A cameo role or cameo appearance (/ˈkæmioʊ/; often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television, often appearing as themselves. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly either appearances in a work in which they hold some special significance (such as actors from an original movie appearing in its remake), or renowned people making uncredited appearances. Short appearances by celebrities, film directors, politicians, athletes, musicians or even characters from other fictional works are common. A cameo appearance can also include when a crew member of the show or movie plays a minor role. A cameo should not be confused with a guest appearance, being different in that guest appearances do acknowledge the person in question for who they are, be it by explicitly naming them or in the work's credits.
Originally the phrase "cameo role" referred to a famous person who was playing no character, but him or herself. Like a cameo brooch—a low-relief carving of a person's head or bust—the actor or celebrity is instantly recognizable. More recently, "cameo" has come to refer to any short appearances, whether as a character or as oneself.[citation needed]
Stan Lee (born December 28, 1922) is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, producer, publisher, television personality, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.
In collaboration with several artists, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Thor, and many other fictional characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. In addition, he headed the first major successful challenge to the industry's censorship organization, the Comics Code Authority, and forced it to reform its policies. Lee subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
He was inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1995.
Stan Lee was born Stanley Martin Lieber in New York City on December 28, 1922, in the apartment of his Romanian-born Jewish immigrant parents, Celia (née Solomon) and Jack Lieber, at the corner of West 98th Street and West End Avenue in Manhattan. His father, trained as a dress cutter, worked only sporadically after the Great Depression, and the family moved further uptown to Fort Washington Avenue, in Washington Heights, Manhattan. When Lee was nearly 9, his only sibling, brother Larry Lieber, was born. He said in 2006 that as a child he was influenced by books and movies, particularly those with Errol Flynn playing heroic roles. By the time Lee was in his teens, the family was living in a one-bedroom apartment at 1720 University Avenue in The Bronx. Lee described it as "a third-floor apartment facing out back", with him and his brother sharing a bedroom and his parents using a foldout couch.
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. On 19 April 1955, he became an American citizen while remaining a British subject.
Over a career spanning more than half a century, Hitchcock fashioned for himself a distinctive and recognisable directorial style. He pioneered the use of a camera made to move in a way that mimics a person's gaze, forcing viewers to engage in a form of voyeurism. He framed shots to maximise anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used innovative film editing. His stories frequently feature fugitives on the run from the law alongside "icy blonde" female characters. Many of Hitchcock's films have twist endings and thrilling plots featuring depictions of violence, murder, and crime, although many of the mysteries function as decoys or "MacGuffins" meant only to serve thematic elements in the film and the extremely complex psychological examinations of the characters. Hitchcock's films also borrow many themes from psychoanalysis and feature strong sexual undertones. Through his cameo appearances in his own films, interviews, film trailers, and the television program Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he became a cultural icon. Hitchocks reputation as a filmmaker is offset by claims that he engaged in obsessive and controlling behaviour towards many of his leading ladies, and that in some cases this extended to physical abuse and sexual harrassment.
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Four friends from different strata of society (Jai, VTV Ganesh, Satyan, Rajkumar) go to Bangkok for a bachelor party. They have a ball at a local night club, get dozed and wake up next day in a remote uninhabited island with no recollection of how they landed there. Meanwhile god's in the heaven headed by Lord Siva (Subbu Panchu), Parvathi (Devadarshini), Saraswathi (Ramya) and Naradar (Manobala) are controlling the fate of these guys.
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The film opens in the year 1988 with the death of Mumbai's King of Dharavi (Asia biggest slum) Varadarajan Mudaliar. Following his death, the rival group goes on a rampage and we are introduced to Anna (Satyaraj) who takes the job of protecting Varadarajan's Dharavi in his hands and letting his son Vishwa (Vijay) to be brought up in Australia. Over there he leads a dance troop and falls in love with Meera (Amala Paul). Later, Vishwa finds that Meera is a Mumbai cop and she pretend to be in love with him just to know about the locality of his father. His father is later killed by the scums of Mumbai and how Vishwa avenge his father's death and how he leads the Dharavi people forms the rest of the story.
