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| File:Felonposter08.jpg Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Ric Roman Waugh |
| Produced by | Dan Keston Nick Phillips Christopher Wilhem |
| Written by | Ric Roman Waugh |
| Starring | Stephen Dorff Harold Perrineau Marisol Nichols Anne Archer Sam Shepard Val Kilmer |
| Music by | Gerhard Daum |
| Cinematography | Dana Gonzales |
| Editing by | Jonathan Chibnall |
| Distributed by | Stage 6 Films |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Felon is a 2008 American drama film about a family man who ends up in state prison after he kills an intruder. The film was written and directed by Ric Roman Waugh, and stars Stephen Dorff, Val Kilmer and Harold Perrineau. The story is based on events that took place in the 1990s at the notorious California State Prison, Corcoran.[1]
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Synopsis [link]
The family man Wade Porter (Stephen Dorff) is living the American Dream with his girlfriend Laura (Marisol Nichols) and their son Michael: they have a nice house, he has just raised a loan to make his company grow and they are going to get married. However their dream becomes a nightmare when Wade unintentionally kills a burglar that had broken into their house in the middle of the night on his lawn. He is put on trial and accepts a deal proposed by the prosecutor, being sentenced to three years in prison. During the transportation, there is an incident in the bus and Wade is framed and sent to the Security Housing Unit in Corcoran State Prison under the command of the corrupt Lieutenant Jackson (Harold Perrineau). His cell-mate John Smith (Val Kilmer) who was serving a life sentence after avenging the death of his family befriends Wade and gives helpful advice and hope to him.
Cast [link]
- Stephen Dorff as Wade Porter
- Marisol Nichols as Laura Porter
- Vincent Miller as Michael Porter
- Val Kilmer as John Smith
- Harold Perrineau as Lt. Jackson
- Greg Serano as Officer Diaz
- Nate Parker as Officer Collins
- Nick Chinlund as Sgt. Roberts
- Anne Archer as Maggie
- Sam Shepard as Gordon
- Chris Browning as Danny Sampson
- Jake Walker as Warden Harris
Reception [link]
The film received mixed reviews from critics. As of January 10, 2012, Felon holds a score of 7.6 out of ten on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) based upon 34,497 votes. As of January 26, 2009, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 62% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 21 reviews.[2] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 58 out of 100, based on 10 reviews — indicating good or above average reviews.[3] The film had a limited screening in the US.
References [link]
- ^ Holden, Stephen (2008-07-18). "Movie Review". New York Times. https://movies.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/movies/18felo.html. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
- ^ "Felon Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10010077-felon/. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
- ^ "Felon (2008): Reviews". Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/felon?q=felon. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
External links [link]
https://wn.com/Felon_(film)
Film (band)
Film was a Yugoslav rock group founded in 1978 in Zagreb. Film was one of the most popular rock groups of the former Yugoslav new wave in the late 1970s to early 1980s.
History
New wave years (1979-1981)
During 1977 and 1978, bassist Marino Pelajić, guitarist Mladen Jurčić, and drummer Branko Hromatko were Azra members when Branimir "Johnny" Štulić brought Jura Stublić as the new vocalist. Stublić was to become Aerodrom member, but due to his deep vocals it never happened. The lineup functioned for a few months only and after a quarrel with Štulić, on early 1979, Pelajić, Jurčić, Hromatko and Stublić formed the band Šporko Šalaporko i Negove Žaluzine, naming the band after a story from the "Polet" youth magazine, which was soon after renamed to Film. The memories of the Azra lineup later inspired Štulić to write the song "Roll over Jura" released on Filigranski pločnici in 1982.
Saxophonist Jurij Novoselić, who at the time had worked under the pseudonym Kuzma Videosex, joined the band, inspiring others to use pseudonym instead of their original names: vocalist Stublić became Jura Jupiter, bassist Pelajić became Mario Baraccuda and guitarist Jurčić became Max Wilson. Before joining the band, Stublić did not have much experience as a vocalist, however, since his father had been an opera singer, he often visited the theatre and opera, and at the age of 13, he started playing the guitar, earning money as a street performer at seaside resorts.
Film (Iranian magazine)
Film (Persian:فیلم) is an Iranian film review magazine published for more than 30 years. The head-editor is Massoud Mehrabi.
References
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Film (film)
Film is a 1965 film written by Samuel Beckett, his only screenplay. It was commissioned by Barney Rosset of Grove Press. Writing began on 5 April 1963 with a first draft completed within four days. A second draft was produced by 22 May and a forty-leaf shooting script followed thereafter. It was filmed in New York in July 1964.
Beckett’s original choice for the lead – referred to only as “O” – was Charlie Chaplin, but his script never reached him. Both Beckett and the director Alan Schneider were interested in Zero Mostel and Jack MacGowran. However, the former was unavailable and the latter, who accepted at first, became unavailable due to his role in a "Hollywood epic." Beckett then suggested Buster Keaton. Schneider promptly flew to Los Angeles and persuaded Keaton to accept the role along with "a handsome fee for less than three weeks' work."James Karen, who was to have a small part in the film, also encouraged Schneider to contact Keaton.
The filmed version differs from Beckett's original script but with his approval since he was on set all the time, this being his only visit to the United States. The script printed in Collected Shorter Plays of Samuel Beckett (Faber and Faber, 1984) states:
Felon (disambiguation)
A felon is someone who commits a felony.
Felon may also refer to:
