widows ' peak is a 1994 british-irish film which stars mia farrow , joan plowright , natasha richardson , adrian dunbar and jim broadbent and was directed by john irvin .

the film is based on an original screenplay by hugh leonard and tim hayes .

widows ' peak

american actress mia farrow on the set of ' widows ' peak ' by british director john irvin .
american actress mia farrow on the set of ' widows ' peak ' by british director john . . .
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pedigree of lobed / unlobed ears or widows peak in 3 generations of your family or someone elses for extra credit .
why do widows peaks look so much worse , more recessed than other shaped mature hairlines ? i have a widows peak and i hate it . it makes the recession much more pronounced and harder to hide ! are there any good hairstyles for a norwood 2 / 2 . 5 widows peak ? i ' m only 19 so mature hairlines aren ' t very common at my age .
so it seems there are two factors : whether there will be an acknowledgement of peak oil and how peak oil begins to impact the consumer .
the name comes from the hairline’s resemblance to the hoods widows used to wear after the death of their husbands during mourning .
pingback : richard heinberg . january 31 , 2015 . after the peak . urltoken | peak energy & resources , climate change , and the preservation of knowledge
kourtney kardashian is a famous widow’s peak - er . ( picture : getty )
widows ' peak is chiefly a comedy , and the main weakness is the choice of director - - john irvin - - who is best known for action movies and , on this evidence , should stick with them .
many projections for human population predict a peak and rapid fall – with the peak a few years after peak oil . most of those projections are based on widespread famine due to energy issues – but obviously climate change could add to the problem .
the sod species - - sometimes known as the common or garden variety of widows - - is relieved of the burdens of a spouse .
nyong & apos ; o faked a widows peak at the critics & apos ; choice awards on feb . 19 . celeb stylist ted gibson created the look using a fiber filling agent on her hairline and set it with hairspray .
i have a widow’s peak and i hate it . how can i hide it ?
edwina has just moved into the neighborhood known as
widows ' peak ,
so called due to the prevalent marital status of the residents , who tend to be a rather exclusive bunch . the residents . . . see full summary »
the widows of the title live in comfy cottages all clustered together on a hill outside of town . and in these years right after world war i , which took a toll of a generation of young men , there are a lot of widows . they are ruled over by a dowager named mrs .
ponytails and slicked back hair are to be avoided if you’re not a fan of your widow’s peak ( which you should be , because they look great . embrace your peak ) .
when a stranger moves to widows ' peak , she turns the town upside down with her devious lies and shocking secrets . she seduces the men , enrages the women , and unleases a major scandal , but its all part of an astonishing plan .
loads of people have one , both men and women can be blessed with a widow’s peak , and celebrities from leonardo dicaprio to kourtney kardashian are out there representing the good widow’s peak name .
do you think that a widow ' s peak makes a celebrity more attractive ? do you think these hollywood stars should have opted for windows peak removal ? share your thoughts in the comments section .
it might not even be possible to change our ways fast enough to deal with the peak oil problem - although i personally believe we could deal with peak oil from a technical point of view .
whether or not you have a widow’s peak appears to be genetic – the same as other hairlines .
high prices for fossil fuels is the only viable solution to both climate change and peak fossil fuels .
so we hit peak or plateau very soon . what do you think happens next in the us ?
lupita nyong ' o wears a widow ' s peak style at the 2014 critics ' choice awards .
so , in an homage to widow ' s peaks and to sympathize with all my fellow widow ' s peak - ers out there , here are seven things humans with a widow ' s peak will understand .
i guess hawaiians go to sleep early . here in spain the winter evening peak starts right at sunset .
widows ' peak parfum de scandale / fine line features and rank film distributors with the participation of british screen presents a jo manual production of a john irvin film ; original story and screenplay by hugh leonard ; producers , jo manuel and steven d . mackler ; directed by john irvin .
widows - - ireland - - drama . older women - - drama . femmes fatales - - drama . scandals - - drama . feature films . fiction films . comedy films .
a widow’s peak can easily be hidden with a different parting – anything side - swept will work the best .
it is hard to draw a firm line between widow ' s peak and straight hairline , and there is no published evidence about whether it is influenced by genetics . you should not use widow ' s peak to demonstrate simple genetics .
lupita nyong ' o wears a side - swept peak at hollywood reporter ' s nominees party on feb . 10 .
widows ' peak [ videorecording ] parfum de scandale / fine line features and rank film distributors with the participation of british screen presents a jo manual production of a john irvin film ; original story and screenplay by hugh leonard ; producers , jo manuel and steven d . mackler ; directed by john irvin . – national library
to me chaos might occur once the peak is widely recognized , in the mean time there will be an economic slowdown .
we aim to answer most of our customers calls within 5 minutes , however during peak times this may be slightly longer .
i found only two papers that have looked at widow ' s peak in the general population . smith and cohen ( 1973 ) looked at photographs of male medical students and concluded that 32 out of 1039 ( 3 % ) had a
slight but noticeable
widow ' s peak and one had a
more distinctive and obvious
widow ' s peak . nusbaum and fuentefria ( 2009 ) looked at 360 women in hair salons and concluded that 81 % of them had a widow ' s peak .
given the problems we are looking at involving peak oil , peak water , desertification , loss of farmland to development , growing population , iffy climate etc we will be extremely lucky if we can just maintain food production at a level adequate to prevent mass starvation .
what i experienced when i was young was that i just wanted to fit in . i had a big forehead and got bullied a lot , i had a widows peak and they called me eddie munster . i used to shave it off because i wasn ' t comfortable with me and then i found out that vanessa williams had one too . it took all that time for me to realize that having a widows peak was being unique . having friends that teased me made me feel like i really need to get to know me because if they are teasing me , then i have to have something else that i need to feel good about . thats was me finding the strength from within .
there are several papers on people with rare genetic disorders who are more likely to have a widow ' s peak ; see the omim entry . however , i do not know of any family or twin studies of widow ' s peak in the general population . unless i ' ve failed to find some old paper , there is no published evidence that widow ' s peak has a genetic basis .
the peak of c + c is what is important , output data on extra heavy oil is hard to find because the data from venezuela is not very good , so far , we have not seen a peak in the 12 month moving average of world c + c output .
that process definitely took some time . but let me tell you , my widow ' s peak and i have been amicably acquainted ever since .
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it is better to just look at c + c output and the most reliable source for this data is the us eia . i would look at the trailing 12 month moving average to determine the peak and i would not call a peak until we have fallen to 96 % of that peak using a 12 month moving average , otherwise we may just be on an undulating plateau . chart below with world c + c from eia .
a witty and funny revenge story — i don’t want to tell you too many details , but basically natasha richardson plays the new addition to a rather exclusive community of widows ( played by joan plowright and mia farrow , among others ) . nice 1920s costuming .
this led to an old wives’ tale that anyone with a widow’s peak was destined for early widowhood , because their significant other would die young . dark .
the synchronized swimmer on the left has a widow ' s peak ( w ) ; the swimmer on the right has a straight hairline ( s ) .
look 1 ) her shaded - in widow ' s peak ( created by ted gibson using a fiber filling agent ) at the critics ' choice awards .
widow ' s peak
is another of those sly , witty , quietly ribald comedies that have been coming out of ireland in the last few years .
list of famous people with widow ' s peaks , loosely ranked by fame and popularity . a widow ' s peak is the point where an individual ' s hairline makes a “v” , usually in the center of the forehead . the name widow ' s peak , refers to the point of a widow ' s hood , and is rumored to be predictor that the individual will become a widow / widower . the criteria of a widow ' s peak differs in various studies .
it has been my experience that when people talk about stuff like banking and gold and peak oil etc that the typical potential reader lacks background familiarity with these subjects .
i know you are talking about sao paulo , but i cannot help think about peak oil . the contingency plans should have been made 25 years ago , they weren’t .
ok , gang , now it ' s time to discuss . do you have a peak ? and if you do , do you hide it or let it show ?
in addition to ambiguities about who does or does not have a widow ' s peak , there is the problem of age . the hairline of many men recedes over time , and it often recedes more slowly in the middle . it could therefore be difficult to distinguish between a receding hairline and a true widow ' s peak in adult men .
for goodness sake , think about it man . the peak will be , by definition , the point when more oil is produced than any other time in history . that is the very definition of a peak . and when we are at the peak , when there is more oil coming out of the ground than at any point in history , there will be every reason to be exuberant , every reason to believe the glut will continue . theye will very likely be no reason for tha average cornucopian to preceive the coming disaster .
set in the 1920s in a village named kilshannon , it tells the story of a tightly knit group of widows and a stranger who shakes things up . the movie does , it turns out , have a plot , and even a surprise twist ending . but they ' re not really the point :
widow ' s peak
is more about sharp - edged humor and barbed tongues and women who maintain a facade of perfect respectability while getting up to all sorts of mischief .
while some people have suggested that a widow’s peak is a dominant trait controlled by one single gene , there hasn’t been enough research to support this claim . which complicates things a bit .
anwr . only after that has been opened and has reached a peak in production will you see the state move even just one millimeter down on the path to moving away from oil .
unfortunately , neither of these sets of authors defined what they counted as a widow ' s peak . to find a picture of people with and without a widow ' s peak , i searched for images of synchronized swimmers ( because they wear their hair pulled back , and because they look goofy ) . i had to look at a lot of pictures before i found the clear widow ' s peak in the picture above , so i think that nusbaum and fuentefria ( 2009 ) must have used a very loose definition of widow ' s peak if they counted 81 % of women as having one . unless there is a very large difference between males and females , smith and cohen ( 1973 ) must have used a much stricter definition in their study .
texas associated gas feinted a peak back in september of 2013 but turned back up again in only a couple of months . now we seem to have another peak in august 2014 . will it hold ? if oil production drops then there is little doubt that it will . associated gas comes up with the oil . so what happened in september to cause associated gas to drop ?
i was never too worried about peak oil until i realized exploration wasn’t paying off . this meant oil companies collectively weren’t finding oil to produce in the future . and this trend continues today .
to start with , let’s just cover what a widow’s peak actually is . it’s a hairline in the shape of a v , the bottom of the v at the front centre of the forehead .
smith , d . w . , and m . m . cohen . 1973 . widow ' s peak scalp - hair anomaly and its relation to ocular hypertelorism . lancet 2 : 1127 - 1128
that quote is correct only if you believe in hubbert’s symmetrical curve . if you subscribe to ugo bardi’s more credible “seneca cliff” scenario , then the 50 % point is reached well before the peak .
“when the second plant comes online this summer , peak solar output on kauai will approach 80 percent of power generation on some days , according to brad rockwell , the utility’s power supply manager . ”
several famous men also have widow ' s peaks . leonardo dicaprio has a widow ' s peak , as does his “inception” director christopher nolan . men don ' t have the luxury of styling their hair to either enhance or diminish their widow ' s peaks . when a celebrity ' s hairline begins to recede a widow ' s peak becomes even more prominent as is the case with jude law .
do you ever wonder where phrases come from ? while i can typically guess what sayings are derived from , the one that has always stumped me was the widow ' s peak . having done some light research , i found that a widow ' s peak was named after the peaked hood widowed wives would wear at the funeral of their significant other back in the day . it ' s also said to pre - determine a husband or wives ' death , when either one of them starts to loose hair and develops a widow ' s peak in the process ( usually common among aging men ) .
fernando , in permitting stage with with first oil in early 2017 . estimated peak production of 9 , 000 barrels of oil per day . now called 1h news ( northeast west sak ) weird name !
some people have a prominent v - shaped point at the front of their hairline , called a widow ' s peak , while other people have a hairline that goes straight across . widow ' s peak is sometimes used to illustrate basic genetics ; the myth is that it is controlled by one gene with two alleles , and the allele for widow ' s peak is dominant over the allele for straight hairline . there is no evidence that this myth is true . i do not know how the myth got started ; i have searched the literature thoroughly , and i have not found any scientific papers that make this claim .
no need for baseload . storage can support night time load , which is much less than day time . day time peak sunlight recharges the batteries . it works perfectly . solar with storage is the future .
who is the most famous person with a widow ' s peak ? marilyn monroe tops our list . the “some like it hot” actress , had a prominent widow ' s peak in her early work , but reportedly she had electrolysis to remove it when she became more successful . women with widow ' s peaks frequently style their hair as to not highlight their hairline . other famous women with widow ' s peaks include blake lively , brooke shields and kourtney kardashian .
other celebrities who have a widow ' s peak include nicole kidman , eva longoria , and anne hathaway . and like i said before , guys have them too , including leonardo dicaprio ( swoon ) and keanu reeves . as cheesy as it might sound , it ' s nice to be able to follow a celebrity to get inspiration for haircuts or styles . we all have someone in hollywood to reference , and finding a favorite with a widow ' s peak is even better .
combining the two we get texas total gas . associated gas has kept texas total gas from peaking… so far . but with both oil and gas prices extremely low it appears we have reached at least another temporary peak in texas gas production .
while a few people are able to focus on the long term the vast majority of people are followers who think ”they ” will take care of it - whatever ”it” might be . peak oil , ebola , bad hair day . whatever .
also , overpopulation can cause extinction – think of bacteria growing in a petri dish – the population follows a nice steady growth to a peak followed by rapid extinction . the same thing happens with reindeer in an isolated area with no predators .
this is very interesting news and as a resident of an island with a peak demand in the region of 600mw according to a graph on page 14 of this information booklet ( pdf ) , i plan to follow this as closely as possible .
dunbar has appeared in such notable films as my left foot , the crying game , and the general . he has also had leading roles in the films triggermen , shooters , how harry became a tree ( with colm meaney ) , richard iii , and widows ' peak . on television , he starred in the first episode of cracker , a fine performance as an innocent murder suspect with amnesia , and also the last episode of a touch of frost , and has been in many british productions , including tough love , inspector morse , kidnapped , murphy ' s law , murder in mind , ashes to ashes and the 2005 re - staging of the quatermass experiment .
mi > also , overpopulation can cause extinction – think of bacteria growing in a petri dish – the population follows a nice steady growth to a peak followed by rapid extinction . the same thing happens with reindeer in an isolated area with no predators .
edwina has just moved into the neighborhood known as
widows ' peak ,
so called due to the prevalent marital status of the residents , who tend to be a rather exclusive bunch . the residents are all curious about their new neighbor , but no one can seem to get much information about her , including queen bee mrs . dc , whose son is busy wooing edwina . miss o ' hare and edwina have an immediate dislike for each other , however , and soon some accidental encounters begin to look like edwina is trying to ruin her new rival . the problems escalate and the town is in an uproar , but they get no closer to solving the mystery of the newcomer .
long story short , it took time for me to realize that my widow ' s peak isn ' t a mistake or a problem i should constantly attempt to fix . it ' s my widow ' s peak , and it makes me a part of who i am . sure , i was young and naive thinking that getting rid of it would be for the best . but in reality , it ' s become a unique and distinct trait of mine , and now i wouldn ' t change it for anything .
i also found that very aggressive management with a short term outlook drives the project to a higher design peak and much faster declines . they compress field life , overspend on facilities , and make an overall mess out of things . but they get their bonuses .
eye color , dimples and freckles are physical traits we inherit from our parents that are obvious to the naked eye . but when was the last time you looked at someone ' s face and noticed a widow ' s peak ? our guess would be probably never .
the peak will only be recognized 5 to 10 years after it has occurred . one problem is that the initial decline will be gradual and people will think that output will go back up in the future . the second problem is that lots of other stuff is called “oil” and that will hide the peak in c + c to some degree . a third issue is that prices will increase and there may be an increase in extraction rates in response which will either slow the decline or possibly keep us on a plateau for a few years .
that’s with solar power delivering less than 1 / 3 of the peak demand . looks to me like this coop just needs a couple of smart ees to set their feet on the ground , and get their heads out of the clouds . this is an interesting debacle .
btw , if you didn’t see it , in the limits to growth update i linked above that way back in 1972 they predicted peak industrial output per capita would happen in 2015 . that seems about right if oil peaks . they showed population peaking about 10 years later .
see how her hair makes a
v
in the center there along her hairline ? that ' s a widow ' s peak and since you can hide them with bangs , you don ' t see them on the red carpet all that often . not that i get why - - i think they give your face a lovely heart shape ( even if that ' s not technically your
face shape
) . and , hey , guys have them , too . ever notice vince vaugh ' s hairline ? widow ' s peak .
i’m not sure a peak will necessarily be associated with a glut . it could be much worse : demand increases and production can’t satisfy it , which leads to price increases , but the price we need is too high , efficiency / demand destruction and replacement sources kick in .
but what we do know is that your hairline is determined by genetics in some way – people either have a straight hairline , or they’ll have some suggestion of a widow’s peak . if you have one , it’s likely that one of your parents or grandparents has one , too .
if you look at us lower48 output after the peak the p / q vs q plot did not steepen as you suggest except in the short term from 1970 to 1980 ( 95 , 000 to 125 , 000 mmb ) , i doubt that this will happen for the world either .
it ' s a genetic trait that only seems to affect a handful of us ( what could it be ? ) . but those of us lucky or unlucky enough ( depending on how you view these things ) to be graced with one know the benefits and downfalls of having a widow ' s peak ( dun , dun , dun ) . spooky right ? actually , not at all . if you ' re not already familiar with a widow ' s peak , it ' s a small , v - shaped patch of hair right at the top of where the forehead hits the hairline .
the widow ' s peak is often more prominent on males . you could hardly miss it on actors john travolta and leonardo dicaprio , rocker gavin rossdale and u . s . representative paul ryan . however , side parts , swooped bangs and other styling tricks make it stand out less on the ladies .
furthermore , when peak oil arrives ( probably very soon ) then gdp growth is impossible . what happens to the theory of net present value in a falling energy supply environment ? ? ? what does that do to perceived value of stocks , bonds , retirement accounts and all the other assorted paper garbage ?
there have been a few times when i managed to work around my widow ' s peak and create a nice ponytail , but it ' s always a struggle . one that i ' m usually too lazy to deal with , honestly . i guess my greasy , oily hair will make another appearance today .
dc wrote : “if you look at us lower48 output after the peak the p / q vs q plot did not steepen as you suggest except in the short term from 1970 to 1980 ( 95 , 000 to 125 , 000 mmb ) , i doubt that this will happen for the world either . ”
with extraordinary access to saudis—from key religious leaders and dissident imams to women at university and impoverished widows , from government officials and political dissidents to young successful saudis and those who chose the path of terrorism—house argues that most saudis do not want democracy but seek change nevertheless ; they want a government that provides basic services without subjecting citizens to the indignity of begging princes for handouts ; a government less corrupt and more transparent in how it spends hundreds of billions of annual oil revenue ; a kingdom ruled by law , not royal whim .
the brave tars who survived the terrible onslaught of the iron - clad steamer merrimac on the frigates congress and cumberland , received a most flattering welcome at the academy of music last evening . besides the handsome sum realized from the sale of tickets , large amounts were subscribed to a fund , which is to be devoted to the relief of the wounded and the widows and orphans of the killed , so that , aside from the personal testimonial to the survivors , there will be a more substantial return for the sufferers and their families .
it came out during our discussion about baby hairs that not only do a lot of you have a widow ' s peak , but that little point of hair down your forehead is stressing some of you out . well , behold : this kardashian has one , and she ' s clearly not averse to showcasing it .
considering i have a widow ' s peak , its existence has certainly crossed my mind more than a few times . when i was younger and finally grew my hair out after years of having it cut super short , i didn ' t understand why that part of my hair grew outside of my regular hairline . i admit that i even attempted to pluck it goodbye so my ponytail would look sleeker . and while i would never recommend that , or try to do it today , it definitely took time for me to understand my widow ' s peak , appreciate it for what it was , and accept it as a quintessential trait of my aesthetic .
a widow ' s peak is a dominant physical trait where the hairline dips into a v - shape near the center of the forehead . the expression comes from the belief that it was a sign of early widowhood , though the trait has also been considered a mark of beauty . ( we prefer the more positive outlook . )
a perfect ponytail is already the hardest thing to accomplish . throw a widow ' s peak into the equation and it ' s pretty much impossible to do . while that little tuft of hair might seem harmless , it poses the biggest threat to a sleek up - do where all your hair has to meet in one place .
that is , at some point between 2012 and the peak in the change rate in mid - to late 2013 and in absolute terms to date , it required consuming more than half of the incremental oil production , and at an accelerating rate of consumption , to produce what is merely an additional net ~ 500kbbl / day to date .
having said that , the size of the local grid poses another dilemma . with a peak demand of 600mw , it is not desireble to have any single plant larger than about 10 % of that or 60mw , for reasons that it will have to have back up of equal size in the event of a failure or downtime for scheduled maintenance .
we all have that one person whose hair we just totally and completely envy . for me , that person is blake lively . even though my frizzy , dark brown , bushy hair is nothing like her sleek , beach - kissed , dirty blonde locks , we do have one thing in common . you guessed it , a widow ' s peak .
i wonder what will happen when governpimps are not around to uphold land - theft of the commons . i have a feeling , or maybe just hope , that peak oil is about to dump large - scale centralized governments . kick them to the curb . some so - called landowners are just squatters on the commons . loiterers by their own laws .
” peak oil will be the point in time when more oil is produced than has ever been produced in the history of the world , or ever will be in the future of the world . it is far more likely that this period will be thought of as a time of an oil glut rather than a time of an oil shortage” . oilgasm .
thought for the day : peak oil will be the point in time when more oil is produced than has ever been produced in the history of the world , or ever will be in the future of the world . it is far more likely that this period will be thought of as a time of an oil glut rather than a time of an oil shortage .
that depends on one’s definition of conventional oil . my definition is all c + c except extra heavy oil . i think the peak in conventional oil may have been 2014 , though the data is not in , and the quantity of extra heavy oil produced is hard to estimate ( we have good data for canada , but not very good estimates for venezuela ) .
six to eight years away from peak oil ? then you need to explain where this growth will come from ? but first you need to explain where the growth will come from just to keep us even as most oil producing countries are now in decline . but we will need enough oil to overcome this decline then enough more to keep growing for six to eight years .
as long as the market is allowed to determine prices , as oil becomes scarce prices rise and consumption decreases . it would be better id the us government recognized the impending fossil fuel scarcity and raised taxes on fossil fuels to speed the transition to alternatives . we will have to wait until the peak is apparent even to fox news , before this is likely to occur .
a the hollywood reporter & apos ; s nominee party on feb . 10 , nyong & apos ; o styled her hair in a side - swept peak . hairstylist larry sims first applied go pro curls with larry sims butter bouncin cream on her damp hair and then blew it dry , using a mason pearson brush to create the
sloped shape ,
he told glamour .
compounding the low price effects is the flow of oil in the pipeline . the trans alaska pipeline system is currently only flowing at 25 percent of its peak production . with oil worth only about half what it was when our current state budget was developed , a $ 3 . 5 billion gap has formed between the amount being spent and the amount of oil revenue the state receives .
the world is at least another 6 to 8 years away from peak oil . the lack of demand will be the reason because of new transportation efficiencies . not an inability to produce more affordable oil . by 2030 most new vehicles will not be oil based powered and their co2 output will be reduced by 90 % . these changes to come are already locked in . the technology and cost are not an issue .
my estimate of world urr would be between 2 , 000 and 2 , 200 gb of conventional oil . counting extra heavy oil and oil sands only confuses things because any increase in production from these two sources will be slow and will not help mitigate the peak very much . you must have had heard the phrase : “it’s not the size of the tank that matters , it’s the size of the tap . ”
depends on which of the islands you’re referring to . the original source of this thread is kauai but i brought up the fact that their experience with the challenges posed for island grids with high penetrations of solar pv might be of interest to us where i live , an island with a peak power demand about ten times the size of kauai and a population about forty times as large ( 2 . 7 million ) .
your estimate of conventional resources is too low . it is at least 2500 gb . i have also been studying this for a long time , as has jean laherrere , i agree that a peak may be here or will arrive soon . i also agree that a long plateau is unlikely , but i also didn’t think the bakken and eagle ford would produce as much oil as they have when i considered the matter a few years ago .
i ' ve never really been a bangs person ( even though ariana grande briefly made me rethink that statement ) , but i think they ' re a great way to switch things up without making a major change . whether they ' re short , wispy , or long , the widow ' s peak can make bangs more even and complementary with a narrow curve right in the center of your face . maybe i should reconsider them , or maybe not .
but i think pure electric and plug in hybrid cars are going to out compete gas as far as joe sixpack is concerned . it is not likely to ever be economical to fuel up at home where as plugging is easy and even cheap . and fueling up at a service station is going to be a tedious process . probably out of the question on the aggravation factor for most people with only a few stations at first and everybody with a ng car trying to use them at the same peak hours .