Time to Lead
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When the owner of the Minnesota Twins dies suddenly, his will bequeaths the team to his grandson Billy, a devotee of baseball who, although only 12, has devoured voluminous lore, knows the team intimately, and has shown an uncanny sixth sense of what they need to improve. They hate their manager, so Billy quickly fires the SOB, winning their instant approval. However, this turns to dismay when he announces their new manager: Billy Heywood. How will Billy convince a gang of proud, tough men to stick around and take orders from a kid? On the other hand, what's to lose-- the team has nowhere to go but up.
Keywords: 12-year-old, affection, baseball, baseball-fan, baseball-movie, baseball-player, boston-massachusetts, boy, bronx-new-york-city, child's-point-of-view
The Minnesota Twins Baseball Team just got a new owner.
Major League is about to experience a minor problem . . . . . . he's 12-years-old.
The Minnesota Twins Have a New Owner.
Joey: [at school] If I owned the Twins, I wouldn't even show up here. I'd just hire a bunch of scientists to do my homework. I mean, if you're rich you don't have to be smart. That's the whole beauty of this country.
Lonnie Ritter: Kids today are amazing. I played winter ball down in Venezuala, they had kids half his age, every one of them speaking Spanish. That's a hard language.::Lou Collins: They speak Spanish in Venezuala.::Lonnie Ritter: I know! That's my point!
Mac: You're a frickin' primadonna, McGreavy. You don't deserve to wear that uniform.::Mike McGrevey: You know, you're right, Mac. I'm a disgrace to the Twins. I think you should trade me.::Mac: As soon as we find someone dumb enough to take you, that's EXACTLY what we're gonna do.::Billy Heywood: No we're not. We're not trading you.::Mike McGrevey: So what are you going to do, bench me?::Billy Heywood: Nope, play you. When it's your turn to pitch, you pitch. Nothing changes.::Mike McGrevey: You know, I don't think that's such a good idea. I have a feeling my concentration's not going to be that good out there. I might tend to forget some of those scouting reports.::Billy Heywood: Well, that's up to you, you're the free agent. Hey Mac, what's the going rate for an absent-minded pitcher who can't get anybody out?
Jim Bowers: It's a scientific fact that a pig becomes a hog at 180 pounds.::Spencer Hamilton: What's that make your wife?::Tucker Kain: Fat.
Joey: I can't believe you lost to the Tigers, they stink!
George O'Farrell: Hey 'Blackout,' I didn't get you for your curve ball. I don't like your curve ball. As a matter of fact, I hate your curve. You know why? Because the damn thing don't curve!
Billy Heywood: Here's an easy one. Who was the first black player to play in the major leagues?::Thomas Heywood: You want me to say Jackie Robinson, but I won't. Fleet Walker for Toledo. I believe the year was 1884.
[repeated line]::Spencer Hamilton: Bite me.
Billy Heywood: If Joe can paint a house in three hours and Sam can paint the same house in five hours, how long will it take to paint it together?::Mac: Now wait a minute, you never said this was a word problem.
Jim Bowers: [after Billy apologizes to the team] On behalf of the entire Apache Nation, we accept this olive branch of peace.::Billy Heywood: [team laughs] Thanks, I think.
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Mathilda, a twelve-year old New York girl, is living an undesirable life among her half-family. Her father stores drugs for two-faced cop Norman Stansfield. Only her little brother keeps Mathilda from breaking apart. One day, Stansfield and his team take cruel revenge on her father for stretching the drugs a little, thus killing the whole family. Only Mathilda, who was out shopping, survives by finding shelter in Léon's apartment in the moment of highest need. Soon, she finds out about the strange neighbour's unusual profession - killing - and desperately seeks his help in taking revenge for her little brother. Léon, who is completely unexperienced in fatherly tasks, and in friendships, does his best to keep Mathilda out of trouble - unsuccessfully. Now, the conflict between a killer, who slowly discovers his abilities to live, to feel, to love and a corrupt police officer, who does anything in his might to get rid of an eye witness, arises to unmeasurable proportions - all for the sake of a little twelve-year old girl, who has nearly nothing to lose.
Keywords: accidental-killing, air-duct, allegory, angst, apartment, apartment-building, apprentice, arsenal, arthouse-action, assassin
If you want a job done well hire a professional.
