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Michael Barker (film Distributor)
Michael Barker is an American film executive who has been co-president of Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) since 1992. Barker, Tom Bernard and Marcie Bloom, after working together at Orion Classics, founded SPC in 1992 as co-presidents. Barker and Bernard have now been co-presidents of SPC for over 30 years, producing, acquiring and/or distributing over 400 films there. Education and early career Born on an American Army base in Nuremberg Germany, Barker arrived in Dallas, Texas at age fourteen. He graduated from Kimball High School there in 1972. He was a Speech Communications major at UT Austin, where he channeled an early enthusiasm for film into running the film program at the Texas Student Events Center in the mid-1970s. This put him in contact with New York film studios and distributors. He moved to New York City and studied with Stella Adler. His first job was with Films Inc., initially handling the 16mm-film market for libraries and prisons. United Artists Classics ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuremberg
Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria, and its 544,414 (2023) inhabitants make it the List of cities in Germany by population, 14th-largest city in Germany. Nuremberg sits on the Pegnitz (river), Pegnitz, which carries the name Regnitz from its confluence with the Rednitz in Fürth onwards (), and on the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, that connects the North Sea to the Black Sea. Lying in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk, administrative region of Middle Franconia, it is the largest city and unofficial capital of the entire cultural region of Franconia. The city is surrounded on three sides by the , a large forest, and in the north lies (''garlic land''), an extensive vegetable growing area and cultural landscape. The city forms a continuous conurbation with the neighbouring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline At The Beach
''Pauline at the Beach'' () is a 1983 French romantic comedy film directed by Éric Rohmer. The film stars Amanda Langlet, Arielle Dombasle, Pascal Greggory and Féodor Atkine. It is the third in the 1980s series ' by Rohmer. Plot A car pulls up in front of a wooden gate. Teenaged Pauline (Amanda Langlet) gets out of the car to open the gate to allow her older divorcing cousin Marion (Arielle Dombasle) to drive into Marion’s brother’s vacation home grounds, in Jullouville, Manche, on the north-western coast of France. As the girls settle into their trip, Marion quizzes Pauline on her love life and Pauline confesses that she has not had any serious affairs of the heart. On the beach, Marion spies her ex-lover Pierre (Pascal Greggory). As they are getting reacquainted, a man named Henri (Féodor Atkine) approaches and scolds Pierre for abandoning their windsurfing lessons. The quartet agree to have dinner together. Afterwards, they each talk briefly about their ideas of love in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howards End (film)
''Howards End'' is a 1992 historical romantic drama film directed by James Ivory, from a screenplay written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based on the 1910 novel by E. M. Forster. Marking Merchant Ivory Productions' third adaptation of a Forster novel (following 1985's '' A Room with a View'', and 1987's '' Maurice''), it was the first film to be released by Sony Pictures Classics. The film's narrative explores class relations in turn-of-the-20th-century Britain, through events in the lives of the Schlegel sisters. The film stars Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter and Vanessa Redgrave, with James Wilby, Samuel West, Jemma Redgrave and Prunella Scales in supporting roles. The film was theatrically released on 13 March 1992 to critical acclaim and commercial success, grossing over $32 million on an $8 million budget. It was in competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival and won the 45th Anniversary Award. At the 65th Academy Awards, the film received a lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merchant Ivory Productions
Merchant Ivory Productions is a film company founded in 1961 by producer Ismail Merchant (1936–2005) and director James Ivory (b. 1928). Merchant and Ivory were life and business partners from 1961 until Merchant's death in 2005. During their time together, they made 44 films. The films were for the most part produced by Merchant and directed by Ivory, and 23 of them were scripted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927–2013) in some capacity. The films were often based upon novels or short stories, particularly the work of Henry James, E. M. Forster, and Jhabvala herself. The initial goal of the company was "to make English-language films in India aimed at the international market". The style of Merchant Ivory films set and photographed in India became iconic. The company also went on to make films in the United Kingdom and America. Some actors and producers associated with Merchant Ivory include Maggie Smith, Leela Naidu, Madhur Jaffrey, Aparna Sen, Shashi Kapoor, Jennif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection, Inc. (or simply Criterion) is an American home video, home-video distribution company that focuses on licensing, restoring and distributing "important classic and contemporary films". A "sister company" of art film, arthouse film distributor Janus Films, Criterion serves film and media scholars, Cinephilia, cinephiles and public and academic libraries. Criterion has helped to standardize certain aspects of home-video releases such as Film preservation, film restoration, the Letterboxing (filming), letterboxing format for widescreen films and the inclusion of bonus features such as scholarly essays and documentary content about the films and filmmakers. Criterion most notably pioneered the use of Audio commentary, commentary tracks. Criterion has produced and distributed more than 1,200 special editions of its films in VHS, Betamax, LaserDisc, DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray formats and box sets. These films and their special features are also available v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slacker (film)
''Slacker'' is a 1990 American comedy drama film written, produced, and directed by Richard Linklater, who also stars in it. Filmed around Austin, Texas, the film follows an ensemble cast of eccentric and misfit locals throughout a single day. Each character is on screen for only a few minutes before the film picks up someone else in the scene and follows them. ''Slacker'' premiered at the USA Film Festival on April 21, 1990, and was released in the United States on July 5, 1991, by Orion Classics. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed over $1 million against a production budget of $23,000. In 2012, ''Slacker'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Plot ''Slacker'' follows a single day in the life of an ensemble of mostly under-30 bohemians and misfits in Austin, Texas. The film follows various eccentric and misfit characters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater (; born July 30, 1960) is an American filmmaker. He is known for making films that deal thematically with suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. In 2015, Linklater was included on the annual ''Time'' 100 list of the most influential people in the world. His films include the comedies '' Slacker'' (1990) and '' Dazed and Confused'' (1993); the romance films ''Before'' trilogy (1995–2013); the music-themed comedy '' School of Rock'' (2003); the adult animated films '' Waking Life'' (2001), '' A Scanner Darkly'' (2006), and '' Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood'' (2022); the coming-of-age drama '' Boyhood'' (2014); the comedy film '' Everybody Wants Some!!'' (2016); the action romantic comedy ''Hit Man'' (2023); the biographical film '' Blue Moon'' (2025); and the comedy-drama '' Nouvelle Vague'' (2025). Many of Linklater's films are noted for their loosely structured narratives. The ''Before'' trilogy and ''Boyhood'' both feature the sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pierson (filmmaker)
John Pierson (born April 10, 1954) is an American independent filmmaker. He is best known for helping to produce the first works by filmmakers Spike Lee, Richard Linklater, Michael Moore, Rose Troche, Guinevere Turner, and Kevin Smith, which he wrote about in his 1995 book '' Spike, Mike, Slackers, & Dykes'' (reissued in 2004 as ''Spike, Mike Reloaded'').Glenn Kenny"A Brief History of American Independent Film: 'Split Screen' on FilmStruck,"''New York Times'', January 11, 2018. Career After the publication of ''Spike, Mike, Slackers, & Dykes'', Pierson began producing and hosting the TV show ''Split Screen'', which premiered on IFC in 1997 and had an initial run of 60 episodes containing interviews and video essays covering topics related to American indie film. Season 10 premiered on January 13, 2018, on the Criterion Channel on FilmStruck. Pierson is founder and president of Grainy Pictures, Inc., a film and television production company. Personal life Pierson lives in Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Chapman (author)
Matthew H. D. Chapman is an English-American journalist, author, screenwriter, director and science activist. As the great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, he has had a particular interest in the American creationism versus evolution controversy. He has written and directed six films, written two books and numerous screenplays, had articles published in ''Harper's Magazine'' and ''National Geographic'' among others, and blogged for the ''Huffington Post''. Family and education Matthew Chapman grew up in an English family that attended church and his parents sent him to "schools that mandated daily prayers." His father, Cecil Chapman, was the son of the noted physicist and astronomer, Sydney Chapman, responsible for early research on the nature of the ozone layer. His mother, Clare, was the daughter of the philosophy professor and author Francis Cornford and poet Frances Cornford (née Darwin), the daughter of Francis Darwin. Growing up in Cambridge, England, Chapman di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strangers Kiss
''Strangers Kiss'' is a 1983 American drama film directed by Matthew Chapman, and starring Peter Coyote, Victoria Tennant, Dan Shor and Blaine Novak. The screenplay by Chapman and Novak documents the behind-the-scenes of Stanley Kubrick's second directorial feature, ''Killer's Kiss'' (1955). The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival on August 24, 1983 and the Toronto International Film Festival on September 17 before being theatrically distributed in select markets by Orion Classics on February 1, 1984. Plot To help his actress girlfriend regain her confidence, a Hollywood bigshot bankrolls a small film being made by a first-time producer and director duo. Despite the hand-to-mouth way it is made, the film turns out well, as does the off-set relationship between the actress and her unknown male lead. Cast * Peter Coyote as Stanley, the director * Victoria Tennant as Carol Redding / Betty * Dan Shor Daniel Shor (born November 16, 1956) is an American acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Saura
Carlos Saura Atarés (4 January 1932 – 10 February 2023) was a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. With Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be among Spain's great filmmakers. He had a long and prolific career that spanned over half a century, and his films won many international awards. Saura began his career in 1955 making documentary shorts. He gained international prominence when his first feature-length film premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 1960. Although he started filming as a neorealist, Saura switched to films encoded with metaphors and symbolism in order to get around the Spanish censors. In 1966, he was thrust into the international spotlight when his film '' The Hunt'' won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the following years, he forged an international reputation for his cinematic treatment of emotional and spiritual responses to repressive political conditions. By the 1970s, Saura was the best known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen (1983 Film)
''Carmen'' is a 1983 Spanish film adaptation of Prosper Mérimée's novel ''Carmen'', incorporating music from Georges Bizet's opera of the same name. Directed and choreographed in the flamenco style by Carlos Saura and María Pagés, it constitutes the second installment of Saura's flamenco trilogy in the 1980s, preceded by '' Bodas de sangre'' and followed by '' El amor brujo''. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards. The film follows modern dancers as they re-enact Bizet's tragic love affair in their personal lives, culminating in its fatal conclusion. Plot The choreographer Antonio is preparing a performance of George Bizet's opera ''Carmen'', intending to infuse it with Spanish music and flamenco dances. He collaborates with Paco, a guitarist who adapts the original music for his instrument. Despite searching his flamenco school for the perfect Carmen, Antonio struggles to find the right fit. His best dancer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
