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Crawl (2019 Film)
''Crawl'' is a 2019 American natural horror film directed by Alexandre Aja, written by brothers Michael and Shawn Rasmussen, and produced by Sam Raimi. It stars Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper as a daughter and father who, along with their dog, find themselves trapped in the crawl space of their home and preyed upon by alligators during a Category 5 hurricane in Florida. Aja rewrote the original spec script from the Rasmussen brothers to expand the length of the story and its characters. The film was officially announced by the media in May 2018, and production started in Serbia in August with cinematographer Maxime Alexandre. The film was primarily shot within a warehouse facility located in the Port of Belgrade and wrapped shooting after 41 days in September. During post-production, the film score was composed by Max Aruj and Steffen Thum, and visual effects such as the alligators were produced by Rodeo FX. It took three months to complete the visual effects. Distributed b ...
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Alexandre Aja
Alexandre Jouan-Arcady, known professionally as Alexandre Aja, (; born 7 August 1978) is a French filmmaker best known for his work in the horror film, horror genre. He rose to international stardom for his 2003 horror film ''High Tension, Haute Tension'' (known as ''High Tension'' in the US and ''Switchblade Romance'' in the UK). He has also directed the films ''The Hills Have Eyes (2006 film), The Hills Have Eyes'' (2006), ''Mirrors (2008 film), Mirrors'' (2008), ''Piranha 3D'' (2010), ''Horns (film), Horns'' (2013) and ''Crawl (2019 film), Crawl'' (2019). Personal life Aja's pseudonymous surname is formed from the initial letter of each of the three parts of his real name. He was born in Paris, France, and is the son of Jewish French ''Pied-Noir'' director Alexandre Arcady and French cinema critic Marie-Jo Jouan. Career Aja acted at a very young age in minor roles in his father's films such as ', and the two ' films. He made his directorial debut at the age of eighteen wit ...
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Category 5 Hurricane
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Dana Stevens (screenwriter)
Dana Stevens (born October 16, 1963) is an American screenwriter and television writer/producer. Early life Dana grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and is a summa cum laude graduate of UCLA. Career She has written films including The Woman King, starring Viola Davis and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood; Netflix hit Fatherhood, starring Kevin Hart; the adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel, '' Safe Haven'', directed by Lasse Hallstrom; '' City of Angels'', starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan; '' For Love of the Game'', directed by Sam Raimi; '' Blink'', directed by Michael Apted; and '' Life or Something Like It'', starring Angelina Jolie. She was the creator and executive producer of ''What About Brian'', an ABC television series produced by J. J. Abrams that aired for two seasons and "Reckless" on CBS. Stevens did an uncredited rewrite on ''The World Is Not Enough'', directed by her then-husband Michael Apted, primarily to strengthen the female characters' roles. She was the l ...
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/Film
''/Film'', also spelled ''Slashfilm'', is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers. It was founded by Peter Sciretta in August 2005. Podcasts Six podcasts have run on the site. ''The /Filmcast'', hosted by David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Jeff Cannata airs weekly and focuses on a discussion of a recently released film, along with current film news and other related entertainment topics (Adam Quigley co-hosted the show with Chen and Hardawar from 2008 to 2013). In July 2021, the show became independent from the site and was rebranded ''The Filmcast''. ''The Tobolowsky Files'', hosted by Chen, features character actor Stephen Tobolowsky talking about his career, life and other topics. The ''JustifiedCast'', also hosted by Chen, followed season 3 of the TV series '' Justified''. ''A Cast of Kings'' is a podcast hosted by Chen and Joanna Robinson of Vanityfair.com in which they discuss and analyze each episode of '' Game of Thrones''. ''The Ones Who Knock'' ...
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Third Act
Third Act is the third full-length album by the Swedish/Danish band Evil Masquerade. Track listing All songs written by Henrik Flyman. Black Ravens Cry was released as a single in 2012 by Dark Minstrel Music Personnel ;Evil Masquerade *Henrik Flyman – guitar, vocals, keyboard * Apollo Papathanasio – lead vocals *Dennis Buhl – drums *Thor Jeppesen – bass ;Additional performer * David Rosenthal – keyboard *Richard Andersson – keyboard ;Production *Written, composed, arranged and produced by Henrik Flyman. *Recorded by Henrik Flyman at Digital Bitch, drums recorded at Stonelab Studio by Steen Mogensen, David Rosenthal's keyboard at Sonic Adventures Studio by David Rosenthal, Richard Andersson's keyboard recorded at Lipton Studio by Richard Andersson Richard Andersson (born 28 March 1972) is a Swedish musician and the founding father of several neoclassical metalbands in Sweden including Majestic and Time Requiem. Biography A ...
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Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ...
