answers: 16 November 2001
context: JoWonder Joanna Woodward; better known as Jowonder is an influential British stopmotion animator, performance artist, and painter; from a generation of British avant-garde animators such as Brothers Quay and David Anderson (animator). They made/make work influenced by postmodern literature, the surrealist movement, and contemporary art. Her films and paintings use collage, textured paintings, text, and performance to evolk a metaphysical atmosphere. Diminutive characters are often introduced into a Lilliputian realm ruled by megalomaniac giants preoccupied by trivia. She made her first commissioned short film, "Sawdust for Brains And The Key Of Wisdom", for Channel 4 Television in the 1990’s. In </s> the Wizarding and Muggle worlds. The rights for the first four novels in the series were sold to Warner Bros. for £1,000,000 by J.K. Rowling. After the release of the fourth book in July 2000, the first film, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", was released on 16 November 2001. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $90 million in the United States alone, which set a record opening worldwide. The succeeding three motion picture adaptations followed suit in financial success, while garnering positive reviews from fans and critics. The fifth film, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", </s> the fictional protagonist of the 1894 novel "The Prisoner of Zenda", returning from his adventures in Ruritania. The story was adapted for the screen in 1976 in a Universal Studios production, directed by Herbert Ross, scripted by Meyer and designed by James Bond veteran Ken Adam. The all-star cast featured Nicol Williamson as Holmes, Robert Duvall as Watson, Alan Arkin as Dr. Sigmund Freud, with Laurence Olivier as Moriarty, Charles Gray as Mycroft Holmes (the role he reprised in the Jeremy Brett TV series), Samantha Eggar as Mary Watson, Vanessa Redgrave as Lola Devereaux, Joel Grey as Lowenstein, and Jeremy
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