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Solarbabies
''Solarbabies'' (also known as ''Solarwarriors'' and ''Solarfighters'') is a 1986 American science fiction film, made by Brooksfilms and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was the second and final film directed by Alan Johnson, who is better known for his work as a choreographer. Plot In a bleak post- apocalyptic future, most of Earth's water has been placed under containment by the Eco Protectorate, a paramilitary organization, who governs the planet's new order. Orphan children, mostly teenagers, live in orphanages created by the Protectorate, designed to indoctrinate new recruits into their service. The orphans play a rough sport which is a hybrid of lacrosse and roller-hockey. Playing is the only thing that unites them other than the futile attempts of the Protectorate to control them. These orphans are Jason, the group's leader, Terra, Tug, Rabbit, Metron, and a young deaf boy named Daniel. While hiding in a cave, Daniel finds a mysterious orb with special powers. The orb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Did This Get Made?
''How Did This Get Made?'' (''HDTGM'') is a podcast on the Earwolf network. It is hosted by Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael and Jason Mantzoukas with occasional substitutes and/or guest hosts. Each episode features the deconstruction and mockery of outlandish films that are widely considered to be the worst. Format The hosts and guest make jokes about the films as well as attempt to unscramble plots. After discussing the film, Scheer reads "second opinions" in the form of five-star reviews posted online by Amazon.com users. The hosts also often make recommendations on if the film is worth watching. The show is released every two weeks. Regular episodes reviewing films are released every other Friday, with ".5" episodes, or "minisodes," uploaded on the Fridays in between. These episodes feature Scheer answering fan questions, announcing the next movie, reading corrections, and opening fan mail. He also shares recommendations on books, movies, and TV shows. During the pandemic, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walon Green
Walon Green (born December 15, 1936) is an American documentary film director and screenwriter, for both television and film. Career Green produced and directed documentaries for ''National Geographic'' and David Wolper, including '' The Hellstrom Chronicle'', for which he was accorded the Oscar and the BAFTA in 1972, and ''The Secret Life of Plants'' in 1979. Among his screenwriting credits are the films ''The Wild Bunch'', ''Sorcerer'', '' The Brink's Job'', ''Solarbabies'', ''Eraser'', ''The Hi-Lo Country'' and '' RoboCop 2''. On television, he wrote and produced episodes of ''Hill Street Blues'', ''Law & Order'', '' ER'' and ''NYPD Blue'' for which he received a 1995 Edgar Award. He was a Creative Consultant for the Chris Carter science fiction TV series ''Millennium'', where he co-wrote the episode " Paper Dove" with Ted Mann. He is also notable for allowing a millipede to crawl over his face in the tunnel scene of ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory''. In fall 2008, he a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrence Mann
Terrence Vaughan Mann (born July 1, 1951) is an American actor and baritone singer. He is best known for his appearances on the Broadway stage, which include Lyman in '' Barnum'', The Rum Tum Tugger in ''Cats'', Inspector Javert in ''Les Misérables'', The Beast in ''Beauty and the Beast'', Chauvelin in ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'', Frank N. Furter in ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'', Charlemagne in '' Pippin'', Mal Beineke in ''The Addams Family'', Charles Frohman / Captain James Hook in '' Finding Neverland'', The Man in the Yellow Suit in '' Tuck Everlasting'', and Meyer Wolfsheim in ''The Great Gatsby''. He has received three Tony Award nominations, an Emmy Award nomination, and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. His film credits include the '' Critters'' series, ''A Chorus Line'', '' Big Top Pee-wee'', and '' Solarbabies''. He also starred as the villain Whispers in the Netflix series '' Sense8'' from 2015 to 2018. He is a distinguished pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jami Gertz
