Really Weird Tales
Really Weird Tales ★★½ 1986
Several SCTV alumni highlight this threestory movie, which is science fiction with a satirical edge. 85m/C VHS . John Candy, Martin Short, Joe Flaherty, Catherine O'Hara, Olivia D'Abo, Sheila McCarthy, David McIlwraith; D: John Blanchard, Paul Lynch, Don McBrearty.
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Canterbury Tales , THE LITERARY WORK
A collection of tales written in verse and set in the late 1300s; begun around 1386, unfinished.
SYNOPSIS
A group of pilgrims trave… Storytelling , Storytelling may be broadly defined as an ancient method of conveying ideas, intimations, and emotions in a narrative form with or without the accomp… Charles Perrault , Perrault, Charles (1628–1703)
PERRAULT, CHARLES (1628–1703), French poet, literary theoretician, and fairy tale writer. Charles Perrault belonged to… Geoffrey Chaucer , Chaucer, Geoffrey
Life. The exact nature of Chaucer's early schooling is uncertain, but another form of his education is not. He accompanied the expe… Short Story , In a sketch by Washington Irving (1783–1859) titled "The Mutability of Literature" (from the 1819–1820 Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.), the na… Isak Dinesen , Dinesen, Isak
BORN: 1885, Rungsted, Denmark
DIED: 1962, Rungsted, Denmark
NATIONALITY: Danish
GENRE: Fiction
MAJOR WORKS:
Seven Gothic Tales (1934)
O…
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