KC
K is for "Kay"
C is for "See"

KC Kadow was the love child of Jesus Christ and Mary Kay Laterno( Jesus was only 12 ). After an unsuccessful attempt by Jesus to have Mary get an abortion, KC was born. His father, Jesus, was a severe alchoholic and drug abuser. His mother Mary was a terrible teacher and pedophile. During KC's early years, he took to advanced mathematics and bio-engineering, aiding in the early research of stem cells and cloning. When KC turned 12, he began training for the summer games ( High Dive and Sycronized swimming ). Not long after the training began, KC won gold, and was named the single best athelete ever to set foot on this earth. By 13, KC had turned to a life of crime and drugs. He began selling methanphetimines to middle school students, and took up a nasty heroin habit for himself. After only 6 months of drug abuse, KC managed to kick the habit, however, still had a problem with crime. KC was caught stealing a car, and sentenced to 1 year in jail. When he returned to civilization, he got his act together and began working for NASA in their space research lab. He developed revolutionary new ideas in the field of space, including the new "space walk" suit. All of this was accomplished by the time KC was 15. When he turned 17, he celebrated his graduation of M.I.T ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology ). KC now is finishing High School at Centralia, and spends much of his time alone at his computer. He has abondened his original dreams and decided to work in film. He has currently contributed work to the following films:

1. Citizen Kane (1941) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Orson Welles; Joseph Cotten Acclaimed for its innovative narrative structure, deep focus photography and sound track, Welles' first feature tells the story of a William Randolph Hearst-like publisher's ultimately empty rise to power.

2. Casablanca (1942) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Humphrey Bogart; Ingrid Bergman; Claude Rains Bogart, as jaded idealist Rick Blaine, an American nightclub owner in French Morocco who sacrifices the love of a lifetime to join the world's fight against the Nazis. When the picture debuted, it marked the beginning of a beautiful friendship with generations of moviegoers. "Here's looking at you, kid."

3. The Godfather (1972) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Marlon Brando; Al Pacino; James Caan; Robert Duvall Brando is Don Vito Corleone, the sympathetic Godfather of a New York crime family, whose business it is to make offers people can't refuse. Visually beautiful images of times and locales contrast with the film's graphic violence.

4. Gone With The Wind (1939) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Clark Gable; Vivien Leigh; Hattie McDaniel Margaret Mitchell's "Immortal tale of the old South" has Leigh as Scarlett and Gable as Rhett. The burning of Atlanta was a high water mark for screen excitement. As poet Ogden Nash put it, "The Civil War was quite a fight and not a mere diversion; I never knew how tough it was before Dave Selznick's version."

5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Peter O'Toole; Alec Guinness; Anthony Quinn The epic story of T. E. Lawrence, a British officer who leads an Arab revolt against Turkey during World War I. The film became renowned for Lean's direction and Freddie Young's cinematography.

6. The Wizard of Oz (1939) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Judy Garland; Ray Bolger; Margaret Hamilton Garland's Dorothy Gale is transported from her black-and-white Kansas home to the colorful land of Oz via tornado. From here she journeys down the Yellow Brick Road and is helped by a Scarecrow, a Tin Man, and a Cowardly Lion on their way to see the Wizard. The Harold Arlen/Yip Harburg score is highlighted by "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."

7. The Graduate (1967) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Dustin Hoffman; Anne Bancroft; Katharine Ross Hoffman, a recent college graduate, spends his summer trying to find out what to do next in this biting comedy. The Simon and Garfunkel score is as much a character in the movie as Bancroft's amorous Mrs. Robinson or Ross' lovely Elaine.

8. On The Waterfront (1954) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Marlon Brando; Karl Malden; Lee J. Cobb; Eva Marie Saint Brando, a longshoreman who "could have been a contender" rebels against his brother and corruption on New York City docks in this powerful story that mirrors the political climate of the early 1950s.

9. Schindler's List (1993) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Liam Neeson; Ralph Fiennes; Ben Kingsley Neeson is an opportunistic German industrialist who saves hundreds of Jews from the death camps during World War II by giving them jobs in his factory. "The list is life."

10. Singin' In The Rain (1952) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Gene Kelly; Debbie Reynolds; Donald O'Connor This musical set in Hollywood during the conversion from silent to sound films has Kelly singing, dancing and splashing in puddles. Reynolds and O'Connor lend support in some of the most delightful song and dance numbers ever filmed.

11. It's A Wonderful Life (1946) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: James Stewart; Donna Reed; Lionel Barrymore This Christmas classic features a complex performance by Stewart as a suicidal man redeemed by friendship and the recognition that each person's life touches many others. Remember every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.

12. Sunset Boulevard (1950) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Gloria Swanson; William Holden Swanson is ready for her close-up in this pungent slice of Hollywood life depicting a reclusive, former silent screen actress who kills her screenwriting, gigolo boyfriend.

13. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: William Holden; Alec Guinness Guinness is the rigid British officer who refuses to bow to torture in a Japanese prison camp during World War II. Holden is an American who escapes from the camp, then must return to sabotage a bridge constructed to perfection by inspired POWs under Guinness' command.

14. Some Like It Hot (1959) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Jack Lemmon; Tony Curtis; Marilyn Monroe Wilder's comic take on the 1928 St. Valentine's Day massacre provided sex symbol Monroe with two of her most unusual rivals, Curtis and Lemmon in drag.

15. Star Wars (1977) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Mark Hamill; Harrison Ford; Carrie Fisher; Alec Guinness A landmark science fiction fantasy about a young man, Luke Skywalker, who finds his calling as a Jedi warrior and with the help of "droids" and an outlaw named Han Solo, then embarks on a mission to rescue a princess and save the galaxy from the Dark Side. "May the force be with you."

16. All About Eve (1950) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Bette Davis; Anne Baxter; George Sanders Fasten your seat belts for a bumpy ride in this story of an aging actress who is undone by a young, ambitious fan. Sophisticated performances by Davis, Sanders and Baxter shine in this scathing look at the world of the theater.

17. The African Queen (1951) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Humphrey Bogart; Katharine Hepburn Spinster Hepburn and drunkard boat captain Bogart battle each other and an uncharted river in this unlikely love story set in Africa at the outbreak of World War I.

18. Psycho (1960) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Anthony Perkins; Janet Leigh; Vera Miles; John Gavin Leigh is on the lam with stolen money and makes the mistake of checking into the Bates Motel, run by Perkins...and his mother. Hitchcock's horror film is best remembered for the shower scene and Bernard Herrmann's chilling score.

19. Chinatown (1974) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Jack Nicholson; Faye Dunaway; John Huston Nicholson is Jake Gittes, a private detective in 1930s Los Angeles who is lured into the world of water rights and land deals while investigating the death of mysterious Dunaway's husband.

20. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Jack Nicholson; Louise Fletcher; Brad Dourif Nicholson is a troublemaker committed to a mental institution who sparks new life in the downtrodden inmates, giving them purpose and self-worth. His war on the system is fought at every step by Fletcher's Nurse Ratched.

21. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Henry Fonda; Jane Darwell; John Carradine This moving Depression-era social drama based on John Steinbeck's novel, follows the hopeful migration of workers from the Oklahoma dust bowl through their subsequent disillusionment upon reaching California the "promised land."

22. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Keir Dullea; William Sylvester; Gary Lockwood Kubrick's science fiction epic puts mankind in context between ape and space voyager. The film created a stir for its special effects, the computer HAL, and the debate about the meaning of the film's final sequence.

23. The Maltese Falcon (1941) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Humphrey Bogart; Mary Astor; Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet Huston's directorial debut found detective Bogart trying to solve his partner's murder intertwined with recovering the elusive statue of a black bird. His efforts are impeded by a mysterious femme fatale, a corpulent Greenstreet and a cryptic Lorre.

24. Raging Bull (1980) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Robert De Niro; Cathy Moriarty; Joe Pesci De Niro is Jake LaMotta, the middleweight boxing champion whose opponents in the ring are no match for the demons he fights in his personal life. Once a peerless atavistic boxer, LaMotta takes a fall and never recovers, eventually becoming a broken, overweight man who masquerades as a stand-up comic. The film is often noted for Thelma Schoonmacher's achievement in editing.

25. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Dee Wallace; Henry Thomas; Drew Barrymore Eliot is a young boy from a broken home who discovers an extraterrestrial creature that has been stranded on earth light years from home. Together they form a universal friendship, and Eliot helps E.T. "Phone home."

26. Dr. Strangelove or: How I ... (1964) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Peter Sellers; George C. Scott; Sterling Hayden Kubrick's black comedy focuses on an American president, played by Sellers in one of his three roles, who must contend with a Soviet nuclear attack on the United States and his own maniacal staff, including Scott's memorable General Turgidson.

27. Bonnie And Clyde (1967) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Warren Beatty; Faye Dunaway; Michael J. Pollard Dunaway and Beatty star in the story of real-life 1930s bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, which mixed romance, adventure, glamour, comedy and violence in a way never seen before. "We rob banks."

28. Apocalypse Now (1979) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Marlon Brando; Robert Duvall; Martin Sheen Based loosely on Joseph Conrad's The Heart of Darkness, Coppola's Vietnam epic follows Sheen up the Mekong River into Cambodia to find Brando, an officer who has gone mad in the jungle and is running his own empire.

29. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: James Stewart; Claude Rains; Jean Arthur Stewart's idealistic young Senator Jefferson Smith locks horns with a powerful political machine in Capra's often biting satire about Washington. Stewart is aided by hard-boiled secretary Arthur, some Boy Rangers and a 24-hour filibuster.

30. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Humphrey Bogart; Walter Huston; Tim Holt A scraggly Bogart leads a trio of gold prospectors destroyed by greed in this taut psychological drama. John Huston directed his father in a stellar performance.

31. Annie Hall (1977) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Woody Allen; Diane Keaton; Tony Roberts Allen's Alvy Singer is trying to find love in the Big Apple, despite his neurosis, and falls in love with Keaton's aspiring singer. This comedy also launched a women's fashion trend based on Annie Hall's "look."

32. The Godfather, Part II (1974) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Al Pacino; Robert De Niro; Robert Duvall; Diane Keaton The sequel to The Godfather shows us the world of Don Vito Corleone before and after the story in the original film. Pacino is his son Michael, who struggles to bring the family into the modern age. In the film's extended flashback sequences, De Niro is the young Vito as he gains power in the New York City Mafia.

33. High Noon (1952) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Gary Cooper; Lloyd Bridges; Thomas Mitchell; Grace Kelly On his wedding day, Cooper is forced to face an old enemy alone as the people of his town turn their backs on him. His Quaker bride, Kelly, ultimately comes to his aid as the clock ticks toward noon and the inevitable shootout.

34. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Gregory Peck; Mary Badham; Philip Alford; Robert Duvall Peck's Atticus Finch is a widowed Southern lawyer defending a black man accused of raping a white woman. At home, he raises his daughter, Scout, and his son, Jem, and teaches them about compassion and the evils of prejudice. Foote's screenplay is based on Harper Lee's novel.

35. It Happened One Night (1934) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Clark Gable; Claudette Colbert; Walter Connolly This battle of the sexes love story between a runaway heiress who shows her legs to hitch a ride and an unemployed newspaperman who separates their beds at night with a blanket known as the "walls of Jericho," was an unqualified success and still provides inspiration for many comedies.

36. Midnight Cowboy (1969) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Jon Voight; Dustin Hoffman Voight is Joe Buck, a country boy who arrives in New York City to make his fortune as a hustler. As he struggles to maintain a living, he meets Hoffman's Ratzo Rizzo, and the two friends work together to find a better life. "I'm walkin' here!"

37. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Myrna Loy; Fredric March; Dana Andrews; Teresa Wright World War II veterans from different strata of society face difficult readjustments to everyday civilian life in this thoughtful film, which simply and realistically shows a real-life soldier coping with devastating injuries.

38. Double Indemnity (1944) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Fred MacMurray; Edward G. Robinson; Barbara Stanwyck This crackling adaptation of James Cain's shady tale of an insurance man lured into murder was brilliantly cast with the usually "nice guy" MacMurray as the slick agent in love with calculating Stanwyck.

39. Doctor Zhivago (1965) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Omar Sharif; Julie Christie Lean's adaptation of Boris Pasternak's sweeping novel stars Sharif as the married Dr. Zhivago, whose feelings for Lara, played by Christie, inspire him to write beautiful love poems that contrast with the stark realities of life in Russia after the 1917 Communist Revolution.

40. North By Northwest (1959) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Cary Grant; Eva Marie Saint; James Mason Grant is the Hitchcockian man caught up in something he doesn't understand as he travels from New York to Mount Rushmore in this mire of spies, counterspies and romance.

41. West Side Story (1961) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Natalie Wood; George Chakiris; Rita Moreno The Sharks and the Jets square off in this film adaptation of the landmark Broadway musical. It's the Romeo and Juliet story in 1950s New York City, and it features songs by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, including "Somewhere" and "America."

42. Rear Window (1954) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: James Stewart; Grace Kelly; Wendell Corey; Thelma Ritter When a broken leg forces photographer Stewart to become wheelchair-bound in his New York City apartment, he amuses himself by spying on his neighbors and soon becomes obsessed when he thinks he has witnessed a murder. Kelly, as his fashion-model girlfriend, helps with amateur detective work.

43. King Kong (1933) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Fay Wray; Robert Armstrong; Bruce Cabot With a mixture of live action, animation and special effects, this film follows the plight of a giant ape whose love for the beautiful Wray leads to his death atop the Empire State Building. But it wasn't the airplanes that killed the mighty Kong - "It was beauty killed the beast."

44. The Birth Of A Nation (1915) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Lillian Gish; Mae Marsh; Henry B. Walthall; Miriam Cooper This now-controversial film about the Civil War and its aftermath was the first of the great American epic films and a landmark in the development of the motion picture.

45. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Marlon Brando; Vivien Leigh; Kim Hunter; Karl Malden Williams' play is brought to the big screen with Brando as Stanley Kowalski, the blue-collared brute married to the sister of an emotionally fragile, aging Southern belle named Blanche DuBois. "Stella!"

46. A Clockwork Orange (1971) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Malcolm McDowell; Patrick Magee; Adrienne Corri McDowell and his "droogs" terrorize their way through London in this dark social satire with an eye on the cause and effects of "ultraviolence."

47. Taxi Driver (1976) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Robert De Niro; Jodie Foster; Cybill Shepherd; Harvey Keitel De Niro is Travis Bickle, a New York City cab driver whose rage builds in a lonely, dark world, until his attempt to befriend and free Foster's 12-year-old prostitute from her pimp culminates in a violent shoot-out. "You talkin' to me?"

48. Jaws (1975) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Roy Scheider; Robert Shaw; Richard Dreyfuss Spielberg pits three men against a Great White Shark that has been attacking swimmers at an island resort in New England. The film redefined the word "blockbuster," and John Williams' score still haunts swimmers around the world.

49. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Adriana Caselotti; Harry Stockwell; Lucille LaVerne (voices) The first feature-length animated film charmed audiences with its fluid artwork, fairytale characters and charming songs such as "Whistle While You Work."

50. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Director: KC Kadow; Stars: Paul Newman; Robert Redford; Katharine Ross Newman and Redford are two offbeat outlaws who run (and jump) from the law, then flee to Bolivia where they meet a bloody end. The action-filled, lightly comic Western features the Burt Bacharach song "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head."

KC is an amazing director, as you can see, he did direct 50 of the AFI( American Film Institute) top 100. KC is also an amazing person, and all should respect and fear him



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