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Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist and actor. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a martial artist and has since founded his own school, Chun Kuk Do. As a result of his "tough guy" image, an Internet phenomenon began in 2005 known as Chuck Norris facts, ascribing various implausible or even impossible feats to Norris.
Norris appeared in a number of action films, such as Way of the Dragon in which he starred alongside Bruce Lee, and was The Cannon Group's leading star in the 1980s. He next played the starring role in the television series Walker, Texas Ranger from 1993 to 2001.
Norris is a devout Christian and politically conservative. He has written several books on Christianity and donated to a number of Republican candidates and causes. In 2007 and 2008, he campaigned for former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who was running for the Republican nomination for President in 2008. In the 2012 election he endorsed former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Norris also writes a column for the conservative website WorldNetDaily.
Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; 27 November 1940 – 20 July 1973) was a Chinese AmericanHong Kong actor,martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement. He is widely considered by many commentators, critics, media and other martial artists to be the most influential martial artist and pop culture icon of the 20th Century. He is often credited with changing the way Asians were presented in American films.
Lee was born in San Francisco to parents of Hong Kong heritage but was raised in Hong Kong until his late teens. Lee returned to the United States at the age of 18 to claim his U.S. citizenship and receive his higher education. It was during this time that he began teaching martial arts, which soon led to film and television roles.
His Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim, and sparked a major surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West in the 1970s. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in Hong Kong and the rest of the world, as well. He is noted for his roles in five feature-length films: Lo Wei's The Big Boss (1971) and Fist of Fury (1972); Way of the Dragon (1972), directed and written by Lee; Warner Brothers' Enter the Dragon (1973) and The Game of Death (1978), both directed by Robert Clouse.
Actors: Jim DeVault (writer), Debbie D (actress), Jim DeVault (director), Jim DeVault (composer), Nicole Holt (actress), Wes Sutton (editor), Greg Vestal (actor), Tim Newkirk (actor), Billy Leo (miscellaneous crew), Billy Leo (actor), Billy Leo (producer), John Baran (actor), Deborah Funes (actress), Kim Visser (actress), Sheri Davis (actress),
Plot: Jebadiah lived on his land for many years. He worked the land, and kept it alive. Jebadiah also hated trespassers. When he died defending his right to remain on his land, he was buried there. That was a month ago. Now there are strangers on his land again, and they want to make his land their own. Jebadiah still hates trespassers.
Genres: Horror,Actors: David Rimawi (producer), Sarah Nean Bruce (director), Ralph Rieckermann (composer), Bram Stoker (miscellaneous crew), Sherri Strain (writer), David Michael Latt (editor), David Michael Latt (producer), Jared Cohn (actor), Sherri Strain (producer), Rhett Giles (actor), Paul Logan (actor), Rick Walker (producer), Kevin Carraway (producer), Matt Dallas (actor), Denise Boutte (actress),
Genres: Action, Horror, Thriller,Actors: Alberta Watson (actress), Boyd Banks (actor), Jerry Ciccoritti (director), Peter Outerbridge (actor), Aron Tager (actor), Frank Crudele (actor), John Bourgeois (actor), David Hewlett (actor), Janet Wright (actress), Victor Ertmanis (actor), Kris Holden-Ried (actor), Chris Benson (actor), Emily Hampshire (actress), David Eisner (actor), Frank Siracusa (producer),
Plot: A brutal drive-by shooting of a Croatian woman who works at an abortion clinic sends two homicide detectives out onto the streets of one of the world's most culturally diverse cities. Their first suspect has ties to the pro-life movement. But a sudden turn of events, a fresh trail of clues and a suicide attempt by the victim's Serbian husband lead the detectives into the impenetrable world of Balkan politics and prejudices. As they hunt for the killer, they uncover an ethnic war between Croatians and Serbians amid the urban backdrop of downtown Toronto.
Genres: ,Actors: Richard Hartley (composer), Ulrich Matschoss (actor), Robert Hoyland (actor), Michael O'Hagan (actor), Grischa Huber (actress), Philip Martin Brown (actor), Ardan Fisher (editor), Charles Lewsen (actor), Brian Stirner (actor), Valerie Buchanan (actress), Willow Grylls (actress), Godfrey Jackman (actor), Ellen Sheean (actress), Peter Attard (actor), Emma Rawson (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Joe D'Amato (actor), Ed Devereaux (actor), Sam Neill (actor), Bill Gooley (miscellaneous crew), Donald Crombie (director), Steven Vidler (actor), Andy Anderson (actor), Peter Cummins (actor), Tony Morphett (writer), Keith Smith (actor), Mason Curtis (miscellaneous crew), Mason Curtis (miscellaneous crew), Garry McDonald (composer), Laurie Stone (composer), Don Barker (actor),
Plot: Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by 'Rolf Boldrewood' (qv). Made by the South Australian Film Corporation during the mini-series boom of the 1980s and lensed in the Flinders Ranges, it stars 'Sam Neill' (qv) as the infamous Captain Starlight.
Keywords: 19th-century, adventurer, arms, australia, australian-western, based-on-book, based-on-novel, bushranger, costume-drama, countrysideActors: Dudley Sutton (actor), Richard Todd (actor), Robert Mitchum (actor), Harry Andrews (actor), Oliver Reed (actor), James Stewart (actor), Simon Fisher-Turner (actor), Colin Blakely (actor), Edward Fox (actor), Don Henderson (actor), Richard Boone (actor), Norman Mitchell (actor), Roy Evans (actor), John Mills (actor), Candy Clark (actress),
Plot: Set in England, rather than California, the story follows Raymond Chandler's book fairly closely otherwise. Philip Marlowe is asked by the elderly (and near death) General Sternwood to investigate an attempt at blackmail on one of his daughters. He soon finds that the attempt is half hearted at best and seems to be more connected with the disappearance of the other daughter's husband, Rusty Regan. Rusty's wife, seems unconcerned with his disappearance, further complicating the mystery. Only General Sternwood seems concerned as mobsters and hired killers continue to appear in the path of the investigation.
Keywords: affair, based-on-novel, blackmail, bookstore, clerk, craziness, cynicism, degeneration, detective, ex-boyfriendActors: Frances Morris (actress), Robert Adler (actor), Malcolm Atterbury (actor), Ken Christy (actor), John Derek (actor), Herman Hack (actor), Norman Leavitt (actor), Kermit Maynard (actor), Buddy Roosevelt (actor), Robert Griffin (actor), Nick Adams (actor), Harry Sukman (composer), John Smith (actor), Gerd Oswald (director), Rusty Lane (actor),
Plot: A gunslinger attempts to hang up his hardware and help his younger brother raise cattle. The local attorney, whose brother the gunslinger shot in a fair fight, is determined to swindle the men out of their ranch by preventing a supply deal with the railroad, then using his bodyguard to bushwhack the younger brother.
Keywords: attempted-kidnapping, bank, banker, bar-fight, based-on-novel, bodyguard, brother-brother-relationship, bushwhack, cattleman, crooked-lawyerActors: Griff Barnett (actor), Douglas Kennedy (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Richard Bartell (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), James Conaty (actor), Sayre Dearing (actor), Ralph Dunn (actor), Paul Bradley (actor), Creighton Hale (actor), Eddie Hart (actor), Van Heflin (actor), Tristram Coffin (actor), Carl M. Leviness (actor),
Plot: A dazed woman walks the streets of Los Angeles looking for a man named David. After collapsing in a diner, she's taken to the psychiatric ward of a nearby hospital. Flashbacks reveal her obsession for David as a result of borderline personality disorder which ultimately leads to murder.
Keywords: amnesia, asylum, auditory-hallucination, based-on-novel, boarding-school, borderline-personality-disorder, cigarette-girl, concert-hall, delusion, disapproving-daughterActors: Harry Carey (actor), Anthony O'Sullivan (actor), Charles West (actor), Claire McDowell (actress), Anthony O'Sullivan (director),
Genres: Drama, Short,