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Wendy Partridge
Wendy Partridge is a British-born Canada-based costume designer in film and television. Partridge was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special for her work on the 2006 two-part AMC series ''Broken Trail''. She won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Costume Design for the 2014 film ''Pompeii'' and Genie Awards for Best Costume Design for '' Passchendaele'' (2008) and '' Loyalties'' (1986). She was nominated three times in one year at the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards for '' Resident Evil: Retribution'', '' Silent Hill: Revelation'', and ''Hannah's Law''. Marvel Cinematic Universe film '' Thor: The Dark World'' and Guillermo del Toro's ''Hellboy'' have earned her Saturn Award nominations. Partridge got her first dressmaking job at 14 years old whilst still in England. She moved to Edmonton in the 1970s and to Calgary in 1986. She designed the costumes for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1988 Winter Olympics. She also des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Costumes For A Miniseries, Movie, Or Special
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special is a retired award that was presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. Until 1999, the category was divided to award costume designers and costume supervisors separately. In 2015, this category and Outstanding Costumes for a Series were rearranged as Outstanding Costumes for a Period/Fantasy Series, Limited Series, or Movie and Outstanding Costumes for a Contemporary Series, Limited Series, or Movie. Winners and nominations 1960s Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Visual Arts 1970s Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Special 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Notes References External links The Emmy Awards ''Information Please Database'', Pearson PLC Pearson plc is a British multinational corporation, multinational publishing and education company headquartered in London, England. It was founded as a constr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Calgary is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in the transitional area between the Rocky Mountain Foothills and the Canadian Prairies, about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, roughly south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The city anchors the south end of the Statistics Canada-defined urban area, the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Calgary's economy includes activity in the energy, financial services, film and television, transportation and logistics, technology, manufacturing, aerospace, health and wellness, retail, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Town (1987 Film)
''The Big Town'' is a 1987 American drama neo-noir thriller film about a young man who comes to the big city to work as a professional gambler, in the process becoming romantically involved with two women—one of whom is already married. The film was directed by Ben Bolt and Harold Becker (uncredited) and it stars Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, and Tommy Lee Jones. Plot In 1957, J. C. Cullen is a small-town crapshooter who heads to Chicago, Illinois, to seek his fortune. There he becomes the pawn of two high-rolling professional gamblers, Mr. and Mrs. Edwards. He later gets mixed-up in a revenge scheme cooked up by Lorry Dane, the embittered stripper wife of strip-joint owner George Cole. Before he knows what's happened, Cullen is embroiled in two torrid romances: one with Dane and the other with nice girl Aggie Donaldson. He also nearly loses his life by ending up in the middle of a deadly feud between Edwards, Cole, and Phil Carpenter, the man Mr. Edwards accuses of causing him to los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Another Star
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Littlefeathers
''Isaac Littlefeathers'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Les Rose and released in 1984."Reviews: Les Rose's Isaac Littlefeathers". ''Cinema Canada'', February 1985. The film stars William Korbut as the titular Isaac Littlefeathers, a young Métis boy in Edmonton who is struggling to establish his identity, having been raised by Jewish shopkeeper Abe Kapp (Lou Jacobi) ever since being abandoned by his parents (Scott Hylands and Michelle Thrush) in childhood. The film had been in development since 1976, but Rose was unable to secure funding for the film until CBC Television committed to broadcast it in 1985 as part of its expanded program of independent production. The film had a brief theatrical run in 1984 in advance of its television premiere. The film received five Genie Award nominations at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985, for Best Cinematography ( Ed Higginson), Best Costume Design (Wendy Partridge), Best Overall Sound (David Appleby, Christopher Tate, Don White and Garre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Running Brave
''Running Brave'' is a Canadian biographical sports drama film released in 1983 based on the story of Billy Mills, a member or the Oglala Sioux tribe located in South Dakota. Mills was born on the reservation, and later attended the University of Kansas where he was recruited by the Olympic running team and won the gold medal in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for the 10,000 meter race. In one of the great upsets in sports history, Mills sprinted from third place for the win. Mills is still the only American in history to win the Olympic 10,000 meter run. Robby Benson portrays Mills. Pat Hingle and a young Graham Greene also star. Production The film was directed by Donald Shebib, ultimately crediting himself with "D.S. Everett" due to an editing dispute. Billy Mills was actively involved in the making of this film. Reception The film is renowned for its accurate and sensitive depiction of Native culture. Cast Per Turner Classic Movies. *Robby Benson as Billy Mills *Pat Hingle as Coach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latitude 55°
