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Harold Robbins' Body Parts
''Harold Robbins' Body Parts'' is a 2001 American action film. It was one of the last films produced by Gene Corman and was written and directed by Corman's son Craig. The film was also known as ''Vital Parts'' which was the title of Harold Robbins' unpublished manuscript on which the script was based. Robbins was working on the story when he died in 1997. The film was the directorial debut of Craig Corman, who was an attorney.The film was made by New Horizons, the studio of Corman's uncle Roger Corman, and was shot in the Philippines and Hong Kong in May 1999. Premise A man gets out of prison and goes looking for revenge. Cast *Richard Grieco as Ty Kinnick *Will Stewart as J.J. Kemp *Athena Massey Athena Massey is an American actress and model best known for starring in a series of "B" pictures in the 1990s, including some for Roger Corman. Massey was a model before becoming an actress, and moved into leads with the erotic thriller ''Under ... as Rachel Kinnick *Joyce Jimenez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Robbins
Harold Robbins (May 21, 1916 – October 14, 1997) was an American author. One of the best-selling writers of all time, he wrote over 25 best-sellers, selling over 750 million copies in 32 languages. Early life Robbins was born Harold Rubin in New York City in 1916, the son of Frances "Fannie" Smith and Charles Rubin. His parents were well-educated Jewish emigrants from the Russian Empire, his father from Odessa and his mother from Neshwies ( Nyasvizh), south of Minsk. Robbins later falsely claimed to be a Jewish orphan who had been raised in a Catholic boys' home. Instead he was raised by his father, a pharmacist, and his stepmother, Blanche, in Brooklyn. Robbins dropped out of high school at 15 to enlist in the U.S. Navy.Harold Robbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Corman
Eugene Harold "Gene" Corman (September 24, 1927 – September 28, 2020) was an American film producer and agent. He was the younger brother of Roger Corman with whom he collaborated on several occasions. Biography Corman moved with his family from Detroit to California in 1940, where he attended Beverly Hills High School and Stanford University. He graduated in 1948 and went to work in the mailroom at MCA, entering the film industry before his brother. Corman became an agent and vice president of MCA Inc., MCA, representing such clients as Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Richard Conte, Harry Belafonte, and Ray Milland. Corman also represented his brother negotiating the distribution deal for the latter's first film ''Monster from the Ocean Floor''. He died at his Beverley Hills Home on September 28, 2020. Producer Corman moved into producing in the late 1950s, making a number of movies with Bernard L. Kowalski and Robert L. Lippert as well as with his brother, Roger Corman, Roge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cirio H
Cirio S.p.A. () is a major Italian food company, founded in 1856 in Turin. The company sponsored SSC Napoli in 1982–83 and 1984–85 season and SS Lazio from 1996 to 2000. History Founding and Early Success (1856–1867) Cirio was established in 1856 by Francesco Cirio, who revolutionized food preservation with the technique of "appertization," which extended the shelf life of perishable products. This innovation allowed Cirio to export fruit and vegetables globally. The company's first factory opened in Torino, and by 1867, Cirio was showcasing its products at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, where he received prestigious awards. After this, he began exporting all over the world from Liverpool to Sidney. Expansion and Legacy (1868–1900) Following Italy's unification, Cirio expanded into southern Italy, revitalizing abandoned agricultural lands and establishing new production facilities. By the end of the 19th century, Cirio had grown into one of Italy's largest food ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Concorde
New Concorde (NC) is an American film distribution company founded by Roger Corman. NC got its start in 1983 when Corman formed the production and distribution Concorde-New Horizons (CNH) as one of the first production companies to develop and take advantage of video as a distribution tool. The company was originally Concorde-New Horizons, which was itself created when Corman combined his two new companies Concorde Pictures (CP) and New Horizons Pictures in 1983. The company is now officially known as New Horizons Picture Corp. History New World Pictures Corman founded New World Productions (NWP) in 1970, and had been making low budget genre films until 1982. When larger studios began producing the same genres with larger budgets that his company could not meet, and after being approached by a consortium of attorneys wishing to buy the company, he opted in 1982 to sell his interests. Millennium Films Corman sold New World Pictures in January 1983 for $16.9 million. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Film
