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Univers'l
''Univers'l'' is a 1997 American docudrama film written and directed by Anna Nicholas and featuring Tony Todd. Cast *Robert Villalobos as Rodrigo *Tony Todd as Marcus *Berengere Gallian *Mimi Savage as Yolanda *Jackie Huynh *Lee Mary Weilnau *Marshall Manesh * Ali Pourtash *Mehr Mansuri *Monireh Lanzaro *Avner Garbi as Yehuda *Aviv Tenenbaum *Brad Fisher as Bob *Dian Tran *Denise Blasor as Maria *Lana Huynh *Agnete Strand as Swedish Equestrian *Anna Karin *Ann Osmond as Annette *Anna Nicholas Release The film was released at the Mill Valley Film Festival on September 15, 1997. Reception Lisa Alspector of the ''Chicago Reader The ''Chicago Reader'', or ''Reader'' (stylized as ЯEADER), is an American alternative newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, noted for its literary style of journalism and coverage of the arts, particularly film and theater. The ''Reader'' has been ...'' gave the film a negative review and wrote, "But for the most part the repetitive narrative succeeds onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Todd
Anthony Tiran Todd (December 4, 1954 – November 6, 2024) was an American actor known for his distinctly deep and gravelly voice. He amassed several credits on screen and in video games since the 1980s, including the Candyman (character), title character in the ''Candyman (film series), Candyman'' film series (1992–2021) and William Bludworth in the ''Final Destination'' franchise (2000–2025). For the former, he was nominated at the Critics' Choice Super Awards, Critics' Choice and Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. Todd's films include ''Platoon (film), Platoon'' (1986), ''Night of the Living Dead (1990 film), Night of the Living Dead'' (1990), The Crow (1994 film), ''The Crow'' (1994), The Rock (film), ''The Rock'' (1996), Wishmaster (film), ''Wishmaster'' (1997), Hatchet (film), ''Hatchet'', ''Minotaur (film), Minotaur'' (both 2006), ''The Man from Earth'' (2007), Frankenstein (2015 film), ''Frankenstein'' (2015), ''Death House'' (2017), and ''Hell Fest'' (2018). On television, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall Manesh
Marshall Manesh (born August 16, 1950) is an Iranian-American actor. Biography Manesh's debut film was ''True Lies'', directed by James Cameron. He has appeared in more than 100 feature films, in television projects, and in more than 40 commercials. Manesh has appeared in recurring roles on the television shows ''Will & Grace'', '' Scrubs'', '' Andy Barker, P.I.'', ''Hot in Cleveland'', ''Boston Legal'', and, most notably, ''How I Met Your Mother'', where he played taxi driver Ranjit. Though Ranjit was depicted as Bangladeshi in the series, Manesh delivered several lines in his native Persian. He has also guest starred on many shows, including ''Burn Notice'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''Joey'', '' Persons Unknown'', ''The X-Files'', '' Scrubs'', '' ER'', '' JAG'', ''NYPD Blue'', '' Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life'' and ''Prison Break''. Manesh has acted in several movies, including ''True Lies'', '' Stealing Harvard'', ''The Big Lebowski'', ''Kazaam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dermott Downs
Dermott Daniel Downs (born May 25, 1962) is an American television director, actor, producer and cinematographer. He is well known for his work on the U.S. remake of ''The Tomorrow People'', and for his vast contributions to The CW's ''Arrowverse''. Career Downs first started his career as a child actor; appearing in such films as '' The Morning After'', ''Escape to Witch Mountain'', and '' Freaky Friday''. In his adulthood, he segued into cinematography; working on films ''Secret Lies'' and '' Takedown'', and television series '' CSI: Miami'', '' CSI: New York'' and ''Justice'', among others. He later began a career in directing. First helming an episode of a series he was doing photography work on; ''Justice''. Since then he has directed installments of '' Close to Home'', '' K-Ville'', '' Dark Blue'', ''Nikita'', ''Common Law'', '' Gotham'', ''Criminal Minds'', and ''Supergirl''. ''Chase'' In 2010, Downs became a producer and director on the NBC series ''Chase''. Ultima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mill Valley Film Festival
The Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) is an annual film festival organized by the California Film Institute. It takes place each October in Mill Valley, California, and welcomes more than 200 filmmakers, representing more than 50 countries, each year. History In October 1977, Mark Fishkin, Rita Cahill, and Lois Cole organized a three-day film festival. It featured film tributes for Francis Ford Coppola's '' The Rain People'' and George Lucas' ''Filmmaker''. The first official festival took place in August 1978. About the Festival The San Francisco Bay Area continues to be a significant market for independent and international films, and MVFF provides a forum for introducing new films to West Coast audiences. Presented by the California Film Institute, the Mill Valley Film Festival takes place in early October. With a reputation for launching new films and creating awards-season buzz, MVFF has earned a reputation as a "filmmakers' festival" by celebrating the best in American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Language
Persian ( ), also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Farsi (, Fārsī ), is a Western Iranian languages, Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian languages, Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible standard language, standard varieties, respectively Iranian Persian (officially known as ''Persian''), Dari, Dari Persian (officially known as ''Dari'' since 1964), and Tajik language, Tajiki Persian (officially known as ''Tajik'' since 1999).Siddikzoda, S. "Tajik Language: Farsi or not Farsi?" in ''Media Insight Central Asia #27'', August 2002. It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate society, Persianate history in the cultural sphere o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Pourtash
Ali Pourtash is an actor and comedian of Iranian cinema. Having worked in numerous plays, films, TV shows and stage productions in Tehran and in Los Angeles Pourtash was most recently seen in the 2008 film The Stoning of Soraya M. directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh. Other notable roles include the role of Haji firouz, the comedic side-kick to Amoo norooz in the classic holiday special Babak and Friends - A First Norooz. Filmography Actor *'' Checkpoint (film)'' (1987) * ''Gohar-e shab cheragh'' (1998) *'' Babak and Friends- A First Norooz'' (2005) * ''Futbaal: The Price of Dreams'' (2007) *'' The Stoning of Soraya M.'' (2008) Other work In 2009, Pourtash served as an official festival judge for the Noor Iranian Film Festival in Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Reader
The ''Chicago Reader'', or ''Reader'' (stylized as ЯEADER), is an American alternative newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, noted for its literary style of journalism and coverage of the arts, particularly film and theater. The ''Reader'' has been recognized as a pioneer among alternative weeklies for both its creative nonfiction and its commercial scheme. Richard Karpel, then-executive director of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, wrote: e most significant historical event in the creation of the modern alt-weekly occurred in Chicago in 1971, when the ''Chicago Reader'' pioneered the practice of free circulation, a cornerstone of today's alternative papers. The ''Reader'' also developed a new kind of journalism, ignoring the news and focusing on everyday life and ordinary people. The ''Reader'' was founded by a group of friends from Carleton College, and four of them remained its primary owners for 36 years. While annual revenue reached an all-time high of $22.6 mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
