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Porchlight Entertainment
PorchLight Entertainment, Inc. was an American animation and live-action studio founded in 1995 by Bruce D. Johnson and William T. Baumann. It is focused on development & production of television series in both live action and animation. It specializes in producing animation for television, film and home video. History On February 20, 1995, PorchLight Entertainment officially began its operations. It was headed by Bruce D. Johnson, former employee of Hanna-Barbera, and former Taft Broadcasting employee William T. Baumann. Their first acquisition is to bring ''Adventures from the Book of Virtues'' to television. Their project was then picked up by PBS, who ordered it to their series commitment. In 1997, while on the virtue of its own successful programming, it would spend $10 million on expanding its own programming activity and planning on to do made-for-TV movies. In 1998, it launched a motion picture division, PorchLight Pictures, which specialized on having motion picture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Eyes!
''Four Eyes!'' is an animated television series created by Darryl Kluskowski and co-produced by PorchLight Entertainment, Pictor Media and Telegael Teoranta for France 3. Plot summary The series centers around a misanthropic alien girl called Emma, who is sent to earth by her parents to repeat the fifth grade. Characters *Emma (voiced by Jules de Jongh) is an 11-year-old girl from the planet Albacore 7. She was sent to the Payne Academy boarding school by her parents, after flunking the fifth grade back home. Usually, squid-like in appearance, Emma uses a device shaped like a pair of glasses to alter her appearance into a human form. She has a plethora of alien abilities, including multiple psychic powers, the ability to fire a matter-disintegration beam from her fingers, being able to hold her breath for a long time, and many others. In human form, Emma has the physical appearance of a stereotypical geek; she has Malocclusion, buck teeth and wears glasses. She has a severe allerg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tutenstein
''Tutenstein'' is an American animated television series, produced by Porchlight Entertainment for Discovery Kids based on the comics by Jay Stephens. The series premiered on November 1, 2003 and ended on October 11, 2008. It features young mummy Tutankhensetamun (based on real-life Tutankhamun and usually called "Tutenstein" as in the title) who is awakened about 3,000 years after his accidental death and now must face the fact that his kingdom is gone. The name is a portmanteau of ''Tutankhamun'' and ''Frankenstein''. Beginning in August 2020, Yippee TV, the current owners of the series, made the series officially available for streaming on YouTube. In October 2022, it was announced that a reboot is currently in the works. It will have a completely new look. Plot Tutankhensetamun was an impulsive but kindhearted young Egyptian Pharaoh who lived a luxurious but short life. He died because back in Ancient Egypt he saved a friend of his from being smashed by rocks from a colla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Saturdays
''The Secret Saturdays'' is an American animated television series created by Canadian cartoonist Jay Stephens for Cartoon Network. It debuted on October 3, 2008 in the United States. The series follows the adventures of the Saturdays, a family of cryptozoologists that work to keep the truth about cryptids from getting out, to protect both the human race and the creatures themselves. The Saturdays travel the Earth searching for cryptids to study and battling twisted villains like the megalomaniac V.V. Argost. The series is influenced by 1960's-era Hanna-Barbera action series and is combined with Jay Stephens' own personal interest in cryptozoology. The show finished its run on January 30, 2010, but aired reruns on Boomerang from December 5, 2011 to June 1, 2014. ''The Secret Saturdays'' was the first Cartoon Network original series to be broadcast in high-definition. The Saturday family later appear in the '' Ben 10: Omniverse'' episode ''TGIS'' where they team up with Ben Tennyso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Production
Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, casting, pre-production, shooting, sound recording, post-production, and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a film release and an exhibition. Filmmaking occurs in a variety of economic, social, and political contexts around the world. It uses a variety of technologies and cinematic techniques. Although filmmaking originally involved the use of film, most film productions are now digital. Today, filmmaking refers to the process of crafting an audio-visual story commercially for distribution or broadcast. Production stages Film production consists of five major stages: * Development: Ideas for the film are created, rights to existing intellectual properties are purchased, etc., and the screenplay is written. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass Media Companies Disestablished In 2011
Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different elementary particles, theoretically with the same amount of matter, have nonetheless different masses. Mass in modern physics has multiple definitions which are conceptually distinct, but physically equivalent. Mass can be experimentally defined as a measure of the body's inertia, meaning the resistance to acceleration (change of velocity) when a net force is applied. The object's mass also determines the strength of its gravitational attraction to other bodies. The SI base unit of mass is the kilogram (kg). In physics, mass is not the same as weight, even though mass is often determined by measuring the object's weight using a spring scale, rather than balance scale comparing it directly with known masses. An object on the Moon would weigh less t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass Media Companies Established In 1995
Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different elementary particles, theoretically with the same amount of matter, have nonetheless different masses. Mass in modern physics has multiple definitions which are conceptually distinct, but physically equivalent. Mass can be experimentally defined as a measure of the body's inertia, meaning the resistance to acceleration (change of velocity) when a net force is applied. The object's mass also determines the strength of its gravitational attraction to other bodies. The SI base unit of mass is the kilogram (kg). In physics, mass is not the same as weight, even though mass is often determined by measuring the object's weight using a spring scale, rather than balance scale comparing it directly with known masses. An object on the Moon would weigh less t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rain (2006 Film)
