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Hanna's War
''Hanna's War'' is a 1988 war film co-written and directed by Menahem Golan. The film is based on ''The Diaries of Hanna Senesh'' and the biographical novel ''A Great Wind Cometh'' by Yoel Palgi. It is a biopic detailing the true story of Hannah Szenes. Plot Hannah Senesh was a Hungarian schoolgirl with poetic aspirations. In the face of rising anti-Semitic tensions in Budapest, Hanna leaves her mother Katalin and family behind to work on a kibbutz in British Mandated Palestine. There she is recruited by the British Air Force (RAF) for a dangerous mission: The RAF will train volunteers and parachute them over their native lands if they agree to help downed fliers escape from enemy territory. Realising it could be a suicide mission, Hanna accepts the assignment because she feels her family, still alive in Budapest, may soon be taken to the death camps by the Nazis. During her mission, Hanna is captured by the Nazis and ultimately undergoes a long, torturous interrogation process ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menahem Golan
Menahem Golan (; May 31, 1929 – August 8, 2014, originally Menachem Globus) was an Israelis, Israeli film producer, screenwriter, and director. He co-owned The Cannon Group with his cousin Yoram Globus. Cannon specialized in producing low-to-mid-budget American films, primarily Film genre, genre films, during the 1980s after Golan and Globus had achieved significant filmmaking success in Israel during the 1970s. Golan produced films featuring actors such as Sean Connery, Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Charles Bronson, and for a period, was known as a producer of comic book-style films like ''Masters of the Universe (1987 film), Masters of the Universe'', ''Superman IV: The Quest for Peace'', ''Captain America (1990 film), Captain America'', and his aborted attempt to bring Spider-Man to the silver screen. Golan also wrote and Screenwriting#polish, polished numerous film scripts under the pen name Joseph Goldman. At the time of his death, Golan had pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Riotta
Vincenzo Ricotta (born 14 October 1959), professionally known as Vincent Riotta, is a British actor. Career Riotta studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He went on to perform in various stage plays, such as William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's ''Romeo'', which was held at the Young Vic, Tennessee Williams' ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', held at the Leicester Haymarket. Also, the twin roles of ''The Corsican Brothers'' at the Abbey in Dublin, and the lead role of ''Fridays at Seven'' at the Court Theatre in West Hollywood. His more notable television appearances include UK soap ''Coronation Street'', ''The Bill'' (1990, series 6 episode 52 ''Close to Home'') for Thames Television, ''New Tricks'' (2013, series 10 episode ''Rock the Boat'' parts one & two) for the BBC, ''JAG (TV series), JAG'' for NBC, ''Monk (TV series), Monk'' for USA Network, and ''Alias (TV series), Alias'' for American Broadcasting Company, ABC. In 2016 Riotta appeared in British mystery series ''Endeavo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Goodman (critic)
Walter Goodman (1927–2002) was an American author and journalist for ''The New York Times'' and worked as the newspaper's television critic concentrating on news and documentaries. His 1968 book ''The Committee'' chronicled the House Un-American Activities Committee. Background and career Walter Goodman was born on August 22, 1927, in the Bronx, New York. He had one sibling, Daniel. Goodman graduated as a journalism major from Syracuse University. Goodman moved to London as an editor for the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, a bureau of the American Central Intelligence Agency that monitored radio news content. He returned to New York and held positions writing and editing for magazines such as ''The New Republic'', '' Redbook'', ''Newsweek'', and '' Harper's''. In 1960, Goodman moved his family to Chicago to become the first full-time articles editor for ''Playboy'', which was making a strong push to publish serious nonfiction articles. "Goodman knew the critics and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Out (magazine)
''Time Out'' is a global magazine published by Time Out Group. ''Time Out'' started as a London-only publication in 1968 and has expanded its editorial recommendations to 333 cities in 59 countries worldwide. In 2012, the London edition became a free publication, with a weekly readership of over 307,000. ''Time Out''s global market presence includes partnerships with Nokia and mobile apps for iOS and Android operating systems. It was the recipient of the International Consumer Magazine of the Year award in both 2010 and 2011 and the rebranded International Consumer Media Brand of the Year in 2013 and 2014. History ''Time Out'' was first published in 1968 as a London listings magazine by Tony Elliott, who used his birthday money to produce a one-sheet pamphlet, with Bob Harris as co-editor. The first product was titled ''Where It's At'', before being inspired by Dave Brubeck's album '' Time Out''. ''Time Out'' began as an alternative magazine alongside other members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Weir