''Latitude 55°'' is a 1982 Canadian drama film, drama/adventure film. Plot Wanda Woodsworth (Andrée Pelletier), a field worker for the Department of Culture, is on her way home to the city after a winter assignment in the northern Alberta, northern part of Alberta. Her car breaks down on the deserted highway and as the weather worsens she finds herself stranded in the middle of a blizzard. Her initial calm gives way to anxiety and eventually to panic as she desperately tries to stay awake and alive. At the height of the blizzard, Wanda is rescued by a local potato farmer, Joseph Przysiezny (August Schellenberg), who carries her to a dilapidated shack nearby. For two days and two nights, while waiting for the blizzard to pass, two people stalk each other restlessly, inexorably, with humour and passion, in a painfully revealing series of confrontations that runs the gamut from mistrust and terror to physical intimacy and almost religious ecstasy. Recognition * 1983 ** Genie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firebird 2015 AD
''Firebird 2015 AD'' is a 1981 Canadian science fiction film directed by David M. Robertson and starring Darren McGavin and Doug McClure. Plot In the year 2015, the US government outlaws the distribution of gasoline to the public, reserving it only for the politicians, the Military and law enforcement. While it is implied this is due to a fuel shortage, later dialogue rebuffs this stating that gasoline is in abundance. Civilians are also banned from owning or using any form of motor vehicle, and those that do are referred to as Burners, and it is shown that this is a form of rebellion. Burners are monitored and dealt with harshly by the DVC; The Department of Vehicle Control. Red, a middle aged Burner drives a 1980 Pontiac Turbo Trans Am. His teenage son Cameron (Robert Wisden) however isn't much of a car enthusiast and always raises the issue of how Red is breaking the law. Meanwhile, another Burner is planning on chauffeuring a senator to a conference where he intends to make ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The High Country
''The High Country'' is a 1981 Canadian adventure film directed by Harvey Hart and starring Timothy Bottoms and Linda Purl. Plot A city man on the run from the law is guided through mountainous country by a rural woman with a learning disability. Despite their different backgrounds, they come to respect and love each other as her family and the police close in. Cast * Timothy Bottoms as Jim * Linda Purl as Kathy * George Sims as Larry * James Coleman as Casey * Bill Berry as Carter * Walter Mills as Clem * Paul Coeur as Squeaky References External links * 1980s adventure films Canadian adventure films English-language Canadian films Films directed by Harvey Hart Crown International Pictures films 1980s English-language films 1980s Canadian films {{adventure-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hounds Of Notre Dame
''The Hounds of Notre Dame'' is a 1980 Canadian drama film directed by Zale Dalen. Plot ''The Hounds of Notre Dame'' is about 36 hours in the life of Père Athol Murray, a hard-drinking, chain-smoking Catholic priest, teacher, political activist and coach of the school hockey team, The Hounds. Peacocke gives a powerful performance as Murray, who defies his superior and gives anti-CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) speeches in 1940s Saskatchewan. The film received outstanding reviews and Peacocke won a Genie Award for best actor, but it received only limited distribution and came to symbolize the problems inherent in producing quality Canadian features. Reception * The film earned 9 Genie Award nominations in 1981 in the categories of: ** Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Thomas Peacocke (won) ** Best Achievement in Direction ** Best Achievement in Editing ** Best Achievement in Overall Sound ** Best Achievement in Sound Editing ** Best Motion Picture * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Company (1979 Film)
''Fast Company'' is a 1979 Canadian action film directed by David Cronenberg and starring William Smith, John Saxon, Claudia Jennings and Nicholas Campbell. It was written by Phil Savath, Courtney Smith, Alan Treen and Cronenberg. It was primarily filmed at Edmonton International Speedway, in addition to other locations in Edmonton, Alberta, and Western Canada. Plot At a racetrack, aging drag racing star Lonnie "Lucky Man" Johnson makes engine refinements to his car, which is sponsored by the international oil company Fast Company (FastCo). On its first test run it blows up, but Lonnie escapes unhurt. FastCo team boss Phil Adamson is not impressed, telling the head mechanic, Elder, that the team can't afford to win if it breaks the budget. In the "Funny Car class", Lonnie's protégé Billy "The Kid" Brooker gives top dog Gary "The Blacksmith" Black a close run. At the Big Sky meet, Adamson takes a backhander from the organizer. He says that the fans come to see Lonnie, so while th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War and succeeded in preserving the Union, abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy. Lincoln was born into poverty in a log cabin in Kentucky and was raised on the frontier, primarily in Indiana. He was self-educated and became a lawyer, Whig Party leader, Illinois state legislator, and U.S. Congressman from Illinois. In 1849, he returned to his successful law practice in central Illinois. In 1854, he was angered by the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which opened the territories to slavery, and he re-entered politics. He soon became a leader of the new Republican Party. He reached a national audience in the 1858 Senate campaign debates against Stephen A. Douglas. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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