"turkey, salami, tomato, cheese, lettuce. And the movie is obliged to choose only the lettuce or the cheese, eliminating everything else – the theological side, the political side. It's a nice movie."" The Name of the Rose (film) The Name of the Rose is a 1986 Italian-French-German mystery historical drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on the book of the same name by Umberto Eco. Sean Connery stars as the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and Christian Slater is his apprentice Adso of Melk; they are called upon to solve a deadly mystery in a medieval abbey. As an"
"he departed from his role as an inquisitor, his torture and the death of the accused remain fresh in his mind. In the 1986 movie ""The Name of the Rose"", Sean Connery played the role of Brother William of Baskerville. The fictional friar, William of Baskerville, alludes both to the fictional sleuth Sherlock Holmes and to William of Ockham. The name itself is derived from William of Ockham and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's book ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"". Another view is that Eco has created Brother William as a combination of Roger Bacon, William of Ockham and Sherlock Holmes."
"later life. William of Baskerville is a logically-minded Englishman who is a friar and a detective, and his name evokes both William of Ockham and Sherlock Holmes (by way of ""The Hound of the Baskervilles""); several passages describing him are strongly reminiscent of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's descriptions of Holmes. The underlying mystery of the murder is borrowed from the ""Arabian Nights"". ""The Name of the Rose"" was later made into a motion picture starring Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Slater and Ron Perlman, which follows the plot, though not the philosophical and historical themes, of the novel. In"
"""Merlin"", ""Macbeth"", ""Side Man"", and ""The Glass Menagerie"". In addition he has performed in London's West End in ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" and ""Swimming With Sharks"". Slater made his big screen debut in 1985's ""The Legend of Billie Jean"" playing Billie Jean’s brother Binx. Though expected to be a big hit, the film fell short at the box office, despite gaining a cult following. His career improved with his role in ""The Name of the Rose"" (1986) alongside Sean Connery. Slater played Connery's apprentice monk while they investigated a series of murders at a Benedictine abbey. Slater followed"
"the Rose"", ""The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"", ""Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"", ""The Hunt for Red October"", ""Finding Forrester"", ""Highlander"", ""Murder on the Orient Express"", ""Dragonheart"", and ""The Rock"". Connery has been polled in ""The Sunday Herald"" as ""The Greatest Living Scot"" and in a EuroMillions survey as ""Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure"". He was voted by ""People"" magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1989 and the “Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to Film Drama. Thomas Sean Connery, named Thomas after his grandfather, was"
"selling novel ""First and Only"". Shane O'Meara Shane O'Meara (born 26 April 1992) is an Irish actor best known for playing Connor Mulgrew in ""Waterloo Road"" and Sean Donoghue in BBC One daytime soap, ""Doctors"". O'Meara was born in Ireland on 26 April 1992. He grew up in Livingston, Scotland and attended St. Margaret's Academy. He has two brothers; Ryan and Allen, and a sister; Sionainn. He attended Edinburgh Telford College from 2009–2010 studying Higher Drama and NC Acting & Performance. He also attended Dundee College from 2010–2011 studying HNC Acting & Performance. O'Meara is currently living in London, England."
"best director. After a French film (Hot Head, 1979) that becomes a cult classic in his homeland, he moves to Kenya, Scotland and Canada to shoot Quest for Fire which brings him international recognition (1981, César - French National Award - for Best Film & for Best Director). He then directs Sean Connery on the Italian sets and the German monasteries of The Name of the Rose (1986, César for Best Foreign Film and David Di Donatello for Best Director), based on Umberto Eco’s eponymous novel. 'The Name of the Rose"", a film adaptation of Umberto Eco's popular novel of"
"performed well at the box office, it was plagued with production problems: strife between the director and producer, financial problems, the Fleming estate trustees' attempts to halt the film, and Connery's wrist being broken by fight choreographer, Steven Seagal. As a result of his negative experiences during filming, Connery became unhappy with the major studios and did not make any films for two years. Following the successful European production ""The Name of the Rose"" (1986), for which he won a BAFTA award, Connery's interest in more commercial material was revived. That same year, a supporting role in ""Highlander"" showcased his"
"Shane O'Meara Shane O'Meara (born 26 April 1992) is an Irish actor best known for playing Connor Mulgrew in ""Waterloo Road"" and Sean Donoghue in BBC One daytime soap, ""Doctors"". O'Meara was born in Ireland on 26 April 1992. He grew up in Livingston, Scotland and attended St. Margaret's Academy. He has two brothers; Ryan and Allen, and a sister; Sionainn. He attended Edinburgh Telford College from 2009–2010 studying Higher Drama and NC Acting & Performance. He also attended Dundee College from 2010–2011 studying HNC Acting & Performance. O'Meara is currently living in London, England. O'Meara is best known for"
"16 other people, including the lawyers who helped with the house sale. Sean Connery Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer, who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films, between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ""The Untouchables""."