5 . now , here’s the key insight from the study . an evaluation of giant fields by date of peak shows that new technologies applied to those fields has kept their production higher for longer only to lead to more rapid declines later . as the world’s giant fields continue to age and more start to decline , we can therefore expect the annual decline in their rate of production to worsen . land - based and offshore giants that went into decline in the last decade showed annual production declines on average above 10 percent .
like i said before , when i first started growing my hair out after my major tomboy phase , my widow ' s peak became something i grew to resent . it only gave me trouble when i tried to style my hair like the other girls in the sixth grade , and i would wish that one day all those little hairs would just fall out on their own so i could live happily ever after without them . but of course , that didn ' t work . and even though i plucked them , they grew back .
sara , i need to get the hang of posting so bear with me . i was thinking back to when you first interviewed me in 1995 before i became a sod widow , just on audio . then it was 2000 - 2001 when we sat down again for video and audio taping in my old house on elm street and downtown at saints rest coffee shop . quite intense for me but it was therapeutic as well . then there was another hiatus of 7 years and you asked me again to be interviewed , this time with my sister and first cousin karen in 2008 . another 2 days of intensive questions and hot lights ! i ' d also gone into menopause so hot flashes were an issue ! then finally this past march for a return visit of the trio of sod widows - but only for a day and fewer lights . we even had a sneak preview ! i am so looking forward to the final version in the fall . kim
dennis , i just don’t pull this stuff out of my ass . i have been studying this for almost 15 years . i have analyzed the output of every major oil producer in the world and i see an imminent peak . if you think production will keep climbing , or plateau for ten to twenty years , then you need to explain where you think all this oil will come from . the coming decline is set in stone , it will definitely happen . but what you are saying is all these vast reserves will be tapped to keep production up or perhaps even increasing .
don , please tell me why the shape of the curve would change what i wrote ? i am firmly convinced that ugo’s seneca cliff is exactly what we will see , or more correctly what we are seeing right now . i believe we are well past 50 % of total urr right now . and i do mean well past 50 % . but peak oil will be the point in time when more oil is produced than has ever been produced in the history of the world , or ever will be in the future of the world . why would the shape of the curve change that ?
that would apply to the 1990’s when the price of oil collapsed . the peak of oil production with the lowest cost was 1999 . since then prices have rise as demand out paced production . despite the recent collapse of oil , its still far more expensive than it was in 1999 and we’ll never see the price / supply ratio as we did in the 1990’s . we certainly are not in a oil glut . consumption as fallen because of price , because customers have purchased more efficient vehicles , decrease in high consumption activities ( ie vacation some place distant ) , or purchase less goods and services .
if
widow ' s peak
existed only on the levels i have described , and ended simply by resolving this plot , that would be enough . like such other recent irish films as
the snapper ,
hear my song
and
the crying game ,
it uses understated humor and fluent , witty speech ; it ' s a delight to listen to , as it gradually reveals how eccentric these apparently respectable people really are . but there is more to it , a good deal more , which i will not reveal , even to hint at , because that would be spoiling the fun .
no one likes the frizzy hair part of a widow ' s peak , but one serious benefit is being able to switch your part however you like . when i get out of the shower , it ' s always like a game of roulette deciding where to part my hair that day . i have my basics , like to the right , to the left ( is this the cupid shuffle ? ) , or in the center . but it ' s nice that i don ' t have to limit my hair parting to just one side , especially since i like switching it up and trying out new styles .
epistasis is the term applied when one gene interferes with the expression of another ( as in the baldness / widow ' s peak mentioned earlier ) . bateson reported a different phenotypic ratio in sweet pea than could be explained by simple mendelian inheritance . this ratio is 9 : 7 instead of the 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 one would expect of a dihybrid cross between heterozygotes . of the two genes ( c and p ) , when either is homozygous recessive ( cc or pp ) that gene is epistatic to ( or hides ) the other . to get purple flowers one must have both c and p alleles present .
the documentary “blind spot” ( youtube link ) deals with the psychology of our predicament quite a bit , with many of the persons interviewed trying to explain either why we should be doing stuff or why as a civilisation we seem to have his blind spot that is sort of keeping us in a trance . imo jason bradford puts it best ( link to jason’s explanation ) basically that the idea of growth as a norm has become entrenched over the past couple of centuries . excluding those of us who are “peak oil aware” , my new aquantance along with the rest of the world doesn’t have a problem with adding more “consumers” to the world’s population .
as you ' ll find out throughout this article , there are many redeeming qualities to having a widow ' s peak . the frizzy cowlick element of it , however , is not one of them . you don ' t know how many hours and how many bottles of hairspray i have been through trying to tame the most stubborn , frustrating patch of hair in the world . i ' m not bitter about it . i ' m not bitter at all . but it ' s not easy trying to patch it down and make it blend in to the rest of your mane . and the hot , humid , summer weather is hardly helping .
while one gene may make only one protein , the effects of those proteins usually interact ( for example widow ' s peak may be masked by expression of the baldness gene ) . novel phenotypes often result from the interactions of two genes , as in the case of the comb in chickens . the single comb is produced only by the rrpp genotype . rose comb ( b ) results from r _ pp . ( _ can be either r or r ) . pea comb ( c ) results from rrp _ . walnut comb , a novel phenotype , is produced when the genotype has at least one dominant of each gene ( r _ p _ ) .
there are others with intelligence who disagree with your assessment . often engineers have very limited understanding of biology and ecology and think they know more than everyone else . the climate scientists that i refer to have hard science backgrounds in geophysics or geochemistry or biology . i don’t put a lot of faith in the analyses by political scientists and economists . usually engineers use a generous factor of safety in the face of uncertainty , it is not clear why this would not be the case where policy affecting the entire planet is concerned . i agree that peak oil is a problem , the solution to both problems is similar , move away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible .
basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
roger ebert ' s speech on empathy for the
11th hour
series on april 9th , 1994 , being republished here in honor of his birthday june 18 .
roger ebert was born on this day in 1942 , and died a little over five years ago . i owe a good part of my success…
a look back at robert zemeckis ' half - animated classic , who framed roger rabbit , on its 30 - year anniversary .
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doyle counihan ( joan plowright ) , who is the arbiter of manners and the social queen bee . she has taken under her special protection the one spinster in the area , miss o ' hare ( mia farrow ) , who seems perfectly harmless until she is aroused - which , one day , she most certainly is .
when a new widow named edwina broome ( natasha richardson ) moves into the area , miss o ' hare is immediately hostile . ( at a tea party to welcome the newcomer , when mrs . broome is unwise enough to say that her late british husband had once liked to shoot in ireland , miss o ' hare snaps ,
what did he shoot ? irishmen ?
) mrs . doyle counihan cannot understand why her protege is so unfriendly to the newcomer . mrs . counihan sees mrs . broome in an entirely different light , as a possible bride for her 40 - ish , hapless son godfrey ( adrian dunbar ) . and godfrey is intrigued , too , although on a picnic he is shocked by mrs . broome ' s language and her startlingly open - minded ideas about courtship .
we get to meet the others in the village , especially a likable local dentist named clancy ( jim broadbent ) . and as days add up into weeks , the battle lines are drawn between the sophisticated mrs .
the screenplay for the movie was originally written by the playwright hugh leonard after a conversation with the actress maureen o ' sullivan , who said she regretted never having appeared in a movie with her daughter , farrow . that was some 15 years ago ; this production casts farrow in the part originally intended for her mother , and richardson in what was once the farrow part .
the casting works ; sparks fly the moment the two women first see each other on the screen , and one of the most entertaining elements in the film is the way farrow ' s miss o ' hare is fearlessly willing to cause scenes - to insult this newcomer in public . there is always something funny about rudeness ( it breaks laws and tension at the same time ) , and here leonard ' s dialogue brings it to a fine pitch .


rob the mob is a 2014 american crime drama film directed by raymond de felitta and written by jonathan fernandez .

the film stars michael pitt , nina arianda , andy garcía , ray romano , aida turturro , frank whaley , michael rispoli and joseph r. gannascoli .

the film is based on a true story .

rob the mob

rob the mob
is too cutesy a title for this dark grubby little tale .
raymond de felitta directed the new movie
rob the mob .
( carolyn cole , los angeles… )
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michael pitt as tommy and nina arianda as rosie in
rob the mob .
photo credit : millennium entertainment
despite a few hang - ups , rob the mob is a charmingly offbeat crime flick , with two likable and plucky leads .
backstage hollywood : ' rob the mob , ' about tommy and rosemarie uva , met with resistance because of its mafia - based story . but it gives the mob movie a lighter touch .
rob the mob
skims over the lifted - from - the - headlines exploits of an outlaw couple and gleans a humanist drama steeped in sentimentality .
offbeat crime drama rob the mob hits just the right semi - comic tone to pull off its outlandish , stranger - than - fiction true story .
“he was a kid who was obsessed with the mafia , and she grew up in the neighborhood and knew all those guys , ” says “rob the mob” screenwriter jonathan fernandez .
young lovers tommy ( michael pitt ) and rosie ( nina arianda ) team up to steal from gangsters in ' rob the mob . ' watch the trailer on stack gamer .
will mob boss andy garcia get upset ? what can possibly happen ? plenty , actually , but en route to reality there ' s a sense of reckless adventure , and a sweetness , that makes
rob the mob
a joy .
it ' s a story so outlandish that it needs to be served by a combination of drama and comedy , and
rob the mob
finds that balance quite well .
one of the pleasures of rob the mob , director raymond de felitta ' s serio - comic crime drama , is watching pitt and arianda as the rambunctious , lovestruck pair who can ' t believe the scam they ' ve stumbled upon .
by far one of the most fun mob thrillers we ' ve seen in some time .
set in the early 1990 ' s and based on an actual case , the crime thriller rob the mob tells the story of small - time crooks tommy and rosie who , like bonnie and clyde , are partners in crime and in love .
when de felitta couldn ' t land a big - name actress to star opposite pitt , it looked as if
rob the mob
was dead in the water .
the project kind of languished ,
de felitta said .
they hit about a dozen joints , including the hawaiian moonlighters in little italy and an unnamed hangout on brooklyn’s 86th street . the couple’s story is now the basis for friday’s “rob the mob , ” starring michael pitt as tommy and nina arianda as rosie .
featuring generous doses of raucous humor as well as a haunting atmosphere of dread as tommy and rosie’s exploits prove increasingly dangerous , rob the mob is a true - crime tale that boasts an uncommon emotional resonance .
of course , part of the excitement of rob the mob is seeing just how far tommy and rosie can get before they ' re inevitably caught . in fact , it ' s during one specific heist that tommy recovers something truly incriminating from the mob , leading the viewer to wonder if our proverbial bonnie and clyde will actually get away with the whole damn thing .
two young lovers brazenly hold up mob social clubs in this fascinating true - crime tale .
subscribe to trailers : urltoken subscribe to coming soon : urltoken like us on facebook : urltoken follow us on twitter : urltoken rob the mob trailer 1 ( 2014 ) - crime movie hd a couple targets the mafia for heists and stumbles upon something big at an underground club .
irresistible , and based on a real - life story that ' s still hard to believe ,
rob the mob
stars michael pitt and nina arianda as a queens couple who ask themselves a creative question about crime - - why not rob the criminals ? whom are they going to complain to ? as tommy and rosie , pitt and arianda are just the right kind of nuts , the right kind of dumb , the right kind of desperate and the right kind of in love to make it all go down like pie .
a queens couple who specialize in robbing mafia social clubs stumble upon a score bigger than they could ever imagine , becoming targets of both the mob and the fbi in the process .
the movie is playing in limited release after debuting in new york last week to strong reviews and promising box office . like many movies made outside the studio system , it ' s a minor miracle that
rob the mob
made it this far , nearly seven years after pizzonia was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the couple ' s 1992 murders .
tommy’s fascination with the mob is deeply personal ; when he was a boy , he saw his father suffer a brutal beating beat at the hands of local gangsters . so when he hears sammy name a mafia - owned social club where no guns are permitted , he has an idea : why not rob the joint ? and so begins a series of bonnie - and - clyde - style stickups of mob hangouts around the city , with tommy wielding an uzi and rosie driving the beat - up getaway car . the brazen daylight raids net enough cash for the lovers to move in together , taking their fiery romance to the next level . they also draw the attention of the fbi and veteran mob reporter cardozo ( romano ) , who splashes their unlikely story across the front page of the paper . but while the attacks enrage the mob , bonanno crime family head big al ( garcia ) orders his men only to scare the couple . after all , he says , eagles don ' t kill flies .
rather than abandon it , the filmmakers scaled back their ambitions and reduced their budget to about $ 5 million and cast arianda and garcia , beefing up his part to help land him . with avi lerner ' s millennium entertainment coming in to share the production costs ( millennium is also the distributor ) with some private investors ,
rob the mob
was finally back on track .
tommy comes up with a plan to rob a mob - owned club where no guns are allowed . this leads the couple to hit multiple mafia hangouts . naturally , the mobsters will not take this lying down . but when tommy and rosie discover a well - guarded secret that could help the feds bring down new york ' s already weakening crime syndicate , the pair is in a much more dangerous position .
there were at least four robberies , and as the crime spree stretched over several months , the mob initially seemed unable to stop it . perhaps belaboring the obvious , one former high - ranking mob figure , who became a government witness several years ago , said ,
it ' s embarrassing if wise guys get held up .
in the opening scene when the car pulls to the side of the road , a post - 1991 model suv passes by in the background .
when a reputed crime boss was charged in 2007 with the couple ' s killings , fernandez traveled from hollywood and spent two weeks inside the u . s . district court in brooklyn , not far from where he grew up in new jersey . and from fernandez ' s perch in the gallery as dominick
skinny dom
pizzonia was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder , the script for
rob the mob
started to come together . the film opens friday in los angeles .
regardless of who ordered the killings , they did not come before the mob had suffered some embarrassment . the robberies had stunned the world of organized crime : gangland figures were incredulous over the brazen assaults on the normally inviolate establishments where they played cards , sipped coffee and schemed , according to several law enforcement officials .
moreover , mr . uva , 28 , may have been something of a mob buff , according to one law enforcement official who said investigators believed mr . uva had attended the 1992 trial of john j . gotti . and after the couple were killed , investigators found that they had a list of mob figures ' telephone and pager numbers , the official said .
rob the mob is a fun and jaunty crime flick that works really well when it ' s focused on its two winsome leads , but starts to fall apart as it introduces more and more side characters ( ray romano ' s jerry cardonzo being the exception ) . still , de felitta ' s solid direction offers a new york grit and humor that rightly vibes with the underdog story upon which it ' s based .
a naïve but rather ambitious ' bonnie and clyde ' couple takes on the new york mob in raymond de felitta ' s impressively sustained and well performed drama .
although it’s set in the early ’90s , rob the mob has the loose , jaunty feel of a ’70s - era b movie . raymond de felitta ’s wildly entertaining film based on the fascinating true - life tale of thomas and rosemarie uva , a queens couple who made the fatal mistake of robbing mafia “social clubs , ” benefits from a smart , crackling screenplay by jonathan fernandez ; terrific performances by everyone from its topline players to its rich supporting cast ; and a beautifully realized evocation of new york city’s outer boroughs .
de felitta has a feel for this world and its atmosphere , from the clutter and casual ugliness of the streets , to the insularity of the mentality , to the unexpected sweetness and vulnerability of the people .
the uvas set out more than a dozen years ago to solve their financial difficulties in a most unusual fashion : walking into mob social clubs with an uzi submachine gun and separating the mafiosi within from their ill - gotten gains .
while rob the mob treads a fine line between comedy and crime thriller , it ' s the film ' s lighthearted moments that work the best , and that ' s primarily thanks to pitt ' s ever - scowling tommy and arianda ' s vivacious , loudmouthed rosie . the tony - winning arianda in particular delivers a great comedic performance that plays well off of pitt ' s temper - laced aloofness . there ' s also tommy and rosie ' s agency boss , dave lovell ( griffin dunne ) , whose lavishly animated personality generates laughs , though sometimes at the expense of realism .
but as the filmmakers tried to land financing , they were repeatedly told that people weren ' t interested in mob movies anymore —
they ' re dead ,
was one line — even from prominent producers who said they loved the screenplay . some even suggested they change the ending , and have the couple live , an unacceptable idea to the team .
although not lacking in suspense , the fast - paced film takes the time to explore the reason for tommy’s hatred of the mafia — he blames them for the death of his father — as well as the wildly passionate relationship between the two central characters , superbly played by pitt and the vivacious arianda .
