| Name | Catchfire |
|---|---|
| Director | Alan Smithee (Dennis Hopper) |
| Producer | Dick Clark |
| Writer | Rachel Kronstadt MannAnn Louise BardachAlex CoxTod Davies |
| Starring | Jodie FosterDennis Hopper |
| Music | Michel Colombier |
| Cinematography | Edward Lachman |
| Editing | David Rawlins |
| Distributor | Vestron Pictures |
| Released | April 3, 1990 |
| Runtime | Unreleased cut180 min.Director's Cut (cable)116 min.Theatrical release98 min. |
| Country | |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Gross | $5,008,276 |
Catchfire is a 1990 action-thriller-drama film starring Jodie Foster, Dennis Hopper, and Fred Ward. Several other notable actors have cameos. The film was disowned by its director, Hopper, before release and he is therefore credited under the fictional pseudonym Alan Smithee. Though uncredited, the script was rewritten by Alex Cox and Tod Davies.
Hopper released a director's cut of the film in the United States on cable television titled Backtrack, which runs 18 minutes longer than the theatrical version.
Driving home one night, Anne suffers a blowout on a deserted road and, while looking for help, witnesses a mafia hit supervised by Leo Carelli (Joe Pesci). Leo spots Anne, but she escapes and goes to the police.
They offer her a place in the federal witness protection program, but mob boss Lino Avoca (Vincent Price), Carelli's boss, sends top-of-the-line hitman Milo (Dennis Hopper) and his partner Pinella (John Turturro) to silence her. Pinella kills her boyfriend Bob (Charlie Sheen), but she escapes.
Months pass; Anne has severed all ties with her past and re-established herself in Seattle as an advertising copywriter. Milo, who never gives up, recognizes the text of a lipstick ad as one of Anne's catchphrases, and tracks her down.
She flees again, to New Mexico, and he finds her again. But this time he offers her a deal: he'll let her live, if she'll do anything and everything he asks.
Milo's interest in Anne, it turns out, is more than professional, but not exactly what she thinks. He doesn't want her to be his sex slave, though sex is part of the equation.
A man obsessed, Milo has fallen in love with Anne. And he has no idea how to cope with the unfamiliar emotion. Astonishingly, after a rocky start, Anne realizes that she has also fallen for him.
By failing to kill Anne as he was hired to do, Milo has marked himself for death, and the two flee together to an isolated farm that Milo owns.
Avoca's men track them there, and they realize that in order to be free, they must return and confront their pursuers. The plan that they concoct works, leaving Avoca, Carelli, and their men dead.
Anne and Milo escape together to a new life.
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| Name | Dane Cook |
|---|---|
| Caption | Cook at Comic Con 2007 promoting Good Luck Chuck |
| Birth date | March 18, 1972 |
| Birth name | Dane Jeffrey Cook |
| Birth place | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Medium | Stand-up, film, television |
| Nationality | American |
| Active | 1990–present |
| Genre | Stand-up comedy |
| Subject | Observational comedy |
| Influences | George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Denis Leary, Steve Martin |
| Notable work | Retaliation, , Isolated Incident |
| Website | www.danecook.com |
| Footnotes | }} |
Dane Jeffrey Cook (born March 18, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released five comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed; Retaliation; ; ; and Isolated Incident. Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album in 28 years and went platinum.
Cook's half-brother Darryl was Cook's business manager until 2008, when it was discovered that Darryl and his wife had embezzled millions of dollars from Dane Cook. Both Darryl and his wife had been sentenced to prison for the embezzlement. He performed at the MTV Video Music Awards, and then afterwards he joined Snoop Dogg (who introduced him) in presenting the award for Best New Artist.
On April 15, 2005, Cook performed his first HBO Special entitled Vicious Circle. was filmed "in the round" at the TD Banknorth Garden. The same year, Cook shot two pilot episodes for his own sitcom, Cooked. The sitcom never got picked up and the two pilot episodes were later released on DVD as the Lost Pilot Episodes. That same year, he embarked on a 30-day 20-show college tour called Tourgasm with his long time friends Robert Kelly, Gary Gulman, and Jay Davis. The tour was filmed and was later made into a 9-episode documentary on HBO.
On December 3, 2005, Cook hosted Saturday Night Live. It was one of the highest-rated SNLs of the season". with a casual attitude. Cook says his onstage persona is a combination of the personalities of his mom, Donna, and his dad, George. "My mother is like a Looney Tunes cartoon. She's wiggly ... She has the ability to tongue in cheek a lot, and do it in a way where she's being physical. My dad is the polar opposite. He always had a little 'what the fuck' in his voice. Even if he knew nothing about what he was talking about, he could sell it. So I looked at these two extremely funny people and created a style of comedy from absorbing their actions."
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| Name | Damian Marley |
|---|---|
| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | Damian Marley |
| Alias | Junior Gong |
| Born | July 21, 1978Kingston, Jamaica |
| Genre | Reggae, reggae fusion, dancehall, dub, ragga, hip-hop |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Label | Tuff Gong, Ghetto Youth International, Universal |
| Associated acts | Bob Marley, Ky-Mani Marley, Ziggy Marley, Stephen Marley, Julian Marley, Nas, Bruno Mars, K'naan |
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley (born July 21, 1978) is a reggae artist who has won three Grammy awards. Damian is the youngest son of Bob Marley.
Damian was two years old when his father Bob Marley died; he is the only child born to Marley and Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976. Damian's nickname Junior Gong is derived from his father's nickname of Tuff Gong. Marley has been performing since the age of 13. He shares, along with most of his family, a full-time career in music.
