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Citizen Verdict
''Citizen Verdict'' is a 2003 British-German drama film directed by Philippe Martinez and starring Armand Assante, Jerry Springer and Roy Scheider. Cast *Armand Assante as Sam Patterson *Jerry Springer as Marty Rockman *Roy Scheider as Governor Bull Tyler *Raffaello Degruttola as Ricky Carr *Dorette Potgieter as Carlene Osway *Justine Mitchell as Jessica Landers *Gideon Emery as Larry Grimes *Adrian Galley as William Doby *Langley Kirkwood as Vince Turner *Brendan Pollecutt as Bob White Reception The film has a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Jamie Russell of the BBC awarded the film two stars out of five. Steve Persall of the Tampa Bay Times The ''Tampa Bay Times'', previously named the ''St. Petersburg Times'' until 2011, is an American newspaper published in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. It has won fourteen Pulitzer Prizes since 1964, and in 2009, won two in a single y ... graded the film a C−. References External links * * {{rotten-tomatoes, citizen_verd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Martinez
Philippe Martínez is a French film producer, director, screenwriter, actor, and former President of the Odéon Theater in Marseille. Career From 1988 through 1990, Martinez was President of the Odéon Theater, Marseille. In late 1990, he moved to the United States and became Chairman of the Board of Ulysses Entertainment. From 1996-1999 he headed Los Angeles-based Betar Entertainment and served as executive producer on '' Ultimate Weapon'' and ''In Her Defense''. In 1999, Martinez launched Bauer-Martinez Studios and produced over 14 films including '' The Piano Player'', '' Out of Season'', '' The Defender'', ''Dot.Kill'', ''House of 9'', and '' Land of the Blind''. More recently, he produced '' Modigliani''. As film director, Martinez completed '' Citizen Verdict'', '' Wake of Death'', '' The Steam Experiment'', and '' Viktor''. Filmography :;Producer * ''The Night and the Moment'' (1994) * '' Getting In'' (1994) * '' Musketeers Forever'' (1998) * ''The Ultimate We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand Assante
Armand Anthony Assante Jr. (; born October 4, 1949) is an American actor. He played mobster John Gotti in the 1996 HBO television film ''Gotti'', Odysseus in the 1997 mini-series adaptation of Homer's ''The Odyssey'', Nietzsche in ''When Nietzsche Wept'', and Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer in 1982's '' I, the Jury''. His performance in ''Gotti'' earned him a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award. Early life Assante was born in New York City and raised in Cornwall, New York, the son of Armand Anthony Assante Sr. (1922–2017), a painter and artist, and Katharine (née Healy; 1921–2011), a music teacher, English teacher and poet. He is of Italian and Irish descent. Career During the 1970s, Assante was a regular on two NBC soap operas, '' How to Survive a Marriage'' as Johnny McGhee and '' The Doctors'' as Mike Powers. His first film was '' The Lords of Flatbush'' (1974), although his work did not appear in the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Springer
Gerald Norman Springer (born February 13, 1944) is a British-American broadcaster, journalist, actor, producer, former lawyer, and politician. He hosted the tabloid talk show '' Jerry Springer'' between September 30, 1991 and July 26, 2018, and debuted the ''Jerry Springer Podcast'' in 2015. From 2007 to 2008, Springer hosted '' America's Got Talent'', and from September 2019 until 2022, Springer hosted the courtroom show '' Judge Jerry''. Early life Gerald Norman Springer was born in the London Underground station of Highgate while the station was in use as a shelter from German bombing during World War II, and grew up on Chandos Road, East Finchley. His parents, Margot (; a bank clerk) and Richard Springer (owner of a shoe shop), were German-Jewish refugees who escaped from Landsberg an der Warthe, Prussia (now Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland). His maternal grandmother, Marie Kallmann, who was left behind, died in the gas vans of Chełmno extermination camp ( German-occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Scheider
Roy Richard Scheider (; November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008) was an American actor and amateur boxer. Described by AllMovie as "one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors", he gained fame for his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s through to the early to mid-1980s. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award. His best-known roles include Chief Martin Brody in '' Jaws'' (1975) and its sequel '' Jaws 2'' (1978), NYPD Detective "Cloudy" Russo in '' The French Connection'' (1971); NYPD Detective "Buddy" in '' The Seven-Ups'' (1973); Doc Levy in '' Marathon Man'' (1976); choreographer and film director Joe Gideon in '' All That Jazz'' (1979); Officer Frank Murphy in '' Blue Thunder'' (1983); and Dr. Heywood R. Floyd in the 1984 film '' 2010'', the sequel to '' 2001: A Space Odyssey''. He was also known for playing Captain Nathan Bridger in the science-fiction television series '' seaQuest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Farley
