TV and Movies A Penny For Your Thoughts TV and Movies No one probably reads this page.....except for you and the last person.....lol Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, was home to Rocky and Bullwinkle. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), the first film featuring the character Indiana Jones, was crawling with four-, eight-, and no-legged creatures: - Number of boas, cobras and pythons used in the film: 7,500 - Number of tarantulas: 50 - Source of the name "Indiana Jones": it was the name of producer George Lucas' pet Malamute. The first ever televised murder case appeared on TV in 1955, Dec. 5-9. The accused was Harry Washburn. Twentieth Century-Fox studio cut all scenes showing physical contact between America's curly-haired darling Shirley Temple and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in "The Little Colonel" in 1934 to avoid social offense and to assure wide U.S. distribution. Pre-release showings of the film, particularly in the southern U.S., shocked audiences when the two actors touched fingers during their famous staircase dance sequence. Beaver Cleaver graduated in 1953.

On Beaver Cleaver's US tour, he visited Albuquerque on a Tuesday. Muppets creator Jim Henson first created Kermit in 1955 - as a lizard. He was made from Henson's mother's coat and two halves of a Ping-Pong ball (no flipper feet or eleven-point collar). The person who performs the Muppets - Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Animal, and Grover is Frank Oz. Oz is also the voice of Star Wars Yoda. By the way, his real name is Frank Oznowicz. The 1997 Jack Nicholson film - "As Good As It Gets", is known in China as "Mr. Cat Poop". Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp.) The writers of The Simpsons have never revealed what state Springfield is in. A theater manager in Seoul, Korea felt that The Sound of Music was too long, so he shortened it by cutting out all the songs. Bruce was the nickname of the mechanical shark used in the "Jaws" movies.

The original title of the musical "Hello Dolly!" was "Dolly: A Damned Exasperating Woman." Why did they change it? The original had such music, poetry, and pizzazz. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. A two hour motion picture uses 10,800 feet of film. Not including the previews and commercials. For many years, the globe on the NBC Nightly News spun in the wrong direction. On January 2, 1984, NBC finally set the world spinning back in the proper direction. In the Mario Brothers movie, the Princess' first name is Daisy, but in Mario 64, the game, her first name is Peach. Before that, it's Princess Toadstool. "60 Minutes" is the only show on CBS that doesn’t have a theme song. Dooley Wilson appeared as Sam in the movie Casablanca. Dooley was a drummer - not a pianist in real life. The man who really played the piano in Casablanca was a Warner Brothers staff musician who was at a piano off camera during the filming. The TV sitcom Seinfeld was originally named "The Seinfeld Chronicles".

The pilot which was broadcast in 1989 also featured a kooky neighbor named Kessler. This character later became known as Kramer. In the movie 'Now and Then', when the girls are talking to the hippie (Brenden Fraser), and they get up to leave, Teeny (Thora Birch) puts out her cigarette twice. In Hitchcock’s movie, "Rear Window", Jimmy Stewart plays a character wearing a leg cast from the waist down. In one scene, the cast switches legs, and in another, the signature on the cast is missing. In the movie "Two Jakes," which is set in the 1940's, Jack Nicholson walks right by a BankOne automatic teller machine. Didn't know there were too many of those around in the 1940's. In the movie "Bustin' Loose" where Richard Pryor and Cicely Tyson take a group of underprivileged kids to the west coast, the car in which Cicely Tyson's boyfriend is pursuing them changes interior color from red to white and then back to red several times. In the movie Ghost (Patrick and Demi) when Demi is making something on the pottery wheel her hands are covered in clay.

But when her husband comes up behind her to give her a kiss she turns around and they are completely clean. In Forrest Gump, when Forrest goes to see Jenny toward the end, in one scene, in Jenny's apartment, the iron is up, later, the iron is faced down steaming. In the original "Star Wars: A New Hope", Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, called out the name of actress Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia, instead of actually calling out "Leia" in the scene near the end where he gets out of his X-wing after destroying the Death Star. The error was never caught. Danny Kaye was the third choice to play opposite Bing Crosby in the film "White Christmas" (1954). Fred Astaire, who had co-starred with Crosby in the earlier hit "Holiday Inn," was the original choice for Phil Davis, but he turned it down because, at age 55, he felt he was too old for the part. Donald O'Connor was next selected for the sidekick role, but he injured his back and couldn't dance for months. Kaye was quite miffed about being third in line, and also resented playing second banana to Crosby.

