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Flicka
''Flicka'' is a 2006 American family adventure drama film loosely based on the 1941 children's novel '' My Friend Flicka'' by Mary O'Hara. The film is directed by Michael Mayer and written by Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner. The novel had previously been made into a film by 20th Century Fox in 1943, and served as the inspiration for ''My Friend Flicka'', a 39-episode TV series in 1956–1957. In this version, set in the 21st century, the protagonist is a girl, played by Alison Lohman. The film also features Maria Bello, Ryan Kwanten and country singer Tim McGraw, who also served as executive producer of the soundtrack album. This USD15 million-budgeted film grossed $21 million in the United States theaters, and then it went on to become a surprise hit in DVD market in the United States; it made more than $48 million on DVD sales and more than $19 million on DVD/Home Video rental. A sequel, '' Flicka 2'', was released direct to DVD on May 4, 2010, and another sequel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Friend Flicka
''My Friend Flicka'' is a 1941 novel by Mary O'Hara, about Ken McLaughlin, the son of a Wyoming rancher, and his mustang horse Flicka. It was the first in a trilogy, followed by ''Thunderhead'' (1943) and ''Green Grass of Wyoming'' (1946). The popular 1943 film version featured young Roddy McDowall and was followed by two other film adaptations, '' Thunderhead, Son of Flicka'' (1945), and ''Green Grass of Wyoming'' (1948), both based on O'Hara's novels. A '' My Friend Flicka'' television series followed during 1956–1957, which first aired on CBS, then on NBC, with reruns on ABC and CBS between 1959 and 1966. The Disney Channel re-ran the program during the mid-1980s. Plot summary Kenneth McLaughlin is a 10-year-old boy living on Goose Bar Ranch, just out of Cheyenne, Wyoming, with his practical father, Rob; his mother, Nell; and his older brother, Howard. Rob is often unsatisfied with Ken, who daydreams when he should be attending to practical matters; Nell, however, shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flicka 2
''Flicka 2'' is a 2010 American drama film and a sequel to ''Flicka'' (2006). The film is about a city girl who finds herself in the country not by choice and befriends a horse. Neither girl or horse are wanted and they find a common bond. The film stars Patrick Warburton, Tammin Sursok and Clint Black. Plot After the death of her mother, Carrie McLaughlin (Tammin Sursok), a city girl, has been living with her grandmother in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. However, when her grandmother needs to go to a nursing home, Carrie has to move in with her father, Hank (Patrick Warburton), a rancher in Wyoming, whom she hasn't seen him before since she was a baby. Initially reluctant to adapt to country living, Carrie soon meets Flicka, a beautiful black Mustang that previously had belonged to Carrie's cousin Katy (Alison Lohman), who asked Hank to look after Flicka when her father sold their own ranch. Flicka is wild and dangerous and, according to the ranchers, longs for Katy. However, when Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary O'Hara (author)
Mary O'Hara Alsop (July 10, 1885 – October 14, 1980) was an American author, screenwriter, pianist, and composer best known for the novel ''My Friend Flicka''. O'Hara was a Hollywood screenwriter for silent era films that include ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1922), ''Braveheart'' (1925), and ''Framed'' (1927). In 1961, she performed her folk musical composition ''The Catch Colt'' at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. She was the author of several books including ''Let Us Say Grace'' (1930), ''My Friend Flicka'' (1941), and ''Novel-in-the-Making'' (1954). She died from arteriosclerosis on October 14, 1980, in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Biography Mary O'Hara Alsop was born July 10, 1885, in Cape May Point, New Jersey, the third child of the Reverend Dr. Reese Fell Alsop and Mary Lee Spring. O'Hara, who was named after her maternal grandmother, Mary O'Hara Spring (née Denny), grew up in Brooklyn Heights, New York. Her siblings included an older sister, the writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Friend Flicka (film)
''My Friend Flicka'' is a 1943 American Western film about a young boy, played by Roddy McDowall, who is given a young horse to raise. It is based on Mary O'Hara's popular 1941 children's novel of the same name. '' Thunderhead, Son of Flicka'', released on March 15, 1945, was the sequel to ''My Friend Flicka''. Plot Wyoming ranchers Rob and Nell McLaughlin somewhat reluctantly decide to give their 10-year-old son, Ken, a chance to raise a horse and learn about responsibility. Rob is disappointed in his son when he shows him his poor grades while he was at boarding school. He chooses a one-year-old chestnut mustang filly and names her Flicka, which ranch hand Gus informs him is a Swedish word for "girl". Rising debts and a "loco" strain have created problems for the McLaughlins. They accept a $500 offer from a neighboring rancher for the young filly's mother, Rocket, who had been clocked running at , but the mare is accidentally killed while being transported. The situation ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim McGraw
Samuel Timothy McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer and actor. He has released 17 studio albums (11 for Curb Records, five for Big Machine Records and one for Arista Nashville). 10 of those albums have reached number one on the Top Country Albums charts, with his 1994 breakthrough album '' Not a Moment Too Soon'' being the top country album of 1994. In total, McGraw's albums have produced 65 singles, 25 of which have reached number one on the Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay charts. Three of these singles – " It's Your Love", " Just to See You Smile", and " Live Like You Were Dying" – were respectively the top country songs of 1997, 1998, and 2004 according to ''Billboard'' Year-End. He has also won three Grammy Awards, 14 Academy of Country Music awards, 11 Country Music Association (CMA) awards, 10 American Music Awards, and three People's Choice Awards. His Soul2Soul II Tour, which was done in partnership with his wife, Faith Hill, is one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Mayer (director)
Michael Mayer (born June 27, 1960) is an American theatre director, filmmaker, and playwright. He won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical in 2007 for directing '' Spring Awakening''. Early life and education Mayer was born in Bethesda, Maryland, to Jewish parents Jerry and Louise Mayer (born 1936). For his bar mitzvah, he asked his parents for a movie camera and received a Super 8 single lens with a zoom. His first film was a dramatization of " The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia". After graduating from Charles W. Woodward High School, he studied at the University of Wisconsin before transferring to study acting at New York University (NYU)'s Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned an MFA in Theater in 1983. Career Mayer began performing onstage in New York City, performing in plays such as Tony Kushner's '' A Bright Room Called Day,'' but by 1990 had turned his efforts to directing, working as a freelancer while also teach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Lohman
Alison Marion Lohman (born September 18, 1979) is an American retired actress. She began her career with small roles in short and independent films, and starred in the sitcom '' Tucker'' (2000–01) and the soap opera '' Pasadena'' (2001). She received critical attention for the drama film '' White Oleander'' (2002), the fantasy film '' Big Fish'' and the dark comedy film '' Matchstick Men'' (both 2003), winning accolades at the Hollywood Film and Young Hollywood Awards. She also lent her voice to the 2005 redub of the animated film '' Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind''. After appearing in the action film ''Beowulf'' and the drama film ''Things We Lost in the Fire'' (both 2007), her highest-grossing release came with the horror film '' Drag Me to Hell'' (2009), which earned her nominations at the Detroit Film Critics Society, MTV Movie and Saturn Awards. In 2009, Lohman retired from acting after marrying filmmaker Mark Neveldine, choosing to focus on her personal life; sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Zigman
Aaron Zigman (born January 6, 1963) is a classically trained American composer, producer, arranger, songwriter, and musician who has scored music for films including '' The Notebook'', '' The Company Men'', '' Bridge to Terabithia'', '' John Q.'', '' The Proposal'', '' Flicka'', ''For Colored Girls'', ''Flash of Genius'', '' Sex & the City, Alpha Dog,'' and ''Escape from Planet Earth''. He has also written, arranged and produced over 50 hit albums, and co-written songs with legendary and contemporary artists including Quincy Jones, Christina Aguilera, Phil Collins, Was (Not Was), John Legend, Dionne Warwick, Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, and Seal. Early life and career Zigman was born in San Diego, California. His mother, a pianist and harpist, was his first music teacher, and he developed an early interest in jazz and concert music, studying with Rocky Slight, Gene Hartwell (a San Diego jazz player), and Florence Stephenson. A graduate of Point Loma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Konner
Lawrence Konner is an American screenwriter, producer and film director. Konner has written over twenty-five feature films, including ''Mona Lisa Smile'', ''Planet of the Apes'', '' The Legend of Billie Jean'', ''The Jewel of the Nile'', and '' Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country''. Konner’s writing for television spans over forty-five years. His works include the HBO series ''The Sopranos'', for which Konner earned an Emmy nomination in 2001, and ''Boardwalk Empire'', for which he received the WGA Award for Best New Series in 2010. He was also nominated for an Emmy for his work as writer and executive producer on the 2016 miniseries ''Roots''. Other television credits include ''Family'' and ''Little House on the Prairie''. In 1995, Konner produced and directed a documentary short, ''One Thing I Know'', which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, screened at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Special Jury Prize at the USA Film Festival. In 2003, through his indepen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Bello
Maria Bello (born April 18, 1967) is an American actress and producer. Her first major film role was in 1998's '' Permanent Midnight''. She followed this with a range of supporting and leading parts in films such as '' Payback'' (1999), '' Coyote Ugly'' (2000), '' The Cooler'' (2003), '' Secret Window'' (2004), '' Assault on Precinct 13'', ''A History of Violence'', '' Thank You for Smoking'' (all 2005), '' World Trade Center'' (2006), '' The Jane Austen Book Club'' (2007), '' The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'' (2008), '' Grown Ups'' (2010), '' Prisoners'' (2013), and '' Lights Out'' (2016). Outside of film, Bello is best known for playing Anna Del Amico in the medical drama '' ER'' (1997–1998) and Jacqueline "Jack" Sloane in the police procedural drama '' NCIS'' (2017–2021). She received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination and won a Critics' Choice Award for her performance in the limited series ''Beef'' (2023). In 2009, ''The Guardian'' named her one of the best actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Century Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc., formerly 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio, film production and Film distributor, distribution company owned by the Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, the film studios division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company. It is headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles, which is leased from Fox Corporation. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by this studio in theatrical markets. For over 80 years, 20th Century has been one of the major film studios, major American film studios. It was formed in 1935 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation by the merger of Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures, and one of the original "studio system, Big Five" among eight majors of Hollywood's Cinema of the United States#Classical Hollywood cinema and the Golden Age of Hollywood, Golden Age. In 1985, the studio remov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
