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California
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California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area. Located on the western coast of the U. S, California is bordered by the other U. S. states of Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California. Los Angeles is Californias most populous city, and the second largest after New York City. The Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nations second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, California also has the nations most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The Central Valley, an agricultural area, dominates the states center. What is now California was first settled by various Native American tribes before being explored by a number of European expeditions during the 16th and 17th centuries, the Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of Alta California in their New Spain colony. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its war for independence. The western portion of Alta California then was organized as the State of California, the California Gold Rush starting in 1848 led to dramatic social and demographic changes, with large-scale emigration from the east and abroad with an accompanying economic boom. If it were a country, California would be the 6th largest economy in the world, fifty-eight percent of the states economy is centered on finance, government, real estate services, technology, and professional, scientific and technical business services. Although it accounts for only 1.5 percent of the states economy, the story of Calafia is recorded in a 1510 work The Adventures of Esplandián, written as a sequel to Amadis de Gaula by Spanish adventure writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. The kingdom of Queen Calafia, according to Montalvo, was said to be a land inhabited by griffins and other strange beasts. This conventional wisdom that California was an island, with maps drawn to reflect this belief, shortened forms of the states name include CA, Cal. Calif. and US-CA. Settled by successive waves of arrivals during the last 10,000 years, various estimates of the native population range from 100,000 to 300,000. The Indigenous peoples of California included more than 70 distinct groups of Native Americans, ranging from large, settled populations living on the coast to groups in the interior. California groups also were diverse in their organization with bands, tribes, villages. Trade, intermarriage and military alliances fostered many social and economic relationships among the diverse groups, the first European effort to explore the coast as far north as the Russian River was a Spanish sailing expedition, led by Portuguese captain Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, in 1542. Some 37 years later English explorer Francis Drake also explored and claimed a portion of the California coast in 1579. Spanish traders made unintended visits with the Manila galleons on their trips from the Philippines beginning in 1565
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RoboCop
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RoboCop is a 1987 American cyberpunk action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan OHerlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, themes that make up the basis of RoboCop include media influence, gentrification, corruption, authoritarianism, greed, privatization, capitalism, identity, dystopia, and human nature. The film was produced for a relatively modest $13 million, honors for the film include five Saturn Awards, two BAFTA Award nominations and the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, along with nominations for Best Film Editing and Best Sound Mixing. In the near future, Detroit, Michigan is a dystopia and on the verge of collapse due to financial ruin. The mayor signs a deal with the mega-corporation Omni Consumer Products, in exchange, OCP will be allowed to turn the run-down sections of Detroit into a high-end utopia called Delta City, which will function as an independent city-state free of the United States. OCP senior president Dick Jones proposes replacing the police with the ED-209 enforcement droid, at its first demonstration, however, ED-209 malfunctions and gruesomely kills a board member. Bob Morton, an employee, uses the opportunity to introduce his own experimental cyborg design. To Joness anger, the company chairman approves Mortons plan, meanwhile, police officer Alex Murphy arrives at his new precinct following an OCP-directed transfer where he is introduced to his partner Anne Lewis. On their first patrol, they chase down a gang led by the ruthless criminal Clarence Boddicker, when he and Lewis get separated, Murphy is caught and fatally injured by Boddickers gang just before Boddicker himself executes the helpless cop. Morton selects Murphy for the RoboCop program and replaces most of his body with cybernetics, except for his brain and part of his digestive system. RoboCop is given three primary directives, Serve the public trust, Protect the innocent, and Uphold the law and he single-handedly and efficiently cleans Detroit of crime, earning Morton a promotion to vice president. Enraged, Jones hires Boddicker to murder Morton in his home, meanwhile, Lewis realizes that RoboCop is really Murphy, and tells him his real name. RoboCop remembers past events from his life and returns to his home, only to find that his wife. He connects to the database, looks up Murphys entry and discovers Boddickers gang. RoboCop tracks down Boddicker to a factory and after a battle. Panicked, Boddicker admits his affiliation with Jones, verbally triggering RoboCops law-abiding programming, RoboCop arrests Boddicker and turns him over to the police. He then confronts Jones and attempts to arrest him, but begins to shut down, Jones reveals that he planted the fourth directive, which prevents RoboCop from arresting any member of OCPs executive board. Jones explains his goal of taking over OCP, and confesses to Mortons murder before activating his personal ED-209 to destroy RoboCop
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Saturn Award
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The award was initially, and is still sometimes, loosely referred to as a Golden Scroll. The Saturn Awards were created in 1973 and are the oldest Award ceremony dedicated to science fiction, fantasy. The physical award is a representation of the planet Saturn, with its ring composed of film, the Saturn Awards are voted upon by members of the presenting Academy. The Academy is a organization with membership open to the public. Its members include filmmakers Jeff Rector, Rich Correll, Tom De Santo, Mark A. Altman and Irwin Keyes, among others. Although the Award still primarily focuses on films and television in the fiction, fantasy and horror categories. There are also awards for lifetime achievement in film production. The 42nd Saturn Awards were held on June 22,2016, in Burbank, the Saturn Awards are often criticized for having a broad and inconsistent definition of genres, as well as for nominating and awarding movies not related to sci-fi, fantasy or horror. Hugo Award Scream Awards Official website Saturn Awards 2009 at FEARnet Saturn Award at the Internet Movie Database
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Science fiction film
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Science fiction films have often been used to focus on political or social issues, and to explore philosophical issues like the human condition. The genre has existed since the years of silent cinema. The next major example in the genre was the film Metropolis - being the first feature length science fiction movie, from the 1930s to the 1950s, the genre consisted mainly of low-budget B movies. After Stanley Kubricks landmark 2001, A Space Odyssey, the fiction film genre was taken more seriously. This definition suggests a continuum between empiricism and transcendentalism, with science fiction film on the side of empiricism, and horror film, however, there are numerous well-known examples of science fiction horror films, epitomized by such pictures as Frankenstein and Alien. The visual style of fiction film can be characterized by a clash between alien and familiar images. This clash is implemented when alien images become familiar, as in A Clockwork Orange, as well, familiar images become alien, as in the films Repo Man and Liquid Sky. For example, in Dr. Strangelove, the, distortion of the make the familiar images seem more alien. Finally, alien and familiar images are juxtaposed, as in The Deadly Mantis, Science fiction films appeared early in the silent film era, typically as short films shot in black and white, sometimes with colour tinting. They usually had a theme and were often intended to be humorous. In 1902, Georges Méliès released Le Voyage dans la Lune, generally considered the first science fiction film, several early films merged the science fiction and horror genres. Examples of this are Frankenstein, a adaptation of Mary Shelleys novel. Taking a more adventurous tack,20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a based on Jules Verne’s famous novel of a wondrous submarine. In the 1920s, European filmmakers tended to use science fiction for prediction and social commentary, as can be seen in German films such as Metropolis and Frau im Mond. In the 1930s, there were big budget science fiction films, notably Just Imagine, King Kong, Things to Come. Starting in 1936, a number of science fiction comic strips were adapted as serials, notably Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers and these serials, and the comic strips they were based on, were very popular with the general public. Other notable science fiction films of the 1930s include Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Doctor X, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, F. P. The 1940s brought us Before I Hang, Black Friday, Dr. Cyclops, The Devil Commands, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Man Made Monster, It Happened Tomorrow, It Happens Every Spring and The Perfect Woman
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Fantasy film
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Fantasy films are films that belong to the fantasy genre with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, mythology, folklore, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered a form of speculative fiction alongside science fiction films and horror films, Fantasy films often have an element of magic, myth, wonder, escapism, and the extraordinary. Several sub-categories of fantasy films can be identified, although the delineations between these subgenres, much as in literature, are somewhat fluid. The most common fantasy subgenres depicted in movies are High Fantasy and Sword, both categories typically employ quasi-medieval settings, wizards, magical creatures and other elements commonly associated with fantasy stories. High Fantasy films tend to feature a more richly developed fantasy world, often, they feature a hero of humble origins and a clear distinction between good and evil set against each other in an epic struggle. Many scholars cite J. R. R, to some, the term Sword and Sandal has pejorative connotations, designating a film with a low-quality script, bad acting and poor production values. Another important subgenre of films that has become more popular in recent years is contemporary fantasy. Such films feature magical effects or supernatural occurrences happening in the world of today. Fantasy films set in the afterlife, called Bangsian Fantasy, are less common, other uncommon subgenres include Historical Fantasy and Romantic Fantasy, although 2003s Pirates of the Caribbean, The Curse of the Black Pearl successfully incorporated elements of both. As noted above, superhero movies and fairy tale films might each be considered subgenres of fantasy films, as a cinematic genre, fantasy has traditionally not been regarded as highly as the related genre of science fiction film. Since the late 1990s, however, the genre has gained new respectability in a way, tolkiens The Lord of the Rings and J. K. Jacksons The Lord of the Rings trilogy is due to its ambitious scope, serious tone. These pictures achieved phenomenal commercial and critical success, and the installment of the trilogy became the first fantasy film ever to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Harry Potter series has been a financial success, has achieved critical acclaim. Following the success of ventures, Hollywood studios have greenlighted additional big-budget productions in the genre. These have included adaptations of the first, second, and third books in C. S and this is in contrast to science fiction films, which are often released during the northern hemisphere summer. The huge commercial success of these pictures may indicate a change in Hollywoods approach to fantasy film releases. Fantasy films have a history almost as old as the medium itself, however, fantasy films were relatively few and far between until the 1980s, when high-tech filmmaking techniques and increased audience interest caused the genre to flourish
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Horror film
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Horror film is a film genre that seeks to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on their fears. Inspired by literature from authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, the macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Horror may also overlap with the fantasy, supernatural fiction and thriller genres, Horror films often deal with viewers nightmares, fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event. Another of his projects was 1898s La Caverne maudite. Japan made early forays into the genre with Bake Jizo and Shinin no Sosei. The era featured a slew of literary adaptations, with the works of Poe and Dante, in 1908, Selig Polyscope Company produced Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In 1910, Edison Studios produced the first filmed version of Frankenstein, the macabre nature of the source materials used made the films synonymous with the horror film genre. Before and during the Weimar Republic era, German Expressionist filmmakers would significantly influence later productions, the first vampire-themed movie, Nosferatu, was made during this period, though it was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stokers Dracula. Other European countries also, contributed to the genre during this period, though the word horror to describe the film genre would not be used until the 1930s, earlier American productions often relied on horror themes. Some notable examples include The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Phantom of the Opera, The Cat and the Canary, The Unknown, and The Man Who Laughs. Many of these films were considered dark melodramas because of their stock characters and emotion-heavy plots that focused on romance, violence, suspense. The trend of inserting an element of macabre into American pre-horror melodramas continued into the 1920s, directors known for relying on macabre in their films during the 1920s were Maurice Tourneur, Rex Ingram, and Tod Browning. Ingrams The Magician contains one of the first examples of a mad doctor and is said to have had a influence on James Whales version of Frankenstein. The Unholy Three is an example of Brownings use of macabre and unique style of morbidity, he remade the film in 1930 as a talkie, during the early period of talking pictures, Universal Pictures began a successful Gothic horror film series. Tod Brownings Dracula was quickly followed by James Whales Frankenstein and The Old Dark House, some of these films blended science fiction with Gothic horror, such as Whales The Invisible Man and featured a mad scientist, mirroring earlier German films. Frankenstein was the first in a series of remakes which lasted for years, the Mummy introduced Egyptology as a theme, Make-up artist Jack Pierce was responsible for the iconic image of the monster, and others in the series. Universals horror cycle continued into the 1940s with B-movies including The Wolf Man, the once controversial Freaks, based on the short story Spurs, was made by MGM, though the studio disowned the completed film, and it remained banned, in the UK, for thirty years
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Jack Nicholson
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John Joseph Jack Nicholson is an American actor and filmmaker, who has performed for over 60 years. Nicholson is known for playing a range of starring or supporting roles, including satirical comedy, romance and dark portrayals of antiheroes. In many of his films, he has played the eternal outsider, Nicholsons 12 Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in the Academys history. Nicholson has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, one for the drama One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and he also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the comedy-drama Terms of Endearment. Nicholson is one of three actors to win three Academy Awards. Nicholson is one of two actors to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting in every decade from the 1960s to the 2000s. He has won six Golden Globe Awards, and received the Kennedy Center Honor in 2001, in 1994, he became one of the youngest actors to be awarded the American Film Institutes Life Achievement Award. He played Jack Torrance in Stanley Kubricks horror film The Shining, the Joker in Tim Burtons superhero film Batman, other films include the legal drama A Few Good Men, the Sean Penn-directed mystery film The Pledge, and the comedy-drama About Schmidt. Nicholson was born on April 22,1937, in Neptune City, New Jersey, Nicholsons mother was of Irish, English, and German descent. She married Italian-American showman Donald Furcillo in 1936, before realizing that he was already married, biographer Patrick McGilligan stated in his book Jacks Life that Latvian-born Eddie King, Junes manager, may have been Nicholsons biological father, rather than Furcillo. Other sources suggest June Nicholson was unsure of who the father was, in 1974, Time magazine researchers learned, and informed Nicholson, that his sister, June, was actually his mother, and his other sister, Lorraine, was really his aunt. By this time, both his mother and grandmother had died, on finding out, Nicholson said it was a pretty dramatic event, but it wasnt what Id call traumatizing. I was pretty well psychologically formed. Nicholson grew up in Neptune City, New Jersey and he was raised in his mothers Roman Catholic religion. Before starting high school, his family moved to an apartment in Spring Lake, nick, as he was known to his high school friends, attended nearby Manasquan High School, where he was voted class clown by the Class of 1954. He was in every day for a whole school year. A theatre and an award at the school are named in his honor. In 2004, Nicholson attended his 50-year high school reunion accompanied by his aunt Lorraine and he served a tour of duty in the Air National Guard. Nicholson first came to Hollywood in 1954, when he was 17 and he took a job as an office worker for animators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera at the MGM cartoon studio
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Jessica Tandy
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Jessica Tandy was a British stage and film actress. She appeared in over 100 stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film, born in London to Jessie Helen Horspool and commercial traveller Harry Tandy, she was only 18 when she made her professional debut on the London stage in 1927. During the 1930s, she appeared in a number of plays in Londons West End, playing roles such as Ophelia. During this period, she worked in a couple of British films. Following the end of her marriage to the British actor Jack Hawkins, she moved to New York in 1940 and he became her second husband and frequent partner on stage and screen. She received the Tony Award for best performance by a Leading Actress in A Play for her performance as Blanche Dubois in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948, Tandy shared the prize with Katharine Cornell and Judith Anderson in a three-way tie for the award. Over the following three decades, her career continued sporadically and included a role in Alfred Hitchcocks horror film, The Birds. Along with Cronyn, she was a member of the acting company of the Guthrie Theater. In the mid-1980s she had a career revival and she appeared with Cronyn in the Broadway production of Foxfire in 1983 and its television adaptation four years later, winning both a Tony Award and an Emmy Award for her portrayal of Annie Nations. During these years, she appeared in such as Cocoon. At the height of her success, she was named as one of Peoples 50 Most Beautiful People and she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1990, and continued working until shortly before her death. The youngest of three siblings, Tandy was born in Geldeston Road in Hackney, London and her father, Harry Tandy, was a travelling salesman for a rope manufacturer. Her mother, Jessie Helen Horspool was the head of a school for handicapped children who was from a large fenland family in Wisbech. Her father died when Tandy was 12, and her mother subsequently taught evening courses to earn an income and her brother Edward was later a prisoner of war of the Japanese in the Far East. Tandy was educated at Dame Alice Owens School in Islington, Tandy began her career at the age of 18 in London, establishing herself with performances opposite such actors as Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud. She entered films in Britain, but after her marriage to Jack Hawkins failed, during her time as a leading actress on the stage in London she often had to fight for roles over her two rivals, Peggy Ashcroft and Celia Johnson. In 1942, she married Hume Cronyn and over the years played supporting roles in several Hollywood films. Tandy became a citizen of the United States in 1952
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Richard Dawson
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Richard Dawson was a British-American actor and comedian, and a game show host and panellist in the United States. In 1984, he became an American citizen while retaining his British citizenship, Dawson was born Colin Lionel Emm in Gosport, Hampshire, England, on 20 November 1932 to Arthur and Josephine Emm. At the age of 14 he ran away home to join the British Merchant Navy. On 8 January 1963, Dawson appeared in an episode of the Jack Benny Program, Season 13, Dawson is the audience member sitting next to Jack. He is almost unrecognisable because of the glasses and fake mustache, in 1963, Dawson appeared in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show in the role of dapper entertainer Racy Tracy Rattigan. In 1964, he appeared in The Invisibles, an episode of The Outer Limits, a 1964 episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. He played a soldier in the 1962 film The Longest Day, in 1965, Dawson had a small role at the end of the film King Rat, starring George Segal, playing 1st Recon paratrooper Captain Weaver, sent to liberate allied POWs in a Japanese prison. Dawson had by then moved to Los Angeles, California and he gained fame in the television show Hogans Heroes as Cpl. Peter Newkirk from 1965 to 1971 and he had a minor role in Universals Munster, Go Home. A year later, Dawson released a psychedelic 45 rpm single including the songs His Childrens Parade, in 1968, Dawson was in the film The Devils Brigade as Private Hugh McDonald. Following the cancellation of Hogans Heroes, he was a regular joke-telling panellist on the syndicated revival of the game show Can You Top This. in 1970. He was also a regular on Rowan & Martins Laugh-In from 1971–73 and he portrayed a theatre director in the first season of McCloud and was a panellist on the 1972–73 syndicated revival of Ive Got a Secret. He played himself on an episode of The Odd Couple, after Laugh-In was cancelled in 1973, game show pioneer Mark Goodson signed Dawson to appear as a regular on Match Game 73, alongside Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly and host Gene Rayburn. During his time on Match Game he would occupy the centre seat. Family Feud was a hit, eventually surpassing the ratings of Match Game in late 1977. In 1978, he left Match Game and won a Daytime Emmy Award for Best Game Show Host for his work on Family Feud, one of Dawsons trademarks on Family Feud, kissing the female contestants, earned him the nickname The Kissing Bandit. Television executives repeatedly tried to get him to stop the kissing, after receiving criticism for the practice, he asked viewers to write in and vote on the matter. The mail response was 704 against and 14,600 in favour, on the 1985 finale, Dawson explained that he kissed contestants for love and luck, something his mother did with Dawson himself as a child
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Kirk Cameron
