victory is a 1996 french-german drama suspense film written and directed by mark peploe and starring willem dafoe , irène jacob , sam neill and rufus sewell .

the novel had been adapted into film on multiple previous occasions , including a 1919 silent version directed by maurice tourneur and featuring jack holt , seena owen , lon chaney , sr. , and wallace beery ; the 1930 william wellman directed dangerous paradise , starring nancy carroll , richard arlen and warner oland ; and the 1940 version , featuring fredric march , betty field , and sir cedric hardwicke .

victory ( 1996 film )

one of the film ' s creatures on the cover of the july 8 , 1996 issue of time .
record row : cradle of rhythm and blues - 1996 - michael d . mcalpin
dialogue on film : bibi andersson .
, american film , march 1977 .
victory is a 1996 french - german drama suspense film written and directed by mark peploe and starring willem dafoe , irène jacob , sam neill and rufus sewell . it is based on the novel of the same name by joseph conrad .
the 1996 summer movie preview : july entertainment weekly . retrieved on july 8 , 2008 .
: loneliness is over , wang . we ' ll never be lonely again . we ' ve won our victory .
holler victory . . . liam neeson ( central , wearing a hat ) as michael collins . all photographs : ronald grant archive
the film was directed by christopher hampton , also a playwright , whose film “ carrington ” was one of last year ' s best . this project is dead in the water . read the book . better still , read “victory . ”
he has just completed his 9th short film in an award - winning film series , he is writing a musical feature film which he will direct and he teaches a course in film production and financing at san francisco state university .
titanic ( 1996 ) ( tv version - catherine zeta - jones , george c . scott , peter gallagher ) napisy pl
this is the oral history of the 1996 tour championship , as told by the individuals who were a part of it .
whitty , stephen ( july 2 , 1996 ) . template : citation / make link . mercury news : p . 1e .
when world war ii ended , the american film industry seemed to be in an ideal position . full - scale mobilization had ended the depression domestically , and victory had opened vast , unchallenged markets in the war - torn economies of
independence day ( 1996 ) also known as :
id4
.
rotten tomatoes . retrieved on october 16 , 2007 .
the american film industry’s various problems and the nation’s general postwar disillusionment generated several new film types in the late 1940s . although the studios continued to produce traditional
( 1950 ) , which won the golden lion at the 1951 venice film festival . the film , a meditation on the nature of truth set in the
the minutemen refused . they still would lose . but the wildcats , who had turned the national collegiate tournament into an extended highlight film , were pushed en route to a 81 - 74 victory in a way they had not been challenged in the last two weekends .
aberly , rachel and volker engel . the making of independence day . new york : harperpaperbacks , 1996 . isbn 0 - 06 - 105359 - 7 .
the film had its official premiere held at the now - defunct mann plaza theater in los angeles on june 25 , 1996 . [ 37 ] it was then screened privately at the white house for president bill clinton and his family [ 38 ] before receiving a nationwide release in the united states on july 2 , 1996 , a day earlier than its previously scheduled opening . [ 39 ]
meanwhile , the # 1 ranked golfer in the world in 1996 was 11 - year veteran shooter mcgavin . mcgavin had been racking up tournament wins throughout the 90’s , and 1996 was one of his best years ever , but a tour championship still eluded him . golf fans began wondering , “can shooter win the big one ? ”
the film was scheduled for release on july 3 , 1996 , but due to the high level of anticipation for the movie , many theaters began showing it on the evening of july 2 , 1996 , the same day the film begins . the movie ' s combined domestic and international box office gross is $ 816 , 969 , 268 , which at one point was the second - highest worldwide gross of all - time . it holds the 25th highest worldwide gross of a movie all - time .
visual and special effects film milestones . urltoken . retrieved on july 8 , 2008 .
propaganda film
reefer madness
was produced by the french director , louis gasnier .
jason kapps finished second to happy gilmore in the 1996 waterbury open . this was the closest he ever came to securing a full - time spot on the professional tour .
victory is such an odd book that i ' m not surprised it doesn ' t really translate to film well ( haven ' t seen any other adaptations yet ) . the changed ending was not a great idea either . some fun performances from sam neil and rufus sewell as the baddies , though .
new york ' s tv and film industry is growing . these are the chefs feeding it
peter bratt is an award winning screenwriter and independent filmmaker whose first feature follow me home premiered in competition at the 1996 sundance film festival and won the best feature film audience award that same year at the san francisco international film festival . in 2009 , he and his brother benjamin produced , la mission , a feature film shot on location in their hometown of san francisco . la mission , which peter wrote and directed , premiered at the 2009 sundance film festival and was the opening night film at the 2009 san francisco international film festival , the 2009 new york international latino film festival , and the 2009 outfest film festival in los angeles . for his work on la mission , peter received the prestigious norman lear writer’s award and was one of 10 american independent filmmakers selected by sundance and the president’s committee on arts and humanities to launch sundance film forward – a program that uses film and conversation to excite and introduce a new generation to the power of story . peter is currently the co - writer and director of dolores , a feature documentary about the life of controversial activist , dolores huerta - - a film he is co - producing with brian benson and grammy award winning musician , carlos santana . peter is also a san francisco film commissioner and a long time consultant for the friendship house association of american indians , a local non - profit serving the bay area’s native population .
while promoting stargate in europe , emmerich came up with the idea for the film when fielding a question about his own belief in the existence of alien life . he and devlin decided to incorporate a large - scale attack when noticing that aliens in most invasion films travel long distances in space only to remain hidden when reaching earth . principal photography for the film began in july 1995 in new york city , and the film was officially completed on june 20 , 1996 .
shot in 1994 , this third official bigscreen version of joseph conrad ' s
victory
is not quite as bad as its unreleased status would indicate , but it does have little to offer as a commercial attraction for modern audiences .
novi film ( new film ) , which also included such directors as puriša djordjević , aleksandar petrović , and živojin pavlović , all of whom were temporarily purged from the film industry during a reactionary period in the early 1970s . this dark period came to an end in 1976 when the filmmakers of the
donald reilly relentlessly taunted happy gilmore throughout the 1996 pepsi pro - am , and eventually hit gilmore with a car during the final round of the 1996 tour championship . reilly claimed that shooter mcgavin paid him to interfere both times ; shooter mcgavin has not only denied these claims , and but also denied knowing who donald reilly was numerous times since . reilly declined to comment for this feature .
vistavision that exposed double - frame images by running film through special cameras and projectors horizontally rather than vertically ) , and many studios were experimenting with wide - gauge film systems ( e . g . ,
i saw this film about 15 years ago and cannot find a copy of it anywhere . it remains the best version i have seen to date and it captures the story and mood very well . no film can ever remain true to its mother book , but i found this version to be the best . in fact without reading the book it is a good film in its own right . the characters are well developed in the short time and although not everything is captured on film it is still honest and faithful to the book , as much as possible within an hour or so of film . i am seeking this film ardently and look forward to watching it again . if you ' re looking for a good film and then possibly reading the book i recommend this 1940 version as a ' film ' and a ' movie ' .
top ten : most shameless uses of product placement in film urltoken . retrieved on july 8 , 2008 .
in 1961 the indian government established the film institute of india to train aspiring directors . it also formed the film finance commission ( ffc ) to help fund independent production ( and , later , experimental films ) . the national film archive was founded in 1964 . these organizations encouraged the production of such important first features as
and andrey tarkovsky , who both were later persecuted for the unconventionality of their work . paradzhanov’s greatest film was
shooter mcgavin ( former pro golfer , 1996 tour championship runner up ) : i didn’t care about making friends on the tour or being liked . i cared about winning . and nobody won more than shooter .
despite this , the movie won the academy award for visual effects , [ 69 ] beating twister and dragonheart . it was also nominated for an academy award for best sound but lost to the english patient . [ 70 ] composer david arnold won a grammy award for his work on the film . [ 71 ] the movie also won an amanda award for best foreign feature film . [ 69 ] viewers voted for independence day to receive an mtv movie award for best kiss , [ 72 ] a people ' s choice award for favorite dramatic motion picture , [ 73 ] and a kids ' choice award for favorite movie . it received saturn awards for saturn award for best director , best science fiction film , and best special effects . [ 74 ] the film was awarded best film editing and best visual effects at the inaugural golden satellite award ceremony . the film received a golden raspberry nomination in 1996 for worst written film grossing over $ 100 million but lost to twister . [ 69 ]
access to audiovisual entertainment was film ; television was the medium of the rich and powerful middle class . the indian film industry was for much of the later 20th century the world’s largest producer of low - quality films for domestic
end credits bear a 1995 copyright and list miramax as distributor , although pic is not currently on its release schedule . film is rumored to be headed for an official international bow at the san sebastian film festival in late summer .
in 1939 and was so taken with her that he sought ( unsuccessfully ) to have her appear in this film .
group , but he identified with the new wave through style and theme . his most famous film is the postmodern mystery
) emerged to take prizes at international film festivals . some impressive literary adaptations were produced during the 1960s ( grigory kozintsev’s
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if wild strawberries is bergman ' s most plagiarised film , and the seventh seal his most parodied , then persona is certainly the most written about . no other individual bergman film has generated such extensive critical and academic attention . one of the latest works on the subject is an anthology in the cambridge film handbooks series edited by lloyd michaels , entitled simply ingmar bergman ' s persona . widely regarded as his most important film , this view of persona is shared by bergman himself . writing in images :
doug thompson ( former pga commissioner ) : before happy joined the tour in the spring of 1996 we were facing an identity crisis . we were struggling to transition from the era of arnold palmer and jack nicklaus to whoever the next generation would bring us . guys like greg norman and nick faldo and seve ballesteros did a fine job bridging that gap , but nobody on the tour in 1996 was able to make solid connections with our fanbase , and our fanbase as a whole was dwindling .
doug thompson : happy had a chance to putt for a victory on the 18th hole , and it would have been a beautiful end to an otherwise disastrous tournament . but i was foolish for thinking that things end in such smooth fashion if the entire tournament had been so unpredictable from start to finish .
great britain’s film industry , however , has a long history of rebounding from periods of crisis . a major factor in the revival of british cinema during the late 20th century was the founding in 1982 of channel 4 , a television network devoted to commissioning—rather than merely producing—original films . its success led to the establishment of a subsidiary , filmfour ltd . , in 1998 . internationally acclaimed films produced or coproduced under either the channel 4 or the filmfour banner include a room with a view ( 1986 ) , the crying game ( 1992 ) , four weddings and a funeral ( 1994 ) , trainspotting ( 1996 ) , secrets and lies ( 1996 ) , the full monty ( 1997 ) , and welcome to sarajevo ( 1997 ) . also contributing to the resurgence of british film was the national lottery , which , after its establishment in 1994 , annually contributed millions of pounds to the film industry .
, which was brought into being over the next decade through the establishment of the kuratorium junger deutscher film ( 1965 ; young german film board , a grant agency with funding drawn from the cultural budgets of the federal states ) , the filmförderungsanstalt , or ffa ( film subsidies board , which generated production funds by levying a federal tax in part on theatre tickets ) , and the independent distributing company filmverlag der autoren ( 1971 ; authors’ film - publishing group ) , with additional funding from the two west german television networks .
a month after the film ' s release , jewelry designers and marketing consultants reported an increased interest in dolphin - themed jewelry , since the character of jasmine in the film wears dolphin earrings and is presented with a wedding ring featuring a gold dolphin . [ 55 ]
, or “sword - fight , ” film to the status of art . he made films in other genres , including literary adaptations ,
the nationalistic overtones of the film were widely criticized by foreign reviewers . movie review uk described the film as
a mish - mash of elements from a wide variety of alien invasion movies and gung - ho american jingoism .
[ 65 ] the speech in which whitmore states that victory in the coming war would see the entire world henceforth describe july 4 as its independence day , was described as
the most jaw - droppingly pompous soliloquy ever delivered in a mainstream hollywood movie
in a bbc review . [ 66 ] in 2003 , readers of the united kingdom ' s most popular movie magazine empire voted the scene that contained the speech as the
cheesiest movie moment of all - time
. [ 67 ] conversely , empire critic kim newman gave the film a five - star rating in the magazine ' s original review of the film . [ 57 ]
2001 / 122 min . this endearing film explores the lives of three chicago - based artists : photographer dawoud bey , painter richard hunt , and collage artist allen stringfellow . the film presents each artist’s process , philosophy , and vision of the future of art . throughout the film , each artist periodically adds various bits of wisdom that stick with the viewer , such as the importance of the process of discovery .
the development of an indigenous film culture in africa occurred at different moments in the history of the continent . the various timelines are related to the political , social , and economic situations in each country and to the varying effects of colonialism on the continent . only egypt had a truly active film industry for the first half of the 20th century ; the development of cinema elsewhere on the continent was largely the result of individual efforts . one such example is paul soumanou vieyra , the first african graduate of the french film school institut des hautes études ciné , who joined with friends to produce the short film afrique sur seine ( 1955 ) , considered the first fiction film by black africans .
other asian nations have had spotty cinematic histories , although most developed strong traditions during the late 20th century . the film industries of china ,
world war ii physically and economically devastated the film industries of the soviet union , japan , and most european nations . italy’s early surrender , however , left its facilities relatively intact , enabling the italian cinema to lead the post - world war ii film renaissance with its development of the
—who would make their mark in the 1970s ; but , as england’s economy began its precipitous decline during that decade , so too did its film industry . many british directors and performers defected to hollywood , while the english - language film market simultaneously experienced a vigorous and unprecedented challenge from australia . in the 1980s , amid widespread speculation about the collapse of the film industry , british annual production reached an all - time low .
produced distinguished cinemas . following the pattern set by the soviets , these countries nationalized their film industries and established state film schools . they experienced a similar period of repressive government - imposed restrictions between 1945 and 1953 , with a “thaw” during the late 1950s under soviet premier nikita khrushchev . in
shot in 1994 , this third official bigscreen version of joseph conrad’s “victory” is not quite as bad as its unreleased status would indicate , but it does have little to offer as a commercial attraction for modern audiences . caught at its sole cannes market screening at fest’s end , this elaborate international co - production possesses the same ponderous , [ … ]
doug thompson : my one big regret , and i have many , of the 1996 tour championship was not delaying the finish in order to remove the tv tower from the 18th green . regardless of what happened after the fact , i think that was my biggest error of judgment .
if you haven ' t seen the 1939 original with bette davis , this updated version of
dark victory
is a pretty good made - for - tv movie ( i haven ' t seen it since the original tv showing in 1976 , so i ' m relying on my memory ) . elizabeth montgomery is always good , anthony hopkins did well in an early role , and the story will hold your interest . however , if you have seen the original - forget this version ( the same comment applies to the other remake of
dark victory
- the 1963 film
stolen hours
with susan hayward ) . like most remakes , it doesn ' t compare to the
real thing
. you can ' t improve upon a movie that was already perfect of its kind , and is an acknowledged classic of the cinema .
since its founding in 1973 , illinois humanities has provided key support to filmmakers striving to tell the stories of our state , the nation and the world through documentary film . our funded films have been broadcast nationally on public television , toured film festivals around the globe , and won many honors and accolades , including academy awards . illinois humanities particularly prides itself on providing the crucial seed money for documentary film projects to generate momentum for future funding .
a watchable and mostly well - judged film on a worthy subject , but one that is undermined by a couple of careless liberties with the facts .
] , 1976 ) . in the mid - 1960s , however , competition from multiple - channel colour television and from american distributors forced the japanese film industry into economic decline . a decade later , two major studios were bankrupt , and film production was increasingly dominated by two domestic exploitation genres : the
while the film was still in post - production , 20th century fox began a massive marketing campaign to help promote the film , beginning with the airing of a dramatic commercial during super bowl xxx , for which fox paid $ 1 . 3 million . [ 30 ] the subsequent success of the film at the box office resulted in the trend of using super bowl air time to kick off the advertising campaign for potential blockbusters . [ 31 ] [ 32 ]
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…
brian benson is an award - winning bay area producer and assistant director with over three dozen films and hundreds of commercial projects under his belt . after his film haiku tunnel screened at the sundance film festival in 2001 he was awarded the prestigious sundance producing fellowship . brian co - produced rob epstein and jeffrey friedman’s film howl and assistant directed peter bratt’s la mission and marielle heller’s diary of a teenage girl , starring kristen wiig and alexander skarsgård . as writer / director ,
verne lundquist : i was criticized by some fans for emphasizing the gilmore / mcgavin pairing a little too much throughout the day . but these same fans are likely the ones who say that the 1996 tour championship is the greatest golf tournament ever . and if it weren’t for those two , that wouldn’t be the case .
author stephen molstad wrote a tie - in novel to help promote the film shortly before its release . the novel goes into further detail on the characters , situations , and overall concept not explored in the film . the novel presents the finale of the film as originally scripted , with the character played by randy quaid stealing a missile and roping it to his crop duster biplane . following the success of the film , a prequel novel entitled independence day : silent zone was written by molstad in february 1998 . [ 40 ] the novel is set in the late 1960s and early 1970s , and details the early career of dr . brackish okun . [ 41 ] molstad wrote a third novel , independence day : war in the desert in july 1999 . the novel is both a midquel and sequel to the film . set in saudi arabia on july 3 , it centers around captain cummins and colonel thompson , the two royal air force officers seen receiving the morse code message in the film .
