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Micaela Esdra
Micaela Esdra (born Micaela Carmosino; January 29, 1952) is an Italian actress and voice actress. Biography Esdra began her career in the mid-1960s attending Rina Morelli's acting school and, when she was very young, was directed on stage by Giorgio Strehler, Luchino Visconti and Luca Ronconi. As a film actress, she starred in several musicarellis and Horror films, including Mario Bava's ''Kill, Baby, Kill''. Esdra has been also very active on TV and in film dubbing: during the 1990s, she became the official dubber of Winona Ryder and Kim Basinger. Personal life In 1988, Esdra married stage director Walter Pagliaro. Partial filmography * ''Made in Italy'' (1965) * ''Highest Pressure'' (1965) * ''Kill, Baby, Kill'' (1966) * ''VIP my Brother Superman'' (1968) * ''A Black Ribbon for Deborah'' (1974) Dubbed actresses * Kim Basinger in ''My Stepmother Is an Alien'', ''L.A. Confidential'', ''The Burning Plain'', ''Grudge Match'' and ''Third Person'' * Jane Birkin in ''Je t'aime moi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highest Pressure
''Altissima pressione'' (''Highest Pressure'') is a 1965 Italian "musicarello" film directed by Enzo Trapani. Cast * Dino as Roberto *Gianni Morandi *Rosemary Dexter as Serenella *Fabrizio Capucci * Lucio Dalla *Nicola Di Bari * Micaela Esdra as Lia * Lilly Bistrattin as Gianna * Anna Maria Checchi as Laura * Léa Nanni as Daniela *Maria Grazia Spina as Presentatrice * Gianluca Amadio as Sandro * Mauro Bronchi as Fausto * Roberto Palmieri as Gigi *Mimmo Poli Mimmo Poli (born Domenico Poli, April 11, 1920 – April 4, 1986) was an Italian film character actor. Career He was one of the best known and most active characters of Italian cinema; in his thirty-five-year career he boasted an immense film ... as Il salumiere External links * 1965 films 1960s Italian-language films 1965 musical comedy films Films scored by Ennio Morricone Musicarelli 1960s Italian films {{musical-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Black Ribbon For Deborah
''A Black Ribbon for Deborah'' ( it, Un fiocco nero per Deborah) is a 1974 Italian horror film directed by Marcello Andrei. Cast * Bradford Dillman as Michel Lagrange * Marina Malfatti as Deborah Lagrange * Gig Young as Ofenbauer * Delia Boccardo as Mira * Micaela Esdra as Elena * Lucretia Love as Wife of Ofenbauer Production Director Marcello Andrei and his co-writers originally conceived the film with an original idea of a dying woman passing the child she is bearing to another person. Giuseppe Pulieri stated that the script he worked one was ruined by a producers attempt to exploit the film as part of the "demonic possession" cycle of films. Pulieri stated that "The script stayed ten years in the drawer, I even pestered Raymond Stross into making it, to no avail ... they altered the story, the in all the usual bullshit: the witches, the sorcerer, the special effects..." The film began shooting on May 13, 1974. Release ''A Black Ribbon for Deborah'' was distributed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie Fisher
Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer. She played Princess Leia in the ''Star Wars'' films (1977–1983). She reprised the role in'' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015), ''The Last Jedi'' (2017)—a posthumous release that was dedicated to her—and appeared in ''The Rise of Skywalker'' (2019), through the use of unreleased footage from ''The Force Awakens''. Fisher's other film credits include ''Shampoo'' (1975), ''The Blues Brothers'' (1980), '' Hannah and Her Sisters'' (1986), ''The 'Burbs'' (1989), '' When Harry Met Sally...'' (1989), ''Soapdish'' (1991), and '' The Women'' (2008). She was nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her performances in the NBC sitcom ''30 Rock'' (2007) and the Channel 4 series ''Catastrophe'' (2017). Fisher wrote several semi-autobiographical novels, including '' Postcards from the Edge'' and an autobiographical one-woman pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Schoolteacher Goes To Boys' High
''L'insegnante va in collegio'' (internationally released as ''The Schoolteacher Goes to Boys' High'' and ''The School Teacher in College'') is a 1977 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Mariano Laurenti. The film is the second in the "Schoolteacher" film series. Plot A commander of northern Italy is embroiled in a shady deal, and is forced to flee to Apulia. There, the man falls in love with his son's beautiful teacher: Monica Sebastiani. The son, however, loves also Monica Sebastiani, and so comes into the fight with his father. Cast * Edwige Fenech: Monica Sebastiani * Renzo Montagnani: Riccardo Pozzoni * Leo Colonna: Carlo Bolzoni * Alvaro Vitali: Armandino * Lino Banfi: Peppino * Gianfranco D'Angelo: Prof. Strumolo * Carlo Sposito Carlo Sposito (1 May 1924 – 9 September 1984) was an Italian character actor, sometimes credited as Carletto Sposito. Born in Palermo, he was among the most active actors in the post-war Italian genre cinema. He was also pretty act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwige Fenech
Edwige Fenech (, ; born 24 December 1948) is an Algerian-born Maltese-Sicilian actress and film producer. She is mostly known as the star of a series of ''commedia sexy all'italiana'' and ''giallo'' films released in the 1970s, which turned her into a sex symbol. Biography Fenech was born in Bône, Constantine, French Algeria (now Annaba, Annaba Province, Algeria) to a Maltese father and Sicilian mother. Cinema career Fenech moved from Nice (France) to Rome in 1967 for her first Italian film '' Samoa, Queen of the Jungle'' by Guido Malatesta. In 1968, she came under contract with Austrian director Franz Antel and from the late 1960s to early 1970s, she acted in various films of Antel (including his acclaimed '' Frau Wirtin'' series) as well as that of Franz Marischka. Fenech starred in many genres of cinema but her greatest commercial success came with ''commedia sexy all'italiana'' films, particularly including earlier works ''Ubalda, All Naked and Warm'' (1972) and '' Giova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demolition Man (film)
''Demolition Man'' is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Marco Brambilla in his directorial debut. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, and Nigel Hawthorne. Stallone is John Spartan, a risk-taking police officer who has a reputation for causing destruction while carrying out his work. After a failed attempt to rescue hostages from evil crime lord Simon Phoenix (Snipes), they are both sentenced to be Cryopreservation, cryogenically frozen in 1996. Phoenix is thawed for a parole hearing in 2032, but escapes. Society has changed and all crime has seemingly been eliminated. Unable to deal with a criminal as dangerous as Phoenix, the authorities awaken Spartan to help capture him again. The story makes allusions to many other works including Aldous Huxley's 1932 Utopian and dystopian fiction, dystopian novel ''Brave New World'', and H. G. Wells's ''The Sleeper Awakes''. The film was released in the United States on October 8, 1993, to mixed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Bullock
Sandra Annette Bullock (; born July 26, 1964) is an American actress and producer. The recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Sandra Bullock, various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, Bullock was the world's highest-paid actress in 2010 and 2014. In 2010, she was named one of Time 100, ''Time''s 100 most influential people in the world. After making her acting debut with a minor role in the thriller ''Hangmen (film), Hangmen'' (1987), Bullock received early attention for her supporting role in the action film ''Demolition Man (film), Demolition Man'' (1993). Her breakthrough in the action thriller ''Speed (1994 film), Speed'' (1994) led to leading roles in the romantic comedy ''While You Were Sleeping (film), While You Were Sleeping'' (1995), and the dramas ''A Time to Kill (1996 film), A Time to Kill'' (1996) and ''Hope Floats'' (1998). She achieved further success in the following decades with the comedies ''Miss Congeniality (f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fight Club
