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Deathdream
''Deathdream'' (also known as ''Dead of Night'') is a 1974 horror film directed by Bob Clark and written by Alan Ormsby, and starring Richard Backus, John Marley, and Lynn Carlin. Filmed in Brooksville, Florida, it was inspired by the W. W. Jacobs short story "The Monkey's Paw". Plot In Vietnam 1972, American soldier Andy Brooks is shot by a sniper and falls to the ground. As he dies, he hears his mother's voice calling out, "Andy, you'll come back. You've got to. You promised." Sometime later, his family receives notice of his death in combat. Andy's father, Charles, and sister, Cathy, begin to grieve, but his mother, Christine, becomes irate and refuses to believe that Andy has died. Meanwhile, a trucker stops at a diner and says he's picked up a hitchhiker who's a soldier. Hours later, in the middle of the night, Andy arrives at the front door of the family house in full uniform, apparently unharmed; the family welcomes him back with joy, concluding the notice of his death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Ormsby
Alan Ormsby (born December 14, 1943) is an American director, screenwriter, make up artist, actor and author. Film career Ormsby began work in feature films with the Bob Clark-directed '' Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things'' (1972), which co-starred his then-wife Anya Ormsby. In addition to writing the film's script, Ormsby played the lead, Alan, and provided the film's make-up effects. Two years later, Ormsby and Clark re-teamed on ''Deathdream''. ''Deranged'', a horror film inspired by serial killer Ed Gein, saw Clark producing with Ormsby writing and co-directing the feature (with Jeff Gillen), while ''Deathdream'' saw Clark directing another Ormsby script. In 1980s Ormsby continued as a screenwriter, writing the screenplays for '' My Bodyguard'' (1980), ''The Little Dragons'' (1980), Paul Schrader's '' Cat People'' (1982) and Clark's '' Porky's II: The Next Day'' (1983). Ormsby returned to directing with ''Popcorn'' (1991). Written by Ormsby, the film production saw h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Clark
Benjamin Robert Clark (August 5, 1939 – April 4, 2007) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He is best known for his work in the Canadian film industry throughout the 1970s and 1980s, where he was responsible for some of the most successful films in Canadian film history such as '' Black Christmas'' (1974), ''Murder by Decree'' (1979), ''Tribute'' (1980), ''Porky's'' (1981), and ''A Christmas Story'' (1983). He won three Genie Awards (two Best Direction and one Best Screenplay) with two additional nominations. He and his son were killed by a drunk driver in April 2007. Early life and education Clark was born in New Orleans in 1939,Reuters reported on the day of his death, "Clark was 67, according to police, although some reference sites list him as 65." but grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, and later moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He grew up poor, as his father died during his childhood and his mother was a barmaid. After attending Catawba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Carlin
Mary Lynn Carlin (née Reynolds) is an American former actress. She is best known for her debut role in the film '' Faces'' (1968), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award. Life and career She was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of socialite Muriel Elizabeth (née Ansley) and Laurence 'Larry' Reynolds. Her father was a Hollywood business manager, and her mother worked in radio. She grew up in Laguna Beach. Carlin, a secretary-turned-actress, earned her only Academy Award nomination in 1968 for her first feature role, as John Marley's suicidal wife, Maria, in John Cassavetes' '' ''Faces'''' (1968). She is the first nonprofessional to be nominated for an Academy Award. She subsequently played wives and mothers before retiring in 1987. She next appeared in '' ...tick...tick...tick...'' (1970), as George Kennedy's ambitious, henpecking wife, and returned to the offbeat as Buck Henry's wife, searching for her missing daughter amid the hippies and drug culture of 1970s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Backus
Richard Backus (born March 28, 1945) is an American actor and television writer. He has been nominated for four Daytime Emmy Awards for writing and one for acting. Biography Richard Backus was born in Goffstown, New Hampshire on March 28, 1945. He attended Harvard University. He has been married to Sharon Romeyko since January 27, 1985. Acting career Richard Backus made his Broadway theatre debut at the Booth Theatre in the original production of '' Butterflies Are Free''. The production began in October 1969 with Backus cast as the understudy for Keir Dullea in the role of Don Baker. He was first appeared in the role, which we would later take over, in 1971. Since then, he has appeared in several other Broadway productions, including ''Ah, Wilderness!'', ''Camelot'', and most recently '' You Never Can Tell''. Other venues at which Backus has appeared include the American Shakespeare Theatre, the Ensemble Studio Theatre, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Backus has also ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Marley
John Marley (born Mortimer Marlieb, October 17, 1907 – May 22, 1984) was an American actor who was known for his role as Phil Cavalleri in ''Love Story'' and as Jack Woltz—the defiant film mogul who awakens to find the severed head of his prized horse in his bed—in ''The Godfather'' (1972). He starred in John Cassavetes' feature '' Faces'' (1968) and appeared in '' The Glitter Dome'' (1984). Early years Marley was born in Harlem in New York City to Russian-Jewish parents. He dropped out of the City College of New York, turning instead to a career in acting. Career Military service Marley served in the United States Army Signal Corps during World War II. Film and television Marley was a prolific character actor, appearing in nearly 250 films and television series during a career spanning over forty-five years. Some of the TV series he made an appearance in have included '' The Web'', ''Peter Gunn'', ''Johnny Staccato'', ''Bourbon Street Beat'', '' Perry Mason'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henderson Forsythe
