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Send us a Text Message.This conversation is a review of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, with discussions on the rankings, casting choices, and the popularity of pirates. The hosts also review two rums, with mixed opinions on their taste. They share trivia facts about the movies, including the original casting choices and the inspiration behind the character of Jack Sparrow. The conversation highlights the freedom and romanticized image associated with pirates. The conversation in this part of the recording covers various topics related to the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, including the portrayal of pirates, the makeup and special effects, the character of Jack Sparrow, the characters of Gibbs, Mr. Cotton, and Marty, the character of Captain Barbossa, the setting of Tortuga, and the naval warfare scenes. The conversation also touches on the relationship between Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, the curse of the Black Pearl, and the growth of Elizabeth's character throughout the films. In this part of the conversation, the hosts discuss the character of Lord Beckett and the East India Trading Company, as well as the island sequence and the character of Tia Dalma. They also express their love for the character of Davy Jones, played by Bill Nighy. In this part of the conversation, the hosts discuss their thoughts on Bill Nye's performance and the impressive CGI of Davy Jones. They also talk about the character development of Norrington and the well-choreographed three-way sword fight. The hosts express their love for the Kraken attack scene and the return of Barbossa at the end of the film. In this part of the conversation, the hosts discuss the Song of the Gallows and the scene with Captain Sao Feng. They also talk about the size and scale of Chinese and Japanese ships during that time period. They discuss the character development of Jack Sparrow and his relationship with Captain Barbossa. They debate the timeline of the movies and the journey to Davy Jones' Locker. They also discuss the relationship between Davy Jones and Calypso, and the pirate politics in the Brethren Court. The hosts praise the action sequences and the Hans Zimmer score. The Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy is highly enjoyable and well-crafted, with Support the Show.Subscribe to our YOUTUBE Channel to watch video versions of our showhttps://youtube.com/@barrelagedflickvideopodcast?si=XQtXR8xlhtxqlasf#beer #baf #moviepodcast #season4 #podcastlife #comedy #podcastlovers #2024 #cocktails #hilarious #podcasts #moviereview #podcastsofinstagram #moviefacts #liquor #drinkreview #barrelagedflickspodcast #barrelagedflicks #moviereviews #subscribe #drunkpodcast #podcast #barrelagedchicks #podcastsofyoutube #youtube #viral #drinkreviews #thetastingroom #guys #brothers #moviefacts #debates #arguments Please leave a LIKE on this video if you enjoyed our show and Subscribe to our YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram for show updates, plus behind-the-scenes photos of the drinks we've enjoyed on the show and pint review cards! "If you're enjoying our show, please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Spotify, Goodpods, or Apple Podcasts! Your support means the world to us." Don't miss out on our exclusive offers and ways to support the show: - Elevate your beard game with amazing products like Beard oil, Balm, Cologne, and more from [Copper Johns Beard](https://copperjohnsbeard.com). Use code BAF10 at checkout for a 10% discount! - Fuel your day with kickass coffee from [Coffee Bros](http://coffeebros.com). Use code BAF10 at checkout for 10% off your order! - If you would like to...

BRUCKNER: Misa nº 2 en Mi menor (36.11). Coro Schutz de Londres, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Dir.: R. Norrington. Intermezzo para quinteto de cuerda en Re menor (4.21). L’Archibudelli. Rondó en Sol Mayor nº 2 (4.14). C. Eggner (fortep.).Escuchar audio

This weekend I'm talking with wine expert Jane Norrington of See Jane Drink Wine about her favorite wine and cheese pairings for spring. She also shares her surprise recipe with us, which (hint! hint!) just might include wine.Links:Jane's Website: SeeJaneDrinkWine.comJane's IG: @SeeJaneDrinkWineOven-Baked BrisketMatzo Ball SoupMushroom Rice

Roger Norrington war viele Jahre lang der Chefdirigent des SWR Rundfunksinfonieorchesters Stuttgart. Am 16. März feiert er seinen 90. Geburtstag. Dirk Altmann, der Soloklarinettist des jetzigen SWR-Symphonieorchesters, hat ihn während seiner Stuttgarter Zeit ganz nah miterlebt und kann sagen: „Keine Probe mit ihm war langweilig!“ Über Norrington als Dirigent und Mensch, und über den sogenannten „Stuttgart Sound“, der prägend für das Orchester war, erzählt er im SWR2 Musikgespräch.

If fear of leaving a toxic job is paralyzing you, even when you know it's detrimental to you on many levels, then this is an episode you need to hear.  I'm in conversation with Dr. Kimani Norrington-Sands, also known as Dr. Kimani, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in California. As a Spelman College Alumna, Dr. Kimani focuses on supporting individual and collective healing so that clients can live a fulfilled life. Dr. Kimani draws upon her own healing journey as well as professional work to provide a range of services/products including The Manifesting Healing Job Coaching Program for Black Women who are interested in developing a plan to leave toxic jobs & “Butterfly Landing” (book that focuses on the healing journey of a Black girl who has experienced sexual abuse; Available on Amazon). We discuss; Using external validation to validate your self worth  The need to stop avoiding difficult conversations  How lying to yourself to justify staying in a toxic role  Why you need to believe in your own dopeness and more....... To connect with Dr Kimani Web: www.liftingasweclimbconsulting.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftingasweclimbconsulting/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/Kimani Norrington-Sands, Ph.D. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Lifting As We Climb Consulting Wellness Services For details of the upcoming Job Liberation Virtual Summit for Black Women  happening May 18th-19th online visit https://manifestinghealing.ck.page/summit ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

l⁠inktr.ee/CatchingUpOnCinema⁠ This month is “Dark Hero” month at Catching Up On Cinema All month long, Kyle and Trevor will be reviewing superhero movies of the antihero or dark hero variety! This week, Trevor and Kyle review Stephen Norrington's, Blade (1998)! Both popula and financially successful at the time of its release, Stephen Norrington's, Blade (1998), is an early live-action Marvel comics film that at one point faded into obscurity, but has since seen its cultural footprint grow in recent years. Released just prior to The Matrix (1999), as well as the comic book/superhero movie boom of the 2000's, beginning with 20th Century Fox's, X-Men (2000), Blade stands as the forerunner for many of the trends that would become ubiquitous in Hollywood action cinema in the coming years. Starring Wesley Snipes, who would represent the character to such a crowd-pleasing degree that subsequent iterations of the titular Blade would be altered to match his appearance and mannerisms, Blade is a high-energy action film that is distinctly of its time, yet remains quite charming for those with a strong tolerance for late-90's aesthetics. In actuality more of a supernatural action film than a superhero movie, in the long history of Big 2 (DC and Marvel) comic book adaptations, Blade holds the distinction of being both one of the earliest Marvel films (bearing an African American protagonist no less, as well as being a nasty and gritty), as well as being a rare, R-rated Marvel film, produced well before the rise of Marvel Studios' more homogenized branding and aesthetic. A cultural artifact of late 90's aesthetics and trends, as well as the crown jewel of director Norrington's very short filmography, Blade is an energetic and brutal superhero flick that is well worth revisiting. Follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@catchinguponcinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@CatchingCinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like, share, subscribe, and we'll catch you next time!

Do you know absolutely nothing about Classical Music, but want to impress the girl/boy/person of your desires by showing off just how cultured and educated you are? Well you've came to the right place. In just one 50 minute-ish episode, I'll teach you everything you need to know about the history of Western Classical Music from 1600 to present day. From all the fancy foreign words, to the 4 big eras of Western Classical Music; I've got the lot covered for you.(And for those who are already musicians, enjoy taking off your artist glasses and rediscovering music history with the sparkly eyes that we all once had.)If you'd like to support the podcast, you can buy me a beer or a Dr Pepper with my PayPal link below (also in my Instagram bio!)Inline G will ALWAYS be free of charge, but small donations of a few euro/pounds/dollars help keep the lights on round here, if you can afford it xwww.paypal.me/garethhouston92And, if you want to chat more, he's all my socials, I'd love to hear from you!TikTok, Facebook and Instagram: @GarethHoustonFluteSmooches xChapters:00:00 - Why on Earth am I doing this?06:35 - Symphony or Concerto, Arse or Elbow?13:00 - Baroque and Roll18:12 - Freiburg play Bach (recording)18:54 - Classical Era of Classical Music24:24 - Norrington conducts Mozart (recording)25:07 - Donations28:20 - Romance of the FA Cup (and Beethoven)36:48 - Vogt plays Grieg (recording)37:35 - Contemporary Era AKA Noise43:15 - Boulez conducts Boulez (recording)43:48 - Goodnight, Wembley Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Curse of the Black Pear by Irene Trimble原文Chapter XV: The Last of the PiratesJack stood in front of the governor, Commodore Norrington, Norrington's sailors, and people from the town."It's time, Jack Sparrow," said the governor.Suddenly, Will was at Elizabeth's side."I love you, Elizabeth," he said. "I wanted to tell you before, but I couldn't."Then he ran to Jack and threw him a sword.They fought Norrington's men.Elizabeth and her father watched."Shoot Sparrow!" shouted Norrington. "Use your guns!"Will stood in front of Jack."Shooth im, and you shoot me," he said."Will!"said the governor." What are you doing? This man is a pirate!""And a goodman!" Will shouted."You're nobody, Turner," said Norrington.Will looked at him."I'm the man between you and Jack," he said.Elizabeth stood next to Will."And my place is here, too!" she said.Norrington looked from Will to Elizabeth.He knew now. She didn't love him. She loved Will.Jack looked at the people around them."Friends, "he said. "Remember this day. On this day you almost killed..."But he didn't finish. He fell back into the harbor.Everybody ran and looked down.There, below them, they saw the Black Pearl.And on the Black Pearl were Jack's sailors.They were there for their captain.Norrington looked at Will.Then he looked at his sword."This is a good sword," he said. "A good man made it. I hope you're a good man, Will Turner."He turned to Elizabeth. "I hope you two will be very happy, Miss Swann,"he said.A sailor ran to them. "Commodore Norrington, sir, do we follow the Black Pearl?" "Not now. I think we can give them some time. We'll follow them later."He walked away, will looked at Elizabeth, and she smiled back at him."Oh, Dear, " said the governor, "He isn't a sailor, he isn't a captain.He's only a blacksmith. ""He's a pirate", Said Elizabeth, she smiled again.Jack swam to the black Pearl and climbed onto the ship."You came for me ", He said to Gibbs, looked at the floor."I know it was wrong of us. But..."Jack smiled.He looked back at Port Royal.Then he looked out across the ocean.It was a beautiful day.Ana Maria was at the front of the ship.She turned to him."Captain Sparrow," she said, "the Black Pearl is yours."Jack took off his hat and his coat.Then he smiled and turned the boat to the east. He started to sing: "Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.…."THE END

