The Justin Long Handbook - Everything you need to know about Justin Long

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Justin Jacob Long (born June 2, 1978) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in the Hollywood films Galaxy Quest, Jeepers Creepers, Dodgeball, Live Free or Die Hard, He's Just Not That into You, Drag Me to Hell, Youth in Revolt, and his personification of a Mac in Apple's 'Get a Mac' advertising campaign.

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In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Justin Long, Galaxy Quest, Happy Campers (2001 film), Jeepers Creepers (2001 film), Crossroads (2002 film), Jeepers Creepers 2, Raising Genius, Hair High, DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie, Robin's Big Date, Waiting... (film), Herbie: Fully Loaded, The Sasquatch Gang, Dreamland (2006 film), The Break-Up, Accepted, Idiocracy, Live Free or Die Hard, Battle for Terra, Alvin and the Chipmunks (film), Alvin and the Chipmunks, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Strange Wilderness, Just Add Water (film), Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Pineapple Express (film), He's Just Not That into You (film), Still Waiting..., Taking Chances (film), Serious Moonlight (2009 film), Drag Me to Hell, Funny People, Planet 51, Old Dogs (film), After.Life, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Youth in Revolt (film), Going the Distance (2010 film), Alpha and Omega (film), The Conspirator, Ten Year.

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• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
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• EAN13: 9781743441084
• Langue: English
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Contents

Articles Justin Long Galaxy Quest Happy Campers (2001 film)

Jeepers Creepers (2001 film) Crossroads (2002 film) Jeepers Creepers 2 Raising Genius Hair High DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie Robin's Big Date Waiting... (film) Herbie: Fully Loaded The Sasquatch Gang Dreamland (2006 film) The Break-Up Accepted Idiocracy Live Free or Die Hard Battle for Terra Alvin and the Chipmunks (film) Alvin and the Chipmunks

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Strange Wilderness Just Add Water (film) Zack and Miri Make a Porno Pineapple Express (film) He's Just Not That into You (film) Still Waiting...

Taking Chances (film) Serious Moonlight (2009 film) Drag Me to Hell Funny People Planet 51

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Old Dogs (film) After.Life Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Youth in Revolt (film) Going the Distance (2010 film) Alpha and Omega (film) The Conspirator Ten Year

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

Article Licenses License

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Long at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival

Born

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[1] Justin Jacob Long June 2, 1978 Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.

Actor

1999–present

Justin Jacob Long(born June 2, 1978) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in the Hollywood filmsGalaxy Quest,Jeepers Creepers,Dodgeball,Live Free or Die Hard,He's Just Not That into You,Drag Me to Hell,Youth in Revolt, and his personification of a Mac in Apple's "Get a Mac" advertising campaign.

Early life Long, the middle of three brothers, was born in Fairfield, Connecticut. His father, Raymond James Long, is a [2] philosophy and Latin professor at Fairfield University, and his mother, Wendy Lesniak, is an actress who has [3][4] [5] mostly appeared on stage. Long had a conservative Roman Catholic upbringing. His grandmother is Sicilian. His older brother, Damian, is a local stage actor as well as a teacher and theater director at Weston High School. His younger brother, Christian, appears in Justin's filmAcceptedas the school mascot. Long attended Fairfield College Preparatory School, a Jesuit school, and Vassar College, where he was a member of the sketch comedy group Laughingstock and starred in several plays, includingButterflies Are Free. Long worked at Sacred Heart University as an acting instructor/counselor for a children's theater group.

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Career

Long's film credits includeIdiocracy,Waiting...,Jeepers Creepers, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story,The Break-Up,Crossroads,Galaxy Quest,Dreamland,Alvin and the ChipmunksandLive Free or Die Hard. He was also a regular on the NBC TV seriesEd(2000–2004), playing socially awkward Warren Cheswick. He voiced the character of Alvin in 2007'sAlvin and the Chipmunksand played the main character in the 2006 comedy film Accepted.

