Escape from L.A. [SEP] screenwriter
Escape from L.A.


At one point, a script was commissioned in 1987, being written by screenwriter Coleman Luck, with Dino De Laurentiis's company producing. Carpenter later described the script as "too light, too campy". In time, Carpenter and Kurt Russell got together to write with their long-time collaborator Debra Hill. Carpenter insists that Russell's persistence allowed the film to be made, since "Snake Plissken was a character he loved and wanted to play again". "Escape from L.A." grossed $25,477,365 from its $
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Debra Hill


Debra Hill (November 10, 1950 – March 7, 2005) was an American film producer and screenwriter, best known for producing various works of John Carpenter. She also co-wrote four of his films: "Halloween", "The Fog", "Escape from New York" and "Escape from L.A." They also wrote and produced "Halloween II" together, which Carpenter did not direct. Hill was born in Haddonfield, New Jersey and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1975 she started as
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Snake Plissken


S.D. Bob "Snake" Plissken is the protagonist of the films "Escape from New York" and "Escape from L.A." He is portrayed by Kurt Russell, and created by director John Carpenter and screenwriter Nick Castle. An anti-hero, he is a former Special Forces operator/war hero in World War III turned criminal. The movies follow his apprehension by the United States Police Force and subsequent conscription to extract top-secret material from New York City and Los Angeles — which have, in this dystopian setting,
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Escape from L.A.


Escape from L.A. (also known as John Carpenter's Escape from L.A. or Escape from Los Angeles) is a 1996 American postapocalyptic action film co-written, co-scored, and directed by John Carpenter, co-written and produced by Debra Hill and Kurt Russell, with Russell also starring as Snake Plissken. A sequel to "Escape from New York", "Escape from L.A." co-stars Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, Bruce Campbell, and Pam Grier. The film received a mixed reception and was a
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J. William Kime


representative to the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO), the world’s largest private shipping organization. He died of cancer in Towson, Maryland, on 14 September 2006 at age 72. A memorial service was held at the Fort Myer Memorial Chapel, Arlington, Virginia, on 29 September followed by interment in Arlington National Cemetery on Coast Guard Hill. Sources: ALCOAST 464/06 (R 142239Z SEP 06), ALCOAST 469/06 06 (R 152010Z SEP 06), ALCOAST 475/06 (R 202141Z SEP 06), and L.A.
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Kevin Yorn


Studies program in the School of Liberal Arts. Yorn became a deputy district attorney in L.A. County after graduating from Tulane Law in 1990. He was in the D.A.’s office for five years, working in the Hardcore Gang Investigations Unit. In 2018, Yorn was named one of Hollywood's top power lawyers by Hollywood Reporter. After the D.A's office, Yorn partnered with Kevin Morris, a lawyer he met through his brother, Rick Yorn. An aspiring writer named Anthony Zuiker asked Yorn for help in escaping a screenwriting contract
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Escape from L.A.


work on some moviegoers as satire and on others as the real thing." Todd McCarthy of "Variety" wrote, "A cartoonish, cheesy, and surprisingly campy apocalyptic actioner, "John Carpenter's Escape From L.A." is spiked with a number of funny and anarchic ideas, but doesn't begin to pull them together into a coherent whole." Owen Gleiberman of "Entertainment Weekly" rated it C+ and wrote, "Carpenter never was the filmmaker his cult claimed him to be, but in "Escape From L.A.
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Mark Steven Greenfield


, was the Vice President of the Los Angeles Art Association, and was on the board of the Downtown Arts Development Association. Sep, 2014 Lookin’ Back in Front of Me: Selected Works of Mark Steven Greenfield, 1974-2014 California African American Museum Sep, 2014 EAT.DRINK.ART - A Kaleidoscope of the Senses Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park (LAMAG) Mar, 2014 RISE: Love. Revolution. Black Panther Party. Closing Reception Art Share L.A. Feb, 2014 RISE: Love, Revolution, the Black Panthers
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L.A. Takedown


In the final sequences, Hanna is reunited with his wife. The majority of the main cast appeared as guest stars in episodes of one or both of Michael Mann's two shows produced in the 1980s, "Miami Vice" and "Crime Story". The origins of "L.A. Takedown" lay in real life. Michael Mann, the film's producer and screenwriter, cited producer, screenwriter and Chicago ex-police officer Chuck Adamson as an inspiration for the character of Vincent Hanna. Mann, who collaborated with Adamson on
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L.A. Confidential (film)


of the '20s and '30s, was being bulldozed." Screenwriter Brian Helgeland was originally signed to Warner Bros. to write a Viking film with director Uli Edel and then worked on an unproduced modern-day King Arthur story. Helgeland was a long-time fan of Ellroy's novels. When he heard that Warner Bros. had acquired the rights to "L.A. Confidential" in 1990, he lobbied to script the film. However, at the time, the studio was only talking to well-known screenwriters. When he
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Mike Amato


AMATO, Jan 1995- Present ARCADE FIRE, Jan 2018 - Present GREEN DAY, Aug 2016 - Nov 2017 SLIPKNOT, Sep 2014 - Aug 2016 SOUNDGARDEN, Mar 2014 - Sep 2014 GREEN DAY, July 2012 - Mar 2014 DAUGHTRY, Mar 2012 – June 2012 SYSTEM OF A DOWN, Dec 2010 – Mar 2012 rage against the machine, L.A. Rising, July 2011 Brian Setzer Orchestra, April 2011 NIGHT RANGER, Mar 2011 GODSMACK, Sept 2010 – Nov 10 CREED, May 2010 – Sept 10 TOOL, Tool Touring, Inc.
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Escape from L.A.


by specialty label La-La Land Records in 2014 which featured pieces of music which were recorded for (but ultimately cut) use in the film. Marvel Comics released the one-shot "The Adventures of Snake Plissken" in January 1997. The story takes place sometime between "Escape from New York" and his famous Cleveland escape mentioned in "Escape from L.A.". Snake has robbed Atlanta's Centers for Disease Control of some engineered metaviruses and is looking for buyers in Chicago. Finding himself in a deal that's
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Snake Plissken


