今日個天依然係矇矇矓矓恁 ~ 成個大嶼山灰白(蒼白)一片 .... ...
Gloomy Sunday (IIB)
110 mins Director: Rolf Schübel
Cast: Erika Marozsán, Joachim Król German with English and Chinese subtitles
Released on Sept 10 As the turmoil of World War II engulfs Hungary, a Budapest eatery, Restaurant Szabo, hosts its own conflicts. Its restaurant owner, Laszlo, hires pianist Andras, and both men love Ilona, which is further complicated when their regular customer Hans, an SS colonel, begins to pursue Ilona's affections.
http://www.cityline.com/eng/movie/byMovieStep2.jsp?eventKey=53501&venueKey=8">《布達佩斯之戀》(Gloomy Sunday) (IIB)
片長:110 分鐘
導演: 諾夫舒貝爾 (Rolf Schübel)
演員: 艾莉嘉.莫露珊, 約阿希姆.高爾 ( Erika Marozsán, Joachim Król )
德語對白,中英文字幕 / German with English and Chinese subtitles
9月10日上映
布達佩斯之戀(Gloomy Sunday)發生在1930年代匈牙利首都布達佩斯。
拉士路和伊蓮娜經營的餐廳憑著一首歌曲而舉世馳名,這首"憂鬱的星期天"不單打開聽眾的心扉,其憂鬱之情更深入知音者的心窩。年青鋼琴師安拉斯為伊蓮娜創作這首歌,目的並非想憑歌寄意,萬料不到伊人竟同時對兩位俊男傾心。這段不正常的三角戀情在互相遷就下總算順利展開,正當三人自得其樂之際,德國軍官漢斯韋克突然出現,他被那首歌吸引,也被伊蓮娜的艷光迷倒,一見鍾情,甚至向她求婚,可惜被婉言拒絕。數年後,德國佔領布達佩斯,漢斯也重返該市,這個操生殺大權的高級軍官,揚言要摧毀伊蓮娜的三角關係...
As the turmoil of World War II engulfs Hungary, a Budapest eatery, Restaurant Szabo, hosts its own conflicts. Its restaurant owner, Laszlo, hires pianist Andras, and both men love Ilona, which is further complicated when their regular customer Hans, an SS colonel, begins to pursue Ilona's affections.
原來UA同AMC最近都有好多場特別嘅戲上画
有啲重係六、七十年代嘅國語片添 .... ....
今日應該趕唔切出去睇《死神來了》3D版 (因為十二點半先開飯 * 食通心粉)
~ 但聽日出唔出去睇戲好呢 ......
我的起點,你的終點(The Red Spot) 故事簡介:地圖上的紅點,是十八年前交通意外的現場,是個記憶模糊的事實;車外的紅點,是總依傍著風景的太陽,是個不想遺忘的幼稚記憶。二十一歲的小野寺亞紀別過養父母,隻身去找父母和妹妹的人間終站,好好追思過才開展自己的人生,殊不知安心之旅竟是另一次人生交叉點。宮山麻里枝沒有多餘的說話(或電影語言),不用裝飾悲苦的情感,拍出天空縱使變異無常,總有無畏的大地塵土靜靜地去兼容跌宕受傷的生命;及時乘上人間再生號的,還有十八歲反叛的爾利亞斯,和他一直活在罪咎中的父親。
Synopsis : The young Japanese student Aki Onodera is haunted by dreams of long-lost memories from her early childhood. While she should really be concentrating on finding a job after her studies, she goes to her parent’s house and discovers a map of Germany with a red spot marking a particular location seem to be the key to her dreams. Despite all the apprehension, Aki travels alone to Germany. There in the idyllic East Allgaeu she meets the Webers, who take her in as their guest. But soon, the situation of the family becomes turbulent by her appearance…
導演 : 宮山麻里枝 ( Marie Miyayama)
演員 : Yuki Inomata, Hans Kremer, Orlando Klaus
片長 : 82 分鐘
級數 : I
語言 : 德語 (英文字幕) / Language : German (English subtitles)
09月23日 Wed 12:35:01
名人舊生細說三嫂恩情
《愚昧年代》 (The Age of Stupid) (I) 85 分鐘 85 mins
導演: 弗蘭尼阿姆斯壯 Director: Franny Armstrong
演員: 皮特波斯特爾斯懷特 Cast: Pete Postlethwaite
English with Chinese subtitles 英語對白,中文字幕
Released on Sept 22 Runaway climate change has ravaged the planet by 2055. Pete plays the founder of The Global Archive, a storage facility located in the (now melted) Arctic, preserving all of humanity's achievements in the hope that the planet might one day be habitable again. Or that intelligent life may arrive and make use of all that we've achieved. He pulls together clips of "archive" news and documentary from 1950-2008 to build a message showing what went wrong and why.
9月22日上映 《愚昧年代》(The Age of Stupid)由弗蘭尼阿姆斯壯執導,奧斯卡獎提名演員皮特波斯特爾斯懷特主演,電影以倒敍的方式,站在2050年未來的視角審視當下的環境問題。
電影開場,有如萬花筒般眼花撩亂的宇宙大爆炸揭開了序幕,畫面飛梭地穿越時空,來到數十年後的世界。2050年的地球已經是千瘡百孔,掩埋于黃沙下的拉斯維加斯,炙焰燃燒的雪梨歌劇院,荒蕪一片、禿鷹肆虐的泰姬瑪哈陵,這是2055年的世界?一陣低沉的旁白襯著寂寥的地球,場景移轉到挪威北方近極區,矗立於海面上的一座人工浮島。皮特•波斯特爾斯懷特所飾演的孤獨存活下來的老人,是全球檔案的創建人,檔案裏保留了所有人類的成就。老人回顧了 1950年到2008年的新聞檔案和紀錄片,試圖探討究竟是什麼原因,地球會變成今天這樣。
Is Emotional or Physical Cheating Worse? Top 10 Blowhards of the Web msn video : Best Back to School Movies 2009 Emmys: Who Should Win and Why 今日終於買咗枝0.3嘅鉛芯筆喇
但唔知點解0.3嘅芯會貴過0.5同0.7嘅成倍(有多) 0.9嘅亦似乎貴過0.5少少 .......
原來枝「伸縮」uni膠造嘅0.5鉛芯筆大眾都有得賣 不過就賣20,貴過樓下3蚊 (不過如果有85折嘅就價錢一樣 ......
枝買色4+1竟然係貨辦,唔賣得 ..... 唔可以換過第二枝做辦嘅咩?! 真係吖 ... ...
另一樣可惡嘅就係 ~ 被人激親死 ... ...
星期二晚有人send短訊來話想還番兩本書 問人幾時得閒出旺角或者附近 call佢
之後嗰晚就覆番短訊問佢星期六、日會唔會得閒 可以請佢睇戲/行街
再唔係就或者星期一、三、五 人家補完習七點就會去到荃灣西西鐵站,可以再轉車去尖東會佢
不過等到今日都收唔到回覆 (sms / 電話) 所以就喺五點九打畀佢
講番sms已經話咗佢聽嘅嘢
佢話星期六、日唔得閒 咪就話或者一、三、五約佢喺尖東站等囉
有咩唔啱呢? 竟然話人講嘢唔清楚 ....... 都唔知算點嘅!!
可怒也!!
伊利沙伯醫院一名 27歲男護士疑藉詞為一名 39歲女病人用聽筒檢查身體時,非禮女病人,被警方以涉嫌非禮罪名拘捕,正保釋候查。事發後院方只將男護士調往只照顧男病人,即他仍可出入病房。有立法會議員表示,醫院可先調查員工有否違反守則,若證實他單獨為女病人檢查,可考慮即時懲處。
疑藉驗豬流感摸胸 據悉,女病人懷疑患豬流感, 13日到伊利沙伯醫院求診,其後被安排到隔離病房。該名男護士藉為女病人檢查為由,用聽筒檢查其肺部,其後更伸手觸摸其胸部。據悉,因隔離病房內再分獨立單人及雙人房,雙人房必須為同性病人,若隔離病房內有男病人,男護士可進出病房。根據守則,男護士可為女病人檢查,但須有另一名女護士在場,事發時該男護士沒有安排女護士在場。
據悉,伊院以該男護士未被法庭定罪為由,沒有暫停其職務,容許他繼續上班;會待司法程序完成,才根據人事紀律程序處理。伊院發言人表示,個案已交警方跟進,不便評論。有關員工已被安排到只可照顧男病人。若員工有不法行為,會根據人事程序守則嚴肅處理。
被拘捕後保釋候查 警方發言人證實,本月 13日約下午 4時半接獲一名 39歲女子報案,聲稱在油麻地區遭非禮,警方同日晚上要求一名 27歲男子協助調查,再以涉嫌非禮罪名將他拘捕,暫准以 1,000元保釋候查,下月底返警署報到。
衞生服務界立法會議員李國麟表示,急症室或深切治療部等因同時有男女病人,故有男護士會進出,但不能單獨為女病人檢查或有身體接觸。醫院可先根據守則,調查員工是否在非其工作崗位出現或單獨為女病人檢查;若證實員工違反守則或濫用職權,已可根據人事紀律程序處理,與員工是否觸犯刑事罪行無關。病人互助組織聯盟主席張德喜表示,院方應將有關員工調離接觸病人的崗位,「佢可以出入病房,女病人始終會有啲驚。」
港鐵故障阻乘客趕車 昨日凌晨八號風球高懸下,港鐵東鐵線南行列車因架空電纜故障受阻延,一批乘客到達九龍塘站時,已無法趕及往荃灣及觀塘線尾班車,乘客大為鼓譟,港鐵在颱風下又無法提供接駁巴士,最終港鐵向受影響乘客每人發放 100元「的士費」,惟仍有四名乘客因回家路途遙遠,寧願在站內借宿一宵,等候至清晨乘搭首班列車離開。
發放 100元車馬費 港鐵發言人表示,受八號風球影響,大學站有塌樹枝損毀架空電纜故障,令東鐵線列車服務延誤,一度要實施單軌雙程行車,由羅湖開出的尾班車延至昨凌晨零時 32分開出,以致到達九龍塘站時間為凌晨 1時 28分,較正常 1時 03分延遲 25分鐘,因此未能接駁往荃灣及觀塘線的尾班車。據稱當時有近 80名乘客受影響,有乘客要求港鐵派出接駁車輛,但卻不得要領,乘客大為鼓譟,其間有乘客頭暈不適,須召救護車送院。
直至凌晨 2時許,部份等得不耐煩乘客自行離開,但站內仍滯留約 30名乘客,港鐵向他們每人發放 100元車馬費,讓乘客自行乘的士離開,但有四名乘客因住所路途較遠不肯離開,被安排在站內職員休息室休息,直至昨晨首班車開行始離開。 09月16日 Wed 14:57:04
Video : Most Expensive Lamborghini Ever Best Jobs for Gadget Geeks
By Rachel Zupek, CareerBuilder.com writer
OK, OK -- I apologize for calling you a geek.
But what better term is there to describe one who is obsessed with his or her iPhone/BlackBerry/iPod/Twitter/Gmail/everything else that's technology related?
Let's go with ... gadget addicts. Now that we've cleared that up, let's get back to business.
