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Peter Sova
Milan Peter Sova (September 25, 1944 – August 27, 2020) was a Czech-born American cinematographer. Sova was born in Prague, Czechoslavakia. After training to be a machinist in Prague, Sova would emigrate to New York City, where he worked fixing cameras at ABC. Sova's first work as cinematographer was on the 1977 film '' Short Eyes''. Through his career he would collaborate frequently with Barry Levinson and Paul McGuigan, and would work with Mike Newell on the gangster film '' Donnie Brasco''. He became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers in 1999. He was married to his wife Elizabeth from 1988 until her death in 2018. They had one son together. Sova died in South Kortright, New York on August 27, 2020, at the age of 75. Filmography Film Television TV movies TV series References External linksPeter Sovaat the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters. Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era. Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Morning, Vietnam
''Good Morning, Vietnam'' is a 1987 American war comedy film written by Mitch Markowitz and directed by Barry Levinson. Set in Saigon in 1965, during the Vietnam War, the film stars Robin Williams as a radio DJ on Armed Forces Radio Service, who proves hugely popular with the troops, but infuriates his superiors with what they call his "irreverent tendency". The story is loosely based on the experiences of AFRS radio DJ Adrian Cronauer. Most of Williams' performances that portrayed Cronauer's radio broadcasts were improvisations. The film was released by Buena Vista Pictures (under its Touchstone Pictures banner) to critical and commercial success; for his work in the film, Williams won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. The film is number 100 on the American Film Institute's " 100 Years...100 Laughs" list, containing 100 movies conside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesli Linka Glatter
Lesli Linka Glatter (born July 26, 1953) is an American film and television director. She is best known for her work on the AMC drama series ''Mad Men'' and the Showtime series ''Homeland'', for which she's received eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She's also received an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film nomination for ''Tales of Meeting and Parting'' (1985). Life and career Glatter was born in Dallas to Jewish parents. She began her career as a dancer and choreographer. Her early choreography credits include William Friedkin's ''To Live and Die in L.A'' and the music video for Sheila E.'s "The Glamorous Life". Her first film, ''Tales of Meeting and Parting'' (1984), produced by Sharon Oreck, was nominated for an Academy Award in the Live Action Short Film category. She made the film as part of the American Film Institute Directing Workshop for Women, of which she is an alumna. In 1995, Glatter directed her first feature film, ''Now and Then'', a coming-of-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Proposition (1998 Film)
''The Proposition'' is a 1998 American drama film directed by Lesli Linka Glatter and starring Madeleine Stowe, Kenneth Branagh, William Hurt and Robert Loggia. Plot A young man, Roger Martin, is propositioned by the lawyer of a wealthy businessman, Arthur Barret, to sleep with his wife Eleanor for a large sum, as the couple wish to have a child but Arthur is sterile. At the first attempt Eleanor does not fall pregnant, but subsequent efforts yield success. However by then Roger is obsessed by Eleanor, believing he is madly in love, even though she makes it clear it is only a business arrangement and that she loves her husband. Arthur bans Roger from seeing Eleanor again, but Roger then threatens to expose the scheme, bringing disgrace to the family. Arthur then phones his lawyer to tell him of the problems Roger is causing. A young priest, Father Michael McKinnon, arrives in the parish and is introduced by the Senior priest to the Barrets as “his favourite family in the whole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Lynn
Jonathan Lynn (born 3 April 1943) is an English stage and film director, producer, writer, and actor. He is known for directing the comedy films such as ''Clue'', ''Nuns on the Run'', ''My Cousin Vinny'', and ''The Whole Nine Yards''. He also co-created and co-wrote the television series ''Yes Minister''. Early life Lynn was born in Bath, Somerset, the son of physician Robin Lynn and sculptor Ruth Helen (née Eban), whose first cousin on her mother's side was the neurologist Oliver Sacks. Another cousin, Caroline Sacks, married Nicholas Samuel, 5th Viscount Bearsted. Lynn was educated at Kingswood School, Bath, between 1954 and 1961, after which he studied law at Pembroke College, Cambridge. (His maternal uncle, Israeli statesman Abba Eban, had also studied at Cambridge in the 1930s.) There he participated in the Cambridge University Footlights Club revue '' Cambridge Circus'' (appearing with the revue in 1964 on Broadway and on ''The Ed Sullivan Show''). Career Acting Lynn's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Menaul
Christopher Menaul (born 25 July 1944) is a British film, television director and television writer. Since the late 1970s, Menaul has amassed credits in episodic television and by directing television films. Filmography Film *''Feast of July'' (1995) *''First Night'' (2010) *''Summer in February'' (2013) *''Another Mother's Son'' (2017) TV *2015 Killing Jesus (film) (TV film) *2013 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher II *2011 Combat Hospital (TV series) *2011 Zen (TV mini-series) *2009 Above Suspicion (TV film) *2007 Saddam's Tribe (TV film) *2006 See No Evil: The Moors Murders (TV film) *2005 Secret Smile (TV film) *2005 Planespotting (TV film) *2004 Belonging (TV film) *2004 Wall of Silence (TV film) *2003 State of Mind (TV film) *2002 The Forsyte Saga (TV mini-series) *2000 One Kill (TV film) *1999 The Passion of Ayn Rand (TV film) *1997 Bright Hair (TV film) *1994 Fatherland (TV film) *1994 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series) *1992 Great Performances (TV series) *1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feast Of July
