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Samson And Delilah (1996 Film)
''Samson and Delilah'' is a German/Italian/American television film that was first shown on TNT in the United States. It was directed by Nicolas Roeg and broadcast December 8, 1996. Plot Samson is chosen by God to destroy the Philistines, who have occupied the land of Canaan. He is given the greatest strength ever known to man as long as he remains true to his vow and its conditions, yet he still is not convinced of his purpose, preferring instead to spend his time with Philistine company. He eventually falls in love with a Philistine girl, decides to marry her, but is betrayed by her on his wedding day. He soon learns she was blackmailed by the Philistine lords who are plotting his demise, and goes to reclaim her, but she has been murdered along with her entire family. Meanwhile, a treacherous courtesan of the king, Delilah, is convinced of her ability to bring even the mighty Samson to his knees. She appeals to Samson as a beautiful woman, and Samson is immediately taken with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Scott (Scottish Screenwriter)
Allan Shiach, who writes and produces under the pseudonym Allan Scott, is a Scottish screenwriter and producer, and former Scotch whisky executive. He was nominated for BAFTA's Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film and two Genie Awards for his 1997 film ''Regeneration''. He has won the Edgar Award (1976) and Writers' Guild Award (1978). He was executive producer and co-creator of the multi-award-winning Netflix series '' The Queen's Gambit''. Biography Early life Allan Scott was born in Elgin, Moray, son of Leslie (a lawyer) and Lucie Shiach. His father died in a car accident when Scott was 8. Educated at Gordonstoun School and McGill University, Montreal, where he obtained a BA(Hons) in English Literature. After training in the Scotch whisky industry, he worked as a writer for television both in the UK and the US during the 1970s whilst at the same time as serving as a non-executive director of Macallan-Glenlivet plc. Career He was chairman and chief executive of Macalla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Becker
Ben Becker (born 19 December 1964) is a German film, theatre and voice actor. Biography Becker was born in Bremen, the son of actress Monika Hansen and actor Rolf Becker. He is the brother of actress Meret Becker and the stepson of Otto Sander. His grandmother was the comedian Claire Schlichting. Becker is Jewish through his maternal grandmother Claire Schlichting's father who was a Jewish merchant from Wuppertal. As a child, Becker participated in radio dramas and had several small roles in films. Between 1985 and 1987 he trained as an actor in the Berliner Schaubühne theatre. His first contract was with Ernst Deutsch Theater in Hamburg. Later he joined the Staatstheater Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Theatre), where he was mostly remembered for his role (1991–1992) as Ferdinand in Schiller's ''Intrigue and Love''. Later, he worked with the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, and played the role of Tybalt in Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' in the Deutschen Schauspielhaus in Ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south. Mauritania lies to the south of Western Sahara. Morocco also claims the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, and several small Spanish-controlled islands off its coast. It spans an area of or , with a population of roughly 37 million. Its official and predominant religion is Islam, and the official languages are Arabic and Berber; the Moroccan dialect of Arabic and French are also widely spoken. Moroccan identity and culture is a mix of Arab, Berber, and European cultures. Its capital is Rabat, while its largest city is Casablanca. In a region inhabited since the Paleolithic Era over 300,000 years ago, the first Moroccan s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouarzazate
Ouarzazate (; ar, ورزازات, Warzāzāt, ; ary, وارزازات, Wārzāzāt; shi, label= Berber, ⵡⴰⵔⵣⴰⵣⴰⵜ, Warzazat), nicknamed ''the door of the desert'', is a city and capital of Ouarzazate Province in the region of Drâa-Tafilalet, south-central Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to .... Ouarzazate is at an elevation of in the middle of a bare plateau south of the High Atlas Mountains, with a desert to the city's south. Berber-speakers make up the majority of the town's inhabitants, who were responsible for the creation of many of the prominent kasbahs (locally referred to as: ''iɣeṛman''). Ouarzazate is a primary tourist destination in Morocco during the holidays, as well as a starting point for excursions into and across the Draa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forbes-Robertson (actor)
John Forbes-Robertson (10 May 1928 – 14 May 2008) was a British actor best known for being the only actor other than Christopher Lee to play Count Dracula for Hammer Film Productions. He was born in Worthing, Sussex. He was not the son of actor-manager Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, as erroneously stated in the press at the time of his death; he was the grandson of one of Sir Johnston's brothers. He began his acting career on the stage, starting at the Intimate Theatre in Palmers Green, before pursuing a film and TV career in the 1950s and 1960s, usually in minor roles, in films such as '' The Battle of the River Plate'' (1956), ''Bunny Lake Is Missing'' (1965) and ''The Spy with a Cold Nose'' (1966). He made two films for Hammer - ''The Vampire Lovers'' (1970), as the Man in Black, and '' The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires'' (1974), as Dracula. Other film credits include ''Nicholas and Alexandra'' (1971), '' The Vault of Horror'' (1973), ''Venom'' (1981) and '' Lifeforce'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark McGann
