BIRTHDAY
January 20, 1966
Bronx, New York City, NY

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Murder in Fashion (FILM) Jan. 22, 2010
I Could Never Be Your Woman (FILM) Nov. 9, 2007
The Painting (FILM) Apr. 29, 2005
Clueless (TV) Dec. 29, 2004
Eve (TV) Nov. 24, 2003

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It boggles the mind to consider that the fertile writing team of Alec Berg, David Mandel, and Jeff Schaffer, all of whom spent time scripting episodes of "Seinfeld," could turn out something as abysmally unfunny as Eurotrip. Then again, these guys were also responsible for The Cat in the Hat, so perhaps it's not all that surprising. At any rate, in the genre of teen sex films, Eurotrip doesn't set a new standard for lack of quality, but it comes close. The problem isn't that it spends 90 minutes marinating in lewdness and bad taste - those things are mandatory for this kind of movie - but that so many of the desperate jabs at humor fail to find their mark. Sex comedies need two obvious ingredients: sex and comedy. Eurotrip has some of the former (plenty of bare breasts and buns) but almost none of the latter.


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in Danish director Stellan Rye's and Paul Wegener's early German silent horror film Der Student von Prag (1913, Ger.) (aka The Student of Prague/A Bargain With Satan), based loosely upon the Faust legend, a poor student made a pact with the devil in return for wealth and a beautiful woman. [The student was portrayed by actor/producer/director Paul Wegener in his film debut.] It was the first artistically important German production - and was later remade in 1926 and directed by Henrik Galeen. Wegener directed the first of his influential adaptations of the Golem legend by Gustav Meyrinck - Der Golem (1914, Ger.) (aka The Monster of Fate), and then remade it a few years later as Der Golem Und Die Tanzerin (1917, Ger.) (aka The Golem and the Dancer) - notably the first horror film sequel. He remade the film a third time, with Karl Freund as cinematographer, again titling it Der Golem (1920, Ger.) (aka The Golem: or How He Came Into the World). The expressionistic film was based upon Central European myths and influenced later 'Frankenstein' monster films in the early 1930s with themes of a creator losing control of his creation. The Golem, played by Wegener, was an ancient clay figure from Hebrew mythology that was brought to life by Rabbi Loew's magic amulet to defend and save the Jews from a pogrom in the 16th century threatened by Rudolf II of Habsburg. The man-made, clay creature roamed through the Jewish ghetto of medieval Prague to protect it from persecution.

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In terms of genre categories, the following films (in chronological order) have consistently ranked high on various lists:

* Battleship Potemkin (1925) - has regularly appeared in the top 10 of every Sight & Sound polling, also voted the greatest film ever by a panel of experts at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair
* All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) - Received Best Picture Oscar; Ranked # 54 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies Ranked # 33 in 2005 in the Channel 4 poll of the "100 Greatest War Films"

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Detective-Mystery Films are usually considered a sub-type of crime/gangster films (or film noir), or suspense or thriller films that focus on the unsolved crime (usually the murder or disappearance of one or more of the characters, or a theft), and on the central character - the hard-boiled detective-hero, as he/she meets various adventures and challenges in the cold and methodical pursuit of the criminal or the solution to the crime. The plot often centers on the deductive ability, prowess, confidence, or diligence of the detective as he/she attempts to unravel the crime or situation by piecing together clues and circumstances, seeking evidence, interrogating witnesses, and tracking down a criminal. See also AFI's 10 Top 10 - The Top 10 Mystery Films and Filmsite's related Greatest Plot Twists, Spoilers, and Surprise Endings.

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Alex Raymond's 1934 science-fiction comic strip hero Flash Gordon was brought to the screen in 1936 by Universal, with star Larry "Buster" Crabbe as the title character, and sexy blonde Jean Rogers as terrorized heroine-girlfriend Dale Arden, and villainous planet Mongo ruler Ming the Merciless, portrayed by Charles Middleton.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger belongs in a category all on his own. He made a career out of starring in action films in the 80s and 90s, most notably in the adventure/action films (and fantasy - sword and sorcery sagas) Conan the Barbarian (1982), Red Sonja (1985), Commando (1986), Raw Deal (1986), Predator (1987), Red Heat (1988), True Lies (1994), and Eraser (1996), but his recent End of Days (1999) didn't do as well as expected. Collateral Damage (2002) experienced a delayed release due to its resemblance to terrorist events in September 2001.

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Filmmaker Woody Allen launched the 64th Cannes Film Festival with his latest comedy Midnight in Paris starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams and Marion Cotillard but he made bigger news when he told the assembled press corps at the opening conference for his film that he did not consider himself an artist.

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After a series of directors from Ron Howard to Steven Spielberg and most recently Gore Verbinski came and went from the remake of the 1947 comedy The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, star Ben Stiller began talks with Fox to take on directing duties.

Variety reported that Stiller was the likely replacement to direct The Secret Life of Walter Mitty in addition to playing the lead.

Steve Conrad, writer of Wrestling Ernest Hemingway and The Pursuit of Happyness, continued to work on the script.

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