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Hardbodies
''Hardbodies'' is a 1984 American sex comedy film about three middle-aged men who hire a younger man to help them pick up women at the beach. The film was directed by Mark Griffiths, and stars Grant Cramer, Courtney Gains and Gary Wood. It was followed by a 1986 sequel entitled ''Hardbodies 2''. Plot Scotty, a con man who does whatever he can to get along, is evicted from his apartment for non-payment of rent. He soon finds three older divorced men who have a lot of money, however they do not have a trait that Scotty possesses: talent with women. They agree to let Scotty stay with them at their beach house (and pay him $600 a month), if he returns the favor by teaching them how to pick up women. Scotty shows them how to "dialogue" women by giving them a dose of the old BBD (Bigger and Better Deal). Along this journey, Scotty loses his playboy ways and falls in love with acquaintance Kristi. Kristi, knowing Scotty's playboy past, puts up with his ups and downs early on in the mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardbodies 2
''Hardbodies 2'' is a 1986 adult comedy movie sequel to the 1984 film '' Hardbodies''. It was directed by Mark Griffiths and featured Brad Zutaut, Fabiana Udenio, James Karen and Alba Francesca. The plot involves two men, Scotty and Rags, and pair of film crews in Greece, assuming the identities of students taking part in Semester at Sea, and derives humor from the use of profanity and nudity. The movie was released by CineTel Films and it has a run time of 88 minutes. Leonard Maltin gave the film a "bomb" rating. The film features the Epirotiki Lines cruise ships '' Apollon XI'' and MTS ''Oceanos'' (the setting of Semester at Sea), which ran aground in 1989 due to Typhoon Dan and sank in 1991 due to uncontrolled flooding, respectively. In Australia, the unrelated ''Miracle Beach'' was sold under the title ''Miracle Beach: Hard Bodies II'', even though ''Hardbodies 2'' had been released in the country in 1987. Cast *Brad Zutaut as Scotty Palmer * Fabiana Udenio as Cleo/Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pia Maiocco
Vixen is an American rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1980. During its most commercially successful period from 1987 to 1992, the band consisted of Jan Kuehnemund (lead guitar), Janet Gardner (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Share Ross (bass guitar), and Roxy Petrucci (drums). The band's eponymous first album was released in 1988, and reached No. 41 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Their second album ''Rev It Up'' was released in 1990, and reached No. 52 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Their third album ''Tangerine'' was released in 1998. Their fourth album ''Live & Learn'' was released in 2006. Part of the Los Angeles, California, glam metal scene, the band has been described as "the female Bon Jovi." Several singles released by the band from 1988 to 1990 reached the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, including the Top 40 singles "Edge of a Broken Heart" at No. 26, and "Cryin'" at No. 22. While the band originally disbanded in 1992, it reformed from 1997 to 1998 by Gardner and Petru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Cramer
Grant Cramer (born November 10, 1961) is an American actor and producer who has starred in films and on television. He is the son of actress Terry Moore and Stuart Warren Cramer III, and a great-grandson of engineer and inventor Stuart W. Cramer. Cramer's first feature film role was in 1980, when he starred in the horror film '' New Year's Evil''. His first big role came in the 1984 cult comedy film ''Hardbodies'', in which he played Scotty Palmer. His other big film was the 1988 cult classic ''Killer Klowns from Outer Space''. Other film roles include appearances in '' Mach 2'' (2001) and ''Follow the Prophet'' (2009). Cramer's first television role was in the 1982 made-for-television movie ''Desperate Lives'' as a teen drug user. He starred in the soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' as the psychotic stalker Shawn Garrett from 1985-1986. He later returned to the soap in 1996 to play Adam Hunter, a love interest for Ashley Abbott. Cramer has made guest appearances on ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberta Collins
Roberta Collins (born Roberta Lee Hefley, November 17, 1944 – August 16, 2008) was a film and television actress who was known for her attractive physique, blonde, curly hair, and Marilyn Monroe appearance. She starred in many exploitation films, including the prostitute Clara in Tobe Hooper's '' Eaten Alive'' and Matilda the Hun in the science-fiction film ''Death Race 2000''. Jack Hill, who directed her in ''The Big Doll House'', said of her, "I think she could have had a great career, but she couldn't get her personal life together ... she would be fantastic one day, do everything right, and then she would be out until 4 am partying and the next day she would be useless." Career Collins was born Roberta Lee Hefley in 1944. She was married to Gunther Collins from 1966 to 1970 and took his surname. The couple had one child, a son named Michael. She won numerous beauty contests growing up, and was signed to a contract with a studio almost immediately after graduation from hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Kinmont
Kathleen Kinmont (born Kathleen Kinmont Smith) is an American actress who starred in film and on television. Kinmont is best known for starring in horror films. Early years Kinmont is the daughter of Jack Smith. Career Her first feature film role was in the comedy ''Hardbodies'' (1984 in film, 1984). Her best-known roles include the horror film ''Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers'' (1988 in film, 1988) as Kelly Meeker and in ''Bride of Re-Animator'' as the title character. She played the title role in ''CIA Code Name: Alexa'', which she reprised in the sequel ''CIA II: Target Alexa''. She later appeared in ''Lime Salted Love'' (2005 in film, 2005). She starred on television series such as ''Santa Barbara (TV series), Santa Barbara'' as Marilyn Cassidy in 1992. Her big role was in the Television syndication, syndicated television series ''Renegade (TV series), Renegade'' as Cheyenne Phillips (1992 - 1996). She was reportedly dropped from the series in 1996 when she made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney Gains
