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Folks!
''Folks!'' is a 1992 American comedy-drama film directed by Ted Kotcheff, written by Robert Klane and starring Tom Selleck as a selfish yuppie who takes in his parents after their house burns down. It was panned by critics, earning Selleck a Razzie nomination for Worst Actor, and also underperformed at the box office. Plot Successful stockbroker Jon Aldrich is living a good life with his wife, Audrey, and their two kids until he encounters his elderly father, Harry, who suffers from dementia, and has accidentally burned down his own house. He tries to get his sister, Arlene (who has two sons but is an irresponsible gold digger), to take care of Harry and his wife, Mildred, but she won't even open the door. Consequently, Harry and Mildred have to move in with him and his family, causing his life to start going downhill. The company Jon works for was apparently doing illegal things which he knew nothing of, but no one believes him therefore he loses his job. The problems for him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Ameche
Don Ameche (; born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor, comedian and vaudevillian. After playing in college shows, repertory theatre, and vaudeville, he became a major radio star in the early 1930s, which led to the offer of a movie contract from 20th Century Fox in 1935. In the 1950s he worked on Broadway and in television, and was the host of NBC's ''International Showtime'' from 1961 to 1965. Returning to film work in his later years, Ameche enjoyed a fruitful revival of his career, beginning with his role as a villain in ''Trading Places'' (1983). He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ''Cocoon (film), Cocoon'' (1985). Early life Don Ameche was born as Dominic Felix Amici on May 31, 1908, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. His father, Felice Amici, was a bartender from Montemonaco, Province of Ascoli Piceno, Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Marche, Italy. His mother, Barbara Etta Hertel, was of Scottish American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Kotcheff
William Theodore Kotcheff (; April 7, 1931 – April 10, 2025) was a CanadianUS Director Ted Kotcheff Granted Bulgarian Citizenship. Bulgarian Justice Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva on Friday granted citizenship to Ted Kotcheff, a US director born to Bulgarian parents.March 19, 2016, Novinite.com./ref> director and producer of film, television, and theatre. He worked at various times in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He was known for having directed such films as the seminal Australian New Wave picture ''Wake in Fright'' (1971), the Mordecai Richler adaptations The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (film), ''The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'' (1974) and Joshua Then and Now (film), ''Joshua Then and Now'' (1985), the original ''Rambo (franchise), Rambo'' film ''First Blood'' (1982), and the comedies ''Fun with Dick and Jane (1977 film), Fun with Dick and Jane'' (1977), ''North Dallas Forty'' (1979), and ''Weekend at Bernie's'' (1989). Kotcheff was nominated for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Selleck
Thomas William Selleck (; born January 29, 1945) is an American actor. His breakout role was playing private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series ''Magnum, P.I.'' (1980–1988), for which he received five Emmy Award nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, winning in 1985. From 2010 to 2024, Selleck co-starred as New York City Police Commissioner, NYC Police Commissioner Frank Reagan (Blue Bloods), Frank Reagan in the series ''Blue Bloods''. From 2005 to 2015, he portrayed troubled small-town police chief Jesse Stone (character), Jesse Stone in nine television films based on the Robert B. Parker novels. In films, Selleck has played bachelor architect Peter Mitchell in ''Three Men and a Baby'' (1987) and its sequel ''Three Men and a Little Lady'' (1990). He has also appeared in more than 50 other film and television roles since ''Magnum, P.I.'', including the films ''Quigley Down Und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Crewson
Wendy Jane Crewson (born May 9, 1956) is a Canadian actress and producer. She began her career appearing on Canadian television, before her breakthrough role in 1991 dramatic film ''The Doctor''. Crewson has appeared in many Hollywood films, including '' The Good Son'' (1993), ''The Santa Clause'' (1994) and its sequels ''The Santa Clause 2'' (2002) and '' The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause'' (2006), as well as ''Air Force One'' (1997), '' Bicentennial Man'' (1999), ''What Lies Beneath'' (2000), ''The 6th Day'' (2000), '' The Covenant'' (2006) and ''Eight Below'' (2006). She also starred in a number of independent movies, such as ''Better Than Chocolate'' (1999), '' Suddenly Naked'' (2001), '' Perfect Pie'' (2002), '' Away from Her'' (2006), '' Into the Forest'' (2015) and ''Room'' (2015). Crewson has won six Gemini Awards, two Canadian Screen Awards and ACTRA Award for her performances on television. She played leading roles in a number of television films, include playing J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Jackson
Anne Jackson (September 3, 1925 – April 12, 2016); retrieved April 16, 2016Archivedfrom the original on April 16, 2016. was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. She was the wife of actor Eli Wallach, with whom she often co-starred. In 1956, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Paddy Chayefsky's ''Middle of the Night''. In 1963, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress for her performance in two Off-Broadway plays, ''The Typists'' and ''The Tiger''.; retrieved June 11, 2017. Life and career Jackson was born in Millvale, Pennsylvania in 1925, the daughter of Stella Germaine (née Murray) and John Ivan Jackson, a barber. She was the youngest of three daughters, after Catherine, eight years older, and Beatrice, three years older. Her year of birth had been misreported for years as 1926, the year Jackson gave in a 1962 interview. Jackson's mother was of Irish Catholic descent and her father, whose original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Murphy (actor)
