Tittel: Imagine That
Original tittel: Imagine That
Regi: Karey Kirkpatrick
Skuespillere: Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church, Nicole Ari Parker, Ronny Cox, Martin Sheen
Manus: Chris Matheson, Ed Solomon
Distribusjon: United International Pictures
Genre: Komedie
Nasjonalitet: USA
Produksjonsår: 2008
Lengde: 1 t. 47 min.
Premiere: 18.09.2009
Sensur: Tillatt for alle
Before he found himself standing in front of his friends' house yelling for his daughter's purple security blanket in the middle of the night, Evan Danielson (Eddie Murphy) was just your average financial wizard - focused, successful and driven. But when his daughter introduced him to the princesses and their queen living in her imaginary world, Evan followed her on a hilarious adventure that forced him to reexamine the value of their relationship and redefine his meaning of success.
With Olivia and her imaginary friends leading the way, Evan is suddenly plunged into a world of dragons and other magical creatures - most of whom prove to be much less dangerous than some of his co-workers. He finds himself singing and dancing in public, eating ketchup-and-mustard-covered pancakes, and laughing with Olivia well into the night - and prospering in his career at the same time. Evan's growing need to climb even higher on the corporate ladder leads him to do some insanely childish things. It also makes him lose track of what is most valuable in his life. In the end, he learns that true success cannot be found in a stock portfolio.
EDDIE MURPHY (Evan Danielson) was most recently seen in the comedy hit "Norbit", in which he played three characters, Norbit, Rasputia and Mr. Wong, as well as being a screenwriter and producer. Prior to that, Murphy was seen in DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures' "Dreamgirls", for which he has earned critical acclaim, the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Broadcast Film Critics Awards and an Oscar® nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of R&B singer James "Thunder" Early.
He was also recently heard as the voice of Donkey, whose non-stop talking nearly drove Shrek to distraction in the animated hit "Shrek the Third" and will again essay the character in the upcoming "Shrek Goes Fourth". Murphy won an Annie Award and earned BAFTA and MTV Movie Award nominations for his performance in the first award-winning "Shrek".
Murphy is the most commercially successful African-American actor in the history of the motion picture business, and is one of the industry's top-five box-office performers overall. Murphy is on the very short list of actors who have starred in multiple $100 million pictures of the past three decades, from "Beverly Hills Cop" to "Daddy Day Care".
Murphy began his career as a stand-up comedian 25 years ago. In 1980, he joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" at the age of 19, and has since gone on to establish a successful career on the big screen.
His films have been among the highest-grossing comedies in the industry, including "48 Hrs", "Trading Places" "Dr. Dolittle", "Coming to America" and the "Beverly Hills Cop" franchise. Murphy garnered Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor in a Comedy for his performances in "Beverly Hills Cop", "Trading Places" and "48 Hrs".
In 1989, Murphy made his directorial debut with "Harlem Nights", a period comedy he also wrote and starred in, opposite Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx. In addition, Murphy starred in and produced the hit comedy "Life", co-starring Martin Lawrence, and starred opposite Steve Martin in the comedy hit "Bowfinger". He was also the voice of Mushu the Dragon in the successful animated epic "Mulan".
In 1996, Murphy portrayed seven different characters in the worldwide box office smash "The Nutty Professor", for which he received another Golden Globe Award nomination. He added a character to play a total of eight roles in the sequel "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps", co-starring Janet Jackson. His more recent hits include "Dr. Dolittle 2", "Daddy Day Care" and "The Haunted Mansion".
Murphy will next be seen in the comedy "A Thousand Words" and a remake of "The Incredible Shrinking Man".
YARA SHAHIDI (Olivia Danielson) is making her motion picture debut starring opposite Eddie Murphy in "Imagine That". Shahidi was born and raised for the first four years of her life in Minneapolis, Minnesota, before her family made the move to California for her father's line of work. When she thinks back to what she misses most about Minnesota she will tell you, "Grampie and snow"!
She began her career at six weeks old, working alongside her mother in commercials and print ads. Shahidi can be seen in campaigns for Gap Kids, Guess Kids and Disney, to name a few. She frequently had the opportunity to work with her mother and younger brother in numerous print and broadcast campaigns. They can currently be seen in the Tropicana "Squeeze? commercial and print campaigns.
Shahidi is in the new ABC comedy "In the Motherhood,? as Jessica St. Clair's daughter, which debuted March 26, 2009. She has the good fortune to be playing sister to her real-life brother, Sayeed, who is also in the series. Her next film project is titled "Unthinkable,? in which she and her real-life brother play the children of Samuel L. Jackson's character, and she was also recently cast in the Angelina Jolie film "Salt".
In her free time, Shahidi loves cooking with her father, learning to speak Farsi, traveling with her family, and conducting science experiments (she wants to build a laboratory in her garage one day). Her favorite subject in school is history, where she never tires of learning about the Renaissance.
Shahidi currently resides with her mother, father, two younger brothers and her fish, Cleophous.
