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The Dark Wind (1991 Film)
''The Dark Wind'' is a 1991 American mystery drama film based on ''The Dark Wind'' by Tony Hillerman, one of a series of mysteries set against contemporary Navajo life in the Southwest. It stars Lou Diamond Phillips as Jim Chee and Fred Ward as Joe Leaphorn. Synopsis As Officer Jim Chee (Lou Diamond Phillips) watches a windmill, trying to catch the vandal repeatedly sabotaging it, a small plane crashes nearby. Thus begins a tangled story involving not only the vandalism and the crash, but also murder, drug smuggling, and burglary. Officer Chee is suspected by the FBI when drugs known to have been on the plane are missing. Cast * Lou Diamond Phillips as Officer Jim Chee * Fred Ward as Lt. Joe Leaphorn * John Karlen as Jake West * Gary Farmer as Deputy Cowboy Albert Dashee * Michelle Thrush as Shirley Topaha * Guy Boyd as Agent Johnson * Blake Clark as Ben Gaines * Gary Basaraba as Larry Reception It was directed by Errol Morris Errol Mark Morris (born February 5, 1948) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Errol Morris
Errol Mark Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American film director known for documentaries that interrogate the epistemology of its subjects. In 2003, his documentary film '' The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara'' won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. His film '' The Thin Blue Line'' placed fifth on a ''Sight & Sound'' poll of the greatest documentaries ever made. Morris is known for making films about unusual subjects; '' Fast, Cheap & Out of Control'' interweaves the stories of a wild animal trainer, a topiary gardener, a robot scientist and a naked mole rat specialist. Early life and education Morris was born on February 5, 1948, into a Jewish family in Hewlett, New York. His father died when he was two and he was raised by his mother, a piano teacher. He had one older brother, Noel, who was a computer programmer. After being treated for strabismus in childhood, Morris refused to wear an eye patch. As a consequence, he has li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema is an American film production studio owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and is a film label of Warner Bros. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye as an independent film distribution company; later becoming a film studio after acquired by Turner Broadcasting System in 1994; Turner later merged with Time Warner (later known as WarnerMedia from 2018 to 2022) in 1996, and New Line was merged with Warner Bros. Pictures in 2008. The studio has been nicknamed, "The House that Freddy Built" due to the success of the '' Nightmare on Elm Street'' film series. History New Line Cinema was established in 1967 by the then 27-year-old Robert Shaye as a film distribution company, supplying foreign and art films for college campuses in the United States. Shaye operated New Line's offices out of his apartment at 14th Street and Second Avenue in New York City. One of the company's early successes was its distribution of the 1936 anti-cannabis propaganda film '' Reefer Madness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s Crime Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 '' Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skinwalkers (2002 Film)
''Skinwalkers'' is a 2002 mystery television film based on the novel of the same name by Tony Hillerman, one of his series of mysteries set against contemporary Navajo life in the Southwest. It features an all-Native American cast, with Adam Beach and Wes Studi playing officers Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn. It was produced as part of the PBS ''Mystery!'' series, filmed on the Navajo reservation and directed by Chris Eyre. The film was the highest rated program of 2002 on PBS. It is the first of three television films based on the same series of books, the other two being adaptations of ''A Thief of Time'' and ''Coyote Waits''. It was repackaged in 2016 with the two following films as ''Skinwalkers: The Navajo Mysteries'' on Netflix. Plot Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi), a seasoned cop accustomed to the city ways of Phoenix, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque, has returned to the Navajo reservation. His wife Emma (Sheila Tousey) is recovering from cancer and feels rejuvenated by the landscape a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Basaraba
Gary Basaraba (born March 16, 1959) is a Canadian actor. He appeared as Sergeant Richard Santoro on Steven Bochco's ''Brooklyn South'' and Officer Ray Hechler on the critically acclaimed but short-lived ''Boomtown''. He has worked for Martin Scorsese three times, first in The Last Temptation of Christ and then The Irishman and Killers of the Flower Moon. Career In 1985 he appeared in the film '' One Magic Christmas'' with Mary Steenburgen. In 1987, he appeared in the episodes "Duty and Honor" (3x15) and "Honor Among Thieves" (4x16) of the cult TV series ''Miami Vice''. Basaraba played Heywood Broun, one of the greatest American journalists of the 20th century, in ''Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle'' in 1994, and in 1996 appeared as Alberto in ''Striptease''. He played Sheriff Grady Kilgore in ''Fried Green Tomatoes''. He also played Saint Andrew in '' The Last Temptation of Christ'', and had a role in '' Sweet Dreams''. In 2001 he had the lead role in ''Recipe for Murder'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Clark
