Ghost Story is a 1981 American horror film based on the book of the same name by Peter Straub. It is directed by John Irvin and it stars Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman and Craig Wasson (in a dual role). It was the last film to feature Astaire, Fairbanks, and Douglas, and the first film to feature Michael O’Neill.
Directed by
John Irvin
Writers
Lawrence D. Cohen Writer
Peter Straub Novel
Producers
Douglas Green … co-producer
Ronald G. Smith … associate producer
Burt Weissbourd … producer
Cast
Fred Astaire … Ricky Hawthorne
Melvyn Douglas … Dr. John Jaffrey
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. … Edward Charles Wanderley
John Houseman … Sears James
Craig Wasson … Don Wanderley/David Wanderley
Patricia Neal … Stella Hawthorne
Alice Krige … Eva Galli/Alma Mobley
Jacqueline Brookes … Milly
Miguel Fernandes … Gregory Bate
Lance Holcomb … Fenny Bate
Mark Chamberlin … Young Jaffrey
Tim Choate … Young Hawthorne
Kurt Johnson … Young Wanderley
Ken Olin … Young James
Make Up Department
Irving Buchman … makeup artist
Albert Jeyte … makeup artist
Robert Jiras … makeup artist
Philip Leto … hair stylist
Rick Sharp … makeup artist
Dick Smith … special makeup
Special Effects Department
Henry Millar Jr. … special effects
Visual Effects Department
Syd Dutton … matte artist
Dennis Glouner … matte photography
Bill Taylor … matte photography
Albert Whitlock … special visual effects
Henry Schoessler … matte crew
Trivia:
The last feature film for veteran actors Melvyn Douglas, Fred Astaire, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr..
Melvyn Douglas (Dr. John Jaffery) is actually mentioned in the novel on which the movie is based.
Fred Astaire (Ricky Hawthorne) is actually mentioned in the novel on which the movie is based.
Young Ricky Hawthorne says, “I can’t dance.” Old Ricky Hawthorne is played by Fred Astaire. This line wasn’t in the novel.
Searching for someone qualified to score a story dealing with elderly people, the production team was reminded of Le chat (1971), a French film about a bitter old couple spending time arguing. That’s how Philippe Sarde was hired and why some of the main theme of that precise film is repeatedly used in the score of “Ghost Story.”
Robin Curtis’ film debut.
The pipe organ used is the same organ that was used by Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera (1925).
Interiors were constructed inside the abandoned Union Station, the former New York Central Railroad’s passenger train station on Broadway in Albany, NY and included a two story set. The murder or death scene was filmed on the second floor of that set. Scenes were filmed in sequence and the two story set was significantly aged after the death scene so that it later appeared as the derelict house. After the movie, the old station was refurbished and restored to its former grandeur and served as office space for Fleet Bank and now Bank of America.
Tower of London (1939) black-and-white historical film released by Universal Pictures and directed by Rowland V. Lee. It stars Basil Rathbone as the future Richard III of England, and Boris Karloff as his fictitious club-footed executioner Mord. Vincent Price appears as George, Duke of Clarence. Actor John Rodion, who appears in a small role, is actually Rodion Rathbone, Basil’s son.
The film is based on the traditional depiction of Richard rising to become King of England by eliminating everyone ahead of him. Each time Richard accomplishes a murder, he removes one figurine from a dollhouse resembling a throneroom. Once he has completed his task, he now needs to defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain the throne.
The plot was not derived from Shakespeare’s Richard III, but rather was written by Robert N. Lee (director Rowland V. Lee’s brother) after reading a great deal of British history. George, Duke of Clarence (one of Richard’s brothers) is depicted as something less than the tragically noble figure found in Shakespeare. Ian Hunter portrays Edward IV, who is not depicted here as the feeble, dying King found in Laurence Olivier’s 1955 film version of Shakespeare’s play. The exterior castle sets constructed for this film became a staple of the Universal backlot and could be seen time and time again in subsequent films (most prominently in the 1952′s The Black Castle).
The film inspired a 1962 remake with Vincent Price now in the lead role. The remake was made on an extremely low budget, was shot in black-and-white with a small cast (and used stock footage from the 1939 version for the battle sequences), and placed far more of an emphasis on genuine horror. Price later told Rathbone’s biographer Michael Druxman that he felt Rathbone’s performance as Richard was probably more historically genuine than either Laurence Olivier’s or his own.
