"In which film does Jack Nicholson persistently write""Allwork and no play makes Jack a dull boy""?"
"a green screen and upload it to their website so that anyone can do their own version of the video and upload it. Dull Boy ""Dull Boy"" is a single from American band Mudvayne's 2007 album ""By the People, For the People"", later included on the band's 2008 studio album ""The New Game"". At the beginning of the song, Chad Gray repeats ""All work and no play makes me a dull boy"" four times, elevating his voice from a whisper to a scream with each repetition. This is a reference to ""The Shining"". The band has stated in numerous interviews"
"Jack Nicholson John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American actor and film-maker who has performed for over sixty years. He is known for playing a wide range of starring or supporting roles, including satirical comedy, romance, and dark portrayals of anti-heroes and villainous characters. In many of his films, he has played the ""eternal outsider, the sardonic drifter"", someone who rebels against the social structure. His most known and celebrated films include the road drama ""Easy Rider"" (1969); the dramas ""Five Easy Pieces"" (1970) and ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" (1975); the comedy-dramas ""The Last Detail"""
"(1973), ""Terms of Endearment"" (1983), ""As Good as It Gets"" (1997), ""About Schmidt"" (2002), and ""The Bucket List"" (2007); the neo-noir mystery ""Chinatown"" (1974); the horror film ""The Shining"" (1980); the biopic ""Reds"" (1981); the fantasy comedy ""The Witches of Eastwick"" (1987); the superhero film ""Batman"" (1989) as the Joker; the legal drama ""A Few Good Men"" (1992); the romantic horror film ""Wolf"" (1994); the science fiction comedy ""Mars Attacks!"" (1996); the comedy ""Anger Management"" (2003); the romantic comedy ""Something's Gotta Give"" (2003); and the crime drama ""The Departed"" (2006). Nicholson has not acted in a film since ""How Do"
"""reveals the director's apparent adoration of his star [Weld], whom he studies in every possible light and color combination, and in every possible camera setup, often orchestrated with fine, corny songs out of the 1940s and 1950s on the order of Charles Trenet's ""La Mer"" and ""Vous Qui Passez Sans Me Voir."" ""Variety"" said the film's ""deliberate experimentation puts a heavy burden upon the viewer."" Its writer-director ""has plunged in over his own depth."" A Safe Place A Safe Place is a 1971 film written and directed by Henry Jaglom and starring Tuesday Weld, Orson Welles, and Jack Nicholson. A"
"elderly John Belushi as the last living ""Not Ready For Primetime Player"" and dancing on the graves of his deceased castmembers. (Ironically, Belushi would be the first ""SNL"" cast member to die, four years after the film first aired.) Another favorite was ""Java Junkie"", a send-up of a 1950s-style cautionary film about a coffee addict (played by Peter Aykroyd). Schiller wrote and directed the short film ""Love Is a Dream"" for ""SNL"" with producer/cinematographer Neal Marshad and starring Phil Hartman and Jan Hooks. Schiller also wrote and directed a feature film, ""Nothing Lasts Forever"" (1984). The film, which has never"
"comic films like this one, balancing drama with comedy, which attracted families and other fans. ""The New York Times"" gave ""Never a Dull Moment"" a largely negative review, calling it ""good-natured"" but claiming that ""most of it seems mighty strenuous and over-worked."" Times reviewer Howard Thompson saved most of his praise for the cartoon that accompanied the film, a reissue of Disney's ""Three Little Pigs"" from 1933. Never a Dull Moment (1968 film) Never a Dull Moment is a 1968 American comedy crime film from Walt Disney Productions starring Dick Van Dyke and Edward G. Robinson and directed by Jerry"
"Productions) -- and gave us ""Easy Rider"", ""Five Easy Pieces"", ""The Last Picture Show"" and ""Hearts and Minds"", and lamenting the absence of such risk-taking companies today."" ""Five Easy Pieces"" was written by Rafelson and Carole Eastman (under the alias Adrien Joyce) and starred Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, and Susan Anspach. Nicholson plays Bobby Dupea, a gifted classical piano player who works on an oil rig in California and spends most of his time drinking beer and bowling with his put-upon girlfriend Rayette (Black). Bobby is constantly dissatisfied and a non-conformist, stating: ""I move around a lot. Not because I'm"
"A Safe Place A Safe Place is a 1971 film written and directed by Henry Jaglom and starring Tuesday Weld, Orson Welles, and Jack Nicholson. A young woman, named Noah, lives alone in a small apartment New York City. She is a mentally disturbed flower child, who retreats into her past, yearning for lost innocence. She recalls her childhood, searching for a ""safe place."" As a child, whose real birth name was Susan, she met a charismatic magician in Central Park who presented her with magical objects: a levitating silver ball, a star ring, and a Noah's ark. In the"
