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Ian Porter (actor)
Ian Porter (born April 12, 1965, in Newport Pagnell, UK) is an English actor. Early career Ian Porter's family hails from Coventry, but his family moved to Los Angeles when he was only 1 year old. He lived in Torrance, California until he graduated from Long Beach State University. He has been living and working in Britain since 1988. Theatre * Justin Moskova and Albert Palmer in ''Rare Earth Mettle'' at the Royal Court Theatre *Sheriff Talbott in ''Orpheus Descending'' at the Menier Chocolate Factory / Theatre Clwyd *Hershey Green in ''Desperate Measures'' at Clerkenwell Prison *Buzzy Banks in ''The Trial of Jane Fonda'' at The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh * Bill Ray in ''On Golden Pond'' at the Salisbury Playhouse * Boolie in ''Driving Miss Daisy'' UK tour 2012 (starring Gwen Taylor and Don Warrington) * Slim in ''Of Mice And Men'' at the Watermill Theatre * Company member in ''August:Osage County'' at the National Theatre * ''You Can’t Take It With You'' and ''The Archbishop’ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newport Pagnell
Newport Pagnell is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The Office for National Statistics records Newport Pagnell as part of the Milton Keynes urban area. It is separated from the rest of the urban area by the M1 motorway, on which Newport Pagnell services, Newport Pagnell Services, the second motorway service station, service station to be opened in the United Kingdom, is located. The town is more widely known for having the only remaining vellum manufacturer in the United Kingdom, and being the original home of the exclusive sports car manufacturer Aston Martin. History The town was first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Neuport'', Old English language, Old English for 'New Market Town', but by that time, the old Anglo-Saxon town was dominated by the Normans, Norman invaders. The suffix 'Pagnell' came later when the Manorialism, manor passed into the hands of the Pagnell (Paynel) family. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby Playhouse
Derby Playhouse was a theatre production company based in Derby, England and the former name of the theatre which it owned and operated from its opening in 1975 until 2008, when the company ceased operating after a period in administration. The theatre was subsequently reopened in 2009 as the Derby Theatre and is now owned and operated by the University of Derby, where it currently runs itTheatre Artsdegree. During its tenure at the theatre, the Derby Playhouse company gained a national reputation for its productions, particularly the works of Stephen Sondheim. It also premiered new theatrical works as well as giving the regional premieres of several others. History The original Playhouse had opened as the Little Theatre in a converted church hall on Becket Street in 1948. In 1952, the company moved to another converted venue in Sacheverel Street and survived a major fire in 1956. In the 1960s and early 1970s the British government invested in the Arts Council of Great Britain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien Autopsy (2006 Film)
''Alien Autopsy'' is a 2006 British comedy film with elements of science fiction directed by Jonny Campbell. Written by William Davies, it relates the events surrounding the infamous " alien autopsy" film promoted by Ray Santilli and stars Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, also known as Ant & Dec, as Santilli and Gary Shoefield. The film was a moderate commercial success domestically, making no. 3 on the British box office chart. Plot The film is framed by Ray Santilli and his friend Gary Shoefield retelling the events to a documentary maker named Morgan Banner. In 1995, Ray and Gary go to the United States to find Elvis memorabilia to sell on the market stall Ray runs in London. A former US Army cameraman, Harvey, sells them a silent black and white film of Elvis performing live, but later returns with an intriguing offer. Harvey takes Ray to Miami, Florida to see a film from 1947, showing the autopsy of an alien supposedly killed in a UFO crash in Roswell, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Corners
''Dark Corners'' is a 2006 horror-thriller film directed by Ray Gower and starring Thora Birch. Plot Birch plays two characters, alternating between them each time she falls asleep, each of whom believes that the other is a dream. The first of them, Karen Clarke, is a mortuary worker who awakes to find that she has injuries which she does not recall receiving, and the second is Susan Hamilton, an office worker who is preparing to undergo artificial insemination. As time passes Clarke's world becomes increasingly nightmarish, with a corpse coming to life on her table and a serial killer stalking her, and the line between the two worlds becomes increasingly fragile. Cast *Thora Birch as Susan Hamilton / Karen Clarke *Toby Stephens as Dr. Woodleigh *Christien Anholt as David Hamilton *Joanna Hole as Elaine Jordan *Glenn Beck Glenn Lee Beck (born February 10, 1964) is an American conservative political commentator, radio host, entrepreneur, and television producer. He is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mr Bean's Holiday
''Mr. Bean's Holiday'' is a 2007 comedy film directed by Steve Bendelack and written by Hamish McColl and Robin Driscoll, from a story penned by Simon McBurney. Based on the British sitcom series ''Mr. Bean'' created by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis, it is a standalone sequel to ''Bean'' (1997). The film stars Atkinson in the title role, with Max Baldry, Emma de Caunes, Willem Dafoe and Karel Roden in supporting roles. In the film, Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes, France, but on his way there, he is mistaken for both a kidnapper and an award-winning filmmaker when he travels with both a Russian filmmaker's son and an aspiring actress in tow. Produced by StudioCanal, Working Title Films and Tiger Aspect Films, the film was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 30 March 2007 and in the United States on 24 August 2007 by Universal Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics, though it was generally considered to be an improvement over its predecessor. The film w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finding Rin Tin Tin
