99-521: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (sometimes Alfonso Gómez-Rejón ; born November 6, 1972, in Laredo, Texas ) is an American film and television director. He made his directorial film debut with the slasher film The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014). He has since directed the coming of age film Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), and the historical drama The Current War (2017). His television program credits
198-611: A second unit director, including such films as Babel , Julie & Julia and Argo . He cast most of the "unknown parts" in Babel , which earned him a chance to assist Ryan Murphy in finding authentic Balinese personnel for Eat Pray Love . Prior to and during the September 21, 2010 season 2 premiere (episode " Audition ") of Glee , American Express aired a commercial for its Members Project entitled "Don't Be A Sue", in reference to Glee character Sue Sylvester who has no regard for
297-399: A Ferrari.' And he did!" Tony recalled, "I was finishing eight years at art school, and Ridley had opened Ridley Scott Associates and said, 'Come and make commercials and make some money' because I owed money left and right and centre." He directed many television commercials for RSA while also overseeing the company's operation while his brother was developing his feature film career. "My goal
396-492: A Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for his work directing the American Horror Story: Coven episode " Bitchcraft ". He is also credited with a nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries since he served as Co-Executive Producer of the series. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl , which he directed, was a selection for the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival . It won
495-453: A brash, flashy, sometimes vulgar action painter on celluloid," citing Beverly Hills Cop II , Days of Thunder , The Last Boy Scout , True Romance , and The Fan as examples. McCarthy concluded that Unstoppable , Scott's final film, was one of his best. Apart from having "its director's fingerprints all over it—the commitment to extreme action, frenetic cutting, stripped-down dialogue"—McCarthy found "a social critique embedded in its guts; it
594-593: A citywide prom during which many of Laredo's elite dress in very formal attire. The related Jalapeño Festival is one of the United States' top 10 eating festivals. Jamboozie is held in late January in downtown Laredo as part of the Washington's birthday celebrations. Similar to New Orleans' Mardi Gras , the Jamboozie is a colorful event, with many people dressed in beads, masks, and flamboyant outfits. The Republic of
693-456: A commercial he had done for Swedish automaker Saab in 1983 featuring a Saab 900 racing a Saab 37 Viggen fighter jet. Scott, initially reluctant, finally agreed to direct Top Gun . While the film received mixed critical reviews, it was a box office smash, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1986, taking in more than $ 350 million, and making a star of its young protagonist, Tom Cruise . Labelling Top Gun "the key 1980s movie made by
792-544: A dark side to my characters. They've always got a skeleton in the closet, they've always got a subtext. I like that. Whether it's Bruce Willis in Last Boy Scout or Denzel Washington in The Taking of Pelham 123 . I think fear, and there's two ways of looking at fear. The most frightening thing I do in my life is getting up and shooting movies. Commercials, movies, every morning I'm bolt upright on one hour two hours sleep, before
891-513: A hands-on experience with science, technology, and art for Laredo's youth. A second museum is planned on the Texas A&;M International University campus. The Nuevo Santander Museum Complex is composed of restored buildings of Fort McIntosh , a historical collection of photographs of the fort, the main guardhouse, which has World War I (1914–1918) memorabilia, and a science and technology museum. The Lamar Bruni Vergara Science Center Planetarium
990-626: A household in the city was $ 32,019, and for a family was $ 32,577. The per capita income for the city was $ 12,269; 29.2% of families were below the poverty line. According to the United States Census Bureau , at a 2000 census , Laredo was the second-fastest growing city in the United States, after Las Vegas . In 2016, the violent crime rate in Laredo dropped to 379 per 100,000 inhabitants, according to AreaVibes . The violent crime rate in Dallas
1089-580: A legal drama television series. In 2010, the Scott brothers produced the feature film adaptation of the television series The A-Team . The same year, Scott collaborated again with Denzel Washington on Unstoppable , which also starred Chris Pine , and hit the screens in November. Shortly before his death, Tony Scott produced Coma , a medical thriller miniseries, the Coca-Cola short film The Polar Bears and
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#17330928032891188-457: A lengthy battle with cancer—a diagnosis the family elected to keep private during his treatments and in the immediate wake of his death", yet mentioning "his recovery". A November 2023 profile of Ridley Scott by The New Yorker mentions that Tony Scott called his brother, who was filming in France, moments before jumping from the bridge. Noticing that he was downbeat but unaware of the situation Tony
1287-497: A major hub for three areas of transportation: land, rail, and air cargo. The city is on the southern end of I-35 , which connects manufacturers in northern Mexico through Interstate 35 as a major route for trade throughout the U.S. It has four international bridges and one railway bridge . According to the 2020 census , the city's population was 255,205, making it the 11th-most populous city in Texas and third-most populated U.S. city on
1386-569: A non-exclusive agreement, which will serve as producers and directors on the studio. His next feature, Revenge (1990), a thriller of adultery and revenge set in Mexico, starred Kevin Costner , Madeleine Stowe and Anthony Quinn . Once again directing Tom Cruise, Scott returned to the Simpson-Bruckheimer fold to helm the big-budget racing film Days of Thunder (1990). Scott later stated that it
1485-426: A producing director meant he had a more regular dialogue with Murphy because he was a creative contributor to all episodes whereas when he had been an episodic director, he had only been involved in the episodes that he shot. He also worked more closely with the showrunner on casting decisions. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for
1584-484: A report in front of the class." He began his professional career as personal assistant to Martin Scorsese , Nora Ephron , Robert De Niro and Alejandro González Iñárritu before transitioning into a second unit director for feature films, and becoming a television and commercial director. Much of his time as a personal assistant was spent on the sets of major motion pictures. Gomez-Rejon then gained extensive experience as
1683-466: A television adaptation of the Henry James story The Author of Beltraffio . After the feature film successes of fellow British directors Hugh Hudson , Alan Parker , Adrian Lyne and his elder brother during the late 1970s, all of whom had graduated from directing advertising commercials, he received initial overtures from Hollywood in 1980. His eldest brother Frank died, aged 45, of skin cancer during
1782-590: A tour boat. His body was recovered from the water by the Los Angeles Port Police. On 22 August, Los Angeles County coroner's spokesman Ed Winters said the two notes Scott left behind made no mention of any health problems, but neither the police nor the family disclosed the content of those notes. On 22 October 2012, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office announced the cause of death as "multiple blunt force injuries". Therapeutic levels of
1881-622: Is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and seat of Webb County , on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas , across from Nuevo Laredo , Tamaulipas , Mexico . Founded in 1755, Laredo grew from a village to the capital of the short-lived Republic of the Rio Grande to the largest inland port on the Mexican border . Laredo's economy is primarily based on international trade with Mexico, and as
1980-449: Is a major center for the cattle ranching in the state. Cattle here suffer from the cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus microplus (syn. Boophilus microplus ). Researchers and ranchers are concerned about pyrethroid resistance developing and spreading here, as it has in nearby areas of the state and neighboring Tamaulipas state. Because the situation is so severe, the main office of the country's Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program
2079-449: Is a significant drop since the mid-1990s, when Laredo's unemployment was over 15%. Laredo has had positive job market growth since the mid-1990s; setbacks in the mining (oil/gas) industry shifted a few thousand workers to other industries such as international trade and construction. Many large employers in the oil and gas industries shut down operations in Laredo and across Texas, and shifted to foreign countries. The same effect occurred in
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#17330928032892178-639: Is an association created by businesses on Iturbide Street in the San Agustin historical district to beautify and renovate the area, which has a pedestrian scale. As of October 2007, Laredo's labor market was in the following industries by percentage of number employed: Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (32%), Information (1%), Financial Activity (5%), Professional and Business Services (6%), Education and Health Services (15%), Leisure and Hospitality (10%), Government (23%), Mining and Construction (5%), Manufacturing (2%), and Other Services (2%). Laredo has increased
2277-425: Is immeasurable." Denzel Washington, Scott's most frequent acting collaborator, said, "Tony Scott was a great director, a genuine friend and it is unfathomable to think that he is now gone." Directors UK chairman Charles Sturridge said Scott was "a brilliant British director with an extraordinary ability to create energy on screen, both in action and in the creation of character." The first episode of Coma and
2376-427: Is located here. This program is operated by USDA APHIS . The Deutch Strain of this tick was collected here by Davey et al. , 1980 and is now a commonly used laboratory strain negative for pyrethroid resistance. The Washington's Birthday Celebration , a month-long event that celebrates George Washington's birthday, is the largest annual celebration of its kind in the United States, with 400,000 attendees. It
2475-637: Is on the Texas A&M International University campus. The planetarium surrounds audiences in a dome with an accurate image of the night sky showing all the motions and cycles of the Sun , Moon , planets, and constellations in the sky. The Joe A. Guerra Laredo Public Library was first housed on the second floor of the City Hall, now known as the Market Hall, in 1916. In 1974, the Laredo Public Library moved to
2574-774: Is set to direct the Walter Cronkite film Newsflash with Chris Pine set to portray Cronkite. Alfonso, who is of Mexican American descent, was born and raised in Laredo, Texas on the US/Mexico border where he attended St. Augustine High School . He received his BFA from New York University and his MFA from the AFI Conservatory . He dedicated Me and Earl and the Dying Girl to his father, Julio C. Gomez Rejon, MD. Director Second unit director Other credits Laredo, Texas Laredo ( / l ə ˈ r eɪ d oʊ / lə- RAY -doh ; Spanish: [laˈɾeðo] )
2673-416: Is set to direct the film adaptation of Delia Ephron 's novel Siracusa On May 6, 2016, Gomez-Rejon is set to direct the film A Foreigner based on David Grann's 2011 article A Murder Foretold, starring Oscar Isaac . On April 12, 2018, Gomez-Rejon is set to direct Limelight , the biopic of Peter Gatien the owner of the nightclub of the same name for Amazon Studios . On November 7, 2019, Gomez-Rejon
2772-448: The 2020 United States census , 255,205 people, 72,328 households, and 58,294 families resided in the city. As of the 2010, Laredo is the 81st-most populous city in the United States and the 10th-largest in Texas. According to the 2010 census there were 236,091 inhabitants in the city. According to the 2010 U.S. Census , the racial composition of Laredo was: Ethnically, the city was: According to respondents' self-identification on
2871-630: The BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema. In 2010, they received the BAFTA Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment. Scott was born in Tynemouth , Northumberland, North East England , the youngest of three sons of Elizabeth ( née Williams) and Colonel Francis Percy Scott, who served in the Royal Engineers . Dixon Scott, a grand uncle,
2970-511: The British Merchant Navy . The success of his elder brother's fledgling television commercial production outfit, Ridley Scott Associates (RSA), drew Tony's attention to film. Ridley recounted, "Tony had wanted to do documentaries at first. I told him, 'Don't go to the BBC , come to me first.' I knew that he had a fondness for cars, so I told him, 'Come work with me and within a year you'll have
3069-621: The FOX teen musical series Glee (2010-2012), the FX horror series American Horror Story (2011-2014), and the Amazon Prime limited series Hunters (2020). He received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing For a Miniseries or Movie for American Horror Story: Coven . In high school, Rejon would "borrow a friend's camera" and "make shorts in lieu of presenting
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3168-646: The Latin larida , which means gull . Cellist Yo-Yo Ma brought his Bach Project to the Juarez–Lincoln International Bridge in April 2019. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 102.6 square miles (265.7 km ), of which 1.5 square miles (3.9 km ) (1.37%) are covered by water. Laredo is on the west end of the Rio Grande Plains, south of
3267-708: The North American Free Trade Agreement , which has encouraged trade. The Laredo port of entry consists of four international bridges (with a proposed fifth one) crossing the Rio Grande into the Mexican states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo León . Retail sales attract shoppers from Northern Mexico and South Texas. There is one indoor shopping mall in Laredo, Mall del Norte , The Outlet Shoppes at Laredo , and another has not progressed past planning: Laredo Town Center, part of downtown redevelopment. There are dozens of shopping centers. The Streets of Laredo Urban Mall
3366-583: The Royal College of Art , where he was taught by Raymond Durgnat , he starred in "Don't Walk", a film by fellow students Hank Onrust and Richard Stanley. The film credits state it was "made for BUNAC by MARCA films at the Royal College of Art". Again following in Ridley's footsteps, Tony graduated from the Royal College of Art , although he intended to become a painter. Their eldest brother Frank had earlier joined
3465-648: The Super Bowl lead-out program , which was " The Sue Sylvester Shuffle " episode of Glee. A 60-second version of the ad was aired along with movie trailers at nationwide movie theaters . The "See the USA" ad was directed by Gomez-Rejon. Russell Carpenter was the director of photography . On November 30, 2011, T-Mobile announced a surprise event at the Woodfield Mall . On December 1, 2011, Gomez-Rejon directed about six surprise singing and dancing mall performances of " Home for
3564-627: The Vincent Thomas Bridge in the San Pedro port district of Los Angeles. Investigators from the Los Angeles Police Department 's Harbor Division found contact information in a note left in his car, parked on the bridge, and a note at his office for his family. One witness said he did not hesitate before jumping, but another said he looked nervous before climbing a fence, hesitating for two seconds before jumping. He landed beside
3663-478: The first season : " Home Invasion " (episode 2, October 12, 2011) and " Birth " (episode 11, December 14, 2011). Rejon later returned for the second and third season. Gomez-Rejon was among the creative contributors named in the Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film nomination at the 71st Golden Globe Awards for American Horror Story: Coven as Co-Executive Producer/Director. His role as
3762-725: The 2010 Census, the vast majority of Laredo's population is of Hispanic origin (95.6%), mostly Mexican (86.9%). Most Hispanics who did not identify themselves as Mexican identified as "other Hispanic or Latino" (8.3% of the total population). About 84.3% of the population identifies as white Hispanic, while only 11.3% identifies as Hispanic but not white; 4.4% of the population was not Hispanic or Latino (3.4% non-Hispanic White, 0.2% non-Hispanic Black or African American, 0.6% non-Hispanic Asian, 0.1% from some other race (non-Hispanic), and 0.1% of two or more races (non-Hispanic)). The 2005 estimate listed 99,675 males and 108,112 females. The average household contained 3.69 occupants. The population density
