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Tribes (film)
''Tribes'', also known as ''The Soldier Who Declared Peace'' (UK), is a 1970 American television drama film broadcast as an ''ABC Movie of the Week'' directed by Joseph Sargent. A big ratings success when it first aired November 10, 1970 (which happened to be the Marine Corps' 195th birthday), ''Tribes'' was later released theatrically in Britain and Europe under the title ''The Soldier Who Declared Peace''. ''Tribes'' has been released on VHS, but has not been released on DVD. Plot Private Adrian, a young United States Marine Corps Vietnam War-era draftee who, despite being an anti-war hippie, reluctantly reports to boot camp to fulfill his duty as an American. Adrian excels as a leader, though his pacifist ideology presents continuing conflicts between himself and his superiors. Adrian's drill instructor, Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Drake quickly recognizes Adrian's leadership qualities, but is conflicted as he grows to respect Adrian while also realizing that he represents every ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan-Michael Vincent
Jan-Michael Vincent (July 15, 1944 – February 10, 2019) was an American actor. He emerged as a leading man in the 1970s, playing notable roles in films like '' Going Home'' (1971), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture; '' The Mechanic'' (1972), '' Damnation Alley'' (1977), and '' Big Wednesday'' (1978). He earned his second Golden Globe nomination for his role on the television miniseries '' The Winds of War'' (1983), before starring as helicopter pilot Stringfellow Hawke on the television series ''Airwolf'' (1984–87). During the height of his career, Vincent was the highest-paid actor on American television. His success was tempered by an embattled personal and professional life, exacerbated by substance abuse and legal entanglements. After leaving ''Airwolf'', he appeared in low-budget and independent films until retiring in 2003. During the latter part of his life, he suffered health issues, before dying in 2019 fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attitude (psychology)
In psychology, an attitude "is a summary evaluation of an object of thought. An attitude object can be anything a person discriminates or holds in mind". Attitudes include beliefs (cognition), emotional responses ( affect) and behavioral tendencies ( intentions, motivations). In the classical definition an attitude is persistent, while in more contemporary conceptualizations, attitudes may vary depending upon situations, context, or moods. While different researchers have defined attitudes in various ways, and may use different terms for the same concepts or the same term for different concepts, two essential attitude functions emerge from empirical research. For individuals, attitudes are cognitive schema that provide a structure to organize complex or ambiguous information, guiding particular evaluations or behaviors. More abstractly, attitudes serve higher psychological needs: expressive or symbolic functions (affirming values), maintaining social identity, and regulating e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin John Schwartz
Marvin John Schwartz (January 10, 1928 – September 3, 1997) was an American film producer and publicist. He began producing by optioning the novel ''Blindfold'', which became a 1966 film. Schwartz was born in the Bronx, New York, to Sol Schwartz and Minnie Siegel, Yiddish-speaking Jewish emigrants from Russia and Austria, respectively. His father worked in the garment industry cutting furs. He died in Boulder Creek, California. In Quentin Tarantino's ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' (2019), Al Pacino plays a character with a similar name, Marvin Schwarz, who is Rick Dalton’s talent agent. Select credits *''Blindfold'' (1966) *''The War Wagon'' (1967) *''100 Rifles'' (1969) *''Hard Contract'' (1969) *''Tribes'' (1970) *''Welcome Home, Soldier Boys'' (1971) *''Kid Blue ''Kid Blue'' is a 1973 American Comedy Western film directed by James Frawley and starring Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Lee Purcell, Peter Boyle and Ben Johnson. Plot Bickford Waner, who has failed as a tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teleplay
A teleplay is a screenplay or script used in the production of a scripted television program or series. In general usage, the term is most commonly seen in reference to a standalone production, such as a television film, a television play, or an episode of an anthology series. In internal industry usage, however, all television scripts (including episodes of ongoing drama or comedy series) are teleplays, although a "teleplay by" credit may be classified into a "written by" credit depending on the circumstances of its creation.''Television Credits Manual'' (PDF). Writers Guild of America. The term first surfaced during the 1950s, as television was gaining cultural significance, to dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Soderberg (1923-2012) , American sound engineer
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Theodore Soderberg may refer to: * Theodore Soderberg (1890–1971), American sound engineer * Theodore Soderberg (1923–2012) Theodore George Soderberg (January 8, 1923 – November 15, 2012) was an American sound engineer. He was nominated for five Academy Awards in the category Sound Recording. He also won two Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for one more in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Hall (sound Editor)
Donald Charles Hall Jr. (July 10, 1928 – March 12, 2025) was an American sound editor. He won a British Academy Film Award and was nominated for two more in the category Best Soundtrack for the films ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'', ''M*A*S*H'' and '' Patton''. He also won two Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for three more in the category Outstanding Sound Editing for his work on the television program ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' and also the television films ''Tribes'', '' Eleanor and Franklin'' and ''Standing Tall''. In 2006, Hall was awarded the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Hall died on March 12, 2025, at the age of 96. Selected filmography * ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' (1969; co-won with David Dockendorf and William Edmondson) * ''M*A*S*H ''M*A*S*H'' (an acronym for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) is an American media franchise consisting of a series of novels, a film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sound Editor (filmmaking)
A sound editor is a creative professional responsible for selecting and assembling sound recordings in preparation for the final sound mixing or mastering of a television program, motion picture, video game, or any production involving recorded or synthetic sound. The sound editor works with the supervising sound editor. The supervising sound editor often assigns scenes and reels the sound editor based on the editor's strengths and area of expertise. Sound editing developed out of the need to fix the incomplete, undramatic, or technically inferior sound recordings of early talkies, and over the decades has become a respected filmmaking craft, with sound editors implementing the aesthetic goals of motion picture sound design. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognizes the artistic contribution of exceptional sound editing with the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing. There are primarily three divisions of sound that are combined to create a final mix, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primetime Emmy Awards
The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Owned and operated by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American prime time, primetime Television in the United States, television programming. The award categories are divided into three classes: the regular Primetime Emmy Awards, the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards to honor technical and other similar behind-the-scenes achievements, and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for recognizing significant contributions to the engineering and technological aspects of television. First presented in 1st Primetime Emmy Awards, 1949, the award was originally referred to as simply the "Emmy Award" until the International Emmy Award and the Daytime Emmy Award were created in the early 1970s to expand the Emmy to o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hooten
John Peter Hooten (born November 29, 1950) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the title character in the television film '' Dr. Strange'' (1978). Career Hooten started acting in 1968 at the age of 17. He appeared as an uncredited extra in ''Midnight Cowboy''. He attended Ithaca College in upstate New York. His first speaking role was a 1969 appearance on the TV drama '' Marcus Welby, M.D.''. Later, he played the title character in the 1978 TV film '' Dr. Strange'' and appeared as a guest star in ''The Waltons'', ''Mod Squad'', and ''Mannix''. TV and filmography Personal life Hooten and the poet James Merrill James Ingram Merrill (March 3, 1926 – February 6, 1995) was an American poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1977 for '' Divine Comedies.'' His poetry falls into two distinct bodies of work: the polished and formalist lyri ... were romantic partners from 1983 until the death of the latter in 1995. After 16 years in New York City, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Yniguez
Richard Yniguez (born December 8, 1946) is an American actor and director mainly known for ''Boulevard Nights'', ''What's Cooking?'' and ''The Deadly Tower ''The Deadly Tower'' (also known as ''Sniper'') is a 1975 American made-for-television action drama thriller film directed by Jerry Jameson. It stars Kurt Russell and Richard Yniguez and is based on the University of Texas tower shooting. Plot ...''. Film Television References Demetria Fulton previewed Richard Yniguez in Barnaby Jones; episode titled, "Murder Go-Round" (04/15/1973). External links * 1946 births Living people American male actors of Mexican descent {{US-screen-actor-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Goldman
Daniel Goldman (October 30, 1939 – April 12, 2020) was an American actor and casting director. He was the voice of Brainy Smurf in Hanna-Barbera's '' The Smurfs'' (1981–1989). Early life Goldman graduated from Far Rockaway High School in Queens, New York City, in 1957. He subsequently attended and graduated from Columbia University in Manhattan, in 1961. Career One of his first roles was that of Nick Dutton, the son of an industrialist who knew the truth about his family's new butler and housekeeper, and helped them get acquainted in their new jobs in the 1971 situation comedy '' The Good Life''. Among his other early roles on television were appearances in the TV shows '' That Girl''; ''Room 222''; ''The Partridge Family''; '' Love, American Style''; '' Needles and Pins''; ''Columbo''; '' Baretta'' and '' Chico and the Man''. He was a regular member of the cast of the situation comedy '' Busting Loose'' in 1977. Goldman was also featured as Ozzie the Answer in the 1980s d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desertion
Desertion is the abandonment of a military duty or post without permission (a pass, liberty or leave) and is done with the intention of not returning. This contrasts with unauthorized absence (UA) or absence without leave (AWOL ), which are temporary forms of absence. Desertion versus absence without leave In the United States Army, United States Air Force, British Armed Forces, Australian Defence Force, New Zealand Defence Force, Singapore Armed Forces and Canadian Armed Forces, military personnel will become AWOL if absent from their post without a valid pass, liberty or leave. The United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, and United States Coast Guard generally refer to this as unauthorized absence. Personnel are dropped from their unit rolls after thirty days and then listed as ''deserters''; however, as a matter of U.S. military law, desertion is not measured by time away from the unit, but rather: * by leaving or remaining absent from their unit, organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
