By: preme | On: 30 Dec, 2009
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This 1962 special marked the last hurrah of Mr. Magoo, who starred in 43 cartoon shorts, including two Oscar® winners, from the UPA Studio between 1949 and 1959. Magoo appears as Scrooge in a Broadway production of “A Christmas Carol” in this minimally animated hour. The play-within-the-show features forgettable songs by Jules Styne and Bob Merrill: Tiny Tim (“played” by the animated character Gerald McBoing-Boing) sings, oddly, of “razzle berry dressing” and “woofle jelly cake.” This retelling of Dickens’s holiday standard is much tamer than Richard Williams’s Oscar-winning adaptation: the ghosts aren’t scary, nor does Magoo confront the specters of Ignorance and Want. Small children who might be frightened by more dramatic versions of the story will enjoy this mild program. And the self-satisfied chuckles and bromides Jim Backus gives Magoo in his lighter moments remain as delightful as ever. This film is suitable for ages 6 and older. –Charles Solomon
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By: preme | On: 20 Dec, 2009
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This half-hour Christmas show is one of the truly lovable animated specials in TV history, a status proved by its annual network telecast since 1965. A Charlie Brown Christmas was the first, and best, of a series of programs based on the Charles M. Schulz cartoon strip “Peanuts.” Hapless hero Charlie Brown finds himself depressed at Christmastime, searching for the true meaning of the holiday amidst the glitz and commercialism of the modern age. Appointed director of the school holiday pageant, Charlie Brown ventures out with Linus to buy “a great, big, shiny aluminum Christmas tree.” Instead they bring back a miserable tree–a real one. A Charlie Brown Christmas shows off the “Peanuts” gang doing what they do best: Lucy is bossy, Snoopy is crazy, Linus is sweet, and Pig Pen is, well, filthy. Instead of using adult actors trying to sound like kids, the production features real children providing the voices, an endearing effect. The jazz music score, composed (more…)
By: preme | On: 23 Dec, 2008
Generally, most of famous outstanding movies are produced by big production house with great directors and also great budget of course. For example, you can say like Paramount pictures, Fox, DreamWorks, and many others production house. Film Production Company like them is a company whose (usually) carry the production cost to make movies and then they sell it to cinemas or packed as DVD.
But there’s also some good short film production company or maybe some people called it as independent movie maker or independent movie production company that could make great movies that can be compared with those big production house I have mentioned above. You can check out the blog if you want to know further about what’s inside a short film production house, there’s also some tips about movie making process, techniques, even tips and tricks, also about the essence of a movie itself. What can I say? It’s really interesting, I can learn much from their weblog.
By: preme | On: 30 Sep, 2008
In a country in the grips of evil, in a police state where every move is being watched, in a world where justice and honor have been subverted, a group of men hidden inside the highest reaches of power decide to take action. Based on the true story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and the daring and ingenious plot to eliminate one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known.
A proud military man, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg is a loyal officer who serves his country all the while hoping that someone will find a way to stop Hitler before Europe and Germany are destroyed. Realizing that time is running out, he decides that he must take action himself and joins the German resistance. Armed with a cunning strategy to use Hitler’s own emergency plan – known as Operation Valkyrie – these men plot to assassinate the dictator and overthrow his Nazi government from the inside.
With everything in place, with the future of the world, the fate of millions and the lives of his wife and children hanging in the balance, von Stauffenberg is thrust from being one of many who oppose Hitler to the one who must kill Hitler himself.
Also Known As:
Rubicon
Untitled (United Artists/Bryan Singer Thriller)
Production Status:
In Production
Logline:
Based on actual events, thriller depicts an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the height of World War II.
Genres:
Action/Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Biopic and War
Release Date:
December 26th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for violence and brief strong language.
Distributors:
MGM Distribution Company
By: preme | On: 10 Sep, 2008
Bertram Pincus is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen. That puts Pincus squarely in the middle of a triangle, with spirited results.
Production Status:
Released
Genres:
Comedy and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Release Date:
September 19th, 2008 (wide)
Distributors:
DreamWorks SKG, Paramount Pictures