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what tommy and rosie don’t know is that the clubs are under fbi surveillance , with one veteran agent ( frank whaley ) utterly bemused by the couple’s daringness . he leaks a photo of several of the mob victims vainly chasing tommy clad only in their underwear — tommy humiliated them by making them strip during the robbery — to a tabloid journalist ( ray romano ) , who splashes the story all over the front page .
based on a true story , raymond de felitta ' s rob the mob takes place in new york city in 1991 and follows two small - time crooks , tommy ( michael pitt ) and rosie ( nina arianda ) , whose unbridled love for one another is only outdone by their criminal , thrill - seeking lifestyles . the story opens with a failed flower shop robbery that lands tommy in jail for 18 months . by the time he gets out , rosie ' s gone straight with a new job at a debt - collecting agency and convinces tommy to join her . however , it isn ' t long before the couple is once again in dire straights , and tommy comes up with a crazy idea - - that is , instead of flower shops and convenient stores , why not just steal from the mob ?
but tommy is less interested in his work duties than in attending the trial of mob boss john gotti , where one hoodlum testifies about the private clubs in which the mafia members hang out and where guns are strictly forbidden . “wise guys and guns … it’s a bad mix , ” he points out .
the doors to the social clubs were almost always open , and the patrons inside were generally unarmed — and carrying a sizable amount of cash . most important , the victims were unlikely to call the police .
even in the annals of dumb crooks , tommy and rosemarie uva weren ' t the sharpest tools in the shed . in the early 1990s , the young queens couple decided to stick up mafia social clubs .
the title “rob the mob” promises more of an outright romp than this entertainingly garrulous but ultimately melancholy crime tale delivers . de felitta has probed the ambitions and anxieties of regular new york citizens in a number of his features — notably “city island” and sundance favorite “two family house” — but this is his first to focus principally on underworld matters , doing so with the deglamorized , domestic focus of many a post - “sopranos” mafia study . it certainly begins on an upbeat note , with deee - lite’s immortally kitsch club jam “groove is in the heart” placing viewers immediately in the taste - challenged , politically and economically transitional milieu of early - ’90s america , but a serious , unsanctimonious moral conscience will kick in well before the story’s wintry end .
naturally , none of this sits well with aging mob boss big al ( andy garcia , who previously collaborated with de felitta on the equally fine if little - seen city island ) , a seemingly genteel type who likes to spend his time teaching his adoring young grandson the art of cooking rice balls . at first , big al is content to ignore the young criminals , but he’s eventually spurred to order violent retribution when tommy begins threatening to make public the list of mob members he’s purloined from one of his hapless victims ( burt young ) .
the film ' s director , raymond de felitta , makes the kind of movies that only small groups of people really love , usually because only small groups of people get to see them .
city island
( 2009 ) , about a bronx cop who wants to be an actor , has taken on cult status ; anyone who ' s seen
two - family house
( 2000 ) , about an unlikely couple in staten island , is unlikely to forget it . with
rob the mob
and its script by jonathan fernandez , he ' s altered his style a bit . the pace is faster , the humor more biting , the story more off - the - wall , and the camerawork more frenetic . but at the core is a love story , with more than a little sense of bad news around its edges .
the movie is full of quirky , usually worthwhile digressions ( andy garcia has an expansive part as a mob boss ) that add to its offbeat tone , further abetted by interesting musical choices and a very nice score by stephan endelman .
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the plan works to the couple ' s advantage , as tommy learns while sitting in on the john gotti trial that mafia social clubs are gun - free zones . manned only with an uzi and a pillow case , tommy miraculously pulls off his first heist - - even convincing the gangsters to strip off all their clothes in the process - - and makes a quick getaway thanks to his driver rosie . soon , the nefarious duo earn a dangerous reputation that catches the eyes of both the media and the mob ' s boss
big al
( played by a full - bearded andy garcia ) .
in may , the two hatched a plan : thomas would storm into the club and order the men inside to empty their valuables . rosie would wait outside in the getaway car .
michael pitt and nina arianda play the crazy - in - love tommy and rosie , whose early attempt to rob a florist results in tommy getting caught and being sent to prison . cut to 18 months later , when rosie is working at a collection agency run by the perpetually jovial dave ( griffin dunne ) , who makes it a habit of employing ex - cons . welcoming the newly sprung tommy to the fold , he proudly informs him , “i hire people who’ve been abandoned by society . ”
rob the mob
romanticizes tommy and rosie , filming them in slo - mo dancing through raining dollar bills , and kissing in the rain on a deserted coney island boardwalk , but the couple lacks the iconic power of other famous crime - spree cinematic duos , including their namesake . the romantic treatment of some of their scenes and the sentimental soundtrack is all counter - acted by casting pitt and arianda , who inhabit their roles familiarly , grubbily , easily . both actors portray characters who are clearly not smart , not even a little bit , but they do so without being patronizing about it . you don ' t get the sense that they , the actors , are
slumming
. tommy and rosie have no self - awareness , and no powers of self - reflection . tony award - winning arianda , in particular , is fascinating to watch . she was fascinating to watch in her small part in
the robberies committed by the couple - - in brooklyn , queens and little italy , at clubs with names like the hawaiian moonlighters and the veterans and friends - - were such a sore point among mob figures , according to f . b . i . reports and law enforcement officials , that two crime families argued over who should get credit for their deaths . federal prosecutors have said in court papers that john a . gotti once boasted that his group , the gambino family , was responsible for the hit , not the bonannos , who had also claimed credit .
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starring as tommy is boardwalk empire ' s michael pitt . nina arianda ( tower heist ) plays rosie . tv ' s ray romano portrays veteran mob reporter jerry cardozo , who makes tommy ' s and rosie ' s exploits famous . in the part of big al , leader of the bonanno crime family , is andy garcia .
to fernandez , it ' s just the way of things in hollywood :
things take forever . it ' s the nature of the business .
the cops fingered dominick “skinny dom” pizzonia , a reputed gambino capo who ran one of the social clubs the uvas knocked over . pizzonia was convicted in 2007 for participating in the murders , despite his claim that he was scaling fish with his mistress at the time .
after the arraignment , mr . pizzonia ' s lawyer , joseph corozzo , cited the bonanno family ' s claim of responsibility in the case , noting that cooperating witnesses from that family had talked about the killings .
the picture was directed by raymond de felitta , best known for 2005 ' s the thing about my folks . jonathan fernandez ( star trek enterprise ) wrote the screenplay .
as tommy and rosie , pitt and arianda are just the right kind of nuts , the right kind of dumb , the right kind of desperate and the right kind of in love to make it all go down like pie .
the two fell victim to an “open contract” issued by the gambino and bonanno gang families . the uvas were an especially attractive target because of the way they had violated and humiliated the made men . ( in one robbery , tommy made his elderly italian victims strip to their underwear . )
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starring michael pitt (
boardwalk empire
) and tony - award winning actress nina arianda (
venus in fur
) as tommy and rosemarie , the independently financed movie was directed by
city island
filmmaker raymond de felitta . the cast includes
city island
star andy garcia as a mob boss more interested in cooking than crime , ray romano as a newspaper columnist smitten with the uva ' s cheeky crime spree and griffin dunne as the munificent operator of a collection agency willing to hire the ex - con tommy and his girlfriend .
jonathan fernandez’s brisk , flavorful script doesn’t exactly romanticize tommy and rosemarie’s misguided activity : like robin hood , they’re stealing from the rich to give to the poor , with the sullying qualification that they alone are the poor in question . the tangled ethics of their scheme are of less narrative interest to de felitta than the personal motivation behind it , as tommy is revealed to have a personal score to settle with the mob that relates to his estranged family . ( cathy moriarty puts in a brief , stinging appearance as his unforgiving mom . ) his and rosemarie’s relationship , meanwhile , is depicted in affectingly febrile terms , their mutual devotion so reckless as to lead both lovers against their better judgment .
in the abstract , the choice of location made sense . the clubs were filled with guys with fat wallets and even chunkier jewelry , and they didn ' t carry guns for fear of government raids and were not likely to call the police for help . but their plan had one obvious and ultimately fatal flaw : the uvas were , after all , stealing from the gambino and colombo crime families . fatal being the key word here .
as soon as he poked into several mafia hangouts while covering the pizzonia trial , the screenwriter , who worked briefly as an argentina correspondent for the associated press and is married to a former los angeles times reporter , knew the film wasn ' t going to be anything like the mobster movies he admired growing up .
it ' s a decision big al will come to regret . during one of their heists , tommy and rosie stumble upon a mafia secret so closely guarded that rank - and - file mobsters don’t even know it exists . to the feds , it’s the smoking gun they’ve been looking for—a key to finally dismantling new york’s already - faltering crime syndicate . to big al , it ' s the high cost of his earlier leniency—a mistake he quickly moves to correct . for tommy and rosie , caught between the law and a mob contract , the future all depends on who gets to them first .
