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Michael Convertino
Michael John Convertino (born 1952 in New York City) is an American musician and film score composer best known for his collaborations with director Randa Haines on films like ''Children of a Lesser God'', ''The Doctor'', ''Wrestling Ernest Hemingway'', and ''Dance with Me'', as well as ''The Hidden'', ''Bull Durham'', '' Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead'', and the Tim Allen comedies ''The Santa Clause'' and ''Jungle 2 Jungle''. Filmography * '' Frankenweenie'' (1984, short film) * ''Hollywood Vice Squad'' (1986) * ''Faerie Tale Theatre'' (1986, 1 episode) * '' Children of a Lesser God'' (1986) *'' Mistress'' (1987) * '' The Hidden'' (1987) * ''Bull Durham'' (1988) * ''Queen of Hearts'' (1989) * ''Shattered Dreams'' (1990) * ''Tales from the Crypt'' (1990, 1 episode) * '' The End of Innocence'' (1990) * '' The Doctor'' (1991) * ''The Waterdance'' (1992) * ''Aspen Extreme'' (1993) * ''Bodies, Rest & Motion'' (1993) * ''A Home of Our Own'' (1993) * ''Wrestling Ernest He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to enhance the dramatic narrative and the emotional impact of the scene in question. Scores are written by one or more composers under the guidance of or in collaboration with the film's director or producer and are then most often performed by an ensemble of musicians – usually including an orchestra (most likely a symphony orchestra) or band, instrumental soloists, and choir or vocalists – known as playback singers – and recorded by a sound engineer. The term is less frequently applied to music written for other media such as live theatre, television and radio programs, and video game, and said music is typically referred to as either the soundtrack or incidental music. Film scores encompass an enormous variety of style ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mistress (1987 Film)
''Mistress'' is a 1987 television film written by Joyce Eliason and starring Victoria Principal as Rae Colton, a beautiful woman in her middle thirties who is having an affair with a rich, married man named Wyn Brooks (Don Murray). Plot Rae Colton had originally came to Hollywood to be an actress, but her career never took off. She meets and falls in love with Wyn, an older and wealthy married businessman. The relationship with Wyn carries on for nine years, and while he takes care of her financially, she hopes that one day they can marry and possibly have a child. With much time on her hands due to Wyn's support, Rae fills her life with acting lessons and her friendship with Margo, another aspiring actress. Their friend Stephanie did make it as an actress and even has her own television show. While Rae aspires to get to that level, she becomes somewhat complacent over time, not having any immediate financial worries because of her seemingly comfortable situation, as Wyn has prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother Night (film)
''Mother Night'' is a 1996 American romantic war drama film produced and directed by Keith Gordon. It is based on Kurt Vonnegut's 1961 novel of the same name. Nick Nolte stars as Howard W. Campbell, Jr., an American who moves with his family to Germany after World War I and goes on to become a successful German language playwright. As World War II looms, Campbell meets a man who claims to be from the United States Department of War, and is recruited to spy for the U.S., transmitting Nazi propaganda containing hidden messages that can only be decoded by Allied intelligence. After the war, Campbell relocates to New York City, where he attempts to live in obscurity. Since the U.S. government keeps his true wartime role a closely guarded secret, Campbell is forced to live under an assumed identity. The film is narrated by Campbell, through a series of flashbacks, as he sits in a jail cell in Israel, writing his memoirs, and awaiting trial for war crimes. The film also stars Shery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bed Of Roses (1996 Film)
