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Seller: memorabilia111 ✉️ (808) 100%, Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, US, Ships to: US & many other countries, Item: 176299959323 NOAH HATHAWAY CHILD ACTOR SIGNED NEVERENDING STORY BATTLESTAR GALACTICA YOUNG. THIS IS A VERY EARLY SIGNED INDEX CARD SIGNED BY NOAH HATHAWAY WHEN HE WAS A CAST MEMNER OF BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. OBTAINED DIRECTLY FROM HIM WHEN HE WAS WITH THE IRIS BURTON AGENCY. THIS WAS OBTAINED FOR ME BY MY FRIEND AND IT IS INSCRIBED TO HER. I HAVE HAD IT SINCE THE LATE 70'S  Iris Burton, a former hoofer who discovered a slew of child actors, died Saturday in Woodland Hills. She was 77 and had been suffering from pneumonia and Alzheimer’s disease.


Iris Burton, a former hoofer who discovered a slew of child actors, died Saturday in Woodland Hills. She was 77 and had been suffering from pneumonia and Alzheimer’s disease. Services for Burton will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Mount Sinai Hollywood Hills. Burton discovered child thesps including River Phoenix, Kirsten Dunst and Henry Thomas. At one point in the 1980s, Burton had child actors in virtually every sitcom. Over the years, her clients included Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, Drew Barrymore, Tori Spelling, Fred Savage, Jerry O’Connell and Kirk Cameron. She co-represented Joaquin Phoenix and Josh Hartnett until recently. Burton got into the tenpercentery biz following her divorce from actor-director-scribe Sidney Miller, whom she met on the set of “The Ten Commandments.” Burton, who had a son, Barry, to support, had gone on welfare when agent William Schuller, who repped a young Ron Howard, gave her a job. While there, she gravitated toward child stars and eventually started the Iris Burton Agency. “She represented a who’s who of child stars,” said David Permut, who got to know her when considering Barrymore for an Eddie Murphy vehicle that never got made. “We all take pride in discovering people in this business. She did it in spades.” Born in Gotham, Burton started as a dancer, hoofing on Broadway in shows such as “Top Banana,” starring Phil Silvers. In the 1950s, she moved to Hollywood, where she danced in the film version of “Top Banana,” among other productions. Burton never lost her larger-than-life personality. “She was always brassy,” Permut said. “She always said what was on her mind. She was always an ex-showgirl from New York.” Arlyn “Heart” Phoenix, mother of the acting brood, said Burton protected her children’s welfare like a mother bear. “I will miss her very much,” she said, starting to tear up. “She always stood by my kids in every way. She had a deep respect for the choices we made.” At the time Burton discovered the Phoenix acting clan, Hart Phoenix was working for an NBC casting agent and the children were singing for money in Westwood. Permut said Burton always had a big Christmas party at her hilltop home “for all the kids.” Her son, Barry, became an actor, co-starring in such films as “Saturday Night Fever” and “Fame.” In 1985, he won a Tony for the Neil Simon hit Broadway comedy “Biloxi Blues.” Donations may be made to the Motion Picture and Television Fund. Iris Burton (born Iris Burstein, September 4, 1930 – April 5, 2008) was an American dancer and talent agent, who discovered and represented many famous child actors during her career. Contents 1 Personal life and early career 2 Later career 3 Death 4 References 5 External links Personal life and early career Burton was born as Iris Burstein in 1930 in Manhattan, New York City, and made a career as a child dancer, later dancing as Iris Burton in the Broadway shows Music in My Heart (1947) and Pardon Our French (1950).[1] She also danced on television, earning $125 per week in 1951 for performing on Milton Berle's program.[2] In the early 1950s, she moved to Hollywood, appearing as a dancer in several films such as Top Banana (1954) and The Ten Commandments (1956).[3] Tony Award-winning actor Barry Miller (Saturday Night Fever, Fame) is Burton's son from her brief marriage to actor/director Sidney Miller.[3] Later career Burton began her agency in 1977, becoming one of the few women at high levels in talent agencies.[2] She was well known for discovering the Phoenix brothers (River Phoenix and Joaquin Phoenix, and their sisters Rain, Liberty and Summer) when their mother Arlyn (Heart) Phoenix came to her and demanded she meet her children as she pleaded they had special talent. Iris was intrigued by an article written about a competition that the children had won and arranged an appointment. She worked with River throughout his short career.[3][4] Burton and her relationship with Greg Sestero is described in a chapter of Sestero's 2013 memoir The Disaster Artist. Sestero portrays Burton as a warm, quick-witted agent who took on representing him despite his lack of experience and ultimately led him to his first big roles.[5] This chapter was dramatized briefly in the 2017 film adaptation of the book, with Burton portrayed by Sharon Stone. Death Iris Burton died on April 5, 2008, aged 77, from pneumonia and complications of Alzheimer's disease in Woodland Hills, California[3] at the Motion Picture and Television Country House.[2] Noah Leslie Hathaway (born November 13, 1971) is an American actor and a former teen idol. He is best known for his roles as Atreyu in the 1984 film The NeverEnding Story and for portraying Boxey on the original television series Battlestar Galactica. His work in The NeverEnding Story made him particularly popular as a teenage celebrity in Europe. Contents 1 Career 1.1 Early work 1.2 The NeverEnding Story 1.3 Later roles 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 3.1 Film 3.2 Television 4 Awards and nominations 5 See also 6 References 7 Bibliography 8 External links Career Early work Hathaway was born in Los Angeles, California. He began appearing in commercials at age three, and later starred in several TV films and series. At the age of six he appeared in Battlestar Galactica, portraying Boxey, for which he received a nomination in the first Young Artist Awards.[1] The NeverEnding Story He was cast as Atreyu in the 1984 film The NeverEnding Story. He received his second Young Artist Awards nomination[2] and won the award for Best Younger Actor in the 12th Annual Saturn Awards.[3] For the role Hathaway performed his own stunts, leading to a few near-injuries;[4] German director Wolfgang Petersen said: I sought a good-looking boy of athletic build with the quality of fierce determination. The role requires the character to ride a horse expertly, fly on the back of a dragon, struggle through a swamp, clamber over rocks and fight a ferocious wolf-vampire. Hathaway observed: Well, what it was... Wolfgang Petersen was notorious for his actors doing their own stunts. His actors are always getting hurt, because he wanted....Audiences are very savvy, you can cut away and show the back of somebody and show the stuntman doing their stunt. And everybody knows that, so he wants his actors to do as much as they can for the realism of the movie. Accidents happen and actors aren't stuntmen. That's why they have stuntmen, because if someone gets hurt, they're "expendable". And some of the times, they're just more careful.... I just ended up paying.[4] Hathaway has said that, during the time he worked as a tattoo artist, he could see for himself the film's on-going popularity, as clients regularly requested tattoos of the AURYN amulet his character wore, in the film.[5] He claims to have given fifteen different clients AURYN amulet tattoos in a single week. Later roles In 1986 Hathaway starred in Troll, as Harry Potter Jr. and in the television movie Casebusters, as Jamie. Hathaway did not return to acting until 1994, in the film To Die, to Sleep, in his first adult role. After a second hiatus as an actor, Hathaway returned in 2011 for the films Mondo Holocausto! as Ruggero Margheriti, and Sushi Girl as Fish. In 2016 Hathaway reprised his role from The NeverEnding Story for a Spotify commercial celebrating the 1980s.[6] Personal life This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately. Find sources: "Noah Hathaway" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Hathaway attended school at Lycee Français de Los Angeles.[citation needed] He moved into dance instruction, teaching advanced jazz and street dance until an injury forced him to quit in 1989 at age eighteen. Trained in martial arts, Hathaway would later earn black belts in Tang Soo Do and Shotokan Karate, and also competed as a Muay Thai boxer, and learned American Kenpo from Dr. Jerry Erickson. Hathaway spent some of his time at the Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, California competing in supersport motorcycle racing, and designing and riding "chopper" motorcycles. He was on tour with WizardWorld Conventions and appeared at the Chicago and Philadelphia shows in 2011. He appeared at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo in Sydney, Australia in June 2012.[7] Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1980 It's My Turn Homer's Son 1981 Separate Ways Jason Colby 1982 Best Friends Lyle Ballou 1984 The NeverEnding Story Atreyu Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical, Comedy or Adventure 1984 Quest N/A Short film 1986 Troll Harry Potter Jr. 1994 To Die, to Sleep Phil 2012 Sushi Girl Fish 2012 Mondo Holocausto! Ruggero Margheriti 2013 Blue Dream Roper Karlsson Television Year Title Role Notes 1978–1979 Battlestar Galactica Boxey 13 episodes Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Juvenile Actor in a Television Series 1979 High Midnight Timmy Television movie 1979 Supertrain Kid Episode: "Superstar" 1979 The Last Convertible Teddy 3 episodes 1980 Mork & Mindy Jud Episode: "Little Orphan Morkie" 1980 Eight Is Enough Jerry 2 episodes 1982 Laverne & Shirley Kevin Swisher Episode: "Lightning Man" 1982 CHiPs Tommy Episode: "Ice Cream Man" 1984 Simon & Simon Patrick Jessup Episode: "Almost Completely Out of Circulation" 1985 Call to Glory Boy in French Class Episode: "JFK: Part Two" 1985 CBS Storybreak N/A 2 episodes 1985 Family Ties Adam Galardner Episode: "Designated Hitter" 1986 The Magical World of Disney Jamie Episode: "Casebusters" 1986 Wildfire N/A Unknown episodes 2013 Twisted Tales Dale Episode: "Boom" Awards and nominations 1980 - Young Artist Award for Best Juvenile Actor in a TV Series or Special - Nominated 1985 - Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama - Nominated 1985 - Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor - Won 1986 - Young Artist Award for Outstanding Young Actor - Animation Voice Over - Nominated On August 14, 2005 at Memorabilia, held in Birmingham, England, we caught up with actor Noah Hathaway, better known for his part as Boxey on Battlestar Galactica 1978 and Atreyu on the NeverEnding Story. He started at the age of three already doing commercials and after being a child actor for years he left the business. Now he's thinking of picking it up again and we look back on his career and future plans.  