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Peter Fernandez is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 29 january 1933 at New York City (USA)
Peter Fernandez (January 29, 1927 – July 15, 2010) was an American child model, film actor, voice actor, director and author. Despite a career extending from the 1930s, he is probably best known for his uncredited roles in the 1967 anime Speed Racer. Fernandez co-wrote the scripts, was the voice director, and translated the English-language version of the theme song. He was instrumental in introducing many Japanese anime series to English-speaking audiences.
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Peter Fernandez
Nationality USA
Birth 29 january 1933 at New York City (USA)
Death 15 july 2010 (at 77 years) at Pomona (USA)
Birth 29 january 1933 at New York City (USA)
Death 15 july 2010 (at 77 years) at Pomona (USA)
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Speed Racer (2008)
, 2h15Directed by Lana et Lilly Wachowski
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Nicholas Elia, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox
Roles le commentateur
Rating61%
Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is an 18-year-old whose life and love has always been automobile racing. His parents Pops (John Goodman) and Mom (Susan Sarandon) run the independent Racer Motors, in which his brother Spritle (Paulie Litt), mechanic Sparky (Kick Gurry), and girlfriend Trixie (Christina Ricci) are also involved. As a child Speed idolized his record-setting older brother, Rex Racer (Scott Porter), who was killed while racing in the Casa Cristo 5000, a cross-country racing rally. Now embarking on his own career, Speed Racer is quickly sweeping the racing world with his skill behind the wheel of his brother's cars, the Mach 5 and his own Formula One car the Mach 6, but remains primarily interested in the art of the race and the well-being of his family.
Otaku Unite! (2004)
, 1h10Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Peter Fernandez, Carl Macek, Matt K. Miller, Corinne Orr
Rating64%
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1994)
, 1h58Directed by Lasse Hallström
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Films about school violence
Actors Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Leonardo DiCaprio, John C. Reilly, Darlene Cates
Rating76%
In the small town of Endora, Iowa, Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) is busy caring for Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio), his brother with a developmental disability, as they wait for the many tourists' trailers to pass through town during their "yearly ritual" of camping at a nearby recreational area. His mother, Bonnie (Darlene Cates), gave up on life after her husband hanged himself seventeen years earlier. She spends almost all of her time on the couch watching TV. With Bonnie unable to care for her children on her own due to her morbid obesity, Gilbert has taken responsibility for repairing the old house and looking after Arnie, who has a habit of climbing the town water tower, while his sisters Amy and Ellen do the rest. The relationship between the brothers is of both care and protection, as Gilbert continually enforces the "nobody touches Arnie" policy. A new FoodLand supermarket has opened, threatening the small Lamson's Grocery where Gilbert works. In addition, Gilbert is having an affair with a married woman, Betty Carver (Mary Steenburgen).
Les Tisserands du pouvoir (1988)
, 1h53Directed by Claude Fournier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Jocelyn Bérubé, Paul Berval, John Wildman, Denis Bouchard, Jean Desailly, Gérard Caillaud
Roles Mr Kenney
Rating9%
Le film se déroule au Québec et en Nouvelle-Angleterre où des familles entières de Québécois s’exilent pour aller travailler dans les usines américaines de textile. Exploités, ne parlant pas la langue des patrons, les membres de la famille Lambert et leurs concitoyens luttent pour conserver des conditions de survie pour les leurs. L’intrigue développe leur vie difficile, aux prises avec le mépris et la dureté du gérant d’usine et de son patron d’origine française.
The Enchanted Journey (1981)
, 1h25Genres Adventure, Animation
Actors Yū Mizushima, Orson Welles, Jim Backus, Takeshi Aono, Corinne Orr, Rihoko Yoshida
Rating70%
A domestically raised chipmunk, Glikko, befriends a carrier pigeon named Pippo (pee-poh), who tells Glikko of an enormous forest where chipmunks roam free. Enthralled by the story, Glikko leaves his home in the city and sister in search of the Vast North Forest. Along the way he meets up with another chipmunk named Nono, whom Glikko reluctantly allows to accompany him. On their journey they are faced with dangers such as predators and the Winter climate.
That Man from Rio (1964)
, 1h50Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Philippe de Broca
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais, Adolfo Celi, Simone Renant, Daniel Ceccaldi
Rating70%
As airman Adrien Dufourquet embarks on an 8-day leave in Paris to see his fiancée, Agnès, two South American Indians steal an Amazon statuette from a museum and force Professor Catalan, the curator, into their car. Catalan was Agnès' father's companion on an Amazon expedition during which her father died. Catalan believes that the statuette is one of three which hold the secret to an Amazon treasure. Adrien arrives in time to see the Indians abducting Agnès, the only one who knows the location of the other statuettes, and he pursues them to the airport where he steals a ticket and boards the same plane.
Mothra (1961)
, 1h41Directed by Ishirō Honda
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Natural horror films, Films about insects, Les fées, Giant monster films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films
Actors Frankie Sakai, Ken Uehara, Kyōko Kagawa, Kenji Sahara, Hiroshi Koizumi, Takashi Shimura
Rating66%
An expedition to an irradiated island brings civilization in contact with a primitive native culture. When one sensationalist entrepreneur tries to exploit the islanders, their ancient deity arises in retaliation.
Alakazam the Great! (1960)
, 1h28Directed by Osamu Tezuka
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films based on mythology, Films about apes, Musical films
Actors Peter Fernandez, Frankie Avalon, Kiyoshi Kawakubo, Sterling Holloway, Arnold Stang, Jonathan Winters
Rating59%
Alakazam is a young and brave monkey (a macaque) who has been encouraged by all the other monkeys to become their king. After attaining the throne, he becomes rude and dictatorial, and does not believe that human beings are greater than he is. Then he tricks/forces Merlin the magician to teach him magic (reluctantly on Merlin's part, who warns Alakazam that the powers he acquires now will bring him much unhappiness later).
City Across the River (1949)
, 1h31Directed by Maxwell Shane
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Stephen McNally, Thelma Ritter, Luis van Rooten, Jeff Corey, Sue England, Richard Benedict
Roles Frank Cusack
Rating62%
Two members of a tough Brooklyn street gang accidentally kill one of their teachers.
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The Secret of Mulan (1998)
Directed by Peter Fernandez
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Actors Greg Abbey, Leo Burmester, Lionel Girard Wilson, Jeff Bergman
Rating46%
The film features an anthropomorphic caterpillar named Mulan who takes her father's place in war against Mala-Khan using the pseudonym "Hua" (originally the character's surname, which here is pronounced "hoohah"). She leaves with her father's servant, Ewue.
Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)
, 1h15Directed by Peter Fernandez, Kirio Urayama
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about dragons
Actors Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kirin Kiki, Kazuo Kumakura, Miina Tominaga
Rating74%
In the distant past of Japan a lazy and selfish Taro loves to eat and sleep and wrestle with the animals. With no direction in his life, a Tengu appears that gives him a special potion. With this potion, he gains the strength of a hundred men - but he can only use it when he is helping others. After drinking the potion, Taro, day by day, begins to understand what it means to help other, first my fighting Akaoni (Red Oni) to save Aya, a young girl gifted with the flute, then by helping others in his village collect fire wood. One night his grandmother tells him of his mother's transformation into a dragon. Taro then begins his search for his mother. Before his search for his mother starts, Taro again confronts Akaoni after hearing from the animals that Aya was captured by Kurooni (Black Oni). After a brief fight, Akaoni agrees to help Taro save Aya from Kurooni. After besting Kunooni, Taro finds out he has also saved a village terrorized by Kurooni and Akaoni, the later bullied into the former's service. Taro then aids Akaoni by throwing him into the clouds to serve the thunder god. After the village celebrates Taro's deeds, he starts his search. He comes upon an old woman and is tricked into service in her rice patties. After a successful harvest year and learning the truth from a giant serpent living in the lake next to the old woman's rice farm, Taro takes the fruits of his labor and gives it to the old woman's former employees and others, leaving her with little. During his conversation with the serpent, Taro learns that nine mountain overs lives a yamanba that could point him in the right direction. Taro takes that information and finds the yamanba. The yamanba tells him what he seeks and lets slip she was responsible for the serpent. After narrowing escaping the yamanba, Taro is overpowered by yukionna. The following morning, Aya finds Taro near frozen and able to revive him. With her aid, Taro finds the lake where his mother, Tatsu, now lives. Tatsu tells Taro why she was transformed, as a mother heavy with child fulfilling her duties to her unborn child, she needed to eat, but neglecting her duties to the rest of her village, she left nothing of her catch for the other workers. Taro then proposes a means to make the lives of the villager back home better, by making for them a new home able to be large rice patties. Taro and Tatsu them attempt to break the dam that formed the lake Tatsu resides. Although they succeed, Tatsu's body is broken and all seeing it after the lake had emptied concluded she had died. Morning the lost of his mother, Taro is relieved to see her life was returned and she is yet again human. Their actions are successful and the new flooded low lands enable prosperity for all the villagers Taro has helped, not only along his way but from his home village.
Scriptwriter
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
, 1h27Directed by Jun Fukuda
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, La préhistoire, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about insects, Les fées, Giant monster films, Musical films, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Akihiko Hirata, Hideyo Amamoto, Tōru Watanabe, Haruo Nakajima
Rating55%
After Yata (Toru Ibuki) is lost at sea, his brother Ryota (Toru Watanabe) steals a yacht with his two friends and a bank robber, the crew runs afoul of the giant lobster Ebirah, and washes up on the shore of an island, where a terrorist organization manufactures heavy water for their purposes, as well as a chemical that keeps Ebirah at bay. The organization, known as the Red Bamboo, has enslaved natives from Infant Island to help them, but the natives hope to awaken Mothra (now a full-grown moth metamorphosed from the larva that appeared in Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster) to rescue them.
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Elvira Madigan (1967)
, 1h31Directed by Bo Widerberg
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about suicide
Actors Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren, Yvonne Ingdal
Roles Producer
Rating69%
Elvira Madigan and Sixten Sparre are together in the Danish countryside. Sixten has renounced the military and now claims to be "on the women's side." Elvira, who was the main attraction at her circus, has got her identity back and starts to refer to herself with her real name Hedvig.