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Warner Bros.
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Entertainment Inc. – colloquially known as Warner Bros. or Warner Bros. It is one of the Big Six major American film studios, Warner Bros. is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America. The companys name originated from the four founding Warner brothers, Harry, Albert, Sam, Jack, the youngest, was born in London, Ontario. The three elder brothers began in the theater business, having acquired a movie projector with which they showed films in the mining towns of Pennsylvania. In the beginning, Sam and Albert Warner invested $150 to present Life of an American Fireman and they opened their first theater, the Cascade, in New Castle, Pennsylvania, in 1903. When the original building was in danger of being demolished, the modern Warner Bros. called the current building owners, the owners noted people across the country had asked them to protect it for its historical significance. In 1904, the Warners founded the Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Amusement & Supply Company, in 1912, Harry Warner hired an auditor named Paul Ashley Chase. By the time of World War I they had begun producing films, in 1918 they opened the first Warner Bros. studio on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Sam and Jack produced the pictures, while Harry and Albert, along with their auditor and now controller Chase, handled finance and distribution in New York City. During World War I their first nationally syndicated film, My Four Years in Germany, on April 4,1923, with help from money loaned to Harry by his banker Motley Flint, they formally incorporated as Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. The first important deal was the acquisition of the rights to Avery Hopwoods 1919 Broadway play, The Gold Diggers, however, Rin Tin Tin, a dog brought from France after World War I by an American soldier, established their reputation. Rin Tin Tin debuted in the feature Where the North Begins, the movie was so successful that Jack signed the dog to star in more films for $1,000 per week. Rin Tin Tin became the top star. Jack nicknamed him The Mortgage Lifter and the success boosted Darryl F. Zanucks career, Zanuck eventually became a top producer and between 1928 and 1933 served as Jacks right-hand man and executive producer, with responsibilities including day-to-day film production. More success came after Ernst Lubitsch was hired as head director, lubitschs film The Marriage Circle was the studios most successful film of 1924, and was on The New York Times best list for that year. Despite the success of Rin Tin Tin and Lubitsch, Warners remained a lesser studio, Sam and Jack decided to offer Broadway actor John Barrymore the lead role in Beau Brummel. The film was so successful that Harry signed Barrymore to a contract, like The Marriage Circle. By the end of 1924, Warner Bros. was arguably Hollywoods most successful independent studio, as the studio prospered, it gained backing from Wall Street, and in 1924 Goldman Sachs arranged a major loan
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Fontana Distribution
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Fontana Distribution is a division of San Francisco-based Isolation Network. A minority stake of the company was owned by Universal Music until INgrooves acquired Fontana Distribution from UMG in 2012 to form INgrooves Fontana. Fontana deals in distribution, as well as in a range of sales, marketing, the company takes its name and logo from the Fontana Records label, it was initially launched by Universal Music Group in 2004 and later sold to Isolation Network in 2012. The company includes a UK-based operation, Fontana International, which handles territories outside of North America, the company also has a joint venture in Canada with MapleCore known as Fontana North. The company is the successor of PolyGrams Independent Label Sales, which folded after the 1999 merger of the MCA, Fontana Distribution has been known to successfully round up albums worldwide from national Universal Music Group companies for American release or for distribution into further territories. Fontana Distribution also partners with Executive Music Group, Chicago Independent Distribution, and Twenty Two Music Group Distribution, which in turn distribute other independent labels
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Sony Classical Records
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Sony Classical Records is an American record label. It was started in 1927 as Columbia Masterworks Records, a subsidiary of the American Columbia Records, in 1948, it issued the first commercially successful long-playing 12 record. Over the next decades its artists included Isaac Stern, Pablo Casals, Glenn Gould, Eugene Ormandy, Vangelis, Elliot Goldenthal, Leonard Bernstein, parent CBS also featured the Masterworks name on its consumer electronics equipment. In 1980, the Columbia Masterworks label was renamed CBS Masterworks Records, the Sony Classical label is listed today as a sister label of Masterworks
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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Burbank, California
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Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States,12 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The population at the 2010 census was 103,340, Entertainment, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, NBC, Cartoon Network Studios with the West Coast branch of Cartoon Network, and Insomniac Games. The city is home to Bob Hope Airport. Burbank consists of two areas, a downtown/foothill section, in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains. Burbank is the easternmost city in the San Fernando Valley, Burbanks neighbor, Glendale, is the westernmost city in the San Gabriel Valley. The city was referred to as Beautiful Downtown Burbank on Laugh-In, the city was named after David Burbank, a New Hampshire-born dentist and entrepreneur who established a sheep ranch there in 1867. Historically, this area was the scene of a skirmish which resulted in the unseating of the Spanish Governor of California. Remnants of the battle reportedly were found many years later in the vicinity of Warner Bros. Studio when residents dug up cannonballs, by 1876, the San Fernando Valley became the largest wheat-raising area in Los Angeles County. But the droughts of the 1860s and 1870s underlined the need for water supplies. A professionally trained dentist, Dr. Burbank began his career in Waterville and he joined the great migration westward in the early 1850s and, by 1853 was living in San Francisco. At the time the American Civil War broke out he was well established in his profession as a dentist in Pueblo de Los Angeles. In 1867, he purchased Rancho La Providencia from David W. Alexander and Francis Mellus, Dr. Burbanks property reached nearly 9,200 acres at a cost of $9,000. Dr. Burbank wouldnt acquire full titles to both properties until after a decision known as the Great Partition was made in 1871 dissolving the Rancho San Rafael. Dr. Burbank also later owned the Burbank Theatre, which opened on November 27,1893, though the theater was intended to be an opera house, instead it staged plays and became known nationally. The theatre featured famous actors of the time including Fay Bainter and Marjorie Rambeau, when the area that became Burbank was settled in the 1870s and 1880s, the streets were aligned along what is now Olive Avenue, the road to the Cahuenga Pass and downtown Los Angeles. These were largely the roads the Indians traveled and the settlers took their produce down to Los Angeles to sell. At the time, the primary long-distance transportation methods available to San Fernando Valley residents were stagecoach, stagecoaching between Los Angeles and San Francisco through the Valley began in 1858
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Junkie XL
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Tom Holkenborg, better known as Junkie XL or occasionally JXL, is a Dutch multi-instrumentalist, composer, DJ, producer, and engineer. He uses the name JXL in cases where the term Junkie might cause offense, Holkenborg says of his name, I called myself Junkie XL from the point of view that once youre completely overworked, you never want to go there again. The XL stands for expanding limits, broadening up your vision, originally known for his trance productions, he has moved to producing electronica and big beat music and film scores in recent years. Junkie XL is probably best known for his remix of Elvis Presleys A Little Less Conversation, Holkenborg was born in Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Netherlands. Classically trained by his mother – herself an accredited music teacher – Holkenborg started playing piano when he was four years old, drums when he was eight, already influenced by the psychedelic-pop of Pink Floyd and King Crimson, he took up the bass by age 14. After taking a job at a music store selling keyboards and other digital gear. He also contributed to their album, Sputnik. In 1993, Holkenborg produced Almost a Dance by Dutch metal band The Gathering and it was during this time that he also began scoring the Dutch feature film, Siberia, which would be released by Warner Brothers Netherlands. In 1997, Holkenborg released Saturday Teenage Kick, his first album under the Junkie XL moniker, many of the albums songs featured lyrics and vocals by Patrick Rude Boy Tilon, vocalist for the Dutch rap rock band Urban Dance Squad. After a brief tour with The Prodigy and festival dates at Fuji Rock and Roskilde, future in Computer Hell, the last track on the album, was featured prominently on Welsh DJ and producer Sashas mix album Global Underground 013, Ibiza. The occasion marked the first time Presleys estate had granted permission for any of the material to be remixed. The song reached No.1 in 24 countries, including the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia and Mexico, and was released as a single under the name Elvis vs. JXL. The song was featured as the title song to the NBC TV series Las Vegas, and in feature films like Shark Tale, Percy Jackson & the Olympians, The Lightning Thief. The worldwide popularity of A Little Less Conversation set the stage for his 2003 double-disc album, Radio JXL, the 3AM side consists mostly of progressive house instrumentals, including Breezer, a collaboration with Sasha. Subsequently, two albums were released from the site, 7AM Ambient and 7AM Dance. Today features only one guest vocalist, Nathan Mader, and reverts to the more guitar-based sound of his first two albums and his fifth album, Booming Back at You, saw Holkenborg cultivate a stronger club sound punctuated by tracks like 1967 Poem, featuring Steve Aoki. Many of the lyrics on the album were written in collaboration with Electrocutes Nicole Morier, who appears in Mad Pursuit, Not Enough, and New Toy. The album was released on Artwerk Music, a joint venture between Nettwerk Music and video game company Electronic Arts, and peaked at 11 on Billboards Top Electronic Album chart
