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John Wilkinson (sound Engineer)
John K. "Doc" Wilkinson (April 13, 1920 – April 28, 2002) was an acclaimed American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound and was nominated for another two in the same category. He was also nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Sound as well as for five Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Sound Mixing. Early life Born in Hartford, Connecticut, John K. Wilkinson initially studied at a seminary before pursuing a career in sound engineering. He earned a Ph.D. in design and engineering from Yale University, which honed his technical expertise. Known as "Doc" for his doctorate and scholarly approach to sound, he became a prominent figure in Hollywood’s sound mixing industry. Career John's work left a significant mark on Hollywood, contributing to more than 140 films across various genres between 1956 and 1992 including The Ten Commandments (1956 film), Breakfast at Tiffany's (film), Hell Is for Heroes (film), Hud (1963 film), Seconds (1966 film), Badlands ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The city, located in Hartford County, Connecticut, Hartford County, had a population of 121,054 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Hartford is the most populous city in the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, Capitol Planning Region and the core city of the Greater Hartford metropolitan area with 1.17 million residents. Founded in 1635, Hartford is among the oldest cities in the United States. It is home to the country's oldest public art museum (Wadsworth Atheneum), the oldest publicly funded park (Bushnell Park), the oldest continuously published newspaper (the ''Hartford Courant''), the second-oldest secondary school (Hartford Public High School), and the oldest school for deaf children (American School for the Deaf), founded by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet in 1817. It is the location of the Mark Twain House, in which the author Mark Twain wrote his most famous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marathon Man (film)
''Marathon Man'' is a 1976 American thriller film directed by John Schlesinger. It was adapted by William Goldman from his 1974 novel of the same title and stars Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane and Marthe Keller. In the film, "Babe" Levy, a graduate student, becomes embroiled in a plot by Nazi war criminal Christian Szell to retrieve ill-gotten diamonds from a safe deposit box owned by Szell's dead brother. Babe becomes unwittingly involved due to his brother Doc's dealings with Szell. The film was a critical and box-office success. Olivier received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Szell, the film's antagonist. Plot Thomas Babington "Babe" Levy is a history student and distance runner who seeks to rehabilitate the memory of his father, who took his own life during McCarthyism. During a training session in Central Park, Babe witnesses a fiery car accident that kills Klaus Szell, the brother of Nazi war criminal Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malone (film)
''Malone'' is a 1987 American action thriller film starring Burt Reynolds in the eponymous role alongside Cliff Robertson, Cynthia Gibb, Lauren Hutton, Scott Wilson, and Kenneth McMillan. It is an adaptation of William P. Wingate's novel ''Shotgun'', written by Christopher Frank and Rudy Wurlitzer, and directed by Harley Cokeliss (credited under his birth name Harley Cokliss). Plot Richard Malone is a covert CIA operative specializing in assassinations, but has grown disillusioned with his line of work and suddenly resigns, much to the chagrin of his superiors. Malone begins driving aimlessly before his Ford Mustang breaks down in a rural Oregon valley. Malone pushes it to a gas station and garage owned by Paul Barlow, who runs the station with his 17-year-old daughter Jo. Barlow suggests the fastest way to repair the car is to tow it 60 miles to a larger service station. Malone opts to wait for the necessary parts to arrive. Paul invites Malone to stay in the spare room. Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Way Out (1987 Film)
''No Way Out'' is a 1987 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson, and starring Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Will Patton, and Sean Young. Howard Duff, George Dzundza, Jason Bernard, Fred Thompson, and Iman appear in supporting roles. The film is based on the 1946 novel '' The Big Clock'' by Kenneth Fearing, previously filmed as '' The Big Clock'' (1948) and '' Police Python 357'' (1976). Plot In a house near the Pentagon, Lieutenant Commander Tom Farrell of the Office of Naval Intelligence is under interrogation, asked how he came to meet Secretary of Defense David Brice. Six months earlier, Farrell is invited to an inaugural ball by his college friend Scott Pritchard, who introduces him to his boss, Secretary Brice. Farrell meets Susan Atwell, and they begin an affair just before he ships out for the Philippines. After Farrell risks his life to save a shipmate at sea, Brice hires him to act as his eyes and ears within the CIA. Returning to Washin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platoon (film)
''Platoon'' is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, and Johnny Depp. It is the first film of a trilogy of Vietnam War films directed by Stone, followed by ''Born on the Fourth of July (film), Born on the Fourth of July'' (1989) and ''Heaven & Earth (1993 film), Heaven & Earth'' (1993). The film, based on Stone's experience from the war, follows a new United States Army, U.S. Army volunteer (Sheen) serving in Vietnam while his Platoon Sergeant and his Squad Leader (Berenger and Dafoe) argue over the morality in the platoon and of the war itself. Stone wrote the screenplay based upon his experiences as a U.S. infantryman in Vietnam, to counter the vision of the war portrayed in John Wayne's ''The Green Berets (film), The Green Berets''. Although he wrote scripts for films such as ''Midnight Express (film), Midnight Express'' and Scarface (198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Final Chapter
The Final Chapter may refer to: Film * '' Walking Tall: Final Chapter'', the third ''Walking Tall'' film, released in 1977 * '' Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter'', the fourth ''Friday the 13th'' film, released in 1984 * '' Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter'', a 1988 anime television film based on the ''Maison Ikkoku'' manga series, aired in 1988 * '' Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter'', the fifth ''Urusei Yatsura'' film, released in 1988 * '' Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter'', the fifth ''Puppet Master'' film, released in 1994 * '' Lake Placid: The Final Chapter'', the fourth ''Lake Placid'' film, released in 2012 * '' Saw 3D: The Final Chapter'', the seventh ''Saw'' film, released in 2010 * ''Shrek Forever After'', the fourth ''Shrek'' film, sometimes referred to as ''Shrek: The Final Chapter'', released in 2010 * '' Resident Evil: The Final Chapter'', the sixth ''Resident Evil'' film, released in 2017 Music * ''The Final Chapter'' (Hypocrisy album), 1997 * ''The Final Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Right Of Way (film)
