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Valley Of Angels
''Valley of Angels'' is a 2008 urban action drama film written and directed by Jon Rosten and starring Danny Trejo and George Katt. The plot concerns a young West LA drug dealer who searches for a path out of his dangerous existence. Plot The Grand Prize winner of the 2004 WriteMovies.com International Screenwriting Contest, ''Valley of Angels'' follows a twenty-something drug dealer who falls into the dark side of the underworld after realizing that the City of Angels has lost its soul. Zachary "Zeus" Andrews is a Chicago transplant who moved to Los Angeles as a young boy, and quickly realized that he would never fit in there. A stranger in a hostile landscape, Zeus quickly became the go-to guy for rich kids in search of drugs. One day, after meeting a girl, he receives a glimpse of his destiny. Now, just as Zeus becomes convinced that he is finally on the path to enlightenment and begins preparing to leave his old life behind, the harsh reality of his grim existence strikes back w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Trejo
Danny Trejo ( ; born May 16, 1944) is an American actor. He has appeared in films including ''Desperado'', ''Heat'', and the ''From Dusk Till Dawn'' film series. With frequent collaborator and his second cousin Robert Rodriguez, he portrayed the character of Isador "Machete" Cortez, which was originally developed for the '' Spy Kids'' series and was later expanded into its own franchise of the same name. Trejo's movie career began in 1985, when he accidentally landed in the American indie film '' Runaway Train'', where he played the role of a boxer for a daily fee of 320 dollars. He went on to star in a multitude of other films, including '' Desperado'', ''From Dusk till Dawn'', ''Con Air'', '' From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money'', '' From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter'', '' Reindeer Games'', '' Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'', and ''Grindhouse''. Early life Childhood Trejo was born on May 16, 1944, on Temple Street in the Echo Park neighborhood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Katt
George Katt (born George Katsipoutis on February 27, 1975) is an American actor who has worked in film, television and theatre. Early life Katt was born in New York City and attended Marymount Manhattan College in New York. Career In 2008, Katt received the Best Breakthrough Actor Award at the New York International Independent Film Festival for the role of Zachary "Zeus" Andrews in the film Valley of Angels. Katt received the 2012 Best Supporting Actor award at the Los Angeles Movie Awards for the role of Johnny in ''Red Sheep''. He played Peter Fonda's son, Raylan Miller / Radar, in the film ''House of Bodies'', and starred as Mirland 'Landi' Cela in the film ''Percentage''. In 2016, he starred in ''Alienated'', and the film ''Turnabout''. Katt received the Best Actor award for his work in the role of Billy Cain in ''Turnabout'' at the 2016 Chain New York City Film Festival. Katt played the role of Zack on the television series ''Rude Awakening''. He played the role of Thom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Macey
Caroline may refer to: People * Caroline (given name), a feminine given name * J. C. Caroline (born 1933), American college and National Football League player * Jordan Caroline (born 1996), American (men's) basketball player Places Antarctica * Caroline Bluff, a headland in the South Shetland Islands Australia * Caroline, South Australia, a locality in the District Council of Grant * Hundred of Caroline, a cadastral sub-unit of the County of Grey in South Australia Canada *Caroline, Alberta, a village Kiribati *Caroline Island, an uninhabited coral atoll in the central Pacific Micronesia *Caroline Islands an archipelago in the western Pacific, northeast of New Guinea *Caroline Plate, a small tectonic plate north of New Guinea United States *Caroline, New York, a town * Caroline, Ohio, an unincorporated community *Caroline, Wisconsin, an unincorporated census-designated place *Caroline County, Maryland *Caroline County, Virginia *Fort Caroline, the first French colony in what is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Films
The year 2008 involved many major film events. '' The Dark Knight'' was the year's highest-grossing film, while ''Slumdog Millionaire'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture (out of eight Academy Awards). Evaluation of the year 2008 has been widely considered to be a very significant year for cinema. The entertainment agency website IGN described 2008 as "one of the biggest years ever for movies." It stated, "2008 was the year when the comic book movie genre not only hits its zenith, but also gained critical respectability thanks to '' The Dark Knight''. Animated films also proved a huge draw for filmgoers, with Pixar's ''WALL-E'' becoming not only the highest grossing toon but also the most lauded. Things got off on the right foot with the monster movie madness of '' Cloverfield''. Marvel got down to business laying the groundwork for their superhero team-up ''The Avengers'' with the blockbuster hit ''Iron Man'' and their respectable attempt at rebooting '' The Incredible Hul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films About Drugs
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 sensiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
