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Lovely By Surprise
''Lovely By Surprise'' is a 2007 film directed by Kirt Gunn. It stars Carrie Preston, Michael Chernus, Austin Pendleton and Reg Rogers. Synopsis of plot Facing an intense bout of writer's block, novelist Marian Walker ( Carrie Preston) seeks advice from her mentor and ex-lover (Austin Pendleton Austin Campbell Pendleton (born March 27, 1940) is an American actor, playwright, theatre director, and instructor. Pendleton is known as a prolific character actor on the stage and screen, whose six-decade career has included roles in films i ...). He gives her some innocent advice: kill off Humkin ( Michael Chernus), the book's protagonist. Marian tries to write the death scene, but this proves complicated: Humkin survives, escapes, and starts to appear outside of the confines of the story. Promotional webisodes In 2006 two websites, Lovely By Surprise and The Neverything, were launched as teasers for the film. Each website told a different strand of the film's story th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirt Gunn
Kirt or KIRT may refer to: * K’irt’ or Kard, town in Armenia * Kirt, West Virginia, United States * KIRT, an American radio station People with the name * Kirt Manwaring (born 1965), American baseball player *Kirt Niedrigh, comic book character *Kirt Ojala Kirt Stanley Ojala (born December 24, 1968) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) left-handed pitcher who played for the Florida Marlins from 1997 to 1999, and is remembered for being the pitcher who gave up the 400th career home run ... (born 1968), American baseball player * Kirt Thompson (born 1967), Trinidad and Tobago javelin thrower * Magnus Kirt (born 1990), Estonian athlete See also * Kurt (other) {{Disambiguation, geo, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie Preston
Carrie Preston (born June 21, 1967) is an American actress, director, and producer. She is best known for her roles as Arlene Fowler in the HBO fantasy drama series '' True Blood'' (2008–2014) and as Elsbeth Tascioni in the CBS legal drama series '' The Good Wife'' (2010–2016) and the two spinoffs '' The Good Fight'' (2017–2022) and '' Elsbeth'' (2024–present). For her work on ''The Good Wife'', Preston received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. Preston also appeared in the CBS crime drama series '' Person of Interest'' (2012–2016), the NBC comedy series '' Crowded'' (2016), and the TNT crime drama series '' Claws'' (2017–2022). She has starred in films such as the romantic comedy '' My Best Friend's Wedding'' (1997), the comedy-drama '' Transamerica'' (2005), the romantic comedy '' Vicky Cristina Barcelona'' (2008), the drama ''Doubt'' (2008), the drama '' To the Bone'' (2017), the slasher horror '' They/Them'' (2022), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Chernus
Michael Louis Chernus (born August 8, 1977) is an American actor who has acted on film, television, and the stage. He is best known for his role as Cal Chapman on the Netflix original comedy-drama series ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2019), and has had roles in the superhero film '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017) and the Apple TV+ series '' Severance'' (2022–present). Chernus starred in the 2023 thriller miniseries '' Dead Ringers'', which won a Peabody Award. Life and career Chernus was born in Rocky River, Ohio. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School's Drama Division. An accomplished stage actor, Michael won a 2011 Obie Award and received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for his performance in Lisa Kron's ''In the Wake'' at The Public Theater in New York City. On stage, he co-starred with David Hyde Pierce in the Manhattan Theater Club production of ''Close Up Space'' at New York City Center. Other New York credits include such theaters as Playwrights Horizons, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Pendleton
Austin Campbell Pendleton (born March 27, 1940) is an American actor, playwright, theatre director, and instructor. Pendleton is known as a prolific character actor on the stage and screen, whose six-decade career has included roles in films including ''Catch-22 (film), Catch-22'' (1970); ''What's Up, Doc? (1972 film), What's Up, Doc?'' (1972); ''The Front Page (1974 film), The Front Page'' (1974); ''The Muppet Movie'' (1979), ''Short Circuit (1986 film), Short Circuit'' (1986); ''Mr. & Mrs. Bridge'' (1990); ''My Cousin Vinny'' (1992); ''Mr. Nanny'' (1993); ''Guarding Tess'' (1994); ''Amistad (film), Amistad'' (1997); ''A Beautiful Mind (film), A Beautiful Mind'' (2001), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nomination; and ''Finding Nemo'' (2003). Pendleton received a Tony Award nomination for Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, Best Direction of a Play for the Broadway (theatre), Broadway revival of ''The L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas Roberts
Dallas Mark Roberts (born May 10, 1970) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Milton Mamet in the third season of AMC's '' The Walking Dead'' (2012–2013), Eliot Delson in ''Unforgettable'', and Owen Cavanaugh in '' The Good Wife''. He also starred in the Netflix comedy '' Insatiable''. Early life and education Roberts was born and raised in Houston, Texas, where he attended Paul Revere Middle School and Robert E. Lee High School. He moved to Sarasota, Florida, where he graduated from Sarasota High School in 1988 and attended State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota. In 1990, Roberts was accepted to the Juilliard School in New York City, where he graduated in 1994 as a member of the Drama Division's ''Group 23''. Career Roberts is primarily based in New York City, where he regularly appears in theatrical productions. Off-Broadway he has appeared in a revival of Lanford Wilson's '' Burn This'', opposite Edward Norton and Catherine Keener; in Adam Rapp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Rogers
