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The Amateur (1981 Film)
An amateur is a person who pursues an activity or field of study independently from their source of income. Amateurs or The Amateur or ''variation'', may also refer to: Film * ''The Amateur'' (1981 film), a 1981 Canadian crime/thriller film * ''Amateur'' (1994 film), a 1994 comedy crime drama film * ''The Amateur'' (1999 film), an Argentine drama film * '' The Amateurs'', a 2005 comedy film * ''Amateur'' (2018 film), a 2018 American sports drama Other uses * ''The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House'', a 2012 book by American author, tabloid writer, and gossip columnist Edward Klein * The Amateurs (band), UK indie rock band * Amateur (book), 2018 nonfiction book by Thomas Page McBee * The Amateur Championship, UK golf tournament See also * * * Professional amateur (other) * Armature (other) Armature may refer to: * Armature (computer animation), kinematic chain used in computer animation to simulate the motions of virtual characters * Armature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amateur
An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, self-taught, user-generated, DIY, and hobbyist. History Historically, the amateur was considered to be the ideal balance between pure intent, open mind, and the interest or passion for a subject. That ideology spanned many different fields of interest. It may have its roots in the ancient Greek philosophy of amateur athletes competing in the Olympics. The ancient Greek citizens spent most of their time in other pursuits, but competed according to their natural talents and abilities. The "gentleman amateur" was a phenomenon among the gentry of Great Britain from the 17th century until the 20th century. With the start of the Age of Reason, with people thinking more about how the world works around them, (see science in the Age of Enlightenment), things like the cabinets of curiosities, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amateur (1981 Film)
An amateur is a person who pursues an activity or field of study independently from their source of income. Amateurs or The Amateur or ''variation'', may also refer to: Film * ''The Amateur'' (1981 film), a 1981 Canadian crime/thriller film * ''Amateur'' (1994 film), a 1994 comedy crime drama film * ''The Amateur'' (1999 film), an Argentine drama film * '' The Amateurs'', a 2005 comedy film * ''Amateur'' (2018 film), a 2018 American sports drama Other uses * ''The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House'', a 2012 book by American author, tabloid writer, and gossip columnist Edward Klein * The Amateurs (band), UK indie rock band * Amateur (book), 2018 nonfiction book by Thomas Page McBee * The Amateur Championship, UK golf tournament See also * * * Professional amateur (other) * Armature (other) Armature may refer to: * Armature (computer animation), kinematic chain used in computer animation to simulate the motions of virtual characters * Armature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amateur (1994 Film)
''Amateur'' is a 1994 crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Hal Hartley and starring Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan, Elina Löwensohn, and Damian Young. The story revolves around a former nun who gets mixed up in pornography, violence and international crime, but ends up intact in the convent she left. Plot Still a virgin after 15 years in a convent, the demure Isabelle earns her living in New York City by writing pornography, which she researches by buying magazines and hiring videos. In a café, she befriends Thomas, who has amnesia after falling from a window. In another café, an accountant called Edward is befriended by Sofia, who pushed Thomas out of the window because, she says, he introduced her to drugs at the age of 12 and made her into a celebrated porn actress. She now wants revenge on Jacques, a crooked businessman for whom both Thomas and Edward worked. Learning from Edward that Thomas has data on disk that could destroy Jacques, she steals Jacques' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amateur (1999 Film)
''The Amateur'' ( es, El Amateur) is an Argentine drama film released in 1999, written and directed by Juan Bautista Stagnaro. The film was based on a novel by Mauricio Dayub. The picture was nominated for five Silver Condor Awards. Plot On the outskirts of a provincial town, Pajaro is determined to enter the ''The Guinness Book of Records'' by breaking the longest bike-ride record. He rides around the fountain in the square with the help of his friend, Lopecito. He is willing to face many challenges that face him, in attaining this new record. Will this race open the path to love for him, and for his redemption? Cast * Mauricio Dayub as Alfonso "Pájaro" Romero * Pedro Heredia as Ramón * Vando Villamil as Lopecito * Arturo Goetz as Concejal * Cacho Espíndola as Intendente * Alejandra Puy as La Mora * Darío Grandinetti as Funcionario municipal Exhibition The film premiered on April 22, 1999 and was released in Canada at the Montreal World Film Festival and in America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amateurs
''The Amateurs'', originally called ''The Moguls'', is a 2005 comedy film written and directed by Michael Traeger and starring Jeff Bridges. The story revolves around six friends in a small town in the United States who decide to make a full-length amateur adult film. The film was released under the title ''The Moguls'' in the United Kingdom on April 28, 2006. The film was released under the title ''The Amateurs'' and opened in limited release in the United States on December 7, 2007. Plot Six friends come together to try to find fame and fortune by making the world's most innocent adult movie ever made. Although they have literally no idea what they're doing, they keep at it and are determined to accomplish their goal...no matter what gets in the way. After the clueless crew finally completes the film, they screen it for the first time at the local bar. The brother of a girl whose scene ultimately was not used (besides some brief shots of her face) barges in, takes the reel of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amateur (2018 Film)