Peter Lindsay Weir ( ; born 21 August 1944) is a retired Australian film director. He is known for directing films crossing various genres over forty years with films such as '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), '' Gallipoli'' (1981), '' The Year of Living Dangerously'' (1982), ''Witness'' (1985), '' Dead Poets Society'' (1989), '' Fearless'' (1993), '' The Truman Show'' (1998), '' Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'' (2003), and '' The Way Back'' (2010). He has received six Academy Award nominations. In 2022, he was awarded the Academy Honorary Award for his lifetime achievement career. In 2024, he received an honorary life-time achievement award at the Venice Film Festival ( Golden Lion). Early in his career as a director, Weir was a leading figure in the Australian New Wave cinema movement (1970–1990). Weir made his feature film debut with '' Homesdale'' (1971), and continued with the mystery drama '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), the supernatural thrille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is an English actress. Known for her roles in Blockbuster (entertainment), blockbusters and independent films, particularly period dramas, List of awards and nominations received by Helena Bonham Carter, her accolades include a BAFTA Award and an Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and nine Golden Globe Awards. Bonham Carter rose to prominence by playing Lucy Honeychurch in ''A Room with a View (1985 film), A Room with a View'' (1985) and the title character in ''Lady Jane (1986 film), Lady Jane'' (1986). Her early period roles saw her typecast as a virginal "English rose (epithet), English rose", a label with which she was uncomfortable. She is best known for her eccentric fashion and dark aesthetic and for often playing quirky women. For her role as Kate Croy in ''The Wings of the Dove (1997 film), The Wings of the Dove'' (1997), Bonham Carter received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Hungary lies within the drainage basin of the Danube, Danube River and is dominated by great lowland plains. It has a population of 9.6 million, consisting mostly of ethnic Hungarians, Hungarians (Magyars) and a significant Romani people in Hungary, Romani minority. Hungarian language, Hungarian is the Languages of Hungary, official language, and among Languages of Europe, the few in Europe outside the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Budapest is the country's capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, largest city, and the dominant cultural and economic centre. Prior to the foundation of the Hungarian state, various peoples settled in the territory of present-day Hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Israeli-occupied territories, It occupies the Occupied Palestinian territories, Palestinian territories of the West Bank in the east and the Gaza Strip in the south-west. Israel also has a small coastline on the Red Sea at its southernmost point, and part of the Dead Sea lies along its eastern border. Status of Jerusalem, Its proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, while Tel Aviv is the country's Gush Dan, largest urban area and Economy of Israel, economic center. Israel is located in a region known as the Land of Israel, synonymous with the Palestine (region), Palestine region, the Holy Land, and Canaan. In antiquity, it was home to the Canaanite civilisation followed by the History of ancient Israel and Judah, kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Situate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion ( ; ; born David Grün; 16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973) was the primary List of national founders, national founder and first Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister of the State of Israel. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935, and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive, he was the ''de facto'' leader of the Yishuv, Jewish community in Palestine, and largely led the movement for an independent Jewish state in Mandatory Palestine. Born in Płońsk, then part of Congress Poland, to Polish Jewish parents, he immigrated to the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, Palestine region of the Ottoman Empire in 1906. Adopting the name of Ben-Gurion in 1909, he rose to become the preeminent leader of the Jewish community in British-ruled Mandatory Palestine from 1935 until the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, which he led until 1963 with a short break in 1954–55. Ben-Gurion's interest for Zionism developed early in his life, leading him to become a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stride
John Edward Stride (11 July 1936 – 20 April 2018) was an English actor best known for his television work in the 1970s. Biography Stride was born in London, the son of Margaret (née Prescott) and Alfred Teneriffe Stride. He attended Alleyn's School, Dulwich, and trained at RADA, where he met his first wife, Virginia Stride (''née'' Thomas). He made his first, uncredited, screen appearance in the film '' Sink the Bismarck!'' (1960). He also played the role of Bob, the barman, in the film '' Bitter Harvest'' (1963), based on the trilogy '' 20,000 Streets Under the Sky'' by Patrick Hamilton. He made his West End debut in February 1959 in '' Five Finger Exercise''. Directed by John Gielgud, the show featured another debutante, Juliet Mills, aged 17. It ran at the Comedy Theatre for 608 performances. He appeared at the Old Vic as Romeo in Franco Zeffirelli's long-running production of ''Romeo and Juliet'', first staged in 1960, with Judi Dench, and also as Prince Hal in ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
