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This article is about the 1994 film. For the 1961 horror film, see The Mask (1961 film). For the 1985 film, see Mask (film).
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The Mask
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Charles Russell
Produced by
Bob Engelman
Screenplay by
Mike Werb
Story by
Michael Fallon
Mark Verheiden
Based on
The Mask
by John Arcudi
Doug Mahnke
Starring
Jim Carrey
Peter Riegert
Peter Greene
Amy Yasbeck
Richard Jeni
Cameron Diaz
Music by
Randy Edelman
Cinematography
John R. Leonetti
Edited by
Arthur Coburn
Production
company
Dark Horse Entertainment
Distributed by
New Line Cinema
Release date
July 29, 1994 (1994-07-29)
Running time
101 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$23 million[2]
Box office
$351.6 million[2]
The Mask is a 1994 American superhero dark fantasy comedy film directed by Charles Russell, produced by Bob Engelman, and written by Mike Werb, based on the comic series of the same name published by Dark Horse Comics. The film stars Jim Carrey, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck, Peter Riegert, Richard Jeni, Ben Stein, Joely Fisher, and Cameron Diaz in her film debut. It revolves around an unlucky bank clerk finding a mask that grants the wearer cartoon-like superpowers.
The film was released on July 29, 1994 by New Line Cinema, becoming a critical and commercial success, grossing over $351.6 million over a $23 million budget and receiving positive reviews. It cemented Carrey's reputation as a dominant actor of the 1990s, and established Diaz long-term as a leading lady. Carrey was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role, and the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects but lost to Forrest Gump. A sequel, Son of the Mask, was released in 2005.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Visual effects
4 Release
4.1 Box office
4.2 Critical reception
5 Soundtracks
5.1 Original soundtrack
5.1.1 Track listing
5.1.2 Orchestral score track listing
5.1.3 Charts
6 Home video
7 Adaptations
8 Sequel
9 References
10 External links
Plot[edit]
Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) is a shy and unlucky bank clerk working at the local Edge City bank. He is frequently ridiculed by everyone around him, except for his Jack Russell Terrier Milo, and his co-worker and best friend Charlie Schumaker (Richard Jeni). Meanwhile, gangster Dorian Tyrell (Peter Greene), owner of the Coco Bongo nightclub, plots to overthrow his boss Niko (Orestes Matacena). One day, Tyrell sends his singer girlfriend Tina Carlyle (Cameron Diaz) into Stanley's bank to record its layout, in preparation to rob the bank.
Stanley is attracted to Tina, and she seems to reciprocate. Unable to enter the Coco Bongo to watch Tina perform, Stanley finds a wooden mask near the city's harbor. Placing it on his face transforms him into a green-faced, zoot-suited, bizarre, wisecracking trickster known as the Mask, who is able to cartoonishly alter himself and his surroundings at will. As The Mask, Stanley exacts revenge on his tormentors and scares off a street gang that attempts to rob him by turning a balloon into a Tommy gun and humiliates two repairman who scammed him earlier.
The next morning, Stanley encounters detective Lieutenant Kellaway (Peter Riegert) and newspaper reporter Peggy Brandt (Amy Yasbeck) investigating the Mask's activity of the previous night. To attend Tina's performance, he again becomes the Mask to raid the bank, inadvertently foiling Tyrell's plan in the process. At the Coco Bongo, Stanley dances exuberantly with Tina, whom he ends up kissing. Following a confrontation with Tyrell for disrupting the bank robbery, Stanley flees leaving behind a scrap of cloth from his suit that transforms back into his pajamas, while Tyrell and his men are arrested by Kellaway and his partner Doyle (Jim Doughan).
