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Danzig is an American heavy metal band, formed in 1987 in Lodi, New Jersey. The band serves as a musical outlet for the singer/songwriter Glenn Danzig. Danzig can be seen as the third stage in Glenn Danzig's musical career, preceded by the horror punk bands The Misfits and Samhain. They primarily play in a bluesy heavy metal style that is influenced by the early sound of Black Sabbath.
On July 14, 1986, Samhain performed what was to be their final show, at The Ritz in New York. In attendance was Rick Rubin, who was scouting for potential bands to sign to his record label, Def American. Upon viewing Samhain's performance, Rubin was impressed with Glenn Danzig's powerful stage persona and vocal abilities. He met him after the show and propositioned him. At first, he wished only to sign Danzig, with the intent of making him the vocalist for a hard rock supergroup that Rubin envisioned. However, Danzig refused to sign to Rubin's label without Samhain's bassist, Eerie Von, with whom Danzig had become friends. In 1987, the band evolved into a solid hard rock act, with the addition of John Christ on guitar and Chuck Biscuits (ex-Black Flag) on drums. To reflect the change in musical direction, and to avoid having to ever start anew in the event of future lineup changes, Glenn (on the advice of Rick Rubin) decided to change the name of Samhain to his own surname, Danzig.
Actors: Klaus Manchen (actor), Ursula Staack (actress), Hilmi Sözer (actor), David Groenewold (producer), Michael Mellinger (actor), Ivan Shvedoff (actor), Myriam Eichler (producer), Andreas Patton (actor), Peter Rommel (producer), Vessela Martschewski (editor), Renate Becker (actress), Kathrin Stolze (miscellaneous crew), Detlef Kapplusch (actor), Matthias Frey (composer), Charles M. Huber (actor),
Plot: The Appletree House: This is the story of a large house in Leipzig. Before the war it was used as an atelier for the Zadikow family, who manufactured fur coats and gloves there. Then came the war and they were forced to sell to another Jewish family, the Scheindls. The Appletree House is now inhabited by a strange, bad tempered man, Danzig. He has a printing press in the basement and is on the verge of printing a new edition of Karl Marx's poems. In the other part of the house there is Karl, the masseur. They're daily lives are turned upside down when Jael Zadikow arrives from America. She has plans for the house, wanting to turn it into a large shopping center. Her only problem however is that she cannot track down Scheindl, who is still registered as the owner. Then Karl's mother turns up at the house, convinced she is about to die, and desperate to tell her son the secrets she has kept all these years. The Appletree House is a poetic and intelligent film which weaves together the lives of various characters, producing an unique insight into Jewish life in contemporary Germany, while also engaging with another highly sensitive issue, that of property rights and land.
Genres: Drama,Actors: David Rogers (producer), David Schaal (actor), Helene Oosthuizen (miscellaneous crew), Peter Pacey (actor), Andy Lucas (actor), Steve Sweeney (actor), David Mitchell (writer), Chick Allan (actor), David Spinx (actor), Margaret Milner (actress), Margaret Milner (miscellaneous crew), Sara-Marie Maltha (actress), Jon Kirby (writer), Jon Kirby (director), Jon Kirby (producer),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller,Actors: Daniel Pilon (actor), Vlasta Vrana (actor), Ed Leslie (actor), Bram Eisenthal (miscellaneous crew), Sheena Larkin (actress), Mark Antony Krupa (actor), Lynne Adams (actress), Ed Leslie (actor), Carl Marotte (actor), Hulk Hogan (actor), Philippe Martinez (producer), Cynthia Preston (actress), Patrick Kerton (actor), David Nerman (actor), Tedd Dillon (actor),
Genres: Action,Actors: Joey Travolta (director), Nick Mancuso (actor), Robert Miano (actor), C. Thomas Howell (actor), Morris Ruskin (producer), Julia Verdin (producer), Richard Salvatore (producer), Cam Clarke (actor), Vincent Riotta (actor), Richard Salvatore (actor), Corbin Timbrook (actor), Julia Verdin (actress), David E. Ornston (actor), Rich Cowan (editor), Dita Von Teese (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Wenden K. Baldwin (miscellaneous crew), Richard Sale (writer), Yoram Globus (producer), Peter R. Hunt (director), William Prince (actor), Robert O. Ragland (composer), Frank Zagarino (actor), Jill Ireland (actress), Menahem Golan (producer), Stephen Elliott (actor), Michael Ansara (actor), Robert Axelrod (actor), Charles Bronson (actor), C. Ransom Walrod (miscellaneous crew), Howard R. Schuster (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Jay Killion (Charles Bronson) had been the presidential bodyguard, but for the inauguration of the recently elected president, he is assigned to the first lady, Lara Royce (Jill Ireland). Lara, a perpetually indignant, arrogantly feministic lady, initially hates the methodical and rules-following Killion, and so she does all she can to avoid him and disregard his safety procedures. The story complicates, however, when repeated attempts are made on Lara's life. Eventually, the shaken Lara decides to trust Killion's instincts and precautionary methods, and the pair embark on a difficult and often perilous cross-country journey, with the assassins close on their heels.
Keywords: action-hero, action-violence, ambush, assassin, assassination, assassination-attempt, barn, bazooka, blood, blood-spatterActors: Warren Low (editor), Rossano Brazzi (actor), Frank De Vol (composer), Niall MacGinnis (actor), Philip Yordan (producer), José Jaspe (actor), Sal Mineo (actor), Maximilian Schell (actor), Diane Baker (actress), Marc Lawrence (actor), Brian Keith (actor), Don Record (miscellaneous crew), Geoffrey Holder (actor), Herbert L. Strock (miscellaneous crew), Walter Hannemann (editor),
Plot: The Dutch East Indies, in the late 19th century. Capt. Hanson of the "Batavia Queen" is preparing to embark on a salvage expedition. His mistress, Laura, knows the location of a ship belonging to her late husband, a shipwreck concealing a cargo of rare pearls. A diver and a diving bell are aboard ship. But a government agent coerces Hanson into accepting a shipment of convicts for the ship's hold. The wreck lies dangerously close to the erupting volcano on the island of Krakatoa, where Laura's young son attends the convent school...
Keywords: 1880s, 70mm-film, balloon, disaster, goof-in-title, independent-film, indonesia, java-indonesia, ship, tsunamiActors: Jules Sylvain (composer), Sigurd Wallén (actor), Ruth Weijden (actress), Helga Brofeldt (actress), Sigge Fürst (actor), Carl Ström (actor), Gunnar Björnstrand (actor), Julia Cæsar (actress), Hartwig Fock (actor), Håkan Westergren (actor), Ludde Juberg (actor), Nils Lundell (actor), Helge Hagerman (actor), Björn Berglund (actor), Rolf Husberg (editor),
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