A perfect assassin. An innocent girl. They have nothing left to lose except each other. He moves without sound. Kills without emotion. Disappears without trace. Only a 12 year old girl... knows his weakness.
He moves without sound. Kills without emotion. Disappears without trace.
Revenge is a tough game, even for a Professional (Australia)
You can't stop what you can't see.
Léon: And stop saying "okay" all the time. Okay?::Mathilda: Okay.::Léon: Good.
Léon: You need some time to grow up a little.::Mathilda: I finished growing up, Léon. I just get older.::Léon: For me it's the opposite. I'm old enough. I need time to grow up.
Stansfield: Death is... whimsical... today.
Fatman: Somebody's coming up. Somebody serious.
Mathilda: Is life always this hard, or is it just when you're a kid?::Léon: Always like this.
Stansfield: I like these calm little moments before the storm. It reminds me of Beethoven. Can you hear it? It's like when you put your head to the grass and you can hear the growin' and you can hear the insects. Do you like Beethoven?::Malky: I couldn't really say.
Mathilda: Leon, what exactly do you do for a living?::Léon: [Leon] Cleaner.::Mathilda: You mean you're a hit man?::Léon: [reluctantly] Yeah.::Mathilda: Cool.
Mathilda: Do you "clean" anyone?::Léon: No women, no kids, that's the rules.::Mathilda: How much would it cost to hire someone to get those dirtbags who killed my brother?::Léon: Five grand a head.::Mathilda: Wow. How about this: I work for you; in exchange, you teach me how to clean. Hmmm? What do you think? I'll clean your place, I'll do the shopping, I'll even wash your clothes. Is it a deal?
Mathilda: I've decided what to do with my life. I wanna be a cleaner.::Léon: You wanna be a cleaner? [passes her a gun and bullets] Here, take it. It's a goodbye gift. Go clean. But not with me. I work alone, understand? Alone.::Mathilda: Bonnie and Clyde didn't work alone. Thelma and Louise didn't work alone. And they were the best.
Léon: The rifle is the first weapon you learn how to use, because it lets you keep your distance from the client. The closer you get to being a pro, the closer you can get to the client. The knife, for example, is the last thing you learn.
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When the owner of the Minnesota Twins dies suddenly, his will bequeaths the team to his grandson Billy, a devotee of baseball who, although only 12, has devoured voluminous lore, knows the team intimately, and has shown an uncanny sixth sense of what they need to improve. They hate their manager, so Billy quickly fires the SOB, winning their instant approval. However, this turns to dismay when he announces their new manager: Billy Heywood. How will Billy convince a gang of proud, tough men to stick around and take orders from a kid? On the other hand, what's to lose-- the team has nowhere to go but up.
Keywords: 12-year-old, affection, baseball, baseball-fan, baseball-movie, baseball-player, boston-massachusetts, boy, bronx-new-york-city, child's-point-of-view
The Minnesota Twins Baseball Team just got a new owner.
Major League is about to experience a minor problem . . . . . . he's 12-years-old.
The Minnesota Twins Have a New Owner.
Joey: [at school] If I owned the Twins, I wouldn't even show up here. I'd just hire a bunch of scientists to do my homework. I mean, if you're rich you don't have to be smart. That's the whole beauty of this country.
Lonnie Ritter: Kids today are amazing. I played winter ball down in Venezuala, they had kids half his age, every one of them speaking Spanish. That's a hard language.::Lou Collins: They speak Spanish in Venezuala.::Lonnie Ritter: I know! That's my point!
Mac: You're a frickin' primadonna, McGreavy. You don't deserve to wear that uniform.::Mike McGrevey: You know, you're right, Mac. I'm a disgrace to the Twins. I think you should trade me.::Mac: As soon as we find someone dumb enough to take you, that's EXACTLY what we're gonna do.::Billy Heywood: No we're not. We're not trading you.::Mike McGrevey: So what are you going to do, bench me?::Billy Heywood: Nope, play you. When it's your turn to pitch, you pitch. Nothing changes.::Mike McGrevey: You know, I don't think that's such a good idea. I have a feeling my concentration's not going to be that good out there. I might tend to forget some of those scouting reports.::Billy Heywood: Well, that's up to you, you're the free agent. Hey Mac, what's the going rate for an absent-minded pitcher who can't get anybody out?
