The Joey Lauren Adams Handbook - Everything you need to know about Joey Lauren Adams

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Joey Lauren Adams (born January 9, 1968) is an American actress who has appeared in more than thirty films. She is known for her distinctive, raspy voice and for her roles in View Askewniverse films, particularly Mallrats and Chasing Amy, with the latter giving her a Golden Globe for Best Actress nomination.

This book is your ultimate resource for Joey Lauren Adams. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Joey Lauren Adams's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Joey Lauren Adams, A Cool, Dry Place, Big Daddy (1999 film), Bio-Dome, Bruno (2000 film), Chasing Amy, Come Early Morning, Coneheads (film), Dazed and Confused, Dr. Dolittle 2, Drawing Flies, ExTerminators (film), Grand Champion, Harvard Man, Mallrats, Michael (1996 film), North Little Rock, Arkansas, North Little Rock High School, Party Down, S.F.W., Sleep with Me, The Program, Top of the Heap, Trucker (film), View Askewniverse 82…and more pages!

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 05 avril 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781486480753
• Langue: English
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Contents

Articles Joey Lauren Adams A Cool, Dry Place

Big Daddy (1999 film) Bio-Dome Bruno (2000 film) Chasing Amy Come Early Morning Coneheads (film) Dazed and Confused Dr. Dolittle 2 Drawing Flies

ExTerminators (film) Grand Champion Harvard Man Mallrats Michael (1996 film) North Little Rock, Arkansas North Little Rock High School Party Down S.F.W. Sleep with Me The Program Top of the Heap Trucker (film) View Askewniverse

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Joey Lauren Adams

Born

Joey Lauren Adams January 9, 1968 North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Other namesJoey Adams

Occupation

Years active

Actress, director

1991–present

[1][2] Joey Lauren Adamsis an American actress who has appeared in more than thirty films.(born January 9, 1968) She is known for her distinctive, raspy voice and for her roles in View Askewniverse films, particularlyMallratsand Chasing Amy, with the latter giving her a Golden Globe for Best Actress nomination.

Career She began her film career in 1977 with a small part inExorcist II: The Heretic. In 1991, she appeared in the 100th episode ofMarried... with ChildrencalledTop of the Heapand subsequently starred in its short lived spinoff. In 1993, Adams landed her first major film role as Simone in Richard Linklater'sDazed and Confused. The same year, she appeared in theSaturday Night Livespinoff filmConeheadsas one of Connie Conehead's friends. Two years later, Adams appeared inMallrats, written and directed by Kevin Smith. The two started dating during the film's post-production, and their relationship provided the inspiration for Smith's next movie. Meanwhile, in 1996, while Smith was finalizing the script forChasing Amy, she was cast for a role in the slapstick comedyBio-Dome, which was directed by Jason Bloom. Adams played the role of Monique, girlfriend to Bud Macintosh (Pauly Shore). In 1997'sChasing Amy, Smith cast Adams in the lead role of Alyssa Jones, a lesbian who falls in love with a man, played by Ben Affleck. Later, Smith would describeChasing Amyas a "sort of penance/valentine" and a "thank-you [3] homage" to Adams. In addition to her acting work on the film, Adams wrote and performed the song "Alive" for the movie's soundtrack. Adams' performance inChasing Amyearned her both the 1997 Chicago Film Critics Award and Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Most Promising Actress, and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress-Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. From there, Adams was originally slated to play the female lead in Smith's next film, 1999's [4] DogmaHowever, she would later make brief appearances in two, but Linda Fiorentino ultimately got the part. other Smith projects: the 2001 filmJay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and the 2004 animated shortClerks: The Lost Scene, featured on theClerks XDVD. In both of these appearances, Adams reprised the role of Alyssa Jones. Her post-Smith projects included playing a spunky veterinarian's assistant who falls in love with a single father (Vince Vaughn) in 1998'sA Cool, Dry Place. The following year, Adams appeared in her first big-budget Hollywood release, playing Adam Sandler's love interest in the successful comedyBig Daddy. She then went on to appear in many smaller films, includingBeautifulandIn the Shadows. In 2005, she had a guest role in an episode of the TV showVeronica Mars. Also in 2006, Adams released her directorial debut,Come Early Morning, starring Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Donovan, Diane Ladd, Tim Blake Nelson and Laura Prepon. The film, shot on location in Little Rock, Arkansas, was selected for the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. In 2006, she, along with Lian Lunson and Nicole Holofcener, was awarded the Women in Film Dorothy Arzner [5] Directors Award. On November 24, 2009, Interscope Records released Adams' directorial debut for a music video entitled "Belle of the Boulevard" by Dashboard Confessional.

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Adams returned to TV in March 2010, on the Showtime seriesThe United States of Tara. She appeared in six episodes as Pammy, a barmaid who falls for Buck, one of the title character's alternate personalities. Some speculation has been made that her high-pitched speaking voice has hampered her chances of Hollywood stardom, to which she has commented: "It's not a normal voice. It doesn't fit into people's preconceptions about what a woman's voice should sound like. My mom doesn't think I have an unusual voice, though. I'm sure it's helped me get some roles. ButChasing AmyI almost didn't get. There was concern the voice would grate on some people, [6] [7] which some critics said it did." One film critic referred to her voice as a "sex-kitten-on-helium". Another said [8] that whether viewers loved it or hated it, her voice had "the potential to hypnotize."

Personal life [1] Adams was born in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Her father was a lumber yard owner. Adams grew up the youngest of three children in the Overbrook neighborhood in North Little Rock. She graduated from Ole Main High [8] School in 1986. She announced her intention to pursue acting after an exchange-student year in Australia. She moved to Hollywood in 1988, but currently lives in Oxford, Mississippi.

Filmography As actress, except as noted: Coneheads(1993) Dazed and Confused(1993) The Program(1993) The Pros & Cons of Breathing(1994) Sleep with Me(1994) S.F.W.(1994) Mallrats(1995) Drawing Flies(1996) Bio-Dome(1996) Michael(1996) Chasing Amy(1997) (also composer of song "Alive" featured in the film) A Cool, Dry Place(1998) Emergency Room 2(1999) Big Daddy(1999) Bruno(2000) (released on video re-titled asDress Code) Beautiful(2000) Harvard Man(2001) Dr. Dolittle 2(2001) (voice) Reaching Normal(2001) In the Shadows(2001) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back(2001) (cameo) Grand Champion(2002) Beeper(2002) The Big Empty(2003) The Gunman(2004) Clerks: The Lost Scene(2004) (voice only) Bunny Whipped(2006) The Break-Up(2006) Come Early Morning(2006) (writer, director only)

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Trucker(2008) ExTerminators(2009) Endure(2009) Art Machine(2010) Apart(2011) The Birthday Present(Short, 2012), Directed by Sean Bridgers and Michael Hemschoot Blue Caprice(2013)

Television Married... with Children(1991,1993) as Mona Mullins, and 2 other episodes as different characters Top of the Heap(1991) as Mona Mullins Vinnie & Bobby(1992) as Mona Mullins Second Noah(1996–1997) as Darby Hercules: The Animated Series(1998) Voice of Electra Veronica Mars(2006) (guest appearance) Party Down(2009, 2010) (two episodes) United States of Tara(2010) (guest appearance) as Pammy

References [1] Slotek, Jim (August 17, 1999).She Can Speak Hollywoodese Baby-Voiced Joey Lauren Adams Has Learned That Money Talks. The Toronto Sun. ""I thought after Chasing Amy, I would be able to do anything I want, which definitely wasn't the case," the 31-year-old actress says." [2] Thompson, Bob (July 28, 2000). "The Naughty Professor Adams Leaves Her 'Nice Girl' Image Behind With Harvard Man".The Toronto Sun. "That's what the 32-year-old Adams was doing this week while shooting James Toback's film, Harvard Man, at the Jarvis St. high school auditorium." [3] Kevin Smith. "The Hows and Whys ofChasing Amy". Liner note essay for theChasing AmyDVD. The Criterion Collection [4] Kevin Smith. "In The Beginning... The Story ofDogma". Liner note essay for theDogmaDVD. Columbia Tristar [5] http://wif.org/past-recipients [6] Slotek, Jim (1999-08-17). "She can speak Hollywoodese" (http:/ /jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/A/Adams_Joey_Lauren/1999/08/17/ 756262.html).Jam! Showbiz. Canoe.ca. . Retrieved 2006-06-13. [7] Flint Marx, Rebecca. "Joey Lauren Adams" (http:/ /movies.nytimes.com/person/124429/Joey-Lauren-Adams/biography).The New York Times. . Retrieved 2010-02-26. [8] Barnett Reed, Jennifer (2005-06-02). "A friend in low places" (http:/ /www.arktimes.com/arkansas/a-friend-in-low-places/ Content?oid=862499).Arkansas Times. . Retrieved 2011-03-11.

