Pretty Woman is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, from a screenplay by J. F. Lawton. The film stars Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and features Héctor Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy, Laura San Giacomo, and Jason Alexander in supporting roles. The film's story centers on Hollywood prostitute Vivian Ward and wealthy businessman Edward Lewis. Vivian is hired to be Edward's escort for several business and social functions, and their relationship develops during her week-long stay with him. The film's title Pretty Woman is based on the 1964 song "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison. The original screenplay was titled “3,000”, and was written by then-struggling screenwriter J. F. Lawton. It is the first film on-screen collaboration between Gere and Roberts; their second film, Runaway Bride, was released in 1999.
This is a list of films released in 1995. The highly anticipated sequel Die Hard with a Vengeance was the year's biggest box-office hit, and Braveheart won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Gaumont Film Company celebrates its centennary in 1995.
The year 1916 in film involved some significant events.
Xenia Seeberg is a German film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Xev Bellringer in the science fiction television series Lexx. She also debuted as a singer in 1996 on the EMI Electrola label with her maxi single "Heartbeat". Several of her songs, including "Heartbeat", have appeared on compilations such as Dance Fever (1996), Dancemania 4 (1997) and Absolute Music 20 (1999).
Timo Rose, also known as King Hannibal, is a German horror and science fiction filmmaker and founder of the production company Sword of Independence Filmworks.
Mooch Goes to Hollywood is a 1971 51-minute television film was directed by Richard Erdman and co-written by Jim Backus, who also stars in the film as himself. The film chronicles the adventures of Mooch, an ambitious dog, and her attempts to become a canine star after befriending Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Olaf Ittenbach is a German film director, actor and special effects artist known for his work in German underground horror films.
German underground horror is a subgenre of the horror film, which has achieved cult popularity since first appearing in the mid-1980s.
Matthias Schoenaerts is a Belgian actor. He made his film debut at the age of 13 in Daens (1992), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He is best known for his roles as Filip in Loft (2008), Jacky Vanmarsenille in the Oscar-nominated Bullhead (2011), Ali in the BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominee Rust and Bone (2012), for which he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor, Eric Deeds in The Drop (2014), Bruno von Falk in Suite Française (2015), Gabriel Oak in Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Hans Axgil in The Danish Girl (2015) and Uncle Vanya in Red Sparrow (2018). Schoenaerts received critical acclaim for his portrayal of an ex-soldier suffering from PTSD in Disorder (2015), and for his performance as an inmate training a wild horse in The Mustang (2019).
Matthias Habich is a German actor who has appeared in more than 110 film and television productions since 1965. Habich was born in Danzig and lives in Paris.
Darren Majian Shahlavi was an English actor, martial artist and stuntman.
Dard Divorce is a German independent horror film directed by Olaf Ittenbach and stars Christopher Kiesa, Daryl Jackson and Martina Ittenbach.
"The Hand of St. Sebastian" is the eighth episode of the second season of the American crime-thriller television series Millennium. It originally aired on the Fox network on November 14, 1997. The episode was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong, and directed by Thomas J. Wright. "The Hand of St. Sebastian" featured a guest appearance from C. C. H. Pounder.
Born to Raise Hell is a 2010 American action film directed by Lauro Chartrand, and written and produced by Steven Seagal, who also starred in the film. The film co-stars Dan Bădărău and Darren Shahlavi. The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on April 19, 2011.
Garden of Love, also known as The Haunting of Rebecca Verlaine, is a 2003 German horror film written and directed by Olaf Ittenbach. The film's plot follows a murderous spirit who haunts the woman who was his daughter in life.
80 Minutes is a 2008 German direct-to-video English-language action thriller film written and directed by Thomas Jahn and starring Gabriel Mann, Natalia Avelon, Joshua Dallas, Oliver Kieran-Jones and Francis Fulton-Smith. The film was released direct-to-video on September 2, 2008 in the United States.
David A. Prior was an American director, screenwriter, and producer. Prior started his career with the horror film Sledgehammer (1983), and the action film Killzone (1985). Shortly after, he co-founded Action International Pictures (AIP), his first directorial effort with this enterprise were Deadly Prey, Aerobicide, and Mankillers released in 1987. Subsequently, Prior made action films until the late 1990s.
Matthias Hoene is a German filmmaker who mostly works in English. He began with animated music videos, then award-winning commercials and short films, before directing longer science fiction and fantasy features. His film Cockneys vs Zombies won multiple awards, while The Warriors Gate was an international fantasy action epic.
Barbara is a 1961 West German drama film directed by Frank Wisbar and starring Harriet Andersson, Maria Sebaldt and Carl Lange. The film is adapted from the 1939 novel of the same title by Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen. It was shot at studios in Copenhagen while location shooting took place in the Faroe Islands where the film is set.
