Easy Money (1983 film)
Easy Money is a 1983 American comedy film starring Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Candice Azzara, and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
It was directed by James Signorelli and written by Dangerfield, Michael Endler, P. J. O'Rourke and Dennis Blair.
The original music score was composed by Laurence Rosenthal.
The theme song" Easy Money" is performed by Billy Joel and was featured on his album" An Innocent Man".
The Mechanical Man
The Mechanical Man( Italian:" L'uomo meccanico") is a 1921 Italian science fiction film directed by André Deed( who also starred in the film as a comedic character named Saltarello).
It was produced in 1920, and released in November 1921.
It is one of the first science fiction films produced in Italy, and the first film that showed a battle between two robots.
The cinematographer was Alberto Chentrens.
For many years the original film, which was about 80 minutes in length, was regarded as lost.
However, some reels of the Portuguese release version were discovered at the Cinemateca Brasileira in Brazil.
The remaining footage amounts to only about 26 minutes( 740 meters).
The DVD release by Alpha Video uses the incomplete Brazilian print, with new English intertitles.
Film critic Christopher Workman opines that this film had to have influenced Fritz Lang's" Metropolis"( 1927).
Director Deeds began his acting career in France, then moved to Italy where he continued his slapstick style of acting.
After finishing" The Mechanical Man", he moved back to France where his acting career slightly declined in popularity.
He did however direct around 40 films and acted in over 200, before he died in 1940.
Ironmaster (film)
Ironmaster is a 1983 film directed by Umberto Lenzi.
Alan Gordon (actor)
Alan Gordon is a British actor.
He appeared in films such as" Deadly Nightshade"( 1953)," Foxy Lady"( 1971), in which he falls for actress Sylvia Feigel," Cannibal Girls"( 1973)," Easy Money"( 1983) and" Dynaman"( 1988).
Gordon also appeared on such television series as" Law& Order".
Charlie Gehringer
Charles Leonard Gehringer( May 11, 1903 – January 21, 1993), nicknamed" The Mechanical Man", was an American professional baseball second baseman, coach, general manager, and team vice president, who played in Major League Baseball( MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, for 19 seasons.
He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, in 1949.
Easy Money (2010 film)
Easy Money is a Swedish thriller film directed by Daniel Espinosa that was released on 15 January 2010.
It is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Jens Lapidus.
Joel Kinnaman stars in the lead role of Johan" JW" Westlund, a rather poor man living a double life in the upper class areas of Stockholm.
After meeting a wealthy girl, he is enticed into the world of organized crime and begins to sell cocaine to afford his expensive lifestyle.
" Easy Money" was well received by critics and was a hit at the box office.
Two sequels to the film have been filmed- the first(" Snabba Cash II") was released in 2012, while the third premiered in Swedish cinemas October 2013.
Warner Bros. holds the rights to an American remake of" Easy Money", which is set to star Zac Efron.
Easy Money II: Hard to Kill
Easy Money
II: Hard to Kill is a 2012 Swedish thriller film directed by Babak Najafi and written by Peter Birro and Maria Karlsson.
Based on Jens Lapidus's novels" Easy Money" and" Aldrig fucka upp", it is the second installment in the" Easy Money" film series and a sequel to the 2010 film" Easy Money".
Joel Kinnaman, Matias Varela, Dragomir Mrsic, and Fares Fares reprise their roles as four criminals of different backgrounds who all become involved in the hunt for money belonging to the Serbian mob.
A third film,, was released in 2013.
Easy Money III: Life Deluxe
Easy Money
III: Life Deluxe is a 2013 Swedish thriller film directed by Jens Jonsson, based on the novel" Livet Deluxe" by Jens Lapidus.
The film is the third installment in the" Easy Money" film series, following" Easy Money" and.
Matias Varela and Joel Kinnaman reprise their roles as career criminal Jorge and business student turned convict JW, respectively, alongside returning cast members Dejan Čukić and Madeleine Martin and series newcomers Martin Wallström and Malin Buska.
Set after the events of the second film," Easy Money III: Life Deluxe" continues the stories of Jorge, JW, and the Serbian mob as their paths intertwine through their criminal activities.
André Deed
Henri André Chapais, known as André Deed( 22 February 1879 – 4 October 1940), was a French actor and director, best known for his Foolshead comedies, produced in the 1900s and 1910s.
André Deed was one of the first named actors in cinema, and his film series based around Foolshead were a global success.
James Signorelli
James Signorelli is an American film director and cinematographer, best known for his work on the TV show" Saturday Night Live".
He has been the film segment producer for more than 400 episodes of" Saturday Night Live" since 1976.
He has produced many of the commercial parodies for which the show is noted.

Question: Are the directors of films Easy Money (1983 film) and The Mechanical Man both from the same country?
Answer: no