The Curse of the Black Pear by Irene Trimble原文Chapter XIV: The End of the CurseAt the same time, Elizabeth left the Dauntless and swam to the Black Pearl.She climbed up the side and heard pirates.There were only two of them on the ship.They wanted Barbossa to come back.They wanted the end of the curse.The sailors looked at the food on the captain's table."What will you eat first?" one asked."Cake. A lot of cake," said the other man.Quietly, Elizabeth climbed onto the Pearl.But then the pirates saw her."Hey,you! Stop!"Elizabeth ran and the pirates followed.But they stopped when they heard a noise behind them."What was that?"Gibbs was there.Then Ana Maria, and more sailors.They pushed the two pirates, hard, and the pirates fell into the water."Who are you?" said Elizabeth."We're Jack Sparrow's sailors," said one of them." And now the Black Pearl is ours!" "Good! " said Elizabeth."We have to help Will. And Jack, too. Quick! We have to go into the cave."But the sailors didn't move."No, "said Ana Maria. "The Black Pearl is ours, not Jack Sparrow's. He took my boat.""OK, "said Elizabeth." Then I'll go without you!"Int he cave, Jack, Will, and Barbossa looked at the gold."I don't understand you," said Barbossa. "Are you with them or with us?""I'ma difficult man," said Jack. "Nobody understands me. ""Here,catch! " he said to Will, suddenly.He threw a sword from the floor to the young man."Jack!"said Barbossa. "I almost liked you!"Jack laughed."Remember, I am a pirate!" he said.Jack fought Barbossa, and Will fought Barbossa's men.Suddenly,Barbossa stopped."You can't win, Jack," he said.Then he pushed his sword hard into Jack.It went through him and came out of his back.Jack stopped fighting.Will stopped fighting.They looked at the end of the sword."I liked your curse," said Jack." I wanted some gold, too."He pulled a gold medallion from his pants.He was a skeleton, too!Jack pulled the sword out, and the two skeletons fought again.Barbossa was good with a sword, but Jack was better and quicker.But ghosts don't die.He couldn't kill Barbossa, and Barbossa couldn't kill him.Will fought the other pirates.Then,suddenly, he saw Elizabeth."I want to help you," she said.She took a sword and started to fight.But Barbossa saw Elizabeth too, put his sword near her head."I win. Captain Sparrow, " He said, give me your sword or the girl dies. Jack didn't move.He looked at Elizabeth, and then it will took out his gun and looked at Barbossa.Then he shot.Barbossa smiled, "Are you stupid? You wait 10 years,and then you use your gun on me. You can't kill me.""He'snot stupid, " said Will, he stood next to the box of pirate gold, with the medallion in his hand.His hand was bloody.He put the medallion in the box.Barbossa stopped talking.He looked down at his shirt and saw blood.Then he fell down, dead.The same time on the dauntless.The other pirates changed, too.The skeletons were now men."What's happening?" said one of them."I feel..."Norrington's men fought them easily.Some pirates died.The men put the other pirates in chains.In the cave, Jack cut his hand, put some blood onto his medallion, and put the medallion in the box.He took some other gold from the floor, then he left the cave with Elizabeth and Will.But the Black Pearl wasn't there.He sat down."I'm sorry, Jack," Elizabeth said."I understand," said Jack. "I was late, so they didn't wait. They were right. Pirates don't wait for anybody."

The Curse of the Black Pear by Irene Trimble原文Chapter XIII: Back to the Isla de MuertaJack was on the Dauntless again.And again,Commodore Norrington wanted to put him in chains."Mr. Norrington!" Elizabeth said. "We have to go to the Isla de Muerta. Captain Sparrow can help us, but not in chains.""Commodore Norrington," said Jack, "Barbossa is the captain of the last pirate shipin the Caribbean. You have to catch him. But without me, how can you find him?"Norrington thought about this."We have to go back to Port Royal," he said. "The governor wants to take his daughter home. We can't go after pirates.""Please,please," said Elizabeth. "Will is on the Isla de Muerta. We have to help him.""Do we?""Mr. Norrington, you want to marry me. We can marry. We will marry. But first, we have to help Will. Please do it for me."Norrington smiled.Then he turned to his sailors."OK,men, get ready. We're going to the Isla de Muerta"Will and the ghostly pirates were in the cave on the Isla de Muerta."It isn't a problem," Pintel told Will. "It's only a little blood.""Maybe more than a little," said Barbossa.He pushed Will down on the floor and put a knife to his head."Excuse me!""Who's that?" said Barbossa. "Who's there?""It's me. Captain Jack Sparrow." Jack walked into the cave.Barbossa looked at him."Not you again!" he said. "How did you get off the island?"Jack laughed,and Barbossa got angry."First Turner, then you," he said to Jack. "I want to see you die.""No,"said Jack, very slowly. "You don't want to do that.""And why not?""Because the Dauntless is here. They want to take you. "Barbosa took the knife away from Will's head. Take us."They can't. We're not men. We're ghosts.""You are ghosts now. But after the blood, when you're men again, they can kill you."Barbosa thought about this."So,what's your plan?" he said. "Go out to the Dauntless now. Ghosts can take the Dauntless. Then you'll have two ships.""And what do you want?" "I want to be a captain again. Under you, of course. You'll have the Dauntless,and I'll be your captain on the Black Pearl."Barbossa smiled. "Okay. Let's do it. "Outside the cave.Commodore Norrington waited on the water.He had seven small boats and more than fifty men.It was time for a fight.But when the ghostly pirates started to move, Norrington didn't see them.They weren't in their boats.They walked on the ocean floor, below Norrington and his men.Only the fish saw them."Where are they?" said one of the sailors. "Can anybody see them?"Suddenly,they heard a loud noise. Guns!On the Dauntless! Commodore Norrington turned and looked at his ship.He saw his men.And he saw... skeletons."Quickly!"he shouted. "Back to the ship!"They went back to the Dauntless and climbed up the side.They shot at the ghostly pirates, but they couldn't kill them.Then Norrington saw Governor Swann."Are you OK, sir?" he asked."I'm OK. But where's Elizabeth?"

This week we hear from both Director of People & Training Victoria Freeman and HR & Training Manager Holly Norrington from the award-winning catering company Thomas Franks. In this week's conversation, Vicky and Holly cover their business model, how they were able to build upon their values through feeding initiatives during covid, their beliefs they stand by in Thomas Franks and designing a team culture for longevity. They also discuss how they successfully grow as a company, how their top leaders support ideas that contribute to the Thomas Franks brand, recruiting people with the same values, and continuing to not stay complacent but thinking ahead.Connect with Thomas Frankshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-f-28287917a/https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-norrington-b36a04a1/https://thomasfranks.com/https://www.theburntchefproject.com/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacyChartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

The Curse of the Black Pear by Irene Trimble原文Chapter VII: On the Dauntless and the InterceptorWhen Will Turner woke up, his head hurt.But he thought only of Elizabeth.He ran to the governor's office.He found the governor, Norrington, and the two sailors."The pirates have Elizabeth!" he shouted.Norrington looked at him."Mr.Turner," he said. "You're a blacksmith. This isn't your fight. Please go.""We have to find her," Will said."Of course we do," Norrington said. "And we will.""Jack Sparrow!" said one of the sailors. "He knows about the Black Pearl.""Go to Sparrow. Ask him!" shouted Will. "We can follow the ship! He can take us to it.""Mr.Turner," said Norrington. "Please leave us. Now!" He turned away.Will ran to Jack's cell."Hey,you! Sparrow! Do you know the pirate ship - the Black Pearl?""Yes..."said Jack. "Where does it go?""It sails from the Isla de Muerta – the Island of the Dead. You know the stories. Butwhy ask me?""They took Miss Swann," said Will angrily.The pirate smiled."Oh,so you did find a girl..." he said. "But what can I do? I'm inhere.""I can help you," said Will. "I can get you out of here, and then you can help me!"Jack Sparrow thought about this."Whats your name, boy?" he asked. "Turner. Will Turner.""Turner?OK, Mr. Turner. I'll help you. But first, I have to get out of this cell."Will smiled. He was a blacksmith. He could open a cell door!When Jack was free, he and Will went down to the harbor."What are we going to do?" asked Will."We're going to take that ship," said Jack."The Dauntless.""Take it? You're crazy!"But Will followed Jack.The two men swam to the ship and climbed up the side.There were sailors on the ship."Don't move!" Jack told them."I have a gun! I want this ship."The sailors looked at Jack, then at Will.They started to laugh, "But this is a big ship," one of them said. "You can't sail it with two men!""We can try," said Jack. "Now, leave!"The sailors looked at Jack and Will. They looked at the gun.And then they got into a small boat and left the Dauntless.From the Interceptor, Norrington saw Will and Jack on the Dauntless."What?"he thought. "You? But how...? And where are you going on my ship?"He turned to his sailors. "Quickly," he said. "We have to catch the Dauntless. Now!"The Interceptor was a faster ship, and minutes later it was near the Dauntless."Let'stake them!" shouted Norrington.He and his men went onto the Dauntless.Only one man stayed on the Interceptor.Norrington's men looked every where."Find them! I know they're here!" the captain shouted.But Jack and Will weren't on the Dauntless.They were now on the Interceptor."Hello,"said Jack to the only sailor there.The man looked at him.He looked at Jack's sword. And he looked at Jacks gun."Can you swim?" asked Jack."Like a fish," said the sailor."Good!"said Jack and threw him in the water.Commodore Norrington and his men saw the sailor when he fell."Stop them!" Norrington shouted. "Stop them!"But it was too late.The Interceptor sailed out of the harbor.

