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St. Ives (1976 Film)
''St. Ives'' is a 1976 American crime thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, and Maximilian Schell. The film was the first of nine collaborations between Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson. Plot Abner Procane hires Raymond St. Ives, a crime reporter and ex-policeman, to return five ledgers stolen from his safe. St. Ives becomes embroiled in the task and the deaths of those involved in the theft. The ledgers are eventually returned minus four pages, and St. Ives is drawn into robbery to try and right the situation. Cast Production The novel ''The Procane Chronicle'' was published in 1972 written by Ross Thomas under the pen name "Oliver Bleeck". ''The New York Times'' said "it should find ready acceptance among readers who like sophistication amid the welter." Film rights were bought in 1972 by Warner Bros who announced it would be made by director Dick Richards as the first of a two-picture deal (the other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Thomas (author)
Ross Thomas (February 19, 1926, in Oklahoma City – December 18, 1995, in Santa Monica, California) was an American writer of crime fiction. He is best known for his witty thrillers that expose the mechanisms of professional politics. He also wrote five novels under the pseudonym Oliver Bleeck about professional go-between Philip St. Ives. Early life Thomas served with the infantry in the Philippines during World War II.Sara Paretsky (preface) in He worked as a public relations specialist, correspondent with the Armed Forces Network, union spokesman, and political strategist in the USA, Bonn (Germany), and Nigeria before becoming a writer. Career Thomas's debut novel, ''The Cold War Swap'', introducing McCorkle and Padillo, was written in only six weeks and won a 1967 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. ''Briarpatch'' earned the 1985 Edgar for Best Novel. In 2002 he was honored with the inaugural Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award, one of only two authors to earn the award po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Buffalo
''The White Buffalo'' is a 1977 fantasy Western film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Charles Bronson, Kim Novak, Jack Warden, Slim Pickens and Will Sampson. Plot Wild Bill Hickok is haunted by his dreams of a giant white buffalo, so much that he travels the West to find the beast. Along the way, Hickok meets the great Lakota warrior Crazy Horse, who is also searching the plains for the giant white buffalo, which has killed Crazy Horse's daughter. Hickok and Crazy Horse team up to kill the elusive buffalo. (In Plains Indians culture, the white buffalo is a sacred animal that has great spiritual significance; in particular, it plays a crucial role in the history and religion of the Lakota people through the story of White Buffalo Calf Woman.) Cast Production The film was based on a novel by Richard Sale published in 1975. Reviewing the novel, Larry McMurtry said Sale "chose a topic with great possibilities, turned it into a sharpened stake and proceeded to impale h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Englund
Robert Barton Englund (born June 6, 1947) is an American actor and director. He is best known for playing the supernatural serial killer Freddy Krueger in the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise), Nightmare on Elm Street'' film series. Classically trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Englund began his career as a stage actor in regional theatre, and made his film debut in ''Buster and Billie'' in 1974. After supporting roles in films in the 1970s such as ''Stay Hungry'', ''A Star Is Born (1976 film), A Star Is Born'', and ''Big Wednesday'', Englund had his breakthrough as the resistance fighter Willie in the miniseries ''V (1983 miniseries), V'' in 1983. Following his performance in the original ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' in 1984, he became closely associated with the Horror film, horror film genre, and is widely-regarded as one of its iconic actors. Early life Englund was born on June 6, 1947, in Glendale, California, the son of Janis (married and maiden names, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Goldblum
Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (; born October 22, 1952) is an American actor and musician. He has starred in some of the highest-grossing films of his era, such as ''Jurassic Park'' (1993) and '' Independence Day'' (1996), as well as their sequels. After playing supporting roles in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Goldblum came to wider attention as Seth Brundle in David Cronenberg's '' The Fly'' (1986), which earned him a Saturn Award for Best Actor. He has also appeared in several TV series, including ''Will & Grace'', for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He directed the short film ''Little Surprises'', which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. His jazz band, Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, released their first album, '' The Capitol Studios Sessions'', in 2018. Early life Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum was born to Jewish parents in West Homestead, Pennsylvania, located just outside of Pittsburgh. His mother, Shirley J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Lerner (actor)
Michael C. Lerner (born June 22, 1941) is an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ''Barton Fink'' (1991). Lerner has also played Arnold Rothstein in ''Eight Men Out'' (1988), Phil Gillman in ''Amos & Andrew'' (1993), The Warden in '' No Escape'' (1994), Mayor Ebert in Roland Emmerich's ''Godzilla'' (1998), Mr. Greenway in ''Elf'' (2003), and Senator Brickman in '' X-Men: Days of Future Past'' (2014). Life and career Lerner was born on June 22, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York City, of Romanian-Jewish descent, the son of Blanche and George Lerner, a fisherman and antiques dealer. He was raised in Red Hook, Brooklyn and in Solon, Ohio. His brother Ken and nephew Sam are also actors. Lerner began his acting career in the late 1960s at the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) in San Francisco. At the age of 24 he appeared as "Hieronymous the Miser" in a KPFA radio production of Michel de Ghelderode's Breugelesque play, ''Red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer and playwright. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known as "profoundly personal meditations into the myriad struggles facing the psyche and the soul." Some of his most acclaimed work includes ''The Seventh Seal'' (1957), ''Wild Strawberries (film), Wild Strawberries'' (1957), ''The Virgin Spring'' (1960), ''Through a Glass Darkly (film), Through a Glass Darkly'' (1961), ''Persona (1966 film), Persona'' (1966), and ''Fanny and Alexander'' (1982). Bergman directed more than 60 films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television screenings, most of which he also wrote. His theatrical career continued in parallel and included periods as Leading Director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and of the Residenztheater in Munich. He directed more than 170 plays. He forged a creativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Hardy (journalist)