Based on the piece of cloth, Kellaway suspects Stanley to be the bank robber. Stanley later consults a psychiatrist (Ben Stein) who has recently published a book on masks and is discovered that the object may be a depiction of Loki, the Norse god of darkness and mischief. The same night, Stanley meets Tina at a local park as the Mask, but the meeting is interrupted by Kellaway, who attempts to capture him. Stanley tricks a large group of police officers into joining him in a mass-performance of the Desi Arnaz song "Cuban Pete" and flees with Peggy, but she betrays him to Tyrell for a $50,000 bounty. Using the mask, Tyrell becomes a malevolent green-faced monster. Tyrell's henchmen end up in the possession of the stolen money after Stanley is forced to reveal its location, and they turn Stanley in to the police.
When Tina visits Stanley in the station, he urges her to flee the city. Tina thanks Stanley for his generosity and tells him that she knew he was the Mask all along. She attempts to leave the city, but is captured by Tyrell's men and forcibly taken to a charity ball at the Coco Bongo hosted by Niko and attended by the city's elite, including Mayor Tilton (Ivory Ocean). Upon arrival, the masked Tyrell kills Niko and prepares to destroy both the club and Tina with dynamite. Milo helps Stanley escape from the station, and Stanley brings Kellaway as a cover and hostage in a desperate attempt to stop Tyrell.
After locking Kellaway in his car, Stanley enters the club and manages to enlist the help of Charlie, but is soon after discovered and captured. Tina tricks Tyrell into taking off the mask, which is recovered and donned by Milo, who fights Tyrell's men, while Stanley fights Tyrell, himself. After recovering the mask, Stanley uses its special powers to rescue Tina by swallowing Tyrell's bomb and flushing Tyrell down the drain of the club's ornamental fountain. The police arrive and arrest Tyrell's remaining henchmen and attempt to capture Stanley once again. However, Tilton tells Kellaway to release Stanley because Tyrell was the Mask the whole time and Tilton calls Stanley a hero for his actions and must have a "meeting" with Kellaway at dawn.
As the sun rises the following day, all charges against Stanley are dropped. To avoid getting involved with the police again, Stanley decides to return the mask back to the harbor. Tina throws the mask into the water, and she and Stanley kiss. Charlie then jumps in the water to retrieve the mask for himself, only to find Milo swimming away with it.
Cast[edit]
Jim Carrey as Stanley Ipkiss / The Mask. Carrey commented that he characterized Stanley after his own father: "a nice guy, just trying to get by".[citation needed] Carrey was paid $450,000 for starring in the film, which was a huge bargain for New Line Cinema at the time.
Max as Milo, Stanely Ipkiss's dog of Jack Russell Terrier breed.
Cameron Diaz as Tina Carlyle, Dorian Tyrell's girlfriend and lounge singer at the Coco Bongo who later becomes Stanley's love interest. This role marked the feature film debut for Cameron Diaz. Before Diaz was cast, the studio considered casting Anna Nicole Smith, Vanessa Williams and Kristy Swanson. After Diaz auditioned twelve times for the role, she was finally cast only a week before filming began.[citation needed]
Peter Greene as Dorian Tyrell, a mobster who wants to take over the city's underworld. Greene was cast after the studio's top choice, Gary Kemp, turned it down.
Richard Jeni as Charlie Schumaker, Stanley's best friend and colleague.
Peter Riegert as Lt. Mitch Kellaway, a cynical police detective who hunts the Mask, as well as Tyrell and Niko. Before Riegert was cast, the studio considered Richard Gere for the role.
Jim Doughan as Det. Doyle, Lt. Kellaway's dim-witted partner.
Amy Yasbeck as Peggy Brandt, a reporter with a crush on Stanley. In a deleted scene, Peggy is killed by Tyrell shortly after he first puts the mask on.
Orestes Matacena as Niko, a Greek mafia boss and Tyrell's nemesis.
Eamonn Roche as Mr. Dickey, the son of the Bank President who is Stanley and Charlie's superior.
Nancy Fish as Mrs. Peenman, Stanley's grumpy land-lady.
Tim Bagley as Irv Ripley, a mechanic who rips off Stanley.
Johnny Williams as Burt Ripley, a mechanic and Irv's brother.
Reginald E. Cathey as Freeze (called The Doctor in the film), Dorian Tyrell's trusted lieutenant and friend whose death, inadvertently caused by The Mask, drives Tyrell into a personal vendetta against Ipkiss.
