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Targets
''Targets'' is a 1968 American crime thriller film directed by Peter Bogdanovich in his theatrical directorial debut, and starring Tim O'Kelly, Boris Karloff, Nancy Hsueh, Bogdanovich, James Brown, Arthur Peterson and Sandy Baron. The film depicts two parallel narratives which converge during the climax: one follows Bobby Thompson, a seemingly ordinary and wholesome young man who embarks on an unprovoked killing spree; the other depicts Byron Orlok, an iconic horror film actor who, disillusioned by real-life violence, is contemplating retirement. Produced by Roger Corman and written by Polly Platt and Bogdanovich, the film was loosely based on the case of Charles Whitman, a mass shooter who committed the Tower shooting at the University of Texas in 1966. The film was shot in late 1967 in the Los Angeles area. Released by Paramount Pictures shortly after the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, it was considered a box-office bomb. Despite initi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim O'Kelly
Tim O'Kelly (variously O'Kelley; born Timothy Patrick Wright, March 12, 1941 – January 4, 1990) was an American actor best known for playing the sniper in Peter Bogdanovich's film '' Targets'' (1968). Career O'Kelly first gained attention as a stage actor with the Santa Monica Group Theater. He later served as a director and acting coach with the group. Among the stage productions he appeared in was Peter Shaffer's ''The Private Ear/The Public Eye''. Much of his television work was in Western series such as '' The Monroes'', '' Cimarron Strip'', '' The Big Valley'', and '' The Guns of Will Sonnett'', although he also made appearances in ''Batman''. O'Kelly also played Detective Danny "Danno" Williams in the pilot episode of '' Hawaii Five-O'', but was replaced by James MacArthur after a preview audience found O'Kelly "too young" for the part. His one major film appearance was opposite Boris Karloff in Peter Bogdanovich's directorial debut '' Targets'' (1968), in which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich (July 30, 1939 – January 6, 2022) was an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian. He started out his career as a young actor studying under Stella Adler before working as a film critic for ''Film Culture'' and ''Esquire'' and finally becoming a prominent filmmaker of the New Hollywood movement. He received accolades including a BAFTA Award and Grammy Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Bogdanovich worked as a film journalist until he was hired to work on Roger Corman's '' The Wild Angels'' (1966). His credited feature film debut came with '' Targets'' (1968), before his career breakthrough with the drama '' The Last Picture Show'' (1971) which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, and the acclaimed films '' What's Up, Doc?'' (1972) and '' Paper Moon'' (1973). Other films include '' Saint Jack'' (1979), '' They All Laughed'' (1981), '' Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polly Platt
Mary Marr "Polly" Platt (January 29, 1939 – July 27, 2011) was an American film producer, production designer and screenwriter. She was the first woman accepted into the Art Directors Guild, in 1971. In addition to her credited work, she was known as a mentor (for which she was honored with Women in Film Crystal Award) as well as an uncredited collaborator and networker. In the case of the latter, she is credited with contributing to the success of ex-husband and director Peter Bogdanovich's early films; mentoring then first-time director and writer Cameron Crowe, and discovering actors including Cybill Shepherd, Tatum O'Neal, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, and director Wes Anderson. Platt also suggested that director James L. Brooks meet artist and illustrator Matt Groening, sparking a collaboration from which the longest-running scripted prime-time series in American television history, ''The Simpsons'', would be spun-off. Early life Platt was born Mary Marr Platt i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Hsueh
Nancy Hsueh (February 25, 1941 – November 24, 1980) was an American actress. She was one of the first Asian American actresses to have a leading role in a U.S. television series, '' Love is a Many Splendored Thing'' (1967), regarded as the first American soap opera to portray an interracial relationship between an Asian woman and a white man. She also appeared in films such as '' War Hunt'' (1962), '' Cheyenne Autumn'' (1964), and ''Targets'' (1968). Career Born in Los Angeles, California, Hsueh made two films as a child actress, '' China's Little Devils'' (1945) and '' Intrigue'' (1947), on which her father served as a technical adviser. In the early 1960s, she appeared in the Korean War drama '' War Hunt'' (1962) and the John Ford Western '' Cheyenne Autumn'' (1964). According to author Jon Abbott, "her exotic appearance kept her busy in the spy shows of the period, including '' The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', '' I Spy'', and '' The Wild, Wild West''." In 1967, she was cast as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Corman
Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he was known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of the more than 500 features directed or produced by Corman were low-budget films that later attracted a cult following, such as ''A Bucket of Blood'' (1959), ''The Little Shop of Horrors'' (1960), ''The Intruder (1962 film), The Intruder'' (1962), ''X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes'' (1963), and the Counterculture of the 1960s, counterculture films ''The Wild Angels'' (1966) and ''The Trip (1967 film), The Trip'' (1967). ''House of Usher (film), House of Usher'' (1960) became the first of eight films directed by Corman that were adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and which collectively came to be known as the "American International Pictures#The Corman-Poe cycle, Poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Marshall (filmmaker)
Frank Wilton Marshall (born September 13, 1946) is an American film producer and director. He often collaborates with his wife, film producer Kathleen Kennedy, with whom he founded the production company Amblin Entertainment, along with Steven Spielberg. In 1991, he founded, with Kennedy, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, a film production company. Since May 2012, with Kennedy taking on the role of President of Lucasfilm, Marshall has been Kennedy/Marshall's sole principal. Marshall has worked with directors such as Spielberg, Paul Greengrass, Peter Bogdanovich, David Fincher, M. Night Shyamalan, and Robert Zemeckis. He has also directed the films ''Arachnophobia'' (1990), '' Alive'' (1993), '' Congo'' (1995), '' Eight Below'' (2006), and the documentaries '' The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart'' (2020), '' Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story'' (2022) and ''The Beach Boys'' (2024). Marshall has produced various successful film franchises, including ''Indiana Jones'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Baron
Sandy Baron (born Sanford Irving Beresofsky; May 5, 1936 – January 21, 2001) was an American actor and comedian who performed on stage, in films, and on television. He is best known for his recurring role of Jack Klompus on the NBC sitcom ''Seinfeld''. Early life Sanford Beresofsky was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in the Brownsville neighborhood, the son of Helen Farberman, a waitress, and Max Beresofsky, a house painter, both Yiddish-speaking Russian Jewish immigrants. His father was born in Slonim, Belarus. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in East New York; and while he was a student at Brooklyn College, to which he received a scholarship, he changed his name to "Sandy Baron"—taking his inspiration from the nearby Barron's Bookstore. He began his career working in the Catskill Mountains resorts with their "Borscht Belt" brand of Jewish humor, on which Baron made his mark. He then moved on to the Compass Players Improv Comedy group in the late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
László Kovács (cinematographer)
László Kovács ASC (; 14 May 1933 – 22 July 2007) was a Hungarian-American cinematographer, known for his influential work in the development of the American New Wave of films in the 1970s, he collaborated with many known directors, especially Peter Bogdanovich and Richard Rush. Kovács was the recipient of numerous awards, including three Lifetime Achievement Awards. He was also an active member of the American Society of Cinematographers and a member of the organization's board of directors. Early life Born in Cece, Hungary, to Julianna and Imre Kovács, Kovács studied cinema at the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest between 1952 and 1956. Together with Vilmos Zsigmond, a fellow student and lifelong friend, Kovács secretly filmed the day-to-day development of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 on black and white 35 mm movie film, using an Arriflex camera borrowed from their school.Bob Fisher"Laszlo Kovacs, ASC... It’s a Wonderful Life", ICG Magazine, Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Kent
Gary Kent (June 7, 1933 – May 25, 2023) was an American film director, actor, and stuntman notable for his appearances in various independent and exploitation films. A native of Washington, Kent studied at the University of Washington before later embarking on a film career. He made his feature film debut in '' Battle Flame'' (1959) and had roles in several additional low-budget films in the 1960s, including '' The Black Klansman'' (1966) and the biker film '' The Savage Seven'' (1968). He also served as a stunt double for Bruce Dern in '' Psych-Out'' (1969). Kent and his experiences as a stuntman served as one of the inspirations for Cliff Booth, the character portrayed by Brad Pitt in Quentin Tarantino's ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' (2019). Biography Early life Kent was born on June 7, 1933, on a wheat ranch in Walla Walla, Washington, the son of Arthur E. and Iola Kent. He graduated from Renton High School in Renton, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, and attended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte Landis
Max Landstein (20 April 1933 – 14 December 2024), known as Monte Landis, was a Scottish-American film and television actor. Landis was perhaps best known for playing the comic foil in multiple episodes of ''The Monkees'', most notably as Mr. Zero in the episode "The Devil and Peter Tork". He began his career in Britain before moving to the United States in 1963. Landis also had a career in Paris in the mid-1950s as emcee in cabarets and jazz clubs (Crazy Horse, Club Saint-Germain, etc.) – he played his own role later in '' Charade'' (1963) – and choreographer for the French vocal group The Blue Stars of France. Landis died in Joshua Tree, California on 14 December 2024, at the age of 91. Partial filmography *'' The Mouse That Roared'' (1959) - Cobbley *'' School for Scoundrels'' (1960) - Fleetsnod *''The Pure Hell of St Trinian's'' (1960) - Octavius *'' On the Fiddle'' (1961) - Conductor *'' Play It Cool'' (1962) - Horace - the Beatnik Man *'' Village of Daughters'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Jackson (actress)
Mary Jackson (November 22, 1910 – December 10, 2005) was an American character actress whose nearly fifty-year career began in 1950 and was spent almost entirely in television. She is best known for the role of the lovelorn Emily Baldwin in ''The Waltons'' and was the original choice to play Alice Horton in the daytime soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'', playing the part in the unaired pilot. The role was instead given to Frances Reid. Biography Jackson was born in the village of Milford, Michigan on November 22, 1910. She graduated from Western Michigan University with a bachelor's degree 1932. She worked for one year as a schoolteacher during the Great Depression before pursuing her interest in theatre. She returned to college, enrolling in Michigan State University's fine arts program and subsequently beginning her performing career in summer stock theatre in Chicago. She embarked on a television career in New York City in the 1950s, during the first Golden Age of Televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reseda, Los Angeles
Reseda is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1912, and its central business district started developing in 1915. The neighborhood was devoted to agriculture for many years. Earthquakes struck the area in 1971 San Fernando earthquake, 1971 and 1994 Northridge earthquake, 1994. The neighborhood has 15 public and five private schools. The community includes public parks, a senior center and a regional branch library. History Founding and growth The area now known as Reseda was inhabited by Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native Americans of the Tongva tribe who lived close to the Los Angeles River. In 1909 the Suburban Homes Company, a syndicate led by Hobart Johnstone Whitley, H. J. Whitley, general manager of the Board of Control, Harry Chandler, Harrison Gray Otis (publisher), H.G. Otis, Moses Sherman, M.H. Sherman and O.F. Brandt purchased 48,000 acres of the Farming and Milling Company for $2,500,000. Henry E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
