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Meatballs Part II
''Meatballs Part II'' is a 1984 American comedy film and the in-name only sequel to the 1979 film ''Meatballs''. The film stars Richard Mulligan, Hamilton Camp, John Mengatti, Kim Richards, Archie Hahn, Misty Rowe, and John Larroquette, and was directed by Ken Wiederhorn. The screenplay for the film was written by Bruce Franklin Singer based on a story by Martin Kitrosser and Carol Watson. Plot The owner of Camp Sasquatch, Giddy, tries to keep his camp open after Hershy, the owner of Camp Patton, located just across the lake, wants to buy the entire lake for Camp Patton. Giddy suggests settling the issue with the traditional end-of-the-summer boxing match over rights to the lake. A tough, inner city punk named Flash is at Camp Sasquatch for community service as a counselor-in-training. Flash is recruited to box in order to save Sasquatch. Cheryl, a naive teen on whom Flash has set his sights, has never seen a " pinky", so her fellow teenage girl campers arrange for her to se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Wiederhorn
Ken Wiederhorn is a former news and documentary editor at CBS and a film and television director, known mainly for the horror films '' Shock Waves'' and ''Return of the Living Dead Part II''. Other features include '' Eyes of a Stranger'', '' Meatballs II'', and ''A House in the Hills''. He also directed multiple episodes of '' 21 Jump Street'', '' Dark Justice'', and '' Freddy's Nightmares''. Documentaries include, "Mission In Mississippi", "Breaking Vegas", "US Marshals; The Real Story", "Hunt for Amazing Treasure" and "Fugitive Task Force". He and fellow Columbia School of the Arts student, Reuben Trane, won the first Student Academy Award in the Drama category for their thesis film, "Manhattan Melody." Career According to a 2013 interview, Ken Wiederhorn was working as a film editor at CBS, the news and documentary unit. His career ambition was to become a documentary producer. When there happened to be a break in his work schedule, he took an offer from his fellow Colu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MUBI
Mubi (; stylized as MUBI; The Auteurs before 2010) is a global curated film streaming platform, production company and film distributor. Mubi produces and theatrically distributes films by emerging and established filmmakers, which are exclusively available on its platform. Additionally, it publishes ''Notebook'', a film criticism and news publication, and provides weekly cinema tickets to selected new-release films through Mubi Go. Mubi's streaming platform is available in over 190 countries on the web, Android TV, Chromecast, Roku devices, PlayStation, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and LG and Samsung Smart TVs, as well as on mobile devices including iPhone, iPad and Android. History The Auteurs was founded in 2007 by Efe Çakarel, who began work on the business model for Mubi after being unable to watch ''In the Mood for Love'' online while in a café in Tokyo. The Criterion Collection began to provide video-on-demand (VOD) in partnership with The Auteurs in 2008. In 2010, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon
Amazon most often refers to: * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon (company), an American multinational technology company Amazon or Amazone may also refer to: Places South America * Amazon Basin (sedimentary basin), a sedimentary basin at the middle and lower course of the river * Amazon basin, the part of South America drained by the river and its tributaries * Amazon Reef, at the mouth of the Amazon basin Elsewhere * 1042 Amazone, an asteroid * Amazon Creek, a stream in Oregon, US People * Amazon Eve (born 1979), American model, fitness trainer, and actress * Lesa Lewis (born 1967), American professional bodybuilder nicknamed "Amazon" Art and entertainment Fictional characters * Amazon (Amalgam Comics) * Amazon, an alias of the Marvel supervillain Man-Killer * Amazons (DC Comics), a group of superhuman characters * The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Office Mojo
Box Office Mojo is an American website that tracks box-office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way. The site was founded in 1998 by Brandon Gray, and was bought in 2008 by IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ..., which itself is owned by Amazon. History Brandon Gray began the site on August 7, 1998, making forecasts of the top-10 highest-grossing films in the United States for the following weekend. To compare his forecasts to the actual results, he started posting the weekend grosses and wrote a regular column with box-office analysis. In 1999, he started to post the Friday daily box-office grosses, sourced from Exhibitor Relations, so that they were publicly available online on Saturdays and posted the Sunday weekend estimates on Sundays. Along with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Gibb
Donald Richard Gibb (born August 4, 1954) is an American actor, best known for his roles as the hulking, dimwitted fraternity brother Ogre in several installments of the ''Revenge of the Nerds'' film series, as Kumite fighter Ray Jackson in '' Bloodsport'', and as Leslie "Dr. Death" Krunchner on the HBO sitcom '' 1st & Ten''. Life and career Raised in California, Gibb attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. Upon graduation he went to the University of New Mexico on a basketball scholarship,"Undemanding may get yucks from 'Nerds'", ''The Santa Fe New Mexican'' (August 17, 1984), Film P1. where he joined Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He then transferred to University of San Diego to play football. Don Gibb played basketball for the University of San Diego team on scholarship. Gibb played briefly for the San Diego Chargers before suffering an injury in an automobile accident, which led him to turn to acting, beginning with small, uncredited roles in ''Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Silla
