The Simpsons Movie is a 2007 American animated comedy film based on the television series The Simpsons. Directed by David Silverman, it stars the regular cast of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Tress MacNeille, and Pamela Hayden. It features Albert Brooks as Russ Cargill, the evil head of the Environmental Protection Agency who intends to destroy Springfield after Homer pollutes the lake. As the townspeople exile him and eventually his family abandons him, Homer works to redeem his folly by stopping Cargill's scheme. Previous attempts to create a film version of The Simpsons failed due to the lack of a script of appropriate length and production crew members. Eventually, producers and writers banded together and conceived numerous narrative concepts, one of which was selected for development. The script was re-written over a hundred times, and this creativity continued after animation had begun in 2006. The film premiered in Springfield, Vermont (theater sign pictured), which had won the right to hold it in a competition. It was a box office success, grossing over $527 million, and received critical acclaim.
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1509:
Krishnadevaraya, who would become the most powerful of all the Hindu rulers of India, ascended to the throne of the Vijayanagara Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishnadevaraya
1882:
Boer mercenaries declared their independence from the Transvaal Republic and established the Republic of Stellaland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellaland
1936:
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial (pictured), a memorial site near Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, France, dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War, was unveiled. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Vimy_Memorial
1990:
U.S. President George H. W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act, a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_with_Disabilities_Act_of_1990
2009:
The militant Islamist sect Boko Haram launched an attack on a Nigeria Police Force station, sparking violence across several states in northeastern Nigeria, leaving over 1,000 people dead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Boko_Haram_Uprising
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lethargy: A condition of extreme drowsiness or apathy. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lethargy
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
There's something in the human personality which resents things that are clear, and conversely, something which is attracted to puzzles, enigmas, and allegories. --Stanley Kubrick https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick