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Career Opportunities (film)
''Career Opportunities'' is a 1991 American romantic comedy film starring Frank Whaley in his first lead role and co-starring Jennifer Connelly. It was written and co-produced by John Hughes and directed by Bryan Gordon. In the film, Jim Dodge (Whaley) is a persuasive but irresponsible young man who lands a job as an overnight janitor at a local Target store. One evening after hours, he finds himself alone with the affluent but mistreated Josie McClellan (Connelly). Hughes chose Gordon to direct his screenplay after he was impressed with one of Gordon's short films. The film was shot at a Target store located outside Atlanta. The film grossed $11 million at the box office, and received mostly negative reviews from critics. Hughes also went on to disown the film labeling it a disappointment, although it has since developed a cult following. Plot Twenty-one-year-old Jim Dodge is a self-proclaimed "people person" and dreamer, perceived as lazy and good-for-nothing. After bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Gordon
Bryan Gordon is an American film and television director, writer, actor and producer who is primarily known for directing comedy television shows. Early life Gordon was born and raised in Dover, Delaware, Dover, Delaware. He graduated from Dover High School (Delaware), Dover High School. He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1969. He is Jewish. Career After college, Gordon moved to New York City and started his career as a comedy writer on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC late night variety show ''Fridays (TV series), Fridays'' in the early 1980s. He became an independent filmmaker, writing and directing the Academy Award-winning short film ''Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall'' (1987). His other film directing credits include his full-length directorial debut ''Career Opportunities (film), Career Opportunities'' (1991), written by John Hughes (filmmaker), John Hughes and starring Frank Whaley and Jennifer Connelly and ''Pie in the Sky (1996 film), Pie in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Live Action Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The award has existed, under numerous names, since 1957. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, ''Best Short Subject, One-reel'' and ''Best Short Subject, Two-reel'', referring to the running time of eligible short films: a standard reel of 35 mm film is 1000 feet, or about 11 minutes of run time. A third category "Best Short Subject, color" was used only for 1936 and 1937. From the initiation of short subject awards for 1932 until 1935 the terms were "Best Short Subject, comedy" and "Best Short Subject, novelty". These categories were merged starting with the 1957 awards, under the name "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects", which was used until 1970. For the next three years after that, it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films". The current name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. Current Academy rules cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The Oscars are widely considered to be the most prestigious awards in the film industry. The major award categories, known as the Academy Awards of Merit, are presented during a live-televised Hollywood ceremony in February or March. It is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony. The 1st Academy Awards were held in 1929. The second ceremony, in 1930, was the first one broadcast by radio. The 1953 ceremony was the first one televised. It is the oldest of the four major annual American entertainment awards. Its counterparts—the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theater, and the Grammy Awards for music—are modeled after the Academy Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
''Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall'' is a 1987 American short film, short comedy film directed by Bryan Gordon. At the 60th Academy Awards, held in 1988, it won an Academy Awards, Oscar for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Best Short Subject. Summary Cast * John Achorn as George Scurry * Tim Choate as Phil Leeds * Joe D'Angerio as John Garber * Boyd Gaines as Sam Logan * Darryl Henriques as Stuart Gaul * Tommy Hinkley as Andrew Northfield * Matt Landers as Ray Pindally * Jay McCormack as Dick 'Tango Man' Dietz * Sam McMurray as Peter Harriman * Steven Memel as Disc Jockey * David Rasche as Cal McGinnis * Kevin Scannell as Ben Trelborne * Ed Scheibner as Bartender * Peter Van Norden as Ed Granger * Lyman Ward (actor), Lyman Ward as Dick Tratten * Lee Wilkof as Malcolm Stennis * Fred Willard as Tom Osborne * Kent Williams (actor), Kent Williams as Steve Cook * Robert Wuhl as Benny Berbel References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ray's Male Heterosex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Candy
John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian who is best known for his work in Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood films. Candy first rose to national prominence in the 1970s as a member of the Toronto branch of the Second City and its Second City Television, SCTV sketch comedy series. He rose to international fame in the 1980s with his roles in comedy films such as ''Stripes (film), Stripes'' (1981), ''Splash (film), Splash'' (1984), ''Brewster's Millions (1985 film), Brewster's Millions'' (1985), ''Armed and Dangerous (1986 film), Armed and Dangerous'' (1986), ''Spaceballs'' (1987), ''Planes, Trains and Automobiles'' (1987), ''The Great Outdoors (film), The Great Outdoors'' (1988), ''Uncle Buck'' (1989), and ''Cool Runnings'' (1993). He also appeared in supporting roles in ''The Blues Brothers (film), The Blues Brothers'' (1980), ''National Lampoon's Vacation'' (1983), ''Little Shop of Horrors (film), Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Forsythe (actor)
William Forsythe (born June 7, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of tough-guy, criminal characters, and has starred in films such as ''American Me'' (1992), ''Raising Arizona'' (1987), ''Dick Tracy (1990 film), Dick Tracy'' (1990), ''Gotti (1996 film), Gotti'' (1996), ''The Rock (film), The Rock'' (1996), ''Blue Hill Avenue (film), Blue Hill Avenue'' (2001), and ''The Devil's Rejects'' (2005). He has also played recurring characters in television series such as ''Boardwalk Empire'' (2010) and ''Justified (TV series), Justified'' (2010). Forsythe was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the indie film ''The Waterdance''. Early life William Forsythe was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, and grew up in its Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood. He is of partial Italy, Italian descent. Career Forsythe started out in minor film roles and guest appearances i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilbur Fitzgerald
Wilbur Fitzgerald is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for playing district attorney Gerard Darnelle in the American crime drama television series '' In the Heat of the Night''. Fitzgerald appeared in numerous television programs including '' NCIS: New Orleans'', '' Matlock'', ''Walker, Texas Ranger'', ''Prison Break'', '' Drop Dead Diva'', '' Friday Night Lights'', '' The Cape'' and '' October Road''. He also appeared in numerous films such as '' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'', '' Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues'', '' The Rose and the Jackal'' (as a reporter A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public. This is called journalism. Roles Journalists can work in broadcast, print, advertis ...), '' RoboCop 3'', '' The Greening of Whitney Brown'', '' Baby Driver'', '' Radioland Murders'' and '' That Darn Cat''. References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Corbin
Leonard Barrie Corbin (born October 16, 1940) is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Maurice Minnifield on the television series ''Northern Exposure'' (1990–1995), which earned him two consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations. His other notable credits include the films ''Urban Cowboy'' (1980), '' Stir Crazy'' (1980), ''WarGames'' (1983), and ''No Country for Old Men'' (2007), as well as the television series ''Dallas'' (1979–1984), '' Lonesome Dove'' (1989), '' One Tree Hill'' (2003–2009), ''The Closer'' (2007–2012), '' The Ranch'' (2016–2020), ''Yellowstone'' (2021), and '' Tulsa King'' (2022). Early life Corbin's mother gave him his middle name in honor of author Sir James M. Barrie. He played football briefly in eighth grade, but soon moved to the arts, including acting and ballet classes. He graduated from Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas. Corbin studied theater arts at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. At 21, he joined the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noble Willingham
Noble Henry Willingham, Jr. (August 31, 1931 – January 17, 2004) was an American actor who appeared in more than thirty films and in many television shows, including a stint opposite Chuck Norris in ''Walker, Texas Ranger''. Early life Willingham was the son of railroad worker and farmer Noble Henry Willingham, Sr, and Ruby Ladelle (née Speights). He was born in the small town of Mineola, in Wood County east of Dallas, Texas. After graduating in 1953 from North Texas State College in Denton, he earned a master's degree in educational psychology from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Willingham served in the United States Army during the Korean War Career Willingham taught government and economics at Sam Houston High School in Houston before he followed his dream of becoming an actor. He auditioned for a part in ''The Last Picture Show'' (1971), which was filmed in Texas. He won the role, which led to another appearance, in '' Paper Moon'' (1973). Willingham appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny O'Hara
Jenny O'Hara (born February 24, 1942) is an American film, television, and stage actress. She is best known for Dixie in ''My Sister Sam'' (1986–1988), Janet Heffernan in ''The King of Queens'' (2001–2007), and Nita in ''Big Love'' (2006–2009). Early life O'Hara was born in Sonora, California. Her father, John B. O'Hara, was a salesman, and her mother, Edith (Hopkins) O'Hara, was a journalist and drama teacher, who founded and continued to run the 13th Street Repertory Company in New York City for many years before her death at age 103 in 2020. Jenny, her singer/actress younger sister Jill O'Hara, and her singer/guitarist brother Jack O'Hara, grew up amid their mother's pursuit of a theatrical career. John and Edith O'Hara eventually divorced. Jenny O'Hara debuted on stage at age 5 at the Bushkill Playhouse in the Poconos. Career In 1964 O'Hara appeared on Broadway theatre, Broadway in the dramatic play ''Dylan''. In 1969 she appeared in the musical ''The Fig Leaves Are F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
