Match is a dramatic comedy by Stephen Belber
The character of Tobi is inspired by Alphonse Poulin, a professor of ballet at Juilliard School.
Tobi is an aging dancer, choreographer and teacher who enjoys knitting. His quiet life is interrupted when Mike and Lisa enter his home under the pretense of interviewing him for Lisa's thesis.
The Broadway production was directed by Nicholas Martin. The play starred Frank Langella as Tobi with Ray Liotta as Mike and Jane Adams as Lisa. The show ran for about two months. For his role as Tobi, Langella was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
Belber adapted the play into the 2014 film Match, which he also directed.
Match (マッチ, Macchi) is a carbonated Japanese soft drink usually sold in street vending machines. The drink was previously only sold in standard aluminum cans with pop tops, but is now more commonly sold in bottles. The flavor of the drink is described as "fruity" and is quite popular among tourists. Though the drink is far from ubiquitous in Japan, there have been reports of it being sold in Ginza and Yokohama. Match is sold in 300ml, 350ml, 480ml, and 500ml containers.
The song "Locolotion" by the Okinawan group Orange Range was used for a commercial.
Match (also known as Match II and Match III) (1958-1965) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse who won major races in England, France and the United States and who was voted British Horse of the Year. Like many French-bred horses, he carried the numerical suffix "II" when racing in Britain. Because another horse with the name Match was born registered in the United States that same year, he is sometimes recorded as "Match III."
Match was bred by French hotelier Francois Dupre at his Haras d'Ouilly in Pont-d'Ouilly, France. The son of the champion Tantieme, he won important races in France at age two then at age three won in France and England before capping off an outstanding 1962 season with a win in the prestigious Washington, D.C. International at the Laurel Park racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. Ridden by Yves Saint-Martin, Match earned the "Best in the World" title, defeating the best turf horses from Europe, Russia, as well as the American entries, Carry Back, Beau Purple, and the great Kelso.
Actors: Jason Hawkins (writer), Jason Hawkins (producer), Jason Hawkins (director), Jason Hawkins (editor), Sam Brittan (actor), Sam Brittan (producer), Tabitha Williams (actress), David Loftus (actor), Dara Davey (producer), Dara Davey (actress), Conner Williams (actor), Amanda Vasconcellos (actress), W. Paul Brewster (actor), James W. Grimes (actor), Alicia Rose (actress),
Plot: It started with an act of terrorism: a dirty bomb -a radioactive attack on American soil that completely devastated the American mid-west and left millions dead or dying. Immediately our government looked to overseas threats -Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan... North Korea... but then the truth came. The attack was not carried out by foreign operatives, but by a coordinated effort of domestic terrorist. America was under attack by its own citizens. The government moved quickly, and with one fell swoop they seized complete control of the country, closing our borders, establishing a curfew, implementing a special police force, and regulating all aspects of our lives. They took control of the internet. Implemented a military draft, took away our firearms, and restricted all air travel. Democrats and Republicans united, and passed a law to give the government complete emergency control for the duration of the crisis. They called this law the United States Security Enforcement Act. It's been nearly 10 years and martial law is still in effect. Unemployment is at 38%. All citizens are tracked through their digital devices. All businesses are owned by the government. Special government police troops patrol the streets, seeking out and detaining suspected terrorist. The population lives in fear. We are prisoners in our own country, held hostage by our own government. Many of us now believe the government was directly responsible for the attacks in the mid-west that killed so many. They used our fear to seize control. The general population starves while the corporate government grows fat. People began to take to the streets, protesting, demanding the truth. The government fought back, detaining and executing thousands in a purge of suspected insurgents. What began as civil unrest may soon become a full scale civil war. This is America. The time is now. My name is Edenfall_318, I'm a journalist, and for the first time since the collapse of America, the truth will be told. This is my story...
Genres: Sci-Fi,Actors: Joseph R. Lewis (editor), Joseph R. Lewis (writer), Joseph R. Lewis (producer), Joseph R. Lewis (director), Jared Larson (actor), Lew Ojeda (producer), Brett Elam (actor), Ben Kass (actor), Ben Kass (actor), Nikki Pierce (actress), Joshua Logan (actor), Dave Asher (actor), Dave Asher (producer), Dave Asher (writer), Sarah Haggett (costume designer),
Plot: Emily, a lonely designer, finds herself in the middle of a fantastic and dangerous adventure when her most recent creation, the super hero rock star Melody Nife, comes to life! As Melody Nife's power increases, Emily realizes that he is a slave of the evil Brain Computer that wants to hypnotize the world with music! Now Emily must save the world and rescue Melody Nife from the sinister clutches of The Nifers, a team of video game superheroes of Emily's own design.
Keywords: based-on-album, chicago-illinois, comic-book, superhero, video-gameActors: Danny Mooney (actor), Martin Stano (miscellaneous crew), Tony Visintainer (director), Tony Visintainer (actor), Tony Visintainer (writer), Tony Visintainer (producer), Tony Visintainer (editor), Connie Cowper (actress), Marc Morisseau (miscellaneous crew), Marilia Angeline (actress), Michael M. Joshua (actor), Marc Morisseau (actor), Michael Beach (composer), Lee McEwen (producer), Lee McEwen (actor),
Plot: Utopia is the story of Isaac, a naïve and troubled young man who is beaten and left for dead. Rescued by the mysterious Vincent, he awakes to find himself in a surreal and violent dystopia that he cannot leave. Here Isaac must search for the truth as he is slowly consumed by violence and revenge as his past life in the outside world begins to catch up with him.
Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Peter Kam (composer), Benny Chan (producer), Paul Rudd (actor), Anthony Wong Chau-Sang (actor), John Chong (producer), Stephen P. Jarchow (producer), Eric Kot (actor), Vincent Kok (actor), Stephen Fung (actor), Sam Lee (actor), Tat-Ming Cheung (actor), Lik-Chi Lee (actor), Sammuel Leung (actor), Ka-Fai Cheung (editor), Benny Chan (director),
Plot: After a lethal American attack robot, RS1, is unleashed onto the mean streets of Hong Kong, Asia's funkiest crime-fighting team, the Gen-Y Cops, find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Their latest member, Edison, is accused of stealing RS1, and forced to go on the run. Gen-Y cops Match and Alien must find him before maverick FBI agent Ian Curtis does. Another member of the FBI unit, Jane (Maggie Q), becomes convinced of Edison's innocence. They discover that the real villain of the piece is Edison's old friend, Kurt, the warped genius who created RS1, and now follows his own deadly agenda...
Keywords: action-hero, beretta, blood, blood-spatter, brawl, buoy, cell-phone, coffee, computer-virus, desert-eagleActors: Daniel Wu (actor), Jackie Chan (producer), Nicholas Tse (actor), Jackie Chan (actor), Benny Chan (producer), Alan Mak (actor), Eric Tsang (actor), Stephen Fung (actor), Sam Lee (actor), Francis Ng (actor), Ken Lo (actor), Yiu-Cheung Lai (actor), Ka Tung Lam (actor), Benny Chan (writer), John Chong (producer),
Plot: The "Generation X Cops" are four young officers of the Hong Kong Police, joined together to fight against organised crime using all possible means, even if this would lead them to break the law... Their first assignement: eliminate a gang of criminals who have stolen a shipload of explosives.
