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18½
''18½'' is a 2021 American comedy thriller film directed by Dan Mirvish and written by Daniel Moya, based on a story by both. The film stars Willa Fitzgerald, John Magaro, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Catherine Curtin, Richard Kind, Sullivan Jones and the voices of Jon Cryer as H. R. Haldeman, Ted Raimi as Alexander Haig and Bruce Campbell as President Richard Nixon. Plot At the height of Watergate, a White House transcriber tries to leak the 18½-minute gap in the Nixon White House tapes to a reporter, but they run afoul of swingers, hippies and nefarious forces. Cast Production The film started shooting March 3, 2020, at the Silver Sands Motel and Cottages in Greenport, Suffolk County, New York. Production was halted after 11 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the next six months, Mirvish edited the footage they had, composer Luis Guerra worked on the music, and the production team recorded voice sessions for the fictional 18½-minute gap in the Nixon White House tapes with Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nixon White House Tapes
Audio recordings of conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and Nixon administration officials, Nixon family members, and White House staff surfaced during the Watergate scandal in 1973 and 1974, leading to Nixon's resignation. In February 1971, a sound-activated taping system was installed in the Oval Office, including in Nixon's Wilson desk, using Sony TC-800B open-reel tape recorders to capture audio transmitted by telephone taps and concealed microphones. The system was expanded to include other rooms within the White House and Camp David. The system was turned off on July 18, 1973, two days after it became public knowledge as a result of the U.S. Senate Watergate Committee hearings. Nixon was not the first president to record his White House conversations; some taping was done by every president from Franklin D. Roosevelt through Nixon, starting in 1940. The system was mentioned during the televised testimony of White House aide Alexander Butterfield before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watergate Scandal
The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the Presidency of Richard Nixon, administration of President Richard Nixon. The scandal began in 1972 and ultimately led to Resignation of Richard Nixon, Nixon's resignation in 1974, in August of that year. It revolved around members of a group associated with Nixon's Richard Nixon 1972 presidential campaign, 1972 re-election campaign, who broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate Hotel in the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1972, where they planted listening devices, and Nixon's later attempts to conceal his administration's involvement in the burglary. Following the arrest of the Watergate burglars, media and the United States Department of Justice, Department of Justice connected money found with those involved in the Committee for the Re-Election of the President (CRP), the fundraising arm of Nixon's campaign. Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Mirvish
Dan Mirvish is an American filmmaker and author, best known as the co-founder of the Slamdance Film Festival and co-creator of the Martin Eisenstadt hoax during the 2008 Presidential election. Early life and education Mirvish was born to a Jewish family in Omaha,The Jewish Press (Omaha): "Hollywood insiders return Home for Jewish Reunion" by Sherrie Saag July 30, 2014 the son of Lynda and Sidney Mirvish. His father was a cancer researcher at the . His mother was a pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Vondie Curtis-Hall (born September 30, 1950) is an American actor, film director, and television director. As an actor, he is known for his role as Dr. Dennis Hancock on the CBS medical drama '' Chicago Hope'' created by David E. Kelley and as Ben Urich in the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series '' Daredevil''. He wrote and directed the cult film '' Gridlock'd''. Early life Curtis-Hall was born in Detroit, Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ..., the son of Angeline, a nurse, and Curtis Hall, a construction company owner. Designer Kevan Hall is the brother of Vondie. They also have a sister, Sherrie. All of them attended Presentation Our Lady of Victory grade school in Detroit where they were taught by the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first and oldes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Curtin
Catherine Curtin is an American actress. She is best known for her role as correctional officer Wanda Bell in the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2019). Other notable recurring roles include '' Insecure'', ''Stranger Things'', and ''Homeland''. Her film credits include '' Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'' (2011), '' The Bourne Legacy'' (2011), '' The Wolf of Wall Street'' (2013), '' Catfight'' (2016), '' The Light of the Moon'' (2017), '' Beauty Mark'' (2017), '' Bad Education'' (2019), '' Worth'' (2020), '' The Half of It'' (2020), '' Chemical Hearts'' (2020), '' Werewolves Within'' (2020), ''Red Pill'' (2021), '' Bad Shabbos'' (2024), and ''Saturday'' ''Night'' (2024). Life and career Curtin was born and raised in New York City. She made her Broadway debut in the original production of ''Six Degrees of Separation''. The following years, she appeared in many Off-Broadway productions, including the title role of Janis Joplin in '' Love, Janis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Campbell
Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known best for his role as Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's ''Evil Dead'' horror series, beginning with the short movie '' Within the Woods'' (1978). He has also featured in many low-budget cult movies, such as '' Crimewave'' (1985), '' Maniac Cop'' (1988), '' Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat'' (1989), and '' Bubba Ho-Tep'' (2002). Campbell had the main roles of the television series '' The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.'' (1993–1994) and '' Jack of All Trades'' (2000), and a recurring role as Autolycus, King of Thieves in '' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' (1995–1999) and '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' (1995–1999). He played Sam Axe on the USA Network series ''Burn Notice'' (2007–2013) and reprised his role as Ash for the Starz series '' Ash vs. Evil Dead'' (2015–2018). He also appeared in '' The Escort'' (2015). Campbell directed, produced, and featured in the documentaries '' Fanal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Cryer
Jonathan Niven Cryer (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor. Born into a show business family, he made his film debut with a lead role in ''No Small Affair'' (1984); his breakout role was as Duckie in the John Hughes (filmmaker), John Hughes-written film ''Pretty in Pink'' (1986). Cryer then had lead roles in the films ''Morgan Stewart's Coming Home'' (1987) and ''Hiding Out'' (1987), starring roles in ''Superman IV: The Quest for Peace'' (1987) and ''Hot Shots!'' (1991), and the lead role of Teddy Zakalokis on the CBS sitcom ''The Famous Teddy Z'' (1989–1990). In the late 1990s and 2000s, Cryer transitioned to television, with main roles as Bob on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox sitcom ''Partners (1995 TV series), Partners'' (1995–1996), Sam Wagner on the Fox sitcom ''Getting Personal'' (1998), and Zack Mango on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''The Trouble with Normal (TV series), The Trouble with Normal'' (2000–2001). He also starred in the film ''H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Raimi
Theodore Raimi (born December 14, 1965) is an American character actor, director and writer. He is known for his roles in the works of his brother Sam Raimi, including a fake Shemp in ''The Evil Dead'', possessed Henrietta in ''Evil Dead II'', and Ted Hoffman in the ''Spider-Man'' trilogy.Peter David's novelizations of the films reveal his first name to be Ted, after the actor who plays him. He later reprised his role as Henrietta in the television series '' Ash vs. Evil Dead'', in which he also played the character Chet Kaminski. He is also known for his roles as Lieutenant JG Tim O'Neill in ''seaQuest DSV'', his recurring role as the merchant in '' Legend of the Seeker'' and Joxer the Mighty in both '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' and '' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys''. Raimi has appeared in minor roles including the films '' Crimewave'', '' Intruder'', '' Shocker'', '' Darkman'', '' Candyman'', ''Army of Darkness'', ''Clear and Present Danger'', '' The Grudge'', '' Drag Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willa Fitzgerald
Willa Fitzgerald (born January 17, 1991) is an American actress. She is known for her starring role as Emma Duval in MTV's '' Scream''. She has played cheer coach Colette French in the USA Network's television drama series '' Dare Me'' and officer Roscoe Conklin in the Amazon Prime Video television series '' Reacher''. Her other notable roles include Amazon Studios' television series '' Alpha House'', the USA Network's drama series ''Royal Pains'', Netflix's horror miniseries ''The Fall of the House of Usher'', and the lead role in the thriller film '' Strange Darling''. Early life Willa Fitzgerald was born on January 17, 1991, in Nashville, Tennessee, the only child of musician parents who were in a band together for two decades prior to her birth. After first studying psychology for three years, Fitzgerald earned her bachelor's degree in theater studies from Yale University. Career Between 2013 and 2014, Fitzgerald played the role of Lola Laffer in the Amazon Studios pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Magaro
John Robert Magaro (born February 16, 1983) is an American actor. He has acted in the films '' Not Fade Away'' (2012), '' The Big Short'' (2015), '' Carol'' (2015), ''Overlord'' (2018), '' First Cow'' (2019), '' Showing Up'' (2022), ''The Mistress'' (2022), and '' Past Lives'' (2023). He has also acted in the Netflix series '' Orange Is the New Black'' (2015–2019) and ''The Umbrella Academy'' (2019) and the Amazon series '' Crisis in Six Scenes'' (2016). He made his Broadway debut as Earl Williams, the escaped convict, in the revival of '' The Front Page'' in 2016. Early life Magaro was born February 16, 1983, in Akron, Ohio, the son of Wendy and James Magaro, and grew up in nearby Munroe Falls. His father is of Italian descent and his mother is Jewish; his parents were teachers. While attending school within the Stow-Munroe Falls City School District, Magaro began acting in local theater, including shows at the Cleveland Play House and the Kent State Porthouse Theatre at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) was an American labor union which represented over 100,000 film and television principal and background performers worldwide. On March 30, 2012, the union leadership announced that the SAG membership voted to merge with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) to create SAG-AFTRA. Background According to SAG's Mission Statement, the Guild sought to: negotiate and enforce collective bargaining agreements that establish equitable levels of compensation, benefits, and working conditions for its performers; collect compensation for exploitation of recorded performances by its members, and provide protection against unauthorized use of those performances; and preserve and expand work opportunities for its members. The Guild was founded in 1933 in an effort to eliminate the exploitation of Hollywood actors, who were being forced into oppressive multi-year contracts with the major movie studios. Opposition to these contract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directors Guild Of America
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is an entertainment guild that represents the interests of Film director, film and Television director, television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad. Founded as the Screen Directors Guild in 1936, the group merged with the Radio and Television Directors Guild in 1960 to become the modern Directors Guild of America. DGA Awards The DGA hosts the annual DGA Awards, an important precursor to the Academy Awards. In its 69-year history, the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film has been a near perfect barometer for both the Best Director, and in some cases, the Best Picture Academy Award. Only seven times has the DGA Award winner not won the corresponding Best Director Academy Award. Honorees are awarded with a statue manufactured by Society Awards. Credits The rule that a film can only have one single director was adopted to preserve the continuity of a director's vision and to avoid pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
