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Jonathan Roberts (writer)
Jonathan Roberts (born May 10, 1956) is an American screenwriter, television producer and author. He is known for having co-written Disney's ''The Lion King''. Life and career Born in Boston, Roberts studied English literature at Brown University and took a summer graduate program on book and magazine publishing at Harvard before launching his career. His first written work was on ''The 80s: A Look Back'' and ''The Official Preppy Handbook'', which became a ''New York Times'' bestseller. Roberts's first screenplay credit was on ''The Sure Thing'' in 1985. He later went on to write for ''Fast Times'', in which he also served as producer. Roberts then joined Disney's story department and worked on the award-winning 1994 animated feature ''The Lion King'' with Irene Mecchi and Linda Woolverton. He also co-wrote the screenplays for ''James and the Giant Peach'' and ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' while at Disney. Roberts served as producer on ''Beverly Hills 90210'' and ''Head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States. Boston is one of the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1996 Film)
''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' is a 1996 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 34th Disney animated feature film and the seventh produced during the Disney Renaissance, it is loosely based on the 1831 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. The film was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise and produced by Don Hahn, from a screenplay written by Tab Murphy, Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and the writing team of Bob Tzudiker and Noni White. Featuring the voices of Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, and Kevin Kline, the film follows Quasimodo, the deformed and confined bell-ringer of Notre Dame, and his yearning to explore the outside world and be accepted by society, against the wishes of his cruel, puritanical foster father Claude Frollo, who also wants to exterminate Paris' Romani population. The film is considered to be one of Disney's darkest animated films due to its mature subject ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Steven Johnson
Mark Steven Johnson (born October 30, 1964) is an American filmmaker. Life and career Johnson began his career writing the Warner Bros. films '' Grumpy Old Men'' and its sequel ''Grumpier Old Men''. Johnson wrote and directed two comic book based films '' Daredevil'' and ''Ghost Rider'' as well as the film ''Simon Birch''. Johnson also wrote the story for the film ''Christopher Robin'' and directed the Netflix film '' Love, Guaranteed.'' Most recently Johnson wrote and directed Love in the Villa also for Netflix. Filmography References External links *Mark Steven Johnsonat Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang ... 1964 births American male screenwriters California State University, Long Beach alumni Living people People from Hastings, Minne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Frost (1998 Film)
''Jack Frost'' is a 1998 American Christmas dark fantasy drama film starring Michael Keaton and Kelly Preston. Keaton plays the title character, a father and musician killed in a car accident, only to be brought back to life in the form of a snowman via a magical harmonica. It received mixed to negative reviews and became a box-office bomb, grossing just $34 million against a budget of $40–85 million. Three of Frank Zappa's four children, Dweezil Zappa, Ahmet Zappa, and Moon Unit Zappa, appear in the film. Plot Jack Frost is the lead singer in a rock band based in the fictional town of Medford, Colorado. His focus on his music and hopes that the band will sign a record deal leads him to neglect his family, including his 11-year-old son Charlie. Charlie and Jack build a snowman together, and Jack gives Charlie his best harmonica, which he got the day Charlie was born. He jokingly tells Charlie that it's magical and that Jack will be able to hear it wherever he is. Jack promis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noni White
Noni White is an American writer and actress. White is best known for co-creating and writing the screenplay for '' Newsies'' along with her husband Bob Tzudiker, which was based on the real-life Newsboys' strike of 1899. Newsies began as a "classic underdog story ripped from the history books", with writers Tzudiker and White approaching producer Michael Finnell with an idea for a nonmusical drama; however, Disney studio head Jeffrey Katzenberg redirected the project to become a musical. She also shares writing credit on ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' ( 1996), ''Anastasia'' (1997), ''Tarzan'' (1999), and '' 102 Dalmatians'' (2000). She also contributed to the film ''The Lion King'' (1994) and has written screenplays for every major studio. The stage version of '' Newsies'' opened March 29, 2012, and closed on August 24, 2014, grossing over $100 million. The 2017 three-day cinema showing of ''Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical!'' broke ticketing records to become the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Tzudiker
Robert "Bob" Tzudiker (born August 28, 1953) is an American writer and actor. Tzudiker is best known for co-creating and writing the screenplay for '' Newsies'' along with his wife Noni White, which was based on the real-life Newsboys' strike of 1899. Newsies began as a "classic underdog story ripped from the history books", with writers White and Tzudiker approaching producer Michael Finnell with an idea for a nonmusical drama; however, Disney studio head Jeffrey Katzenberg redirected the project to become a musical. He shares writing credit on ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1996), ''Anastasia'' (1997), ''Tarzan'' (1999), and '' 102 Dalmatians'' (2000). He also contributed to the film ''The Lion King'' (1994) and has written screenplays for every major studio. The stage version of '' Newsies'' opened March 29, 2012, and closed on August 24, 2014, grossing over $100 million. The 2017 three-day cinema showing of ''Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical!'' broke ticketing r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tab Murphy
