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P.J. Hogan
Paul John Hogan (born 30 November 1962) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films '' Muriel's Wedding'' (1994), '' My Best Friend's Wedding'' (1997), '' Peter Pan'' (2003) and '' Confessions of a Shopaholic'' (2009). Early life Hogan was born in Brisbane, Queensland. As a teenager, he lived on the North Coast of New South Wales and attended Mt St Patrick's College. He was said to have had a difficult time in high school as he was a victim of bullying. His film '' Mental'' is based upon his difficult adolescent years. Career Hogan's directorial debut was the short film ''Getting Wet'', made in 1984. This film won him an AACTA Award for Best Short Fiction Film. He then went on to direct minor films. In 1991, he was the assistant director of the Australian film ''Proof''. In the early 1990s, he wrote for several television series, including '' The Flying Doctors'' in 1991 and for '' Lift Off'' in 1992. Hogan's first big hit was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Gibney
Rebecca Catherine Gibney is a New Zealand actress known for her roles on Australian television in '' The Flying Doctors'', '' Halifax f.p.'', ''Packed to the Rafters'', ''Winter'' and '' Wanted''. She has also featured in a number of Australian films, including '' Mental'' and '' The Dressmaker''. She is a Gold Logie winner. Early life and education Rebecca Catherine Gibney was born in Levin, New Zealand and brought up in Wellington. She attended Wellington Girls' College. She moved to Australia at the age of 19 after graduating from high school. Career Gibney worked as a model, then appeared on television in the New Zealand kidult series '' Sea Urchins'' from 1980 to 1984. She broke into Australian television with the role of Julie Davis in the children's series '' Zoo Family'' in 1985. She went on to play mechanic Emma Plimpton in the popular drama series '' The Flying Doctors'', and in 1990 starred in the mini-series '' Come In Spinner''. In 1991, she starred in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Collette
Toni Collette (born Collett; 1 November 1972) is an Australian actress, singer, and songwriter. Known for her work in television, blockbusters and independent films, her accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, with nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards and a Tony Award. Collette made her film debut in the 1992 film '' Spotswood''. Her breakthrough came playing a socially awkward romantic lead in '' Muriel's Wedding'' (1994), which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. She later was nominated for the Academy Award for the thriller '' The Sixth Sense'' (1999), as well as two BAFTA Awards for the romantic comedy '' About a Boy'' (2002) and the comedy-drama ''Little Miss Sunshine'' (2006). She has also acted in '' Emma'' (1996), '' Velvet Goldmine'' (1998), ''The Hours'' (2002), '' Japanese Story'' (2003), '' In Her Shoes'' (2005), '' Mary and Max'' (2009), '' The Way, Way Back'' (2013), '' Hereditary'' (2018), ''Kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Shadows
''Dark Shadows'' is an American Gothic fiction, Gothic soap opera that aired weekdays on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show depicted the lives, loves, trials, and tribulations of the wealthy Collins family of Collinsport, Maine, where a number of supernatural occurrences take place. The series became popular when vampire Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid) was introduced ten months into its run. It would also feature ghosts, werewolf, werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a Parallel universe (fiction), parallel universe. A small company of actors each played many roles; as actors came and went, some characters were played by more than one actor. The show was distinguished by its melodramatic performances, atmospheric interiors, numerous dramatic plot twists, broad cosmos of characters, and heroic adventures. Unusual among the soap operas of its time, which were aimed primari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Shadows (2004)
''Dark Shadows'' is a one-hour television pilot that was a remake of the 1966–1971 gothic soap opera television series ''Dark Shadows''. The pilot was commissioned by The WB and produced in 2004, but not picked up for a series. Plot Victoria Winters arrives by train to Collinsport, where she has been hired by the Collins family to tutor their youngest member, David. She is welcomed by matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, but experiences strange and disturbing dreams during her first night in the mansion. Victoria meets David, the son of Elizabeth's brother Roger Collins, who is constantly plagued by memories of his mother. Meanwhile, Willie Loomis and his girlfriend Kelly Vance go to the Collinwood crypt in search of treasure, and open the locked coffin of Barnabas Collins. In the process, Kelly cuts her hand and some blood falls upon the desiccated corpse, reviving him. A vampire, Barnabas drains Kelly of her blood and attacks Willie. He later attacks Elizabeth's daughte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Pilot
A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie) in United Kingdom and United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a television network or other distributor. A pilot is created to be a testing ground to gauge whether a series will be successful. It is, therefore, a test episode for the intended television series, an early step in the series development, much like pilot studies serve as precursors to the start of larger activity. A successful pilot may be used as the series premiere, the first aired episode of a new show, but sometimes a series' pilot may be aired as a later episode or never aired at all. Some series are commissioned straight-to-series without a pilot (although an increasing number of such series have their first episodes titled "Pilot"). On some occasions, pilots that were not ordered to series may also be broadcast as a standalone television film or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Hurd-Wood
