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Slow West
''Slow West'' is a 2015 Revisionist Western film that was written and directed by John Maclean in his directorial debut. It stars Kodi Smit-McPhee as a young Scotsman searching for his lost love in the American West, accompanied by a bounty hunter played by Michael Fassbender. It premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on 24 January 2015, where it was awarded the Sundance Institute's World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic Winner. The film was first released on 15 May 2015 in the United States, with a simultaneous release on video on demand. Plot Jay Cavendish, a young Scotsman, travels to the American West to search for his love, Rose Ross. He encounters a group of men chasing a Native American. An Irish bounty hunter, Silas Selleck, arrives and shoots dead the leader. Jay employs the bounty hunter for protection. At a trading post, unbeknownst to Jay, Silas sees a wanted poster offering a $2,000 bounty for Rose and her father. He plans to use Jay to get to the bounty. Anothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Maclean (film Director)
John Maclean is a Scottish film director, screenwriter and musician. He is best known for writing and directing the 2015 film ''Slow West''. Career Maclean obtained his bachelor's degree ( BA) in drawing and painting from Edinburgh College of Art, and his master's degree ( MA) from The Royal College of Art in London. After college, he delivered cars by driving them to their new owners around America; seeing so much of the country later inspired his interest to make a Western. Maclean was a founding member of the Scottish indie-rock groups The Beta Band from 1997 to 2004 and The Aliens from 2005 to 2008. He also directed music videos for these bands, as well as the video for ''Hand of Man'', Django Django's 2013 single. David Maclean, John's brother, is Django Django's drummer and producer. Those videos came to the attention of Michael Fassbender, who agreed to be involved in a 2009 short film ''Man on a Motorcycle'', and later in ''Slow West''. ''The Guardian'' described the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Board Of Film Classification
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC, previously the British Board of Film Censors) is a non-governmental organisation founded by the British film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as television programmes, trailers, adverts, public information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content, etc.) released on physical media within the United Kingdom. It has a statutory requirement to classify all video works released on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray (including 3D and 4K UHD formats), and, to a lesser extent, some video games under the Video Recordings Act 1984. The BBFC was also the designated regulator for the UK age-verification scheme which was abandoned before being implemented. History and overview The BBFC was established in 1912 as the British Board of Film Censors by members of the film industry, who preferred to manage their own censorship than to have national or local g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalani Queypo
Kalani Queypo (born September 6, 1986) is an American actor best known for his role as Chacrow on '' Jamestown'' and Klah Jackson on '' Fear the Walking Dead''. Biography Kalani Queypo claimed that he grew up being "artistic". His family were dancers and he was trained in classic hula dancing. He was raised by a single mother as his father passed away when he was nine. He had initially wanted to be a lawyer and then a news anchor. When he was placed in an acting program in school, he realized he could be those two things and more. "I think that what interested me was human behavior and the way that people related to each other and I think my family really developed a great empathy with me and the arts sort of found me". After graduating high school, he began searching for acting programs until he decided to move to New York to expand his career. He found his way into starring in numerous television projects such as '' Into the West'', ''Mad Men'' and '' Saints & Strangers'' as Squ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Sergent
Brian Sergent (born 29 December 1959) is an actor born and based in Wellington, New Zealand. Background Sergent’s acting career began at age 15 playing Lionel in the soap opera, '' Close to Home''. In television Sergeant is known for playing Eric on '' Outrageous Fortune'', the New Zealand Prime Minister on ''Flight of the Conchords'', and Harold in '' The Lost Children''. One of his most popular characters, cabin steward Gavin Soper, appeared on the '' Pulp Comedy'' television series. Sergent has a strong association with Circa Theatre in Wellington. He performed in ''The Duchess of Malfi'' (1982), '' Travels with My Aunt'' (1997) and ''Take a Chance on Me'' (2001). Sergent’s film credits include Peter Jackson’s ''Meet the Feebles'', '' Braindead'' and ''Lord of the Rings'', ''Absent Without Leave'', ''Via Satellite'', the lead role as Marty in ''The Shirt'' and Jonah in '' Eagle vs. Shark''. Radio listeners are quite familiar with Sergent's reading of short stories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Sami
Madeleine Nalini Sami is a New Zealand actress, director, comedian and musician. She started her acting career in theatre before moving to television, where she created, wrote, and starred in ''Super City''. She co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in the 2018 film '' The Breaker Upperers'', along with Jackie van Beek, which was a New Zealand box office success. Sami co-hosted ''The Great Kiwi Bake Off''. Early life Sami is one of four children. Her parents are Christine Southee, who has Irish ancestry, and Naren Sami, a Fijian-Indian who settled in New Zealand. Her parents separated when she was 11. She attended Onehunga High School. Career Sami rose to prominence starring in Toa Fraser's play ''Bare,'' winning best actress at the 1999 Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards. She then was part of Fraser's next play, ''No. 2.'', which won Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2011, Sami created, wrote, and starred in her own comedy series, '' Super City'', whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Robertt
