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Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards. Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Success followed with a string of hits including "River Deep, Mountain High" and the 1971 hit "Proud Mary". With the publication of her autobiography I, Tina (1986), Turner revealed severe instances of spousal abuse against her by Ike Turner prior to their 1976 split and subsequent 1978 divorce. After virtually disappearing from the music scene for several years following her divorce from Ike Turner, she rebuilt her career, launching a string of hits beginning in 1983 with the single "Let's Stay Together" and the 1984 release of her fifth solo album Private Dancer.
Her musical career led to film roles, beginning with a prominent role as The Acid Queen in the 1975 film Tommy, and an appearance in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. She starred opposite Mel Gibson as Aunty Entity in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome for which she received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, and her version of the film's theme, "We Don't Need Another Hero", was a hit single. She appeared in the 1993 film Last Action Hero.
Myles Turner (1921 – 1984) was a warden of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania from 1956 to 1972. His efforts enabled the park to survive its formative years and grow into one of Africa's finest parks.
Turner was born in England but spent most of his childhood in Kenya. He served in Africa during World War II and joined the Kenya Game Department in 1946 as a Game Control Officer. Three years later, he became a hunting tour leader with an East African company. It was during this time that Turner learned much about the animals that he would later fight so hard to protect. In 1956, he married and accepted a job at the newly formed Serengeti National Park.
In his sixteen years as a warden, Turner worked to prevent poaching, developed the use of aircraft in park management, and directed the training of numerous Tanzanian wardens.
He later worked as an advisor to the Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya, which borders the Serengeti National Park.
Turner died of a sudden heart attack in 1984. He is buried in the Masai Mara Reserve, just a few steps away from the Tanzanian border.
Actors: Brad Jones (director), Brad Jones (writer), Brad Jones (actor), Ed Glaser (actor), Ryan Mitchelle (actor), Ryan Mitchelle (producer), Noah Antwiler (actor), Jillian Zurawski (actress), Jake Norvell (actor), David Gobble (actor), Sarah Lewis (actress), Nick Foster (actor), Brian Lewis (actor), Christine Thompson (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Horror,Actors: Scott Bryce (producer), Scott Bryce (director), Dennis Leonard Johnson (actor), Chris Campbell (producer), David Didato (editor), David Didato (producer), Grace Didato (miscellaneous crew), Bruce Stern (miscellaneous crew), Corie Ball (miscellaneous crew), Karen Weinstein (actress), Jim Campbell (writer), Corie Ball (actress), Frederick Salcido (actor), Brad Louis (actor), William David Runk (actor),
Plot: The Elisha Stockwell Story is a true story about a 15 year old who runs away to enlist into the American Civil War. He was tired of working on the farm and thought going to war would give him the excitement he was missing. Based on the book Mr. Stockwell wrote about his experiences when he was over 80 years old.
Genres: Biography,Actors: Sam Cardon (composer), Oscar Rowland (actor), Donré Sampson (actor), Steve Anderson (actor), Reb Fleming (actress), Bryce Chamberlain (actor), Lauren McKnight (actress), Lauren Moss (miscellaneous crew), Lee B. Groberg (producer), Clark Edmunds (miscellaneous crew), Mark Goodman (writer), Mark Goodman (director), Mark Goodman (producer), Joseph Paur (actor), Ryan Wood (actor),
Plot: Sam Dalton is determined to save the only home she has ever known, the faded, dusty Romanian Princess ranch. Sam writes to a distant relative of her Aunt Christine hoping he can prevent the ranch from being repossessed. But it's J. T. Swinton, a teen-age boy who shows up. In desperation they turn to a seemingly futile hope, the treasure of Whisper Island. But does the Civil War treasure really exist? The answer seems to be trapped somewhere in the wishful delusions of Aunt Christine. As the teens search for treasure in a race against time, they must also search Christine's past and unravel a web of romance, intrigue and betrayal that spans a lifetime and beyond. What they find, changes their lives forever.
Keywords: children, family-relationships, treasure-huntActors: Frank Harts (composer), Brian Keith Allen (actor), Jeremiah Jahi (producer), Jeremiah Jahi (actor), Jeremiah Jahi (director), Jeremiah Jahi (writer), Gerard Fleurima (editor), SiSi A. Johnson (actress), Sisi Aisha Johnson (actress), Radovan Jovicevic (composer), Mannix Daniels (actor), Andre Mtumi (actor), Jacques Durand (producer), Matthew J. McMurray (actor),
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Plot: Modern day "Musketeers" attempt to live the lives of protectors of the inocent. While the biking trio rescue kindnapped children, guard witnesses and chase mafia types, they also seek the missing fourth musketeer, who wears the famous musketeers' ring.
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Genres: Drama,Actors: John Myhers (actor), Tim Conway (actor), Stuart E. McGowan (producer), Dorrell McGowan (producer), Tim Conway (writer), Stuart E. McGowan (writer), Sydney Lassick (actor), Stuart E. McGowan (director), Will Geer (actor), Frank Sivero (actor), Eric Weston (actor), Eric Weston (producer), Ellen Gerstein (actress), Victoria Carroll (actress), Wally K. Berns (actor),
Plot: Vernon Praiseworthy is a clumsy but lovable dope who stands to inherit his uncle's fortune. The condition is that he travel the rails as a penniless hobo just as his uncle did in the dark days of the depression. That seems simple enough until he gets involved in a dog-napping plot.
Keywords: independent-film, trainActors: Christian Marin (actor), Melvin Van Peebles (director), Melvin Van Peebles (composer), Melvin Van Peebles (writer), Pierre Doris (actor), Christian Marin (actor), Pierre Doris (actor), Nicole Berger (actress), Harry Baird (actor), Dany Jacquet (actress), George Birt (actor), Jean Dumaine (actor), Liliane Korb (editor), Hal Brav (actor), Guy Belfond (producer),
Plot: A tale of innocence abroad, with racial overtones. Turner is a Black American, stationed at an air base in France. His captain thinks Turner's a good Negro, obedient, cheerful, and frightened, so he gives him a promotion and a three-day pass. On the first night, at a club, he meets Miriam, a White Parisian shop clerk. They dance, talk, and fantasize about each other. He's amazed when she agrees to spend the weekend with him at a Normandy beach hotel; in fact, he guesses she's a prostitute. She's not, they go; it's off season, they have their pick of rooms, and romance ensues. Then, racial misunderstanding and real prejudice complicate the weekend and its aftermath.
Keywords: american-abroad, class-differences, confrontation, crisis-of-conscience, cross-cultural-relations, fish-out-of-water, furlough, independent-film, interracial-relationship, interracial-romanceActors: Richard Wattis (actor), Franz Marischka (writer), Donald Houston (writer), Donald Houston (actor), George Merritt (actor), Michael Balfour (actor), Montgomery Tully (director), Johnnie Schofield (actor), Alan Wheatley (actor), Eric Spear (composer), Susan Shaw (actress), Molly Weir (actress), Arthur Rigby (actor), Raymond Glendenning (actor), Otto Kreisler (producer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Stanley Holloway (actor), Sid James (actor), Alec Guinness (actor), Cyril Chamberlain (actor), Fred Griffiths (actor), Arthur Hambling (actor), Patrick Barr (actor), Johnny Briggs (actor), Jacques B. Brunius (actor), Frank Forsyth (actor), Peter Bull (actor), Ronald Adam (actor), Alfie Bass (actor), Meredith Edwards (actor), Moultrie Kelsall (actor),
Plot: Holland, a shy retiring man, dreams of being rich and living the good life. Faithfully, for 20 years, he has worked as a bank transfer agent for the delivery of gold bullion. One day he befriends Pendlebury, a maker of souvenirs. Holland remarks that, with Pendlebury's smelting equipment, one could forge the gold into harmless-looking toy Eiffel Towers and smuggle the gold from England into France. Soon after, the two plant a story to gain the services of professional criminals Lackery and Shorty. Together, the four plot their crime, leading to unexpected twists and turns.
Keywords: armored-car, armored-car-robbery, bank, banker, bicycle, brazil, caper, caper-comedy, car-chase, career-criminal