Snake. In the 2000s, there was a proposed second sequel often mentioned by Carpenter and Russell in interviews prior to the release of "Escape from L.A." The concept was that Earth was the only place left for Plissken to escape. After "Escape from L.A." failed to attract much business, the project never materialized. In August 2006, there was an Internet rumor circulating that the project was actively being pursued by Paramount at Russell's urging, but the rumor was revealed to be untrue. The 2001 film "Ghosts
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Escape from L.A.


esque vision of the City of Angels". Peter Stack of "The San Francisco Chronicle" rated it 3/4 stars and called it "dark, percussive and perversely fun". Esther Iverem of "The Washington Post" wrote that the film "tries but fails to be an action-hero flick or even a parody of one". Marc Savlov of "The Austin Chronicle" rated it 3/5 stars and wrote, "Loud, rollicking, alternately ultraviolent and hilarious, "Escape from L.A." is Snake redux, and
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Escape from L.A.


50 million budget—about as much as its predecessor, but little more than half its significantly higher budget. The film received mixed reviews and has a 53% approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes based on 47 reviews. Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of a possible four and wrote that the movie felt it was an attempt to satirize the genre while exploiting it: "["Escape from L.A."] has such manic energy, such a weird, cockeyed vision, that it may
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The A-List (novel series)


but knows her way around people. Before moving to L.A., Anna planned to major in English at Yale but quickly found herself to have a talent for screenwriting. Anna is not particularly overwhelmed or impressed by the L.A. lifestyle, nor by the celebrities the characters encounter or talk about throughout the series. She and Sam become fast friends at Beverly Hills High although Anna intensely dislikes Sam's other friends, Dee Young and Cammie Sheppard. En route to L.A. in the first book, Anna meets the charming Ben Birnbaum on the plane
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", he at least has the instinct to keep his hero moving, like some leather-biker Candide." Stephen Holden of "The New York Times" wrote that the film's in-jokes "go a long way toward keeping afloat a hopelessly choppy adventure spoof that doesn't even to try to match the ghoulish surrealism of its forerunner". Kevin Thomas of the "Los Angeles Times" wrote, "With much humor and high adventure, "John Carpenter's Escape From L.A." brilliantly imagines a Dante-
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David Bellini


of the Writers Guild Italia (WGI). From then on, Bellini is the WGI Spokesman in LA. Since January 2014, teaches Italian-style Screenwriting at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles. In April 2014, joins the select Committee of L.A. which votes for the prestigious Strega Prize. He's repped by Grace Talent Agency on the U.S. market whereas it's Diberti & C. to take care of his projects in Italy. He taught screenwriting and creative writing techniques held at universities, associations and schools to students and
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Escape from L.A.


called Snake Plissken "a pro-nostalgia antihero, disgusted by the world around him". While contrasting the film's then-futuristic plot elements against modern-day reality, Zilberman writes that the film's ending is more profound today, as Plissken would be annoyed by our fascination with technology, citing the example of two friends who ignore each other while transfixed with their smart phones. John Carpenter later reflected: "Escape from L.A." is better than the first movie. Ten times better. It’s got more to
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Richard Walter (writer)


Richard Walter is an American author, educator, screenwriter, commentator, consultant, and chairman of the University of California, Los Angeles graduate program in screenwriting. He has written several works, including the "Essentials of Screenwriting", published in June 2010, and the novels "Escape from Film School" and "Barry and the Persuasions". Other publications include screenwriting books "The Whole Picture: Strategies for Screenwriting Success in the New Hollywood" and "Screenwriting: The Art, Craft and Business of Film and Television Writing
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Escape from L.A.


seduces the President's daughter, Utopia, via a holographic system and brainwashes her into stealing her father's remote control to the "Sword of Damocles" super weapon—a series of satellites capable of rendering all electronic devices anywhere on the planet useless. The President intends to use the system to destroy U.S. enemies' ability to function and eventually dominate the world. While traveling aboard "Air Force Three", Utopia leaves the plane in an escape pod and lands on L.A. Island to join with Cuervo. With the satellites under
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Yelena Trofimenko


Yelena Nicolaevna Trofimenko (born March 20, 1964) is a Belarusian film director, producer, screenwriter, author, actress, poet. Yelena was born on March, 20, in Minsk, Belarus. Father- Nicolay Antonovich Trofimenko (Mar 9, 1936- Dec 12, 2000) – welder, mother – Vera Lukinichna Trofimenko (Sep 5, 1937 – present). Graduated from Minsk high school № 74 with French language. During the period from 1982 to 1989 Yelena worked at Belarusian Television. She directed and produced several films
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William M. Finkelstein


William M. Finkelstein is an American screenwriter, television producer, actor and television director. He has worked as a writer and producer on "Law & Order", "Brooklyn South", "Murder One", "L.A. Law", "Cop Rock" and "NYPD Blue". He co-created "Brooklyn South" with frequent collaborators David Milch, Steven Bochco and Bill Clark. He won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for "L.A. Law" in both 1989 and 1990. He was nominated for
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Don Thompson (producer, playwright)


finalist in the Samuel Goldwyn screenwriting awards. Thompson’s first major creative success was the anti-war play "L.A. Book of the Dead" which was first performed at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, Los Angeles, in 1982 (director Renee Tadlock). "L.A. Book of the Dead" was revived in 1987 by the Rough Theater Company, and continued to be performed as a reader’s theater piece throughout the 1990s. In 1995, his play "Tibet Does Not Exist" was first performed at the Gene Frankel theater in
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Escape from New York


film. BOOM! released a crossover comics miniseries between Snake and Jack Burton titled "Big Trouble in Little China / Escape from New York" in October 2016. An "Escape from New York" board game was released in 1981 by TSR, Inc. In 2003, Carpenter was planning an anime spin-off of "Escape from New York", with "Outlaw Star"s Mitsuru Hongo slated to direct. Nothing came of those plans. A sequel, "Escape from L.A.", was released in 1996, with Carpenter returning
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Paul Castro


