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Me Myself I (film)
''Me Myself I'' is a 2000 Australian romantic comedy film. It was the first feature film by director Pip Karmel, and was released and reviewed internationally. Plot Pamela Drury is single and works as a serious journalist. She spends her birthday alone and becomes lonely and reflects upon her life and the choices she made and secretly wishes she had gotten married and had children. In a box of photos of old boyfriends, she reflects upon why she broke up with one in particular, Robert Dickson, 13 years earlier. She also meets an interesting man, Ben and follows him home, only to see through his window that he is with his family and looks very happy. Shortly afterwards, she is hit by a car while crossing the street. The woman who was driving the car is ''also'' Pamela, but is Pamela ''Dickson''; she is from an alternate universe in which she married Robert 13 years earlier. Pamela Dickson takes Pamela Drury to the Dickson family home and the two of them talk in the kitchen. Sudden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pip Karmel
Philippa "Pip" Karmel (born 27 March 1963) is an Australian filmmaker. As a film editor, she has worked exclusively with director Scott Hicks in a notable collaboration from 1988 through 2007; their work together includes the 1996 film '' Shine''. She has directed and written several films, including ''Me Myself I'' (2000), which was released internationally. Early career Karmel is the daughter of Peter Karmel, who was an Australian economist, professor, and university administrator. She studied visual arts in Adelaide. She was an assistant editor in the mid-1980s. She worked for editor Andrew Prowse on several films including ''Call Me Mr. Brown'' (1985), which was Scott Hicks' first feature film. She subsequently studied film directing and editing at the Australian Film Television and Radio School. She interrupted her studies to edit Hicks' feature ''Sebastian and the Sparrow'' (1988), which was her first feature credit as an editor. Her graduate film was ''Sex Rules'' (1989) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Crawford
Terence Allan Crawford (born September 28, 1987) is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the WBO welterweight title since 2018. Previously he held the WBO and ''Ring'' magazine lightweight titles from 2014 to 2015; and the unified WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO and ''Ring'' light welterweight titles between 2015 and 2017. In August 2017, Crawford had a short reign as the undisputed light welterweight champion, prior to moving up to welterweight. He was the first undisputed champion at light welterweight since Kostya Tszyu in 2004. Crawford also became the first male boxer to simultaneously hold all four major world titles in boxing (WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO) since Jermain Taylor in 2005, and as of December 2022 is one of only nine male boxers in history to do so. As of May 2022, Crawford is ranked as the world's best active boxer, pound for pound, by ESPN, second by '' The Ring'' magazine and Boxing Writers Assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festroia International Film Festival
The Tróia International Film Festival, commonly referred to as Festroia ( pt, Festival Internacional de Cinema de Tróia – Festróia) was an annual international film festival in Portugal held from 1985 to 2014. Held in the town of Setúbal and named after the nearby Tróia Peninsula where the festival was originally based until 1993, the festival showcased mainly arthouse films made by smaller or less publicised national cinemas from around the world. In later editions its competitive section was open to films from countries producing less than 30 feature films per year. Usually held in the first week of June, the festival gave out a series of prizes, with the main award for Best Film being the Golden Dolphin (''Golfinho de Ouro''). The last edition held was the 30th festival held in 2014. Due to cuts in funding, the 2015 edition was cancelled in March that year, three months before it was scheduled to take place, and a notification saying that there would be no 31st edition w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Screen Sound Guild
The Australian Screen Sound Guild was formed in 1988 to represent people working in audio engineering and post-production in film, television, multimedia and other related audio industries. such as those involved with location sound, sound editing, audio engineers, sound mixers and engineers, television audio production and multimedia. The guild is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales and is directed by a committee which includes representatives from each Australian state, except New South Wales. Awards The guild recognises people working in the Australian screen sound industry. Members of the guild nominate work they completed in the previous year, the nominations are judged by the members en masse Many words in the English vocabulary are of French origin, most coming from the Anglo-Norman spoken by the upper classes in England for several hundred years after the Norman Conquest, before the language settled into what became Modern Engli .... The guild offers awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris (October 31, 1928 – June 20, 2012) was an American film critic. He was a leading proponent of the auteur theory of film criticism. Early life Sarris was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Greek immigrant parents, Themis (née Katavolos) and George Andrew Sarris, and grew up in Ozone Park, Queens. After attending John Adams High School in South Ozone Park (where he overlapped with Jimmy Breslin), he graduated from Columbia University in 1951 and then served for three years in the Army Signal Corps before moving to Paris for a year, where he became a friend of Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. Upon returning to New York's Lower East Side, Sarris briefly pursued graduate studies at his alma mater and Teachers College, Columbia University before turning to film criticism as a vocation. Career After initially writing for ''Film Culture'', he moved to ''The Village Voice'' where his first piece—a laudatory review of '' Psycho''—was published in 1960. Later he re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert (; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, Ebert became the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Neil Steinberg of the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' said Ebert "was without question the nation's most prominent and influential film critic," and Kenneth Turan of the ''Los Angeles Times'' called him "the best-known film critic in America." Ebert was known for his intimate, Midwestern writing voice and critical views informed by values of populism and humanism. Writing in a prose style intended to be entertaining and direct, he made sophisticated cinematic and analytical ideas more accessible to non-specialist audiences. While a populist, Ebert frequently endorsed foreign and independent films he believed would be appreciated by mainstream viewers, which often resulted in such film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spud (canine Actor)
