Fictional universe of Avatar Fictional universe of Avatar In the 2009 science fiction film "Avatar", director James Cameron conceived a fictional universe in which humans seek to mine unobtanium on the fictional exoplanetary moon, Pandora. The Earth-like moon is inhabited by a sapient indigenous humanoid species called the Na'vi, and varied fauna and flora. Resources Development Administration (RDA) scientists, administrators, recruits, support, and security personnel travel to Pandora in the 22nd century to discover this lush world, which is inhabited by many lifeforms including the human-like Na'vi. The clan with which the humans have contact in the film "[lives] in a giant tree that
The Teahouse of the August Moon (film) branded as an example of yellowface casting. In 1980, Michael Medved gave Marlon Brando's performance in the film the Golden Turkey Award for "Most Ludicrous Racial Impersonation". The Teahouse of the August Moon (film) The Teahouse of the August Moon is a 1956 American comedy film directed by Daniel Mann and starring Marlon Brando. It satirizes the U.S. occupation and Americanization of the island of Okinawa following the end of World War II in 1945. John Patrick adapted the screenplay from his own Pulitzer-Prize- and Tony-Award-winning Broadway play of 1953. The play was, in turn, adapted from a 1951 novel