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The Parallax View
''The Parallax View'' is a 1974 American political thriller film produced and directed by Alan J. Pakula, and starring Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels and Paula Prentiss. The screenplay by David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based on the 1970 novel by Loren Singer. The story concerns a reporter's investigation into a secretive organization, the Parallax Corporation, whose primary focus is political assassination. Plot In Seattle, Washington, television journalist Lee Carter witnesses the assassination of presidential candidate Charles Carroll atop the Space Needle. A waiter armed with a revolver is pursued and falls to his death while a second waiter, also armed, leaves the scene unnoticed. A committee decides the killing was the work of a lone assassin. Three years later, Carter visits her former boyfriend, an anti-authoritarian Oregon newspaper reporter named Joe Frady, claiming others must have been behind the assassination as six of the witnesses to the killing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Giler
David Kevin Giler (July 23, 1943 – December 19, 2020) was an American filmmaker who was active in the film industry since the early 1960s. Career Television Giler's father Bernie (1908–1967) was a writer. Giler began his career collaborating with his father for television programs such as ''The Gallant Men'' ("Signals for an End Run") (1962), ''Kraft Suspense Theatre'' ("Leviathan Five") (1964), '' Burke's Law'' ("Who Killed the Man on the White Horse?") (1965), and '' The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.'' ("The Low Blue C Affair") (1967). Giler's father died in 1967 and he began to be credited on his own on such shows as ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' ("The Matterhorn Affair") (1967), and '' The Bold Ones: The Lawyers'' ("The Crowd Pleaser") (1969). Features Giler had begun writing feature films. In 1968 he was reportedly writing a script called ''Our Bag''. His first produced credit was the critically reviled '' Myra Breckinridge'', an adaptation of Gore Vidal's controversial novel. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Beatty Photoplay, 1961
A warren is a network of wild rodent or lagomorph, typically rabbit burrows. Domestic warrens are artificial, enclosed establishment of animal husbandry dedicated to the raising of rabbits for meat and fur. The term evolved from the medieval Anglo-Norman concept of free warren, which had been, essentially, the equivalent of a hunting license for a given woodland. Architecture of the domestic warren The cunicularia of the monasteries may have more closely resembled hutches or pens, than the open enclosures with specialized structures which the domestic warren eventually became. Such an enclosure or ''close'' was called a ''cony-garth'', or sometimes ''conegar'', ''coneygree'' or "bury" (from "burrow"). Moat and pale To keep the rabbits from escaping, domestic warrens were usually provided with a fairly substantive moat, or ditch filled with water. Rabbits generally do not swim and avoid water. A '' pale'', or fence, was provided to exclude predators. Pillow mounds The mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig T
__NOTOC__ Craig may refer to: Geology *Craig (landform), a rocky hill or mountain often having large casims or sharp intentations. People (and fictional characters) * Craig (surname) * Craig (given name) Places Scotland *Craig, Angus, aka Barony of Craigie United States *Craig, Alaska, a city *Craig, Colorado, a city *Craig, Indiana, an unincorporated place * Craig, Iowa, a city *Craig, Missouri, a city * Craig, Montana, an unincorporated place *Craig, Nebraska, a village *Craig, Ohio, an unincorporated community *Craig County, Virginia *Craig County, Oklahoma *Craig Township (other) (two places) Other uses *Craig (song) *Craig Electronics, a consumer electronics company * Craig Broadcast Systems, later Craig Media and finally Craig Wireless, a defunct Canadian media and communication company *Clan Craig, a Scottish clan *Craig tube, a piece of scientific apparatus See also *''Craig v. Boren'', a U.S. Supreme Court case * Justice Craig (other) *Craic '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Ann Harris
Jo Ann Harris (born Jo Ann Marcovitch; May 27, 1949) is an American actress known for her many film and television roles beginning in 1967. In the 1971 film '' The Beguiled'' she portrayed a 17-year-old who seduced Clint Eastwood's character. Her other films include '' Maryjane'' (1968), ''The Gay Deceivers'' (1969), ''The Sporting Club'' (1971), ''The Parallax View'' (1974), '' Act of Vengeance'' (1974), ''Cruise into Terror'' (1978), and '' Deadly Games'' (1982). Career Harris's first acting role came in the drama series '' Run for Your Life'' (starring Ben Gazzara) in 1967 when she was 18 years old. Other guest-starring TV credits include ''Adam-12'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''The High Chaparral'', '' The Virginian''/''The Men of Shiloh'', '' Medical Center'', ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color'', ''The Mod Squad'', ''The F.B.I.'', ''Barnaby Jones'', ''Hawaii Five-O'', ''Nakia'', ''The Streets of San Francisco'', ''The Love Boat'', ''Fantasy Island'', ''Vega$'', ''B.J. and the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Joyce (actor)
William Joyce (October 21, 1930 – September 3, 1998) was an American actor. In 1959, Jack Webb picked him over Jimmy Dean to play the title role in a television adaptation of ''Johnny Guitar''. That year he also played "Drew" in S1E11 of ''Bat Masterson''. A life member of The Actors Studio, Joyce's film roles included Senator Charles Carroll in ''The Parallax View'' and writer Tom Harris in '' I Eat Your Skin''. Filmography *'' Top Banana'' (1954) - Dancer (uncredited) *''The Wings of Eagles'' (1957) - Naval Aide (uncredited) *'' This Could Be the Night'' (1957) - Bruce Cameron *'' Man on Fire'' (1957) - Chamberlain (uncredited) *'' Don't Go Near the Water'' (1957) - Lt. Boone (uncredited) *'' Have Gun Will Travel/Day of the Badman'' (1960) - Laredo *'' I Eat Your Skin'' (shot in 1964, released in 1971) - Tom Harris *'' The Young Nurses'' (1973) - Fairbanks *''The Parallax View'' (1974) - Senator Charles Carroll *''Lifeguard A lifeguard is a rescuer who supervises ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Hindman
Earl John Hindman (; October 20, 1942 – December 29, 2003) was an American actor, best known for his role as the kindly unseen neighbor Wilson W. Wilson, Jr. on the television sitcom ''Home Improvement'' (1991–99). Early years Hindman was born in Bisbee, Arizona, the son of Eula and Burl Latney Hindman, who worked in the oil pipeline business. He studied acting at the University of Arizona. Career Hindman played villains in two 1974 thrillers, '' The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' and ''The Parallax View''. He also appeared in the films ''Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name?'' (1971), ''Greased Lightning'' (1977), ''The Brink's Job'' (1978), '' Taps'' (1981), ''Murder in Coweta County'' (1983), and played the part of J.T. in the Lawrence Kasdan film '' Silverado'' (1985). Hindman's most famous pre-''Home Improvement'' role was as Bob Reid in ''Ryan's Hope''. He played the role from 1975 to 1984 and later returned for its final episodes in 1988–89. Hindman's wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Winter (actor)
Edward Dean Winter (June 3, 1937 – March 8, 2001) was an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role, Colonel Samuel Flagg, in the television series ''M*A*S*H'' from 1973 to 1979. His other notable television roles were as U.S. Air Force investigator Capt. Ben Ryan in season 2 of ''Project U.F.O.'' (1978–1979); and in ''Hollywood Beat'' (1985), ''9 to 5'' (1986–1988), and ''Herman's Head'' (1991–1994). Winter received two Tony Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical nominations for his performances in the original productions of ''Cabaret'' (1966) and '' Promises, Promises'' (1968). He also appeared in films such as ''A Change of Seasons'' (1980), '' Porky's II: The Next Day'' (1983) and ''The Buddy System'' (1984). Early career Winter was born in Ventura, California and began his acting career in Ashland, Oregon as a member of the cast of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. During the 1961 season, he played Claudius in ''Hamlet'' and stayed for an ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jordan (actor)
William C. Jordan (born October 13, 1937) is an American film and television actor. He played Major Jake Gatlin in season one of the television series ''Project UFO'', among other roles in films and television series. Personal life Jordan was born in Milan, Indiana. As a high school student, under the name Bill Jordan, Jordan was a member of the famous 1954 Milan High School basketball team that won the 1954 Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) State Tournament. It was this 1954 Milan "Indians" basketball team on which the movie '' Hoosiers'' was loosely based. Jordan is a graduate of Indiana University. During his career as an actor, Jordan rented an upscale apartment in Hollywood, while owning a large home in Arrowhead, California. Filmography Film * '' Nothing But a Man'' (1964) - Teenager * ''To Catch a Pebble'' (1970) * '' A Man Called Horse'' (1970) - Bent * ''Deathmaster'' (1972) - Monk * '' Rage'' (1972) - Major Cooper * '' Blue Demon y Zovek en La invasià ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Zerbe
