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Rod McKuen

Nacimiento : 1933-04-29, Oakland, California, USA

Muerte : 2015-01-29

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From Wikipedia Rodney Marvin "Rod" McKuen (April 29, 1933 – January 29, 2015) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet. He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s. Throughout his career, McKuen produced a wide range of recordings, which included popular music, spoken word poetry, film soundtracks and classical music. He earned two Academy Award nominations and one Pulitzer nomination for his music compositions. McKuen's translations and adaptations of the songs of Jacques Brel were instrumental in bringing the Belgian songwriter to prominence in the English-speaking world. His poetry deals with themes of love, the natural world and spirituality. McKuen's songs sold over 100 million recordings worldwide, and 60 million books of his poetry were sold as well, according to the Associated Press.

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The Boneyard Collection

Rod McKuen (segment "Her Morbid Desires")

A quirky anthology, consisting of four separate short films connected by host segments. The first one, BOOGIE WITH THE UNDEAD, has an all girl rock band booked to play a gig in a town overrun by flesh-eating zombies. In the second one, THE DEVIL'S DUE AT MIDNIGHT, a coven of beautiful witches conjure up Brad Dourif as The Devil, and endures the inept attacks of witch killer Ken Foree. In the first long segment, HER MORBID DESIRES, an actress gets the lead role in a vampire movie, only to discover that starlets are being murdered on the set. The other long segment, CRY OF THE MUMMY, has the reincarnated mummy, formerly the last Pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty, looking to sue the movie studios because he can't get work as a mummy. His new lawyer offers to represent him as an agent, but the mummy will only work in film if he can direct.

Night of 100 Stars II

Self

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.

Rod McKuen's Christmas in New England

Rod McKuen's Christmas show from 1978 with special guest Dusty Springfield.

El ardiente despertar de Emily

Original Music Composer

Una joven adolescente Emily está teniendo experiencias sexuales, provocados por su misma edad de desconcierto.

Los inquilinos

Music

Largometraje familiar en el que un niño de una familia que acaba de mudarse a una casa Victoriana, descubre que, entre sus paredes, habitan unas personas diminutas, que miden apenas un palmo. Estos diminutos seres, vuelven locos a todos los habitantes de la casa, ya que se dedican a “tomar prestado” de ellos, todo tipo de objetos, como tijeras, dedales, etc.,.. Esto provoca un tremendo desconcierto, pues no saben cómo desaparecen.

Don Quijote del Oeste

Original Music Composer

Un viejo y malhumorado propietario de un rancho lucha por vivir su vida como él quiere, y no como quieren otros, incluida la ley.

Say Goodbye

Narrator

Say Goodbye is a 1971 American documentary film about the relationship between humans and nature, directed by David H. Vowell. The film depicts the plight of various animal species at the hands of man and his influence. Some segments include the clubbing of seals on the Pribilof Islands, the effect of DDT on brown pelican populations in Texas, and the plight of severely endangered animals. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Los mejores años de Miss Brodie

Original Music Composer

Años 30. Jean Brodie es una joven y polémica profesora que da clase en un colegio femenino, donde instruye a las alumnas sobre política, amor y arte. Sus ideas liberales acerca de la enseñanza dividirán tanto a profesores como a alumnas.

Joanna

Music

When 17 year old Joanna comes to Swinging London, she meets a host of colourful characters, discovers the pleasures of casual sex and falls in love. That's when things get complicated.

Legado salvaje

Dirk Breslin

Una familia de honrados y cristianos granjeros debe emprender un largo viaje para buscar unas tierras donde construir un gran racho para su ya extensa familia: mujer y cuatro hijos. Cuando llegan a un pueblo, el marido es asesinado cobardemente por un malvado, que huye junto a un compinche. Un abogado, buen hombre, ayuda a la familia a asentarse en una tierra con muchas posibilidades. En dicha tierra también se asentará otra familia, que chocará, en principio, con ella. Pero las duras circunstancias harán que se ayuden mutuamente.

Summer Love

Ox Bentley

A neighborhood rock band gets a job playing at a summer camp.

Rock, Pretty Baby

Ox Bentley

A high school rock group enters a band contest.