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Isadora is a 1968 biographical film which tells the story of celebrated American dancer Isadora Duncan. It stars Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox and Jason Robards.
The movie was adapted by Melvyn Bragg, Margaret Drabble and Clive Exton from the books My Life by Isadora and Isadora, an Intimate Portrait by Sewell Stokes. It was directed by Karel Reisz.
It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (Vanessa Redgrave). The film was also nominated for the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival, where Redgrave won Best Actress.
Paul Mauriat (4 March 1925 – 3 November 2006) was a French orchestra leader, conductor of Le Grand Orchestre de Paul Mauriat, who specialized in the easy listening genre. He is best known in the United States for his million selling remake of André Popp's "Love is Blue", which was #1 for 5 weeks in 1968. Other recordings for which he is known include El Bimbo, "Toccata" and "Penelope."
Mauriat was born and grew up in Marseille, France. His father was a postal inspector who loved to play classical piano and violin. Mauriat began playing music at the age of four and enrolled in the Conservatoire in Paris at the age of 10, but by the time he was 17, he had fallen in love with jazz and popular music. During World War II, Mauriat started his own dance band and toured concert halls throughout Europe. In the 1950s he became musical director to at least two well-known French singers, Charles Aznavour and Maurice Chevalier, touring with them respectively.
In 1957, Mauriat released his first EP Paul Mauriat, a four track RGM release. Between 1959–1964 Mauriat recorded several albums on the Bel-Air record label under the name Paul Mauriat et Son Orchestre, as well as using the various pseudonyms of Richard Audrey, Nico Papadopoulos, Eduardo Ruo and Willy Twist, to better reflect the international flavour of his recordings. During this period, Mauriat also released several recordings with Les Satellites, where he creatively arranged vocal backing harmony for such albums as Slow Rock and Twist, (1961), A Malypense (1962) and Les Satellites Chantent Noel (1964).
Actors: Stanislav Zeman (actor), Anna Alkiomaa (actress), Martin Matejka (actor), Emma Piper-Burket (director), Emma Piper-Burket (writer), Christian Dunkley Clark (actor), Bara Fejfarova (actress), Agatha Skoljar (actress), Stefan Palitov (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Michael Bussan (actor), Michael Bussan (producer), Katie Lanigan (actress), Tina Karakourtis (actress), Tina Karakourtis (producer), Wayne Pombert II (actor), Nick Shea (actor), Adam R Jones (miscellaneous crew), Wayne Pombert II (director), Adam R Jones (miscellaneous crew), Adam R Jones (miscellaneous crew), Konstantin Khrustov (actor), Jianni Ciaccio (writer), Tori Buckley (actress), Aiyanna Wade (actor),
Plot: Isadora (Tori Buckley), a bright and full of personality young women lives a life where she struggles with schizophrenia. Her best friend Jenny (Aiyanna Wade) is against her best friend being on medication that makes her in a zombie-like state, while her father (William Gallegher) is strongly for the medication so she won't talk to herself all the time. The only problem is she can't choose whether she should be on the medication or not. Leaning towards a life full of personality and clear visions she fights hallucinations in the most common and uncommon places like at work, in a basement, at home, and at events with her friends. She talks with a new doctor (Konstantin Khrustov) about her problem and discusses why her father thinks the way he does, but she rebels. It isn't until after she faces her worst nightmare, MAJ (Eddie Howels) that she really takes in the considerations of her problem and realizes she can't control her own life. Her two worlds are about to collide inside her mind. Reality Vs. Hallucinations. Which will win over her life?
Genres: Drama, Short, Thriller,Actors: Stan Harrington (writer), Robert Pralgo (actor), Stan Harrington (producer), Stan Harrington (actor), Stan Harrington (director), Matthew Sconce (producer), Kely McClung (actor), Kely McClung (producer), Sandy Kellerman (actress), R.D. Call (actor), Douglas Bennett (actor), Gary Sconce (producer), Blythe Metz (actress), Peter Le Bas (producer), Peter Le Bas (actor),
Genres: Mystery,Actors: Kimberley Roper (miscellaneous crew), Tony Cox (actor), Eden Riegel (actress), Alexa Sheehan (producer), Andy Milder (actor), Allan Loeb (producer), Ashley Avis (actress), Nancy Wei (costume designer), Steven Pearl (producer), Jennifer De Minco (actress), Torsten Voges (actor), Greg Pritikin (director), Greg Pritikin (writer), Greg Pritikin (editor), Crystal Wortman (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Shane Ryan (actor), Kylee Reese (actress), Barry Barnholtz (actor), Nick Mancuso (actor), Gregory Hatanaka (miscellaneous crew), Gregory Hatanaka (producer), Gregory Hatanaka (writer), Gregory Hatanaka (director), Gregory Hatanaka (actor), Clinton H. Wallace (producer), Reila Aphrodite (actress), DeeDee Bigelow (actress), Clinton H. Wallace (producer), Garret Sato (actor), Douglas Dunning (actor),
Plot: Katarina is a music teacher obsessed with an unfinished symphony. She worries about her brother, Ondrej an introverted inventor whose financiers are reputedly shady and dangerous. Then one day, her ex-husband Pietro shows up in her house and locks her in a cage.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Adrián García Bogliano (editor), Adrián García Bogliano (producer), Adrián García Bogliano (writer), Adrián García Bogliano (director), Hernán Moyano (editor), Hernán Moyano (producer), Laura Azcurra (actress), Fernando Roa (actor), Marina Glezer (actress), Gimena Blesa (actress), Victoria Witemburg (writer), Victoria Witemburg (actress), Victoria Witemburg (producer), Martín Frías (producer), Martín Frías (actor),
Genres: Horror,Actors: Fikret Hakan (actor), Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan (actor), Orçun Sonat (actor), Meral Orhonsay (actress), Nur Sürer (actress), Sedat Demir (actor), Sükrü Avsar (producer), Bahadir Atay (producer), Cengiz Sezici (actor), Emrah Elçiboga (actor), Bülent Inal (actor), Kerem Atabeyoglu (actor), Avni Yalçin (actor), Mesut Akusta (actor), Fuat Onan (actor),
Genres: Adventure,Actors: Marcos Breda (actor), Ricardo Severo (composer), Antônio Carlos Falcão (actor), Caio Fernando Abreu (writer), Fábio Lobanowsky (editor), Tutti Gregianin (writer), Tutti Gregianin (director), Diego Acauan (actor), Gedson Castro (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance, Short,Actors: Larry Brown (composer), Robert Miano (actor), Corbin Timbrook (actor), Julia Verdin (producer), Virginia Madsen (actress), Errol Reichow (miscellaneous crew), Maria Grazia Cucinotta (actress), Vincent Riotta (actor), Harry Dean Stanton (actor), Michael Madsen (actor), Richard Portnow (actor), Seymour Cassel (actor), Blake Busby (miscellaneous crew), Dennis M. O'Connor (editor), Rex Reed (actor),
Genres: Romance,Actors: Robert Trösch (actor), Agnes Kraus (actress), Fred Ludwig (actor), Werner Pledath (actor), Walter Richter-Reinick (actor), Gerry Wolff (actor), Martin Flörchinger (actor), Hans Klering (actor), Gisela May (actress), Hans Fiebrandt (actor), Horst Friedrich (actor), Heinz Frölich (actor), Gerd Biewer (actor), Hans-Erich Korbschmitt (director), Hans-Erich Korbschmitt (writer),
Genres: ,Heads are turnin' sidewardsley as she walks up to the stage
dressed in black, hair blazin' red, gold slippers on her feet
She's got a company of boys, she keeps as her slaves in tow
But when the night is done, none of them follow where she goes..
The room is a little smokey, in a half filled kind of way
as she takes an extra minute to put her last drink away
And the big band's growing anxious, they're outside shaving all their
heads
And the boss has put his foot down and you know the bosses foots' made
out of lead..
So she grabs the introduction back, and throws it in his face
then she starts to wail and shatter every window in the place
Her band is a computer, but it hasn't got any glitch
It asks her for the next song, and she knows exactly which..
The crowd has stopped its' chatter long enough to catch its' breath
When she hits the opening note and says, ".. here's a song about sex.."
and then she wraps it all around me the way most good women do
I try to call the waiter, but he's all wrapped up in her too..
Then her song is over, and it's time to take a bow
"My name is Isadora," she said, if it even matters now
I saw her by a car as I was walking out the door
Her boys had loaded most of the things, but they still needed to load a
little more..
So I stopped a minute to tell her that I really like her voice
Then she smiled, thanking me, telling me that I really had no choice
So now I'm sitting here deciding how this song is supposed to end
And I guess I'll just have to wait until I see Isadora again..
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