Denis Forest as Sweet Eddy, one of Tyrell's henchmen. Before Forest was cast, the studio considered Chris Elliott for the role.
Nils Allen Stewart as Orlando, another of Tyrell's henchmen.
Ivory Ocean as Mayor Mitchell Tilton, the mayor of Edge City.
Joely Fisher as Maggie, another one of Stanley's colleagues.
Ben Stein as Dr. Arthur Neuman, Stanley's psychologist. He is the only character to appear in both The Mask and its sequel Son of the Mask.
Royal Crown Revue as themselves / The Coco Bongo Band
Production[edit]
In 1989, Mike Richardson and Todd Moyer (who was Executive Vice President of Dark Horse Comics) first approached New Line Cinema about adapting the comic The Mask into a film, after having seen other offers. The main character went through several transformations, and the project was stalled a couple of times.[3]
One unused "Mask" idea, according to Mike Richardson, was to transform the story into one about a mask-maker who took faces off of corpses to put them on teens and turn them into zombies.[4]
Initially intended to become a new horror franchise, New Line Cinema offered the job of directing the film to Chuck Russell.[5] However, Russell found the violence of the comic to be off-putting, and wanted the film be less grim and more fun than the source material.[6]
Mike Werb says Chuck Russell tapped him after reading his script for Curious George for Imagine. The two decided to turn The Mask into a wild romantic comedy.[7] Mike Werb wrote his first draft of The Mask in less than six weeks, and less than two months later it was green-lit.[8]
According to Mike Verheiden, they had a first draft screenplay for a film version done back in 1990. Verheiden then wrote the second draft in early 1991, adding more humor, and that ended up being the only work he did on The Mask. After that the film went into development hell.[9]
There were a lot of VFX scenes that had to be cut for budget.[10]
Visual effects[edit]
The Mask's visual effects were handled by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and Digital Domain. The sequences in the film which involved computer animation were supervised by ILM animation director Wes Takahashi.[11]
Release[edit]
Box office[edit]
The film was a box-office success, grossing $119 million domestically and over $350 million worldwide,[2] becoming the second-highest grossing superhero movie at that time, behind Batman. The film also received positive reviews from critics, including Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, who gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, noting Jim Carrey for his "joyful performance."[12] The Mask is one of three films featuring Carrey (the others being Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Dumb and Dumber) released in 1994 that helped launch the actor to superstardom, though The Mask was the most successful of these three films both critically and commercially. The film is also notable for immediately establishing Diaz – previously a complete unknown – as a major star in Hollywood as well. The film is also considered a cult classic.[citation needed]
Critical reception[edit]
It currently holds a 77% "Certified Fresh" rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus stating "It misses perhaps as often as it hits, but Carrey's manic bombast, Diaz's blowsy appeal, and the film's overall cartoony bombast keep The Mask afloat."[13] On the television program Siskel & Ebert & the Movies, the critics gave the film "two thumbs up". Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from film critics, gave The Mask a rating score of 56, indicating "mixed or average reviews" based on 12 reviews.
The film was nominated for Best Visual Effects at the 67th Academy Awards, but lost to Forrest Gump. In addition, Carrey was nominated for a Golden Globe. Conversely, he was also nominated for a Razzie Award for "Worst New Star".
The film is also recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
2005: AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes:
Stanley Ipkiss: "Somebody stop me!" – Nominated[14]
2008: AFI's 10 Top 10:
Nominated Fantasy Film[15]
Soundtracks[edit]
Original soundtrack[edit]
The Mask: Music From the Motion Picture was released on July 26, 1994 on Chaos Records through Sony Music Entertainment. It features music from Xscape, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Vanessa Williams, Harry Connick Jr., Carrey himself and more.
The Mask: Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released
July 26, 1994 (1994-07-26)
Genre
Swing, retro swing, pop rock, R&B, new jack swing
Label
Chaos/Columbia
Track listing[edit]
"Cuban Pete" (C & C Pop Radio Edit) – Jim Carrey
"Who's That Man?" – Xscape
"This Business of Love" – Domino
"Bounce Around" – Tony! Toni! Toné!
