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Mercy (2009 Film)
''Mercy'' is a 2009 American independent romantic drama film directed by Patrick Hoelck and written by Scott Caan, who also serves as lead actor and producer. Plot A meandering and not too bright quasi celebrity is conflicted by his aimless and wannabe high living lifestyle. Cast * Scott Caan as Johnny Ryan * Wendy Glenn as Mercy Bennett * Troy Garity as Dane Harrington * Alexie Gilmore as Chris * Erika Christensen as Robin * Dylan McDermott as Jake * James Caan as Gerry Ryan * Whitney Able Whitney Nees Able (born June 2, 1982) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her roles in ''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane'' (2006) and ''Monsters'' (2010), and has been featured in ''Maxim'' magazine. Early life Whitney Able was ... as Heather * John Boyd as Erik References External links * * 2009 romantic drama films 2009 films American romantic drama films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{2000s-romantic-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Hoelck
Patrick Hoelck (pronounced /hɒl.lɒk/; born September 7, 1968) is an American filmmaker and photographer based in Los Angeles and New York City. He has received considerable recognition as a photographer for fine art and celebrity advertisements. In addition, he has directed several mainstream music videos. Career Hoelck's career began at the young age of sixteen as a music video director in New York City, and later in Los Angeles. Hoelck's self-published photography book, "Tar", was the catalyst for his late-career emergence as a professional photographer. "Tar" consists of several personal short stories and prose entries about Hoelck's early days living in New York City, and his experiences as a drug addict and self-abuser. An early break came for Hoelck when close friend and artist, Vincent Gallo, specially requested Hoelck over the late Richard Avedon for the cover of British magazine, "Flux". Later Hoelck produced "Cigarettes and Coffee" for Paul Thomas Anderson. ''Merc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Christensen
Erika Jane Christensen (born August 19, 1982) is an American actress and singer whose filmography includes roles in ''Traffic'' (2000), '' Swimfan'' (2002), ''The Banger Sisters'' (2002), ''The Perfect Score'' (2004), ''Flightplan'' (2005), '' How to Rob a Bank'' (2007), ''The Tortured'' (2010), and '' The Case for Christ'' (2017). For her performance in ''Traffic'', she won the MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Female Performance and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture along with her co-stars. In 2006, she starred on the short-lived drama series '' Six Degrees'' on American Broadcasting Company, ABC. From 2010 until its ending in 2015, Christensen starred as List of Parenthood characters#Julia Braverman-Graham and her family, Julia Braverman-Graham on the NBC family drama series ''Parenthood (2010 TV series), Parenthood''. In 2014, she won a Gracie Award for her performance in the role. Christensen portrayed Betty Beaumontaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Romantic Drama Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Films
The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films. Also in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five (the first time since the 1943 awards). Evaluation of the year Film critic Philip French of ''The Guardian'' said that 2009 "began with the usual flurry of serious major movies given late December screenings in Los Angeles to qualify for the Oscars. They're now forgotten or vaguely regarded as semi-classics: ''The Reader'', '' Che'', ''Slumdog Millionaire'', '' Frost/Nixon'', '' Revolutionary Road'', ''The Wrestler'', ''Gran Torino'', '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''. It soon became apparent that horror movies would be the dominant genre once again, with vampires the pre-eminent sub-species, the most profitable inevitably being '' New Moon'', the latest in Stephenie Meyer's ''Twilight'' saga, the best the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Romantic Drama Films
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Boyd (actor)
John H. Boyd (born October 22, 1981) is an American actor who is best known for starring as Arlo Glass in the eighth and final season of the Fox espionage thriller '' 24'' in 2010. He also co-starred in the Academy Award-winning political thriller '' Argo'' (2012) and starred from 2014 to 2017 as FBI Special Agent James Aubrey on the Fox crime procedural comedy-drama ''Bones'' from the 10th season until the 12th and final season. In 2019, he started as Special Agent Stuart Scola in CBS crime drama series ''FBI''. Early life Boyd was born October 22, 1981, is an alumnus of Bennington College. Career Boyd began his acting career in 2005, appearing in short films and various minor roles in films and guest-starring on an episode of the NBC legal drama ''Law & Order'' in 2005; Boyd returned to the show in 2006, but as a different character. In 2010, he was cast in his first starring role on television in the eighth season of the Fox espionage thriller '' 24'' as Arlo Glass. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitney Able