''Bed of Roses'' is a 1996 American romance drama film written and directed by Michael Goldenberg and starring Christian Slater and Mary Stuart Masterson. Plot Lisa Walker (Mary Stuart Masterson) is a business executive who has gotten used to being alone but doesn't like it very much. She was abandoned by her birth parents and then spent most of her childhood being raised by Stanley ( S.A. Griffin), a foster father who never really loved Lisa after her adopted mother died. One day, Lisa gets word that Stanley has died. Alone in her apartment, after attempting to feed her now dead pet fish, she breaks down and cries uncontrollably. The next day at work, Lisa gets an unexpected delivery of flowers from a secret admirer. Puzzled, she presses the delivery man for information on who might have sent her the flowers. He says the sender wants to remain anonymous. Lisa asks her friends for names and visits the flower shop to no avail. After getting to know each other better, the florist co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pie In The Sky (1996 Film)
''Pie in the Sky'' is a 1995 American romantic comedy film about a young man obsessed with traffic gridlock who falls in love with an avant-garde dancer. The film was written and directed by Bryan Gordon, and stars Josh Charles, Anne Heche and John Goodman. Cast * Josh Charles as Charlie Dunlap * Anne Heche as Amy * Peter Riegert as Dad Dunlap * Christine Ebersole as Mom Dunlap * Christine Lahti as Ruby * John Goodman as Alan Davenport * Dey Young as Mrs. Tarnell * Wil Wheaton as Jack * Bob Balaban as Paul * Larry Holden as Amy's Boyfriend * David Rasche David Rasche ( ; born August 7, 1944) is an American theater, film and television actor who is best known for his portrayal of the title character in the 1980s satirical police sitcom ''Sledge Hammer!'' Since then he has often played characters ... as Amy's Dad * William Newman as a Funeral Guest * Alfred Dennis as Ruby's Dad References External links * * 1995 films 1995 romantic comedy films American romantic co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milk Money (film)
''Milk Money'' is a 1994 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Melanie Griffith and Ed Harris. The film is about three suburban 11-year-old boys who find themselves behind in "the battle of the sexes", believing they would regain the upper hand if they could just see a real, live naked lady. The film received generally negative reviews from critics. Plot Three junior high school boys — Brad (Adam LaVorgna), Frank (Michael Patrick Carter) and Kevin (Brian Christopher) — travel from their bedroom suburb of Middleton to the city, bringing money with hopes of seeing a woman naked. They find a hooker named "V" (Melanie Griffith) who is willing to show her breasts. However, when they decide to head home, they find their bikes have been stolen, leaving them broke and stuck in the city. V speaks with her drug-dealing pimp named "Cash" ( Casey Siemaszko), and another hooker, Betty ( Anne Heche). Cash has been skimming money that he sends to mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guarding Tess
''Guarding Tess'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film starring Shirley MacLaine and Nicolas Cage, directed by Hugh Wilson. MacLaine plays a fictional former First Lady protected by an entourage of Secret Service agents led by one she continually exasperates (Cage). The film is set in Somersville, Ohio (in reality Parkton, Maryland) and was nominated for a Golden Globe award in 1995 (Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical: Shirley MacLaine). Plot Doug Chesnic is a Secret Service agent who takes great pride in his job, performing his duties with the utmost professionalism. His assignment for the last three years has been a severe test of his patience. Doug is in charge of a team stationed in Ohio to protect Tess Carlisle, the widow of a former U.S. President. Tess is well known for her diplomatic and philanthropic work, but seems to regard Doug less as a security officer and more as a domestic servant—not unlike her chauffeur, Earl, or her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Home Of Our Own
''A Home of Our Own'' is a 1993 American comedy drama film directed by Tony Bill, starring Kathy Bates and Edward Furlong. It is the story of a mother and her six children trying to establish a home in the small fictional town of Hankston, Idaho, in 1962. Plot Frances Lacey, a widow, works at a factory that produces potato chips. She is fired when one of the men gropes her, and she hits him in return. The same day, her son is brought home by the police, for stealing change from payphones, but they don't press charges. Shortly after this, Frances decides that Los Angeles is not the place to raise a family. She packs the kids up, sells everything they can't carry, and starts driving. She figures she'll know where she's going when she sees it. Their meager resources get them as far as Hankston, Idaho, where Frances spots the unfinished frame of a wood house a few miles outside town, across the road from Moon's Nursery. Finding that the proprietor of the nursery, Mr. Munimura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodies, Rest & Motion
