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Peter Tork (born Peter Halsten Thorkelson, February 13, 1942) is an American musician and actor, best known as the keyboardist and bass guitarist of The Monkees.
Tork was born at the Doctor's Hospital, Washington, D.C. Although he was born in 1942, many news articles incorrectly report him as born in 1944 in New York City, as this was the date and place given on early Monkees press releases. He is the son of Virginia Hope (née Straus) and Halsten John Thorkelson, an economics professor at the University of Connecticut. His paternal grandfather was of Norwegian descent, while his mother was of half German Jewish and half British Isles ancestry. He began studying piano at the age of nine, showing an aptitude for music by learning to play several different instruments, including the banjo and acoustic and bass guitars. Tork attended Windham High School in Willimantic, Connecticut, and was a member of the first graduating class at E.O. Smith High School in Storrs, Connecticut. He attended Carleton College before he moved to New York City, where he became part of the folk music scene in Greenwich Village during the first half of the 1960s. While there, he befriended other up-and-coming musicians such as Stephen Stills.
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Genres: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Short,Actors: Dominic Bisignano (actor), Musa Brooker (actor), Kari Rae Seekins (actress), Evelyn Lee (director), Evelyn Lee (writer), Kari Rae Seekins (composer), Antonio Anagaran (actor),
Genres: Animation, Short,Actors: Henry G. Sanders (actor), Ty Hodges (actor), Marcus Folmar (actor), Christopher Westlake (composer), Ari Graynor (actress), Sydney Tamiia Poitier (actress), Steve Connell (actor), Erin Farrell (costume designer), Kevin Oeser (editor), Ryan Piers Williams (actor), Brandon Sonnier (producer), Brandon Sonnier (director), Brandon Sonnier (writer), Keith Ewell (actor), Roberto Urbina (actor),
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Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller,Actors: David Hemmings (actor), William Hope (actor), Neil Morrissey (actor), Cheryl Leigh (miscellaneous crew), James Laurenson (actor), Peter Eyre (actor), Barbara Flynn (actress), Roger Brierley (actor), Nadia Sawalha (actress), Shaun Prendergast (actor), Mark Womack (actor), Dominic Jephcott (actor), Lucy Akhurst (actress), Ray Nicholas (actor), William Chubb (actor),
Plot: A man who is serving time in prison for a crime he didn't commit is picked for experiments for sun tanning lotions. What he doesn't realise is that there is a hidden agenda and it's only until he touches water that he finds what the experiment really was.
Keywords: invisible-manActors: Bridget Fonda (actress), Sheila McCarthy (actress), Bridget Fonda (actress), Georges Wilson (actor), Glenn Close (actress), Anny Duperey (actress), Christopher Plummer (actor), John Shea (actor), Michel Charrel (actor), Teller (actor), Paul Shaffer (actor), Penn Jillette (actor), Philippe Duclos (actor), Bob Weinstein (producer), Sheila McCarthy (actress),
Plot: Gandahar is a utopian world of rare beauty and tranquility, the result of extensive mutation and genetic experimentation. But the perfect peace is shattered when a mysterious evil force invades this idyllic serenity, turning people into stone with petrifying rays. The Council of Women hold court and decide to send Sylvain, son of Queen Ambisextra, on a mission to destroy the enemy. Together with the beautiful and adventurous Arielle, the enemy that Sylvain eventually discovers very far from his home is the ultimate failure of Gandaharian scientific experimentation. It is a giant brain known as the Metamorphis, which has created an indestructible army of metal men to destroy Gandahar. Sylvain must battle the Metamorphis, but not until 1000 years in the future.
Keywords: based-on-novel, cult-film, deformed, french-science-fiction, independent-film, invasion, nudity, robot, surrealism, time-travelActors: Roshan Seth (actor), John Savident (actor), Murray Melvin (actor), Derek Jacobi (actor), Tony Jay (actor), Robert Morley (actor), Cyril Cusack (actor), Roger Hammond (actor), Jonathan Cecil (actor), Alec Guinness (actor), Alan Bennett (actor), Bill Fraser (actor), Michael Elphick (actor), Pip Torrens (actor), David Thewlis (actor),
Plot: Arthur Clennam returns to London after working abroad for many years with his now deceased father. Almost at once he becomes involved in the problems of his mother's seamstress Amy Dorrit and of her father residing in the Marshalsea debtors' prison. Pursuing their cause Arthur comes across a successful business opportunity and also gains a number of new acquaintances, while his and Amy's paths continue to cross. A reversal of fortune lays him low, but to fully understand how, this story must now be seen through Little Dorrit's eyes.
Keywords: 19th-century, age-difference, based-on-novel, benefactor, blackmail, brother-sister-relationship, bureaucracy, character-name-in-title, charles-dickens, class-differencesActors: Luciano Albertini (actor), Filippo Castamagna (director), Filippo Castamagna (actor), Linda Albertini (actress), Giusto Olivieri (actor), Giovanni Bertinetti (writer), Arnold Patata (actor),
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