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Order of Canada
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The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada. It comes second only to membership in the Order of Merit, membership is accorded to those who exemplify the orders Latin motto, desiderantes meliorem patriam, meaning they desire a better country, a phrase taken from Hebrews 11,16. Appointees to the order are recommended by a board and formally inducted by the governor general or the sovereign. As of October 2016,6,699 people have been appointed to the Order of Canada, including scientists, musicians, politicians, artists, athletes, business people, and film stars, benefactors, and others. Some have resigned or have been removed from the order, while other appointments have been controversial, appointees are presented with insignia and receive the right to armorial bearings. Pearson, who was assisted with the establishment of the order by John Matheson. Laurent, Hugh MacLennan, David Bauer, Gabrielle Roy, Donald Creighton, Thérèse Casgrain, Wilder Penfield, Arthur Lismer, M. J. Coldwell, Edwin Baker, Alex Colville, and Maurice Richard. From the Order of Canada grew a Canadian honours system, thereby reducing the use of British honours, by the 1980s, Canadas provinces began to develop their own distinct honours and decorations. The Canadian monarch, seen as the fount of honour, is at the apex of the Order of Canada as its Sovereign, followed by the governor general, who serves as the fellowships Chancellor. Thereafter follow three grades, which are, in order of precedence, Companion, Officer, and Member, each incumbent governor general is also installed as the Principal Companion for the duration of his or her time in the viceregal post and continues as an extraordinary Companion thereafter. As of March 2016, there have twenty one honorary appointments. There were originally, in effect, only two ranks to the Order of Canada, Companion and the Medal of Service, there was, however, also a third award, the Medal of Courage, meant to recognize acts of gallantry. This latter decoration fell in rank between the two levels, but was anomalous within the Order of Canada, being a separate award of a different nature rather than a middle grade of the order. Lester Pearsons vision of a structure to the order was thus fulfilled. Companions of the Order of Canada have demonstrated the highest degree of merit to Canada and humanity, up to 15 Companions are appointed annually, with an imposed limit of 165 living Companions at any given time, not including those appointed as extraordinary Companions or in an honorary capacity. As of October 2015, there are 143 living Companions, none being honorary, since 1994, substantive members are the only regular citizens who are empowered to administer the Canadian Oath of Citizenship. As of October 2015, there were 1,123 living Officers, Members of the Order of Canada have made an exceptional contribution to Canada or Canadians at a local or regional level, group, field or activity. As many as 136 Members may be appointed annually, not including extraordinary Members and those inducted on an honorary basis, as of October 2015, there were 2,225 living Members, none being honorary
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Saint John, New Brunswick
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Saint John is a city on the Fundy coast in New Brunswick, Canada. In 2016, the city is the second largest in New Brunswick and has a population of 67,575 over an area of 315.82 square kilometres, Saint John is the oldest incorporated city in Canada. During the reign of Britains George III, the municipality was created by charter in 1785. The Saint John metropolitan area covers a area of 3,362.95 square kilometres across the Caledonia Highlands. Samuel de Champlain landed at Saint John Harbour on June 24,1604 and is where the Saint John River gets its name. S, in 1785, Saint John became the first incorporated city in what would later become Canada. Over the next century, waves of Irish immigration, namely during the Great Famine via Partridge Island, would change the citys demographics. The Mikmaq also ventured into the territory and named the area Měnagwĕs, samuel de Champlain landed at Saint John Harbour in 1604, but the area was in English hands by the end of the Seven Years War. After being incorporated as a city in 1785 with an influx of Loyalists from the Boston States and immigrants from Ireland, in 1851 the city cemented itself internationally when the Marco Polo, built from a Saint John yard, became the fastest in the world. However, the city would experience much struggle with its success. From 1840 to 1860 sectarian violence was rampant in Saint John resulting in some of the worst urban riots in Canadian history. The city experienced an outbreak in 1854 with the death over 1,500 people, as well as a great fire in 1877 that destroyed 40% of the city. 1785, First quarantine station in North America, Partridge Island, in the early 19th century, it greeted sick and dying Irish immigrants arriving with inhospitable conditions. 1820, The first chartered bank in Canada, the Bank of New Brunswick, Canadas oldest publicly funded high school, Saint John High School 1838, The first penny newspaper in the Empire, the tri-weekly Saint John News, was established. 1842, Canadas first public museum, originally known as the Gesner Museum, named after its Nova Scotian founder Abraham Gesner, the museum is now known as the New Brunswick Museum. 1849, Canada’s first labour union, the Laborer’s Benevolent Association that was formed when Saint John’s longshoremen banded together to lobby for regular pay and a shorter workday. One of their first resolutions was to apply to the city council for permission to erect the bell,1854, The automated steam foghorn was invented by Robert Foulis. 1870, Canadas first Y. W. C. A. was established,1870, First Knights of Pythias in British Empire. 1872, Monitor top railroad cars in the world invented by James Ferguson, the original model is in the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John
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Stanstead, Quebec (township)
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Stanstead is a township municipality of about 1,000 people in the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec. It is not to be confused with the city of Stanstead, formally, the township consists of two villages, Fitch Bay and Georgeville. Both villages formed as a result of English-speaking migrants from the United States state of Vermont until borderline customs stations were established after 1920, today, the population is bilingual with predominance in French language. List of township municipalities in Quebec Media related to Stanstead, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons
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Victoria University, Toronto
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Victoria University is a college of the University of Toronto, founded in 1836 and named for Queen Victoria. It is commonly called Victoria College, informally Vic, after the academic component that now forms its undergraduate division. Since 1928, Victoria College has retained secular studies in the liberal arts, Victoria is situated in the northeastern part of the university campus, adjacent to St. Michaels College and Queens Park. Among its residential halls is Annesley Hall, a National Historic Site of Canada, a major centre for Reformation and Renaissance studies, Victoria is home to international scholarly projects and holdings devoted to pre-Puritan English drama and the works of Desiderius Erasmus. Victoria College was founded as the Upper Canada Academy by the Wesleyan Methodist Church. In 1831, a committee decided to locate the academy on four acres of land in Cobourg, Ontario, east of Toronto, because of its central location in a large town and access by land. The school officially opened to male and female students on October 12,1836, with Ryerson as the first president, although the school taught a variety of liberal arts subjects, it also functioned as an unofficial Methodist seminary. In 1841, it was incorporated as Victoria College, named for Queen Victoria, john Harper designed Victoria University Medical College, Gerrard Street East at Sackville Street, Toronto which was demolished. Victoria University was formed in 1884 when Victoria College and Albert University federated with each other, in 1890, Victoria University federated with the University of Toronto. In 1892, Victoria University moved from Cobourg to its current campus on Queens Park Crescent, south of Bloor Street, a plaque was erected at 100 University Avenue at the intersection with College Street in Cobourg, Ontario. Victoria College The cornerstone of this building was laid June 7,1832, first operated under a royal charter by the Wesleyan Methodists as Upper Canada Academy, in 1841 it obtained a provincial charter under the name of Victoria College, giving it power to grant degrees. Victoria’s first president was the Reverend Egerton Ryerson, newspaper editor, in 1890 the college federated with the University of Toronto and, in 1892, left Cobourg. James Loudon, a former President of the universities, had prohibited dancing at the University of Toronto until 1896. However, dancing at Victoria was not officially permissible until thirty years later, the WWI list of honour was erected by the Alumni and Alumnae Associations on October 13,1923 while the WWII list of honour was erected by the Board of Regents. In 1928, the independent Union College federated with the department of Victoria College. On the old Ontario strand for piano by Joyce Belyea was published for the Victoria College Music Club between 1946 and 1948 by the J. H, peel Music Pub. Co. in Toronto. The main building, Old Vic, is an example of Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style, the architect was W. G. Storm, who died shortly after completion. The campus is centred on the quadrangle of Victoria, outlined by the upper and lower houses of Burwash Hall
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London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
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The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art is a drama school situated in the west of London, United Kingdom. LAMDA is the oldest drama school in the UK, lAMDAs president is Timothy West and its Principal is Joanna Read. It is registered as a company under the name LAMDA Ltd, there is an associate organisation in America under the name LAMDA in America, Inc. previously known as The American Friends of LAMDA. LAMDA accredited examinations at Level 3 or above are recognised within the UCAS Tariff system, as an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama, LAMDA receives funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England. This means that eligible UK/EU students are able to access loans to assist with their tuition fees, in addition, LAMDA and the Conservatoire have a range of scholarships and bursaries available. The London Academy of Music was founded by Henry Wylde in 1861, providing training for, and examinations in, various musical disciplines was originally the dominant purpose of the institution. However, providing instruction in spoken English quickly became an area of the Academy’s work. In the 1880s, LAMDA began offering speech examinations to the public, since then, these examinations have been refined and developed into a comprehensive system of performance evaluation. LAMDA Examinations has emerged as the largest Speech and Drama Board in the United Kingdom, later the Hampstead Academy was also amalgamated. The name was changed to the current name in 1935, under the direction of Wilfrid Foulis, in 1939, it was moved from London due to the war, when it reopened in 1945, it no longer provided musical training. The past few years have witnessed important growth for the Academy, a move to a larger and more visible home on the Talgarth Road in West London has enabled LAMDA to further develop the campus and training facilities for its students. Furthermore, in June 2004, the Academy became an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance, LAMDA regularly presents productions at the Lyric Hammersmith, Riverside Studios and the Linbury Studio Theatre. Edward Akrout – Angélica Aragón - Richard Armitage – Colin Baker – Jim Broadbent – Kim Cattrall – Sam Claflin – Dominic Cooper – Brian Cox – Benedict Cumberbatch – James D’Arcy –, W. E
