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Spring Forward
''Spring Forward'' is a 1999 film and the directorial debut of Tom Gilroy, starring Ned Beatty, Liev Schreiber and Campbell Scott. Shot in sequence over the course of one year, it was the first film released by IFC Films, the Independent Film Channel's film production and distribution company. Plot ''Spring Forward'' is the story of the burgeoning friendship between two very different men, Murphy and Paul, who work for the parks department in a quaint New England town. Paul is a short-tempered ex-convict recently released from prison for armed robbery, who is exploring his spiritual side hoping for atonement and a second chance. On his first day working in parks maintenance he is partnered with Murphy, a veteran groundskeeper, facing his advancing age and impending retirement. The day gets off to a rough start when Paul clashes with a condescending local business heir over a materials donation, loses his cool, announces he is quitting, and stalks off into the woods berating himse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Gilroy
Tom Gilroy is an American director, writer, actor, producer, playwright, poet, musician, and teacher. Gilroy has written, directed and produced five films, including the award-winning short ''Touch Base'' and the critically acclaimed feature ''Spring Forward.'' He has appeared in over 20 television shows and 30 films''.'' With his theatre company Machine Full, Gilroy has produced over a dozen critically acclaimed productions, most recently the multi-media production of ''Hamlet'' for the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival. Gilroy is also a published haiku poet, having authored ''the haiku year'' and ''Haiku, Not Bombs'' among others. Gilroy has collaborated with Michael Stipe on several projects, including "Everything’s Coming Undone," for the compilation album ''Ciao My Shining Star, The Songs of Mark Mulcahy.'' He has performed as a musician on tracks by Stipe, Mark Mulcahy, Dub Gabriel, and Ariel Aparicio, whose album ''Aerials'' he produced. Gilroy has also taught as a professo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Stacey
Terry Stacey (born 24 July 1962) is an English cinematographer. He graduated from the University of Manchester, England. He moved to New York in the early 1980s and worked as a still photographer and musician working at The Collective for the Living Cinema. He made and edited Super 8mm shorts, and experimenting in the music video arena. He began by making documentaries while traveling through South America with his 16 mm bolex. He continued making documentaries in England, India, and Iceland. Stacey has written and directed many of his own short films. Filmography Awards *In 1999 he won special mention for The Dream Catcher at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. *In 199Bad Liver and Broken Heartstarring Sam Rockwell was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rottentomatoes
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] |
Hamsa
The ''hamsa'' ( ar, خمسة, khamsa) is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout North Africa and in the Middle East and commonly used in jewellery and wall hangings.Bernasek et al., 2008p. 12Sonbol, 2005pp. 355–359 Depicting the open right hand, an image recognized and used as a sign of protection in many times throughout history, the ''hamsa'' has been traditionally believed to provide defense against the evil eye. ''Khamsah'' is an Arabic word that means "five", but also refers to images of "the five fingers of the hand".Zenner, 1988p. 284World Institute for Advanced Phenomenological Research and Learning (Belmont, Estados Unidos), 1991p. 219Drazin, 2009p. 268 In Jewish culture, the ''hamsa'' is associated with the number five because of the five fingers depicted on the hand, and because the word ''khamsa'' is cognate to the Hebrew ''ḥamishah'' (חֲמִישָׁה), which also means "five." The ''Hamsa'' has also been known as the Hand of Fatima after the daughter of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Film Channel
IFC (formerly known as the Independent Film Channel) is an American basic cable channel owned by AMC Networks, originally launching in 1994 as a TV channel devoted to independent films. The Independent Film Channel originally operated as a commercial-free service, with films being shown without interruption. The channel was renamed on-screen as IFC from the Independent Film Channel name in 2001, completely dropping the latter name in 2014. , approximately 75,295,000 American households (63% of households with television) receive IFC. History The channel debuted on September 1, 1994, under the ownership of Rainbow Media, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation. IFC originated as a spin-off of then-sibling channel Bravo, which focused at that time on a wider variety of programming, including shows related to fine arts. In 2005, IFC expanded into its first non-television venture and opened the IFC Center, a movie theater for independent film in New York City. In 2008, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permanent destination for film culture operating out of the TIFF Bell Lightbox, located in Downtown Toronto. TIFF's mission is "to transform the way people see the world through film". Year-round, the TIFF Bell Lightbox offers screenings, lectures, discussions, festivals, workshops, industry support, and the chance to meet filmmakers from Canada and around the world. TIFF Bell Lightbox is located on the north west corner of King Street and John Street in downtown Toronto. In 2016, 397 films from 83 countries were screened at 28 screens in downtown Toronto venues, welcoming an estimated 480,000 attendees, over 5,000 of whom were industry professionals. TIFF starts the Thursday night after Labour Day (the first Monday in September in Canada) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by amazon (company), Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 and based in Beverly Hills, California. MGM was formed by Marcus Loew by combining Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Productions, Louis B. Mayer Pictures into one company. It hired a number of well known actors as contract players—its slogan was "more stars than there are in heaven"—and soon became Hollywood's most prestigious film studio, producing popular musical films and winning many Academy Awards. MGM also owned film studios, movie lots, movie theaters and technical production facilities. Its most prosperous era, from 1926 to 1959, was bracketed by two productions of ''Ben-Hur (1959 film), Ben Hur''. After that, it divested itself of the Loews movie theater chain, and, in the 1960s, diversified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IFC Films
