the getaway is a 1994 crime film directed by roger donaldson .

the screenplay was written by walter hill and amy holden jones , based on the jim thompson novel of the same name .

the film stars alec baldwin and kim basinger , with michael madsen , james woods , and jennifer tilly in supporting roles .

the getaway ( 1994 film )

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the getaway is the 1994 remake of the 1972 sam peckinpah - directed crime thriller that starred steve mcqueen and ali macgraw . the remake stars alec baldwin and kim basinger and was directed by roger donaldson .
two scenes from the getaway 1994 michael madsen , jennifer tilly , and james stephens . all material retains it ' s original copyrights . please be sure to buy the dvd , thanks for watching !
q : which was a remake of the getaway . how ' d you choose that ?
the getaway is a 1994 crime thriller and a remake of the 1972 film of the same name . the film stars alec baldwin , kim basinger , michael madsen , james woods , philip seymour hoffman and jennifer tilly , and was directed by roger donaldson .
the action and the violence of the getaway are supported by no particular themes whatsoever . the movie just unravels .
special event french cinematheque co - promoted by the alliance française of greenwich presented the torment ( l ' enfer ) ( 1994 ) .
i know i ' ll probably get a roasting for saying this but the getaway remake is in many ways superior to the first .
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 .
the getaway is a good action film and steve mcqueen was a very good film actor . he also starred in other films such as the magnificent seven , bullit , the great escape and the . . .
the ftma talk back series co - presented by sacred heart university presented free screening of the getaway . the event included q & a with professor
the getaway scores a triple play : it ' s a good character examination , a good relationship study , and a good action flick .
the man who sells his truck at the end is named
slim
. in the getaway ( 1972 ) , this character was played by slim pickens .
received in excellent condition and what a brilliant film to watch takes you out of this world and into then the getaway . steve is mega well worth a watch and keeps you on your toes
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i really don’t understand why the reviews on this site are for steve mcqueen in “the getaway” ? the advertisement is for alex baldwin & kim basinger , the two movies are totally . . .
this film is a remake of sam peckinpah ' s the getaway . some character names and locations are changed . the writers and producers did not make this version of the film more faithful to jim thompson ' s novel than peckinpah ' s version ; the ' el rey ' ending from the novel was not included in this film .
stopped by the avon theater for a post - film q & as following the screenings of the film .
also in 1994 , baldwin made a foray into pulp fiction - based movies with the role of the title character in the shadow . the film made $ 48 million . in 1996 and 1997 , he continued to work in several thrillers , including , malice , the edge , the juror and heaven ' s prisoners .
special event avon’s annual oscar® film festival presented paranorman nominated for : best animated feature film .
special event the avon’s annual oscar® nominated film festival presented rango nominated for : best animated feature film .
the getaway arrives on german blu ray in a r - rated version only , so we miss out on the 47 second love making scene . i was hoping it was going to be the unrated version , but no .
special event books to film presented the zookeeper ' s wife . the event included post - film discussion moderated by ashley vanderwaren .
this film festival was launched in 1994 to celebrate the inclusion of the clause prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation in the south african constitution . the screenings include a broad variety of both local and international gay and lesbian movies , which range from comedies to documentaries , feature films and shorts . the festival is hosted by nu metro cinemas at the v & a waterfont in cape town and killarney mall in johannesburg .
special event books to film presented the lost city of z . the event included post - film discussion moderated by cassie jo ochoa .
special event books to film presented the sense of an ending . the event included post - film discussion moderated by cassie jo ochoa .
for johnboy71 : i happened upon your request for the name of the hotel used in the getaway’s final shoot - out . as it was posted in 2007 , i don’t know if you’re still interested , but in case you are , here it is : . . . .
special event a night of noir presented black widow . the event included post - film q & a with film noir expert michael kovner .
since withdrawing from
boxing helena ,
basinger also has finished work on three movies ,
the real mccoy ,
a caper comedy that opened yesterday in area theaters ;
the getaway ,
a remake of the sam peckinpah action film co - starring baldwin , and
wayne ' s world 2 ,
which is set for dec . 10 release .
baldwin first gained recognition appearing on seasons 6 and 7 of the cbs television drama knots landing , in the role of joshua rush . he has since played both leading and supporting roles in films such as beetlejuice ( 1988 ) , the hunt for red october ( 1990 ) , the marrying man ( 1991 ) , the shadow ( 1994 ) , the aviator ( 2004 ) and the departed ( 2006 ) .
guest speaker professor cheryl cambras  professor of film studies uconn leads a post - film discussion and q & a on control room .
arguably the continent’s biggest film event , the durban international film festival attracts both film - lovers and industry representatives from all over africa and beyond , creating a hub for the african film industry . while the focus is on african films , this 10 - day celebration also includes features , documentaries and short films from around the globe , as well as the wavescape surf film festival ( see below ) .
the event included a pre - film wine reception at fernando luis alvarez gallery .
special event the avon theatre presented a night of noir born to kill . the event included post - film q & a with film noir maven michael kovner .
special event the avon presented , waltz wth bashir , an academy award® nominee for best foreign language film , winner of the golden globes best foreign film , and winner of the national society of film critics best movie of the year . the film was followed by a q & a with geoff porter , political analyst with the eurasia group .
