document_title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)

question_text: who plays rodrick in diary of a wimpy kid dog days

text: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: The Heffley family attends a pool party at the local pool, where the family meets a former trouble-making friend of Rodrick who is now a model student after attending a military school known as Spag Union. Greg's father Frank thinks about enrolling Greg there.

text: Greg's summer starts off badly: Frank bans video games in anger at Greg's laziness, and his mother Susan starts a book club, but she does not see their books as real literature. Frank is also getting jealous of the neighbor's athletic kids, and after his video game ban, Susan forces Frank and Greg to bond with each other: their bonding activities end in disaster.

text: A few weeks later, Greg's best friend, Rowley Jefferson, takes Greg to the local country club, where Greg enjoys the lifestyle and the fact that his crush, Holly Hills, teaches tennis there and he doesn't have to go to the book club.

text: Greg returns home to learn that Frank signed him up for an unpaid summer internship at his work without his consent, and Greg lies about having a job at the country club. Frank and Susan are delighted, and give him a starter cell phone, a Ladybug, which only allows him to call home or 911.

text: Rowley invites Greg on a family trip to their beach house near the Boardwalk, but Greg finds the lifestyle banal and attempts to escape. He tries to call home using his Ladybug phone, but the phone rejects the call, and after he inadvertently calls 911, the police arrive, almost leading to the arrest of Rowley's father, who sends home Greg in disgust.

text: Rowley doesn't allow Greg to tag along with him to the country club because of the beach house incident, but Greg sneaks in, meets with Holly and her sister Heather and manages to get Löded Diper a gig at Heather's sweet sixteen, much to Rodrick's delight.

text: Rowley and Greg quickly make up, but Rowley is unable to attend the club, forcing Greg to sneak in. One morning, Frank drops Greg off, only to be confronted by Rowley's father: Greg has built up a $260 fruit smoothie bill from his time at the country club. When Frank attempts to explain the situation, the clerk informs him that the club does not employ minors, and Greg is exposed. As a result, when he receives a Spag Union disc, he fears he will be sent there.

text: Rodrick informs Greg that the "Wilderness Weekend" could be a way to avoid Spag Union. Their troop proves weak compared to Frank's boss, Stan's, troop. after a Camp story and Greg continues to mess things up Frank tells him that everyone messes up, after the boys overhear Stan and his troop insulting Frank, Greg attempts to set up a plan for revenge by using traps, and finds out that Stan's troop has been using electric and other conveniences including pre-cooked meals and portable TVs rather than actually camping.

text: Stan arrives at the tent, and Greg accidentally throws the tent into the campfire, and admits he was responsible but his friends tell him that he did it to defend his honor. Frank, having lost his respect for Stan, then confronts him with the electronic conveniences (although he was jealous of Stan throughout the movie), and Stan runs into Greg's trap, leaving him humiliated.

text: Frank reveals that he never liked camping anyway, and decides not to send Greg to Spag Union, much to Greg's surprise and delight. Frank gives Greg advice about learning from mistakes and taking responsibilities. The two discover they are much alike than they realize.

text: At Heather's Sweet 16 birthday party a few days later, Löded Diper performs a hard rock version of "Baby" by Justin Bieber and Ludacris, during an attempt to win over Heather. However, Rodrick accidentally knocks over a huge ice sculpture of Heather, which results in her losing her temper and accidentally smashing a chocolate fountain with a microphone stand, splashing chocolate all over her, and the party ends in disaster.

text: Holly then implies that she likes Greg by holding his hand, and in the final scene, Greg describes that his summer did not go the way he expected, but had positive circumstances.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Zachary Gordon as Gregory "Greg" Heffley
Steve Zahn as Frank Heffley, Greg's father
Robert Capron as Rowley Jefferson, Greg's best friend
Devon Bostick as Rodrick Heffley, Greg's brother
Peyton List as Holly Hills, Greg's love interest, friend and eventual girlfriend
Rachael Harris as Susan Heffley, Greg's mother
Laine MacNeil as Patty Farrell, Greg's arch-enemy
Melissa Roxburgh as Heather Hills, Rodrick's love interest and Holly's older sister
Connor/Owen Fielding as Manny Heffley
Karan Brar as Chirag Gupta, one of Greg's friends
Grayson Russell as Fregley, one of Greg's weird classmates
Alf Humphreys as Mr. Jefferson, Rowley's father who dislikes Greg
Bronwen Smith as Mrs. Jefferson, Rowley's mother
Terence Kelly as Grandpa Heffley, Frank's father and Greg's grandfather
Oliver the Dog as Sweetie Heffley, the Heffley's new dog and addition to the family
Phil Hayes as Stan Warren, Frank's boss
Jeff Kinney as Mr. Hills, Holly's father

text: This film is the last movie in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series to feature the original cast, as they aged out of their roles as middle-schoolers.

text: Production[edit]

text: Principal photography began on August 8, 2011 in Vancouver and was completed on October 7, 2011.[6] The location for the country club pool was Eagle Ridge Outdoor pool in Coquitlam, BC. Filming at Eagle Ridge Outdoor pool took place during the end of August 2011.[7][8][9][10] The municipal outdoor pool scenes at the beginning and the end of the movie were filmed at Steveston Outdoor pool in Richmond, BC. Filming occurred at the Steveston Outdoor pool during the beginning of September 2011.[11][12][13] The Chinese Bunkhouse at the Steveston Shipyards in Richmond, BC was the location of the Wilderness Explorers cabin for Troop 133.[14][15] During filming, stars Zachary Gordon and Robert Capron, were seen riding the Corkscrew at Playland at Vancouver's fair, the PNE.[14] A poster was leaked in March 2012. A teaser trailer was attached to The Three Stooges.[16] An advance screening for the film was held on July 31, 2012.[17]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: On Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, the film has an approval rating of 51% based on 71 reviews and an average rating of 5.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Overly familiar and a bit too reliant on slapstick, the sitcom-like Dog Days fails to improve upon previous installments and will likely appeal to few outside its target audience."[18] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 54 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[19] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.[20]

text: Abby West of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B+ and wrote "Though often self-centered and conniving, Greg remains a likable kid, and the movie entertains by pulling off over-the-top scenarios that set up digestible life lessons for youngsters."[21]

text: Accolades[edit]

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Year
Award
Category
Recipient(s)
Result
Ref.

2013
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Movie
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Nominated
[22]

Favorite Movie Actor
Zachary Gordon
Nominated

2013
Young Artist Awards
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor
Zachary Gordon
Nominated
[23]

Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor
Robert Capron
Won

Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor
Karan Brar
Nominated

Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress
Laine MacNeil
Nominated

Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor Ten and Under
Connor & Owen Fielding
Nominated

Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress Ten and Under
Dalila Bela
Nominated

Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast
Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Peyton List, Karan Brar, Laine MacNeil, Connor & Owen Fielding, Devon Bostick, Grayson Russell
Won

text: Home media[edit]

text: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days was released on iTunes on December 4, 2012.[24] It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on December 18, 2012.[25]

text: It was released on Redbox on January 15, 2013.[26]

text: An animated short film set after the events of Dog Days, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Class Clown, was released on the home media release of Dog Days, with Zachary Gordon reprising his role as Greg Heffley, and archival audio of various other cast members from Dog Days covering the film.

text: Sequel[edit]

text: At the time of its release, Dog Days was described as the last live-action film in the franchise.[27][28] In August 2012, while doing press for the film, Jeff Kinney, Zachary Gordon and Robert Capron each indicated that there were no plans for a fourth film, but did not dismiss the possibility entirely.[27][28][29] Kinney replied to inquiries regarding the possibility of another sequel, stating, "At present, we don’t have a fourth film in development, but you never know!"[29]

text: And when describing the likelihood of starring in another film in the series, Gordon explained, "[Dog Days] most likely will be the last movie. The main problem is [the cast] is getting older. You can't stop it. There's no way to temporarily stop us from changing and growing up. You know, that's the problem because the characters are supposed to be timeless."[27] In March 2013, Zachary Gordon stated in a Spreecast live stream that there would not be a fourth live-action film. Jeff Kinney has indicated that instead of doing a live-action film of the sixth novel Cabin Fever, he would like to see it adapted into an animated film, stating in an interview, "I hope that it gets made into an animated movie. I'd really like to see it turn into an animated television special."

text: On July 29, 2016, it was announced that a new movie with a different cast based on the 9th book, The Long Haul, had began production.[30]The film was released on May 19, 2017.


document_title: Minnesota Republican caucuses, 2016

question_text: who won the 2016 republican party precinct caucus in minnesota

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Minnesota Republican caucuses, 2016

← 2012
March 1, 2016 (2016-03-01)
2020 →

Candidate
Marco Rubio
Ted Cruz
Donald Trump

Home state
Florida
Texas
New York

Delegate count
17
13
8

Popular vote
41,397
33,181
24,473

Percentage
36.24%
29.04%
21.42%

Candidate
Ben Carson
John Kasich

Home state
Maryland
Ohio

Delegate count
0
0

Popular vote
8,422
6,565

Percentage
7.37%
5.75%

Minnesota results by county
  Marco Rubio
  Ted Cruz
  Donald Trump
  Tie

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text: The 2016 Minnesota Republican caucus took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Minnesota, during the Super Tuesday contests, as a part of the Republican Party's series of presidential primaries. It is notable because it is the only state that was won by Florida Senator Marco Rubio.

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text: The Democratic Party held its Minnesota caucuses on the same day.

text: Results[edit]

text:
Precinct Caucuses date: March 1, 2016
State Convention: May 20–21, 2016
National delegates: 38

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Minnesota Republican precinct caucuses, March 1, 2016

Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Actual delegate count

Bound
Unbound
Total

 Marco Rubio
41,397
36.24%
17
0
17

Ted Cruz
33,181
29.04%
13
0
13

Donald Trump
24,473
21.42%
8
0
8

Ben Carson
8,422
7.37%
0
0
0

John Kasich
6,565
5.75%
0
0
0

Write-ins
207
0.18%
0
0
0

Jeb Bush (withdrawn)

0
0
0

Unprojected delegates:
0
0
0

Total:
114,245
100.00%
38
0
38

Source: The Green Papers

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document_title: The Lego Movie

question_text: who did chris pratt play in the lego movie

text: The Lego Movie

text: Plot[edit]

text: In the Lego universe, within a city populated by anthropomorphic minifigures, the evil Lord Business finds a super-weapon called the "Kragle". The wizard Vitruvius attempts to stop him, but is blinded by Business' robots. Before Business leaves with the weapon, Vitruvius prophesies that a person called "The Special" will find the "Piece of Resistance", a brick capable of stopping the Kragle.

text: Eight and a half years later, construction worker Emmet Brickowski finds a woman, Lucy "Wyldstyle", searching for something at his construction site after hours. When he investigates, Emmet falls into a hole and finds the Piece of Resistance. Compelled to touch it, Emmet experiences vivid visions and passes out. He awakens with the Piece of Resistance attached to his back, in the custody of Bad Cop/Good Cop, Lord Business' lieutenant. Wyldstyle rescues Emmet, believing him to be the Special, and takes him to meet Vitruvius in the Old West. Emmet learns that Wyldstyle and Vitruvius are "Master Builders"[7], people capable of building anything from their imagination without the need of instructions, who oppose Business. Wyldstyle explains Business wants to use the Kragle (a tube of Krazy Glue with a weathered label) to freeze the world into perfection. Though disappointed to find Emmet is not a Master Builder, Wyldstyle and Vitruvius are convinced of his potential when he recalls visions of a seemingly human deity referred to as "The Man Upstairs".

text: Emmet, Wyldstyle, and Vitruvius evade Bad Cop's forces with the aid of Batman, Wyldstyle's boyfriend. They go to the hidden Cloud Cuckoo Land, a realm where minifigures can create whatever they desire, to attend a council of Master Builders, all of whom are unimpressed with Emmet and refuse to fight Business. Bad Cop's forces attack, having placed a tracking device on Emmet, and capture everyone except Emmet and a small team of Master Builders. Escaping, Emmet devises a plan to infiltrate Business' office tower and disarm the Kragle, but the group is captured and imprisoned in the Think Tank, where all the Master Builders are forced to make instructions. Trying to retaliate, Vitruvius is decapitated by Business, who sets a self-destruct protocol and leaves everyone to die, including Bad Cop. As he dies, Vitruvius reveals he made up the prophecy. He soon reappears to Emmet as a ghost and tells him that it's belief that makes one beco the Special. Strapped to the self-destruct mechanism's battery, Emmet jumps into the abyss outside the tower and severs the connection, saving his friends. Inspired by Emmet's sacrifice, Wyldstyle rallies the Lego people across the universe to use whatever creativity they have to build machines and weapons to fight against Lord Business' forces.

text: Emmet finds himself in the human world as a Lego minifigure unable to move. The events of the story are being played out by a little boy named Finn on his father's expansive Lego set in their basement. His father, "The Man Upstairs", comes home from work and chastises his son for ruining the set by creating variations of different playsets, and proceeds to permanently rebuild and glue his perceived perfect creations together (causing Lord Business' forces to regain the upper hand as a result). Realizing the danger his friends are in, Emmet wills himself to move and gains Finn's attention. Finn returns Emmet and the Piece of Resistance to the set, where Emmet now possesses the powers of a Master Builder and confronts Business. Meanwhile, Finn's father looks at his son's creations and realizes that Finn had based the villainous Business on him and his perfectionism. Through a speech Emmet gives Business, Finn tells his father that he [i.e. his father] is special and has the power to change everything. They reconcile and start to unglue the constructions with mineral spirits, which plays out as Business having a change of heart, capping the Kragle and ungluing his victims. Emmet is hailed as a hero and begins a relationship with Wyldstyle with Batman's blessing.

text: As a result of Finn's father allowing Finn's younger sister to join them in playing with his Lego sets, aliens from the planet Duplon beam down on the Lego world and announce their plans to destroy everyone before the film ends in a cliffhanger.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Chris Pratt as Emmet Brickowski, an everyman and construction worker from Bricksburg
Will Ferrell as Lord Business, president of the Octan Corporation under the name President Business[8][9]

Ferrell also plays "The Man Upstairs", a Lego collector in the live-action part of the film

Elizabeth Banks as Lucy "Wyldstyle",[8] a Master Builder
Will Arnett as Bruce Wayne / Batman, a DC Comics superhero who is a Master Builder and Wyldstyle's boyfriend
Nick Offerman as MetalBeard, a giant makeshift pirate and Master Builder[9]
Alison Brie as Princess Unikitty, a unicorn-kitten and Master Builder from Cloud Cuckoo Land[9][10]
Charlie Day as Benny, a "1980-something space guy" who is a Master Builder[8]
Liam Neeson as Bad Cop / Good Cop, a double-faced police officer that leads the Super Secret Police

