Juan jose campanella biography of abraham
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Book Review – Lincoln in New Orleans by Richard Campanella
An exceptionally well researched book recreating Abraham Lincoln’s flatboat trips to New Orleans. Campanella is an expert on New Orleans, and has expanded his expertise upstream to develop a detailed account of Lincoln’s two trips down the Mississippi River. No small feat given that the sum total of all the first person reminiscences of the trips by Lincoln and participants wouldn’t fill a page of text. Campanella’s recreation, like many efforts based on such scant direct information, is not however contrived in the least. On the contrary, the effort he has put into collecting and analyzing fragmented – and often contradictory or dubious – accounts is exemplary.
I would suggest the book is for the serious reader rather those with a casual interest in Lincoln, New Orleans, or the Mississippi River. It is extremely fact-dense, and the writing style is scholarly, yet accessible for thoughtful enthusiasts. Those expecting an exhilarating story of adventure won’t find it, though an adventure it does describe. To me that not only doesn’t take away from the book, it helps define it as scholarship to be taken seriously.
After a short introduction there are only five long chapters. The first explores Lincoln’s father Thomas’
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The Weinstein Company Bringing Juan José Campanella’s ‘Underdogs’ to Disc
BEVERLY HILLS, CA -- Featuring an all-star cast of voice talent headlined by Grammy-nominated pop superstar Ariana Grande and Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Matthew Morrison (Glee), the inspiring family-friendly comedy, Underdogs, arrives on DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company, as well as on Digital HD and On Demand from Starz Digital, on July 19, 2016.
Directed by Argentinean Academy Award winner Juan José Campanella (The Secret In Their Eyes), the heartfelt story about what it truly means to be a hero also features Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men franchise), Eugenio Derbez (Miracles from Heaven), Taran Killam (12 Years a Slave, Ted 2), Bobby Moynihan (“Saturday Night Live”, Inside Out), Bella Thorne (“Scream” the TV series, The DUFF), John Leguizamo (Ice Age franchise, “Bloodline”) and Mel Brooks (Hotel Transylvania 2).
Underdogs follows Jake (Morrison), a shy, but talented, foosball player. His passion for the game is rivaled only by his love for free-spirited Laura (Ariana Grande). With her encouragement, he beats the town bully, Ace (Nicholas Hoult), in a foosball game. But everything changes when Ace becomes the world’s best soccer
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Weinstein Front. to Drive a wedge between Juan Jose Campanella’s ‘Foosball’
The Weinstein Co. has acquired forthright in interpretation U.S., Canada, Australia, Original Zealand near France unexpected Argentinian active feature Foosball, according drawback a put to death by Variety.
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Foosball was unconfined in July in Argentina. Underdogs desire get a wide thespian release categorization Aug. 27 and disposition voices nominate several renowned Hollywood actors.
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