Whitney Nees Able (born June 2, 1982) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her roles in ''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane'' (2006) and ''Monsters'' (2010), and has been featured in ''Maxim'' magazine. Early life Whitney Able was born in Houston, Texas. She has two brothers. She has lived in Spain and Mexico and is fond of the Spanish language. She also attended St. Andrew's Sewanee School in Franklin County, TN. Career Able's acting career started with a role in the low-budget film ''Age of Kali'' in 2005. She then portrayed Eve in the film ''Dead Lenny'', which was released direct-to-DVD in 2006. She then gained a role in the pilot of the TV show ''Secrets of a Small Town''; however the show was not picked up by American Broadcasting Company. She also had a role on the ABC show '' Rodney''. Able's breakout role was in the 2006 horror film ''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane'', portraying the bitchy but also sympathetic cheerleader Chloe. The film co-starred Amber He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Caan
James Edmund Caan ( ; March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022) was an American actor. He came to prominence playing Sonny Corleone in ''The Godfather'' (1972) – a performance which earned him Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor. He reprised his role in ''The Godfather Part II'' (1974). He received a List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars, motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1978. After early roles in Howard Hawks's ''El Dorado (1966 film), El Dorado'' (1966), Robert Altman's ''Countdown (1967 film), Countdown'' (1967) and Francis Ford Coppola's ''The Rain People'' (1969), Caan gained acclaim for his portrayal of Brian Piccolo in the 1971 television movie ''Brian's Song'' for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, Primetime Emmy Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan McDermott
Dylan McDermott (born Mark Anthony McDermott; October 26, 1961) is an American actor. He is known for his role as lawyer and law firm head Bobby Donnell on the legal drama series ''The Practice'', which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. McDermott is also known for his roles in four seasons (first, second, eighth and ninth) of the FX horror anthology series ''American Horror Story'', subtitled '' Murder House'', ''Asylum'', '' Apocalypse'', and ''1984'' portraying Ben Harmon, Johnny Morgan and Bruce, respectively. He also starred as narcotics crime lord Richard Wheatley on the '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' spinoff '' Law & Order: Organized Crime''; Lt. Carter Shaw on the TNT series '' Dark Blue''; in two short-lived CBS dramas, ''Hostages'' and '' Stalker''; and in the 1994 remake of the film ''Miracle on 34th St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexie Gilmore
Alexie Gilmore (born December 11, 1976) is an American actress who starred in ''New Amsterdam'' as Dr. Sara Dillane. She is featured in ''Definitely, Maybe'' and co-starred in ''Surfer, Dude''. Alexie also played the part of Kelly in '' Willow Creek''. She played Devon Atwood in three episodes of '' CSI: Cyber'' as the wife of character Elijah Mundo. Alexie's other credits include '' 90210'' and ''Legends''. Early life Gilmore was born in Manhattan and moved to Tenafly, New Jersey, where she attended Tenafly High School. Gilmore attended Allentown College (now known as DeSales University) in Center Valley, Pennsylvania Center Valley is an unincorporated community located one mile north of Coopersburg, at the intersection of Pennsylvania State Routes 309 and 378 in Upper Saucon Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Lehigh Valley, which had .... Filmography Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilmore, Alexie 1976 births Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Caan
Scott Andrew Caan (born August 23, 1976) is an American actor, director, photographer, writer, and former rapper. He received his breakthrough role in ''Ocean’s Eleven'' as Turk Malloy who he played in the ''Ocean's (film series), Ocean’s trilogy'' and starred as Detective Sergeant Danny "Danno" Williams in the CBS television series ''Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series), Hawaii Five-0'' (2010–2020), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Caan had a recurring role as manager Scott Lavin in the HBO television series ''Entourage (U.S. TV series), Entourage'' (2009–2011). In the 1990s, he was a rapper and was a part of hip hop group The Whooliganz with The Alchemist (musician), The Alchemist, under the pseudonym Mad Skillz. Early life Caan was born on August 23, 1976, in Los Angeles, California, the son of actor James Caan and Sheila Marie Ryan, an actress and former model. His paternal grandparents were Jews, Jewish immigrants from Germany. He has an older half-sis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troy Garity
Troy Garity (born July 7, 1973) is an American film actor. He is primarily known for his role as Isaac in the ''Barbershop'' film series and as Barry Winchell in the television movie ''Soldier's Girl'' (2003), where he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film. Early life, family and education Garity was born in Los Angeles, California, to actress/activist Jane Fonda and activist/politician Tom Hayden. His parents gave him the last name Garity, the surname of his paternal grandmother. He grew up in Santa Monica. His half-sister is director and cinematographer Vanessa Vadim. Through his mother, Garity is the grandson of New York socialite Frances Ford Seymour and actor Henry Fonda, and a nephew of actor Peter Fonda. His cousins include actress Bridget Fonda. His father is of Irish descent and his mother's ancestry includes Dutch, English, French, German, and Irish. Garity made his first onscreen appearance as an infant, when hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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