The atmosphere on the film set was professional, but frosty. David Niven and George Lazenby were the only two actors who played James Bond only once. In "Cliff Hanger" when the girl is dangling off Stallone’s arm, the camera flashes to the chopper and the old man in the picture is laughing. In White Christmas, there are 2 scenes with bloopers- first when the 2 sisters are talking, Rosemary Clooney pours coffee, then puts the pot down and the next time they show her she's pouring it again. And later, when the General and his granddaughter step into the ballroom, the granddaughter steps back out of the spotlight then a second later, she does it again. The most popular sport as a topic for a film is boxing. Scooby Doo's first real name is Scoobert. The studios wanted Matthew McConaughey, the newest heartthrob in the industry, cast as hero Jack Dawson in the 1997 box office hit Titanic, but director James Cameron insisted on Leonardo DiCaprio.

According to lead Munchkin Jerry Maren, the "little people" on the set of The Wizard of Oz (1939) were paid $50 per week for a 6-day work week, while Toto received $125 per week. During filming, Toto was stepped on by one of the witch's guards, and had a double for two weeks. A second double was obtained, because it resembled Toto more closely. In an episode of The Simpsons, Sideshow Bob's Criminal Number is 24601, the same as the Criminal number of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables. In every show that Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt (The Fantasticks) wrote, there is at least one song about rain. From Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me — In the U.S., "shag" is far less offensive than in other English-speaking countries. Singapore briefly forced a title change to "The Spy Who Shioked Me." ("Shioked" means "treated nicely.") Actress Halle Berry turned down the role of Annie, and Stephen Baldwin turned down the role of Jack in the 1994 "Speed".

The blockbuster film catapulted Sandra Bullock as a major film actress, and greatly improved upon Keanu Reeve's box office appeal. During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World WarII were made of wood. The first toy product ever advertised on television was Mr. Potato Head. Introduced in 1952, Mr. Potato Head took advantage of TV's explosive growth to gain access to tens of millions of newly "plugged-in" households. In the Return of the Jedi special edition during the new Coruscant footage at the end of the film a stormtrooper can be seen being carried over the crowds. Mrs. Clause's first name is Jessica in the movie "Santa Clause is Coming to Town". The movie "Clue" has three different endings. Each ending was randomly chosen for different theaters. All three endings are present in the home video. The longest film ever released was "****" by Andy Warhol, which lasted 24 hours. It proved, not surprisingly (except perhaps to its creator) an utter failure.

It was withdrawn and re-released in a 90-minute form as 'The Loves of Ondine.' What does U.F.C. champion Dan 'the beast' Severn have in common with former Hard-core champion Al Snow? In the ring, not too much. But in the movies, they both played a football player in the movie 'Rudy'. Some television families' home addresses: The Simpsons - 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield; The Bunkers (All In The Family) - 704 Hauser, Queens; The Munsters - 1313 Mockingbird Lane, Mockingbird Heights The first far eastern country to permit kissing in films was China. The first oriental screen kiss was bestowed on Miss Mamie Lee in the movie "Two Women in the House" (China, 1926). The first female monster to appear on the big screen was Bride of Frankenstein. The first black and white motion picture to be digitally converted to color was "Yankee Doodle Dandy", the 1942 biography of George M. Cohen.

For the movie "Mission To Mars", director Brian DePalma and crew needed to re-create the surface of the planet Mars. They chose the more than two million square feet of a 45-acre sand dune in Vancouver, Canada. To give the sand dune the color of the planet Mars, they covered it with over 15,000 gallons of red paint. The Pentagon was allowed to choose some of the clothes that John Travolta wore in the movie "Broken Arrow" so that the military would be portrayed positively. Several of the Bond girls, namely Ursula Andress, Shirley Eaton, Eunice Gayson, and Claudine Auger, were unable to match an alluring voice to their sexy physical attributes. For each of them, their lines were dubbed by aspirant actress Nikki van der Zyl, who later left the film industry to practice as a legal professional. On "Doctor No," van der Zyl did every female voice except Miss Moneypenny and a Chinese girl, and she also dubbed Raquel Welch's grunting in "One Million Years B.C." The TV signals seen by New Jersey residents come almost exclusively from New York and Philadelphia, cities oriented to other states.