Your father was an acting teacher, so I guess he taught you a lot. Was he your only teacher or did you also have some other acting classes later? He was the main person that I have worked with during my early years. I have tried to work with some other teachers and I just... uhm... you have to kind of find out what works for you, you know. I worked with some pretty big teachers for a couple of months, but I'm just not very keen on certain people. For the last year I've been working with Ivana Chubbuck, who is Halle Berry's coach and Eva Mendez's coach and the Baldwin's coach... I've been working with her for the last year, because my back is much better now. She's great! She's the best coach I've had; I've had very little training up until recently. You already had a commercial agent when you were 3, right? Yes! You started pretty early then. When I was three, I did a Pepsi commercial, which was my first job. I probably did 10-15 commercials up until I did Battlestar [Galactica].   Noah Hathaway as Boxey on Battlestar Galactica 1978 Noah Hathaway as Boxey on Battlestar Galactica 1978   How did you get the part for Battlestar Galactica? Did you do a screentest? Yes, auditioned. Had a couple actually: two or three auditions and had to do a screentest. Where there a lot of other children? For the part? Yes. For the screentest... it was just between me and one other kid. I still remember his name though, which is funny. Did you have any guidance by your parents or welfare workers on the set? You have to by law! My parents were always on the set and you always had to have a teacher around. The teacher had credentials and they had make sure you're not exploited and that you're taking care off... you know what I mean? That you do your schooling and stuff... In the States back then, they were very on top of things. At least they were starting to become back then; starting to really get on top of things for kids. Because there were a lot of child actors and actresses at that time that were manipulated by directors with long working hours and things like that. It's a lot different now, but I guess in those days there weren't that many rules yet? What happened was: they came up with the Coogan Law, named after Jackie Coogan who was The Kid in the Charlie Chaplin movies. That's were it all kind off stemmed from, but it has taken years to really enforce it and get on top of it. A lot of kids were exploited during the times when it starting to take effect. You also had a crush on Jane Seymour (Serina)? Of course! She was beautiful! You even bought her flowers and perfume as a birthday present. Did you ever talked to her later about that, when you were an adult? A friend of mine was a producer on Dr. Quinn and he had me come out to say hi, so we talked about it. This was probably... I don't know, maybe 10 years ago. Yes, I told her. I said: "I had the biggest crush on you; you were so beautiful!" ...she blushed. (both laughing) There was also one of the episodes that had your father in it: "The Long Patrol". He was an Enforcer in there. Did you get him that job or was he just around? No... Well yeah, inadvertently I got it for him because he was on the set the whole time and he was an actor, so they cast him. Because there were a lot of family members of other cast members on the show. No... ? There were children of Glen Larson, the daughter of Lorne Greene was in there... Right! Yes, I know Lorne had some kid, but other than that... What was your favorite episode and why? Uhmm... I liked "Fire in Space" and I liked "[The Gun on] Ice Planet Zero", which was pretty cool! I got to do my little stunt in "Fire in Space". You had the two most famous "pets" in history: Falkor, the dragon and Muffit. What was your favorite and why? I liked Muffit, because Evie (the chimpanzee) was inside and she was like my pet for a couple of years. I would visit her after we had finished Battlestar [Galactica]. I saw her a bunch of times. The animal trainer had a reserve, called "Gentle Jungle", where he had tigers, elephants and bears. So we would go out there every now and then and go see her. Do you know what eventually happened to her? She'd gone old and passed away. She passed away a while ago.   Noah Hathaway as Atreyu on NeverEnding Story Noah Hathaway as Atreyu on NeverEnding Story   What about Falkor, the dragon? Did you like that, did you like riding him? That's was fun! The problem with that was that we would do certain scenes were it was hooked up to a motor. They would simulate it flying and the motor would overheat. It would go haywire and send me flying a good 30 foot up the air... (laughing) No, really! They had 10 feet boxes and pads and stuff, but I would get a good toss now and then. Yes, because there were a lot of accidents on NeverEnding Story. You almost got killed several times... Almost, yeah... You were thrown of a horse and stepped on, pretty much drowned in the Swamp of Sadness, you almost lost an eye in the fight scene with the Gmork... That's true! They beat me to death in that movie. So why did you do your own stunts then? Were there no little stunt guys then? Well, what it was... Wolfgang Petersen was notorious for his actors doing their own stunts. His actors are always getting hurt, because he wanted... Audiences are very savvy, you can cut away and show the back of somebody and show the stuntman doing their stunt. And everybody knows that, so he wants his actors to do as much as they can for the realism of the movie. Accident happen and actors aren't stuntmen. That's why they have stuntmen, because if someone gets hurt, they're "expendable". And some of the times, they're just more careful... I just ended up paying. Because nowadays agents won't allow that! Noooo...!   Noah Hathaway Noah Hathaway   Because the actor is like "the God" on the set. Right! See, the problem is that, yeah, the agents won't let them, but the actors have big egos, so they want to do their own stunts and everybody has to pull the reins back on the actors, because... you know... They live in this little dream world, you know what I mean? Yes, they don't like actors really doing their own stunts. They try to keep it minimal. Have you read the book of The NeverEnding Story? Couple of times! It's wonderful. Because the film was almost like the book cut in half. Right! And also Michael Ende doesn't like the film because of that. Do you know why they did that? Well, I think if you are an author of anything, and I think that goes for people who write scripts too for movies, because they want... they feel like you're destroying their work if you alter it. There's been a lot of time and imagination in creating that. When you change it, it's personal to them. He wrote this brilliant book. I mean: the book is amazing! The movie was wonderful, but the book was a hundred times better than the movie. I'm sure anybody would be upset about that. Because you own a sign copy of the book? Yes, he signed me a copy before he died. Did you meet him in person? Yes and he signed a copy for me then. Did you also talk about the film then? Oh, we hadn't started it yet! So, you met him before the film? Slightly, a little bit. Did he know you were doing the film and that part? Yes. Did he give any advice to you? Not that I remember. Like little background stories? No, not that I remember. Our meeting was very brief. The story had a message for both children and adults; children should more like grown ups and grown ups more like children. What do you think of a message like that? It's not like so that kids should be more like grown ups, because you don't want to lose your innocence. You want to lose The Wonderman. When you get older everybody... you become jaded and life happens and life is hard. And they say, don't lose that, don't lose your childlike innocence. Try not to let life jade you. I meant like children should read more and that kind of grown up stuff in stead of playing video games. Right, right... and that's what I tell my kids... READ! Read a book, don't sit in front of the TV. Read a book, use your imagination! The NeverEnding Story also had two crappy sequels (Noah laughs), there was a cartoonseries... if Wolfgang Petersen ever would ask you to do a sequel. Atreju was a bit older in the book then in the film... Yeah. Would you do it? Uhmmm... It would depend on how much they'd pay me! They'd have to pay me a LOT of money! (laughs) They have to pay me a lot of money to do it. They were a lot of problems we ended up having with the producers and the production. They were shady, so they'd have to pay me a ridiculous sum of money to do another film... with Wolfgang that is!   Noah Hathaway Noah Hathaway   What's going on in your life right now? Because at Galacticon 2003 you were talking about starting your own motorshop: 5150 Choppers? Yes, I'm still doing that! You were supposed to start in Miami. Has that happened already? No, my wife and I were planning, we were trying to move to Miami. The weather is great there for riding, the are a lot of bike rally's, but there are also a lot of hurricanes all the damn time! And my wife was not having that... at all! So, we decided not to move down there and I've been just been working and getting some bikes out of my garage. It's in progression and will take a couple of years to get a shop up. I'm still learning, like I'm going to welding school and learning about mechanics. And I learn as I'm building. It will take a while, you know, I'm not in a rush. I'm not trying to jump on the bandwagon... you know what I mean? The chopper bandwagon. I've been riding my whole life, so it's been something I've been wanting to do since I was a little kid... to build my own bikes; ever since I was 12-13 years old. You also talked about doing a theme bike, like doing a NeverEnding Story bike or maybe doing a Battlestar Galactica bike? Yes, a Battlestar [Galactica] bike. I don't know. I'm not... At that moment, it was like everybody was doing a theme bike or whatever, but I don't like to do what everybody does, you know what I mean? I'm not a sheep, I kind of want to do what makes me happy and somebody wants to commission, to pay me to do a Battlestar [Galactica] bike, I'd probably do one. I'll do what the customer wants. I like the bikes the way I like them, you know what I mean? So, if someone would commission me to do a bike, a theme bike, but it's not something I would... to have a big furry, pink bike in my shop! (laughs) You also said your friends were like really pushing you into acting again. Do you still think you'll ever go into acting again? Well, that's why I have been working with this coach for the last year. Because everybody has been bugging me to death and my body is in good enough working condition where I think, I feel, I can go back to work. So, I've been working with this woman for a year and she's like: "You need to get back to work!". So I've been trying to get ready for Pilot season since February this year, so my little ass will be back! OK! For what series? Don't know. Anything! I'd do a series, love to do a series! Have you seen the new Battlestar Galactica? I watched about 20 minutes of it. It was nice! Yeah, it was fun. It's a fun show. Would you say "yes" if they ever ask you for doing that? Yes, I'd love to do the new Battlestar Galactica. Actually I was talking to Aaron [Douglas], who's on the new show and we hit it off, so when he gets home he's going to talk to the executives... because they already have Richard [Hatch]. Yes, that's right. If they want to, they know where to find me. Yes, I would do that. What part would you like, what would you like to do in that? I don't know. I don't want to cut my hair, so... ! I could be some "roughie" or something. I'm also... I've been also writing some scripts and stuff, so you know, there's a lot of things I've been trying to do.   