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and persuades both of them to sleep on it. During the night, Mowgli finds a herd of Indian elephants gathered around a ditch and uses his vines to save a baby elephant from the ditch. Although Baloo and Bagheera are impressed, Baloo realizes that he cannot guarantee Mowgli's safety after learning that he is being hunted by Shere Khan. Baloo agrees to push Mowgli away to get him to continue onward to the man village. Mowgli is kidnapped by a gang of monkeys known as the "Bandar-log", who present him to their leader, a giant ape named King Louie. Assuming
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use of a shadowy jungle figure in "Apocalypse Now" (1979). The cast was announced between March and August 2014, with Idris Elba being announced to voice Shere Khan during early stages and Bill Murray eventually confirmed as the voice of Baloo in August 2014. Between then, Scarlett Johansson, Ben Kingsley, and Christopher Walken were confirmed to play Kaa, Bagheera, and King Louie. Favreau decided to cast Johansson to play Kaa, originally a male character, as he felt the original film was "a little too male-oriented." Favreau and Marks noticed the lack of female characters in the 1967 film version and
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from casting a black person to voice an ape, they instead chose Prima, a white singer. Christopher Walken voiced King Louie in the 2016 live-action/CGI "The Jungle Book" film. Although the Disney adaptation is based on the Kipling stories, the character King Louie does not appear in Rudyard Kipling's original book, as orangutans, the species as which he is portrayed, are not native to India in real life. It is also stated by Kipling in the original that the Bandar-log, or monkeys over which King Louie rules, have no effective leadership, let alone a king. In the book, Mowgli is
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Artie Esposito, Sean Johnson, Allan Trautman, and April Warren. Favreau utilized motion capture with certain actors, expressing a desire to avoid overusing the technology in order to prevent evoking an uncanny valley effect. The Moving Picture Company (MPC) and Weta Digital created the film's visual effects. MPC developed new software for animating muscular structure in the animals. Around 1,000 remote jungle locations in India were photographed and used as reference in post-production. Weta was responsible for animating the King Louie sequence, with visual effects supervisor Keith Miller adding that, "It was important for Jon to see Christopher Walken in the
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as Baloo, Ben Kingsley as Bagheera, Idris Elba as Shere Khan, Scarlett Johansson as Kaa, Lupita Nyong'o as Raksha, Giancarlo Esposito as Akela, and Christopher Walken as King Louie. The film was released on April 15, 2016 to critical acclaim. After a fierce tiger threatens his life, Mowgli, an orphan boy raised by wolves, leaves his jungle home and, guided by a stern panther and a free-spirited bear, sets out on a journey of self-discovery. Following the film's early financial and critical successes, the studio has begun work on a sequel film. Favreau is reported to return as director, while
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(Cary Elwes), as he is seen cheering for Mowgli. After Mowgli defeats Boone, Louie happily applauds Mowgli for a job well done before summoning Kaa, who then kills Boone in the moat. Christopher Walken voiced King Louie in Disney's 2016 live-action film. He is portrayed as a "Gigantopithecus", an extinct species of great ape, because orangutans themselves are not native to India. In an interview regarding the character, Christopher Walken described King Louie as standing around 12 feet tall, and "as charming as he is intimidating when he wants to be". In the film, Louie offers Mowgli protection from Shere
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a "GQ" Man of the Year. ("Gentlemen's Quarterly." April 2018. p. 24) In 2013, Walken became the protagonist in the campaign "Made From Cool" by Jack & Jones. In 2014, he appeared in "Turks & Caicos". Walken appears as Gyp DeCarlo in the 2014 film "Jersey Boys. In 2014, Walken played Captain Hook in the NBC production "Peter Pan Live!" In 2015, Walken starred in the film "When I Live My Life Over Again" and played the role of Clem for the second time in the David Spade comedy ". In 2016, he voiced King Louie in the CGI-live action
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"undetermined". Authorities stated that Walken is not a suspect. Christopher Walken Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken; March 31, 1943) is an American actor of screen and stage who has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows, including "Annie Hall" (1977), "The Deer Hunter" (1978), "The Dogs of War" (1980), "The Dead Zone" (1983), "A View to a Kill" (1985), "Batman Returns" (1992), "True Romance" (1993), "Pulp Fiction" (1994), "Antz" (1998), "Vendetta" (1999), "Sleepy Hollow" (1999), "Catch Me If You Can" (2002), "Hairspray" (2007), "Seven Psychopaths" (2012), the first three "Prophecy" films, "The Jungle Book" (2016), "Irreplaceable You" (2018),
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Christopher Walken Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken; March 31, 1943) is an American actor of screen and stage who has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows, including "Annie Hall" (1977), "The Deer Hunter" (1978), "The Dogs of War" (1980), "The Dead Zone" (1983), "A View to a Kill" (1985), "Batman Returns" (1992), "True Romance" (1993), "Pulp Fiction" (1994), "Antz" (1998), "Vendetta" (1999), "Sleepy Hollow" (1999), "Catch Me If You Can" (2002), "Hairspray" (2007), "Seven Psychopaths" (2012), the first three "Prophecy" films, "The Jungle Book" (2016), "Irreplaceable You" (2018), as well as music videos by many popular recording
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one who suggested Jay Mohr as the real Christopher Walken could not make it to the recording. Some sources suggest Christopher Walken originally agreed to appear as himself. However, he then decided to demand a lot more money than the producers were willing to pay. Instead, Jay Mohr provided the voice of Walken. In the end credits, Jay Mohr is credited with the voice of Christopher Walken, and the credit says "Jay Mohr as Christopher Walken". This is the first time this has ever been done. The episode title is a play on the Detroit, Michigan based hip hop group,
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remake of Disney's "The Jungle Book". He also recorded a cover of Louie's song "I Wan'na Be like You", which he sings in the film as well as on the soundtrack. Described as "diverse and eccentric" and "one of the most respected actors of his generation", Walken has long established a cult following among film fans. He's known for his versatility and named as one of Empire magazine's "Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time". Once dubbed as a "cultural phenomenon", he has portrayed several iconic movie characters including Johnny Smith in "The Dead Zone", Max Shreck in "Batman Returns"
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Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, and Christopher Walken. Favreau, Marks, and producer Brigham Taylor developed the film's story as a balance between Disney's animated adaptation and Kipling's original works, borrowing elements from both into the film. Principal photography commenced in 2014, with filming taking place entirely in Los Angeles. The film required extensive use of computer-generated imagery to portray the animals and settings. "The Jungle Book" was released in North America in Disney Digital 3-D, RealD 3D, IMAX 3D, D-Box, and premium large formats, on April 15, 2016. It became a critical and commercial
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a number of " 'serious' actors and respected figures" such as Robert De Niro, began to play roles in comedy films, which marked an innovation. Walken's unique voice has been compared to other entertainment figures with voices that create "a pleasing (or at least entertaining) aural experience," such as William Shatner and Garrison Keillor. His voice was parodied in a "Robot Chicken" episode. Walken inspired the stage show, "All About Walken: The Impersonators of Christopher Walken", created by actor/comedian Patrick O'Sullivan in Hollywood in 2006. Walken is noted for refusing movie roles only rarely, having stated in interviews that he
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Walken and his brother Glenn originated the role of Michael Bauer on the soap opera "The Guiding Light." In 1963, he appeared as a character named Chris in an episode of "Naked City", starring Paul Burke. In 1966, Walken played the role of King Philip of France in the Broadway premiere of "The Lion in Winter". In 1969, Walken guest-starred in "Hawaii Five-O" as Navy SP Walt Kramer. In 1964, he changed his first name to Christopher at the suggestion of Monique van Vooren, who had a nightclub act in which Walken was a dancer and who believed the name
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). Walken portrayed the owner of "Disaster Studios" Frank Kincaid and encouraged guests to be extras in his latest film, "Mutha Nature". Walken was projected on a clear screen, much like a life-size hologram, and interacted with the live-action talent. Famous quote "Frankenstein never scared me". Walken returned to Broadway in Martin McDonagh's play "A Behanding in Spokane" in 2010, and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play. He had a small voice role in NBC sitcom "30 Rock", in the "Audition Day" episode. In 2011, he played the role of Jewish-American
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Dead" on Broadway. A "play with music", "The Dead" featured music by Shaun Davey, conducted by Charles Prince, with music coordination and percussion by Tom Partington. "James Joyce's The Dead" won a Tony Award that year for Best Book for a Musical. Walken had a notable music video performance in 2001 with Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice". Directed by Spike Jonze, it won six MTV awards in 2001 and—in a list of the top 100 videos of all time compiled from a survey of musicians, directors, and music industry figures conducted by UK music TV channel VH1—won Best Video of
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her name is Raksha ("protection/nurture") because of her ferocity as a fighter, and she will fight to the death for any of her cubs, natural or adopted. Raksha does not play a large role in the Mowgli stories, but occasionally offers her adopted son moral support. Raksha (The Jungle Book) Raksha ( / "Rakšā" or Mother Wolf as initially named) is a fictional character featured in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories, collected in "The Jungle Book" and "The Second Jungle Book". She is a female Indian wolf, member of the Seeonee pack, who while suckling her own cubs decides also to
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Scott's teenaged attitude: "I appreciate your situation. For a Walken, adolescence is a difficult time. You feel like you're the only normal person in a school full of nutjobs." Scott's response: "Wow! It's like you're lookin' right into my noggin!" (Will Forte also appears as a waiter at the beginning of the sketch, but does not do a Walken impression.) Walken became the subject of a hoax controversy in 2006, when a fake website started in August of that year by members of Internet forum Genmay.com announced that he was running for President of the United States. Some believed it
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The Rundown The Rundown (known internationally as Welcome to the Jungle) is a 2003 American action comedy film directed by Peter Berg and starring Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken, and Rosario Dawson. In the film, Johnson plays a bounty hunter who must travel to Brazil to retrieve his employer's son (Scott). The film was released on September 26, 2003, and made $80.9 million on an $85 million budget. Beck (Dwayne Johnson) is a "retrieval expert", a bounty hunter who collects debts for a man named Billy Walker (William Lucking). He is dispatched to a nightclub to retrieve a
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sister series "Holby City", the BBC's "Afternoon Play", "Between the Lines" and "The Bill". In 2003 he appeared as a contestant on the "Reality TV programme Comic Relief does Fame Academy" and subsequently released an album, "Kwame". In 2007, he starred as E. R. Braithwaite in the two-part BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Braithwaite's novel "To Sir, with Love". Kwei-Armah was seen in the episode "Who Shot the Sheriff?" in the 2006 BBC One revival of "Robin Hood", as an ambitious town planner in "Lewis", and in the feature film "Fade to Black" opposite Danny Huston, Christopher Walken and Diego
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recently released from prison and set on reclaiming his criminal territory. In 1991, Walken starred in "Sarah, Plain and Tall" as Jacob Witting, a widowed farmer. In 1992, Walken played a villain in "Batman Returns", millionaire industrialist Max Shreck. Also in 1992, Walken appeared in Madonna's controversial coffee table book "SEX" and the music video for her hit single, "Bad Girl" (directed by David Fincher). He also played Bobby, Cassandra's producer, in "Wayne's World 2". Walken's next major film role was opposite Dennis Hopper in "True Romance", scripted by Quentin Tarantino. His so-called Sicilian scene has been hailed by critics
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Christopher Walken" was released on DVD, featuring highlights from Walken's many appearances on the show. In addition to acting for film and television, Walken has acted in numerous Broadway and off-Broadway theater productions. He has acted in more than 100 additional plays including some by Shakespeare. This list includes the most popular of them. Christopher Walken on stage and screen Christopher Walken is an American character actor whose career has spanned over 50 years with appearances in theater, film, and television. He has appeared in over 100 movies and television shows, including "A View to a Kill", "At Close Range",
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The Burnt Orange Heresy (film) The Burnt Orange Heresy is an upcoming Italian-American drama thriller film directed by Giuseppe Capotondi and written by Scott Smith. It is based on the book of same name by Charles Willeford. The film stars Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, Mick Jagger, and Donald Sutherland. In February 2018, Elizabeth Debicki and Christopher Walken were cast in the film adaptation of Charles Willeford's book "The Burnt Orange Heresy", to play Berenice Hollis and an artist Jerome Debney, respectively. In April 2018, Claes Bang joined the film to play the lead role of James Figueras, a fiercely ambitious
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Georgianne Walken Georgianne Leigh Walken ( Thon; born 1944) is an American casting director. Walken, along with casting partner Sheila Jaffe of Walken/Jaffe, has been the casting director for more than 80 television shows and movies since 1991, including "The Sopranos" and "Entourage". Walken also had minor acting roles in a 2006 episode of "The Sopranos", as well as "Brainstorm", a 1983 movie starring her husband Christopher Walken and the late Natalie Wood. The Walkens have been married since 1969 and reside in rural Connecticut. Walken and Jaffe did the casting for "Basquiat", in which Christopher Walken has a cameo
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Night Live," having hosted seven times. His most notable roles on the show include record producer Bruce Dickinson in the "More Cowbell" sketch, the double-entendre-named, disgraced Confederate officer Colonel Angus and, in multiple appearances, The Continental. He has also appeared in Hallmark Hall of Fame's "Sarah, Plain and Tall" (1991), which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Walken debuted as a film director and scriptwriter with the short film "Popcorn Shrimp" in 2001. He also wrote and acted the main role in a play about his idol Elvis Presley, titled "Him", in 1995. Walken was born Ronald Walken (in