, Castro became a professional screenwriter in L.A. Former Disney CEO/President, Michael Eisner said this of Castro, "What clearly resonates with me is Paul's love and dedication to great storytelling. He is a practical artist, yet highly imaginative and talented." For seven years in L.A., Castro volunteered as a suicide prevention counselor. Castro won and accepted a Movie Guide for being the creator and original/first writer of AUGUST RUSH. The screenplay was credited to Nick Castle and James V. Hart (who had previously worked
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Brian McDonald (screenwriter)


"a ton about audiences and communication." After seven years of struggling in L.A., juggling jobs in the film, comedy, and comic book writing fields, he returned to Seattle in 1993. There he found work as a screenwriting instructor at the 911 Media Arts Center. On the "near-demand of a student and the advice of a friend," McDonald wrote a book based on the classes he taught. Completed in 2005, he called it "Invisible Ink". When he failed to find a publisher
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William Froug


of Screenwriting I and II, The Screenwriter Looks at The Screenwriter", and "How I Escaped from Gilligan's Island: Adventures of a Hollywood Writer-Producer," published in 2005 by the University of Wisconsin Press. One of Froug's students, actor and screenwriter Dan O'Bannon, included a reference to Froug in the 1974 film "Dark Star". O'Bannon's character, Sergeant Pinback, claims that his real name is "Bill Froug." William Froug was born in Brooklyn, New York in May 1922 and
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Escape to L.A.


Geek gave the episode a positive review saying "Come the end of Escape To L.A., it feels as if most of Miracle Day’s key themes are now firmly established, even if the detail is yet to come. And the episode is an interesting one. It doesn’t have the lovely smaller moments that really set Dead Of Night apart, and we still think that episode three is the peak of the series to date. But, episode four? It's still strong, and it's still worth tuning in to
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Escape to L.A.


"Escape to L.A." is the fourth episode of "", the fourth series of the British science fiction television series "Torchwood". It was originally broadcast in the United States on Starz on 29 July 2011, in Australia on UKTV on 30 July 2011, in Canada on Space on 30 July 2011, and in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 4 August 2011. "Torchwood: Miracle Day" follows the aftermath of a day where humanity has stopped being able to die. In the episode, a team
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Snake Plissken


). Only Plissken and the President survived their escape. As the President began his broadcast speech, Plissken, who is disgusted by the President's lack of regret for the people who died to get him out, walked away, deliberately shredding the time-critical information tape. In January 1997, Marvel Comics released the one-shot "The Adventures of Snake Plissken". The story takes place sometime between "Escape from New York" and before his famous Cleveland escape mentioned in "Escape from L.A." Snake has robbed
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Snake Plissken


of Mars" was originally intended to be another Plissken film entitled "Escape from Mars," but when "Escape from L.A." did not do well at the box office, the screenplay was rewritten and the character of Desolation Williams took Plissken's place as the lead, played by Ice Cube. On March 13, 2007, it was announced that Gerard Butler would play the role of Snake Plissken in a remake of "Escape from New York". Kurt Russell, as well as many fans, did not approve.
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Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)


belief, and mouthwatering shots of Charlize Theron are in plentiful supply in "Mighty Joe Young." And baby, can this boy travel. He goes from Africa to L.A. in just one dissolve. Then when he escapes he goes from Hollywood Boulevard, to the Los Angeles river, to the Pacific Palisades in seconds. If you're not familiar with L.A ... trust me ... couldn't happen." and "The gorilla is pretty impressive and expressive, but overall it's much ado about -- not much. I have
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Escape from New York


, who had collaborated with Carpenter by portraying Michael Myers in "Halloween". "Escape from New York" was released in the United States on July 10, 1981. The film received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, grossing over $25 million at the box office. The film was nominated for four Saturn Awards, including Best Science Fiction Film and Best Direction. The film became a cult classic and was followed by a sequel, "Escape from L.A." (1996), which was also directed
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World Qualification Series (2009)


18 - Aug 23" 30th Anniversary of the Lacanau Pro and good conditions this year. Surf, concerts, events scheduled. Check out the video for a summary of the event http://vimeo.com/6994555 "Aug 25 - Aug 30" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 04 - Sep 06" "Sep 09 - Sep 12" "Sep 10 - Sep 13" "Sep 08 - Sep 13" "Sep 15 - Sep 20" "Sep 16 - Sep 22" "Sep
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The Rock (film)


was also an uncredited screenwriter. L.A.-based British screenwriting team Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais were brought in at Connery's request to rewrite his lines, but ended up altering much of the film's dialogue. It was Nicolas Cage's idea that his character would not swear; his euphemisms include "gee whiz." Bay had worked closely with Ed Harris to develop his character as concretely as possible, later adding a sympathetic edge to Hummel. There were tensions during shooting between director Bay and Walt Disney Studios executives who were supervising
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List of 1982–83 NBA season transactions