Michael George Murphy (born May 5, 1938) is a multi-award-winning American film, television and stage actor. He often plays unethical or morally ambiguous characters in positions of authority, including politicians, executives, administrators, clerics, doctors, law enforcement agents, and lawyers. He is also known for his frequent collaborations with director Robert Altman, having appeared in twelve (film, TV series and miniseries) productions directed by Altman in a period spanning from 1963 to 2004, including his leading titular role in the acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning HBO cable miniseries '' Tanner '88''. He had roles in the films '' M*A*S*H'' (1970), '' Brewster McCloud'' (1970), '' McCabe and Mrs. Miller'' (1971), '' What's Up, Doc?'' (1972), '' Phase IV'' (1974), ''Nashville'' (1975), '' The Front'' (1976), '' An Unmarried Woman'' (1978), '' The Class of Miss MacMichael'' (1978), ''Manhattan'' (1979), '' Strange Behavior'' (1981), '' The Year of Living Dangerously'' (1983 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Raspberry Award For Worst Actor
The Razzie Award for Worst Actor is an award presented at the annual Golden Raspberry Awards to the worst actor of the previous year. The following is a list of nominees and recipients of that award, along with the film(s) for which they were nominated. The category of "actor" has expanded to include the subjects of documentary films; this process has been criticized. Five winners of this award have come from appearances as themselves: George W. Bush, Dinesh D'Souza, Donald Trump, Mike Lindell and LeBron James. Four of these came from appearances in documentaries; LeBron James' came from '' Space Jam: A New Legacy''. Winners and nominees 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Age superlatives Multiple wins 4 wins *Sylvester Stallone (2 consecutive) 3 wins *Kevin Costner *Adam Sandler (2 consecutive) 2 wins *Pauly Shore (consecutive) *John Travolta Multiple nominations 16 nominations *Sylvester Stallone 12 nominations *Adam Sandler 7 nominations *Kevin Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Williams Island (Florida)
Williams Island is a luxury high-rise condominium complex on in Aventura, Florida.Home williamsislandclub.com. The project was constructed by The Trump Group in partnership with the . Amenities include the Island Grille restaurant, a square foot spa, a fitness and wellness center, a Grand Slam-inspired tennis center, a marina, the Island Shop boutique, and the Island Club venue for private functions and entertainment. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pastorelli
Robert Joseph Pastorelli (June 21, 1954 – March 8, 2004) was an American actor. After he acquired a reputation as a skilled character actor in the 1980s and 1990s, Pastorelli's career went into decline after the death of his girlfriend under mysterious circumstances at his home in 1999. He died of a narcotic overdose in 2004. He was best known as Eldin in ''Murphy Brown'' (1988–1994), Johnny C. in ''Eraser'' (1996), and Hughey in ''Michael'' (1996). Early life Pastorelli was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the son of Ledo ("Tally") Pastorelli, an insurance salesman and Dorothy ("Dottie"), an artist. His sister, Gwen Pastorelli, is an opera singer and a real estate agent. He spent his childhood years in Edison, New Jersey, graduating from Edison High School in 1972. He initially intended a career as a professional boxer, but had to abandon the sport due to injuries sustained in a near-fatal high-speed car crash at the age of 19 (he later claimed that he had a " near death" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Drai
Victor Drai (born July 25, 1947) is a Franco-American nightclub owner, entrepreneur and film producer. Drai rose to prominence in the 1980s, producing the movies '' The Woman in Red'' (1984) and ''Weekend at Bernie's'' (1989), before leaving the industry to open a string of high-profile restaurants and nightclubs. Early life Drai was born in Casablanca, Morocco, to Jewish parents. He dropped out of school at 14 to move to Paris, France, with his family. In 1968, he launched a ready-to-wear line called Vicadam, which featured velvet jeans. In 1974, Drai met Jacqueline Bisset on a flight from Los Angeles to Paris and the two began a transatlantic relationship. Drai sold the fashion line and relocated to the United States to be with Bisset and began a new business flipping Beverly Hills mansions. Film production In 1982, Drai and then-girlfriend Kelly LeBrock traveled to Paris where they saw the movie '' Pardon Mon Affaire''. With the help of David Begelman, Drai produced a remak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Films
The year 1992 in film involved many significant film releases. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1992 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * August 24 – Production begins on ''Jurassic Park''. * October 29 – After just 15 months in the role, Brandon Tartikoff resigns as chairman of Paramount Pictures. * November 2 – 20th Century Fox chairman Joe Roth announces he is leaving to set up an independent production company at Walt Disney Studios. Roth was replaced by Peter Chernin. Awards 1992 films By country/region * List of American films of 1992 * List of Argentine films of 1992 * List of Australian films of 1992 * List of Bangladeshi films of 1992 * List of British films of 1992 * List of Canadian films of 1992 * List of French films of 1992 * List of Hong Kong films of 1992 * List of Indian films of 1992 ** List of Hindi films of 1992 ** List of Kannada films of 1992 ** List of Malayalam films of 1992 ** List of Marathi films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Colombier
Michel Colombier (23 May 1939 – 14 November 2004) was a French composer, arranger, and conductor. Career Colombier wrote the scores of several motion pictures and TV productions. He also wrote chamber music and ballets. With composer Pierre Henry he wrote music for ''Messe pour le temps présent'', a piece created by choreographer Maurice Béjart in 1967. He released an album on A&M Records, ''Wings'', in 1971, which included a collaboration with Lani Hall on lead vocal, his song "We Could Be Flying", with lyrics by Paul Williams. Recorded in Paris, with Colombier on piano, it was also included on the album '' Sun Down Lady'', Lani Hall's first solo album after her years as lead singer for Sérgio Mendes and Brazil 66, released in 1972 on A&M Records. Colombier's piece "Emmanuel" was named after and written in memory of his young son, who died in infancy. It was used by the French television channel Antenne 2 (now known as France 2), alongside an 80-second animation known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
