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  Tom Laughlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are at least two well-known men named Tom Laughlin:
Tom Laughlin - an actor best-known for playing the title role in Billy Jack
Tom Laughlin - a professional wrestler better-known by his stage name of Tommy Dreamer
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tom_Laughlin   (105 words)

  
 The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Nomination : Tom Laughlin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Tom Laughlin is a wonderful and beautiful man in person as well, I nominate Tom Laughlin for the number 1 award.
Tom Laughlin, through his great love and care for people — of all nationalities - dedicated his entire life and endeavors towards the pursuit of “Billy Jack.” Billy Jack was for Tom a character that he would use to reach out and grab-hold of the American psych.
Tom Laughlin is to be lauded for all four of his films, he and Delores are and will always be heros in my mind.
www.oscarworld.net /awardlobby_read.asp?LobbyId=483   (5427 words)

  
 MTV.com - Movies - Tom Laughlin
In the late '60s, former bit player and juvenile actor Tom Laughlin created a new kind of antihero and launched three low-budget films featuring Billy Jack, an enigmatic Anglo-Native American, ex-Green Beret/biker loner who used considerable martial arts skills to pound his pacifistic principles into the skulls of his adversaries.
Laughlin made his screen debut in 1956, playing small parts first in These Wilder Years and then in Tea and Sympathy.
Unfortunately for Laughlin, times were indeed changing and his third series entry, Billy Jack Goes to Washington, was so over-earnest and unsubtle that it was barely released.
www.mtv.com /movies/person/35975/bio.jhtml   (408 words)

  
 Tom Laughlin - EmergingLeader.com
Tom Laughlin is the principal consultant and president of Caravela Inc, an international leadership and team development consulting firm based in Minneapolis Minnesota.
Tom managed the Individual Development Program at General Mills and is currently the Director of Staff Development at the Northwest YMCA in Minneapolis Minnesota.
Tom holds an MBA in Marketing and Strategy from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA, a Masters Degree in International Organizational Development from St. Mary’s University, and is completing a post graduate Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy.
www.emergingleader.com /Tom_Laughlin.shtml   (195 words)

  
 Billy Jack Is Ready to Fight the Good Fight Again - New York Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Laughlin was unwilling to work within the Hollywood system, and his new project would probably suffer as a result.
Laughlin defied the odds and made his mark on movie history with his homegrown tale "Billy Jack" and the sequel "The Trial of Billy Jack." The films unexpectedly connected with audiences during the social miasma of Vietnam and Watergate, but also had an impact on Hollywood marketing and distribution techniques.
Laughlin says he is done with the Hollywood studios, and back where he is most comfortable: as an outsider.
www.nytimes.com /2005/06/20/movies/20jack.html?ex=1276920000&en=684bf4f6c39610a7&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss   (1134 words)

  
 Tom Laughlin (wrestler) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tommy Dreamer (born Thomas Laughlin on February 14, 1971) is an American professional wrestler.
He was a mainstay in Extreme Championship Wrestling until its downfall and is also formerly associated with World Wrestling Entertainment.
Laughlin started wrestling in the New England area as Bobby Ocean against "Curly Moe" (a wrestler with a three stooges gimmick) in 1989.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tom_Laughlin_%28wrestler%29   (543 words)

  
 Tom Laughlin's 9 Secrets to Writing a Hit
Laughlin is the only one writing a book on the art of writing that combines proven box office writing and filmmaking expertise with an expertise in psychology, Mr.
Tom Laughlin lectures and teaches psychology and psychiatry at major universities around the country, from Yale to Stanford, from the University of Colorado to the University of Cincinnati's School of Medicine and Department of Psychiatry.
Laughlin's books on psychology is a book on a breakthrough treatment for cancer patients and how they can more successfully treat their disease, or how one can prevent getting a cancer, especially if one has a family history of cancer.
www.billyjack.com /books/9secretsbook.html   (1044 words)

  
 One tin soldier: 'Billy Jack' sequel is in the works
Now Tom Laughlin, the writer, director, producer and actor who created and personified Billy Jack, is determined to take on the establishment again, and his concerns are not much different.
Laughlin (and therefore Billy Jack) is angry about the war in Iraq and the influence of big business in politics.
So Laughlin and Taylor are planning to bring their characters back to the big screen with a $12 million sequel, raising money from individuals just as they did to make their films in the 1970s.
www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/ae/articles/0703billyjack0703.html   (1094 words)

  
 Movie Database - [TV Guide Online]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Laughlin is not Stewart (who starred in the original) or Buchman or Capra, Sr.
Laughlin is the naive senator who battles Marshall (in the Claude Rains role) and expatriate Wanamaker (in the Edward Arnold part).
But the Laughlins are sincere about what they do; one of these days they are going to do it right.
online.tvguide.com /movies/database/showmovie.asp?MI=8835   (210 words)

  
 Movie Database - [TV Guide Online]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Laughlin's "Billy Jack" character was introduced to movie audiences in this violent, vigilante biker film, considered by some the best of the genre.
Half-breed Laughlin witesses a gang of violent bikers, led by Slate, tormenting innocent citizens.
Laughlin directed under his T.C. Frank pseudonym, and four years later his character was resurrected in the inane cult classic BILLY JACK, followed by two sequels.
online.tvguide.com /movies/database/showmovie.asp?MI=21097   (115 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977): DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Laughlin isn't just ripping off the film though, he is using the movie to deliver a message about how the people really do have the power to change a corrupt system.
The alter ego of actor Tom Laughlin, Billy Jack was a character who could have only come out of a combination of the confused idealism of the late `60s and the self-righteous cynicism of the 1970s.
Laughlin has more insight on the conscience of the human condition and how the shadow side of our personality must be dealt with than most professors that have a string of letters following their names.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004XPOO?v=glance   (3378 words)

  
 The Unknown Movies - unknownmovies.com
Laughlin tries to put a little Jimmy Stewart in his voice in the end, but it's not only a disaster but far too late to even try a performance of any kind.
Laughlin explained on his site that Warner Brothers had the negative (huh?) and claim it is "lost", so he had to use this particular print.
Laughlin threw out the first ball at a Reds game and did personal appearances all around town, as did John Lawlor and at least two or three others including Laughlin's then-teenage daughter.
www.badmovieplanet.com /unknownmovies/reviews/rev256.html   (1460 words)

  
 AOL Shop: Music, DVDs & Videos - Product Details - DVDs and Video
Tom Laughlin wrote and directed The Trial of Billy Jack, though on-screen credit is given to his son, Frank Laughlin; similarly, Laughlin also directed the first two films under the name T.C. Frank.
The fourth film starring Tom Laughlin as Billy Jack, Billy Jack Goes To Washington was a loose remake of Frank Capra's Mr.
As with his other Billy Jack vehicles, Tom Laughlin wrote and directed the film as well as playing the title role; his wife Delores Taylor also appears again as Jean Roberts, and E.G. Marshall and Lucie Arnaz round out the supporting cast.
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 Amazon.ca: Video: Tea & Sympathy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Tom is a loner, interested in music and literature, shy around women, and not much interested in conventional "masculine" pursuits.
Still, it is Tom's lack of "conspicuous" masculinity, his presumed homosexuality, that is the reason why he is treated so cruelly, and the play's and film's use of this subject matter made it highly controversial.
The film's performances are uneven--Deborah Kerr gives a lovely, sympathetic performance as Laura; John Kerr as Tom is good although a bit stiff and somewhat too old for his role; Leif Erickson as the headmaster is bombastic and overstated.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6301978749   (1081 words)

  
 Caravela Biography Tom Laughlin Executive Coach Executive Coaching Minneapolis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Tom is the principal consultant and president of Caravela Inc, an international leadership and business development consulting firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Tom has consulted and worked as an executive coach with numerous executives and organizations on domestic and international leadership and business development issues.
Tom holds an MBA in Marketing and Strategy from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA and a Masters in International Organizational Development with Post Graduate Studies in Marriage and Family Therapy from St. Mary’s University.
home.comcast.net /~caravela/biographytomlaughlin.htm   (309 words)

  
 MCC Faculty - Prof. Tom Laughlin's Guestbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Laughlin your website is easy to access if needed additional work assignment copies.
Laughlin, I just finished watching an E-Hollywood special on your career, I had no idea you were such a deeply committed and controversial individual.
Laughlin I am a great fan of yours and I enjoy all of the billy jack films but sadly didn't understand all of it, just part of it.
academic.middlesex.mass.edu /TomLaughlin/gbook.htm   (1040 words)

  
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“Laughlin is a confident improviser with not only a warm, round sound but the contrapuntal skills to engage one of the most challenging contexts extant, the two-clarinets front line.”
Tim Laughlin, clarinet and leader; Tom Fischer, clarinet, alto and soprano saxophones; John Royen, piano; Hank Mackie, guitar; Hal Smith, drums; Al Bernard, bass.
Tim Laughlin, clarinet and vocal; John Royen, piano and vocal; Hank Mackie, guitar; Al Bernard, bass; Chris Tyle, drums and vocal.
timlaughlin.com /music.htm   (630 words)

  
 Daily Local News - News - 06/25/2005 - Robert A. Laughlin of West Brandywine
Robert A. Laughlin, 48, of West Brandywine Township, formerly of Ridley Township, passed away at Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, N.H., on Friday, June 17, 2005, while on vacation with his wife.
Laughlin worked as a newspaper carrier for the Philadelphia Inquirer for 12 years, and was also employed by the Delaware County Daily Times for five years as a newspaper delivery person.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Anthony Laughlin of Woodlyn; two brothers, John Laughlin and Tom Laughlin; two sisters, Dolores Rodgers and Marie McElroy; and many nieces and nephews.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=14755998&BRD=1671&PAG=461&dept_id=17786&   (240 words)

  
 REELINSIDER.COM - BILLY JACK (1971)
Still, its success prompted two sequels in The Trial of Billy Jack and Billy Jack Goes to Washington and made a momentary star of Tom Laughlin who was simultaneously the film's writer-producer-director-star.
Among such clues to the museum-quality weirdness of Laughlin's picture is the listing of cast and crew credits using pen names that expand the apparent size of the production and conceal the credit due each contributor.
The least that can be said about Laughlin's film is that it plucked the harp strings of its moment and this harmonious recognition is what makes it memorable, though troubled, in the very same vibration.
www.reelinsider.com /billyjack.html   (1492 words)

  
 You found: Billy Jack in the DVD section. DVD. Warner Studios | 0790740729   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Written and directed by filmmaker Tom Laughlin--and starring him in the title role--Billy Jack concerns a half-white, half-Indian karate expert who protects a free school built on principles of pacifism by kicking hell out of pesky rednecks.
Much as Francis Ford Coppola did with his daughter in The Godfather Part III, Tom Laughlin used this film as an excuse to get his wife and daughter on the big screen, and the production suffers mightily for it.
I also have to laugh at the quaint notion of having a "school" for troubled young people, in which nary an academic subject is broached, but all are encouraged to "create" something, as if that were going to fit them for doing something useful with their adult lives.
ohwowshopping.com /dvd/billy-jack-0790740729.html   (830 words)

  
 Tom Laughlin is found in Billy Jack (Warner), Billy Jack - The Movie, Billy Jack Goes To Washington, Trial Of Billy ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Tom Laughlin memorably plays a half-breed, martial-arts-trained war hero who defends the peace-loving outcasts in a freedom school on a threatened Indian reservation.
Tom Laughlin had written the script for Billy Jack in the 1950s but couldn't get anyone interested in a film about Indians -- half-breed or otherwise.
Tom Laughlin directed and starred in this pre-Civil War saga which depicts the genocide of the peaceful Chumash Indians in California.
www.dvdera.com /adult_stars/tom_laughlin.html   (645 words)

  
 The Born Losers (Tom Laughlin)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Made on a shoestring for under $150,000 by director Tom Laughlin, the movie went on to become one of the highest grossing independent films of all time until Star Wars came out 10 years later.
Tom Laughlin is Billy Jack, an Ex-Green beret who plays by his own rules.
In those later movies, Tom Laughlin would turn quiet, loner Billy Jack into a preachy defender of hippies who punches, kicks, and shoots his way through waves of rednecks in order to make the world safe for flower power.
johnkeyes.com /a/B00004XPOJ-the-born-losers.html   (1176 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: DVD: Billy Jack: the Movie - DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
"Billy Jack" is an action-adventure, and a very shrewd one, because between it and the earlier "Born Losers," Tom Laughlin evidently figured out that in an age of peace and love, a...Western needs a bit of flower power to draw the masses.
This movie portrays a time when racism was really rampant; when people were searching for meaning in their lives, and when people still believed that good might triumph over evil.
Tom Laughlin turns in the performance of a lifetime in this film.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004XPOM   (1380 words)

  
 NAMC Newswire - MEDIA ALERT: Tom Laughlin (Billy Jack), National Press Conference on War in Iraq
Tom Laughlin (Billy Jack) Will Be Holding a National Press Conference to Unveil a Brand-New, Never-Before-Seen Exit Strategy to End the War in Iraq
To reveal this new exciting exit plan, Laughlin will be holding a press conference at Peace House located at 9142 5th Street, Crawford, Texas, on Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 1 p.m.
Not affiliated with either political party, Taylor and Laughlin are inviting the public to join them in a crusade to end the war and diffuse the escalating nuclear crisis.
press.namct.com /content/view/2667/9   (800 words)

  
 ''Billy Jack'' star runs in Republican presidential primary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Tom Laughlin, best known for bringing martial arts into American pop culture with his 1970s "Billy Jack" films, is now throwing his punches in the political arena.
Laughlin, who first ran for president as a Democrat in 1992, said he's campaigning to draw attention to a two-party system he deemed "so corrupt it can't function anymore."
Laughlin said he hopes to make a docudrama about his campaign, mixing details from his own life with old footage from his cult classic films, including, "Billy Jack Goes to Washington."
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/02/01/politics2017EST0068.DTL   (341 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Tom Laughlin (wrestler)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 Former Actor (Tom Laughlin a.k.a. Billy Jack) Challenging Bush in Primary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) - Tom Laughlin, best known for helping bring martial arts into American pop culture with his 1970s "Billy Jack" films, is now throwing his punches in the political arena.
Political themes have long been of interest to Laughlin, whose low-budget martial arts films pitted Billy Jack, a part Indian outlaw and Vietnam veteran, against racist, corrupt politicians and greedy businessmen.
Tom Laughlin, best known for helping bring martial arts into American pop culture with his 1970s "Billy Jack" films....
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