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Quitters
''Quitters'' is a 2015 American comedy film directed by Noah Pritzker and written by Noah Pritzker and Ben Tarnoff. The film stars Ben Konigsberg, Greg Germann, Mira Sorvino, Kara Hayward, Morgan Turner and Kieran Culkin. The film was released on July 22, 2016, by Momentum Pictures. Cast *Ben Konigsberg as Clark Rayman *Greg Germann as Roger *Mira Sorvino as May Rayman *Kara Hayward as Etta *Morgan Turner as Natalia *Kieran Culkin as Mr. Becker *Saffron Burrows as Veronica *Scott Lawrence as Todd *Jim Breuer *Ross Turner as Bradley Friedlander *Katherine Liviakis as Shira *Carl Lumbly as Dr. Weiss *George Anagnostou as Steve Release The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 15, 2015. The film was released on July 22, 2016, by Momentum Pictures Momentum Pictures was a film distributor owned by Entertainment One, a subsidiary of Lionsgate Studios. Prior to 2013, it was a brand of Canadian distributor Alliance Films used for its releases in the United Kingdom, and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Pritzker
Noah Pritzker (born December 1986) is an American film director and screenwriter, and a member of the Pritzker family. Biography Pritzker grew up San Francisco's Pacific Heights neighborhood. He is the son of billionaire John Pritzker and philanthropist Lisa Stone Pritzker. Pritzker attended San Francisco Day School and graduated from San Francisco University High School in 2005. He then studied art history and literature at Columbia University. Pritzker's first film, '' Quitters'', was released in 2015. He cowrote it with Ben Tarnoff. The film was a 2015 nominee at the SXSW Grand Jury Award for Narrative Feature. Pritzker wrote and directed the film '' Ex-Husbands'', which was released in 2023. He has said that the film was based in part on his experiences watching the dissolution of his own parents' marriage after 35 years. Pritzker lives in Manhattan's West Village The West Village is a neighborhood in the western section of the larger Greenwich Village neighborho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kieran Culkin
Kieran Kyle Culkin (born September 30, 1982) is an American actor. Known for portraying distasteful yet sympathetic characters across stage and screen, List of awards and nominations received by Kieran Culkin, his accolades include an Academy Awards, Academy Award, a British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Culkin began his career as a Child actor, child actor in off-Broadway theater productions. He made his feature film debut alongside his older brother, Macaulay Culkin, Macaulay, in the Christmas comedy ''Home Alone'' (1990). After achieving his breakthrough role as a sardonic teenager in the comedy-drama ''Igby Goes Down'' (2002), which earned him his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Award nomination, Culkin took a break from the screen due to personal conflicts. He returned to film six years later by playing List of Scott Pilgrim charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mira Sorvino
Mira Katherine Sorvino (; born ) is an American actress. She rose to stardom with her performance as a prostitute in the comedy film ''Mighty Aphrodite'' (1995), which won her both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress. Sorvino also starred in the films ''Romy and Michele's High School Reunion'' (1997), ''Mimic (film), Mimic'' (1997), ''Lulu on the Bridge'' (1998), ''The Replacement Killers'' (1998), ''Summer of Sam'' (1999), ''Gods and Generals (film), Gods and Generals'' (2003), ''Like Dandelion Dust'' (2009), and ''Sound of Freedom (film), Sound of Freedom'' (2023). For her work in television, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in ''Norma Jean & Marilyn'' (1996) and nominated twice for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film, Golden Globe for Best Actress – Miniseries or Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kara Hayward
Kara Hayward (born November 17, 1998) is an American actress. She is known for her lead role as Suzy Bishop in the 2012 feature film ''Moonrise Kingdom'', which earned her a nomination for the Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film in 2013. Two years later, she played Emily Parris, one of the lead roles in '' The Sisterhood of Night.'' Early life and career Hayward was born and raised in Andover, Massachusetts. She went to an open casting call for ''Moonrise Kingdom'' and was chosen for the role of Suzy Bishop. It was her first audition for a feature film. She had no professional acting experience prior to being cast. ''USA Today'' ran a feature on Hayward and her ''Moonrise Kingdom'' co-star Jared Gilman on May 22, 2012. She moved to Los Angeles after graduating high school, saying, "I know what I want to do." Soon after, she got the role of Iris Deerborne in '' To the Stars''. Personal life Hayward has been a member of Mensa since she was nine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Turner
Morgan Jeanette Turner (born ) is an American actor best known for playing Martha Kaply in the Jumanji (franchise), ''Jumanji'' franchise. Personal life Turner attended Methacton High School in Fairview Village, Pennsylvania. Turner is Non-binary gender, nonbinary. Filmography References External links * * * 1990s births Living people 21st-century American actors American child actors American film actors American non-binary actors Actors from Pennsylvania LGBTQ people from Pennsylvania {{US-film-actor-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momentum Pictures
Momentum Pictures was a film distributor owned by Entertainment One, a subsidiary of Lionsgate Studios. Prior to 2013, it was a brand of Canadian distributor Alliance Films used for its releases in the United Kingdom, and was one of the leading independent distributors in the UK and Ireland. It was originally formed in 1997 after Alliance Communications had bought out distributor Electric Pictures. Two years later, its interest was sold off to German distributor Kinowelt, and took on the name Momentum Pictures in 2000. Following eOne's purchase of the company, Alliance and its divisions were folded under the eOne brand. The Momentum brand was revived in 2015 as part of a venture with Orion Pictures to jointly acquire films for distribution in North America and international markets. The studio has also released several family films, such as '' Hoodwinked!'', '' The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle'' (co-distributed with United International Pictures as part of a two-year agreem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Germann