Jami Beth Gertz ( ; born October 28, 1965) is an American actress. Gertz had roles in the films '' Crossroads'', '' Quicksilver'' (both 1986), '' Less than Zero'', '' The Lost Boys'' (both 1987), and the 1980s TV series '' Square Pegs'' and 1996's '' Twister'', as well as roles as Judy Miller in the CBS sitcom '' Still Standing'' and as Debbie Weaver in the ABC sitcom '' The Neighbors''. She is an owner of the Atlanta Hawks basketball team along with her husband Tony Ressler. Early life Gertz was born in Chicago, Illinois, and lived in the suburb of Glenview. She attended public schools, graduating from Maine East High School. Her parents are Sharyn and Walter Gertz, who was a builder and contractor, and she has two brothers, Michael and Scott. Gertz, who is Jewish, was raised in Conservative Judaism. Career She was discovered in a nationwide talent search by Norman Lear and studied drama at NYU. As a child actor, Gertz was in one episode of '' Diff'rent Strokes'' al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Patric
Jason Patric (born John Anthony Miller III; June 17, 1966) is an American film, television and stage actor. He is known for his roles in films such as '' The Lost Boys'' (1987), '' Rush'' (1991), '' Geronimo: An American Legend'' (1993), '' Sleepers'' (1996), '' Speed 2: Cruise Control'' (1997), '' Your Friends & Neighbors'' (1998), '' Narc'' (2002), '' The Alamo'' (2004), '' My Sister's Keeper'' (2009), and '' The Losers'' (2010). His father was actor/playwright Jason Miller, and his maternal grandfather was actor Jackie Gleason. Early life Born in New York City in the borough of Queens, Patric is the eldest son and middle child of Academy Award–nominated actor and Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Jason Miller (born John Anthony Miller Jr.) and actress Linda Miller (born Linda Mae Gleason), and his maternal grandfather was actor/comedian Jackie Gleason. He has an older sister, Jennifer, and had a younger brother, Jordan (died January 10, 2024), and his half-brother is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukas Haas
Lukas Daniel Haas (born April 16, 1976) is an American actor and musician. His acting career has spanned four decades, during which he has appeared in more than 50 feature films and a number of television shows and stage productions. His notable credits include the films ''Witness (1985 film), Witness'' (1985), ''Lady in White'' (1988), ''Mars Attacks!'' (1996), ''Inception'' (2010), ''The Revenant (2015 film), The Revenant'' (2015) and ''First Man (film), First Man'' (2018). Early life Haas was born in West Hollywood, California, the son of Berthold Haas, an artist, and Emily Tracy, an author. His mother is from Texas, and his father emigrated from Germany. He has two brothers: twins Simon Jakoway Haas and Nikolai Johannes Haas, both designers. Career Acting Haas was discovered at the age of five in his kindergarten by casting director Margery Simkin. His first screen role was as a child in the 1983 nuclear holocaust film ''Testament (1983 film), Testament''. He became more wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Converse
Frank Converse (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor. Early life Converse was born in 1938 in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1962, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Career On Broadway, he starred in '' The Philadelphia Story'' (1980), ''Design for Living'' (1984), ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' (1988), and '' Lady in the Dark'' (1994). Off-Broadway, he starred in ''The House of Blue Leaves'' (1971) and '' South Pacific''. In 2007, he appeared at the Hartford Stage in Thornton Wilder's ''Our Town'' with Hal Holbrook. Converse also did television commercials for Black & Decker in the late 1980s. Converse was the star of five television series: ''Coronet Blue'', '' N.Y.P.D.'' (not to be confused with ''NYPD Blue''), '' Movin' On'', '' The Family Tree'', and '' Dolphin Cove''. He played Harry O'Neill on ''One Life to Live'' and Ned Simon on ''As the World Turns'', and he had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Pasdar
Adrian Kayvan Pasdar (; April 30, 1965) is an American film, television, and voice actor. He is known for his roles in ''Profit'', '' Near Dark'', '' Carlito's Way'', '' Mysterious Ways'', ''Desperate Housewives'', '' Burn Notice'', '' Heroes'' and as Glenn Talbot / Graviton on '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''. Additionally, he directed the feature film ''Cement''. He is also known as the voice of Tony Stark / Iron Man in '' Marvel Anime'', as well as in the animated series ''Ultimate Spider-Man'', '' Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.'', '' Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel'', and '' Avengers Assemble'', and in the '' Lego Marvel Superheroes'' and '' Disney Infinity'' videogames. He also played district attorney Alec Rybak on '' The Lying Game''. He has appeared on the American TV drama '' Grand Hotel'' as Felix. Early life Pasdar was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. His father, Homayoon Pasdar (; born 1935), was an Iranian-American cardiac surgeon, with a practice near Philadelphi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Payne
