name	Cars 2
director	John Lasseter
producer	Denise Ream
screenplay	Ben Queen
story	John LasseterBrad LewisDan Fogelman
based on	Characters byJohn Lasseter
starring	Owen WilsonLarry the Cable GuyMichael CaineEmily MortimerJason IsaacsThomas KretschmannJoe MantegnaPeter JacobsonEddie IzzardJohn Turturro
music	Michael Giacchino
cinematography	Jeremy LaskySharon Calahan
editing	Stephen Schaffer
studio	Pixar
distributor	Walt Disney Pictures
released
runtime	106 minutes
country
language	English
budget	$200 million
gross	$559,852,396 }}

''Cars 2'' is a 2011 American computer-animated action comedy film produced by Pixar, and it is the sequel to the 2006 film, ''Cars''. In the film, race car Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) and tow truck Mater (voiced by Larry the Cable Guy) head to Japan and Europe to compete in the World Grand Prix, but Mater becomes sidetracked with international espionage. The film is directed by John Lasseter, co-directed by Brad Lewis, written by Ben Queen, and produced by Denise Ream. ''Cars 2'' is also the first film John Lasseter has directed since the first ''Cars'' in 2006.

The film was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and was released in the United States on June 24, 2011. The film was presented in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D, as well as traditional two-dimensional and IMAX formats. The film was first announced in 2008, alongside ''Up'', ''Newt'', and ''Brave'' (previously known as ''The Bear and the Bow''), and it is the 12th animated film from the studio. Although the film received mixed reviews from critics, it continued the studio's streak of box office success, ranking No. 1 on its opening weekend in the U.S. and Canada with $66,135,507, and topping international success of such previous Pixar's works as ''Toy Story'', ''A Bug's Life'', ''Toy Story 2'', ''Monsters, Inc.'', ''Cars'', and ''WALL-E''.

Plot[link]

British spy Finn McMissile infiltrates the world's largest untapped oil reserves, owned by a group of "lemon" cars. After being discovered, he is forced to flee and fake his death.

Four-time Piston Cup champion race car Lightning McQueen returns home to Radiator Springs and reunites with his best friend Mater and girlfriend Sally Carrera. Doc Hudson is revealed to have died. Former oil tycoon Miles Axlerod, now a green power advocate, announces a racing series called the "World Grand Prix" to promote Allinol biofuel. When Italian formula race car Francesco Bernoulli challenges McQueen, McQueen and Mater depart to Tokyo, Japan for the Grand Prix.

Meanwhile, the lemons, led by Professor Zündapp and Master mind (whose whereabouts are revealed at the climax), secretly plot to secure their oil profits by using a weapon disguised as a television camera to ignite the Allinol fuel. McMissile and partner Holley Shiftwell attempt to rendezvous with American spy car Rod "Torque" Redline at a World Grand Prix promotional event in Tokyo to receive information about the mastermind; however, Redline is cornered by Zündapp's henchmen and passes his information to Mater before he is captured. Shiftwell and McMissile mistake Mater as their American contact. In capture, Zündapp reveals to Torque that Allinol has one fatal flaw: it can ignite if impacted by a high electromagnetic pulse and uses both to kill him with it but not before they realize that he passed it on to Mater.

During the first race, McMissile and Holley help Mater evade Zündapp's henchmen; in the process, Mater inadvertently gives McQueen negative advice which causes him to lose the race. Meanwhile, Zündapp uses the weapon on several race cars. After McQueen falls out with Mater, McMissile, who still believes Mater is an American spy, drafts him into foiling Zündapp's plot.

In Italy, the site of the second race, Mater infiltrates the criminals' meeting and discovers Zündapp's plan. Zündapp's henchmen, meanwhile, use their weapon on several more cars during the race, eventually causing a multi-car crash on the Casino Bridge. With the Allinol fuel under suspicion, Axlerod suspends its use for the final race in England; however, McQueen decides to continue using it. The criminals decide to kill McQueen in the next race; upon hearing this, Mater is exposed and is captured along with McMissile and Shiftwell, and tied up inside Big Bentley.

Mater realizes how foolish he has been acting. The criminals use the weapon on McQueen during the race, but nothing happens. Mater flees to warn his friends of a bomb planted in McQueen's pit stop, but McMissile and Shiftwell find that the bomb was planted on Mater. They warn Mater about the bomb before Mater flees to protect his friends. However, he is pursued by McQueen in an attempt to reconcile, unaware of the real danger until they are out of range of Zündapp's remote detonator. He sends his henchmen to kill McQueen and Mater, but they are foiled by the combined efforts of McMissile, Shiftwell, and the Radiator Springs residents. Upon his capture, Zündapp reveals that only the person who installed the bomb can deactivate it and Mater realizes that Axlerod is the mastermind behind the plot. When Mater forces Axlerod to deactivate the bomb in a final confrontation, Axlerod, Zündapp and the lemons are arrested.

As a reward for his heroism, Mater is knighted by the Queen and returns home with his friends, where the cars from the Grand Prix take part in the unofficial Radiator Springs Grand Prix. Fillmore reveals that before the last race, Sarge replaced McQueen's Allinol with Fillmore's organic fuel, which prevented McQueen from being affected by the weapon. McMissile and Shiftwell invite Mater to join them in another spy mission, but he turns it down. He gets to keep the rockets they gave him earlier, which he uses in the Radiator Springs race.

Voice cast[link]

Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen

Larry the Cable Guy as Mater

Michael Caine as Finn McMissile

Emily Mortimer as Holley Shiftwell

Eddie Izzard as Miles Axlerod

John Turturro as Francesco Bernoulli

Jason Isaacs as Siddeley/Leland Turbo

Thomas Kretschmann as Professor Zündapp

Joe Mantegna as Grem

Peter Jacobson as Acer

Tony Shalhoub as Luigi

Guido Quaroni as Guido

Paul Dooley as Sarge

John Ratzenberger as Mack

Jeff Gordon as Jeff Gorvette

Lewis Hamilton as Lewis Hamilton

Darrell Waltrip as Darrell Cartrip

Brent Musburger as Brent Mustangburger

David Hobbs as David Hobbscap

Bruce Campbell as Rod "Torque" Redline

John Lasseter as John Lassetire

Franco Nero as Uncle Topolino

Stanley Townsend as Vladimir Trunkov/Ivan/Victor Hugo

Velibor Topic as Alexander Hugo

Greg Ellis as Nigel Gearsley

John Mainier as J. Curby Gremlin

Brad Lewis as Tubbs Pacer

Vanessa Redgrave as Mama Topolino/The Queen. Sophia Loren provides the Italian dub of Topolino.

Michel Michelis as Tomber

Bonnie Hunt as Sally Carrera

Cheech Marin as Ramone

Jenifer Lewis as Flo

Michael Wallis as Sheriff

Lloyd Sherr as Fillmore/Tony Trihull

Sig Hansen as Crabby the Boat

Jeff Garlin as Otis

Katherine Helmond as Lizzie

Patrick Walker as Mel Dorado

Richard Kind as Van

Edie McClurg as Minny

Teresa Gallagher as Mater's Computer

In international versions of the film, the character Jeff Gorvette is replaced with race car drivers better known in the specific countries. Mark Winterbottom as Frosty (Australian release)

Fernando Alonso as Fernando Alonso (Spanish release)

Vitaly Petrov as Vitaly Petrov (Russian release)

Jan Nilsson as Flash (Swedish release)

Memo Rojas (Latin American release)

Sebastian Vettel as Sebastian Schnell (German release)

Jacques Villeneuve as Jacques Villeneuve (French release)

Production[link]

Development[link]

''Cars'' is the second Pixar film, after ''Toy Story'', to have a sequel. John Lasseter, the director of the film, said that he was convinced of the sequel's story while traveling around the world promoting the first film. He said:

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''Cars 2'' was originally scheduled for a summer 2012 release, but Pixar moved the release up by a year.

In 2009, Disney registered several domain names, hinting to audiences that the title and theme of the film would be in relation to a ''World Grand Prix''.

In March 2011, Jake Mandeville-Anthony, a U.K. screenwriter, sued Disney and Pixar alleging copyright infringement and breach of implied contract. In his complaint he alleged that ''Cars'' and ''Cars 2'' are based in part on work that he had submitted early in the 1990s and he sought an injunction to stop the release of ''Cars 2'' and requested actual or statutory damages. On May 13, 2011, Disney responded to the lawsuit, denying "each and every one of Plaintiff's legal claims concerning the purported copyright infringement and substantial similarity of the parties' respective works." On June 22, 2011, the two parties settled the lawsuit, with Mandeville-Anthony receiving a free DVD copy as compensation from the company in advance of the actual DVD release, which at the time had been scheduled for around November 8.

Casting[link]

In November 2010, Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Jason Isaacs, Joe Mantegna, Peter Jacobson, Bonnie Hunt, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, and Thomas Kretschmann were confirmed as the voice talent featured in the film. From November 2010 until May 2011, Disney released information about the other voice talent, including Jenifer Lewis, Katherine Helmond, Michael Wallis, Darrell Waltrip, Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Bruce Campbell, Sig Hansen, Michel Michelis, Jeff Gordon, Lewis Hamilton, Brent Musburger, David Hobbs, John Turturro, and Eddie Izzard.

