Which Director links the films, 'Far And Away', 'Backdraft' and 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas'?
"Carrey's ""off-the-wall performance is reminiscent of what he accomplished in ""The Mask"", except that here he never allows the special effects to upstage him. Carrey's Grinch is a combination of Seuss' creation and Carrey's personality, with a voice that sounds far more like a weird amalgamation of Sean Connery and Jim Backus (Bond meets Magoo!) than it does Karloff."" He concluded that Carrey ""brings animation to the live action, and, surrounded by glittering, fantastical sets and computer-spun special effects, Carrey enables Ron Howard's version of the classic story to come across as more of a welcome endeavor than a pointless"
"Backdraft (film) Backdraft is a 1991 American drama thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Gregory Widen. The film stars Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Donald Sutherland, Robert De Niro, Jason Gedrick and J. T. Walsh. It is about Chicago firefighters on the trail of a serial arsonist. The film grossed $77.9 million domestically and $74.5 million in foreign markets, for a total gross of $152.4 million, making it the highest-grossing film about firefighters until ""I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry"" in 2007. The film received three Academy Award nominations."
"Far and Away Far and Away is a 1992 American epic romantic adventure drama film directed by Ron Howard from a script by Howard and Bob Dolman. It stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. This was the last cinematography credit for Mikael Salomon before he moved onto a directing career, and the music score was done by John Williams. It was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. Cruise and Kidman play Irish immigrants seeking their fortune in 1890s America, eventually taking part in the Land Run of 1893. This was Cyril Cusack's final film before his"
""""", tie-in novels and video games. Widen worked as a firefighter for three years while still an undergraduate at UCLA. He witnessed a person being killed by an explosive backdraft, which became the basis for the screenplay he wrote for the movie ""Backdraft,"" directed by Ron Howard and starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, Robert De Niro. Released in 1991, Backdraft received three Academy Award Nominations. Backdraft (attraction) was turned into a ride for Universal Studios Hollywood (opened 1992, closed 2010) and Universal Studios Japan where it is still active. A sequel (""Backdraft II"") began production in April, 2018."
"a vision from the past and sent on an incredible journey through time and space. The film parodies Dr. Seuss's ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"" by mixing it with elements of the ""Star Wars"" films, as well as parodying elements of ""The Hobbit"", ""A Charlie Brown Christmas"", and ""Citizen Kane"". The film has a very distinct and lush look, as Bracewell animated the film himself using a combination of painted backgrounds, painted cutout characters, and 3D animation. The released film is subtitled ""Jingle Far, Far Away"", and is the first part of a trilogy. A trailer has been released for"
"first weekend at the box office and made a total of $58 million domestically (it also fared solidly abroad, with almost $79 million) and $137 million worldwide. The film altogether made $166,694,840 from worldwide and home video rentals. Far and Away Far and Away is a 1992 American epic romantic adventure drama film directed by Ron Howard from a script by Howard and Bob Dolman. It stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. This was the last cinematography credit for Mikael Salomon before he moved onto a directing career, and the music score was done by John Williams. It was screened"
"Hideaway (film) Hideaway is a 1995 American horror film directed by Brett Leonard. It is based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Dean Koontz, and stars Jeff Goldblum, Alicia Silverstone, Christine Lahti, Jeremy Sisto, Alfred Molina and Rae Dawn Chong. In the film, Goldblum plays a man who dies in a car accident, only to be revived two hours later. After being revived, he experiences frightening visions. He begins to understand that he has become psychically connected to a serial killer, and that by cutting himself, he can actually induce the visions and see through the killer's"
"grossed $77,868,585 in the US (ranking 14th in box-office for 1991), and $74,500,000 in foreign markets. The film received three Academy Award nominations (Sound Effects Editing, Visual Effects and Best Sound - Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Gary Rydstrom and Glenn Williams). In March 2018, it was announced that Universal has tapped Spanish director Gonzalo López-Gallego to direct the sequel with William Baldwin set to reprise his role. Backdraft (film) Backdraft is a 1991 American drama thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Gregory Widen. The film stars Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De"
