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Pass The Ammo
''Pass the Ammo'' is a 1987 American comedy film starring Bill Paxton, Annie Potts, Linda Kozlowski and Tim Curry. The film is a spoof of televangelism released right after the real-life scandals related to Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart. The movie's working title during production was ''...And Pass the Ammunition,'' a reference to the phrase Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, "praise the Lord and pass the ammunition." Plot Reverend Ray Porter runs a Pentecostal faith healing and televangelism empire based in Arkansas. Four rednecks, one of whom was bilked out of her inheritance by Rev. Porter's ministry and another of whom just got out of prison, try to rob Porter's ministry. A series of wrong turns inside the church during the robbery leads Claire, her boyfriend Jesse, Arnold and Big Joe onstage right in the middle of a broadcast, and the four robbers turn what was supposed to have been just a robbery into a hostage situation. During the hostage negotiations, a series of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Jung
Thomas Jung is an American Art director#In advertising, art director, graphic designer, illustrator, and storyboard artist.The Star Wars Poster Book, Stephen J. Sansweet, Chronicle Books (October 13, 2005)The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film, J. W. Rinzler, LucasBooks (April 24, 2007) He is known for his movie poster art. Biography Early life and career Jung, a Chinese American, was raised and educated in Boston, Massachusetts. After finishing high school, he attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. During his second year he was drafted into the Army. While stationed at Fort Jackson (South Carolina), Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina, Jung contributed to the newspaper ''Fort Jackson Leader'' as an editorial cartoonist, designing and illustrating primarily public service communications.Fort Jackson Leader newspaper December 31, 1953, U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Museum archives, Columbia, South Carolina Following his discharge, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faith Healing
Faith healing is the practice of prayer and gestures (such as laying on of hands) that are believed by some to elicit divine intervention in spiritual and physical healing, especially the Christian practice. Believers assert that the healing of disease and disability can be brought about by religious faith through prayer or other rituals that, according to adherents, can stimulate a divine presence and power. Religious belief in divine intervention does not depend on empirical evidence of an evidence-based outcome achieved via faith healing. Virtually all scientists and philosophers dismiss faith healing as pseudoscience.See also: Claims that "a myriad of techniques" such as prayer, divine intervention, or the ministrations of an individual healer can cure illness have been popular throughout history. There have been claims that faith can cure blindness, deafness, cancer, HIV/AIDS, developmental disorders, anemia, arthritis, corns, defective speech, multiple scle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artisan Entertainment
Artisan Entertainment (formerly known as U.S.A. Home Video, International Video Entertainment (IVE) and LIVE Entertainment) was an American film studio and home video company. It was considered one of the largest mini-major film studios until it was merged by later mini-major film studio Lions Gate Entertainment in 2003. At the time of its acquisition, Artisan had a library of thousands of films developed through acquisition, original production, and production and distribution agreements. Its headquarters and private screening room were located in Santa Monica, California. It also had an office in Tribeca in Manhattan, New York.Company Profile " Artisan Entertainment. April 8, 2003. Retrieved on September 3, 2011. The company owned the home video rights to the film libraries of |
Brian Thompson (actor)
Brian Earl Thompson (born August 28, 1959) is an American actor. His career began with a small role in the 1984 film ''The Terminator''. He played the villainous "Night Slasher" in the 1986 film ''Cobra (1986 film), Cobra''. His first named role was on ''Werewolf (TV series), Werewolf'', a horror series that ran during Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox's inaugural broadcasting year of 1987–1988. Thompson has played several characters in the ''Star Trek'' franchise—the most notable being the Klingon Lieutenant Klag, who informed Commander William Riker that "Gagh is always best when served live", the Colonist (The X-Files)#Alien Bounty Hunters, Alien Bounty Hunter on ''The X-Files'', and Eddie Fiori on ''Kindred: The Embraced''. In 2014, he produced, wrote and starred in the B movie parody ''The Extendables''. Early life Thompson was born in Ellensburg, Washington, and raised in Longview, Washington, Longview. He attended Central Washington University, where he studied business m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Blake
Megan Blake is a pet lifestyle expert and an actress based on Malibu, California. She was crowned Miss Georgia in 1983. Career Blake is a host, writer, and producer for Animal Attractions Television. The show's mission is to help people have the best possible relationship with their pets. Blake specializes in training dogs for integration with families and children, teaching the kids to be pack leaders. In working with rescue wolves, Blake has learned pack structure and how to "speak dog.” Having traveled over 100,000 miles with her cat, she is also a trusted pet travel expert in the media. She is a pet columnist for ''Dog's Life'' magazine (also honored by the HSUS and featured on ''The Bonnie Hunt Show''), has been on the covers of, written cover stories for, or been the subject of feature articles in magazines including ''Cat Fancy'', ''LAX'', ''San Diego Pets'', and ''Atlanta Magazine''. She is a requested essayist for the Humane Society of the United States, has her o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Ben-Victor
