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Real Life (1979 Film)
''Real Life'' is a 1979 American mockumentary comedy film starring Albert Brooks (in his directorial debut), who also co-authored the screenplay alongside Monica Johnson and Harry Shearer. It is a spoof of the 1973 reality television program '' An American Family'' and portrays a documentary filmmaker named Albert Brooks who attempts to live with and film a dysfunctional family for one full year. Charles Grodin co-stars as the family's patriarch who allows cameras in his Arizona home. Real-life producer Jennings Lang also has an acting role in ''Real Life''. Plot Documentary film producer Albert Brooks leads a project meant to encapsulate the joys, sorrows and intimacy of real life by filming a regular American family, the Yeagers, at all times for a full year using expensive cameras: some installed on walls, and four large helmet-like ones worn by a camera crew that follows Brooks and the family in and out of their neighboring homes. The Yeagers are sent on vacation and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Brooks
Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein; July 22, 1947) is an American actor, director and screenwriter. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1987 comedy-drama film '' Broadcast News'' and was widely praised for his performance in the 2011 action drama film '' Drive''. Brooks has also acted in films such as ''Taxi Driver'' (1976), '' Private Benjamin'' (1980), '' Unfaithfully Yours'' (1984), '' Out of Sight'' (1998) and '' My First Mister'' (2001). He has written, directed, and starred in several comedy films, such as '' Modern Romance'' (1981), '' Lost in America'' (1985), and '' Defending Your Life'' (1991). He is also the author of '' 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America'' (2011). Brooks has also voiced several characters in animated films and television shows. His voice acting roles include Marlin in ''Finding Nemo'' (2003) and its sequel ''Finding Dory'' (2016), Tiberius in ''The Secret Life of Pets'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reality Television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring ordinary people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with shows such as ''The Real World (TV series), The Real World'', then achieved prominence in the early 2000s with the success of the series ''Survivor (franchise), Survivor'', ''Idol (franchise), Idol'', and ''Big Brother (franchise), Big Brother'', all of which became global Franchising, franchises. Reality television shows tend to be interspersed with "confessionals", short interview segments in which cast members reflect on or provide context for the events being depicted on-screen; this is most commonly seen in American reality television. Competition-based reality shows typically feature the gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges, by the viewership of the show, or by the contestants themselves. Documentary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Maslin
Janet R. Maslin (born August 12, 1949) is an American journalist, who served as a film critic for ''The New York Times'' from 1977 to 1999, serving as chief critic for the last six years, and then a literary critic from 2000 to 2015. In 2000, Maslin helped found the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, New York. She is president of its board of directors. Education Maslin graduated from the University of Rochester in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Career Maslin began her career as a rock music critic for '' The Boston Phoenix'' and became a film editor and critic for that publication. She also worked as a freelancer for ''Rolling Stone'' and worked at ''Newsweek''. Maslin became a film critic for ''The New York Times'' in 1977. From December 1, 1994, she replaced Vincent Canby as the chief film critic. Maslin continued to review films for ''The Times'' until 1999, when she briefly left the newspaper. Her film criticism career, including her embrace of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RogerEbert
''RogerEbert.com'' is an American film review website that archives reviews written by film critic Roger Ebert for the '' Chicago Sun-Times'' and also shares other critics' reviews and essays. The website, underwritten by the ''Chicago Sun-Times'', was launched in 2002. Ebert handpicked writers from around the world to contribute to the website. After Ebert died in 2013, the website was relaunched under Ebert Digital, a partnership founded between Ebert, his wife Chaz, and friend Josh Golden. Background Two months after Ebert's death, Chaz Ebert hired film and television critic Matt Zoller Seitz as editor-in-chief for the website because his IndieWire blog ''PressPlay'' shared multiple contributors with RogerEbert.com, and because both websites promoted each other's content. '' The Dissolve''s Noel Murray described the website's collection of Ebert reviews as "an invaluable resource, both for getting some front-line perspective on older movies, and for getting a better sens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert ( ; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American Film criticism, film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter and author. He wrote for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' from 1967 until his death in 2013. Ebert was known for his intimate, Midwestern writing style and critical views informed by values of populism and humanism. Writing in a prose style intended to be entertaining and direct, he made sophisticated cinematic and analytical ideas more accessible to non-specialist audiences. Ebert endorsed foreign and independent films he believed would be appreciated by mainstream viewers, championing filmmakers like Werner Herzog, Errol Morris and Spike Lee, as well as Martin Scorsese, whose first published review he wrote. In 1975, Ebert became the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Neil Steinberg of the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' said Ebert "was without question the nation's most prominent and influential film critic," and Kenne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James L
