Paul Chihara
Nacimiento : 1938-07-09, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Paul Seiko Chihara (born July 9, 1938) is an American composer. Chihara was born in Seattle, Washington in 1938. A Japanese American, he spent three years of his childhood with his family in an internment camp in Minidoka, Idaho due to Executive Order 9066.
Chihara received a BA and an MA in English literature from the University of Washington and Cornell University, respectively. He received a DMA in 1965 from Cornell, studying with Robert Palmer. He also studied composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, Ernst Pepping in West Berlin, and Gunther Schuller in Tanglewood.
He was the first composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Neville Marriner, and was most recently part of the music faculty of UCLA, where he was the head of the Visual Media Program. As of 2015, Chihara is on the faculty of New York University as an Artist Faculty in Film Music.
His close connection with music for dramatic forms extends into film and television, for which he has written nearly 100 scores. His first film score was for Roger Corman's Death Race 2000 (1975), and came at a point that he decided to leave academia to pursue a living as a composer. His exit from the university environment, and into film music also produced a change in his concert music. It was at this point that he moved away from the 12-tone and freely chromatic styles he had employed up to then, and embraced a more tonal style.
He has worked with directors Sidney Lumet, Louis Malle, Michael Ritchie, and Arthur Penn. His film credits include Sweet Revenge (1976), I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977), The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978), A Fire in the Sky (1978), Prince of the City (1981), The Legend of Walks Far Woman (1982), The Survivors (1983), Crackers (1984), Impulse (1984), The Morning After (1986), Forever, Lulu (1987), The Killing Time (1987), Crossing Delancey (1988), and Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989). His television credits include The Dark Secret of Harvest Home, Dr. Strange, Brave New World, Noble House, Frederick Forsyth Presents (1989), and the pilot and theme music to Manimal, among others.
He also composed the score for Shōgun: The Musical, based on James Clavell's novel. Shōgun had a short run on Broadway, from November 1990 to January 1991.
Chihara's notable students include James Horner, Sean Friar, Joseph Trapanese, and Cynthia Tse Kimberlin.
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La película consta de dos historias paralelas. Linda Sykes es una estadounidense detenida en China, donde es interrogada por un oficial. La situación de Sharif Bin Said es muy similar: es un árabe detenido en Nueva York, donde es interrogado por agentes del FBI. Ambos personajes, estudiantes que estaban haciendo cursos de postgrado, son detenidos sin evidencias e interrogados sobre actividades sospechosas, que podrían estar relacionadas con el terrorismo. Como indica el título original, Sykes y Bin Said son sometidos a un exhaustivo registro en contra de su voluntad.
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A hard-working architect is pulled into intrigue when his wife hires a private investigator to make sure he's just working late. The private eye sees an opportunity to frame him for a murder instead.
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Sunshine, an idyllic and almost forgotten island under British rule, is shortly to become independent. But a few days before this event is to take place, the British governor of the island is shot. Her Majesty's secret service is called in and Sam McCready asks Desmond Hannah of Scotland Yard to take charge of the case.
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Biography of actor Rock Hudson focuses on his struggle with his homosexuality. Based on the book by his ex-wife, Phyllis Gates, and on the court records from the civil suit brought by his former lover, Marc Christian.
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Penn & Teller enjoy playing jokes on each other. When Penn says on an interview show that he wishes he has someone threatening his life so that he "wouldn't sweat the small stuff," each of them begins a series of pranks on the other to suggest a real threat. Then they find that a real psychopath is interested in them.
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American tourist Gene LePere (Lee Remick), on vacation in Turkey, is hounded by a street vendor into buying a carved head she doesn't want. Then she is cast into prison for smuggling an antique.
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Four very different women, best friends during high school many years earlier, gather in the small town where they grew up for a reunion as bridesmaids in preparation for a wedding for a fifth friend.
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Woody Harrelson stars in the story of psychiatrist Lisa DaVito and her battle to save a tortured man whose past has turned him to violence. One tragic incident seals his fate and shakes Lisa's faith in her profession.
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"Shooter," aka Matt Thompson aka Gruwald is a photographer in 1967 Saigon, Vietnam. Working out of a news agency for a major magazine, Thompson gets involved in the lives of the soldiers he meets and "shoots." There's Ngoc, the Vietnamese photo lab tech; Klause, a German photographer swiping Buddhas; Rene, a French photographer who carries an AK-47; Stork, Matt's superstitious roommate who is also a photographer; Rizzo, the irascible editor; Lan, an American-educated Vietnamese reporter and Tracey an embassy worker who is Matt's former flame.
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Isabelle Grossman (Amy Irving), neoyorquina de 33 años, es una atractiva e inteligente mujer que ama la independencia por encima de muchas cosas. Tiene un buen empleo en una librería y vive en un bonito apartamento. A menudo visita a su abuela, Bubbie, quien desea fervientemente que Isabelle conozca a un hombre y asiente la cabeza de una vez por todas. Bubbie pide ayuda a Hannah Mandelbaum, una vieja casamentera, para que encuentre el hombre perfecto para su nieta: la solución parece ser Sam Posner (Peter Riegert), propietario de una tienda de pepinillos.
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Sam Weiborn es el sheriff de un pequeño pueblo donde nunca pasa nada. Hasta que Brian Mars llega a la ciudad...
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While staying at an inn in a colonial-recreation village for her anniversary, a young woman becomes possessed by her murderous ancestor through an antique mirror and compelled to murder her husband.
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A Peace Corps volunteer, bubbling o'er with idealism, learns to his delight that he has been assigned to a remote, backward Colombian village. When he arrives, he is confused by the cynical attitude of his predecessor
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Una mujer alcohólica se despierta una mañana en una casa desconocida con un cadáver al otro lado de la cama. Pero el caso es que no recuerda nada de la noche anterior.
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When Elaine, an adventurous young woman from Germany, arrives in New York City, she sets out to be a famous writer. After a brief stint at a mundane job, Elaine falls on hard times and also becomes intrigued by a mysterious stranger named Lulu. Before long, Elaine gets roped into situations involving theft, murder and the mob. Can the beleaguered expatriate with big dreams turn her life around and steer clear of crime and chaos?
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A Los Angeles psychiatrist testifies for the prosecution in the trial of an accused child molester. Later the defendant, who is out on bail, is found dead in the psychiatrist's office, in what appears to be a suicide. Shaken, the psychiatrist moves to the mountains outside of L.A. Not long afterwards a detective he knows comes to him for help. A seven-year-old girl saw someone kill both of her parents, but is so traumatized by the event that she can't remember anything, and the detective wants the doctor to help jar her memory. Soon, however, the doctor and the detective discover that the parents' murder and the pedophiles "suicide" may be linked to a shadowy group of wealthy and influential pedophiles, and that the child isn't the only one whose life is in danger.
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Two employees of a reclusive millionaire, Micki the secretary and Max the chauffeur, decide to attend a society function to which their employer has been invited. In the course of the evening, Max and Micki establish new identities in the world of high society and, while rubbing shoulders with the elite, they uncover a scam that tests their sleuthing skills as much as their social skills.
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En 1972, en un pequeño pueblo de Georgia siguen estando latentes los problemas interraciales. La muerte, en extrañas circunstancias, de un oficial de color perteneciente al ejército de los Estados Unidos provoca que se abra una investigación para esclarecer los hechos. El Mayor Kendall Laird (John Lithgow), con la ayuda de los padres del joven (Morgan Freeman y CCH Pounder), hará todo lo posible para que la verdad salga a la luz...
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Historia basada en hechos reales sobre un encubrimiento de un tiroteo por dos miembros blancos de la Unidad Táctica de Boston 1975. Mientras que en el replanteo en un coche de la partida sospechosa utilizado en un robo a mano armada, los dos muertos a tiros a un hombre negro que entró en el coche. Los dos afirman que el hombre tenía un arma y que dispararon en defensa propia. La investigación policial decidió que era un tiroteo que le correspondia.La viuda del hombre sabía que su marido no llevaba un arma y se decidio a probar la inocencia de su marido. Ella contrató a un ex policía que se había convertido en un abogado para probar su caso. Trabajar con sus cuatro hijos, el equipo de abogados adquiere la fuerza de policía en lo que al final resultó ser una decisión legal hito.
