Maria may refer to:
Maria is a maleToulouse Goose (Anser anser), formerly living in Echo Park, Los Angeles who became the subject of news reports in 2011 after forming an unusual association with a local resident, named Dominic Ehrler.
Maria, named by locals and assumed to be female, was familiar to users of the park for several years as a goose which preferred the company of humans to that of his own species, often pecking at homeless people or following walkers and runners around.
Ehrler, a retired salesman, first encountered Maria at Echo Park lake in the summer of 2010 when the bird began to follow him on his daily walks around the lake, readily accepting food from him and soon becoming so attached that he would wait beside the road every morning for Ehrler to arrive at the park. Maria would walk alongside and possessively 'protect' Ehrler from other park users and their dogs and would also attempt to follow him from the park, flying closely behind him as he rode away on his scooter, necessitating attempts to distract the goose, or lock him behind a fence when leaving, to avoid being followed all the way home.
Final Fantasy II (ファイナルファンタジーII, Fainaru Fantajī Tsū) is a fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) in 1988 for the Family Computer as the second installment of the Final Fantasy series. The game has received numerous enhanced remakes for the WonderSwan Color, the Sony PlayStation, the Game Boy Advance, the PlayStation Portable, and multiple mobile and smartphone types. As neither this game nor Final Fantasy III were initially released outside Japan, Final Fantasy IV was originally released in North America as Final Fantasy II, so as not to confuse players. The most recent releases of the game are enhanced versions for the iOS and Android, which were released worldwide in 2010 and 2012, respectively.
The game's story centers on four youths whose parents were killed during an army invasion by the empire of Palamecia, who are using hellspawn to conquer the world. Three of the four main characters join a rebellion against the empire, embarking on missions to gain new magic and weapons, destroy enemy superweapons, and rescue leading members of the resistance. The Game Boy Advance remake adds a bonus story after the game is completed.
Actors: Taye Bernritter (actor), Marc Jaeger (actor), Janice Peters (actor), Konrad Wright (actor), Carlos Plummer (producer), Kyle And Carlos Plummer (writer), Kyle And Carlos Plummer (director), Carlos Plummer (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Short,Actors: Cynthia Arenbart (actor), Billy Armstrong (actor), Ryan Kirk (actor), Ronald Quigley (actor), Charley Rossman (actor), Adam William Ward (actor), Charlie Ward (actor), Derek Weston (actor), Cynthia Arengart (actress), Kia Bluford (actress), Alexandra Choi (actress), Katie Jo Menden (actress), Billy Armstrong (producer), Lee Citron (producer), Coco Cook (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Basilio Cabrera (actor), Nairely Masiel Brea Cabrera (actor), Roberto Jaramillo Casas (actor), Victor Checo (actor), Gastner Legerme (actor), Antonio Melenciano (actor), Luis Brian Mesa (actor), Juan Carlos Muñoz (actor), Félix Pena (actor), Frank Perozo (actor), Richard Pimentel (actor), Andres Ramos (actor), Dionis Rufino (actor), Jochy Santos (actor), Richard 'La Percha' Baez (actor),
Plot: Maria, 18 year old daughter of a single mother, decides to look for the father she has never met after her mother dies in a tragic accident. She finally finds him in a nearby town, living in what appears to be a haunted old country house in the middle of a neglected banana plantation. Amidst the peculiarities and superstitions of the Dominican country side, father and daughter will have to face the ghosts of the past that haunt them both.
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Kelly Ainsworth (actor), Sharon Talbot (actor), Brian Whisenant (actor), Sari Melain (actress), Greg Draves (producer), Fred Yu (writer), Fred Yu (director), Fred Yu (editor),
Genres: Drama, Family, Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Donna Amante (actor), Wkd Axe (actor), Peter Peralta (actor), Wkd Axe (producer), Christine Edwards (producer), Peter Peralta (producer), Christine Edwards (writer), Phil Marcs (composer), Dezz Smith (composer), Christine Edwards (director), Wkd Axe (editor),
Plot: Maria is about to kill herself. As Maria stands on top of a bridge, two angels appear: one fallen and one good. Armed with his playing card deck of tricks and illusions, fallen angel Demetri is intent on making Maria jump, whilst Micah, armed with his sword of truth, tries to stop Demetri's mind games. With the stakes high, who will win this battle of wills?
Keywords: angel, christianityActors: Mallory Ann (actor), Mallory Ann (actor), Mallory Ann (actor), Mallory Schwartz (producer), Carolina Vazquez (writer), Carolina Vazquez (writer), Carolina Vazquez (director), Carolina Vazquez (editor),
Plot: A multicultural girl's inner struggle is personified by an American bully Mary and an innocent Latina Maria. As Mary rejects and teases Maria's culture, Mary feels Maria's pain and realizes the wrong in her actions. In the end, Mary finds that it better to accept Maria only to find a surprise in Maria's identity.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Nicola Bond (actor), Walter Hanna (actor), Mike McCall (actor), Steve McCall (actor), Steve McCall (actor), Alexander von Hofmann (producer), Antony Webb (producer), Alexander von Hofmann (writer), Michelle Smith (composer), Alexander von Hofmann (director), Antony Webb (editor), Annabelle Fouchard (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Peter, on his first business trip abroad, is sent to a rundown farming town which was crippled when a deadly pig flu wiped out it's stock. By chance Peter finds accommodation at the La Serena Bed and Breakfast where he is welcomed in by the enigmatic landlady, Maria. When he checks in he unsuspectingly becomes entangled in a treacherous mystery that is the dark underbelly of the sleepy town.
Genres: Drama, Short, Thriller,Actors: Bernardo Bernardo (actor), Conor Brady (actor), Alexander Cortes (actor), Richard Cunanan (actor), Jake Macapagal (actor), Taiju Okayasu (actor), Eisuke Sasai (actor), Mitoy Sta. Ana (actor), Teah (actor), Naomi Grace (actress), Emiko Mizuno (actress), Kayoko Shibata (actress), Hideki Yamasaki (producer), Hideki Yamasaki (writer), Hideki Yamasaki (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy,Actors: Anders Ahlbom (actor), Istvan Ardai (actor), Jesper Bromark (actor), Johannes Brost (actor), Brasse Brännström (actor), Fredrik Dolk (actor), Johan Hedenberg (actor), Leif Henrikson (actor), Krister Henriksson (actor), Tommy Körberg (actor), Pierre Lindstedt (actor), Lakke Magnusson (actor), Claes Malmberg (actor), Jan Mybrand (actor), Henrik Agger (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Jochen Brockmann (actor), Martin Forster (actor), Bernhard Frankfurter (actor), Fritz Goblirsch (actor), Bernhard Grabmayr (actor), René Hanusek (actor), Werner Heger (actor), Michi Hejna (actor), Hillmood (actor), Gerhard Kretschmar (actor), Pepi Krychl (actor), Peter Krychl (actor), Karl Künstler (actor), Gerhard Lehner (actor), Johnny Belinda (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Musical,The most beautiful sound I ever heard
All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word - Maria
I just met a girl named Maria, and suddenly that name
Will never be the same to me.
Maria - I just kissed a girl named Maria
And suddenly I found how wonderful a sound can be
Maria - say it loud and there's music playing
Say it soft and it's almost like praying - Maria
I'll never stop saying Maria, Maria, Maria...
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