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Clayton Landey
Clayton Landey (born March 24, 1951) is an American actor who has appeared in films and television shows. He played James Westmont in the TV series ''Knots Landing ''Knots Landing'' is an American primetime television soap opera that aired on CBS from December 27, 1979, to May 13, 1993. A spin-off of ''Dallas (TV series), Dallas'', it was set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles and initially cente ...'' from 1982-1983. He has been a professional performer, mime, actor, director, producer, writer and teacher for over 45 years. Most recently he guest starred in the initial season of ''Tales'' and starred in the film ''Down 4 Whatever'' for TV One. He starred as Roger Barrow in the first season of ''1st & Ten (1984 TV series), 1st & Ten'', the first scripted half hour comedy original series on HBO. He has had recurring roles in ten other TV series including 3 seasons as attorney James Westmont on ''Knots Landing'' and 1 year as the evil Gregory on ''Days of Our Lives''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Of Love (1990 Film)
''Book of Love'' is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by New Line Cinema founder Robert Shaye. It is based on the autobiographical novel ''Jack in the Box'' by William Kotzwinkle (the novel's name was changed to ''Book of Love'' during this film's original release). The film was originally PG-13 (Motion Picture Association), PG-13, but subsequent DVD releases have been the Motion Picture Association of America film rating system, R-rated Director's Cut (R for sexual content and language). It stars Chris Young (actor), Chris Young, Keith Coogan, and John Cameron Mitchell. Plot Jack Twiller (Michael McKean) gets greetings from a long-gone high-school girlfriend. This makes him open his school's yearbook - his "Book of Love". He remembers the old times, way back in the 1950s, when he was in his last year of high school (Chris Young (actor), Chris Young) and his family just moved to the town. He hung out with geeky Paul Kane and tried to get the attention of Lily (Josie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killer By Nature
''Killer by Nature'' is a 2012 American thriller film starring Ron Perlman and Armand Assante. Plot Horrific murders which once lived only in a young man's nightmares suddenly begin occurring in chilling reality in his hometown. Cast *Zachary Ray Sherman as Owen *Ron Perlman as Dr. Julian *Armand Assante as Eugene Branch *Lin Shaye as Leona *Haley Hudson as Maggie *Richard Riehle as Warden Upton *Richard Portnow as Walter *Svetlana Efremova as Dr. Ramos *Jason Hildebrandt as Detective Marc Houlihan *Ron McCoy as Harvey *Lee de Broux Lee de Broux (born May 7, 1941) is an American character actor of film and television who is best known for his roles in such films and television series as ''Chinatown'', ''RoboCop'', '' The Gun'', '' Geronimo: An American Legend'', ''Norma Rae' ... as Medical Examiner *Michael A. Hamilton as Mystery Boy *Joe Taylor as Medical Examiner References External links * * 2012 films American thriller films 2012 thriller films 2010s English-langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zombie Strippers
''Zombie Strippers'' is a 2008 American zombie comedy film shot, edited, written, and directed by Jay Lee. The film, starring Robert Englund, Jenna Jameson, Penny Drake, and Roxy Saint, was distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Plot The film opens with a news montage showing a dystopic near-future in which George W. Bush has been elected to a fourth term. The United States Congress has been disbanded; public nudity is banned; the United States is embroiled in wars with France, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Venezuela, Canada, and Alaska. Due to there being too few soldiers for all the wars, a secret laboratory run by Dr. Chushfeld in fictional Sartre, Nebraska, has developed a virus to re-animate dead Marines and send them back into battle. However, this virus has broken containment and infected test subjects and scientists, and they are at risk of escaping from the lab. A team of Marines code-named the "Z" Squad is sent in to destroy the zombies. One of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intellectual Property (film)
''Intellectual Property'' is a 2006 thriller and period piece starring Christopher Masterson and Lyndsy Fonseca. It was written, produced, and directed by Nicholas Peterson. The main character, played by Christopher Masterson, is an inventor whose initial optimism has turned into cynicism as he struggles to protect his inventions from being lost in the Cold War. Cast Christopher Masterson as Paul Lyndsy Fonseca as Jenny Clayton Landey as Vladimir Bryan Lee Cranston as the radio host Tom Everett and Lorna Scott as Jenny’s parents Awards The film won multiple awards: *Best Actor, Christopher Masterson, Oxford International Film Festival *Best Cinematography, Australian International Film Festival *Best Director, Oxford International Film Festival *Best Film, Oxford International Film Festival *Grand Jury Prize, Best Film, DC Independent Film Festival The DC Independent Film Festival (DCIFF) is a film festival in Washington, D.C. Launched in 1999, DCIFF exhibits features, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Of The Year (2002 Film)
''Man of the Year'' is a 2002 American black comedy film directed by Straw Weisman, starring John Ritter. Plot Cast * John Ritter as Bill * Jade Carter as Jim * Adria Dawn as Chloe * Brian Cousins as Phil * Heidi Mark as Carol * Idalis DeLeón as Joan * Clayton Landey as Stuart * Khrystyne Haje as Vanessa * Danny Ponce as Mickey * Lin Shaye as Flora * Kathleen Gati as Ella * Leeza Gibbons as The Reporter * Archie Hahn as Nick * Amy Hill as The Maid * Jon Jacobs as Johnathan * Shawnee Free Jones as Anna * Samantha Lloyd as Sylvia * Ivo Lopez as The Butler * Kristen Miller as Sally * Jack Mosshammer as Parker * Oliver Muirhead as Reg * Annie Sorell as Shauna * Rebecca Harrell Tickell as Donna * James Wilder as Vaughn * as Zarita Production The film was shot in 12 hours on July 27, 2001. Ritter was reportedly paid $100 for his work in the film. Reception Robert Koehler of ''Variety'' wrote that while the cast "proves improvisationally capable", the plot is "rather conventio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Price Of Glory
