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Loop (1997 Film)
''Loop'' is a 1997 British romantic comedy feature film produced by Tedi De Toledo and Michael Riley. It was written by Tim Pears and is the debut film of director Allan Niblo. The writer of ''Loop'', Tim Pears, also wrote the novel for '' In a Land of Plenty'' which was turned into an acclaimed 10-part TV drama serial for the BBC and produced by the London-based production company Sterling Pictures and Talkback Productions. Plot In ''Loop'', the main character, Rachel, is dumped by her boyfriend and exacts revenge. This film is classified as a romantic comedy. Cast * Andy Serkis as Bill * Susannah York as Olivia * Tony Selby as Tom * Moya Brady as Waitress * Willie Ross as Geordie Trucker * Heather Craney ... Cashier * Howard Lee ... Bank Clerk * Paul Ryan ... City Barman * Emer McCourt as Rachel * Jayne Ashbourne as Hannah * Gideon Turner as Jason * Alisa Bosschaert as Sarah * Paul Daly a Jack * Evelyn Doggart as Jean * Emer McCourt as Rachel * Maya Saxton as Jenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Niblo
Allan Niblo is a British film producer and director. He co-founded Vertigo Films in 2002. Filmography Producer * ''Human Traffic'' (1999) * '' South West 9'' (2001) * '' The Football Factory'' (2004) * ''It's All Gone Pete Tong'' (2004) * '' The Business'' (2005) * ''WΔZ'' (2007) * ''Outlaw'' (2007) * ''Monsters'' (2010) * '' Monsters: Dark Continent'' (2014) * '' Book of Love'' (2022) Executive producer * '' Dirty Sanchez: The Movie'' (2006) * '' The Wake Wood'' (2011) * '' Horrid Henry: The Movie'' (2011) * ''The Facility'' (2012) Awards * BAFTA – Cymru Award Nominations * Genie Award – Best Motion Picture for ''It's All Gone Pete Tong'' * Leo Award The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry. Held each May or June in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the Leo Awards were founded by the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British C ... – Feature Length Drama: Best Feature Length Drama for ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Ross (actor)
Willie Ross may refer to: * Willie Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock (1911–1988), Scottish Labour Party politician, Secretary of State for Scotland 1964–1970 1974–1976 * Willie Ross (footballer, born 1919) Willie Ross (2 May 1919 – 1990) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Career Born in Glasgow, Ross played for Yoker Athletic, Arbroath, Bradford City and Portadown. His son Trevor was a professional footballe ... (1919–1990), Scottish football player * Willie Ross (football manager) (died 1985), Scottish football player and manager (Derry City) * William Ross (Unionist politician) (born 1936), former Ulster Unionist MP for Londonderry 1974–1983 and East Londonderry 1983–2001 * Willie Ross (piper) (1878–1966), Scottish bagpipe player * Willie Ross (American football) (born 1941), American football player See also * William Ross (other) {{hndis, name=Ross, Willie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s English-language Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valerian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Romantic Comedy Films
Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 16 – Murder of Ennis Cosby: Near Interstate 405 (California) on a Los Angeles freeway, Bill Cosby's son Ennis is shot in the head in a failed robbery attempt. * January 17 – A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. * January 18 – In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 6 Spanish aid workers and three soldiers, and seriously wound another. * January 19 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. (→ Hebron Agreement) * January 23 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State of the United States, after confirmation by the United States Senat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sterling Pictures Films
Sterling may refer to: Currency * The English penny, historically known as the ''sterling'' * Pound sterling, the currency of the United Kingdom * Sterling silver, a grade of silver Places United Kingdom * Stirling, a Scottish city whose alternative historical spelling is ''Sterling'' United States * Sterling, Alaska * Sterling, Colorado * Sterling Micropolitan Statistical Area, Colorado * Sterling, Connecticut * Sterling, Georgia * Sterling, in Bingham County, Idaho * Sterling Wildlife Management Area, Idaho * Sterling, Illinois * Sterling, a ghost town in Jackson County, Iowa * Sterling, Kansas * Sterling, Massachusetts * Sterling, Michigan * Sterling Heights, Michigan * Sterling State Park, Michigan * Sterling Center, Minnesota * Sterling, Missouri * Sterling, in Madison County, Montana * Sterling, Nebraska * Sterling, New York * Sterling, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina * Mount Sterling (Great Smoky Mountains), North Carolina * Sterling, North Dakota * Sterl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Films
