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Air Bud (series)
The ''Air Bud'' film series (also known as ''Disney Buddies'') is an American film franchise based on a sports-playing Golden Retriever named Buddy, portrayed by Buddy (dog actor), Buddy. The franchise began in 1997 with the theatrical release of ''Air Bud'', followed by the theatrical release of ''Air Bud: Golden Receiver'' in 1998. Following the box office failure of ''Golden Receiver'', the rest of the films in the series were released in direct-to-video form. The ''Air Buddies'' or ''Disney Buddies'' spin-off series began in 2006 with the release of ''Air Buddies'' and it focuses on the adventures of Buddy's talking Golden Retriever puppies. The franchise features fourteen films (five of which were in the ''Air Bud'' series and seven in the ''Air Buddies'' series), in addition to two Christmas spin-offs of the ''Air Buddies'' series. ''Disney Buddies'' is one of the top direct-to-video, direct-to-DVD franchises, just behind ''Disney Fairies'' at $300 million, with the first 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Bud
''Air Bud'' is a 1997 sports comedy-drama film directed by Charles Martin Smith. An international co-production of the United States and Canada, the film stars Kevin Zegers as a young boy who befriends a runaway Golden Retriever (portrayed by Buddy) with a unique ability to play basketball. ''Air Bud'' received mixed reviews but was a commercial success, grossing $4 million in its opening weekend and totaling $27.8 million in its run against an estimated $3 million budget. It was followed by a direct sequel, '' Air Bud: Golden Receiver'', in 1998, and spawned a film franchise that includes the spin-off series '' Air Buddies''. Plot After the death of his father, Josh Framm, his mother Jackie, and his two-year-old sister Andrea have relocated to Fernfield, Washington. One day after school, Josh practices basketball by himself in a makeshift court that he sets up behind an abandoned church, where he meets an abandoned and runaway Golden Retriever who had recently escaped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy (dog Actor)
Buddy (c. 1988 – February 10, 1998) was a Golden Retriever dog actor. He was best known for playing the title role in the 1997 film ''Air Bud''. Early life Buddy was found by Kevin di Cicco as a stray dog in the Sierra Nevada in the summer of 1989. Di Cicco adopted the disheveled Golden Retriever and brought him home to San Diego, California, where he trained the dog in the sports of basketball, baseball, football, soccer, and hockey. Buddy's most eagerly awaited sport was basketball. Di Cicco revealed that Buddy tried to bite the ball, but its slipperiness, enhanced by saliva or more efficiently by olive oil, would propel it from his mouth., ScreenSlam.com Early appearances His first appearance was on ''America's Funniest Home Videos''. He then gained further fame bouncing a basketball off his muzzle and into a basketball hoop on the "Stupid Pet Tricks" segment of ''Late Night with David Letterman''. Buddy appeared three times on ''Late Night'' and David Letterman's next sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Southon (cinematographer)
Mike Southon is a British cinematographer. He is a past President of the British Society of Cinematographers. As well as films, he has shot more than 250 music videos and 200 television commercials. Films *1985 '' Captive'' Paul Mayersberg c *1986 '' Gothic'' Ken Russell c *1986 ''Vardo'' Matthew Jacobs ?; short/26m *1987 ''The Minisagas'' James Scott; ep #3 "Stateside: The Epic Bestseller That Shocked America" & #4 "Retirement Hobbies for Octogenarians" dir by Gerry Feeny; ep #5 "The Nihilist's Double Vision" & #6 "The Best Ever Nuclear Fall Out Shelter", dir by Syd Macartney] b&w-c; 6 short films for theatrical screenings *1987 ''Aria'' seg #9 "Louise: Depuis le jour" dir by Derek Jarman b&w-c; 10 seg; cph: Christopher Hughes *1987 ''Paperhouse (film), Paperhouse'' Bernard Rose c; hph: Peter Allwork *1988 ''Spies Inc./S.P.O.O.K.S./Spies, Lies and Alibis/Code Name: Chaos'' Antony Thomas c *1988 '' Queen of Hearts'' Jon Amiel c; uwph: Charles Lagus *1989 ''Chicago Joe and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Martin
Thomas Richard Martin (January 30, 1922 – May 24, 2008) was an American comedian and director. He was known for his role as the co-host (and comic foil of Dan Rowan) of the sketch comedy program ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' from 1968 to 1973. Early life and career Martin was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, to William, a salesman, and Ethel Martin, a homemaker. In the early 1930s, the family moved to Detroit, where his teenage years included a bout with tuberculosis, which kept him out of the military. Early in his career, Martin was a staff writer for ''Duffy's Tavern'', a radio situation comedy. He and Dan Rowan formed the comedy team Rowan and Martin in 1952 and played in nightclubs throughout the United States and overseas. Martin played a drunk heckling a Shakespearean performer, a mainstay of their act for years. They could frequently be seen as host-performers on NBC's ''Colgate Comedy Hour,'' alternating with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and other more established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Vince
William D. "Bill" Vince (November 23, 1963 – June 21, 2008) was a Canadians, Canadian film producer, producer. His credits include producing ''Air Bud'' (1997), ''Dead Heat (2002 film), Dead Heat'' (2002), ''Saved!'' (2004), and ''Capote (film), Capote'' (2005) (for which he shared an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture). Personal life Vince was born William D. Vince in British Columbia in 1963. Death On June 23, 2008, it was announced that Vince had died two days earlier from a multi-year battle with cancer. At the time of his death, he had been working on ''Push (2009 film), Push'' in post-production with two more films in development, and he had completed production of ''Edison and Leo'' and ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus''. The latter film was dedicated to his memory along with that of Heath Ledger. Filmography * ''Cafe Romeo'' (1992) * ''Tomcat: Dangerous Desires'' (1993) * ''Samurai Cowboy'' (1993) * ''Breaking Point'' (1993) * ''Anything for Love'' (1993) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Vince
Robert Vince (born April 8, 1962) is a Canadian director, producer, writer and screenwriter. He has been involved in movie production since the late 1980s and has been directing movies since 2000, such as ''MVP: Most Valuable Primate'', the Air Bud (series), ''Air Buddies'' series, and ''Chestnut: Hero of Central Park''. Career Vince, who hails from Vancouver, is CEO of Key Pix Productions and best known as the filmmaker behind family film franchises "Air Bud" and "Air Buddies". Vince has come to specialize in making films with children and animals. His directing credits include all of the "Air Buddies" franchise films, ''Santa Pups'', ''Santa Paws'', ''Chestnut'', ''Spymate'', ''MVP: Most Valuable Primate'', ''Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch'', ''MVP: Most Vertical Primate'' and ''MXP: Most Xtreme Primate''. Before Vince launched his directing career, he ran Keystone Entertainment, where he produced, co-wrote and directed more than 33 films, primarily in partnership with Disney, Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Martin Smith
Charles Martin Smith (born October 30, 1953) is an American actor, director and writer based in British Columbia, Canada. His breakout role was as Terry "The Toad" Fields in George Lucas' film ''American Graffiti'' (1973), which he reprised for its sequel '' More American Graffiti'' (1979). He subsequently had notable roles in '' The Spikes Gang'' (1974), '' The Buddy Holly Story'' (1978), '' Starman'' (1984), '' The Untouchables'' (1987), '' Deep Cover'' (1992), '' And the Band Played On'' (1993), '' Speechless'' (1994) and '' Deep Impact'' (1998). After starring in the 1983 film '' Never Cry Wolf,'' a biopic of Canadian environmentalist Farley Mowat, Smith moved to British Columbia, where he has since resided. Smith made his directorial debut with the comedy horror film ''Trick or Treat'' (1986). His subsequent films include '' Air Bud'' (1997), '' Dolphin Tale'' (2011), '' Dolphin Tale 2'' (2014) and ''A Dog's Way Home'' (2019). He received Genie Award nominations for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home Alone
''Home Alone'' is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ... directed by Chris Columbus (filmmaker), Chris Columbus, and written and produced by John Hughes (filmmaker), John Hughes. The first film in the Home Alone (franchise), ''Home Alone'' franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an eight-year old boy who defends his Chicago home from a home invasion by a pair of robbers after his family accidentally leave him behind on their Christmas vacation to Paris. The cast also features Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern (actor), Daniel Stern, John Heard (actor), John Heard, and Catherine O'Hara. Hughes conceived ''Home Alone'' while on vacation, with Warner Bros. being originally intended to finance and distribute the film. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferris Bueller
''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' is a 1986 American teen comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by John Hughes. The film stars Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, and Alan Ruck, with supporting roles from Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, Cindy Pickett, Edie McClurg, Lyman Ward, and Charlie Sheen. It tells the story of a charismatic high school slacker, Ferris, who skips school with his best friend Cameron and his girlfriend Sloane for a day in Chicago, regularly breaking the fourth wall to explain his techniques and inner thoughts. Hughes wrote the screenplay in less than a week. Filming began in September 1985 and finished in November, featuring many Chicago landmarks including the Sears Tower, Wrigley Field, and the Art Institute of Chicago. The film was Hughes's love letter to Chicago: "I really wanted to capture as much of Chicago as I could. Not just in the architecture and landscape, but the spirit." Released by Paramount Pictures on June 11, 1986, the film became the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miramax
Miramax, LLC, formerly known as Miramax Films, is an American independent film and television production and distribution company owned by beIN Media Group and Paramount Global. Based in Los Angeles, California, it was founded on December 19, 1979, by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein. Miramax was a leading producer and distributor of independent films until it was acquired by The Walt Disney Company on June 30, 1993. In 2010, Disney sold Miramax to Filmyard Holdings, a joint venture of Colony NorthStar, Tutor-Saliba Corporation and Qatar Investment Authority. In March 2016, Miramax was sold to the beIN Media Group, which later sold a 49% stake to Paramount Global (previously known as ViacomCBS) on April 3, 2020. History Independent era (1979–1993) Miramax was founded as Miramax Films by the Weinstein brothers, Harvey and Bob along with executive Corky Burger in Buffalo, New York, in 1979, and was named by combining the first names of their parents, Miriam and Max. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stupid Pet Tricks
''Late Night with David Letterman'' is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC. The show is the first installment of the '' Late Night''. Hosted by David Letterman, it aired from February1, 1982 to June 25, 1993, and was replaced by ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. In 2013, this series and ''Late Show with David Letterman'' were ranked No. 41 on TV Guide's 60 Best Series of All Time. During its run, the show was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series 11 times. It was also nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series 14 times, winning 4, and won one Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series out of 7 nominations. History In the wake of his NBC morning show being cancelled in October 1980 after 18 weeks on the air, David Letterman was still held in high enough regard by the network brass, especially NBC president Fred Silverman, that upon hearing the 33-year-old comedian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
