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Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola; January 7, 1964) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award. During the early years of his career, Cage starred in a variety of films such as Rumble Fish (1983), Racing with the Moon (1984), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Raising Arizona (1987), Vampire's Kiss (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), and Red Rock West (1993). During this period, John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36 listed him as one of twelve Promising New Actors of 1984. For his performance in Leaving Las Vegas (1995), he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received his second Academy Award nomination for his performance as Charlie and Donald Kaufman in Adaptation (2002). He subsequently appeared in more mainstream films, such as The Rock (1996), Con Air (1997), City of Angels (1998), 8mm (1999), Windtalkers (2002), Lord of War (2005), The Wicker Man (2006), Bangkok Dangerous (2008) and Knowing (2009). He also directed the film Sonny (2002), for which he was nominated for Grand Special Prize at Deauville Film Festival. Cage owns the production company Saturn Films and has produced films such as Shadow of the Vampire (2000) and The Life of David Gale (2003). In October 1997, Cage was ranked No. 40 in Empire magazine's The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list, while the next year, he was placed No. 37 in Premiere's 100 most powerful people in Hollywood. In the 2010s, he starred in Kick-Ass (2010), Drive Angry (2011), Joe (2013), The Runner (2015), Dog Eat Dog (2016), Mom and Dad (2017), Mandy (2018), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), and Color Out of Space (2019). His participation in various film genres during this time increased his popularity and gained him a cult following.
Workaholic mattress salesman Bob Mader loves his wife, Jen, and nine-year-old son, Timmy, but is unable to find time for his family and often put in a bad light by his neighbor, divorcé Ted Maltin, who harbors unrequited feelings for Jen. After missing Timmy's karate class graduation, Bob resolves to redeem himself by fulfilling Timmy's Birthday wish of an action figure of Superman, despite Liz actually having asked him to buy one two weeks earlier, which Bob forgot about. Bob sets out to buy the toy, but finds that every store has sold out, and in the process develops a rivalry with DJ Richard, a postal worker father with the same ambition. at a warner bros parade, Bob hiding inside a storage room, where he is mistaken for the actor portraying Superman and dressed in the highly technological costume. As Superman, Bob uses his chance to present a limited-edition action figure to Timmy, but they are confronted by DJ, dressed as Superman's enemy, Lex Luthor. Despite Bob's pleas for DJ to stop, a long chase ensues, involving even a jetboot flight. DJ acquires the toy from Jamie but is cornered by police officers, while Bob saves his son. Bob reveals himself to his family to were his Glasses and apologizes for his shortcomings. The police return the toy to Timmy as DJ is arrested, but Timmy decides to give the toy to DJ for his son, proclaiming his father as his true hero while the crowd from the parade carries Bob for being a hero while DJ, Jen and Timmy look on and smiles.