The Curse of the Black Pear by Irene Trimble单词提示1.blacksmith 铁匠原文Chapter IV: In the Blacksmith's StoreJack ran down one street and up the next.He turned left.He turned right.He ran and ran.Then he listened.He couldn't hear the sailors.He was free!But he had the chains on his hands.He saw a store and opened the doors.Then he went in, very carefully.It was dark, but he could see some swords and knives."Ah,a blacksmith's store," he thought. "I can use one of those knives."He took one and started to cut the chains.It was hard work, and it hurt his hands.But after a minute or two, the chains fell to the floor.Suddenly,Jack heard a sound behind him.It was Will Turner."What are you doing here?" asked Will.He looked at Jack."Oh,you're the pirate. People are looking for you."He took a sword."Is that a good idea?" asked Jack.Will didn't speak.He put up his sword and looked at Jack.They fought.Jack was quick, but Will was quick, too."You can use a sword!" said Jack.He turned and ran to the door.But Will was too quick for him.He threw his sword at the door.It went over Jack's head.Jack tried to pull it out, but he couldn't.And now he couldn't open the door.He turned to Will and smiled."That was good," he said.He looked at the other door to the store."But you're between me and that door. And now you have no sword!"Will took another sword and they fought again."Do you make these swords?" Jack asked."Yes,and I use them for three hours a day after work, too," will answered."Why don't you find a girl? It's more exciting," Jack said.He took out a gun."Now,move away from the door," he said.Behind Jack, Will saw his boss, Mr. Brown.In Mr. Brown's hand, there was a bottle.Slowly,the blacksmith moved his arm up.And then he hit Jack on the head - hard.Jack fell to the ground.Norrington arrived with his sailors.He looked down at Jack."Good work, Mr. Brown. Remember this day. On this day, Captain Jack Sparrow almost got away!"Mr.Brown looked at the glass on the ground."He broke my bottle!" he said.

The Curse of the Black Pear by Irene Trimble单词提示1.Interceptor 拦截者号2.harbor 港口原文Chapter III: Captain Jack Sparrow.Captain Jack Sparrow looked at the ships in Port Royal.His boat was small and old.He wanted a new, bigger ship.He had no money, but that wasn't a problem.Jack Sparrow was a pirate, and he had a plan.He looked at the Dauntless for a long time.It was a big ship with fifty guns.Then he saw the Interceptor.It was smaller, but faster.He wanted it.There were two sailors next to the Interceptor.Jack went to them."Hey,you can't come here," one of them said.He looked at Jack's old boat and laughed."Who are you? And what's that?""That's my boat," said Jack.He smiled at the man and looked carefully at the Interceptor.The man smiled back."I like your ship," Jack said."Yes,it's the fastest ship in the Caribbean.""Really?"said Jack. "Isn't the Black Pearl the fastest ship?"The sailor laughed."Ghost stories are for children," he said."It isn't a story," said the other sailor to his friend."I saw that ship." He turned to Jack - but Jack wasn't there.He was on the Interceptor.The sailors ran after him."What are you doing?" they shouted."You can't go up there! What's your name?""Smith,"Jack answered."And what are you doing in Port Royal, Mr. Smith?""I want one of these ships," Jack said.The sailors thought about this.High above the harbor, Elizabeth stood with Commodore Norrington.It was a hot day, and her dress was very heavy."Look at the ships down in the harbor," she said. "They're beautiful.""And you are more beautiful," said Commodore Norrington. "You're a fine woman."Elizabeth didn't say anything."I hope..." he said. "I hope that one day you will marry me,Elizabeth.""Marry?"Elizabeth said. "Marry you?"She moved back, but she couldn't move easily in her new dress.Suddenly,she fell.She fell down, down into the harbor below.On the Interceptor, Jack and the two sailors saw everything.The sailors didn't move."Quick!"Jack said to them. "Aren't you going to help her?""But we can't swim!""Here,"said Jack." Take these and don't lose them!"He gave them his hat and his gun.Jack jumped into the water and swam to Elizabeth.She was under the water.He took her hand and tried to help her.But her dress was too heavy!Jack found his knife and cut the dress off.Then he pulled the young woman out.Commodore Norrington and Governor Swann ran down to the harbor."Thank you!Thank you!" said the governor." Elizabeth, my dearest daughter, areyou OK?""Yes,yes, I'm fine," said Elizabeth.She sat up.Norrington looked at Jack."Goodman!"he said. "Thank you! Give me your hand."Then he saw it - a white P on Jack's hand."I know you," he said. "You're a pirate!"He looked at Jack carefully. "Your name is Jack Sparrow.""Captain Jack Sparrow, please," said Jack."I don't see your ship... captain," said Norrington. "And you're a pirate.""He wanted to take one of our ships."The sailors from the Interceptor were with them now.Norrington looked at Jack and laughed.Then he turned to the sailors."Take him away!" he said. "Put him in chains. Now!"The sailors put chains on Jack."You can't do that!" said Elizabeth. "Maybe he is a pirate, but he helped me."Suddenly,Jack moved.He jumped behind Elizabeth and put his chains around her.The sailors showed their guns."No,no, don't shoot!" shouted Norrington. "Be careful! He'll kill her."Jack pulled Elizabeth back."I really don't like you," Elizabeth said to him."I helped you and now you're helping me," Jack said.He smiled.Then,suddenly, he took the chains off Elizabeth and ran."Get him!" shouted Norrington. "Get him, now!"

Will and Matt discuss the future director of Blade's Stephen Norrington and his feature film directorial debut! Discussions include naming characters after your favorite things, how to not kill off your characters, and staying quiet when trying to be sneaky! PLUS MORE!DISCLAIMER: Language and Spoilers!DEATH MACHINEdir. Stephen Norringtonstarring: Brad Dourif; Ely Pouget; Richard Brake

Pintel: How'd this go all screwy? Ragetti: Well, each wants the chest for hisself, don't 'e? Mr. Norrington, I think, is trying to regain a bit of honor. Old Jack's looking to trade it, save his own skin. And Turner there, I think 'e's trying to settle some unresolved business twixt him and his twice-cursed pirate father. Pintel: Sad. - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest The post S43E8 – Characters: The Greek Chorus appeared first on Writing Roots.

Send us a Text Message.Today, Brian interviews Dr. Kimani Norrington-Sands, a licensed clinical psychologist with over 15 years of experience providing mental health and consultation services. Dr. Kimani is also the founder of Lifting As We Climb Consulting, where she offers strength-based, culturally grounded, and trauma-informed trainings and consultations focused on emotional wellness.Dr. Kimani shares her personal story of leaving her job during the pandemic and discusses the grief that often accompanies job transitions, as well as toxic work environments. As someone who has worked extensively in the mental health field, she also offers insights into how individuals can prioritize their mental health during times of change and uncertainty.In addition to her work as a licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Kimani is also the author of Butterfly Landing, a book that explores themes of resilience, self-care, and personal growth. Her expertise includes areas such as health awareness, cultural context and trauma, psychological first aid, crisis response, suicide prevention and intervention, threat response and management, and staff wellness.If you're interested in learning more about how to support emotional wellness in your personal or professional life, this episode is a must-listen.Enjoy the conversation!Stay connected with our GuestConnect with Dr. Kimani on LinkedInVisit Lifting As We Climb ConsultingPurchase Butterfly LandingStay connected with the ShowVisit Us: Why I LeftSubscribe on: YouTube, Apple Podcasts, & SpotifyRSS feed: Why I Left RSSSupport the ShowFollow us:Instagram: @OfficialWhyILeftLinkedIn: @WhyILeftFacebook: @OfficialWhyILeft#WhyILeftPodcast #GreatResignation #PodcastShoutout to our crew:Why I Left Logo: Ei8htz.Host imagery: Dos Ojos Media. Audio & Video Production: A Podcast Geek Music: Vicate Studios & FASSounds;B Runs Chicago BetterHelp Online Therapy - Get 10% off your first month and get matched to a therapist. 10% off first order at APodcastGeek.com Visit APodcastGeek.com, sign up, and use code BA10 to get 10% off your first order.Support the Show.

Today, Brian interviews Dr. Kimani Norrington-Sands, a licensed clinical psychologist with over 15 years of experience providing mental health and consultation services. Dr. Kimani is also the founder of Lifting As We Climb Consulting, where she offers strength-based, culturally grounded, and trauma-informed trainings and consultations focused on emotional wellness.Dr. Kimani shares her personal story of leaving her job during the pandemic and discusses the grief that often accompanies job transitions, as well as toxic work environments. As someone who has worked extensively in the mental health field, she also offers insights into how individuals can prioritize their mental health during times of change and uncertainty.In addition to her work as a licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Kimani is also the author of Butterfly Landing, a book that explores themes of resilience, self-care, and personal growth. Her expertise includes areas such as health awareness, cultural context and trauma, psychological first aid, crisis response, suicide prevention and intervention, threat response and management, and staff wellness.If you're interested in learning more about how to support emotional wellness in your personal or professional life, this episode is a must-listen. Enjoy the conversation!Stay connected with our GuestConnect with Dr. Kimani on LinkedInVisit Lifting As We Climb ConsultingPurchase Butterfly LandingStay connected with the ShowVisit Us: Why I LeftSubscribe on: YouTube,  Apple Podcasts, & SpotifyRSS feed: Why I Left RSSSupport the Show Follow us:Instagram: @OfficialWhyILeftLinkedIn: @WhyILeftFacebook: @OfficialWhyILeft#WhyILeftPodcast #GreatResignation #Podcast Shoutout to our crew: Why I Left Logo: Ei8htz.Host imagery: Dos Ojos MediaThis episode is brought to you in part by Gaspard Tovar Consulting. Inspiring others, providing clarity to the financial aspects of life, and helping you achieve your financial goals.Gaspard Tovar Consulting Gaspard Tovar Consulting, LLC: Helping manage your finances so you can focus on your business. Why I Left listeners can get 10% off their first month of Better Help by visiting betterhelp.com/whyileft.BetterHelp Online Therapy Get matched to one of 31,000 licensed therapists based upon location, preferences & availability.As a BetterHelp affiliate, we may receive compensation from BetterHelp if you purchase products or services through the links providedSupport the show

Nachdem Mozarts Tochter an einer Darmkolik gestorben war, schreibt er die g-Moll-Sinfonie KV 550. Wie gehen die Dirigenten damit um? Celibidache, Norrington, Klemperer - Roland Kunz stellt die Interpretationen dieser Dirigier-Schwergewichte nebeneinander.