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Kirk Thomas Cameron is an American actor. He is known for his role as Mike Seaver on the ABC sitcom Growing Pains, as a child actor, Cameron made several other television and film appearances through the 1980s and 1990s, including the films Like Father Like Son and Listen to Me. In the 2000s, he portrayed Cameron Buck Williams in the Left Behind film series and his 2014 film, Saving Christmas, gained notoriety for reaching No.1 on the IMDb Bottom 100 List within one month of its theatrical release. Cameron was born in Panorama City, California, a suburb of Los Angeles and his parents are Barbara and Robert Cameron, a retired schoolteacher. He is the brother to Bridgette, Melissa, and actress Candace Cameron Bure and he went to school on the set of Growing Pains, as opposed to public school. He graduated from school at age 17 with high honors. Cameron began acting at age nine, and his first job was in an advertisement for a breakfast cereal and his first starring role was at age 13, in the television series Two Marriages. At this age, he appeared in television shows and films. He became famous in 1985 after being cast as Mike Seaver in the ABC television sitcom Growing Pains, in the series, Mike would eventually have a girlfriend named Kate MacDonald, played by Chelsea Noble, Camerons future wife. Cameron subsequently became a teen heartthrob in the late 1980s, while appearing on the covers of teen magazines, including Tiger Beat, Teen Beat,16. At the time, he was making $50,000 a week and he was also in a 60-second Pepsi commercial during Super Bowl XXIV. Cameron also guest-starred in the 1988 Full House episode Just One of the Guys, Tanner, the role played by Camerons sister, Candace. Cameron went on to star in films, including 1987s Like Father Like Son. His next theatrical film, 1989s Listen to Me, performed poorly at the box office, when Growing Pains ended in 1992, Cameron went on to star in The WB sitcom Kirk which premiered in 1995 and ended two years later. In Kirk, Cameron played Kirk Hartman, a 24-year-old who has to raise his siblings, Cameron and Noble also worked together on Kirk. Camerons wife Noble also starred in the series, playing Hattie Durham. Cameron has worked with Cloud Ten Pictures, a company which produces Christian-themed films and he also appeared in the 2008 drama film, Fireproof, which was produced by Sherwood Pictures. The film was created on a budget of $500,000, with Cameron as the lead actor, though it was a low-budget film, the film grossed $33,415,129 and was a box office success
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Paul Verhoeven
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Paul Verhoeven is a Dutch film director, film producer, television director, television producer, and screenwriter. Verhoeven is active in both the Netherlands and Hollywood, explicit violent and/or sexual content and social satire are trademarks of both his drama and science fiction films. He is best known for directing the films RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Showgirls, Starship Troopers, Verhoevens film Turkish Delight received the award for Best Dutch Film of the Century at the Netherlands Film Festival. His films altogether received a total of nine Academy Award nominations, mainly for editing, Verhoeven won the Saturn Award for Best Director for Robocop. His Dutch war film Black Book was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language, and was voted the best Dutch film ever by the Dutch public in 2008. In contrast, he won the Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Picture and Worst Director for Showgirls, Paul Verhoeven was born on 18 July 1938 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is the son of school teacher Wim Verhoeven and hat maker Nel van Schaardenburg, although he was born in Amsterdam, the family lived in the village of Slikkerveer. In 1943 the family moved to The Hague, the location of the German headquarters in the Netherlands during World War II, the Verhoeven house was near a German military base with V1 and V2-rocket launchers, which was repeatedly bombed by allied forces. Their neighbours house was hit and Verhoevens parents were almost killed when bombs fell on a street crossing, from this period, Verhoeven mentioned in interviews, he remembers images of violence, burning houses, dead bodies on the street, and continuous danger. As a small child he experienced the war as an adventure and compares himself with the character Bill Rowan in Hope. Verhoevens father Wim Verhoeven became head teacher at the Van Heutszschool in The Hague, sometimes they watched informative films at home with the schools film projector. Paul Verhoeven and his father liked to see American films that were in the cinema after the liberation. They went as many as ten times to see The War of the Worlds, Paul Verhoeven was a fan of the Dutch comic Dick Bos. The character Dick Bos is a detective who fights crime using jujutsu. Verhoeven himself liked comic drawing, he created The Killer, a character in a detailed story full of revenge. Other fiction he liked were Frankenstein and the Rice Burroughs Barsoom series, Verhoeven attended public secondary school Gymnasium Haganum in The Hague. Later, beginning in 1955, he studied at Leiden University, Verhoeven graduated with a doctorandus with a double major, in mathematics and physics. Verhoeven made his first film A Lizzard Too Much for the anniversary of his students corps in 1960, in his last years at university Verhoeven also attended classes at the Netherlands Film Academy
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Alan Silvestri
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Alan Anthony Silvestri is an American composer and conductor who works primarily in film and television. His other film scores include The Delta Force, Predator and its sequel Predator 2, The Abyss, Stuart Little, The Mummy Returns, Lilo & Stitch, silvestris grandparents emigrated in 1908 from the Italian town of CastellAlfero, and settled in Teaneck to raise a family. He grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey and attended Teaneck High School and he went to Berklee College of Music for two years. Alan was a drummer for a time in 1966 with Teaneck-based rock band The Herd. Silvestri started his film/television composing career in 1972 at age 21, from 1977 to 1983, Silvestri served as the main composer for the television series CHiPs, writing music for 109 of the series 139 episodes. Silvestri met producer Robert Zemeckis, when the two worked together on Zemeckiss film Romancing the Stone, since 2001, Silvestri has also collaborated regularly with director Stephen Sommers, scoring the films The Mummy Returns, Van Helsing, and G. I. His most recent work includes The Avengers, The Croods, and Night at the Museum, Silvestri has also composed music for television series, including T. J. Hooker, Starsky & Hutch, Tales from the Crypt. In 2014, he composed the music for the science documentary series Cosmos. On 31 January 2014, it was announced that a musical adaptation of Back to the Future was in production. The show, which is being co-written by original writers Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, is expected to be performed in 2015, on the 30th anniversary year of the film. Silvestri will team up with Glen Ballard to compose a new score, with the addition of songs from the film, including The Power of Love. Goode, Earth Angel and Mr. Sandman, Silvestri and his wife Sandra own a vineyard, Silvestri Vineyards, located in Carmel Valley, California. Silvestri has received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Original Score for Forrest Gump and one for Best Original Song for Believe on The Polar Express soundtrack and he also received two Golden Globe nominations, Best Score for Forrest Gump and Best Song for The Polar Express. His other nomination was for Best Soundtrack Album, for Back to the Future, during the 2005 Grammy Awards, Josh Groban performed Believe. He has won two Emmys, both for Cosmos, A Spacetime Odyssey – Outstanding Main Title Theme Music and Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for the episode Standing Up in the Milky Way. He has won the Saturn Award for Best Music three times, for his scores for Predator, Back to the Future Part III and Van Helsing. On September 23,2011, he was awarded with the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award by the City of Vienna at the film music gala concert Hollywood in Vienna
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The Hidden (film)
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The Hidden is an American science fiction action-horror film produced and released in 1987 by New Line Cinema. The film was written by Bob Hunt and directed by Jack Sholder, the cast features Kyle MacLachlan and Michael Nouri and includes supporting roles by Clu Gulager, Chris Mulkey, Ed ORoss, Clarence Felder, Claudia Christian and Larry Cedar. A sequel, The Hidden II, directed by Seth Pinsker was released in 1993. Jack DeVries, a citizen with no criminal past, robs a Los Angeles Wells Fargo bank, kills all of the security guards inside. The chase ends when DeVries encounters a police blockade overseen by detective Thomas Beck, DeVries is shot several times, smashes through the blockade and crashes the Ferrari he is driving. DeVries is taken to a hospital, where a doctor informs Beck and his partner, cliff Willis that DeVries is not expected to survive the night. When told of DeVriess condition, Gallagher rushes off to the hospital, meanwhile, at the hospital, DeVries suddenly awakens. Disconnecting his life-support equipment, he approaches the man in the next bed. After DeVries forces Millers mouth open, a slug-like alien emerges from DeVries mouth, Gallagher arrives to find DeVries dead on the floor and Millers bed abandoned. Gallagher tells Beck to put out an alert on Miller, who refuses, Miller goes to a record store where he beats the stores owner to death. He then goes to a car dealership, where he kills three men and steals a red Ferrari and he then visits a strip club, where the alien leaves Millers body and takes over the body of a stripper named Brenda. Gallagher asks police to track Brenda when he sees her picture next to Millers body, Brenda is then propositioned by a cat-caller, she accepts and follows him to his car. They proceed to have sex in a parking lot which results in his death. Gallagher and Beck pursue her to a rooftop, where they mortally wound her in a gun battle, as Brenda dies, Gallagher points a strangely-shaped, alien weapon at her, however, she leaps from the roof. As Masterson arrives from his house to take charge of the scene, frustrated by Gallaghers continuing refusal to explain the strange phenomenon of ordinary citizens turning into crazed killers, Beck arrests him and puts him in a jail cell. Beck soon learns that Gallagher is an imposter, impersonating the real agent Gallagher, Beck dismisses the story as insane and leaves Gallagher incarcerated in a jail cell at the police station. Back at Mastersons house, the leaves the dogs body. In the morning Masterson goes to the station and seizes a number of weapons
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Masters of the Universe (film)
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Masters of the Universe is a 1987 American science fantasy action film directed by Gary Goddard, produced by Yoram Globus and by Menahem Golan and written by David Odell. The film stars Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Jon Cypher, Chelsea Field, Billy Barty, Skeletors archenemy, the warrior He-Man, veteran soldier Man-At-Arms, and his daughter Teela rescue Gwildor from Skeletors forces. Gwildor, a Thenorian locksmith, reveals that Skeletor has acquired his invention, the device was stolen by Skeletors second-in-command, Evil-Lyn, allowing Skeletor to breach Castle Grayskull. With Gwildors remaining prototype of the Key in hand, He-Man and they attempt to free the Sorceress but are overwhelmed by Skeletors army and forced to flee through Gwildors hastily opened portal, transporting them to Earth. The Key is misplaced on their arrival and discovered by two New Jersey teenagers, orphaned high school girl Julie Winston and her boyfriend Kevin Corrigan. The pair attempt to figure out what the Key is and accidentally send a signal that allows Evil-Lyn to track the Key and send her henchmen – Saurod, Blade, Beast Man and Karg – to recover it. Kevin, a musician, mistakes the Key for a synthesizer. Kargs team arrives and chases Julie until He-Man comes across her, Kargs team returns to Grayskull where, incensed by their failure, Skeletor kills Saurod and sends the others back to Earth, with a larger force under Evil-Lyns command. Unable to find Julie, Kevin is taken to Julies house by Lubic, suspecting the Key is stolen, Lubic confiscates it from Kevin and leaves. Immediately afterward, Evil-Lyn captures and interrogates Kevin for the Keys location with a control collar. Julie and the Eternians release Kevin from the collar before they go after Lubic and they manage to get hold of it in Charlies store, but Skeletors forces catch up with them, and a pitched battle ensues. Evil-Lyn recovers the key and summons Skeletor to Earth, Skeletors forces overwhelm the Eternians and Julie is mortally wounded by Skeletors lightning blast, which simultaneously erases the memory storage of Gwildors Key. He-Man surrenders to save his comrades, and is returned to Eternia as Skeletors slave, Skeletor demands that He-Man kneel before him for all of Eternia to witness, before he is killed. He-Man refuses and is lashed by Blades laser whip in an attempt to make him kneel, He-Man is still standing when the moon rises and Skeletor absorbs the powers of the universe. Declaring himself the Master of the Universe, Skeletor asserts his victory, back on Earth, Gwildor repairs the Cosmic Key, and Kevin recreates the tones necessary to create a gateway to Eternia. The group, including Lubic who attempts to arrest them, are transported to Castle Grayskull, resenting that Skeletor absorbed the power of the Universe without sharing it with her, Evil-Lyn deserts him along with the other henchmen. Skeletor accidentally frees He-Man who then reclaims the Sword of Grayskull, the pair battle until He-Man shatters Skeletors staff, removing his new powers and restoring him to his normal state. He-Man offers mercy but Skeletor draws a sword and attempts to kill He-Man, He-Man knocks Skeletor from the throne room into a towering pit below
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Predator (film)
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Predator is a 1987 American science-fiction action film directed by John McTiernan. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the leader of a special forces team who are on a mission to rescue hostages from guerrilla territory in Val Verde in Central Americas Northern Triangle. Kevin Peter Hall co-stars as the titular antagonist, an advanced form of extraterrestrial life secretly stalking and hunting the group. Predator was written by brothers Jim and John Thomas in 1985, filming began in April 1986 and creature effects were devised by Stan Winston. The films budget was around $15 million, 20th Century Fox released it in the United States on June 12,1987, where it grossed $59,735,548. Initial critical reaction was mixed, criticism focused on the thin plot, in subsequent years, critics attitudes toward the film became positive, and it has appeared on a number of best of lists. It spawned two sequels, Predator 2 and Predators, and two films with the Alien franchise, Alien vs. Predator and Aliens vs. Predator. Another film, The Predator, is scheduled for 2018, a spacecraft flies near Earth and releases a bright object which enters the atmosphere. CIA agent and liaison Colonel George Dillon, a former commando, the team discovers the wreckage of a chopper and three skinned corpses, whom Dutch identifies as members of a U. S. Army Special Forces unit he knew personally. They reach the insurgent camp and kill the soldiers, including a Soviet intelligence officer searching through secret CIA documents, confronted by Dutch, Dillon admits the mission was a setup to retrieve intelligence from captured operatives and that the dead unit disappeared weeks earlier in a failed rescue. After capturing a guerilla named Anna, the proceeds to extraction. Anna escapes and is chased by Hawkins, but they are ambushed by the creature and it spares Anna but kills Hawkins and drags his body away. Dutch organizes a manhunt, during which Blaine is killed by the creatures plasma weapon, an enraged Mac initiates a firefight which wounds the creature, revealing luminescent green blood, but fails to draw it out. The unit regroups and questions Anna, learning that their stalker is a creature locals call el demonio que hace trofeos de los hombres and that night, Mac mistakes a wild pig for the creature and kills it. In the confusion, the creature steals Blaines body, leading Dutch to realize their enemy uses the trees to travel, the next day, an attempt to trap the creature fails, leaving Poncho injured. Mac and Dillon pursue the alien, but it outwits and kills them both and it catches up with the others, killing Billy and Poncho and wounding Dutch. Realizing the creature does not target unarmed prey because there is no sport, the creature pursues him through a river, causing its cloaking device to malfunction. Though the creature is only a few feet from Dutch, he does not see him, Dutch realizes that mud covering his body is masking his heat signature from the creatures thermal sensor
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The Running Man (1987 film)
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It is very loosely based on the 1982 novel The Running Man, written by Stephen King and published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Original director Andrew Davis was fired one week into filming and replaced by Glaser, schwarzenegger has stated this was a terrible decision as Glaser shot the movie like it was a television show, losing all the deeper themes. Schwarzenegger believes this hurt the movie, paula Abdul is credited with the choreography of the Running Man dance troupe. In 2017, after an economic collapse, the U. S. has become a totalitarian police state. Instead of joining the resistance, Richards seeks shelter at his brothers apartment and he finds it is now occupied by Amber Mendez, a composer for ICS, the network that broadcasts The Running Man. Richards asks Mendez about the whereabouts of his brother, and she says that he was taken for re-education, taking Amber hostage, Richards attempts to flee to Hawaii, but she alerts airport security and Richards is captured and taken to ICS. There, Killian coreces him into participating in The Running Man in exchange for Laughlin and Weiss not participating, but learns that Killian had enrolled them as runners anyway. As the game begins, Richards and his friends are attacked by the first stalker, Subzero, then Laughlin and Weiss search for the networks uplink facilities, which they realize are in the game zone. Amber sees a news report on Richards capture and, suspicious of the medias veracity. She learns the truth about the massacre, but is captured by her own ICS colleagues, the runners split up, each pair pursued by a different stalker. Buzzsaw critically wounds Laughlin, but is killed by Richards, Weiss and Amber locate the uplink and learn the access codes, but Dynamo finds them and electrocutes Weiss. Ambers screams lead Richards to her, and, as the two evade Dynamo, the buggy flips, trapping him inside. Refusing to kill an opponent, Richards leaves Dynamo alive. He and Amber then return to Laughlin, who, before dying, back at ICS, Killian sees Richards popularity growing, with viewers betting on him instead of the stalkers. Off-camera, Killian tries to offer Richards a job as a stalker, but, Fireball goes after Amber, but Richards rescues her and kills him using his own weaponry. Frustrated and running out of options, Killian seeks Captain Freedom, however, when Freedom refuses, the network creates digital body doubles of Freedom, Richards and Amber, which are then used to fake Richards´ and Amber´s deaths on screen. In the game zone, Richards and Amber are found by Mic and taken to the resistances hideout, using the access codes, the rebels get into ICS control room, broadcasting footage that exonerates Richards and reveals the truth about the games previous winners. As Richards heads to the studio floor, shocking the audience who had watched him supposedly die, Amber fights and kills Dynamo
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The Princess Bride (film)
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The story is presented in the film as a book being read by a grandfather to his sick grandson, thus effectively preserving the novels narrative style. In 2016, the film was inducted into the National Film Registry, in the framing story, a man reads a book, The Princess Bride, to his sick grandson. Scenes of the reading occasionally interrupt the story, for example. Buttercup has grown up on a farm in the Renaissance Era and she mercilessly orders around the farmhand, Westley, but he only replies As you wish to her every whim. Buttercup eventually comes to understand that this is his expression of love, Westley leaves to seek his fortune so that they might marry, but Buttercup learns that Westleys ship was attacked by the legendary Dread Pirate Roberts, who is infamous for leaving no one alive. Five years later, Buttercup reluctantly agrees to marry Humperdinck, the Crown Prince of Florin and these three are in Humperdincks employ and have been ordered to kill Buttercup once in Guilder, Florins enemy, as a pretext to start a war. The four are soon followed by a man dressed in black, Fezzik sobers up Inigo, they stumble upon the Albino, and Fezzik inadvertently knocks him unconscious when trying to receive information on Westley and Rugen. Max notes that Westley is only mostly dead, but sustained by true love, outside the castle gate, Inigo and Fezzik give Westley the pill, he quickly begins to recover, and comes up with a plan to defeat the castle guards and get into the castle itself. Hearing the commotion outside, Humperdinck panics and orders the priest to declare him, Rugen beats a cowardly retreat with Inigo in pursuit, leaving Westley in the hallway, Fezzik runs to help Inigo, who ultimately confronts Rugen. Rugen injures Inigo multiple times, but strengthened by his determination to exact revenge, Inigo overpowers, in the framing story, the grandson allows the grandfather to read on about Westley and Buttercup sharing a passionate kiss. As the grandfather finishes the story and prepares to leave, the boy asks him to read the story again the next day, the grandfather smiles and replies, As you wish. Billy Crystal as Miracle Max Carol Kane as Valerie, Maxs wife Peter Cook as The Impressive Clergyman and he cannot pronounce Rs or Ls. In 1973, 20th Century Fox paid Goldman $500,000 for the film rights, richard Lester was signed to direct and the movie was almost made, but then the head of production at Fox was fired and the project was put on hiatus. Goldman subsequently bought back the rights to the novel with his own money. They actually performed all of the fencing in the fight scene. For the wrestling scene, when Elwes was pretending to hang on Andrés back, for the wide shots, a stunt double took the place of André. When he was apparently carrying Wright, she was suspended by cables. The original soundtrack album was composed by Mark Knopfler, and released by Warner Bros. Records in the United States, the album contains the song Storybook Love, performed by Willy DeVille and produced by Mark Knopfler
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Batteries Not Included
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The story was originally intended to be featured in the TV series Amazing Stories, but executive producer Steven Spielberg liked the idea so much that he decided to make it a theatrical release. It is also notable for being the feature film screenwriting debut of Brad Bird, many of the films foreign releases used the title Miracle on 8th Street. Frank and Faye Riley, a couple who run an apartment building and café in the run-down East Village neighborhood. The development manager, Lacey, sends a hoodlum named Carlos and his gang of thugs to bribe the couple and their tenants to move out. When the tenants resist, Carlos and his thugs punch through artist Mason Baylors door, intimidate pregnant single mother Marisa Esteval, after Frank Riley refuses to move, Carlos vandalizes the café. This assault convinces three of the tenants to move out, Masons girlfriend, Pamela is tired of living in an old, depressing building with a guy whose art career is going nowhere. She dumps Mason, packs up and before leaving, advises Mason to quit being an artist, the Rileys friends, Muriel and Sid Hogensin take Laceys bribe and decide to move to a nice retirement home in New Jersey. Frank feels a little betrayed by the Hogensins for taking Laceys bribe but they explain that the building and they advise Frank that maybe he and Faye should do the same and come live with them at the retirement home. With the assault and Fayes dementia growing, Frank contemplates giving in, things look bleak until the appearance of a pair of small living space ships descend into the Rileys apartment that evening, repairing many of the items that were broken. They have the ability to repair anything thats broken in a matter of seconds, apparently, when they repair something, they dont repair just recent damage, but all of the damage. They even repair the vandalized cafe, putting Frank and Faye back in business, the two extraterrestrials take up residence in the shed at the top of the apartment building, and are dubbed The Fix-Its by the residents of the building. Carlos comes back to threaten the tenants once again, but the Fix-Its lure him to the top of the building, Faye and Marisa learn that the female Fix-It is pregnant. After consuming plenty of metal and electrical objects, it gives birth to three baby Fix-Its, although one of them is stillborn. Faye buries the stillborn in a flowerpot the next day, but then Harry digs it up, takes it back to his apartment, Frank and Faye see a boost of business in the café from the demolition crew, while the Fix-Its help in the kitchen. Marisa finds Masons paintings very nice, which makes Mason feel better about his artwork, marisas baby is due in 2 or 3 months. Her boyfriend, Hector who is a musician and also the father of her baby comes over. Mason leaves Marisa and Hector alone but when Mason returns, Hector is gone, Marisa explains that Hector and his band have found a steady gig in Chicago with good pay. Mason wonders why Hector would leave without her, Marisa confesses that she told Hector to go without her because their relationship just wasnt working out
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Date with an Angel
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Date with an Angel is a 1987 American romantic fantasy comedy film starring Emmanuelle Béart, Phoebe Cates and Michael E. Knight. The film was written and directed by Tom McLoughlin, the original music score was composed by Randy Kerber. The visual effects were produced at Boss Film Studios under the supervision of Visual Effects Supervisor Richard Edlund, the film was marketed with the tagline Jim is about to marry a princess. But hes in love with an angel, Date with an Angel tells the story of Jim Sanders, an executive at a cosmetics company, about to marry Patty Winston, the spoiled daughter of Jims boss. Jim suffers from a tumor, and his headaches have gotten worse. It is suggested that he die, and an angel arrives on the scene. After his three buddies, George, Don, and Rex, kidnap Jim to take him to another celebration at his home, Jim decides that he has had enough of partying and goes to sleep. Not wanting to see her be exploited, Jim decides to keep her shielded from the world while he helps repair her wings and this proves difficult, as the angel is unable to speak in human language, and is unaccustomed to the limitations/requirements of life as a mortal. However she does develop a taste for French fries, inevitably, his buddies and his boss both discover her in his house, so does Patty, who—not seeing the angels wings—thinks her a mortal woman having an affair with Jim. Later, Patty sees the angel and Jim together on television—Wings still under wraps—as he rescues her from being exposed to the world by his buddies, later they escape to Jims old childhood hideaway. In a short time, the wing is fully healed, allowing her to take flight. However, a drunk and delusional Patty starts chasing Jim with a shotgun, her father, Jims father, step-mother, and his buddies also arrive to confront him. Amid the chaos, Jims uncontrollable headaches cause him to collapse to the ground, later, in the hospital, Jims brain tumor gets worse and his situation appears grim. The angel comes back to see him, finally confirming that it was her intention to take him to heaven. Instead, she saves him, and in the process is allowed to return to earth as a mortal woman, now able to speak English and is now a nurse at the hospital. She kisses Jim after assuring him that hell be around and that theyll be together for a long time, Michael E. McIntyre - Male Executive Nancy McLoughlin - Female Executive Albert Ash - Wimpy Executive Bonnie Johnson - Another Executive D. It currently holds a 14% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Date with an Angel at the Internet Movie Database Date with an Angel at AllMovie Date with an Angel at Rotten Tomatoes Date with an Angel at Box Office Mojo
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Harry and the Hendersons
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Steven Spielberg served as the uncredited executive producer of this film while Rick Baker provided the makeup and the creature designs for Harry. The film won an Academy Award for Best Makeup, and inspired a follow-up TV series of the same name, in the United Kingdom the film was originally released as Bigfoot and the Hendersons, though the TV series retained the American title. The DVD and all current showings of the movie in the UK now refer to the movie by its original title. While the film received mixed reviews, it was a box office success, with a combined domestic, George Henderson is returning to his Seattle home with his family from a camping trip in the nearby Cascade mountains when they hit something with the family station wagon. George investigates, and discovers to his horror and awe, that they have hit a Sasquatch, thinking they have killed it, they decide to take the creature home, strapping it to the roof of their car. Meanwhile, a mysterious hunter has been tracking the creature and discovers the Hendersons license plate, later that night, George goes out to the garage to examine the creature and discovers that it is not dead, and has escaped. He hears noises from his kitchen and sees the creature, which has knocked over the fridge looking for food, the family realizes that the creature is friendly and kind. George has a change of heart, at first he wished to make money from the creature, naming the creature Harry, George tries to lure him into the station wagon, but Harry believes that the Hendersons mean him harm and instead he disappears. Saddened, the family resume their lives, but sightings of Harry become more frequent. George tries to find Harry in order to keep him safe, George visits the North American Museum of Anthropology to speak with Dr. Wallace Wrightwood, an expert on Bigfoot, but is disheartened when he realizes its ramshackle state. Giving his number to the clerk inside the Museum, George resumes his search for Harry, the hunter from the woods is Jacques LaFleur, a legendary hunter who became obsessed with Bigfoot and has hunted for one ever since becoming a laughingstock. LaFleur tracks down the Hendersons and is closer to finding Harry, after a Harry sighting, George goes into the city to search for him. Meanwhile, the police are dealing with the Bigfoot Mania by apprehending several local enthusiasts that are hunting Bigfoot, following a car chase, George is able to save Harry from LaFleur, and LaFleur is arrested by police officers. When George brings Harry home, he and the Hendersons bury the hunting trophies, the next morning, the neighbors notice hair in the Hendersons pool, and Harry is seen being dried off while watching The Addams Family. In jail, LaFleur calls someone and tells him to secure his release because he has a lead on Bigfoot. George calls Dr. Wrightwood from the museum and invites him to dinner to speak about Bigfoot, at dinner, the museum clerk is revealed to be Dr. Wrightwood, having also become a laughingstock. By this time, LaFleur has been bailed of jail and heads to the Henderson house, George and Harry escape the house with Dr. Wrightwood in his old truck. LaFleur gives chase and eventually catches up with the Henderson family, fleeing back to the mountains, George tries to make Harry leave, going so far as to hit Harry
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The Living Daylights
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The Living Daylights is the fifteenth entry in the James Bond film series and the first to star Timothy Dalton as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by John Glen, the title is taken from Ian Flemings short story The Living Daylights. It was the last film to use the title of an Ian Fleming story until the 2006 instalment Casino Royale, the film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli, his stepson Michael G. Wilson, and his daughter, Barbara Broccoli. The Living Daylights was generally received by most critics and was also a financial success. James Bond is assigned to aid the defection of a KGB officer, General Georgi Koskov, covering his escape from a hall in Bratislava. During the mission, Bond notices that the KGB sniper assigned to prevent Koskovs escape is a female cellist from the orchestra. Disobeying his orders to kill the sniper, he shoots the rifle from her hands, then uses the Trans-Siberian Pipeline to smuggle Koskov across the border into Austria. In his post-defection debriefing, Koskov informs MI6 that the KGBs old policy of Smiert Spionam, meaning Death to Spies, has been revived by General Leonid Pushkin, Koskov is later abducted from the safe-house and assumed to have been taken back to Moscow. Bond is directed to track down Pushkin in Tangier and kill him to forestall further killings of agents, Bond agrees to carry out the mission when he learns that the assassin who killed 004 left a note bearing the same message, Smiert Spionam. Bond returns to Bratislava to track down the cellist, Kara Milovy and he determines that Koskovs entire defection was staged, and that Kara is actually Koskovs girlfriend. Bond convinces Kara that he is a friend of Koskovs and persuades her to him to Vienna. They escape Bratislava while being pursued by the KGB, crossing over the border into Austria, meanwhile, Pushkin meets with arms dealer Brad Whitaker in Tangier, informing him that the KGB is cancelling an arms deal previously arranged between Koskov and Whitaker. During his brief tryst with Milovy in Vienna, Bond visits the Prater to meet his MI6 ally, Saunders, as he leaves their meeting, Saunders is killed by Koskovs henchman Necros, who again leaves the message Smiert Spionam. Bond and Kara promptly leave for Tangier, where Bond confronts Pushkin, Pushkin disavows any knowledge of Smiert Spionam, and reveals that Koskov is evading arrest for embezzlement of government funds. Bond and Pushkin then join forces and Bond fakes Pushkins assassination, inducing Whitaker, meanwhile, Kara contacts Koskov, who tells her that Bond is actually a KGB agent and convinces her to drug him so he can be captured. Koskov, Necros, Kara, and the captive Bond fly to a Soviet air base in Afghanistan, the pair escape and in doing so free a condemned prisoner, Kamran Shah, leader of the local Mujahideen. With the Mujahideens help, Bond plants a bomb aboard the plane carrying the opium. Meanwhile, the Mujahideen attack the air base on horseback and engage the Soviets in a gun battle, during the battle, Milovy drives a jeep into the back of the plane as Bond takes off, and Necros also leaps aboard at the last second
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The Witches of Eastwick (film)
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The Witches of Eastwick is a 1987 American comedy-fantasy film based on John Updikes novel of the same name. Directed by George Miller, the film stars Jack Nicholson as Daryl Van Horne, alongside Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, alexandra Medford, Jane Spofford, and Sukie Ridgemont are three dissatisfied women living in the picturesque town of Eastwick, Rhode Island. The three friends all have lost their husbands, unaware that they are witches, the women unwittingly form a coven where they have weekly get-togethers and share their fantasies about ideal men. A mysterious man arrives in town and stirs up trouble by buying the towns landmark property, the arrival of this enigmatic stranger fascinates the townsfolk, all except for Felicia Alden, the devoutly religious wife of newspaper editor Clyde Alden, Sukies boss. Felicia senses that this man is up to no good, one night, at one of Janes music recitals, the strange man appears and makes a spectacle of himself, which leads to more gossip. After the recital, Jane receives a bouquet of flowers with the initial D written on it and this sparks Sukies memory, finally revealing the mans name as Daryl Van Horne. However, as chaos over the name spreads through the crowd, Sukies bead necklace inexplicably breaks and falls to the floor, causing Felicia to trip down a large staircase, the following day, Daryl sets out to seduce Alex. As he converses with her, he says insensitive, disgusting, appalled, she tells him off, refuses his amorous advances, and begins to walk out. Before she opens the door, he speaks to her, manipulating her emotions until she eventually agrees, the next morning, Daryl visits the shy and insecure Jane. As the two sit down and share polite conversation, Jane explains that the Lennox Mansion was built on a site where alleged witches were burned at the stake, the following week, Daryl invites all three of the women to his mansion, his sights now on Sukie. Later, as envy and rivalry emerge among the women, they inadvertently levitate a tennis ball, finally aware of their magical abilities, the women agree to share Daryl. As the women spend time at Daryls mansion, Felicia spreads rumors about their indecency. Alex, Jane, and Sukie become social outcasts, as the witches begin to question their loyalty to Daryl, he causes them to unknowingly cast a spell against Felicia. Later that night, while ranting to her husband about Daryl being the Devil, horrified by her uncontrollable behavior, Clyde kills her with a fire poker. After Felicias death, the three women become fearful of their powers and agree to each other and Daryl until the situation has quieted down. Upset by this abandonment, Daryl uses his own powers to bring their worst fears to life, Alex awakens to a bed full of snakes, Janes body begins rapidly aging, and Sukie experiences sudden, agonizing pain. Realizing the only way to get rid of Daryl is by using witchcraft against him, the next morning, Daryl sets out to buy bagels and ice cream, as per the request of the three women. While he is out of the mansion, Alex uses wax & Daryls hair to create a doll in his image