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Kiefer Sutherland
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Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland is a British born Canadian actor, producer, director, and singer-songwriter. His portrayal of Jack Bauer on the Fox drama series 24 brought him an Emmy Award, Sutherland got his first leading film role in a Canadian drama The Bay Boy, which earned him a Genie Award nomination. Sutherland was inducted to Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canadas Walk of Fame and was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from Zurich Film Festival. Sutherland was born in St Marys Hospital, Paddington, London, to Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas and he has a twin sister, Rachel. His maternal grandfather was Scottish-born Canadian politician and former Premier of Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas, Sutherlands family moved to Corona, California. In 1975, Sutherland moved with his mother to Toronto and he attended elementary school at Crescent Town Elementary School, St. Clair Junior High East York, and John G. Althouse Middle School in Toronto. He also spent a semester at Regina Mundi Catholic College in London, Ontario, Sutherland told Jimmy Kimmel Live. that he and Robert Downey, Jr. were roommates for three years when he first moved to Hollywood to pursue his career in acting. He and Downey, Jr. also starred together in the film 1969, Sutherland made his screen debut in Max Dugan Returns, in which his father Donald Sutherland also starred. Sutherland was one of the contenders for the role of Glen Lantz in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street, after receiving critical acclaim for his role as Donald Campbell in The Bay Boy, Sutherland moved to Hollywood. Stand by Me was the first film Sutherland made in the United States, in the film, directed by Rob Reiner, he played a neighborhood bully in a coming-of-age story about a search for a dead body. Before that, he played a silent, supporting character, as one of Sean Penns friends who goes up against Christopher Walken in James Foleys crime-thriller At Close Range. His film Promised Land, with Meg Ryan, was the first film to be commissioned by the Sundance Film Festival and his role as vampire David in The Lost Boys is one of his iconic roles in his career reviews by many critics and audiences. In the Western film Young Guns, he starred alongside Emilio Estevez and he was considered for the role of Robin in Batman, alongside Michael Keaton, in the early production before the character was deleted from the shooting script. He went on to star again with his close friend Lou Diamond Phillips and that same year, he and his father appeared at the 61st Academy Awards as presenters of the Academy Honorary Award to the National Film Board of Canada. In the sequel Young Guns II, Sutherland continued to play Doc alongside some of the original cast and it is the only sequel to a feature film he has starred in. Sutherland did not make a film in 1991, in a recent interview, he said he declined the offer of Gus Van Sant to star in the lead role in the movie My Own Private Idaho, a decision that he regretted. He hosted Saturday Night Live instead, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. In The Vanishing, he starred alongside Jeff Bridges as a husband seeking his wife three years after she mysteriously vanished, in The Three Musketeers, Sutherland played the central character of Athos
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Rossif Sutherland
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Rossif Sutherland is a Canadian actor. Sutherland was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, but lived in Paris and he was named after director Frédéric Rossif. He studied philosophy at Princeton University and he has appeared in films such as Timeline, and Red Doors. He had a role on the television show ER during its tenth season. Sutherland had a role in the TV series Monk in the episode Mr. Monk. Sutherland has since appeared in the movie Poor Boys Game with Danny Glover and Flex Alexander and also in the 2009 comedy/drama, High Life, with Timothy Olyphant, Russell Peters and he appeared with his father Donald in the 2010 Comedy The Con Artist directed by Risa Bramon Garcia. In 2012 he joined the cast of the television show King, starting the following year, he appeared as Nostradamus on American historical fantasy television series Reign. In 2015, he starred in the indie films River and Hyena Road, Sutherland married British actress and Reign co-star Celina Sinden in February 2016. Rossif Sutherland at the Internet Movie Database
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures. The Academys corporate management and general policies are overseen by a Board of Governors, the roster of the Academys approximately 6,000 motion picture professionals is a closely guarded secret. While the great majority of its members are based in the United States, the Academy is known around the world for its annual Academy Awards, now officially known as The Oscars. The Academy plans to open the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles in 2017, the notion of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences began with Louis B. He said he wanted to create an organization that would mediate labor disputes without unions and he met with actor Conrad Nagel, director Fred Niblo, and the head of the Association of Motion Picture Producers, Fred Beetsonto to discuss these matters. The idea of this elite club having a banquet was discussed. They also established that membership into the organization would only be open to people involved in one of the five branches of the industry, actors, directors, writers, technicians, and producers. That evening Mayer presented to those guests what he called the International Academy of Motion Picture Arts, everyone in the room that evening became a founder of the Academy. Several organizational meetings were held prior to the first official meeting held on May 6,1927 and their first organizational meeting was held on May 11. At that meeting Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was elected as the first president of the Academy, while Fred Niblo was the first vice-president and that night, the Academy also bestowed its first honorary membership, to Thomas Edison. Initially, the Academy was broken down into five groups, or branches. The original five were, Producers, Actors, Directors, Writers, the initial concerns of the group had to do with labor. However, as went on, the organization moved further away from involvement in labor-management arbitrations and negotiations. By July 1928 the board of directors had approved a list of 12 awards to be presented, during July the voting system for the Awards was established, and the nomination and selection process began. This award of merit for distinctive achievement is what we know now as the Academy Award, the initial location of the organization was 6912 Hollywood Boulevard. In May 1928, the Academy authorized the construction of a state of the art screening room, the screening room was not completed until April 1929. With the publication of Report on Incandescent Illumination in 1928, the Academy began a history of publishing books to assist its members. Another early initiative concerned training Army Signal Corps officers, in 1929 Academy members in a joint venture with the University of Southern California created Americas first film school to further the art and science of moving pictures
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Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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Its purpose is the recognition of significant contributions to the arts, literature, or the propagation of these fields. Its origin is attributed to the Order of Saint-Michel as acknowledged by French government sources, membership is not, however, limited to French nationals, recipients include numerous foreign luminaries. Foreign recipients are admitted into the Order, without condition of age, the Order has three grades, Commandeur — medallion worn on necklet, up to twenty recipients a year. Officier — medallion worn on ribbon with rosette on left breast, chevalier — medallion worn on ribbon on left breast, up to 200 recipients a year. The reverse central disc features the head of Marianne on a golden background, the Commanders badge is topped by a gilt twisted ring. The ribbon of the Order is green with four white stripes, however, in the statutes there is a clause saying Les Officiers et les Commandeurs de la Légion dhonneur peuvent être directement promus à un grade équivalent dans lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres. Ribbons of the French military and civil awards Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec, a Quebec order based in part on the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Nominations dans lOrdre des Arts et Lettres
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Hollywood Walk of Fame
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The Walk of Fame is administered by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and maintained by the self-financing Hollywood Historic Trust. It is a popular tourist destination, with a reported 10 million visitors in 2003, as of 2017, the Walk of Fame comprises over 2,600 stars, spaced at 6-foot intervals. The monuments are coral-pink terrazzo five-point stars rimmed with brass inlaid into a charcoal-colored terrazzo background, in the upper portion of each star field the name of the honoree is inlaid in brass block letters. Below the inscription, in the half of the star field. Approximately 20 new stars are added to the Walk each year, special category stars recognize various contributions by corporate entities, service organizations, and special honorees, and display emblems unique to those honorees. The moons are silver and grey terrazzo circles rimmed in brass on a square pink terrazzo background, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce credits E. M. Stuart, its volunteer president in 1953, with the original idea for creating a Walk of Fame. Stuart reportedly proposed the Walk as a means to maintain the glory of a community whose name means glamor, Harry Sugarman, another Chamber member and president of the Hollywood Improvement Association, receives credit in an independent account. A committee was formed to flesh out the idea, and a firm was retained to develop specific proposals. By 1955 the basic concept and general design had been agreed upon, multiple accounts exist for the origin of the star concept. By another account, the stars were inspired, by Sugarmans drinks menu, which featured celebrity photos framed in gold stars. In February 1956 a prototype was unveiled featuring a caricature of an example honoree inside a star on a brown background. The committees met at the Brown Derby restaurant, and included such prominent names as Cecil B, deMille, Samuel Goldwyn, Jesse L. Lasky, Walt Disney, Hal Roach, Mack Sennett, and Walter Lantz. A requirement stipulated by the audio recording committee specified minimum sales of one million records or 250,000 albums for all music category nominees. The committee soon realized that many important recording artists would be excluded from the Walk by that requirement, as a result, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences was formed for the purpose of creating a separate award system for the music business. The first Grammy Awards were presented in Beverly Hills in 1959, construction of the Walk began in 1958 but two lawsuits delayed completion. The first was filed by local property owners challenging the legality of the $1.25 million tax assessment levied upon them to pay for the Walk, along with new street lighting, in October 1959 the assessment was ruled legal. The second lawsuit, filed by Charles Chaplin, Jr. sought damages for the exclusion of his father, chaplins suit was dismissed in 1960, paving the way for completion of the project. Woodwards name was one of eight drawn at random from the original 1,558, the other seven names were Olive Borden, Ronald Colman, Louise Fazenda, Preston Foster, Burt Lancaster, Edward Sedgwick, and Ernest Torrence
