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Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.
He was born as Edgar Poe in Boston, Massachusetts; he was orphaned young when his mother died shortly after his father abandoned the family. Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan, of Richmond, Virginia, but they never formally adopted him. He attended the University of Virginia for one semester but left due to lack of money. After enlisting in the Army and later failing as an officer's cadet at West Point, Poe parted ways with the Allans. His publishing career began humbly, with an anonymous collection of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827), credited only to "a Bostonian".
Actors: Rob Bowen (writer), Rob Bowen (director), Rob Bowen (editor), Rob Bowen (producer), Rob Bowen (actor), Angie Bowen (producer), Angie Bowen (director),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Tara-Nicole Azarian (actress), David Lowe (actor), Patrick G. Keenan (actor), Michael Sharpe (actor), Michael Ruff (actor), Marc Soper (actor), Tim Holt (actor), Chris Walters (actor), Sarah Nicole Ellis (actress), Kevin L. Johnson (actor), Amber Givens (costume designer), Alex Mauldin (composer), Corinne Biazzo (actress), Paul Streiner (editor), Paul Streiner (producer),
Plot: Nuclear war has ravaged the world. The remnants of humanity fight to survive, taking refuge in bleak settlements. The undead wander the earth, slaves to their blood-lust, or perhaps some higher power? The tattered town of Celestial sets the stage for the greatest battle of the New Dark Age! A score that must be settled and a reckoning that has been 235 years in the making. Shadrach a man who watched his life burnt to the ground! Left for dead, having sold his soul to the devil with his last dying breath. A slave to the devil. Born again as a "Soul Collector". Now centuries later Shadrach fights to be freed from the chains of the demons that torment him. To regain his soul and save the lives of an entire town he must fight the living dead as hell literally rises from beneath!
Genres: Action, Horror, Western,Actors: Val Kilmer (actor), Fred Roos (producer), Francis Ford Coppola (director), Francis Ford Coppola (writer), Don Novello (actor), Bruce Dern (actor), Francis Ford Coppola (producer), David Paymer (actor), Tom Waits (actor), Joanne Whalley (actress), Elle Fanning (actress), Ben Chaplin (actor), Peter Moody (miscellaneous crew), Glen Scantlebury (editor), Santos P. Rodriguez (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A writer with a declining career arrives in a small town as part of his book tour and gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he is approached by a mysterious young ghost named V. He's unsure of her connection to the murder in the town, but is grateful for the story being handed to him. Ultimately he is led to the truth of the story, surprised to find that the ending has more to do with his own life than he could ever have anticipated.
Keywords: 12-year-old, alcoholic, anthropomorphic-moon, author, autograph, autographing-book, barn-owl, bell-tower, blood, boating-accidentActors: Nick Clifford (actor), Nick Clifford (producer), Nick Clifford (writer), Nick Clifford (director), Paul Wallace (director), Paul Wallace (editor), Paul Wallace (writer), Paul Wallace (producer), Jonathan Gordon (actor), Liz Rothman (actor), David Harrington (composer), Alexandra Panzer (actor),
Plot: The world has been annihilated by The Locust, an unknown force that has ravaged the landscape and brought apocalypse to the human race. Poe and Sek, two forgotten brothers, search desperately for The Face, a rumored camp of survivors. They move quickly through the distant memories of civilization, seeking the last "crossing" in the region that can lead them over a mammoth river of endless width.
Keywords: apocalypse, brother-brother-relationship, coming-of-age, death, decay, faith, future, hope, living-dead, locustActors: Edgar Allan Poe (writer), Lori Ann Triolo (actress), Blaine Anderson (actor), Blaine Anderson (actor), Blaine Anderson (producer), Blaine Anderson (writer), Blaine Anderson (director), James Clayton (actor), David Willinsky (editor), Torrance Garret Jestdadt (producer), Ben Peever (composer), Brady Schlecker (actor), Kelvin Vaughter (actor),
Plot: While studying Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell Tale Heart," college student David Hopkins becomes enraptured with the thin line the story weaves between sanity and madness. David finds himself slowly drawn into this tale of horror, as the troubled voice that drives the story takes hold of David's world.
Genres: Short, Thriller,Actors: Jed Rowen (actor), Ford Austin (director), David S. Sterling (producer), Rob Walker (director), Mara Marini (actress), Zenova Braeden (actress), Gina DeVettori (actress), Rachel Wittman (actress), Jeremiah Campbell (writer), Kristen Zaik (actress), Jessica Remmers (actress), George Barr McCutcheon II (producer), Fred Taulbee (writer), Fred Taulbee (director), Steve Jones Watson (actor),
Plot: The band "Gothic Vampires From Hell" knew the music business was tough, but they didn't know that it was THAT TOUGH! When they meet sexy record executives at Gotham Records they thought they might be sharks, but what they really turned out to be were BLOOD SUCKING VAMPIRES!
Keywords: cigarette-holderActors: Álex Hernández-Puertas (writer), Álex Hernández-Puertas (director), Álex Hernández-Puertas (editor), Álex Hernández-Puertas (actor), Álex Hernández-Puertas (composer), Chema Caballero (actor), Cleo (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Colea Rautu (actor), Mircea Albulescu (actor), Jean Constantin (actor), Amza Pellea (actor), Sergiu Nicolaescu (director), Amza Pellea (actor), Amza Pellea (writer), Sebastian Papaiani (actor), Stefan Mihailescu-Braila (actor), Draga Olteanu Matei (actress), Vladimir Gaitan (actor), Stela Popescu (actress), Rudy Rosenfeld (actor), Corneliu Gîrbea (actor), Puiu Calinescu (actor),
Plot: A Romanian peasant (Nea Marin) is visiting a friend (Gogu) who works at a hotel on the Black Sea Riviera. At the same hotel a rich American businessman (Juvett) with many mob enemies on his tail is mistaken for Nea Marin due to their perfect resemblance. Unfortunatelly for Nea Marin he is mistaken for Mr. Juvett by the mob who has a contract on Mr. Juvett's life. Nea Marin is thrown into Mr. Juvett's world and vice-versa with hilarious consequences.
Keywords: american-businessman, black-sea-riviera, briefcase, car-chase, contract, femme-fatale, gang, hotel, karate, killerActors: L.Q. Jones (actor), John Beck (actor), Elisha Cook Jr. (actor), Richard Jaeckel (actor), Matt Clark (actor), James Coburn (actor), Richard Bright (actor), Bruce Dern (actor), R.G. Armstrong (actor), Bob Dylan (actor), Jack Elam (actor), Gene Evans (actor), Emilio Fernández (actor), Paul Fix (actor), Kris Kristofferson (actor),
Plot: It's 1881 in New Mexico, and the times they are a'changing. Pat Garrett, erstwhile travelling companion of the outlaw Billy the Kid has become a sheriff, tasked by cattle interests with ridding the territory of Billy. After Billy escapes, Pat assembles a posse and chases him through the territory, culminating in a final confrontation at Fort Sumner, but is unaware of the full scope of the cattle interests' plans for the New West.
Keywords: 1880s, 19th-century, actual-animal-killed, aging, ambush, american-flag, ankle-chains, arrest, arsenal, axeActors: Spencer Charters (actor), Spencer Charters (actor), Al Ferguson (actor), Jonathan Hale (actor), Joe Haworth (actor), Samuel S. Hinds (actor), Arthur Hoyt (actor), Boris Karloff (actor), Bela Lugosi (actor), Lester Matthews (actor), Lester Matthews (actor), Walter Miller (actor), Bud Osborne (actor), Cyril Thornton (actor), Ian Wolfe (actor),
Plot: A wealthy judge coaxes the brilliant but eccentric neurological surgeon Dr. Vollin (Lugosi), who also has an obsessive penchant for Edgar Allen Poe, out of retirement to save the life of his daughter, a dancer crippled and brain damaged in an auto wreck. Vollin restores her completely, but also envisions her as his "Lenore," and cooks up a scheme to kidnap the woman and torture and kill her fiance' and father in his Poe-inspired dungeon. To do his dirty work, Vollin recruits a wanted criminal (Karloff), and turns him into a hideous monster to guarantee his subservience.
Keywords: animal-in-title, bach's-toccata-and-fugue, ballet, based-on-poem, bedroom, betting-on-a-horse, bird, bird-in-title, brain-damage, breaking-a-mirrorJezebel...from Israel...
Who never read a book
Charmed the literati
And a smile was all it took...
I was laughing with Picasso
When she first entered the room
But Gershwin, Tristan Tzara
And Man Ray saw her too
There was never any doubt
All would try to take her home
But she refused their every move
Preferred to be alone
And a rose...a rose is a rose
Zelda had a breakdown
Fitzgerald hit the bar
His hand was broken, words were spoken
Didn't get too far
Hemmingway was smoother
More debonair and fun
But he would say her repartee
Was meaner than a gun
And a rose...
A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose
Said my good friend Gertrude Stein
She knows that I go to the ol' Deux Magots
And I drink Pernod through the night
Jezebel...from Israel...
Who never read a book
She charmed the literati
And a smile was all it took
Before her Joyce will babble
And Pound has gone insane
Eliot is paralyzed by
Thoughts of April rain
When she refused Lennin
He vowed to start a war
Stravinsky beat The Rite of Spring
Right there on the floor
And a rose...a rose is a rose
A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose
Said my good friend Gertrude Stein
She knows that I go to the ol' Deux Magots
And I drink Pernod through the night
And then one night she's missing
A riot soon began
No one could stand the thought of Jezzie with another man
I raced down winding streets
I broke into her house
You'll never guess who Jezebel
Was kissing on the couch...
A rose...a rose is a rose...
Hi Jezzie. Hi there Gertrude
Am I interrupting something?