''Price of Glory'' is a 2000 American sports drama film directed by Carlos Avila, written by Phil Berger and starring Jimmy Smits. The movie was nominated for several ALMA Awards in 2001. The film was shot in Huntington Park, Los Angeles, and Nogales, Arizona. The film was released by New Line Cinema on March 31, 2000. Plot Arturo Ortega is a man with enduring aspirations of being a competitor in professional boxing. Arturo had the intellect, ambition, and agility to be a professional, but his career proved to be a short one. After a living out his fifteen minutes of fame, he’s washed up. However, Arturo has instilled his passion for boxing in his three sons, who have grown up learning all about the world of prizefighting. The three boys begin competing in the ring, with Arturo as their manager and coach, but Johnny swiftly displays so much promise that other managers and promoters want to take over his contract and put make him the next boxing champion. Arturo feels let down when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow Hours
''Shadow Hours'' is a 2000 American thriller directed, written and produced by Isaac H. Eaton. It premiered in competition during the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. Plot Michael Holloway is a recovering addict working as a gas station attendant to support his pregnant wife, Chloe. He is then drawn into the seedy underworld of Los Angeles by Stuart, a mysterious and wealthy stranger. Cast * Balthazar Getty as Michael Holloway * Peter Weller as Stuart Chappell * Rebecca Gayheart as Chloe Holloway * Peter Greene as Detective Steve Andrianson * Frederic Forrest as Sean * Brad Dourif as Roland Montague * Michael Dorn as Detective Thomas Greenwood Reception ''Shadow Hours'' received mixed to negative reviews. The film holds a 14% approval rating on the review aggregator website, Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 2.7/10 based on an aggregation of 14 reviews. Metacritic, which uses a weighted mean, assigned a score of 26 out of 100, based on reviews from 13 film critics. La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Civil Action (film)
''A Civil Action'' is a 1998 American legal drama film written and directed by Steven Zaillian, based on the 1995 nonfiction book of the same name by Jonathan Harr. The film stars John Travolta as personal injury attorney Jan Schlichtmann, with supporting performances from Robert Duvall, James Gandolfini, Dan Hedaya, John Lithgow, William H. Macy, Kathleen Quinlan, and Tony Shalhoub. The narrative dramatizes the true story of a landmark environmental lawsuit in Woburn, Massachusetts, during the 1980s, in which residents alleged that industrial contamination of the local water supply—specifically with the chemical trichloroethylene—had thought to have led to multiple cases of leukemia and other serious health issues. The case, formally titled ''Anne Anderson, et al. v. Cryovac, Inc., et al.'', became one of the most high-profile toxic tort lawsuits of its time. The film was released theatrically in the United States on December 25, 1998, by Buena Vista Pictures Distributi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She's So Lovely
''She's So Lovely'' is a 1997 American romantic drama film written by John Cassavetes and directed by his son Nick Cassavetes. At the time of its release, it received special attention because, eight years after his death, it was the first (and still only) film to feature previously unreleased material from John Cassavetes. The film stars Sean Penn and John Travolta as two men who bid for the affection of Maureen Murphy Quinn (Robin Wright). Harry Dean Stanton co-stars as a friend of Penn's character, and James Gandolfini plays the abusive neighbor. Plot Eddie Quinn's unruly wife Maureen drinks and smokes to excess, even though she is pregnant. Eddie has troubles of his own, disappearing for days at a time. When she is physically and sexually assaulted by Kiefer, a neighbor, it is more than Eddie can handle. He shoots someone and lands in a psychiatric hospital. Ten years go by. Eddie finally returns, only to find Maureen is now a clean, sober, solid citizen, married to a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eraser (film)
''Eraser'' is a 1996 American action film directed by Chuck Russell and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams, James Caan, James Coburn, and Robert Pastorelli. The film tells the story of a U.S. Marshal of WITSEC who protects a senior operative testifying about an illegal arms deal and is forced to fight his former allies when one of the players is revealed to be a mole inside WITSEC. ''Eraser'' premiered in Hollywood on June 11, 1996, and was released in the rest of the United States on June 21, 1996, by Warner Bros. It received mixed reviews from critics, although they praised Williams's and Schwarzenegger's performances, the action sequences and the visual effects. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing in 1997, but lost to '' The Ghost and the Darkness''. It was also one of the first major films released on DVD, being part of the Japanese launch lineup of Warner Home Video's debut of the format on December 20, 1996. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tank Girl (film)
''Tank Girl'' is a 1995 American Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Rachel Talalay and written by Tedi Sarafian. Based on Tank Girl, the British comics series created by Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin (writer), Alan Martin, the film stars Lori Petty, Naomi Watts, Ice-T, and Malcolm McDowell. Set in a drought ravaged Australia years after a catastrophic impact event, it follows the antihero Tank Girl (Petty) as she, Jet Girl (Watts), and genetically modified organism, genetically modified supersoldiers called the Rippers fight Water & Power, an oppressive corporation led by Kesslee (McDowell). After reading an issue of the ''Tank Girl'' comic she had received as a gift, Talalay obtained permission from the comic's publisher ''Deadline (magazine), Deadline'' to direct a film adaptation. She selected Catherine Hardwicke to be the production designer, and worked closely with Martin and Hewlett during the making of the film. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
