The Impostors, the Glossary
The Impostors is a 1998 American farce film, directed, written, and produced by Stanley Tucci, starring Oliver Platt, Tucci, Alfred Molina, Tony Shalhoub, Steve Buscemi, and Billy Connolly.[1]
Table of Contents
50 relations: Alfred Molina, Allan Corduner, Allison Janney, Beethoven (film), Billy Connolly, Campbell Scott, Chief mate, Crooner, Dana Ivey, Elizabeth Bracco, Farce, Great Depression, Hope Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Ken Kelsch, Laurel and Hardy, Lewis J. Stadlen, Lili Taylor, Los Angeles Times, Matt Malloy, Matt McGrath (actor), Michael Emerson, Ocean liner, Oliver Platt, Retro style, Richard Jenkins, Roger Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes, San Francisco Examiner, Screwball comedy, Searchlight Pictures, Set (film and TV scenery), Silent film, Silvercup Studios, Slapstick, Stanley Tucci, Steve Buscemi, Stowaway, Sun Sentinel, Tennis, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Tony Shalhoub, Un Certain Regard, Variety (magazine), William Shakespeare, Woody Allen, Yale University, 1998 Cannes Film Festival, 20th Century Studios.
- 1990s screwball comedy films
- Films directed by Stanley Tucci
Alfred Molina
Alfred Molina (born Alfredo Molina; 24 May 1953) is a British actor.
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Allan Corduner
Allan Corduner (born 2 April 1950) is a British actor.
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Allison Janney
Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) is an American actress.
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Beethoven (film)
Beethoven is a 1992 American family comedy film, directed by Brian Levant and written by John Hughes (under the pseudonym "Edmond Dantès") and Amy Holden Jones.
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Billy Connolly
Sir William Connolly (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish retired comedian, actor, artist, musician, and television presenter.
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Campbell Scott
Campbell Scott (born July 19, 1961) is an American actor, producer and director.
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Chief mate
A chief mate (C/M) or chief officer, usually also synonymous with the first mate or first officer, is a licensed mariner and head of the deck department of a merchant ship.
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Crooner
A crooner is a singer that performs with a smooth, intimate style that originated in the 1920s.
Dana Ivey
Dana Ivey (born August 12, 1941) is an American actress.
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Elizabeth Bracco
Elizabeth Bracco is an American actress best known for her role as Marie Spatafore, the wife of Vito Spatafore, on the HBO TV series The Sopranos.
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Farce
Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain an audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable.
Great Depression
The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.
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Hope Davis
Hope Davis (born March 23, 1964) is an American actress.
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Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (born 18 June 1952) is an Italian-American actress and model.
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Ken Kelsch
Kenneth Arthur Kelsch (July 8, 1947 – December 11, 2023) was an American cinematographer, teacher, and Vietnam veteran.
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Laurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy were a British-American comedy team during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957).
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Lewis J. Stadlen
Lewis J. Stadlen (born March 7, 1947) is an American stage and screen character actor.
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Lili Taylor
Lili Anne Taylor (born February 20, 1967) is an American actress.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Matt Malloy
Matt Malloy (born December 6, 1963) is an American actor and producer who has appeared extensively on television, film, and radio.
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Matt McGrath (actor)
Matt McGrath (born June 11, 1969) is an American actor who was worked across stage, television, and film.
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Michael Emerson
Michael Emerson (born September 7, 1954) is an American actor who is best known for his roles as Benjamin Linus on Lost (2006–2010) and as Harold Finch in the CBS series Person of Interest (2011–2016).
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Ocean liner
An ocean liner is a type of passenger ship primarily used for transportation across seas or oceans.
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Oliver Platt
Oliver Platt (born January 12, 1960) is an American actor known for his work on stage and screen.
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Retro style
Retro style is imitative or consciously derivative of lifestyles, trends, or art forms from the past, including in music, modes, fashions, or attitudes.
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Richard Jenkins
Richard Dale Jenkins (born May 4, 1947) is an American actor.
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Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author.
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Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.
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San Francisco Examiner
The San Francisco Examiner is a newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and has been published since 1863.
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Screwball comedy
Screwball comedy is a film subgenre of the romantic comedy genre that became popular during the Great Depression, beginning in the early 1930s and thriving until the early 1950s, that satirizes the traditional love story.
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Searchlight Pictures
Searchlight Pictures, Inc. is an American film production and distribution arm of The Walt Disney Studios, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company's Disney Entertainment division.
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Set (film and TV scenery)
A set is artificially constructed scenery used in film and TV.
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Silent film
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue).
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Silvercup Studios
Silvercup Studios is one of the largest film and television production facilities in New York City.
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Slapstick
Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy.
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Stanley Tucci
Stanley Oliver Tucci Jr. (born November 11, 1960) is an American actor.
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Steve Buscemi
Steven Vincent Buscemi (As stated in interviews by Buscemi himself, some may insist that his pronunciation of his own name is "wrong" because it does not match the original Italian pronunciation as well. It is not uncommon for people to pronounce his name or instead.; born December 13, 1957) is an American actor.
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Stowaway
A stowaway or clandestine traveller is a person who secretly boards a vehicle, such as a ship, an aircraft, a train, cargo truck or bus.
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Sun Sentinel
The Sun Sentinel (also known as the South Florida Sun Sentinel, known until 2008 as the Sun-Sentinel, and stylized on its masthead as SunSentinel) is the main daily newspaper of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Broward County, and covers Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties and state-wide news, as well.
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Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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Tony Shalhoub
Anthony Marc Shalhoub (born October 9, 1953) is an American actor.
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Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard (meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection.
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Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.
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Woody Allen
Heywood Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American filmmaker, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades.
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Yale University
Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.
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1998 Cannes Film Festival
The 51st Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 1998.
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20th Century Studios
20th Century Studios, Inc. is an American film studio owned by the Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, in turn a division of The Walt Disney Company.
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See also
1990s screwball comedy films
- A Very Brady Sequel
- Addams Family Values
- Arangetra Velai
- Black Sheep (1996 film)
- Chairman of the Board (film)
- Dances with Dragon
- Dumb and Dumber
- Flirting with Disaster (film)
- His & Hers (1997 film)
- Home Alone
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
- Housesitter
- Late Last Night (film)
- Millionaire Cop
- Mrs. Doubtfire
- My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (1998 film)
- Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
- Oscar (1991 film)
- Runaway Bride (film)
- Sour Grapes (1998 film)
- Taking Care of Business (film)
- The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy
- The Big Tease
- The Brady Bunch Movie
- The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
- The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
- The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
- The Hudsucker Proxy
- The Impostors
- The Mask (1994 film)
- The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
- The Nutty Professor (1996 film)
- Tommy Boy
- Trial and Error (1997 film)