Video Archives
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Video Archives was a video rental store located in Manhattan Beach, California
, owned and managed by Lance Lawson. In his youth, Quentin Tarantino
, director of Pulp Fiction
, was a clerk there. So too were Roger Avary
, the writer/director of The Rules of Attraction
, Chuck Kelley
co-founder of the internet radio
station LuxuriaMusic, and producer Daniel Snyder
, who is best known for the documentary Dreams on Spec
. The store was also frequented by screenwriters Josh Olson
(A History of Violence
), Jeff Maguire
(In the Line of Fire
), John Langley
(the creator of COPS
), and Danny Strong
, most famous for his role as Johnathan Levinson on television's Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Manhattan Beach, California
Manhattan Beach is the wealthiest beachfront city located in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, USA. The city is on the Pacific coast, south of El Segundo, and north of Hermosa Beach. Manhattan Beach is the home of both beach and indoor volleyball, and surfing. During the winter, the...
, owned and managed by Lance Lawson. In his youth, Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...
, director of Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction (film)
Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino, who co-wrote its screenplay with Roger Avary. The film is known for its rich, eclectic dialogue, ironic mix of humor and violence, nonlinear storyline, and host of cinematic allusions and pop culture references...
, was a clerk there. So too were Roger Avary
Roger Avary
Roger Avary is a Canadian film and television producer, screenwriter, olive farmer and director in the American mass media industry. He was behind the screenplays of the films Silent Hill and Beowulf...
, the writer/director of The Rules of Attraction
The Rules of Attraction (film)
The Rules of Attraction is a 2002 satirical dark comedy film directed by Roger Avary, based on the novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis. It stars James van der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Biel, and Kip Pardue.-Plot:...
, Chuck Kelley
Chuck Kelley
Chuck Kelley may refer to:* Chuck Kelley , "Sarge" in "Skid Marks" * Chuck Kelley co-author of the book Rdb/VMS: Developing the Data Warehouse with Bill Inmon...
co-founder of the internet radio
Internet radio
Internet radio is an audio service transmitted via the Internet...
station LuxuriaMusic, and producer Daniel Snyder
Daniel J. Snyder
Daniel J. Snyder is an American television and film producer whose feature-length documentary, Dreams on Spec, is the first documentary ever to look at Hollywood from the perspective of the much-maligned screenwriter....
, who is best known for the documentary Dreams on Spec
Dreams on Spec
Dreams on Spec is a 2007 American documentary film that profiles the struggles and triumphs of emerging Hollywood screenwriters. It was written and directed by Daniel J...
. The store was also frequented by screenwriters Josh Olson
Josh Olson
Josh Olson is an American screenwriter and director. Olson began his career working as a production assistant in the art department on the 1987 film Masters of the Universe...
(A History of Violence
A History of Violence (film)
A History of Violence is a 2005 American crime thriller film directed by David Cronenberg and written by Josh Olson. It is an adaptation of the 1997 graphic novel of the same name by John Wagner and Vince Locke...
), Jeff Maguire
Jeff Maguire
Jeff Maguire is an American screenwriter. Regarded for his talent for writing sports films, Jeff Maguire got his first screenwriting break with his script Escape to Victory, a film about soccer directed by John Huston in 1981. His most recent contribution is Gridiron Gang, released in 2006...
(In the Line of Fire
In the Line of Fire
In the Line of Fire is a 1993 American thriller film about a disillusioned and obsessed former CIA agent who attempts to assassinate the President of the United States and the Secret Service agent who tracks him...
), John Langley
John Langley
John Langley is an American television and film director, writer, and producer who is best known as the creator and executive producer of the long-running television show COPS, which premiered on FOX in March 1989....
(the creator of COPS
COPS (TV series)
Cops is an American documentary/reality television series that follows police officers, constables, and sheriff's deputies during patrols and other police activities...
), and Danny Strong
Danny Strong
Daniel W. Strong is an American actor and writer in film and television.-Early life:Strong was born and raised in Manhattan Beach, California. where he would rent videos from Video Archives, becoming friends with Quentin Tarantino who was then a clerk there...
, most famous for his role as Johnathan Levinson on television's Buffy the Vampire Slayer.