1982 Oct 2, 1982 Oct 1, 1982 Sep 30, 1982 Sep 29, 1982 Sep 28, 1982 Sep 27, 1982 Sep 24, 1982 Sep 22, 1982 Sep 20, 1982 Sep 19, 1982 Sep 18, 1982 Sep 17, 1982 Sep 15, 1982 Sep 14, 1982 Sep 13, 1982 Sep 10, 1982 Sep 9, 1982 Sep 7, 1982 Sep 2, 1982 Sep 1, 1982 Aug 31, 1982 Aug 27, 1982 Aug 26, 1982 Aug 16, 1982 Aug 8,
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Signal Transfer Point


calls originated by the SEPs' attached users) while avoiding disabled intermediary STPs. A signaling message typically never goes directly from a given SEP to the destination SEP: the message would normally have to pass through the initiating SEP's adjacent STP so that it can be routed to the destination SEP. In some applications, however, SEPs might be directly connected with signaling links; this would typically be done to enhance robustness or performance between two critical SEPs. Such mesh network configurations are also common in Europe, where STPs have not
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List of unnamed fictional presidents of the United States


emergency. Federal officers, including those of the Armed Forces, will place themselves under the orders of the governors of the various states or of any other functioning local authority. God save the people of the United States... Unnamed President in: "Earthworm Jim" Unnamed President in: "Escape from L.A." Unnamed President in: "Escape from New York" Unnamed President in: "Escape from the Planet of the Apes" Unnamed President in: "Fail-Safe" (novel) Unnamed President in "False Memory
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Ali MacGraw


time when the procedure was illegal. After college, she married Robin Hoen (d. 13 Sep 2016), a Harvard-educated banker, after dating for five years but they divorced after a year and a half. On October 24, 1969, MacGraw married film producer Robert Evans; their son, Josh Evans, is an actor, director, producer and screenwriter. They divorced in 1972 after she became involved with Steve McQueen on the set of "The Getaway". She married McQueen on August 31, 1973,
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Josefina López


of Women From East L.A."; "Boyle Heights"; "Lola Goes To Roma"; "Food For The Dead"; "Unconquered Spirits"; "Queen of the Rumba" and "Real Women Have Curves". She is the co-screenwriter of the film version of her play "Real Women Have Curves" (2002), starring America Ferrera ("Ugly Betty"), Lupe Ontiveros, and Ingrid Oliu ("Stand and Deliver"). The movie garnered much acclaim, including at
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Lethal Weapon 2


wrote the script for "Lethal Weapon 3" and he once again had to re-write his script many times before and during filming of that sequel for same reasons. He also wrote an unused draft for the fourth film around January 1995 which had Riggs and Murtaugh fighting against a neo-Nazi survivalist militia group that was committing a terrorist attack in L.A. Screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen said in October 2012 interview for craveonline that during the time when he was working as screenwriter for Warner Bros. and would often do lot of uncredited work
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension


it, and wrote Mac Rauch a letter. The two men began corresponding. When the writer told him about his interest in becoming a screenwriter, Richter offered him an open-ended invitation to visit him in Los Angeles where he was attending the University of Southern California and working as a script analyst for Warner Bros. Years passed and Richter became a successful screenwriter. Mac Rauch took Richter up on his offer and arrived in L.A. Richter proceeded to introduce the writer to producer/director Irwin Winkler who gave Mac Rauch rent money for
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Brian McDonald (screenwriter)


in the FX and title department, and for the Tennesson/Tobin Animation Studio. In 1986, he moved from Seattle to Los Angeles. His first job in L.A. was with Ted Rae on a movie called Night of the Creeps (1986), working as a runner who assisted in making the Creeps. In 1988 he worked as a fabricator on "Dead Heat", "Return of the Living Dead Part II", and "Night of the Demons." McDonald worked as an animator on "The Resurrected"
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Escape from L.A.


box-office bomb. In 1998, Los Angeles has become immensely crime-ridden and decadent, ultimately being directly governed and patrolled by the recently created United States Police Force. Two years later, on August 23, 2000, a massive earthquake strikes the city, the San Fernando Valley floods, and the Los Angeles area turns into an island from Malibu to Anaheim. A theocratic Presidential candidate declares L.A. to be sinful and punished by God. When he is elected President for life, he declares that anyone not conforming to
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Somatosensory evoked potential


Somatosensory evoked potential (SEP or SSEP) is the electrical activity of the brain that results from the stimulation of touch. SEP tests measure that activity and are a useful, noninvasive means of assessing somatosensory system functioning. By combining SEP recordings at different levels of the somatosensory pathways, it is possible to assess the transmission of the afferent volley from the periphery up to the cortex. SEP components include a series of positive and negative deflections that can be elicited by virtually any sensory stimuli. For example, SEPs can be obtained in
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Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member


Metcalf mentioned, "The stylistic features of Monster in terms of its narrative structure help the reader to understand the author's social, political, and cultural messages (regarding nonviolence and escaping the gang)." Chill wrote, "Through Shakur's free flowing style," it is easy to read and called it "Ghetto Poetry." "Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member" has received multiple positive reviews in the past several years. In one of Josephine Metcalf's passages from her journal, "The
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The Boat People (band)


touring locally the band stepped up their overseas commitments performing at the Great Escape Festival in Brighton, U.K., The CMJ festival in New Your City, headlined shows at Spaceland in L.A., performed live on the highly-influential L.A. based "KCRW" radio station, returned to the U.K. and also the U.S. to play the 2009 South By South West conference in Austin Texas, as well as sold-out shows in L.A. and New York. The band is currently managed in the U.S. by the New York-based Paul Brown
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Mark Steven Greenfield


Art Share L.A. Sep, 2013 Offramp Gallery - Fifth Anniversary Showcase Offramp Gallery Jun, 2013 2013 Monster Drawing Rally Armory Center for the Arts Apr, 2013 Mark Steven Greenfield: Closing Reception and Artist Talk Offramp Gallery Mar, 2013 Wine Tasting with Mark Steven Greenfield and Colorado Wine Company Offramp Gallery Mar, 2013 ONE SHOT : [SPACES] The Loft at Liz's Mar, 2013 Writing Down the Bones / An Alchemy of Arts & Letters California African American Museum Mar, 2013 Animalicious Offramp Gallery 2013 Mar, 2013 Wine Tasting with
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Escape from L.A.


his control, Cuervo promises to take back the United States with the assistance of an allied invasion force of third world nations that are standing by to attack. Cuervo claims that if the President tries to stop him, he will "pull the plug" on the country and black out the capital. Cuervo also knows the secret world code that can knock out power for the entire planet. Snake Plissken is captured for another series of crimes and is scheduled to be exiled to L.A. Island. Upon his arrival for deportation, Snake
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Escape from L.A.


and a countdown clock for how long he has to live. Snake sneaks into the city with a mini submarine that he loses when the platform it landed on crumbles, causing the sub to sink. Making his way across the island, Snake meets "Map to the Stars" Eddie, a swindler who sells interactive tours of L.A. Snake defeats Cuervo at his staging area of the Happy Kingdom by the Sea in Anaheim and takes the remote control. Snake leaves the island with Utopia and some other Cuervo resistors in a helicopter.
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Escape from L.A.


disc inside, Commander Malloy announces that they will take the one that Utopia unknowingly had in her possession. The President then has his men take Utopia to the electric chair despite her pleas for forgiveness. The Plutoxin 7 virus is revealed to be nothing more than a fast, hard-hitting case of the flu. The President tries using the satellites to stop a Cuban invasion force threatening Florida. Activating the remote, the President hears only Eddie's "Map to the Stars" intro over "I Love L.A." The President
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Masters of the Sun (comic)


Masters of the Sun – The Zombie Chronicles is the name of comic book title created by will.i.am and published by Marvel Comics. "Masters Of the Sun" mixes L.A. gang culture, b-boy-ism and Egyptology to tell the tale of a hip-hop group from the Bronx who must battle an ancient, alien god set on controlling the Earth. While on tour in L.A., a zombie outbreak breaks loose when a drug manufactured by the aliens starts turning its users into zombies. The group narrowly escapes the initial
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Christopher Keyser


He went on to Harvard Law School, from which he graduated with honors and received offers of employment from various New York City law firms. During law school, however, Keyser became focused on screenwriting; while there he met future writing partner Amy Lippman. While in New York City, Keyser and Lippman formed a writing partnership. In 1988, Keyser and Lippman moved to Los Angeles, California and were signed on to write teleplays for "L.A. Law" and "Equal Justice". From 1991 to 1996, they also
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David Peoples


David Webb Peoples (born February 9, 1940) is an American screenwriter who wrote "Blade Runner" (1982), "Unforgiven" (1992), and "12 Monkeys" (1995). He was nominated for Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA awards. He won the best screenplay awards from the L.A. Film Critics (1991) and National Society of Film Critics (1992) for "Unforgiven". Peoples was born in Middletown, Connecticut, the son of Ruth Clara (née Levinger) and Joe
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L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival


with a red carpet awards ceremony, where winning filmmakers and screenwriters are honored and the "Commie" award is presented to a comedy industry notable for career achievement and "excelling in achieving outstanding comedical achievements in the field of comedy excellence." The festival mission states that LACS is "dedicated to introducing the newest and hottest comedic talent to the industry, and helping them make the connections they need to take their careers to the next level." Each year, a selection of films from the festival is screened at multiple venues
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Debra Hill


" (1981) and "" (1982). Their other credits together include: "The Fog" (1980), "Escape from New York" (1981) and its sequel, "Escape from L.A." (1996). In 1986, Hill formed an independent production company with her friend Lynda Obst. Together, they produced "Adventures in Babysitting", "Heartbreak Hotel", and "The Fisher King". In 1988, she entered a contract with Walt Disney Pictures under which she produced "
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Bruce Campbell


Congo", the film version of "McHale's Navy", "Escape From L.A." (the sequel to John Carpenter's "Escape From New York"), the Jim Carrey drama "The Majestic" and the 2005 Disney film "Sky High". Campbell had a starring voice role in the hit 2009 animated adaptation of the children's book "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs", and a supporting voice role in Pixar's "Cars 2". In January 2010, he stated in an interview that
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September 1941 lunar eclipse


A partial lunar eclipse took place on Friday, September 5, 1941. It was a shallow partial lunar eclipse, with less than 10% of the Moon covered in Earth's shadow. Aug 31, 1941 = Sunday Sep 1, 1941 = Monday Sep 2, 1941 = Tuesday Sep 3, 1941 = Wednesday Sep 4, 1941 = Thursday Sep 5, 1941 = Friday Sep 6, 1941 = Saturday Sep 7, 1941 = Sunday Sep 8, 1941 = Monday Sep 9, 1941 = Tuesday Sep 10, 1941
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Man Against the Mob


has lost his wife, Kathryn has lost her husband, and they both slowly get attracted to one another. Steven Stern does a satisfactory job of directing. Peppard's character is heroic, straight and honest, and fights the Mob's attempts to come in from New Jersey and infiltrate L.A., and they are being aided by an entire division of corrupt L.A. cops known as 'Metro Division'. Peppard escapes several assassination attempts, won't give up, and becomes pretty much a lone wolf as his few supporters are killed
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Quarantine L.A.


Quarantine L.A., also known as Infected, is a 2013 American action horror film about seven strangers who band together for survival in the aftermath of a devastating viral outbreak. The film was written and directed by Filip Maciejewicz, in his directorial debut, and starred Bo Linton, Eugenia Kuzmina and Adrian Voo. A group of seven strangers survive and escape from an isolated area of Los Angeles that has been infected by a strange, human changing virus. July 18, 2017 - An unknown type of virus starts to spread all over
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SEP-IRA


deducted from the net profit. The result is then multiplied by 20% to arrive at the maximum SEP deduction, $9,293. SEP contributions and earnings are held in SEP-IRAs and can be withdrawn at any time, subject to the general limitations imposed on Traditional IRA. A withdrawal is taxable in the year received. If a participant makes a withdrawal before age 59½, generally a 10% additional tax applies. SEP contributions and earnings may be rolled over tax-free to other Individual retirement account and retirement plans.
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Beverly Hills Cop


join him for a farewell drink, and they accept. In 1977, Paramount executive Don Simpson came up with a movie idea about a cop from East L.A. who transferred to Beverly Hills. Screenwriter Danilo Bach was called in to write the screenplay. Bach pitched his idea to Simpson and Paramount in 1981 under the name "Beverly Drive", about a cop from Pittsburgh named Elly Axel. However, his script was a straight action film and Bach was forced to make changes to the script, but after a few attempts the
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Snake Plissken


