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Joe Wizan
Joe Wizan (January 7, 1935 – March 21, 2011) was an American film producer and studio executive. He was head of 20th Century Fox's motion picture division from 1983 to 1984. His credits as a producer or executive producer include '' Jeremiah Johnson'', ''Junior Bonner'', '' The Last American Hero'', '' Audrey Rose'', '' Along Came a Spider'' and '' Dark Night of the Scarecrow''. Wizan died on March 21, 2011, at an assisted-living facility in Westlake Village, California Westlake Village is a city in Los Angeles County, California, on its western border with Ventura County. Upon its incorporation in 1981, Westlake Village became the 82nd municipality of Los Angeles County.Baker, Pam (2002). ''Thousand Oaks We .... He was 76. After leaving as president of 20th Century Fox Productions in July 1984, he resumed his independent producer status at the studio. In 1987, Joe Wizan Productions decided to invest in a $5 million Canadian investment firm for the total financing of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And Justice For All (film)
''...And Justice for All'' is a 1979 American legal drama film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Al Pacino, Jack Warden and John Forsythe. Lee Strasberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Lahti, Craig T. Nelson, Thomas Waites and Sam Levene (in his final screen performance) appear in supporting roles. The Oscar-nominated screenplay is written by Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson. It was filmed in Baltimore, including the courthouse area. It received two Academy Award nominations: Best Actor (Pacino) and Best Original Screenplay (Curtin and Levinson). The film includes a well-known scene in which Pacino's character yells, "''You're'' out of order! ''You're'' out of order! The ''whole trial'' is out of order!" Plot Arthur Kirkland, a Baltimore defense attorney, is in jail on a contempt-of-court charge after punching Judge Henry T. Fleming while arguing the case of Jeff McCullaugh. McCullaugh was stopped for a minor traffic offense, then mistaken for a killer of the same n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
''Wrestling Ernest Hemingway'' is a 1993 American romantic drama film written by Steve Conrad and directed by Randa Haines, starring Richard Harris, Robert Duvall, Sandra Bullock, Shirley MacLaine, and Piper Laurie. The film is about two elderly men in Florida who form a friendship and the romantic relationships they have with the women in their respective lives. ''Wrestling Ernest Hemingway'' garnered mixed reviews from critics, praising the performances but criticized the overly melodramatic and sentimental direction of the plot. It was also a box-office bomb, grossing $278,720 against a $20 million budget. Plot Frank is a retired Irish seaman. Walter is a retired Cuban barber. They are two lonely old men living in Florida, trapped in the emptiness of their own lives. When they meet in a park, the flamboyant Frank is finally able to start a conversation with the introverted Walter after several attempts. They begin to spend time together and become friends, sometimes meeting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Class Act
''Class Act'' is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Randall Miller and starring hip-hop duo Kid 'n Play. An urban retelling of Mark Twain's ''The Prince and the Pauper'', the film was written by Cynthia Friedlob and John Semper from a story by Michael Swerdlick, Richard Brenne and Wayne Allan Rice. Filmed at Van Nuys High School in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles, it is the third of five films starring Kid 'n Play, following ''House Party'' (1990) and ''House Party 2'' (1991), and preceding ''House Party 3'' (1994) and '' House Party: Tonight's the Night'' (2013). Plot Genius high school student Duncan Pinderhughes is getting ready for graduation, but is somewhat disheartened to find out that, despite his perfect SAT score and 4.0 GPA, prestigious Hafford University (parody of Harvard University) will not admit him unless he can pass phys. ed. Ex-convict Michael "Blade" Brown is released from jail, and told by his parole officer that the condition of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
''Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot'' is a 1992 American buddy cop action comedy directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Sylvester Stallone and Estelle Getty. The film was released in the United States on February 21, 1992. The film received highly negative reviews upon release but grossed $70.6 million worldwide. The film is generally considered a lesser film in Stallone's catalog. In 2006, in response to a question about the films Stallone regretted starring in, this film was the first one he mentioned. Plot After a successful sting operation-turned-shootout, LAPD Sergeant Joe Bomowski tries to call his elderly mother, Tutti, at home in Newark, New Jersey. He is dating his superior, Lieutenant Gwen Harper, who accuses him of calling another woman and ends their relationship. His mother arrives in Los Angeles for a visit, and Joe is mortified by the well-meaning but overbearing Tutti, who embarrasses him even while talking a suicidal man off a ledge. Disapproving of Joe's bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Time
