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Old Gringo
''Old Gringo'' is a 1989 American romantic adventure film starring Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, and Jimmy Smits. It was directed by Luis Puenzo and co-written with Aída Bortnik, based on the 1985 novel '' The Old Gringo'' by Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes. The film was screened out of competition at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. Plot American schoolteacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to work as a governess for the Miranda family, and becomes caught up in the Mexican revolution. Mexicans transporting her from Chihuahua, secretly soldiers of Pancho Villa's army, use her luggage to smuggle weapons to the servants at the Miranda hacienda. The servants in turn aid the attacking revolutionary army of General Tomas Arroyo. During the attack, a sardonic "Old Gringo", American author Ambrose Bierce, joins the fighting on the side of the revolutionaries; he operates a railway switch that sends a railroad flatcar laden with explosives to its target. After the Miranda hacienda i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aída Bortnik
Aída Bortnik (7 January 1938 – 27 April 2013) was an Argentine screenwriter, nominated for an Academy Award for her work in the film ''La historia oficial'' (1985). She has the notable distinction of having written the screenplay for both the first Argentine film nominated for an Academy Award (''The Truce'', 1974) and the first Argentine film to win an Academy Award (''La historia oficial''). Career After starting out as a TV-screenwriter in 1971, Bortnik co-wrote with débutant director Sergio Renán the screenplay for ''The Truce'' (1974), based on the eponymous novel by Mario Benedetti. It was the first Argentine film to be nominated for an Academy Award (the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film) in 1975, but lost out to Federico Fellini's '' Amarcord''. That year, Bortnik co-wrote ''Una mujer'', directed by Juan José Stagnaro. After a three-year break, Bortnik worked one more time with Renán in writing a screenplay in 1977 for Haroldo Conti's novel, ''Crecer de go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governess
A governess is a largely obsolete term for a woman employed as a private tutor, who teaches and trains a child or children in their home. A governess often lives in the same residence as the children she is teaching. In contrast to a nanny, the primary role of a governess is teaching, rather than meeting the physical needs of children; hence a governess is usually in charge of school-aged children, rather than babies. The position of governess used to be common in affluent European families before the First World War, especially in the countryside where no suitable school existed nearby and when parents preferred to educate their children at home rather than send them away to boarding school for months at a time—varied across time and countries. Governesses were usually in charge of girls and younger boys. When a boy was old enough, he left his governess for a tutor or a school. Governesses are rarer now, except within great house, large and wealthy households or royal famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Damián
Pedro Muñoz Romero (born 29 November 1952), known as Pedro Damián, is a Mexican actor, television producer and director, executive producer of popular teen telenovelas, ''Clase 406, Lola, Erase Una Vez, Mis XV,'' ''Rebelde, Like La Leyenda and RBD: La Familia, distributed'' within and outside Mexico. He has worked with RBD, Eiza Gonzalez and is now working with LIKE. Career Acting Damián began his career in 1971, appearing in the Mexican telenovela ''El amor tiene cara de mujer''. Throughout the 1970s he appeared in Mexican films and telenovelas and had roles in two Hollywood films, '' The Return of a Man Called Horse'' (1976) and ''Eagle's Wing'' (1979). Apart from a role in El ''vuelo del águila'' (1990s), Damián's acting career had ceased until 2001; he returned with an uncredited role in an American movie for Showtime television, ''Warden of Red Rock''. Small roles in two more American films, ''Collateral Damage'' (costarring Arnold Schwarzenegger) and ''Showtim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Armendáriz Jr
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning "son of Peter" (compare with the English surname Peterson) is Pérez in Spanish, and Peres in Galician and Portuguese, Pires also in Portuguese, and Peiris in coastal area of Sri Lanka (where it originated from the Portuguese version), with all ultimately meaning "son of Pêro". The name Pedro is derived via the Latin word "petra", from the Greek word "η πέτρα" meaning "stone, rock". The name Peter itself is a translation of the Aramaic ''Kephas'' or '' Cephas'' meaning "stone". An alternate archaic spelling is ''Pêro''. Pedro may refer to: Notable people Monarchs, mononymously *Pedro I of Portugal *Pedro II of Portugal *Pedro III of Portugal *Pedro IV of Portugal, also Pedro I of Brazil *Pedro V of Portugal *Pedro II of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Pitoniak
Anne Pitoniak (March 30, 1922 – April 22, 2007) was an American actress. She was nominated twice for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) in 1983 for '' 'night, Mother'' and as Best Actress (Featured Role – Play) in 1994 for a revival of William Inge's ''Picnic''. She is best known for her roles in '' The Survivors'' (1983), ''Housekeeping'' (1987), ''Hiding Out'' (1987), and ''Where the Money Is'' (2000). Early life and education Pitoniak was born in Westfield, Massachusetts, the daughter of Sophie (née Porubovic) and John Pitoniak. She was a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Career Pitoniak spent two years as a civilian actress immediately after World War II, touring Japan, the Philippines and Korea for the Special Services. In '' 'night, Mother'' she played a mother who tries to talk her grown daughter out of suicide. The play premiered at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, before moving to Broadway. Pitoniak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Metzler
