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Zach Grenier
Zach Grenier is an American character actor in film, television and stage. He is best known for his roles in films such as '' Tommy Boy'' (1995), ''Twister'' (1996), and ''Fight Club'' (1999), and for his roles in television such as Andy Cramed in '' Deadwood'' (2004–2006) and David Lee in ''The Good Wife'' (2010–2016). Life and career Grenier's mother, who was an announcer on a Polish radio program, met his father when he was working as a sound engineer at WBNX in the Bronx in the late 1930s. He is a graduate of Ann Arbor Pioneer High School. He was a regular cast member on ''C-16'' from 1997 to 1998. He appeared in the first season of the television show '' 24'' as Carl Webb; played Andy Cramed, the gambler who brought the plague to town, on '' Deadwood''; and appeared in several episodes of ''Law & Order''. In 2010, he was cast on the television series ''The Good Wife'' as David Lee, a senior attorney, a role that soon became part of the recurring ensemble. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Boy
''Tommy Boy'' is a 1995 American buddy comedy film directed by Peter Segal, written by Bonnie and Terry Turner, produced by Lorne Michaels, and starring soon-to-be former ''Saturday Night Live'' castmates and close friends Chris Farley and David Spade. The first of many films that Segal has filmed with former ''SNL'' castmates, it tells the story of a socially and emotionally immature man (Farley) who learns lessons about friendship and self-worth, following the sudden death of his industrialist father. Shot primarily in Toronto and Los Angeles under the working title ''Rocky Road'', ''Tommy Boy'' received mixed reviews from critics, and was a commercial success, grossing $32.7 million on a budget of $20 million. Since its release, ''Tommy Boy'' has become a cult film on home video. Plot After seven years at college, friendly but dim-witted Tommy Callahan III barely graduates from Marquette University and returns to his hometown of Sandusky, Ohio. His father, widowed industr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliffhanger (film)
''Cliffhanger'' is a 1993 American action thriller film directed and co-produced by Renny Harlin and co-written by and starring Sylvester Stallone alongside John Lithgow, Michael Rooker and Janine Turner. Based on a concept by climber John Long, the film follows Gabe (Stallone), a mountain climber who becomes embroiled in a heist of a U.S. Treasury plane flying through the Rocky Mountains. The film premiered at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, and was released in the United States on May 28, 1993, by TriStar Pictures. It received generally positive reviews and earned $255 million worldwide, becoming the 7th-highest-grossing film of 1993. Plot Mountain rescue rangers Gabe Walker, his girlfriend Jessie Deighan, and Frank attempt to rescue their fellow ranger, Hal Tucker, and his girlfriend, Sarah, stranded in the Colorado Rockies. Sarah's harness breaks loose, and she falls to her death, despite Gabe's effort to save her. Hal blames a guilt-stricken Gabe, who leave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liebestraum (film)
''Liebestraum'' ( German for "dream of love") is a 1991 American mystery film A mystery film is a film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur Detective, sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means of clues, ... written and directed by Mike Figgis, and starring Kevin Anderson, Pamela Gidley, Bill Pullman, Zach Grenier, Alicia Witt, Taina Elg, and Kim Novak in her final film role to date. Plot Opening as the Ralston department stores closes for the night, an unseen man and woman engage in an illicit affair as a silhouetted man closes in on them. Both appear to be shot dead before the man presumably commits suicide. Thirty years later, Nick ( Kevin Anderson), a professor of architecture in upstate New York arrives in Elderstown, Illinois to be with his birth mother ( Kim Novak) in the final days of her illness; he was adopted and never met her before. Tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delirious (1991 Film)
''Delirious'' is a 1991 American romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Tom Mankiewicz, written by Lawrence J. Cohen and Fred Freeman, and starring John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms, Raymond Burr (in his last feature film role), David Rasche, Dylan Baker, and Charles Rocket. It tells the story of the lead soap opera writer who hits his head, finds himself in the setting of the soap opera he works on, and anything he types on his typewriter happens. The film used Prince's 1982 song as its title theme. The film was a critical and commercial failure. Plot Jack Gable is the lead writer and producer of the soap opera ''Beyond Our Dreams''. Consumed by work, he harbors an unspoken attraction to Laura Claybourne, the selfish actress playing the lead character Rachel Hedison. Jack crosses paths with Louise, who is there to audition for the part of Janet DuBois, a character Jack did not want introduced. Jack then has a contentious meeting with his co-producers the Sherwood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Problem Child 2
''Problem Child 2'' is a 1991 American black comedy film and a sequel to the 1990 film '' Problem Child''. The film stars Michael Oliver, John Ritter, Laraine Newman, Amy Yasbeck, and Jack Warden. Oliver reprises his role as Junior, an adopted orphan boy exploits who deliberately wreaks comedic havoc everywhere he goes. Ritter also reprises his role as his adopted father, Ben Healy. Yasbeck played Ben's wife, Flo, from the first film, this time as school nurse Annie Young with a daughter named Trixie ( Ivyann Schwan) who is also a problem child. It was directed by Brian Levant in his feature film directorial debut and produced by Robert Simonds, who also produced the first film. In addition, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski return as screenwriters. It was rated PG-13, unlike its predecessor, which was rated PG. While failing to match the success of the first film, ''Problem Child 2'' doubled its budget in box office receipts. Plot Ben Healy has divorced his controlling a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Shock To The System (1990 Film)
''A Shock to the System'' is a 1990 American black comedy film directed by Jan Egleson and starring Michael Caine, Swoosie Kurtz, Elizabeth McGovern, and Peter Riegert. It is based on the 1984 novel ''A Shock to the System'' by British author Simon Brett. The film was released on March 23, 1990 and received generally positive reviews from critics. Plot Graham Marshall, a long-time executive in a large advertising company, is unexpectedly passed over for promotion in favor of his obnoxious younger rival Bob Benham. While he sympathizes with his friend George Brewster, whose dismissal in the midst of a corporate takeover created the open position, Marshall is angry and disappointed. His greedy, self-absorbed wife Leslie is devastated and continually reproaches her husband for his apparent lack of ambition and willpower. The night of the missed promotion, Graham is waiting for his train on the subway. An aggressive panhandler harasses him for being so rich and ungenerous. In a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (film)
''See No Evil, Hear No Evil'' is a 1989 American crime comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller. The film stars Gene Wilder as a deaf man and Richard Pryor as a blind man who work together to thwart a trio of murderous thieves. This is the third film (in a series of four) featuring Wilder and Pryor, who had appeared previously in the 1976 film '' Silver Streak'' and the 1980 film '' Stir Crazy''. The film was released in the United States on May 12, 1989. Released to a mixed to negative critical reception, ''See No Evil...'' was the comic duo's last financially successful film as a screen couple. Their next film together, 1991's '' Another You'', was a box office failure as well as a critical one, and it proved to be the last collaboration of Wilder and Pryor. Plot David "Dave" Lyons, a deaf man, and Wallace "Wally" Karew, a blind man, meet when Wally applies for a job in Dave's NYC concession shop. After a brief period of confusion and antagonism, Wally and Dave become close f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Working Girl
''Working Girl'' is a 1988 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Mike Nichols, written by Kevin Wade, and starring Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver and Melanie Griffith. Its plot follows an ambitious secretary from Staten Island working in mergers and acquisitions. The secretary, who has been going to business night school, pitches a profitable idea, only to have her new boss attempt to take credit. When her boss is laid up with a broken leg, she secretly takes over her boss's role to prove her capabilities in the corporate world. The film's opening sequence follows Manhattan-bound commuters on the Staten Island Ferry accompanied by Carly Simon's song " Let the River Run", for which she received the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television, making her the first artist to win this trio of awards for a song composed and written, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny (1988 Film)
''Kenny'' (also known as ''The Kid Brother'') is a 1988 drama film featuring Kenny Easterday in a semi-autobiographical role. Plot Thirteen-year-old Kenny lives with his family in the Pittsburgh suburb of West Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. He is just like any other kid his age, spending his free time skateboarding and sparring with his older brother, Eddy. The only thing separating Kenny from his peers is that he was born with an incredibly rare congenital condition that led to the amputation of his legs and pelvis. A French-speaking Quebec film crew descends on Kenny's neighborhood to make a documentary about his adaptation to his unusual condition. The filming of the documentary puts a strain on Kenny, Eddy, and parents Sharon and Jesse. Tensions are exacerbated when Kenny's older sister moves back home, eager for the camera spotlight. Kenny is compelled to hit the road on his own for a journey of self-discovery. Cast * Kenny Easterday as Kenny *Caitlin Clarke as Sharon * Liane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in Manhattan. The ceremony is usually held in June. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances. One is also given for regional theatre. Several discretionary non-competitive awards are given as well, including a Special Tony Award, the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, and the Isabelle Stevenson Award. The awards were founded by theatre producer and director Brock Pemberton. They are named after Antoinette "Tony" Perry, an actress, producer and theatre director who was co-founder and secretary of the American Theatre Wing. The trophy consists of a spinnable medallion, with faces portraying an adaptation of the comedy and tragedy masks, mounted on a black base with a pewter swivel. The rules for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
33 Variations
''33 Variations'' is a play by Moisés Kaufman, inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven's Diabelli Variations. It débuted on Broadway on March 9, 2009, starring Jane Fonda. Originally written in 2007, its world première was held at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. before continuing on to La Jolla Playhouse in 2008. Plot The play simultaneously examines the creative process behind Beethoven's '' Diabelli Variations'' and the journey of a musicologist, Katherine Brandt, to discover the meaning behind why Beethoven was compelled to write thirty-three distinct variations on a simple theme by a minor music publisher. The progression of her Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and her relationship with her daughter are also themes of the story, as is Beethoven's growing deafness. The action takes place both in Beethoven's time and the present, switching back and forth between the two. However, at certain key points, characters from both time periods appear on stage to deliver lines simult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |