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The Last Starfighter
''The Last Starfighter'' is a 1984 American space opera film directed by Nick Castle. The film tells the story of Alex Rogan ( Lance Guest), a teenager recruited by an alien defense force to fight in an interstellar war. It also features Robert Preston, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart, Norman Snow, and Kay E. Kuter. ''The Last Starfighter'', along with Disney's '' Tron'', has the distinction of being one of cinema's earliest films to use extensive "real-life" computer-generated imagery (CGI) to depict its many starships, environments and battle scenes. ''The Last Starfighter'' was Robert Preston's final role in a theatrical film. The character of Centauri, a "lovable con-man", was written with him in mind and was a nod to his most famous role as Professor Harold Hill in ''The Music Man''.''Crossing the Frontier: Making "The Last Starfighter"'' (behind-the-scenes retrospective), Universal Studios Home Video, 1999. There was a subsequent novelization of the film by Ala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Castle
Nicholas Castle is an American screenwriter, film director, and actor. He is known for playing Michael Myers in John Carpenter's horror film ''Halloween'' (1978). He reprised the role in ''Halloween'' (2018), and its sequels ''Halloween Kills'' (2021) and '' Halloween Ends'' (2022). Castle also co-wrote ''Escape from New York'' (1981) with Carpenter. After ''Halloween'', Castle became a director, taking the helm of films such as ''The Last Starfighter'' (1984), '' The Boy Who Could Fly'' (1986), '' Dennis the Menace'' (1993), and '' Major Payne'' (1995). Career Castle's film credits include '' Dark Star'' where he played the beach ball alien, '' Major Payne'', '' Dennis the Menace'', ''The Last Starfighter'', and ''Connors' War'' as a director. He wrote the screenplays for the films ''Escape from New York'' and ''Hook''. He was the writer and director of the film '' Tap''. In 1978, he played the iconic starring role of Michael Myers in the classic horror film ''Halloween'', d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novelization
A novelization (or novelisation) is a derivative novel that adapts the story of a work created for another medium, such as a film, TV series, stage play, comic book or video game. Film novelizations were particularly popular before the advent of home video, but continue to find commercial success as part of marketing campaigns for major films. They are often written by accomplished writers based on an early draft of the film's script and on a tight deadline. History and purpose Novelizations of films began to be produced in the 1910s and 1920s for silent films such as '' Les Vampires'' (1915–16) and '' London After Midnight'' (1927). One of the first films with spoken dialogue to be novelized was '' King Kong'' (1933). Film novelizations were especially profitable during the 1970s before home video became available, as they were then the only way to re-experience popular movies other than television airing or a rerelease in theaters. The novelizations of ''Star Wars'' (1977) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wil Wheaton
Richard William Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor. He portrayed Wesley Crusher on the television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', Gordie Lachance in the film '' Stand by Me'', Joey Trotta in '' Toy Soldiers'', and Bennett Hoenicker in '' Flubber''. Wheaton has also appeared in recurring voice acting roles as Aqualad in ''Teen Titans'', Cosmic Boy on the ''Legion of Super Heroes'', and Mike Morningstar/Darkstar in the '' Ben 10'' franchise's original continuity. He appeared regularly as a fictionalized version of himself on the sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory'' and in the roles of Fawkes on '' The Guild'', Colin Mason on '' Leverage'', and Dr. Isaac Parrish on '' Eureka''. Wheaton was the host and co-creator of the YouTube board game show '' TableTop''. He has narrated numerous audio books, including '' Ready Player One'' and '' Ready Player Two''. Early life Wheaton was born July 29, 1972, in Burbank, California, to Debra "Debbie" Nordean (née O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Alaimo
