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Baby It's You (film)
''Baby It's You'' is a 1983 American romantic comedy drama film written and directed by John Sayles. It stars Rosanna Arquette and Vincent Spano. Plot In Trenton, New Jersey in 1966, two high school students start a relationship. Upper-middle-class Jewish girl Jill Rosen, who is bound for Sarah Lawrence College, meets a blue collar Italian boy nicknamed the Sheik, who aspires to follow in Frank Sinatra's footsteps. Jill, who is successful in high school acting productions, rebuffs Sheik's sexual advances. He has a one-night stand with Jody, a sexually active friend of Jill's; Jody subsequently makes a half-hearted suicide attempt. Sheik is expelled from school. After an attempted robbery and subsequent pursuit by local police, he drives to Miami, Florida. Jill leaves for her first year at Sarah Lawrence in the fall of 1967, where she becomes friends with Leslie. Leslie introduces her to her boyfriend's buddy, Steve, and the two couples occasionally double date. Jill visits S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sayles
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. He is known for writing and directing the films '' The Brother from Another Planet'' (1984), '' Matewan'' (1987), '' Eight Men Out'' (1988), '' Passion Fish'' (1992), '' The Secret of Roan Inish'' (1994), '' Lone Star'' (1996), and '' Men with Guns'' (1997). For ''Eight Men Out'', Sayles was nominated for the USC Scripter Award. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, for ''Passion Fish'' and ''Lone Star''. At the 56th Golden Globe Awards, ''Men with Guns'' was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His directorial debut, '' Return of the Secaucus 7'' (1980), as well as ''Matewan'' were added to the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1997 and 2023, respectively. Early life Sayles was born on September 28, 1950, in Schenectady, New York, the son of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Break
Spring break is a vacation period at universities and schools that includes the Easter holiday, and takes place in early Northern Hemisphere spring. Introduced in the U.S. during the 1930s, spring break has been observed in Europe since the late 19th century, and is observed in many other countries. Spring break is associated with riotous partying at warm-weather locations. According to ''CBS'', spring break's origins vary across the world, but many countries placed a relatively short school break near Easter, around March or April. According to ''Bustle'', college students in the US have "almost always" had time off in the early spring. The tradition of spring break vacations, however, began with Florida as a vacation destination, and was spread by popular books and films before expanding to more destinations. By country Asia Japan In Japan, the spring break starts with the end of the academic year in late March and ends around April 7 with the beginning of a new acade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Dunne
Dominique Ellen Dunne (November 23, 1959 – November 4, 1982) was an American actress. Born and raised in Santa Monica, California, she made her on-screen debut with the television film '' Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker'' (1979) and played recurring roles in the drama series ''Family'' (1980) and the comedy series '' Breaking Away'' (1980–1981). Her breakthrough role was Dana Freeling in the blockbuster horror film ''Poltergeist'' (1982). Afterwards, she headlined the Western film ''The Shadow Riders'' and the crime series ''CHiPs'' (both 1982). On October 30, 1982, Dunne was strangled by her ex-boyfriend John Sweeney during an argument on the driveway of her West Hollywood home. She fell into a coma and died five days later on November 4, 1982. Early life and education Dunne was born in Santa Monica, California, the youngest child of Ellen Beatriz "Lenny" (née Griffin), a ranching heiress, and Dominick Dunne, a writer, producer, and actor. Dunne had Irish and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliffside Park High School
Cliffside Park High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Cliffside Park, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Cliffside Park School District. Students from Fairview attend the school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Fairview Public Schools.Parents Handbook Cliffside Park High School. Accessed November 15, 2020. "Cliffside Park is a receiving district for high school students from Fairview. " As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,283 students and 95.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a |
Trenton Central High School
Trenton Central High School is a three-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in tenth through twelfth grades from Trenton, in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the Trenton Public Schools. As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,138 students and 154.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8:1. There were 809 students (37.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 20 (0.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Trenton Central High School - Main Campus |
Hollywood (film Industry)
The cinema of the United States, primarily associated with major film studios collectively referred to as Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, has significantly influenced the global film industry since the early 20th century. Classical Hollywood cinema, a filmmaking style developed in the 1910s, continues to shape many American films today. While French filmmakers Auguste and Louis Lumière are often credited with modern cinema's origins, American filmmaking quickly rose to global dominance. As of 2017, more than 600 :English-language films, English-language films were released annually in the U.S., making it the fourth-largest producer of films, trailing only Cinema of India, India, Cinema of Japan, Japan, and Cinema of China, China. Although the Cinema of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Cinema of Canada, Canada, Cinema of Australia, Australia, and Cinema of New Zealand, New Zealand also produce English-language films, they are not directly part of the Hollywood system. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pound (film)
