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Paula Weinstein
Paula Weinstein (November 19, 1945 – March 25, 2024) was an American film and television producer. Biography Weinstein was raised in a Jewish family, the daughter of television producer Hannah Weinstein (née Dorner) and Pete Weinstein, a reporter for '' The Brooklyn Eagle''; her parents divorced in 1955.New York Times: "HANNAH WEINSTEIN, PRODUCER AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST, IS DEAD" March 11, 1984 She was married to producer Mark Rosenberg until his death in 1992, at the age of 44. She often worked with Steve K ... [...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] |
The House Of The Spirits (film)
''The House of the Spirits'' ( Danish: ''Åndernes hus'') is a 1993 historical drama film written and directed by Bille August and starring Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas and Vanessa Redgrave. The supporting cast includes María Conchita Alonso, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Jan Niklas. Based on the 1982 novel by Isabel Allende, the film follows three generations of women from a Chilean family during the country’s military dictatorship. Although the film won several awards in Europe, including Best Film at the Lola Awards from the German Film Academy and the Robert Award from the Danish Film Academy, in America it was regarded as a critical and commercial failure. Plot The story is narrated by Blanca Trueba, a young woman from a powerful Chilean family. 1926 Blanca's mother, Clara del Valle is a child from a well-off family in Santiago whose father is running for the Senate. Clara possesses clairvoyant abilities and foresees her o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Envy (2004 Film)
''Envy'' is a 2004 American black comedy buddy film directed by Barry Levinson and starring Ben Stiller and Jack Black. The film was released on April 30, 2004, and was a critical and commercial failure earning $14.5 million at the box office on a $20–$40 million budget and received generally negative reviews from critics. Plot Tim Dingman and Nick Vanderpark are best friends, neighbors and co-workers at 3M. Nick is constantly coming up with crazy ideas to get rich quick, and when he invents Vapoorize, a spray that instantly disintegrates dog feces, he actually succeeds. As Nick's wealth continues to grow, so does Tim's envy, as he had initially scoffed at the idea and squandered an opportunity to invest and become mega-rich himself. Nick is blissfully unaware of Tim's envy, and his generosity only serves to make Tim more envious of him. Meanwhile, Nick's wife Natalie decides to run for the state senate but is continually plagued by questions about her husband's product. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back In Action
''Back in Action'' may refer to: * ''Back in Action'' (1994 film), a 1994 Canadian action film * " Keel VI: Back in Action", a 1998 studio album * '' Looney Tunes: Back in Action'', a 2003 American live-action/animated comedy film ** ''Looney Tunes: Back in Action'' (video game), a 2003 platform game based on the movie of the same name * '' Dhoom 2: Back in Action'', a 2006 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film * ''Back in Action'' (2011 film), a 2011 Malayalam-language Indian film * '' Jagged Alliance: Back in Action'', a 2012 video game * ''Back in Action'' (2025 film), a 2025 American action comedy film * "Back in Action" (EP), an extended play (EP) by the American singer and rapper Midwxst, 2021 {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deliver Us From Eva
''Deliver Us from Eva'' is a 2003 American romantic comedy film starring LL Cool J and Gabrielle Union, revolving around LL's character, Ray, being paid to date a troublesome young lady named Eva (Union). It is considered by many as a modern update of William Shakespeare's play ''The Taming of the Shrew''. It was released to the US theaters on February 7, 2003 by Focus Features, and also stars Essence Atkins, Duane Martin, and Mel Jackson. The title is a play on a line of the Lord's Prayer: "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." Plot Evangeline (Eva) Dandridge works for The Los Angeles Health Department as an inspector, a job well-suited for her bossy and perfectionist nature. She and her sisters—Kareenah, Bethany, and Jacqui—have been taking care of each other since their parents died when they were young. As a result of the combination of her personality and her family's circumstances, Eva's level of involvement in her sisters' lives ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Analyze That
''Analyze That'' is a 2002 American crime comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and produced by Paula Weinstein and Jane Rosenthal. It is a sequel A sequel is a work of literature, film, theatre, television, music, or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work. In the common context of a narrative work of fiction, a sequel portrays events set in the same ... to the 1999 film ''Analyze This''. The film stars Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal who respectively reprise their roles as mobster Paul Vitti and psychiatrist Ben Sobel. Following the success of the first film, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. developed a follow-up to the film, with much of the same cast and crew returning. ''Analyze That'' was released on December 6, 2002, and failed to achieve the critical and commercial success of the first film, grossing only $55 million worldwide against its $60 million budget. Plot Near the completion of his sentence in Sing Sing, Paul Vitti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Possession (2002 Film)
