"visitors have included Henry Kissinger, Jamie Farr, John Denver, President Gerald Ford, King Olav V of Norway, and Gladys Knight. Knight starred in one of two movies about the pipeline construction, ""Pipe Dreams"". The other film was ""Joyride"", and both were critically panned. Other films, such as ""On Deadly Ground"" and ""30 Days of Night"", refer to the pipeline or use it as a plot device. The Alistair Maclean novel, ""Athabasca"", published 1980, also deals with a sabotage threat against both the Alaska Pipeline and the Athabasca tar sands in Canada. The pipeline has also inspired various forms of artwork."
"Pipe Dreams (1976 film) Pipe Dreams is a 1976 film starring soul singer Gladys Knight in her acting debut as a woman who attempts to regain the love of her husband played by real-life spouse Barry Hankerson. In this drama, her husband must choose between reuniting with her or giving in to pressure of the local boss, Mike Thompson played by Wayne Tippit. Bruce French, Sally Kirkland and Altovise Davis (wife of Sammy Davis Jr) round out the cast. Gladys Knight received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star Of The Year (Actress). ""So Sad the Song"" from ""Pipe Dreams,"
"The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"" earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song (Motion Picture). Pipe Dreams (1976 film) Pipe Dreams is a 1976 film starring soul singer Gladys Knight in her acting debut as a woman who attempts to regain the love of her husband played by real-life spouse Barry Hankerson. In this drama, her husband must choose between reuniting with her or giving in to pressure of the local boss, Mike Thompson played by Wayne Tippit. Bruce French, Sally Kirkland and Altovise Davis (wife of Sammy Davis Jr) round out the cast. Gladys Knight received a Golden"
"the successful film ""Claudine"" with producer Curtis Mayfield. The act was particularly successful in Europe, and especially the United Kingdom. However, a number of the Buddah singles became hits in the UK long after their success in the US. For example, ""Midnight Train to Georgia"" hit the UK pop charts Top 5 in the summer of 1976, a full three years after its success in the U.S. During this period of greater recognition, Knight made her motion picture acting debut in the film, "" Pipe Dreams,"" a romantic drama set in Alaska. The film failed at the box-office, but Knight"
"Gladys Knight Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the ""Empress of Soul"", is an American singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian and author. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which included her brother Merald ""Bubba"" Knight and her cousins Edward Patten and William Guest. Knight has recorded two number-one Billboard Hot 100 singles (""Midnight Train to Georgia"" and ""That's What Friends Are For""), eleven number-one R&B singles, and six number-one R&B albums. She has won seven Grammy"
"1963, after having her only daughter, Kenya, Knight returned to recording with the Pips in order to support her family. In the early 1960s, Gladys, James, and the Pips moved to Detroit, Michigan. Knight and her family lived on Sherbourne in Sherwood Forest, an upscale neighborhood on Detroit's West Side. She also resided on LaSalle Avenue for a time. Her children attended Gesu Catholic Grade School. After being separated seven years, Knight divorced Newman in 1973, and he died only a few years later. In 1974, Knight married producer and Blackground Records founder Barry Hankerson, who is the uncle of"
"of production, rendering it child pornography under U.K. law. Examples of traditional WiP films set in the U.S. include: ""The Concrete Jungle"" (1982), and ""Chained Heat"" (1983) with Linda Blair, Tamara Dobson and Sybil Danning, ""Cell Block Sisters"" (1995), ""Caged Hearts"" (1995), ""Bad Girls Dormitory"" (1985), ""Under Lock & Key"", ""Caged Fear"" (1991), ""Caged"" (1950), ""Freeway"" (1996) with Reese Witherspoon and Brittany Murphy, and ""Stranger Inside"" (2001). American tourists are incarcerated overseas in ""Chained Heat 2"" (1993) with Brigitte Nielsen and ""Red Heat"" (1985) with Linda Blair. Both films are about innocent women who are thrown into foreign prisons and"
"did receive a Golden Globe Best New Actress nomination. Knight and the Pips continued to have hits until the late 1970s, when they were forced to record separately due to legal issues, resulting in Knight's first solo LP recordings--""Miss Gladys Knight"" (1978) on Buddah and ""Gladys Knight"" (1979) on Columbia Records. Having divorced James Newman II in 1973, Knight married Barry Hankerson (uncle of future hip/hop, R&B singer Aaliyah), then Detroit mayor Coleman Young's executive aide. Knight and Hankerson remained married for four years, during which time they had a son, Shanga Ali. Upon their divorce, Hankerson and Knight were"
"2016 and 2017. In 1976, Knight made her acting debut as the lead in the film ""Pipe Dreams"" for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress. In 2003, she had a short role in the movie ""Hollywood Homicide,"" which starred Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett. In 2009, Knight was featured in Tyler Perry's ""I Can Do Bad All By Myself,"" the film version of a play he had dramatized, and performed her song ""The Need To Be"" from the 1974 album ""I Feel a Song."" Knight starred in her own"
"""Singer of Songs"" by Janie Fricke. The films follows the life of Miggy (John Lloyd Cruz) and Laida (Sarah Geronimo) after their break-up which occur after the events of the second film. Miggy is now in a relationship with Belle (Isabelle Daza) while Laida, on the other hand, becomes a fiercer woman after living in the United States. They attempt to co-exist in the same company; at the same time Laida tries to oppose Miggy's business decision. See also the single """"It Takes a Man and a Woman"""" in the 1978 album ""Pleasure Train"" by Teri DeSario. A Very Special"
"critical acclaim for her performance. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: As of December 2018, the film holds a rating of 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 20 reviews. Sweet Dreams (1985 film) Sweet Dreams is a 1985 American biographical film which tells the story of country music singer Patsy Cline. The film was written by Robert Getchell and directed by Karel Reisz. It stars Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth, David Clennon, James Staley, Gary Basaraba, John Goodman, and P. J. Soles. The film was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress (Jessica Lange)."
"Rhythm of the Islands Rhythm of the Islands, also known as Isle of Romance, is a 1943 American film directed by Roy William Neill starring Jane Frazee. Two ambitious guys from Brooklyn, Tommy Jones and Eddie Dolan, get the idea of buying a tropical island in the South Pacific to exploit as a tourist paradise. They go there and start rounding up customers on the beach, to bring to native shows they set up with the help of the locals. The plan is to turn the idea into a tourist trap so they can sell it for a good profit,"
"Arizona Dream Arizona Dream is a 1993 French-American surrealist indie comedy drama film co-written and directed by Emir Kusturica, and starring Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Lili Taylor and Vincent Gallo. This is the only Kusturica film about America. Axel (Johnny Depp) has a dream about an Eskimo who catches a rare halibut and brings it back to his family in an igloo. Axel's cousin Paul (Vincent Gallo) coaxes Axel from his job tagging fish in New York City to Arizona to attend his uncle Leo's (Jerry Lewis) trophy wedding to a much younger woman (Paulina Porizkova). His uncle"
"with foreclosures and unemployment. The American Dream, and the sometimes dark response to it, has been a long-standing theme in American film. Many counterculture films of the 1960s and 1970s ridiculed the traditional quest for the American Dream. For example, ""Easy Rider"" (1969), directed by Dennis Hopper, shows the characters making a pilgrimage in search of ""the true America"" in terms of the hippie movement, drug use, and communal lifestyles. Scholars have explored the American Dream theme in the careers of numerous political leaders, including Henry Kissinger, Hillary Clinton, Benjamin Franklin, and Abraham Lincoln. The theme has been used for"
"his first American hit song ""Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight"" written by Al Sherman and Al Lewis. Pierre Mirande (Maurice Chevalier) is a Venetian tour guide from a poor French family who falls in love with Barbara Billings (Claudette Colbert), a wealthy American tourist. Barbara loves Pierre in return, but her suitor Ronnie (Frank Lyon) and her father (George Barbier) see him as a fortune hunter. Barbara's mother (Marion Ballou) persuades her husband to give Pierre a job in his chewing-gum factory in the States. Despite living in a dingy boardinghouse and being given the hardest job"
"lifetime: the first, ""Appalachian Pride"", released in 1975, ""Press On"" (1999), and ""Wildwood Flower"", the latter released posthumously in 2003 and produced by her son, John Carter Cash. ""Appalachian Pride"" is the only one of the three on which Johnny Cash does not perform, while ""Press On"" is notable for featuring June Carter Cash singing her original arrangement of ""Ring of Fire"". One of her final appearances was a nonspeaking/nonsinging appearance in the music video for her husband's 2003 single, ""Hurt"", filmed a few months before her death. One of her last known public appearances was on April 7, 2003,"
"Jamboree (1957 film) Jamboree, known as Disc Jockey Jamboree in the United Kingdom, is the name of a black and white 1957 rock and roll film, directed by Roy Lockwood. Its story is about a boy and girl, Pete Porter and Honey Wynn, played by Paul Carr and Freda Holloway, who become overnight sensations as a romantic singing duo who run into trouble when their squabbling managers, played by Kay Medford and Bob Pastine, try to turn them into solo acts. Against this backdrop in cameo performances appear some of the biggest names of rock and roll in the 1950s"