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The Lost Boys
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The film is about two Arizona brothers who move to California and end up fighting a gang of young vampires. The title is a reference to the Lost Boys in J. M. Barries stories about Peter Pan and Neverland, who, like the vampires, never grow up. The film was followed by two direct to video sequels, Lost Boys, The Tribe and Lost Boys, The Thirst, Brothers Michael and Sam travel with their recently divorced mother, Lucy to the small beach town of Santa Carla, California to live with her eccentric father. Michael and Sam begin hanging-out at the boardwalk, which is plastered with flyers of missing people, while Lucy gets a job at a store run by a local bachelor. Michael becomes fascinated by Star, a woman he spots on the boardwalk, though she seems to be in a relationship with the mysterious David. Michael finally talks to Star and is approached by David, who goads him into following them by motorcycle along the beach until they reach a dangerous cliff, at the gangs hangout, a sunken luxury hotel beneath the cliff, David initiates Michael into the group. Star warns Michael not to drink from a bottle, telling him its blood. Later on, David and the others, including Michael, head to a bridge where they hang off the edge over a foggy gorge, one by one they fall. Michael wakes up the next day unaware of how he got there and his eyes are sensitive to sunlight and he develops a sudden thirst for blood, which leads him to impulsively attack Sam. Sams dog, Nanook, retaliates, and Sam realizes that Michael is turning into a vampire by his brothers semi-transparent reflection, Sam is initially terrified of his brother but Michael convinces him that he is not yet a vampire and that he desperately needs his help. Michael begins to develop supernatural powers and asks Star for help, Sam deduces that, since Michael has not killed anyone, he is a half-vampire and his condition can be reversed upon the death of the head vampire. Sam and the Frog brothers test whether Max is the head vampire during a date with Lucy, but Max passes every test, to provoke him into killing, David takes Michael to stalk a group of beach goers, and instigates a feeding frenzy. Horrified, Michael escapes and returns home to Sam, Star arrives, and reveals herself as a half-vampire who is looking to be cured. It emerges that David had intended for Michael to be Stars first kill, the next day, a weakening Michael leads Sam and the Frog brothers to the gangs lair. They impale one of the vampires, Marko, with a stake, awakening David, when night falls, Davids gang attack the house. The Frog brothers and Nanook manage to one of the vampires by pushing him into a bathtub filled with garlic and holy water. Sam is attacked by Dwayne, another vampire, and shoots an arrow through his heart and into the stereo behind him, electrocuting him, Michael is then attacked by David, forcing him to use his vampire powers. He manages to overpower David and impales him on a set of antlers, however, Michael, Star and Laddie do not transform back to normal as they had hoped
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Evil Dead II
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Evil Dead II is a 1987 American comedy horror film directed by Sam Raimi. It is a sequel to the 1981 horror film The Evil Dead. The film was written by Raimi and Scott Spiegel, produced by Robert Tapert, filming took place in Michigan and North Carolina in 1986 and the film was released in the United States on March 13,1987. It was a box office success, achieving just under $6 million. It garnered positive reviews in which critics praised Raimis direction and Campbells performance, like the original, Evil Dead II has accumulated a cult following. The film was followed by a third installment, Army of Darkness, in 1992, the film begins with a simplified recap of the events of the first film. Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda take a vacation to a seemingly abandoned cabin in the woods. The recorded incantation unleashes a force that kills and later possesses Linda. Ash is then forced to decapitate his girlfriend with a shovel, the film then picks up where the first film left off, where a spirit is seen throwing Ash through the woods. Ash briefly becomes possessed by the demon, but when day breaks the spirit is gone, Ash finds little chance of safety, however, as the bridge leading to the cabin has been destroyed. Lindas revived head attacks Ash, biting his hand, Ash brings Lindas severed head to the shed, where her headless body attacks him with a chainsaw. Ash gains the hand and slashes the relentless deadite Linda to death, killing her a second. Then Ashs possessed right hand tries to him, and Ash is forced to sever his hand with his chainsaw. Ash then attempts to shoot the severed hand hiding in the wall of the cabin, the hand mocks him and ultimately gets away. While Ash deals with force, Knowbys daughter, Annie. They enlist the help of locals Jake and Bobby Joe to guide them along a trail to the cabin. The four new arrivals meet Ash at the cabin and listen to a recording of Knowby detailing how his wife Henrietta was possessed by the Evil Force, forcing him to kill her. They find Mrs. Knowby, now a deadite, in the root cellar
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Hellraiser
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Hellraiser is a 1987 British supernatural body horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, and produced by Christopher Figg, based on Barkers novella The Hellbound Heart. The film was Barkers directorial debut, the film involves the resurrection of Frank, who had opened the door to an alternate dimension and had his body torn to pieces by creatures known as Cenobites. Years later, Franks brother Larry moves into Franks abandoned house with new wife, an accident causes some of Larrys blood to spill on the attic floor, which somehow triggers Franks resurrection. To complete his resurrection, he requires more blood which Julia provides while Kirsty, Larrys daughter, Hellraiser was filmed in late 1986. Barker originally wanted the music group Coil to perform the music for the film. Some of Coils themes were reworked by Young into the final score, Hellraiser had its first public showing at the Prince Charles Cinema on 10 September 1987. It spawned several sequels, all of which featured Doug Bradley reprising his role as the lead Cenobite Pinhead, excluding the 2011 entry Hellraiser, Revelations, in Morocco, Frank Cotton buys a puzzle box from a dealer. In a bare attic, when Frank solves the puzzle, hooked chains emerge, later, the room is filled with swinging chains and covered with the remnants of his body. A black-robed figure picks up the box and returns it to its original state, some time afterward, Franks brother Larry moves into the house to rebuild his strained relationship with his second wife, Julia, who had an affair with Frank shortly after their marriage. Larrys teenage daughter, Kirsty, has not to live with them. Larry cuts his hand carrying a bed up the stairs, the blood resurrects Frank as a skinless corpse, who is soon found by Julia. Still obsessed with Frank, she agrees to harvest blood for him so that he can be fully restored, Julia begins picking up men in bars and bringing them back to the house, where she murders them. Frank consumes their blood, regenerating his body, Frank explains to Julia that he had exhausted all sensory experiences and sought out the puzzle box, with the promise that it would open a portal to a realm of new carnal pleasures. When solved, the Cenobites came to him to the extremes of sadomasochism. Kirsty spies Julia bringing men to the house, believing her to be having an affair, she follows her to the attic, Frank attacks her, but Kirsty throws the puzzle box out the window, creating a distraction and allowing her to escape. Kirsty retrieves the box and flees, but collapses shortly thereafter, awakening in a hospital, Kirsty solves the box, summoning the Cenobites and a two-headed monster, which Kirsty narrowly escapes from. Although they attempt to force Kirsty to return to their realm with them, she informs Pinhead that Frank has escaped. The Cenobites agree to take Frank back and, in exchange, say they will consider giving Kirsty her freedom, however, Kirsty returns home, where Frank has killed Larry and taken his identity by stealing his skin
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Near Dark
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Near Dark is a 1987 American western horror film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by her and Eric Red. The story follows a man in a small midwestern town who becomes involved with a family of nomadic American vampires. Starring then little-known actors Adrian Pasdar and Jenny Wright, the film was part of a revival of serious vampire movies in the late 1980s, despite the films poor performance at the box office upon release, critic reviews were very positive. Over the years, the film has garnered a cult following, one night, Caleb Colton, a young man in a small town, meets an attractive young drifter named Mae. Just before sunrise, she bites him on the neck and runs off, the rising sun causes Calebs flesh to smoke and burn. Mae arrives with a group of roaming vampires in an RV, the most psychotic of all the vampires, Severen, wants to kill Caleb, but Mae reveals that she has already turned him. Their charismatic leader Jesse Hooker reluctantly agrees to allow Caleb to remain with them for a week to see if he can learn to hunt, Caleb is unwilling to kill to feed, which alienates him from the others. To protect him, Mae kills for him and then has him drink from her wrist, Jesses group enters a bar and kills or injures the occupants. They set the bar on fire and flee the scene, after Caleb endangers himself to help them escape their motel room during a daylight police raid, Jesse and the others are temporarily mollified. Meanwhile, Calebs father searches for Jesses group, a child vampire in the group, Homer meets Calebs sister Sarah and wants to turn her into his companion, but Caleb objects. While the group argues, Calebs father arrives and holds them at gunpoint, Jesse taunts him into shooting, but regurgitates the bullet before wrestling the gun away. In the confusion, Sarah opens a door, letting in the sunlight, burning, Caleb escapes with his family. Caleb suggests they try giving him a transfusion to attempt to cure him. The transfusion successfully reverses Calebs transformation and that night, the vampires search for Caleb and Sarah. Mae distracts Caleb by trying to persuade him to return to her while the others kidnap his sister, Caleb discovers the kidnapping and his tires slashed, but gives chase on horseback. When the horse shies and throws him, he is confronted by Severen, Caleb commandeers a tractor-trailer and runs Severen over. The injured vampire suddenly appears on the hood of the truck, Caleb jackknifes the vehicle and jumps out as the truck explodes, killing Severen. Seeking revenge, Jesse and his girlfriend Diamondback pursue him, but are forced to flee in their car as dawn breaks, not wanting Sarah to become another childlike monster, Mae breaks out of the back of the car with Sarah
