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Worth (film)
''Worth'' is a 2020 biographical film directed by Sara Colangelo from a screenplay by Max Borenstein and starring Michael Keaton, Amy Ryan, Stanley Tucci, Tate Donovan, Shunori Ramanathan, and Laura Benanti. The film depicts Kenneth Feinberg's handling of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. The picture had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2020 and was exhibited in a limited theatrical release and on Netflix beginning September 3, 2021. Plot The film opens with Kenneth Feinberg detailing the law's recognition of the monetary value of a person's life to his class at Columbia University. Some time later, the September 11 attacks occur. Feinberg is appointed the Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund while his law partner, Camille Biros, is appointed as his administrative deputy. Feinberg develops a rigid formula for each payout based on the victim's income, and is instructed that if he cannot convince at least 80 perce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Colangelo
Sara Colangelo is an American film director and screenwriter known for her films ''Little Accidents'' and '' Worth''. ''Filmmaker Magazine'' named her one of its "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2010. Colangelo graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1997 and Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts in History in 2001. She received her MFA at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Her NYU thesis project, a short film called ''Little Accidents'', premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. It won the Grand Jury Prizes for Narrative Short from the Seattle International Film Festival. A full length somewhat different version of the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014 and received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Screenplay. Colangelo was invited to Sundance Labs' Writing Lab and later to their Directing Lab. Colangelo's remake of an Israeli film, '' The Kindergarten Teacher'', won a directing award in Sundance's dramatic fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biographical Film
A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudrama films and historical drama films in that they attempt to comprehensively tell a single person's life story or at least the most historically important years of their lives. Context Biopic scholars include George F. Custen of the College of Staten Island and Dennis P. Bingham of Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis. Custen, in ''Bio/Pics: How Hollywood Constructed Public History'' (1992), regards the genre as having died with the Hollywood studio era, and in particular, Darryl F. Zanuck. On the other hand, Bingham's 2010 study ''Whose Lives Are They Anyway? The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre'' shows how it perpetuates as a codified genre using many of the same tropes used in the studio era that has followed a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Curtin
Catherine Curtin is an American actress. She is best known for her role as correctional officer Wanda Bell in the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2019). Her other notable recurring roles include '' Insecure'', ''Stranger Things'', and ''Homeland''. Life and career Curtin was born and raised in New York City. She made her Broadway debut in the original production of ''Six Degrees of Separation''. The following years, she appeared in many Off-Broadway productions, including the title role of Janis Joplin in '' Love, Janis'', for which she was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award. On television, Curtin appeared in episodes of ''New York Undercover'', ''Sex and the City'', ''Law & Order'' and ''30 Rock''. In 2013, she was cast in a recurring role as correctional officer Wanda Bell in the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Orange Is the New Black''. Along with cast, she won two Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gayle Rankin
Gayle Rankin is a Scottish actress, best known as Sheila the She-Wolf in the TV series '' GLOW''. She also played the role of Queen Victoria in ''The Greatest Showman'' and Emily Dodson in HBO's ''Perry Mason''. Early life Rankin trained at the Juilliard School in New York City, the first Scot to win a place there. Career In 2012, Rankin made her acting debut in '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''. In 2017, Rankin began appearing on '' Glow'', as Sheila the She-Wolf. It premiered on 23 June 2017, on Netflix. The show was renewed for a third season which premiered on 9 August 2019. In 2017, Rankin appeared in '' The Meyerowitz Stories'', directed by Noah Baumbach. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and was released by Netflix on 13 October 2017. That same year, she appeared in ''The Greatest Showman'' opposite Hugh Jackman and Michelle Williams. In 2018, Rankin appeared in '' Irreplaceable You'', directed by Stephanie Laing, opposite Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Michiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ashcroft
John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American lawyer, lobbyist and former politician who served as the 79th U.S. Attorney General in the George W. Bush administration from 2001 to 2005. A former U.S. Senator from Missouri and the 50th Governor of Missouri, he later founded the Ashcroft Group, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm. Ashcroft previously served as Auditor of Missouri (1973–1975) and Attorney General of Missouri (1977–1985). As Missouri Governor (1985–1993), he was elected for two consecutive terms (a historical first for a Republican candidate in the state). He also served one term as a U.S. Senator from Missouri (1995–2001). Ashcroft had early appointments in Missouri state government and was mentored by John Danforth. He has written several books about politics and ethics. Since 2011 he sits on the board of directors for the private military company Academi (formerly Blackwater) and is a professor at the Regent University School of Law, a cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Slezak