"(I Could Only) Whisper Your Name" – Harry Connick Jr.
"You Would Be My Baby" – Vanessa Williams
"Hi De Ho" – K7
"Let the Good Times Roll" – Fishbone
"Straight Up" – The Brian Setzer Orchestra
"Hey! Pachuco!" – Royal Crown Revue
"Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" – Susan Boyd
"Cuban Pete" (Arkin Movie Mix) – Jim Carrey
The record label Epic Soundtrax released an orchestral score soundtrack to The Mask shortly after the original soundtrack's release. The score was composed and conducted by Randy Edelman and performed by the Irish Film Orchestra.
Orchestral score track listing[edit]
Opening – The Origin of the Mask
Tina
Carnival
Transformation
Tango In The Park
Lovebirds
Out of the Line of Fire
A Dark Night
The Man Behind the Mask
Dorian Gets a New Face
Looking for a Way Out
The Search
Forked Tongue
Milo to the Rescue
The Mask Is Back
Finale
Charts[edit]
Chart
Position
Billboard 200 80
Home video[edit]
The film was released on VHS and Laserdisc on January 18, 1995, (and later on DVD) by New Line Home Video. The VHS version included an interview between Jim Carrey and Space Ghost, as a promotion for their corporate sibling Cartoon Network's Space Ghost Coast to Coast after the film. It also had a trailer for Jim Carrey's then-upcoming film, Dumb and Dumber, and ads for the soundtrack to the film, and for what was then branded as Betty Crocker Pop Secret. It was later released on Blu-ray Disc on December 9, 2008.[16] It has an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and is encoded in 1080p/VC-1. Its audio is a 5.1 Dolby TrueHD encoded at a 16 bit / 48 kHz sample rate. Special features include additional scenes, production details and two commentary tracks, one by director Chuck Russell and the other by the rest of the production crew.
Adaptations[edit]
An animated television series was made, The Mask: Animated Series, and a video game for the Super Nintendo, The Mask, were both based on the film.
Sequel[edit]
After the success of the original, a sequel was planned, with magazine Nintendo Power offering readers a chance, via sweepstakes, to win a cameo role in the film.[17] However Jim Carrey eventually bailed on the project, forcing, amongst other things, Nintendo Power to give the winner of the contest the equivalent cash value instead.[17] A critically panned sequel, Son of the Mask, not featuring Carrey, was eventually released in 2005.
On the possibility of a third film, Mike Richardson has said, "We've been talking about reviving The Mask, both in film and in comics. We've had a couple of false starts."[18]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "The Mask". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b c "The Mask (1994)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
Jump up ^ 'Mask' Makes Dark Horse Into Sure Bet for Spinoffs: The booming comic-book publisher gets a multi-picture deal before the Jim Carrey film even opens. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
Jump up ^ Ching, Albert (20 October 2013). "NYCC: Palmiotti, Richie & Richardson Talk Comics and Hollywood". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
Jump up ^ THN Exclusive: Chuck Russell talks I Am Wrath, The Mask and Freddy Krueger Retrieved 9 September 2017.
Jump up ^ Shapiro, Marc (August 1994). "Mask Maker". Starlog. No. 205. pp. 32–35. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
Jump up ^ 'MASK' MASTERMIND: But Aren't All Screenwriters Former Teen-Age Geek Losers? Retrieved 9 September 2017.
Jump up ^ An Interview with Face/Off Screenwriter Mike Werb Retrieved 9 September 2017.
Jump up ^ Jankiewicz, Pat (September 1994). "Masks of Time". Starlog. No. 206. pp. 40–45. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
Jump up ^ An Interview with Face/Off Screenwriter Mike Werb Retrieved 9 September 2017.
Jump up ^ "Subject: Wes Ford Takahashi". Animators' Hall of Fame. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger (July 29, 1994). "The Mask". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2006-08-01.
