Randy Thom
Also Known As: David Randall Thoms, David Randall Thom, Randall Thom
Biography: David Randall Thom (born August 21, 1951) is an American sound designer and the director of sound design at Skywalker Sound. Thom started his film career by phone calls to Walter Murch, who invited him to visit a re-mix of American Graffiti. Thom introduced himself to Murch, Ben Burtt, and Mark Berger, and he said he had been working for a radio station in Berkeley and wanted to work in film sound. Description above from the Wikipedia article Randy Thom, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Sound
Place of Birth: Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
Birthday: August 21, 1951
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
Overview: The cry of gulls. The ticking of a clock. The clatter of a shower curtain, torn from its rod. In this workshop-like documentary, Academy Award-winning sound designers invite you to join them at their mix boards to investigate how Alfred Hitchcock employed sound design to tell his cinematic stories, whether making audience members leap from their seats in fright or crawl under them from excruciating suspense.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-07
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Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
Overview: Alfred Hitchcock often referred to his style of film making as "pure cinema" — using camera movement, editing, music and sound to tell stories that would be impossible in any other medium. This in-depth documentary allows directors such as William Friedkin, Martin Scorsese and Guillermo del Toro to examine the power and mastery of Hitchcock's cinematic style.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-07
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Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Overview: Ruby Gillman, a sweet and awkward high school student, discovers she's a direct descendant of the warrior kraken queens. The kraken are sworn to protect the oceans of the world against the vain, power-hungry mermaids. Destined to inherit the throne from her commanding grandmother, Ruby must use her newfound powers to protect those she loves most.
Genres: Animation Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-28
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The Croods
Overview: The prehistoric Croods family live in a particularly dangerous moment in time. Patriarch Grug, his mate Ugga, teenage daughter Eep, son Thunk, and feisty Gran gather food by day and huddle together in a cave at night. When a more evolved caveman named Guy arrives on the scene, Grug is distrustful, but it soon becomes apparent that Guy is correct about the impending destruction of their world.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family Fantasy Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-15
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How to Train Your Dragon 2
Overview: Five years have passed since Hiccup and Toothless united the dragons and Vikings of Berk. Now, they spend their time charting unmapped territories. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds of wild dragons -- and a mysterious dragon rider who turns out to be Hiccup's mother, Valka. Hiccup and Toothless then find themselves at the center of a battle to protect Berk from a power-hungry warrior named Drago.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-05
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The Peanuts Movie
Overview: Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue their arch-nemesis, while his best pal Charlie Brown begins his own epic quest.
Genres: Comedy Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-05
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Epic
Overview: A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world—and ours.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-15
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Rio 2
Overview: It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-19
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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Overview: The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-25
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Spies in Disguise
Overview: Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is… not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions. But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a whole new way.
Genres: Animation Action Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-04
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Flight
Overview: Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-02
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The Wild Robot
Overview: After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-12
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Ice Age: Collision Course
Overview: Set after the events of Continental Drift, Scrat's epic pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the planet. To save themselves from peril, Manny, Sid, Diego, and the rest of the herd leave their home and embark on a quest full of thrills and spills, highs and lows, laughter and adventure while traveling to exotic new lands and locations.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-23
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Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
Overview: A documentary about the making of the movie Wild at Heart, produced for the DVD release of the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-07
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