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João Fernandes (cinematographer)
João Fernandes is a Brazilian-born cinematographer best known for his work in the adult film industry during the Golden Age of Porn, before his shift toward more mainstream genre cinema. Life and career Born in Brazil, Fernandes studied at New York University under Haig P. Manoogian and began work as a crewman on low-budget pornographic films. Throughout the 1970s, Fernandes shot many entries in the emerging "porno chic" subgenre, including the seminal ''Deep Throat'' and director Gerard Damiano's follow-up feature, ''The Devil in Miss Jones'', a film which Roger Ebert described as being the "best entry" in the entire genre. In 1978, Fernandes made his first foray into mainstream filmmaking with '' Land of No Return'', a wilderness adventure film directed by Kent Bateman and starring William Shatner. Fernandes subsequently shot '' Bloodrage'', a low-budget exploitation film which reused numerous locations, cast, and crew from an earlier independent film never released. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. Since 1998, it has been owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. , IMDb was the 51st most visited website on the Internet, as ranked by Semrush. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes), million person records, and 83 million registered users. Features User profile pages show a user's registration date and, optionally, their personal ratings of titles. Since 2015, "badges" can be added showing a count of contributions. These badges rang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloodrage
''Bloodrage'', also known as ''Never Pick Up a Stranger'', is a 1979 American horror film directed by Joseph Zito (under the pseudonym Joseph Bigwood) and written by Robert Jahn. The film stars Ian Scott and Judith-Marie Bergan. Plot A young man named Richard visits Beverly, a local prostitute, and runs into her boyfriend, a police officer named Ryan, on the way into Beverly's home. Richard and Beverly get into an argument, which ends with Richard accidentally shoving Beverly through a window, killing her. Richard cleans up the scene, evades Ryan when he returns from running errands, and hitchhikes to New York City after disposing of Beverly's body. Richard acquires a room in a dingy motel, gets a job at a bottling company, befriends a neighboring drug dealer named Candice, and spies on Nancy, a prostitute who lives across from Candice. Intoxicated by what he felt during Beverly's death, Richard murders a woman named Lucy, torturing and humiliating her beforehand. Ryan, sus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walker, Texas Ranger
''Walker, Texas Ranger'' is an American action fiction, action Crime drama, crime television series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis. It was inspired by the film ''Lone Wolf McQuade'', with both the film and the series starring Chuck Norris as a member of the Texas Ranger Division. The show aired on CBS in the spring of 1993, with the first season consisting of three pilot episodes. Eight full seasons followed with new episodes airing from September 25, 1993, to May 19, 2001, and reruns continuing on CBS until July 28, 2001. It has been broadcast in over 100 countries and spawned a 2005 television film entitled ''Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire, Trial by Fire''. The film ended on a cliffhanger, which was never resolved. DVD sets of all seasons have been released (with the three pilots packaged with the first regular season). At various times since 1997, reruns of the show have aired, in TV syndication, syndication, on the USA Network and Action (Canadian TV channel), Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invasion U
An invasion is a military offensive of combatants of one geopolitical entity, usually in large numbers, entering territory controlled by another similar entity, often involving acts of aggression. Generally, invasions have objectives of conquering, liberating or reestablishing control or authority over a territory; forcing the partition of a country; altering the established government or gaining concessions from said government; or a combination thereof. An invasion can be the cause of a war, be a part of a larger strategy to end a war, or it can constitute an entire war in itself. Due to the large scale of the operations associated with invasions, they are usually strategic in planning and execution. History Archaeological evidence indicates that invasions have been frequent occurrences since prehistory. In antiquity, before radio communications and fast transportation, the only way for a military to ensure adequate reinforcements was to move armies as one massive fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missing In Action (film)
''Missing in Action'' is a 1984 American action film directed by Joseph Zito and starring Chuck Norris. It is set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. Colonel Braddock, who escaped a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp ten years earlier, returns to Vietnam to find American soldiers listed as missing in action during the Vietnam War. The film was followed by a prequel, '' Missing in Action 2: The Beginning'' (1985), and a sequel, '' Braddock: Missing in Action III'' (1988), it is the first installment in the'' Missing in Action'' film series. The first two ''Missing in Action'' installments had been filmed back-to-back with the intent to have the first film involve the POW years of Braddock (as directed by Lance Hool) be the first film. However, it was determined that the commercial prospects were stronger with the film directed by Zito involving the POW rescue. As such, Hool's film was turned into ''Missing in Action 2'' and labeled as a prequel that detailed events befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannon Films
The Cannon Group, Inc. was an American group of companies, including Cannon Films, which produced films from 1967 to 1994. The extensive group also owned, amongst others, a large international cinema chain and a video film company that invested heavily in the video market, buying the international video rights to several classic film libraries. The Cannon catalogue encompasses a wide range of different genres. On one hand, they are known for their highly successful 1980s action B movies, such as ''Missing in Action'' (1984), '' American Ninja (1985)'', and '' Bloodsport'' (1988). But they also produced the Oscar-nominated films '' Joe'' (1970), '' Runaway Train'' (1985) and '' Street Smart'' (1987). 1967–1979: Friedland/Dewey era Cannon Films was incorporated on October 23, 1967. It was formed by Dennis Friedland and Chris Dewey while they were in their early 20s. They had immediate success producing English-language versions of Swedish soft porn films directed by Joseph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Norris
