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Rob Marshall (born October 17, 1960) is an American theater director, film director and choreographer. He is a six-time Tony Award nominee, Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe nominee and four-time Emmy winner whose most noted work is the 2002 Academy Award Best Picture winner Chicago. Marshall was born in Madison, Wisconsin and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He debuted in the film industry with the Emmy Award-wining TV adaptation of the musical Annie by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. After that he went on to direct the much anticipated adaptation of the Kander and Ebb musical Chicago in 2002 for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. His next feature film was the drama Memoirs of a Geisha based on the best-selling book of the same name by Arthur Golden starring Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh and Ken Watanabe. The film went on to win three Academy Awards and gross $162,242,962 at the worldwide box office. In 2009, Marshall directed Nine, an adaptation of the hit Broadway production with the same name starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren and Penélope Cruz, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Marshall then went on to direct Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth chapter of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean film series starring Johnny Depp, Ian McShane, Penélope Cruz and Geoffrey Rush, which is set to open on May 20, 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rob Marshall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Alan and Jane face a bleak Christmas as their parents struggle to make ends meet, their only hope lying with their cold, wealthy uncle, Barnaby. When they reach out for aid, the villainous Barnaby, seeking their meager inheritance, arranges for his bumbling henchmen Roderigo and Gonzorgo to have them "taken care of" at sea. The children miraculously survive the ordeal and wash ashore on a mysterious island near the North Pole, where they reach Toyland, a magical place ruled by the cheerful Toymaker who, with he assistance of his absent-minded designer and assistant Grumio, crafts the toys and gifts for Santa. The two meet up with Mary and Tom Piper, two inhabitants of Mother Goose Village who have a blossoming romance and likewise help with the preparations. The children get acquainted with he colorful and fantastic land while hoping to get the help they need as they help with the preparations at the castle/factory. Meanwhile, a relentless Barnaby and his goons follow the way and find themselves in Toyland, where Barnaby plot to get to the children, cause trouble, and take the kingdom.
