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  Tony Scott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born in Stockton-on-Tees in the farmlands of Northern England, Tony Scott's first foray into filmmaking was not from behind the camera, but rather in front of it.
Tony also took time out in 1975 to direct an adaptation of the Henry James story The Author of Beltraffio for French television, a project he landed by virtue of a winning coin-flip against his brother.
Scott's next film, The Last Boy Scout, faired little better, its grim, downbeat tone (with notable overtones of misogyny) and punishing violence proving to be a little much for Holiday moviegoers at the time of its release in December 1991.
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 Tony Scott -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Tony Scott (born July 21, 1944) is a (The person who directs the making of a film) film director.
Tony also took time out in 1975 to direct an adaptation of the (Writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916)) Henry James story The Author Of Beltraffio for French television, a project he landed by virtue of a winning coin-flip against his brother.
Scott's next film, (Click link for more info and facts about The Last Boy Scout) The Last Boy Scout, faired little better, its grim, downbeat tone (with notable overtones of (Hatred of women) misogyny) and punishing violence proving to be a little much for Holiday moviegoers at the time of its release in December 1991.
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 Tony Scott b
Unfortunately for the development of his career, bop and the clarinet were uneasy bedfellows, although Scott was one of the tiny number of clarinettists to achieve some recognition, building a reputation through the '50s as one of the best new players on his instrument.
Scott spent six years travelling, both in Europe and (mostly) the Far East, and began to incorporate into his repertoire elements of ethnic music, especially from India and the Orient, creating a personal precedent for world music long before the genre was acknowledged.
In the early '70s Scott settled in Italy, playing at festivals and touring, often to the far east, making occasional records and as often as not anticipating trends and fashions in music—even if, as so often happens with pioneers, his work has been overshadowed by that of other less-talented musicians.
www.centrohd.com /biogra/s4/tony_scott_b.htm   (310 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Tony Scott
Ridley Scott Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30, 1937 in South Shields) is an influential British film director and producer.
Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott, is an extremely popular and influential science fiction/horror film that spawned several sequels and imitators.
Crimson Tide is a 1995 Hollywood film starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman and directed by Tony Scott.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tony-Scott   (3663 words)

  
 The Clarinet In Jazz Since 1945: Tony Scott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Tony Scott's initial influence was Clarence Hutchenrider, clarinetist in the Casa Loma Orchestra.
Scott studied clarinet and piano at Juilliard (he also plays guitar), and started jamming at Minton's in 1941 and on 52nd street in 1943.
Scott sounds like no other clarinetist in history: he combines the huge tonal and phrasing gestures of Webster with the agile movements of Parker to create a hyperactive, huge but controlled surge of sound in his solos.
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 Tony Scott @ Filmbug
Tony Scott is a master of the visceral, balancing technical virtuosity with an exuberant sense of tempo to create a series of landmark action films.
Scott's ability to mine box office gold from a deft blending of material and talent was evident in his last film, ENEMY OF THE STATE.
Scott followed that with THE FAN, in which Robert De Niro starred as an obsessed fan who stalks baseball star Wesley Snipes.
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 VRRRM:: Scott Bakula @ Tony Danza Show, Oct.08.2004 :: Transcript ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Tony: Now, listen, speaking of that, we've been talking all week, you know -- because it's baseball playoff time -- I know you happen to be a big St. Louis Cardinals fan.
Tony: But, it may actually -- this is the first year of the curse -- so they may get out early on.
Tony: There he is. And, I understand that you found out there's a trick to running the marathon, aside from training, and will, and maybe insanity.
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 Tony Luke Scott
Tony was born in northern Utah and raised in the small town of Smithfield, moving to Salt Lake City in 1981 where he attended the University of Utah.
In 1987, Tony moved to Los Angeles and began his job with the personnel department of the Directors Guild of America, later working as assistant theater manager and assistant credits administrator.
In May of 1989, Tony left the DGA and went to work for Columbia/TriStar Motion Picture Group (now Sony Pictures Entertainment) as an assistant to the President and Executive Vice President of Marketing.
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 Man on Fire (2004): Reviews
Scott apparently decided it was a good idea for his subtitles -- much of the film is in Spanish -- to shimmy across the screen, to fade in and out dramatically, and in general do even more to distract us.
Scott swaddles this fundamentally straightforward revenge story in a jumble of bleary freeze frames, random changes of color saturation and film stock, jump cuts and stuttering montages, splashing text from some menacing word soup onto the resulting collage of chicly disturbing images.
Scott's art is also death, and we, the audience, are the ones he's jabbing at with his ruthless paintbrush.
www.metacritic.com /video/titles/manonfire   (1453 words)

  
 Tony Scott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
But sources said Scott reconsidered when he learned that the city's dock was being repaired and would, along with parts of the city, be ready for a winter shoot.
Tony Scott is set to direct the dramatic thriller "Domino" for Fox 2000, with "Donnie Darko" writer-director Richard Kelly on board to pen the screenplay.
John Woo, Tony Scott and rookie filmmaker Joe Carnahan are climbing into the driver's seat to direct the next three installments of BMW's popular film series "The Hire." more...
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 Spotlight on Tony Scott - Billion Dollar Director   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ridley and Tony, one a master of the cerebral, one a master of the visceral, both absolute masters of the technical.
Tony couldn’t make a film in which the two main characters end up flying off a cliff any more than Ridley could make a film in which the two main characters end up cavorting on a beach with their baby.
Scott integrates the laughs in a much surer way than he did with BHC2, with Taylor Negron as a particular standout among a large crew of villains.
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 Business Wire: Ridley Scott and Tony Scott Close Producing and... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Filmmakers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott and their production company Scott Free have closed a three-year producing and directing deal with Twentieth Century Fox, it was announced today by Fox Filmed Entertainment Chairmen Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman.
Tony Scott has directed numerous box-office and critical hits, including "Top Gun," "Last Boy Scout," "True Romance," "Crimson Tide" and "Enemy of the State." Tony Scott is currently in post-production on "Spy Game," starring Robert Redford and Brad Pitt, to be released in November 2001.
Tony Scott's project "Hell's Angels" is in active development with Elizabeth Gabler's Fox 2000 unit.
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 Review: Man on Fire
It's not based on a fanboy's wet dream, like "Kill Bill," nor is it from a comic book, like "The Punisher." But seeing what aesthetic poison director Tony Scott has given to "Man on Fire," I see no reason to judge it as any more credible than the two previously mentioned, considerably better films.
Tony Scott ("Top Gun," "Spy Game," "The Fan") isn't known for his restraint in pushing atmosphere and cinematography buttons during his career, but in "Man on Fire," Scott goes completely bonkers.
It's tough to understand Creasy's imperative spiritual intentions when Scott takes greater pleasure in arduously detailing the torturous tactics of his revenge, which include cutting the fingers off one individual, then sealing his wounds with a car cigarette lighter, and planting a tiny bomb up a villain's rectum.
www.filmfodder.com /movies/reviews/man_on_fire   (692 words)

  
 God of Filmmkaing Tony Scott Director of Top Gun, Spy Games
Tony Scott is one of those directors that everyone has seen his work, but few recognize his name.
This film was an effort of Scott’s to break his stereo cast of action films and show that he was actually a very talented dramatic and romantic filmmaker.
The movie was trimmed down as far as terrorist activity goes due to the events of September 11, 2001, but not to a point where it damages the film.
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 Man on Fire comments - Tony Scott Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Marc Anthony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is a remake of the 1987 movie with Scott Glenn as John W. Creasy, a man who accepts a job as a bodyguard to a wealthy family.
Tony Scott's directing is excellent and has made a well done movie.
Tony Scott's movie is a kidnapping drama set in Mexico City - a "special place" according the end credits.
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 Tony Scott Ministries
Over the past 30 years, along with his wife Shirley Ann, Pastor Scott has been senior pastor of Cathedral of Praise—Toledo Christian Life Center and has made an enormous impact on the city of Toledo as the church grew from 45 people in 1974 to what it is today.
Tony Scott, a graduate of Lee University, is recognized nationally and internationally as a pastor, teacher, and visionary leader.
Tony and Shirley Ann have two children: Darin lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife Bronwyn and daughter Isabella Sophia.
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 ESPN.com: NFL - After released by Jets, Scott lands with Pats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Scott was released by the cap-strapped Jets so that the team could sign two "street" free agents, one each on the offensive and defensive lines.
The Patriots like Scott's size, quickness, ability to break on the ball, and the fact he can probably line up at either cornerback or safety.
In 23 appearances with the Jets over two seasons, Scott, a sixth-round choice in the 2000 draft, had one interception, one pass defensed, one tackle from scrimmage and 10 tackles on special teams units.
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 IGN: Featured Filmmaker: Tony Scott
Scott's next few films were generally regarded as disappointments, critically and in some cases commercially.
Under their Scott Free banner, the Scotts have produced a number of feature films and TV movies, including the HBO biopic RKO 281, Clay Pigeons, and a Showtime series version of Tony Scott's feature film debut, The Hunger.
Tony Scott's most recent film was the well received espionage thriller Spy Game, starring Robert Redford and Brad Pitt.
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 CMT.com : Tony Scott : Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Unfortunately, his post-1959 recordings have been few, far between, difficult-to-locate, and sometimes erratic, but Scott was an unheralded pioneer in both world music and new age.
Tony Scott attended Juilliard during 1940-1942, played at Minton's Playhouse, and then after three years in the military he became one of the few clarinetists to play bop.
Unfortunately the clarinet was not exactly a popular instrument in the 1950s (as opposed to during the swing era) and Tony Scott remained an obscure name outside of jazz circles.
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 Tony Scott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Scott is responsible for defining the information technology computing and telecommunications architecture and standards across all of the company's business globally.
Scott joined General Motors from Bristol-Myers Squibb where he was Vice President, Information Management for the Shared Services Group.
Scott completed a BS degree from the University of San Francisco in Information Systems Management and a Juris Doctorate from Santa Clara University.
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 Tony Scott Official Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Tony Scott, Anthony Joseph Sciacca - nome di famiglia - nato in America, nel New Jersey, a Morristown, il 17 Giugno del 1921, da genitori Siciliani emigrati da Salemi agli inizi dell'800.
Tony Scott ha suonato con tutti passando tra Down Beat, Showplace, Onyx, Village Vanguard, Cafe Society, Club Sudan, Three Deuces, Spotlite, Famous Door...; in Harlem: Reinessence, Minton's Playhouse, Count Basie Club…; e tra i più grandi teatri: NYC Theatre, Town Hall e Carnegie Hall...
Tony Scott è stato - ed è ancora - un grande e ben conosciuto fotografo sin dagli anni '50 con i ha ritratti dei i suoi grandi amici musicisti seguiti poi dalle fotografie scattate in tutto il tondo il mondo durante suo viaggiare.
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 Movies.com: Michael Mann, Tony Scott Get New Projects
Tony Scott — the director behind Spy Game, Enemy of the State, and True Romance, among others — has signed on to film Man on Fire, according to Variety.
Scott, brother of multiple Oscar nominee Ridley Scott, has been trying to bring the story to theaters for nearly 20 years.
Scott told Variety, "I expected to make this film 18 years ago with Arnon Milchan, right after my first movie, The Hunger," Scott said.
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 slant // magazine.com: DVD Review - Man on Fire
Scott's increasingly showy cinematographic sensibilities tend toward the ephemeral and shallow, making it nearly impossible to find meaning amidst his films' chaos.
Scott dawdles his way through the drawn-out prologue, which is all the more frustrating considering the film's unmistakable interest in festishizing Creasy's vicious torture of the Mexican lowlifes (known as "The Brotherhood") involved in Pita's abduction.
On his solo commentary track, Tony Scott reveals the pathology of his exoticizing aesthetic in expert if not wholly unconscious fashion—if you believe the world is your playground, then this track is certainly for you!
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 News about Tony Scott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Tony Scott directed the picture, which stars Keira Knightley, Mickey...
Red Eye, 1988 BA launched Super Club in 1984 with a Tony Scott-directed spot 'the widest seat in the air', in which the...
Tricksily directed by Tony Scott and starring a totally ridiculous Keira Knightley, the life story of model...
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 Barnes & Noble.com - Biography - Tony Scott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The younger brother of British filmmaker Ridley Scott, Tony Scott attended London's Royal College of Art, then entered the film industry as a TV and commercial director.
Scott became "box office" after the success of Top Gun (1986), a dramatically empty but visually fascinating tale of student pilots.
After the sequel to Beverly Hills Cop and the Top Gun-like Days of Thunder, Scott made a strong return with True Romance (1993), an acceptable film based on a gore-laden Quentin Tarantino script; and in 1995, with uncredited script assistance by Tarantino, Scott scored another success with his nuclear-sub thriller Crimson Tide.
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