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The Angriest Man In Brooklyn
''The Angriest Man in Brooklyn'' is a 2014 American comedy-drama film directed by Phil Alden Robinson and starring Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, James Earl Jones, and Melissa Leo. It is a remake of the 1997 Israeli film ''The 92 Minutes of Mr. Baum'', written and directed by Assi Dayan. The film follows an angry, bitter man whose doctor tells him he has a brain aneurysm and has only 90 minutes to live. As the patient races around the city, trying to right his wrongs, the doctor attempts to find him and take him to a hospital. The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on May 23, 2014, by Lionsgate. This is the final film starring Williams to be released during his lifetime. Plot Stuck in Brooklyn traffic while on his way to a doctor's appointment, Henry Altmann's car is suddenly struck by a taxi. Propelling him into a rage, he unleashes upon the taxi driver. Arriving to the Brooklyn hospital, Dr. Sharon Gill is covering for Henry's usu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Alden Robinson
Phil Alden Robinson (born March 1, 1950) is an American film director and screenwriter whose films include ''Field of Dreams'', ''Sneakers (1992 film), Sneakers'', and ''The Sum of All Fears (film), The Sum of All Fears''. Early life and education Robinson was born in Long Beach, New York, the son of Jessie Frances and S. Jesse Robinson, who was a drama critic for the ''New York Journal American'' and a media coordinator for the liquor division of the National Distillers & Chemical Corp. in New York. Robinson graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and received an Honorary degree, Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Union College in 1996. Career Robinson directed the baseball film ''Field of Dreams'' (1989). It earned Robinson nominations for the Directors Guild of America Award, the Writers Guild of America Award, and an Oscar for Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, Best Screenplay Adaptation (the film was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sutton Foster
Sutton Lenore Foster (born March 18, 1975) is an American actress, singer and dancer. She is known for her work on the Broadway stage, for which she has won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical twice, in 2002 for her role as Millie Dillmount in ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'', and in 2011 for her performance as Reno Sweeney in ''Anything Goes'', a role which she reprised in 2021 for a production in London and for which she received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Her other Broadway credits include '' Little Women'', ''The Drowsy Chaperone'', ''Young Frankenstein'', ''Shrek the Musical'', ''Violet'', and ''The Music Man''. On television, Foster played the lead role in the short-lived ABC Family comedy-drama ''Bunheads'' from 2012 to 2013. From 2015 to 2021, she starred in the TV Land comedy-drama '' Younger''. Early life and education Foster was born on March 18, 1975 in Statesboro, Georgia, and raised in Troy, Michigan. At the age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fandango Media
Fandango Media, LLC is an American ticketing company that sells movie tickets via their website as well as through their mobile app, as well as a provider of television and streaming media information through its subsidiary Rotten Tomatoes. History On April 11, 2007, Comcast acquired Fandango, with plans to integrate it into a new entertainment website called "Fancast.com," set to launch the summer of 2007. In June 2008, the domain Movies.com was acquired from Disney. In March 2012, Fandango announced a partnership with Yahoo! Movies, making Fandango the official online and mobile ticketer for registered users of the Yahoo! service. That October, Paul Yanover was named President of Fandango. Fandango made its first international acquisition in September 2015 when it bought the Brazilian ticketing company Ingresso, which provides ticketing to a variety of Brazilian entertainment events, including the biannual Rock in Rio festival. On January 29, 2016, Fandango announced it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hank Chen
Hank Chen (born November 1, 1989) is an American actor and comedian best known for ''Life-Size 2'' and Robin Williams's final theatrical release, ''The Angriest Man in Brooklyn''. Early life Born as Henry Chen in Silver Spring, Maryland to Taiwanese immigrants, Chen spoke Mandarin Chinese at home before learning English. His parents are engineers. He has a younger sister. Chen grew up in a religious and conservative household. He is a founding member of advocacy group, OneWheaton supporting LGBT students and alumni from his alma mater. Raised in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., Chen graduated with an International Baccalaureate diploma from Springbrook High School. At Wheaton College, he majored in Sociology with minors in Communications and English, and studied theatre at the University of Westminster in London. Chen remained near Chicago after graduation to work, take acting classes, and perform stand-up comedy. He trained with The Second City and joined Stir Friday Night ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Merediz
Olga Merediz (born February 15, 1956) is an American actress and singer. Merediz originated the role of Abuela Claudia in the Broadway musical ''In the Heights'', for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical. She played the role for the show's entire Broadway run, and reprised the role in the film adaptation. Her television credits include NBC's 2016 series ''Shades of Blue'' and Netflix's ''Orange Is the New Black''. Early life Merediz was born in Guantánamo, Cuba on February 15, 1956. She left Cuba with her family when she was five years old to Miami, Florida. Thereafter, she relocated with her family to Puerto Rico where she grew up. Merediz graduated with a bachelor's degree from Newcomb College, the former female counterpart to Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Career Film and television Having made her film debut in 1984's ''The Brother from Another Planet'', Merediz has since appeared in a number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Garlington
