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Leslie Stefanson
Leslie Stefanson is an American actress and sculptor. She is most known for playing the title role as Capt. Elisabeth Campbell in the film '' The General's Daughter'', and Joan Bennett Kennedy in the television miniseries '' Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot''. Her sculpture, ''La Bestia'', won the top prize from the National Sculpture Society in 2019. Biography Stefanson was born in Fargo, North Dakota in 1971, and raised in Moorhead, Minnesota, the youngest of three girls. Her father, Randy Gustafson, was a lawyer while her mother, Corinne, operated a clothing store. She is of Icelandic heritage, with her paternal grandparents, Skúli Stefánsson and Heffie Einarson, emigrating from Iceland. She studied literature in New Jersey at Drew University and in New York City at Columbia University. In 1993, she graduated with a degree in English literature from Barnard College. She was a member of a New York theater group, modeled, and appeared in an advertisement for Lee's J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mirror Has Two Faces
''The Mirror Has Two Faces'' is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama film produced and directed by Barbra Streisand, who also stars. The screenplay by Richard LaGravenese is loosely based on the 1958 French film ''Le Miroir à deux faces'' written by André Cayatte and Gérard Oury. The film's cast includes Jeff Bridges, Pierce Brosnan, George Segal, Mimi Rogers, Brenda Vaccaro, and Lauren Bacall. The plot follows a shy, middle-aged professor (Bridges) who pursues a platonic relationship with an unlucky-in-love colleague (Streisand). The film was released in the United States on November 15, 1996, and grossed $82 million. Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and Bryan Adams composed the film's theme song " I Finally Found Someone", a duet performed by Streisand and Adams. Plot Rose Morgan, a middle-aged English literature professor at Columbia University, lives with her vain, overbearing, widowed mother, Hannah. While attending her sister Claire's third wedd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glass (2019 Film)
''Glass'' is a 2019 American superhero thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It is a crossover and sequel to Shyamalan's previous films '' Unbreakable'' (2000) and '' Split'' (2016) and the third and final installment in the ''Unbreakable'' trilogy. Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Spencer Treat Clark, and Charlayne Woodard reprise their ''Unbreakable'' roles, while James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy return as their ''Split'' characters, with Sarah Paulson, Adam David Thompson, and Luke Kirby joining the cast. The film sees David Dunn / The Overseer as he and Kevin Wendell Crumb / The Horde are captured and placed in a psychiatric facility with Elijah Price / Mr. Glass, where they contemplate the authenticity of their superhuman powers. After the Walt Disney Studios' Touchstone Pictures opted not to finance a sequel to ''Unbreakable'', Shyamalan set out to write ''Split'' using a character he had written for ''Unbreakable'' but pulled from its scrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien Hunter
''Alien Hunter'' is a 2003 American-Bulgarian science-fiction-thriller film directed by Ronald Krauss and starring James Spader, Carl Lewis and Leslie Stefanson. Plot In 1947 New Mexico, a radio operator receives a bizarre signal coming from Roswell, New Mexico. He decides to investigate its origin and disappears tracking it. In the present day, the same signal is received from the South Pole and then retransmitted from the Falkland Islands to the United States. A satellite image captures an unknown object sitting on the Antarctic snow. Cryptologist Julian Rome, a teacher at the University of California, Berkeley, is invited to investigate the mystery. He is sent to an Antarctic research base, which includes a large greenhouse of genetically modified plants being studied by scientists. They discover what appears to be an alien vehicle frozen in a large block of ice. The object is shaped like a shell or pod and is emitting the mysterious encrypted signal. Once it is released fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hunted (2003 Film)
''The Hunted'' is a 2003 American action thriller film directed by William Friedkin. It stars Tommy Lee Jones as a retired civilian contractor and SOF Trainer, who is tasked with tracking down a former student of his played by Benicio del Toro who has gone rogue; Connie Nielsen also stars. The film was released on March 14, 2003. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $46 million against its $55 million budget. Plot The movie begins with Aaron Hallam, a SOF operator, fighting as part of a unit in the war in Kosovo. Infiltrating a mosque, he successfully assassinates a genocidal Serbian military leader. Hallam is awarded the Silver Star for this act, but is left traumatized by the atrocities he witnessed. In Silver Falls State Park, Oregon, Hallam encounters two apparent deer hunters with expensive high-powered sniper rifles. He accuses them of not being genuine hunters due to their usage of guns and scopes. The two men pursue him, but are no match for his tactic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MDs (TV Series)
