In what year was Peter Ackerman's best known movie released?
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Peter Ackerman (playwright) Peter Ackerman is an American playwright, actor, and screenwriter best known as a co-writer of the animated movie "Ice Age" for 20th Century Fox.
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Ice Age (2002 film) Ice Age is a 2002 American computer-animated buddy comedy road film directed by Chris Wedge and co-directed by Carlos Saldanha from a story by Michael J. Wilson. Produced by Blue Sky Studios as its first feature film, it was released by 20th Century Fox on March 15, 2002. The film features the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary and Chris Wedge.
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Condorman Condorman is a 1981 American adventure comedy superhero film directed by Charles Jarrott, produced by Walt Disney Productions, and starring Michael Crawford, Barbara Carrera and Oliver Reed. The movie follows comic book illustrator Woodrow Wilkins' attempts to assist in the defection of a female Soviet KGB agent.
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Hawksmoor (novel) Hawksmoor is a 1985 novel by the English writer Peter Ackroyd. It won Best Novel at the 1985 Whitbread Awards and the Guardian Fiction Prize. It tells the parallel stories of Nicholas Dyer, who builds seven churches in 18th-century London for which he needs human sacrifices, and Nicholas Hawksmoor, detective in the 1980s, who investigates murders committed in the same churches. "Hawksmoor" has been praised as Peter Ackroyd's best novel and an example of postmodernism.
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It's a Wonderful Life It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy comedy-drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story "The Greatest Gift", which Philip Van Doren Stern wrote in 1939 and published privately in 1945. The film is considered one of the most loved films in American cinema and has become traditional viewing during the Christmas season.
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Always in Trouble Always in Trouble is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Robert Chapin and Karen DeWolf. The film stars Jane Withers, Jean Rogers, Arthur Treacher, Robert Kellard, Eddie Collins and Andrew Tombes. The film was released on October 28, 1938, by 20th Century Fox.
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Firecreek Firecreek is a 1968 western movie directed by Vincent McEveety and starring James Stewart and Henry Fonda in his second role as an antagonist that year. The film is similar to "High Noon" in that it features an entire town of cowards refusing to help a peace officer against outlaws. Stewart plays an unlikely hero, forced into action when his conscience will not permit evil to continue.
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Sweet Jesus, Preacherman Sweet Jesus, Preacherman is a 1973 American blaxploitation action film directed by Henning Schellerup and written by John Cerullo, M. Stuart Madden and Abbey Leitch. The film stars Roger E. Mosley, William Smith, Michael Pataki, Tom Johnigarn, Joe Tornatore and Damu King. The film was released on May 25, 1973, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Everybody Loves Alice Everybody Loves Alice (Swedish: Alla älskar Alice ) is a Swedish drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 4 October 2002.
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Small Change (film) Small Change (French: "L'Argent de poche" ) is a 1976 French film directed by François Truffaut about childhood innocence and child abuse. The French title translates as "Pocket Money"; but since there was a Paul Newman movie called "Pocket Money", Steven Spielberg suggested the title "Small Change" for the US release. In English-speaking countries outside North America the film is known as "Pocket Money". The film had a total of 1,810,280 admissions in France, making it one of Truffaut's most successful films. Only his films "The 400 Blows" and "The Last Metro" were more popular in France.
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The Sandman (2011 film) The Sandman (original title: Der Sandmann) is a 2011 romantic comedy in the Swiss German language, by Swiss director Peter Luisi, about a man leaking sand that causes people to dream (similar to the mythological figure the Sandman).
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The Cracksman The Cracksman is a 1963 British comedy film directed by Peter Graham Scott.
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Repmånad Repmånad is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 23 February 1979, directed by Lasse Åberg. The plot revolves around a group of men called in for refresher exercise (known as "repmånad" in Swedish, hence the title) in the Swedish Army, and who did their national service together some years earlier. The alternative name is "How to make boys out of men (Swedish:"hur man gör pojkar av män"), a joke on the military motto "We make men out of boys".
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Spider-Man (1977 film) Spider-Man is a 1977 American live-action made-for-television superhero film that had a theatrical release abroad, which serves as the pilot to the 1978 television series titled "The Amazing Spider-Man". It was directed by E. W. Swackhamer, written by Alvin Boretz and stars Nicholas Hammond as the titular character, David White, Michael Pataki, Jeff Donnell and Thayer David.
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Secret Friends Secret Friends is a 1991 British film written and directed by Dennis Potter and starring Alan Bates, Gina Bellman and Ian McNeice. It was based on Potter's novel "Ticket to Ride". The screenplay concerns a man whose fantasy spirals out of control.
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Philip H. Lathrop Philip H. Lathrop, A.S.C. (October 22, 1912 – April 12, 1995) was an American cinematographer noted for his skills with wide screen technology and detailed approach to lighting and camera placement. He spent most of his life in movie studios. Lathrop was known for such films as "Touch of Evil" (1958), "Lonely Are the Brave" (1962), "The Americanization of Emily" (1964), "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965), "Point Blank" (1967), "Finian's Rainbow" (1968), "The Traveling Executioner" (1970), "Portnoy's Complaint" (1972), "Earthquake" (1974), "Swashbuckler (1976)", "The Driver" (1978), "Moment by Moment" (1978), "A Change of Seasons" (1980), "Foolin' Around" (1980), "Loving Couples" (1980), and "Deadly Friend" (1986).
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The Sound of Music (soundtrack) The soundtrack of the film "The Sound of Music" was released in 1965. It reached number one in June of that year and spent a total of 70 weeks at the top over several runs. It was the biggest-selling album in the UK during 1965, 1966, and 1968 and the second biggest-selling of the entire decade after Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. "The Sound of Music" also stayed 73 weeks on the Norwegian charts, becoming the seventh best-charting album of all time in that country.
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Michael McManus (American actor) Michael McManus (born January 26, 1946 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American character actor probably most recognizable for his work in television. His best known movie role is perhaps Ben Tuthill in the 1982 film "Poltergeist". He has also appeared in the films "Mother, Jugs & Speed" (1976), "" (1987), "Funland" (1987) and "Action Jackson" (1988).
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Ellie (film) Ellie is a 1984 comedy film directed by Peter Wittman and distributed by Troma Entertainment. Set in the deep south, the film follows the titular barefoot Ellie (Sheila Kennedy); after witnessing her father's murder at the hands of her stepmother and her three lecherous stepbrothers, Ellie vows to avenge her father's death using the only weapon she has: her voluptuous body.
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Psycho A-Go-Go Psycho A-Go-Go is a 1965 crime thriller directed by Al Adamson. In 1966, additional footage was added and the film was re-released as "The Fiend with the Electronic Brain".
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Kiss Daddy Goodnight Kiss Daddy Goodnight is a 1987 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Peter Ily Huemer. It stars Uma Thurman in her film debut, and Steve Buscemi in a small role.
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Quo Vadis (1951 film) Quo Vadis (a Latin phrase meaning "Where are you going?") is a 1951 American epic film made by MGM in Technicolor. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Sam Zimbalist, from a screenplay by John Lee Mahin, S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien, adapted from the classic novel "Quo Vadis" (1896) by Henryk Sienkiewicz. The novel had previously been made into an Italian film "Quo Vadis" (1924). The music score was by Miklós Rózsa and the cinematography by Robert Surtees and William V. Skall. The title refers to an incident in the apocryphal Acts of Peter; see "Quo Vadis (novel)".