We all know someone who fits the description of a "gadget addict." Whether he's addicted to his iPhone, iPod, video games or hybrid cars, there's no doubt that this little infatuation is probably stealing time and productivity from his 9-to-5. Why not make everyone happy and get started in a career that aids the obsession?
Here are five careers that can keep gadget geeks -- er, addicts -- on the pulse of latest technology and help to feed their addictions.
1. Applications architect Applications architects build essential parts of computer applications, from Web 2.0 apps like blogs and wikis, to user interface or infrastructure. They also design code and make sure that all software projects adhere to a company's technology and business standards.
Qualifications: A bachelor's degree in computer science or information systems; several years of work experience.
Salary*: $57,798 2. Marketing manager Marketing managers are in the know about -- guess what -- the marketplace. If you're a technology marketing manager, you are up to speed on what consumers want and how to get it to them. It's your job to make sure you know what the industry demands and what your competitors are doing, so that you can get your company and products to do it better.
Qualifications: Employers prefer a bachelor's or master's degree in business administration with an emphasis on marketing.
Salary: $85,747 3. Project manager Project managers oversee a company's technology projects. Got a new software application coming down the pipeline? As a PM, you'll develop these projects from start to finish; planning, designing, budgeting, setting deadlines and priorities, and implementing the finished product.
Qualifications: A bachelor's degree in IT or a business-related field; experience in managing complex projects. Certifications in project management are also valued.
Salary: $51,109 4. Product reviewer Did you research hundreds of digital cameras or cell phones before you bought one? If you're a techie and have decent writing ability, a product reviewer might be the job for you. In this role, you'll research and test several technology products, from HDTVs to MP3 players. Then, you'll write columns describing which goods are the best -- and worst -- and why.
Qualifications: A degree in communications or business communication, in addition to great writing skills, will be beneficial.
Salary: N/A 5. Social media manager Social media is the new black for successful companies. In fact, a recent study from Wetpaint and the Altimeter Group shows that companies who are actively engaged in social media, like Facebook, Twitter, wikis and discussion forums, grew company revenues by an average of 18 percent over the past 12 months, while the least-engaged companies saw revenues drop 6 percent over the same period.
Qualifications: A bachelor's degree in communications, advertising or marketing is preferred; awareness of social media platforms.
Salary: $67,537** *U.S. national average salary according to CBSalary.com, powered by SalaryExpert
**Media manager salary
Rachel Zupek is a writer and blogger for CareerBuilder.com and its job blog, The Work Buzz. She researches and writes about job search strategy, career management, hiring trends and workplace issues. Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBwriterRZ.
Can Hypnosis Snuff Out a Smoker's Cigarette Habit? Zebra bites off girl's finger 尋晚突然醒定 幾個月前買嘅一支四色筆連鉛芯筆喺邊呢??
就半夜開房燈搵 ~ 不過搵唔到 到朝早再搵都係搵唔到 ~
今日想買番支 ~ 所以特登早啲出門口 ~ 希望補完習之後會有少少時間去睇下
點不知商務就閂咗門 (七點半都未夠就閂門?!) 原來係乜鬼「員工聚餐」 ...... 五點半就閂咗
之後就想去吉之島睇下 ~ 都未到文具部就被人叫Raymond ~ 原來係April (林麗霞)
於是就傾咗陣 ~ 行完吉之島就打算會去大眾 ~ 原來佢都啱啱去完大眾
喺吉之島 ~ 唔之點解普通文具好似少咗好多 ~ 啲靚筆係就唔係唔少 不過LAMY (有冇串錯呢) 就用螺絲鎖喺個架上面 ~ 摸到試唔到
其他又唔啱心上 ~ 唔係想買嘅類型 兼且大貴
最終都係去咗大眾
有唔見咗(未搵番)嗰款筆 但價錢平過之前時代廣場咁多嘅 *除非自己記錯 ~ 過幾日去時代再睇真啲係咪同款先得
不過自己始終都係鍾意三菱 (Mitsubishi / uni) 多啲
呢排大眾八十五周年 重有八五折 (只要出生日期有八字或五字)
阿媽送畀自己副學士畢業嗰支始終唔捨得用 ~ 但又冇理由特登買多支吖
又見到有幾款新嘅uni鉛芯筆 好靚 ~ 不過銀色/鋁色嘅係0.3 (唔係0.5)
0.5嘅就係白色或者紅色 (中間鋼管/鋁管就先係銀色/鋁色) 八十幾蚊 ~ 如果有八五折都唔錯
另外 4+1 都係同呢款新鉛芯筆同價 (係同阿媽送嘅嗰支唔同 係真係用咩色就按咩色 *阿媽送嘅係顏色墨/功能唔係按製對色 係全都按同一個製的 好過癮的 所以這較高科技的款式也比先前試的貴近一倍 ........)
不過最終因為揀唔落手 ~ 又想買多用途筆 又想買埋鉛芯筆 (*鉛芯筆又唔啱色 *唔通特登買支0.3?? 都未真正用過0.3 或者買支玩下都好
但真係發咗達咩 ~ 最終冇買
或者過幾日去旺角新世紀/時代/朗豪坊時 再算 ......
之後就分別去咗yamazaki同taste 買咗卅幾蚊嘢
唔想行去屯門站 (要過馬路) 更唔想行番去市中心站 *遠同埋(屯門)「時代廣場」那條冇店舖的走廊唔知做乜 ~ 太難聞了 *好似有咩毒氣恁 .......
結果搭614去市中心時 就望住架505走 要等9分鐘
不過就見到肥仔威 (佢要人哋臨上車先見到人 ......)
今日早咗搭西鐵番屯門 ~ 不過臨落車時 竟然收到電話 阿媽話有貴客
不過喺佢開聲講前 自己已經開咗口話要去市中心行一陣 ~ 所以都係照行
估唔到呢位遠道而來嘅網友 喺阿媽打畀自己個仔之後 佢就話要走 (怕就唔好上來嘛 ~ 真係吖)
阿媽話留佢食飯都留唔到 ~
佢買咗啲「以色列無花果」來 ~ 一大盒 一共廿個 ~
佢聽人講係對「我哋啲人」好好 ~ 不過夜晚打番畀佢 佢竟然話佢自己都冇試過
話要等人哋試過話好食先會買來自己食 ~ 佢撕走咗價錢 所以都唔知幾錢 ~ 不過應該都唔平 ......
今日唔止見到 / 見唔到幾個熟人
重收到唔少sms添 ~ 分別有Renee、阿Joan同埋陳miss ~ 都係問人近來點樣
陳miss 重攪鬼 ~ 覆番佢幾日先send來的sms後 佢就sms來「求救」 ~
其中一條係問有咩制度中國同香港同時實施 (李sir唔肯定係咪「一國兩制」就答佢一時諗唔到 / 唔清楚)
佢就話原來自己已經作咗個畀學生 ~ 問番佢作咗乜 佢就唔肯答 話李sir一定會笑佢 ~ 結果都冇再追問 ......
今日最正嘅節目 除咗係睇文具睇到自己心郁郁之餘 (而且書局入面更播住黃子華嘅最新棟篤笑DVD)
就後eurosport播Silkway特輯 ~ 播成個鐘 ~ 搞到自己都遲咗沖涼
不過佢時間表雖然係話播Silkway 不過睇番佢成個星期個節目表 ~ 就冇提到Silk Way 反而係播WTCC : Oschersleben, Germany ... 奇怪!!
>>September 16, 2009 at 11:38:59 PM GMT+8
2009 年 9 月 15 日 星期二 【微冷】
Publicist: Patrick Swayze dies at 57
Sept. 14, 2009, 7:05 PM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers' hearts with "Dirty Dancing" and then broke them with "Ghost," died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
"Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months," said a statement released Monday evening by his publicist, Annett Wolf. No other details were given.
Fans of the actor were saddened to learn in March 2008 that Swayze was suffering from a particularly deadly form of cancer.
Remembering Patrick Swayze He had kept working despite the diagnosis, putting together a memoir with his wife and shooting "The Beast," an A&E drama series for which he had already made the pilot. It drew a respectable 1.3 million viewers when the 13 episodes ran in 2009, but A&E said it had reluctantly decided not to renew it for a second season.
Swayze said he opted not to use painkilling drugs while making "The Beast" because they would have taken the edge off his performance. He acknowledged that time might be running out given the grim nature of the disease.
When he first went public with the illness, some reports gave him only weeks to live, but his doctor said his situation was "considerably more optimistic" than that.
"I'd say five years is pretty wishful thinking," Swayze told ABC's ,Barbara Walters in early 2009. "Two years seems likely if you're going to believe statistics. I want to last until they find a cure, which means I'd better get a fire under it."
C. Thomas Howell, who co-starred with Swayze in "The Outsiders," "Grandview U.S.A." and "Red Dawn", said: "I have always had a special place in my heart for Patrick. While I was fortunate enough to work with him in three films, it was our passion for horses that forged a friendship between us that I treasure to this day. Not only did we lose a fine actor today, I lost my older `Outsiders' brother."
Other celebrities used Twitter to express condolences, and "Dirty Dancing" was the top trending topic for a while Monday night, trailed by several other Swayze films.
Ashton Kutcher — whose wife, Demi Moore, co-starred with Swayze in "Ghost" — wrote: "RIP P Swayze." Kutcher also linked to a YouTube clip of the actor poking fun at himself in a classic "Saturday Night Live" sketch, in which he played a wannabe Chippendales dancer alongside the corpulent — and frighteningly shirtless — Chris Farley.
And Larry King wrote: "Patrick Swayze was a wonderful actor & a terrific guy. He put his heart in everything. He was an extraordinary fighter in his battle w Cancer." King added that he'd do a tribute to Swayze on his CNN program Tuesday night.
A three-time Golden Globe nominee, Swayze became a star with his performance as the misunderstood bad-boy Johnny Castle in "Dirty Dancing." As the son of a choreographer who began his career in musical theater, he seemed a natural to play the role.
A coming-of-age romance starring Jennifer Grey as an idealistic young woman on vacation with her family and Swayze as the Catskills resort's sexy (and much older) dance instructor, the film made great use of both his grace on his feet and his muscular physique.
It became an international phenomenon in the summer of 1987, spawning albums, an Oscar-winning hit song in "(I've Had) the Time of My Life," stage productions and a sequel, 2004's "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights," in which he made a cameo.
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Swayze performed and co-wrote a song on the soundtrack, the ballad "She's Like the Wind," inspired by his wife, Lisa Niemi.
The film also gave him the chance to utter the now-classic line, "Nobody puts Baby in a corner."
Swayze followed that up with the 1989 action flick "Road House," in which he played a bouncer at a rowdy bar. But it was his performance in 1990's "Ghost" that showed his vulnerable, sensitive side. He starred as a murdered man trying to communicate with his fiancee (Demi Moore) — with great frustration and longing — through a psychic played by Whoopi Goldberg.