New Jersey has less in the way of state media than any other state of its population. In 1952, CBS made computer history by being the first to use a computer, the UNIVAC I, to forecast the U.S. presidential election. In "The Wizard of Oz," Dorothy's last name is Gale. The name of the Vulcan's heaven is Sha Ka Ree. The last female to occupy the Number 1 spot on the Top Ten Box Office list was Julie Andrews in 1967; the top position has been filled by a female film performer only 12 times (by six actresses) since 1932, when the list was established. The other five females to hold the Number 1 box office position are Shirley Temple (four times), Doris Day (twice), Marie Dressler (twice), Betty Grable (once), and Elizabeth Taylor (once). Andrews was ranked Number 1 twice. The 1987 film "Hot Rod Harlots" was promoted with this tag line: "Unwed! Untamed! Unleaded! Backseat Bimbos meet their Roadside Romeos." Kathleen Turner was the voice of Jessica Rabbit, and Amy Irving was her singing voice.

In the film 'Star Trek : First Contact', when Picard shows Lilly she is orbiting Earth, Australia and Papua New Guinea are clearly visible... but New Zealand is missing. Cheryl Ladd (of Charlie's Angels fame) played the voice, both talking and singing, of Josie in the 70s Saturday morning cartoon Josie and the Pussycats. More than 150,000 feet (28+ miles) of film was used by David O. Selznick just to film the screen tests of potential actresses for the lead role of Scarlett O'Hara in his 1939 epic "Gone With the Wind". "Cats" is based on fourteen poems of T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The original production of "Cats" opened at the New London Theatre, in the West End on May 11, 1981. Eight years later it celebrated both its birthday and another important milestone: it had become, after 3358 performances, the longest running musical in the history of the British theatre.

On Thursday, June 19, 1997, "Cats" became the longest running show in the history of Broadway. With the 6138th performance "Cats" passed "A Chorus Line" which staged the last production in April 1990. "Cats" closed at the Winter Garden Theatre on 25 June, 2000. The concept of a countdown before a rocket launch originated as a tension-building device in the 1929 movie "The Woman on the Moon". Bambi was originally published in 1929 in German. The first crime mentioned in the first episode of 'Hill Street Blues' was armed robbery. Jean-Claude Van Damme was the alien in the original PREDATOR in almost all the jumping and climbing scenes. Breath, by Samuel Beckett, was first performed in April, 1970. The play lasts thirty seconds, has no actors, and no dialogue. Before Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat was the most popular cartoon character. Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo.

In the movie "Toy Story", the carpet designs in Sid's hallway is the same as the carpet designs in "The Shining." The name of the 'Love Boat' was the 'Pacific Princess'. In the movie "Speed" (1994) Twelve buses were used, including two which exploded; one for the freeway jump; one for high-speed scenes; and one used solely for 'under bus' shots. The Peanuts were first animated in 1957 for a Ford Fairlane automobile commercial. If you pause Saturday Night Fever at the "How Deep Is Your Love" rehearsal scene, you will see the camera crew reflected in the dance hall mirror. When Walt Disney Productions released Return to Oz in (1985), it represented the longest time span that had ever occurred between the original and the remake of a film. Skull island is the jungle home of King Kong. At one time, the line "Let's get outta here" had been used in 84% of Hollywood movie productions. The largest outdoor film set ever built was the Roman Forum used in The Fall of The Roman Empire (1964).

It was 1,312 feet long by 754 feet wide, took 1,100 workers seven months to construct, and rose some 260 feet in the air. The largest indoor film set ever built was the landing site for the UFO in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). Constructed inside a 10 million cubic foot hangar in Mobile, Alabama. it was 450 feet long by 250 feet wide and was 90 feet tall. Charlie Chaplin once reshot a scene in City Lights (1931) some 342 times before he felt he had gotten it right. In Some Like It Hot (1959), Marilyn Monroe required 59 takes on a scene in which her only line was "Where's the Bourbon?" Similarly, Stanley Kubrick required Shelley Duval to redo a scene 127 times in The Shining (1980). The identification number of the Starship Enterprise is NCC-1701. The most common telephone exchange number on television is 555. Batman and Robin live in Gotham City. Bill Cosby created Fat Albert and Weird Harold.

