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Michael Davis (director)
Michael Davis (born August 1, 1961) is an American film director and screenwriter born in Rockville, Maryland. His films include the campy horror film '' Monster Man'' and action film ''Shoot 'Em Up'' starring Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, and Monica Bellucci. Filmography As executive producer * ''ENTV Minute'' (2012, 22 episodes) * ''The Lord of the Sands of Time'' (TBA) As storyboard artist * ''The Revenge of Al Capone'' (1989, TV Movie) * ''Night Game'' (1989) * '' The Cellar'' (1989) * '' Tremors'' (1990) * '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze'' (1991) * ''Encino Man ''Encino Man'' (known as ''California Man'' in France, Finland, Sweden, Great Britain, Asia, South Africa, and New Zealand) is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Les Mayfield in his directorial debut. The film stars Sean Astin, with a suppo ...'' (1992) * '' Live Wire'' (1992) References External links * 1961 births Living people People from Rockville, Maryland Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockville, Maryland
Rockville is a city that serves as the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, and is part of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. The 2020 census tabulated Rockville's population at 67,117, making it the fifth-largest community in Montgomery County. Rockville, along with neighboring Gaithersburg and Bethesda, is at the core of the Interstate 270 Technology Corridor which is home to numerous software and biotechnology companies as well as several federal government institutions. The city, one of the major retail hubs in Montgomery County, also has several upscale regional shopping centers. History Early history Situated in the Piedmont region and crossed by three creeks ( Rock Creek, Cabin John Creek, and Watts Branch), Rockville provided an excellent refuge for semi-nomadic Native Americans as early as 8000 BC. By the first millennium BC, a few of these groups had settled down into year-round agricultural communities that exploited the native flora, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prehysteria! 2
''Prehysteria!'' is a series of three family monster comedy films made in the early to mid-1990s about the adventures of five miniature baby dinosaurs named after famous pop musicians. The dinosaurs were Elvis, a male '' Tyrannosaurus'', Paula, a female '' Brachiosaurus'', Jagger, a male '' Stegosaurus'', Hammer, a male '' Chasmosaurus'', and Madonna, a female '' Geosternbergia'' (despite having the crest of a male, and despite the fact that Geosternbergia was a genus of pterosaur rather than a dinosaur). The films were made by Moonbeam Entertainment, the family-oriented sub-brand of B-movie producer Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment. Richard Band, Michael Bishop, and Fuzzbee Morse composed the music for the movies. Development In the early 1990s, Charles Band was working on a new label from ''Full Moon Entertainment'', called ''Moonbeam Entertainment''. Moonbeam Entertainment was created specifically for family, science fiction and fantasy films created for childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encino Man
''Encino Man'' (known as ''California Man'' in France, Finland, Sweden, Great Britain, Asia, South Africa, and New Zealand) is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Les Mayfield in his directorial debut. The film stars Sean Astin, with a supporting cast of Brendan Fraser, Mariette Hartley, Richard Masur, Pauly Shore, Robin Tunney, Michael DeLuise, and Jonathan Ke Quan in his last American film project until 2021. The plot revolves around two geeky teenagers from Encino, Los Angeles, California, who discover a caveman in Morgan's backyard, frozen in a block of ice where he has to learn to live in the 20th century while teaching the teenagers about life. The film was released on May 22, 1992, by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (under its Hollywood Pictures label). Despite negative reviews, ''Encino Man'' was a box-office success, grossing $40.7 million worldwide on a $7 million budget. It was followed by a made-for-television spin-off, ''Encino Woman'', in 1996. Plot During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Of The Ooze