Jump up ^ "The Mask (1994)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
Jump up ^ "AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes" (PDF). American Film Institute. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
Jump up ^ "AFI's 10 Top 10 Nominees" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2016-08-19. CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
Jump up ^ Dreuth, Josh (2008-12-09). "Today on Blu-ray – December 9". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
^ Jump up to: a b Ponce, Tony. "Meet the winner of Nintendo Power's The Mask II contest". Destructoid. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
Jump up ^ Sunu, Steve (7 August 2014). "EXCLUSIVE: Richardson Details Dark Horse's "Itty Bitty Mask" Plans". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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"Cheeseburger in Paradise"
Cover of the Japanese 7-inch single[1]
Single by Jimmy Buffett
from the album Son of a Son of a Sailor
B-side
"African Friend"
Released
March 1978
Genre
Country rock, Gulf and Western
Length
2:51
Label
ABC
Songwriter(s)
Jimmy Buffett
Producer(s)
Norbert Putnam
Jimmy Buffett singles chronology
"Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes"
(1977) "Cheeseburger in Paradise"
(1978) "Livingston Saturday Night"
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"Cheeseburger in Paradise" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer Jimmy Buffett. It appeared on his 1978 album Son of a Son of a Sailor and was released as a single, reaching #32 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Cheeseburger in Paradise" has become one of Buffett's signature songs and was selected as the first track on his greatest hits album Songs You Know by Heart[2][3]
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1 Content
2 Chart performance
3 Diner
4 Mondegreen
5 Tour
5.1 1978 Coral Reefer Band
5.2 Performance
5.2.1 Setlist
6 References
Content[edit]
The song is about a man who "is trying to amend his carnivorous habits" with health food such as sunflower seeds, but it was inspired by the artist's experience: he had been forced to eat only canned food and peanut butter due to a boating mishap in the Caribbean, but eventually made it to landfall and managed to order a cheeseburger (the dish in the song's title) in paradise ("Roadtown on the island of Tortola")[1][2].
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1978)
Peak
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 32
Canadian RPM Top Singles 24
Diner[edit]
Main articles: Cheeseburger in Paradise (restaurant) and Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville
A Cheeseburger in Paradise at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville.
In 2002, Buffett's company Margaritaville Holdings LLC licensed the name of the song to OSI Restaurant Partners as the name of the Buffett-themed Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant chain. As of 2006, the restaurant has 38 locations in 17 states in the United States and one in Sydney, Australia.
A Cheeseburger in Paradise is a menu item at Buffett-owned Margaritaville Cafes located in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean, as well as being on the menu at his sister Lucy's restaurant "Lulu's" in Gulf Shores, Alabama.[4] [5]
Mondegreen[edit]
According to the lyrics found on the vinyl sleeve, Buffett sings "cheeseburger is Paradise" twice throughout the song. It is unclear whether he is actually saying in or is, but "cheeseburger is Paradise" can clearly be heard during live performances.[6] Whether this is a fact for the studio version hasn't been confirmed.
Also, another lyrical confusion is in the second chorus, during the line "medium rare with Muenster'd be nice"; the line is commonly mistaken as saying mustard instead of Muenster.[7]
Tour[edit]
1978 saw Buffett begin his own tour with the Coral Reefer Band, spending March and April playing along the east coast and then the mid-west. June brought California dates which included a few shows opening for Jackson Browne in San Jose and Angels Camp, California. August brought a Florida stadium tour with the Little River Band and the Steve Miller Band along with three shows in Atlanta and Miami which were recorded for the live album You Had To Be There[8]
1978 Coral Reefer Band[edit]
Jimmy Buffett: Vocals and guitar
Barry Chance: Guitar
Harry Dailey: Bass and background Vocals
Deborah McColl: Background vocals
Greg “Fingers” Taylor – Harmonica and background Vocals
Jay Spell – Piano
Michael Utley – Organ
Kenneth Buttrey – Drums
Performance[edit]
The set list changed nightly, mainly with an acoustic set between "Margaritaville" and "Why Don't We Get Drunk"—however, You Had to Be There chronicles some unusual inclusions, such as: "Miss You So Badly" replaces "Mañana"; a new song "Perrier Blues" emerges later in the tour; a rare performance of "The Captain and the Kid" appeared during the acoustic set; and "Cheeseburger in Paradise" was ironically missing. The shows opened with "Son of a Son of a Sailor" and closed with "Tampico Trauma" every night; and the encore typically consisted of "Morris' Nightmare", "Dixie Diner" (Larry Raspberry And The Highsteppers cover) and "Last Line" (Keith Sykes cover) respectively, with "Morris' Nightmare" closing the show only when it debuted in Boston.