Anthony Jared Zerbe (born May 20, 1936) is an American actor. His notable film roles include the post-apocalyptic cult leader Matthias in ''The Omega Man'', a 1971 film adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel, '' I Am Legend''; as an Irish Catholic coal miner and one of the Molly Maguires in the 1970 film '' The Molly Maguires''; as a corrupt gambler in ''Farewell, My Lovely''; as the leper colony chief Toussaint in the 1973 historical drama prison film '' Papillon''; as Abner Devereaux in '' Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park''; as villain Milton Krest in the James Bond film ''Licence to Kill''; Rosie in '' The Turning Point''; Roger Stuart in '' The Dead Zone''; Admiral Dougherty in '' Star Trek: Insurrection''; and Councillor Hamann in ''The Matrix Reloaded'' and ''The Matrix Revolutions''. Life and career Zerbe was born in Long Beach, California, the son of Catherine (née Scurlock) and Arthur LeVan Zerbe. He went to Newport Harbor High School. He attended Pomona College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacy Keach Sr
Walter Stacy Keach Sr. (May 29, 1914 – February 13, 2003), known professionally as Stacy Keach Sr. was an American actor whose screen career spanned more than five decades. Biography Keach was born in Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, Illinois. He was of English descent. His career ranged from 1942 to 1997, with more than seventy movie and television appearances. He and his wife, the former Mary Cain Peckham, were members of the Peninsula Players summer theater program during the 1930s. Keach appeared in a 1955 episode of ''The Lone Ranger (TV series), The Lone Ranger''. Keach also appeared as Sheriff Ben Mason in the 1957 episode "Last Chance" of the American Broadcasting Company, ABC/Warner Brothers Western (genre), western television series, ''Colt .45 (TV series), Colt .45''. That same year, he was cast as Jed Hammer in the episode "Trail's End" of the ABC/WB western series, ''Sugarfoot'', starring Will Hutchins. Keach was cast in 1957 and 1958 in five episodes of the NBC west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill McKinney
William Denison McKinney (September 12, 1931 – December 1, 2011) was an American character actor. He played the sadistic mountain man in John Boorman's 1972 film ''Deliverance'' and appeared in seven Clint Eastwood films, most notably as Captain Terrill, the commander pursuing the last rebels to "hold out" against surrendering to the Union forces in ''The Outlaw Josey Wales''. Early life William Denison McKinney was born September 12, 1931, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He had an unsettled life as a child, moving 12 times. At the age of 19, he joined the Navy during the Korean War. He served two years on a mine sweeper in Korean waters, and was stationed at Port Hueneme in Ventura County, California. While on leave, he visited Los Angeles and decided he wanted to become an actor. Upon his discharge in 1954, he settled in California, attending acting school at the famous Pasadena Playhouse in 1957. His classmates included Dustin Hoffman and Mako Iwamatsu. During this time, McKinne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Davis (actor)
Jim Davis (born Marlin Davis; August 26, 1909 – April 26, 1981) was an American actor, best known for his roles in television Westerns. In his later career, he became famous as Jock Ewing in the CBS primetime soap opera, ''Dallas'', a role he continued until he was too ill from a terminal illness to perform. Life and career Born in Edgerton in Platte County in northwestern Missouri, Davis attended high school in Dearborn, and the Baptist-affiliated William Jewell College in Liberty. At WJC, he played tight end on the football team and graduated with a degree in political science. He served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. He was known as Jim Davis by the time of his first major screen role, which was opposite Bette Davis in the 1948 melodrama ''Winter Meeting'',. His subsequent film career consisted of mostly B movies, many of them Westerns, although he made an impression as a U.S. Senator in the Warren Beatty conspiracy thriller ''The Parallax Vie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