Neeson also voices Pa Cop, Bad Cop/Good Cop's father

Morgan Freeman as Vitruvius, a blind old wizard who is one of the Master Builders
Channing Tatum as Clark Kent / Superman, a DC Comics superhero who is one of the Master Builders
Jonah Hill as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern, a DC Comics superhero who is one of the Master Builders
Cobie Smulders as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman, a DC Comics superhero who is one of the Master Builders
Jadon Sand as Finn, The Man Upstairs' young son in the live-action part of the film

text: In addition, Anthony Daniels and Billy Dee Williams reprise their Star Wars roles as C-3PO and Lando Calrissian, respectively, with Keith Ferguson voicing Han Solo (whom he previously voiced in Robot Chicken and Mad). Shaquille O'Neal voices a Lego version of himself who is a Master Builder alongside two generic members of the 2002 NBA All-Stars.

text: Will Forte, Dave Franco, Jake Johnson, Keegan-Michael Key, Chris McKay and Jorma Taccone provide voice cameos in the film.

text: Co-director Christopher Miller cameos as a TV presenter in the studio that films the Where Are My Pants? TV series.

text: Production[edit]

text: Dan Lin conceived of the idea for the film and began discussing it with Roy Lee before leaving Warner Bros. to form his own production company, Lin Pictures, in 2008.[11] Meanwhile, Warner Bros. home entertainment executive Kevin Tsujihara had recognized the value of the Lego franchise by engineering the studio's purchase of Lego video game licensee Traveller's Tales in 2007, thought the success of the Lego-based video games indicated a Lego-based film was a good idea, and reportedly "championed" the development of the film.[11][12] By August 2009, Dan and Kevin Hageman were writing the script described as "action adventure set in a Lego world."[13] Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were in talks in June 2010 to write and direct the film.[14] Warner Bros. green-lit the film by November 2011, with a planned 2014 release date. The Australian studio Animal Logic was contracted to provide the animation, which was expected to comprise 80% of the film. By this time Chris McKay, the director of Robot Chicken, had also joined Lord and Miller to co-direct.[15] McKay explained that his role was to supervise the production in Australia once Lord and Miller left to work on 22 Jump Street.[16] In March 2012, Lord and Miller revealed the film's working title, Lego: The Piece of Resistance, and a storyline.[17] In April 2012, Warner Bros. scheduled the film for release on February 28, 2014, a date that subsequently changed.[18]

text:
"We wanted to make the film feel like the way you play, the way I remember playing. We wanted to make it feel as epic and ambitious and self-serious as a kid feels when they play with LEGO. We took something you could claim is the most cynical cash grab in cinematic history, basically a 90 minute LEGO commercial, and turned it into a celebration of creativity, fun and invention, in the spirit of just having a good time and how ridiculous it can look when you make things up. And we had fun doing it.'"

 —Animation supervisor Chris McKay[16]

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text: By June 2012, Chris Pratt had been cast as the voice of Emmet, the lead Lego character, and Will Arnett voicing Lego Batman; the role of Lego Superman was offered to Channing Tatum.[19] By August 2012, Elizabeth Banks was hired to voice Lucy (later getting the alias "Wyldstyle")[8] and Morgan Freeman to voice Vitruvius, an old mystic.[19][20] In October 2012, Warner Bros. shifted the release date for the film, simply titled Lego, to February 7, 2014.[21] In November 2012, Alison Brie, Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson, and Nick Offerman signed on for roles. Brie voices Unikitty, a member of Emmet's team; Ferrell voices the antagonist President/Lord Business; Neeson voices Bad Cop; and Offerman voices Metal Beard,[22] a pirate seeking revenge on Business.[21]

text: In July 2012, a Lego-user contest announced on the film's Facebook page would choose a winning Lego vehicle to appear in the film.[23] Miller's childhood Space Village playset is utilized in the film.[24]

text: The film is strongly inspired by the visual aesthetic and stylistics of Brickfilms and received a great deal of praise in the respective online communities who saw the film as appraising nod to their work.[25] Many Brickfilm-Fans and AFOL’s (Adult Fans of Lego) praised the painstaking amount detail in the production. Animal Logic tried to make the film's animation replicate a stop motion film even if everything was done through computer graphics, with the animation rigs following the same articulation limits actual Lego figures have. The camera systems also tried to replicate live action cinematography, including different lenses and a Steadicam simulator. The scenery was projected through The Lego Group's own Lego Digital Designer, which as CG supervisor Aidan Sarsfield detailed, "uses the official LEGO Brick Library and effectively simulates the connectivity of each of the bricks." The saved files were then converted to design and animate in Maya and XSI. At times the minifigures were even placed under microscopes to capture the seam lines, dirt and grime into the digital textures.[26] Benny the spaceman was based on the line of Lego space sets sold in the 1980s, and his design includes the broken helmet chin strap, a common defect of the space sets at that time.[27]

text: The film's total cost, including production, promotion and advertising (P&A), was $100 million.[28] Half of the film's cost was financed by Village Roadshow Pictures.[28] The rest was covered by Warner Bros., with RatPac-Dune Entertainment providing a smaller share as part of its multi-year financing agreement with Warner Bros.[29] Initially Warner Bros. turned down Village Roadshow Pictures when it asked to invest in the film.[28] However, Warner Bros. later changed its mind, reportedly due to lack of confidence in the film, initially offering Village Roadshow Pictures the opportunity to finance 25% of the film, and later, an additional 25%.[28]

text: Release[edit]

text: The Lego Movie premiered at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California on February 1, 2014, and was released in theaters on February 7, 2014.[30] The film was released in Australia by the film's co-producer, Roadshow Films.[31]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: Over twenty Lego sets inspired by scenes from the film were released for the film including a set of Collectible Minifigures. A website was opened up so fans could make minifigure versions of themselves, and later, put that in the film's official trailer. The company recruited a roster of global partners to a broad, multi-category licensing program to support the film.[32][33] Official Lego Brand Stores also scheduled events. Each week of January 2014, a new character poster (Wyldstyle, Batman, Emmet, Lord Business) came with every purchase.[34] By building a creative model in-store, people received a free accessory pack. Barnes & Noble hosted a themed event in January, February, and March.[35] On February 7, 2014, McDonald's released eight collectible holographic/3D cups in Happy Meals to promote the film.[36] A video game based on the film, The Lego Movie Videogame, by TT Fusion for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, and Windows, was released on February 4, 2014.[37] An exclusive "Wild West Emmet" minifigure was released with preorders of the game at GameStop.[38]

text: Home media[edit]

text: The Lego Movie was released on Digital HD on May 20, 2014. It was released by Warner Home Video on DVD and Blu-ray (2D and 3D) on June 17, 2014. A special Blu-ray 3D "Everything is Awesome Edition" also includes an exclusive Vitruvius minifigure and a collectible 3D Emmett photo.[39]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: The Lego Movie was met with "nearly unanimous positive reviews."[40] Review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 96% approval rating and an average rating of 8.2/10 based on 226 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Boasting beautiful animation, a charming voice cast, laugh-a-minute gags, and a surprisingly thoughtful story, The Lego Movie is colorful fun for all ages."[41] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 based on reviews from critics, the film has a score of 83 (indicating "universal acclaim") based on 43 reviews.[42] According to CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, the average grade cinemagoers gave The Lego Movie was A on an A+ to F scale.[43] Filmmaker Edgar Wright, and TIME Magazine film critic Richard Corliss, each named The Lego Movie as one of their favorite films of 2014.[44][45]

text: Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Arriving at a time when feature animation was looking and feeling mighty anemic…The LEGO Movie shows 'em how it's done,"[46] with Peter Debruge of Variety adding that Lord and Miller "irreverently deconstruct the state of the modern blockbuster and deliver a smarter, more satisfying experience in its place, emerging with a fresh franchise for others to build upon."[47] Tom Huddleston of Time Out said, "The script is witty, the satire surprisingly pointed, and the animation tactile and imaginative."[48] Drew Hunt of the Chicago Reader said the filmmakers "fill the script with delightfully absurd one-liners and sharp pop culture references",[49] with A. O. Scott of The New York Times noting that, "Pop-culture jokes ricochet off the heads of younger viewers to tickle the world-weary adults in the audience, with just enough sentimental goo applied at the end to unite the generations. Parents will dab their eyes while the kids roll theirs."[50] Elizabeth Weitzman of the New York Daily News said the filmmakers "don't sink into cynicism. Their computer animation embraces the retro look and feel of the toys to both ingenious and adorable effect."[51]

text: Claudia Puig of USA Today called the film "a spirited romp through a world that looks distinctively familiar, and yet freshly inventive."[52] Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail asked, "Can a feature-length toy commercial also work as a decent kids’ movie? The bombast of the G.I. Joe and Transformers franchises might suggest no, but after an uninspired year for animated movies, The Lego Movie is a 3-D animated film that connects."[53] Joel Arnold of NPR acknowledged that the film "may be one giant advertisement, but all the way to its plastic-mat foundation, it's an earnest piece of work—a cash grab with a heart."[54] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone called the film "sassy enough to shoot well-aimed darts at corporate branding."[55] Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post said that, "While clearly filled with affection for—and marketing tie-ins to—the titular product that's front and center, it's also something of a sharp plastic brick flung in the eye of its corporate sponsor."[56]

text: On the negative side, Kyle Smith of the New York Post called the film "more exhausting than fun, too unsure of itself to stick with any story thread for too long."[57] Moira MacDonald of The Seattle Times, while generally positive, found "it falls apart a bit near the end."[58] Alonso Duralde of The Wrap said the film "will doubtless tickle young fans of the toys. It's just too bad that a movie that encourages you to think for yourself doesn't follow its own advice."[59]

text: Television personality, author, filmmaker, radio host and conservative political commentator Glenn Beck praised the film for avoiding "the double meanings and adult humor I just hate."[60]

text: Oscar host Neil Patrick Harris referenced The Lego Movie not being nominated Best Animated Feature, which many critics considered a major snub, saying prior to the award's presentation "If you’re at the Oscar party with the guys who directed 'The Lego Movie,' now would be a great time to distract them."[61]

text: U.S. Senator Ron Johnson criticized the film's anti-corporate message, saying that it taught children that "government is good and business is bad", citing the villain's name of Lord Business. "That's done for a reason", Johnson told WisPolitics.com. "They're starting that propaganda, and it's insidious". The comments were criticized by many, and Russ Feingold brought up the comments on the campaign trail during his 2016 Senate bid against Johnson.[62]

text: Box office performance[edit]

text: The Lego Movie grossed $257.8 million in the U.S. and Canada, and $210.3 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $469.2 million.[4] Calculating in all expenses, Deadline.com estimated that the film made a profit of $229 million.[63]

text: In the U.S. and Canada, the film opened at number one in its first weekend with over $69 million, which was the second-highest weekend debut in February, at the time, behind The Passion of the Christ ($83.8 million).[64] The movie retained the top spot at box office in its second weekend by declining only 28% and grossing $49.8 million.[65] The Lego Movie was number one again in its third weekend while declining 37% and grossing $31.3 million.[66] In its fourth weekend, the film dropped to number three grossing $20.8 million.[67]

text: Elsewhere, The Lego Movie was released in 34 markets in February 7, 2014—the same weekend as its U.S. release. It made $18.7 million on its opening weekend from 5,695 screens from 34 countries.[68] On its opening weekend, which varies depending on the country, it earned $3.8 million in Mexico, $2 million in Spain, $1.8 million in Brazil.[68] With a total gross of £34.3 million, it was the second-highest-grossing film in the UK and Ireland in 2014.[69]

text: The popularity of the film led to a shortage of Lego products by September 2014.[70]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
List of Accolades

Award / Film Festival
Category
Recipient(s)
Result

AACTA Awards
Best Visual Effects or Animation
Chris McKay, Amber Naismith, Aidan Sarsfield and Grant Freckelton
Won

Academy Awards
Best Original Song
"Everything is Awesome" written by Shawn Patterson
Nominated

American Cinema Editors
Best Edited Animated Feature Film
David Burrows, Chris McKay
Won

42nd Annual Annie Awards[71]
Best Animated Feature
The Lego Movie
Nominated

Animated Effects in an Animated Feature Production
Jayandera Danappal, Matt Ebb, Christian Epunan Hernandez, Danielle Brooks, and Raphael Gadot
Nominated

Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Directors;
Chris McKay, Co-Director
Nominated

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Grant Freckelton
Nominated

Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Won

Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
David Burrows, Todd Hansen, Doug Nicholas, Jonathan Tappin and Courtney O'Brien-Brown
Nominated

Austin Film Critics Association
Best Animated Film
The Lego Movie
Won

BAFTA Awards[72]
Best Animated Film
The Lego Movie
Won

Black Reel Awards
Best Voice Performance
Morgan Freeman
Won

45th Annual British Academy Children's Awards[73]
Kid's Vote — Film in 2014
The Lego Movie
Nominated

Children's Feature Film in 2014
The Lego Movie
Won

Broadcast Film Critics Association
Best Animated Feature
The Lego Movie
Won

Best Song
"Everything Is Awesome"
Nominated

Chicago Film Critics Association
Best Animated Feature
The Lego Movie
Won

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
Best Animated Film
The Lego Movie
Won

Dublin Film Critics Circle
Top Ten Films
The Lego Movie
4th Place

Empire Awards
Best Comedy
Nominated

Florida Film Critics Circle
Best Animated Film
Won

Golden Globe Awards
Best Animated Feature Film
Nominated

Golden Tomato Awards 2014
Best Animated Film
Won

Best Wide Release 2014
2nd Place

Grammy Awards
Best Song Written for Visual Media
"Everything Is Awesome"
Nominated

Heartland Film Festival 2014[74]
Truly Moving Picture Award
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Won

Houston Film Critics Society
Best Animated Feature Film
The Lego Movie
Won

Best Original Song
"Everything is Awesome"
Won

Kerrang! Awards
Best Film
The Lego Movie
Won

Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Animated Movie
The Lego Movie
Nominated

Favorite Movie Actor
Will Arnett (also for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Nominated

National Board of Review
Best Original Screenplay
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Won

Top Ten Films
The Lego Movie
Won

New York Film Critics Circle Awards[75]
Best Animated Film
The Lego Movie
Won

New York Film Critics Online
Best Animated Film
The Lego Movie
Won

Online Film Critics Society
Best Picture
The Lego Movie
Nominated

Best Animated Feature
The Lego Movie
Won

People's Choice Awards[76]
Favorite Family Movie
The Lego Movie
Nominated

Producers Guild of America
Best Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Dan Lin
Won

San Diego Film Critics Society
Best Animated
The Lego Movie
Nominated

San Francisco Film Critics Circle[77]
Best Animated Feature
The Lego Movie
Won

Satellite Awards
Best Motion Picture Animated or Mixed Media
The Lego Movie
Nominated

Best Original Screenplay
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Nominated

Best Original Song
"Everything Is Awesome"
Nominated

Saturn Awards
Best Animated Film
The Lego Movie
Won

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
Best Animated Film
The Lego Movie
Won

16th SXSW Film Festival[78]
SXSW Film Design Award
(Special Jury Recognition)
Brian Mah (Designer)
Won

Teen Choice Awards[79]
Choice Movie: Animated
The Lego Movie
Nominated

Choice Movie: Voice
Chris Pratt

Toronto Film Critics Association
Best Animated Feature
The Lego Movie
Runner-Up

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association[80]
Best Animated Feature
The Lego Movie
Won

Best Original Screenplay
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Nominated

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text:
The Lego Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Soundtrack album by Mark Mothersbaugh, various artists

Released
February 4, 2014

Recorded
2013
Trackdown Studios (Sydney)

Genre
Film soundtrack, film score

Length
58:10

Label
WaterTower Music

Producer
Mark Mothersbaugh, Shawn Patterson, Bartholomew

Mark Mothersbaugh chronology

Last Vegas
(2013)Last Vegas2013
The Lego Movie
(2014)
22 Jump Street
(2014)22 Jump Street2014

Singles from The Lego Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

"Everything Is Awesome"
Released: January 27, 2014

text: The film's original score was composed by Mark Mothersbaugh, who had previously worked with Lord and Miller on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and 21 Jump Street. The Lego Movie soundtrack contains the score as the majority of its tracks. Also included is the song "Everything Is Awesome!!!" written by Shawn Patterson (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera and Robot Chicken), Joshua Bartholomew,[81] and Lisa Harriton,[82] who also perform the song in the movie under the name, Jo Li. The single, released on January 27, 2014, is performed by Tegan and Sara featuring The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone) who wrote the rap lyrics, and is the first song played in the end credits of the movie. The soundtrack was released on February 4, 2014 by WaterTower Music.[83]

text:
No.
Title
Performer(s)
Length

1.
"Everything Is Awesome!!!"
Tegan and Sara featuring The Lonely Island
2:43

2.
"Prologue"

2:28

3.
"Emmett's Morning"

1:59

4.
"Emmett Falls in Love"

1:11

5.
"Escape"

3:27

6.
"Into the Old West"

1:00

7.
"Wyldstyle Explains"

1:21

8.
"Emmett's Mind"

2:17

9.
"The Transformation"

1:46

10.
"Saloons and Wagons"

3:38

11.
"Batman"

1:23

12.
"Middle Zealand"

0:28

13.
"Cloud Cuckooland and Ben the Spaceman"

1:25

14.
"Emmett's Speech"

2:02

15.
"Submarines and Metal Beard"

1:49

16.
"Requiem for Cuckooland"

1:23

17.
"Reaching the Kragle"

2:35

18.
"Emmett's Plan"

1:54

19.
"The Truth"

3:16

20.
"Wyldstyle Leads"

2:46

21.
"Let's Put It All Back"

2:02

22.
"I Am a Master Builder"

2:48

23.
"My Secret Weapon"

4:19

24.
"We Did It!"

1:31

25.
"Everything Is Awesome!!!"
Jo Li (Joshua Bartholomew and Lisa Harriton)
1:26

26.
"Everything Is Awesome!!! (unplugged)"
Shawn Patterson and Sammy Allen
1:24

27.
"Untitled Self Portrait"
Will Arnett
1:08

28.
"Everything Is Awesome!!! (instrumental sing-a-long)"

2:41

Total length:
58:10

text:
Chart positions

Chart (2014)
Peak
position

Australian Albums (ARIA)[84]
82

UK Independent Album Breakers (OCC)[85]
8

US Billboard 200[86]
37

US Independent Albums (Billboard)[86]
8

US Top Soundtracks (Billboard)[86]
2

text: Theme song[edit]

text: The film's theme song, "Everything is Awesome!!!", has been critically praised and has undergone some close analysis. Eric Brown, writing in the International Business Times, describes the song as a parody of fascism, saying that the song "seems little more than an infectiously catchy parody of watered-down radio pop, right down to the faux-dubstep breakdown. There's a lot more happening under the surface, however."[87] In an interview with Fox News, producer Mark Mothersbaugh says the song "was supposed to be like mind control early in the film. It's totally irritating, this kind of mindless mantra to get people up and working."[88]

text: Expanded franchise[edit]

text: Because of its critical and commercial success, The Lego Movie has been turned into a franchise and a shared fictional universe. It consists of two spin-off films, The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie, both with 2017 release dates,[89][90] a sequel to the film scheduled for release in 2019,[91] and a third spin-off titled The Billion Brick Race.[92] A 4-D ride attraction, based on the film itself, titled The Lego Movie: 4D - A New Adventure, opened at select Legoland theme parks across the globe in 2016.[93]

text: On May 10, 2017, Warner Bros. and Lego announced that the character Unikitty would receive a spin-off television series on Cartoon Network, with Tara Strong voicing the character. The series is set to premiere in 2018.[94]


document_title: List of countries by coffee production

question_text: who produces the most coffee in the world

text: List of countries by coffee production

text: The following table lists the total coffee production of coffee exporting countries.[1]

text: Main exporters by country in 2015/16[edit]

text:
Country

60 kilogram bags

Metric Tons

Pounds

 Brazil

43,200,000

2,592,000

5,714,381,000

 Vietnam

27,500,000

1,650,000

3,637,627,000

 Colombia

13,500,000

810,000

1,785,744,000

 Indonesia

11,000,000

660,000

1,455,050,000

 Ethiopia

6,400,000

384,000

846,575,000

 Honduras

5,800,000

348,000

767,208,000

 India

5,800,000

348,000

767,208,000

 Uganda

4,800,000

288,000

634,931,000

 Mexico

3,900,000

234,000

515,881,000

 Guatemala

3,400,000

204,000

449,743,000

 Peru

3,200,000

192,000

423,287,000

 Nicaragua

2,200,000

132,000

291,010,000

 China(2013/14 est.)[2]

