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Menno Meyjes
Menno Meyjes (born 1954, Eindhoven) is a Dutch-born screenwriter, film director, and film producer. Meyjes moved to the United States in 1972 and studied at San Francisco Art Institute. He was nominated for several awards for his screenplay to the 1985 film ''The Color Purple'', adapted from the novel by Alice Walker. In 1989, he gained recognition for cowriting ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' with George Lucas and winning a Goya Award for '' El Sueño del mono loco''. In 2002, Meyjes wrote and directed the film '' Max''. He attended the San Francisco Art Institute, where he studied with George Kuchar, James Broughton, and Larry Jordan. Filmography Uncredited written works: * ''Empire of the Sun ''Empire of the Sun'' is a 1984 novel by English writer J. G. Ballard; it was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Like Ballard's earlier short story "The Dead Time" (published in the anthology ...'' (1987) *'' El Sueño d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eindhoven
Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,Statistieken gemeente Eindhoven AlleCijfers.nl it is the fifth-largest city of the Netherlands and the largest outside the conurbation. Eindhoven was originally located at the confluence of the |
Ricochet (1991 Film)
''Ricochet'' is a 1991 American action crime thriller film, directed by Russell Mulcahy, written by Steven E. de Souza, and starring Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak, and Lindsay Wagner. The film details a struggle between a Los Angeles district attorney (Washington) and a vengeful criminal (Lithgow) whom he arrested when he was a cop. Plot In 1983, rookie Los Angeles police officer and law student Nick Styles (Denzel Washington) meets Alice (Victoria Dillard), and drifts away from childhood friend Odessa ( Ice-T), who has become a drug dealer in South Central Los Angeles. Styles and his partner Larry Doyle (Kevin Pollak) patrol a carnival, where they encounter hitman Earl Talbot Blake ( John Lithgow) and his accomplice Kim ( Josh Evans). Styles is forced into an armed standoff when Blake takes a hostage after killing several drug dealers. After stripping his equipment and uniform off, Styles uses a gun hidden in his athletic supporter, shooting Blake in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Male Screenwriters
Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People Ethnic groups * Germanic peoples, the original meaning of the term ''Dutch'' in English ** Pennsylvania Dutch, a group of early Germanic immigrants to Pennsylvania *Dutch people, the Germanic group native to the Netherlands Specific people * Dutch (nickname), a list of people * Johnny Dutch (born 1989), American hurdler * Dutch Schultz (1902–1935), American mobster born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer * Dutch Mantel, ring name of American retired professional wrestler Wayne Maurice Keown (born 1949) * Dutch Savage, ring name of professional wrestler and promoter Frank Stewart (1935–2013) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Dutch (''Black Lagoon''), an African-American character from the Japanese manga and anime ''Black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Screenwriters
Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People Ethnic groups * Germanic peoples, the original meaning of the term ''Dutch'' in English ** Pennsylvania Dutch, a group of early Germanic immigrants to Pennsylvania *Dutch people, the Germanic group native to the Netherlands Specific people * Dutch (nickname), a list of people * Johnny Dutch (born 1989), American hurdler * Dutch Schultz (1902–1935), American mobster born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer * Dutch Mantel, ring name of American retired professional wrestler Wayne Maurice Keown (born 1949) * Dutch Savage, ring name of professional wrestler and promoter Frank Stewart (1935–2013) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Dutch (''Black Lagoon''), an African-American character from the Japanese manga and anime ''Black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Empire Of The Sun (film)
''Empire of the Sun'' is a 1987 American epic coming-of-age war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Tom Stoppard, based on J. G. Ballard's semi-autobiographical 1984 novel of the same name. The film tells the story of Jamie "Jim" Graham (Christian Bale), a young boy who goes from living with his wealthy British family in Shanghai to becoming a prisoner of war in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. Harold Becker and David Lean were originally to direct before Spielberg came on board, initially as a producer for Lean. Spielberg was attracted to directing the film because of a personal connection to Lean's films and World War II topics. He considers it to be his most profound work on "the loss of innocence".Forsberg, Myra"Spielberg at 40: The Man and the Child". ''The New York Times'', October 1, 2008. Retrieved: September 17, 2008. The film received positive reviews, but was not initially a box office success, earning only $22 million at the US box of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Held
