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Chick Vennera
Francis Vincent Vennera (March 27, 1947 – July 7, 2021) was an American actor, known for his role as Joe Mondragon, in Robert Redford's '' The Milagro Beanfield War'', among other movies. He also often served as a voice double for Joe Pesci. Acting Vennera served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War, first in the Signal Corps and later in the Special Services division.VENNERA, Chick 1952– (Francis Vennera, Chick Vennera) PERSONAL . Retrieved January 23, 2022. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herkimer (town), New York
Herkimer is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States, southeast of Utica. It is named after Nicholas Herkimer. The population was 10,175 at the 2010 census. The town contains a village also called Herkimer. Herkimer County Community College is located in Herkimer village. History Herkimer was first settled ''circa'' 1722, in an area originally called "Stone Ridge", now the village of Herkimer. Early settlers were primarily German Palatines. Johan Jost Herchheimer, a farmer who also engaged in trade and transport on the Mohawk River, settled in the German Flatts District of Albany County in 1725, on the south side of the Mohawk River, within the present-day town of German Flatts, incorporated in 1788. He owned of the land, including a strategic portage around Little Falls on the Mohawk, where his eldest son Nicholas Herkimer established a farmstead. In 1788, the town of Herkimer, on the north side of the river, was incorporated and named after him. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Bros
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American Film studio, film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. Founded in 1923 by four brothers, Harry Warner, Harry, Albert Warner, Albert, Sam Warner, Sam, and Jack L. Warner, Jack Warner, the company established itself as a leader in the American Warner Bros. Pictures, film industry before diversifying into Warner Bros. Animation, animation, Warner Bros. Television Studios, television, and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, video games and is one of the Major film studio, "Big Five" major American film studios, as well as a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). The company is known for its film studio division the Warner Bros. Pictures Group, which includes Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, the Warner Animat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jetsons
''The Jetsons'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It originally aired in prime time from September 23, 1962, to March 17, 1963, on ABC, then later aired in reruns via syndication, with new episodes produced from 1985 to 1987. It was Hanna-Barbera's Space Age counterpart to ''The Flintstones''.CD liner notes: Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits, 1995 MCA Records While the Flintstones lived in a world which was a comical version of the Stone Age, with machines powered by birds and dinosaurs, the Jetsons live in a comical version of a century in the future, with elaborate robotic contraptions, aliens, holograms, and whimsical inventions. The original had 24 episodes and aired on Sunday nights on ABC beginning on September 23, 1962, with prime time reruns continuing through September 22, 1963. It debuted as the first program broadcast in color on ABC, back in the early 1960s when only a handful of ABC stations were capable of broadcasting i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glass Trap
''Glass Trap'' is a 2005 American science fiction monster movie starring C. Thomas Howell & Stella Stevens and directed by Fred Olen Ray, credited as Ed Raymond. Plot An army of giant, radioactive ants are accidentally trapped in a skyscraper, and a group of employees must band together to escape the building. Cast * C. Thomas Howell as Curtis * Siri Baruc as Sharon * Stella Stevens as Joan Highsmith * Brent Huff as Dennis * Andrew Prine as Sheriff Ed * Chick Vennera as Paolo * Martin Kove as Corrigan * Tracy Brooks Swope as Elizabeth * Peter Spellos as Howard Brunel * Whitney Sloan as Carly * John Clement as Jack Warner * Ron Harper as Henry "Hank" Conlon Release ''Glass Trap'' was released on DVD by First Look Pictures on August 2, 2005. Reception David Cornelius from ''eFilmCritic'' 2/5 stars, writing, "Like many direct-to-video features, ''Glass Trap'' will do the trick for those who rent these kind of things. It's harmless in its dumbness, painless in its 'gee, get a lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Rage (film)
''Air Rage'' is a 2001 American action film directed by Fred Olen Ray (credited as Ed Raymond) and starring Ice-T and Cyril O'Reilly. Plot Colonel John Sykes orders his men to massacre a village they were sent to rescue some hostages, but decide to get some payback when they find them dead. Sykes returns to the US only to be court-martialed and is forced to make a plea agreement when he gets all the blame and his men are discharged and they receive benefits that they're entitled to. However, General Harlan Prescott, who is presiding over the trial, chooses not to agree to the terms and throws the book at Sykes, where Sykes and his men are dishonorably discharged, thus eliminating all their benefits. While Sykes is being transported, he's rescued by his men. Sometime later, Prescott has been appointed to an important government position and he boards a plane to go on his latest assignment. Sykes and his men are also on the plane and take control the plane. When the tower learns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intrepid (film)
''Intrepid'', also known as ''Deep Water'', is a 2000 action film directed by John Putch, written by Keoni Waxman (under the name Darby Black), produced by Jim Wynorski and starring James Coburn, Costas Mandylor, Finola Hughes, Blake Clark, Julie McCullough, and Kevin Rahm. Cast *James Coburn as Captain Hal Josephson *Costas Mandylor as Alan Decker *Finola Hughes as Katherine Jessel *Alex Hyde-White as Colin *Larry Poindexter as First Officer "Lazo" Lazaro * Sonia Satra as Sabrina Masters *Chick Vennera as Ellerson *David Kaufman as Max Dennis *Blake Clark as Wayne *Robert Bauer as Mr. Clarence * Julie McCullough as Shannon *Brandon Maggart as The Bronco *Kevin Rahm as Steward Beck * Carol Arthur as Marcia Lowell *Michael Dean Jacobs as Mickey *Johnny Martin as Ernest *Clive Revill Clive Revill is a New Zealand actor, best known for his performances in musical theatre and the London stage. A veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he has also starred in numerous films and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Voyage