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Beyond the Calm of the Corridor
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Beyond the Calm of the Corridor was the only album The Blank Theory released on New Line Records. It featured 13 tracks in total, producer Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne and Ivy fame, Co-Producer James Iha, contributed his guitar works on Killing Me. The album also features a cover of Portisheads Sour Times, the lead single, Middle Of Nowhere, reached #36 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart
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The Sounds
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The Sounds are a Swedish indie rock band. Formed in Helsingborg in 1999, the musical style has been compared to new wave acts such as Blondie, The Cars. Their debut album, Living in America, was released in 2002 and their third album, Crossing the Rubicon, was released on June 2,2009, and their fourth, Something to Die For, was released on March 29,2011. Their latest album, Weekend, was released on October 29,2013, the Sounds were formed in 1998 by classmates Félix Rodríguez, Maja Ivarsson, Johan Bengtsson and Fredrik Blond in Helsingborg, Sweden. The group met Jesper Anderberg, the youngest member, by chance at the Hultsfred Festival, the bands name was decided months later during a trip to London. Before becoming the lead singer of the band, Ivarsson had previously played guitar in other local bands. Their debut album, Living in America, was recorded in Stockholm and produced by Adel Dahdal and Jimmy Monell. It earned them several Best Newcomer awards, a Grammis, a No.4 position in the Swedish album charts, the band has played over 500 gigs since the albums release including participating in the 2004 Warped Tour. The band has stated several times that it relies on word of mouth, the second album, Dying to Say This to You, was recorded at Studio 880 in Oakland, California, and produced by Jeff Saltzman. They started the European leg of their tour in September and in October toured with Panic. at the Disco which included dates in London, altogether, The Sounds played over 200 shows in 2006, over half of which were in the United States. In early October 2007, The Sounds wrapped up their tour in Western Europe. One of the songs, the synthpop-tinged, Hurt You, was used in a Geico television commercial that originally aired in September 2008. Maja Ivarsson was named in Blender Magazines Hottest Women of, the Sounds acknowledged and celebrated the tenth anniversary of their album Dying to Say This to You with a U. S. The Sounds released their studio album Crossing the Rubicon, on 2 June 2009, via Original Signal Recordings and Arnioki Records. They collaborated with Mark Saunders as well as James Iha and Adam Schlesinger on the album, the album was mixed by Tim Palmer at his 62 Studios. (They performed the song No One Sleeps When Im Awake on Last Call with Carson Daly on February 12,2009, the song was also included in CWs new show The Vampire Diaries in the Haunted episode. The title of the album was inspired by the Julius Caesar quote and refers to the bands separation from their previous record label. Their second single, Beatbox, was featured on American Idol, dorchester Hotel was released as a third single in Germany only
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Paris, Texas (band)
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Paris, Texas was a punk rock and emo band signed to New Line Records. They were formed in Madison, Wisconsin in late 1997 by bassist Matt Tennessen, like You Like An Arsonist - New Line Records, Released 2004 Bombs Away Action Fans. Like You Like an Arsonist Rebel Radio White Eyes Your Death Strike My Heart One Hot Coma Hip Replacement Better Off for Being Worse Gemini Action Fans Help Us, Released 2003 Action Fans Help Us. Gemini Your Death One Hot Coma Strike My Heart Brazilliant - Polyvinyl Record Co, Released 10/17/2000 Le Tigre Dress Stress Razor New Neighbors Future Scars 400,000 So, You Think its Hot Here. Released 10/21/1999 Cadillac of High Hair Four Feet Das Wolf Silver Heart Full of Napalm Cemetery City The Driver Lt. Peterson Goodbye Rotten Apples Paris, Released 10/01/1998 One Heater Dating A Dancer In The Back Without Even Kissing Paris Texas at New Line Records Paris Texas Myspace
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Sideways
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Sideways is a 2004 American comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne and written by Jim Taylor and Payne. Sandra Oh and Virginia Madsen also star, Payne and Taylor won multiple awards for their screenplay. The principal actors and actresses received accolades for their performances, Sideways won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and was nominated for four other awards including Best Picture. The film premiered at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival on September 13,2004 and was released in the United States on October 22,2004. In the wine country, the pair visit Miles favorite restaurant, The Hitching Post II, and meet Maya, Jack senses that Maya is interested in Miles, who downplays his friends intuition, and tells Jack that Maya is married. Jack tells Maya that Miles manuscript has been accepted for publication, later, at a tasting in a local winery, they meet an attractive wine pourer named Stephanie, who is also acquainted with Maya. Jack is immediately attracted to Stephanie and arranges a date, to include Miles and Maya. During the date, Miles gets drunk and telephones Vicki, his ex-wife and they return to Stephanies home, where Jack and Stephanie immediately adjourn to her bedroom for sex, while Miles and Maya connect through their mutual interest in wine. Miles tells Maya about his book, and Maya says she is finishing a degree in horticulture so she can leave serving. Miles makes a pass at Maya, which she rejects. They leave separately, but not before he gives her a copy of his manuscript, after spending the day together, Miles and Maya return to her apartment and have sex. The next day, Miles lets it slip that Jack is to be married, disgusted with the dishonesty, Maya dumps Miles and later tells Stephanie who, furious and devastated to learn shes been used, hits Jack repeatedly and breaks his nose using her motorcycle helmet. On finding out his manuscript has been rejected again, Miles drinks heavily, and when the server cuts him off, he ends up drinking from the spit bucket, but Jack eases him out of the room in time. That night, with Stephanie gone, Jack hooks up with another waitress named Cammi, hours later, Jack shows up back at the motel room he shares with Miles – naked and confessing that Cammis husband came home early while she and Jack were having sex. Jack explains he was forced to flee without his clothes and wallet, Jack convinces Miles to drive him back to Cammis house and sneak inside, where he discovers Cammi and her husband having sex. Miles spies Jacks wallet, grabs it and runs from the house, barely escaping Cammis irate husband, to explain the broken nose and cover up the infidelity to his fiancée, Jack runs Miles convertible into a tree, giving the appearance they had been in an accident. The pair return to the home of Jacks fiancée, where he is welcomed with open arms, following the wedding ceremony, Miles runs into his ex-wife Vicki and meets her new husband. After learning that she is pregnant, Miles accepts that he will never get Vicki back
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Robbers on High Street
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Robbers on High Street are an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York. Robbers on High Street began performing publicly during the summer of 2002, ben Trokan and Steve Sparky Mercado have been friends since their preteen years growing up in the upstate New York town of Poughkeepsie. Both Mercado and Trokan shared a recent familial relocation from the Bronx and Manhattan, respectively, ten years later Trokan returned to New York City for college and through mutual friends met and began playing with drummer Tomer Danan. In Poughkeepsie, Mercado reconnected with Jeremy Phillips, an old school friend, robbers on High Street—the name came from a lyric of one of the bands early, discarded compositions—was officially born when the four began playing together. The band was signed by Scratchie/New Line Records at the end of 2003. Fine Lines, the bands debut EP was released in March 2004 and was co-produced by Peter Katis, as was their first full-length album, Tree City, Tree City was released in February 2005 and Phillips was replaced shortly thereafter by Florida native Morgan King. In addition to playing bass, King is proficient in brass instruments, the band toured for most of 2005 with Cake, Hot Hot Heat, Sloan, and Brendan Benson. The album met strong reviews and several songs off Tree City landed in several films, TV shows and commercials. In the summer of 2006 the band parted ways with drummer Tomer Danan and went in the studio as a trio with Trokan taking over drumming duties to record their follow up LP, Grand Animals. For this album the band connected with Italian film composer Daniele Luppi, known mostly for his arrangements and orchestral work with Danger Mouse. The band recorded in New York and mixed with Jeff Peters in Los Angeles, Grand Animals was released on July 24,2007 and the band did several tours with The Redwalls, The Sea and Cake, Fountains of Wayne and Great Northern. Scratchie/New Line Records folded shortly after the New Year, after purchasing a TASCAM MS-16116 track, the band entered the studio in October 2009 to begin work on their third full-length album. Produced by Trokan with engineer Matt Shane, they settled in at Tommy Brenneck’s Dunham Studio for mixdown. In June 2010, the 7 single Electric Eye b/w Face In The Fog, some brief Northeast tours in the Summer and Fall in support followed, as well as an appearance at the 2010 CMJ Music Marathon. 2 compilation song, Cool It Now The Lifted Brow, No