Mark Anthony McGann (born 12 July 1961) is an English actor. Early life He attended the De La Salle Grammar School, Liverpool. Mark's father Joe was a Royal Naval Commando who died in 1984, and his mother Clare was a teacher. His three brothers Paul, Stephen, and Joe (named after his father), are all actors. He also has a younger sister, named Clare after their mother. Career Acting McGann's first breakthrough role was as the eponymous hero in the company's production of ''Lennon'' in 1981, which received good reviews and ran for 10 months at the London Astoria Theatre, winning McGann the first of his two Olivier Award nominations for best actor in a West End theatre production. He was later to reprise the role for the film '' John and Yoko: A Love Story'' for NBC television in the United States in 1985. His first television appearances were in 1982 in ''Recording Studio'' opposite Peter Howitt and Robert Stephens for Granada TV, and ''Moving On The Edge'', a BBC ''Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Gallagher
Tim Gallagher is a writer and wildlife photographer and the author of six books: ''Parts Unknown, a Naturalist's Journey in Search of Birds and Wild Places''; ''The Grail Bird, Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker''; ''Falcon Fever, A Falconer in the 21st Century''; ''Imperial Dreams, Tracking the Imperial Woodpecker Through the Wild Sierra Madre''; ''Born to Fish, How An Obsessed Angler Became the World's Greatest Striped Bass Fisherman''; and ''Wild Bird Photography, A Full-Color Guide''. He was editor-in-chief of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's ''Living Bird'' magazine for 26 years and before that was on the start-up editorial staff first managing editor of ''WildBird'' magazine. In 2004, Gallagher reported sighting an ivory-billed woodpicker in the Big Woods of Arkansas; however, a subsequent expedition led by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a member-supported unit of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, which studies birds an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobias Saunders
Tobias Saunders (c. 1620 – 1695) was a Deputy to the Rhode Island General Assembly (1669, 1671, 1672, 1680, 1681, 1683, and 1690), a Conservator of the Peace (1669, 1678, and 1695) and a founding settler of Westerly, Rhode Island. Uncertain origins in England Tobias Saunders, early immigrant to New England was probably born between 1620 and 1625 if he was old enough to travel (apparently independently) to New England and appear in military rolls in Massachusetts by 1643. While he has been described as the second son and fourth child of Tobias Saunders and Isabel(la) Wilde of the town of Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England this is virtually impossible based on records uncovered while researching the two "Richard Saunders" families of Amersham; one armigerous and one not. There was a Tobias Saunders, son of Tobias baptized in Amersham 6 Feb 1629/30 The paternal grandparents of that Tobias were Richard Saunders and Johanna Osburne. The proof that Tobias of Amersham was NOT the ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Gregory
Leo Gregory (born 22 November 1978) is a London born English film, television, voice-over artist and pantomime actor. Best known for starring as Bovver in '' Green Street'' (2005). Acting career Gregory has appeared in films such as the BAFTA winning "When I Was 12", BAFTA and Michael Powell award-winning "Out of Control", ''Green Street'', the Stephen Woolley directed ''Stoned'', BAFTA winning "The Mark of Cain", "Wild Bill", and "Northmen". Television wise Gregory has appeared in the likes of "Mrs Biggs" for ITV, "The Musketeers" for BBC "Strike Back" for HBO/Cinemax and "Foyle's War" for ITV. Filmography *''Avengement'' (2019) *'' Plebs'' (2019) * ''Queen of Diamonds'' (2019) *''London Kills'' (2018) *''Once Upon a Time in London'' (2019) *''The Team'' (2015 Danish/German/Belgian TV Series) (2015) * ''Need for Speed'' (2015) (Video game) ... Travis *'' Strike Back: Legacy'' (2015) ... Mason.. Ten Episodes. *''The Musketeers'' (2015) ... Marmion.. episode 2.6 "Through a Glass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Green (actor)
Matthew James Green (born ) is an English actor and comedian. Early life and education Green was educated at the University of Cambridge where he was a undergraduate at Christ's College, Cambridge and studied English, graduating in 2000. He was a member of the Footlights alongside Richard Ayoade, John Oliver and John Finnemore, and served as president during his final year, with Finnemore as vice president. After graduating, he remained to direct the year-end tour, and did some screenwriting on the side, before embarking on a comedy career. Career Green started performing stand up comedy in 2003. He was placed second at the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year in 2005, and later that year went on to perform in ''The Comedy Zone'' at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe alongside Isy Suttie, Russell Kane and Mark Olver. He has performed six solo stand up shows at the Edinburgh Fringe: * 2016: ''Matt Green: Writing to Harvey Keitel'' at the Pravda Room, Espionage on the Edinburgh Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Knapp
Sebastian Knapp is a British actor. He was born in 1980 in London. He has been an actor since age 6, and is best known for playing the role of Saint John in '' Son of God''. He also played Melech in the 2008 cult Hammer film ''Beyond the Rave''. Filmography Films Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Knapp, Sebastian Living people British male film actors British male television actors 1980 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debora Caprioglio
Debora Caprioglio (born 3 May 1968) is an Italian actress. Internationally, she is best known for playing the title character in the 1991 film ''Paprika (1991 film), Paprika'' by Tinto Brass and a relationship with Klaus Kinski from 1987–1989. In 2007, she took part in the Italian version of the reality show ''Celebrity Survivor'' (''L'isola dei famosi''). Private life In 2008 she married actor and director Angelo Maresca. They divorced in 2018. Selected filmography *''Grandi cacciatori'' (1988) *''Paganini (1989 film), Kinski Paganini'' (1989) *''Paprika (1991 film), Paprika'' (1991) *''The Smile of the Fox'' (1992) *''With Closed Eyes'' (1994) *''Love Story with Cramps'' (1995) *''Samson and Delilah (1996 film), Samson and Delilah'' (1996) *''Albergo Roma'' (1996) *''Provaci ancora prof, Provaci ancora prof!'' (2005, TV series) *''Colpi di fulmine'' (2012) Note External links * * 1968 births Living people Actors from Venice Italian film actresses Italian te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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