Which actor wrote the book The Moon's a Balloon?
"The Moon's a Balloon The Moon's a Balloon is a best-selling memoir by British actor David Niven (1910–1983), published in 1971. It details his early life. There have been several editions and many translations of the book over the years. Niven followed it with a sequel ""Bring on the Empty Horses"" in 1975. The book is a funny yet tragic tale, detailing everything from the loss of Niven's father to his natural knowledge of how to lead a good life. The book is read by the character of Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman/Gene Takovic the Cinnabon Manager on his lunch break during"
"unnecessary to film subsequent productions twice. In his 1972 autobiographical book ""The Moon's a Balloon"", actor David Niven discussed his meeting with Todd and the subsequent events that led to the film being produced. According to Niven, when Todd asked him if he would appear as Fogg, Niven enthusiastically replied, 'I'd do it for nothing!' He later admitted to being grateful that Todd did not hold him to his claim. He also described the first meeting between Todd and Robert Newton (who suffered from drinking problems) when the latter was offered the role of the detective, Fix; Niven alleged that"
"The Moon and Sixpence (film) The Moon and Sixpence is a 1942 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's novel of the same name. Dimitri Tiomkin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. Geoffrey Wolfe (Herbert Marshall), a writer similar to Maugham, tells the story of Charles Strickland (George Sanders). A mediocre, seemingly unassuming London stockbroker, Strickland suddenly gives up his career, wife of 17 years (an uncredited Molly Lamont), and children and moves to Paris. Mrs. Strickland asks Wolfe to bring him back. To Wolfe's surprise, Strickland has not run away"
"to Ian McLellan Hunter, Dalton Trumbo, and John Dighton for ""Roman Holiday"". The Academy Film Archive preserved ""The Moon Is Blue"" in 2006. The Moon Is Blue The Moon Is Blue is a 1953 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by Otto Preminger and starring William Holden, David Niven, and Maggie McNamara. Written by F. Hugh Herbert and based on his 1951 play of the same title, the film is about a young woman who meets an architect on the observation deck of the Empire State Building and quickly turns his life upside down. Herbert's play had also been"
"the stage or screen. Blood on the Moon (novel) Blood on the Moon (1984) is a crime novel by James Ellroy. It is the first installment of the Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy. It was followed by ""Because the Night"" (1984) and ""Suicide Hill"" (1985). Although the novels are written in multiple perspectives and narrated omnisciently, the main character in all three is Lloyd Hopkins. The story begins in 1965 during the Watts Riots in Los Angeles, California. 23-year-old Lloyd Hopkins is still with the National Guard and is deployed to help handle the situation. It is during this riot that Hopkins"
"is married and has two children. He lives in London much of the time. Shane Connaughton Shane Connaughton (born 4 April 1941 in Kingscourt County Cavan ) is an Irish writer and actor, probably best known as co-writer of the Academy Award-nominated screenplay for ""My Left Foot"". He also co-wrote the screenplays for the Academy Award-winning 1980 short film ""The Dollar Bottom"" and 1992 film ""The Playboys"", as well as other screenplays and plays. He won the Hennessy Award in 1985. Connaughton is the author of the books ""A Border Station"" (1989), ""The Run of the Country"" (1991), and ""Big"
"Moon Shot Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon is a book written by Mercury Seven astronaut Alan Shepard, with NBC News correspondent Jay Barbree and Associated Press space writer Howard Benedict. Astronaut Donald K. ""Deke"" Slayton is also listed as an author, although he died before the project was completed and was an author in name only. The book was published in 1994. The book was turned into a four part television documentary miniseries that aired on TBS in the United States in 1994. The miniseries was narrated by Barry Corbin (as Slayton) and featured"
"film, with added prose. The book was highly acclaimed and went on to win 'A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year.' Albert Lamorisse was credited as the book's sole author. A soundtrack, featuring music adapted from the film by Lamorisse, was released on the Nonesuch Records label. The Red Balloon The Red Balloon () is a 1956 French fantasy comedy-drama featurette written, produced, and directed by Albert Lamorisse. The thirty-five-minute short, which follows the adventures of a young boy who one day finds a sentient, mute, red balloon, was filmed in the Ménilmontant neighbourhood of Paris."
"Aleksandrovich Ramius in ""The Hunt for Red October"" (1990), and Allan Quatermain in ""The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"" (2003). Along with his Academy Award, Connery has won two BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globes, and a Henrietta Award. Sean Connery filmography Sir Sean Connery is a retired Scottish actor and producer. He was the first actor to have portrayed the literary character James Bond in a film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and again in an unofficial Bond film in 1983. He is also known for his roles as Jimmy Malone in ""The Untouchables"" (1987), for which he won"
"the 13th star and horror icon, Adrienne King described it as ""Masterful writing"" and The Crack Magazine described it as ""One of the most heart racing, jaw-dropping novels that I have ever dared to finish."" Rod Glenn Rod Glenn is an English actor and author from northeast England. He received a degree in Theatre and Performing Arts from North Tyneside College and has gone on to appear in many film and television productions, including ""Monster"", ""Ripper Street"", ""The More You Ignore Me"", ""American Assassin"", ""The Hollow Crown"", ""Wolfblood"" and ""The Hippopotamus"". He achieved critical and commercial success with ""Sinema: The"
"The Yellow Balloon (film) The Yellow Balloon is a 1953 British noir, crime, thriller, drama film starring Andrew Ray, William Sylvester, Kathleen Ryan, Kenneth More, and Hy Hazell. In London's East End, 12-year-old Frankie Palmer (Andrew Ray) loses the sixpence his father has given him to buy a large yellow balloon from a street seller that the boy has set his heart on. He sees that a friend of his, young Ronnie Williams (Stephen Fenemore) has already bought one and Frankie snatches it off him and runs off with it, with Ronnie in hot pursuit. Ronnie chases Frankie into a"
"Andrew Chaikin Andrew L. Chaikin (born June 24, 1956) is an American author, speaker and science journalist. He currently lives in Vermont. He is the author of ""A Man on the Moon"", a detailed description of the Apollo missions to the Moon. This book formed the basis for ""From the Earth to the Moon"", a 12-part HBO miniseries. From 1999 to 2001, Chaikin served as executive editor for space and science at Space.com. From 2008 to 2011, he was a faculty member for Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. In 2013, he wrote and performed the narration on a NASA"
"way into his major novels, notably ""The Great Gatsby"". In the TV show ""Mad Men"", season four, episode five (""The Chrysanthemum and the Sword""), the du Bois novel is being read by a child, Sally Draper; in season two, episode three (""The Benefactor""), her mother, Betty Draper, reads out of the Fitzgerald collection containing his story (""Babylon Revisited and Other Stories""). The Twenty-One Balloons The Twenty-One Balloons is a novel by William Pène du Bois, published in 1947 by the Viking Press and awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1948. The story is about a"
"Paul Auster Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947) is an American writer and film director. His notable works include ""The New York Trilogy"" (1987), ""Moon Palace"" (1989), ""The Music of Chance"" (1990), ""The Book of Illusions"" (2002), ""The Brooklyn Follies"" (2005), ""Invisible"" (2009), ""Sunset Park"" (2010), ""Winter Journal"" (2012), and ""4 3 2 1"" (2017). His books have been translated into more than forty languages. Paul Auster was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Jewish middle-class parents of Polish descent, Queenie (née Bogat) and Samuel Auster. He grew up in South Orange, New Jersey and Newark and graduated from"
"The Red Balloon The Red Balloon () is a 1956 French fantasy comedy-drama featurette written, produced, and directed by Albert Lamorisse. The thirty-five-minute short, which follows the adventures of a young boy who one day finds a sentient, mute, red balloon, was filmed in the Ménilmontant neighbourhood of Paris. Lamorisse used his children as actors in the film. His son, Pascal, plays himself in the main role, and his daughter, Sabine, portrays a little girl. The film won numerous awards, including an Oscar for Lamorisse for writing the Best Original Screenplay in 1956 and the Palme d'Or for short films"
"The Moonstone (1934 film) The Moonstone is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Reginald Barker and starring David Manners, Phyllis Barry, Gustav von Seyffertitz and Jameson Thomas. It is an adaptation of the 1868 novel ""The Moonstone"" by Wilkie Collins. The film retains the book's British location, but uses a contemporary 1930s setting rather than the Victorian era of the original. It is one of three film versions of the novel, which include silent versions in 1915 and 1909, although a number of television and radio adaptations have been made. As with the book, the film is based around"
"League. In the 1998 HBO miniseries ""From the Earth to the Moon"" Gordon was played by Tom Verica. Gordon wrote the foreword of the book ""Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey to the Moon"" by fellow Apollo astronaut Al Worden, as well as the foreword to ""Footprints in the Dust"". Richard F. Gordon Jr. Richard Francis Gordon Jr. (October 5, 1929 – November 6, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator, chemist, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He was one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, as the Command Module Pilot for the"
"Dogbowl Stephen Tunney, also known as Dogbowl, is an American artist, musician and novelist. He was a founding member of the avant-garde band King Missile (Dog Fly Religion) and has recorded many albums as a solo act. He is also the author of two novels, the surreal, post-apocalyptic ""Flan,"" published in 1992 by Four Walls Eight Windows, and ""One Hundred Percent Lunar Boy,"" published in 2010 by MacAdam/Cage. ""One Hundred Percent Lunar Boy"" takes place on a terraformed Moon two thousand years in the future and chronicles the misadventures of sixteen-year-old Hieronymus Rexaphin, a boy who can see the fourth"
"Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American writer and filmmaker. Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as writer of ""Midnight Express"" (1978). He also wrote the acclaimed gangster movie ""Scarface"" (1983). Stone achieved prominence as director/writer of the war drama ""Platoon"" (1986), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director and the film received Best Picture. ""Platoon"" was the first in a trilogy of films based on the Vietnam War, in which Stone served as an infantry soldier. He continued the series with ""Born on the Fourth of July"" (1989)—for"
"film version. She asked Jackie to read the book and give her an opinion. Maybe the Moon Maybe the Moon is a 1992 novel written by San Francisco novelist Armistead Maupin. The story Maupin describes as 'partly autobiographical', despite the main character being a female heterosexual Jewish dwarf. The character was also based on his friend Tamara De Treaux, who was the actor for E.T. Former tennis player Jim Courier read this book during a changeover. According to Maupin's website, ""Maybe the Moon"" may have been the last book Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis ever read. Daryl Hannah who, at the time,"
"was written by Gardner Fox. It is 1862 in England. The ""Jupiter"", a manned balloon with a unicorn-shaped gondola, falls from the sky during its maiden flight. Passenger Sir Henry Vining (Richard Haydn) and his treasurer (Ronald Long) scream in horror. However, Professor Fergusson (Cedric Hardwicke), the balloon's inventor, remains calm, as he planned on giving a dramatic demonstration showing the balloon's controls. On his signal, pilot Jacques (Fabian), ascends the balloon using a pressure gauge that ensures no loss of gas or ballast. Traumatized by their ""near-disaster"", Sir Henry, head of the Royal Geographic Society, and his treasurer refuse"
"Blood on the Moon (novel) Blood on the Moon (1984) is a crime novel by James Ellroy. It is the first installment of the Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy. It was followed by ""Because the Night"" (1984) and ""Suicide Hill"" (1985). Although the novels are written in multiple perspectives and narrated omnisciently, the main character in all three is Lloyd Hopkins. The story begins in 1965 during the Watts Riots in Los Angeles, California. 23-year-old Lloyd Hopkins is still with the National Guard and is deployed to help handle the situation. It is during this riot that Hopkins kills his first man,"
"Man in the Moon (film) Man in the Moon is a 1960 comedy film directed by Basil Dearden. The film stars Kenneth More and Shirley Anne Field. William Blood (More) is a man who appears to be immune to all known diseases, and possesses extraordinary resistance to heat and cold – a fact he puts down to his carefree, single life, never being worried by anything. He makes a living working for medical researchers who are trying to find cures for various diseases and conditions (notably the common cold and seasickness). Blood is offered a job to become the passenger"
"Ben Elton Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959) is an English comedian, author, playwright, actor and director. He was a part of London's alternative comedy movement of the 1980s and became a writer on series such as ""The Young Ones"" and ""Blackadder"", as well as continuing as a stand-up comedian on stage and television. His style in the 1980s was left-wing political satire. Since then he has published 15 novels and written the musicals ""We Will Rock You"" (2002) and ""Love Never Dies"" (2010), the sequel to ""The Phantom of the Opera"". His novels cover the dystopian, comedy, and"
"Sean Connery filmography Sir Sean Connery is a retired Scottish actor and producer. He was the first actor to have portrayed the literary character James Bond in a film, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and again in an unofficial Bond film in 1983. He is also known for his roles as Jimmy Malone in ""The Untouchables"" (1987), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, along with his portrayals of Mark Rutland in ""Marnie"" (1964), Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez in ""Highlander"" (1986), Henry Jones Sr. in ""Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"" (1989), Captain Marko"
"Rich Little. Niven only learned of it from a newspaper report. This was his last film appearance. Niven wrote four books. The first, ""Round the Rugged Rocks"", (published simultaneously in the US under the title ""Once Over Lightly"") was a novel that appeared in 1951 and was forgotten almost at once. In 1971, he published his autobiography, ""The Moon's a Balloon"", which was well received, selling over five million copies. He followed this with ""Bring On the Empty Horses"" in 1975, a collection of entertaining reminiscences from Hollywood's ""Golden Age"" in the 1930s and '40s. It now appears that Niven"
"the hiring process as being interviewed by Paul Tibbitt for about five minutes. ""Steven Banks Show"" 13 episodes PBS Producer: Paul Block Steven Banks Steven Banks (born November 27, 1954) is an American actor, musician, comedian, actor and writer of television, plays, books and cartoons, including ""SpongeBob SquarePants"". In 1987, Banks landed his first acting role, performing as a minor character in the fantasy-comedy ""Date with an Angel"". Banks hit it big when he developed (and starred in) a one-man theatrical show titled ""Home Entertainment Center"" – a comedic play about an easily distracted procrastinator trying to meet a work"
"The Moon Is Blue The Moon Is Blue is a 1953 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by Otto Preminger and starring William Holden, David Niven, and Maggie McNamara. Written by F. Hugh Herbert and based on his 1951 play of the same title, the film is about a young woman who meets an architect on the observation deck of the Empire State Building and quickly turns his life upside down. Herbert's play had also been a huge success in Germany, and Preminger decided to film English- and German-language versions simultaneously, using the same sets but different casts. The"
"release and 1948 re-release. On December 14, 2011, Turner Classic Movies aired a restored print from George Eastman House which includes the tinted scenes in Tahiti and the final reel in Technicolor (the scenes in London and Paris are in black and white). The Moon and Sixpence (film) The Moon and Sixpence is a 1942 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's novel of the same name. Dimitri Tiomkin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. Geoffrey Wolfe (Herbert Marshall), a writer similar to Maugham, tells the story of Charles Strickland (George"
"the Moon landings were staged. The film's name was taken from the title of the book ""A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon"" by Bob Ward, a 1969 book of humorous anecdotes by people involved in the space program. The film is narrated by British stage actress Anne Tonelson. Bart Sibrel himself makes no appearance in the film. However, he does appear prominently in the similarly toned 2001 Fox television network special, ""Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?"" The 47-minute film raises some possible insurmountable scientific and technical problems which may have made it improbable"
"John Hunt's successful ""The Ascent of Everest"", and began their long association with thriller writer John Creasey. In the 1970s, they brought the Knight and Coronet imprints into common use. The latter is particularly memorable for David Niven's much-celebrated autobiography ""The Moon's a Balloon"". In the 1960s the Hodder and Stoughton fiction list broadened to include many quality commercial authors, including Mary Stewart whose works included ""Madam, Will You Talk?"" and sold millions of copies worldwide. The non-fiction publishing included Anthony Sampson's era-defining ""The Anatomy of Britain"" in 1962. Another notable title in the children's sphere was the 1969 Brockhampton"
"an unnamed Philip K. Dick novel. Josh Boone (director) Josh Boone (born April 5, 1979) is an American screenwriter and film director. He directed and wrote his own first film, ""Stuck in Love"" and he is perhaps best known for directing the film ""The Fault in Our Stars"", based on John Green's break-out novel. Boone wrote and directed his first film, ""Stuck in Love"", which premièred in September 2012 at the Toronto International Film Festival. It began a limited theatrical release in the United States in July 2013. In February of the same year, Boone was hired to direct the"
"Promise the Moon Promise the Moon is a 1997 film by Kevin Sullivan, based on the book ""The Four Arrows Fe-As-Ko"" by Randall Beth Platt. The script was adapted by Kevin Sullivan and Peter Behrens, and directed by Ken Jubenvill. The film won a Gemini Award for Best Costume Design. Ranch hand Roy Leckner (Henry Czerny) gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to fulfill his bosses dying wish to bring home his long lost son Levi (Shawn Ashmore) and teach him to take over the Four Arrows Ranch. Roy finds Levi unable to speak and living in"