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The Act (film)
The Act may refer to: * The Act (band), a Norwegian rock band from the 1980s * The Act (musical), ''The Act'' (musical), a 1977 musical * The Act (1989 film), ''The Act'' (1989 film), a 1989 British television film by Richard Langridge in the anthology series ''ScreenPlay'' * The Act (video game), ''The Act'' (video game), a 2007 arcade game produced by Cecropia * The Act (TV series), ''The Act'' (TV series), a 2019 true crime TV series See also * Act (other) * Australian Capital Territory {{DEFAULTSORT:Act, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Act (band)
The Act was a Norwegian rock band active in the mid-1980s. They toured extensively and released the album ''September Field''. History The Act formed under the name Wham Bam! in February 1983, after Bjørn Kulseth (b. 1962) had moved to the capital Oslo and advertised in the music paper Nye Takter for other players into late 1970s new wave and classic 1960s pop and rock. Kulseth and Rune Krogseth (b. 1963) both sang lead and backing vocals, played guitars and wrote songs. Bass player Trond Ihlen (b. 1956) and drummer Dag Bøgeberg (b. 1957) had been kicking around the Oslo music scene since the mid-1970s. Both had been in the band Jydske Rev (one album; ''Nyt det'' in 1981) though not at the same time. Wham Bam! quickly become a popular live act, playing both original songs and covers of artists like Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, the Blasters, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Smokey Robinson etc. To avoid associations with the new UK teenybop duo Wham!, the band name was altere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Act (musical)
''The Act'' is a musical with a book by George Furth, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander. It was written to showcase the talents of Kander and Ebb favorite Liza Minnelli, who portrayed Michelle Craig, a fading film star attempting a comeback as a Las Vegas singer. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1977. Production Originally titled, ''Shine It On'', ''The Act'' played out-of-town tryouts for 15 weeks in Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.Jahr, Cliff"In 'The Act,' The Drama Backstage Is Not An Act: Behind the Scenes Of 'The Act'" ''The New York Times'', October 23, 1977, p.D1. Retrieved July 4, 2016 The musical opened on Broadway on October 29, 1977, at the Majestic Theatre, where it ran for 233 performances and six previews. Directed by Martin Scorsese, choreographed by Ron Lewis, with costumes by Halston, the cast included Barry Nelson, Mark Goddard and Wayne Cilento. ''The New York Times'' reported that "director Gower Champion quietly came in to doctor th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Act (1989 Film)
''ScreenPlay'' is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993. Background After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-television, feature length filmed dramas, including ''ScreenPlay''. Various writers and directors were utilized on the series. Writer Jimmy McGovern was hired by producer George Faber to pen a series five episode based upon the Merseyside needle exchange programme of the 1980s. The episode, directed by Gillies MacKinnon, was entitled ''Needle'' and featured Sean McKee, Emma Bird, and Pete Postlethwaite''.'' The last episode of the series was titled "Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Islands" and featured Robbie Coltrane as English writer Samuel Johnson, who in the autumn of 1773, visits the Hebrides off the north-west coast of Scotland. That episode was directed by John Byrne and co-starred John Sessions and Celia Imrie. Some scenes we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Act (video Game)
''The Act'' is an interactive movie arcade video game originally produced by American studio Cecropia in the United States in 2007. The game is an interactive cartoon featuring the hand-drawn art of a number of former Disney animators. It was test marketed in selected locations throughout North America in 2006, and it received generally favorable press coverage. The game was cancelled in late 2007, and Cecropia shut its doors in early 2008. The game was later ported to iOS and OSX by React Entertainment and published by Chillingo in June 2012. Plot ''The Act'' tells the story of Edgar, who works as a window washer at a large hospital. He sees Sylvia, a nurse, through a window and quickly falls in love, but is forced to get back to work when his boss comes out to check up on him. His lazy brother, Wally, climbs through a window into a patient's room and falls asleep in his bed, and is mistakenly taken to an operating room for a brain transplant. In an effort to save his br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Act (TV Series)
''The Act'' is an American true crime drama limited series that premiered in eight parts on March 20, 2019, on Hulu. The plot is based on the life of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and the murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, who was accused of abusing her daughter by fabricating illness and disabilities as a direct consequence of Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Joey King portrayed Gypsy, while Patricia Arquette played her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. AnnaSophia Robb, Chloë Sevigny, and Calum Worthy star in supporting roles. At the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, Arquette won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series and King received a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series. Premise The series follows the story of Gypsy Blanchard (Joey King), who uses a wheelchair due to an illness. Growing up, her relationship with her overprotective mother (Patricia Arquette) begins to sour as she increasingly insists on her independence. She rebels as her mother, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |