la casa 3/7

The Horror Show, noto (si fa per dire) sul mercato internazionale con il titolo "La Casa 3" ed in Italia anche come "La Casa 7", non ha niente a che vedere con la saga di Sam Raimi.
Trattasi infatti di un riprovevole tentativo di sfruttare l'altrui popolarità, miseramente fallito e per questo meritevole delle nostre simpatie.

Un serial killer viene catturato da un detective; sulla sedia elettrica, dopo un bel po' di corrente alternata, l'empio figuro promette allo sbirro che sarebbe tornato per vendicarsi. Very Original^®.
Lo siensiato di turno ci informa che l'elettricità può in effetti liberare la presenza spirituale dei malvagi e/o renderli più potenti e/o sconfiggerli (i mille usi dell'ENEL...)
La vendetta sulla famiglia dell'agente ha inizio, e nessuno sembra salvarsi (non lo spettatore, quanto meno).

Diretto dal regista di Jason X e "firmato" da Alan Smithee (cough, cough), il film si rivela spendaccione in fatto di attori: il cuoiosissimo Lance Henriksen, la spettacolare faccia di Brion James (qui in quella che lui stesso considerava la sua miglior inpterpretazione: pensate un po'!) e la sorella di Michelle Pfeiffer.

Lentissimo, senza alcuna parvenza di senso e con effetti speciali risibili (oltre ad un buon numero di pettinature così anni '80 da far impressione), il film si segnala per la presenza del bambino più brutto del mondo e grandi scene trash come la prolungata esecuzione sulla sedia elettrica ed il cattivo vestito con la vestaglia da notte della moglie del detective (quest'ultima, una visione agghiacciante, in effetti )
Anche la faccia del malvagio che compare su neonati e tacchini è da storia del trash, per dirla tutta.

Consigliato solo a chi si vuole punire e teme la bolletta che potrebbe derivare dal costruirsi una sedia elettrica in salotto.

Voto: 2. Trashometro^® 6/10:
Tags: horror, polizia, detective, morte, serial killer, decapitazione, omicidio, sedia elettrica, amputazione, ferita, stigmate, incubo, famiglia, caldaia, rete elettrica, spirito, presenza, scienziato, slasher, trash.

Horror Show, The (1989)

Casa 7, La

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Regista: James Isaac
Scrittore: Alan Smithee, Leslie Bohem
Genere: Horror
Valutazione: 3.9/10 (610 voti)
Durata: 95 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Lance Henriksen .... Detective Lucas McCarthy
• Brion James .... Max Jenke
• Rita Taggart .... Donna McCarthy
• Dedee Pfeiffer .... Bonnie McCarthy
• Aron Eisenberg .... Scott McCarthy
• Thom Bray .... Peter Campbell
• Matt Clark .... Dr. Tower
• David Oliver .... Vinnie
• Terry Alexander .... Casey
• Lewis Arquette .... Lt. Miller

Trama:
Detective Lucas McCarthy finally apprehends "Meat Cleaver Max" and watches the electric chair execution from the audience. But killing Max Jenke only elevated him to another level of reality. Now Lucas' family is under attack, his sanity in question, and his house haunted. Aided by a disreputable college professor, can Lucas reclaim his mind, house, and family? Features Lance Henriksen as the Lucas McCarthy and Brion James as Max Jenke. One of the few movies featuring these actors as main characters.

Trivia random: Brion James (Max Jenke) has said in several interviews that of all the roles he's played, this is his favorite.
Citazione random: Max Jenke: [dying] Lucas, I'm coming back to tear your world apart... I'm going to fuck you up.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Pfeiffer, Dedee

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Nome di battesimo: Pfeiffer, Dorothy D.
Data di nascita: 1 January 1964
Altezza: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Coniuge: Santiago A. Gomez::(22 September 2001 - 15 August 2006) (divorced) 2 children, Gregory Fein::(13 October 1996 - January 2001) (divorced) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• Fix (2008) .... Daphne [attrice]
• Alien vs. Hunter (2007) .... [attrice]
• A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper (2007) .... Harlin [attrice]
• Seventeen & Missing (2006) (TV) .... Emilie Janzen [attrice]
• Hoboken Hollow (2005) .... Rhonda [attrice]
• Wanted (2005) (TV) .... Lucinda Rose [attrice]
• Blue Demon (2004) (V) .... Marla Collins [attrice]
• A Killer Within (2004) .... Sarah Moss [attrice]
• Titletown (2003) (TV) .... [attrice]
• Neurotic Tendencies (2001) (TV) .... [attrice]

Trivia random: Gave birth to her first child, a boy (born 2002)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Henriksen, Lance

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Nome di battesimo: Henriksen, Lance James
Data di nascita: 5 May 1940
Altezza: 5' 10¼" (1.78 m)
Coniuge: Jane Pollack::(22 April 1995 - present) 1 child, Mary Jane Evans::(10 February 1985 - 1988) (divorced) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• Alone in the Dark II (2009) (V) .... Abner Lundbert [attore]
• The Chosen One (2008) .... Cardinal Fred (voice) [attore]
• Pistol Whipped (2008) .... The Old Man [attore]
• Sabotage (2008) .... Dr. Fibrian [attore]
• Talking with Dog (2008) .... [attore]
• Bone Dry (2007) .... Jimmy [attore]
• Dark Reel (2007) .... Connor Pritchett [attore]
• Deadwater (2007) .... Captain John Willets [attore]
• Dying God (2007) .... Chance [attore]
• In the Spider's Web (2007) (TV) .... Dr. Lecorpus [attore]

Biografia:
An intense, versatile actor as adept at playing clean-cut FBI agents as he is playing psychotic motorcycle-gang leaders, who can go from portraying soulless, murderous vampires to burned-out, world-weary homicide detectives, Lance Henriksen has starred in a variety of films that have allowed him to stretch his talents just about as far as an actor could possibly hope. One of his latest projects was AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004), directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. He also appeared in the TNT original movie Evel Knievel (2004) (TV), directed by John Badham and executive produced by Mel Gibson. Henriksen portrayed "Awful Knoffel" in this project based on the life of the famed daredevil, played by George Eads. Henriksen starred for three seasons (1996-1999) on "Millennium" (1996/I), Fox-TV's critically acclaimed series created by Chris Carter ("The X Files" (1993)). His performance as "Frank Black", a retired FBI agent who has the ability to get inside the minds of killers, landed him three consecutive Golden Globe nominations for "Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series" and a People's Choice Award nomination for "Favorite New TV Male Star". FOX Home Entertainment has just released the first season of "Millennium" on DVD. Born in New York, Henriksen studied at the Actors Studio and began his career off-Broadway in Eugene O'Neill's "Three Plays of the Sea." One of his first film appearances was as an FBI agent in Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon (1975), followed by Lumet's Network (1976) and Prince of the City (1981). He then appeared in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) with Richard Dreyfuss and François Truffaut, Damien: Omen II (1978) and in Philip Kaufman's The Right Stuff (1983), in which he played Mercury astronaut Capt. Wally Schirra. James Cameron cast Henriksen in his first directorial effort, Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981), then used him in The Terminator (1984), and cast him as the android Bishop in the sci-fi classic Aliens (1986). Director Sam Raimi, who used Henriksen in his quirky western The Quick and the Dead (1995) opposite Russell Crowe, Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman, says, "Lance is a brilliant performer who goes way beyond acting. He becomes his character completely, leaving no trace of his former self and making something of every moment on screen." Henriksen's additional feature credits include what is one of his best-known roles, that of the head of a family of murderous redneck vampires in Kathryn Bigelow's cult vampire film Near Dark (1987). He's also appeared in Jagged Edge (1985), Pumpkinhead (1989), The Horror Show (1989), Survival Quest (1989), director Walter Hill's Johnny Handsome (1989), The Pit and the Pendulum (1991) (V), Bruce Robinson's Jennifer Eight (1992), Alien³ (1992), Richard Rush's Color of Night (1994), Powder (1995), Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man (1995), Disney's animated feature Tarzan (1999) and John Woo's first American film, Hard Target (1993), for which Henriksen received a Saturn Award as Best Supporting Actor. He was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in the TNT original film The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998) (TV) and had starring roles in PBS' Emmy-winning The Dark End of the Street (1981) and HBO's "Tales from the Crypt" (1989). Henriksen also played actor Charles Bronson in the television movie Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991) (TV). In addition to his abilities as an actor, Henriksen is an accomplished painter and potter. His talent as a ceramist has enabled him to create some of the most unusual ceramic artworks available on the art market today. He resides in Southern California with his wife Jane and their five-year-old daughter Sage.

Trivia random: He was walking through a hotel lobby in Romania (where he was wrapping up another film) when he was offered One Point 0.
Citazione random: "If I'm going to have a rough time doing it, then that's what I'll do. If I'm in the comfort zone, I can't. I have to get off-balance enough to be alive."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

James, Brion (I)

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Nome di battesimo: James, Brion Howard
Data di nascita: 20 February 1945
Data di morte: 7 August 1999
Altezza: 6' 3" (1.91 m)
Coniuge: Maxine James::(? - 1996) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• Phoenix Point (2003) .... Spider Rico [attore]
• Farewell, My Love (2001) .... Renault [attore]
• The King Is Alive (2000) .... Ashley [attore]
• The Operator (2000) .... Vernon Woods [attore]
• Arthur's Quest (1999) (TV) .... Trent [attore]
• Diplomatic Siege (1999) .... Gen. Stubbs [attore]
• Dirt Merchant (1999) .... Detective Harry Ball [attore]
• Foolish (1999) .... Ruben Reyes, Talent Scout (uncredited) [attore]
• The Hunter's Moon (1999) .... Sheriff Foulkes [attore]
• Black Sea 213 (1998) .... Captain Killick [attore]

Biografia:
Born February 20, 1945, in Redlands, California, the family soon moved to Beaumont, California (between Los Angeles and Palm Springs), where his parents Jimmy and Ida Mae James built and operated a movie theater, where stars such as Gene Autry would occasionally stop by. After graduating from Beaumont High School in 1962, Brion attended San Diego State University, majoring in theater arts. Upon graduation he moved to New York to study acting while working a variety of jobs to support himself in the early years. He also did a stint in the National Guard. He and fellow actor Tim Thomerson served in the army together and later made several films together. A veteran of over 100 television and 120+ movie roles, James is best remembered for roles such as the replicant Leon in Blade Runner (1982), Gen. Munro in The Fifth Element (1997), Big Teddy in Cabin Boy (1994), Max Jenke in The Horror Show (1989) (his personal favorite) as well as countless other parts in films like Southern Comfort (1981), The Player (1992), Tango & Cash (1989), 48 Hrs. (1982), Another 48 Hrs. (1990), Enemy Mine (1985) and Silverado (1985). Brion is survived by two brothers, Craig James of Scottsdale, Arizona, Chester James of Beaumont, California and their families.

Trivia random: Vietnam buddy with actor Tim Thomerson
Citazione random: "Total Recall came out a week before Another 48 Hours that summer, it made twenty-five million. The studio panicked. My stuff was in there until one week before the film opened. They cut twenty-five minutes out of that movie, a week before it opened. It went from around 140 to down around 95 minutes. They said cut all the behavior, action, comedy, done. I lost every major scene I had. That's the last time I ever cared about a movie because I went to the press screening and it was like getting kicked in the stomach, seeing what's not there. I'm the third lead and I looked like a dressed extra. All the stuff that they had in the set-up, stuff in the trailer, all those scenes were gone." - On his part in Another 48 Hours being seriously cut down.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Jason X (2001)

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Regista: James Isaac
Scrittore: Victor Miller, Todd Farmer
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Valutazione: 4.4/10 (10982 voti)
Durata: 93 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Kane Hodder .... Jason Voorhees / Uber-Jason
• Lexa Doig .... Rowan
• Chuck Campbell .... Tsunaron
• Lisa Ryder .... Kay-Em 14
• Peter Mensah .... Sgt. Brodski
• Melyssa Ade .... Janessa
• Derwin Jordan .... Waylander
• Jonathan Potts .... Prof. Lowe
• Dov Tiefenbach .... Azrael
• David Cronenberg .... Dr. Wimmer

Trama:
Set way in the future, Earth is no longer inhabitable, so humans have colonized in outer space. One colony receives two cryogenically frozen bodies, and when they defrost them, one of the bodies turns out to be.....who else? Jason Voorhees. No longer in the forest or Camp Crystal Lake, Jason stalks the colonists in a whole new environment.

Trivia random: The "sleeping bag death" scene was first done in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), and was actually ad-libbed by Kane Hodder in that film out of frustration at re-shooting the same scene over and over.
Citazione random: Geko: Let's smoke this fucker.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Raimi, Sam

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Nome di battesimo: Raimi, Samuel Marshall
Data di nascita: 23 October 1959
Altezza: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
Coniuge: Gillian Greene::(1993 - present) 5 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Armored (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Evil Dead (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Grudge 3 (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Priest (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Untitled Shannon-Swift Project (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Dibbuk Box (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Drag Me to Hell (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• "Wizard's First Rule" (2008) (mini) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• 30 Days of Night (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Boogeyman 2 (2007) (V) .... (producer) [produttore]

Biografia:
Highly inventive US film director/producer/writer/actor Sam Raimi first came to the attention of film fans with the savage, yet darkly humorous, low-budget horror film The Evil Dead (1981). From his childhood Raimi was a fan of the cinema and before he was ten years old, he was out making movies with an 8mm camera. He was a devoted fan of The Three Stooges, so much of Raimi's film work in his teens, with good friends Bruce Campbell and Robert G. Tapert, was slapstick comedy based around what they had observed from Stooges movies. Among the three of them they wrote, directed, produced and edited a short horror movie titled Within the Woods (1978), which was then shown to prospective investors to raise the money necessary to film The Evil Dead (1981). It met with lukewarm interest in the US with local distributors, so Raimi took the film to Europe, where it was much more warmly received. After it started gaining positive reviews and, more importantly, ticket sales upon its release in Europe, US distributors showed renewed interest, and "Evil Dead" was eventually released stateside to strong box office returns. His next directorial effort was Crimewave (1985), a quirky, cartoon-like effort that failed to catch fire with audiences. However, he bounced back with Evil Dead II (1987), a racier and more humorous remake/sequel to the original "Dead" that did even better at the box office. Raimi was then given his biggest budget to date to shoot Darkman (1990), a comic book-style fantasy about a scarred avenger. The film did moderate business, but Raimi's strong visual style was evident throughout the film via inventive and startling camera work that caught the attention of numerous critics. The third chapter in the Evil Dead story beckoned, and Raimi once again directed buddy Campbell as the gritty hero "Ash", in the Gothic horror _Army of Darkness (1993)_. Raimi surprised fans when he took a turn away from the fantasy genre and directed Gene Hackman and Sharon Stone in the sexy western The Quick and the Dead (1995); four years later he took the directorial reins on A Simple Plan (1998), a crime thriller about stolen money starring Bill Paxton and Bridget Fonda. In early 1999 he directed the baseball film For Love of the Game (1999) and in 2000 returned to the fantasy genre with a top-flight cast in The Gift (2000). In 2002 Raimi was given a real opportunity to demonstrate his dynamic visual style with the big-budget film adaptation of the Stan Lee comic book superhero Spider-Man (2002), and fans were not disappointed. The movie was strong in both script and effects, and was a runaway success at the box office. Of course, Raimi returned for the sequel, Spider-Man 2 (2004), which surpassed the original in box-office takings. Raimi remains one of Hollywood's most creative, exciting and intelligent filmmakers.

Trivia random: Born on the same day as 'Weird Al' Yankovic'.
Citazione random: In an American horror film, you usually have a character and a shot of them. Then their point-of-view moving down a hallway, approaching a door and they're coming closer to the door. And a hand reaches for the knob, and you know, the moment or the moment before or the moment after, based on the timing of the editor and the director, there'll be a big moment of an attack or a scare. What Shimizu does is a moment where Sarah Michelle Gellar is opening this closet, to see what's inside, and we Americans think something is going to jump out, there's nothing in the closet but darkness. And then you start to realize, within that darkness, you see a shape. Is it a knee? Oh, yes it's a knee, and there's a face in there. That's always been there. That I can just perceive within the blackness. And it unnerves me in the freakiest way! And in a completely different way than the sledgehammer technique of some of our cruder American directors. [pause] Such as myself!"

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Warner, Allyn

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Ultimi lavori:

• "Hour Magazine" (1980) .... (unknown episodes) [scrittore]
• The Captain & Tennille Songbook (1979) (TV) .... [scrittore]
• "Presenting Susan Anton" (1979) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• "Everyday" (1978) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962) .... (unknown episodes) [scrittore]

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Isaac, James

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Data di nascita: 5 June 1960

Ultimi lavori:

• Pig Hunt (2008) .... (co-producer) [produttore]
• Skinwalkers (2006) .... [regista]
• Jason X (2001) .... (executive producer) (as Jim Isaac) [produttore]
• Naked Lunch (1991) .... (project supervisor) [misc]
• The Horror Show (1989) .... [regista]
• The Fly (1986) .... (creature effects: C.W.I.) (as Jim Smash Isaac) [misc]
• Gremlins (1984) .... (creature crew) [misc]
• Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) .... (creature technician) [misc]

Trivia random: Cites famous director David Cronenberg as his mentor and idol.
Citazione random: About his mentor David Cronenberg: "David knew I wanted to direct and it was my goal. He let me into his world and I could ask him any questions I wanted on what he was doing. I'd ask, 'Why did you block it like that,' or 'What were you thinking here?' He really allowed me to pick his brain."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

no country for old men

Joel e Ethan Coen tornano alla violenza, e lo fanno con stile, poco da dire.

Un cacciatore si imbatte nel teatro di una sparatoria tra trafficanti di droga: l'impossessarsi di una valigia con due milioni di dollari segnerà la sua vita; sulla sue tracce la polizia ed una serie di killer, tra i quali spicca un lucidissimo psicopatico.
Sullo sfondo - ma neanche tanto - il continuo disgregarsi della società, visto attraverso gli occhi del vecchio sceriffo (Tommy Lee Jones) che forse è più parte del problema che parte della soluzione, nonostante gli piaccia credere il contrario.

Pregevole la regia e la fotografia, tutti ottimi gli interpreti, a partire dall'eccezionale Javier Bardem che mette in scena un killer del tutto dedito a quello che più che un lavoro è una missione.

Non è un paese per vecchi è un ottimo film? Sì, senza dubbio.
È un capolavoro assoluto? Probabilmente no.
Meritava i suoi Oscar? Probabile, anche se forse non è stata poi una annata indimenticabile (e l'esclusione di La Promessa dell'Assassino grida vendetta).

Voto: 8+.
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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:

• Killing Pablo (2009) .... Pablo Escobar [attore]
• Nine (2009) .... Guido Contini (attached) [attore]
• Tetro (2009) .... (rumored) [attore]
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) .... [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) .... Brother Lorenzo [attore]
• Collateral (2004) .... Felix [attore]
• Mar adentro (2004/I) .... Ramón Sampedro [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: Has four Goya Awards (the Spanish equivalent of the Oscar).
Citazione random: The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I'm a shy person, even if I don't look it.

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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:

• Gambit (2009) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• Hail Caesar (2009) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• 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]
• The Ladykillers (2004) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Bad Santa (2003) .... (executive producer) [produttore]

Trivia random: As of 2008 joined (along with his brother Joel) the prestigious group of individuals to have won Oscars for writing, directing and producing in the same year, for the film 'No Country for Old Men'. The others are Peter Jackson for 'Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kind', James L Brooks for 'Terms of Endearment', Frances Ford Coppola for 'The Godfather: Part 2', Billy Wilder for 'The Apartment' and Leo McCarey for 'Going my Way'. James Cameron also won three Oscars for 'Titanic' but they were for directing, producing and editing.
Citazione random: We aren't the grandfathers of any movement. In the 1980s, the so-called indie film movement was a media creation. What I found irritating is that 'independent' became an encomium. If it was independent, it was supposed to be good, and studio films were bad. Obviously, there are bad independent films and good studio films.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Jones, Tommy Lee

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Data di nascita: 15 September 1946
Altezza: 6' (1.83 m)
Coniuge: Dawn Jones::(19 March 2001 - present), Kimberlea Gayle Cloughley::(30 May 1981 - 1996) (divorced) 2 children, Kate Lardner::(1971 - 1978) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• In the Electric Mist (2008) .... Dave Robicheaux [attore]
• In the Valley of Elah (2007) .... Hank Deerfield [attore]
• No Country for Old Men (2007) .... Ed Tom Bell [attore]
• A Prairie Home Companion (2006) .... Axeman [attore]
• Man of the House (2005/I) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Hunted (2003) .... L.T. Bonham [attore]
• The Missing (2003/I) .... Samuel Jones/Chaa-duu-ba-its-iidan [attore]
• Men in Black II (2002) .... Kevin Brown, Agent Kay [attore]
• Rules of Engagement (2000) .... Col. Hayes 'Hodge' Hodges [attore]

Biografia:
Born in San Saba, Texas, the son of Clyde C. and Lucille Marie (Scott) Jones, Tommy Lee Jones worked in underwater construction and on an oil rig. He attended St. Mark's School of Texas, a prestigious prep school for boys in Dallas, on a scholarship, and went to Harvard on another scholarship.He roomed with future Vice President Al Gore and played offensive guard in the famous 29-29 Harvard-Yale football game of '68 known as "The Tie." He received a B.A. in English literature and graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1969. Following college, he moved to New York and began his theatrical career on Broadway in "A Patriot for Me" (1969). In 1970, he made his film debut in Love Story (1970). While living in New York, he continued to appear in various plays, both on- and off-Broadway: "Fortune and Men's Eyes" (1969); "Four on a Garden" (1971); "Blue Boys" (1972); "Ulysses in Nighttown" (1974). During this time, he also appeared on a daytime soap opera, "One Life to Live" (1968) as Dr. Mark Toland from 1971-75. He moved with wife Kate Lardner, granddaughter of short-story writer/columnist Ring Lardner, and her two children from a previous marriage, to Los Angeles. There he began to get some roles on television: "Charlie's Angels" (1976) (pilot episode); Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976) (TV); and The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) (TV). While working on the movie Back Roads (1981), he met and fell in love with Kimberlea Cloughley, whom he later married. More roles in television--both on network and cable--stage and film garnered him a reputation as a strong, explosive, thoughtful actor who could handle supporting as well as leading roles. He made his directorial debut in The Good Old Boys (1995) (TV) on TNT. In addition to directing and starring in the film, he co-wrote the teleplay (with J.T. Allen). The film, based on Elmer Kelton's novel, is set in west Texas where Jones has strong family ties. Consequently, this story of a cowboy facing the end of an era has special meaning for him.

Trivia random: Jones was also a resident of Midland, Texas, and attended the same high school as the future First Lady Laura Bush.
Citazione random: "I really enjoyed a remark that Howard Hawks once made. He said the most important thing is not to ask an actor to do anything he can't do. Same thing goes for horses."
Salario massimo: $20,000,000+ gross %, per Men in Black II (2002)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Non è un paese per vecchi

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Regista: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Scrittore: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Valutazione: 8.6/10 (68565 voti) [#38 nella top250]
Durata: 122 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Spanish

Cast:

• Tommy Lee Jones .... Ed Tom Bell
• Javier Bardem .... Anton Chigurh
• Josh Brolin .... Llewelyn Moss
• Woody Harrelson .... Carson Wells
• Kelly Macdonald .... Carla Jean Moss
• Garret Dillahunt .... Wendell
• Tess Harper .... Loretta Bell
• Barry Corbin .... Ellis
• Stephen Root .... Man who hires Wells
• Rodger Boyce .... El Paso Sheriff

Trama:
In rural Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Rather than report the discovery to the police, Moss decides to simply take the two million dollars present for himself. This puts the psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh, on his trail as he dispassionately murders nearly every rival, bystander and even employer in his pursuit of his quarry and the money. As Moss desperately attempts to keep one step ahead, the blood from this hunt begins to flow behind him with relentlessly growing intensity as Chigurh closes in. Meanwhile, the laconic Sherrif Ed Tom Bell blithely oversees the investigation even as he struggles to face the sheer enormity of the crimes he is attempting to thwart.

Trivia random: Is the first movie with two directors since West Side Story (1961) to win the Best Picture Academy Award.
Citazione random: Wendell: You know, there might not have been no money.::Ed Tom Bell: That's possible.::Wendell: But you don't believe it.::Ed Tom Bell: No. Probably I don't.::Wendell: It's a mess, ain't it, sheriff?::Ed Tom Bell: If it ain't, it'll do till the mess gets here.

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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:

• Gambit (2009) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• Hail Caesar (2009) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• 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]
• The Ladykillers (2004) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Bad Santa (2003) .... (executive producer) [produttore]

Trivia random: Born to Edward Coen, an economist at the University of Minnesota, and his wife Rita, an art historian at St. Cloud State University.
Citazione random: Frequently we are writing characters and we are thinking, 'Wouldn't it be interesting to see such and such play this kind of a person', and the character starts to grow out of that as you are writing it. It's a combination of things that you are making up and what you know about the actor.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

ninja assassin - anche no

Va bene che ormai dai fratelli Wachowski non mi aspetto altro che porcatine semi-stylish, ma con Ninja Assassin si esagera davvero, trascinando nel fango anche un tal Straczynski qui impegnato a mettere mano ad una sceneggiatura non pervenuta.

Poootentissimo ninja di un millenario clan, fugge dopo aver fatto particolarmente poco per impedire la morte della pseudo-amata.
Nella sua strada per la vendetta, si ritroverà senza alcuna spiegazione plausibile a difendere una tizia dell'europol (ebbene sì) da ondate su ondate di fessi in calzamaglia che si fanno impallinare uno ad uno come tordi. Però sono letalissimi quando non serve, tipo contro tutte le comparse.
Si giunge infine allo scontro finale con Il Maestro^® - uno Shô Kosugi più severo-ma-giusto del solito, coi suoi metodi didattici da Signorina Rottenmeier.

Il non avere una logica non sarebbe neanche un problema, se i combattimenti fossero fatti bene.
Purtroppo dare in mano la telecamera ad un malato di parkinson ubriaco, non si è rivelata una grande idea: movimenti convulsi e privi senso, messi lì - si suppone - per coprire l'inettitudine degli attori. Al qual proposito non si può non sottolineare la grande prova di quell'eclettico artista di Rain, che saltella in giro con la stessa disinvoltura con cui fa le smorfie.
Una regia senza freni ci regala poi altre perle in qua e in là, non ultimi dei grandi inseguimenti automobilistici ed una serie di ritratti di Kosugi visto di fronte/di lato/da sopra/da sotto.

Il film ha comunque i suoi meriti istruttivi: ad esempio scopriamo - ma già lo sospettavamo - che Shô Kosugi è in grado di eseguire complessi interventi chirurgici in laparoscopia a mani nude, e che il corpo umano contiene 300 litri di sangue, ad una pressione di 80 atmosfere.

Voto: meno del numero di punte di uno shuriken.
Trashometro^® 6/10:
Tags: ninja, azione, thriller, clan, Rain, Shô Kosugi, fratelli Wachowski, europol, inseguimento, auto, ferita, omicidio, ombra, buio, shuriken, arti marziali, mulinar di braccine, vendetta, punizione, severo ma giusto, tatuaggio, ecatombe, arresto, oro, trash.

Wachowski, Andy

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Nome di battesimo: Wachowski, Andrew Paul
Data di nascita: 29 December 1967
Altezza: 6' 3¼" (1.91 m)
Coniuge: Alisa Blasingame::(1991 - present)

Ultimi lavori:

• Ninja Assassin (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Speed Racer (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Matrix Online (2005) (VG) .... (characters) [scrittore]
• The Matrix: Path of Neo (2005) (VG) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• V for Vendetta (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Enter the Matrix (2003) (VG) .... (written by) (as The Wachowski Brothers) [scrittore]
• Final Flight of the Osiris (2003) .... (written by) [scrittore]
• Kid's Story (2003) .... (story) [scrittore]
• The Animatrix (2003) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003) .... (executive producer) [produttore]

Trivia random: He and his brother have written a screenplay called "Carnivore". The script was one of the scripts on Empire magazine's "Twelve Greatest Unproduced Scripts In Hollywood" list. (As of October 2003 it is still unproduced.)
Salario massimo: $4,000,000 + gross points, per The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Rain (IV)

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Nome di battesimo: Ji-Hoon, Jeong
Data di nascita: 25 June 1982
Altezza: 6' 0½" (1.84 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Ninja Assassin (2009) .... Raizo [attore]
• "East of Eden" (2008) .... [attore]
• Speed Racer (2008) .... Taejo Togokahn [attore]
• Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family (2008) (V) .... Taejo Togokhan [attore]
• Saibogujiman kwenchana (2006) .... Park Il-sun [attore]
• "Pool ha-woo-seu" (2004) .... Lee Yeong-jae [attore]
• "Sangdooya hakgyo kaja!" (2003) .... Sang-doo Cha [attore]

Biografia:
Rain was born in Seoul, South Korea, on June 25, 1982 with the birth name Jung Jihoon. He was extremely shy in elementary school, stating in interviews that he barely spoke a word. He caught the desire to become a dancer when, at a school talent show in sixth grade, no one from his school stepped forward to dance so he gave it a try, imitating the moves he saw on TV. The applause was extremely gratifying and he decided on the spot to become a professional dancer. In order to learn, he sought out older street dancers, who sometimes helped him, sometimes bullied and beat him up. Rain and his younger sister, Hana, enjoyed a comfortable life until the Korean recession of 1997, when his father's mill and bakery businesses failed. Bankrupt, his father left for Brazil to pursue economic opportunities, leaving Rain's mother to try to support the family as a food vendor. Rain's mother was ailing from diabetes due to lack of money for medical care and insulin. Rain got a start in the entertainment business briefly as part of a six-member boy-band called Fanclub. Revealing abuses in the Korean entertainment industry, Rain described the Fanclub members as "caged animals" locked in the rehearsal room for up to ten hours without food. After Fanclub released only two CDs, the company promoting the band failed and Rain was back to square one. During his junior year of high school Rain lived with some of his dance group members, subsisting mostly on cups of ramen noodles. He auditioned eighteen times for entertainment companies but was told that, although he was talented, he was too ugly to become a star. He was told that he should have plastic surgery to create "double eyelids", a common Korean practice to obtain more western-looking eyes. Finally in 2000, he was accepted by JYP Entertainment as a trainee. CEO Park Jin Young, who put Rain through a grueling 3-4 hour audition, described Rain as "desperate" and "like a tiger who was about to starve to death" (2008 Discovery Channel documentary "Hip Korea"). JYP stipulated that Rain had to attend college so, after studying "ferociously," Rain got accepted to Kyunghee University and became a music major. Rain spent three years as a trainee and back-up dancer for JYP, who has stated that he was particularly critical of Rain in order to push him to be the best and keep him from "getting a swelled head." During Rain's time as a trainee, his family was living in poverty and his mother was becoming increasingly ill due to lack of money for medicine. Rain drove himself hard in order to prove himself ready to make his debut, but did not achieve success in time to save her life. She died from complications of diabetes a year before his debut. This event had a huge impact on Rain. He has said in interviews that he regrets having had conflict with her over skipping school to go to dance practice, and that he believes she is in heaven where she can see him. He says that a major motivation in his life is to make her proud and he still visits her grave before embarking on each new project. Another motivator Rain has mentioned is remembering what it was like to be hungry. He is a self-professed workaholic and after acting alongside him in Speed Racer, John Goodman called him "the hardest working man in show business."

Trivia random: His favorite artists are Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Ninja Assassin (2009)

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Regista: James McTeigue
Scrittore: Matthew Sand, J. Michael Straczynski
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Valutazione: 6.9/10 (3201 voti)
Durata: 99 min
Paese: USA, Germany
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Sung Kang .... Hollywood
• Randall Duk Kim .... Tattoo Master
• Jonathan Chan-Pensley .... Yakuza Henchman
• Yuki Iwamoto .... Yakuza Couch
• Ill-Young Kim .... Yakuza Mohawk
• Ben Miles .... Maslow
• Naomie Harris .... Mika
• Rain .... Raizo
• Stephen Marcus .... Kingpin
• Linh Dan Pham .... Pretty Ninja

Trama:
Trained since childhood to be a lethal killer, Raizo has since turned his back on the Ozunu clan that raised him and now seeks revenge for their heartless murders. Teaming up with Europol investigator Mika, Raizo steadily butchers his enemies while inching ever closer to the long-awaited bloody reunion with his former master.

Trivia random: Producers Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski hired J. Michael Straczynski to completely rewrite the script six weeks before filming started, as they weren't satisfied with Matthew Sand's original work. Straczynski finished the rewrite in 53 hours.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Kosugi, Shô

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Nome di battesimo: Kosugi, Shôichi
Data di nascita: 17 June 1948
Altezza: 6' 1" (1.85 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Ninja Assassin (2009) .... Ozunu [attore]
• The Scorpion King (2002) .... (choreographer: taiko) [misc]
• Tenchu (1998) (VG) .... Rikimaru (voice: Japanese version) [attore]
• Kyokutô koku shakai (1993) .... Larry Matsuda [attore]
• Za kakuto oh (1993) .... [regista]
• Kabuto (1991) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Blind Fury (1989) .... The Assassin (as Sho Kosugi) [attore]
• Aloha Summer (1988) .... Yukinaga Konishi [attore]
• Black Eagle (1988) .... Ken Tani [attore]
• Rage of Honor (1987) .... Shiro Tanaka [attore]

Biografia:
Easily the best known actor/martial artist during the 1980s ninja cinema craze, Kosugi was a proficient martial artist & skilled weapons performer which was highlighted in his several starring roles. Kosugi grew up as the youngest child and only son of a Tokyo fisherman, and began his martial arts training at the age of five studying karate at a local dojo. Sho expanded upon his martial arts studies, also learning judo & kendo, and by his 18th birthday he had achieved the status of All Japan Karate Champion. Intent on entering the world of international finance, Sho left Japan at only 19 years old to study and reside in Los Angeles, USA where he achieved a Bachelor's Degree in Economics, yet he also remained focused on constantly improving his martial arts skills. Throughout the early 1970s, Sho competed in hundred's of martial arts tournaments & demonstrations including winning the L.A. Open in 1972, 1973 & 1974. In addition, he also met a young Chinese woman named Shook, who was eventually to become his wife and mother of his children, plus Sho had his first foray into the cinema with part's in a minor Taiwanese film titled "The Killers", and then in a Korean production, shot in Los Angeles known as "The Stranger From Korea". Sho's big break came in 1981 when karate legend Mike Stone pitched a screenplay under the title of "Dance of Death" to Cannon Films. Cannon was at the time, a lackluster production house that had two years prior been purchased by film producer cousins Menahem Golan & Yoram Globus. The innovative cousins quickly turned Cannon into a profitable key player in the independently produced film market by latching onto topics popular to the youth market, having rapid shooting schedules, relatively unknown casts and tight budgets. Menehem Golan once remarked that he believed it was impossible to lose money on a film shot for the US market with a budget of under $5 million!! Cannon Films backed Stone's screenplay and the title was changed to _Enter The Ninja (1981)_ starring Franco Nero, Christopher George & Susan George with filming completed in the Phillipines in early 1981. Sho's role was as the evil black ninja "Hasegawa", and his icy screen presence and martial arts skills grabbed the attention of martial arts film fans, and ignited the huge fascination with ninjitsu that engulfed martial arts for the next decade. With the financial success of their first "ninja" film, Cannon readily backed a further ninja movie, only this time Sho was elevated to being the star of the film and had become a good guy!! Revenge of the Ninja (1983) was shot in Salt Lake City, Utah in late 1982 and featured Sho as a ninja master forced to flee from Japan to America with his only surviving son, after the rest of his family are butchered by opposing ninjas's. Launching into an art importing business with an American business partner, Sho finds out too late that his partner is also a ninja, importing drugs hidden in Sho's Japanese dolls. The second film outstripped the first on box office takings, and Sho Kosugi was now the hottest star in martial arts cinema! Based on those booming ticket sales, Cannon were once again happy to back another ninja movie, and in late 1983 shooting commenced in Phoenix, Arizona on Ninja III: The Domination (1984). The plot line however, was a rather strange affair, with the spirit of dead ninja possessing the body of dance instructor Christie (played by Solid Gold dancer Lucinda Dickey)......it was a misguided attempt by Cannon to combine ninjutsu with the 80s break dancing craze and horror movies about possession. None the less, fans didn't seem to mind, and the third installment in Cannon's ninja trilogy did reasonable business at the box office. Kosugi then starred in the short lived action TV series _"The Master" (1984)_ alongside legendary screen bad guy 'Lee van Cleef', before going onto star in several more ninja films, including taking on Mafia thugs in the bloody Pray for Death (1985), stopping terrorists as a ninja commando in Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985) and as a ninja secret agent taking on "the Muscles from Brussels" Jean-Claude Van Damme in the military adventure Black Eagle (1988). However, by 1990 the US movie going public had grown tired of a decade of black clad ninja's hurling shuriken's and swords at each other, and Sho Kosugi left Hollywood to venture back to Japan where he became involved in numerous TV productions again centered around martial arts. In 1992, Kosugi starred in his biggest budgeted movie to date, a samurai epic titled _Journey of Honor (1992)_ also featuring screen legends Toshirô Mifune and Christopher Lee. Since then, Kosugi has remained very active in Japanese TV, was involved in contributing martial arts choreography for the highly popular Sony Playstation game "Tenchu; Stealth Assassins", plus he returned to Hollywood in the late 1990s to set up the Sho Kosugi Institute to assist Asian actors wishing to break into the mainstream US film market. Undeniably, many of the ninja films featuring Sho Kosugi were marred by low budgets & cheap production....however his superb martial arts skills and captivating on screen presence have assured him a unique place in the history of martial arts cinema, and his name has become synonymous with the art of ninjitsu.

Trivia random: Performed the motion capturing for the Rikimaru character in the PlayStation game, "Tenchu: Stealth Assassins, " (1998) which was released in the U.S. and Japan.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

McTeigue, James

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Ultimi lavori:

• Ninja Assassin (2009) .... [regista]
• The Invasion (2007) .... (additional director) (uncredited) [regista]
• V for Vendetta (2005) .... [regista]
• Belinda (1988) .... (production assistant) (as James McTiegue) [misc]
• Boundaries of the Heart (1988) .... (production runner) [misc]

Trivia random: Grew up in Sydney, Australia.
Citazione random: "I don't think anyone wants to go to the cinema and get preached at. You have to evolve the ideas, some of them political, some of them personal, into a film. Then the film becomes like a Trojan Horse. You push it into the village as one thing and it comes out another thing. Hopefully it is something people think about afterward, have discussions about, even vehemently disagree on. I like the idea you can have the entertainment and the political idea in there."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Straczynski, J. Michael

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Nome di battesimo: Straczynski, Joseph Michael
Data di nascita: 17 July 1954
Altezza: 6' 3½" (1.92 m)
Coniuge: Kathryn M. Drennan::(? - ?) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• They Marched Into Sunlight (2010) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• Ninja Assassin (2009) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• Changeling (2008) .... (written by) [scrittore]
• Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark (2007) (V) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers: To Live and Die in Starlight (2002) (TV) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (2000) (TV) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999) (TV) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• "Crusade" (1999) .... (title designer: main titles) (unknown episodes) [misc]
• Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998) (TV) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998) (TV) .... (executive producer) [produttore]

Trivia random: Although he attended his 20-year high school reunion, he only found one former classmate who "sort of" remembered him.
Citazione random: To me science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe'.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Wachowski, Larry

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Nome di battesimo: Wachowski, Laurence
Data di nascita: 21 June 1965
Coniuge: Thea Bloom::(30 October 1993 - December 2002) (filed for divorce)

Ultimi lavori:

• Ninja Assassin (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Speed Racer (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Matrix Online (2005) (VG) .... (characters) [scrittore]
• The Matrix: Path of Neo (2005) (VG) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• V for Vendetta (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Enter the Matrix (2003) (VG) .... (written by) (as The Wachowski Brothers) [scrittore]
• Final Flight of the Osiris (2003) .... (written by) [scrittore]
• Kid's Story (2003) .... (story) [scrittore]
• The Animatrix (2003) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003) .... (executive producer) [produttore]

Trivia random: Attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School along with his brother Andy Wachowski in Chicago, Illinois.
Salario massimo: $4,000,000 + gross points, per The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

hancock

Stroncaticchio dalla critica, non partivo con grandi aspettative per Hancock; in effetti i suoi difetti sono evidenti e non certo piccoli, però alla fin fine qualcosa di decente sotto c'è.

Hancock è (per quanto ne sapeva...) l'ultimo della sua specie: immortale, invulnerabile, fortissimo ed in grado di volare.
Un vero supereroe, non fosse che non si sente minimamente in dovere di aiutare il prossimo, e quando lo fa riesce sempre a creare più guai di quanti ne risolva.
La città di Los Angeles gli è ostile, almeno finché non salverà la vita ad un PR idealista che si impegnerà per cambiare la sua immagine.

Inizia cazzaro per poi virare su tematiche più serie, cosa che lo fa forse risultare un po' confuso (nello stile se non nelle intenzioni).
Tutto sommato prevedibile la prima parte, anche se non mancano i momenti simpatici; si eccede un po' con le parolacce e l'umorismo greve (che richiede più classe, se proprio lo si vuole mettere).
Nella seconda metà si scoprono i segreti dell'eroe e le sue origini; le idee qui non sono affatto malvagie, ma risentono del difetto principale dell'intero film, cioè il risultare eccessivamente didascalico: poche le scene con del pathos, le inquadrature si susseguono senza suscitare molto nello spettatore (non ci si diverte troppo, non ci si commuove troppo).

Insomma: una lieve ritoccatina alla sceneggiatura, una robusta ripulita ai dialoghi ed un regista che non fosse un dilettante, e sarebbe stato un eccellente film; purtroppo, tocca accontentarsi.
I "cattivi" andavano definiti meglio e sul finire avrebbe dovuto osare di più in quanto a sacrifici (ma mi rendo conto che è chiedere troppo, alla Hollywood del 2008).

Bravo Smith, Jason Bateman non dà esattamente fondo alle proprie capacità (posto che...), per colpa anche dei dialoghi. La Theron è sempre una meraviglia da guardare, ma il personaggio andava reso meglio.
Non mi hanno fatto impazzire gli effetti speciali: tutta roba che ormai si fa regolarmente - e meglio - in produzioni medio-alte, ed in alcuni casi stridevano un po' (all'inizio forse la cosa era voluta, con il "volo ubriaco", ma poteva comunque essere reso meglio).