"Sean Connery Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer, who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films, between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ""The Untouchables"". His film career also includes such films as ""Marnie"", ""The Name of"
"Jason Connery Jason Joseph Connery (born 11 January 1963) is an English actor and director. He is the son of actor Sir Sean Connery. On screen, he is best known for appearing in the third series of the ITV drama programme ""Robin of Sherwood"" in 1986. He took over the main role after Michael Praed's character was killed off at the end of the second series. Connery was born and raised in London. He is the son of Scottish actor Sean Connery (1930-) and his first wife, the Australian actress Diane Cilento (1933–2011). He attended Millfield School, a co-educational independent"
"June 19, 2015, in New York City. Donnell is a literary aficionado and a musician. He has two tattoos from his tour trips - one from Memphis and one from Dayton; which are five silhouettes of birds to represent his family, and a ""Fleur De Lis"", because his mom is French. Colin Donnell Colin Donnell (born October 9, 1982) is an American actor best known for his performances as Billy Crocker in ""Anything Goes"", Tommy Merlyn in The CW television series ""Arrow"", Scotty Lockhart on the Showtime drama ""The Affair"" and as Dr. Connor Rhodes in the NBC medical drama"
"1984, he once again capitalised on his brother's fame in ""Aces Go Places 3"" and made a comeback on the big screen as Mr. Bond. ""OK Connery"" was featured on ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"" (1998) under its alternative title, ""Operation Double 007"". For most of his life, he worked as a plasterer, until an accident in 1983 ended his career. He is married to Eleanor, with whom he has two daughters. Neil Connery Neil Niren Connery (born 1 January 1938) is a retired Scottish actor and the younger brother of actor Sir Sean Connery. Neil Niren Connery was born in"
"Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award. George Clooney George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, filmmaker and businessman. He is the recipient of three Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards, one for acting in ""Syriana"" (2006) and the other for co-producing ""Argo"" (2012). In 2018, he was the recipient of the AFI Live Achievement Award, at the age of 57. Clooney made his acting debut on television in 1978, and later gained wide recognition in his role as Dr. Doug Ross on the long-running medical drama ""ER,"" from 1994 to 1999, for which he received"
"were married on May 31, 2003 and have three children. Gregg Binkley Gregg Binkley (born March 20, 1963) is an American television actor. Binkley grew up in Topeka, Kansas, and graduated from Washburn Rural High School where he served as the class president of 1981. He is best known for his roles as Kenny James on the NBC sitcom ""My Name Is Earl"" and as Dan, the Del Taco spokesperson. He has also had guest spots on ""Gilmore Girls"", ""Malcolm in the Middle"", ""Sabrina, the Teenage Witch"", ""Yes, Dear"", ""The Drew Carey Show"", ""Full House"", and ""Wizards of Waverly Place""."
"producers turned to 30-year-old Sean Connery for five films. It is often reported that Connery won the role through a contest set up to ""find James Bond"". While this is untrue, the contest itself did exist, and six finalists were chosen and screen tested by Broccoli, Saltzman, and Fleming. The winner of the contest was a 28-year-old model named Peter Anthony, who, according to Broccoli, had a Gregory Peck quality, but proved unable to cope with the role. When Connery was invited to meet Broccoli and Saltzman he appeared scruffy and in unpressed clothes, but Connery ""put on an act"
"to Beijing"" in Russia. They married in 1996, and in June 1997 they had a son named Dashiell Quinn Connery. The couple divorced in 2002. Jason Connery Jason Joseph Connery (born 11 January 1963) is an English actor and director. He is the son of actor Sir Sean Connery. On screen, he is best known for appearing in the third series of the ITV drama programme ""Robin of Sherwood"" in 1986. He took over the main role after Michael Praed's character was killed off at the end of the second series. Connery was born and raised in London. He is"
"Shawn Hatosy Shawn Wayne Hatosy (born December 29, 1975) is an American film and television actor and director. He is best known for his roles in the films ""In & Out"", ""The Faculty"", ""Outside Providence"", ""Anywhere but Here"", """", ""The Cooler"", and ""Alpha Dog"". He is also known for his role as Detective Sammy Bryant on the TNT crime drama series ""Southland"" and is currently starring as Pope Cody in the TNT crime drama series, ""Animal Kingdom"", based on the Australian film of the same name. Shawn Hatosy was born in Ijamsville, Maryland, to Carol Ann (née Owens), a loan"
"in The Name of the Rose, the drama series based on the international bestseller novel of the same name by Umberto Eco, where he plays the role of Michele of Cesena. He is a tenor and studied opera singing at Conservatorio Giacomo Puccini in La Spezia. Corrado Invernizzi Corrado Invernizzi is an Italian actor, born in Genoa. In movies, he appeared in Vincere (directed by Marco Bellocchio) as a psychiatrist and as judge Pietro Calogero in directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. In theater, he appeared in The Coast of Utopia by Tom Stoppard also directed by Marco Tullio Giordana, in"
"and producing two new media series. Ramsey was born in Prague, Czech Republic and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He currently lives in Los Angeles County, California. Dylan Ramsey Dylan Ramsey is an American / Canadian actor and film producer, known for his portrayals of dark dramatic and comedically eccentric characters of diverse ethnicity. Recent major roles include the leading role of Ginger (a male cross-dressing prostitute) in HBO’s ""Donny & Ginger"", guest-starring as the ethereal suicide bomber Saaed Hotary on FX’s ""Nip/Tuck"" and the title role of Jack Belmont in ""Visual Purple"". He also starred in ""Air Crash Investigation's"""
"George Clooney George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, filmmaker and businessman. He is the recipient of three Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards, one for acting in ""Syriana"" (2006) and the other for co-producing ""Argo"" (2012). In 2018, he was the recipient of the AFI Live Achievement Award, at the age of 57. Clooney made his acting debut on television in 1978, and later gained wide recognition in his role as Dr. Doug Ross on the long-running medical drama ""ER,"" from 1994 to 1999, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. While"
"his injuries, his mobility was significantly limited for the rest of his life. In spite of this, O'Brien continued to work for another decade in the Italian film industry, almost exclusively for directors Lucio Fulci and Joe D'Amato. His last years included supporting roles in ""The Name of the Rose"" (1986) and ""The Devil's Daughter"" (1991). O'Brien was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques in France on 15 September 1930. His Irish-born father had been a US Army cavalry officer and left the service after being wounded in the Spanish–American War. His father then returned to Ireland with the pension he received"
"Ed McBain as influences, and is often praised for writing in a rich and introspective style of prose. John Connolly (author) John Connolly is an Irish writer who is best known for his series of novels starring private detective Charlie Parker. Connolly graduated with a BA in English from Trinity College, Dublin, and an M.A. in journalism from Dublin City University. Before becoming a full-time novelist, he worked as a journalist, a barman, a local government official, a waiter and a gofer at Harrods department store in London. After five years as a freelance journalist for ""The Irish Times"" newspaper,"
"Michael Feeney Callan Michael Feeney Callan is an Irish novelist and poet. An award winner for his short fiction, he joined BBC television drama as a story editor, and wrote screenplays for ""The Professionals"", and for American television. He wrote the template Irish police drama series, ""The Burke Enigma"", starring Donal McCann, and ""Love Is"", starring Gabriel Byrne, and went on to write and direct a number of television programmes, among them ""The Beach Boys Today"", a film that marked the band's 30th anniversary. He has published several novels and has written biographies of Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins and Richard"
"Robert Clohessy Robert Clohessy (born June 10, 1957) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Correctional Officer Sean Murphy on the HBO prison drama ""Oz"" from seasons 3-6, in addition to playing Warden Boss James Neary on the HBO crime drama ""Boardwalk Empire"" for the first two seasons and Lieutenant Sid Gormley on police drama ""Blue Bloods"". Clohessy was born in the Bronx, New York, the son of John Clohessy, a police officer. He graduated from SUNY Purchase. He fought in the 1975 Golden Gloves in Madison Square Garden. He graduated from Pearl River High School in"
"Sean Patrick Flanery Sean Patrick Flanery (born October 11, 1965) is an American actor and author, known for playing Connor MacManus in ""The Boondock Saints"", Greg Stillson in ""The Dead Zone"", Jeremy ""Powder"" Reed in ""Powder"", Indiana Jones in ""The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles"", as well as Bobby Dagen in ""Saw: The Final Chapter"". He is also known for his role as Sam Gibson on ""The Young and the Restless"" in 2011. He starred in ""Devil's Carnival"", a short film which was screened on tour beginning in April, 2012. In 2016, he released his first novel, Jane Two, a coming-of-age"
"from a former Indian government Drug Czar and opium farmer to a crusading Vancouver doctor and Portuguese street worker who daily confront the realities of drug addiction. We see how this flower has played, and continues to play, a pivotal role – not just in the lives of people who grow, manufacture and use it – but also in the increasingly tense sphere of international relations. In the process, our assumptions about addiction and the War on Drugs are challenged. Director: Peter D. Findlay Producer: Robert Lang Written by: Peter D. Findlay, Robert Lang Associate Producer / Researcher: Scott Calbeck"
"Sean Caffrey Sean Caffrey (born 15 April 1940 – died 25 April 2013) was an actor from Northern Ireland. The ""The Stage"" described as ""part of a generation of actors that came out of Northern Ireland in the 1960s to find prominence on British television,"" and the ""Belfast Telegraph"" called him ""a largely unsung professional, who was always in demand."" He is perhaps best remembered for his performances on television in such series as ""No Hiding Place"", ""Coronation Street"", ""Z-Cars"", ""Sutherland's Law"", ""Oil Strike North"", ""Survivors"", ""Doctor Who"" (in the serial ""Horror of Fang Rock""), ""The Professionals"", ""Minder"", ""Bergerac"", ""Children"
"Glenn Fitzgerald Glenn Fitzgerald (born December 21, 1971) is an American actor of stage, film, and television. Film roles include: Homicide Detective Anderson in Kathryn Bigelow's ""Detroit""; Lonnie, the son of Alan Alda and Lily Tomlin's characters, in David O. Russell's cult classic ""Flirting with Disaster""; Neil, the boy at the ""key party"" that goes home with Sigourney Weaver's character in Ang Lee's ""The Ice Storm""; the Hasidic scholar husband of Renee Zellweger's character in ""A Price Above Rubies""; the uptight assistant to Sean Connery's character in Gus Van Sant's ""Finding Forrester""; and the earnest antique dealer in love with"
"playing Connor Mulgrew in the eighth and ninth series of ""Waterloo Road"", as the son of Christine Mulgrew (Laurie Brett), a new English teacher then Headteacher. O'Meara left the programme in January 2014 before making two reappearances in March 2014. He has also played Sean Donoghue in the award winning BBC soap ""Doctors"" in 2015. In 2014, he appeared on the CBBC panel show ""The Dog Ate My Homework"". He also appeared in the award winning short ""Wifey Redux"" as a young Aiden McArdle in 2015. O’Meara is currently set to star in the movie adaption of Peter Flannery's best"
"taxi driver, and the couple live in his boss's basement. After the birth of their daughter Connie, they buy a home and move to suburban Paramus, New Jersey, adopting the surname Conehead. Beldar begins a new career, this time as a driving instructor. Meanwhile, Gorman gets a promotion and decides to leave the Coneheads' case to the agent replacing him. His promotion, however, is soon held-up by the case's extreme expense, forcing Gorman to continue until it's closed. Now a teenager, all Connie Conehead wants to do is fit in with her peers, much to the objections of her father,"
"as Lanie will never be able to get the job as she'll die before it begins. He also gives a prophecy of the death of a famous former baseball player in a plane crash. When Pete receives the news of the death of the baseball player, as foretold by Jack, he tries to call Lanie to warn her but can't reach her so he flies to New York. Lanie - unconcerned with Jack's prophecy - interviews her idol, famous media personality Deborah Connors (Stockard Channing). Lanie realizes how petty the opening questions are and shares a heartfelt moment with Deborah"