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After an exhausting search for a missing Wayne County music teacher a community woke up to devastating news. The body of 48 year-old Frederick Dunn was found along the shore of Lake Ontario Saturday morning.
The North Rose-Wolcott music teacher went missing on Wednesday.
Sheriff's Deputies say Dunn left a play rehearsal early, telling his students he went to run errands. That was the last time anyone saw him.
Dunn's family has set up a Facebook page and on it it describes Frederick Dunn as an avid community member, a passionate music teacher, an inspiring father and devoted husband.
His students, both recent and former, say he was influential to say the least and the news of his death is something this community was not expecting.
I hang out at the lake a lot. This is my solace. I just wanted closure I guess. This is where he was so," said Rachel Tari.
For former North Rose-Wolcott students Rachel Tari and Jeff Hall this was no ordinary trip to the lake.
"For closure. Just trying to really figure it out. Can't really figure it out," said Hall.
The students have been holding their breath since their former music teacher went missing last Wednesday.
Police found his car at a dead end on Dutch Street, ironically a place where students come to clear their minds.
His disappearance launched a full out search in the area, on land, air and water.
That search came to a devastating end Saturday morning. Sheriff's Deputies removed Dunn's body from Lake Ontario around 10:15 a.m.
"I started crying. I don't know why this would happen to some one like him. He just, I don't know what to think. It's just shock," said Tari.
"Surreal. It still sort of hasn't hit me yet. I feel like I might see him still," said Hall.
The cause of death is still unknown, but the news is certainly something this community was not expecting.
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"He always used to help everybody. He was the guy to go to for a lot of kids," said Hall.
"Mr. Dunn was always there. Whenever someone needed someone to talk to he was always there. If you needed some money or something he was always there. I can't believe this happened," said Tari.
There are still many questions surrounding the death of Dunn. The Sheriff's Office does not believe he was a victim of foul play.
His former students say the play he was working on the day of his disappearance will go on as scheduled, in his honor, next Saturday.
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and also have a Flyduino pro mini now in stock for MWC, Divide and Flydumini.
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Spektrum adapter instead of receiver + patch cables?
Now I've another inquiry: is it possible to substitute the physical receiver when on ver 1.8+ in place of simply a Spektrum satellite that has been pre-bound (binded) to my transmitter via AR7000 or similar? I am a little confused after what I've read, as nothing explicitly states this, yet in the interest of saving weight and wiring complexity it would seem desirable to do this.
It looks like all I need to do solder pin 19 to the grey cable, Ground to black, and 3.3V to orange and then uncomment the //#define Spektrum in the config.h or is there some intermediate bit of hardware that needs to go between the two elements? Thanks again! |
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I want ot connect a remzibi poor gps(gnd-black,5v-red,tx-white,rx-blue) trough the "ser" little white connector on a flyduino board. I've bought the specific wire @ flyduino.com. And now I would like to know the connecting diagram of this connector. I've found the following with a multimeter from TX1/Rx1/5v/gnd connector (up) to rc receiver pins(down) "ascii" schematic: TX1/RX1/5v/gnd pin6: Ground pin5: 5v pin4: TX pin3: RX pin2: gnd pin1: unknow xck? rc pin reciver is it correct ? |
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in berkeleys shematic is the pinout included.
http://multiwii.googlecode.com/svn/t...20Flyduino.png |
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Paul has a nice new board which perfectly suits the spider (lol) and Alex/Danal have the Spektrum code (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...1504116&page=5) running. --> everything is there for an all-in-one flight controller + satellite receiver (making it even simpler than http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/attac...mentid=4338468). Chers Joerg |
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Joerg, I know. I have already seen the prototype some time ago. Will try your board on my next quad. Paul just sent me a set of 12" props, so I need to build a quad that's big enough to test them.
I already downloaded the Spektrum version but didn't try it yet. Instead of soldering a VC to the power line of the Spektrum satellite, I thought about using the 3V3 from the board. However, the possibility of using Spektrum satellites is great. No more standard receivers with all their wiring. |
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UPDATE: I've set up a wiki for posting your own Zombie Dice bots: http://zombiedice.inventwithpython.com/
Download the Zombie Dice Python code from GitHub or as a zip file.
This tutorial outlines how to create a tournament simulation program for the Zombie Dice game in Python. With this tournament program, you can also code your own AI bots to play Zombie Dice against each other. You can quickly test out how the different strategies the bots use compare against each other over thousands of simulated games. This tutorial assumes you know basic Python programming. (You can learn to program from the free book on this site, "Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python".
Computer game simulations make for great science fair experiments, and since the rules to Zombie Dice are so simple it's fairly easy to program a simulation for it.
The Rules of Zombie Dice
Zombie Dice is a dice rolling game that is fun for groups, quick to play, and can be learned in a couple minutes. It has a "push your luck" game mechanic.
Each of the players is a zombie. Each of the dice represents a human victim. You want to eat brains and avoid shotgun blasts. If the footsteps come up, the human has eluded you. The rules are summarized below: (Or view the official rules PDF or view the Flash tutorial.)
- On your turn grab 3 dice from the cup and roll them. Dice are colored red, yellow, and green and have footsteps, brains, or shotgun icons.
- Set aside any brain and shotgun dice.
- If you have 3 shotguns, your turn ends with a score of 0.
- You can decide to either stop rolling or roll again.
- If you stop, your score for this turn is the number of brains you have.
- If you re-roll, keep the footsteps dice you rolled, set aside the brain and shotgun dice rolled, and randomly grab dice to replace the brain and shotgun dice. Roll the 3 dice.
- Go back to step 4. You basically can keep re-rolling for as long as you want to push your luck.
To win:
The colors note your odds of winning. The entire dice set has 6 green, 4 yellow, and 3 red dice.
Running the Tournament Program
Download the Zombie Dice simulation code. This should run with Python 2 and Python 3. You can also find it on GitHub. The two main files are:
- zombiedice.py is the basic simulator and outputs text results when the tournament is finished.
- zombiedice_web.py runs a web server and launches your browser to provide a GUI and real-time updates while the tournament is in progress.
When you click the "Begin Tournament" button, the simulation will begin with the loaded bots:
When the simulation has finished, you can reload the page to start a new tournament.
To edit which bots are being run in the simulation, modify the BOTS
list at the top of zombiedice_web.py.
The AI Bots
Each zombie AI bot will be a class that has:
member which is set in the constructor function. The name uniquely identifies the bot in a tournament (this way you can have multiple bots from the same class compete against each other.) - A
method that has agameState
tuple passed to it. - The
method calls a globalroll()
function (zombiedice.roll()
if your bot is in another file that imports zombiedice.py) as many times as it likes. The turn is over when theturn()
method returns. (Calls toroll()
after getting three shotgun blasts have no effect, and roll() simply returns an empty list.) - Optionally you can have a
methods that are called so that the bot can know when a game has started and ended (in case the bot should change its strategy if it is winning or losing a multi-game tournament.)
# A "skeleton" zombie class. Get it? Skeleton? Heh heh heh... eh... nevermind.
class MyZombie(object):
def __init__(self, name):
self.name = name
def newGame(self):
pass # do nothing
def endGame(self, gameState):
pass # do nothing
def turn(gameState):
results = roll()
The gameState
parameter is a dictionary with the following keys:
- Key
has a value of a list of player order like['player1name', 'player2name', ...]
. - Key
has a value of a dictionary with scores like{'player1name': player1score, 'player2name': player2score, ...}
. - Key
has a value of an integer telling which round it is in the current game. (The first round is 1.)
The return value of roll()
is a list of three dictionaries that have the color and icon of the rolls. For example:
[{'color': 'green', 'icon': 'shotgun'}, {'color': 'red', 'icon': 'footsteps'}, {'color': 'yellow', 'icon': 'brains')]
There are uppercase constant variables that you can use instead of string values, just to avoid typos:
For example, here's the code for a Zombie Dice bot that keeps rolling until they have at least 3 brains:
class ThreeBrainsThenStops(object):
def __init__(self, name):
self.name = name
def newGame(self):
pass # do nothing
def endGame(self, gameState):
pass # do nothing
def turn(self, gameState):
brains = 0
while brains < 3:
results = roll()
if results = []:
for i in results:
if i[ICON] == BRAINS:
brains += 1
Loading Bots into the Tournament Program
Once you have the code for your bot, you can run it in a tournament by adding an instance of the bot to a list which is passed to runTournament(). For example, in zombiedice.py (the text-based tournament program):
bots = [ZombieBot_MonteCarlo('MonteCarlo', 40, 100),
ZombieBot_MinNumShotgunsThenStops('Min2ShotgunsBot', 2),
runTournament(bots, 1000)
Each object made from a bot class needs to be given a unique name in the constructor. Some classes may have other parameters for the constructor. In zombiedice_web.py, this code is here:
BOTS = [zombiedice.ZombieBot_MonteCarlo('MonteCarloBot', 40, 100),
zombiedice.ZombieBot_MonteCarlo('FastMonteCarloBot', 40, 20), # executes faster because it runs fewer experimental rolls
zombiedice.ZombieBot_MinNumShotgunsThenStops('Min2ShotgunsBot', 2),
zombiedice.ZombieBot_MinNumShotgunsThenStops('Min1ShotgunBot', 1),
#zombiedice.ZombieBot_HumanPlayer('Human'), # uncomment if you want to play (learn the rules to Zombie Dice first though)
The code further down in zombiedice_web.py will handle launching the web server.
The Included Bots
The zombiedice.py program has some basic bots:
- The
bot simply has a 50/50 chance of continuing to call theroll()
function or stopping. It'll most likely lose most games. - The
bot will continue to call theroll()
function until it has a minimum number of shotgun rolls. This minimum can be set by passing an integer for theminShotguns
parameter. - The
bot actually usesprint()
calls so that a human player can play against the bots. - The
bot will keep rolling until it gets into the lead compared to the other bots. This bot takes higher risks once it starts trailing. - The
bot is the most sophisticated of all the bots. It basically runs several random experiments to see if the next roll would result in 3 or more shotguns. You can pass different values to the constructors to tell it how many experiments to run on each turn and what percentage of them must not result in death to roll again.
Write your own bots and then see how they do against these simple bots. You can post your code to https://gist.github.com and post a link to it in the comments section below.


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Pets & Animals > VCA Alameda East Veterinary Hospital9770 E Alameda Ave, Denver, CO | Directions
M: Open 24 hours T: Open 24 hours W: Open 24 hours TH: Open 24 hours F: Open 24 hours Sat: Open 24 hours Sun: Open 24 hours
Neighborhoods: Windsor, Southeast Denver
This place is just amazing. This is the main place I go to when I need something for my pet. I love the products that they sell, great value that comes really cheap.
OUCHY on the Wallet ! I've been there a lot- Since it's the closest place x-rays 125-250 It's never 125.00 I think the whole place is on comission. If your pet is near death fine- To get non-life threatening assessments look out wallet !
My dog had a cough they listened- got the 250 x-ray said they saw nothing & he must have bronchitis ..... I spent 750 last month for my dog's cough, final analysis they tell me only what it's not. They then suggested an MRI - I said I need to eat instead. They said bye bye. They did not like me saying, I could buy 10 BRAND-NEW A.K.C. registered dogs for what you charged me to find nothing. My dog will just have cough his guts out and die.... I guess. They are very profit driven greedy fuggers. Unless your my pretty big-boobed sister- who waltzes in there and gets everything for free......
Money Driven – I find it dishonest to funnel people into unnecessary expense under the pretense of being "more thorough".
In my 2 dealings with AEVH, I was pushed in the direction of additional appointments for no apparent reason. The first time I tried to schedule an appointment with their canine Dermatologist (after my regular vet suggested the consultation) for a condition that was not clearing with several "first line" attempts. I was told that I could not see their Dermatologist directly, but had to see a AEVH general practice veterinarian first. I explained I had a GP and he wanted me then to see a Dermatologist. The scheduler declined to make the appointment w/o a GP appointment first. I was able to speak with their Dermatologist directly who was appalled to hear his clients were being siphoned away.
On another occasion, our GP wanted to get an MRI of our dog's cervical spine at AEVH. In a similar fashion, I was told that an MRI could not be done without a "complete neurologic evaluation by one of our Neurologists". That appears to be the standard of care in the area. However, at VRCC I was able to get the same evaluation with a Neurologist AND Neurosurgeon (one in the same unlike AEVH), but also get the MRI for atleast $500.00 less.
I am done with Alameda East. I find them to be money driven primarily.
Saved our Dog's Life on Labor Day: Emergency Surgery Success – This past Labor Day (2011), we picked up our German Shorthair Pointer from daycare in the AM after a weekend trip. He was not acting like himself and pacing, vomiting, foaming at the mouth. We rushed him to Alameda East and it was determined after checking out him and doing x-rays that he was experiencing gastric torsion. The on-call surgeon was called in and within two hours of taking him, he was in emergency surgery to try and save his stomach from completely turning over. Our dog was out of surgery in an hour and the surgeon and vet were able to save him and reverse his condition. HIs spleen was removed due to damage the torsion had done to it, but our dog was saved.
We are very pleased with the level of care, sense of urgency, and ability to operate on the holiday when our dog needed it. Without this emergency surgery, he probably would not have made it. Dr. Isreal and Surgeon Dr. Cavanaugh did a great job with our dog of 8 years. He is at home healing now and it will be a few weeks before he is back to normal, but we are pleased with the level of service and care received when truly needed. Thank you Alameda East and Dr. Isreal & Cavanaugh for helping to save our dog
Thank You! – My cat went into labor this morning, her first litter and my first cat period. The first kitten came out fine, but she didn't have another one for at least 2.5 hours. I began to get very concerned so I called to see what they thought. Everyone I talked to was very helpful, nice, and genuine. They told me that this was normal for her cat type as long as she wasn't struggling, which she wasn't. Told me to keep her in a dark warm room, which I did. After that, less than 40 minutes later, 5 healthy kittens! And the momma (MY baby) is doing great! Thanks so much to the staff at VCA for taking the time to ease my worries and give me great advice!
the worst! stay away – They went way over their already overpriced estimate - dont go here unless you want mediocre care at very high prices!
I will never walk thru those doors again. And i am telling all my friends with dogs to stay away.
My instincts said dont go there, but i did anyway and boy, am I ever sorry. Hang on to your wallet and your panties - they'll take it all! I was quoted a range of prices then charged well beyond the high end - I even had it in writing.
My dog is healthy, the procedure was minimal, I was told it went smoothly, so why the additional fees?
When I asked the cashier why there was the over charge she shrugged and handed me the credit card statement to sign. No explanation. I reluctantly signed and got my dog.
My dog is family and I am happy to pay to keep him healthy and happy, but this was ridiculous. I wish I would have done more research before making an appt - I attend a lot of dog events and as I asked around I found many with the same bad experience.
Then I hear its a teaching hospital with mostly inexperienced techs - so why the super high price? They are getting rich off of suckers like me. Lesson learned. Hope my experience spares someone else.
money not care for your pets – Anyone who's dog has cancer I would not recommend taking your dog to Alameda East Vet., some other Dr. might be ok but 2 of the owner of the dog has a bad experience on the specialist. All they want is money. The best place to take your dog with cancer is at Fort Collins, it's worth the travel.
Money Money Money – Anyone in Denver actually knows that all this vet cares about is money. I brought my 5 yr old dog in at 6am who had collapsed and they refused to even LOOK at him until I shelled out $800+. They refused to continue treating after 3 days and over 3k. I had to put him down. Literally every conversation was about money, not my dog. They hasseled me for two years for add'l money after my final bill and refused any part of charity care (after over 3k for 3 days) because, "we can't guarantee a positive outcome" - meaning they will only fund the less critical pets that they can guarantee they will save (and generate years more of income! just asking)
In speaking to others in the community, I have heard of dozens of similiar stories. I would NEVER go there again.
Amazing experience, saved my dog – My vet referred me to Dr. Pearce of VCA Alameda East for a neurological consult for my 3 1/2 year old australian cattle dog. Dr. Pearce and her staff moved very quickly and diagnosed my dog. Dr. Pearce is wonderful to work with and she's very caring. As a result, my dog is getting treatments at csu for a brain tumor and we have hope. Thanks so much!
HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND BILLING PRACTICES! – My cat, who had a previous renal condition and heart murmur, needed to be seen immediately when he became motionless and kept vomiting. We took him to this hospital and the vet, preying on our emotions I now realize, suggested a bunch of unnecessary tests that, in our emotional state, we went along with believing and trusting the advice. Well $450 later, they recommended yet another treatment that would put the bill well over $1000. My cat was nearly 20 years old and already had documented illnesses. We decided it was time to put him down - and we did. We asked to go on a payment plan because this was unexpected and we were very strapped. They said they normally didn't do this, but would work with us and let us do it. As I went to make the second payment, I found out that had been charging us late fees and finance charges - with no warning or discussion. You don't say you're going to let us do a payment plan then charge us behind our backs for late fees and finance charges. The only reason I caught it was because the balance was higher than I remembered. This place is horrible, uncaring and practicing deceptive billing methods. DO NOT USE THIS HOSPITAL or any VCA vet/facility. Your money is better spent elsewhere. Ask for a detailed estimate sheet and don't let vets push you into making decisions. You'll be sorry. This hospital also has unprofessional billing staff and the customer service is lacking. Save yourself the drama, heartache and money!
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America's favorite green bean casserole gets dressed up in this decadent side dish. Like its familiar cousin, our version from The Perfect Bite Co. in California begins with freshly harvested green beans, which are tossed in a smooth, creamy sauce enriched with nutty Gruyere cheese. To top it all off, we've included crispy golden fried shallots to layer over the casserole just before baking is complete. Our hearty dish is all for your feast—just heat and serve.
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The most renowned filmmaker of his era,
Martin Scorsese
virtually defined the state of modern American cinema during the 1970s and '80s. A consummate storyteller and visual stylist who lived and breathed movies, he won fame translating his passion and energy into a brand of filmmaking that crackled with kinetic excitement. Working well outside of the mainstream,
nevertheless emerged in the 1970s as a towering figure throughout the industry, achieving the kind of fame and universal recognition typically reserved for more commercially successful talents. A tireless supporter of film preservation,
has worked to bridge the gap between cinema's history and future like no other director. Channeling the lessons of his inspirations -- primarily classic Hollywood, the French New Wave, and the New York underground movement of the early '60s -- into an extraordinarily personal and singular vision, he has remained perennially positioned at the vanguard of the medium, always pushing the envelope of the film experience with an intensity and courage unmatched by any of his contemporaries.
was born on November 17, 1942, in Flushing, NY. The second child of
Catherine Scorsese
-- both of whom frequently made cameo appearances in their son's films -- he suffered from severe asthma, and as a result was blocked from participating in sports and other common childhood activities. Consequently,
sought refuge in area movie houses, quickly becoming obsessed with the cinema, in particular the work of
Michael Powell
. Raised in a devoutly Catholic environment, he initially studied to become a priest. Ultimately, however,
opted out of the clergy to enroll in film school at New York University, helming his first student effort,
What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
, a nine-minute short subject, in 1963. He mounted his second student picture, the 15-minute
It's Not Just You, Murray!
, in 1964, the year of his graduation. His next effort was 1967's brief
The Big Shave
; finally, in 1969 he completed his feature-length debut,
Who's That Knocking at My Door?
, a drama starring actor
Harvey Keitel
, who went on to appear in many of the director's most successful films. The feature also marked the beginning of
's long collaboration with editor
Thelma Schoonmaker
, a pivotal component in the evolution of his distinct visual sensibility.
After a tenure teaching film at N.Y.U. (where among his students were aspiring directors
Oliver Stone
Jonathan Kaplan
Street Scenes
, a documentary account of the May 1970 student demonstrations opposing the American military invasion of Cambodia. He soon left New York for Hollywood, working as an editor on films ranging from
Medicine Ball Caravan
Elvis on Tour
and earning himself the nickname "The Butcher." For
Roger Corman
's American International Pictures,
also directed his first film to receive any kind of widespread distribution, 1972's low-budget
Boxcar Bertha
, starring
Barbara Hershey
David Carradine
. With the same technical crew, he soon returned to New York to begin working on his first acknowledged masterpiece, the 1973 drama
Mean Streets
. A deeply autobiographical tale exploring the interpersonal and spiritual conflicts facing the same group of characters first glimpsed in
Who's That Knocking at My Door?
Mean Streets
established many of the thematic stylistic hallmarks of the
oeuvre: his use of outsider antiheroes, unusual camera and editing techniques, dueling obsessions with religion and gangster life, and the evocative use of popular music. It was this film that launched him to the forefront of a new generation of American cinematic talent. The film also established
's relationship with actor
Robert De Niro
, who quickly emerged as the central onscreen figure throughout the majority of his work. For his follow-up,
traveled to Arizona to begin shooting 1974's
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
, a response to criticism that he couldn't direct a "women's film." The end result brought star
Ellen Burstyn
a Best Actress Oscar at that year's Academy Awards ceremony, as well as a Best Supporting Actress nomination for co-star
Diane Ladd
. Next up was 1974's
, a film
often claimed as his personal favorite among his own work. A documentary look at the experience of Italian immigrants as well as life in New York's Little Italy, it starred the director's parents, and even included
Catherine Scorsese
's secret tomato sauce recipe.
Upon his return to New York,
began work on the legendary
Taxi Driver
in the summer of 1974. Based on a screenplay by
Paul Schrader
, the film explored the nature of violence in modern American society, and starred
De Niro
as Travis Bickle, a cabbie thoroughly alienated from humanity who begins harboring delusions of assassinating a Presidential candidate and saving a young prostitute (
Jodie Foster
) from the grip of the streets. Lavishly acclaimed upon its initial release,
Taxi Driver
won the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. Five years later, it became the subject of intense scrutiny when it was revealed that the movie was the inspiration behind the attempted assassination of
Ronald Reagan
by John Hinckley, who had become obsessed with the film as well as
's next feature was
New York, New York
, an extravagant 1977 musical starring
De Niro
Liza Minnelli
. The first of his major films to receive less-than-glowing critical acclaim, it was widely considered a failure by the Hollywood establishment. Despite doubts about his artistry,
forged on and continued work on his documentary of the farewell performance of
the Band
, shot on Thanksgiving Day of 1976. Complete with guest appearances from luminaries ranging from
Muddy Waters
Bob Dylan
Van Morrison
, the concert film
The Last Waltz
bowed in 1978, and won raves on the festival circuit as well as from pop music fans.
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince
, a look at the raconteur who appeared as the gun salesman in
Taxi Driver
, followed later that same year.
In April 1979, after years of preparation,
began work on
Raging Bull
, a film based on the autobiography of boxer
Jake LaMotta
. Filmed in black-and-white, the feature was his most ambitious work to date, and is widely regarded as the greatest movie of the 1980s.
De Niro
won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of
, while newcomer
Cathy Moriarty
won a Best Actress nomination for her work as
's second wife. (Additionally,
Thelma Schoonmaker
won an Academy Award for editing.)
De Niro
again reunited with
for the follow-up, 1983's
The King of Comedy
, a bitter satire exploring the nature of celebrity and fame. Since the age of ten,
had dreamed of mounting a filmed account of the life of Jesus; finally, in 1983 it appeared that his adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis' novel The Last Temptation of Christ was about to come to fruition. Ultimately, just four weeks before shooting was scheduled to begin, funding for the project fell through.
was forced to enter a kind of work-for-hire survival period, accepting an offer to direct the 1985 downtown New York comedy
After Hours
. In the spring of 1986, he began filming
The Color of Money
, the long-awaited sequel to
Robert Rossen
's 1961 classic
The Hustler
. Star
Paul Newman
, reprising his role as pool shark "Fast" Eddie Felson, won his first Academy Award for his work, while co-star
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
scored a Best Supporting Actress nomination.
The Color of Money
's first true box-office hit; thanks to its success, he was finally able to film
The Last Temptation of Christ
. Starring
Willem Dafoe
in the title role, the feature appeared in 1988 to considerable controversy over what many considered to be a blasphemous portrayal of the life and crucifixion of Christ. Ironically, the protests helped win the film a greater foothold at the box office, while making its director a household name. After contributing (along with
Francis Ford Coppola
Woody Allen
) to the 1989 triptych
New York Stories
teamed with
De Niro
for the first time since
The King of Comedy
and began working on his next masterpiece, 1990's
. Based on author
Nicholas Pileggi
's true crime account Wiseguy, the film dissected the New York criminal underworld in absorbing detail, helping actor
Joe Pesci
earn an Oscar for his supporting role as a crazed mob hitman.
As part of the deal with Universal Pictures which allowed him to make
Last Temptation
had also agreed to direct a more "commercial" film. The result was 1991's
Cape Fear
, an update of the classic Hollywood thriller. The follow-up, 1993's
The Age of Innocence
, was a dramatic change of pace; based on the novel by Edith Wharton, the film looked at the New York social mores of the 1870s, and starred
Daniel Day-Lewis
Michelle Pfeiffer
. In 1995,
resurfaced with two new films. The first,
, documented the rise and decline of mob rule in the Las Vegas of the 1970s, while
A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
examined the evolution of the Hollywood filmmaking process. In 1997, he completed
, a meditation on the formative years of the exiled
Dalai Lama
. That same year he received the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement honor. In 1998, he participated in the American Film Institute's
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies
, once again doing his part to help bridge the films of the past with those of the future.
returned to the director's chair in 1999 with
Bringing Out the Dead
. A medical drama starring
Nicolas Cage
as an emotionally exhausted paramedic, it marked the director's return to New York's contemporary gritty milieu.
began the new century making his first film for Miramax.
Gangs of New York
, a drama about New York gangs set during the Civil War, had been on the auteur's mind for over a quarter century by the time it finally was released in December of 2002. The film garnered multiple Oscar nominations including Best Picture and another Best Director nod for
, but the film went home without any hardware.
Gangs of New York
was co-scripted by
Kenneth Lonergan
, leading to
acting as an executive producer on his directorial debut,
You Can Count on Me
followed up his historical epic with yet another period piece.
The Aviator
was a biopic of multi-millionaire
Howard Hughes
that focused on his younger days as a Hollywood mogul and playboy. Both
The Aviator
Leonardo DiCaprio
in the lead role after his most famous collaborator,
Robert De Niro
, recommended the
star to the director. 2004 saw the release of
Shark Tale
, an animated film for which
voiced one of the characters.
In 2005
garnered outstanding reviews as the director of the Peabody Award-winning
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
, a nearly four-hour documentary about
Bob Dylan
that charted his life and artistic development up through his historic U.K. concerts where the crowd revolted against his using electric instruments. The next year,
teamed with
for a third time in
The Departed
, an adaptation of
Infernal Affairs
. The film, about an undercover cop, featured an impressive cast that included
Jack Nicholson
Matt Damon
. It opened to strong reviews, and went on to become one of the biggest box-office hits of
's career, earning the beloved director many industry and critics awards including the Golden Globe for Best Director and finally his long deserved Oscar for Best Director.
In 2008
returned to the rock doc genre, filming a Rolling Stones show in New York City and releasing the result, Shine a Light, the first of his films to play on IMAX screens. In 2010
released his adaptation of Dennis Lahane's paranoid thriller Shutter Island, his fourth partnering with
Leonardo DiCaprio
He continued helming documentaries about famous pop-culture figures including the witty Fran Liebowitz profile Public Speaking, the deeply personal homage to Elia Kazan A Letter to Elia, and 2011's George Harrison: Living in the Material World.
For Hugo, his 2011 adaptation of Brian Selznick's award-winning children's book, scorsese took on the technical challenge of working in 3D for the first time in his career, and the resulting film got more Oscar nominations than any other movie that year. The work garnered
a Best Director win from the Golden Globes, as well as Oscar, Directors Guild, and BAFTA nominations for that same award.
~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
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The inner-workings of a corrupt Las Vegas casino are exposed in Martin Scorsese's story of crime and punishment. The film chronicles the lives and times of three characters: "Ace" Rothstein (Robert De Niro), a bookmaking wizard; Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci), a Mafia underboss and longtime best friend to Ace; and Ginger McKenna (Sharon Stone, in a role she was born to play), a leggy ex-prostitute with a fondness for jewelry and a penchant for playing the field. Ace plays by the rules (albeit Vegas rules, which, as he reminds the audience in voiceover, would make him a criminal in any other state), while Nicky and Ginger lie, cheat, and steal their respective ways to the top. The film's first hour and a half details their rise to power, while the second half follows their downfall as the FBI, corrupt government officials, and angry mob bosses pick apart their
piece by piece. ~ Jeremy Beday, Rovi
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Search and Destroy
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Martin Mirkhein (Griffin Dunne) is a failed entrepreneur trying to figure out how to pay a huge tax bill to the State of Florida when he gets a brainstorm -- Daniel Strong, the inspirational men's movement novel by New Age philosopher Luther Waxling (Dennis Hopper), would make a great film. Never mind that Mirkhein doesn't know a thing about making movies -- he decides that this film is his destiny, and he heads out with his girlfriend/personal assistant/aspiring screenwriter Marie (Illeana Douglas) to visit Waxling's representatives, who don't react with much enthusiasm when Mirkhein suggests that he'd like them to give him the film rights as well as the money to produce the movie. In search of financing, Mirkhein finds himself working with Kim Ulander (Christopher Walken), a businessman who doesn't mind if people think he's a gangster (and boy, is he something at karaoke night!), and Ron (John Turturro), a second-rate hood with a severely impaired fashion sense. The first directorial effort from artist David Salle, Search and Destroy was executive produced by Martin Scorsese, who also plays a small role as a tax agent. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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First Works: A Revealing Look at Today's Greatest Directors, Vol. 2
Everyone has to start somewhere, even if they are Martin Scorsese or John Carpenter. This documentary takes a look at their beginning works and film school clips along with those of Richard Donner Lethal Weapon 4, Ron Howard Cocoon, John Milius, director and writer, and Susan Seidelman Desperately Seeking Susan. Also includes clips from their most popular films and interviews featuring the directors talk about opportunities and frustrations and the industry in general. ~ Leslie Birdwell, Rovi
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Based on Richard Price's grim best-seller, and directed by Spike Lee from a screenplay co-written with Price, Clockers takes the structure of a police procedural to build a chilling portrait of despair, hope, and the unanswered problem of black-on-black crime in an urban housing project. The film's haunting themes are vividly visualized during the opening credits, which run over police photos of dead young black men, shot and sprawled on sidewalks, in streets, and hanging over fences. Strike (Mekhi Phifer) is a 19-year-old African-American "clocker" -- the lowest link on the drug dealing chain -- who hangs around park benches and street corners selling small amounts of druges at all hours of the day. Strike drinks chocolate milk to soothe an ulcer and plays with model trains in his apartment, dreaming of a way out of his dead-end life. Drug kingpin Rodney (Delroy Lindo) asks Strike to kill another clocker, Darryl, for skimming money, saying that this will be Strike's ticket to a higher post in Rodney's organization. Darryl is indeed shot, and suspicion immediately falls on Strike, but a weary cop named Rocco Klein (Harvey Keitel) thinks there's more to the case. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi
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Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Narrated by actor Alec Baldwin, this documentary profiles the adventurous, contentious, and very talented director William Wellman (1896-1975). Ambulance driver for the French Foreign Legion and decorated American pilot in World War I, Wellman later became a barnstorming stunt pilot, but found his true calling directing such classic Hollywood films as Wings, Public Enemy, A Star Is Born, Beau Geste, The Ox-Bow Incident, and The High and the Mighty. Highlights include clips from his movies and interviews with or clips featuring Clint Eastwood, Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Martin Scorsese, Mike Connors, Nancy Davis, James Garner, Darryl Hickman, Arthur Hiller, Tab Hunter, Richard Widmark, Robert Wise, Jane Wyman, and others. ~ Steve Blackburn, Rovi
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Quiz Show
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It's 1958, and the producers of the quiz show
have a problem. Their current champ, Herbert Stempel (John Turturro), has a phenomenal memory and a broad range of knowledge. He's also a pudgy loudmouth with a grating personality, so Herbert is encouraged to "take a dive" and allow Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), a handsome and charming college professor, to become the show's new champion. Audiences like Van Doren, and he's certainly not averse to the money he's winning, but the ethics of the situation begin to trouble him, especially when the show's producers begin to give him the questions in advance. Director Robert Redford and writer Paul Attanasio paint a telling portrait of how the network heads and advertising men who manipulated the quiz shows were also able to manipulate the responsibility for the scandal away from themselves. While on the surface a story about the scandal itself, Quiz Show is just as importantly about a turning point in the 1950s when TV and advertising began to change American character and culture. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Rob Morrow
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Sandra Bernhard: Confession of a Pretty Lady
Comedienne Sandra Bernhard is profiled in this British documentary. Much of the film is taken from a nightclub routine she performed in New York in 1992. The performer's lines are then used to lead into her personal history. Bernhard and her mother are both interviewed, but they don't reveal a lot of secrets. Included are family pictures and pictures from her Playboy layout. Her work is discussed by people such as Camille Paglia and Martin Scorsese. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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Mad Dog and Glory
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John McNaughton directed this Richard Price-scripted comedy about a cop who learns to love an unwanted gift from a gangster. Robert De Niro plays Wayne Dobie, a shy and reclusive Chicago cop who has never fired a gun. Dobie is an evidence technician who takes photographs at crime scenes, earning the moniker of "Mad Dog" for his diffident attitude. One day Dobie walks in on a convenience store holdup and saves the life of Chicago mob boss Frank Milo (Bill Murray). Frank is impressed by the way Dobie handled the holdup and wants to pay him back for saving his life. In thrall to Frank is Glory (Uma Thurman), who is working off her brother's gambling debts by living with the mobster. One day, Glory turns up at Dobie's house, explaining that Frank is giving her to him for one week as a gift. Initially Dobie wants nothing to do with Glory, but as the week goes on, he realizes he is becoming intensely attracted to her. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
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Naked in New York
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The sponsorship of noted filmmaker Martin Scorsese helped the novice filmmakers making this film get it produced and receive mainstream distribution. In addition, it features a vast number of appearances by well-known performers, who took an interest in the project, taking union minimum pay. In the story, Jake (Eric Stoltz) has grown up in a wonderfully neurotic household. It is just as well that he has developed a fondness for drama, as this material is excellent fodder for his playwriting. He has spent a lot of time collaborating with his friend Chris (Ralph Macchio) writing plays, and eventually is given his chance to prove his stuff in New York City. There, he discovers that Chris wants to be more than just a friend, and an important stage actress (Kathleen Turner) also has the hots for him. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
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Mary-Louise Parker
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The Age of Innocence
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In Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1920 novel, romance between an upper-class gentleman and an ostracized lady is doomed by 19th century New York society. Shortly after his engagement to blandly genteel May Welland (Winona Ryder), Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) is reacquainted with May's scandalous cousin Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer). As the head of an esteemed family, Archer initially uses his standing to try to rehabilitate Ellen's reputation, but he finds himself increasingly drawn to her disregard for the codes of New York manners. Bound by ingrained society mores and his peers' insinuations, Newland tries to dodge his growing passion by rushing his marriage to May, but he cannot keep himself from confessing his love to Ellen. Recognizing that Newland could never abandon his sense of honor and be happy, Ellen pushes Newland to May and leaves town. The marriage proceeds as dictated, but when Newland unexpectedly sees Ellen again, he yearns for the affair to come to fruition. However, he underestimates not only what May knows but also her ability to uphold the rules of propriety. Sumptuously shot by Michael Ballhaus, the film offers meticulously designed costumes and settings that evoke a culture as seductively beautiful in its surfaces as it is stifling in its rituals. Unspoken emotions are expressed through such details as yellow roses or a clipped cigar, a fade to red or a single camera move. Using Wharton's original prose to comment on the setting's hypocrisies, Joanne Woodward's voiceover narration suggests how much decisive power is buried beneath dainty femininity. The Age of Innocence received five Oscar nominations, including Best Supporting Actress for Ryder and Best Screenplay for Scorsese and Jay Cocks, and a win for Best Costumes. Although The Age of Innocence seemed like a departure from Scorsese's prior work, Newland is as much at the mercy of his circle's Byzantine structure (and his own conscience) as are Scorsese's more familiar mobsters; Newland's persecutors just wear white tie and tails. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
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Michelle Pfeiffer
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Cape Fear
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Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear provided the director with a box-office success to follow up the critical success of the previous year's Goodfellas. After serving a lengthy prison sentence for a sexual assault, Max Cady (Robert De Niro) comes calling on the man who served as his public defender, Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte). Max begins a campaign of harassment against the man and his family because Bowden buried a report that would have in all likelihood acquitted Cady of the charges against him. Bowden's shaky ethics continue in his personal life as he is considering beginning an extramarital affair with colleague Lori Davis (Illeana Douglas), since he and his wife, Leigh (Jessica Lange) have had a difficult time coming back together since he has admitted to previous indiscretions. Cady infiltrates the family most insidiously by cultivating a relationship with the Bowden's troubled teenage daughte, Danielle (Juliette Lewis), who is all the more susceptible to Cady's advances because of her parents' problems. Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck, the stars of the original film, have cameo appearances in this version of Cape Fear. De Niro and Lewis were both nominated for Academy Awards for their work in the film. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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Guilty by Suspicion
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The directorial debut of producer Irwin Winkler, Guilty by Suspicion is a sobering account of one movie executive's woes in dealing with the political fallout from the McCarthy Era Hollywood blacklist. Robert De Niro stars as David Merrill, a film director in the 1950s whose obsession with his burgeoning career has estranged him from his wife Ruth (Annette Bening) and their son. When he returns from a trip to Paris, Merrill is surprised when told by his boss, Darryl F. Zanuck (Ben Piazza) that he's been summoned to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee, which is investigating Communist ties to Hollywood. Although Merrill once attended a meeting years before, he's not a Communist, and he refuses to help the committee wreck the career of his friend Bunny Baxter (George Wendt). Merrill becomes blacklisted, unable to find work even in menial positions or under assumed names as the editor of a B-movie or the director of a low-budget Western. Reconciled with his family, Merrill caves in and agrees to testify, but as he prepares to "name names," his conscience plagues him. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
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Annette Bening
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Hollywood Mavericks
This documentary respectfully interviews a number of important American directors who have in one way or another "bucked the system." It also explores the life and work of earlier American mavericks through the tributes, reflections, and recollections of the first group. Prominent among the living directors interviewed are Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Schrader, and David Lynch. Among the directors who are discussed are Orson Welles, D.W. Griffith and Samuel Fuller. Clips from the films of these men, and interviews with important actors who have worked with them (e.g. Robert DeNiro) are another feature of this documentary, commissioned by Japanese public television corporation NHK. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
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The Grifters
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Director Stephen Frears' tense adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel The Grifters was one of a number of revival film noirs in the first half of the '90s. Updating the setting to contemporary Los Angeles, the film follows a trio of con artists who are intent on out-foxing each other. Roy Dillon (John Cusack) is a simple, two-bit con, whose life is thrown into turmoil when his estranged mother Lilly (Anjelica Huston) returns home in an attempt to evade the law. Lilly doesn't warm to Roy's girlfriend Myra Langtry (Annette Bening), who is too similar to herself. Soon, the two women are competing for Roy in a battle that is more of a power struggle than a pursuit of affection, and the battle quickly turns dangerous. Huston was nominated for an Academy Award for her work. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
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Martin Scorsese explores the life of organized crime with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi's best-selling Wiseguy, the true-life account of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill. Set to a true-to-period rock soundtrack, the story details the rise and fall of Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian New York kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" in his impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood. He begins hanging around the mobsters, running errands and doing odd jobs until he gains the notice of local chieftain Paulie Cicero (Paul Sorvino), who takes him in as a surrogate son. As he reaches his teens, Hill (Ray Liotta) is inducted into the world of petty crime, where he distinguishes himself as a "stand-up guy" by choosing jail time over ratting on his accomplices. From that moment on, he is a part of the family. Along with his psychotic partner Tommy (Joe Pesci), he rises through the ranks to become Paulie's lieutenant; however, he quickly learns that, like his mentor Jimmy (Robert DeNiro), his ethnicity prevents him from ever becoming a "made guy," an actual member of the crime family. Soon he finds himself the target of both the feds and the mobsters, who feel that he has become a threat to their security with his reckless dealings. Goodfellas was rewarded with six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture; Pesci would walk away with Best Supporting Actor for his work. ~ Jeremy Beday, Rovi
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Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
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Following up on his critically acclaimed, blood-splattered epic Ran, master director Akira Kurosawa looks inward with this collection of eight brightly colored dreams. The first section centers on a young boy (Mitsunori Izaki), who witnesses a forest wedding procession of fox spirits in spite of his mother's (Mitsuko Baisho) warning. The second section concerns the same lad who converses with peach-tree spirits after the trees have been cruelly cut down. This is followed by a party of mountain climbers struggling to make it back to base camp in the midst of a terrible blizzard. The fourth dream deals with a man (Akira Terao) -- a Kurosawa stand-in complete with the director's trademark floppy white hat -- who encounters ghosts of Japan's militaristic past in a forlorn tunnel. In the following dream, the same man ventures into a Van Gogh painting called
The Crows
and meets the artist himself (Martin Scorsese). The sixth and seventh dreams venture into nightmare territory -- one deals with a nuclear meltdown that threatens Japan while the other concerns post-nuclear mutants. In the final dream, Kurosawa meets a 103-year-old man (played by Ozu regular Chishu Ryu) in a utopian rural village. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
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New York Stories
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The omnibus film New York Stories is the product of three powerhouse filmmakers. The film is divided into three stories, each exploring a different aspect of life in the Big Apple. Life Lessons, directed by Martin Scorcese, is a Dostoevsky-like tale of the rarefied Art World, with Nick Nolte as a self-indulgent abstractionist who loves Rosanna Arquette, but can't bring himself to lie to her about her negligible artistic talents. Life Without Zoe, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is more than a little reminiscent of Kay Thompson's Eloise stories, with 12-year-old Zoe (Heather McComb) running amok at the Sherry-Netherland hotel while her parents are embarked upon a world-girdling vacation. The last and is Woody Allen's Oedipus Wrecks, wherein a schnooky lawyer (guess who?) inadvertently "creates" the Jewish Mother From Hell: thanks to a misguided magic trick, Allen's mama (the incomparable Mae Questel) becomes a huge spectral vision on the New York skyline, telling everyone within earshot about her son's inadequacies. The cinematographer lineup on New York Stories includes Nestor Almendros, Vittorio Storaro and Sven Nykvist. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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The Last Temptation of Christ
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Willem Dafoe plays Jesus Christ in this extraordinarily controversial adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis's novel. The film depicts a sometimes reluctant, self-doubting Jesus, gradually coming to accept His divinity and the inexorability of His ultimate fate. The much-maligned sex scene with Mary Magdalene (Barbara Hershey) occurs as an hallucination experienced by Jesus as he suffers on the cross. This particular sequence was what infuriated the film's most rabid critics, but in fact it is just one of many iconoclastic musings to be found in the film and its source novel. Equally volatile are the intimations that, as a carpenter, Jesus indifferently shaped the crucifixes for other condemned prisoners long before his own fate was sealed, and that Judas (Harvey Keitel) was literally manipulated into betrayal by a Christ whose preoccuption with his own destiny compelled him to "use" others. None of these departures from the normal interpretation of the scriptures are offered as any more than theory; as such, it was accepted as food for thought by the more open-minded clerics and Biblical scholars who recommended the film. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Amazing Stories: Mirror, Mirror
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The Color of Money
