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Gabriel Katzka
Gabriel Katzka (January 23, 1931 – February 19, 1990) was an American theater, film and television producer. Biography Early life He was born in Brooklyn, New York City on January 25, 1931. '''', February 21, 1990Gabriel Katzka; Emmy-Winning Producer, 59 '''', March 05, 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelve original counties established under English rule in 1683 in what was then the Province of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the population stood at 2,736,074, making it the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City, and the most populous Administrative divisions of New York (state)#County, county in the state.Table 2: Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State - 2020 New York State Department of Health. Accessed January 2, 2024. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Parallax View
''The Parallax View'' is a 1974 American political thriller film starring Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Kenneth Mars, Walter McGinn, Kelly Thordsen and Jim Davis in support. Produced and directed by Alan J. Pakula, its screenplay is by David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr., based on the 1970 novel by Loren Singer. The story concerns a reporter's investigation into a secretive organization, the Parallax Corporation, whose business is political assassination. Plot Seattle television journalist Lee Carter witnesses the assassination of U.S. senator and presidential aspirant Charles Carroll atop the Space Needle during a campaign stop. The suspected killer, a waiter, is killed during the pursuit. The real killer, disguised as a waiter, escapes. The assassination is officially determined to have been the work of a single man acting alone. Six witnesses die over the next three years. Carter fears she will be next, and goes to ex-boyfriend Joe F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel's Choice
''Isabel's Choice'' is a 1981 American made-for-television drama film directed by Guy Green, starring Jean Stapleton, Richard Kiley, Peter Coyote and Betsy Palmer. It was broadcast on CBS as ''The CBS Wednesday Night Movie'' on December 16, 1981. Synopsis Isabel Cooper (Jean Stapleton) is a widow who prides herself on her years of devotion and loyalty as secretary to Lyman James (Richard Kiley), a top executive in a large corporation. Lyman retires when a dynamic young executive, Wynn Thomas (Peter Coyote) is hired to assume the presidency Lyman thought would be his. Under Thomas' presidency, Isabel is promoted to an executive position that she had worked towards for several years. Lyman later seeks comfort in Isabel when his wife is killed suddenly in a plane crash. As Lyman and Isabel's relationship progresses, he plans to propose and assumes that she will end her career to stay home with him. Isabel is forced to choose between the executive life she worked so hard to establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Courage Of Kavik The Wolf Dog
''The Courage of Kavik the Wolf Dog'', also known as ''Kavik the Wolf Dog'', is a 1980 made-for-TV adventure film based on the 1968 novel ''Kävik the Wolf Dog''. Plot Kavik, a champion sled dog, who has just won a race in Alaska, is sold for $4000 to George Hunter, a ruthless businessman from Seattle, who has local business interests. The plane carrying the dog crashes into the snow-covered wilderness; the pilot is killed and the dog is more dead than alive. The crash site is found by Andy Evans, a young boy who lives in the nearby fishing settlement of Copper City. He struggles to get the dog home and begs his parents to let him ask the local doctor to take a look at Kavik. Dr Walker does, initially reluctantly, have a look and does his best to deal with Kavik's multiple injuries. The dog slowly recovers and starts to bond with Andy. However, due to its near death experience Kavik is terrified of other dogs and is quick to run away when confronted. But Hunter arrives on a regu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Bridge Too Far (film)
''A Bridge Too Far'' is a 1977 epic war film directed by Richard Attenborough. It depicts Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied operation in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II; the film's screenplay, by William Goldman, is based on a book of the same title by historian Cornelius Ryan. It stars an ensemble cast, featuring Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Krüger, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O'Neal, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell and Liv Ullmann. Independently produced by Richard and Joseph E. Levine, it was the second film based on a book by Ryan to be adapted for the screen (after '' The Longest Day'' (1962)). It was the second film based on the events of Operation Market Garden, following '' Theirs Is the Glory'' (1946).'' "Theirs Is the Glory." Arnhem, Hurst and Conflict on Film'', Co-authored by David Truesdale and Allan Esler Smith. Page x, Introduction. Published 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannonball (film)
''Cannonball'' (stylized on-screen as ''Cannonball!'', and released theatrically in the UK as ''Carquake'') is a 1976 comedy film directed by Paul Bartel and starring David Carradine. The film is co-produced by the American studios Cross-County Productions and Harbour Productions and Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers Studio. It is one of two released in 1976 that were based on a real illegal cross-continent road race that took place for a number of years in the United States (the other being'' The Gumball Rally''). The same topic later became the basis for the films ''The Cannonball Run'', ''Cannonball Run II'' and ''Speed Zone''. The film was written and directed by Paul Bartel, who also directed '' Death Race 2000''. The name of the film and the plot were inspired by Erwin G. "Cannon Ball" Baker (1882–1960), who traveled across the United States several times, and by the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an illegal cross-continent road race introduced by Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobody Runs Forever
