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Tom Ropelewski
Tom Ropelewski is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He is best known for films ''Look Who's Talking Now'', ''Loverboy (1989 film), Loverboy'', ''The Next Best Thing'', and ''The Kiss (1988 film), The Kiss''. He is married to screenwriter/producer, Leslie Dixon. In May 2006, Ropelewski and Evan Katz were hired to write the script for an action film entitled ''Game Boys'' for Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer, Jerry Bruckheimer Films. As of June 2018, the project remains in development hell. Filmography References External links * American male screenwriters Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-screenwriter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television commercials, video games, and the growing area of online web series. Terminology In the silent era, screenwriters were denoted by terms such as photoplaywright, photoplay writer, photoplay dramatist, and screen playwright.Maras, Steven. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice'', Wallflower Press, 2009, pp. 82–85. Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown, and argues that they could not be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "Film scenario, scenario", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed. Profession Screenwriting is a contra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loverboy (1989 Film)
''Loverboy '' is a 1989 American comedy film starring Patrick Dempsey, Kirstie Alley, Carrie Fisher, Kate Jackson, and Barbara Carrera. The film follows a down-on-his-luck college student who gets a job as a pizza delivery man and discovers he can make extra money by offering his personal services to dissatisfied housewives. The animated opening credits sequence was designed by Sally Cruikshank. Plot Randy Bodek is a rebellious college slacker, living with his girlfriend Jenny Gordon. His father, furious over Randy's lack of direction or work ethic, forces Randy to come back home and get a job. Randy eventually finds work as a pizza delivery driver at Señor Pizza, but his pitiful earnings will not allow him to fund college on his own and he despairs of being able to return to Jenny next semester. In his capacity as delivery driver, he soon makes the acquaintance of a middle-aged, wealthy Italian woman, Alex Barnett, who pampers and seduces him. She and Randy enjoy a quiet, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Next Best Thing
''The Next Best Thing'' is a 2000 American comedy drama film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Madonna, Rupert Everett, and Benjamin Bratt. It follows a woman who has a one-night-stand with her gay best friend, which results in her giving birth to a son that the two attempt to co-parent over the ensuing years amidst a custody battle. It features supporting performances from Michael Vartan, Josef Sommer, Lynn Redgrave, Neil Patrick Harris, and Illeana Douglas. It was Schlesinger's final feature film before his death in 2003. The film was a box-office bomb and received overwhelmingly negative reviews from film critics. The accompanying soundtrack album was appreciated by music critics. Its lead single, " American Pie", topped the charts in various countries, including Everett's native United Kingdom, where Madonna extended her record as the female artist with most number-one songs in the country. Plot The film stars Madonna as Abbie Reynolds, a yoga instructor living in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kiss (1988 Film)
''The Kiss'' is a 1988 dark fantasy Horror film, horror drama film directed by Pen Densham and starring Joanna Pacula and Meredith Salenger. The plot follows two young women who find themselves haunted by an ancient parasitic curse that was passed on to one of them by a kiss. A co-production between the United States and Canada, ''The Kiss'' was filmed in Montreal in 1987, and released by TriStar Pictures in the fall of 1988. It was a Box-office bomb, box-office failure, and received mixed reviews from critics, with some dismissing it on the basis of its performances, while others compared it to the classic horror film ''Cat People (1942 film), Cat People'' (1942). Film critic Harry M. Benshoff has claimed the film to be an allegory of the AIDS epidemic of the late 1980s. Plot In 1963 in the Belgian Congo, sisters Hilary and Felice Dunbar are separated in childhood. Felice is sent away on a train with her aunt, who possesses a cursed totem talisman resembling a serpent. En route ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Dixon
Leslie Dixon is an American screenwriter and producer. Early life Leslie Dixon is the granddaughter of photographer Dorothea Lange and landscaper painter Maynard Dixon.McCreadie, Marsha. Women Screenwriters Today: Their Lives and Words. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2006. 44-47. Print. Dixon grew up in the California Bay Area.Leslie Dixon and Tom Ropelewski List Beverly Hills House for $8.995 Million (Exclusive) '''', 6/12/2014Nelmes, Jill, and Jule Selbo. Women Screenwriters: An International Guide. N.p.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. 778-79 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. The magazine also sponsors and hosts major industry events. History Foundation and early years ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Katz
