#nick mancuso

[weirdlookindog]

Nightwing (1979)

[aspirationalbrand]

heartbreakers (1984)

[kwebtv]

Nick Mancuso, Bebe Neuwirth, Angie Dickinson, Dana Delany, James Belushi, Kim Cattrall and Robert Loggia in “Wild Palms”.  

[richardfarnsworths]

nick mancuso in maria chapdelaine (1983)

[brokehorrorfan]

Scream Factory has finalized the specs for its Black Christmas 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray, which will be released on December 6 via Scream Factory. The 1974 horror classic is directed by Bob Clark (A Christmas Story).

Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon, Marian Waldman, Andrea Martin, Art Hindle, and Nick Mancuso star. Roy Moore penned the script.

Black Christmas has been newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative with Dolby Vision HDR (HDR 10 compatible) and newly restored mono and 5.1 audio. Special features for the 3-disc set are listed below.

Disc 1 - 4K UHD:

Feature film

Audio commentary by director Bob Clark

Audio commentary by actors John Saxon And Keir Dullea

Audio commentary by “Billy” (actor Nick Mancuso)

Audio interview with director Bob Clark

Disc 2 - Blu-ray

Feature film

Audio commentary by director Bob Clark

Audio commentary by actors John Saxon And Keir Dullea

Audio commentary by “Billy” (actor Nick Mancuso)

Audio interview with director Bob Clark

Black Christmas: Restoring the Sound with Brett Cameron (new)

Newspaper ad gallery by Drive-In Asylum (new)

Disc 3 - Blu-ray:

Feature film - 2006 Critical Mass HD master

Interview with actor Art Hindle

Interview with actress Lynne Griffin

Black Christmas Legacy featurette

On Screen: Black Christmas featurette

12 Days of Black Christmas featurette

Black Christmas Revisited featurette

Archival interviews with director Bob Clark and actors Olivia Hussey, Art Hindle, Margot Kidder, and John Saxon

FanExpo 2014 panel with actors John Saxon, Art Hindle, Lynne Griffin & Nick Mancuso

Midnight Screening Q&A with director Bob Clark, actor John Saxon, and composer Carl Zittrer

2 scenes with a new vocal soundtrack

Theatrical trailers (English and French)

TV spots

Radio spots

Alternate title sequence

Still gallery

The college town of Bedford is receiving an unwelcome guest this Christmas. As the residents of sorority house Pi Kappa Sigma prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to stalk the house. A series of obscene phone calls start to plague the sorority and it becomes clear that a psychopath has more than merriment on his mind. As the police try to trace the phone calls, they discover that nothing is as it seems during this Black Christmas.

Pre-order Black Christmas.

[lovejam]

Reading Christina Rossetti’s Poetry

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dalnavert Museum (@dalnavertmuseum) The readings of Christina Rossetti’s poetry. For more information on Christina Rossetti, here’s a link.

[fabioemme78]

[cultfaction]

Cult Faction Podcast Ep. 75: Death Ship

Cult Faction Podcast Ep. 75: Death Ship

Death Ship goes under the spotlight this week! See what we think of Alvin Rakoff’s horror cult classic that stars Richard Crenna, George Kennedy, Nick Mancuso, Sally Ann Howes, Kate Reid, Victoria Burgoyne, and Saul Rubinek. All this with some chat and banter thrown in! https://cultfaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Episode-75.mp3      

[olivierdemangeon]

TODAY YOU DIE (2005) ★★★☆☆

TODAY YOU DIE (2005) ★★★☆☆

[downtowncannibal]

Girl put your clothes back on Billy Lenz is going on a rant about why Black Christmas is called Black Christmas and not White Christmas and he's going to continue for a solid minute before he starts screaming again

[weirdlookindog]

Nick Mancuso in Nightwing (1979)

[nickmacleanjazz]

Nick Maclean Quartet feat Brownman Ali's CONVERGENCE is now officially released! You can stream it on all of the various platforms, but if you really want to support the creation of new jazz art consider buying a digital copy on Bandcamp! https://nickmacleanquartet.bandcamp.com/album/convergence

PURCHASE (digital or physical) or STREAM CONVERGENCE now! Maclean.Browntasauras.com ---------------

"Don't ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun - and neither can stop the march of events." - Lazarus Long (from Robert Heinlein's 'Time Enough For Love', 1973)

I love this quote from Heinlein, and coupled with another bit of Lazarus Long wisdom "Pessimist by policy, optimist by temperament..." I think the sentiment aptly sums up the creation of this record.

'Convergence' was first started in 2020, after Brown and I returned from our Canadian National tour with Ben Duff and Jacob Wutzke. Ben and Jacob are a special breed of player. Brown and I developed a real chemistry with them on the road, and we desperately wanted to record this incarnation of the group. Tunes were written, players assembled, a tour was booked to get us ready for the studio... and everything was very quickly cancelled by the subsequent "march of events" - the Covid pandemic.

At the end of 2021, amid more lockdowns and a new unknown Omicron variant, Brown and I decided "screw it, let's take a gamble on 2022". So for the second time, we assembled our band, we booked our tour, we booked our studio time... and we hoped beyond hope that circumstances would allow us to prepare and record this album. And then, a series of amazing things happened.

We got a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts... and then another one from the Toronto Arts Council... and then finally the Ontario Arts Council came back with a THIRD grant. Suddenly not only had I the budget to pay my musicians something they deserved, we could record in Canada's top recording studio AND hire a crack team of videographers to get stunning footage of the sessions - all for a project that Brown and I strongly felt had the right mix of tunes and musicians for something magical to potentially happen.

To make the mixture even more exciting, we had a number of guest artists coming in to record with us as well. One of Canada's great jazz bassists, the multi-Juno winning Mike Downes - a musician I have long admired and taken inspiration from - and the young, rising star drummer Mateo Mancuso lent their substantial talents to us for our version of 'Eye of the Hurricane'. The original bassist of the ensemble, the incredible Jesse Dietschi (who's just released a phenomenal record called 'Gradient') joined us on the Herbie classic 'Dolphin Dance'. And one of Canada's greatest latin percussionists, Luis Orbegoso generously added his incredible conga and bell playing to the Brownman original 'Wisdom of Aurelius'.

This was all incredible... and terrifying. We had such an opportunity, but so much depended on no lockdowns, no cancellations, and no-one catching Covid.

When you listen to the record, hopefully you'll agree with me that this story has a very happy ending. This record's name 'Convergence' owes to the extremely fortuitous circumstances that allowed its completion, but there were many near misses that could have spelled doom along the way - all in a global environment that was anything but fortuitous. What I've learned from this, and another lesson I plan to teach my quickly-growing daughter, is that Convergence depends on your autonomous choices just as much as it does on blind luck. Without being an "optimist by temperament", you'll avoid the risks necessary to chase your goals. Without being a "pessimist by policy", the contingencies and planning vital for mitigating those risks will be inadequate to see those goals through. On very rare occasions, those who strive to embody these principles will be able to turn random good fortune into Convergence. Because they were very lucky, yes. But also because they were ready.

This record is very special to me, not just because of the incredible/terrifying circumstances of its creation, but because every single person on this gave so much of themselves, so much of their personalities, and so much of their heart. I'm so proud of the music that was captured, I'm so humbled by the reverence and care that was taken by everyone involved. Thank you all.

In particular to my rhythm section Ben Duff and Jacob Wutzke - you both are a FORMIDABLE force full of heart, personality, and irreverence. You are a shining example of the next generation of modern-minded jazz musicians and I hope to be working with you both for many years to come.

To my producer and my featured trumpet player Brownman Ali... what can I say? It's been nearly 10 years that you've been mentoring me and working closely with me on so many different projects, how on earth do I sum up nearly a decade of deep inspiration, formative lessons, and artistry in a paragraph? I can't, so I'm just going to say THANK YOU. You sound like a world class KILLER all through this album. Your treatment of my melodies is inspired and your soloing shows a creativity and a personality that is both highly expansive and all your own. You never fail to impress in your role as my producer and the attention and wisdom you bring to every project we've done is unparalleled and has helped to create an album I'm fiercely proud of. Thank you brother, I love you.

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"Convergence" releases Oct 27 (Can) & Nov 24 (Int) on Browntasauras Records ---- :: Nick Maclean - piano :: Brownman Ali - trumpet/producer :: Ben Duff - bass :: Jacob Wutzke - drums with special guests :: Mike Downes - bass (track 5) :: Mateo Mancuso - drums (track 5) :: Jesse Dietschi - bass (track 1) :: Luis Orbegoso - congas & bells (track 11) -- Revolution Recording -- recording studio (Kim Cooke , booker) Stephen Koszlerzler -- head tracking engineer Luke Schindler -- assistant tracking engineer Wayne H Ferguson -- piano tuner Josh Bowman -- mix engineer Justin Gray -- mastering engineer Dean Shu -- cover art Daryl Angier -- liner notes - Thom Varey -- director of photography Brittany Farhat -- camera crew Matthew Fong -- camera crew - Canada Council for the Arts -- funding Ontario Arts Council -- funding Toronto Arts Council -- funding - Browntasauras Records -- record label Stephen Danic (Browntasauras Records) -- publicist ---- WATCH singles from CONVERGENCE ROAD WARRIOR (blazing uptempo swing): https://youtu.be/qfOno29FcXM DOLPHIN DANCE (introspective ballad): https://youtu.be/61856iZ__0c VERBOTEN (irreverently funkified): https://youtu.be/lexWg8YLXDQ WISDOM OF AURELIUS (Latin jazz odyssey): https://youtu.be/-cPAbdH6qkM ---- For more info: Maclean.Browntasauras.com NicholasMaclean.com Brownman.com Browntasauras.com

[dalekofchaos]

Black Christmas sequel pitch

After seeing the original movie and disappointed with the shitty remake and 2019 Black Christmas in name only when Performative Feminism: The Horror Movie would be a better name for it. I've come up with a way to do a direct sequel to the movie.

They can do a direct sequel. Olivia Hussey, Albert J. Dunk and Nick Mancuso are alive. Ideally, I would have James Wan or Mike Flanagan

The idea is for it to take place in the modern day. A new group of Sorority Girls occupy the Chi Omega sorority house and Jess is the Housemother.

Billy returns and picks them off one by one. only this time, thanks to more awareness of dangers facing young women, as well as the advanced technology and whatnot, the girls are able to fight back against Billy.

As a little tribute to John Saxon, Jess reads the final investigation into the murders and the identity of the killer. He learns that Peter was innocent in the killings and learned about Billy.

Lt. Fuller's investigation led him to a very troubled young man. Billy lived in the Sorority House before it became a Sorority House. He was fairly normal and convinced Agnes to pull a prank on the baby and accidentally killed the baby, Agnes told their parents what they did and then the parents turned abusive. He was sent to the asylum for a while, escaped, killed the little girl and slipped into the Sorority home attic and then the massacre began.

Jess and the new final girl, let's say played by Sadie Sink find stop Billy and have him where they want him and before they land the killing blow, Agnes is there.

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 5.29

Beer Birthdays

Tony Magee (1960)

Chris Crabb (1969)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Patrick Henry; writer, patriot (1736)

John F. Kennedy; 35th U.S. President (1917)

Steven Levitt; economist (1967)

Aaron McGruder; cartoonist (1974)

T.H. White; English writer (1906)

Famous Birthdays

Isaac Albeniz; composer (1860)

Annette Bening; actor (1958)

Gary Brooker; rock keyboardist (1945)

Ebenezer Butterick; tailor, invented sewing patterns (1826)

G.K. Chesterton; English writer (1874)

Andrew Clements; writer (1949) James Clifton; actor (1921)

Kevin Conway; actor (1942)

Paul Ehrlich; biologist (1932)

Danny Elfman; rock musician, composer (1953)

Melissa Etheridge; pop singer, songwriter (1961)

Rupert Everett; actor (1959)

Henry Frankfurt; philosopher (1929)

George L. Funke; botanist (1896)

Noel Gallagher; rock musician (1967)

Bob Hope; comedian, actor (1903)

LaToya Jackson; pop singer (1956)

Simon Jones; rock musician (1972)

Stacy Keach Sr.; actor (1914)

Chin Kinchla; rock guitarist (1969)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold; composer (1897)

Beatrice Lillie; actor (1894)

Nick Mancuso; actor (1948)

Johnny "Blue Moon" Odom; Oakland A's P (1945)

Oswald Spengler; German philosopher (1880)

Daniel Tosh; comedian (1975)

Al Unser; auto racer (1939)

Lisa Whelchel; actor (1963)

Eugene Wright; jazz bassist (1923)

[walkiingcandle]

the council of nick mancuso

[brokehorrorfan]

Black Christmas will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on December 6 via Scream Factory. The 1974 horror classic is directed by Bob Clark (A Christmas Story).

Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon, Marian Waldman, Andrea Martin, and Art Hindle star. Roy Moore penned the script.

Black Christmas has been newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative with Dolby Vision HDR and newly restored mono and 5.1 audio. Special features for the 3-disc set are listed below.

Disc 1 - 4K UHD:

Feature film

Disc 2 - Blu-ray

Feature film

Audio commentary by director Bob Clark

Audio commentary by actors John Saxon And Keir Dullea

Audio commentary by “Billy” (actor Nick Mancuso)

Audio interview with director Bob Clark

Disc 3 - Blu-ray:

Feature film - 2006 Critical Mass HD master

Interview with actor Art Hindle

Interview with actress Lynne Griffin

Black Christmas Legacy featurette

On Screen: Black Christmas featurette

12 Days of Black Christmas featurette

Black Christmas Revisited featurette

Archival interviews with director Bob Clark and actors Olivia Hussey, Art Hindle, Margot Kidder, and John Saxon

FanExpo 2014 panel with actors John Saxon, Art Hindle, Lynne Griffin & Nick Mancuso

Midnight Screening Q&A with director Bob Clark, actor John Saxon, and composer Carl Zittrer

2 scenes with a new vocal soundtrack

Theatrical trailers (English and French)

TV spots

Radio spots

Alternate title sequence

Still gallery

The college town of Bedford is receiving an unwelcome guest this Christmas. As the residents of sorority house Pi Kappa Sigma prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to stalk the house. A series of obscene phone calls start to plague the sorority and it becomes clear that a psychopath has more than merriment on his mind. As the police try to trace the phone calls, they discover that nothing is as it seems during this Black Christmas.

Pre-order Black Christmas.