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Quicksilver Highway
''Quicksilver Highway'' is a 1997 made for television comedy horror anthology film directed by Mick Garris. It is based on Clive Barker's 1985 short story " The Body Politic" and Stephen King's 1992 short story " Chattery Teeth". The film was originally shown on the Fox Network on 13 May 1997, before being released on home media. Plot The main story is centered on Aaron Quicksilver (played by Christopher Lloyd), a travelling showman who tells horror stories to the people he meets. He first runs into a newly married couple who are hitchhiking, to whom he tells the story "Chattery Teeth", about a man who is saved from a dangerous hitchhiker by a set of wind-up toy teeth. He later runs into a pickpocket to whom he tells "The Body Politic", a story about a man whose hands rebel against him. Cast *Christopher Lloyd: Aaron Quicksilver *Matt Frewer: Charlie/Dr. Charles George * Raphael Sbarge: Kerry Parker/Bill Hogan *Melissa Lahlitah Crider: Olivia Harmon Parker/Lita Hogan * Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chattery Teeth (short Story)
"Chattery Teeth" is a short story by American writer Stephen King. It was originally published in '' Cemetery Dance'' and was later collected in '' Nightmares & Dreamscapes''. Publication history Stephen King had been a regular reader of '' Cemetery Dance'', a horror magazine, and sent an unsolicited short story to be published there in 1992. The resulting publicity helped to raise their profile. Plot summary Salesman Bill Hogan notices an odd pair of walking " Chattery Teeth" (odd due to their unusually large size and the fact that they are made of metal) in the display of a roadside convenience store in the Nevada desert. The store owner ends up giving Hogan the teeth, claiming they had been dropped and no longer work. Hogan is unable to dismiss another oddity: his sense that the teeth are somehow sentient and want to kill him. As he leaves the convenience store, Hogan reluctantly (having been robbed by a hitchhiker once before) gives a ride to a dishevelled hitchhiker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitchhiking
Hitchhiking (also known as thumbing, autostop or hitching) is a means of transportation that is gained by asking individuals, usually strangers, for a ride in their car or other vehicle. The ride is usually, but not always, free. Signaling methods Hitchhikers use a variety of signals to indicate they need a ride. Indicators can be physical gestures or displays including written signs. The physical gestures, e.g., hand signals, hitchhikers use differ around the world: *In some African countries, the hitchhiker's hand is held with the palm facing upwards. *In most of Europe, North America, South America and Australia, most hitchhikers stand with their back facing the direction of travel. The hitchhiker typically extends their arm towards the road with the thumb of the closed hand pointing upward or in the direction of vehicle travel. Legal status Hitchhiking is historically a common practice worldwide and hence there are very few places in the world where laws exist to res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McTiernan
John Campbell McTiernan Jr. (born January 8, 1951) is an American former filmmaker best known for his action films. His work as director includes ''Predator (film), Predator'' (1987), ''Die Hard'' (1988), and ''The Hunt for Red October (film), The Hunt for Red October'' (1990). The last three of his 11 feature films, ending with ''Basic (film), Basic'' (2003), were critical and box office failures. McTiernan pleaded guilty in 2006 to Making false statements, lying to an FBI investigator; the judgment was Vacated judgment, vacated, after which he pleaded guilty in 2007 to the original charge and an additional charge of perjury, in regard to his hiring of the private investigator Anthony Pellicano in late 2000 to illegally wiretapping, wiretap the phone calls of two people, one of whom was Charles Roven, a co-producer of his action film remake ''Rollerball (2002 film), Rollerball'' (2002). He was incarcerated in federal prison from April 2013 to February 2014. During his impriso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creative Artists Agency
Creative Artists Agency, LLC (CAA) is an American talent and sports agency based in Los Angeles, California. With 1,800 employees in March 2016, it is regarded as an influential company in the talent agency business and manages numerous clients. In September 2023, French billionaire François-Henri Pinault completed the acquisition of a majority stake in CAA, in an agreement valued at 7 billion dollars. The purchase was made through his investment company, Groupe Artémis. History Creative Artists Agency (CAA) was formed by five agents at the William Morris Agency in 1975. At a dinner, Michael Ovitz, Michael S. Rosenfeld, Ronald Meyer, Rowland Perkins, and William Haber decided to create their own agency. The agents were fired by William Morris before they could obtain financing. CAA was incorporated in Delaware and had a $35,000 line of credit and a $21,000 bank loan and rented a small Century City office. Within a week, they sold a game show called '' Rhyme and Rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Landis
John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for directing comedy films such as ''The Kentucky Fried Movie'' (1977), ''Animal House, National Lampoon's Animal House'' (1978), The Blues Brothers (film), ''The Blues Brothers'' (1980), ''Trading Places'' (1983), ''Three Amigos'' (1986), ''Coming to America'' (1988) and ''Beverly Hills Cop III'' (1994), and horror films such as ''An American Werewolf in London'' (1981) and ''Innocent Blood (film), Innocent Blood'' (1992). He also directed the music videos for Michael Jackson's Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video), "Thriller" (1983) and "Black or White#Music video, Black or White" (1991). Landis later ventured into television work, including the series ''Dream On (TV series), Dream On'' (1990), ''Weird Science (TV series), Weird Science'' (1994) and ''Sliders (TV series), Sliders'' (1995). He also directed several episodes of the 2000s horror anthology series ''Masters of Horror'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constance Zimmer
