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Unthinkable
''Unthinkable'' is a 2010 American thriller film directed by Gregor Jordan and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Sheen and Carrie-Anne Moss. It was released direct-to-video on June 14, 2010. The film is noteworthy for the controversy it generated around its subject matter, the torture of a man who threatens to detonate three nuclear bombs in three U.S. cities. Plot An American man and former Delta Force operator, Yusuf (Sheen), makes a videotape. When FBI Special Agent Helen Brody (Moss) and her team see news bulletins looking for Yusuf, they launch an investigation, which is curtailed when they are summoned to a high school, which has been converted into a black site under military command. They are shown Yusuf's complete tape, where he threatens to detonate three nuclear bombs in separate U.S. cities if his demands are not met. A special interrogator, "H" (Samuel L. Jackson), is brought in to force Yusuf to reveal the locations of the nuclear bombs. H quickly shows hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie-Anne Moss
Carrie-Anne Moss (born August 21, 1967) is a Canadian actress. After early roles on television, she rose to international prominence for her role of Trinity in ''The Matrix'' series (1999–present). She has starred in '' Memento'' (2000) for which she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, '' Red Planet'' (2000), '' Chocolat'' (2000), '' Fido'' (2006), ''Snow Cake'' (2006) for which she won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, '' Disturbia'' (2007), ''Unthinkable'' (2010), '' Silent Hill: Revelation'' (2012), and '' Pompeii'' (2014). She also portrayed Jeri Hogarth in several television series produced by Marvel Television for Netflix, most notably ''Jessica Jones'' (2015–2019). Early life Carrie-Anne Moss was born in Burnaby, British Columbia, the daughter of Barbara and Melvyn Moss. She has an older brother, Brooke. Moss's mother reportedly named her after the Hollies' 1967 hit song, "Carrie Anne", which had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Sheen
Michael Christopher Sheen OBE (born 5 February 1969) is a Welsh actor, television producer and political activist. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s with stage roles in ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1992), ''Don't Fool with Love'' (1993), ''Peer Gynt'' (1994), ''The Seagull'' (1995), '' The Homecoming'' (1997), and '' Henry V'' (1997). His performances in '' Amadeus'' at the Old Vic and '' Look Back in Anger'' at the National Theatre were nominated for Olivier Awards in 1998 and 1999, respectively. In 2003, he was nominated for a third Olivier Award for his performance in ''Caligula'' at the Donmar Warehouse. Sheen has become better known as a screen actor since the 2000s, in particular through his roles in various biographical films. For writer Peter Morgan, he starred in a trilogy of films as UK prime minister Tony Blairthe television film '' The Deal'' in 2003, '' The Queen'' (2006), and '' The Spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caldecot Chubb
Caldecot "Cotty" Chubb (born March 3, 1950) is an American film producer who has produced films such as ''Eve's Bayou'', '' Hoffa'', ''Unthinkable'', ''The Crow'', '' Dark Blue'' and ''Pootie Tang''. He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature in 1997 for ''Eve's Bayou'' and was a nominee for ''To Sleep with Anger'' in 1991. Both of those films have been admitted to the National Film Archive of the Library of Congress. Career Since the early 1980s, Chubb has worked in Los Angeles as a producer and senior production executive supervising the development and production of several dozen films in addition to his own. From 1988 to 1992, he worked at Pressman Film Corp., from 1994 to 2003 at Alphaville, and at Michael London's Groundswell Productions from 2006 to 2007. Currently, Chubb is a producer on his own account through ChubbCo, working in a wide variety of financing and distribution environments, and in 2010, he branched out into managing writers and director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Weber (film Producer)
Marco Weber (born 1966, Leer, East Frisia) is a Los Angeles-based German producer and Entrepreneur responsible for a series of high-profile international productions since the mid-1990s. He is also a co-founder of Vrenetic, which he co-founded with Roland Emmerich. Biography Early Years After a brief spell in a steel factory, Marco Weber earned his spurs in the media industry as production manager for the German version of ''The Price Is Right'' before venturing into the production of commercials. He gave his debut as a movie producer with the documentary ''Annie’s Shooting''. Theatrical production being his main goal, he went to Los Angeles at the age of 25 in order to produce and finance independent movies. One year later he launched his first feature, ''Don't Do It'', with upcoming stars such as Heather Graham and David Arquette. Together with blockbuster director Roland Emmerich (''Independence Day'') he produced the $20-million sci-fi thriller '' The Thirteenth Floor'' d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregor Jordan
Gregor Jordan (born 1966) is an Australian film director. Jordan's films include '' Two Hands'' (1999), ''Buffalo Soldiers'' (2001), and ''Ned Kelly'' (2003). ''Two Hands'' won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction and Best Screenplay in 1999. He has most recently directed ''The Informers'', an American film adapted from short stories written by Bret Easton Ellis and Nicholas Jarecki and the thriller ''Unthinkable'' starring Samuel L. Jackson. He directed the concert video '' These Days: Live in Concert'' (2004) by Australian rock band Powderfinger. He has also produced a live concert DVD of Powderfinger's final concert tour 'Sunsets' (2010), as well as a documentary about Ian Thorpe's failed return to professional swimming ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Jordan is married to a New Zealand actress Simone Kessell. They have two sons, Jack, who was born in January 2005 in Los Angeles and Beau, born in 2013. Prior to making films Gregor Jor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Perkins (businessman)
