Across the River (film)
Across the River is a British drama film directed by Warren B. Malone and starring Elizabeth Healey and Kier Charles.
The Family That Preys
The Family
That Preys is a 2008 American drama film written, produced, and directed by Tyler Perry.
The screenplay focuses on two families, one wealthy and the other working class, whose lives are intertwined in both love and business.
The movie is the second of four in which Perry's signature character, Madea, does not make an appearance.
It is also the second Perry- directed film( alongside" Daddy's Little Girls") that is not based on any of the filmmaker's stage plays.
Malinda Williams
Malinda Williams( born September 24, 1975) is an American actress and producer.
She began her career on television, before appearing in films" A Thin Line Between Love and Hate"( 1996)," High School High"( 1996), and" The Wood"( 1999).
From 2000 to 2004, Williams starred as Tracy" Bird" Van Adams in the Showtime drama series" Soul Food", for which she received three NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series nominations.
After starring role in the short- lived NBC drama series" Windfall", Williams returned to film playing supporting roles in" Idlewild"( 2006)," Daddy's Little Girls"( 2007)," First Sunday"( 2008), and" 2 Days in New York"( 2012).
Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry( born Emmitt Perry Jr.; September 13, 1969) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian and director.
In 2011," Forbes" listed him as the highest paid man in entertainment, earning$ 130 million USD between May 2010 and May 2011.
Perry created and performs the Madea character, a tough elderly black woman.
Perry's films vary in style from orthodox filmmaking techniques to filmed productions of live stage plays.
Many of Perry's stage- play films have been subsequently adapted as films.
Perry wrote and produced many stage plays during the 1990s and early 2000s.
Perry has developed several television series, most notably" Tyler Perry's House of Payne", which ran for eight seasons on TBS from June 21, 2006, to August 10, 2012.
On October 2, 2012, Perry struck an exclusive multi- year partnership with Oprah Winfrey and her Oprah Winfrey Network.
The partnership was largely for the sake of bringing scripted television to the OWN, based on Perry's previous success in this area.
Perry has created multiple scripted series for the network," The Haves and the Have Nots" being its most successful.
" The Haves and the Have Nots" has given OWN its highest ratings to date as of 2014, with the series also referred to as" one of OWN's biggest success stories with its weekly dose of soapy fun, filled with the typical betrayals, affairs, and manipulations."
Perry has additionally acted in films not directed or produced by himself, including as Admiral Barnett in" Star Trek"( 2009), the titular character in" Alex Cross"( 2012), Tanner Bolt in" Gone Girl"( 2014), Baxter Stockman in( 2016) and Colin Powell in" Vice"( 2018).
John Cassisi
John Cassisi( born September 5, 1962) is a former American child actor who starred in the 1976 movie" Bugsy Malone" as" Fat Sam" and subsequently in the television series" Fish".
He was" discovered" by" Bugsy Malone" director Alan Parker, when Parker visited a Brooklyn classroom and asked students to nominate the" naughtiest" boy in class.
After retiring from acting in 1982, Cassisi became involved in construction work.
From 2012 to 2014, he served as the Director of Global Construction for Citigroup.
In 2015, he pleaded guilty to a bribery scheme and was sentenced to 2 to 6 years in prison plus a$ 500,000 forfeiture.
Cassisi is married and has had three children.
His eldest son, Robert, died after suffering from a pulmonary embolism at the age of twenty- six.
Bugsy Malone
Bugsy Malone is a 1976 musical gangster comedy film written and directed by Alan Parker.
The film was Parker's feature film directorial debut.
A co-production of United States and United Kingdom, it features child actors playing adult roles, with Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, John Cassisi, and Martin Lev in major roles.
The film tells the story of the rise of" Bugsy Malone" and the battle for power between" Fat Sam" and" Dandy Dan".
Set in New York City, it is a gangster movie spoof, substituting whipped cream" guns" for machine guns firing bullets.
The film is based loosely on events in New York and Chicago during Prohibition era, specifically the exploits of real- life gangsters such as Al Capone and Bugs Moran.
Parker lightened the subject matter considerably for the children's market, and the film received a G rating in the U.S." Bugsy Malone" premiered at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d' Or.
The film was released theatrically in the UK on July 12, 1976 by Fox- Rank Distributors, and in the U.S. by Paramount Pictures.
The film was a commercial success in the UK but not in other territories.
It received acclaim from critics for its screenplay, musical numbers, unique narrative and performances of the cast( particularly Foster's).
In 2003," Bugsy Malone" was voted# 19 on a list of the 100 greatest musicals, as chosen by viewers of Channel 4 in the UK.
In 2008," Empire" ranked it 353rd on their list of 500 greatest movies of all time.
The film received eight nominations at the 30th British Academy Film Awards, including Best Film and won three: Best Supporting Actress and Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for Foster and Best Screenplay for Parker.
The film also received three nominations at the 34th Golden Globe Awards including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
Alan Parker
Sir Alan William Parker( born 14 February 1944) is an English filmmaker.
Parker's early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements.
After about ten years of filming adverts, many of which won awards for creativity, he began screenwriting and directing films.
Parker is noted for having a wide range of filmmaking styles and working in differing genres.
He has directed musicals, including" Bugsy Malone"( 1976)," Fame"( 1980)," Pink Floyd – The Wall"( 1982)," The Commitments"( 1991) and" Evita"( 1996); true- story dramas, including" Midnight Express"( 1978)," Mississippi Burning"( 1988)," Come See the Paradise"( 1990) and" Angela's Ashes"( 1999); family dramas, including" Shoot the Moon"( 1982), and horrors and thrillers including" Angel Heart"( 1987) and" The Life of David Gale"( 2003).
His films have won nineteen BAFTA awards, ten Golden Globes and six Academy Awards.
Parker was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services to the British film industry and knighted in 2002.
He has been active in both British cinema and American cinema, along with being a founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain and lecturing at various film schools.
In 2013 he received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, the highest honour the British Film Academy can give a filmmaker.
Parker donated his personal archive to the British Film Institute's National Archive in 2015.
Daddy's Little Girls
Daddy's Little Girls is a 2007 American romantic comedy- drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry and produced by Perry and Reuben Cannon.
It stars Gabrielle Union and Idris Elba.
The film was released on February 14, 2007 by Lions Gate Entertainment.
This is one of only three films directed by Perry that he does not appear in( the other two being" For Colored Girls" and) as well as the first of Perry's films to not be based on any of the filmmaker's stage plays.
Geoffrey Kirkland
Geoffrey Kirkland( born 1939) is an English production designer.
He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film" The Right Stuff".
He is also a two- time BAFTA winner for his work in" Bugsy Malone" and" Children of Men".
He was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy for his work in" Hemingway& Gellhorn".
She's Out of Control
She's Out of Control is an independent American 1989 coming of age comedy film starring Tony Danza, Ami Dolenz and Catherine Hicks.
The original music score was composed by Alan Silvestri.
The film was marketed with the tagline" She was Daddy's little girl.
Now she's at that age when girls go wild, guys go crazy and Dads go nuts."
The film was shot with the working title" Daddy's Little Girl".

Question: Do both Bugsy Malone and Daddy'S Little Girls films have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no