"Bob Bowes Robert William - ""Bob"" - Bowes (November 19, 1922 - December 1979) was an English actor and teacher. His only film appearance is in Ken Loach's 1969 film ""Kes"". Bob Bowes played the headmaster Mr Gryce in the adaptation of Barry Hines' novel ""A Kestrel for a Knave"", in which a teenage boy from Barnsley, Yorkshire, Billy Casper, finds and trains a young kestrel and in doing so develops a sense of self-respect and discovers his individuality. The character of Gryce - known behind his back as ""Gryce pudding"" to his pupils, is severe, perfunctory and abrupt. He"
"Dai Bradley David ""Dai"" Bradley (born 27 September 1953) is an English actor who became well known for his first time role of Billy Casper in the critically acclaimed 1969 film ""Kes"", directed by Ken Loach. David Bradley was born in the hamlet of Stubbs, near Barnsley. By his own account, he had an unremarkable childhood, and was not involved in any acting apart from amateur Christmas pantos. At the age of 14, he won the part of Billy Casper in ""Kes"". Bradley has said that the making of the film was a happy one. The cast was ""like one"
"March 2018. Dai Bradley David ""Dai"" Bradley (born 27 September 1953) is an English actor who became well known for his first time role of Billy Casper in the critically acclaimed 1969 film ""Kes"", directed by Ken Loach. David Bradley was born in the hamlet of Stubbs, near Barnsley. By his own account, he had an unremarkable childhood, and was not involved in any acting apart from amateur Christmas pantos. At the age of 14, he won the part of Billy Casper in ""Kes"". Bradley has said that the making of the film was a happy one. The cast was"
"Casper (film) Casper is a 1995 American live-action/computer-animated fantasy comedy film directed by Brad Silberling, based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost created by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo. The film stars Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, and Amy Brenneman, and also features the voices of Malachi Pearson in the title role as well as Joe Nipote, Joe Alaskey, and Brad Garrett. The film makes extensive use of computer-generated imagery to create the ghosts, and it is the first feature film to have a fully CGI character in the lead role. It goes"
"five. The Basketball Diaries (film) The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Scott Kalvert, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, James Madio, and Mark Wahlberg. The film is an adaptation of Jim Carroll's autobiographical work of the same name, telling the story of Carroll's teenage years as a promising high school basketball player and writer who developed an addiction to heroin with his misguided friends. The film is an adaptation of poet and memoirist Jim Carroll's juvenile diaries chronicling his kaleidoscopic free-fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. The role of Jim is played by"
"and Bill Pullman, with Malachi Pearson voicing in the title role. This film was set in Friendship, Maine and makes extensive use of computer-generated imagery to make the ghosts such as Casper and his uncles the Ghostly Trio come to life and have them interacted with the live actors. This was also the first film to feature a CGI character in a lead role. The film gave Casper a back-story and is the only time that explains his death. In the film, Casper was a twelve-year-old boy living in Whipstaff Manor with his inventor father J.T. McFadden until he died"
"in 1971. The film grossed $10 million in its initial run, but eventually added close to $50 million in its re-release, with distribution supervised by Laughlin. Billy Jack is a ""half-breed"" American Navajo Indian, a Green Beret Vietnam War veteran, and a hapkido master. Jack defends the hippie-themed Freedom School (inspired by Prescott College) and students from townspeople who do not understand or like the counterculture students. The school is organized by its director Jean Roberts (Delores Taylor). A group of children of various races from the school go to town for ice cream and are refused service and then"
"Billy the Kid Versus Dracula Billy the Kid Versus Dracula is a 1966 American low-budget horror-Western film directed by William Beaudine. It was released theatrically as part of a double feature along with ""Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter"". Both films were shot in eight days at Corriganville Movie Ranch and at Paramount Studios in mid-1965; both were the final feature films of director William Beaudine. The film revolves around Billy the Kid (played by stuntman Chuck Courtney) trying to save his fiancée from Dracula (John Carradine repeating his role from the low-budget Universal Studios movie sequels to the Bela Lugosi"
"important characteristic of this genre, which relies on dialogue and emotional responses, rather than action. The main character is typically male, around mid-teen and the story is often told in the form of a flashback. Films in this subgenre include ""Bambi"" (1942), ""The Apu Trilogy"" (19551959), ""Les 400 Coups"" (1959), ""Oliver!"" (1967), ""American Graffiti"" (1973), ""Breaking Away"" (1979), ""The Last American Virgin"" (1982), ""Mischief"" (1985), ""The Breakfast Club"" (1985), ""Fandango"" (1985), ""Stand by Me"" (1986), ""Empire of the Sun"" (1987), ""Stealing Home"" (1988), ""Mermaids"" (1990), ""Dazed and Confused"" (1993), ""Almost Famous"" (2000), ""Spirited Away"" (2001), ""Y Tu Mamá También"" (2001),"