''Feast of July'' is a 1995 American-British neo noir crime film directed by Christopher Menaul and produced by Merchant Ivory Productions, based on the 1954 novel by H. E. Bates, starring Embeth Davidtz and Ben Chaplin. Plot The movie opens with Isabella Ford (Embeth Davidtz) travelling alone from Selmouth to Addisford on foot, and in an increasingly pathetic state. In a deserted cabin on the way, she gives birth to a stillborn baby. She buries it and continues her journey. Arriving in Addisford late in the evening, she meets lamplighter Ben Wainwright ( Tom Bell), and enquires after a man named Arch Wilson (Greg Wise). Ben does not know him, but seeing her plight, takes her to his house. He instructs his wife (Gemma Jones) to get Bella washed up, and introduces his three children, Matty ( Kenneth Anderson), Con (Ben Chaplin) and Jedd (James Purefoy). Matty, the youngest, is a shoemaker, Jedd is a soldier, and Con does not have a profession, but helps out with family chores. Bella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Hollywood
''Jimmy Hollywood'' is a 1994 American comedy film written and directed by Barry Levinson and starring Joe Pesci and Christian Slater. It was released on April 1, 1994, and was a box office bomb, grossing just $3 million against its $30 million budget. While initially unsuccessful at the box office, it has since gained a cult following. Plot Jimmy Alto is a failing actor living in Los Angeles. After increasing frustration with his career going nowhere and with crime in the city, Jimmy, along with his "spaced-out" best friend William, decides to take the law into his own hands. After losing his job as a waiter, Jimmy transforms himself into "Jericho," leader of a mock-vigilante group that videotapes criminals and then turns them over to the police. Jimmy enjoys the free publicity, anonymously, but eventually the police begin to close in on him, resulting in a tense standoff at the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre. Cast * Joe Pesci as Jimmy Alto / Jericho * Christian Slater as William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnet Kellman
Barnet Kellman (born November 9, 1947) is an American television and film director, television producer and film actor. Biography Barnet Kellman (born November 9, 1947) is an American theatre, television and film director, television producer and film actor, and educator, best known for the premiere productions of new American plays, and for the pilots of long-running television series such as Murphy Brown and Mad About You. He is the recipient of two Emmy Awards and a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy. He is the co-founder and director of USC Comedy at the School of Cinematic Arts, and holds the school's Robin Williams Endowed Chair in Comedy. Early life and education Kellman was born in New York City, and raised in suburban Long Island. His father, was Joseph A. G. Kellman, an attorney, and his mother was Verona Kellman (née Kramer). He attended the Colgate University, Phi Beta Kappa and graduated cum laude in 1969. He attended Yale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ellis Miller
Robert Ellis Miller (July 18, 1927 – January 27, 2017) was an American film director. Filmography * '' Breaking Point'' (1963) - TV Series * ''Any Wednesday'' (1966) * '' Sweet November'' (1968) * ''The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter'' (1968) * ''The Buttercup Chain'' (1970) * '' Big Truck and Sister Clare'' (1972) * ''The Girl from Petrovka'' (1974) * '' Just an Old Sweet Song'' (1976) * '' Ishi: The Last of His Tribe'' (1978) * ''The Baltimore Bullet'' (1980) * ''Madame X'' (1981) * ''Reuben, Reuben'' (1983) * '' Her Life as a Man'' (1984) * ''The Other Lover'' (1985) * '' Intimate Strangers'' (1986) * ''Hawks'' (1988) * '' Brenda Starr'' (1989) * ''Bed & Breakfast'' (1992) * ''Killer Rules'' (1995) * ''Pointman'' (1994) * ''A Walton Wedding'' (1995) * ''The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue'' (1996) Awards * Nominee, Palme d'Or, The Buttercup Chain, 1970 Cannes Film Festival * Nominee, Best Picture, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Director for film's producer nominees, Thomas Rya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bed & Breakfast (1992 Film)
''Bed & Breakfast'' is a 1992 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Ellis Miller, and stars Roger Moore, Talia Shire, Colleen Dewhurst (in her final film role) and Nina Siemaszko. It began filming on York Beach, Maine, in 1989. Plot A charming Englishman changes the lives of three generations of women who run a near-bankrupt bed and breakfast. Three women find him out cold on a beach and offer him free board in return for fixing the place up and being the handy man. Claire, widow of Senator Blake Wellesly, is initially unwilling to let him in the house, partly due to the mystery around him caused by amnesia. Her mother-in-law Ruth, recently retired and craving adventure, insists on allowing him inside. Claire's teenage daughter Cassie, who is rebellious against her mother's old-fashioned behavior most of the time, names him Adam. Cast * Roger Moore as Adam *Talia Shire as Claire Wellesly * Colleen Dewhurst as Ruth Wellesly *Nina Siemaszko as Cassie Wellesly *Ford Raine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