Noah Hathaway Noah Hathaway   Richard [Hatch] is a criminal, really coming up in the ranks and even going for presidency, so you could hook up with him like one of his shady prison friends. Maybe I could kill him, because it's very Oedipus to kill your father, right? That would be great! (both laughing) There's a lot of intrigue now about who's who, and who's becoming president because the new president might die soon. And if Richard would become president... it's very tricky to become president. Richard already said at this convention: If I become president, in one of the later episodes, they probably would kill me straight after that! Right! So that would be a great part for you to do? That would be fun! OK. Thank you for doing the interview. My pleasure. Hollywood loves a comeback story, especially when it’s about one of its own. Actor Noah Hathaway achieved the pinnacle of his business when he starred in the epic fantasy film “The Neverending Story” at age 12. The 1984 film was an adaptation of Michael Ende’s novel about a boy who must save the alternative world of Fantasia from destruction by “The Nothing.” It grossed $100 million worldwide. After a two-decade absence from Hollywood, Hathaway, now 43, has turned his attention back to Hollywood. He’ll be making appearances in Tacoma and Seattle this week. Despite his age at the time, Hathaway was hardly a newbie when he was cast in “The Neverending Story.” He had been working in commercials and TV since he was a tyke. But the long and arduous filming of “The Neverending Story” set him on the road to an early retirement. “I worked the first 20-something years of my life as an actor. I just wanted to drop off the radar and be a regular human being,” Hathaway said in an interview last week. Leaving entertainment, he embarked on a series of careers: mortgage broker, tattoo artist, dancer, martial arts trainer, motorcycle builder and racer. “I have trouble sitting still. I have lots of extra testosterone. But I’m actually a big softie,” Hathaway said. CHILD STAR Hathaway was just 6 when he was cast in the sci-fi TV series “Battlestar Galactica” in 1978. “I don’t think I had front teeth when we shot the pilot,” Hathaway said. He played Boxey, the son of Capt. Apollo, played by Richard Hatch. A chimp was used to portray Boxey’s dog-like robot. “When I was 6 years old I had my own chimp. It was all this great sci-fi stuff. It was awesome,” Hathaway said. Though the series lasted just one season, it still has a loyal fan following and eventually spawned a 21st century reboot. Hathaway was slated to appear at last weekend’s Galacticon 4 in Seattle but bowed out several weeks prior. “These people (the show’s producers) overextended themselves... and as soon as my Spidey-sense started tingling, I pulled out,” Hathaway said. “I don’t work that way.” Last week, just a few days before the convention was slated to start, its management canceled the appearances of 11 celebrity guests including Edward James Olmos and Hatch. At fan conventions like comicons and Galacticon, celebrities like Hathaway are either paid for their appearances or guaranteed a certain amount of revenue from autograph and photo opportunity sales. But that’s not the main reason he does them, Hathaway said. “You make a couple of bucks, but it’s about spending time with people who have waited 20 or 30 years to meet their favorite celebrity,” he said. “Without these people I wouldn’t have a job.” ‘THE NEVERENDING STORY’ Often billed as a children’s movie, “The Neverending Story” takes dark turns as Hathaway, playing the lead part of Atreyu, goes on a quest to help the residents of Fantasia. “I feel like at conventions I should have a fishbowl with dollars in it so I can chip in to your therapy,” Hathaway sometimes tells fans. But it’s Hathaway who still might need therapy years after filming wrapped. German director Wolfgang Petersen was a perfectionist who spoke little English. He required up to 40 takes to film a scene, Hathaway said. “A three-month movie turned into a year. It was a lot of work.” Two scenes alone, in the swamps of sadness where Artax the horse dies and Atreyu meets the gigantic tortoise, took two months of shooting. During that time Hathaway was up to his waist in mud. “Falling out the tree was great, but everything else was horrible,” Hathaway said of the scenes where the tortoise sneezes him out of a tree. Before filming began Hathaway began training with horses. During one of those sessions a horse got spooked and tried to jump a fence while Hathaway was on its back. “It didn’t jump the fence and fell on top of me,” Hathaway said. The accident cracked a couple of Hathaway’s vertebrae. He spent two months in a hospital and still has back issues today plus several titanium screws. The film has left physical and mental scars on Hathaway. “It’s the weirdest experience of my life. On one end it’s some of the most wonderful parts of my life, and in another respect it’s part of the worst parts of my life.” But Hathaway is able to separate the legacy of the film from his own experiences making it. He’s reminded of the film’s impact every time he meets fans. “People are scared sometimes to come up. They’ll stand 20 feet away and look at you, and you almost have to coax them up. It’s so surreal for people. When a mother with her children is sobbing because that movie you did changed their life for the better, if you’re in touch with any kind of humanity, that’s the stuff that makes you feel good.” The ultimate fan tribute: Hundreds of “Neverending Story” tattoos. He made a few himself while working as a tattoo artist in Europe. “I wouldn’t do another Auryn (talisman) tattoo because I did 15 in three weeks,” he said. “It is very flattering though.” ‘TROLL’ Next up for Hathaway was the 1986 fantasy-themed “Troll.” Hathaway plays a teen named Harry Potter Jr., who moves into an apartment building inhabited by an evil troll and the troll’s witch nemesis. The cult classic had a memorable cast. June Lockhart played the witch. Supporting actors included Anne Lockhart, Sonny Bono, Gary Sandy, Brad Hall and his soon-to-be wife Julia Louis-Dreyfus in her first movie. Like “The Neverending Story,” “Troll” uses animatronic characters, a special effect all but wiped out by computer generated imagery. “Now, you’re talking to a green tennis ball,” Hathaway lamented. “It just doesn’t seem as real.” And about that name his character shares with the famous English boy wizard? Hathaway thinks it’s just coincidental that J.K. Rowling chose the same name for her stories 10 years later. “I made a better Harry Potter than Daniel Radcliffe,” Hathaway said with a laugh. “I was cuter.” ‘SUSHI GIRL’ Hathaway was living in Amsterdam when he got a literal midnight call to appear in “Sushi Girl,” a 2013 noir thriller by Kern Saxton. The Tarantino-esque film features cameos by Shin’ichi Chiba, Danny Trejo and Michael Biehn, but makes major use of Mark Hamill, virtually unrecognizable from his “Star Wars” days, as he chews through the scenery and Hathaway’s body. “Hamill and Sonny Chiba are in? Sign me up. I was on the plane six hours later,” Hathaway said. Hathaway plays Fish, freshly released from prison and perhaps the only person in a criminal gang who knows what happened to a bag of purloined diamonds. Hamill’s character sets out to torture the information from Fish. “You’ll definitely be watching it through fingers,” Hathaway warned of scenes involving pliers and chopsticks. “It still gives me goose bumps. I have them right now. But we had a lot of fun making it.” It turns out “Sushi Girl” was the psychological boost Hathaway needed to return to Hollywood. And stay there. “It just kind of reignited everything,” Hathaway said. Since then he’s written five screenplays, two of which have been financed with a pilot slated to start filming in the next month. He hopes to sell it to Netflix or Amazon. This time around he’ll be in control of his career. “If you shoot a pilot yourself, you can keep what you own instead of giving it over to somebody.” The NeverEnding Story (German: Die Unendliche Geschichte) is a 1984 fantasy film co-written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen (in his first English-language film), and based on the 1979 novel The Neverending Story by Michael Ende. The film was produced by Bernd Eichinger and Dieter Giessler. It stars Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Patricia Hayes, Sydney Bromley, Gerald McRaney, Moses Gunn, and Alan Oppenheimer as the voices of both Falkor and Gmork (as well as other characters). The film follows a boy who happens upon a magical book that tells of a young warrior who is given the task of stopping the Nothing, a dark force, from engulfing the wonderland world of Fantasia. At the time of its release, it was the most expensive film produced outside the United States or the Soviet Union. The film was the first in The NeverEnding Story film series.[4] The film adapts only the first half of the book, and consequently does not convey the message of the title as it was portrayed in the novel. The second half of the book was subsequently used as a rough basis for the second film, The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990). The third film, The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasia (1994), has an original plot not based on the book. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Music 4.1 Charts 5 Release 5.1 Box office 5.2 Critical reception 5.3 Accolades 6 Home media 6.1 LaserDisc 6.2 DVD 6.3 Blu-ray 7 In popular culture 8 Possible remake 9 References 10 External links Plot Ten-year-old Bastian Bux is a shy and outcast bibliophile who lives with his widowed father. One day on his way to school, Bastian is chased by bullies but escapes by hiding in a bookstore, annoying the bookseller, Mr. Koreander. Bastian's interest in books leads him to ask about the one Koreander is reading, but the bookseller advises against reading it, saying that it is not a "safe" story like regular books. With his curiosity piqued, Bastian secretly takes the book, titled The Neverending Story, leaving a note promising to return it, and hides in the school's attic to read. The book describes the fantasy world of Fantasia slowly being devoured by a malevolent force called "The Nothing." The Childlike Empress who rules Fantasia has fallen ill, and the young warrior Atreyu is tasked to discover a cure, believing that once the Empress is well, the Nothing will no longer be a threat. Atreyu is given a medallion called the Auryn that can guide and protect him in the quest. As Atreyu sets out, the Nothing summons a vicious and highly intelligent wolf-like creature named Gmork to kill Atreyu. Atreyu's quest directs him to the giant, turtle-like adviser Morla the Ancient One in the Swamps of Sadness. Though the Auryn protects Atreyu, his beloved horse Artax is lost to the swamp, and he continues alone. Morla does not have the answers Atreyu seeks, but directs him to the Southern Oracle, ten thousand miles distant. Gmork closes in as Atreyu succumbs to exhaustion trying to escape the Swamps, but is narrowly saved by the luck dragon Falkor. Falkor takes him to the home of two gnomes that live near the gates to the Southern Oracle. Atreyu crosses the first gate, but is perplexed when the second gate—a mirror that shows the viewer's true self—reveals a boy which Bastian recognizes as himself. Atreyu eventually meets the Southern Oracle, who tells him the only way to save the Empress is to find a human child who lives beyond the boundaries of Fantasia to give her a new name. Atreyu and Falkor flee as the Nothing consumes the Southern Oracle. In flight, Atreyu is knocked from Falkor's back into the Sea of Possibilities, losing the Auryn in the process. He wakes on the shore of some abandoned ruins where he finds several murals depicting his adventure, including one of Gmork. Gmork then reveals himself, and explains that Fantasia represents humanity's imagination and is thus without boundaries, while the Nothing is a manifestation of the loss of hopes and dreams. Atreyu battles and kills Gmork as the Nothing begins to consume the ruins. Falkor manages to retrieve the Auryn and rescue Atreyu. The two find themselves in a void with only small fragments of Fantasia remaining, fearing they have failed until they spot the Empress' Ivory Tower among the fragments. Inside, Atreyu apologizes for failing the Empress, but she assures him he has succeeded in bringing to her a human child who has been following his quest: Bastian. She further explains that, just as Bastian is following Atreyu's story, "others" are following Bastian's, making this part of the Neverending Story. As the Nothing begins to consume the Tower, the Empress explains that Bastian must call out her new name to save Fantasia. However, Bastian, in disbelief that he himself has been incorporated into the story, denies these events as just being a story. He eventually gives in after the Empress pleads directly to Bastian to call out her new name and runs to the window of the attic to call out the name he has chosen: "Moon Child." Bastian awakes with the Empress, who presents him with a grain of sand: the sole remnant of Fantasia. The Empress tells Bastian that he has the power to bring Fantasia back with his imagination. Bastian re-creates Fantasia, and flies on Falkor's back to see the land and its inhabitants restored, including Atreyu and Artax. When Falkor asks what his next wish will be, Bastian brings Falkor to the real world to chase down the school bullies. In a cliffhanger ending, the film narrates that Bastian had many more wishes and adventures "But that's another story". Cast Main article: List of The Neverending Story characters Barret Oliver as Bastian Balthazar Bux. Noah Hathaway as Atreyu. Tami Stronach as The Childlike Empress, to whom Bastian gives the new name of "Moon Child." Patricia Hayes as Urgl, Engywook's wife and a healer. Sydney Bromley as Engywook, Urgl's husband and a scientist. Gerald McRaney as Mr. Bux, Bastian's widowed, workaholic father. Moses Gunn as Cairon, a servant of the Empress. Alan Oppenheimer as the voices of Falkor, Gmork, Rockbiter, and the Narrator (the latter three are uncredited). Thomas Hill as Carl Conrad Coreander, a grumpy bookseller. Deep Roy as Teeny Weeny, a messenger riding on a racing snail. Tilo Prückner as Nighthob, a messenger riding a narcoleptic bat. Darryl Cooksey, Drum Garrett, and Nicholas Gilbert as Ethan, Todd, and Lucas, three bullies who torment Bastian. Production Author Michael Ende, was initially happy about his book being turned into a film. Ende worked with Wolfgang Petersen as a script adviser and was paid only $50,000 for the rights to his book. Ende claimed that Petersen later rewrote the script without consulting him, and felt that this adaptation's content deviated so far from the spirit of his book — "Fantastica reappears with no creative force from Bastian" — that he requested that production either be halted or the film's title be changed. When the producers did neither, he sued them and subsequently lost the case.[3] Ende called the film a "gigantic melodrama of kitsch, commerce, plush and plastic" ["Ein gigantisches Melodram aus Kitsch, Kommerz, Plüsch und Plastik"].[5] The adaptation only covered the first half of the book. German producer Bernd Eichinger saw his children read the book and they urged him to make a film out of it. He was reluctant to adapt the book, but agreed to do so and acquired the rights to the book. The majority of the film was shot at Stage 1 of the Bavaria Studios in Munich, except for the street scenes and the school interior in the real world, which were shot in Vancouver, Canada (the Gastown Vancouver Steam Clock can be seen in the bully chase scene at the end of the film as the three bullies are chased down Cambie Street past the steam clock at the intersection of Water Street and then on down Blood Alley[6]),[7] and the beach where Atreyu falls, which was filmed at Monsul Beach in San Jose, Almería, Spain. Music The film score of The NeverEnding Story was composed by Klaus Doldinger of the German jazz group Passport. The theme song of the English version of the film was composed by Giorgio Moroder with lyrics by Keith Forsey, and performed by Christopher "Limahl" Hamill, once the lead singer of Kajagoogoo, and Beth Anderson. Released as a single in 1984, it peaked at No. 4 on the UK singles chart, No. 6 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has been covered by Armonite, The Birthday Massacre, Creamy, Dragonland, Kenji Haga and New Found Glory. More recent covers were done by Norwegian synthpop group Echo Image on their 2001 maxi-single Skulk and by German techno group Scooter on their 2007 album Jumping All Over the World. This Limahl song, along with other "techno-pop" treatments to the soundtrack, is not present in the German version of the film, which features Doldinger's orchestral score exclusively. It was also performed by Dustin and Suzie from the television series Stranger Things. In 1994, Italian house music group Club House released the song "Nowhere Land," featuring Carl, which combines the melody of the tune "Bastian's Happy Flight" with original lyrics. An official soundtrack album was released featuring Doldinger's score and Moroder's theme tune (Moroder also rescored several scenes for the version released outside Germany).[8] The track listing (Doldinger is responsible for everything from track 6 onwards) is as follows: The NeverEnding Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) No. Title Length 1. "The NeverEnding Story" 3:31 2. "Swamps of Sadness" 1:57 3. "Ivory Tower" 3:10 4. "Ruined Landscape" 3:03 5. "Sleepy Dragon" 3:59 6. "Bastian's Happy Flight" 3:16 7. "Fantasia" 0:56 8. "Atreyu's Quest" 2:52 9. "Theme of Sadness" 2:43 10. "Atreyu Meets Falkor" 2:31 11. "Mirror Gate - Southern Oracle" 3:10 12. "Gmork" 0:29 13. "Moon Child" 1:24 14. "AURYN" 2:20 15. "Happy Flight" 1:21 In Germany, an album featuring Doldinger's score was released. Die Unendliche Geschichte — Das Album No. Title Length 1. "Flug auf dem Glücksdrachen (Flight of the Luckdragon)" 3:12 2. "Die Unendliche Geschichte (Titelmusik) (The NeverEnding Story (Main Title))" 2:44 3. "Im Haulewald (In the Howling Forest)" 3:01 4. "Der Elfenbeinturm (The Ivory Tower)" 1:54 5. "Atréjus Berufung – AURYN Thema (Atreyu's Quest - AURYN Theme)" 2:47 6. "Phantásien (Fantasia)" 0:52 7. "Artax's Tod (The Death of Artax)" 1:13 8. "Die Sümpfe der Traurigkeit (The Swamps of Sadness)" 2:39 9. "Atréju's Flug (Atreyu's Flight)" 2:27 10. "Die uralte Morla (Morla, the Ancient One)" 2:27 11. "Das südliche Orakel (The Southern Oracle)" 3:19 12. "Die drei magischen Tore (The Three Magic Gates)" 3:25 13. "Spukstadt (Spook City)" 1:37 14. "Flug zum Elfenbeinturm (Flight to the Ivory Tower)" 3:02 15. "Mondenkind (Moon Child)" 1:19 16. "Die kindliche Kaiserin (The Childlike Empress)" 2:16 17. "Flug auf dem Glücksdrachen (Schlußtitel) (Flight of the Luckdragon (End Title))" 1:19 Charts Chart (1985) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[9] 69 Release 6 April 1984 in West Germany (Die unendliche Geschichte)[10] 20 July 1984 in the United States (The NeverEnding Story)[11][12] 6 October 1984 in Brazil (A História Sem Fim) 21 November 1984 in France (L'Histoire sans fin)[13] 6 December 1984 in Spain (La Historia Interminable)[14] 7 December 1984 in Italy (La storia infinita)[15] 4 April 1985 in the United Kingdom (The NeverEnding Story)[16] Box office The film performed very well at the box office, grossing US$100 million worldwide against a production budget of DM 60 million (approximately US$25–27 million at the time).[2][3] Almost five million people went to see it in Germany, a number rarely achieved by German productions, resulting in a gross of about US$20 million domestically. It also grossed a similar amount in the United States; only a modest sum in the American market, which director Wolfgang Petersen ascribed to the film's European sensibilities.[2] Critical reception The film has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 80% based on reviews from 41 critics. The site's critical consensus reads: "A magical journey about the power of a young boy's imagination to save a dying fantasy land, The NeverEnding Story remains a much-loved kids' adventure."[17] Metacritic gives the film a score of 46 out of 100 based on reviews from 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[18] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it three out of four stars and praised its visual effects, saying that "an entirely new world has been created" because of them,[19] a comment echoed by Variety.[4] Ebert's co-host Gene Siskel said the film's special effects and art direction were cheap-looking and that Falkor the luckdragon resembled the sort of stuffed toy you'd win at a county fair and throw out when you left. He also referred to Noah Hathaway as a "dullard" and said the film was "much too long," even after Ebert pointed out the film was only 90 minutes long.[20] Joshua Tyler of CinemaBlend referred to it as "One of a scant few true Fantasy masterpieces."[17][better source needed] Vincent Canby panned the film as a "graceless, humorless fantasy for children" in a 1984 review in The New York Times. Canby's criticism charged that parts of the film "sounded like 'The Pre-Teenager's Guide to Existentialism.'" He further criticized the "tacky" special effects, and that the construction of the dragon looked like "an impractical bathmat."[21] Accolades Wins 1984 – Bambi Award for: National film 1984 – Goldene Leinwand (Golden Screen Award) 1985 – Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Noah Hathaway) 1985 – Brazilian Film Award for: Best Production 1985 – Film Award in Gold for: Best Production Design Nominations 1985 – Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film and Saturn Award for Best Music 1985 – International Fantasy Film Award for: Best Film 1985 – Young Artist Award for: Best Family Motion Picture, Best Young Actor, Best Young Supporting Actress. Home media LaserDisc The film was released by Warner Bros. on LaserDisc with a digital stereo soundtrack in 1985. A widescreen laserdisc was released on 28 August 1991; no special features were included. DVD The Region 1 DVD was first released in 2001 by Warner Bros, containing only the North American release of the film. The only audio option is a 2.0 stereo mix in either English or Spanish. The theatrical trailer is the lone extra feature presented. There is also a quite lavish 2003 European version, which is a two-disc special edition with packaging shaped like the book from the film, and containing both the North American and German releases of the film. Various extras, such as a 45-minute documentary, music video, and galleries, are presented on the second disc.[22] However, there is no English audio for the German version of the film. This edition has gone out of print. The standard single-disc edition is also available for the Region 2 market. A Dutch import has also appeared on the Internet in various places, which not only contains the North American release of the film, but also includes a remastered DTS surround sound track, which is not found in either the German or the Region 1 releases. In 2008, Czech- and Slovak-language DVD versions appeared in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Blu-ray The first Blu-ray release was a region-free Dutch edition on 24 March 2007. On 2 March 2010, Warner released a Region A Blu-ray edition of the film. The disc includes a lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track, which marks the first time a 5.1 surround track has been included in a US home video version of the film. No special features or theatrical trailer are included.[23] Recent German releases feature the original Klaus Doldinger soundtrack with the original English audio track. On 7 October 2014, a 30th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray was released, which duplicates the DTS surround track of its predecessor. Originally described as a "newly" remastered version of the film, Warner released a statement indicating that "the only remastered version is The NeverEnding Story II," while not elaborating further on this current US release.[24] The 30th Anniversary Edition contains the original theatrical trailer, a commentary track by director Wolfgang Petersen, documentaries and interviews from both 1984 and 2014, and a German-language/English-subtitled feature detailing the digital restoration process of the film. In popular culture In The Simpsons episode "New Kid on the Block", Lionel Hutz claims to have filed a suit against the film for fraudulent advertising.[25] Korn's album The Nothing is named directly in reference to the Nothing in the film. Korn frontman Jonathan Davis chose the title as he was still struggling with the death of his estranged wife Deven Davis. Jonathan had said: "I was struggling with the thing that’s chasing me – that’s always freaking with me. I tried to give it a name and it just fit."[26] In 2019, the theme song for the film was incorporated into the final episode of the third season of the science fiction thriller show Stranger Things, which takes place in 1985, furthering its status as a staple of 1980s pop culture.[27] Possible remake In 2009, Warner Bros., The Kennedy/Marshall Company and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way Productions were in the early stages of creating another adaptation of Ende's novel. They intended to "examine the more nuanced details of the book" rather than remake the original film by Petersen.[28] In 2011, producer Kathleen Kennedy said that problems securing the rights to the story may mean a second adaptation is "not meant to be".[29] Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The franchise originated in 1978 with the original television series, followed by a short-run sequel series (Galactica 1980), a line of book adaptations, original novels, comic books, a board game, and video games. A re-imagined version of Battlestar Galactica aired as a two-part, three-hour miniseries developed by Ronald D. Moore and David Eick in 2003. That miniseries led to a weekly television series, which aired until 2009. A prequel series, Caprica, aired in 2010. All Battlestar Galactica productions share the premise that in a distant part of the universe, a human civilization has extended to a group of planets known as the Twelve Colonies, to which they have migrated from their ancestral homeworld of Kobol. The Twelve Colonies have been engaged in a lengthy war with a cybernetic race known as the Cylons, whose goal is the extermination of the human race. The Cylons offer peace to the humans, which proves to be a ruse. With the aid of a human named Baltar, the Cylons carry out a massive nuclear attack on the Twelve Colonies and on the Colonial Fleet of starships that protect them. These attacks devastate the Colonial Fleet, lay waste to the Colonies, and virtually destroy all but a population of 50,000. Scattered survivors flee into outer space aboard a ragtag array of spaceworthy ships. Of the entire Colonial battle fleet, only the Battlestar Galactica, a gigantic battleship and spacecraft carrier, appears to have survived the Cylon attack. Under the leadership of Commander Adama, the Galactica and the pilots of "Viper fighters" lead a fugitive fleet of survivors in search of the fabled thirteenth colony known as Earth. Contents 1 Television series 1.1 Battlestar Galactica (1978–79) 1.2 Galactica 1980 (1980) 1.3 Miniseries (2003) 1.4 Battlestar Galactica (2004–09) 1.5 Webisodes (2006–09) 1.6 Caprica (2010) 1.7 Blood & Chrome (2012) 1.8 Upcoming Peacock series 2 Films 2.1 Razor 2.2 The Plan 2.3 Feature film 2.4 Cinema releases 3 Attempted revivals 4 Books 4.1 Original series books 4.2 Reimagined series books 4.3 Academic analysis 5 Comic books 6 Games 6.1 Video games 6.2 Tabletop games 7 Theme park attractions 8 See also 9 References 10 Bibliography 11 External links Television series Battlestar Galactica (1978–79) Main article: Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series) Further information: List of Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series) and Galactica 1980 episodes Glen A. Larson, the creator and executive producer of Battlestar Galactica, claimed he had conceived of the Battlestar Galactica premise, which he called Adam's Ark, during the late 1960s. As James E. Ford detailed in “Battlestar Galactica and Mormon Theology,” a paper read at the Joint Conference of the American Culture and Popular Culture Associations on April 17, 1980 (and published as “Theology in Prime Time Science Fiction: Battlestar Galactica and Mormon Doctrine,” Journal of Popular Culture #17 [1983]: 83–87), the series incorporated many themes from Mormon theology, such as marriage for "time and eternity", a "council of twelve," a lost thirteenth tribe of humans, and a planet called Kobol (an anagram of Kolob), as Larson was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[1][2] However, he was unable to find financial backing for his TV series for a number of years. Battlestar Galactica was finally produced in the wake of the success of the 1977 film Star Wars. The original Cylons of Battlestar Galactica, robotic antagonists bent on destroying all humankind, owe much to Fred Saberhagen's berserker stories, including Saberhagen's fictional race The Builders whose "sliding single red eye" became the signature design element for the Cylons. Larson had envisioned Battlestar Galactica as a series of made-for-TV movies (a three-hour pilot program and two two-hour episodes) for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). A shortened version of the three-hour pilot, Saga of a Star World, was screened in Canadian theaters (before the TV series was telecast) and in American, European and Australian theaters later on. Instead of two additional TV movies, ABC decided to commission a weekly TV series of one-hour episodes. In 1979 at the sixth annual People's Choice Awards, the TV series won in the category of "Best New TV Drama Series".[3] The first episode of the TV series (the long pilot TV movie) was broadcast on September 17, 1978. However, about 30 minutes before the end, that broadcast was interrupted by the signing of the Egyptian–Israeli Camp David Accords. After the interruption (which was nearly an hour in length), the episode picked back up where it left off. During the eight months after the pilot's first broadcast, 17 original episodes of the series were made (five of them two-part shows), equivalent to a standard 24-episode TV season. Citing declining ratings and cost overruns, ABC canceled Battlestar Galactica in April 1979. Its final episode "The Hand of God" was telecast on April 29, 1979. Galactica 1980 (1980) Main article: Galactica 1980 During the autumn of 1979, ABC executives met with Battlestar Galactica's creator Glen Larson to consider restarting the series. A suitable concept was needed to draw viewers, and it was decided that the arrival of the Colonial Fleet at present-day Earth would be the storyline. A new TV movie called Galactica 1980 was produced. Again, it was decided this new version of Battlestar Galactica would be made into a weekly TV series. Despite the early success of the premiere, this program failed to achieve the popularity of the original series, and it was canceled after just ten episodes. In this 1980 sequel series, the Colonial fleet finds the Earth, and then it covertly protects it from the Cylons. This series was a quick failure due to its low budget (e.g., recycling footage from the 1974 Universal Studios movie Earthquake during a Cylon attack sequence), widely panned writing, and ill-chosen time slot (Sunday evenings, a time generally reserved for family-oriented programming and, more specifically, also for the 60 Minutes newsmagazine program). The TV series also had to adhere to strict content restrictions such as limiting the number of acts of violence and being required to shoehorn educational content into the script and dialogue. To cut costs, the show was set mostly on the contemporary Earth, to the great dismay of fans. Another factor for fan apathy was the nearly complete recasting of the original series: Lorne Greene reprised his role as Adama, Herb Jefferson, Jr. played "Colonel" Boomer in about half of the episodes (with little screentime), and Dirk Benedict as Starbuck for one episode (the abrupt final episode, though his character was to have also appeared in the unfilmed episode "Wheel of Fire", which was a semi-sequel to "The Return of Starbuck"). Richard Hatch (Apollo in the original series) was sent a script for Galactica 1980, but he turned it down since he was not sure what his part in the series would be now that all the characters had changed.