Henderson Forsythe (September 11, 1917 – April 17, 2006) was an American actor. Forsythe was known for his role as Dr. David Stewart #2 on the soap opera ''As the World Turns'', a role he played for 32 years, and for his work on the New York stage. Biography Early life Forsythe was born in Macon, Missouri, the son of Mary Katherine (née Henderson) and Cecil Proctor Forsythe. He grew up in Monroe City, Missouri where he first studied theatre. He transferred from Culver Stockton College to The University of Iowa in 1938. While attending Culver-Stockton College, he was an active member of Mu Theta Nu Fraternity. Theatre In 1979, Forsythe won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor (Musical) for his work in ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas''. He also appeared onstage in dramas such as ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf'' by Edward Albee, where he was in the original production taking over the role of George originated by Arthur Hill, and '' The Birthday Party'' by Harold P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooksville, Florida
Brooksville is a city in western Florida and the county seat of Hernando County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 7,719, up from 7,264 at the 2000 census. Brooksville is home to historic buildings and residences, including the homes of former Florida Governor William Sherman Jennings and football player Jerome Brown. It is part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Brooksville, established in 1856 by the merger of the towns of Melendez and Pierceville, took its name to honor and show support for Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery congressman from South Carolina who caned and seriously injured Massachusetts Senator and abolitionist Charles Sumner. Geography Brooksville is located in east-central Hernando County, north of Tampa and southwest of Ocala. The geographic center of Florida is north-northwest of Brooksville. According to the United States Census Bureau, Brooksville has a total area of , of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faces (1968 Film)
''Faces'' is a 1968 American drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes. It stars John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin (in her acting debut), Seymour Cassel, Fred Draper and Val Avery. The film won two awards at the 29th Venice International Film Festival and received three nominations at the 41st Academy Awards. In 2011, it was added to the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Plot The film, shot in '' cinéma vérité''-style, depicts the final stages of the disintegrating marriage of a couple ( John Marley and Lynn Carlin). We are introduced to various groups and individuals the couple interacts with after the husband's sudden statement of his desire for a divorce. Afterwards, he spends the night in the company of brash businessmen and prostitutes, while the wife spends it with her middle-aged female friends and an aging, free-associating playboy they've picked up at a bar. The night proceeds as a series of te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Erickson
Glenn Erickson is an American film editor and film critic. A graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, he started in the film industry in 1975 as an editor of low-budget films and later worked in minor technical crew capacities for the major films '' Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' (1977) and ''1941'' (1979). As an editor, his credits include supplemental documentary materials for DVD releases of films, including '' The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly'' (1966), ''Buckaroo Banzai'' (1985) and '' To Live and Die in L.A.'' (1985). He was nominated for an Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ... in 2001 for his editing of the Jack Cardiff montage tribute screened at the 73rd Academy Awards presentation. In 1997, he produced the restora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cassavetes
John Nicholas Cassavetes ( ; December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. First known as a television and film actor, Cassavetes also helped pioneer American independent cinema, writing and directing movies financed partly by income from his acting work. AllMovie called him "an iconoclastic maverick",Ankeny, JasonJohn Cassavetes '' AllMovie''. while ''The New Yorker'' suggested in 2013 that he "may be the most influential American director of the last half century."''The New Yorker'', July 1, 2013, p. 17 "On the Horizon: Movies: Wild Man Blues July 6–31" As an actor, Cassavetes starred in notable Hollywood films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, including ''Edge of the City'' (1957), '' The Dirty Dozen'' (1967), and '' Rosemary's Baby'' (1968). He began his directing career with the 1959 independent feature '' Shadows'' and followed with independent productions such as '' Faces'' (1968), '' Husbands'' (1970), '' A Woman Under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things
''Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things'' (also known as ''Revenge of the Living Dead'', ''Things from the Dead'', and ''Zreaks'') is a 1972 comedic horror film directed by Bob Clark. It later became a cult classic. This low-budget zombie film is the third film of director Bob Clark, who later became famous for directing the films '' Black Christmas'', ''A Christmas Story'', and ''Porky's''. The film was shot in 14 days on a budget of $50,000. Clark employed some of his college friends on it. Plot The story focuses on a theatre troupe who travel by boat to a small island off the coast of Miami that is mainly used as a cemetery for deranged criminals, to have a night of fun and games. Their director Alan (Alan Ormsby), a twisted, sadistic individual, tells his group — whom he refers as his "children" — numerous stories relating to the island's history and buried inhabitants. He leads them to a cottage, where they are supposed to spend the night. He then opens a chest th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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