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Super 8 (2011 Film)
''Super 8'' is a 2011 American science fiction thriller film written and directed by J.J. Abrams and co-produced by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, and Kyle Chandler in lead roles. Set in 1979, the plot follows a group of young teenagers who witness a mysterious train derailment while filming their own Super 8 movie. As strange occurrences unfold in their small Ohio town, they realize that something dangerous has been unleashed from the train. Filmed in Weirton, West Virginia, ''Super 8'' blends elements of mystery, science fiction, and coming-of-age drama, drawing comparisons to iconic films like '' E.T.'' and '' The Goonies'' for its nostalgic tone, while offering a darker twist on those familiar themes. Released on June 10, 2011, ''Super 8'' received positive reviews from critics and was a moderate box office success, grossing over $260 million worldwide. ''Super 8'' received 4 nominations at the 17th Critics' Choice Awards, including Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Burk
Bryan Burk (born December 30, 1968) is an American film and television producer. He is mostly known for producing movies in collaboration with J. J. Abrams, including the ''Star Trek'' reboot series, the ''Mission: Impossible'' films '' Ghost Protocol'' and '' Rogue Nation'', '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'', and the TV series '' Alias'', '' Lost'', ''Fringe'', and ''Person of Interest''. His only work outside of producing was co-writing the ''Fringe'' episode " There's More Than One of Everything". Career Born to a Jewish family,Variety Magazine: "Abrams keeps it all in the fan family - J.J. and his collaborators conquer Hollywood" By Cynthia Littleton October 16, 2009 , ''"W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Robot
Bad Robot is an American film and television production company founded on May 27, 1999, and led by Katie McGrath and J. J. Abrams as Co-CEO. Under its Bad Robot Productions division, the company is responsible for the television series '' Alias'', '' Lost'', ''Fringe'', ''Person of Interest'', ''Revolution,'' and ''Westworld'' alongside the feature-length films ''Cloverfield'', ''Star Trek'', '' Super 8'', ''Star Trek Into Darkness'', '' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol'', '' Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation'', ''Star Wars Episodes VII'' and '' IX'', '' 10 Cloverfield Lane'', ''Star Trek Beyond'', ''The Cloverfield Paradox'', '' Mission: Impossible – Fallout,'' and ''Overlord''. History Bad Robot was originally based at Touchstone Television, but was moved by J. J. Abrams to Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Television, after his contract with ABC expired in 2006. Bad Robot produced '' Lost'' in association with ABC Studios, formerly Touchstone Television. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturn Award For Best Music
The Saturn Award for Best Music is one of the annual awards given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards, which are the oldest film-specialized awards to reward science fiction, fantasy, and horror achievements (the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is the oldest award for science fiction and fantasy films), included the category for the first time as a juried award at the 2nd Saturn Awards in 1975, but was later given out competitively beginning with the 6th Saturn Awards in 1979 onward. John Williams holds the record for most wins and nominations in this category, with 10 wins out of 23 nominations. Winners and nominees 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple nominations ;23 nominations * John Williams ;17 nominations * Jerry Goldsmith ;16 nominations * Danny Elfman ;13 nominations * Howard Shore * Alan Silvestri ;12 nominations * Hans Zimmer ;10 nominations * Michael Giacchino ;9 nominations * James Hor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturn Award For Best Performance By A Younger Actor
The Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor is one of the annual awards given by the American professional organization the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards are the oldest film-specialized awards to reward science fiction, fantasy, and horror achievements (the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, awarded by the World Science Fiction Society who reward science fiction and fantasy in various media, is the oldest award for science fiction and fantasy films). The category was first introduced for the 1984 film year, specifically to reward young actors and actresses in films, and was the first acting award of the Academy to reward both males and females. Tom Holland is the only actor to have won it three times, to have won it three years in a row, and to have won three times for the same role. Haley Joel Osment and Chloë Grace Moretz have each won the award twice. Moretz and Daniel Radcliffe have received the most nomination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturn Award For Best Director
The Saturn Award for Best Director (or Saturn Award for Best Direction) is one of the annual awards given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards, which are the oldest film-specialized awards to reward genre fiction achievements, in particular for science fiction, fantasy, and horror (the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is the oldest award for science fiction and fantasy films), included the Best Director category for the first time at the 3rd Saturn Awards, for the 1974/1975 film years. History The award is also the oldest to honor film directors in science fiction, fantasy and horror. It has been given 36 times, including a tie for the 1977 film year. James Cameron holds the record of the most wins with six (for seven nominations), while Steven Spielberg is the most nominated director with fourteen nominations (for four wins). Only three other directors have won the award more than once: Peter Jackson (three times), Bryan Sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturn Award For Best Science Fiction Film
The Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film is one of the Saturn Awards that has been presented annually since 1972 by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films to the best film in the science fiction genre of the previous year. Winners and nominees In the list below, winners are listed first in bold, followed by the other nominees. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article (if any) on that ceremony. 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Franchises Multiple wins ;7 wins * ''Star Wars'' ;2 wins * '' Alien'' * ''Avatar'' * MCU * ''Superman'' * '' Terminator'' * ''X-Men'' Multiple nominations ;12 nominations * ''Star Trek'' ;11 nominations * ''Star Wars'' ;6 nominations * '' Alien'' * ''Planet of the Apes'' ;5 nominations * MCU * '' Terminator'' * ''X-Men'' ;4 nominations * ''The Hunger Games'' ;3 nominations * ''Back to the Future'' * ''Robocop'' * ''Transformers'' * ''Mad Max' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
38th Saturn Awards
The 38th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 2011, were held on July 26, 2012 in Burbank, California. The awards are presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The six Best Film Award categories were respectively won by ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' (Science Fiction), ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' (Fantasy), ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' ( Horror or Thriller), '' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol'' ( Action or Adventure), '' The Skin I Live In'' (International) and ''Puss in Boots'' (Animated). ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' and '' Super 8'' led the winners with three each. In the television categories, ''Breaking Bad'' won three of its six nominations, including Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series. ''Fringe'', '' The Walking Dead'' and ''Teen Wolf'' won the other Best Series Awards. ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' became the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th Critics' Choice Awards
The 17th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 12, 2012 at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements of 2011 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on VH1, and hosted by Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer. The nominees were announced on December 13, 2011. Winners and nominees Joel Siegel Award Sean Penn Music+Film Award Martin Scorsese Statistics References External links 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (2012) – Best Picture: The Artist at Critics Choice Association The Critics Choice Association (CCA), formerly the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) is an association of television, radio and online critics. Their membership includes critics who review film and television. Founded in 1995, it is the l ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Critics' Choice Awards, 17 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2011 film awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Goonies
''The Goonies'' is a 1985 American adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Richard Donner from a screenplay by Chris Columbus based on a story by Steven Spielberg and starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin (in his film debut), Jeff Cohen (in his only feature film), Corey Feldman, Kerri Green (in her film debut), Martha Plimpton, and Ke Huy Quan with John Matuszak, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano, and Anne Ramsey in supporting roles. In the film, a group of children who live in the "Goon Docks" neighborhood of Astoria, Oregon, attempt to save their homes from foreclosure and in doing so they discover an old treasure map that takes them on an adventure to unearth the long-lost fortune of One-Eyed Willy, a legendary 17th-century pirate, while being pursued by a family of criminals who are after the treasure as well. The film was produced by Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment and released by Warner Bros. theatrically on June 7, 1985, in the United States. The film grossed $ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weirton, West Virginia
Weirton ( ) is a city in Hancock and Brooke counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located along the Ohio River in the state's Northern Panhandle. The population was 19,163 at the 2020 census, making it the seventh-most populous city in West Virginia. Weirton was established in 1947 after the consolidation of various small towns in the vicinity of the Weirton Steel Corporation, founded by Ernest T. Weir in 1909. It is a principal city of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area, which had a population of 116,903 residents in 2020; it is also a major city in the western part of the Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistical area. History Holliday's Cove Fort was a Revolutionary War fortification constructed in 1774 by soldiers from Fort Pitt. It was located in what is now downtown Weirton, along Harmons Creek (named for Harmon Greathouse), about three miles from its mouth on the Ohio River. It was commanded by Colonel Andrew Van Swearingen (174 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest. Of the 50 List of states and territories of the United States, U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-largest by area. With a population of nearly 11.9 million, Ohio is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, seventh-most populous and List of U.S. states and territories by population density, tenth-most densely populated state. Its List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in Ohio, most populous city is Columbus, Ohio, Columbus, with the two other major Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan centers being Cleveland and Cincinnati, alongside Dayton, Ohio, Dayton, Akron, Ohio, Akron, and Toledo, Ohio, Toledo. Ohio is nicknamed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super 8 Film
Super 8 mm film is a motion-picture film format released in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement over the older "Double" or "Regular" 8 mm home movie format. The formal name for Super 8 is 8-mm Type S, distinguishing it from the older double-8 format, which is called 8-mm Type R. Unlike Super 35 (which is generally compatible with standard 35 mm equipment), the film stock used for Super 8 is not compatible with standard 8 mm film cameras. The film is nominally 8 mm wide, the same as older formatted 8 mm film, but the dimensions of the rectangular sprocket hole perforations along one edge are smaller, which allows for a larger image area. The Super 8 standard also allocates the border opposite the perforations for an oxide stripe upon which sound can be magnetically recorded. Fujifilm released a competing system named Single-8, also in 1965, which used the same film, image frame, and perforation dimensions, but with a different f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