An anchor is tattooed on Popeye's arm. Mr. Spock was second in command of the Starship Enterprise. Mr. Munster's first name is Herman. The 1st time the "f-word" was spoken in a movie was by Marianne Faithfull in the 1968 film, "I'll Never Forget Whatshisname." In Brian De Palma's 1984 movie, "Scarface," the word is spoken 206 times - an average of once every 29 seconds. Screenwriter Joe Ezterhas was paid $3 million for his script, Basic Instinct, the highest amount ever paid to a screenwriter. John Hughes wrote the script for Wierd Science (1984) in two days. He wrote The Breakfast Club (1984) in three days, and National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) in four days. Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed character on film, having been played by 72 actors in 204 films. The historical character most represented in films is Napoleon Bonaparte, with 194 film portrayals. Abraham Lincoln is the U.S.

President to be portrayed most on film, with 136 films featuring actors playing the role. The first James Bond movie was "Dr. No." MASH stood for "Mobile Army Surgical Hospital." Felix Leiter is James Bond's CIA contact. The movie Cleopatra cost $28 million to make in 1963. TV's top rated series from 1957 to 1961 was Gunsmoke. The name of Popeye's adopted son is Swee'pea. According to the folks at Disney - there are 6,469,952 spots painted on dogs in the original 101 Dalmatians. Composer Richard Wagner was known to dress in historical costumes while writing his operas. He wasn't the only composer with quirks: Christopher Gluck would only write while seated in the middle of a field. And Gioacchino Rossini reportedly could only find inspiration by getting profoundly drunk. The characters in "The Addams Family" did not have names in the "New Yorker" cartoons; Charles Addams created their names when the television series in the 1960s was developed. The most-published playwright is Shakespeare. The second is Neil Simon.

It's sort of hard to believe (at least for this writer) that Simon follows Shakespeare in terms of published works, but he does. Simon has produced more than 16 plays, including some that you've probably heard of, such as "The Odd Couple" and "Brighton Beach Memoirs." Sixteen plays doesn't sound like a lot, but Simon has done a few other things as well. He's written 18 books and 12 screenplays. The 1997 Jack Nicholson film - "As Good As It Gets", is known in China as "Mr. Cat Poop". Steve Martin's first movie was 'The Jerk'. Smithee is a pseudonym that filmmakers use when they don't want their names to appear in the credits. Do vegetarians eat animal crackers? Crazy but True Have You Seen ‘Mr. Cat Poop’? Hilarious & Bizarre Foreign Translations Of American Movie Titles | Radar Online Have You Seen ‘Mr. Cat Poop’? Hilarious & Bizarre Foreign Translations Of American Movie Titles Thank you for subscribing! 1 of 36 Drew Barrymore's movie "Never Been Kissed" got quite a twist in its title when translated for the Philippines!

The translated title: Never Been Kissed– Because She’s Ugly." It's catchy but probably wouldn't work in the U.S.! The James Bond franchise has international appeal, but the Japanese bent the title of "You Only Live Twice" to "007 Dies Twice." Here's one where the foreign translation seems as good -- or better than the American title. Batman movie "The Dark Knight" was retitled "Knight of the Night" in Spain. Kinda catchy! Some translations are just blunt! The Ashton Kutcher movie "No Strings Attached" was summed up pretty well by the French, who gave it the title "Sex Friends." Here's one that DEFINITELY gets lost in the translation! Robert Redford's hit "The Horse Whisperer" had its title mangled in the Japanese translation, which called it, "Held by Wind in Montana." This title is just ripe for being mangled in other languages. "Lost in Translation" was a 2003 comedy-drama starring Bill Murray. In Portugal the title truly was lost in translation as it was renamed "Meetings and Failures in Meetings." This was an easy one for the French! "Step Up" starred Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan.

The French cut to the core quickly, calling it, "Sexy Dance." The Nicolas Cage movie "Drive Angry" got a much longer and bizarre title when it played in Thailand. The new title? "Super Speeding Cleaning Evil Accounts." Say that three times fast! The hit movie "Little Fockers" was a tough one to translate so in Thailand they just decided to be as descriptive as possible, calling it "Zany Son-in-Law, Zippy Grandkids, Sour Father-in-Law." This one just makes us hungry. The 2009 animated film "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" turned into a different type of cuisine as Israel renamed it "Rain of Falafel." The Tom Cruise hit "Top Gun" got a more romantic spin when it was renamed "Love is in the Sky" in Israel. The comedy "Due Date" starring Zach Galifianakis practically had its entire plot spelled out when it played in Thailand where it was called, "Odd Couple, Wacky Trip, Go Together in Time for Birth." Some countries insist on being so literal. Angelina Jolie's classic "Girl, Interrupted" was retitiled "17-Year Old Girl’s Medical Chart" in Japan.

