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Contents
Articles
Dennis Quaid
1
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (film)
6
Our Winning Season
8
Breaking Away
11
The Long Riders
14
Gorp (film)
16
All Night Long (1981 film)
18
Caveman (film)
20
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (film)
23
Stripes (film)
25
Tough Enough (film)
30
Jaws 3-D
31
The Right Stuff (film)
39
Gordon Cooper
48
Dreamscape (film)
54
Enemy Mine (film)
58
The Big Easy (film)
63
Seminci
68
Innerspace
70
Suspect (film)
73
D.O.A. (1988 film)
76
Everybody's All-American (film)
79
Great Balls of Fire! (film)
82
Come See the Paradise
86
Postcards from the Edge (film)
89
Wilder Napalm
93
Undercover Blues
95
Flesh and Bone (film)
98
Wyatt Earp (film)
100
Something to Talk About (film)
105
Dragonheart
107
Gang Related
113
Switchback (film)
116
Savior (film)
119
The Parent Trap (1998 film)
122
Playing by Heart
129
Any Given Sunday
131
Frequency (film)
137
Traffic (film)
142
Dinner with Friends
150
The Rookie (2002 film)
152
Far from Heaven
155
Cold Creek Manor
160
The Alamo (2004 film)
164
The Day After Tomorrow
170
In Good Company (2004 film)
175
Flight of the Phoenix (2004 film)
177
Yours, Mine and Ours (2005 film)
181
American Dreamz
185
Battle for Terra
189
Vantage Point (film)
193
Smart People
203
The Express
207
Horsemen (2009 film)
217
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
220
Pandorum
233
Legion (2010 film)
239
The Special Relationship (film)
244
Soul Surfer (film)
250
Footloose (2011 film)
254
The Reverend
257
Beneath the Darkness
261
References
Article Sources and Contributors
263
Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors
269
Article Licenses
License
271
Dennis Quaid
1
Dennis Quaid
Dennis Quaid
Quaid in 1991
Born
Dennis William QuaidApril 9, 1954Houston, Texas, United States
Occupation
Actor
Years active 1975–present
Spouse
•
•
•
P. J. Soles (1978–1983; divorced)
Meg Ryan (1991–2001; divorced)
Kimberly Buffington (2004–present)
Relatives
Randy Quaid (brother)
Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor. He became known during the 1980s after
appearing in several successful films, including as Mike Brody in Jaws 3-D (1983), Alex Gardner in Dreamscape
(1984), Remy McSwain in The Big Easy (1987), Tuck Pendleton in Innerspace (1987), Jefferson "Jeff" Blue in
Undercover Blues (1993), Bowen in Dragonheart (1996), Joe Doe/William in Gang Related (1997), Frank Towns in
Flight of the Phoenix (2004), Jack Hall in The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Reverend Shaw Moore in Footloose
(2011).
Early life
Quaid was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Juanita Bonniedale "Nita" (née Jordan), a real estate agent, and
William Rudy Quaid (November 21, 1923 – February 8, 1987), an electrician and a fourth cousin of Gene Autry.[1]
He is the younger brother of actor Randy Quaid. Quaid has Irish and Cajun (French) ancestry.[2] He attended
Pershing Middle School in Houston. He studied Chinese and dance at Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas, and
later in college, at the University of Houston, under drama coach Cecil Pickett.
Career
After his brother, Randy, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Last
Detail (1973), Quaid dropped out of the University of Houston before graduating and moved to Los Angeles to
pursue an acting career of his own.[2] He initially had trouble finding work but began to gain notice when he
appeared in Breaking Away (1979) and earned good reviews for his role in The Right Stuff (1983).[2]
Known for his grin,[3] Quaid has appeared in both comedic and dramatic roles.[2] Quaid had starring roles in the
films Enemy Mine (1985) and Innerspace (1987). He also achieved acclaim for his portrayal of Jerry Lee Lewis in
Great Balls of Fire! (1989).[2]
Quaid's career lost steam in the early 1990s, after he fought anorexia nervosa and kicked a cocaine addiction.[2] He
continued to garner positive reviews in a variety of films, however, such as Doc Holliday in Wyatt Earp (1994).[2]
Dennis Quaid
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He starred in the remake of The Parent Trap (1998), playing the part of the twins' father, and as an aging pro football
quarterback in Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday (1999). Some of Quaid's more recent film credits include Frequency
(2000), The Rookie (2002), Far From Heaven (2002), The Flight of the Phoenix (2004), In Good Company (2004),
The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Yours, Mine and Ours (2005), Vantage Point (2008), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
(2009), and Pandorum (2009).
In 2009, Quaid guest starred in an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, playing Mr. Krabs' grandfather, Captain
Redbeard.
He portrayed U.S. President Bill Clinton, alongside Michael Sheen as Tony Blair and Hope Davis as Hillary Clinton,
in the 2010 film The Special Relationship.
Awards
For his role in Far From Heaven (2002) he won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor,
the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Online Film Critics Society Award for
Best Supporting Actor and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. He received nominations for
Best Supporting Actor from the Golden Globe Awards, the Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards and the Screen
Actors Guild Awards.
Personal life
Quaid was raised in the Baptist faith.[4] [5]
There have been extensive stories about Quaid's past abuse of cocaine.
In a candid 2002 interview with Larry King on his talk show, after
King asked about his motives for using drugs, Quaid responded, "Well,
you got to put it in context. Back in the late '60s, early '70s. That was
back during the time where, you know, drugs were going to expand our
minds and everybody was experimenting and everything. We were
really getting high, we didn't know it. And cocaine at that time was
considered harmless. You know. I remember magazine articles in
'People' Magazine of doctors saying, it is not addicting. It is
just—alcohol is worse. So I think we all fell into that. But that's not the
way it was."
When asked if he believed he had ever been addicted to the drug, he
responded, "It was a gradual thing. But it got to the point where I
couldn't have any fun unless I had it. Which is a bad place to be." Later
in the interview he said, "But I saw myself being dead in about five
[6]
years if I didn't stop."
Quaid golfing in 2006.
Quaid and actress P.J. Soles were married on November 25, 1978. The couple were divorced on January 23, 1983.
On February 14, 1991, he and Meg Ryan were married. Quaid and Ryan have a son, Jack Henry (born April 24,
1992). They were divorced on July 16, 2001. In a 2008 interview with Insight, Ryan stated "Dennis was not faithful
to me for a very long time, and that was very painful. I found out more about that after I was divorced."
Quaid married Kimberly Buffington, an Austin, Texas, real-estate agent, on July 4, 2004. The couple had twins, born
via a gestational carrier, on November 8, 2007, in Santa Monica, California. Their son Thomas Boone was born first
at 8:26 am and weighed six pounds, twelve ounces (3.06 kg). Daughter Zoe Grace was born two minutes later
weighing five pounds, nine ounces (2.52 kg).[7]
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On November 18, 2007, hospital staff mistakenly gave Quaid's ten-day-old twins a dosage of heparin 1,000 times the
common dosage for infants.[8] [9] Their attorney said the newborns will "be fine now", but Quaid filed a lawsuit
against the drug manufacturer, Baxter Healthcare, claiming that packaging for the two doses of heparin are not
different enough.[10] In May 2008, the Quaids testified before the United States House Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform, asking U.S. Congress not to preempt the right to sue drug manufacturers for negligence under
state law.[11]
In October 2009, Dennis Quaid narrowly avoided being arrested for DUI, when a police officer managed to persuade
him to get out of his car and get a cab.[12]
In addition to acting, Quaid is a musician and plays with his band, the Sharks. Quaid also has a pilot's license and is a
scratch golfer. In 2005, he was named as the top golfer among the "Hollywood set" by Golf Digest.
After the filming of "The Express: The Ernie Davis Story" Quaid went to Cleveland Browns Stadium to dedicate
Davis's jersey.
Charities
Quaid lends his name to the annual "Dennis Quaid Charity Weekend" (formerly the "Jiffy Lube/Dennis Quaid
Charity Classic") in Austin. The golf tournament attracts numerous celebrities with the proceeds split among local
children's charities. He is a member of the Bel-Air Country Club in Bel-Air, California, and tries to stay at homes on
private courses when he is on the road.
Quaid works with the International Hospital for Children in New Orleans, Louisiana. He makes trips to Central
America to help build medical clinics and transport sick children back to the U.S. for treatment they cannot get
locally.
Filmography
Year
Film
Role
1975
Crazy Mama
Bellhop
1977
I Never Promised You a
Rose Garden
Shark, Baseball Pitcher
September 30, 1955
Frank
Our Winning Season
Paul Morelli
The Seniors
Alan
1979
Breaking Away
Mike
1980
The Long Riders
Ed Miller
Gorp
Mad Grossman
All Night Long
Freddie Dupler
Caveman
Lar
The Night the Lights Went
Out in Georgia
Travis Child
Stripes
Extra at Graduation
Ceremony
Tough Enough
Art Long
Jaws 3-D
Michael 'Mike' Brody
The Right Stuff
Gordon Cooper
1978
1981
1983
Notes
(uncredited)
(uncredited)
Dennis Quaid
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1984
Dreamscape
Alex Gardner
1985
Enemy Mine
Willis Davidge
1987
The Big Easy
Det. Remy McSwain
Innerspace
Lt. Tuck Pendleton
Suspect
Eddie Sanger
D.O.A.
Dexter Cornell
Everybody's All-American
Gavin Grey
1989
Great Balls of Fire!
Jerry Lee Lewis
1990
Come See The Paradise
Jack McGurn
Postcards from the Edge
Jack Faulkner
Wilder Napalm
Wallace Foudroyant/Biff
the Clown
Undercover Blues
Jefferson 'Jeff' Blue
Flesh and Bone
Arlis Sweeney
A Century of Cinema
Himself
Wyatt Earp
Doc Holliday
1995
Something to Talk About
Eddie Bichon
1996
Dragonheart
Bowen
1997
Gang Related
Joe Doe/William
Switchback
Frank LaCrosse
Savior
Joshua Rose/Guy
The Parent Trap
Nick Parker
Playing by Heart
Hugh
1999
Any Given Sunday
Jack 'Cap' Rooney
2000
Frequency
Frank Sullivan
Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor – Suspense
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
Traffic
Arnie Metzger
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion
Picture
2001
Dinner with Friends
Gabe
2002
The Rookie
Jimmy Morris
Far from Heaven
Frank Whitaker
Cold Creek Manor
Cooper Tilson
1988
1993
1994
1998
2003
Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male
Valladolid International Film Festival Award for Best Actor
(documentary)
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a
Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Dennis Quaid
2004
5
The Alamo
Sam Houston
The Day After Tomorrow
Jack Hall
In Good Company
Dan Foreman
Flight of the Phoenix
Frank Towns
2005
Yours, Mine and Ours
Frank Beardsley
2006
American Dreamz
President Joseph Staton
2007
Battle for Terra
Roven
2008
Vantage Point
Thomas Barnes
Smart People
Lawrence Wetherhold
The Express
Ben Schwartzwalder
Horsemen
Aidan Breslin
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
General Hawk
Pandorum
Payton
Legion
Bob Hanson
The Special Relationship
Bill Clinton
released May 29, 2010 on HBO
Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a
Movie
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television
Film
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a
Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Soul Surfer
Tom Hamilton
(Filming)
Footloose
Rev. Shaw Moore
Beneath the Darkness
Vaughn Ely
2009
2010
2011
(voice)
References
[1] "Dennis Quaid Biography (1954–)" (http:/ / www. filmreference. com/ film/ 22/ Dennis-Quaid. html). FilmReference.com. . Retrieved July
29, 2010.
[2] Stated in interview at Inside the Actors Studio.
[3] Lyman, Rick (November 14, 2002). "Dennis Quaid's Second Reel: The Comeback" (http:/ / query. nytimes. com/ gst/ fullpage.
html?res=9F04E1DB1F31F937A25752C1A9649C8B63). New York Times (New York). ISSN 0362-4331. . Retrieved July 29, 2010.
[4] 'It's All God': Interview with Dennis Quaid (http:/ / www. beliefnet. com/ story/ 178/ story_17846_1. html)
[5] Peter T. Chattaway (November 21, 2005). "Mr. Versatile 'Christianity Today'" (http:/ / www. christianitytoday. com/ ct/ movies/ interviews/
2005/ dennisquaid. html). Christianitytoday.com. . Retrieved September 20, 2010.
[6] "CNN.com – Transcripts" (http:/ / transcripts. cnn. com/ TRANSCRIPTS/ 0203/ 12/ lkl. 00. html). Transcripts.cnn.com. March 12, 2002. .
Retrieved September 20, 2010.
[7] "Dennis & Kimberly Quaid Welcome a Boy & Girl" (http:/ / www. people. com/ people/ article/ 0,,20159254,00. html). People. November 8,
2007. . Retrieved September 20, 2010.
[8] "Dennis Quaid's Newborn Twins Fighting for Life" (http:/ / www. foxnews. com/ story/ 0,2933,312357,00. html). Fox News Channel.
November 21, 2007. . Retrieved September 20, 2010.
[9] "Dennis Quaid's newborns reportedly harmed by medical mix-up" (http:/ / ratevin. com/ story.
php?title=Dennis_Quaids_newborns_reportedly_harmed_by_medical_mix-up). Ratevin.com. . Retrieved July 29, 2010.
[10] Dennis Quaid and wife sue drug maker (http:/ / www. usatoday. com/ life/ people/ 2007-12-04-quaid-lawsuit_N. htm).
[11] Quaid, Dennis; Quaid, Kimberly (May 14, 2008). "Testimony of Dennis Quaid and Kimberly Quaid Before the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform of the United States House of Representatives" (http:/ / www. reform. democrats. house. gov/ documents/
20080514103204. pdf) (PDF). pp. 1–7. Archived from the original (http:/ / oversight. house. gov/ documents/ 20080514103204. pdf) on Wed,
14 May 2008 14:32:04 GMT. . Retrieved June 10, 2010.
Dennis Quaid
[12] "Dennis Quaid dodges DUI by taking cab" (http:/ / www. nydailynews. com/ gossip/ 2009/ 10/ 23/
2009-10-23_best_of_the_rest_dennis_quaid_dodges_dui_by_taking_cab. html). Daily News. New York. October 25, 2009. . Retrieved
October 22, 2010.
Further reading
• Silver, Murray, 2005. When Elvis Meets the Dalai Lama, (Bonaventure Books, Savannah), in which the author
describes Quaid's participation in the film Great Balls of Fire.
External links
• Dennis Quaid (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm598/) at the Internet Movie Database
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (film)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden is a 1977 film based on the
Joanne Greenberg novel of the same name.
In the wake of the success of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,
Roger Corman was able to get funding for a movie version of Rose
Garden. Bibi Andersson played Dr. Fried, while Kathleen Quinlan
played Deborah. For unknown reasons, all references to Judaism
were removed, including the storyline of the vicious cruelty
Deborah suffered from anti-Semitic peers, so that her childhood
bout with urethral cancer becomes the sole reason for Deborah's
"retreat from reality".
In a recent interview, Greenberg stated that the references to
Judaism were removed because the producers were "terrified."
Speaking with characteristic frankness, the author added that the
characterizations of mental illness in the film "stank on ice."[1]
Deborah's name is changed from Blau (which means "blue" in
German, and parallels the author's pseudonym "Green") to Blake.
Another major theme of the book, Deborah's artistic talent which
flourished in spite of her illness, was reduced to a scene in which
she scribbles childishly on a drawing pad. The Kingdom Of Yr is portrayed on-screen, as are some of its gods, but
never seen in its original ethereal beauty, only the wasteland that it became much later.
The background music for the Yr sequences is a recording of a Balinese Kecak, the ceremonial chant of the sacred
monkeys from the Ramayana. The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, headed by Danny Elfman, appear as extras
in the Yr sequences.
In a 2006 interview, Greenberg recalled that she was not consulted on any aspect of the film, and was contacted only
by Bibi Andersson. She recalled Andersson telling her that the producers had said Greenberg could not be consulted
[2]
as she was "hopelessly insane".
The film's supporting cast included Diane Varsi, Sylvia Sidney and Signe Hasso. Total running time is 96 minutes.
The studio is listed as "Imorh" Productions, imorh (variously meaning "sleep", "death" or "insanity") being an Yri
word from the novel.
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (film)
References
[1] Author can't shed legacy of 1964 novel 'Rose Garden' (http:/ / www. gazette. com/ articles/ rose-28516-garden-mental. html), Colorado
Springs Gazette, October 15, 2007.
[2] Interview with Claudia Cragg, A Conversation with Joanne Greenberg (http:/ / ccragg123. libsyn. com/ index. php?post_id=440976). Page
dated 2009-03-08, website with podcast found 2010-07-06.
External links
• I Never Promised You A Rose Garden (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076172/) at the Internet Movie Database
7
Our Winning Season
8
Our Winning Season
Our Winning Season
Movie Poster
Directed by
Joseph Ruben
Produced by
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Joe Roth
Written by
Nicholas Niciphor
Starring
Dennis Quaid
Scott Jacoby
Joanna Cassidy
Music by
Charles Fox
Cinematography Stephen M. Katz
Editing by
Bill Butler
Distributed by
American International Pictures
Release date(s)
May 1978 (USA)
Running time
92 min.
Country
Language
United States
English
Our Winning Season is a 1978 film directed by Joseph Ruben from a screenplay by Nicholas Niciphor.
Our Winning Season
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Taglines
It's your story.
Your senior year lasts the rest of your life.
Plot
A high school senior aspires to become a track star.
Our Winning Season poster of all posters in print
Principal cast
Actor
Role
Dennis Quaid
Paul Morelli
Scott Jacoby
David Wakefield
Deborah Benson Alice Baker
Robert Wahler
Burton Fleishauer
Joe Penny
Dean Berger
Jan Smithers
Cathy Wakefield
Joanna Cassidy
Shiela
P.J. Soles
Cindy Hawkins
Our Winning Season
External links
• Our Winning Season [1] at the Internet Movie Database
• Our Winning Season [2] at Allmovie
References
[1] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0078047/
[2] http:/ / www. allmovie. com/ work/ 105174
10
Breaking Away
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Breaking Away
Breaking Away
Directed by
Peter Yates
Produced by
Peter Yates
Written by
Steve Tesich
Starring
Dennis Christopher
Dennis Quaid
Daniel Stern
Jackie Earle Haley
Cinematography Matthew F. Leonetti
Editing by
Cynthia Scheider
Distributed by
20th Century Fox
Release date(s)
July 13, 1979
Running time
100 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Breaking Away is a 1979 American film. A coming of age film, it follows a teenager in Bloomington, Indiana who
has recently graduated from high school and is unsure what to do with his life. It stars Dennis Christopher, Dennis
Quaid, Daniel Stern (in his first film role), Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie and Paul Dooley. The film was written
by Steve Tesich (an alumnus of Indiana University) and directed by Peter Yates. Tesich would go on to script
another bicycle film, American Flyers, starring Kevin Costner.
It won the 1979 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Tesich, and also received nominations for Best
Actress in a Supporting Role (Barbara Barrie), Best Director, Best Original Score and Best Picture. The film also
won the 1979 Golden Globe Award for Best Film (Comedy or Musical).
The film is ranked eighth on the List of America's 100 Most Inspiring Movies compiled by the American Film
Institute (AFI) in 2006. In June 2008, AFI announced its "Ten top Ten"—the best ten films in ten "classic" American
film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. Breaking Away was acknowledged as the
eighth best film in the sports genre.[1] [2]
A short-lived television series based on the film, also titled Breaking Away, aired in 1980.
Breaking Away
Plot
Dave (Dennis Christopher), Mike (Dennis Quaid), Cyril (Daniel Stern) and Moocher (Jackie Earle Haley) are four
working-class friends, living in a college town, who have recently graduated from high school and are forced to
confront their uncertain futures. Dave's father, Ray (Paul Dooley), is puzzled and exasperated by his son's love of
Italian music and culture, which Dave associates with bicycling. However, his mother Evelyn (Barbara Barrie) is
more understanding.
When a professional Italian bicycling team comes to town for a race, Dave is thrilled to enter the race with the other
locals competing with them. After a disappointing finish, Dave's friends persuade him to join in forming their own
cycling team for the annual Indiana University Little 500 race.
Cast
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Dennis Christopher as Dave Stoller
Dennis Quaid as Mike
Daniel Stern as Cyril
Jackie Earle Haley as Moocher
Paul Dooley as Ray Stoller
Barbara Barrie as Evelyn Stoller
Robyn Douglass as Katherine
Hart Bochner as Rod
P.J. Soles as Suzy
Amy Wright as Nancy, Moocher's girlfriend
John Ashton as Mike's policeman brother Roy
Dooley and Christopher also played father and son in the 1978 film A Wedding and in the 2003 Law & Order:
Criminal Intent television episode "Cherry Red".
Barrie, Haley and Ashton continued their roles in the prequel TV series.
Real-life inspiration
The Little 500 bicycle race that forms the centerpiece of the plot is a real race held annually at Indiana University. A
reenactment of the race was staged for the film in the "old" Memorial Stadium on the IU campus, which was
demolished shortly after the filming of the movie.
The team is based on the 1962 Phi Kappa Psi Little 500 champions, which featured legendary rider and Italian
enthusiast Dave Blase, who provided screenwriter and fellow Phi Kappa Psi team member Steve Tesich the
inspiration for the main character in the movie.[3] Blase, together with team manager Bob Stohler, provided the name
[4]
[3]
of this character: Dave Stohler. In the 1962 race, Blase rode 139 out of 200 laps and was the victory rider
crossing the finish line, much like the main character in the film. Blase himself appears in the movie as the race
announcer.
Scenes shot in Bloomington
Many of the scenes in the movie were filmed on the Indiana University campus. The pizza restaurant in the film
("PAGLIAI'S") is now Opie Taylors on the east side of North Walnut Street, across from the Monroe County
Courthouse. Dave Stoller's house in the film is located at the corner of Lincoln and Dodds. Other scenes were filmed
outside the Delta Delta Delta sorority house (818 E. 3rd St) and along Jordan Street. Dave's "ecstasy ride" on the
wooded road after first meeting Kathy (where his bike tire blew) was filmed on the "West Gate Road" in Indiana's
Brown County State Park, 14 miles east of Bloomington on Indiana State Road 46. Two other scenes were filmed on
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North Hopeful Street (W 7th ST.), one at Fairview Elementary, the other three blocks east near the intersection of N.
Hopeful and N. Madison (the old railroad tracks have since been removed). A scene in which Dave runs a red light
in front of his father was filmed at the southwest corner of the courthouse, at the intersection of N. College and W.
5th streets (a few seconds before he runs it, the light is visible behind him as he rides by the courthouse and sees
Moocher and Nancy). The starting-line scene of the "Cinzano 100" bicycle race was at the intersection of Indiana
State Roads 46 and 446 in the southeast corner of Bloomington. The old limestone quarry where Dave and his
friends swim is on a private property south of Bloomington, at the end of East Empire Mill Road (off of old Indiana
State Road 37), and is closed to visitors. It is now often called the "Roof Top" quarry, but was originally known as
"The Long Hole" or "Sanders" quarry. The used car lot ("Campus Cars") was a real used car lot for many years, but
now has two small commercial buildings on the property; it is located at 1010 S. Walnut Avenue. Next door is the
local Honda motorcycle franchise seen in the background of the famous "Refund? REFUND!!" scene; it remains
there today.
Judging from the evidence in the scenes, location filming was apparently done in the months of July through
September, 1978.
References
[1] American Film Institute (2008-06-17). "AFI Crowns Top 10 Films in 10 Classic Genres" (http:/ / www. comingsoon. net/ news/ movienews.
php?id=46072). ComingSoon.net. . Retrieved 2008-06-18.
[2] "Top 10 Sports" (http:/ / www. afi. com/ 10top10/ sports. html). American Film Institute. . Retrieved 2008-06-18.
[3] Jim Schwarb. "Pedaling Through 50 Years of Little 500 History" (http:/ / alumni. indiana. edu/ magazine/ issues/ 200003/ little500. shtml).
Indiana Alumni Magazine. . Retrieved November 18, 2010.
[4] Jim Caple (May 3, 2007). "Nothing little about IU's Little 500" (http:/ / sports. espn. go. com/ espn/ page2/ story?page=caple/ 070503). ESPN
Sports. .
External links
• Breaking Away (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078902/) at the Internet Movie Database
• Google Maps view of the limestone quarry (http://maps.google.de/maps?client=safari&rls=en&q=39.
084908, -86.524592&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=de&tab=wl)
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The Long Riders
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The Long Riders
The Long Riders
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Walter Hill
Produced by
Tim Zinnemann
Stacy Keach
James Keach
Written by
Bill Bryden
Steven Phillip Smith
Stacy Keach
James Keach
Starring
James Keach
Stacy Keach
David Carradine
Robert Carradine
Keith Carradine
Dennis Quaid
Randy Quaid
Christopher Guest
Nicholas Guest
Savannah Smith Boucher
Music by
Ry Cooder
Cinematography Ric Waite
Editing by
Freeman A. Davies
David Holden
Studio
Huka Productions
Distributed by
United Artists
Release date(s)
May 16, 1980
Running time
99 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
The Long Riders is a 1980 western film directed by Walter Hill. It was produced by James Keach, Stacy Keach and
Tim Zinnemann and featured an original soundtrack by Ry Cooder. Cooder won the Best Music award in 1980 from
the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards for this soundtrack. The film was entered into the 1980 Cannes
Film Festival.[1]
The Long Riders
Plot
The Long Riders is a fictionalized account of the James-Younger gang.
Cast
The Long Riders is a notable film in part due to Hill's decision to cast four sets of actor brothers as the real-life sets
of brothers:
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The Keaches: Jesse James (James) and Frank James (Stacy)
The Carradines: Cole Younger (David), Jim Younger (Keith) and Bob Younger (Robert)
The Quaids: Ed Miller (Dennis) and Clell Miller (Randy)
The Guests: Charley Ford (Christopher) and Robert Ford (Nicholas)
It also features an uncredited appearance by Ever Carradine, daughter of Robert Carradine and niece to David and
Keith Carradine. Additionally James Keach's son, Kalen Keach, is cast as little Jesse James. Savannah Smith
Boucher played Zee, or Jesse James' wife, Zerelda.
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Kevin Brophy as John Younger
Harry Carey, Jr. as George Arthur
Shelby Leverington as Annie Ralston
Felice Orlandi as Mr. Reddick
Pamela Reed as Belle Starr
James Remar as Sam Starr
Production
Some of the movie, especially the Northfield scene was shot in Parrott, Georgia.
References
[1] "Festival de Cannes: The Long Riders" (http:/ / www. festival-cannes. com/ en/ archives/ ficheFilm/ id/ 1835/ year/ 1980. html).
festival-cannes.com. . Retrieved 2009-05-28.
External links
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The Long Riders (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081071/) at the Internet Movie Database
The Long Riders (http://www.allmovie.com/work/29942) at Allmovie
The Long Riders (http://tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?stid=17639) at the TCM Movie Database
Koller, Michael. " The Long Riders and Wild Bill (http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/02/20/
wild_bill.html)", Sense of Cinema.
• Film review (http://dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=4011)
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Gorp (film)
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Gorp (film)
Gorp
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Joseph Ruben
Produced by
Lou Arkoff
Jeffrey Konvitz
Written by
Jeffrey Konvitz
A. Martin Zweiback
Starring
Michael Lembeck
Dennis Quaid
Fran Drescher
Music by
Paul Dunlap
Cinematography Michel Hugo
Editing by
Bill Butler
Distributed by
American International Pictures
Release date(s)
May, 1980
Running time
90 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Gorp is a 1980 comedy film starring Michael Lembeck and Dennis Quaid, and featuring early acting work of
Roseanna Arquette and Fran Drescher in supporting roles. Directed by Joseph Ruben, with both story & screenplay
by Jeffrey Konvitz & A. Martin Zweiback, this movie follows in the tradition of the 1978 fraternity comedy film
National Lampoon's Animal House & the 1979 summer camp comedy film Meatballs.
Set in a Jewish summer camp, Gorp features the kind of physical, sexual, and scatological comedy prevalent in films
of this genre, while playing for comedic effect on the class distinctions between the camp's management, the camp
counselors, the waiters, and the kitchen staff.
