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Casper
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Brad Silberling
Produced by
Colin Wilson
Written by
Sherri Stoner
Deanna Oliver
Uncredited:
J. J. Abrams
Based on
Casper the Friendly Ghost
by Seymour Reit
Joe Oriolo
Starring
Malachi Pearson
Christina Ricci
Bill Pullman
Cathy Moriarty
Eric Idle
Music by
James Horner
Cinematography
Dean Cundey
Edited by
Michael Kahn
Production
company
Amblin Entertainment
The Harvey Entertainment Company
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date
May 26, 1995 (1995-05-26)
Running time
101 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$55 million[1]
Box office
$287.9 million[1]
Casper is a 1995 American live-action/computer-animated fantasy comedy film directed by Brad Silberling loosely based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost created by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo. The film stars Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, and Amy Brenneman, and also features the voices of Malachi Pearson as the title character as well as Joe Nipote, Joe Alaskey, and Brad Garrett.
The film makes extensive use of computer-generated imagery to create the ghosts, and it is the first feature film to have a fully CGI character in a leading role. It tells Casper's story in a darker interpretation in comparison to the comics, cartoons and films of the previous years, especially with its theme of death, most notably the tragic backstory of how he died.
Casper was released in cinemas on May 26, 1995 by Universal Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics and earned $287.9 million[1] on a $55 million[1] budget. It went on to spawn direct-to-video follow-up films and an animated television spin-off, The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper.
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1 Plot
2 Cast
2.1 Cameos
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Reception
5.1 Box office
5.2 Critical reception
6 Legacy
6.1 TV series
6.2 Sequels and prequel
6.3 Video games
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Plot[edit]
In the town of Friendship, Maine, two young boys Nicky and Andreas enter a creepy, old mansion called Whipstaff Manor, apparently on a dare, but they are scared away by a ghost named Casper. Later, after the death of her father, neurotic and spoiled heiress Carrigan Crittenden discovers he has only left her Whipstaff Manor in his will. Carrigan and her attorney, Dibs, learn of a treasure allegedly hidden somewhere within the manor, but upon investigation they find the manor haunted by Casper and his obnoxious prankster uncles, the Ghostly Trio, who scare the two off the property. A lonely Casper watches a news report of paranormal therapist James Harvey, and is instantly smitten with his teenage daughter, Kat. This leads Casper in inspiring Carrigan to summon Dr. Harvey to Whipstaff. Harvey and Kat have an estranged relationship due to the former’s reputation and obsession with contacting the ghost of his late wife, Amelia. Moving into Whipstaff, Kat and her father quickly encounter Casper, who tries to befriend them, while his uncles try to scare them out of the house.
After befriending Casper during breakfast, Kat goes to school with Casper following her. She becomes popular when her class, upon learning that she is living in Whipstaff, agree to host their Halloween party there. However, Amber, Kat’s classmate who immediately dislikes her, becomes envious of Kat stealing her spotlight, since the party was originally going to be held at her place. Amber plots with her boyfriend, Vic, to humiliate Kat during the party. Harvey meanwhile attempts to have therapy sessions with the Ghostly Trio, who reveal that they know Amelia; in exchange for getting Carrigan to leave them alone, they promise to go through the "red tape" involved to get Harvey a meeting with his wife.
Meanwhile, Kat learns Casper has no memory of his life and unlocks his old bedroom to remind him. Casper comes across an old wooden sled, recalling that when he was a young boy, his father bought it for him. Casper was so happy that he played outside on a very cold day until he caught a severe cold and died of pneumonia. After his death, he became a ghost to keep his father company. A newspaper article reveals that Casper’s father was declared legally insane after he built a machine named the Lazarus, which he claimed could bring the dead back to life. Casper and Kat venture down into the manor’s basement, where they discover the Lazarus. Carrigan and Dibs sneak in, steal the formula that powers the Lazarus, and plot to use the machine to their advantage, believing it could grant them immortality. However, the two attempt to kill each other in order to test the theory; as a result, Carrigan falls off a cliff to her death, and rises as a ghost.
Meanwhile, Dr. Harvey becomes dispassionate, prompting the trio to take him out for a night on the town. Unknown to Harvey, they plan on killing him to make themselves a quartet, but end up having a change of heart after a drunken Harvey states that he is going to tell Carrigan off so they can stay in their home. However, Harvey accidentally falls to his death down a manhole.
Back in the secret laboratory, Carrigan confronts Casper and Kat and launches Dibs out of a window when he tries to double-cross her. Casper and Kat trick her into stating that she has no unfinished business on Earth, causing Carrigan to be involuntarily ejected into the afterlife. The alleged treasure is revealed to be Casper’s prized baseball, signed by Duke Snider. When Dr. Harvey returns with Casper's uncles, now as a ghost, Kat is obviously distraught. Her despair prompts Casper into sacrificing his one chance to return to life once more, restoring her father instead.
The Halloween party kicks off upstairs. As Amber and Vic prepare their prank, they are thwarted by the Ghostly Trio, who have kept their word. A dejected Casper is visited by the spirit of Amelia, who has become an angel in heaven instead of a ghost. As a reward for his selfless sacrifice, she temporarily transforms him into a human boy, until ten o’clock. The now flesh-and-blood Casper dances with Kat, while Amelia speaks with Harvey, revealing that she was so content with her husband and daughter while alive, that she has no unfinished business, encouraging him to move on. Amelia departs as the clock chimes ten and, after kissing Kat, Casper transforms back into a ghost, which scares off the party guests, leaving him and the Harveys to dance to the Ghostly Trio's music.
Cast[edit]
Malachi Pearson as Casper McFadden, the titular main protagonist, a lonely ghost who was originally a 12-year-old boy who died of pneumonia. He spends most of his afterlife in Whipstaff dealing with his ghouling uncles' antics while hoping to find a friend. He finds one in Kathleen "Kat" Harvey, while also falling in love with her.
Devon Sawa as Casper McFadden (human form)
Bill Pullman as Dr. James Harvey, Kat Harvey's father who is a ghost therapist interacting with the 'living impaired,' helping them to cross into the next dimension while hoping to find his deceased wife.
Christina Ricci as Kathleen "Kat" Harvey, Dr. James Harvey's 13-year-old daughter and Casper's love interest, who has lost her mother and wants to make a friend.
Cathy Moriarty as Carrigan Crittenden, the main antagonist, a glamorous, treacherous, and greedy woman who was upset about her late father's only leaving Whipstaff to her in his will, until she discovers that the house contains treasure, and hires Dr. Harvey to get the ghosts out of the house in order to get it.
Joe Nipote as Stretch, the leading member of the Ghostly Trio and one of Casper's uncles who bonds with Dr. Harvey.
Joe Alaskey as Stinkie, the second member of the Ghostly Trio and one of Casper's uncles who bonds with Dr. Harvey.
Brad Garrett as Fatso, the third member of the Ghostly Trio and one of Casper's uncles who bonds with Dr. Harvey.
Eric Idle as Paul "Dibs" Plutzker, the secondary antagonist, Carrigan's assistant.
Garette Ratliff Henson as Vic DePhillippi, Kat's crush and Amber's boyfriend.
Jessica Wesson as Amber Whitmire, Kat's rival and Vic's girlfriend.
Amy Brenneman as Amelia Harvey, James' deceased wife and Kat's deceased mother.
Ben Stein as Rugg, Carrigan's lawyer.
Wesley Thompson as Mr. Curtis, Kat's schoolteacher.
Spencer Vrooman as Andreas
Chauncey Leopardi as Nicky
John Kassir as the Crypt Keeper
Brock Winkless performed the puppetry for the Crypt Keeper in the film[2]
Cameos[edit]
Don Novello as Father Guido Sarducci
Dan Aykroyd as Ray Stantz
Clint Eastwood
Rodney Dangerfield
Mel Gibson
Steven Spielberg (cameo cut)
Zelda Rubinstein as Tangina Barrons (cameo cut)
Production[edit]
A computer-generated Casper as he is presented in the film
Producer Steven Spielberg was planning a film adaptation of Casper the Friendly Ghost. He saw an episode of the television series Brooklyn Bridge directed by Brad Silberling and saw potential in this work, recruiting Silberling for directing Casper.[3] J. J. Abrams did an uncredited rewrite of the script.[4] The screenplay gave a backstory of Casper being the ghost of Casper McFadden, a boy who died of pneumonia at 12, though some of the comics, particularly in the 1960s, portrayed him as born a ghost to ghost parents.[5]
Extensive use of computer-generated imagery is used to create the ghosts, and it is the first feature film to have a fully CGI character in a leading role.[6] In the mirror scene, Dr. Harvey was also supposed to transform into Spielberg. According to director Silberling, the cameo was filmed, but was cut for pacing reasons. Spielberg was relieved, feeling that he is not much of an actor himself and was quite nervous in front of the camera.[7] Filming started in January 1994.
Soundtrack[edit]
The soundtrack was composed by award-winning composer James Horner, who had worked on a number of previous movies for Amblin Entertainment, including An American Tail and The Land Before Time.
Casper
Soundtrack album by James Horner
Released
April 29, 1995 (1995-04-29)
Recorded
1994–1995
Genre
Soundtrack
Label
MCA
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
Allmusic
"No Sign of Ghosts"
"Carrigan and Dibbs"
"Strangers in the House"
"First Haunting/The Swordfight"
"March of the Exorcists"
"Lighthouse—Casper & Kat"
"Casper Makes Breakfast"
"Fond Memories"
"'Dying' to Be a Ghost"
"Casper's Lullaby"
"Descent to Lazarus"
"One Last Wish"
"Remember Me This Way" – Jordan Hill
"Casper the Friendly Ghost" – Little Richard
"The Uncles Swing/End Credits"
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
Casper opened at #1 over the Memorial Day weekend, grossing $16,840,385 over its first three days from 2,714 theaters, averaging $6,205 per theater. Over four days it grossed $22,091,975, averaging $8,140 per theater. It stayed at #1 in its second weekend, grossing another $13,409,610, and boosting its 10-day cume to $38,921,225. It played solidly all through the summer, ending up with a final gross of $100,328,194 domestically, and an additional $187,600,000 internationally, for a total worldwide gross of $287,928,194, far exceeding its $55 million budget and becoming a commercial success.[1]
Critical reception[edit]
Brad Garrett was praised by critics for his performance.
Casper received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 44%, based on 36 reviews, with the site's critical consensus reading, "A meandering, mindless family movie that frequently resorts to special effects and transparent sappiness."[8] Time Out London described it as "an intimate and likeable film".[9] Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars, calling it a "technical achievement, it's impressive, and entertaining. And there is even a little winsome philosophy."[10] Robert Firsching of allmovie gave the film his average star rating while praising the film for its visual effects.
The CGI effects, which were considered cutting edge at the time, and the performances of Pullman and Ricci were praised, especially considering that, in the scenes where the Harveys interact with the ghosts, Pullman and Ricci were actually acting either with nothing or with stand-in maquettes used as animators' references.
Moriarty's performance was criticized, with Variety saying she does "a poor woman's Cruella de Vil".[11] In his 2015 Movie Guide, Leonard Maltin gave the film a "BOMB" rating, objecting to the portrayal of Casper as a deceased child rather than a ghost.[12]
Legacy[edit]
The success of Casper secured Silberling the position of director for the 1998 City of Angels, a remake of Wings of Desire starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan.[3]
TV series[edit]
A cartoon series, The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper, was released in 1996 based on the film.[13] Fatso (Season 1-2), Stinkie,[13] Stretch and Casper were all voiced by the actors from the film, while Dr. Harvey was voiced by Dan Castellaneta, and Kat voiced by Kath Soucie.
Sequels and prequel[edit]
In the mid-1990s, Simon Wells co-wrote a screenplay for Casper 2, which he was set to direct. Amblin cancelled the sequel because they did not believe there would be enough interest from moviegoers. Wells also credited the uncertainty of actress Christina Ricci returning and Fox's ill-received direct-to-video Casper films as contributing to the cancellation of Casper 2.[citation needed]
Two direct-to-video follow-ups to the film were released by 20th Century Fox. The prequel Casper: A Spirited Beginning was released in 1997,[14] and the sequel Casper Meets Wendy was released in 1998.[15]
Video games[edit]
There were several video games based on or tied-in with the film released on the major consoles of the time, such as the 3DO, Super NES, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Game Boy Color and original Game Boy. An LCD handheld game was released for Tiger Electronics in 1995.
