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Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847 – April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary figure of the Wild West after his death. Some recent scholars place him in the context of regional insurgencies of ex-Confederates following the American Civil War rather than a manifestation of frontier lawlessness or alleged economic justice.
Jesse and his brother Frank James were Confederate guerrillas during the Civil War. They were accused of participating in atrocities committed against Union soldiers. After the war, as members of one gang or another, they robbed banks, stagecoaches and trains. Despite popular portrayals of James as a kind of Robin Hood, robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, there is no evidence that he and his gang used their robbery gains for anyone but themselves.
The James brothers were most active with their gang from about 1866 until 1876, when their attempted robbery of a bank in Northfield, Minnesota, resulted in the capture or deaths of several members. They continued in crime for several years, recruiting new members, but were under increasing pressure from law enforcement. On April 3, 1882, Jesse James was killed by Robert Ford, who was a member of the gang living in the James house and who was hoping to collect a state reward on James' head.
Howard Marks (born Dennis Howard Marks on 13 August 1945) is a Welsh author and former drug smuggler who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases. At his peak he was supposedly smuggling consignments of the drug as large as 30 tons, and was connected with groups as diverse as the CIA, the IRA, MI6, and the Mafia. He was eventually convicted by the American Drug Enforcement Administration and handed a 25-year sentence to be served at Terre Haute, though he was released in April 1995 after serving just seven years. Though he had up to 43 different aliases, he became known as Mr. Nice, after he bought a passport from convicted murderer Donald Nice.
Marks was born in Kenfig Hill, near Bridgend, Wales, the son of Dennis Mark, a captain in the Merchant Navy, and Edna, a teacher. He has stated that his earliest memory is of throwing his father's ship's cat into the Indian Ocean; he also stated that that memory haunted him for the rest of his life, and that he was so young at the time that he had expected the cat to catch fish and then swim back to the ship. Brought up as a Baptist, he later turned to Buddhism, though he did not become a devout follower. He attended the Garw Grammar school in Pontycymer (he is a fluent Welsh speaker).
Actors: Justin Beecher (actor), Gregory Andersen (composer), Steven Heumann (producer), Steven Heumann (actor), Steven Heumann (writer), Steven Heumann (editor), Andrew Tyler (actor), Brett Blackham (actor), Andrew Schvaneveldt (director), Andrew Schvaneveldt (producer), Andrew Tyler (producer), Chelsea Haviland Miskin (actor), Joe A. Davis (producer), Joe A. Davis (actor), Lexi Malone (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: John Alexander Kontoyannis (producer), Maureen O'Malley (actress), Jelena Mrdja (actress), Doug Drucker (actor), Joshua Elrod (actor), Andrew Seger (editor), Jermel Howard (actor), Damien Lee (actor), Gustavo Rebelo (producer), Lisa Landino (actress), Amanda Cole (writer), Amanda Cole (director), Wes Biggs (actor), Robert Barnes (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Norman Reedus (actor), Paulino Nunes (actor), Sean Patrick Flanery (actor), Gerard Parkes (actor), Peter Fonda (actor), Judd Nelson (actor), Richard Fitzpatrick (actor), Willem Dafoe (actor), David Ferry (actor), Zachary Bennett (actor), Louis Di Bianco (actor), Clifton Collins Jr. (actor), Billy Connolly (actor), Don Carmody (producer), Julie Benz (actress),
Plot: For the last 8 years the brothers have been living with their father on a sheep farm deep in isolated Ireland. One day their uncle tells them that they have been framed for the murder of a Bostonian Catholic priest. The boys must return to Boston to not only clear their names but find the men who framed them.
Keywords: 1950s, american-flag, arms-dealer, arrest, arsenal, assassin, bad-taste-humour, bar, bare-chested-male, bartenderActors: James Maritato (actor), Terry Brunk (actor), Philip Stamper (actor), Charles Renner (actor), Jonathan Rechner (actor), Missy Hyatt (actress), Michael Verde (actor), David Ware (actor), Roland Keller (actor), Shad Gaspard (actor), Valerie Wyndham (actress), Stephanie Bellars (actress), Brian Wall (actor), John Jirus (actor), Eric Butterbean Esch (actor),
Genres: Sport,Actors: Larry Day (actor), Tyrone Benskin (actor), Jason Cavalier (actor), David Cross (actor), Bill Croft (actor), Noel Burton (actor), Mark Camacho (actor), Benz Antoine (actor), Joe Cobden (actor), Bill Croft (actor), Christian Bale (actor), Benz Antoine (actor), Christian Bale (actor), Richard Gere (actor), Don Francks (actor),
Plot: Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the artist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified.
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, activist, actor, actress-playing-male-role, african-american, airplane, airplane-stewardess, airplane-tripActors: Lucas Campbell (composer), Lucas Campbell (director), Lucas Campbell (writer), Lucas Campbell (actor), Lucas Campbell (editor), Lucas Campbell (producer), Andrew Campbell (editor), Andrew Campbell (actor), Andrew Campbell (producer), Andrew Campbell (composer), Andrew Campbell (director), Andrew Campbell (writer), James L. Edwards (actor), Ashleigh Holeman (costume designer), Ashleigh Holeman (producer),
Plot: In the city of Bronston, staying alive is a twenty four hour job... A wild bunch of hooligan kids who call themselves the Red Skulls have been the dominant street gang in the city for years. But everything changes one night when Uri, the leader of the Skulls, sees his best friend hacked to pieces by a rival group. Uri decides to get out of Bronston before he shares his friend's same fate. The only problem is the rest of the gang doesn't plan on letting him out so easy. The new self-appointed leader, Lester, has set a trap to lure Uri back, but without Uri in charge, all is not well within the gang's ranks. A traitorous member has set a trap of his own for Lester and the rest of the Red Skulls are about to become the victims. Now, Uri is about to find out the only thing more dangerous than a backstabbing street gang... is a mutated, cannibalistic street gang!
Keywords: death, gang-culture, gore, independent-film, psychobilly, violenceActors: Carmen Argenziano (actor), Blue Deckert (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Gary Dourdan (actor), Terrence Howard (actor), Brandon Smith (actor), John Ventimiglia (actor), John Sacret Young (producer), John Sacret Young (writer), Vyto Ruginis (actor), John Sacret Young (director), Chi McBride (actor), Jerry Haynes (actor), Darryl Cox (actor), Tom Patricia (producer),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Charles Bodycomb (miscellaneous crew), Jon Baker (miscellaneous crew), Steve Tisch (producer), Rade Serbedzija (actor), Vinnie Jones (actor), Jason Statham (actor), Benicio Del Toro (actor), Trudie Styler (producer), Ewen Bremner (actor), Stephen Graham (actor), Dennis Farina (actor), Jason Flemyng (actor), Brad Pitt (actor), Brendan Gunn (miscellaneous crew), Mel Churcher (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Turkish and his close friend/accomplice Tommy get pulled into the world of match fixing by the notorious Brick Top. Things get complicated when the boxer they had lined up gets badly beaten by Pitt, a 'pikey' ( slang for an Irish Gypsy)- who comes into the equation after Turkish, an unlicensed boxing promoter wants to buy a caravan off the Irish Gypsies. They then try to convince Pitt not only to fight for them, but to lose for them too. Whilst all this is going on, a huge diamond heist takes place, and a fistful of motley characters enter the story, including 'Cousin Avi', 'Boris The Blade', 'Franky Four Fingers' and 'Bullet Tooth Tony'. Things go from bad to worse as it all becomes about the money, the guns, and the damned dog!
Keywords: 84-carat-diamond, accidental-killing, accidental-shooting, action-hero, american-in-the-uk, arson, attacked-by-dog, bag-of-coins, bald, bare-knuckle-boxingActors: Don Calfa (actor), Liz Torres (actress), Paul Bartel (writer), Paul Bartel (actor), Tina Hirsch (editor), Tina Hirsch (miscellaneous crew), Roz Kelly (actress), Michael Sullivan (actor), Charles Hirsch (producer), Charles Hirsch (writer), Charles Hirsch (director), Suzanne Lederer (miscellaneous crew), Bob Tischler (composer), Jeri Archer (actress), Mike Sullivan (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Gail Bonney (actress), Emmett Vogan (actor), Frank Yaconelli (actor), William H. O'Brien (actor), James Nolan (actor), Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer (actor), Frank J. Scannell (actor), Sam Flint (actor), Stephen Chase (actor), Henry Kulky (actor), Joseph Crehan (actor), Al Murphy (actor), John Hamilton (actor), Albert DeMond (writer), John Harmon (actor),
Plot: New York gangsters trying to muscle in on the California wrestling scene come up against a wrestler who won't knuckle under. They frame him for a murder, and his manager and a cop set out to clear his name, catch the real killers and save the reputation of the sport of wrestling.
Keywords: frame-up, gangster, wrestler, wrestling