''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze'' is a 1991 American superhero film directed by Michael Pressman and written by Todd W. Langen. The sequel to '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (1990), it is the second installment in the original ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' film trilogy. The film stars Paige Turco and David Warner with the voices of Brian Tochi, Robbie Rist, Adam Carl, and Laurie Faso. The film follows the adventures of the four Turtles, Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael, and their Master Splinter. Resuming from the events of the last film, the villain, the Shredder, returns to take back command of the Foot Clan, and work towards getting revenge on the Turtles. When he learns the secret behind the Turtles' mutation, he becomes more dangerous than ever. The film sheds some light on the origins of Splinter and the Turtles, as well as introduces two new villains, Tokka and Rahzar. Unlike the first film, it differs in the use of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tremors (1990 Film)
''Tremors'' is a 1990 American monster horror comedy film directed by Ron Underwood, produced by Brent Maddock and S. S. Wilson, written by Maddock, Wilson, and Underwood and starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, and Reba McEntire. In the film, handymen Val McKee (Bacon) and Earl Bassett (Ward) wish to leave the small desert town of Perfection, Nevada, as they are tired of their dull lives. However, they happen upon a series of mysterious deaths and a concerned seismologist Rhonda (Carter) studying unnatural readings below the ground. With the help of eccentric survivalist couple Burt and Heather Gummer (Gross and McEntire), the group fights for survival against giant, prehistoric, worm-like monsters hungry for human flesh. Released by Universal Pictures, the film is the first installment of the ''Tremors'' franchise and was followed by five direct-to-video sequels and one prequel: '' Tremors 2: Aftershocks'' (1996), '' Tremors 3: Back to Perfection'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cellar (1989 Film)
''The Cellar'' is a 1989 American monster film directed by Kevin Tenney, based on a short story by David Henry Keller. It stars Patrick Kilpatrick, Chris Miller, Suzanne Savoy, and Ford Rainey. Plot Comanche Indians have trapped the evil of their land in a monster made up of a mixture of other animals. The Comanche have placed a protective spear in the ground to contain the evil, along with a rabbit foot talisman for good luck. A young boy pulls the spear from the ground while pocketing the talisman. He starts to play with the spear. A Comanche catches the boy, and startled, he runs away with the rabbit's foot. The Native American places the spear back, realizing too late that the rabbits foot is now gone. After that, white men come and start drilling for oil. Skip to current time, a divorced father, Mance Cashen, moves to the area with his new wife and baby. His son from his first marriage, Willy, is visiting. Willy notices something peculiar in the house and tries to warn his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Game (film)
''Night Game'' is a 1989 American crime thriller filmed in Galveston and Houston, Texas. It stars Roy Scheider as a detective who must solve a series of murders. Released on September 15, 1989 by Epic Productions, the film was written by Spencer Eastman and directed by Peter Masterson. Plot A number of young women are found dead on or around the beaches of Galveston and the one thing they all have in common is that they were murdered when Houston Astros ace pitcher Silvio Baretto (an amalgamation of real-life pitchers Bob Knepper and Juan Agosto) pitches and wins a night game at the Astrodome. Additionally, each victim had her throat slashed by some sort of knife or hook. Scheider plays former minor league baseball player turned Galveston homicide detective Mike Seaver. Seaver is a staunch Astros fan and is the only person on the case who begins to realize the coincidence of the deaths coming after Sil Barretto's night game wins in the Dome. After 95 minutes of sleuthing, Seav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Revenge Of Al Capone
''The Revenge of Al Capone'' (also known as ''Capone'') is a 1989 American television film about Al Capone starring Keith Carradine as Michael Rourke. The plot is not based on fact but rather is based on a revisionist interpretation of the 1933 attempted murder of President-elect Roosevelt by delusional anarchist Giuseppe Zangara. Plot Following his imprisonment, Al Capone still continues to run his crime empire and plots to assassinate the mayor of Chicago, Anton Cermak. Cast * Keith Carradine as Michael Rourke * Ray Sharkey as Scarface * Debrah Farentino as Jennie * Charles Haid as Alex Connors * Jayne Atkinson as Elizabeth * Neil Giuntoli as Dutch Schultz * Scott Paulin as Eliot Ness * Alan Rosenberg as Frank Nitti * Jordan Charney as J. Edgar Hoover * Robert Bernedetti as Mayor Anton Cermak Anton Joseph Cermak ( cs, Antonín Josef Čermák, ; May 9, 1873 – March 6, 1933) was an American politician who served as the 44th mayor of Chicago, Illinois from April 7, 1931 unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100 Women (film)
