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OK Garage
''OK Garage'' (also known as ''All Revved Up'') is a 1998 film written and directed by Brandon Cole. The film won several awards at different film festivals. It premiered in the United States at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival. Plot A woman who gets swindled by a garage mechanic enlists her neighbor and his best friend in exacting some kind of revenge. Main cast * John Turturro as Jonny Candellano * Lili Taylor as Rachel * Will Patton as Sean * Gemma Jones as Mrs. Wiggins * Joseph Maher as Lilly * Paul Calderón Paul Calderón is a Puerto Rican actor, writer, director and producer. He is a founding member of the Touchstone Theatre, the American Folk Theatre and the LAByrinth Theater Company. He is also a member of the Actors Studio, auditioning and ... as Carl References External links * * * 1998 films 1998 comedy-drama films American independent films American comedy-drama films 1998 independent films 1990s English-language films 1990s American fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Turturro
John Michael Turturro (; born February 28, 1957) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his contributions to the independent film movement. He has appeared in over sixty feature films and has worked frequently with the Coen brothers, Adam Sandler, and Spike Lee. He began his acting career on-screen in the early 1980s, and received early critical recognition with the independent film '' Five Corners'' (1987). Turturro's mainstream breakthrough came with Lee's ''Do the Right Thing'' (1989) and the Coens' '' Miller's Crossing'' (1990) and ''Barton Fink'' (1991), for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival. His subsequent roles included Herb Stempel in ''Quiz Show'' (1994), Jesus Quintana in both ''The Big Lebowski'' (1998) and ''The Jesus Rolls'' (2020), Pete in ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' (2000), Seymour Simmons in the ''Transformers'' film series (2007–2017) and Carmine Falcone in ''The Batman'' (2022). In 2016, in a lead role, he portrayed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lili Taylor
Lili Anne Taylor (born February 20, 1967) is an American actress. She came to prominence with supporting parts in the films '' Mystic Pizza'' (1988) and '' Say Anything...'' (1989), before establishing herself as one of the key figures of 1990s independent cinema with starring roles in ''Bright Angel'' (1990), ''Dogfight'' (1991), ''Household Saints'', ''Short Cuts'' (both 1993), ''The Addiction'', '' Cold Fever'' (both 1995), ''I Shot Andy Warhol'', '' Girls Town'' (both 1996), '' Pecker'' (1998), and '' A Slipping-Down Life'' (1999). She is the recipient of four Independent Spirit nominations, winning once in the category of Best Supporting Female. Her accolades also include a Golden Globe, an NBR Award, a Volpi Cup, a Sant Jordi, a Golden Space Needle, a Chlotrudis Award, an SDFCS Award, a Sundance Special Jury Prize, and a Fangoria Chainsaw Award. Alongside her work on smaller-scale projects, Taylor has encountered mainstream success with parts in films such as ''Born o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Patton
William Rankin Patton (born June 14, 1954) is an American actor and audiobook narrator. He starred as Colonel Dan Weaver in the TNT science fiction series ''Falling Skies''. He also appeared in the films ''Remember the Titans'', ''Armageddon'', '' Gone in 60 Seconds'', ''The Punisher'', and '' Minari''. He appeared opposite Kevin Costner in two films: '' No Way Out'' (1987) and ''The Postman'' (1997), as well as having a guest role in seasons 3 and 4 of Costner's Paramount Network series ''Yellowstone''. He won two Obie Awards for best actor in Sam Shepard's play '' Fool for Love'' and the Public Theater production of ''What Did He See?'' Early life Patton was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the eldest of three children. His father is Bill Patton, a playwright and acting/directing instructor who was a Lutheran minister and served as a chaplain at Duke University. Patton was raised on a farm, where his parents ran a foster home for wayward teenagers. Career Patton won two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Lurie (composer)
Evan Lurie (born 1954 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States) is an American composer and musician. Playing piano and occasionally organ, Evan was a founding member of the band The Lounge Lizards, along with his saxophonist brother John Lurie. Lurie started producing music for Nickelodeon in 2001, as the composer for their show ''Oswald''. He was later the music director for all four seasons of the Nick Jr. series ''The Backyardigans'', which features a different musical genre in every episode. In 2011, Lurie composed an unused song for Nickelodeon's ''Winx Club'' (a show that many other ''Backyardigans'' crew members worked on, including creator Janice Burgess). Other notable productions he has written music for include ''Joe Gould's Secret'' (2000) and Steve Buscemi's ''Trees Lounge'' (1996). Discography * ''Happy? Here? Now?'' (1985, solo) * ''Pieces for Bandoneon'' (1987) * ''Selling Water by the Side of the River'' (1990) * ''How I Spent My Vacation'' (1998, with Greg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemma Jones
Jennifer "Gemma" Jones (born 4 December 1942) is an English actress. Appearing on both stage and screen, her film appearances include ''Sense and Sensibility'' (1995), the ''Bridget Jones'' series (2001–2016), the ''Harry Potter'' series (2002–2011), ''You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger'' (2010), and ''Ammonite'' (2020). For her role in the BBC television film ''Marvellous'' (2014), she won the 2015 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other roles on television include '' Rainbow City'' (1967), ''The Duchess of Duke Street'' (1976–1977), ''Trial and Retribution'' (2003–2008), '' Spooks'' (2007–2008), ''Teacup Travels'' (2015–2017), '' Diana and I'' (2017), and '' Gentleman Jack'' (2019). Early life Jones was born in Marylebone, the daughter of Irene (''née'' Isaac; 1911–1985) and Griffith Jones, an actor (1909–2007). Her brother Nicholas Jones is also an actor. She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she won the gold medal.Radio T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
