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Christian Erickson
Christian Erickson is an American actor based in Paris, France. He is known for his role as La Trémoille in '' The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc'' (1999), as General Kormarov in the film adaption of ''Hitman'' and as Lance Boyle, the TV presenter in the MegaRace video games series. Partial filmography Films * ''The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker'' (1970) - Gordon (uncredited) * '' Fun with Dick and Jane'' (1977) - Trans-Sexual * '' My Friend Washington'' (1984) * '' Le 4ème pouvoir'' (1985) * ''Asterix Versus Caesar'' (1985) - (English version, voice) * '' À notre regrettable époux'' (1988) * ''Dangerous Liaisons'' (1988) - Bailiff * '' Aventure de Catherine C.'' (1990) - L'Anglais * '' Near Mrs.'' (1992) - Col. Edward Young * '' The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1998) - Ballroom Guard * '' The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc'' (1999) - La Trémoille * ''Kennedy et moi'' (1999) - Le vendeur canadien * '' Le divorce'' (2003) - Museum Curator * '' The Statement'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Various forms of brackets are used in mathematics, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennedy Et Moi
''Kennedy et moi'' is a French film directed by Sam Karmann released on 22 December 1999. It is a comedy drama about an apathetic writer whose only interest is in his psychiatrist's watch which may have belonged to John F. Kennedy at the time of his assassination in 1963. Cast * Jean-Pierre Bacri: Simon Polaris * Nicole Garcia: Anna Polaris * Patrick Chesnais: Paul Gurney * Sam Karmann: Robert Janssen * François Chattot: Victor Kuriakhine * Éléonore Gosset: Alice Polaris * Lucas Bonnifait: Thomas Polaris * Stephan Höhn: Thibaut Brentano * Bruno Raffaelli: Doctor Munthe * Francine Bergé: Lydia Brentano * Jean-Claude Brialy: Benny Grimaldi * Bernard Blancan Bernard Blancan (born 9 September 1958) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than 85 films and television shows since 1989. He shared the award for Best Actor for his role in '' Days of Glory'' at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival The 59th Ca ... (Scenes deleted) References External links * 1999 films 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Always Brando
''Always Brando'' is a 2011 film directed by Tunisian director Ridha Behi. Originally titled ''Brando and Brando'', it was set to star Marlon Brando and Christian Erickson until Brando's death. The film premiered at 2011 Toronto International Film Festival then Abu Dhabi Film Festival where producers Ziad Hamzeh and Ridha Behi received the Black Pearl award for best producers. Plot A story of innocence lost, of love abandoned and of dreams shattered as a young Tunisian look alike to Marlon Brando on a quest to reach the impossible dream in making it big in Hollywood. Cast * Anis Raach as Anis * Souhir Ben Amara as Zina * Marlon Brando as himself (archive footage) * Christian Erickson * Ridha Behi *Ziad Hamzeh English Narration Background The project was on hold due to the star's death but the script has been reworked to continue the project. Filming began in 2010 with the film due for release in 2011. Originally, the project was announced at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Venus (2010 Film)
''Black Venus'' (french: Vénus noire) is a 2010 French drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. It is based on the life of Sarah Baartman, a Khoikhoi woman who in the early 19th century was exhibited in Europe under the name "Hottentot Venus". The film was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival, where it was awarded the Equal Opportunity Award. Plot Paris 1815, the Royal Academy of Medicine. "I have never seen a human head so similar to that of an ape". Standing by a moulded cast of Saartjie Baartman's body, anatomist Georges Cuvier's verdict is categorical. Seven years earlier, Saartjie left her native South Africa with her master, Caezar, to expose her caged body to the audiences of London's freak shows. Free and enslaved all at the same time, the "Hottentot Venus" became an icon in the slums, destined to be sacrificed in the pursuit of a shimmering vision of prosperity. Cast * Yahima Torres as Sarah Baartman * Andre Jacobs as Caezar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Rafle
''The Round Up'' (french: La Rafle) is a 2010 French film directed by Roselyne Bosch and produced by Alain Goldman. The film stars Mélanie Laurent, Jean Reno, Sylvie Testud and Gad Elmaleh. Based on the true story of a young Jewish boy, the film depicts the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (''Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv''), the mass arrest of Jews by French police who were accomplices of Nazi Germans in Paris in July 1942. Plot Jo Weisman, a young Jewish Parisian, and his family are taken by the Germans and Vichy collaborators in the '' rafle du Vel' d'Hiv''. Anna Traube, a 20-year-old woman, walks out of the velodrome with forged papers; her mother and sister are captured. Annette Monod, a Protestant nurse, volunteers for the velodrome, and assists Jewish doctor David Sheinbaum. From the Vélodrome d'Hiver Jo's family and Sheinbaum are transferred to the Beaune-la-Rolande internment camp. Monod comes along. She does what she can to help the children, who are soon falling sick from the camp diet and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eight Times Up
