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Gary Lucchesi
Gary Lucchesi (born January 4, 1955, in San Francisco, California) is an American film producer who was President of Lakeshore Entertainment and past President of The Producers Guild of America. Career Lucchesi began his career at The William Morris Agency as an agent, representing such artists as Susan Sarandon, Kevin Costner, Michelle Pfeiffer and John Malkovich. Lucchesi served as both Vice President and Senior Vice President of Production at TriStar Pictures before becoming President of Production at Paramount Pictures. Following his time at Paramount, Lucchesi founded Gary Lucchesi Productions, where he produced the Oscar nominated film '' Primal Fear''. Lucchesi was also President of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Film Co., producing the film version of the hit musical ''Cats''. In 1997, he was asked by Tom Rosenberg to run Lakeshore. Lucchesi graduated from Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory in San Francisco in 1973 before attending UCLA The University of Cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of 2024, San Francisco is the List of California cities by population, fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population, 17th-most populous in the United States. San Francisco has a land area of at the upper end of the San Francisco Peninsula and is the County statistics of the United States, fifth-most densely populated U.S. county. Among U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2023. San Francisco anchors the Metropolitan statistical area#United States, 13th-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S., with almost 4.6 million residents in 2023. The larger San Francisco Bay Area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School which later evolved into San José State University. The branch was transferred to the University of California to become the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919, making it the second-oldest of the ten-campus University of California system after the University of California, Berkeley. UCLA offers 337 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a range of disciplines, enrolling about 31,600 undergraduate and 14,300 graduate and professional students annually. It received 174,914 undergraduate applications for Fall 2022, including transfers, the most of any university in the United States. The university is organized into the College of Letters and Science and twelve professional schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underworld (2003 Film)
''Underworld'' is a 2003 action horror film directed by Len Wiseman in his List of directorial debuts, feature film directorial debut, from a screenplay by Danny McBride (writer), Danny McBride, based on a story by Kevin Grevioux, Wiseman, and McBride. The film stars Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Michael Sheen, Shane Brolly, Erwin Leder, and Bill Nighy. The plot centers on the secret history of Vampire (Underworld), vampires and Lycan (Underworld), lycans (an abbreviated form of ''Werewolf, lycanthrope'', which means werewolf). The main plot revolves around Selene (Underworld), Selene (Beckinsale), a vampire Death Dealer (Underworld), Death Dealer hunting Lycans. She finds herself attracted to a human, Michael Corvin (Speedman), who is being targeted by the Lycans. After Michael is bitten by a Lycan, Selene must decide whether to do her duty and kill him or go against her clan and save him. ''Underworld'' premiered at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Human Stain (film)
''The Human Stain'' is a 2003 American drama film directed by Robert Benton. Its screenplay, by Nicholas Meyer, is based on the novel of the same name by Philip Roth. The film stars Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Gary Sinise, and Ed Harris. Plot In the late 1990s, writer Nathan Zuckerman has settled in a lakeside New England cabin following his second divorce and a battle with prostate cancer. His quiet life is interrupted by Coleman Silk, a former dean and professor of classics at local Athena College, who was forced to resign after being accused of making a racist remark in class. Coleman's wife died suddenly following the scandal, and he wants to avenge his loss of career and companion by writing a book about the events with Nathan's assistance. The project is placed on the back burner when Coleman has an affair with a younger woman, named Faunia Farley, a semi-literate who supports herself by working menial jobs, including at the college. Their relationship is threat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mothman Prophecies (film)
''The Mothman Prophecies'' is a 2002 American Supernatural horror film, supernatural horror-mystery film directed by Mark Pellington, and starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney, with Will Patton, Debra Messing, Alan Bates and Lucinda Jenney in supporting roles. Based on the 1975 The Mothman Prophecies, book of the same name by parapsychology, parapsychologist and Charles Fort, Fortean author John Keel, the screenplay was written by Richard Hatem. The story follows John Klein (Gere), a reporter who researches the legend of the Mothman. Still shaken by the death of his wife two years earlier from a glioblastoma, Klein is sent to cover a news piece and inexplicably finds himself in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, where there have been sightings of an unusual creature and other unexplained phenomena. As he becomes increasingly drawn into mysterious forces at work, he hopes they can reconnect him to his wife, while the local sheriff (Linney) becomes concerned about his obsessions. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gift (2000 Film)
''The Gift'' is a 2000 American supernatural thriller film directed by Sam Raimi, and starring Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves, Giovanni Ribisi, Hilary Swank, Katie Holmes, and Greg Kinnear. It centers on a single mother in rural Georgia who becomes involved in a local missing person case after she experiences a psychic vision. The screenplay was written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson based on the alleged psychic experiences of Thornton's mother. Plot In Brixton, Georgia, widow Annie Wilson is a clairvoyant who has visions of her late grandmother. Annie offers psychic readings to locals to support herself and her three sons. She frequently helps locals including Buddy Cole, an emotionally unstable young man who works at an auto repair shop, and Valerie Barksdale, a woman who is currently in an abusive marriage. Valerie's husband Donnie has repeatedly threatened Annie and her three children because Annie advised Valerie to leave him due to his abuse. Jessica King, the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autumn In New York (film)
''Autumn in New York'' is a 2000 American romantic drama film directed by Joan Chen, written by Allison Burnett, and starring Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, Anthony LaPaglia, Elaine Stritch, Vera Farmiga, and Sherry Stringfield. The film follows a successful middle-aged restaurateur and womanizer who falls in love with a terminally ill young woman. US distributor MGM took over the film from Chen and significantly re-edited the film, which also involved deleting a Ryder nude scene. The film received generally negative reviews from critics but grossed $90.7 million worldwide against a $45 million budget. Plot Will Keane is a successful 48-year-old restaurateur and womanizer. Free-spirited haberdasher Charlotte Fielding celebrates her 22nd birthday in his upscale Manhattan restaurant and he immediately notices her. Her grandmother introduces them. Will learns that Charlotte is the daughter of his ex-girlfriend Katy, who died in a car accident shortly after Charlotte's birth. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Next Best Thing
''The Next Best Thing'' is a 2000 American comedy drama film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Madonna, Rupert Everett, and Benjamin Bratt. It follows a woman who has a one-night-stand with her gay best friend, which results in her giving birth to a son that the two attempt to co-parent over the ensuing years amidst a custody battle. It features supporting performances from Michael Vartan, Josef Sommer, Lynn Redgrave, Neil Patrick Harris, and Illeana Douglas. It was Schlesinger's final feature film before his death in 2003. The film was a box-office bomb and received overwhelmingly negative reviews from film critics. The accompanying soundtrack album was appreciated by music critics. Its lead single, " American Pie", topped the charts in various countries, including Everett's native United Kingdom, where Madonna extended her record as the female artist with most number-one songs in the country. Plot The film stars Madonna as Abbie Reynolds, a yoga instructor living in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passion Of Mind
''Passion of Mind'' is a 2000 American drama film directed by Alain Berliner from a screenplay by Ronald Bass and David Field. The first English-language film by Berliner, it stars Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgård, William Fichtner, Peter Riegert, and Sinéad Cusack. It received negative reviews from critics and became a box-office bomb, grossing just $769,272 against its $12 million budget, whilst Moore received a nomination for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. Coralie Fargeat, the film's second second assistant director who was tasked with jobs such as bringing Moore coffee each morning, later became a filmmaker in her own right and convinced Moore to star in her critically acclaimed horror film ''The Substance'' (2024). Plot Marty is a single, high-powered literary agent in Manhattan. Marie is a widow who lives a peaceful life in Provence, France with her two daughters. When Marie falls asleep she dreams that she is Marty and when Marty falls asleep she dreams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runaway Bride (film)
''Runaway Bride'' is a 1999 American screwball romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, and starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. The screenplay, written by Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon, is about a reporter (Gere) who undertakes to write a story about a woman (Roberts) who has left a string of fiancés at the altar. The film marked the first re-teaming of Gere, Roberts, and Marshall following 1990's '' Pretty Woman''. Though the film received generally negative reviews from critics, it was a commercial success, grossing $309 million worldwide. Plot Maggie Carpenter is a spirited, attractive young woman who has had a number of unsuccessful relationships. She has left a trio of fiancés at the altar on their wedding day, earning local notoriety and the nickname "The Runaway Bride”. Misanthropic New York columnist Ike Graham writes an unflattering article about Maggie after hearing her story from a man in a bar. Unbeknownst to Ike, the man is one of her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just The Ticket
''Just the Ticket'' is a 1998 American drama film directed by Richard Wenk. It stars Andy García and Andie MacDowell. Garcia was also the producer. The film was originally titled ''A Piece of Cake''. Plot Gary Starke (Garcia), desperate to get his girlfriend Linda (MacDowell) back, goes to confession to seek guidance but doesn't get the help he seeks. He is a New York City ticket scalper who "works the street". Linda won't take his calls, so Gary shows up at her sales job. He earns a dinner date with her by selling a 60-inch TV to someone who was only window shopping. Gary plans to make one last big score: to win Linda back and straighten out his life. Believing his chance rests on an opportunity to scalp a large stack of tickets to see the Pope at Yankee Stadium. Gary comes up against 'Casino', a Florida scalper who undercuts him. Meanwhile, at Linda's culinary course a New York Times food critic asks her to cater an upscale dinner party after trying her dish. So, inste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cats (1998 Film)
''Cats'' is a 1998 British direct-to-video musical film based on the 1981 stage musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, itself based on '' Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'' (1939) by T. S. Eliot. Lloyd Webber oversaw orchestration and called on Gillian Lynne, the show's original choreographer, to train the cast members. David Mallet served as the director of this production. The film is a recreation of the stage musical, but with new staging and significant edits made to reduce the runtime for television broadcast. It was filmed at the Adelphi Theatre in London in 1997, with the cast selected from various past and (then) present international productions of ''Cats''. Initially released to VHS and subsequently DVD and Blu-ray, the film has since been shown on television channels including PBS, BBC and Ovation TV. Synopsis After the overture, the Cats gather on stage and describe the Jellicle tribe and its purpose ("Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats"). The cats (who break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
