Remote Control (1992 film)
Remote Control (Icelandic: Sódóma Reykjavík  is a 1992 Icelandic film directed by Óskar Jónasson.
The plot is a farce, revolving around the young car mechanic Axel and his adventure in the Reykjavík underworld which starts when his mother insists that he must recover the remote control to her TV.
It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.
The film stars Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson as Axel, and features the Icelandic metal band HAM.
Control Car Remote Control Locomotive
A Control Car Remote Control Locomotive( CCRCL) is a stripped diesel locomotive body with remote control equipment installed.
The units are a creation of the Union Pacific Railroad, which is widely adopting remote control of locomotives in switching service.
They are sometimes improperly called slugs, and differ from normal remote control locomotives as they can not move on their own.
Bruce Gordon (actor/director)
Bruce Gordon was an actor who appeared in and directed the 1919 film" The First Men in the Moon".
He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Storyville (film)
Storyville is a 1992 film directed by Mark Frost and starring James Spader.
Remote control (disambiguation)
A remote control is any device used to control a remote operation.
Remote control may also refer to:
Fancy Dress (1919 film)
Fancy Dress is a 1919 British silent comedy film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Godfrey Tearle, Ivy Duke and Guy Newall.
A lawyer hires a strolling player to impersonate an aristocrat.
The Grey Car
The Grey Car is a 1919 film directed by Enrique Rosas which is the number 98 in 100 Mexican best movies.
Óskar Jónasson
Óskar Jónasson( born 30 June 1963) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter.
His film" Remote Control" was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.
His most recent film" Reykjavík- Rotterdam" won four Edda Awards including Director of the Year and Best Screenplay.
J'accuse! (1938 film)
J'accuse! is a 1938 French war film directed by Abel Gance and starring Victor Francen.
It is a remake of the 1919 film of the same name, which was also directed by Gance.
Kenelm Foss
Kenelm Foss( 13 December 1885 – 28 November 1963) was a British actor, theatre director, author, screenwriter and film director.
He was born in Croydon, Surrey and studied art at the Wellesley School of Art and in Paris.
He was, however, more interested in theatre and in 1903 made his first appearance on the London stage at the Royal Court Theatre.
He then spent four years at the Glasgow Repertory Theatre producing plays and acting before returning to London to manage the Lyric Theatre in the Strand.
He directed the play" Magic" by G.K. Chesterton, which had been written specially for him in 1913, and which title was the caption to the Vanity Fair caricature of him on 17 December 1913.
He then produced the first performance of Chekhov ’s" The Cherry Orchard" in England and in Europe, after which he obliged to leave the theatre for a while when he contracted tuberculosis.
In 1915 he began a new career as a film director utilizing the production techniques and acting skills he had learned in the theatre.
Many of his films were made for Astra Films.
Following a relapse of his illness, he was able to return to the theatre and in the early 1920s spent some time in New York City where he produced a play on Broadway starring John Barrymore.
He published several novels, works of poetry and biographical studies of Richard Brinsley Sheridan and J. M. W. Turner.
With Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and others he published" Practical Course in Cinema Acting in Ten Complete Lessons" in 1920.
In 1925 he opened a sandwich bar in London which soon became a great success with the theatre fraternity and was followed by more" Sandys" to meet the demand.
Foss died in 1963.
He had married the actress Elisabeth Gilson and had six children, two of whom died in childhood.
In 2005 his daughter Fanny Burney Woolnough published( under the name Fanny Burney) a biography of her father," Stage, Screen and Sandwiches: the Remarkable Life of Kenelm Foss".

Question: Are the directors of films Remote Control (1992 Film) and Fancy Dress (1919 Film) both from the same country?
Answer: no