Jim Metzler (born June 23, 1951) is an American actor, best known for guest-appearances on popular TV series. In 1983, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his supporting role in the 1982 film ''Tex''. Filmography Films *''Squeeze Play!'' (1979) - Second base *'' Four Friends'' (1981) - Tom *''Tex'' (1982) - Mason McCormick *''River's Edge'' (1986) - Mr. Burkewaite *''The Christmas Star'' (1986) - Stuart Jameson *''Hot to Trot'' (1988) - Boyd Osborne *'' 976-EVIL'' (1988) - Marty Palmer *'' Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat'' (1989) - David *''Old Gringo'' (1989) - Ron *''Circuitry Man'' (1990) - Danner *''Delusion'' (1991) - George O'Brien *''One False Move'' (1992) - Dud Cole *'' Waxwork II: Lost in Time'' (1992) - Roger *''A Weekend with Barbara und Ingrid'' (1992) - Danny Shaffer *''Gypsy Eyes'' (1992) - Harry Noble *'' Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II'' (1994) - Danner *'' Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest'' (1995) - William Porter *''Cadillac Ranch'' (1996) - T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela Roel
Gabriela Roel (born 13 December 1959) is a Mexican film and television actress. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1959 births Living people People from Delicias, Chihuahua Mexican film actresses Mexican television actresses Actresses from Chihuahua (state) {{Mexico-actress-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Gago
Jenny Gago (born September 11, 1953) is a Peruvian-American actress best known as Maria in ''Knots Landing'' (1984-1986), Maria in ''My Family'' (1995), Anaya in '' The Agency'' (2002-2003), and Det. Ochoa in ''Southland'' (2011). Life Gago was born in Peru. She earned a Bachelor Degree in Theatre Arts from UCLA and attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute on a scholarship. She has a son. Career In 1981, Gago began her acting career. Roles in television shows including Captain Santina on ''MacGyver'', Detective Beatrice Zapeda in ''Alien Nation'', Anaya on '' The Agency'', and Grandma on '' Freddie''. TV guest appearances include ''Falcon Crest'', ''Remington Steele'', ''Chicago Hope'', '' The Pretender'', '' Ally McBeal'', ''Crossing Jordan'', ''Lost'', and ''The Closer''. Gago had recurring roles on the shows ''General Hospital'', ''Knots Landing'', '' The Agency'', ''Southland'' (with Regina King), and ''Freddie'' (with Freddie Prinze Jr.). She appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricio Contreras
Patricio Contreras (born December 15, 1947) is a Chilean-Argentine television, film and stage actor. Biography Contreras was born in Santiago, Chile in 1947 and emigrated to neighboring Argentina following the 1973 coup d'état against left-wing President Salvador Allende, of whom Contreras was a vocal supporter.''Clarín'': Contreras, con Sandino (May 9, 1988). He was shortly afterwards cast in a number of minor Argentine cinema roles, notable among them a part in Adolfo Aristarain's 1978 crime thriller, ''La parte del león'' (''The Lion's Share''). He married an up-and-coming Argentine actress, Leonor Manso, in 1981, and in 1983, he was given his first significant film role as the treacherous Sergeant Comini in Aristarain's ''Funny Dirty Little War''. Contreras then gave what became perhaps his best-known performance as the targeted Professor Benítez in the Oscar-winning ''The Official Story'' (1985), for which he was awarded a Silver Condor. This was followed a leading ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – ) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book ''The Devil's Dictionary'' was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. His story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" has been described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature", and his book '' Tales of Soldiers and Civilians'' (also published as ''In the Midst of Life'') was named by the Grolier Club as one of the 100 most influential American books printed before 1900. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States, and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. For his horror writing, Michael Dirda ranked him alongside Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. S. T. Joshi speculates that he may well be the greatest satirist America has ever pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hacienda
An ''hacienda'' ( or ; or ) is an estate (or ''finca''), similar to a Roman ''latifundium'', in Spain and the former Spanish Empire. With origins in Andalusia, ''haciendas'' were variously plantations (perhaps including animals or orchards), mines or factories, with many ''haciendas'' combining these activities. The word is derived from Spanish ''hacer'' (to make, from Latin ''facere'') and ''haciendo'' (making), referring to productive business enterprises. The term ''hacienda'' is imprecise, but usually refers to landed estates of significant size, while smaller holdings were termed ''estancias'' or ''ranchos''. All colonial ''haciendas'' were owned almost exclusively by Spaniards and criollos, or rarely by mestizo individuals. In Mexico, as of 1910, there were 8,245 haciendas in the country. In Argentina, the term ''estancia'' is used for large estates that in Mexico would be termed ''haciendas''. In recent decades, the term has been used in the United States for an archi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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