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The Fearless Four (film)
The Fearless Four (German: ''Die furchtlosen Vier'') is a 1997 German Animation, animated musical film loosely based on the folklore, folk tale of the "Town Musicians of Bremen" by the Brothers Grimm, about four funny animals that all have one thing in common: they want to sing, but can't for assorted reasons. Combining traditional animation with computer animation, the film was produced by Munich Animation and released by the German unit of Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. under the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment label. Producer Eberhard Junkersdorf won a Bavarian Film Award in 1998 for "Best Production". Plot The film follows the carefree lives of the easygoing bloodhound Buster, the woeful donkey Fred, the graceful Siamese cat Gwendolyn and the self-assured rooster Tortellini. The film first begins with Buster, who likes to sing and dance instead of doing his job to hunt foxes. His owners notice this and make a deal with one of the workers for the food factory, Mix Max ...
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British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, distribution, and education. It is sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and partially funded under the British Film Institute Act 1949. Purpose It was established in 1933 to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history and heritage of the United Kingdom. BFI activities Archive The BFI maint ...
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Hartmut Engler
Pur is a German pop band from Bietigheim-Bissingen. History The group was initially founded in 1975 under the name ''Crusade'' by Roland Bless and Ingo Reidl. Their first releases came out under the name Opus, but after an Austrian band with the same name had a huge hit single in Germany in 1985, they switched to the name Pur. Pur's first hit single in Germany was "Lena", released in 1990. In the 1990s and 2000s they had a string of number 1 albums in Germany. The producer of Pur was Dieter Falk from 1990 to 1998. The ThyssenKrupp ThyssenKrupp AG (, ; stylized as thyssenkrupp) is a German industrial engineering and steel production multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate. It is the result of the 1999 merger of Thyssen AG and Krupp and h ... commercials use a song named ''Abenteuerland'', with a slogan named ''Developing the future''. Discography Further reading *Larmann, Ralph, Pur: Unsere Geschichte in Fotografien & Texten. te Neues ...
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Christopher Gaze
Christopher Bower Gaze, (born 12 May 1952) is an English actor, host, artist, theatre and opera director residing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. History Born in Guildford, Surrey, England, he trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School before coming to Canada in 1975 where he spent three seasons at the Shaw Festival. Career He moved to Vancouver in 1983 and in 1990 founded Bard on the Beach which in 2014 achieved attendance exceeding 100,000. In addition to performing and directing for Bard, Christopher's voice is heard regularly in cartoon series, commercials and on the radio. He also hosts Vancouver Symphony's popular Tea and Trumpets series and their annual Christmas concerts. His many honours include induction into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, Canada's Meritorious Service Medal (2004), Honorary Doctorates from UBC & SFU, the BC Community Achievement Award (2007), the Gold Medallion from the Children's Theatre Foundation of America (2007) and a Jessi ...
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Rick Jones (voice Actor)
Richard Jones (born c. 1957) is a Canadian voice actor, voice director, writer and content developer. Since 1982, he has worked with Fox, Disney, Universal, Hanna-Barbera, Alphanim, Cinar and Nelvana. Jones has been nominated for a Gemini Award twice in 1988 and 2003. Bio During his early years, Rick obtained an undergraduate degree in biology. Whilst he was working on a geology thesis, a friend from Carleton University working at the school radio station asked him to do a voice for an ad, which helped start Rick's career. His first work was in the special ''The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings''. Filmography Voice work - series and games * ''The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings'' (1983) - Tender Heart Bear/Good Luck Bear/Birthday Bear * ''The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine'' (1984) - Tender Heart Bear/Good Luck Bear/Birthday Bear * ''The Velveteen Rabbit'' (1985) - Rabbit 1/Rabbit 2 * ''The Raccoons'' (1985–1992) - Sidekick/Delivery Ape/Master of Ceremonie ...
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Richard Newman (actor)
Richard Newman (born November 2) is an American actor who is notable for his numerous voice roles in ''Transformers''. Career Newman started his voice-over career in 1990 with ''Dragon Warrior''. He has also had roles in ''Dragon Ball Z'', '' RoboCop: Alpha Commando'', ''Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century'', and ''Spider-Man Unlimited'' as well as ''InuYasha'', ''Oban Star Racers'', '' MegaMan NT Warrior'', and ''Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars''. He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of Rhinox in '' Beast Wars: Transformers'' (''Beasties'' in Canada) and M. Bison in the ''Street Fighter'' cartoon series. Newman also provided arch-villain Phaeton's voice in the animated television series ''Exosquad''. Among his most recent roles are Bear Hugger (a Canadian boxer) in ''Punch-Out!!'', and Cranky Doodle Donkey in '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''. In the late 1990s, Newman went over to Toronto to work with the successful animation company Nelvana and lent his voic ...
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Stevie Vallance
Stephanie Louise Vallance, commonly known as Stevie Vallance, also credited as Louise Vallance during the 1970s90s, is a Canadian actress, musician, composer and director who has worked on numerous films and television series, both live-action and animated. Vallance is most recognized as Jenny in ''The Ropers'', Det. Stevie Brody in ''Night Heat,'' and Whazzat Kangaroo in ''Zoobilee Zoo''. As a director, she received a ''Daytime Emmy'' for voice-directing the music and dialogue on the children's animated series ''Madeline'', in which she also portrayed "Miss Clavel" and "Genevive". Early life and career Montréal-born, Toronto-raised Stephanie Louise Vallance began work as a professional actress at age eleven. At that time she was discovered by Alan Lund, who cast her in the lead role of "Adele" in the Charlottetown Festival musical production of ''Jane Eyre'', which performed at Toronto's O'Keefe Centre (now the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts). As a teenager, Vallance mad ...
