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Sam Bottoms
Samuel John Bottoms (October 17, 1955 – December 16, 2008) was an American actor and producer. Early life Bottoms was born in Santa Barbara, California in 1955, the third son of James "Bud" Bottoms (a sculptor and art teacher) and Betty (Chapman), both of whom outlived him. He was the brother of actors Timothy Bottoms (born 1951), Joseph Bottoms (born 1954) and Ben Bottoms (born 1960). Career When Bottoms was 16 years old, he was on the set of ''The Last Picture Show'', in which his older brother Timothy starred, when the director Peter Bogdanovich decided to give him a screen test. He ended up in the movie as the character of Billy, who has no spoken lines but plays a pivotal role in the drama. Five years later, Bottoms appeared with Clint Eastwood in ''The Outlaw Josey Wales''. Bottoms may be best remembered for his role as surfer Lance B. Johnson, a Navy Gunner's Mate stationed on a river boat in Francis Ford Coppola's ''Apocalypse Now''. Bottoms acquired hookworm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apocalypse Now
''Apocalypse Now'' is a 1979 American psychological epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius, and Michael Herr, is loosely inspired by the 1899 novella '' Heart of Darkness'' by Joseph Conrad, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War. The film follows a river journey from South Vietnam into Cambodia undertaken by Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), who is on a secret mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz ( Marlon Brando), a renegade Special Forces officer who is accused of murder and presumed insane. The ensemble cast also features Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, and Harrison Ford. Milius became interested in adapting ''Heart of Darkness'' for a Vietnam War setting in the late 1960s, and initially began developing the film with Coppola as producer and George Lucas as director. After Lucas became unavailable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brain Tumor
A brain tumor (sometimes referred to as brain cancer) occurs when a group of cells within the Human brain, brain turn cancerous and grow out of control, creating a mass. There are two main types of tumors: malignant (cancerous) tumors and benign tumor, benign (non-cancerous) tumors. These can be further classified as primary tumors, which start within the brain, and metastasis, secondary tumors, which most commonly have spread from tumors located outside the brain, known as brain metastasis tumors. All types of brain tumors may produce symptoms that vary depending on the size of the tumor and the part of the brain that is involved. Where symptoms exist, they may include headaches, seizures, problems with visual perception, vision, vomiting and cognition, mental changes. Other symptoms may include difficulty walking, speaking, with sensations, or unconsciousness. The cause of most brain tumors is unknown, though up to 4% of brain cancers may be caused by CT scan radiation. Uncommo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project Shadowchaser III
''Project Shadowchaser III'', also known as ''Shadowchaser III'', ''Project Shadowchaser 3000'' and ''Edge Of Darkness'', is a 1995 science fiction film by director John Eyres. It is the third installment in the ''Project Shadowchaser'' film series. Premise The third chapter in this science fiction series finds a space station in dire trouble after colliding with an old mining vessel that has been deserted...except for one murderous android! Cast * Sam Bottoms as Kody * Musetta Vander as Rea * Christopher Atkins as Snake * Frank Zagarino as Android * Christopher Neame as Renko * Ricco Ross as Lennox * Aubrey Morris as Professor * Robina Alston as Dee * Bill Kirchenbauer as Wheels * Mark Phelan as Mac * Andrew Lamond as Daniel Peterson * Kelly Hunt as Tanya Deal * Scott Williams as Yuri Pastov * Elizabeth Giordano as Tatiana * Raymond Lynch as Yakav * Red Horton as Man #1 DVD release The film was released on DVD in 2007 by Image Entertainment as a double feature with '' Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trust (1993 Film)
''The Trust'' is a 1993 American film depicting the story of William Marsh Rice's mysterious death in 1900 and the people involved with it. Premise William Marsh Rice is murdered by a reputable lawyer named Albert T. Patrick, who claimed Mr. Rice had died in his sleep. The movie focuses on Mr. Patrick's actions after the crime as well as the investigation led by James Baker. Production The story is based partially in fact but has elements taken from theories developed through the years. William Marsh Rice's legacy is the prestigious Rice University located in Houston, Texas. The film was shot on location at the university and the Houston surrounding area. It was produced by Quadrangle Productions and co-directed by Neil Havens and Douglas Kilgore, who also wrote the screenplay based on his own play. Cast * Karen Black as Maria Vandermmeer * Sam Bottoms Samuel John Bottoms (October 17, 1955 – December 16, 2008) was an American actor and producer. Early life Bottoms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugar Hill (1994 Film)
''Sugar Hill'' is a 1994 American crime drama film directed by Leon Ichaso and written by Barry Michael Cooper. It stars Wesley Snipes and Michael Wright as brothers Roemello and Raynathan Skuggs. Considered the second film of Cooper's "Harlem Trilogy" (after ''New Jack City'' and before '' Above the Rim'', released a month prior), it focuses on the two brothers who are major drug dealers in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem, specifically the namesake Sugar Hill. Plot Through the course of the film, several flashbacks are shown involving the Skuggs brothers, including (in the beginning of the film) the drug-overdose death of their mother Ella, the non-fatal shooting of their drug-addicted musician father, Arthur Romello "A.R." Skuggs (ultimately at the hands of the man they would later work for—Gus Molino), and a scene where Roemello is offered a full scholarship to Georgetown. Roemello as a teenager avenges his father's shooting by shooting and killing Sal Marconi, Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolly Dearest
''Dolly Dearest'' is a 1991 American supernatural horror film starring Denise Crosby, Rip Torn, Sam Bottoms, Chris Demetral, Candace Hutson and Lupe Ontiveros. The film was initially supposed to be direct-to-video, but it did get a limited theatrical release in the Midwestern United States.Variety Reviews - Dolly Dearest Variety Plot Elliot Wade obtains ownership of the Dolly Dearest factory in . Not far from the factory is the underground Mayan tomb of Sanzia, or Satan on Earth. An breaks into the sarcophagus, accidentally releasi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunter's Blood
''Hunter's Blood'' is a 1986 American action thriller film directed by Robert C. Hughes in his feature directorial debut. Written by Emmett Alston, it is based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Jere Cunningham. It stars Sam Bottoms, Clu Gulager, Mayf Nutter, Ken Swofford, Joey Travolta, and Kim Delaney. It follows a group of city dwellers who go deer hunting in Arkansas and meet crazed poachers seeing them as prey. The film was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on May 29, 1987, by Concorde Pictures. It received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. For his performance, Gulager was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. Plot Five men from the city decide to take a little trip to the woods and have some fun and hunting. Things get complicated later on when they encounter a pack of maniacal deer hunters who turn them in to prey. Cast Production ''Hunter's Blood'' was produced by Cineventure Inc., a division of the Florida-based Inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Risk .Johnny Caps.''Prime Risk'' is a 1985 thriller film directed by Michael Farkas and starring Lee Montgomery and Toni Hudson. Plot summary A female engineer, with the assistance of her pilot-wannabe male friend, discovers a way to rip off automated teller machines, but in doing so stumbles upon a plot to destroy the U.S. monetary system. Cast Reception and impact In a 2017 interview, Hudson commented that she only briefly gave a thought about the film's correlation to the Great Recession The Great Recession was a period of market decline in economies around the world that occurred from late 2007 to mid-2009. The Flashback Interview: Toni Hudson , popgeeks.com, 10 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronco Billy
''Bronco Billy'' is a 1980 American Western comedy-drama film starring Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke. It was directed by Eastwood and written by Dennis Hackin. The film focuses on the financially struggling owner of a traditional Wild West show and his new assistant. Plot "Bronco" Billy McCoy is an aging trick-shooter performing to meager crowds in "Bronco Billy's Wild West Show", a rundown traveling circus reminiscent of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, of which he is the owner and operator. For the show's finale, a blindfolded Bronco Billy shoots balloons around a female assistant strapped onto a revolving wooden disc. The last balloon is with a knife, but the assistant moves her leg and is injured, so then quits. Due to poor show attendance, Billy has been unable to pay his crew for the last six months, though they stick with him. At the next town, Bronco Billy goes to the city hall to obtain a permit. Also there are Heiress Antoinette Lily and John Arlington, who have eloped. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up From The Depths
''Up From the Depths'' is a 1979 horror film directed by Charles B. Griffith and starring Sam Bottoms, Susanne Reed, Virgil Frye, Kedric Wolfe, and Charles Howerton. The film, along with many other natural horror films at the time of its release, was made due to the success of '' Jaws''. Plot The staff and vacationers at a first-class resort on the island of Maui are beginning to mysteriously disappear. A biologist believes that an underwater earthquake has caused a giant and very hungry dormant prehistoric fish to be released from its slumber. The fish voraciously helps itself to a tourist buffet. Now it is open season for the local fishermen to find and kill the creature. Cast *Sam Bottoms - Greg Oliver *Susanne Reed - Rachel McNamara *Virgil Frye - Earl Sullivan *Kedric Wolfe - Oscar Forbes *Charles Howerton - Dr. David Whiting *Denise Hayes - Iris Lee *R. Lee Ermey - Lee Production Charles B Griffith later called making the film a "terrible experience". We had it wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