''Rain'' is a 2006 film directed by Craig DiBona. The screenplay was written by Andrew Neiderman, based on the novel by V. C. Andrews. It premiered at the Palm Beach International Film Festival. Plot A talented young pianist named Rain ( Brooklyn Sudano) is attacked by a vicious street gang which kills her sister. The gang sets out to find Rain while she hides in the care of a woman who is her natural grandmother. Rain was put up for adoption because the father of the baby was black and the mother was from a rich white family. Her adoptive mother (Khandi Alexander) sends her back because she is in danger for having witnessed her adoptive sister's murder. Cast * Brooklyn Sudano as Rain Arnold *Faye Dunaway as Isabel Hudson *Robert Loggia as Jake *Khandi Alexander as Latitia Arnold *Giancarlo Esposito Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (; born April 26, 1958) is an American actor and director. He is best known for portraying Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series '' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Downloaded A Ghost
''I Downloaded a Ghost'' is a 2004 film starring Carlos Alazraqui as Winston the Ghost and Elliot Page as Stella Blackstone. Plot Stella Blackstone (Elliot Page) and her best friend Albert (Michael Kanev) are twelve-year-olds with ambitious intentions of creating an extremely spooky Halloween house. While checking for hints online they open up a web link that opens a doorway through which an annoying ghost (Carlos Alazraqui) leaves his world and enters theirs. They find they must help this ghost resolve his problems or put up with him forever. Cast *Carlos Alazraqui as Winston Pritchett *Elliot Page as Stella Blackstone *Michael Kanev as Albert *Barbara Alyn Woods as Catherine Blackstone *Tim Progosh as Walter Blackstone * Gary Hudson as Fred Tomlinson *Vince Corazza Vincent Corazza (born December 6, 1972) is a Canadian actor, known for playing the role of Alden Jones in the television series ''Braceface'' and Darien Shields/Tuxedo Mask in the anime ''Sailor Moon''. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Dreams
''Pope Dreams'', also known as ''Music for My Mother'', is a 2006 film written and directed by Patrick Hogan. The film won five awards at various film festivals. Premise An aspiring drummer wants his dying mother to get an audience with the pope while he also tries to impress a girl out of his league. Principal cast * Phillip Vaden as Andy Venable * Marnette Patterson as Brady Rossman * Julie Hagerty as Kristina Venable * Stephen Tobolowsky as Carl Venable * Noel Fisher as Pete * Samantha Anderson as Heather * Casey Barclay as Eric * Jordan Belfi Jordan Belfi is an American actor. He is best known for his work on HBO's ''Entourage'', in which he plays agent Adam Davies, the nemesis of Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven). Early life Belfi was born in California and graduated from Wesleyan University ... as Lucas Reception DVDTalk recommended the film and said it "has a welcome honesty and heart to it that, when bolstered by such skillful performances, makes it well worth hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born Champion
''Born Champion'' is a 1998 American sports film written by Joe Hart, directed by Aron Schifman and starring Dan Haggerty, Kathleen Gati, Jenna Fischer, Josh Aubin, Leslie Ryan and Elyse Rogers. The low-budget film is notable for being the feature debut of Fischer. Plot With his family experiencing difficulties following his father's motocross-related death, teenager Danny Stewart is forbidden from participating in the sport by his mother. Ignoring his mother's wishes, Danny and a retired motorbike mechanic, Buck, manage to buy a motorbike. They start a training routine to prepare for a significant race. Cast Production Filming In her memoir, ''The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide'', Fischer states she was paid approximately $300 for her role in the film. She said the film was "basically the same plot as ''The Karate Kid ''The Karate Kid'' is a 1984 American martial arts drama film written by Robert Mark Kamen and directed by John G. Avildsen. It is the first ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Of The Twisters (film)
''Night of the Twisters'' is a 1996 made-for-television disaster film that was directed by Timothy Bond. The film premiered on The Family Channel (now Freeform) on February 11, 1996, as the cable channel's first original movie (and appeared on the channel until 2004, under its successor brands Fox Family and ABC Family). Filmed in Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada, it is based loosely on the 1984 young-adult novel of the same title by Ivy Ruckman, itself a semi-fictionalized account of an outbreak of seven tornadoes that struck Grand Island, Nebraska on June 3, 1980, which killed five people and injured 134 others; the film adaptation, however, is set in the fictional Nebraska town of Blainsworth, which serves as a stand-in for Grand Island. The film centers on a family's struggle to survive a night as a bizarre tornado-producing supercell thunderstorm tracks into and becomes stationary over their town. Plot The film's prologue takes place at 1:16 p.m. in an area of rural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LeapFrog Enterprises
LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. (commonly known as LeapFrog) is an educational entertainment and electronics company based in Emeryville, California. LeapFrog designs, develops, and markets technology-based learning products and related content for the education of children from infancy through grade school. The company was founded by Michael Wood and Robert Lally in 1994. John Barbour is the chief executive officer of LeapFrog. History Founding: 1990–1997 The history of LeapFrog traces back to the late 1980s when LeapFrog co-founder Michael Wood, an attorney at Cooley LLP, had difficulties teaching his son how to read. He began researching phonics and marketing while continuing as a partner at Cooley. By 1994, Wood had developed the first prototype of what would become Phonics Desk, LeapFrog's first product. The prototype utilized a Texas Instruments chip that was previously used by one of Wood's clients to develop talking greeting cards. Wood solicited feedback on his protot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