''Nobody Runs Forever'', also called ''The High Commissioner'', is a 1968 British political neo noir spy thriller action film directed by Ralph Thomas and based on Jon Cleary's 1966 novel '' The High Commissioner''. It stars Rod Taylor as Australian policeman Scobie Malone and Christopher Plummer as the Australian High Commissioner in Britain caught up in corrupt dealings, during delicate negotiations. Taylor's production company was involved in making the film, as was the American company Selmur Productions. Plot Sergeant Scobie Malone of the New South Wales Police (NSW Police) is summoned to Sydney by the gruff Premier of New South Wales, Mr Flannery, who asks Malone to travel to London and arrest the senior Australian diplomat in Britain, Sir James Quentin, High Commissioner to the UK. Sir James, a political rival of the Premier, has become the only suspect in a 17-year-old murder case. Upon his arrival at the Australian High Commission in London, Malone meets Lady Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel Baby (1961 Film)
''Angel Baby'' is a 1961 American drama film directed by Paul Wendkos and starring Salome Jens, George Hamilton and Mercedes McCambridge. It was Burt Reynolds's film debut. Wendkos called it "one of my favorite pictures, because I had a theme". The song, "Jenny Angel", sung by George Hamilton, is played during the closing credits of the film. Plot Angel Baby and her family live in the rural American South. She lost her ability to speak at age eight. Her mother catches her kissing Hoke, and chases him away. Worried about Angel's soul, they go to a tent revival where Paul Strand is preaching. He heals her muteness, urging her to say, "God", at first, then, "Lord God", and a prayer of thankfulness. The next day, Angel believes that God has called her, so she decides to follow Paul and work in his ministry. She is given speaking lessons and a great deal of attention. Paul's wife, Sarah, is somewhat jealous. Paul's preaching method includes having provocatively-costumed women per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Falcon And The Snowman
''The Falcon and the Snowman'' is a 1985 American spy drama film directed by John Schlesinger. The screenplay by Steven Zaillian is based on the 1979 book ''The Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship and Espionage'' by Robert Lindsey, and tells the true story of two young American men, Christopher Boyce ( Timothy Hutton) and Andrew Daulton Lee (Sean Penn), who sold security secrets to the Soviet Union. The film's original music was performed by the Pat Metheny Group, and featured singer David Bowie on "This Is Not America". The film received positive reviews from critics, particularly for the performances of Penn and Hutton. Plot Christopher Boyce, an expert in the sport of falconry and the son of a former FBI special agent, gets a job as a civilian defense contractor working in the so-called "Black Vault," a secure communication facility through which flows information on some of the most classified US operations in the world. Boyce becomes disillusioned w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lords Of Discipline (film)
''The Lords of Discipline'' is a 1983 American film based on the 1980 novel by Pat Conroy and directed by Franc Roddam. The story is about a military academy and a secret society within it. The film stars David Keith, Robert Prosky, Judge Reinhold, Bill Paxton, William Hope, Michael Biehn, Andrew Povey and Olympic boxer Mark Breland. The college scenes were filmed primarily at Wellington College in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England, as none of the American military academies would allow filming on their grounds because of the book's less-than-positive portrayal of life at a military academy. Plot Will McLean is a senior cadet at the Carolina Military Institute, a school that outwardly promises to produce men of honor but practices brutal hazing against its knobs (freshman cadets). Among these knobs are the overweight Poteete and the Institute's first black cadet, Tom Pearce. McLean's mentor, Lt. Col. "Bear" Berrineau, asks him to protect Pearce. McLean's roommates at the Ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beast Within (1982 Film)
''The Beast Within'' is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Philippe Mora from a screenplay by Tom Holland, and starring Ronny Cox, Bibi Besch, Paul Clemens, and Don Gordon. Set in a small town in rural Mississippi, the story centers on a couple's son, who begins exhibiting strange behavior after his 17th birthday. Producer Harvey Bernhard had purchased the rights to the then-unfinished novel based on the title alone. Due to the book not having been finished prior to production, the resulting script bears little resemblance to the source material. Principal photography officially began on February 8, 1981, in and around Jackson, Mississippi and concluded on April 10, 1981. ''The Beast Within'' was released theatrically on February 12, 1982 by United Artists, and grossed a total of $7.7 million at the U.S. box office. The film drew criticism from film critics for its depictions of graphic violence and rape, as well as for its amalgamation of horror elements tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meteor (film)
''Meteor'' is a 1979 American science fiction disaster film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Sean Connery and Natalie Wood. The film's premise, which follows a group of scientists struggling with Cold War politics after an asteroid is detected to be on a collision course with Earth, was inspired by a 1967 MIT report, '' Project Icarus''.Kleiman Louis A.''Project Icarus: an MIT Student Project in Systems Engineering'' (M.I.T. Report No. 13), Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1968; reissued 1979 The screenplay was written by Oscar winner Edmund H. North and Stanley Mann. The international cast also includes Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Martin Landau, Trevor Howard, Joseph Campanella, Richard Dysart and Henry Fonda. The film was a box-office flop and received negative reviews, but it was nonetheless nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound. Plot After the asteroid Orpheus in the Asteroid Belt is hit by a comet, dozens of asteroid fragments are sent on a collision co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