''Final Voyage'' is an action film released in 1999. The film stars Dylan Walsh, Ice-T, Erika Eleniak, and Claudia Christian. Plot During the Chinese New Year holiday season, a madman named Josef and his deadly gang of 8 modern-day pirates target a luxury cruise ship bound for Hawaii full of 2,500 wealthy passengers. The terrorists climb aboard after being dropped-off via seaplane and shoot the bridge deck crew, ship's cook and a waiter before terrorizing all the passengers in the Ball room during their elegant night with the captain. Josef then takes the Captain and cruise director hostage on the Bridge deck and force them to reveal where a vault containing $130 million is located. The passengers are taken hostage by two of the eight hijackers. Aaron Carpenter, a passenger and celebrity bodyguard, manages to remain undetected by the hijackers and makes a courageous rescue attempt accompanied by his wife and chief engineer. The three shoot two of the hijackers and evade terrori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakko's Wish
''Wakko's Wish'' (originally titled as ''Wakko's Wakko Wish'') is a 1999 American animated musical comedy-adventure fantasy film based on the 1993–98 animated series ''Animaniacs'', serving as the series finale until the announcement of the 2020 revival of the series. It relocates all of the ''Animaniacs'' characters to a quasi-19th century fairy tale world and portrays their race to find the wishing star that will grant them a wish. The film was first released on VHS on December 21, 1999, by Warner Home Video under the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment label and the second released on January 25, 2000, as part of the ''Warner Bros. Century 2000 Collection''. It contains 10 original songs and features a majority of the voice cast reprising their respective roles from the TV show. Plot In the town of Acme Falls within the kingdom of Warnerstock, all the people (including the mime) live happily together. However, upon the death of their beloved king, Sir William the Good, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Under Fire
''Time Under Fire'', released in the United States as ''Beneath the Bermuda Triangle'' is a 1997 American science fiction film directed by Scott P. Levy and executive produced by Roger Corman. Released by Royal Oaks Entertainment, the film stars Jeff Fahey as Alan Deakins, a submarine commander whose boat enters a time portal in the Bermuda Triangle and travels 80 years into the future to a dystopian North America. Plot In 1990, the naval submarine accidentally enters a portal in the Bermuda Triangle and disappears. Captain Alan Deakins, the submarine's commander, resurfaces several years later claiming to have traveled into the future. The navy refuses to believe him and he is confined to a mental institution. A paranormal research organization headed by Lance McCarty ( Jack Coleman) bankrolls an expedition to recreate the circumstances of the accident in order to discover the truth. A government official, Charles Braddock (Bryan Cranston) authorizes Deakins' breakout from a me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McBain (film)
''McBain'' is a 1991 American action war film written and directed by James Glickenhaus, and starring Christopher Walken as the title character, alongside Michael Ironside and María Conchita Alonso. Plot Santos (Chick Vennera) attempts to lead a people’s revolt in Colombia to overthrow the Presidente. When his revolt fails and he is killed, his sister Christina (María Conchita Alonso) goes to New York to find McBain (Christopher Walken), a lieutenant Santos rescued during the Vietnam War. McBain agrees to help, recruits his old war buddies, raises some cash by killing a few drug dealers, then leads an attack to topple the Colombian President (Victor Argo). Cast * Christopher Walken as Bobby McBain * Michael Ironside as Frank Bruce * Steve James as Eastland * María Conchita Alonso as Christina Santos * Victor Argo as El Presidente * Thomas G. Waites as Gill * Chick Vennera as Roberto Santos * Jay Patterson as Dalton * Forrest Compton as President Flynn * Luis Guzmá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Terror Within II
''The Terror Within II'' is a 1991 American science fiction horror film and a sequel to the 1989 film '' The Terror Within''. It is written and directed by star Andrew Stevens (reprising his role from the first film), and also stars R. Lee Ermey, Chick Vennera, Barbara Alyn Woods, Gordon Currie, and Stella Stevens. It was executive produced by Roger Corman, and is one of the early films of future Academy Award-winning cinematographer Janusz Kamiński. In the film, most of humanity has already died due to a plague pandemic. The last surviving humans have fortified themselves in the Rocky Mountains, but hostile mutants invade their stronghold. Premise A plague has wiped out most of humanity. The last human colony struggles to survive in a bunker under the Rocky Mountains, while the surface has become a land of nightmarish mutants who seek to destroy the colony. A vaccine has been developed for a disease , but gathering the components to make it requires returning to the surface. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Risk (1981 Film)
''High Risk'' is a 1981 American/British/Mexican adventure/ heist film directed by Stewart Raffill and stars James Brolin, Lindsay Wagner, Cleavon Little, James Coburn, Ernest Borgnine and Anthony Quinn. Plot During a period of sluggish economy and high unemployment, four friends—Stone ( James Brolin), Tony ( Chick Vennera), Dan ( Bruce Davison) and Rockney ( Cleavon Little)—gather for a fishing trip. The weekend getaway is a cover: they are really planning to fly to Colombia to rob a drug lord. They meet with Clint ( Ernest Borgnine), who supplies them with weapons and target practice. It becomes clear that with the exception of Stone, the men have no relevant training and are not taking the heist seriously. The men are flown to a jungle. Their target is Serrano (James Coburn), a sadistic drug lord who lives in a large villa. The group observes Serrano, his staff and various visitors from a hidden vantage point. They discuss whether they would have the courage to actua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
