document_title: The Man in the High Castle (TV series)

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text: The Man in the High Castle (TV series)

text: Synopsis[edit]

text: Season one[edit]

text: The central characters are Juliana Crain, Frank Frink, Joe Blake, John Smith, Nobusuke Tagomi, and Takeshi Kido. The series takes place in an alternate 1962.

text: Juliana Crain is a San Francisco woman who becomes entangled with the resistance when her half-sister Trudy is killed by the Kempeitai, just after giving Juliana a film reel that contains newsreel-style footage depicting an alternate history in which the Allies won World War II and Germany and Japan were defeated. The film is entitled The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, and is part of a series of similar newsreels being collected by someone referred to as "The Man in the High Castle". Juliana believes the newsreel reflects some sort of alternate reality and that it is part of some kind of larger truth about how the world should be. Her boyfriend, Frank Frink (who keeps his Jewish roots hidden in order to avoid extradition and death at the hands of the Nazis), believes that the newsreel has no relation to real-life events. Juliana learns Trudy was carrying the film to Canon City, Colorado, in the Neutral Zone, where she was going to meet someone. Juliana decides to travel there in Trudy's place to find out what her half-sister's mission was. When she arrives in Canon City, she encounters Joe Blake.

text: Blake is a 27-year-old New Yorker who is a double agent working for the Nazis under Obergruppenführer John Smith, a former US Army officer who joined the Nazis and rose through the ranks to become a senior officer in the SS. Blake is pretending to be a member of the resistance while he searches for the resistance contact in Canon City, which is Juliana, substituting for Trudy.

text: Nobusuke Tagomi is a high-ranking Japanese official (the Trade Minister) in San Francisco. He meets in secret with Nazi official Rudolph Wegener, who is traveling incognito as Swedish businessman Victore Baynes. Tagomi and Wegener are concerned about the power vacuum that will exist when the Reich's Führer Adolf Hitler dies, or is forced to step down due to his worsening Parkinson's disease. Wegener explains that Hitler's successor will want to use the Reich's nuclear bombs against Japan to gain control of the rest of the former United States. Currently, however, Japan and the Third Reich are engaged in a cold war full of tension but no open warfare, with the Japanese lagging behind the Germans technologically.

text: Frank Frink ends up being arrested when the Japanese and the Nazis become suspicious of Juliana's activities. Not having the information they seek, he is unable to give the Japanese what they are looking for, and they kill Frink's sister and her two children in retaliation, using their Jewish heritage as an excuse for their executions. This leads Frink to plan to kill the visiting Japanese Crown Prince and Princess, but he ultimately decides against going through with his plan.

text: Season two[edit]

text: Season Two of the show broadly encompasses Frank Frink deciding to forgo his hesitancy and relative pacifism and choosing to become a committed member of the American Resistance to the Japanese Empire inside the Pacific States, eventually participating in a successful terrorist bombing of a central-command building of the Pacific States government in downtown San Francisco. The attack kills many members of the Japanese military and other top-level leadership.

text: Juliana Crain claims asylum in the Nazi Reich using their San Francisco Embassy so she can escape Japanese soldiers who hold her responsible for at least one murder. John Smith, seeing that her asylum claim is unlikely to succeed, steps in to the interrogation room and assumes command of her claim himself, ensuring it goes through, and he takes her to New York without Joe Blake's knowledge. Joe Blake himself discovers he was a product of the Lebensborn programme, and also that he is the sole biological son of a top-ranking Nazi official in Berlin, Martin Heusmann. Eventually Blake reconciles with Heusmann on the personal level and, in so doing, becomes second-in-command of the Chancellorship after Adolf Hitler dies and the Nazi leadership in Berlin grants Heusmann the Reich's Acting Chancellor title, which they do quickly and almost by default.

text: Hitler's death is abruptly pinned upon Japanese spies, and Heusmann suddenly announces on television that the Japanese agents whom he claims assassinated the Führer will be brought to justice by any means necessary, including war. John Smith is the only high-ranking Nazi official to be suspicious of the nature of Heusmann's sudden announcement. To gain insight in to why it has happened, he interrogates another high-ranking Nazi, Reinhard Heydrich, who reveals a far-reaching conspiracy led by Heusmann designed to result in a Nazi nuclear onslaught against the Japanese Empire that will kill tens of millions of Japanese, decimate their Empire, level Tokyo, kill their Emperor, and force the surviving Japanese to permanently absorb themselves in to a global Nazi Reich. John Smith undertakes carefully-calculated stealth actions to disrupt and dismantle the Heusmann conspiracy and, as a final act, travels to Berlin and informs Heinrich Himmler — the Nazi Reichsführer and not involved in the conspiracy — of the existence of the conspiracy. Audiotapes, together with physical and written evidence reaching too deep within the existing Reich's power structure to be dismissed as hearsay, are handed personally by John Smith over to the Reichsführer, who then angrily leads Smith and several of his closest Berlin subordinates in to the late Führer's office occupied by the Acting Chancellor. He arrests Heusmann for high treason and the murder of Adolf Hitler, detains Joe Blake along with Heusmann, and then addresses the Volkshalle packed with hundreds of thousands of Reich civilians and uniformed stormtroopers, nixing the war-declaration speech meant to have been delivered by Heusmann and instead informing the Reich of Heusmann's conspiracy and John Smith's exposing of it. Upon learning this, the entire Volkshalle erupts in to a celebratory mood marked by repeated mass Nazi salutes of Himmler's men in general and then John Smith in particular.

text: The second season ends with Himmler and John Smith implicitly assuming command of the Reich, and an implied new era of peace and tranquility between the Japanese Empire and the Greater Nazi Reich. Juliana Crain continues to live out her asylum claim inside New York Nazi territory, and the final few minutes of the final episode of the second season show Trudy (or an alternate-universe version of her) alive and well. In a basement somewhere, John Smith is given access to a room filled to bursting with reels of films watched by the late Führer.

text: Cast[edit]

text: Main[edit]

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Alexa Davalos as Juliana Crain, a young woman from San Francisco who is outwardly happy living under Japanese control; she is an expert in aikido and is friendly with Japanese people living in San Francisco. Her mother harbors hatred of the Japanese, as they killed Juliana's father during the war.
Rupert Evans as Frank Frink, Juliana's boyfriend. He works in a factory, creating replicas of pre-war American pistols that are prized by the Japanese, while on his own time he creates original jewelry and sketches. When Juliana vanishes just after the police kill her sister, Frank is taken into custody, which is particularly dangerous since he had a Jewish grandfather and would face execution if this fact were exposed. His experience with the Japanese causes him to turn against the state.
Luke Kleintank as Joe Blake, a new recruit to the underground American resistance who is actually an agent working for the SS under Obergruppenführer John Smith. He transports a copy of a reel of the forbidden film The Grasshopper Lies Heavy to the neutral Rocky Mountain States as part of his mission to infiltrate the American resistance.
DJ Qualls as Ed McCarthy, Frank's co-worker and friend. He closely follows politics and cares very much about Juliana and Frank's well being.
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Nobusuke Tagomi, the Trade Minister of the Pacific States of America. His true loyalties are ambiguous throughout the first season.
Rufus Sewell as John Smith, an SS Obergruppenführer investigating the Resistance in New York. He is a natural-born American who previously served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps and lives a comfortable suburban life with a wife and three children. It is implied that he embraced Nazism because he grew up in poverty as a result of the Great Depression.
Joel de la Fuente as Chief Inspector Takeshi Kido, the ruthless head of the Kempeitai stationed in San Francisco
Brennan Brown as Robert Childan (season 2; recurring season 1), an antique store owner who makes secret deals with Frank
Callum Keith Rennie as Gary Connell (season 2), leader of the West Coast Resistance movement and enforcer for Abendsen[10]
Bella Heathcote as Nicole Dörmer (season 2), a young Berlin-born filmmaker who crosses paths with Joe[11]

text: Recurring[edit]

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Carsten Norgaard as Rudolph Wegener, a disillusioned high-ranking Nazi official who trades secrets with Tagomi
Rick Worthy as Lemuel "Lem" Washington, owner of the Sunrise Diner in Canon City and member of the Resistance
Camille Sullivan as Karen Vecchione, a leader of the Pacific States branch of the Resistance.
Lee Shorten as Sergeant Hiroyuki Yoshida, Inspector Kido's right-hand man
Arnold Chun as Kotomichi, Tagomi's assistant
Hank Harris as Randall Becker, a member of the Pacific States branch of the Resistance
Christine Chatelain as Laura Crothers, Frank's sister
Allan Havey as the Origami Man, a Nazi spy sent to Canon City to eliminate members of the Resistance
Burn Gorman as the Marshal, a bounty hunter searching for concentration camp escapees
Shaun Ross as the Shoe Shine Boy, a young albino man living in Canon City
Rob LaBelle as Carl, a bookstore clerk in Canon City who is revealed to be a concentration camp escapee named David P. Frees
Geoffrey Blake as Jason Meyer, a Jewish member of the Resistance
Michael Gaston as Mark Sampson, a Jew living in the Pacific States who is Frank's friend
Louis Ozawa Changchien as Paul Kasoura, a wealthy lawyer who collects pre-war American memorabilia
Tao Okamoto as Betty, Paul's wife
Daisuke Tsui as the Crown Prince of Japan
Mayumi Yoshida as the Crown Princess of Japan
Amy Okuda as Christine Tanaka, an office worker in the Nippon building
Bernhard Forcher as Hugo Reiss, the Nazi ambassador to the Japanese Pacific States
Aaron Blakely as Erich Raeder, an SS-Sturmbannführer working with John Smith
Hiro Kanagawa as Taishi Okamura, the leader of a Yakuza based in the Pacific States
Stephen Root as Hawthorne Abendsen/The Man in the High Castle (season 2)
Sebastian Roché as Reichsminister Martin Heusmann (season 2), Joe Blake's estranged father and a high-ranking member of the Reich[12]
Cara Mitsuko as Sarah (season 2), a Japanese American Resistance member, Frank's confidante and a survivor of the Manzanar concentration camp
Tate Donovan as George Dixon (season 2), a mysterious friend of the Crains
Michael Hogan as Hagan (season 2), an ex-preacher and leader in the San Francisco resistance
Tzi Ma as Rikugun-Taishō Hidehisa Onoda (season 2), a leading member of the Japanese military

text: John Smith's family[edit]

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Chelah Horsdal as Helen Smith, John's wife
Quinn Lord as Thomas Smith, John and Helen's son and the eldest child. A member of the Hitler Youth, it is later revealed that he has inherited a form of muscular dystrophy from his father's side of the family.
Gracyn Shinyei as Amy Smith, John and Helen's daughter
Genea Charpentier as Jennifer Smith, John and Helen's daughter

text: Juliana Crain's family[edit]

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Daniel Roebuck as Arnold Walker, Juliana's stepfather and Trudy's father
Macall Gordon as Anne Crain Walker, Juliana's mother who is still bitter about losing her husband in World War II
Conor Leslie as Trudy Walker, Juliana's half sister who is shot dead by the Kempeitai. However, she is shown alive at the end of the second season.

text: Nobusuke Tagomi's family[edit]

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Yukari Komatsu as Michiko Tagomi (season 2), Nobusuke's wife
Eddie Shin as Noriaki Tagomi (season 2), Nobusuke and Michiko's son

text: Historical characters[edit]

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Wolf Muser as Adolf Hitler
Ray Proscia as SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich
Keone Young as Gensui Shunroku Hata
Kenneth Tigar as SS-Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler (season 2)
Peter Anderson as Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda (season 2)
Lisa Paxton as Eva Braun, Hitler's wife (season 2)

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Season 1 (2015)[edit]

text: The pilot and the second episode were screened at a special Comic-Con event. The season premiered on November 20, 2015.[13][14]

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1
1
"The New World"
David Semel
Frank Spotnitz
January 15, 2015 (2015-01-15)

A young man, Joe Blake, volunteers to serve the resistance by driving a truck from Nazi New York to the neutral zone in the Rockies. In Japan-occupied San Francisco, Juliana Crain receives a package from her sister Trudy, only to see her get shot by the Japanese police. She returns home where her boyfriend Frank urges her to go to the police and tell them she had nothing to do with Trudy's treason. The package contains film of the Allies winning World War II, which Juliana watches. She boards a bus to the Neutral Zone to deliver the film in Trudy's place. A female agent on the bus attempts to steal the film but only escapes with decoys. While Joe befriends Juliana in Canon City, the Kempeitai, who want to know her destination, arrest Frank in San Francisco. Joe calls a Nazi commandant, Smith, revealing that he is working for them.

2
2
"Sunrise"
Daniel Percival
Frank Spotnitz
October 23, 2015 (2015-10-23)

In the Canon City diner, Juliana meets a man she assumes is her contact. Smith tells Joe that the contact is a Sicherheitsdienst (SD) agent trying to stop the resistance, and orders him not to intervene. However, when the SD agent tries to kill Juliana, Joe drives up, and she is able to throw the agent over the railing to his death. In New York, Smith is attacked by resistance fighters. In prison, Frank meets a resistance fighter who convinces him not to inform on Juliana. The Kempeitai kill Frank's sister and her children, but do not kill him when the woman who stole Juliana's bag is found with fake film reels.

3
3
"The Illustrated Woman"
Ken Olin
Thomas Schnauz and Evan Wright
November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)

Joe spots a Nazi bounty hunter in town, looking for the man Juliana killed. They go to dispose of his body and car, but find a map which leads them to a cave where they find a dead woman and list of names. They realize that Juliana's boss from the diner was her actual contact. Frank breaks the news of his sister and her children's deaths to his brother-in-law. Frank returns to work where he makes a real gun. The bounty hunter realizes Juliana's identity and tries to kill her.

4
4
"Revelations"
Michael Rymer
Thomas Schnauz and Jace Richdale
November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)

Joe quickly saves Juliana from the Marshal. Joe and Juliana confront Lemuel who leads them into the woods, where they are surrounded by resistance fighters, who force them to give them the films and leave. Joe and Juliana are attacked again by the Marshal, causing Joe to reveal to the Marshal that he is a Nazi agent. The Marshal pursues Juliana on the highway. When Juliana gets far enough, she burns her car and hides. When the Marshal reaches the car, he assumes that she has died. Back in the Reich, SS Captain Connolly is suspected by Smith for telling the resistance members who attacked him, which route he was taking to work. In the Pacific States, Frank heads to the Crown Prince's speech with a gun to assassinate him, but hesitates to do so. The Crown Prince is then shot by an unseen gunman.

5
5
"The New Normal"
Bryan Spicer
Rob Williams
November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)

The Crown Prince is rushed to the hospital after the attack, and the captain of the Imperial Guard is ordered to commit seppuku, for not protecting the Crown Prince. Kido then states that if he cannot find the gunman, he will do the same. Meanwhile, Juliana returns home to find an angry Frank, who alludes to his time in prison. Juliana visits her parents and learns the Japanese killed Frank's sister and children. When she later reports to the Japanese military, she is interrogated and asked about Trudy's partner Randall but is ultimately let go. She then visits Simone and meets an agent of the resistance who gives her a visitor's card to the government building. Joe returns to New York from the Neutral Zone and is kidnapped by Gestapo agents and brought to Smith's office. He is then forced to tell Smith what happened in Canon City. Smith tells Joe he has failed in his mission because the leader of the resistance escaped. Smith believes Joe is being truthful and invites him over for VA day (Victory in America day).

6
6
"Three Monkeys"
Nelson McCormick
Rob Williams
November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)

Joe celebrates VA day at Smith's house. Juliana accepts a job working for Tagomi as she continues her search for answers. Smith, who has received intelligence about Wegener's activities but also happens to be an old friend, intercepts him at the airport and invites him for dinner hoping to probe Wegener for answers. Smith has Wegener arrested. Smith catches Joe sneaking through his files.

7
7
"Truth"
Brad Anderson
Emma Frost
November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)

Juliana makes a startling discovery about her sister's death. Frank reflects on recent events and makes an important decision about his future, and Tagomi gains greater insight into Juliana's past. Smith catches Joe in his home office and interrogates him about Juliana and Canon City.

8
8
"End of the World"
Karyn Kusama
Walon Green
November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)

Juliana and Frank make plans to escape the Pacific States, only to be dragged back into danger by Joe as he tries to retrieve a new film, and walks directly into the Kempeitai's ambush. Meanwhile, Smith's loyalty is put to the ultimate test when confronted with a startling family discovery. The episode is named after the song of the same name, which is performed by Lini Evans during the episode with Japanese lyrics she co-wrote.

9
9
"Kindness"
Michael Slovis
Jace Richdale
November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)

With time running out, a desperate Frank is forced to put his life on the line to help Joe. The pieces finally fall into place for Smith as he uncovers who was behind the assassination attempt. Tagomi is devastated when he is confronted with the consequences of his scheming, and Kido's investigation takes a dramatic turn when he makes an important discovery. Meanwhile, Frank and Juliana, after taking possession of the new film, decide to watch it, but they are shocked to find out that the film describes, apparently in the near future, a nuclear-bombed San Francisco where the SS are rounding up and executing survivors; Frank is shown being executed by Joe, who is wearing an SS uniform.

10
10
"A Way Out"
Daniel Percival
Rob Williams
November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)

Frank and Juliana angrily confront Joe as a Nazi agent. He goes to the Nazi embassy with the film. Joe learns that Heydrich is preparing a trap. Kido acts on the information from the Yakuza and kills the Nazi sniper that shot the Crown Prince. Ed is caught with Frank's gun and is used as a scapegoat for the attempted assassination of the Crown Prince, averting the need for Kido to commit seppuku. Heydrich demands Smith's loyalty ahead of Wegener assassinating Hitler. Wegener says goodbye to his family and travels to Hitler's alpine castle (filmed at Hohenwerfen Castle), but after confronting Hitler (who is watching the alternate newsreels in his huge film vault saying that he learns something every time he watches), kills himself instead. Smith captures the traitor Heydrich and reports such to Hitler. Joe evades Lem's ambush and boards a boat to Mexico in Juliana's place. Frank finds out that Ed has been arrested and returns to the Kempeitai headquarters to find him being detained. Tagomi goes to Union Square to meditate with Juliana's charm and opens his eyes to find himself in an alternate 1962 where the Allies won World War II and America is in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

text: Season 2 (2016)[edit]

text: The second season was released on December 16, 2016.[15]

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11
1
"The Tiger's Cave"
Daniel Percival
Frank Spotnitz
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Joe returns to New York to hand over the film to Smith and request for his resignation, but Smith denies his request before delivering the film to Hitler. Karen and Lem confront Juliana for not shooting Joe before she is tranquilized. She wakes up in the home of Hawthorne Abendsen, The Man in the High Castle, and his vast film collection. Meanwhile, General Onoda reveals to Tagomi and his staff that the capsule Science Minister Shimada found in his pocket contains the plans for a nuclear weapon that the Empire intends to use to crush the Nazis, much to Tagomi's dismay. Frank confronts Arnold about spying over his own family. Desperate to clear Ed's name, Frank goes to Childan and asks for his help. Juliana attempts to get answers from an evasive Abendsen and receives a clue which may help to avert nuclear war. Gary Connell, leader of the West Coast Resistance, goes against orders and tries to kill Juliana, but she escapes at a Kempeitai checkpoint. A gunfight ensues between the Resistance members and the Japanese soldiers. Karen is killed in the crossfire.

12
2
"The Road Less Traveled"
Colin Bucksey
Rob Williams
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Kido investigates the shootout at the checkpoint and suspects Juliana is involved. Frank decides to get Paul Kasoura, who is a defense lawyer, to help Ed. In desperation, he reveals to Kasoura that the antique goods he and Childan sold him are fake, leading the pair to be imprisoned by the Yakuza, to whom Kasoura has a connection. Frank is almost killed by Okamura, the Yakuza leader, in the previous incident with Joe. However, he manages to convince Okamura to allow him to repay his debt for the forgery, with a condition that Ed is to work with him as his assistant. Kido is forced by Okamura to release Ed. He later pins the assassination of the Crown Prince on the deceased Karen. Joe is ordered by Smith to visit his father, a Reichminister named Heusmann, in Berlin. Smith tells Joe that Juliana is possibly dead. Meanwhile, Juliana evades Gary and Lem and tries to convince her parents to leave San Francisco, to no avail. Using the clue on a mysterious man that Abendsen is fixated on, Juliana discovers the man is a family friend named George Dixon, who is Trudy's real father. Learning he may be in Brooklyn, Juliana risks her life to reach the Nazi embassy and request asylum, while leaving a letter to Frank.