Now that definitely loses something in the translation! Leave it to those wacky Germans to come up with a real brain twister. "Dragnet" would seem like an easy on to translate, but in Germany it became "Floppy Coppers Don’t Bite." Here's a classic! In Malaysia it appears that sexual innuendo is out of the question because "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" was translated as "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Behaved Very Nicely Around Me." Army of Darkness was a 1992 Sam Raimi film that became very benign and odd in Japan where it was titled "Captain Supermarket." Denmark turned "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" into something that sounds like a real bummer when the country renamed it "The Boy Who Drowned in Chocolate Sauce." Do the French have a sense of humor? "The Hangover" was renamed "Very Bad Trip" in France. Way to give away the ending: "Thelma and Louise" was titled "An Unexpected End" when it played in Mexico. The Chinese are so judgmental! "The Full Monty" played in China as "Six Naked Pigs." We said the Chinese are judgmental and here's another example!

The Tom Cruise classic "Risky Business" was called "Just Send Him to University Unqualified" in China. "The Professional" was a nice, catchy title, didn't give away too much, but was intriguing. In China, the title got a little boost, renamed "This Hit Man Is Not as Cold as He Thought." Italy put a hilarious spin on "The Producers" by renaming it "Please Do Not Touch the Old Women." Ok, we think the Chinese are missing the point on some of these movies! The Richard Gere-Julia Roberts classic "Pretty Woman" played in China as "I Will Marry A Prostitute To Save Money." Admittedly this was a tough one to translate to any language. "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" was boiled down to "Four Girls, One Pair of Jeans" in Denmark. Maybe other countries teach sex education with a different spin, because the comedy "Knocked Up" became known as "Slightly Pregnant' in Peru and Israel. We're sure this refers ONLY to the character! Arnold Schwarzenegger's hit "Junior" was called "Son of Devil" in China. Apparently Demi Moore's G.I.

Jane character wasn't viewed positively in China, where the movie was known as "Satan Female Soldier." Write your own joke here! John Travolta's movie "Grease" was known as "Vaseline" in Argentina. Sure this was a tough one to translate but the Italians just took a straightforward approach turning "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" into "If You Leave Me, I Delete You." The Germans really need to get their minds out of the gutter. The seemingly innocent movie title "Dodgeball" was known as "Full of the Nuts" in Germany where apparently Dodgeball is a very, very dangerous game. It's hard to argue that the Chinese didn't nail this one: "Boogie Nights" played in China as "His Powerful Device Makes Him Famous." Hey, it's true! Here's a harsh renaming: "Bad Santa" became "Santa is a Pervert" in the Czech Republic! This translation is better than the original title! Jack Nicholson's "As Good As It Gets" got the catchier title "Mr. Cat Poop" in China. Woody Allen's classic "Annie Hall" became "The Urban Neurotic" in Germany. Can't argue with that.

Thanks for giving away the plot! "The Sixth Sense" got something extra in the title in China, where it was called, "The Sixth Sense - He’s a Ghost!" X Did You Know Facts Page #18 Provided by A View of America Wyoming Between the mid-1860's and 1883, the bison population in North America was reduced from an estimated 13 million to a few hundred. Spaghetti is the favorite pasta shape, with 38 percent favoring it over other pasta shapes. The second favorite shape is elbow macaroni, at 16 percent. Artist Andy Warhol became famous for his painting of Campbell's Soup cans. Before that, he made his living painting shoes for advertisements. Bloomers, or ladies pantaloons got their name from suffragette Amelia Bloomer. John VIII (died 882) was the first Pope to be murdered he was poisoned and then clubbed to death. Rev. Jesse Jackson, during an interview on NBC-TV's Meet the Press in June 1988, remarked, "There's nothing wrong with having a big ego.

