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A barber (from the Latin barba, "beard") is someone whose occupation is to cut any type of hair, and to shave or trim the beards of men. The place of work of a barber is generally called a barbershop or a barber's.
In previous times, barbers also performed surgery and dentistry. Today, with the development of safety razors and the decreasing prevalence of beards, in American and Commonwealth culture most barbers specialize in cutting men's hair. Many barbers may still deal with facial hair if requested.
In modern times, the term "barber" is used both as a professional title and to refer to hairdressers who specialize in men's hair. Historically, all hairdressers were considered barbers. In the 20th century, the profession of cosmetology branched off from barbering, and today hairdressers may be licensed as either barbers or cosmetologists. Barbers differ with respect to where they work, which services they are licensed to provide, and what name they use to refer to themselves. Part of this terminology difference depends on the regulations in a given location.
Actors: Bastien Sirodot (miscellaneous crew), Gilles Waterkeyn (producer), Martin Metz (miscellaneous crew), Iwona Sellers (miscellaneous crew), Holger Veh (miscellaneous crew), Nadia Khamlichi (producer), Hubert Toint (producer), Jeremy Burdek (producer), Adrian Politowski (producer), Pierre Philippe Hendrickx (miscellaneous crew), Ulrich Tukur (actor), François Guerrar (miscellaneous crew), Sasson Gabai (actor), Marie Kerhoas (miscellaneous crew), Jean-Jacques Neira (producer),
Plot: After a tempest, fishermen do not find only fish in their nets. That is what happens to Jafaar, a poor fisherman who lives poorly in Gaza. And what he hauls in is really upsetting : imagine that, a pig! An unclean animal judged impure not only by the Faith of Islam but also by the Jewish religion. Determined to get rid of the animal, Jafaar tries desperately to sell it, first to a United Nations official, then to a Jewish colony where Yelena raises pigs not for their meat but for security reasons. Of course, going unnoticed in the company of a "forbidden" animal, among his Palestinian brothers, past Israeli soldiers and under the scrutiny of Islamic fundamentalists is no bed of roses and a series of misadventures await Jafaar....
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Renaud Lessard Ste-Marie (miscellaneous crew), Renaud Lessard Ste-Marie (producer), Renaud Lessard Ste-Marie (editor), Renaud Lessard Ste-Marie (writer), Joel Palombo (writer), Joel Palombo (producer), Joel Palombo (director), Vivek Ahluwalia (actor),
Plot: Political leaders, financial consultants, and average citizens are struggling to understand how to live in a world with ballooning deficits and runaway bankers. Citizens have taken to the streets in protests looking for sound action. A simple barber in India shows his customers how to deal with growth and gives humble advice to the world.
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Sophie Okonedo (actress), Anjelica Huston (actress), Joan Cusack (actress), David Lewis (actor), Howard Hesseman (actor), Hrothgar Mathews (actor), Oliver Platt (actor), Richard Schiff (actor), David Kaye (actor), John Cusack (actor), Peter Bryant (actor), Tony Alcantar (actor), Lauro Chartrand (actor), Toby Emmerich (producer), Amanda Peet (actress),
Plot: What's the nature of being a parent and of being a child? David is a widower grieving for two years. He writes science fiction and was considered weird as a boy. He meets Dennis, a foster child who claims to be on a mission from Mars, stays in a large box all day, fears sunlight, and wears a belt of flashlight batteries so he won't float away. David takes the six-year-old home on a trial. His sister and his wife's best friend offer support, but the guys are basically alone to figure this out. Dennis takes things, is expelled, and is coached by David in being normal. Will the court approve the adoption, and will Dennis stay? Can a man become a father and a child become a son?
Keywords: abandonment, adopted-son, adoption, adult-child-bonding, agent, alien-language, animated-end-credits, aunt-nephew-relationship, author, ballActors: Paul Pape (miscellaneous crew), Jonathan Nichols (miscellaneous crew), Donnie Wahlberg (actor), Justin Lin (director), Rick Kain (miscellaneous crew), Peter Madamba (miscellaneous crew), Charles Napier (actor), Robert Bizik (actor), Tyrese Gibson (actor), James Franco (actor), Brian Tyler (composer), Rick Kain (actor), Lauro Chartrand (actor), Peter Pamela Rose (miscellaneous crew), Sharon Pinkenson (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Jake Huard, from a shipbuilders family, promised his dying mother he'ld make it to Anapolis Naval Academy. Thanks to tenaciously bugging a Congressman, he's selected despite dubious grades. Once inside, Jake soon proves sub-standard academically. Constantly challenged to his limits, repeatedly made the 'over-cocky' reason for the entire class to suffer, Jake nearly quits, but after facing his utterly un-supportive father's gloating returns just in time. Stubborn Jake finds support withs mates as well as Senor Ali, his lover-to-be, and a discipline he may excel in: the 'brigade' boxing tournament, open to all ranks.
Keywords: annapolis-maryland, attempted-suicide, bar, bare-chested-male, beard, beer, bet, body-bag, boxing, boxing-glovesActors: Björk (composer), Yoshio Harada (actor), Matthew Barney (director), Matthew Barney (costume designer), Dana O'Keefe (miscellaneous crew), Matthew Barney (editor), Björk (actress), Matthew Barney (actor), Takashi Nishina (actor), Matthew Barney (producer), Matthew Barney (writer), Jun Naito (actor), Makoto Tanaka (actor), Tony Gerber (miscellaneous crew), Luis Alvarez y Alvarez (editor),
Genres: Fantasy,Actors: Melvin James (director), Melvin James (actor), Roxzane T. Mims (actress), Frances DeLoach (editor), Doug Schwab (producer), Chanda Fuller (producer), Sommore (actress), Trina (actress), Sweetie Sherrié (actress), J. Ronald Castell (producer), Pamela White (producer), Malcolm Spears (actor), Neferteri Shepherd (actress), Colin Costello (writer), Mr. Cheeks (actor),
Plot: "A Miami Tail" is a contemporary version of Lysistrata, a classic Greek comedy by Aristophanes. "A Miami Tail" has Alicia (Trina) leading the women of Liberty City in a protest against gang violence and disrespect of women in their neighborhood by refusing sex to their gangbanging boyfriends.
