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Bad Attitudes
''Bad Attitudes'' is a 1991 television film written by Caleb Carr and directed by Alan Myerson. The film was originally aired by Fox Network on September 11, 1991. The film centers around two hijackers who take over a plane. However, the airplane is not carrying a billionaire as planned and is instead carrying a group of clever but delinquent children. Plot The film opens at Spirit of the Frontier, a summer camp for children with attitude problems. Friends Dabney and Cosmo participate in hikes, obstacle courses and chores all while antagonizing their counselor Bruce. At the end of the summer the boys are proud that their attitudes actually got worse until they realize they will have to return again next year. The next summer Dabney and Cosmo are reunited at the airport where they meet three other campers and a counselor, with whom they are unimpressed. Nearby the wealthy Norman Decker is walking his pet doberman through the terminal and is met by Mr. Bane who delivers him a brief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryedith Burrell
Maryedith Burrell (born Maryedith Ann Theresa Smith)is an American actress, comedian, film and television producer, writer and documentarian best known for starring roles on the television series '' Fridays'', '' Throb'', Ron Howard's '' Parenthood'', and '' The Jackie Thomas Show'' as well as recurring roles in the television series ''Seinfeld'' and ''Home Improvement''. Early life Burrell is a native of Gilroy, California, the daughter of Gilroy's city historian, Howard Smith, and his wife, Pat. After attending Santa Catalina School on scholarship, Burrell headed to UC Santa Cruz, working and studying simultaneously with American Conservatory Theater and The San Francisco Mime Troupe. While attending college, Burrell workshopped with The Royal Shakespeare Company and director Peter Brook, as well as Teatro Campensino with Louis Valdez. After two terms at UCSC, she transferred to UCLA and as a student in its Theatre Arts Program received the Hugh O'Brian acting award. The ac ... [...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 his roles as Wink in ''8 Mile (film), 8 Mile'' and List of Bones characters#Clark Edison, Dr. Clark Edison on the Fox Broadcasting Company, FOX series ''Bones (TV 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 (film), Sleepers,'' ''8 Mile (film), 8 Mile,'' ''Lift'' and ''Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid.'' He had the lead role in ''Confess (film), 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 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Myerson
Alan Myerson (born July 1, 1940) is an American film and television director known for such projects as '' Private Lessons''. Career Myerson began working in theatre in New York City, then directing The Second City in Chicago. He co-founded the improvisational comedy troupe The Committee in San Francisco in 1963. He directed films in the 1970s and 1980s, and has directed over 200 television episodes for shows such as ''Ally McBeal'', ''Boston Public'', ''Friends'', ''Boy Meets World'', ''The Larry Sanders Show'', ''Picket Fences'', ''Miami Vice,'' ''Laverne & Shirley'', '' Rhoda'', ''The Bob Newhart Show'', and '' Busting Loose''. He has taught acting at UC Berkeley, SF State, and directing at Maine Media Workshops. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California, and has received nominations for Emmy, DGA, and CableACE awards. Personal life His has a son, Lincoln Myerson, who is an improvisational performer. Filmography As director *'' Steelyard Blues'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Rodgers Melnick
Peter Rodgers Melnick (born July 24, 1958) is an American author and composer for film, television and musical theatre. Career Some of Melnick’s earlier film score credits include '' L.A. Story'', '' The Only Thrill'', ''Convicts'', and '' Farce of the Penguins''. His television credits include the PBS's, '' Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood'', '' Indictment: The McMartin Trial'', ''Grand Avenue'', and ''Lily Dale'' by Horton Foote. His first produced musical was '' Adrift in Macao'', featuring script and lyrics by Christopher Durang. Melnick then collaborated with Bill Russell on '' The Last Smoker in America'', a musical comedy about a dysfunctional family struggling with a new law forbidding smoking. It opened in Columbus, Ohio in late 2010. Melnick and Russell have also worked together on two musical one-acts, '' Patter for the Floating Lady'', based on the eponymous Steve Martin, and ''A Bad Spell'', adapted from a Virginia Moriconi short story '' Simple Arithmeti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Network
Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC (commonly known as Fox; stylized in all caps) is an American commercial broadcast television network serving as the flagship property of Fox Corporation and operated through Fox Entertainment. Fox is based at Fox Corporation's corporate headquarters at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and it hosts additional offices at the Fox Network Center in Los Angeles and at the Fox Media Center in Tempe, Arizona. The channel was launched by News Corporation on October 9, 1986 as a competitor to the Big Three television networks, which are the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), and the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). Fox went on to become the most successful attempt at a fourth television network; it was also the highest- rated free-to-air network in the 18–49 demographic from 2004 to 2012 and 2020 to 2021 and was the most-watched American television network in total viewership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 In Film
The year 1991 in film involved numerous significant events. Important films released this year included '' The Silence of the Lambs'', '' Beauty and the Beast'', '' Thelma & Louise'', '' JFK'' and '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day''. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1991 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events *February 14 – '' The Silence of the Lambs'' is released and becomes only the third film after '' It Happened One Night'' (1934) and '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975) to win the top five categories at the Academy Awards: Best Picture; Best Director (Jonathan Demme); Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins); Best Actress ( Jodie Foster); and Best Adapted Screenplay ( Ted Tally). It is also the first, and to date only, Best Picture winner widely considered to be a horror film. * March 20 - Frank Mancuso Sr. leaves as the head of Paramount Pictures. * July 1 - Brandon Tartikoff is appointed as chairman of Paramount Pictures. * July 3 – '' Terminat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Film
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie, telefilm, telemovie or TV film/movie, is a film with a running time similar to a feature film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a Terrestrial television, terrestrial or Cable television, cable television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for initial showing in movie theaters, Direct-to-video, direct-to-video films made for initial release on home video formats, and films released on or produced for Over-the-top media service, streaming platforms. In certain cases, such films may also be referred to and shown as a miniseries, which typically indicates a film that has been divided into multiple parts or a series that contains a predetermined, limited number of episodes. Origins and history Precursors of "television movies" include ''Talk Faster, Mister'', which aired on WABD (now WNYW) in New York City on December 18, 1944, and was produced by RKO Pictures, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethan Embry
Ethan Embry (born June 13, 1978), credited early in his career as Ethan Randall, is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, starring roles in the films '' Dutch'' (1991), '' All I Want for Christmas'' (1991), and '' A Far Off Place'' (1993), and appearing in the series "Murder She Wrote" in the episode "The Trouble with Seth" (original air date March 20, 1994). Embry had his breakout with a supporting role in ''Empire Records'' (1995) and starring roles in '' Evolver'' (1995) and '' That Thing You Do!'' (1996). In the late 1990s, Embry had the lead role in the teen comedy film '' Can't Hardly Wait'' (1998), starred in '' Vegas Vacation'' (1997) and '' Dancer, Texas Pop. 81'' (1998), and a main role as Sebastian on the CBS sitcom '' Work with Me'' (1999). In the 2000s, Embry starred in the films ''They'' (2002) and '' Vacancy'' (2007) and had main roles as Derek and Adam Barnes on the Fox television series '' FreakyLinks'' (2000–2001), Frank Smith on the ABC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meghann Haldeman
Meghann Michelle Haldeman is an American actress. Haldeman had a role in 1991 TV movie ''Bad Attitudes ''Bad Attitudes'' is a 1991 television film written by Caleb Carr and directed by Alan Myerson. The film was originally aired by Fox Network on September 11, 1991. The film centers around two hijackers who take over a plane. However, the airplane ...'', playing a rock & roller who communicates with hand gestures while listening to music through head phones. She was nominated for best juvenile actress for her participation in the series: '' Camp Wilder'', where she played Melissa Wilder, a 13-year old being raised by her older sister after the death of her parents. The series ran from September 1992 to February 1993. From September 1993 until June 1994 Haldeman played L'Amour Hart, the 15-year-old daughter of a would-be cowboy on '' Harts of the West''. She played Neal Solomon, a 16-year old computer nerd, and daughter of a judge, on '' The Home Court'' from September 1995 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gilliland
Richard Morris Gilliland (January 23, 1950 – March 18, 2021) was an American television and movie actor, best known as JD Shackleford in '' Designing Women'' (1986–1992). Life and career Gilliland was born in Fort Worth, Texas, to parents Richard Velton Gilliland and Betty Gene née Morris Gilliland. He attended Shawnee Mission South High School in Overland Park, Kansas, graduating in 1968. He was active in plays and musicals. He studied drama at the University of Kansas for two years before transferring to the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago. He left school his final year to become a member of the Chicago Free Street Theater. He joined the cast of Godspell in Chicago first as a disciple and then in the leading role before moving to Los Angeles in 1973. Gilliland first appeared onscreen in the 1970s. His notable appearances include ''The Waltons'', '' Thirtysomething'', ''Party of Five'', '' Little Women'', and a recurring role on '' Designing Women'' where he met actre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Longo
Anthony Longo (August 19, 1961 – June 20, 2015) was an American actor who appeared in seventy films and nearly ninety television shows. Early life and education Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Longo attended Marist High School in Bayonne, New Jersey, and the University of Rhode Island. Career Because of his , frame, Longo was often chosen for roles that depict him as an imposing giant with freakish strength, and sub-standard intelligence, such as Mad Dog in the 1980s comedy/drama '' 1st and Ten'' where he was a linebacker for the fictional football team, the California Bulls. Mad Dog was paired with fellow linebacker Dr. Death, played by actor Donald Gibb who has had a career playing similar roles as Longo. He also appeared in ''Suburban Commando'' starring Hulk Hogan as a bounty hunter alongside The Undertaker. Longo appeared in numerous television series, including '' The Equalizer'', '' Family Matters'', '' The Facts of Life'', ''Laverne & Shirley'', ''Simon & Simo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Roswell
Maggie Roswell is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer from Los Angeles, California. She is well known for her voice work on the Fox network animated television series ''The Simpsons'', in which she has played recurring characters such as Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, Miss Hoover, and Luann Van Houten, as well as several minor characters. This work has earned her an Annie Award nomination. Roswell made her acting break-through in the 1980s with appearances in films such as '' Midnight Madness'' (1980), '' Lost in America'' (1985), and ''Pretty in Pink'' (1986), and guest appearances on television shows such as '' Remington Steele'', '' Masquerade'', and ''Happy Days''. She appeared frequently in the sketch comedy '' The Tim Conway Show'' from 1980 to 1981, and did voice acting for a few animated films and television shows. Roswell also performed in some theater plays, including one in 1988 directed by Julia Sweeney. In 1989, Roswell was hired for the first se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
