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Stuart Little (franchise)
''Stuart Little'' is a mixed live-action and animated American film franchise based on the 1945 children's book ''Stuart Little'' by E. B. White. The films are produced by Franklin / Waterman Productions and released by Columbia Pictures. The franchise follows the adventures of Stuart Little, a young white mouse who is adopted by a human couple and embarks on life-changing adventures. Films ''Stuart Little'' (1999) Stuart (voiced by Michael J. Fox) is an anthropomorphic teenage white mouse who is adopted into a human family. His new parents, Eleanor and Frederick (Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie) are thrilled with him, but everyone else is not. Through a series of adventures he eventually gains the love of his big brother George, ( Jonathan Lipnicki), acceptance by the extended Little family, and even the grudging tolerance of the family cat Snowbell (voiced by Nathan Lane), who is a member of an alley cat Mafia-like gang that wants to eliminate Stuart. ''Stuart Little 2'' (2002) In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Little (film)
''Stuart Little'' is a 1999 American live-action/animated comedy film loosely based on E. B. White's novel of the same name. Directed by Rob Minkoff in his live-action directorial debut, with a screenplay by M. Night Shyamalan and Greg Brooker, the film features an ensemble cast consisting of Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie and Jonathan Lipnicki, with the voices of Michael J. Fox as the titular character, Nathan Lane, Chazz Palminteri, Steve Zahn, Bruno Kirby and Jennifer Tilly. ''Stuart Little'' premiered in Westwood at Mann Village Theatre on December 5, 1999, and was released in the United States on December 17, 1999, by Columbia Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews and became a box office success, grossing over $300 million worldwide. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, but lost to ''The Matrix''. After its success, it also started a franchise with the sequel ''Stuart Little 2'' in 2002, the short-lived television series ''Stuar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Madsen
Virginia Madsen (born September 11, 1961) is an American actress. She is the recipient of two Critics' Choice Awards, an Independent Spirit Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Madsen made her film debut in 1983 with a small part in ''Class''. Her breakout role came the following year when she played Princess Irulan in David Lynch's ''Dune''. After a string of parts in teen films, comedies and thrillers of varying commercial success, Madsen received critical acclaim and a Saturn Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of grad student Helen Lyle in '' Candyman'' (1992). Other notable film appearances during this period included '' The Prophecy'' (1995), '' Ghosts of Mississippi'' (1996), and '' The Rainmaker'' (1997). For her portrayal of waitress Maya Randall in ''Sideways'' (2004), Madsen was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Subsequent credits include ''A Prairie Home Companio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Boy Advance
The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console, manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, and to international markets that June. It was later released in mainland China in 2004, under the name iQue Game Boy Advance''.'' Compared to the Game Boy Color it succeeded, the console offered a significantly more powerful ARM7 processor and improved graphics, while retaining backward compatibility with games initially developed for its predecessor. The GBA is part of the sixth generation of video game consoles, competing against Nokia's N-Gage and Bandai's WonderSwan. The original model was followed in 2003 by the Game Boy Advance SP, a redesigned model with a frontlight, frontlit screen and Clamshell design, clamshell form factor. Game Boy Advance SP#Backlit model (AGS-101), A newer revision of the SP with a backlight, backlit screen was released in 2005. A miniaturized redesign, the Game Boy Micro, was released in September 2005. By June 2010, the Game B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PlayStation (console)
The (codenamed PSX, abbreviated as PS, and retroactively PS1/PS one) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released in Japan on December 3, 1994, followed by North America on September 9, 1995, Europe on September 29, 1995, and other regions following thereafter. As a fifth generation of video game consoles, fifth-generation console, the PlayStation primarily competed with the Nintendo 64 and the Sega Saturn. Sony began developing the PlayStation after a failed venture with Nintendo to create Super NES CD-ROM, a CD-ROM peripheral for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in the early 1990s. The console was primarily designed by Ken Kutaragi and Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan, while additional development was outsourced in the United Kingdom. An emphasis on 3D computer graphics, 3D polygon graphics was placed at the forefront of the console's design. PlayStation game production was designed to be streamlined and incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Boy Color
The (GBC or CGB) is an 8-bit handheld game console developed by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on October 21, 1998, and to international markets that November. Compared to the original Game Boy, the Game Boy Color features a color TFT screen rather than monochrome monitor, monochrome, a Central processing unit, CPU that can operate twice as fast, and four times as much memory. It retains backward compatibility with games developed for its predecessor. The Game Boy Color is part of the fifth generation of video game consoles and primarily competed with the WonderSwan, Neo Geo Pocket, and Genesis Nomad. The handheld is slightly thicker, taller and has a smaller screen than its immediate predecessor, the Game Boy Pocket, but is significantly smaller than the original Game Boy. As with its predecessors, the Game Boy Color has a custom 8-bit processor made by Sharp Corporation, Sharp. The American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, American English spelling of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microsoft Windows
Windows is a Product lining, product line of Proprietary software, proprietary graphical user interface, graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft. It is grouped into families and subfamilies that cater to particular sectors of the computing industry – Windows (unqualified) for a consumer or corporate workstation, Windows Server for a Server (computing), server and Windows IoT for an embedded system. Windows is sold as either a consumer retail product or licensed to Original equipment manufacturer, third-party hardware manufacturers who sell products Software bundles, bundled with Windows. The first version of Windows, Windows 1.0, was released on November 20, 1985, as a graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). The name "Windows" is a reference to the windowing system in GUIs. The 1990 release of Windows 3.0 catapulted its market success and led to various other product families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freaks And Geeks
''Freaks and Geeks'' is an American teen comedy-drama television series created by Paul Feig and executive-produced by Judd Apatow that aired on NBC during the 1999–2000 television season. The show is set in a suburban high school near Detroit during 1980–81. The theme of ''Freaks and Geeks'' reflects "the sad, hilarious unfairness of teen life". With little success when it first aired, because of an erratic episode schedule and conflicts between the creators and NBC, the series was canceled after airing 15 out of the 18 episodes. The series became a cult classic, and Apatow continued the show's legacy by incorporating the actors in future productions. The series has appeared in numerous lists of the greatest television shows of all time, including lists by ''Time'', ''Entertainment Weekly'', ''TV Guide'', ''Rolling Stone'' and '' Variety''. It launched most of its young actors' careers, such as James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Busy Philipps, John Francis D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Pictures Television Kids
Silvergate Media Limited, trading as Sony Pictures Television – Kids, is a television production and brand licensing company based in New York City and London founded in 2011 by Waheed Alli and William Astor. It is a division of Sony Pictures Television. History Silvergate Media was created in 2011 as part of a management buyout, when Alli purchased the rights to ''Octonauts'' and ''The World of Beatrix Potter'' from Chorion, a company he was previously chair of. In 2013, Silvergate launched its television distribution arm. In 2016, Netflix and Silvergate agreed to a three-year multi-territory deal for ''Octonauts'', Silvergate's series about underwater explorers. The company signed a deal with Netflix, in collaboration with Mercury Filmworks to produce '' Hilda'', an animated television adaptation of comic '' Hilda'' by Luke Pearson. Season 1 was released on September 21, 2018. Season 2 was released on December 14, 2020. The series is available in 130 countries. Silverg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc John Jefferies
Marc John Jefferies is an American actor known for his roles in ''Losing Isaiah'', ''Get Rich or Die Tryin''', ''Power'', ''The Haunted Mansion'', ''Nerve'', ''Stuart Little 2'', ''Brown Sugar'' and '' Notorious''. Career Jefferies began his career as a child model, then actor. His first major film role was in ''Losing Isaiah'', opposite Halle Berry. Jefferies had roles throughout his childhood, and continued his work as an adult, including the films ''Get Rich or Die Tryin''', '' Notorious'', and '' Brotherly Love''. Some of his most notable television roles are Darius on '' Treme'' and QDubs on ''Power''. Marc John Jefferies founded thMJJ Acting Academywhere he trains actors to discover their own unique acting style. In 2023, he starred opposite Wakeema Hollis in ''Aurora: A Love Story''. Filmography Film *''Losing Isaiah'' (1995) - Isaiah *''Stuart Little 2'' (2002) - Will Powell *''Brown Sugar'' (2002) - Young Dre *''Friday After Next'' (2002) - Kid (Uncredited) *'' Charlie' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Jones
Jeffrey Duncan Jones (born September 28, 1946) is an American actor, known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in '' Amadeus'' (1984), Edward R. Rooney in ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' (1986), Charles Deetz in ''Beetlejuice'' (1988), Dr. Skip Tyler in ''The Hunt for Red October'' (1990), Eddie Barzoon in '' The Devil's Advocate'' (1997), and A. W. Merrick in both '' Deadwood'' (2004–2006) and '' Deadwood: The Movie'' (2019). His career started in Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, and advanced to London and Broadway. In film and television, Jones has had many roles which capitalized on his deadpan portrayal of characters in unusual situations, often to comic effect. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance in ''Amadeus'' and a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the ensemble cast of ''Deadwood''. In 2002, Jones was charged with soliciting a minor to pose for nude photographs. He pleaded no contest and had two subsequent arrests for failing to update his se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hughes (filmmaker)
John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American filmmaker and producer. He is best known for writing, producing, and directing such films as ''Sixteen Candles'', ''The Breakfast Club'', ''Weird Science (film), Weird Science'', ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'', ''Planes, Trains and Automobiles'', and ''Uncle Buck'', and writing ''Pretty in Pink'' and ''Home Alone''. Most of Hughes's works were set in Chicago. His films often combine slapstick comedy with heartfelt moments. Actors whose careers Hughes helped launch include John Candy, Molly Ringwald, Matthew Broderick, Anthony Michael Hall, and Macaulay Culkin. Hughes has since been considered an icon defining the 1980s with his coming-of-age stories, capturing the teenage experience and shaping the teen movie genre. Early life and education Hughes was born on February 18, 1950, in Lansing, Michigan, to Marion Crawford, who volunteered in charity work, and John Wilden Hughes, who worked in sales. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Fisher
Lucy Fisher (born October 2, 1949) is an American film producer. She was previously Vice Chairman of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group at Sony Studios, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Production at Warner Brothers, Head of Production at Zoetrope Studios and Vice President of Production at Twentieth Century Fox. She was described by actor Jack Nicholson as "this casually brilliant vice chairperson of Sony Pictures. The executive that no one flees at parties." Along with her partner and husband Douglas Wick, she is co-head of Red Wagon Entertainment. Fisher and Red Wagon's most recent production was ''The Divergent Series'', based on Veronica Roth's New York Times bestselling books. ''Divergent'' starred a cast of stellar newcomers including Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Miles Teller and Ansel Elgort, as well as Oscar-winner Kate Winslet. It was followed by the sequels ''Insurgent'' and ''Allegiant'', which also stars Naomi Watts and Jeff Daniels. Previously, Fishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
