing issues of science, technology, the purpose of religion, and the arms race, often through the use of morbid humor. Synopsis Background The first-person everyman narrator, a professional writer introducing himself as Jonah (but apparently named John and never named again), frames the plot as a flashback. Set in the mid-20th century, the plot revolves around a time when he was planning to write a book called ''The Day the World Ended'' about what people were doing on the day of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Throughout, he also intersperses meaningful as well as sarcastic passages and sentiments from an odd religious scripture known as ''The Books of Bokonon''. Most of the events of the novel occur before the narrator was converted to his current religion, Bokononism. Plot summary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss & Tell (1997 Film)
''Kiss & Tell'', titled ''Kiss and Tell'' on its theatrical release poster, is a 1997 American film directed by Jordan Alan. It was made largely through improvisation. Plot Justine Bateman plays Molly, a performance artist who is found dead. Police detectives interview her friends (played by Heather Graham and others) to learn who killed her and why. Cast * Justine Bateman as Molly McMannis * Richmond Arquette as Detective Bob Starr * Lewis Arquette as Inspector Dan Furbal * Peter Greene as Detective John Finnigan * Jill Hennessy as Interrogator Angela Pierce * Robert Cait as Dr. Goldwin, The Pathologist * Assumpta Serna as Dr. Monica DeBirdy * Teresa Hill as Ivy Roberts * Heather Graham as Susan Pretsel * Rose McGowan as Jasmine Hoyle * Maria Cina as Cynthia Tie * Pamela Gidley as Beta Carotene * Alexis Arquette as Amerod Burkowitz * Nina Siemaszko as Shelly * Traci Lind as Molly's Roommate * Brian Avery as Brian Humphries, The Producer * Scott Cleverdon as Scott DeBird ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love And Happiness (film)
"Love and Happiness" is a song by Al Green from his album '' I'm Still in Love with You''. Green co-wrote the song with Teenie Hodges. It was released as a single in the United Kingdom on London Records in 1973 and in the United States on Hi Records in 1977. It has been covered by Etta James, Al Jarreau, and many other performers. The song was ranked #98 in ''Rolling Stoness 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and #861 in Dave Marsh's ''The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made''. ''Soul Train'' historian Stephen McMillian called it "quintessential Al Green" and "one of the greatest soul songs of all time." Writing in ''Vibe'', Alan Light called it "perhaps his most perfect song." Composition and recording Green wrote "Love and Happiness" with Teenie Hodges, with whom he also collaborated in writing " Take Me to the River", "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)", "Full of Fire", and other songs. It was produced by Willie Mitchell in the 1972 recording session for the albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People (magazine)
''People'' is an American weekly magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories. It is published by Dotdash Meredith, a subsidiary of IAC. With a readership of 46.6 million adults in 2009, ''People'' had the largest audience of any American magazine, but it fell to second place in 2018 after its readership significantly declined to 35.9 million. ''People'' had $997 million in advertising revenue in 2011, the highest advertising revenue of any American magazine. In 2006, it had a circulation of 3.75 million and revenue expected to top $1.5 billion. It was named "Magazine of the Year" by ''Advertising Age'' in October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation, and advertising.Martha Nelson Named Editor, The People Group , a January 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
