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Jumanji (picture Book)
''Jumanji'' is a 1981 fantasy children's picture book written and illustrated by American author Chris Van Allsburg. The book is about an enchanted board game that incorporates wild animals and other jungle elements as the game is played in real life. The book was adapted into a 1995 film of the same name and spawned a franchise that includes three sequels and an animated series. A sequel to the book, entitled '' Zathura'', was released in 2002. Storyline While their parents are out for the day, Judy and Peter Shepherd, after playing with some toys, become bored and decide to go to the park. There, they find a safari-themed board game called ''Jumanji''. Taking the game home, they find a warning message: "Do not begin unless you intend to finish." Ignoring the warning, they start to play. The pair soon discovers that any dangers encountered in the game spring to life somewhere in the house. For example, when Peter rolls on a lion, an actual lion appears, which Judy and Pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Van Allsburg
Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for ''Jumanji'' (1981) and '' The Polar Express'' (1985), both of which he also wrote, and were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for '' The Garden of Abdul Gasazi''. For his contribution as a children's illustrator, he was a 1986 U.S. nominee for the biennial International Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Michigan in April 2012. Life and career Van Allsburg was born on June 18, 1949, to a Dutch family in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the second child of Doris Christianen and Richard Van Allsburg. He has an older sister named Karen, born in 1947. Van Allsburg and his family lived in an old farmhouse, but when he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stampede
A stampede () is a situation in which a group of large animals suddenly start running in the same direction, especially because they are excited or frightened. Although the term is most often applied to animals, there are cases of humans stampeding from danger too. Cattle stampedes The animal behavior of stampeding was observed by cattle ranchers and cowboys in the American Wild West. Large herds of cattle would be managed across wide-open plains, with no fences to contain them. In these unbounded spaces, cattle were able to run freely, and sometimes the whole herd would take off in the same direction unexpectedly. Cowboys developed techniques to deal with this situation and calm the cattle, to stop the stampede and regain control of their herd. The term "stampede" came from the Mexican Spanish term ''estampida'' ('an uproar'). Cattle herds tended to be nervous, and any unusual occurrence, particularly a sudden or unexpected noise, could scare the cattle and kick off a stampede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Background Story
A backstory, background story, background, or legend is a set of events invented for a plot, preceding and leading up to that plot. In acting, it is the history of the character before the drama begins, and is created during the actor's preparation. Usage As a literary device, backstory is often employed to lend depth or believability to the main story. The usefulness of having a dramatic revelation was recognized by Aristotle, in ''Poetics''. Backstories are usually revealed, partially or in full, chronologically or otherwise, as the main narrative unfolds. However, a story creator may also create portions of a backstory or even an entire backstory that is solely for their own use. Backstory may be revealed by various means, including flashbacks, dialogue, direct narration, summary, recollection, and exposition. Recollection Recollection is the fiction-writing mode whereby a character calls something to mind, or remembers it. A character's memory plays a role for convey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley Pierce
Bradley Michael Pierce (born October 23, 1982) is an American actor, producer and cinematographer. Along with other roles and bit parts in television, films, direct-to-video animation, advertising, and video games, he played Peter Shepherd in ''Jumanji'', the original voice of Chip in ''Beauty and the Beast'', one of the original voices for Tails from the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise and Pete Lender in the 1997 film adaptation of '' The Borrowers''. Career Pierce began acting at age 6, and has since appeared in various projects ranging from commercial and voiceover to film and television. He played the role of Andrew Shawn Donovan IV on ''Days of Our Lives'' for just over a year. He is also known for voicing Chip in Disney's ''Beauty and the Beast'' as well as Tails in the Saturday morning cartoon series ''Sonic the Hedgehog''. Other roles include Peter in ''Jumanji'' and a starring role in '' The Borrowers'' with John Goodman. Pierce provided additional voices in '' The B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Caroline Dunst (; born April 30, 1982) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the anthology film ''New York Stories'' (1989) and has since starred in several film and television productions. She has received several awards including nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Golden Globe Awards. Dunst first gained recognition for her role as child vampire Claudia in the horror film '' Interview with the Vampire'' (1994), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She also had roles in her youth in ''Little Women'' (1994) and ''Jumanji'' (1995). Dunst transitioned to leading roles in teen films of 1999, the satires '' Dick'' and '' Drop Dead Gorgeous'' and Sofia Coppola’s drama '' The Virgin Suicides''. After the leading role in the cheerleading film '' Bring It On'' (2000), she gained wider attention for her role as Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007). Her career pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Hyde
Jonathan Stephen Geoffrey King (born 21 May 1948), known professionally as Jonathan Hyde, is an Australian actor. Hyde is perhaps best known for roles as Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury in the comedy film '' Richie Rich'' (1994), Samuel Parrish and Van Pelt in the fantasy adventure film ''Jumanji'' (1995), J. Bruce Ismay in the epic romantic film ''Titanic'' (1997), Culverton Smith in '' The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'', Warren Westridge in creature feature film '' Anaconda'' (1997), Dr. Allen Chamberlain in the adventure horror film '' The Mummy'' (1999), and Eldritch Palmer in the FX TV series ''The Strain''. Although an Australian citizen, he has mostly lived in the United Kingdom since 1969, after his family left Australia. Early life Hyde was born in Brisbane, Queensland, to a middle-class family. Hyde's interest in law took him to university to study the subject but his passion for performing and the theatre led him to pursue a career in acting. Leaving for London in 1969 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big-game Hunting