Jim Bowers: It's a scientific fact that a pig becomes a hog at 180 pounds.::Spencer Hamilton: What's that make your wife?::Tucker Kain: Fat.
Joey: I can't believe you lost to the Tigers, they stink!
George O'Farrell: Hey 'Blackout,' I didn't get you for your curve ball. I don't like your curve ball. As a matter of fact, I hate your curve. You know why? Because the damn thing don't curve!
Billy Heywood: Here's an easy one. Who was the first black player to play in the major leagues?::Thomas Heywood: You want me to say Jackie Robinson, but I won't. Fleet Walker for Toledo. I believe the year was 1884.
[repeated line]::Spencer Hamilton: Bite me.
Billy Heywood: If Joe can paint a house in three hours and Sam can paint the same house in five hours, how long will it take to paint it together?::Mac: Now wait a minute, you never said this was a word problem.
Jim Bowers: [after Billy apologizes to the team] On behalf of the entire Apache Nation, we accept this olive branch of peace.::Billy Heywood: [team laughs] Thanks, I think.
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A camp melodrama/comedy about Sexilia (a nymphomaniac), Sadec (a gay Islamic terrorist), Riza Niro (the son of the emperor of Tiran), and Queti (the daughter of a dry-cleaner). When Riza Niro discovers that Sadec and his colleagues are after him, he disguises himself as a punk rocker, and falls in love with the stunning Sexilia, his first straight relationship. Meanwhile Queti, Sexilia's "biggest fan", helps Sexilia come to terms with her new life-style.
Keywords: airport, article, bath, bathing-suit, beach, bill, blood, blow-job, bus-stop, camera
Fabio: [note that Fabio gives to Riza] Yes, I'd like to Cher something with you this evening.
Fabio: [giving directions] "Fabio, now phone and ask permission. Phone a friend... Make it short, and watch what you say... Hi, So-and-so. So-and-so calls you. She wants to talk and take you to some tacky bar to have salad for lunch. Or better yet, a tuna empanada. And then you say, "Darling, I have to hang up. A sadistic killer is literally tearing me apart.If I survive, I'll call you back and give you the details." Something like that, but always posing for the camera."::Fabio: [while menaced by an electric drill] "Darling, I have to hang up. A sadistic killer is literally tearing me apart, and I have to wait for him to finish. Well, if I survive... I'll go out later and we can go to a tacky place to eat something greasy. Beans with sausage.All right, darling. Goodbye. "
Sexilia: I went to an orgy after the concert, but I could only think of you.
Sexilia: [on telephone] Hi, Paco, it's Sexi... I'm sitting here with a friend. She has some problems because her father takes an aphrodisiac every second day and rapes her.
narrator: A Spanish biogynaecologist, Dr De la Pena,achieved the non-sexual reproduction of six identical parakeets for the first time.
Fabio: [to Riza] I'll turn you into the queen of Halloween.
announcer at gig: Los Melancolicos can't be with you tonight due to problems with drugs, child trafficking, white slavery and a few other things. But instead, we'll have a group you all know and hate.
Toraya: Mohamed, ya soy fértil!
So this is the end of the movie
But I have watched the replay
Over and over again
Oh maybe, just maybe that will teach you
Not to open your legs
So wide apart, anymore
I want to be, you and me by the sea
Oh, oh, oh, can't you see it's turning me on
You belong to this song
In my dreams, falling leaves
Oh, oh, oh, and when its over..
So this is how it feels when you're drowning,
Can you slowly, feel yourself
As you start to fade away
So maybe, just maybe that will teach you
Not to open your legs
So wide apart anymore
I want to be you and me by the sea
Oh, oh, oh, can't you see it's turning me on
You belong to this song
In my dreams, falling leaves
Oh, oh, oh, and when its over
Yes its over
Do, do you remember?
Oh when you were still in school
You were so fond
Of touching everyone's tongue
Oh those were the times
When life was less ordinary
You were so legendary
When you were so on top of the world
But now it's gone, gone, gone
And now it's gone, gone, gone
And now it's all gone