Setlist[edit]
An average set list:[9]
"Son of a Son of a Sailor"
"Pencil Thin Mustache"
"Wonder Why We Ever Go Home"
"Landfall"
"Mañana"
"Livingston Saturday Night"
"Margaritaville"
"Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit" (acoustic)
"Banana Republics" (Steve Goodman cover) (acoustic)
"He Went to Paris" (acoustic)
"God's Own Drunk" (Richard Buckley cover) (acoustic)
"Why Don't We Get Drunk" (mostly performed with the Coral Reefer Band, but occasionally performed acoustically)
"Coast of Marseilles" (Keith Sykes cover)
"Cheeseburger in Paradise"
"Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes"
"A Pirate Looks at Forty"
"Come Monday"
"Tampico Trauma"
Encore:
"Morris' Nightmare"
"Dixie Diner" (Larry Raspberry And The Highsteppers cover)
Encore 2:
"The Last Line" (Keith Skyes cover)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ The U.S. single did not have a picture cover but was issued with a standard ABC Records cover.
Jump up ^ http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3357 as viewed on June 5, 2017
Jump up ^ https://www.margaritaville.com/faq as viewed on June 5, 2017
Jump up ^ Lulu's - Our Story Archived November 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. lulubuffet.com
Jump up ^ Best Cheeseburger recipe apnimauj.com
Jump up ^ Jimmy Buffett - Cheeseburger In Paradise YouTube
Jump up ^ Jimmy's Discography Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville
Jump up ^ BuffettWorld, Cheeseburger In Paradise tour
Jump up ^ Average set list for the Cheeseburger in Paradise Tour
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Ashrita Furman
Furman in San Francisco setting a record for the fastest mile balancing a baseball bat.
Born
Keith Furman
(1954-09-16) September 16, 1954 (age 63)
Brooklyn, New York
Nationality
American
Occupation
Health food store manager
Years active
since 1979
Home town
New York City
Ashrita Furman (born Keith Furman, September 16, 1954) is a Guinness World Records record-breaker. As of 2017, Furman has set more than 600 official Guinness Records and currently holds more than 191 records,[1] thus holding the most Guinness world records.[2] He has been breaking records since 1979.[2][3]
Contents
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1 Life and records
1.1 Early life
1.2 First record
1.3 Records around the world
1.4 Creating new records
2 See also
3 References
4 Further reading
5 External links
Life and records[edit]
Early life[edit]
Furman was born in 1954 in Brooklyn, New York. He was fascinated with the Guinness Book of World Records as a child but never thought he could ever break a record, since he was very nonathletic.[4]
That all changed when, as a teenager, he became interested in spirituality and in 1970 became a devout follower of the spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy.[5]
Sri Chinmoy inspired Furman to participate in a 24-hour bicycle race in New York City's Central Park in 1978. With only two weeks' training, Furman tied for third place, cycling 405 miles (652 km).[citation needed] Around this time, he changed his first name to Ashrita ("protected by God" [6] in Sanskrit).[7][8]
Ashrita at the Great Wall of China in January 2005 breaking the Guinness record for the fastest mile on a kangaroo ball.
