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Eyewitness (1981 Film)
''Eyewitness '' (released in the UK as ''The Janitor'') is a 1981 American neo-noir Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). ''Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style'' (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. thriller film produced and directed by Peter Yates and written by Steve Tesich. It stars William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Plummer, Morgan Freeman and James Woods. The story involves a television news reporter and a janitor who team to solve a murder. Plot New York City janitor Daryll Deever is an avid fan of television news reporter Toni Sokolow. Another janitor, Aldo, is fired from the same office building Daryll works at after a confrontation with Mr. Long, a wealthy Vietnamese man suspected of criminal connections. Trying to have Aldo reinstated, Daryll talks to Mr. Long. However, he quickly realizes that Aldo was fired for being disrespectful, most probably because of the xenophobic sentiments he developed while fighting i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Yates
Peter James Yates (24 July 1929 – 9 January 2011) was an English film director and producer. He was known for making films in a wide variety of genres, including the Steve McQueen police thriller film '' Bullitt'' in 1968. He received nominations for four Academy Awards (twice for Best Director and Best Picture), three BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Originally training as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Yates entered the film industry as an assistant director for top directors like Tony Richardson. After directing television programmes like '' The Saint'' and '' Danger Man'', Yates made a breakthrough helming the heist film ''Robbery'' (1967). This led him to direct ''Bullitt'' (1968), which was a major critical and commercial success. Subsequently, Yates made films in a variety of genres. He directed Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow in the romantic drama '' John and Mary'' (1969), the World War II picture '' Murphy's War'' (1971), the heist film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loan Sharks
A loan shark is a person who offers loans at extremely high or illegal interest rates, has strict terms of collection, and generally operates outside the law, often using the threat of violence or other illegal, aggressive, and extortionate actions when seeking to enforce the satisfaction of the debt. As a consistent or repeated illegal business operation or " racket", loansharking is generally associated with organized crime and certain criminal organizations. Description Because loan sharks operate mostly illegally, they cannot use the legal system to collect such debts, thus they often resort to enforcing repayment by terms of blackmail and threats of violence. Historically, many moneylenders skirted between legal and criminal activity. In the recent western world, loan sharks have been a prominent feature of the criminal underworld. Loan sharking is not to be confused with predatory lending with extremely high interest rates such as payday or title loans, which is s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Mazer
Bill Mazer (born Morris Mazer; November 2, 1920 – October 23, 2013) was an American television and radio personality. He won numerous awards and citations, including three National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association's Sportscaster of the Year awards for New York from 1964 to 1966. Considered a New York institution in sports reporting, Mazer was inducted into the hall of fame for the Buffalo Broadcasters Association (1999), Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame (2000) and the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (1997). He is also recognized as the host of the first sports talk radio show in history that launched in March 1964 on WNBC (AM). Mazer earned the nickname "The A-Maz-In" for his deep knowledge of sports trivia. This was made evident while hosting his WNBC radio show in the 1960s. Based on this, he wrote several sports trivia books, including ''Bill Mazer's Amazin' Baseball Book: 150 Years of Baseball Tales & Trivia'' published by Zebra Books in 1990. Back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Roland
John Roland (November 25, 1941 – May 7, 2023) was an American news anchor and reporter. Pittsburgh native Roland began his broadcasting career in the 1960s, working for NBC News in Los Angeles and covering high-profile events such as the Robert F. Kennedy assassination and the Charles Manson trial. He joined WNEW-TV in New York City in 1969 and remained there for the rest of his career. Roland served as a political reporter, weekend anchor, and main anchor for various newscasts. He retired in 2004 after a long tenure with the station. In 1988, Roland was suspended by WNYW-TV for an on-air argument with a mentally-ill homeless woman, Joyce Brown. He later apologized, and the station broadcast his apology. Roland has also made film appearances as a television anchor and as himself. In 1983, Roland disarmed and shot a robber during a late-night restaurant robbery, sustaining a head injury that required stitches. Career Roland was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, native who graduated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Station (North America)
An independent station is a broadcast station, usually a television station, not affiliated with a larger broadcast network. As such, it only broadcasts syndicated programs it has purchased; brokered programming, for which a third party pays the station for airtime; and local programs that it produces itself. In North American and Japanese television, independent stations with general entertainment formats emerged as a distinct class of station because their lack of network affiliation led to unique strategies in program content, scheduling, and promotion, as well as different economics compared to major network affiliates. The Big Three networks in the United States — ABC, CBS, and NBC — traditionally provided a substantial number of program hours per day to their affiliates, whereas later network startups— Fox, UPN, and The WB (the latter two were succeeded by The CW and, to a lesser extent, MyNetworkTV)—provided substantially fewer shows to their affiliates. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metromedia