External links  Joey Lauren Adams (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm725/) at the Internet Movie Database  Joey Lauren Adams (http://www.allrovi.com/name/p124429) at AllRovi

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A Cool, Dry Place

A Cool, Dry Place

Directed by

Produced by

Written by

Starring

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A Cool, Dry Place

A Cool Dry, PlacePoster

John N. Smith

Katie Jacobs Gail Mutrux

Matthew McDuffe Based on a novel by Michael Grant Jaffe

Vince Vaughn Monica Potter Joey Lauren Adams Bobby Moat

Curt Sobel

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Susan Shipton

20th Century Fox

January 29, 1999

97 minutes

US

English

[1] A Cool, Dry Placeis a 1999 drama movie adapted by Matthew McDuffie from the novelDance Real Slowby Michael Grant Jaffe. It was directed by John N. Smith. The movie stars Vince Vaughn, Monica Potter, Joey Lauren Adams and Bobby Moat.

Synopsis A single father balances his work as an attorney with the care of his five year old son and his work as a high school basketball coach in rural Kansas, where he moved after his wife abandoned him in Chicago. Just as he starts to develop a new relationship with a veterinarian's assistant, his wife suddenly reappears and wants to re-assert herself in her husband and son's life. On top of the romantic conflict, he is also suddenly presented with the opportunity of a lifetime to join a major firm in Dallas. In the end, the wife runs off with the boy to Cincinnati, the father turns down the job, and the wife gives the boy back to him.

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Cast  Devon Sawa - Noah Ward  Joey Lauren Adams - Beth Ward  Monica Potter - Kate Durrell  Vince Vaughn - Russell Durrell  Dean McDermott - Sheriff Pritchard  Siobhan Fallon - Charlotte  Jenny Robertson - Joyce Ives  Todd Louiso - Bob Harper  Skipp Sudduth - Jack Newbauer  Jennifer Irwin - Connie Harper  Aleksa Palladino - Bonnie  Melanie Nicholls-King - Dallas Desk Clerk  Beth Littleford - Suzanne  Nicholas Campbell - Frankie Gooland  Chris Bauer - Larry Ives  Janet Kidder - Crystal

Background A large part of the film was not shot in Kansas, but rather in the town of Lindsay, Ontario (now part of the city of Kawartha Lakes) as well as the town of Brooklin.

References [1] Deming, Mark (2010).A Cool Dry Place (1999)(http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/176023/A-Cool-Dry-Place/overview). . Retrieved 2012-01-07.

External links A Cool, Dry Place(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120642/) at the Internet Movie Database

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Big Daddy (1999 film)

Big Daddy (1999 film)

Big Daddy Theatrical release poster Directed byDennis Dugan

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Allen Covert Adam Sandler Robert Simonds Jack Giarraputo

Steve Franks Tim Herlihy Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler Dylan Sprouse Cole Sprouse Joey Lauren Adams Jon Stewart Rob Schneider Leslie Mann Steve Buscemi

Teddy Castellucci

Theo van de Sande

Jeff Gourson

Out of the Blue... Entertainment Jack Giarraputo Productions

Columbia Pictures

Juneb25,b1999

United States

English Italian

[1] $34.2 million

[1] $234,801,895

Big Daddyis a 1999 American comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and starring Adam Sandler and the Sprouse brothers. The film was produced by Robert Simonds and released on June 25, 1999, by Columbia Pictures where it [1] [2] opened #1 at the box office with a $41,536,370 first weekend as well as a score of 41% on Metacritic.

Plot Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) is an unreliable, unmotivated 32-year-old bachelor who lives in New York City and has declined to take on adult responsibility. He has a degree in law but has chosen not to take the bar exam since he was awarded $200,000 in a vehicle accident compensation years prior, and lives off his restitution. He is employed, on a part-time basis only, as a toll booth attendant, and more or less does this job just to get out of the apartment once in a while.

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Meanwhile, Sonny's friends, all former schoolmates, are "moving ahead" in their lives. His roommate, Kevin Gerrity (Jon Stewart), decides to ask his podiatrist girlfriend Corinne (Leslie Mann) to marry him, which irritates Sonny, since he and Corinne dislike each other. Kevin decides to pop the question the day before he is leaving for China for his law firm. Two of Sonny's friends, Phil (Allen Covert) and Tommy (Peter Dante) are now revealed to be homosexual and in a committed domestic partnership, which surprised Mike (Jonathan Loughran), another friend of Sonny. Sonny's girlfriend, Vanessa (Kristy Swanson), disgusted and perplexed at Sonny's inconsistent conduct, decides to end her relationship with him—and also find a new much older man, Sid (Geoffrey Horne) with more reliability. Kevin reveals to having fathered an illegitimate son, Julian McGrath (Dylan and Cole Sprouse). Sonny awakes to find Julian abandoned at his and Kevin's apartment, with a written explanation that Julian's mother is now declining to care further for Julian. It is later revealed at the Social Services Office that the boy's mother died of cancer. Kevin, at the airport ready to go to China, gets a call from Sonny, informing him of the letter and the boy. Sonny decides to handle the situation himself, and, in the process, decides Julian will solve his problem with his ex-girlfriend. His plan backfires when Vanessa rejects him, and Sonny ends up at Child Services, trying to give Julian back. Rather than give Julian to a group home, he decides to hang out with the 5-year-old boy until a new family is ready for him. In caring for him, Sonny discovers a new purpose in his life and a deep connection with Julian as a father figure. But Social Services rep Arthur Brooks (Josh Mostel) discovers that Sonny is posing as Kevin, and insists that he give up Julian. Brooks takes Julian and decides to press charges against Sonny. The case is brought to court, where Sonny has his friends as counsel, including Layla (Joey Lauren Adams), Corinne's sister and Sonny's new girlfriend, and Kevin. Despite positive testimony from his friends and Corinne, a homeless man (Steve Buscemi) and his own father Lenny, also a prominent attorney, the judge is ready to sentence him to jail for kidnapping Julian and defrauding the state. At this point, Kevin steps forward as Julian's father and insists that no charges be filed, having remembered a drunken fling with a Hooters girl in Toronto during the 1993 World Series, and connecting that with Julian's earlier testimony of originally coming from Toronto and being born in July. The judge grants custody to Kevin to the dismay of Julian, who wants Sonny as his father. Sonny tells Julian that can never happen because his real father is present, but they can be friends. One year, three months, and six days later, Sonny, now a lawyer and married to Layla with a child of their own, is surprised with a birthday party at Hooters attended by all his colleagues and friends, including Julian, but is more surprised to find Vanessa working as a Hooters girl, and her boyfriend Sid, working the grill, apparently not as rich as Vanessa had thought him out to be.

Cast  Adam Sandler as Sonny Koufax  Dylan and Cole Sprouse as Julian 'Frankenstein' McGrath  Joey Lauren Adams as Layla Maloney  Jon Stewart as Kevin Gerrity  Leslie Mann as Corinne Maloney  Rob Schneider as Nazzo, the delivery guy  Jonathan Loughran as Mike  Allen Covert as Phil D'Amato  Peter Dante as Tommy Grayton  Kristy Swanson as Vanessa  Joseph Bologna as Lenny Koufax  Steve Buscemi as Homeless Guy  Josh Mostel as Arthur Brooks  Edmund Lyndeck as Mr. Herlihy

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