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Remarkable Power
''Remarkable Power'' is a 2008 comedy film directed by Brandon Beckner, who also co-wrote the script. The film features Tom Arnold, Kevin Nealon, Evan Peters, Nora Zehetner, Kip Pardue, Dulé Hill and Johnny Messner. It was filmed between October 9 and November 4, 2006 in Los Angeles. Synopsis Remarkable Power is the name of a self-help book which plays a central role in the film about a late night talk show host who goes through all lengths to bring his canceled show back on the air. Cast Production The project was produced by Mykel Denis and Scott Sampilla. Scott Sampilla also co-wrote the script with director and writing partner Brandon Beckner. The project was filmed entirely in Los Angeles. Release The film was released as a Direct-to-DVD Direct-to-video or straight-to-video refers to the release of a film, television series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats rather than an initial theatrical release or television premiere. This dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Arnold (actor)
Thomas Duane Arnold (born March 6, 1959) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Arnie Thomas on '' Roseanne'', which starred his ex-wife Roseanne Barr. He has appeared in several films, including ''True Lies'' (1994), '' Nine Months'' (1995), '' Big Bully'', ''Carpool'', '' The Stupids'' (all 1996), ''McHale's Navy'' (1997), '' Animal Factory'' (2000), '' Cradle 2 the Grave'' (2003), '' Mr. 3000'' (2004), '' Happy Endings'' (2005), ''Pride'' (2007), '' The Great Buck Howard'' (2008), and '' Madea's Witness Protection'' (2011). He was also the host of '' The Best Damn Sports Show Period'' for four years, and appeared on '' Sons of Anarchy''. Early life Arnold was born Thomas Duane Arnold in Ottumwa, Iowa, the son of Linda Kay (née Graham) and Jack Arnold. His mother was Jewish. He had 2 siblings: a sister Lori and a brother Scott. As a child, Arnold was diagnosed with autism. His mother abandoned the family when he was a child, and he and his siblings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Plotnick
Jack Plotnick is an American film and television actor, writer, and producer. Career Plotnick is possibly best known for his role as Edmund Kay in the 1998 period drama '' Gods and Monsters'', which won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and recurring roles on the television series ''Ellen'' and ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', his role as part of the main cast of ''Drawn Together'', his leading performance in the film ''Wrong'' and his drag persona, "Evie Harris" in '' Girls Will Be Girls''. He had a recurring role on ''The Mentalist'' as crime scene technician Brett Partridge. Plotnick directed and co-wrote the 2014 science fiction comedy '' Space Station 76''. Personal life Plotnick was born in Worthington, Ohio, the youngest of four children, and graduated from Worthington High School in 1987. He attended Carnegie Mellon University. Plotnick was raised Jewish, and is gay. Awards Along with co-stars Miss Coco Peru and Varla Jean Merman, Plotnick shared the Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Scored By Mark Orton
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Comedy Films
American comedy films are comedy films produced in the United States. The genre is one of the oldest in American cinema; some of the first silent movies were comedies, as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions, without requiring sound. With the advent of sound in the late 1920s and 1930s, comedic dialogue rose in prominence in the work of film comedians such as W. C. Fields and the Marx Brothers. By the 1950s, the television industry had become serious competition for the movie industry. The 1960s saw an increasing number of broad, star-packed comedies. In the 1970s, black comedies were popular. Leading figures in the 1970s were Woody Allen and Mel Brooks. One of the major developments of the 1990s was the re-emergence of the romantic comedy film. Another development was the increasing use of " gross-out humour". History 1895–1930 Comic films began to appear in significant numbers during the era of silent films, roughly 1895 to 1930. The visual humou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Comedy Films
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. Etymology English ''eight'', from Old English '', æhta'', Proto-Germanic ''*ahto'' is a direct continuation of Proto-Indo-European numerals, Proto-Indo-European '':wikt:Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/oḱtṓw, *oḱtṓ(w)-'', and as such cognate with Greek and Latin , both of which stems are reflected by the English prefix :wikt:oct-, oct(o)-, as in the ordinal adjective ''octaval'' or ''octavary'', the distributive adjective is ''octonary''. The adjective ''octuple'' (Latin ) may also be used as a noun, meaning "a set of eight items"; the diminutive ''octuplet'' is mostly used to refer to eight siblings delivered in one birth. The Semitic numerals, Semitic numeral is based on a root ''*θmn-'', whence Akkadian ''smn-'', Arabic ''ṯmn-'', Hebrew ''šmn-'' etc. The Chinese numeral, written (Standard Mandarin, Mandarin: ''bā''; Cantonese language, Cantonese: ''baat''), is from Old Chinese ''*priāt-'', ultim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Films
