
Michael J. Anderson
Actor · b. 1953 · Denver, Colorado, USA
Michael John Anderson was born in Denver, Colorado, at 10:30 P.M., on Halloween night. Subject to a genetic anomaly known as Osteogenesis Imperfecta, he grew up in a wheelchair. After graduating high school, he traveled America, singing for tips and living in his car. For six years, he attended the University of Colorado where he majored in numerous subjects ranging from philosophy to microbiology. After college, he began working for Martin Marietta, trouble-shooting the N.A.S.A. computers in the ground-support system of the space shuttle. During this time, he made the documentary "Little Mike," which won a silver medal in the International Film and Television Awards. Soon thereafter, he moved to New York City, where his film and television career began. For many years, Anderson was most well-known among fans of director David Lynch for his work as a backwards-talking dream figure on the cult favorite T.V. series Twin Peaks (1990). Anderson also worked with Lynch for the experimental performance piece Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990) and the T.V.-pilot-turned-feature film Mulholland Drive (2001). Anderson gained further recognition and success in recent years for his work on the H.B.O. series Carnivàle (2003). He retired from acting in 2014. His last role was in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–13).
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Movie7.8ThrillerDramaBlonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
Mulholland Drive
2001 · 7.3K votes
Movie7.4DramaMysteryIn the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992 · 2.4K votes
Movie8.5MysteryDramaAn idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an alternate, closed ending.)
Twin Peaks
1989 · 677 votes
Movie5.8FantasyComedyAlthough Jason works as a department store clerk, he is also a reincarnated prince. Long ago, his beloved Jessie was snatched away from him by an evil wizard who used his powers to transform her into wooden statue. Now Jessie is in Jason's department store as a mannequin. When he encounters her, she awakens from her thousand-year sleep. They quickly revive their romance, but the evil wizard has been reincarnated as well, and he's up to no good.
Mannequin Two: On the Move
1991 · 179 votes
Movie3.9DramaRomanceA man is reluctant to tell his fiancee that his parents, uncle and brother are dwarfs.
Tiptoes
2002 · 108 votes
Movie5.9AdventureFantasySnow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's representatives, granting him three wishes.
Snow White
2001 · 253 votes
Movie7.2ThrillerDramaA feature-length compilation of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, assembled by creator David Lynch to continue the story of the final week of Laura Palmer’s life.
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014 · 288 votes
Movie4.8FantasyFamilyA young boy is whisked away to the mythical land of Tao where he becomes the center of a conflict between an evil lord and a group of animal warriors.
Warriors of Virtue
1997 · 77 votes
- Movie4.0Documentary
"An Introduction to David Lynch" is a featurette originally released in the 2001 DVD release, Twin Peaks: The First Season. It features interviews with Catherine E. Coulson, Charles Ramirez-Borg, Lesli Linka Glatter, Miguel Ferrer, Michael J. Anderson, Kyle MacLachlan, Duwayne Dunham, Sheryl Lee, Peggy Lipton, and Richard Beymer, each discussing the filmmaking processes and methods of Twin Peaks co-creator David Lynch.
An Introduction to David Lynch
2001 · 1 votes
- MovieFantasyDrama
A look behind the story and production of the HBO dramatic series Carnivàle.
Movie6.7ComedyDramaAn aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
In the Soup
1992 · 100 votes
- MovieDocumentary
"Postcards From The Cast" is a featurette originally released in the 2001 DVD release, Twin Peaks: The First Season. It was later re-released in the Blu-ray sets, Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery and Twin Peaks: From Z to A. It features interview snippets of various subjects with cast members of Twin Peaks.
Movie6.0MusicDramaAfter her boyfriend ends their relationship, the dreamself of a heartbroken woman floats through the air over an industrial wasteland singing ballads of love.
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted
1990 · 44 votes
Movie6.8ComedyDrama10-year-old Eddie runs away from home with her best friend Ava, a two-ton circus elephant. They're pursued by everyone from the police to the circus' owner
Ava's Magical Adventure
1998 · 4 votes
Movie6.0Documentary"Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks" is a featurette originally released on the 2001 DVD release of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. It features various cast and crew reflecting on Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
2001 · 1 votes
Movie6.8FamilyFantasyWhile visiting their grandparents in the Québec countryside, two children enter a fantasy kingdom and are confronted by evil forces.