"Kim Waltrip Kim Waltrip is a Producer, Director and President of Wonderstar Productions. Waltrip was producer/executive producer of such films as ""The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Him, Her, and Them"",starring Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Viola David, William Hurt ""Hit and Run"", starring Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper' 'Back in the Day"", ""An Evergreen Christmas"" 'A Very Mary Christmas starring Elliott Gould, Cloris Leachman, Cybill Shepherd, Della Reese, Fred Willard, Gene Simmons, Linda Gray, Lainie Kazan, and Olesya Rulin. The PBS special ""Diahann Carroll, The Lady, The Music, The Legend"". Also, ""I Didn't Come Here to Die"" - ""A Thousand"
"Director Chuck Jones and children's-book author Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss) had worked together on the ""Private Snafu"" training cartoons at Warner Bros. Cartoons during World War II. Jones was interested in adapting one of Geisel's books into a television special and approached him to turn ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"" into one in time for the holiday season. Although Geisel was initially reluctant due to his unpleasant experiences making the film ""The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T."", he eventually agreed. ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"" was produced by The Cat in the Hat Productions in association with the television and"
"the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, California. ""Joshua Tree"" also contains clear references and homages to Sam Peckinpah's ""The Getaway"" starring Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw (the shoot at the grocery store and the cop cars at the bus station), as well John Woo's ""A Better Tomorrow"", ""The Killer"" (and possibly ""Hard Boiled"" but it had not been officially released when the movie was in production) (the garage shoot out). When director Vic Armstrong apologized to Woo for copying him the Hong Kong director replied ""Don't worry Vic, I've been stealing your ideas for years!"" Another film reference is the"
"looking back. However, as she and Col. Theron begin cleaning the charred remains of the Parker home, Harry returns, and the children embrace. A Far Off Place A Far Off Place is a 1993 American adventure drama film based on Laurens van der Post's works ""A Far-Off Place"" (1974) and its prequel ""A Story Like the Wind"" (1972). The film stars Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Randall, Jack Thompson and Maximilian Schell. The filming locations were in Namibia and Zimbabwe. Against his wishes, spoiled New York teenager Harry Winslow accompanies his father to the Kalahari desert in Africa to spend time with"
"films ""Hide and Go Shriek"" (1988) and ""Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"" (1990). He also directed the television films ""Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh"" (2008) and ""Starstruck"" (2010). He is not to be confused with Michael Gross, star of the Tremors franchise. Michael Grossman Michael N. Grossman is an American film and television director. He has directed a number of episodes from dozens of different television series, including ""Grey's Anatomy"" and the backdoor pilot (""The Other Side of This Life"") of its spin-off, ""Private Practice"". His other directorial work includes the series ""Charmed"", ""Zoey 101"", ""Angel"", ""The Invisible Man"", ""Arli$$"", ""Firefly"","
"2009, the critics’ group have agreed with the Academy on six occasions: Steven Soderbergh for ""Traffic"" (2000), Clint Eastwood for ""Million Dollar Baby"" (2004), Ang Lee for ""Brokeback Mountain"" (2005), Martin Scorsese for ""The Departed"" (2006), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for ""No Country for Old Men"" (2007), and Kathryn Bigelow for ""The Hurt Locker"" (2009). Oscar winner denoted by * New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honour the finest achievements in filmmaking."
"of short films and music videos by Wardlaw. The DVD bonus features include early animations and audio out takes. The film was licensed to ShortsHD and ShortsTV in 2014. The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas is an independent animated short film and a parody of ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"" written and directed by John Wardlaw and animated by Adny Angrand. The film features the final performance of actor Jonathan Harris and co-stars Tress MacNeille. The film also features an original score by Gary Stockdale and music by director John Wardlaw's band, Anti-m. Written in 1997,"
