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Marc Edward Heuck
Marc Edward Heuck is an American actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for his role as The Movie Geek on the Comedy Central game show ''Beat the Geeks''. Career Heuck has worked as a film projectionist at Nuart Theatre, New Beverly Cinema, and Cinefamily. He appeared as a contestant on ''Win Ben Stein's Money'' before being cast as The Movie Geek on ''Beat the Geeks''. Heuck provided audio commentary tracks and interview segments for the DVD releases of the 1981 slasher ''Scream'', 1995 slasher satire ''Night of the Dribbler'', ''Savage Streets'', '' Cheerleaders' Wild Weekend'', ''The Candy Snatchers'', ''The Pyx'', '' The Visitor'', and the dark comedy ''Men Cry Bullets''. Heuck also recorded a historical commentary for the 1981 punk rock satire ''Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains'' that was legally barred from inclusion on the DVD, but can be downloaded online. More recently, he provided audio commentary tracks and/or interview segments for the BluRay rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beat The Geeks
''Beat the Geeks'' is an American television game show that aired on Comedy Central from 2001 to 2002. The show was rerun on The Comedy Network in Canada. On the show, contestants face off in trivia matches against a panel of three resident "geeks" who are well-versed in music, movies, and television, as well as a fourth guest geek with an alternate area of expertise which varies from episode to episode. The object is to outsmart the geek at their own subject; as a handicap, the geeks are given questions of considerably greater difficulty than the contestants. ''Beat the Geeks'' was taped at the Hollywood Center Studios. Rules First round In the first season, the three contestants competed against each other to answer eight toss-up questions, two from each category; the geeks did not play in this round. The first four questions (one per category) were worth 5 points each, and the second four were worth 10 points each. Occasionally, the geeks would give a fact after the question. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson Stewart (film Director)
Jackson Stewart (born February 17, 1985) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing ''Beyond the Gates (2016 film), Beyond the Gates'' (2016). Early life Stewart was born in Tucson, Arizona. Career In 2010, Stewart became director Stuart Gordon's personal assistant. Stewart wrote the ''Frontierland'' episode of ''Supernatural (U.S. TV series), Supernatural''. Stewart directed ''Beyond the Gates (2016 film), Beyond the Gates'' (2016) starring Barbara Crampton, Chase Williamson, Graham Skipper, and Brea Grant. In 2018, Stewart announced that he will direct ''The Day After Halloween'' on the Shock Waves podcast. Stewart is currently developing a sequel to ''Beyond the Gates (2016 film), Beyond the Gates'' (2016) with Brian Yuzna. Filmography Film Television References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Jackson 1985 births Living people Film directors from Arizona American horror film directors Screenwrite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Don Is Dead
''The Don Is Dead'' is a 1973 American crime film directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Christopher Trumbo, Michael Butler, and Marvin H. Albert, adapted from Albert's novel of the same name. It stars Anthony Quinn, Frederic Forrest, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri, and Angel Tompkins. It was released by Universal Pictures on November 14, 1973, and received mixed reviews. Plot Frank is the ambitious son of an organized-crime boss. He plans a heroin deal with the help of brothers Tony and Vince, but a snitch tips off the cops. After the death of his father, a mob war breaks out between two rival families. One is run by Don Angelo, but he does not get the support of the brothers, Tony and Vince, and must seek power through other means. He begins a romance with Frank's young and beautiful fiancee, Ruby, which sends Frank into a self-destructive rage. Cast * Anthony Quinn as Don Angelo DiMorra * Frederic Forrest as Tony Fargo * Robert Forster as Frank Regalbuto * Al Lettieri as V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Fleischer
Richard O. Fleischer (; December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American film director whose career spanned more than four decades, beginning at the height of the Golden Age of Hollywood and lasting through the American New Wave. Though he directed films across many genres and styles, he is best known for his big-budget, Tent-pole (entertainment), "tentpole" films, including: ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1954), The Vikings (film), ''The Vikings'' (1958), ''Barabbas (1961 film), Barabbas'' (1961), ''Fantastic Voyage'' (1966), the musical film ''Doctor Dolittle (1967 film), Doctor Dolittle'' (1967), the war epic ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' (1970), the dystopian mystery-thriller ''Soylent Green'' (1973), the controversial period drama Mandingo (film), ''Mandingo'' (1975), and the Robert E. Howard sword-and-sorcery films ''Conan the Destroyer'' (1984) and Red Sonja (1985 film), ''Red Sonja'' (1985). His other directorial credits include: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of Captain Invincible
''The Return of Captain Invincible'' is a 1983 Australian superhero film, superhero musical film, musical comedy film directed by Philippe Mora, and starring Alan Arkin and Christopher Lee. It was a box office disappointment on release but has become a cult film since then. Plot The plot involves the super-hero called "Captain Invincible" (also known as "Legend in Leotards", "The Caped Contender" and "Man of Magnet") who is active during Prohibition in the United States, Prohibition, World War II, and afterwards. Once a popular hero to all Americans, he is forced into retirement by McCarthyism, McCarthy-style government persecution in the 1950s. A congressional investigation accuses him of being a communism, communist, citing his red cape and International Brigades#United States, "premature anti-fascism". He is charged with violating U.S. airspace by flying without a proper license, impersonating a military officer, and wearing underwear in public. He disappears from the public e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Mora