A right of way (also right-of-way) is a specific route that people, animals, vehicles, watercraft, or utility lines travel, or the legal status that gives them the right to do so. Rights-of-way in the physical sense include controlled-access highways, railroads, canals, hiking paths, bridle paths for horses, bicycle paths, the routes taken by high-voltage lines (also known as wayleave), utility tunnels, or simply the paved or unpaved local roads used by different types of traffic. The term ''highway'' is often used in legal contexts in the sense of "main way" to mean any public-use road or any public-use road or path. Some are restricted as to mode of use (for example, pedestrians only, bridleway, pedestrians, horse and cycle riders, vehicles capable of a minimum speed). Rights-of-way in the legal sense (the right to pass through or to operate a transportation facility) can be created in a number of different ways. In some cases, a government, transportation company, or conser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Money (1983 Film)
''Easy Money'' is a 1983 American comedy film starring Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Candice Azzara, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. It was directed by James Signorelli and written by Dangerfield, Michael Endler, P. J. O'Rourke and Dennis Blair. The original music score was composed by Laurence Rosenthal. Billy Joel performed the theme song "Easy Money" from his album '' An Innocent Man''. Plot Montgomery "Monty" Capuletti is a hard-living, heavy-drinking, pot-smoking, gambling family man who makes his living as a baby photographer in New Dorp, Staten Island. He loves his wife Rose but has a very tense relationship with his wealthy, snobbish mother-in-law, Mrs. Monahan, who runs a successful department store chain and hates the way Monty acts and lives. There is an added ethnic rivalry between Monty and his wife's family, as he is Italian and they are Irish. The irresponsible Monty cannot even pick up a wedding cake for his engaged daughter Allison without ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outland (film)
''Outland'' is a 1981 science fiction film, science fiction thriller film written and directed by Peter Hyams and starring Sean Connery, Peter Boyle and Frances Sternhagen. Set on Jupiter's moon Io (moon), Io, it has been described as a space Western and bears narrative and thematic resemblances to the 1952 film ''High Noon''.Arnold, Gary.Unlikely 'Outland". ''The Washington Post'', 23 May 1981. Retrieved: 2008-07-09Blowen, Michael. REVIEWS: "Outland is Western out of This World". ''Boston Globe, The Boston Globe'', 22 May 1981. Retrieved: 2008-07-09 The film depicts a new marshal who begins work at a mining facility on the moon Io. There he discovers a dirty secret but runs into dead ends as he tries to uncover those behind it, who also attempt to silence him. Plot Federal Marshal William O'Niel is assigned to a tour of duty at the titanium ore mining outpost Con-Am 27, operated by the company Con-Amalgamated on the Jupiter, Jovian moon of Io. Conditions on Io are difficult; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Darlings
''Little Darlings'' is a 1980 American teen comedy-drama film starring Tatum O'Neal and Kristy McNichol and featuring Armand Assante and Matt Dillon. It was directed by Ronald F. Maxwell. The screenplay was written by Kimi Peck and Dalene Young and the original music score was composed by Charles Fox. The film was marketed with the tagline "Don't let the title fool you", a reference to a scene in which the character of Angel tells Randy, "Don't let the name fool you." Film critic Roger Ebert said of the film that it "somehow does succeed in treating the awesome and scary subject of sexual initiation with some of the dignity it deserves." Plot A group of teenage girls head to Camp Little Wolf, an all-girls camp, for the summer. The group includes Angel Bright, a cynical, streetwise girl, and Ferris Whitney, a romantic, naive rich girl. The two immediately develop a dislike for one another, and to their dismay learn they must share a cabin. Cinder Carlson, an arrogant tee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Gigolo
''American Gigolo'' is a 1980 American neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader, and starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton. It tells the story of a high-priced escort in Los Angeles (Gere) who becomes romantically involved with a prominent politician's wife (Hutton), while simultaneously becoming the prime suspect in a murder case. The film established Gere as a leading man, and was one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to include frontal male nudity from its main star. It is also notable for its Golden Globe–nominated musical score, composed by Giorgio Moroder, and number-one single " Call Me" by Blondie. Schrader considers it one of four similar films, which he calls "double bookends": '' Taxi Driver'', bookended by '' Light Sleeper'', and ''American Gigolo'' bookended by '' The Walker''. Plot Julian Kay is a male escort in Los Angeles whose clientele are upper-class women. His job supports and requires an expensive taste in cars and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amityville Horror (1979 Film)
''The Amityville Horror'' is a 1979 American supernatural horror film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, and starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder, and Rod Steiger. The film follows a young couple who purchase a home haunted by combative supernatural forces. It is based on Jay Anson's 1977 book of the same name, which documented the alleged paranormal experiences of the Lutz family who briefly resided in the Amityville, New York home where Ronald DeFeo Jr. committed the mass murder of his family in 1974. It is the first entry in the long-running ''Amityville Horror'' film series, and was remade in 2005. Executive producer Samuel Z. Arkoff originated the project after purchasing the right's to Anson's book, and it was initially conceived as a television film, which Anson adapted himself. When Arkoff rejected the teleplay, it was reworked by screenwriter Sandor Stern as a feature film. The producers intended to shoot the film in the actual DeFeo residence, but its owners denied the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
