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Christopher Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American filmmaker. Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. After writing screenplays for several teen comedies in the mid-1980s, including Gremlins, The Goonies, and Young Sherlock Holmes, he made his directorial debut with a teen adventure, Adventures in Babysitting(1987). Columbus gained recognition soon after with the highly successful Christmas comedy Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). The comedy Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), starring Robin Williams, was another box-office success for Columbus. He went on to direct several other films throughout the 1990s, which were mostly met with lukewarm reception. However, he found commercial success again by directing the film adaptations of J. K. Rowling's novels Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) and its sequel, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). In addition to directing, Columbus was a producer for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), as well as the drama The Help(2011). He also directed the fantasy Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief(2010) and the 3D action comedy Pixels (2015). Columbus is the co-founder of 1492 Pictures, a film production company that has produced some of his films since 1995. More recently, he co-founded another production firm with his daughter in 2014 called Maiden Voyage Pictures. In 2017, he launched ZAG Animation Studios, alongside Michael Barnathan, Haim Saban, and Jeremy Zag. Columbus is also known for his collaboration with composer John Williams, with whom he had worked on the film Home Alone and the film series Harry Potter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Columbus, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Chris Columbus
Writer
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1975, the Vietnam War has just come to an end and American troops have left the country, with the shame of defeat. However, during a final mission there, the best Colonel Morgan's men, a soldier who had difficulty digesting defeat, managed to find a top secret file that the Viet Cong shared with Soviet allies. They discover the existence of an island hidden in the mist, not so far from Vietnam, not found on any map, where there is a weapon that would allow Mother Russia to win the Cold War ! While the Kremlin has already sent men there, Uncle Sam is doing the same with an entire army that would like to return to the USA, but they're promised that this will be their last mission. However, on this vast forest island, there are creatures who only wanted to live peacefully, but who once again are bothered by humans hungry for a power that they cannot control anyway ! Still having bad memories because of what they lost thirty years earlier, the children of Echidna will not differentiate between the Soviets and the Americans, who, if they want to survive, will have to consider a very difficult option : collaborate ! However, in this remote place, the worst monsters are not necessarily those you think of at the first place...
