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The term big cat – which is not a biological classification – is used informally to distinguish the larger felid species from smaller ones. One definition of "big cat" includes the four members of the genus Panthera: the tiger, lion, jaguar and leopard. Members of this genus are the only cats able to roar. A more expansive definition of "big cat" also includes the cougar, cheetah, snow leopard and clouded leopard.
Despite enormous differences in size, the various species of cat are quite similar in both structure and behavior, with the exception of the cheetah, which is significantly different from any of the big or small cats. All cats are carnivores and efficient apex predators. Their range includes the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe.
The ability to roar comes from an elongated and specially adapted larynx and hyoid apparatus. (However, neither the snow leopard nor the cheetah can roar, despite having hyoid morphology similar to roaring cats.) When air passes through the larynx on the way from the lungs, the cartilage walls of the larynx vibrate, producing sound. The lion's larynx is longest, giving it the most robust roar.
Big is a 1988 romantic comedy film directed by Penny Marshall and stars Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin, a young boy who makes a wish "to be big" to a magical wishing machine and is then aged to adulthood overnight. The film also stars Elizabeth Perkins, and Robert Loggia and was written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg.
Big was the latest, and most successful, of a series of age-changing comedies produced in the late 1980s; the others being: Like Father Like Son (1987), 18 Again! (1988), Vice Versa (1988), the Italian film Da grande (1987).
After being told he is too short for a carnival ride while attempting to impress an older girl (Kimberlee M. Davis), 12-year-old Josh Baskin (David Moscow) from Cliffside Park, New Jersey goes to a wishing machine called Zoltar Speaks, and wishes that he was "big." His wish is granted, but he finds out that the machine is unplugged, and backs away. By the next morning he is shocked to discover that he has been transformed into a 30-year-old man (Tom Hanks), and when he goes back to the wishing machine he finds that the carnival has already left. Fleeing from his mother (Mercedes Ruehl), who thinks he is a strange man who has kidnapped her son, Josh then finds his best friend, Billy Kopecki (Jared Rushton), at the school they both attend; Billy is shocked at first, but Josh convinces him of his identity by singing a secret song that only the two of them know. With Billy's help, he learns that it would take a couple of months to find the Zoltar Speaks machine, so Josh rents a flophouse room in New York City and gets a data entry job at MacMillan Toy Company.
The domestic cat (Felis catus or Felis silvestris catus, informally Felis domesticus) is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal. It is often called the housecat when kept as an indoor pet, or simply the cat when there is no need to distinguish it from other felids and felines. Cats are valued by humans for companionship and ability to hunt vermin and household pests. They are primarily nocturnal.
Cats are similar in anatomy to the other felids, with strong, flexible bodies, quick reflexes, sharp retractable claws, and teeth adapted to killing small prey. As crepuscular predators, cats use their acute hearing and ability to see in near darkness to locate prey. Not only can cats hear sounds too faint for human ears, they can also hear sounds higher in frequency than humans can perceive. This is because the usual prey of cats (particularly rodents such as mice) make high frequency noises, so the hearing of the cat has evolved to pinpoint these faint high-pitched sounds. Cats also have a much better sense of smell than humans.
Actors: Jeff Garlin (actor), Mark Duplass (actor), Tony Doupe (actor), Jay Duplass (producer), Jenica Bergere (actress), Kristen Bell (actress), Mark Duplass (producer), Mary Lynn Rajskub (actress), Jacqueline Eckhouse (miscellaneous crew), Gleb Kaminer (miscellaneous crew), Lynn Shelton (actress), Aubrey Plaza (actress), Cheryl Cowan (miscellaneous crew), Peter Saraf (producer), David Schultz (actor),
Plot: Darius is a young intern at a Seattle-based magazine and jumps at the chance to investigate the author of a classified ad seeking someone to travel back in time with. Along with Jeff, the staff writer, and Arnau, a fellow intern, the three go on a road trip to a coastal town. While Jeff just wants to chase after his high school crush and Arnau wants some kind of life experience, Darius spends her time with Kenneth, a man who believes that he has built a time machine. The closer they become and the more they understand about each other, the less clear it becomes if Kenneth is just crazy or if he actually is going to successfully travel back in time.
Keywords: anti-social, beach, being-followed, binoculars, birthday-party, bumper-car, campfire, campsite, character-repeating-someone-else's-dialogue, chickenActors: Emmett Loverde (actor), Maria Olsen (actress), Skip Pipo (actor), Thomas F. Evans (actor), Kimberly Jürgen (actress), Cara Picton (actress), Danny Cistone (actor), Alejandra Gollas (actress), Sascha Alexander (actress), Katy Foley (actress), Andrew James Jones (actor), Sabrina Bolin (actress), Joe Sofranko (actor), Rick Almada (actor), Heather Howe (actress),
Plot: A self absorbed psychiatrist faces incarceration in a mental ward due to a delusional self proclaimed son of Zeus and nemesis bent on discrediting him. The power of perception can create and destroy our reality. Ability without belief is in-ability.
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Plot: Winner of the Audience Award at the Slamdance Film Festival, this uproarious and smart new comedy tells the story of Henry Phillips, a hapless modern day troubadour who grinds his way through the heartland, living out of his car and singing his twisted satirical songs to anyone who will listen. After a booking mishap involving a Christian fundraiser, he decides he's hit rock bottom. Seeking to shake things up, he moves to L.A. where his luck changes overnight. Thanks less to his inept manager than to a wild case of mistaken identity, he falls backwards into a string of packed gigs, a record deal and even the promise of love. But he who lives by the whimsy of show business dies by it, and reality hits him like a fist in the face: an innocent miscommunication over a bagel brands him a neo-Nazi in the world of tabloid journalism. Luckily, somewhere between rock bottom and nowhere lies the perfect terrain for his dark and hilarious songs. Hailed by comedy icon Sarah Silverman as "the best movie about comedy I've seen so far," this hilarious and evocative film is "totally primed for a fervent cult following." -- A.V. Club
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Keywords: accountant, baby, bird-watching, car-washing, dentist, fable, fairy-tale, falling-from-height, fantasy-sequence, father-daughter-relationshipActors: Jim Ross (actor), Nick Patrick (actor), Brian Pillman (actor), Teddy Long (actor), Steve Borden (actor), Rickey Morton (actor), Dallas Page (actor), Larry Pfohl (actor), Bobby Eaton (actor), Jason Hervey (actor), Paul Heyman (actor), Sid Eudy (actor), Ric Flair (actor), Dustin Runnels (actor), Arn Anderson (actor),
Genres: Action, Sport,Actors: Erik Estrada (actor), Pat Boone (actor), Don Murray (director), Jacqueline Giroux (actress), Harry Reems (actor), Don Murray (writer), Dick Ross (producer), Jonelle Allen (actress), Don Blakely (actor), Renata Stoia (miscellaneous crew), Ralph Carmichael (composer), Alex Colon (actor), Angelo Ross (editor), Héctor Mercado (actor), Don Lamond (actor),
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama,Actors: Zhi Cheng (actor), Zuolin Huang (director), Zuolin Huang (writer), Zhongying Yu (actor), Yuanyuan Cai (actress), Zhen-Dong Tian (actor), Pin Li (actress), Yang Shen (actor), Zhaoqian Sun (actor), Ruide Zhou (actor), Wenlong Yang (actor),
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