The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as David Bordwell suggested they were films that favor spectacle to storytelling, others such as Geoff King stated they allow the scenes of spectacle to be attuned to storytelling. Action films are often hybrid with other genres, mixing into various forms such as comedy film, comedies, science fiction films, and horror films. While the term "action film" or "action adventure film" has been used as early as the 1910s, the contemporary definition usually refers to a film that came with the arrival of New Hollywood and the rise of antihero, anti-heroes appearing in American films of the late 1960s and 1970s drawing from war films, crime films and Western (film), Westerns. These genres were followed by what is referred to as the "classical period" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Corman
Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he was known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of the more than 500 features directed or produced by Corman were low-budget films that later attracted a cult following, such as ''A Bucket of Blood'' (1959), ''The Little Shop of Horrors'' (1960), ''The Intruder (1962 film), The Intruder'' (1962), ''X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes'' (1963), and the Counterculture of the 1960s, counterculture films ''The Wild Angels'' (1966) and ''The Trip (1967 film), The Trip'' (1967). ''House of Usher (film), House of Usher'' (1960) became the first of eight films directed by Corman that were adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and which collectively came to be known as the "American International Pictures#The Corman-Poe cycle, Poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Grieco
Richard John Grieco Jr. (born March 23, 1965) is an American actor, artist, and former fashion model. He played Detective Dennis Booker in the popular Fox series ''21 Jump Street'' (1988–89) and its spin-off ''Booker'' (1989–90). He has also starred in various films, including ''If Looks Could Kill'' and '' Mobsters'' (both 1991). He has voiced characters in several video games and appeared as either himself or his ''21 Jump Street'' character in several films and television shows. Since 2009, he worked as a painter, working in a style he calls abstract emotionalism. Early life Richard Grieco was born in Watertown, New York, the son of Richard and Carolyn (née O'Reilly) Grieco. He is of Italian and Irish descent. Career Modeling, TV and film Grieco worked as a model for Armani, Calvin Klein and Chanel. His first television role was as Rick Gardner on ''One Life to Live'' from February to August 1987. In 1988, Grieco began appearing as Detective Dennis Booker on the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athena Massey
Athena Massey is an American actress and model best known for starring in a series of "B" pictures in the 1990s, including some for Roger Corman. Massey was a model before becoming an actress, and moved into leads with the erotic thriller ''Undercover'' (1995) for Gregory Dark; she later said she regretted this as it typecast her and she turned down a number of subsequent offers to make erotic thrillers. The film was described in ''Sight and Sound'' magazine as "mainstream exploitation at its most unabashed." Massey co starred with Don Wilson in two action films, ''Virtual Combat'' and ''CyberTracker 2''. She was going to make a film for Corman in Ireland called ''Desdemona and Othello'' playing Bianca in an adaptation of ''Othello'', but the project fell over shortly before filming. She played the lead in other films for Corman in Ireland such as ''Shadow of a Scream'' and ''Star Portal'', as well as making '' Termination Man'' for Corman in the Ukraine. Select filmography *''Out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Films
The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first installments of the ''Harry Potter (film series), Harry Potter'', ''Fast & Furious'', ''Spy Kids'', ''Monsters, Inc. (franchise), Monsters, Inc.'' and ''Shrek (franchise), Shrek'' franchises, and ''The Lord of the Rings (film series), The Lord of the Rings'' and ''Ocean's'' trilogies. Significant non-English language films released included ''Monsoon Wedding'', ''Amélie'' and ''Spirited Away''. There was one film, ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', that passed over $1 billion in a re-release of 2020. The inaugural entries of the ''Harry Potter'' and ''Lord of the Rings'' film franchises prompted a shift in both the film and literary communities by propelling fantasy into mainstream culture, popularising Young adult fiction, young adult novels, and reforming the Blockbuster (entertainment), blockbuster to promote film franchises and cater to fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Action Films
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s English-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a "sh" phoneme, so the derived Greek letter Sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''Samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ), "to hiss". The original name of the letter "Sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
