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Quiet Night In
''Quiet Night In'' is a 2005 New Zealand film written, produced and directed by Christopher Banks. It premiered at the Stratford-upon-Avon International Digital Film Festival in the United Kingdom. Plot The plot concerns would-be novelist Jess Bartlett, who stages a quiet night in to finish her new book, but is frustrated in her attempts by the arrival of a troubled footballer, a manic TV advice show host, a randy old author and his teenage toy-boy. Cast details Christopher Banks says he wrote the film specifically with actress and musician Nicolette Kenny in mind, after they had worked together on previous music projects, including a pair of Australasian hit singles.Susan L. Padlockburningrope.co.nz production notes Richard Lambeth had previously made appearances in the cult TV series ''Atlantis High'' and ''Being Eve'', Lucy Gay, Brian McKay and Christopher Banks starred in the gay film festival film ''All About Reinalda'', and Brian Moore (actor), Brian Moore appeared as M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Banks
Christopher Banks (born Christopher Rainbow in 1977) is a New Zealand journalist, musician, record producer, songwriter and film-maker. Music Deep Obsession Banks was responsible for eight top 30 New Zealand hits (including three #1's) for three different acts between 1998 and 2002. In 1997, he and producer Michael Lloyd formed what would become one of New Zealand's most successful pop groups, Deep Obsession, with singer/songwriter Zara Clark and Vanessa Kelly. A year later, they were the first New Zealand act to be signed direct to Universal Music and their debut single " Lost in Love" was a number 1 hit. The next two singles, "Cold" and " One & Only", were also chart-toppers – making Deep Obsession part of local chart history. Two more singles – " You Got The Feeling" and " I Surrender" – were top 25, spending five months on the chart between them. All four were written by Banks in collaboration with Clark or Kelly. International releases soon followed, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Films
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy stated on his website, "Despite films like “Crash,” which deals with racism in contemporary America, and geopolitical exposes like ''Syriana'' and ''Munich'', the 2005 movie year may go down in film history as the year of sexual diversity." He went on to emphasize, "It's hard to recall a year in which sex, sexuality, and gender have featured so prominently in American films, both mainstream Hollywood and independent cinema. I am deliberately using the concepts of sexual diversity and sexual orientation, rather than gay-themed movies, because the rather new phenomenon goes beyond homosexuality or lesbianism. For decades, American culture has been both puritanical and hypocritical as far as sexual matters are co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand LGBTQ-related Films
New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995 Songs * "New" (Daya song), 2017 * "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * "New" (No Doubt song), 1999 *"new", by Loona from '' Yves'', 2017 *"The New", by Interpol from '' Turn On the Bright Lights'', 2002 Acronyms * Net economic welfare, a proposed macroeconomic indicator * Net explosive weight, also known as net explosive quantity * Network of enlightened Women, a conservative university women's organization * Next Entertainment World, a South Korean film distribution company Identification codes * Nepal Bhasa language ISO 639 language code * New Century Financial Corporation (NYSE stock abbreviation) * Northeast Wrestling, a professional wrestling promotion in the northeastern United States Transport * New Orleans Lakefront A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Comedy Films
New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995 Songs * "New" (Daya song), 2017 * "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * "New" (No Doubt song), 1999 *"new", by Loona from '' Yves'', 2017 *"The New", by Interpol from ''Turn On the Bright Lights'', 2002 Acronyms * Net economic welfare, a proposed macroeconomic indicator * Net explosive weight, also known as net explosive quantity * Network of enlightened Women, a conservative university women's organization * Next Entertainment World, a South Korean film distribution company Identification codes * Nepal Bhasa language ISO 639 language code * New Century Financial Corporation (NYSE stock abbreviation) * Northeast Wrestling, a professional wrestling promotion in the northeastern United States Transport * New Orleans Lakefront Airp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverworld
Riverworld is a fictional planet and the setting for a series of science fiction books written by Philip José Farmer (1918–2009). Riverworld is an artificial "Super-Earth" environment where all humans (and pre-humans) are reconstructed. The books explore interactions of individuals from many different cultures and time periods. Its underlying theme is quasi-religious. The motivations of alien intelligences operating under ultra-ethical motives are also explored. Works The five novels in the series are as follows: * '' To Your Scattered Bodies Go'' (1971) – Hugo Award winner, Locus Award nominee * ''The Fabulous Riverboat'' (1971) * ''The Dark Design'' (1977) * '' The Magic Labyrinth'' (1980) * '' Gods of Riverworld'' (1983; later published as ''The Gods of Riverworld'') * ''River of Eternity'' (1983) – an earlier version of Riverworld There are also several Riverworld short stories. The first of these appeared in Farmer's anthology: * ''Riverworld and Other Stories'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All About Reinalda
All or ALL may refer to: Language * All, an indefinite pronoun in English * All, one of the English determiners * Allar language (ISO 639-3 code) * Allative case (abbreviated ALL) Music * All (band), an American punk rock band * ''All'' (All album), 1999 * ''All'' (Descendents album) or the title song, 1987 * ''All'' (Horace Silver album) or the title song, 1972 * ''All'' (Yann Tiersen album), 2019 * "All" (song), by Patricia Bredin, representing the UK at Eurovision 1957 * "All (I Ever Want)", a song by Alexander Klaws, 2005 * "All", a song by Collective Soul from ''Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid'', 1994 Science and mathematics * ALL (complexity), the class of all decision problems in computability and complexity theory * Acute lymphoblastic leukemia * Anterolateral ligament Sports * American Lacrosse League * Arena Lacrosse League, Canada * Australian Lacrosse League Other uses * All, Missouri, a community in the United States * All, a brand of Sun Products ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Being Eve
''Being Eve'' is a teen comedy-drama television series from New Zealand, originally shown on TV3 from 2001 to 2002, and later broadcast on Noggin's teen block The N in the US. ''Being Eve'' focuses on a teenage girl, Eve Baxter, and her daily problems. Her parents are divorced but live next door to each other. Eve was in love with a boy named Adam. They broke up at the beginning of the second season, and she ends up with another boy named Sam Hooper, with whom she had her first kiss when they were kids. Cast Main characters *Fleur Saville as Eve Baxter (26 episodes, 2001–2002) *Stephen Lovatt as Tim Baxter (26 episodes, 2001–2002) * Joanna Morrison as Sylvie Stern (26 episodes, 2001–2002) *Alison Bruce as Vivienne Baxter (26 episodes, 2001–2002) *Tandi Wright as Alannah Lush (26 episodes, 2001–2002) *Lionel Wickliffe as Matt Te Ahi (26 episodes, 2001–2002) * Leighton Cardno as Ned Baxter (26 episodes, 2001–2002) * Cameron Stanton as Caleb Baxter (26 episode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantis High
''Atlantis High'' is a teen comedy melodrama television series, filmed in New Zealand, that aired on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom from September 2001 to March 2002. ''Atlantis High'' both parodies soap operas and pays homage to spoof television. Overview The series revolves around 16-year-old Giles Gordon ( Michael Wesley-Smith), who has just moved to Sunset Cove, "a beautiful coastal surfing town where the sun is always shining, the people are all beautiful and everything is perfect... or so it seems". He enrolls in Atlantis High School, where he soon discovers that Sunset Cove is unlike any town he has ever seen: populated by double-agents, aliens and high school students with blue hair and pointy ears, its inhabitants are eccentric lunatics who at times turn into superheroes or other whimsical figures. Cast and characters Main * Michael Wesley-Smith as Giles: Giles Gordon has just moved to Sunset Cove and quickly becomes an outsider at Atlantis High. Giles soon falls i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stratford-upon-Avon International Digital Film Festival
Stratford-upon-Avon (), commonly known as just Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is situated on the River Avon, north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and south-west of Warwick. The town is the southernmost point of the Arden area on the edge of the Cotswolds. In the 2021 census Stratford had a population of 30,495; an increase from 27,894 in the 2011 census and 22,338 in the 2001 Census. Stratford was originally inhabited by Britons before Anglo-Saxons and remained a village before the lord of the manor, John of Coutances, set out plans to develop it into a town in 1196. In that same year, Stratford was granted a charter from King Richard I to hold a weekly market in the town, giving it its status as a market town. As a result, Stratford experienced an increase in trade and commerce as well as urban expansion. Stratford is a pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Morrison (cinematographer)
Neil Joseph Morrison (11 January 1938 – 19 September 2007) was a New Zealand politician of the Social Credit Party. Early life and career Morrison was born in 1938 at Tuakau. He was a fourth-generation New Zealander and grew up in a farming family. He attended Pukekohe High School and did an apprenticeship in engineering. He subsequently qualified as an A-grade diesel engineer. In 1959 he married his wife Gabrielle Anne Courtis, a doctor's daughter, and had two children. He owned his own garage and worked as a mechanical supervisor at the Tasman Pulp and Paper mill. He later relocated to Auckland where his family took over ownership of two superettes. Morrison was later self-employed in the transport and manufacturing industries before becoming a director of a property development company in Ohakune. Political career Morrison joined the Social Credit Party in the mid-1960s and was its candidate for the seat of in 1972. He then contested the seat at the next three elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolette Kenny
Nicolette may refer to: People Given name * Nicolette (musician) (born 1964), a UK singer/songwriter of Nigerian parentage * Nicolette Bethel, Bahamian teacher, writer and anthropologist * Nicolette Fernandes (born 1983), Guyanese squash player * Nicolette Hellemans (born 1961), former international rower from the Netherlands * Nicolette Jennings (born 1996), American model, beauty pageant titleholder, Miss Florida USA 2019, and Top 10 Miss USA 2019 * Nicolette Krebitz (born 1972), German actress * Nicolette Larson (1952–1997), American singer * Nicolette Palikat (born 1985), Malaysian singer from Tambunan, Sabah * Nicollette Sheridan (born 1963), British actress Surname * Mike Nicolette, American professional golfer Other uses * ''Nicolette'' (album), a 1978 album release by Nicolette Larson * ''Nicolette'' (novel), a 1922 novel by Baroness Orczy * Nicolette, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Nicolette Grant, a character on the HBO series ''Big Love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