Ann Leslie "Lee" Garlington (born July 20, 1953) is an American actress. Early life Garlington was born in Teaneck, New Jersey. She spent her teenage years in Wilmington, Delaware. Career She has guest starred in a number of notable television series, including ''The West Wing'', '' 7th Heaven'', ''8 Simple Rules'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Judging Amy'', ''Will & Grace'', '' Matlock'', ''L.A. Law'', ''The Practice'', ''Quantum Leap,'' ''Home Improvement'', ''Boston Legal'', ''Roseanne'', '' Get a Life'', ''Coach'', '' Profiler'', ''Medium'', ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Two and a Half Men'', ''Lie to Me'' and among other series. She also played the part of Kirsten, Rose Nylund's (Betty White) daughter in the final season of ''The Golden Girls'' and Ronni, the mistress of Joey Tribbiani's father on ''Friends''. From 2002 to 2005, she had a recurring role as Brenda Baxworth on ''Everwood''. She was one of the stars of the series '' Lenny''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremie Harris
Jeremie Harris is an American actor. He is primarily known for his portrayal of Ptonomy Wallace in FX (TV channel), FX's ''Legion (TV series), Legion''. Biography Jeremie Harris grew up in New Rochelle where he had ambitions to become a basketball player. He gave up on this dream when he "didn’t become 6’6″ and have a 40-inch vertical". He interned at Def Jam Recordings where he earned his living by putting up posters. He was caught by police when he began sniping other posters. He was let go with a warning and quit due to the music industries' "cutthroat business". He decided to try acting while learning business at New York University and came close to earning a role in the movie ''Sky High (2005 film), Sky High''. Following some acting roles at NYU, he dropped out and attended Juilliard instead. His mother, an immigrant from Dominica, did not approve of his decision, but thirty minutes later changed her mind. He has since appeared in major projects such as ''A Walk Among t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Da'Vine Joy Randolph (born May 21, 1986) is an American actress and singer. She first gained recognition as Oda Mae Brown in the Broadway production of '' Ghost: The Musical'' (2012); she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her acting in this role. Randolph's early films include ''The Angriest Man in Brooklyn'' (2014) and ''Office Christmas Party'' (2016); she acted in the television series ''Selfie'' (2014) and the television series ''People of Earth'' (2016–17). She received critical acclaim for her performance as Lady Reed in the biographical film ''Dolemite Is My Name'' (2019). In 2020, Randolph starred in the romantic comedy television series '' High Fidelity''. Early life Randolph grew up in Philadelphia and Hershey, Pennsylvania. She went to Temple University to focus on vocal performance, but in her junior year she decided to switch concentrations to musical theatre. After graduating from Temple she went to the Ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isiah Whitlock, Jr , a 2020 hurricane
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Isaiah is the main figure in the biblical Book of Isaiah. Isaiah may also refer to: *Isaiah (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters with this name *Isaiah, pen name of Chinese science fiction writer Baoshu *Isaiah, a figure in the Book of Mormon *Isaiah, California, a ghost town *VIA Nano, formerly codenamed VIA Isaiah, a 64 bit computer processor from VIA Technologies * ''Isaiah'' (album) *"Isiah", a song by Reks from ''Grey Hairs'' See also * Hurricane Isaias Hurricane Isaias () was a destructive Category 1 hurricane that caused extensive damage across the Caribbean and the East Coast of the United States while also spawning a large tropical tornado outbreak that generated the strongest tropical c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis C , names sometimes translated to English as "Louis"
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Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis (other) * Louie (other) * Luis (other) * Louise (other) * Louisville (other) * Louis Cruise Lines * Louis dressing, for salad * Louis Quinze, design style Associated names * * Chlodwig, the origin of the name Ludwig, which is translated to English as "Louis" * Ladislav and László - names sometimes erroneously associated with "Louis" * Ludovic, Ludwig, Ludwick, Ludwik Ludwik () is a Polish given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ludwik Czyżewski, Polish WWII general * Ludwik Fleck (1896–1961), Polish medical doctor and biologist * Ludwik Gintel (1899–1973), Polish-Israeli Olympic soccer player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Dishy
Bob Dishy is an American actor of stage, film, and television. Biography He is best remembered today for playing Sergeant John J. Wilson, Columbo's polite, respectful assistant in two episodes of '' Columbo'' ("Now You See Him" and "The Greenhouse Jungle") and as “Mister Terrific” in one episode of '' The Golden Girls''. He also appeared in several episodes of '' Law & Order''. His film appearances included ''Lovers and Other Strangers'' (1970), '' I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?'' (1975), ''The Big Bus'' (1976), ''The Last Married Couple in America'' (1980), '' First Family'' (1980), '' Author! Author!'' (1982), ''Brighton Beach Memoirs'' (1986), ''Critical Condition'' (1987), '' Stay Tuned'' (1992), ''Used People'' (1992), ''Don Juan DeMarco'' (1994), ''Jungle 2 Jungle'' (1997) and '' Along Came Polly'' (2004). He was a regular on ''That Was The Week That Was,'' a weekly satirical series that aired on NBC-TV in 1964–65. He made his stage debut as a replacement for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