Blake Clark (born February 2, 1946) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is best known as Chet Hunter on ''Boy Meets World'' and Harry "The Hardware Store Guy" on ''Home Improvement''. Clark has voiced Slinky Dog in the ''Toy Story'' franchise starting with 2008's '' Toy Story: The Musical'', having inherited the role from his close friend Jim Varney, who died of lung cancer in 2000. Early life Clark was born and raised in Macon, Georgia, on February 2, 1946. He graduated from LaGrange College in 1969 with a degree in the performing arts. Career Clark is a veteran of the Vietnam War, having served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army with the 5th Infantry Division. During his time in the army, Clark was also a member of the 101st Airborne Division known as the "Screaming Eagles." He has been cast in numerous Adam Sandler films including ''The Waterboy'', ''Little Nicky'', ''Mr. Deeds'', '' Eight Crazy Nights'', ''50 First Dates'', ''I Now Pronounce You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Boyd (actor)
Guy Boyd (born April 15, 1943) is an American character actor. Boyd has starred in more than fifty films from the late 1970s to the present. He is probably best known for his role as Detective Jim McLean in ''Body Double'' (1984) and for the pivotal role of Frank Hackman on two episodes of ''Miami Vice''. In 1984, he was honored at the Venice Film Festival with the Golden Lion Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Robert Altman's adaptation of David Rabe's play '' Streamers'' (1983). In recent years Boyd was seen playing Captain Strickland on the science fiction television show ''Black Scorpion''. He played Archbishop Kurtwell (a Catholic prelate accused of child sexual abuse) in the HBO drama ''The Young Pope''. He also starred in ''Past Midnight'' as Guy Canape. Awards *Nominated, 3rd Genie Awards, "Best Performance by a Foreign Actor" for role in film ''Ticket to Heaven'' Filmography * 1977 '' Between the Lines'' as Austin * 1981 ''Ticket to Heaven'' as Eric * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Thrush
Michelle Thrush (born February 6, 1967) is a Canadian actress and First Nations activist for Aboriginal Canadians and the other Indigenous peoples of the Americas. She is best known for her leading role as Gail Stoney in '' Blackstone'', for which she won the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role in 2011,"Cree Actress Michelle Thrush Wins Gemini Award for Rez Drama ‘Blackstone’" . ''Indian Country Today'', September 15, 2011. and her recurring roles as Sylvie LeBret in '''' and Deanna Martin in '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Leaphorn
Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is a fictional character created by the twentieth-century American mystery writer Tony Hillerman; he is one of two officers of the Navajo Tribal Police who are featured in a number of Hillerman's novels. The other officer is Jim Chee. Profile Personal life and education Joe Leaphorn's mother was Anna Gorman. His maternal grandfather was named Hosteen Klee Thlumie, called Hosteen Klee by young Leaphorn. As a child, Leaphorn was told the stories of the Navajo way of life ('' Listening Woman'') by Thlumie. He was educated in the lower grades near home on the reservation, but sent to boarding school for the higher grades. He attended college at Arizona State University, where he completed a master's degree in anthropology, writing a thesis paper ('' Dance Hall of the Dead''). In addition to anthropology, he has a lifelong interest in the many religions of American Indians and peoples of the world. In the earlier books of the series, Leaphorn is married to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Chee
Jim Chee is one of two Navajo Tribal Police detectives in a series of mystery novels by Tony Hillerman. Unlike his superior Joe Leaphorn, the "Legendary Lieutenant", Chee is a staunch believer in traditional Navajo culture; indeed, he is studying to be a traditional healer at the same time that he is a police officer. Profile Personal life Jim Chee is an acting sergeant in the Navajo Tribal Police when he first appears in '' People of Darkness'', working in the Crownpoint, New Mexico, office. He has two older sisters. His mother and his mother's brother (his little father) and her two sisters (his little mothers) are still alive and also part of his life. His uncle, Hosteen Frank Sam Nakai, is frequently helpful to Chee, whose advice runs through Chee's mind, and whose tapes of the words for various Navajo rituals aid Chee in memorizing them. From childhood on, Chee is remarked for his excellent memory, detailed and exact. Chee's education is similar to that of Lt. Leaphorn, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (film And Television)
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Film
A mystery film is a genre of film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction. The plot often centers on the deductive ability, prowess, confidence, or diligence of the detective as he attempts to unravel the crime or situation by piecing together clues and circumstances, seeking evidence, interrogating witnesses, and tracking down a criminal. Suspense is often maintained as an important plot element. This can be done through the use of the soundtrack, camera angles, heavy shadows, and surprising plot twists. Alfred Hitchcock used all of these techniques, but would sometimes allow the audience in on a pending threat then draw out the moment for dramatic effect. This genre has ranged from early mystery tales, fictional or literary detective stories, to classic Hitchcockian suspe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
