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Query: Who played the Corpse in Corpse Bride?
Corpse Bride (also known as Tim Burton's Corpse Bride) is a 2005 British-American stop-motion animated musical dark comedy film directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton with a screenplay by John August, Caroline Thompson and Pamela Pettler based on characters created by Burton and Carlos Grangel. The plot is set in a fictional Victorian era village in Europe. Johnny Depp leads the cast as the voice of Victor, while Helena Bonham Carter voices Emily, the titular bride. "Corpse Bride" is the third stop-motion feature film produced by Burton and the first directed by him (the previous two films, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "James and the Giant Peach", were directed by Henry Selick). This is also the first stop-motion feature from Burton that was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was dedicated to executive producer Joe Ranft, who died in a car accident during production.
In 2014, Dante made "Burying the Ex", a horror comedy about a young man whose controlling girlfriend suddenly dies in a freak accident but when he tries to move on with his life along with his new partner he discovers that his now undead Ex has come back. The film stars Anton Yelchin and Ashley Greene. It was selected to be screened out of competition at the 71st Venice International Film Festival, and was released in 2015.
On the day of Alice Wentworth's wedding, mad scientist Dr. Lorenz sends the young bride an unusual orchid, the scent of which places the young woman in a state of suspended animation resembling death. He then spirits her body away to the basement laboratory of his isolated mansion and extracts glandular fluid from behind her ears to inject into his vain and aged wife in order to renew her youth and beauty. This is only the latest in a series of brides who appear to die at the altar and whose corpses subsequently vanish en route to the hospital or mortuary, and the police are thoroughly stymied.
Mary Tudor is a 1935 history play by the British writer Wilfrid Grantham. It portrays the reign of the Tudor Queen Mary I of England during the sixteenth century. It's West End run at the Playhouse Theatre lasted for 143 performances from 12 December 1935 to 18 April 1936. Flora Robson as Mary and Marius Goring as her husband Philip of Spain were particularly praised for their performances. The cast also included Torin Thatcher, Annie Esmond and Joyce Bland.
Cora Cross is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", played by Ann Mitchell. Cora is the mother of Tanya Branning (Jo Joyner) and Rainie Cross (Tanya Franks) and the grandmother of Lauren (Jacqueline Jossa) and Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald). Cora initially appeared from 11 to 15 April 2011, and returned as a regular character on 28 July. Cora is described as having "a brash, outspoken attitude and does not care who she offends", deemed "an archetypal East End matriarch" and "Inside Soap" says that Cora is a "brash, loud lady who likes to tell everyone what she thinks and has absolutely no shame."
Cryer's first professional acting effort was as David in the Broadway play "Torch Song Trilogy", replacing Matthew Broderick, whom he "closely resembled". Cryer was later an understudy and replacement for Broderick in Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" in 1989.
At age 19, Cryer appeared in the 1984 romantic comedy film "No Small Affair", in the lead role as Charles Cummings, after the original production with Matthew Broderick was shut down due to a heart attack by director Martin Ritt. He went on to have small roles in films and television movies, and he made his breakthrough as Phil "Duckie" Dale in the John Hughes-scripted film "Pretty in Pink". In an interview with the "Daily News", Cryer's mother said that after "Pretty in Pink", she started getting calls from teenage girls from all over the world, who would leave hysterical, giggling messages on her answering machine. In 1989, he got the lead role in the TV comedy series "The Famous Teddy Z". His performance gained poor reviews and the show was canceled after the first season.
Bones joined the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury in 1976, and with whom he played Ernst Ludwig in "Cabaret", Mr Shanks in "Habeas Corpus", Trofimov in "The Cherry Orchard", Milo Tindal in "Sleuth" and Curly Delafield in "Knuckle". In 1977 he toured with the "Mermaid Theatre" educational company 'The Molecule Club' teaching science to children. In 1978 Bones played Lucifer in the first modern revival of "The Lincoln Mystery Cycle" in Lincoln Cathedral.
In film, her credits include the animated films "Monster House", "Corpse Bride" and "9". The latter two films involved Tim Burton, who directed and produced "Corpse Bride" and produced "9", which was directed by Shane Acker. In 2003, Pettler was hired to do a rewrite of Burton's 2005 film adaptation of the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". In 2008, Pettler was hired to write a film adaptation of the board game "Monopoly", with Ridley Scott attached as director, however the film has since been stuck in development hell. She also cowrote the screenplay for the upcoming computer-animated "The Addams Family" film, based off the comics by Charles Addams.
