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Crispin Hellion Glover
Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for portraying eccentric characters on screen, such as George McFly in ''Back to the Future'' (1985), Layne in ''River's Edge'' (1986), Andy Warhol in ''The Doors'' (1991), Bobby McBurney in ''What's Eating Gilbert Grape'' (1993), the Thin Man in ''Charlie's Angels'' (2000) and '' Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'' (2003), Willard Stiles in '' Willard'' (2003), Grendel in ''Beowulf'' (2007), The Knave of Hearts in ''Alice in Wonderland'' (2010), Phil in ''Hot Tub Time Machine'' (2010), and Mr. World in the Starz television series ''American Gods'' (2017–2021). In the late 1980s, Glover started his company, Volcanic Eruptions, which publishes his books and also serves as the production company for his films, such as ''What Is It?'' (2005) and '' It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.'' (2007). Early life Glover is an only child, born in New York City. He moved to Los Angeles with his family at the age of f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by TriBeCa Productions, Tribeca Productions. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive programming. Tribeca was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in 2002 to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of Lower Manhattan following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Until 2020, the festival was known as the Tribeca Film Festival. Each year, the festival hosts over 600 screenings with approximately 150,000 attendees, and awards independent artists in 23 juried competitive categories. History The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, and Craig Hatkoff, in response to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center (1973–2001), World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the Tribeca neighborhood in Lower Manhattan. The inaugural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice In Wonderland (2010 Film)
''Alice in Wonderland'' is a 2010 American adventure fantasy film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay written by Linda Woolverton and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. The film stars Mia Wasikowska in the title role, with Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Crispin Glover, and Matt Lucas, while featuring the voices of Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen, and Timothy Spall. A live-action adaptation and re-imagining of Lewis Carroll's works, the film follows Alice Kingsleigh, a nineteen-year-old who accidentally falls down a rabbit hole, returns to Underland and alongside the Mad Hatter, helps restore the White Queen to her throne by fighting against the Red Queen and her Jabberwock, a dragon that terrorizes Underland's inhabitants. ''Alice in Wonderland'' came under development in December 2007, when Burton was asked to direct two 3D films for Disney, including the remake of '' Frankenweenie''. Production began in September 2008 and concluded within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirman School
Mirman School is an independent, co-educational school for highly gifted children located at 16180 Mulholland Drive in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California, United States,"Where Bright Minds Can Shine" Elaine Woo, '''', 22 November 2000 with 330 pupils aged 5 to 14. Mirman School is accredited by the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges for grades K-8. Mirman is one of a handful of schools for the highly gif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German American
German Americans (german: Deutschamerikaner, ) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry. With an estimated size of approximately 43 million in 2019, German Americans are the largest of the self-reported ancestry groups by the United States Census Bureau in its American Community Survey. German Americans account for about one third of the total population of people of German ancestry in the world. Very few of the German states had colonies in the new world. In the 1670s, the first significant groups of German immigrants arrived in the British colonies, settling primarily in Pennsylvania, New York and Virginia. The Mississippi Company of France moved thousands of Germans from Europe to Louisiana and to the German Coast, Orleans Territory between 1718 and 1750. Immigration ramped up sharply during the 19th century. There is a "German belt" that extends all the way across the United States, from eastern Pennsylvania to the Oregon coast. Pennsylvania, with 3.5 mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milevsko
Milevsko (; german: Mühlhausen) is a town in Písek District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Dmýštice, Klisín, Něžovice, Rukáveč and Velká are administrative parts of Milevsko. Velká forms an exclave of the municipal territory. Geography Milevsko is located about northeast of Písek and south of Prague. Most of the municipal territory lies in the Tábor Uplands, but the northern part extends into the Vlašim Uplands and includes the highest point of Milevsko, the hill Zběžnice at . The town is surrounded by several ponds. History Archeological excavations have shown that the people lived in the area in the Paleolithic times. Other discoveries show occupation in the Bronze Age and the Hallstatt Culture period. During the Migration Period the area was slowly settled by Slavs in the 8th century. The first written mention of Milevsko is from 1184 and three years later a Premonstr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert (given Name)
