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Chapter 8 (House Of Cards)
The first season of the American television drama series ''House of Cards'' premiered exclusively via Netflix's web streaming service on February 1, 2013. The season was produced by Media Rights Capital, and the executive producers are David Fincher, Kevin Spacey, Eric Roth, Joshua Donen, Dana Brunetti, Andrew Davies, Michael Dobbs, John Melfi, and Beau Willimon. ''House of Cards'' was created for television by Beau Willimon. It is an adaptation of a previous BBC miniseries of the same name by Andrew Davies, which was based on the novel by Michael Dobbs. Set in present-day Washington, D.C., ''House of Cards'' is the story of Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey), a Democrat from South Carolina's 5th congressional district and the House Majority Whip, who, after getting passed over for appointment as Secretary of State, decides to exact his revenge on those who betrayed him. The series also stars Robin Wright, Kate Mara, and Corey Stoll in lead roles. The fifth and sixth episod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beau Willimon
Pack Beauregard Willimon (born October 26, 1977) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He developed the American version of the series '' House of Cards'', serving as showrunner for the first four seasons. In 2018, Willimon created the drama series '' The First'' for Hulu, about the first crewed mission to Mars. He is also a writer on the Disney+ series ''Andor''. Early life and education Beau Willimon was born in Alexandria, Virginia, to Nancy and Henry Pack Willimon. His father was a captain in the United States Navy and the family moved frequently. Willimon lived in Hawaii, San Francisco, California, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before settling in St. Louis, Missouri, after Willimon's father retired to become a lawyer. Willimon attended John Burroughs School, where he took drama classes taught by Jon Hamm and graduated in 1995. He majored in history and visual arts and received a BA from Columbia University in 1999. When he was an undergraduate, he met Jay Carson. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Drama
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police procedural, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, Drama (film and television)#Teen drama, teen drama, and comedy drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular Setting (narrative), setting or subject matter, or they combine a drama's otherwise serious tone with elements that encourage a broader range of Mood (literature), moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of Conflict (process), conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of Film industry, cinema or television that involve Fiction, fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Majority Whip
Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, also known as floor leaders, are congresspeople who coordinate legislative initiatives and serve as the chief spokespersons for their parties on the House floor. These leaders are elected every two years in secret balloting of their party caucuses or conferences: the House Democratic Caucus and the House Republican Conference. Depending on which party is in power, one party leader serves as majority leader and the other as minority leader. Unlike the Senate majority leader, the House majority leader is the second highest-ranking member of their party's House caucus, behind the speaker of the House. The majority leader is responsible for setting the annual legislative agenda, scheduling legislation for consideration, and coordinating committee activity. The minority leader serves as floor leader of the opposition party, and is the minority counterpart to the speaker. The minority leader also speaks for the minorit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Carolina's 5th Congressional District
South Carolina's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in northern South Carolina bordering North Carolina. The district includes all of Cherokee County, South Carolina, Cherokee, Chester County, South Carolina, Chester, Fairfield County, South Carolina, Fairfield, Kershaw County, South Carolina, Kershaw, Lancaster County, South Carolina, Lancaster, Lee County, South Carolina, Lee, Union County, South Carolina, Union and York County, South Carolina, York counties and parts of Newberry County, South Carolina, Newberry, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Spartanburg and Sumter County, South Carolina, Sumter counties. The bulk of its population lives on the South Carolina side of the Charlotte metropolitan area, including the rapidly growing cities of Rock Hill, South Carolina, Rock Hill, Fort Mill, South Carolina, Fort Mill, and Lake Wylie, South Carolina, Lake Wylie. Outside the Charlotte suburbs, the district is mostly rural and agricultural. The district borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Underwood (House Of Cards)
Francis Joseph Underwood is a fictional character and the villain protagonist of the American adaptation of ''House of Cards'', portrayed by Kevin Spacey. He is depicted as a ruthless politician who rises from United States House of Representatives majority whip to president of the United States through treachery, deception and murder. He is based on Francis Urquhart, the protagonist of the British novel and television series ''House of Cards'', from which the American Netflix series is drawn. He is married to Claire Underwood ( Robin Wright) and also had a sexual relationship with Zoe Barnes ( Kate Mara) in season 1. He made his first appearance in the series' pilot episode, " Chapter 1". Underwood is from Gaffney, South Carolina. He graduated from The Sentinel (a fictionalized version of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina) in 1980 and, subsequently, Harvard Law School in 1984. Some of Underwood's dialogue throughout the series is presented in a direct add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Cards (British TV Series)