Much of the cast from the original ''Cars'' remained intact for the sequel, but three voice actors of the original film have died since its release. Joe Ranft (who voiced Red) died on August 16, 2005, ten months before ''Cars'' was released. Red appears in the film, but does not speak or vocalize. George Carlin (who voiced Fillmore) died on June 22, 2008 due to heart failure. Fillmore was cast in ''Cars 2'', and was voiced by Lloyd Sherr. Paul Newman (who voiced Doc Hudson) died on September 26, 2008 due to cancer. After Newman's death, Lasseter said they would "see how the story goes with Doc Hudson," before he was eventually written out.

Soundtrack[link]

name	Cars 2
type	Soundtrack
artist	Michael Giacchino
cover	Cars 2 Soundtrack cover.jpg
released	June 14, 2011
genre	Score
length	57:00
label	Walt Disney
chronology	Pixar film soundtrack
last album	''Toy Story 3''(2010)
this album	''Cars 2''(2011)
next album	''Brave''(2012)
misc	}}

The ''Cars 2'' soundtrack was released on both CD album and digital download June 14. It is the fourth Pixar film to be scored by Michael Giacchino after ''The Incredibles'', ''Ratatouille'' and ''Up''. It also marks the first time that Giacchino has worked with John Lasseter as a director, as Lasseter had been executive producer on Giacchino's previous three Pixar films and that Lasseter hasn't worked with Randy Newman.

Release[link]

During the Summer of 2008, John Lasseter announced that ''Cars 2'' would be pushed forward and released in the summer of 2011, one year earlier than its original 2012 release date. The US release date was later confirmed to be June 24, 2011, with a UK release date set for July 22, 2011. The world premiere of the film took place at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on June 18, 2011.

Short film[link]

The film was preceded by a short film titled ''Hawaiian Vacation'', directed by Gary Rydstrom and starring the characters of Barbie and Ken from the ''Toy Story'' franchise.

Home media[link]

The film was released on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, DVD, and Movie Download on November 1, 2011. The release was produced in four different physical packages: a 1-disc DVD; a 2-disc combo pack (Blu-ray and DVD); a 5-disc combo pack (Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, DVD, and Digital Copy); and an 11-disc three movie collector's set featuring ''Cars'', ''Cars 2'', and ''Mater's Tall Tales''. The film was also released as a Movie Download option in both standard and high definition.

The Movie Download version includes four bonus features: the new Cars Toon “Air Mater,” the Toy Story Toon “Hawaiian Vacation,” “World Tour Interactive Feature," and "Bringing Cars 2 to the World." The 1-disc DVD and 2-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack versions include the shorts “Air Mater” and “Hawaiian Vacation,” plus "Director John Lasseter Commentary." The 5-disc combo pack includes all of the same bonus features as the 1-disc DVD and 2-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack versions, plus “World Tour Interactive Feature" and "Sneak Peek: The Nuts and Bolts of Cars Land." The 11-disc three movie collection comes packaged with ''Cars'' (Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital Copy), ''Cars 2'' (Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital Copy), and ''Mater's Tall Tales'' (Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital Copy).

''Cars 2'' sold 1,983,374 DVD units during its opening week, generating $31.24 million and claiming first place. It also finished on the top spot on the Blu-ray chart during its first week, selling 1.76 million units and generating $44.57 million. Its Blu-ray share of home media was 47%, indicating an unexpectedly major shift of sales from DVD to Blu-ray. Blu-ray 3D contributed to this, accounting for 17% of total disc sales.

Reception[link]

Critical response[link]

''Cars 2'' has received generally mixed reviews from film critics. As of February 2012, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 38% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 197 reviews, with an average score of 5.5/10, making it the first Pixar film to garner a "rotten" certification. Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, calculated an average score of 57/100 based on 38 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Most critics felt the story lacked warmth and charm, and that the movie seemed like a ploy to sell merchandise. Other critics also found that the film had way too much of a focus on Mater, rather than on McQueen who had been the main focus of the first film. It is the least critically acclaimed Pixar film to date. According the EW critic Owen Gleiberman, "Cars 2 is the first unadulterated Pixar misfire...Not every one of the studio’s digitally animated features is great, but even the shaggier, more modest tyke-friendly ones – like, say, Monsters, Inc. — seem to know their just-wanna-have-fun limitations. But Cars 2 is a movie so stuffed with “fun” that it went right off the rails. What on earth was the gifted director-mogul John Lasseter thinking – that he wanted kids to come out of this movie was [sic] more ADD?" Considering the low reviews given to the Pixar production, critic Kyle Smith of the ''New York Post'' said, "They said it couldn't be done. But Pixar proved the yaysayers wrong when it made its first bad movie, ''Cars''. Now it has worsted itself with the even more awful ''Cars 2''."

Conversely, Peter Travers of ''Rolling Stone'' gave the movie 3 1/2 stars out of four, and said that "the sequel is a tire-burning burst of action and fun with a beating heart under its hood." He also praised its "fluid script" and called it a "winner". Justin Chang of ''Variety'' praised the film, calling it "the rare sequel that improves on its predecessor, this lightning-paced caper-comedy shifts the franchise into high gear with international intrigue, spy-movie spoofery and more automotive puns than a person can shake a stickshift at." Roger Ebert of the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' also gave the film three and a half stars, saying; "At a time when some "grown-up" action films are relentlessly shallow and stupid, here is a movie with such complexity that even the cars sometimes have to pause and explain it to themselves." In response to the negative reviews, director John Lasseter defended the film in a news release in ''The New York Times'', saying that Disney did not force him to do the film and stating that in his opinion, it is still a special film.

Box office[link]

''Cars 2'' grossed $191,452,396 in the USA and Canada, and $368,400,000 in other territories for a worldwide total of $559,852,396. Worldwide on its opening weekend it grossed $109.0 million, marking the largest opening weekend for a 2011 animated title. Overall, ''Cars 2'' became sixth biggest Pixar film in terms of worldwide box office among twelve released.

''Cars 2'' was released in 4,115 theaters in the USA and Canada on June 24, 2011. This set a record-high for Pixar, surpassing the studios' previous widest release ''Toy Story 3'' (4,028 theaters), and marked the widest release for a G-rated film. It made an estimated $25.7 million on its debut Friday, marking the second-largest opening day for a Pixar film after ''Toy Story 3'''s $41.1 million, but it was still the third least-attended first day for a Pixar film, only ahead of ''Up'' and ''Ratatouille''. It also scored the fourth largest opening day for an animated feature, trailing only ''Toy Story 3'', ''Shrek the Third'' ($38.4 million) and ''The Simpsons Movie'' ($30.8 million). On its opening weekend as a whole, ''Cars 2'' debuted at No.1 with $66.1 million, marking the largest opening weekend for a 2011 animated feature, the fifth largest opening for Pixar, the fourth largest among films released in June, and the third largest for a G-rated film. In its second weekend, however, the film dropped 60.3%, the largest second weekend drop ever for a Pixar film, and grossed $26.2 million. Despite the film being a box office success and also becoming the highest-grossing animated feature of 2011 in these regions, it is Pixar's lowest-grossing film in North America since ''A Bug's Life''.

Outside North America, it grossed $42.9 million during its first weekend from 3,129 theaters in 18 countries, topping the box office. It performed especially well in Russia where it grossed $9.42 million, marking the best opening weekend for a Disney or Pixar animated feature and surpassing the entire runs of ''Cars'' and ''Toy Story 3''. In Mexico, it made $8.24 million during its first weekend, while in Brazil, it topped the box office with $5.19 million ($7.08 million with perviews). It also premeiered at No.1 with $5.16 million in Australia, where it debuted simultaneously with ''Kung Fu Panda 2'' and out-grossed it. It is the highest-grossing film of 2011 in Lithuania ($477,117), Argentina ($11,996,480). It is the highest-grossing animated film of 2011 in Estonia ($442,707), Finland ($3,230,314), Norway ($5,762,653).

Accolades[link]

!Award !! Category !! Winner/Nominee !! Result
	Favorite Film
rowspan="1"	Favorite Movie Animated Voice	Owen Wilson
	Best Animated Film
rowspan="7"	Best Animated Feature
Best Animated Effects in a Animated Production	Jon Reisch
Best Animated Effects in a Animated Production	Eric Froemling
Character Design in a Animated Feature	Jay Shuster
Production Design in a Feature Production	Harley Jessup
Storyboarding in a Feature Production	Scott Morse
Editing in a Feature Production	Stephen Schaffer
rowspan="1"	Favorite Animated Movie
rowspan="1"	Best Animated Film

Video game[link]

A video game based on the movie was developed by Avalanche Software and published by Disney Interactive Studios for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC and Nintendo DS on June 21, 2011. The PlayStation 3 version of the game was reported to be compatible with stereoscopic 3D gameplay.

App[link]

An app based on the film was released on iTunes for a dollar on June 23, 2011. The Lite version was released for free that same day. The object of the game is to complete each race, unlock new levels, and get a high score. As of June 28, 2011, The app has hit No.1 on the App Store.

Spin-off[link]

A direct-to-video computer animated ''Cars'' spin-off titled ''Planes'' is in production at DisneyToon Studios for a Spring 2013 release.

References[link]

External links[link]

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birth date	October 04, 1956
birth place	Vienna, Austria
name	Christoph Waltz
nationality	Austrian, German
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1977–present }}

Christoph Waltz (; born 4 October 1956) is an Austrian actor, who also holds German citizenship.

