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Hoover is a surname: Hoover is a variant spelling of the German Huber, a status name for a landowner or a prosperous small farmer.
Hoover may refer to:
John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States. Appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation—predecessor to the FBI—in 1924, he was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935, where he remained director until his death in 1972 aged 77. Hoover is credited with building the FBI into a large and efficient crime-fighting agency, and with instituting a number of modernizations to police technology, such as a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories.
Late in life and after his death Hoover became a controversial figure as evidence of his secretive actions became public. His critics have accused him of exceeding the jurisdiction of the FBI. He used the FBI to harass political dissenters and activists, to amass secret files on political leaders, and to collect evidence using illegal methods. FBI directors are now limited to one 10-year term, subject to extension by the United States Senate, because of his long and controversial tenure.
Actors: Anthony Fankhauser (actor), Anthony Fankhauser (producer), David Michael Latt (producer), Sherri Strain (producer), Mel Lewis (composer), David Rimawi (producer), Eric Forsberg (writer), Peter Mervis (editor), Nick Slatkin (actor), Peter Mervis (director), Rick Walker (producer), Stacy Ellen Rich (costume designer), Derek Osedach (actor), Jason S. Gray (actor), Amelia Jackson-Gray (actress),
Plot: A Zombie curse is placed upon a woman, which causes her to have living snakes inside her. Brujo, who is looking after her, attempts to take her to Los Angeles on the train. After several confrontations on the train, Brujo's collection of snakes manage to separate themselves from their owner and go on the hunt. Whilst all this is happening, normal, everyday passengers are relaxing, what is unknown to them is that something deadly is heading their way, and that there is no way out.
Keywords: bandit, block-blunder, blood, cgi, characters-killed-one-by-one, corrupt-cop, curse, death, die-hard-scenario, drug-smugglingActors: Seymour Cassel (actor), Elsa Ramo (miscellaneous crew), Jonathan Banks (actor), Mike Dennert (miscellaneous crew), James Portolese (producer), James Portolese (writer), Brent Roske (producer), Rachel Miner (actress), René Besson (director), René Besson (editor), René Besson (producer), Sarah Wynter (actress), Sigal Diamant (actress), Shira Scott Astrof (actress), Robert Berson (actor),
Plot: Focuses on a young woman and her radical journey to discover who she is and to find out why multiple enemies want her dead. The woman, SARAH CAUL, is thrown into an action filled construct where she must put the pieces of her life together as well as confront the menace that follows her every move.
Keywords: chase, death, flashback, gun, independent-film, martial-arts, murder, pistol, violence, woman-with-gunActors: Steven Stabler (producer), Brad Krevoy (producer), Andy Dick (actor), Raymond J. Barry (actor), Biff Yeager (actor), David Wells (actor), Drew Barrymore (actress), Brad Dourif (actor), Sean Patrick Flanery (actor), Dean Cain (actor), Luke Wilson (actor), Fred Ward (actor), Robert Harvey (actor), Kent Hamilton (miscellaneous crew), Mark Mothersbaugh (composer),
Plot: The film opens with 4 tuxedo clad men showing up at a penitentiary to meet a friend who has just been released after three years in prison and is going straight from the jail to marry his girl friend. En route to the wedding, one of the men asks to stop by a bank to pick up some cash. As it turns out, he is a wanted bank robber who uses Shakespeare passages during his robberies and thus has become known as "Hamlet". Soon all five men are caught up in the bank and involved in the robbery as they end up in a hostage situation. The hostage negotiator shows up who turns out to be Hamlet's father. As the men are all known to those being robbed, this quirky comedy takes a left turn as their hostages all work to support the men.
Keywords: bank-robbery, best-man, chase, coming-out, father-son-relationship, fbi, friendship, friendship-between-men, gay-interest, high-school-friendsActors: Patricia Arquette (actress), Xander Berkeley (actor), Sherilyn Fenn (actress), Tom Bower (actor), David L. Wolper (producer), Greg Kinnear (actor), Vince Edwards (actor), Lawrence Tierney (actor), John Philbin (actor), Will Patton (actor), Mark Harmon (actor), Mark Wolper (producer), David McHugh (composer), Gary Houston (actor), Helen P. Butler (costume designer),
Genres: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History,Actors: David Ryall (actor), Roy Scheider (actor), Ken Russell (actor), Mac McDonald (actor), Ian McNeice (actor), John Mahoney (actor), Klaus Maria Brandauer (actor), Michael Kitchen (actor), James Fox (actor), Martin Clunes (actor), Constantine Gregory (actor), Sean Connery (actor), Jay Benedict (actor), J.T. Walsh (actor), Blu Mankuma (actor),
Plot: Three notebooks supposedly containing Russian military secrets are handed to a British publisher during a Russian book conference. The British secret service are naturally keen to learn if these notebooks are the genuine article. To this end, they enlist the help of the scruffy British publisher Barley Blair, who has plenty of experience with Russia and Russians. Barley, an unconventional character who doesn't respond well to authority, finds himself in a game more complex than he first thought when he digs into the origin of the notebooks.
Keywords: affectionate-hug, alcoholism, army-colonel, audio-surveillance, audiobook, based-on-novel, blackboard, book-editor, book-fair, book-publisherActors: David Ryall (actor), Roy Scheider (actor), Ken Russell (actor), Mac McDonald (actor), Ian McNeice (actor), John Mahoney (actor), Klaus Maria Brandauer (actor), Michael Kitchen (actor), James Fox (actor), Martin Clunes (actor), Constantine Gregory (actor), Sean Connery (actor), Jay Benedict (actor), J.T. Walsh (actor), Blu Mankuma (actor),
Plot: Three notebooks supposedly containing Russian military secrets are handed to a British publisher during a Russian book conference. The British secret service are naturally keen to learn if these notebooks are the genuine article. To this end, they enlist the help of the scruffy British publisher Barley Blair, who has plenty of experience with Russia and Russians. Barley, an unconventional character who doesn't respond well to authority, finds himself in a game more complex than he first thought when he digs into the origin of the notebooks.
Keywords: affectionate-hug, alcoholism, army-colonel, audio-surveillance, audiobook, based-on-novel, blackboard, book-editor, book-fair, book-publisherActors: David Ryall (actor), Roy Scheider (actor), Ken Russell (actor), Mac McDonald (actor), Ian McNeice (actor), John Mahoney (actor), Klaus Maria Brandauer (actor), Michael Kitchen (actor), James Fox (actor), Martin Clunes (actor), Constantine Gregory (actor), Sean Connery (actor), Jay Benedict (actor), J.T. Walsh (actor), Blu Mankuma (actor),
Plot: Three notebooks supposedly containing Russian military secrets are handed to a British publisher during a Russian book conference. The British secret service are naturally keen to learn if these notebooks are the genuine article. To this end, they enlist the help of the scruffy British publisher Barley Blair, who has plenty of experience with Russia and Russians. Barley, an unconventional character who doesn't respond well to authority, finds himself in a game more complex than he first thought when he digs into the origin of the notebooks.
Keywords: affectionate-hug, alcoholism, army-colonel, audio-surveillance, audiobook, based-on-novel, blackboard, book-editor, book-fair, book-publisherActors: Peter Manning Robinson (actor), Larry Buchanan (director), Larry Buchanan (producer), Larry Buchanan (writer), Joe Tornatore (actor), Stuart Lancaster (actor), Richard Kennedy (actor), Sandy Kenyon (actor), Joe Camp (actor), Jan Evans (miscellaneous crew), Marius Mazmanian (actor), Toni Sawyer (actress), Ray Laska (actor), Jodi Carol Harrison (actress), Bill Schultz (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: The story of Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and 'Janis Joplin' (qv), and how their message for their generation made them targets of a US government plot.
Keywords: 1960s, 1970s, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, ambulance, arrest, assassin, assassination, assassination-plotActors: O. Henry (writer), Margaret Mann (actress), Carlton S. King (actor), Katherine S. Reed (writer), Jean Paige (actress), Martin Justice (director), H.H. Pattee (actor), William Lampe (actor), Rexford Burnett (actor), Frank Crayne (actor), Ada Kingsley (actress), Grace Ashley (actress), Neil Spencer (actor), Bruno Karnum (actor),
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