Keywords: action-hero, airplane, arrest, bar, bare-chested-male, beaten-to-death, betrayal, black-leather-jacket, blood, blood-splatterActors: James Tolkan (actor), Gian Maria Volonté (actor), Christopher Lloyd (actor), Crispin Glover (actor), Clint Eastwood (actor), Flea (actor), Neil Ross (actor), Charles Fleischer (actor), George 'Buck' Flower (actor), Michael J. Fox (actor), Michael J. Fox (actor), Michael J. Fox (actor), Joe Flaherty (actor), Thomas F. Wilson (actor), Jeffrey Weissman (actor),
Plot: Marty McFly has only just gotten back from the past, when he is once again picked up by Dr. Emmett Brown and sent through time to the future. Marty's job in the future is to pose as his own son to prevent him from being thrown in prison. Unfortunately, things get worse when the future changes the present.
Keywords: 17-year-old, 1950s, 2010s, abandoned-library, absent-mindedness, actor-playing-female-role, actor-playing-multiple-roles, adult-actor-playing-teenage-boy, altering-history, alternate-historyActors: Thomas F. Wilson (actor), Billy Zane (actor), James Tolkan (actor), George DiCenzo (actor), Read Morgan (actor), Jason Hervey (actor), Tom Tangen (actor), Norman Alden (actor), George 'Buck' Flower (actor), Michael J. Fox (actor), Marc McClure (actor), Courtney Gains (actor), Crispin Glover (actor), Lea Thompson (actress), Christopher Lloyd (actor),
Plot: Marty McFly, a typical American teenager of the Eighties, is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a plutonium-powered DeLorean "time machine" invented by slightly mad scientist. During his often hysterical, always amazing trip back in time, Marty must make certain his teenage parents-to-be meet and fall in love - so he can get back to the future.
Keywords: 1950s, 1980s, 555-phone-number, altering-history, alternate-history, audio-feedback, automobile, band, barn, battle-of-the-bandsActors: Eric Abrahamsson (actor), Alexander Field (actor), Eric Gustafson (actor), Gustaf Lövås (actor), Paul Merzbach (writer), Paul Merzbach (director), Zarah Leander (actress), Helge Kihlberg (actor), Elisabeth Frisk (actress), Frithiof Hedvall (actor), Dante (actor), Eva Leckström (actress), Ulla Söderbaum (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Eric Abrahamsson (actor), Alexander Field (actor), Eric Gustafson (actor), Gustaf Lövås (actor), Paul Merzbach (writer), Paul Merzbach (director), Zarah Leander (actress), Helge Kihlberg (actor), Elisabeth Frisk (actress), Frithiof Hedvall (actor), Dante (actor), Eva Leckström (actress), Ulla Söderbaum (actress),
Genres: ,Don't want to say it out loud
Not sure I like how it sounds
But I need you so much
That's it's breaking me down
So I'll say it now
Before I get too proud
When I think of your touch
I want to live in your mouth
Think you reached this message in error
When you lie in the dark, know that I see
Chorus:
It was good for me
With your thigh on my knee
Your hand in my hair
We were everywhere
It was good for me
Pure ecstasy
Both pleasure and pain
Rolled into the same
(You know it was good for me)
Verse 2:
Do you know what you've done
Do you know who I've become
Was an angel I think
With a devilish side
Think I need to hear a forever
When I lie in the dark
Just know that I see
Chorus:
It was good for me
With your thigh on my knee
Your hand in my hair
We were everywhere
It was good for me
Pure ecstasy
Both pleasure and pain
Rolled into the same
I was the match
I was the match
I was the match
That lit you on fire
I was the match
I was the match
I was the match
Match is a dramatic comedy by Stephen Belber
The character of Tobi is inspired by Alphonse Poulin, a professor of ballet at Juilliard School.
Tobi is an aging dancer, choreographer and teacher who enjoys knitting. His quiet life is interrupted when Mike and Lisa enter his home under the pretense of interviewing him for Lisa's thesis.
The Broadway production was directed by Nicholas Martin. The play starred Frank Langella as Tobi with Ray Liotta as Mike and Jane Adams as Lisa. The show ran for about two months. For his role as Tobi, Langella was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
Belber adapted the play into the 2014 film Match, which he also directed.