"games based on or tied-in with the film released on the major consoles of the time, such as the 3DO, Super NES, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Game Boy Color and original Game Boy. An LCD handheld game was released for Tiger Electronics in 1995. Casper (film) Casper is a 1995 American live-action/computer-animated fantasy comedy film directed by Brad Silberling, based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost created by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo. The film stars Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, and Amy Brenneman, and also features the voices of Malachi Pearson in the"
"15 and filmed in 2004 at the age of 21. The movie was released theatrically and on DVD in 2009 by Kino International. The film played in competition at Dennis Hopper's CineVegas Film Festival, the Filmmakers of the Present section of the Locarno International Film Festival and the Museum of Modern Art. Fuller graduated from the Canterbury School of Florida in 2001 and attended the University of Central Florida from 2001 to 2004. Fuller holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do under Master Yong Jun Lee and trained in St. Petersburg, Florida under Tang Soo Do Master Michael Kinney"
"The Thirteen Chairs The Thirteen Chairs (12 + 1 – original title and Italian release title) is a 1969 comedy film directed by Nicolas Gessner and Luciano Lucignani and starring Sharon Tate, Vittorio Gassman, Orson Welles, Vittorio De Sica, and Tim Brooke-Taylor. It was based on ""The Twelve Chairs"", a 1928 satirical novel by the Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov. Mario Beretti (Vittorio Gassman) is a young Italian-American Barber. He runs a Barber Shop located near a construction site that boasts few customers. His life reaches a turning point when he is notified of the death of his aunt living"
"Billy the Kid (1911 film) Billy the Kid is a 1911 American Silent film directed by Laurence Trimble (credited as ""Larry Trimble""), which is very loosely-based on the life of Billy the Kid. The following is one of the only reviews of the 1911 short film from The Moving Picture World: The duties of the sheriff as performed by ""Uncle Billy"" were not a matter of pleasure. His son-in-law is a member of the posse; lie and ""Uncle Billy"" leave the house hurriedly to join their comrades in pursuit of the outlaws. Two hours later the son in-law is carried"
"Young Billy Young Young Billy Young is a 1969 Color by Deluxe Western movie starring Robert Mitchum and featuring Angie Dickinson, Robert Walker Jr. (in the title role), David Carradine, Jack Kelly (who plays a villain and dresses exactly as he had for his role on television's ""Maverick""), Deana Martin and Paul Fix. The film was written by Heck Allen (from his novel) and Burt Kennedy, and directed by Kennedy. On the trail, Ben Kane, a former Dodge City lawman, comes across Billy Young, who has no horse and was abandoned by partner Jesse Boone soon after the killing of"
"had only limited distribution in the United States. In early 2006, a 25th anniversary DVD release was issued in North America. Philip ""Philly"" Fillmore (Eric Brown) is a 15-year-old high school student and the son of a rich businessman in Albuquerque, who has left town on an extended trip during summer break, leaving the young man in the passing care of Nicole Mallow (Sylvia Kristel), a sexy French housekeeper, and Lester Lewis (Howard Hesseman), the family's chauffeur. Philly becomes infatuated with Nicole. When she spots him peeping into her room, she tells him to close her door. To Philly's utter"
"Billy the Kid (1989 film) Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid, also known as Billy the Kid, is a 1989 American western television film about famed gunman Billy the Kid. It aired on TNT cable channel on May 10, 1989. One of many depicting the events surrounding the outlaw during his participation in the Lincoln County War, this film, though little known, has routinely been described as the most historically accurate version to date. Written by Gore Vidal and directed by William A. Graham, Val Kilmer stars in the lead role of William Bonney a.k.a. Billy the Kid, with a supporting"
"accurate of all prior Billy the Kid films. It opened no. 1 at the box office, eventually earning $45 million from a moderate $11 million budget. A sequel, ""Young Guns II"", was released in 1990. John Tunstall (Terence Stamp), an educated Englishman and cattle rancher in Lincoln County, New Mexico, hires wayward young gunmen to live and work on his ranch. Tunstall is in heavy competition with a well-connected Irishman named Lawrence Murphy (Jack Palance), who owns a large ranch; their men clash on a regular basis. Tunstall recruits Billy (Emilio Estevez) and advises him to renounce violence saying that"
