Born in Los Angeles, California, Penn started acting at the age of 12 at the Loft Studio and made his film debut in 1979's Charlie and the Talking Buzzard. In 1983, he was featured in Francis Ford Coppola's youth drama Rumble Fish and appeared in a small role in the high school football drama All the Right Moves starring Tom Cruise. He also appeared in the hit dance musical Footloose in 1984, played a villain in the Clint Eastwood western Pale Rider (1985), and co-starred with his brother, Sean, and mother Eileen ...

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Chris Penn, Chris Penn - Career, Chris Penn - Death, Chris Penn - Selected filmography

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Ronald Walken (born March 31, 1943), known professionally as Christopher Walken, is an American film, television, and theatre actor best known for playing menacing or psychologically damaged characters, but has occasionally used that image for comedic effect. He was born in Queens, New York to a German father and Scottish-born mother. Walken has been married to casting director Georgianne Walken since 1969. Christopher Walken - Career. Walken initially trained as a dancer in musical theatre before mo ...

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• Christopher Walken - Career
• Christopher Walken - Presidential candidacy hoax
• Christopher Walken - Notable performances

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Walken initially trained as a dancer in musical theatre before moving on to more serious roles in theatre and then film. A select number of his movies include dance moves that he has worked in, reflecting this early background. He has been in nearly one hundred movies and television shows since 1953, including The Dead Zone (1983), Brainstorm (1983), A View to a Kill (1985), Batman Returns (1992) True Romance (1993), Pulp Fiction (1994), Nick of Time (1995), Catch Me If You Can ( ...

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Christopher Walken, Christopher Walken - Career, Christopher Walken - Presidential candidacy hoax, Christopher Walken - Notable performances

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Veterinarian Corky Romano, having been banished from his family after the death of his mother, is unaware of their underworld connections until he receives a call from his father, "Pops," a Mafia crimelord. Pops has been indicted on racketeering charges, and, knowing that the prosecutors have a strong case against him, has concluded that the only solution is to somehow destroy the evidence held by the FBI. At the family mansion, an ailing and bedridden Pops convinces Corky to infiltrate the local FBI office, since the Romano family cannot send anyone with known underworld connections, such as Corky's brother ...

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Corky Romano, Corky Romano - Plot Summary, Corky Romano - At the box office

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List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Carl CJ Johnson. Carl "CJ" Johnson is the protagonist, anti-hero and player-controlled character in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. CJ is a member of the Grove Street Families (GSF), along with his brother, Sean "Sweet" Johnson. After the death of his younger brother, Brian, Carl escaped the pressures of gang life and moved to Liberty City for five years, where he had the opportunity of working with Don Salvatore Leone's son, Jo ...

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List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Major characters, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Carl CJ Johnson, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Sean Sweet Johnson, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Kendl Johnson, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Melvin Big Smoke Harris, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Lance Ryder Wilson, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Jeffrey OG Loc Cross, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Madd Dogg, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Cesar Vialpando, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Officer Frank Tenpenny, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Officer Eddie Pulaski, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Officer Jimmy Hernandez, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Catalina, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Truth, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Jizzy B., List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Mike Toreno, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Wu Zi Mu Woozie, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Zero, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Ken Rosenberg, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Maccer, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Kent Paul, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Salvatore Leone, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Minor characters, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Maria Latore, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Old Reece, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Mark B-Dup Wayne, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Ran Fa Li, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Jethro, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Dwaine, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - T-Bone Mendez, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Denise, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Millie

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It won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color. It was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Brandon De Wilde), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jack Palance), Best Director, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay. The original film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Shane was remade as a television series in 1966, starring David Carradine. Clint Eastwood directed a semi-remake of Shane, called Pale Rider ...

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Shane film, Shane film - Plot summary, Shane film - Awards, Shane film - Famous quotes, Shane film - 'Shane' in popular culture

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Sherilyn Fenn - Early career. The sultry, feline, versatile Sherilyn Fenn began her career with a number of B-movies including teen-fantasy movie The Wraith (1986), erotic Two Moon Junction (1988, directed by 9½ Weeks' writer/producer Zalman King) or black comedy/film noir Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel (1990, as a seductive femme fatale, opposite Whip Hubley and David Hewlett). She had a small but memorable part in the 1985 teen-comedy Just One of the Guys in which she tries to seduce disguised-as-a-man Joyce Hyser. Sh ...

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Sherilyn Fenn, Sherilyn Fenn - Early life, Sherilyn Fenn - Acting career, Sherilyn Fenn - Early career, Sherilyn Fenn - Rise to fame - Twin Peaks, Sherilyn Fenn - Showing great range in varied films, Sherilyn Fenn - Slow down in her career, Sherilyn Fenn - Coming back in TV, Sherilyn Fenn - Guest appearances, Sherilyn Fenn - Personal life, Sherilyn Fenn - Awards, Sherilyn Fenn - Selected filmography, Sherilyn Fenn - Personal quotes

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Venice Film Festival - Mussolini Cup for best Italian Film. 1934 Teresa confalonieri by Guido Brignone 1935 Casta Diva by Carmine Gallone 1936 Squadrone bianco by Augusto Genina 1937 Scipione l'Africano by Carmine Gallone 1938 Luciano serra pilota by Goffredo Alessandrini 1939 Abuna Messias by Goffredo Alessandrini 1940 L'assedio dell'Alcazar by Augusto Genina 1941 La coronoa di ferro by Alessandro Blasetti< ...

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Venice Film Festival, Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion winners, Venice Film Festival - Other awards, Venice Film Festival - Mussolini Cup for best Italian Film, Venice Film Festival - Mussolini Cup for best foreign film, Venice Film Festival - Best director awards, Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion – Jury's special award, Venice Film Festival - Best actor awards, Venice Film Festival - Volpi Cup best actor, Venice Film Festival - Best actress awards, Venice Film Festival - Volpi Cup best supporting actor, Venice Film Festival - Volpi Cup best supporting actress, Venice Film Festival - Best Cast awards, Venice Film Festival - Notes

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As it turned out, the script for True Romance had been sold when Tarantino was introduced to director Tony Scott. Scott read both of Tarantino's scripts, True Romance and Natural Born Killers, and decided to direct True Romance. Other than the ending (Clarence was shot dead during the climactic Mexican Standoff in the script) and the ordering of the scenes, Scott's film uses Tarantino's original script. Originally, the film was written to begin with the same "I'd fuck Elvis" scene, then the opening credits as the ...

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True Romance, True Romance - Tarantino's breakthrough, True Romance - True Romance script, True Romance - The Sicilian scene, True Romance - Before They Were A-List

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Grieving, Scott nevertheless persisted in trying to kickstart a feature film career. Among the projects interesting him was an adaptation of the Anne Rice novel Interview with the Vampire then in development. MGM, however, had a vampire yarn of their own that they wanted Scott to direct, and after failing to convince the company to drop their project and tackle Interview instead, Scott instead decided to accept the MGM project, and pour into it all of the visual design concepts he had bandied about for Interview. In 1982, Scot ...

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Swazye earned a nomination for the "Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical" Golden Globe Award, and Leguizamo garnered a "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture" Golden Globe nomination. The film is unexpectedly credited for helping revitalize the American career of singer Cyndi Lauper whose previous two albums had fared well internationally but bombed in the U.S.A. Her song "Hey No ...

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To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar - Plot outline, To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar - Critical response, To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar - On the Set

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List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Carl CJ Johnson. Carl "CJ" Johnson is the protagonist, anti-hero and player-controlled character in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. CJ is co-founder of the Grove Street Families (GSF), along with his brother, Sean "Sweet" Johnson. After the death of his younger brother, Brian, Carl escaped the pressures of gang life and moved to Liberty City for five years, where he had the opportunity of working with Don Salvatore Leone's son, Jo ...

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List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Major characters, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Carl CJ Johnson, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Sean Sweet Johnson, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Kendl Johnson, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Melvin Big Smoke Harris, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Lance Ryder Wilson, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Jeffrey OG Loc Cross, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Madd Dogg, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Cesar Vialpando, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Officer Frank Tenpenny, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Officer Eddie Pulaski, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Officer Jimmy Hernandez, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Catalina, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Truth, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Jizzy B., List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Mike Toreno, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Wu Zi Mu Woozie, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Zero, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Ken Rosenberg, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Maccer, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Kent Paul, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Salvatore Leone, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Minor characters, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Maria Latore, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Old Reece, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Mark B-Dup Wayne, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Ran Fa Li, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Jethro, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Dwaine, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - T-Bone Mendez, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Denise, List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Millie

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Darwin Awards - Requirements. According to Wendy Northcutt, the five requirements for a Darwin are Inability to reproduce - Nominee must be dead or sterile. A disputed issue, due to age, cloning, donation of reproductive cells, and celibacy. Should the elderly be allowed to win, their death having no impact on the gene pool? The general rule of thumb is that if the candidate no longer has the physical wherewithal to breed with a mate on an otherwise uninhabited island, they are ou ...

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Darwin Awards, Darwin Awards - Rules, Darwin Awards - Requirements, Darwin Awards - Not Darwins, Darwin Awards - Urban legends, Darwin Awards - History, Darwin Awards - Books, Darwin Awards - Movie

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List of Italian-American actors - A. F. Murray Abraham (Italian mother) Carmine Gotti Agnello Frank Gotti Agnello John Gotti Agnello Danny Aiello (b.1933), born Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. Alan Alda (b.1936), born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo, actor, writer, director and sometime political activist. (Italian father) Robert Alda (1914-1986), born Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Robertto D'Abruzzo, father of Alan Alda. Lauren Ambrose, bor ...