, the hollywood film industry cooperated closely with the government to support its war - aims information campaign . following the declaration of war on japan , the government created a
1968 , many new wave films were banned , the czechoslovak film industry was reorganized , and several prominent figures , including forman and němec , were forced into exile .
buñuel’s presence in mexico between 1946 and 1965 had little effect on the general mediocrity of that nation’s film industry , however . the commercialism of the mexican cinema was briefly
virginia venit - gilmore : 1994 was my first year involved with the pga , and everyone was expecting it to be shooter’s year . it didn’t happen . then everyone said 1995 was going to be shooter’s year . didn’t happen . i was promoted to director of public relations in 1996 , right when shooter started getting hot .
shooter mcgavin : gilmore never golfed again after the 1996 tour championship . you know why ? do you ? it’s because he knew i would beat him every single time . he beat shooter once . everyone loves a guy who wasn’t a loser one time in his life . congratulations gilmore , one hell of a career ya had !
the film ' s plot deliberately and closely follows the plots of classic alien invasion fiction , most notably the war of the worlds by h . g . wells and its 1953 film adaptation . whereas the premise of the film bears little resemblance , there are many elements from war of the worlds , including the aliens ' resistance against nuclear weapons ( on a related note , the same scene shows , in the wreckage , a lamp post twisted into the shape of the heat ray from the 1953 film ) , and the aliens defeat via a virus ( however , wells ' aliens were killed by a biological virus ) . independence day has also been an influence on later fiction .
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independence day ( also known by its promotional abbreviation id4 ) is a 1996 science fiction film about a hostile alien invasion of earth , focusing on a disparate group of individuals and families as they coincidentally converge in the nevada desert and , along with the rest of the human population , participate in a last - chance retaliation on july 4 – the same date as the independence day holiday in the united states . it was directed by roland emmerich , who co - wrote the script with producer dean devlin .
skip bayless ( co - host of fs1’s undisputed ) : personally , i’ve always believed that happy gilmore’s shot on the 18th hole at the 1996 tour championship is one of the most overrated , over - hyped and downright lucky moments in sports history . there have been at least fifty more impressive shots in my lifetime than that one !
bill pullman as president thomas j . whitmore : a former persian gulf war fighter pilot and current president of the united states whose approval ratings early in the film indicate the nation ' s dissatisfaction with his performance . to prepare for the role , pullman read the commanders by bob woodward and watched the documentary film the war room . [ 4 ]
1995 / 60 min . this film presents the life of polka musician frank yankovic and his role in polka music history . the program examines yankovic’s lifelong passion “to keep polka alive , ” which has resulted in the creation of a uniquely american genre that incorporates elements of slovenian music . this is a lively film that includes several of yankovic’s signature songs .
simultaneously introduced a new multilayered film stock in which emulsions sensitive to the red , green , and blue parts of the spectrum were bonded together on a single roll . patented as
after world war ii the soviet union’s film industry experienced greater stagnation than that of any other nation except germany . the socialist realism doctrine imposed during stalin’s dictatorship caused film production to fall from 19 features in 1945 to 5 in 1952 . although stalin died the following year , the situation did not improve until the late 1950s , when such films as mikhail kalatozov’s
chubbs peterson was a former pro golfer who was forced to retire from golf in the middle of his prime after an alligator bit his right hand off during a tournament . for months before his death , peterson served as a mentor to happy gilmore . peterson’s death , which came three days before the 1996 tour championship , was ruled an accident .
anamorphic lens to squeeze a wide - angle image onto conventional 35 - mm film stock and a similar lens to restore the image’s original width in projection . cinemascope’s aspect ratio was 2 . 55 to 1 , and the system had the great advantage of requiring no special cameras , film stock , or projectors . by the end of 1954 , every hollywood studio but
( “camera - pen” ) , in which film was regarded as a form of audiovisual language and the filmmaker , therefore , as a kind of writer in light . bazin’s influential journal
i have been wondering ever since i read it why someone doesn ' t make a movie out of joseph conrad ' s novel “victory . ” it tells the story of a proud , lonely man , the young woman who comes to share his hideaway on an island , the murderers who invade their solitude , and the way he must choose between philosophy and violence . i see john malkovich as the man and lili taylor as the woman .
during world war ii , imports of hemp and other materials crucial for producing marine cordage , parachutes , and other military necessities became scarce . in response the u . s . department of agriculture launched its
hemp for victory
program , encouraging farmers to plant hemp by giving out seeds and granting draft deferments to those who would stay home and grow hemp . by 1943 american farmers registered in the program harvested 375 , 000 acres of hemp .
allies , did not begin to develop film industries until after world war ii . yugoslavia was the most immediately successful and produced the countries’ first internationally known director : the political avant - gardist
since its full - length premiere in 1996 , commissioned by spoletto festival usa , peter and wendy has been performed in new york on three engagements , at regional theaters in the u . s . , and at the dublin and edinburgh international theater festivals . it received two obie awards : to the creators for “best production” and to karen kandel for “outstanding performance” .
ricky denegri ( former pro golfer , 1996 tour championship 2nd runner - up ) : everybody seems to forget that i was right there in contention too . i was three strokes off the lead heading into the final round , and only one stroke back when happy and shooter teed off on 18 . but of course , everyone just wants to talk about those two .
1991 / 102 min . winner of the 1991 academy award for best feature documentary , this film captures working men and women making tough choices about survival during a time of economic crisis in the american midwest . american dream also won the 1992 director’s guild of america award for best feature documentary and the 1991 sundance film festival grand jury prize , the audience award and the filmmaker’s trophy .
) , he used long - take sequence shots equating film time with real time to create a vision of the reverberating emptiness of modern urban life . antonioni then began to use colour expressionistically in
some countries , such as morocco , did not develop a strong national cinema ; others , such as algeria and tunisia , nationalized all or parts of their film industries . several african nations joined the fédération pan - africaine des cinéastes ( fepaci ; “federation of pan - african filmmakers” ) , formed in 1969 to oversee the political and financial problems of the film industries throughout the continent .
final act is devoted to the tense cat - and - mouse games played out among the principals , with treacherous goon martin ( rufus sewell ) trying to sway alma over to his side , everyone waiting to see who will be the first to strike , and the nonviolent heyst roused to a “straw dogs” - like defense of his home and woman . ending is basically tragic , with the “victory” referring to the emotionally stunted heyst finally discovering his ability to love .
doug thompson : shooter got off to such an incredible start in 1996 , and we thought it was finally happening . we started prepping him to be our guy . sending him to promotional shoots , setting him up with additional sponsors . it seemed like our problem was finally solved . then happy gilmore showed up on the tour and we had a completely new problem to manage .
happy gilmore ( former pro golfer , 1996 pga tour champion ) : i hated golf . i thought it was a stupid game . i was only planning to play until i made enough money to buy my grandma’s house back , and then i was going to start training for the upcoming hockey season again . but money stopped being my only motivation when i met shooter mcgavin .
in the mid 70 ' s , following the announcement that francis ford coppola ' s
apocalypse now
was based on joseph conrad ' s
heart of darkness
, studio ' s began to look at other conrad properties . ridley scott ' s debut was conrad ' s
the duellists
, and there was also talk of
nostromo
being filmed . sydney pollack and louis malle were being courted by paramount to direct
victory
around 1978 .
2000 / 60 min . this film explores czech composer antonin dvorak’s three years in the u . s . between 1892 and 1895 . combining archival material , never - before - released letters , and musical compositions , the film examines the historical and cultural context of dvorak’s visit to america with a particular focus on the ethnic groups from which he drew musical influence , particularly the african - american community .
randy quaid as russell casse : a widowed , alcoholic crop duster and veteran vietnam war pilot who claims to have been an alien abductee ten years prior to the events of the film . he struggles to care for his three children . at the end of the film , he sacrifices himself to destroy an alien destroyer , gaining the admiration of his eldest son , who previously held little respect for him .