Fresno Bob was brutally tortured and killed by sadistic law enforcers within the United States Police Force. As a result of the Kansas City incident, it was widely believed in the criminal community that Plissken was dead. This is a running gag in "Escape from New York": "I heard you were dead" (homage to the John Wayne film "Big Jake"). In "Escape from L.A.", the recurring joke is changed to "I thought you'd be taller." Plissken has a tattoo of
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Lockout (film)


film was a "B−" on an A+ to F scale. Lisa Schwarzbaum of "Entertainment Weekly" gave the film a C grade, writing: ""Lockout" floats like space junk in the final frontier." James Rocchi of "BoxOffice" magazine called the film: "A sleek, slick and shameless rip-off of John Carpenter's Snake Plissken films "Escape from New York" and "Escape from L.A."" "Lockout" was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on 17 July 2012
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Elvis (1979 film)


also the first time Carpenter had worked with Kurt Russell, who became a frequent collaborator of Carpenter's. Russell subsequently starred in "Escape from New York" (1981), "The Thing" (1982), "Big Trouble in Little China" (1986) and "Escape from L.A." (1996). Russell married co-star Season Hubley on March 17, 1979, and they divorced in 1983. Bing Russell, who played Vernon Presley, is Kurt Russell's real father. For several years Bing
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L.A. Quartet


the stolen heroin from years back, a chemist trying to alter the chemical compound of the heroin to improve it, framing the African-American youths, and at the center of all of it, Dudley Smith. In the end, Smith escapes prosecution. The Nite Owl gunmen are killed, as well as other conspirators in Smith's scheme. Bud White ends up a cripple. Jack Vincennes is killed in the line of duty while trying to stop prisoners from escaping. Ed Exley, now chief of detectives, loses his
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Kurt Russell


. In the 1980s, he starred in several films directed by John Carpenter, including anti-hero roles such as army hero-turned-robber Snake Plissken in the futuristic action film "Escape from New York" (1981), and its sequel "Escape from L.A." (1996), Antarctic helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady in the remake of the horror film "The Thing" (1982), and truck driver Jack Burton in the dark kung-fu comedy action film "Big Trouble in Little China" (1986
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2011 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election


to the UK Conservative Party. This prompts mixed reactions from senior party figures. 4 Sep – Ruth Davidson formally announces that she will stand in the contest. 5 Sep – Murdo Fraser launches his campaign in Edinburgh. 8 Sep – Ruth Davidson launches her campaign in Edinburgh. 11 Sep – Lord Forsyth, at one point a suggested leadership candidate, declares his backing for Ruth Davidson. 23 Sep – Nominations for leadership close. Margaret Mitchell confirms she will stand in the election. 2 Oct – David Mundell MP declares his backing
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Peter Giglio


explorations. In 2012, under executive editor John Skipp, Giglio teamed up with Scott Bradley for the apocalyptic novel, The Dark, published by Ravenous Shadows. The book received advance praise from Mark Protosevich, screenwriter of The Cell and I Am Legend, Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award winning author of Flesh Eaters, Gerald Petievich, New York Times bestselling author of To Live and Die in L.A., and many others. Giglio is the author of three novellas that subvert popular horror tropes: Balance (Museitup Publishing), A
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David Hayter


"Escape from New York" and "Escape from L.A.") having allegedly been offered the role during the development of "Metal Gear Solid 3". After Kojima's departure from Konami following the release of "The Phantom Pain", Hayter would reprise the role of Snake in a "Metal Gear Solid"-themed advertisement for the 2016 Ford Focus SE aired in 2016. In 2018, Hayter provided Snake's voice in two video games: "Super Bomberman R" (which added two playable characters based on both, Solid Snake
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Escape from L.A.


it. It’s more mature. It’s got a lot more to it. I think some people didn’t like it because they felt it was a remake, not a sequel... I suppose it’s the old question of whether you like "Rio Bravo" or "El Dorado" better? They’re essentially the same movie. They both had their strengths and weaknesses. I don’t know–you never know why a movie’s going to make it or not. People didn’t want to see "Escape
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Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction


The Crunch." It covers both the lead up to the economic crash, as well as several years after the crash. "Escape From New York" and its sequel "Escape From L.A.", as well as supplementary materials published as comic books, is set in a fragmenting United States with rampant crime, pollution, and overpopulation. New York City has been walled off and turned into a gigantic maximum security prison after a 400% rise in crime by 1988. The same happens to Los Angeles in 2000 when a
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Ghosts of Mars


, 2000 and ended on October 31, 2000 The script originally started off as a potential Snake Plissken sequel. Entitled "Escape from Mars", the story would have been largely much the same; however, after "Escape from L.A." failed to make much money at the box office, the studio did not wish to make another Plissken movie. Snake Plissken was then changed to "Desolation Williams," and the studio also insisted that Ice Cube be given the part. Michelle Yeoh, Franka Potente and Famke Janssen were
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The Beeps


Sapphire Stream S2/Ep45 Apr. 29 Wash Those Socks! S2/Ep46 Dec. 12 The Bumps SEASON 3: S3/Ep1 Aug. 30 Up Down Hill S3/Ep2 Aug. 31 Caravan S3/Ep3 Sep. 6 Secret Garden S3/Ep4 Sep. 7 Bounceflower Tea S3/Ep5 Sep. 13 The Whale S3/Ep6 Sep. 14 Soggy Sockroaches S3/Ep7 Sep. 20 Stinkroots S3/Ep8 Sep. 21 Sing-a-long-a-beeps S3/Ep9 Sep. 27 History Book S3/Ep10 Sep. 28 What Goes Splat? S3
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2018 Nigeria Federation Cup