1,947,000

116,820

257,544,000

 Ivory Coast

1,800,000

108,000

238,099,000

 Costa Rica

1,492,000

89,520

197,357,000

 Kenya

833,000

49,980

110,187,000

 Papua New Guinea

800,000

48,000

105,821,000

 Tanzania

800,000

48,000

105,821,000

 El Salvador

762,000

45,720

100,795,000

 Ecuador

700,000

42,000

92,594,000

 Cameroon

570,000

34,200

75,398,000

 Laos

520,000

31,200

68,784,000

 Madagascar

520,000

31,200

68,784,000

 Gabon

500,000

30,000

66,138,000

 Thailand

500,000

30,000

66,138,000

 Venezuela

500,000

30,000

66,138,000

 Dominican Republic

400,000

24,000

52,910,000

 Haiti

350,000

21,000

46,297,000

 Democratic Republic of the Congo

335,000

20,100

44,312,000

 Rwanda

250,000

15,000

33,069,000

 Burundi

200,000

12,000

26,455,000

 Philippines

200,000

12,000

26,455,000

 Togo

200,000

12,000

26,455,000

 Guinea

160,000

9,600

21,164,000

 Yemen

120,000

7,200

15,873,000

 Cuba

100,000

6,000

13,227,000

 Panama

100,000

6,000

13,227,000

 Bolivia

90,000

5,400

11,904,000

 Timor Leste

80,000

4,800

10,582,000

 Central African Republic

65,000

3,900

8,598,000

 Nigeria

40,000

2,400

5,291,000

 Ghana

37,000

2,220

4,894,000

 Sierra Leone

36,000

2,160

4,761,000

 Angola

35,000

2,100

4,629,000

 Jamaica

21,000

1,260

2,777,000

 Paraguay

20,000

1,200

2,645,000

 Malawi

16,000

960

2,116,000

 Trinidad and Tobago

12,000

720

1,587,000

 Zimbabwe

10,000

600

1,322,000

 Liberia

6,000

360

793,000

 Zambia

2,000

120

264,000


document_title: Technical sergeant

question_text: what rank is a tsgt in the air force

question_tokens: what rank is a tsgt in the air force

text: Technical sergeant

text: United States Air Force[edit]

text: Technical sergeant, "tech sgt" in informal parlance, is the sixth enlisted rank (pay grade E-6) in the U.S. Air Force, just above staff sergeant and below master sergeant. A technical sergeant is a noncommissioned officer and abbreviated as TSgt (with no period in official USAF and other military correspondence). Official terms of address are "technical sergeant" or "sergeant"[1], although many use "tech sergeant" in informal situations.[citation needed]

text: Within air force enlisted ranks, promotion to technical sergeant has historically been the second-most difficult rank to achieve[citation needed] (only the rank of senior master sergeant, capped by federal law, has lower promotion rates[citation needed]) and is the most difficult promotion that most career air force members achieve[citation needed]. A staff sergeant must have served at least 23 months in grade to be considered for promotion to technical sergeant[citation needed]. It normally takes 10–12 total years of service to attain this pay grade[citation needed]. Technical sergeants mentor junior enlisted personnel while preparing themselves for promotion to master sergeant, the entry rank of the senior non-commissioned grades.[citation needed]

text: High year of tenure was reduced from 22 to 20 years in the 1990s, back to 22 years for a short time after 2001, and back to 20 years in 2013.[2]

text: Historical promotion rates:

text:
Year
Promotion rate
Avg time in service

2010
20.85%[3]
10.69 years

2011
24.94%[4]
10.61 years

2012
22.77%[5]
10.58 years

2013
15.03%[6]
10.78 years

2014
17.43%[7]
10.53 years

2015
23.55%[8]
10.16 years

2016
22.35%[9]
9.51 years

2017
31.96%[10]
9.19 years

text: United States Marine Corps[edit]

text: Technical sergeant was a rank in the United States Marine Corps until 1958. From 1941 until 1946, the rank was equivalent to grade 2, ranking with gunnery sergeant and other technical ranks with which it shared its insignia. From 1947 until 1958, the rank was reclassified as E-6 and became the sole rank in this grade. The rank was renamed gunnery sergeant and elevated to E-7 after the reorganization of grades in 1959.[citation needed]

text: United States Army[edit]

text: The rank of technical sergeant existed from after World War I until 1948 when the rank was renamed sergeant first class. In 1920 the army combined several battalion/squadron level "staff" NCO ranks, including battalion quartermaster sergeant, battalion supply sergeant, ordnance sergeant, hospital sergeant, three grades of master sergeant (junior grade), and six additional senior-level technical and specialist ranks into the new technical sergeant rank. In 1942 when rifle squad leaders became staff sergeants, platoon sergeants were promoted to technical sergeants. In 1948 the army renamed technical sergeant to sergeant first class.[11]