See also[edit]
List of ghost films
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Casper (1995)". Box Office Mojo. 1995-09-24. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
Jump up ^ Cheng, Cheryl (2015-07-30). "N. Brock Winkless IV, the Puppeteer of Chucky in 'Child's Play,' Dies at 56". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
^ Jump up to: a b Ojumu, Akin (February 16, 2003). "The family that grieves together.." The Guardian. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
Jump up ^ Jensen, Jeff (9 June 2011). "Super 8: Steven Spielberg meets J.J. Abrams". ew.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
Jump up ^ "The physics of Casper the Friendly Ghost: why can't he open the door?". The Guardian. May 29, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Visual and Special Effects Film Milestones". AMC Filmsite. Tim Dirks. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
Jump up ^ Cindy Pearlman (1995-06-21). "Ghost Busters". EW.com. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
Jump up ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/casper/
Jump up ^ "Casper Review. Movie Reviews - Film - Time Out London". Timeout.com. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
Jump up ^ "Casper :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews". Rogerebert.suntimes.com. 1995-05-26. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
Jump up ^ Lowry, Brian (1995-05-21). "Variety Reviews - Casper - Film Reviews - - Review by Brian Lowry". Variety.com. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
Jump up ^ Maltin, Leonard (2014). Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide. Penguin. ISBN 0698183614.
^ Jump up to: a b Cabrera, Maria (February 7, 2016). "Joe Alaskey Dies: Voice Of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck & Tweety Passes Away [VIDEO]". Enstars. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
Jump up ^ Leydon, Joe (October 1, 1997). "Review: 'Casper, A Spirited Beginning'". Variety. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
Jump up ^ McGahan, Michelle (October 17, 2016). "Hilary Duff's 'Casper Meets Wendy' Snapchat Is The Halloween Throwback We All Need — PHOTO". Bustle. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
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The significant figures of a number are digits that carry meaning contributing to its measurement resolution. This includes all digits except:[1]
All leading zeros;
Trailing zeros when they are merely placeholders to indicate the scale of the number (exact rules are explained at identifying significant figures); and
Spurious digits introduced, for example, by calculations carried out to greater precision than that of the original data, or measurements reported to a greater precision than the equipment supports.
Significance arithmetic are approximate rules for roughly maintaining significance throughout a computation. The more sophisticated scientific rules are known as propagation of uncertainty.
Numbers are often rounded to avoid reporting insignificant figures. For example, it would create false precision to express a measurement as 12.34500 kg (which has seven significant figures) if the scales only measured to the nearest gram and gave a reading of 12.345 kg (which has five significant figures). Numbers can also be rounded merely for simplicity rather than to indicate a given precision of measurement, for example, to make them faster to pronounce in news broadcasts.
Contents
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1 Identifying significant figures
1.1 Concise rules
1.2 Significant figures rules explained
1.3 Scientific notation
2 Rounding and decimal places
3 Arithmetic
4 Estimating tenths
5 Estimation
6 Relationship to accuracy and precision in measurement
7 In computing
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Identifying significant figures[edit]
Concise rules[edit]
All non-zero digits are significant: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
Zeros between non-zero digits are significant: 102, 2005, 50009.
Leading zeros are never significant: 0.02, 001.887, 0.000515.
In a number with a decimal point, trailing zeros (those to the right of the last non-zero digit) are significant: 2.02000, 5.400, 57.5400
In a number without a decimal point, trailing zeros may or may not be significant. More information through additional graphical symbols or explicit information on errors is needed to clarify the significance of trailing zeros.
Significant figures rules explained[edit]
Specifically, the rules for identifying significant figures when writing or interpreting numbers are as follows:[2]
All non-zero digits are considered significant. For example, 91 has two significant figures (9 and 1), while 123.45 has five significant figures (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5).
Zeros appearing anywhere between two non-zero digits are significant. Example: 101.1203 has seven significant figures: 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0 and 3
Leading zeros are not significant. For example, 0.00052 has two significant figures: 5 and 2.
Trailing zeros in a number containing a decimal point are significant. For example, 12.2300 has six significant figures: 1, 2, 2, 3, 0 and 0. The number 0.000122300 still has only six significant figures (the zeros before the 1 are not significant). In addition, 120.00 has five significant figures since it has three trailing zeros. This convention clarifies the precision of such numbers; for example, if a measurement precise to four decimal places (0.0001) is given as 12.23 then it might be understood that only two decimal places of precision are available. Stating the result as 12.2300 makes clear that it is precise to four decimal places (in this case, six significant figures).
The significance of trailing zeros in a number not containing a decimal point can be ambiguous. For example, it may not always be clear if a number like 1300 is precise to the nearest unit (and just happens coincidentally to be an exact multiple of a hundred) or if it is only shown to the nearest hundred due to rounding or uncertainty. Many conventions exist to address this issue:
An overline, sometimes also called an overbar, or less accurately, a vinculum, may be placed over the last significant figure; any trailing zeros following this are insignificant. For example, 1300 has three significant figures (and hence indicates that the number is precise to the nearest ten).
Less often, using a closely related convention, the last significant figure of a number may be underlined; for example, "2000" has two significant figures.
A decimal point may be placed after the number; for example "100." indicates specifically that three significant figures are meant.[3]
In the combination of a number and a unit of measurement, the ambiguity can be avoided by choosing a suitable unit prefix. For example, the number of significant figures in a mass specified as 1300 g is ambiguous, while in a mass of 13 hg or 1.3 kg it is not.
However, these conventions are not universally used, and it is often necessary to determine from context whether such trailing zeros are intended to be significant. If all else fails, the level of rounding can be specified explicitly. The abbreviation s.f. is sometimes used, for example "20 000 to 2 s.f." or "20 000 (2 sf)". Alternatively, the uncertainty can be stated separately and explicitly with a plus-minus sign, as in 20 000 ± 1%, so that significant-figures rules do not apply. This also allows specifying a precision in-between powers of ten (or whatever the base power of the numbering system is).
Scientific notation[edit]
In most cases, the same rules apply to numbers expressed in scientific notation. However, in the normalized form of that notation, placeholder leading and trailing digits do not occur, so all digits are significant. For example, 6996120000000000000♠0.00012 (two significant figures) becomes 6996120000000000000♠1.2×10−4, and 6997122299999999999♠0.00122300 (six significant figures) becomes 6997122300000000000♠1.22300×10−3. In particular, the potential ambiguity about the significance of trailing zeros is eliminated. For example, 7003130000000000000♠1300 to four significant figures is written as 7003130000000000000♠1.300×103, while 7003130000000000000♠1300 to two significant figures is written as 7003130000000000000♠1.3×103.
The part of the representation that contains the significant figures (as opposed to the base or the exponent) is known as the significand or mantissa.
Rounding and decimal places[edit]
The basic concept of significant figures is often used in connection with rounding. Rounding to significant figures is a more general-purpose technique than rounding to n decimal places, since it handles numbers of different scales in a uniform way. For example, the population of a city might only be known to the nearest thousand and be stated as 52,000, while the population of a country might only be known to the nearest million and be stated as 52,000,000. The former might be in error by hundreds, and the latter might be in error by hundreds of thousands, but both have two significant figures (5 and 2). This reflects the fact that the significance of the error (its likely size relative to the size of the quantity being measured) is the same in both cases.
To round to n significant figures:[4][5]
Identify the significant figures before rounding. These are the n consecutive digits beginning with the first non-zero digit.
If the digit immediately to the right of the last significant figure is greater than 5 or is a 5 followed by other non-zero digits, add 1 to the last significant figure. For example, 1.2459 as the result of a calculation or measurement that only allows for 3 significant figures should be written 1.25.
If the digit immediately to the right of the last significant figure is a 5 not followed by any other digits or followed only by zeros, rounding requires a tie-breaking rule. For example, to round 1.25 to 2 significant figures:
Round half up (also known as "5/4") rounds up to 1.3. This is the default rounding method implied in many disciplines if not specified.
Round half to even, which rounds to the nearest even number, rounds down to 1.2 in this case. The same strategy applied to 1.35 would instead round up to 1.4.
Replace non-significant figures in front of the decimal point by zeros.
Drop all the digits after the decimal point to the right of the significant figures (do not replace them with zeros).
In financial calculations, a number is often rounded to a given number of places (for example, to two places after the decimal separator for many world currencies). Rounding to a fixed number of decimal places in this way is an orthographic convention that does not maintain significance, and may either lose information or create false precision.
In UK personal tax returns payments received are always rounded down to the nearest pound, whilst tax paid is rounded up although tax deducted at source is calculated to the nearest penny. This creates an interesting situation where anyone with tax accurately deducted at source has a significant likelihood of a small rebate if they complete a tax return.
As an illustration, the decimal quantity 12.345 can be expressed with various numbers of significant digits or decimal places. If insufficient precision is available then the number is rounded in some manner to fit the available precision. The following table shows the results for various total precisions and decimal places.

Precision
Rounded to
significant figures
Rounded to
decimal places
6 12.3450 12.345000
5 12.345 12.34500
4 12.35 12.3450
3 12.3 12.345
2 12 12.35
1 10 12.3
0 N/A 12
Another example for 0.012345:

Precision
Rounded to
significant figures
Rounded to
decimal places
7 0.01234500 0.0123450
6 0.0123450 0.012345
5 0.012345 0.01235
4 0.01235 0.0123
3 0.0123 0.012
2 0.012 0.01
1 0.01 0.0
0 N/A 0
The representation of a positive number x to a precision of p significant digits has a numerical value that is given by the formula:[citation needed]
round(10−n·x)·10n, where n = floor(log10 x) + 1 − p.
For negative numbers, the formula can be used on the absolute value; for zero, no transformation is necessary. Note that the result may need to be written with one of the above conventions explained in the section "Identifying significant figures" to indicate the actual number of significant digits if the result includes for example trailing significant zeros.
Arithmetic[edit]
Main article: Significance arithmetic
As there are rules for determining the number of significant figures in directly measured quantities, there are rules for determining the number of significant figures in quantities calculated from these measured quantities.
Only measured quantities figure into the determination of the number of significant figures in calculated quantities. Exact mathematical quantities like the π in the formula for the area of a circle with radius r, πr2 has no effect on the number of significant figures in the final calculated area. Similarly the ½ in the formula for the kinetic energy of a mass m with velocity v, ½mv2, has no bearing on the number of significant figures in the final calculated kinetic energy. The constants π and ½ are considered to have an infinite number of significant figures.
For quantities created from measured quantities by multiplication and division, the calculated result should have as many significant figures as the measured number with the least number of significant figures. For example,
1.234 × 2.0 = 2.468… ≈ 2.5,
with only two significant figures. The first factor has four significant figures and the second has two significant figures. The factor with the least number of significant figures is the second one with only two, so the final calculated result should also have a total of two significant figures.
For quantities created from measured quantities by addition and subtraction, the last significant decimal place (hundreds, tens, ones, tenths, and so forth) in the calculated result should be the same as the leftmost or largest decimal place of the last significant figure out of all the measured quantities in the terms of the sum. For example,
100.0 + 1.234 = 101.234… ≈ 101.2
with the last significant figure in the tenths place. The first term has its last significant figure in the tenths place and the second term has its last significant figure in the thousandths place. The leftmost of the decimal places of the last significant figure out of all the terms of the sum is the tenths place from the first term, so the calculated result should also have its last significant figure in the tenths place.
The rules for calculating significant figures for multiplication and division are opposite to the rules for addition and subtraction. For multiplication and division, only the total number of significant figures in each of the factors matter; the decimal place of the last significant figure in each factor is irrelevant. For addition and subtraction, only the decimal place of the last significant figure in each of the terms matters; the total number of significant figures in each term is irrelevant.
In a base 10 logarithm of a normalized number, the result should be rounded to the number of significant figures in the normalized number. For example, log10(3.000×104) = log10(104) + log10(3.000) ≈ 4 + 0.47712125472, should be rounded to 4.4771.
When taking antilogarithms, the resulting number should have as many significant figures as the mantissa in the logarithm.
When performing a calculation, do not follow these guidelines for intermediate results; keep as many digits as is practical (at least 1 more than implied by the precision of the final result) until the end of calculation to avoid cumulative rounding errors.[6]
Estimating tenths[edit]
When using a ruler, initially use the smallest mark as the first estimated digit. For example, if a ruler's smallest mark is cm, and 4.5 cm is read, it is 4.5 (±0.1 cm) or 4.4 – 4.6 cm.
It is possible that the overall length of a ruler may not be accurate to the degree of the smallest mark and the marks may be imperfectly spaced within each unit. However assuming a normal good quality ruler, it should be possible to estimate tenths between the nearest two marks to achieve an extra decimal place of accuracy. Failing to do this adds the error in reading the ruler to any error in the calibration of the ruler.[7][8]
Estimation[edit]
Main article: Estimation
When estimating the proportion of individuals carrying some particular characteristic in a population, from a random sample of that population, the number of significant figures should not exceed the maximum precision allowed by that sample size. The correct number of significant figures is given by the order of magnitude of sample size. This can be found by taking the base 10 logarithm of sample size and rounding to the nearest integer.
For example, in a poll of 120 randomly chosen viewers of a regularly visited web page we find that 10 people disagree with a proposition on that web page. The order of magnitude of our sample size is Log10(120) = 2.0791812460... which rounds to 2. Our estimated proportion of people who disagree with the proposition is therefore 0.083, or 8.3%, with 2 significant figures. This is because in different samples of 120 people from this population, our estimate would vary in units of 1/120, and any additional figures would misrepresent the size of our sample by giving spurious precision. To interpret our estimate of the number of viewers who disagree with the proposition we should then calculate some measure of our confidence in this estimate.
Relationship to accuracy and precision in measurement[edit]
Main article: Accuracy and precision
Traditionally, in various technical fields, "accuracy" refers to the closeness of a given measurement to its true value; "precision" refers to the stability of that measurement when repeated many times. Hoping to reflect the way the term "accuracy" is actually used in the scientific community, there is a more recent standard, ISO 5725, which keeps the same definition of precision but defines the term "trueness" as the closeness of a given measurement to its true value and uses the term "accuracy" as the combination of trueness and precision. (See the Accuracy and precision article for a fuller discussion.) In either case, the number of significant figures roughly corresponds to precision, not to either use of the word accuracy or to the newer concept of trueness.
In computing[edit]
Main article: Floating point
Computer representations of floating point numbers typically use a form of rounding to significant figures, but with binary numbers. The number of correct significant figures is closely related to the notion of relative error (which has the advantage of being a more accurate measure of precision, and is independent of the radix of the number system used).
See also[edit]
Accuracy and precision
Benford's Law (First Digit Law)
Engineering notation
Error bar
False precision
IEEE754 (IEEE floating point standard)
Interval arithmetic
Kahan summation algorithm
Precision (computer science)
Round-off error
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Chemistry in the Community; Kendall-Hunt:Dubuque, IA 1988
Jump up ^ Giving a precise definition for the number of correct significant digits is surprisingly subtle, see Higham, Nicholas (2002). Accuracy and Stability of Numerical Algorithms (PDF) (2nd ed.). SIAM. pp. 3–5.
Jump up ^ Myers, R. Thomas; Oldham, Keith B.; Tocci, Salvatore (2000). Chemistry. Austin, Texas: Holt Rinehart Winston. p. 59. ISBN 0-03-052002-9.
Jump up ^ Engelbrecht, Nancy; et al. (1990). "Rounding Decimal Numbers to a Designated Precision" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education. CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link)
Jump up ^ Numerical Mathematics and Computing, by Cheney and Kincaid.
Jump up ^ de Oliveira Sannibale, Virgínio (2001). "Measurements and Significant Figures (Draft)" (PDF). Freshman Physics Laboratory. California Institute of Technology, Physics Mathematics And Astronomy Division. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 18, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Measurements". slc.umd.umich.edu. University of Michigan. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
Jump up ^ Experimental Electrical Testing. Newark, NJ: Weston Electrical Instruments Co. 1914. p. 9. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
External links[edit]
Significant Figures Video by Khan academy
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List of people who have lit the Olympic cauldron
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Li Ning, a former Chinese gymnast, lit the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
The tradition of carrying the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, to the host city of the modern Olympic Games via a torch relay was first introduced in 1936, ahead of the Berlin Games. Since then, famous athletes (active or retired) with significant sporting achievements while representing the host country, promising young athletes, or other individuals with symbolic significance, have been selected as the last runners in the Olympic torch relay and consequently have the honor of lighting the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony.
Contents
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1 History
2 People who have lit the Olympic cauldron
2.1 Youth Olympics
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
History[edit]
The first well-known athlete to light the cauldron was nine-time Olympic champion Paavo Nurmi at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Other famous final torch bearers include French football star Michel Platini (1992), heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali (1996), Australian sprinter Cathy Freeman (2000), the Canadian ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky (2010), the marathon runner Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima (2016) and the South Korean figure skating champion Yuna Kim (2018).
On other occasions, the people who lit the cauldron were not famous but nevertheless symbolized the Olympic ideals. Japanese runner Yoshinori Sakai was born in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the day the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb. He symbolized the rebirth of Japan after the Second World War when he lit the Olympic cauldron of the 1964 Summer Olympics. At the 1976 Games in Montreal, two teenagers—representing the French- and the English-speaking parts of the country—symbolized the unity of Canada. Norway's Crown Prince Haakon lit the cauldron of the 1994 Winter Olympics, in honor of his father and grandfather, both Olympians. For the 2012 Games in London, seven aspiring young athletes—each nominated by a former British Olympic champion—had the honor of lighting the cauldron.
People who have lit the Olympic cauldron[edit]
Fritz Schilgen carrying the Olympic torch down the steps of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, 1936.
Paavo Nurmi lighting the cauldron in Helsinki Olympic Stadium, 1952.
Giancarlo Peris running with the torch on the track at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, 1960
Basketball player Sergei Belov lighting the Olympic fire at the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, 1980.
Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima, Brazilian marathonist lighting the cauldron in Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, 2016.
Games
Location
Lighter
Sport
Note
Ref
1936 Summer Berlin
Fritz Schilgen
Track and field Schilgen was not a competitor at the Olympics, but was chosen for his graceful running style. [1]
1948 Summer London
John Mark
Track and field Little-known former medical student from Cambridge University. [2]
1952 Winter Oslo
Eigil Nansen
Non-athlete Grandson of polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen. He is the first non-athlete to light the flame. [3]
1952 Summer Helsinki
Paavo Nurmi
Track and field Nurmi was a winner of nine Olympic gold medals in the 1920s; Kolehmainen won four Olympic gold medals. Nurmi lit a cauldron on field level before handing the torch to four soccer players who relayed the torch to the top of the tower. Kolehmainen then lit the final, higher-placed cauldron. [4]
Hannes Kolehmainen
1956 Winter Cortina d'Ampezzo
Guido Caroli
Speed skating Participant in the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics. Skating with the torch, he tripped over a television cable but kept the flame burning. [5]
1956 Summer Melbourne
Ron Clarke (Melbourne)
Track and field Clarke would later win an Olympic bronze medal in 1964; Wikne participated in the 1964 Olympics. After Wikne lit the brazier on the infield, the flame was passed on to Karin Lindberg and Henry Ericksson, who separately ran up the two towers of the Stockholm Olympic Stadium. [6]
Hans Wikne (Stockholm)
Equestrianism
1960 Winter Squaw Valley