''Bodies, Rest & Motion'' is a 1993 American drama film written by Roger Hedden based on his 1986 play, and directed by Michael Steinberg. The film stars Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda, Tim Roth, and Eric Stoltz: they play four friends who are interested in the relationships they have and changing their own lives, but along the way their interests in life and each other start to change. The film also takes place at small gas stations in the Arizona desert, and Bridget Fonda's real-life father, Peter Fonda, has a cameo as a motorcycle rider. ''Bodies, Rest & Motion'' premiered at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival and was screened in the ''Un Certain Regard'' section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Phoebe Cates as Carol * Bridget Fonda as Beth * Tim Roth as Nick * Eric Stoltz as Sid * Alicia Witt as Elizabeth * Sandra Lafferty as Yard Sale Lady * Sidney Dawson as TV Customer * Jon Proudstar as Station Attendant * Scott Johnson as Chip * Kezbah Weidner as Dine Woman * Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspen Extreme
''Aspen Extreme'' is a 1993 American drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Patrick Hasburgh. The plot is about two ski buddies, T.J. Burke (Paul Gross) and Dexter Rutecki (Peter Berg), who move from Brighton, Michigan to Aspen, Colorado to seek a better life. The two friends quickly become Aspen ski instructors, but women, drugs, and job troubles threaten to destroy their relationship. Along the way, TJ tries to realize his dream of becoming a professional writer, and the pair train for the upcoming Powder 8 ski competition. The supporting cast includes Finola Hughes, Teri Polo, William Russ, and Trevor Eve. The cover of the US video release quotes the ''Seattle Times'' as referring to the film as "''Top Gun'' on the Ski Slopes." Plot T.J. Burke tires of his auto assembly worker job in Detroit, quits, and convinces his friend Dexter Rutecki to move with him to Aspen. After succeeding in the new instructor tryouts for the Aspen Ski School, they both beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Waterdance
''The Waterdance'' is a 1992 American drama film directed by Neal Jimenez and Michael Steinberg and starring Eric Stoltz, Wesley Snipes, William Forsythe, and Helen Hunt. It was written by Neal Jimenez. The film is a semi-autobiographical story about a young fiction writer who becomes tetraplegic fully paralyzed in a hiking accident and works to rehabilitate his body and mind at a rehabilitation center. The title refers to a dream recounted by Raymond Hill, Snipes's character, about dancing on the surface of a lake. Since, in Raymond's dream, he must continue dancing on the lake to avoid sinking and drowning, the dream may be a metaphoric reference to the necessity of continually coping with the world. Plot Joel Garcia is a writer who, after a hiking accident at a mountain, must struggle with paralysis. At the same time, he carries a relationship with Anna, a married woman, with whom he was having an affair at the time of the accident. The lovers attempt to carry on their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The End Of Innocence (film)
''The End of Innocence'' is a 1990 semi-autobiographical film starring, written and directed by Dyan Cannon. It was produced by Leonard Rabinowitz and Stanley Fimberg. Plot Unwanted and ignored by her eternally squabbling parents, a young girl is spiritually torn apart by forces beyond her control. Her parents do further damage to her battered psyche by giving her mixed messages concerning sex and religion. However, her self-esteem dwindles to microscopic proportions on account of a series of worthless boyfriends. After suffering a nervous breakdown, she is placed in an asylum, where she is treated for the first time as a human being rather than a nuisance by a compassionate psychiatrist. Cast * Dyan Cannon as Stephanie ** Alison Sweeney as Stephanie (12–15 years old) ** Rebecca Schaeffer as Stephanie (18–25 years old) * John Heard as Dean * Billie Bird as Mrs. Yabledablov * Michael Madsen as Earl * Todd Field as Richard * Connie Sawyer as Grandma * Albert Henderson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
