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Kobe Bean Bryant (born August 23, 1978) is an American professional basketball player who plays shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bryant enjoyed a successful high school basketball career at Lower Merion High School, where he was recognized as the top high school basketball player in the country. He decided to declare his eligibility for the NBA Draft upon graduation, and was selected with the 13th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets, then traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. As a rookie, Bryant earned himself a reputation as a high-flyer and a fan favorite by winning the 1997 Slam Dunk Contest.
Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002. A heated feud between the duo and a loss in the 2004 NBA Finals was followed by O'Neal's trade from the Lakers after the 2003–04 season. Following O'Neal's departure Bryant became the cornerstone of the Los Angeles Lakers franchise. He led the NBA in scoring during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, setting numerous scoring records in the process. In 2006, Bryant scored a career-high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second most points scored in a single game in NBA history, second only to Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game in 1962. He was awarded the regular season's Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in 2008. After losing in the 2008 NBA Finals, Bryant led the Lakers to two consecutive championships in 2009 and 2010, earning the NBA Finals MVP Award on both occasions.
Timothy Theodore "Tim" Duncan (born April 25, 1976) is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 6-foot 11-inch (2.11 m), 255-pound (116 kg)power forward/center is a four-time NBA champion, two-time NBA MVP, three-time NBA Finals MVP, and NBA Rookie of the Year. The Spurs' team captain, he is a 13 time NBA All-Star and the only player in NBA history to be selected to both All-NBA and All-Defensive Teams during each of his first 13 seasons.
Duncan started out as a swimmer and only began playing basketball in ninth grade after Hurricane Hugo destroyed the only Olympic-sized pool on his home of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. He soon became a standout for St. Dunstan's Episcopal High School, and had an illustrious college career with the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons, winning the Naismith College Player of the Year, USBWA College Player of the Year and John Wooden awards in his final year. Duncan graduated from college before entering the 1997 NBA Draft as the number one pick. His list of accomplishments, remarkable consistency, and leadership in the Spurs' NBA championship runs in 1999, 2003, 2005, and 2007 have led basketball experts to consider him to be one of the greatest power forwards in NBA history.
Actors: Ray Cooney (producer), Leslie Greif (director), Wendi McLendon-Covey (actress), Shaun O'Rourke (actor), Leslie Greif (writer), Leslie Greif (producer), Bonnie Johnson (actress), Chris Marquette (actor), Bryan Callen (actor), Michael McKean (actor), Bill Bellamy (actor), Todd Davis (actor), David Lowe (actor), Jesse Bradford (actor), Alan Ett (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Erin Brown (actress), Enrique Liporace (actor), Lance Henriksen (actor), Nicanor Loreti (writer), Agathe de La Boulaye (actress), James Horan (actor), Fabrice Lambot (writer), Fabrice Lambot (writer), Fabrice Lambot (producer), Fabrice Lambot (director), Guille Gatti (editor), Jean-Pierre Putters (producer), Iván Espeche (actor), Uriel Barros (producer), Germán Val (writer),
Plot: In a dark and decadent city, Sean Fallon - a corrupt cop - will have to face his own demons to put an end to a series of brutal rapes and murders of the most weirdest kind. With the help of the local pimps, headed by Chance, Fallon will go the hunt for the serial killer, that may in the end not be human!
Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller,Actors: Matt Franta (actor), Warren Anderson (actor), Mike Balts (producer), Mike Balts (writer), Mike Balts (director),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Ken Marino (actor), Mackenzie Astin (actor), Mader (composer), Josh Covitt (actor), Erin Forrest (miscellaneous crew), Sarah Jeanne Mgeni (costume designer), Seth Caplan (producer), Mina Badie (actress), Wayne Nickel (actor), Luke Ricci (producer), Talmadge Ragan (actress), Sean McQueeney (editor), Peter Livolsi (director), Peter Livolsi (writer), Rod Ben Zeev (producer),
Plot: Ben, Duncan, and Mary are the three main characters in "Duncan Removed", a film that asks the question, what if that little voice inside your head belonged to someone else?
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Danny Aiello (actor), John Rothman (actor), Bob Giraldi (producer), Sandra Bernhard (actress), John Corbett (actor), Bob Giraldi (director), Mark Margolis (actor), Vivian Wu (actress), Ajay Naidu (actor), Manny Perez (actor), Maurice Cabrera (miscellaneous crew), Jamie Harris (actor), Edoardo Ballerini (actor), Polly Draper (actress), Lynn Appelle (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Is it just another evening at the hugely popular Italian restaurant of proprietor and bookmaker Louis Cropa in New York? Anything but as tonight's guests include; a local police detective and his wife specially invited by the owner; on the balcony rival bookmaker gangsters from Queens who want to become partners in the restaurant; in the corner renowned food critic 'the food nymph' is her usual demanding self; and at the bar, seemingly unnoticed, is Ken. As the evening continues enter Duncan, inveterate gambler and sous-chef on-the-line in the frenetic kitchen downstairs, who acts as the catalyst that causes the evening to draw to its inevitable, explosive, deadly conclusion.
Keywords: artist, basketball, blackout, bookie, brother, chef, critic, debt, detective, evil-manActors: Jonathan Hock (editor), Alexander Lyras (actor), Franny Baldwin (producer), Lars Engstrom (actor), Carey Burtt (actor), Loch Phillipps (writer), Loch Phillipps (director), Konrad Aderer (actor), Ted Gannon (composer), John Douglas Williams (actor), Jim Ireland (actor), Molly Hickok (actress), Joe Santarelli (actor), Billy Staples (actor), Ward Shelley (composer),
Plot: The greatest hits of a series of conversations had by 3 pairs of participants in a government sponsored drug research study. While the point of the study itself remains somewhat vague, the varied ideas and stories of the participants are visually fleshed out for your viewing pleasure.
Keywords: independent-filmActors: Georgiy Yumatov (actor), Evgeniy Evstigneev (actor), Emmanuil Vitorgan (actor), Andrey Mironov (actor), James Fenimore Cooper (writer), Yuri Saulsky (composer), Pavel Lyubimov (writer), Pavel Lyubimov (director), Anastasiya Nemolyayeva (actress), Yuri Avsharov (actor), Andris Zagars (actor), Tatyana Augskap (actress), Zinovi Genzer (producer), Sergei Kovalyov (actor), Alla Plotkina (actress),
Genres: Adventure,Actors: Rafael Justo Valverde (editor), Carlo Mossy (actor), José Wilker (actor), Roberto Farias (producer), Lúcia Alves (actress), José Augusto Branco (actor), André José Adler (actor), Antônio Victor (actor), Arthur Maia (actor), Pedro Camargo (writer), Pedro Camargo (director), Dinorah Brillanti (actress), Ed Lincoln (actor), Leila Santos (actress), Paulo Roberto (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Hugh Williams (actor), Harry Towb (actor), Tim Turner (actor), John Warren (actor), Charles Lloyd Pack (actor), William Russell (actor), Tony Quinn (actor), Trevor Howard (actor), Bernard Lee (actor), Richard Attenborough (actor), Meredith Edwards (actor), Sid James (actor), Glyn Houston (actor), Clifton Parker (composer), Dora Bryan (actress),
Genres: Adventure, Drama, War,Actors: Spottiswoode Aitken (actor), Ben Alexander (actor), Jack Conway (actor), Gibson Gowland (actor), Ralph Lewis (actor), Wilfred Lucas (actor), Erich von Stroheim (actor), Raymond Wells (actor), Mary Alden (actress), D.W. Griffith (producer), John Emerson (writer), Anita Loos (writer), William Shakespeare (writer), John Emerson (director), Karl Formes (actor),
Genres: Drama, History,