He made a guest appearance in the 2006 documentary,Wild West Comedy Show. In 2007, he co-starred with Bruce Willis as a "white-hat hacker" in [6] Live Free or Die Hard and had a role in the film,The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang. Long at the 2007 Toronto International Long is known for his depiction of a Mac in Apple's“Get a Mac”campaign. Film Festival The campaign features commercials in which Long as a Mac and John Hodgman as a PC engage in playful banter about "the strengths of the Mac platform and weaknesses of the PC [7] platform."

Long also had a small role in the 2008 comedyZack and Miri Make a Porno, where he plays Brandon St. Randy, a gay porn star. In 2009, he starred inHe's Just Not That into Youalong with co-star Ginnifer Goodwin andAfter.Life opposite Liam Neeson and Christina Ricci. He also provided the voice of Humphrey inAlpha and Omega(2010), starring with Hayden Panettiere. Also in 2010, Long starred in the comedyGoing the Distancewith Drew [8] Barrymore. He was cast as a one-armed Civil War veteran in Robert Redford'sThe Conspirator.

Long read the audiobook version of Judy Blume'sThen Again, Maybe I Won'tand Stephen King'sEverything's Eventual. From July 7–18, 2010, he appeared in a production ofSamuel J. and K.at the Williamstown Theatre [9] Festival. On August 16, 2010, he co-hostedWWE Monday Night RAWwithGoing the Distanceco-stars Charlie Day and [10] Jason Sudeikis at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Filmography

(left-right) Jonah Hill, Long and Blake Lively promotingAcceptedat Comic-Con in 2006

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Year Film Role 1999Galaxy QuestBrandon 2001Happy CampersDonald Jeepers CreepersDarry Jenner 2002CrossroadsHenry 2003Jeepers Creepers 2Darry Jenner 2004Raising GeniusHal Nestor Hair HighDwayne Dodgeball: A True Underdog StoryJustin Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost MovieChris Harken 2005Robin's Big DateRobin Waiting...Dean Herbie: Fully LoadedKevin 2006The Sasquatch GangZerk Wilder That 70s ShowAndrew Davis DreamlandMookie The Break-UpChristopher Hirons AcceptedBartleby“B”Gaines IdiocracyDr. Lexus 2007Live Free or Die HardMatt Farrell Battle for TerraSenn Alvin and the ChipmunksAlvin

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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox StoryUncreditedGeorge Harrison Strange WildernessJunior Just Add WaterSpoonie Zack and Miri Make a PornoBrandon St. Randy Pineapple ExpressSceneJustin Deleted He's Just Not That into YouAlex Still Waiting...Dean Uncredited Taking ChancesChase Revere Straight-to-DVD Serious MoonlightTodd Drag Me to HellClay Funny PeopleHimself Planet 51Lem Voice Only Old DogsTroop Leader Adam Devlin Uncredited After.LifePaul Alvin and the Chipmunks: The SqueakquelOnlyAlvin Voice

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Youth in Revolt

Going the Distance Megamind Alpha and Omega

The Conspirator Ten Year Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked

Bunnicula New Girl

Paul Saunders Garrett Brainbots Humphrey Nicholas Baker

Luke Burn Alvin Peter Monroe

Paul Genzlinger

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References [1] "Justin Long Bio" (http://www.younghollywood.com/celebrity/justin-long.html). Young Hollywood. . Retrieved 2010-08-30. [2] "Justin Long Interview, Die Hard 4 - MoviesOnline" (http:/ /www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_12217.html). Moviesonline.ca. . Retrieved 2010-03-22. [3] Topel, Fred (2006-08-14). "Interview: Justin Long" (http:/ /www.cinemablend.com/new/Interview-Justin-Long-3173.html).Cinema Blend. . Retrieved 2010-03-22. "My family is Roman Catholic and kind of conservative..." [4] "Q & A with Die Hard's Justin Long" (http:/ /www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-465952/Q--A-Die-Hards-Justin-Long.html). Daily Mail. 2007-07-03. . Retrieved 2010-10-19. "I grew up in a Catholic, conservative family" [5] Murray, Rebecca. "Justin Long Talks About The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang and Strange Wilderness" (http:/ /movies.about.com/od/ accepted/a/acceptdjl080806_2.htm).About.com. . Retrieved 2010-07-01. [6] "Mac Computer And Maggie Q For Die Hard 4" (http:/ /www.cinemablend.com/new/ Mac-Computer-And-Maggie-Q-For-Die-Hard-4-3468.html). Cinemablend.com. 2006-09-22. . Retrieved 2010-03-22. [7] McNamara, Mary. "Not Strictly Commercial" (http:/ /www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-ca-long23jul23,0,1268414. story?track=tottext).Los Angeles Times. July 23, 2006. [8] Pics and Justin Long for Redford’s Conspirator (2009-10-16). "Pics and Justin Long for Redford’s Conspirator" (http://www.newsinfilm. com/2009/10/16/pictures-and-justin-long-for-redfords-conspirator). News in Film. . Retrieved 2010-03-22. [9]Samuel J. and Kappearance (http://www.wtfestival.org/2010/samueljandk) [10] Raw Special Guest Stars - August 16, 2010: The Cast of 'Going the Distance' (http:/ /www.wwe.com/shows/raw/special/ allspecialguesthosts/)

External links  Justin Long (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm519043/) at the Internet Movie Database  Mac Ads (http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/)  RadarOnline Article about Apple not bringing Long back, and bringing him back after all (http://www. radaronline.com/exclusives/2006/11/apple-ditches-mac-guy-in-new-ads.php)  Interview with Justin Long at SuicideGirls.com (http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Justin+Long:+Drag+Me+ To+Hell/)  Video interview with Justin Long (http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/blbreakupjl052206.htm) at the premiere ofThe Break-Up  " Robin's Big Date (http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=1343)" on Transbuddha.com

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Galaxy Quest

Galaxy Quest

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Galaxy Quest

Theatrical release poster

Dean Parisot

Mark Johnson Charles Newirth

David Howard Robert Gordon

David Howard

Tim Allen Sigourney Weaver Alan Rickman Daryl Mitchell Sam Rockwell Tony Shalhoub Enrico Colantoni Robin Sachs Justin Long Missi Pyle

David Newman

Jerzy Zielinski

Don Zimmerman

DreamWorks Pictures (through Universal Pictures)

December 25, 1999

[1] 102 minutes

United States

English

[1] $45 million

[1] $90,683,916

Galaxy Questis a 1999 science-fiction comedy parody about a troupe of human actors who defend a group of aliens against an alien warlord. It was directed by Dean Parisot and written by David Howard and Robert Gordon. Mark Johnson and Charles Newirth produced the film for DreamWorks, and David Newman composed the music score. Portions of the film were shot in Goblin Valley State Park, Utah, USA, and non-humanoid creatures were created by Stan Winston Studio from designs by Jordu Schell.

The film parodies the television seriesStar Trekand related phenomena. It stars Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, and Daryl Mitchell as the cast of a defunct television series calledGalaxy Quest, in which the crew of a spaceship embarked on intergalactic adventures. Enrico Colantoni also stars as the leader of an alien race who ask the actors for help, believing the show's adventures were real. The film's supporting cast features Robin Sachs as the warlord, Patrick Breen as a friendly alien, and Justin Long in his feature-film debut as a human fan of the television show.

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The film received a critical praise, and reached through the years a cult status, including fromStar Trekfans and [2] original staff. It especially won the prestigious Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, and was also nominated for ten Saturn Awards, winning Best Actor for Allen. The film was included in Reader's Digest's list of [3][4] The Top 100+ Funniest Movies of All Time. In commentary on the Blu-Ray edition ofStar Trek, director J. J. Abrams calledGalaxy Quest"one of the best Star Trek movies ever made."

Plot The story focuses on the cast ofGalaxy Quest, a once-popular television space-drama series starring Jason Nesmith (Allen) as the commander of a spaceship called the NSEAProtector, Sir Alexander Dane (Rickman) as the ship's alien science officer, Fred Kwan (Shalhoub) as the chief engineer, Gwen DeMarco (Weaver) as the computer officer, and Tommy Webber (Mitchell) as a precocious child pilot. Guy Fleegman (Rockwell) played a security officer who was quickly killed off in his only appearance on the show, in Episode 81. Eighteen years after the show was canceled, at aGalaxy Questconvention full of costumed fans with Guy as the emcee, Jason is approached by a group of people whose leader, Mathesar (Colantoni), claims that they are aliens called "Thermians". Jason goes with them to what he assumes will be an amateur filming session, but the Thermians reallyarealiens, octopoidal creatures using Appearance Generators, a device that makes them appear human. Technologically advanced but having no concept of fiction, they have mistaken broadcasts ofGalaxy Questfor historical documentaries and modelled their society on the ethos presented in the episodes. They have invented and built real versions of the technologies portrayed in the show, including theProtector. The Thermians transport Jason onto theProtectorto negotiate a surrender with Sarris (Robin Sachs), a reptilian humanoid warlord waging a genocidal war against the Thermian people, and Sarris demands the Omega 13, a device used at the very end ofGalaxy Quest's final episode. Still believing the situation is fictional, Jason orders the Thermians to attack Sarris and then insists on returning home, but when they send him through space to Earth, he finally realizes the events were real. The Thermians then come back to Earth and ask for more help negotiating a surrender with Sarris. Jason, believing Sarris is the one to surrender, asks his co-stars to join him, and they agree, believing that the mission is just an acting job. Once the actors are onboard theProtector, they finally realize the truth, but Sarris prevents them from leaving, so they assume their television roles in order to save the Thermians, who have very little concept of deception, or the art of acting/theater. Sarris chases theProtectorinto a space minefield, which damages the beryllium sphere that powers the ship's reactor. The actors acquire a new sphere from a nearby planet after battling various alien creatures, but when they return to the ship, Sarris has boarded it and taken control. Sarris interrogates Jason about the Omega 13 and forces him to admit the truth aboutGalaxy Questto Mathesar, who is heartbroken after learning that Jason and his crew are make-believe. Sarris's men activate the ship's self-destruct sequence, but Jason and Alexander use a gambit from one of the show's episodes to kill the aliens guarding them. Not knowing how the ship works, Jason contacts an avidGalaxy Questfan named Brandon (Long) in his suburban home on Earth, using a Vox communicator that he accidentally swapped at a promotional store opening, and Brandon and his friends use their extensive knowledge of the ship to help Jason and Gwen abort the self-destruct sequence. When Jason asks Brandon what the Omega 13 does, Brandon says that while some people believe it was a bomb capable of destroying all matter in the universe in 13 seconds, he and others believes it is a time machine that sends its user 13 seconds into the past. With Jason in command of theProtector, the actors and Thermians destroy Sarris' ship and return to Earth. Sarris sneaks aboard theProtectorand starts killing the crew, but Jason activates the Omega 13, is sent back in time 13 seconds, and thwarts his attack. As the Thermians take control of the ship, the actors detach the command deck and land on Earth with Brandon's help, accidentally crashing into theGalaxy Questconvention. They emerge from the wreck to enthusiastic applause from the audience, who assume the crash is part of the entertainment, and when Sarris attacks again, Jason kills him with an Ion Nebulizer (blaster pistol) and receives even greater applause. Later that

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yearGalaxy Questis revived, starring the original cast, along with Laliari (Pyle), a female Thermian who chose to stay on Earth as Fred's lover, and with Guy playing the ship's chief of security, "Roc" Ingersoll.

Cast  Tim Allen as Jason Nesmith, the actor who played Cmdr. Peter Quincy Taggart, the captain of theProtector, during the original television run. Jason remains the putative leader of theGalaxy Questcrew members as they travel to conventions and strip mall dedications. He's prone to removing his shirt at the slightest pretext and is said to have had romantic relations with most of the minor female characters who appeared throughout his television career.  Sigourney Weaver as Gwen DeMarco, the actress who played Lt. Tawny Madison, the Computer Officer of the Protector, who performed communication duties. As the show's female sex symbol, Tawny's job consists largely of repeating communications to and from the computer. Weaver later compared her meta-fictional role as Tawny to her role as Ellen Ripley in theAlienseries, describing Tawny as "a stereotypical dumb blonde" who fulfills a useless function in contrast to Ripley's dynamic centrality. It's implied (and believed by enthusiastic female fans at the convention) that Gwen and Jason are romantically interested in each other, though they won't bring themselves to admit this until the film's end.  Alan Rickman as Alexander Dane, the actor who played Dr. Lazarus of Tev'Meck. Lazarus is a "Mak'tar", a member of an alien species renowned for their intellect. He is deeply intelligent and has psionic abilities. Additionally, he has a non-standard weapon and a pretentious catchphrase: "By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, youshallbe avenged!". A trained Shakespearean British actor, Alexander resents both his catchphrase and being typecast (which also alludes to Rickman's real-life resentment of being typecast for playing villains during the time this film was being made, and Leonard Nimoy's passing resentment at being similarly typecast at one stage). He's the last of the actors to embrace his television role (in order to satisfy the Thermians) and does so only when Quellek (a Thermian who idolizes Dr. Lazarus) dies in his arms.  Tony Shalhoub as Fred Kwan, the actor who played Tech Sgt. Chen. Chen is in charge of the engine room and the operator of the "digital conveyor" (a version of theStar Trektransporter). He acts in a detached manner and is completely unfazed by the strange and usually disturbing events that occur. He is the only actor to not be terrified by the experience of transporting through space, merely commenting "That was a hell of a thing." Unlike the other actors, he thoroughly enjoys the entire experience and is completely comfortable with the true form of the aliens; he even falls in love with Laliari.  Sam Rockwell as Guy Fleegman, the actor who played "Crewman #6" in the original series and Security Chief "Roc" Ingersoll in the revival. Guy begins the story as a "Questerian" (Trekkie), who had had a small role as a disposable redshirt, greeting the actors familiarly although they don't recognize him. He spends most of the movie fretting about his imminent demise, which he believes is inevitable for minor characters such as his, showing a difficulty to separate reality from fiction when in (perceived) danger. Ironically, he suffers the fewest injuries of any of the actors during the flight on theProtector. At times his fears based on fiction clicha turn out to be reasonable, as when he prevents Gwen from approaching apparently harmless child-like aliens, who are subsequently revealed to be hostile and cannibalistic; he exclaims, "Didn't you guys everwatchthe show?"  Daryl Mitchell as Tommy Webber / Lt. Laredo, a parody of "boy wonder"-type characters, who has aged considerably since his role. His role as Laredo is essentially that of a pilot, but when he flies the realProtectorout of the spaceport, he scrapes it against a wall and it takes him most of the film (and re-watching oldGalaxy Quest episodes) to learn to do it properly. Corbin Bleu played Tommy at age 9 during the film's introduction, a "recording" of an original episode.  Enrico Colantoni as Mathesar, the leader of the Thermians. Mathesar is, like all of his people, an upright octopoid who appears as a white-skinned, gray-clad, black-haired human, speaks in stiff tones of voice, smiles warmly even when in sorrow or fear. As Sarris explains to Jason, Mathesar is incredibly nabve to the truth, as are the others of his crew; however, he remains very loyal to Nesmith and the other actors, still seeing them as heroes. In

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