|
The Car
''The Car'' is a 1977 American horror film directed by Elliot Silverstein and written by Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack and Lane Slate. The film stars James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley and Ronny Cox, along with real-life sisters Kim and Kyle Richards (as Brolin's daughters). It tells the story of a black unmanned self-driving mysterious car that goes on a murderous rampage, terrorizing the residents of a small town. The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, and was influenced by numerous "road movies" of the 1970s including Steven Spielberg's thriller ''Duel'' (1971) and Roger Corman's ''Death Race 2000'' (1975). A spinoff sequel, ''The Car: Road to Revenge'', was released on January 8, 2019, with Ronny Cox returning in the series. Plot Two cyclists riding through a canyon are followed by a mysterious matte black car down the road. At a bridge, the car proceeds to crush one cyclist against the wall and ram the other from behind, catapulting him off th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliot Silverstein
Elliot Silverstein (born August 3, 1927) is an American film and television director. He directed the Academy Award-winning western comedy ''Cat Ballou'' (1965), and other films including '' The Happening'' (1967), '' A Man Called Horse'' (1970), ''Nightmare Honeymoon'' (1974), and ''The Car'' (1977). His television work includes four episodes of ''The Twilight Zone'' (1961–1964). Career Elliot Silverstein was the director of six feature films in the mid-twentieth century. The most famous of these by far is ''Cat Ballou'', a comedy-western starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin. The other Silverstein films, in chronological order, are '' The Happening'', '' A Man Called Horse'', ''Nightmare Honeymoon'', ''The Car'', and '' Flashfire''. Other work included directing for the television shows ''The Twilight Zone'', '' The Nurses'', ''Picket Fences'', and ''Tales from the Crypt''. While Silverstein was not a prolific director, his films were often decorated. ''Cat Ballou'', for inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duel (1971 Film)
''Duel'' is a 1971 American action thriller film, action-thriller television film directed by Steven Spielberg. It centers on a business commuter, played by Dennis Weaver, driving his car through California to meet a client. However, he finds himself chased and terrorized by the unseen character, mostly-unseen driver of a semi-truck. The screenplay by Richard Matheson adapts his own short story of the same name. Produced by Universal Television, ''Duel o''riginally aired as a part of the ''ABC Movie of the Week'' series on November 13, 1971. It later received an international theatrical release in an extended version featuring scenes shot after the film's original broadcast. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with Spielberg's direction being singled out for praise. It has since been recognized as an influential Cult film, cult classic, and one of the greatest made-for-television films ever made. Plot David Mann, a middle-aged salesman driving on a busines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Continental Mark III
The Continental Mark III is a personal luxury car marketed by Lincoln from 1969–1971 model years. The namesake successor of the 1956–1957 Continental Mark II, the Mark III again served as the flagship vehicle of Ford Motor Company. Offered as a two-door hardtop coupe, the Mark III was noted for its hidden headlights, rear spare-tire trunk bulge recalling the Mark II and its Rolls-Royce styled grille. The Mark III was developed as a direct competitor to the Cadillac Eldorado, creating a three-decade market rivalry between the Continental Mark series and the Eldorado. To lower development and production costs over its largely hand-built predecessor, the Mark III shared its chassis underpinnings with the four door Ford Thunderbird. Model-specific design elements, including hidden headlamps (with body-color covers) and the Rolls-Royce-style grille distinguished the Mark III from the Thunderbird and Lincoln Continental — while borrowing the same roof structure and rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine Keams
Geraldine Keams (born August 19, 1951) is an American actress. She is best known for her work in numerous television series, often playing a maternal role. She is a member of the Navajo Nation. Biography Keams was born on August 19, 1951 in Flagstaff, Arizona. She was raised on the Navajo reservation then went to the University of Arizona, where she studied drama and film. After graduating from college, Keams moved to New York City to pursue theater. In New York, she wrote and performed with Hanay Geiogamah's (Kiowa/Delaware) Native American Theater Ensemble at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. She adapted a Navajo creation story for the 1972 production ''Na Haaz Zan'' and also performed in Geiogamah's ''Body Indian''. The ensemble took both pieces on tour in 1972 and 1973, performing at the University of New Mexico, the College of Santa Fe, Haskell Indian Junior College, the Walker Art Center, the American Indian Center in Chicago, the Smithsonian Institution, Rough Rock Dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melody Thomas Scott
Melody Thomas Scott (born Melody Ann Thomas, April 18, 1956) is an American actress best known for playing Nikki Newman on the soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''. Early life and acting career Scott was born Melody Ann Thomas in Los Angeles. Her first film credit was as a child actress in the 1964 Alfred Hitchcock movie ''Marnie''. After parts in television and movies in the mid-1970s (most notably in John Wayne's final film, ''The Shootist'' in 1976, in which she becomes the last actress to exchange lines with Wayne), she was offered parts on nighttime series such as, ''The Rockford Files'', ''Charlie's Angels'', and a recurring role on ''The Waltons''. In 1979, at the age of 23, she left ''The Waltons'' to take over the role of Nikki Reed, a poor girl from the wrong side of the tracks, on the daytime serial ''The Young and the Restless'', choosing the part over a sitcom pilot that in the end was not picked up. She was a replacement for the previous Nikki, who had lasted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee McLaughlin (actor)
