Vincent (2014) and the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge (2014), for which he later won his second Primetime Emmy Award. He received Golden Globe nominations for his roles in Ghostbusters, Rushmore (1998), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), St. He has frequently collaborated with directors Ivan Reitman, Harold Ramis, Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Jim Jarmusch, John McNaughton and the Farrelly brothers. Murray's performance in Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation (2003) earned him a Golden Globe and a British Academy Film Award and an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. His only directorial credit is Quick Change (1990), which he co-directed with Howard Franklin. He starred in comedy films including Meatballs (1979), Caddyshack (1980), Stripes (1981), Tootsie (1982), Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), What About Bob? (1991), Groundhog Day (1993), Kingpin (1996), The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), Charlie's Angels (2000) and Osmosis Jones (2001). He rose to fame on The National Lampoon Radio Hour (1973–1974) before becoming a national presence on Saturday Night Live from 1977 to 1980, where he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. No gory descriptions.Įmma uses tonics to treat the wounded, some she appears to have discovered herself.William James Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor and comedian, who is known for his deadpan delivery. Birds carry small rabbits off to become slaves. An order of rabbits wears blue robes and appears to be some kind of spiritual group, but their beliefs are unspecified.īattles with swords, some proving fatal. References to the fact that Heather and Prince Smalls are intended to marry.īrief note that former heroes have become sort of saints in the eyes of the rabbits. If you’re interested in the series, I do recommend starting with the first book rather than with Ember Falls.Ĭharacters are rabbits, wolves, and birds of prey. I found it hard to get a sense of what had happened in the first book versus what was true backstory, so I’m not really sure. Reading the first book in the series first might have cleared up some of my confusion. He longs to rescue them, but the mission would place the survival of the rest of the rabbit army, and its prince, in jeopardy. Pick struggles through the story with the knowledge that his family has been enslaved by Morbin Blackhawk and the birds of prey. I liked the themes of sacrifice and honor. I kept wondering if they twitched their ears when they were nervous or had heightened hearing because, well, rabbit ears.
Their movements and expressions don’t relate to rabbit movements or expressions. Without the illustrations to clue me in, I wouldn’t have known the characters were rabbits until the second chapter. I think the thing I found most difficult, though, was the lack of character descriptions. They added a lot of detail to the story as well. Pen and ink drawings show various characters and scenes throughout Ember Falls. The huge vocabulary of story-specific terms made the story feel like it had a definite place, but often terms were introduced quickly or one on top of each other and I never felt like I had a good sense of their significance or meaning.
Other times characters would be introduced by name without any indication of who they were or why their name might matter, if that makes sense. I sometimes got Pick and Perk confused because of their similar names. I struggled with the sheer number of named characters in the story, though, and found it really difficult to keep track of who everyone was. I enjoyed the strong fantasy-esque voice throughout Ember Falls and found Pick and his sister Heather to be cool characters. Can Heather and Picket help rescue the cause from a certain, sudden defeat? The fragile alliance forged around the young heir seems certain to fail. Heather and Picket are two young rabbits improbably thrust into pivotal roles. Morbin Blackhawk, slaver and tyrant, threatens to destroy the rabbit resistance forever.
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