''MDs'' ''(Medical Doctors)'' is an American medical drama television series that aired on ABC from September 25 to December 11, 2002. It starred William Fichtner as Dr. Bruce Kellerman, Jane Lynch as Aileen Poole, and John Hannah as Dr. Robert Dalgety. The series only lasted one season, and though 11 episodes were filmed, only 8 were ever aired. The series was never released on DVD and it is very hard to find. The only known full length episodes of ''MDs'' can be found on YouTube. ''MDs'' was written and created by Gary Tieche. Dr. Robert Dalgety, a dedicated and brilliant general surgeon, and Dr. Bruce Kellerman, head of cardiothoracic surgery, are two renegade surgeons working together in a megasized, megafrugal, aging HMO. With the help of Dr. Quinn Joyner and Dr. Maggie Yang, they buck the system any way they can in pursuit of the care patients need and deserve. On the opposing team are Shelly Pangborn, the new hospital administrator, and assistant hospital administrator, Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desert Saints
''Desert Saints'' is a 2002 crime thriller film starring Kiefer Sutherland as a hitman named Arthur Banks, alongside Melora Walters as Agent Bennie Harper. The film is produced by Meg Ryan. Plot Arthur Banks (Kiefer Sutherland) is an Ivy League-educated hitman for Latin American drug cartels who picks up solitary women, uses them as cover for a hit, then kills them. His trademark is a bullet with a tungsten core. Over the years, he has become wary of the FBI's attempts to catch him, including by use of satellite and security cameras, which leads him to mostly stay in rural desert areas when not working. The FBI team is spearheaded by Agent George Scanlon (Jamey Sheridan), who lost five years of his career when Banks killed a witness he was guarding 15 years ago while leaving no evidence behind. In a desperation sting, Scanlon plants Agent Bennie Harper (Melora Walters), portraying a drifter, in Banks' path, and Banks picks her up for what he says will be his last job, a hit on a M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stickup
''The Stickup'' is a 2002 American action crime-drama film written and directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring James Spader with Leslie Stefanson and David Keith. It was released in 2002. Plot A former cop steals a half million dollars from a small-town bank. Police detective John Parker (Spader) launches a daring high-speed chase through narrow mountain passes to catch him. In order to prove his innocence, he finds Natalie Wright. Cast *James Spader as John Parker *Leslie Stefanson as Natalie Wright * David Keith as Ray DeCarlo * John Livingston as FBI Agent Rick Kendall *Robert Miano as Lt. Vincent Marino *Alf Humphreys as Mike O'Grady * Tim Henry as Arlen Morris *Mark Holden as Roy Freeman * Scott Heindl as Steve Spizak *Alex Zahara as Tommy Meeker *Alvin Sanders as Harris * Cindy Maines as Female Teller *Karin Konoval Karin Konoval ( ; born June 4, 1961) is a Canadian-American actress who has appeared in theatre, numerous TV series and supporting lead roles in many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unbreakable (film)
''Unbreakable'' is a 2000 American psychological superhero film written, produced, and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, and starring Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, and Robin Wright. It is the first installment in the ''Unbreakable'' film series. In ''Unbreakable'', David Dunn (Willis) survives a train crash with no injuries, leading to the realization that he harbors superhuman abilities. As he begins to grapple with this discovery, he comes to the attention of disabled comic book store owner Elijah Price (Jackson), who manipulates David to understand him. Shyamalan organized the narrative of ''Unbreakable'' to parallel a comic book's traditional three-part story structure. After settling on the origin story, Shyamalan wrote the screenplay as a speculative screenplay with Willis already set to star in the film and Jackson in mind to portray Elijah Price. Filming began in April 2000 and was completed in July. ''Unbreakable'' was released on November 22, 2000. It rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beautiful (2000 Film)
''Beautiful'' is a 2000 American comedy drama film directed by Sally Field (in her feature film directorial debut), starring Minnie Driver and Hallie Eisenberg. The plot deals with the sacrifices that contestants in the Miss America pageant typically must make. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released theatrically on September 29, 2000. It received negative reviews and was a commercial disappointment. Plot Mona Hibbard is a young woman from a troubled home who has one overarching goal: to become the winner of the Miss American Miss pageant. Her mother is an alcoholic who graduates from berating her young daughter for not doing well in kids' pageants to declaring she will not provide any money or support for Mona if she keeps competing. Mona becomes best friends with Ruby Stilwell, and Ruby's kind grandmother joins her sweet granddaughter to support Mona as she begins her steady rise through the beauty pageant ranks. Mona becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Break Up (1998 Film)
A breakup is the termination of a usually intimate relationship by any means other than death. Break Up may also refer to: Film * Break Up (1965 film), ''Break Up'' (1965 film), also known as ''The Man with the Balloons'', an Italian film directed by Marco Ferreri * ''Ceremony of Disbanding'', a 1967 Japanese yakuza film also known as ''The Breakup'' * Break Up (1978 film), ''Break Up'' (1978 film), starring Tony Musante and Ornella Muti * Break Up (1998 film), ''Break Up'' (1998 film), starring Bridget Fonda, Kiefer Sutherland, and Steven Weber * ''The Break-Up'', a 2006 film starring Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston Television * Break Up (TV program), ''Break Up'' (TV program), starring Bernadette Peters and Carl Ballantine * The Break-Up (30 Rock), "The Break-Up" (''30 Rock''), a television episode * The Break Up (Glee), "The Break Up" (''Glee''), a television episode * The Break-Up (Recess), "The Break-Up" (''Recess''), a television episode Music * Break Up (album), ''Break U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |