Year: 2016

Interview with Harrison Norris, Director of the award winning film “A PEACEFUL MAN”

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Harrison Norris’ short film A PEACEFUL MAN was the winner of Best Cinematography at the WILDsound FEEDBACK Film Festival October 2015 event. Easily the most violent film that has played at the festival, A PEACEFUL MAN is a 4 minute short that’s a must see movie for action, horror, thriller fans.

Watch the Audience FEEDBACK of A PEACEFUL MAN:

I recently sat down with Harrison Norris and talked about his short film and what’s next for the Professional Stunt Man turned Film Director:

Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?

Harrison Norris: That’s a question with a few moving parts.

It all started when I read a news article about a little old woman who, in a burst of adrenaline, managed to single-handedly lift one side of a rolled car, off a trapped child. That fascinated me; not because an old lady was lifting a car, but because…

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Happy Birthday: Bill Clinton

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billclinton.jpgBill Clinton

Born: August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas, USA

Married to:
Hillary Clinton (11 October 1975 – present) (1 child)

Impeached (the equivalent of indicted) by the U.S. House of Representatives, Dec. 1998, for “high crimes and misdemeanors” on a strictly party-line vote (all Republicans voted for it, all Democrats voted against it; since the Republicans controlled the House, the impeachment was approved). He is the second president to be impeached; the first was Andrew Johnson in 1868 (Richard Nixon would likely have faced impeachment, but he resigned before it came to that).

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HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE
2012
dir. David France
Stars:
Peter Staley
Larry Kramer

 

Happy Birthday: Kevin Dillon

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kevindillon.jpgKevin Dillon

Born: August 19, 1965 in Mamaroneck, New York, USA

Married to:
Jane Stuart (22 April 2006 – present) (1 child)

[on Oliver Stone] I got along great with Oliver. A really interesting guy, incredible filmmaker. I met him about a year before we started shooting Platoon, auditioning for him. Then we went out to the Philippines, which was right during the whole Marcos takeover. There were tanks in the streets, so it was a pretty scary time to be there, but a lot of fun. And I got called in to meet him again for The Doors. I told Oliver I was a great drummer – which I was not. And then I was the drummer in The Doors. That was a good time.

24 SEASON 2
Reviews of every episode		 MOVIE POSTERPOSEIDON
2006
dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Stars:
Richard Dreyfuss
Kurt Russell

24Best of 24 TV show
Platoon
1986
dir. Stone
Starring
Charlie Sheen
Willem DaFoe
The DoorsThe Doors
1991
dir. Stone
starring
Val Kilmer
Meg Ryan		 HOTEL FOR DOGSHotel for Dogs
2009
dir. Thor Freudenthal
Starring
Emma Roberts
Jake T. Austin

 

Happy Birthday: Gerald McRaney

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geraldmcraneyGerald McRaney

Born: August 19, 1947 in Collins, Mississippi, USA

Married to: Delta Burke (28 May 1989 – present)

[in response to the question, “Do you feel like a Marine?” on Major Dad (1989) during an on set 1992 interview by the Department of the Navy’s, “Navy News This Week”] It’s easy to put the uniform on and pretend, but earning the damn thing is a whole different story.

RED TAILS
dir. Anthony Hemingway
Stars:
Nate Parker
David Oyelowo
THE A TEAMThe A-Team
dir. Joe Carnahan
Stars
Neeson
Bradley Cooper
The Neverending Story
1984
dir. Wolfgang Peterson
Starring:
Barret Oliver
Gerald McRaney
tvHOUSE of CARDS season 1
2013
Best of the NETFLIX show		 TV POSTERTHE WEST WING season 5
Showrunner John Wells
tvHOUSE of CARDS season 2
2014
Best of the NETFLIX show		 tvHOUSE of CARDS TV Series
Starring:
Kevin Spacey

 

Happy Birthday: Kyra Sedgwick

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kyrasedgwickKyra Sedgwick

Born: August 19, 1965 in New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Kevin Bacon (4 September 1988 – present) (2 children)

[on growing up watching and loving horror films] – Growing up I loved those films like “The Exorcist” or “The Omen” with Lee Remick. The acting was terrific, so I kept watching even though it scared the crap out of me. If you didn’t sit through those things, you were a wimp.

PHENOMENON
1996
dir. Jon Turteltaub
Starring:
John Travolta
Kyra Sedgwick		 movie posterJUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NEW FRONTIER
2008
dir. Dave Bullock
Starring:
David Boreanaz
Miguel Ferrer
Born on the 4th of JulyBorn on the 4th of July
1989
dir. by Oliver Stone
Also Starring
Raymond J. Barry
Willem Dafoe		 GAMER Movie PosterGamer
2009
dir. Mark Neveldine
Taylor
Starring
Gerard Butler
Michael C. Hall
The Woodsman
2004
dir. Nicole Kassell
starring
Bacon
Kyra Sedgwick		 MOVIE POSTERMAN ON A LEDGE
dir. Asger Leth
Stars:
Sam Worthington
Elizabeth Banks
SydneyWhiteThe Game Plan
Directed by Andy Fickman
Starring The Rock		 MOVIE POSTERTHE POSSESSION
dir. Ole Bornedal
Stars:
Natasha Calis
Jeffrey Dean

 

Happy Birthday: Melissa Fumero

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melissafumeroMelissa Fumero

Born: August 19, 1982 in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, USA

Married to: David Fumero (9 December 2007 – present) (1 child)

I think comedy is so specific, so hard. I’d audition for comedies and think, ‘I can’t pull this off.’

BROOKLYN NINE-NINE TV SHOW PILOT
2013
Created by: Dan Goor, Michael Schur
Stars: Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher

 

Best of GOSSIP GIRL
Sexy Teen TV SHOW

 

Happy Birthday: John Stamos

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johnstamos.jpgJohn Stamos

Born: August 19, 1963 in Cypress, California, USA

[on starring in Full House (1987)] The whole time I was on it, I wished I was on another show, I’m not gonna lie to you. But I look back on it fondly, and I’m proud of it. Was it Seinfeld (1989), Friends (1994), Mary Tyler Moore (1970)? No. Was it a heartwarming show you could watch with your kids? Yes. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

NEW YEAR’S EVE
dir. Garry Marshall
Stars:
Sarah Jessica Parker
Jessica Biel

 

Happy Birthday: Matthew Perry

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matthewperry.jpgMatthew Perry

Born: August 19, 1969 in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

When I did ‘Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip’ I would look over and see Aaron Sorkin pacing around in the corner of the stage, mumbling to himself. I thought, Well, he’s crazy. And then I realized what he was actually doing was playing out the next week’s scenes as he was writing them. And that was intriguing to me. So now I’ve become one of the people that mumbles in the corner of the room.

GO ON
Review of the 2012 comedy		 TV POSTERBest of GOOD WIFE Season 4
Stars:
Archie Panjabi
Christine Baranski

17 AGAIN Movie Trailer17 Again
dir. Burr Steers
Starring
Zac Efron
Matthew Perry		 TV POSTERBest of GOOD WIFE Season 3
Stars:
Josh Charles
Matt Czuchry
THE WEST WING season 4
Created by Aaron Sorkin		 TV POSTERTHE WEST WING season 5
Showrunner John Wells