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Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones (September 21, 1912–February 22, 2002) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Brothers cartoon studio. He directed many of the classic short animated cartoons starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, the Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote, Pepé Le Pew, and the other Warners characters, including the memorable What's Opera, Doc? (1957) and Duck Amuck (1952) ...

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• Chuck Jones - Biography
• Chuck Jones - Early Life
• Chuck Jones - Warner Bros.
• Chuck Jones - Jones on His Own
• Chuck Jones - Later Years
• Chuck Jones - Influence and critical perception
• Chuck Jones - Notable Animated Films directed by Chuck Jones

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The cast of Watchmen. (Clockwise from top: Doctor Manhattan, the Comedian, Ozymandias, Nite Owl II, Rorschach, Captain Metropolis, the Silk Spectre II.) Art by Dave Gibbons, coloured by John Higgins Watchmen is a twelve-issue comic book written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. A limited series, originally published monthly by DC Comics in 1986-1987, it was later republished as a graphic novel. Along with Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns and Art Spiegelman's MausIncluding:

• Watchmen - Title
• Watchmen - Composition
• Watchmen - Plot summary
• Watchmen - Character background
• Watchmen - Adaptations from Charlton Comics
• Watchmen - Character overview
• Watchmen - The Minutemen era
• Watchmen - Post-Minutemen era
• Watchmen - Publication details
• Watchmen - Editions
• Watchmen - Related products
• Watchmen - Parody
• Watchmen - Film Adaptation
• Watchmen - Notes

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Dark City is a 1998 movie written by Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer, and directed by Proyas. It stars Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, and Jennifer Connelly. While not a box office hit, it has a considerable reputation. Film critic Roger Ebert is a well-known fan of the movie, having rated it with four stars out of four[1] and naming it the best film of 1998[2]. Ebert uses it in his teaching, and ...

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• Dark City - Plot
• Dark City - Similarities to other works
• Dark City - Works possibly inspired by Dark City
• Dark City - Trivia
• Dark City - Awards
• Dark City - Technical data

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This article is about Bette Davis the actress; there is also a singer named Betty Davis. Ruth Elizabeth Davis, better known as Bette Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989), was an American actress of stage, screen and television. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Bette Davis was renowned for her intense, forceful persona and artistic versatility during a career that spanned six decades and almost one hundred films. Co-founder of the Hollywood Canteen with John Garfield and one of the most respected d ...

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• Bette Davis - The early years
• Bette Davis - The ingenue
• Bette Davis - The middle years
• Bette Davis - The established star
• Bette Davis - The later years
• Bette Davis - Death
• Bette Davis - Academy Awards and nominations
• Bette Davis - Filmography

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1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. 1999 - Events. Kosovo War Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in actual events and in media over-reporting. The human population of the world surpassed six billion. The United Nations Population Fund designated October 12 as the approximate date for this event. 1999 - January. J ...

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• 1999 - Events
• 1999 - January
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• 1999 - April
• 1999 - May
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• 1999 - August
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• 1999 - October
• 1999 - November
• 1999 - December
• 1999 - Unknown date
• 1999 - Births
• 1999 - Deaths
• 1999 - January-April
• 1999 - May-August
• 1999 - September-December
• 1999 - Nobel Prizes
• 1999 - Templeton Prize
• 1999 - Fictional reference

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Walter Lantz (April 27, 1900 – March 22, 1994) was an American cartoonist, best known for founding the Walter Lantz Studio and creating Woody Woodpecker. Walter Lantz - Start in Animation. Walter Lantz was born April 27, 1900 in New Rochelle, New York into a family of Italian immigrants. He was interested in art at an early, completing a mail order drawing class at age twelve. Lantz got his first taste of animation when he watched Winsor McCay’s cartoon short, Gertie the Dinosaur. This, perhaps, ...

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• Walter Lantz - Start in Animation
• Walter Lantz - The Oswald Era
• Walter Lantz - The Woody Woodpecker Era
• Walter Lantz - Retirement
• Walter Lantz - Walter Lantz Cartunes
• Walter Lantz - Awards Walter Lantz was Presented

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Batman Beyond (Batman of the Future in Europe, Latin America and Australia/New Zealand) was an animated television series created by WB Network in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy. The series is part of the DC Animated Universe; kicking off the future time period of Bruce Timm's still continuing universe. The show began in 1999 and ended in 2002 with 52 episodes and one Direct-to-Video movie under its belt, and there are no plans to revive the series in the near future. However, there was a short lived spin-off, The Zeta Pro ...

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• Batman Beyond - Story
• Batman Beyond - Episode Guide
• Batman Beyond - Project Batman Beyond
• Batman Beyond - Movies
• Batman Beyond - DVD releases
• Batman Beyond - Comics
• Batman Beyond - Spinoffs

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The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. As is the customary practice in Wikipedia for listing Oscar results, the winner of the award for that year is listed first, followed by the runners-up. The films below are listed with their production year, so fo ...