''De Held'' is a 2016 Dutch crime film directed by Menno Meyjes. It was based on the novel of the same name by Jessica Durlacher. It was listed as one of eleven films that could be selected as the Dutch submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Cast * Fedja van Huêt as Jacob * Daan Schuurmans as Anton * Monic Hendrickx as Sara * Kitty Courbois as Iezebel * Susan Visser Susan Visser (born 15 October 1965) is a Dutch film actress. She has appeared in more than forty films and television shows since 1990. She is best known for her role as Anouk Verschuur in Gooische Vrouwen. Personal life Visser was married t ... as Judith References External links * 2016 films 2016 crime films Dutch crime films 2010s Dutch-language films {{2010s-crime-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dinner (2013 Film)
} ''The Dinner'' ( nl, Het Diner) is a 2013 Dutch drama film written and directed by Menno Meyjes. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film is based on Herman Koch's novel ''Het diner''. Cast * Thekla Reuten as Claire * Kim van Kooten as Babette * Daan Schuurmans as Serge * Jacob Derwig as Paul * Sabine Soetanto * Reinout Bussemaker as Rector * Gusta Geleynse as Dakloze * Wil van der Meer as Tonio * Jonas Smulders Jonas Smulders (born 1994 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch actor. He made his acting debut at 16. In 2015, he won a Golden Calf for his role in the short film ''Geen koningen in ons bloed'' from the television series ''One Night Stand''. He was named o ... as Michel See also *'' The Dinner'' (2014) *'' The Dinner'' (2017) References External links * 2013 films 2013 drama films Dutch drama films 2010s Dutch-language films Films based on Dutch novels {{2010s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Gold (2011 Qatari Film)
''Black Gold'' (also known as ''Day of the Falcon'' and ''Or noir'') is a 2011 epic historical war film, based on Hans Ruesch's 1957 novel ''South of the Heart: A Novel of Modern Arabia'' (also known as ''The Great Thirst'' and ''The Arab''). It was directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, produced by Tarak Ben Ammar and co-produced by Doha Film Institute. The film stars Tahar Rahim, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Mark Strong and Riz Ahmed. The film received negative reviews and grossed $5.5 million on a budget of $40 million, making it a box-office bomb. Plot In the early 20th century, Emir Nesib ( Antonio Banderas), Sultan of Hobeika, and Sultan Amar (Mark Strong) of Salmaah have been in a border war over a vast barren strip they call "The Yellow Belt". When Nesib wins he forces Amar to agree to a peace pact: the Yellow Belt will belong to neither, becoming a no-man's-land between their territories, and Emir Nesib will take Sultan Amar's sons, Saleh and Auda, as hostages. Amar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manolete (film)
''Manolete'', also known as ''The Passion Within'' in the United Kingdom, ''Blood and Passion'' in Canada, and ''A Matador's Mistress'' in the United States, is a 2008 biopic of bullfighter Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez, better known as "Manolete". The film was written and directed by Menno Meyjes. This is the first film from HandMade Films since ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' (1998). Plot The Menno Meyjes directed drama stars Adrien Brody as Spanish bullfighter Manolete, in a film that covers his late life love affair with actress Lupe Sino (Penélope Cruz) before he was gored to death in the bull ring. Sino's communist politics turned their affair into a scandal in the early 1940s, especially after discovering her previous marriage to a PCE member. The film begins with Manolete's last day in Linares. Cast * Adrien Brody as Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez, a.k.a. "Manolete" * Penélope Cruz as Antoñita "Lupe" Sino * Santiago Segura as Guillermo * Ann Mit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martian Child
''Martian Child'' is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Menno Meyjes and based on David Gerrold's 1994 novelette (not the expanded 2002 novel) of the same name. The film stars John Cusack as a writer who adopts a strange young boy ( Bobby Coleman) who believes himself to be from Mars. The film was theatrically released on November 2, 2007, by New Line Cinema. Plot David Gordon, a popular science fiction author, widowed two years prior as they were trying to adopt a child, is finally matched with a young boy, Dennis. Initially hesitant to adopt alone, he is drawn to him, seeing aspects of himself in him. Believing he is from Mars, Dennis protects himself from the sun's harmful rays, wears weights to counter Earth's weak gravity, eats only Lucky Charms, and hangs upside down to facilitate circulation. He refers often to his mission to study Earth and its people, taking pictures, taking things to catalog, and spending time consulting an ambiguous toy-like device with f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
