"in 2011, is taken from the police lineup scene of ""The Usual Suspects"". Bad Hat Harry Productions Bad Hat Harry Productions is an American film and television production company founded in 1994 by director Bryan Singer. It has produced such films as ""The Usual Suspects"" and the ""X-Men"" film series, as well as the television series ""House"". The name is an homage to Steven Spielberg and comes from a line uttered by Roy Scheider in the 1975 feature ""Jaws"". Martin Brody says to an elderly swimmer who teases him about not going in the water, ""That's some bad hat, Harry."""
"Bryan Singer Bryan Jay Singer (born September 17, 1965) is an American director, producer, and writer of film and television. He is the founder of Bad Hat Harry Productions and has produced or co-produced almost all of the films he has directed. Singer wrote and directed his first film in 1988 after graduating from university. His next film, ""Public Access"" (1993), was a co-winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival. In the mid-1990s, Singer received critical acclaim for directing the neo-noir crime thriller ""The Usual Suspects"" (1995), which starred Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin,"
"child sexual abuse in Hollywood. Bryan Singer Bryan Jay Singer (born September 17, 1965) is an American director, producer, and writer of film and television. He is the founder of Bad Hat Harry Productions and has produced or co-produced almost all of the films he has directed. Singer wrote and directed his first film in 1988 after graduating from university. His next film, ""Public Access"" (1993), was a co-winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival. In the mid-1990s, Singer received critical acclaim for directing the neo-noir crime thriller ""The Usual Suspects"" (1995), which starred Gabriel"
"with Eastwood, who liked the story and helped Pierce develop it into ""Sudden Impact"" (1983), the fourth entry in Eastwood's Dirty Harry film series. Pierce was given a writer's credit for the story along with Joseph C. Stinson. Pierce is said to have written the phrase, ""Go ahead, make my day,"" the film's most famous line, which went on to be identified as one of the ten best movie quotes of all-time by the American Film Institute. The phrase was inspired by something his father once told Pierce in his youth while encouraging his son to mow the lawn: ""When"
"a film icon, so much so that his nickname, ""Dirty Harry"", has entered the lexicon as slang for ruthless police officers. All of the ""Dirty Harry"" films feature Callahan killing criminals, mostly in gunfights. Phrases he utters in armed stand-offs, """"Go ahead, make my day"""" and """"[...] you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"""" have become iconic. As the 1971 film was criticized for carrying fascist, or at least authoritarian, undertones, the sequels attempted to be more balanced by pitting Harry against villains from a broader ideological spectrum; notably in 1973's ""Magnum"
"Bad Hat Harry Productions in association with Universal Media Studios for Fox. Paul Attanasio and Katie Jacobs, the heads of Heel and Toe Films; David Shore, the head of Shore Z Productions; and Bryan Singer, the head of Bad Hat Harry Productions, were executive producers of the program for its entirety. Lawrence Kaplow, Peter Blake, and Thomas L. Moran joined the staff as writers at the beginning of the first season after the making of the pilot episode. Writers Doris Egan, Sara Hess, Russel Friend, and Garrett Lerner joined the team at the start of season two. Friend and Lerner,"
"""Dirty Harry"" series, ""The Getaway"", ""The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"", ""The Godfather"" and ""Bonnie and Clyde"". In an interview, Hensleigh also stated the film pays homage to ""Mad Max"" and William Shakespeare's ""Othello"", though while he was inspired by ""Othello"", the characters were reversed for the film, making the Punisher the instigator of the jealousy which leads to Howard Saint murdering his best friend and wife. During shooting, Lionsgate (then known as Lions Gate Films) purchased Artisan. In an interview with Hensleigh, Hensleigh said that even though the film is distributed under the Lionsgate imprint, they had nothing"
"Bad Company (2002 film) Bad Company is a 2002 American-Czech action comedy thriller film directed by Joel Schumacher, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock. The film became somewhat famous for its connections to the September 11th terrorist attacks; amongst other things, it was the last major production to film inside the former World Trade Center. The film plot, written years before the attacks, involved a variety of Serbo-Balkan extremists (including a man from Afghanistan) planning a huge attack in New York City. The movie's release date was moved out of its late 2001 spot and"
"that the ""Galactica"" brand is a sleeping giant. It was a show I watched during its initial run, from the pilot to the final episode. The essence and the brand name is quite potent in a climate where there's a great deficit of sci-fi programming."" Singer eventually left the project, which was produced by another team on the Sci Fi Channel. In mid-2004, Singer was in negotiations to direct """" for Fox, when Singer agreed to direct ""Superman Returns"" for Warner Bros.. In consequence, Fox terminated its production deal with Bad Hat Harry Productions, Singer's production company. ""Superman Returns"" was"
"Dirty Harry Dirty Harry is a 1971 American action crime thriller film produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the ""Dirty Harry"" series. Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first outing as San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Inspector ""Dirty"" Harry Callahan. The film drew upon the actual case of the Zodiac Killer as the Callahan character seeks out a similar vicious psychopath. ""Dirty Harry"" was a critical and commercial success and set the style for a whole genre of police films. It was followed by four sequels: ""Magnum Force"" in 1973, ""The Enforcer"" in 1976, ""Sudden"
"of ""The 20 All Time Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture"" by ""Entertainment Weekly"". He was also ranked 42nd by ""Premiere"" magazine on their list of the ""100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time"". The character also received recognition from the American Film Institute. Callahan's trademark weapon, the Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum revolver, was named the second greatest movie weapon of all time, behind the lightsaber from ""Star Wars"". On AFI's ""100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes"", two of Dirty Harry's famous lines ranked 6th and 51st, respectively: The former phrase was borrowed by US President Ronald Reagan in"
"avenge herself and her catatonic sister by killing the people who sexually assaulted them. The film is notable for Callahan's catchphrase, ""Go ahead, make my day"". ""The Dead Pool"" (1988) was directed by Buddy Van Horn. Harry finds that he is among the subjects of a dead pool, a game betting on deaths of celebrities. Someone tries to rig the game by killing the celebrities on one player's list. After this film, Eastwood retired from playing the ""Dirty Harry"" character, as he felt his age (58 in 1988) would make Harry a parody. Frank Miller, creator of the ""Sin City"""
"Dirty Harry (character) Inspector Harold Francis Callahan, also known as Dirty Harry, is a fictional character in the ""Dirty Harry"" film series, which consists of ""Dirty Harry"" (1971), ""Magnum Force"" (1973), ""The Enforcer"" (1976), ""Sudden Impact"" (1983) and ""The Dead Pool"" (1988). Callahan is portrayed by Clint Eastwood in each film. From his debut, Callahan became the template for a new kind of movie cop: an antihero who does not hesitate to cross professional and ethical boundaries in pursuit of his own vision of justice, especially when the law is poorly served by an inept bureaucracy. Callahan is often considered"
"a March 1985 speech to the American Business Conference. Promising to veto any proposed tax rises, he challenged those who wanted them to: ""Go ahead, make my day."" It has also given its name to a law in Colorado, the Make My Day Law, which protects homeowners who use lethal force against intruders. Dirty Harry (character) Inspector Harold Francis Callahan, also known as Dirty Harry, is a fictional character in the ""Dirty Harry"" film series, which consists of ""Dirty Harry"" (1971), ""Magnum Force"" (1973), ""The Enforcer"" (1976), ""Sudden Impact"" (1983) and ""The Dead Pool"" (1988). Callahan is portrayed by Clint"
"crime. Filming for Dirty Harry began in April 1971 and involved some risky stunts, with much footage shot at night and filming the city of San Francisco aerially which the film series is renowned for. Dirty Harry is arguably Eastwood's most memorable character and the lines that Callahan utters when addressing a wounded bank robber are often cited amongst the most memorable in cinematic history (see box). The film has been cited with inventing the ""loose-cannon cop genre"" that is imitated to this day. Eastwood's tough, no-nonsense portrayal of Dirty Harry touched a cultural nerve with many who were fed"
"American film ""Dirty Harry"" is said to have inspired filmmakers to bring a more true-to-life representation of life ""behind the shield"" to the screen (It is probably no small coincidence that Lee later named his production company ""Magnum"", after Harry Callahan's weapon of choice). Lee's performance in the film earned him a Hong Kong Film Award, as well as a Golden Horse Award. The film also helped usher in a new version of the police drama with its own visual styles and trademarks, such as everything being painted in shades of grey, and tinged with social resonance and blows of"
"the Night-Time"", Dan Simmons in ""Hyperion Cantos"", Minette Walters in ""Fox Evil"" and Jason Matthews in ""Red Sparrow"". This usage is also evidenced in films and television programmes including ""Lawrence of Arabia"" (1962), ""Get Carter"" (1971), ""Razorback"" (1984), ""Hellraiser"" (1987), ""The Stand"" (1994), ""Michael Collins"" (1996), ""Dogma"" (1999), ""Notes on a Scandal"" (2006), ""Cranford"" (2008), ""The Bank Job"" (2008), ""Call the Midwife"" (2013), ""Community"" (2015), ""The Magnificent Seven (2016 film)"" and ""The Haunting of Hill House (TV series) (2018). Jesus wept ""Jesus wept"" (, ""edákrysen o Iesoús"" ""Jesus shed tears"") is a phrase famous for being the shortest verse in"