Even Gillette parodied it once. "The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes" – the first of a handful of one-act plays he would write – was written for two benefits, and was performed for the first time at the Joseph Jefferson Holland Benefit at the Metropolitan Opera House on March 24. Holland was an actor who had been forced to retire the year before due to illness. The skit featured five characters: Holmes, Billy the page boy (played by Henry McArdle), the madwoman Gwendolyn Cobb (who had nearly all of the dialogue and was played by Ethel Barrymore), and the two "valuable assistants" who come to take the madwoman away. Its original title was "A fantasy in about one-tenth of an act", and the entire scene transpires in Holmes' Baker Street room "somewhere about the date of day before yesterday." Retitled "The Harrowing Predicament of Sherlock Holmes", it was performed again on April 14 for the benefit of the Actors Society of America at the Criterion Theatre (with Jessie Busley as Gwendolyn Cobb and McArdle again as Billy), and again at the Duke of York's Theatre in London when Gillette inserted it on October 3 as a curtain-raiser for "Clarice". Playing Billy in the curtain-raiser was young Charlie Chaplin. When "Clarice" was replaced with "Sherlock Holmes", Chaplin continued as Billy.
Green wrote and directed segment "The Diary of Anne Frankenstein" as part of the 2011 comedy/horror anthology "Chillerama", which consists of four short films by four different filmmakers. The parody "Anne Frankenstein" is shot in black and white and made entirely in German to look and feel like a lost 1940's foreign film. While Green cast authentic German speaking actors for all roles, the lead role of Adolf Hitler is portrayed by Joel David Moore, who does not know how to speak German and purposely fakes his way through the film by using a combination of gibberish and random words thrown to him by Green, such as "Boba Fett", "OshKosh B'Gosh" and "Goldie Hawn". Kane Hodder portrays the film's hero Meshugannah – a Hassidic Jewish take on the classic Frankenstein Monster, who ultimately turns against his master and kills him.
Caroline Carver (born 1976) is an English actress, screenwriter, and producer best known for roles such as Princess Jessica in the TV film "The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns" (1999), Ingrid in "The Aryan Couple" (2004), and Sandy in "My First Wedding" (2006).
Sarah Platt (also Tilsley and Grimshaw) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera "Coronation Street". She was born on-screen during the episode broadcast on 2 February 1987. She was played by Leah King in 1987 and by Lynsay King from 1987 until 8 October 1999 when King opted to leave to focus on her education. Tina O'Brien took over the role on 31 October 1999; she opted to leave in 2007 and made her final on-screen appearance on 30 December 2007. A number of false rumours about O'Brien returning to the role surfaced during her absence from the serial. In October 2014, it was announced that O'Brien would reprise the role, she returned on screen on 30 March 2015.
Bones' first television appearance was in the BBC Jubilee Play "A Day in the Life" by Ray Connolly, in 1977. In 1980 he appeared in an episode of "Fox" as Kemble. Bones played Sergeant Parkes in an episode of "Spearhead" (1981), played a small role in Series 3 of the long running TV series, The Bill (1987), Paul Roussillon in "Bergerac" (1988), and a Superintendent in "London's Burning" (1988). Also in 1988 Bones played Victorian medium Robert James Lees in ITV's "Jack the Ripper" starring Michael Caine. His first feature film was "Bellman and True" (1987) directed by Richard Loncraine and starring Bernard Hill. The "New York Times" film critic said "Mr Bones makes a memorable screen debut as the bullying Gort." In 1995 Bones played Toussant in the film "Cutthroat Island", and in 1998 made appearances in "Dangerfield" and "Cold Feet". He played Admiral Bill Wilson in the 1999 film "Wing Commander", and in 2001 he played Banquo in a made-for-television film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's "Macbeth" which starred Antony Sher as Macbeth. The film was the televised version of a stage show which had an enormously successful run in Britain, Japan and the United States.
"The Body" is the sixteenth episode of the fifth season of the supernatural drama television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". The episode was written and directed by series creator Joss Whedon and originally aired on the WB network in the United States on February 27, 2001. In the series, Buffy Summers is a teenager chosen by mystical forces and endowed with superhuman powers to defeat vampires, demons, and other evils in the fictional town of Sunnydale. She is supported in her struggles by a close circle of friends and family, nicknamed the Scooby Gang. In "The Body", Buffy is powerless as she comes upon her lifeless mother, who has died of a brain aneurysm.
Born in Rusholme, Manchester, England, O'Brien left Trinity C.E. High School with nine GCSEs. She starred in the drama "Children's Ward" in 1997, "The Cops" in 1998 and "Clocking Off" in 2000, playing the on-screen half sister of actor Jack P. Shepherd who later became her on-screen brother David Platt in "Coronation Street". At the age of sixteen, she joined "Coronation Street" in October 1999, taking over the role of Sarah-Louise Platt from actress Lynsay King (she was three years older than her character). Sarah's pregnancy with baby Bethany Platt won O'Brien "Best Storyline" at the British Soap Awards. She has also won "Best Newcomer" at the National Television Awards, and the TV Quick Awards. O'Brien revealed in the British press in April 2007 that she would be leaving "Coronation Street" before the end of the year. Her first role after leaving "Coronation Street" was in the 2007 pantomime at Manchester Opera House, where she played the title character of "Cinderella". Her first television role post-"Coronation Street" was in the ITV police television drama "Blue Murder", filmed whilst four months pregnant, in which she played a character called Amy Kirkland. O'Brien expressed interest in doing televised dramas and theatre work, although after becoming pregnant, she decided to put her career on hold.
Among film critics, "House of 1000 Corpses" received a generally negative reaction following its release. The film was critically panned, with the film's various side-plots and main cast being criticized by multiple critics. The film earned over $3 million in its opening weekend, and would later go on to gross over $16 million worldwide. Despite its initial negative reception, the film went on to develop a cult following. Zombie later developed a haunted house attraction for Universal Studios Hollywood based on the film. Zombie later directed the film's sequel, "The Devil's Rejects" (2005), in which the Firefly family are on the run from the police. Additionally, Zombie is also set to be directing "3 from Hell", the sequel to "The Devil's Rejects". This would be the final film performance of Dennis Fimple before his death in August 2002. This film was dedicated to his memory.
Goldman described the casting process as "exciting, fun, and sometimes strange". He stated that focusing on the characteristics of each character, the voices, and acting abilities were crucial, saying that using voices that added to a movie's texture was part of the team's philosophy in the development of a film. Goldman found the strangest casting decision to be Dom DeLuise for Jeremy the Crow, which Goldman, Bluth, and Pomeroy had considered after they watched the 1978 film "The End". Elizabeth Hartman was cast as Mrs. Brisby, with Goldman calling her performance in "A Patch of Blue" "so believable and sincere that we all felt that she was right for the part." Pomeroy suggested Derek Jacobi, who starred in the 1976 miniseries "I Claudius," to play the part of Nicodemus. Peter Strauss, whom the team previously saw in another miniseries from 1976, "Rich Man, Poor Man", was cast as Justin. Paul Shenar was assigned to play Jenner; the staff liked his "dark, powerful voice". Shakespearean actor John Carradine was "perfect for the dark, ominous Great Owl", while Aldo Ray was assigned to voice Sullivan, whom Goldman said "also had a great distinctive voice".
House of 1000 Corpses is the soundtrack album for the movie "House of 1000 Corpses", directed by Rob Zombie. It includes artists such as Buck Owens, Helen Kane, The Ramones, Lionel Richie, Slim Whitman, Trina, Scott Humphrey and Zombie himself, along with numerous instrumentals and audio samples taken from the movie.Album - Billboard (North America)
Sarah-Louise Platt (née Tilsley; previously Grimshaw) is a fictional character from the British soap opera "Coronation Street". She was born on screen during the episode broadcast on 2 February 1987. She was played by Leah King in 1987 and by Lynsay King from 1987 until 8 October 1999 when King opted to leave to focus on her education. Tina O'Brien took over the role on 31 October 1999; she opted to leave in 2007 and made her final on-screen appearance on 30 December 2007. A number of false rumours about O'Brien returning to the role surfaced during her absence from the serial. In October 2014, it was announced that O'Brien had reprised the role, she returned to filming in February 2015 and returned on screen on 30 March 2015. Sarah's storylines have included a controversial and ground-breaking underage pregnancy which saw her giving birth to Bethany Platt (Amy & Emily Walton, Lucy Fallon) and saw Sarah deal with motherhood in her teens, internet grooming, her friendship with Candice Stowe (Nikki Sanderson), her relationships with Todd (Bruno Langley) and Jason Grimshaw (Ryan Thomas) as well as her sibling rivalry between her and her half-brother David Platt (Thomas Ormson, Jack P. Shepherd). Her exit storyline saw her leave Weatherfield to start a new life with Bethany in Milan. Her return storyline saw her track down Bethany who had run away from home and returned to Weatherfield and begin a relationship with brother David's enemy Callum Logan (Sean Ward). Sarah was a central character in the shows third live episode which was aired to commemorate 60 years of ITV.
"The Nature and Purpose of the Universe" was produced by the Direct Theatre at the Wonder Horse Theatre, New York, on February 21, 1979. Directed by Allen B. Belknap, the cast featured Ellen Greene as Eleanor Mann, Tom Bade as Steve Mann, Ethan Phillips as Donald Mann, Chris Ceraso as Gary Mann, and Eric Weitz as Andy Mann.
Two "agents of God" explain the nature and purpose of the universe to the audience, using the Mann family of suburban New Jersey for illustration. At the center of the story is Eleanor, a sweet, sad housewife horribly treated by her husband Steve and most every other character in the play, most of whom are actually the "agents of God" in disguise. Eleanor's oldest son Donald is a drug addict, a dealer, and a pimp, middle son Gary an angry homosexual, and youngest son Andy has lost his penis in a reaper accident.
Antigone, also known as "The Antigone of Sophocles", is an adaptation by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht of Hölderlin's translation of Sophocles' tragedy. It was first performed at the Chur Stadttheater in Switzerland in 1948, with Brecht's second wife Helene Weigel, in the lead role. This was Brecht's first directorial collaboration with Caspar Neher.
Steven Rea of "The Philadelphia Inquirer" gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" is easily the best stop-motion animated necrophiliac musical romantic comedy of all time. It is also just simply, wonderful: a morbid, merry tale of true love that dazzles the eyes and delights the soul." Bill Muller of "The Arizona Republic" gave the film four out of five stars, saying ""Corpse Bride" is a delightful mix of strange goings-on and imaginatively crafted puppetry, a wild ride through Burton's chaotic, splendidly original world." Michael Booth of "The Denver Post" gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying ""Corpse Bride" will win your heart, if it doesn't rip it out of your chest first." Terry Lawson of the "Detroit Free Press" gave the film three out of four stars, saying "There's a happy Halloween in store even for children who aren't allowed to trick or treat, and it's courtesy of Tim Burton's animated "Corpse Bride"." Bruce Westbrook of "The Houston Chronicle" gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "Amazingly fluid and drop-dead gorgeous, Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" is the best-looking, stop-motion animation film ever." Rene Rodriguez of the "Miami Herald" gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying ""Corpse Bride" suffers from the same problem that has plagued Burton's recent live-action films: for all its formidable razzle-dazzle, it doesn't engage the heart." Colin Covert of the "Star Tribune" gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "This vibrantly imaginative mix of horror and humor puts the f-u-n in funeral."
The story could almost be a sequel to an earlier Bela Lugosi movie, "The Corpse Vanishes" (Each bride at her wedding was given an orchid, which she sniffed before passing out. In "The Corpse Vanishes", Bela played a doctor who captured the brides and took some kind of liquid from each bride's body and injected it into his wife to make her temporarily young again. Characters included his wife, an old woman, the old woman's grown son, and a dwarf.) In "Bride of the Monster", Bela again plays a doctor doing experiments, but his only housemate/assistant is Lobo, and when his experiment fails to turn someone into an "atomic-powered superman", he throws the dead subject to an octopus or an alligator, similar to what Bela did in "Murders in the Rue Morgue".
Liam Lacey of "The Globe and Mail" gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Ghoulishness and innocence walk hand-in-hand in Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride", a movie that digs into Hollywood's past to resurrect the antique art of stop-motion animation and create a fabulous bauble of a movie." Jack Mathews of the "New York Daily News" gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "Stop-motion animation may be the hardest and most tedious job in Hollywood, but the makers of Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" deserve a couple of years in Tahiti celebrating their effort." Lou Lumenick of the "New York Post" gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" is an instant classic." Lisa Rose of the "Newark Star-Ledger" gave the film three out of five stars, saying ""Corpse Bride" offers unclassifiable enchantment." James Berardinelli of "ReelViews" gave the film three out of four stars, saying "As animated films go, this is easily the best of a weak year." Peter Howell of the "Toronto Star" gave the film four out of four stars, saying "If his "The Nightmare Before Christmas" from a dozen years back was a treat for the eyes and mind, Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" goes double or nothing by being a delight for the ears and also the heart." Joe Williams of the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" gave the film a B+, saying "Beneath the bone pile of allusions, "Corpse Bride" is a darkly enchanting fable in its own right."
Andrew Sarris of "The New York Observer" gave the film a negative review, saying ""Corpse Bride" turns out to be a ponderous mixture of puppetry and animation that is far too technologically complex and laborious for this hopelessly Luddite reviewer." Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars, calling it "A sweet and visually lovely tale of love lost." Roger Moore of the "Orlando Sentinel" gave the film four out of five stars, saying "The sweetness, the visual flourishes and inspired pieces of casting carry the "Corpse Bride", if not all the way down the primrose path, then at least across the threshold." Robert K. Elder of the "Chicago Tribune" gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "If "Nightmare Before Christmas" was a jazzy pop number, "Corpse Bride" is a waltz--an elegant, deadly funny bit of macabre matrimony." Kenneth Turan of the "Los Angeles Times" gave the film two out of five stars, saying "The film does have a fairy-tale aspect, but, like many of its characters, it is more dead and buried than fully alive." Claudia Puig of "USA Today" gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying ""Corpse Bride" is an unexpectedly touching celebration of love told in a quirky and inventive style." Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" gave the film three and a half stars out of five, saying "In the guise of a family film, Burton evokes a darkly erotic obsession that recalls Edgar Allan Poe and Hitchcock's Vertigo. It would be a test for any filmmaker, and Burton aces it."