Philippe Mora (born 1949) is a French Australian film director. Early life and career Philippe Mora was born in Paris, France in 1949, and grew up at the centre of the Australian arts scene of the 1950s and began making films with an 8mm camera his father gave him while he was still a child, and won art prizes as a teenager. He is the eldest son of artist Mirka Mora and her husband, restaurateur and gallery owner Georges Mora. He has two younger brothers: William Mora (b. 1953), an art dealer, and Tiriel Mora (b. 1958), an Australian actor. From an early age, the Moras' family life placed Philippe at a focal point of the Australian arts scene. His mother Mirka Mora was a painter, and his father Georges Mora (a French Resistance fighter during World War II) was a leading art entrepreneur and restaurateur. After a brief stint in New York City, New York, the family emigrated to Australia in July 1951 when Philippe was two, settling in Melbourne, where the Moras founded the Melbourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Kanew
Jeffrey Roger Kanew (born December 16, 1944) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer and film editor who early in his career made trailers for many films of the 1970s and is probably best known for directing the film ''Revenge of the Nerds'' (1984) and for editing ''Ordinary People''. Kanew directed '' Gotcha!'' (1985) and ''Tough Guys'' (1986), the final film pairing actors Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster, having initially directed Douglas in 1983's ''Eddie Macon's Run''. His other directorial efforts include ''Troop Beverly Hills'' starring Shelley Long, ''V.I. Warshawski'' starring Kathleen Turner, ''Natural Enemies'' starring Hal Holbrook and Louise Fletcher, '' Babij Jar'', a Holocaust drama, ''National Lampoon's Adam & Eve'', several TV episodes, and for the stage and video versions of the Kirk Douglas one-man show "Before I Forget" (2009). Kanew also directed the documentary ''Black Rodeo'' (1972), capturing the events surrounding the first ever perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born In East L
Born may refer to: * Childbirth * Born (surname), a surname (see also for a list of people with the name) * ''Born'' (comics), a comic book limited series Places * Born, Belgium, a village in the German-speaking Community of Belgium * Born, Luxembourg, a village in Luxembourg * Born auf dem Darß, a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany * Born, Netherlands, a town in the Netherlands * Born, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany * Born (crater), a small lunar impact crater located near the eastern edge of the Moon, to the northeast of the prominent crater Langrenus Music * ''Born'' (Bond album), 2001 * ''Born'' (Boom Crash Opera album), 1995 * ''Born'' (EP), a 2004 EP by D'espairsRay * "Born" (song), a 1970 song by Barry Gibb * "Born", a song by the metal band Nevermore from ''This Godless Endeavor'' * "Born", a song by the pop-rock band OneRepublic from '' Oh My My'' * "Born", a song by the Ohio-based band Over the Rhine from ''Drunkard's Prayer'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheech Marin
:''The surname'' Marin ''is of Spanish language origin. In Spanish, it is spelled'' Marín'', with an acute accent on the'' í. Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an American actor, musician, comedian, and activist who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with Tommy Chong and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp. Joe Dominguez, on '' Nash Bridges''. He has also voiced characters in several Disney films, including ''Oliver & Company'', ''The Lion King'', the ''Cars'' series, '' Coco'' and '' Beverly Hills Chihuahua''. Marin's trademark is his characters' strong Chicano accents, although Marin himself is not fluent in Spanish. Early life Marin was born on July 13, 1946 in South Los Angeles, California, to Mexican-American parents Elsa (née Meza) (1923-2010), a secretary, and Oscar Marin (1922-2015), a police officer for the LAPD. Marin was born with a cleft lip, which was surgically repaired. According to Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac And Me
''Mac and Me'' is a 1988 American comic science fiction film cowritten (with Steve Feke) and directed by Stewart Raffill. Starring Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Ward, and Tina Caspary alongside Lauren Stanley and Jade Calegory, it centers on a "Mysterious Alien Creature" (MAC) that escapes from nefarious NASA agents and befriends a boy named Eric Cruise. Together, they try to find MAC's family, whom he has been separated from. The film flopped at the box office and was panned by critics, partly due to plot lines similar to '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982), as well as its elaborate product placement of McDonald's and Coca-Cola. It was nominated for four Golden Raspberry Awards and won Worst Director and Worst New Star (for Ronald McDonald). However, it received four Youth in Film Awards (now Young Artist Awards) nominations. While regarded as one of the worst films ever made, it has become a cult film. Due to its poor reception, Orion Pictures cancelled the planned seq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart Raffill
Stewart Raffill is a British writer and director. Biography Raffill was born in England and grew up near Stratford before immigrating to the US and working in the motion picture industry. His writing and directing work in film and TV spans several genres including science fiction, family, comedy and drama. Film Raffill made his feature debut as director with '' The Tender Warrior'', starring Dan Haggerty and sold to Warner Brothers. It was filmed on location in Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia. He sold his next script, ''Napoleon and Samantha'', to Disney. Raffill also worked on the film as a producer. The film starred Jodie Foster and Michael Douglas. He wrote and directed ''When the North Wind Blows''. Raffill wrote and directed ''The Adventures of the Wilderness Family'' with Robert Logan, leading to two sequels. He followed it with two films with Logan, '' Across the Great Divide'' and '' The Sea Gypsies''. Raffill wrote and directed '' High Risk'', shot in Mexico, star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steel Arena (film)
''Steel Arena'' is a 1973 American sports drama film written and directed by Mark L. Lester, in his feature film directorial debut. A precursor of the Burt Reynolds school of mainstream redneck films such a ''Smokey and the Bandit'', the movie follows the fictionalized career of auto daredevil Dusty Russell as he develops into a world class stunt driver. The fictional Dusty ties and then breaks the world record for the auto "dive bomber," a stunt where a stock car is driven at high speed off a ramp and over a measured space to come crashing down on top of parked junk cars. Russell actually was a world champion auto daredevil who set the dive bomber record while filming ''Steel Arena''. Cast Plot After being dropped off in front of a bar in a town in rural Kentucky, transient Dusty Russell goes into the bar but doesn't have the cash to pay for the drink he orders. The bartender offers him a job for $100 driving a "tanker", a souped up car for running bootleg moonshine. As Dus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
