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The Bulldance
''The Bulldance'' (also known as ''Forbidden Sun'') is a 1989 British film directed by Zelda Barron. The script was written by Robin Hardy, Jesse L. Lasky Jr., and Pat Silver-Lasky. The film centers on an Olympic gymnastics coach ( Lauren Hutton) who takes 12 of her students to train in Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, .... When one girl is sexually assaulted, the gym's janitor is the main suspect, but it turns out the crime may be linked to the Cretan ritual of the bull. Filming took place in Yugoslavia, and money ran out before production was completed, making finishing the film a struggle. References External links * 1989 films Films directed by Zelda Barron {{1980s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zelda Barron
Zelda Barron ( Zelda Ruth Solomons, 31 March 1929 – 14 August 2006) was a British director, screenwriter, and producer known for films like ''Shag'', '' Secret Places'', and '' The Bulldance''. Barron was born in Manchester, the fifth of six children born to a Russian father tailor and an English mother from a wealthy family. She wanted to attend university, but her parents pushed her to instead go to secretarial school. She married British actor Ron Barron in 1953 while working as a secretary in the British film industry. By the 1960s, she was working as a script supervisor at Woodfall Film Productions on films like '' If...'' and '' Isadora'', eventually gaining recognition for her talents as a script doctor on films like ''Reds'' and ''Yentl''. Under Skreba Productions, which she co-founded with Simon Relph and Ann Skinner, Barron went to work on her own films, including '' Secret Places'', which she wrote and directed. She is also known for her work as a music video dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Hardy (film Director)
Robin St. Clair Rimington Hardy (2 October 1929 – 1 July 2016) was an English author and film director. His most famous directorial work is ''The Wicker Man'', and his last project was a film adaptation of his novel '' Cowboys for Christ'', which was retitled ''The Wicker Tree''. Biography He was born in Wimbledon, London, England and studied art in Paris. He worked in the U.S., where he made television dramas. He was a partner in a film company with Anthony Shaffer for 13 years. He returned to London where he made television commercials. Later he wrote historical novels and was involved in creating historical theme parks in the U.S. In addition to ''Cowboys for Christ'', Hardy published a novelization of ''The Wicker Man'', as well as the novel ''The Education of Don Juan''. Hardy died in Reading on 1 July 2016; he was survived by his fifth wife, Victoria Webster (married 2000), and eight children. Hardy had expressed interest in producing a finale to his loose ''Wicker Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse L
Jesse may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jesse (biblical figure), father of David in the Bible. * Jesse (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Jesse (surname), a list of people Music * ''Jesse'' (album), a 2003 album by Jesse Powell * "Jesse", a 1973 song by Roberta Flack - see Roberta Flack discography * "Jesse", a song from the album ''Valotte'' by Julian Lennon * "Jesse", a song from the album ''The People Tree'' by Mother Earth * "Jesse" (Carly Simon song), a 1980 song * "Jesse", a song from the album ''The Drift'' by Scott Walker * "Jesse", a song from the album '' If I Were Your Woman'' by Stephanie Mills Other * ''Jesse'' (film), a 1988 American television film * ''Jesse'' (TV series), a sitcom starring Christina Applegate * ''Jesse'' (novel), a 1994 novel by Gary Soto * ''Jesse'' (picture book), a 1988 children's book by Tim Winton * Jesse, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Jesse Hall, University of Missouri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Silver-Lasky
Barbara Hayden, usually known professionally as Pat Silver or Pat Silver-Lasky, is an American actress, screenwriter, and writer, mostly known for her collaborations with her second husband, Jesse Lasky Jr. Beginnings Born in Seattle, Washington, Silver-Lasky attended the University of Washington as a drama major, as well as Stanford University and Reed College. Silver-Lasky worked in films and TV under her birth name, Barbara Hayden. When she played the lead in an episode of ''Rescue 8'' and went on to write three more episodes, she took the pen name Pat Silver. Collaborations with Jesse L. Lasky Jr. Silver-Lasky wrote four books with her second husband, Jesse, including the best-selling historical novel ''The Offer'', eight films, nearly 100 TV scripts, including the award-winning "Explorers" series ("Ten Who Dared" in the United States). Their verse play ''Ghost Town'' won several awards in the U.S. In 1984 and 1986, their TV series ''Philip Marlowe, Private Eye'' won three aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Hutton
Lauren Hutton (born Mary Laurence Hutton; November 17, 1943) is an American model and actress. Born and raised in the southern United States, Hutton relocated to New York City in her early adulthood to begin a modeling career. Though she was initially dismissed by agents for a signature gap in her teeth, Hutton signed a modeling contract with Revlon in 1973, which at the time was the biggest contract in the history of the modeling industry. Over her career, Hutton has worked both as a model and an actress, making her film debut in the sports drama ''Paper Lion'' in 1968, opposite Alan Alda. She also played central roles in '' The Gambler'' (1974) and ''American Gigolo'' (1980), and later appeared on television in the network series ''Paper Dolls'' and ''Nip/Tuck''. Hutton has continued to model into her seventies, appearing in numerous advertising campaigns for H&M, Lord and Taylor, and Alexander Wang, and performed on the runway for Tom Ford's spring 2012 collection, as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete rests about south of the Greek mainland, and about southwest of Anatolia. Crete has an area of and a coastline of 1,046 km (650 mi). It bounds the southern border of the Aegean Sea, with the Sea of Crete (or North Cretan Sea) to the north and the Libyan Sea (or South Cretan Sea) to the south. Crete and a number of islands and islets that surround it constitute the Region of Crete ( el, Περιφέρεια Κρήτης, links=no), which is the southernmost of the 13 top-level administrative units of Greece, and the fifth most populous of Greece's regions. Its capital and largest city is Heraklion, on the north shore of the island. , the region had a population of 636,504. The Dodecanese are located to the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Films
The year 1989 involved many significant films. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1989 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million. Basinger would lose the town to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech Corp., in 1993 after being forced to file for bankruptcy when a California judge ordered her to pay $7.4 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film ''Boxing Helena''. * A director's cut of ''Lawrence of Arabia'' is released with a 227-minute length. The restoration was undertaken by Robert A. Harris under the supervision of director David Lean. * April 23 – ''Field of Dreams'', starring Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, and Burt Lancaster, is released. * May 24 – '' Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' is released. It is the third installment of the Indiana Jones series. * June 13 – The James Bond film ''Licence to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