''100 Women'' (also known as ''Girl Fever'') is a 2002 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Michael Davis and starring Chad Donella. It tells the story of a young man named Sam and his struggle to discover why the girl of his dreams is suddenly depressed after her cheeriness brought him out of his sadness. The film was originally released under the title ''Girl Fever'' and had a short run in cinemas before being renamed ''100 Women'' and being released to DVD. In 2000, Davis directed a film called ''100 Girls'' with a very similar theme. Plot The film starts out with a man surrounded by a large number of angry looking women(feminists) in a theater. He tells his story and narrates it throughout the film. Sam, an art student who describes himself as "accidentally funny", is having the worst day of his life: he loses his girlfriend, fails art school, and is put down by his favorite professor. Finally, his art portfolio falls open and his drawings scatter. A girl co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100 Girls
''100 Girls'' is a 2000 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Michael Davis. It tells the story of a college student's (Jonathan Tucker) efforts to find a mystery girl with whom he had sex in an elevator during a blackout. It was released direct-to-video on September 25, 2001. Plot After leaving a party at a women's dormitory, Matthew (Jonathan Tucker) is trapped in an elevator with an unknown, and unseen, woman when the power goes out. They have sex in the dark and when Matthew wakes up in the elevator the morning after, he finds himself alone with a pair of her panties. On a mission to find his mystery maiden by looking for a matching bra for the panties, Matthew becomes the maintenance man of the "Virgin Vault", an all-female dormitory. This allows him to investigate without drawing suspicion. His roommate Rod (James DeBello) keeps telling him to give up and introduces him to the "penile power", which involves the use of weights attached to his penis as a mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eight Days A Week (film)
''Eight Days a Week'' is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Michael Davis. The title is taken from the Beatles song of the same name. The film features Dishwalla's 1996 hit "Counting Blue Cars". Plot Peter (Joshua Schaefer) is infatuated with his childhood friend and next-door neighbor Erica (Keri Russell). Based on advice from his grandfather, Peter decides to camp on Erica's lawn until she realizes that she loves him. During his summer-long wait, he frequently comments on their neighborhood. Cast * Joshua Schaefer as Peter * Keri Russell as Erica * R. D. Robb as Matt, Peter's best friend * Mark Taylor as Peter's father * Marcia Shapiro as Marge, Peter's mother * Johnny Green as Nick, Erica's boyfriend * Buck Kartalian as Nonno, Marge's dad * Catherine Hicks as Ms. Lewis * Patrick O'Brien as Erica's father * Darleen Carr as Erica's mother * Biff Manard as the Sad Man * Annie O'Donnell as Sad Man's Wife * Ernestine Mercer as Crazy Lady * Bill Hollis as Mr. Hatfield * J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prehysteria! 3
''Prehysteria!'' is a series of three family monster comedy films made in the early to mid-1990s about the adventures of five miniature baby dinosaurs named after famous pop musicians. The dinosaurs were Elvis, a male ''Tyrannosaurus'', Paula, a female ''Brachiosaurus'', Jagger, a male ''Stegosaurus'', Hammer, a male ''Chasmosaurus'', and Madonna, a female ''Geosternbergia'' (despite having the crest of a male, and despite the fact that Geosternbergia was a genus of pterosaur rather than a dinosaur). The films were made by Moonbeam Entertainment, the family-oriented sub-brand of B-movie producer Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment. Richard Band, Michael Bishop, and Fuzzbee Morse composed the music for the movies. Development In the early 1990s, Charles Band was working on a new label from ''Full Moon Entertainment'', called ''Moonbeam Entertainment''. Moonbeam Entertainment was created specifically for family, science fiction and fantasy films created for children and adults wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