"best film, stating ""what Brooks manages to do with [the characters] as they struggle mightily to connect with one another is funny, painful, beautiful, and basically truthful—a triumph for everyone involved."" It also ranked 140 in ""Empire"" 2008 list of ""The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time"". Brooks cast Jack Nicholson in both ""Terms of Endearment"" and ""As Good as It Gets"" with the actor taking an Academy Award for each role. Brooks did not direct and write a film again for seven years until 2004's ""Spanglish"". Filming took six months, ending in June with three days of additional filming"
"Never a Dull Moment (1968 film) Never a Dull Moment is a 1968 American comedy crime film from Walt Disney Productions starring Dick Van Dyke and Edward G. Robinson and directed by Jerry Paris. The script by AJ Carothers was based on a novel by John Godey. The supporting cast features Dorothy Provine, Henry Silva, Slim Pickens and Jack Elam. Master cartoonist Floyd Gottfredson created a comic strip, ""Astro Pooch"", to be used as a prop in the film. It was re-released theatrically on April 15, 1977 on a double bill with a re-edited version of ""The Three Caballeros"" (1945)"
"Never Say Quit Never Say Quit is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Edward Dillon. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. As described in a film magazine, Reginald Jones (Walsh) is a jinx and is always getting stung. One of his stunts is to butt in when he sees a woman being ill-treated, and in one adventure is decoyed into a badger game. As a consequence, he loses a fortune when he is unable to attend the funeral of an aunt. He goes to sea on a schooner and the passengers include a"
"major recurring role, appearing in 25 episodes over the next 4 seasons. During this time, Jacobson also worked on several other series including ""NCIS"", ""Southland (TV series)"", """", and ""Rizzoli & Isles"". His career continued with roles on TV's """", ""Shameless"" and ""Modern Family"", and in feature films like ""Celeste & Jesse Forever"" and the 2013 Steve Jobs biopic ""Jobs"", starring Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, and J. K. Simmons. Following his final season on ""Nurse Jackie"", Jacobson shared with his cast-mates a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, his first major"
"written by Jacob Brackman, from a story by Rafelson and Brackman, and starred Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Julia Anne Robinson, Scatman Crothers and Charles Lavine. The title refers to the original Atlantic City version of the Monopoly game board, where the misspelled and misplaced ""Marvin Gardens"" was one of the Yellow squares in the children's game of capitalistic success. In the film, Nicholson plays David Staebler, a melancholy Philadelphia disk jockey who tells long, angst ridden stories of his childhood over the radio and lives with his elderly Grandfather (Lavine). David receives a call from his extroverted con"
"Nick Nolte and Sissy Spacek. Tepper also produced and wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film, ""Grilled"", starring Ray Romano, Kevin James and Sofia Vergara. William Tepper died of a heart attack on October 4, 2017, at the age of 69. William Tepper William Tepper (June 27, 1948 – October 4, 2017) was an American actor and screenwriter. He was best known for his lead role in the 1971 movie, ""Drive, He Said"", which also marked Jack Nicholson's debut as a film director. Tepper and Nicholson traveled to the 1971 Cannes Film Festival for the film's debut. Tepper's other film"
"down again. Being born to enact and endure [an] eternal cycle of arousal-activity-rest, without any meaningful progress being achieved, is the sin that afflicts A-B."" In 1965 Paul Joyce made a poignant film of the play titled ""The Goad"" featuring Freddie Jones and Geoffrey Hinscliff. It was published in a limited edition (500 copies) of ""Nothing Doing in London"" [No. 1] (London: Anthony Barnett, 1966). NBC in America broadcast a version of ""Act without Words II"" in 1966, directed by Alan Schneider. In the ""Beckett on Film"" project, the play was filmed as if it were a 1920s era black"
"vehicle. After some initial business attracted by his name on the marquee, film is fated for pay-cable use."" Film Four's review stated: ""Sold on the proven teamwork of director Rafelson and actor Nicholson -- who had previously worked together on ""Five Easy Pieces"", ""The King of Marvin Gardens"" and ""The Postman Always Rings Twice"" -- this romantic comedy proved to be one of their least inspired collaborations. Nicholson plays a grouchy dog-trainer who slowly loosens up in the presence of romantically challenged opera singer Barkin, who needs to get some canine security after a series of death threats. Obviously intended"
"""The Postman Always Rings Twice"" (1981), ""Reds"" (1981), where Nicholson portrays the writer Eugene O'Neill with a quiet intensity, ""Prizzi's Honor"" (1985), ""The Witches of Eastwick"" (1987), ""Broadcast News"" (1987), and ""Ironweed"" (1987). Three Oscar nominations also followed (""Reds"", ""Prizzi's Honor"", and ""Ironweed""). John Huston, who directed ""Prizzi's Honor"", said of Nicholson's acting, ""He just illuminates the book. He impressed me in one scene after another; the movie is composed largely of first takes with him."" In the 1989 ""Batman"" movie, Nicholson played the psychotic murderer and villain The Joker. The film was an international smash hit, and a lucrative"