"Rib"" (1949) and ""Pat and Mike"" (1952). Both films were directed by George Cukor. The couple were close friends of Hepburn and Tracy, and incorporated elements of their real personalities in the films. Gordon and Kanin received Academy Awards nominations for both of those screenplays, as well as for that of a prior film, ""A Double Life"" (1947), which was also directed by Cukor. ""The Actress"" (1953) was Gordon's film adaptation of her own autobiographical play, ""Years Ago"", filmed by MGM with Jean Simmons portraying the girl from Quincy, Massachusetts, who convinced her sea captain father to let her go"
"Rickards tells the story of a German prisoner who escaped the colony. Director Frank Borzage's 1940 film ""Strange Cargo"" stars Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Ian Hunter, Peter Lorre, and Albert Dekker in the story of several convicts (and one woman) who escape from Devil's Island and are led by a man (Hunter) who may or may not be the personification of God. Lorre is a bounty hunter in hot pursuit of the convicts and Crawford. Devil's Island is also the title of a song by musical group CocoRosie, featured as a hidden track on the album Tales of a GrassWidow."
"North American rentals of $19.1 million. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: The Criterion Collection released the film on Blu-ray and DVD on May 19, 2015. The Rose (film) The Rose is a 1979 American drama film which tells the story of a self-destructive 1960s rock star who struggles to cope with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager. The film stars Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, Barry Primus, and David Keith. The story is loosely based on the life of singer Janis Joplin."
"2007, Knight received the Society of Singers ELLA Award at which time she was declared the ""Empress of Soul"". She is listed on Rolling Stone's list of the Greatest Singers of All Time. Gladys Knight has won seven Grammys with twenty-two nominations altogether. Gladys Knight Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the ""Empress of Soul"", is an American singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian and author. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which included her brother Merald"
"throughout the 1960s. In the U.S., a post-WW2 tendency toward questioning the establishment and societal norms and the early activism of the civil rights movement was reflected in Hollywood films such as ""Blackboard Jungle"" (1955), ""On the Waterfront"" (1954), Paddy Chayefsky's ""Marty"" and Reginald Rose's ""12 Angry Men"" (1957). Disney continued making animated films, notably; ""Cinderella"" (1950), ""Peter Pan"" (1953), ""Lady and the Tramp"" (1955), and ""Sleeping Beauty"" (1959). He began, however, getting more involved in live action films, producing classics like ""20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"" (1954), and ""Old Yeller"" (1957). Television began competing seriously with films projected in"
"which the older sister dons her father's shaman regalia and casts a hex on the gang. The bikers soon start arguably departing this world in not so natural ways. It has also been released under the titles ""Charms"" and ""The Shrieking"". The film is currently released as ""Charms"" on DVD by Smooth Motion Pictures Inc. Hex (1973 film) Hex is a 1973 American horror film filmed on Cheyenne River Indian Reservation starring Keith Carradine, Dan Haggerty, Gary Busey, Hillarie Thompson and Christina Raines (billed as Tina Herazo). The film was initially publicized under the title ""Grass Land"". According to Phil"
"12 months of the film's release. Pathé agreed, and Filmgroup released it through AIP. The role of Mora the Mermaid (played by Lawson) was originally to be played by Susan Harrison, who had been the lead in ""Sweet Smell of Success"" (1957). Harrison, at the time a friend of director Harrington, initially agreed to take the role, but then reneged due to a personal relationship. Night Tide Night Tide is a 1961 thriller film, written and directed by Curtis Harrington and starring Dennis Hopper. It was filmed in 1960, premiered in 1961, but was held up from general release until"
"pop singer loosely based on Motown star Diana Ross. The story explores the life of The Dreams (based on The Supremes), a fictional 1960s group of three female singers: Effie White (Jennifer Hudson), Deena Jones and Lorrell Robinson (Anika Noni Rose), whose manager Curtis Taylor (based on Berry Gordy and played by Jamie Foxx) manipulates their personal and professional relationships. During the second half of the film, Curtis and Deena argue at dinner over Deena's desire to make her film debut in an urban film instead of the ""Cleopatra"" prequel that Curtis is producing. An angry Curtis asserts his creative"
"curly hair led her to being cast as an ethnic character, such as a Latina, Middle Easterner, Native American, or Gypsy. She is perhaps best known for playing the Native American maid of Bette Davis in ""Beyond the Forest"". She also appeared as an Arab girl opposite Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in ""Road to Morocco"" in 1942. In 1944 she appeared as a lead role as a big band singer in a B-movie titled ""Hot Rhythm"", which also featured Irene Ryan (Granny from ""The Beverly Hillbillies"") as a ditsy secretary. Drake had a notable ""non-ethnic"", non-musical role as the"
"Pictures (AIP), and imitated in turn by numerous other studios. AIP produced a series of seven beach films:""Beach Party"" (1963), ""Muscle Beach Party"" (1963), ""Bikini Beach"" (1964), ""Pajama Party"" (1964), ""Beach Blanket Bingo"" (1965), ""How to Stuff a Wild Bikini"" (1965), and ""The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini"" (1966). The 1965 AIP film ""Ski Party"" (with Dwayne Hickman, Yvonne Craig, Lesley Gore and James Brown) is also notable for employing many of the same actors and schticks, only transplanted to a ski resort in the Sawtooth National Forest. Susan Hart, wife of AIP co-founder James H. Nicholson, was in ""The"
"Night Tide Night Tide is a 1961 thriller film, written and directed by Curtis Harrington and starring Dennis Hopper. It was filmed in 1960, premiered in 1961, but was held up from general release until 1963. The film was restored by the Academy Film Archive in 2007. Seaman Johnny Drake (Dennis Hopper), while on shore leave in San Diego, meets a girl named Mora (Linda Lawson) in a local jazz club. Mora tells him that she makes her living appearing as a mermaid in a sideshow attraction on the boardwalk, operated by a Captain Murdock (Gavin Muir). She lives in"
"brother fight back, and are quite cunning, having stolen, by the film's end, the woman's valuable jewelry. Roo dies in a fire the children set while trying to escape. Other examples of the genre are the 1965 UK films ""The Nanny"", starring Bette Davis in the lead role as the said nanny, and ""Fanatic"" with Tallulah Bankhead, released in the US as ""Die! Die! My Darling"". Later films like ""Mommie Dearest"" (1981) and ""Requiem for a Dream"" (2000) also contain elements of the psycho-biddy genre in their respective portrayals of aged women who descend into mental instability. Psycho-biddy Psycho-biddy is"
"in the US only making $1.6 million in rentals. Yanks Yanks is a 1979 drama film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Lisa Eichhorn and Tony Melody. The film is set during the Second World War in Northern England and features no combat scenes. The film depicts the relationships between American soldiers stationed in semi-rural England and the local population during the build-up to Operation Overlord in 1944. In particular, three romances between US service personnel and local women are shown, in order to explore the effects of the cultural differences between the brash"
"Normal Life Normal Life is a 1996 American crime drama film based on the real lives of husband and wife bank robbers, Jeffrey and Jill Erickson. The film stars Ashley Judd and Luke Perry and was directed by John McNaughton. Chris (Luke Perry), a young police officer meets the attractive and sexy Pamela (Ashley Judd) and immediately falls in love with her. Even her drug and alcohol problems cannot affect his mad love for her and they decide to marry. As the relationship continues, more problems arise. Their passionate love is accompanied by destructive fights and Pam's emotional problems start"
"with Lou Doillon, Stephen Rea, and Chloë Sevigny in the leading roles. Sisters (1973 film) Sisters (released as Blood Sisters in the United Kingdom) is a 1972 American psychological horror-slasher film directed by Brian De Palma and starring Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, and Charles Durning. The plot focuses on a French Canadian model whose separated conjoined twin is suspected of a brutal murder witnessed by a newspaper reporter in Staten Island. Co-written by De Palma and Louisa Rose, the screenplay for the film was inspired by the Soviet Siamese twins Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova and features narrative and visual references"
"Lollobrigida in ""Trapeze"" (1956). It was one of the biggest hits of the year. Curtis made a Western, ""The Rawhide Years"" (1957); was a gambler in ""Mister Cory"" (1957); and was a cop in ""The Midnight Story"" (1957). Lancaster asked for him again, to play scheming press agent Sidney Falco in ""Sweet Smell of Success"" (1957), starring and co-produced by Lancaster. The film was a box office disappointment, but Curtis, for the first time in his career, received sensational reviews. Another star-maker was eager to work with him - Kirk Douglas - in ""The Vikings"" (1958). Janet Leigh also starred,"