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The Oranges (film)
''The Oranges'' is a 2011 American Romance film, romantic comedy-drama directed by Julian Farino and starring Hugh Laurie, Leighton Meester, Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Allison Janney, Alia Shawkat, and Adam Brody. The film chronicles how two families deal with a scandal involving a married man and his friends' daughter. Set in The Oranges area of Essex County, New Jersey, ''The Oranges'' was primarily filmed in New Rochelle, New York. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2011, and was released in the United States on October 5, 2012, by ATO Pictures. The film received mixed reviews upon its release. Plot The story is narrated from the perspective of aspiring furniture designer Vanessa Walling, whose plan to stay at home for a few months after college has turned into years. She witnesses the heartache between her parents as their marriage falls apart. Their best friends, Terry and Cathy Ostroff, live across the street in their suburb of West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Farino
Julian Farino (born 12 December 1965) is an English film and television producer and director. He was the sports editor of ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and directed much of the first three seasons of the HBO series '' Entourage''. Farino was born and raised in London and educated at Cambridge University. He began directing film documentaries at Granada Television in England, making a sequence of observational films about drag queens, young classical musicians, children's entertainers and boxers. ''They Call Us Nutters'' was a portrait of life on a ward of Ashworth Maximum Security Hospital, and ''A Winter's Tale'' described life in the coldest inhabited place on earth, Oymyakon in Eastern Siberia. In 2000 he directed '' 7Up 2000'', a continuation of the multi-award winning documentary series, featuring 7-year-olds from all over Britain - a project that continued with ''14 Up in 2007''. His film drama in the UK includes an adaptation of Charles Dickens's ''Our Mutual Frien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy-drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom. In the United States Examples from United States television include: ''M*A*S*H'', ''Moonlighting'', '' The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', '' Northern Exposure'', '' Ally McBeal'', '' Sex and the City'', '' Desperate Housewives'' and '' Scrubs''. The term "dramedy" was coined to describe the late 1980s wave of shows, including '' The Wonder Years'', ''Hooperman'', '' Doogie Howser, M.D.'' and '' Frank's Place''. See also * List of comedy drama television series *Black comedy * Dramatic structure * Melodrama * Seriousness * Tragicomedy * Psychological drama References Comedy drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spec Script
A spec script, also known as a speculative screenplay, is a non-commissioned and unsolicited screenplay. It is usually written by a screenwriter who hopes to have the script optioned and eventually purchased by a producer, production company, or studio. Spec scripts which have gone on to win Academy Awards include '' Thelma & Louise'' (sold by Callie Khouri to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for US$500,000 in 1990), '' Good Will Hunting'' (sold by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to Miramax for US$675,000 in 1994) and '' American Beauty'' (sold by Alan Ball to DreamWorks Pictures for US$250,000 in 1998), which all won Best Original Screenplay. A spec script reads differently from a shooting script or a production script in that there is more focus on the story itself while focus on camera movements and other directing aspects should be rarely, if ever, used. Camera directions and technical directions are often added in the later drafts. The sole purpose of a spec script, also known as the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inglourious Basterds
''Inglourious Basterds'' is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger and Mélanie Laurent. The film tells an alternate history story of two plots to assassinate Nazi Germany's leadership—one planned by Shosanna Dreyfus, a young French Jewish cinema proprietor, and the other by the British; but is ultimately conducted solely by a team of Jewish American soldiers led by First Lieutenant Aldo Raine. Christoph Waltz co-stars as Hans Landa, an SS colonel in charge of tracking down Raine's group. The title was inspired by Italian director Enzo G. Castellari's 1978 Euro War film '' The Inglorious Bastards'', though Tarantino's film is not a remake of it. Tarantino wrote the script in 1998, but struggled with the ending and chose instead to direct the two-part film ''Kill Bill''. After directing '' Death Proof'' in 2007, Tarantino returned to work on ''In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beaver (film)
''The Beaver'' is a 2011 psychological drama film directed by Jodie Foster and written by Kyle Killen. A co-production of United States and United Arab Emirates, it stars Mel Gibson, Foster, Anton Yelchin, and Jennifer Lawrence. Marking Gibson's and Foster's second collaboration since 1994's ''Maverick'', it follows Walter Black, a depressed executive, who hits rock-bottom when his wife kicks him out of the house. At his lowest point, he begins to use a beaver hand puppet to communicate with people and overcome his issues. ''The Beaver'' premiered at the SXSW Film Festival on March 16, 2011 and was released in the United States on May 6, 2011 by Summit Entertainment. The film received mixed reviews from critics who praised Foster's direction and performances of the cast but found the premise absurd. However, a series of controversies and criticisms surrounding Gibson regarding his statements and battery case, affected the film's business and it was a box office bomb grossing just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenplay
''ScreenPlay'' is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993. Background After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-television, feature length filmed dramas, including ''ScreenPlay''. Various writers and directors were utilized on the series. Writer Jimmy McGovern was hired by producer George Faber to pen a series five episode based upon the Merseyside needle exchange programme of the 1980s. The episode, directed by Gillies MacKinnon, was entitled ''Needle'' and featured Sean McKee, Emma Bird, and Pete Postlethwaite''.'' The last episode of the series was titled "Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Islands" and featured Robbie Coltrane as English writer Samuel Johnson, who in the autumn of 1773, visits the Hebrides off the north-west coast of Scotland. That episode was directed by John Byrne and co-starred John Sessions and Celia Imrie. Some scenes wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsy Aidem
Betsy Aidem (born October 28, 1957) is an American actress who plays for film, television and stage. Her film work includes ''The Bleeding House'', '' See You in the Morning'', '' A Vigilante'' and '' Aeris''. Her television work includes '' The High Life'', ''The Americans'', appearing in episodes, "Safe House" and "Covert War". Her stage work includes '' Steel Magnolias'' and ''Five Women Wearing the Same Dress''. Background An Obie Award winner, she first became interested in acting while she was in high school. Her debut was as a fairy in Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. She is also a stage play director and her first professional production was in 2018, ''A Doll's House, Part 2.'', which was a stage production of the Lucas Hnath comedy. She was the first wife of William Fichtner and had a child with him. Stage work Midway through 2009, Aidem was in Nicki Bloom's ''Tender'', a story about an act of violence that destroys a family. The play, directed by Daniela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoon Lee
Tong Hoon Lee (born July 18, 1973) is an American stage, film and television actor, known for playing Job in the Cinemax original series ''Banshee'' and the King in the Broadway revival of ''The King and I'', and voicing Hamato Yoshi/Splinter in the 2012 version of ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' and Shredder in '' Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''. Early life and career Lee graduated from Harvard University in 1994. He appeared in 2001 in the Broadway production of ''Urinetown''. He played many roles over the years until he was cast as Rosencrantz in a musical version of ''Hamlet''. In 2008, Lee won a Theatre World Award for Distinguished Performance in ''Yellow Face''. In television, Lee got his first role as Dr. Mao in an episode of ''Sex and the City'' in 2003. He also made guest appearances in ''Law & Order'', ''Fringe'', '' Royal Pains'', '' White Collar'', NCIS: New Orleans and other series. He also had small roles in movies such as '' Saving Face'', '' We Own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Guinee
Timothy S. Guinee (born November 18, 1962) is an American stage, television, and feature-film actor. Primarily known for his roles as Tomin in the television series ''Stargate SG-1'' (1997–2007) and railroad entrepreneur Collis Huntington AMC's ''Hell on Wheels'' (2011–2016), he appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) feature films ''Iron Man'' (2008) and ''Iron Man 2'' (2010) as United States Air Force Major Allen, and as struggling father and retired major Clay Wilson in the first season of the streaming television series '' The Punisher'' (2017–2019). Early life and education Guinee, who has two brothers and two sisters, was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in Illinois and Texas. He attended Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas before he founded a theater group in Texas. Later, he moved to New York in order to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He later attended the University of North Carolina School of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Rosen (actor)
Sam Rosen is an American actor and writer. Film work One of Rosen's earliest film roles, if not his first was playing a white rapist in ''The Hymens Parable'' which was directed by Jon Springer. Then he appeared as Eddie in the Bill Semans directed ''Herman U. S. A.'' which was released in 2001. In an '' International Business Times'' article about the film '' Five Days Gone'', it said that he bestowed the film with a passionate, memorable performance as the drug addicted boyfriend of Alice (played by director Anna Kerrigan. He was the lead actor and co-writer of the Brady Kiernan directed film '' Stuck Between Stations''. The film which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by Tribeca Productions. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive programming. Tribeca was f ... in New York, was about a man and a woman who meet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aya Cash
Aya Rachel Cash is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Gretchen Cutler in the FX/FXX dark comedy series ''You're the Worst'' (2014–2019), as Stormfront in the Amazon Prime Video superhero drama series '' The Boys'' (2020–2022), and most recently as Cheryl Peterson in the Fox sitcom ''Welcome to Flatch''. She was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series and the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy for ''You're the Worst''. Cash also appeared in numerous films, including ''The Oranges'' (2011), ''Sleepwalk with Me'' (2012), '' Begin Again'' (2013), '' The Wolf of Wall Street'' (2013), '' Mary Goes Round'' (2017), ''Game Over, Man!'' (2018), and '' Scare Me'' (2020). Early life Cash was born in San Francisco, California, to poet and novelist Kim Addonizio and Buddhist teacher Eugene Cash. On her mother's side, she is the granddaughter of tennis champion Pauline Betz and sports writer Bob Addie. Her fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Orange, New Jersey
West Orange is a suburban township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States Census, its population was 48,843, an increase of 2,636 (+5.7%) from the 46,207 counted in the 2010 Census.DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for West Orange township, Essex County, New Jersey , . Accessed May 23, 2012. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
