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Monterey Media
Monterey Media Inc. (formerly The Monterey Movie Company) started as a home video company founded in 1982 by Scott Mansfield. It was initially financed by Noel C. Bloom, and the titles were distributed by the Family Home Entertainment subsidiary of Caballero Home Video, Caballero Control Corporation. Monterey is the second sub-label of NCB Entertainment Group, NCB Entertainment, after FHE. In 1987, Len Levy moved to Charles Fries (producer), Fries Home Video, an upstart distributor, taking its Monterey line with them, after cutting ties with Artisan Entertainment, International Video Entertainment, which received all 53 titles after five years. That year, in October, the Monterey Movie Company had signed a 22-title agreement with Jonathan D. Krane, Forum Home Video, to launch its new Phoenix Video label and Scott Mansfield will provide the package, with Forum Home Video handling U.S. distribution of its titles, and the cassettes would range from $19.98-34.98. After many years the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motion Picture
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And Nothing But The Truth
''Giro City'' is a 1982 British television drama film written and directed by Karl Francis. It stars Glenda Jackson, Jon Finch and Kenneth Colley. The film was released in the United States under the title ''And Nothing But the Truth'' in 1984. Plot A team of reporters come up against censorship when they pursue a story. Cast * Glenda Jackson - Sophie * Jon Finch - O'Mally * Kenneth Colley - Martin * James Donnelly - James * Karen Archer - Brigitte * Graham Berry - TV10 Cameraman * Chris Renty - TV10 Soundman * David Quilter - TV10 Lawyer * Peter Halliday - Government Minister * Simon Coady - Awards Compere * Emrys James - Tommy Williams * Simon Jones - Henderson * Michael Lees - GNH Chairman * Bruce Alexander - GNH Lawyer * David Beames - Joe * Sharon Morgan Sharon Morgan (born 29 August 1949) is a Welsh actress of stage and screen, currently based in Cardiff. She was brought up in the village of Llandyfaelog. She is best known for her work within the Welsh film and tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex, Death And Bowling
''Sex, Death and Bowling'' is a 2015 American independent comedy-drama film starring Adrian Grenier, Selma Blair, Bailey Chase, Drea de Matteo and Joshua Rush. It marked the directing and writing debut of actress Ally Walker. Plot Sean McAllister is a successful fashion designer who returns home to a small, rural town in southern California when he learns his brother, Rick, has cancer. Sean has been gone for a while ever since getting into an argument with his father. Rick lives at home with his wife, Glenn, and his live-in nurse Ana. Sean and Rick's father Dick owns a local sports equipment shop and is an avid bowler. Rick's son, Eli idolizes his father and his grandfather and wishes to become as good a bowler as the two of them. Sean arrives and immediately begins opening up old wounds with his father. Sean is gay, and an incident when he was younger involving another boy from the high school football team whom a teacher saw brought shame to Dick, resulting in the two becomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cut Snake
''Cut Snake'' is a 2014 Australian thriller film written by Blake Ayshford and directed by Tony Ayres. The title comes from the Australian idiom "mad as a cut snake" which describes either insanity or anger so extreme you don't want to get near it. The film was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot “Twentysomething Paula”(Jessica De Gouw) meets Merv (Alex Russell (actor), Alex Russell), her “dream boyfriend” out of nowhere. While not knowing anything about Merv's background, Paula approaches marriage with the mysterious Merv. James (Sullivan Stapleton) aka Pommie comes “fresh out of prison in Sydney” and is looking forward to “pick up where he left off with Merv”. Soon after, Paula finds out that “her fiancé, Merv “whom Pommie calls Sparra, spent four years inside [prison] on manslaughter charges”. Little did Paula know that the relationship between these two ex-cons is more than just a fello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forever (2015 Film)
''Forever'' is a 2015 American drama independent film directed by Tatia Pilieva and written by Pilieva and Gill Dennis, starring Deborah Ann Woll, Luke Grimes, John Diehl, Rhys Coiro, Jill Larson, and Ioan Gruffudd. Plot Alice is a young investigative reporter who suffers a catastrophic loss when her boyfriend, Tom, commits suicide after the two of them have a fight. She finds it impossible to cope in the real world and goes in search of an isolated community run by a former psychiatrist she learned about as part of a story. She finds the community and infiltrates it by pretending to have forgotten her identity. Alice slowly finds acceptance within the commune and learns that each member has suffered a tremendous loss or trauma, and that the group, despite currently living in joy and harmony, eventually intends to commit mass suicide. One of the residents, Charlie, finds Alice's hidden I.D. card but doesn't expose her lie. The two begin a romantic relationship. After realizing ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Childless
''Childless'' is a 2008 American drama film written and directed by Charlie Levi and starring Barbara Hershey, Joe Mantegna, James Naughton and Diane Venora. The sudden passing of a teenage girl unsettles the four adults in her life. Jarred by this glimpse of mortality, they struggle to understand – or justify – the current state of their own lives. As each gets ready for the funeral, they speak their private thoughts directly to the camera, leaving it up to the viewer to make sense of these off-kilter, self-serving, yet frequently humorous accounts of the family story. By the end of the day, more than a teenager has been put to rest. Hope beckons. Cast *Barbara Hershey as Natalie *Joe Mantegna as Richard *Diane Venora as Mary *James Naughton as Harvey *Natalie Dreyfuss as Katherine *Jordan Baker as Edith Accolade The film won the Visionary Award at the Boston Film Festival Boston Film Festival (BFF) is an annual film festival held in Boston in the U.S. state of Massach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Living