"Always Kickin' ""Not to be confused with the 1939 cartoon Hunky and Spunky film Always Kickin"" Always Kickin' was a 40 minute sports themed comedy film released in 1932. It was an E.W. Hammons production with Educational Pictures distributing. The film's actors included Jim Thorpe as himself in a supporting role as football coach. The leading actors were Eugene Pallette, Lucile Webster Gleason, Russell Gleason and Eddie Dunn. It was was directed by James Gleason. The story was by Charles W. Paddock. According to IMDb, The two reel short is part of a trilogy of sports themed movies written by"
"a lot of talk about it--and by the way, it was grossly exaggerated."" He was replaced by Stuart Rosenberg. In 1981 Rafelson directed ""The Postman Always Rings Twice"", based on the novel by James M. Cain which had famously been made into a film in 1946 with John Garfield and Lana Turner. The remake was written by David Mamet—the first screenplay by the playwright—and starred Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange. In the film, Nicholson plays a Depression-era drifter who happens upon a rural diner and gets involved with the owner's wife in a plot to kill her husband. Rafelson has"
"You Know"" in 2010, but does not consider himself to be retired. He has also directed three films, including ""The Two Jakes"" (1990), the sequel to ""Chinatown"". Nicholson's 12 Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history. Nicholson has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice - one for the drama ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" (1975), and the other for the romantic comedy ""As Good as It Gets"" (1997). He also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the comedy-drama ""Terms of Endearment"" (1983). Nicholson is one of three"
"critic Bosley Crowther described the film as a ""miserably tedious farce"" whose ""sole achievement as entertainment is the presentation of Irene Dunne in a series of rustic encounters that are about as funny as stepping on a nail."" Never a Dull Moment (1950 film) Never a Dull Moment is a 1950 American comedy film from RKO, starring Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray. The film is based on the 1943 book ""Who Could Ask For Anything More?"" by Kay Swift. The filming took place between December 5, 1949, and February 1, 1950 in Thousand Oaks, California. At a rodeo in New"
"by Rafelson and screenwriter Jacob Brackman as a fable of imperfect lives in which nothing ever comes to fruition, ""The King of Marvin Gardens"" creates a fragmented, incomplete puzzle (with visual and verbal puns slyly hinting that there might be a key), a game in which no one finally sweeps the board."" The King of Marvin Gardens The King of Marvin Gardens is a 1972 American drama film. It stars Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn and Scatman Crothers. It is one of several collaborations between Nicholson and director Bob Rafelson. The majority of the film is set in a"
"Bollywood soundtracks with contemporary electronic music. The film received largely negative reviews from critics, with only 1 from 12 critics giving it a positive write-up on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. However James Floyd got significant critical praise for his lead performance, including ""Screen International"", ""The Guardian"" and ""Time Out"". Everywhere and Nowhere Everywhere and Nowhere is a 2011 coming of age British drama film focusing on the identity struggles of Ash (James Floyd) a young British Pakistani who is torn between the traditions of middle-class family life and his passion for DJing. The film comes from Kidulthood director Menhaj"
"Never a Dull Moment (1950 film) Never a Dull Moment is a 1950 American comedy film from RKO, starring Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray. The film is based on the 1943 book ""Who Could Ask For Anything More?"" by Kay Swift. The filming took place between December 5, 1949, and February 1, 1950 in Thousand Oaks, California. At a rodeo in New York, visiting cowboy Chris Heyward is charmed to make the acquaintance of Kay Kingsley, a songwriter. They marry and move out west to his ranch. Wyoming welcomes her, including Chris' former romantic interest Jean Morrow and his two"
"including ""Ghost"" (1990). Always (1989 film) Always is a 1989 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Brad Johnson and Audrey Hepburn in her final film role. ""Always"" is a remake of the 1943 romantic drama ""A Guy Named Joe"" set during World War II. The main departure from the 1943 film is the altering of the setting from WWII to that of a modern aerial firefighting operation. The film, however, follows the same basic plot line: the spirit of a recently dead expert pilot mentors a newer pilot, while watching"
"Drive, He Said Drive, He Said is a 1971 American motion picture released by Columbia Pictures. It is one of the lesser-known works in the influential group of ""New Hollywood"" films of the late 1960s and early 1970s made by independent production house Raybert Productions (""The Monkees"", ""Easy Rider"") and its successor, BBS Productions. Based upon the 1964 novel of the same title by Jeremy Larner, the film, which stars William Tepper, is mainly notable as the directorial debut of Jack Nicholson (who also wrote the screenplay) following his breakthrough as an actor in ""Easy Rider"" (1969) and ""Five Easy"
"features from BBS Productions among some of the most influential and enduring classics of the early 1970s New Hollywood era which anticipated the rise of American independent film through the 1980s and '90s. Jack Nicholson starred in three others—""Five Easy Pieces"" (1970), ""A Safe Place"" (1971), and ""The King of Marvin Gardens"" (1972)—as well as co-wrote ""Drive, He Said"" (1971), which was his directorial debut. A multi-disc boxed set entitled ""America Lost and Found: The BBS Story"" was released by The Criterion Collection on Blu-ray and DVD in 2010. The set included the films ""Head"", ""Easy Rider"", ""Five Easy Pieces"","
"Paddock and released by Educational Films Corporation. The others were ""Off His Base"" guest starring baseball player Mike Donlin with a cameo from Jim Thorpe, and ""A Hockey Hick"". Always Kickin' ""Not to be confused with the 1939 cartoon Hunky and Spunky film Always Kickin"" Always Kickin' was a 40 minute sports themed comedy film released in 1932. It was an E.W. Hammons production with Educational Pictures distributing. The film's actors included Jim Thorpe as himself in a supporting role as football coach. The leading actors were Eugene Pallette, Lucile Webster Gleason, Russell Gleason and Eddie Dunn. It was was"
"in the 2018 feature film Barking Mad. Dickson's game credits include ""Eternal Darkness"", ""Age of Empires III"", """" and """". He currently resides with his wife Lynda and their two daughters, Lucy and Chloe, in Los Angeles. Neil Dickson Neil Dickson (born 14 May 1951) is an English actor, who has worked extensively in both American and British film and television. At the age of five, Dickson contracted polio, but he was fortunate enough to make a complete recovery a year later. He attended Worksop College in Nottinghamshire playing Coriolanus in the Junior Play 1966. He graduated from the Guildhall"
"Emperor's New Groove"" (2000), Baloo in ""The Jungle Book 2"" (2003), and Sulley in Pixar's ""Monsters, Inc."" (2001), and ""Monsters University"" (2013). His other film performances include lead roles in ""Always"" (1989), ""The Babe"" (1992), ""The Flintstones"" (1994) and ""10 Cloverfield Lane"" (2016) and supporting roles in ""Coyote Ugly"" (2000), ""The Artist"" (2011), ""Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"" (2011), ""Argo"" (2012), ""Flight"" (2012), ""The Hangover Part III"" (2013), and ""Patriots Day"" (2016). On television, he has had regular roles on Amazon Studios ""Alpha House"" and on the first season of HBO's ""Treme"" and has been a frequent host of ""Saturday"
"Always (1989 film) Always is a 1989 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Brad Johnson and Audrey Hepburn in her final film role. ""Always"" is a remake of the 1943 romantic drama ""A Guy Named Joe"" set during World War II. The main departure from the 1943 film is the altering of the setting from WWII to that of a modern aerial firefighting operation. The film, however, follows the same basic plot line: the spirit of a recently dead expert pilot mentors a newer pilot, while watching him fall in"
"Andrew Bergman's ""Social Security"" and in 1988 directed ""Waiting for Godot"", starring Robin Williams and Steve Martin. Williams cited Nichols and May as among his early influences for performing intelligent comedy. In 1986, Nichols directed the film ""Heartburn"", which received mixed reviews, and starred Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. In 1988, Nichols completed two feature films. The first was an adaptation of Neil Simon's autobiographical stage play ""Biloxi Blues"" starring Matthew Broderick, also receiving mixed critical reviews. Nichols directed one of his most successful films, ""Working Girl"", which starred Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver. The film was a"
"of GQ's 50 best dressed British men in 2015. Aaron Taylor-Johnson Aaron Taylor-Johnson (born Aaron Perry Johnson; 13 June 1990) is an English actor and screenwriter, best known as the titular character in the ""Kick-Ass"" films, as well as Robbie from ""Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging"" (2008). He has also played Quicksilver in """" (2015). Taylor-Johnson began performing at age six and has appeared in films such as ""Shanghai Knights"" (2003), playing a young Charlie Chaplin, ""The Illusionist"" (2006) and ""Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging"" (2008). He had his breakthrough performance in the John Lennon biopic ""Nowhere Boy"" (2009). He"