Herbert is a Germanic given name, from '' harja-'' "army", "warrior" or "noble, sublime", and ''beraht'' "bright" or "shining" (compare Robert). See also Heribert and Aribert, other given names with the same roots. People named Herbert *Saint Herbert *Herbert of Derwentwater (died 687), Anglo-Saxon hermit, priest, and saint *Herbert I of Maine (died 1036), Frankish count *Herbert II of Maine (died 1062), Frankish count *Herbert I, Count of Vermandois (848–907), Frankish count *Herbert II, Count of Vermandois (880–943), Frankish count *Herbert III, Count of Vermandois (987–997), Frankish count *Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois (1045–1080), Frankish count *Herbert Aptheker (1915–2003), American historian * Herbert H. Asquith (1852–1928), leader of the Liberal Party and UK Prime Minister during World War I *Herbert Austin (1866–1941), English car maker, founder of the Austin Motor Company and Member of Parliament *Herbert Backe (1896–1947), German politician and SS func ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry V (play)
''Henry V'' is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written near 1599. It tells the story of King Henry V of England, focusing on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Years' War. In the First Quarto text, it was titled ''The Cronicle History of Henry the fift'', and ''The Life of Henry the Fifth'' in the First Folio text. The play is the final part of a tetralogy, preceded by '' Richard II'', ''Henry IV, Part 1'', and '' Henry IV, Part 2''. The original audiences would thus have already been familiar with the title character, who was depicted in the ''Henry IV'' plays as a wild, undisciplined young man. In ''Henry V'', the young prince has matured. He embarks on an expedition to France and, his army badly outnumbered, defeats the French at Agincourt. Characters * Chorus The English * King Henry V * Duke of Gloucester – Henry's brother * Duke of Bedford – Henry's brother * Duke of Clarence – He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the " Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. He remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Crispin's Day Speech
The St Crispin's Day speech is a part of William Shakespeare's history play ''Henry V'', Act IV Scene iii(3) 18–67. On the eve of the Battle of Agincourt, which fell on Saint Crispin's Day, Henry V urges his men, who were vastly outnumbered by the French, to imagine the glory and immortality that will be theirs if they are victorious. The speech has been famously portrayed by Laurence Olivier to raise British spirits during the Second World War, and by Kenneth Branagh in the 1989 film ''Henry V''; it made famous the phrase "band of brothers". The play was written around 1600, and several later writers have used parts of it in their own texts. The speech Cultural influence Use and quotation *During the Napoleonic Wars, just prior to the Battle of the Nile, Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, then Rear Admiral of the Blue, referred to his captains as his " band of brothers". *Charles Dickens' magazine ''Household Words'' (1850-1851) took its name from the speech. *During t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine
''It is Fine! Everything Is Fine.'' is a 2007 American independent drama film directed by David Brothers and Crispin Glover. It was written by and stars Steven C. Stewart. It also stars Margit Carstensen. ''It Is Fine'' is the second in a planned trilogy of films directed by Glover (all of them under the amplificated title "A Crispin Hellion Glover Film"), with the other two entries being ''What Is It?'' (2005) and '' It Is Mine'' (TBA). Synopsis A psycho-sexual, fantastical retelling of the life of a man with cerebral palsy and a fetish for girls with long hair. Production The film was completely funded by Crispin Glover, through his production company Volcanic Eruptions. It was written by and stars Utah writer-actor Steven C. Stewart, who also appears in ''What Is It?'' (2005). Glover and co-director and production designer David Brothers were working on an eventually unfinished project together in the late 1980's when Brothers passed Stewart's screenplay on to Glover, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Is It?
''What Is It?'' is a 2005 American surrealist film written, edited, co-produced and directed by Crispin Glover and starring Glover, Fairuza Balk, and Steven C. Stewart. Background ''What Is It?'' is the first entry in a planned trilogy directed by Glover, followed by '' It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.'' (2007) and continued with ''It Is Mine''. Synopsis The "adventures" of a young man with Down syndrome whose principal interests are snails, salt, a pipe, and how to get home, who is tormented by a hubristic, racist inner psyche. Production Production of the film started in 1996 as a short film that was to be used as a proof of concept for the as of yet unproduced third film in Glover's ''It'' trilogy, ''It Is Mine''. After completing the filming of the initial short, Glover decided to turn it into its own feature film and filmed an additional eight days over two years. Release The film premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and played at several other film festi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