The Great Land of Small
1987 · 5 votes
Movie6.0DocumentaryA raw, rough-hewn look at the life of Screw publisher Al Goldstein.
Screwed
1997 · 8 votes
Movie8.0ComedyHorrorTwo film students must find a movie in the AMC vault. They have until midnight. If they survive and find the film they can leave the vault. If not then they will die and become part of the movie forever. So where is "The Phantom Eye?"
The Phantom Eye
1999 · 1 votes
Movie3.0ComedyOne of the early short films of director Brett Ratner.
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese
1990 · 6 votes
Movie5.3DramaFantasyA crippled dwarf is forced to become jester to a tyrannical king, but when the king abuses a beautiful dwarf with whom the jester is in love the jester plots a terrible revenge.
Fool's Fire
1992 · 7 votes
Movie3.3DramaCrimeKate and Sharon kill a man in self defense and are framed by the justice system. They are put in prison and forced into prostitution. With the help of their defense attorney, they devise a plan to bust out of prison and hopefully expose the group of corrupt politicians, judges, lawyers, etc. who put them there in the first place.
Caged Hearts
1995 · 6 votes
Movie5.5ComedyTwo brothers try to get back the nightclub that was swindled from their mother.
Suffering Bastards
1989 · 2 votes
Movie4.2Science FictionSet in the future, this tells of an Earth run by a conglomerate called the LaFont Corporation, which uses machines to rule its subjects. "Troublemakers" and malcontents are exiled to an artificial planet called Terra Nova. Problems arise when Terra Nova suddenly shifts its orbit and threatens to crash into Earth.
No Such Thing as Gravity
1989 · 5 votes
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TV6.9ComedyNewsA late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
Saturday Night Live
1975 · 530 votes
TV8.4MysterySci-Fi & FantasyThe exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
The X-Files
1993 · 3.7K votes
TV8.2ComedyDramaThree sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.
Charmed
1998 · 2.6K votes
TV8.3DramaMysteryThe body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.
Twin Peaks
1990 · 2.7K votes
TV7.9Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureAt Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · 1K votes
TV6.6DramaComedyAmerican Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
American Playhouse
1982 · 8 votes
TV8.2AnimationMysteryThis incarnation of the popular cartoon series finds Scooby and the gang living in Crystal Cove, a small town with a long history of ghost sightings, monster tales and other mysteries ripe for the sleuths to solve once and for all. But the longstanding Crystal Cove residents, who bank on the town's reputation to attract tourists, are prepared to do what it takes to protect their turf.
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010 · 1.1K votes
TV7.9Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryCarnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology with gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar.
Carnivàle
2003 · 473 votes
TV6.9Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryMonsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s. Similarly to Tales from the Darkside, Monsters shared the same producer, and in some ways succeeded the show. It differed in some respects nonetheless. While Tales sometimes dabbled in stories of science fiction and fantasy, this series was more strictly horror. As the name implies, each episode features a different monster, from the animatronic puppet of a fictional children's television program to mutated, weapon-wielding lab rats.
Monsters
1988 · 26 votes
TV7.8SoapPort Charles is an American television. It is a spin-off of the serial General Hospital In the first few years, Port Charles got a reputation for focusing most of its energies on the medical school program, setting more of its main action at Port Charles' General Hospital than was seen on the parent show, General Hospital. As it evolved, it turned its focus to stories with gothic intrigue that included themes such as forbidden love, vampires, and life after death. It also abandoned the basic open-ended writing style used on all other daytime dramas in December 2000, instead creating thirteen-week story arcs. This type of storytelling is a staple of Latin telenovelas. It also allowed the cast, crew, and writing staff to only work six months out of the year.
Port Charles
1997 · 4 votes
TV6.0ComedyDramaPilot episode for an ill-fated MTV mini-series about a group of sexually active teenagers in Los Angeles.
This Is How the World Ends
2000 · 3 votes