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Missing Pieces (2000 Film)
''Missing Pieces'' is a 2000 American made-for-television drama film starring James Coburn, Lisa Zane, Paul Kersey and William R. Moses. Plot A father travels to Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ... to claim the body of his son who has just committed suicide under mysterious circumstances. Cast * James Coburn as Atticus Cody * Lisa Zane as Renata * Paul Kersey as Scott Cody * Finn Carter as Marilyn * William R. Moses as David * Julio Oscar Mechoso as Hernandez * Maxwell Caulfield as Stuart * Octavia Spencer as Elegant Guest *Matthew Malone as Adam *Nathan Malone as Adam References External links * 2000s English-language films 2000s American films 2000 television films 2000 drama films 2000 films CBS films Films directed by Carl Schenkel Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Hansen (novelist)
Ron Hansen (born December 8, 1947) is an American novelist, essayist, and professor. He is known for writing literary westerns exploring the people and history of the American heartland, notably ''The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'' (1983), which was adapted into an acclaimed film. Biography Ron Hansen was born in Omaha, Nebraska and reared as Catholic. He attended a Jesuit high school, Creighton Preparatory School, and earned a Bachelor's degree in English from Creighton University in Omaha in 1970. Following military service, he earned an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1974 and held a Wallace Stegner Creative Writing Fellowship at Stanford University. He later earned an M.A. in Spirituality from Santa Clara University. Hansen is the Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. Professor in the Arts and Humanities at Santa Clara University, where he teaches courses in writing and literature. He is married to the writer Bo Caldwell. In January 2007, Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finn Carter
Elizabeth Fearn "Finn" Carter (born March 9, 1960) is an American former actress. She is best known for her role in the 1990 film '' Tremors''. Early life Carter was born in Greenville, Mississippi in 1960. She is the daughter of Hodding Carter III, a journalist and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and his first wife, Margaret Ainsworth Wolfe. Career Carter began her career in the theatre and was a member of the Circle Repertory Company in New York. She created the role of Effie Herrington at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre in '' Up In Saratoga'', written by Terrence McNally and directed by Jack O'Brien. Her second West Coast theatre appearance was at the Pasadena Playhouse in a revival of '' Biloxi Blues''. At the same time, she began acting on television, playing Sierra Estaban Reyes Montgomery in the CBS daytime soap opera ''As the World Turns'' from 1985 to 1988 and in a short reprise in 1994. Finn also had a role in the TV series ''Monsters'' as Sheila in "The Moth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Carl Schenkel
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS Films
CBS Films Inc. was an American film production and distribution company founded in 2007 as a subsidiary of CBS Corporation and was considered a Major film studio#Mini-majors, mini-major studio up until 2019. CBS Films originally was planned to distribute, develop and produce four to six $50 million budget films a year. After October 11, 2019, CBS Films was re-configured to be a production company for television films to be carried by CBS All Access (now Paramount+). Background The CBS network had formed a previous CBS Films, Inc. as its syndication arm in 1952, which was later renamed CBS Enterprises in 1968, then later Viacom (1952–2006), Viacom two years later, but due to Financial Interest and Syndication Rules, fin-syn law being upheld in 1972, CBS was forced to spin off the company. CBS made a brief move into film production in 1967, creating Cinema Center Films and closed in 1972 as an unprofitable unit. In 1979 CBS launched a new theatrical films division, which was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Films
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was '' Mission: Impossible 2''. Domestically in North America, '' Gladiator'' won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ( Russell Crowe). '' Dinosaur'' was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success. __TOC__ Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2000 by worldwide gross are as follows: 2000 box office records * '' Chicken Run'' became the highest-grossing stop motion animated film ever. * '' Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas''s $55.1 million opening weekend became the highest debut for a Christmas-themed film. It had the highest opening weekend for a Jim Carrey film and a Ron Howard film, surpassing both '' Batman Forever'' and '' Ransom'' simultaneously. Events Award ceremonies Awards 2000 films By country/region * List of American films of 2000 * List of Argentine films of 2000 * List of Australian films of 2000 * List of Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s American Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a "sh" phoneme, so the derived Greek letter Sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''Samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ), "to hiss". The original name of the letter "Sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavia Spencer
Octavia Lenora Spencer (born May 25, 1970) is an American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. Spencer made her film debut in the 1996 drama '' A Time to Kill''. Following a decade of brief roles in film and television, her breakthrough came in 2011 when she played a maid in 1960s America in the drama film '' The Help'', which won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In ensuing years, she won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Ryan Coogler's biopic '' Fruitvale Station'' (2013), had a recurring role in the CBS sitcom '' Mom'' (20132015), and starred in the Fox drama series ''Red Band Society'' (20142015). Spencer's roles as other black women in 1960s America, as Dorothy Vaughan in the biopic ''Hidden Figures'' (2016) and a cleaning woman in the fantasy ''The Shap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Caulfield
Maxwell Caulfield (born Maxwell P.J. Newby; 23 November 1959) is a British actor. He has appeared in ''Grease 2'' (1982), ''Electric Dreams (film), Electric Dreams'' (1984), ''The Boys Next Door (1985 film), The Boys Next Door'' (1985), ''The Supernaturals (film), The Supernaturals'' (1986), ''Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat'' (1989), ''Waxwork 2'' (1992), ''Gettysburg (1993 film), Gettysburg'' (1993), ''Empire Records'' (1995), ''The Real Blonde'' (1997), ''The Man Who Knew Too Little'' (1997), and in ''A Prince for Christmas'' (2015). In 2015, Caulfield toured Australia with his wife Juliet Mills and sister-in-law Hayley Mills in the comedy ''Legends!'' by Pulitzer Prize winner James Kirkwood, Jr., James Kirkwood. He voiced James Bond in the video game ''James Bond 007: Nightfire'' (2002). He most recently stars in the Netflix movie ''The Merry Gentlemen'' (2024). He is best remembered internationally for his starring role as Miles Colby during the 1980s on the American TV ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Julio Óscar Mechoso (May 31, 1955 – November 25, 2017) was a Cuban- American actor who played detective Ruiz in '' Bad Boys'' and appeared in such films as '' Blue Streak'', ''Jurassic Park III'', '' The Legend of Zorro'', '' The Lost City'', ''Little Miss Sunshine'' and '' Rules Don't Apply''. He had over 120 well known films and TV roles. Biography Career Mechoso was a character actor in both television and film. He appeared in dozens of films, such as '' Grindhouse'', '' Bad Boys'', where he played Detective Ruiz, '' Blue Streak'', '' Heartbreakers'', ''Jurassic Park III'', the controversial '' Ken Park'', '' The Lost City'', '' The Legend of Zorro'', ''Little Miss Sunshine'', Transpecos and '' Rules Don't Apply''. His television credits include ''Miami Vice'', '' Coach'', '' Damon'', ''Seinfeld'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''Cane'', ''The Big Bang Theory'', '' Miami Medical'', ''Matador'', where he played Javi Sandoval, and '' Greetings from Tucson'', where he played Joaqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
