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Stephen Gaghan
Stephen Gaghan ( ; born May 6, 1965) is an American screenwriter and director. He is noted for writing the screenplay for Steven Soderbergh's film '' Traffic'', based on a Channel 4 series, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as '' Syriana'' which he wrote and directed. He also wrote and directed the thriller '' Abandon'' and the family film '' Dolittle'', and directed the drama ''Gold''. Childhood and education Gaghan was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of the former Elizabeth Jane Whorton and her first husband, Stephen Gaghan (d. 1980), and a stepson of Tom Haag. He is a grandson of Jerry Gaghan, a newspaper columnist and drama critic for '' Variety'' and the '' Philadelphia Daily News''. Gaghan wrote in a 2001 article in ''Newsweek'', "I also wanted to be a writer, like my grandfather, who carried a card in his wallet that read, "If you find me, call my son y fatherat this number..." In his final days of high school before graduatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco International Film Festival
The San Francisco International Film Festival (abbreviated as SFIFF), organized by SFFILM, is held each spring for two weeks, presenting around 200 films from over 50 countries. The festival highlights current trends in international film and video production with an emphasis on work that has not yet secured U.S. distribution. In 2009, it served around 82,000 patrons, with screenings held in San Francisco and Berkeley."San Francisco Film Festival Bucks Economic Trends to Set New Records for Revenue and Attendance." sffs.org. 7 May 2009. San Francisco Film Society. 29 June 2009 In March 2014, Noah Cowan, former executive director of the Toronto International Film Festival, became executive director of the SFFS and SFIFF, replacing Ted Hope. Prior to Hope, the festival was briefly headed by Bingham Ray, who served as SFFS executive director until his death after only ten weeks on the job in January 2012. Graham Leggat became the executive director of the San Francisco Film Society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Brown
Daniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author best known for his Thriller (genre), thriller novels, including the Robert Langdon (book series), Robert Langdon novels ''Angels & Demons'' (2000), ''The Da Vinci Code'' (2003), ''The Lost Symbol'' (2009), ''Inferno (Brown novel), Inferno'' (2013), Origin (Dan Brown novel), ''Origin'' (2017) and ''The Secret of Secrets (Brown novel), The Secret of Secrets'' (2025). His novels are treasure hunts that usually take place over a period of 24 hours.Brown. Witness statement, pp. 17, 21. They feature recurring themes of cryptography, art, and conspiracy theories. His books have been translated into 57 languages and, as of 2012, have sold over 200 million copies. Three of them, ''Angels & Demons'', ''The Da Vinci Code'', and ''Inferno'', have been Robert Langdon (franchise), adapted into films, while one of them, ''The Lost Symbol'', was adapted into a The Lost Symbol (TV series), television series. The Robert Langdon novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Alamo (2004 Film)
''The Alamo'' is a 2004 American war historical drama about the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. The film was directed by John Lee Hancock, produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Mark Johnson (film producer), Mark Johnson, distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures (through its Touchstone Pictures banner), and starring Dennis Quaid as Sam Houston, Billy Bob Thornton as Davy Crockett, Jason Patric as Jim Bowie, and Patrick Wilson as William B. Travis. The screenplay is credited to Hancock, Stephen Gaghan, and Leslie Bohem. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, box office flop, losing the studio over $146 million. Plot At a party in 1835, while trying to persuade people to migrate to Texas, Sam Houston encounters David Crockett, recently defeated in his bid for re-election to United States Congress, Congress. In San Felipe, Texas, San Felipe, the Texas provisional government is meeting t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havoc (2005 Film)
''Havoc'' is a 2005 crime drama film directed by Barbara Kopple from a screenplay by Stephen Gaghan, who wrote the story with Jessica Kaplan. The film stars Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips, and Mike Vogel. It follows the lives of wealthy Los Angeles teenagers whose exposure to hip hop culture inspires them to imitate the gangster lifestyle and engage in slum tourism; they run into trouble when they encounter a gang of drug dealers, discovering they are not as street-wise as they had thought. Shiri Appleby, Freddy Rodriguez, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Channing Tatum, Michael Biehn, and Laura San Giacomo appear in supporting roles. It is an international co-production between the United States and Germany. ''Havoc'' made its world premiere at the Filmfest München on June 26, 2005, and was shown at several film festivals. It was released directly on DVD in the United States on November 29, 2005. Plot In a parking lot, teenage filmmaker Eric attempts to document the wannabe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rules Of Engagement (film)
Rules of engagement are orders to military and security forces. Rules of Engagement may also refer to: Film * ''Rules of Engagement'' (film), a 2000 military drama * '' Waco: The Rules of Engagement'', a 1997 documentary Literature * ''Rules of Engagement'' (Elizabeth Moon novel) * ''Rules of Engagement'' (''Star Trek'' novel), a novel by Peter Morwood * ''Rules of Engagement'' (Sir John Fielding novel) * ''The Rules of Engagement'', a novel by Canadian writer Catherine Bush Television * ''Rules of Engagement'' (TV series) * ''Rules of Engagement'' (1989 TV series), a 1989 British television series * "The Rules of Engagement" (''Atlantis'') * "Rules of Engagement" (''DS9'' episode) * "Rules of Engagement" (''Stargate SG-1'') * "The Rules of Engagement" (''Will & Grace'') * "Rules of Engagement", an episode of ''The Dresden Files'' * "Rules of Engagement", an episode of '' When Calls the Heart'' See also * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abandon (2002 Film)
''Abandon'' is a 2002 American psychological thriller drama film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan in his directorial debut. It stars Katie Holmes as a college student whose boyfriend (Charlie Hunnam) disappeared two years previously. Despite being set at an American university, much of the movie was filmed in Canada at McGill University's McConnell Hall. It is based on the book '' Adams Fall'' by Sean Desmond. The book was re-titled ''Abandon'' for the movie tie-in paperback printing. The film co-stars Zooey Deschanel, Gabrielle Union and Melanie Lynskey, with Benjamin Bratt playing the detective investigating the boyfriend's disappearance. It was a critical and commercial failure. Plot Brilliant, senior college student Katie Burke is struggling to deal with the stress of completing her thesis and succeeding in an upcoming rigorous interview process. To make matters even more complicated, Detective Wade Handler, a recovering alcoholic, is tasked with reopening the two-year-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Deavere Smith Sundance 2012(1) (cropped)
Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna of East Anglia, King (died c.654) * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) * Anna of Poland, Countess of Celje (1366–1425) * Anna of Cilli (1386–1416) * Anna, Grand Duchess of Lithuania (died 1418) * Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432–1462) * Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg (died 1514) * Anna, Duchess of Prussia (1576–1625) * Anna of Russia (1693–1740) * Anna, Lady Miller (1741–1781) * Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1783–1857) * Anna, Lady Barlow (1873–1965) * Anna (feral child) (1932–1942) * Anna (rapper) (born 2003) * Anna (singer) (born 1987) * C. N. Annadurai (1909–1969), Indian politician, known as Anna (elder brother) * Sunil Shetty (born 1961), Indian actor, known by his nickname Anna Places Australia * Hundred of Anna, a cadastral d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Brasil (1957)
SS ''Brasil'' was an American built ocean liner launched at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi in 1957. The ship was originally named ''Brasil'' for Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.'s South American service, but was renamed a number of times. During its history the ship served as a cruise ship and later served in the Semester at Sea program as ''Universe Explorer''. The ship was scrapped in Alang, India, in 2004 sailing under the name ''Universe'' for the final voyage. Design and construction ''Brasil'' was a replacement for Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. 's . ''Brasil'' and her sister ship, , used MARAD Design P2-S2-9a. Construction was subsidized by the United States Maritime Administration under title V, sections 501 and 504 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. At the time of her construction, ''Brasil'' was said to be the largest ship built in the "deep south". Ingalls Shipbuilding had the lowest US bid at $24,444,181 ($ today) for each of the two ships. The Maritime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delta Tau Delta
Delta Tau Delta () is a United States–based international Greek letter college fraternity. Delta Tau Delta was founded at Bethany College, Bethany, Virginia, (now West Virginia) in 1858. The fraternity currently has around 130 collegiate chapters and colonies nationwide, with an estimated 10,000 undergraduate members and over 170,000-lifetime members. Delta Tau Delta is informally referred to as "DTD" or "Delts." History Delta Tau Delta Fraternity was founded in 1858, though some early documents reference the founding in 1861, at Bethany College in Bethany, Virginia (now West Virginia). The social life on campus at that time centered around the Neotrophian Society, a literary society. According to Jacob S. Lowe, in late 1858 a group of students met in Lowe's room in the Dowdell boarding house (now called the Bethany House) to discuss means to regain control of the Neotrophian Society and return control to the students at large. The underlying controversy was that the Neotrop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state's two land-grant universities (the other being Kentucky State University). It is the institution with the highest enrollment in the state, with 35,952 students in the fall of 2024. The institution comprises 16 colleges, a graduate school, 93 undergraduate programs, 99 master's degrees, master programs, 66 Doctor of Philosophy, doctoral programs, and 4 professional programs. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". According to the National Science Foundation, Kentucky spent $476.5 million on research and development in 2022, ranking it 61st in the nation. The University of Kentuc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
