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Strings (2004 Film)
''Strings'' is a 2004 animated fantasy film directed by Anders Rønnow Klarlund about the son of an ostensibly assassinated ruler who sets out to avenge his father but through a series of revelations comes to a much clearer understanding of the conflict between the two peoples concerned. An international co-production by Denmark, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom, the film was made with marionettes and the strings are part of the fictional world as life strings. The world of ''Strings'' The fact that marionettes play the characters is incorporated into the film's fictional universe. That is, the characters are marionettes. Wide shots of the countryside reveal millions of strings stretching endlessly into the sky, each one representing an individual on earth. Nobody knows how far the strings reach or who is controlling them. As far as the characters know, the strings are controlled by a higher power. When a string attached to a moveable limb is severed, it is analogous t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Rønnow Klarlund
Anders Rønnow Klarlund is a Danish author, director and screenwriter. Together with the Danish author Jacob Weinreich, they are known as A. J. Kazinski, and have published ''The Last Good Man'' and "The Sleep and The Death". Born in 1971 in Denmark, at first he worked at a radiostation, and went on to become a television producer. He made the shortfilm ''Klondike'' right before directing his feature film debut, ''The Eighteenth'', a film that earned him international acclaim. He also directed four episodes of the Danish series ''Taxa''. Books ''The Last Good Man'' by A. J. Kazinski A. J. Kazinski is a pseudonym A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true meaning ( orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's o ... for Anders Rønnow Klarlund and Jakob Weinreich, they have published the book ''The Last Good Man'' (''Den sidste g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marionettes
A marionette ( ; ) is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings depending on regional variations. A marionette's puppeteer is called a marionettist. Marionettes are operated with the puppeteer hidden or revealed to an audience by using a vertical or horizontal control bar in different forms of theatres or entertainment venues. They have also been used in films and on television. The attachment of the strings varies according to its character or purpose. Etymology In French, means 'little Mary'. During the Middle Ages, string puppets were often used in France to depict biblical events, with the Virgin Mary being a popular character, hence the name. In France, the word can refer to any kind of puppet, but elsewhere it typically refers only to string puppets. History Antiquity Puppetry is an ancient form of performance. Some historians claim that they predate actors in theatre. There is evidence that they were used in Egypt as early as 2000 BC when string-opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masatō Ibu
is a Japanese actor and voice actor, Best known for his villainous characters. He is sometimes credited as Masato Eve. Filmography Films * '' P.P. Rider'' (1983) *'' Love Hotel'' (1985) *'' Maison Ikkoku'' (1986) *'' Empire of the Sun'' (1987) – Sgt. Nagata *'' Sukeban Deka'' (1987) *'' Rex: A Dinosaur's Story'' (1993) *'' Toki o Kakeru Shōjo'' (1997) *'' Dr. Akagi'' (1998) *''Taboo'' (1999) *'' Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'' (2000) *'' Agitator'' (2001) *'' Onmyoji II'' (2003) *'' Azumi'' (2003) *'' Godzilla: Final Wars'' (2004) – Xillien Commander *'' Azumi 2: Death or Love'' (2005) *'' Tetsujin 28-go'' (2005) – Kētarō Taura *'' Sengoku Jieitai 1549'' (2005) – Saitō Dōsan *'' Sway'' (2006) – Isamu Hayakawa *'' Saishū Heiki Kanojo: The Last Love Song on this Little Planet'' (2006) – Murase *'' Goemon'' (2009) – Tokugawa Ieyasu *''Space Battleship Yamato'' (2010) – Desler (voice) * ''Sakurada Gate Incident'' (2010) – Ii Naosuke *'' Isoroku'' (2011) – Osam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Jacobi
Sir Derek George Jacobi (; born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen as well as for his work at the Royal National Theatre, he has received numerous accolades including a Tony Award, a BAFTA Award, two Laurence Olivier Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was given a knighthood for his services to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994. Jacobi started his professional acting career with Laurence Olivier as one of the founding members of the National Theatre. He has appeared in numerous Shakespearean stage productions including ''Hamlet'', ''Much Ado About Nothing'', ''Macbeth'', '' Twelfth Night'', ''The Tempest'', ''King Lear'', and ''Romeo and Juliet''. Jacobi received the Laurence Olivier Award, for the title role in '' Cyrano de Bergerac'' in 1983 and Malvolio in '' Twelfth Night'' in 2009. He also won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Benedick in ''Much Ado About Nothing' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sten Ljunggren
Sten Ivar Ljunggren (born 16 October 1938) is a Swedish character actor. He played Henrik in the long-running Swedish drama TV series '' Svenska hjärtan'', which aired between 1987 and 1998. Other notable roles includes criminal inspector Lennart Thorin in the TV mini-series based on the Lasermannen events, the retired doctor Axel Holtman in ''Skärgårdsdoktorn'', the voice of Carl Fredricksen in the Swedish dub of '' Up'', the voice of Sykes in the Swedish cinema dub of ''Oliver & Company'', and the evil principal in '' Kenny Starfighter''. He played the lead role as Birger in Lukas Moodysson's last short film ''Talk''. The same character, with some modifications, was used again in Moodysson's ''Together''. Ljunggren reprised the role. Selected filmography *1978 – '' Lyftet'' *1984 – '' Jönssonligan får guldfeber'' *1987–1998 – ''Svenska hjärtan'' (TV series) *1987 – ''The Ninth Company'' *1988 – '' S.O.S. – En segelsällskapsresa'' *1988 – ''Oliver & C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masachika Ichimura
is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kawagoe, Saitama and studied at the Theater Art College in Tokyo after graduating high school. He has also done voice acting work, with some of his roles being Mewtwo from the ''Pokémon'' franchise and Jack Skellington from ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''. Career In 1973, he made his debut as an actor with ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' and became one of top actors of Shiki Theatre Company since then. He appeared in various musical plays as ''West Side Story'', '' Equus'', ''Cats'', '' Evita'' and ''The Phantom of the Opera''. Besides he played the role of Shylock of ''The Merchant of Venice''. In 1990, he left the company and now signs up for Horipro. In February 2001, he reprised the role of Mewtwo in '' Super Smash Bros. Melee''. In 2013, he played the role of Tokugawa Ieyasu in "Anjin: The Shogun and The English Samurai" in London. In 2014, he cancelled the performance in ''Miss Saigon'' because of initial stomach cancer but in November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Glover
Julian Wyatt Glover (born 27 March 1935) is an English actor with many stage, television, and film roles. Classically trained, he is a recipient of the Laurence Olivier Award and has performed many times for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Glover's well-known film roles have included playing villains in several major motion picture franchises: General Maximilian Veers in '' The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980), Aristotle Kristatos in '' For Your Eyes Only'' (1981), and Walter Donovan in ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989). He has also appeared as Brian Harcourt-Smith in '' The Fourth Protocol'' (1987), voiced the giant Acromantula spider Aragog in '' Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' (2002), and appeared as conductor Andris Davis in the psychological drama '' Tár'' (2022). Glover has also appeared frequently on television, especially in the UK, including guest appearances in series such as '' The Avengers'', '' The Saint'', '' Thriller'', ''Doctor Who'', ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gösta Bredefeldt
Gösta Johan Harwey Bredefeldt (19 December 1935 – 9 January 2010) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 60 films and television shows between 1961 and 2009. Bredefeldt starred in the 1974 film ''A Handful of Love (film), A Handful of Love'', which was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. Filmography References External links * 1935 births 2010 deaths Swedish male film actors Male actors from Gothenburg 20th-century Swedish male actors {{Sweden-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Nakatani
is a Japanese actress and singer who began her professional career as a member of the girl group Sakurakko Club. Nakatani focused on acting after her departure from the band, making her debut on the popular television drama '' Under the Same Roof''. She relaunched her music career under the tutelage of producer Ryuichi Sakamoto in 1996, releasing three albums: '' Shokumotsu Rensa'' (1996), ''Cure'' (1997) and ''Shiseikatsu'' (1999). Her best-known songs include "Mind Circus" and "Suna no Kajitsu", which peaked at number ten on the ''Oricon'' charts. As an actress, Nakatani has received six Japan Academy Awards for her roles in '' When the Last Sword Is Drawn'' (2002)'', Memories of Matsuko'' (2006), and ''Zero Focus'' (2009), among others. She is most known internationally for her role as Mai Takano in the Japanese horror film franchise ''Ring''. Nakatani played Jun Shibata on the television drama '' Keizoku'', which spawned a special and a film. Biography From 1998 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine McCormack
Catherine Jane McCormack (born April 3, 1972) is an English actress. Her film appearances include ''Braveheart'' (1995), '' The Land Girls'' (1998), '' Dangerous Beauty'' (1998), ''Dancing at Lughnasa'' (1998), ''Spy Game'' (2001), and ''28 Weeks Later'' (2007). Her theatre work includes National Theatre productions of ''All My Sons'' (2000) and ''Honour'' (2003). Early life McCormack was born in Epsom, Surrey, England. She is of part Irish ancestry as one of her grandfathers was Irish. Her mother died of lupus when McCormack was six years old and her steelworker father subsequently raised her and her brother Stephen.Duerden, NickCatherine McCormack: The play's the thing ''The Independent'', 10 August 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2009. She was brought up as Roman Catholic and attended the Convent of Our Lady of Providence. She went on to study at the Oxford School of Drama. Career Film McCormack's screen debut was as the lead in the Anna Campion-directed film '' Loaded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melinda Kinnaman
Melinda Rosalie Kinnaman (born 9 November 1971) is a Swedish-American actress. Early life Kinnaman is a dual citizen of Sweden and the United States. Kinnaman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to American parents Dee and Steve Kinnaman. Her father, originally David Kinnaman, is an American who was drafted during the Vietnam War and deserted the military from his base in Bangkok. Her paternal half-brother Joel Kinnaman is also an actor. Career By age thirteen, she made her acting debut, portraying the tomboy Saga in the acclaimed 1985 movie ''My Life as a Dog'', directed by Lasse Hallström, for which she won Best Young Actress in A Foreign Film at the 9th Youth in Film Awards. She was educated at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in Stockholm from 1991 to 1994. Since then she has been part of the ensemble at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and had major parts in many classics, such as Iphigenia in '' Iphigenia at Aulis'' (1995), Bianca in ''The Taming of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
is a Japanese actor, singer, television host, and a former member of SMAP, one of the best-selling boy bands in Asia. Early life Kusanagi grew up in Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan. Career Music In 1987, at age 13, Kusanagi auditioned to enter Johnny & Associates, a Japanese talent agency that recruits and trains young boys, preteens to teens, to become singers and members of boy bands. After five of the other band members auditioning individually from 1986 through 1987, in autumn 1987, twenty boys, from ages ten to seventeen, were put together into a group called The Skate Boys, which was initially created as backup dancers for a famous boy band, Hikaru Genji (band), Hikaru Genji. In April 1988, producer Johnny Kitagawa chose six out of the twenty boys to create a new boy band and named them "SMAP". A year after the dissolution of SMAP, Kusanagi, alongside former members Shingo Katori, and Goro Inagaki formed the group, Atarashii Chizu. Acting He had the lead role in the movie, ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
