John Cleese

Born: October 27, 1939 in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK

I think marriage should be like dog licences. I think you should have to renew marriage licences every five years, unless you have children. And I think before you have children you should have to go and pass various tests and get a licence to have a child. Because it’s the most transformative and difficult thing of your life. Far more important [than work]. People don’t understand this, and some people who are highly motivated by work, but when I worked I was always motivated, funnily enough, by the fear of being bad. Because it is so humiliating to make a joke and have no one laugh.

And Now For Something Completely Different 1971 dir. Ian MacNaughton

Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 dir. Terry Gilliam Terry Jones

Life of Brian 1979 dir. Terry Jones Starring Graham Chapman

Peter Firth

Born: October 27, 1953 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK

I didn’t really capitalise on that early success because I had high artistic ideals and they didn’t involve commercial cinema. That said, becoming an international film star takes its toll – there’s a price to be paid for being recognised all the time, so I’m quite happy not to be.

When you’ve had an Academy Award nomination for the film Equus (1977), the work comes rolling in. So I had my chance to be a film star, but I resisted fame. I had peculiar high artistic ideals in those days. There is some regret about turning down Hollywood style-fame now, but only really financially.

AMISTAD 1997 dir. Steven Spielberg Stars: Anthony Hopkins Matthew McConoughey

Pearl Harbor 2001 dir. Bay starring Ben Affleck Josh Hartnett

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Robert Picardo

Born: October 27, 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

His thoughts on Star Trek: I came to the Star Trek franchise a little late. I got into it, I married a woman who’s a big Star Trek fan, so, even though I was not into it when I was a kid, in order to court my wife I had to go to Star Trek movies. You know, I think she had a thing for Captain Kirk, right when she was hitting puberty — which is really when they get you! And, uh, I really grew to understand and appreciate the quality of Star Trek storytelling. And then, when I joined the Voyager franchise, and really became knowledgeable about Star Trek — and watched more and more of the other shows, that preceded us — I think that I became a Star Trek fan in my own right, as well…

Ivan Reitman

Born: October 27, 1946 in Komárno, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]

Married to:
Geneviève Robert (12 September 1976 – present) (3 children)

[on current comedy, 2013] The world has become more abrasive, possibly because of social media. But people said that about us. The sexuality seems to have lessened. There’s more squeamishness about nudity and sex, but there’s a lot more scatological interest today than there seemed to be thirty years ago. It’s a weird shift.

[on John Belushi and Animal House (1978)] What John brought was this wonderful energy based on the comedies he loved from the 50s – The Three Stooges and Abbott and Costello – that physicality of the great American early comedians, against this very brash and contemporary way of speaking that the script had. It made it very special.. But when I worked with him before the movie and SNL, he was Brando onstage…

Roberto Benigni

Born: October 27, 1952 in Manciano La Misericordia, Castiglion Fiorentino, Tuscany, Italy

Married to: Nicoletta Braschi (26 December 1991 – present)

[on winning the Best Actor Academy Award for Life Is Beautiful (1997) after already accepting the Best Foreign Language Film award as its director] “Thank you. This is a terrible mistake, because I used up all my English!”

[During his speech after winning the Oscar for Life is Beautiful] I would like to thank my parents in Vergaio, a little village in Italy. They gave me the biggest gift: poverty.

Coffee and Cigarettes 2003 dir. Jarmusch Starring Benigni Cate Blanchett

Life is Beautiful 1997 dir. Benigni Starring Benigni Nicoletta Braschi

TO ROME WITH LOVE 2012 dir. Woody Allen Stars: Ellen Page Greta Gerwig

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Ruby Dee (1922–2014)

Born: October 27, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died: June 11, 2014 (age 91) in New Rochelle, New York, USA

Married to:
Ossie Davis (9 December 1948 – 4 February 2005) (his death) (3 children)

I think you mustn’t tell your body, you mustn’t tell your soul, ‘I’m going to retire’, You may be changing your life emphasis, but there’s still things that you have in mind to do that now seems the right time to do. I really don’t believe in retiring as long as you can breathe.

A RAISIN IN THE SUN 1961 dir. Daniel Petrie Starring: Sidney Poitier Claudia McNeil

American Gangster dir. Scott Starring Russell Crowe Washington

Do the Right Thing 1989 dir. Spike starring Danny Aielo Ossie Davis Jungle Fever 1991 dir. Spike starring Wesley Snipes Annabella Sciorra THE JACKIE ROBINSON STORY 1950 dir. Alfred E. Green Stars: Jackie Robinson Ruby Dee

Highlights from the Thursday October 20, 2016 event.

The October 2016 ACTION/CRIME Festival was a major success. The sold out crowd loved every single film.

The theme of the festival was “Remember the Red Herring”.

In these genres (action, crime, mystery) especially, the “red herring” element always appears, like they did in all the movies presented this month. The audience thinks it’s one thing who is doing bad, but it is never is the case.

Definition of a Red Herring: Something, especially a clue, that is or is intended to be misleading or distracting in a novel, TV episode, story, or movie.

All 6 films this month were standouts as every movie received multiple votes for “Best Film,” and 4 out of the 6 films received an award. That never happens at our festival as usually there is 1-2 films that receive all of the votes and win all of…

The Los Angeles FEEDBACK Festival Presents:

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(NOTE: The screenplay submission must be properly formatted.)

 Submit for only $15. Most of the screenplays will be accepted and performed. If there is a beginning/middle/end, and the grammar is sound, we will perform it.

A great way to get your words out there, obtain the Agent you’re looking for or just get your story and work seen by more people. If you win, your story will be seen by 100,000s of people when it’s read online using top professional actors. It’s a rush you’ll never experience in your life seeing it come to life that way.

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