It's all right to have a Rolls Royce ego so long as you don't have a bicycle brain. If they coordinate, you can work it out pretty well." A poll taken shows that between 74 and 94 percent of workers in the United States and Canada take 5 to 15 minutes daily for a morning coffee break. The coffee break in the workplace did not become common until the early 1940s. President Calvin Coolidge, thirtieth U.S. president, liked cats and would often walk around the office with his yellow cat draped over his shoulders like a fur piece. Satu is a female first name in Finnish meaning "fairy tale," and the best childrens' fairy tales are awarded on October 18th, known as "Satu's Day." The international competition for children ages 7 to 13 has been held since 1993, and its rules are translated into five languages. Before his 1957 West Side Story success, songwriter Steven Sondheim supported himself writing "Topper" TV scripts What do bats' wings, elephants' ears, flamingos' legs, rabbits' ears, goats' horns, and human skin all have in common?

They radiate heat to providing cooling for the animal. The Wizard of Oz was a Broadway musical 37 years before the MGM movie version was made. It had 293 performances and then went on a tour that lasted 9 years. The kakapo is a nocturnal burrowing parrot of New Zealand that has a green body with brown and yellow markings. Its name is from Maori and means "night parrot." A jiffy" is an actual unit of time. It is 1/100 of a second. Safeco Field, Seattle's newest ballpark for the Mariners baseball team which opened on July 15, 1999, was built to resemble the great ballparks of yesteryear. It is open-air and has real grass. Seating capacity of the ballpark is 46,621. Safeco Field features a retractable roof that covers the ballpark, but does not enclose it. The roof keeps fans protected from the wind and rain. The three roof panels measure 8.75 acres. The total weight of the roof is a staggering 22,000,000 pounds.

In 1977, Bette Davis was the first female motion picture performer to be honored with the Life Achievement Award of the American Film Institute (AFI), the highest honor given for a career in film. Other recipients of the prestigious AFI Life Achievement Award include Frank Capra, James Cagney, Henry Fonda, Alfred Hitchcock, Jack Lemmon, Gregory Peck, Steven Spielberg, and Dustin Hoffman. Since the AFI established this award in 1973, only three other women have been honored since Davis: Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, and Lillian Gish. According to experts, large caves tend to "breathe" they inhale and exhale great quantities of air when the barometric pressure on the surface changes, and air rushes in or out seeking equilibrium. Only about 20 percent of diamonds are made into jewels. Because they are so hard, most diamonds are used to make tools such as dental drills and metal cutters. The first letter of every continent's name is the same as the last: AmericA, AntarcticA, EuropE, AsiA, AustraliA, AfricA.

The 1997 Jack Nicholson film As Good As It Gets is known in China as "Mr. Cat Poop." Jack Nicholson Celebrity Profile, News, Gossip & Photos - AskMen AskMen Messages You have no messages Notifications You have no notifications Jack Nicholson Jack Nicholson Jack Nicholson has been an actor for decades and throughout his storied career, he has become an undisputed screen icon. Nicholson has literally won dozens of awards, including Oscars for his roles in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Terms of Endearment and As Good As It Gets. He also played memorable parts in scores of acclaimed films, from Easy Rider to his most recent hit, About Schmidt. Appeal Nicholson's irascible charm, so evident beneath his characterizations, makes him fascinating to watch in any film he's in. That same charm undoubtedly translates into success with the fairer sex. And sure enough -- although 5'9" and balding for over 30 years -- Nicholson still has no trouble finding the ladies. Recent squeezes, like actresses Rebecca Broussard and Lara Flynn Boyle, tend to have ages that equal Nicholson's only in combination.

Although an early marriage failed, Nicholson's 17-year relationship with Anjelica Huston shows that he's not averse to less official commitments. Success With three Oscars, five Golden Globes and many other acting accolades, Jack Nicholson has reached the height of professional achievement. Not only that, but he has appeared in a number of modern culture-defining films, including Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, and Batman. In these and other films, Nicholson has created characters -- such as J.J. (Jake) Gittes, Randle P. McMurphy, Jack Torrance, the Joker, and As Good As It Gets' Melvin Udall -- that still reverberate with audiences today. Other notable roles for Nicholson came in the form of 1970's Five Easy Pieces, 1973's The Last Detail, 1981's Reds, 1985's Prizzi's Honor, 1987's The Witches of Eastwick and Broadcast News, 1992's A Few Good Men, and 1996's Mars Attacks!.

