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The Tenants (2005 Film)
''The Tenants'' is a 2005 film drama directed by Danny Green and starring Dylan McDermott and Snoop Dogg. It is based on the 1971 novel ''The Tenants (novel), The Tenants'' by Bernard Malamud. Premise In an abandoned tenement, a militant African-American writer and a Jewish novelist develop a friendship while struggling to complete their novels before the landlord forceably evicts them, but interpersonal tensions rise between the tenants and escalate into violence. Cast *Dylan McDermott as Harry Lesser *Snoop Dogg as Willie Spearmint *Rose Byrne as Irene Bell *Seymour Cassel as Levenspiel *Niki J. Crawford as Mary Kettlesmith *Aldis Hodge as Sam Clemence *Gene Gilbert as Mr. Ross *Linda Lawson (actress), Linda Lawson as Anna References External links * * * Box Office Information 2005 films 2005 drama films Films based on American novels Nu Image films 2000s English-language films American drama films 2000s American films {{2000s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Diamond (screenwriter)
David Diamond is an American screenwriter. He frequently collaborates with David Weissman. Early life Diamond was born on April 19, 1965, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Diamond and Weissman met in high school, at Akiba Hebrew Academy (now Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy). They graduated in 1983. Career The duo sold their first spec script, ''The Whiz Kid'', to 20th Century Fox in 1994. Their first produced project came in 2000, ''The Family Man'' starring Nicolas Cage and Tea Leoni. Cage's production company, Saturn Films, helped produce the film. ''The Family Man'' opened at #3 at the North American box office making $15.1 million in its opening weekend, behind ''What Women Want'' and ''Cast Away'', which opened at the top spot. Diamond and Weissman next wrote the sci-fi comedy ''Evolution'', helmed by Ivan Reitman. ''Evolution'' was based on a story by Don Jakoby, who turned it into a screenplay along with Diamond and Weissman. The film was originally written as a serious horror ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud (April 26, 1914 – March 18, 1986) was an American novelist and short story writer. Along with Saul Bellow, Joseph Heller, and Philip Roth, he was one of the best known American Jewish authors of the 20th century. His baseball novel, ''The Natural'', was adapted into a 1984 film starring Robert Redford. His 1966 novel '' The Fixer'' (also filmed), about antisemitism in the Russian Empire, won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Biography Bernard Malamud was born in 1914 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Bertha (née Fidelman) and Max Malamud, Russian Jewish immigrants. A brother, Eugene, born in 1917, suffered from mental illness, lived a hard and lonely life and died in his fifties. Malamud entered adolescence at the start of the Great Depression. From 1928 to 1932, Bernard attended Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. During his youth, he saw many films and enjoyed relating their plots to his school friends. He was especially fond of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper. His fame dates back to 1992 when he featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, "Deep Cover", and then on Dre's debut solo album, ''The Chronic''. Broadus has since sold over 23 million albums in the United States and 35 million albums worldwide. His accolades include an American Music Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and 17 nominations at the Grammy Awards. Broadus' debut solo album, ''Doggystyle,'' produced by Dr. Dre, was released by Death Row Records in November 1993, and debuted at number one on the popular albums chart, the ''Billboard'' 200, and on '' Billboard''s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Selling 800,000 copies in its first week, ''Doggystyle'' was certified quadruple-platinum in 1994 and featured the singles " What's My Name?" and "Gin and Juice". In 1994, Death Row Records released a soundtrack, by Broad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan McDermott
Dylan McDermott (born Mark Anthony McDermott; October 26, 1961) is an American actor. He is known for his role as lawyer and law firm head Bobby Donnell on the legal drama series ''The Practice'', which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. McDermott is also known for his roles in four seasons (first, second, eighth and ninth) of the FX horror anthology series ''American Horror Story'', subtitled '' Murder House'', ''Asylum'', '' Apocalypse'', and ''1984'' portraying Ben Harmon, Johnny Morgan and Bruce, respectively. He also starred as narcotics crime lord Richard Wheatley on the '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' spinoff '' Law & Order: Organized Crime''; Lt. Carter Shaw on the TNT series '' Dark Blue''; in two short-lived CBS dramas, ''Hostages'' and '' Stalker''; and in the 1994 remake of the film ''Miracle on 34th St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Byrne
Mary Rose Byrne (born 24 July 1979) is an Australian actress. She made her screen debut in the film ''Dallas Doll'' (1994), and continued to act in Australian film and television throughout the 1990s. She obtained her first leading film role in ''The Goddess of 1967'' (2000), which brought her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, and made the transition to Hollywood in the small role of Dormé in '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' (2002), followed by larger parts in ''Troy'' (2004), '' 28 Weeks Later'' (2007), and '' Knowing'' (2009). Byrne appeared as Ellen Parsons in the legal thriller series ''Damages'' (2007–2012), which earned her two Golden Globe Awards nominations and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. ''Get Him to the Greek'' (2010) and ''Bridesmaids'' (2011) established her as a comedic actress, in addition to the dramas and thrillers in which she continues to appear. She has since starred in a number of commercially successful comedies and dramas, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millennium Films