1997 / 57 min . this film documents the cultural and ethnic diversity found along the 400 mile stretch ending in chicago’s halsted street . beginning in quiet , rural , predominantly white illinois along route 1 , the film continues north to the outskirts of chicago , where gang violence brews and local residents are primarily people of color . the journey takes viewers through the stockyards district of chicago , bridgeport , pilsen , maxwell street , cabrini green , lincoln park , and , finally , all the way up to boystown on chicago’s north side . the film incorporates footage from a 1932 documentary films on the same subject . the film is compelling because it clearly shows the differences in socioeconomic status , cultural celebrations , gender specification , and racial composition of the communities that lie along a street that winds its way through 14 different counties .
the film , which has the look and feel of authenticity , opens with a one - sided british victory over ira troops that tried to occupy dublin ' s main post office . collins sees , correctly , that if the ira adopts conventional tactics , it will be destroyed by the british troops , and so he argues for a strategy in which ira men melt into the crowds , are indistinguishable from civilians , and disappear after sudden strikes . this approach is good enough to force the british to the negotiating table ( despite the intransigence of winston churchill ) , even though de valera continues to argue for more conventional methods ; he seems to feel diminished by not leading a proper - looking army .
doug thompson : at that time we weren’t putting much of an emphasis on our brand , or rather , our golfer’s brands . i suppose that’s our own fault , but in all honesty we didn’t have much to work with . the best golfer in the world from the early nineties well into 1996 was shooter mcgavin , but for whatever reason , shooter just couldn’t relate to the fans of golf .
jennifer petrucelli has worked as a producer in film and television for nearly 20 years . recently she wrote , produced and conducted extensive archival research on a series of historical documentaries for lucasfilm . topics of these documentaries ranged from artstotle to mata hari to general john pershing . the films appeared on the history channel in 2008 . jennifer also wrote and produced the lucasfilm feature documentary double victory about the tuskegee airmen , and served as co - producer on manifest destiny , a three - part series on u . s . foreign policy , which was broadcast on public television in 2012 . in 2014 , jennifer co - founded sub - basement archival with colleague , rachel antell - who served as archivist on dolores .
illinois humanities - supported documentary films * below , please find information more than 70 films made and completed with the support of illinois humanities through its community grants program . in addition to synopses of each film , included are links to web resources where the film is available for purchase . many of these films are also accessible on vhs and / or dvd from the illinois state library , via the illnet catalog online .
australian film and television school , later the australian film television and radio school , or aftrs ) to train directors and other creative personnel , and initiated a system of lucrative tax incentives to attract foreign investment capital to the new industry . the result was a creative explosion unprecedented in the english - language cinema . australia produced nearly 400 films between 1970 and 1985—more than had been made in all of its prior history .
, 1979 ) . unlike the productions financed with foreign capital by the canadian film development corporation during the same period , these new australian films had indigenous casts and crews and treated distinctly national themes . by the end of the 1970s , australian motion pictures were being prominently featured at the cannes international film festival and competing strongly at the box office in europe . in 1981 australia penetrated the american market with two critical hits , beresford’s
1996 / 57 min . this film charts the history of the american civil liberties union from world war i to the present . the origins of the aclu as an organization created to enforce the bill of rights are discussed in great detail . the film also spends a significant amount of time discussing roger baldwin , the founder of the aclu . through a thought - provoking historical analysis of the types of struggles the organization has taken part in , viewers are made aware of the delicate balance between the rights of individuals and the rights of groups or of the government . the aclu’s dedication to defending the extremes of society , from the most liberal to the most conservative , show not only how this controversial organization has been essential to american liberty , but also how it has contributed to the discussion about the tension between legal rights and moral laws .
the idea for the film came when emmerich and devlin were in europe promoting their film stargate . a reporter asked emmerich why he made a movie with content like stargate if he did not believe in aliens . emmerich stated he was still fascinated by the idea of an alien arrival , and further explained his response by asking the reporter to imagine what it would be like to wake up one morning and discover 15 - mile - wide spaceships were hovering over the largest cities in the world . emmerich then turned to devlin and said
i think i have an idea for our next film .
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the new wave made france the leading centre of modernist and postmodern film and film theory , a position it continued to hold for many years . by the 1990s france had followed the lead of other european countries in assimilating into the world market . the influence of the new wave was still evident , but increased demands for commercial fare resulted in several crime thrillers and period costume dramas , genres that were often specialties of young directors .
this isn ' t a surprise ,
all - america center aaron graham said .
after watching film , we knew we could move the ball on them . and our defense had a great plan .
in spite of the major film companies’ elaborate strategies of defense , they continued to decline throughout the 1950s and ’60s . because they could no longer dominate the exhibition sector , they faced serious competition for the first time from
in april 1986 , oxford suffered their first defeat to cambridge in the boat race in eleven years . the defeat was devastating for oxford , but their resolve to regain victory at all costs in 1987 was to lead them to the brink of disaster . directed by ferdinand fairfax , written by rupert walters ( restoration ) , and starring dominic west , johan leysen , dylan baker , geraldine somerville and josh lucas . a film4 production , released in the uk on 15th november 1996 . how to contact film4 : if you are in the uk & eire and want to buy any of these films on dvd or download please search here urltoken if you are a viewer , and want to contact us about anything on any of our channels ( including film4 channel ) please follow this link urltoken if you are a filmmaker , and want to contact us about film4 productions please follow this link urltoken for general information about film4 please follow this link urltoken if you are based outside the uk and want to see any of these films on dvd or download please check with your local distributors if you are an international distributor or film festival , and want to license the film4 library films please follow this link urltoken
, a documentary on the impact of mass incarceration . this work led him to co - found a film school in san quentin prison and a pilot program that empowers at - risk youth with filmmaking tools in oakland california .
) , confirmed that he is essentially a religious artist . throughout the 20th century , the scandinavian film industries remained small , state - subsidized , and ( after the introduction of sound ) oriented largely toward the domestic market .
wooden acting by dafoe and another lackluster english - lingo perf by jacob give the film a hollow center , so the arrival of neill , quite effective without matching the brilliance of his predecessors in the role , at least intros some welcome melodrama . curiously , peploe makes even less of the gay subtext of mr . jones’ relationships with his toadies than did earlier versions . more scenes with this unsavory trio would at least have provided the film with more villainous juice .
the movie was marketed with several taglines , including :
we ' ve always believed we weren ' t alone . on july 4 , we ' ll wish we were
,
earth . take a good look . it could be your last
, and
don ' t make plans for august
. the weekend before the film ' s release , the fox network aired a half - hour special on the movie , the first third of which was a spoof news report on the events that happen in the film . roger ebert attributed most of the film ' s early success to its teaser trailers and marketing campaigns , acknowledging them as
truly brilliant
. [ 36 ]
] , 1972 ) began to be internationally recognized . the rigorous training given students at the budapest film academy ensured that the younger generation of hungarian filmmakers would rise to prominence , as happened in the case of istván szabó ( 1981 ;
collins , who died at 31 , was arguably the key figure in the struggles that led to the separation of ireland and britain . he was also , on the basis of this film , a man able to use violence without becoming intoxicated by it . the film argues that if he had prevailed ireland might eventually have been united , and many lives might have been saved . we will never know . but de valera was right . history has judged collins at his expense .
during the 1980s the fortunes of the american film industry were increasingly shaped by new technologies of video delivery and imaging . cable networks , direct - broadcast satellites , and half - inch videocassettes provided new means of motion - picture distribution , and
independence day was the highest - grossing film of 1996 , beating twister , mission : impossible and the hunchback of notre dame . [ 50 ] in the united states , independence day earned $ 104 . 3 million in its first full week , [ 51 ] including $ 96 . 1 million during its five - day holiday opening , and $ 50 . 2 million during its opening weekend . [ 52 ] all three figures broke records set by jurassic park three years earlier . [ 51 ] that film ' s sequel , the lost world : jurassic park , claimed all three records when it was released the following year . independence day stayed in the number one spot for three weeks , and would gross $ 306 , 169 , 268 in the domestic market [ 50 ] and $ 510 , 800 , 000 in foreign markets during its theatrical run . [ 50 ] the combined total of $ 816 , 969 , 268 once trailed only the worldwide earnings of jurassic park as the highest of all - time . [ 53 ] it has been surpassed by several 21st century films since , and currently holds the 24th highest worldwide gross for a movie all - time . hoping to capitalize in the wake of the film ' s success , several studios released more large - scale disaster films , [ 54 ] and the already rising interest in science fiction - related media was further increased by the film ' s popularity . [ 38 ]
meanwhile , fooda , which helps restaurants cater during off - hours , and catercow , a marketplace for booking caterers that focuses on office lunches , are both trying to tap into the film and tv business . a . napadol opened thai restaurant samui in august near the brooklyn navy yard’s steiner studios with the hope of serving film companies . but the bookings have yet to come . “it’s always been part of my dream to get better food for people in crews , ” she said .
but feeding a movie crew breakfast is not as simple as making a great egg - and - cheese burrito . “we’re trying to create a culinary experience while enduring this logistics stuff , ” said tom morales , owner of nashville - based tomkats , which established a new york operation in 1996 and did catering for sex and the city , the sopranos and other long - running shows . the cooking occurs in a truck about the size of a typical new york city kitchen .
film , which mixed sex and sadism . during the 1980s and ’90s , japan continued to produce the highest annual volume of films of any country in the world , but the studios remained in decline , and most serious productions , such as kurosawa’s
after a six - week , $ 30 million marketing campaign , independence day was released on vhs on november 22 , 1996 . [ 45 ] it became available on dvd on june 27 , 2000 , and has been re - released on dvd under several different versions with varying supplemental material ever since , including one instance where it was packaged with a lenticular cover . [ 46 ] often accessible on these versions is a special edition of the film , which features eight minutes of additional footage not seen in the original theatrical release . [ 47 ] independence day became available on blu - ray discs in the united kingdom on december 24 , 2007 , [ 48 ] and in north america on march 11 , 2008 . [ 49 ]
such as the musical and the gangster film , and the wide - screen format similarly created a bias in favour of visually spectacular subjects and epic scale . the emergence of the three - to four - hour wide - screen “blockbuster” in such films as
, the social realist film was generally shot in black and white on location in the industrial midlands and cast with unknown young actors and actresses . like the new wave films , social realist films were independently produced on low budgets ( many of them for
, and mexico’s should be commended because it allowed buñuel to work after he was forced out of spain by the fascists . ( buñuel also worked frequently in france . ) in a career that spanned most of film history , buñuel directed scores of brilliantly


his last race is a 1923 american film starring australian actor reginald leslie " snowy " baker .