Nicholson's contribution to modern cinema is so great that in 1994, he was honored with an American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award. In retrospect, this award was premature because since then, Nicholson won his third Oscar for As Good As It Gets, and shows no signs of quitting anytime soon. As might be expected from such accomplishments, Nicholson is the subject of numerous imitators. Jack Nicholson impressions are a standard among stand-up comedians, and even some actors such as Christian Slater have mimicked his peculiar style of delivery. The best part is, he is notorious for enjoying such imitations and apparently loves it when Billy Crystal incorporates him into the Oscar telecast. Jack Nicholson Biography Jack Nicholson was born John Joseph Nicholson on April 22, 1937, in Neptune, New Jersey. Nicholson's middle-class childhood was unusual and unfortunate. He never knew his father; instead, he was raised by his grandparents, John (an alcoholic) and Ethel May Nicholson, believing that they were his parents. He was told his mother, June, and his aunt Lorraine, were his older sisters.

Nicholson only learned the truth in 1974, when a Time magazine reporter, writing a story on the then-rising star, uncovered the facts. After graduating from Manasquan High School in New Jersey, the young Nicholson set out to make a name for himself in the movies. Starting out as a messenger for the cartoon department at MGM, Nicholson played bit parts in many movies throughout the 1960s. He appeared in Roger Corman films like 1960's The Little Shop of Horrors, and 1963's The Terror and The Raven. He later starred in 1964's Flight to Fury, which he also wrote, and 1967's acclaimed film The Shooting. During this time, Nicholson married and divorced Sandra Knight, with whom he has a daughter, Jennifer. success and recognition Jack Nicholson's career began to pick up momentum after his turn in 1969's Easy Rider, alongside Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper. He next starred in 1970's Five Easy Pieces as a troubled pianist-turned-oil-driller, and his complex portrayal garnered much acclaim.

In 1973, Nicholson starred in The Last Detail, and won the Best Actor award at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. Next came the lead in Roman Polanski's neo-noir classic Chinatown, which earned him a British Academy Award and a Golden Globe, as well as an Oscar nomination. On the personal front, he began a 17-year relationship with actress Anjelica Huston. In 1975, all doubt as to Nicholson's success vanished when he took home the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance as Randle McMurphy in Milos Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. For many an actor, an Academy Award is a career peak, but for Nicholson, this Oscar was only the beginning of achievements that have yet to let up. Later, visionary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick -- an admirer of Nicholson's acting style -- cast him in his atmospheric version of 1980's The Shining. While the character of McMurphy simply feigned craziness, Nicholson's portrayal of Jack Torrance practically redefined crazy.

laughing all the way to the bank After being named Best Supporting Actor by the National Board of Review for 1981's Reds, Nicholson's next big win was the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of an aging astronaut in 1983's Terms of Endearment. He won awards for his work in 1985's Prizzi's Honor (co-starring then-girlfriend Anjelica Huston) and 1987's Ironweed; played the devil in 1987's The Witches of Eastwick; and took an uncredited role in Broadcast News that same year. For his turn as the Joker in Tim Burton's Batman, Nicholson demanded top billing and a cut of the merchandising profits, then made millions when Batman became the top movie of 1989. here's jack! Nicholson's pace didn't slow down in the 1990s. Though he broke up with Anjelica Huston, he met Rebecca Broussard, and had two children with her, Lorraine and Raymond.

Meanwhile, Nicholson reprised his role of Jake Gittes and directed 1990's The Two Jakes, a sequel to Chinatown. In 1992, he delivered another powerhouse, award-winning performance in A Few Good Men, and in 1996, he reunited with director Tim Burton, playing two roles in Mars Attacks!. The next year, Nicholson picked up another Best Actor Oscar, for his role in As Good As It Gets (known in China as Mr. Cat Poop). In 1999, Nicholson began a relationship with The Practice's Lara Flynn Boyle , which has since been off and on. After three Academy Awards and scores of prestigious awards, Nicholson shows no signs of quitting: His latest film, About Schmidt , also starring Kathy Bates , has already earned him a Best Actor award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Anger Management, in which he co-stars with Adam Sandler, is scheduled to be released in 2003. Show comments

Question: Which 1997 film starring Jack Nicholson is known in China as Mr. Cat Poop?
Answer: As Good As It Gets