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Route 9 (film)
''Route 9'' is an American crime drama film released in 1998, directed by David Mackay. Cast * Kyle MacLachlan - Deputy Booth Parker * Peter Coyote - Sheriff Dwayne Hogan * Amy Locane - Sally Hogan * Wade Williams - Deputy Earl Whitney * Miguel Sandoval - Jesse Segundo * Roma Maffia - Agent Ellen Marks * Joseph D. Reitman - Cliff * Scott Coffey - Nate * Silas Weir Mitchell - Agent Paul Danning * Chris Murray - Cowboy Reviews Emanuel Levy in ''Variety'' compares it to "the far more suspenseful, ambiguous and technically accomplished '' A Simple Plan''", the 1998 film directed by Sam Raimi Samuel M. Raimi ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the first three films in the ''Evil Dead'' franchise (1981–present) and the ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007). He also directed the super ..., and states its "gifted ensemble does its best to elevate the suspenser above B-pic level, but after the first reel, pedestrian writing an ...
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David Mackay (director)
David McKay or MacKay may refer to: Arts * Dave Mackay (musician) (1932–2020), American jazz pianist, singer and composer * David Mackay (producer) (born 1944), Australian record producer/arranger and musical director * David McKay (activist) (born 1986), activist and artist known for his betrayal by Brandon Darby and subsequent incarceration * David McKay (actor), Scottish actor known for the television show ''Shoebox Zoo'' * David McKay (publisher) (1860–1918), comic and book publisher ** David McKay Publications Sports * Dave Mackay (1934–2015), Scottish football player (Hearts, Tottenham, Derby, Scotland) and manager * Dave Mackay (footballer, born 1981), Scottish football player (Dundee, St Johnstone) and manager * David Mackay (sailor) (born 1959), New Zealand Olympic sailor * Dave MacKay (ice hockey) (1919–1980), Canadian professional ice hockey player * Dave McKay (baseball) (David Lawrence McKay, born 1950), Canadian major league baseball player * Dave ...
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Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ...
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1998 Crime Drama Films
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). With up ...
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1998 Films
Many significant films were released in 1998, including '' Shakespeare in Love'', ''Saving Private Ryan'','' Armageddon'', '' American History X'', '' The Truman Show'', '' Primary Colors'', '' ''Rushmore'''', '' Rush Hour'', '' There's Something About Mary'', '' The Big Lebowski'', and Terrence Malick's directorial return in '' The Thin Red Line''. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1998 by worldwide gross are as follows: Box office records * ''Saving Private Ryan'' grossed $485 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing World War II film until it was surpassed by ''Dunkirk'' (2017). However, when adjusted for 2025 inflation, ''Saving Private Ryan'' grossed approximately $826 million worldwide. * ''Blade'' became the top-grossing film based on a Marvel Comics character, grossing $131.2 million worldwide at the time of its release. *The ''Star Trek'' franchise became the seventh film franchise to gross $1 billion with the release of '' Star Trek: ...
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1998 Television Films
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). With up ...
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Sam Raimi
Samuel M. Raimi ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the first three films in the ''Evil Dead'' franchise (1981–present) and the ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007). He also directed the superhero movie '' Darkman'' (1990), the revisionist western '' The Quick and the Dead'' (1995), the neo-noir crime thriller '' A Simple Plan'' (1998), the supernatural thriller '' The Gift'' (2000), the supernatural horror '' Drag Me to Hell'' (2009), the Disney fantasy '' Oz the Great and Powerful'' (2013), and the Marvel Studios film '' Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'' (2022). His films are known for their highly dynamic visual style, inspired by comic books and slapstick comedy. He founded the production companies Renaissance Pictures in 1979 and Ghost House Pictures in 2002. Raimi has also produced several successful television series, including '' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', its spin-off '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', ...
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A Simple Plan (film)
''A Simple Plan'' is a 1998 neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Scott B. Smith, based on Smith's 1993 novel. The film stars Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, and Bridget Fonda. Set in rural Minnesota, the story follows brothers Hank (Paxton) and Jacob Mitchell (Thornton), who, along with Jacob's friend Lou ( Brent Briscoe), discover a crashed plane containing $4.4 million in cash. The three men and Hank's wife Sarah (Fonda) go to great lengths to keep the money a secret but begin to doubt each other's trust, resulting in lies, deceit and murder. Development of the film began in 1993 before the novel was published. Mike Nichols purchased the film rights, and the project was picked up by Savoy Pictures. After Nichols stepped down, the film adaptation became mired in development hell, with Ben Stiller and John Dahl turning down opportunities to direct it. After Savoy closed in November 1997, the project was sold to Paramount Pictures. John Boorman w ...
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Christopher Murray (actor)
Christopher Murray (born March 19, 1957) is an American actor. He is the son of actors Don Murray and Hope Lange, as well as the stepson of film director Alan J. Pakula, Lange's second husband. Career Murray appeared in a number of notable films, beginning with Pakula's 1976 film ''All the President's Men''. He appeared in two other films directed by Pakula, '' See You in the Morning'' (1989) and '' The Pelican Brief'' (1993). He has also appeared in the films ''I Am the Cheese'' (1983), '' And God Created Woman'' (1988), '' Just Cause'' and ''Virtuosity'' (both 1995) and ''Dante's Peak'' (1997). He has also guest starred in a number of notable television series that include, ''Knots Landing'', '' China Beach'', ''L.A. Law'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', '' JAG'', '' NCIS'', ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', ''The West Wing'', '' 24'', '' 7th Heaven'', ''Crossing Jordan'', '' Parks and Recreation'', '' Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction'' and ''Mad Men''. From 2005 to 2008, Murray had a recur ...
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Silas Weir Mitchell (actor)
Silas Weir Mitchell (born Silas Weir Mitchell Neilson; September 30, 1969) is an American character actor. He is known for starring as Charles "Haywire" Patoshik in the Fox television series ''Prison Break'' (2005–2007), for the recurring role of Donny Jones in ''My Name Is Earl'' (2005–2009), and as Monroe in the NBC television series '' Grimm'' (2011–2017). Early life and education Mitchell was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is named after an ancestor, the 19th century physician and author Silas Weir Mitchell. He attended The Montgomery County Day School (formerly in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania) for his elementary school years; is a graduate of St. Paul's School, a college-preparatory boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire, (1987); Brown University (1991) in Rhode Island, where he majored in Theatre and Religion; and the University of California San Diego, Master of Fine Arts graduate acting program. After graduating from Brown, he spent some ti ...
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Scott Coffey
Scott Coffey (born Thomas Scott Coffey; May 1, 1964) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. His film credits include ''Shag'', '' Some Kind of Wonderful'', ''Dream Lover'', and ''Mulholland Drive''. He directed the films '' Ellie Parker'' (2005) and '' Adult World'' (2013). Coffey was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in ''Shag''. Biography Personal life Coffey was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he began his acting career appearing in school plays, community theatre and with the Hawaii Performing Arts Company. He also appeared in several episodic television shows. He later became a writer and director. Coffey lives in New York with his longtime boyfriend, novelist Blair Mastbaum. Career At sixteen, he moved to Rome, attending high school and acting in films including ''Once Upon a Time in America''. Coffey's favorite film was Bertolucci's '' La Luna'' which sparked his desire to move to Ita ...
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Joseph D
Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with " Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled , . In Kurdish (''Kurdî''), the name is , Persian, the name is , and in Turkish it is . In Pashto the name is spelled ''Esaf'' (ايسپ) and in Malayalam it is spelled ''Ousep'' (ഔസേപ്പ്). In Tamil, it is spelled as ''Yosepu'' (யோசேப்பு). The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most commo ...
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Roma Maffia
Roma Maffia (born May 31, 1958)Editors of Chase's (2021). Chase's Calendar of Events 2022: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months'. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 300. . is an American actress. Best known for Grace Alvarez on '' Profiler'' (1996-2000) and Liz Cruz on '' Nip/Tuck'' (2003–2010). Life and career Roma Maffia grew up in Brooklyn, New York and is of mixed English, German and West Indian descent. Her Italian surname reportedly comes from her stepfather. Maffia is a 1973 graduate of St. Michael Academy. She began her official acting career in off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions. In 1994, she played Carmen in director Ron Howard's film '' The Paper''. Soon after, she landed a role on the television series '' Chicago Hope''. Maffia's television career continued as she played Grace Alvarez, the forensic pathologist for the Violent Crimes Task Force for four seasons on '' Profiler''. She has had guest-starring and recurring ro ...
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