Cast
Basil Rathbone … Richard – Duke of Gloucester
Boris Karloff … Mord
Barbara O’Neil … Queen Elyzabeth
Ian Hunter … King Edward IV
Vincent Price … Duke of Clarence
Nan Grey … Lady Alice Barton
Ernest Cossart … Tom Clink
John Sutton … John Wyatt
Leo G. Carroll … Lord Hastings
Miles Mander … King Henry VI
Make Up Department
Sam Kaufman … makeup artist
Otto Lederer … makeup artist Jack P. Pierce … makeup artist
The Boston Strangler is a 1968 film based on the true story of the Boston Strangler. It was directed by Richard Fleischer, and stars Tony Curtis as Albert DeSalvo, the strangler, and Henry Fonda as John S. Bottomly, the chief detective now famed for obtaining DeSalvo’s confession.
Trivia:
20th Century Fox originally hired Terence Rattigan to write the screenplay based on the book by Gerold Frank, but he wrote it as a comedy and was replaced by Edward Anhalt. In Rattigan’s version, the killer was revealed, by a computer, to be Darryl F. Zanuck.
Horst Buchholz was among those actors considered for the Tony Curtis part.
Tony Curtis does not appear until one hour into the film.
Tony Curtis broke his nose while filming a chase scene.
Other actors considered for the role of Albert DeSalvo were Robert Redford and Warren Beatty.
Lionel Newman’s original music consists of one cue (“Peter the Pole”) lasting 22 seconds.
Shortly before filming was set to begin the real Albert DeSalvo escaped from the mental institution where he was imprisoned. He was later captured after being on the run for 33 hours.
(pronounced /ˈnɛv ˈkæmbəl/ “nev camble”; born October 3, 1973) is a Canadian actress. Beginning her career on stage, she came to fame on the 1990s television series Party of Five, playing the role of the teenager Julia Salinger. She subsequently appeared in leading roles in several Hollywood films, including Scream, The Craft, and Wild Things, and has since appeared in smaller parts and returned to stage roles.
Trivia:
On People (USA) magazine’s ’50 Most Beautiful’ list. [2000]
Dated John Cusack. [1999]
Voted No.3 in EMPIRE (UK) magazine’s 100 sexiest movie stars of 1998. [October 1998]
One of People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People. [1998]
Younger sister of Christian Campbell.
Joined the National Ballet School of Canada at age 9.
Posed for a swimsuit photo believing it to be intended for a catalogue only to see it appear on a Toronto billboard.
Had to turn down the role in Armageddon (1998/I) because of conflicts with the “Party of Five” (1994) schedule.
Had to turn down the role in Rounders (1998) because in the contract it said she would have to be in Scream 2 (1997) and she wasn’t sure if she wanted to do it or not.
Revealed that at aged 14 she suffered a “nervous breakdown” which resulted in complete hairloss, and that only intensive acupunture grew it back. [1999]
Her father is a drama teacher at Lorne Park Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario.
In a public restroom, a fan knocked on her stall door, put a pen and paper underneath and said, “Can I get your autograph?” Campbell replied, “Can I finish peeing first?” — Cosmopolitan magazine, October 1999
Leaving “Party of Five” (1994) at the end of the season. [2000]
Appeared in the Toronto production of the Broadway Musical “Phantom of the Opera” as a ballerina (early 90′s).
Was a chorus girl in the original Toronto cast of Phantom of the Opera starring Colm Wilkinson.
Campbell’s relationship with John Cusack was reconciled after a two-week hideaway vacation. [August 2001]
Has a “no nudity” clause in her contract. But, she lifted it for her role in the film, When Will I Be Loved (2004), her first movie showing her completely nude.
First came to TV screens as “Daisy” in the short-lived series “Catwalk” (1992) about sex, booze and Rock ‘n Roll which was somewhat modeled after the Fox show, “The Heights” (1992). Played alongside some other Canadian actors like Keram Malicki-Sánchez (“24″ (2001), “ER” (1994) “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1997)); Nicole de Boer (“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” (1993)), and Chandra West (“Jack & Jill” (1999), “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2000)).
Older sister of Alex Campbell.
In Scream (1996/I), when Tatum asks the question, “If they make a movie about this, who do you think they’ll get to play you?” Dewey says, “I picture you as a young Meg Ryan, myself”. She replies, “Thanks, but with my luck, they’ll cast Tori Spelling”. Spelling wasn’t insulted and, in Scream 2 (1997), she played “Sidney”, in the movie within the movie depicting the events of Scream (1996/I), called “Stab”.
At the time, she was the youngest person ever cast in “The Phantom of the Opera.” Although her role was usually that of a member of the ballet corps, she did understudy the role of Meg Giry.
Formed the Blue Sphere Alliance Production Company at The Lex Theatre in Hollywood with her brother Christian Campbell and Matthew Lillard.
Was originally going to be a ballerina, but quit due to accumulating injuries (she had a bunion removed from her big toe and her joints were practically worn away), so she finally gave up dance. She still works out at the bar regularly and made the movie The Company (2003) because of her love for the art.
She started taking taking ballet at the age of six, after seeing a production of “The Nutcracker.”
The Campbell family was named the “spokesfamily” of the Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada.
Movie A Private War (2009) is said to be about actor/writer/producer Pete Antico [Teen People Magazine, April 2000].
Her mother had been an HIV/AIDS educator and counselor.
Younger brother Damian, was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome (TS) in 1989, after Neve finished another year at Canada’s National Ballet School in Toronto. She has used her fame from “Party of Five” (1994) to raise awareness for the disease, participating in TS conferences and fund-raisers in Toronto and Los Angeles.
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In an interview, she said that her main beauty tip is, to keep your face looking thin, dip your face into ice-cold water, complete with ice cubes, three times for six seconds each. But she warned that she does occasionally have headaches afterwards.
In Portuguese and Italian, her name means “snow”.
Favorite horror movies are The Shining (1980) and The Changeling (1980).
Along with David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Kennedy, she is one of only five actors to appear in all three “Scream” films.
Her first name, Neve, is her mother’s surname – and it is a name first used by her ancestors, Sephardic Jews who emigrated to Holland in the 15th century. Neve said in an interview that despite her Catholic religion, if someone asks her if she was Jewish she would say “yes” because of her ancestry.
Has British citizenship.
Turned down the lead roles in both Center Stage (2000) and Save the Last Dance (2001) in favor of developing her own dance movie The Company (2003).
In 2003, was offered the part of Velma Kelly, in Broadway production of “Chicago”, but turned down the offer in order to promote The Company (2003) in which she starred, produced and co-wrote.
Official advocate for people living with epilepsy. Her cousin and best friend was diagnosed with that condition at age 18.
Ex-sister-in-law of Erin Matthews.
Aside from commercials and dance performances, one of her first acting jobs was on a sketch in “The Kids in the Hall” (1988), playing a Catholic school girl.
Engaged to John Light [February 9, 2006].
Ranked as #66 in FHM’s “100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005″ special supplement. (2005)
FHM’s 50 Sexiest Women [1995-2004] (Ranked: 35)
Sister-in-law of Liz Light.
She was March on FHM magazine’s 2005 pin-up calendar (2005).
Ranked #8 on Maxim’s “Hottest Women of Horror Movies” list.
Was considered for the role of Danielle Bowden in Cape Fear (1991).
She turned to acting after quitting dance and was soon cast as the Degas Girl in “The Phantom of the Opera” starring Colm Wilkinson at Toronto’s Pantages Theater. At 16, she was at the time the youngest person ever to be cast in this production. In total, she performed in over 800 shows. It was there that she met actor Jeff Colt, a bartender at the theater. They married in 1995 in England’s Westminster Cathedral, but divorced three years later.
Close friends with Charlie Condou according to Radio Times (July 2008).
Twilight Zones first episode aired October 2, 1959.
The Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode (156 in the original series) is a mixture of self-contained fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist. A popular and critical success, it introduced many Americans to serious science fiction and abstract ideas through television and also through a wide variety of Twilight Zone literature. The program followed in the tradition of earlier radio programs such as The Weird Circle and X Minus One and the radio work of Serling’s hero, dramatist Norman Corwin.
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The success of the original series led to the creation of two revival series: a cult hit series that ran for several seasons on CBS and in syndication in the 1980s, and a short-lived UPN series that ran from 2002 to 2003. It would also lead to a feature film, a radio series, a comic book, a magazine and various other spin-offs that would span five decades.
Aside from Serling himself, who crafted nearly two-thirds of the series’ total episodes, writers for The Twilight Zone included leading genre authorities such as Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson, Jerry Sohl, George Clayton Johnson, Earl Hamner, Jr., Reginald Rose, Harlan Ellison and Ray Bradbury. Many episodes also featured adaptations of classic stories by such writers as Ambrose Bierce, Lewis Padgett, Jerome Bixby and Damon Knight.
Twilight Zone Creator Rod Serling
The term “twilight zone” predates the television program, and originally meant simply a “gray area.” (Intelligence analysts in the early Cold War labeled a country a twilight zone if there was no definite U.S. policy on whether to intervene militarily to defend it.) Rod Serling himself chose the title of the series, and said that only after the series aired did he discover that the “twilight zone” was also a term applied by the US Air Force to the terminator, the imaginary border between “night” and “day” on a planetary body.
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CBS purchased a teleplay in 1958 that writer Rod Serling hoped to produce as the pilot of a weekly anthology series. The Twilight Zone episode “The Time Element” marked Serling’s first entry in the field of science fiction.
The story is a time travel fantasy of sorts, involving a man named Peter Jenson (William Bendix) visiting a psychoanalyst, Dr. Gillespie (Martin Balsam), with complaints of a recurring dream in which he imagines waking up in Honolulu just prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. “I wake up in a hotel room in Honolulu, and it’s 1941, but I mean I really wake up and it’s really 1941,” he explains, concluding that these are not mere dreams; he actually is travelling through time. However, Dr. Gillespie insists that time travel is impossible given the nature of temporal paradoxes. During his
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dream, taking advantage of the situation, he bets on all the winning horses, all the right teams and, eventually, tries unsuccessfully to warn others — the newspaper, the military, anyone — that the Japanese are planning a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. His warnings are seen as crazed ravings, and are either ignored or met with physical violence, as he is punched out by an engineer who works on the USS Arizona, after insisting that it will be sunk on December 7. Jenson’s dream always ends as the Japanese bombers fly overhead on the morning of December 7, prompting him to yell out “I told you! Why wouldn’t anybody listen to me?”. Jenson finally discloses to Dr. Gillespie that he was actually in Honolulu on December 7, 1941. While on the couch, Jenson falls asleep once again, only this time, Japanese planes flying overhead shoot inside the windows of his room and he is killed. When the camera cuts back to the doctor’s office, the couch Jenson was lying on is now empty, and Dr. Gillespie looks around, confused. Although Jenson had smoked earlier, the ashtray is empty. He looks in his appointment book and finds he had no appointments scheduled for this day. Gillespie goes to a bar and finds Jenson’s picture on the wall. The bartender said that Jenson tended bar there, but was killed in Pearl Harbor.
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With this script, Serling drafted the fundamental elements that would distinguish the series still to come: a science-fiction/fantasy theme, opening and closing narration, and an ending with a twist. But what would prove popular with audiences and critics in 1959 did not meet network standards in 1957. “The Time Element” was purchased only to be shelved indefinitely, and talks of making The Twilight Zone a television series ended.
This is where things stood when Bert Granet, the new producer for Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, discovered “The Time Element” in CBS’ vaults while searching for an original Serling script to add prestige to his show. “The Time Element” (introduced by Desi Arnaz) debuted on November 24, 1958, to an overwhelmingly delighted audience of television viewers and critics alike. “The humor and sincerity of Mr. Serling’s dialogue made ‘The Time Element’ consistently entertaining,” offered Jack Gould of The New York Times. Over six thousand letters of praise flooded Granet’s offices. Convinced that a series based on such stories could succeed, CBS again began talks with Serling about the possibilities of producing The Twilight Zone. “Where Is Everybody?” was accepted as the pilot episode and the project was officially announced to the public in early 1959. “The Time Element” is rarely aired on television and it was only available in an Italian DVD box set titled “Ai confini della realtà — I tesori perduti” until it was shown as part of an all night sneak preview of the new cable channel TVLand.
Throughout the 1950s, Rod Serling had established himself as one of the hottest names in television, equally famous for his success in writing televised drama as he was for criticizing the medium’s limitations. His most vocal complaints concerned the censorship frequently practiced by sponsors and networks. “I was not permitted to have my Senators discuss any current or pressing problem,” he said of his 1957 production The Arena, intended to be an involving look into contemporary politics. “To talk of tariff was to align oneself with the Republicans; to talk of labor was to suggest control by the Democrats. To say a single thing germane to the current political scene was absolutely prohibited.”
Twilight Zone’s writers frequently used science fiction as a vehicle for social comment; networks and sponsors who had infamously censored all potentially “inflammatory” material from the then predominant live dramas were ignorant of the methods developed by writers such as Ray Bradbury for dealing with important issues through seemingly innocuous fantasy. Frequent themes include nuclear war, mass hysteria, and McCarthyism, subjects that were strictly forbidden on more “serious” prime-time drama. Episodes such as “The Shelter” or “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” offered specific commentary on current events. Other stories, such as “The Masks” or “The Howling Man,” operated around a central allegory, parable, or fable that reflected the characters’ moral or philosophical choices.
Despite his esteem in the writing community, Serling found The Twilight Zone difficult to sell. Few critics felt that science fiction could transcend empty escapism and enter the realm of adult drama. In a September 22, 1959, interview with Serling, Mike Wallace asked a question illustrative of the times: “…[Y]ou’re going to be, obviously, working so hard on The Twilight Zone that, in essence, for the time being and for the foreseeable future, you’ve given up on writing anything important for television, right?” While Serling’s appearances on the show became one of its most distinctive features, with his clipped delivery still widely imitated today, he was reportedly nervous about it and had to be persuaded to appear on camera. Serling often steps into the middle of the action and the characters remain seemingly oblivious to him, but on one notable occasion they are aware he’s there: In the episode “A World of His Own,” a writer with the power to alter his reality objects to Serling’s unflattering narration, and promptly erases Serling from the show.
The original series contained 156 episodes. Seasons 1, 2, 3, 5 were half hour shows. The fourth season (1962-1963) contained one-hour episodes……Source(s) Wikipedia
The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 film noir film directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters . The film is based on the novel of the same name by Davis Grubb, adapted for the screen by James Agee and Laughton. The novel and film draw on the true story of Harry Powers, hanged in 1932 for the murders of two widows and three children in Clarksburg, West Virginia. The film’s lyric and expressionistic style sets it apart from almost all other Hollywood films of the 1940s and 50s, and has influenced later directors such as David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, and the Coen Brothers. In 1992, The Night of the Hunter was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in their National Film Registry.
Tagline: The wedding night, the anticipation, the kiss, the knife, BUT ABOVE ALL… THE SUSPENSE!
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A psychopathic preacher is in relentless pursuit of two children possessing their dead fathers stolen fortune. Special features: theatrical trailer and behind-the-scenes booklet. Starring: Robert Mitchum, Lillian Gish and Shelley Winters Run time: 93 minutes. Director: Charles Laughton
The film resulted from a collaboration between Charles Laughton and screenwriter James Agee. Laughton drew heavily on the harsh, angular look of German expressionist films of the 1920s.
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The film’s music, composed and arranged by Walter Schumann in close association with Laughton, features a combination of nostalgic and expressionistic orchestral passages. The film also includes two original songs by Schumann, “Lullaby” (sung by Kitty White, whom Schumann personally discovered in a nightclub) and “Pretty Fly” (originally sung by Sally Jane Bruce as Pearl, but later dubbed by an actress named Betty Benson). A recurring musical device involves the preacher making his presence known by singing the traditional hymn “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms.” Mitchum also recorded the soundtrack version of the hymn.
In 1974, film archivist Robert Gitt Anthony Slide retrieved several boxes of
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photographs, sketches, memos and letters relating to the film from Laughton’s widow Elsa Lanchester for the American Film Institute; she also gave the Institute over 80,000 feet of rushes and outtakes from the filming. In 1981, this material was sent to the UCLA Film and Television Archive where, for the next 20 years, they were edited into a two-and-half hour documentary that premiered in 2002, at UCLA’s Festival of Preservation.
Jacqueline Bisset (born 13 September 1944) is a British actress. She has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award. Her popular films include Bullitt (1968), Airport (1970), The Deep (1977), and Class (1983). In more recent years, she has appeared in several television productions, most notably the FX series Nip/Tuck in 2006.
In 1967, Bisset was cast in the movie Two for the Road with Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney. Next, she participated in the James Bond satire, Casino Royale (1967), as Miss Goodthighs. In 1968, Mia Farrow dropped out of the movie The Detective (1968) opposite Frank Sinatra, and the role went to Bisset. That same year, she was cast in her breakout role as Steve McQueen’s girlfriend in the hit action film Bullitt. She was one of the many stars in the blockbuster disaster film Airport (1970), which co-starred Dean Martin, Burt Lancaster, Jean Seberg, and Helen Hayes among others and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Bisset often appeared with her leading men in more than one film, such as Albert Finney, Paul Newman and Anthony Perkins. She co-starred with Newman and Perkins in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, with Newman in When Time Ran Out, with Finney in Two for the Road, Under the Volcano and the ensemble mystery Murder on the Orient Express, also starring Perkins and Sean Connery.
She is the main character in Luigi Comencini’s La donna della domenica in 1975. In 1977, Bisset made strides towards becoming a better-known entertainer in America with her movie The Deep, co-starring Robert Shaw and Nick Nolte, where swimming underwater wearing nothing under her T-shirt helped make the film a box office success, leading the producer Peter Guber to say, “That T-shirt made me a rich man,”. At the time, Newsweek declared her “the most beautiful film actress of all time.” About that time, a small film Bisset had made some years earlier was re-released in the United States under the title Secrets. That movie featured the only extensive nude scenes of Bisset’s career and the producers cashed in on her fame.
By 1978, she was a household name. She earned her first Golden Globe nomination for the comedy Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? Soon thereafter, she played in the movies Rich and Famous (1981) with Candice Bergen, Class (1983) with Rob Lowe and Under the Volcano (1984) with Albert Finney, for which she earned her a second Golden Globe nomination. In 1996, she was nominated for a César Award, for her role in La Cérémonie. Bisset has worked with such directors as François Truffaut, John Huston, George Cukor, and Roman Polanski. Several of her movies are French or Italian productions.
Bisset has appeared in made-for-TV movies, especially during the last decade. She received an Emmy Award nomination for the 1999 miniseries Joan of Arc. Other notable projects include the Emmy-nominated epics Jesus (1999) and In the Beginning (2001) with Martin Landau. She has also made guest appearances on Ally McBeal and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. One of her later TV movies, in 2003, was America’s Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story, in which she portrayed Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. In 2005, she appeared in Domino with Keira Knightly. Bisset’s most recent television work was a recurring role as the mysterious James, during the fourth season of the FX series Nip/Tuck. She starred in the lead role of Boaz Yakin’s Death in Love which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and is about “a Jewish concentration-camp survivor whose willing romance with the camp’s Nazi doctor—a man who tortured her fellow prisoners—destroys the lives of her American husband and their two sons 50 years later”.
Trivia:
Her first job was a waitress in a Chinese restaurant.
Favorite films: Brief Encounter (1945), Splendor in the Grass (1961).
Favorite actresses: Jeanne Moreau, Jessica Lange
Favorite actors: Marlon Brando, Anthony Hopkins, Montgomery Clift
Her most fulfilling role: “Julie” in François Truffaut’s “Day for Night” (La nuit américaine (1973).
Her favorite scene: fighting with Anthony Quinn in The Greek Tycoon (1978).
Godmother of actress Angelina Jolie.
Measurements: 36C-24-36 1/2 (as starlet 1973), 37C/D-25-36 (filming The Deep (1977) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2001
No relation to Josie Bissett.
She said her last name is pronounced “Bissit” and rhymes with “Kiss it”.
Had long-term relationships with Michael Sarrazin (1968-1974), Victor Drai (1975-1980), Alexander Godunov (1981-1988), Vincent Perez (1988-1993) and Emin Boztepe (1995-2005).
Reignited her romance with Emin Boztepe [August 27, 2009].
Hollywood gossip has linked her with Frank Sinatra and Ryan O’Neal.
Reportedly had an affair with co-star Steve McQueen while they were filming Bullitt (1968). They remained friends until his death, and Jacqueline narrated a documentary about his life titled “Steve McQueen: the Essence of Cool.”
Brian De Palma (born Brian Russell DePalma on September 11, 1942) is an American film director. In a career spanning over forty years, he is probably best known for his suspense and thriller films, including such box office successes as Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, Carlito’s Way, The Untouchables, and Mission: Impossible.
Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, De Palma worked repeatedly with actors Jennifer Salt, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen (his wife from 1979 to 1983), William Finley, Charles Durning, Gerrit Graham, cinematographers Stephen H. Burum and Vilmos Zsigmond, set designer Jack Fisk, and composers Bernard Herrmann and Pino Donaggio. De Palma is credited with fostering the careers of or outright discovering Robert De Niro, Jill Clayburgh, John C. Reilly, John Leguizamo, and Margot Kidder.
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[Split screen] Often uses split screens (created optically or using a split diopter while shooting) to build suspense and/or convey story information. This allows the audience to choose what to look at and engages them further in the story (Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Carrie (1976), _Dressed To Kill (1980)_, Blow Out (1981), Mission: Impossible (1996), Snake Eyes (1998), Femme Fatale (2002) and _The Black Dalhia (2006)_).
[Alfred Hitchcock Homage] Films frequently reference the work of Alfred Hitchcock, using similar locations, camera techniques/compositions, musical scores by Bernard Herrmann (a frequent Hitchcock collaborator), and blondes as leading ladies.
Frequently casts ‘Robert de Niro’, ‘William Finley’, John Lithgow, Gregg Henry, ‘Dennis Franz’, Gary Sinise, Al Pacino, ‘Sean Penn’ and ex-wife Nancy Allen.
The “LONG TAKE” which is usually complimented by a series of elaborate tracking shots or dolly movements
Dopplegangers (or evil twin), and femme fatales appear frequently in De Palma’s films.
Often shoots ‘tense’ moments without any widening lens or zoom. When coupled with his trademark extended shot, it creates a feeling the viewer is in the scene.
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[Voyeurism] Films often feature a protagonist who is voyeuristic by nature (Dressed To Kill (1980)), profession (Blow Out (1981)), or circumstance (Body Double (1984)).
Trivia:
Won top prize in regional Science Fair in high school. Project was “An Analog Computer to Solve Differential Equations.” Cf. computer nerd in Dressed to Kill (1980).
De Palma graduated from Friends’ Central School, a small quaker school outside of Philadelphia
De Palma bases his most famous cinematic predilection, voyeurism, on a specific childhood incident. When he was a child, his parents split up, his mother accusing his father of infidelity. The young De Palma spent several days stalking his dad with recording equipment, hoping to find evidence to confirm his mother’s suspicions.
Uncle of actor Cameron De Palma.
In the 1970s, De Palma helped a close friend on a film project. He helped audition and interview actors. When the film was shot, DePalma did some uncredited writing on an opening “scrawl,” a device the friend thought of at the last minute to help explain events in the film, so the audience would not be confused. The friend was George Lucas and the film was Star Wars (1977).
First child with Gale Anne Hurd, Lolita, born September 19, 1991.
Second daughter, Piper De Palma, born October 21 1996 in Palo Alto, California.
Brother of photographer Bart DePalma.
Italian-American.
Is a Bruce Springsteen fan and directed him in the “Dancing In The Dark” music video.
Wrote the role of the hooker in Dressed to Kill (1980) specifically with his then wife Nancy Allen in mind.
Has never contributed an audio commentary track to his DVDs.
Step-father of The OC actress Willa Holland.
Received a special thanks credit in Mean Streets (1973) for introducing Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro to one another.
Was originally going to be a ballerina, but quit due to accumulating injuries (she had a bunion removed from her big toe and her joints were practically worn away), so she finally gave up dance. She still works out at the bar regularly and made the movie The Company (2003) because of her love for the art.
In 1967, Bisset was cast in the movie Two for the Road with Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney. Next, she participated in the James Bond satire, Casino Royale (1967), as Miss Goodthighs. In 1968, Mia Farrow dropped out of the movie The Detective (1968) opposite Frank Sinatra, and the role went to Bisset. That same year, she was cast in her breakout role as Steve McQueen’s girlfriend in the hit action film Bullitt. She was one of the many stars in the blockbuster disaster film Airport (1970), which co-starred Dean Martin, Burt Lancaster, Jean Seberg, and Helen Hayes among others and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Victims Unit. One of her later TV movies, in 2003, was America’s Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story, in which she portrayed Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. In 2005, she appeared in Domino with Keira Knightly. Bisset’s most recent television work was a recurring role as the mysterious James, during the fourth season of the FX series Nip/Tuck. She starred in the lead role of Boaz Yakin’s Death in Love which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and is about “a Jewish concentration-camp survivor whose willing romance with the camp’s Nazi doctor—a man who tortured her fellow prisoners—destroys the lives of her American husband and their two sons 50 years later”.
Brian De Palma Birthday September 11
Posted by GoreMaster Special Effects on September 11, 2009
Brian De Palma (born Brian Russell DePalma on September 11, 1942) is an American film director. In a career spanning over forty years, he is probably best known for his suspense and thriller films, including such box office successes as Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, Carlito’s Way, The Untouchables, and Mission: Impossible.
Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, De Palma worked repeatedly with actors Jennifer Salt, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen (his wife from 1979 to 1983), William Finley, Charles Durning, Gerrit Graham, cinematographers Stephen H. Burum and Vilmos Zsigmond, set designer Jack Fisk, and composers Bernard Herrmann and Pino Donaggio. De Palma is credited with fostering the careers of or outright discovering Robert De Niro, Jill Clayburgh, John C. Reilly, John Leguizamo, and Margot Kidder.
Trade Mark:
[Split screen] Often uses split screens (created optically or using a split diopter while shooting) to build suspense and/or convey story information. This allows the audience to choose what to look at and engages them further in the story (Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Carrie (1976), _Dressed To Kill (1980)_, Blow Out (1981), Mission: Impossible (1996), Snake Eyes (1998), Femme Fatale (2002) and _The Black Dalhia (2006)_).
[Alfred Hitchcock Homage] Films frequently reference the work of Alfred Hitchcock, using similar locations, camera techniques/compositions, musical scores by Bernard Herrmann (a frequent Hitchcock collaborator), and blondes as leading ladies.
Frequently casts ‘Robert de Niro’, ‘William Finley’, John Lithgow, Gregg Henry, ‘Dennis Franz’, Gary Sinise, Al Pacino, ‘Sean Penn’ and ex-wife Nancy Allen.
The “LONG TAKE” which is usually complimented by a series of elaborate tracking shots or dolly movements
Dopplegangers (or evil twin), and femme fatales appear frequently in De Palma’s films.
Often shoots ‘tense’ moments without any widening lens or zoom. When coupled with his trademark extended shot, it creates a feeling the viewer is in the scene.
Safari Jacket
[Voyeurism] Films often feature a protagonist who is voyeuristic by nature (Dressed To Kill (1980)), profession (Blow Out (1981)), or circumstance (Body Double (1984)).
Trivia:
Won top prize in regional Science Fair in high school. Project was “An Analog Computer to Solve Differential Equations.” Cf. computer nerd in Dressed to Kill (1980).
De Palma graduated from Friends’ Central School, a small quaker school outside of Philadelphia
De Palma bases his most famous cinematic predilection, voyeurism, on a specific childhood incident. When he was a child, his parents split up, his mother accusing his father of infidelity. The young De Palma spent several days stalking his dad with recording equipment, hoping to find evidence to confirm his mother’s suspicions.
Uncle of actor Cameron De Palma.
In the 1970s, De Palma helped a close friend on a film project. He helped audition and interview actors. When the film was shot, DePalma did some uncredited writing on an opening “scrawl,” a device the friend thought of at the last minute to help explain events in the film, so the audience would not be confused. The friend was George Lucas and the film was Star Wars (1977).
First child with Gale Anne Hurd, Lolita, born September 19, 1991.
Second daughter, Piper De Palma, born October 21 1996 in Palo Alto, California.
Brother of photographer Bart DePalma.
Italian-American.
Is a Bruce Springsteen fan and directed him in the “Dancing In The Dark” music video.
Wrote the role of the hooker in Dressed to Kill (1980) specifically with his then wife Nancy Allen in mind.
Has never contributed an audio commentary track to his DVDs.
Step-father of The OC actress Willa Holland.
Received a special thanks credit in Mean Streets (1973) for introducing Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro to one another.
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