[4] Some TV syndication packages for Battlestar Galactica incorporate the episodes of this series. Miniseries (2003) Main article: Battlestar Galactica (miniseries) Despite attempts to revive the series over the years, none came to fruition until it was reimagined in 2003 by Universal Television as Battlestar Galactica, a three-hour miniseries. Commissioned by the Sci-Fi Channel, screenwriter Ronald D. Moore and producer David Eick were the creative forces behind it. Academy Award-nominated actor Edward James Olmos was cast in the role of Commander Adama, while two-time Academy Award nominee Mary McDonnell was cast as President Laura Roslin. Starbuck and Boomer were now female characters, portrayed by Katee Sackhoff and Grace Park respectively. Other cast members included Jamie Bamber (Captain Lee 'Apollo' Adama), James Callis (Dr. Gaius Baltar), and Tricia Helfer as a Cylon-humanoid known as "Number Six".[5] The mini-series was a ratings success for the Sci-Fi Channel and they commissioned a new weekly Battlestar Galactica series to follow. Battlestar Galactica (2004–09) Main article: Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series) See also: List of Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series) episodes The new television series was co-funded by the UK's Sky Television, and premiered in the United Kingdom on the Sky1 satellite channel in October 2004. The series was then broadcast in North America on the Sci-Fi Channel in January 2005. Continuing where the 2003 mini-series left off, the main cast all returned to reprise their roles. Several new characters were introduced, and Richard Hatch, who played Captain Apollo in the 1970s Battlestar Galactica TV series, also appeared in several episodes as Tom Zarek, a former political terrorist who later becomes part of the new Colonial government. An edited version of the pilot miniseries was aired on NBC on January 9, 2005, five days before the Sci-Fi series premiere. NBC also aired three selected first-season episodes to promote the show in advance of the second-season premiere in July 2005. The series ran for four seasons between 2004 and 2009. The second season was split into two halves screened several months apart. Due to production delays caused by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild strike, the fourth season was also split into two parts, with a seven-month hiatus in between. The series has won widespread critical acclaim among many mainstream non-SF-genre publications. Time[6] and New York Newsday[7] named it the best show on television in 2005. Other publications such as The New York Times,[8] The New Yorker,[9] National Review[10] and Rolling Stone magazine[11] also gave the show positive reviews. The show has received a Peabody Award for overall excellence, several Emmy Awards for Visual Effects, and Emmy nominations for Writing and Directing. Time Magazine named it one of the 100 Best TV Shows of All Time.[12] Webisodes (2006–09) Main articles: Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance, Battlestar Galactica: Razor Flashbacks, and Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy The first set of webisodes were a series of shorts produced in 2006 to promote the third season of the re-imagined show. Made as an "optional extra" to Season 3, the webisodes filled in some of the events between the second and third seasons and featured some of the main cast, though did not reveal what would happen in the beginning of Season 3, nor was viewing them essential to follow the story of the third season. Each of the ten webisodes was approximately three minutes long, and they were released twice a week leading up to the U.S. Season 3 premiere in 2006. The Razor Flashbacks were a series of seven webisodes produced in 2007, set some 40 years earlier during William Adama's fighter pilot days during the later stages of the First Cylon War. They were released on the Internet as "webisodes" leading up to Razor's release. They are now available on the DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Battlestar Galactica: Razor, and some are inserted into both the broadcast and extended cuts of the movie on DVD and Blu-Ray. The installments that did not make the final cut include 1, 2, and the latter half of 7. A set of ten webisodes were released during the seven-month hiatus between episodes 10 and 11 of Season 4.[13] Titled The Face of the Enemy, the web series premiered on December 12, 2008 on SciFi.com. Caprica (2010) Main article: Caprica Caprica is a prequel television series to the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. It premiered on Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi) on January 22, 2010, and was described as "television's first science fiction family saga". It was a two-hour back door pilot for a possible weekly television series, but on December 2, 2008, Syfy gave the go-ahead to expand the project into a full, 20-episode series. Caprica is set on the titular planet, 58 years before the events of Battlestar Galactica. The show revolves around two families, the Adamas and the Graystones, and the creation of the Cylons. The pilot was directed by Jeffrey Reiner and starred Eric Stoltz, Esai Morales, Paula Malcomson, Alessandra Torresani, and Polly Walker.[14] The pilot was released on DVD on April 21, 2009[15] and the series was broadcast in January 2010. On October 27, 2010, Syfy canceled Caprica due to low ratings. The final five episodes were aired in the US on January 4, 2011[16] though they had aired a couple of months earlier on the Canadian network Space. The entire series was released on DVD in 2011. Blood & Chrome (2012) Main article: Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome was to be a spin-off series from the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series.[17] Syfy approached show runner Ronald D. Moore to produce another spin-off set in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica universe, which was to begin as a two-hour pilot focused on William "Husker" Adama (portrayed by Luke Pasqualino) during the First Cylon War (as was glimpsed in Razor and the corresponding webisodes). Syfy decided against moving forward with the Blood and Chrome TV series, but aired a 10-part webseries over four weeks via Machinima.com, beginning on November 9, 2012. The webseries was also aired as a 2-hour movie on Syfy on February 10, 2013,[18] and was released on DVD shortly afterwards.[19] Upcoming Peacock series As of September 17, 2019, NBCUniversal is planning a straight-to-series[clarification needed] set in the same continuity as the 2004 Battlestar Galactica series,[20] produced by Sam Esmail as part of their new Peacock streaming service.[21] Films Razor Main article: Battlestar Galactica: Razor Battlestar Galactica: Razor is a 2007 television movie produced and broadcast in the gap between Seasons 3 and 4 of the re-imagined series. Razor is also the first two episodes of Season 4 though it chronicles events on Battlestar Pegasus in two time periods, both of which are "in the past" with respect to the Season 4 continuity. The "present day" framing scenes are set during Lee Adama's command of the Pegasus in the latter half of Season 2, while "flashback" scenes depict Helena Cain's command in the period between the Cylon attack (shown in the 2003 mini-series) and the reunion with the Galactica in the second season. It aired in the United States and Canada on November 24, 2007 and in the UK and Ireland on December 18, 2007. An expanded version of the movie was released on DVD on December 4, 2007. The Plan Main article: Battlestar Galactica: The Plan Sci Fi Channel produced a two-hour TV movie which was planned to air after the final episode of the series in 2009. The movie began production on September 8, 2008.[22] The movie premiered exclusively on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download on October 27, 2009 and aired on January 10, 2010, on Sci Fi. Written by Jane Espenson and directed by Edward James Olmos, The Plan storyline begins before the attack on the 12 colonies and shows events primarily from the perspective of the Cylons.[23] Edward James Olmos reprised his role as Adama, and ten of the eleven actors who played Cylons appeared, including Michael Trucco, Aaron Douglas, Dean Stockwell, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park, Rick Worthy, Matthew Bennett, Callum Keith Rennie, Michael Hogan and Rekha Sharma.[22] The only "Cylon" actor not present was Lucy Lawless (although previously filmed footage of her was included).[24] Feature film Creator Glen A. Larson entered negotiations with Universal Pictures for a film adaptation of the 1978 series in February 2009.[25] Bryan Singer signed on to direct the reboot the following August, but was obliged to direct Jack the Giant Slayer.[26] In October 2011 John Orloff was hired to write the script. "I have wanted to write this movie since I was 12 years old, and built a Galactica model from scratch out of balsa wood, cardboard, old model parts and LEDs," Orloff told Deadline Hollywood.[27] By August 2012 the script was being rewritten, with Singer explaining that "It will exist, I think, quite well between the Glen Larson and Ron Moore universes".[28] On April 7, 2014, the studio hired Jack Paglen to write the script for the film.[29] On February 12, 2016, Universal signed Michael De Luca, Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark to produce the Battlestar Galactica film.[30] On June 9, 2016, Lisa Joy was reportedly writing the film, and Francis Lawrence was in talks to direct.[31] On December 18, 2018, it was reported that Jay Basu (The Girl in the Spider's Web) had been hired to rewrite Joy's script.[32] On October 22, 2020, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Simon Kinberg will be writing and co-producing the film with Dylan Clark.[33] Cinema releases Besides a re-edited version of the pilot, released in Canada, Europe, parts of Latin America, and, following the broadcast of the series, in the U.S., two other Battlestar Galactica feature films were released in cinemas. Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack and Conquest of the Earth were made up of various episodes of the original series and Galactica 1980 respectively. (See List of Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series) and Galactica 1980 episodes § Theatrical releases) Attempted revivals The original series maintained a cult fandom, which has supported efforts by Glen A. Larson, Richard Hatch, and Bryan Singer (independently of one another) to revive the premise. Richard Hatch produced a demonstration video in 1998–99 which featured several actors from the original series combined with state-of-the-art special effects. This video, titled Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming, was screened at some science fiction conventions, but it did not lead to a new series. In 1999, the producer of Wing Commander, Todd Moyer, and the producer of the original TV series, Glen Larson, planned to produce a motion picture based on the TV series.[34][35][36] It would have featured Battlestar Pegasus. In 2000, the director and an executive producer of the X-Men movie, Bryan Singer and Tom DeSanto, began developing a Battlestar Galactica TV miniseries under the auspices of Studios USA for the Fox TV network. A continuation of the original series but set 25 years later, Singer and DeSanto's version included several members of the original cast reprising their original roles and the introduction of newer characters. It was intended to be telecast as a backdoor pilot in May 2002, and pre-production commenced and sets had even been partially constructed with a view to filming starting in November 2001.