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Dying to Say This to You
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Dying to Say This to You is the second studio album in English by Swedish new wave group The Sounds. It was released on 15 March 2006 in Sweden and 21 March 2006 in the United States, the album blends Swedish-influenced new wave music with a sassy and spunky delivery by vocalist Maja Ivarsson, reminiscent of Blondie. The cover depicts The Misshapes DJ Leigh Lezark on the left, the song Running Out of Turbo was featured in a chase scene in the episode Free Fall of the American television show CSI, Miami, as well as an episode of the MTV reality show The Hills. The song Queen of Apology was remixed by Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump for the soundtrack release Snakes on a Plane, the track Hurt You is featured in a 2008 TV spot for Geico in the United States. The song Tony The Beat is playing during a party scene at Coras house in the 2007 movie, upon its release, Dying to Say This to You received generally favorable reviews from music critics. All tracks written by Jesper Anderberg, Johan Bengtsson, Maja Ivarsson, Fredrik Nilsson, ¹ Enhanced CD-ROM track remixed by Tommie Sunshine. The Sounds acknowledged and celebrated the anniversary of their album Dying to Say This to You with a U. S. The Sounds Official Website The Sounds MySpace Page Album promotional website, with track previews
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A Prairie Home Companion
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A Prairie Home Companion is a live weekly radio variety show hosted by musician and songwriter Chris Thile. The program was created in 1974 by Garrison Keillor, who hosted it until 2016 and it airs on Saturdays from 5 to 7 p. m. Central Time, from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, it is frequently heard on tours to New York City. The show is known for its guests, especially folk and traditional musicians, tongue-in-cheek radio drama. Keillors wry storytelling segment, News from Lake Wobegon, was the shows best-known feature during his long tenure. S. The radio program inspired a 2006 film of the name, written by Keillor, directed by Robert Altman, and featuring Keillor, Kevin Kline, Lily Tomlin, Meryl Streep. In 2015, Keillor announced that he would step down from hosting the program and designated Chris Thile as the new host, Keillor will continue on as the shows producer. On July 1,2016, Keillors final episode of the show was recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl in California for an audience of 18,000 fans and was broadcast on July 2,2016, Thile made his debut as permanent host on October 15,2016. The earliest radio program to have the name bore little resemblance to the present Saturday-evening show, a Prairie Home Companion was originally a morning show, running from 6 to 9 a. m. on Minnesota Public Radio. After researching the Grand Ole Opry for an article, Keillor became interested in doing a variety show on the radio, on July 6,1974, the first live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion took place. That show was broadcast from St. Paul in the Janet Wallace Auditorium of Macalester College, twelve audience members turned out, mostly children. The second episode featured the first performance on the show by Butch Thompson, Thompson stayed with the program until 1986 and still frequently performs on the show. In 1978, the moved into the World Theater in St. Paul. This is the location the program uses today. The show went off the air in 1987, and Keillor married, however, many stations opted instead to continue APHC repeats in its traditional Saturday time slot. In 1989, Keillor returned to radio with The American Radio Company of the Air, during this period, Keillor revived the full APHC format only for annual farewell performances. In the fall of 1992, Keillor returned to the World Theater with ARC for the majority of the season, with Lake Wobegon, the next year, the program officially reverted to the A Prairie Home Companion name and format. While many of the episodes originate from St. Paul, the show travels to other cities around the U. S
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Snakes on a Plane
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Snakes on a Plane is a 2006 American action thriller film directed by David R. Ellis and starring Samuel L. Jackson. It was released by New Line Cinema on August 18,2006, the film was written by David Dalessandro, John Heffernan, and Sheldon Turner and follows the events of hundreds of snakes being released on a passenger plane in an attempt to kill a trial witness. The film gained an amount of attention before its release, forming large fanbases online and becoming an Internet phenomenon, due to the films title, casting. In response to the Internet fan base, New Line Cinema incorporated feedback from online users into its production, before and after the film was released, it was parodied and alluded to on television shows and films, fan-made videos, video games, and various forms of literature. Despite the immense Internet buzz, the gross revenue did not live up to expectations. The film grossed US$62 million worldwide before its release on video on January 2,2007. After witnessing gangster Eddie Kim brutally beat U. S, prosecutor Daniel Hayes to death in Hawaii, Sean Jones is escorted by FBI agents Neville Flynn and John Sanders on a Boeing 747-400 to testify in a trial in Los Angeles. The crate opens midway through the flight and the snakes make their way through the cabin, a couple having sex in a bathroom, and a man using the bathroom are the first killed. The planes captain, Sam McKeon, investigates and fixes an electrical short, co-pilot Rick, unaware of the snake, believes Sam has suffered a heart attack and continues toward LAX. Some of the snakes attack Rick, and while fending them off he accidentally releases the oxygen masks throughout the plane, numerous passengers, including Agent Sanders, are killed when the snakes invade the cabin. The surviving passengers, who have made their way to the front of the plane, Rick is attacked and the plane starts to dip downwards, causing a food trolley to crash through the luggage blockade. The passengers flee to the upstairs first class cabin before blocking the stairwell with an inflatable liferaft, Agent Flynn and Flight Attendant Claire regain control of the plane. Rick retakes the controls and has Flynn go into the hold to restore the air conditioning/ventilation system. Agent Flynn contacts FBI Special Agent Hank Harris on the ground, after a shootout, the dealer is bitten by one of his snakes and Harris withholds the antivenom if he does not give them details. The dealer finally reveals that Kim hired him to obtain the snakes, Harris contacts Flynn, telling him that anti-venom will be ready for the passengers when they land. However, Flynn discovers that the cockpit is filled with snakes, after a brief discussion, Troy, Three Gs bodyguard, agrees to land the plane based on prior experience. After everyone gets prepared, Flynn shoots out two windows with his pistol, causing the plane to depressurize, the snakes are blown out of the cockpit and the lower floor of the plane. Flynn and Troy take the controls of the plane and Troy reveals that his experience was from a video game flight simulator
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Thomas Newman
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Thomas Montgomery Newman is an American composer best known for his many film scores. Newman has been nominated for fourteen Academy Awards and three Golden Globes, and has won two BAFTAs, six Grammys and an Emmy Award, Newman was honored with the Richard Kirk award at the 2000 BMI Film and TV Awards. The award is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions to film, born in Los Angeles, California, he is the youngest son of Mississippi-born Martha Louis Montgomery and composer Alfred Newman, who won nine Academy Award for Best Original Score. During their upbringing, Martha herded her sons into violin lessons in the San Fernando Valley every weekend, while at Yale, he met composer Stephen Sondheim, who became an early mentor. Newman and his wife, Ann Marie, have three children and they reside in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. At first, Newman was more interested in musical theater than in film composition, Lionel, who succeeded Alfred as music director for 20th Century Fox, gave Thomas his first scoring assignment on a 1979 episode of the series The Paper Chase. In 1983, John Williams, who was a friend of both Alfred and Lionel, invited Newman to work on Return of the Jedi, orchestrating the scene where Darth Vader dies. Afterwards Newman met in New York producer Scott Rudin, who invited him to compose the score for Reckless, in 1992, Newman composed the score to Martin Brests film Scent of a Woman. In 1994, he got his first Academy Award nominations with the scores to The Shawshank Redemption and he also scored the film The War. In 1996, he scored Diane Keatons Unstrung Heroes, receiving yet another Oscar nomination, in 1998, he scored Robert Redfords The Horse Whisperer as well as Meet Joe Black. In 1999, Newman composed the score to Sam Mendes first feature film American Beauty, Newman believed the score helped move the film along without disturbing the moral ambiguity of the script, saying It was a real delicate balancing act in terms of what music worked to preserve that. This was his first collaboration with Mendes, and he would go on to all of the directors subsequent films except for the comedy-drama Away We Go. He received a fourth Oscar nomination for this score, and although he lost again, he did receive a Grammy and a BAFTA. His critical and commercial success has continued in the years with his scores for films such as Meet Joe Black, The Green Mile, Erin Brockovich, In the Bedroom. He was nominated consecutively for a further three Academy Awards, for Road to Perdition, Finding Nemo, and Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events, however, he lost on each occasion to Elliot Goldenthal, Howard Shore, and Jan A. P. Kaczmarek respectively. He was again nominated for an Oscar for scoring Steven Soderberghs The Good German, at the Oscar ceremony, he appeared in the opening segment by Errol Morris, who jokingly stated that Newman had been nominated for and failed to win an Oscar eight times. Newman replied, No, Ive failed seven but this will be my eighth, and indeed, he again lost and his first score since The Good German was for the 2008 animated film WALL-E, collaborating for the second time with director Andrew Stanton. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Newman received two Oscar nominations, one for Best Original Score, and another for Best Original Song for Down to Earth, which he co-wrote with Peter Gabriel
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Hairspray (2007 soundtrack)
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Hairspray, Soundtrack to the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album for the 2007 New Line Cinema musical film Hairspray. The film is an adaptation of the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, the album has sold upwards of 1,200,000 copies in the USA, and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. The soundtrack received positive reviews from critics, the soundtrack contains nineteen songs from the film written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, three of which were not included in the stage musical version. Shaiman, who produced the original cast album for the Broadway musical, hairsprays music is written and performed to conform to the storys 1962 setting, with influences spanning the genres of rock and roll, soul, and pop. Ladies Choice, a new song performed by Zac Efron, was the Hairspray soundtracks first single, iTunes released the single on May 15,2007. The soundtrack debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 20 and peaked at number two. Come So Far is played over the end credits, as are renditions of two songs from the stage musical which were not included in the film proper, Cooties and Mama. Cooties is performed on the soundtrack in a pop style by singer Aimee Allen. It was also played while the contestants, for Miss Teenage Hairspray, harvey Fierstein, who played Edna in the original Broadway production, also has a vocal cameo at the end of this track. Several of the songs from the Broadway musical had their lyrics altered and/or verses removed for use in the film version. These songs include Miss Baltimore Crabs, Welcome to the 60s, Big, Blonde and Beautiful, Without Love, Hairspray, You Cant Stop the Beat, et cetera. In 2016, an edition of the album was released. All tracks written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, a limited edition two-disc version of the Hairspray soundtrack was released on November 20,2007, the same day as the films DVD/Blu-Ray release. The album debuted at #90 on the Billboard 200 with sales of at least 20,000 copies sold, although included in the movie, The Nicest Kids in Town was not included on the motion picture soundtrack. The track included Tracy in the Roll Call with Corny and the Council Members, another such song was Tied Up in the Knots of Sin and the performers included Marc Shaiman and Adam Shankman
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17 Again (film)
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17 Again is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Burr Steers. The film follows 37-year-old Mike who becomes a 17-year-old boy after a chance accident, the film also features Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon and Michelle Trachtenberg in supporting roles. The film was released in the United States on April 17,2009, in 1989, 17-year-old Mike ODonnell learns during the start of his high school championship basketball game that his girlfriend Scarlet Porter is pregnant. Moments after the game begins, he leaves the game and goes after Scarlet, abandoning his hopes of going to college, two decades later, Mike, now 37 years old, finds his life stalled. He quits his job and his high school-age children, 17-year-old Maggie, later, while visiting his high school to reminisce, an encounter with a mysterious janitor transforms Mike back into his 17-year-old self. After convincing Ned of his identity, Ned believes that Mikes transformation was caused by a spirit guide who is trying to steer him on a better path. Mike then enrolls in high school posing as Mark Gold, Neds son, and plans to go to college with a basketball scholarship. As he befriends his son and discovers that his daughter has a boyfriend, Stan. He meets Stan, the captain of the team. Mike then makes a speech about love and sex in front of the class for Maggies benefit. Stan then takes the condoms claiming that he is stocked up for the weekend, because of this, Mike loses his temper and starts a fight with Stan on the floor, which is being taped by other students and eventually goes viral within a matter of minutes. Mike loses the fight and Ned is called up to the school, through their children, Mike spends time with Scarlet, who notes his remarkable resemblance to her husband in high school, but rationalizes it as an odd coincidence. He does his best to separate Stan and Maggie, while also encouraging Alex to be more confident so he can make the basketball team, Mike has difficulty resisting his desire for Scarlet despite the relationships clear inappropriateness. Ned, meanwhile, begins to pursue the schools principal through increasingly extravagant stunts in order to win her affections, Mike insists that Stan is no good for her, and forbids that she see him again, causing Maggie to storm off angrily confused. After Mike and Alex help win a game, Mike decides to throw a party at Neds house in order to further increase Alexs popularity. After school, Mike finds Maggie sobbing and learns she refused Stans requests for sex, Mike comforts her and invites her to the party. Ned manages to secure a date with the principal by promising to buy every student a laptop. During their date, Ned tries to impress her by taking her to a restaurant and pretending to know things about wine
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Mychael Danna
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Mychael Danna is a Canadian film composer. He won both the Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Original Score for Life of Pi. He has also won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special in his work on World Without End, Medieval Life and Death Part 1 and 2. Danna was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but his family moved to Burlington and he is the brother of fellow composer Jeff Danna. He has been scoring films since his 1987 feature debut for Atom Egoyans Family Viewing and he has won five times for Achievement in Music - Original Score. Danna is recognized as one of the pioneers of combining non-Western sound sources with orchestral and his soundtrack for Ang Lees Life of Pi earned two Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score and Best Original Song Pis Lullaby. He studied music composition at the University of Toronto, winning the Glenn Gould Composition Scholarship in 1985, Danna also served for five years as composer-in-residence at the McLaughlin Planetarium in Toronto. Works for dance music for Dead Souls, and a score for the Royal Winnipeg Ballets Gita Govinda based on the 1000-year-old classical Gita Govinda. In June 2014, Danna was awarded an honorary Doctorate by the University of Toronto, dannas wife Aparna is of Indian origin, the couple have two sons. He is the brother of composer Jeff Danna. Official Mychael Danna website Mychael Danna at the Internet Movie Database Danna talks about The Nativity Story
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The Time Traveler's Wife (film)
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The Time Travelers Wife is a 2009 American romantic drama film based on Audrey Niffeneggers 2003 novel of the same name. Directed by Robert Schwentke, the film stars Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, filming began in September 2007, originally in anticipation of a fall 2008 release. The films release was postponed with no official explanation from the studio. The film was released in theaters on August 14,2009, in the early 1970s, Henry DeTamble is in a car accident that kills his mother but which he survives by inadvertently time traveling back two weeks. Moments later, Henry is helped by a version of himself who has also traveled back. In 1991, Henry meets Clare Abshire in the library where he works and she is overjoyed to see him although he is actually meeting her for the first time. Clare explains that she met Henrys future self when she was a child, and that he informed her then that they would meet in the future, since childhood, Henry has been Clares best friend and visited her. Clare develops a crush with Henry, and she is upset after learning that he is married and they begin a relationship, which is challenged by Henrys disorder. His sporadic time traveling is further complicated by the fact that he arrives at his destination completely naked, from an early age, he learned how to pick locks and to steal clothing to endure his travels. Among his getaways are many visits to young Clare, from present-day Clares diary, he gets a list of dates when he visited her, and gives those to young Clare so that she can be waiting for him with clothes. Henrys disappearances allow him to win the lottery by having the numbers in advance and it also makes having a child with Clare seemingly impossible, as Henrys genes cause their unborn fetuses to time travel. They seek a renowned doctors help, but after numerous similar miscarriages, however, soon after, Clare gets pregnant one last time – by a visiting younger version of Henry – and carries the baby full-term. Alba tells Henry that he die when she is five years old. Albas pre-teen self, who tries to prepare her younger self for Henry’s death. Clare is devastated to discover what is soon to come, later, Henry time travels and is accidentally shot by Clares father who is hunting elk. Henry returns in time to die in Clares arms, Niffenegger stated in an interview that as she was writing the book, she had thoughts of how a film version of the book would appear. When asked about the prospect of her novel being turned into a film, Niffenegger said, and Im kind of afraid that will be changed or wiped out by what somebody else might do with it. And it is sort of thrilling and creepy, because now the characters have an existence apart from me, in September 2003, the studio hired screenwriter Jeremy Leven to write an adapted screenplay of the novel
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The Hangover
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The Hangover is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Todd Phillips, co-produced with Daniel Goldberg, and written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Rachael Harris, Mike Epps, Justin Bartha, and Jeffrey Tambor. It tells the story of Phil Wenneck, Stu Price, Alan Garner, and Doug Billings, however, Phil, Stu and Alan wake up with Doug missing and no memory of the previous nights events, and must find the groom before the wedding can take place. Lucas and Moore wrote the script after executive producer Chris Benders friend disappeared and had a bill after being sent to a strip club. Filming took place in Nevada for 15 days, and during filming, the Hangover was released on June 5,2009, and was a critical and commercial success. The film became the film of 2009, with a worldwide gross of over $467 million. The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and received multiple other accolades. Out of all R-rated films, it is the six-highest-grossing ever in the U. S. behind only The Passion of the Christ, The Matrix Reloaded, Ted, American Sniper, and Deadpool. A sequel, The Hangover Part II, was released on May 26,2011, and they spend the night at Caesars Palace, where they relax in their hotel suite before celebrating with a few drinks on the hotel rooftop. The next morning, Phil, Stu, and Alan awaken to find they have no memory of the previous night, and Doug is nowhere to be found. Stus tooth is in Alans pocket, their suite is in a state of disarray, a tiger is in their bathroom, a chicken is in their living room, and a baby is in the closet. They find Dougs mattress impaled on a statue outside of Caesars Palace and when they ask for their Mercedes, the valet delivers an LVPD police cruiser. Using clues to retrace their steps, the travel to a hospital where they discover they were drugged with Rohypnol, causing their memory loss. At the chapel, they learn that Stu married a stripper named Jade, despite being in a relationship with his abusive. Outside the chapel, the trio is attacked by gangsters saying they are looking for someone and they flee and visit Jade, discovering that she is the mother of the baby, whose real name is Tyler. They are then arrested by the police for stealing the police cruiser, after being told that the Mercedes has been impounded, the trio is released when they unknowingly volunteer to be targets for a taser demonstration. While driving the Mercedes, they discover a naked Chinese man named Leslie Chow in the trunk, Chow jumps out of the trunk, beats the trio up with a crowbar and flees. Alan confesses that he drugged their drinks to ensure they had a good night, returning to their suite, they find the boxer Mike Tyson, who orders the trio to return the tiger to his mansion immediately
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Hans Zimmer
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Hans Florian Zimmer is a German composer and record producer. Since the 1980s, he has composed music for over 150 films, Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States. He is the head of the music division at DreamWorks studios and works with other composers through the company that he founded, Remote Control Productions. His studio in Santa Monica, California has a range of computer equipment and keyboards. Zimmers works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements and he has received four Grammy Awards, three Classical BRIT Awards, two Golden Globes, and an Academy Award. He was also named on the list of Top 100 Living Geniuses, Zimmer was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. As a young child, he lived in Königstein-Falkenstein, where he played the piano at home but had piano lessons only briefly as he disliked the discipline of formal lessons and he moved to London as a teenager, where he attended Hurtwood House school. In an interview with Mashable in February 2013, he said of his parents My mother was very musical, basically a musician and my father was an engineer and an inventor. In an interview with the German television station ZDF in 2006, he commented, My father died when I was just a child, and I escaped somehow into the music and music has been my best friend. In a speech at the 1999 Berlin Film Festival, Zimmer stated that he is Jewish, Zimmer began his career playing keyboards and synthesizers in the 1970s, with the band Krakatoa. He worked with the Buggles, a new band formed in London in 1977 with Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes. Zimmer can be seen briefly in the Buggles music video for the 1979 song Video Killed the Radio Star, after working with the Buggles, he started to work for the Italian group Krisma, a new wave band formed in 1976 with Maurizio Arcieri and Christina Moser. He was a featured synthesist for Krisma’s third album, Cathode Mamma and he has also worked with the band Helden. Both Zimmer and Cann, were invited to be part of the Spanish group Mecano for a performance in Segovia in 1984. Two songs from this concert were included in the Mecano, En Concierto album released in 1985 only in Spain, in 1985, he contributed to the Shriekback album Oil & Gold. While living in London, Zimmer wrote advertising jingles for Air-Edel Associates, in the 1980s, Zimmer partnered with Stanley Myers, a prolific film composer who wrote the scores for over sixty films. Zimmer and Myers co–founded the London–based Lillie Yard recording studio, together, Myers and Zimmer worked on fusing the traditional orchestral sound with electronic instruments. Some of the films on which Zimmer and Myers worked are Moonlighting, Success is the Best Revenge, Insignificance, Zimmers first solo score was Terminal Exposure for director Nico Mastorakis in 1987, for which he also wrote the songs
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Sherlock Holmes (soundtrack)
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Sherlock Holmes, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2009 film of the same name, directed by Guy Ritchie, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. Director Guy Ritchie used the soundtrack from the film The Dark Knight by Hans Zimmer as temporary music during editing, Zimmer was pleased when Ritchie asked him to do the score but was told to do something completely different. Zimmer described his score to Ritchie as the sound of The Pogues joining a Romanian orchestra, for the musical accompaniment, composer Hans Zimmer used a banjo, cimbalom, squeaky violins, a broken pub piano and other unconventional instruments such as the Experibass. At first, Zimmer had his own piano detuned, but he found that it did not accomplish his goal. It simply sounded out of tune and he asked his assistant to locate a broken piano for him. The first piano they located was passed over as it had obviously been loved and cared for, but the second piano they found was the one they used in the production of Sherlock Holmes. Zimmer said We rented 20th Century Fox’s underground car park one Sunday, the boxing scene in the film also features a version of Rocky Road to Dublin by The Dubliners, which is not included in this album. All music composed by Hans Zimmer
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Valentine's Day (soundtrack)
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Valentines Day Soundtrack is the official soundtrack to the 2010 film Valentines Day, released on February 9,2010 via Big Machine Records. The album includes contributions from country and pop artists, including Big Machine signees Taylor Swift, keep On Lovin You was recorded by Steel Magnolia, the second-season winners of the talent show Can You Duet, on its self-titled debut extended play. The song has reached Top 10 on the Billboard country charts, Taylor Swift has two cuts, Jump Then Fall and Today Was a Fairytale, both of which had previously been released as digital singles. Jewels Stay Here Forever was also released to radio in advance of the albums release
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Ramin Djawadi
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Ramin Djawadi is a German-Iranian composer. Djawadi is best known for his score for HBOs popular television series Game of Thrones and he was born in Duisburg, West Germany, to an Iranian father and a German mother. After graduating summa cum laude from Berklee College of Music in 1998, Djawadi garnered the attention of Hans Zimmer, Djawadi moved to Los Angeles and worked as an assistant to Klaus Badelt. He then went out on his own with Blade, Trinity and this was the beginning of his relationship with Goyer for both film and television. Djawadi wrote the score for Goyers horror thriller The Unborn, which was produced by Michael Bay, further collaboration with Goyer was the television show FlashForward, earning him his second Emmy nomination. Djawadi also composed the Emmy-nominated main title theme for Prison Break, djawadis ethereal score for the film Mr. Brooks earned him a World Soundtrack Awards “Discovery of the Year” nomination. His other scores include Deception, starring Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor, Robert Townes Ask the Dust, Djawadi scored the first Sony Animation project, Open Season, followed by the sequel Open Season 2. Additional animation scores include The Chubbchubbs Save Xmas, djawadis work in these films attracted the filmmakers of the Belgium-based nWave, who created one of the first animated movies in 3D, Fly Me to the Moon. Djawadi completed Warner Brothers Clash of the Titans in 2010, Djawadi also scored the soundtrack for the 2010 video game Medal of Honor and the CBS crime drama Person of Interest. He also scores the FXs vampire drama The Strain, created by Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro, in 2011 he was selected to score HBOs fantasy drama Game of Thrones. His continued work on Game of Thrones has garnered him several industry awards, in 2016 Djawadi composed for the fantasy film Warcraft and the HBO science fiction show Westworld. Djawadi composed the score for the 2016 fantasy action eastern drama The Great Wall, Djawadi is married to Jennifer Hawks, a music executive in the film industry. According to Djawadi, he has the condition known as synesthesia whereby he may associate colors with music, or music with colors. Djawadi has composed and produced one hundred soundtracks and film scores for both film and TV. His best known work is the score of HBOs series, Game of Thrones, along with television shows such as Prison Break, Person of Interest. He is also known for movie scores like Pacific Rim, Iron Man, Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience Music of Game of Thrones Ramin Djawadi at the Internet Movie Database
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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
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Legend of the Guardians, The Owls of GaHoole is a 2010 American-Australian 3D computer-animated fantasy-adventure film based on the Guardians of GaHoole series by Kathryn Lasky. The score was composed by David Hirschfelder and Adam Young from Owl City, the film was produced by Warner Bros. Village Roadshow Pictures and Animal Logic, like Rover Dangerfield, Legend of the Guardians, The Owls of GaHoole is the only Cruel and Unusual Films production that is not aimed at adult audience members. Production took place in Australia, and the film was released in RealD 3D, the film grossed $140.1 million on a $80 million budget. Soren enjoys listening to the Legends of GaHoole, which are tales of warrior owls called the Guardians who fight against the Pure Ones. Kludd berates his brothers dreams, having tired of listening to the stories. When their father teaches them the first steps to flying, Kludd becomes jealous of Sorens natural branching ability, later, when practicing branching while their parents are hunting, Kludd pushes Soren off a branch which forces them both to fall to the ground. They are attacked by a Tasmanian devil but are saved, and then kidnapped, along the way, more owlets are revealed to have been kidnapped. Soren meets Gylfie, a young elf owl who is also kidnapped, at St. Aegolius, the owlets are greeted by Nyra, who says that they will be divided into either soldiers or pickers. When Soren and Gylfie protest, they are sorted as pickers while Kludd, Soren and Gylfie avoid being moon-blinked, while the others do not know and become moon-blinked. They are forced to pick through owls pellets, scouring for bits of metal flecks and they are spotted by Grimble, a boreal owl, who reveals that he works under the Pure Ones only to keep his family safe and that he isnt really a Pure One at all. He teaches them to fly, but Nyra finds out whilst coming to invite Soren to become a soldier, Kludd decides to remain with the Pure Ones, despite Sorens pleas for him to come with him. Grimble and Nyra engage in a battle, but Grimble is eventually killed, following his instructions to seek the Great Tree of GaHoole and warn the Guardians, Soren and Gylfie fly out. Along their journey, they meet Twilight, a great grey owl, and Digger, a burrowing owl, Soren is reunited with Mrs. P who is brought in by Twilight, having captured her for dinner while she searched for Soren and Kludd. She agrees to go with them to find the Guardians and he sends the owls out to sea to find the island of GaHoole. There, Soren tells the Guardian council about the Pure Ones plans, the Guardians are skeptical, but an elderly screech owl named Ezylryb is convinced by Sorens sincerity. Boron sends a great grey owl called Allomere out with two scouts to investigate St. Aegolius, the band is shown refuge at the Tree of GaHoole, guided by a young Guardian-in-training named Otulissa, a short-eared owl. Soren develops a crush on her, to Gylfies annoyance and they are sent to attend different classes called chaws
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Sucker Punch (soundtrack)
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Sucker Punch is the soundtrack for the film of the same name. It was released on March 22,2011 by WaterTower Music, the album consists of covered songs, mainly by the films stars. Emily Browning sings three songs, and Carla Gugino and Oscar Isaac performs a cover of Love Is the Drug as a duet, recording artists Björk, Skunk Anansie, Emilíana Torrini, Queen, Carla Azar, Alison Mosshart and Yoav also have songs on the soundtrack. All of the covers on the album were produced by Marius de Vries and Tyler Bates, director Zack Snyder wanted the songs to add depth, dimension and meaning to the fantasy aspects of the film. The recording sessions began in September 2009, part of Brownings audition for her role in the film included recording herself while singing. Snyder liked her voice and offered her to sing The Smiths song Asleep, the album received generally positive reviews and critics considered it one of the best soundtracks of the year, especially when compared to their panning of the film. Browning was praised for her throughout the album, mainly on Sweet Dreams. Sucker Punch reached number twenty-two on the Billboard 200, and the top of the Top Soundtracks chart, internationally, the album reached the top fifty in Australia, New Zealand, Austria and Germany. As with the soundtrack for Watchmen, director Zack Snyder decided to go with covers instead of songs, saying If you go with the original song. But if you go with covers you also get all of the baggage you bring to it and it kind of resonates and rings across time, its not just of the moment. The soundtrack was produced by composer Tyler Bates and musical producer Marius de Vries, Snyder wanted the songs to add depth, dimension and meaning to the sequences they exist within, as the film includes multiple levels of reality. De Vries noted the director tried to use instead of an original score so that the lyrics could help navigate the way through the complex scenes. Bates said the songs serve as the link to the world of Babydoll while the score was designed to simply underscore the sense of reality in the various alternate realities/action. The original script of the film included parts where the characters sang, but it did not make the final cut, and de Vries said, It was never going to be an opera, or even going to be a musical. It was very unlikely even to have any break into song moments within it, Bates considers Emilíana Torrinis cover of White Rabbit to be the soundtracks standout. Nine songs are featured in the soundtrack, with Bates saying others were considered and discarded for among other reasons, veto from the original artists, Carla Gugino revealed in August 2009 that she had begun taking singing lessons for her part in the film. One month later, Jamie Chung announced in an interview with E, entertainment that recording for the soundtrack had begun. When Emily Browning auditioned for her role as Babydoll, Snyder asked her to sing because of the element in the film
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James Newton Howard
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James Newton Howard is an American composer, conductor, music producer and musician. He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award, Emmy Award, and eight Academy Award nominations. He has collaborated with directors M. Night Shyamalan, having scored nine of his films since The Sixth Sense, James Newton Howard was born in Los Angeles. He came from a family, his grandmother was the Pittsburgh Symphonys concertmaster. Howard began studying music as a child, taking piano lessons at the age of four. He went on to attend the Thacher School in Ojai, California, after Howard left college, he joined a short-lived rock band, then worked for a couple of years as a session musician with artists including Diana Ross, Ringo Starr, and Harry Nilsson. In the early 70s, he described himself as being dirt poor and he joined Eltons band and toured with them as keyboardist during the late 70s and early 80s. He was part of the band that played Central Park, New York, in 1982, Howard was featured on Toto IV as the strings conductor and orchestrator for I Wont Hold You Back, Afraid of Love, and Lovers in the Night. A year later, he released the live album James Newton Howard and Friends, which featured Totos David Paich, Steve Porcaro, Jeff Porcaro, in 1983, Howard was co-producer, musician, and orchestrator of Riccardo Cocciantes album Sincerità. After briefly touring with Crosby, Stills and Nash, he took an opportunity brought to him by his manager to write a score for a small-time movie. This career move would lead to his becoming a film music composer. He conducted both his own and Paul Buckmasters arrangements during the half of the set, which focused on orchestrated performances of selected songs from the Elton John catalog. When delving into his history, twenty-five years after the death of his father. He later became a practicing Reconstructionist Jew, Howard scored the surprise blockbuster romantic comedy Pretty Woman and received his first Academy Award nomination for his score for Barbra Streisands drama The Prince of Tides. Night Shyamalans The Village, and Michael Clayton, in addition, Howard scored the Western epic Wyatt Earp, Kevin Costners Waterworld, and Primal Fear. His collaborations on songs for One Fine Day and Junior garnered Oscar nominations for Best Song and he has also scored three Disney animated feature films, Dinosaur, Atlantis, The Lost Empire and Treasure Planet. On October 14,2005 Howard replaced Howard Shore as composer for King Kong, the resultant score earned Howard his first Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score. His work on Michael Clayton earned him an Oscar nomination and he followed in 2008 with his eighth Oscar nomination for Edward Zwicks Defiance
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Green Lantern (soundtrack)
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Green Lantern, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack to the film of the same name, and it was released in stores on June 14,2011. The soundtrack was composed by James Newton Howard, who worked on the other Warner Bros/DC Comics based films Batman Begins. The soundtrack was published by WaterTower Music, all music composed by James Newton Howard. Soundtracks for Green Lantern at the Internet Movie Database
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Horrible Bosses
