Thomas Meehan
出生 : 1929-08-14, Ossining, New York, USA
死亡 : 2017-08-21
Novel
Annie, the beloved seven-time Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation, comes to life like never before in a live musical event starring Harry Connick, Jr., Nicole Scherzinger, Tituss Burgess, Megan Hilty and Taraji P. Henson, with newcomer Celina Smith in the title role of Annie. The iconic musical follows smart and spirited little orphan Annie, whose whole life changes when larger-than-life billionaire Daddy Warbucks takes her away from an orphanage run by the mean Miss Hannigan. One of Broadway's all-time biggest hits, the stage production features such popular songs as "Tomorrow" and "It's the Hard Knock Life," which are adored by generations of audiences around the world.
Musical
West End star Ben Forster takes the role Will Ferrell made famous on the silver screen in this toe-tapping stage adaptation of the 2003 festive comedy. Staged at the Lowry in Salford, this family-friendly musical tells the story of Buddy, a young orphan child who crawls into Father Christmas's bag of gifts one year, and is accidentally whisked away to the North Pole, where the nonplussed elves raise him as one of their own. Years later, once Buddy has grown to adulthood, he returns to New York City to find his birth father and help the people of the Big Apple rediscover the true meaning of Christmas. Also starring Liz McClarnon, Louis Emerick, Joe McGann and Jessica Martin.
Musical
A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.
Novel
携帯電話会社のCEOでニューヨーク市長候補のスタックスは選挙キャンペーン中、車にはねられそうになった少女を助ける。彼女の名はアニー。4歳のときにレストランに置き去りにされ、現在は横暴なハニガンが営む施設で暮らしていた。スタックスはそんな彼女の境遇を選挙戦に利用しようと、彼女を引き取り、超高層ビルのペントハウスで一緒に暮らし始める。最初は反りが合わなかった2人だが、いつしか固い絆が芽生えていく。
Teleplay
Santa narrates the story of Buddy's travels to New York City to meet the father he never knew he had. Along the way his unrelenting cheer transforms the lives of everyone he meets and opens his father's eyes to the magic of Christmas.
Writer
Inspired by one of the twentieth century's greatest novels, composer Lorin Maazel evokes Orwell's totalitarian nightmare, where "Big Brother" is always watching, and those guilty of "thoughtcrime" are condemned to face their worst fears in the infamous "Room 101". Filmed during world premiere performances of Robert Lepage's spectacular and psychologically gripping Royal Opera production and conducted by the composer, an international cast brings George Orwell's dark vision to shattering operatic life.
Musical
1962年、ボルチモア。ぽっちゃり体型だが前向きな16歳の女子高校生トレーシーは人気TV番組「コーニー・コリンズ・ショー」の憧れのキャスト、リンクと踊る日を夢見る。そんな時トレーシーは母エドナの反対を押し切って番組のオーディションに参加して一度は落選するが番組を司会するコリンズの目に留まり、レギュラー出演者の座を獲得。やがてトレーシーには黒人の友人が増えるが、番組が黒人を差別していると気付く。
Screenplay
After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.
Self
Features a sit-down with two of the film's writers; the third, Ronny Graham, passed away in 1999.
Novel
Things seem pretty bad for a young girl living a "hard-knock life" in an orphanage. Fed up with the dastardly Miss Hannigan, Annie escapes the run-down orphanage determined to find her mom and dad. It's an adventure that takes her from the cold, mean streets of New York to the warm, comforting arms of bighearted billionaire Oliver Warbucks - with plenty of mischief and music in between.
Screenplay
A young boy, confined to his bed, uses his imagination to find the fun and excitement he can't experience in real life. Tony Award-winning actor Jonathan Pryce ('Miss Saigon') lends his voice to this animated musical based on the life and beloved children's poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson. Songs composed by Charles Strouse.
Screenplay
コメディ界の帝王メル・ブルックスによるパロディ満載コメディ。『スター・ウォーズ』を筆頭に、SF界の傑作を盛りだくさんにパロディ化。“SW”本家同様ILMがSFXを担当、ニヤリとせずにはいられないシーンも結構スゴい。
Writer
Ginny Grainger, a young mother, rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the unshakable faith of her six-year-old daughter Abbie and Gideon, Ginny's very own guardian angel.
Story
Ginny Grainger, a young mother, rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the unshakable faith of her six-year-old daughter Abbie and Gideon, Ginny's very own guardian angel.
Screenplay
ポーランド人の劇団スターを巡る三角関係がなぜかナチのスパイ追跡劇となり、それが総勢50人もの脱出劇に発展するという奇想天外なコメディ。才人メル・ブルックスやアン・バンクロフトら演技派名優で送る抱腹絶倒の内容。
Novel
1930年代、大恐慌下のアメリカ。身寄りのない少女アニーは、児童養護施設に暮らしながら、いつか両親が迎えに来ることを信じていた。そんなある日、施設に大富豪ウォーバックスの秘書というグレースが現われる。ウォーバックスは、世間から金の亡者と批判されがちな悪いイメージを改善するため、週末に施設の子どもをひとり屋敷に招こうというのだ。グレースは、一目見るなり気に入ったアニーを招待客に選ぶ。
Writer
1930年代、大恐慌下のアメリカ。身寄りのない少女アニーは、児童養護施設に暮らしながら、いつか両親が迎えに来ることを信じていた。そんなある日、施設に大富豪ウォーバックスの秘書というグレースが現われる。ウォーバックスは、世間から金の亡者と批判されがちな悪いイメージを改善するため、週末に施設の子どもをひとり屋敷に招こうというのだ。グレースは、一目見るなり気に入ったアニーを招待客に選ぶ。
Writer
A CBS television special, renowned for its legendary "Yma, Ava....Yma, Uta... Yma, Oona" sequence. Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man (1970), won Anne Bancroft her only Emmy for her portrayal of 14 different woman in 14 musical and comedy sketches. Bancroft's husband Mel Brooks contributed to the script and also appears onscreen.