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3, Dream Warriors is a 1987 American slasher film directed by Chuck Russell. It is the installment in the Nightmare on Elm Street series. The film was written by original creator Wes Craven and stars Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Craig Wasson, the films success prompted another sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4, The Dream Master, a year later. Kristen Parker is a girl who dreams herself into an abandoned house in Elm Street where she is chased by serial killer Freddy Krueger. She wakes up and goes to the bathroom, where she is attacked by Freddy again and slices her wrist with a straight razor. Believing her to be suicidal, her mother has her sent to Westin Hospital, run by Dr. Neil Gordon and she is eventually calmed by intern therapist Nancy Thompson who recites part of Freddys nursery rhyme and earns her trust. Later, Kristen is attacked by Freddy again, and unwittingly pulls Nancy into her dream with her, Kristen reveals she has had the ability to pull people into her dreams since she was a little girl. Over the next two nights, Freddy throws Phillip off a roof in what looks like a suicide attempt and kills Jennifer by smashing her head into a television that she was watching. In their next session, Nancy reveals to the remaining patients that they are the last surviving children of the people who banded together. Nancy and Neil encourage them to try group hypnosis so that they can experience a shared dream, in the dream, Joey wanders off and is captured by Freddy, leaving him comatose in the real world, Nancy and Neil are fired. He and Nancy go to her father, Don Thompson, to discover where the bones are hidden, Nancy rushes back to the hospital after she hears Kristen is going to be sedated, while Neil convinces Thompson to help them. Nancy and the others go through group hypnosis so they can reunite with Kristen. Taryn and Will are subsequently killed by Freddy while Kirsten, Nancy, the trio rescue Joey but are unable to defeat Freddy, who has become too powerful because of all the souls he has consumed. However, Freddy senses that his remains have been found in a salvage yard and possesses his own skeleton to kill Thompson. He returns to attack the others, but Joey uses his dream power voice to him away. Thompson appears to Nancy to tell her that he is crossing over, but he is revealed to be Freddy in disguise, as he is about to kill Kristen too, Neil awakens and consecrates the bones, finally destroying him. At Nancys funeral, Neil sees Mary Helena again and when he tries to follow her, finds her tombstone, revealing herself as Amanda Krueger, Freddys mother. Cravens very first concept for this film was to have Freddy Krueger invade the real world, New Line Cinema rejected this metacinematic idea at the time, but years later, Cravens concept was finally brought to the screen with Wes Cravens New Nightmare
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Pumpkinhead (film)
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Pumpkinhead is a 1988 American dark fantasy horror film. It was the debut of special effects artist Stan Winston. The film has built up a following in the years since its release. The first in the Pumpkinhead franchise, it was followed by a direct-to-video sequel, in the prologue set in 1957, Tom Harley waits inside his farm cabin with his wife and young son, Ed. A doomed man seeks sanctuary at Toms cabin, but Tom refuses, watching through a window, Ed witnesses the man caught and killed by a grotesque monster. In the present, Ed Harley owns a store in the country. He briefly leaves his son alone while he runs an errand. A group of teenage campers stop by Harleys, and, while riding their dirt bikes, one teen, Steve, stays with the boy until his fathers return, the rest flee the scene. At their cabin, the fight about whether or not to call the police. Harley, with his pet dog Gypsy, goes to see a supposed witch, instead, Harley says that he wants revenge, the witch agrees to help Harley, but she warns him that vengeance comes with a terrible price. On her orders, Harley goes to an old graveyard in the mountains, digs up a disfigured corpse, the witch uses blood from father and son to resurrect the corpse, which rises as a gigantic, spindly demonic monster named Pumpkinhead. Back at the cabin, Joel begins to experience remorse for his actions, the monster, however, has already arrived. One of the girls, Maggie, hears a voice whispering her name, seemingly hypnotized, she follows the voice outside the cabin. Steve brings her out of her trance, but Pumpkinhead kills him, Harley experiences the murder through the monsters eyes. While the campers search for Steve, Pumpkinhead drags away Maggie and he returns to the witch and begs her to stop the monsters actions. The witch laughs mockingly and says that Pumpkinhead cannot be stopped, Joel confronts Pumpkinhead with a knife, but it swats him aside and drags off Kim, whom it drops from a fatal height. The three remaining campers unsuccessfully beg the locals for help, Harley arrives and shoots Pumpkinhead, but when Joel checks to see if the creature is still alive, it grabs a fallen rifle and impales him with it. A local boy, Bunt, helps the two remaining campers, Tracey and Chris, reach an abandoned church, Bunt relates the legend of the monster Pumpkinhead, explaining that the monster avenges one who was wronged
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Like Father Like Son (1987 film)
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Like Father Like Son is a 1987 American comedy film starring Dudley Moore and Kirk Cameron. Chris Hammond is a school senior. He likes a girl at school who happens to be dating his rival and bully Rick. His father, Jack, is a surgeon and working hard to get a promotion of the chief of staff job at his hospital and also who wants his son to become a doctor as well, but Chris is not interested. Chriss friend, Clarence Trigger, has an uncle Earl who had been bitten by a snake whilst in the desert, Earl had his leg fixed by Native Americans with a body-switching potion called the Brain-Transference Serum. Trigger shows Chris how the Brain-Transference Serum works by trying it out on Chris cat and dog, Trigger brought the Brain Transference Serum in a Tabasco sauce bottle, and the Hammonds housekeeper Phyllis finds the bottle and puts it in the food cupboard. Jack unwittingly puts it in his Bloody Mary, the serum works by someone ingesting it, then the next person that looks into their eyes switches bodies with them. As Jack looks into his sons eyes while having a disagreement over a C grade on an important test, the father and son switch bodies. Trigger states he will get in contact with his uncle Earl in order to find a way for the two to switch back, but Earl has just left for another trip. Chris goes to town in his dads body, using his dads credit card to shop and he bumps into his dads bosss wife while out in a bar, but he doesnt realize who she is. She comes on to him and he accepts, the next day he gets called in to work at the private hospital where his dad works, and he ends up handing out a bunch of pills to patients while doing rounds. He also seconds a motion proposed by his dads colleague, suggesting that the hospital could treat patients with no insurance, in Chris words, Jack, meanwhile, has problems of his own in Chris body. At school, his knowledge of the schoolwork has him shunned by the students and he takes his sons girlfriend Laurie to a concert, but does not enjoying himself finding the music too loud. He fails to perform at the big race, dropping the baton. They finally get in touch with Triggers uncle Earl, who explains that they can get the antidote if they go on a trip to the desert, after a few hiccups they finally find the antidote. Triggers uncle Earl makes it up and they drink it, however looking into each others eyes, does not immediately work, Earl explains it can sometimes take a while to work. It finally works as Jack in Chris body is running late for a meeting, he slips on the wet floor and knocks a woman out of the window at school. Chris in Jacks body is on his way to a meeting about his dad becoming Chief of Staff at the hospital, now back in their own bodies, both of them race to the hospital, although Chris takes time to knock out Rick
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Cameron's Closet
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Camerons Closet, also known as Camerons Terror, is a 1988 American horror film. The film was directed by Armand Mastroianni and stars Scott Curtis, Cotter Smith, Mel Harris, Tab Hunter, Kim Lankford, Gary Hudson and William Lustig. 10-year-old Cameron Lansing is an introverted, solitary boy with telekinetic and telepathic abilities who lives with his father, Owen Lansing, Owen has subjected Cameron to intense psychological testing from a young age in an effort to unbury the hidden powers of the human mind. Cameron goes to live with his mother Dory Lansing and her obnoxious actor boyfriend Bob Froelich in Los Angeles, both Dory and Bob are unaware of Camerons paranormal abilities. Sergeant Sam Taliaferro of the Homicide Division of the LAPD has sleeping trouble, as they investigate the perplexing case, Taliaferro befriends Cameron and realizes that deaths are occurring always around the boy, and that his nightmares seem to be linked to the boy. Under her counselling sessions Nora Haley also realizes that the boy has paranormal abilities and it also becomes apparent to Taliaferro that whatever Cameron concentrates on hard enough or focuses on is manifesting itself into reality. Camerons imagination makes the real and it takes up residence in Camerons bedroom closet. Soon, numerous inexplicable and gruesome deaths are occurring around the closet in Camerons room, Bob Froelich is horrifyingly resurrected in Camerons closet and murders Detective Pete Groom when he looks inside the closet. Taliaferro and Haley seek out Owen Lansings assistant, Professor Ben Majors at his home in the woods, Taliaferro is stalked through the woods by Pete Grooms ghost, who warns him that the evil is out of the closet now. The demons soon wish to destroy Cameron, thus severing their link to limbo and sealing them within reality, Majors kidnaps Cameron and takes him back to Camerons house where Majors is then murdered by the demon, his blood boiling in his veins. Only Sam Taliaferro and Nora Haley are able to protect Cameron, Cameron goes back to his room to face the demon in the closet once and for all and attempt to send it back to the lowest regions of Hell before Cameron loses his powers to it. The screenplay of Camerons Closet was written by Gary Brandner, who had written both the trilogy of novels and the film adaptations of the acclaimed The Howling. Rambaldi also worked on Profondo Rosso, King Kong, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Dune, cult horror film director William Lustig has a cameo in the film as a pornographic film director being booked by the police. The film was given a theatrical release in the United States by SVS Films in January 1989. The film was released later that year on VHS by Sony Video Software. The film was released on DVD by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in 2004, Camerons Closet at the Internet Movie Database Camerons Closet at AllMovie Camerons Closet at Rotten Tomatoes
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Stephen Dorff
