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Smiling Fish And Goat On Fire
''Smiling Fish And Goat On Fire'' is a film about brothers, made by brothers Derick Martini and Steven Martini who wrote, produced and portrayed two brothers, and directed by Kevin Jordan, writer/director of '' Brooklyn Lobster''. Martin Scorsese served as the Executive Producer and it won the Discovery Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film also won the Audience Award at the 2000 Milan International Film Festival. It was released theatrically in September 2000 by the now defunct Stratosphere Entertainment. Cast * Derick Martini as Chris Remi * Amy Hathaway as Alison * Steven Martini as Tony Remi * Heather Moudy as Nicole (as Heather Jae Marie) * Wesley Thompson as Burt * Melba Englander as Nurse * Rena Riffel Rena Riffel (born March 5, 1969) is an American actress, singer, dancer, model, writer, producer, and director. She is known for her supporting roles in films such as ''Showgirls'', ''Striptease'', and ''Mulholland Drive''. ''Showgirls'' Riffe ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derick Martini
Derick Martini is an American screenwriter and film director and an owner of commercial property and advertising billboards located in New York City. Film and television Martini's feature film writing credits include the coming of age story ''Lymelife'' starring Alec Baldwin, Emma Roberts and Rory Culkin, which he wrote with his brother Steven Martini. ''Lymelife'' marked Martini's directorial debut and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2008, where it won the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Award for best film. Martini also received a nomination for Breakthrough Director from the 2009 Gotham Awards for the film. ''Lymelife'' was filmed in 22 days and on a budget of 1.5 million dollars. Martin Scorsese, a producer of ''Lymelife'', is a champion of Martini's work. At the time, Martini was the youngest filmmaker to ever win the prestigious International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) award. Before turning to directing M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Martini
Steven Martini is a writer, actor, composer, editor, and singer/songwriter. His first break was as Cadet Alex J. Stone in ''Major Payne''. He and his brother Derick Martini wrote the films '' Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire'' and ''Lymelife''. Based on experiences from the Martinis' childhood, ''Lymelife'' won the FIPRESCI award at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, and premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Martini is also known for being the singer/songwriter for the Los Angeles–based band The Spaceship Martini. Personal life After the release of ''Major Payne'', Martini moved to Los Angeles to work in film and television. Derick soon followed suit, and, before long, they started making '' Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire'', in which they play the titular brother characters. The Martini brothers have gone on to portray Alex and Morris Karnofsky in ''Louis'', a silent film they co-wrote, based on the historical brothers who helped Louis Armstrong get his first t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christa Miller
Christa Beatrice Miller is an American actress and model who has achieved success in television comedy. Her foremost roles include Kate O'Brien on ''The Drew Carey Show'' and Jordan Sullivan on ''Scrubs''. She has also appeared in ''Seinfeld'', ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' and ''CSI: Miami''. From 2009 to 2015, she starred in the TBS (formerly ABC) sitcom ''Cougar Town''. Early life Miller was born in Manhattan, New York City and attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart. She is the daughter of Bonnie Trompeter, and a niece of actress Susan Saint James and NBC Sports executive Dick Ebersol. She has a sister, Leona, and a brother, John. Her days as a child model were curtailed after an operation for a benign bone tumor. After attending Convent of the Sacred Heart, she returned briefly to modeling, but soon took acting lessons, and gave up modeling when she moved to Los Angeles in 1990. She was a cover model and had a pictorial in the first U.S. edition of ''Maxim''. Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Hathaway
Amy Hathaway (born 1974) is an American actress. She has appeared in the films ''Mutts'', and '' Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects''. She had major co-starring roles in ''Last Exit to Earth'', '' Joyride'', and ''Gemini Rising''. She is also known for her role as Shelby Haskell in the popular series ''My Two Dads''. Personal life Hathaway was married to Derick Martini from 2001 to 2003. Between 2002 and 2004, she attended the Santa Monica College and then, studied at the University of California and earned a degree in biological sciences. She is the great-granddaughter of a survivor of the Titanic sinking. Hathaway married Naveen Jeereddi with whom she went to school in the fourth grade at Chandler School. In 2008, they reconnected on Facebook and from there dated and married in 2010. They reside in Los Angeles with their four children. She is an honorary member of "The New Hollywood" Women's Goal Group Inc., which was founded by actress Brianna Brown. Career 1980s to 1990s Hathaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Toronto International Film Festival
