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William Marshall Thomas (born December 6, 1941), commonly known as Bill Thomas, is an American politician, and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979–2007, finishing his tenure representing California's 22nd congressional district and as the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
Thomas was born in Wallace, Idaho, moving with his parents to the Southern California area. He graduated from Garden Grove High School, attended Santa Ana College, earning an associate's degree before transferring to San Francisco State University, where he earned his bachelor's degree and master's degree in political science in 1963 and 1965, respectively. He became an instructor at Bakersfield College before running in the California State Assembly in 1974. He won election to the House of Representatives in 1978, representing the 18th congressional district.
Thomas married the former Sharon Lynn Hamilton in 1968. They have two grown children. He and his wife are Baptists.[citation needed]
Actors: Chic Daniel (actor), Alexis Rhee (actress), Jonathan Dillon (director), Sarah Karges (actress), Garett Ridler (miscellaneous crew), Alan Simpson (actor), Michael Louis Hill (editor), Donna Rusch (actress), Steve A. Hartman (writer), Steve A. Hartman (producer), Christopher Kozina (actor), Noemi Dunbar (actress), Edmund J. King (composer), Sandy Benensohn (producer), Mike Dreyer (producer),
Genres: Drama, Family, Short, War,Actors: Michael Nicholls (miscellaneous crew), David Coussins (actor), Nicole Brady (composer), Syrie Payne (actress), David Buchanan (actor), Jessica Njoo (miscellaneous crew), Stephanie Phillips (writer), Emily Ryan (costume designer), Stephanie Phillips (director), Emily Ryan (editor), Kristin Keam (actress), Cedric Williamson (actor), Darren Mort (actor), Lucy Cugno (producer), Josette Bradley (actress),
Plot: Takes place from dusk till dawn during two parties at the homes of the affluent Thomas and Newman families. Ted Newman, reels from spliff to spliff; deeply dissatisfied with the compromises he has made for his wife Carol and their two sons. Chance Thompson is an ambitious young writer, newly graduated from university, just returned home from overseas, hungers for a more meaningful existence than her parents. Over the course of the night, both parties culminate in ultimate spiritual and emotional chaos.
Keywords: dysfunctional-family, suburbiaActors: Walton Goggins (actor), Karen Black (actress), Glenn Shadix (actor), Nathan Barr (composer), John Mese (actor), Aleksa Palladino (actress), Eduardo Lytton (miscellaneous crew), Dan Montgomery Jr. (actor), Nicholas 'Nikko' Tsiotsias (editor), Peg O'Keef (actress), Ed James (miscellaneous crew), Jo-Ann Robinson (actress), Tag Purvis (director), Tag Purvis (writer), Carlos Talavera (costume designer),
Plot: Red Dirt offers the story of a young man's search to belong in this sublime expression of love and reconciliation. At only twenty, Griffith is struggling with the responsibilities of caring for his unwell aunt, grieving the loss of their family's matriarch, and his own dreams of leaving Pine Apple. With the arrival of a stranger, Griffith's carefully constructed walls of shame and silence begin to come down and his life takes an unexpected turn.
Keywords: adultery, agoraphobia, albino-alligator, american-south, anger, aunt-nephew-relationship, barn, bath, bathtub, bayouActors: Stephanie Rossel (miscellaneous crew), Charles Durning (actor), Philip Maurice Hayes (actor), Randy Quaid (actor), Malcolm Stewart (actor), Eric Stoltz (actor), Jerry Wasserman (actor), Babs Chula (actress), Elizabeth Peña (actress), Lee Holdridge (composer), Barbara Chomos (miscellaneous crew), Frank Buxton (actor), Michael Roberds (actor), Tom Rowe (producer), Jill Teed (actress),
Plot: The story of a macho straight and a well-educated gay man who have to share an apartment at a half-way house for aids-patients. Slowly they become friends.
Keywords: aids, gay-interest, homosexualActors: George Lucas (writer), David Wurst (composer), Philip Kaufman (writer), Marc Linn (miscellaneous crew), Marc Linn (miscellaneous crew), Marc Linn (producer), Marc Linn (miscellaneous crew), Marc Linn (writer), Marc Linn (actor), Marc Linn (editor), Michael Linn (director), Michael Linn (writer), Michael Linn (editor), Michael Linn (producer), Michael F. Loomer (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Steve Golin (producer), Cicely Tyson (actress), Blair Underwood (actor), Jon Avnet (producer), Mark Rolston (actor), Sally Kirkland (actress), David Strathairn (actor), Michael Greene (actor), Vondie Curtis-Hall (actor), Adam Arkin (actor), Glenn Plummer (actor), James Earl Jones (actor), Clifton Powell (actor), Jordan Kerner (producer), Jordan Kerner (producer),
Genres: Drama, History,Pigalle
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