Ken Henry
Speed skating Olympic champion in 500m speed skating at the 1952 Games. [7]
1960 Summer Rome
Giancarlo Peris
Track and field Track athlete of Greek descent. The Italian National Olympic Committee decided that the last torchbearer of the Olympic Games would be the winner of a junior cross country running race. Peris won and was chosen to be the last torchbearer. [8]
1964 Winter Innsbruck
Josef Rieder
Alpine skiing Participant in the 1956 Olympics. [9]
1964 Summer Tokyo
Yoshinori Sakai
Track and field Sakai was born on the same day the atom bomb exploded over his native Hiroshima. He never participated in the Olympics. [10]
1968 Winter Grenoble
Alain Calmat
Figure skating Winner of the silver medal in the 1964 Olympics. [11]
1968 Summer Mexico City
Norma Enriqueta Basilio de Sotelo
Track and field Sprinter who participated in these Olympics; the first woman to light the main Olympic cauldron. [12]
1972 Winter Sapporo
Hideki Takada
Speed skating [13]
1972 Summer Munich
Günther Zahn
Track and field Middle distance runner. Winner at the German junior athletics championships. [14]
1976 Winter Innsbruck
Christl Haas
Alpine skiing Haas won the Olympic downhill title in 1964; Feistmantl won luge doubles in the same year. [15]
Josef Feistmantl
Luge
1976 Summer Montreal
Stéphane Préfontaine
Track and field Two teenagers representing English and French Canada. Neither of them would participate in future Olympics. [16]
Sandra Henderson
Gymnastics
1980 Winter Lake Placid Charles Morgan Kerr Non-athlete Doctor from Arizona who had been elected from all 52 bearers to run the final leg. [17]
1980 Summer Moscow
Sergey Belov
Basketball Member of the Soviet Basketball team who won four Olympic medals. [18]
1984 Winter Sarajevo
Sanda Dubravčić
Figure skating Participant in the 1980 and 1984 Olympics. [19]
1984 Summer Los Angeles
Rafer Johnson
Track and field Decathlon gold medalist at the 1960 Olympics. [20]
1988 Winter Calgary
Robyn Perry
Figure skating A 12-year-old schoolgirl and aspiring figure skater. [21]
1988 Summer Seoul
Chung Sun-man
Non-athlete Chung Sun-Man was a schoolteacher. Sohn was a young Korean dancer. Kim Won-tak was a young track athlete who took part in that year's marathon. [22]
Sohn Mi-chung
Kim Won-tak
Track and field
1992 Winter Albertville
Michel Platini
Association football Platini took part with the French Football team in the 1976 Summer Olympics. Grange was a future alpine skier (and older brother of future multiple time alpine skiing Slalom World Champion Jean-Baptiste Grange) and was nine years old at the time, becoming the youngest final lighter in history. [23]
François-Cyrille Grange
Alpine skiing
1992 Summer Barcelona
Antonio Rebollo
Archery Paralympian who competed in the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Paralympic Games, winning two silvers and a bronze. The only Paralympian ever to light the Olympic cauldron, Rebollo shot a flaming arrow over an open natural gas cauldron to ignite it. [24]
1994 Winter Lillehammer
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway
Non-athlete Heir apparent to the throne of Norway. Though he was not an Olympian, both his father and grandfather took part in the Olympics and he lit the cauldron on their behalf. His father declared the games open. [25]
1996 Summer Atlanta
Muhammad Ali
Boxing 1960 heavyweight gold medalist and professional world champion who is considered the greatest boxer of all time. [26]
1998 Winter Nagano
Midori Ito
Figure skating Winner of Olympic silver in 1992. [27]
2000 Summer Sydney
Cathy Freeman
Track and field Winner of Olympic silver in 1996 and Olympic gold in these Olympics, both in the 400 m. She is the only person ever to light a cauldron and win a gold medal in the same games. [28]
2002 Winter Salt Lake City
The 1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
Ice hockey Famous for the "Miracle on Ice"; an upset of the Soviet Union team en route to the gold medal. [29]
2004 Summer Athens
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis
Sailing Winner of Olympic gold in 1996 and silver in these Olympics. [30]
2006 Winter Turin
Stefania Belmondo
Cross-country skiing Winner of ten Olympic medals, two of them gold. One of Italy's most decorated Olympians. [31]
2008 Summer Beijing
Li Ning
Artistic gymnastics Winner of six Olympic medals including three gold, in 1984. He was China's most successful athlete at their first Olympic appearance since 1952. [32]
2010 Winter Vancouver
Steve Nash (indoor cauldron)
Basketball Le May Doan was a winner of two gold medals in the 500 m in 1998 and 2002 and a bronze in the 1000 m in 1998. Nash is a two-time NBA MVP with the Phoenix Suns and a former member of the Canadian Olympic Basketball team. Greene won gold in the giant slalom and silver in the slalom in 1968. Gretzky was a member of the Canadian ice hockey team and won four Stanley Cup titles as captain of the Edmonton Oilers (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988). He was the Executive Director of the Canadian men's hockey team in 2002, who won gold at those games.
During the opening ceremony, Nash, Greene and Gretzky lit a cauldron inside the BC Place indoor stadium. Gretzky then lit a second, outdoor cauldron near the Vancouver Convention Centre. Only the outdoor cauldron remained lit throughout the Games.
Le May Doan was supposed to participate in the lighting of the indoor cauldron, but was left out when one of the four arms failed to raise due to mechanical problems. This was corrected at the beginning of the closing ceremony, when a joke was made about the mechanical error, and she was able to light the newly emerged fourth arm and relight the indoor cauldron to begin the closing ceremony.
[33][34][35]
Nancy Greene (indoor cauldron)
Alpine skiing
Wayne Gretzky (indoor & outdoor cauldrons)
Ice hockey
Catriona Le May Doan (closing ceremony)
Speed skating
2012 Summer London
Desiree Henry
Track and field The cauldron was lit by seven aspiring young athletes, each nominated by a veteran British Olympian: Airlie was nominated by Shirley Robertson, Duckitt by Duncan Goodhew, Henry by Daley Thompson, Kirk by Dame Mary Peters, MacRitchie by Sir Steve Redgrave, Reynolds by Lynn Davies and Tracey by Dame Kelly Holmes. Austin Playfoot later relit the cauldron in its new spot in the Olympic Stadium. The seven youngsters are commonly referred to as the "Secret Seven" as their identity and role was a closely guarded secret until the lighting of the Olympic cauldron.
Henry would later go on to win an Olympic bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m in 2016.
[36][37]
Katie Kirk
Aidan Reynolds
Adelle Tracey
Callum Airlie
Sailing
Jordan Duckitt
Volunteering: Young Ambassadors
Cameron MacRitchie
Rowing
2014 Winter Sochi
Irina Rodnina
Figure skating Rodnina won three successive Olympic gold medals. Tretiak won four medals (three golds). [38]
Vladislav Tretiak
Ice hockey
2016 Summer Rio de Janeiro
Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima
(stadium cauldron)
Athletics Winner of the bronze medal in the marathon of the 2004 Summer Olympics. De Lima was the first Latin American awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal after he was deliberately interrupted during that event. [39][40]
Jorge Gomes
(public cauldron) A second, outdoor cauldron was lit in front of Candelaria Church by 14-year-old, who is part of a sports project in Rio de Janeiro.
