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Mpower Pictures
Mpower Pictures is the production company of David Segel, Stephen McEveety, John Shepherd, and Todd Burns. Mpower Pictures was launched with '' Bella'' (2006), winner of the Toronto Film Festival People's Choice Award, produced in association with Metanoia Films. Since then, Mpower Pictures has produced a number of award-winning features for theatrical distribution including ''An American Carol'', '' The Stoning of Soraya M.'' and ''Snowmen''. Film and television productions Mpower Pictures has been actively developing and producing film content for theatrical distribution since 2007 as well as television content since early 2010. Film productions * '' Man Down'' (2016) * '' The Drop Box'' (2015) * ''Irreplaceable'' (2014) * ''Machine Gun Preacher'' (2012) (as financing production company) *'' Snowmen'' (2011) *'' The Stoning of Soraya M.'' (2010) *''As We Forgive'' (2009) *''An American Carol'' (2008) * ''The Star of Bethlehem'' (2007) *'' Bella'' (2006) TV productions *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estimat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowmen (film)
''Snowmen'' is an independent family comedy-drama film written and directed by Robert Kirbyson and produced by John Shepherd and Stephen McEveety. It was released at the Tribeca Film Festival on May 1, 2010.Faces of the Festival: Robert Kirbyson by McCracken, KristiFaces of the Festival 10-04-03. Accesses 2011-02-17 Plot Billy Kirkland ( Bobby Coleman), is a 10-year-old boy with cancer who is convinced that he has only weeks to live. He has two misfit best friends, Lucas Lamb ( Christian Martyn) and Howard Garvey ( Bobb'e J. Thompson) who he attends school with. Wanting to be remembered, Billy and his friends try to pursue fame but face a series of schemes which stand in their way, including their neighborhood bullies. Billy and his friends decide to try to create the most snowmen built in the world in one day. Their first attempt fails miserably because they don't have enough people. They begin a campaign to get more people to help by hanging out flyers and placing posters u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlad (film)
''Vlad'' is a 2003 American horror film directed by Michael D. Sellers and starring Francesco Quinn and Billy Zane. It is based on the life of Vlad Dracula, the Wallachian ruler. The film received generally negative reviews.http://www.beyondhollywood.com/vlad-2003-movie-review/ Plot Cast * Francesco Quinn as Vlad Țepeș * Billy Zane as Adrian * Brad Dourif as Radescu * Paul Popowich as Jeff Meyer / Husband * Kam Heskin as Alexa Meyer * John Rhys-Davies John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor best known for portraying Sallah in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise and Gimli in ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. His other roles include Michael Malone in the 1993 series ''The Untouch ... as Narrator (voice) References External links * * * * 2003 horror films 2003 films Cultural depictions of Vlad the Impaler American vampire films 2003 directorial debut films Films shot in Romania 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Star Of Bethlehem (documentary)
''The Star of Bethlehem'' is a 2007 documentary by Frederick A. "Rick" Larson to show what he found when he searched for clues about the Star of Bethlehem. Larson used the Starry Night astronomy computer program along with an article written by astronomer Craig Chester;Chester, Craig. "The Star of Bethlehem". ''Imprimis''. December 1993, 22(12). Originally presented at Hillsdale College during fall 1992. Retrieved on December 19, 2015.Chester, Craig. "The Star of Bethlehem". ''Imprimis''. Reprinted December 1996 with editorial changes. 25(12). PDF; scroll to December 1996 and click. Originally printed 1993 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As We Forgive
As, AS, A. S., A/S or similar may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media * A. S. Byatt (born 1936), English critic, novelist, poet and short story writer * "As" (song), by Stevie Wonder * , a Spanish sports newspaper * , an academic male voice choir of Helsinki, Finland * Adult Swim, a programming block on Cartoon Network Business legal structures * , a Czech form of joint-stock company * , a Slovak form of joint-stock company * or ''A/S'', a type of Danish stock-based company * or ''AS'', a type of Norwegian stock-based company Businesses and organizations * A.S. Roma, an Italian football club * Alaska Airlines, IATA airline designator * (Belgium), a World War II resistance organization * ''Diario AS'', a Spanish daily sports newspaper that concentrates particularly on football - branded as AS * KK AS Basket, a Serbian basketball club * , a French resistance organization * Oakland Athletics, an American baseball team referred to as the A's * Australian Standards, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machine Gun Preacher
''Machine Gun Preacher'' is a 2011 American biographical action drama film directed by Marc Forster and starring Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, and Michael Shannon. It tells the story of Sam Childers, a former gang biker turned preacher, and his efforts to protect, in collaboration with the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), the children of South Sudan from the atrocities of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The screenplay by Jason Keller was adapted from Childers' book '' Another Man's War'' and Ian Urbina's ''Vanity Fair'' article "Get Kony". The film' premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and opened in the United States on September 23, 2011. Plot In 2003 in southern Sudan, the LRA attack a village and force a young boy to kill his mother. A few years earlier, Sam Childers, an alcoholic drug-using biker from Pennsylvania, is released from prison and finds that his wife, Lynn, has given up her job as a stripper after accepting Christ as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Drop Box
Production In 2011, the writer and director of the documentary, Brian Ivie, contacted pastor Lee Jong Rak. Ivie had heard about Pastor Lee's work from the Los Angeles Times article "South Korean Pastor Tends to an Unwanted Flock." After six months of correspondence and preparation, Ivie and a production team at Arbella Studios began to film. The production of ''The Drop Box'' took two years. Themes Sacrifice, hope, guilt, courage, and unconditional love are themes that resound through the documentary. ''The Drop Box'' explores some anti-abortion themes, although its content does not explicitly mention abortion. Rather, it emphasizes the value of the life of every child that Pastor Lee receives in the drop box. Reception ''The Drop Box'' was released on March 3, 2015 in a limited theatrical release and garnered close to a quarter million views and public interest. It was shown in over 700 theaters in the United States. Many viewers of this documentary were inspired to conta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal 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. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Down (film)
''Man Down'' is a 2015 American war thriller drama film directed by Dito Montiel, written by Adam G. Simon, and starring Shia LaBeouf, Jai Courtney, Gary Oldman, Kate Mara, and Clifton Collins Jr. The film follows a Marine who returns from Afghanistan to find his hometown devastated, and his wife and son missing. The film had its world premiere in the Horizon section at 72nd Venice International Film Festival on September 6, 2015. It was released on December 2, 2016, by Lionsgate Premiere, to negative reviews from critics. Plot The story transpires in a non-linear fashion, following U.S. Marine Gabriel Drummer in training, in battle in Afghanistan, in counseling in Afghanistan, while searching for his family after returning to a devastated United States, and in his final moments as his broken mind returns to reality. Drummer is at Camp LeJeune, training as a U.S. Marine. He and wife Natalie have a young son, Johnathan. When Johnathan gets bullied at school after Natalie tells ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stoning Of Soraya M
, image = The Stoning of Soraya M. US Poster.jpg , alt = , caption = U.S. theatrical release poster , director = Cyrus Nowrasteh , producer = Stephen McEveety John Shepherd Todd BurnsDiane Hendricks , writer = Betsy Giffen NowrastehCyrus Nowrasteh , based_on = , starring = Mozhan MarnòShohreh AghdashlooJim Caviezel Parviz Sayyad Vida GhahremaniNavid Negahban , music = John Debney , cinematography = Joel Ransom , editing = David HandmanGeoffrey Rowland , studio = Mpower Pictures , distributor = Roadside Attractions , released = , runtime = 116 minutes , country = United States , language = PersianEnglish , budget = , gross = $1.1 million ''The Stoning of Soraya M.'' ( fa, .سنگسار ثريا م, Sangsār-e Sorayā M.) is a 2009 Persian-language American drama film adapted from French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An American Carol
''An American Carol'' (released as ''Big Fat Important Movie'' in other territories) is a 2008 American satirical comedy film directed by David Zucker and written by Zucker, Myrna Sokoloff and Lewis Friedman. Using the framework of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella ''A Christmas Carol'', the film follows liberal filmmaker Michael Malone (a parody of Michael Moore) as he is visited by three spirits to teach him the importance of Independence Day. The film satirizes liberalism in the United States, with focus on Moore's documentaries. It stars Kevin Farley as Malone, alongside an ensemble supporting cast that includes Kelsey Grammer, Leslie Nielsen, Trace Adkins, Robert Davi, and Jon Voight. Theatrically released on October 3, 2008, by Vivendi Entertainment, ''An American Carol'' received negative reviews from most critics, who found the film's humor and satire to be ineffective. It also was a failure at the box office grossing only $7 million against a $20 million budget. The film ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