Philippe George "Phil" 'Hardy (7 April 1945 – 8 April 2014) was an English film and music industry journalist. Life and career He was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire in 1945 and studied at the University of Sussex, 1964-1969. He was a visiting student at the University of California, Berkeley (1966-1967). At Sussex he was a member of the committee of students, including Mike Robinson and Gary Herman, who ran the University of Sussex Film Society in 1968-1969, during which time the Society launched ''The Brighton Film Review''. He worked as a freelance music and screenwriter, writing for '' Time Out'', ''Variety'' and other publications while at the same time acting as a consultant on music business issues for bodies such as the Greater London Enterprise Board and the World Bank. In 1986 he travelled to Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan to research and write the documentary film, ''Food Trucks & Rock 'n' Roll'' about how the money raised by Band Aid was spent in Africa. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Ireland
Jill Dorothy Ireland (24 April 1936 – 18 May 1990) was an English actress and singer. She appeared in 16 films with her second husband, Charles Bronson, and was additionally involved in two other of Bronson's films as a producer. Life and career Born in London, Ireland was the daughter of a wine importer. She began acting in the mid-1950s with small roles in films including ''Simon and Laura'' (1955) and ''Three Men in a Boat'' (1956). In 1957, Ireland married actor David McCallum after the couple met while working on the film '' Hell Drivers'' (1957). Later, they appeared together in five episodes of ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'': "The Quadripartite Affair" (season 1, episode 3, 1964), "The Giuoco Piano Affair" (season 1, episode 7, 1964), "The Tigers Are Coming Affair" (season 2, episode 8, 1965), and a two-parter " The Five Daughters Affair" (season 3, episodes 28 & 29, 1967). They had three sons, Paul, Valentine, and Jason (who was adopted). McCallum and Ireland divorced i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbidden Subjects
Forbidden may refer to: * Ban (law) Films * ''Forbidden'' (1919 film), directed by Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber * ''Forbidden'' (1932 film), directed by Frank Capra * ''Forbidden'' (1949 film), directed by George King * ''Forbidden'' (1953 film), directed by Rudolph Maté * ''Forbidden'' (''Proibito''), a 1954 Italian film directed by Mario Monicelli * ''Forbidden'' (1984 film), directed by Anthony Page * ''The Forbidden'' (2018 film), 2018 Uganda film Books * ''Forbidden'' (Cooney novel), a 1994 novel by Caroline B. Cooney * ''Forbidden'', a 2010 novel by Tabitha Suzuma * ''Forbidden'' (Dekker and Lee novel), a fantasy novel by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee * "The Forbidden" (short story), a story by Clive Barker Other * Forbidden (band), an American thrash metal band * ''Forbidden'' (Black Sabbath album), 1995, or the title track * ''Forbidden'' (Todrick Hall album), or the title track * Forbidden Technologies plc, a UK company based in Wimbledon * HTTP 403, an error ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messenger Of Death
''Messenger of Death'' is a 1988 American crime-action thriller film starring Charles Bronson about an attempt by a water company to start a family feud among fundamentalist Mormons to take the family's land for the company. The movie marks the eighth collaboration between Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson (following 1976's '' St. Ives'', 1977's ''The White Buffalo'', 1980's ''Caboblanco'', 1983's ''10 to Midnight'', 1984's '' The Evil That Men Do'', 1986's '' Murphy's Law'', and 1987's '' Death Wish 4: The Crackdown''). Plot Children play outside a rural Colorado home. They belong to Orville Beecham (Charles Dierkop) and his three wives. Two masked men pull up in a truck and wait for the children to go inside. They proceed to kill the three mothers, who are sister wives, and the children. The police arrive before the father, Orville, who returns to find his family massacred. Arriving on the scene with the chief of police, Barney Doyle (Daniel Benzali) is a Denver newsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crackdown
''The Crackdown'' is the fifth studio album by English electronic band Cabaret Voltaire, released in August 1983 jointly through record labels Some Bizzare and Virgin. It was produced by the band themselves and Flood. Background and recording ''The Crackdown'' was Cabaret Voltaire's first full studio album following founding member Chris Watson's departure, and their first release for Virgin Records via Some Bizzare. This album marks a turning point in the band's discography, straddling their early experimental work with their later more conventional electronic dance-funk output. It was recorded and mixed at Trident Studios, London, England in late 1982. Content AllMusic wrote that the album "features the band working a number of menacing electronic textures into a basic dance/funk rhythm". Reception AllMusic described ''The Crackdown'' as "one of Cabaret Voltaire's strongest albums" and "one of their most distinctive, challenging records." It was ranked at number 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Evil That Men Do (film)
''The Evil That Men Do'' is a 1984 action thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson, and starring Charles Bronson, Theresa Saldana, and Joseph Maher. The film was adapted by David Lee Henry and John Crowther from the novel of the same name by R. Lance Hill. Bronson plays a former assassin who comes out of retirement to avenge the death of his journalist friend at the hands of a torturer called "The Doctor", who works for various dictatorships worldwide, particularly those of Operation Condor. The film marks the fifth collaboration between Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson, following '' St. Ives'' (1976), ''The White Buffalo'' (1977), ''Caboblanco'' (1980), and ''10 to Midnight'' (1983). Plot In Suriname, Clement Molloch, referred to as "The Doctor", is shown torturing a journalist to death in front of government officials with electricity The name of the journalist is Jorge. Outside of the building, an Israeli Mossad team attempts to rig a bomb under the Doctor's car. The op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
