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Danny Baker (born 22 June 1957, Deptford, South London) is an English comedy writer, journalist, radio DJ and screenwriter. Since the late 1970s, he has worked for a wide range of publications and broadcasters including NME, LWT, the BBC, and Talk Radio.
Baker was born in Deptford in south east London to a dock-working, union-leading father and factory-working mother and grew up in Bermondsey. He left school in 1972 at the age of 15 and initially worked in One Stop Records, a small but fashionable record shop in South Molton Street in London's West End.
In 1976, with fellow Deptfordian Mark Perry, Baker founded the proto-punk fanzine Sniffin' Glue, and this led to an offer from the New Musical Express, home to the likes of Julie Burchill, Tony Parsons, Charles Shaar Murray and Nick Kent. Baker initially began working as the office receptionist, but was soon contributing regular articles and reviews before progressing to interviews. He often refers to these times during his radio shows, regularly citing examples of the ridiculous behaviour exhibited by his rock star interviewees.
Actors: Yudho Aditya (producer), Yudho Aditya (writer), Yudho Aditya (costume designer), Yudho Aditya (producer), Yudho Aditya (editor), Yudho Aditya (writer), Yudho Aditya (director), Dillan Damodar (producer), Paul Yen (actor), Alicia Goff (actress), Alicia Goff (producer), Ben Whalen (actor), Miranda Franklin-Wall (actress), Heather Hoang (actor), Derek Nguyen (actor),
Plot: After engaging in a sexual act with a stranger, J. Harper Lee, a detached and newly out-of-the closet young man, arrives to a soirée planned by his best friend, Annie. Throughout the night, as he catches up with close acquaintances and struggles to hold back his feelings for his straight friend, Danny, Harper agonizes to build a façade of belonging in a world that is not meant for him. As midnight approaches, Harper exploits himself in a brief sexual encounter to mitigate his loneliness and disconnection only to realize that he must come to terms with his identity in order to find his place in a hetero-normative world.
Keywords: asian-american, coming-of-age, gay, identityActors: Rei Kikukawa (actress), Sherie Giehtbrock (miscellaneous crew), Louis Mandylor (actor), Joe Estevez (actor), Udo Kier (actor), James Russo (actor), Gregory Hatanaka (producer), Sunny Doench (actress), Nicholas Guilak (actor), Jonathan Levit (actor), E. Shepherd Stevenson (producer), E. Shepherd Stevenson (producer), Taka Arai (producer), Mitch Gould (actor), Christa Hamilton (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Mr. Ozaki, a Japanese conglomerate businessman living in Los Angeles, hires a beautiful young double (Maria) to protect his real daughter (Lisa) from harm. When Maria is kidnapped by a professional crime organization for a $2 million ransom, her bodyguard, Luke Campbell, conceives a plan to rescue her. By kidnapping the real Lisa Ozaki and turning her over to the kidnappers, Luke hopes to save Maria, and ultimately Lisa, as he knows her father will only pay the ransom for his daughter and not the double. However, the bodyguards hired to watch Lisa have another plan in mind. About to lose their jobs for losing Lisa when they were supposed to keep an eye on her at all times, they decide to steal the ransom money and rescue Lisa, in an attempt to be the heroes and save their jobs.
Keywords: independent-filmActors: James MacPherson (actor), Brad Sergi (actor), Don Handfield (actor), Franny Baldwin (producer), Brad Bemis (miscellaneous crew), Tom Greenhut (writer), Tom Greenhut (producer), Tom Greenhut (director), Rachel Sage Kunin (costume designer), Mike Rad (actor), Colette D. Johnson (producer), Ken Schretzmann (editor), Dave Wewee (writer), Donita Ganzon Gold (actress), Dave Wewee (director),
Plot: Danny Baker, a 22-year old from Oregon, moves to Los Angeles, following his girlfriend and hoping for a better life. After discovering his girlfriend had no interest in continuing their relationship, he drops out of college and ends up becoming a delivery boy for a drug dealer. Of course, after a misunderstanding perpetrated by his boss, dread and mayhem ensue.
Keywords: drug-dealingActors: Winston Rekert (actor), Dale Wilson (actor), Alan Scarfe (actor), Anthony Holland (actor), Christian Bruyère (producer), Christian Bruyère (writer), Christian Bruyère (writer), Tom Braidwood (producer), Andrée Pelletier (actress), Lloyd Berry (actor), Howard Storey (actor), Tony Morelli (actor), Thomas Shandel (director), Thomas Shandel (producer), J. Douglas Dodd (composer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Benjamin A. Weissman (editor), Brad Fiedel (composer), Paul Winfield (actor), Ike Eisenmann (actor), George Coe (actor), Benjamin A. Weissman (producer), Roger Young (director), Leonard Hill (producer), Israel Juarbe (actor), Joe Cirillo (actor), Trini Alvarado (actress), Todd Arnow (miscellaneous crew), Ira Marvin (producer), James Broderick (actor), Philip Mandelker (producer),
Plot: Two young kids in love, one young graffiti artist and the other a foster-child, find trouble on the mean streets on the other side of the river in New York City. Officer Charles Banks finds young Danny tagging subway cars and then catches Teiresa selling drugs for another mislead teen, Kirk. The officer, instead of turning both of them in, gives both teens a chance to make more of their lives together. Changing their ways turns out to be more challenging than first thought.
Keywords: graffiti, graffiti-artist, new-york-city, subway, teenagerActors: Mel Brooks (writer), Arthur Hiller (director), Whitey Ford (actor), Stanley Chase (producer), Roger Mobley (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Paul E. Burns (actor), Si Jenks (actor), Jess Kirkpatrick (actor), Tom Neal (actor), Craig Reynolds (actor), Russell Simpson (actor), Al St. John (actor), Grady Sutton (actor), Sarah Padden (actress), Barney A. Sarecky (producer), Ford Beebe (writer), Ford Beebe (director), Douglas Evans (actor), William Farnum (actor), Harry Holman (actor),
Plot: An orphan boy on his way to live with his uncle picks up a stray dog, and the two become fast friends. However, the uncle doesn't want the dog, and when chickens are found dead, the uncle accuses the dog of killing them. The boy decides that it's time he and the dog hit the road so they run away, and meet up with an elderly man who also ran away from a home where he believed he wasn't wanted either.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, dog, dog-actorActors: Barbara Jo Allen (actress), Robert Williams (actor), Vernon Dent (actor), Herbert Heywood (actor), Emmett Vogan (actor), Jimmy Lloyd (actor), Byron Foulger (actor), William Newell (actor), Brian O'Hara (actor), Eddie Parker (actor), William Forrest (actor), Robert Benchley (actor), Ray Teal (actor), John Tyrrell (actor), Kathleen Howard (actress),
Plot: A 14-year-old boy lies about his age and enlists in the United State Marine Corps without his family's consent or knowledge. He is sent into battle, in the Pacific war-zone, and decorated, and spotted in a newsreel by his family. The family asks the War Department to discharge him and send him home. A complicated period of adjustment follows for both the boy, who is no longer a boy even at the age of 15, and his family. (S/N/A/F/U, as the title is displayed, was a World War II military slang term standing for...Situation normal, all f(rigged) up. When the title was used on a 1984 film, the meaning, and all the correct words were used. )
Keywords: 1940s, american, american-legion, archive-footage, assistant-director, based-on-play, battle, campus, co-ed, college