3861-553: The British ad invasion", Sam Delaney of The Guardian writes, "By the mid-80's, Hollywood was awash with British directors who had ushered in a new era of blockbusters using the crowd-pleasing skills they'd honed in advertising. The vast resources and freedom made available to ad directors during advertising's boom era during the 1970's enabled them to innovate and experiment with new techniques that weren't then possible in TV or film." Following
3960-845: The Edwards Plateau, west of the Coastal Plains, and east of the Mexican Mountains. The area consists of a few hills and flat land covered with grasses, oaks, and mesquite. Notable geographic features are the Rio Grande and Chacon Creek 's man-made reservoir, Lake Casa Blanca , in Lake Casa Blanca International State Park. The lake is 371 acres (1.5 km ) of land and 1,650 acres (7 km ) of water. The six major creeks are Chacon Creek, San Ildefonso Creek , San Ygnacio Creek , Santa Isabel Creek , Sombrerillito Creek , and Zacate Creek , all of which drain into
4059-488: The Holidays " by Carly Foulkes and 100 Chicago-area women in magenta dresses. The performances were later edited into a music video with the hope that it would go viral . The full video that has been posted on YouTube has a run time of 3:48 and it will be presented in a 60-second national television commercial starting on December 12. The video was produced by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott 's RSA Films. The musical director
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4158-433: The Mexican border, after San Diego, California , and El Paso, Texas . Its metropolitan area is the 178th-largest in the U.S. and includes all of Webb County, with a population of 267,114. Laredo is also part of the cross-border Laredo-Nuevo Laredo metropolitan area with an estimated population of 636,516. Laredo's Hispanic proportion of 95.15% is one of the highest proportion of Hispanic Americans of any city in
4257-522: The Mexico–United States border, and the nation's largest inland port of entry. In 2005, Laredo celebrated the 250th anniversary of its founding. The etymology of the name for the Spanish town of Laredo is unclear. Some scholars say the name stems from glaretum , which means "sandy, rocky place". Others state Laredo stems from a Basque word meaning "beautiful pastures". Laredo might also stem from
4356-538: The Rio Grande Museum is in the downtown historical district next to the historic La Posada Hotel. What was once the Capitol building now showcases memorabilia from the short lived Republic of the Rio Grande . It displays pictures, books, and furniture from the 19th century Laredo area, and offers guided tours for school-aged children and adults year-round. Because of this Republic, Laredo had flown seven flags instead of
4455-616: The Rio Grande. Several man-made reservoirs include the San Ildefonso Creek Lake (second-largest reservoir), and the Sombrerillito Creek Lake (third-largest reservoir). Laredo's climate is semiarid with very hot temperatures in the summer and mild temperatures during the winter. The climate is considered to be hot semiarid ( Köppen : BSh ). Its weather is affected by the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains to
4554-646: The Sacred Heart Cathedral in San Angelo to Union Church in Monterrey, Mexico . Other Laredo churches include Baptist , Presbyterian , Lutheran , Assembly of God , Mormon , and nondenominational congregations. Streets of Laredo is a 1949 Western film starring William Holden , Macdonald Carey , and William Bendix as three outlaws who rescue a young girl, played by Mona Freeman . When they become separated, two reluctantly become Texas Rangers , while
4653-670: The San Agustin parish school, and may have had a hand in the San Agustin church, itself. Both the First United Methodist Church, in 1949, and the Christ Church Episcopal, were designed by Henry Steinbomer , a popular and prolific San Antonio architect who is credited with more than 100 churches and related buildings during the 1940s and 50s, from the Lower Rio Grande Valley mostly in South and West Texas, from
4752-596: The Santo Niño Branch is in south Laredo. Two new libraries opened in 2014, one in northwest Laredo, the Fasken Library on March 14, and another in the south sometime in July. Most of Laredo's architecture is of Spanish Colonial , American , and Mexican flavor. Most of Laredo's Spanish Colonial-style buildings are in downtown Laredo. More modern American architecture can be seen along Interstate Highway 35, as well as in
4851-555: The State (1998), Man on Fire (2004), Déjà Vu (2006), and Unstoppable (2010). Scott was the younger brother of film director Ridley Scott . They both graduated from the Royal College of Art in London, and were among a generation of British film directors who were successful in Hollywood having started their careers making television commercials. In 1995, both Tony and Ridley received
4950-660: The United States outside of Puerto Rico . Texas A&M International University and Laredo College are in Laredo. Laredo International Airport is within the Laredo city limits, while the Quetzalcoatl International Airport is nearby in Nuevo Laredo on the Mexican side. The biggest festival, Washington's Birthday Celebration , is held during the later part of January and the majority of February, attracting hundreds of thousands of tourists. The Spanish colonial settlement of Villa de San Agustin de Laredo
5049-527: The alarm clock goes off. That's a good thing. That fear motivates me, and I enjoy that fear. I'm perverse in that way. I do other things. I've rock climbed all my life. Whenever I finish a movie, I do multi-day ascents, I go hang on a wall in Yosemite . That fear is tangible. That's black and white. I can make this hold or that hold. The other fear is intangible, it's very abstract, and that's more frightening. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times wrote that Scott
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#17330928032895148-421: The antidepressant mirtazapine and the sleep aid eszopiclone were in his system at the time of death. A coroner's official said Scott "did not have any serious underlying medical conditions" and that there was "no anatomic evidence of neoplasia [cancer] identified". In a November 2014 interview with Variety , Ridley Scott described his brother's death as "inexplicable", saying that Tony had been "fighting
5247-472: The area for generations, moved across the river into Mexican territory, where they founded Nuevo Laredo . Many others, especially original land grantees on the north side of the Rio Grande remained, becoming Texans in the process. In 1849, the United States Army set up Fort McIntosh (originally Camp Crawford). Laredo was rechartered as a city in 1852. Laredo is one of the oldest crossing points along
5346-561: The arts and public service. On February 6, 2011, Chevrolet ran several Super Bowl ads . One was a 30-second ad in which the cast of Glee was asked to be spokespersons for the Chevrolet Cruze . This ad served as a teaser for a 2-minute-and-20-second ad featuring the Glee cast as singers and dancers during a Lea Michele -led rendition of " See the USA in Your Chevrolet " that aired during
5445-578: The award as well as the US drama audience prize. Gomez-Rejon was attached to direct Will Smith in the New York-set indie drama Collateral Beauty , scripted by Allan Loeb . However, he later dropped out of the project due to creative differences. Gomez-Rejon directed the historical drama The Current War . On November 13, 2015, Gomez-Rejon is set to direct Let It Bleed, a crime thriller based on his early life in Laredo, Texas. On March 31, 2016, Gomez-Rejon
5544-416: The comic book limited series Nemesis by Mark Millar . Katey Rich of Cinema Blend wrote that Scott had a "trademark frenetic camera style", which Scott spoke about in June 2009, in reference to The Taking of Pelham 123 : It's about energy and it's about momentum, and I think the movie's very exciting, and it's not one individual thing. The true excitement comes from the actors—that gives you
5643-409: The decade. Spy Game was released in November 2001, and garnered 63% positive reviews at Metacritic and topped $ 60 million at the U.S. box office. Scott subsequently directed another thriller starring Denzel Washington, Man on Fire , released in April 2004. Tony teamed up with Ridley to co-produce the TV series Numb3rs , which aired from 2005 to 2010, with Tony directing the first episode of
5742-470: The downtown area Our Lady of Guadalupe is an imposing structure in Romanesque Revival Lombard (North Italian) style. It was designed by Leo M. J. Dielmann of San Antonio, a popular architect of Catholic buildings, and built for a Mexican-American and Hispanic congregation in the inner city, at San Jorge Avenue and Callaghan St. Dielmann was commissioned by church authorities to design churches for similar congregations in Houston and San Antonio. He also did
5841-424: The effects of NAFTA, dozens of twin assembly plants on the Mexican side, and dozens of import export agencies to expedite trade. In January 2014, the Laredo customs district processed "$ 20 billion in two-way trade with Mexico", about half that for the entire US with Mexico for the month. Laredo is a shopping destination for Mexican shoppers from Northern Mexico. In 2015, the San Antonio Express-News reported
5940-422: The first episode of season 4 of The Good Wife were dedicated to his memory, as were his brother Ridley's films The Counselor and Exodus: Gods and Kings . Ridley also paid tribute to Tony at the 2016 Golden Globes , after his film, The Martian , won Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy . The end credits of Top Gun: Maverick (2022) include a dedication to Scott. Lady Gaga 's performance of
6039-406: The fourth season. In 2006, he contributed voice-over to a song called Dreamstalker on Hybrid 's album I Choose Noise ; Scott collaborated with Hybrid on several films through their mutual friend, the highly successful film score composer Harry Gregson-Williams . In 2005, Tony Scott directed Domino , starring Keira Knightley . While notable for its use of experimental film techniques, it
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#17330928032896138-455: The freezing mark on 4.6 days, although, in five years, the most recent being 2015, the annual minimum temperature was above freezing. Precipitation averages 19.7 in (500 mm) annually, with higher amounts typically occurring from May to October. Although snowfall is rare in Laredo, measurable snow occurred most recently on Christmas Eve 2004, with 1.1 in (2.8 cm), and December 7–8, 2017, with 1.3 in (3.3 cm). As of
6237-571: The garment industry (Levis and Haggar) along the Texas border area. Laredo lost its only garment-producing company (Barry), costing the jobs of about 300 workers. Laredo's strong job growth rate in retail and transportation services limited the adverse effects of long-term unemployment from the few massive layoffs of the late 1990s. Laredo's success with international trade is also a vulnerability; it depends on changes to Mexico's economy, that status of immigration laws (along with daily border crossings: shoppers and commercial trade), and terrorism. Laredo
6336-399: The historic Bruni Plaza in downtown Laredo. In 1993, the citizens of Laredo approved the construction of a new main library at McPherson and Calton Roads, which opened on February 1, 1998. The Laredo Public Library has a 60,000 sq ft (6,000 m ). main library and two branches. The main library is in central Laredo; the Bruni Plaza Branch is downtown east of Washington Street, and
6435-434: The number of Mexican shoppers has declined due to drug war-related violence in Nuevo Laredo. More than 47% of United States international trade headed for Mexico and more than 36% of Mexican international trade crosses through the Laredo port of entry. Laredo's economy revolves around commercial and industrial warehousing, import, and export. As a major player in international trade, the Laredo area benefited from passage of
6534-413: The number of nonagricultural jobs from 55,100 in January 1996 to 86,600 in October 2007. Laredo has had a higher job growth rate (2%–6.5%) than the state as a whole because of expanded international trade through NAFTA. In 2007, Laredo experienced a job growth rate of 2.5% with the unemployment rate as of October 2007, standing at 4.1% or 3,700 unemployed persons, as compared to 3.9% in Texas statewide. This
6633-437: The real world, cast these people in the real world, and find me role models for my writers.' Then I reverse-engineer. I don't change the structure of the script, but I use my research. That's always been my mantra, and that's what gets me excited, because I get to educate and entertain myself in terms of worlds I could never normally touch, other than the fact that I'm a director. [...] If you look at my body of work, there's always
6732-479: The same year. Scott reflected on his career in 2009: The '80s was a whole era. We were criticised, we being the Brits coming over, because we were out of advertising— Alan Parker , Hugh Hudson , Adrian Lyne , my brother—we were criticised about style over content. Jerry Bruckheimer was very bored of the way American films were very traditional and classically done. Jerry was always looking for difference. That's why I did six movies with Jerry. He always applauded
6831-519: The slice-and-dice editing and the images that somehow managed to glow with grit; the fireball violence, often glimpsed in smeary-techno telephoto shots; the way he had of making actors seem volatile and dynamic and, at the same time, lacking almost any subtext" were qualities of Scott's films that both "excited audiences about his work" and "kept him locked outside the gates of critical respectability." Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that after Top Gun , Scott "found his commercial niche as
6930-430: The stellar success of Top Gun , Scott found himself on Hollywood's A-list of action directors. He re-teamed with Simpson and Bruckheimer in 1987 to direct Eddie Murphy and Brigitte Nielsen in the highly anticipated sequel Beverly Hills Cop II . It left critics underwhelmed, but was among the year's highest-grossing films. That year, in 1987, Tony Scott had signed a deal with Paramount Pictures to develop films for
7029-436: The third continues on a life of crime. Tony Scott Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English filmmaker. He made his theatrical film debut with The Hunger (1983) and went on to direct highly successful action and thriller films such as Top Gun (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Days of Thunder (1990), The Last Boy Scout (1991), Crimson Tide (1995), Enemy of
7128-407: The thrillers Stoker and The East , the latter two with his brother, Ridley. Tom Cruise was with Scott just two days prior to the director's suicide, scouting locations for a sequel to Top Gun , scheduled for production in 2013. In December 2012, Paramount announced that the project was officially cancelled, but they would go ahead with a 3D IMAX remastering of the original Top Gun, which
7227-406: The time of his death, Scott was also slated to direct Narco Sub , from a script by David Guggenheim and Mark Bomback , about "a disgraced American naval officer forced to pilot a sub carrying a payload of cocaine to America", and the action film Lucky Strike , with Vince Vaughn slated to star. Scott also considered a remake of the classic western The Wild Bunch (1969), and an adaptation of
7326-856: The traditional Six Flags over Texas. The Laredo Center for the Arts is located in downtown Laredo. The building houses three galleries: the Goodman Gallery, the Laredo Art League Gallery and the Lilia G. Martinez Gallery. The Center for the Arts, in the former City Hall offices known as "The Mercado", displays regional artwork and provides community events for children and adults. The Laredo Little Theater provides Laredo with live stage performances. The theater also hosts comedians. Imaginarium of South Texas (formerly Laredo Children's Museum), in Mall del Norte, provides
7425-404: The true drama—and whatever I can do with the camera, that's icing on the cake. I wanted the movie to grab you. I use four cameras and I maybe do three takes—so the actors love it. Maybe I move it more than I should, but that's the nature of the way I am. Scott also spoke about his career in general: What always leads me in terms of my movies are characters. [I tell my production team] 'Go into