Guy Farley (born 5 February 1963) is a British musician and composer based in Battersea Battersea is a large district in south London, part of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is centred southwest of Charing Cross and extends along the south bank of the River Thames. It includes the Battersea Park. History Batter ..., south London. Farley is a film composer whose work includes orchestral scores, world music, contemporary sound design and has also collaborated with pop artists and producers. Recent works by Farley include ''Downfall'' (2015), ''A Good American'' (2015), and ''Exodus to Shanghai'' (2015). His most famous works include soundtracks to: '' Modigliani'' (2004), '' Wake of Death'' (2004), '' Cashback'' (2006), '' The Flock'' (2007) and '' Land of the Blind'' (2006). Farley has an extensive list of other films, television series and documentaries that he has composed music for. Career Farley started his career as a musician, composer and conducto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world. Founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The festival was formally accredited by the FIAPF in 1951. On 1 July 2014, co-founder and former head of French pay-TV operator Canal+, Pierre Lescure, took over as President of the Festival, while Thierry Frémaux became the General Delegate. The board of directors also appointed Gilles Jacob as Honorary President of the Festival. It is one of the "Big Three" major European film festivals, alongside the Venice Film Festival in Italy and the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany, as well as one of the "Big Five" major international fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gideon Emery
Gideon Emery is an English actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Deucalion in ''Teen Wolf'' and for providing voice-over work in video games, television series and films. Early life and education Emery was born to Pauline, a competitive horse rider and Ashton, a management consultant. He has two half brothers, Matthew and Paul. Gideon also has three nieces, Chloe Emery, Rebecca Emery and Kate Emery. At the age of 4, his father moved the family to Johannesburg, South Africa. Emery kept himself amused by imitating characters from film and television. Early impersonations included Michael Jackson and Max from ''Hart to Hart''. He returned to England during high school, briefly attending Reading Blue Coat School. But it was back in South Africa at St John's College where he cemented his love for acting, playing Dick Deadeye in the Gilbert & Sullivan musical ''H.M.S. Pinafore'' and winning Best Actor for the role of Mr. Glum in The Glums comedy sketch, "L'Engagement". Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley Kirkwood
Langley Kirkwood (born 14 April 1973) is a South African actor and triathlete. Besides appearing in films such as ''Invictus'', ''Dredd'' and '' Mia and the White Lion'', Langley has participated several times in the South African Ironman competition. His father is West Indian and his mother is South African. He was married to and has three children with South African supermodel and photographer Josie Borain. Selected filmography Film * 1999 - '' Pirates of the Plain'' - Credit manager * 2001 - ''Final Solution'' - Pieter * 2003 - '' Citizen Verdict'' - Vince Turner * 2003 - ''Consequence'' - Pope Agent * 2003 - '' Red Water'' - Brett Van Ryan * 2003 - '' The Bone Snatcher'' - Paul * 2004 - ''Charlie'' - Eddy Richardson * 2004 - ''In My Country'' - Boetie * 2004 - ''Berserker'' - Norseman * 2004 - ''Blast'' - Agent Phillips * 2004 - ''King Solomon's Mines'' - Sergei * 2004 - ''Dracula 3000'' - Orlock * 2004 - ''Murmur'' - Billy * 2004 - ''Dead Easy'' - Lloyd * 2006 - ''Mercenary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film '' Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampa Bay Times
The ''Tampa Bay Times'', previously named the ''St. Petersburg Times'' until 2011, is an American newspaper published in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. It has won fourteen Pulitzer Prizes since 1964, and in 2009, won two in a single year for the first time in its history, one of which was for its PolitiFact project. It is published by the Times Publishing Company, which is owned by The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, a nonprofit journalism school directly adjacent to the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus. History The newspaper traces its origins to the ''West Hillsborough Times'', a weekly newspaper established in Dunedin, Florida on the Pinellas peninsula in 1884. At the time, neither St. Petersburg nor Pinellas County existed; the peninsula was part of Hillsborough County. The paper was published weekly in the back of a pharmacy and had a circulation of 480. It subsequently changed ownership six times in seventeen years. In December 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Drama Films
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German Drama Films
German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Germanic peoples (Roman times) * German language **any of the Germanic languages * German cuisine, traditional foods of Germany People * German (given name) * German (surname) * Germán, a Spanish name Places * German (parish), Isle of Man * German, Albania, or Gërmej * German, Bulgaria * German, Iran * German, North Macedonia * German, New York, U.S. * Agios Germanos, Greece Other uses * German (mythology), a South Slavic mythological being * Germans (band), a Canadian rock band * "German" (song), a 2019 song by No Money Enterprise * ''The German'', a 2008 short film * "The Germans", an episode of ''Fawlty Towers'' * ''The German'', a nickname for Congolese rebel André Kisase Ngandu See also * Germanic (disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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