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• Academy Award for Best Picture - 1920s
• Academy Award for Best Picture - 1930s
• Academy Award for Best Picture - 1940s
• Academy Award for Best Picture - 1950s
• Academy Award for Best Picture - 1960s
• Academy Award for Best Picture - 1970s
• Academy Award for Best Picture - 1980s
• Academy Award for Best Picture - 1990s
• Academy Award for Best Picture - 2000s

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April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). There are 258 days remaining. April 17 - Events. 1397 - Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. 1492 - Spain and Christopher Columbus sign a contract for him to sail to Asia to get spices. 1521 - Martin Luther speaks to the assembly at the Diet of Worms, refusing to recant his teachings. 1524 - Giovanni da Verrazano ...

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The Academy Honorary Award is given irregularly by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to celebrate motion picture achievements that are not covered by existing Academy Awards. In the early years of the academy, it was often used to reward significant achievements of the year that did not fit in existing categories. This subsequently led to several new categories. In recent years the academy has awarded ...

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• Academy Honorary Award - List of Academy Honorary Award winners
• Academy Honorary Award - 1920s
• Academy Honorary Award - 1930s
• Academy Honorary Award - 1940s
• Academy Honorary Award - 1950s
• Academy Honorary Award - 1960s
• Academy Honorary Award - 1970s
• Academy Honorary Award - 1980s
• Academy Honorary Award - 1990s
• Academy Honorary Award - 2000s

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Ash are a band which originated from Downpatrick (Northern Ireland) in 1992. Ash's music was originally commonly described as Britpop, as the band became popular at around the same time as the term entered mainstream media. The band's musical style encompasses Punk, Grunge, and Hard rock. The original band members were Tim Wheeler (vocals and guitar), Mark Hamilton (bass guitar) and Rick McMurray (drums). The three were later joined by Charlotte Hatherley (guitar and vocals), who, as of 2005 ...

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• Ash band - Band history
• Ash band - 1992
• Ash band - 1993
• Ash band - 1994
• Ash band - 1995
• Ash band - 1996
• Ash band - 1997
• Ash band - 1998
• Ash band - 2001
• Ash band - 2002
• Ash band - 2004
• Ash band - 2005
• Ash band - Discography
• Ash band - Albums
• Ash band - Singles
• Ash band - EPs
• Ash band - Fan club releases
• Ash band - Demo tapes

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1999 - January. January 1 - Euro currency introduced. January 1 - An avalanche destroys a school gymnasium during New Year celebrations in Kangiqsualujjuaq in far northern Quebec, killing nine. January 2 - A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern USA, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 19 inches (487 mm) at Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago, temperatures plunge to -13°F (-25°C), and 68 deaths are reported. January 4 - Gunmen open fire on Shiite Musl ...

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1999, 1999 - Events, 1999 - January, 1999 - February, 1999 - March, 1999 - April, 1999 - May, 1999 - June, 1999 - July, 1999 - August, 1999 - September, 1999 - October, 1999 - November, 1999 - December, 1999 - Unknown Dates, 1999 - Births, 1999 - Deaths, 1999 - January-April, 1999 - May-August, 1999 - September-December, 1999 - Nobel Prizes, 1999 - Templeton Prize, 1999 - Fictional reference

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Developed under the working title, Loosely Based on a True Love Story, the movie is loosely based on the story of author Fyodor Dostoevsky, who dictated his novel, The Gambler, in 30 days in order to pay off a gambling debt—and in the process, fell in love with his young stenographer. In Alex and Emma, Alex (Wilson) is the author, who must repay a USD$100,000 debt to the Cuban mafia or face dire consequences. After his laptop is destroyed, he hires Emma (Hudson), a stenographer who talks as much as she writes. As Alex ...

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Alex and Emma, Alex and Emma - Taglines, Alex and Emma - Story, Alex and Emma - Main cast, Alex and Emma - Producers

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Although born in Des Moines, Routh grew up in Norwalk (about 100 miles south of Woolstock, the hometown of television's original Superman, George Reeves). He attended the University of Iowa and starred in many productions at the Norwalk Theater of Performing Arts. Routh got his first major role on a 1999 episode of the short-lived ABC television series Odd Man Out, followed by a four-episode stint on the third season of MTV's sexually charged nighttime soap Undressed in 2000. Routh also appeared as an extra in Christina Agui ...

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Brandon Routh, Brandon Routh - Biography, Brandon Routh - Superman role, Brandon Routh - Quotes

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In October 1985, Walter Kovacs (Rorschach) investigates the murder of New York citizen Edward Blake and learns that Blake was also The Comedian, a longtime costumed adventurer/government agent. Forming a theory that Blake's murder is the first in a plot to eliminate adventurers, Kovacs extends warnings to four others still living in New York; Jon Osterman (Dr. Manhattan), Laurel Jane Juspeczyk (Silk Spectre II), Dan Dreiberg (Nite Owl II) and Adrian Veidt (Ozymandias). Veidt, Juspeczyk and Dreiberg are long retired from crime-fighting, the l ...

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Watchmen, Watchmen - Title, Watchmen - Composition, Watchmen - Plot summary, Watchmen - Character background, Watchmen - Adaptations from Charlton Comics, Watchmen - Character overview, Watchmen - The Minutemen era, Watchmen - Post-Minutemen era, Watchmen - Publication details, Watchmen - Editions, Watchmen - Related products, Watchmen - Parody, Watchmen - Film Adaptation, Watchmen - Notes

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Payne grew up in Kilburn, North London and developed an interest for acting at an early age. At the age of 14 he was diagnosed with a slight form of Spina Bifida. At age 16 he had a two year ordeal with the disease which required surgery to rectify. Bruce was held up in his hospital bed for 6 months after conquering the possibility of becoming paralysed. His passion for performing began early when he would regularly sneak or bluff his way onto the film lots of Shepperton Studios. He enrolled as an extra and would meticulously jot down numerous notes, camera ...

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Bruce Payne, Bruce Payne - Early Life, Bruce Payne - Acting Career, Bruce Payne - Filmography, Bruce Payne - Actor, Bruce Payne - Producer, Bruce Payne - TV Appearances

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His initial assignment was to create a children's record library for the four-year old company, for which he created the legendary "Bozo the Clown" character. He wrote and produced a popular series of storytelling record-album and illustrative read-along book sets beginning with the September 1946 release of "Bozo at the Circus." His record-reader concept, which enabled children to read and follow a story in pictures while listening to it, was the first of its kind. The Bozo image was a composite design of Livingston's, derived from a variet ...

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Alan W. Livingston, Alan W. Livingston - Early years, Alan W. Livingston - Capitol Records, Alan W. Livingston - California Productions and NBC, Alan W. Livingston - Return to Capitol, Alan W. Livingston - Later ventures

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The new format followed the trend of the "babyfication" of older cartoon characters, reducing the original Scooby-Doo Where Are You! cast to junior-high age. This new show also used the same basic formula as the original 1969 show: the gang (referred to in this show as the "Scooby-Doo Detective Agency") solved supernatural-based mysteries, where the villains were always revealed as bad guys in masks and costumes. The biggest difference was the tone of the show: A Pup Named Scooby-Doo built upon the slightly irreverent humor of ...

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A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - Overview, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - Trivia, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - Episode guide, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - Season one 1988 – 1989, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - Season two 1989 – 1990, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - Season three 1990 – 1991, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - Notes

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Tom and Jerry MGM - The Hanna-Barbera years. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera were both part of the Rudolf Ising unit at MGM's animation studio in late 1930s. Barbera, a storyman and character designer, was paired with Hanna, an experienced director, to start directing films for the Ising unit; the first of which was a cat-and-mouse cartoon called Puss Gets the Boot (completed in late 1939, and released to theatres on February 20, 1940), Puss Gets The Boot centers around Jasper, a gray tabby cat try ...

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Tom and Jerry MGM, Tom and Jerry MGM - Plot and format, Tom and Jerry MGM - Characters, Tom and Jerry MGM - Thomas Tom Cat a.k.a. Jasper and Gerald Jerry Mouse a.k.a. Jinx, Tom and Jerry MGM - Other characters, Tom and Jerry MGM - History and evolution, Tom and Jerry MGM - The Hanna-Barbera years, Tom and Jerry MGM - The Gene Deitch era, Tom and Jerry MGM - The Chuck Jones era, Tom and Jerry MGM - Tom and Jerry hit television, Tom and Jerry MGM - Tom & Jerry's new owners, Tom and Jerry MGM - Censorship, Tom and Jerry MGM - Feature films, Tom and Jerry MGM - Other formats, Tom and Jerry MGM - Tom and Jerry in foreign countries, Tom and Jerry MGM - Trivia, Tom and Jerry MGM - The Oscar-winning shorts, Tom and Jerry MGM - Compare To

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Disc One: The Matrix The Academy Award®-winning original movie in a new digital transfer supervised by the Wachowski Brothers and Director of Photography Bill Pope Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) Transfer Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio Two all-new audio commentaries with written introduction by the Wachowski Brothers: --The Critics: Todd McCarthy, John Powers ...

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The Ultimate Matrix Collection, The Ultimate Matrix Collection - Specifications, The Ultimate Matrix Collection - Summary of New Features, The Ultimate Matrix Collection - Criticism, The Ultimate Matrix Collection - The Discs

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