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A rooster, also known as a cockerel, cock (from Old English coc), or chanticleer, is a male chicken (Gallus gallus). The female is called a hen.
Immature male chickens less than one year old are called cockerels. The term "rooster" originates from the United States, and the term is widely used throughout North America as well as the Australia and New Zealand. In the United Kingdom and Ireland the older term "cockerel" is more commonly used.
"Cock" is in general use as the name for a male of other species of bird, for example "Cock sparrow". "Roosting" is the action of perching aloft to sleep at night, and is done by both sexes. The rooster is polygamous, but cannot guard several nests of eggs at once. He guards the general area where his hens are nesting, and will attack other roosters that enter his territory. During the daytime, he usually sits on a high perch, usually 4–3-5 feet off the ground to serve as a lookout for his flock. He will sound a distinctive alarm call if predators are nearby.
Actors: Chris Brown (actor), Sway (actor), David Midgen (miscellaneous crew), Laz Alonso (actor), Beau Flynn (producer), Jason Suhrke (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Lennertz (composer), Glenn S. Gainor (producer), Josh Peck (actor), William Packer (producer), Josh Holloway (actor), Jody Blose (miscellaneous crew), Bernard Lamy (miscellaneous crew), Zack Milan (miscellaneous crew), Thibault Tauran (actor),
Genres: Music,Actors: Guillermo F. Navarro (producer), Daniel A. Nietz (composer), Joel Angyal (director), Joel Angyal (editor), Joel Angyal (writer), Joel Angyal (producer), Amber Rae (miscellaneous crew), Josh Hodge (actor), Cherish Rodriguez (miscellaneous crew), Lacie Zoller (composer), India Richert (actress), Joshua Martin (editor), Javiera Morales (miscellaneous crew), Andrew Akins (actor), Melanie Logan (actress),
Plot: Hunter's Adventures will stimulate your imagination and awaken the memories of your childhood adventures. Having just moved into a new neighborhood, Hunter, feeling a little insecure,a little afraid and a little bit of all the other feelings that come with new beginnings, partners with the neighborhood "Rascals" a group of kids that stand for "Truth, Justice and the Right to Sell Lemonade at Reasonable Prices". With Summer break just starting the Rascals set up camp, claiming the most profitable Lemonade-selling-corner as theirs. Everything is going well until a rival gang, the "Backyard Pirates" challenge them to a battle for their territory. Now Hunter must face Butch, the Pirates' leader, overcome his own insecurities and battle Zadok, ruler of the Milky Way galaxy.
Keywords: hunter's-adventureActors: Brad McMurray (actor), Anthony Brandon Wong (actor), Jade Van Der Lei (producer), Jay Laga'aia (actor), Woody Naismith (actor), Teo Gebert (actor), Nicole Bourke (miscellaneous crew), Steven Caldwell (miscellaneous crew), Steven Caldwell (miscellaneous crew), Tana Smith (actor), Firass Dirani (actor), Chris Betts (actor), Scott Corfield (producer), Scott Corfield (actor), Dirk Foulger (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Crime,Actors: André Benjamin (producer), Cicely Tyson (actress), Patti LaBelle (actress), Terrence Howard (actor), Macy Gray (actress), Big Boi (producer), Bill Nunn (actor), Ving Rhames (actor), Big Boi (actor), Afemo Omilami (actor), André Benjamin (actor), Ben Vereen (actor), Faizon Love (actor), Tammy Arnold (miscellaneous crew), John Debney (composer),
Plot: A musical set in the Prohibition-era American South, where a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend with gangsters who have their eyes on the club while his piano player and partner Percival must choose between his love, Angel or his obligations to his father.
Keywords: 1920s, 1930s, adultery, african-american, all-black-cast, anachronism, archive-footage, backstage, best-friend, bigger-dreamsActors: John Ennis (actor), Shon Tomlin (producer), Dave Derewlany (writer), Dave Derewlany (director), Adam Brodie (director), Adam Brodie (writer), Mark Arcieri (editor), J.J. Johnson (producer), Brian Barlow (actor), Tom Bolton (actor), Andy King (actor), C.J. Olivares (producer), Michael Ella (composer), Blair Powers (producer), Ian Payton (actor),
Plot: SWITCHSTANCE is a short comedy about an over-the-hill cop Frank Turnbull who goes undercover as a teen skateboarder to bust a gang of international smugglers. As Franks slowly makes friends with the skater kids he once thought were dangerous punks, he begins to appreciate what it's like being on the other side of police prejudice, closing the divide between the badge and the board. Produced as part of the Fuel TV Film Experiment.
Keywords: canadian-humor, parody, skateboard, skateboarding, switchstance, undercoverActors: Glenn Plummer (actor), Don Stark (actor), Christopher Lloyd (actor), William Forsythe (actor), Steve Buscemi (actor), Bill Erwin (actor), Tommy 'Tiny' Lister (actor), Marshall Bell (actor), Don Cheadle (actor), Bill Cobbs (actor), Andy Garcia (actor), Willie Garson (actor), Bill Nunn (actor), Jack Warden (actor), Christopher Walken (actor),
Plot: Jimmy the Saint's business is videotaping the terminally-ill, so that they will be around to give 'Afterlife Advice' to their survivors. He hasn't been doing too well lately and has had to turn to loan-sharks to accomodate his failing business, as well as his expensive personal tastes. When an evil gangster-overlord buys up his note and demands a favor of Jimmy, in exchange for the interest that he can't afford, Jimmy capitulates. Jimmy is to scare someone for the gangster-overlord--really rough them up. Without giving too much away (spoiler), the scene goes down badly and Jimmy and his crew all end up with contracts on their heads for their trouble.
Keywords: beating, biker, black-comedy, blood, blood-splatter, boat, body-in-a-dumpster, bowling-alley, city-name-in-title, coffinActors: Robert Louis Stevenson (writer), Stole Arandjelovic (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Neville Brand (actor), Neville Brand (actor), Phil Brown (actor), Danny DeVito (actor), Kirk Douglas (actor), Antonietta Zita (editor), George Eastman (actor), Dragomir Stanojevic (actor), Don Stroud (actor), Lesley-Anne Down (actress), Kirk Douglas (director), Fabijan Sovagovic (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Western,Actors: Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Bea Benaderet (actress), Edward Selzer (producer), Warren Foster (writer), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Friz Freleng (director), Treg Brown (editor),
Plot: Granny is Tweety Bird's mistress on a farm. She assigns a bulldog named Hector to take care of Tweety while she's away. Sylvester Cat disguises himself as a scarecrow to sneak up on Tweety. Tweety runs into a chicken coop and is protected by a mother hen and an aggressive rooster. Hector, seeing that Tweety is gone and fearing Granny's wrath, paints Sylvester yellow and puts him in Tweety's cage to fool Granny. Tweety returns and makes like a cat since turnabout is fair play.
Keywords: cartoon-bird, cartoon-canary, cartoon-cat, cartoon-chicken, chicken-farm, disguise, farm, goat, hand-grenade, latex-maskActors: Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Edward Selzer (producer), Tedd Pierce (writer), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Chuck Jones (director), Treg Brown (editor),
Plot: In an early example of his greedy side, Daffy Duck is insulted when he learns the National Poultry Contest only awards $5 for the best duck, but $5,000 for the best rooster. Daffy disguises himself as a rooster and decides to enter. However, he attracts the attention not of the judges but of Henery Hawk and his father, George K. Chickenhawk. It isn't long before the faux rooster is abducted by the hungry chickenhawks, and Daffy pleads fruitlessly that he is, in fact, NOT a rooster but a duck. Daffy then realizes the contest is about to start, makes a hasty retreat to the auditorium and loses both the $5,000 prize and a $5 prize (for the best duck) to his predators (who are both disguised appropriately, young Henery pretending to be a duck and quacking happily at his small prize).
Keywords: animal-in-title, breaking-the-fourth-wall, chase, clothespin, comic-violence, contest, disguise, duck, feather-plucking, greedActors: Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Arthur Q. Bryan (actor), Edward Selzer (producer), Warren Foster (writer), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Frank Tashlin (director), Treg Brown (editor),
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Keywords: character-name-in-title, cupid, evil-smile, looney-tunes, reference-to-daffy-duck, reference-to-elmer-fudd, surrealism