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Beat (2000 Film)
''Beat'' is a 2000 American biographical drama film written and directed by Gary Walkow, and starring Courtney Love, Kiefer Sutherland, Norman Reedus, and Ron Livingston. The film focuses primarily on the last several weeks of writer Joan Vollmer's life in 1951 Mexico City, leading up to her murder by her husband, the writer William S. Burroughs. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2000 and was entered into the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival. Plot In 1944 New York City, beat writers and students Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs, and David Kammerer all become acquainted with Joan Vollmer, a student at Barnard College. Joan and William carry on a romance. Lucien murders David after David makes unwanted sexual advances on him. Lucien visits Joan and William at their apartment after and Lucien confesses to the murder, claiming David had an obsession with Lucien, and attempted to rape Lucien in a park. Lucien ultimat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Silver
Alain Silver is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter; music producer; film critic, film historian, DVD commentator, author and editor of books and essays on film topics, especially film noir, the samurai film, and horror films. Filmmakers about whom he has written include David Lean, Robert Aldrich, Raymond Chandler, Roger Corman, and James Wong Howe. Career Education and Affiliations Silver graduated from UCLA with degrees in film production (B.A.) and critical studies (M.A. and PhD). He is a longtime member of the Writers Guild of America, the Directors Guild of America, and the Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Radio and Television Artists. Film Writing and Production Silver entered the film industry through the Assistant Directors Training Program and was a trainee, second assistant and first assistant director on movies such as '' Every Which Way But Loose'', '' The Manitou'', and '' The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training'' and on television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Carr
Lucien Carr (March 1, 1925 – January 28, 2005) was a key member of the original New York City circle of the Beat Generation and in the 1940s was convicted for manslaughter. He later worked for many years as an editor for United Press International. Early life Carr was born in New York City; his parents, Marion Howland (née Gratz) and Russell Carr, were both children of socially prominent St. Louis families. His maternal grandfather was Benjamin Gratz, a St. Louis capitalist who was engaged in the rope making business and was descended from Michael Gratz, who was among the first Jewish settlers of Philadelphia and was prominent in Philadelphia's social life. After his parents separated in 1930, young Lucien and his mother moved back to St. Louis; Carr spent the rest of his childhood there. At the age of 12, Carr met David Kammerer (b. 1911), a man who would have a profound influence on the course of his life. Kammerer was a teacher of English and a physical education instructo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Llaca
Patricia Llaca is a Mexican actress who has participated both in films, soap operas and TV shows. She is also sometimes credited as Patricia De Llaca. She is best known for her role as Andrea in the film ''La Habitación Azul''. Since 2005, Llaca has hosted the TV Show ''Animal Nocturno'alongside Mexican journalist Ricardo Rocha (journalist), Ricardo Rocha. Filmography *''Casi divas'' (2008) .... Eva *''Llamando a un Angel'' (2008) *'' Efectos Secundarios'' (2006) .... La Chule *'' Sexo, amor y otras perversiones'' (2006) .... Elena *" Una de balazos" (2005) (Video) .... Femme Fatale *''Animal nocturno'' (2005) TV Series .... Host *'' Llamando a un Angel'' (2007) .... Eva Figueroa *'' Cero y van cuatro'' (2004) .... Julieta ("Vida Express") *'' Mirada de mujer: El regreso'' (2003) TV Series .... Verónica *'' Tú mataste a Tarantino'' (2003) *''La Habitación Azul'' (2002) .... Andrea *'' Fidel'' (2002) (TV) .... American Woman *''Lo que es el amor'' (2001) TV Series .... A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Sheridan
Lisa Sheridan (December 5, 1974 – February 25, 2019) was an American actress. Known mainly for her work on television, Sheridan was a regular cast member in cult favorites series such as '' FreakyLinks'' and ''Invasion''. Life and career Sheridan was born in Macon, Georgia, where she graduated from Mount de Sales Academy. She attended the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On television, Sheridan portrayed Chloe Tanner on '' FreakyLinks'', Larkin Groves on ''Invasion'', and Vivian Winters in ''Legacy''. She also appeared on ''Journeyman''. Sheridan appeared on Diagnosis: Murder with Dick Van Dyke and Lauren Dahl portraying Lisa. She guest-starred in episodes of various other series, including three episodes each of '' CSI: Miami'' and '' Still the King''. Sheridan’s last appearance was the lead role in the 2018 independent film ''Strange Nature''. Personal life Sheridan was engaged to actor Ron Livingston until 2003. They met when they wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Trammell
Sam Trammell (born January 29, 1969) is an American actor, best known for his role as Sam Merlotte on the HBO fantasy drama series ''True Blood''. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Richard Miller in '' Ah, Wilderness!'' Early life and education Trammell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was raised in Charleston, West Virginia. He attended Brown University, graduating in 1991. Career Trammell has worked in theater, Broadway, Off-Broadway, film, and television. His stage credits include a Tony Award-nominated performance in '' Ah, Wilderness!'' at Lincoln Center. Off-Broadway, he starred in '' Dealer's Choice'', '' My Night with Reg'', ''If Memory Serves'', and ''Ancestral Voices'', as well as in '' Kit Marlowe'' at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. Trammell's big break came when he landed the role of Sam Merlotte on the HBO series ''True Blood''. In 2013, he played Darrell Mackey in the drama film ''White Rabbit''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Secor
Kyle Ivan Secor (born May 31, 1957) is an American television and film actor. He is known for portraying Detective Tim Bayliss on the crime drama series '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' (1993–1999). Early years Secor was born in Tacoma, Washington as the youngest boy in a family of three boys. He grew up in nearby Federal Way and graduated from Federal Way High School in 1975. His father worked in sales. As a boy, he wanted to be a professional basketball player, and at 6'4" had the height and build, but his dreams of going pro or becoming a professional were hindered as he suffered extreme near-sightedness, so he was forced to look elsewhere for a career. Career After attending a community college, Secor moved to Los Angeles. There, he performed in plays such as '' And a Nightingale Sang'' at the Santa Monica Playhouse (1986), ''Look Homeward, Angel'' (1986) and ''In the Jungle of Cities'' (1987) at the Pasadena Playhouse. Secor's first major television role was the ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platform Magic
Platform magic (also known as parlor magic, stand-up magic or cabaret magic) is magic that is done for larger audiences than close-up magic and for smaller audiences than stage magic. It is more intimate than stage magic because it does not require expensive, large-scale stage equipment and can thus be performed closer to the audience and without a stage. Many of the tricks performed by platform magicians are sufficiently angle-sensitive as to make them impossible to perform as micromagic. Most working magicians are parlor/platform magicians. Many magicians consider the term "parlor" to be old-fashioned and limiting, since this type of magic is often done in rooms much larger than the traditional parlor, or even outdoors. According to the ''Encyclopedia of Magic and Magicians'' by T.A. Waters, "The phrase arlor magicis often used as a pejorative to imply that an effect under discussion is not suitable for professional performance." Parlor, or stand-up, magicians generally work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting An Apple Off One's Child's Head
Shooting an apple off one's child's head, also known as the apple-shot (from German ') is a feat of marksmanship with a bow that occurs as a motif in a number of legends in Germanic folklore (and has also been connected with non-European folklore). In the Stith Thompson Motif Index it is F661.3, described as "Skillful marksman shoots apple from man's head" or "apple shot from man's head", though it always occurs in the form of the marksman being ordered to shoot an apple (or occasionally another smaller object) off his own son's head. It is best known as William Tell's feat. Examples Palnatoki The earliest known occurrence of the motif is from the 12th century, in Saxo Grammaticus' version of the story of Palnatoki, whom he calls ''Toko'' ('' Gesta Danorum'' Book 10, chapter 7). Toko, who had been for some time in the service of the king /nowiki>Harald Bluetooth">Harald_Bluetooth.html" ;"title="/nowiki>Harald Bluetooth">/nowiki>Harald Bluetooth/nowiki>, had, by the deeds in wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Press International
United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s. At its peak, it had more than 6,000 media subscribers. Since the first of several sales and staff cutbacks in 1982, and the 1999 sale of its broadcast client list to its main U.S. rival, the Associated Press, UPI has concentrated on smaller information-market niches. History Formally named United Press Associations for incorporation and legal purposes but publicly known and identified as United Press or UP, the news agency was created by the 1907 uniting of three smaller news syndicates by the Midwest newspaper publisher E. W. Scripps. It was headed by Hugh Baillie (1890–1966) from 1935 to 1955. At the time of his retirement, UP had 2,900 clients in the United States, and 1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and has Mexico-United States border, an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest. Texas has Texas Gulf Coast, a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Covering and with over 31 million residents as of 2024, it is the second-largest state List of U.S. states and territories by area, by area and List of U.S. states and territories by population, population. Texas is nicknamed the ''Lone Star State'' for its former status as the independent Republic of Texas. Spain was the first European country to Spanish Texas, claim and control Texas. Following French colonization of Texas, a short-lived colony controlled by France, Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heroin
Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is a morphinan opioid substance synthesized from the Opium, dried latex of the Papaver somniferum, opium poppy; it is mainly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. Heroin is used medically in several countries to Pain reliever, relieve pain, such as during childbirth or a heart attack, as well as in opioid replacement therapy. Medical-grade diamorphine is used as a pure Hydrochloride, hydrochloride salt. Various white and brown powders sold illegally around the world as ''heroin'' are routinely diluted with cutting agents. Black tar heroin is a variable admixture of morphine derivatives—predominantly 6-MAM (6-monoacetylmorphine), which is the result of crude acetylation during clandestine production of street heroin. Heroin is typically Drug injection, injected, usually into a vein, but it can also be snorted, smoked, or inhaled. In a clinical context, the route of administration is mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parícutin
Parícutin (or Volcán de Parícutin, also accented Paricutín) is a cinder cone volcano located in the Mexican state of Michoacán, near the city of Uruapan and about west of Mexico City. The volcano surged suddenly from the cornfield of local farmer Dionisio Pulido in 1943, attracting both popular and scientific attention. Parícutin presented the first occasion for modern science to document the full life cycle of an eruption of this type. During the volcano's nine years of activity, scientists sketched and mapped it and took thousands of samples and photographs. By 1952, the eruption had left a cone and significantly damaged an area of more than with the ejection of stone, volcanic ash and lava. Three people were killed, two towns were completely evacuated and buried by lava, and three others were heavily affected. Hundreds of people had to permanently relocate, and two new towns were created to accommodate their migration. Although the larger region still remains highly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
