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Kala (Tarzan)
Kala is a fictional ape character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's original ''Tarzan'' novel, ''Tarzan of the Apes'', and in movies and other media based on it. She is the foster mother of Tarzan and raised him following the death of his parents. Fictional character biography In the novel, Kala is a female in a band of Mangani, a fictional species of great ape intermediate between gorillas and chimpanzees. The band of mangani encounter the Claytons, and while Kerchak attacks the father, Kala discovers their baby son. Grieving the death of her own baby, she takes the young Tarzan and raises him as her own. After Tarzan reaches adulthood, Kala is killed by Kulonnga, an African hunter who Tarzan subsequently kills in revenge. Kala is frequently mentioned in Tarzan books set after her death. She also appears in ''Jungle Tales of Tarzan'', a collection of short stories set during Tarzan's youth. In other media Film * Kala appears in ''Tarzan of the Apes'' (1918). * Kala appears in '' Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarzan Of The Apes
''Tarzan of the Apes'' is a 1912 novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the first in the Tarzan series. The story was first printed in the pulp magazine '' The All-Story'' in October 1912 before being released as a novel in June 1914. The story follows the title character Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society. So popular was the character that Burroughs continued the series into the 1940s with two dozen sequels. Scholars have noted several important themes in the novel: the impact of heredity on behavior; racial superiority; civilization, especially as Tarzan struggles with his identity as a human; sexuality; and escapism. In April 2012, in advance of the novel's centennial anniversary, the Library of America published a hardcover edition based on Burroughs' original novel, with an introduction by Thomas Mallon.(). Plot summary John and Alice (Rutherford) Clayt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS), sometimes shortened to Disney Animation, is an American animation studio that produces animated feature films and short films for the Walt Disney Company. The studio's current production logo features a scene from its first synchronized sound cartoon, ''Steamboat Willie'' (1928). Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney after the closure of Laugh-O-Gram Studio, it is the List of animation studios, longest-running animation studio in the world. It is currently organized as a division of Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios and is headquartered at the Roy E. Disney Animation Building at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, California. Since its foundation, the studio has produced List of Walt Disney Animation Studios films, 63 feature films, from ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (1937), which is also the first hand dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure
''Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure'' is a 2003 skateboarding game developed by Toys for Bob for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox, and Vicarious Visions for the Game Boy Advance, and published by Activision. The game features characters and stages licensed from Disney's '' The Lion King'' and '' Tarzan'', and Pixar's '' Toy Story'' franchises. Developed using the same engine and gameplay as '' Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4'' (2002), ''Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure'' was created as a licensed title to appeal to a younger audience, with the game featuring a simplified control scheme. Upon release, the game received generally positive reviews, with praise directed to the presentation and level design, and mixed reception to the simplified mechanics in contrast to the '' Tony Hawk'' series. The Game Boy Advance version received mixed reviews. Gameplay ''Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure'' allows players to skate in stages inspired by Pixar's '' Toy Story'' and Disney's ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Hearts (video Game)
is a 2002 action role-playing video game developed by Square (video game company), Square for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It is the first game in the Kingdom Hearts, ''Kingdom Hearts'' series and is the result of a collaboration between Square and The Walt Disney Company. An expanded re-release of the game featuring new and additional content, ''Kingdom Hearts Final Mix'', was released exclusively in Japan in December 2002. The ''Final Mix'' version of the game was later remastered in high definition and released globally as part of the ''Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix'' collection for the PlayStation 3. The game was later ported and released as part of the bundled ''Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix'' collection for PlayStation 4 in March 2017, Xbox One in February 2020, Windows in March 2021 and Nintendo Switch in February 2022. The game combines characters and settings from Disney animated features with those from Square's ''Final Fantasy'' series, in addition to ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarzan (video Game)
''Tarzan'' (also known as ''Disney's Action Game: Tarzan'') is a 1999 platform video game developed by Eurocom Entertainment Software. Based on the 1999 film of the same name, it was released by Sony Computer Entertainment on the PlayStation and Disney Interactive on Microsoft Windows on June 30, 1999, and by Activision on Nintendo 64 in February 15, 2000. An abridged version for the Game Boy Color developed by Digital Eclipse was released in 1999. Plot The player takes control of the eponymous Tarzan, an orphan child who was adopted and raised by gorillas. At the beginning of the game Tarzan is still a young kid who has to learn different skills from the gorillas such as climbing trees, swinging down branches or fighting small but aggressive wild animals. He eventually grows up to be a strong and skilled man who must defend himself and his fellow animal brothers' home, the jungle, from hunters led by the evil hunter Clayton. Gameplay ''Disney's Tarzan'' is a 2.5D side-scrollin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susanne Blakeslee
Susanne Blakeslee is an American voice actress. Her notable roles include the voices of Wanda, Anti-Wanda, and Mrs. Turner on '' The Fairly OddParents''; and as the voices of Cruella de Vil, Evil Queen, Lady Tremaine, Maleficent and Madame Leota for various Disney media. In 2012, Blakeslee won an Ovation Award for Lead Actress in a Musical for ''Forbidden Broadway Greatest Hits, Volume 2''. Career Stage Blakeslee performed on the stage set of '' Forbidden Broadway'' from 1990 to 1994 and worked as the show's choreographer in 1994. Blakeslee won the Lead Actress in a Musical Ovation Award in 2012 for her performance in ''Forbidden Broadway Greatest Hits, Volume 2''. Voice acting Blakeslee is noted for voicing Wanda, Anti-Wanda, and Mrs. Turner, for '' The Fairly OddParents'' franchise from 2001 to 2017, including 172 episodes of the television series, six specials and seven TV movies, as well as voicing these characters in the related Jimmy Timmy Power Hour tril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legend Of Tarzan (TV Series)
''The Legend of Tarzan'' is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, based on Tarzan from the novels written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the character's original creator who appears in one episode of the series. The series is also based on Disney's 1999 animated feature film ''Tarzan'' by Walt Disney Pictures and aired initially on the Disney's One Too block on UPN. However, reruns were broadcast shortly after on Toon Disney. The series picks up where Disney's 1999 animated feature film left off, with the title character adjusting to his new role as leader of the gorilla family following Kerchak's death, along with Jane (whom he has since married) and her father, Professor Archimedes Q. Porter, adjusting to life in the jungle. The three now reside in the treehouse built by Tarzan's original human parents. Characters Main * Tarzan (voiced by Michael T. Weiss) has assumed his role as leader of the gorillas. He married Jane, and they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legend Of Tarzan (film)
''The Legend of Tarzan'' is a 2016 adventure film directed by David Yates. Based on the character Tarzan created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the film stars an ensemble cast including Alexander Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Djimon Hounsou, Jim Broadbent, and Christoph Waltz. The story follows John Clayton (Tarzan), who, after moving to London, is convinced by George Washington Williams to return to his former home in the jungles of Africa, to investigate claims of slavery. It is the final film to be produced by Jerry Weintraub before his death in 2015. Principal photography began on June 21, 2014, at Leavesden Studios in the United Kingdom and wrapped four months later. The film premiered at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on June 29, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 1, 2016, in 2D, 3D, and IMAX, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It grossed $356.7 million worldwide against a budget of $180 million and received mixed reviews from critics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarzan (2013 Film)
''Tarzan'' is a 2013 English-language German animated action-adventure film based on the ''Tarzan'' stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Written, directed and produced by Reinhard Klooss, the film features the voices of Kellan Lutz and Spencer Locke. The story sees Tarzan (Lutz), a helicopter crash survivor who was raised by apes, as he meets and teams up with Jane Porter (Locke) to protect an energy-abundant meteorite from the greedy CEO of Tarzan's late father's company. ''Tarzan'' premiered in Russia on 17 October 2013, before releasing in Germany on 20 February 2014. It was distributed in Germany by Constantin Film, with international sales handled by Summit Entertainment. The film grossed €44.1 million worldwide against a budget of €25 million, despite receiving predominantly negative reviews from critics. Plot In prehistoric times, an asteroid crashes into Earth and Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, kills all the dinosaurs. In the present day, industrialist John Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarzan II
''Tarzan II'' (also known as ''Tarzan 2'' and ''Tarzan 2: The Legend Begins'') is a 2005 American animated direct-to-video adventure comedy film, and the third Disney's ''Tarzan'' film after '' Tarzan and Jane'', though it chronologically takes place during the events of the original film set during Tarzan's childhood, years before he met Jane. It was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Disneytoon Studios with animation outsourced to Toon City Animation, and distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Taking place during Tarzan's youth and before his adulthood, the film follows Tarzan's adventure to discover who he really is. Glenn Close and Lance Henriksen reprise their roles as Kala and Kerchak from the first film while Harrison Chad, Brenda Grate, and Harrison Fahn are the new voices for the younger versions of Tarzan, Terk, and Tantor, replacing Alex D. Linz, Rosie O'Donnell, and Taylor Dempsey. They are joined by new characters voiced by George Carlin, Estelle Harri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Routledge
Routledge ( ) is a British multinational corporation, multinational publisher. It was founded in 1836 by George Routledge, and specialises in providing academic books, academic journals, journals and online resources in the fields of the humanities, behavioral science, behavioural science, education, law, and social science. The company publishes approximately 1,800 journals and 5,000 new books each year and their backlist encompasses over 140,000 titles. Routledge is claimed to be the largest global academic publisher within humanities and social sciences. In 1998, Routledge became a subdivision and Imprint (trade name), imprint of its former rival, Taylor & Francis, Taylor & Francis Group (T&F), as a result of a £90-million acquisition deal from Cinven, a venture capital group which had purchased it two years previously for £25 million. Following the merger of Informa and T&F in 2004, Routledge became a publishing unit and major imprint within the Informa "academic publishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scary Mommy
Scary Mommy is a website that produces content targeting mothers, specifically focusing on parenting, motherhood, current events, and pop culture Popular culture (also called pop culture or mass culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as popular art pop_art.html" ;"title="f. pop art">f. pop artor mass art, some .... The site is owned by Bustle Digital Group, and the website is based in New York City. Scary Mommy began aJill Smokler'spersonal blog and exploded into a massive community of mothers. The site peaked around 2009-2015. History Scary Mommy was founded in March 2008 bJill Smoklerin Baltimore, Maryland. A companion book titled ''Confessions of a Scary Mommy'' was published by Smokler in April 2012 and became an instant bestseller. Scary Mommy Nation, a 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was established by Smokler in 2013, which raised money for families who weren't a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