Big-game hunting is the hunting of large game animals for trophies, taxidermy, meat, and commercially valuable animal by-products (such as horns, antlers, tusks, bones, fur, body fat, or special organs). The term is often associated with the hunting of Africa's "Big Five" game (lion, African elephant, Cape buffalo, African leopard, and African rhinoceros), and Indian rhinoceros and Bengal tigers on the Indian subcontinent. History Hunting of big game for food is an ancient practice, possibly arising with the emergence of ''Homo sapiens'' ( anatomically modern humans), and possibly pre-dating it, given the known propensity of other great apes to hunt, and even eat their own species. The Schöningen spears and their correlation of finds are evidence that complex technological skills already existed 300,000 years ago, and are the first obvious proof of an active big game hunt. ''H. heidelbergensis'' already had intellectual and cognitive skills like anticipatory plannin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bebe Neuwirth
Beatrice "Bebe" Jane Neuwirth ( ; born December 31, 1958) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Known for her roles on stage and screen, she has received two Primetime Emmy Awards, Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and two Drama Desk Awards. Neuwirth made her Broadway (theatre), Broadway debut in the musical ''A Chorus Line'' in 1980. She went on to win two Tony Awards, the first for Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Best Featured Actress in a Musical playing Nickie in the revival of ''Sweet Charity'' (1986) and received her second for Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical for Velma Kelly in the revival of ''Chicago (musical), Chicago'' (1996). She has also starred as Lola in the revival of ''Damn Yankees'' (1994) and Morticia Addams in ''The Addams Family (musical), The Addams Family'' (2010). She was nominated for another Tony Award for her performance as Fräulein Schneider in Cabaret (musical), ''Cabaret'' (2024). On televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Alan Grier
David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1956) is an American actor and comedian. Known for his roles on stage and screen, Grier gained popularity playing multiple roles in the American sketch comedy television series '' In Living Color'' (1990–1994) and Reverend Leon Lonnie Love on the Fox comedy series ''Martin'' (1993–1997). In 2004, Grier was ranked no. 94 on Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups. Grier made his feature film debut in the Robert Altman directed drama '' Streamers'' (1983) for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. Grier then took roles in films such as '' A Soldier's Story'' (1984), ''Boomerang'' (1992), '' Jumanji'' (1995), '' Baadasssss!'' (2003), '' Bewitched'' (2005), '' They Cloned Tyrone'' (2023), '' The Color Purple'' (2023), and '' The American Society of Magical Negroes'' (2024). On stage, Grier won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role in the Broadway revival of '' A Soldier's Play'' (2021) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Bell Bundy
Laura Ashley Bell Bundy-Hinkle (born April 10, 1981) is an American actress and singer. Her career started as a child, when her mother entered her in beauty pageants, where she would sing as a talent. After recognizing her singing ability, her mother took her to New York City, where she found success as a child actress and model, signing with Ford Modeling Agency in 1986. She was cast as the lead in ''Ruthless!'' at age 9 in 1991. She later gained wider recognition for her role as young Sarah Whittle in 1995's Jumanji. Later she played Marah Lewis on the daytime soap Guiding Light from 1998 to 2001. She is best known for originating the Broadway theatre, Broadway roles of Amber Von Tussle in the musical version of ''Hairspray (musical), Hairspray'' and Elle Woods in the musical version of ''Legally Blonde (musical), Legally Blonde'', for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. In 2010 she signed to Mercury Records Nashville and released her two country music singles, "Giddy On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie Hunt
Bonnie Lynn Hunt (born September 22, 1961) is an American actress and comedian. Her film roles include ''Rain Man'', ''Beethoven (film), Beethoven'', ''Beethoven's 2nd (film), Beethoven's 2nd'', ''Jumanji'', ''Jerry Maguire'', ''The Green Mile (film), The Green Mile'', ''Cheaper by the Dozen (2003 film), Cheaper by the Dozen'', and ''Cheaper by the Dozen 2''. Hunt has done voice work in ''A Bug's Life'', ''Zootopia'', and the ''Monsters, Inc. (franchise), Monsters, Inc.'', ''Cars (franchise), Cars'', and ''Toy Story (franchise), Toy Story'' franchises. She starred in ''Grand (TV series), Grand'' and ''Davis Rules'', as well as creating, producing, writing, and starring in ''The Building (TV series), The Building'', ''Bonnie (TV series), Bonnie'', and ''Life with Bonnie''. From 2008 to 2010, she hosted ''The Bonnie Hunt Show''. Early life Bonnie Lynn Hunt was born on September 22, 1961, in Chicago, Illinois, to Robert Edward Hunt (1927-1981), an electrician, and Alice E. Hunt (n� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Hann-Byrd
Adam Hann-Byrd (born February 23, 1982) is an American actor and screenwriter most recognized for his roles in the films ''Jumanji'', '' The Ice Storm'', '' Halloween H20: 20 Years Later'' and as the titular character of '' Little Man Tate''. Early life Hann-Byrd was born in New York City, the son of Jacquie Hann, a children's book illustrator and author, and Jeff Byrd, a television cameraman. He has one sister, Maya. In 2004, Hann-Byrd graduated from Wesleyan University in Connecticut with degrees in psychology and film studies. Career Hann-Byrd made his film debut in 1991's '' Little Man Tate'', directed by and also starring Jodie Foster. In 1995, he appeared as the young Alan Parrish in ''Jumanji'' at age 13, with Robin Williams portraying the character's adult counterpart. He has also appeared in films such as '' Diabolique'' (1996) and '' The Ice Storm'' (1997). In 1998, he appeared as Charlie Deveraux in '' Halloween H20: 20 Years Later'' and in '' Uninvited'' in 1999. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