The year 1997 in film involved many significant films, including ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'', ''The Full Monty'', ''Gattaca'', ''Donnie Brasco (film), Donnie Brasco'', ''Good Will Hunting'', ''Boogie Nights'', ''L.A. Confidential (film), L.A. Confidential'', ''The Fifth Element'', ''Nil by Mouth (film), Nil by Mouth'', ''The Spanish Prisoner'', and the beginning of the film studio DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1997 by worldwide gross are as follows: Box office records *''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'' became the first film in history to pass at the box office on March 1, 1998. ''Titanic'' held the record for the List of highest-grossing films, highest-grossing film of all time for 12 years until it was surpassed by ''Avatar (2009 film), Avatar'' (also directed by James Cameron) on January 25, 2010. *The ''Jurassic Park'' franchise became the List of highest-grossing films#Highest-grossing franchises and film series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Romantic Comedy Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** British Isles, an island group ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** British Empire, a historical global colonial empire ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) * British Raj, colonial India under the British Empire * British Hong Kong, colonial Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Movie Database
IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. Since 1998, it has been owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. , IMDb was the 51st most visited website on the Internet, as ranked by Semrush. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes), million person records, and 83 million registered users. Features User profile pages show a user's registration date and, optionally, their personal ratings of titles. Since 2015, "badges" can be added showing a count of contributions. These badges range ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Statesman
''The New Statesman'' (known from 1931 to 1964 as the ''New Statesman and Nation'') is a British political and cultural news magazine published in London. Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, it was at first connected with Sidney Webb, Sidney and Beatrice Webb and other leading members of the socialist Fabian Society, such as George Bernard Shaw, who was a founding director. The longest-serving editor was Kingsley Martin (1930–1960), and the most recent editor was Jason Cowley (journalist), Jason Cowley, who assumed the post in 2008 and left in 2024. Today, the magazine is a print–digital hybrid. According to its present self-description, it has a modern Liberalism in the United Kingdom, liberal and Independent progressive, progressive political position. Jason Cowley (journalist), Jason Cowley, the magazine's editor, has described the ''New Statesman'' as a publication "of the left, for the left" but also as "a political and literary magaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Lee (actor)
Howard Lee may refer to: * Howard Lee (sailor) (1935–2012), Bermudian Olympic sailor * Howard Nathaniel Lee (born 1934), North Carolina politician * Howard B. Lee (1879–1985), West Virginia attorney general * Howard V. Lee (1933–2019), U.S. Medal of Honor recipient * M. Howard Lee (1937–2016), Korean-born American physicist * Howie Lee (1931–2014), Canadian ice hockey player * W. Howard Lee (1908–1981), spouse of Hedy_Lamarr#Marriages_and_children, Hedy Lamarr and then Gene_Tierney#Personal_life, Gene Tierney * A pseudonym of Ron Goulart See also * Howard Leigh (other) {{Hndis, Lee, Howard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Craney
Heather Craney (born 1971) is an English actress, known for portraying Joyce Drake in ''Vera Drake'', Alison Weaver in '' Life of Riley'' and Emily Holroyd in ''Torchwood''. Background Craney was born in Stapleford, Cambridgeshire. Her family lived in Darlington for two years during the 1980s, where Craney attended Hummersknott School. She attended Stapleford Community Primary School, Sawston Village College and Long Road Sixth Form College in Cambridgeshire, and went on to study English and drama at Liverpool Hope University, graduating in 1992.Profile – Heather Craney ''Mandy Actors''; retrieved 12 August 2009. She trained in Acting and Musical Theatre at the |
Moya Brady
Moya Brady (born 8 September 1962) is an English actress. Her roles include Breda McQueen on the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' from 2018 to 2020. Brady grew up in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. She has appeared in a wide variety of roles in film, television and the theatre, including a role as F.D.O. Roberta Cryer in the police drama series, ''The Bill'' and '' Harry Hill's TV Burp''. Brady's 2009 films include ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'' and '' The Soloist''. She appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' episode " Love & Monsters" as Bridget in 2006. In 2021, she played the role of Millie in Russell T Davies’ Channel 4 series ''It's a Sin''. Brady is a long-term close friend of her former ''The Bill'' co-star Connie Hyde, who played Roberta Cryer's nemesis PC Cathy Bradford. Selected credits *''Road'' (1987) as Clare *''Little Dorrit'' (1988) as the Fiddler's Daughter *'' Life Is Sweet'' (1990) as Paula *''Making Out'' (1989–1991) as Klept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