In definitiva, simpaticuccio, ma non se ne esce proprio contenti.

Voto: 6 (+/- 0.5 a piacere).
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Smith, Will (I)

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Nome di battesimo: Jr., Willard Christopher Smith
Data di nascita: 25 September 1968
Altezza: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Coniuge: Jada Pinkett Smith::(31 December 1997 - present) 2 children, Sheree Smith::(9 May 1992 - 10 December 1995) (divorced) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• Monster Hunter (2010) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Pursuit (2010) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2009) .... Bobby Seale (rumored) [attore]
• Hancock (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Human Contract (2008) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Lakeview Terrace (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Secret Life of Bees (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Seven Pounds (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• I Am Legend (2007) .... Robert Neville [attore]
• ATL (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]

Biografia:
Will Smith was the second of four children of Caroline (school board employee) and Willard C Smith Sr. (owner of a refrigeration company). Smith is of both African American and Native American heritage. He grew up in middle class area in West Philadelphia called Wynnefield. Will attended the Overbrook High School located in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He got the nickname 'Prince' because of the way he could charm his way out of trouble. Bright student Will also signed up with the high-status Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School in Philadelphia. Pursuing music, he met Jeff Townes at a party and they soon began performing together as DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. When the duo took off in popularity, Smith made and spent a lot of money on a house, cars and jewelry; leading to his near bankruptcy in his early twenties. Luckily, in 1989, he met Benny Medina, who had an idea for a sitcom based on his life in Beverly Hills. Smith loved the idea as did NBC which put on the "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990). The plot was simple -Will basically played himself; a street-smart West Philly kid transplanted to Beverly Hills. The series lasted 6 years. During that time, he ventured into movies where the critics took note of him in Six Degrees of Separation (1993). With the success that came with the action picture Bad Boys (1995), Will's movie career was set. His had a huge hit with the Blockbuster Independence Day (1996) where he plays the alien-battling Marine Corps Captain Steven Hiller.

Trivia random: He and Jada Pinkett Smith were forced to leave their home in California because a bush fire threatened to destroy it and several other houses in the same area. [October 2005]
Citazione random: You're so much stronger when your partner is strong. I honestly believe there is no woman for me but Jada. Of all the women I've met - and there've been a few - no one can handle me the way Jada does. Once you feel someone locked in on you, it's no contest. As fine as other women can be, as tempting sexually, I'm not going anywhere. This is it. I can't imagine what anyone else could offer.
Salario massimo: $28,000,000, per I, Robot (2004)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Theron, Charlize

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Data di nascita: 7 August 1975
Altezza: 5' 9½" (1.77 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Brazilian Job (2009) .... Stella Bridger [attrice]
• The Burning Plain (2008) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Hancock (2008) .... Mary Embrey [attrice]
• The Road (2008) .... Wife [attrice]
• Sleepwalking (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Battle in Seattle (2007) .... Ella [attrice]
• In the Valley of Elah (2007) .... Det. Emily Sanders [attrice]
• East of Havana (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• North Country (2005) .... Josey Aimes [attrice]
• Æon Flux (2005) .... Æon Flux [attrice]

Biografia:
Charlize Theron grew up on a farm outside Benoni, South Africa, as the only child. She got an education as a ballet dancer and has danced both the "Swan Lake" and the "Nutcracker Suite". There wasn't much for a young actress or dancer to do in South Africa, so she soon traveled to Europe and United States of America, where she got job at the Joffrey Ballet in New York. She was also able to work as a photo model. However, an injured knee put a halt to her dancing career. At the age of 18, her mother made her go to Los Angeles to try a career in the movie industry. She came to Los Angeles without knowing anyone in the city but after two weeks when she was standing in line on Hollywood Boulevard an agent gave her his card. After eight months in Los Angeles she got her first part. Since then, she has taken acting lessons and her career has skyrocketed, most lately in The Devil's Advocate (1997).

Trivia random: Became a fashion model at age 14.
Citazione random: [On marriage]: I'm happy for people who want to get married but it's not my thing. I'm extremely happy in my relationship and I would love to have kids.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Hancock (2008)

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Regista: Peter Berg
Scrittore: Vincent Ngo, Vince Gilligan
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller, Action
Valutazione: 6.7/10 (52430 voti)
Durata: 92 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Will Smith .... John Hancock
• Charlize Theron .... Mary Embrey
• Jason Bateman .... Ray Embrey
• Jae Head .... Aaron Embrey
• Eddie Marsan .... Kenneth 'Red' Parker Jr.
• David Mattey .... Man Mountain
• Maetrix Fitten .... Matrix
• Thomas Lennon .... Mike
• Johnny Galecki .... Jeremy
• Hayley Marie Norman .... Hottie

Trama:
A hard-living superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public enters into a questionable relationship with the wife of the public relations professional who's trying to repair his image.

Trivia random: Will Smith, a huge fan of professional wrestling, describes Hancock as one of his favorite wrestlers Steve Austin, with super powers.
Citazione random: Pissed Fat Guy: [referring to the lady in the car that Ray's car landed on after Hancock threw it] You know what? That lady should sue you!::Hancock: You know what? You should sue McDonald's, 'cuz they fucked you up!

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Berg, Peter (I)

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Nome di battesimo: Berg, Peter Winkler
Data di nascita: 11 March 1964
Altezza: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Coniuge: Elizabeth Rogers::(28 August 1993 - 2002) (divorced) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• Bran Mak Morn (2010) .... (attached) [regista]
• Dune (2010) .... [regista]
• Virtuality (2009) (TV) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Hancock (2008) .... [regista]
• The Kingdom (2007) .... [regista]
• Lars and the Real Girl (2007) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Lions for Lambs (2007) .... Lt. Col. Falco [attore]
• The Half Life of Timofey Berezin (2006) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Smokin' Aces (2006) .... "Pistol" Pete Deeks [attore]
• Collateral (2004) .... Richard Weidner [attore]

Trivia random: Cousin of Buzz Bissinger

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Jason Bateman

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