The year 2008 involved many major film events. '' The Dark Knight'' was the year's highest-grossing film, while '' Slumdog Millionaire'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture (out of eight Academy Awards). Evaluation of the year 2008 has been widely considered to be a very significant year for cinema. The entertainment agency website IGN described 2008 as "one of the biggest years ever for movies." It stated, "2008 was the year when the comic book movie genre not only hits its zenith, but also gained critical respectability thanks to '' The Dark Knight''. Animated films also proved a huge draw for filmgoers, with Pixar's '' WALL-E'' becoming not only the highest grossing toon but also the most lauded. Things got off on the right foot with the monster movie madness of '' Cloverfield''. Marvel got down to business laying the groundwork for their superhero team-up ''The Avengers'' with the blockbuster hit ''Iron Man'' and their respectable attempt at rebooting '' The Incredible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Direct-to-DVD
Direct-to-video or straight-to-video refers to the release of a film, television series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats rather than an initial theatrical release or television premiere. This distribution strategy was prevalent before streaming platforms came to dominate the TV and movie distribution markets. Because sequels or prequels of larger-budget films may be released direct-to-video, review references to direct-to-video releases are often pejorative. Direct-to-video release has also become profitable for independent filmmakers and smaller companies. Some direct-to-video genre films (with a high-profile star) can generate well in excess of $50 million revenue worldwide. Reasons for releasing direct to video A production studio may decide not to generally release a TV show or film for several possible reasons: a low budget, a lack of support from a TV network, negative reviews, its controversial nature, that it may appeal to a small nich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Vinovich
Steve Vinovich (born January 22, 1945) is an American actor. Biography Vinovich was born on January 22, 1945, in Peoria, Illinois. Vinovich has appeared in several feature films such as B.J Wert in 1987's ''Mannequin'', and Dr. Novos in the 1994 comedy ''The Santa Clause''. He also voiced Puffin in the 1994 animated film '' The Swan Princess'' and one of the only three actors of the original cast to reprise his role for the two direct-to-video sequels (the other two being Michelle Nicastro as Princess Odette and James Arrington as Sir Chamberlain). He appeared in '' The Foreigner'' at Corn Stock Theatre in Peoria, Illinois the summer of 2013 and has appeared in Broadway shows including ''Waitress'', '' All The Way, Lost in Yonkers, The Grand Tour ''The Grand Tour'' is a British motoring television series, created by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, and Andy Wilman, for Amazon Prime Video, and premiered on 18 November 2016. The programme was devised in the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Titus
Christopher Titus (born October 1, 1964) is an American comedian, podcaster, and actor. He was the star, executive producer, and co-creator of the eponymous ''Titus'' sitcom on FOX from 2000 to 2002. His life experience with a dysfunctional family is a common topic of his stand-up comedy. Early and personal life Titus was born in Castro Valley, California. His parents divorced when he was young, and Titus went to live with his father, who struggled with alcoholism. He later lived with his mother, then his grandparents, before again living with his father from age twelve. His mother died by suicide in 1994. Titus married Erin Carden in 1991; they had two children before divorcing in 2006. Career Stand-up comedy ''Norman Rockwell is Bleeding'' As Titus' first special, this monologue was the basis for his TV show and centered around his dysfunctional family experiences. It aired in 2000 at the Montreal Just for Laughs festival; a filmed version was aired on Comedy Central in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Sapp
Robert Malcolm Sapp (born September 22, 1973) is an American mixed martial artist, kickboxing, kickboxer, professional wrestler, actor, and former American football, football player. He is currently under contract with Rizin Fighting Federation. Sapp has a combined fight record of 24–39–1, mostly fighting in Japan. He is well known in Japan, where he has appeared in numerous commercials, television programs, and various other media, and has released a music CD, ''Sapp Time''. He is known there as a ''gaijin tarento'' (foreign-born talent). He is currently working sporadically for various MMA promotions in the U.S., Japan, and Europe. Sapp played college football as a Guard (gridiron football), guard for the Washington Huskies football, Washington Huskies with whom he won the Morris Trophy. He was selected in the third round of the 1997 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears with whom he played for one season seeing no game action before playing with the Minnesota Vikings for anothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Hess
Sandra Hess (born 27 March 1968) is a Swiss former actress and fashion model. She is best known for her role as Sonya Blade in the film '' Mortal Kombat Annihilation'' (1997), and Lieutenant Alexandra "Ice" Jensen on the television series '' Pensacola: Wings of Gold'' (1998–2000). Life and career Began modeling and working on television commercials when she was 15. After completing high school, she entered the University of Zurich to study law but before completing her degree she came to the United States to build an acting career. Once settled in Los Angeles, Hess started taking acting classes. Her first role was in the 1992 film ''Encino Man'', playing a cavewoman to Brendan Fraser's caveman character. In 1997, she played the role of Sonya Blade in the film ''Mortal Kombat Annihilation'', taking over the role played by Bridgette Wilson in the first film. In 1998, she portrayed Immortal bounty hunter Reagan Cole, a friend of Duncan MacLeod's, in the ninth episode of the si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
