severance - tagli al personale

Severance fa venire rabbia: sì, perché è inconcepibile che un film del genere non possa essere prodotto in Italia. Non servono budget stratosferici: un regista decente, un cast che sia in grado di stare davanti ad una cinepresa ed una buona storia. Eppure prodotti così ogni tanto escono dal cinema inglese, tedesco e spagnolo; da noi, schermo piatto.

Alcuni dipendenti mal assortiti della Palisade, multinazionale che produce armamenti, si recano nell'europa dell'est per una "vacanza aziendale" che avrebbe lo scopo di cementare lo spirito di gruppo.
A parte lo scarso entusiamo, sembrerebbe una situazione tranquilla, non fosse che si ritrovano nel lodge sbagliato, in una foresta isolata che pare infestata da spietati assassini - forse fantasmi di un oscuro passato della compagnia stessa.

Severance è fondamentalmente una commedia horror in cui la parte divertente ha di gran lunga il sopravvento. Eppure anche le poche parti "horror" funzionano molto bene, e si passa costantemente da una all'altra in maniera fluida ed impeccabile. In altri momenti, riesce persino a risultare toccante, e scusate se è poco, per una commedia horror.

Tutti i personaggi sono delineati in maniera deliziosa e ben interpretati (Danny Dyer è un idolo!), la regia funziona sempre, ha buon ritmo e mostra qualche chicca da non perdere (bello lo sdoppiamento del protagonista).
Ma dove brilla davvero è nella sceneggiatura e nei dialoghi: situazioni geniali e dialoghi memorabili si sprecano. Sempre molto divertenti, spesso con un tocco cinico ed acido molto acuto. Su tutte, l'impareggiabile scena col lanciarazzi, quella della gamba nel frigorifero e le varie versioni sulla storia del lodge (Nosferatu e la casa di riposo con le infermiere stragnocche!)

Ancora una volta qualcosa che chiunque poteva produrre, ma che nel dubbio hanno fatto "altri"; almeno stavolta in Italia ci siamo inventati un sottotitolo carino: "Tagli al Personale" è simpatico. Di più, proprio non ci riesce.

Voto: 9. Straconsigliato a chiunque.
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Severance (2006)

Severence - Tagli al personale

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Regista: Christopher Smith
Scrittore: James Moran, Christopher Smith
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller, Comedy
Valutazione: 6.8/10 (9219 voti)
Durata: 96 min
Paese: Germany, UK
Lingua: English, Hungarian, Russian

Cast:

• Toby Stephens .... Harris
• Claudie Blakley .... Jill
• Andy Nyman .... Gordon
• Babou Ceesay .... Billy
• Tim McInnerny .... Richard
• Laura Harris .... Maggie
• Danny Dyer .... Steve
• David Gilliam .... George
• Juli Drajkó .... Olga
• Judit Viktor .... Nadia

Trama:
A team-building weekend in the mountains of Eastern Europe goes horribly wrong for the sales division of the multi-national weapons company Palisade Defence when they become the victims of a group of crazed killers who will stop at nothing to see them dead.

Trivia random: 'Toby Stephens' accepted to do the movie because he'd never done a horror film before and liked the comedy/horror mix of the project.
Citazione random: Steve: [In response to Bill saying he likes Maggie] No offence mate, but you've got more chance of getting shit from a rocking horse.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Danny Dyer

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La ricerca ha prodotto più di un risultato.

1. Dyer, Danny (I)
2. Dyer, Danny (II)
3. Der Ark, Danny Van
4. Der Vreken, Danny Van
5. Byers, Danny
6. Derbridge, Danny
7. Joseph, Daniel (I)
8. Derakhshan, Danny
9. Moder, Daniel
10. Goudeau, Michael (I)
11. Anderson, Danny
12. Rogers, Danny (I)
13. Andersen, Danny (II)
14. Schneider, Danny (I)
15. Aanderud, Danny
16. Fridberg, Danny
17. Boyer, Danny Le
18. Calander, Danny
19. Goldberg, Danny (II)
20. Schneider, Danny (II)

Smith, Christopher (VIII)

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Ultimi lavori:

• Triangle (2009) .... (written by) [scrittore]
• Severance (2006) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• Creep (2004/I) .... (written by) [scrittore]
• The Day Grandad Went Blind (1998) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• The 10000th Day (1997) .... (writer) [scrittore]

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

spider baby!

Che sorpresa, trovare una commedia horror anni '60 che risulti ancora efficace e sorprendente!

Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told narra la vicenda della famiglia Merrye, che vive isolata in una grande casa; la famiglia è composta da un paio di belle figliole fuori di testa, un fratello ormai demente ed un'altra manciata di strane presenze. Tutti vittime di una malattia ereditaria che li fa regredire mentalmente ad uno stato quasi selvaggio man mano che lo sviluppo fisico procede; ad accudirli il maggiordomo, rimasto con loro per esaudire una promessa fatta al padrone di casa sul letto di morte.
Dalla città arrivano dei lontani parenti con il loro avvocato, intenzionati a prendere possesso della casa.
I guai non tarderanno ad arrivare.

Sospeso tra horror e commedia, il film eccelle in entrambi i campi: funziona benissimo quando vuole suscitare antipatia per i nuovi arrivati (coinvolti in una cena alquanto disgustosa) ed ancora meglio quando decide di spaventare.
La spensierata crudeltà delle due ragazze è da antologia (agghiacciante nella sua ingenuità), ed anche gli altri inquietanti abitanti della casa non mancano di stupire.
Le loro azioni sono folli e tremende, ma mantengono sempre una propria perversa logica che le rende ancora più spaventose.
Finale adeguato alla pazzia della casa (ed a suo modo commovente).

Certo, il ritmo non è quello a cui gli horror moderni ci hanno abituato, ma su 1 ora e 20 si sente poco, ed i momenti morti sono pressoché assenti.
Ci si concede persino anche un poco di fan-service e si accenna in maniera piuttosto esplicita a tradimenti coniugali con un fare leggero.
Azzeccato l'uso del bianco e nero.

Scritto e diretto da Jack Hill non si può fare a meno di menzionare, nel ruolo del maggiordomo, l'icona del cinema horror Lon Chaney Jr.: l'unico ad aver interpretato tutti i quattro classici mostri dell'horror: Frankenstein, la Mummia, Dracula e il Lupo mannaro.
Da non perdere la segretaria dell'avvocato, appassionata di film dell'orrore, che durante la cena li cita tutti.

Voto: 8.5 (se amate l'horror, è da vedere - registi e sceneggiatori di horror moderni dovrebbero prendere appunti)
Tags: horror, commedia, famiglia, casa, Lon Chaney Jr., follia, pazzia, malattia mentale, malattia ereditatia, morte, omicidio, ragno, tradimento, parente, avvocato, segretaria, maggiordomo, esplosione, gatto, dinamite, cannibalismo, cadavere, tarantola, coltello, rete, ragnatela, gufo, guardone, tradimento.

Hill, Jack (I)

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Data di nascita: 28 January 1933
Coniuge: Elke::(1958 - present)

Ultimi lavori:

• Sugar Boxx (2007) .... Judge [attore]
• I Pass for Human (2004) .... Azami's father [attore]
• Sorceress (1982) .... (producer) (uncredited) [produttore]
• Death Ship (1980) .... (story) [scrittore]
• City on Fire (1979) .... [scrittore]
• The Bees (1978) .... (uncredited) [scrittore]
• Switchblade Sisters (1975) .... (story) [scrittore]
• Foxy Brown (1974) .... (written by) [scrittore]
• The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974) .... (uncredited) [scrittore]
• Coffy (1973) .... [scrittore]

Biografia:
Jack Hill grew up around movies - his father was a designer for the Disney studios and Warner Brothers. He went to the University of California to study film, where he was a classmate of Francis Ford Coppola - they worked together on student productions and later both apprenticed with Roger Corman, working on The Terror (1963). While Coppola went on to Oscardom, Jack continued with B-flicks. He didn't make a lot of films, and while all were low budget they all (except Switchblade Sisters (1975)) made money, and his early 'blaxploitaton' films Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974) were hits. Soon after Switchblade Sisters (1975) he stopped making movies so he and his wife Elke could pursue meditation and he could write novels. Today his films are hailed as cult classics, thanks primarily to Quentin Tarantino, who saw Hill's work as it made its way to video. With retrospectives and a re-release of Switchblade Sisters (1975), his career seems to be reviving.

Trivia random: Hill's UCLA student movie "The Host" was a huge influence on the last third of Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now".

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Chaney Jr., Lon

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Nome di battesimo: Chaney, Creighton Tull
Data di nascita: 10 February 1906
Data di morte: 12 July 1973
Altezza: 6' 2½" (1.89 m)
Coniuge: Patsy Beck::(1 October 1937 - 12 July 1973) (his death), Dorothy Hinckley::(1928 - 1937) (divorced) 2 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) .... Groton (as Lon Chaney) [attore]
• The Female Bunch (1969) .... Monti [attore]
• Fireball Jungle (1969) .... Sammy (as Lon Chaney) [attore]
• A Stranger in Town (1969) .... [attore]
• Buckskin (1968) .... Sheriff Tangley (as Lon Chaney) [attore]
• Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told (1968) .... Bruno, The Chauffeur (as Lon Chaney) [attore]
• Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors (1967) .... Dr. Mendell (as Lon Chaney) [attore]
• Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967) .... Maximillian (as Lon Chaney) [attore]
• Welcome to Hard Times (1967) .... Avery, Saloonkeeper (as Lon Chaney) [attore]
• Apache Uprising (1966) .... Charlie Russell [attore]

Biografia:
American character actor whose career was influenced (and often overshadowed) by that of his father, silent film star Lon Chaney. The younger Chaney was born while his parents were on a theatrical tour, and he joined them onstage for the first time at the age of six months. However, as a young man, even during the time of his father's growing fame, Creighton Chaney worked menial jobs to support himself without calling upon his father. He was at various times a plumber, a meatcutter's apprentice, a metal worker, and a farm worker. Always, however, there was the desire to follow in his father's footsteps. He studied makeup at his father's side, learning many of the techniques that had made his father famous. And he took stage roles in stock companies. It was not until after his father's death in 1930 that Chaney went to work in films. His first appearances were under his real name (he had been named for his mother, singer Cleva Creighton). He played number of supporting parts before a producer in 1935 insisted on changing his name to Lon Chaney Jr. as a marketing ploy. Chaney was uncomfortable with the ploy and always hated the "Jr". addendum. But he was also aware that the famous name could help his career, and so he kept it. Most of the parts he played were unmemorable, often bits, until 1939 when he was given the role of the simple-minded Lennie in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men (1939). Chaney's performance was spectacularly touching; indeed, it became one of the two roles for which he would always be best remembered. The other came within the next year, when Universal, in hopes of reviving their horror film franchise as well as memories of their great silent star, Chaney Sr., cast Chaney as the tortured Lawrence Talbot in The Wolf Man (1941). With this film and the slew of horror films that followed it, Chaney achieved a kind of stardom, though he was never able to achieve his goal of surpassing his father. By the 1950s, he was established as a star in low-budget horror films and as a reliable character actor in more prestigious, big-budget films such as High Noon (1952). Never as versatile as his father, he fell more and more into cheap and mundane productions which traded primarily on his name and those of other fading horror stars. His later years were bedeviled by illness and problems with alcohol. When he died from a variety of causes in 1973, it was as an actor who had spent his life chasing the fame of his father, but who was much beloved by a generation of filmgoers who had never seen his father.

Trivia random: Well-known character actor William Smith started out as a child actor, and in an interview with a horror-film magazine stated that during breaks on the set of The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), Chaney treated all of the children on the set to ice cream.
Citazione random: Director Reginald Le Borg: "His was a career and, I believe, a personality that resulted directly from trying to embrace and, at the same time, disown the career and image of his father."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told (1968)

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Regista: Jack Hill
Scrittore: Jack Hill
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Valutazione: 6.9/10 (811 voti)
Durata: 81 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Lon Chaney Jr. .... Bruno, The Chauffeur (as Lon Chaney)
• Carol Ohmart .... Emily Howe
• Quinn K. Redeker .... Peter Howe (as Quinn Redeker)
• Beverly Washburn .... Elizabeth
• Jill Banner .... Virginia
• Sid Haig .... Ralph
• Mary Mitchel .... Ann
• Karl Schanzer .... Schlocker
• Mantan Moreland .... Messenger

Trama:
In a dilapidated rural mansion, the last generation of the degenerate, inbred Merrye family lives with the inherited curse of a disease that causes them to mentally regress from the age of 10 or so on as they physically develop. The family chauffeur looks out for them and covers up their indiscretions. Trouble comes when greedy distant relatives and their lawyer arrive to dispossess the family of its home.

Trivia random: The film was shot in August and September, 1964 with the title "Cannibal Orgy, or The Maddest Story Ever Told" but its release was held up for years due to the producers going bankrupt. Producer David Hewit acquired it for distribution in 1968 and changed the title to "Spider Baby" and then later "The Liver Eaters."
Citazione random: Elizabeth: Spiders don't eat other spiders.::Virginia: Cannibal spiders do.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Burn After Reading

A costo di subire gli strali dei più, lo dico: i fratelli Coen sono radical-chic da paura e terribilmente sopravvalutati.
No scherzo, dai: è ovvio che sono io che non capisco e sono un bruto incolto... ma che vi devo dire? Fargo aveva un passo insostenibile, No Country for Old Men era di certo pregevole (ma quanti erano i meriti del testo originale, della fotografia e di Bardem? E comunque a mio avviso Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ed Eastern Promises sono su un altro pianeta).
Passando alla commedia, O Brother, Where Art Thou? era un piccolo gioiello, lo ammetto, mentre il tanto osannato The Big Lebowski mi ha lasciato perplesso: certo, ottimi personaggi, ma se dovessi adesso - a distanza di mesi dalla visione - fare un sunto della trama, sarei in serio imbarazzo.

Se il grosso dei film finora citati non mi ha esaltato (o mi è al più piaciucchiato), il vero fondo è stato toccato con Burn After Reading.
Una trama risibile (del tutto sconclusionata e priva di verosimiglianza) e dialoghi fiacchi finiscono per affondare tutto il film - comprese le buone prove attoriali, prima fra tutte quella di Brad Pitt deficiente da antologia purtroppo poco e mal sfruttato.
Qualcuno ha parlato di messaggio dirompente e di fine critica sociale; il messaggio che è arrivato a me è: "che culo che abbiamo ad essere così ben visti nei salotti buoni, che possiamo permetterci di campare qualunque vaccata noi si sforni..."

Un analista della CIA viene licenziato in tronco, inizia a scrivere le sue memorie di fuoco sull'agenzia, ma il CD con la bozza del testo - niente che abbia il minimo interesse, comunque - viene smarrito in una palestra dove alcuni cerebrolesi lo trovano e sperano di poterlo utilizzare come strumento di ricatto.
Nel mentre, tutti scopano tutti per scacciare i fantasmi delle rispettive crisi di mezz'età (oh, sì: proprio dirompente e radical-chic), ma in fondo in fondo sono dei bambinoni immaturi. La CIA si limita a pulire lo sporco più evidente.

Intrecci di vicende e corpi privi di senso, poche battute degne di una risatina a denti stretti e molte stupidaggini da "oh cavoli, ho proprio finito le idee, e adesso cosa facciamo capitare?" (il coinvolgimento dei russi, soprattutto).
Come è giusto che sia, tutto finirà in niente.

Poi intendiamoci: tra le numerose coppie di fratelli che tanto male hanno fatto al cinema, sono sicuramente tra i meno peggio, ma da qui ad osannarli ce ne passa.

Voto: 4.5. Cosa abbiamo imparato da Burn After Reading? Davvero niente...
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Pitt, Brad

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Nome di battesimo: Pitt, William Bradley
Data di nascita: 18 December 1963
Altezza: 5' 11½" (1.82 m)
Coniuge: Jennifer Aniston::(29 July 2000 - 2 October 2005) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• Chad Schmidt (2010) .... Chad Schmidt/Himself [attore]
• Dirty Tricks (2010) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Marching Powder (2010) .... (producer) [produttore]
• World War Z (2010) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Fighter (2009) .... Dick Eklund [attore]
• Inglorious Bastards (2009) .... Lt. Aldo Raine [attore]
• Kick-Ass (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Peace Like a River (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Shantaram (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]

Biografia:
Brad Pitt was born in Oklahoma and raised in Springfield, Missouri. His mother's name is Jane Etta Hillhouse. His father, William (Bill) Pitt, worked in management at a trucking firm in Springfield. He has a younger brother, Douglas (Doug) Pitt and a younger sister Julie Neal Pitt. At Kickapoo High School, Pitt was involved in sports, debating, student government and school musicals. Pitt attended the University of Missouri, where he majored in journalism with a focus on advertising. He occasionally acted in fraternity shows. He left college two credits short of graduating to move to California. Before he became successful at acting, Pitt supported himself by driving strippers in limos, moving refrigerators and dressing as a giant chicken while working for "el Pollo Loco."

Trivia random: Ranked #32 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Citazione random: I'm gonna design my own fleet of trailers. No! I'm gonna record an album like Jennifer Lopez. It'll be an acoustic version of KC & The Sunshine Band. Then maybe I'll design a line of clothes like [Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs] but all in synthetic fur.
Salario massimo: $30,000,000 ($10m salary + backend participations), per Ocean's Eleven (2001)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Coen, Ethan

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Data di nascita: 21 September 1957
Altezza: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Coniuge: Tricia Cooke::(2 October 1993 - present)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Yiddish Policemen's Union (2010) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Gambit (2009) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• Hail Caesar (2009) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• A Serious Man (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Suburbicon (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Burn After Reading (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007) .... (segment "World Cinema") [regista]
• No Country for Old Men (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Paris, je t'aime (2006) .... (segment "Tuileries") [scrittore]
• Romance & Cigarettes (2005) .... (executive producer) [produttore]

Trivia random: Frequently includes kidnapping-plots in his films.
Citazione random: It's easy to offend people. People get uncomfortable, for instance, when the main character in a movie is not sympathetic in a Hollywood formula way. Our movies are loaded with things that aren't to everyone's taste. On the other hand, there's a scene in [O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)] where a frog gets squished that everyone seems to like. It's all right to do the frog squishing.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Fargo (1996)

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Regista: Joel Coen
Scrittore: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Valutazione: 8.3/10 (128214 voti) [#115 nella top250]
Durata: 98 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• William H. Macy .... Jerome 'Jerry' Lundegaard
• Steve Buscemi .... Carl Showalter
• Peter Stormare .... Gaear Grimsrud
• Kristin Rudrüd .... Jean Lundegaard
• Harve Presnell .... Wade Gustafson
• Tony Denman .... Scotty Lundegaard
• Gary Houston .... Irate Customer
• Sally Wingert .... Irate Customer's Wife
• Kurt Schweickhardt .... Car Salesman
• Larissa Kokernot .... Hooker #1

Trama:
Fargo is based on true events that occurred in Minnesota in 1987 with the names changed to protect the victims. Jerry works in his father-in-law's car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from the dealership is about to be discovered by father-in-law. When all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father (who doesn't seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was supposed to be a non-violent affair turns bloody with more blood added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the blood shed, which turns loose a pregnant sheriff from MN who is tenacious in attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction.

Trivia random: SPOILER: A total of 7 people were killed (Wade Gustafson, Jean Lundegaard, Carl Showalter, the state trooper the 2 passers-by,and the toll patrol)
Citazione random: Carl Showalter: [irately, over the phone] Alright, Jerry, I'm through fuckin' around. You got the fuckin' money?::Jerry Lundegaard: Yeah, I got the money, but... uh...::Carl Showalter: Don't you fuckin' fuck me, Jerry. I want you to get this money to the Dayton Radisson, top level, in 30 minutes, Jerry, we wrap this thing up.::Jerry Lundegaard: Yeah, but...::Carl Showalter: Hey, you're there in 30 minutes, Jerry, or I find you, Jerry, and I shoot you and I shoot your fuckin' wife and I shoot all your fuckin' children and I shoot them all in the back of their little fuckin' heads; you got it?::Jerry Lundegaard: Okay, now you stay away from Scotty, now.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Coen, Joel

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Nome di battesimo: Coen, Joel Daniel
Data di nascita: 29 November 1954
Altezza: 6' (1.83 m)
Coniuge: Frances McDormand::(1984 - present) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• The Yiddish Policemen's Union (2010) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Gambit (2009) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• Hail Caesar (2009) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• A Serious Man (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Suburbicon (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Burn After Reading (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007) .... (segment "World Cinema") [regista]
• No Country for Old Men (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Paris, je t'aime (2006) .... (segment "Tuileries") [scrittore]
• Romance & Cigarettes (2005) .... (executive producer) [produttore]

Trivia random: When an actor improvises a line on the set, he will almost invariably say something like, "That was great, but could you do it like it's written in the script?" Most Coen brothers films are the same (line for line) when released as they are on the page in the final draft of the script.
Citazione random: [Ethan Coen] had a nightmare of one day finding me on the set of something like The Incredible Hulk (2008), wearing a gold chain and saying, "I've got to eat, don't I?"

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Burn After Reading (2008)

Burn after reading - A prova di spia

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Regista: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Scrittore: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Comedy
Valutazione: 7.9/10 (10424 voti)
Durata: Canada:96::(Toronto International Film Festival) min
Paese: USA, UK, France
Lingua: English

Cast:

• George Clooney .... Harry Pfarrer
• Frances McDormand .... Linda Litzke
• Brad Pitt .... Chad Feldheimer
• John Malkovich .... Osborne Cox
• Tilda Swinton .... Katie Cox
• Richard Jenkins .... Ted Treffon
• David Rasche .... CIA Officer
• J.K. Simmons .... CIA Superior
• Olek Krupa .... Krapotkin
• Michael Countryman .... Alan

Trama:
A disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous gym employees who attempt to sell it.

Trivia random: Director Trademark: [Joel Coen] [kubrick] The sound emitted by the homing scanner from Bowman's space pod in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is heard in the opening titles. Harry Pfarrer's house number is 114, a nod to Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).
Citazione random: Osborne Cox: Give me the CD!::Chad Feldheimer: As soon as you give us the money, dickwad!

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Bardem, Javier

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Nome di battesimo: Bardem, Javier Ángel Encinas
Data di nascita: 1 March 1969
Altezza: 6' (1.83 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) .... Juan Antonio [attore]
• Invisibles (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) .... Florentino Ariza [attore]
• No Country for Old Men (2007) .... Anton Chigurh [attore]
• Goya's Ghosts (2006) .... Lorenzo [attore]
• Collateral (2004) .... Felix [attore]
• Mar adentro (2004/I) .... Ramón Sampedro [attore]
• Variaciones 1/113 (2003) .... [attore]
• The Dancer Upstairs (2002) .... Agustín Rejas [attore]
• Los Lunes al sol (2002) .... Santa [attore]

Biografia:
Javier Bardem is the youngest member of a family of actors that has been making films since the early days of Spanish cinema.He got his start in the family business at age six when he appeared in his first feature, "El Pícaro" (The Scoundrel). During his teenage years he acted in several TV series, played rugby for theSpanish National Team, and toured the country with an independent theatrical group. Javier's early film role as a sexy stud in the black comedy_Jamón, jamón (1992)_ (Ham Ham) propelled him to instant popularity and threatened to typecast him as nothing morethan a brawny sex symbol. Determined to avert a beefcake image, he refused similar subsequent roles and has gone on to win acclaim for his ability to appear almost unrecognizable from film to film. With over 25 movies and numerous awards under his belt, it is Javier's stirring, passionate performance as the persecuted Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls (2000) that will longbe remembered as his breakthrough role. He received five Best Actor awards and a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a strong-willed man who survived censorship, imprisonment, and homosexual intolerance for the privilege to write freely, only to commit suicide at age 47 in New York, ending a battle with AIDS.

Trivia random: Says in interviews that he doesn't know how to drive.
Citazione random: I truly consider myself non-sexy, which is fine for me. I don't have any problem with that. Sometimes I would like to have Brad Pitt's body. But that's not something that obsesses me in a real way. And second, I truly believe that what I would like to portray on-screen or on stage are human beings, and human beings usually are not as handsome as movie stars. But most times being handsome on-screen or being handsome for real life, has to do much more with your vanity and your profound need to be liked by the rest of the people, be loved by the rest of the people.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Big Lebowski, The (1998)

Grande Lebowski, Il

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Regista: Joel Coen
Scrittore: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Comedy
Valutazione: 8.2/10 (129265 voti) [#152 nella top250]
Durata: 117 min
Paese: USA, UK
Lingua: English, German, Hebrew, Spanish

Cast:

• Jeff Bridges .... Jeffrey Lebowski - The Dude
• John Goodman .... Walter Sobchak
• Julianne Moore .... Maude Lebowski
• Steve Buscemi .... Theodore Donald 'Donny' Kerabatsos
• David Huddleston .... Jeffrey Lebowski - The Big Lebowski
• Philip Seymour Hoffman .... Brandt
• Tara Reid .... Bunny Lebowski
• Philip Moon .... Woo, Treehorn Thug
• Mark Pellegrino .... Blond Treehorn Thug
• Peter Stormare .... Nihilist #1, Uli Kunkel / 'Karl Hungus'

Trama:
When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude.

Trivia random: The lawyers that the dude mentions, are both real attorneys. Kuntsler, who died in 1995, was a self proclaimed radical lawyer. In 1983, he took on Ron Kuby, another radical lawyer, as a junior partner. Their claim to fame mainly came from defending numerous controversial defendants including suspected terrorist leaders and the daughter of Malcolm X.
Citazione random: The Dude: Uh, and then, uh, the music business, briefly.::Maude Lebowski: Oh?::The Dude: Yeah. Roadie for Metallica::Maude Lebowski: Oh.::The Dude: Speed of Sound Tour::Maude Lebowski: Mm-hmm.::The Dude: Bunch of assholes.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Brother, Where Art Thou?, O (2000)

Fratello, dove sei?

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Regista: Joel Coen
Scrittore: Homer, Ethan Coen
Genere: Comedy, Adventure, Crime, Music, Comedy
Valutazione: 7.8/10 (74509 voti)
Durata: 107 min
Paese: UK, France, USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• George Clooney .... Everett
• John Turturro .... Pete
• Tim Blake Nelson .... Delmar
• John Goodman .... Big Dan Teague
• Holly Hunter .... Penny
• Chris Thomas King .... Tommy Johnson
• Charles Durning .... Pappy O'Daniel
• Del Pentecost .... Junior O'Daniel
• Michael Badalucco .... George Nelson
• J.R. Horne .... Pappy's Staff

Trama:
Loosely based on Homer's 'Odyssey' the movie deals with the grotesque adventures of Everett Ulysses McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everetts home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series of strange characters. Among them sirens, a cyclops, bankrobber George 'Babyface' Nelson (very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning Governor, his opponent, a KKK lynch mob, and a blind prophet, who warns the trio that "the treasure you seek shall not be the treasure you find."

Trivia random: Stephen Root, who plays the radio station owner, also played a radio station owner in the TV show "NewsRadio" (1995).
Citazione random: Penny Wharvey McGill: Vernon here's got a job. Vernon's got prospects. He's bona fide. What are you?

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Shaun of the Dead

Non che mancherebbero i filmacci da recensire (anche se titoli come Clash of the Titans fanno quasi tenerezza, per come sono stati realizzati), ma preferisco spendere due parole buone per un piccolo gioiello come Shaun of the Dead.

La vita di Shaun è ad un minimo storico: la fidanzata lo molla per la sua scarsa intraprendenza, ha un difficile rapporto con la madre (e soprattutto il patrigno), ha un lavoro che non gli dà soddisfazioni e vive col suo miglior amico: l'unico che possa dirsi più fallito di lui.
Con notevole tempismo, il giorno in cui decide di rimettere insieme i pezzi della sua vita un'epidemia zombie gli complica la vita, costringendolo a combattere per mettere in salvo madre e fidanzata.

Diretto da Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz e il recente Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), e interpretato da Simon Pegg (i due lo hanno anche scritto), Shaun of the Dead mescola in maniera perfetta commedia, horror e dramma.
Seppur i momenti comici siano preponderanti (con un paio di tocchi surreali di puro genio), non ci si fa mancare infatti alcune perle di serietà perfettamente integrate nel resto del racconto.
Perché anche se non ci si dimentica mai che in fondo si sta facendo un film comico, si ha comunque il coraggio di non cercare il lieto fine a tutti i costi - non un lieto fine completo, almeno.

Al solito, la sensazione che lascia al pubblico italiano questo genere di film comprende anche un po' di tristezza: che cose del genere - fatte con pochi mezzi e buone idee - proprio non le si riesca a produrre in Italia, resta davvero inspiegabile (o forse è spiegabilissimo...)

Voto: 8
Tags: horror, commedia, drammatico, zombie, Inghilterra, madre, fidanzata, commesso, amicizia, fallito, pub, salvezza, lotta, sparatoria

wild hogs

Quattro amici di vecchia data, motociclisti della domenica, sono afflitti da vite che non hanno preso la svolta che un tempo speravano: alle soglie della mezza età, partire per un viaggio on the road senza un piano preciso sembra essere l'unica evasione possibile.
L'incontro-scontro con una vera banda di bikers porterà un sacco di guai e qualche sorpresa.

Commedia leggera, senza troppe pretese e senza risate sguaiate, Svalvolati on the road (Wild Hogs) si regge su un impianto semplice ma solido e soprattutto su ottime interpretazioni.
Cast notevole e perfettamente nei ruoli: Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence e due dei miei feticci: William H. Macy e Ray Liotta. Ruoli minori per John C. McGinley e Marisa Tomei.
Buona, ed in tema, la colonna sonora.

Film per una serata rilassata.

Voto: 7.
Tags: commedia, comico, avventura, on the road, viaggio, motociclista, motocicletta, bikers, Stati Uniti, costa ovest, fallimento, divorzio, dentista, programmatore, tatuaggio, famiglia, rissa, salvataggio, incidente, schianto, sidecar, rivincita, inseguimento, equivoco, tenda, campeggio.

Liotta, Ray

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Nome di battesimo: Liotta, Raymond
Data di nascita: 18 December 1954
Altezza: 6' (1.83 m)
Coniuge: Michelle Grace::(15 February 1997 - 2004) (divorced) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• Chasing 3000 (2008) .... Adult Mickey [attore]
• Hero Wanted (2008) .... Detective Terry Subcott [attore]
• La Linea (2008) .... Mark Shields [attore]
• The Night Job (2008) .... [attore]
• Only in New York (2008) .... Tommy [attore]
• Powder Blue (2008) .... [attore]
• Battle in Seattle (2007) .... Mayor Jim Tobin [attore]
• Bee Movie (2007) .... Ray Liotta (voice) [attore]
• Crossing Over (2007) .... Cole Frankel [attore]
• In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) .... Gallian [attore]

Biografia:
Intense is the word for Ray Liotta. He specializes in psychopathic characters who hide behind a cultivated charm. Even in his nice guy roles in Field of Dreams (1989) and Operation Dumbo Drop (1995), you get the impression that something is smoldering inside of him. Liotta maintains a steady stream of work, completing multiple projects per year.

Trivia random: Played baseball player "Shoeless" Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams (1989). Ex-wife, Michelle Grace is also the ex-wife of baseball player Mark Grace.
Citazione random: "I am mostly Scottish and a little bit Italian!"

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Tomei, Marisa

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Data di nascita: 4 December 1964
Altezza: 5' 6" (1.68 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Night Job (2008) .... [attrice]
• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) .... Gina [attrice]
• The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud (2007) (TV) .... Penelope Cloud [attrice]
• War, Inc. (2007) .... Natalie Hegalhuzen [attrice]
• Wild Hogs (2007) .... Maggie [attrice]
• Danika (2006) .... Danika [attrice]
• I Was a Network Star (2006) (TV) .... [attrice]
• Factotum (2005) .... Laura [attrice]
• Loverboy (2005) .... Sybil [attrice]
• Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2005) .... Meredith Morrison [attrice]

Biografia:
Marisa Tomei was born on December 4, 1964, in Brooklyn, New York to mother Patricia "Addie" Tomei, an English teacher and father Gary Tomei, a lawyer. Marisa also has a brother, actor Adam Tomei. As a child, Marisa's mother frequently corrected her speech as to eliminate her heavy Brooklyn accent. As a teen, Marisa attended Edward R. Murrow High School and graduated in the class of 1982. She was one year into her college education at Boston University when she dropped out for a co-starring role on the CBS daytime drama "As the World Turns" (1956). Her role on that show paved the way for her entrance into film: in 1984, she made her film debut with a bit part in The Flamingo Kid (1984). Three years later, Marisa became known for her role as Maggie Lawton, Lisa Bonet's college roommate, on the sitcom "A Different World" (1987). Her real breakthrough came in 1992, when she co-starred as Joe Pesci's hilariously foul-mouthed, scene-stealing girlfriend in My Cousin Vinny (1992), a performance that won her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Later that year, she turned up briefly as a snippy Mabel Normand in director Richard Attenborough's biopic Chaplin (1992), and was soon given her first starring role in Untamed Heart (1993). A subsequent starring role -- and attempted makeover into Audrey Hepburn -- in the romantic comedy Only You (1994) proved only moderately successful. Marisa's other 1994 role as Michael Keaton's hugely pregnant wife in The Paper (1994) was well-received, although the film as a whole was not. Fortunately for Tomei, she was able to rebound the following year with a solid performance as a troubled single mother in Nick Cassavetes Unhook the Stars (1996) which earned her a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She turned in a similarly strong work in Welcome to Sarajevo (1997), and in 1998 did some of her best work in years as the sexually liberated, unhinged cousin of Natasha Lyonne's Vivian Abramowitz in Tamara Jenkins Slums of Beverly Hills (1998). In recent years, Marisa has co-starred with Mel Gibson in the hugely successful romantic comedy What Women Want (2000) and during the 2002 movie award season, she proved her first Best Supporting Actress Oscar win was no fluke when she received her second nomination in the same category for the critically acclaimed dark drama, In the Bedroom (2001).

Trivia random: No relation to Concetta Tomei.
Citazione random: "I don't prefer much of film over stage... The only thing I prefer is the paycheck."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Travolta, John

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Nome di battesimo: Travolta, John Joseph
Data di nascita: 18 February 1954
Altezza: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Coniuge: Kelly Preston::(12 September 1991 - present) 2 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Dallas (2009) .... J.R. Ewing [attore]
• Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2009) .... Dave (voice) [attore]
• Bolt (2008) .... (voice) [attore]
• Old Dogs (2008/I) .... [attore]
• Hairspray (2007) .... Edna Turnblad [attore]
• Wild Hogs (2007) .... Woody Stevens [attore]
• Lonely Hearts (2006) .... Elmer Robinson [attore]
• Be Cool (2005) .... Chili Palmer [attore]
• Ladder 49 (2004) .... Captain Mike Kennedy [attore]
• A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) .... Bobby Long [attore]

Biografia:
John Travolta first gained fame as the swaggering Vinnie Barbarino on the television series "Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975). In 1977, he parlayed his teeny-bopper fame into a big-screen career with the disco blockbuster Saturday Night Fever (1977). He languished in light dramas and television movies in the 1980s, but started a comeback in 1989 with Look Who's Talking (1989). He further resuscitated his career with an Oscar nomination for his role as a heavyset sympathetic hitman in Pulp Fiction (1994) in 1994.

Trivia random: Has published two books: "John Travolta Staying Fit!", published by Simon and Schuster in 1984, & "Propeller One-Way Night Coach, A Fable for All Ages", published by Warner Books in 1997.
Citazione random: When they asked me to be Edna Turnblad I said, 'Gee, 32 years as a leading man… why me? What makes you think I'd be the perfect woman?'
Salario massimo: $20,000,000, per The General's Daughter (1999)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

McGinley, John C.

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Nome di battesimo: McGinley, John Christopher
Data di nascita: 3 August 1959
Altezza: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Coniuge: Nichole Kessler::(7 April 2007 - present), Lauren Lambert::(February 1997 - December 2001) (divorced) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• American Crude (2007) .... Jim [attore]
• Are We Done Yet? (2007) .... Chuck Mitchell, Jr. [attore]
• Wild Hogs (2007) .... Highway Patrolman [attore]
• A.W.O.L (2006) .... Garris [attore]
• Puff, Puff, Pass (2006) .... Jerry Dupree [attore]
• Two Tickets to Paradise (2006) .... Mark [attore]
• Lil' Pimp (2005) (V) .... Man Cub Master (voice) [attore]
• Identity (2003) .... George York [attore]
• Crazy as Hell (2002) .... Parker [attore]
• Highway (2002/I) .... Johnny the Fox [attore]

Biografia:
John C. McGinley's path to stardom is a story that reads like a classic Hollywood script. While an understudy in New York in the Circle-In-The-Square production of John Patrick Shanley's "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea," he was spotted by director Oliver Stone and soon after was cast in "Platoon," the first of a long list of collaborations between Stone and McGinley which includes "Wall Street," "Talk Radio," "Born on the Fourth of July," "Nixon" and "Any Given Sunday." He has received rave reviews for his work in NBC's Emmy-nominated medical comedy series, "Scrubs" - now in production on its seventh and final season. TV Guide proclaimed, "The young cast is appealing, but McGinley steals the show as the mercurial doctor who deep down actually gives a damn. So will you." And the San Francisco Chronicle glowed, "If [McGinley] doesn't win the Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy, I'm going to bring the smack-down to the Emmy voters." John C. relishes the chance to portray the gruff, worldly 'Dr. Perry Cox' on "Scrubs." "As an actor, it's great to play a strong leader with a heart of gold," he offers. "Dr. Cox mentors the rookie doctors with a spoonful of dirt and then a cup of sugar. I see him as an archetypal descendant of two of my favorite curmudgeonly characters: Lou Grant and Louie De Palma." Most recently, John C. starred opposite Ice Cube in Sony/Revolution Studios' feature, "Are We Done Yet?," the sequel to the hit comedy "Are We There Yet?." "Are We Done Yet?" picks up as the family moves from the big city to the suburbs for an idyllic life. A house renovation leads to chaos, particularly when the enthusiastic and larger-than-life real estate agent/neighbor/contractor 'Chuck Mitchell, Jr.' (John C. McGinley) who is hired to work on the home, clashes with Ice Cube's character but bonds with his wife and kids. Of John C.'s performance, The New York Times proclaimed, "....a marvelous John C. McGinley, playing a dodgy jack-of-all-trades with the kind of energy that forces other actors to step up their game. He is so good. He redeems his character through acting skill alone." John C. voiced the main character in "Dead Head Fred," an original PSP (PlayStation) game featuring dark humor and a violent portrayal of revenge and redemption. John C. will bring to life 'Fred Neuman,' a private detective savagely murdered and then resurrected in a bizarre scientific experiment without his memory or his head. John C.'s impressive career in film spans a diverse range of characters in over sixty features to date. He has also appeared in such features as "Wild Hogs," "Identity," "The Animal," "The Rock," "Nothing to Lose," "Set It Off," "Seven," "Office Space," "Mother," "Wagons East," "Surviving the Game," "On Deadly Ground," "Point Break," "Highlander II," "A Midnight Clear" and "Fat Man and Little Boy." John C. has a solid commitment to the independent film community as well as the studio system. He appeared in director Eriq La Salle's "Crazy As Hell" and director Scott Silver's "Johns." He also worked on "Truth or Consequences, N.M.," Kiefer Sutherland's feature directorial debut; and on "Colin Fitz," a film John C. co-produced which premiered in competition at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. He recently starred in director D.B. Sweeney's independent feature, "Two Tickets to Paradise," which is currently receiving raves on the festival circuit. For his performance in the later film, John C. was awarded Method Fest's Festival Director's Award, which is awarded for special recognition/excellence in film. He is a partner at McGinley Entertainment Inc., an independent film production company with several projects currently in development. John C. first worked both sides of the camera, serving double duty as actor and producer for the romantic comedy "Watch It!" (with Peter Gallagher and Lili Taylor). For television, he received stunning reviews for his starring role in Dean Koontz's gripping and highly rated 1997 suspense drama, "Intensity," a four-hour original film for FOX-TV. Of his performance, the New York Times stated, "John C. McGinley plays 'Vess' with effective cold-blooded menace. It is McGinley, in a strong, low-key performance, who emerges as the film's secret weapon. His face is familiar from many movie roles where his guy-next-door looks have made him a natural sidekick. As the murderer with the unlikely name 'Edgler Vess,' he uses that regular-guy demeanor to make the character especially chilling."

Trivia random: Co-owned a restaurant with fellow Platoon (1986) star, Willem Dafoe called "Match", in New York City.
Citazione random: I did Highlander II: The Quickening (1991), with Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert down in Buenos Aires, and I stunk. I was infatuated with Orson Welles' filmography at the time, so I wanted to see if I could make my voice as low as his, and I succeeded. Nothing in the text supported that choice, though, so in the film, I look like a jackass. I don't look like a tough guy, I look like an idiot actor trying to toy around with his vocal apparatus.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Macy, William H.

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Nome di battesimo: Jr., William Hall Macy
Data di nascita: 13 March 1950
Altezza: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Coniuge: Felicity Huffman::(6 September 1997 - present) 2 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Antique (2008) .... [attore]
• Bart Got a Room (2008) .... [attore]
• The Deal (2008) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• Family Man (2008) (TV) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• House of Re-Animator (2008) .... The President of the United States [attore]
• Hurricane Mary (2008) .... Dr. Rocchio [attore]
• Keep Coming Back (2008) .... [regista]
• The Lonely Maiden (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Tale of Despereaux (2008) .... Lester (voice) [attore]
• He Was a Quiet Man (2007) .... Gene Shelby [attore]

Trivia random: After spending years in Chicago theater and building his resume as an actor, at age 28 he relocated to New York City for film and television work.
Citazione random: "When you do something well, they'll ask you to do it again. Early on, I must have done this [playing losers] well and the reputation was out there. It's strange because in my life, I don't feel like a loser. Far from it. I feel lucky."
Salario massimo: $750,000, per Sahara (2005)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Wild Hogs (2007)

Centauri da strapazzo

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Regista: Walt Becker
Scrittore: Brad Copeland
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Valutazione: 6.1/10 (18146 voti)
Durata: 100 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Tim Allen .... Doug Madsen
• John Travolta .... Woody Stevens
• Martin Lawrence .... Bobby Davis
• William H. Macy .... Dudley Frank
• Ray Liotta .... Jack
• Marisa Tomei .... Maggie
• Kevin Durand .... Red
• M.C. Gainey .... Murdock
• Jill Hennessy .... Kelly Madsen
• Dominic Janes .... Billy Madsen

Trama:
Four middle-aged men decide to take a road trip from Cincinnati to the Pacific in order to get away from their lives which are leading them nowhere. Taking their motorcycles, these "Wild Hogs" tear up the road and eventually stop in New Mexico for a drink not knowing that the bar belongs to the "Del Fuegos", a mean biker gang. When the Del Fuegos steal a bike that belongs to the Wild Hogs, the four men form a plan to steal their bike back.

Trivia random: When Peter Fonda's character Damien Blade tells the Wild Hogs to lose their watches, it's a subtle reference to Easy Rider (1969), which starred Fonda. In the beginning of that movie Fonda's character Wyatt throws his watch away for the upcoming road trip.
Citazione random: Damien Blade: Why do you think I don't wear the colors, Jack? Why do you think I ride alone? You've forgotten what riding is all about. And I suggest all of you get back on the road, until you remember what riding is about.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Allen, Tim (I)

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Nome di battesimo: Dick, Timothy Alan
Data di nascita: 13 June 1953
Altezza: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
Coniuge: Jane Hajduk::(7 October 2006 - present), Laura Diebel::(7 April 1984 - March 2003) (divorced) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• Redbelt (2008) .... [attore]
• The Six Wives of Henry Lefay (2008) .... Henery Lefay [attore]
• Wild Hogs (2007) .... Doug Madsen [attore]
• Cars (2006) .... Buzz Lightyear Car (voice) [attore]
• The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Shaggy Dog (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Zoom (2006) .... Jack Shepard/Captain Zoom [attore]
• Christmas with the Kranks (2004) .... Luther Krank [attore]
• Jimmy Neutron: Win, Lose and Kaboom (2004) (TV) .... Meldar (voice) [attore]
• These Guys (2003) (TV) .... (executive producer) [produttore]

Biografia:
Timothy Allen Dick was born on June 13, 1953, in Denver, Colorado, USA. His father was Gerald Dick, a real-estate salesman who was killed in a collision with a drunk driver while driving his family home from a University of Colorado football game when Tim was 11-years-old. His mother was Martha Dick (AKA Marty Dick), a community-service worker who remarried her high-school sweetheart, an Episcopalian deacon, two years after Tim's father's death. Tim also has a total of eight siblings. When Tim was young, his family moved to Birmingham, Michigan. In high school, his favorite subject was shop, of course, and after high school, he attended Western Michigan University and graduated with a degree in Television Production in 1975. In 1978, he was arrested on drug charges and spent two years in jail. Upon his release, he had a new outlook on life and on a dare from a friend, started his comedy career at the Comedy Castle in Detroit. Later, he went on to do several cable specials, including, Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen (1988) and Tim Allen: Men Are Pigs (1991) (TV). In 1991, he became the star of his own hit television series on ABC called "Home Improvement" (1991). While continuing to film his television show throughout most of the '90s, he starred in a string of blockbuster movies including The Santa Clause (1994), Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999), and Galaxy Quest (1999). In August of 1996, he developed and unveiled his own signature line of power tools, manufactured by Ryobi. On top of all that, he has his own racing team, Tim Allen/Saleen RRRRacing. In May of 1999, he ended his show "Home Improvement" (1991) after 8 seasons and in 2001, he filmed such movies as Big Trouble (2002) and Joe Somebody (2001).

Trivia random: Tim Taylor, Allen's character on "Home Improvement" (1991), was ranked #20 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].
Citazione random: "Men are pigs. Too bad we own everything."
Salario massimo: $1,250,000/episode (1998-1999 season), per "Home Improvement" (1991)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Lawrence, Martin (I)

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Nome di battesimo: Lawrence, Martin Fitzgerald
Data di nascita: 16 April 1965
Altezza: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Coniuge: Patricia Southall::(7 January 1995 - 17 September 1996) (divorced) 1 daughter

Ultimi lavori:

• College Road Trip (2008) .... [attore]
• Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) .... [attore]
• Wild Hogs (2007) .... Bobby Davis [attore]
• Big Momma's House 2 (2006) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Open Season (2006) .... Boog (voice) [attore]
• Rebound (2005) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Bad Boys II (2003) .... Detective Marcus Burnett [attore]
• National Security (2003) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat (2002) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Black Knight (2001) .... (executive producer) [produttore]

Trivia random: Lapses into a coma after collapsing from heat exhaustion while jogging. Recovered in hospital. [25 August 1999]
Citazione random: "No one is immune to the trials and tribulations of life."
Salario massimo: $20,000,000, per National Security (2003)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

per favore...

Continuo a pensare che Roman "mi piace lo stupro, molto meno la galera" Polanski sia uno dei registi più sopravvalutati della storia (a proposito: votate il sondaggio su IMDbPY!)
Se Rosemary's Baby era in effetti un gioiello, non trovo niente altro nella sua filmografia che ci vada anche solo vicino.
È naturalmente possibile che sia io a NCUCDC (non capire un cazzo di cinema): del resto lui è così autoriale e ci fa sentire tanto importanti con quel suo amare alla follia l'Europa... (deve essere questo che lo ha tenuto decenni lontanto dagli Stati Uniti, già... questo o la prospettiva del carcere).

Anche tralasciando il suo essere una merda d'uomo, la visione di Per favore, non mordermi sul collo - commedia parodia degli horror sui vampiri - non mi ha fatto cambiare idea sulle sue capacità artistiche: zero senso del ritmo, scene lunghissime ed inutili, personaggi ridotti a macchiette e (poche) battute stantie già all'epoca.
Qualcosa di carino c'è: la scena del ballo è in effetti ben architettata ed interpretata, ma per il resto si vede ben poco che faccia davvero ridere.
Poi c'è Sharon Tate, che non per caso all'epoca era nota come una delle donne più belle del mondo. E quando è in scena è uno spettacolo.

Nel genere, imparagonabile a perle come Spider Baby od i classici di Mel Brooks.

Voto: 4 (Roman, va a lavorare! )
Tags: commedia, horror, vampiro, parodia, avventura, sangue, morso, dissanguamento, congelamento, zoticone, bagno, cripta, castello, lupo, sci, neve, cannone, ballo, incesto, omosessualità, freak, pipistrello.

Per favore, non mordermi sul collo

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La ricerca ha prodotto più di un risultato.

1. Dance of the Vampires (1967)
2. Fearless Vampire Killers: Vampires 101, The (1967)
3. Return of the Killer Bikini Vampire Girls (2005) (V)
4. Lesbian Vampire Killers (2008)
5. Vampiros lesbos (1971)
6. Kung Fu Vampire Killers (2001) (V)

Brooks, Mel (I)

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Nome di battesimo: Kaminsky, Melvin
Data di nascita: 28 June 1926
Altezza: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Coniuge: Anne Bancroft::(5 August 1964 - 6 June 2005) (her death) 1 child, Florence Baum::(1951 - 1961) (divorced) 3 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Get Smart (2008) .... (characters) [scrittore]
• "Spaceballs: The Animated Series" (2007) .... (producer) (unknown episodes) [produttore]
• The Producers (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Robots (2005) .... Bigweld (voice) [attore]
• It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) (TV) .... Joe Snow (voice) [attore]
• Recording 'The Producers': A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks (2001) (TV) .... (book) [scrittore]
• Sex, lögner & videovåld (2000) (V) .... Stressed old man [attore]
• Svitati (1999) .... Jake Gordon [attore]
• The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998) .... (funding generously provided by) [misc]
• The Prince of Egypt (1998) .... Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited) [attore]

Trivia random: Part of his duties in WWII was defusing landmines in areas before the infantry moved in.
Citazione random: "I cut my finger. That's tragedy. A man walks into an open sewer and dies. That's comedy."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Tate, Sharon

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Nome di battesimo: Tate, Sharon Marie
Data di nascita: 24 January 1943
Data di morte: 9 August 1969
Altezza: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Coniuge: Roman Polanski::(20 January 1968 - 9 August 1969) (her death)

Ultimi lavori:

• 12 + 1 (1969) .... Pat [attrice]
• The Wrecking Crew (1969) .... Freya Carlson [attrice]
• Dance of the Vampires (1967) .... Sarah Shagal [attrice]
• Don't Make Waves (1967) .... Malibu [attrice]
• Valley of the Dolls (1967) .... Jennifer North Polar [attrice]
• Eye of the Devil (1966) .... Odile de Caray [attrice]
• The Americanization of Emily (1964) .... Beautiful girl (uncredited) [attrice]
• Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962) .... Undetermined Role (uncredited) [attrice]
• Barabba (1961) .... Patrician In Arena (uncredited) [attrice]

Biografia:
Sharon's early life was one of constant moving as her father served in the military. When she lived in Italy, she was voted "Homecoming Queen" of her high school. After being an extra in a few Italian films, Sharon headed to Hollywood where she would again start as an extra. Her first big break came when she was cast as the shapely bank secretary, Janet Trego, in the Television Series "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962) (1963-1965)". In 1967, she would meet her future husband, Director Roman Polanski, on the set of the English film _Fearless Vampire Killers, The (1967)_. Sharon's big role would be that same year when she was the starlet in Valley of the Dolls (1967). With her marriage to Roman, her life became one of parties, travel, and meeting influential movie people. She would appear as a red haired beauty in the spy spoof The Wrecking Crew (1969) working with Dean Martin and the equally beautiful Elke Sommer. Sharon then took time off from films as she awaited the birth of her first child. On August 9, 1969, a pregnant Sharon Tate and four other people where murdered by members of the "Manson family".

Trivia random: When, in 2003, E! Entertainment Television ranked the "101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment", the murder of Sharon Tate was listed at number nine.
Citazione random: "My whole life has been decided by fate..."
Salario massimo: $125,000, per The Wrecking Crew (1969)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

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Regista: Roman Polanski
Scrittore: Ira Levin, Roman Polanski
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Valutazione: 8.0/10 (26272 voti) [#227 nella top250]
Durata: 136 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Mia Farrow .... Rosemary Woodhouse
• John Cassavetes .... Guy Woodhouse
• Ruth Gordon .... Minnie Castevet
• Sidney Blackmer .... Roman Castevet
• Maurice Evans .... Edward 'Hutch' Hutchins
• Ralph Bellamy .... Dr. Abraham Sapirstein
• Victoria Vetri .... Terry Gionoffrio (as Angela Dorian)
• Patsy Kelly .... Laura-Louise McBirney
• Elisha Cook Jr. .... Mr. Nicklas (as Elisha Cook)
• Emmaline Henry .... Elise Dunstan

Trama:
Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse move into an apartment in a building with a bad reputation. They discover that their neighbours are a very friendly elderly couple named Roman and Minnie Castevet, and Guy begins to spend a lot of time with them. Strange things start to happen: a woman Rosemary meets in the washroom dies a mysterious death, Rosemary has strange dreams and hears strange noises and Guy becomes remote and distant. Then Rosemary falls pregnant and begins to suspect that her neighbours have special plans for her child.

Trivia random: This was Roman Polanski's first American film. His first American film was going to be Downhill Racer (1969), but Robert Evans of Paramount decided that "Rosemary's Baby" would be more suited to Polanski.
Citazione random: Rosemary Woodhouse: What have you done to him? What have you done to his eyes, you maniacs!::Roman Castevet: He has his father's eyes.::Rosemary Woodhouse: What do you mean? Guy's eyes are normal!

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Polanski, Roman

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Nome di battesimo: Liebling, Roman
Data di nascita: 18 August 1933
Altezza: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Coniuge: Emmanuelle Seigner::(30 August 1989 - present) 2 children, Sharon Tate::(20 January 1968 - 9 August 1969) (her death), Barbara Lass::(19 September 1959 - 1962) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (2007) .... (segment "Cinéma Erotique") [regista]
• Rush Hour 3 (2007) .... Detective Revi [attore]
• Oliver Twist (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Pianist (2002) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Zemsta (2002) .... Papkin [attore]
• Hommage à Alfred Lepetit (2000) .... [attore]
• Castelnuovo (1999) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Ninth Gate (1999) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Death and the Maiden (1994) .... [regista]
• Una Pura formalità (1994) .... Inspector [attore]

Biografia:
Roman Polanski's parents returned to Poland from France just two years before the World War II began: both were taken later to concentration camps where his mother eventually died. Young Roman managed to escape the ghetto and learned to survive wandering through the Polish countryside and living with the different Catholic families. Though local people usually ignored cinemas where mostly German films were shown, Polanski seemed not very much concerned about patriotism and frequently went to the movies. In 1945, he reunited with his father who sent him to technical school, but young Polanski seemed to have already made his choice. In the 1950s, he took up acting, appearing in Andrzej Wajda's Pokolenie (1955) before studying at the Lodz Film School. His early shorts such as Dwaj ludzie z szafa (1958), Gros et le maigre, Le (1961), and Ssaki (1963) showed his taste for black humor and interest in bizarre human relationships. His feature debut, Nóz w wodzie (1962), was the first Polish post-war film not associated with the war theme. Though being already a major Polish filmmaker, Polanski yet chose to leave the country and headed to France. Being down-and-out in Paris, he befriended young scriptwriter, Gérard Brach, who eventually became his long-time collaborator. The next two films, Repulsion (1965) and Cul-de-sac (1966), made in England and co-written by Brach, won respectively Silver and Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festivals. In 1968, Polanski went to Hollywood, where he made the psychological thriller Rosemary's Baby (1968). However, after the brutal murder of his wife Sharon Tate by the infamous Manson gang in 1969, the director decided to return to Europe. In 1974, he again appeared with a US release of Chinatown (1974). It seemed the beginning of the promising Hollywood career, but after his conviction for the statutory rape of a 13-year old girl, Polanski fled from America to avoid prison. After Tess (1979), which was awarded several Oscars and Cesars, his work became intermittent and rarely approached the level of his better known films. The director also stretched his talents to include occasional work in theatre. He still likes to act in the films of other directors, sometimes with interesting results as it was in Pura formalità, Una (1994).

Trivia random: In 1969, while he was on out-of-town business, his wife, actress Sharon Tate was brutally murdered by cult leader Charles Manson and his cult members. She was eight-months pregnant with their first child at the time. He has said that his life's biggest regret was not being present at the house on Cielo Drive, Beverly Hills the night his wife Sharon Tate and four others were brutally murdered.
Citazione random: "Every film I make represents a departure for me. You see, it takes so long to make a film. By the time you get to the next one you're already a different man. You've grown up by one or two years."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.