He received international acclaim for his portrayal of SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa in the 2009 film ''Inglourious Basterds'', for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the BAFTA, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2009.

Early life [link]

Christoph Waltz was born in Vienna, Austria. He is the son of German-born Johannes Waltz and Austrian-born Elisabeth Urbancic, set and stage designers. His maternal grandmother was Burgtheater actress Maria Mayen, and his step-grandfather was actor Emmerich Reimers. His great-grandparents also worked in the theatre.

Career [link]

Waltz studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. He also attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. He started as a stage actor, performing at venues such as Zurich's Schauspielhaus Zürich, Vienna's Burgtheater, and the Salzburg Festival. He became a prolific television actor. In 2000, he made his directorial debut, with the German-language television production ''Wenn man sich traut''.

In Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film ''Inglourious Basterds'', Waltz portrayed SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa, aka "The Jew-Hunter". Clever, courteous and multilingual, but also self-serving, cunning, implacable, and murderous, the character of Landa was such that Tarantino feared he "might have written a part that was un-playable". Waltz received the Best Actor Award for the performance at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and received acclaim from critics and the public. In 2009, he began sweeping critics' awards circuits, receiving awards for Best Supporting Actor from the New York Film Critics Circle, Boston Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and for Best Supporting Actor at the 67th Golden Globe Awards and the 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards in January 2009. The following year, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor.

He is, , the only actor to win for appearing in a Tarantino film. Tarantino acknowledged the importance of Waltz to his film by stating: "I think that Landa is one of the best characters I've ever written and ever will write, and Christoph played it to a tee… It's true that if I couldn't have found someone as good as Christoph I might not have made ''Inglourious Basterds''". Waltz later played gangster Benjamin Chudnofsky in ''The Green Hornet'' (2011); that same year he starred in ''Water for Elephants'', opposite Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon.

Personal life [link]

Christoph Waltz is fluent in German, French and English and speaks all three of the languages in ''Inglourious Basterds''. Although Landa also spoke Italian in that movie, he stated on the ''Adam Carolla Podcast'' that he does not actually speak it in real life. He is his own voice-actor for German translations.

He has three adult children from a prior marriage, and is raising a young daughter with his wife, costume designer Judith Holste. Waltz currently maintains residences in New York, London and Berlin.

Nationality [link]

Christoph Waltz is a dual citizen of both Austria and Germany. He considers himself Austrian, calling his German passport a "legal, citizenship law banality". His father held German citizenship, so he was born with German citizenship as well. He became an Austrian citizen after his Oscar win in 2010.

During a press conference he said: "I was born in Vienna, grew up in Vienna, went to school in Vienna, graduated in Vienna, studied in Vienna, started acting in Vienna – and there would be a few further Viennese links. How much more Austrian do you want?"

Filmography [link]

+ Film and television
! Year	Title	Role
1979	''Parole Chicago''	Eduard "Ede" Bredo	TV series, starring role
1982	''Fire and Sword''	Tristan
1986		Friedrich Nietzsche
1988	''''	Stefan Mueller	Television
1995		Mirovich
1996	''Inspector Rex''	Herr Wolf	Television
1998	''''	Kant
1998	''''	Charly	Television
2000	''Death, Deceit and Destiny Aboard the Orient Express''	Brian
2000	''Ordinary Decent Criminal''	Peter
2000	''Falling Rocks''	Louis	Television
2003		Doctor
2007	''''	Frank 'Büffel' Arbogast	Television
2007	''''	Dr. Helmut Bahr	Television
2008	''''	Hans Kortmann	Television
2008	''Todsünde''	Sebastian Flies	Television
2008	''''	Peters	Television
2009	''Inglourious Basterds''		Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorAustin Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleBoston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorBroadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best CastBroadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorCannes Film Festival Award for Best ActorChicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorCentral Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best EnsembleDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorDetroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorEmpire Award for Best ActorFlorida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActorGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureHollywood Film Festival Award for Best Supporting ActorHouston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorIowa Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorLas Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorLondon Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActorLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActorNew York Film Critics Online Award for Best Supporting ActorNew York Film Critics Online Award for Breakthrough PerformerNorth Texas Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorOklahoma Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActorPhoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorSan Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorSatellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting RoleSoutheastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorSt. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorToronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorVillage Voice Film Poll – Best Supporting ActorWashington DC Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated — Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best EnsembleNominated — Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Breakthrough PerformanceNominated — MTV Movie Award for Best VillainNominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated — Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
2011	''''	Benjamin Chudnofsky/Bloodnofsky	Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
2011		August Rosenbluth
2011	''''	Cardinal Richelieu
2011		Alan Cowan	Boston Society of Film Critics
2012	''[[Django Unchained''	Dr. King Schultz	Filming

References [link]

External links [link]

Christoph Waltz Fans website

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Rulers[link]

Abbas I of Persia (1571–1629), Shah of Iran

Akbar (1542–1605), ruler of the Mughal Empire of South Asia, mainly India

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Alexander I of Georgia (1386–1446), King of Georgia

Alfonso III of León (c. 848-910), King of León, Galicia and Asturias

Alfred the Great (848/849-899), King of Wessex

Antiochus III the Great (c. 241–187 BC), ruler of the Seleucid Empire

Ashoka the Great (c. 304–232 BC), Indian emperor of the Maurya dynasty

Ashot I of Iberia “the Great”(died 826/830), presiding prince of Iberia (modern Georgia),

Askia Mohammad I (c. 1442–1538), ruler of the Songhai Empire

Bhumibol Adulyadej (born 1927), King of Thailand

Bolesław I Chrobry (967-1025), sometimes called "the Great", first King of Poland

Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia (also listed in the following section)

Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (1736–1809), founder and ruler of the Rattanakosin Kingdom (in what is now Thailand)

Cnut the Great (c. 985 or 995-1035), King of Denmark, England, Norway and parts of Sweden

Casimir III the Great (1310–1370), King of Poland

Catherine the Great (1729–1796), Empress of Russia

Chandragupta II (reigned 375-413/415), also known as Vikramaditya, ruler of the Gupta empire in India

Charlemagne (died 814), King of the Franks and Emperor of the Romans

Chulalongkorn (1853–1910), King of Siam (now Thailand)

Chlothar II (584-629), King of Neustria and King of the Franks

Conrad, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1097-1157), Margrave of Meissen

Constantine I (c. 272-337), Roman emperor

Cyaxares the Great (c. 625-585 BC), third king of Media

Cyrus the Great (c. 600 BC or 576 BC–530 BC), founder and ruler of the Persian or Achaemenid Empire

Darius the Great (550 – 486 BC), third ruler of the Persian Empire

Devapala (died 850), ruler of the Pala Empire in the Indian subcontinent

Dionysius I, Greek tyrant of Syracuse

Ferdinand I of León and Castile (c. 1015–1065), King of León and Count of Castile

Frederick the Great (1712–1786), King of Prussia

Genghis Khan (1162?-1227), founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire

Gero (c. 900–965), ruler of Marca Geronis, a very large march in Europe

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594–1632), King of Sweden, founder of the Swedish Empire, and noted military leader

Gwanggaeto the Great, King of Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea

Hanno the Great, the name of three leaders of Carthage, in the 4th, 3rd, and 2nd centuries BC

Henry I, Duke of Burgundy (946–1002)

Henry IV of France (1553–1610), King of France and King of Navarre

Herod the Great (73/74 BC-4 BC), King of Judea

Hugh the Great (898-956), Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris

Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France

Hugh I, Count of Vermandois (1057–1101)

Humphrey I de Bohun (died c. 1123), Anglo-Norman aristocrat

Ivan III of Russia (1440–1505), Tsar of Russia

John I of Portugal (1358–1433), King of Portugal and the Algarve

John II of Aragon (1398–1479), King of Aragon and, through his wife, King of Navarre

Justinian I (483-565), Byzantine Emperor

Kamehameha I (c. 1758-1819), first King of Hawai'i

Kanishka (died c. 127), ruler of the Kushan Empire in Central Asia and parts of India

Kvirike III of Kakheti (1010–1029), King of Kakheti in eastern Georgia

Kublai Khan (1215–1294), Mongol ruler in the 13th century and Emperor of China; founder of the Yuan Dynasty

Llywelyn the Great (c. 1172–1240), Prince of Gwynedd and de facto ruler of most of Wales

Louis I of Hungary (1326–1382), King of Hungary, Croatia and Poland

Mangrai the Great (1238–1317), Lanna, northern Thailand

Emperor Meiji (1852–1912), Emperor of Japan

Mircea I of Wallachia (1355–1418)

Mithridates II of Parthia (died 88 BC), ruler of the Parthian Empire (in present day Iran)

Mithridates VI of Pontus (134 BC–63 BC), ruler of Pontus and the Bosporan Kingdom

Mstislav I of Kiev (1076–1132), Grand Prince of Kievan Rus

Naresuan (1555–1605), King of Ayutthaya

Narai (1633–1688), King of Ayutthaya (in what is now modern Thailand)

Odo the Great (died c. 735), Duke of Aquitaine

Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912-973)

K'inich Janaab' Pakal (603-683), ruler of the Mayan city-state of Palenque

Parakramabahu I of Polonnaruwa (1123–1186), King of Sri Lanka

Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia (died 1075), King of Croatia

Peter the Great (1672–1725), Tsar of Russia

Peter III of Aragon (1239–1285), King of Aragon and King of Sicily

Pompey (106 BC-48 BC), military and political leader of the late Roman Republic, rival of Julius Caesar

Radama I (1793–1828), first king of greater Madagascar

Raja Raja Chola I (c. 947-1014), Indian emperor of the Cholas.

Rajendra Chola I (reigned 1014–1044), Tamil King of India

Ramesses II (reigned 1279 BC – 1213 BC), considered the greatest pharaoh of Ancient Egypt

Ram Khamhaeng (around 1237 to 1247-1298), King of Sukhothai (in present day Thailand)

Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona (1082–1131), also Count of Provence and various other counties

Rhodri the Great (c. 820–878), King of Gwynedd (in present day Wales)

Roman the Great (after 1160-1205), Grand Prince of Kiev

Saladin (c. 1138-1193), Kurdish Sultan of Egypt and Syria, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, and victor over the Crusaders

Samudragupta (c. 335–375), ruler of the Gupta empire in the Indian subcontinent

Sancho III of Navarre (c. 992-1035), King of Kingdom of Navarre

Sargon of Akkad (died c. 2215 BC), ruler of the Akkadian Empire

Sejong the Great (1397–1450), Korean king

Shapur II (309-379), king of the Sassanid Empire, Persia

Simeon I of Bulgaria (864/865-927), ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire

Stephen III of Moldavia (1433–1504), Prince of Moldavia (Romania)

Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia (c. 1308-1355), King of Serbia and Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks

Taksin (1734–1782), King of the Thonburi Kingdom (Thailand)

Tamar (1160-1123), Queen of the Georgian Empire

Timur (1336–1405), better known as Tamerlane, founder of the Timurid Dynasty

Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1090–1151), Count of Blois and of Chartres as Theobald IV, Count of Champagne and of Brie

Theodoric the Great (454-526), King of the Ostrogoths, regent of the Visigoths and a viceroy of the Byzantine Empire

Theodosius I (347-395), Roman emperor

Tigranes the Great (140-55 BC), Emperor of Armenia

Tiridates III of Armenia (285-339), King of Armenia

Umar (c. 586 to 590–644), second caliph of the Muslim Empire

Valdemar I of Denmark (1131–1182), King of Denmark

Valentinian I (364-375), Roman Emperor

Vladimir I of Kiev (c. 958-1015), ruler of Kievan Rus

Vytautas (c. 1350-1430), archduke of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy

William I, Count of Burgundy (1020–1087), Count of Burgandy and Mâcon

William V, Duke of Aquitaine (969-1030), also Count of Poitou

Xerxes I (519-465 BC), King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire (Persia)

Yu the Great (c. 2200-2100 BC), legendary ruler in ancient China

Religious figures[link]

Abraham the Great of Kashkar (ca. 492-586), monk and saint of the Assyrian Church of the East

Abraham Kidunaia (died c. 366, hermit, priest, and Christian saint of Mesopotamia

Albertus Magnus (1193/1206–1280), medieval German philosopher and theologian

Anthony the Great (c. 251–356), early Christian saint of Egypt

Babai the Great (c. 551–628), Assyrian church leader

Basil of Caesarea (330-379), Greek bishop and theologian

Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia (also listed in the previous section)

Euthymius the Great (377-473), abbot and Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint

Gertrude the Great (1256-c. 1302), German Benedictine, mystic, theologian and Roman Catholic saint

Pope Gregory I (c. 540-604)

Hiyya the Great, 3rd-century rabbi, Palestine

Pope John Paul II (1920–2005)

Pope Leo I (c. 391 or 400-461)

Macarius of Egypt (c. 300-391), Egyptian hermit

Pope Nicholas I (c. 800-867)

Photius I of Constantinople (c. 810–c. 893), Eastern Orthodox saint and Patriarch of Constantinople

William of Maleval (died 1157), founder of the Catholic congregation of Williamites

Other[link]

Beli Mawr, a figure in medieval Welsh literature and genealogies

Emmy the Great, folk singer

Matteo Rosso the Great, Roman politician and father of Pope Nicholas III

Prokop the Great, Hussite general in Bohemia

See also[link]

Epithet

List of monarchs by nickname

List of nicknames of European Royalty and Nobility: G-I

James, son of Zebedee, also known as James the Greater, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus

Ajax (mythology), called Ajax the Greater

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, whose common honorific "Mahatma" means "Great Soul"

Notes[link]

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name	Richard Roeper
birth date	October 17, 1959
birth place	Chicago, Illinois
occupation	Film critic, journalist
nationality	American
subject	Film
website	http://www.richardroeper.com/ }}

Richard E. Roeper (born October 17, 1959) is an American columnist and film critic for ''The Chicago Sun-Times'' and now a co-host on ''The Roe Conn Show'' on WLS-AM. He co-hosted the television series ''At the Movies'' with Roger Ebert from 2000–2008, as the late Gene Siskel's replacement.

Personal Life[link]

Roeper was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was raised in south suburban Dolton, Illinois. He attended Thornridge High School and graduated from Illinois State University in 1982. He has described himself as a Catholic, although "not always first in line for Sunday Mass".

Career[link]

Roeper began working as a columnist for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' in 1987. The topics of his columns range from politics to media to entertainment. In more recent years, he has been widely considered one of the finest newspaper writers in Chicago, just a notch below the city's golden-inked "Mount Rushmore" of John Kass (Tribune), Dave Hoekstra (Sun-Times), Jim O'Donnell (Sun-Times) and Roger Ebert (Sun-Times).

He has also written seven books, on topics from movies to urban legends to conspiracy theories to the Chicago White Sox. In 2009 Roeper appeared on Howard Stern's show and said he had written a book on gambling, entitled ''Bet the House'', which was released in the first quarter of 2010.

Roeper also was a radio host on WLS AM 890 in Chicago. He also hosted shows on WLUP-FM, WLS-FM and WMVP-AM in Chicago. He won three Emmy awards for his news commentaries on Fox in the 1990s, and was the film critic for CBS in Chicago for three years in the early 2000s. He won the National Headliner Award as the top newspaper columnist in the country in 1992, and has been voted best columnist in Illinois by the Associated Press on numerous occasions.

His columns have been syndicated by the New York Times to publications around the world. Roeper has written for a number of magazines, including ''Esquire'', ''Spy'', ''TV Guide'', ''Playboy'', ''Maxim'' and ''Entertainment Weekly''. He was once named as one of People magazine's most eligible bachelors.

Roeper has been a frequent guest on the ''Tonight Show'', ''Live with Regis and Kelly'', ''The O'Reilly Factor'' and countless other national programs. He is currently the host of ''Starz Inside'', a monthly documentary series airing on the Starz network since the fall of 2007. Roeper appeared on the first episode of the fifth season of Entourage reviewing the fake movie ''Medellin'' starring fictional movie star Vincent Chase. In April 2008, Roeper was the central figure on an episode of ''Top Chef'', in which the contestants served up movie themed dishes to Roeper and his friends, including Aisha Tyler.

In February 2009, Roeper launched his own web site, , which features movie reviews, blog entries about politics, sports and movies, photos and Twitter entries. For most of the year Roeper was posting print reviews and blog entries. In December 2009, he launched a video section, with on-camera reviews of movies. The video segments are produced in partnership with the Starz premium cable channel. Roeper announced the reviews will appear first on his site, then on the Starz channel.

In December 2009, it was reported Roeper had signed a "six-figure" deal with ReelzChannel to be a regular contributor. He will continue to review movies online for his website and for Starz.

As of Monday, April 12, 2010, he is now the co-host of ''The Roe Conn Show'' on Chicago's WLS-AM 890 radio station from 2-6pm CST.

Work as a film critic[link]

After Gene Siskel of ''Siskel & Ebert'' died on Saturday, February 20, 1999, Roger Ebert did the show with nearly 30 co-hosts. After 10 guest stints, Roeper was offered the opportunity to permanently co-host the popular film review show with Ebert. The series was renamed ''Ebert & Roeper at the Movies'' in 2000, and shortened to ''Ebert & Roeper'' in 2002.

Beginning in August 2006, while his co-host Roger Ebert was recovering from cancer surgery, Roeper was joined by guest critics, including ''Clerks'' director Kevin Smith and ''The Tonight Show'' host Jay Leno. On Sunday, July 20, 2008, Roeper announced he was leaving the show in mid-August and would return with a new show later in the year. He continues to write his general interest column, and also contributes reviews to the ''Sun-Times'' and to newspapers across the country.

Bibliography [link]

''He Rents, She Rents: The Ultimate Guide to the Best Women's Films and Guy Movies'', with Laurie Viera (1999)

''Hollywood Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Delightfully Persistent Myths of Films, Television, and Music '' (2001)

''Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths That Are Absolutely, Positively, 100% Not True'' (2001)

''Ten Sure Signs a Movie Character is Doomed, and Other Surprising Movie Lists'' (2003)

''Schlock Value: Hollywood At Its Worst'' (2005)

''Sox and the City: A Fan's Love Affair with the White Sox from the Heartbreak of '67 to the Wizards of Oz'' (2006)

''Debunked!: Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, and Evil Plots of the 21st Century'' (2008)

''Bet the House: How I Gambled Over a Grand a Day for 30 Days on Sports, Poker, and Games of Chance'' (2010)

References [link]

External links[link]

Biography from TV Tome

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