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist and actor. Born in Oklahoma, Norris first gained fame when he won the amateur Middleweight Karate champion title in 1968, which he held for six consecutive years. He subsequently moved to Los Angeles to teach martial arts, where his students included Steve McQueen, Donny Osmond, and Priscilla Presley. In 1968, Norris made his acting debut in the spy spoof ''The Wrecking Crew (1968 film), The Wrecking Crew''. He had his breakthrough as a leading actor in the action film ''Good Guys Wear Black'' (1978). Norris soon became a popular action movie star, appearing in ''A Force of One'' (1979), ''The Octagon (film), The Octagon'' (1980), ''An Eye for an Eye (1981 film), An Eye for an Eye'' (1981), ''Silent Rage'' (1982), and ''Lone Wolf McQuade'' (1983). This led The Cannon Group, Inc., Cannon Films to sign Norris into a multiple film deal, starting with ''Missing in Action (film), Missing in Action'' (1984 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Final Chapter
The Final Chapter may refer to: Film * '' Walking Tall: Final Chapter'', the third ''Walking Tall'' film, released in 1977 * '' Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter'', the fourth ''Friday the 13th'' film, released in 1984 * '' Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter'', a 1988 anime television film based on the ''Maison Ikkoku'' manga series, aired in 1988 * '' Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter'', the fifth ''Urusei Yatsura'' film, released in 1988 * '' Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter'', the fifth ''Puppet Master'' film, released in 1994 * '' Lake Placid: The Final Chapter'', the fourth ''Lake Placid'' film, released in 2012 * '' Saw 3D: The Final Chapter'', the seventh ''Saw'' film, released in 2010 * ''Shrek Forever After'', the fourth ''Shrek'' film, sometimes referred to as ''Shrek: The Final Chapter'', released in 2010 * '' Resident Evil: The Final Chapter'', the sixth ''Resident Evil'' film, released in 2017 Music * ''The Final Chapter'' (Hypocrisy album), 1997 * ''The Final Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friday The 13th (franchise)
''Friday the 13th'' is an American Horror fiction, horror media franchise, franchise that comprises twelve slasher films, a television series, novels, comic books, video games, and tie‑in merchandise. The franchise primarily focuses on the fictional character Jason Voorhees, who was thought to have drowned as a boy at Camp Crystal Lake due to the negligence of the camp staff. Decades later, the lake is rumored to be "cursed" and is the setting for a series of mass murders. Jason is featured in all of the films, as either the killer or the motivation for the killings. The Friday the 13th (1980 film), original film was written by Victor Miller (writer), Victor Miller, produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, and released by Paramount Pictures. The films have grossed over $468 million at the box-office. Although the films were not popular with critics, ''Friday the 13th'' is considered one of the most successful media franchises in America—not only for the success of the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Mancuso Jr
Frank G. Mancuso Jr. (born October 9, 1958) is an American film producer. Mancuso, the son of the former Paramount Pictures president Frank Mancuso Sr., was born in Buffalo, New York. Mancuso produced sequels to '' Friday the 13th'' and co-created '' Friday the 13th: The Series''. Mancuso later produced ''Cool World'', which he had heavily rewritten during production, '' Internal Affairs'', the ''Species'' franchise, '' Hoodlum'', ''Stigmata'', '' Ronin'', ''I Know Who Killed Me'', ''Shorts Shorts are a garment worn over the pelvic area, circling the waist and splitting to cover the upper part of the legs, sometimes extending down to the knees but not covering the entire length of the leg. They are called "shorts" because they ar ...'' and '' Road to Paloma''. Filmography He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted. Film ;As an actor ;Location management Television ;As writer References External links * 1958 births 20th-century American bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slasher Film
A slasher film is a subgenre of horror films involving a killer or a group of killers stalking and murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed or sharp tools. Although the term "slasher" may occasionally be used informally as a generic term for any horror film involving murder, film analysts cite an established set of characteristics which set slasher films apart from other horror subgenres, such as monster movies, splatter films, Supernatural horror film, supernatural and psychological horror films.Petridis, Sotiris (2014).A Historical Approach to the Slasher Film. Film International 12 (1): 76–84. Critics cite psychological horror films such as ''Peeping Tom (1960 film), Peeping Tom'' (1960) and ''Psycho (1960 film), Psycho'' (1960) and the Italian ''giallo'' films as early influences.Mark D. Eckel (2014). "When the Lights Go Down". p. 167. WestBow Press. The genre hit its peak between 1978 and 1984 in an era referred to as the "Golden Age" of slasher films. Notable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cult Film
A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a cult following. Cult films are known for their dedicated, passionate fanbase, which forms an elaborate subculture, members of which engage in repeated viewings, dialogue-quoting, and audience participation. Inclusive definitions allow for major studio productions, especially box-office bombs, while exclusive definitions focus more on obscure, transgressive films shunned by the mainstream. The difficulty in defining the term and subjectivity of what qualifies as a cult film mirror classificatory disputes about art. The term ''cult film'' itself was first used in the 1970s to describe the culture that surrounded underground films and midnight movies, though ''cult'' was in common use in film analysis for decades prior to that. Cult films trace their origin back to controversial and suppressed films kept alive by dedicated fans. In some cases, reclaimed or rediscovered films have acq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