Spud is a common nickname for the potato. Spud(s) may also refer to: People * Spud (nickname), a list of people nicknamed "Spud" or "Spuds" * Spud Murphy (1908–2005), American jazz musician, bandleader and arranger Lyle Stephanovic * Rockstar Spud (or Spud), ring name of British professional wrestler James Michael Curtin (born 1983), otherwise known as Drake Maverick * Surfer Spud, former Operations Director at Live 105 and current vocalist/keyboardist for surf pop band Drifting Sand Arts and entertainment Characters * Fred "Spud" Baker, in the British sitcom ''Cradle to Grave'' * Spuds MacKenzie, a canine mascot in an advertising campaign for Bud Light beer * Daniel "Spud" Murphy, in the 1993 novel ''Trainspotting'' and the 1996 film adaptation * Arthur "Spud" P. Spudinski, in ''American Dragon: Jake Long'' * Laurie "Spud" Odell, in Mary Renault's 1953 novel '' The Charioteer'' * Spud the Scarecrow, in '' Bob the Builder'' * Spud, in the Australian comic strip ''Beyond th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyndon Wilkinson
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Lyndon may refer to: Places * Lyndon, Alberta, Canada * Lyndon, Rutland, East Midlands, England * Lyndon, Solihull, West Midlands, England United States * Lyndon, Illinois * Lyndon, Kansas * Lyndon, Kentucky * Lyndon, New York * Lyndon, Ohio * Lyndon, Pennsylvania * Lyndon, Vermont * Lyndon, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, a town * Lyndon, Juneau County, Wisconsin, a town Other uses * Lyndon State College, a public college located in Lyndonville, Vermont People * Lyndon (name), given name and surname See also * Lyndon School (other) * Lyndon Township (other) * * Lydon (other) * Lynden (other) * Lindon (other) * Linden (other) Linden may refer to: Trees * ''Tilia'' (also known as lime and basswood Basswood), a genus ** American linden, a common name for ''Tilia americana'' ** Large-leaved linden, a common name for ''Tilia platyphyllos'' ** Little-leaf linden, a common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Belfiore
Lisa or LISA may refer to: People People with the mononym * Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam * Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer * Lisa Komine (born 1978), Japanese singer formerly known as Lisa, stylized "lisa" * Lisa (South Korean singer) (born 1980), South Korean singer and musical theatre actress * LiSA (Japanese musician, born 1987), Japanese singer * Lisa (rapper) (born 1997), Thai rapper, member of K-pop group Blackpink * Lisa (French musician) (born 1997), French singer and actress People with the name *Lisa (given name), a feminine given name * Lisa (surname), a list of notable people with the surname Places Romania * Lisa, Brașov * Lisa, Teleorman * Lisa, a village in Schitu, Olt * Lisa River United States * Fort Lisa (Nebraska) (1812–1823), a trading post in the US * Fort Lisa (North Dakota) (1809-1812), a trading post in the US Elsewhere * Lisa, Ivanjica, a municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenore Munro
Lenore may refer to: __NOTOC__ Arts and entertainment * "Lenore" (poem), by Edgar Allan Poe *Lenore, an unrelated character in the poem " The Raven", also by Edgar Allan Poe * "Lenore" (ballad), a 1773 poem by Gottfried August Bürger * "Lenore" (melodrama), a melodrama by Franz Liszt after Gottfried August Bürger's ballad *Symphony No. 5 (Raff), a symphony by Joachim Raff entitled "Lenore" *the title character of '' Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl'', a comic series Places *Lenore, Idaho, an unincorporated community *Lenore, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Lake Lenore (Washington) *Lenore Lake (Saskatchewan), Canada People *Lenore (given name), a list of people See also *Leonore (other) *Lenora (other) * Lenor, a fabric softener *Eleanor (other) Eleanor is a female given name. Eleanor, Elenore, Elinor, Elinore, Ellinore, Elynor or variations thereof may also refer to: Places * Lake Eleanor, a reservoir in Yosemite National Park, Califor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Caryofyllis
Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is frequently shortened to "Andy" or "Drew". The word is derived from the el, Ἀνδρέας, ''Andreas'', itself related to grc, ἀνήρ/ἀνδρός ''aner/andros'', "man" (as opposed to "woman"), thus meaning "manly" and, as consequence, "brave", "strong", "courageous", and "warrior". In the King James Bible, the Greek "Ἀνδρέας" is translated as Andrew. Popularity Australia In 2000, the name Andrew was the second most popular name in Australia. In 1999, it was the 19th most common name, while in 1940, it was the 31st most common name. Andrew was the first most popular name given to boys in the Northern Territory in 2003 to 2015 and continuing. In Victoria, Andrew was the first most popular name for a boy in the 1970s. Canada Andrew was the 20th most popular name chosen for male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariel McClorey
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Mariel may refer to: * Mariel (given name) * Mariel, Cuba, a municipality and city * Mariel boatlift, a 1980 exodus of Cubans to the United States * ''Mariel of Redwall'', a book in the Redwall series by Brian Jacques * Mari-El, an autonomous republic of Russia * El Mariel, second studio album by Cuban-American rapper Pitbull People with the given name * Mariel Hemingway (born 1961), American actress and granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway * Mariel Pamintuan (born 1998), Filipino actress * Mariel Rodriguez (born 1984), Filipino host and an actress Щаиа See also * Marial (other) Marial may refer to: *Marial, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Curry County, Oregon, United States *Guor Marial (born 1984), South Sudanese track and field athlete *Juli Marial Juli Marial Mundet (3 April 1885 – 21 May 1963) was a Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
