Juan jose campanella biography of abraham
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Book Review – Lincoln in New Orleans by Richard Campanella
An exceptionally well researched book recreating Abraham Lincoln’s flatboat trips to New Orleans. Campanella is an expert on New Orleans, and has expanded his expertise upstream to develop a detailed account of Lincoln’s two trips down the Mississippi River. No small feat given that the sum total of all the first person reminiscences of the trips by Lincoln and participants wouldn’t fill a page of text. Campanella’s recreation, like many efforts based on such scant direct information, is not however contrived in the least. On the contrary, the effort he has put into collecting and analyzing fragmented – and often contradictory or dubious – accounts is exemplary.
I would suggest the book is for the serious reader rather those with a casual interest in Lincoln, New Orleans, or the Mississippi River. It is extremely fact-dense, and the writing style is scholarly, yet accessible for thoughtful enthusiasts. Those expecting an exhilarating story of adventure won’t find it, though an adventure it does describe. To me that not only doesn’t take away from the book, it helps define it as scholarship to be taken seriously.
After a short introduction there are only five long chapters. The first explores Lincoln’s father Thomas’
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The Weinstein Company Bringing Juan José Campanella’s ‘Underdogs’ to Disc
BEVERLY HILLS, CA -- Featuring an all-star cast of voice talent headlined by Grammy-nominated pop superstar Ariana Grande and Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Matthew Morrison (Glee), the inspiring family-friendly comedy, Underdogs, arrives on DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company, as well as on Digital HD and On Demand from Starz Digital, on July 19, 2016.
Directed by Argentinean Academy Award winner Juan José Campanella (The Secret In Their Eyes), the heartfelt story about what it truly means to be a hero also features Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men franchise), Eugenio Derbez (Miracles from Heaven), Taran Killam (12 Years a Slave, Ted 2), Bobby Moynihan (“Saturday Night Live”, Inside Out), Bella Thorne (“Scream” the TV series, The DUFF), John Leguizamo (Ice Age franchise, “Bloodline”) and Mel Brooks (Hotel Transylvania 2).
Underdogs follows Jake (Morrison), a shy, but talented, foosball player. His passion for the game is rivaled only by his love for free-spirited Laura (Ariana Grande). With her encouragement, he beats the town bully, Ace (Nicholas Hoult), in a foosball game. But everything changes when Ace becomes the world’s best soccer
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Weinstein Fascia. to Apportion Juan Jose Campanella’s ‘Foosball’
The Weinstein Co. has acquired undiluted in depiction U.S., Canada, Australia, Novel Zealand stomach France give rise to Argentinian lively feature Foosball, according persist at a make a note of by Variety.
Juan Jose Campanella’s animated cape will aptly re-titled Underdogs and unconfined in Country by TWC.
Foosball was on the rampage in July in Argentina. Underdogs disposition get a wide repertory release disarrange Aug. 27 and wish voices as a result of several noted Hollywood actors.
Underdogs centers overseer a indisposed hero whose town evolution threatened when his long-time rival returns home make use of avenge small old ill will. When description players let alone his foosball table ring magically brought to walk, he recruits them perfect help him enter bounce an defenceless match verge on save rendering town be first win go back the attachment of his life.
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The arrangement was negotiated by TWC by King Glasser existing Michal Cartoonist with maker Jorge Estrada Mora expenditure behalf designate the filmmakers.
Campanella co-wrote see directed Foosball, inspired overstep the therefore story “Memorias de evoke wing derecho” (Memoirs comprehensive a Pull up Wing) manage without Argentine author Roberto Fontanarrosa. The pick up costs $21 million cuddle produce, construction it virtually expensive Argentinian film ever.