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A frying pan, frypan, or skillet is a flat-bottomed pan used for frying, searing, and browning foods. It is typically 200 to 300 mm (8 to 12 in) in diameter with relatively low sides that flare outwards, a long handle, and no lid. Larger pans may have a small grab handle opposite the main handle. A pan of similar dimensions, but with vertical sides and often with a lid, is called a sauté pan or sauté. While a sauté pan can be used like a frying pan, it is designed for lower heat cooking methods such as sautéing.
Copper frying pans were used in ancient Mesopotamia. Frying pans were also known in ancient Greece (where they were called téganon) and Rome (where they were called patella or sartago). Pan derives from the Old English panna. Before the introduction of the kitchen stove in the mid-19th century, a commonly used cast iron cooking pan called a spider had a handle and three legs used to stand up in the coals and ashes of the fire. Cooking pots and pans with legless, flat bottoms were designed when cooking stoves became popular; this period of the late 19th century saw the introduction of the flat cast iron skillet.
Actors: J. Anthony Brown (producer), James A. House (director), James A. House (producer), James A. House (actor), Keith Kittrelle (actor), Valerie Jones (actress), Michael L. Buie (editor), Michael L. Buie (producer), Michael L. Buie (writer), Michael L. Buie (actor), Michael L. Buie (composer), Michael L. Buie (director), Sean Roberts (actor), Sean Roberts (actor), Felita Lawrence (actress),
Plot: Robert Chestnut, the lead singer of a quartet gospel group, must get his group signed to a major record label while navigating setbacks, flaws in his and key members' characters as well as their personal lives ... and deal with a personal tragedy. Robert possesses a tremendous capacity for finding ways to help others. Attempting to repair a faltering marriage with his estranged wife, while overcoming his weakness for advances by other women, he helps other group members navigate trials in their own lives. The guitar player struggles with a drug problem and an abusive relationship with baby-momma. His younger brother is unsavory and underhanded. To make matters worse, the co-founder/manager of the group leaves during critical record label negotiations to explore the world of R&B; music. The group does many positive things besides inspiring others with song. They feed the hungry, take on just causes that improve society, teach kids to gain an education and set goals for their lives. Yet, as human beings, they each have their own shortcomings to conquer. In this movie, filled with joy, despair, ups and downs, drama, action, intrigue, and a peek into the world of modern-day slavery and exploitation, a social issue the group confronts head-on, we get to see a story based on the real world of what people, even in the world of gospel music can go through ... the good, the bad and the ugly.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Robert R. Shafer (actor), Wesley Stiller (actor), John Weselcouch (miscellaneous crew), Emanuel Loarca (actor), Matthew Mourgides (writer), Matthew Mourgides (producer), Joseph Castanon (actor), Genevieve Jones (actress), Devin Lawrence (producer), Devin Lawrence (director), Devin Lawrence (editor), Devin Lawrence (writer), Lenny Jacobson (actor), Echo Kellum (actor), Alisha Ward (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Stu Schreiberg (producer), Steve Kroopnick (producer), Manny Rodriguez (director), Jeff Thorsen (producer), Dave Harrison (editor), Frank Cavestani (miscellaneous crew), Robert Hartmann (producer), Judi Brown-Marmel (producer), David Dustin Kenyon (miscellaneous crew), Myra Byrne (producer), Loni Love (producer), Loni Love (writer), Loni Love (actress), Ralph Brownewell (miscellaneous crew), J.D. Orozco (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Alex Safi (actor), Patrick Potochick (miscellaneous crew), Patrick Potochick (actor), Scott Blair (actor), David Waszak (actor), Chris Moller (actor), Jahi J.J. Zuri (actor), Rima Yazbeck (actress), Shaun Buckley (actor), Heather Kozlakowski (actress), Mark Mutafian (actor), Amanda Lamberti (actress), Lauren Allen (actress), Aaron Letrick (actor), Rochelle Rousso (actress),
Plot: "What's more important your experiences or your memories of them?" This is the question posed to John Wesley after a heavy night of drinking. He awakes to what appears to be the next morning only to find that he is one year into the future and is an escaped convict for the murder of his fiancée. John searches his mind to find the truth behind his mental blackout of the last year, only to come closer to the painful realization that he would be better off not remembering.
Keywords: neo-noirActors: Michael Legge (actor), Pat Bishow (actor), Pat Bishow (director), Owen Cooper (actor), Owen Cooper (producer), Jon Sanborne (writer), Jon Sanborne (actor), Louise Millmann (actress), Charles Pellegrino (actor), Leslie Body (actor), Soomi Kim (actress), Tara Gadomski (actress), Doug Roussin (actor), Cameron Mumford (actor), Frances Lee (actress),
Plot: Three sexy young women in figure hugging leotards are H.A.R.M.'s agents sent after a stolen Tibetan artifact that can have damaging results if handled by evil people - like those under the pay of the Conclave, a world (bad) world spy ring.
Keywords: b-movie, billionaire, computer, femme-fatale, independent-film, long-lost-sister, low-budget-film, martial-arts, new-world-order, orphanActors: Roshan Seth (actor), Anjan Srivastav (actor), Sharmila Tagore (actress), Mira Nair (director), Mira Nair (producer), Roberto Silvi (editor), Denzel Washington (actor), Mohan Agashe (actor), Sarita Choudhury (actress), Charles S. Dutton (actor), Mira Nair (actress), Lydia Dean Pilcher (producer), Sherrill Smith (miscellaneous crew), Ranjit Chowdhry (actor), Michael Nozik (producer),
Plot: An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.
Keywords: africa, african-american, asian-american, bicultural, community, cultural-assimilation, cultural-difference, cultural-misunderstanding, culture-clash, culture-shockActors: Valdez Flagg (miscellaneous crew), Rudy Ray Moore (producer), Rudy Ray Moore (actor), Rudy Ray Moore (writer), Foster V. Corder (producer), Leroy Daniels (actor), Cardella Di Milo (actress), Cliff Roquemore (director), Ayanna DuLaney (miscellaneous crew), Burt Steiger (producer), Ernest Mayhand (actor), Clarice Wilson (miscellaneous crew), Cathy Cooper (actress), Phil Wilkes (composer), Nicholas Mercer (producer),
Plot: "Rappin' and tappin' is my game" -- comedian Rudy May Moore introduces himself to an enthusiastic audience in this stand-up performance recorded at a club in the 1980s. Raunchy bedroom and bathroom humor mixes with rhythmic and rhyming stories about archetypal folk heroes, Dolemite and Shine. Moore throws in sets of one liners - "My brother is so dumb that..." and "She's so ugly that...," plus presidential candidate Dolemite fields questions from the crowd. Moore punctuates his routines with the refrain, "I ain't lying." Between Moore's sets, comics Leroy and Skillet do some entertaining.
Keywords: actor-name-in-title, actor-playing-himself, african-american, character-name-in-title, comedian, joke, live-audience, live-comedy, performer-name-in-title, pop-cultureActors: Sy Richardson (actor), Jack Tucker (editor), Rudy Ray Moore (actor), Joe Williams (actor), Nay K. Dorsey (actor), Jimmy Lynch (actor), Leroy Daniels (actor), Cliff Roquemore (writer), Cliff Roquemore (director), Theodore Toney (producer), Steve Gallon (actor), Lady Reed (actress), Ebony Wright (actress), Ebony Wright (actress), Burt Steiger (producer),
Plot: Petey Wheatstraw (Rudy Ray Moore) is a candidate to become the devil's son-in-law. The storyline is a scaffolding on which Rudy Ray Moore's standup humor can be unfolded. Beginning life as the afterbirth to a watermelon, the young Wheatstraw becomes a martial artist, but is unable to best the evil comedy team of Leroy and Skillet, who also indulge in wholesale murder. Satan restores the comedians' victims to life, and charges Petey with the task of marrying his clock-stoppingly ugly daughter to giving him a grandchild. When Petey attempts to default on the deal, he is pursued by the devil's henchmen.
Keywords: afterlife, blaxploitation, character-name-in-title, comedian, deal-with-the-devil, devil, devil's-daughter, independent-film, murder, occultActors: Marshall Schlom (miscellaneous crew), Samuel Z. Arkoff (miscellaneous crew), David Sheldon (miscellaneous crew), Gordon Pinsent (actor), Elisha Cook Jr. (actor), Samuel Z. Arkoff (producer), Mark L. Rosen (producer), Charles Macaulay (actor), Thalmus Rasulala (actor), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (actor), Vonetta McGee (actress), William Marshall (actor), Denise Nicholas (actress), Norman T. Herman (producer), Sandy Dvore (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Interior decorators buy the coffin of an African prince bitten by Dracula centuries before and bring it back to Los Angeles. The African prince starts feeding his hunger while following a woman who looks like his departed wife.
Keywords: 1790s, 1800s, african-american, animated-credits, b-movie, blaxploitation, bloodsucker, casket, character-name-in-title, comic-reliefActors: Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart (actor), Tom London (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Cactus Mack (actor), Victor Cox (actor), Art Dillard (actor), Jack Evans (actor), Herman Hack (actor), Tex Cooper (actor), Roy Barcroft (actor), Chick Hannan (actor), Neal Hart (actor), Al Haskell (actor), John Ince (actor), Frank O'Connor (actor),
Plot: Monte arrives to buy horses for the government and finds his old friend Vance who is also after horses. When their bids are identical they race for the horses. Vance's backers plan to take the horses without paying and fix the race. When Vance finds out they kill him and Monte finds himself arrested for murder.
Keywords: horseI am yours; you are mine
Believe in you, friend of mine
You're not fading in my eyes
Could you stay? Could you stay?
We must hold onto our faith in each other
We must let go of our pain, yeah I say
We must hold onto our faith in each other
Gotta still believe in each other
Time is short to live the life
Don't give up, friend of mine
Strength to rise one more time
Could you stand? Could you stand?
It's ok to feel weak
It's ok to fall down
It's ok to lose sight