''Fight Club'' is a 1999 American film directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter. It is based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. Norton plays the unnamed narrator, who is discontented with his white-collar job. He forms a "fight club" with soap salesman Tyler Durden (Pitt), and becomes embroiled in a relationship with a mysterious woman, Marla Singer (Bonham Carter). Palahniuk's novel was optioned by Fox 2000 Pictures producer Laura Ziskin, who hired Jim Uhls to write the film adaptation. Fincher was selected because of his enthusiasm for the story. He developed the script with Uhls and sought screenwriting advice from the cast and others in the film industry. It was filmed in and around Los Angeles from July to December 1998. He and the cast compared the film to '' Rebel Without a Cause'' (1955) and ''The Graduate'' (1967), with a theme of conflict between Generation X and the value system of advertising ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is an English actress. Known for her roles in blockbusters and independent films, particularly period dramas, she has received various awards and nominations, including a British Academy Film Award and an International Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, and nine Golden Globe Awards. Bonham Carter rose to prominence by playing Lucy Honeychurch in ''A Room with a View'' (1985) and the title character in '' Lady Jane'' (1986). Her early period roles saw her typecast as a virginal " English rose", a label with which she was uncomfortable. She is best known for her eccentric fashion and dark aesthetic and for often playing quirky women. For her role as Kate Croy in ''The Wings of the Dove'' (1997), Bonham Carter received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in ''The King's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Je T'aime Moi Non Plus (film)
''Je t'aime moi non plus'' (English title: ''I Love You, I Don't'') is a 1976 feature film written, directed, and scored by Serge Gainsbourg, starring Jane Birkin, Hugues Quester and Joe Dallesandro, and featuring a cameo by Gérard Depardieu. Plot A frail and love-starved young woman, Johnny (Jane Birkin), works in a truckstop café in the middle of nowhere. One day two gay truckers enter, manly and worldwise Krassky (Joe Dallesandro) and his younger lover Padovan (Hugues Quester). Padovan is young and handsome, but immature and rather a handful. Krassky, tired of taking care of Padovan, who keeps getting into trouble, discovers in himself an attraction for this boyish girl. She in turn falls head over heels for him. They start a relationship; though Krassky hesitates before the meager feminine graces of curveless Johnny, he ends up being charmed by her naïve and unconditional love. She is willing to accept anything out of love for him, including anal sex. Although inexperie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Birkin
Jane Mallory Birkin, Order of British Empire, OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an English-French singer and actress. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. She also had a prolific career as an actress in British and French cinema. A native of London, Birkin began her career as an actress, appearing in minor roles in Michelangelo Antonioni's ''Blowup'' (1966), and ''Kaleidoscope (1966 film), Kaleidoscope'' (1966). In 1968, she met Serge Gainsbourg while co-starring with him in ''Slogan (film), Slogan'', which marked the beginning of a years-long working and personal relationship. The duo released their debut album ''Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg'' (1969), and Birkin also appeared in the controversial film ''Je t'aime moi non plus (film), Je t'aime moi non plus'' (1976) under Gainsbourg's direction. Birkin would attain further acting credits in the Agatha Christie adaptations ''Death on the Nile (1978 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Person (film)
''Third Person'' is a 2013 romantic drama film directed and written by Paul Haggis and starring an ensemble cast consisting of Liam Neeson, Mila Kunis, Adrien Brody, Olivia Wilde, James Franco, Moran Atias, Kim Basinger, and Maria Bello. The film premiered at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival. Plot The film tells three inter-connected love stories that take place in Paris, New York and Rome/Taranto. ''Paris'': Michael, a writer who recently left his wife Elaine, receives a visit from his lover Anna. The story explores their very complicated on/off relationship due to her inability to commit because of a terrible secret. ''New York'': Julia, an ex-soap opera actress turned hotel maid is accused of harming her young son, a charge which she firmly denies. As a result of these charges, he is now in the custody of her ex-husband Rick who is trying everything in his power to take the boy away from her. Meanwhile, she is trying at all costs to regain custody of her son. ''Rome and Tar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