"singing and acting in radio at the age of seven and later appeared in print advertisements before signing a contract with Warner Bros. After moving with their mother to Hollywood in 1935, Billy was cast as the young title character in the film ""Anthony Adverse"" because he resembled Fredric March, who played Adverse as an adult. His brother Bobby was his stand-in for the role, but the brothers, whose voice and appearance were almost indistinguishable, later claimed that they freely alternated who would play the part in a given take. Their turn in ""The Prince and the Pauper"", in which"
"Boy At the Window (1960) Bed and Work (1962) Mapper Mundy's Treasure Hunt (1963) A Town On the Never (1963) Lunch with Ashurbanipal (1965) Calling Questers Four (1967) Lucky Les (1967) Time Explorers, Inc (1967) Manhattan Is Missing (1969) Monte Carlo Or Bust! (1969) Those Daring Young Men In Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969) Top Boy At Twisters Creek (1969) The Prisoners of Gridling Gap (1971) The Doughnut Dropout (1972) Kids Commune (1972) The Active-enzyme, Lemon-freshened Junior High School Witch (1973) Bracknell's Law (1975) The Weirdown Experiment (1976) A Cat Called Amnesia (1976) Vandals (1977) The Loop (1977) The Top-flight Fully-Automated"
"for a much darker interpretation of the Friendly Ghost in comparison to the comics, cartoons, and films of the previous years, especially with its theme of death, most notably providing the character a tragic backstory that addresses his death. ""Casper"" was released in cinemas on May 26, 1995 by Universal Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics and earned $287.9 million on a $55 million budget. It went on to spawn direct-to-video follow-up films and an animated television spin-off, ""The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper"". In the town of Friendship, Maine, two young boys named Nicky and Andreas enter a"
"release the film, was a critical and commercial failure, although David Foster's musical score garnered universal praise. Over the years it has attained a cult status, praised for its pace, nostalgic feel and performances. The film holds a 93% rating on Google users aggregation while on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes it holds a rating of 20%. In the 1980s, Billy Wyatt (Mark Harmon) is a thirty-something washed up baseball player who now works as a high school groundskeeper, spending his days tending to the field and drinking. One afternoon he receives a phone call informing him that Katie Chandler"
"The Three Wishes of Billy Grier The Three Wishes of Billy Grier is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film starring Ralph Macchio and directed by Corey Blechman. It was originally broadcast on ABC on November 1, 1984. While this movie is a fictional work, it is prefaced by a note accounting that a condition such as the main character's does exist, and that the film imagines the life of such a victim. Ralph Macchio plays Billy Grier, the 15-year-old victim of a rare degenerative disease that speeds up the aging process. After Billy suddenly becomes ill, a series of tests"
"(1965), ""The Knack ...and How to Get It"" (1965), the Michelangelo Antonioni film ""Blowup"" (1966), ""Alfie"" (1966), """" (1966), ""Georgy Girl"" (1966), ""The Jokers"" (1967), ""Casino Royale"" (1967), ""Smashing Time"" (1967), ""To Sir, with Love"" (1967), ""Bedazzled"" (1967), ""Poor Cow"" (1967), ""I'll Never Forget What's'isname"" (1967), ""Up the Junction"" (1968), ""Joanna"" (1968), ""Otley"" (1968), ""The Magic Christian"" (1969), ""The Brain"" (1969), ""If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium"" (1969), and ""Performance"" (1970). The comedy films """" (1997) and """" (1999) resurrected the imagery but were filmed in Hollywood and the 2009 film ""The Boat That Rocked"". Swinging Sixties The Swinging"
"vocalist. As the song catches on and Bobby's reputation grows, Theodora decides it is not to the boy's benefit and decides to sell the radio station. Bobby is then drafted into the Army, saying goodbye to all at a farewell party in his honor. Teenage Millionaire Teenage Millionaire is a 1961 American comedy film directed by Lawrence Doheny and written by Lawrence Doheny and Harry Spalding. The film stars Jimmy Clanton, Rocky Graziano, ZaSu Pitts, Diane Jergens, Valerie Ziegler, Cheyenne Boyer, Gabriella Taliani, Maurice Gosfield and Eileen O'Neill. The film was released on August 17, 1961, by United Artists. Bobby"
"which also adapted the friendly ghost into a live-action feature film titled ""Casper"" in 1995, where he and his wicked uncles, the Ghostly Trio, were rendered via computer animation, which initially created the first CGI lead character in a film. The film constructed a back-story for the character and is the only time in the series that the question of his death has been addressed. According to the film, Casper was a twelve-year-old boy living in Whipstaff Manor with his inventor father J.T. McFadden until he died from pneumonia after playing out in the cold until it was past nightfall."
"many critics hailing it as a mistreated classic and one of the era's best films. It is ranked 126th on ""Empire"" magazine's list of ""The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time"". In 1881 in Old Fort Sumner, New Mexico, William H. Bonney, known as Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson), is passing the time with friends shooting chickens for fun. An old friend of Billy's, Pat Garrett (James Coburn), rides into town with Deputy Sheriff J. W. Bell (Matt Clark) and joins the diversion. Later, over drinks, Garrett informs Billy that the electorate want him out of the country, and that"
"a hidden classic and is commonly shown in Spanish classes because of its clean, family-friendly depiction of Mexican culture. Sweet 15 Sweet 15 is a 1990 American made-for-television family drama film directed by Victoria Hochberg and starring Karla Montana, Panchito Gómez, Jerry Stiller, and Tony Plana. The plot concerns a fourteen-year-old girl whose dreams of having a perfect quinceanera are suddenly halted when she realizes that her family is residing in the United States illegally. At the same time, she is smitten by Ramon, a cousin of her friend, and wants him to dance with her at her party. A"
"(Jodie Foster), an old acquaintance, has died. The bulk of the film consists of extended flashbacks to the 1960s explaining Billy and Katie's relationship. Katie was a slightly older neighborhood girl who befriended Billy's mother, Ginny (Blair Brown), and who became his babysitter. Katie acts as a mentor to the young Billy, and, as he grows up, gives him advice on women and dating. As Billy ages he begins to develop feelings for Katie, though the rebellious and worldly wise Katie is interested in older men. Nevertheless, the two share a flirtatious relationship, and Katie comes to regard Billy as"
"The Basketball Diaries (film) The Basketball Diaries is a 1995 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Scott Kalvert, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, James Madio, and Mark Wahlberg. The film is an adaptation of Jim Carroll's autobiographical work of the same name, telling the story of Carroll's teenage years as a promising high school basketball player and writer who developed an addiction to heroin with his misguided friends. The film is an adaptation of poet and memoirist Jim Carroll's juvenile diaries chronicling his kaleidoscopic free-fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. The role of Jim is played by Leonardo"
"Sweet 15 Sweet 15 is a 1990 American made-for-television family drama film directed by Victoria Hochberg and starring Karla Montana, Panchito Gómez, Jerry Stiller, and Tony Plana. The plot concerns a fourteen-year-old girl whose dreams of having a perfect quinceanera are suddenly halted when she realizes that her family is residing in the United States illegally. At the same time, she is smitten by Ramon, a cousin of her friend, and wants him to dance with her at her party. A WonderWorks film, it is commonly shown in Spanish classes all over the country to teach about Hispanic culture. Marta"
"The Kid from Texas The Kid from Texas is a 1950 American Technicolor Western film directed by Kurt Neumann starring Audie Murphy and Gale Storm. The film starts 11 July 1879 in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory. A group of men who work for Major Harper, led by gunslinger Minniger, attempt to arrest rancher Alexander Kain and his English partner Jameson. They are stopped by William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid, who shoots and injures them. Jameson offers Billy a job as a ranch hand. A drunken group of Harper's men attack the ranch and kill Jameson. Billy goes on"
"Teenage Millionaire Teenage Millionaire is a 1961 American comedy film directed by Lawrence Doheny and written by Lawrence Doheny and Harry Spalding. The film stars Jimmy Clanton, Rocky Graziano, ZaSu Pitts, Diane Jergens, Valerie Ziegler, Cheyenne Boyer, Gabriella Taliani, Maurice Gosfield and Eileen O'Neill. The film was released on August 17, 1961, by United Artists. Bobby Schultz goes to live with his Aunt Theodora and her butler-bodyguard Rocky following the sudden deaths of his parents. At a radio station she owns, Bobby takes a job and meets a girl, Bambi, who circulates a new record on which Bobby is a"
"sleeps, exposing himself to HIV. First thing the next morning, Casper is drinking liquor and says ""Jesus Christ, what happened?"" Larry Clark was reported to have said that he wanted to ""make the Great American Teenage Movie, like the Great American Novel."" The film is shot in a quasi-documentary style, although all of its scenes are scripted. In ""Kids"", Clark cast New York City ""street"" kids with no previous acting experience in the film, notably Leo Fitzpatrick (Telly) and Justin Pierce (Casper). Clark originally decided he wanted to cast Fitzpatrick in a film after watching him skateboard in New York,"