Bruce Martyn Payne (born 22 November 1958) is an English actor, producer, screenwriter, film director and theatre director. Payne is best known for portraying villains, such as Charles Rane in ''Passenger 57'', Jacob Kell in '' Highlander: Endgame'', and Damodar in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' and '' Dungeons & Dragons 2: Wrath of the Dragon God''. Payne trained at RADA, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and was identified, in the late 1980s, with the " Brit Pack" of rising young British actors. Early life Payne developed an interest for acting at an early age. In an interview with ''Impact'' (magazine) in 2001, Payne claimed that a crocodile from the play ''Peter Pan'' shouted that it would eat his brother and then proceeded to run upstage. At the age of 14, he was diagnosed with a slight form of spina bifida, which by age 16 required surgery to rectify. Payne was hospitalised for 6 months following the operation. Payne continued school studies, despite a contact with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alvin
John Henry Alvin (November 24, 1948 – February 6, 2008) was an American cinematic artist and painter who illustrated many movie posters. Alvin created posters and key art for more than 135 films, beginning with the poster for Mel Brooks's ''Blazing Saddles'' (1974). His style of art became known as ''Alvinesque'' by friends and colleagues in the entertainment industry. Alvin's work includes the movie posters for ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'', ''Blade Runner'', ''Gremlins'', ''Spies Like Us'', ''The Color Purple (1985 film), The Color Purple'', ''The Little Mermaid (1989 film), The Little Mermaid'', ''Batman Returns'', ''Beauty and the Beast (1991 film), Beauty and the Beast'', ''Aladdin (1992 Disney film), Aladdin'', ''The Lion King'', ''Space Jam'', ''The Emperor's New Groove'', ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', and ''Looney Tunes: Back in Action''. He also created the anniversary posters for ''Star Wars''. Earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Douglas (actress)
Sarah Douglas (born 12 December 1952) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Ursa in ''Superman'' (1978) and ''Superman II'' (1980), Queen Taramis in ''Conan the Destroyer'' (1984), Pamela Lynch in ''Falcon Crest'' (1983–85), and Jindah Kol Rozz in ''Supergirl'' (2018). Early life and career Douglas was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, the second daughter of Beryl ( Smith), a physiotherapist who often worked upon RSC actors, and Edward Douglas, a career member of the Royal Air Force. She attended Alcester Grammar School before training with the National Youth Theatre and the Rose Bruford College. Eventually, Douglas's career took her in front of the camera with small appearances in the 1973 film '' The Final Programme'' (alternatively known as ''The Last Days of Man on Earth'') and '' Rollerball'' in 1975. After this, she became known to British television audiences in the 1970s by appearing in '' The Howerd Confessions'', the 1973 television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter DeLuise
Peter John DeLuise (born November 6, 1966) is an American and Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for his role as Officer Doug Penhall in the Fox TV series ''21 Jump Street'' and for directing and writing episodes of science fiction television shows, particularly in the ''Stargate'' franchise. DeLuise has been a director on the Hallmark Channel original series ''When Calls the Heart'' since its third season, including writing the fifth episode of season nine. He is the son of actors Dom DeLuise and Carol Arthur. He is also the older brother of the fellow actors Michael DeLuise and David DeLuise. Career DeLuise made his film debut in the 1979 film '' Hot Stuff''. He appeared as Officer Doug Penhall in the 1987 Fox series ''21 Jump Street'' with other promising actors including Johnny Depp. His brother Michael came on the show in the fifth season where Michael played Peter’s younger brother, Officer Joey Penhall. DeLuise is also well known for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
