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Sue Lost In Manhattan
''Sue Lost in Manhattan'', also known as ''Sue'', is a 1997 American drama film directed by Amos Kollek. Synopsis Desperately alone, Sue wanders around New York City. From episodic companionships to unsuccessful job searches, distraught, she lets herself slowly be engulfed by a cold and aggressive city. Cast * Anna Thomson as Sue * Matthew Powers as Ben * Tahnee Welch as Lola * Tracee Ellis Ross as Linda * John Ventimiglia as Larry * Edoardo Ballerini as Eddie * Matthew Faber as Sven * Austin Pendleton as Bob * Robert Kya-Hill Robert Kya-Hill ( Robert Hill; born December 4, 1930, Whitakers, North Carolina) is an American actor, director, playwright, musician, composer, and educator. He also performed under the name "Bob Hill". On learning that there was an actor with th ... as Willie References External links * 1997 films 1997 drama films Films set in New York City American drama films Films directed by Amos Kollek 1990s American films {{1990s-drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amos Kollek
Amos Kollek ( he, עמוס קולק; born September 15, 1947) is an Israeli film director, writer and actor. Biography Amos Kollek was born in Jerusalem. He is the son of Teddy Kollek, the long-time mayor of Jerusalem. Kollek studied psychology and philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He became interested in film after working as a writer. He produced his first film, ''Goodbye, New York'', in 1985. His film ''Fast Food Fast Women'' was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography Books (incomplete) *''Don't ask me if I love, Don't Ask Me If I Love'' (1971) *''After They Hang Him'' (1977) *''Tishali Im Ani Ohev'' [script for Barbara Noble ''Tishali Im Ani Ohev'' ("Worlds Apart") movie] (1980) *''Ha-Tapuah, ha-shir, veha-zahav'' (1980) *''Ein Leben für Jerusalem'' (1992) *''Approximately Clint Eastwood'' (1995) *''Es geschah in Gaza'' (1996) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kollek, Amos 1947 births Living people People from Jerusalem Isr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ventimiglia
John Ventimiglia (, ) is an American actor. He portrayed Artie Bucco in the HBO television series ''The Sopranos'' and had a recurring role as Dino Arbogast, an Organized Crime Control Bureau Chief for the NYPD, on the American police procedural/drama series '' Blue Bloods'' on CBS. Early life Ventimiglia was born in Ridgewood, Queens to Sicilian immigrants and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey. He graduated from Teaneck High School in 1981 where he played on the football team. Career Ventimiglia has had parts in feature films such as '' Cop Land'', '' Jesus' Son'', '' The Iceman'', '' The Funeral'', '' The Wannabe'', and ''Mickey Blue Eyes'' and has appeared in numerous television shows including ''Law & Order'' and '' NYPD Blue''. He also made a brief cameo in the made-for-television movie ''Gotti''. In August 2007, Ventimiglia and the David Amram quartet presented a musical and oral homage to sociologist C. Wright Mills and beat author Jack Kerouac. They continued wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Drama Films
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Films Set In New York City
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Drama Films
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1997 Films
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Robert Kya-Hill
Robert Kya-Hill ( Robert Hill; born December 4, 1930, Whitakers, North Carolina) is an American actor, director, playwright, musician, composer, and educator. He also performed under the name "Bob Hill". On learning that there was an actor with the same name, he briefly changed his name to Robert Hill II. He then added the prefix "Kya" after joining the Screen Actors Guild in 1961 because a union rule barred members from having the same name. Early years and education Kya-Hill's youth on farms in North Carolina and Virginia's Bible Belt country influenced his later works. At the age of 12, he moved to Harlem in New York City with his mother, Fannie Williams Hill, a garment presser. After graduation as a silk screen major from the High School of Industrial Arts in 1948, he worked in the silk screen industry and then attended City College of New York in 1950-51. Because he loved to sing but could not find a piano accompanist, he taught himself to play the guitar. He also w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Pendleton
Austin Campbell Pendleton (born March 27, 1940) is an American actor, playwright, theatre director, and instructor. He is known as a prolific character actor on the stage and screen who has appeared in films including ''Catch-22'' (1970); '' What's Up, Doc?'' (1972); ''The Front Page'' (1974); ''The Muppet Movie'' (1979), ''Short Circuit'' (1986); ''Mr. and Mrs. Bridge'' (1990); ''My Cousin Vinny'' (1992); '' Amistad'' (1997); '' A Beautiful Mind'' (2001), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nomination; and ''Finding Nemo'' (2003). Pendleton received a Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Play for the Broadway revival of ''The Little Foxes'' in 1981. He has received two Drama Desk Award nominations and the recipient of a Special Drama Desk Award in 2007. He also received a Obie Award for Best Director for the 2011 off-Broadway revival of '' Three Sisters''. Recent Broadway credits include ''Choir Boy' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Faber
Matthew Faber (January 31, 1973 – March 28, 2020) was an American actor best known for his roles in films and television series such as ''Welcome to the Dollhouse'', ''Natural Born Killers'', ''Law & Order'' and ''Palindromes''. Faber died at his Van Nuys, Los Angeles home at the age of 47 of natural causes. Filmography *''Darrow'' (as Henry Coll) *''Bob Roberts'' (as Calvin) *''Fresh'' (as Long Hair Teenager) *''Natural Born Killers'' (as Kid #1) *'' Stonewall'' (as Mizz Moxie) *''Welcome to the Dollhouse'' (as Mark Wiener) *''Law & Order'' (as Scott Wilder, 1 episode) *''A Little Tenderness'' (as Pete) *''The Pallbearer'' (as Jared) *'' Sue'' (as Sven) *''L.A. Without a Map'' (as Joel) *''Sugar: The Fall of the West'' *''Restless'' (as Ben Gold) *'' Ride with the Devil'' (as Turner Rawls) *''Hard Luck'' (as Eric Billings) *''Palindromes A palindrome is a word, number, phrase, or other sequence of symbols that reads the same backwards as forwards, such as the words ''ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edoardo Ballerini
Edoardo Ballerini (born March 20, 1970) is an American actor, narrator, writer, and film director. On screen he is best known for his work as junkie Corky Caporale in ''The Sopranos'' and the hotheaded chef in the indie film '' Dinner Rush'' (2001). Ballerini is a two-time winner of the Audio Publishers Association's Best Male Narrator Audie Award (2013, '' Beautiful Ruins'' by Jess Walter; 2019 '' Watchers'' by Dean Koontz) and the co-author of the Audible Original "The Angel of Rome" (2021), with Jess Walter. His directorial debut, ''Good Night Valentino'', premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Early life and education Ballerini was born to an Italian father, the poet Luigi Ballerini, and an American mother, the photo historian and writer Julia Ballerini. He grew up between New York City and Milan, Italy. He is a dual citizen, and bilingual. His early schooling took place in New York, at P.S. 41 and later Friends Seminary, before he left home at age 14 after his pare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracee Ellis Ross
Tracee Joy Silberstein (born October 29, 1972), known professionally as Tracee Ellis Ross, is an American actress. She is known for her lead roles in the television series '' Girlfriends'' (2000–2008) and ''Black-ish'' (2014–2022). She is the daughter of actress and Motown recording artist Diana Ross and Robert Ellis Silberstein. She began acting in independent films and variety series. She hosted the pop-culture magazine ''The Dish'' on Lifetime. From 2000 to 2008 she played the starring role of Joan Clayton in the UPN/ CW comedy series '' Girlfriends'', for which she received two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. She also has appeared in the films ''Hanging Up'' (2000), '' I-See-You.Com'' (2006), and ''Daddy's Little Girls'' (2007), before returning to television playing Dr. Carla Reed on the BET sitcom ''Reed Between the Lines'' (2011), for which she received her third NAACP Image Award. Since 2014, Ross has played the starring role of Dr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chico Freeman
Chico Freeman (born Earl Lavon Freeman Jr.; July 17, 1949) is a modern jazz tenor saxophonist and trumpeter and son of jazz saxophonist Von Freeman. He began recording as lead musician in 1976 with ''Morning Prayer'', won the New York Jazz Award in 1979 and earned the Stereo Review Record of the Year in 1981 for his album ''The Outside Within''. Early years He was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Freeman was introduced to the trumpet by his brother Everett, who found a trumpet in the family basement. Freeman began playing, inspired by artists such as Miles Davis. He went to Northwestern University in 1967 with a scholarship for mathematics and played the trumpet in the school, but did not begin playing the saxophone until his junior year. After practicing eight to ten hours per day and trying out for the saxophone section, Freeman quickly changed his major to music, and graduated in 1972. By that time he was proficient in saxophone, trumpet, and piano. After graduatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
