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The Cry Of The Owl (2009 Film)
''The Cry of the Owl'' is a 2009 thriller film based on Patricia Highsmith's 1962 book of the same name, and was directed by Jamie Thraves. It stars Paddy Considine, Julia Stiles, and Karl Pruner. This is the third filming of the book after the 1987 French film adaptation by Claude Chabrol and a German TV adaptation titled '' Der Schrei der Eule'' also from 1987. After Robert Forrester is caught by Jenny Thierolf, the girl he has been spying on, he becomes the victim of her manipulative advances. The disappearance of Jenny's fiancé Greg after a fight with Robert marks the beginning of a series of dangerous and ultimately fatal incidents. Plot Robert Forrester is going through a painful divorce from his wife Nickie. He begins spying on Jenny Thierolf, a girl living in the countryside, because to him she represents a state of harmony, a stark contrast to his own personal life. Jenny catches him one night, but instead of being upset, she invites him in and they talk. Jenny en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Thraves
Jamie Thraves (born James Thraves, 2 June 1969 in Romford, London) is a British film writer and director. Biography Thraves began making early short experimental films in 1989 at the University of Humberside, having previously studied illustration. His graduation film ''Scratch'' (1991) and ''The Take-Out'' (1993), a short film made under the BFI New Directors scheme, both went on to win awards at film festivals worldwide. He joined the Royal College of Art in 1993 where he made another award-winning film, ''The Hackney Downs'' (1995). Career After leaving the Royal College of Art he joined Oil Factory, a music video company, making his breakthrough video in 1995 for Radiohead for their song "Just" where a man played by Dorian Lough is lying on the pavement and is confronted by an angry crowd, this video garnered Thraves a lot of attention for its strong narrative structure and use of subtitles, what the man says to make the crowd lie down at the end of the video still continu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Karzis
Constantine Alexander Karzis (born June 8, 1975) is a Canadian film and television actor, voiceover artist, singer, and musician. He was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. Life He played the roles of Bruce in the 1993 film '' I Love a Man in Uniform'', Dante Carfanini in the television series '' Street Legal'', two episodes of the television show '' Friday the 13th: The Series''. As a musician, he writes, sings lead, and plays bass in the Wilco-inspired alternative rock band The Giant Baby. As well, he performs in the extremely popular Beatles tribute group The Rattles, where he inhabits the character of Paul McCartney, which tours extensively. He has as well been an integral member of other musical groups as well, including ThirtyThree, and The New Black whose music is available on iTunes and digital streaming sites. With The New Black, he went on a successful tour of China in '06 Over the past 5 years, Karzis has been painting canvasses of all sizes in both acrylics and ... [...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 fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blu-ray Disc
The Blu-ray Disc (BD), often known simply as Blu-ray, is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released on June 20, 2006 worldwide. It is designed to supersede the DVD format, and capable of storing several hours of high-definition video (HDTV 720p and 1080p). The main application of Blu-ray is as a medium for video material such as feature films and for the physical distribution of video games for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The name "Blu-ray" refers to the blue laser (which is actually a violet laser) used to read the disc, which allows information to be stored at a greater density than is possible with the longer-wavelength red laser used for DVDs. The polycarbonate disc is in diameter and thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Conventional or pre-BD-XL Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual-layer discs (50 GB) being the industry standard for featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as ''The Daily Telegraph & Courier''. Considered a newspaper of record over '' The Times'' in the UK in the years up to 1997, ''The Telegraph'' generally has a reputation for high-quality journalism, and has been described as being "one of the world's great titles". The paper's motto, "Was, is, and will be", appears in the editorial pages and has featured in every edition of the newspaper since 19 April 1858. The paper had a circulation of 363,183 in December 2018, descending further until it withdrew from newspaper circulation audits in 2019, having declined almost 80%, from 1.4 million in 1980.United Newspapers PLC and Fleet Holdings PLC', Monopolies and Mergers Commission (1985), pp. 5–16. Its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marijane Meaker
Marijane Agnes Meaker (May 27, 1927 – November 21, 2022) was an American writer who, along with Tereska Torres, was credited with launching the lesbian pulp fiction genre, the only accessible novels on that theme in the 1950s. Under the name Vin Packer, she wrote mystery and crime novels, including '' Spring Fire''. As Ann Aldrich, she wrote nonfiction books about lesbians, and as M.E. Kerr, she wrote young-adult fiction. As Mary James, she wrote books for younger children. Meaker won multiple awards including the American Library Association's lifetime award for young-adult literature, the ALA Margaret A. Edwards Award. She was described by ''The New York Times Book Review'' as "one of the grand masters of young adult fiction." Meaker's books feature complex characters that have difficult relationships and complicated problems, who rail against conformity. Meaker said of this approach, " I remember being depressed by all the neatly tied-up, happy-ending stories, the abunda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Kiss To Build A Dream On
"A Kiss to Build a Dream On" is a song composed by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II. In 1935, Kalmar and Ruby wrote a song called "Moonlight on the Meadow" for the Marx Brothers film '' A Night at the Opera'' (1935) but the song was not used. Hammerstein later adapted the lyrics to be "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" and it was recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1951. It was also performed by Armstrong as well as by Mickey Rooney with William Demarest, by Sally Forrest, and by Kay Brown (virtually the entire cast performed part or all of the song) in the 1951 film ''The Strip'', and was a sort of recurring theme in the film. The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1951 but lost out to “ In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening”. Other recordings *Another popular recording was made by one of ''The Strip'' film's guest-stars, Monica Lewis, and in early 1952, the version by Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra, with vocalist Johnny Parke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and Singing, vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of jazz. Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an inventive trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. Around 1922, he followed his mentor, King Oliver, Joe "King" Oliver, to Chicago to play in the . In Chicago, he spent time with other popular jazz musicians, reconnecting with his friend Bix Beiderbecke and spending time with Hoagy Carmichael and Lil Hardin Armstrong, Lil Hardin. He earned a reputation at "cutting contests", and his fame reached band leader Fletcher Henderson. Henderson persuaded Armstrong to come to New York City, where he became a featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Pinnock
Arnold Pinnock (born 1967) is a Canadian actor who is perhaps best known for his appearance as Paul Greebie, Casey's guidance counselor, in ''Life with Derek''. Pinnock was born in Birmingham, England. His career began with sketch comedy at Toronto's Second City Mainstage before he moved on to television and film. He created, wrote, starred in and produced the 2022 CBC and BET series '' The Porter'', about the railway sleeping car porters who created North America's first Black labour union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Filmography Film *'' Bless the Child'' (2000) as Alley Officer *''Bait'' (2000) as Convict *'' Apartment Hunting'' (2000) as Dean *''Judgment'' (2001) *'' XChange'' (2011) as Dickerson *'' Down to Earth'' (2001) as Joe Guy *''Judgment'' (2001) as David Sands *'' Exit Wounds'' (2001) as Alan Morris *''Paid In Full'' (2002) as Wiry Man *''Cypher'' (2002) as Pilot In Mensroom *''Against the Ropes'' (2004) as Heavyweight *'' New York Minute'' (2004) as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter MacNeill
Peter MacNeill is a Canadian film and television actor and voice-over artist who has starred in numerous television series and films. His film credits have included '' The Hanging Garden'' (for which MacNeill won a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1997), '' Geraldine's Fortune'', ''Crash'', ''Dog Park'', '' Open Range'', ''A History of Violence'', and '' Regression''. On television, he has had roles in '' Queer as Folk'' (as Carl Horvath), '' Katts and Dog'' (as Sgt. Callahan), '' Traders'' (as Frank Larkin), '' The Eleventh Hour'' (as Warren Donohue), '' PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal'' (as Ray Donahue) ''Call Me Fitz'' (as Ken Fitzpatrick), and ''The'' ''Good Witch'' series (as George O'Hanrahan). He is a two-time Gemini Award winner. Selected filmography Film Television Video Games * '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist'' (2013) as Secretary of Defense Awards and nominations *1994 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Suppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Kydd
Jennifer Kydd (born 1976) is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Paige Bradshaw in the Global series '' Falcon Beach''. Biography Kydd was born in 1976 in St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, grew up in Cole Harbour and later moved to St. Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia, in her early teens. She attended Acadia University, where she majored in the Theatre Program. Kydd currently lives in Toronto.Mini biography at th''Falcon Beach'' Official website/ref> Filmography * '' Cry of the Owl'' (2009) .... Susie Escham (completed) * ''The Dresden Files'' (2 episodes, ''Unaired Pilot: Storm Front'' and ''Storm Front'', 2007-2008) .... Grace Cutler * '' Falcon Beach'' (26 episodes, 2006-2007) .... Paige Bradshaw * ''General Hospital'' (1 episode, 2007) .... Lawyer * '' Falcon Beach'' (2005) ( TV) .... Paige Bradshaw * '' Doc'' (1 episode, ''Nip, Tuck and Die'', 2004) .... Nurse Carla * '' Wild Card'' (1 episode, ''Block Party'', 2004) .... Woman at Party * '' Rush of Fear'' (2003) ( TV) .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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