Metromedia, Inc. (also often MetroMedia) was an American media company that owned radio station, radio and television stations in the United States from 1956 to 1986 and controlled Orion Pictures from 1988 to 1997. Metromedia was established in 1956 after the DuMont Television Network ceased operations and its owned-and-operated stations were spun off into a separate company. Metromedia sold its television stations to News Corporation in 1985 (which News Corp. then used to form the nucleus of Fox Television Stations), and spun off its radio stations into a separate company in 1986. Metromedia then acquired ownership stakes in various film studios, including controlling ownership in Orion. In 1997, Metromedia closed down and sold its media assets to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. History Origins The company arose from the ashes of the DuMont Television Network, the world's first commercial television network. DuMont had been in economic trouble throughout its existence, and was seriously u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keone Young
Keone Joseph Young is an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as Dr. Michael Kwan in '' Kay O'Brien'' (1986), Mr. Wu in '' Deadwood'' (2004–2006) and as the dual roles of Judge Robert Chong and Mr. Wan in ''The Young and the Restless'' (2007–2010). His voice-over roles include Storm Shadow in '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', Kaz in ''Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi'', Super Ninja in '' Karate Kommandos'', and Luong Lao Shi in '' American Dragon: Jake Long''. Early life Young was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a Chinese father and Japanese mother, who were born in Hawaii to immigrant parents. His acting mentor was Mako. Career He has been prolific in his character work and has made numerous guest appearances on such varied television series as ''Head of the Class'', ''Diff'rent Strokes'', ''The Golden Girls'', ''Murphy Brown'', '' Mad About You'', '' Family Matters'', '' Samurai Jack'', ''Futurama'', ''The Simpsons'', '' My Life as a Teenage Robot'', ''Cheers'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chao-Li Chi
Chao-Li Chi (; April 5, 1927 – October 16, 2010) was a Chinese-American actor and dancer who worked extensively in American television, including his best known role as Chao-Li, the faithful majordomo and chauffeur of Jane Wyman's character in ''Falcon Crest''. His film credits include ''Big Trouble in Little China'', ''The Joy Luck Club (film), The Joy Luck Club'', ''The Nutty Professor (1996 film), The Nutty Professor'', ''Wedding Crashers'' and ''The Prestige (film), The Prestige''. He was featured in the short film by Maya Deren, ''Meditation on Violence'', in 1948. Chi was a member of a prominent and influential Shanxi political dynasty. His brothers included the economist Ji Chaoding, and diplomat and Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, UN Under-Secretary General Ji Chaozhu. Early life and education Chi was born in Shanxi, China, on April 5, 1927. Both his father and grandfather were prominent in local politics. His older brother, Ji Chaoding, was an economist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Drummond
Alice Elizabeth Drummond (née Ruyter, May 21, 1928 – November 30, 2016) was an American actress. A veteran Off-Broadway performer, she was nominated in 1970 for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Mrs. Lee in ''The Chinese'' by Murray Schisgal. She may be best known as Alice, the librarian, in the opening scenes of the 1984 horror-comedy ''Ghostbusters''. Early life Alice Elizabeth Ruyter was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1928, the daughter of Sarah Irene (née Alker), a secretary, and Arthur Ruyter, an auto mechanic. She graduated from Pembroke College (the women's college of Brown University) in 1950. Career Drummond played Nurse Jackson on the TV series ''Dark Shadows'' in 1967 and was a regular on the CBS soap opera, '' Where the Heart Is'', on which she originated the role of Loretta Jardin, which she played until the series ended in 1973. She also appeared in a short-term role on another CBS soap opera, ''As the World T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Hill
Steven Hill (born Solomon Krakovsky; ; February 24, 1922 – August 23, 2016) was an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as district attorney Adam Schiff (Law & Order), Adam Schiff on the NBC television drama series ''Law & Order'' (1990–2000) and Dan Briggs (Mission: Impossible), Dan Briggs on the CBS action television series ''Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series), Mission: Impossible'' (1966–1967). For the former, he received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. His film roles include ''The Goddess (1958 film), The Goddess'' (1958), ''A Child Is Waiting'' (1963), ''The Slender Thread'' (1965), ''Yentl (film), Yentl'' (1983), ''Legal Eagles'' (1986), ''Raw Deal (1986 film), Raw Deal'' (1986), ''Running on Empty (1988 film), Running on Empty'' (1988), ''Billy Bathgate (film), Billy Bathgate'' (1991), and ''The Firm (1993 film), The Firm'' (1993). Early life Hill was born Solomon Krakovsky in Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Paulsen
Albert Paulsen (born Albert Paulson; 13 December 1925 in Guayaquil, Ecuador – 25 April 2004 in Los Angeles, California) was an Ecuadorian-American actor who appeared in many American television series beginning in the 1960s, playing characters primarily of European origin. A life member of The Actors Studio, Paulsen won an Emmy Award in 1964 for the '' Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre'' presentation '' One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'', an historical novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Mr. Paulsen was a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre is a professional conservatory for actors in New York City. First operational from 1915 to 1927, the school re-opened in 1928 and has been active ever since. It is the birthplace of the Meisner ... studying under Sanford Meisner. Paulsen died of natural causes in Los Angeles, aged 78. Filmography Film Television References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Reed
Pamela Reed is an American actress. She is known for playing Arnold Schwarzenegger's police partner Phoebe O'Hara in the 1990 film '' Kindergarten Cop'' and portraying the matriarch Gail Green in ''Jericho''. She appeared as Marlene Griggs-Knope on the NBC sitcom '' Parks and Recreation''. She is also well known as the exasperated wife Alison Langley in ''Bean''. Early life and education Reed received her B.F.A. at the University of Washington. Career Reed earned a Drama Desk Award for the off-Broadway play ''Getting Out'' and an Obie Award for "sustaining excellence in performance in theater". She was a regular in the cast of the 1977 CBS drama '' The Andros Targets''. She had minor film and television work in the 1980s. She won a CableAce Award for Best Actress for the HBO series '' Tanner '88'' (1988). She also co-starred with Daryl Hannah in the film . Her notable film roles include '' The Long Riders'' (1980), '' The Right Stuff'' (1983), '' The Best of Times'' (1986), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