First record[edit]
In 1979, Furman set his first official record by doing 27,000 jumping jacks.[2] In 1986, Furman invented and set the record for underwater pogo stick jumping and introduced it on Good Morning America on April Fools Day.[citation needed]
Records around the world[edit]
Furman has managed a health food store in Jamaica, Queens, New York City,[9] New York since 1982. He is also a tour manager for his meditation group and is therefore able to travel extensively. As of 2014, Furman has set records in 40 countries. He completed his goal of breaking a record in all seven continents when he set the mile hula hoop record at Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) in the Australian desert in 2003.[10] Furman has also set records at such famous landmarks as the Egyptian pyramids (distance pool cue balancing), Stonehenge (standing on a Swiss ball), the Eiffel Tower (most sit ups in an hour), the Great Wall of China (hopping on a kangaroo ball), Borobudur (Fastest time to run a mile while balancing a milk bottle on the head) and Angkor Wat (jumping rope on a pogo stick). While in China, Furman broke the record for running 8 km (4.97 mi) on stilts in the fastest time (39 min. 56 sec.), a record which had stood since 1982.
Furman breaking the record for balancing on a Swiss ball (2 hours 16 mins 2 seconds) at Stonehenge, July 22, 2003.
Creating new records[edit]
Furman has also been a pioneer in setting records in several new activities including landrowing. Using a converted indoor rower with wheels and brakes, Furman rowed 1,500 miles (2,400 km) in 16 days in Bali in 1991. Furman also developed the sport of gluggling, underwater juggling, which he did for 48 minutes at Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World in Auckland, New Zealand in 2002 and distance sack racing, which Furman did for a mile while racing against a yak in Mongolia in 2007. On January 30, 2008, Furman unveiled his giant pencil – 76 feet (23 m) long, 22,000 pounds (with 4,000 solid pounds of Pennsylvania graphite). The pencil was built in three weeks as a birthday gift for teacher Sri Chinmoy on 27 August 2007. Longer than the 65-foot (20 m) pencil outside the Malaysia HQ of stationers Faber-Castell, it was transported from Queens, New York, to the City Museum in St. Louis.[11] In April 2009 Furman became the first person to hold 100 Guinness World Records at once.[12]
Furman breaking the record for underwater cycling the longest distance (1.8 mi.) at Coimbra, Portugal, September 2011.[13]
See also[edit]
Impossibility Challenger
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Record enquiry". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Guinness World Records 2015". guinnessworldrecords.com. 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
Jump up ^ "New York News, Local Video, Traffic, Weather, NY City Schools and Photos – Homepage". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
Jump up ^ "For a Record Seeker, No Idle Day". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
Jump up ^ Kilgannon, Corey (12 June 2003). "Got Milk? Hula Hoop? It's a Record!; He's Guinness's King Of Strange Feats, All for Inner Peace". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
Jump up ^ "World champion record breaker Ashrita Furman aims to set another best in Brazil". The Telegraph. 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
Jump up ^ "What drives a Guinness World Record holder?". Radio Times. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
Jump up ^ Mincer, Jilian (2010-11-18). "The Ultimate Guinness Record Is the Record for Records". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
Jump up ^ "Wild World Records". ABC News. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
Jump up ^ "The world beater". The Age, Australia. 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
Jump up ^ "metro.co.uk, 'World's biggest pencil' draws in a crowd". Metro (British newspaper). 2008-01-29. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
Jump up ^ Guinness World Records 2014. ISBN 978-1-908843-15-9.
Jump up ^ "Farthest Distance Cycling Underwater". guinnessworldrecords.com. 2011-09-22. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
Further reading[edit]
Gilpin, Daniel. Record-breaking people. PowerKids Press. ISBN 9781448852932.
Fingerhut, Benjamin (director) (2010). Breaking and Entering (Motion picture). Virgil Films. ASIN B008JEJRMG.
Wilkinson, Alec (2011-12-19). "Higher, Faster, Madder". The New Yorker. 87 (41): 60–70. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
"For a Record Seeker, No Idle Day". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ashrita Furman.
Wikiquote has quotations related to: Ashrita Furman
Official website of Ashrita
Video: Ashrita's life story The Record Breaker
Video: Ashrita Interview
Ashrita Furman on IMDb
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