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James Wan
James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian director, producer, screenwriter and comic book writer. He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the ''Saw'' and ''Insidious'' franchises and the creator of The Conjuring Universe. The lattermost is the highest-grossing horror franchise, at over $2 billion. Wan is also the founder of film and television production company Atomic Monster Productions. Beginning his career with the ''Saw'' franchise, Wan made his feature directorial debut with its first film in 2004. The films became commercially successful and have grossed more than $1 billion globally. Following a period of setbacks, Wan returned with the ''Insidious'' series, where he directed the first film in 2010 and its 2013 sequel. The same year as the second ''Insidious'', Wan directed the first ''Conjuring'' film to critical and commercial success. He served as the director of the second installment in 2016 while producing subsequent films i ...
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Alexandre Aja (2012)
Alexandre Jouan-Arcady, known professionally as Alexandre Aja (; born 7 August 1978), is a French filmmaker best known for his work in the horror genre. He rose to international stardom for his 2003 horror film ''Haute Tension'' (known as ''High Tension'' in the US and ''Switchblade Romance'' in the UK). He has also directed the films ''The Hills Have Eyes'' (2006), ''Mirrors'' (2008), ''Piranha 3D'' (2010), ''Horns'' (2013) and ''Crawl'' (2019). Personal life Aja's pseudonymous surname is formed from the initial letter of each of the three parts of his real name. He was born in Paris, France, and is the son of Jewish French ''Pied-Noir'' director Alexandre Arcady and French cinema critic Marie-Jo Jouan. Career Aja acted at a very young age in minor roles in his father's films such as ', and the two ' films. He made his directorial debut at the age of eighteen with the short film ''Over the Rainbow'', which received a Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm Award nomination for bes ...
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Colin McFarlane
Colin Andrew Ignatius Peter McFarlane (born 15 September 1961) is a British actor, narrator and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Gillian B. Loeb in two films of Christopher Nolan's ''The Dark Knight Trilogy'', Ulysses in the STARZ television drama series '' Outlander'', the voice of Bulgy in the children's television series ''Thomas & Friends'', the voice of PC Malcolm Williams in the children's television series ''Fireman Sam'', and as the voice of "The Cube" on ITV. He also appeared in '' The Commuter'' (2018), in which he played Conductor Sam, as Chancellor Riggs in the 2015 holiday television movie ''Crown for Christmas'' (2015), as General Pierce in the science fiction horror film '' Patient Zero'' (2018) and as Aloisius Dupree in three films of the Batzan Trilogy titled ''The Invisible Guardian'', ''The Legacy of the Bones'' and ''Offering to the Storm'' in 2017, 2019 & 2020, respectively. His voice roles in animation and video games include JJ in ''Bob the ...
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Morfydd Clark
Morfydd Clark (born ) is a Welsh actress. She is best known for her role as Galadriel in the Amazon Prime fantasy series '' The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'' (2022–). She received a number of accolades for her performance in the film ''Saint Maud'' (2019), including a BAFTA Cymru as well as BIFA and BAFTA Rising Star Award nominations. Clark's other films include ''Love & Friendship'' (2016), '' Interlude in Prague'' (2017), and ''The Personal History of David Copperfield'' (2019). Also on television, she played Mina Harker in ''Dracula'' (2020) and Sister Clara in ''His Dark Materials'' (2019). Early life Clark was born in Sweden and moved with her family to Penarth, Wales, when she was two years old. She described her father as a "Northern Irish Glaswegian", and her maternal side is from North Wales. Her parents spoke English together, but her maternal grandparents were Welsh speakers, which led to her attending a Welsh language school. She is bi-lingual in English ...
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Alligator
An alligator is a large reptile in the Crocodilia order in the genus ''Alligator'' of the family Alligatoridae. The two extant species are the American alligator (''A. mississippiensis'') and the Chinese alligator (''A. sinensis''). Additionally, several extinct species of alligator are known from fossil remains. Alligators first appeared during the Oligocene epoch about 37 million years ago. The name "alligator" is probably an anglicized form of ', the Spanish term for "the lizard", which early Spanish explorers and settlers in Florida called the alligator. Later English spellings of the name included ''allagarta'' and ''alagarto''. Evolution Alligators and caimans split in North America during the early Tertiary or late Cretaceous (about 53 million to about 65 million years ago). The Chinese alligator split from the American alligator about 33 million years ago and probably descended from a lineage that crossed the Bering land bridge during the Neogene. The modern ...
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Levee
A levee (), dike (American English), dyke (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure that is usually soil, earthen and that often runs parallel (geometry), parallel to the course of a river in its floodplain or along low-lying coastlines. The purpose of a levee is to keep the course of rivers from changing and to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river or coast. Levees can be naturally occurring ridge structures that form next to the bank of a river, or be an artificially constructed fill dirt, fill or wall that regulates water levels. Ancient civilizations in the Indus Valley civilisation, Indus Valley, ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and China all built levees. Today, levees can be found around the world, and failures of levees due to erosion or other causes can be major disasters. Etymology Speakers of American English (notably in the Midwestern United States, Midwest and Deep South) u ...
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