Reg Rogers (born December 23, 1964) is an American stage, film, and television actor, known for his roles in '' Primal Fear'' and '' Runaway Bride'' and for the TV miniseries ''Attila''. He also appears in theater, both on Broadway and Off-Broadway. Early life Rogers was raised in Newport Beach, California. After high school, he attended several colleges before graduating from the Yale School of Drama in 1993. Career Rogers has frequently appeared in guest roles on television shows including ''Law & Order'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Friends'', ''The Closer'', ''Boardwalk Empire'', ''Touched by an Angel'', ''The Knick'', '' Lipstick Jungle'', '' Miss Match'', '' Hell on Wheels'', ''The Americans'', ''The Blacklist'' and the TV miniseries ''Attila''. He played the killer Andrew Lincoln in the 2005 TV film '' Stone Cold'', part of the Jesse Stone TV film series. Films that featured Rogers include '' Primal Fear'', '' I Shot Andy Warhol'', '' Runaway Bride'', '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Burton (actress)
Katherine Burton (born September 10, 1957) is an American actress, the daughter of actors Richard Burton and Sybil Christopher. On television, Burton received critical acclaim as Ellis Grey in the Shonda Rhimes drama series ''Grey's Anatomy'', and as Vice President Sally Langston on ''Scandal''. She has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Tony Awards. Early life Burton was born in Geneva, Switzerland, the daughter of Welsh parents, producer Sybil Burton (née Williams) and actor Richard Burton. She was thus the stepdaughter of Elizabeth Taylor and of Sybil's second husband Jordan Christopher, both actors. Burton earned a bachelor's degree in Russian Studies and European History from Brown University in 1979, where she was on the board of Production Workshop, one of the university's student theater groups, and a master's degree from Yale School of Drama in 1982. Brown awarded Burton an honorary doctorate in 2007. Career Stage work Burton's first n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Masur
Richard Masur (born November 20, 1948) is an American character actor who has appeared in more than 40 films. From 1995 to 1999, he served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). He is best known for playing David Kane on '' One Day at a Time'' (1975–1976), Nick Lobo on '' Rhoda'' (1974–1977), Clark in '' The Thing'' (1982), adult Stanley Uris in the miniseries '' It'' (1990), and Edward L. L. Moore on '' Younger'' (2016–2018). Life and career Masur was born in New York City to Jewish parents: a high school counselor mother, Claire Masur, and a pharmacist father, Jesse Masur. He has a sister, Judith Masur. He attended P.S. 28, Walt Whitman Junior High School, and Roosevelt High School, Yonkers, New York. He is married to Eileen Henry. Masur studied at the Yale School of Drama toward an MFA in acting and appeared on stage before acting in movies and television shows during the 1970s. He appeared on an episode of ''All in the Family'' as well as in an epi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelby Bryant
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Steve Yedlin
Steven Mark Yedlin, (born September 29, 1975) is an American cinematographer who studied at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He is best known for his collaboration with director Rian Johnson in his films. Yedlin is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 2015. Some of his best-known works include ''Brick'', '' The Brothers Bloom'', '' Looper'', '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'', and ''Knives Out ''Knives Out'' is a 2019 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. Daniel Craig leads an eleven-actor ensemble cast as Benoit Blanc, a famed private detective who is summoned to investigate the death of the bestselling autho ...''. Additional credits include the films '' San Andreas'' and '' Carrie''. Filmography Film Television References External links * * 1975 births Living people American cinematographers Film people from Los Angeles USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni {{US-cinematographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Neverything
The Neverything is a series of short films directed by Kirt Gunn, released on the internet and sponsored by Mercury. It was also the working title for a full-length feature film based on the shorts, which was later released as ''Lovely By Surprise''. Synopsis of plot The film is about two brothers, Humkin and Mopekey, who live on a boat; the boat sits on land and is isolated in the middle of a field in some unspecified part of America. The two brothers live a solitary existence; they are clothed only in underwear, and have no communication with the outside world, with the exception of a few signals received through the ship's radio. Their sustenance takes the form of milk which is delivered by an equally mysterious milkman and a cereal consisting of frosted sugar balls; the origin of the food is not made clear. Feature Film Kirt Gunn directed a full-length feature film based on both the episodes comprising ''The Neverything'', as well as the episodes of a parallel series of sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Independent Films
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