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Quigley (film)
''Quigley'' (released in the United Kingdom as ''Daddy Dog Day'') is a 2003 American Christian comedy film written, directed and co-produced by William Byron Hillman. It stars Gary Busey, Curtis Armstrong, and Oz Perkins, and was released direct-to-video. Premise Archie Channing ( Gary Busey), the jaded billionaire CEO of a technology corporation, dies in a car accident. To atone for his sins, God has Archie return to Earth in the form of a white Pomeranian named Quigley. Cast * Gary Busey as Archie Channing * Oz Perkins as Guardian Angel Sweeney * Curtis Armstrong as Dexter Pearlsley * Caryn Greenhut as Sarah * Christopher Atkins as Woodward Channing * Jessica Ferrarone as Joanne Channing * Jillian Clare as Megan Channing * Galvin Chapman as Brian Channing (as Galvin T. Chapman) * Bill Fagerbakke as Security Guard Londo * Dorien Wilson as Security Guard Pressle * P. J. Ochlan as Frank the Janitor * Kieran Mulroney as Dog Catcher Wally Sprigs Production The film was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Byron Hillman
William Byron Hillman is a film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor, and author known for his work on such films as '' The Photographer'' (1974), ''Double Exposure'' (1982), and '' Quigley'' (2003). Career According to Hillman, after having attended Oklahoma Military Academy and UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, he became an assistant to Harold Hecht, whom he met while on a casting call at Universal Studios. He was hired as a production assistant on the 1964 film ''Wild and Wonderful'', wherein he was tasked with grooming and dyeing a number of dogs. His first acting role was a part in the 1968 film ''Ice Station Zebra''. He made his directorial debut with the 1974 film ''The Man from Clover Grove'', and went on to write, produce and direct such films as '' The Photographer'' (which he somewhat remade as ''Double Exposure In photography and cinematography, a multiple exposure is the superimposition of two or more exposures to create a single image, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kieran Mulroney
Kieran Mulroney (born September 24, 1965) is an American actor known for his numerous television appearances. He is also a musician and screenwriter. Early life He was born on September 24, 1965 in Alexandria, Virginia, where he graduated from T. C. Williams High School. Kieran has four siblings. He has three older brothers, Conor, Sean, and fellow actor Dermot; and a younger sister, Moira. Personal life His brother is actor Dermot Mulroney. He is married to screenwriter and director Michele Mulroney. Filmography Television * '' NCIS'' as Lt. Reynolds * ''Judging Amy'' as Mr. Sinkler * ''The Guardian'' as Robert Twain * ''NYPD Blue'' as Andrew Sloin * '' ER'' as Marty's Father * ''Dead Man's Walk'' as Jimmy Tweed * ''Seinfeld'' episode "The Implant" as Timmy, the character who rebukes George Costanza for double dipping a tortilla chip at a funeral reception * '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "The Outrageous Okona" * ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' episode "Fortunate So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Comedy Films
American comedy films are comedy films produced in the United States. The genre is one of the oldest in American cinema; some of the first silent movies were comedies, as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions, without requiring sound. With the advent of sound in the late 1920s and 1930s, comedic dialogue rose in prominence in the work of film comedians such as W. C. Fields and the Marx Brothers. By the 1950s, the television industry had become serious competition for the movie industry. The 1960s saw an increasing number of broad, star-packed comedies. In the 1970s, black comedies were popular. Leading figures in the 1970s were Woody Allen and Mel Brooks. One of the major developments of the 1990s was the re-emergence of the romantic comedy film. Another development was the increasing use of " gross-out humour". History 1895–1930 Comic films began to appear in significant numbers during the era of silent films, roughly 1895 to 1930. The visual humour of many of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films About Dogs
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 photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of 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 images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Films
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2003 by worldwide gross are as follows: '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' grossed more than $1.14 billion, making it the highest-grossing film in 2003 worldwide and in North America and the second-highest-grossing film up to that time. It was also the second film to surpass the billion-dollar milestone after ''Titanic'' in 1997. '' Finding Nemo'' was the highest-grossing animated movie of all time until being overtaken by ''Shrek 2'' in 2004. Events * February 24: '' The Pianist'', directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography. * June 12: Gregory Peck dies of bronchopneumonia. * June 29: Katharine Hepburn dies of cardiac arrest. * November 17: Arnold Schwarzenegger sworn in as Governor of California. * December 22: Both of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nine Lives (2016 Film)