The 24th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 9 to September 18, 1999. The festival opened with Atom Egoyan's ''Felicia's Journey'' and closed with '' Onegin'' by Martha Fiennes. A total of 318 films were screened in the 13 programmes. Awards Programmes Gala Opening Night * ''Felicia's Journey'' by Atom Egoyan Gala Closing Night * '' Onegin'' by Martha Fiennes Gala Presentations * '' American Beauty'' by Sam Mendes * '' Anywhere But Here'' by Wayne Wang * ''The Cider House Rules'' by Lasse Hallstrom * '' Est-ouest'' by Regis Wargnier * ''Jakob the Liar'' by Peter Kassovitz * '' Love in the Mirror (Amor nello specchio)'' by Salvatore Maira * ''Me Myself I'' by Pip Karmel * '' Mumford'' by Lawrence Kasdan * ''Music of the Heart'' by Wes Craven * ''La niña de tus ojos'' by Fernando Trueba * ''Orfeu'' by Carlos Diegues * '' Ride with the Devil'' by Ang Lee * '' Simpatico'' by Matthew Warchus * ''Snow Falling on Cedars'' by Scott Hicks * ''Sunshine'' by István ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn Lobster
''Brooklyn Lobster'' is a 2005 American drama film presented by Martin Scorsese and written, produced, and directed by Kevin Jordan. The screenplay is based on Jordan's family's efforts to salvage their Brooklyn-based wholesale and retail seafood operation when the bank defaulted on a loan they had secured to finance a restaurant extension to the business. Plot Frank Giorgio's life is thrown into chaos when the bank that loaned him money for a restaurant addition to his seafood business folds and the FDIC demands he repay the loan in full immediately. With the threat of a public auction looming, the very proud and stubborn Frank, his family, and eccentric crew rally to save the business. Frank's son Michael, who works in the tech world of Seattle, and his girlfriend Kerry return home for Christmas and are dragged into the family drama. Michael's childhood home has been sold, and his mother Maureen, who has separated from Frank and is hoping to establish her own identity apart fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese ( , ; born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Scorsese emerged as one of the major figures of the New Hollywood era. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Martin Scorsese, many major accolades, including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, Emmy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, two Directors Guild of America Awards, an AFI Life Achievement Award and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2007. Five of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". Scorsese received an Master of Arts, MA from New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development in 1968. His directorial debut, ''Who's That Knocking at My Door'' (1967), was accepted into the Chicago Film Festival. In the 1970s and 1980s decades, Martin Scorsese filmography, ... [...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] |
Milan International Film Festival
Milan Film Festival (MFF), also known as Milano Film Festival, is an annual film festival held since 1996 in Milan, Italy. It was founded as a competition of only local short films. It became an international film festival in 1998 when it also started to awards its participants. In 1999, it began to show feature films commenced, and in the following year they started to compete for the Best Film Award. Best Film winners *2000: ''The Irish Barbecue'', directed by Pete Parwich (Germany/Ireland) *2001: ''Fotograf (film), Fotograf'', directed by Kazim Öz (Turkey) *2002: ''Children of Love'', directed by Geoffrey Enthoven (Belgium), and ''Song of the Sork'', directed by Jonathan Foo and Nguyen Phan Quang Binh *2003: ''Nothing Is Certain, It's All In The Imagination...According To Fellini'', directed by Susan Gluth *2004: ''In the Battlefields'', directed by Danielle Arbid (France/Belgium/Lebanon), and ''Here (2003 film), Here'', directed by Zrinko Ogresta *2005: ''Kept and Dreamless'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rena Riffel
Rena Riffel (born March 5, 1969) is an American actress, singer, dancer, model, writer, producer, and director. She is known for her supporting roles in films such as ''Showgirls'', ''Striptease'', and ''Mulholland Drive''. ''Showgirls'' Riffel landed her breakthrough role in the 1995 film ''Showgirls'' starring Elizabeth Berkley, Gina Gershon, and Kyle MacLachlan. Initially reading for the lead role of Cristal Connors, Riffel was cast in the supporting role of Penny/Hope after director Paul Verhoeven decided that she was too young to play an aging showgirl. While on the set of ''Showgirls'', Riffel approached the music supervisor with a song she recorded, "Deep Kiss". The music supervisor tested the song on the production office (without telling them it had been written by one of the actresses) to determine if it was suitable for the film. Director Paul Verhoeven listened to the song and decided to include it in the lap dance scene at the Cheetah strip club. Although an init ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Films
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was '' Mission: Impossible 2''. Domestically in North America, '' Gladiator'' won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ( Russell Crowe). ''Dinosaur'' was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success. __TOC__ Overview 2000 saw the releases of the first installment of popular film series ''X-Men'', ''Final Destination'', ''Scary Movie'', and '' Meet the Parents''. Among the films based on TV shows are '' Mission: Impossible 2'', ''Traffic'', '' The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle'', '' Charlie's Angels'' and '' Rugrats in Paris: The Movie'' Among the movies based on books (and TV shows) is ''Thomas and the Magic Railroad''. The most acclaimed films of the year are '' Gladiator''; ''Traffic''; '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''; '' American Psycho''; ''Almost Famous, Requiem for a Dream,'' and ''Erin Brockovich''. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Independent Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
