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Hearts In Atlantis (film)
''Hearts in Atlantis'' is a 2001 American mystery drama film directed by Scott Hicks and starring Anthony Hopkins and Anton Yelchin. It is loosely adapted from Stephen King's '' Dark Tower'' tie-in " Low Men in Yellow Coats," a novella in the 1999 collection '' Hearts in Atlantis'' after which the film was named. The film is dedicated to the memory of its cinematographer, Piotr Sobociński, who died of a heart attack a few months before its release. Plot Middle-aged photographer and businessman Robert "Bobby" Garfield returns to his old hometown upon learning that his best friend, decorated soldier John "Sully" Sullivan, has died in a traffic accident and begins recollecting his past when he visits his childhood home which has long since been abandoned. During a summer in the 1960s, an eleven-year-old Bobby lives with his widowed mother, self-centered Liz Garfield, and has two friends, Carol Gerber and Sully. They experienced many things together, the most mysterious of which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Hicks (director)
Robert Scott Hicks (born 4 March 1953) is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known as the director of ''Shine (film), Shine'', the biopic of pianist David Helfgott, for which he was nominated for two Academy Awards (Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay). Other films he has directed include the film adaptations of Stephen King's ''Hearts in Atlantis (film), Hearts in Atlantis'' and Nicholas Sparks' ''The Lucky One (film), The Lucky One''. Early life and education Hicks was born on born 4 March 1953 in Uganda. His father was a civil engineer. His family lived in Kenya, outside Nairobi before moving to the UK when Scott was 10 years old, and then moving to Adelaide, South Australia, when Hicks was 14 years old. He had piano lessons until his early teens, and learnt to read music, but "wasn’t really prepared to put the necessary time in". Hicks enrolled for an arts de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (film And Television)
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police procedural, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, Drama (film and television)#Teen drama, teen drama, and comedy drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular Setting (narrative), setting or subject matter, or they combine a drama's otherwise serious tone with elements that encourage a broader range of Mood (literature), moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of Conflict (process), conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of Film industry, cinema or television that involve Fiction, fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam LeFevre
Adam LeFevre (born August 11, 1950) is an American character actor, poet, and playwright who works in cinema, television, theater and commercials. Biography LeFevre was born in Albany, New York, the son of Helen (née Rhodes), a hospital patient representative, and Ira Deyo LeFevre, a physician. Film Reference He completed his undergraduate at in 1972, and he holds graduate degrees from both the Iowa Playwrights Workshop and the at the |
Celia Weston
Celia Weston (born Celia Watson; December 14, 1951) is an American character actress. Weston received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her performance in '' Dead Man Walking'' (1995), and also had supporting roles in more than 40 movies, including '' The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (1999), '' In the Bedroom'' (2001), ''Hulk'' (2003), and '' The Village'' (2004). On television, she is best known for her role as Jolene Hunnicutt in the CBS sitcom ''Alice'' (1981–85). Early years Weston was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina on December 14, 1951. She was born Celia Watson, but changed her professional name to Weston because a British actress was already using Celia Watson professionally. She attended high school at the Spartanburg Day School, graduating in 1966. She is a graduate of Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Career Weston began her career on stage, making her Broadway debut in 1979. After a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Bower (actor)
Ralph Thomas Bower (January 3, 1938 – May 30, 2024) was an American actor. He appeared in a wide variety of television and film roles, including '' Die Hard 2'' and '' The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans''. He appeared in Chris Chan Lee's 2006 film '' Undoing''. Bower died in Los Angeles on May 30, 2024, at the age of 86. Filmography Film Television References External links *Tom Bower(Aveleyman) Tom Bowerat Find a Grave {{DEFAULTSORT:Bower, Tom 1938 births 2024 deaths Male actors from Denver American male film actors American male television actors Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Tudyk
Alan Wray Tudyk ( ; born March 16, 1971) is an American actor. His film work includes roles in '' 28 Days'' (2000), '' A Knight's Tale'' (2001), '' Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'' (2004), voice and motion capture for Sonny in '' I, Robot'' (2004), and '' 3:10 to Yuma'' (2007). He starred in the black comedy horror film '' Tucker & Dale vs. Evil'' (2010). Tudyk has also appeared in the films '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (2011), '' 42'' (2013), '' Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials'' (2015) and '' Trumbo'' (2015). He has voiced characters in most Walt Disney Animation Studios films since 2012. Tudyk's television roles include Wash on the space Western drama series ''Firefly'' (2002–2003). The show ran for one season and developed a cult following after the series aired. He reprised the role in the 2005 continuation film '' Serenity'' expanding on the events of the final episode of the series. His other roles include the 2007 English black comedy film '' Death at a Funeral' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Reifsnyder (actor)