7524-556: The vampire film The Hunger , and hired Scott as director in 1982. Despite starring David Bowie , Susan Sarandon and Catherine Deneuve , and having elaborate production design, it failed to find an audience or to impress the critics although it later became a cult favourite. Finding few film opportunities in Hollywood over the next two and a half years, Scott returned to commercials and music videos. In 1985, producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer approached Scott to direct Top Gun , having been impressed by The Hunger , and
7623-507: The way I wanted to approach things. That period in the '80s was a period when I was constantly being criticised, and my press was horrible. I never read any press after The Hunger . Scott persisted in trying to embark on a feature film career. Among the ideas interesting to him was an adaptation of the Anne Rice novel Interview with the Vampire then in development. MGM was already developing
7722-839: The west, the Gulf of Mexico to the east, and the Chihuahuan Desert of Northern Mexico and West Texas. Moisture from the Pacific is cut off by the Mexican mountain range. The normal monthly mean temperature ranges from 57.6 °F (14.2 °C) in January to 89.1 °F (31.7 °C) in August; official record temperatures range from 11 °F (−12 °C) on December 30, 1983, up to 115 °F (46 °C) on May 7, 1927, June 17, 1908, and June 19, 2023. On average, temperatures reach 100 °F (37.8 °C) or higher on 74.2 days annually, and fall to or below
7821-812: Was Paul Mirkovich . Eventually Murphy sought Gomez-Rejon to direct Glee , where he earned his first episodic television directorial credits for executive producers Murphy, Brad Falchuk , and Dante Di Loreto . He credits Murphy for nurturing his early development. In season 1 , he directed " Laryngitis " (episode 18, May 11, 2010). In season 2, he directed " Grilled Cheesus " (episode 3, October 5, 2010), " A Very Glee Christmas " (episode 10, December 7, 2010) and " Born This Way " (episode 18, April 26, 2011). In season 3 , he directed " Asian F " (episode 3, October 4, 2011). A new show by Murphy, Falchuk and Di Loreto as executive producers, American Horror Story , debuted in October 2011, and Gomez-Rejon has directed two episodes from
7920-640: Was "one of the most influential film directors of the past 25 years, if also one of the most consistently and egregiously underloved by critics" and called him "[o]ne of the pop futurists of the contemporary blockbuster ." She felt that "[t]here was plenty about his work that was problematic and at times offensive, yet it could have terrific pop, vigour, beauty and a near pure cinema quality. These were, more than anything, films by someone who wanted to pull you in hard and never let you go." Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote that "the propulsive, at times borderline preposterous popcorn-thriller storylines;
8019-416: Was 2,250.5 inhabitants per square mile (868.9/km ). Of the 60,816 households, 56,247 or 92.5% were occupied: 33,832 were owner-occupied units and 22,415 were renter-occupied units. About 62.0% were married couples living together, 18.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.7% were not families. Around 12.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who
8118-587: Was 23). Tony Scott continued his studies in art in Leeds after failing to gain admission to the Royal College of Art in London (he would succeed in a later attempt). In 1969, he made a short film based on the Ambrose Bierce story " One of the Missing ". As Ridley had previously cast him in a film, Tony reciprocated by giving his brother a role in the production. "The film cost £1,000", he recalled in April 2012. While at
8217-428: Was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.69, and the average family size was 4.18. The city's population is distributed as 35.5% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 15.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.2 males. The median income for
8316-499: Was 694 per 100,000 inhabitants. In Houston, it was 967 per 100,000 inhabitants. South Texas banking institutions in Laredo include Falcon International Bank , International Bank of Commerce , and Texas Community Bank . Laredo is the largest inland port in the United States, and Nuevo Laredo the largest in Latin America. This is due to their respective locations, served by Interstate Highway 35 / Mexican Federal Highway 85 ,
8415-597: Was a pioneer of the cinema chain, opening cinemas around Tyneside . One Tyneside Cinema , in Newcastle , is the last remaining newsreel cinema operating in the United Kingdom. Tony was a pupil at Rosebank School in Hartlepool, West Hartlepool College of Art and graduating from Sunderland Art School with a fine arts degree. At the age of 16, he appeared in the short film Boy and Bicycle , Ridley's directorial debut (he
8514-642: Was about disconnected working class stiffs living marginal lives on society's sidings, about the barely submerged anger of a neglected underclass," something which "always had been lacking from Tony Scott's work, some connection to the real world rather than just silly flyboy stuff and meaningful glances accompanied by this year's pop music hit." Betsy Sharkey of The Los Angeles Times wrote that Denzel Washington—who starred in Crimson Tide , Man on Fire , Déjà Vu , The Taking of Pelham 123 , and Unstoppable —was Scott's muse , and Scott "was at his best when Washington
8613-640: Was brought back into Mexico by military force. In 1846 during the Mexican–American War , the town was occupied by the Texas Rangers . After the war, the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ceded the land to the United States. A referendum was taken in the town, which voted to petition the American military government in charge of the area to return the town to Mexico. When this petition was rejected, many who had been in
