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Christian Erickson
Christian Erickson is an American actor based in Paris, France. He is known for his role as La Trémoille in ''The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc'' (1999), as General Kormarov in the film adaption of ''Hitman (2007 film), Hitman'' and as Lance Boyle, the TV presenter in the MegaRace video games series. Partial filmography Films * ''The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker'' (1970) - Gordon (uncredited) * ''Fun with Dick and Jane (1977 film), Fun with Dick and Jane'' (1977) - Trans-Sexual * ''My Friend Washington'' (1984) * ''Le 4ème pouvoir'' (1985) * ''Asterix Versus Caesar'' (1985) - (English version, voice) * ''À notre regrettable époux'' (1988) * ''Dangerous Liaisons'' (1988) - Bailiff * ''Aventure de Catherine C.'' (1990) - L'Anglais * ''Near Mrs.'' (1992) - Col. Edward Young * ''The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film), The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1998) - Ballroom Guard * ''The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc'' (1999) - La Trémoille * ''Kennedy et moi'' (1999) - L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their names, that vary between British English, British and American English. "Brackets", without further qualification, are in British English the ... marks and in American English the ... marks. Other symbols are repurposed as brackets in specialist contexts, such as International Phonetic Alphabet#Brackets and transcription delimiters, those used by linguists. Brackets are typically deployed in symmetric pairs, and an individual bracket may be identified as a "left" or "right" bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. In casual writing and in technical fields such as computing or linguistic analysis of grammar, brackets ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennedy Et Moi
''Kennedy et moi'' is a French film directed by Sam Karmann released on 22 December 1999. It is a comedy drama about an apathetic writer whose only interest is in his psychiatrist's watch which may have belonged to John F. Kennedy at the time of his assassination in 1963. Cast * Jean-Pierre Bacri: Simon Polaris * Nicole Garcia: Anna Polaris * Patrick Chesnais: Paul Gurney * Sam Karmann: Robert Janssen * François Chattot: Victor Kuriakhine * Éléonore Gosset: Alice Polaris * Lucas Bonnifait: Thomas Polaris * Stephan Höhn: Thibaut Brentano * Bruno Raffaelli: Doctor Munthe * Francine Bergé: Lydia Brentano * Jean-Claude Brialy: Benny Grimaldi * Bernard Blancan Bernard Blancan (born 9 September 1958) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than 85 films and television shows since 1989. He shared the award for Best Actor for his role in '' Days of Glory'' at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival The 59th ... (Scenes deleted) References External links * 1999 films 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Always Brando
''Always Brando'' is a 2011 film directed by Tunisian director Ridha Behi. Originally titled ''Brando and Brando'', it was set to star Marlon Brando and Christian Erickson until Brando's death. The film premiered at 2011 Toronto International Film Festival then Abu Dhabi Film Festival where producers Ziad Hamzeh and Ridha Behi received the Black Pearl award for best producers. Plot A story of innocence lost, of love abandoned and of dreams shattered as a young Tunisian look alike to Marlon Brando on a quest to reach the impossible dream in making it big in Hollywood. Cast * Anis Raach as Anis * Souhir Ben Amara as Zina * Marlon Brando as himself (archive footage) * Christian Erickson * Ridha Behi * Ziad Hamzeh English Narration Background The project was on hold due to the star's death but the script has been reworked to continue the project. Filming began in 2010 with the film due for release in 2011. Originally, the project was announced at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Venus (2010 Film)
''Black Venus'' () is a 2010 French drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. It is based on the life of Sarah Baartman, a Khoikhoi woman who in the early 19th century was exhibited in Europe under the name "Hottentot Venus". The film was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival, where it was awarded the Equal Opportunity Award. Plot In Paris 1815, the Royal Academy of Medicine. George's cuvier declared "I have never seen a human head so similar to that of an ape." Standing by a moulded cast of Saartjie Baartman's body, anatomist Georges Cuvier's verdict is categorical. Several years before in 1810 Sarah Baartman, a khoikhoi woman from South Africa, is brought to London by Hendrick Caezer, an Afrikaaner. Caezer puts her on display as the "Hottentot venus" in freak shows, exploiting her physique-mainly her large buttocks and exotic looks. She is presented as a spectacle, where people are invited to touch and gawk her. Over time, Sarah become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Aventures Extraordinaires D'Adèle Blanc-Sec
LES or Les may refer to: People * Les (given name) * Les (surname) * L.E.S. (producer), hip hop producer Space flight * Launch Entry Suit, worn by Space Shuttle crews * Launch escape system, for spacecraft emergencies * Lincoln Experimental Satellite series, 1960s and 1970s Biology and medicine * Lazy eye syndrome, or amblyopia, a disorder in the human optic nerve * The Liverpool epidemic strain of ''Pseudomonas aeruginosa'' * Lower esophageal sphincter * Lupus erythematosus systemicus Places * The Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City * Les, Catalonia, a municipality in Spain * Leş, a village in Nojorid Commune, Bihor County, Romania * ''Les'', the Hungarian name for Leșu Commune, Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania * Les, a village in Tejakula district, Buleleng regency, Bali, Indonesia * Lesotho, IOC and UNDP country code * Lès, a word featuring in many French placenames Transport * Leigh-on-Sea railway station, National Rail station code * Leyto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Rafle