''House of Cards'' is a 1990 British political thriller television serial in four episodes, set after the end of Margaret Thatcher's Premiership of Margaret Thatcher, tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. It was televised by the BBC from 18 November to 9 December 1990. Released to critical and popular acclaim for its writing, direction, and performances, it is considered one of the greatest British television shows ever made. The story is centred on the sudden and manipulative rise to power of the Chief Whip of the Conservative Party, chief whip of the Conservative Party, Francis Urquhart, a ruthless and wikt:Machiavellian, Machiavellian politician. Urquhart, on the party's right wing, is frustrated over his lack of promotion in the wake of Premiership of Margaret Thatcher#1990 leadership challenge and resignation, Margaret Thatcher's resignation and the moderate government which succeeds it. He conceives a calculated and meticulous plan to bring down the new prime min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Dobbs
Michael John Dobbs, Baron Dobbs (born 14 November 1948) is a British Conservative politician, media commentator and author, best known for his '' House of Cards'' trilogy. He has been a television and radio presenter and a senior corporate executive of Saatchi & Saatchi. ''The Guardian'' called him "Westminster's baby faced hitman." '' The Mail on Sunday'' called him "Perhaps the cleverest man in the country". '' The Sunday Express'' said he was "a man who, in Latin America, would have been shot". He is the recipient of many public awards and nominations, including being a five-time Emmy Awards nominee. Early life and education Michael Dobbs was born on 14 November 1948 in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, the son of nurseryman Eric and Eileen Dobbs. He was educated at Hertford Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford. After graduating from Oxford in 1971 with a third-class BA in philosophy, politics and economics, Dobbs moved to the United States. He attended the Fletcher Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Davies (writer)
Andrew Wynford Davies (; born 20 September 1936) is a Welsh screenwriter and novelist, best known for his television adaptations of '' To Serve Them All My Days'', '' House of Cards'', ''Middlemarch'', ''Pride and Prejudice'', ''Bleak House'', '' War & Peace'', and his original serial ''A Very Peculiar Practice''. He was made a BAFTA Fellow in 2002. Education and early career Davies was born in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, Wales. He attended Whitchurch Grammar School in Cardiff and then University College, London, where he received a BA in English in 1957. He took a teaching position at St Clement Danes Grammar School in London, where he was on the teaching staff from 1958 to 1961. He held a similar post at Woodberry Down Comprehensive School in Hackney, London from 1961 to 1963. Following that, he was a lecturer in English at Coventry College of Education (which later merged with the University of Warwick to become the Faculty of Educational Studies and later the Warwick Institute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Brunetti
Dana Brunetti (born June 11, 1973) is an American media executive, film producer and entrepreneur. Brunetti has been nominated for two Academy Awards for producing ''The Social Network'' and '' Captain Phillips'' and five Emmy Awards for producing the Netflix series ''House of Cards''. Early life Brunetti grew up in Covington, Virginia, and attended secondary school at Alleghany High School. As a child, Brunetti delivered morning and evening editions of his local newspaper. He joined the U.S. Coast Guard in 1992 and served until 1995. During his enlistment, Brunetti moved to New York. He met actor Kevin Spacey through a chance introduction from a mutual friend while Brunetti was working at a start up digital wireless network company. Career Early career Shortly after meeting each other in 1997, Spacey hired Brunetti as his executive assistant. Brunetti worked with Spacey through several feature films, such as '' American Beauty'' (1999) and '' The Shipping News'' (2001). I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Donen
Joshua Donen (born August 10, 1955) is an American film producer. He is the son of director Stanley Donen and actress Marion Marshall. Donen dated Cher from 1984 to 1985. From 1995 to 2017, he was married to Nicolette Bret and raised her son, Cooper Mount (b. 1987).Flemming, Jack (August 17, 2018)" ‘House of Cards’ producer Joshua Donen moves on from Midcentury home in Malibu" ''Los Angeles Times''. Work *'' The Quick and the Dead'' (1995) *'' Underneath'' (1995; executive producer) *'' The Great White Hype'' (1996) *'' Armored'' (2009) *'' Drag Me to Hell'' (2009; executive producer) *'' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'' (2010; executive producer) *''Oz the Great and Powerful'' (2013) *''House of Cards'' (2013; executive producer) *'' Mindhunter'' (2017; executive producer) *''Love, Death & Robots'' (2019) *''Voir ''Voir'' was a francophone alternative weekly newspaper in Montreal, Quebec, published by Communications Voir. ''Voir'' was founded by Pierre Paquet in November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Roth
Eric R. Roth (born March 22, 1945) is an American screenwriter. He has been nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay: ''Forrest Gump'' (1994), '' The Insider'' (1999), ''Munich'' (2005), '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008), '' A Star Is Born'' (2018), and ''Dune'' (2021) — winning for ''Forrest Gump''; he also earned a Best Picture nomination for producing ''Mank'' (2020). Roth also worked on the screenplays for the Oscar-nominated films '' Ali'' (2001), '' Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'' (2011), and '' Killers of the Flower Moon'' (2023). Early life and education Roth was born in New York City, New York, into a Jewish family, the son of Miriam "Mimi", a teacher, studio executive, and radio writer, and Leon Roth, a university teacher and film producer. He grew up in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn in New York. He grew up boxing and would credit some of his later successes to habits learned from the sport. Roth went to college at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
