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Agra liv

Agra liv (Erwin, 2002) is a species of carabid beetle named after the "first name of the actress Liv Tyler, starlet of the movie, Armageddon...because the "existence of this species of elegant beetle is dependent upon the rainforest not undergoing an armageddon.

Al Leong

As a stuntman, Leong was involved with the production of numerous films including The Golden Child, Last Action Hero, Roland Emmerich's Godzilla, Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, and Daredevil.

Annabelle Apsion

Apart from Shameless, Apsion is also well known for her portrayals of Joy Wilton in Soldier Soldier, Betty in My Good Friend, Beverly in The Lakes, Patricia Hillman in Coronation Street, and Mrs. Beech in Michelle Magorian's Goodnight Mister Tom.

Anne Meson

Meanwhile, she also recorded a demo for Randall Wallace's film The Man in the Iron Mask and a chorus part on a track in Garou's solo debut album Seul.

Anne Twomey

She has made guest appearances on The Cosby Show, Magnum, P.I., Seinfeld, Spin City, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and had a featured role in the 1998 television remake of Rear Window starring Christopher Reeve and Daryl Hannah.

Arabella Field

Arabella Field (born February 5, 1970) is an American actress and film producer known for her roles in films such as Dante's Peak, Feeling Minnesota, Godzilla, National Treasure, Paper Man and as Melinda Bitterman in the animated television version of Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott's daily comic strip Baby Blues.

Ben Chaplin

After departing the series, he co-starred in several films including The Truth About Cats and Dogs, Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line, Murder By Numbers, The Touch with Michelle Yeoh, Birthday Girl and Dorian Gray (2009) as society artist Basil Hallward.

Cà d'Zan

The 1998 film Great Expectations, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, had portions filmed at Ca' d'Zan, which served as Ms. Dinsmoor's house, Paradiso Perduto.

Clare Thomas

Some of her highest profile roles have been Aggie, one of the title character's classmates in the film Madeline, and Ingrid Dracula, daughter of the Count, in the children's television series Young Dracula (Clare is one of the few members of cast that had physically been in every episode since series 1 in 2006; other cast members that have been in all episodes are Simon Ludders and Keith Lee-Castle).

Dash Mihok

Mihok has been mostly featured in supporting roles in commercial films such as The Day After Tomorrow, The Perfect Storm, The Thin Red Line, Lifted, Romeo + Juliet, and Silver Linings Playbook.

Denis Lenoir

Denis Lenoir (born Paris, 1949) is a French cinematographer, whose credits include Uprising, The Clearing, and Thursday.

Digimation

Digimation's models have been featured in motion pictures including The World Is Not Enough, Pushing Tin, Star Trek: Insurrection, Independence Day, Air Force One and Godzilla.

Dishwalla

In 1998 landed the song "Truth Serum" in The Avengers; in 1999, the song "Stay Awake" was featured in the movie Stir of Echoes and the song "Find Your Way Back Home" was featured in the movie American Pie.

Downtown Julie Brown

Brown has appeared in a number of movies and TV shows including Spy Hard; Spring Break '83; The Weird Al Show; Ride; Walker, Texas Ranger; Battle Dome; Hey Arnold!; I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!; The Dog Whisperer; and RuPaul's Drag U.

Giles Nuttgens

He is best known to fans of independent art house fare for his work on Deepa Mehta's "Elements trilogy", consisting of the films Fire (1996), Earth (1998) and Water (2005), as well as Mehta's adaptation of Salman Rushdie's epic novel Midnight's Children (2012).

Gino

GINO, Godzilla In Name Only, a derogatory term to refer to the 1998 American remake of Godzilla.

Hi no Ataru Basho

"Hi no Ataru Basho" was the theme song to the movie 'Hood, as well as the NTV program Docchi no Ryōri Show.

Hilary du Pré

Anand Tucker's controversial 1998 film Hilary and Jackie is based on A Genius in the Family, and features Emily Watson as Jacqueline and Rachel Griffiths as Hilary.