Gorp (film)
External links
• Gorp [1] at the Internet Movie Database
References
[1] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0080809/
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All Night Long (1981 film)
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All Night Long (1981 film)
All Night Long
Original film poster
Directed by
Jean-Claude Tramont
Produced by
Associate
producers:
Terence A. Donnelly
Fran Roy
Producers:
Leonard Goldberg
Jerry Weintraub
Written by
W.D. Richter
Starring
Barbra Streisand
Gene Hackman
Diane Ladd
Dennis Quaid
Music by
Richard Hazard
Ira Newborn
José Padilla
Cinematography Philip H. Lathrop
Editing by
Rachel Igel
Marion Rothman
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date(s)
March 6, 1981
Running time
100 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
All Night Long is a 1981 comedy film starring Barbra Streisand, Gene Hackman, Diane Ladd, Dennis Quaid, Kevin
Dobson, and William Daniels, and directed by Jean-Claude Tramont.[1]
All Night Long (1981 film)
Plot
Hackman, as a man nearing middle age, is demoted after a temper tantrum and reduced to working as the manager of
an all-night pharmacy/convenience store. The film shows the effects this has on his wife (Ladd), adult son (Quaid),
and on a newfound relationship with his sister-in-law (Streisand), an untalented singer-songwriter married to a
volatile firefighter (Dobson).
Production
The film was originally planned as a low-budget release, with Hackman and Lisa Eichhorn. Streisand's then-agent,
Sue Mengers, who was in a relationship with the film's director, suggested Barbra for the part instead of Eichhorn.
Several biographies suggest that because of the film's subsequent failure at the box office, Streisand fired Mengers.
Reception
Streisand was nominated for a 1981 Golden Raspberry Award for her performance. The film received mixed
reviews[2] , though some critics cited Streisand's performance as one of her very best. Stephen Holden, in Rolling
Stone magazine, gave the film a positive review, adding that Streisand's performance suggested Marilyn Monroe.
Pauline Kael in The New Yorker was full of praise for the film : " The director, Jean-Claude Tramont, a Belgian who
has worked in American television, is a sophisticated jokester. There may be a suggestion of Lubitsch and of Max
Ophuls in his approach, and there is more than a suggestion of Jacques Tati. Gene Hackman, whose specialty has
been believable, lived-in characters, gives one of his most likable performances." [3]
Box office
Although generally seen as a flop, the film opened at #1 on the American film charts with an opening weekend of
$1,391,000, and grossed around $10,000,000 worldwide. Adjusting for inflation, this is around $22.5 million in 2000
dollars.
References
[1] The Films of Barbra Streisand, Christopher Nickens & Karen Swenson, Citadel Press, p. 152-160
[2] review by Vincent Canby, New York Times, 6 March 1981 (http:/ / movies. nytimes. com/ movie/
review?res=9502E3D81038F935A35750C0A967948260)
[3] Pauline Kael , Taking it all In p.156 ISBN 0-7145-2841-2
External links
• All Night Long (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082001/) at the Internet Movie Database
• All Night Long (http://www.allmovie.com/work/1573) at Allmovie
• Barbra Streisand Archives: Film - "All Night Long" page (http://barbra-archives.com/films/
all_night_long_streisand.html)
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Caveman (film)
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Caveman (film)
Caveman
Movie poster
Directed by
Carl Gottlieb
Produced by
David Foster
Lawrence Turman
Written by
Rudy De Luca
Carl Gottlieb
Starring
Ringo Starr
Barbara Bach
Dennis Quaid
Shelley Long
Music by
Lalo Schifrin
Cinematography Alan Hume
Editing by
Gene Fowler, Jr.
Distributed by
United Artists
Release date(s)
April 17, 1981
Running time
91 min.
Country
Language
United States
English
Caveman is a 1981 American slapstick comedy film financed by George Harrison, written and directed by Carl
Gottlieb and starring Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Dennis Quaid and Shelley Long.
Plot
Atouk (Starr) is a bullied and scrawny caveman living in "One Zillion BC – October 9th"[1] He lusts after the
beautiful but shallow Lana (Bach), who is the mate of Tonda (Matuszak), their tribe's physically imposing bullying
leader. After being banished along with his friend Lar (Quaid), Atouk falls in with a band of assorted misfits, among
them the comely Tala (Long) and the elderly blind man Gog (Gilford). The group has ongoing encounters with
hungry dinosaurs, and rescues Lar from a "nearby ice age", where they encounter an abominable snowman. In the
course of these adventures they discover sedative drugs, fire, cooking, music, and learn how to walk fully upright.
Atouk uses these advancements to lead an attack on Tonda, overthrowing him and becoming the tribe's new leader.
He discards Lana and takes Tala as his mate, and they live happily ever after.
Caveman (film)
Cast
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Ringo Starr as Atouk
Dennis Quaid as Lar
Shelley Long as Tala
Jack Gilford as Gog
Barbara Bach as Lana
Evan C. Kim as Nook
Carl Lumbly as Bork
John Matuszak as Tonda
Avery Schreiber as Ock
Richard Moll as Abominable Snowman
Production
The film was filmed in Durango, Durango, Mexico, using the Sierra De Organos near Sombrerete, Zacatecas for
exteriors. The film features stop-motion animated dinosaurs constructed by Jim Danforth,[2] including a
Tyrannosaurus Rex which in one scene becomes intoxicated by a Cannabis-type drug, animated by Randall W.
