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Alan Metter is an American film director whose most notable credits include Back to School starring Rodney Dangerfield, and Girls Just Want to Have Fun with Sarah Jessica Parker. He also produced and directed the 1983 television special The Winds of Whoopie for Steve Martin.
Alan may refer to:
Metter is a city in Candler County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,130 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Candler County.
Metter was founded in 1889. In 1914, Metter was designated seat of the newly formed Candler County. Metter was incorporated as a town in 1903 and as a city in 1920.
Metter is located near the center of Candler County at 32°23′47″N 82°03′45″W / 32.396253°N 82.062414°W / 32.396253; -82.062414, in eastern Georgia. Interstate 16 touches the southern edge of the city, leading east 63 miles (101 km) to Savannah, and west 102 miles (164 km) to Macon. A short, tree-lined parkway leads from I-16 to the downtown area.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Metter has a total area of 7.9 square miles (20.4 km2), of which 7.7 square miles (19.9 km2) is land and 0.19 square miles (0.5 km2), or 2.53%, is water.
Longtime residents use the slogan "Everything's Better in Metter".
Metter may be best known as the home of "The Sower", Michael Guido, who has delivered short evangelical PSAs on late-night television nationwide for decades. Dr. Guido's messages were filmed at Guido Gardens, which houses a public botanical garden and a school of ministry. Guido died at the age of 94 on February 22, 2009. His messages were aired on TV stations in the Georgia and South Carolina region.
Sarah Jessica Parker & Helen Hunt star in Alan Metter's enjoyably frothy teen comedy 'girls just want to have fun' (1985)
Summertime Switch: Young punk Freddie Egan is in a juvenile detention center for the summer. Spoiled rich-kid Frederick Egan III is going to a luxurious summer camp. However, a name mix-up at the bus terminal sends the boys to each other's destinations, and while Eddie gets a taste of the good life, Frederick learns some valuable life-lessons from his stay in jail. Director: Alan Metter Writer: Patrick J. Clifton Actors: Barry Williams Brett Rice Casey Sander David Tom Dennis Neal Jason Weaver Michael Wayne Thomas Patrick Renna Richard Moll Rider Strong Robert Towers Russ Wheeler Soleil Moon Frye Teresa Ganzel Tighe Swanson Victoria Edwards Ratings: IMDB: 6.2/10 Metascore: N/A RT: N/A Released: October 08, 1994 Runtime: 90 mins Genres: Comedy Family Countries: USA Production Com...
Super comic Richard Pryor ("Stir Crazy," "Uptown Saturday Night") stars in this hi-jinx comedy as a New Jersey transit engineer who is forced to face the unhinging horrors of moving day, when, after 14 years of service, he is fired and must relocate his entire family to Boise, Idaho. Co-starring Randy Quaid ("National Lampoon's Vacation") as a menacing next door neighbor, Dave Thomas ("Grace Under Fire") and Dana Carvey ("Wayne's World"). Directed by Alan Metter ("Back to School") and written by Andy Breckman ("Late Night with David Letterman"). MPAA Rating: R 1988 Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved
Super comic Richard Pryor ("Stir Crazy," "Uptown Saturday Night") stars in this hi-jinx comedy as a New Jersey transit engineer who is forced to face the unhinging horrors of moving day, when, after 14 years of service, he is fired and must relocate his entire family to Boise, Idaho. Co-starring Randy Quaid ("National Lampoon's Vacation") as a menacing next door neighbor, Dave Thomas ("Grace Under Fire") and Dana Carvey ("Wayne's World"). Directed by Alan Metter ("Back to School") and written by Andy Breckman ("Late Night with David Letterman"). MPAA Rating: R 1988 Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved
SCIENZA E FANTASCIENZA TRA CONOSCENZA INQUIETUDINE E MERAVIGLIA L’intelligenza artificiale come realtà e la fantascienza come prefigurazione di futuri che la scienza sviluppa e verifica. Gli scrittori di fantascienza più spregiudicati e arditi sono spesso gli stessi scienziati che immaginano ipotesi “fantascientifiche” prima di averle scientificamente sviluppate e verificate. Ma come avviene questo processo prendendo le mosse, per esempio, da uno dei discorsi oggi più presenti nel dibattito interdisciplinare contemporaneo, quello dell’intelligenza artificiale? Di questi argomenti si è parlato col filosofo della scienza Silvano Tagliagambe prendendo spunto dal libro di Ted Chiang “Il ciclo di vita degli oggetti software”. Negli anni Cinquanta Alan Turing ipotizzava di poter far "...
New York, 3 anni prima. Alan e sua moglie sono nel loro appartamento e discutono dell'imminente uscita del nuovo libro di Alan. All'improvviso c'è un blackout. Alan corre a rassicurare Alice e, per tranquillizzarla, le regala un vecchio interruttore portatile che gli aveva dato sua madre quando era piccolo per "scacciare i mostri quando faceva buio". Si chiama "Clicker". Oggi: Alan finisce di farsi visitare dal medico locale e di rispondere alle domande dello sceriffo e fa per andarsene quando riceve una chiamata. Un uomo sconosciuto si proclama come il rapitore di Alice. Se Alan vuole rivedere sua moglie dovrà farsi trovare a mezzanotte al Lover's Peak. Alan non vuole aspettare un secondo di più. All'uscita dall'ufficio dello sceriffo trova il dottor Emil Hartman, lo psicologo degli arti...
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