Kid Creole
Also Known As: August Darnell, Thomas August Darnell Browder, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Kid Creole & the Coconuts, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Machine
Biography: Thomas August Darnell Browder, aka August Darnell--who goes by the stage name Kid Creole--is an American singer, musician and songwriter. He co-founded Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band with his half-brother Stony Browder Jr., then went on to form and lead Kid Creole and the Coconuts. The latter band, with its trio of backing female singers (dubbed the Coconuts), draw upon musical influences as disparate as salsa, no wave, jazz, disco, pop music and big band. Darnell has written and produced for other artists and bands, such as Machine and Gichy Dan's Beachwood No. 9. He and the Coconuts have also contributed songs to numerous motion picture soundtracks, including "My Male Curiosity" for Against All Odds (1984).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: August 12, 1950
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Gender: Male
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Identity Crisis
Overview: A rapper finds himself possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer; frequently switching personalities.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-15
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Obsession: A Taste for Fear
Overview: A photographer's model is found murdered, sparking a police investigation that targets her ex-boyfriend. As more models die and murder videos surface, the true identity of the killer becomes uncertain.
Genres: Horror Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-12-09
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Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
Overview: Fatherhood has proved a great subject for a variety of artists - some celebratory, some conflicted, but all inspired by what dad does and doesn't do. Here's a mixture of songs that celebrate and probe the emotional complexities generated by the sometime head of the household. Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Cat Stevens, Emmylou Harris, Paul Simon, Madonna, Peter Gabriel, Mike and the Mechanics, Suggs and the Blockheads, Neil Young, James Brown, Pigbag and even Ozzy Osbourne and his daughter Kelly put in an appearance, making a cracking compilation for Father's Day.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-16
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Only You
Overview: Dumped by his fiancée, Clifford Godfrey goes on vacation anyway where he ends up torn between a sober party girl and his travel agent.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Bad Girls
Overview: The Italian erotic thriller Cattive ragazze (Bad Girls) was directed by gossip columnist Marina Ripa Di Meana, and stars Eva Grimaldi as a recently divorced woman falling in love with a male stripper, alongside a cast of big names such as Anita Ekberg and Burt Young.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Kid Creole and The Coconuts – Live At Rockpalast 1982
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Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-08
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Buckle Up
Overview: The story of ex-banger racer Jack Elger who has to honor his brothers gambling debt by picking up a rare diamond necklace from an Arab prince off the coast of Cornwall and bring it back to London before he his killed. The trick is to stay alive as they race through the streets of London's Westend dodging bullets in the process.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-06
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Downtown '81
Overview: The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, whose lives (and performances) we peek into.
Genres: Drama Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-13
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Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 4
Overview: Best of Night of the Proms 4
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-22
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The Forbidden Dance
Overview: A princess in the Amazon rain forests tries to fight a conglomerate threatening the forests by going to Los Angeles. There she links up with a rich kid who tells her that she must get on television to succeed with her mission. Quick as a wink, the two come up with the idea of winning a lambada dance contest.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-16
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Mood Indigo
Overview: A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-01-10
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Be Kind Rewind
Overview: A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-20
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Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Live In Paris 1985
Overview: Kid Creole & The Coconuts recorded in concert.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-12
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Kid Creole and the Coconuts: Live in Montreal
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Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 5
Overview: Best of Night of the Proms 5
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-14
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Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 3
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Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-03
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Kid Creole and My Coconuts
Overview: Documentary by adriana kaegi former mama coconut and co-founder of one of the best live band of the 80's.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
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