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Pi, also titled π, is a 1998 American surrealist psychological thriller film written and directed by Darren Aronofsky. It is Aronofsky's directorial debut, and earned him the Directing Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and the Gotham Open Palm Award. The title refers to the mathematical constant pi. Like most of Aronofsky's films, Pi centers on a protagonist whose obsessive pursuit of ideas leads to severely self-destructive behavior. However, the strong psychosexual elements of the director's later work are not present.
Maximillian "Max" Cohen (Sean Gullette), the story's protagonist and unreliable narrator, is a number theorist who believes that everything in nature can be understood through numbers. He is capable of doing simple arithmetic calculations involving large numbers in his head. Max also suffers from cluster headaches, as well as extreme paranoia, hallucinations, and social anxiety disorder. Other than Devi (Samia Shoaib), a woman living next door who sometimes speaks to him, Max's only social interaction is with Sol Robeson (Mark Margolis), his old mathematics mentor.
The number π ( /paɪ/) is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. The constant, sometimes written pi, is approximately equal to 3.14159. It has been represented by the Greek letter "π" since the mid-18th century. π is an irrational number, which means that it cannot be expressed exactly as a ratio of two integers (such as 22/7 or other fractions that are commonly used to approximate π); consequently, its decimal representation never ends and never repeats. It is a transcendental number – a number that cannot be produced with a finite sequence of algebraic operations (powers, sums, and products). The transcendence of π implies that it is impossible to solve the ancient challenge of squaring the circle. The digits in the decimal representation of π appear to be random, although no proof of this supposed randomness has yet been discovered.
For thousands of years, mathematicians have attempted to extend their understanding of π, sometimes by computing its value to a high degree of accuracy. Prior to the 16th century, mathematicians such as Archimedes and Liu Hui used geometrical techniques, based on polygons, to estimate the value of π. Starting in the 16th century, new algorithms based on infinite series revolutionized the computation of π, and were used by mathematicians including Mādhava of Sañgamāgrama, Isaac Newton, Leonhard Euler, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and Carl Friedrich Gauss.
Actors: Kvon Chen (editor), Kvon Chen (producer), Kvon Chen (writer), Kvon Chen (writer), Kvon Chen (director), Antonio Liang (actor), Scott Chou (actor), Scott Chou (producer), Patrick Ip (actor), Salvadore Brown (actor), Mate Zseller (actor), Melissa Th'ng (actress), Eric Chen (producer), Ivy Chen (producer), Eleanore Su (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Short,Actors: Andy Leverett (producer), Andy Leverett (actor), Andy Leverett (editor), Andy Leverett (director), Andy Leverett (writer), Henna Bakshi (writer), Henna Bakshi (actress), Henna Bakshi (producer), Aakash Bakshi (actor), Austin Steele III (actor), Carlton Maddox (actor), Betty Ann Graham (actress), Stewart Worthen (actor), Mark McCombs (actor),
Genres: Action, Short,Actors: Drake Bell (actor), Mariah Breitel Hembree (miscellaneous crew), Rob Schneider (actor), Ash R. Shah (producer), Fran Drescher (actress), Andy Dick (actor), Jamie Kennedy (actor), Donal Logue (actor), Stephen Stanton (actor), Mark A.Z. Dippé (director), Mark A.Z. Dippé (producer), Busy Philipps (actress), Todd Haberman (composer), Matthew Willig (actor), Michael Rafferty (editor),
Plot: Trained in the skills of sea power, Pi the fish can fight a shark, sink a squid or batter any random predator that ever threatens his friends and neighbors on the reef. Unfortunately, being the only hero in town can take its toll, especially when a group of sharks declares that the end of the reef is soon at hand.
Genres: Animation, Family, Musical,Actors: I. Elijah Baughman (actor), Kvon Chen (director), Kvon Chen (editor), Kvon Chen (producer), Kvon Chen (writer), Kvon Chen (writer), Hidekun Hah (actor), Anna Ross (actress), Michael Umansky (actor), Ben Gelera (producer), Stephen Todt (actor), Noah James (actor), Chad Kim (actor), Rich Y. Lee (actor), Jennifer Taing (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Short,Actors: Brad J. McBride (producer), Brad J. McBride (director), Brad J. McBride (producer), Brad J. McBride (editor), Brad J. McBride (actor), Brad J. McBride (writer), Samuel F. Lee (actor), Samuel F. Lee (producer), Damian Rieck (actor), Andy Steuart (producer), Andy Steuart (actor), Kerstin von Shearing (actress), Gary Hartley (actor), Mathew Zilm (producer), Jon Ashcroft (editor),
Plot: A dark edged thriller that takes one man on a quest to save humanity from the most deadly virus ever known...and worst still, his wife...time is the essence as the virus kills its victims quickly and painfully and as a famous doctor struggles to find a cure to combat the deadly infection; he must face the many haunting truths about his own mortality and that of those he deeply loves....Sometimes to save a life, you must commit murder...!
Genres: Action, Thriller,Actors: Robert Vince (director), Laura Collini (miscellaneous crew), Robert Vince (producer), Robert Vince (writer), Amy Sedaris (actress), Evan Chan (miscellaneous crew), Ellie Harvie (actress), Bill Fagerbakke (actor), Diedrich Bader (actor), Mike Dopud (actor), Lochlyn Munro (actor), Ellen Kennedy (actress), C. Ernst Harth (actor), Danny Ho (miscellaneous crew), Jim Filippone (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi,Actors: Lech Mackiewicz (actor), Mila Gisbert (actress), Mila Gisbert (miscellaneous crew), Claudia Black (actress), Simon Weaving (actor), Phillip Johnston (composer), Jackie Turnure (director), Jackie Turnure (miscellaneous crew), Jackie Turnure (miscellaneous crew), Jackie Turnure (producer), Rachel King (actress), Peter Rasmussen (producer), Peter Rasmussen (writer), Marty Murphy (actor), Marty Murphy (actor),
Genres: Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi,Actors: Rob Schneider (actor), John Rhys-Davies (actor), Freddie Prinze Jr. (actor), Joel Michaely (actor), Michael Cornacchia (actor), Joel Michaely (actor), Andy Dick (actor), Richard Epcar (actor), R. Lee Ermey (actor), David Fickas (actor), David Fickas (actor), David Fickas (actor), Andy Dick (actor), Donal Logue (actor), Rob Schneider (actor),
Plot: After losing everything, a young fish, Pi, goes to live with his family on the Reef. There he meets the love of his life but finds that she already has the unwanted affections of a bully shark. He must follow his destiny to save her and rid the Reef of this menace for good.
Keywords: actor-playing-multiple-roles, computer-animation, fish, scene-during-end-credits, shark, title-spoken-by-character, turtle, underwaterActors: Laura Soveral (actress), Cândido Ferreira (actor), Teresa Madruga (actress), Paulo Branco (producer), Nuno Lopes (actor), Paula Guedes (actress), Fernando Heitor (actor), Beatriz Batarda (actress), David Almeida (actor), Rita Loureiro (actress), Ricardo Aibéo (actor), Rita Durão (actress), Jorge Cramez (miscellaneous crew), Silvia Grabowski (costume designer), Jeanne Waltz (writer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Dean Hagopian (actor), Terrence Scammell (actor), Terrence Scammell (actor), Terrence Scammell (actor), Sonja Ball (actress), A.J. Henderson (actor), Helene Muller (miscellaneous crew), Paul van Gorcum (actor), Tim Reid (miscellaneous crew), Jacques Pettigrew (producer), Pauline Little (actress), Benoît Rousseau (actor), Catherine Burniaux (editor), Carlos Leresche (composer), Patrick Peuvion (actor),
Plot: This animation series is about some animals on a deserted tropical island, where various things are mysteriously found. Most of them want to cohabit happily: the leader Ovide and his cousin named Saphron, the cook and gardener, both platypuses, the red lizard Polo who's the janitor and muscles, the seagull Groaner, the koalas Do, re and Mi and the kangaroo Mathilda, against whom the evil serpent Cy and his intrinsically gentle helper Bobo the toucan conceive horrible plans, which always fail in the end. Bizarly there is also a TV broadcast with a platypus-announcer.
Genres: Animation, Family,