Gym Teacher: The MovieDirected byPaul DinelloProduced byLauren LevineStanley M. BrooksJim HeadScott McAboyAmy SydorickWritten byDaniel AltiereSteven AltiereStarringChristopher MeloniNathan KressAmy SedarisDavid Alan GrierChelah HorsdalCinematographyAttila SzalayMusic byDaniel LichtEditing byCindy ParisottoStudioNickelodeon MoviesDistributed byParamount PicturesRelease dateSeptember 12, 2008Running Time103 min.CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$3,000,000Gym Teacher: The Movie is a 2008 Nickelodeon Original Movie. It stars Christopher Meloni, Nathan Kress, Amy Sedaris, David Alan Grier and Chelah Horsdal. It premiered on September 12, 2008.
After his mother's death when he was eighteen,[8] Gibson left school without graduating and became very isolated for a long time, traveling to California and Europe and immersing himself in the counterculture.[3][6][11] In 1967, he elected to move to Canada in order "to avoid the Vietnam war draft".[5][11] At his draft hearing, he honestly informed interviewers that his intention in life was to sample every mind-altering substance in existence.[16] Gibson has observed that he "did literally evade the draft, as they never bothered drafting me";[5] after the hearing he went home and purchased a bus ticket to Toronto, and left a week or two later.[11] In the biographical documentary No Maps for These Territories (2000) Gibson said that his decision was motivated less by conscientious objection than by a desire to "sleep with hippie chicks" and indulge in hashish.[11] He elaborated on the topic in a 2008 interview:
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The film The Matrix (1999) drew inspiration for its title, characters and story elements from the Sprawl trilogy.[113] The characters of Neo and Trinity in The Matrix are similar to Bobby Newmark (Count Zero) and Molly ("Johnny Mnemonic", Neuromancer).[77] Like Turner, protagonist of Gibson's Count Zero, characters in The Matrix download instructions (to fly a helicopter and to "know kung fu", respectively) directly into their heads, and both Neuromancer and The Matrix feature artificial intelligences which strive to free themselves from human control.[77] Critics have identified marked similarities between Neuromancer and the film's cinematography and tone.[114] In spite of his initial reticence about seeing the film on its release,[11] Gibson later described it as "arguably the ultimate 'cyberpunk' artifact."[115] In 2008 he received honorary doctorates from Simon Fraser University and Coastal Carolina University,[116] and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame by close friend and collaborator Jack Womack.[117] 2ff7e9595c
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