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Los hermanos James, hartos de ser proscritos durante décadas, se dedican a sus granjas y su ganado. Uno de los miembros de la antigua banda, Bob Ford, asesina a Jesse en su casa, cuando el pistolero colocaba un cuadro. Su hermano jura vengarle, y aunque al cabo de mucho tiempo el asesino cree estar a salvo, la sombra de Frank James es alargada. Western discreto al que se le nota demasiado su procedencia televisiva, aunque la presencia de Cash como Frank James le otorga un cierto poso de calidad, beneficiado también por una correcta puesta en escena.
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Cops in a small town near the Mexican border find themselves caught up in a scheme that smuggles illegal aliens into the country.
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A sheltered wife of a surgeon suddenly finds herself thrust into the middle of a messy divorce.
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The Charters family falls into despair over their drug-addicted son Gary. They discuss his problems through the "Toughlove" program in searching for answers.
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Based on true story of teens Richard and Deborah Jahnke charged in Wyoming for the killing of their abusive father.
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A dramatization of Gloria Steinem's undercover investigation of the working conditions Bunnies faced at the Playboy Clubs.
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Rachel is a 9-year-old girl who is perfection itself - unless she's crossed or challenged. Several disturbing recent incidents have led Rachel's mother Christine to suspect that her child is a latent murderess. Upon discovering that she herself is the daughter of a convicted killer, Christine becomes convinced that sweet little Rachel is a "bad seed" - an inherent killer who feels no remorse because she doesn't know any better.
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A high school football hero Bo Reinecker tries to piece together the events leading up to murder of his girl friend Lisa Nolen. Claiming to have experienced a total blackout, Bo is ultimately found not guilty of the murder by reason of insanity and placed in an institution for four years. Meanwhile, the dead girl's father, Tom Nolen, and her sister Wynn, bitterly prepare a campaign to put Nolen away in prison for life. Things come to a boil when Bo is released--and Tom and Wynn take "due process" into their own hands.
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Después de un pequeño terremoto en una ciudad pequeña y tranquila, los ciudadanos locales comienzan a exhibir un comportamiento extraño, violento y autodestructivo.
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En un suburbio de San Francisco, una estrafalaria pandilla de desocupados y delincuentes planean un estúpido atraco a una tienda de empeños, en cuya caja fuerte piensan encontrar una pequeña fortuna que les saque de apuros. Remake de "Rufufu", de Mario Monicelli.
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Dan era un jugador de fútbol con éxito, pero cuando su contrato expiró, no fue renovado debido a su edad. Junto con su esposa Julie, quiere comenzar una nueva vida, por lo que deciden mudarse. Dan inicia una segunda carrera como presentador de noticias, pero ella está sola en casa y empezará a sentirse perseguida en sueños, pero también durante el día.
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Donald Quinelle, un exitoso ejecutivo de ventas, es despedido por culpa del loro de su jefe justo el mismo día en que Sonny Paluso ve cómo su gasolinera salta por los aires. Mientras comparten sus penas en una cafetería, los dos neoyorquinos desarman al aspirante a bandido Jack Locke, con lo que se convierten en héroes mediáticos de la noche a la mañana. Rápidamente van a descubrir lo que significa intentar sobrevivir en un mundo totalmente desquiciado.
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A young amnesiac who was left for dead following a brutal assault is now being stalked by her assailant who wants to finish the job before she can remember the circumstances of the crime.
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After winning a beauty contest in Texas, a teenage girl is unprepared for the demands of travel, press conferences and interviews that go with winning the title and participating in a national beauty pageant.
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A seemingly perfect marriage disintegrates, as both husband and wife become involved in a series of affairs.
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An African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen; he is unwary of yet another white lawyer who claims that he will help free him.
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Daniel Ciello, un policía neoyorquino de origen italiano, a fin de librarse de ciertas implicaciones en prácticas heterodoxas, acepta colaborar con asuntos internos para sacar a la luz diversos casos de corrupción; pero lo hace con una condición: no delatar a sus compañeros. Sin embargo, las cosas no van a ser tan fáciles.
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Una pareja de jóvenes universitarios tienen un accidente de tráfico. a pesar de que el chico no sufre grandes problemas, la chica debe afrontar graves secuelas, incluido su precioso rostro desfigurado
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Based on the true story of film actress Ina Balin and her efforts with American Red Cross volunteer Betty Tisdale, as well as a compassionate Vietnamese woman running a Saigon orphanage, to rescue as many children as possible and fly them out of the country before South Vietnam's fall in the spring of 1975 through the An Lac baby-lift.
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Adaptación de la mítica novela de Aldous Huxley sobre una sociedad basada en el placer sin implicaciones morales, el amor olvidado en favor del sexo casual, el control de la población con drogas legales... y la manipulación genética, por la que los seres humanos son creados y clonados en laboratorios, recibiendo las necesidades genéticas de la clase social a la que vayan a pertencer. Bernard Marx es un Macho Alfa con una extraña inclinación hacia el libre albedrío, enamorado de una ciudadana ejemplar llamada Lenina Disney. Durante la visita de ambos a una reserva de "salvajes" conocen a un joven llamado John, al que deciden llevar a la civilización... sin saber que la identidad de John podría provocar un gran escándalo y sacudir la civilización de arriba a abajo.
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A liberal-minded, divorced newswriter is the victim of a brutal mugging. Robbed of her confidence, she finds her life cloaked in fear and paranoia, causing her to reevaluate her lifelong beliefs.
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A young woman with precognition realizes she is being stalked by a killer -- a mass murderer she previously had used her psychic powers to identify to the skeptical police.
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Un científico se somete a un experimento sobre la clonación, llevado a cabo por su profesor. La operación es un éxito, excepto en lo que atañe a la vida personal del científico. Su esposa encuentra que la copia es más deseable que el original. Pero la copia tiene otros planes...
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Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but without 100% certainty, the governor of Arizona is reticent to cause a panic. Even after a television news reporter discovers the truth and threatens to go live with it, the response is understated enough to doom some residents of Phoenix to certain death.
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The wife of a paralytic becomes involved in an extra-marital affair, with his permission.
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Un psiquiatra se convierte en el nuevo Hechicero Supremo de la Tierra para luchar contra una malvada Hechicera del pasado.
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En esta tercera (y última) entrega de la popular franquicia cinematográfica, Tony Curtis interpreta a Marvin Lazar, un cómplice, el promotor de poca monta que ve una oportunidad de hacer dinero en un club de béisbol. Después de que Lazar llega a un acuerdo con el equipo, todos van a Asia para competir con los campeones japoneses.
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Un ejecutivo, de vacaciones en Hawai, se ve envuelto con dos terroríficos personajes, poseido por el espíritu de un indio, y una mujer con poderes sobrenaturales.
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A young woman whose baby died in childbirth refuses to believe it and has dreams that her child is still alive and in danger. A scientist who is conducting experiments about dreams tries to help her.
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A pair of performers wearing bodysuits dance and balance together in this short film for director Shirley Clarke’s Four Journeys Into Mystic Time.
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A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.
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A young woman with a long rap sheet who steals cars for a living is befriended by a public defender who tries to steer her straight. But her goal is to steal and subsequently sell enough cars (sometimes the same car more than once) to buy a new Ferrari.
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A professional football player is accused of murdering the man who attacked his sister. His brother, an investigate reporter, sets out to prove his brother's innocence.
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En las Provincias Unidas de America sus habitantes, cansados ya de tantas guerras y de la gran depresión económica que sufren, celebran todos los años una popular y brutal carrera automovilística trascontinental considerada por muchos, como un deporte nacional donde todos los participantes obtienen una puntuación al ir atropellando a las personas, y ganando aquel que obtenga una mayor puntuación quien más personas haya atropellado.Uno de sus participantes, el legendario campeón Frankenstein, se enfrenta en esta ocasión contra Joe "Ametralladora" Biterbo, peligroso rival dispuesto a todo con tal de ganar.Al margen de esta confrontación, Frankenstein tiene otro objetivo muy diferente que el simple hecho de obtener una nueva victoria en esta peligrosa competición.
