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Cheaters (2000 Film)
''Cheaters'' is a 2000 American drama (film and television), drama television film written and directed by John Stockwell (actor), John Stockwell and starring Jeff Daniels, Jena Malone, Blake Heron, Luke Edwards (actor), Luke Edwards, and Paul Sorvino. It chronicles the true story of the 1994–1995 Steinmetz High School team that cheated in the United States Academic Decathlon (USAD). It aired on HBO on May 20, 2000. It was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special. Plot In 1995 Chicago, Jolie Fitch is a junior at Steinmetz High School who enjoys Dr. Jerry Plecki's English class. Dr. Plecki is offered the position of Academic Decathlon coach, a job all the other teachers consider to be a waste of time. Dr. Plecki holds an open call for the students, but no one arrives to participate. Jolie convinces him that he needs to look for the smarter students and recruit them. He recruits seven students (Darius, Matt, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (film And Television)
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] |
Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Writing For A Limited Series, Movie, Or Dramatic Special
This is a list of the winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Winners and nominations 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Total awards by network * HBO – 18 * CBS – 13 * ABC – 9 * PBS – 8 * NBC – 7 * Netflix – 2 * BBC America – 1 * FX – 1 * TNT - 1 Individuals with multiple awards ;2 awards * Jane Anderson * Charlie Brooker * James Costigan * Andrew Davies * William Hanley * Abby Mann * Tracy Keenan Wynn Individuals with multiple nominations ;5 nominations * Jane Anderson * William Hanley * Noah Hawley * Hugh Whitemore ;4 nominations * Andrew Davies ;3 nominations * Charlie Brooker * James Costigan * Larry Gelbart * Ron Hutchinson * Fay Kanin * Ernest Kinoy * Richard Levinson * William Link * Abby Mann * Stephen Merchant * Steven Moffat * Ryan Murphy * David W. Rintels * David Simon * Danny Strong * Tracy Keenan Wynn ;2 nominations * Barry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Films
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was '' Mission: Impossible 2''. Domestically in North America, '' Gladiator'' won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ( Russell Crowe). '' Dinosaur'' was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success. __TOC__ Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2000 by worldwide gross are as follows: 2000 box office records * '' Chicken Run'' became the highest-grossing stop motion animated film ever. * '' Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas''s $55.1 million opening weekend became the highest debut for a Christmas-themed film. It had the highest opening weekend for a Jim Carrey film and a Ron Howard film, surpassing both '' Batman Forever'' and '' Ransom'' simultaneously. Events Award ceremonies Awards 2000 films By country/region * List of American films of 2000 * List of Argentine films of 2000 * List of Australian films of 2000 * List of Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starter For 10 (film)
''Starter for 10'' is a 2006 British comedy-drama film directed by Tom Vaughan from a screenplay by David Nicholls, adapted from his 2003 novel '' Starter for Ten''. The film stars James McAvoy as a university student who wins a place on a ''University Challenge'' quiz team. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2006, and was released in the UK and Ireland on 10 November 2006, and in Canada and the US on 23 February 2007. The film's title is taken from the ''University Challenge'' catchphrase, "Your starter for 10 ..." (i.e. the question asked to one contestant at the beginning of a round, which is worth ten points). Plot In 1985, Brian Jackson is a first-year university student in English Literature and an information sponge. Since his working-class childhood in Southend-on-Sea, Brian has loved the TV quiz show ''University Challenge''. After arriving at Bristol University, Brian attends a party where he meets left-wing Jewish student Rebecca. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of North American cities by population, fourth-most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. As of 2024, the census metropolitan area had an estimated population of 7,106,379. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multiculturalism, multicultural and cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karyn Dwyer
Karyn Elizabeth Dwyer (22 March 1975 – 25 September 2018) was a Canadian actress, whose best known role was as Maggie in the 1999 film ''Better Than Chocolate''. Early life Dwyer was the oldest of five children, three sons and two daughters, born into an Irish Catholic family in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada, on 22 March 1975. Her father died at the age of 38. Her brother died at the age of 24. All her brothers were named after the Boston Bruins: Brad (Park), Barry (Beck) and Paul ( Hurley). Dwyer studied acting with the Youth Theatre. She made her stage debut at the Arts and Culture Center at the age of 10, playing the title role in Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador's production of ''Alice in Wonderland'' and went on to become an accomplished child stage actress performing in various theatres throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. She also performed in her school productions, won awards for acting, public speaking, singing and instrumental performance and wrote for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Warry-Smith
''The Legend of Gator Face'' is a 1996 Canadian comedy horror feature film written by David Covell, Alan Mruvka, and Sahara Riley, and directed by Vic Sarin. The film first aired as a Showtime Original Pictures for Kids in May 1996. In 1997 it was nominated for a Daytime Emmy. ''The Legend of Gator Face'' had a theatrical and television release and is now available on DVD. Plot Two friends, Danny ( John White), and Phil ( Dan Warry-Smith) live in a Mississippi town near a swamp. There is a local legend of a swamp-dwelling creature called "Gator Face". They construct a Gator Face costume by modifying a wetsuit.Review, After scaring most of the townsfolk, their pranks make national news, drawing the attention of the National Guard. Danny soon discovers that Gator Face is real and friendly. After Danny, along with his friends Phil and Angel ( Charlotte Sullivan), saves Gator Face from a trap, they realize that Gator Face is protecting the swamps. Danny learns that the National G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dov Tiefenbach
Dov Yosef Tiefenbach (born December 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor and musician. Life and career Tiefenbach was born on December 8, 1981, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is of Jewish background. He began his acting career at the age of 12, starting in commercials, before playing the role of Josh Avery in the television series ''RoboCop'' (1994). He landed his first starring role as Murray Murray in the short film ''Love Child'' (1995) alongside actress Neve Campbell. After those pivotal first projects, Dov was cast as the lead role Nick Burns in the 1996 Broadway production '' A Thousand Clowns'' alongside actor Judd Hirsch. After returning to Toronto, his name began circulating as he worked his way further into the film industry, starring in the lead roles of both ''Little Men'' and '' Cheaters''. In 2003 he won a Leo Award for Best Supporting Male Performance in '' Flower & Garnet'' (2002). His most recent roles include the reclusive writer Lucky Carroway in the television ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradise Lost
''Paradise Lost'' is an Epic poetry, epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The poem concerns the Bible, biblical story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of Verse (poetry), verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books (in the manner of Virgil's ''Aeneid'') with minor revisions throughout. It is considered to be Milton's masterpiece, and it helped solidify his reputation as one of the greatest English poets of all time. At the heart of ''Paradise Lost'' are the themes of free will and the moral consequences of disobedience. Milton seeks to "justify the ways of God to men," addressing questions of predestination, human agency, and the nature of good and evil. The poem begins in medias res, with Satan and his fallen angels cast into Hell after their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