James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (other), various kings named James * Prince James (other) * Saint James (other) Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, York, James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Film and television * James (2005 film), ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * James (2008 film), ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * James (2022 film), ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * "James", a television Adventure Time (season 5)#ep42, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Haymer
Haymer Lionel Flieg (January 19, 1920 – November 18, 1989), known professionally as Johnny Haymer, was an American actor known for his role as Staff Sergeant Zelmo Zale, a recurring character in the television series '' M*A*S*H''. He appeared in a 1965 episode of '' The Cara Williams Show'' and was an announcer for the game show '' Your Number's Up'' hosted by Nipsey Russell; in the mid-1980s he provided his voice for the characters Swindle, Vortex, Highbrow, and Caliburst in '' The Transformers''. He played Walter Pinkerton from 1982 to 1983 on '' Madame's Place'' and appeared in the penultimate episode of the original ''Star Trek'' series, " All Our Yesterdays". He played the crooked fight promoter Moriarty in "The Wild Wild West" S3 E18 "The Night of the Viper" which aired on 1 October 1968. Haymer additionally made brief television appearances in other popular series, including ''The Incredible Hulk'' Season 2 episode fourteen "Haunted", a shot down general in Hogan' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Payne (actress, Born 1946)
Julie Payne is an American television, film and stage actress who, in a career lasting over four decades, has specialized primarily in comedy roles as well as voice acting. She was a cast member in three short-lived network sitcoms during 1983–1986, and appeared in about twenty feature films and over a hundred episodes of TV series as well as providing voices for scores of TV animated shows, of which her best known character is that of Liz Wilson. Early life A native of Oregon, Julie Payne was born in Sweet Home, near the lake and river areas adjoining the Cascade Range. Growing up in the state's second-largest city, Eugene, she attended South Eugene High School, where she performed in a number of school productions, including ''The Music Man'', ''The Madwoman of Chaillot'', '' The Lark'' and ''Once Upon a Mattress''. After graduating in 1964, she moved to California, where she studied drama at Santa Clara University and French at San Francisco State University. Includes p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Bartold
Norman Hillman Bartold (August 6, 1928 – May 28, 1994) was an American film and television actor. He played Mr. Brody in eight episodes of the American television sitcom '' Teachers Only''. He also played the District Attorney Donahue in the short-lived television series ''Adam's Rib''. Bartold appeared in numerous television programs including ''The Streets of San Francisco'', '' Benson'', ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''Fantasy Island'', ''Too Close for Comfort'', ''Charlie's Angels'', '' Perfect Strangers'' and ''Night Court''. He also appeared in a few episodes of ''Laverne & Shirley'', ''Mr. Belvedere'', ''Barney Miller'', ''The Rockford Files'' and ''Falcon Crest''. Bartold died in May 1994 in Rancho Mirage, California Rancho Mirage is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. The city is a low-density desert community with resorts, golf courses, and country clubs within the Colorado Desert section of the Sonoran Desert. Nestled along the foothil ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Spielberg
David Spielberg (March 6, 1939 – June 1, 2016) was an American television and film actor. Early life Spielberg was born in Weslaco, Texas, and was a resident of Mercedes, Texas. His father was a Romanian-Jewish immigrant, and his mother was a Mexican-American teacher. After serving in the United States Navy for two years, he enrolled in the University of Texas. Two summers' acting experience in New York City led him to drop out of the university and move to New York to pursue a career in acting. He was not related to American film director Steven Spielberg. Career Film Spielberg's screen debut was in ''The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds'' (1972). He also appeared in '' Newman's Law'' (1974), '' Law and Disorder'' (1974), '' Hustle'' (1975), ''American Raspberry'' (1977), '' The Choirboys'' (1977), ''Real Life'' (1979), '' Winter Kills'' (1979), '' Christine'' (1983), '' The Stranger'' (1987), ''Alice'' (1990), and '' Red Ribbon Blues'' (1996). Television Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gone With The Wind (film)
''Gone with the Wind'' is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. The film was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directed by Victor Fleming. Set in the American South against the backdrop of the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era, the film tells the story of Scarlett O'Hara ( Vivien Leigh), the strong-willed daughter of a Georgia plantation owner, following her romantic pursuit of Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard), who is married to his cousin, Melanie Hamilton (Olivia de Havilland), and her subsequent marriage to Rhett Butler (Clark Gable). The film had a troubled production. The start of filming was delayed for two years until January 1939 because Selznick was determined to secure Gable for the role of Rhett, and filming concluded in July. The role of Scarlett was challenging to cast, and 1,400 unknown women were interviewed for the part. Sidney Howard's original screenpl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