''Pound'' is a 1970 American comedy film written and directed by Robert Downey Sr. It was based on ''The Comeuppance'', an Off-Off Broadway play written by Downey in 1961. It is about several dogs, along with a Siamese cat and a penguin, at a pound, as they await being euthanised; the animals are played by human actors. The film is best known for marking the acting debut of Downey's son and namesake, then-5-year-old Robert Jr., as Puppy. Cast See also * List of American films of 1970 This is a list of American films released in 1970. Box office The highest-grossing American films released in 1970, by domestic box office gross revenue as estimated by '' The Numbers'', are as follows: January–March April–June Jul ... References External links * * POUND: Revisiting A Neglected Cult Classic {{Robert Downey Sr. 1970 films 1970 comedy films 1970s English-language films Films about dogs Films directed by Robert Downey Sr. United Artists films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Downey Jr
Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965), also known as RDJ, is an American actor. One of the highest-grossing actors of all time, his films as a leading actor have grossed over $14 billion worldwide. In 2008, Downey was named by ''Time'' magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and from 2013 to 2015, he was listed by ''Forbes'' as Hollywood's highest-paid actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. At the age of five, Downey made his acting debut in his father Robert Downey Sr.'s 1970 film '' Pound''. He subsequently worked with the Brat Pack in the teen films '' Weird Science'' (1985) and '' Less than Zero'' (1987). Downey's portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 biopic ''Chaplin'' garnered him a BAFTA Award for Best Actor and his first Academy Award nomination. Following a stint at the Corcoran Substance Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Modine
Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) is an American actor and filmmaker. He shared the Venice Film Festival‘s Volpi Cup for Best Actor as part of the ensemble cast of Robert Altman film ''Streamers'' (1983). He went on to play lead roles in several high-profile films throughout the 1980s, including '' Birdy'' (1984), '' Vision Quest'' (1985), and ''Married to the Mob'' (1988). He gained further prominence for playing U.S. Marine James T. "Joker" Davis in Stanley Kubrick's ''Full Metal Jacket'' (1987). Other notable films include '' Pacific Heights'' (1990), ''Short Cuts'' (1993), '' Cutthroat Island'' (1995), ''The Dark Knight Rises'' (2012), and '' Oppenheimer'' (2023). On television, he portrayed Dr. Don Francis in the HBO film '' And the Band Played On'' (1993), Sullivan Groff on ''Weeds'' (2007), Ivan Turing in ''Proof'' (2015), and Dr. Martin Brenner on Netflix's ''Stranger Things'' (2016–2022). Modine has been nominated twice for a Golden Globe Award for B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Pollan
Tracy Jo Pollan Fox (born June 22, 1960) is an American actress and author. She is known for playing Ellen Reed on the NBC sitcom ''Family Ties'' (1985–1987) and Harper Anderson on the crime drama series '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2000), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Pollan married actor and activist Michael J. Fox in 1988, and has since occasionally acted. In film, she has starred in the dramas ''Baby It's You'' (1983) and ''Promised Land'' (1987), the tragedy '' Bright Lights, Big City'' (1988) and the crime drama ''A Stranger Among Us'' (1992). Her other television credits include two episodes of ''Spin City'' (1997–1998) and TV films such as '' First to Die'' (2003), ''Natalee Holloway'' (2009) and '' Justice for Natalee Holloway'' (2011). Early life Pollan was born to a Jewish family on June 22, 1960 on Long Island, and raised in Woodbury. Her parents are Corky and Stephen Pollan, and she has a brother, Michael. She atten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liane Alexandra Curtis
Liane Alexandra Curtis is an Cinema of the United States, American film and television actress and musician, known for her appearances in B movies, such as ''Critters 2: The Main Course'' and ''Girlfriend from Hell'', as well as smaller roles in films such as ''Sixteen Candles''.''Who's Who in Hollywood'' (revised edition, Curtis is in Vol. 1 of 2), by David Ragan, Facts on File (1992); Career Curtis' feature film debut was ''Baby It's You (film), Baby It's You'' directed by John Sayles. Filmography Film Television References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Curtis, Liane 1965 births American film actresses American television actresses Living people 21st-century American women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Merlin
Joanna Merlin (born JoAnn Delores Ratner; July 15, 1931 – October 15, 2023) was an American actress and casting director who worked with Stephen Sondheim and starred in the original Broadway production of ''Fiddler on the Roof''. She wrote two acting guides and was a faculty member of New York University's graduate acting program. From 2000 to 2011, she was known for her recurring role on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' as Judge Lena Petrovsky. Early life JoAnn Delores Ratner, who later took her mother's maiden name, was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 15, 1931, to Toni Merlin and Harry Ratner, a Jewish grocer. Memim.com. Accessed October 2015. Her parents had immigrated to the United States from Russia. Her family also included her older sister, Harriet Glic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