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Canada's Walk of Fame
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Canadas Walk of Fame, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a walk of fame that acknowledges the achievements and accomplishments of successful Canadians. The first group of members was inducted in 1998, and to date 163 Canadians have been inducted into Canadas Walk of Fame. They rejected his idea, but he went on to establish a Walk of Fame for Canadians in partnership with Bill Ballard, Dusty Cohl and Gary Slaight. In spite of a lack of funds, research and no plan, they managed to succeed. Canadas Walk of Fame has since become a popular tourist attraction in Toronto and has named the number one Canadian recognition event. Canadas Walk of Fame accepts nominations for potential inductees from the year round. In 2000, prior to the introduction of the voting system, over 30,000 nominations were received via letters, fax. Now submissions are accepted on the official Canadas Walk of Fame website and thousands of nominations are received every year, following the Selection Committees evaluation, the nominees that meet all of the requirements are forwarded to the board of directors, who then select the inductees. The process differs greatly from that of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, while most celebrities on the Hollywood Walk of Fame are American or have achieved their fame in the United States, Canadas Walk of Fame is exclusive to Canadians. For someone to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, from there, the names are submitted to a nominating committee of five people, who pick 10–15 names to award stars to annually. Canadian stars are inducted in a group ceremony, while the Hollywood Walk of Fame rarely inducts more than two major stars at a time. Celebrities can have more than one star on the Hollywood Walk, new inductees are inducted annually at an unveiling ceremony where their star, a stylized maple leaf, is revealed. The first was held in 1998 and only four of the living inductees attended, Karen Kain, Norman Jewison, Barbara Ann Scott. The 2007 ceremony was held at Torontos Hummingbird Centre, was attended by all seven inductees and was hosted by Eugene Levy, past hosts include Trish Stratus, Tom Green, Jann Arden, Kurt Browning and Catriona Le May Doan. The ceremony was broadcast by CTV until 2008, beginning in 2009 the ceremony was broadcast by Global. The first ceremony on the network was hosted by Anne Murray while Howie Mandel hosted for the two years. Paul Shaffer hosted the event in 2012, established in 2008, the Cineplex Legends Award is posthumously awarded to Canadian pioneers in film, music, sport, arts, and innovation. Sponsored by Cineplex Entertainment, the first recipients of the award were siblings Norma, the award recipients are also given stars on the Walk of Fame
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Actor
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An actor is a person who portrays a character in a performance. Simplistically speaking, the person denominated actor or actress is someone beautiful who plays important characters, the actor performs in the flesh in the traditional medium of the theatre, or in modern mediums such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is ὑποκριτής, literally one who answers, the actors interpretation of their role pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is playing themselves, as in forms of experimental performance art, or, more commonly, to act, is to create. Formerly, in societies, only men could become actors. When used for the stage, women played the roles of prepubescent boys. The etymology is a derivation from actor with ess added. However, when referring to more than one performer, of both sexes, actor is preferred as a term for male performers. Actor is also used before the name of a performer as a gender-specific term. Within the profession, the re-adoption of the term dates to the 1950–1960s. As Whoopi Goldberg put it in an interview with the paper, Im an actor – I can play anything. The U. K. performers union Equity has no policy on the use of actor or actress, an Equity spokesperson said that the union does not believe that there is a consensus on the matter and stated that the. subject divides the profession. In 2009, the Los Angeles Times stated that Actress remains the term used in major acting awards given to female recipients. However, player remains in use in the theatre, often incorporated into the name of a group or company, such as the American Players. Also, actors in improvisational theatre may be referred to as players, prior to Thespis act, Grecian stories were only expressed in song, dance, and in third person narrative. In honor of Thespis, actors are commonly called Thespians, the exclusively male actors in the theatre of ancient Greece performed in three types of drama, tragedy, comedy, and the satyr play. Western theatre developed and expanded considerably under the Romans, as the Western Roman Empire fell into decay through the 4th and 5th centuries, the seat of Roman power shifted to Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire. Records show that mime, pantomime, scenes or recitations from tragedies and comedies, dances, from the 5th century, Western Europe was plunged into a period of general disorder
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The Dirty Dozen
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The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 American war film directed by Robert Aldrich, released by MGM, and starring Lee Marvin. The film is based on E. M. Nathansons novel of the name that was inspired by a real-life group called the Filthy Thirteen. In 2001, the American Film Institute placed the film at number 65 on their 100 Years, in Britain, in the spring of 1944, Allied forces are preparing for the D-Day invasion. Among them are Major John Reisman, an OSS officer, his commander, Regular Army Major General Sam Worden, early in the film, the personalities of the three men are shown to clash and the characters of the individualistic Reisman and the domineering Breed are established. Reisman is aided by his friend, the mild-mannered Major Max Armbruster, Major Reisman is assigned an unusual and top-secret mission, code-named Operation Amnesty. Those who survive the mission will be pardoned and returned to duty at their former ranks. However, as Reisman repeatedly tells the men, few of them will be coming back from this one, Reisman is assigned 12 convicts, all either serving lengthy sentences or awaiting execution. J. Under the supervision of Reisman and MP Sergeant Bowren, the group begins training, after being forced to construct their own living quarters, the 12 men are trained in combat by Reisman and gradually learn how to operate as a group. For parachute training, they are sent to the operated by Colonel Breed. Under strict orders to keep their secret, Reismans men run afoul of Breed and his troops, especially after Pinkley - under Reismans orders - poses as a general. Angered at the usurpation of his authority, Breed attempts to discover Reismans mission by having two of his men attack Wladislaw in the latrine, but they are knocked out by Posey and Jefferson. The 12 men think Reisman sent them until Breed and his men investigate the Dirty Dozens camp, Reisman, who had been away when Breed and his paratroopers arrived, infiltrates his own post and opens fire on the paratroops as the convicts jump them. They disarm the paratroops, Colonel Breed is ordered to take his men and leave, Denton, siding with Breed, insists that Reisman has exceeded his authority and urges General Worden to terminate Operation Amnesty. Reisman rises ferociously to the defense of his men, pointing out they had crammed six months of training into as many weeks, Major Armbruster suggests a test that would show whether Reismans men are ready. During practice maneuvers in which Breed will be taking part, the Dirty Dozen will attempt to capture the Colonels headquarters. During the maneuvers, the men use various tactics, including theft, impersonation. This proves to General Worden that Reismans men can be used for the mission, the night of the raid, the men are flown to France, and practice a rhyme they have learned which details their roles in the operation. A slight snag occurs, when landing in a tree, one of the dozen, Jiminez, breaks his neck and dies, but as trained
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MASH (film)
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MASH is a 1970 American satirical black comedy war film directed by Robert Altman and written by Ring Lardner, Jr. based on Richard Hookers novel MASH, A Novel About Three Army Doctors. The picture is the feature film in the M*A*S*H franchise. The film depicts a unit of medical personnel stationed at a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War, the film won Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, later named Palme dOr, at 1970 Cannes Film Festival. The film went on to receive five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, MASH was deemed culturally significant by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. The Academy Film Archive preserved MASH in 2000, the film inspired the popular and critically acclaimed television series M*A*S*H, which ran from 1972 to 1983. The plot is told as a series of vignettes surrounding the life of the namesake Mobile Army Surgical Hospital where it is set. Set in 1951 in South Korea, the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is assigned two replacements, Captains Hawkeye Pierce and Duke Forrest, who arrive in a stolen Jeep and they are insubordinate, womanizing, mischievous rule-breakers, but they soon prove to be excellent combat surgeons. As the film progresses, further scenes introduce additional characters, other characters arrive after Hawkeye and Duke, and become integrated into camp life, such as surgeon Trapper John and Nurse Margaret Houlihan. After the characters are introduced, which forms the opening act and they are prone to pranks and heavy drinking. The other faction forms around the relationship between Majors Houlihan and Burns, who are both career military personnel. The two factions battle back and forth in a series of pranks and reprisals until Burns is goaded into punching Hawkeye, the removal of Burns changes the camp social dynamic and marks the transition to the third act. Trapper and Hawkeye are removed to Japan to operate on a congressmans son, upon returning to Korea, General Hammond and Colonel Blake organize a friendly football game, with some money thrown into a pot to make bets. Hawkeye and Blake arrange for a plan in order to assure victory, first, they get Henry to apply for a specific neurosurgeon, Dr. Oliver Harmon Jones, a former professional football player for the San Francisco 49ers. Then, they bet half their money up front and keep the ringer out of the first half of the game, during the game, Houlihan uncharacteristically participates as a cheerleader in an effort to fit in. Once the other team racks up some points and becomes confident enough to offer good odds to bet the rest of the money. The 325th has its own ringers, however, and the 4077th fights back with illegal injuries, the game comes down to the last play, in which the quarterback returns the ball to the center, SSgt. Vollmer, who hides the ball under his jersey and runs into the end zone for the winning touchdown, the screenplay, by Ring Lardner, Jr. is different from the original novel. In the DVD audio commentary, Altman describes the novel as pretty terrible and he claims that the screenplay was used only as a springboard
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Kelly's Heroes
