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Ripe (film)
''Ripe'' is a 1996 American independent drama film. It was the first film written and directed by Mo Ogrodnik and starred Monica Keena and Daisy Eagan. Plot Fraternal twin sisters Rosie ( Daisy Eagan) and Violet (Monica Keena) lead a life of hard knocks with very poor, abusive parents. Glad to be rid of their parents who have been killed in a car crash, the twins vow to run away to Kentucky in search of a better life. While on the road, the girls sneak onto a military base seeking food and shelter and meet up with Pete, a drifter working as a grounds keeper, who takes them in. Throughout the movie there are overtones of Rosie's jealousy over the attention the pretty Violet receives from men. For example, when Violet and Pete start a relationship, Rosie becomes increasingly jealous before eventually coming to realize that the sisters' childhood bond has been destroyed forever. Her attitude leads to actions with tragic consequences. In the movie’s final scene, Violet is seen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Keena
Monica Keena (born May 28, 1979) is an American actress. Following her feature film debut in '' While You Were Sleeping'' (1995), she went on to play leading roles in '' Snow White: A Tale of Terror'' (1997), ''Crime and Punishment in Suburbia'' (2000), '' Freddy vs. Jason'' (2003), and the 2009 remake of '' Night of the Demons''. Her other credits include '' The Devil's Advocate'' (1997), '' Orange County'' (2002), and '' Man of the House'' (2005). On television, Keena played Abby Morgan on The WB's ''Dawson's Creek'' (1998–1999), Rachel Lindquist on Fox's '' Undeclared'' (2001–2002), Kristen on HBO's '' Entourage'' (2004–2005), and Bonnie Crasnoff on ABC's ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2005; 2007). Early life Keena was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents are William Junior, a financial sales manager, and Mary Catherine Keena, a nurse. She has a sister, Samantha, two years older, who died in England at the age of 46. Keena attended Saint Ann's, a progressive privat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisy Eagan
Daisy Eagan is an American actress. Early life Eagan was born in Brooklyn to Jewish parents on November 4, 1979. Her mother, Andrea Boroff Eagan, was a medical writer; she died of cancer when her daughter was 13 years old. Eagan's father, Richard Eagan, is a visual and performing artist. Daisy Eagan was inspired to become an actress at age 6 after seeing him perform. Career In 1991, Eagan won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for playing Mary Lennox in ''The Secret Garden''. She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the role. At eleven years old, she is the youngest female to win a Tony to date (as of 2024), and is the second youngest person to win a Tony. ( Frankie Michaels was one month past his 11th birthday when he won his Tony for '' Mame''.) In 1992, Eagan sang "Broadway Baby" in the concert '' Sondheim: A Celebration at Carne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Toronto International Film Festival
The 21st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 5 and September 14, 1996. The festival opened with the film ''Fly Away Home'', and closed with ''That Thing You Do!''. This year's festival marked significant changes in the programming streams, including The Edge, Asian Horizons and Latin American Panorama being merged into Contemporary World Cinema, and First Cinema being discontinued with first films instead appearing under Contemporary World Cinema, Real to Reel and Discovery. The Dialogues series, which had been introduced the previous year as a special event, was turned into a permanent program. Awards Programme Galas Special Presentations Contemporary World Cinema Discovery Perspective Canada: Features Perspective Canada: Shorts Planet Africa Midnight Madness Vietnam Perspective A special program highlighting films from Vietnam. Dialogues Unverified program *''The Arena of Murder'' by Amos Gita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twins
Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy.MedicineNet > Definition of Twin Last Editorial Review: 19 June 2000 Twins can be either ''monozygotic'' ('identical'), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which splits and forms two embryos, or ''dizygotic'' ('non-identical' or 'fraternal'), meaning that each twin develops from a separate egg and each egg is fertilized by its own sperm cell. Since identical twins develop from one zygote, they will share the same sex, while fraternal twins may or may not. In very rare cases, fraternal or (semi-) identical twins can have the same mother and different fathers ( heteropaternal superfecundation). In contrast, a fetus that develops alone in the womb (the much more common case in humans) is called a ''singleton'', and the general term for one offspring of a multiple birth is a ''multiple''. Unrelated look-alikes whose resemblance parallels that of twins are referred to as doppelgänger. Statistics The human twin birth rat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky
Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the northeast, Virginia to the east, Tennessee to the south, and Missouri to the west. Its northern border is defined by the Ohio River. Its capital is Frankfort, Kentucky, Frankfort and its List of cities in Kentucky, most populous city is Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville. As of 2024, the state's population was approximately 4.6 million. Previously part of Colony of Virginia, colonial Virginia, Kentucky was admitted into the Union as the fifteenth state on June 1, 1792. It is known as the "Bluegrass State" in reference to Kentucky bluegrass, a species of grass introduced by European settlers which has long supported the state's thoroughbred horse industry. The fertile soil in the central and western parts of the state led to the development ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Currie (actor)
Gordon Currie is a Canadian film and television actor, best known for his role as Nicolae Carpathia in the ''Left Behind'' films, and his role in horror films such as ''Puppet Master 4'', ''Puppet Master 5'', '' Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan'' and '' Blood and Donuts''."B.C. actor lands new zip code" by Rob Salem, ''Toronto Star'' (16 Feb, 1996) inal EditionRetrieved from Currie has also directed, written, and produced several films, and works in both the United States and Canada in television and film roles. Early life Currie was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of his first breakthrough roles was playing Officer Palone on ''21 Jump Street'' (1987). In 1991, after a couple of years working in locally shot TV and film in Vancouver, he moved to Los Angeles to study acting; his first roommate was Brad Pitt. Career Currie rented a two-bedroom flat off Melrose Avenue in California, where he lived for two years with roommate Brad Pitt. He worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Lynn Gorney
Karen Lynn Gorney (born January 28, 1945)Gorney, Sondra (2005). Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?: The Life of Composer Jay Gorney'. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press. p. 40. . "Florence had wanted a son for me. But she looked at me and declared, 'Honey, girls are nice, too.' So that is how my Karen Lynn Gorney was ushered into the world on January 28, 1945. She was destined to be an actress." is an American actress who had roles in television shows and films including the soap opera ''All My Children'' and the movie ''Saturday Night Fever''. Early life Born in Los Angeles and raised in New York City, Gorney was one of three children of Jay Gorney,"Karen Lynn Gorney Fired Her Agent, Got the Job and Is a 'Hot Property'" ''The Baltimore Sun''. February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Independent Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Films
The year 1996 involved many significant films. The major releases this year included '' Scream'', ''Independence Day'', '' Fargo'', '' Trainspotting'', '' The Rock'', '' The English Patient'', '' Twister'', '' Space Jam'', '' Mission: Impossible,'' '' Mars Attacks!'', '' Jerry Maguire'' and a film version of the musical '' Evita''. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1996 by worldwide gross are as follows: Box office records * ''Independence Day'' became the highest-grossing film of Will Smith's career, up until it was surpassed by '' Aladdin'' (2019) which grossed $1.054 billion. However, adjusting for inflation, Independence Day in 2019 grossed $1.324 billion. * '' Rumble in the Bronx'' was released in North America, becoming Jackie Chan's first major box office hit in the region, with its US box office alone earning over 20 times its budget. It was Chan's biggest ever hit up until then. Context The theatrical year of 1996 achieved a $5.8 billion do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Drama Films
1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, killing around 300 people. * January 9– 20 – Serious fighting breaks out between Russian soldiers and rebel fighters in Chechnya. * January 11 – Ryutaro Hashimoto, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, becomes Prime Minister of Japan. * January 13 – Italy's Prime Minister, Lamberto Dini, resigns after the failure of all-party talks to confirm him. New talks are initiated by President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to form a new government. * January 14 – Jorge Sampaio is elected President of Portugal. * January 16 – President of Sierra Leone Valentine Strasser is deposed by the chief of defence, Julius Maada Bio. Bio promises to restore power following elections scheduled for February. * January 19 ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Drama Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Directorial Debut Films
1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane 1996 Air Africa crash, crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, killing around 300 people. * January 9–January 20, 20 – Serious fighting breaks out between Russian soldiers and rebel fighters in Chechnya. * January 11 – Ryutaro Hashimoto, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party, becomes Prime Minister of Japan. * January 13 – Prime Minister of Italy, Italy's Prime Minister, Lamberto Dini, resigns after the failure of all-party talks to confirm him. New talks are initiated by President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to form a new government. * January 14 – Jorge Sampaio is elected President of Portugal. * January 16 – President of Sierra Leone Valentine Strasser is deposed by the chief of defence, Julius Maada Bio. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
