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Richard Hornung
Richard Hornung (February 16, 1950 – December 30, 1995) was an American costume designer best known for his work with the Coen brothers on films such as The Hudsucker Proxy, Raising Arizona, and Barton Fink for which he was nominated for an Oscar. His other credits include Broadway shows Sunday in the Park With George, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The News (musical), and Candida (play). Life and career He was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on February 16, 1950. He was an Allentown, Pennsylvania native. Hornung graduated from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. He later received a master's degree in costume design from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Prior to becoming a costume designer, he was a substitute English teacher. When he moved to New York City, he worked for various theaters, including regional, Off-Broadway, On- Broadway, and the Juilliard Drama School. He has mentored costume designers such as Mark Bridges and Mary Zophres Mary Zophres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem is a city in Northampton and Lehigh Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bethlehem had a total population of 75,781. Of this, 55,639 were in Northampton County and 19,343 were in Lehigh County. It is Pennsylvania's seventh most populous city. The city is located along the Lehigh River, a tributary of the Delaware River. Bethlehem lies in the center of the Lehigh Valley, a metropolitan region of with a population of 861,899 people as of the 2020 census that is Pennsylvania's third most populous metropolitan area and the 68th most populated metropolitan area in the U.S. Smaller than Allentown but larger than Easton, Bethlehem is the Lehigh Valley's second most populous city. Bethlehem borders Allentown to its west and is north of Philadelphia and west of New York City. There are four sections to the city: central Bethlehem, the south side, the east side, and the west side. Each of these secti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Bridges (costume Designer)
Mark Bridges is an American costume designer. He has frequently collaborated with Paul Thomas Anderson for each of his films. Bridges has been nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, winning two for '' The Artist'' (2011) and ''Phantom Thread'' (2017). For the latter, he won a Jet Ski and a stay in Lake Havasu City, Arizona resort, as a part of the Academy Awards telecast stunt to award the Oscar recipient who gave the shortest acceptance speech. His other awards include two BAFTA Awards for Best Costume Design for his designs for ''The Artist'' and ''Phantom Thread''. Personal life Bridges was born in Niagara Falls, New York. He was a student for the theater club at La Salle High School. Bridges studied theater at Niagara County Community College and received a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts from Stony Brook University in 1983. After graduating, he moved to New York City to start working as a fabric shopper on Broadway for Barbara Matera Ltd. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Boy's Life
''This Boy's Life'' is a 1993 American biographical coming-of-age drama film based on the memoir of the same name by author Tobias Wolff. It was directed by Michael Caton-Jones and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Tobias "Toby" Wolff, Robert De Niro as Toby's stepfather Dwight Hansen, and Ellen Barkin as Toby's mother, Caroline. The movie marked the first time Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro ever collaborated. The film also features Chris Cooper, Carla Gugino, Eliza Dushku and Tobey Maguire's first credited appearance in a feature-length movie. It was the first collaboration on-screen between Maguire and DiCaprio, who both later worked in ''Don's Plum'' and ''The Great Gatsby''., and also the first collaboration on-screen between DiCaprio and De Niro, who both later worked in '' Marvin's Room'', short film '' The Audition'', and the upcoming film ''Killers of the Flower Moon''. Plot In the 1950s, nomadic and flaky Caroline Wolff wants to settle down and find a decent man to prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hero (1992 Film)
''Hero'' (released in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia as ''Accidental Hero'') is a 1992 American comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears. It was written by David Webb Peoples from a story written by Peoples, Laura Ziskin and Alvin Sargent and stars Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy García, Joan Cusack and Chevy Chase (uncredited). Following the critically acclaimed '' The Grifters'' (1990), it was the second American feature film by British filmmaker Frears. Plot Bernie LaPlante is a pickpocket and petty criminal who anonymously rescues survivors including TV reporter Gale Gayley at an airplane crash. At the same time he also steals her purse, losing a shoe in the process. After his car breaks down, he flags down John Bubber, a homeless Vietnam veteran, and tells him about the rescue at the crash site, giving him his remaining shoe. When Deke, Gale's television station news director, offers $1 million to the "Angel of Flight 104", Bernie realizes he can't claim t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost In Time
Lost in Time may refer to: Film, television, and video games * ''Lost in Time'' (video game), a 1993 video game *'' Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time'', a 1999 video game * ''Lost in Time'' (2003 film), a Hong Kong film * ''Lost in Time'' (2019 film), a Kenyan film * ''Lost in Time'' (Doctor Who), a 2004 ''Doctor Who'' DVD set * "Lost in Time" (''The Sarah Jane Adventures''), a 2010 ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' episode * "Lost in Time" (''Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu''), a 2017 ''Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu'' episode *"Dunces and Dragons "Dunces and Dragons" (also known as "Lost in Time") is the sixth episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', and the 66th episode overall. It was written by Zeus Cervas, Erik Wiese, and Ti ...", alternate title "Lost in Time", episode of ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' Music * ''Lost in Time'' (Akino album), 2007 * ''Lost in Time'' (Eric Benét album), 2010 *''Lost in Time'', a 2012 album b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Frears
Stephen Arthur Frears (born 20 June 1941) is an English director and producer of film and television often depicting real life stories as well as projects that explore social class through sharply drawn characters. He's received numerous accolades including three BAFTA Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards. In 2008, ''The Daily Telegraph'' named Frears among the 100 most influential people in British culture. In 2009 he received the Commandeur de l' Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Born in Leicester and educated at Gresham's School and Trinity College, Cambridge, Frears started his career working as an assistant director in theatre and film while directing numerous television plays. In 1971, he directed his first feature film, '' Gumshoe''. He received acclaim for his early films such as ''My Beautiful Laundrette'' (1985), ''Prick Up Your Ears'' (1987), and ''Dangerous Liaisons'' (1988). He received Academy Award for Best Director nom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grifters (film)
''The Grifters'' is a 1990 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Stephen Frears, produced by Martin Scorsese, and starring John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, and Annette Bening. The screenplay was written by Donald E. Westlake, based on Jim Thompson's 1963 novel of the same name. The film won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film and was declared one of the Top 10 films of 1990 by The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. Plot Lilly Dillon is a veteran con artist. She works for Bobo Justus, a mob bookmaker, making large cash bets at race tracks to lower the odds of longshots. On her way to La Jolla for a race, she stops in Los Angeles to visit her son, Roy, a small-time grifter she has not seen in eight years. She finds him in pain and bleeding internally after one of his victims caught him pulling a petty scam and hit him in the stomach with a bat. When medical assistance finally comes, Lilly confronts the doctor, threatening to have him killed if her son d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miller's Crossing
''Miller's Crossing'' is a 1990 American neo-noir gangster film written, directed and produced by the Coen brothers and starring Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito, J. E. Freeman, and Albert Finney. The plot concerns a power struggle between two rival gangs and how the protagonist, Tom Reagan (Byrne), plays both sides against each other. In 2005, ''Time'' chose ''Miller's Crossing'' as one of the 100 greatest films made since the inception of the periodical. ''Time'' critic Richard Corliss called it a "noir with a touch so light, the film seems to float on the breeze like the frisbee of a fedora sailing through the forest". Plot Tom Reagan is the right-hand man for Irish mobster Leo O'Bannon, a political boss who runs an unnamed U.S. city during Prohibition. Leo sets off a mob war when he extends protection to his girlfriend's brother, a bookie named Bernie Bernbaum, who is skimming off of the match fixing scheme of Leo's rival, the Italian gangster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Cain
Christopher Cain (born October 29, 1943) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer. Cain was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In 1969, he married Sharon Thomas, and adopted her two sons, Roger and Dean. The couple's daughter Krisinda was born in 1973. Filmography * ''Grand Jury'' (1976), director, producer, writer * ''Elmer'' (1976), director, writer * '' Sixth and Main'' (1977), director, producer, writer * ''Charlie and the Talking Buzzard'' (1979), director, writer * '' The Stone Boy'' (1984), director * '' That Was Then... This Is Now'' (1985), director * ''Where the River Runs Black'' (1986), director * ''The Principal'' (1987), director * '' Young Guns'' (1988), director, producer, writer * ''Wheels of Terror'' (1990) (TV), director * ''Lakota Moon'' (1992) (TV), director * ''Pure Country'' (1992), director * ''The Next Karate Kid'' (1994), director * ''The Amazing Panda Adventure'' (1995), director * '' Gone Fishin''' (1997), director * '' Rose Hill'' (1997) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Guns (film)
''Young Guns'' is a 1988 American biographical Western film directed by Christopher Cain and written by John Fusco. The film is the first to be produced by Morgan Creek Productions. The film stars Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko, Terence Stamp, Terry O'Quinn, Brian Keith, a brief cameo by Tom Cruise, and Jack Palance. The film is a retelling of the adventures of Billy the Kid during the Lincoln County War, which took place in New Mexico during 1877–78. It was filmed in and around New Mexico. Historian Paul Hutton called ''Young Guns'' the most historically accurate of all Billy the Kid films as of June 1990. It opened number one at the box office and eventually grossed $56 million against an $11 million budget. A sequel, ''Young Guns II'', was released in August 1990. Plot In 1870s Lincoln County, New Mexico, English cattleman John Tunstall hires a wayward young gunman named Billy to join the "Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Schrader
Paul Joseph Schrader (; born July 22, 1946) is an American screenwriter, film director, and film critic. He first received widespread recognition through his screenplay for Martin Scorsese's ''Taxi Driver'' (1976). He later continued his collaboration with Scorsese, writing or co-writing ''Raging Bull'' (1980), '' The Last Temptation of Christ'' (1988), and ''Bringing Out the Dead'' (1999). Schrader has also directed 24 films, including ''Blue Collar'' (1978), ''Hardcore'' (1979), '' American Gigolo'' (1980), '' Cat People'' (1982), '' Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters'' (1985), ''Light Sleeper'' (1992), ''Affliction'' (1997), and '' First Reformed'' (2017); the latter earned him his first Academy Award nomination. Schrader's work is known for its frequent depiction of alienated men struggling through existential crises, a premise he dubbed "God’s lonely man." Raised in a strict Calvinist family, Schrader attended seminary at Calvin College before electing to pursue film studie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patty Hearst (film)
''Patty Hearst'' is a 1988 American biographical film directed by Paul Schrader and stars Natasha Richardson as Hearst Corporation heiress Patricia Hearst and Ving Rhames as Symbionese Liberation Army leader Cinque. It is based on Hearst's 1982 autobiography ''Every Secret Thing'' (co-written with Alvin Moscow), which was later rereleased as ''Patty Hearst – Her Own Story''. The film depicts the kidnapping of student Patty Hearst by the Symbionese Liberation Army, her transformation into an active follower of the SLA after a long-lasting imprisonment and process of purported brainwashing, and her final arrest after a series of armed robberies. Cast * Natasha Richardson – Patricia Hearst * William Forsythe – William "Teko" Harris * Ving Rhames – Cinque Mtume * Frances Fisher – Yolanda * Jodi Long – Wendy Yoshimura * Olivia Barash – Fahizah * Dana Delany – Gelina * Marek Johnson – Zoya * Kitty Swink – Gabi * Peter Kowanko – Cujo (as Pete Kowanko) * Tom O'Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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