Earl Pastko
Biography: Earl Pastko (born December 10, 1965) is an American actor. He was born in Chicago and moved to Canada in 1985. Pastko is a founding member of Chicago's Remains Theater Company. He worked extensively in theatre with noted directors Ken McDougall, Paul Bettis, Alexander Hausvater, Brian Quirt, Vikki Anderson and Morris Panych, among others. Pastko received a Dora nomination for his performance in La Ronde and a Jessie nomination for The Ends of The Earth. His most recent stage appearances were as Lars in The Company Theatre's production of Festen and as Alexander Stern in The Rant, presented by Chicago's Mary Arrcher Theatre Co. His best known film roles are as Satan in Bruce McDonald's Highway 61; as Hartley Otis in Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter; as the artist in Jeremy Podeswa's Eclipse; and the hotel detective in David Weaver's Century Hotel. Pastko worked with George A. Romero (Land of the Dead); Eugene Levy (Sodbusters); and Roger Christian (Masterminds and Battlefield Earth). Description above from the Wikipedia article Earl Pastko, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: December 10, 1965
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Battlefield Earth
2000-05-12
Battlefield Earth
Overview: In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has descended into a near primitive state. After being captured, it is up to Tyler to save mankind.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-12
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Highway 61
1991-09-05
Highway 61
Overview: A naive Canadian barber who knows US popular culture inside and out meets a flamboyant roadie who needs someone to drive her and her "brother's" corpse from Thunder Bay, Ontario to New Orleans. Chaos ensues after the barber agrees to drive her, the corpse, and the drugs stashed within all the way.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-05
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Masterminds
1997-08-22
Masterminds
Overview: A rebellious teen uses his talent for pranks to outwit the security consultant who has taken the students at his prestigious private school hostage.
Genres: Comedy Action Thriller Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-22
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Manhattan Undying
2016-05-31
Manhattan Undying
Overview: A vampire seeks out an artist to paint her a portrait so that she can see her image for the first time.
Genres: Romance Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-31
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Just Business
2008-05-06
Just Business
Overview: Elizar Perla is a recently retired cat burglar who has succumbed to the temptation of one final score. The target is David Gray, famous for his collection of art and other rarities. Soon after the job, Elizar disappears, leaving his daughter Marty (Gina Gershon) distraught. Desperate, Gray approaches Marty suggesting that her father will turn up as soon as the stolen artwork is recovered. She begrudgingly accepts the offer to help him locate the art, but all is not as it seems, as the rarest of stolen pieces has value beyond ordinary currency. Written by Peace Arch
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-06
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Premonition
2005-08-16
Premonition
Overview: After a violent car wreck nearly takes his life, Detective Jack Barnes begins having inexplicable and terrifying premonitions of horrible disasters. At first his warning calls go unheeded, but as the premonitions begin to come true Jack is shocked to find himself wanted for questioning by the FBI. He goes on the run, narrowly avoiding both the FBI and a band of terrorists on the verge of unleashing a deadly attack. As he scrambles to unlock the meaning of the visions, he must race against the clock to stop the terrorists before they can strike again.
Genres: Horror TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-16
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The Colony
2013-04-12
The Colony
Overview: Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-12
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Roadkill
1989-09-16
Roadkill
Overview: A music promoter sends a young woman on a road trip in search of a band who hasn't been showing up for their gigs.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-16
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Eclipse
1995-10-13
Eclipse
Overview: A round of unerotic sexual couplings in Toronto, interspersed with interviews about an impending total eclipse.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-13
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Shelf Life
2004-10-09
Shelf Life
Overview: Martin Remaro, while in hot pursuit of evil, is hit by a car. Ben and Julie (the occupants of the car) are convinced to flee the scene of the accident and take him home. Instead they take him to their place. Through a turn of events, they come to discover that Martin is a very troubled man. Wanting him out of their home, they agree to collect the drugs needed to help heal his wounds. Through the people they come into contact with while purchasing the drugs, they come to understand that he is a very sick man that needs help and that they are in danger.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-09
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The Mountie
2011-07-01
The Mountie
Overview: A lone Mountie has come to town to clean up the crime and corruption after finding an innocent man dead. As he sets up home, in town, he discovers endless amounts of illegal activity taking place behind closed doors. Once he uncovers the men behind the crimes he prepares to take them down one by one in the most vicious showdown this town has ever seen.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-01
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Cottage Country
2013-03-13
Cottage Country
Overview: When Todd takes his girlfriend Cammie up to the family cottage for a reclusive proposal, the last thing he expected to be doing was dealing with was his slacker brother and his hippie girlfriend. But in this comedy of errors, Todd and Cammie, have to deal with his accidentally murdered brother in order to live happily ever after.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Romance Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-13
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Land of the Dead
2005-06-18
Land of the Dead
Overview: The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in skyscrapers and chaos rules the streets, the rest of the survivors must find a way to stop the evolving zombies from breaking into the city.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-18
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The Sweet Hereafter
1997-09-25
The Sweet Hereafter
Overview: A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-25
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Heads
1994-01-29
Heads
Overview: A proofreader at a small-town newspaper decides to try to solve a series of decapitation murders, and reluctantly gets involved with the nutty daughter of his editor. Before long he discovers that he is the prime suspect in the murders.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-29
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Birdland
2018-01-26
Birdland
Overview: An ex-cop whose marriage is on the rocks hides surveillance cameras in her home and watches her husbands transgressions, becoming a voyeur of her own life.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-26
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Motel
1998-10-26
Motel
Overview: A cowardly thief tries to solve the murder of a prostitute as compensation for his own crimes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-26
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