Katsina United Plateau United 1-1 Enyimba Round 1 [Sep 28] (moved from Sep 24) Plateau United 0-1 Katsina United J. Atete 0-5 Enyimba Final Table: Round 1 [Sep 24] Enugu Rangers 2-1 El-Kanemi Warriors Sunshine Stars 1-1 Supreme Court Round 2 [Sep 26] Sunshine Stars 1-1 El-Kanemi Warriors Supreme Court n/p Enugu Rangers Round 3 [Sep 28] Enugu Rangers 0-0 Sunshine Stars El-Kaneni Warriors 1-0
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Signal Transfer Point


. SEPs send signaling messages to other SEPs, but the messages are normally routed via the SEP's adjacent STPs. An STP's main function is to identify the best path for two SEPs to communicate. A typical application would be for two SEPs to agree on the use of a shared data path (e.g., using ISUP to initiate a voice call between a user on one SEP and a user on the second SEP). In this way, STPs route signaling messages (for starting, maintaining or finishing any kind of
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Lake Seppings


built along the western side of the lake. A car park for access to the path is located along Golf Links Road. Lake Seppings is approximately in length (from north to south) and the north end is approximately in width. The lake narrows toward the southern end and the path crosses the lake approximately before the southern tip. The lake is situated in the Lake Seppings nature reserve that has a total area of . Lake Seppings is regarded as an excellent place for bird watching, particularly for water-birds. Over
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L.A. Quartet


. However, Klein escapes custody. He hides out with Pete Bondurant (a character who reappears in the "Underworld USA Trilogy" series' "American Tabloid" and "The Cold Six Thousand"). After his escape, Klein's confessions fall on deaf ears, with only "Hush-Hush" magazine willing to print it. However, they are silenced by legal action and prevented from printing the confession that would have "brought the LAPD to its knees." Howard Hughes feels betrayed by Dave Klein because of
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Jennifer Flackett


Jennifer Flackett is an American film director and screen/television writer. In television, she has written for series "Beverly Hills, 90210", "L.A. Law" and "Earth 2". As a screenwriter, she wrote on the films "Madeline" (1998), "Wimbledon" (2004), "Little Manhattan" (2005), "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (2008), and "Nim's Island" (2008), which she also directed. Flackett works alongside
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Walter Newman (screenwriter)


Walter Newman (11 February 1916 – 14 October 1993) was an American radio writer and screenwriter active from the late 1940s to the early 1990s. He was nominated three times for Academy Awards ("Ace in the Hole," "Cat Ballou," and "Bloodbrothers"), but he is best-known for a work that never made it to the screen: his unproduced original script "Harrow Alley", which "has achieved legendary status in Hollywood." Newman's radio writing included scripts for "Escape
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SEP-363856


SEP-363856 (also known as SEP-856 for short) is an investigational antipsychotic that is undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease psychosis. The medication is being developed by the pharmaceutical companies Sunovion Pharmaceuticals and PsychoGenics Inc. The adverse effect profile of SEP-363856 differs from that of other antipsychotics because its mechanism of action does not involve antagonism of dopamine receptors in the brain, which is responsible for the drug-induced movement disorders (like akathisia) that may occur with those agents. Some adverse events reported in preliminary clinical trials
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The Beeps


/Ep20 Sep. 19 Bouncy Bouncy Beep Beep S2/Ep21 Sep. 19 Big Beepday Bash S2/Ep22 Sep. 20 Yuk Says No S2/Ep23 Sep. 24 Wheely Helpful S2/Ep24 Sep. 25 Teeny Beep Takes Off S2/Ep25 Sep. 26 Carnival S2/Ep26 Sep. 27 Peas and Beeps S2/Ep27 Apr. 25 Stuck on You! S2/Ep28 Dec. 9 Hole Lot of Trouble S2/Ep29 Dec. 15 A Little Adventure S2/Ep30 Dec. 16 The Lost Houses S2/Ep31 May 1 Bounceberry Pie S2/Ep32 Dec. 23
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Asteroid Redirect Mission


capabilities past Earth orbit, yet within a few days' return contingency. Lunar Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO), encompassing Earth-Moon L1 and L2, is essentially a node for Earth system escape and capture. This is more so if an Exploration Augmentation Module (EAM) is brought for extended human stays, possibly by an ARRM-like SEP module. On its return leg from Mars, a human mission may save tons of mass by capturing into DRO, and transferring to a parked Orion for Earth return and reentry
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Curtis Hanson


Curtis Lee Hanson (March 24, 1945 – September 20, 2016) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His directing work included the psychological thriller "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (1992), the neo-noir crime film "L.A. Confidential" (1997), the comedy "Wonder Boys" (2000), the hip-hop biopic "8 Mile" (2002), the romantic comedy-drama "In Her Shoes" (2005), and the made-for
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James Ellroy


On April 29, 2015, Ellroy and Lois Duncan were the Grandmasters at the 2015 Edgar Awards. Several of Ellroy's works have been adapted to film, including "Blood on the Moon" (adapted as "Cop"), "L.A. Confidential", "Brown's Requiem", "Killer on the Road/Silent Terror" (adapted as "Stay Clean"), and "The Black Dahlia". In each instance, screenplays based on Ellroy's work have been penned by other screenwriters. While he
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Rick Famuyiwa


Rick Famuyiwa (born June 18, 1973) is a Nigerian-American director, producer and screenwriter of productions including "The Wood" (1999), "Brown Sugar" (2002), "Talk to Me" (2007), and "Dope" (2015). Famuyiwa grew up near Los Angeles, California in Inglewood. The son of Nigerian immigrants, Famuyiwa is a first-generation American. Reflecting on his time in Inglewood, Famuyiwa recounts, "People come to L.A. and they expect to see
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Stanford Exploration Project


