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The Bedroom Window (1987 Film)
''The Bedroom Window'' is a 1987 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson. It stars Steve Guttenberg, Elizabeth McGovern and Isabelle Huppert, and was shot in Baltimore in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood. Based on a novel ''The Witnesses'', by Anne Holden, it tells the story of a young executive who starts an affair with the wife of his boss which then escalates into nightmare after he lies to the police in order to protect her. Plot Terry (Steve Guttenberg) asks his boss' wife Sylvia (Isabelle Huppert) to his apartment after an office party and the two go to bed. Later, while he is in the bathroom, she hears screams outside and goes naked to the window. Seeing a man attacking a young woman, she opens the window and the assailant runs away. When the media report the murder of a young woman near Terry's flat that night, he thinks the police should know what Sylvia saw but, to protect her, claims that it was he who was at the bedroom window. At a polic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha De Laurentiis
Martha De Laurentiis ( and credited as such until 1995; July 10, 1954 – December 4, 2021) was an American film producer. De Laurentiis was known for producing films such as '' Breakdown'', '' U-571'', ''Hannibal'', and '' Red Dragon'' with her husband Dino De Laurentiis, as well as the television series ''Hannibal''. Biography Born Martha Schumacher on July 10, 1954, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, she grew up in Piqua, Ohio. In 1972, she was crowned Ohio's Junior Miss. She attended Ball State University and worked as a model in New York, before working in production on films like '' The Warriors'' and '' Wolfen''. She also worked in production accounting on various television projects. In 1980, she joined the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group as an assistant production accountant and eventually became the company's chairman. De Laurentiis was a jury member at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. On December 16, 2017, she was awarded an honorary doctorate of humaniti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assault
An assault is the act of committing physical harm or unwanted physical contact upon a person or, in some specific legal definitions, a threat or attempt to commit such an action. It is both a crime and a tort and, therefore, may result in criminal prosecution, civil liability, or both. Generally, the common law definition is the same in criminal and tort law. Traditionally, common law legal systems have separate definitions for assault and battery. When this distinction is observed, battery refers to the actual bodily contact, whereas assault refers to a credible threat or attempt to cause battery. Some jurisdictions combined the two offences into a single crime called "assault and battery", which then became widely referred to as "assault". The result is that in many of these jurisdictions, assault has taken on a definition that is more in line with the traditional definition of battery. The legal systems of civil law and Scots law have never distinguished assault from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, the site now includes releases in all genres on all formats. After the database was opened to contributions from the public, rock music began to become the most prevalent genre listed. , Discogs contains over 15.7 million releases, by over 8.3 million artists, across over 1.9 million labels, contributed from over 644,000 contributor user accounts – with these figures constantly growing as users continually add previously unlisted releases to the site over time. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and located in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000, and Discogs its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dino De Laurentiis
Agostino "Dino" De Laurentiis (; 8 August 1919 – 10 November 2010) was an Italian-American film producer. Along with Carlo Ponti, he was one of the producers who brought Italian cinema to the international scene at the end of World War II. He produced or co-produced more than 500 films, of which 38 were nominated for Academy Awards. He also had a brief acting career in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Early life De Laurentiis was born at Torre Annunziata in the province of Naples, and grew up selling spaghetti made by his father's pasta factory. He studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome in 1937 and 1938, when his studies were interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. Career Film production De Laurentiis produced his first film, '' L'ultimo Combattimento'', in 1941. In 1946 his company, the Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, moved into production. In the early years, De Laurentiis produced Italian neorealist films such as '' Bitter Rice'' (1949) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Rippy
Leon Rippy (born October 30, 1949, Rock Hill, South Carolina) is an American character actor. Active on screen since 1983, Rippy has appeared in numerous films and recurring roles on television. He is best known for his roles as Earl the Angel on the series '' Saving Grace'', saloon owner Tom Nuttall on the series '' Deadwood'' and militiaman John Billings in '' The Patriot'' (2000). Career Rippy's acting career developed through appearances in regional theatrical productions. He founded and operated two theatre companies.UncreditedBiography of Leon Rippy TV.com. Retrieved 2013-02-09. Rippy has appeared in more than seventy plays. His non-acting occupations have included working with a circus and as a foreman of a cattle ranch.UncreditedBiography of Leon Rippy Filmbug. Retrieved 2013-02-09. At one time he was regarded as an accomplished ballet dancer. Rippy has worked with Roland Emmerich on seven movies: ''Moon 44'' (1990), '' Eye of the Storm'' (1991), ''Universal Soldie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodi Long
Jodi Long is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Madama on '' Cafe Americain'' (1993–1994), and Ok Cha on ''Sullivan and Son'' (2012–2014), and her role in ''Patty Hearst'' (1988). She won Best Supporting Actress at the Daytime Emmy Awards for her role in the Netflix series '' Dash & Lily'' (2020). Early life and education Long was born as Jodi Leung in Manhattan and raised in Queens, New York. Long's mother is Kimiye "Trudy" Long (née Tsunemitsu), a Japanese-American clerk at the American Bible Society and a dancer at The China Doll night club. Long's father is Lawrence K. Long (stage name Larry Leung), of Cantonese-Scottish background who immigrated to the United States from Australia and had a career as a tap-dancer vaudevillian and later as a PGA golf professional.Jodi Long profile filmreference.com; access ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Margolis