Rachel Hurd-Wood (born 17 August 1990) is an English actress. She is known for her performances in the fantasy adventure film ''Peter Pan'' (2003), the thriller film '' Perfume: The Story of a Murderer'' (2006) and the BBC Three television series ''Clique'' (2017–18). Early life Background Hurd-Wood was born in the Streatham district of South London, England, the daughter of Philip and Sarah Hurd-Wood. She lived in London till the age of eight, when she and her family moved to a Victorian cottage in Godalming, Surrey. Hurd-Wood has a younger brother, Patrick who appeared with her in ''Peter Pan'' as one of the sleeping children in the "I Do Believe In Fairies" scene. He also plays the role of Samuel Crowthorn alongside his sister in her later film, ''Solomon Kane'' in which she plays Meredith Crowthorn. Her father's work involves performing, writing scripts and doing voice-overs for commercials. He appears in one of her films, ''An American Haunting'', as one of the guests ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Pan
Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical island of Neverland as the leader of the Lost Boys, interacting with fairies, pirates, mermaids, Native Americans, and occasionally ordinary children from the world outside Neverland. Peter Pan has become a cultural icon symbolizing youthful innocence and escapism. In addition to two distinct works by Barrie, '' The Little White Bird'' (1902, with chapters 13–18 published in '' Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens'' in 1906), and the West End stage play '' Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up'' (1904, which expanded into the 1911 novel '' Peter and Wendy''), the character has been featured in a variety of media and merchandise, both adapting and expanding on Barrie's works. These include several films, television series and many ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Sumpter
Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter (born February 5, 1989) is an American actor. His prominent roles include the title role in the 2003 fantasy adventure film ''Peter Pan'', Jacob in the 2014 disaster film '' Into the Storm'', and the recurring role of J. D. McCoy in the NBC television series '' Friday Night Lights'' (2008–2010). Early life Sumpter was born in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, to parents Sandy (née Johnson) and Gary Sumpter. He has a twin sister, Jessica, and two other siblings, Travis and Jennifer. at his official website His family moved to his mother's hometown, Mount Sterling, , when he was ten months ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Hook
Captain James Hook is the main antagonist of J. M. Barrie's 1904 play ''Peter and Wendy, Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up'' and its various adaptations, in which he is Peter Pan's archenemy. The character is a pirate captain of the brig ''Jolly Roger.'' His two principal fears are the sight of his own blood (supposedly an unnatural colour) and the crocodile who pursues him after having previously eaten Captain Hook's hand cut off by Pan. An Prosthesis, iron hook that replaced his severed hand has given the pirate his name. Creation of the character Hook did not appear in early drafts of the play, wherein the capricious and coercive Peter Pan was closest to a "villain", but was created for a front-cloth scene (a cloth flown well downstage in front of which short scenes are played while big scene changes are "silently" carried out upstage) depicting the children's journey home. Later, Barrie expanded the scene, on the premise that children were Pirates in the arts and po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Isaacs
Jason Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of D.J. in ''Event Horizon'' (1997), Ronald Quincy in ''Armageddon'' (1998), Colonel William Tavington in '' The Patriot'' (2000), Michael D. Steele in '' Black Hawk Down'' (2001), Lucius Malfoy in the ''Harry Potter'' franchise series (2002–2011), Captain Hook in ''Peter Pan'' (2003), Captain Waggoner in '' Fury'' (2014), Georgy Zhukov in '' The Death of Stalin'' (2017), Jay Perry in ''Mass'' (2021), and John Godfrey in ''Operation Mincemeat'' (2021). His television roles include Michael Caffee in the Showtime crime drama series '' Brotherhood'' (2006–2008), Michael Britten in police procedural fantasy NBC series '' Awake'' (2012), Dr. Hunter Aloysius "Hap" Percy in the Netflix supernatural mystery drama series '' The OA'' (2016–2019), Captain Gabriel Lorca in '' Star Trek: Discovery'' (2017–2018), and Timothy Ratliff in the third season of the HBO anthology black comedy-drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unconditional Love (2002 Film)
''Unconditional Love'' is a 2002 American mid-life re-invention comedy film co-written and directed by P. J. Hogan ("My Best Friend's Wedding") and starring Kathy Bates, Rupert Everett, Dan Aykroyd, and Meredith Eaton. The film follows Grace Beasley, an archetypal timid and repressed homemaker who, in the wake of a sudden, unexpected marital separation and her favorite pop star's untimely death, takes a plane to England to attend the entertainer's funeral. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 23 August 2002. Plot Grace Beasley is a content but timid housewife in Chicago. One morning, she wins tickets to a concert for her favorite singer, Victor Fox, just as her husband, Max, tells her he wants a divorce, citing a need for more variety and excitement in his life and expressing a dislike of her frequent singing. Soon afterward, Grace discovers that her son, Andrew, is also divorcing his wife, Maudey. At the Victor Fox concert, Grace learns the event has been cancelled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dermot Mulroney
Dermot Patrick Mulroney (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor and musician. He is known for his roles in a wide variety of genres, including romantic comedy, western, and drama films. After making his film debut in ''Sunset'' (1988), Mulroney gained recognition for his starring role in the films '' Young Guns'' (1988) and '' Career Opportunities'' (1991). In the 1990s, Mulroney starred in the films ''Point of No Return'' (1993), '' Bad Girls'' (1994), '' Copycat'' (1995), '' How to Make an American Quilt'' (1995), and '' My Best Friend's Wedding'' (1997), the latter of which became his highest grosser at the box office. In the 2000s, Mulroney starred in the films '' About Schmidt'' (2002), '' The Wedding Date'' (2005), '' Must Love Dogs'' (2005), '' The Family Stone'' (2005), and ''Zodiac'' (2007). In the 2010s, Mulroney starred in the films ''The Grey'' (2011), '' Jobs'' (2013), '' August: Osage County'' (2013), '' Insidious: Chapter 3'' (2015), and '' Dirty Grandpa'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