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Scott McNeil
Scott McNeil is an Australian-born Canadian actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of the best-known Canadian voice actors of all time, McNeil has provided voices to many characters in animated shows, most notably '' Dragon Ball Z'', '' Beast Wars: Transformers'', '' X-Men: Evolution'', ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', '' Inuyasha'' and ''Fullmetal Alchemist''. He has done live action work as well. Early life McNeil was born in Brisbane, Australia, but moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada when he was 4 years old in 1966. He first appeared on stage at the age of three. He first learned that people were paid to do different voices after a trip to Disneyland at the age of 12. That was when he learned that Paul Frees, the person who provided the voice that greeted visitors entering the Haunted Mansion, was the same person who provided the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy. Even though he knew about voice acting, McNeil pursued the theater. He s ...
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Michael Donovan
Michael Donovan is a Canadian voice actor and director known for his roles as Suikotsu in ''Inuyasha'' and Zoken Mato in ''Fate/stay night''. He has also directed many animated series and feature films. Roles Animation * ''3-2-1 Penguins!''Kevin * ''A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation''Ning * ''Action Dad''Chuck Ramsey, Slam McJackson, Ms. Poundpenny, additional voices * ''Action Man (2000 TV series), Action Man''Narrator * ''Adventures from the Book of Virtues''Sock, Socrates, additional voices * ''Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog''Wes Weasley, Mad Mike * ''Animated Classic Showcase''Guest voices * ''Batman Gotham Knights (TV series), Batman: Gotham Knights''Gun Runner #3 * ''Batman: The Animated Series''Guest voices * ''Billy the Cat (TV series), Billy the Cat''Mr. Hubert, Magician, Blackie, additional voices * ''Boom Boom Sabotage''TV Narrator/Commercial VO * ''Bumble Braynes''Burwin * ''Camp Candy''Grannie Knot, various guest roles * ''Captain N: The Game Master ...
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Robert O
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ...
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Kathleen Barr
Kathleen Barr is a Canadian voice actress. She is best known for voicing Marie Kanker and Kevin in ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' and Trixie Lulamoon and Queen Chrysalis in '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''. She also voiced Henri Richard Maurice Dutoit LeFevbre in ''Liberty's Kids'', Dot Matrix in ''ReBoot'', Kaiko Nekton in '' The Deep'', Wheezie in ''Dragon Tales'', and Gelorum in '' Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers''. Filmography Animation * ''Galaxy Express 999'' (1979) – Maetel / Kenae Hoshino / Promethium * '' Adieu Galaxy Express 999'' (1981) – Maetel / Queen Promethium * '' Superbook'' (1981, TV Series) – Salome / Noag's Wife / Principal Travis / Woman #1 / Rebekah / Rebekah's Mother / Sam / Student * ''Maison Ikkoku'' (1986, TV Series) – Kyoko's Mother (English version) * ''Ranma ½'' (1990, TV Series) – Cologne * ''Ranma ½: Chûgoku Nekonron daikessen! Okite yaburi no gekitô hen'' (1991) – Cologne / Tsubasa Kurenai (English version) * ''Ranma ½: Kessen Tôgenkyô! ...
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Garry Chalk
Garry Chalk is a British-born Canadian actor. He has provided the voices for Optimus Primal of '' Beast Wars: Transformers'' and '' Beast Machines'', as well as Optimus Prime in the anime English dubs of '' Transformers: Armada'', '' Transformers Energon'', and '' Transformers: Cybertron''. He has lent his voice to over 30 animated television series and has been in films such as ''The Fly II'', ''Godzilla'' and ''Freddy vs. Jason''. He played the recurring role of Col. Chekov on ''Stargate SG-1''. He is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Inspector Andrew Pawlachuk on ''Cold Squad''. Early life Chalk was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England. At the age of 5, his family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Career Chalk has been involved with theatre since 1978 and has performed at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company (VPTC), the Arts Club Theatre Company (ACTC), The Vancouver Theatresports League and various low budget theatres in Canada. The last live s ...
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Ian James Corlett
Ian James Corlett (born August 29, 1962) is a Canadian voice actor, animator, and author. He is the creator of Studio B Productions' animated series ''Being Ian'' and ''Yvon of the Yukon''. One of his best-known animation roles was the first English voice of adult Goku in the Ocean dub of ''Dragon Ball Z'' in 1996–1997. Career Corlett began his career in 1984. In addition to programming some drum tracks and helping with some computer sequences on Queensrÿche's album '' Operation: Mindcrime'', and also selling the band some music gear in the 1980s, Corlett also lent his voice to several animated series produced/dubbed in Canada. His most notable voice roles included the title character of the ''Mega Man'' TV show, Cheetor in '' Beast Wars: Transformers'', Glitch-Bob in ''ReBoot'', and Andy Larkin in ''What's with Andy?''. Another notable, yet brief starring role of Corlett's was Goku in Funimation/ Saban's original dub of ''Dragon Ball Z''. Corlett has also lent his voice to ...
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