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Vanguard Films & Animation, often named only as Vanguard Animation, is an American animation studio founded in 2002 by producer John H. Williams and Neil Braun. The studio has offices in British Columbia, Canada and Ealing Studios in London England, United Kingdom. Starz Media owns the studio's minority stake.
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(2008)
(2005)
(2007)
(2012)
(1945)
(1944)Filmography of Vanguard Films (14 films)
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Add to a movie listOn the Road (2012)
, 2h20Directed by Sam Riley, Walter Salles
Origin France
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams, Tom Sturridge, Alice Braga
In 1947, on the day his father is buried, Sal Paradise (Sam Riley) is invited by his friend Chad to meet Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund) and Moriarty's 16-year-old wife Marylou (Kristen Stewart). Sal befriends Dean, smoking marijuana with him and visiting a jazz nightclub where they meet saxophonist Walter (Terrence Howard), who also befriends them. Dean gets a job as a chauffeur (having previously been a car thief). Sal teaches Dean how to write before another friend, Carlo Marx (Tom Sturridge), leaves with Dean for Denver.
, 1h16Directed by John H. Williams
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Comedy science fiction films, Films about apes, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Tom Kenny, Cheryl Hines, Patrick Warburton, John DiMaggio, Zack Shada, Carlos Alazraqui
Space Chimps 2 takes place a few days after the first film. It follows Comet, the techno chimp who longs to be taken as a full-fledged space chimp. In the last film, he never got a chance to go to space. However, he finds out that he was cut from the mission due to the budget cuts and no one takes him seriously again. He gets on the rocket ship and he accidentally launches the ship into space. Comet journeys to Planet Malgor where he bonds with the alien Kilowatt, and lives out his ultimate fantasy.
Space Chimps (2008)
, 1h21Directed by Kirk DeMicco
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Animation, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about animals, Comedy science fiction films, Films about apes, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Cheryl Hines, Andy Samberg, Jeff Daniels, Patrick Warburton, Kristin Chenoweth, Kenan Thompson
The film begins with Ham III, grandson of the first chimpanzee in space, being a cannonball at his circus and later being criticized by his grandfather's friend Houston. Meanwhile, an unmanned NASA space probe called the Infinity is dragged into an intergalactic wormhole, and crash-lands on an Earth-like planet on the other side of the galaxy. Zartog, an evil-minded inhabitant, accidentally discovers how to take manual control of the on-board machinery and uses it to enslave the population.
Happily N'Ever After (2007)
, 1h27Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Films about the labor movement, Children's films
Actors Sarah Michelle Prinze, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Wallace Shawn, Andrew Roane Dick, Patrick Warburton, Jim Ward
The story begins with the idea that the Wizard (George Carlin) controls all of the fairy tales and maintains the balance of good and evil in Fairy Tale Land. With the help of his assistants the uptight Munk (Wallace Shawn) and the decidedly goofy Mambo (Andy Dick), the Wizard is checking to make sure that all the fairy tales under his care are "on track" to have their traditional happy endings. As we meet him however, the Wizard is leaving for Scotland for a long-overdue vacation. He leaves the kingdom in the hands of Munk and Mambo.
Valiant (2005)
, 1h16Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about birds, Political films, Children's films
Actors Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais, John Cleese, Olivia Williams, Pip Torrens, John Hurt
In May 1944, 5 years since the declaration of World War II, three Royal Homing Pigeon Service war pigeons are flying across the English Channel with the White Cliffs of Dover in sight, carrying vital messages to Great Britain. Despite the poor weather conditions the pigeons have nearly reached their destination. They are, however, suddenly ambushed and attacked by a German enemy peregrine falcon named General Von Talon; two of the pigeons are instantly killed, yet the third, Mercury, is taken as a prisoner of war.
The Tuxedo (2002)
, 1h38Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Sports films, Films about terrorism, Martial arts films
Actors Jackie Chan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jason Isaacs, Debi Mazar, Peter Stormare, Ritchie Coster
Jimmy Tong (Jackie Chan) is a taxi driver notorious for his speed and ability to get his customer anywhere in the least amount of time. His reputation lands him a job as the personal chauffeur of the mysterious but wealthy Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs). Jimmy does not really know what his new boss' job is, but Devlin's friendly nature, imperturbable demeanor, and willingness to offer Jimmy advice wins Jimmy over and the two become friends. Jimmy has no idea that Devlin is a spy, and when an attempt to kill Devlin with a car bombing sends him into a coma, Jimmy ends up with Devlin's recent case notes and a special watch that controls Devlin's rather unusual tuxedo.
The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)
, 1h29Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Vincenzo Cerami
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Femi Benussi, Renato Montalbano
Totò and his son Ninetto roam the neighbourhood and the countryside of Rome. During the walk they observe a body being removed from a house following a murder. They next encounter a talking crow, who, described on the intertitles as, "For the benefit of those who were not paying attention or are in doubt, we remind you that the Crow is – as you say – a left-wing intellectual of the kind found living before Palmiro Togliatti's death").
Gone to Earth (1950)
, 1h50Directed by Michael Powell, Rouben Mamoulian, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about foxes, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jennifer Jones, David Farrar, Cyril Cusack, Esmond Knight, Sybil Thorndike, Edward Chapman
Hazel Woodus (Jennifer Jones) is a child of nature in the Shropshire countryside in 1897. She loves and understands all the wild animals more than the people around her. Whenever she has problems, she turns to the book of spells and charms left to her by her gypsy mother.
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
, 1h26Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Peinture, Ghost films
Actors Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Brian Keith, Ethel Barrymore, Cecil Kellaway, Florence Bates
In 1934, impoverished painter Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten) meets a fey little girl named Jennie Appleton (Jennifer Jones) in Central Park, New York. She is wearing old-fashioned clothing. He makes a sketch of her from memory which involves him with art dealer Miss Spinney (Ethel Barrymore), who sees potential in him. This inspires him to paint a portrait of Jennie.
The Paradine Case (1947)
, 2h5Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Alida Valli, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Ethel Barrymore
Maddalena Anna Paradine (Alida Valli) is a very beautiful and enigmatic young foreign woman, currently living in London, who is accused of poisoning her older, blind husband, a retired military man, at their grand home in the Lake District. It is not clear whether she is a grateful and devoted wife who has been falsely accused, or whether she is instead a calculating and ruthless femme fatale.
Spellbound (1945)
, 1h51Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll, Rhonda Fleming, John Emery
The Fault... is Not in Our Stars, But in Ourselves...— William Shakespeare
Since You Went Away (1944)
, 2h57Directed by Edward F. Cline, John Cromwell, Tay Garnett, David Selznick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Shirley Temple, Joseph Cotten, Monty Woolley, Lionel Barrymore
Anne Hilton (Claudette Colbert) is an upper-middle-class housewife living in a Midwestern town near a military base with her two teenage daughters, Jane (Jennifer Jones) and Bridget "Brig" (Shirley Temple). Anne's beloved husband Tim Hilton - seen only in photographs - is the father of Jane and Brig, has volunteered for U.S. Army service in World War II. As the film begins in January 1943, Anne has just returned from seeing her husband off to Camp Claiborne, and she and her daughters must adjust to the absence of Tim and make other sacrifices for the war effort, including food rationing; planting a victory garden; giving up the services of their loyal maid Fidelia (Hattie McDaniel) who nevertheless offers to continue working part time for the Hiltons while foregoing wages; and taking in a boarder, the curmudgeonly retired Colonel Smollett (Monty Woolley). When the Hiltons travel by train in a failed attempt to see Tim one last time before he ships out, they encounter or travel with many other people whose lives have been affected by the war, and they end up not getting to see Tim because their train is delayed to allow a defense supply train to go through first. In contrast, the Hiltons' socialite neighbor Emily Hawkins (Agnes Moorehead) complains about the inconveniences caused by the war and engages in unsupportive behaviors such as hoarding food and criticizing the Hiltons' efforts.
I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
, 1h25Directed by William Dieterle, George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Christmas films, Films based on plays
Actors Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Tom Tully, John Derek
Social outcasts Mary Marshall (Ginger Rogers) and Sgt. Zachary Morgan (Joseph Cotten) meet while seated across from each other on a train bound for Pinehill. Zach, a victim of shell shock and, therefore, a prisoner of his own mind, has just been granted a ten-day leave from a military hospital to try to readjust to daily life. Mary, convicted for Involuntary Manslaughter, has just been given a special eight-day furlough from prison to spend the Christmas holiday with her aunt and uncle in Pinehill. Each harbors his own secret. Mary lies to Zach that she is a traveling saleslady on her way to spend the holidays with her family, while Zach tells Mary that he is going to visit his sister in Pinehill. After the train pulls into the station, the two exchange names. Mary then goes to the Marshall home, where she is reunited with her Uncle Henry (Tom Tully), Aunt Sarah (Spring Byington) and cousin Barbara (Shirley Temple).
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Dogtown (1996)
, 1h39Directed by George Hickenlooper
Origin USA
Actors Mary Stuart Masterson, Jon Favreau, Rory Cochrane, Trevor St. John, Karen Black, Harold Russell
A failed actor returns to his small hometown, unaware that he has become a local celebrity. Taking advantage of his newfound fame, he attempts to impress an old unrequited crush who has fallen into hard times.