"The script and the main character were both named ""Sledge Hammer"". Despite his youth, Spencer had already written for Rodney Dangerfield and such television as ""The Facts of Life"" and ""One Day at a Time"". He sold his script upon the release of the fourth Dirty Harry movie ""Sudden Impact"" and the popularity of NBC's ""Dirty Harry""-inspired action series ""Hunter""; the latter property created demand for a satirical police television show. When HBO approached Leonard B. Stern, former producer of ""Get Smart"", about developing such a show, Stern recommended Spencer's ""Sledge Hammer!"" idea. Spencer quickly reworked his script for a"
"take place weeks or maybe months apart."" Roger Ebert was more positive; while noting that the film was ""implausible"" with ""a cardboard villain"", he also praised it as ""a Dirty Harry movie with only the good parts left in"" and ""a great audience picture"". ""Sudden Impact"" is best remembered for Harry's catchphrase, ""Go ahead, make my day"". United States President Ronald Reagan used the ""make my day"" line in a March 1985 speech threatening to veto legislation raising taxes. When campaigning for office as mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, in 1986, Eastwood used bumper stickers entitled ""Go Ahead — Make Me"
"than The Rolling Stones."" In the 1983 film ""Never Cry Wolf"", the hero sings the song. Similarly, in the 2001 time-travel comedy ""Kate & Leopold"", Leopold sings the song; however, the scene is anachronistic in that ""The Pirates of Penzance"" premiered in 1879, ""after"" Leopold had already left his own time of 1876. A nonsense pastiche of the song in 2017 film ""Despicable Me 3"", sung by Minions, was uploaded to YouTube by Illumination Entertainment as a singalong challenge; the video has been viewed more than 15 million times. The song, or parts of it, has been sung in numerous"
"Sportsman of the Year, Woodruff Cup, Viking Rowing, Rings: NY Giants (2007, 2010) NO Saints (2009) SF Giants (2010, 2012) USA Basketball (2010, 2012) LA Kings (2012, 2014) LA Galaxy (2012) Seattle Seahawks (2012) The retailer has earned mentions in various works, most notably in the title of the 1958 Truman Capote novella ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"", famously adapted as a 1961 film of the same name starring Audrey Hepburn, which in turn prompted a 1966 musical flop. The Hepburn film was later invoked in the refrain of a 1995 alternative rock song. In the 1974 song ""Hotel California"" by the"
"million, and Pierce followed that success with several inexpensive, regional films set in the southern United States, including ""The Town That Dreaded Sundown"", based on the true story of the Phantom Killer murders in Texarkana. Pierce continued directing films into the 1980s, when he wrote the story for the Clint Eastwood film ""Sudden Impact"". For that screenplay, he is said to have written the phrase, ""Go ahead, make my day,"" which became one of the most famous movie quotes in history. After years of pressure from producers, Pierce directed a ""Boggy Creek"" sequel, """", which he considered the worst film"
"""The Badger Song"" shows a group doing calisthenics; in ""Pokémon"", Typhlosion and Linoone are based on badgers. Walt Disney's 1973 film ""Robin Hood"", depicts the character of Friar Tuck as a badger. In the ""Doctor Snuggles"" series, Dennis the handyman, was a badger. In Weird Al Yankovic’s 1989 film UHF, one scene shows Raul Hernandez checking off a shipment of animals he’s receiving against the order form, giving him an opportunity to parody a famous quote from both the 1948 movie The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and the subsequent 1974 Mel Brooks film Blazing Saddles: “Badgers? Badgers? We don’t"
"Hat Harry Productions deal with the studio. Singer still received directorial credit due to a Directors Guild of America ruling that only a sole director can receive credit. At the end of January 2017, Singer signed on to direct an action adventure pilot in the X-Men Universe from 20th TV and Marvel Television, that pilot being for ""The Gifted,"" which would be broadcast on Fox. Singer is openly bisexual, and has said that growing up Jewish and a sexual minority influenced his movies. In October 2014, it was confirmed he was expecting a child with actress Michelle Clunie. They later"
"in the 1995 film ""Hackers"", at time 01:03:03 The verse is quoted by former slave trader Rodrigo Mendoza (Robert De Niro), when he is admitted into the Jesuit order in the 1986 film ""The Mission"". U.S. President Barack Obama referenced verse 11 in his to the nation on January 20, 2009. The verse is quoted by Dakin Matthews in the 1991 film, ""Child's Play 3"" This verse is quoted by the character Wilson in the sitcom Home Improvement|""Home Improvement"" on the episode ""For Whom the Belch Tolls"" The verse is quoted by Todd Rundgren in the song ""Real Man"" from"