Dr. Kimani Norrington-Sands - Licensed Clinical Psychologist in California who specializes working with Black women - joins Tavis to discuss the effects of toxic work environments on Black women and discussing strategies for leaving these environments and finding support.

The second in the series on 'The Future of Teacher Development in ELT', this episode hears from Richard Chinn and Danny Norrington-Davies, two teacher trainers and developers who have recently published a cutting edge book called 'Working with Emergent Language'.

This week I talk with WSET Level 2 certified Sommelier, Jane Norrington of  Seejanedrinkwine.com.  She shares some of her valuable wine knowledge, including why you should never rule out a varietal based on past experience. We also talk about the value of concierge wine-trip planning, wine cellar management, and her private in-home (or online) tastings.Have a great weekend,Christine xoLinks:Seejanedrinkwine.comIG: @seejanedrinkwineNo-Boil Chicken Alfredo Pasta BakeCrispy Baked Chicken WingsHoney Bourbon ChickenPhoRecipe of the Day PodcastRecipe of the Day Facebook GroupI Love My Air Fryer: Cooking for One by Heather Johnson

We continue our voyage through Dead Man's Chest! Justin explains the first kraken attack scene and how it was shot practically and enhanced with special effects. We also finally reach Isla Cruces which is the island hiding the Dead Man's Chest itself. Learn which Caribbean island the three way sword fight between Jack, Will, and Norrington was shot on and how it was tough to shoot, as well as the practical shooting of the water wheel fight. Elizabeth also leaves her old life behind, and Jack's scared again when his black spot returns.  Send me an email: podcastsofthecaribbean@gmail.com Follow on Twitter: @podcastpotc Follow on Instagram: @podcastsofthecaribbean

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Grow with other teacherpreneurs in our free support community.  Danny Norrington Davies and Richard Chinn have done extensive research on emergent language and have co-authored "Working with emergent language." Danny has over 25 years in the industry and is currently a CELTA and DELTA tutor. His first book "Teaching Grammar: From Rules to Reasons" was a best-seller. Richard has trained teachers all over the world and currently does pre-service and in-service training courses at IH London. He is also an associate professor at King's College London.  In this episode, Danny & Richard discuss: the rise of emergent language why many were resistant to the idea the imbalance between research on error correction versus emergent language use  incidents that prevent language from emerging  the connections between emergent language and task-based learning how teachers can develop their "emergent language muscle" why the student's agenda supersedes the teacher's  how teachers can utilize emergent language even with beginners why they decided to write a book on emergent language More on Richard & Danny: Connect with Richard on LinkedIn Connect with Danny on LinkedIn Grab your copy of their book "Working with emergent language". See our blog post about this episode.  As always, thank you for listening. Your support has been overwhelming and we couldn't do what we do without you. We hope this podcast serves as an effective CPD tool for you. If you have a comment or question about today's show, we'd love to hear from you: info@learnyourenglish.com  Ways we at LYE can help you right now: 1. Sandbox your own course ideas in our free support community for teacherpreneurs.  2. Get your own clients on social media right now 3. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel 4. See our free guides for teachers  5. Book a complimentary consultation with us to look at your goals 

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The daywalker returns to Verbal Diorama for Sequeltember, and this time he has a Blood Pack. Guillermo del Toro admired Stephen Norrington's Blade so much, he analysed it in depth once he took the reins for Blade II. He wanted to build on the world of Blade (1998) by upping the blood, gore, martial arts and monsters, while also staying true to Norrington's original vision. On its release in 2002, critics were mixed on Blade II, and even now it sits at a disappointing 57% on Rotten Tomatoes, but Blade II gave us more than the return of Wesley Snipes in the role he was born to play, more than the resurrection of Whistler, more than the always perfect Ron Perlman, or more than the terrifyingly beautiful design for the Reapers. Blade II left a lasting legacy, which is still being felt today, and without it cinema would be very different and slightly less full of beautiful monsters... I would love to hear your thoughts on Blade II ! GET IN TOUCH.... Twitter https://twitter.com/verbaldiorama (@verbaldiorama) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/verbaldiorama (@verbaldiorama) Facebook https://www.facebook.com/verbaldiorama (@verbaldiorama) Letterboxd https://www.facebook.com/verbaldiorama (@verbaldiorama) Email verbaldiorama [at] gmail [dot] com Website https://my.captivate.fm/verbaldiorama.com (verbaldiorama.com) SUPPORT VERBAL DIORAMA.... Give this podcast a five-star https://verbaldiorama.com/rateandreview (Rate & Review) Join the https://verbaldiorama.com/patreon (Patreon) Thank you to all the patrons Simon E, Sade, Claudia, Simon B, Laurel, Derek, Vern, Kristin, Cat, Andy, Mike, Griff, Luke, Emily, Michael, Scott, Brendan, Ian, Lisa, Sam, Will, Jack, Dave, Chris, Stuart, Sunni, Drew, Nicholas, Zo, Kev, Pete, Heather and Danny BRAND-NEW https://verbaldiorama.com/merch (Merch) STORE!! T-shirts inspired by The Mummy (1999) with more collections to come! EPISODE THANKS TO.... Most excellent patrons: Andy for his patron thoughts. You can find him @geeksaladradio on Twitter and his podcast Geek Salad on all your podcast apps. Zo for his patron thoughts. You can find him @BackLookCinema on Twitter and his podcast Back Look Cinema on all your podcast apps. Twitter peeps @dad_sleepy @holmesmoviespod @soyouthinkpod @hesster56 @HarrymetMovies @kevin_thecritic @BurghFan004 @Recastedpodcast @diabolicalpod @Teddyhoggle @dissectthatfilm @DWLundberg @ShoottheFlick @Oral_mfc @GenuineChitChat @jonnyliterati @RayTaylor Instagram folk None this time Facebook chums John Theme Music: Verbal Diorama Theme Song Music by Chloe Enticott - https://www.facebook.com/watch/Compositionsbychloe/ (Compositions by Chloe ) Lyrics by Chloe Enticott (and me!) Production by Ellis Powell-Bevan of Ewenique Studio https://www.captivate.fm/signup?ref=emmcgowan (This podcast is hosted by Captivate, try it yourself for free.)

durée : 00:06:21 - L'Affaire Norrington, ou le débat du vibrato en orchestre - par : Christophe Dilys - Voyage dans le temps au XIXe siècle : comment les orchestres jouaient-ils ? Avec ou sans vibrato ? Sir Roger Norrington entend faire du concert un événement aussi spontané qu'à l'époque, avec applaudissements, cris d'admiration.. et un son sans vibrato, ce qui fait grincer des dents. Ecoutons cela !

Episode 12 - Pirates of the Carribbean: Dead Man's Chest In which our heroes: - discuss what a calypso for Calypso would sound like - mourn the loss of Norrington's wig - find out why Charlotte hates crabs

Doug and Coker return with another Slashers Smoke Break episode, by popular demand! To get an early start on [Fe]Bruary, they are doing Death Machine. What is [Fe]Bruary? It's a celebration of killer robots (and Fe is iron on the periodic table of elements). Written and directed by Stephen Norrington, the film stars icons, Brad Dourif and Richard Brake. Norrington, previously worked as a special effects artist on films such as Lifeforce, Aliens, Hardware, The Witches, and Split Second. He also allegedly punched Sean Connery. The guys also talk about Mark Rosman's 1995 film, Evolver. . . then of course Doug brings up Short Circuit 2 (RIGHTFULLY, BECAUSE IT IS THE STUFF OF LEGEND). This week If you ever have feedback or recommendations on future episodes, please let us know at slasherspod@gmail.com. You can always find us on our social media: Instagram, Twitter, Slasher App: @slasherspod Facebook: /slasherspod Reddit: u/slasherspod https://www.youtube.com/c/slasherspodcast You can find our merch, and links to all our online presence here: linktr.ee/slasherspod Theme song is I wanna Die by Mini Meltdowns. https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ZAk6lUDsaJj8EAhrhzZnh https://minimeltdowns.bandcamp.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slasherspod/support

Am 18. November 2021 dirigiert Sir Roger Norrington noch einmal Joseph Haydn am Pult der Royal Nothern Sinfonia. Er habe entschieden, dass dies sein letztes Konzert auf dem Podium sei, teilt das Konzerthaus "The Sage Gateshead" auf seiner Webseite mit. Mit diesem letzten Auftritt beendet Norrington seine über 50-jährige Karriere. Im Gespräch mit BR-KLASSIK verrät Sir Roger, was sein Haydn-Geheimnis ist und warum er auf Memoiren verzichtet.

Once upon a time ...... There was a water ride at a Disney theme park that someone thought would make a good film (??!?!), so they grabbed a pen and some paper, and set about writing a script filled with curses, pirates, love and swashbuckling.The film was very OTT, everyone loved the main character who was a drunken bum, there was indeed swashbuckling, rum, love, curses, pirates, rum and strumpets, and thus began a franchise.This week, our TOP 100 Movie Challenge continues as we talk about Captain Jack Sparrow, Barbosa, Norrington, Turner, Swan, over inflated budgets and rum.  Uncle Argyle tells us a story, we talk Bang For Your Buck and play Are you Not Entertained!!.  Here's the handy link to our original episode on Pirates 1, 2, 3 (4 & 5).  If you enjoyed either show please leave a review in Podchaser - it helps us grown and makes us look good.  Otherwise please review us wherever you listen to us.You can also find us in the following places.  Subscribe and join the conversation with our community.TwitterInstagramLetterboxdYouTubeWe hope you have an awesome day wherever you are, and whatever your doing.Andrew, Isla & NieveSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kwawwpodcast)

A welcome return to Wiltshire for Glyn after his selfless trip to Pembrokeshire in South West Wales in search of links to his home county. We might call it a holiday but he assures us it was all in the interests of Hidden Wiltshire!  The link is of course that the blue stones at Stonehenge were sourced from the Preseli Hills some 5,000 years ago. And it's now thought the exact location was a stone circle at Maun Wawn. Evidence suggests the stone circle was dismantled after around 300 years leaving the three stones that remain today. The profile of the hole left by one of the stones matches exactly one of the blue stones, the smaller stones, at Stonehenge. We can only guess why our ancestors decided to transport these two tonne stones the 150 miles from Maun Wawn to Stonehenge, or how! As we recorded the podcast (usually on a Friday) we were preparing for the next Hidden Wiltshire/Wiltshire Museum Guided Walk in the hills above Edington, taking in a view of the long barrow of Tinhead. We were looking forward to seeing what local finds David Dawson from Wiltshire Museum would produce during the walk. And for anyone listening to the podcast on the day it goes live (Sunday 15 August) spare a thought for Glyn and Paul who will be pulling ragwort together with some fantastic volunteers from the ranks of Hidden Wiltshire's followers at East Hill Farm, Warminster. East Hill Farm sits on the Imber Range where the land is rented from the MOD by the Guy family. The quid quo pro is that Frankie Guy has kindly agreed that we can do a special podcast with her on the farm soon. A unique opportunity to visit a part of Salisbury Plain permanently closed to members of the public. Then on to this week's walk. This was a walk that Paul did in 2020 as described in his blog on the Hidden Wiltshire website of 10 June 2020. The walk was of around 12 kms taking in the Ebble Valley villages of Ebbesbourne Wake and Alvediston before heading into the hills on the water shed above the valleys of the Ebble and the Nadder. After an irritating encounter near the beginning of the walk, and some way finding problems due to overgrown paths, it turned into a stunning walk. The villages along this end of the valley where the Ebble rises are sleepy hideways with some beautiful old buildings. St Mary's Church, Alvediston is the resting place of British Prime Minister Anthony Eden who lived in Alvediston Manor until his death in 1977. The views looking up into the hills surrounding the Ebble are wide raging, giving the sense of being cosseted by the geography. But once up into the hills on White Sheet Hill and Gallows Hill the views in all directions are outstanding. The photographs in the blog don't really do it justice. On this ridge is the old Salisbury to Shaftesbury turnpike, which also at some point was part of the Herepath, a military road. All along this ancient road the expanse of south west Wiltshire and Dorset to the south, and the Nadder Valley and its hills to the north reveals itself with a different perspective at every bend along the way. Whilst the four kilometres along the ridge became tiresome due to the heat and hard surface, the views more than made up for it. The finale to the walk is the descent into Prescombe Down, a Natural England Nature Reserve. In June 2020 this was a peaceful haven from the madness taking place in the outside world. To the background sounds of tawny owls, cuckoos and guinea fowl Paul found a grassy bank on which to lie and savour the tranquillity. However, this turned out to be unwise interlude as evidenced by the seven ticks he took home with him. With the sun beginning to sink towards the hill tops surrounding the villages it was time for a few final photographs before returning to the car parked in the centre of Ebbesbourne Wake, tantalisingly close to The Horseshoe Pub which in these times of pandemic was closed. Hopefully when you do this walk it will have come through the other side and once again be open for business. And so to the wrap up. Steve Dixon's piece leading into the discussion about the walk is entitled “Shadows Travel Fast”, a nod towards the deep shadows formed by the sinking sun in the many combes in this part of Wiltshire. As ever the piece in the introduction and the end of the podcast is entitled “The Holloway”. The next Hidden Wiltshire/Wiltshire Museum guided walk will be on Monday 30 August 2021 and will be to Erlestoke Wood and Salisbury Plain. You can get tickets using the link below. Don't forget to subscribe to the Hidden Wiltshire Newsletter from the website. Thanks again to Tim Kington at TKC Sales, the UK distributors of Lowa walking boots and shoes, for the 20% discount on their products to Hidden Wiltshire podcast listeners. Listen to the show for the discount code. It can't last forever! You'll find a link to Lowa Boots' website below. And finally, help us keep the lights on by heading to the Hidden Wiltshire Online shop. Link below. Links: You can follow the walk we discuss in this episode here Eden's Last Post Glyn's photographs can be seen on his Instagram feed @coy_cloud Paul's website can be found on his website at Paul Timlett Photography and on Instagram at @tragicyclist Steve Dixon's sound art can be found on Soundcloud where his username is River and Rail Steve Dixon River and Rail. His photographs can be found on Instagram at @stevedixon_creative and his graphic design business website is at Steve Dixon Creative Hidden Wiltshire Walks in Conjunction with Wiltshire Museum Wiltshire Museum Walks - Erlestoke Wood and Salisbury Plain The Hidden Wiltshire shop Hidden Wiltshire Shop And finally you can find Lowa Boots UK at Lowa Boots UK

Matthew 11:28-30“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”" (The Message)

Our hosts are joined by Sean to discuss the first Pirates of the Caribbean film. We unpack the details of this iconic popcorn movie, delight in quotes, and express concern over how Norrington is a groomer. Next episode: Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas Stephen | Dan

The rawness and untidiness of the real circumstances of the Christmas Story over 2000 years ago means that all our complex feelings and experiences are welcomed in to the presence of God. “Do not be afraid” the angel over Bethlehem proclaimed, “I bring good news for everyone, everywhere”. Today’s sermon explores what that good news is and how we can find peace right in the midst of our uncertainties at the end of this challenging year.