8 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 8 or eight may also refer to: Years * AD 8, the eighth year of the AD era * 8 BC, the eighth year before the AD era Art *The Eight (Ashcan School), a group of twentieth century painters associated with the Ashcan School *The Eight (painters), an avant-garde art movement of Hungarian painters Motor vehicles *Bentley Eight, Bentley's "entry-level" offering from 1984 until 1992 * Leyland Eight, a luxury car produced by Leyland Motors from 1920 to 1923 *Mercury Eight, a first Post War Mercury car design *Morris Eight, a small car inspired by the Ford Model Y *Standard Eight, a small car produced by Standard Motor Company 1938–59 *Wolseley Eight, a four-door, light saloon car produced by Wolseley Motors Limited from 1946 to 1948 *Straight eight, automobile engine *Eight cylinder, automobile engine Sports * Eight (rowing), rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing *Figure 8 (belay device), rock climbing equipment also known as an "eig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Wonderland
''8th Wonderland'' is a 2008 French drama film directed by and . Plot It tells the story of the first virtual state that a globally composed collective of hundreds of people founded on the Internet. They want to counteract the mere words of politics. Every week the citizens of the 8th Wonderland vote on the next actions, for example the Vatican is decorated with condom machines, a Darwin Bible is printed in large numbers, an atomic deal between Russia and Iran is prevented by very deliberate mistranslation and football professionals worth millions are sold in a Chinese sweatshop shipped to the handmade mass shoe production. With their radicalizing actions, the web revolutionaries are shaking not only the international media, but also the western secret services. When John McClane, an impostor, claims to be the founder and head of the 8th Wonderland and exploits its popularity for commercials, the Internet partisans must act if they want to save face. They bring down a multinatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cash (2008 Film)
''Cash'' (sometimes stylised as ''Ca$h'') is a French crime caper film from 2008, directed by Eric Besnard and starring Jean Dujardin, Jean Reno, Valeria Golino and Alice Taglioni. Plot A cleaner goes into the office of a banker. He tells the staff to leave then proceeds to change into a suit and place a picture on the desk of two brothers. Lardier, a courier, arrives and the man proceeds to explain to him that he has several financial options available. However a cell phone rings and Lardier hands it over to the man. The caller, who is angry, shouts down the phone. Uncomfortable the man tries to leave but is shot with a silenced pistol several times by Lardier. The man who died was the brother of Cash. Cash is under surveillance by Lieutenant Julia Molina from Interpol. He is part of a gang who are running a confidence trick on a group of mercenaries – led by Letallec – who think they are buying impeccable printing plates for counterfeiting Euros. On returning to her headq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur And The Invisibles
''Arthur and the Invisibles'' or ''Arthur and the Minimoys'' (French: ''Arthur et les Minimoys'') is a 2006 English-language French fantasy adventure comedy animated/live-action film directed and co-written by French filmmaker Luc Besson. It is based on the first two books of the ''Arthur'' children's books series, ''Arthur and the Minimoys'' and ''Arthur and the Forbidden City'', by Besson. ''Arthur and the Invisibles'' was released theatrically in France on 29 November 2006 by EuropaCorp, followed by wide releases in a number of countries. It was re-released in France on 4 April 2007 with nineteen minutes of bonus footage. With a budget of €60 million, it was briefly the most expensive French film production, until it was surpassed by '' Astérix at the Olympic Games'' (2008). It received positive reviews from critics in France but was received negatively in the United States, with criticism aimed at the animation and script, but praises for the voice performances and visual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twice Upon A Time (2006 Film)
Twice Upon a Time may refer to: Film and television * ''Twice Upon a Time'' (1953 film), a British comedy film * ''Twice Upon a Time'' (1983 film), an American animated film * ''Twice Upon a Time'' (1998 film), an American fantasy/romantic comedy TV film * "Twice Upon a Time" (''Doctor Who''), a 2017 episode of ''Doctor Who'' * '' Il était une seconde fois'', a French TV series released in English as ''Twice Upon a Time'' Music * ''Twice Upon a Time'' (Joe Diffie album) * ''Twice Upon a Time'' (The Kingston Trio album) *'' Twice Upon a Time: The Singles'', an album by Siouxsie and the Banshees Other uses * ''Twice Upon a Time'' (book series), a children's fantasy novel series by Wendy Mass {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