''The Round Up'' () is a 2010 French historical war drama film written and directed by Roselyne Bosch and produced by Alain Goldman. The film stars Mélanie Laurent, Jean Reno, Sylvie Testud and Gad Elmaleh. Based on the true story of a young Jewish boy, the film depicts the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (''Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv''), the mass arrest of Jews by French police who were accomplices of Nazi Germans in Paris in July 1942. Plot During the summer of 1942 France is under German occupation, the Jews are obliged to wear the yellow star; In the Butte Montmartre district, two Jewish families live like the other inhabitants of this district, with the exception that, being Jews, they fear the arrival of the Gestapo. In Paris, opinions are divided, some want to protect the Jews by hiding them while others like the baker prefer to insult them, and belittle them. On the night of July 16 to 17, their destiny changed following an agreement between the Nazis and the French authorities on the arre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eight Times Up
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. Etymology English ''eight'', from Old English '', æhta'', Proto-Germanic ''*ahto'' is a direct continuation of Proto-Indo-European '' *oḱtṓ(w)-'', and as such cognate with Greek and Latin , both of which stems are reflected by the English prefix oct(o)-, as in the ordinal adjective ''octaval'' or ''octavary'', the distributive adjective is ''octonary''. The adjective ''octuple'' (Latin ) may also be used as a noun, meaning "a set of eight items"; the diminutive ''octuplet'' is mostly used to refer to eight siblings delivered in one birth. The Semitic numeral is based on a root ''*θmn-'', whence Akkadian ''smn-'', Arabic ''ṯmn-'', Hebrew ''šmn-'' etc. The Chinese numeral, written (Mandarin: ''bā''; Cantonese: ''baat''), is from Old Chinese ''*priāt-'', ultimately from Sino-Tibetan ''b-r-gyat'' or ''b-g-ryat'' which also yielded Tibetan '' brgyat''. It has been argued that, as the cardinal num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Wonderland
''8th Wonderland'' is a 2008 French drama film directed by and . Plot It tells the story of the first virtual state a globally composed collective of hundreds of people founded on the Internet. They want to counteract the mere words of politics. Every week the citizens of the 8th Wonderland vote on the next actions, for example, the Vatican is decorated with condom machines, a Darwin Bible is printed in large numbers, an atomic deal between Russia and Iran is prevented by very deliberate mistranslation and football professionals worth millions are sold in a Chinese sweatshop shipped to the handmade mass shoe production. With their radicalizing actions, the web revolutionaries are shaking not only the international media but also the Western secret services. When John McClane, an impostor, claims to be the founder and head of the 8th Wonderland and exploits its popularity for commercials, the Internet partisans must act if they want to save face. They bring down a multinational c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cash (2008 Film)
''Cash'' (sometimes stylised as ''Ca$h'') is a French crime caper film from 2008, directed by Eric Besnard and starring Jean Dujardin, Jean Reno, Valeria Golino and Alice Taglioni. Plot A cleaner goes into the office of a banker. He tells the staff to leave then proceeds to change into a suit and place a picture on the desk of two brothers. Lardier, a courier, arrives and the man proceeds to explain to him that he has several financial options available. However a cell phone rings and Lardier hands it over to the man. The caller, who is angry, shouts down the phone. Uncomfortable the man tries to leave but is shot with a silenced pistol several times by Lardier. The man who died was the brother of Cash. Cash is under surveillance by Lieutenant Julia Molina from Interpol. He is part of a gang who are running a confidence trick on a group of mercenaries – led by Letallec – who think they are buying impeccable printing plates for counterfeiting Euros. On returning to her headq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur And The Invisibles
''Arthur and the Minimoys'' () is a 2006 English-language French live-action/animated fantasy film directed and co-written by French filmmaker Luc Besson. It is based on the first two books of the ''Arthur'' children's books series, ''Arthur and the Minimoys'' and ''Arthur and the Forbidden City'', by Besson. ''Arthur and the Minimoys'' was released theatrically in France on 29 November 2006 by EuropaCorp, followed by wide releases in a number of countries. It was re-released in France on 4 April 2007 with nineteen minutes of bonus footage. With a budget of €60 million, it was briefly the most expensive French film production, until it was surpassed by '' Astérix at the Olympic Games'' (2008). It was a box-office success in its home country. It received the Imagina Award in the category Prix du Long-Métrage. Its soundtrack album was released on 9 January 2007. The film received its release in the United States under the title ''Arthur and the Invisibles'' by the now-defunct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twice Upon A Time (2006 Film)
Twice Upon a Time may refer to: Film and television * ''Twice Upon a Time'' (1953 film), a British comedy film * ''Twice Upon a Time'' (1983 film), an American animated film * ''Twice Upon a Time'' (1998 film), an American fantasy/romantic comedy TV film * "Twice Upon a Time" (''Doctor Who''), a 2017 episode of ''Doctor Who'' * '' Il était une seconde fois'', a French TV series released in English as ''Twice Upon a Time'' * '' Twice Upon a Time...'', 1979 Canadian short film Music * ''Twice Upon a Time'' (Joe Diffie album) * ''Twice Upon a Time'' (The Kingston Trio album) *'' Twice Upon a Time – The Singles'', a compilation album by Siouxsie and the Banshees Other uses * ''Twice Upon a Time'' (book series), a children's fantasy novel series by Wendy Mass {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