Andrew Robertt is a New Zealand born actor. His work covers a diverse range of characters across multiple genres. He studied arts and sciences at The University of Auckland, and horticulture and business management at trade school. In his earlier work he was credited as Andrew Binns. Filmography Film * ''Slow West'' (2015) .... Werner * '' Field Punishment No. 1'' (2014) (TV) .... CMO * ''Pirates of the Airwaves'' (2014) (TV) .... William Cullen * ''Siege'' (2012) (TV) .... Mike Burne * '' Kidnapped'' (2005) (TV) .... Mr. Riach * '' Ike: Countdown to D-Day'' (2004) (TV) .... 101st Airborne Lieutenant (as Andrew Robertt) * ''Deceit'' (2004) (TV) .... Ken Spradling (as Andrew Mitchell) * ''Lucy'' (2003) (TV) .... Bob Carroll Jr. (as Andrew Mitchell) * '' You Wish!'' (2003) (TV) .... Stage Manager (as Andrew Binns) * '' Murder in Greenwich'' (2002) (TV) .... Stephen Weeks (as Andrew Binns) * '' Blood Crime'' (2002) (TV) .... Deputy David Forrest (as Andrew Binns) * '' Lawless: De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absinthe
Absinthe (, ) is an anise-flavoured spirit derived from several plants, including the flowers and leaves of '' Artemisia absinthium'' ("grand wormwood"), together with green anise, sweet fennel, and other medicinal and culinary herbs. Historically described as a highly alcoholic spirit, it is 45–74% ABV or 90–148 proof US. Absinthe traditionally has a natural green color, but may also be colorless. It is commonly referred to in historical literature as ' ("the green fairy"). It is sometimes mistakenly referred to as a liqueur, but is not traditionally bottled with added sugar, so is classified as a spirit. Absinthe is traditionally bottled at a high level of alcohol by volume, but it is normally diluted with water before being consumed. Absinthe originated in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland in the late 18th century. It rose to great popularity as an alcoholic drink in late 19th- and early 20th-century France, particularly among Parisian artists and writers. The cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bounty Hunter
A bounty hunter is a private agent working for bail bonds who captures fugitives or criminals for a commission or bounty. The occupation, officially known as bail enforcement agent, or fugitive recovery agent, has traditionally operated outside the legal constraints that govern police officers and other agents of the state. This is because a bail agreement between a defendant and a bail bondsman is essentially a civil contract that is incumbent upon the bondsman to enforce. As a result, bounty hunters hired by a bail bondsman enjoy significant legal privileges, such as forcibly entering a defendant's home without probable cause or a search warrant; however, since they are not police officers, bounty hunters are legally exposed to liabilities that normally exempt agents of the state—as these immunities enable police to perform their designated functions effectively without fear—and everyday citizens approached by a bounty hunter are neither required to answer their quest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Native Americans In The United States
Native Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans, and other terms, are the Indigenous peoples of the mainland United States ( Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, Alaska and territories of the United States are generally known by other terms). There are 574 federally recognized tribes living within the US, about half of which are associated with Indian reservations. As defined by the United States Census, "Native Americans" are Indigenous tribes that are originally from the contiguous United States, along with Alaska Natives. Indigenous peoples of the United States who are not listed as American Indian or Alaska Native include Native Hawaiians, Samoan Americans, and the Chamorro people. The US Census groups these peoples as " Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders". European colonization of the Americas, which began in 1492, resulted in a precipitous decline in Native American population because of new diseases, wars, ethni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video On Demand
Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos without a traditional video playback device and the constraints of a typical static broadcasting schedule. In the 20th century, broadcasting in the form of over-the-air programming was the most common form of media distribution. As Internet and IPTV technologies continued to develop in the 1990s, consumers began to gravitate towards non-traditional modes of content consumption, which culminated in the arrival of VOD on televisions and personal computers. Unlike broadcast television, VOD systems initially required each user to have an Internet connection with considerable bandwidth to access each system's content. In 2000, the Fraunhofer Institute IIS developed the JPEG2000 codec, which enabled the distribution of movies via Digital Cinema Packages. This technology has since expanded its services from feature-film productions to include broadcast television programmes and has led to lower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundance
A Sun Dance is a Native American ceremony. Sun dance or Sundance may also refer to: Places ;Canada * Sundance, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood * Sundance, Manitoba, a ghost town ;United States * Sundance, New Mexico, a census-designated place * Sundance, Wyoming, the county seat and largest community in Crook County *Sundance Resort, a ski resort in Utah People * Sundance (activist), American Indian civil rights activist and director of the Cleveland branch of the American Indian Movement * Sundance (rapper) (born 1972), American rapper and radio personality *Sundance, a Secret Service code name shared by Ethel Kennedy and Al Gore *Sundance Bilson-Thompson, Australian physicist * Sundance Head (born 1979), American country singer and season 6 ''American Idol'' contestant, and winner of season 11 of ''The Voice'' *Sundance Kid (1867–1908), nickname of Harry Longabaugh Art, entertainment, and media Films *''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' (1969), an American Weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western United States
The Western United States (also called the American West, the Far West, and the West) is the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term ''the West'' changed. Before about 1800, the crest of the Appalachian Mountains was seen as the western frontier. The frontier moved westward and eventually the lands west of the Mississippi River were considered the West. The U.S. Census Bureau's definition of the 13 westernmost states includes the Rocky Mountains and the Great Basin to the Pacific Coast, and the mid-Pacific islands state, Hawaii. To the east of the Western United States is the Midwestern United States and the Southern United States, with Canada to the north, and Mexico to the south. The West contains several major biomes, including arid and semi-arid plateaus and plains, particularly in the American Southwest; forested mountains, including three major ranges, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
