Elephant is a 2003 drama film edited, written and directed by Gus Van Sant. It takes place in the fictional Watt High School, in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, and chronicles the events surrounding a school shooting, based in part on the 1999 Columbine High School massacre. The film begins a short time before the shooting occurs, following the lives of several characters both in and out of school, who are unaware of what is about to unfold. The film stars mostly new or non-professional actors, including John Robinson, Alex Frost, and Eric Deulen.
Elephant is the second film in Van Sant's "Death Trilogy" — the first is Gerry (2002) and the third Last Days (2005) — all three of which are based on actual events.
Elephant was generally acclaimed by critics and received the Palme d'Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, in which Patrice Chéreau was the head of the jury. As the first high-profile movie to depict a high school shooting since Columbine, the film was controversial for its subject matter and possible influence on teenage copy-cats.
Actors: Sebastian Beacon (actor), Justin Bounds (actor), Lawrence Chance (actor), Keir Charles (actor), Anghel Damian (actor), Stanley Eldridge (actor), Andrei Fantana (actor), Victor Garber (actor), Vladimir Grosu (actor), Adam Lederfarb (actor), Michael Lumsden (actor), Mark Penfold (actor), Andrew Pleavin (actor), Daniel Popa (actor), Dan Amboyer (actor),
Plot: The love story of Prince William (Dan Amboyer) and Kate Middleton (Alice St. Clair) that resulted in one of the most celebrated weddings in history. At a pivotal point in their courtship, William takes to heart the advice of his mother, the late Princess Diana (Lesley Harcourt), which she bestowed in an interview before her untimely death. The message she left for her son: hold on to the love of your life and protect it with all of your heart.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Mickey Corporon (actor), Richard Davis (actor), Grant Gustin (actor), James J. Johnson (actor), Cristiano Magni (actor), Magan Pardellas (actor), Nicholas Pizzo (actor), Rafael Tillis (actor), Dariusz M. Uczkowski (actor), Dariusz Uszkowski (actor), Kelsey Barnes (actress), Sylvianne Chebance (actress), Paula Flickenschild (actress), Laura Frecon (actress), Selassie Amana (actor),
Plot: Welcome to the jungle home of Kid Fitness. This fun, entertaining and educational video will encourage your children to exercise, and they won't even realize they are. Kid Fitness has invited some children from the town to visit him and his jungle friends for the day. As each of his jungle friends come by and interact with the children, they share some fun facts and then teach the children to move like them, the "exercise." Zebra, Elephant, Gorilla, Bunny, Kangaroo, Alligator, Snake, Duck and more all come by to visit and meet the kids. Original music and delightful animations will have your child watching this entertaining video over and over again! Designed for ages 18 months through 8 years old, everything about this video has been custom tailored to create the perfect atmosphere for your child to exercise and have fun, all at the same time.
Genres: Family,Actors: Edison Chen (actor), Li Tin Cheung (actor), Lee Wah Chu (actor), Hui Kam Fung (actor), Chung Wai Ho (actor), Tony Ho (actor), Yuen Waj Ho (actor), Wong Kam Hung (actor), Yiu Man Kee (actor), Leung Ho Kei (actor), Wong Yin Keung (actor), Lee Yip Kin (actor), Mak Wai Kwok (actor), Chi-Wai Lai (actor), Hin-Wai Au (actor),
Plot: Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.
Keywords: anti-villain, arrest, betrayal, blood, blood-spatter, body-landing-on-a-car, cemetery, criminal-gang, death-of-protagonist, drug-dealActors: Brandon Baker (actor), Dee Bradley Baker (actor), Dee Bradley Baker (actor), Dee Bradley Baker (actor), Clancy Brown (actor), Ken Hudson Campbell (actor), Brian Doyle-Murray (actor), Sherman Howard (actor), Marty Ingels (actor), Myles Jeffrey (actor), Scott Menville (actor), Fred Savage (actor), Wallace Shawn (actor), Ryan Taylor (actor), Bhagavan Antle (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Family,Actors: Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), David Detiege (writer), Milt Franklyn (composer), Friz Freleng (director), Hawley Pratt (director), Treg Brown (editor),
Plot: Viking Yosemite Sam arrives to storm the castle. But Bugs takes charge of the defenses, and between Bugs' cleverness and Sam's stupidity, the castle is never seriously threatened, even when Sam enlists the help of an elephant.
Keywords: anthropomorphic-animal, anthropomorphism, breaking-the-fourth-wall, breaking-the-fourth-wall-by-talking-to-the-audience, cartoon-elephant, cartoon-rabbit, castle, drawbridge, elephant, flattened-like-a-pancakeActors: Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Arthur Q. Bryan (actor), Edward Selzer (producer), Michael Maltese (writer), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Chuck Jones (director), Treg Brown (editor),
Plot: Elmer Fudd is out hunting rabbits and Daffy Duck sets his friend Bugs Bunny up to be caught. Bugs doesn't seem too worried and sets out to convince Elmer that it's actually duck season. Bugs gets the upper hand and Daffy is outmaneuvered at every turn.
Keywords: 1950s, anthropomorphic-animal, anthropomorphism, bitten-on-the-leg, bullet, cartoon-duck, cartoon-elephant, cartoon-rabbit, cookbook, disguised-as-a-dogActors: Jackson Beck (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Sam Buchwald (producer), Seymour Kneitel (producer), Izzy Sparber (producer), Larry Riley (writer), Bill Turner (writer), Winston Sharples (composer), Seymour Kneitel (director),
Genres: Animation, Music, Short,Actors: Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Robert C. Bruce (actor), Bill Days (actor), Kay Kyser (actor), Leon Schlesinger (producer), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Robert Clampett (director), Treg Brown (editor),
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Short,Actors: Tex Avery (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Eddie Marr (actor), Leon Schlesinger (producer), Jack Miller (writer), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Tex Avery (director), Treg Brown (editor),
Plot: A barker guides us through a sideshow, a menagerie, and on to the big top, for a series of typical Avery gags. For example, the trapeze artists, the Flying Cadenzas, literally fly; the lion puts his head in the tamer's mouth; and the human cannonball flies around the world.
Keywords: circus, dentures, elephant, funeral-march-by-chopin, high-dive, human-cannonball, merrie-melodies, sideshow, stork, surrealismActors: Mel Blanc (actor), Tedd Pierce (actor), Leon Schlesinger (producer), Richard Hogan (writer), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Frank Tashlin (director), Treg Brown (editor),
Plot: We open on a big game hunter telling a little boy (a caricture of child star Freddie Bartholomew) stories about hunting in the jungles of Africa. He tells him a story about a day he was hunting there. The game hunter gets help from African natives to catch some animals, with some odd results. Sight gags include a African native with a record player hidden in his huge lower lip, an elephant who can't remember something he was supposed to do, and the game hunter riding a elephant and having to "shift gears" like an automobile to get up a steep hill.
Keywords: merrie-melodies, surrealismEnsconced in bibliosis before the tomes of reverence
Brooding in the study of the silent tower
The Grey Voyager of the void in pale sleep
Remembering the ruins of endless years
Dance for the rose in the forests of Pylea
The trionic text of the wolf in the pentagram
A bridge to the wisdom of the moon
The nebulous souls compounded in twilight
Ever and anon traversing the sphere of time
The saga of The Narrator within the mirrored walls
The first to witness the fall of Oberon
Of winds and ingate
Inverted coffins, a burning death
Beneath the sun's infinite fire
The answer balances on a legend lost in an age of dreams
Borne upon a cloak of stars, The scroll of heaven aflame
The secret aloft my wizened eyes
On the smiling caryatid's visage
As Iris descended into the earth
To kiss the roots of the ageless tree
In the darkness beyond the door, the altar is being prepared
The last perfect day and the world is near completion
Acclaim the prophecies bound within these halls