Cook.[3] Danforth was a major participant in the special effects sequences, but left the film "about two-thirds of the
way" (his words) through the work because the Directors Guild of America prohibited his contracted on-screen
credit, co-direction with Carl Gottlieb. Consequently, Danforth's name does not appear on the film.[4]
The film's dialog is almost entirely in "caveman" language, such as:
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"alunda" – love
"bobo" – friend
"araka" – fire
"macha" – monster
"nya" – no/not
"ool" – food
"pooka" – broken
"ugh" – like
"zug zug" – sex
"kuda" – come
At some showings audiences were issued a translation pamphlet for 30 "caveman words."[5] The only English dialog
present is used for comedic effect, when it is spoken by a caveman played by Evan Kim who speaks modern English
but is understood by none of the other characters. Being a Korean caveman, by speaking English, he appears to be
more advanced than the rest. At her audition, Long said she did not speak any English, but responded to everything
[5]
with grunts.
Barbara Bach and Ringo Starr first met on the set of Caveman and married just over a year later.[6]
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Caveman (film)
References
[1] Apparently in memory of John Lennon who was killed 5 months before the film's release, was Ringo Starr's friend and bandmate with The
Beatles, and whose birthday was October 9.
[2] Pettigrew, Neil, The Stop-Motion Filmography, McFarland & Company, Inc., 1999, p. 111.
[3] Pettigrew, p. 114.
[4] Pettigrew, p. 109.
[5] imdb.com (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0082146/ trivia/ )
[6] barbara-bach.com (http:/ / www. barbara-bach. com/ barbarabio. htm)
External links
• Caveman (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082146/) at the Internet Movie Database
• Caveman (http://www.allmovie.com/work/8693) at Allmovie
• Cavespeak: A Dictionary Of Cavese (http://www.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/cavespeak.html)
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The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (film)
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The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (film)
The Night the Lights Went Out in
Georgia
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Ronald F. Maxwell
Produced by
Bill Blake
Written by
Bob Bonney
Starring
Kristy McNichol
Dennis Quaid
Mark Hamill
Don Stroud
Arlen Dean Snyder
Barry Corbin
Music by
Keith Allison
Bobbie Gentry
Mark Lindsay
David Shire
Cinematography
Bill Butler
Editing by
Anne Goursand
Distributed by
Dimension Films
Release date(s)
May 29, 1981
Running time
120 minutes
Country
Language
United States
English
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia is a 1981 film, starring Kristy McNichol, Dennis Quaid, Mark Hamill,
and Don Stroud, directed by Ronald F. Maxwell. It was very loosely inspired by the Vicki Lawrence song of the
same name (it shares almost no plot elements with the original song). New lyrics related to the plot of the film were
written for the film version of the song.
The movie was filmed on location in Dade County, Georgia.
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (film)
Plot summary
A young singer and his sister/manager travel to Nashville in search of stardom. As they journey from one grimy
hotel to another, it becomes increasingly obvious that only one of them has what it takes to become a star.
Dennis Quaid plays Travis Child, a country singer who had one hit song and then faded from the scene. Kristy
McNichol is his ambitious younger sister, Amanda Child, who is determined to get them to Nashville where Travis
can once again become a star. Her plans are derailed by Travis's lack of ambition and easy distraction by women and
booze.
The two are separated in one town and by the time they find each other in the next one, Travis has been arrested for
public drunkenness. To pay the fine he takes a job bartending at a roadside tavern called Andy's, where he meets and
falls for a young lady with a very jealous ex-boyfriend—who happens to be the deputy sheriff.
External links
• The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia [1] at the Internet Movie Database
• The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia [2] at Allmovie
References
[1] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0082816/
[2] http:/ / www. allmovie. com/ work/ 35325
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Stripes (film)
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Stripes (film)
Stripes
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Ivan Reitman
Produced by
Daniel Goldberg
Ivan Reitman
Written by
Len Blum
Harold Ramis
Daniel Goldberg
Starring
Bill Murray
Harold Ramis
Warren Oates
P. J. Soles
John Candy
Music by
Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography Bill Butler
Editing by
Harry Keller
Michael Luciano
Eva Ruggiero
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)
June 26, 1981
Running time
Theatrical cut:
106 minutes
Extended cut:
122 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Russian
Polish
Budget
US$10 million
Gross revenue
$85,297,000
Stripes is a 1981 American comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren
Oates, P. J. Soles, and John Candy. Stripes also featured several noted actors in their first significant film roles,
including John Larroquette, Sean Young, John Diehl and Judge Reinhold. It was one of Canadian comedian John
Candy's early breakthrough film appearances. Dave Thomas, Bill Paxton, Joe Flaherty, and Timothy Busfield are
also in one scene apiece. The film was among Oates' last films, as he died of a heart attack the year after release.