Paul Ben-Victor (born ) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Greek mobster Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos on the HBO drama series ''The Wire'', Alan Gray in '' Entourage'' (2005–2008), and Ray in '' Body Parts'' (1991). Early life Ben-Victor was born in New York City, the son of Victor and Leah Friedman. He is Jewish. He grew up in Flatbush, Brooklyn, where he attended Midwood High School before graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he studied theater. Career Ben-Victor debuted on the small screen in 1987 in the television film ''Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife'' and on an episode of '' Cagney & Lacey''. Ben-Victor has been featured on many television cop dramas like ''FBI'', ''Monk'' and '' CSI'', and also had a recurring role as two-bit con man Steve Richards on three episodes of ''NYPD Blue'' from 1994 to 1997. He also appeared as Steve Richards on a 1998 episode of the short-lived police drama '' Brooklyn South''. Ben-Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Paul (actor)
Richard Paul (June 6, 1940 – December 25, 1998) was an American television and film actor. In addition to starring in the 1970s television sitcom ''Carter Country'', he had recurring roles on the later series ''Murder, She Wrote'' ''and Full House''. He portrayed Jerry Falwell Sr. in two separate productions after having played a character based on Falwell for an episode of ''WKRP in Cincinnati''. Early life Paul was born in Los Angeles, California. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in public affairs from Claremont Men's College and a Master of Arts degree in psychology from California State University, Los Angeles. He was nearing completion of a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Arizona in Tucson when he abandoned his career as a therapist to become a full-time performer. Career From 1977 to 1979, Paul played Mayor Teddy Burnside in ''Carter Country''. His famous catchphrase was "Handle it, Roy, handle it!". He costarred in the ABC comedy '' One in a M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Geary
Anthony Geary (born May 29, 1947) is a retired American actor. Geary is best known for playing the role of Luke Spencer on the ABC daytime drama ''General Hospital''. He originated the role of Luke in 1978, and went on to earn a record eight Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series prior to his retirement. In addition to his role as Luke, Geary had a prominent supporting role in the "Weird Al" Yankovic comedy ''UHF'' (1989); other notable films include ''Johnny Got His Gun'' (1971), '' Disorderlies'' (1987), '' Scorchers'' (1991), '' Teacher's Pet'' (2004) and ''Fish Tank'' (2009). Early life Anthony Geary was born May 29, 1947, in Coalville, Utah, a son of a contractor father and homemaker mother. He was raised a Mormon. Personal life Geary married his longtime partner Claudio Gama in 2020. They have resided happily in Amsterdam, Netherlands since 2017. Geary does not have any children. In a comment about the Hollywood divorce rate, Geary once said tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leland Crooke
Leland Crooke is an American actor from stage and film. He is known from several stage plays and films by David Beaird. Career In February 1980, Crooke gave his stage debut in the play Bal ( Richard Nelson's loose adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's play ''Baal'' with James Belushi in title role) which was staged at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. In October of the same year he was cast as Swiss Cheese, the youngest son of Mother Courage in Sharon Ott's adaption of Brecht's play ''Mother Courage and Her Children'' at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1981 he was seen as Lackey (a musketeer) in Cyrano de Bergerac at the same theatre. In 1984, he met director, screenwriter, and playwright David Beaird with whom he collaborated at the films '' The Party Animal'' (1984), '' My Chauffeur'' (1986), '' It Takes Two'', '' Pass the Ammo'' (both 1988), '' Scorchers'' (1991), and ''The Civilization of Maxwell Bright'' (2005). Crooke was also seen in Beaird's stage plays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Withrow
Glenn Withrow is an American actor, writer, producer, and director. Early life Withrow was born in Highland Heights, Kentucky. He has two brothers. Withrow attended Campbell County High School. Career Withrow began acting after moving to Los Angeles and had roles in films such as '' The Outsiders'' as Tim Shepard, ''Rumble Fish'' and ''Peggy Sue Got Married''. He has had roles in five productions directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Withrow is CEO of In House Media, Inc. The company produces content through their subsidiary partnership with In House Media Film Partners and Redburn Street Pictures, including “The Mooring” (''Lionsgate'') and its award-winning film, “The Last Champion”, released through (Amazon and Paramount Network) starring Cole Hauser of ''Yellowstone Yellowstone National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States located in the northwest corner of Wyoming, with small portions extending into M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Burkley
Dennis Henry Burkley (September 10, 1945 – July 14, 2013) was an American actor. In a career spanning four decades, he appeared in numerous films and television series. He is best known for his role as Principal Carl Moss in ''King of the Hill''. Early life Burkley was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Imogene (née Ware) and Henry Burkley. He grew up in Grand Prairie, Texas, and graduated from Texas Christian University. Career In his 1980s and 1990s appearances, Burkley was most recognizable for his large and frame, scruffy beard, and Southern accent. In the 1970s, he established himself as a television character actor with appearances on many programs, including ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'', '' Maude'', ''the Rockford Files'', and '' Quincy, M.E.''. In the 1980s, he came into his own as an actor with a high profile role on ''Hill Street Blues'' and another memorable role as Cal, the Texas-born junkyard partner of Fred G. Sanford in '' Sanford'', the sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States National Guard
The National Guard is a U.S. state, state-based military force that becomes part of the United States Armed Forces, U.S. military's reserve components of the United States Armed Forces, reserve components of the United States Army, U.S. Army and the United States Air Force, U.S. Air Force when activated for federal missions.National Guard: FAQ . United States National Guard. Accessed February 2, 2022. It is a military reserve force composed of National Guard military members or units of each state, the territories of Guam National Guard, Guam, the Virgin Islands National Guard, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico National Guard, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia National Guard, District of Columbia, for a total of 54 separate organizations. It is officially created under United States Congress, Cong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