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Stephen Dorff, Jr. is an American actor, known for portraying PK in The Power of One, Stuart Sutcliffe in Backbeat, Johnny Marco in Sofia Coppolas Somewhere, and for his roles in Blade, Cecil B. DeMented, The Motel Life, S. F. W. Dorff was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Nancy and Steve Dorff, who is a composer and music producer. His father is Jewish, and his mother was Catholic, dorffs brother is the late Andrew Dorff who was a country music songwriter. He was raised in Los Angeles, where his father worked, Dorff attended several private schools, and was expelled from five of them. Dorff started acting in the late 1980s, landing only minor roles at first and he made guest appearances in television programs such as Diffrent Strokes, Blossom, Roseanne, Married. He appeared in the television movies In Love and War, I Know My First Name is Steven and What a Dummy. Dorffs first major role was in The Gate, a horror film about a boy who, along with a friend. In 1992, he starred in The Power of One opposite Sir John Gielgud, in 1993, director Marty Callner hired him to star alongside teen idol Alicia Silverstone in the music video Cryin by American rock band Aerosmith. He had a role as the love interest of Reese Witherspoons character in S. F. W. In 1996, he starred in the movie Space Truckers and as Candy Darling in I Shot Andy Warhol, a film about Valerie Solanas, the woman infamous for shooting pop-art icon Andy Warhol. He was one of the first actors to act in the first digitally downloadable movie, SightSound. coms Quantum Project and he played the protagonist, XIII, of a live action TV series of the comic/video game of XIII. He is known for his part as the evil vampire Deacon Frost in the Marvel Comics superhero horror film and he played Dale Massie in the 2003 thriller Cold Creek Manor, alongside Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone. In 2010, he starred in the drama Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola, in 2004, Dorff starred in the music video for Everytime by Britney Spears, playing Spears boyfriend. He appeared in the 2009 films Public Enemies and Black Water Transit, Dorff appeared as porn star Dick Shadow in the sex industry comedy Bucky Larson, Born to Be a Star, a film produced by Adam Sandler, who also co-wrote the screenplay. Recently, Dorff has appeared in television and print advertisements for blu eCigs, however, despite being diagnosed with emphysema he admitted in November 2013 that he still smokes regular cigarettes. In 2013, he was a guest of honor on 6th Off Plus Camera Dorff also starred in The Motel Life opposite Emile Hirsch, Dakota Fanning and Kris Kristofferson and in the crime drama films Officer Downe. In March 2015, he earned the role as Texas Ranger Hal Hartman in the Texas Chain Saw Massacre prequel Leatherface, stephen Dorff at the Internet Movie Database
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The Gate (1987 film)
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The Gate is a 1987 Canadian supernatural horror film directed by Tibor Takács and starring Stephen Dorff in his film debut. The plot concerns two young boys accidentally releasing a horde of demons from their backyard, a large hole serving as a gateway for the demons to dominate the Earth, the film was released on May 15,1987 by New Century Vista Film Company. Since its release, it has obtained a following and was followed by a sequel in 1990 titled The Gate II. A 3D-remake directed by Alex Winter is currently in production, it was set for a release in 2011. 12-year-old Glen has a nightmare of finding his home abandoned, then going into his only for it to be struck by lightning. In his backyard, workers have cut down a tree and unearthed a geode, Glen returns with older friend Terry to investigate. Though the workers attempted to fill the left by the tree, Glen and Terry breach the surface. Glen catches a splinter and leaves a bit of blood behind. Glens parents leave town for three days, placing his 16-year-old sister Alexandra in charge, while Al throws a party, Terry and Glen break open the geode after discovering it has left strange writing on a notepad, and read the incantations aloud. They go downstairs just as the party-goers are playing a levitation game, everyone is shocked when they levitate Glen. That night Glen sees his bedroom wall stretching, and Terry embraces an apparition of his mother that turns out to be Glens dog Angus. The next day, Terry brings a heavy album to Glens house with lyrics based on The Dark Book. He believes the hole in Glens backyard is a gateway to a domain of evil gods and he concludes that the only missing element would be to deposit a sacrifice into the hole. Unknown to them, a friend of Als dumps Angus into the hole, after reading a section from The Dark Book that is supposed to close the gateway, the boys find the hole closed and assume their efforts succeeded. That night, a swarm of moths shatter Glens bedroom window, demonic arms try pulling Al under her bed, Terry and Glen barely save her. They try fleeing the house, but are greeted outside by Glen and Als parents, after returning to the house Al volunteers to inspect the yard, but the others see it swarming with small demons and call her back. Terry leads everyone to the basement to retrieve The Dark Book and they then attempt to stop the creatures by reading the Bible. Terry reads from Psalm 59 and the hole seems to close, Terry is attacked by the demons before Al and Glen pull him out
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The Monster Squad
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The Monster Squad is a 1987 horror comedy film written by Shane Black and Fred Dekker and directed by Dekker, Peter Hyams was one of the executive producers. It was released by Tri-Star Pictures on August 14,1987, the film features the Universal Monsters, led by Count Dracula. They, in turn, combat a group of kids out to keep them from controlling the world. The Monster Squad is a club of pre-teenagers who idolize classic monster-movies and they hold meetings at a tree-clubhouse in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The diary describes, in detail, an amulet that is composed of concentrated good. One day out of every century, as the forces of good and evil reach a balance, nevertheless, Dracula seeks to obtain the amulet so that he can take control of the world and plunge it into darkness. Dracula then steals a crate from a B-25 Mitchell in flight, containing Frankensteins monster, however, Frankensteins monster is reluctant to aid Dracula, and wanders into the forest where he encounters Phoebe. Rather than being afraid, she shows him the kindness he has always sought, after Phoebe proves to the Monster Squad that Frankensteins monster is not evil, he chooses to help the boys instead of Dracula. The amulet turns out to be buried in a room beneath a house that Dracula and the other monsters now occupy. The secret room is littered with wards which prevent the monsters from taking it, the Monster Squad finds and removes the amulet and narrowly escape Draculas grasp. The German informs them that the incantation must be read by a female virgin, as midnight approaches, the Squad makes their way to a local cathedral to make their last stand. Unfortunately, the doors to the cathedral are locked, so the incantation must be read on the stoop and they enlist Patricks beautiful elder sister Lisa to help them, as shes the only virgin they know. Unfortunately, with running out, the incantation fails since Lisa is actually not a virgin anymore. In the ensuing battle, Draculas consorts, the Mummy, the Gill-man, Dracula arrives and is about to kill Phoebe when Frankensteins monster intervenes, impaling him on a wrought-iron fence. Phoebe finishes the incantation, opening the portal which begins to consume the bodies of the monsters, Dracula, still alive, attempts to drag Sean in with him. Sean impales Dracula with a stake, then Van Helsing appears, having briefly escaped from Limbo. Although Phoebe tries to hold him, Frankensteins monster is also sucked into the portal. The portal then closes, ensuring the worlds safety, in the aftermath, the United States Army arrives on the scene, having received a letter from Squad member Eugene earlier on asking for their help against the monsters
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Corey Haim
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Corey Ian Haim was a Canadian actor, known for a 1980s Hollywood career as a teen idol. He starred in a number of films, such as Lucas, Silver Bullet, Murphys Romance, License to Drive, Dream a Little Dream and his best-known role was alongside Corey Feldman in The Lost Boys, which made Haim a household name. Known as The Two Coreys, the duo became 1980s icons and appeared together in seven movies, Haims early success led to money and fame. He had difficulties breaking away from his experience as a teen actor and he died of pneumonia on March 10,2010. Haim was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Judy, an Israeli-born data processor, and Bernie Haim, when Haim was 11, his parents divorced after 18 years of marriage. He had a sister, Carol, and a younger half-brother, Daniel Lee. Not particularly interested in acting, Haim participated in activities, such as ice hockey, playing music on his keyboard. His skills on the ice led to his being scouted for the AA Thunderbirds hockey team, Haims time at North Yorks Zion Heights Junior High lasted until grade eight, by which point he had begun to make a name for himself as a child actor. Haim broke into acting at the age of ten, playing the role of Larry in the Canadian childrens educational comedy television series The Edison Twins, Haims first day of shooting was with Weller, and he went up to compliment the older actor on his performance. Weller collared Haim, throwing him up against a wall to him not to speak to him after a take. Haim later admitted that he was terrified by the experience, Weller later apologized to Haim for the incident and attributed it to method acting, as he was trying to stay in character for the villainous role he was playing. Parker remembered Haims staying over many times with her and her then boyfriend Downey Jr. who taught him how to apply hair mousse, saying, He was naturally gifted, and Robert said, youre comin to live with me. In 1985, Haim appeared in roles in Secret Admirer and Murphys Romance, alongside Sally Field. While rehearsing on a Montreal street, Minnelli taught Haim how to walk like someone with muscular dystrophy, following the shoot, Haim decided he would prefer to play boyfriends rather than sons. At the time, Haims father was acting as his manager, producer Stanley Jaffe approached him to remark on Haims gifts, and recommended that he get an agent in Los Angeles. Haim turned 14 on the set in Chicago, and fell in love with Green, not realizing she was 18, he asked her out in an elevator. Haims unrequited love for Green helped inspire his performance, with the dynamics between them mirrored on-screen. Nevertheless, director David Seltzer noticed that some of his peers, Haim seemed at ease with his burgeoning heartthrob status
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Lance Henriksen
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Henriksen is also notable for his voice acting, having voiced Kerchak the gorilla in Walt Disney Animation Studios Tarzan and Admiral Steven Hackett in BioWares Mass Effect video game trilogy. Henriksen was born in New York City and his father was a Norwegian merchant sailor and boxer nicknamed Icewater who spent most of his life at sea. His mother, Margueritte Werner, struggled to work as a dance instructor, waitress. His parents divorced when he was two old, and he was raised by his mother. As he grew up, Henriksen found himself in trouble at various schools, Henriksen served in the United States Navy from 1955–58 and attained the rank of Petty Officer Third Class. Henriksens first job in the world was as a designer of theatrical sets, in fact. It was also around this time that Henriksen taught himself to read, for his first role, he put the entire script to tape with the help of a friend, learning everyones part in addition to his own. In his early 30s, Henriksen graduated from the prestigious Actors Studio, in film, he first appeared in It Aint Easy in 1972. Henriksen went on to portray a variety of supporting roles in noteworthy genre films such as Dog Day Afternoon, Steven Spielbergs Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Damien, Omen II. When James Cameron was writing the film The Terminator, he had originally envisioned Henriksen, regardless, the role ultimately went to Arnold Schwarzenegger. Henriksen did appear in the film, in the role of Sergeant Hal Vukovich. Henriksen is perhaps best known for portraying the android Bishop, an artificial life-form, in Aliens and he also played Charles Bishop Weyland, the man Bishops appearance was based on, in Alien 3 and Alien vs. Predator. Henriksen and Bill Paxton are the two actors to have been killed by a terminator, a xenomorph and a predator. Henriksen also portrayed vampire leader Jesse Hooker in Kathryn Bigelows vampire cult film Near Dark and he acted in a movie called Stone Cold with Brian Bosworth in 1991. He played the character Chains Cooper, Hard Target is one of Henriksens favorite films. He especially enjoyed working with director John Woo, saying He let me do some work as an actor. No never came out of his mouth, it was always What could this be, hes one of the greatest directors ever, gentle, communicative and supportive. He caught everything that was important to me as an actor on film, the times Ive seen my work and gone Jesus, they cut the behaviour, the motivation, the only reason I made the movie in the first place