Holly Davidson

She is most known for her recurring roles on the TV series' Renford Rejects, The Bill and Casualty, and roles in the films Final Cut, Van Wilder 2: Rise of the Taj and Essex Boys.

I Am Jackie Chan

I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action is a 1998 Autobiography book written by Jackie Chan with help from Jeff Yang, written before Jackie Chan's success Rush Hour–a special edition of the book was released in 1999 telling events occurring after Jackie's success with the movie.

Inheritor

The Inheritors (1998 film) (original title Die Siebtelbauern), an Austrian-German film directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky

James Haven

He had minor roles in several films starring his sister, Angelina Jolie, namely Gia (1998), Hell's Kitchen (1998), and Original Sin (2001), as well as in Monster's Ball (2001), which starred his sister's then-husband, Billy Bob Thornton.

Karen Sisco

The series was created by novelist Elmore Leonard, based on a character who had appeared in several of his written works, as well as one film adaptation, 1998's Out of Sight.

Ken Leung

Kenneth "Ken" Leung (born January 21, 1970) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Miles Straume in the ABC television series Lost and roles in such films as Shanghai Kiss, Rush Hour, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Saw.

Kim Dickens

She has appeared in several indie movies including Palookaville; Voice from the Grave; Truth or Consequences, N.M.; Heart Full of Rain; Zero Effect with Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, and Ryan O'Neal; and Great Expectations.

Kingsway tramway subway

The remaining northern part of the subway is sometimes used in films, for example as itself in the Stephen Poliakoff film Hidden City, the secret entrance to the base in the film version of The Avengers and a railway tunnel in the film Bhowani Junction.

Leslie Libman

She co-directed with Larry Williams two television movies - in 1997 the HBO TV movie Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (starring Peter Gallagher and Art Malik) and the 1998 TV adaptation of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (again starring Gallagher with Leonard Nimoy) for the USA Network.

Malia Scotch Marmo

She wrote the screenplays for Lasse Hallström's first American film, Once Around, Steven Spielberg's Hook, Daisy von Scherler Mayer's Madeline and co-adapted (with David Koepp) Michael Crichton's novel Jurassic Park into Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park.

Monique Mercure

In 1999, she won another Genie award for her role as Grace Gallagher, an elderly resident in Conquest set in Conquest, Saskatchewan.

Morton Freedgood

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, his novel about the hijacking of a New York City Subway train, was a best seller in 1973 and was made into the 1974 movie starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw, a 1998 TV-movie remake of the same title, and a 2009 theatrical-feature remake, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3.

Music of Solomon Islands

Traditional Melanesian choir singing features heavily in the soundtrack of the film The Thin Red Line, which is set against the backdrop of the Battle for Guadalcanal.

Never, Never, Land

The tracks on the album contain audio samples from the movies The Prophecy, Jacob's Ladder, THX 1138 and The Thin Red Line.

Nick Stahl

In 1998 he played a doomed young soldier during the World War II Pacific War in The Thin Red Line.

Nico B.

Nico B is a Dutch film director and filmmaker known for his 1998 horror production Pig, being the last work of acclaimed singer/songwriter Rozz Williams before his death a few months later.

O'Brien Press

The O'Brien Press is notable for launching the career of international, bestselling author, Eoin Colfer, publishing the "Benny Books" and The Wish List, and have also published The General by Paul Williams, which was made into a major film by John Boorman in 1998.

Philip Winchester

Winchester's acting career started with a small role in the 1998 film The Patriot, which was filmed in and around the towns of Bozeman and Ennis, Montana.

Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote

The joke references not only the recreation nature of the original short story, but also Gus Van Sant's shot-for-shot remake of Psycho, which was released on 4 December 1998.

Richard Russo

Russo co-wrote the 1998 film Twilight with director Robert Benton, who also adapted and directed Russo's Nobody's Fool into a 1994 film of the same title, starring Paul Newman.

Robert Roy Pool

He also received a "story by" credit on the motion picture Armageddon (1998), which starred Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton.

Sansho the Bailiff

In 1990 producers Robert Michael Geisler and John Roberdeau (Streamers, The Thin Red Line) commissioned director Terrence Malick to write a stage play based on Sansho the Bailiff.

Sarah Tansey

She has also appeared in movies Far from the Madding Crowd and Beginner's Luck.

Stephanie Reaves

Reaves also appears as "Norma Bates" in the infamous shower scene, of Gus Van Sant's 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock's thriller, Psycho.

Surya Vamsha

The other versions of this film were in Telugu as Suryavamsam (1998) with Venkatesh and Meena as lead actors and in Hindi as Sooryavansham (1999) with Amitabh Bachchan and Soundarya in leading roles.

The Tender Hook

The crew includes: director of photography, Geoffery Simpson (Romulus, My Father, Under The Tuscan Sun); editor, Ken Sallows (Getting Square, Crackerjack); production designer, Peter Baxter (Lucky Miles, Beneath Clouds); costume designer, Cappi Irreland (Home Songs Stories) and composition of the score by Chris Abrahams from The Necks (The Boys).


see also

8299 Téaleoni

8299 Téaleoni is an asteroid named after actress Téa Leoni; probably in reference to her role in the 1998 film Deep Impact.

Abraham Whistler

Screenwriter David S. Goyer created him for the 1998 film Blade (in which the part was played by Kris Kristofferson), but he first appeared on screen in Spider-Man: The Animated Series where he was voiced by Malcolm McDowell and later by Oliver Muirhead.

Åmål

The 1998 film Fucking Åmål (known in the English-speaking world as Show Me Love), directed by Lukas Moodysson, is set in Åmål.

Anelosimus dude

The name A. dude derives from "The Dude," a character in the 1998 film The Big Lebowski.

Betsy-Tacy

In the 1998 film You've Got Mail, bookstore owner Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) describes the first two books of the series to young Annabel Fox (Hallee Hirsh), who immediately decides she wants them all.

Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child

On the Limited Edition, the song "Pretty Soon, I Don't Know What, but Something Is Going to Happen" features a sample from the 1998 film π directed by Darren Aronofsky.

Brian Rast

He began playing poker in 2003 after being inspired by John Dahl's 1998 film Rounders.

Buckingham Nicks

Another song from the album, "Crystal", was recorded by the revamped Fleetwood Mac for the group's 1975 breakthrough LP, Fleetwood Mac, and was also recorded by Stevie herself for the soundtrack to the 1998 film Practical Magic.

Chucklehead

The track "God Damn" was featured in the 1998 film Some Girl.

Columbia Heights, Minnesota

Columbia Heights, the Heights Jamboree, Hylander, and many other references to the city and Minnesota appear in Pat Proft's 1998 film Wrongfully Accused.

Controlled Developments

The track, "Call & Response", appeared in a scene from the 1998 film "Blade" in which the track is being listened to, on headphones, by the villain, Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), whilst he searches a library's archives.

Cregneash

Scenes from the 1998 film Waking Ned were filmed in and around Cregneash although it was supposedly set in an Irish village.

Death on Credit

In the 1998 film Wild Things, the character of Suzie Marie Toller (Neve Campbell) is encountered by the police while reading a paperback edition of Death on the Installment Plan—a subtle indication of the attitude of the character and her role in the plot.

Deeper Underground

"Deeper Underground" is a single by British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai that appeared on the soundtrack to the 1998 film, Godzilla.

Dick King-Smith

Babe: Pig in the City (1998): film sequel using King-Smith characters

Don't Talk 2 Strangers

The song featured on the soundtrack of the 1998 film, Down in the Delta.

Dudeism

Dudeism is a philosophy and lifestyle inspired by the modern-day fictional character Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, as portrayed by Jeff Bridges in the Coen Brothers' 1998 film The Big Lebowski.

Earl of Wessex

In the newspaper, The Sunday Telegraph reported that he was drawn to the historic title Earl of Wessex after watching the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love, in which a character with that title is played by Colin Firth.

Electric Warrior

"Cosmic Dancer" was also included in the soundtrack for the 1998 film Velvet Goldmine.

Evan Adams

A Coast Salish from the Sliammon First Nation near Powell River, British Columbia, he is best known internationally for his roles in the films of Sherman Alexie, as Thomas Builds-the-Fire in the 1998 film Smoke Signals and Seymour Polatkin in the 2002 film The Business of Fancydancing.

Fan Wuji

He is portrayed by actor Lü Xiaohe in the 1998 film The Emperor and the Assassin and Wang Ya'nan in the 2004 television series Assassinator Jing Ke.

Great Adventure Cigar

"Every Little Thing Counts" was also included on the soundtrack for the 1998 film, Disturbing Behavior & in the 1999 film, Varsity Blues (film).

John Hamburg

After screening his 1996 short film Tick at the Sundance Film Festival, Hamburg wrote and directed the 1998 film Safe Men.

Karl Burnett

The then Massey High School student had little acting experience, other than high-school drama classes, though after six years of starring on Shortland Street he had a part in the 1998 film When Love Comes.

Kia Goodwin

Later that year she co-starred opposite Jennifer Aniston in the 1998 film, The Object of My Affection; two years later, she appeared as a Young Nurse in the 2000 movie, The Opportunists.

Knicks–Pacers rivalry

Despite the animosity between the 2 teams, Miller was featured in a cameo in the 1998 film He Got Game, directed by Spike Lee.

L.A. Without a Map

L.A. Without a Map is a 1998 film directed by Mika Kaurismäki and written by Mika Kaurismäki and Richard Rayner, based on his novel.

Laziness

The Big Lebowski, an iconic 1998 film featuring "The Dude", an unemployed slacker with a laid-back approach to life that inspired the religion Dudeism

Little Voice

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, a 1992 play that later became the 1998 film Little Voice.

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon is a 1998 film made for television by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Oberbaum Bridge

The bridge appears prominently in the 1998 film Run Lola Run.

Park Chul-soo

His 1998 film Kazoku Cinema was adapted from the novel by Korean-Japanese writer Miri Yu, cast Japanese actors and was shot in Japanese.

Requiem: A Hallucination

Alain Tanner directed a 1998 film adaptation, also called Requiem.

Richard Flanagan

The 1998 film of The Sound of One Hand Clapping, written and directed by Flanagan, was nominated for the Golden Bear at that year's Berlin Film Festival.

Rottweiler

However, some films and television shows, such as Lethal Weapon 3, the 1998 Film Half Baked, and the hit HBO show Entourage, have portrayed Rottweilers in a positive light.

Sepp Herberger

Three of these sayings are quoted in the 1998 film Run Lola Run.

Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades

This phrase has its origins in Ancient Rome, is used during Papal Coronations, and came to the attention of Brand New via the 1998 film Rushmore.

Spec Martin Stadium

Spec Martin Stadium was a filming location for the 1998 film The Waterboy starring Adam Sandler.

Splackavellie

"Splackavellie" is an R&B song by American singer Pressha, released as the first single from his debut album Don't Get It Twisted and from the soundtrack to the 1998 film The Players Club, peaking at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #14 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.

Stoney Creek, Ontario

Another movie filmed in the area was the 1998 film The Big Hit starring Mark Wahlberg.

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit is a 1998 film set in East Los Angeles directed by Stuart Gordon, written by Ray Bradbury and starring Edward James Olmos, Joe Mantegna, Esai Morales, Clifton Collins Jr. (credited as Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez), Sid Caesar, Howard Morris and Gregory Sierra.

Webb Institute

The Webb Institute was used for the exterior shots of Wayne Manor in the 1995 film Batman Forever, and was featured in the 1998 film Great Expectations.

When Engineering Fails

When Engineering Fails is a 1998 film written and presented by Henry Petroski.

Zola Taylor

Zola Taylor was portrayed by Halle Berry in the 1998 film Why Do Fools Fall in Love.