"John Belushi, appearing in a ""Saturday Night Live"" sketch as Vito Corleone in a therapy session expressing his inner feelings towards the Tattaglia Family, says, ""Also, they shot my son Santino 56 times"". In the television show ""The Sopranos"", Tony Soprano's topless bar is named Bada Bing, echoing the line in ""The Godfather"" when Sonny Corleone says, ""You've gotta get up close like this and bada-bing! You blow their brains all over your nice Ivy League suit."" The film has been parodied several times on the animated television series ""The Simpsons"". In the season three episode ""Lisa's Pony"" Lisa wakes"
"is also the most honored of the Warner directors, having won five Academy Awards and three Emmy Awards. After Warners shut down the animation studio in 1963, Freleng and business partner David H. DePatie founded DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, which produced cartoons (notably those for ""The Pink Panther Show""), feature film title sequences, and Saturday-morning cartoons through the early 1980s. The nickname ""Friz"" came from his friend, Hugh Harman, who initially nicknamed him ""Congressman Frizby"" after a fictional senator who appeared in satirical pieces in the ""Los Angeles Examiner"". Over time, this shortened to ""Friz"". Freleng was born to a Jewish family"
"Father Hood"", he took David Beckham in 2007, and in 2008 he took Larry King on ""Larry King Live"". The Notorious B.I.G. mentions Roscoe's in his song ""Going Back to Cali,"" as does rapper Lil' Boosie in his song ""California Love."" The chain was also mentioned on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and in the 2007 novel ""Casanegra"". Childish Gambino also mentions Roscoe's in several songs. In the show Workaholics one of the characters mentions Roscoe's. Roscoe's is alluded to repeatedly in the 2009 blaxploitation parody ""Black Dynamite"", which features a gunfight set at a ""Roscoe's Chili and Donuts"". Roscoe,"
"Happy Madison Productions Happy Madison Productions is an American film and television production company founded in 1999 by Adam Sandler which is best known for its comedy films. Happy Madison takes its name from the films ""Happy Gilmore"" and ""Billy Madison"", two box office successes starring Sandler himself, both produced by Robert Simonds. The elderly man depicted in the production logo is Sandler's late father, Stanley, who also says the accompanying audio, ""Terrific."" In addition to various Sandler-produced films, the company has also released films produced by others, such as Steven Brill (""Little Nicky"", ""Mr. Deeds""), Dennis Dugan (""The Benchwarmers"","
"United States alone and made Sandler a successful actor with ""The Waterboy"" becoming his second $100 million film in a year, along with ""The Wedding Singer"". The company's production office is located in the Judy Garland Building on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City while its corporate and parent company offices (Happy Madison, Inc.) are located in Manchester, New Hampshire run by Adam's brother Scott. Happy Madison's films have, for the most part, received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics. The production company has put out three films considered to be some of the worst ever made. Happy Madison"
"Peters re-teamed with Singer for ""Apocalypse"". In 2015, Singer, Bad Hat Harry Productions, and Same Name Productions started to collaborate on a documentary project with Guy Shalem. The documentary was set to explore the Israeli–Palestinian conflict through the vantage point of a dynamic Arab-Israeli activist. In 2016, Fox announced that Singer would direct its version of ""20,000 Leagues under the Sea"", after having been asked to participate on the elaboration of the movie's script. After the release of ""X-Men: Apocalypse"", Singer expressed interest in directing a solo Mystique film starring Jennifer Lawrence. In November 2016, it was announced that Singer"
"replies, ""Pal? They're already making movies about it."" ""Dirty Harry"" helped popularize the Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolver, chambered for the powerful .44 Magnum cartridge, and initiated an increase in sales of the handgun. In 2010, artist James Georgopoulos included the screen-used guns from ""Dirty Harry"" in his Guns of Cinema series. Notes Bibliography Dirty Harry Dirty Harry is a 1971 American action crime thriller film produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the ""Dirty Harry"" series. Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first outing as San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Inspector ""Dirty"" Harry Callahan."
"Bedford Falls Productions Bedford Falls Productions (or The Bedford Falls Company) is the production company of Marshall Herskovitz, the co-creator of the television series ""thirtysomething"" and ""Once and Again"", and the producer of ""Legends of the Fall"" and ""Blood Diamond"". The company is also known for producing the series ""My So-Called Life"", and the Academy Award-winning films ""Shakespeare in Love"" and ""Traffic"". In honor of the 1946 film ""It's a Wonderful Life""; the Bedford Falls Company was named after the fictional town, and an overhead view of a facsimile of the Bailey household appears in the production logo, which also"