"""The Year Without a Santa Claus"", ""Holiday in Handcuffs"", and ""Santa Baby"". He has directed a number of episodic television dramas, including episodes of ""Monk"", ""Boston Legal"", ""Reaper"", ""Ugly Betty"", ""Heroes"", ""Chaos"", ""Grey's Anatomy"", ""Burn Notice"", ""Once Upon a Time"", ""Desperate Housewives"", ""Nashville"", ""Scandal"", ""Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."", ""Quantico"" and ""The Good Fight"". Peabody Award: Daytime Emmy Awards: Saturn Award: Golden Raspberry Awards: Directors Guild of America Award: Ron Underwood Ronald Brian Underwood (born November 6, 1953) is an American film director, producer and television director. Underwood was born November 6, 1953, in Glendale, California. He was an AFS exchange student"
"canoes. Back at his home, Wyatt is distraught to find that his son is gone. He has an underwater fight to the death with Seminole chief Ocala, then is relieved to learn that his boy is safe. Distant Drums Distant Drums is a 1951 American ""Florida Western"" film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Gary Cooper. It is set during the Second Seminole War in the 1840s, with Cooper playing an Army captain who destroys a fort held by the Spanish gunrunners then retreats into the Everglades while under chase. The actual location of the fort in the film was"
"Christmas movie, ""All About Christmas Eve"" and ""Christmas Twister"", ""12 Wishes of Christmas,"" and ""The Dog Who Saved Halloween"", the short ""Stephen King Night Surf"", and the comedy web-series ""Everyone Counts,"" about the 2010 Census featuring French Stewart. In the summer of 2007, he directed a series of behind-the-scenes segments for the web-series ""In the Motherhood,"". His writing credits include: ""Abandoned"", the Hallmark film ""Christmas Wedding Tail"", ""A Valentine Date,"", ""Stolen"", ""Obsession"", ""Seduced by Lies"", ""Eve's Christmas"", one of the highest rated Christmas movies in Lifetime history, ""His and Her Christmas"", the New Line Cinema release """", the Syfy original"
"(2008). Baranski has starred in numerous films, including ""9½ Weeks"" (1986), ""Legal Eagles"" (1986), ""Reversal of Fortune"" (1990), ""Addams Family Values"" (1993), ""Jeffrey"" (1995), ""The Birdcage"" (1996), ""Bulworth"" (1998), ""Cruel Intentions"" (1999), ""Bowfinger"" (1999), ""Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas"" (2000), ""Chicago"" (2002), ""Mamma Mia!"" (2008), ""The Bounty Hunter"" (2010), ""Into the Woods"" (2014), ""A Bad Moms Christmas"" (2017), and ""Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again"" (2018). Baranski was born in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Virginia (née Mazurowski) and Lucien Baranski, who edited a Polish-language newspaper. She is of Polish descent, and her grandparents were actors in"
"the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award by the City of Vienna at the yearly film music gala concert Hollywood in Vienna. Alan Silvestri Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American composer and conductor known for his film and television scores. He is best known for his frequent collaboration with Robert Zemeckis, composing for such major hit films as the ""Back to the Future"" trilogy, ""Who Framed Roger Rabbit"", ""Cast Away"", and ""Forrest Gump"", as well as the superhero films """", ""The Avengers"", and """". His other film scores include ""Predator"" and its sequel ""Predator 2"", ""The"
"on September 26, 1991. The music to ""Far and Away"" was composed and conducted by composer John Williams. The score, a mixture of traditional Irish instrumentation and conventional orchestra, prominently featured performances by the Irish musical group The Chieftains and a revision of the song ""Book of Days"" composed and performed by Enya. The soundtrack was released 26 May 1992 through MCA Records and features 19 tracks of music at a running time just over sixty-seven minutes. Selections from the soundtrack have been featured in the trailers for various films including ""Rudy"" (1993), ""Getting Even with Dad"" (1994), ""Circle of"
"and Away:"" Michael Piccirilli appeared as Dr James Fraser during the late nineties, and Amy Mathews (Maggie) began her stint as Rachel Armstrong while shooting her role for ""Gabriel."" Erika Heynatz ""wasn't anyone"" when she was cast in the role of Lilith, but became well known after winning the 2006 series of ""It Takes Two."" Producer Kristy Vernon states that even if the film had more money, ""we probably would still have gone with somebody unknown, because part of doing this movie was making it fresh and new and something different."" Lead actor Andy Whitfield was initially hesitant to audition"
"in the character Cindy Lou Who and pitched a film in which she would have a larger role as well as a materialistic representation of the Whos and an expanded backstory of the Grinch. On September 16, 1998, it was announced that Howard would direct and co-produce a live-action adaptation of ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas"" with Jim Carrey attached to star. It was also reported that Universal Pictures, who had acquired the distribution rights, paid $9 million for the film rights for an adaptation of ""Grinch"" and ""Oh, the Places You'll Go!"" to Geisel. Jeffrey Price and Peter S."
"Distant Drums Distant Drums is a 1951 American ""Florida Western"" film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Gary Cooper. It is set during the Second Seminole War in the 1840s, with Cooper playing an Army captain who destroys a fort held by the Spanish gunrunners then retreats into the Everglades while under chase. The actual location of the fort in the film was the historic Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida, where most of the filming took place. The enduring legacy of this movie is the earliest known use of the Wilhelm scream sound effect, originally used to"
"Zac Efron; ""The Last Song"", starring Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth; and ""Going the Distance"", starring Justin Long and Drew Barrymore. Shankman was also producer on the ""Step Up"" films, """", ""Step Up 3D"", """" and """". He serves as executive producer on the spinoff of the ""Step Up"" films, ""Step Up: High Water"", for Lionsgate Television and YouTube Red. In 2009 Shankman produced ""Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special"", with Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe. With Bill Mechanic, Shankman was one of the two producers of the 82nd Academy Awards, which took place on March 7, 2010. The telecast earned"
"Alan Silvestri Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American composer and conductor known for his film and television scores. He is best known for his frequent collaboration with Robert Zemeckis, composing for such major hit films as the ""Back to the Future"" trilogy, ""Who Framed Roger Rabbit"", ""Cast Away"", and ""Forrest Gump"", as well as the superhero films """", ""The Avengers"", and """". His other film scores include ""Predator"" and its sequel ""Predator 2"", ""The Abyss"", ""Stuart Little"", ""The Mummy Returns"", ""Lilo & Stitch"", ""Night at the Museum"", and ""Ready Player One"". He is a two-time Academy"
"The Grinch (film) The Grinch (also known as Dr. Seuss' The Grinch) is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated Christmas comedy film produced by Illumination. Based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss book ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"", it is the third screen adaptation of the story, following the television special from 1966 and the live-action feature-length film from 2000. It also marks Illumination's second Dr. Seuss film adaptation, following ""The Lorax"" (2012). The film is directed by Yarrow Cheney and Scott Mosier, and written by Michael LeSieur and Tommy Swerdlow. It stars the voices of Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson,"
"A Far Off Place A Far Off Place is a 1993 American adventure drama film based on Laurens van der Post's works ""A Far-Off Place"" (1974) and its prequel ""A Story Like the Wind"" (1972). The film stars Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Randall, Jack Thompson and Maximilian Schell. The filming locations were in Namibia and Zimbabwe. Against his wishes, spoiled New York teenager Harry Winslow accompanies his father to the Kalahari desert in Africa to spend time with family acquaintances Paul and Elizabeth Parker. As he struggles to adjust to life without the technologies and amusements of home, Harry clashes with"
"back to March 10, 2017. In January 2015, it was confirmed that the film was placed back into development with no release date attached. On July 23, 2018, it was reported that Lima and Chapman had signed a first look deal with 20th Century Fox to produce live action, animated, or hybrid films through their production company. Kevin Lima Kevin Lima (born June 12, 1962) is an American film director who has directed a number of Disney films including his debut film ""A Goofy Movie"" in 1995, ""Tarzan"" (1999), ""102 Dalmatians"" (2000), and ""Enchanted"" (2007). He is married to Brenda"
"Kirk Wise Kirk Wise (born August 24, 1963) is an American film director, animator and screenwriter best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Wise has directed such Disney animated films as ""Beauty and the Beast"", ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"", and """". He also directed the English-language translation of Hayao Miyazaki's ""Spirited Away"". Wise graduated from Palo Alto High School and went on to study character animation at California Institute of the Arts. Early in his career, Wise worked as an animator on Disney's ""Sport Goofy in Soccermania"" (1987), ""The Great Mouse Detective"" (1986) and ""The Brave"
"Contemporary"" for his costume designs for ""Fight Club"" and ""Mr. & Mrs. Smith"", respectively. Besides ""Fight Club"", Kaplan has worked on three other films for director David Fincher: ""Seven"", ""The Game"", and ""Panic Room"". He also reunited with ""Blade Runner"" director Ridley Scott on ""Matchstick Men"". Kaplan's other credits include two films for Michael Bay, ""Armageddon"" and ""Pearl Harbor"". He also worked on ""Flashdance"", ""Clue"", ""Perfect"", ""National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"", ""Malice"", ""The Long Kiss Goodnight"", ""Gigli"", ""Miami Vice"", ""I Am Legend"" starring Will Smith, J.J. Abrams' ""Star Trek"" and ""Star Trek Into Darkness"", ""The Sorcerer's Apprentice"" for director Jon Turteltaub,"
"his lesser-known characters during this period, including Charlie Dog, Hubie and Bertie, and The Three Bears. During World War II, Jones worked closely with Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, to create the ""Private Snafu"" series of Army educational cartoons (the character was created by director Frank Capra). Jones later collaborated with Seuss on animated adaptations of Seuss' books, including ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"" in 1966. Jones directed such shorts as ""The Weakly Reporter"", a 1944 short that related to shortages and rationing on the home front. During the same year, he directed ""Hell-Bent for Election"", a campaign"
"and Away"" cast members. The plot focuses on Bianca Scott (Lisa Gormley) and Heath Braxton (Dan Ewing), who take a late honeymoon in the Northern Territory. When Bianca is kidnapped by Trevor ""Gunno"" Gunson (Diarmid Heidenreich), Heath's attempts to find her are hampered when he comes under suspicion from Sergeant Amy Peters (Lisa Flanagan). ""Revenge"" was mostly shot on-location in Alice Springs and Darwin. Several scenes for the special were shot at Ooraminna Homestead, a former film set, and the Ormiston Gorge. ""Home and Away: Revenge"" received a mixed response from critics, with one calling it an ""underwhelming endeavour"". Heath"