''Nine Lives'' is a 2016 English-language comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, written by Gwyn Lurie, Matt R. Allen, Caleb Wilson, Dan Antoniazzi and Ben Shiffrin, and starring Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, Robbie Amell, Cheryl Hines, Malina Weissman and Christopher Walken. It is an international co-production between France and China. The plot follows a workaholic father who has his mind trapped inside his daughter's new cat. The film was released by EuropaCorp on 5 August 2016 and grossed $57 million. The film has received negative reviews from critics, who called it unoriginal and unfunny. Plot Tom Brand is a major business tycoon in New York City whose workaholic attitude ruined his first marriage with Madison, and his adult son David now works for him and strives for his approval. He now lives with his second wife Lara, who is a little more tolerant of the fact that he is never at home, and his daughter Rebecca and son David. His eponymous company FireBrand is nearing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shaggy Dog (1959 Film)
''The Shaggy Dog'' is a 1959 American comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and loosely based on the 1923 novel ''The Hound of Florence'' by Felix Salten. Directed by Charles Barton from a screenplay by Lillie Hayward and Bill Walsh, the film stars Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk, Jean Hagen, Kevin Corcoran, Tim Considine, Roberta Shore, and Annette Funicello. The film follows a teenage boy named Wilby Daniels who, by the power of an enchanted ring of the House of Borgia, Borgias, is shapeshifting, transformed into a shaggy Old English Sheepdog. The film was released on March 19, 1959, and grossed over $9 million during its initial release, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1959. A sequel, ''The Shaggy D.A.'' (1976), starred Dean Jones (actor), Dean Jones, Tim Conway, and Suzanne Pleshette. It was followed by a The Return of the Shaggy Dog, 1987 television sequel, a The Shaggy Dog (1994 film), 1994 television remake and a The Shaggy Dog (2006 film), 2006 live-ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Artist Award
The Young Artist Award (originally known as the Youth in Film Award) is an accolade presented by the Young Artist Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 to honor excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically disabled or financially unstable. First presented in 1979, the Young Artist Awards was the first organization established to specifically recognize and award the contributions of performers under the age of 18 in the fields of film, television, theater, and music. The 1st Youth In Film Awards ceremony was held in October 1979, at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Hollywood to honor outstanding young performers of the 1978/ 1979 season. Young Artist Association The Young Artist Association (originally known as the Hollywood Women's Photo and Press Club, and later, the Youth in Film Association) is a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dove Foundation
The Dove Foundation is an American non-profit organization based in Portland, Oregon, that issues film reviews, ratings and endorsements of movies that it considers suitable for family audiences, and that bases said reviews on Christian values. Description The organization was founded in 1991 as a not-for-profit organization. According to the organization's website, its stated mission is "to encourage and promote the creation, production, distribution and consumption of wholesome family entertainment". Although its programs are diversified, it is perhaps best known for reviewing movies for suitability for family viewing, and endorsing acceptable ones with the Dove "Family-Approved" Seal. The organization has also commissioned independent studies completed by the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University to analyze the comparative profitability and return on investment of MPAA-rated films in 1999 and 2005. Those studies have reinforced its efforts to advocate for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JoBlo
The JoBlo Movie Network includes a website, JoBlo.com, which focuses on news, film reviews, and movie trailers; and YouTube channels that focus on trailers, movie clips, celebrity interviews, original content, and as film distribution. Early days Berge Garabedian ( aka JoBlo) founded JoBlo.com in 1998 as a hobby to keep his writing skills sharp. His film reviews generally critiqued movies from the perspective of an average movie-goer. The site eventually hired other critics to write reviews. Garabedian himself wrote more than 1,400 reviews until health problems forced him to step back as the site's main critic in 2007. The website’s name is a play on " Joe Blow," and registered users of the website were known as "schmoes". The site also features news about movies, movie trailers, movie previews, and celebrity interviews. In 2000, Berge asked his best friend John Fallon (aka The Arrow) to write about horror movies, leading to the site's "Arrow in the Head" section. Also in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Nuys
Van Nuys () is a neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. Home to Van Nuys Airport and the Valley Municipal Building, it is the most populous neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley. History In 1909, the Suburban Homes Company – a syndicate led by Hobart Johnstone Whitley, general manager of the board of control, along with Harry Chandler, H. G. Otis, M. H. Sherman and O. F. Brandt – purchased 48,000 acres of the Farming and Milling Company for $2.5 million. Henry E. Huntington extended his Pacific Electric Railway (Red Cars) through the Valley to Owensmouth (now Canoga Park). The Suburban Home Company laid out plans for roads and the towns of Van Nuys, Reseda (Marian) and Canoga Park (Owensmouth). The rural areas were annexed into the city of Los Angeles in 1915. The town was founded in 1911 and named for Isaac Newton Van Nuys, a rancher, entrepreneur and one of its developers. It was annexed by Los Angeles on May 22, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