Felix Anthony Silla (January 11, 1937 – April 16, 2021), also credited as Felix Cilla, was an Italian actor and stuntman, known for his career in Hollywood in TV and film. Silla starting his career in the circus, but is best known especially on television's '' The Addams Family'' as Cousin Itt, a costumed character, that was added exclusively for the TV series, and was not in Charles Addams original comic series Silla featured in the '' Star Wars'' film '' Return of the Jedi'' as one of the hang glider Ewoks. He was also a voice artist on ''The Sims 2'' video game. Biography Early life and circus career Felix Silla was born in the small village of Roccacasale, Abruzzo, Italy. He trained as a circus performer and came to the United States aged 18, in 1955, touring with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. His multiple talents as a bareback horse rider, trapeze artist, and tumbler brought him to Hollywood, where he became a stuntman, appearing in the film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Glass
Nancy Glass is CEO of Glass Entertainment Group and formerly an American television and radio host. Career Nancy Glass is currently the owner of Glass Entertainment Group. In 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, her company was named as part of the Global 100, the listing of the top 100 production companies in the world. Her company has produced two thousand hours of programming for various networks including: A&E, E!, TLC, WE, LOGO, National Geographic, Animal Planet, HGTV, CNN, Oxygen and XM/Sirius satellite radio. They have also produced hundreds of digital programs and created the podcast: Confronting O. J. Simpson hosted by Kim Goldman. It was one of the most downloaded podcasts of 2019. In 2021 she appeared on the ABC sitcom, ''The Goldbergs''. She played herself in the 80's. Previously she was an on-air personality. In 1993, Glass was an anchor for the King World syndicated news magazine, '' American Journal''. She hosted the show until 1997 when she left to do a pilot for her own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elayne Boosler
{{Orphan, date=July 2021 Elayne is a female given name of French origin, which means "light". The name can be a variant of Elaine or Elena. Elayne may refer to: People * Elayne Angel *Elayne Arrington * Elayne Boosler (born 1952), American comedian *Elayne Brenzinger (born 1951), Canadian politician *Elayne Rapping (born 1938), American writer *Elayne Reiss-Weimann (born 1933), American teacher and writer Other uses *Elayne Trakand, fictional character in Robert Jordan's ''The Wheel of Time'' series of novels See also *Elaine (given name) *Elena (given name) Elena is a popular female given name of Greek origin. The name means "shining light". Nicknames of the name Elena are Lena, Lennie, Ella, Ellie, Nellie or Nena (less common). Other common variants are Alena (German, Czech, Russian, Belarusian, S ... Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Seymour (actor)
Ralph Seymour (born May 4, 1956) is an American film, stage, and television actor. He began his career in theater, starring on Broadway in a production of Peter Shaffer's '' Equus''. His early film credits include ''Underground Aces'', ''Longshot'', '' Back Roads'', '' Just Before Dawn'' (all 1981). Seymour also had supporting roles in ''Killer Party'' (1986), ''Empire of the Sun'' (1987), and ''Rain Man'' (1988). Biography Seymour was born in Lansing, Illinois, the third of five children. He graduated from Thornton Fractional South High School in Lansing in 1974, and was active performing in school plays and community theater. Seymour relocated to New York City, where he appeared on Broadway as Alan Strang in a production of Peter Shaffer's '' Equus'' between 1976 and 1977. He appeared in the short-lived sitcom '' Makin' It'' (1979) before making his film debut in ''Underground Aces'' (1981). Next, he co-starred with Leif Garrett and Linda Manz in the television film ''Longs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Hervey
Jason Robert Hervey (born April 6, 1972) is an American actor and television producer. He is best known for his role as Wayne Arnold on ''The Wonder Years''. Early life and acting Hervey was born in Los Angeles, the son of Marsha, a talent agent, and Alan Hervey, a retail sales manager. In his early career, Hervey had small roles in films including ''Back to the Future'', '' Pee-wee's Big Adventure'', ''Meatballs Part II'', '' Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment'', and had a recurring role as Charlie in the final season of ''Diff'rent Strokes''. His big break came as a cast member of the successful family dramedy''The Wonder Years'', as the older brother of Fred Savage's character. He ranked at #71 on VH1's 100 Greatest Kid Stars for the role. Hervey's role on ''The Wonder Years'' led to a later guest appearance on the animated show ''Justice League Unlimited''. He appeared alongside Savage in the episode "Hawk and Dove", where Hervey provided the voice of the younger, more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Reubens
Paul Reubens (; born Rubenfeld; August 27, 1952) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and children's entertainer. He is known for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s, and started his career as an improvisational comedian and stage actor. In 1982, Reubens began appearing in a show about a character he had been developing for years. The show was called ''The Pee-wee Herman Show'', and ran for five sold-out months; HBO also produced a successful special about it. Pee-wee became an instant cult figure and, for the next decade, Reubens was completely committed to his character, doing all of his public appearances and interviews as Pee-wee. His feature film, '' Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' (1985), directed by Tim Burton, was a financial and critical success, and soon developed into a cult film. Its sequel, ''Big Top Pee-wee'' (1988), was less successful. Between 1986 and 1990, Reubens starred as Pee-wee in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
