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The Infoplease Movie Guide

Classic movies on a variety of subjects and genres   Related Links Notable Filmmakers Top Ten Films of the Year, 2000-2006 Top Kids Movies of 2006 All Time Box Office Hits Top…

Holiday Movie Preview, 2000 - Part 2

How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Bounce, and Quills by Beth Rowen Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Opens December 8 Ang Lee's latest film landed awards and raves at the Telluride and…

Antonioni, Michelangelo

(Encyclopedia) Antonioni, MichelangeloAntonioni, Michelangelomëkālänˈjālō äntōnyôˈnē [key], 1912–2007, Italian film director and scriptwriter, b. Ferrara, Italy. In the 1940s he made documentaries…

Lili Taylor Biography

Lili Taylor actressBorn: 2/20/1967Birthplace: Glencoe, Illinois Since her film debut in Mystic Pizza (1988), Taylor has made a name for herself in the world of independent films. She won an IPF…

Mountain Ash, town, Wales

(Encyclopedia) Mountain Ash, Welsh Aberpennar, town (1981 pop. 26,231), Rhondda Cynon Taff, S Wales. A former mining community, it depended upon the great coal mines nearby, which were developed in…

Michelle Williams Biography

Michelle WilliamsactressBorn: 9/9/1979Birthplace: Kalispell, Montana Until her Golden Globe and Oscar nominated performance in Brokeback Mountain (2005), this pouty-lipped, wide-eyed, slow-…

Ozawa, Seiji

(Encyclopedia) Ozawa, SeijiOzawa, Seijisāˈjē ōzäˈwä [key], 1935–, Japanese conductor, b. Japanese-occupied Manchuria. A graduate of the Toho School of Music, Ozawa became the first Japanese conductor…

Von Stroheim, Erich

(Encyclopedia) Von Stroheim, Erich (Hans Erich Marie Stroheim von Nordenaall)Von Stroheim, Erichāˈrĭkh fən shtrōˈhīm [key], 1885–1957, Austrian-American film director, writer, and actor. He came to…

The Presidency on Film

by Beth Rowen Presidential Trivia Eight of the first nine American presidents —Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, and Harrison— were…

Shakespeare on Film

Infoplease picks the best film adaptations of Shakespeare by Shmuel Ross Relatively Faithful Adaptations • Looser Adaptations • Shakespeare as Launching Pad   Relatively Faithful Adaptations…