A millennium (plural millennia or millenniums) is a period of one thousand years, sometimes called a kiloannum (ka), or kiloyear (ky). Normally, the word is used specifically for periods of a thousand years that begin at the starting point (initial reference point) of the calendar in consideration (typically the year "1") and at later years that are whole number multiples of a thousand years after the start point. The term can also refer to an interval of time beginning on any date. Millennia sometimes have religious or theological implications (see millenarianism). The word ''millennium'' derives from the Latin ', thousand, and ', year. Debate over millennium celebrations There was a public debate leading up to the celebrations of the year 2000 as to whether the beginning of that year should be understood as the beginning of the “new” millennium. Historically, there has been debate around the turn of previous decades, centuries, and millennia. The issue arises from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tenants (novel)
''The Tenants'' is the sixth novel of Bernard Malamud, published in 1971 in literature, 1971. Background Malamud began the initial composition of the novel in 1969 and completed it in 1971. Its plot concerns a rivalry between two writers—one of them a Jew and the other an African-American— who are the last two persons remaining in a soon to be condemned apartment building. Before Malamud began writing this novel, he'd already "published two short stories treating relationships between blacks and Jews": "Angel Levine" (1955) and "Black Is My Favorite Color" (1963). And in at least one other story, "The Mourners" (1955), he had examined the fraught relationship between a tenant and a landlord. After he'd completed the novel, Malamud himself described ''The Tenants'' as a "tight, tense book, closer to the quality of short fiction."Davis, Philip. "Bernard Malamud: A Writer's Life." Oxford University Press,, 2007. . p 272 When Malamud was asked, during an interview, what "set off" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seymour Cassel
Seymour Joseph Cassel (January 22, 1935 – April 7, 2019) was an American actor who appeared in over 200 movies and television shows, and had a career that spanned over 50 years. Cassel first came to prominence in the 1960s in the pioneering independent films of writer/director John Cassavetes. The first of these was ''Too Late Blues'' (1961), followed by ''Faces (1968 film), Faces'' (1968), for which he was nominated for an Academy Awards, Academy Award and won a National Society of Film Critics, National Society of Film Critics Award. Cassel went on to appear in Cassavetes' ''Minnie and Moskowitz'' (1971), ''The Killing of a Chinese Bookie'' (1976), ''Opening Night (1977 film), Opening Night'' (1977), and ''Love Streams (film), Love Streams'' (1984). He also appeared in other notable films, including: ''Coogan's Bluff (film), Coogan's Bluff'' (1968), ''The Last Tycoon (1976 film), The Last Tycoon'' (1976), ''Valentino (1977 film), Valentino'' (1977), ''Convoy (1978 film), Convo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldis Hodge
Aldis Alexander Basil Hodge (born September 20, 1986) is an American actor. Among his significant roles, he played Alec Hardison in the TNT series ''Leverage'', MC Ren in the 2015 biopic ''Straight Outta Compton'', Levi Jackson in the 2016 film ''Hidden Figures'', Noah in the WGN America series ''Underground'', Matthew in '' Girlfriends'' and Jim Brown in the 2020 film '' One Night in Miami...''. He portrays Carter Hall / Hawkman in the DC Extended Universe, starting with ''Black Adam'' (2022). Life and career Hodge was born on September 20, 1986, in Onslow County, North Carolina. Both of his parents, Aldis Basil Hodge and Yolette Evangeline Richardson, served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Hodge's mother is from Florida, while his father is originally from Dominica. Aldis is the younger brother of actor Edwin Hodge. Hodge played both the clarinet and the violin as a child, but as an adult, his focus is on the violin; he purchased his first at the age of 18. In addition to acting, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Lawson (actress)
Linda Lawson ( Linda Gloria Spaziani; January 14, 1936 – May 18, 2022) was an American actress and singer. Biography Her 50-year acting career began in 1955 with a short film for the U.S. government. On May 5, 1955, Lawson was dubbed "Miss Cue" in reference to a series of nuclear tests conducted by the US military under "Operation Teapot," and publicized as "Operation Cue" in a short film distributed by the US Federal Civil Defense Administration. She appeared in several television series, including ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents''; ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour''; ''Maverick'' starring James Garner, as Clint Eastwood's "other woman" in the episode " Duel at Sundown"; James Michener's '' Adventures in Paradise'', as recurring character "Renee" in six episodes; ''Don't Call Me Charlie!'', in which she portrayed "Pat Perry" for eighteen episodes; ''Ben Casey'', seen as "Laura Fremont" for nine episodes; '' Saved by the Bell: The New Class''; ''M Squad''; ''Overland Trail'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Films
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy stated on his website, "Despite films like “Crash,” which deals with racism in contemporary America, and geopolitical exposes like ''Syriana'' and ''Munich'', the 2005 movie year may go down in film history as the year of sexual diversity." He went on to emphasize, "It's hard to recall a year in which sex, sexuality, and gender have featured so prominently in American films, both mainstream Hollywood and independent cinema. I am deliberately using the concepts of sexual diversity and sexual orientation, rather than gay-themed movies, because the rather new phenomenon goes beyond homosexuality or lesbianism. For decades, American culture has been both puritanical and hypocritical as far as sexual matters are con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Drama Films
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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