The Stanford Exploration Project (SEP) is an industry-funded academic consortium within the Geophysics Department at Stanford University. SEP research has contributed greatly to improving the theory and practice of constructing 3-D and 4-D images of the earth from seismic echo soundings (see: Reflection seismology). The consortium was started in the 1970s by Jon Claerbout and is currently co-directed with Biondo Biondi. SEP pioneered innovations in migration imaging, velocity estimation, dip moveout and slant stack. SEP has recently been involved in 3-D seismic applications such as
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Brian Helgeland


Brian Thomas Helgeland (born January 17, 1961) is an American screenwriter, film producer and director. He is most known for writing the screenplays for "L.A. Confidential" (for which he received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay), "Mystic River", and "". Helgeland also wrote and directed "42" (2013), a biopic of Jackie Robinson, and "Legend" (2015), about the rise and fall of the infamous London gangsters, the Kray twins. Helgeland was born
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Don Thompson (producer, playwright)


Don Thompson is an American producer, filmmaker and playwright. He is most notable for the film "Clouds", the Sundance and Cinema for Peace award-winning documentary "Tibet in Song", and the plays "L.A. Book of the Dead", "Tibet Does Not Exist" and "Democracy: A Work in Progress". Thompson attended UCLA Film School, and was mentored by Richard Walter, Chair of UCLA’s screenwriting program. While at UCLA, Thompson developed a full-length screen play that was a
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Escape from New York


one wanted to hire him as a director, so he assumed he would make it in Hollywood as a screenwriter. The filmmaker went on to do other films with the intention of making "Escape" later. After the success of "Halloween", Avco-Embassy signed producer Debra Hill and him to a two-picture deal. The first film from this contract was "The Fog". Initially, the second film he was going to make to finish the contract was "The Philadelphia Experiment", but because of
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Jonathan Benair


an independent career. He had played roles in "Hollywood Game", "The Brave Little Toaster" and "The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue", his final acting role. Benair was also a screenwriter, having sold three movie scripts, and contributed articles to "Movieline", the "Los Angeles Reader" and "L.A. Style". He worked as a film programmer for the Los Angeles County of Museum Art for eight years during the 1970s and 1980s, and was a member of the Writers Guild of
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Stuart Goldman


Stuart Goldman is an American journalist, author and screenwriter. A former critic for the "Los Angeles Times" and the "Los Angeles Daily News", he later penned a column for the "Los Angeles Reader". Goldman's early career initially found him writing for left-wing papers and magazines. He was one of the original staffers for the "L.A. Weekly". However, Goldman ultimately emerged as a conservative journalist whose pieces frequently appeared in "National Review" and other right-wing journals. Over the
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Jeffrey D. Brown


Jeffrey D. Brown is an American film and television director, film producer and screenwriter. He is best known for the directing, producing and writing the short film "Molly's Pilgrim" for which he won an Academy Award in 1986 for Best Live Action Short Film. His other directing credits are the television series "The Wonder Years", "L.A. Law", "Hooperman", "Freshman Dorm", "Baby Boom" and an episode of "CBS Schoolbreak Special". Brown has also produced and co-
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Alan Watt (author)


Alan Watt (born 1965) is a Canadian author, comedian, actor, lecturer, and screenwriter. He has appeared on various comedy shows such as "Caroline's Comedy Hour" and MTV's "1/2 Hour Comedy Hour", as well the "Seinfeld" episode "The Gum" in 1995. He has taught a summer creative writing workshop at UCLA and has lectured across North America at places such as USC's MBA program and maximum security prisons. In 2002 he founded the "L.A. Writers' Lab",
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Eric Braeden


semifinal and a penalty kick in the final against Cleveland Internationals. In the 1970s/80s he could often be seen boxing at the Hoover Street and Broadway gyms in L.A. He is a very fine Tennis player and participated in many celebrity events. His son, Christian, is a screenwriter who wrote the film "A Man Apart", starring Vin Diesel. Eric Braeden's autobiography, titled "I'll Be Damned", was published by Harper Collins in 2017. This mentions how he was a survivor of the "MV Wilhelm Gustloff
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Renen Schorr


Film Festival, and IsraFest L.A. Despite all of this, the film did not gain commercial success. As a screenwriter and script editor, Schorr wrote the screenplays for his own short films, served as a script consultant-as well as assistant director to both Uri Zohar, and to Judd Ne’eman on his film "Paratroopers" (1977). He edited the screenplay for the international award-winning film "Broken Wings" (2002) directed by Nir Bergman. Son of a physician, Prof. Sam Schorr, grandson of
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Bill Robens


Bill Robens is a Los Angeles-based playwright, screenwriter and actor, whose written works include "The Poseidon Adventure: the Musical" (co-written with Genemichael Barrera), "The Towering Inferno: the Musical" (co-written with Steve Marca), a comedy variety show, "A Fish Without His Flippers" and "A Mulholland Christmas Carol," which earned Bill an L.A. Weekly Theatre Award for Best Adaptation. Bill Robens began writing for the theatre shortly after becoming a member of Theatre of NOTE
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John Susman


John Susman is an American playwright, screenwriter and a director/producer of film. In the 1980s, he worked at Steppenwolf Theatre as literary manager, dramaturg, and assistant director on many Steppenwolf productions. In 1990, his play "Tiger Treadwell Takes Tinseltown" was produced at the Ventura Court Theatre by the "L.A. Theater Unit" in Los Angeles. In 2003, his play "Cafe Society" was staged in Oak Park, Illinois at The Circle Theatre Chicago's New Plays Festival. Susman's play "Nelson and
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Matt Ellis (Australian musician)


Horizon"/"Thank You Los Angeles", was released in late August 2014. The band promoted the new songs around L.A. with a launch at the Del Monte speakeasy, a slot on the Abbot Kinney Fest and the Desert Stars Festival at Pappy & Harriets. Matt Ellis launched his fifth album, "The Greatest Escape", on Wednesday 22 October at Harvard & Stone, in Hollywood, California. It became the second most added album to Americana Radio the following month. Ellis promoted the release with performances at the L.A. Vegan Beer Festival
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