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Tonto is a fictional character, the American Indian companion of The Lone Ranger, a popular American Western character created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker. Tonto has appeared in radio and television series and other presentations of the characters' adventures righting wrongs in 19th century western America.
Tonto made his first appearance on the twelfth episode of the radio show (which aired on station WXYZ on February 25, 1933). Though he became well known as the Lone Ranger's friend, Tonto was originally created just so the Lone Ranger would have someone with whom to talk. Throughout the radio run (which spanned 21 years), with only a few exceptions, Tonto was played by English actor John Todd.
The character was portrayed on television (arguably the most well-remembered version today) by Jay Silverheels. This was by far the highest-rated television program on the ABC network in the early 1950s and its first true "hit".
Two conflicting origin stories have been given for the character Tonto, and how he came to work with the Lone Ranger.
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol. Dissatisfied with that status, Depp turned to film for more challenging roles; he played the title character of Edward Scissorhands (1990) and later found box office success in films such as Sleepy Hollow (1999), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Rango (2011) and the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2003–present). He has collaborated with director and friend Tim Burton in eight films, most recently with Dark Shadows (2012).
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Actors: Tom Wilkinson (actor), Helena Bonham Carter (actress), Barry Pepper (actor), Joel Thingvall (actor), Lew Temple (actor), Stephen Root (actor), William Fichtner (actor), James Frain (actor), Rance Howard (actor), W. Earl Brown (actor), Joaquín Cosio (actor), Johnny Depp (actor), Damon Herriman (actor), Johnny Depp (producer), Jerry Bruckheimer (producer),
Plot: In the 1930s, an elderly Tonto tells a young boy the tale of John Reid, the Lone Ranger. An idealistic lawyer, he rides with his brother and fellow Texas Rangers in pursuit of the notorious Butch Cavendish. Ambushed by the outlaw and left for dead, John Reid is rescued by the renegade Comanche, Tonto, at the insistence of a mysterious white horse and offers to help him to bring Cavendish to justice. Becoming a reluctant masked rider with a seemingly incomprehensible partner, Reid pursues the criminal against all obstacles. However, John and Tonto learn that Cavendish is only part of a far greater injustice and the pair must fight it in an adventure that would make them a legend.
Keywords: adaptation, ambush, bank-robbery, based-on-radio-show, based-on-tv-series, battle, betrayal, blood-on-one's-mouth, box-office-flop, brass-bandActors: Tom Bonington (actor), Dudley Sutton (actor), Ben Shockley (actor), Craig Fairbrass (actor), Neil Maskell (actor), Christopher Villiers (actor), Norman Campbell Rees (miscellaneous crew), Ruth Atkinson (miscellaneous crew), John Barnes (actor), Tony Denham (actor), Gary Dollner (editor), Aurora Jay (miscellaneous crew), Alice Wolfbauer (costume designer), Polly Kemp (actress), Ian Dray (producer),
Plot: Lowly Gillingham Football Club are drawn against Premiership giants Newcastle United in the quarter finals of the FA Cup. A small group of 'Gills' fans decide to make the most of their 'game of a lifetime' by turning the journey north into a weekend away. On the eve of departure one of the group receives a visit from Terry, a man with no legs in a wheelchair, claiming he can get them a free minibus and free diesel. In return, all they have to do is take him with them!
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Gerard McSorley (actor), Ronan Wilmot (actor), Irvine Welsh (actor), Rachel Rath (producer), Rachel Rath (actress), Patrick Murphy (actor), Laura Way (actress), Emmett Scanlan (actor), Graham Cantwell (director), San Davey (miscellaneous crew), Kevin Marron (actor), Joe McKinney (actor), Rory Mullen (actor), Steve Gunn (actor), Adam Goodwin (actor),
Plot: When Anton O'Neill returns home after five years at sea, he finds that 1970's Ireland is a radically different place to the one he left behind. Northern Ireland is in flames, and civil unrest has spilled south of the border to his beloved home in County Cavan. Blinded by hatred and misguided patriotism 'Anton' is led into an illicit world of violence and is forced to choose between his family and his country. Hunted and on the run, Anton is drawn into a battle of wills with the law and his former accomplices, ending in a showdown in which he must risk everything to protect the woman he loves.
Keywords: ambush, based-on-true-story, belfast, betrayal, character-name-in-title, children, corruption, dublin-ireland, escape, gunActors: Roque Baños (composer), Carlos Saura (director), Eulàlia Ramon (actress), José María Sacristán (actor), Mariví Bilbao (actress), Andrés Vicente Gómez (producer), Carlos Hipólito (actor), Antonio de la Torre (actor), José Garcia (actor), Juli Mira (actor), Juan Diego (actor), Victoria Abril (actress), Ana Wagener (actress), Margarita Fernández (miscellaneous crew), Julia Juaniz (editor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Jeffrey Nordling (actor), David Guilbeau (actor), Jack Bender (director), James Kyson (actor), Zak Knutson (miscellaneous crew), David Guilbeau (miscellaneous crew), Wes Studi (actor), Daniel Veluzat (miscellaneous crew), Luis Colina (editor), Brian White (actor), Dylan Walsh (actor), Sebastian Spence (actor), Fay Masterson (actress), Nathaniel Arcand (actor), Sam Hennings (actor),
Plot: This version takes a look at the character in the years before he became a legend. It all begins with the introduction of Luke Hartman, a 20-year old Boston law student who witnesses the murder of his brother, a Texas Ranger. He himself is wounded in the midst of the chaos, but is rescued by the Apache Tonto... and subsequently becomes smitten by Tonto's sister Alope. He then devotes his life to avenging the death of his brother and fighting injustice, and in the process becoming a worldwide legend.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, lone-ranger, mask, masked-hero, masked-man, origin-of-hero, superhero, western-hero, young-version-of-characterActors: Luc Besson (director), Sylvette Baudrot (miscellaneous crew), Gary Oldman (actor), Robert LaSardo (actor), Luc Besson (writer), Natalie Portman (actress), Joseph Malerba (actor), Jean Reno (actor), Danny Aiello (actor), Jean-Hugues Anglade (actor), Michael Badalucco (actor), Luc Besson (producer), Marc Andréoni (actor), Morgan Spurlock (miscellaneous crew), Geoffrey Bateman (actor),
Plot: Mathilda, a twelve-year old New York girl, is living an undesirable life among her half-family. Her father stores drugs for two-faced cop Norman Stansfield. Only her little brother keeps Mathilda from breaking apart. One day, Stansfield and his team take cruel revenge on her father for stretching the drugs a little, thus killing the whole family. Only Mathilda, who was out shopping, survives by finding shelter in Léon's apartment in the moment of highest need. Soon, she finds out about the strange neighbour's unusual profession - killing - and desperately seeks his help in taking revenge for her little brother. Léon, who is completely unexperienced in fatherly tasks, and in friendships, does his best to keep Mathilda out of trouble - unsuccessfully. Now, the conflict between a killer, who slowly discovers his abilities to live, to feel, to love and a corrupt police officer, who does anything in his might to get rid of an eye witness, arises to unmeasurable proportions - all for the sake of a little twelve-year old girl, who has nearly nothing to lose.
Keywords: accidental-killing, air-duct, allegory, angst, apartment, apartment-building, apprentice, arsenal, arthouse-action, assassinActors: Jacob Grimm (writer), Wilhelm Grimm (writer), Simón Ramírez (actor), Luis Marín (actor), Cruz Delgado (writer), Cruz Delgado (director), Manuel Torremocha (actor), Gustavo Alcalde (writer), Gustavo Alcalde (writer), José Luis García Berlanga (producer), José Luis García Berlanga (editor), Eduardo Jover (actor), Eduardo Jover (actor), Pilar Coronado (actress), Gonzalo Durán (actor),
Genres: Animation, Musical,Actors: Kevin Bacon (actor), Giancarlo Esposito (actor), Jeffrey DeMunn (actor), John Sayles (writer), David Strathairn (actor), Ellen Barkin (actress), Lou Criscuolo (actor), Steven Gilborn (actor), Eda Reiss Merin (actress), Mary A. Kelly (miscellaneous crew), Ron McLarty (actor), Sudie Bond (actress), Muffie Meyer (director), Muffie Meyer (editor), Zvee Scooler (actor),
Plot: This film is made up of three segments that share no plot but have a general thematic relationship. In the first segment, Virginia and her three children are left by her shiftless husband and she is courted by an old beau who is now married. In the second, a divorced woman reacts to some unexpected revelations from her aged father. In the third, childless, middle-aged social worker is swept into an affair with cab driver Dennis, and finds herself pregnant.
Keywords: independent-filmActors: Buck Taylor (actor), Bonita Granville (actress), Jason Robards (actor), Robert F. Hoy (actor), James Keach (actor), Henry Wills (actor), Merle Haggard (actor), Matt Clark (actor), John Hart (actor), Ted Gehring (actor), Chuck Hayward (actor), Richard Farnsworth (actor), James Keach (actor), John Barry (composer), Christopher Lloyd (actor),
Plot: When the young Texas Ranger, John Reid, is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the militaristic outlaw leader, Butch Cavendich, he is rescued by an old childhood Comanche friend, Tonto. When he recovers from his wounds, he dedicates his life to fighting the evil that Cavendich represents. To this end, John Reid becomes the great masked western hero, The Lone Ranger. With the help of Tonto, the pair go to rescue the President Grant when Cavendich takes him hostage.
Keywords: 1860s, 1870s, 19th-century, action-hero, ambush, american-indian, based-on-comic, based-on-radio-show, battle, battlefieldActors: Manuel Alexandre (actor), Rafael Bardem (actor), Xan das Bolas (actor), José Marco Davó (actor), Arnoldo Foà (actor), Rufino Inglés (actor), Goyo Lebrero (actor), Jorge Mistral (actor), Ángel Álvarez (actor), Carmen Sevilla (actress), Cesáreo González (producer), Juan Antonio Bardem (writer), Juan Antonio Bardem (writer), Isidro B. Maiztegui (composer), Humberto Cornejo (costume designer),
Genres: Drama,Tonto, como no voy a quererte
como no voy a extrañarte
como no voy a adorarte
si estás en todas mis cosas
y sólo contigo me siento feliz.
Tonto, como no voy a quererte
como no voy a esperarte
como no voy a tenerte
si todo el tiempo que llevas en mi mente,
en mis sueños y en mi corazón.
Ni la distancia de todos los tiempos
nunca podrán alejarme de ti,
ni los caminos que no he caminado
ni nada, ni nadie, te amo, te extraño,
te sueño, te espero, no puedo vivir sin tus besos
mi vida no es vida si no estas en mí.
Te amo, te extraño, te sueño, te espero,
me muero de ganas por verte
como no voy a quererte amor,
amor no quiero perderte.
Tonto, como no voy a quererte
como no voy a extrañarte
como no voy a adorarte
si todo el tiempo que llevas
en mi mente en mis sueños y en mi corazón.
Ni la distancia de todos los tiempos...