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Lyrics by Anne Pearson Crosswell<br> Performed by Carmela Marner and Nick Curtis Music by Michael Abbott<br> Lyrics by Anne Pearson Crosswell<br> Performed by Christopher Walken, Carmela Marner and Nick Curtis Music by Michael Abbott<br> Lyrics by Anne Pearson Crosswell<br> Performed by Christopher Walken, Carmela Marner, Elki Jacobs, Nick Curtis and Cast Puss in Boots (1988 film) Puss in Boots, sometimes also listed as Cannon Movie Tales: Puss in Boots, is a 1988 musical version of the story of Puss in Boots, starring Christopher Walken as "Puss" and Jason Connery as the youngest son who is assisted by Puss. Carmela Marner
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makes a sequel not entirely likely. Director Peter Berg has expressed interest in making a sequel to the film but notes that "no one can ever get motivated and focused enough to do it." In an interview with Collider.com in September 2016, Berg wants to make a sequel with Johnson returning and having Jonah Hill appear. The Rundown The Rundown (known internationally as Welcome to the Jungle) is a 2003 American action comedy film directed by Peter Berg and starring Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken, and Rosario Dawson. In the film, Johnson plays a bounty hunter who must
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of Florida, and because "so many stupid things happen in Florida, it deserved its own Fark tag," the "Florida" tag was created at the suggestion of users. Similarly, articles discussing Wil Wheaton – a Fark user himself – are given the "Wheaton" tag and articles discussing Christopher Walken are occasionally given the "Walken" tag, though Walken has never participated on Fark. On August 19, 2008, a new "fail" tag was introduced, to be used for submitted articles where the subject does something ignorant or when a major gaffe occurs. A new "Caturday" tag was introduced to in recognition of the
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his career, Walken was credited as "Ken Walken" and later as "Ronnie Walken", until he finally settled on "Christopher Walken". He began acting in films in 1969 and, after a series of increasingly larger roles, won an Academy Award in 1978 as Best Supporting Actor for his role in "The Deer Hunter". Since then, Walken has become a highly sought-after actor, typically performing in numerous films every year. Walken has been a primary character in two film franchises: as Gabriel the fallen angel in "The Prophecy" series, and as Jacob Witting in the made-for-television films based on Patricia MacLachlan's "Sarah,
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Rotten Tomatoes, which catalogs both contemporary and modern reviews. The site's consensus reads, ""The Dead Zone" combines taut direction from David Cronenberg and a rich performance from Christopher Walken to create one of the strongest Stephen King adaptations". Roger Ebert of "The Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film three and a half stars, describing "The Dead Zone" as by far the best of the half-a-dozen cinematic adaptation of King's novels to that date. He praised Cronenberg's direction for successfully weaving the supernatural into the everyday, and noted believable performances by the entire cast, especially Walken: "Walken does such a good job
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All Time in April 2002. In this video, Walken dances and flies around the lobby of the Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles; Walken also helped choreograph the dance. Also in 2001, Walken played a gangster who was in the witness protection program in the David Spade comedy "Joe Dirt" and an eccentric film director in "America's Sweethearts". Also in 2001, Walken played Lieutenant Macduff in Scotland, Pa, Billy Morissette's loose film adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. In 2002 Walken played Mike in the film "Poolhall Junkies" and played Frank Abagnale, Sr. in "Catch Me If You Can", which is inspired by
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manages to once again feature his trademark dancing scene as he performs the tango. In 1995, he appeared in "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead", "Wild Side", "The Prophecy" and the modern vampire flick "The Addiction", which was his second collaboration with director Abel Ferrara and writer Nicholas St. John. He also appeared in "Nick of Time", which also stars Johnny Depp, and an art house film by David Salle, "Search and Destroy". In 1995, Walken acted in "Him," a first play written by Walken about his idol Elvis in the afterlife featured in the New York Shakespeare
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his hair blond to befit Zorin's origins as a Nazi experiment. "At Close Range" (1986) starred Walken as Brad Whitewood, a rural Pennsylvania crime boss who tries to bring his two sons into his empire; his character was mostly based on criminal Bruce Johnston. In 1988, Christopher Walken played a memorable role as Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey in Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues" which was directed by Mike Nichols, and the role of Federal Agent Kyril Montana in "Milagro Beanfield War". He also played the leading role of Whitley Strieber in 1989's "Communion", an autobiographical film written by Strieber based on
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they get involved with wealthy Kim Ulander (Christopher Walken), an enigmatic businessman with quirky tendencies and a repressed desire to live dangerously. If they aren't careful, this daring duo may not come out of this deal alive. "Search and Destroy" maintains a 33% positive rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Search and Destroy (film) Search and Destroy is a 1995 drama film based on a stage play by Howard Korder and directed by David Salle. The film stars Griffin Dunne, repeating his role from the stage production, Rosanna Arquette, Illeana Douglas, Ethan Hawke, Dennis Hopper, John Turturro and Christopher Walken, and features
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Communion (1989 film) Communion is a 1989 drama horror film based on the book of the same name by Whitley Strieber. Starring Christopher Walken and Frances Sternhagen, it tells a story of a family that experiences an extraterrestrial phenomenon while on vacation at a remote home in the wilderness during which the father is abducted and all of their lives change. According to Strieber, the story is a real-life account of his own encounter with "visitors", with Walken playing the role of the author. In 1985, New York based author Whitley Strieber (Walken) lives with his wife and child in
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Him (play) Him is a 1995 play written by actor Christopher Walken, who also took the lead role and which debuted in the New York Shakespeare Festival. It revolved around the afterlife of Elvis Presley, the singer who, as the author himself turned 15, became his first idol. The play, Walken's first venture into playwriting, adopts a surreal tone, and is replete with references to aspects of Presley's life, as well as to other pieces of theatre, including "Hamlet" and those of Tennessee Williams. While it enjoyed some positive comments, it was largely panned by the critics. Taking place in
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referred to it as "garbage" and "maudlin masturbation". He describes Walken's performance as self-indulgent and scornful. Him (play) Him is a 1995 play written by actor Christopher Walken, who also took the lead role and which debuted in the New York Shakespeare Festival. It revolved around the afterlife of Elvis Presley, the singer who, as the author himself turned 15, became his first idol. The play, Walken's first venture into playwriting, adopts a surreal tone, and is replete with references to aspects of Presley's life, as well as to other pieces of theatre, including "Hamlet" and those of Tennessee Williams.
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intricate tap-dancing striptease in Herbert Ross's musical "Pennies from Heaven" (1981). In 1982, he played a socially awkward but gifted theater actor in the film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s short story "Who Am I This Time?" opposite Susan Sarandon. Walken then played schoolteacher-turned-psychic Johnny Smith in David Cronenberg's 1983 adaptation of Stephen King's "The Dead Zone". That same year, Walken also starred in "Brainstorm" alongside Natalie Wood and (in a minor role) his wife, Georgianne. In 1985, Walken played a James Bond villain, Max Zorin, in "A View to a Kill", Roger Moore's last appearance as Bond. Walken dyed
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House, Glen Allen Walken, take over the presidency temporarily. After Walken is sworn in as President, conflicts have already begun between him and President Bartlet's staff, one of the reasons being that Bartlet is a Democrat and Walken is a Republican. Bartlet tries to calm Walken, stating that the staff are all trying to resolve the situation, to which Walken replies "You are relieved, Mr. President." The episode marks the departure of creator/writer/producer Aaron Sorkin and producer/director Thomas Schlamme, who left after overruns with budgets, script deadlines, and conflicts with NBC president Jeff Zucker. The episode's director, Christopher Misiano, won
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Communion (book) Communion: A True Story is a book by American ufologist and horror author Whitley Strieber that was first published in February 1987. The book is based on the experiences of Whitley Strieber, who experiences "lost time" and terrifying flashbacks, which hypnosis undertaken by Budd Hopkins later links to an alleged encounter with aliens. The book was later made into a film directed by Philippe Mora and starring Christopher Walken as Strieber and Lindsay Crouse as his wife, Anne. A 2008 trade paperback edition presents a new preface by the author. Strieber compares the "familiar" being he sees, whom
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"Bruce Almighty". Others considered for the role include Michael Keaton and Christopher Walken. Although Cook had been a strong proponent of adapting Disney's rides into films, the box office failure of "The Country Bears" (2002) made Michael Eisner attempt to shut down production of "Pirates of the Caribbean". However, Verbinski told his concept artists to keep working on the picture, and when Eisner came to visit, the executive was astonished by what had been created. As recalled in the book "DisneyWar", Eisner asked "Why does it have to cost so much?" Bruckheimer replied, "Your competition is spending $150 million," referring
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a giant sea sponge instead. A captive James Bond, portrayed by Phil Hartman, offered to get Zorin "a good deal" on the abandoned Blofeld volcanic lair if Zorin let him go, to which he reluctantly agreed. He performed a song and dance rendition of the Irving Berlin standard, "Let's Face the Music and Dance". Finally, there was the "Colonel Angus" sketch, laden with ribald double entendres, in which Walken played a dishonored Confederate officer. Until 2003, Walken had a recurring "SNL" sketch called "The Continental", in which Walken played a "suave ladies' man" who in reality cannot do anything to
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"Kojak" as Ben Wiley, a robber. Walken won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Michael Cimino's 1978 film "The Deer Hunter". He plays a young Pennsylvania steelworker who is emotionally destroyed by the Vietnam War. To help achieve his character's gaunt appearance before the third act, Walken consumed only bananas, water, and rice for a week. Walken's first film of the 1980s was the controversial "Heaven's Gate", directed by Cimino of "Deer Hunter" fame. Walken also starred in the 1981 action adventure "The Dogs of War", directed by John Irvin. He surprised many critics and filmgoers with his
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an episode hosted by Walken did not have a "Continental" sketch or a monologue in which he sang and danced. This episode, however, did include one sketch titled "Walken Family Reunion", which spoofs many of Walken's idiosyncrasies. The sketch depicts a fictional Walken family reunion, where all of Christopher's relatives have his mannerisms and speech patterns, and sport his trademark pompadour hairstyle. In order of appearance, the other Walkens are Christopher's cousin Stanley (Bill Hader); Stanley's brother John (Jason Sudeikis); John's son Scott (Andy Samberg) and daughter Maxine (Amy Poehler) (who carries a doll that also has a pompadour); Nathan
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do anything." Johnny Depp once said one of main reasons of why he starred in "Nick of Time" was him wanting to work with Walken. Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Colin Farrell, Bradley Cooper, Leonardo DiCaprio are among actors who spoke about their admiration for Walken. Prominent movie critic Roger Ebert was particularly impressed by his villain and anti-hero portrayals, once stated "when he is given the right role, there is nobody to touch him for his chilling ability to move between easy charm and pure evil" and called him "one of the few undeniably charismatic male villains." Walken, along with
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suited him better than Ronnie (a pet form of his given name, Ronald), which he was credited as until then. He prefers to be known informally as Chris instead of Christopher. Walken made his feature film debut with a small role opposite Sean Connery in Sidney Lumet's "The Anderson Tapes". In 1972's "The Mind Snatchers" a.k.a. "The Happiness Cage", Walken played his first starring role. In this science fiction film, which deals with mind control and normalization, he plays a sociopathic U.S. soldier stationed in Germany. Paul Mazursky's 1976 film "Next Stop, Greenwich Village" had Walken, under the name "Chris
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(Fred Armisen), a gay relative for whom "flamboyance" means dressing all in black and running his finger around the rim of a cosmo glass; Uncle Richard (Darrell Hammond) and Aunt Martha (Kristen Wiig), who think that "The Deer Hunter" was hilarious, and who are hosts of a Nigerian foreign exchange student named Oleki (Kenan Thompson). When he came to live with them, Oleki—who has absorbed all of the Walken Family traits—could not speak any English. But now (he says) he "talks like a normal teenaged American boy". The biggest laugh of the sketch occurs when Christopher expresses his sympathies for
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Oswald Spengler and a classmate of Ramis at Senn High School, Egon Donsbach, a Hungarian refugee. Christopher Walken, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd and Jeff Goldblum were all considered for the role of Egon Spengler, before Ramis, who had gotten close to the character while writing him, felt compelled to play it himself. LaMarche stated that when he auditioned for the part of Spengler in "The Real Ghostbusters", he was asked not to do an impression of Ramis, which he ignored because impressions were one of his strengths as a performer, and there was no other way he could imagine properly
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pole dancers. A landlady by the name of Lillian plans on using the spot for a Bed Bath & Beyond location if she does not receive rent money. Desperate for money to keep the establishment open, Ray tries to find the winning ticket of his own lottery. His brother Johnnie helps keep the strip club open. The film shows the lives of people who depend on the strip club and what the lack of money does to them. The part of Ray Ruby was offered to Christopher Walken and Harvey Keitel. It was screened out of competition at the 2007
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Christopher Walken on stage and screen Christopher Walken is an American character actor whose career has spanned over 50 years with appearances in theater, film, and television. He has appeared in over 100 movies and television shows, including "A View to a Kill", "At Close Range", "The Deer Hunter", "King of New York", "Batman Returns," "Pulp Fiction", "Sleepy Hollow", "True Romance", and "Catch Me If You Can", as well as music videos by recording artists such as Madonna and Fatboy Slim. Walken's early career was primarily in theater and television where he often played small roles. During this period of
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Deadline (1987 film) Deadline is a 1987 war/drama film about a journalist amidst the Lebanese Civil War who is set up and fed false information. The film was directed by Nathaniel Gutman. Christopher Walken stars as main role, "ace reporter" Don Stevens. It was shot in Israel. It was released in some countries under the title Witness in the War Zone. Ace Reporter Don Stevens (Christopher Walken) is an American journalist who goes to Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War. He stays in a hotel with English journalist Mike Jessop. He is promised an interview with a top PLO
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It was the first known offering of its kind in the United States. He published a study of the Italian-American experience titled "Blood of My Blood: The Dilemma of the Italian Americans" in 1974; it was well received and has become a classic text. That same year, he co-founded "Italian Americana" with Ernest Falbo and Bruno Arcudi. In 1999, HBO made a fictionalized film, "Vendetta", based on Gambino's non-fiction book by the same name, about the March 14, 1891, lynchings of Italians in New Orleans. The film starred Christopher Walken, Edward Herrmann, and Bruce Davison. Gambino's play about Walt Whitman,
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transforms back again. Music by Michael Abbott <br> Lyrics by Anne Pearson Crosswell<br> Performed by Peasant Cast Music by Michael Abbott<br> Lyrics by Anne Pearson Crosswell<br> Performed by Christopher Walken and Nick Curtis Music by Michael Abbott<br> Lyrics by Anne Pearson Crosswell<br> Performed by Christopher Walken Music by Michael Abbott<br> Lyrics by Anne Pearson Crosswell<br> Performed by The King's Court Music by Michael Abbott<br> Lyrics by Anne Pearson Crosswell<br> Performed by Carmela Marner and Nick Curtis Music by Michael Abbott<br> Lyrics by Anne Pearson Crosswell<br> Performed by Christopher Walken, Nick Curtis, Carmela Marner and Elki Jacobs Music by Michael Abbott<br>
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on November 24, 2009. The Maiden Heist The Maiden Heist is a 2009 comedy film directed by Peter Hewitt and starring Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, William H. Macy and Marcia Gay Harden. The film was released as "The Heist" in the United Kingdom. Roger (Christopher Walken) is a security guard at an art museum who is only rarely in motion, opting rather to stare at his favorite painting, "The Lonely Maiden", a beautiful woman staring forlornly out into the distance. Despite the fact he has a wife, Rose (Marcia Gay Harden), he's become rather obsessed with the painting. Rose wants
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The Maiden Heist The Maiden Heist is a 2009 comedy film directed by Peter Hewitt and starring Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, William H. Macy and Marcia Gay Harden. The film was released as "The Heist" in the United Kingdom. Roger (Christopher Walken) is a security guard at an art museum who is only rarely in motion, opting rather to stare at his favorite painting, "The Lonely Maiden", a beautiful woman staring forlornly out into the distance. Despite the fact he has a wife, Rose (Marcia Gay Harden), he's become rather obsessed with the painting. Rose wants Roger to retire so
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Stark was looking for, falls at the feet of a young boy named Mykael Paun. Christopher Walken was robbed at the airport in Venice and his "The Prophecy II" script, glasses, keys, driver's license, and $100 were stolen. All items were later found (including the script) except for the money. "" marked the directorial debut of Patrick Lussier, who has often worked as an editor for horror director Wes Craven. "" and "" were filmed simultaneously. Furthermore, both films are without Christopher Walken and Steve Hytner as the Archangel Gabriel and the coroner Joseph, respectively. The first film of the
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teacher Sonia Moore. After numerous stage productions Off-Broadway, Hughes made his feature film debut in Robert Celestino's "True Convictions" (1991). Following his first appearance in "True Convictions", Hughes has starred in such films as: "Bad Boys" (1995) opposite Will Smith, "Lonely in America" (1991), "The Funeral" (1996) opposite Benicio del Toro and Christopher Walken, "Layin' Low" (1996), "Mr. Vincent" (1997) (for which he won mass critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival for his role as John Vincent), "Urban Jungle" (1999), "Robbers" (2000), "Anacardium" (2001) (for which he won "Best Actor" at the New York Independent Film Festival), and Steven
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Walken", playing fictional poet and ladies' man Robert Fulmer. In Woody Allen's 1977 film "Annie Hall", Walken played the homicidal and borderline crazy brother of Annie Hall (Diane Keaton). Also in 1977, Walken had a minor role as Eli Wallach's partner in "The Sentinel". In 1978, he appeared in "Shoot the Sun Down", a western filmed in 1976 that costarred Margot Kidder. Along with Nick Nolte and Burt Reynolds, Walken was considered by George Lucas for the part of Han Solo in "Star Wars"; the part ultimately went to Harrison Ford. In 1977, Walken also starred in an episode of
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than develop, new works. This has been a reaction to the "developed to death" notion in which the play never gets produced, but goes through endless readings and critiques that after a certain point in New York go through some kind of assiduous development process, and rare is the play that shows up on a producer's desk that gains any traction. On Broadway, this has happened in the past year with Martin McDonagh's "A Behanding in Spokane" and Mamet's "Race" although these shows were packaged with stars (Christopher Walken in the former) and with playwrights who are well established in
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bleak one about a painter who commits suicide, and was inspired by the case of an actor named Warren (Christopher Walken) who abruptly committed suicide by jumping off a building in the midst of the making of a film Marvin was directing years ago. Roth brings in young Stuart Stratland (Jace Alexander) to adapt the script for the investors' mistresses, but not only does Stuart constantly enrage Marvin with his suggested changes, he falls in love with Peggy and they have an affair. When Marvin's wife demands he grow up and move with her to New York, where she is
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and, most terrifying of all, a plan to massacre hundreds of civilians. In a story that takes the lid off events in Lebanon, Don Stevens becomes a reluctant hero, and in doing so, gets the scoop of a lifetime. Christopher Walken won the Magnolia Award for "Best Actor" at the Shanghai Television Festival. Sabra and Shatila massacre Deadline (1987 film) Deadline is a 1987 war/drama film about a journalist amidst the Lebanese Civil War who is set up and fed false information. The film was directed by Nathaniel Gutman. Christopher Walken stars as main role, "ace reporter" Don Stevens. It
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with Rourke on his film "Masked and Anonymous" in 2001. Film Comment, July/August 1992, "Out There on a Visit," Gavin Smith interview with Christopher Walken Homeboy (film) Homeboy is a 1988 drama film, directed by Michael Seresin. It was written by and stars Mickey Rourke in the role of self-destructive cowboy/boxer Johnny Walker. Christopher Walken also stars as Walker's slightly corrupt promoter, who encourages him to fight whilst hiding from him the fact that one more punch in the wrong place would kill him. The film was released on DVD on September 1, 2009. Johnny Walker (Mickey Rourke) is a
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and "Dangerous Game" (1993), starring Keitel and Madonna, for MGM. In the mid-1990s Ferrara returned to independent filmmaking, directing two well-received movies: "The Addiction" (1995) and "The Funeral" (1996). "The Addiction", photographed in black-and-white, starred Lili Taylor as a New York University philosophy student who succumbs to a vampire as she studies the problem of evil and philosophical pedagogy, represented by the most violent events of the 20th century. The film also features Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra, Edie Falco, Paul Calderon, Kathryn Erbe and Michael Imperioli. It was also co-produced by Russell Simmons. "The Funeral" starred Christopher Walken, Chris Penn,
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his claims that he and his friends were subject to visitations by unknown, other-worldly entities variously identified as possibly "aliens" or, simply, as "visitors". In 1989, he played the lead role of "Puss" in the Cannon theatre group's musical version of "Puss in Boots". "The Comfort of Strangers", an art house film directed by Paul Schrader, features Walken as Robert, a decadent Italian aristocrat with extreme sexual tastes and murderous tendencies who lives with his wife (Helen Mirren) in Venice. "King of New York" (1990), directed by Abel Ferrara, stars Walken as ruthless New York City drug dealer Frank White,
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One More Time (2015 film) One More Time is a 2015 drama film written and directed by Robert Edwards. The film stars Christopher Walken, Amber Heard, Kelli Garner, Hamish Linklater, Ann Magnuson and Oliver Platt. The film was released on April 8, 2016, by Starz Digital. Jude (Amber Heard) is a young, struggling singer-songwriter who leaves New York City to visit her father Paul (Christopher Walken, an old crooner trying to make a musical comeback) and their dysfunctional family in the Hamptons. In October 2014, "Deadline Hollywood" announced that Oliver Simon and Daniel Baur from K5 International would executive produce
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the Reaper". In the guise of record producer Bruce Dickinson (not to be confused with the real Bruce Dickinson, lead singer for Iron Maiden), Walken makes passionate and slightly unhinged speeches to the band and is obsessed with getting "more cowbell" into the song. The phrase "I gotta have more cowbell" has since been adapted to merchandise. The producer who actually did suggest the cowbell on the original BÖC recording is producer/composer David Lucas. Walken is also known for his part in one of Will Ferrell and Rachel Dratch's "The Luvahs" skits. His character brought a lady friend to meet
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Forster) whom he had not even known existed. He tries to keep this new life secret from his real family, especially from his very jealous fiancee (Christine Taylor), with the help of his new Cosa Nostra "family," especially his father's chief lieutenant (Christopher Walken). Kiss Toledo Goodbye Kiss Toledo Goodbye is a 1999 independent comedy/thriller film directed by Lyndon Chubbuck. Film stars Michael Rapaport, Christopher Walken, Robert Forster, Nancy Allen and Christine Taylor. Rapaport plays a young man who suddenly learns that the biological father he knew nothing about is a crime lord. Upon witnessing his father's death, he is
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the story of Frank Abagnale, Jr., a con artist who passed himself off as several identities and forged millions of dollars' worth of checks. His portrayal earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Walken also had a part in the 2003 action comedy film "The Rundown", starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Seann William Scott, in which he plays a ruthless despot. He was nominated for a Razzie (Worst Supporting Actor) in 2002's "The Country Bears" and in two 2003 movies, "Gigli" and "Kangaroo Jack". Walken also starred in Barry Levinson's "Envy", in which he plays J-Man,
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career, Walken had relatively small roles in episodes for a number of television shows. This list includes appearances in various episodes of fictional shows, while excluding appearances as himself on talk shows, interview shows, ceremonies, and the like. Walken has hosted "Saturday Night Live" a total of seven times, and is therefore part of the "Five-Timers Club", a select group of celebrities who have hosted the show five or more times. Among Walken's roles on the show, are as the title character in "The Continental" and as fictional record producer Bruce Dickinson in "More cowbell". In 2004, "The Best of
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"This guy looked like a Greek god. Then I saw him on television. I loved everything about him." He changed his hairstyle to imitate Elvis and hasn't changed it since. As a teenager, he worked as a lion tamer in a circus. Walken went to Hofstra University but dropped out after one year, having gotten the role of Clayton Dutch Miller in an off-Broadway revival of "Best Foot Forward", co-starring Liza Minnelli who played Ethel Hofflinger. Walken initially trained as a dancer at the Washington Dance Studio before moving on to dramatic roles in theater and then film. As a
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loan shark Alex "Shondor" Birns in the film based on the life of gangster Danny Greene, "Kill the Irishman". Walken reunited with McDonagh for the British crime comedy film "Seven Psychopaths" which had its world premiere on 7 September 2012. Walken also played the founder and leader of a string quartet in "A Late Quartet" (late in 2012). Walken costarred with Al Pacino and Alan Arkin in the film "Stand Up Guys", a story about aging gangsters out on the town for one last hoorah. He also appeared in "The Power of Few". In December 2012, Walken was selected as
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was authentic, until Walken's publicist dismissed the claims. When asked about the hoax in a September 2006 interview with Conan O'Brien, Walken said he was amused; and when asked to come up with a campaign slogan, he replied, "What the Heck" and "No More Zoos!" Walken married Georgianne Walken ("née" Thon), a casting director, in 1969. She is most notable for "The Sopranos". The couple have no children. Walken has stated in interviews that having no children is one of the reasons he has had such a prolific film career. The Walkens have a cat named Bowtie and their previous
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Man Who Came to Play" by Louis Garfinkle and Quinn K. Redeker, about Las Vegas and Russian roulette. Producer Michael Deeley, who bought the script, hired writer/director Michael Cimino who, with Deric Washburn, rewrote the script, taking the Russian roulette element and placing it in the Vietnam War. The film went over-budget and over-schedule, and ended up costing $15 million. The scenes depicting Russian roulette were highly controversial after the film's release. The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Michael Cimino, and Best Supporting Actor for Christopher Walken, and marked Meryl Streep's first Academy Award
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The Prophecy: Uprising The Prophecy: Uprising is a 2005 fantasy horror-thriller film and the fourth installment in "The Prophecy" series. This chapter does not feature series regular Christopher Walken, instead starring Doug Bradley, British actor Sean Pertwee, and frequent horror film actress Kari Wuhrer in the lead roles. This installment continues with the tale of war between angels. In the first war between the angels, Lucifer was cast out of heaven and became the creator of hell. Soon another war between angels started. This time there are two camps: one faction who hate humans and want them to fall from
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skydives out of a plane and lands on the top of the new skyscraper. His son, who is his assistant, remains in the plane, refusing to jump. Rebecca's 11th birthday is coming and she has always wanted a cat, but Tom has always refused as he hates cats. Not wanting to disappoint her, he rushes to get a last-minute present for his daughter's birthday, but as he is distracted, the GPS redirects him to a mysterious pet store called Purrkins Pet Shop, brimming with odd and exotic cats. The store's eccentric owner Felix Perkins (Christopher Walken) tells him he does
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child, Walken appeared on screen as an extra in numerous anthology series and variety shows during the Golden Age of Television. After appearing in a sketch with Martin and Lewis on "The Colgate Comedy Hour", Walken decided to become an actor. He landed a regular role in the 1953 television show "The Wonderful John Acton" as the show's narrator. During this time, he was credited as Ronnie Walken. Over the next two years, he appeared frequently on television (landing a role in the experimental film "Me and My Brother") and had a thriving career in theatre. From 1954 to 1956,
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cat was named Flapjack. The couple lives in Westport, Connecticut and they also have a vacation home on Block Island, Rhode Island. Walken was one of the last few people to see Natalie Wood alive before her drowning on November 29, 1981, near Santa Catalina Island, California, while on a Thanksgiving weekend boating trip. In 2011, Walken hired a lawyer when authorities reopened the Wood case, while the LAPD said, "Walken is not a suspect." The case was closed and termed an accidental death until June 2012, when the investigation was reopened and the cause of death was changed to
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New Rose Hotel (film) New Rose Hotel is a 1998 American cyberpunk drama film co-written and directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe and Asia Argento. It is based on William Gibson's story of the same name. Fox (Walken) and X (Dafoe) are corporate extraction specialists, half headhunters, half kidnappers, who specialise in helping R&D scientists relocate from corporations who would rather see them dead than working for their competitors. Fox is obsessed with one Hiroshi (played by Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano), a paradigm-shattering super-genius who is currently working for Maas, the corporation (Gibson employs the
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will decline a role only if he is simply too busy on other projects to take it. He regards each role as a learning experience. A rare example of a role Walken turned down was that of Ray Ruby in the film "Go Go Tales" (2007). According to film director Abel Ferrara, the character was originally written for Walken but the latter "didn't want to do it". The role was then given to Walken's "New Rose Hotel" (1998) co-star Willem Dafoe. Walken has hosted the comedy sketch and satire TV series "Saturday Night Live" seven times. He is one of
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Jackson parodied his audio narration of the book by appearing in an ad for Barack Obama's reelection campaign entitled "Wake the Fuck Up," written by Mansbach. As well as the audio book read by Samuel L. Jackson, the book attracted several celebrity readings including by German film director Werner Herzog at the official launch of the book at the New York Public Library. Kevin Pollak, doing a vocal impression of Christopher Walken, read some of the story on "Kevin Pollak's Chat Show" by viewer request. As part of a rapidly growing internet meme, the publisher of the book in Australia,
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Sondheim continued when Lane revised the original book for and starred in the Broadway debut of the composer's "The Frogs" at Lincoln Center in 2004. The Sondheim song, "Little Dream," in the film "The Birdcage," a role for which Lane received his first Golden Globe nomination"," was supposedly written especially for him. This was followed by the dark comedy "Mousehunt", one of the first films to come out of the newly formed DreamWorks Studios, in which he co-starred with British comedian Lee Evans and Christopher Walken. It was also the feature film debut of Gore Verbinski, who later went on
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her husband. It was the first time she had "been involved with a movie from the moment it's a germ of an idea right through the whole editing process." Her daughter had a small role as the younger Selene. The film was a box office success, grossing $111 million worldwide. Beckinsale's second film appearance of 2006 was opposite Adam Sandler and Christopher Walken in "Click", a comedy about an overworked family man who discovers a magical remote control that allows him to control time. The opportunity to play a mother "was one of the things that was attractive to me"
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as the best scene in the film and is the subject of four commentaries on the DVD. Walken has a supporting role in Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" as a Vietnam veteran named Captain Koons. He gives his dead comrade's son the family's prized possession—a gold watch—while explaining in graphic detail how he had hidden it from the Vietcong by smuggling it in his rectum after the boy's father, in whose rectum the watch had previously been concealed, had died of dysentery. Later in 1994, Walken starred in "A Business Affair", a rare leading role for him in a romantic comedy. Walken
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Festival. (R. Tantich, "Plays and Players," New York, 1995) In the 1996 film "Last Man Standing", Walken plays a sadistic gangster named Hickey. That year, he played a prominent role in the video game "Ripper", portraying Detective Vince Magnotta. "Ripper" made extensive use of real-time recorded scenes and a wide cast of celebrities in an interactive movie. In 1996 Walken also appeared in the Italian film "Celluloide" as US Officer Rod Geiger and played the role of Ray in the Abel Ferrara crime-drama film "The Funeral". In 1997, Walken starred in the comedy films "Touch" and "Excess Baggage" and had
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crime lord and Ping-Pong enthusiast Feng in the 2007 comedy action film "Balls of Fury" opposite Dan Fogler. Walken was in the movie "Five Dollars a Day" (released in 2008), in which he plays a con man proud of living like a king on $5 a day. The film "The Maiden Heist", a comedy co-starring Morgan Freeman, William H. Macy and Walken about security guards in an art museum, debuted at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on June 25, 2009. Walken also starred in Universal Studios Florida's "Disaster" attraction (formerly "Earthquake and the Magic of Effects" and soon to be
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of the American Humorists’ Series productions. A noted teacher for over 50 years, in his professional acting classes, Handman has trained many outstanding actors including: Alec Baldwin, James Caan, Kathleen Chalfant, Chris Cooper, Michael Douglas, Sandy Duncan, Mia Farrow, Christopher George, Richard Gere, Joel Grey, Allison Janney, Raul Julia, Frank Langella, John Leguizamo, Susan Lucci, Donna Mills, Robert Ozn aka Robert M. Rosen, Burt Reynolds, Tony Roberts, Anna Deavere Smith, Mira Sorvino, Christopher Walken, Denzel Washington, Lauren Graham and Joanne Woodward. In December 2013, a book by Jeremy Gerard was published entitled "Wynn Place Show: A Biased History of the
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William Hurt, Marsha Mason, Christopher Reeve, Holland Taylor, George Segal, Christopher Walken, Joan Van Ark, Treat Williams, Frances Sternhagen, Hank Offinger, Rebecca Cole, Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross and Nancy Blaine. On October 31 that same year, a Broadway production opened at the Edison Theatre, where it ran for 96 performances. It opened with Colleen Dewhurst and Jason Robards. Other performers paired in the Broadway production included Lynn Redgrave and John Clark, Stockard Channing and John Rubinstein, Jane Curtin and Edward Herrmann, Kate Nelligan and David Dukes, Polly Bergen and Robert Vaughn, Timothy Hutton and Elizabeth McGovern, Swoosie Kurtz and Richard
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a crazy guy who helps Ben Stiller's character, and in his starring role in 2004's "Around the Bend" he again has a dancing scene as he portrays an absentee father who has fled prison to reunite with his father, his son, and the grandson he never knew before dying. Walken played the role of Paul Rayburn in 2004's "Man on Fire", where, when speaking about the imminent destructive actions of John Creasy (Denzel Washington), his character states: "A man can be an artist... in anything, food, whatever. It depends on how good he is at it. Creasy's art is death.
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Drama, and the play completed a run in 1999 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, starring Molly Ringwald, with the original director and design team. Van Tieghem was also nominated for a 1998 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design for "Scotland Road". He received two 1999 Drama Desk Award Nominations - Outstanding Music in a Play for "The Turn of the Screw" and Outstanding Sound Design for "Stop Kiss". An active musician, composer and sound designer, Van Tieghem scored and sound designed the 2010 Broadway play "A Behanding in Spokane", starring Christopher Walken, and collaborated on new
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anecdotes, and routines around a theme still don't add up to a dramatic form." Other critics agreed on Walken's performance as "strange and rambling" or a "farrago of nonsense" while critics Thomas Hischak and Gerald Bordman identified it as the oddest play in New York that year. The New York Times, however, gave a more positive review of "Christopher Walken's woozily conceived, fantastical new play... In the sharpness and wit of the writing and in the performances by Mr. Walken and Mr. Heyman, this sequence gives you some idea of what the rest of "Him" might have been." The New
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Mowgli Mowgli is a fictional character and the protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" stories. He is a naked feral child from the Pench area in Seoni, India, who originally appeared in Kipling's short story "In the Rukh" (collected in "Many Inventions", 1893) and then went on to become the most prominent and memorable character in his collections "The Jungle Book" and "The Second Jungle Book" (1894–1895), which also featured stories about other characters. In the stories, the name Mowgli is said to mean "frog", describing his lack of fur. Kipling made up the name, and it "does not
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and anti-Italian in tone, and generally would not meet modern journalistic standards. It was almost universally assumed that the lynched men were Mafia assassins who had deserved their fate. Since then, many historians have questioned this assumption. The lynchings were the subject of the 1999 HBO movie "Vendetta", starring Christopher Walken. The movie is based on a 1977 book by Richard Gambino. On November 24, 1893, John Williams, an African-American, was sentenced to life in prison for the rape of the 10-year-old, Rafael D'Amico. Williams was one of the state witnesses in the Hennessy murder trial. Joseph Shakspeare had ordered
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Walter F. Parkes commented that she was "as fresh and honest as anyone we'd seen," which was an important element in the role. Christopher Walken was cast as Frank Abagnale, Sr. following Parkes' suggestion. Martin Sheen played Roger Strong as he had "intimidating presence". Spielberg wanted a French actress to portray Paula Abagnale to stay true to the facts. He asked for the help of Brian De Palma, who was living in Paris and he did tests with several actresses such as Nathalie Baye. Spielberg had seen Jennifer Garner on "Alias" and wanted her to play a small role in
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to previously mentioned political and actor caricatures, some episodes included complete parodies like those in "Animaniacs". The episode "The Megalomaniacal Adventures of Brainie the Poo" parodies "Winnie The Pooh". "Cameos" include Jagger instead of Tigger and Al Gore instead of Eeyore. Al Gore is "full of hot air", floating like a balloon. Other parodic elements include Christopher Walken in place of Christopher Robin and the "Brainie the Poo" book appears to have been authored by "A.A. Meeting." The three-part "Brainwashed" episode included several allusions to "The Prisoner" television show, though everyone in The Village was identified by the hat they
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company. This is the first Bond film to have a disclaimer ("The Living Daylights" had a disclaimer about the use of the Red Cross). Early publicity for the film in 1984 included an announcement that David Bowie would play Zorin. He later decided to turn down the role, saying, "I didn't want to spend five months watching my stunt double fall off cliffs." The role was offered to Sting and finally to Christopher Walken. Dolph Lundgren has a brief appearance as one of General Gogol's KGB agents. Lundgren, who was dating Grace Jones at the time, was visiting her on
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office of $51,684,798. Biloxi Blues (film) Biloxi Blues is a 1988 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, written by Neil Simon, and starring Matthew Broderick and Christopher Walken. Simon adapted his semi-autobiographical 1985 play of the same title, the second chapter in what is known as the "Eugene trilogy", the first being "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and the third being "Broadway Bound". The story centers on Eugene Morris Jerome, a 20-year-old Jewish Brooklynite who is drafted into the United States Army during the last year of World War II and is sent to Biloxi, Mississippi, for basic training. While there
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Biloxi Blues (film) Biloxi Blues is a 1988 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, written by Neil Simon, and starring Matthew Broderick and Christopher Walken. Simon adapted his semi-autobiographical 1985 play of the same title, the second chapter in what is known as the "Eugene trilogy", the first being "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and the third being "Broadway Bound". The story centers on Eugene Morris Jerome, a 20-year-old Jewish Brooklynite who is drafted into the United States Army during the last year of World War II and is sent to Biloxi, Mississippi, for basic training. While there he learns to
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presents Mr. Fuzzypants who has one life left. On 12 January 2015, it was announced Barry Sonnenfeld would direct the film. On 28 January 2015, Kevin Spacey joined the cast. On 25 March 2015, Malina Weissman joined the cast. On 31 March 2015, Christopher Walken joined the cast to play Felix Perkins, the owner of a mystical pet shop, and on 9 April 2015, Jennifer Garner and Robbie Amell joined as well. On 13 April 2015, Mark Consuelos was cast in the film, and on 27 April 2015, Talitha Bateman was cast as well. Principal photography began on 4 May
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number of possible motives to be subject to murder, none of which the police chose to investigate. He also notes that shortly after the lynching, the city passed an ordinance giving control of all New Orleans dock work to the newly formed Louisiana Construction and Improvement Corporation, a business headed by several of the lynch mob leaders. Italian waterfront merchants and workers, who had been making remarkable economic progress up to then, were thus eliminated as competitors. The 1999 HBO movie "Vendetta", starring Christopher Walken and directed by Nicholas Meyer, is based on Gambino's book. It portrays Macheca and several
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betrothed to Richard at age eight, but has since become Henry's mistress. The play premiered at the Ambassador Theatre on March 3, 1966, playing for 92 performances and closing on May 21, 1966. Directed by Noel Willman, it starred Robert Preston as Henry, Rosemary Harris as Eleanor, James Rado as Richard, and Christopher Walken as Philip. Harris won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play. George Peppard, perhaps most famous for his role on the hit eighties series, The A-Team, directed and starred in a well-received 1992 touring production of the play. Susan Clarke
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The Prophecy The Prophecy is a 1995 American fantasy horror-thriller film starring Christopher Walken, Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen, Eric Stoltz, and Viggo Mortensen. It was written and directed by Gregory Widen, and is the first motion picture of "The Prophecy" series including four sequels. The film tells the story of the Archangel Gabriel (Walken) and his search for an evil soul on Earth, and a police detective (Koteas) who unknowingly becomes caught in the middle of an angelic civil war. Thomas Dagget, a Catholic seminary student, loses his faith when he sees disturbing visions of a war between angels. Years
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