''Possession'' is a 2002 romantic mystery drama film written and directed by Neil LaBute and starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart. It is based on the 1990 novel of the same name by British author A. S. Byatt, who won the Booker Prize for it the year it was published. Synopsis Literary scholars American Roland Michell of the British Museum and British Maud Bailey independently find that the socially antagonistic relationship between the Victorian era poets Randolph Henry Ash and Christabel LaMotte may have concealed a secret connection as lovers. Ash is traditional and conservative and LaMotte is a freethinking bisexual. Rival scholars become aware of their efforts and each seeks to be the first at the public disclosure of this major finding about the poets. In a parallel relationship, Michell and Bailey have their own deepening connection. Cast Development Three early drafts of the film's screenplay were written by American playwright David Henry Hwang in the 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandits (2001 Film)
''Bandits'' is a 2001 American crime comedy-drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Harley Peyton. It stars Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett. The film was released in theaters on October 12, 2001. It received mixed reviews, and Thornton and Blanchett's performances received critical praise. Thornton and Blanchett were nominated for Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, and Blanchett was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Plot Two friends and convicts, Joe and Terry, break out of Oregon State Penitentiary in a concrete mixing truck and start a bank robbing spree, hoping to fund a dream they share. They become known as the "Sleepover Bandits" because of their ''modus operandi'': they kidnap the manager of a target bank the night before a planned robbery, then spend the night with the manager's family; early the next morning, they accompany the manager to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Everlasting Piece
''An Everlasting Piece'' is a 2000 American comedy film directed by Barry Levinson, written by and starring Barry McEvoy. The plot involves two wig salesmen, one Catholic and one Protestant, who live in war-torn Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the mid-1980s. The supporting cast includes comedian Billy Connolly as a patient in a psychiatric hospital. McEvoy based the screenplay on the adventures of his father as a toupée peddler to both sides in the midst of the conflict. The movie was shot on location in both Belfast and Dublin. Plot Colm takes a job as a barber in a Belfast psychiatric hospital. He meets the staff and is warned against talking about poetry with George, a fellow barber. When he brings it up, George subjects him to his own poor work, but the pair chat anyway. Later, they meet an orderly escorting a new patient, whom he refers to as "The Scalper", described as the only seller of hair pieces in all of Northern Ireland until he had a nervous breakdown and scalped s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Perfect Storm (film)
''The Perfect Storm'' is a 2000 American biographical disaster drama film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and based on the 1997 creative non-fiction book of the same name by Sebastian Junger. The film was adapted by William D. Wittliff, with an uncredited rewrite by Bo Goldman, and tells the story of '' Andrea Gail'', a commercial fishing vessel that was lost at sea with all hands after being caught in the Perfect Storm of 1991. The film stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, William Fichtner, Karen Allen, Bob Gunton, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and John C. Reilly. ''The Perfect Storm'' was released on June 30, 2000, by Warner Bros. Despite mixed reviews, the film grossed $328 million worldwide, becoming the eighth highest-grossing film of 2000. Plot In October 1991, the commercial swordfishing boat '' Andrea Gail'' returns to port in Gloucester, Massachusetts, with a poor catch. Boat owner Bob Brown ridicules and taunts Captain Billy Tyne over his rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty Heights
''Liberty Heights'' is a 1999 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Barry Levinson. The film is a semi-autobiographical account of his childhood growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s. The film portrays the racial injustices experienced both by the Jewish and African-American populations. Both of Nate Kurtzman's sons find women "prohibited" to them: for Van because he is Jewish, and for Ben because he is white. Their father goes to prison for running a burlesque show with Little Melvin, an African-American and known local drug dealer. It is the fourth of Levinson's "Baltimore Films", set in his hometown during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s; the first three are ''Diner'' (1982), '' Tin Men'' (1987) and ''Avalon'' (1990). Plot In the fall of 1954, the Kurtzmans, a Jewish family, live in Forest Park, a suburban neighborhood in northwest Baltimore. Nate, the father, runs a burlesque theater and engages in a numbers racket. His wife Ada is a homemaker. Van, the older son, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Analyze This
''Analyze This'' is a 1999 American crime comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, who co-wrote the screenplay with playwrights Kenneth Lonergan and Peter Tolan. It follows a crisis-stricken mafioso ( Robert De Niro) who solicits the assistance of a reluctant psychiatrist ( Billy Crystal). The film was given a wide release by Warner Bros. Pictures and Roadshow Entertainment on March 5, 1999, grossing $176.9 million worldwide, and received positive reviews. Due to its success, it was followed by the sequel '' Analyze That'' in 2002. Plot Mob boss Paul Vitti and his '' consigliere'' Manetta are discussing an upcoming meeting and the Mafia's present-day problems over lunch. As Manetta warns Paul to look out for Primo Sindone (an up-and-coming mafioso who wants to be '' capo di tutti capi''), gunmen bypass and kill Manetta. Psychiatrist Ben Sobel is disillusioned with his life: his son from his first marriage spies on his sessions, his patients have been boring him, and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
