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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, 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 during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara ( es, Santa Bárbara, meaning "Saint Barbara") is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat. Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Santa Barbara's climate is often described as Mediterranean, and the city has been dubbed "The American Riviera". According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the city's population was 88,665. In addition to being a popular tourist and resort destination, the city has a diverse economy that includes a large service sector, education, technology, health care, finance, agriculture, manufacturing, and local government. In 2004, the service sector accounted for 35% of local employment. Education in particular is well represented, with four institutions of higher learning nearby: the University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brain Tumor
A brain tumor occurs when abnormal cells form within the brain. There are two main types of tumors: malignant tumors and benign (non-cancerous) tumors. These can be further classified as primary tumors, which start within the brain, and 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 vision, vomiting and mental changes. Other symptoms may include difficulty walking, speaking, with sensations, or unconsciousness. The cause of most brain tumors is unknown. Uncommon risk factors include exposure to vinyl chloride, Epstein–Barr virus, ionizing radiation, and inherited syndromes such as neurofibromatosis, tuberous sclerosis, and von Hippel-Lindau Disease. Studies on mobile phone exposure hav ... [...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 RLJ Entertainment (formerly Im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trust (1993 Film)
The Trust (1993) is an 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 Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugar Hill (1994 Film)
''Sugar Hill'' is a 1994 American crime 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", 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 ( Khandi Alexander), the non-fatal shooting of their drug-addicted musician father, Arthur Romello "A.R." Skuggs ( Clarence Williams III) (ultimately at the hands of the man they would later work for—Gus Molino ( Abe Vigoda), and a scene where Roemello is offered a full scholarship to Georgetown. Roemello as a teenager ( Dulé Hill) avenges his father's shooting by shooting and killing Sal Marconi ( Raymond Serra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolly Dearest
''Dolly Dearest'' is a 1991 American supernatural horror slasher 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 Despite being critically panned, it has been sometimes credited as being the inspiration for the 2014 film '' Annabelle''. Plot Elliot Wade obtains ownership of the Dolly Dearest factory in . Not far from the factory is the underground Mayan tomb of ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages 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 can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. 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 grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardens Of Stone
''Gardens of Stone'' is a 1987 American drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on a novel of the same name by Nicholas Proffitt. It stars James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, D. B. Sweeney, Dean Stockwell and Mary Stuart Masterson. Plot A hardened Korean and Vietnam War veteran, Sergeant First Class Clell Hazard ( James Caan) would rather be an instructor at the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning to train soldiers for Vietnam but instead is assigned to the 1st Battalion 3d Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) at Fort Myer, Virginia, which provides the ceremonial honor guard for the funerals of fallen soldiers and guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Hazard calls them the "toy soldiers" and hates his job until Jackie Willow (D. B. Sweeney), the son of an old friend and fellow soldier, is assigned to his platoon; Hazard sees in him an opportunity to make sure at least one man comes home from Vietnam alive. Hazar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunter's Blood
''Hunter's Blood'' is a 1986 action thriller film directed by Robert C. Hughes, produced by Myrl A. Schriebman and starring Sam Bottoms, Kim Delaney, Clu Gulager, Ken Swofford and Joey Travolta. 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 *Sam Bottoms as David Rand *Kim Delaney as Melanie *Clu Gulager as Mason Rand *Ken Swofford as Al Coleman * Joey Travolta as Marty Adler *Mayf Nutter as Ralph Coleman *Lee de Broux as Red Beard *Bruce Glover as One Eye *Billy Drago as Snake *Mickey Jones as Wash Pot * Charles Cyphers as Woody *Bryan Rasmussen as Purty Boy *Joe Verroca as Ants *David DeShay as Tull * Mike Muscat as Bubba *Billy Bob Thornton Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker and musician. He had his first break when he co-wrote and starred in the 1992 thriller '' One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Risk
''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 machine An automated teller machine (ATM) or cash machine (in British English) is an electronic telecommunications device that enables customers of financial institutions to perform financial transactions, such as cash withdrawals, deposits, f ...s, but in doing so stumbles upon a plot to destroy the U.S. monetary system. Cast External links * 1985 films American television films 1980s English-language films 1980s crime thriller films Political thriller films Films shot in Virginia Films shot in Washington, D.C. Films about financial crises {{crime-thriller-film-stub ... [...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. Plot Bronco Billy McCoy (Clint Eastwood) is a stuntman performing in front of a meager crowd 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 on a revolving wooden disc, and for the last balloon, he throws a knife. However, his assistant moves her leg and is cut, which spurs her to quit. Due to low ticket sales, Billy has been unable to pay his employees for six months. The show moves on to a new town and Bronco Billy goes to city hall to get a permit. He bumps into Antoinette Lily (Sondra Locke) and John Arlington ( Geoffrey Lewis), who are there to be married. Antoinette despises her future husband, but has to marry before she is thi ... [...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 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
