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Yoko Ono (オノ・ヨーコ(小野 洋子), Ono Yōko?, born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese artist, author, and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront in her music which prefigured New Wave music and is known for her philanthropic contributions to the arts, peace and AIDS outreach programs.
Yoko Ono was born in Tokyo in 1933 to mother Isoko Ono, the great-granddaughter of Zenjiro Yasuda of the Yasuda banking family, and to father Yeisuke Ono, a banker and one-time classical pianist who was a descendant of an Emperor of Japan. The name "Yoko" means "ocean child". Two weeks before she was born, her father was transferred to San Francisco by his employer, the Yokohama Specie Bank. The rest of the family followed soon after and Yoko met her father when she was two. Her younger brother Keisuke was born in December 1936. In 1937, her father was transferred back to Japan and Ono was enrolled at Tokyo's Gakushuin (also known as the Peers School), one of the most exclusive schools in Japan.
Actors: Claudia Zielke (producer), Claudia Zielke (director), Jasmin De Main (producer), Jasmin De Main (actress), Alain Washnevsky (actor), Ed Coupland (actor), Dominic Elliott-Spencer (actor), Ed Coupland (producer), Wojtek Stypko (editor), Mami Koizumi (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Andrew Perez (actor), Stephen Paratore (producer), Jon Lefkovitz (editor), Jon Lefkovitz (director), Dillon Porter (actor), Denice Lee (actress), Joseph Bearor (actor), Talia Stol (producer),
Plot: In December 1970, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were interviewed by 'Rolling Stone''s Jann S. Wenner prior to the release of their 'Plastic Ono Band' albums. Ten years later, in September 1980, the couple granted their first in-depth interview in five years to 'Playboy' while they were in the process of recording 'Double Fantasy'. RUBBER SOUL reconstructs portions of these two historical interviews based on available transcripts and audio, juxtaposing them in order to explore the dynamic nature of Lennon's identity over time.
Genres: Biography, History, Music,Actors: Martin Pfefferkorn (actor), John Charles Meyer (actor), Josefina Mata (producer), Josefina Mata (editor), E. Talley II (composer), Marina Nacamuli (miscellaneous crew), E. Talley II (actor), Shaun Brown (actor), Sindy Nurse (actress), Tom Slot (actor), Tom Slot (composer), Alec Hahn (producer), Erica Douglas (actress), Alec Hahn (director), Alec Hahn (editor),
Plot: He is known by everybody but nobody really knows him. He finds himself in a wrong situation. His proclaimed devotees are too preoccupied with rules and bureaucracy -or simply with their jobs- to recognize him. This short film, directed by Alec Hahn, is inspired and narrated by the German poet and songwriter Goetz Widmann. It is based on the hypothetical idea of what would happen if Jesus Christ would seek asylum in a first world country. When one rigid belief confronts the other, one of them has to be ignored. The birth of hypocrisy!
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Paul McCartney (actor), Allan Corduner (actor), Yoko Ono (actress), Ringo Starr (actor), John Lennon (actor), Brigitte Bardot (actress), John Warman (actor), Christopher Eccleston (actor), Christopher Fairbank (actor), George Harrison (actor), Angelica Pressello (miscellaneous crew), Shane Nolan (actor), Dave Legeno (actor), Andrew Scott (actor), Jonathan Rigby (actor),
Plot: In 1964 a reluctant John Lennon is persuaded by manager Brian Epstein to meet Freddie, the father who abandoned him 17 years earlier, with the press in attendance. The meeting is short and bitter. Three years later Epstein is dead and John invites Freddie to his mansion but again things turn sour, due to Freddie's drinking and insulting Mimi, the aunt who raised John. The Beatles set up Apple records but the press are hostile and Lennon's comment that 'we're more popular than Jesus' doesn't help. Rows with long-suffering wife Cynthia lead to marital breakdown and John's meeting Japanese performance artist Yoko Ono. Family history is repeated as Lennon leaves Cynthia and their son Julian for Ono, by whom he has a second son, Sean. In 1969 John returns his M.B.E. in protest at England's support for the Vietnam War while his stunts with Yoko Ono to promote peace alienate the press. Some months later he disbands the Beatles to the other members' annoyance and, after arguments with Paul McCartney, sees a therapist, who regresses him to the day Freddie left him. He learns that Freddie needs his help to write a biography, leading to one last showdown between father and son.