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List of Italian-American actors, List of Italian-American actors - In Alphabetical Order, List of Italian-American actors - A, List of Italian-American actors - B, List of Italian-American actors - C, List of Italian-American actors - D, List of Italian-American actors - E, List of Italian-American actors - F, List of Italian-American actors - G, List of Italian-American actors - H, List of Italian-American actors - I, List of Italian-American actors - J, List of Italian-American actors - K, List of Italian-American actors - L, List of Italian-American actors - M, List of Italian-American actors - N, List of Italian-American actors - O, List of Italian-American actors - P, List of Italian-American actors - R, List of Italian-American actors - S, List of Italian-American actors - T, List of Italian-American actors - V, List of Italian-American actors - W, List of Italian-American actors - Y, List of Italian-American actors - Z, List of Italian-American actors - By Medium, List of Italian-American actors - Voice actors, List of Italian-American actors - Actors

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The film was shot in only twenty days and was funded by the BBC. It was distributed by Sony Pictures Classics, a well-known distributor of independent productions. The soundtrack is comprised entirely of Bob Dylan songs ranging from his very early 1960's-era material to work as recent as songs from his 1997 Grammy-award winning album "Time Out of Mind". Many of the actors, including Jeff Bridges, John Goodman (reunited after their work together in the 1998 Coen Brothers film "The Big Lebowski", which also featured the 1970 Dylan song ...

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Masked and Anonymous, Masked and Anonymous - Plot, Masked and Anonymous - History, Masked and Anonymous - Symbolism, Masked and Anonymous - Quotes, Masked and Anonymous - Unreleased recordings

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List of show business families - A-B. Alda acting family Actor Robert Alda is father to actor/director Alan Alda Arkin acting family Actor/composer Alan Arkin father of actors Adam, Matthew, Anthony Arkin and grandfather to third generation actor Molly Arkin (daughter of Adam Arkin) Arquette-Cox acting family Comedian/actor/pianist/songwriter Cliff Arquette was father of actor Lewis Arquette, who was father of actors P ...

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List of show business families, List of show business families - Families, List of show business families - A-B, List of show business families - C-E, List of show business families - F-M, List of show business families - N-Z, List of show business families - Brothers, List of show business families - Sisters

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The games allow the player to take on the role of a criminal in a big city, typically a lowly individual who rises in the ranks of organized crime over the course of the game. Various missions are set for completion by the figureheads of the city underworld, generally criminal, which must be completed to progress through the storyline. Bank robberies, assassinations and other crimes feature regularly, but occasionally taxi driving, firefighting, pimping, street racing, or learning to ...

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Grand Theft Auto series, Grand Theft Auto series - Series overview, Grand Theft Auto series - History, Grand Theft Auto series - Grand Theft Auto-era, Grand Theft Auto series - Grand Theft Auto 2-era, Grand Theft Auto series - Grand Theft Auto III-era, Grand Theft Auto series - Grand Theft Auto IV-era, Grand Theft Auto series - Time periods of GTA games, Grand Theft Auto series - GTA cities and towns, Grand Theft Auto series - Cities, Grand Theft Auto series - Towns, Grand Theft Auto series - Known protagonists in the GTA series, Grand Theft Auto series - Soundtracks Radio stations, Grand Theft Auto series - Similar games

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Reservoir Dogs - Beginning. The film portrays the events preceding and immediately following a badly botched Los Angeles jewel heist (but not the actual heist itself) orchestrated by Joe "Daddy" Cabot (Lawrence Tierney) and his son "Nice Guy" Eddie Cabot (Chris Penn). Six men are recruited by the Cabots to carry out the heist and, for reasons of security, are given "color" aliases: Mr. White - (Harvey Keitel), Mr. Orange - (Tim Roth), Mr. Blonde - (Michael Madsen), Mr. Pink - (Steve Buscemi), Mr. Blue - (Eddie Bunker), ...

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Reservoir Dogs, Reservoir Dogs - Plot synopsis, Reservoir Dogs - Beginning, Reservoir Dogs - Title Sequence, Reservoir Dogs - The warehouse, Reservoir Dogs - Eddie's arrival, Reservoir Dogs - The ear-cutting scene, Reservoir Dogs - Revelations about Freddy/Mr. Orange, Reservoir Dogs - Climax and conclusion, Reservoir Dogs - Influences, Reservoir Dogs - Trivia, Reservoir Dogs - Cast, Reservoir Dogs - Crew

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Sean Penn - Acting. In Search of Captain Zero (2005) All the King's Men (2005) The Interpreter (2005) The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) Pauly Shore is Dead (2004) It's All About Love (2004) Bukowski: Born Into This World (2004) 21 Grams (2003) Mystic River (2003) 9'11''01 September 11 (2002) The Weight of Water (2002) Dogto ...

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Sean Penn, Sean Penn - Partial filmography, Sean Penn - Acting, Sean Penn - Directing, Sean Penn - Quotes

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His subsequent films, Spy Game (2001) and Man on Fire (2004), though further demonstrating his technical skills, did so at the expense of his storytelling abilities. The influence of Scott's work on a whole generation of commercial and music video directors can be found in the films of Michael Bay and Antoine Fuqua, among others. He is to direct the modern remake of T ...

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Tony Scott, Tony Scott - Pre-filmmaking years, Tony Scott - The 1980s, Tony Scott - The 1990s, Tony Scott - The 2000s, Tony Scott - Partial director filmography, Tony Scott - External link

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