it was billed as a " thrill-o-drama " with a story written around action scenes .

his last race

before his last race in london we ' ve been taking a look back at his amazing career .
superstar sprinter usain bolt will retire from athletics and run his last solo race at the world championships in london .
his coach stu mcmillan added the inability to race bolt one last time will be
the thing that haunts him most .
usain bolt has pulled up in his last ever race . he ' s in tears on the track . heartbreaking . # london2017 urltoken
he was supposedly completely fine during the bronze race , and leading up to the injury race . he didn ' t even finish that one , they got last place .
because of his doping past , gatlin was booed in london even after the race .
bolt pulled up injured halfway through his leg and didn ' t finish the race .
he shovelled down his last meal of a takeaway kebab on tuesday night before checking out of his room on wednesday morning .
usain bolt , the global track superstar from jamaica , ran the last race of his career on saturday at the 2017 world championships in london , placing third . the race punctuates a record - breaking career spanning three olympic games .
bolt lost gold and silver to gatlin and coleman in his penultimate race . the whole world wanted him to win this race and end his career on high . but destiny had different plans . .
preston park hotel brighton , where khalid masood spent his last night . picture : dan charity / the sun
the room where masood spent his last night was simple and bare . picture : dan charity / the sun
the budget hotel room where london terrorist khalid masood spent his last night . picture : dan charity / the sun
bolt still has the 4x100 relay next weekend , but won ' t race the 200 , a second race de grasse had a legitimate shot at winning .
although great britain won the gold medal , bolt dominated post - race conversation .
five years ago today , the last of ea sports’ ncaa football series was released .
usain bolt had not lost in a decade , and with such consistent dominance over the rest of the sprinting field , it was assumed the jamaican runner would cruise to his 12th world championship and win his last 100 - meter race before retiring .
i’m sure that the others have their reasons for wanting to destroy the human race .
if we analyse why bolt lost his race , which is unlike him . . we can sum up with following factors . .
usain bolt of jamaica gestures to the fans after his final race on aug . 5 , 2017 . photo by kai pfaffenbach / reuters
greg gianforte with his wife , susan , after he declared victory on thursday in the race for montana’s lone seat in the house .
really ? he got a bronze medal in the world championships . to most that would be a career highlight . he dominated the toughest event to win for almost a decade . the question shouldn’t be ‘why did he lose his last race’ , the question should be , ‘ how did he win every other race ? ’
greg gianforte , the republican candidate , at a campaign event in missoula on wednesday . that evening , he had an altercation with a reporter , upending the race on its last day .
it is thought masood had spent a number of days over the last week at the hotel .
but pointing out that getting graham the ball more last season could have helped is completely fair .
the westminster terror attacker shovelled down his last meal — a kebab — in this room the night before he drove to london and committed his deadly act . picture : dan charity / the sun
his outburst placed republicans in a distinctly awkward position as ballots were being cast , with victory in the race suddenly looking as uncomfortable as defeat .
he finished with 9 . 95 , opposed to his record of 9 . 58 in berlin—which i think he could’ve shaved down to ~ 9 . 49 if he didn’t decelerate on his last stride .
the winners and losers attached to the race between rangel and espaillat . ( new york daily news )
his block start was flawed ( in both the semi - finals and finals ) , and he couldn’t amend it in the rest of the race .
he ceremony was held in honour of usain bolt who will run his last races this august on the global stage , with his 100m final on the 5th august and 4x100m relay on the 12th august .
bolt probably one year too many . sad to see him go down in his final race . personally i think he has been amazing for the sport .
the race industry is a cast of greedy , heartless whores who don’t give a damn . it’s disgusting .
rangel — who first entered the house in 1971 , 43 years ago — had promised during the campaign that his next term would be his last . he made that vow again as he voted tuesday morning .
could ' ve finished at the on top at the olympics last year , but hindsight is 20 / 20 .
sir mo farah ending his final track race in style at the diamond league final in zurich after clinching victory in a closely - fought 5 , 000 metres .
after checking out on wednesday , a cleaner found him back in his room dressed in his underwear .
within a month of his last race in england the horse was transported around 4 , 000 miles and raced to his death . he had earned about $ 600 , 000 and won a grade 1 at ascot in june . i believe the posted photo is of him winning at ascot . what his connections did with this colt does not make sense . sad . r . i . p permian
his only bronze , and it happened a few days ago , at the very end of his career .
the runner has endured scoliosis and back problems throughout his career . on friday , he ran the preliminary sprint in 10 . 07 seconds . though he placed first in that race , he called his performance “very bad . ”
bolt’s final 100 - meter race , which he finished in 9 . 96 seconds , was several tenths off his personal record . he placed behind justin gatlin and christian coleman , only the second time in his career that he has lost a championship race ( the other was in 2011 , when he was disqualified after a false start ) .
it wouldn’t be awards season without a little bit of drama around last - minute contenders sprinting to the finish line . this year , there are three major prestige projects based on true events from powerhouse directors that could really shake up the race .
an eight - time olympic gold medallist , bolt easily won the ' salute a legend ' race in his first 100m of 2017 but admitted to a rare attack of nerves .
this is the budget hotel room where jihadi khalid masood spent his final night before launching his westminster killing spree .
over his career he ' s won nine olympic gold medals and created his very own trademark lightning bolt pose .
i wish usain bolt could run for another 40 years . he is going to be missed ,
said fruit seller carlos morgan , who was at bolt ' s last race in jamaica and comes from the trelawny region where bolt grew up .
i think a world - class competitive athlete would be more embarrassed by faking an injury than losing a race to better man .
i’m not sure what happened after that - maybe he was talked into it by his friends , his family or maybe his coach , but he participated - and came third .
rob quist , left , with his son , guthrie quist , after delivering his concession speech to supporters on thursday .
that , however , doesn’t change the fact that they are trying to destroy the human race . and it’s pretty clear that the human race has every reason to fight back . people with genocidal intents always had their “reasons” , that doesn’t make them good guys .
rangel held his victory celebration in a recreation room at taino towers on e . 123rd st . flanked by the last vestiges of harlem ' s old guard , from former mayor david dinkins to former manhattan borough president c . virginia fields , rangel repeatedly shushed his supporters as he kept up his unusual monologue , microphone in hand .
i told my wife of over 50 years that this would be the last time i will be voting for myself ,
he said .
george owes his own adjective to this book alone and his idea that wellbeing is crushed by restrictive , authoritarian and untruthful government .
durant is back in a groove at just the right time , shooting 53 percent in the warriors’ last five games . that christmas day showdown in cleveland cannot get here fast enough for all involved , but especially durant ( 24 . 8 points , 8 . 2 rebounds , 4 . 6 assists , 1 . 2 blocks in his last five games ) .
look , gentlemen , i am here to tell you why he lost that race . i stand to be corrected . or let him in all sincerity come out and deny it . i believe i saw pictures of him frolicking with some ladies in a very ‘hot’ dance and all in what looked like a club or house party , the night before his final race . my strong belief is that he expended himself in that other race , ( or races ! ) if you know what i mean , before his final race the following day . my take is : that was the sole reason why he lost . of course he would blame blocks , or age or pressure or whatever . but the real reason was to be found in his engagements the previous night !
the sun watched as anti - terror detectives swooped on the room masood spent his final night in on wednesday night after finding his hotel bill in the hired hyundai he used as his battering ram .
while de grasse wasn ' t in the race , he was trending on social media as canadian fans took to twitter to voice their regret .
in the end , mr . gianforte’s attack on the reporter did little more than inject a measure of 11th - hour drama into the race .
today ' s diamond league meeting in lausanne was the last time we ' ll see usc prodigies michael norman and rai benjamin spike up this season .
this is where things get ugly . graham has caught just 36 percent of his targets in the red zone over the past two seasons . that ranks 33rd - - or dead last - - among qualifying tight ends .
we feel this race is too close to call ,
said espaillat , who was trying to become the first dominican - born member of congress .
he told staff he was worried about his parents who lived in wales . he told them he was sad his dad was suffering from cancer and his mum was struggling to cope at the family home in wales .
zoom getting his face ripped off by dementors was pretty cool . should have worked on his patronus charm more when he was a young wizard .
from his base in lexington , mcafee appears as a security expert on fox news via skype and makes occasional speeches at hacker conferences . at def con in las vegas last summer , he was given a security detail of 25 people .
the race was won by britain in a time of 37 . 47 , with nathaneel mitchell - blake running an incredible final leg to claim gold in london .
the tight end market has not gone up since graham signed his last contract ( $ 40 million over four years ) in 2014 . at $ 10 million per year , he is still the nfl ' s top - paid tight end .
usain bolt is set for his swansong at the 2017 london iaaf world championships in a few days time . at an event held in london last night , 1st august , puma presented bolt with a commemorative pair of puma legacy spikes , which were handed over by his mother and father who made a surprise appearance .
through out his career bolt suffered with bad reaction time . . in wc 2017 100m finals , his reaction time was 2nd worst of all . .
furthermore , if the others are already there in front of his face , laying siege to his castle and threatening his men , family , and the realm , then there is very little happening in the way of faith .
but a monthslong advertising onslaught assailing mr . quist on issues ranging from his troubled personal finances to his suggestion of a gun registry ultimately paid dividends .
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“but when the cleaner came back he was apparently back in his room wearing just his underwear . they were all shocked because they thought he had left .
that said , man he got really lazy this last year . partied hard . hardly practiced . lost to gatlin ( who is five years older ) and finally this injury .
pete carroll said tuesday that the team had to manage graham ' s injury throughout last season , and the coach expects the tight end to have a big year in 2017 .
it wouldn’t be awards season without a little bit of drama around last - minute contenders sprinting to the finish line . this year , there are three major prestige projects based on true events from powerhouse directors that could really shake up the race . steven spielberg’s “the post” — about the washington post , the pentagon papers , and a [ … ]
the 34 - year - old sat comfortably close to the back of the pack for the early stages of the race before moving to the front for the final lap .
“i saw a king , a crown of fire on his brows , burning…burning , davos . his own crown consumed his flesh and turned him into ash…do you think i need melisandre to tell me what that means ? or you ? ”
both are big - game competitors who are at their best when the lights are brightest , de grasse proving that at the 2015 world championships when , running out of lane 9 and in his 52nd race of an excruciatingly long season , captured bronze .
i watched the race . the horse injured his leg in the beginning third of the race . the jockey obviously knew and felt it but didn’t pull the horse up and get off . the jockey should be fired . the horse ran a ‘disappointing race’ because he was in great pain . what an amazingly brave horse . what a cowardly jockey . horse . didn’t need to put down . i would have taken him . fire the jockey ! ! complete loser in life . he should be investigated and fined and not allowed on the back of a horse again . where is the racing commission ?
staff liked him so much they even wrote “nice man” on his computer booking .
a source said : “he’d taken two bags to his car and checked out .
a close friend of his died this year , which apparently really affected him .
inside a stunned white house , the president considers his legacy and america’s future .
it’s also a chance for paul to remind the masses that he’s still in that conversation about the best point guards in the game . he’s been at his best when the clippers would appear to be vulnerable . when injuries and suspension limited griffin to just 35 games last season , paul turned in some of the finest work of his career .
bolt announced that he would retire after the championship . . the whole world wanted him to end on high . . he had never lost any major championships before . . this was his final race . . all these added an extra pressure on him . . we could see it on his face during finals . . pressure always gets best out of you or the worst . . latter in his case ! !
the “horse lost” was european import permian , on u . s . soil for yesterday’s grade 1 secretariat stakes at arlington . the 3 - year - old was one of the pre - race favorites – hence mr . johnston’s “disappointment” in the last - place finish . the guardian said permian’s snapped leg was so bad that “he had to be destroyed . ”
“i am not your negro” reproduces and redoubles this effect . it doesn’t just make you aware of baldwin , or hold him up as a figure to be admired from a distance . you feel entirely in his presence , hanging on his every word , following the implications of his ideas as they travel from his experience to yours . at the end of the movie , you are convinced that you know him . and , more important , that he knows you . to read baldwin is to be read by him , to feel the glow of his affection , the sting of his scorn , the weight of his disappointment , the gift of his trust .
but with his diminishing performance came diminishing enjoyment in the spectacle of the race . in the 2016 documentary “i am bolt , ” he said , “it’s not as fun as it used to be . the older i get , the less fun it is . ”
mr . gianforte , 56 , was widely seen as a favorite to win against rob quist , a democrat and country music singer . but he seemed to imperil his own candidacy in the final hours of the race after he manhandled a journalist for the guardian .
but prospects that the incident would tip the race to mr . quist were complicated by montana’s early - voting tradition : more than half the estimated total ballots had already been returned .
once famous for his creation of popular computer anti - virus software , john mcafee has become infamous for the legal troubles he has experienced for the last two years that have kept him on the run . he is settling down now and is
tired of running .
if an equine insurance policy was in place it would have been valued at permian’s earnings so that would be about $ 600 , 000 minimum because usually it’s more like 1 million considering his stallion potential , and that’s where they were heading initially because he was still a colt . so if he came up with a physical issue after his last race in france , only the connections would be privy to that . if they risked running him it could have reduced his equine insurance policy value if he didn’t perform . so it seems plausible , like many international horses that ship here and die , that he was brought here to die . it doesn’t make sense with all the stake races in europe that they would ship this colt thousands of miles to u . s soil where he dies , and an insurance policy was most likely paid out . the connections had a choice , if he had a physical condition after his last race , then the choice was a reduced equine insurance policy with his entire stallion career in jeopardy or make sure he dies during the race which is usually a condition for these high end equine insurance policies . this possible scenario seems to fit all the pieces of the puzzle , and if this is true then this is so typical of the dirty world of horse racing where racehorses lives are nothing more than a disposable commodity .
republican groups , concerned about the growing backlash to mr . trump , poured more than twice as much money into the race as democrats . the spending was initially a precaution . but republican officials grew nervous after mr . quist , 69 , caught fire with progressive activists , who eventually helped him raise over $ 6 million , narrowing the funding disparity in the race .
the long struggle with
the last man in europe
continued . in late october 1947 , oppressed with
wretched health
, orwell recognised that his novel was still
a most dreadful mess and about two - thirds of it will have to be retyped entirely
.
witnesses said he appeared “nice , polite and calm” and gushed about his muslim wife .
awful news . but at least he as quite a few medals under his belt .
i reminded obama that , eight years ago , when i was interviewing him about race , he had been somewhat elusive throughout our official session but afterward had tracked me down in the building to remind me how complicated it was for him to talk about the subject . a stray word about race could be as explosive as a stray word about the financial markets . he remembered .
and ramsay is just part of the machinery of television . a status quo was developed in the last four seasons wherein joffrey is a monster we all love to hate and sansa is his hapless victim . given the viewing figures to deliver what is popular , they attempted to recreate that with the stakes raised even higher with ramsay as a terminator and sansa his unwilling bride .
a couple of hours after the race , the canadian team was hit with more bad news , when reigning olympic and world champion high jumper derek drouin pulled out with an achilles tendon injury .
“he was very english but mixed race with a big beard . he said he lived above a guitar shop in birmingham but he’s not originally from the midlands and had a london accent . ”
i love how everyone is deluding themselves about his doping . all of his teammates doped . coaches are the ones that push doping , and they all have the same coach .
his 30 - point game streak ended at four after a 15 - point effort ( on 6 - for - 20 shooting ) in tuesday’s win over brooklyn . look for a big bounce back effort when derozan matches up against jazz star gordon hayward tonight in utah ( 28 . 2 points , 3 . 8 rebounds , 3 . 2 assists in his last five games ) .
harden has already put together 16 games with 25 or more points and 10 or more assists , tops in the league . by comparison , last season ' s league - leader , russell westbrook , had a total of 17 such games . harden ' s stint at point guard , which looked like a novelty act early on this season , suddenly looks like so much more ( 26 . 0 points , 12 . 2 assists , 9 . 2 rebounds in his last five games ) .
rep . charles rangel , the lion of harlem , roared one last time tuesday night , beating back a fierce challenge from state sen . adriano espaillat to claim a 23rd and final term in congress .
i totally respect his decision to retire and simultaneously wouldn ' t be surprised to see him in the next olympics . happened with lance , happened with phelps . when you are that good , that time off gives you enough in the tank for one last push to cap off your career .
i think his arc has to go in a dark direction because the foreshadowing suggests it .
steph couldn’t find his range in brooklyn thursday night , going 6 - for - 19 overall and 3 - for - 13 on 3 - pointers . but the warriors will need better from the reigning two - time kia mvp on christmas in cleveland ( 19 . 4 points , 6 . 4 assists , 4 . 4 rebounds , 2 . 0 steal in his last five games ) .
he ' s also raising his profile with a new incubator that could be the last stab at relevance and respectability for the 69 - year - old mcafee , who has been described as
mysterious ,
drug - addled ,
insane ,
manipulative
and
brilliant .
while espaillat tried to win over voters by arguing it was time for change , and by pointing to his immigrant roots and the historic nature of his candidacy , rangel maintained that his experience made him better qualified to represent the district , which spans upper manhattan and the bronx .
even before its ugly conclusion , the race in montana , a state that has long mixed conservatism with populism , had evolved into an early referendum on mr . trump and the republican health care bill .
furthermore , if the others are already there in front of his face , laying siege to his castle and threatening his men , family , and the realm , then there is very little happening in the way of faith . it almost completely cuts out stannis choosing to put his faith in melisandre’s prophecy or magic . the evidence is right there , happening in front of him .
john mcafee and his wife , janice dyson , at the round house in opelika , ala .
richard blair remembers being
bloody cold
in the freezing water , and orwell , whose constant coughing worried his friends , did his lungs no favours . within two months he was seriously ill . typically , his account to david astor of this narrow escape was laconic , even nonchalant .
the all blacks lock will make his long - awaited return to the field against the hurricanes .
brilliant . i am also a longtime reader and new poster . thank you , steve for all the great analyses . this one is the best . and i totally agree with the last sentence , very well put .
the sacrifice loses all of its thematic strength by leading so directly and obviously to his destruction . the snow does melt , but half his men desert , his wife commits suicide , his most zealous backer and greatest remaining asset grabs the last horse in camp and runs , and of course the weather that he bought makes it viable for the deserters to run and means he’s exposed and easily found by the boltons . i’d wonder if he had such a shitty disposition of his troops in the battle scene was him committing suicide in the only way that his sense of duty would allow him , but i don’t know if d & d get him even that well…or maybe they understand tactic well enough to see how bad that looked . i’m don’t know tactics but stannis’ troops were obviously just a mob in that overview .
the legendary jamaican sprinter suffered an injury saturday in london in the final race of his career . bolt was running the anchor leg for jamaica in the 4 x 100 - meter relay final at the 2017 world championships in athletics when he suffered a leg cramp , collapsed to the track and ultimately left in tears .
even that last moment between barry and iris was excellent . iris has really grown on me , and their first kiss was really well done . it was bitter - sweet and real , and for once in these shows it felt natural and good to watch romance play out on screen . it was all the better due to barry ' s decision right after to go and save his mom and change his life forever .
john mcafee prepares for his ' last stand ' welcome to the unhinged world of john mcafee , a pioneer in the computer - security industry . after spending the better part of 2014 on the run from , he says , assassins , he ' s living in plain sight in tennessee . check out this story on urltoken urltoken
“he’s the problem , ” corry bliss , who runs a “super pac” aligned with house republicans , said of mr . gianforte . when the contest began , mr . bliss said , private polling showed that mr . gianforte was as unpopular as he was popular , a leftover result of his failed campaign for governor last year .
from executive producers kevin spacey and dana brunetti , cnn original series
race for the white house
captures the drama of how a high - stakes presidential election can turn on a single issue and so much more .
on two good legs , the 22 - year - old from markham , ont . , who ' d unabashedly stated he wanted to beat bolt before the jamaican legend retired , could well have done just that saturday night at the world track and field championships in bolt ' s final individual race of his unparalleled career .
patrick – i read all the comments in the bloodhorse last night regarding this breakdown . apparently – the horse looked off much earlier in the race and there are many people questioning that the jockey didn’t pull the horse up – and instead kept pushing him and hitting and whipping him . there are very many people upset over this – and i even noted a comment that questioned why we still abuse horses for entertainment . people are starting to notice .
on thursday , some of his republican supporters vented publicly at their candidate even before the polls closed .
that night in charlotte , obama was even more energetic at the microphone . there was not one visible trump supporter to divert him or the crowd . he unspooled the usual litany of trump’s violations of fact and human dignity . the race was personal to him , it seemed , and not merely because trump threatened his legacy .
tuesday ' s race was a rematch of the 2012 primary between rangel and espaillat , a contest that rangel pulled out by a little more than 1 , 000 votes . the replay was supposed to be just as challenging ,
while espaillat tried to win over voters by arguing it was time for change , and by pointing to his immigrant roots and the historic nature of his candidacy , rangel maintained that his experience made him better qualified to represent the district , which spans upper manhattan and the bronx . ( jason decrow / ap )
when we arrived in washington in the ' 70s it was right after the civil rights movement , and he was a pioneer in going in there and saying the job has to be done . and i think his record speaks for itself . he ' s done it . and this is the last one — i think .
it is my understanding that most women of child - bearing age who have problems with infertility still experience a regular menstrual cycle , so dany experiencing this is no indicator . in her last adwd chapter , dany confirms that this is case for her by trying to remember when the last time it happened was . i can’t quote text where i am , but it was obvious that she expected a regular timing to it and was worried that it seemed the wrong time in the moon’s cycle . imo the facts that the blood comes at the wrong time , and she can’t remember when the last one was are a better indicator that she is fertile . i think that she’d just miscarried dario’s kid .
jamal allen ' s connection with track and field began when he was in high school , extended into college and then , after a tragedy changed his life forever , remained the one constant in his life .
not just thank but jamaica suddenly got really good at the olympics in the last few years out of no where . and then a lot of them got done for peds . i ' ll be really surprised if bolt is clean .
tuesday’s race was a rematch of the 2012 primary between rangel and espaillat , a contest that rangel pulled out by just 1 , 000 votes . the replay was supposed to be just as challenging . ( julie jacobson / ap )
the locals knew him by his real name of eric blair , a tall , cadaverous , sad - looking man worrying about how he would cope on his own . the solution , when he was joined by baby richard and his nanny , was to recruit his highly competent sister , avril . richard blair remembers that his father
could not have done it without avril . she was an excellent cook , and very practical . none of the accounts of my father ' s time on jura recognise how essential she was .
baldwin is a double character in mr . peck’s film . the elegance and gravity of his formal prose , and the gravelly authority of mr . jackson’s voice , stand in contrast to his quicksilver on - camera presence as a lecturer and television guest . in his skinny tie and narrow suit , an omnipresent cigarette between his fingers , he imports a touch of midcentury intellectual cool into our overheated , anti - intellectual media moment .
as the athlete grows older , his performance declines . bolt’s performance through years can be seen here . .
but the ever - cautious mcafee is not assuming his troubles — and tormentors — are gone just yet .
so , stannis survives with winterfell long enough for ww to be defeated . then stannis is made 1000th lord commander of the nw to harvest self - hatred for killing his daughter for the rest of his life .
in the car , riding back to the charlotte airport , obama slumped in his seat and read a few e - mails on his phone . then he brought up a video of the white house halloween party .
every vote must be counted . . . . we think it ' s prudent to wait for the final vote to make any announcements . this is a historic race , and one that we should all be proud of .
bolt reached his career hight during 2008 and 2009 , when he was 21 and has set both olympic and world records then . he was constantly running between 9 . 6s and 9 . 7s then with the years followed , his performance dropped gradually . . now he is 30 . . and his time to retire . .
“we’ve lost the horse . he suffered a catastrophic fracture of his left fore . i was with him on the track for 30 seconds . he was in the process of running a very disappointing race and i believe it was when he was winding down that it happened . ” – mark johnston , trainer of permian , as quoted in the guardian
the victory allows rangel , 84 , the face of harlem politics for nearly a half century and at one time the most powerful elected black official in the country , to end his political career on his own terms .
the 30 - year - old will bring down the curtain on his illustrious career when he retires in august after the world championships in london and began his goodbye in front of 30 , 000 adoring fans in kingston .
air force one landed at fort bragg and the motorcade headed to a gym packed with supporters at fayetteville state university . in shirtsleeves and with crisp , practiced enthusiasm , obama delivered his campaign stump speech . his appeal for clinton was rooted in the preservation of his own legacy . “all the progress that we’ve made these last eight years , ” he said , “goes out the window if we don’t win this election ! ” he revived some of his early tropes , cautioning the crowd not to be “bamboozled” by the g . o . p . —an echo from malcolm x—and recited the litany of trump’s acts of disrespect toward blacks , women , muslims , the disabled , gold star parents .
usually usain bolt would finish the 100 meter in 9 . 6 seconds with 41 steps . this time he took 43 steps or strides . thefore his power to stride ratio has decreased by 4 . 0 % . this is due his age factor where usain bolt ' s body has more fat than when he was in his twenties .