“I cannot pontificate about it, but by the time I'm done, I will have done one movie, and it's all the movies I want.People say, you know, "I like your Spanish movies more than I like your English-language movies because they are not as personal", and I go "Fuck, you're wrong!" Hellboy is as personal to me as Pan's Labyrinth. They're tonally different, and yes, of course you can like one more than the other – the other one may seem banal or whatever it is that you don't like. But it really is part of the same movie. You make one movie. Hitchcock did one movie, all his life.” —Guillermo del Toro, Twitch Film, January 15, 2013 Ok, passengers! First off, if you don’t know who Guermillo Del Toro is, press pause on this show, smack yourself in the mouth and then go watch Pan’s Labrynth, Hellboy or even Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and then come back to finish. Go on… git! We’ll wait! Del Toro was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, the son of Guadalupe Gómez and Federico del Toro Torres, an automotive entrepreneur. Both of whom are of Spanish descent. He was raised in a strict Catholic household. Del Toro studied at the Centro de Investigación y Estudios Cinematográficos, at the University of Guadalajara. Having a taste for the macabre at an early age, del Toro decorated his family home with decidedly spooky elements. Del Toro loves monsters. . He claims that monsters used to crowd into his room at night, and he made a pact with them: If they let him go to the washroom, he’d be their friend for life. It worked, and del Toro says, “To this day, monsters are the thing I love most.” Del Toro liked monsters so much as a child that his Catholic grandmother, fearing for his soul, performed a real-life exorcism on him, and when that didn’t work, she actually performed a second one. Del Toro considers himself a book-person first and foremost, and there were two books that shaped his universe as a child. One was an encyclopedia of health (which led to an obsession with anatomy), and the other an encyclopedia of art. When del Toro was about eight years old, he began experimenting with his father's Super 8 camera, making short films with Planet of the Apes toys and other objects. One short focused on a "serial killer potato" with ambitions of world domination; it murdered del Toro's mother and brothers before stepping outside and being crushed by a car.  Del Toro made about 10 short films before his first feature, including one titled Matilde, but only the last two, Doña Lupe and Geometria, have been made available.  He wrote four episodes and directed five episodes of the cult series La Hora Marcada, along with other Mexican filmmakers such as Emmanuel Lubezki and Alfonso Cuarón.Del Toro got his first big break when he made Cronos in 1993.The movie, about the effects of a device that confers immortality, won nine Ariel Awards from the Mexican Academy of Film—including best picture, best director, best screenplay, and best original story—and also received the International Critics’ Week grand prize at the Cannes film festival.  Del Toro studied special effects and make-up with special-effects artist Dick Smith. Dick Smith had been a huge influence on del Toro throughout his life. He bought Smith’s make-up kit when The Exorcist came out in 1973, and applied for his make-up course in New York in 1987.  He spent 10 years as a special-effects make-up designer and formed his own company, Necropia. He also co-founded the Guadalajara International Film Festival. Later in his directing career, he formed his own production company, the Tequila Gang. In 1997, at the age of 33, Guillermo was given a $30 million budget from Miramax Films to shoot another film, Mimic. After turning in a draft of his screenplay for Mimic to Miramax, the studio was not happy with how little was explained about the creatures at the centre of the story, and decided to commission a number of rewrites. One of these drafts was written by none other than Steven Soderbergh, but almost none of his work ended up in the film. Del Toro is not a fan of second unit work, and for his director’s cut of Mimic he managed to excise the majority of the second unit footage. Robert Rodriguez was one of the second unit directors on the film. Mimic was a very troubled production, and del Toro claims that his experience butting heads with studio execs at Miramax was actually more traumatic than his father’s kidnapping( which we'll discuss in a bit): “What was happening to me and the movie was far more illogical than kidnapping, which is brutal, but at least there are rules.” He was ultimately unhappy with the way Miramax had treated him during production, which led to his friend James Cameron almost coming to blows with Miramax co-founder and owner Harvey Weinstein during the 70th Academy Awards. In 2001 Del toro made The Devil's backbone. The Devil’s Backbone, was produced by renowned Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar. Almodovar afforded del Toro a level of creative freedom that he’d never experienced up to that point, and the eternally grateful del Toro has tried to pay this gesture forward as a producer for many directors’ films. The film was an international co-production between Spain and Mexico. Del Toro wrote the first draft before writing his debut film Cronos. This "very different" version was set in the Mexican Revolution and focused not on a child's ghost but a "Christ with three arms". According to del Toro, and as drawn in his notebooks, there were many iterations of the story, some of which included antagonists who were a "doddering ... old man with a needle," a "desiccated" ghost with black eyes as a caretaker (instead of the living Jacinto who terrorizes the orphans), and "beings who are red from head to foot." As to motivation for the villain, according to the actor who portrayed him (Eduardo Noriega), Jacinto "suffered a lot when he was a child at this orphanage. Somebody probably treated him wickedly: this is his heritage. And then there is the brutalizing effect of the War." Noriega further notes that "What Guillermo did was to write a biography of Jacinto (which went into Jacinto's parents, what they did in life, and more) and gave it to me." DDT Studios in Barcelona created the final version of the crying ghost (victim and avenger) Santi, with his temple that resembled cracked, aged porcelain. The response was overwhelmingly positive, though it did not receive the critical success that Pan's Labyrinth would in 2006. Del Toro considers The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth to be companion pieces, and claims that they reveal “symmetries and reflections” if watched together. His next film was on 2002, Blade 2. directed by Guillermo Del Toro and written by David S. Goyer, it is a sequel to the first film and the second part of the Blade film series, followed by Blade: Trinity. Guillermo del Toro was hired to direct Blade II by New Line production president Michael De Luca after Stephen Norrington turned down the offer to direct the sequel. Del Toro chose not to alter the script too much from the ideas created by Goyer and Snipes. "I wanted the movie to have a feeling of both a comic book and Japanese animation", said the director. "I resurrected those sources and viewed them again. I dissected most of the dailies from the first movie; I literally grabbed about four boxes of tapes and one by one saw every single tape from beginning to end until I perfectly understood where the language of the first film came from. I studied the style of the first one and I think Norrington used a tremendous narrative style. His work is very elegant". Blade II was released on March 22, 2002. This was during a period of the year (months March and April) considered to be a bad time for sequels to be released. Despite this, the film became the highest-grossing film of the Blade series, making $80 million in the United States and $150 million worldwide.  Hellboy is a 2004 supernatural superhero film written and directed by Guillermo del Toro from a story by Del Toro and Peter Briggs. It is based on the Dark Horse Comics graphic novel Hellboy: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola. Del Toro and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola envisioned the film as a Ray Harryhausen film. The film was shopped and rejected by various studios for years due to studios disliking the title, script, and the fact that Perlman was cast as Hellboy.[7][8] Del Toro invited Harryhausen to teach the film's animators what made his effects techniques unique but he declined, feeling that modern films were too violent. While writing the script, Del Toro researched occult Nazi philosophies and used them as a reference for the film's opening scene. In an early version of the script, the gyroscope portal was described being made out of rails that formed into pentagrams, hexagrams, and inverted stars to illustrate the film's magic and occult elements. Del Toro chose to alter the origin from the comic to give main characters interconnected origins. Aside from working with Perlman before, Del Toro chose him for the title role because he felt Perlman can deliver subtlety and nuance with makeup.[23] Del Toro assigned his real life friend, Santiago Segura, to play the train driver who assaults Hellboy. The film was shot 6 days a week for 130 days, Mondays through Saturdays without a second unit. Sundays were reserved for editing.  Del Toro noted that the film could have commenced filming in 1998, however, the film had difficulty finding a committed studio due to the stigma Hollywood associated superhero and comic book films with, at the time. The action scenes were staged after Harryhausen films with little to no camera movement using wide shots. The cemetery sequence was filmed in a real cemetery in Prague. Pan's labyrinth is a  2006 dark fantasy film written and directed by Guillermo del Toro. The film is  a Spanish-Mexican co-production. Del Toro stated that he considers the story to be a parable, influenced by fairy tales, and that it addresses and continues themes related to his earlier film The Devil's Backbone, to which Pan's Labyrinth is a spiritual successor, according to del Toro in his director's DVD commentary. The idea for Pan's Labyrinth came from Guillermo del Toro's notebooks, which he says are filled with "doodles, ideas, drawings and plot bits". He had been keeping these notebooks for twenty years. At one point during production, he left the notebook in a taxi in London and was distraught, but the cabbie returned it to him two days later. Though he originally wrote a story about a pregnant woman who falls in love with a faun,[12] Sergi López said that del Toro described the final version of the plot a year and a half before filming. Lopez said that "for two hours and a half he explained to me all the movie, but with all the details, it was incredible, and when he finished I said, 'You have a script?' He said, 'No, nothing is written'". López agreed to act in the movie and received the script one year later; he said that "it was exactly the same, it was incredible. In his little head he had all the history with a lot of little detail, a lot of characters, like now when you look at the movie, it was exactly what he had in his head".  Del Toro got the idea of the faun from childhood experiences with "lucid dreaming". He stated on The Charlie Rose Show that every midnight, he would wake up, and a faun would gradually step out from behind the grandfather's clock. Originally, the faun was supposed to be a classic half-man, half-goat faun fraught with beauty. But in the end, the faun was altered into a goat-faced creature almost completely made out of earth, moss, vines, and tree bark. Some of the  works he drew on for inspiration include Lewis Carroll's Alice books, Jorge Luis Borges' Ficciones, Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan and The White People, Lord Dunsany's The Blessing of Pan, Algernon Blackwood's Pan's Garden and Francisco Goya's works. In 2004, del Toro said: "Pan is an original story. Some of my favourite writers (Borges, Blackwood, Machen, Dunsany) have explored the figure of the god Pan and the symbol of the labyrinth. These are things that I find very compelling and I am trying to mix them and play with them." It was also influenced by the illustrations of Arthur Rackham.There are differing ideas about the film's religious influences. Del Toro himself has said that he considers Pan's Labyrinth "a truly profane film, a layman's riff on Catholic dogma", but that his friend Alejandro González Iñárritu described it as "a truly Catholic film". Del Toro's explanation is "once a Catholic, always a Catholic," however he also admits that the Pale Man's preference for children rather than the feast in front of him is intended as a criticism of the Catholic Church. Additionally, the priest's words during the torture scene were taken as a direct quote from a priest who offered communion to political prisoners during the Spanish Civil War: "Remember my sons, you should confess what you know because God doesn't care what happens to your bodies; He already saved your souls." Hellboy II: The Golden Army is a 2008 American superhero film based on the fictional character Hellboy created by Mike Mignola. The film was written and directed by  del Toro and is a sequel to the 2004 film Hellboy, which del Toro also directed. Ron Perlman reprises his starring role as the eponymous character. Hellboy II: The Golden Army was released by Universal Pictures.The director sought to create a film trilogy with the first sequel anticipated for release in 2006. Revolution Studios planned to produce the film and distribute it through a deal with Columbia Pictures, but by 2006, their distribution deal wasn't renewed and Revolution began refocusing on exploiting their film library. In August 2006, Universal Pictures acquired the project with the intent to finance and distribute the sequel, which was newly scheduled to be released in summer of 2008. Production was scheduled to begin in April 2007 in Etyek, Hungary (near Budapest) and London, England. del Toro explored several concepts for the sequel, initially planning to recreate the classic versions of Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolf Man. He and comic book creator Mike Mignola also spent a few days adapting the Almost Colossus story, featuring Roger the Homunculus. They then found it easier to create an original story based on folklore, because del Toro was planning Pan's Labyrinth, and Mignola's comics were becoming increasingly based on mythology. Later, del Toro pitched a premise to Revolution Studios that involved four Titans from the four corners of Earth—Wind, Water, Fire, and Earth—before he replaced the Titans with a Golden Army. Mignola described the theme of the sequel, "The focus is more on the folklore and fairy tale aspect of Hellboy. It's not Nazis, machines and mad scientists but the old gods and characters who have been kind of shoved out of our world." Pacific Rim is a 2013 science-fiction monster film directed by del Toro. In February 2006, it was reported that Guillermo del Toro would direct Travis Beacham's fantasy screenplay, Killing on Carnival Row, but the project never materialized.[48] Beacham conceived Pacific Rim the following year. While walking on the beach near Santa Monica Pier, the screenwriter imagined a giant robot and a giant monster fighting to the death. "They just sort of materialized out of the fog, these vast, godlike things." He later conceived the idea that each robot had two pilots, asking "what happens when one of those people dies?" Deciding this would be "a story about loss, moving on after loss, and dealing with survivor's guilt", Beacham commenced writing the film. On May 28, 2010, it was reported that Legendary Pictures had purchased Beacham's detailed 25-page film treatment, now titled Pacific Rim. On July 28, 2010, it was reported that del Toro would next direct an adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness for Universal Studios, with James Cameron producing.[51] When del Toro met with Legendary Pictures to discuss the possibility of collaborating with them on a film, he was intrigued by Beacham's treatment—still a "very small pitch" at this point. Del Toro struck a deal with Legendary: while directing At the Mountains of Madness, he would produce and co-write Pacific Rim; because of the films' conflicting production schedules, he would direct Pacific Rim only if At the Mountains of Madness were cancelled. Tom Cruise was attached to star in the Lovecraft adaptation. On March 7, 2011, it was reported that Universal would not proceed with At the Mountains of Madness because del Toro was unwilling to compromise on the $150 million budget and R rating. The director later reflected, "When it happened, this has never happened to me, but I actually cried that weekend a lot. I don't want to sound like a puny soul, but I really was devastated. I was weeping for the movie." The project collapsed on a Friday, and del Toro signed to direct Pacific Rim the following Monday. Del Toro spent a year working with Beacham on the screenplay, and is credited as co-writer. He introduced ideas he had always wished to see in the genre, such as a Kaiju birth and a Kaiju attack seen from a child's perspective. The film was shot using Red Epic cameras.[65] At first Guillermo del Toro decided not to shoot or convert the film to 3D, as the effect would not work due to the sheer size of the film's robots and monsters, explaining I didn't want to make the movie 3D because when you have things that big ... the thing that happens naturally, you're looking at two buildings lets say at 300 feet [away], if you move there is no parallax. They're so big that, in 3D, you barely notice anything no matter how fast you move ... To force the 3D effects for robots and monsters that are supposed to be big you are making their [perspective] miniaturized, making them human scale. It was later announced that the film would be converted to 3D, with the conversion taking 40 weeks longer than most. Del Toro said: "What can I tell you? I changed my mind. I'm not running for office. I can do a Romney."  Del Toro envisioned Pacific Rim as an earnest, colorful adventure story, with an "incredibly airy and light feel", in contrast to the "super-brooding, super-dark, cynical summer movie". The director focused on "big, beautiful, sophisticated visuals" and action that would satisfy an adult audience, but has stated his "real hope" is to introduce the Kaiju and mecha genres to a generation of children. While the film draws heavily on these genres, it avoids direct references to previous works. Del Toro intended to create something original but "madly in love" with its influences, instilled with "epic beauty" and "operatic grandeur". The film was to honor the Kaiju and mecha genres while creating an original stand-alone film, something "conscious of the heritage, but not a pastiche or an homage or a greatest hits of everything". The director made a point of starting from scratch, without emulating or referencing any previous examples of those genres. He cautioned his designers not to turn to films like Gamera, Godzilla, or The War of the Gargantuas for inspiration, stating: "I didn't want to be postmodern, or referential, or just belong to a genre. I really wanted to create something new, something madly in love with those things. I tried to bring epic beauty to it, and drama and operatic grandeur." Crimson Peak is a 2015 gothic romance film directed by  del Toro and written by del Toro and Matthew Robbins. The story, set in Victorian era England, follows an aspiring author who travels to a remote Gothic mansion in the English hills with her new husband and his sister. There, she must decipher the mystery behind the ghostly visions that haunt her new home. Del Toro and Robbins wrote the original spec script after the release of Pan's Labyrinth in 2006. It was sold quietly to Donna Langley at Universal. Del Toro planned to direct the film, but postponed the project to make Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and then again to work on The Hobbit films. Langley suggested that del Toro produce the film for another director, but he could not find one he deemed suitable. While directing Pacific Rim, del Toro developed a good working relationship with Legendary Pictures' Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni, who asked what he wanted to do next. Del Toro sent them his screenplays for a film adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness, a Western adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo, and Crimson Peak. The producers deemed the last of these "the best project for us, just the right size". Universal allowed del Toro to move the project to Legendary, with the caveat that they could put up money for a stake in the film. Del Toro called the film a "ghost story and gothic romance". He has described it as "a very set-oriented, classical but at the same time modern take on the ghost story", and said that it would allow him to play with the genres' conventions while subverting their rules. He stated, "I think people are getting used to horror subjects done as found footage or B-value budgets. I wanted this to feel like a throwback." Del Toro wanted the film to honor the "grand dames" of the haunted house genre, namely Robert Wise's The Haunting and Jack Clayton's The Innocents. The director intended to make a large-scale horror film in the tradition of those he grew up watching, such as The Omen, The Exorcist, and The Shining. He cited the latter as "another Mount Everest of the haunted house movie", praising the high production values and Stanley Kubrick's control over the large sets. British playwright Lucinda Coxon was enlisted to rewrite the script with del Toro, in hopes of bringing it a "proper degree of perversity and intelligence", but she is not credited on the finished film. The Shape of Water is a 2017 romantic fantasy drama film directed del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor. Set in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1962, the story follows a mute cleaner at a high-security government laboratory who falls in love with a captured humanoid amphibian creature. Filming took place in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, between August and November 2016.  The idea for The Shape of Water formed during del Toro's breakfast with Daniel Kraus in 2011, with whom he later co-wrote the novel Trollhunters. It shows similarities to the 2015 short film The Space Between Us. It was also primarily inspired by del Toro's childhood memories of seeing Creature from the Black Lagoon and wanting to see the Gill-man and Kay Lawrence (played by Julie Adams) succeed in their romance. When del Toro was in talks with Universal to direct a remake of Creature from the Black Lagoon, he tried pitching a version focused more on the creature's perspective, where the Creature ended up together with the female lead, but the studio executives rejected the concept. Del Toro set the film during the 1960s Cold War era to counteract today's heightened tensions: "if I say once upon a time in 1962, it becomes a fairy tale for troubled times. People can lower their guard a little bit more and listen to the story and listen to the characters and talk about the issues, rather than the circumstances of the issues".  In an interview with IndieWire about the film, del Toro said: This movie is a healing movie for me. ... For nine movies I rephrased the fears of my childhood, the dreams of my childhood, and this is the first time I speak as an adult, about something that worries me as an adult. I speak about trust, otherness, sex, love, where we're going. These are not concerns that I had when I was nine or seven." The Shape of Water grossed $63.9 million in the United States and Canada, and $131.4 million in other countries, for a total of $195.2 million. The film had received a universally favorable response from critics and audiences.  Pinocchio is an upcoming stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, based on Gris Grimly’s design from his 2002 edition of the 1883 Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. It was written from a screenplay by del Toro, Gris Grimly, Patrick McHale and Matthew Robbins and a story by del Toro and Robbins. The film marks the animated feature film directorial debut of Guillermo del Toro. In 2008, Guillermo del Toro announced that his next project, a darker adaptation of the Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, was in development. He has called Pinocchio his passion project, stating that: "no art form has influenced my life and my work more than animation and no single character in history has had as deep of a personal connection to me as Pinocchio", and "I've wanted to make this movie for as long as I can remember". On February 17, 2011, it was announced that Gris Grimly and Mark Gustafson would co-direct a stop motion animated Pinocchio film written by Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins based by Grimly's designs, with del Toro producing along with The Jim Henson Company and Pathé. On May 17, 2012, del Toro took over for Grimly. On February 2012, Del Toro released some concept arts with the designs of Pinocchio, Geppetto, the Talking Cricket, Mangiafuoco and the Fox and the Cat. On July 30, 2012, it was announced that the film would be produced and animated by ShadowMachine. On January 23, 2017, Patrick McHale was announced to co-write the script with del Toro. On August 31, 2017, del Toro told IndieWire and at the 74th Venice International Film Festival that the film need a budget increase of $35 million more dollars or it would be cancelled. On November 8, 2017, he reported that the project was not happening, because no studios were willing to finance it.[9] At one point, Matthew Robbins considered making the movie as a 2D-animated film with French artist Joann Sfar to bring the costs down, but del Toro eventually decided that it had to be stop-motion, even if the higher budget made it harder get greenlighted. However, on October 22, 2018, it was announced that the film had been revived, with Netflix acquiring it.  So that's his  film history as a director let's get into some other aspects of his life!!He was married to Lorenza Newton, cousin of Mexican singer Guadalupe Pineda. They have two children. He started dating Lorenza when both were studying at the Instituto de Ciencias in Guadalajara. Del Toro and Newton separated in early 2017, and divorced in September of the same year. He maintains residences in Toronto and Los Angeles, and returns to Guadalajara every six weeks to visit his family. He also owns two houses devoted exclusively to his collection of books, poster artwork and other belongings pertaining to his work. He explains, "As a kid, I dreamed of having a house with secret passages and a room where it rained 24 hours a day. The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you've been harboring since you were 7." Politics EditIn a 2007 interview, del Toro described his political position as "a little too liberal". He pointed out that the villains in most of his films, such as the industrialist in Cronos, the Nazis in Hellboy, and the Francoists in Pan's Labyrinth, are united by the common attribute of authoritarianism. "I hate structure. I'm completely anti-structural in terms of believing in institutions. I hate them. I hate any institutionalised social, religious, or economic holding." Religion EditDel Toro was raised Roman Catholic. In a 2009 interview with Charlie Rose, he described his upbringing as excessively "morbid," saying, "I mercifully lapsed as a Catholic ... but as Buñuel used to say, 'I'm an atheist, thank God.'" Though insisting that he is spiritually "not with Buñuel" and that "once a Catholic, always a Catholic, in a way." He concluded, "I believe in Man. I believe in mankind, as the worst and the best that has happened to this world." He has also responded to the observation that he views his art as his religion by saying, "It is. To me, art and storytelling serve primal, spiritual functions in my daily life. Whether I'm telling a bedtime story to my kids or trying to mount a movie or write a short story or a novel, I take it very seriously." Nevertheless, he became a "raging atheist" after seeing a pile of human fetuses while volunteering at a Mexican hospital. He has claimed to be horrified by the way the Catholic Church complied with Francoist Spain, down to having a character in his film quote what actual priests would say to Republican faction members in concentration camps.[66] Upon discovering the religious beliefs of C.S. Lewis, Del Toro has stated that he no longer feels comfortable enjoying his work, despite having done so beforehand. He describes Lewis as "too Catholic" for him, despite the fact that Lewis was never a Catholic. However, Del Toro isn't entirely disparaging of Catholicism, and his background continues to influence his work. While discussing The Shape of Water, Del Toro discussed the Catholic influence on the film, stating, "A very Catholic notion is the humble force, or the force of humility, that gets revealed as a god-like figure toward the end. It's also used in fairy tales. In fairy tales, in fact, there is an entire strand of tales that would be encompassed by the title 'The Magical Fish.' And [it's] not exactly a secret that a fish is a Christian symbol." In the same interview, he still maintained that he does not believe in an afterlife, stating "I don't think there is life beyond death, I don't. But I do believe that we get this clarity in the last minute of our life. The titles we achieved, the honors we managed, they all vanish. You are left alone with you and your deeds and the things you didn't do. And that moment of clarity gives you either peace or the most tremendous fear, because you finally have no cover, and you finally realize exactly who you are." In 2010, del Toro revealed that he was a fan of video games, describing them as "the comic books of our time" and "a medium that gains no respect among the intelligentsia". He has stated that he considers Ico and Shadow of the Colossus to be masterpieces. He has cited Gadget Invention, Travel, & Adventure, Cosmology of Kyoto, Asteroids and Galaga as his favorite games. Del Toro's favorite film monsters are Frankenstein's monster, the Alien, Gill-man, Godzilla, and the Thing. Frankenstein in particular has a special meaning for him, in both film and literature, as he claims he has a "Frankenstein fetish to a degree that is unhealthy", and that it's "the most important book of my life, so you know if I get to it, whenever I get to it, it will be the right way". He has Brazil, Nosferatu, Freaks and Bram Stoker's Dracula listed among his favourite films. Del Toro is also highly interested in Victorian culture. He said: "I have a room of my library at home called 'The Dickens room'. It has every work by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins and many other Victorian novelists, plus hundreds of works about Victorian London and its customs, etiquette, architecture. I'm a Jack the Ripper aficionado, too. My museum-slash-home has a huge amount of Ripperology in it". Father's 1997 kidnapping EditAround 1997, del Toro's father, Federico del Toro Torres, was kidnapped in Guadalajara. Del Toro's family had to pay twice the amount originally asked for as a ransom; immediately after learning of the kidnapping, fellow filmmaker James Cameron, a friend of Del Toro since they met during the production of 1993's Cronos, withdrew over $1 million in cash from his bank account and gave it to Del Toro to help pay the ransom. After the ransom was paid, Federico was released, having spent 72 days kidnapped; the culprits were never apprehended, and the money of both Cameron and Del Toro's family was never recovered. The event prompted del Toro, his parents, and his siblings to move abroad. In a 2008 interview with Time magazine, he said this about the kidnapping of his father: "Every day, every week, something happens that reminds me that I am in involuntary exile [from my country]." Del Toro has directed a wide variety of films, from comic book adaptations (Blade II, Hellboy) to historical fantasy and horror films, two of which are set in Spain in the context of the Spanish Civil War under the authoritarian rule of Francisco Franco. These two films, The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth, are among his most critically acclaimed works. They share similar settings, protagonists and themes with the 1973 Spanish film The Spirit of the Beehive, widely considered to be the finest Spanish film of the 1970s. Del Toro views the horror genre as inherently political, explaining, "Much like fairy tales, there are two facets of horror. One is pro-institution, which is the most reprehensible type of fairy tale: Don't wander into the woods, and always obey your parents. The other type of fairy tale is completely anarchic and antiestablishment." He is close friends with two other prominent and critically praised Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro González Iñárritu. The three often influence each other's directorial decisions, and have been interviewed together by Charlie Rose. Cuarón was one of the producers of Pan's Labyrinth, while Iñárritu assisted in editing the film. The three filmmakers, referred to as the "Three Amigos" founded the production company Cha Cha Cha Films, whose first release was 2008's Rudo y Cursi. Del Toro has also contributed to the web series Trailers from Hell. In April 2008, del Toro was hired by Peter Jackson to direct the live-action film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. On May 30, 2010, del Toro left the project due to extended delays brought on by MGM's financial troubles. Although he did not direct the films, he is credited as co-writer in An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies. On December 1, 2008, del Toro expressed interest in a stop-motion remake to Roald Dahl's novel The Witches, collaborating with Alfonso Cuarón. On June 19, 2018 it was announced that Del Toro and Cuarón would instead be attached as Executive Producers on the remake with Robert Zemeckis helming the project as Director and Screenwriter. On June 2, 2009, del Toro's first novel, The Strain, was released. It is the first part of an apocalyptic vampire trilogy co-authored by del Toro and Chuck Hogan. The second volume, The Fall, was released on September 21, 2010. The final installment, The Night Eternal, followed in October 2011. Del Toro cites writings of Antoine Augustin Calmet, Montague Summers and Bernhardt J. Hurwood among his favourites in the non-literary form about vampires. On December 9, 2010, del Toro launched Mirada Studios with his long-time cinematographer Guillermo Navarro, director Mathew Cullen and executive producer Javier Jimenez. Mirada was formed in Los Angeles, California to be a collaborative space where they and other filmmakers can work with Mirada's artists to create and produce projects that span digital production and content for film, television, advertising, interactive and other media. Mirada launched as a sister company to production company Motion Theory. Del Toro directed Pacific Rim, a science fiction film based on a screenplay by del Toro and Travis Beacham. In the film, giant monsters rise from the Pacific Ocean and attack major cities, leading humans to retaliate with gigantic mecha suits called Jaegers. Del Toro commented, "This is my most un-modest film, this has everything. The scale is enormous and I'm just a big kid having fun." The film was released on July 12, 2013 and grossed $411 million at the box office. Del Toro directed "Night Zero", the pilot episode of The Strain, a vampire horror television series based on the novel trilogy of the same name by del Toro and Chuck Hogan. FX has commissioned the pilot episode, which del Toro scripted with Hogan and was filmed in Toronto in September 2013. FX ordered a thirteen-episode first season for the series on November 19, 2013, and series premiered on July 13, 2014. After The Strain's pilot episode, del Toro directed Crimson Peak, a gothic horror film he co-wrote with Matthew Robbins and Lucinda Cox. Del Toro has described the film as "a very set-oriented, classical but at the same time modern take on the ghost story", citing The Omen, The Exorcist and The Shining as influences. Del Toro also stated, "I think people are getting used to horror subjects done as found footage or B-value budgets. I wanted this to feel like a throwback." Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, and Charlie Hunnam starred in the film. Production began February 2014 in Toronto, with an April 2015 release date initially planned. The studio later pushed the date back to October 2015, to coincide with the Halloween season. He was selected to be on the jury for the main competition section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Del Toro directed the Cold War drama film The Shape of Water, starring Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, and Michael Shannon. Filming began on August 15, 2016 in Toronto, and wrapped twelve weeks later. On August 31, 2017, the film premiered in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival, where it was awarded the Golden Lion for best film, making Del Toro the first Mexican director to win the award. The film became a critical and commercial success and would go on to win multiple accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, with del Toro winning the Academy Award for Best Director. Del Toro collaborated with Japanese video game designer Hideo Kojima to produce P.T., a video game intended to be a "playable trailer" for the ninth Silent Hill game, which was cancelled. The demo was also removed from the PlayStation Network. At the D23 Expo in 2009, his Double Dare You production company and Disney announced a production deal for a line of darker animated films. The label was announced with one original animated project, Trollhunters. However, del Toro moved his deal to DreamWorks in late 2010. From 2016 to 2018, Trollhunters was released to great acclaim on Netflix and "is tracking to be its most-watched kids original ever". In 2017, Del Toro had an exhibition of work at the Minneapolis Institute of Art titled Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters, featuring his collection of paintings, drawings, maquettes, artifacts, and concept film art. The exhibition ran from March 5, 2017, to May 28, 2017. In 2019, del Toro appeared in Hideo Kojima's video game Death Stranding, providing his likeness for the character Deadman. Upcoming projects EditIn 2008, del Toro announced Pinocchio, a dark stop-motion film based on the Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, co-directed by Adam Parrish King, with The Jim Henson Company as production company, and music by Nick Cave. The project had been in development for over a decade. The pre-production was begun by the studio ShadowMachine. In 2017, del Toro announced that Patrick McHale is co-writing the script of the film. In the same year, del Toro revealed at the 74th Venice International Film Festival that the film will be reimagined during the rise of Benito Mussolini, and that he would need $35 million to make it. In November 2017, it was reported that del Toro had cancelled the project because no studios were willing to finance it. In October 2018, it was announced that the film had been revived, with Netflix backing the project. Netflix had previously collaborated with del Toro on Trollhunters. Many of the same details of the project remain the same, but with Mark Gustafson now co-directing rather than Adam Parrish King. In December 2017, Searchlight Pictures announced that del Toro would direct a new adaptation of the 1946 novel Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham, the screenplay of which he co-wrote with Kim Morgan. In 2019, it was reported that Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette and Rooney Mara had closed deals to star in the film, which went into production in January 2020. https://aznmodern.com/2017/10/10/13-facts-guillermo-del-toro-may-not-know/ https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/all-guillermo-del-toro-movies-ranked-by-tomatometer/ The Midnight Train Podcast is sponsored by VOUDOUX VODKA.www.voudoux.com Ace’s Depothttp://www.aces-depot.com BECOME A PRODUCER!http://www.patreon.com/themidnighttrainpodcast Find The Midnight Train Podcast:www.themidnighttrainpodcast.comwww.facebook.com/themidnighttrainpodcastwww.twitter.com/themidnighttrainpcwww.instagram.com/themidnighttrainpodcastwww.discord.com/themidnighttrainpodcastwww.tiktok.com/themidnighttrainp And wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. Subscribe to our official YouTube channel:OUR YOUTUBE

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Welcome to our final episode for this mini-podcast series, Pirate Parley! And unless Disney has other ideas, it’s also our final discussion on the final Pirates of the Caribbean installment —Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales! Audio and technical difficulties aside, listen to us chat about alternative subtitles (Pirates of the Caribbean: Legacies. Generations. Pirate Babies. Scrum’s Revenge), Faramir as our discount Norrington, Javier Bardem/Orlando Bloom/Keira Knightley all lookin’ rull good, and canon conflicts with curses and compasses. Oh, also, random spoiler alert for Blade Runner 2049, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker. Sorry about that. Hope you enjoy! 

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Dr Kino and Dr Miriam Kent discuss Blade (1998, Norrington), the film that may have saved Marvel Studios and funded Lord of the Rings. Also the subject of their laser-like focus are: inspirational film lecturers from Turkey, Norwich, Chadwick Boseman, tractors, holographic comic covers and why Stephen Dorff is not seen as much as he should be. Have a good time, all the time!

Tom Norrington-Davies, Yogi, Ex Chef, and food writer joins us to talk about his journey into discovering Ashtanga Yoga. Why he needed it, and the offering of Out of Hours Yoga to help people in the hospitality industry find solace and clarity in Yoga as a means of exercise and well-being.website: yogawithtom.co.ukInstagram @outofhoursyoga See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As we enter a huge weekend of football the guys look back at the 2-1 win against Derby whilst also talking about Norrington-Davies performances. They also look ahead to our huge fixture against Manchester United.

Join Chester Norrington as he welcomes guests and co hosts to discuss all things that go bump in the night. Government conspiracy, alien abduction, cryptozoology, and all the paranormal goings on in between. Chester is a long time paranormal advocate and is passionate about the paranormal to a fault. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/freaksofnature/message

Are you ready to take a ride? Join Chester Norrington as he welcomes guests and co hosts to discuss all things that go bump in the night. Government conspiracy, alien abduction, cryptozoology, and all the paranormal goings on in between. Chester is a long time paranormal advocate and is passionate about the paranormal to a fault. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/freaksofnature/message

Are you ready to take a ride? Join Chester Norrington as he welcomes guests and co hosts to discuss all things that go bump in the night. Government conspiracy, alien abduction, cryptozoology, and all the paranormal goings on in between. Chester is a long time paranormal advocate and is passionate about the paranormal to a fault. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/freaksofnature/message

When Jesus dramatically interrupted Paul’s life on the road to Damascus, he was simultaneously inviting Paul into a whole new way of understanding his own life and the faith he had grown up in. What are the invitations to us in this story? And how are God’s interruptions also the best invitations of our lives?

In this week's episode we'll travel through time to meet a few cavemen, a vegan real estate agent during the roman empire and his carnivorous client, and we check back In with Norrington and Alogor In parliament who have another disagreement.