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Megaville
''Megaville'' is a 1990 American neo-noir science fiction thriller film directed by Peter Lehner and written by Gordon Chavis and Lehner, with Billy Zane starring in his first lead role. Plot National boundaries have been broken, two giant super-states remain—a bleak, decaying Hemisphere, and the sprawling media state Megaville. Travel between the states is restricted. The "CKS" governs daily life in the Hemisphere. All forms of media are illegal here. Raymond Palinov, an unassuming captain of the media police finds himself drawn to a spaghetti western and cannot pull away from it during a media raid. Palinov is ostracized by his superior for the incident. After nearly losing his job, Palinov begins to exhibit strange character traits. During a rally in which outlawed media recordings are shown to the media police as examples of contraband, Palinov laughs out loud at a comedy clip. Palinov then appears to have a complete mental breakdown and loses consciousness. Whereas most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Zane
William George Zane Jr. (born February 24, 1966) is an American actor. His breakthrough role was in the Australian film ''Dead Calm (film), Dead Calm'' (1989), a performance that earned him a nomination for the Chicago Film Critics Association, Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor. He has since appeared in numerous films and television series, and starred as the main antagonist Caledon Hockley in the epic film ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'' (1997), for which he and the rest of the ensemble cast was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Awards, Screen Actors Guild Award. Zane's other film roles include Phantom (character), Kit Walker / The Phantom in the superhero film ''The Phantom (1996 film), The Phantom'' (1996), "Match" in the ''Back to the Future (franchise), Back to the Future'' franchise, Lieutenant Val Kozlowski in ''Memphis Belle (film), Memphis Belle'' (1990), The Collector in ''Demon Knight'' (1995), Curtis Zampf in ''The Believer (2001 film) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristen Cloke
Kristen Cloke (born ) is an American actress and writer. She was in the main cast of ''Space: Above and Beyond'' (1995–96), and had small roles in other TV series. She is known for her role as Valerie Lewton in ''Final Destination (film), Final Destination'' (2000) and as Leigh Colvin in the slasher film ''Black Christmas (2006 film), Black Christmas'' (2006). Cloke frequently appears in productions written, produced or directed by her husband Glen Morgan. Personal life Kristen Cloke was born in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles and attended California State University, Northridge. She considered acting a hobby while she majored in English there. Career Cloke's first feature film role was as Christine, the female lead in ''Megaville'' (1990), alongside Billy Zane. Cloke's other credits include lead parts in ''Fugitive Rage'' and ''A Part of the Family''. She has also had featured roles in ''Stay Tuned (film), Stay Tuned'', ''Mistress'', and ''The Marrying Man''. Cloke's tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond O'Connor (actor)
Raymond John O'Connor (September 13, 1952 - October 9, 2023) was an American character actor. Life and career Raymond John O’Connor was born September 13, 1952, in the Parkchester neighborhood of the borough of South Bronx in New York City. Born to a typical Irish Catholic family, his early life included attending Catholic schools and minor brushes with law enforcement. This path led Ray to attend Belmont Abbey College, a Benedictine monastery in North Carolina. Ray had no intentions of entering the monastery although it was a remarkable intellectual, emotional, and spiritual experience. During and after college he dabbled with many jobs including working as a hard rock miner, drilling and blasting 795 feet beneath New York. Ray flirted with theater in undergraduate school and began pursuing it more seriously in graduate school in the mid-1970’s eventually jumping into the deep end of the New York Theatre scene and finding his sea legs with the First Amendment Comedy group and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Zabriskie
Grace Zabriskie (née Caplinger; born May 17, 1941) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Sarah Palmer in ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–1991; 2017) and its film prequel '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'' (1992), Lois Henrickson in ''Big Love'', as well as in cult films such as two of David Lynch's films: Juana Durango in '' Wild at Heart'' (1990) and Visitor #1 in ''Inland Empire'' (2006). Other film roles include ''Norma Rae'' (1979), ''An Officer and a Gentleman'' (1982), '' Nickel Mountain'' (1984), ' (1986), '' Leonard Part 6'' (1987), '' Drugstore Cowboy'' (1989), '' Child's Play 2'' (1990), '' My Own Private Idaho'' (1991), ''Fried Green Tomatoes'' (1991), '' Even Cowgirls Get the Blues'' (1993), ''Armageddon'' (1998), '' Gone in 60 Seconds'' (2000), and '' The Grudge'' (2004). She is also known for her recurring roles on such shows as ''Seinfeld'' (as George's fiancée Susan's mother), ''Charmed'', and ''Ray Donovan''. Early life Zabriskie was born in New Orlea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Scalia
Pietro Scalia (born March 17, 1960) is an Italian-American film editor. He won the Best Film Editing award at the 64th Academy Awards for his work on the film '' JFK'', sharing the award with Joe Hutshing, and at the 74th Academy Awards for '' Black Hawk Down''. Early life and education He was born in Catania, Sicily, and later emigrated to Aarau, Switzerland as a child with his parents. There, he attended Swiss-German schools until high school. After graduation, he decided to move to the United States to pursue his college education. He spent two years at the University at Albany, The State University of New York, after which he was accepted as an undergraduate at UCLA. The Swiss government's scholarship helped him through five years of UCLA and in 1985 he earned his Master of Fine Arts from the UCLA Film School. Career After his MFA, a couple of short films, a screenplay, two video documentaries, and a 16 mm thesis film, he returned to Europe to pursue his desire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Gierasch
Stefan Gierasch (February 5, 1926 – September 6, 2014) was an American film and television actor. Personal Gierasch was a native of New York and studied at The Actors Studio. Gierasch was married 33 years to actress Hedy Sontag at the time of his death. The couple have 3 children, Amanda, Elisa and Matthew. Career Gierasch made over 100 screen appearances, mostly in American television, beginning in 1951. In the mid-1960s, he performed with the Trinity Square Players in Providence, Rhode Island. He appeared in dozens of films including in '' The Hustler'' (1961), '' The Traveling Executioner'' (1970), '' Jeremiah Johnson'' (1972), '' What's Up Doc?'' (1972), ''High Plains Drifter'' (1973), '' Carrie'' (1976), '' Silver Streak'' (1976), '' Victory at Entebbe'' (1976), '' Blue Sunshine'' (1977), '' The Champ'' (1979), '' Blood Beach'' (1980) and '' Perfect'' (1985). In 1994 he appeared in the Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito film '' Junior'' as Edward Sawyer, and in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Psychological Thriller 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 Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Films
The year 1990 in film involved many significant events as shown below. Universal Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1990, despite its actual 75th anniversary taking place in 1987. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1990 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * March 2 - '' The Hunt for Red October'' is released. It is the first film in Tom Clancy's '' Jack Ryan'' franchise and is met with critical and blockbuster commercial success. * March 23 – '' Pretty Woman'' is released and grosses $463 million, making Julia Roberts a worldwide star. * March 30 – ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' is released to massive box office success. At the time, it is the highest-grossing independent film in history. * May 25 – Universal Pictures unveils a new opening logo with music composed by James Horner, which debuts on '' Back to the Future Part III''. It is the first change to the Universal opening logo in 27 years. * June 1 – CGI technique is expand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