Evan Katz is an American television writer and television producer. He is best known for his work as executive producer of the television series '' 24''. Career Katz was an executive producer of the television series '' 24'', which aired original episodes on the Fox Network from 2001 to 2010. Prior to his work on ''24'' he created, wrote, and executive produced the American sci-fi/comedy television series ''Special Unit 2'', which aired original episodes for two seasons on UPN from April 2001 through February 2002. In May 2010, Katz was signed as showrunner and executive producer for the NBC series ''The Event''. Awards He won a 2006 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series (for ''24'') and has been nominated for two additional Emmy Awards. Also for ''24'', he won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay – Episodic Drama for the season 2 episode "Day 2: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.". Influences Katz is a fan of the Australian alternative rock group The Go-B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures is an American film Film production company, production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios (division), the Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by the Walt Disney Company. The studio is the flagship producer of Live action, live-action feature films and animation within the Walt Disney Studios unit and is based at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Animated films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios are also released under the studio banner. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Disney began producing live-action films in the 1950s. The live-action division became Walt Disney Pictures in 1983, when Disney reorganized its entire studio division, which included the separation from the feature animation division and the subsequent creation of Touchstone Pictures. At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Bruckheimer
Jerome Leonard Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1943) is an American film and television producer. He has been active in the genres of action, drama, comedy, fantasy, horror and science fiction. After working in advertising out of college, Bruckheimer moved into film production in the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, he partnered with fellow producer Don Simpson. Bruckheimer and Simpson's partnership continued until Simpson's death in 1996. Bruckheimer has produced films including '' Flashdance'', '' Days of Thunder'', '' The Rock'', '' Crimson Tide'', '' Dangerous Minds'', ''Con Air'', '' Armageddon'', '' Enemy of the State'', ''Pearl Harbor'', '' Black Hawk Down'', as well as the '' Beverly Hills Cop'', ''Top Gun'', '' Bad Boys'', '' Pirates of the Caribbean'' and '' National Treasure'' franchises. At the helm of his self-titled production company, he has produced films that have been produced in association with and distributed by numerous film studios such as Paramount Pictur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Development Hell
Development hell, also known as development purgatory or development limbo, is media and software industry jargon for a project, concept, or idea that remains in a stage of early development for a long time because of legal, technical, or artistic challenges. A work may move between many sets of artistic leadership, crews, scripts, game engines, or studios. (The related terms production hell and production limbo refer to situations in which a film has begun production but has remained unfinished for a long time without progressing to post-production.) Some projects enter development hell because they were initially designed with ambitious goals, the difficulty of meeting those goals was underestimated, and attempts to meet those goals have repeatedly failed. The term is also applied more generally to describe any project that has unexpectedly stalled in the planning or design phase, has failed to meet its originally expected date of completion, and is languishing in those phases ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Date (1987 Film)
''Blind Date'' is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Bruce Willis (in his first credited lead role) and Kim Basinger. ''Blind Date'' earned mostly negative reviews from critics, but was a financial success and opened at number one at the box office. Plot Workaholic Walter Davis is under pressure to secure a deal for his employer to manage the vast assets of Japanese industrialist Yakamoto. Urgently needing a date for the dinner celebrating the deal, Walter's brother Ted offers him a blind date with his wife Susie's cousin Nadia. Ted and Susie warn Walter not to let Nadia drink alcohol as she loses control. Walter meets Nadia, finding her beautiful, sweet, and charming, but her obsessive and jealous ex-boyfriend David attacks Walter. After evading David, Walter takes Nadia to a recording studio to listen to his friend, and reveals to Nadia that he gave up his dream of being a musician for the security of a steady job. Despite the earlier w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