[37] However, production delays caused by the September 11, 2001 attacks meant that Bryan Singer had to drop out, due to his commitment to direct the X-Men 2 movie. This caused the executives of Fox TV to cancel the project. Books Both the original and the reimagined series have had books published about the series, academically oriented analysis, novelizations, and new works based on the characters. Original series books These Battlestar Galactica softcover novelisations were written by Glen A. Larson with the authors listed below.[38] They were critically disparaged, but proved popular, with the first novel selling over a million copies within its first year.[39] The first ten novels adapt the episode of the same title except as indicated. All novels except Battlestar Galactica 14: Surrender the Galactica! (ACE publishing) were originally published by Berkley, and have been republished, recently, by I Books, which called them Battlestar Galactica Classic to differentiate it from the reimagined series. The episodic novels featured expanded scenes, excerpts from "The Adama Journals," more background on the characters, and the expansion of the ragtag fleet to almost 22,000 ships as opposed to the 220 in the TV series. A new book series written by series star Richard Hatch starting in the 1990s continued the original story based on his attempt to revive the series, and ignored the events of Galactica 1980. His series picked up several years after the TV series ended, and featured Apollo in command of the Galactica after the death of Adama, a grown-up Boxey, who was now a Viper pilot, and the rediscovery of Commander Cain and the battlestar Pegasus, who had started a new colony and was preparing to restart the war with the Cylons. Episodic novels Battlestar Galactica, with Robert Thurston (novel version of "Saga of a Star-World") Battlestar Galactica 2: The Cylon Death Machine, with Robert Thurston (novel version of "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero") Battlestar Galactica 3: The Tombs of Kobol, with Robert Thurston (novel version of "Lost Planet of the Gods") Battlestar Galactica 4: The Young Warriors, with Robert Thurston (adapts "The Young Lords") Battlestar Galactica 5: Galactica Discovers Earth, with Michael Resnick (adapts the Galactica 1980 three part episode) Battlestar Galactica 6: The Living Legend, with Nicholas Yermakov Battlestar Galactica 7: War of the Gods, with Nicholas Yermakov Battlestar Galactica 8: Greetings from Earth, with Ron Goulart Battlestar Galactica 9: Experiment in Terra, with Ron Goulart (adapts the titular episode as well as "Baltar's Escape") Battlestar Galactica 10: The Long Patrol, with Ron Goulart Original novels Battlestar Galactica 11: The Nightmare Machine, with Robert Thurston Battlestar Galactica 12: "Die, Chameleon!", with Robert Thurston Battlestar Galactica 13: Apollo's War, with Robert Thurston Battlestar Galactica 14: Surrender the Galactica!, with Robert Thurston Original novels by Richard Hatch Battlestar Galactica: Armageddon, with Christopher Golden Battlestar Galactica: Warhawk, with Christopher Golden Battlestar Galactica: Resurrection, with Stan Timmons Battlestar Galactica: Rebellion, with Alan Rogers Battlestar Galactica: Paradis, with Brad Linaweaver Battlestar Galactica: Destiny, with Brad Linaweaver Battlestar Galactica: Redemption, with Brad Linaweaver Reimagined series books Tor Science Fiction has published the following works in both hardcover and paperback format. Battlestar Galactica by Jeffrey A. Carver The Cylons' Secret by Craig Shaw Gardner Sagittarius Is Bleeding by Peter David Unity by Steven Harper Academic analysis Cylons in America: Critical Studies in Battlestar Galactica[40] So Say We All: An Unauthorized Collection of Thoughts and Opinions on Battlestar Galactica, edited by Richard Hatch Battlestar Galactica and International Relations[41] by Nicholas J. Kiersey and Iver B. Neumann (editors) An Analytical Guide to Television's Battlestar Galactica[42] by John Kenneth Muir Comic books Main article: Battlestar Galactica (comics) A series of comic book publishers have adapted Battlestar Galactica since its inception. Marvel Comics published a 23-issue comic book series based upon the show between 1978 and 1981. Walt Simonson, who later wrote and drew Thor and had a long stint on Marvel's Star Wars comic, was the artist for the series at its conclusion. Other comics have since been published by Maximum Press, Grandreams, Look-in magazine, Realm Press, and Dynamite Comics. Dynamite Entertainment was the last company to publish comic books featuring both the classic and reimagined Battlestar Galactica series. They also released a 4-issue Galactica 1980 comic miniseries written by Marc Guggenheim. The limited miniseries was a re-imagining of the original series but at the end featured a second, smaller Battlestar (replacing the original which was destroyed) also named Galactica but strongly resembling the ship seen in the reimagined Sci-Fi Channel series.[citation needed] Games Video games Further information: List of Battlestar Galactica video games Mattel Battlestar Galactica game, circa 1978 In 1978, Mattel Electronics released a handheld electronic LED game based on the series. The player tries to defend Galactica from kamikaze Cylon Raiders by manipulating a switch on the game unit to direct their fire, triggered by a red button to the left of the unit.[43] In November 2003, shortly before the premiere of the re-imagined TV series, Sierra released a 3D space combat Battlestar Galactica computer game for the original Xbox, PlayStation 2, and PC. The game took place 40 years before the original series and featured an ensign Adama flying a Viper during the Cylon war. The game was developed by Warthog.[44] There is also a 2D Xbox 360 Live Arcade title called Battlestar Galactica wherein players can co-op or dogfight with up to 8 people over Xbox Live.[45] Battlestar Galactica Online was a 3D browser-based MMOG released as an open beta on February 8, 2011 by Bigpoint Games.[46] Battlestar Galactica Deadlock is a 2017 3D turn based strategy game (released on PC, Xbox One and PS4) featuring the First Cylon War. The game is developed by Black Lab Games and published by the Slitherine Software. Tabletop games The original series inspired a Battlestar Galactica board game. The game is set during a training mission, where two to four players maneuver pieces representing Colonial Vipers to capture a damaged Cylon Raider. Play includes using terrain elements and a number of special-ability cards to the players' advantage.[citation needed] In 1979, FASA released a tabletop counter piece game for Battlestar Galactica based on the fighter combat, which included the Galactica and a Cylon Basestar to be launched from, attack with and be attacked/defended. The counters for the Vipers and the Raiders included three model versions MKI/MKII/MKIII, not just the MKII Viper and Raider MKI.[47] Wiz Kids, Inc. (a collectible game manufacturer) produced the Battlestar Galactica Collectible Card Game based on the 2003 mini-series and 2004 TV show. The premier set of this game was released in May 2006. After the release of one expansion set, Wizkids cancelled the game on March 13, 2007.[48] A Battlestar Galactica role-playing game was released in August 2007 by Margaret Weis Productions at Gen Con.[49] In 2008 Fantasy Flight Games produced Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game, based on the 2003 re-imagined series. It is a semi-cooperative game of strategy for 3–6 players with some players being Cylon agents, either aware at start of the game or become aware later, as sleeper agents. Each of the 10 playable character has its own abilities and weaknesses, and they must all work together in order for humanity to survive, as well as attempt to expose the traitor while fuel shortages, food contaminations, and political unrest threaten to tear the fleet apart.[50] The game had three expansions, Pegasus, Exodus and Daybreak.[51][52] In 2018, Ares Games released Battlestar Galactica: Starship Battles, a miniature game by Andrea Angiolino and Andrea Mainini simulating space duels between Vipers and Raiders, with expansions including further models. The game is based on the 2003 re-imagined series, but the license will also allow use of spaceships from the original series, with a game approach similar to Wings of War.[53] Theme park attractions Battle of Galactica opened June 9, 1979 as an event on the Studio Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood at a cost of $1 million, the most expensive special effects attraction ever built at the park at the time.[54] This high-technology attraction featured animatronics and live actors in a spectacular laser battle based on the television series, with a 200-foot long spaceship that "swallowed" the passengers.[54] This was the first themed attraction to feature Audio-Animatronics characters outside Disney Parks, and was the first dark ride to combine sophisticated animatronics and lasers with live actors. It was replaced in 1992 by the foundations of Back to the Future: The Ride. A Battlestar Galactica: Human vs. Cylon roller coaster opened March 18, 2010 at Universal Studios Singapore. The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began their acting career as a child. To avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor. Closely associated is teenage actor or teen actor, an actor who reached popularity as a teenager. Many child actors find themselves struggling to adapt as they become adults, mainly due to typecasting. Macaulay Culkin and Lindsay Lohan are two particular famous child actors who eventually experienced much difficulty with the fame they acquired at a young age. Many child actors also become successful adult actors as well, a prime example of this being Jodie Foster, who was 12 years old in the film Taxi Driver in 1976 and went on to become an adult star with variety of films including The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Contents 1 Regulation 1.1 California 1.2 United Kingdom 2 Issues 2.1 Ownership of earnings 2.2 Competitive pressure 3 Post-childhood success 3.1 Other careers 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Regulation In the United States, the activities of child actors are regulated by the governing labor union, if any, and state laws. Some projects film in remote locations specifically to evade regulations intended to protect the child. Longer work hours or risky stunts prohibited by California, for example, might be permitted to a project filming in British Columbia. US federal law "specifically exempted minors working in the Entertainment Business from all provisions of the Child Labor Laws." Any regulation of child actors is governed by disparate state laws. California Due to the large presence of the entertainment industry in Hollywood, the state of California has some of the most explicit laws protecting child actors. Being a minor, a child actor must secure an entertainment work permit before accepting any paid performing work. Compulsory education laws mandate that the education of the child actor not be disrupted while the child is working, whether the child actor is enrolled in public school, private school or even home school. The child does their schoolwork under the supervision of a studio teacher while on the set. United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, a child actor is defined as someone under school leaving age.