Swayze said at the time that he fought for the role of Sam Wheat (director Jerry Zucker wanted Kevin Kline) but once he went in for an audition and read six scenes, he got it.
Why did he want the part so badly? "It made me cry four or five times," he said of Bruce Joel Rubin's Oscar-winning script in an AP interview.
"Ghost" provided yet another indelible musical moment: Swayze and Moore sensually molding pottery together to the strains of the Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody." It also earned a best-picture nomination and a supporting-actress Oscar for Goldberg, who said she wouldn't have won if it weren't for Swayze.
"When I won my Academy Award, the only person I really thanked was Patrick," Goldberg said in March 2008 on the ABC daytime talk show "The View."
Swayze himself earned three Golden Globe nominations, for "Dirty Dancing," "Ghost" and 1995's "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar," which further allowed him to toy with his masculine image. The role called for him to play a drag queen on a cross-country road trip alongside Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo.
His heartthrob status almost kept him from being considered for the role of Vida Boheme.
"I couldn't get seen on it because everyone viewed me as terminally heterosexually masculine-macho," he told the AP then. But he transformed himself so completely that when his screen test was sent to Steven Spielberg, whose Amblin pictures produced "To Wong Foo," Spielberg didn't recognize him.
Among his earlier films, Swayze was part of the star-studded lineup of up-and-comers in Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 adaptation of S.E. Hinton's novel "The Outsiders," alongside Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Emilio Estevez and Diane Lane. Swayze played Darrel "Dary" Curtis, the oldest of three wayward brothers — and essentially the father figure — in a poor family in small-town Oklahoma.
Other '80s films included "Red Dawn," "Grandview U.S.A." (for which he also provided choreography) and "Youngblood," once more with Lowe, as Canadian hockey teammates.
In the '90s, he made such eclectic films as "Point Break" (1991), in which he played the leader of a band of bank-robbing surfers, and the family Western "Tall Tale" (1995), in which he starred as Pecos Bill. He appeared on the cover of People magazine as its "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1991, but his career tapered off toward the end of the 1990s, when he also had stay in rehab for alcohol abuse. In 2001, he appeared in the cult favorite "Donnie Darko," and in 2003 he returned to the New York stage with "Chicago"; 2006 found him in the musical "Guys and Dolls" in London.
Swayze was born in 1952 in Houston, the son of Jesse Swayze and choreographer Patsy Swayze, whose films include "Urban Cowboy."
He played football but also was drawn to dance and theater, performing with the Feld, Joffrey and Harkness Ballets and appearing on Broadway as Danny Zuko in "Grease." But he turned to acting in 1978 after a series of injuries.
Within a couple years of moving to Los Angeles, he made his debut in the roller-disco movie "Skatetown, U.S.A." The eclectic cast included Scott Baio, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormack and Billy Barty.
Swayze had a couple of movies in the works when his diagnosis was announced, including the drama "Powder Blue," starring Jessica Biel, Forest Whitaker and his younger brother, Don, which was scheduled for release this year.
Off-screen, he was an avid conservationist who was moved by his time in Africa to shine a light on "man's greed and absolute unwillingness to operate according to Mother Nature's laws," he told the AP in 2004.
Swayze was married since 1975 to Niemi, a fellow dancer who took lessons with his mother; they met when he was 19 and she was 15. A licensed pilot, Niemi would fly her husband from Los Angeles to Northern California for treatment at Stanford University Medical Center, People magazine reported in a cover story.
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The Red Arrows display over Portsmouth harbour looked striking against the dark cumulus clouds on 4th September. Graham Smith took this picture from Ryde on the Isle Of Wight.
Any golfers hoping to tee off at Monifieth Links Golf Practise Area in Scotland would have been sorely disappointed on 5th September. Lewis Greig took this picture just after heavy rain caused the flooding.
The sky above Faversham in Kent was brightened by the appearance of a partial rainbow on the evening of 3rd September. Photographed by Eden Cory.
The sunset above Hutton Buscel in North Yorkshire was a spectacular sight, as crepuscular rays reached through the trees. John Holtby took this picture on 27th August.
Residents of Fritton in Norfolk also saw a wonderful sunset on 4th September as stratocumulus clouds reflected the sun's rays. Image captured by Roger Stretton.
The River Deveron in Aberdeenshire, Scotland burst its banks after heavy rain. Douglas Sharp took this picture just after midday on 3rd September.