is the German name for a program of state wage subsidies in which private-sector employees agree to or are forced to accept a reduction in working hours and pay, with public subsidies making up for all or part of the lost wages. Several Central European countries use such subsidies to limit the impact on the economy as a whole or a particular sector from short-term threats such as a recession, pandemic, or natural disaster. The idea is to temporarily subsidize companies to avoid layoffs or bankruptcies during a temporary external disruption. Most notably, such subsidy programs were used to offset the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and recession starting in 2020. Austria In Austria, the introduction of requires a special arrangement between what are called the "social partners" of Austrian collective bargaining—the Chamber of Commerce representing employers and the labor unions representing employees—on the scope and duration of the ' arrangement, the conditions for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian (1990 Film)
''The Guardian'' is a 1990 American supernatural horror film co-written and directed by William Friedkin, and starring Jenny Seagrove as a mysterious nanny who is hired by new parents, played by Dwier Brown and Carey Lowell, to care for their infant son; the couple soon discover the nanny to be a hamadryad, whose previous clients' children went missing under her care. The film is based on the novel ''The Nanny'', by Dan Greenburg. Director Sam Raimi was originally attached to the project, before dropping out to direct '' Darkman''. Heavily marketed as director Friedkin's first foray into the horror genre since 1973's ''The Exorcist ''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay by William Peter Blatty, based on The Exorcist (novel), his 1971 novel. The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller (play ...'', the film had a troubled production, with the script undergoing changes that continued well i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spellbinder (film)
''Spellbinder'' is a 1988 American witchcraft-themed horror film directed by Janet Greek, starring Timothy Daly and Kelly Preston. The screenplay was written by Tracy Tormé. The original music score was written by Basil Poledouris. The film was marketed with the tagline "A nightmare of illusion and betrayal". Plot Miranda Reed (Kelly Preston) is saved from an abusive boyfriend by Los Angeles attorney Jeff Mills (Tim Daly) and his lawyer friend and coworker Derek Clayton. The boyfriend makes threats at Jeff, but eventually leaves. As Miranda has no home, Jeff offers to let her stay at his. Jeff becomes romantically involved with Miranda, despite the ominous things that keep happening since he has met her. Jeff invites his coworkers to his home for a party and for them to meet Miranda. All of them like Miranda, except for Grace, Jeff's secretary, who notices Miranda's strange behaviors, e.g., referring to the winter solstice as a "holy night," and taking a turkey out with her ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Split Decisions
''Split Decisions'' is a 1988 American crime drama sports film directed by David Drury and starring Craig Sheffer, Jeff Fahey and Gene Hackman. Plot On the east side of New York City, boxing trainer Danny McGuinn is trying to prepare one of his sons, Eddie, to earn a chance to fight in the Olympic Games, while his other son, Ray, has fallen in with shady men from organized crime. After Ray is killed, Eddie discovers that an opposing boxer, Pedroza, was involved in his brother’s death and challenges him to a bout in the hopes of securing revenge. Eddie defeats Pedroza after a hard-fought match, and the film ends with the remaining McGuinns celebrating victoriously. Cast * Craig Sheffer as Eddie McGuinn * Jeff Fahey as Ray McGuinn * Gene Hackman as Danny McGuinn * John McLiam as Pop McGuinn * Jennifer Beals as Barbara Uribe * Eddie Velez as Julian 'The Snake' Pedroza * Carmine Caridi as Lou Rubia * James Tolkan as Benny Pistone * David Labiosa as Rudy * Harry Van Dyke as Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tough Guys
''Tough Guys'' is a 1986 American action comedy film directed by Jeff Kanew and starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Eli Wallach, Charles Durning, Dana Carvey, and Darlanne Fluegel. It is the eighth film of Touchstone Pictures, and the final film to be released from Douglas's Bryna Productions. Lancaster and Douglas had already made several films together, including '' I Walk Alone'' (1948), '' Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'' (1957), '' The Devil's Disciple'' (1959), '' The List of Adrian Messenger'' (1963), and '' Seven Days in May'' (1964), becoming something of a team in the public's eye. Douglas was always second-billed under Lancaster, but, except ''I Walk Alone'', in which Douglas played a villain, and ''The List of Adrian Messenger'', in which Lancaster cameoed, their roles were more or less of equal importance. ''Tough Guys'' was their final collaboration. Adolph Caesar, who was originally going to star as Leon B. Little, died of complications from a heart attack on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Eagle
''Iron Eagle'' is a 1986 action film directed by Sidney J. Furie who co-wrote the screenplay with Kevin Alyn Elders, and starring Jason Gedrick and Louis Gossett Jr.Mann, Roderick"Sidney Furie leads the cheer for 'Iron Eagle'." ''Los Angeles Times'', February 2, 1986. Retrieved: October 27, 2010. The film is unfavorably compared to the similarly-themed '' Top Gun'' released the same year. It is the first installment of the ''Iron Eagle'' film series and was followed by three sequels: '' Iron Eagle II'', '' Aces: Iron Eagle III'', and '' Iron Eagle on the Attack'', with Gossett being the only actor to appear in all four films. Plot Doug Masters, son of veteran U.S. Air Force pilot Colonel Ted Masters, is a hotshot civilian pilot hoping to follow in his father's role. He receives a notice of rejection from the Air Force Academy, and his father has been shot down and captured by the fictional Arab state of Bilya while patrolling over the Mediterranean Sea. Though the inciden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |