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Twisted (1997 Film)
''Twisted'' is a 1996 film written and directed by Seth Michael Donsky in his debut. The film, a Don Quixote and Miravista Films production, is a retelling of Charles Dickens' classic 1838 novel '' Oliver Twist,'' set in a New York City contemporary underground populated by drag queens, drug abusers and hustlers. The film was an official selection and debuted in 1997 at the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, and was also screened as an official selection at the Seattle International Film Festival. Donsky's film was made prior to Jacob Tierney's similar film ''Twist'', starring American actor Nick Stahl. Donsky's ''Twisted'' was re-discovered by the Museum of Modern Art in 2013, included in their Charles Dickens bicentenary film series and subsequently accepted into their permanent film collection. Synopsis William Hickey stars as Andre, a lecherous brothel owner who trades in young men. Exploiting his young charges through paternalism and drugs, Andre sets his sights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seth Michael Donsky
Seth Michael Donsky is an American filmmaker, producer/screenwriter and former journalist. Biography As of 2023 Mr. Donsky's feature screenplay ''Stardusk'', about the life of transgender Andy Warhol Superstar Candy Darling is in pre-production with the Oscar-award winning producer Bruce Cohen. He is also adapting Kate Bornstein's ''A Queer and Pleasant Danger'' ( Beacon Press) and Lauren Roedy Vaughn's ''OCD, The Dude and Me'' (Penguin Group) ( Dial Press) for the screen. His feature screenplay ''Grit N' Glitter'', the story of Allan Carr producing ''La Cage aux Folles'' (musical) on Broadway during the HIV/AIDS in the United States was one of five finalists for the Enderby Entertainment Award in the 2018 Austin Film Festival for screenplays with a unique voice and distinct vision. The finalists were selected by Rick Dugdale, Donald Petrie and Daniel Petrie, Jr. of Enderby Entertainment. It also placed in the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting. He holds an MFA in Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Stahl
Nicolas Kent Stahl (born December 5, 1979) is an American actor. Starting out as a child actor, he gained recognition for his performance in the 1993 film '' The Man Without a Face'', co-starring Mel Gibson. He later transitioned into his adult career with roles in the films '' The Thin Red Line'', '' In the Bedroom'', ''Bully'', ''Sin City'', the HBO series ''Carnivàle'', and the film '' Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'', in the role of John Connor. He also starred in the films ''Mirrors 2'', ''Afghan Luke'', ''Away from Here'' and as Jason Riley on '' Fear the Walking Dead''. Early life Stahl was born in Harlingen, Texas, the son of Donna Lynn (née Reed), a brokerage assistant, and William Kent Stahl, a businessman. He was raised in Dallas along with his two sisters by his mother, who struggled to make ends meet. Career His first professional casting was in ''Stranger at My Door'' (1991), although he had been acting in children's plays since he was four years old. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is mainly on the western bank of the Po River, below its Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alpine arch and Superga Hill. The population of the city proper is 847,287 (31 January 2022) while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants. The Turin metropolitan area is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 2.2 million. The city used to be a major European political centre. From 1563, it was the capital of the Duchy of Savoy, then of the Kingdom of Sardinia ruled by the House of Savoy, and the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1865. Turin is sometimes called "the cradle of Italian liberty" for having been the political and intellectual centre of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th Berlin International Film Festival
The 47th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 February 1997. The Golden Bear was awarded to Canadian-American film '' The People vs. Larry Flynt'' directed by Miloš Forman. The retrospective dedicated to Austrian film director G. W. Pabst was shown at the festival. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: * Jack Lang, politician (France) - Jury President * Hark Bohm, actor, director and screenwriter (Germany) * Férid Boughedir, director, screenwriter and producer (Tunisia) * Maggie Cheung, actress and model (Hong Kong) * Fred Gronich, senior executive of the MPAA (United States) * David Hare, director, screenwriter and playwright (United Kingdom) * Per Holst, producer (Denmark) * Boleslaw Michalek, screenwriter and film critic (Poland) * Humberto Solás, director and screenwriter (Cuba) * Marianne Sägebrecht, actress (Germany) * Ning Ying, director (China) Films in competition The following films were i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Byrd
Eugene Byrd (born August 28, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Wink in the film '' 8 Mile'' and Dr. Clark Edison on the FOX series '' Bones''. Early life Byrd was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Greene Street Friends School in 1989 and The Crefeld School in 1993. Career Byrd began acting as a child, appearing as Arthur in the film '' My Little Girl'' in 1986. His subsequent film appearances include ''Dead Man,'' ''Demon Island,'' '' Sleepers,'' '' 8 Mile,'' ''Lift'' and '' Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid.'' He had the lead role in '' Confess,'' for which he won the Break-Out Performance Award at the 2006 Method Fest Independent Film Festival. He also collaborated with longtime friends Will Fuller, Jerry Della Salla and Clay Von Thomas for a film titled ''The Barracks''. Byrd had a guest spot on the Nickelodeon series ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'', playing a teenage prankster named Weeds in the episode "The Tale of the Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Jensen (actor)
Erik Jensen is an American actor, playwright, screenwriter, and director. Early life Jensen was born and raised in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. He graduated from Apple Valley High School in Minnesota in 1988. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from Carnegie Mellon University. Career An actor, writer, and director, Erik Jensen regularly appears on the ABC Network Television series ''For Life'' as ADA Dez O'Reilly. Notably, he appeared as Thurman Munson of the New York Yankees in the ESPN miniseries'' The Bronx Is Burning,'' and as conspiracy talk show host Frank Cody in Mr. Robot, as well as Dr. Stephen Edwards on '' The Walking Dead''. Jensen appeared alongside Aasif Mandvi in the Pulitzer Prize-winning production of Ayad Akhtars' ''Disgraced'' at Lincoln Center. He also appeared as legendary rock critic Lester Bangs in the one-man play ''How to Be a Rock Critic (based on the writings of Lester Bangs)'' which he co-wrote with his wife Jessica Blank. ''How to Be A Rock Cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Franz
Elizabeth Franz (born Betty Jean Frankovich) is an American stage and television actress. Life and career Franz was born Betty Jean Frankovich in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of a factory worker. She won a Tony Award for her role as Linda Loman in the 1999 production of ''Death of a Salesman'', which also earned her nominations for ''Drama Desk'' and Outer Critics Circle awards, and she won Chicago's Joseph Jefferson Award, Boston's Elliot Norton Award, and Los Angeles' Ovation Award for a tour of the same production. In 2004–05, she appeared at the Royal National Theatre in London, in the Sam Shepard play ''Buried Child''. She has starred in numerous ''Off-Broadway'' and regional theater productions, including the American premiere of Frank McGuinness's ''Bird Sanctuary''. She also appeared in '' Long Day's Journey into Night'', ''The Glass Menagerie'', ''The Comedy of Errors'', ''Madwoman of Chaillot'', '' The Lion in Winter'', ''A View from the Bridge'', ''The Matchmak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Aranha
Ray Aranha (May 1, 1939 – October 9, 2011) was an American actor, playwright, and stage director. Career Born in Miami, Florida, Aranha appeared in and written numerous stage productions. In 1974, he won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Playwright for ''My Sister, My Sister''. Aranha also wrote and toured in a one-man show, ''I Am Black'', and later appeared as "Jim Bono" in ''Fences''. In addition to stage work, Aranha appeared in various film and television roles. In 1990, he co-starred in the short-lived ABC series '' Married People''. After the series was canceled in 1991, he appeared in yet another short-lived series '' The Heights'' in 1992. Aranha has since had roles in ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'', ''New York Undercover'', and ''Law & Order'', and has roles in '' Dead Man Walking'' (1995), ''Deconstructing Harry ''Deconstructing Harry'' is a 1997 American black comedy film written, directed by, and co-starring Woody Allen, alongside Caroline Aaron, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Porter (entertainer)
William Ellis Porter II (born September 21, 1969) is an American actor, singer, writer and director. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, and he achieved fame performing on Broadway before starting a solo career as a singer and actor. Porter won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Lola in '' Kinky Boots''. He credits the part for "cracking open" his feminine side to confront toxic masculinity. For the role, Porter also won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. In 2014 Porter won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for ''Kinky Boots''. Porter starred in all three seasons of the television series '' Pose'', for which he was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and won the 2019 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, becoming the first gay black man to be nominated and win in any lead acting category at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Porter (Broadway Performer)
William Ellis Porter II (born September 21, 1969) is an American actor and singer. Porter gained notice performing on Broadway before starting a solo career as a singer and actor. Porter won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Lola in '' Kinky Boots''. He credits the part for "cracking open" his feminine side to confront toxic masculinity. For the role, Porter also won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. In 2014 Porter won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for ''Kinky Boots''. Porter starred in all three seasons of the television series '' Pose'', for which he was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and won the 2019 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, becoming the first gay black man to be nominated and win in any lead acting category at the Primetime Emmys. In 2020, he was included on ''Time''s list of the 100 mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Loup Wolfman
Jean Loup Wolfman (born January 23, 1969) is an American actor, appearing in film, theater, television and commercials. Childhood Jean Loup was born and raised in NYC by his mother Janet Wolfman. He grew up in the downtown scene of 1970 Greenwich Village. Career In the Theater, Jean Loup's first appearance on the NYC stage was as a baby at the ''La Mama'' theater, in the show ''Goldfinger.'' Over his career, he appeared in a number of plays around New York, including Shakespeare's, ''Titus Andronicus,'' later turned into a film by the director ''Julie Taymor'', ''Orestes'' by ''En Garde Arts'', a number of Off Broadway productions of Shakespeare and various musical roles in Summer Stock. On Television, he appeared for part of a season as ''Bruce Dreyfuss'' , on the soap opera, ''As The World Turns'' and appeared in an episode of ''The Cosby Show''. Jean Loup appeared in the film '' Twisted,'' directed by Seth Michael Donsky, which was based on Charles Dickens' book '' Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Norona
David Noroña, usually simplified as David Norona, (born December 14, 1972) is a Cuban American actor and director who has appeared in films including ''Though None Go with Me'', TV series including ''The Mentalist'' and '' Jack Ryan'', and various theatre works. He is co-creator and co-lyricist for ''Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings'' and has directed two short films. Biography David Noroña was born in Hialeah, Florida to Cuban parents Jorge Noroña and Edith Iglesias. He began his acting career at Coral Gables Senior High School in Coral Gables, Florida with roles in ''The Sound of Music'' and ''The Fantasticks''. After receiving his BFA with honors from Carnegie Mellon University, he set off for New York City where he made his Broadway debut in ''Love! Valour! Compassion!''. He has acted in films, like shorts ''Maggie Moore'' and ''Soledad'', and has appeared in many television series, including '' Six Feet Under'',Akass, Kim & McCabe, Janet (2005) ''Reading Six Feet Under: T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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