Constance Zimmer (born October 11, 1970) is an American actress. She rose to prominence playing Dana Gordon on the HBO series ''Entourage (American TV series), Entourage'' (2005–11) and List of Boston Legal characters#Claire Simms, Claire Simms on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC series ''Boston Legal'' (2006–07). She went on to appear on the Netflix series ''House of Cards (American TV series), House of Cards'' (2013–18) and voiced Strongarm on ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 TV series), Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (2014–17). She gained wider recognition for her role as Quinn King on ''Unreal (TV series), Unreal'' (2015–18), for which she received a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Critics' Choice Television Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award nomination both in 2016. Early life and education Zimmer was born in Seattle, Washing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Knight (actor)
William Frederick Knight (December 6, 1933 – November 8, 2022), sometimes credited as William Knight, William Frederick, or Frederick Knight, was an American actor who lent his voice to the English dubs of anime and video games. He was often cast in the role of a wise old man, such as in ''Ghost in the Shell'' (as Daisuke Aramaki), ''The Big O'' (as Gordon Rosewater), ''Paranoia Agent'' (as the old man), and ''Eureka Seven'' (as Kuzemi, one of the three Sages). He played similar archetypes in live-action roles in television and short films, including ''I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson'' and '' The League of STEAM''. He was a recurring actor in sketches on the G4 series ''Attack of the Show'' and the show ''Dhar Mann''. Knight died in North Hollywood, California on November 8, 2022, at the age of 88. Voice roles Anime * ''Amazing Nurse Nanako'' – General, Griffith * '' Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran'' – Denkichi's Master * ''Cowboy Bebop'' – Old Man ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Hart (actor)
Christopher Hart (born 22 February 1961) is a Canadian actor and magician whose roles include Thing, the disembodied hand, in the 1991, 1993, and 1998 movies ''The Addams Family'', ''Addams Family Values'', and ''Addams Family Reunion''. Early life Christopher Hart was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, to an English mother and Canadian father. He was raised in Los Angeles, where he was educated in Catholic schools. At the age of eight he became intrigued after discovering a magic book at the local library. It was at this same time that the television series "The Magician" starring Bill Bixby was on the air and further fueled his passion for magic. Career At sixteen, after an extensive audition and interview process, Hart was accepted into the Magic Castle's elite junior program. As a teenager, he earned extra money working in a cemetery as a grave digger and was nicknamed Lurch due to his tall, lanky frame. Soon realizing that it was a dead-end job, Hart accepted a position ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Grevioux
Kevin Grevioux (; born September 9, 1962) is an American actor, screenwriter, Film director, director, and Comic book creator, comic book writer. He is best known for his role as Raze in the ''Underworld (film series), Underworld'' film series, which he co-created, as well as his voicework in the cartoon ''Young Justice (TV series), Young Justice'' as the villain Black Beetle (DC Comics), Black Beetle. Education Grevioux graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1987 with a degree in microbiology with minors in both chemistry and psychology, afterwards attending graduate school working towards a master's degree in genetic engineering. Grevioux began taking screenwriting and cinematography classes as well, and after his first semester of grad school had finished, he moved to Los Angeles to begin to work as a writer in earnest. He has written several spec scripts in various genres. He also started a graphic novel company called Darkstorm Comic Studios in 2003. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelia Heinle
Amelia March Luckinbill (formerly Weatherly; born March 17, 1973) is an American actress known for her roles in American soap operas. Her best known role is Victoria Newman, who she has portrayed on ''The Young and the Restless'' since 2005. Early life Heinle grew up in Arizona and moved to New Jersey with her family when she was 15 years old. Career From 1993 to 1995, she played the role of Stephanie "Steffi" Brewster on the soap opera '' Loving''. She also played the character in that show's short-lived spin off, '' The City'' from November 1995 until January 1996. In 1994, she was nominated for a ''Soap Opera Digest'' Award for Outstanding Female Newcomer. Through the 1990s, she appeared in many made-for-TV movies, and a role in the 1999 Steven Soderbergh film ''The Limey'' (as Peter Fonda's girlfriend). She appeared in the music video for "I Will Buy You a New Life" by Everclear. In 2000, Heinle played the part of Harriet Hemings in '' Sally Hemings: An American Scan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Bolender
Bill Bolender is an American character actor and artist, mainly known for small appearances in ''RoboCop 2'', ''JFK'', ''Reality Bites'', ''The Shawshank Redemption'', ''Nixon'' and ''Dante's Peak''. His guest starring appearances include roles in ''The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.''; ''Walker, Texas Ranger''; '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (as an Albino alien in the episode " Blood Oath"); ''NYPD Blue''; '' Alias''; '' Deadwood''; and in the ''Desperate Housewives'' episode " No One Is Alone". He also had a recurring role as Captain Ross in '' JAG''. Career Bolender played a small but important role in ''The Shawshank Redemption'' as Elmo Blatch, the violent convict who Andy Dufresne (played by Tim Robbins) discovers may actually be to blame for the murders of which he was convicted. Bolender has continued to work as an actor over the past few decades, appearing in the 2018 Nicolas Cage thriller ''Looking Glass'', and in the recurring role of Dean in the Prime Video cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronica Cartwright
Veronica Cartwright (born April 20, 1949) is an English-born American actress. She appeared in science fiction and horror films, and has three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Her younger sister is actress Angela Cartwright. As a child actress, Cartwright appeared in supporting roles in '' The Children's Hour'' and '' The Birds'', the latter of which was her first commercial success. She made her transition into mainstream, mature roles with 1978's '' Invasion of the Body Snatchers''. She played Lambert in the science-fiction horror film '' Alien'', which earned her recognition and a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, and additionally appeared in the films '' The Right Stuff'' and ''The Witches of Eastwick'' which earned her praise. In the 1990s, she received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, one of which was for her role on '' ER'' and two of which were for her role in ''The X-Files''. Early life Veronic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