''The Living'' is a 2014 American drama film written and directed by Jack Bryan. It stars Fran Kranz, Jocelin Donahue, Kenny Wormald, Chris Mulkey, and Joelle Carter. Teddy (Kranz) learns he has beaten his wife, Molly (Donahue), in a drunken rage. Her brother, Gordon (Wormald), hires an ex-con (Mulkey) to kill Teddy. The film premiered at the 2014 Manhattan Film Festival. Plot Teddy wakes up from a night of binge drinking. His wedding band is missing, and his fist is bloodied. When he cannot find his wife, Molly, he visits his mother-in-law's house. There, Molly's mother, Angela, and her brother, Gordon, explain that she wants nothing to do with him, as he beat her severely while drunk. Teddy protests that he does not remember the incident and calls out an apology to Molly. Angela and Gordon warn him off; to their consternation, Molly leaves with Teddy, though she warns him that it is not a reconciliation. She is only returning to the house, not to their relationship. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Like Sunday, Like Rain
''Like Sunday, Like Rain'' is a 2014 American drama film written and directed by Frank Whaley, and distributed by Monterey Media. The film stars Leighton Meester, Debra Messing, Billie Joe Armstrong, and is the debut of Julian Shatkin. The film follows a cello prodigy, Reggie, and his latest caretaker, Eleanor, as they develop a friendship over the course of a summer in New York City. Filming took place over 20 days in all five boroughs of New York City, New York. Following a world premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in September 2014, and a US premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival in October 2014, the film was given a limited theatrical release in March 2015. Plot In Brooklyn, 23-year-old Eleanor (Leighton Meester) breaks up with her failing and disloyal musician boyfriend, Dennis (Billie Joe Armstrong). She has to move out of Dennis' apartment and crash at a friend's place. Unfortunately, Dennis refuses to let her go and confronts her at her work where Dennis' tirade cost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3 Nights In The Desert
''3 Nights in the Desert'' is a 2014 American drama film directed by Gabriel Cowan, written by Adam Chanzit, and starring Amber Tamblyn, Wes Bentley, and Vincent Piazza. The film premiered on January 4, 2014, at the Palm Springs International Film Festival followed by a screening on October 18, 2014, at the Twin Cities Film Festival. The film will be given a limited release in early 2015. Premise The drama follows three estranged friends who reunite to celebrate turning 30 years old, while also reminiscing about how they almost made it as a rock band. Cast * Amber Tamblyn as Anna *Wes Bentley as Travis * Vincent Piazza as Barry Release The film had a US theatrical release in early 2015 followed by the DVD and VOD release. Festivals ''3 Nights in the Desert'' was selected to screen at the following film festivals: *2014 Palm Springs International Film Festival *2014 Twin Cities Film Fest Reception Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 40% of five surveyed critics g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Muddy (film)
''Big Muddy'' is a 2014 Canadian neo-western crime drama directed by Jefferson Moneo, set in Saskatchewan. The film follows Martha (Nadia Litz) and her son Andy ( Justin Kelly), as they seek sanctuary at her childhood home on a ranch, owned by Stan (Stephen McHattie), pursued both by Andy's father—himself a fugitive—and one of Martha's criminal associates. ''Big Muddy'' was based on a short student film that Moneo had directed at Columbia University and presented at the Cinéfondation section of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. While the short film, which was written by classmate Brian Paccione, had been set in New York City, Moneo opted to set his feature adaptation in his home province. It was shot in 20 days in 2013, both Saskatoon in the Assiniboia region in southern Saskatchewan, and mixes elements of film noir with those of classic westerns. Cast * Nadia Litz as Martha Barlow * Justin Kelly as Andy Barlow * David La Haye as Donovan Fournier * Stephen McHattie Stephen McH ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Ahead
Dead Ahead may refer to: * ''Dead Ahead'' (1996 film), a 1996 made-for-TV film starring Stephanie Zimbalist *'' Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster'', a 1992 made-for-TV film starring John Heard *'' Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead'', a rock concert video recorded in 1980 and released in 1981 * ''Rest Stop'' (film), a 2006 direct-to-video film that is also known as ''Rest Stop: Dead Ahead'' * ''Dead Ahead'' (Wild Horses album), a 2003 rock album *''Dead Ahead'', a 2005 rock album by Dead Moon * ''Dead Ahead'' (comics), a 2008 comic book series from Image Comics Image Comics is an American comic book publisher and is the third largest comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry in both unit and market share. It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator-ow ... * ''Dead Ahead'' (videogame), a series of mobile and console games from Mobirate {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grateful Dead Movie
''The Grateful Dead Movie'', released in 1977 and directed by Jerry Garcia, is a film that captures live performances from rock band the Grateful Dead during an October 1974 five-night run at Winterland Ballroom, Winterland in San Francisco, California, San Francisco. These concerts marked the beginning of a hiatus, with the October 20, 1974, show billed as "The Last One". The band would return to touring in 1976. The film features the "Wall of Sound (Grateful Dead), Wall of Sound" concert sound system that the Dead used for all of 1974. The movie also portrays the burgeoning Deadhead scene. Two albums have been released in conjunction with the film and the concert run: ''Steal Your Face'' and ''The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack''. Documenting the Grateful Dead experience "There is nothing like a Grateful Dead concert" was a fan epithet, coined by Dead family member and building manager Willy Legate. In performance, the Dead emphasized musical improvisation and jam band, jamming, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