Marley frequently tours with his brothers Julian and Stephen, who are both members of the Ghetto Youths Crew. In December 2006 Marley appeared alongside brothers Stephen and Julian in Stephen's music video "The Traffic Jam". In 2004, Marley recorded a song with hip hop group Cypress Hill called "Ganja Bus" on their album Till Death Do Us Part. Marley also appears on the song "Get a Light" by Snoop Dogg. This song is on the album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment. He also made a song with Method Man and Redman. He is featured on a recent Gwen Stefani remix "Now That You Got It" (produced by Swizz Beatz).
January 25, 2005 was the release date of Morgan Heritage's album Full Circle; Damian Marley appeared on the song "Girlz 'Round The World".
On September 7, 2005 he did a 1 minute long freestyle as a guest in the famous hip hop programme Rap City on BET, freestyling on the beat of his song, "Welcome To Jamrock".
During mid-2006, Marley went on tour with musical artist Ben Harper all around the US. He played on many known stages, such as Central Park New York. He was also one of the many artists who played at the inaugural Osheaga Festival, in Montreal.
In May 2006, Marley performed at KROQ Weenie Roast. In June 2006, Marley performed at Bonnaroo Music Festival. In July 2006, Damian should have played at the Danish music festival Roskilde Festival, but had to cancel due to troubles with customs.
On January 7, 2006 Marley conducted the main performance at Peace Fest in Trinidad.
On September 19, 2006 Marley became the first reggae artist to perform for the popular PBS show Austin City Limits.
Marley also participated in Season 3 of Extreme Makeover Home Edition by performing a special concert for the Rainford family, in which the father Dunstin was a Jamaican native.
Over the last year he has played numerous University homecomings including Emory and Indiana, often accompanied by his brother Stephen. Stephen was also present when Marley played music festivals such as Miami's Bang, Earth Day in San Francisco and the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2007 in Indio, California.
Marley was the opening act for Van Halen during their 2007 Reunion tour concerts in Philadelphia.
Marley performed at the June Black Arts festival in Huntsville, Alabama on June 2007, alongside his second cousin Lance "Wayne" Marley.
Marley recently did a song with pop sensation Gwen Stefani. The two made a remix version to the song "Now That You Got It" off of the album The Sweet Escape. Stefani now performs this song on her Sweet Escape Tour.
A collaboration with Guru has been released on Jazzmatazz 4, "Stand Up Some Things'll Never Change" in 2007
Marley recorded his song "Welcome to Jamrock" in Simlish for , an expansion pack in the The Sims series. The song also featured on FIFA 06 soundtrack.
He also collaborated with Mariah Carey on her new album E=MC² (April 15, 2008) on a song called "Cruise Control". The two recorded the song together in Boca Raton, Florida in December 2007.
Marley recently appeared at the Sonoma County Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa on June 7, 2008.
Marley also made an appearance at the 1st annual Romantic Rhythms Music Festival on the island of Antigua in the Caribbean. He appeared alongside a varied list of entertainers such as Shaggy, Lionel Ritchie, Kenny Rogers, Keyshia Cole, Maxi Priest and Brian McKnight, to name a few. The festival ran from June 13 to 15, 2008.
Marley has also helped out on B-Real's debut solo album with the song "FIRE".
Marley and Stephen's latest release is a song called "The Mission", a track from Reggae Gold 2008 album. The track was produced by Trevor "Baby G" James.
Every February in Miami, Marley and his brothers perform at his family's annual Caribbean Festival in honour of their late father Bob Marley.
A song of his, "Something For You (One Loaf Of Bread)" also produced by Trevor "Baby G" James, appears on hit videogame FIFA 09.
In 2009, Damian Marley and Nas are slated for an international tour after the release of their collaborative album Distant Relatives.
Damian Marley is also slated to perform at the Rock the Bells hip hop festival this summer. The concert will hit 10 North American Cities from June 27 and Aug 9. The festival will include, Common, Nas, The Roots and Big Boi along with others. The tour will make stops in Chicago, Toronto, Washington, D.C., Boston, New York, Detroit, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami and Vancouver.
February 5, 2010: Damian Marley participated along with Hip-Hop artist Nas at BET's SOS Help for Haiti, a telethon in aid of the earthquake ravaged nation. They performed the song "Strong Will Continue" from their long-awaited album Distant Relatives.
February 23, 2010: Damian Marley performed a free show at the Whistler Live Village Square as part of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
February 24, 2010: Damian Marley performed a free show at LiveCity Yaletown as part of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Cultural Olympiad.
March 19, 2010: Damian Marley teamed up with Nas again to perform at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.
May 19, 2010: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno featured a performance by Damian Marley and Nas of the first single - As We Enter - off of their newly released CD Distant Relatives.
May 25, 2010: Damian Marley and Nas performed in front of a sold out crowd at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA.
June 11, 2010: Damian Marley and Nas performed in Manchester, Tennessee at the 9th Bonnaroo music and arts festival.
July 3, 2010: The 25th Cologne Summerjam on his tour with Nas
July 24, 2010: Splash Music Festival in Germany on his tour with Nas
August 3, 2010: The Late Show with David Letterman performing "Count Your Blessings" with Nas.
August 14, 2010: Damian & Nas played in Commerce city Colorado at Mile High Music Festival.
August 15, 2010: Damian & Nas played at the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco, CA.
August 28, 2010: Damien Marley and Nas perform at the Charlottesville Pavilion on the historic Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, Va.
September 3, 2010: Damian "Junior Gong" Marley and Nas perform at Moe.Down music festival in Mohawk, New York.
September 6, 2010: Damian Marley and Nas performed at first avenue in Minneapolis Mn.
September 8, 2010: Nas and Damian Marley performed at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.
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