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Last Night (2010 Film)
''Last Night'' is a 2010 romantic drama film that was written and directed by Massy Tadjedin, her directorial debut. The film follows married couple Joanna Reed (Keira Knightley) and Michael Reed (Sam Worthington), who are tempted by different forms of infidelity when they spend a night apart following a fight. Joanna is emotionally drawn to her ex-boyfriend Alex Mann (Guillaume Canet) while Michael is physically attracted to his co-worker Laura Nunez (Eva Mendes). The cast includes Griffin Dunne, Daniel Eric Gold, Anson Mount, Stephanie Romanov, Scott Adsit, Justine Cotsonas, and Chriselle Almeida. ''Last Night'' was produced by Entertainment One in association with the Gaumont Film Company, and deals with questions about emotional and physical infidelity. The film was developed as a romance and suspense story before Tadjedin recognized its moral significance. After persuading Knightley to break a year-long acting hiatus to participate in the film, Tadjedin cast the other roles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massy Tadjedin
Massy Tadjedin (born 1978) is an Iranian-American screenwriter and director. Biography Tadjedin was born in Tehran and grew up in Orange County, California, and studied English literature at Harvard University. Her movie credits include '' Leo'' (original screenplay, 2002) and ''The Jacket'' (adapted screenplay 2005). Tadjedin's directorial debut is '' Last Night'', which stars Keira Knightley and Eva Mendes, and was released in the United States on May 6, 2011. In 2012, Tadjedin was commissioned by Miu Miu to make a short film as part of their series ''Women’s Tales''. ''It’s Getting Late'' premiered at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. Tadjedin is married to Dr. Babak Fardin, an Iranian American ophthalmologist, whom she met at Harvard. Tadjedin resides in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Eric Gold
Daniel Eric Gold (born September 19, 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. He attended Lee Strasberg's Theater Institute as a teenager, and went on to graduate from Penn State in 1996, with a degree in Theater Arts. Career Theater Gold moved to Chicago after college where he performed as Michael in Jean Cocteau's ''Indescretions'', Oak Park Festivals ''Much Ado About Nothing'' and Patrick Marber's ''Dealer's Choice''. In May 1998, he landed the part of Ste in Jonathan Harvey's coming of age play '' Beautiful Thing'' at The Famous Door Theater in Chicago. Its success there brought the whole cast to the Cherry Lane Theatre in NY, where it opened to rave reviews in February 1999. Since moving to NY's West Village in 2000, Gold has played several theater roles. For Craig Lucas, he performed in ''This Thing of Darkness'' at the Atlantic Theater, ''A Small Tragedy'' and a role written especially for him in ''The Singing Forest''. He performed in ''Loot'' and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jacket
''The Jacket'' is a 2005 American science-fiction psychological thriller film directed by John Maybury and starring Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson and Jennifer Jason Leigh. It is partly based on the 1915 Jack London novel '' The Star Rover'', published in the United Kingdom as ''The Jacket''. Quotes director Maybury: "'I know you think it is a load of Hollywood nonsense,' he says amiably, 'but it is in fact loosely based a true story that became a Jack London story.'" Massy Tadjedin wrote the screenplay based on a story by Tom Bleecker and Marc Rocco. The original music score is composed by Brian Eno and the cinematography is by Peter Deming. The narrative is a time slip fantasy in which a Gulf War veteran who suffered a death or near-death experience while on active service returns to the United States where he is blamed for the death of a policeman, and incarcerated in a hospital for the criminally insane. Subject to experimental treatments there, which inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Dollar
The United States dollar ( symbol: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ or U.S. Dollar, to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries. The Coinage Act of 1792 introduced the U.S. dollar at par with the Spanish silver dollar, divided it into 100 cents, and authorized the minting of coins denominated in dollars and cents. U.S. banknotes are issued in the form of Federal Reserve Notes, popularly called greenbacks due to their predominantly green color. The monetary policy of the United States is conducted by the Federal Reserve System, which acts as the nation's central bank. The U.S. dollar was originally defined under a bimetallic standard of (0.7735 troy ounces) fine silver or, from 1837, fine gold, or $20.67 per troy ounce. The Gold Standard Act of 1900 linked the dollar solely to gold. From 1934, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video On Demand
Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos without a traditional video playback device and the constraints of a typical static broadcasting schedule. In the 20th century, broadcasting in the form of over-the-air programming was the most common form of media distribution. As Internet and IPTV technologies continued to develop in the 1990s, consumers began to gravitate towards non-traditional modes of content consumption, which culminated in the arrival of VOD on televisions and personal computers. Unlike broadcast television, VOD systems initially required each user to have an Internet connection with considerable bandwidth to access each system's content. In 2000, the Fraunhofer Institute IIS developed the JPEG2000 codec, which enabled the distribution of movies via Digital Cinema Packages. This technology has since expanded its services from feature-film productions to include broadcast television programmes and has led to lower bandw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome Film Festival
