John August — Playwright (15)
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Performance

大鱼
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John August genre: Musical composer: Andrew Lippa
other title: Big Fish theater: Neil Simon Theatre director: Susan Stroman actor: Norbert Leo Butz / Bobby Steggert / Kate Baldwin / Krystal Joy Brown / Zachary Unger
A rollicking fantasy set in the American South, Big Fish centers on the charismatic Edward Bloom, whose impossible stories of his life's epic adventures frustrate his son Will. Now, with Edward on his deathbed, Will must embark on his own journey to find out who his father really is, unraveling the man from the myth, the truth from the tall tales.
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Movie

Tower of Terror (2023)
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塔伊加·维迪提 actor: 斯嘉丽·约翰逊
other title: 魔法饭店 / 魔法酒店 …
最近，迪士尼有计划翻拍《魔法饭店》。 《魔法饭店》（Tower of Terror）是迪士尼1997年所推出的一部TV电影，安排于ABC电视台‘迪士尼奇妙世界’时段首播，这部电影最特别的一点就是，本片是首部由迪士尼主题乐园设施所发挥出的题材。 好莱坞著名编剧约翰·奥古斯特接手了《魔法饭店》的翻拍项目，他是导演蒂姆·波顿的御用编剧，波顿的许多电影都是由他编剧，包括《大鱼》《科学怪狗》《查理和巧克力工厂》等等。新作将会延续前作的故事设定，将背景设为一个充满恐怖气息的装饰艺术酒店里。迪士尼还在物色合适的编剧可以将这个故事注入更多新意，因为影片尚在策划阶段，所以导演的人选也尚未确定。
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Movie

God (1998)
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John August actor: Melissa McCarthy / Sam Pancake …
other title: 上帝
Talking to the camera, Margaret tells us about her friendship with God. "We talk every day," she explains. And at that moment, her phone rings, and it's God on the line. God's gossip is the best, Margaret tells us. Then, we see what happens to her when she and God have a falling out. Can they patch it up? Is she sane?
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Go (1999)
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★ 7.0 7 ratings
道格·里曼 actor: 凯蒂·霍尔姆斯 / 萨拉·波莉 …
other title: 고 / Vamos Nessa …
Grocery store clerk Simon occasionally sells drugs from his cash register at work, so when soap opera actors Adam and Zack come looking for Ecstasy on a quiet Christmas Eve, they are surprised to find Ronna covering his shift. Desperate for money, Ronna decides to become an impromptu drug dealer, unaware that Adam and Zack are secretly working for obsessed narcotics officer Burke.
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
★ 6.0 103 ratings
安德烈·艾弗道夫 actor: 佐伊·玛格丽特·科莱蒂 / 迈克尔·加尔扎 …
other title: 在黑暗中讲述的恐怖故事 / 讲鬼故(港) …
Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.
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Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
★ 6.2 163 ratings
约瑟夫·麦克金提·尼彻 / McG actor: Cameron Diaz / 卡梅隆·迪亚兹 …
other title: 霹雳娇娃2 / 霹雳娇娃：全速进攻 …
The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed, the ladies target a rogue agent who might be responsible.
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Charlie's Angels (2000)
Charlie's Angels
★ 6.5 308 ratings
约瑟夫·麦金蒂·尼科尔 / 约瑟夫·麦克金提·尼彻 actor: 卡梅隆·迪亚兹 / 德鲁·巴里摩尔 …
other title: 霹雳娇娃 / 霹雳天使 …
The captivating crime-fighting trio who are masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts are back! When a devious mastermind embroils them in a plot to destroy individual privacy, the Angels, aided by their loyal sidekick Bosley, set out to bring down the bad guys. But when a terrible secret is revealed, it makes the Angels targets for assassination.
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Big Fish (2003)
Big Fish
★ 8.5 1334 ratings
Tim Burton / 蒂姆·伯顿 actor: 伊万·麦克格雷格 / 阿尔伯特·芬尼 …
other title: 大鱼 / 大鱼奇缘(港) …
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.