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Thrillkill
''Thrillkill'' is a Canadian crime thriller film, directed by Anthony D'Andrea and released in 1984. The film stars Gina Massey as Bobbie Kendall, a woman on the run from an electronic bank robbery ring after her video game designer sister Carly (Diana Reis) hid the money inside her new game Thrillkill before being murdered, leaving Bobbie as the only person who knows where the password is hidden. The film's cast also includes Robin Ward as police officer Frank Gillette, Laura Robinson as Carly's accomplice Adrian, Frank Moore as the CEO of Brightstar Games, and Eugene Clark and Colleen Embree as video arcade owners involved in the robbery scheme. John Clement received a Genie Award nomination for Best Cinematography at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985. Jay Scott, "Bay Boy reels in 11 Genie nominations". ''The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 milli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Kramreither
Anthony Kramreither (August 7, 1926 – February 8, 1993) was an Austrian-Canadian film and television actor and producer."OBITUARY: Anthony Kramreither Toronto film producer". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 12, 1993. Primarily known as a producer of low-budget horror and exploitation films such as '' Thrillkill'', ''The Giant Spider Invasion'' and '' Humongous'',"Low-budget film-maker a dark horse". ''Toronto Star'', August 31, 1986. he was most noted as producer of the 1986 film '' Dancing in the Dark'', which was a Genie Award nominee for Best Picture at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987."Arcand's Decline tops Genie nominations with 13". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 5, 1987. Originally from Vienna, Kramreither was a stage actor in Austria and Germany before moving to Canada in 1954. In Canada, he had television acting roles in series such as ''Wojeck'', ''Quentin Durgens, M.P.'', '' R.C.M.P.'', ''Adventures in Rainbow Country'' and '' Seaway'', and films such as ''Change of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Screen Award For Best Cinematography
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Achievement in Cinematography, to honour the best Canadian film cinematography. The award was first presented in 1963 as part of the Canadian Film Awards, with separate categories for colour and black-and-white cinematography; the separate categories were discontinued after 1969, with only a single category presented through the 1970s. After 1978, the award was presented as part of the new Genie Awards; since 2012, it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards. In early years, the award could be presented for either narrative feature or documentary films, although this was discontinued later on and only feature films were eligible. Beginning with the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards, a separate category was introduced for Best Cinematography in a Documentary. 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also *Prix Iris for Best Cinematography References {{Canadian Screen Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Ward (television Personality)
Robin Ward (born April 10, 1944) is a Canadian actor and television personality. He is known for hosting a 1980 to 1981 revival of the American game show '' To Tell the Truth'' and later hosting a Canadian game show called ''Guess What'' from 1983 to 1987. He was also an actor on the soap opera '' The Guiding Light'', in addition to having starred in the Canadian-produced 1973-74 science fiction series ''The Starlost'' and served as narrator of the late-1980s revival of '' The Twilight Zone'' for a season, replacing Charles Aidman. His film career included roles in many Canadian movies, such as ''Explosion'' (1969), '' Frankenstein on Campus'' (1970, as Victor Frankenstein), '' The Girl in Blue'' (1973), '' Sudden Fury'' (1975) and '' Thrillkill'' (1984). Ward got his start in entertainment as a member of the Toronto-based folk-pop ensemble "The Allen-Ward Trio" during the mid 1960s. The Trio was often affiliated with Toronto's influential Yorkville/Rochdale hippie community, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6th Genie Awards
The 6th Genie Awards were held on March 21, 1985, to honour achievements in Canadian cinema in 1984. It was the first time the Genies were broadcast live across Canada by CBC Television, and they drew 1.9 million viewers. The event, held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, was cohosted by Al Waxman and Kerrie Keane. Only four films were nominated for Best Motion Picture this year; two additional films had tied in the voting for the fifth spot, and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television opted to nominate only four films rather than extending the category to six nominees. However, similar ties in a few other categories did result in six nominees being named. Nominees and winners References {{Canadian Screen Awards 06 Genie Genie Jinn ( ar, , ') – also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies (with the broader meaning of spirit or demon, depending on sources) – are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabian religious systems and later in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Clark (actor)
Eugene Clark (born December 3, 1951) is an American-Canadian character actor and former football player. Early life Clark was born in Tampa, Florida. He attended Riverside Polytechnic High School. Career Football He was an actor four years before he began playing college football and he was an all-conference offensive guard at UCLA. Named to the first All-Star teams for both the Pacific-8 and the West Coast Athletic Conference, Clark also received All Star All American Honorable Mention Laurels, played in the Hula Bowl and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the ninth round of the 1975 NFL Draft. While he did not appear in a National Football League game, he did play in the Canadian Football League for 20 games for the Toronto Argonauts (in 1977 and 1978). Acting Clark had a prominent co-starring role as Sid Gomez in the 1990s science fiction show '' William Shatner's Tek War''. He also appeared on ''Night Heat'', '' RoboCop: Prime Directives'', ''The Twilight Zone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Moore (Canadian Actor)
Frank Moore (born 1946 in Bay de Verde, Newfoundland) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor.Frank Moore ''Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia'', April 24, 2009. He won the Canadian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1976 for the film '' The Far Shore'', and was also a nominee for in 1978 for '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura McKinlay Robinson
Laura McKinlay Robinson (born 1957/1958) is a Canadian actress, author, game designer, singer, speaker, and television producer. She co-invented multiple board games, beginning with '' Balderdash'' (1984), which has sold millions of copies internationally, and was the basis for a television game show (2004–2005). As an actress, she had a major recurring role on the television series '' Night Heat'' (1985–1988), and starred in the television series ''Veronica Clare'' (1991), among lesser roles on stage, movies, and television. She co-produced the television game show ''Celebrity Name Game'' (2014-2017), which was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show. It was based on ''Identity Crisis'', another board game she co-invented. As a writer, she co-wrote or contributed stories to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series books ''Count Your Blessings'' (2009), ''O Canada'' (2011), ''Hooked on Hockey'' (2012), and ''Miraculous Messages from Heaven'' (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clement (cinematographer)
John Clement may refer to: * John Clement (Ontario politician) (1928–2014), politician in Ontario, Canada * John Clement (physician) (c. 1500–1572), English Roman Catholic physician and humanist *John Clement, baseball player in the 1956 Olympics * John Clement Gordon (1644–1726), bishop of Galloway, Scotland *Johnny Clement John Louis Clement (October 31, 1919 - December 11, 1969) was an American football player. As of 2022, he is the only Pittsburgh Steelers player to wear 0. He was also an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II World W ... (1919–1969), American football player * Jack Clement (1931–2013), American singer/songwriter and record/film producer * John Clement, Count of Branicki (1689–1771), Polish nobleman, magnate and Hetman * John Clement (MP), in 1539, MP for Bath See also * * John Clements (other) {{hndis, Clement, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genie Award
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for sculptor Sorel Etrog, who designed the statuette). Genie Award candidates were selected from submissions made by the owners of Canadian films or their representatives, based on the criteria laid out in the ''Genie Rules and Regulations'' booklet which is distributed to Academy members and industry members. Peer-group juries, assembled from volunteer members of the Academy, meet to screen the submissions and select a group of nominees. Academy members then vote on these nominations. In 2012, the Academy announced that the Genies would merge with its sister presentation for English-language television, the Gemini Awards, to form a new award presentation known as the Canadian Screen Awards. Broadcasting The Genie Awards were originally ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Scott
Jeffrey Scott Beaven (October 4, 1949 – July 30, 1993), known professionally by his pen name Jay Scott, was a Canadian film critic."Critic Jay Scott, 43 among world's best". ''Toronto Star'', July 31, 1993. Early life Scott was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico as a Seventh-Day Adventist, whose doctrine virtually prohibited movies. Scott studied art history at New College of Florida in Sarasota."Globe's Jay Scott dies suddenly at 43: A rare film critic respected by all". '' The Globe and Mail'', July 31, 1993. Career Moving to Canada in 1969 as a draft evader, he settled in Calgary and began writing film reviews for the '' Calgary Albertan'' a few years later. He won a National Newspaper Award in 1975, and moved to Toronto when he was hired by '' The Globe and Mail'' in 1977. With the ''Globe and Mail'', Scott became Canada's most influential film critic, winning two more National Newspaper Awards for his writing, and is still widely rememb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Globe And Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it falls slightly behind the ''Toronto Star'' in overall weekly circulation because the ''Star'' publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the ''Globe'' does not. ''The Globe and Mail'' is regarded by some as Canada's "newspaper of record". ''The Globe and Mail''s predecessors, '' The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' were both established in the 19th century. The former was established in 1844, while the latter was established in 1895 through a merger of '' The Toronto Mail'' and the ''Toronto Empire''. In 1936, ''The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' merged to form ''The Globe and Mail''. The newspaper was acquired by FP Publications in 1965, who later sold the paper to the Thomson Corporation in 1980. In 2001, the paper merged with broadc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1984 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. The year's highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada was '' Beverly Hills Cop''. '' Ghostbusters'' overtook it, however, with a re-release the following year. It was the first time in five years that the top-grossing film did not involve George Lucas or Steven Spielberg although Spielberg directed and Lucas executive produced/co-wrote the third placed '' Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (the highest-grossing film worldwide that year); Spielberg also executive produced the fourth placed '' Gremlins''. U.S. box office grosses reached $4 billion for the first time and it was the first year that two films had returned over $100 million to their distributors with both ''Ghostbusters'' and ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' achieving this. ''Beverly Hills Cop'' made it three for films releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
