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29th Street (1991) – comedy drama film based on the true-life story of actor Frank Pesce, who won the first New York State Lottery in 1976 [84]; A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story (1991) – biographical drama television film recounting the life of Ricky Bell, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back sickened with dermatomyositis, and Ryan Blankenship, a physically impaired child [85]
The Lottery later became an autonomous unit within the Department of Taxation and Finance. Under the New York State Lottery for Education Law, the director of the Division of the Lottery has full authority over the administration of the Lottery. Magazine stand selling New York Lottery tickets in 1974.
Opening Title Production company Cast and crew Ref. J A N U A R Y: 18 Cardiac Arrest: Film Ventures International: Murray Mintz (director/screenplay); Max Gail, Garry Goodrow, Mike Paul Chan, Ray Reinhardt, Robert Behling, Susan O'Connell, Fred Ward
Hide in Plain Sight (1980) – drama film based on an actual case from the files of New York attorney Salvatore R. Martoche who represented Tom Leonard, a real-life Buffalo, New York, victim who had sued to recover contact with his children estranged by the culpability of the new husband and government, soon realizing his own past is coming ...
The decade of the 1980s in Western cinema saw the return of studio-driven pictures, coming from the filmmaker-driven New Hollywood era of the 1970s. [1] The period was when the "high concept" picture was established by producer Don Simpson, [2] where films were expected to be easily marketable and understandable.
Lottery! is an American anthologic drama that premiered on ABC on September 9, 1983. [1] The series aired for one season of 17 episodes and starred Ben Murphy as Patrick Sean Flaherty, and Marshall Colt as Eric Rush. Lottery! centered on ordinary people who have won the lottery—all of a sudden becoming millionaires—and how it changes their ...
Deadly Blessing is a 1981 American slasher film directed by Wes Craven. [3] The film tells the story of a strange figure committing murder in a contemporary community that is not far from another community that believes in ancient evil and curses.
In the history of motion pictures in the United States, many films have been set in New York City, or a fictionalized version thereof. The following is a list of films and documentaries set in New York, however the list includes a number of films which only have a tenuous connection to the city. The list is sorted by the year the film was released.