Tab Murphy is an American screenwriter, film producer, film director, and television writer. Biography Murphy's theatrical debut, ''Gorillas in the Mist'', was nominated for an Academy Award for his writing. In 1995, Murphy made his directorial debut with ''Last of the Dogmen'' and wrote the feature. Afterwards, Murphy has spent nearly ten years with The Walt Disney Company writing ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' in 1996, ''Tarzan'' in 1999, '' Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' in 2001, and ''Brother Bear'' in 2003. During his time with Disney, he was hired by TriStar Pictures to write a treatment to a planned sequel to the 1998 film ''Godzilla''. But due to negative reviews from critics and audiences alike, the planned sequel was cancelled. After working with Disney for a few years, he then left the company in 2006 and went to work at Warner Bros. Animation for a couple years. His work includes '' Superman/Batman: Apocalypse'' and '' Batman: Year One'', and he wrote several episodes f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karey Kirkpatrick
Karey Kirkpatrick is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. His films include Chicken Run, ''The Rescuers Down Under'', ''James and the Giant Peach,'' ''Over the Hedge'', ''The Spiderwick Chronicles'', '' Charlotte's Web'', and ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.'' He has also directed the films ''Over the Hedge,'' '' Imagine That'' starring Eddie Murphy as well as ''Smallfoot''. Kirkpatrick wrote the English-language screenplays for the U.S. releases of the Studio Ghibli films ''The Secret World of Arrietty'' in 2012 and '' From Up on Poppy Hill'' in 2013. His older brother is American songwriter and musician Wayne Kirkpatrick, with whom he wrote the 2015 musical ''Something Rotten!'' as well as the 2020 musical '' Mrs. Doubtfire.'' Life and career Kirkpatrick began his career as a staff writer at Walt Disney Feature Animation, where he worked for more than three years. During that time, he earned his first screenwriting credit as a co-writer on ''The Resc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Incredible Journey
''The Incredible Journey'' (1961), by Scottish author Sheila Burnford, is a children's book first published by Hodder & Stoughton, which tells the story of three pets as they travel through the Canadian wilderness searching for their beloved masters. It depicts the suffering and stress of an arduous journey, together with the unwavering loyalty and courage of the three animals. The story is set in the northwestern part of Ontario, which has many lakes, rivers, and widely dispersed small farms and towns. It is usually considered a children's book, although Burnford has stated that she did not write it specifically for children. The book was a modest success when first published, but became widely known after 1963 when it was loosely adapted into a movie by the same name by Walt Disney. The story was again adapted loosely when Disney remade the film in 1993 as '' Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey''. Burnford based the fictional story on the animals she and her husband owne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Hause
Jeffrey may refer to: * Jeffrey (name), including a list of people with the name * ''Jeffrey'' (1995 film), a 1995 film by Paul Rudnick, based on Rudnick's play of the same name * ''Jeffrey'' (2016 film), a 2016 Dominican Republic documentary film *Jeffrey's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada *Jeffrey City, Wyoming, United States *Jeffrey Street, Sydney, Australia *Jeffrey's sketch, a sketch on American TV show ''Saturday Night Live'' *''Nurse Jeffrey'', a spin-off miniseries from the American medical drama series ''House, MD'' *Jeffreys Bay, Western Cape, South Africa People with the surname * Alexander Jeffrey (1806–1874), Scottish solicitor and historian *Charles Jeffrey (footballer) (died 1915), Scottish footballer * E. C. Jeffrey (1866–1952), Canadian-American botanist *Grant Jeffrey (1948–2012), Canadian writer *Hester C. Jeffrey (1842–1934), American activist, suffragist and community organizer *Richard Jeffrey (1926–2002), American philosopher, logician, and probab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hines
David Hines (born 1945) is an English writer, author and screenwriter. He is the author of the screenplay of the film ''Whore'', directed by Ken Russell. Biography In 1957 Hines went to the William Morris School for the Arts. With the intention to become a dancer, in 1965 he moved to London and joined the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, a part of Brunel University. Two years later he worked with Stanley Kubrick as one of the character actors in '' 2001: A Space Odyssey''. He returned to the Rambert School in 1969 and the same year he became a member of the London Ballet company. After his wedding in 1967, he started working for the Pergamon Press and for the Evening Standard. In 1976 Hines divorced his wife. Subsequently, he worked for a film company called the Scimitar Films, but he resigned with the aim to write more novels and plays, working in the meantime as a part-time taxi driver. His best known work is ''Bondage'', a prize-winning monologue focused o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once Bitten (1985 Film)
''Once Bitten'' is a 1985 American teen horror comedy film, starring Lauren Hutton, Jim Carrey, and Karen Kopins. Carrey has his first major lead role playing Mark Kendall, an innocent and naïve high school student who is seduced in a Hollywood nightclub by a sultry blonde countess (Hutton), who unknown to him is a centuries-old vampire. While the movie underperformed at the box office, it has since become a cult classic. Plot Being 400 years old, the Countess has collected a stable of young men and women who accompany her on her centuries-old journey through eternal life and youth. Though she is immortal, she is required to drink the blood of a young male virgin three times by Halloween each year to keep her immortality and youthful appearance. She finds this task increasingly and extremely hard, since attractive young male virgins are almost impossible to find in the 1980s, particularly in hedonistic cities, in this case, Los Angeles, California. Meanwhile, virgin high scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