Courtney Gains (born August 22, 1965) is an American character actor best known for his portrayal of Malachai in the 1984 horror movie ''Children of the Corn''. Career Gains achieved success during the 1980s with a variety of roles in films such as ''Children of the Corn'', '' Hardbodies'', ''Lust in the Dust'', ''Back to the Future'', ''Can't Buy Me Love'', '' Secret Admirer'', ''Colors'', ''The 'Burbs'', and '' Memphis Belle''. Later films include ''Sweet Home Alabama'', '' Dorm Daze'' (which he also executive-produced), ''Desolation Canyon'', and a cameo in Rob Zombie's ''Halloween'' remake. In addition to his film work, Gains appeared in the video game '' Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger'' and guest-starred on episodes of various television series, including ''Seinfeld'', ''Monk'', '' In the Heat of the Night'', '' ER'', '' JAG'', ''Nash Bridges'', '' Diagnosis: Murder'', ''Charmed'', ''Alias'' and ''My Name is Earl''. Gains has also worked as an acting coach. Gains w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Richmond (cinematographer)
Thomas Richmond (January 18, 1950 – July 29, 2022) was an American cinematographer who worked in the film industry since the mid-1980s. His first major feature film as cinematographer was ''Stand and Deliver'' (1988), and by the time he shot for ''A Midnight Clear'' (1992), he had settled into working with different directors with ease. Richmond described his experience, "All my films look different because they're not my visions; they're my reflections of the directors' visions." In 1998, he said he was most proud of his work on '' Little Odessa'' (1994), for which he was nominated an Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography. For ''Right at Your Door'' (2006), he won the Excellence in Cinematography Award (Dramatic) at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Richmond earned an undergraduate degree in photography at Harvard University and then went to graduate film school at UCLA. He also went to the American Film Institute's AFI Conservatory and graduated in 1979. He became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darcy DeMoss
Darcy L. DeMoss (born August 19, 1963) is an American film and television actress whose credits include '' Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives'', ''Eden'', ''Erotic Confessions'', ''Pale Blood'', '' Stickfighter'' and ''Vice Academy 3''. She played Patty in ''Can't Buy Me Love "Can't Buy Me Love" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released in March 1964 as the A-side of their sixth single. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The song was included ...''. She also appeared in several Ron Harris aerobics productions during the late 1970s and early 1980s. These short productions were seen on HBO, Showtime, and NBC late-night. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1963 births Living people American film actresses American television actresses Actresses from Los Angeles 21st-century American women {{US-screen-actor-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Gardner
Janet Patricia Gardner (born March 21, 1962 an American rock singer. She is best known as the former lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the all-female glam metal band Vixen joining in 1983. She was the band's longest serving vocalist having performed on three of the band's four studio albums. When Vixen broke up in 1992 she took a hiatus from singing to pursue personal endeavors. She briefly unofficially reformed Vixen in 1997 with drummer Roxy Petrucci. She returned to Vixen in 2001, later studying to become a dental hygienist. In 2004 she took part in a Vixen reunion for a one-night-only gig as part of VH1's ''Bands Reunited'' TV show. She returned to Vixen full-time in 2012. In 2017, she released her self-titled debut solo album and in 2019 decided to leave Vixen to focus on family and her solo career indefinitely. Early life Gardner was born in Juneau, Alaska, and her birthday is listed as March 21, 1962. Her father, Rulon B. Gardner was a civil engineer who worked for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Kuehnemund
Janice Lynn Kuehnemund (; November 18, 1953 – October 10, 2013) was an American lead guitarist who founded the all-female hard rock/glam metal band Vixen. Life and career Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Kuehnemund formed an all-female band known as Genesis in St. Paul in 1971, initially as a quintet under the name Lemon Pepper. Her father Carl served as a roadie during her band's earliest days. Genesis was later renamed Vixen to prevent confusion with the same-named English band before breaking up in 1974. A bandmate of hers during that year was Nancy Shanks. After a six-year hiatus she reformed Vixen and shortly moved her band to Los Angeles in 1981, and, in 1983, singer Janet Gardner joined her. The band gained notice by appearing in the 1984 teen film '' Hardbodies'' under the on-screen name Diaper Rash. They were also a quintet at the time. She eventually added Roxy Petrucci on drums and fellow Minnesotan Share Ross, then known as Share Pedersen, on bass, the lineup that sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Sony. On June 19, 1918, brothers Jack and Harry Cohn and their business partner Joe Brandt founded Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation, which would eventually become Columbia Pictures. It adopted the Columbia Pictures name on January 10, 1924 (operating as Columbia Pictures Corporation until December 23, 1968) went public two years later and eventually began to use the image of Columbia, the female personification of the United States, as its logo. In its early years, Columbia was a minor player in Hollywood, but began to grow in the late 1920s, spurred by a successful association with director Frank Capra. With Capra and others such as the most successful two reel comedy series The Three Stooges, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999. The site provides an excerpt from each review and hyperlinks to its source. A color of green, yellow or red summarizes the critics' recommendations. It is regarded as the foremost online review aggregation site for the video game industry. Metacritic's scoring converts each review into a percentage, either mathematically from the mark given, or what the site decides subjectively from a qualitative review. Before being averaged, the scores are weighted according to a critic's popularity, stature, and volume of reviews. The website won two Webby Awards for excellence as an aggregation website. Criticism of the site has focused on the assessment system, the assignment of scores to reviews that do not in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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