Lee McLaughlin (4 May 1936 – 20 September 2007) was an American stunt man and film and television actor from Pennsylvania. He had small roles in the television shows ''Bonanza'', ''Starsky & Hutch'', ''CHiPs'' and ''Fantasy Island'' and the films '' Bound for Glory'', '' Silver Streak'', The Car and '' Elvira, Mistress of the Dark''.Lee McLaughlin at IMDB (retrieved 16 December 2015) Biography McLaughlin was born on in . His acting career began in 1969 with a in " |
Eddie Little Sky
Eddie Little Sky (August 15, 1926 – September 5, 1997), also known as Edward Little, was an indigenous North American actor of the Oglala Lakota tribe. He had parts in 36 feature films and over 60 television shows,''Indian Country Today'', retrieved on 21 June 2009 mainly westerns in the role of a Native American. He was one of the first Native American actors to play Native American roles such as his performance in the 1970 film '' A Man Called Horse''. Career Little Sky was born as Edsel Wallace Little on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Shannon County, South Dakota to Oglala Lakota parents Wallace Little, Sr. and Wileminna Colhoff. He attended the Holy Rosary Indian Mission school as a child. After leaving the United States Navy where he had served in the Pacific theater during World War II, he began working the rodeo circuit as a bull rider and bareback rider. Following his work on the 1955 film ''Chief Crazy Horse'', Audie Murphy encouraged Little Sky to become a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Dowling
Doris Dowling (May 15, 1923 – June 18, 2004) was an American actress of film, stage and television. Best known for the films '' The Crimson Key'' (1946) and ''Bitter Rice'' (1949). Also known for playing Irene Adams on ''My Living Doll'' (1964-1965) and other TV show appearances such as ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Perry Mason'', ''The Incredible Hulk''. Early years Dowling was born in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in New York City with siblings Robert, Richard, and Constance (who also became an actress). After graduating from Hunter College High School, she spent a short time with a Folies Bergère group in San Francisco before her mother brought her back to New York to attend Hunter College. Film After her time as a chorus girl on Broadway, Dowling followed her elder sister Constance to Hollywood. Her first credited film role was that of Gloria, an apparent escort who takes a shine to Ray Milland in the 1945 film '' The Lost Weekend''. She next appeared in ''The Blue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Murtagh
Kate Murtagh (October 29, 1920 – September 10, 2017) was an American actress and singer-comedian, a native of Los Angeles, California. Early life Kate Murtagh's parents were both musicians of accomplishment. Her mother, born Wootson Davis in Sikeston, Missouri, moved to New York City in the early 1910s to further her vocal training. By 1914 she married Henry B. Murtagh. He was a nationally-prominent theater organist, pianist, conductor, and composer who held a series of important posts in major U.S. cities. An early position was a 1920-22 contract at the Liberty Theater in Portland, Oregon. In a 1920 competition, he was selected to write music for Oregon’s state song, which was adopted in 1927. By September 1920 Henry B. Murtagh was engaged at Grauman's in Los Angeles. His several years in Buffalo began in April 1924 at the city's Lafayette Square theater. In the late 1920s he was engaged for Brooklyn's new Paramount Theater. Career With her sisters Jean and Onriett, Kate M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Jenson
Roy Cameron Jenson, also known and credited as Roy Jensen, (February 9, 1927 – April 24, 2007) was a Canadian American football player, stuntman, and actor. Early years Born in Calgary, Alberta, Jenson moved to Los Angeles with his family as a child. He joined the United States Navy and then graduated from UCLA where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity. He then became a professional Canadian football player for the Calgary Stampeders and the BC Lions from 1951 through 1957. Jenson was a lumberjack and a construction worker before he joined the United States Navy in World War II. Television Jenson guest starred on NBC's television series ''Daniel Boone'' during the fourth season (1968–1969); however, he is remembered by many as the first man beaten up by Caine on the television series ''Kung Fu'' (1972), for his appearance in the ''Star Trek'' episode "The Omega Glory" and as the villain Puddler in ''Harper'', he worked frequently in television in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rubinstein
John Rubinstein (born December 8, 1946) is an American actor, composer and director. Early life Rubinstein is the son of Polish parents. His mother, Aniela (née Młynarska), a dancer and writer, was a Roman Catholic native of Warsaw, the daughter of conductor Emil Młynarski. His father was Polish-Jewish concert pianist Arthur Rubinstein. He attended El Rodeo Public School in Beverly Hills (K–2), Cours La Cascade in Paris, France (1954), and St. Bernard's School (3–8) and Collegiate School (New York City) (9–12) in New York City. He studied theater and music at the University of California, Los Angeles (1964–1967), and later composition at the Juilliard School in New York. Career Theater He made his Broadway acting debut in 1972 and received a Theatre World Award for creating the title role in the musical '' Pippin'', directed by Bob Fosse. In 1980 he won the Tony, Drama Desk, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, and Drama-Logue Awards for his portrayal of James Lee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) contains the central business district of Los Angeles. In addition, it contains a diverse residential area of some 85,000 people, and covers . A 2013 study found that the district is home to over 500,000 jobs. It is also part of Central Los Angeles. Downtown Los Angeles is divided into neighborhoods and districts, some overlapping. Most districts are named for the activities concentrated there now or historically, e.g. the Arts, Civic Center, Fashion, Banking, Theater, Toy, and Jewelry districts. It is the hub for the city's urban rail transit system plus the Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink commuter rail system for Southern California. Banks, department stores, and movie palaces at one time drew residents and visitors of all socioeconomic classes downtown, but the area declined economically especially after the 1950s. It remained an important center—in the Civic Center, of government business; on Bunker Hill, of banking, and along Broadway, of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