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two decades after serving as semi - light relief for big apple newspaper editors in the heady days of the john gotti trial , the richly improbable story of tommy and rosemarie uva gets lively , compassionate treatment in the latest likable effort from practiced east coast portraitist raymond de felitta . though the film reunites de felitta with andy [ … ]
the supporting figures , such as garcia’s somber mob boss and romano’s moralistic journalist who finds himself feeling increasingly sympathetic to the brazen young criminals whose lives he’s putting in danger with his stories , are equally well fleshed - out . garcia , sporting a heavy gray beard , invests his character with an impressive gravitas , while romano further demonstrates the dramatic skills he’s unveiled on nbc’s parenthood . the large supporting cast , which also includes such familiar faces as cathy moriarty as tommy’s estranged mother and michael rispoli as big al’s second - in - command , deliver impressive turns all around .
the rest of the cast is populated by stalwart long - time new york actors , grounding the film in its location and era . cathy moriarty shows up in a heartbreaking cameo as tommy ' s devastated mother , wrecked by a lifetime of disappointment and violence . moriarty gives another unforgettable cameo performance in the upcoming
the double
. it ' s exciting to think of the direction her career is taking .
the man , dominick pizzonia , who prosecutors say was known as skinny dom , was charged with racketeering conspiracy , including the two murders .
kitted out with an uzi he can barely handle and an initially skeptical rosemarie as his getaway driver , tommy pulls off his initial heists in such straightforwardly successful fashion that even he is taken off - guard — to say nothing of the fbi agents monitoring the raided clubs , or tabloid reporter cardozo ( ray romano ) , who offers rosemarie a sympathetic ear and gives their story front - page placement . most bewildered of all , of course , is the mob itself . local don fiorello ( garcia , exuding sage weariness from under a salt - and - pepper beard ) initially deems the couple too lightweight to merit violent counteraction ; when tommy chances upon crucial inside information that could undo the entire syndicate , however , the stakes are raised .
no one had been charged in the case until yesterday , when f . b . i . agents and police detectives arrested a man , whom they accused of being a captain in the gambino crime family , on charges that he was part of the hit team that killed the couple .
mr . pizzonia was close to mr . gotti , the flamboyant mob chief who died in 2002 in federal prison , where he was serving a life sentence for murder and racketeering . his son , john a . gotti , avoided a racketeering conviction in his own case on tuesday when a federal jury in manhattan returned hung verdicts on three charges against him and voted not guilty on a fourth .
on federal wire taps , members from rival crime families the bonannos and gambinos can even be heard arguing over who should get credit for the uvas’ executions .
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the two are arrested and sent to jail after robbing a florist on valentine ' s day . later , they decide to go straight and get jobs at a collection agency , but when tommy skips work to attend the trial of mafia hit man sammy
the bull
gravano , he is drawn back into the criminal word .
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yesterday , the silver - haired mr . pizzonia , 63 , pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in united states district court in brooklyn . the assistant united states attorneys prosecuting the case , winston y . chan and mitra hormozi , filed papers asking the judge to hold him without bail , and a hearing was scheduled for next week .
investigators were looking into the role of another gambino figure , ronald trucchio , known as ronnie one arm for his withered right limb , who was sentenced in august to 20 years in federal prison on racketeering conspiracy charges , the officials and investigators said . a third man served as the getaway driver , the officials and investigators have said .
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honestly , i am not a fan of mob movies . i can count those i have seen on one hand . i am truly not interested in watching a movie about these people . generally . my only reason for watching this was michael pitt . i am a fan and i ' ll give anything he is in a go . i couldn ' t say i actually liked him in this one as all i could see was the dumb ass true life moron he plays ( which is a credit to his acting skills ) . i mean seriously , who would hold up the mob ( or anyone ) and show their face and then take personal belongings such as gold watches which could easily be identified as belonging to a particular person - also with no disguise . how did this man honestly expect to get away with that ? ! it staggers me that this is a true story . having said that , it was entertaining and kept me watching and i liked the actress who played the girlfriend too - very unusual look and fun character ( unfortunately , also dumb as ) . slightly amusing ( intentionally ? ) , well paced movie . recommended .
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the crime spree was predictably short - lived . they were killed in 1992 in one of the more public executions in the recent history of organized crime in new york . on christmas eve , in broad daylight on a busy queens thoroughfare , they were each shot several times in the head as they sat in a car at a traffic light . ms . uva , the authorities said , had more than $ 1 , 000 in her wallet ; investigators said they believed the couple might have been out for some last - minute christmas shopping .
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the couple committing the robberies were not completely in uncharted territory . the diminutive , doe - eyed ms . uva had been convicted of attempted robbery several years earlier and had served a little more than a year in state prison . her husband had been in state prison twice ; he was released in may 1991 after serving nearly three years for first - degree robbery . investigators at the time of the couple ' s deaths said mr . uva had a drug problem .
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the killings of rosie and tommy are still something of a point of pride in certain new york communities .
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the uvas worked at a manhattan collection agency and lived in ozone park , queens , once the stomping ground of john gotti . thomas , then 28 , was an ex - con who had done time for robbery .
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“we filmed in real social clubs , and [ the members ] were fine with it , ” fernandez says .
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the duo were quickly dubbed “bonnie and clyde” and evidently knew that what they were doing would probably lead to disaster .
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in the annals of new york city crime , few undertakings were more ill - advised , foolhardy and just plain dangerous than the one that prosecutors say was chosen by thomas and rose marie uva , a young married couple from queens .
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when screenwriter jonathan fernandez heard of the uva ' s imprudent bonnie - and - clyde scheme , he did something almost as rash . rather than come at their tale as a storyteller , the former journalist approached it as a reporter .
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mr . pizzonia ' s lawyer , mr . corozzo , also said yesterday that the prosecutors had brought the charges against his client as a
knee - jerk reaction to get anyone who was close to john gotti after his son was victorious in court last week .
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after one of his victims warned thomas that the mafia would eventually kill him , tommy reportedly replied with a shrug , “everybody dies . ”
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i would not put this in the same category as any scorcese movie but this is very much worth seeing and you won ' t be disappointed .
mr . gotti ' s lawyer , jeffrey h . lichtman , said yesterday that his client had no role in the crimes .
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the protagonists’ inadequate criminal credentials are established upfront with a botched flower - shop heist that lands tommy ( an inky - haired pitt ) 18 months in the slammer . rosemarie ( arianda ) attempts to go straight , securing employment with lovell ( griffin dunne ) , a smarmy ex - con debt collector who believes in second chances and agrees to hire tommy , too , upon his release . tommy’s mind , however , is only half on the job . fascinated by the ongoing gotti trial , which he regularly skips work to attend , he fixates on one witness’ testimony about mafia - owned drinking holes where no guns are permitted — with his and rosemarie’s combined incomes barely getting them by , the criminal allure of this sitting - duck setup is too great to resist .
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on the media side of things , ray romano plays a beat reporter , jerry cardozo , who after tommy and rosie ' s first heist gets a tip from an fbi surveillance agent ( frank whaley ) that ' s landed photos of tommy and rosie in the act . romano ' s performance is another that works really well here , as the comedian channels more of his dramatic side seen on nbc ' s parenthood . his character is also arguably the film ' s moral center - - a much - needed figure in a story filled with ne ' er - do - wells . sadly , romano ' s part is much smaller than expected , which is a shame because he has such good on - screen chemistry with arianda and pitt that further exposes the twosome ' s ridiculous escapades .
instead , they aimed to tell a comedic romance , a look at a young couple whose life ended in love , not blood .
i felt that you needed to love them ,
de felitta said .
but you also needed to show what obvious limitations they had . they were crazy , but they weren ' t bad .
( for all the couple ' s ineptness , their robberies also netted them a secret list of organized crime hierarchies ; it was so valuable that fbi agents , who were wiretapping the clubs and knew of the thieving , stole it from the uvas and used it to take down several crime bosses ) .
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arianda has seemed poised for a breakout ; this could do the trick . as rosie , she ' s smart enough to have made an impression on dave ( griffin dunne ) , the wacky , philanthropic owner of a collection agency that hires ex - offenders , which is how tommy gets hired , too . but tommy is a screwup , and he wants fast money , and rosie is too much in love to say no . and besides , is it really a crime to hold up a social club ? and so what if tommy makes the members undress , and they get their picture in a city tabloid , courtesy of the feds and reporter jerry cardozo ( ray romano ) ?
tommy ( michael pitt ) and rosie uva ( nina arianda ) have recently emerged from short stints in prison for holding up a florist ' s shop . they are in love . rosie has gotten a job at a debt collection agency , run by a smiling enthusiastic guy ( griffin dunne ) who likes to hire ex - cons ( he himself did time for fraud ) . rosie , a woman with an ingratiating supportive attitude and a big laugh which masks her intellectual shortcomings , convinces her boss to also hire tommy . when money is tight one month , they decide on their reckless quick - cash crime spree . rosie drives the get - away car and tommy , wearing a ski - mask , does the stick - up , accidentally firing off the uzi into the ceiling and back walls . the group of
wise guys
in the club empty their wallets , all while issuing threats of what they will do when they track him down . when tommy and rosie go home to their bleak cold - water flat , they laugh and commiserate over how easy it was .
in a world in which studios are making the big lego movies , writers today have to be more proactive and take more control ,
said fernandez , who early in his career worked for the legendary producers roger corman and dino de laurentiis .
we ended up with a movie i ' m really proud of . i couldn ' t be happier .
law enforcement officials and investigators , who spoke on the condition of anonymity , have said that they have enough evidence to prove that mr . pizzonia was one of two gunmen that day .
having jotted down the clubs ' addresses , tommy , armed with an uzi , and rosie , manning a getaway car that was given to her by her late father , begin a series of robberies like a modern - day bonnie and clyde , their victims being the mobsters who can scarcely believe that anyone would be both brazen enough and dumb enough to take them on .
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unexpectedly but effectively cast in a role that plays to his sullen strengths , pitt has a palpable , playful rapport with arianda , a tony - winning broadway ingenue whose warm , expressive features and tinderbox comic timing recall the young marisa tomei – who would surely have played this role if the story had been more swiftly ripped from the headlines by hollywood . defining rosemarie’s intellectual limitations with wit and not a hint of condescension , while playing up her persuasive personal magnetism , it’s a shrewd and sneakily touching star turn that stokes interest in her casting as rock icon janis joplin in sean durkin’s still - unproduced “janis . ” a multitude of faces readily associated with this geographic and cinematic terrain ( including a couple of “sopranos” alums ) peppers the cannily - cast ensemble .
as they developed the screenplay , it was clear that fernandez , de felitta and producer william teitler were trying to tell an anti -
goodfellas
tale .
i was not interested in making a mafia movie ,
de felitta said .
you can ' t beat the good ones . i thought it was a great true crime story and it wasn ' t even that well - known . but it was incredibly poignant .
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born and raised in queens , new york , ray romano originally planned to become an accountant , but started his career on stage as a stand up comic . after taking a chance in 1984 , he found the stage . . .
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it was just a bunch of old guys sitting around , playing cards , in a really drab place ,
fernandez said .
it looked nothing like ' the godfather . ' i thought : ' this was fresh . '
mr . pitt is a credible lunkhead , and ms . arianda is a delight , dressing rosie ' s filthy mouth in the sweetest of smiles . if you were tommy , you ' d want to give her everything , too .
on christmas eve 1992 , he and rosie set out in their mercury topaz at 8 : 30 a . m . while waiting at a light at 103rd avenue and 91st street in ozone park , gunmen shot them each three times in the head .
however , despite tommy and rosie ' s entertaining hijinks , the film does feel a little bloated at times . for example , a good chunk of the film is spent with big al , who ' s largely portrayed as a kindly master chef that ' s more interested in making rice balls and imparting wisdom to his young grandson than getting directly involved in his family ' s dirty work . garcia plays the part well , but most of his character ' s scenes involve him and middleman sal ( michael rispoli ) recapping events that literally just happened , rendering a lot of his screen time useless . likewise , there ' s a more serious subplot involving tommy and his estranged family that adds some depth to pitt ' s character , but ultimately goes nowhere .
techs are modest but efficient across the board ; a climactic set piece that dives into time - lapse trickery feels discordantly ostentatious by comparison . carlos menendez’s production design and tere duncan’s costumes tidily re - create a shabby era of mirrored sunglasses and fluorescent christmas decorations without lurching too far into parody .
new york city , 1991 . small - time crooks tommy ( pitt ) and rosie ( arianda ) have two things in common : a crazy - passionate love for one another and—after they ' re caught robbing a florist on valentine ' s day—prison records . trying to go straight , rosie lands a job at a debt - collection agency and persuades tommy to join her . but soon tommy is skipping his shifts to do something much more interesting—attend the landmark trial of mafia hit man sammy
the bull
gravano , whose graphic testimony could finally bring down flamboyant gambino - family boss john gotti .
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where she droningly and happily repeated whatever her snobby husband said . arianda ' s rosie is filled with enthusiasm and support for those around her ( watch , in particular , how she butters up her boss , cheering him on like they ' re at a pep rally ) , and despite her initial resistance to tommy ' s plan , she finally embraces it wholeheartedly . she ' s not killing anyone . she ' s stealing from bad men .
what ' s the crime in that ?
she asks cardoza , grinning at him chummily over her slice of pizza . arianda shows rosie ' s shallow grasp of abstract concepts in a frozen smile and confused flicker in her eyes when confronted with something she doesn ' t understand . cardoza says to her ,
we got a saying in the newspaper world - -
and she cuts him off , brightly , supportively , missing the entire point :
i love sayings ! slogans !
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new york city , 1991 . small - time crooks tommy ( pitt ) and rosie ( arianda ) have two things in common : a crazy - passionate love for one another and - after they ' re caught robbing a florist on valentine ' s day - prison records . trying to go straight , rosie lands a job at a debt - collection agency and persuades tommy to join her . but soon tommy is skipping his shifts to do something much more interesting - attend the landmark trial of mafia hit man sammy
the bull
gravano , whose graphic testimony could finally bring down flamboyant gambino - family boss john gotti . ( c ) millennium entertainment
a millennium entertainment release of a william teitler production in association with william kay . ( international sales : the exchange , los angeles . ) produced by william teitler . executive producers , william kay , andy garcia , jonathan fernandez , raymond de felitta , michael pitt . co - producer , lynn appelle , richard atkinson , david fleischner .
directed by raymond de felitta . screenplay , jonathan fernandez . camera ( color , widescreen ) , christopher norr ; editor , david leonard ; music , stephen endelman ; music supervisor , jim black ; production designer , carlos menendez ; art director , raphael sorcio ; set decorator , robert covelman ; costume designer , tere duncan ; sound ( dolby digital ) , felix andrew ; re - recording mixers , lew goldstein , tom ryan ; visual effects supervisor , christopher healer ; visual effects , the molecule ; stunt coordinator , roy farfel ; associate producer , isabel teitler ; assistant director , matthew vose campbell ; second unit director , al bettner ; casting , sheila jaffe , georgianne walken .
back in 1992 , young queens couple thomas and rosemarie uva were in need of money , so they hit upon a not - so - brilliant plan : they stick up mafia - friendly social clubs , robbing whomever they found inside of cash and jewelry .