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Oscar-nominated in 1961 for his performance as pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson in The Hustler, Paul Newman won that award a quarter century later when he reprised the role in The Color of Money. At the end of The Hustler, Felson was banned for life from playing the game professionally. In the intervening years, he has become what the despicable George C. Scott was in the 1961 film: a front man for younger hustlers, claiming the lion's share of the winnings. His latest "client" is arrogant young Tom Cruise, who is goaded into accepting Felson's patronage by his avaricious girl friend Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Cruise learns not only the refinements of the game, but also the dirty trickery that will help him lure in the suckers. As Cruise becomes successful on these terms, Felson seethes with jealousy, hitting the bottle and carelessly allowing himself to fall victim to another hustler. He tells Cruise to get lost, and vows to make an honest comeback. It is inevitable from this point onward that the younger and the older player will square off in a game for the biggest stakes of all: Fast Eddie Felson's self-respect. Both the original Hustler and The Color of Money were based on novels by Walter Tevis. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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'Round Midnight
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A French music lover befriends a once-great American jazz artist and attempts to save him from self-destruction in this moody drama. Saxophonist Dexter Gordon portrays Dale Turner, a fictional musician inspired by a number of famed jazz figures, including Bud Powell and Lester Young. Largely forgotten in his home country, Turner has moved to Paris in search of a more appreciative audience. He finds it in the form of Francis Borler (Francois Cluzet), a bebop aficionado who befriends the expatriate player. Borler soon becomes familiar with Turner's darker side, including his struggles with alcoholism, drug addiction, and depression. Fearing for the musician's life, the fan becomes his caretaker, an arrangement that leads to a brief improvement in Turner's health and fortunes but places great emotional strain upon them both. Director Bertrand Tavernier pays great attention to the visual and aural details of the jazz world, with outstanding musical supervision provided by Herbie Hancock. 'Round Midnight's greatest asset, however, is Gordon's Academy Award-nominated performance, informed by his own life experiences. His naturally fascinating presence combines with the film's obvious love of the music and its milieu to provide what many have hailed as one of the more authentic and affectionate presentations of the jazz world on the silver screen. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi
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After Hours
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Martin Scorsese's After Hours is a dark, tragi-comic tale of a fish out of water, centering on an uptight, white-bread computer consultant from uptown Manhattan who finds himself in the nightmarish and incomprehensible (to him) world of Soho after dark. The ordeal begins when Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) gets lonely and decides to leave the posh East Side and search the Soho streets for some loving from Marcy (Rosanna Arquette), the pretty young woman he met in a downtown cafe. He has her phone number and works up the nerve to call. She wants to see him, and so Paul grabs $20, hails a taxi and sets out. The weirdness begins when he loses his money during the high-speed cab ride. His visit to Marcy's loft, where he meets her crazed artist roommate Kiki (Linda Fiorentino), is a disaster, as is his encounter with the beehive-wearing retro waitress Julie (Teri Garr). ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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Anna Pavlova
This biographical film -- a bit long for most viewers, even in its cut version -- is made especially for ballet aficionados. Focusing on the short life of the remarkable Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova (1882?-1931), it features several dance sequences and provides a backdrop of the historical events in the Soviet Union and Europe during her life. Pavlova (Galina Belyayeva, better as a dancer than an actress) was born in Saint Petersburg and her interest in the ballet began early. As a little girl (Lina Boultakova), Pavlova would watch the ballet students in training, and she eventually entered the Imperial Ballet company, quickly rising to the position of prima ballerina. Before long, she perfected a style especially evident in her dancing of Giselle and Swan Lake. In her brief tenure at the Ballets Russes established in Paris in 1909 by the famed Russian expatriate impresario Sergei Diaghilev, Pavlova was inspired by dancers like Vaslav Nijinsky and obtained further training under a master, traveling extensively with the company. But the famous ballerina was not without personal problems, and at one point had to take a two-year advance on her salary in order to pay off her husband's debts so he would not go to jail. There are several intriguing aspects of this biography that would recommend it to general viewers: varied locations from Mexico to Cuba to Europe and the USA, good ballet performances, some noted bit players (Martin Scorcese as Gatti Cassaza) and a critically recognized Michael Powell, the director of Red Shoes in his last professional role, as an editor. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
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The King of Comedy
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Martin Scorsese's satirical comedy/drama caustically explores the lengths to which a nobody will go to be as famous as his idol. Practicing his patter in his basement with cardboard cut-outs of his favorite celebrities, mediocre aspiring comedian Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro) believes that one appearance on the evening talk show of the Johnny Carson-esque Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis) will be his ticket to stardom. After he helps Jerry escape the advances of amorous fan Masha (Sandra Bernhard), Rupert takes Jerry's patronizing brush-off as a true promise for an audition and begins haunting Jerry's office. Provoked by Masha's needling and a rejection from Jerry's smooth production exec Cathy Long (Shelley Hack), Rupert makes a disastrous trip to Jerry's country house with embarrassed date Rita (Diahnne Abbott), then hatches an even more outlandish scheme to get ahead. With Masha's help, Rupert kidnaps Jerry and demands as ransom the TV appearance that he believes will turn his fantasy into reality. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
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Bonjour Monsieur Lewis
The genuine love felt by the people of France for American comedian Jerry Lewis has become something of a topic for incredulous humor in the United States over the years, but if there was any doubt as to whether the many jokes overstated the case, this exhaustive six-hour hagiography from director Robert Benayoun quickly erases it. Nothing less than an adoring outpouring of idolatry, Bonjour Monsieur Lewis is simultaneously affectionate and reverential toward its subject, presenting hundreds of rare clips, outtakes, interviews, and tributes from Lewis' estimated six million feet of tape and film housed in his obsessively complete basement library, a collection of nearly everything he has ever done. In between highlights of his film career, there are talks with Martin Scorsese (who directed Lewis in 1982's The King of Comedy), Steven Spielberg, John Landis, Mel Brooks, and Louis Malle, among others. There are also a number of rare films of Lewis on-stage at French venues, singing "Sonny Boy" with his own father and son, reuniting with Dean Martin at a Muscular Dystrophy telethon, and engaging in some raunchy ad libs cut from his early films. The film clips are varied and fairly thorough, even excerpting Lewis' rare TV version of The Jazz Singer, but, alas, virtually ignoring the Holy Grail among Lewis completists, his aborted concentration-camp project The Day the Clown Cried. Other segments deal with his highly praised charitable efforts and relationship with children. More of a tribute than a real documentary, the film is nevertheless a treasure trove for anyone remotely interested in this talented and enigmatic comedy legend. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
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1963 GRAND PRIX. VERY RARE EARLY GRAND PRIX, PONTIAC V-8, 350 TURBO TRANS., POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, FACTORY AIR, TILT STEERING, POWER COLUMN, EIGHT... More
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