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Act Of Vengeance (1986 Film)
''Act of Vengeance'' is a 1986 television movie starring Charles Bronson, Ellen Burstyn, and Wilford Brimley. Plot The movie is based on the book, ''Act of Vengeance'' by Trevor Armbrister, a fact-based story about the corruption that occurred during the United Mine Workers' presidential elections in 1969. The film also portrayed the murder of Joseph "Jock" Yablonski. Cast Release Home media It premiered on April 21, 1986 on HBO under HBO Premiere Films. The film was released on VHS by HBO/Cannon Video under license from Home Box Office. But, this film was produced by Lorimar Productions and it belongs to Lorimar (subsequently later it owned by Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. D ...) originally. However, it has never been released on DVD or Blu-ray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Spencer (author)
Scott Spencer (born September 1, 1945) is an American author who has written fourteen novels. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1993 movie '' Father Hood''. Two of Spencer's novels, ''Endless Love'' and '' Waking the Dead,'' have been adapted into films. ''Endless Love'' was first adapted into a motion picture by Franco Zeffirelli in 1981, and a second adaptation by Shana Feste was released in 2014. '' Waking the Dead'' was produced by Jodie Foster and directed by Keith Gordon in 2000. The novels ''Endless Love'' and ''A Ship Made of Paper'' have both been nominated for the National Book Award, with ''Endless Love'' selling over 2 million copies. Spencer has heavily panned both film adaptations of ''Endless Love''. In a contribution to ''The New York Times Book Review'' in 1980, Spencer said: "The general direction of the serious, literary novel may now be heading toward character and story, as novelists, in order to survive, take back from pulp fiction and the movies the ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |