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Sue Lost In Manhattan
''Sue Lost in Manhattan'', also known as ''Sue'', is a 1997 American drama film directed by Amos Kollek. Synopsis Desperately alone, Sue wanders around New York City. From episodic companionships to unsuccessful job searches, distraught, she lets herself slowly be engulfed by a cold and aggressive city. Cast * Anna Thomson as Sue * Matthew Powers as Ben * Tahnee Welch as Lola * Tracee Ellis Ross as Linda * John Ventimiglia as Larry * Edoardo Ballerini as Eddie * Matthew Faber as Sven * Austin Pendleton Austin Campbell Pendleton (born March 27, 1940) is an American actor, playwright, theatre director, and instructor. Pendleton is known as a prolific character actor on the stage and screen, whose six-decade career has included roles in films i ... as Bob * Robert Kya-Hill as Willie References External links * 1997 films 1997 drama films Films set in New York City American drama films Films directed by Amos Kollek 1990s American films {{1990s-US-dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amos Kollek
Amos Kollek (; born 15 September 1947) is an Israeli film director, writer and actor. Biography Amos Kollek was born in Jerusalem. He is the son of Teddy Kollek, the long-time mayor of Jerusalem. Kollek studied psychology and philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He became interested in film after working as a writer. He produced his first film, '' Goodbye, New York'', in 1985. His film '' Fast Food Fast Women'' was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival The 53rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2000. French filmmaker Luc Besson was the Jury President for the main competition. Virginie Ledoyen was the mistress of ceremonies. Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier won the ''Palme d'Or'' .... Filmography Books (incomplete) *'' Don't Ask Me If I Love'' (1971) *''After They Hang Him'' (1977) *''Tishali Im Ani Ohev'' cript for Barbara Noble ''Tishali Im Ani Ohev'' ("Worlds Apart") movie(1980) *''Ha-Tapuah, ha-shir, veha-zahav'' (1980) *''Ein Leben fü ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edoardo Ballerini
Edoardo Ballerini (born March 20, 1970) is an American actor, narrator, writer, and film director. On screen he is best known for his work as junkie List of characters from The Sopranos in the Soprano crime family#Corky Caporale, Corky Caporale in ''The Sopranos'' and the hotheaded chef in the indie film ''Dinner Rush'' (2001). Ballerini is a two-time winner of the Audio Publishers Association's Best Male Narrator Audie Awards, Audie Award (2013), ''Beautiful Ruins'' by Jess Walter; 2019 ''Watchers (novel), Watchers'' by Dean Koontz) and is the co-author of the story "The Angel Of Rome" in the 2021 collection of stories ''The Angel of Rome'', by Jess Walter. His directorial debut, ''Good Night Valentino'', premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Early life Ballerini was born to an Italian father, the poet Luigi Ballerini, and an American mother, the photo historian and writer Julia Ballerini. He grew up between New York City and Milan, Italy. He is a dual citizen, and bilingu ... [...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] |
Films Set In New York City
In the history of motion pictures in the United States, many films have been set in New York City, or a fictionalized version thereof. The following is a list of films and documentaries set in New York, however the list includes a number of films which only have a tenuous connection to the city. The list is sorted by the year the film was released. 1900s * '' What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City'' (1901) * '' Electrocuting an Elephant'' (1903) * '' Coney Island at Night'' (1905) * '' The Thieving Hand'' (1908) 1910s * '' Regeneration'' (1915) * '' Lights of New York'' (1916) * '' Coney Island'' (1917) * '' The Immigrant'' (1917) * '' The Delicious Little Devil'' (1919) 1920s * '' The Saphead'' (1920) * '' Manhatta'' (1921) * '' Manhandled'' (1924) * '' The Rag Man'' (1925) * '' Subway Sadie'' (1926) * '' East Side, West Side'' (1927) * '' The Jazz Singer'' (1927) * '' Lights of New York'' (1928) * ''The Cameraman'' (1928) (has a Scene at Coney Island) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Drama Films
Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 16 – Murder of Ennis Cosby: Near Interstate 405 (California) on a Los Angeles freeway, Bill Cosby's son Ennis is shot in the head in a failed robbery attempt. * January 17 – A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. * January 18 – In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 6 Spanish aid workers and three soldiers, and seriously wound another. * January 19 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. (→ Hebron Agreement) * January 23 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State of the United States, after confirmation by the United States Senate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Films
The year 1997 in film involved many significant films, including ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'', ''The Full Monty'', ''Gattaca'', ''Donnie Brasco (film), Donnie Brasco'', ''Good Will Hunting'', ''Boogie Nights'', ''L.A. Confidential (film), L.A. Confidential'', ''The Fifth Element'', ''Nil by Mouth (film), Nil by Mouth'', ''The Spanish Prisoner'', and the beginning of the film studio DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1997 by worldwide gross are as follows: Box office records *''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'' became the first film in history to pass at the box office on March 1, 1998. ''Titanic'' held the record for the List of highest-grossing films, highest-grossing film of all time for 12 years until it was surpassed by ''Avatar (2009 film), Avatar'' (also directed by James Cameron) on January 25, 2010. *The ''Jurassic Park'' franchise became the List of highest-grossing films#Highest-grossing franchises and film series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Kya-Hill
Robert Kya-Hill ( Robert Hill; born December 4, 1930, Whitakers, North Carolina) is an American actor, director, playwright, musician, composer, and educator. He also performed under the name "Bob Hill". On learning that there was an actor with the same name, he briefly changed his name to Robert Hill II. He then added the prefix "Kya" after joining the Screen Actors Guild in 1961 because a union rule barred members from having the same name. Early years and education Kya-Hill's youth on farms in North Carolina and Virginia's Bible Belt country influenced his later works. At the age of 12, he moved to Harlem in New York City with his mother, Fannie Williams Hill, a garment presser. After graduation as a silk screen major from the High School of Industrial Arts in 1948, he worked in the silk screen industry and then attended City College of New York in 1950-51. Because he loved to sing but could not find a piano accompanist, he taught himself to play the guitar. He also went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Pendleton
Austin Campbell Pendleton (born March 27, 1940) is an American actor, playwright, theatre director, and instructor. Pendleton is known as a prolific character actor on the stage and screen, whose six-decade career has included roles in films including ''Catch-22 (film), Catch-22'' (1970); ''What's Up, Doc? (1972 film), What's Up, Doc?'' (1972); ''The Front Page (1974 film), The Front Page'' (1974); ''The Muppet Movie'' (1979), ''Short Circuit (1986 film), Short Circuit'' (1986); ''Mr. & Mrs. Bridge'' (1990); ''My Cousin Vinny'' (1992); ''Mr. Nanny'' (1993); ''Guarding Tess'' (1994); ''Amistad (film), Amistad'' (1997); ''A Beautiful Mind (film), A Beautiful Mind'' (2001), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nomination; and ''Finding Nemo'' (2003). Pendleton received a Tony Award nomination for Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, Best Direction of a Play for the Broadway (theatre), Broadway revival of ''The L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Faber
Matthew Faber (January 31, 1973 – March 28, 2020) was an American actor best known for his roles in films and television series such as ''Welcome to the Dollhouse'', ''Natural Born Killers'', ''Law & Order'' and ''Palindromes''. Faber died at his Van Nuys, Los Angeles home at the age of 47 of natural causes. Filmography *''Darrow'' (as Henry Coll) *''Bob Roberts'' (as Calvin) *''Fresh'' (as Long Hair Teenager) *''Natural Born Killers'' (as Kid #1) *''Stonewall (1995 film), Stonewall'' (as Mizz Moxie) *''Welcome to the Dollhouse'' (as Mark Wiener) *''Law & Order'' (as Scott Wilder, 1 episode) *''A Little Tenderness'' (as Pete) *''The Pallbearer'' (as Jared) *''Sue Lost in Manhattan, Sue'' (as Sven) *''L.A. Without a Map'' (as Joel) *''Sugar: The Fall of the West'' *''Restless (1998 film), Restless'' (as Ben Gold) *''Ride with the Devil (film), Ride with the Devil'' (as Turner Rawls) *''Hard Luck (2001 film), Hard Luck'' (as Eric Billings) *''Palindromes A palindrome ( / ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ventimiglia
John Ventimiglia (, ; born ) is an American actor. He portrayed Artie Bucco in the HBO television series ''The Sopranos'' and had a recurring role as Dino Arbogast, an Organized Crime Control Bureau Chief for the NYPD, on the American police procedural/drama series '' Blue Bloods'' on CBS. Early life Ventimiglia was born in Ridgewood, Queens to Sicilian immigrants from Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey. Ventimiglia grew up speaking Sicilian at home with his parents and still speaks fluent Sicilian to this day. He graduated from Teaneck High School in 1981 where he played on the football team. In the 1980s he lived in the East Village with Michael Imperioli, who would later play Christopher Moltisanti on ''The Sopranos''. Career Ventimiglia has had parts in feature films such as '' Cop Land'', '' Jesus' Son'', '' The Iceman'', '' The Funeral'', '' The Wannabe'', and '' Mickey Blue Eyes'' and has appeared in numerous television shows inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Thomson
Anna Thomson (born September 18, 1953) is an American actress known for roles in Clint Eastwood's ''Unforgiven'' and several films directed by the Israeli filmmaker Amos Kollek. Over the course of her career she was also credited as Anna Levine and Anna Levine-Thomson. Career Thomson made her acting debut in the Off-Broadway play ''Kid Champion'' in 1975, and at the recommendation of her friend Christopher Walken, who she considered her "godfather in cinema". She made her film debut in the 1979 war veteran drama ''Night-Flowers'' and made subsequent minor appearances in films including '' Heaven’s Gate'', ''Desperately Seeking Susan'', ''At Close Range'', '' Something Wild'', ''Wall Street'' and ''Fatal Attraction''. On the New York stage she appeared in plays including '' Uncommon Women and Others'', '' The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs'' and ''Barbarians''. High-profile film work continued into the 1990s, with Thomson cast in ''True Romance'', ''The Crow'' and '' Bad Boys'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracee Ellis Ross
Tracee Joy Silberstein (born October 29, 1972), known professionally as Tracee Ellis Ross, is an American actress. She is known for her lead roles in the television series '' Girlfriends'' (2000–2008) and '' Black-ish'' (2014–2022) receiving nominations for five Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the latter. Ross is a daughter of actress and Motown recording artist Diana Ross and Robert Ellis Silberstein. She began acting in independent films and variety series. She hosted the pop-culture magazine ''The Dish'' on Lifetime. From 2000 to 2008, Ross played the starring role of Joan Clayton in the UPN/ CW comedy series '' Girlfriends'', and received two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for the role. She also has appeared in the films '' Hanging Up'' (2000), '' I-See-You.Com'' (2006), and '' Daddy's Little Girls'' (2007), before returning to television playing Dr. Carla Reed on the BET sitcom '' Reed Betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
