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Michael Sarrazin
Michael Sarrazin (May 22, 1940 – April 17, 2011)Actor Michael Sarrazin dies at 70 CBC News, April 18, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2011. was a Canadian actor. His most notable film was '' They Shoot Horses, Don't They?''. Early life Sarrazin was born Jacques Michel André Sarrazin in Quebec City, Quebec, and moved to as a child. After acting in school plays, he landed his first professional role at age 17.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec City
Quebec City is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Census Metropolitan Area (including surrounding communities) had a population of 839,311. It is the twelfthList of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, -largest city and the seventh-List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, largest metropolitan area in Canada. It is also the List of towns in Quebec, second-largest city in the province, after Montreal. It has a humid continental climate with warm summers coupled with cold and snowy winters. Explorer Samuel de Champlain founded a French settlement here in 1608, and adopted the Algonquin name. Quebec City is one of the List of North American cities by year of foundation, oldest European settlements in North America. The Ramparts of Quebec City, ramparts surrounding Old Quebec () are the only fortified city walls remaining in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Man Called Gannon
''A Man Called Gannon'' is a 1968 American Technicolor Western film directed by James Goldstone starring Tony Franciosa, Michael Sarrazin and Judi West. The film is a remake of '' Man Without a Star'' (1955). Plot Cowboy Gannon ( Tony Franciosa) rescues Jess Washburn ( Michael Sarrazin) from being run over by a train. Together, they got jobs at the ranch working for Beth ( Judi West), who has inherited her late husband's spread. Beth is determined to bring in a massive herd of cattle in one season, sell them and move to the city, but neighboring ranchers are worried her plans will destroy their grazing pasture. Beth seduces Jess into fighting the others, and Gannon helps the neighboring ranchers put up barbed wire. Cast * Tony Franciosa as Gannon * Michael Sarrazin as Jess Washburn * Judi West as Beth * Susan Oliver as Matty * John Anderson as Capper * David Sheiner as Sheriff Polaski * James Westerfield as Amos * Gavin MacLeod as Lou * Eddie Firestone as Maz * E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Forster
Robert Wallace Foster Jr. (July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019), known professionally as Robert Forster, was an American actor. He made his screen debut as Private L.G. Williams in John Huston's '' Reflections in a Golden Eye'' (1967), followed by a starring role as news reporter John Casellis in the landmark New Hollywood film '' Medium Cool'' (1969). For his portrayal of bail bondsman Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino's ''Jackie Brown'' (1997), he was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Forster played a variety of both leading and supporting roles in over 100 films, including Captain Dan Holland in '' The Black Hole'' (1979), Detective David Madison in ''Alligator'' (1980), Abdul Rafai in '' The Delta Force'' (1986), Colonel Partington in ''Me, Myself & Irene'' (2000), Scott Thorson in '' The Descendants'' (2011), General Edward Clegg in ''Olympus Has Fallen'' (2013) and its sequel '' London Has Fallen'' (2016), Norbert Everhardt in '' What They Had'' (2018), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cover Me Babe
''Cover Me Babe'' is a 1970 drama film about a young filmmaker who is hypercritical about everything including his own work. Almost really doesn't care to get a studio contract. The film was directed by Noel Black, and stars Robert Forster and Sondra Locke. The title song was written by Fred Karlin and Randy Newman, and performed by Bread. A second song by Bread (written by Karlin and band members James Griffin and Robb Royer, titled "So You Say") also appeared on the soundtrack. Plot Tony Hall is a film-school student who does not care to make conventional films. His first avant-garde effort features Melisse, who becomes Tony's lover and moves in with him. Seeking a grant, Tony is steered to Paul, who's a Hollywood agent, but he continues to reject the notion of making movies that conform to the norm. Tony shoots realistic footage of a couple making love in a car, a derelict, a prostitute, even an argument between Melisse and a young student that nearly turns violent. He alie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Voight
Jonathan Vincent Voight (; born December 29, 1938) is an American actor. Throughout his career, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and four Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2019, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. Films in which Voight has appeared have grossed more than $5.2 billion worldwide. Associated with the angst and unruliness that typified the late 1960s counterculture, Voight won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a paraplegic Vietnam veteran in '' Coming Home'' (1978). His other Oscar nominations are for playing Joe Buck, a would-be gigolo, in ''Midnight Cowboy'' (1969); ruthless bank robber Oscar "Manny" Manheim in '' Runaway Train'' (1985); and sportscaster Howard Cosell in '' Ali'' (2001). His other notable films include ''Deliverance'' (1972), '' The Champ'' (1979), ''Heat'' (1995), '' Mission: Impossible'' (1996), '' The Rainmak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Cowboy
''Midnight Cowboy'' is a 1969 American drama film directed by John Schlesinger, adapted by Waldo Salt from the 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy. The film stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, with supporting roles played by Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro, Bob Balaban, Jennifer Salt and Barnard Hughes. Set in New York City, ''Midnight Cowboy'' depicts the unlikely friendship between two hustlers: naïve prostitute Joe Buck (Voight) and ailing con man Rico Rizzo (Hoffman), referred to as "Ratso". At the 42nd Academy Awards, the film won three awards: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. ''Midnight Cowboy'' is the only X-rated film (equivalent of the current NC-17 rating) to win Best Picture. It placed 36th on the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 100 greatest American films of all time, and 43rd on its 2007 updated version. In 1994, ''Midnight Cowboy'' was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hurt
Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 28 January 2017) was an English actor. Regarded as one of the finest actors of his time and known for the "most distinctive voice in Cinema of the United Kingdom, Britain", he was described by David Lynch as "simply the greatest actor in the world". In a List of John Hurt performances, career spanning over five decades, he received numerous accolades including four British Academy Film Awards, BAFTAs and a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards. He was Knight Bachelor, knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2015 for his services to drama. A graduate of RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art), he Breakthrough role, came to prominence playing Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Richard Rich in the film ''A Man for All Seasons (1966 film), A Man for All Seasons'' (1966) and won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for ''The Naked Civil Servant (film), The Naked Civil Servant'' (1975). He played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Christie
Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1940) is a British actress. Christie's accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has appeared in six films ranked in the British Film Institute's BFI Top 100 British films of the 20th century, and in 1997, she received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement. Christie's breakthrough role on the big screen was in ''Billy Liar'' (1963). She came to international attention for her performances in '' Darling'' (1965), for which she won the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress, and '' Doctor Zhivago'' (also 1965), the eighth highest-grossing film of all time after adjustment for inflation. She continued to receive Academy Award nominations, for '' McCabe & Mrs. Miller'' (1971), '' Afterglow'' (1997) and '' Away from Her'' (2007). In addition, Christie starred in ''Fahrenheit 451'' (1966), '' Far from the Madding Crowd'' (1967), '' Petulia'' (1968), '' The Go-B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Search Of Gregory
''In Search of Gregory'' is a 1969 British-Italian drama film directed by Peter Wood and starring Julie Christie. Plot Catherine Morelli goes to the latest wedding of her father, Max, who in turn wants to introduce her there to a potential suitor, Gregory Mulvey, an American friend of both himself and her brother. Gregory is not to be found, so Catherine starts fantasizing about the missing American based on the face of a man she saw on a billboard. Cast * Julie Christie as Catherine Morelli * Michael Sarrazin as Gregory Mulvey * John Hurt as Daniel * Adolfo Celi as Max * Paola Pitagora as Nicole * Roland Culver as Wardle * Tony Selby as Taxi Driver * Ernesto Pagano as Priest * Violetta Chiarini as Paquita * Luisa De Santis as Giselle * Gabriella Giorgelli as Encarna * Gordon Gostelow as Old Man * Tony Selby as Taxi Driver Production ''In Search of Gregory'' was the last of the four movies Christie made while under contract to Joseph Janni, who produced ''Billy L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Parker
Eleanor Jean Parker (June 26, 1922 – December 9, 2013) was an American actress. She was nominated for three Academy Awards for her roles in the films ''Caged (1950 film), Caged'' (1950), ''Detective Story (1951 film), Detective Story'' (1951), and ''Interrupted Melody'' (1955), the first of which won her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She was also known for her roles in the films ''Of Human Bondage (1946 film), Of Human Bondage'' (1946), ''Scaramouche (1952 film), Scaramouche'' (1952), ''The Naked Jungle'' (1954), ''The Man with the Golden Arm'' (1955), ''A Hole in the Head'' (1959), ''The Sound of Music (film), The Sound of Music'' (1965), and ''The Oscar (film), The Oscar'' (1966). Early life Eleanor Jean Parker was born on June 26, 1922, in Cedarville, Ohio, the daughter of Lola (née Isett) and Lester Day Parker. She moved with her family to East Cleveland, Ohio, where she attended public schools and graduated from Shaw High School (Ohio), Shaw High School. "Ever since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gayle Hunnicutt
Gayle Hunnicutt, Lady Jenkins (February 6, 1943 – August 31, 2023) was an American film, television and stage actress. She starred in more than 30 films. Early life and education The daughter of Colonel Sam Lloyd Hunnicutt and Mary Virginia (née Dickerson) Hunnicutt, she was born in Fort Worth, Texas. Hunnicutt attended the University of California, Los Angeles on a scholarship to study English literature and theatre. She worked as a fashion model, then became an actress. Career Acting During her film career, Hunnicutt was typecast as a brunette sexpot. She portrayed Emaline Fetty, a con woman trying to extort money from the Clampetts in two episodes of ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' in 1966. She co-starred with James Garner in the detective film '' Marlowe'' (1969), in which her character was a glamorous Hollywood actress. She moved to England with husband David Hemmings in 1970. She and Hemmings co-starred in two horror films in the early 1970s, '' Fragment of Fear'' (1970) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eye Of The Cat
''Eye of the Cat'' is a 1969 American horror film directed by David Lowell Rich and starring Michael Sarrazin, Gayle Hunnicutt, and Eleanor Parker. The screenplay is by Joseph Stefano, best known as the co-creator and writer for the tv-series ''The Outer Limits'', and who wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's '' Psycho''. Plot Danielle, a rich, elderly woman, accompanied by her nephew, Luke, goes to a beauty parlor to get her hair done. While she is there, she begins to struggle breathing, due to two-thirds of her lungs being missing. When Danielle's beauty girl, Kassia Lancaster, sees this, she calls Danielle's other nephew, Wylie, who is with a girl when she comes to pick him up. Kassia takes Wylie to her parlor and explains that after she saw Danielle, or Danny as Wylie calls her, collapse, she got the idea to kill Aunt Danny by shutting off the oxygen supply in the oxygen tent she uses every night. Wylie agrees to do it, and then he hears a cat. He has an intense fear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