An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, self-taught, user-generated, DIY, and hobbyist. History Historically, the amateur was considered to be the ideal balance between pure intent, open mind, and the interest or passion for a subject. That ideology spanned many different fields of interest. It may have its roots in the ancient Greek philosophy of amateur athletes competing in the Olympics. The ancient Greek citizens spent most of their time in other pursuits, but competed according to their natural talents and abilities. The "gentleman amateur" was a phenomenon among the gentry of Great Britain from the 17th century until the 20th century. With the start of the Age of Reason, with people thinking more about how the world works around them, (see science in the Age of Enlightenment), things like the cabinets of curiosities, and the wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Klein
Edward J. Klein (born 1936) is an American author and former foreign editor of ''Newsweek'', former editor-in-chief of ''The New York Times Magazine'' (1977–1987). He has written about the Kennedys, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, and Donald Trump. Early life Born in Yonkers, New York, Klein attended Colgate University, graduated from Columbia University School of General Studies, and received an MS degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Professional life Klein is the former foreign editor of ''Newsweek'' and served as the editor-in-chief of ''The New York Times Magazine'' from 1977 to 1987. He frequently contributes to '' Vanity Fair'' and ''Parade'' and writes a weekly celebrity gossip column in ''Parade'' called " Walter Scott's Personality Parade" under the pseudonym "Walter Scott." (The Walter Scott pseudonym had originally been used by Lloyd Shearer, who wrote the column from 1958 to 1991.) He also writes bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amateurs (band)
The Amateurs are an indie rock band formed in and around Birmingham, England. They released their debut EP "Homesick" in March 2009, which was championed by Kerrang! Radio, who had supported the band since awarding them ‘Best Unsigned Song of 2007'. Their debut release "Homesick" has received mixed reviews including ‘Single of the Week’ on inthenews.co.uk. The band were awarded a slot at Leeds Festival in 2009 by Oxfam. In April 2010 The Amateurs were selected from thousands of European acts to be "The Sound of Bamboo", a product launched by Wacom. Their second single "Saturday Night" accompanies the Bamboo television advertisement. After playing a series of shows with ELIZA ELIZA is an early natural language processing computer program created from 1964 to 1966 at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory by Joseph Weizenbaum. Created to demonstrate the superficiality of communication between humans and machines ... at some of Scotland's universities in Octob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amateur (book)
''Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man'' is a nonfiction book by Thomas Page McBee, published August 14, 2018, by Scribner. The book was a finalist a Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction and was shortlisted for The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction and the Wellcome Book Prize. Background McBee began regularly writing about masculinity in ''The Rumpus'', which led to his first book, '' Man Alive'', in 2014. During this time, he was transitioning and "wrestling with the implications of embracing a gender responsible for so much hurt in the world." In hopes of improving his self-defense skills and further investigating masculinity, McBee began boxing and eventually participated in a charitable boxing match, making him the first transgender man to box in Madison Square Garden. Reception ''Amateur'' received a starred review from ''Publishers Weekly'', as well as positive reviews from ''Kirkus,'' ''The New Republic'', Buzzfeed, ''Booklist'', ''The Rump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amateur Championship
The Amateur Championship (sometimes referred to as the British Amateur or British Amateur Championship outside the UK) is a golf tournament which has been held annually in the United Kingdom since 1885 except during the two World Wars, and in 1949 and 2019 when Ireland hosted the championship. It is one of the two leading individual tournaments for amateur golfers, alongside the U.S. Amateur. It normally has the widest international representation of any individual amateur event, with 38 golf federations from all six continents represented in the 2018 championship. Before World War II it was regarded as one of golf's major championships, but given the modern dominance of the sport by professional golfers, this is no longer the case. Two Amateur Championship winners in the post-World War II era have gone on to win professional major championships: José María Olazábal and Sergio García, both Spaniards. History The inaugural tournament was organised by the Royal Liverpool ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Amateur (other)
Professional amateur may refer to: *Pro–am (professional–amateur), a level of play between amateur and professional in sports *Amateur professionalism Amateur professionalism or professional amateurism (shortened to pro-am) is a blurring of the distinction between professional and amateur within any endeavour or attainable skill that could be labelled professional in fields such as writing, compu ..., a socio-economic concept of amateur output of professional quality See also * Professional (other) * Amateur (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