2018 Winter Pyeongchang
Yuna Kim
Figure skating Winner of Olympic Gold in the Ladies' singles in 2010 and silver in 2014. [41]
Youth Olympics[edit]
Games
Location
Lighter
Sport
Note
Ref
2010 Summer Youth Singapore Darren Choy Sailing A sailor of Singapore who participated in the games.
2012 Winter Youth Innsbruck Egon Zimmermann Alpine skiing Both Zimmerman and Klammer won the gold in the downhill event in 1964 and 1976 respectively, both years when Austria previously hosted the Adult Winter games.
Franz Klammer
2014 Summer Youth Nanjing Chen Ruolin Diving Winner of back-to-back gold medals in diving in 2008 and 2012, in the 10 m and the 10 m synchronized. She would also win a gold medal in 2016.
2016 Winter Youth Lillehammer Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway Non-Athlete Elder child of Crown Prince Haakon, who previously lit the cauldron in the 1994 Adult Winter games. [42]
See also[edit]
Olympic flame
List of Olympic torch relays
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "London 1948 Summer Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Oslo 1952 Winter Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 Winter Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Melbourne / Stockholm 1956 Summer Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Squaw Valley 1960 Winter Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Rome 1960 Summer Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Innsbruck 1964 Winter Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Grenoble 1968 Olympic Games". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Mexico 1968 Summer Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Munich 1972 Summer Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Munich 1972 Summer Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Innsbruck 1976 Winter Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Montreal 1976 Olympic Games". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ IOC 1980 Summer Olympics Archived 2010-08-16 at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Seoul 1988 Summer Games Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Albertville 1992 Winter Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Lillehammer 1994". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Athens 2004 Summer Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Turin 2006 Winter Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Beijing 2008 Summer Games Olympics – results & video highlights". Olympic.org. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
Jump up ^ Friesen, Paul (13 February 2010). "Opening Ceremony timeline". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
Jump up ^ 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony (television). NBC Sports. 2010-02-12.
Jump up ^ Kines, Lindsay (February 28, 2010). "Closing ceremony pokes fun at the 2010 Games". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
Jump up ^ Holton, Kate; Maidment, Neil (28 July 2012). "Seven teenagers light Games' cauldron". Reuters. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
Jump up ^ "Cauldron moved into position in Olympic Stadium". London 2012. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
Jump up ^ "Sochi Opening Ceremony: Rodnina, Tretyak light Olympic cauldron together". NBC Sports. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
Jump up ^ "Best man for the job: Vanderlei de Lima lights Olympic cauldron". NBC Sports. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Formerly homeless boy who lit Olympic cauldron now has 'beautiful life'". CBC. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "Korean figure skater Kim Yuna lights Olympic cauldron". Yahoo Sports. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
Jump up ^ "Princess Ingrid Alexandra lit the Olympic fire". Norway Today. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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Can You Hear My Heart?
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Can You Hear My Heart?
Promotional poster for Can You Hear My Heart?
Also known as
Listen to My Heart
Do You Hear My Heart?
Can You Listen to My Heart?
Genre
Romance
Drama
Written by
Moon Hee-jung
Directed by
Kim Sang-ho
Starring
Kim Jaewon
Hwang Jung-eum
Namkoong Min
Country of origin
South Korea
Original language(s)
Korean
No. of episodes
30
Production
Producer(s)
Im Hwa-min
Running time
60 minutes
Production company(s)
Logos Film Co.
Release
Original network
Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Original release
April 2 (2011-04-02) – July 10, 2011 (2011-07-10)
External links
Website
www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/myheart/
Can You Hear My Heart? (Hangul: 내 마음이 들리니?; RR: Nae Ma-eumi Deulrini?) is a 2011 South Korean television drama starring Kim Jaewon, Hwang Jung-eum and Namkoong Min.[1][2] It aired on MBC from April 2 to July 10, 2011 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:45 for 30 episodes.[3]
Contents
[hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Ratings
4 Original soundtrack
5 Awards and nominations
6 International broadcast
7 References
8 External links
Plot[edit]
This is the love story of Cha Dong-joo (Kim Jaewon), a man who's been rendered deaf after an accident but pretends he can hear, and Bong Woo-ri (Hwang Jung-eum), a woman who's intelligent but pretends she's dim-witted to protect the dignity of her mentally handicapped father. She has been looking for her step-brother, Bong Ma-roo, who ran away from home 16 years ago. What she soon finds out is that Jang Joon-ha (Namkoong Min), Cha Dong-joo's brother, is Bong Ma-roo himself.
Cast[edit]
Kim Jaewon as Cha Dong-joo
Kang Chan-hee as young Dong-joo
Hwang Jung-eum as Bong Woo-ri
Kim Sae-ron as Young Bong Woo-ri
Namkoong Min as Jang Joon-ha[4]
Seo Young-joo as young Joon-ha/Bong Ma-roo
Go Joon-hee as Kang Min-soo
Lee Kyu-han as Lee Seung-chul
Jeong Bo-seok as Bong Young-kyu
Lee Hye-young as Tae Yeon-sook
Song Seung-hwan as Choi Jin-chul
Youn Yuh-jung as Hwang Soon-geum
Kang Moon-young as Kim Shin-ae[5]
Kim Yeo-jin as Na Mi-sook
Lee Sung-min as Lee Myung-gyun
Hwang Young-hee as Seung-chul's mother
Noh Hee-ji as Park Dae-ri
Kim Kwang-kyu as Botanical garden director
Ratings[edit]
Original broadcast date
Episode #
Average audience share
TNmS Ratings[6]
AGB Nielsen[7]
Nationwide
Seoul National Capital Area
Nationwide
Seoul National Capital Area
2011-04-02 01 10.8 (10th) 13.4 (6th) 12.6 (7th) 14.7 (4th)
2011-04-03 02 9.6 (15th) 11.7 (11th) 11.6 (8th) 13.3 (7th)
2011-04-09 03 10.9 (7th) 13.8 (6th) 12.1 (7th) 12.4 (8th)
2011-04-10 04 10.7 (8th) 12.8 (7th) 12.6 (7th) 14.3 (5th)
2011-04-16 05 12.6 (5th) 15.0 (6th) 15.1 (3rd) 15.9 (5th)
2011-04-17 06 11.4 (7th) 14.0 (6th) 15.0 (5th) 16.7 (4th)
2011-04-23 07 11.8 (8th) 15.0 (6th) 15.5 (3rd) 16.7 (3rd)
2011-04-24 08 12.5 (7th) 15.4 (6th) 15.7 (4th) 17.3 (4th)
2011-04-30 09 16.9 (4th) 19.8 (2nd) 21.6 (3rd) 23.3 (2nd)
2011-05-01 10 11.5 (7th) 14.2 (6th) 16.1 (6th) 17.7 (4th)
2011-05-07 11 13.1 (4th) 16.0 (4th) 15.8 (6th) 17.6 (3rd)
2011-05-08 12 13.9 (6th) 16.8 (5th) 16.3 (4th) 18.1 (3rd)
2011-05-14 13 13.5 (5th) 16.1 (5th) 16.6 (5th) 17.3 (5th)
2011-05-15 14 12.2 (7th) 15.4 (6th) 16.3 (5th) 17.7 (3rd)
2011-05-21 15 14.5 (4th) 18.4 (2nd) 18.0 (3rd) 19.3 (3rd)
2011-05-22 16 13.9 (6th) 17.7 (4th) 16.3 (6th) 17.4 (5th)
2011-05-28 17 15.2 (5th) 18.5 (5th) 16.8 (4th) 17.6 (5th)
2011-05-29 18 14.0 (6th) 16.4 (6th) 16.7 (6th) 18.0 (5th)
2011-06-04 19 14.7 (4th) 16.5 (4th) 17.0 (4th) 18.8 (2nd)
2011-06-05 20 13.2 (5th) 15.9 (5th) 15.0 (5th) 16.0 (7th)
2011-06-11 21 12.7 (5th) 15.0 (6th) 15.2 (4th) 16.5 (4th)
2011-06-12 22 13.5 (6th) 16.8 (6th) 15.4 (5th) 17.1 (4th)
2011-06-18 23 13.2 (5th) 17.3 (5th) 15.8 (4th) 17.0 (4th)
2011-06-19 24 13.1 (7th) 15.8 (6th) 15.1 (5th) 16.3 (4th)
2011-06-25 25 12.3 (9th) 14.8 (6th) 15.0 (4th) 16.9 (4th)
2011-06-26 26 9.8 (15th) 12.3 (13th) 14.0 (7th) 16.0 (6th)
2011-07-02 27 12.3 (7th) 14.5 (6th) 14.0 (4th) 15.2 (5th)
2011-07-03 28 10.7 (15th) 13.4 (10th) 13.3 (7th) 15.3 (7th)
2011-07-09 29 12.6 (8th) 14.7 (7th) 15.5 (4th) 17.1 (3rd)
2011-07-10 30 12.8 (9th) 15.7 (6th) 15.6 (4th) 16.7 (5th)
Average
12.7%
15.5%
15.4%
16.8%
Original soundtrack[edit]
내 마음이 들리니 / Can You Hear My Heart? OST
Original Sound Track
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released
June 24, 2011
Genre
Pop, K-pop, soundtrack, R&B
Label
Loen Entertainment
INT-0001
The official soundtrack album for Can You Hear My Heart? was released on June 24, 2011. The title track is "당신을 사랑합니다" by Gavy NJ.

No.
Title
Artist
Length
1. "들리나요" (Can You Hear Me?) Zia
2. "그대만이 들려요" (I Can Only Hear You) Kim Jae Suk (김재석) of Wanted (원티드)
3. "당신을 사랑합니다" (I Love You) Gavy NJ
4. "소녀 소년을 만나다" Masoolmoja Parade (마술모자 퍼레이드)
5. "좋은 사람" (Good Person) Hwang Jung Eum
6. "바보야" (You Fool) Postmen (포스트맨)
7. "내가 거기로 갈게" Various Artists
8. "Remember Me" Various Artists
9. "First Time" Various Artists
10. "내 마음이 들리니" Various Artists
11. "Funeral Home" Various Artists
12. "우리동주" Various Artists
13. "Secret My Love" Various Artists
14. "Play With Me" Various Artists
15. "Play With Me (Rhythm Guitar Ver.)" Various Artists
16. "들리나요 (Inst.)" (Can You Hear Me? (Inst.) Various Artists
17. "그대만이 들려요 (Inst.)" (I Can Only Hear You (Inst.) Various Artists
18. "당신을 사랑합니다 (Inst.)" Various Artists
19. "바보야 (Inst.)" (You Fool (Inst.)) Various Artists
Awards and nominations[edit]
Year
Award
Category
Recipient
Result
2011
Jaekyung Ilbo's 2011 Star of the Year Best Actor Kim Jaewon Won
4th Korea Drama Awards Best Actor Kim Jaewon Nominated
Best Director Kim Sang-ho Nominated
MBC Drama Awards[8] Drama of the Year Can You Hear My Heart? Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Kim Jaewon Won
Namkoong Min Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Hwang Jung-eum Won
Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Miniseries Jeong Bo-seok Won
Popularity Award, Actor Kim Jaewon Won
Popularity Award, Actress Hwang Jung-eum Nominated
Best Couple Award Kim Jaewon and Hwang Jung-eum Nominated
International broadcast[edit]
Country
Network(s)/Station(s)
Series premiere
Title
Vietnam VTV3 November 29, 2013 Lắng nghe trái tim
Thailand Thairath TV March 5, 2015 ได้ยินเสียงหัวใจฉันไหม (Dai Yin Siang Huajai Chan Mai; literally Can You Hear My Heart?[9])
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Hwang Jung Eum names her acting mentor". Newsen via Korea.com. March 22, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
Jump up ^ Hong, Lucia (March 30, 2011). "New Kim Jae-won TV series to air April 2". 10Asia. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
Jump up ^ "MBC TV miniseries Twinkle Twinkle and Can You Hear My Heart draw the most viewers among weekend TV dramas". MBC Global Media. May 11, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
Jump up ^ Sunwoo, Carla (November 1, 2012). "Namgoong Min to hold first Japanese fan meet". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
Jump up ^ Kang, Moon-young (March 10, 2011). "Kang Moon-young Set to Return to TV After 5-Year Break". The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
Jump up ^ "TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 28, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
Jump up ^ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
Jump up ^ Hong, Lucia (January 2, 2012). "The Greatest Love snags 7 honors at 2011 MBC Drama Awards". 10Asia. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
Jump up ^ "เรื่องย่อ ได้ยินเสียงหัวใจฉันไหม (Can You Hear My Heart?)". luvasianseries.blogspot.com. August 25, 2015. Thai: ภาษาไทย
External links[edit]
Can You Hear My Heart? official MBC website (in Korean)
Can You Hear My Heart? at HanCinema
Can You Hear My Heart? on IMDb
Listen to My Heart at MBC Global Media
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