Timothy Reifsnyder (born February 7, 1986, Coatesville, Pennsylvania) is an American former child actor. He is one of the youngest to ever play Gavroche on Broadway in ''Les Miserables'', as well as numerous guest starring roles on television. He is the brother to voice over actor, musician and songwriter Daniel Reifsnyder. After seven screen and television roles as a child and teen, his last screen role was a brief appearance in the 2014 pilot episode of ''How to Get Away with Murder ''How to Get Away with Murder'' is an American legal drama thriller television series that premiered on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on September 25, 2014, and concluded on May 14, 2020. The series was created by Peter Nowalk and pro ...''. Filmography External links * * Living people 1986 births Male actors from Pennsylvania American male musical theatre actors American male television actors American male film actors People from Coatesville, Pennsylvania {{US ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Rothhaar
William Edward Lamar Rothhaar (born January 12, 1987) is an American actor. Early life Rothhaar was born in New York City, the son of Michael Rothhaar and Nancy Linehan Charles, both of whom are playwrights, actors and directors. He briefly lived in the little resort town of Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, where he started doing theatre, but grew up on the west side of Los Angeles and attended Alexander Hamilton High School. Career Rothhaar began acting in the mid-1990s, and appeared in several made-for-television films and series, including ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Mad About You''. He had supporting roles in several feature films, including ''Jack Frost'' and '' Hearts in Atlantis''. In 1999, he received The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deirdre O'Connell (actress)
Deirdre O'Connell (born 1953 or 1954) is an American character actress who has worked extensively on stage, screen, and television. She has won a Tony Award and been nominated for Drama Desk Awards, among other awards and nominations. Early life O'Connell grew up in Massachusetts. She is the oldest of three children of Anne Ludlum, playwright and actress, and Thomas E. O'Connell, founding president of Berkshire Community College. She attended Taconic High School. O'Connell enrolled at Antioch College in Ohio, but withdrew before graduating. Career O'Connell began her career at Stage One, an experimental theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts. She made her Broadway debut in the 1986 revival of ''The Front Page'', and was nominated for the 1991 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in the off-Broadway production ''Love and Anger''. She is the recipient of two Drama-Logue Awards and a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Molestation
Child sexual abuse (CSA), also called child molestation, is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation. Forms of child sexual abuse include engaging in sexual activities with a child (whether by asking or pressuring, or by other means), indecent exposure, child grooming, and child sexual exploitation, such as using a child to produce child pornography. CSA is not confined to specific settings; it permeates various institutions and communities. CSA affects children in all socioeconomic levels, across all racial, ethnic, and cultural groups, and in both rural and urban areas. In places where child labor is common, CSA is not restricted to one individual setting; it passes through a multitude of institutions and communities. This includes but is not limited to schools, homes, and online spaces where adolescents are exposed to abuse and exploitation. Child marriage is one of the main forms of child sexual abuse; UNICEF has sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-dressing
Cross-dressing is the act of wearing clothes traditionally or stereotypically associated with a different gender. From as early as pre-modern history, cross-dressing has been practiced in order to disguise, comfort, entertain, and express oneself. Socialization establishes social norms among the people of a particular society. With regard to the social aspects of clothing, such standards may reflect guidelines relating to the style, color, or type of clothing that individuals are expected to wear. Such expectations may be delineated according to gender roles. Cross-dressing involves dressing contrary to the prevailing standards (or in some cases, laws) for a person of their gender in their own society. The term "cross-dressing" refers to an action or a behavior, without attributing or implying any specific causes or motives for that behavior. Cross-dressing is not synonymous with being transgender. Terminology The phenomenon of cross-dressing is seen throughout recorded histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telekinesis
Telekinesis () (alternatively called psychokinesis) is a purported psychic ability allowing an individual to influence a physical system without physical interaction. Experiments to prove the existence of telekinesis have historically been criticized for lack of proper controls and repeatability. There is no reliable evidence that telekinesis is a real phenomenon, and the topic is generally regarded as pseudoscience. Reception Evaluation There is a broad scientific consensus that telekinetic research has not produced a reliable demonstration of the phenomenon. A panel commissioned in 1988 by the United States National Research Council to study paranormal claims concluded that:despite a 130-year record of scientific research on such matters, our committee could find no scientific justification for the existence of phenomena such as extrasensory perception, mental telepathy or "mind over matter" exercises... Evaluation of a large body of the best available evidence simply does ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