Marc Alaimo (born Michael Joseph Alaimo; May 5, 1942) is an American actor, known for his villainous roles. He is best known for his role as recurring villain Gul Dukat in the TV series '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. Career Alaimo is a classically trained theatre actor, and performed as part of the Marquette University Players and the Milwaukee Repertory Theater in the 1960s in everything from Shakespeare and the classics to world premiere productions. He was also a member of various theatre companies in New York and touring companies across the country before making the move to Los Angeles in 1973. Some of his theatrical roles include Iago in '' Othello'', Rodolpho in Arthur Miller's '' A View From the Bridge'' and Lucky in Samuel Beckett's '' Waiting for Godot''. Alaimo has been playing characters in television shows since 1971. He has appeared, mostly as villains, in shows such as '' The Doctors'', ''Kojak'', '' Gunsmoke'', ''Baretta'', ''The Six Million Dollar Man'', ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Bush
Owen Bush (November 10, 1921 – June 12, 2001) was an American actor. Born in Savannah, Missouri, he went on to have a lengthy career in television and film. He portrayed the pivotal character "Benson January" in the season 4 ''Maverick'' episode "Bolt From the Blue" written and directed by Robert Altman and starring Roger Moore. His best-known roles were on the soap opera ''Passions ''Passions'' is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter James E. Reilly and ...'' and in the last 2 '' Prehysteria!'' films as Mr. Cranston. Filmography References External links * * 1921 births 2001 deaths American male soap opera actors American male film actors American male television actors People from Savannah, Missouri 20th-century American male actors {{US-screen-actor-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britt Leach
Britt Leach (born July 18, 1938 in Gadsden, Alabama) is an American character actor. Biography and acting career Leach was born on July 18, 1938 in Gadsden, Alabama. He graduated from The McCallie School, McCallie School, a boys college-preparatory school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1956. He graduated from Birmingham Southern College, where he was active in college theater, in the mid 1960s. He attended Northwestern University and briefly worked in Army intelligence. Leach's film and television career started in the early 1970s. His most memorable movie roles include boorish hick bartender Dan Oldum in ''Jackson County Jail (film), Jackson County Jail'', hard-nosed detective Sergeant Cook in ''Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker, Night Warning'', cranky toy store manager Mr. Sims in ''Silent Night, Deadly Night'', trailer park resident Mr. Potter in ''The Last Starfighter'', Anthony Michael Hall's plumber father in ''Weird Science (film), Weird Science'' and redneck hunter Reg i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Wyllie
Margaret Gillespie Wyllie (February 15, 1917 – January 1, 2002) was an American actress who appeared primarily on television. Best known as Mrs. Kissel in '' The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'' (1963-1964). Early years Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, she grew up in the Philippines, where her father worked as an engineer in sugar plantations on Negros Island near Bacolod. She attended the Brent School in Baguio for grammar school and high school then moved to New York City in the 1940s. Stage Wyllie acted with the Pasadena Playhouse, in ''Visit to a Small Planet'' (1958), ''Two on an Island'' (1940) and ''All the Comforts of Home'' (1941). She had previously appeared in ''Dear Brutus'' and ''Morning Glory'' there. Wyllie was in the original production of ''The Glass Menagerie''. On Broadway, she performed in Norman Ginsbury's historic play '' The First Gentleman''. Television Wyllie "appeared on nearly every popular TV series of the late 1950s and much of the 1960s." In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Pope
Florence Margaret "Peggy" Pope (May 15, 1929 – May 27, 2020) was an American actress of stage, television and film. Early life Pope was born in Montclair, New Jersey. Her father was a notable doctor in the area. She graduated from Smith College. Television Pope made many acting appearances, including in such series as ''The Trials of O'Brien'', '' Bewitched'', and ''Barney Miller''. Her national professional debut came in a touring troupe of ''Mister Roberts''. Film Pope is likely best-remembered, if not by name, as "the office lush", and later, recovering alcoholic, Margaret Foster, in the 1980 movie '' 9 to 5''. She also had a small role as Elvira in the 1984 science fiction movie ''The Last Starfighter''. A year later, she appeared in '' Once Bitten'' as Mark Kendall's mother. In 2008, she appeared as Sister Angela in Clark Gregg's '' Choke''. Stage Pope's Broadway credits include ''Doctor Jazz'' (1975), ''The School for Wives'' (1971), ''Harvey'' (1970), ''The Rose Tat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Nelson (actor)