Victor Slezak (born July 30, 1957) is an American stage, television and screen actor who has appeared in numerous films, including ''The Bridges of Madison County'' (1995), ''Beyond Rangoon'' (1995), '' The Devil's Own'' (1997), '' The Siege'' (1998),''The Cat's Meow'' (2001), ''Timequest'' as John F. Kennedy (2002), and '' The Notorious Bettie Page'' (2005). On Broadway, he starred as John F. Kennedy, opposite Margaret Colin, in ''Jackie: An American Life''. He appeared Off-Broadway in 2007, playing the father of the character played by actress Olivia Wilde in ''Beauty on the Vine'' at the Harold Clurman Theatre. Personal life Victor Michael Slezak was born in Youngstown, Ohio. He is married to Leslie Rawlings; they have one child. Slezak is not related to Walter Slezak or Erika Slezak. His surname is of Czech or Polish origin (cz. ''Slezák'', pl. ''Ślęzak'', meaning ''Silesian Silesian as an adjective can mean anything from or related to Silesia. As a noun, it r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Tardio
Chris Tardio is an American actor known for his roles in ''The Sopranos'', ''Ray Donovan ''Ray Donovan'' is an American crime drama television series created by Ann Biderman for Showtime. The twelve-episode first season premiered on June 30, 2013. The pilot episode broke viewership records, becoming the biggest premiere of all ti ...'', ''Daredevil'', and ''Younger''. Tardio is also a writer, producer, and photographer. Filmography Film Television Video games References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American video game actors {{US-tv-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Maron
Marcus David Maron (born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, and musician. In the 1990s and 2000s, Maron was a frequent guest on the '' Late Show with David Letterman'' and has appeared more than forty times on '' Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', more than any other stand-up comedian. He hosted ''Comedy Central's Short Attention Span Theater'' from 1993 to 1994, replacing Jon Stewart. He was also a regular guest on '' Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn'' and hosted the short-lived 2002 American version of the British game show '' Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' on VH1. He was a regular on the left-wing radio network Air America from 2004 to 2009, hosting ''The Marc Maron Show'' and co-hosting ''Morning Sedition'' and '' Breakroom Live''. In September 2009, soon after ''Breakroom Live'' was cancelled Maron began hosting the twice-weekly podcast '' WTF with Marc Maron'', where he interviews comedians, authors, musicians, and celebrities in his ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talia Balsam
Talia Balsam (born March 5, 1959) is an American television and film actress. Early life Balsam was born in New York City on March 5, 1959, to actors Martin Balsam and Joyce Van Patten. Her ancestry is Russian Jewish (father) and Italian, Dutch, and English (mother). She is the niece of actor Dick Van Patten, actress Pat Van Patten and actor and director Tim Van Patten. Her cousin is actress Grace Van Patten. She attended a boarding school in Tucson, Arizona, in her adolescent years. Career Balsam began her career appearing in a recurring role on the ABC sitcom ''Happy Days'' and later appeared in a number of shows, including ''Dallas'', ''Taxi'', ''Hill Street Blues'', ''Family Ties'' and '' Magnum, P.I.''. Balsam also played female leading roles in films '' Crawlspace'' (1986) and ''In the Mood'' (1987). She also appeared in a number of made-for-television movies, including ''Kent State'' (1981), ''Nadia'' (1984), and '' Consenting Adult'' (1985). Balsam continued playing su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidency Of George W
A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified by a single elected person who holds the office of "president", in practice, the presidency includes a much larger collective of people, such as chiefs of staff, advisers and other bureaucrats. Although often led by a single person, presidencies can also be of a collective nature, such as the presidency of the European Union is held on a rotating basis by the various national governments of the member states. Alternatively, the term presidency can also be applied to the governing authority of some churches, and may even refer to the holder of a non-governmental office of president in a corporation, business, charity, university, etc. or the institutional arrangement around them. For example, "the presidency of the Red Cross refused to support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City Fire Department
The New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), is an American department of the government of New York City that provides fire protection services, technical rescue/special operations services, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive/hazardous materials response services and emergency medical response services within the five boroughs of New York City. The New York City Fire Department is the largest municipal fire department in the United States, and the second largest in the world after the Tokyo Fire Department. The FDNY employs approximately 10,951 uniformed firefighting employees, 4,274 uniformed EMS employees, and 2,096 civilian employees. Its regulations are compiled in title 3 of the '' New York City Rules''. The FDNY's motto is "''New York's Bravest"'' for fire, and "''New York's Best"'' for EMS. The FDNY serves more than 8.5 million residents within a 302 square mile area. The FDN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
September 11 Attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners scheduled to travel from the Northeastern United States to California. The hijackers crashed the first two planes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, and the third plane into the Pentagon (the headquarters of the United States military) in Arlington County, Virginia. The fourth plane was intended to hit a federal government building in Washington, D.C., but crashed in a field following a passenger revolt. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people and instigated the war on terror. The first impact was that of American Airlines Flight 11. It was crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan at 8:46 a.m. Seventeen minutes later, at 9:03, the World Trade Centerâ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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