''Finding Rin Tin Tin'' is a 2007 Bulgarian–American family comedy film directed by Israeli filmmaker Danny Lerner. Based loosely on historical events, the film is the most recent in a long line that includes the character Rin Tin Tin. Plot The film tells the story of the original Rin Tin Tin, the legendary German Shepherd, found shortly before the end of World War I by American serviceman Lee Duncan as a shell-shocked puppy in Lorraine, France. The dog was taken to America and became the hero of several films made in the 1920s and 1930s. Cast * Tyler Jensen as Lee Duncan * Ben Cross as Nikolaus * Gregory Gudgeon as Gaston * Steve O'Donnell as Johnson * William Hope as Major Snickens * Todd Jensen as Captain Sandman * Ivan Renkov as Jacques * Ian Porter as Lt. Bryant * Garrick Hagon as The General * Michal Yanai as Monique * Wesley Stiller as Steve ;As Rin Tin Tin * Oskar * Sunny * Mira * Zuza * Lana (''teenage'') * Andy (''teenage'') Reception ''Finding Rin Tin Tin'' is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulliver's Travels (2010 Film)
''Gulliver's Travels'' is a 2010 American fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Rob Letterman in his live-action directorial debut, produced by John Davis and Gregory Goodman, written by Joe Stillman and Nicholas Stoller with music by Henry Jackman. It is very loosely based on Part One of the 1726 novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift, though the film takes place in the modern day. It stars Jack Black in the title role, Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Chris O'Dowd, T.J Miller, James Corden and Catherine Tate, and is exclusively distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film was theatrically released on December 25, 2010, in the United States. Even though the film received generally negative reviews, it earned $237.4 million on a $112 million budget. ''Gulliver's Travels'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on April 19, 2011, by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Survivor (film)
''Survivor'' is a 2015 British-American action spy thriller film directed by James McTeigue and written by Philip Shelby. The film stars Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan, Robert Forster, Angela Bassett, Roger Rees, Antonia Thomas, James D'Arcy, Frances de la Tour, Genevieve O'Reilly, and Dylan McDermott. The film was released in cinemas in the United Kingdom on June 5, 2015, and direct-to-video in the United States on June 23, 2015. Plot The film opens with a firefight in the Middle East, where Johnny Talbot (Paddy Wallace), an American soldier, is captured by Islamic terrorists and forced to witness the execution of his comrade, Ray (Parker Sawyers). Kate Abbott (Milla Jovovich) is a Diplomatic Security Service agent working for the American Embassy in London, who began working in the government after most of her friends were killed in 9/11. While she is implementing new, more stringent rules for visa applications of potential terrorist suspects, most of her team are kille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumbo (2019 Film)
''Dumbo'' is a 2019 American fantasy period adventure film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay written by Ehren Kruger. The film is a live-action adaptation and reimagining of Walt Disney's 1941 animated film of the same name, which is based on the novel by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl. The film stars Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green and Alan Arkin. The story follows a family that works at a failing traveling circus as they encounter a baby elephant with extremely large ears who is capable of flying. Plans for a live-action film adaptation of ''Dumbo'' were announced in 2014, and Burton was confirmed as director in March 2015. Most of the cast signed on for the feature in March 2017 and principal photography lasted from July to November 2017 in England. It was the first of five live-action adaptations of prior animated Disney films released in 2019, along with ''Aladdin'', ''The Lion King'', '' Maleficent: Mistress of Evil'', and '' Lady an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel Has Fallen
''Angel Has Fallen'' is a 2019 American action thriller film directed by Ric Roman Waugh. It is the third installment in the ''Has Fallen'' film series, following ''Olympus Has Fallen'' (2013) and ''London Has Fallen'' (2016). The film stars Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lance Reddick, Tim Blake Nelson, Piper Perabo, Nick Nolte, and Danny Huston. The plot again follows United States Secret Service agent Mike Banning as he races against time to clear his name after being framed for a drone attack on the President of the United States, Allan Trumbull. The film was officially announced in October 2016, and Roman Waugh was hired in July 2017. New members of the cast were added in early 2018, and filming began in February of that year around Bulgaria and the United Kingdom. The film was released in the United States on August 23, 2019, by Lionsgate. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $146 million worldwide. Plans for future sequels and TV spin-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King's Man
''The King's Man'' is a 2021 spy action film directed by Matthew Vaughn from a screenplay by Vaughn and Karl Gajdusek and a story by Vaughn. The third installment in the British ''Kingsman'' film series, which is based on the comic book ''The Secret Service'' (later retitled to ''Kingsman'') by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons, it is a prequel to '' Kingsman: The Secret Service'' (2014) and '' Kingsman: The Golden Circle'' (2017). Its ensemble cast includes Ralph Fiennes (also one of its executive producers), Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Harris Dickinson, Daniel Brühl, Djimon Hounsou, and Charles Dance. It focuses on several events during World War I and the birth of the Kingsman organisation. It was released in the United States on 22 December 2021, and in the United Kingdom on 26 December 2021 by 20th Century Studios, delayed several times from an original November 2019 release date, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It received mixed reviews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phantom Of The Open
''The Phantom of the Open'' is a 2021 British biographical comedy-drama film directed by Craig Roberts, about the exploits of Maurice Flitcroft. The screenplay by Simon Farnaby was based upon the biography ''The Phantom of the Open: Maurice Flitcroft, The World's Worst Golfer'' by Farnaby and Scott Murray. The film stars Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans, Jake Davies, Christian and Jonah Lees, Mark Lewis Jones and Johann Myers. ''The Phantom of the Open'' had its world premiere at the 65th BFI London Film Festival on 12 October 2021, and was released in the United Kingdom on 18 March 2022, by Entertainment One. It received positive reviews. Cast * Mark Rylance as Maurice Flitcroft * Sally Hawkins as Jean Flitcroft * Rhys Ifans as Keith Mackenzie * Jake Davies as Michael Flitcroft * Christian Lees as Gene Flitcroft * Jonah Lees as James Flitcroft * Mark Lewis Jones as Cliff * Johann Myers as Willie * Nigel Betts as Tony Marsh * Steve Oram as Gerald Hopkins * Tim Steed as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