Peter Nelson (born September 10, 1959) (sometimes credited as Calvin Persson) is an American actor, producer, and writer. He is perhaps best known for his role as the evil visitor youth leader Brian in the 1983 NBC miniseries '' V'' and the 1984 sequel, '' V: The Final Battle''.Winfrey, Lee (May 5, 1984). "The vicious Visitors will return tomorrow", ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', p. D1. His film credits range include ''Purple Haze'' (1983), ''The Last Starfighter'' (1984), '' The Expendables'' (1989), '' Crime Zone'' (1989), ''Sounds of Silence'' (1989), ''Silk 2'' (1989), ''Curfew'' (1989), ''Last Stand at Lang Mei'' (1989), and ''Die Hard 2'' (1990), ''Final Vendetta'' (1996) and '' Double Team'' (1997). In 2001 he appeared in the film ''Delivering Milo''. His most recent film appearance was in the Syfy movie ''Sharktopus'' as Commander Cox (credited under his alternate name Calvin Persson). Nelson has made guest appearances on TV shows such as '' The Facts of Life'', ''Miami Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon Washington
Samuel Vernon Washington (August 10, 1923 – June 7, 1988) was an American character actor who starred in film and television. Biography Washington was born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut, the 8th child of Benjamin and Olive Evans of Dinwiddie County, Virginia and Frederick, Maryland, respectively. He was 5 feet and 11 inches tall and father of 4 children with his wife, Marion Blunt. Vernon was educated at the Wolter School of Speech and Drama, Carnegie Hall, New York City, where he studied Speech under Madame Annette Wolter and Dr. Walter O. Robinson; and Drama under Rossi, Mary Higgins and Gus Lambluise. He is best known for his roles in the 1984 science fiction movie ''The Last Starfighter'' as Otis and in the 1985 horror movie '' Friday the 13th: A New Beginning'' as George and television roles in the 1979 miniseries '' Roots: The Next Generations'' as Rev. Mills. Vernon had a recurring role on the CBS hit series ''The Jeffersons'' as Leroy. Later he appeared in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Hebert
Chris Hebert (born September 28, 1973) is an American former child actor and teacher who has appeared in a number of television series, commercials, and a few feature films. Early life Christopher Robin Hebert was born in Fullerton, California, where he has spent most of his life. His acting career began when he was allowed to audition for a local theater production of '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' for one of the parts of the fairies. His mother apparently was reluctant but relented after Hebert's persistence. She had thought that he would not get picked for the part and that this experience would get the acting bug out of his system. However, Hebert got the part and through that summer production, he made connections to a professional agent who got him work in commercials and television before that summer even ended. Hebert continued to work pretty busily for the next five years. His most memorable project came with his feature film debut, ''The Last Starfighter'' (1984) as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Bosson
Barbara Bosson (born November 1, 1939) is a retired American actress. Her most notable role came in the television series ''Hill Street Blues'' (1981–1987), for which she was consecutively nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards. Biography Bosson was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania to a tennis coach father. Her first feature film was the crime thriller ''Bullitt'' (1968). She is well known for her roles in the 1980s NBC television series ''Hill Street Blues'' as the vulnerable Fay Furillo during the series' first six seasons. She later went on to play the tough prosecutor Miriam Grasso on '' Murder One'' from 1995 to 1997, which earned her an Emmy Award nomination. Bosson starred in the 1970s series ''Richie Brockelman, Private Eye'' as Sharon. Other roles include the series ''Hooperman'' and ''Cop Rock''. Some of Bosson's film appearances include her well-known role as Alex Rogan's mother in the science fiction film ''The Last Starfighter'' (1984). Bosson has made guest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