Mark Margolis (; born November 26, 1939) is an American actor. He is known for playing Alberto "The Shadow" in '' Scarface'', Antonio Nappa in '' Oz'', and Hector Salamanca in ''Breaking Bad'' and '' Better Call Saul''. His performance in ''Breaking Bad'' was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2012. He regularly performs in the films of Darren Aronofsky, appearing in all but two of his films, and starring in his first film '' Pi'' (1998). Early life Margolis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Fanya (née Fried) and Isidore Margolis. He is from a Jewish family. Margolis was briefly a student at Temple University before dropping out and moving to New York City. At age 19, he was a student under Stella Adler at the Actors Studio. He was also later trained by Lee Strasberg and Barbara Loden. Career Margolis is noted for his supporting roles in '' Scarface'' (1983) '' Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'' (1994), and the films of Darren Aronofsky: '' π'' (1998), '' Requiem f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maury Chaykin
Maury Alan Chaykin (July 27, 1949 – July 27, 2010) was an American–Canadian actor, best known for his portrayal of detective Nero Wolfe, as well as for his work as a character actor in many films and television programs. Personal life Chaykin was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Irving J. Chaykin (1912–2007), was born in Brooklyn, and was a professor of accountancy at City College of New York. His mother, Clarice Chaykin (née Bloomfield, 1921–2012), was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but raised in Montreal, Quebec, since the age of three. She graduated from Beth Israel Hospital nursing school in Newark, New Jersey. Chaykin's maternal uncle, George Bloomfield (1930–2011), was a veteran Canadian director, producer, writer and actor who directed Chaykin in a number of projects for film and television. Raised in New York City, Chaykin studied drama at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. He subsequently moved to Toronto, Ontario, where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Schenkkan
Robert Frederic Schenkkan Jr. (born March 19, 1953) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1992 for his play '' The Kentucky Cycle'' and his play '' All the Way'' earned the 2014 Tony Award for Best Play. He has three Emmy nominations and one WGA Award. Early years Schenkkan was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the son of Jean Gregory (née McKenzie) and Robert Frederic Schenkkan, a professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at The University of Texas at Austin, and public television executive. He grew up in Austin, Texas. As a Plan II Honors student he received a B.A. in Drama, ''magna cum laude'', from the University of Texas, Austin in 1975 (Phi Beta Kappa, Friars' Society, UT Texas Exes Distinguished Young Alumnus Award and E. William Doty College of Fine Arts Distinguished Alumnus Award), and an M.F.A. in Theatre Arts from Cornell University in 1977. For many years, he lived in New York City and then L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallace Shawn
Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, playwright, and essayist. His film roles include Wally Shawn (a fictionalized version of himself) in '' My Dinner with Andre'' (1981), Vizzini in ''The Princess Bride'' (1987), Mr. James Hall in ''Clueless'' (1995) and the voice of Rex in the ''Toy Story'' franchise (1995–2019). He has also had roles in six of Woody Allen's films. His television work includes recurring roles as Jeff Engels in ''The Cosby Show'' (1987–1991), Grand Nagus Zek in ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (1993–1999), Cyrus Rose in ''Gossip Girl'' (2008–2012), and Dr. John Sturgis in ''Young Sheldon'' (2018–present). His plays include the Obie Award–winning '' Aunt Dan and Lemon'' (1985), '' The Designated Mourner'' (1996) and ''Grasses of a Thousand Colors'' (2008). He also co-wrote the screenplay for ''My Dinner with Andre'' with Andre Gregory, and scripted '' A Master Builder'' (2013), a film adaptation of the play by Henrik I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Greenquist
Brad Greenquist (born October 8, 1959) is an American actor. Career Greenquist appeared in ''Pet Sematary'', the 1989 film adaptation of Stephen King's 1983 novel of the same name, and in films such as '' The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer''. From the 1990s he was seen as a guest star in various American television series, such as ''Charmed'' and '' ER''. Greenquist was director Steven Soderbergh's preferred choice for the role of Graham Dalton in ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'', after Kyle MacLachlan and Aidan Quinn turned down the role. However, the producers wanted a more well-known actor, so Soderbergh cast James Spader instead. Greenquist is also known for his four appearances on various iterations of ''Star Trek''. On ''Star Trek: Voyager'', Greenquist appeared in the Season 3 episode "Warlord." He played the thief Krit in the ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' sixth season episode "Who Mourns for Morn?" He also appeared in two separate ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' episodes. In the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Coffin
Frederick D. Coffin (January 16, 1943 – July 31, 2003) was an American film actor, singer, songwriter, and musician. Early life Coffin was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1943 to actress Winifred Deforest Coffin and writer Dean Coffin, and was one of five children. He was educated at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, where he studied theater and was also a serious athlete, graduating in 1961. He enrolled the University of Michigan in 1962, where he intended to play football but instead decided to focus on acting, earning a B.A. then a master's degree in theater. Career Coffin made his screen debut in 1973 when he appeared in the television film ''Much Ado About Nothing'', an adaptation of the play, in which he also starred. He appeared in his first feature film in 1976 in the drama ''Dragonfly'', with Beau Bridges and Susan Sarandon. His second feature was the Golden Globe nominated ''King of the Gypsies'', with Shelley Winters. During the 1980s, Coffin appeared in seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