International Rome Film Fest is a film festival that takes place in Rome during the month of October. The name in Italian is Festa del Cinema di Roma. Sections The Rome Film Festival official program is divided into several sections: Cinema d'Oggi A selection of feature films, with priority given to world premieres. At the end of each screening, the audience votes for the People's Choice Award , Cinema d'Oggi. Gala Feature films that are world premieres, international or European premieres. Mondo Genere Feature films from various genres that are world, international or European premieres, with priority given to world premieres. Prospettive Italia World premieres highlighting new trends in Italian cinema. At the end of each screening, the audience votes for the People's Choice Award , Cinema Italia (Fiction) and the People's Choice Award , Cinema Italia (Documentary). Alice nella Città Devoted to children films, this sections has two competitive subsections, one for ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miramax Films
Miramax, LLC, also known as Miramax Films, is an American film and television production and distribution company founded on December 19, 1979, by brothers Harvey Weinstein, Harvey and Bob Weinstein, and based in Los Angeles, California. It was initially a leading producer and distributor of independent films until it became the first company to be acquired by The Walt Disney Company on June 30, 1993. In 2010, the leadership of Disney saw Miramax to be redundant in their directions and on December 3 sold it to Filmyard Holdings, a joint venture of Colony NorthStar, Tutor-Saliba Corporation and Qatar Investment Authority. On March 2, 2016, the company was in turn sold to the beIN Media Group, who then agreed to sell a 49% stake in the company to ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global) on December 20, 2019. It was completed on April 3, 2020, and its stake in Miramax got placed under the umbrella of its film division, Paramount Pictures. History Independent era (1979–1993) The compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Soundtrack Award For Soundtrack Composer Of The Year
The World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year (a.k.a. "Film Composer of the Year") is one of the three main prizes given by the World Soundtrack Academy to honour the best movie soundtracks and the people who work on them. Winners and nominees * 2001 John Williams (''A.I. Artificial Intelligence'') ** Rachel Portman ('' Chocolat'', ''The Legend of Bagger Vance'') ** Yann Tiersen ('' Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain'') ** Hans Zimmer (''Hannibal'', ''Pearl Harbor'', '' The Pledge'', ''An Everlasting Piece'') ** Carter Burwell (''A Knight's Tale'', '' Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2'', ''Before Night Falls'') * 2002 Patrick Doyle (''Gosford Park'') ** James Horner ('' A Beautiful Mind'') ** Hans Zimmer ('' Black Hawk Down'') ** Howard Shore ('' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'') ** Randy Newman (''Monsters, Inc.'') * 2003 Elliot Goldenthal (''Frida'') ** Terence Blanchard (''25th Hour'') ** Elmer Bernstein ('' Far From Heaven'') ** Howard Shore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertainment One
Entertainment One Ltd., trading as eOne, is an American-owned Canadian multinational entertainment company. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the company is primarily involved in the acquisition, distribution, and production of films and television series. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange before it was acquired by Hasbro on December 30, 2019. History Establishment The company has its origins in the music distributor Records on Wheels Limited (which was established in 1970), and the music retail chain CD Plus. The chain was in the process of acquiring other companies to bolster its wholesale operations in music and home video, leading to its purchase of ROW in 2001. Its vice president of operations, Darren Throop, had joined the company after CD Plus acquired his Halifax-based record store chain Urban Sound Exchange. The combined company later became known as ROW Entertainment, with Throop as president and CEO. The company listed itself on the Toronto Stock Excha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chriselle Almeida
Chriselle Almeida is an Indian actress. Education Almeida received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of Connecticut-Storrs and received a full scholarship towards her Master of Fine Arts in Acting from University of California, Los Angeles. Career Almeida's film career includes her starring role as Kiran, a Bollywood star who has an affair with a female journalist in ''When Kiran Met Karen'', which caused some controversy in India. She also starred as India in the 2004 film ''The Franklin Abraham'', directed by Jonah Freeman, and played Bindu Kapoor in the 2016 film ''Miss India America'', directed by Ravi Kapoor. She has also been nominated for Best Lead Actress at the Idyllwild Film Festival for a short film. In television, she appeared as Lakshmi, a prospective bride for Raj Koothrappali in ''The Big Bang Theory'' episode "The Transporter Malfunction". Other credits include ''Arrested Development'', ''Cavemen'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''Melissa & Joey' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justine Cotsonas
Justine Cotsonas (born May 31, 1985) is an American actress. She was born in Mineola, New York. Cotsonas attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she earned a BFA degree in January 2007. She joined the cast of ''As the World Turns ''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other soa ...'' in July 2007. Filmography Film Television References External links * American soap opera actresses Tisch School of the Arts alumni 1985 births Living people American television actresses People from Mineola, New York Actresses from New York (state) {{US-screen-actor-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