Gregory Andrew Germann ( ; born February 26, 1958) is an American actor who is known for playing Richard Fish on the television series ''Ally McBeal'', which earned him a Screen Actors Guild award. He also is known for his roles as Eric "Rico" Morrow on the sitcom ''Ned & Stacey'', Tom Koracick in ''Grey's Anatomy'' and as Hades in Season Five of ''Once Upon a Time''. Career Early work He started in several Broadway plays while in New York, including a role in 1982 alongside Matthew Broderick in the play ''Fancy This'', which Germann also co-wrote. He received praise for roles in the 1982 musical ''Chicago'', and the 1983 musical ''The Wizard of Oz''. He continued to have roles in plays before seeing a poster for wanted actors for a film in 1985. He moved to Hollywood to find film success, and got his first role in the teen comedy film, ''The Whoopee Boys'' in 1986. The supporting role in that film helped Greg's career, so he could star in bigger and mainstream films. His next f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saffron Burrows
Saffron Burrows (born 22 October 1972) is a British and American actress who has appeared in films such as '' Circle of Friends,'' '' Wing Commander,'' '' Deep Blue Sea,'' '' Gangster No. 1,'' '' Enigma,'' ''Troy,'' '' Reign Over Me'', and '' The Bank Job''. On the small screen she starred as Lorraine Weller on '' Boston Legal,'' Dr. Norah Skinner on '' My Own Worst Enemy,'' Detective Serena Stevens on '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent,'' and Victoria Hand on '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''. She appeared as Cynthia Taylor on the Prime Video series '' Mozart in the Jungle'' and as Dottie Quinn in the Netflix series '' You''. Early life A Londoner, Saffron Burrows was born in St Pancras in central London and grew up in Stoke Newington. Her mother is a trade unionist and primary school teacher in Hackney and her father is an architect and teacher. Her parents and stepfather were Socialist Workers Party members, and Burrows was politically active from a young age. Burrows attend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Lawrence
Scott Lawrence (born September 27, 1963) is an American actor best known for his role as Cmdr. Sturgis Turner on the CBS series '' JAG''. Lawrence played the role from 2001 until 2005, when the series ended. He is also known for being a major audio double for James Earl Jones, voicing Darth Vader in several ''Star Wars'' video games since 1994. Career Lawrence began his career in Hollywood in the late 1980s with supporting TV and film appearances. He debuted as a perpetrator defended by James Earl Jones in ''L.A. Law''. He had a recurring role on ''Murphy Brown'' and in the early 1990s was a semi-regular on the Whoopi Goldberg series '' Bagdad Cafe''. In film, his first appearance was in the 1990 thriller '' The First Power'' with Lou Diamond Phillips. He next appeared in the Drew Barrymore 1993 horror film '' Doppelganger.'' Other credits include the Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle '' Timecop'' and Howard Stern's '' Private Parts''. From 1994 to 2006, Lawrence voiced Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Breuer
James Breuer (born June 21, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian, and actor. He was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1995 to 1998 and starred in the film ''Half Baked'' (1998). Career Breuer was a member of the cast of ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1995 to 1998, playing characters such as Joe Pesci and Goat Boy. He went on to host ''The Jim Breuer Show'' after leaving ''SNL''. Breuer regularly tours as a comedian. Footage of his 2008 tour was used in his documentary ''More Than Me'' and in his four-hour DVD program ''The Jim Breuer Road Journals''. In September 2021, he cancelled shows at venues requiring COVID-19 vaccination in New Jersey and Michigan and has stated that he will not perform at venues with such requirements. In 2023, Breuer appeared as a featured speaker on the ReAwaken America Tour. During one appearance, Breuer received backlash for mocking the collapse of football player Damar Hamlin; he suggested the collapse was caused by COVID-19 vacci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Lumbly
Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951) is an American actor. He is best known for '' M.A.N.T.I.S.'' (1994–1997) and has also had television roles on '' Cagney & Lacey'' (1982–1988) and '' Alias'' (2001–2006). He has also had roles in various superhero franchises including voicing Martian Manhunter in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU). Lumbly later portrayed M'yrnn J'onzz, Martian Manhunter's father, in ''Supergirl'' (2017–2019). He has since portrayed Isaiah Bradley, the first Black super soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), appearing in '' The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'' (2021) and '' Captain America: Brave New World'' (2025). Early life Lumbly was born to Jamaican immigrants in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated from South High School there and Macalester College in nearby St. Paul. Lumbly's first career was as a journalist in Minnesota. While on assignment for a story about a workshop theatre, he was cast as an actor. He stayed with the impro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Comedy Films
Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number) *one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015 Music *Fifteen (band), a punk rock band Albums * ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005 * ''15'' (Ani Lorak album), 2007 * ''15'' (Phatfish album), 2008 * ''15'' (Tuki album), 2025 * ''15'' (mixtape), a 2018 mixtape by Bhad Bhabie * ''Fifteen'' (Green River Ordinance album), 2016 * ''Fifteen'' (The Wailin' Jennys album), 2017 * ''Fifteen'', a 2012 album by Colin James Songs * "Fifteen" (song), a 2008 song by Taylor Swift *"Fifteen", a song by Harry Belafonte from the album '' Love Is a Gentle Thing'' *"15", a song by Rilo Kiley from the album ''Under the Blacklight'' *"15", a song by Marilyn Manson from the album ''The High End of Low'' Other media * ''15'' (film), a 2003 Singaporean film * ''Fifteen'' (TV series), international release name of ''Hillside'', a Canadian-American teen drama * "Fifteen" (''Runaways''), an episode of ''Runaways'' *Fifteen (novel), a 1956 juvenile fict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
