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Night Of The Comet
''Night of the Comet'' is a 1984 American science fiction comedy horror film written and directed by Thom Eberhardt. It stars Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, and Kelli Maroney as survivors of a comet that has turned most people into either dust or zombies. ''Night of the Comet'' grossed $14.4 million in the US on a $700,000 budget. It received positive reviews according to Rotten Tomatoes and has since become a cult film, influencing the creation of Buffy Summers. Plot The Earth is passing through the tail of a comet, an event which has not occurred in 65 million years and coincided with the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. On the night of the comet's passage, eleven days before Christmas, large crowds gather outside to watch and celebrate. Eighteen-year-old Regina "Reggie" Belmont works at a movie theater in southern California. She is annoyed to find the initials DMK have the sixth highest score on the theater's '' Tempest'' video game; all the other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Thom Eberhardt
Thomas Everett "Thom" Eberhardt (born March 7, 1947) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Eberhardt has won two awards and two nominations. He is most noted for his work on ''Without a Clue'', ''Honey, I Blew Up the Kid'', and the cult classic ''Night of the Comet''. Eberhardt, formerly a member of Writers Guild of America West, left and maintained financial core status in 2008. Partial filmography TV movies * ''Twice Upon a Time (1998 TV Movie), Twice Upon a Time'' (1998) * ''Ratz'' (2000) (Also writer) References External links * 1947 births American male screenwriters American television directors Film directors from Los Angeles Film producers from California Living people Screenwriters from California Writers from Los Angeles {{US-film-director-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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] [Amazon] |
Dick Rude
Dick Rude (born 1964) is a director, actor and writer known for his appearances in and contributions to many Alex Cox films including a starring role in 1986's '' Straight to Hell'', for which he also served as a writer and contributed to the soundtrack. Rude directed the Red Hot Chili Peppers music videos " Catholic School Girls Rule", " Fight Like a Brave", and " Universally Speaking" as well as their live concert DVD '' Off the Map''. His most recent film is '' Let's Rock Again!'', a 2004 documentary that documented the final tour of musician Joe Strummer shortly before his death in 2002. Filmography Actor * ''Rock 'n' Roll Hotel'' (1984) * '' Repo Man'' (1984) - Duke * '' The Wild Life'' (1984) - Eddie * '' Night of the Comet'' (1984) - Stock Boy * '' Straight to Hell'' (1986) - Willy * ''Sid and Nancy ''Sid and Nancy'' (also known as ''Sid and Nancy: Love Kills'') is a 1986 British biographical film directed by Alex Cox, co-written with Abbe Wool, and starring Gary Oldma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Janice Kawaye
Janice Hiromi Kawaye (born April 4, 1970) is an American voice actress known for her roles as Gi in '' Captain Planet and the Planeteers'', Jenny Wakeman/XJ-9 in '' My Life as a Teenage Robot'', Ami Onuki in '' Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi'', Kim and Kam in '' Class of 3000'', and Lysithea in the ''Fire Emblem'' series. Early life Kawaye was born in Los Angeles, California to Hiroko and Harry Kawaye, who was a veteran of the Military Intelligence Service serving five years with the United States Armed Forces. They were both of Japanese descent. She is fluent in Japanese. Filmography Animation Anime Films Video games Live action References Book references * External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kawaye, Janice 1970 births Living people Actresses from Los Angeles American actresses of Japanese descent American child actresses American video game actresses American voice actresses Nickelodeon people 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Devon Ericson
Devon Ericson is a retired American actress and cover singer. Early years Ericson was born in Salt Lake City and was named for Devon, England. Her mother, Audrey Planty, won British ice-skating championships and toured with the Ice Follies in the United States. Her father was an American of Swedish descent. They separated when Ericson was 8 years old, and she moved with her mother to San Diego, where her mother operated an ice rink. As a youngster, Ericson participated in contests in speech and debate. She attended the school of performing arts at United States International University in San Diego and later studied at its satellite campus at Ashdown Park, England. Career Ericson first performed professionally in England, acting in ''As You Like It'' and dancing in a revue. She came to the United States to act in the play ''Pajama Tops'' in Philadelphia. After that, she debuted on American television as John-Boy Walton's girlfriend on ''The Waltons''. She later portrayed Bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Michael Bowen (actor)
Michael Bowen (born 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Nicolas Cage's romantic rival, Tommy, in the cult classic ''Valley Girl'' (1983), Danny Pickett on the ABC series '' Lost'', and Jack Welker on the AMC series ''Breaking Bad'' (2012–2013). Early life Bowen is the only son of Beat painter Michael Bowen Sr. and actress Sonia Sorel (née Henius; 1921–2004) who was Bowen's first wife. His maternal great-grandfather was biochemist Max Henius, a Danish immigrant to America who himself was of Polish-Jewish descent, and his maternal great-grandmother was the sister of historian Johan Ludvig Heiberg. He grew up in San Francisco knowing "interesting characters—revolutionary-type people," which inspired his portrayal of Uncle Jack on the AMC series ''Breaking Bad''. Through his mother's other marriage he is the half-brother of actors Robert and Keith Carradine of the Carradine family. He is the half-uncle of actresses Martha Plimpton and Ever Carrad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Vanity Plate
A vanity plate or personalized plate (United States and Canada); prestige plate, private number plate, cherished plate or personalised registration (United Kingdom); personalised plate (Australia, New Zealand, and United Kingdom) or custom plate (Canada, Australia and New Zealand) is a special type of vehicle registration plate on an automobile or other vehicle. The owner of the vehicle pays extra money to have their own choice of numbers or letters, usually portraying a recognizable phrase, slogan, or abbreviation, on their plate. Sales of vanity plates are often a significant source of revenue for North American provincial and state licensing agencies. In some jurisdictions, such as British Columbia, vanity plates have a different color scheme and design. North America Vanity plates are issued by every U.S. state and the District of Columbia, and every Canadian province except Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2007, the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lethal Injection
Lethal injection is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person (typically a barbiturate, paralytic, and potassium) for the express purpose of causing death. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broader sense to include euthanasia and other forms of suicide. The drugs cause the person to become unconscious, stops their breathing, and causes a heart arrhythmia, in that order. First developed in the United States, the method has become a legal means of execution in Mainland China, Thailand (since 2003), Guatemala, Taiwan, the Maldives, Nigeria, and Vietnam, though Guatemala abolished the death penalty for civilian cases in 2017 and has not conducted an execution since 2000, and the Maldives has never carried out an execution since its independence. Although Taiwan permits lethal injection as an execution method, no executions have been carried out in this manner; the same is true for Nigeria. Lethal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Euthanasia
Euthanasia (from : + ) is the practice of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering. Different countries have different Legality of euthanasia, euthanasia laws. The British House of Lords Select committee (United Kingdom), select committee on medical ethics defines euthanasia as "a deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of ending a life to relieve intractable suffering". In the Netherlands and Belgium, euthanasia is understood as "termination of life by a doctor at the request of a patient". The Dutch law, however, does not use the term 'euthanasia' but includes the concept under the broader definition of "assisted suicide and termination of life on request". Euthanasia is categorised in different ways, which include Voluntary euthanasia, voluntary, Non-voluntary euthanasia, non-voluntary, and Involuntary euthanasia, involuntary. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Disc Jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at nightclubs or music festivals), mobile DJs (who are hired to work at public and private events such as weddings, parties, or festivals), and turntablism, turntablists (who use record players, usually turntables, to manipulate sounds on phonograph records). Originally, the "disc" in "disc jockey" referred to shellac and later vinyl records, but nowadays DJ is used as an all-encompassing term to also describe persons who DJ mix, mix music from other recording media such as compact cassette, cassettes, Compact disc, CDs or digital audio files on a CDJ, controller, or even a laptop. DJs may adopt the title "DJ" in front of their real names, adopted pseudonyms, or stage names. DJs commonly use audio equipment that can play at least two sources of recorded music simul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Smog
Smog, or smoke fog, is a type of intense air pollution. The word "smog" was coined in the early 20th century, and is a portmanteau of the words ''smoke'' and ''fog'' to refer to smoky fog due to its opacity, and odour. The word was then intended to refer to what was sometimes known as pea soup fog, a familiar and serious problem in London from the 19th century to the mid-20th century, where it was commonly known as a London particular or London fog. This kind of visible air pollution is composed of nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxide, ozone, smoke and other Particulate matter, particulates. Man-made smog is derived from coal combustion emissions, vehicular emissions, industrial emissions, forest and agricultural fires and photochemical reactions of these emissions. Smog is often categorized as being either summer smog or winter smog. Summer smog is primarily associated with the photochemical formation of ozone. During the summer season when the temperatures are warmer and there is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Zombie
A zombie (Haitian French: ; ; Kikongo: ''zumbi'') is a mythological undead corporeal revenant created through the reanimation of a corpse. In modern popular culture, zombies appear in horror genre works. The term comes from Haitian folklore, in which a ''zombie'' is a dead body reanimated through various methods, most commonly magical practices in religions like Vodou. Modern media depictions of the reanimation of the dead often do not involve magic but rather science fictional methods such as fungi, radiation, gases, diseases, plants, bacteria, viruses, etc. Zombies are real-life individuals in Haiti who have undergone a religious punishment called zombification for committing crimes such as rape or land theft. They are drugged, buried alive, exhumed and then enslaved by secret societies in Haiti. This practice became the basis for the zombie myth of a resurrected corpse. The English word "zombie" was first recorded in 1819 in a history of Brazil by the poet Robert S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