IFC Films is an American film production and distribution company based in New York. It is an offshoot of IFC owned by AMC Networks. It distributes mainly independent films under its own name, select foreign films and documentaries under its Sundance Selects label and genre films under its IFC Midnight label. It operates the IFC Center. History The IFC Films division has a predecessor film label, Next Wave Films, designed to release movies, which was in operation from 1997 to 2002, when it was shut down and folded into IFC themselves. IFC also launched a film company, IFC Productions, which set up operation in March 1997 to produce their own feature film projects. On January 18, 1999, IFC launched a film label Agenda 2000, which set up their own film projects, which have their world premiere on IFC. On September 26, 2000, IFC launched its own feature film unit, branded IFC Films, to be headed by Bob Berney, who went on to have jobs at Newmarket Films, and later founder of Pic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Lyons (film Editor)
James Lyons (October 8, 1960 – April 12, 2007) was an American film editor, screenwriter and actor who frequently collaborated with Todd Haynes. He is probably best known for editing ''The Virgin Suicides'' and editing and co-writing ''Velvet Goldmine''. He also had a minor role in the 1996 film ''I Shot Andy Warhol'' as Billy Name. Filmography as editor * ''Poison'' (1991) * '' The Debt'' (1993) * '' Late Fall'' (1994) * ''Safe'' (1995) * ''Ratchet'' (1996) * '' Strawberry Fields'' (1997) * '' Shooting Porn'' (1997) * ''First Love, Last Rites'' (1997) * ''Velvet Goldmine'' (1998) * ''The Virgin Suicides'' (1999) * ''Spring Forward'' (1999) * '' The Château'' (2001) * ''Prozac Nation'' (2001) * '' Far from Heaven'' (2002) * ''Ghostlight'' (2003) * ''Imaginary Heroes'' (2004) * '' A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory'' (2007) Personal life Lyons was involved in a long-term relationship with filmmaker Todd Haynes.Guthman, Edward`Postcards' From a Traum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hahn Rowe
Hahn Rowe is an American violinist, guitarist, composer, and engineer/producer, involved in a wide range of projects. He also performs using the stage name Somatic. Career Originally a violinist and guitarist with New York City dream pop, dream-poppers Hugo Largo, Rowe became a session player in the New York scene. He has performed with Glenn Branca, Foetus (band), Foetus, Swans (band), Swans, Ikue Mori, R.E.M., David Byrne (musician), David Byrne, Michael Stipe, Firewater (band), Firewater, That Petrol Emotion, and Moby. As drum and bass performer Somatic, he released the album, ''the new body'' (1998) Rowe has engineered and produced recordings for Bill Laswell, Roy Ayers, Antony and the Johnsons, and Yoko Ono, among others. He produced several tracks on Hugo Largo former singer Mimi Goese's solo album, ''Soak''. Rowe has a long-standing collaboration with Brussels/Berlin-based choreographer Meg Stuart (Damaged Goods) which has resulted in the creation of eight evening-length ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gill Holland
John Gill Holland, Jr. (born November 7, 1964) is an American film producer and co-developer of The Green Building in Louisville, Kentucky. Early life and education Born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Holland was raised in Davidson, North Carolina. Holland's father was born in Lynch, Kentucky and grew up in Lynchburg, Virginia. His mother was born in Norway. An Eagle Scout, Holland graduated from The Episcopal High School (Alexandria, VA) in 1983 and went on to be a Morehead Scholar and graduated from the University of North Carolina (B. A. 1987) ( J.D. 1991). He spent his junior year at Universite Paul Valery in Montpellier, France and one semester of law school with Pace University at University College, London, England. Career Film production Holland owns The Group Entertainment LLC, which includes a film production company, talent management division, a music company and an art gallery, The Green Building Gallery. In the past, The Group Entertainment also included a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallee Hirsh
Hallee Leah Hirsh (born 1987/1988) is an American actress perhaps best known for her roles as Mattie Grace Johnson on '' JAG'', Daley in the children's series ''Flight 29 Down'', and as the adolescent and young adult Rachel Greene on '' ER''. Early life Hallee was born on Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Deborah, a naval officer, and Mike Hirsh, a Marine officer. She began acting when she was three, with her older brother Greg. Hirsch and her family moved frequently, first to Pensacola, Florida, where Hallee landed her first role after her first audition in Orlando for Disney's Big Red Boat cruise line. When she was four, her mother was transferred to Long Island, and Hallee began taking the train into Manhattan after school to audition almost daily, landing roles such as Annabel Fox in You've Got Mail. After her agent, Abby Bluestone, moved to Los Angeles, Hallee at age 11 and her family followed, and her mother was stationed in Monterey, California. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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