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Gas (1981 Film)
''Gas'' is a 1981 Canadian comedy film released by Paramount Pictures, the plot of which was inspired by the 1979 energy crisis. The film was directed by Les Rose and produced by Claude Héroux. Plot summary A small Midwestern town is thrown into chaos when the local oil tycoon Duke Stuyvesant orchestrates a phony oil shortage in order to increase profits. News reporter Jane Beardsley tries to uncover the plot. Radio DJ Nick the Noz, observing from his station's news helicopter, reports on the craziness caused by the gasoline shortage. Cast * Susan Anspach as Jane Beardsley * Howie Mandel as Matt Lloyd * Sterling Hayden as Duke Stuyvesant * Helen Shaver as Rhonda * Sandee Currie as Sarah Marshal * Peter Aykroyd as Ed Marshal * Keith Knight as Ira * Alf Humphreys as Lou Picard * Philip Akin as Lincoln Jones * Michael Hogan as Guido Vespucci * Paul Kelman as Nino Vespucci * Donald Sutherland as Nick "The Noz" * Dustin Waln as Earl Stuyvesant * Vlasta Vrána Vlasta Vrána ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Rose
Les Rose was a Canadian film and television director. He was most noted for the film ''Three Card Monte (film), Three Card Monte'', for which he received a Canadian Film Award nomination for Canadian Screen Award for Best Director, Best Director at the 29th Canadian Film Awards in 1978. Rose began his career making documentary films for the National Film Board of Canada. ''Three Card Monte'' was his first commercial film. He subsequently directed the films ''Title Shot'', ''Hog Wild (1980 film), Hog Wild'', ''Gas (1981 film), Gas'' and ''Isaac Littlefeathers'', the television films ''Maintain the Right'', ''The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd''Rick Groen, "Edwin Alonzo Boyd, a legend in his own mind: TV portrait of Canada's baddest bank-robber examines the fine line between myth and reality". ''The Globe and Mail'', April 16, 1983. and ''Covert Action'', and two episodes of ''Fraggle Rock''. References External links * Film directors from Toronto Canadian television di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Energy Crisis
A drop in oil production in the wake of the Iranian revolution led to an energy crisis in 1979. Although the global oil supply only decreased by approximately four percent, the oil markets' reaction raised the price of crude oil drastically over the next 12 months, more than doubling it to . The sudden increase in price was connected with fuel shortages similar to the 1973 oil crisis. In 1980, following the onset of the Iran–Iraq War, oil production in Iran fell drastically. Iraq's oil production also dropped significantly, triggering economic recessions worldwide. Oil prices did not return to pre-crisis levels until the mid-1980s. Oil prices after 1980 began a steady decline over the next 20 years, except for a brief uptick during the Gulf War, which then reached a 60% fall-off in the 1990s. Mexico, Nigeria, and Venezuela's major oil exporters expanded their production during this time. The Soviet Union became the largest oil producer in the world, and oil from the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Les Rose
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Comedy Films
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Films Scored By Paul Zaza
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Canadian Films
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1981 Comedy Films
Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz, Karl Doenitz following his death on December 24. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán Department, Morazán and Chalatenango Department, Chalatenango departments. * January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican City, Vatican. * January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is First inauguration of Ronald Reagan, sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis. * January 21 – The first DMC DeLorean, DeLorean automobile, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1981 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten films released in 1981 by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 20 – Former Governor of California and Ronald Reagan filmography, film actor Ronald Reagan is First inauguration of Ronald Reagan, inaugurated president. * March 30 – The 53rd Academy Awards are postponed due to the Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan earlier that day. They are held the following day with a message from the President of the United States, President recorded for the ceremony prior to the assassination attempt. * May 16 – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie ''Heaven's Gate (film), Heaven's Gate'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walker Boone
Walker Boone, born Theodore "Ted" Nicoloff (May 4, 1944– January 29, 2021) was a Canadian actor. He was best known as the voice of the Nintendo character Mario in the DIC-produced animated series '' The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' and ''Super Mario World''. Early life and career Boone was born on May 4, 1944, as Theodore Nicoloff in Toronto, Ontario. He attended the McGill University Faculty of Law before changing to a teaching career in Ontario and London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester .... In the 1980s, he left teaching to be an actor. Personal life He had two children, Jason and Larissa Nicoloff, one grandchild and a partner, Vicki. He also owned a farm. Death Boone died 29 January 2021, aged 76. Details of his death were not made available to the pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlasta Vrána
Vlasta Vrána (born 1950) is a Czech-Canadian actor of stage, film, and television. He has appeared in over 285 films, television, and theatre productions, including voice roles, narration, and advertisements. Early life Vrána was born in Norway to Czech parents, and moved to Canada at age four. Career He made his feature-film debut in Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg's '' Shivers''. Other film appearances include '' The Blue Man'' (1985), '' The Kiss'' (1988), '' Highlander III: The Sorcerer'' (1994), '' Waking the Dead'' (2000), and '' Press Run'' (2000). Vrána played Fire Chief Wickersham in '' Secret Window'' (2004), and Booker (MPC) in '' The Day After Tomorrow'' (2004). He also appeared in '' Pachamama'' (2018). On television, Vrána has appeared in shows and films, including '' The New Avengers'' (1977), '' The Littlest Hobo'' (1980), '' The Hitchhiker'' (1985), '' Choices'' (1986), '' Spearfield's Daughter'' (1986), '' War of the Worlds'' (1990), '' After Amy'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hogan (Canadian Actor)
Michael Hogan (born March 13, 1949) is a Canadian actor best known for playing Colonel Saul Tigh in the 2004 ''Battlestar Galactica'' series. Other notable roles include Billy in '' The Peanut Butter Solution'' and villainous werewolf hunter Gerard Argent in ''Teen Wolf''. He also lent his voice to Armando-Owen Bailey in the ''Mass Effect'' series, General Tullius in '' The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'' game, and Doc Mitchell in the videogame '' Fallout: New Vegas''. Biography Michael Hogan was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario in 1949, raised in North Bay, Ontario and studied at National Theatre School of Canada. Career Hogan began his career in 1978 and has starred in numerous TV shows, plays, radio dramas and operas. He started in plays at the Shaw Festival. He made his film debut in the Peter Fonda trucker picture '' High-Ballin''' (1978). He and his wife soon became a popular television couple, as the stars of the 1983 Canadian series ''Vanderberg'' and the 1986 Canadian-Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Akin
Philip Akin (born April 18, 1950) is a Canadian actor. Akin has been acting and directing for over 40 years. He has had roles in major American films such as ''The Sum of All Fears'', '' S.W.A.T.'', and '' Get Rich or Die Tryin'''. He has also done much voice work, including voicing the character of Bishop for the ''X-Men'' animated series and Tripp Hansen in '' Monster Force''. Life and career Akin was born in Kingston, Jamaica, as a middle brother of five sons. His parents moved to Oshawa, Ontario in 1953, and he and his brothers followed suit the next year. He has lived in Ontario ever since. Shortly after attending high school, Akin attended Toronto's Ryerson Theatre School. In 1975, he became the school's first acting graduate, landing a role just a few days later in a Shaw Festival production of '' Caesar and Cleopatra''. In 1983, Akin began studying Yoshinkan aikido and is presently a 5th degree black belt in that art. He has also trained in Jing Mo kung fu and tai chi. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
