NHS Ballard: March 2010

Thursday, March 25, 2010

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Postive 2...

After he has his accident he becomes even more generous. He created foundations to help people with the same problems as he. He studied stem cell research and put almost all his time in trying to walk again.

Positive 1...

As I have been saying Christopher Reeve was a great man. Before his accident he only wantd to act. When he was offered a spot in a movie he didn't care about the money he cared about the part. His love was acting not money.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

His Inspiration...

John Houseman- Christopher Reeve studied under him

My inspiration...

Superman has always been my favorite super hero and Christopher Reeve was superman. Even though this superman is before my time, it was the first one I ever saw. It may seem a little cheesy and lame, but it is still my favorite.

That is why when I found out what his disability was he just became more inspirational. The foundation that he created made him even more inspirational. I always wanted the foundation to figure out how to cure people with spinal cord injuries. My aunt was a quadraplegic and I wanted to see her walk again.That dream never came true... She passed away last June after being in a wheelchair for 29 years. He just seems like the perfect guy...

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Moments to success...

Christopher Reeves had been interested in acting at a yound age. He started acting in school plays when he was eight years old and at age nine he was choosen to have a part in a play in the professional theatre called McCarter Theatre.

When Reeves was 15 he became an apprentice at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts. When he was sixteen he had an agent. After he graduated high school, Reeves went to college and tried out for ice hockey but soon decided he would rather stay behind the curtain. Throughout his college years he still acted professionally and his agent sceduled all of his additions around his classes. He studied theatre in Britain and France and was soon employed as a dogsbody, an errand boy, he taught the actors to talk in an American accent. He then moved to Paris and started acting hisself. By the time he graduated from college he had performed in many widely respected theatres. To pay for college he started acting in small films and television series. This was just the beginning of Christopher Reeve's acting career.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Adversity...

Christopher Reeves was in an accident on May 27, 1995, which put him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. He was thrown from his horse during an eventing competition in Culpeper, Virginia. This is what made him a quadriplegic. Though that did not stop him, he then decided on a new role in the world as the founder of Chritopher Reeve Foundation and co-founded the Reeve-Irvine Research Center. The foundations help people with spinal cord injuries much like his own.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Career...

Christopher Reeves was an actor, Superman was the movie that made him famous. Superman was not the only part he ever had, for example he was Richard Collier in Somewhere in Time, which was nominated for an Oscar and had another 6 wins and 3 nominations. Though when he was in an accident, he took up directing and writing. He took part in and created The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. The foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury, which had cursed Christopher for nine years before he died.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Christopher Reeve's Background

Christopher Reeves was born September 25, 1952 and passed away October 4, 2004. He was born in New York City. His father was Franklin D. Reeve and his mother was Barbara Pitney Lamb Johnson and he also had a younger brother. Christopher had three children William, Alexandria, and Matthew. His wife is Dana Reeves.