Keywords: abstinence, gang, gang-violence, implied-nudity, lysistrata, miami-florida, pacifism, poverty, protest, sexualityActors: R.G. Armstrong (actor), Jack N. Young (miscellaneous crew), Nancy Kwan (actress), Alf Kjellin (director), Dane Clark (actor), Rodd Redwing (miscellaneous crew), David Carradine (actor), Brock Peters (actor), John Carradine (actor), Jack Palance (actor), Burl Ives (actor), L.Q. Jones (actor), Melvin Shapiro (editor), Sandy Dvore (miscellaneous crew), Alan Vint (actor),
Plot: When Benjie, a black man who fought in the Civil War, returns to the southern town of Ironside, his return is not exactly a welcome one. The citizens are already uptight about the color of his skin...but the fact that he fought for the Union Army and still wears his uniform is all that is needed for hatred and violence to be fanned by an ex-Confederate soldier named Colby. Benjie's one true friend turns out to be Neal McMasters, the rancher who raised Benjie and is now offering him a half-share in the McMasters land. As Benjie tries to make his new home, he helps some starving Indians and finds himself the owner of an Indian woman who eventually becomes his wife. He also uses Indians to help with the round-up. But things come to a violent turn when Kolby's hatred launches a reign of anger that brings about an unusual white-black-red triangle in the phenomenon of prejudice.
Keywords: african-american, asian-american, character-name-in-title, female-nudity, independent-film, native-american, racismActors: Richard Widmark (actor), James Westerfield (actor), Paul Stewart (actor), Oliver Blake (actor), Henry Sylvester (actor), John McKee (actor), Bert Freed (actor), Scott Seaton (actor), Harry Harvey Jr. (actor), Stuart Holmes (actor), Charles Boyer (actor), Roy Barcroft (actor), James Conaty (actor), Dayton Lummis (actor), Lauren Bacall (actress),
Plot: At an exclusive psychiatric clinic, the doctors and staff are about as crazy as the patients. The clinic head, Dr. Stewart McIver, thinks that it would be good therapy for his patients to design and make new drapes for the library. Mrs. Karen McIver, who is neglected by her hardworking husband (and a bit unbalanced herself), wants to make her mark on the clinic, so she orders new drapes. Miss Inch, the business manager, who has been with the clinic longer than anyone, sees this as an intrusion into her territory, and she too orders drapes. All this puts everyone in a dither, as they fight over drapes and clinic politics.
Keywords: atonal-music-score, based-on-novel, clinic, power-abuse, psychiatric-hospital, psychiatryActors: Lane Chandler (actor), Hardie Albright (actor), Ernie Alexander (actor), Ernie Adams (actor), Hooper Atchley (actor), Edgar Barrier (actor), Walter Brennan (actor), Lynton Brent (actor), Roy Brent (actor), Don Brodie (actor), Charles Cane (actor), Jack Carr (actor), Burr Caruth (actor), Eddy Chandler (actor), Jack Chapin (actor),
Plot: Biopic traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which now bears his name. Gehrig is followed from his childhood in New York until his famous 'Luckiest Man' speech at his farewell day in 1939.
Keywords: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, actor-playing-himself, afi, athlete, baseball, baseball-movie, bronx-new-york-city, carnivalActors: Luis Alberni (actor), Ralph Dunn (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Don Beddoe (actor), Bruce Bennett (actor), Eddie Acuff (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Joe E. Brown (actor), Joe E. Brown (actor), Jack Byron (actor), Chick Chandler (actor), Eddie Coke (actor), Jimmy Conlin (actor), Tom Dugan (actor), Jack Egan (actor),
Plot: "Whiskers," the timid book reviewer on a metropolitan daily newspaper is fired, along with the switchboard-operator, Lucy Walters, his girlfriend. They agree to meet for dinner to discuss a book "Whiskers" is writing. Deciding to change his appearance as well as his ways, "Whiskers" has his beard shaved off at a barber shop. As he is leaving, he notices people shrinking from him in fear - without his whiskers he is the exact image of "Brute" Hanson, a gang-leader just released from prison. He runs into "Dude" Heath, a Hanson henchman, and when he fails to recognize him, "Dude" thinks he has gone stir-crazy. "Dude" telephones Maxine Carewe, Hanson's sweetheart. Henchmen "Dude," Maxie and "Dopey" kidnap "Whiskers". He is knocked out and awakens in Maxine's apartment clad in pajamas. He leaps from the bathroom window, finds a raincoat, galoshes and umbrella in the basement and takes a taxicab to Lucy's apartment. Meanwhile, Hanson's gangland rival, "Bugs" Linaker decides to kill Hanson. Since he is hot and on the spot, Hanson disguises himself with a beard and soon friends and enemies alike are unaware of which man is who.
Keywords: 1930s, apartment, b-movie, barbershop, bathroom, bedroom, capture, cigar-smoking, cigarette-smoking, death