Keywords: 1960s, 1970s, affection, airplane, anger, argument, aunt-nephew-relationship, bitterness, career, character-name-in-titleActors: Denis Hennelly (editor), Denis Hennelly (producer), Elizabeth Saydah (actress), Brandon Ficara (actor), Eric Bram (actor), Jessica Hagan (actress), Goody-B. Wiseman (editor), Goody-B. Wiseman (actress), Goody-B. Wiseman (producer), Goody-B. Wiseman (writer), Goody-B. Wiseman (director), Gordon B. Isnor (composer), Candice Lin (actress), John Grange (actor), Jonathan Shapiro (actor),
Genres: Music, Short,Actors: Jennifer Harland (miscellaneous crew), Ken Hovgaard (miscellaneous crew), Nicole Oliver (actress), George Segal (actor), Ashley Fester (miscellaneous crew), Debbie Coe (miscellaneous crew), David Lewis (actor), Doug Abrahams (actor), Barry W. Levy (actor), Hiro Kanagawa (actor), Armand Mastroianni (director), Jodelle Ferland (actress), J. Peter Robinson (composer), Jamie Payton (miscellaneous crew), Andrew Wheeler (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance,Actors: Scott Prendergast (writer), Eric Fogel (actor), Eric Fogel (writer), Mike de Seve (actor), Greg Korin (actor), Karen Sztajnberg (editor), Abby Terkuhle (producer), Matt Noce (miscellaneous crew), Scott Sonneborn (writer), Scottie Ray (actor), Carl Paolino (miscellaneous crew), Jed Spingarn (writer), Kerry Williams (actress), Jim Conroy (actor), Emily Bauer (actress),
Plot: Animated clay figures Johnny Gomez and Nick Diamond host this show, which features a series of no holds barred, to-the-death wrestling matches between animated celebrities. Past matches include Marilyn Manson vs. Charles Manson, The Three Tenors vs. the Three Stooges, Howard Stern vs. Kathy Lee Gifford, and Mary-Kate vs. Ashley. The referee for each match is the unflappable Judge Mills Lane.
Keywords: blindness, blood, broken-arm, broken-back, broken-leg, cannibalism, catfight, clay-animation, death, deathmatchActors: Thurston Moore (actor), David Markey (actor), David Markey (actor), Kim Gordon (actress), Mike Watt (actor), Raymond Pettibon (editor), Raymond Pettibon (producer), Raymond Pettibon (writer), Raymond Pettibon (actor), Raymond Pettibon (director), Janet Housden (actress), Joe Cole (actor), Abby Travis (actress), Joe Cole (actor), Joel Rane (editor),
Plot: A strange spoof in the worst taste imaginable, renowned artist Raymond Pettibon studies the interpersonal relationships among a group of urban middle-class terrorists in the early Seventies.
Keywords: apostrophe-in-title, bad-taste, based-on-true-story, digit-in-title, hippie, independent-film, number-in-title, punctuation-in-title, terrorismActors: Cecil Thiré (actor), Roberto Talma (director), Nuno Leal Maia (actor), Ana Maria Magalhães (actress), Walter Negrão (writer), Marília Pêra (actress), Maria Gladys (actress), Jonas Bloch (actor), Susana Vieira (actress), Antônio Calmon (writer), Rita Lee (actress), Maria Zilda Bethlem (actress), Felipe Carone (actor), Regina Duarte (actress), Malu Mader (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Bruce Boa (actor), Angus MacInnes (actor), Sandor Stern (writer), Sandor Stern (director), Jean Bourne (miscellaneous crew), Sandor Stern (writer), Mike Myers (actor), Matthew Marsh (actor), Peter Capaldi (actor), Ralph Sheldon (editor), Vincent Marzello (actor), Gordon Sterne (actor), Elizabeth Waller (costume designer), Lou Hirsch (actor), David Gilliam (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance,