Rupert Holmes

Nacimiento : 1947-02-24, Cheshire, England, UK

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rupert Holmes (born February 24, 1947) is an American-British composer, singer-songwriter, musician and author of plays, novels and stories. He is best known for his number one pop hit "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" (1979/1980) and the song "Him", which reached the number 6 position on the Hot 100 U.S. pop chart in 1980. He is also known for his 1985 Tony Award-winning musical Drood (originally The Mystery of Edwin Drood) and his 2007 Drama Desk Award-winning book for the Broadway musical Curtains, and for his television series Remember WENN. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rupert Holmes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Películas

Curtains
Musical
It’s murder putting on a new musical – literally! The star of a new Broadway-bound musical has been murdered on stage on opening night! The entire cast and crew are suspects. Time to call in the local detective, Frank Cioffi. With a nose for crime and an ear for music, Frank tries to find the killer whilst giving the show a lifeline.
Where the Truth Lies
Novel
Una joven periodista (Lohman) intenta descubrir por qué rompieron su amistad dos estrellas de Hollywood (Bacon y Firth) que veinte años antes habían sido camaradas de correrías llenas de sexo, rock y drogas.
Click, Click
Original Music Composer
Charles (Jon Cryer, conocido por la serie "Dos hombres y medio"), un joven fotógrafo amateur de 16 años, saca accidentalmente una foto de Laura (Demi Moore), una bella mujer de 22 de la que se enamora inmediatamente.
The Christmas Raccoons
Dan, the Ranger (voice)
In this prelude to the television series 'The Raccoons', Bert, Melissa, and Ralph Raccoon have their home accidentally stolen when it is cut down to become a Christmas tree.
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1979
The Midnight Special es un programa musical emitido en horario nocturno por la cadena NBC durante los años 70s y principios de los 80s creado y producido por Burt Sugarman. El primer programa fue emitido como un especial el 19 de Agosto de 1972 y comenzó su emisión regular el 2 de Febrero de 1973, su última emisión fue el 1 de Mayo de 1981. El programa, de 90 minutos de duración se emitía los Viernes después del "The Tonight Show" presentado por Johnny Carson. El programa tuvo varios presentadores excepto en el período de Julio de 1975 hasta Marzo de 1976 en el que la cantante Helen Reddy lo presentó de forma habitual. Wolfman Jack fue también presentador del programa siendo Helen Reddy una de sus frecuentes invitadas. La canción tradicional folk "Midnight Special" cantada por Johnny Rivers era la que servía de sintonía del programa.
Ha nacido una estrella
Songs
El éxito como cantante de Esther Hoffman es paralelo al proceso de autodestrucción de su marido John Norman, una estrella del rock en decadencia y adicto a las drogas.
Memories Within Miss Aggie
Music
The only thing missing from Aggie's life...was Aggie. In the middle of nowhere lives middle aged Aggie, with her wheelchair bound companion Richard. As snow falls outside, Aggie tries desperately to remember the circumstances under which they met. As she plays through in her mind a series of possible scenarios, only to dismiss each as a false past, she inadvertently begins to reveal an increasingly dark portrait of her true self, leading to the unexpected and shocking reality of her relationship with Richard.
The Animals
Original Music Composer
A woman tracks down the three men who raped her, helped by an Apache. Traveling through the Old West to her new home, young schoolteacher Alice McAndrew is abducted by five outlaws headed by robber Pudge Elliott. The thugs rape Alice before leaving her for dead, but she is rescued by Chatto, an Apache chief. He restores her health and aids her in her bloodthirsty quest for revenge. With her sanity wavering, will Alice be able to find the men who tortured her?