13
3
"Travelers"
Daniel Sackheim
Erik Oleson
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Smith is warned by Dr. Adler, the family physician, to end his son Thomas's life, as the boy's incurable illness prevents him from being accepted in the Reich. Juliana makes it to New York and is questioned by Smith, who is notified of her arrival and arranges her stay. He keeps this a secret from Joe. Frank learns of Juliana's defection to the Nazi states, though he does not believe Gary on her betrayal. While he works with Ed and Childan to create forgeries for the Yakuza to repay his debt, Frank is convinced by the Resistance to help them liberate innocent citizens from the Kempeitai in retaliation for the checkpoint murders. While saving a Resistance member named Sarah, Frank commits his first kill against the Japanese. Juliana looks for Joe but is told by his ex-lover that he has rejoined the Nazis, leading her to think he may have betrayed her. Joe travels to Berlin and meets with his father but is distant due to the latter's treatment of his mother. He crosses paths with Nicole Becker, a filmmaker. Smith is unable to kill his son when given the chance to do so. He meets with Dr. Adler and kills him to ensure his silence.

14
4
"Escalation"
David Petrarca
Wesley Strick
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Juliana adjusts to life in the Reich under the tutelage of Smith's wife Helen and Thomas. While looking for George Dixon at his old apartment, she is pursued by two unknown agents and almost killed. General Onoda has the Kempeitai execute numerous citizens for the murder of the Japanese soldiers during the Resistance rescue. Enraged, Frank starts to neglect his debt with the Yakuza and accepts a risky assignment to siphon materials from an unexploded Japanese bomb for a Resistance mission, much to Ed's dismay. Frank begins to get close with Sarah during the assignment. Smith reveals to a suspecting Helen that he killed Dr. Adler to keep their son's illness a secret. Kido gets Onoda drunk and tricks him into approving an unknown order. After escaping from her pursuers, Juliana is approached by Dixon. Tagomi travels to the alternate timeline once again and sees his still-living wife Michiko, who is deceased in his own timeline.

15
5
"Duck and Cover"
John Fawcett
Erik Oleson & Rick Cleveland
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Dixon is revealed to be a Resistance leader and meets up with Juliana after she tells him that the Man in the High Castle sent her. Juliana tells him he may be somehow involved in the possible San Francisco bombing as he has appeared several times in the films. Dixon forces Juliana to spy on Smith and his family to redeem her betrayal when she allowed Joe to escape with the film. Joe is upset when his father brings him to his place of birth and reveals he is one of the Lebensborn, an experiment to perfect racial purity. Despite this, he takes up his father's offer to remain in Berlin for a few more days. Kido attempts to use Onoda's approval to extradite Juliana from the Nazi states, though he fails and reveals his motive for visiting Smith for an unknown reason. Frank becomes further involved with the Resistance while Ed is revealed to be under the control of the Kempeitai to report on the Yakuza's counterfeiting activities in exchange for his and Frank's lives. Lem assists Abendsen in moving to a new location under the possibility the location of the High Castle is compromised and Abendsen destroys most of the films before leaving. Tagomi reveals himself to the alternate Michiko and his son Noriyuke, but discovers the alternate Tagomi's relationship with them is estranged. He is shocked to see Noriyuke married to an alternate Juliana with their son.

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6
"Kintsugi"
Paul Holahan
Francesca Gardiner
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Juliana starts to socialize with the Ladies Committee as planned and gains the support of one of the members, Lucy. Helen discovers Thomas has been selected by the Hitler Youth group to go for an expedition in South America. She forbids her son to go until she finds out that Smith arranged to have their son disappear from society by staging a fake abduction and live a life of anonymity. Joe starts to get closer to Nicole, who reveals herself as one of the Lebensborn and brings him to meet with some of the others. After spending the night with Nicole, Joe begins to embrace his real heritage. Tagomi attempts to mend his alternate self's relationship with his family, and is dismayed by the alternate Noriyuke's foregoing of the Japanese culture. Kido is informed by his right hand man, Yoshida, that they have found Abendsen's burnt hideout and learns the Yakuza is also looking for the films.

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7
"Land O' Smiles"
Karyn Kusama
Rob Williams
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Ed and Childan go to Okamura to repay their debt with the sale from Frank's forgery but are locked up in a storage room when Kido and his men pay a visit. Kido kills Okamura and the Yakuza members present for treason as he has deduced the Yakuza are working with the Nazis. Yoshida discovers Ed and Childan but lets them go. Frank is tasked to plant a bomb at the harbor where General Onoda is visiting. However, Frank aborts the mission when he discovers that the Japanese are secretly building an atomic bomb there and alerts the Resistance of this information. While at Adler's funeral, Smith is dismayed when Adler's wife Alice raises her suspicion on her husband's sudden death and plans to have an autopsy performed. Juliana also attends the funeral and while talking to Thomas, she notices he has a seizure and covers for him. Later, she promises Helen that she will not reveal Thomas's condition. Smith has further troubles when Heinrich Himmler informs him that Hitler has suffered a collapse.

18
8
"Loose Lips"
Alex Zakrzewski
Rick Cleveland
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Smith questions Juliana about Joe's film and learns of San Francisco's impending destruction. Lucy tells Juliana she knows that supposedly live footage of Hitler is actually archival because her husband manages the TV broadcast. Juliana shares with Dixon her belief that Hitler may be dead. The Resistance decide it is time to stage an uprising, leaving Juliana concerned that she may have caused the nuclear catastrophe she is trying to prevent. Heusmann is made Acting Chancellor while Joe decides to support his father. Frank learns from Arnold that Juliana has warned them to leave San Francisco and has not betrayed him. Enraged, he confronts Gary but the Resistance is determined to go ahead with the uprising. Armed with the knowledge from Juliana and Kido, Smith misleads a secretly imprisoned Heydrich into thinking Germany and Japan are already at war, leading Heydrich to confirm what Smith has suspected: a conspiracy to create a pretext for war with the Japanese exists among the Nazi ranks. Smith executes Heydrich, but not before learning he is not the mastermind behind the rush to war. Hitler passes away, leaving Heusmann in charge, and the new Chancellor is revealed to have orchestrated the looming conflict.

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9
"Detonation"
Chris Long
Wesley Strick
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Tagomi watches a film with his alternate family showing the recent test detonation of a hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll. Finally resolved to stop war between Japan and the Nazis, Tagomi takes the film and returns to his reality. Thomas confides to Juliana about his condition, unaware that their conversation is being recorded. Smith later learns of the tape and takes it to protect Thomas' secret. In a televised address, Heusmann frames the Japanese for Hitler's death by poison and promises retaliation much to Joe's horror. Frank decides to assist the Resistance in assassinating Onoda using their homemade bombs. Before the operation, he convinces Ed and Childan to leave San Francisco. Frank and Sarah smuggle a car bomb into the Kempeitai HQ underground parking garage. They set the bomb timer and attempt to leave the building, but are spotted by Kido, which starts a gunfight in the lobby. Just as Tagomi arrives, the bomb detonates, killing General Onoda and his staff and collapsing most of the building. Frank and Sarah's fate is not shown.

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10
"Fallout"
Daniel Percival
Erik Oleson
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)

Tagomi and Kido, who survived the bombing, deal with the aftermath of the destruction of the Kempeitai HQ. Afterwards, Kido travels to New York and plays the film for Smith appearing to provide evidence that the Japanese possess a hydrogen bomb. The resistance attempts to avenge Karen's death by killing Juliana, but she escapes and kills Susan in the process. She then confronts and kills Dixon, who was threatening to expose Smith by broadcasting the tape of her conversation with Thomas. Smith travels to Berlin with the film to convince the Nazi higher-ups not to attack Japan out of fear of nuclear retaliation and meets privately with Himmler, exposing Heusmann as the traitor. After arresting Heusmann and Joe, Himmler addresses the worldwide public from the Volkshalle, possibly assuming control of the Reich, and rewards Smith for his service. The recognition Smith receives inspires Thomas to turn himself over to the Public Health Department to be euthanized. After traveling to the Neutral Zone, a bereft Juliana learns from Abendsen that hope remains and that her sister is alive. Finally, Lem hands over Abendsen's remaining films to Tagomi.

text: Production[edit]

text: In 2010, it was announced that the BBC would co-produce a four-part TV adaptation of The Man in the High Castle for BBC One together with Headline Pictures, FremantleMedia Enterprises and Scott Free Films. Director Ridley Scott was to act as executive producer of the adaptation by Howard Brenton.[16]

text: On February 11, 2013, Variety reported that Syfy was adapting the book as a four-part miniseries, with Ridley Scott and Frank Spotnitz as executive producers, co-produced with Scott Free Prods., Headline Pictures and Electric Shepherd Prods.[17]

text: On October 1, 2014, Amazon.com began filming the pilot episode in Roslyn, Washington,[18] for a new television drama to be aired on their Prime web video streaming service.[19] This has been adapted by Frank Spotnitz and is being produced for Amazon by Ridley Scott, David Zucker and Jordan Sheehan for Scott Free, Stewart Mackinnon and Christian Baute for Headline Pictures, Isa Hackett and Kalen Egan for Electric Shepherd and Spotnitz's Big Light Productions.[1] The pilot episode was released by Amazon Studios on January 15, 2015.[20] Amazon Studios' production process is somewhat different from those of other conventional television channels. They produce pilot episodes of a number of different prospective programs, then release them and gather data on their success. The most promising shows are then picked up as regular series. On February 18, 2015, Amazon.com announced that The Man in the High Castle was given the green-light along with four other series, and a full season would be produced.[21]

text: Production for the pilot episode began in October 2014. Principal filming took place in Seattle, with the city standing in for San Francisco and locations in New York City, as well as Roslyn, Washington, which was the long-time shooting location for Northern Exposure. Sites used in Seattle include the Seattle Center Monorail, the Paramount Theatre, a newspaper office in the Pike Place Market area, as well as various buildings in the city's Capitol Hill, International District, and Georgetown neighborhoods. In Roslyn, the production used external shots of the Roslyn Cafe which featured prominently in Northern Exposure along with several local businesses and scenery.[18][22]

text: In April 2015, filming took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, in the downtown area of West Georgia Street, along the promenade of the Coast Capital Savings building.[23] In May and June 2015 filming also took place at the University of British Columbia.[24] Exterior shots of Hohenwerfen Castle in Werfen, Austria, were filmed in September 2015 for the tenth episode of the first season.[25]

text: Amazon announced that they were bringing on new executive producer and showrunner Eric Overmyer for season three to replace Frank Spotnitz after his sudden departure from the show during the middle of season two.[26]

text: Reception[edit]

text: The first season of The Man in the High Castle received acclaim from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives season 1 an approval rating of 95% based on reviews from 58 critics, with an average rating of 7.54 out of 10. The site's critical consensus states,

text: By executive producer Ridley Scott, The Man in the High Castle is unlike anything else on TV, with an immediately engrossing plot driven by quickly developed characters in a fully realized post-WWII dystopia.[27]

text: Metacritic gives the first season a score of 77 out of 100, based on reviews from 30 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[28]

text: Meredith Woerner from io9 wrote, "I can honestly say I loved this pilot. It's an impressive, streamlined undertaking of a fairly complicated and very beloved novel."[29] Matt Fowler from IGN gave 9.2 out of 10 and described the series as a "a superb, frightening experience filled with unexpected twists and (some sci-fi) turns."[30] Brian Moylan of The Guardian was positive and praised the convincing depiction as well as the complex, and gripping, plot.[31] The Los Angeles Times described the pilot as "provocative" and "smartly adapted by The X-Files' Frank Spotnitz." The Daily Telegraph said it was "absorbing" and Wired called it "must-see viewing." Entertainment Weekly said it was "engrossing" and "a triumph in world-building," cheering, "The Man in the High Castle is king."

text: After its first season, Rolling Stone included it on a list of the forty best science fiction television shows of all time.[32]

text: Amazon subsequently announced it was the service's most-streamed original series and had been renewed for a second season.[33][34] Season 2 was met with mixed reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives the second season an approval rating of 63% based on reviews from 19 critics, with an average rating of 6.86 out of 10. The site's critical consensus states,

text: Although its plot is admittedly unwieldy, The Man in the High Castle's second season expands its fascinating premise in powerful new directions, bolstered by stunning visuals, strong performances, and intriguing new possibilities.[35]

text: Metacritic gives season 2 a score of 62 out of 100, based on reviews from ten critics.[36]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Year
Award
Category
Nominee(s)
Result

2015
IGN Awards[37]
Best New TV Series
The Man in the High Castle
Nominated

South by Southwest Awards[citation needed]
Excellence in Title Design
Patrick Clair
Nominated

2016
American Society of Cinematographers Awards[38]
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Television Movie, Mini-Series or Pilot
James Hawkinson (Episode: "The New World")
Nominated

Creative Arts Emmy Awards[39]
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series
James Hawkinson
Won

Outstanding Main Title Design
Patrick Clair, Paul Kim, Jose Limon, Raoul Marks
Won

Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)
Drew Boughton, Linda King, Brenda Meyers-Ballard
Nominated

Outstanding Special Visual Effects
The Man in the High Castle
Nominated

Critics' Choice Television Awards[40]
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Rufus Sewell
Nominated

Monte-Carlo Television Festival[citation needed]
Best TV Series Drama
The Man in the High Castle
Nominated

Saturn Awards[41]
Best New Media Television Series
The Man in the High Castle
Nominated

USC Scripter Awards[42]
Best Television Script
Frank Spotnitz and Philip K. Dick
Nominated

Visual Effects Society Awards[43]
Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
Casi Blume, David Andrade, Nick Chamberlain, Lawson Deming
Nominated

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
Lawson Deming, Cory Jamieson, Casi Blume, Nick Chamberlain
Nominated

Young Artist Awards[44]
Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actor (14–21)
Quinn Lord
Nominated

2017
Artios Awards[45]
Television Pilot And First Season - Drama
Denise Chamian, Liz Ludwitzke, Candice Elzinga, Patti Kalles
Nominated

Creative Arts Emmy Awards[39]
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)
James Hawkinson
Nominated

Outstanding Original Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program
"Resistance Radio"
Nominated

Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More)
Drew Boughton, Dawn Swiderski, Jon Lancaster
Nominated

Outstanding Special Visual Effects
Lawson Deming, Cory Jamieson, Casi Blume, Nick Chamberlain, David Andrade, Bill Parker, Justin Fox, Danielle Malambri
Nominated

Costume Designers Guild Awards[46]
Outstanding Fantasy Television Series
J.R. Hawbaker
Nominated

Leo Awards[47]
Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series
Kurt Evans
Nominated

Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series
Chelah Horsdal
Won

Location Managers Guild Awards[48]
Outstanding Locations in a Period TV Series
Nicole Noelle Chartrand, Robert Murdoch
Nominated

Saturn Awards[49]
Best New Media Television Series
The Man in the High Castle
Nominated

text: Advertising controversy[edit]

text: As part of an advertising campaign for the release of the first season, one entire New York City Subway car was covered with Nazi and Imperial Japanese imagery as seen in the show, including multiple American flags with the Nazi eagle emblem in place of the 50 stars and multiple flags of the fictional Pacific States.[50] In response to criticism from "state lawmakers and city leaders", the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) released a statement saying that there were no grounds to reject the ads due to the fact that neutral content subway ad standards only prohibit advertising that is a political advertisement or disparages an individual or group. MTA spokesperson Kevin Ortiz stated that, "The MTA is a government agency and can't accept or reject ads based on how we feel about them; we have to follow the standards approved by our board. Please note they're commercial ads." Spokesperson Adam Lisberg said, "This advertising, whether you find it distasteful or not, obviously they're not advertising Nazism; they're advertising a TV show." After complaints from New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, initial reports indicated that Amazon pulled the advertisement from the subway. It was later announced that it was the MTA, not Amazon, that pulled the ad, due to pressure from Governor Cuomo.[51]


document_title: List of places on land with elevations below sea level

question_text: lowest city below sea level in the world

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text: Africa[edit]

text:
Afar Depression
Lake Assal, Djibouti,   [−153 m (−502 ft)] lowest land in Africa
Danakil Depression, Ethiopia, [−125 m (−410 ft)]
Qattara Depression, Egypt, [−133 m (−436 ft)]
Sebkha Tah, Western Sahara, in the Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra region [−55 m (−180 ft)]
Sabkhat Ghuzayyil, Libya [−47 m (−154 ft)]
Chott Melrhir, Algeria, [−40 m (−131 ft)]
Shatt al Gharsah, Tunisia, [−17 m (−56 ft)]
Sebkhet Te-n-Dghamcha, Mauritania, [−5 m (−16 ft)]

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text: Antarctica[edit]

text: Deep Lake, Vestfold Hills, [−50 m (−164 ft)]

text: Asia[edit]

text:
Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank – Jordan
Neot HaKikar, Israel [−345 m (−1,132 ft)], Israeli settlement just south of Dead Sea.  30°55′59.15″N 35°22′36.11″E / 30.9330972°N 35.3766972°E / 30.9330972; 35.3766972
Dead Sea, Jordan – West Bank – Israel [−430 m (−1,411 ft)], lowest land in Asia and the world 31°30′N 35°30′E / 31.500°N 35.500°E / 31.500; 35.500
Jericho, West Bank [−258 m (−846 ft)], lowest city in the world 31°51′N 35°28′E / 31.85°N 35.46°E / 31.85; 35.46
Bet She'an, Israel (between Tiberias and Jericho) [−122 m (−400 ft)] 32°30′N 35°30′E / 32.50°N 35.50°E / 32.50; 35.50
Sea of Galilee, Israel [−214 m (−702 ft)]  32°48′N 35°36′E / 32.80°N 35.60°E / 32.80; 35.60
Tiberias, Israel [−207 m (−679 ft)] 32°47′48″N 35°32′09″E / 32.7966°N 35.535717°E / 32.7966; 35.535717
Turfan Depression, China [−154 m (−505 ft)][1]
Caspian Basin
Caspian Depression, Karagiye, Kazakhstan [−138 m (−453 ft)]
Caspian Sea and its shores, Russia – Kazakhstan – Azerbaijan – Iran – Turkmenistan [−28 m (−92 ft)]
Kuttanad, India [−2 m (−7 ft)]
Hachirogata, Japan [−4 m (−13 ft)]

text: Europe[edit]

text:
Caspian Depression
Caspian Sea and its shores, Azerbaijan, Russia, and Kazakhstan [−28 m (−92 ft)]
Baku, Azerbaijan [−28 m (−92 ft)], lowest lying national capital in the world
Atyrau Airport, Kazakhstan [−22 m (−72 ft)] – lowest international airport
Netherlands, coastal provinces [(−1 to −7 m) (−3 to −23 ft)]
Zuidplaspolder [−7 m (−23 ft)]
Haarlemmermeer [−5 m (−16 ft)]
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport [−4 m (−13 ft)]
Wieringermeer [−4 m (−13 ft)]
Flevoland [−4 m (−13 ft)]
Amsterdam [−2 m (−7 ft)]
Belgium, parts of West Flanders [−3 m (−10 ft)]
Lammefjord, Denmark [−7 m (−23 ft)]
The Fens, United Kingdom [−2.75 m (−9 ft)]
Neuendorf-Sachsenbande, Germany [−4 m (−13 ft)]
Le Contane, Jolanda di Savoia, Italy [−3.44 m (−11.3 ft)]
North Slob, County Wexford, Ireland [−3 m (−10 ft)]
Camargue, France [−2 m (−7 ft)]
Kristianstad, Sweden [−2 m (−7 ft)]
Żuławy Wiślane, Poland, Baltic delta of the Vistula River [−2 m (−7 ft)]

text: North America[edit]

text:
Death Valley
Badwater Basin, California, United States [−85 m (−279 ft)] lowest point in North America
Salton Sink, United States [−66 m (−217 ft)]
Bombay Beach, California, United States [−69 m (−226 ft)]
Salton Sea Beach, California, United States [−67 m (−220 ft)]
Desert Shores, California, United States [−61 m (−200 ft)]
Calipatria, California, United States [−56 m (−184 ft)]
Westmorland, California, United States [−48 m (−157 ft)]
Niland, California, United States [−43 m (−141 ft)]
Salton City, California, United States [−38 m (−125 ft)]
Brawley, California, United States [−37 m (−121 ft)]
Thermal, California, United States [−37 m (−121 ft)]
Coachella, California, United States [−22 m (−72 ft)]
Imperial, California, United States [−18 m (−59 ft)]
Seeley, California, United States [−13 m (−43 ft)]
El Centro, California, United States [−12 m (−39 ft)]
Indio, California, United States [−6 m (−20 ft)]
Heber, California, United States [−5 m (−16 ft)]
Holtville, California, United States [−3 m (−10 ft)]
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States [−2 m (−7 ft)]
Laguna Salada, Baja California, Mexico [−10 m (−33 ft)]
Lake Enriquillo, Dominican Republic [−46 m (−151 ft)], lowest place on an island country.

text: Oceania[edit]

text:
Lake Eyre, Australia, −16 m (−52 ft), lowest land in Australia
Lake Frome, Australia, −6 m (−20 ft)
Taieri Plain, New Zealand, −2 m (−7 ft)

text: South America[edit]

text:
Laguna del Carbón, Argentina [−105 m (−344 ft)] lowest land in the Americas
Bajo del Gualicho, Río Negro province, Argentina [−72 m (−236 ft)]
Salina Grande and Salina Chica, Valdés Peninsula, Chubut Province, Argentina [−42 m (−138 ft)]
Sechura Depression, Sechura Desert, Piura Region, Peru [−34 m (−112 ft)]
Georgetown, Guyana [−2 m (−7 ft)]

text: Historic and ice-covered areas[edit]

text: Deeper and larger than any of the trenches in the list above is the Bentley Subglacial Trench in Antarctica, at a depth of 2,540 m (8,330 ft). It is subglacial, meaning that it is permanently covered by the largest ice cap in the world. Therefore, it is not included in any list on the page. If the ice melted it would be covered by sea.

tag: p

text: The biggest dry land area below sea level that has been known to exist in the geological past, as measured by continuous volume of atmospheric air below sea level, was the dry bed of the Mediterranean Sea in the late Miocene period during the Messinian salinity crisis.


document_title: Rise of the Guardians

question_text: who voiced jack in rise of the guardians

text: Rise of the Guardians

text: Plot[edit]

text: Jack Frost awakens from a frozen pond with amnesia. Upon realizing no one can see or hear him, he disappears. Three hundred years later, Jack, as the young Spirit of Winter, enjoys delivering snow days to school kids, but resents that they do not believe in him. At the North Pole, the Man in the Moon warns Nicholas St. North that Pitch Black is threatening the children of the world with his nightmares. He calls E. Aster Bunnymund, Sandy, and Tooth, to arms. They are then told that Jack Frost has been chosen to be a new Guardian.

text: Visiting Tooth's world, Jack learns that each and every baby tooth contains childhood memories of the children who lost it, Jack's teeth included. However, Pitch raids Tooth's home, kidnapping all of her subordinate tooth fairies except Baby Tooth and stealing all the teeth, thus preventing Tooth from sharing Jack's memories and weakening children's belief in Tooth. In order to thwart Pitch's plan, the group decides to collect children's teeth. During their journey, a quarrel between North and Bunnymund awakens a boy, Jamie. Since he still believes, he can see everybody except for Jack. Pitch's nightmares then attack, provoking Sandy as the Guardian of Dreams. Jack tries to intervene, but Sandy is overwhelmed and killed by Pitch.

text: As Easter approaches, the dejected Guardians gather in Bunnymund's home. With the unexpected aid of Jamie's little sister, Sophie, they begin the process of painting eggs for Easter. After Jack takes Sophie home, he is lured to Pitch's lair by a voice. Pitch taunts him with his memories and fear of non-belief, distracting him long enough for Pitch to destroy the eggs, causing children to stop believing in Easter and Bunnymund. Losing his trust in the Guardians, Jack isolates himself in Antarctica, where Pitch tries to convince him to join his side. When Jack refuses, Pitch threatens to kill Baby Tooth unless Jack gives him his staff, the source of his magic. He agrees, but Pitch breaks Jack's staff and throws him down a chasm. Unlocking his memories, he learns that he was a mortal teenager who fell into ice while saving his younger sister. Inspired, Jack repairs his staff and returns to the lair to rescue the kidnapped baby fairies.

text: In New York Due to Pitch, every child in the world except Jamie disbelieves, drastically weakening the Guardians. Finding Jamie's belief wavering, Jack makes it snow in his room, renewing Jamie's belief and letting him see Jack. Jack and Jamie gather the boy's friends, whose renewed belief bolsters their fight against Pitch. Pitch threatens them, but their dreams prove stronger than his nightmares, resulting in Sandy's resurrection. Defeated and disbelieved in, Pitch tries to retreat, but his nightmares, sensing his own fears, turn on him and trap him in his lair. Afterward, Jamie and his friends bid goodbye to the Guardians as Jack accepts his place as the Guardian of Fun.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Chris Pine as Jack Frost, the spirit of winter.[7] Jack Frost is a teenage hellion who enjoys creating mischief and has no interest in being bound by rules or obligations; he just wants to use his staff to spread his winter magic for the sake of fun, but also wants to be believed in.  At the end of the film, Jack became the Guardian of Fun.  While he cannot fly, per se, he can be carried on currents of wind, allowing him to span great distances.
Alec Baldwin as Nicholas St. North (Santa Claus), the leader of the guardians,[7] and the Guardian of Wonder. He lives at the North Pole in the Ice Castle and is served by loyal North Pole natives, the Yetis (who built the castle and workshop) and the Christmas Elves. He carries a Russian accent/culture persona.[8]
Hugh Jackman as E. Aster Bunnymund (Easter Bunny), the fabled keeper and bringer of Easter eggs and the Guardian of Hope. He has an Australian accent.[7]
Isla Fisher as Tooth (Tooth Fairy), the mythical tooth collector and the Guardian of Memories.[7] Tooth is part human and part hummingbird. Assisted by mini fairies that are split-off extensions of herself, she collects the children's teeth, which hold their most precious memories. Tooth stores them in her palace and returns memories when they are needed the most.[9]  She seems to have a crush on Jack, (or more acurately, his pure white teeth).
Jude Law as Pitch Black (The Boogeyman), the essence of fear and the Nightmare King.[7]
Dakota Goyo as Jamie Bennett, a child who has not given up on believing in the Guardians.[10]
Sandy (The Sandman), the Guardian of Dreams is the oldest of the Guardians[11] and the first Guardian chosen by Man in the Moon.[12] He does not speak, but communicates through sand images that he conjures above his head.[13]
Georgie Grieve as Sophie Bennett, Jamie's little sister
Dominique Grund as Cupcake
Olivia Mattingly as Pippa

text: Production[edit]

text: In 2005, William Joyce and Reel FX launched a joint venture, Aimesworth Amusements,[14] to produce CG-animated feature films,[15] one of which was set to be The Guardians of Childhood, based on Joyce's idea.[16] The film was not realized, but they did create a short animated film, The Man in the Moon, directed by Joyce, which introduced the Guardians idea,[16] and served as an inspiration for the film.[2]

text: Early in 2008, Joyce sold the film rights to DreamWorks Animation,[17] after the studio assured him it would respect his vision for the characters and that he would be involved with the creative process.[18] In November 2009, it was revealed that DreamWorks had hired Peter Ramsey to make his feature debut as director of what was then titled The Guardians, and playwright David Lindsay-Abaire to script.[19] Joyce acted as a co-director for the first few years, but left this position after the death of his daughter Mary Katherine,[17] who died of a brain tumor.[18] Joyce continued to assist as an executive producer, while Ramsey took over full directing, making him the first African American to direct a big-budget CG animated film.[20] As with some previous DreamWorks films, Guillermo del Toro came on board as an executive producer. Present almost from the beginning,[21] he was able to help shape the story, character design, theme and structure of the film.[22] He said he was proud that the filmmakers were making parts of the film "dark and moody and poetic," and expressed hope this might "set a different tone for family movies, for entertainment movies."[21] The final title, Rise of the Guardians was announced in early 2011, along with the first cast.[7]

text: Roger Deakins, the cinematographer who had already worked on the previous DreamWorks' film, How to Train Your Dragon, advised on the lighting to achieve its real look. He selected photographic references for color keys, and during the production gave notes on contrast, saturation, depth of field and light intensity.[23] The film contains a lot of special effects, particularly the volumetric particles for depicting Sandman and Pitch.[24] For this, DreamWorks Animation developed OpenVDB, a more efficient tool and format for manipulating and storing volume data, like smoke and other amorphous materials. OpenVDB had been already used on Puss in Boots and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, and was released in August 2012 for free as an open-source project with a hope to become an industry standard.[25]

text: Although the film is based on the Joyce's book series, it contains differences from the books. The book series, begun in 2011, explains the origins of the characters, while the film takes place about 300 years after the books, and shows how the characters function in present time. Joyce explained, "Because I don't want people to read the book and then go see the movie and go, 'Oh, I like the book better,' and I also didn't want them to know what happens in the movie. And I also knew that during the progress of film production, a lot of things can change. So I wanted to have a sort of distance, so we were able to invoke the books and use them to help us figure out the world of the movie, but I didn't want them to be openly competitive to each other."[17] The idea for the Guardians came from Joyce's daughter, who asked him "if he thought Santa Claus had ever met the Easter Bunny." The film includes a dedication to her,[18] as well a song, "Still Dream," sung over the end credits.[26]

text: Originally, the film was set to be released on November 2, 2012, but DreamWorks Animation pushed the film to November 21, 2012 to avoid competition with Pixar's upcoming film Monsters University, which in turn had been pushed to November 2, 2012 to avoid competition with The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2.[27] Monsters University was then pushed to June 21, 2013, with Disney's Wreck-It Ralph taking its place.[28]

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text: French composer Alexandre Desplat composed the original music for the film, which was released on November 13, 2012 by Varèse Sarabande. The score was recorded in London at Abbey Road Studios and Air Studios, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, with a choral contribution by London Voices. David Lindsay-Abaire wrote the lyrics for the end-credit song, "Still Dream," which was performed by soprano Renée Fleming.[29] Stravinsky's Firebird Suite can also be heard during the scene where North first appears. This film marks the first time that a DreamWorks Animation film has not been composed by Hans Zimmer or a member of his Remote Control Productions family of composers (mainly John Powell, Henry Jackman, Harry Gregson-Williams or his brother Rupert Gregson-Williams).

text:
Rise of the GuardiansFilm score by Alexandre DesplatReleased
November 13, 2012Recorded
2012Genre
ScoreLength
67:47Label
Varèse SarabandeProducer
Alexandre DesplatAlexandre Desplat film scores chronology

Argo(2012)

Rise of the Guardians(2012)

Zero Dark Thirty(2012)

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text: Track listing:[30]No.TitleLength1."Still Dream" (performed by Renée Fleming)3:122."Calling the Guardians"2:063."Alone in the World"2:044."Fanfare of the Elves"0:535."Wind Take Me Home!"1:286."Dreamsand"2:037."Pitch on the Globe"0:578."The Moon"1:329."Snowballs"1:3110."Busy Workshop"1:3311."Sleigh Launch"1:4512."Nightmares Attack"7:1713."Tooth Collection"2:2214."Jamie's Bedroom"2:3115."Jack & Sandman"4:1816."Memorial"1:2117."Guardians Regroup"0:5818."Easter"3:3919."Jack Betrays"3:2020."Kids Stop Believing"2:3521."Jack's Memories"2:2422."Pitch at North Pole"2:0023."Jamie Believes"3:0124."Jack's Center"4:5225."Sandman Returns"2:3626."Dreamsand Miracles"2:1827."Oath of the Guardians"3:11Total length:67:47

text: Release[edit]

text: Rise of the Guardians had its premiere on October 10, 2012, at The Mill Valley Film Festival in Mill Valley, California,[1] followed by the international premiere at The International Rome Film Festival on November 13, 2012.[31][32] Under distribution by Paramount Pictures, the film was released on November 21, 2012, in American theaters.[27] Digitally re-mastered into IMAX 3D, it was shown in limited international and domestic IMAX theaters.[33] It was the second film released in the firm Barco's Auro 11.1 3D audio format, after Red Tails.[34] The film was also shown in Dolby Atmos, a surround sound technology introduced in 2012.[35] Rise of the Guardians was the last DreamWorks Animation film distributed by Paramount, as DreamWorks has signed a five-year distribution deal with 20th Century Fox, which started in 2013 with The Croods.[6]

text: Home media[edit]

text: Rise of the Guardians was released on Blu-ray Disc (2D and 3D) and DVD on March 12, 2013.[36]

text: That was the last DreamWorks Animation home media release to be distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, since 20th Century Fox announced its distribution agreement with DreamWorks Animation a few months before the theatrical release.[6] The film was more successful at home media sales than at the box office, having at the end of the second quarter of 2013 "the highest box office to DVD conversion ratio among major releases."[37] In the first quarter of 2013, it sold 3.2 million home entertainment units worldwide,[38] and in the second quarter 0.9 million units, for a total of 4.1 million units.[39] As of August 2013, 2 million DVDs were sold domestically.[40]

text: It was re-released on DVD on November 5, 2013 and comes with a wind-up marching elf toy.[41]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: Based on 148 reviews, the film holds a rating of 74% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 6.5/10, based on 151 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads: "A sort of Avengers for the elementary school set, Rise of the Guardians is wonderfully animated and briskly paced, but it's only so-so in the storytelling department."[42] Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 57 based on 34 reviews, or "Mixed or average."[43] The film earned an "A" from audiences polled by CinemaScore.[44]

text: Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars and found the film's characters to have "a primal familiarity, as though they were developed by a tag team of Maurice Sendak and Walt Disney."[45] Olly Richards of Empire wrote, "It's gorgeously designed, deftly written and frequently laugh-out-loud funny. For child or adult, this is a fantasy to get lost in."[46] The Washington Post's Michael O'Sullivan also gave the film a positive review and said, "Thoughts become things. That's the message of Rise of the Guardians, a charming if slightly dark and cobwebbed animated feature about how believing in something makes it real, or real enough."[47] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three stars and wrote in his review, "There's an audience for this film. It's not me. I gather younger children will like the breakneck action, the magical ability to fly and the young hero who has tired of only being a name." Though he did say, "Their parents and older siblings may find the 89-minute running time quite long enough."[48]

text: Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called the film "a lively but derivative 3D storybook spree for some unlikely action heroes."[2] Conversely, Justin Chang in Variety said, "Even tots may emerge feeling slightly browbeaten by this colorful, strenuous and hyperactive fantasy, which has moments of charm and beauty but often resembles an exploding toy factory rather than a work of honest enchantment."[49] Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal found that the film "lacks a resonant center," and that the script, "seems to have been written by committee, with members lobbying for each major character, and the action, set in vast environments all over the map, spreads itself so thin that a surfeit of motion vitiates emotion."[50]

text: Box office[edit]

text: Rise of the Guardians grossed $103,412,758 in North America, and $203,528,912 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $306,941,670.[4]

text: In North America, the film opened to $32.3 million over its extended five-day weekend, and with $23.8 million over the three-day weekend, it reached fourth place behind The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Skyfall, and Lincoln. The film's opening was the lowest debut for a DreamWorks Animation film since Flushed Away.[44] While the film did gross more than double of its $145 million budget, it still did not turn a profit for DreamWorks Animation due to its high production and marketing costs, forcing the studio to take an $83 million write-down.[51] This marked the first time that the studio had lost money on an animated film since Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas.[51][52] As a result of this combined with other factors, in February 2013, the studio announced it was laying off 350 employees as part of a company-wide restructuring.[52]

text: Accolades[edit]

text: The Rome Film Festival and Vanity Fair magazine awarded the new Vanity Fair International Award for Cinematic Excellence in November 2012 to Rise of the Guardians.[31] The film also received the Hollywood Animation Award at the 16th Annual Hollywood Film Festival, held on October 22, 2012.[53]

text:
List of awards and nominations

Award
Category
Recipients
Result

African-American Film Critics Association

Best Animation

Won

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

Best Animated Female

Isla Fisher (Tooth)

Nominated

American Cinema Editors

Best Edited Animated Feature Film

Joyce Arrastia

Annie Awards[54][55]

Best Animated Feature

Animated Effects in an Animated Production

Andy Hayes, Carl Hooper, David Lipton

Won

Character Animation in a Feature Production

David Pate

Nominated

Phillppe LeBrun

Pierre Perifel

Music in an Animated Feature Production

Alexandre Desplat

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

Patrick Hanenberger, Max Boas, Jayee BorcarWoonyoung Jung, Perry Maple, Peter MaynezStan Seo, Felix Yoon

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

Johanne Matte

Won

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

Jude Law

Nominated

Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

Joyce Arrastia

Critics Choice Awards[56]

Best Animated Feature

Cinema Audio Society

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures Animated

Golden Globe Awards[57]

Best Animated Feature Film

Golden Reel Awards

Best Sound Editing in an Animated Feature Film

Hollywood Film Festival[53]

Best Animated Feature

Peter Ramsey

Won

International Film Music Critics Association Awards

Film Composer of the Year

Alexandre Desplat, also for Argo, Moonrise Kingdom, Rust and Bone, and Zero Dark Thirty

Nominated

Best Original Score for an Animated Feature

Alexandre Desplat

Won

Mill Valley Film Festival[58]

Audience Favorite Children's Film

Peter Ramsey

Producers Guild of America

Outstanding Producer of An Animated Theatrical Motion Picture

Nancy Bernstein, Christina Steinberg

Nominated

Satellite Awards 2012[59]

Best Animated or Mixed Media

Won

Visual Effects Society[60][61]

Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Nancy Bernstein, David Prescott, Peter Ramsey, Christina Steinberg

Nominated

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

The North Pole: Eric Bouffard, Sonja Burchard, Andy Harbeck, Peter Maynez

Nominated

Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Last Stand: Andy Hayes, Carl Hooper, Andrew Wheeler, Stephen Wood

Nominated

Women Film Critics Circle[62]

Best Family Film

Rise of the Guardians – tied with Life of Pi

Won

text: Video game[edit]

text: A video game based on the film was released by D3 Publisher on November 20, 2012 in North America,[63] and released on November 23, 2012 in Europe.[64] It allows gamers to lead the Guardians in their battle against Pitch. The game is a 3D beat-em-up, where the player travels through each of the worlds: Burgess, North Pole, Bunnymund Valley, Tooth Palace, and Sandman's Ship, to fight Pitch's army of Nightmares. The player can switch between all five guardians at any time, and freely customize their powers, and they learn new special abilities as they level up. All the game versions support up to 4-player gameplay.[65] It is available on the Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo 3DS.[66]

text: Possible sequel[edit]

text: After the release of the film, the creators of Rise of the Guardians expressed hope that the strong A- Cinemascore average for the film and an enthusiastic word-of-mouth would gather support for the "chance to make a sequel or two."[67] Author and co-producer of the series, William Joyce, also mentioned in March 2013 that he was still in talks about a sequel with DreamWorks Animation: "There is something that we are proposing that we hope they will want to do."[68]

text: Notes[edit]

text: ^  In July 2014, the film's distribution rights were purchased by DreamWorks Animation from Paramount Pictures and transferred to Universal Pictures.[69]

tag: ol


document_title: Crank Yankers

question_text: who does the voice of special ed on crank yankers

text: Crank Yankers

text: Behind the scenes[edit]

text: The performers are given a basic outline of a premise by the writers, and call telephone numbers from a list of selected targets (known as "marks"). Using the basic premises, the performers improvise most of their lines, playing off of the responses of their marks, with the intention to keep them on the phone as long as possible.

text: With the exception of a few outside sources (including previous material from Jim Florentine and the Touch-Tone Terrorists), all the calls are made from Nevada. The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 makes it illegal in most states to record telephone calls without both parties' consent. Under Nevada law, only one of the parties has to give consent (i.e., the caller), so prank calls can be recorded without the consent of the prank victims. One result of this was the series' schedule of creating and airing new episodes was fairly sporadic due to most of the celebrities living in Los Angeles, having Los Angeles-based jobs, and so were only periodically able to go to Las Vegas to make calls. Adam Carolla, for example, took his radio program to Las Vegas once or twice a year, and while there would record new calls for the program.

text: The puppets are then constructed based on the various marks' voices, and, along with a series of stock characters (such as "Niles Standish", "Bobby Fletcher", and "Special Ed") based on the performers' character voices, the calls are re-enacted for the skits.

text: The main character puppets for the first season were constructed by Bob Flanagan's company Den Design with additional puppets built by BJ Guyer, Carol Binion, Rick Lyon, Ron Binion, Jim Kroupa, and Artie Esposito. An in-house puppet shop was set up for the following seasons to accommodate the fast-paced schedule of the show and the sheer volume of puppet characters required for each episode.

text: The puppets are puppeteered by Ronald Binion, Rick Lyon, BJ Guyer, Victor Yerrid, Paul McGinnis, Alice Dinean Vernon, and Artie Esposito.[citation needed]

text: Originally, the show was titled Prank Puppets; it was renamed after Comedy Central lawyers deemed that it implied malice.[2]

text: Regular characters[edit]

text:
Karl Malone: Jimmy Kimmel's impression of then-NBA star Karl Malone. He regularly refers to himself in the third-person. "Don't hang up on Karl Malone."
Gladys Murphy (Wanda Sykes): A boisterous black woman who makes embarrassing announcements, generally of a scatological or sexual nature. Her many children do things like gluing her buttocks to the toilet and stealing money from a malfunctioning bank machine.
Niles Standish (Tony Barbieri): The British Earl of Yankerville, he is a rich and eccentric middle-aged pervert with homosexual tendencies. He frequently calls various services and asks for their price, then orders them to "double it." (Once even confusing someone by telling them to "cut it in half, and double it!").
Special Ed (Jim Florentine): Bobby Fletcher's mentally challenged younger cousin who constantly repeats himself, makes random comments, and shouts his catchphrase "Yay!" until the other caller gets frustrated. He makes a cameo in one of Bobby's prank calls, the "Let Me Put My Brother on the Phone" call. In two prank calls of his own (one to a movie theater and one to a video store), Ed reveals that his favorite movie is Air Bud. In the video-store call, he works in several references to The Shining.
Dick Birchum (Adam Carolla): A psychotic Vietnam War veteran whose hobbies include carpentry, Shotokan karate, spying on women in their beds or bathrooms by drilling holes or a hidden camera, and gun ownership. He has a 600-pound wife and conjoined twin daughters. He lost part of his right leg in the war and 3 right-hand fingers in a carpentry accident. He frequently refers to his time in Vietnam and "smoking hash out of a human skull."
Jimmy (Jimmy Kimmel): A Kimmel-based grown man who lives with his mother. He also has 2 young children who use foul language and play juvenile pranks.
Bobby Fletcher (Jim Florentine): Ed's drug-using underachiever older cousin. He is extremely rude and insulting, and known for generating copious amounts of gas and belching into the phone.
Elmer Higgins (Jimmy Kimmel): A crabby, long-winded stereotype of an elderly man (based on Kimmel's grandfather). He makes complaint calls and frequently goes off on unrelated, long-winded tangents about his younger days and various irrelevant subjects. He frequently blames the situations he's complaining about on his gay grandson, Terrance Catheter.
Helen Higgins (Susie Essman): Elmer's beautiful wife of over 60 years, she is an elderly Jewish woman who likes to proposition young men. Her son gave her a pet parrot who is well-versed in curse words. In a late-in-the-series sketch about Elmer wanting driving lessons, he mentions that she has died.
Landalious "The Truth" Truefeld (David Alan Grier): A former football player who likes to rap.
Spoonie Luv (Tracy Morgan): A smooth-talking African American hip hop-type character who makes lewd and suggestive comments. He often refers to himself as "Spoonie Luv from Up Above." In one particularly noteworthy prank call, he attempts to sell a video store tapes of himself masturbating.
Hadassah Guberman (Sarah Silverman): A Jewish female college student who works various part-time jobs, including conducting surveys for O magazine. She frequently asks intrusive questions and makes veiled passive-aggressive insults. Her sexuality and sanity seem highly questionable.
Terrence Catheter (Jimmy Kimmel): Elmer Higgins' grandson is an effeminate redhead who acts as spokesperson for various celebrities, such as Tom Cruise, Bill Cosby, Jared Fogle, J.K. Rowling, Mr. T, and the Olsen twins. He calls various places of business to book appearances and asks them to comply with the celebrities' ridiculous demands.
Tony Deloge (Bob Einstein): A loud-mouthed, fast-paced politician who calls random people to pander for votes as "district selectman." He occasionally tries to use his political power to get things for free.
Cammie Smith (Lisa Kushell): An oversexed, conceited, condescending 22-year-old exotic dancer.
Boomer and the Nudge (Jimmy Kimmel and Patton Oswalt): Two obnoxious morning-radio disc jockeys who call people to make "on-air dares."
Junkyard Willie (Touch-Tone Terrorists): An obstructionist in the form of a gravelly-voiced black man who is actually an import from the Touch-Tone Terrorists where he is a regular character. He appears in two sketches as a supervisor at YPS ("Yankerville Package Service").
Jim Bob the Handicapped Hillbilly (Touch-Tone Terrorists): A mentally challenged hillbilly who works with Junkyard Willie at YPS.
Sav Macauley (Dane Cook): The overly enthusiastic host of a phone game show, "The Phone Zone," where he calls people and asks ridiculous random trivia questions for cash prizes and interjects his own sound effects.
OCD Ken (Kevin Nealon): An accountant with obsessive-compulsive disorder who prefers cleanliness and even numbers. He often requests people to press the pound key as part of his disorder.
Danny (David Alan Grier): A man who repeatedly gets nervous or disgusted causing him to vomit over the phone. The vomit is depicted as an Exorcist-like liquid shooting out of the puppet's throat.
Chip Douglas (Fred Armisen): A Mexican immigrant who is perpetually building a house with minimal supplies and poor command of the English language. He makes two prank calls to newspaper offices, one to attempt to sell cartoons and the other (a prank call in Spanish) to inform a Spanish-language newspaper that he has not received that day's edition.
Katie (Katie Kimmel): Jimmy Kimmel's daughter made occasional appearances from 2003, initially with a few short lines but later making entire crank calls herself (notably pretending to be a drunken 9-year-old trying to order alcohol by phone).
Kevin (Kevin Kimmel): Jimmy Kimmel's son made occasional appearances from 2003, including as Elmer Higgins' grandson.
Foreign Guy (Dane Cook): A nameless immigrant who calls various places looking for assistance or to purchase something. To confuse the person he calls, he frequently switches between speaking in extremely broken English in an incomprehensible accent to speaking fluently, with no accent. The switch is demonstrated visually by having the puppet move between the two halves of a room across a clear dividing line.
Gene Winterbuck (Dane Cook): A wheelchair-bound young man who calls libraries requesting books with titles referring to disabilities, such as "Johnny NoodleLegs".
Lou Vilman (Kevin Nealon): An easily impressed guy who responds "Wow!" to everything.
Dick Rogers (Seth MacFarlane): A stereotypical fast-talking 1940s detective whose sketches appear in black-and-white. He'll often call to complain about issues that would make someone from the 1940s uncomfortable, such as being hit on by men at a gay bar or getting a haircut from a female hairdresser. He also calls the YMCA for help with his alcohol problem.[citation needed]

text: Performers[edit]

text:
Jimmy Kimmel
Adam Carolla
Drew Carey
Dave Chappelle
Dane Cook
David Cross
Eminem
Tracy Morgan
Sarah Silverman
Tony Barbieri
Jeff Goldblum
Jamie Kennedy
Jack Black
Tom Kenny
Kyle Gass
Susie Essman
Jim Florentine
Touch-Tone Terrorists
Fred Armisen
Nicole Sullivan
Kevin Nealon
Super Dave Osborne
David Alan Grier
Rick Rosner
Wanda Sykes
Snoop Dogg
Ludacris

Jack Osbourne
Sharon Osbourne
Billy West
Lisa Kushell
Stephen Colbert
Patton Oswalt
Denis Leary
Biz Markie
Chamillionaire
Seth MacFarlane
Mitch Hedberg
Dr. Drew Pinsky
Wu-Tang Clan
Seth Green
Lil' Jon
Andy Milonakis
Steve-O
Ryan Dunn
Nick Cannon
Kenan Thompson
Robert Smigel
Josh Gardner
Good Charlotte
Jonathan Kimmel
Gilbert Gottfried
Bobcat Goldthwait
Bob Odenkirk

text: Chief artists working for the show include:

text:
Xavier Corby
Chris Davis
Todd Hulin
Shane Klein
David Kolodny-Nagy

Dutch Merrick
Kristie Moore
Brook Shafer
Jason Tyne
Mark Walbaum

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Series overview[edit]

text:
Season
Episodes
Originally aired

First aired
Last aired

1
10
June 2, 2002 (2002-06-02)
August 4, 2002 (2002-08-04)

2
30
March 4, 2003 (2003-03-04)
April 13, 2004 (2004-04-13)

3
22
July 20, 2004 (2004-07-20)
March 30, 2005 (2005-03-30)

4
8
February 9, 2007 (2007-02-09)
March 30, 2007 (2007-03-30)

text: Season 1 (2002)[edit]

text:
No. in
series
No. in
season
Title
Original air date

1
1
"Jimmy Kimmel & Wanda Sykes"
June 2, 2002 (2002-06-02)

2
2
"Denis Leary & Sarah Silverman"
June 9, 2002 (2002-06-09)

3
3
"Wu-Tang Clan"
June 16, 2002 (2002-06-16)

4
4
"Jimmy Kimmel & Wanda Sykes"
June 23, 2002 (2002-06-23)

5
5
"David Alan Grier & Dave Attell"
June 30, 2002 (2002-06-30)

6
6
"Susie Essman & Jim Florentine"
July 7, 2002 (2002-07-07)

7
7
"Sarah Silverman & Tracy Morgan"
July 14, 2002 (2002-07-14)

8
8
"Kevin Nealon & Super Dave Osborne"
July 21, 2002 (2002-07-21)

9
9
"Jimmy Kimmel & Adam Carolla"
July 28, 2002 (2002-07-28)

10
10
"Dane Cook & Sarah Silverman"
August 4, 2002 (2002-08-04)

text: Season 2 (2003–2004)[edit]

text:
No. in
series
No. in
season
Title
Original air date

11
1
"Jimmy Kimmel & Sarah Silverman"
March 4, 2003 (2003-03-04)

12
2
"Wanda Sykes & Robert Schimmel"
March 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)

13
3
"Snoop Dogg & Kevin Nealon"
March 18, 2003 (2003-03-18)

14
4
"Jeff Garlin & Gilbert Gottfried"
March 25, 2003 (2003-03-25)

15
5
"Fred Armisen & Kevin Nealon"
April 1, 2003 (2003-04-01)

16
6
"Wanda Sykes & Bobcat Goldthwait"
April 8, 2003 (2003-04-08)

17
7
"Adam Carolla & Jim Florentine"
April 15, 2003 (2003-04-15)

18
8
"Adam Carolla & Dr. Drew Pinsky"
April 22, 2003 (2003-04-22)

19
9
"Jimmy Kimmel & David Alan Grier"
April 29, 2003 (2003-04-29)

20
10
"Fred Armisen & Sarah Silverman"
May 6, 2003 (2003-05-06)

21
11
"Jimmy Kimmel & Fred Armisen"
September 16, 2003 (2003-09-16)

22
12
"Wanda Sykes & Kevin Nealon"
September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)

23
13
"Adam Carolla & Kevin Kimmel"
September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30)

24
14
"Jimmy Kimmel & Gilbert Gottfried"
October 7, 2003 (2003-10-07)

25
15
"David Alan Grier & Super Dave Osborne"
October 14, 2003 (2003-10-14)

26
16
"Robert Smigel & Adam Carolla"
October 21, 2003 (2003-10-21)

27
17
"David Alan Grier & Jeff Garlin"
October 28, 2003 (2003-10-28)

28
18
"Jimmy Kimmel & Adam Carolla"
November 4, 2003 (2003-11-04)

29
19
"Bob Odenkirk & Fred Armisen"
November 11, 2003 (2003-11-11)

30
20
"Jim Florentine & Kathy Griffin"
November 18, 2003 (2003-11-18)

31
21
"Sarah Silverman & David Alan Grier"
February 10, 2004 (2004-02-10)

32
22
"Kevin Nealon & Wanda Sykes"
February 17, 2004 (2004-02-17)

33
23
"Jamie Kennedy & David Alan Grier"
February 24, 2004 (2004-02-24)

34
24
"Wanda Sykes & Kevin Nealon"
March 2, 2004 (2004-03-02)

35
25
"Adam Carolla & David Alan Grier"
March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09)

36
26
"Sarah Silverman & Jeff Goldblum"
March 16, 2004 (2004-03-16)

37
27
"Seth Green & Jamie Kennedy"
March 23, 2004 (2004-03-23)

38
28
"Wanda Sykes & Adam Carolla"
March 30, 2004 (2004-03-30)

39
29
"Kevin Nealon & Sarah Silverman"
April 6, 2004 (2004-04-06)

40
30
"Jimmy Kimmel & Fred Armisen"
April 13, 2004 (2004-04-13)

text: Season 3 (2004–2005)[edit]

text:
No. in
series
No. in
season
Title
Original air date

41
1
"Eminem & Tracy Morgan"
July 20, 2004 (2004-07-20)

42
2
"Jack & Sharon Osbourne"
July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27)

43
3
"Andy Richter & Sarah Silverman"
August 3, 2004 (2004-08-03)

44
4
"Bob Odenkirk & Adam Carolla"
August 10, 2004 (2004-08-10)

45
5
"Jimmy Kimmel & Kevin Nealon"
August 17, 2004 (2004-08-17)

46
6
"Jimmy Kimmel & Adam Carolla"
August 24, 2004 (2004-08-24)

47
7
"Wanda Sykes & Kevin Nealon"
August 31, 2004 (2004-08-31)

48
8
"Adam Carolla & David Alan Grier"
September 7, 2004 (2004-09-07)

49
9
"Dane Cook & Kevin Nealon"
September 14, 2004 (2004-09-14)

50
10
"Tracy Morgan & Adam Carolla"
September 21, 2004 (2004-09-21)

51
11
"Wanda Sykes & Kevin Nealon"
December 21, 2004 (2004-12-21)

52
12
"Tracy Morgan & Jimmy Kimmel"
January 12, 2005 (2005-01-12)

53
13
"Ludacris & Drew Carey"
January 19, 2005 (2005-01-19)

54
14
"Bob Odenkirk & Tracy Morgan"
February 2, 2005 (2005-02-02)

55
15
"Drew Carey & Jeff Goldblum"
February 9, 2005 (2005-02-09)

56
16
"Jason Schwartzman & David Alan Grier"
February 16, 2005 (2005-02-16)

57
17
"Wanda Sykes & Sarah Silverman"
February 23, 2005 (2005-02-23)

58
18
"Tracy Morgan & Jimmy Kimmel"
March 2, 2005 (2005-03-02)

59
19
"Ludacris & Kevin Nealon"
March 9, 2005 (2005-03-09)

60
20
"Holiday Special"
March 16, 2005 (2005-03-16)

61
21
"Best-of Special 1"
March 23, 2005 (2005-03-23)

62
22
"Best-of Special 2"
March 30, 2005 (2005-03-30)

text: Season 4 (2007)[edit]

text:
No. in
series
No. in
season
Title
Original air date

63
1
"Lil Jon & Sarah Silverman"
February 9, 2007 (2007-02-09)

64
2
"Jimmy Kimmel & Steve-O"
February 16, 2007 (2007-02-16)

65
3
"Dane Cook & Chamillionaire"
February 23, 2007 (2007-02-23)

66
4
"Good Charlotte & Lil Jon"
March 2, 2007 (2007-03-02)

67
5
"Dave Chappelle & Seth Green"
March 9, 2007 (2007-03-09)

68
6
"Andy Milonakis & Ryan Dunn"
March 16, 2007 (2007-03-16)

69
7
"Adam Carolla & Dane Cook"
March 23, 2007 (2007-03-23)

70
8
"Jimmy Kimmel & Nick Cannon"
March 30, 2007 (2007-03-30)

text: DVD releases[edit]

text:
DVD Name
Release Date
Ep #
Additional Information

Season 1 Uncensored
September 28, 2004
10
"Dial 'T' for Torment: Mini-Documentary, Two Unaired Calls.

Season 2 Volume 1 Uncensored
April 26, 2005
15
Unaired Calls.

Season 2 Volume 2 Uncensored
November 29, 2005
15
4 exclusive audio calls from Fred Armisen, Eminem, Jim Florentine, and Jimmy Kimmel.

The Best of Crank Yankers
December 4, 2007
N/A
Includes 58 favorite calls.

text: There are currently no plans for a DVD release for seasons 3 & 4

text: CD releases[edit]

text:
The Best Uncensored Crank Calls, Volume 1 (2002)
The Best Uncensored Crank Calls, Volume 2 (2002)
The Best Uncensored Crank Calls, Volume 3 (2003)


document_title: Cigarettes After Sex

question_text: who sings nothings gonna hurt you baby

question_tokens: who sings nothings gon na hurt you baby

text: Cigarettes After Sex

text: History[edit]

text: Cigarettes After Sex was formed in El Paso, Texas, in 2008.[5][6][7] Gonzalez recorded the first EP, I., in a four-story stairway at his alma mater, University of Texas at El Paso, calling the experience "basically an accident; kind of an experiment".[7] "Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby", "I'm a Firefighter", "Dreaming of You", and "Starry Eyes" were recorded for I.

text: Gonzalez relocated to Brooklyn, New York, where the band's single "Affection" was recorded and released in 2015 along with a cover of REO Speedwagon's "Keep On Loving You".[8][9]

text: Through music recommendations, Cigarettes After Sex has gained millions of views on YouTube, leading to live performances across Europe, Asia, and the US. Cigarettes After Sex released their self-titled debut studio album on June 9, 2017.[10][7][11]

text: "Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby" was featured in episode 7 of the first season of The Handmaid's Tale.[12][13], episode 7 of The Sinner [14], and episode 9 of the eighth season of Shameless.[15]

text: Musical style and influences[edit]

text: In a feature for Noisey by Vice, Christina Cacouris describes Cigarettes After Sex as "elemental, hazy and romantic, but with a noir edge underneath Gonzalez's androgynous voice" as well as "sweet and sentimental".[7] "As the band’s name suggests, it’s reminiscent of lying in bed, but its ambient qualities don’t prevent it from being music you can dance to."[7] Gonzalez cites Françoise Hardy as his favorite singer and Miles Davis as having great impact.[7] The band also includes The Cowboy Junkies' album The Trinity Session, Julee Cruise, and Cocteau Twins as influences.[6][16] The music blog Eardrums Music describes the band as "slow, dreamy and beautiful with gorgeous, tender vocals and very good lyrics." and compares it to Mazzy Star[16] Music bloggers behind Swell Tone describe Cigarettes After Sex as a band producing "melancholy, slow pop that will sweetly rock any listener into a listless stupor."[17]

text: Reviewing Affection for Independentmusicnews.com, Jae Pyl concludes that "there’s just such an intimacy to Cigarettes After Sex's sound that it’s impossible to not let it into the pit of your belly."[9]

text: Members[edit]

text: Since inception in 2008, the group has included a number of different members and collaborators led by Greg Gonzalez:[8]

text: Current members:

text:
Greg Gonzalez – founder, lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass
Phillip Tubbs – keyboards, electric guitar
Randall Miller – bass
Jacob Tomsky – drums

text: Previous members:

text:
Greg Leah – drums
Steve Herrada – keyboards
Emily Davis – acoustic guitar

text: Discography[edit]

text: Studio albums[edit]

text: Cigarettes After Sex (2017)

text: Extended plays[edit]

text: I. (2012)

text: Singles[edit]

text:
"Affection" (2015)
"K." (2016)
"Apocalypse" (2017)
"Each Time You Fall in Love" (2017)
"Sweet" (2017)

text: Demos[edit]

text: Cigarettes After Sex (Romans 13:9) (2011)