William O. Perkins III (born February 2, 1969) is an American hedge fund manager, film producer and high stakes poker player from Houston, Texas. Perkins focuses on venture capital and energy markets. He founded Small Ventures USA, L.P in 1997 and later joined Centaurus Energy in 2002. He currently manages Houston-based energy hedge fund, Skylar Capital. Perkins grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey the son of football player and politician Bill Perkins and graduated from St. Peter's Preparatory School in 1986. In 2016, he contributed $1.5 million towards the construction of the William O. Perkins III '86 Athletic Center at his alma mater. Bill Perkins is also the author of the book ''Die with Zero'' and hosts a website with tips and tricks related to his philosophy. Career Perkins studied Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Iowa. After graduation he worked under natural gas trader John D. Arnold for several years before starting his own hedge fund. Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel L
Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. One of the most widely recognized actors of his generation, the List of Samuel L. Jackson performances, films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, making him the List of highest grossing actors, third highest-grossing actor of all time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave him an Academy Honorary Award in 2022 as "A cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide". Jackson started his career on stage making his professional theatre debut in ''Mother Courage and her Children'' in 1980 at The Public Theatre. From 1981 to 1983 he originated the role of Private Louis Henderson in ''A Soldier's Story'' Off-Broadway. He also originated the role of Boy Willie in August Wilson's ''The Piano Lesson'' in 1987 at the Yale Repertory Theatre. He returned to the play in the 2022 Broadway revival playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gil Bellows
Gil Bellows (born June 28, 1967) is a Canadian actor, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for the roles of Tommy Williams in the 1994 movie ''The Shawshank Redemption'', Billy Thomas in the Fox television series '' Ally McBeal'' (1997–2002), and CIA agent Matt Callan in the CBS television series '' The Agency'' (2001–2003). In 2016–2017, he was a regular cast member in the USA Network series '' Eyewitness''. Early life Bellows was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and attended Magee Secondary School with fellow future actress Carrie-Anne Moss. After graduation, he pursued a career in acting, studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, California. Career Bellows is known for his first motion-picture role as Tommy in ''The Shawshank Redemption'' (1994). Also in 1994, he played the lead role Watty Watt in '' Love and a .45'' with Renée Zellweger, Billy Thomas in the television series '' Ally McBeal'', and CIA agent Matt Callan in the televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeme Revell
Graeme Revell (born 23 October 1955) is a New Zealand musician and composer. He came to prominence in the 1980s as the leader of the industrial/electronic group SPK. Since the 1990s he has worked primarily as a film score composer. Some of Revell's best known film scores include ''The Crow'' (1994), ''Street Fighter'' (1994), '' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie'' (1995), ''From Dusk Till Dawn'' (1996), '' The Craft'' (1996), '' The Saint'' (1997), '' The Negotiator'' (1998), '' Bride of Chucky'' (1998), '' Titan A.E.'' (2000), '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' (2001), ''Daredevil'' (2003), '' Freddy vs. Jason'' (2003), and ''Sin City'' (2005). He is also known for his frequent collaborations with director David Twohy, having scored ''Below'' (2002) and the '' Riddick'' franchise. He is an eight-time recipient of the BMI Film Music Award, including the Richard Kirk Career Achievement Award, and an AACTA Award winner. Biography Early life Revell attended Auckland Grammar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Stapleton
Oliver David Whiteside Stapleton (born 12 April 1948), BSC is an English cinematographer. Life and career He graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1970 with a degree in psychology and from the National Film and Television School (NFTS) UK while working in South Africa (from 1966 to 1974) and England. One of his first efforts was the student film ''Shadowplay'', a film about South African immigrants trying to adjust to life in London, which he wrote, directed, and edited. He progressed to filming music videos and commercials. He worked with many famous bands in the early-to-mid 80s, including a-ha, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Eddy Grant and The Human League. Awards *1986 – won MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography for "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." by a-ha. *nominated for ACE Award for ''Danny, the Champion of the World''. *1990 – nominated for Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for ''Earth Girls Are Easy''. *2001 – nominated for Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Root
Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the television sitcom ''NewsRadio'', as Milton Waddams in the film ''Office Space'' (1999), and provided the voices of Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on the animated series ''King of the Hill'' (1997–2010). His other roles have included Capt. K'Vada in the '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' two-part episode " Unification" (1991), several roles in Coen Brothers films including Mr. Lund in '' O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' (2000), Gordon Pibb in ''DodgeBall'' (2004), Hawthorne Abendsen in seasons 2–4 of the series '' The Man in the High Castle'', Jim Hudson in ''Get Out'' (2017), and supporting roles in a variety of HBO series, including ''Boardwalk Empire'', ''True Blood'', '' Perry Mason'', and ''Succession''. He currently stars as Monroe Fuches / The Raven on the HBO dark comedy series ''Barry'' (2018–present), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstandin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Donovan
Martin Donovan (born Martin Paul Smith; August 19, 1957) is an American actor. He has had a long collaboration with director Hal Hartley, appearing in many of his films, such as ''Trust'' (1990), '' Surviving Desire'' (1991), ''Simple Men'' (1992), ''Amateur'' (1994), ''Flirt'' (1995), and '' The Book of Life'' (1998), starring as Jesus Christ in the latter. Donovan played Tom Gordon in ''Ghost Whisperer''. Donovan also played Peter Scottson on Showtime's cable series '' Weeds''. He made his writing/directorial debut with the film '' Collaborator'' (2011). Donovan played Detective Hap Eckhart in Christopher Nolan's psychological thriller ''Insomnia'' (2002) and the Protagonist's CIA handler, Fay, in Nolan's science fiction action thriller film '' Tenet'' (2020). Early life Donovan was born Martin Paul Smith in Reseda, California. He graduated from Crespi Carmelite High School and attended Pierce College for two years. He attended American Theater Arts, a combined conservatory an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