[1] Before a child can work, they require a performance license from their Local Education Authority as well as a licensed chaperone; a parent can only chaperone their own child, if they are a licensed chaperone, and a chaperone's duties include acting in loco parentis and record arrival and departure time from the work place, the time a child is working, their breaks and the amount of tutoring.[1][2] A child requires three hours minimum of tutoring daily and a lesson must be a minimum of 30 minutes to count towards the total and with regards to 16 and 17-year-olds in further education, considerations are made in regards to their studies.[3] There are regulations and guidance to safeguard all actors under the age of 18; OFCOM guidance states a child's health and safety, wellbeing and welfare is paramount in television production and factors such as their age, maturity and life experiences can affect their performance.[4] OFCOM also advises that broadcasters undertake risk assessments, consider seeking expert advice and follow best practise.[4] Issues Ownership of earnings Before the 1930s, many child actors never got to see the money they earned because they were not in charge of this money. Jackie Coogan earned millions of dollars from working as a child actor only to see most of it squandered by his parents. In 1939, California weighed in on this controversy and enacted the Coogan Bill which requires a portion of the earnings of a child to be preserved in a special savings account called a blocked trust.[5] A trust that is not actively monitored can also be problematic however as in the case of Gary Coleman who after working from 1974, later sued his adoptive parents and former business advisor for $3.8 million over misappropriation of his trust fund.[6][7] Competitive pressure Some people[who?] also criticize the parents of child actors for allowing their children to work, believing that more "normal" activities should be the staple during the childhood years. Others[who?] observe that competition is present in all areas of a child's life—from sports to student newspaper to orchestra and band—and believe that the work ethic instilled or the talent developed accrues to the child's benefit.[citation needed] The child actor may experience unique and negative pressures when working under tight production schedules. Large projects which depend for their success on the ability of the child to deliver an effective performance add to the pressure.[citation needed] Ethel Merman, who several times worked in long-running stage productions with child actors, disliked what she eventually saw as their overprofessionalization - "acting more like midgets than children" - and disapproved of parents pushing adulthood on them.[8] Post-childhood success This section possibly contains synthesis of material which does not verifiably mention or relate to the main topic. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. (May 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Jodie Foster in 1974 There are many instances of troubled adult lives due to the stressful environment to which child actors are subjected. It is common to see a child actor grow up in front of the camera, whether in films, television shows or both. However, it is not uncommon to see child actors continue their careers throughout as actors or in a different professional field. Jodie Foster started acting at age three, becoming the quintessential child actor during the 1970s with roles in films such as Tom Sawyer (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Taxi Driver (1976), Bugsy Malone (1976), The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), and Freaky Friday (1976). A child prodigy, Foster received her first Academy Award nomination at age 13 and later took a sabbatical from films to attend Yale University. She made a successful transition to adult roles, winning two Academy Awards for Best Actress before the age of 30, and starring in several successful and acclaimed films such as The Accused (1988), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Nell (1994), Maverick (1994), Contact (1997), and The Brave One (2007), thus establishing herself as one of the most accomplished and sought-after actresses of her generation. She has also ventured into directing and her directing credits include films such as Little Man Tate (1991), Money Monster (2016) and television shows such as House of Cards, Orange Is the New Black, and Black Mirror. Now adults, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, the three leads of the acclaimed Harry Potter film series (2001–11), starred in all the installments in the series, and have since continued to act in film, television, and theater in their early thirties. Dakota Fanning rose to prominence after her breakthrough performance at age seven in the film I Am Sam (2001). Her performance earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination at age eight in 2002, making her the youngest nominee in SAG history. She later appeared in major Hollywood productions, in such acclaimed blockbuster films as Man on Fire (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), Charlotte's Web (2006), Hounddog (2007), The Secret Life of Bees (2008), Coraline (2009), The Twilight Saga film series (2009–12), The Runaways (2010), and The Motel Life (2012). Fanning's younger sister, Elle Fanning also rose to prominence as a child actress, having appeared in many films since before she turned three. Miranda Cosgrove, known mainly for her role on Drake & Josh as a child, gained more attention for her role as a teenager in the show iCarly. Since the end of the show she has been featured in other roles, including as the voice of Margo in the Despicable Me franchise. Once she was of age, she decided to pursue a college degree in film at the University of Southern California.[9] Shirley Temple became a public figure and diplomat, beginning in the 1960s. Some of her duties included representing the United Nations, and becoming a U.S. ambassador in countries such as Ghana and Czechoslovakia.[10] Mary-Kate Olsen was treated for an eating disorder, deemed anorexia, but her twin sister remained less troubled. In an article with the magazine Marie Claire, Mary-Kate expressed the bittersweet nature of the twins' childhood. "I look at old photos of me, and I don't feel connected to them at all," she said. "I would never wish my upbringing on anyone... but I wouldn't take it back for the world." The twins now have continued success in the fashion industry with an estimated net worth of approximately $100 million. Since the beginning of her career at age 15 in 1999, Mandy Moore is one of the child stars to have success as an adult. Drew Barrymore started acting at age three. During her childhood she battled with drugs, but today she continues to act in films. Natalie Portman took a small break in acting to get a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Harvard University before continuing her career as an actress. Rider Strong, known as "Shawn Hunter" in Boy Meets World, was educated at Columbia University and now runs a successful blog and published a graphic novel.[11] Neil Patrick Harris got his acting start in Doogie Howser, M.D. He continues to act in television, films and theater. Jonathan Lipnicki, known mostly for the Stuart Little films, now successfully competes in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.[11] Sara Gilbert is known for her role on Roseanne and is now successful as a talk show host on The Talk. Also from Rosanne, Michael Fishman continued to work in film, but behind the scenes and has since been nominated for an Emmy for the work he did in Sports Science.[11] Kirsten Dunst and Lacey Chabert both made the transition from a child actress to an adult actress with a rough patch including depression. After a stay in a rehabilitation center, Dunst was able to recover and continue her career. She proves that the pressures of growing up under the spotlight may not come without repercussions.[12] Roddy McDowall, who had a long and distinguished career including as the regular star of the Planet of the Apes series; Micky Dolenz, who started his career as a child star in the 1950s, grew up to be a musician of the successful 1960s pop group The Monkees, which had its own successful television show; Ron Howard, who, in addition to being the star of both of the long running The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days television series, became an Academy Award-winning director in adulthood; Elijah Wood, who continued his career successfully into adulthood starring as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings film series and starring as Ryan Newman in the television series Wilfred. Other child actors who have continued their careers into adulthood include Mandy Moore, Rose Marie, Hayley Mills, Ann Jillian, Johnny Whitaker, Kathy Garver, Tim Matheson, Bonnie Franklin, Melissa Gilbert, Danielle Brisebois, Erika Eleniak, Max Pomeranc, Christina Ricci, Shelley Fabares, Candace Cameron Bure, Karron Graves, Gaby Hoffmann, Hilary Duff, Molly Ringwald, Stacy Ferguson, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Lisa Whelchel, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Soleil Moon Frye, Melissa Joan Hart, Dean Stockwell, Kurt Russell, Fred Savage, Neil Patrick Harris, Michelle Chia, Shawn Lee, Joshua Ang, Aloysius Pang, Raven-Symoné and other Academy Award winners and nominees include; Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Scarlett Johansson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Joaquin Phoenix, Helen Hunt, Irene Cara, Reese Witherspoon, Hilary Swank, Christian Bale, Saoirse Ronan, Brie Larson, Regina King, Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone, Elizabeth Taylor, and Leonardo DiCaprio. Other careers Many actors' careers are short-lived and this is also true of child actors. Many actors out of personal choice that start their careers as child actors decide not to pursue the same careers as adults, Shirley Temple became a public figure and diplomat. Peter Ostrum, appearing in his only role, the title character of Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory became a large-scale veterinarian surgeon. Whilst Jenny Lewis, formerly of film Troop Beverly Hills in 1989, is a well-known singer-songwriter indie rock musician. In Poland, former child actors and identical twin brothers Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński became successful politicians, at one time Lech being President and Jarosław the Prime Minister.
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