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Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet from the American Renaissance period. Most of his writings were published between 1846 and 1857. Best known for his sea adventure Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851), he was almost forgotten during the last thirty years of his life. Melville's writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. The main characteristic of his style is probably pervasive allusion, reflecting his written sources. Melville's way of adapting what he read for his own new purposes, scholar Stanley T. Williams wrote, "was a transforming power comparable to Shakespeare's".
Born in New York City as the third child of a merchant in French dry-goods, Melville ended his formal education abruptly after his father died in 1832, shortly after bankruptcy left the family in financial straits. Melville briefly became a schoolteacher before he took to sea in 1839. This voyage to Liverpool as a common sailor on a merchant ship became the basis for his fourth book, Redburn (1849). In late December 1840 he signed up aboard the Acushnet for his first whaling voyage, but jumped ship eighteen months later in the Marquesas Islands. His first book, Typee (1846), a fictionalized account of his life among the natives there, became such a success that he worked up a sequel, Omoo (1847). The same year Melville married Elizabeth Knapp Shaw; their four children were born between 1849 and 1855.
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Herman Melville
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Actors: Andy Stephens (miscellaneous crew), Marc Wolff (miscellaneous crew), Brian Grazer (producer), Roque Baños (composer), Joe Roth (producer), Katharine Tidy (miscellaneous crew), Paula Weinstein (producer), Cillian Murphy (actor), Ron Howard (director), Brendan Gleeson (actor), Jordi Mollà (actor), Marshall Herskovitz (producer), Donald Sumpter (actor), Joyce Heftel (miscellaneous crew), Peter Morgan (writer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Marc St. Pierre (actor), Tom Gidwitz (producer), Tom Gidwitz (writer), Tom Gidwitz (director), Sarah Morse (actor), Mike Brown (editor),
Plot: Although Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick,' a classic of world literature, he was all but forgotten when he died. This off-beat biography follows him from his first voyage on a whaling ship in 1841, through fame, failure, and death to the present day, where he enjoys his posthumous success.
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Documentary, History, Short,Actors: Denny Dey (producer), Denny Dey (writer), Denny Dey (director), Denny Dey (editor), Michael Patton (actor), Wes Prettyman (actor), Scott Shaw (actor), John Van Winkle (actor), Colin Arians (actor), Jayne Dey (actress), Michelle Mauler (actress), Lesley Mehling (actress), Katia Arians (actress), Stephen Howard (actor), Cliff Lawson (actor),
Plot: Colin Arians stars as Micky McGee, the twelve year video game lover who hates to read books! Micky's reading tutor is pulling out her hair and Micky's mom is at her wits end. However, Micky has one admirer: Dr. Meanandevil! Meanandevil plots to eradicate all books from the public library and replace them with a single book depicting the dastardly deeds for which he is famous. To effect his diabolical plan he must locate one child who REFUSES TO READ! Will Micky join Dr. Meanandevil and eliminate thousands of wonderful books, or will he suddenly realize that books are the key to curiosity, adventure, mystery and magic? The plot thickens when Micky is magically transported to the public library where he meets four famous authors and a magical librarian!
Genres: Family,Actors: Aleksandar Djurica (actor), Milorad Kapor (actor), Nenad Gvozdenovic (actor), Aleksandra Pleskonjic (actress), Ratko Radivojevic (actor), Ksenija Martinov (actress), Aleksandar Davic (actor), Predrag Momcilovic (actor), Szabolcs Tolnai (actor), Strahinja Bojovic (actor), Goran Filipas (actor), Goran Filipas (producer), Jelena Rakocevic (actress), Milan Smit (actor), Miroslav Fabri (actor),
Genres: Drama, Mystery,Actors: Michael Peavey (miscellaneous crew), Liam Neeson (actor), Philip Bosco (actor), Liam Neeson (actor), David Harbour (actor), Alex Horwitz (miscellaneous crew), Jordan Gelber (actor), Mike McKee (actor), David Goffin (composer), Sean Conant (actor), Jeffrey Carlson (actor), David Corvo (producer), Andy Finkelstein (editor), Geoff Stephens (director), Geoff Stephens (writer),
Plot: In 1820, a Nantucket whaleship, the Essex, was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale in the Pacific Ocean. Out of 20 crew men, only 8 survived. This is a tale of remarkable courage, endurance and pathos, of men driven to the edge of darkness, forced to make the most awful decisions in order to survive.
Keywords: based-on-novelActors: Orlando Urdaneta (actor), Beatriz Valdés (actress), Alejo Felipe (actor), Asdrúbal Meléndez (actor), Diego Rísquez (director), Erich Wildpret (actor), Leonardo Henríquez (editor), Juan Carlos Alarcón (actor), Antonio Llerandi (producer), Juan Manuel Montesinos (actor), Leonardo Padrón (writer), Manuel Salazar (actor), Pedro Mezquita Arcaya (producer), Pedro Mezquita Arcaya (producer), Isabel Herrera (actress),
Plot: In 1856, a whaler arrives in Paita, Peru; on board is Herman Melville, who is astonished to learn that Manuela Sáenz, for eight years the lover of Simón Bolívar, is still alive. He calls on her, and although she will not talk to him about her life, his visit sends her to her chest of Bolívar's letters. As she reads them, the sepia-toned present gives way to flashbacks in color: she meets 'the Liberator' in 1822, becomes his lover, and also becomes a colonel in his military movement to realize the 'Gran Colombia', one nation across South America. As plague (brought by the ship) closes in on Manuela's household, so does her tempestuous story move toward Bolívar's betrayal and death.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Paul Eiding (miscellaneous crew), Sherry Lynn (miscellaneous crew), Frank Welker (actor), Mickie McGowan (miscellaneous crew), Susan Bradley (miscellaneous crew), Rodger Bumpass (miscellaneous crew), Jackie Gonneau (miscellaneous crew), Phil Proctor (miscellaneous crew), Fran Brill (actress), Mark Watters (composer), Alice Playten (actress), Alice Playten (actress), Fred Newman (actor), Fred Newman (actor), Fred Newman (actor),
Plot: Doug and his friends find a "monster" living in the woods outside their town, but when they find the monster is actually kind of nice, they find themselves hunted by "bad guys" who want the monster. In addition, Doug has to compete for the attention of Patti Mayonnaise with a snobby 8th grader, Guy Graham. Will Doug get to take Patti to the Valentine's Day dance?
Keywords: based-on-tv-series, character-name-in-title, crush, dance, daydream, dilemma, friend, friendship, journalism, junior-high-schoolActors: F. Murray Abraham (actor), John Huston (actor), Karen Thomas (producer),
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