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Horrible Bosses is a 2011 American black comedy film directed by Seth Gordon, written by Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, based on a story by Markowitz. It stars Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey, and Jamie Foxx. The plot follows three friends, played by Bateman, Day, and Sudeikis, who decide to murder their respective overbearing, abusive bosses, portrayed by Spacey, Aniston and Farrell. Markowitzs script was bought by New Line Cinema in 2005 and the spent six years in various states of pre-production. By 2010, Goldstein and Daley had rewritten the script, the film premiered in Los Angeles on June 30,2011, and received a wide release on July 8,2011. The film grossed over $209 million worldwide during its theatrical run, the film opened to positive critical reception, with several critics praising the ensemble cast, with each lead being singled out for their performances across reviews. The plot received a mixed response, some reviewers felt that its dark, humorous premise was explored well, while others felt the jokes were racist, homophobic. A sequel, Horrible Bosses 2, was released on November 26,2014, Nick Hendricks and Dale Arbus are friends who despise their bosses. Nick works at a firm for the sadistic David Harken. Dale is a dental assistant being sexually harassed by his boss, Dr. Julia Harris, at night, over drinks, Kurt jokingly suggests that their lives would be happier if their bosses were no longer around. Initially hesitant, they agree to kill their employers. In search of a hitman, the trio meet Dean Motherfuckah Jones, Jones suggests that Dale, Kurt and Nick kill each others bosses to hide their motive while making the deaths look like accidents. The three reconnoiter Bobbys house, and Kurt steals Bobbys phone and they next go to Harkens house, where Kurt and Nick go inside while Dale waits in the car. Harken returns home and confronts Dale for littering, but then has an attack from the peanut butter on the litter. Dale saves Harken by stabbing him with an EpiPen, Nick and Kurt think Dale is stabbing Harken to death and flee, with Kurt accidentally dropping Bobbys phone in Harkens bedroom. The next night, Kurt watches Julias home, but she seduces and has sex with him, Nick and Dale reluctantly wait outside Bobbys and Harkens houses, respectively, to commit the murders, despite neither of them wanting to. Harken discovers Bobbys cellphone in his bedroom and uses it to find his address and he drives over and kills Bobby, with Nick as a secret witness. Nick flees at high speed, setting off a traffic camera, the trio meet to discuss their reservations about continuing with their plan
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (soundtrack)
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Sherlock Holmes, A Game of Shadows – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2011 film of the same name. Hans Zimmer collaborated again with Lorne Balfe to produce the score and it was released on 13 December 2011, three days before the film was released itself. Musically, the album is influenced by classical and Romani music, while reading page five of the script, Zimmer came to a part about a Gypsy fortuneteller. He called the director, Guy Ritchie and told him they needed to do a trip to Slovakia. Zimmer felt that it was appropriate to reflect the Romani culture in his music, Zimmer got two Romani bands to record the score for the film, resulting in the score for the film as envisioned. All music composed by Hans Zimmer except where indicated, tracks not included on the album, Fischerweise, D.881 written by Franz Schubert. Incorporates elements from Ultima Prova, Ah, Signor Per Carita, two Mules for Sister Sara is the theme from the film of the same name starring Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine. Just Follow My Lead contains elements from Wiener Blut composed by Johann Strauss II and Accelerationen, die Forelle differs from the version used in the film. Purchase of the enhanced physical CD includes an insert allowing the download of three bonus tracks from the score, Shush Club No. 3, Beautiful Eyes and Just Follow My Lead, Sherlock Holmes - A Game of Shadows Soundtrack at Hans-Zimmer. com Sherlock Holmes, A Game of Shadows at iTunes
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Project X (2012 film)
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Project X is a 2012 American comedy film directed by Nima Nourizadeh and written by Michael Bacall and Matt Drake based on a story by Bacall, and produced by director Todd Phillips. The film follows three friends—Thomas, Costa and J. B. —who plan to gain popularity by throwing a party, the title Project X was initially a placeholder for a final title, but interest generated by the secretive title kept it in place. A nationwide open casting call was employed to find fresh faces, the majority of the cast were sourced from this casting call, but a few with prior acting credits, such as Mann, were accepted after multiple auditions. Filming took place on sets in Los Angeles over five weeks on a US$12 million budget, the film is presented as a found footage home video from the perspective of an attendee using a camera to document the nights events. Project X was released in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom on March 2,2012, criticism focused on the loathsome behavior of the lead characters, the perceived misogyny and the disregard for the effects of drug use. Other reviews considered it funny and thrilling, and equated it to an incarnation of the 1978 comedy Animal House. Following release, incidents of large scale parties referenced or blamed the film as an inspiration, in Pasadena, high school students Costa and J. B. plan to throw a party for their friend Thomas birthday, aiming to increase their popularity. Thomas parents go away for the weekend, leaving him alone in the house, but warn him not to have too many people over, Thomas is reluctant to have the party at his house, but Costa continues with his plan. Costa hires AV-student Dax to chronicle the nights events, Costa and J. B. advertise the party throughout the school. Thomas himself invites Alexis, the hottest girl at school, and his best friend Kirby, Costa, Thomas, and J. B. go to buy marijuana from drug-dealer T-Rick. While T-Rick gets the marijuana, Costa steals his lawn gnome to use as a party mascot, as they leave, T-Rick discovers his gnome stolen and chases after them but they escape in Thomas mini-van. As night falls, the start time passes but no one turns up. Thomas intends to limit the party to the backyard and poolhouse with the house guarded by two security guards, Everett and Tyler. However, more and more people begin to arrive and the party moves beyond their control, Thomas questions Costa on how he advertised the party, forcing him to confess that he put ads on Craigslist and on a local radio station, worried that no one would attend. Things escalate quickly and the police arrive, responding to a noise complaint, the partygoers remain silent, convincing the officers that the party has already ended. The police leave and the party resumes, t-Ricks gnome is smashed, revealing that it contains a large amount of ecstasy tablets, which are quickly consumed by the partygoers. Thomas kisses Kirby and reveals that he loves her, Alexis meanwhile flirts with Thomas throughout the night and eventually seduces him. Kirby walks in on the pair as they are about to have sex, the noise and chaos of the party, which has now spilled into the surrounding neighborhood, receives televised news coverage with helicopters flying over the house
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Dark Shadows (film)
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Dark Shadows is a 2012 American horror comedy film based on the gothic television soap opera of the same name, that was broadcast between 1966 and 1971. The film had a release on May 10,2012. The film performed disappointingly at the US box office but did well in foreign markets. The film received mixed reviews, critics praised its style and consistent humor but felt it lacked a focused or substantial plot. The film was produced by Richard D. Zanuck, who died two months after its release and it featured the final appearance of original series actor Jonathan Frid, who died shortly before its release. It was the 200th film appearance of actor Christopher Lee, in 1760, the Collins family moves from Liverpool, England to Maine and establishes the fishing town Collinsport, where they built their estate, Collinwood. When he first arrives, the young son Barnabas, meets the young Angelique Bouchard who instantly falls in love with him, Angeliques witch mother who was with her at that time warned her of socializing with people of noble birth. This, however, did not stop Angelique from following the family for many years, in 1776, Barnabas, now a grown man, falls in love with a young woman named Josette du Pres, scorning Angelique who was now working as a maid in his household. Turning to black magic, Angelique curses the Collins family, first killing Barnabass parents in an assumed accident, then by enchanting Josette to leap to her death off a cliff. In a fit of grief, Barnabas attempts to leap to his own death but that fails as well, when he still rejects her advances, she turns the town against him, and he is buried alive in a coffin. Her nephew David, for whom Victoria will be caring, believes his mother, Victoria does not divulge that since her young age she, too, can see ghosts. After meeting with David, his live-in psychiatrist Julia Hoffman, his father Roger and that night, Victoria sees the ghost of Josette who warns that Hes coming before disappearing after falling from a chandelier. Elsewhere, a group of construction workers dig up Barnabass coffin, Elizabeth believes him to be a con man until he reveals hidden riches buried in a secret room within the house, when Elizabeth thought the family to be destitute. After realizing who and what Barnabas is, she asks to keep it a secret, Barnabas is instantly smitten with Victoria when he meets her as she resembles Josette. He seeks out Carolyns advice on courting her, Angelique, now an immortal witch herself, visits Barnabas and threatens him not to go into business competition against her. Nevertheless, Barnabas reopens the Collins family cannery business and uses hypnosis to steal several of the crews who work for Angelique. She tries to buy him off, even after an episode of supernatural lust between the two of them, he rejects her offer. Julia discovers his identity through hypnosis and offer to cure his condition via blood transfusions
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Rock of Ages (2012 film)
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Rock of Ages is a 2012 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Adam Shankman. The film is an adaptation of the 2006 rock jukebox Broadway musical of the name by Chris DArienzo. Originally scheduled to enter production in summer 2009 for a 2011 release, starring country singer Julianne Hough and Latin actor Diego Boneta leading an ensemble cast that includes Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Åkerman, Mary J. The film received mixed reviews and grossed only $59 million worldwide. However, Cruise was particularly lauded for his performance of Pour Some Sugar on Me, the related film soundtrack also did critically well, certified Gold in Canada. In 1987, Sherrie Christian arrives in Los Angeles from Oklahoma with dreams of becoming a singer, meanwhile, barback Drew Boley prepares for another night of work at The Bourbon Room. As Sherrie approaches The Bourbon, her suitcase is stolen, Drew tries to catch the robber, but fails. He comforts Sherrie and, upon learning of her situation, gets her a job at the Bourbon Room as a waitress. The clubs owner, Dennis Dupree, and his right-hand man, hoping to raise enough money, Dennis and Lonny decide to book Stacee Jaxx, a detached and self-indulgent rock star preparing for his final gig with his band, Arsenal. That night, Drew tells Sherrie about his dreams of becoming a rock star, on the night of Arsenals final show, Dennis learns that their opening act has cancelled. Sherrie convinces him to use Drew and his band, Wolfgang Von Colt, meanwhile, Stacees manager, Paul Gill, schedules an interview between Stacee and Constance Sack, a reporter for Rolling Stone. During the interview, she mentions the rumors that Stacee is difficult to work with and implies that he was kicked out of Arsenal. Stacee asks Sherrie if she could bring him a bottle of scotch from his limo, after the interview, Constance lashes out at him, claiming that he was once a great musician but now is on the verge of becoming a has-been. Stacee orders everyone out of the room so he can settle things with Constance privately. Both recognize their attraction to other and are about to have sex when Stacee sings. As Constance leaves the room ashamed of what she has done, Sherrie and Stacee collide and the bottle of scotch shatters on the floor. Drew is getting ready to open Arsenals show when he sees Sherrie exit Stacees room, Drew becomes angry at this and is inspired to sing for the opening act. After he sings, Drew and Sherrie break up and Sherrie quits her job at the Bourbon Room
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Magic Mike
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Magic Mike is a 2012 American drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, and Matthew McConaughey. The plot revolves around Adam, a 19-year-old who enters the world of stripping, guided by Mike Lane. The film is based on the experiences of Tatum, who was an 18-year-old stripper in San Francisco. Magic Mike was filmed in locations around west central Florida. The film premiered as the film for the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival on June 24,2012, and was widely released by Warner Bros. on June 29,2012. A sequel, Magic Mike XXL directed by Gregory Jacobs, was released on July 1,2015, Mike soon meets 19-year-old Adam, a recent college dropout looking for a construction job. Mike takes Adam under his wing and encourages him to begin stripping at Xquisite, Mike is introduced to Adams sister Brooke. Despite his on-and-off relationship with a woman named Joanna, Mike finds himself attracted to Brooke, Adam falls further into the excessive lifestyle of the Xquisite dancers, using drugs and having sexual encounters with many clients. The bank declines his loan application and Mike realizes that he has to stay in the business to continue to pay his bills. Adam begins using drugs regularly, and Mike notices more of Adams reckless behavior, a few days later, Mike and Adam perform for a private party at a sorority house where Adam brings the package of drugs with him. At the party, Adam gives a young woman an ecstasy pill causing a brawl between Adam and the womans boyfriend, Mike and Adam are forced to flee without the drugs, which Adam says were worth $1,000. They also do not collect their payment, which infuriates Dallas, after the next nights show, Mike and Adam take drugs and go to a club. Adam vomits and passes out, Brooke finds him on Mikes floor the next morning, Brooke angrily confronts Mike about his lifestyle, and ends her friendship with him. Tobias and his suppliers break into Mikes house looking for Adam, Mike gives up most of his life savings to pay Adams debt in full. Later, before the final performance at Xquisite, Mike decides he has had enough. Knowing that Dallas has no loyalty to any of them and is driven by greed, after realizing Mike is not coming back, Dallas promotes Adam to replace Mike as lead dancer. Mike drives to Brookes apartment and tells her he has quit stripping and she has learned what he did for Adam, and she invites him to join her for breakfast. She playfully asks what they can do until morning, and then kisses him, Channing Tatum as Michael Magic Mike Lane, a male stripper who performs at Xquisite
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Tom Tykwer
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Tom Tykwer is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. He is best known internationally for directing the thrillers Run Lola Run, Heaven, and Perfume, The Story of a Murderer, and he collaborated with The Wachowskis as co-director in the science fiction film Cloud Atlas and the Netflix series Sense8. Tykwer was born in Wuppertal, West Germany, fascinated by film from an early age, he started making amateur Super 8 films at the age of eleven. He later helped out at an arthouse cinema in order to see more films. After graduating from school, he unsuccessfully applied to numerous film schools around Europe. In 1987, at the age of 22, he became the programmer of the Moviemento cinema, in Berlin, Tykwer met and befriended the filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim, who urged him to create stories from his own experience. He suggested, for example, that Tykwer record arguments with his girlfriend, because was screened at the Hof Film Festival and well received by the audience, which inspired Tykwer to continue pursuing filmmaking. He made a short film, Epilog, for which he took on personal financial debt. Tykwer wrote the screenplay for—and directed—his first feature film, the psychological thriller Deadly Maria and it aired on German television and had a limited theatrical release in Germany and the international film festival circuit. In 1994, Tykwer founded the production company X Filme Creative Pool with Stefan Arndt, Wolfgang Becker, Tykwer and Becker wrote the screenplay for Life Is All You Get while working on Tykwers second feature, Winter Sleepers, a much bigger and more complex production than Deadly Maria. Winter Sleepers brought Tykwer to the attention of German cineastes and film festivals, but he was struggling financially. He knew he needed a new film, and the result was Run Lola Run, which became the most successful German film of 1998, scored $7 million at the US box office, and elevated Tykwer to international fame. As Lola was becoming a worldwide, Tykwer was already at work on his next film, The Princess. The film centered on a story between a nurse and a former soldier. Miramax produced his film, Heaven, based on a screenplay by the late Polish filmmaker. It was shot in English, starred Cate Blanchett and Giovanni Ribisi and he was approached by French producers to film a short contribution to Paris, je taime, a film composed of 20 short films by many famous directors depicting love in Paris. Tykwer shot the 10-minute short film, True, with Natalie Portman and he shot the film quickly with almost no pre-production. The result, Tykwer later said, symbolises an entire life for me, Tykwers next film was an adaptation of the novel Perfume by the German novelist Patrick Süskind
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Cloud Atlas (film)
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Cloud Atlas is a 2012 German-American science fiction film written and directed by The Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer. Adapted from the 2004 novel of the name by David Mitchell, the film has multiple plots set across six different eras. Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, and Jim Broadbent lead an ensemble cast, the film was produced by Grant Hill, Stefan Arndt, the Wachowskis, and Tykwer. Production began in September 2011 at Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany and it premiered on 8 September 2012 at the 37th Toronto International Film Festival and was released on 26 October 2012 in conventional and IMAX cinemas. It polarized critics, and has been included on various Best Film and it was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil. It received several nominations at the Saturn Awards including Best Science Fiction Film, winning for Best Editing, tribesman Zachry Bailey recounts stories to his grandchildren on an extraterrestrial Earth colony. Adam Ewing, an American lawyer, has come to the Chatham Islands to conclude a business arrangement with Reverend Horrox, in Horroxs plantation, he witnesses the whipping of a Moriori slave, Autua, who later stows away on the ship. Autua confronts Ewing and convinces him to advocate for Autua to join the crew as a free man, Dr Henry Goose slowly poisons Ewing, claiming it is the cure for a parasitic worm, to steal Ewings valuables. As Goose administers the fatal dose, Autua saves Ewing, returning to the United States, Ewing and his wife Tilda denounce her fathers complicity in slavery and leave to join the abolition movement. Frobisher begins reading Ewings journal, which he has found with the latter portion missing, among the books at Ayrss mansion, Ayrs demands credit for The Cloud Atlas Sextet and threatens to expose Frobishers homosexuality if he refuses. Frobisher shoots Ayrs and flees to a hotel, where he uses the name Ewing and he finishes The Cloud Atlas Sextet and commits suicide with a gun just before his lover Rufus Sixsmith arrives. Journalist Luisa Rey meets an older Rufus Sixsmith, now a nuclear physicist. Sixsmith tips off Rey to a conspiracy regarding the safety of a new nuclear reactor run by Lloyd Hooks, Rey finds Frobishers letters to Sixsmith and tracks down a vinyl recording of Frobishers Cloud Atlas Sextet. Isaac Sachs, another scientist at the plant, passes her a copy of Sixsmiths report. Smoke kills Sachs by blowing up his plane and runs Reys car off a bridge and she escapes but the report is destroyed. With help from the head of security, Joe Napier, Rey evades another attempt on her life. With another copy of the report obtained from Sixsmiths niece, she exposes the plot to use a nuclear accident for the benefit of oil company executives, who are indicted as a result. When Hogginss brothers threaten Cavendishs life for Hogginss share of the profits, Cavendish asks for help from his brother, Denholme