8712-413: Was considered a box office failure , although it has since attained cult status . For his next film, Crimson Tide (1995), Scott again teamed up with producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. A submarine thriller starring Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington , it was critically and commercially well received. It marked the first of four collaborations with Washington. In 1995, Shepperton Studios
8811-597: Was cremated, and his ashes were interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on 24 August in Los Angeles. Subsequently, it was reported that he had left his estate to his family trust. Many actors paid tribute to him, including Tom Cruise , Christian Slater , Val Kilmer , Eddie Murphy , Denzel Washington , Gene Hackman , Elijah Wood , Dane Cook , Dwayne Johnson , Stephen Fry , Peter Fonda and Keira Knightley , as well as musical collaborators Hybrid . Cruise complimented Scott as "a creative visionary whose mark on film
8910-776: Was difficult to find the drama in racing cars in circles, so he "stole from all race movies to date ... then tried to build on them." Scott's next film was the cult action thriller The Last Boy Scout (1991) starring Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans and written by Shane Black . In 1993, Scott directed True Romance costing just $ 13 million, from a script by Quentin Tarantino . The cast included Christian Slater , Patricia Arquette , Dennis Hopper , Christopher Walken , Gary Oldman , Brad Pitt , Tom Sizemore , Chris Penn , Val Kilmer , James Gandolfini and Samuel L. Jackson . Although it received positive reviews from Janet Maslin and other critics, it earned less than it cost to make and
9009-418: Was drubbed by critics and rejected by audiences. In autumn 2006, Scott again worked with Denzel Washington, this time on a sci-fi action film, Déjà Vu . The two collaborated again on The Taking of Pelham 123 , a remake of the 1974 film of the same title , and which also starred John Travolta . It was released on 12 June 2009. In 2009, Tony and Ridley Scott were executive producers for The Good Wife ,
9108-482: Was facing, Ridley tried to energize him about work: "I said, 'Have you made your mind up about this film yet? Get going! Let's get you into a movie.'" The family announced that they had established a scholarship fund at the American Film Institute in Scott's name, stating, "The family ask that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the fund to help encourage and engage future generations of filmmakers." He
9207-464: Was founded in 1755 by Don Tomás Sánchez Barrera , while the area was part of the Nuevo Santander region in the Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain . Villa de San Agustin de Laredo was named after Laredo, Cantabria , Spain and in honor of Saint Augustine of Hippo . In 1840, Laredo was the capital of the independent Republic of the Rio Grande , set up in opposition to Antonio López de Santa Anna ; it
9306-480: Was founded in 1898 by the Improved Order of Red Men , local chapter Yaqui Tribe No. 59. The first celebration was a success, and its popularity grew rapidly; in 1923, it received its state charter . In 1924, the celebration held its first colonial pageant, which featured 13 girls from Laredo, representing the 13 original colonies. The celebration includes parades, a carnival, an air show, fireworks, live concerts, and
9405-513: Was in 1986 to advertising executive Glynis Sanders; they divorced a year later when his affair with Brigitte Nielsen (married to Sylvester Stallone at the time), whom he met on the set of Beverly Hills Cop II , became public. He subsequently met film and TV actress Donna Wilson, who was 24 years his junior, on the set of Days of Thunder in 1990; they married in 1994. She gave birth to their twin sons, Frank and Max, in 2000. On 19 August 2012, at approximately 12:30 pm PDT, Scott jumped off
9504-465: Was in the picture. The characters the actor played are the archetype of the kind of men Scott made. At their core, and what guided all the actions that followed, was a fundamental decency. They were flawed men to be sure, some more than others, but men who accorded dignity to anyone who deserved it." Scott married three times. His first marriage was to TV production designer Gerry Boldy (1944–2007) in 1967; they were divorced in 1974. His second marriage
9603-481: Was purchased by a consortium headed by Tony and Ridley Scott, which extensively renovated the studios – located in Britain – while also expanding and improving its grounds. In 1996, Scott directed The Fan , starring Robert De Niro , Wesley Snipes , Ellen Barkin and Benicio del Toro . His 1998 film Enemy of the State , a conspiracy thriller, starred Will Smith and Gene Hackman, and was his highest-grossing film of
9702-477: Was released on 8 February 2013. In June 2013, it was confirmed by Bruckheimer that Top Gun 2 had been greenlighted once again, with Joseph Kosinski announced as the project's new director in June 2017. The film, Top Gun: Maverick , was released on 27 May 2022, and was both a critical and financial success, and is the second-highest grossing film of 2022. Top Gun: Maverick was posthumously dedicated to Scott. At
9801-442: Was to make films but I got sidetracked into commercials and then I took off. I had 15 years [making them], and it was a blast. We were very prolific, and that was our training ground. You'd shoot 100 days in a year, then we gravitated from that to film," he said. Developing his own distinctive visual style while making commercials, Scott states, "I cornered the market in sexy, rock'n'roll stuff." Scott took time out in 1975 to direct
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