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Kellys Heroes is a 1970 war comedy film directed by Brian G. Hutton about a group of World War II American soldiers who go AWOL to rob a bank behind enemy lines. The film stars Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll OConnor, and Donald Sutherland, with roles played by Harry Dean Stanton, Gavin MacLeod. The screenplay was written by British film and television writer Troy Kennedy Martin, the film was a US-Yugoslav co-production, filmed mainly in the Croat village of Vižinada on the Istria peninsula. During a thunderstorm in early September 1944, units of the 35th Infantry Division are nearing the French town of Nancy, one of the divisions mechanized reconnaissance platoons is ordered to hold their position when the Germans counterattack. The outnumbered platoon also receives friendly fire from their own mortars, Private Kelly, a former lieutenant scapegoated for a failed infantry assault, captures Colonel Dankhopf of Wehrmacht Intelligence. Interrogating his prisoner, Kelly notices the officers briefcase has several gold bars disguised under lead plating. Curious, he gets the colonel drunk and learns there is a cache of 14,000 gold bars, worth $16,000,000. When their position is overrun and the Americans pull back, a Tiger tank kills Dankhopf, Kelly decides to go after the gold. He visits the opportunistic Supply Sergeant Crapgame to obtain the supplies, a spaced-out tank platoon commander known as Oddball and his three M4 Sherman tanks from the 6th Armored Division invite themselves into the plan. After much argument, Kelly finally persuades cynical Master Sergeant Big Joe to go along, Kelly decides that his infantrymen and Oddballs tanks will proceed separately and meet near Clermont. This forces Oddball to bring a unit in on the caper. An American fighter plane mistakes Kellys group for the enemy, destroying their vehicles and they stray into a minefield, and Private Grace is killed when he steps on a mine. Kellys troops engage an enemy patrol, Private Mitchell and Corporal Job, the two units rendezvous two nights later. They battle their way across the river to Clermont, losing two of the three tanks and leaving the unit behind. Kellys men find that Clermont is defended by three Tiger tanks of the 1st SS Panzer Division with infantry support. The Americans are able to eliminate the German infantry and two of the Tigers, but the final tank parks itself right in front of the bank and Oddballs Sherman breaks down, leaving them stalemated. At Crapgame’s suggestion, Kelly offers the German tank commander and his crew an equal share of the loot. Not long after the freelancers have gone, Captain Maitland enters the bank, to find a Kilroy, the project was announced by MGM in November 1968 under the title of The Warriors
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Klute
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It tells the story of a high-priced prostitute who assists a detective in solving a missing person case. Klute is the first installment of what came to be known as Pakulas paranoia trilogy. The other two films in the trilogy are The Parallax View and All the Presidents Men, the film includes a cameo appearance by Warhol superstars actress Candy Darling, and another by All in the Family costar Jean Stapleton. The music was composed by Michael Small, Jane Fonda won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film. The film begins with the disappearance of Pennsylvania executive Tom Gruneman, the police reveal that an obscene letter was found in Grunemans office, addressed to a prostitute in New York City named Bree Daniels, who had received several similar letters from him. After six months of police work, Peter Cable, an executive at Grunemans company, hires family friend. Klute rents an apartment in the basement of Daniels building, taps her phone, and follows her as she turns tricks. Daniels appears to be liberated by the freedom of freelancing as a girl, but in a series of visits to her psychiatrist, she reveals the emptiness of her life. Klute asks Daniels to answer some of his questions, but she refuses and he approaches her again, revealing that he has been watching her. She reveals that she was beaten by one of her johns two years earlier, but after seeing a photo of Gruneman, she says she cannot say for sure. Daniels takes Klute to meet her former pimp, Frank Ligourin, McKenna committed suicide and Page became a drug addict and disappeared. Klute and Daniels develop a romance, though she tells her psychiatrist that she fears these feelings and she admits to Klute a deep paranoia that she is being watched. They find Page, who tells them the customer was not Gruneman but an older man, pages body then turns up in the Kill Van Kull. Klute deduces a connection between the two suicides of the prostitutes, surmising that the client probably also killed Gruneman and might kill Daniels next and he revisits Grunemans contacts to find connections with the case. By typographic comparison, the supposed obscene letters of Gruneman are traced to Cable, Cable corners Bree and reveals that he sent her the letters, explaining that Gruneman had interrupted him when he was attacking a prostitute. Certain that Gruneman would use the incident as leverage against him within the company, after playing an audiotape he made as he murdered Page, he attacks Daniels. Klute rushes in, and Cable jumps or is out a window to his death. Daniels moves out of her apartment with Klutes help, though her voiceover with her psychiatrist reveals her fear of domestic life, the film often cleverly uses dim light to make it difficult to identify the characters and what is going on
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Don't Look Now
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Dont Look Now is a 1973 independent British-Italian film directed by Nicolas Roeg. It is an adapted from the short story by Daphne du Maurier. Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland portray a couple who travel to Venice following the recent accidental death of their daughter, after the husband accepts a commission to restore a church. They encounter two sisters, one of whom claims to be clairvoyant and informs them that their daughter is trying to contact them, the husband at first dismisses their claims, but starts to experience mysterious sightings himself. While Dont Look Now observes many conventions of the genre, it focuses on the psychology of grief. Its depiction of grief has been identified as strong for a film featuring supernatural plot elements. Dont Look Now is renowned for its editing style and its use of recurring motifs and themes. The film often employs flashbacks and flashforwards in keeping with the depiction of precognition and it adopts an impressionist approach to its imagery, often presaging events with familiar objects, patterns and colours using associative editing techniques. Its reputation has grown in the years since its release and it is now considered a classic, shaken, Laura returns to her table, where she faints. Laura is taken to the hospital, where she later tells John what Heather told her, John is sceptical but pleasantly surprised by the positive change in Lauras demeanour. Later in the evening after returning from the hospital, John, afterwards, they go out to dinner where they get lost and briefly become separated. John catches a glimpse of what appears to be a child wearing a red coat similar to the one Christine was wearing when she died. The next day, Laura meets with Heather and Wendy, who hold a séance to try to contact Christine, when she returns to the hotel Laura informs John that Christine has said he is in danger and must leave Venice. John loses his temper with Laura, but that night they receive a call informing them that their son has been injured in an accident at his boarding school. Laura departs for England, while John stays on to complete the restoration, under the assumption that Laura is in England, John is shocked when later that day he spots her on a vaporetto that is part of a funeral cortege, accompanied by the two sisters. Concerned about his wifes mental state and with reports of a killer at large in Venice. The inspector investigating the killings is suspicious of John and has him followed, after speaking to her to confirm she really is in England, a bewildered John returns to the police station to inform the police he has found his wife. In the meantime the police have brought Heather in for questioning, shortly after returning, Heather slips into a trance so John makes his excuses and quickly leaves
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Fellini's Casanova
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Fellinis Casanova is a 1976 Italian film by director Federico Fellini, adapted from the autobiography of Giacomo Casanova, the 18th century adventurer and writer. Shot entirely at the Cinecittà studios in Rome, the film won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, the film portrays Casanovas life as a freakish journey into sexual abandonment. Any meaningful emotion or sensuality is eclipsed by increasingly strange situations, the narrative presents Casanovas adventures in a detached, methodical fashion, as the respect he yearns for is constantly undermined by more basic urges. The film opens with a carnival in Venice as a prelude to a series of encounters that follow Giacomo Casanova through the cities of 18th century Europe. It is during this festival that a gigantic bust fails to rise from the water, as he rows back to mainland, Casanova is arrested, judged and imprisoned by the High Court over his famed debauchery. During his time in prison, Casanova reminisces of his affair with a seamstress and later on one of her servants, Anna Maria and he eventually consummates his desire to be with Anna Maria. Back in prison, Casanova escapes through the rooftops and exiles himself from Venice, the Madame, an aged woman, enthralled by Casanovas apparent knowledge of alchemy, wishes to transform her soul into a mans through ritualistic intercourse with him. Casanova then moves to the court of a hunchback, Du Bois, Du Bois puts on a homosexual performance for his guests that unsettles some of his guests and Casanova is brought to tears as Henriette plays some music. The lovers vow fidelity to each other, but the following morning Henriette has disappeared, Du Bois informs Casanova that an emissary of a far-away court has reclaimed Henriette, and shes left her bidding that Casanova not attempt following her. While in London, an aged Casanova is robbed by two women and he attempts suicide by drowning himself in the Thames. A vision of a giantess and two dwarves distracts him, and he follows them to a Frost fair, where he arm-wrestles the giantess—a princess—and later pays to watch her bathe with the dwarves, Casanova resumes his travelling the following day. He frequents a deranged party at Lord Talous in Rome, where he wins a bet with a driver, Righetto. The competition brings him higher acclaim and he has a brief, chance encounter with his estranged mother in a theater. He then moves to a court in Württemberg, where his desire to be taken seriously as a writer/inventor is frustrated by the courts orgiastic and it is here that he meets Rosalba, a mechanical doll with whom he shares a dance and later on goes to bed with. Times goes by and an old Casanova finds himself librarian to Count Waldstein at his castle in Dux. Life at the castle is more frustrating for Casanova, as he is made to eat with other servants. Waldsteins manservant, Faulkircher, and his lover Vidarol, make him object of mockery, a portrait of him is hanged and defecated on. Later on, during a fervent poetry recital, a member fails to suppress a giggle at Casanova
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1900 (film)
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The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition. Due to the length,1900 was presented in two parts when originally released in many countries, including Italy, East and West Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Colombia. Other countries, such as the United States, released a version of the film. Born on the day of the death of renowned composer Giuseppe Verdi—27 January 1901—Alfredo Berlinghieri, Alfredo is from a family of landowners led by his populist grandfather, while Olmo is an illegitimate peasant. Olmos grandfather, Leo, is the foreman and peasants strong man who verbally and spiritually carries out a duel of wits with the elder Alfredo. As Alfredo is somewhat rebellious and despises the falseness of his family, in particular his weak but abusive and cynical father Giovanni, he befriends Olmo, the two are friends throughout their childhood, despite the social differences of their families. Olmo enlists with the Italian army in 1917 during World War I, Olmo returns from the war over a year later and his friendship with Alfredo continues. However, Alfredos father has hired Attila Mellanchini as his foreman, several are killed by Attila himself. As the new padrone of the plantation, Alfredo does little to challenge or halt Attilas actions, during the late 1920s, the intimacy and lack thereof in their respective relationships with others is highlighted in their love lives. Alfredo marries a gorgeous, demure woman while Olmo marries Anita, alfredo’s wife, Ada, sinks into alcoholism when confronted with the reality of the emptiness of her relationship with Alfredo. Anita, a strong and independent spirit dies tragically in childbirth, as Olmo takes on his fateful role of leader among the poor farmers and their families, he clashes with Attila. The power, however, shifts after World War II in 1945, as padrone, Alfredo is captured by a teenage peasant boy carrying a rifle. Attila is also captured when he and his wife, Regina, Attila is stabbed, non-fatally, several times by women wielding pitchforks and is imprisoned in the Berlinghieri pig sty. Years earlier, Attila also had several peasants killed after they threw horse manure at him for selling Olmo, Olmo made Attila eat manure and let him go. Olmo then had to leave town to keep from being killed by the fascists, Alfredo fires Attila, when Attila and his blackshirts seek vengeance on Olmo by tearing up Olmos house. In the final scenes, set on 28 April 1945, Alfredo is brought before Olmos workers tribunal to stand trial, many workers come forth and accuse Alfredo of letting them suffer in squalor while he profited from their labors. As soon as the verdict is reached, however, representatives and soldiers of the new government, Olmo convinces the peasants to do so, overcoming their skepticism. Alone with Olmo, Alfredo declares, The padrone is alive, Alberto Grimaldi, the films producer, was contractually obligated to deliver a 195-minute version to Paramount Pictures
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Animal House
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National Lampoons Animal House is a 1978 American comedy film from Universal Pictures. It was produced by Ivan Reitman and Matty Simmons, directed by John Landis, and stars John Belushi, Tim Matheson, John Vernon, Verna Bloom, Thomas Hulce, and Donald Sutherland. The film, a direct spin-off from National Lampoon, is about a group of fraternity members who challenge the authority of the dean of Faber College. The screenplay was adapted by Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller, and Harold Ramis from stories written by Miller, upon its initial release, Animal House received generally mixed reviews from critics, but Time and Roger Ebert proclaimed it one of the years best. The film, along with 1977s The Kentucky Fried Movie, also directed by Landis, was responsible for defining and launching the gross out film genre. As of 2017, it was considered by fans and critics as one of the greatest comedy films ever made. In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed Animal House culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant and it was No.1 on Bravos 100 Funniest Movies. It was No.36 on AFIs 100 Years,100 Laughs list of the 100 best American comedies. In 2008 Empire magazine selected it as one of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time, in 1962, Faber College freshmen Lawrence Larry Kroger and Kent Dorfman seek to join a fraternity. Larry and Kent are invited to pledge and given the fraternity names Pinto and Flounder respectively, by Bluto and he directs the clean-cut, smug Omega president Greg Marmalard to find a way for him to remove the Deltas from campus. Bluto and D-Day steal the answers to an upcoming test from the trash, the Deltas fail the exam, and their grade-point averages fall so low that Wormer tells them he needs only one more incident to revoke their charter. To cheer themselves up, the Deltas organize a party and bring in Otis Day. Wormers wife attends at Otters invitation and has sex with him, Pinto hooks up with Clorette, a girl he met at the supermarket. They make out, but do not have sex because she passes out drunk, Pinto takes her home in a shopping cart and later discovers that she is the mayors daughter. Outraged by his wifes escapades and the threat of personal violence, Wormer organizes a kangaroo court. To take their minds off this action, Otter, Boon, Flounder, Otter is successful in picking up four young women from Emily Dickinson College as dates for himself and his Delta brothers. He elicits sympathy by posing as the fiancé of a woman at the college who died in a recent kiln explosion. They stop at a bar where Days band is performing
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1978 science fiction horror film directed by Philip Kaufman, and starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Goldblum and Leonard Nimoy. Released on December 22,1978, it is a remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Invasion of the Body Snatchers was a box office success, and was very well received by critics - it is considered by some to be among the greatest film remakes. The plot begins in space, where a race of gelatinous creatures abandon their dying world. They make their way to Earth and land in San Francisco and they fall on plant leaves, assimilating them and forming small pods with pink flowers. Elizabeth Driscoll, an employee at the San Francisco Health Department, is one of people who bring the flowers home. The next morning, Elizabeths boyfriend, Geoffrey Howell, suddenly becomes distant and her colleague, health inspector Matthew Bennell, suggests that she see his friend, psychiatrist Dr. David Kibner. While driving to Kibners book party, they are accosted by a hysterical man, the man runs off, and is soon seen dead, surrounded by a crowd of emotionless onlookers. At the party, Matthew calls the police about the incident, an agitated party attendee starts declaring that her husband is not her real husband. Kibner works to them, and suggests that Elizabeth wants to believe that Geoffrey has changed because she is looking for an excuse to get out of their relationship. Meanwhile, Matthews friend Jack Bellicec, a writer who owns a bathhouse with his wife Nancy discovers a deformed body on one of the beds. Noticing that the bears a slight resemblance to Jack, Matthew breaks into Elizabeths home. He gets the sleeping Elizabeth to safety, but the body has disappeared by the time he returns with the police. The body at the bathhouse has also disappeared when Matthew returns there, Matthew realizes that people are being replaced by extraterrestrial copies while they sleep. Matthew calls several state and federal agencies, but they all tell him not to worry, in addition, people who had earlier claimed that their loved ones had changed seem to have been converted as well, including Dr. Kibner. That night, Matthew and his friends are nearly duplicated by the pods while they sleep, the pod people try to raid Matthews house, but he and his friends are able to escape. During this, they discover that the pod people emit a shrill scream once they learn someone is still human among them, Jack and Nancy create a diversion within a crowd of pursuing pod people to give Matthew and Elizabeth time to escape. Matthew and Elizabeth are chased across San Francisco and they are eventually found by the doubles of Jack and Dr. Kibner at the Health Department building. Kibners double tells them that what the species is doing is purely for survival
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Ordinary People
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Ordinary People is a 1980 American drama film that marked the directorial debut of actor Robert Redford. The film stars Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, the story concerns the disintegration of an upper-middle class family in Lake Forest, Illinois, following the death of one of their sons in a boating accident. The screenplay by Alvin Sargent was based upon the 1976 novel Ordinary People by Judith Guest, the film received six Academy Award nominations and won four, the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director for Redford, Adapted Screenplay for Sargent, and Supporting Actor for Hutton. In addition, it won five Golden Globes, Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Actress in a Drama, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Screenplay. The Jarretts are a family in suburban Chicago trying to return to normal life after the death of one teenaged son. Conrad has recently returned home from a stay in a psychiatric hospital. He feels alienated from his friends and family and begins seeing a psychiatrist, Berger learns that Conrad was involved in a sailing accident in which his older brother, Buck, whom everyone idolized, died. Conrad now deals with post-traumatic stress disorder and survivors guilt, Conrads father, Calvin, awkwardly tries to connect with his surviving son and understand his wife. Conrads mother, Beth, denies her loss, hoping to maintain her composure and restore her family to what it once was and she appears to have loved her older son more, and because of the suicide attempt, has grown cold toward Conrad. She is determined to maintain the appearance of perfection and normality, Conrad works with Dr. Berger and learns to try to deal with, rather than control, his emotions. He starts dating a student, Jeannine, who helps him to begin to regain a sense of optimism. Conrad, however, still struggles to communicate and re-establish a normal relationship with his parents and schoolmates, including Stillman and he cannot seem to allow anyone, especially Beth, to get close. Beth makes several constrained attempts to appeal to Conrad for some semblance of normality and she is consistently more interested in getting back to normal than in helping her son heal. Mother and son often argue while Calvin tries to referee, generally taking Conrads side for fear of pushing him over the edge again. Things come to a climax near Christmas, when Conrad becomes furious at Beth for not wanting to take a photo with him, afterward, Beth discovers Conrad has been lying about his after-school whereabouts. This leads to an argument between Conrad and Beth in which Conrad points out that Beth never visited him in the hospital. Beth replies, Buck never would have been in the hospital, Beth and Calvin take a trip to see Beth’s brother in Houston, where Calvin confronts Beth, calling her out on her attitude. Conrad suffers a setback when he learns that Karen, a friend of his from the hospital, has committed suicide
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Eye of the Needle (film)
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Eye of the Needle is a 1981 American spy film directed by Richard Marquand and starring Donald Sutherland and Kate Nelligan. It was written by Stanley Mann and based on the novel of the title by Ken Follett. A man calling himself Henry Faber is actually a German Nazi spy nicknamed the Needle because of his method of assassination. He is a coldly calculating sociopath, emotionlessly focused on the task at hand, in England, he obtains critical information on the Allies invasion of Normandy plans. A romance develops between the woman and the spy, due to an estrangement between Lucy and her husband, whose accident has rendered him emotionally crippled as well. David is always suspicious of Faber, and when he discovers their guests true identity, Lucy realizes that her lover has been lying after she chances upon her husbands dead body. Meanwhile The Needle tries to get to Toms radio to report to his superiors the exact location of the D-Day invasion, while he calls upon a German submarine, Lucy blows the houses fuses and stops his full message. While the German U-boat approaches, Lucy is the Allies last chance. She chases Faber to the sea, and while he is reluctant to harm her, she has no qualms and shoots him as he tries to escape in a boat. Soon after, the British Intelligence agent who was chasing Faber arrives with the police and he encounters a despondent Lucy, Fabers body and the fleeing German submarine. Additional footage tells of Fabers activities four years before, and of Davids accident, some of the location filming was shot at Blackbushe Airport Yateley. On Rotten Tomatoes, 85% of critics gave the positive reviews. The DKW Munga vehicle shown on the island was not built until the 1950s, the enclosed-cabin helicopter that is briefly shown toward the end of the film is also an anachronism. Eye of the Needle at the Internet Movie Database Eye of the Needle at the TCM Movie Database Eye of the Needle at Rotten Tomatoes Eye of the Needle at Box Office Mojo
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Character actor
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A character actor or character actress is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters. The term, often contrasted with that of leading actor, is somewhat abstract, in a literal sense, all actors can be considered character actors since they all play characters, but in the usual sense it is an actor who plays a distinctive and important supporting role. In either case, character actor roles are more substantial than bit parts or non-speaking extras, the term is used primarily to describe television and film actors, and is less used to describe theater actors. An early use of the term was in the 1883 edition of The Stage, Actors with a long career history of playing character roles may be difficult for audiences to recognize as being the same actor, if they play such roles convincingly and memorably. Unlike leading actors, they are seen as less glamorous. Generally, the names of actors are not featured prominently in movie and television advertising on the marquee. Some character actors have distinctive voices or accents, or they develop memorable mannerisms, a character actor with a long career may not have a well-known name, yet may be instantly recognizable. During the course of a career, an actor can sometimes shift between leading roles and secondary roles. Some leading actors, as they get older, find that access to leading roles is limited by their increasing age, in the past, actors of color, who were often barred from roles for which they were otherwise suited, found work performing ethnic stereotypes. Sometimes character actors have developed based on specific talents needed in genre films, such as dancing, horsemanship, acrobatics, swimming ability. Some character actors develop a following with a particular audience. Ed Lauter usually portrayed a menacing figure because of his long, angular face which was recognized in public. Character actors can play a variety of types, such as the femme fatale, gunslinger, sidekick, town drunk, villain, whore with a heart of gold, Character actors subsume themselves into the characters they portray, such that their off-screen acting persona is practically unrecognizable. According to one view, great actors are rarely out of work. They are also highly regarded by fellow actors. Stock character Commedia dellarte Quinlan, David, quinlans Illustrated Directory of Film Character Actors. Character Kings, Hollywoods Familiar Faces Discuss the Art & Business of Acting
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Canada
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Canada is a country in the northern half of North America. Canadas border with the United States is the worlds longest binational land border, the majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its territory being dominated by forest and tundra. It is highly urbanized with 82 per cent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, One third of the population lives in the three largest cities, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Its capital is Ottawa, and other urban areas include Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg. Various aboriginal peoples had inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years prior to European colonization. Pursuant to the British North America Act, on July 1,1867, the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick and this began an accretion of provinces and territories to the mostly self-governing Dominion to the present ten provinces and three territories forming modern Canada. With the Constitution Act 1982, Canada took over authority, removing the last remaining ties of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II being the head of state. The country is officially bilingual at the federal level and it is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries. Its advanced economy is the eleventh largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources, Canadas long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its economy and culture. Canada is a country and has the tenth highest nominal per capita income globally as well as the ninth highest ranking in the Human Development Index. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, Canada is an influential nation in the world, primarily due to its inclusive values, years of prosperity and stability, stable economy, and efficient military. While a variety of theories have been postulated for the origins of Canada. In 1535, indigenous inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct French explorer Jacques Cartier to the village of Stadacona, from the 16th to the early 18th century Canada referred to the part of New France that lay along the St. Lawrence River. In 1791, the area became two British colonies called Upper Canada and Lower Canada collectively named The Canadas, until their union as the British Province of Canada in 1841. Upon Confederation in 1867, Canada was adopted as the name for the new country at the London Conference. The transition away from the use of Dominion was formally reflected in 1982 with the passage of the Canada Act, later that year, the name of national holiday was changed from Dominion Day to Canada Day
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A Dry White Season
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A Dry White Season is a 1989 American drama-historical film directed by Euzhan Palcy and starring Donald Sutherland, Jürgen Prochnow, Marlon Brando, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae and Susan Sarandon. It was written by Colin Welland and Euzhan Palcy, based upon André Brinks novel of the same name, robert Bolt also contributed uncredited revisions of the screenplay. It is set in South Africa and deals with the subject of apartheid, Brando was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 1976, in South Africa during apartheid, Ben Du Toit is a South African school teacher at a school for whites only. After Ben refuses to help because of his trust in the police, against the will of his family, Ben tries to find out more about the disappearance of his gardener by himself. Seeing the disenfranchisement and helplessness of the people, he decides to bring this incident up before a court with Ian McKenzie as lawyer. Afterwards, he continues to act by himself and supports a group of blacks, including his driver Stanley Makhaya. The white police notices their intentions and detains some responsible persons, to file a civil suit, Ben collects affidavits and hides the information at his house. Ben lets his son in on his plans, gordons wife, Emily, is killed when she refuses to be evicted from her home. The daughter offers her father to get the documents to a safer place and they meet at a restaurant and Ben gives her the fake documents, which she delivers to the Captain Stolz. Instead of giving her the documents, Ben gave her a book about art, at the end, Ben is run over by Stolz. Stolz is shot by Stanley in revenge, director Euzhan Palcy was so passionate about creating an accurate portrayal on film that she traveled to Soweto undercover, posing as a recording artist, to research the riots. The salaries of Sutherland and Sarandon were also reduced and the film was budgeted at only $9 million, the film was shot at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, England and on location in Zimbabwe. Dave Grusin composed the score that is mostly on the side for the movie. There is no major theme here other than South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela’s mournful flugelhorn passages during the film’s saddest scenes, kritzerland released the soundtrack on CD, featuring 15 songs from the film’s soundtrack and four added bonus tracks. The CD of the soundtrack fails to mention contributing musicians, including Hugh Masekela, the film was released at a time when South Africa was undergoing great political upheaval and regular demonstrations. The film itself was banned by South African censors, who said it could harm President F. W. de Klerks attempts at apartheid reform. The ban was lifted in September 1989 and the movie was screened at the Weekly Mail Film Festival in Johannesburg
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JFK (film)
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JFK is a 1991 American conspiracy-thriller film directed by Oliver Stone. It examines the events leading to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the film was adapted by Stone and Zachary Sklar from the books On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison and Crossfire, The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs. Stone described this account as a counter-myth to the Warren Commissions fictional myth, the film became embroiled in controversy. After a slow start at the box office, the film picked up momentum. JFK was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won two for Best Cinematography and Best Film Editing. It was the most successful of three films Stone made about American presidents, followed by Nixon with Anthony Hopkins in the title role and W. with Josh Brolin as George W. Bush. The film opens with footage, including the farewell address in 1961 of outgoing President Dwight D. Eisenhower. This is followed by a summary of John F. Kennedys years as president, emphasizing the events that, in Stones thesis and this builds to a reconstruction of the assassination on November 22,1963. New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison subsequently learns about potential links to the assassination in New Orleans, Kennedys suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald is killed by Jack Ruby, and Garrison closes the investigation. The investigation is reopened in 1966 after Garrison reads the Warren Report, Garrison and his staff interrogate several witnesses to the Kennedy assassination, and others involved with Oswald, Ruby, and Ferrie. One such witness is Willie OKeefe, a male prostitute serving five years in prison for soliciting, as well as briefly meeting Oswald, OKeefe was romantically involved with a man called Clay Bertrand. Garrisons staff also test the single bullet theory by aiming an empty rifle from the window through which Oswald was alleged to have shot Kennedy and they conclude that Oswald was too poor a marksman to make the shots, indicating someone else, or multiple marksmen, were involved. In 1968, Garrison meets a figure in Washington D. C. who identifies himself as X. X explains that the President was killed because he wanted to pull the United States out of the Vietnam War, X encourages Garrison to keep digging and prosecute New Orleans-based international businessman Clay Shaw for his alleged involvement. Upon interrogating Shaw, the businessman denies any knowledge of meeting Ferrie, OKeefe or Oswald, some of Garrisons staff begin to doubt his motives and disagree with his methods, and leave the investigation. Garrisons marriage is strained when his wife Liz complains that he is spending time on the case than with his own family. After a sinister phone call is made to their daughter, Liz accuses Garrison of being selfish, in addition, the media launches attacks on television and in newspapers attacking Garrisons character and criticizing the way his office is spending taxpayers money. Some key witnesses become scared and refuse to testify while others, before his death, Ferrie tells Garrison that he believes people are after him, and reveals there was a conspiracy around Kennedys death
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Outbreak (film)
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Outbreak is a 1995 American medical disaster film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and loosely based on Richard Prestons nonfiction book, The Hot Zone. It stars Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman, and co-stars Cuba Gooding Jr. Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland, the film focuses on an outbreak of a fictional Ebola-like virus, Motaba, in Zaire and later in a small town in the United States. It is primarily set in the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, outbreaks plot speculates how far military and civilian agencies might go to contain the spread of a deadly, contagious disease. The film, released on March 10,1995, was a box-office success, a real-life outbreak of the Ebola virus was occurring in Zaire when the film was released. A virus called Motaba causing a fever, is discovered in the African jungle in 1967. To keep the virus a secret, U. S. Army officers Donald McClintock, in 1995, the virus resurfaces in Zaire. Colonel Sam Daniels, a USAMRIID virologist, is sent to investigate and he and his crew—Lieutenant Colonel Casey Schuler and new recruit Major Salt—gather information and return to the United States. Daniels asks his superior, Brigadier General William Ford, to issue an alert, Betsy, a white-headed capuchin monkey, is smuggled into the United States. When James Jimbo Scott—an employee of the Biotest animal-holding facility—steals Betsy and brings her to Cedar Creek, California, to sell on the black market, Jimbo fails to sell Betsy to Rudy Alvarez, a pet-store owner who wanted a male for a customer. Rudy is also infected, and Jimbo releases the monkey in the woods. He develops symptoms on a flight to Boston and infects his girlfriend and they are hospitalized, and Dr. Roberta Keough—a CDC scientist and Daniels ex-wife—investigates their illness. Jimbo, Alice, and Rudy die, but Keough determines that no one else in Boston was infected, technicians at a Cedar Creek hospital, including Henry, run tests on Rudys blood, Henry is infected when he accidentally breaks a vial of Rudys blood. It is later found that the virus mutated into a capable of spreading like influenza. Daniels learns about the infection and flies to Cedar Creek against Fords orders, joining Keoughs team with Schuler, as they begin a search for the host animal, the U. S. Army quarantines the town and imposes martial law. Schuler is infected when his tears, and Keough accidentally sticks herself with a contaminated needle. Ford provides an experimental serum to treat the sick, and Daniels realizes that he was aware of the virus before the outbreak, to prevent Daniels from finding a cure, McClintock has him arrested for carrying the virus. Daniels escapes, and he and Salt fly a helicopter to the ship which carried Betsy, Daniels obtains a picture of Betsy and releases it to the media, Mrs. Jeffries realizes that her daughter Kate has been playing with Betsy in their yard and calls the CDC. Daniels and Salt arrive at the Jeffries house, and Salt tranquilizes Betsy after Kate coaxes her out of hiding, when he learns from Daniels about Betsys capture, Ford delays the bombing
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A Time to Kill (1996 film)
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A Time to Kill is a 1996 American crime drama film adaptation of John Grishams 1989 novel of the same name, directed by Joel Schumacher. Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, and Kevin Spacey star, with Oliver Platt, Ashley Judd, Kiefer and Donald Sutherland, and Patrick McGoohan appearing in supporting roles. Set in Canton, Mississippi, the film involves the rape of a girl, the arrest of the rapists, their subsequent murder by the girls father. The film was a critical and commercial success, making $152 million at the box office. In Canton, Mississippi, two white supremacists, Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard, kidnap a ten-year-old African-American girl named Tonya. They violently rape and beat her and dump her in a river after a failed attempt to hang her, she survives. Tonyas father, Carl Lee Hailey, contacts Jake Brigance, a white lawyer, Brigance admits the possibility that the rapists will walk free. Carl Lee goes to the county courthouse and opens fire with an automatic rifle, Brigance agrees to defend Carl Lee. The rape and subsequent revenge killing gain national media attention, the district attorney, Rufus Buckley, decides to seek the death penalty, and presiding Judge Omar Noose denies Brigance a change of venue. Brigance seeks help from his team, law student Ellen Roark, close friend Harry Rex Vonner, and former mentor and longtime activist Lucien Wilbanks. The Ku Klux Klan begins to organize in the area, klansman Freddie Lee Cobb—Billy Rays brother—targets Brigance, burning a cross on his lawn and threatening his wife and daughter. When Brigance refuses to back down, Cobb kidnaps and assaults Roark, the presiding judge refuses Brigances request for a change of venue to a more ethnically diverse county, meaning that Carl Lee will have an all-white jury. Dispirited, Brigance tells Carl Lee that there is hope for an acquittal. Carl Lee replies that he had him as an attorney because even a racist jury would listen to a white man, as one of the bad guys. During closing arguments, a deeply shaken Brigance tells the jury to close their eyes and he describes, in slow and painful detail, the rape of a 10-year-old girl, recalling the story of Tonyas rape. He then asks the jury, in his comment, to now imagine shes white. After deliberation, a black child out of the courthouse and screams. Jubilation ensues amongst the supporters outside, the Klan, enraged, begins yelling in anger
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Without Limits
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Without Limits is a 1998 biographical sports film. It is written and directed by Robert Towne and follows the relationship between record-breaking distance runner Steve Prefontaine and his coach Bill Bowerman, who later co-founded Nike, billy Crudup plays Prefontaine and Donald Sutherland plays Bowerman. It also stars Monica Potter, Jeremy Sisto, Judith Ivey, Matthew Lillard, without Limits was produced by Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner, and released and distributed by Warner Bros. Due to a very low-key promotional campaign, the $25 million film grossed only $777,000 at the box office, Sutherland received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Three years later, the two worked together on the film Personal Best and they explored the idea. In 1994, the two gathered and Moore began writing a script for Towne to direct, explaining how Tom Cruise got involved in the project, Moore said, Towne originally envisioned Cruise in the role of Prefontaine, but it was decided he was too old. He also watched footage of Prefontaine to imitate his moves. Tommy Lee Jones, Harrison Ford and Clint Eastwood were considered for the part of Bowerman but they all turned it down, Monica Potter played the role of Prefontaines girlfriend and spent a lot of time with Mary Marckx to prepare for the part. The film was shot on location in Oregon using the University of Oregons Hayward Field, scenes were also filmed at Heceta Beach, Oregon. Bill Bowermans house served as a shooting location, after two months of filming in Oregon, the production moved to Los Angeles to film the Munich sequences at Citrus College. Some visuals of the Munich Olympics came from the documentary Visions of Eight, on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 79% fresh approval rating with an average score of 6. 6/10, based on 38 reviews
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The Italian Job (2003 film)
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The Italian Job is a 2003 American heist film directed by F. Gary Gray, written by Wayne and Donna Powers and produced by Donald DeLine. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Jason Statham, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Mos Def and Donald Sutherland. It is an American remake of the 1969 British film of the same name, despite the shared title, the plot and characters of this film differ from those of its source material, Gray described the film as an homage to the original. Most of the film was shot on location in Venice and Los Angeles, distributed by Paramount Pictures, The Italian Job was theatrically released in the United States on May 30,2003, and grossed over $176 million worldwide. Critical response was positive, with publications highlighting the action sequences. A sequel, The Brazilian Job, has reportedly been in development since 2004, John Bridger, a professional safecracker, has assembled a team to steal 35 million dollars worth of gold bullion from a safe in Venice, held by Italian gangsters who had stolen it weeks earlier. The team includes Charlie Croker, a thief, Lyle, or Napster, a computer expert, Handsome Rob, their wheelman, Steve, their inside man. They successfully complete the theft by stealing the actual safe and stealing the gold from it after the safe lands underwater while the gangsters are occupied with a led by Rob. After leaving the city, the team agrees to split up the gold, however, Steve turns on them, in the Alps near Austrian border, he and his own men intercept their van on a bridge and take the gold. When John confronts him, Steve kills him, Rob drives the van into the lake off a bridge, where they keep themselves alive using oxygen tanks from the heist. Steve assumes they are dead and leaves with the gold, the group monitor Steves expensive mansion in Los Angeles, identifying the various security details. Charlie guides Stella, disguised as a cable repair representative, through Steves mansion to scope out its interior using a hidden camera. Steve flirts with Stella while she is there, unaware of her connection to John, however, the group finds that Steves neighbors are having a party, and their use of explosives will certainly draw attention, so they bail on the plan. During their date, Stella accidentally reveals her connection to John to Steve by citing a proverb that John always used to say, Steve becomes suspicious and demands to know who she is working for. Following this, Steve becomes paranoid, knowing that Charlie and the others are looking to steal the gold back. When Yevhen unintentionally reveals his knowledge of the Venice heist, Steve kills him to keep him quiet, news of Yevhens death reaches his cousin, Mashkov, a leading member of a Ukrainian crime family. Mashkov traces a link to Skinny Pete, since he traced the gold over Yevhen, and confronts him, and Skinny Pete is forced to reveal Charlies involvement. Meanwhile, Steve makes plans to move his safe with the gold to Mexico, on the day of transport, they are surprised when three trucks leave Steves mansion with Steve monitoring them overhead by helicopter, but soon determine that two are decoys
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Cold Mountain (film)
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Cold Mountain is a 2003 American epic war drama film written and directed by Anthony Minghella. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Charles Frazier. The film tells the story of a deserter from the Confederate army close to the end of the American Civil War. Cold Mountain opened to reviews from critics and won several major awards. Renée Zellweger won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and it was also a success at the box office and became a sleeper hit grossing more than double its budget worldwide. The film makes numerous allusions to Homers The Odyssey, when North Carolina secedes from the Union on May 20,1861, the young men of a rural North Carolina town on Cold Mountain hurry to enlist in the Confederate States Army. Inman, a carpenter who has fallen in love with Ada, a preachers daughter, three years later, Inman finds himself at the Battle of the Crater. Union soldiers tunnel beneath Confederate fortifications and detonate kegs of gunpowder prior to an attack against the rebels. Oakley, Inmans acquaintance from Cold Mountain, is seriously wounded, Inman gets him to a field hospital, where Oakley dies with Inman beside him and friend Stobrod Thewes playing him a song on his fiddle. Inman and his Cherokee friend Swimmer are sent, with other Cold Mountain men, during the raid, friendly fire kills Swimmer and seriously wounds Inman. As Inman lies in the hospital near death, he reads a letter from Ada in which she pleads him to stop fighting, stop marching. Inman recovers, and–with the war drawing closer to an inevitable Confederate defeat–deserts to return to Cold Mountain. Inman meets the corrupt preacher Reverend A. Veasey, who is about to drown his pregnant slave lover, Inman stops Veasey and leaves him tied up to face the towns justice. Exiled from his parish, Veasey later joins Inman on his journey and they help a young man named Junior butcher his cow, and join him and his family for dinner. When Junior goes out to his trapline, the women in his family seduce Veasey and it is a ploy, as Junior soon returns with the Confederate Home Guard, and both Inman and Veasey are led away with other deserters. During a skirmish with Union cavalry, Veasey is killed and Inman left for dead, an elderly hermit living in the woods finds him and nurses him back to health. Inman meets a young widow named Sara, who is raising her infant child Ethan alone. The next morning, a party of Union foragers arrive demanding food, Sara orders Inman away for his protection, but he hides close by
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Aurora Borealis (film)
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Aurora Borealis is a 2005 romantic drama film directed by James C. E. Burke and starring Joshua Jackson, Donald Sutherland, Juliette Lewis, and Louise Fletcher. The film was produced between November 3-December 19,2003, Duncan is an unemployed youth, trying to cope with the death of his father ten years ago. The film is set in Minneapolis, Minnesota, duncans grandparents, Ronald and Ruth move into an apartment with a very nice view. Ron claims that he has seen the Northern Lights aka Aurora Borealis from the balcony, Ron is fast deteriorating with Alzheimers disease. Kate is the assistant of Ron and Ruth. In order to be close to his grandparents, Duncan finds a job as a handyman at the building where they are staying, there he meets Kate and the two quickly fall in love. Meanwhile, Duncan takes care of Ron and helps out Ron in coping with his condition, Duncan does not want to leave the town he grew up in. He is not able to free himself from his fears of the past, Ron nudges him to do something with his life. He tells Kate that Duncan needs someone who can push him to action, Kate too suggests that Duncan move on with his life. Kate announces that she has chosen to move to San Diego and this hurts Duncan, but he is still not ready to leave. Ron wants to end his life and misery and he asks Duncan to buy him some shells for his shotgun. In a moment of despair, Duncan loads the shotgun and gives it to Ron, the gun goes off and Duncan runs inside. Ron follows but has an attack and dies. Kate leaves for San Diego and Duncan says his goodbyes, on reaching her new place, she sees Duncan at the doorstep, ready to give his life a fresh start. Aurora Borealis at the Internet Movie Database Aurora Borealis at the DVD Release Site
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The Hunger Games (film series)
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The Hunger Games film series consists of four science fiction dystopian adventure films based on The Hunger Games trilogy of novels, by the American author Suzanne Collins. Gary Ross directed the first film, while Francis Lawrence directed the three films. The first three films set records at the box office, the Hunger Games set records for the opening day and the biggest opening weekend for a non-sequel film. The Hunger Games, Catching Fire set the record for biggest opening weekend in the month of November, the Hunger Games, Mockingjay – Part 1 had the largest opening day and weekend of 2014. The Hunger Games is the 15th highest-grossing film franchise of all time, following the release of Suzanne Collins novel The Hunger Games, on September 14,2008, Hollywood film studios began looking to adapt the book into film. In March 2009, Color Force, an independent studio founded by producer Nina Jacobson, Jacobson then sought out production company Lionsgate to help her produce the film. Collins was also attached to adapt the novel, she began the first draft after completing the novel in the series. The search for a director began in 2010 with three directors in the running, David Slade, Sam Mendes, and Gary Ross, Ross was ultimately chosen to direct. By the time Collins had finished the script, Ross decided to go through the script with Collins, in October 2010, scripts were sent to the actors, and casting occurred between March and May 2011. The first role cast was of the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, as many as 30 actresses were in talks to play the part, with Jennifer Lawrence, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, and Chloë Grace Moretz being mentioned most. The role was given to Lawrence, the roles of Peeta Mellark, Katniss fellow tribute, and Gale Hawthorne, her best friend, began casting later that month. Top contenders for Peeta included Josh Hutcherson, Alexander Ludwig, Hunter Parrish, Evan Peters, contenders for Gale included Robbie Amell, Liam Hemsworth, David Henrie, and Drew Roy. On April 4, it was reported that Hemsworth had been cast as Gale, filming for the franchise began on May 23,2011 and finished on June 20,2014. Suzanne Collins and Louise Rosner acted as producers on the first two films. Other executive producers of the first film include Robin Bissell and Shantal Feghali, co-producers are Diana Alvarez, Martin Cohen, Louis Phillips, Bryan Unkeless, and Aldric Laauli Porter. Color Force and Lionsgate collaborated on all four films, Gary Ross directed the first film, and despite initially stating otherwise on April 10,2012, Lionsgate announced that Ross would not return to direct the sequel. Suzanne Collins began adapting the first book to film after she finished writing Mockingjay, Collins had experience in writing screenplays after writing Cliffords Puppy Days and other childrens television shows. When Gary Ross was announced as director for the film in 2010, he began to work with Collins, the script was large and resulted in a two-hour and 20 minute film
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Golden Globe Award
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Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign. The annual ceremony at which the awards are presented is a part of the film industrys awards season. The 74th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film, the 1st Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best achievements in 1943 filmmaking, was held in January 1944, at the 20th Century-Fox studios. Subsequent ceremonies were held at venues throughout the next decade, including the Beverly Hills Hotel. In 1950, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association made the decision to establish an honorary award to recognize outstanding contributions to the entertainment industry. Recognizing its subject as a figure within the entertainment industry. The official name of the award became the Cecil B. In 1963, the Miss Golden Globe concept was introduced, in its inaugural year, two Miss Golden Globes were named, one for film and one for television. The two Miss Golden Globes named that year were Eva Six and Donna Douglas, respectively, in 2009, the Golden Globe statuette was redesigned. It was unveiled at a conference at the Beverly Hilton prior to the show. The broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards, telecast to 167 countries worldwide, generally ranks as the third most-watched awards show each year, behind only the Oscars, gervais returned to host the 68th and 69th Golden Globe Awards the next two years. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the 70th, 71st and 72nd Golden Globe Awards in 2015, the Golden Globe Awards theme song, which debuted in 2012, was written by Japanese musician and songwriter Yoshiki Hayashi. On January 7,2008, it was announced due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. The ceremony was faced with a threat by striking writers to picket the event, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was forced to adopt another approach for the broadcast. In acting categories, Meryl Streep holds the record for the most competitive Golden Globe wins with eight, however, including honorary awards, such as the Henrietta Award, World Film Favorite Actor/Actress Award, or Cecil B. DeMille Award, Barbra Streisand leads with nine, additionally, Streisand won for composing the song Evergreen, producing the Best Picture, and directing Yentl in 1984. Jack Nicholson, Angela Lansbury, Alan Alda and Shirley MacLaine have six awards each, behind them are Rosalind Russell and Jessica Lange with five wins. Meryl Streep also holds the record for most nominations with thirty, at the 46th Golden Globe Awards an anomaly occurred, a three way-tie for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
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Citizen X
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The film is based on Robert Cullens non-fiction book The Killer Department. A body is discovered on a farm during harvesting in 1982. A subsequent search of adjacent woods, authorized by newly installed official, Viktor Burakov, chikatilos crimes were not reported publicly for years. Local politicians were fearful such revelations would have a impact on the USSRs image. Chikatilo first came under scrutiny early in the search when he was spotted at a station, unfortunately, he was shielded from investigation and released due to his membership in the Communist Party. Additionally, the Soviet crime labs erroneously reported that his blood type did not match that found at the murders, all this changed under the political reforms of glasnost and Perestroika, and the search for the killer began to make progress. Three stations, however, are left unattended, except for undercover agents, Chikatilo is eventually discovered and identified through the diligence of a local, plainclothes soldier. Arrested, Andrei Chikatilo is interrogated for seven days by Gorbunov. Chikatilo will not yield and, under pressure from Fetisov, psychiatrist Bukhanovsky is introduced, afterwards, Chikatilo leads law enforcement officials to the crime scenes and three additional undetected graves. Held in a cage during his trial, a wild-eyed Chikatilo is convicted and sentenced to death. The movie was entirely in Hungary. The station where Chikatilo picks his victims is the Hatvan railway station, the smaller, arched train shelter scene was shot in Nagymaros. Several other scenes were shot in the Gödöllő Railway Station, the film was directed by Chris Gerolmo, who additionally wrote the screenplay in addition to playing a minor role in the movie as a militiaman. It earned an 86 percent score at the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. Scott Weinberg of eFilmCritic. com described it as Fascinating and absorbing, one of HBOs finest made-for-cable flicks. Citizen X has been released on DVD in the US, Holland, though the film received theatrical release in some territories and was exhibited in widescreen 1.85,1 aspect ratio, all the DVDs reflect the 1.33,1 TV aspect ratio. The score for Citizen X was composed and conducted by Randy Edelman and it has been released on CD in the US by Varèse Sarabande. The Man in the Iron Cage, A Russian Horror Story
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Path to War
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It was the final film that was directed by Frankenheimer, who died seven weeks after the film debuted on HBO. It was also the last film produced by Edgar J. Scherick in his lifetime, Lyndon B. Johnson wins the 1964 U. S. presidential election by a landslide. His administration strives to advance civil rights and do good work. Sutherland won a 2002 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for his performance as Clifford,2002 in television Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson Path to War at the Internet Movie Database Official site
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Genie Awards
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Genie Awards were given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. From 1949–1979, the awards were named the Canadian Film Awards, in 1980 they were renamed The Genie Awards. Peer-group juries, assembled from members of the Academy, meet to screen the submissions. Academy members then vote on these nominations, the Genie Awards were originally aired by CBC from 1979 to 2003, before moving to CHUM Limiteds networks. After CTVglobemedia purchased CHUM Limited, the Genie Awards moved to Canwest Globals E, the last two Genie Awards were broadcast by the CBC. The following is a listing of all Genie Awards ceremonies, the Special Achievement Genie is an award given irregularly to an individual or individuals in recognition of lifetime achievement or an important career milestone. Prix Jutra - Canadian French-language counterpart Canadian Screen Awards Official website Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
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