if we consider what results flow from the cooper institute , for instance , to the best portion of the race in new york not possessed of means , and compare these with those which would have arisen for the good of the masses from an equal sum distributed by mr . cooper in his lifetime in the form of wages , which is the highest form of distribution , being for work done and not for charity , we can form some estimate of the possibilities for the improvement of the race which lie embedded in the present law of the accumulation of wealth . much of this sum if distributed in small quantities among the people , would have been wasted in the indulgence of appetite , some of it in excess , and it may be doubted whether even the part put to the best use , that of adding to the comforts of the home , would have yielded results for the race , as a race , at all comparable to those which are flowing and are to flow from the cooper institute from generation to generation . let the advocate of violent or radical change ponder well this thought .
stannis might call a great council to determine succession . he might do his duty with his wife more or would sire a child elsewhere out of duty . perhaps he might legitimize one of his brother’s bastards , if he takes the it edric would probably return . personally i hope edric ends up being legitimized so the baratheons don’t die out .
shortly after his stories on mcafee were published , casaretto received threatening messages and was forced to move his family to protect them .
mcafee and i were harassed , and we ' re tired of it ,
casaretto says .
the man of wealth thus becoming the mere agent and trustee for his poorer brethren , bringing to their service his superior wisdom , experience and ability to administer , doing for them better than they would or could do for themselves .
as entertaining as triple - double russ has been this season , westbrook’s back - to - back 40 - point , 10 - rebound , seven - assist games this week show off his whirlwind ability just as much . tonight’s matchup against boston celtics all - star guard isaiah thomas ( 7 : 30 et , nba league pass ) should be spectacular ( 32 . 2 points , 9 . 4 assists , 8 . 8 rebounds , 1 . 0 steals in his last five games ) .
forensic officers swept the first - floor room for masood’s fingerprints and dna , stripping his sheets and taking the kettle .
police are trying to trace his whereabouts over the weekend but he apparently said he had stayed in “london and gatwick” .
correction , his last start was in france and not england as i said . the horse was transported from england to france and perhaps back to england and then to arlington in less than 4 weeks . that is hard on a 3 yr . old . further , he was started 4 times in 4 weeks as a 2yr . old . what were these people trying to prove ?
against the counsel of his political advisers , he took the stage at his election night party at 11 : 15 p . m . as the votes were still being tallied , and spent 47 minutes speaking to supporters in an unscripted soliloquy .
having children didn’t necessarily prevent political disaster from happening . setting aside the last events of dany’s chapter in adwd , if she takes the throne again what happens after her death depends a lot on how stable things are and how well she manages setting up the next monarch .
do tragic heroes necessarily accomplish anything ? i think this is nonsense . what does hamlet accomplish other than getting everyone he knows killed ? what does othello accomplish other than murdering his wife for no reason ? what does lear accomplish other than destroying his kingdom and getting himself and his daughters killed ? there’s some weird sense here that every tragedy has to be macbeth .
orwell had worked for david astor ' s observer since 1942 , first as a book reviewer and later as a correspondent . the editor professed great admiration for orwell ' s
absolute straightforwardness , his honesty and his decency
, and would be his patron throughout the 1940s . the closeness of their friendship is crucial to the story of nineteen eighty - four .
obama said he had thought that the race was going to be very close . the negatives for both candidates were remarkably high , and there was so much volatility that whichever candidate was in the news most lost ground . “and for reasons that you’re well aware of”—obama - ese for comey’s letter and the acid drip , by way of russia , of wikileaks—“hillary had been in the news a lot for a week going into the election . and that was going to create , given the dynamics of this race , some challenges . ”
the trucks travel to phoenix and meet tyler florence at a sonic drive - in for a blind taste test and original savory dish challenge inspired by sonic ' s signature drinks . one team member is left operating his truck solo when his teammates leave the race , and the day ' s sales in phoenix are close , with the top four teams separated by less than $ 60 . at rawhide ranch , the truck that made the least money is sent home , and the four remaining teams move forward .
the cavaliers have won three straight games since resting lebron , kyrie irving and kevin love in that dec . 14 loss in memphis . and lebron has led the way , shooting a blistering 52 . 4 percent from 3 - point range during that stretch ( 28 . 8 points , 8 . 5 rebounds , 7 . 5 assists , 1 . 5 steals in his last five games ) .
detectives also seized the hotel’s cctv as it emerged masood used his real name , identification and credit card to check in .
mcafee made his name and fortune by building a cybersecurity empire at then - mcafee associates only to resign in 1994 and , in 2012 , be named by belize authorities as a
' person of interest
in the murder of his neighbor .
robert only hated the targaryens… he had pardoned to jamie , varys , pycelle and many others… . and that caused his downfall
if selyse never bore another child , stannis would eventually “do his duty” and sire a bastard whom he could then legitimize .
usain bolt marked an emotional farewell at a sell - out stadium in jamaica by winning his final 100m on home soil .
the 100m and 200m world record holder returned to kiss the finishing line before flashing his signature ' lightning bolt ' pose .
mr . gianforte kept silent while the polls were open on thursday , and his campaign aides did not respond to messages .
“i’m having fun , ” he told me . but , thanks in part to james comey , the f . b . i . director , and his letter to congress announcing that he would investigate clinton’s e - mails again , the race tightened considerably in its final week . when obama wandered down the aisle of air force one , i asked him , “do you feel confident about tuesday ? ”
leonard put in monster work in thursday’s loss to the clippers ( 27 points , nine rebounds five assists , two blocks and a steal ) , bouncing back from an uneven performance in tuesday’s win over houston . the spurs will need more of the good tonight in portland ( 21 . 0 points , 5 . 8 rebounds , 3 . 8 assists , 2 . 2 steals in his last five games ) .
bolt , meanwhile , was punished for a poor start , his 30 - year - old legs on his giant six - foot - five frame taking seemingly forever to hit top speed . and there ' d be no sensational finish this time , instead just a stunned crowd of some - 60 , 000 at london stadium , who booed gatlin loudly for his doping - tainted career .
members of the emergency services working on westminster bridge after masood rammed pedestrians in his four - wheel drive . picture : afp photo
in may 1946 orwell , still picking up the shattered pieces of his life , took the train for the long and arduous journey to jura . he told his friend arthur koestler that it was
almost like stocking up ship for an arctic voyage
.
as he prepared to leave hospital orwell received the letter from his publisher which , in hindsight , would be another nail in his coffin .
it really is rather important ,
wrote warburg to his star author ,
from the point of view of your literary career to get it [ the new novel ] by the end of the year and indeed earlier if possible .
a few weeks ago , in reaction to something we had written about blackness and whiteness in recent movies , my colleague manohla dargis and i received a note from a reader . “since when is everything about race ? ” he wanted to know . perhaps it was a rhetorical question .
“this race was essentially an unpopular incumbent trying to get re - elected , ” said mr . bliss , whose congressional leadership fund spent nearly $ 2 . 7 million on mr . gianforte’s behalf . “and in this environment , c - minus candidates aren’t going to cut it . ”
in 1946 observer editor david astor lent george orwell a remote scottish farmhouse in which to write his new book , nineteen eighty - four . it became one of the most significant novels of the 20th century . here , robert mccrum tells the compelling story of orwell ' s torturous stay on the island where the author , close to death and beset by creative demons , was engaged in a feverish race to finish the book
london , uk — usain bolt had his farewell party spoiled when justin gatlin beat him in the 100 meters at the world championships .
i think the reason for this is because he didn’t want to continue track after the olympics . perhaps he was guilt tripped into doing it , but his mind was made up that he didn’t want to continue doing it , so he didn’t put out his all .
my guess his training wasn ' t olympic year training meaning he either under trained or over trained in too short period of time .
in that exchange , as in a speech for an audience of british university students , you are aware of baldwin’s profound weariness . he must explain himself — and also his country — again and again , with what must have been sorely tested patience . when the students erupt in a standing ovation at the end of his remarks , baldwin looks surprised , even flustered . you glimpse an aspect of his personality that was often evident in his writing : the vulnerable , bright , ambitious man thrust into a public role that was not always comfortable .
he fled the country and initially moved to portland , ore . , before settling in tennessee . according to reports , his fortune , once more than $ 100 million , has dwindled to a few million dollars — possibly less . mcafee declined to discuss his personal finances .
so , in reading this rule of threes it leads me to wonder . is the second failure of stannis , repeating almost the same foolishness of renly attempting to be a king but never deserving it ( though admittedly the circumstances are very different but at the core the same ) , that we are now lead to our last and final iteration of the attempted crowning ? perhaps this was just grrm needing to satisfy his rule of threes so that we now are able to see our last , presumably successful , attempt at the iron throne ? now who this will be for certain i’m not sure ( probably danerys ) , but all the same i find it pretty interesting in light of reading of the rule of threes trope . though honestly i could just see this being another way of grrm throwing off the scent of his true intentions by making us think that he is a rule of threes junky .