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A mime artist (from Greek "μίμος"—mimos, "imitator, actor") is someone who uses mime as a theatrical medium or as a performance art, involving miming, or the acting out a story through body motions, without use of speech. In earlier times, in English, such a performer was referred to as a mummer. Miming is to be distinguished from silent comedy, in which the artist is a seamless character in a film or sketch.
The performance of pantomime originates at its earliest in Ancient Greece; the name is taken from a single masked dancer called Pantomimus, although performances were not necessarily silent. In Medieval Europe, early forms of mime such as mummer plays and later dumbshows evolved. In early nineteenth century Paris, Jean-Gaspard Deburau solidified the many attributes that we have come to know in modern times—the silent figure in whiteface.
Jacques Copeau, strongly influenced by Commedia dell'arte and Japanese Noh theatre, used masks in the training of his actors. Étienne Decroux, a pupil of his, was highly influenced by this and started exploring and developing the possibilities of mime and developed corporeal mime into a highly sculptural form, taking it outside of the realms of naturalism. Jacques Lecoq contributed significantly to the development of mime and physical theatre with his training methods.
Martin John C. Freeman (born 8 September 1971) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Tim Canterbury in the BBC's Golden Globe-winning comedy The Office, John in Love Actually, Arthur Dent in the film adaptation of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dr. Watson in Sherlock and Paul Maddens in Nativity!. He has been cast in the lead role of Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's two-part adaptation of The Hobbit.
Martin Freeman was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, the youngest of five children. His father, Geoffrey, a naval officer, and his mother, Philomena separated when Freeman was a child, and when Freeman was ten, Geoffrey died of a heart attack. Freeman was raised Roman Catholic. As a child, Freeman was asthmatic, and had to undergo a hip operation due to a "dodgy" leg. He was schooled at a Catholic comprehensive before attending London's Central School of Speech and Drama.
In an edition of Who Do You Think You Are? aired on 19 August 2009, he discovered that his grandfather, Leonard Freeman, was a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II. Private L W Freeman, a Territorial Army volunteer in the 150(N) Field Ambulance Regiment, was killed in Northern France on 24 May 1940 in a Stuka dawn attack. His unit was evacuated from Dunkirk two days later.
Actors: Kevin MacLeod (composer), Jacque Abplanalp (editor), Jacque Abplanalp (producer), Jacque Abplanalp (writer), Jacque Abplanalp (director), Joe Abplanalp (actor), Julie Haffley-Mueller (actress), Kendall Burnett (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Johnny van Hal (actor), Nadine Weissmann (actress), Michael Schulz (miscellaneous crew), Carl St.Clair (actor), Hidekazu Tsumaya (actor), Tomas Möwes (actor), Catherine Foster (actress), Mario Hoff (actor), Heike Porstein (actress), Frieder Aurich (actor),
Genres: Music,Actors: Carson Grant (actor), Ted Hartley (producer), Matthew R. Staley (actor), Jon Kohler (actor), Ryan Dann (miscellaneous crew), Kris Brown (editor), Kris Brown (producer), Kris Brown (writer), Kris Brown (director), Zachary Goldberg (miscellaneous crew), Kaitlin Cunniff (miscellaneous crew), Jacob Halpren (miscellaneous crew), Dave Meketansky (producer), Abraham Sparrow (actor), Matthew Schmidt (actor),
Plot: A young woman, named Kate rushes to get ready for her job as a clown entertainer. She finally arrives to work and her boss is furious. He tells her that Nathan covered her shift again and she can pick up her last and final pay check. Kate walks outside. She is upset about the loss of her job and is still dressed in full clown costume. She sees a bench and sits down to catch her thoughts. A black van speeds around the corner and screeches to a halt in front of her. Three male clowns are in the van open the door and yell toward Kate, "Nathan!" Kate is confused, and looks behind her. The men pull her into the van and they drive off. Inside the van the head clown begins to talk about the plan and everyone's responsibilities. Kate remains silent as she listens. The head clown then begins to pull out hand guns and ammunition, handing them out to the robbers. Kate realizes she is going to be a part of robbery. She must decide whether she should turn them in or continue with the plan since she needs the money.
Keywords: mistaken-identityActors: Julia Gineth Avila Rincon (editor), Julio David Azar Blanco (director), Mauricio Arrieta (actor), Julia Gineth Avila Rincon (actress), Mauricio Arrieta (producer), Julio David Azar Blanco (writer), Manuel Ricardo Avila Rincon (actor), Eddie Chavarro (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Luke Matheny (editor), Luke Matheny (director), Luke Matheny (actor), Heike Brunner (actress), Andrea Mustain (actress), Sarosh Syed (actor), Tony Luraschi (actor), Sarosh Syed (director), David Ollivier (actor), Mat Cashman (director), John Lu (director), Mat Cashman (actor), Kerri Henderson (actress), Tim Dunne (actor), Mat Matheny (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Mark Weiler (actor), Scott Trimble (actor), Barack Obama (actor), Scott Trimble (miscellaneous crew), Scott Trimble (miscellaneous crew), Tim Ryder (producer), Thomas M. Harrigan (producer), Thomas M. Harrigan (editor), Phil McGraw (actor), Howard Fong (actor), Ami Zins (miscellaneous crew), Mitt Romney (actor), Kevin Carraway (producer), Gloria Allred (actress), Owen Thomas (actor),
Plot: What do a San Francisco prostitute, a Mafia intern, a car thief, 'Batman', an anal expressionist, and a Laundromat all have in common? Find out as this outrageous, character-driven tale unravels on its way through the underbelly of San Francisco by night.
Keywords: clerk, independent-film, spoof, waitressActors: Charles Fleischer (actor), Charles Fleischer (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Tony Anselmo (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Jack Angel (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Pat Buttram (actor), Wayne Allwine (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Jim Cummings (actor), Charles Fleischer (actor),
Plot: 'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect. Groundbreaking interaction between the live and animated characters, and lots of references to classic animation.
Keywords: 1940s, acme-brand, actor, adult-as-child, alcoholic, animal-in-title, animal-name-in-title, anthropomorphic-animal, anthropomorphic-building, anthropomorphic-bulletActors: Georgette Anys (actress), Germaine Delbat (actress), Albert Simono (actor), André Chaumeau (actor), Tommy Chong (actor), Marc Andréoni (actor), André Penvern (actor), Cheech Marin (actor), Roy Dotrice (actor), Roy Dotrice (actor), Jean-Claude Dreyfus (actor), Rae Dawn Chong (actress), David Gabison (actor), Edie McClurg (actress), Anna Gaylor (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Maurice Jarre (composer), Ruth Buzzi (actress), Carol Burnett (actress), Sid Haig (actor), Vito Scotti (actor), Vincent Schiavelli (actor), Jack Warden (actor), Danny Aiello (actor), Alan Arkin (actor), Jim Haynie (actor), Danny Glover (actor), Dabbs Greer (actor), Adam Arkin (actor), Jack W. Haddox (miscellaneous crew), David Lowell Rich (director),
Plot: Flash used to be a talented baseball player but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu who, before falling into alcoholism like him, was a successful entertainer. Now she still dances but in the streets for no more than a cent or two. Luck seems to smile at them the day they find stolen government documents forgotten some place. They decide to return them to their legal owners but instead of the expected reward money all the retribution they get is a whole lot of trouble.
Keywords: baseball-has-been, carmen-miranda-impersonator, character-name-in-title, homelessness, reference-to-carmen-miranda, san-francisco-california, vagrantActors: Steve Guttenberg (actor), Barbara Rush (actress), Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Randy Jones (actor), Valerie Perrine (actress), Leigh Taylor-Young (actress), Theoni V. Aldredge (costume designer), Arlene Phillips (miscellaneous crew), Jack Weston (actor), Paul Sand (actor), Cynnie Troup (miscellaneous crew), Tammy Grimes (actress), June Havoc (actress), Bruce Jenner (actor), Neil A. Machlis (producer),
Plot: In this pseudo audio biography of the Village People, Jack Morell (a thinly disguised character of the group's founder Jacques Morali) is a struggling composer desperate to gain fame with his songs, but all he needs is a group to sing them. With the help of his roommate Samantha and a lawyer named Ron, Jack forms a group of six "macho men" from his Greenwich Village neighborhood and the rest of the film details their rise to fame from New York City to a climatic concert in San Francisco.
Keywords: 1970s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, airplane, audition, backstage, bare-breasts, bare-chested-male, baton-twirling, biker, box-office-flop