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Norma Jeane Mortensen Baker (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), professionally recognized as Marilyn Monroe, was an American actress, model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s and early 1960s.
After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946 with Twentieth Century-Fox. Her early film appearances were minor, but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950) drew attention to her. By 1953, Monroe had progressed to a leading role in Niagara (1953), a melodramatic film noir that dwelt on her seductiveness. Her "dumb blonde" persona was used to comic effect in subsequent films such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). Limited by typecasting, Monroe studied at the Actors Studio to broaden her range. Her dramatic performance in Bus Stop (1956) was hailed by critics and garnered a Golden Globe nomination. Her production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, released The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination and won a David di Donatello award. She received a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Some Like It Hot (1959). Monroe's last completed film was The Misfits, co-starring Clark Gable with screenplay by her then-husband, Arthur Miller.
Actors: Al Sapienza (actor), Vinny Vella (actor), Tony Ray Rossi (actor), Keith Mackler (actor), Artie Pasquale (actor), Bryan Williams (actor), Rob Hawk (producer), Rob Hawk (miscellaneous crew), Rob Hawk (actor), John 'Cha Cha' Ciarcia (actor), Bryan Williams (actor), Rob Hawk (director), Rob Hawk (editor), Dominick Mancino (actor), Joseph DeBona (actor),
Plot: A story based on Roland Ruby's soon to be released CD of the same title. A musician down on his luck contemplates romance and friendship while getting caught up in a battle between his red headed nemesis Ira Palumbo and the Jersey and NYC Mob. This romantic comedy features many exciting newcomers and veterans of mob roles such as Vinnie Vella, Arie Pasquale, Tony Ray Rossi, Al Sapienza, and other familiar faces.
Genres: Comedy, Music, Musical, Short,Actors: Raffaello Degruttola (actor), Hadi Ghandour (writer), Hadi Ghandour (writer), Lee Ravitz (actor), Hadi Ghandour (director), Des Brittain (actor), Twan Da Silva (producer), Miwa Saeki (actress), Beeny Royston (actor), LI Chun Teng (editor),
Plot: Mort, a middle-manager at the Divine Bureau of Death , faces a troubled conscious and refuses to carry out his job of processing comas after his boss, Birdie, demands the indiscriminate killing of people due to an increase in world population.
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Richard Johnson (producer), Sybil Danning (actress), Wolfgang S. Zechmayer (actor), Richard Johnson (actor), Stefanie Powers (actress), Michael Rogers (actor), Patrick Swayze (actor), Heinz Hoenig (actor), Anja Kruse (actress), Norbert Blecha (producer), Heinz Trixner (actor), Joshua Sinclair (producer), Joshua Sinclair (writer), Joshua Sinclair (director), Martine McCutcheon (actress),
Plot: Police in 1928 Austria arrest Phillippe Halsman, of Jewish origin, for Patricide and allege that he killed his father, Morduch, while on a hiking trip. Phillippe is defended by a Jewish lawyer, Richard Pressburger, who quickly comes to the conclusion that Judge Larcher is prejudiced against his client. This allegation prompts Larcher to warn Richard to continue defending his client - or join him in the cell for contempt charges. The question remains will Richard continue to defend his client or give up this case as he probably realizes that there is no chance of a fair trial.
Keywords: arrest, austria, brown-shirt, death, exclamation-point-in-title, father-son-relationship, historical-event, jew, jewish, judgeActors: Rutger Hauer (actor), Johan Nijenhuis (producer), Herman P. Koerts (editor), Victor Löw (actor), Jean van de Velde (director), Tom Jansen (actor), Alain De Levita (producer), Tijn Heerkens (miscellaneous crew), Kees Boot (actor), Stoffel Van Verrewegen (miscellaneous crew), Daan Schuurmans (actor), Rense Westra (actor), Dimme Treurniet (actor), Paul Marbus (miscellaneous crew), Gerard Soeteman (writer),
Plot: Floris van Rozemond Junior, son and heir of a long line of knights of that name, refuses to go in the military 'family business' and becomes an actor, a profession scorned by his homonymous father, the general of the under-age duke of Burgundy. The duke chose this year to pay for his people to have bread and butter, rather then canons for the army, but relies for Floris senior's defense force on a novelty Holy relic from the East, a nail from the Holy Cross, supposedly rendering invulnerable, smuggled to his court in an inconspicuous place- a horse's arse, yet the men of his rival, the duchess of Gelre, think they got it from the stripped body of the courier. Now Floris Sr. is charged with transporting it, but hides it in cheeses, which get sold to the duchess and distributed to her men in Christmas bonus packets. The Gelre side decides to kidnap Floris Jr. and exchange him for the relic, but a Chinese, Pi, helps him escape; when Floris Senior won't even hear their plan, they start the quest on their own, enlisting common folk, and infiltrate the duchess's castle on real relic hunt while she plays the magical healer...
Keywords: based-on-tv-series, character-name-in-title, middle-ages, one-word-titleActors: Hôka Kinoshita (actor), Toshie Negishi (actress), Tarô Yamamoto (actor), Toshiyuki Nishida (actor), Ittoku Kishibe (actor), Tôru Masuoka (actor), Sansei Shiomi (actor), Kazuyuki Izutsu (director), Kazuyuki Izutsu (writer), Shinobu Terajima (actress), Kaoru Okunuki (actress), Tetsushi Tanaka (actor), Takako Tokiwa (actress), Adeyto (actress), La Salle Ishii (actor),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama,Actors: Guillermo Toledo (actor), Ernesto Alterio (actor), Emilio Martínez Lázaro (director), Dacia González (actress), Ramón Barea (actor), Ángel Hernández Zoido (editor), Roque Baños (composer), Paz Vega (actress), Alberto San Juan (actor), Leticia Dolera (actress), Secun de la Rosa (actor), James Ordonez (miscellaneous crew), Javier Gutiérrez (actor), Tomás Cimadevilla (producer), Luis Mendo (composer),
Plot: When Paula leaves her mate Pedro, he misses her and looks for comfort with his best friends, Javier and Sonia. Paula is having an affair with Javier. The cuckold Pedro tries to find who is the secret lover of Paula, and hires a private eye. Meanwhile, while comforting Pedro, Sonia has one night stand with him and Javier thinks she is cheating him with her lesbian friend Lucia.
Keywords: adultery, amatalascañas-spain, avila-spain, bar, bare-breasts, betrayal, bible, bisexual, blow-job, boleroActors: Deborah Smith Ford (actress), Deborah Smith Ford (miscellaneous crew), Deborah Smith Ford (miscellaneous crew), Edge (actor), Lou Hernandez (director), Lou Hernandez (producer), Lou Hernandez (writer), Mark Haffner (composer), Ron Mosher (actor), Leonard Reina (actor), Keith Wallace (actor), Ron Mosher (miscellaneous crew), R. Andrew Hernandez (miscellaneous crew), James Housley (miscellaneous crew), Jon Miller (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Duffy and Goldstien, an unlikely pair, are brought together by their passion for fishing the Florida mangroves islands, and by their shared past profession as hit men for a New York crime syndicates. On this day, more than fish are jumping as both men dredge up dark secrets that will change them, and the lives of their families, forever.
Genres: Short,Actors: Craig Austin (producer), Heath Black (actor), Heath Black (actor), John Russell Weatherford (writer), Jake Myers (actor), Karen Dent (miscellaneous crew), Craig Newell (actor), Edward B. Kessel (composer), Russ Weatherford (director), Marc R. Hoffman (composer), Vanise Castillo (actress), Vanise Castillo (actress), Jim DeFrancesco (editor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Chuck Cirino (composer), Kristin M. Burke (costume designer), Mike Elliott (producer), Andrew Stevens (actor), Jim Wynorski (writer), Chuck Cirino (actor), Jay Richardson (actor), Lesley-Anne Down (actress), John Byner (actor), Peter Spellos (actor), Howard Hesseman (actor), Steve Franken (actor), Fred Olen Ray (actor), Lisa Arnone (miscellaneous crew), Jim Wynorski (director),
Plot: The magical Munchie is back, and if he gets in any more trouble it's off to the dullest constellation in the galaxy. Staying out of trouble has never been easy for Munchie, but this time he gives it his best shot. He is sent to earth and finds himself in the company of the McClelland family. As he proves himself, he becomes mixed up in the family's many problems. Munchie does his best to fulfill his duty on Earth, but not without getting involved in a little mischief.
Keywords: baseball-coach, baseball-game, baseball-team, car-chase, dead-father, dwarf, family-relationships, imagination, independent-film, mind-readingActors: Jill M. Ohanneson (costume designer), Jack Betts (actor), Joseph Conlan (composer), Peter McKernan (actor), Jonathan Banks (actor), Daniel T. Cahn (editor), Tomas Milian (actor), Bradford May (director), Richard Dysart (actor), Raymond Serra (actor), Kristoffer Tabori (actor), Geoffrey Blake (actor), Annie O'Donnell (actress), Ryal Haakenson (actor), Greg Lewis (actor),
Genres: Drama,