with the headline : reviews / film ; in the tire tracks of another sultry pair .
special event the avon’s annual oscar® nominated film festival presented oscar® nominated shorts animated . this year ' s selections included : sanjay’s super team , world of tomorrow , bear story , we can’t live without cosmos , if i was god ( additional film ) , taking flight ( additional film ) , the short story of a fox and a mouse ( additional film ) , the loneliest spotlight ( additional film ) , catch it ( additional film ) , prologue .
after wrapping
the getaway ,
a loose remake of the steve mcqueen / ali macgraw road movie that is scheduled for february release , basinger did three days ' worth of work on
wayne ' s world 2 ,
playing the girl of garth ' s dreams . also contributing unbilled cameos are drew barrymore and charlton heston .
despite the film ' s success at the box office , the film won two golden raspberry awards for worst picture and worst screenplay and tom cruise was nominated as worst actor .
guest speaker robert kesten  professor uconn / stamford , founder director’s view film festival leads a post - film discussion / q & a , focusing on the film ' s impact on counter - intelligence today in the wake of global terrorism .
special event focus on french cinema film festival presented un + une . the event included special guest appearance by legendary film director claude lelouch and director philippe azoulay .
special event the avon’s annual oscar® nominated film festival presented elle ( best actress ) .
special event the avon’s annual oscar® nominated film festival presented citizenfour ( documentary ) . .
special event the avon theatre presented disney’s frozen sing - a - long . the event included pre - film refreshments by lorca and post - film refreshments by 16 handles .
special event the avon co - presented by the greenwich international film festival presented members - only sneak preview of 20th century women . the event included a pre - film cocktail party .
guest speaker professor cheryl cambras  professor of film studies uconn introduces francois truffaut ' s the 400 blows which won the 1959
best director
prize at the cannes film festival .
a great and fair point , given the mass of licensing deals that surrounded and in part funded the making and promotion of the film . but maslin continues , focusing on the strengths of the film .
fun though it is ,
the getaway
could have been a lot better . its too - slick action scenes are no match for its two slick stars . a heist at a dog track , the payback to benyon for doc ' s release , is suspenseful and taut , and it includes some dramatic explosions . but in general
the getaway
starts off slowly and never achieves the snap of mr . donaldson ' s
no way out .
here he relies on action cliches to an embarrassing degree . when a villain walks onto a skylight , its obvious he ' ll be shot right there , the better to create a scene in which he falls through crashing glass .
in 2007 , the yari film group announced that it would give the film , now titled shortcut to happiness , a theatrical release in the spring , and cable film network starz ! announced that it had acquired pay tv rights for the film . shortcut to happiness was finally released in 2008 . baldwin , displeased with the way the film had been cut in post - production , demanded that his directorial credit be changed to the pseudonym
harry kirkpatrick
.
guest speakers the star of the film , danny aiello , and the director , kevin jordan , joined the avon audience for a screening of brooklyn lobster and a post - film q & a .
below average film and not in the same league as the mcqueen / mcgraw / peckinpah film twenty years earlier . this one was just bland in everyway . do not have the movie .
the getaway
is a particularly nasty and mean - spirited action picture , with the dramatic depth of an arcade game . it is about a lot of people who doublecross and shoot each other , usually several times . none of these people have personalities , backgrounds , values or other points of interest . the film is fairly unique in one respect : everyone in it is slime , and the
heroes
are approximately as amoral as the villains .
special event the avon’s annual oscar® nominated film festival presented hell or high water ( best picture , best supporting actor , best original screenplay , best film editing ) .
special event the avon ' s cult classics series presented the warriors . drew taylor from the fairfield weekly introduced the film .
special event the avon ' s cult classics presented dressed to kill . drew taylor introduced the film .
special event the avon ' s cult classics series presented true romance . drew taylor introduced the film .
special event the avon ' s cult classics series presented near dark . drew taylor introduced the film .
special event the avon’s annual oscar® nominated film festival presented waste land nominated for best documentary .
special event the avon’s annual oscar® nominated film festival presented burma vj nominated for best documentary .
special event new york dog film festival presented program ii : love changes everything .
special event the global organization for people of indian origin , connecticut chapter 2011 film festival presented west is west . the event included post - film q & a with producer leslee udwin .
special event special event a night of noir presented murder , my sweet ( 1944 ) . the event included post - film q & a with film noir maven michael kovner .
the film noir genre generally refers to mystery and crime dramas produced from the early 1940s to the late 1950s . …
but anyone with nostalgic memories of the original should try sitting through it on video . that ' s all it takes to see what an improvement this
getaway
is , even though it follows the earlier film faithfully , right down to doc and carol ' s escape by hiding in the garbage truck . the original crept along at first , too . its characters were less vibrant , and it included what may be the rock - bottom performance of ms . macgraw ' s career .
special event this month critic ' s choice presented the misfits . film critic nick schager hosted the event .
special event the avon’s annual oscar® nominated film festival presented exit through the gift shop nominated for best documentary .
guest speaker rick mckay  director was on hand as a guest speaker to conduct a post - film lecture for his new documentary broadway : the golden age . this film is considered to be one of the most ambitious and comprehensive film made about america ' s most celebrated indigenous art form . broadway has won thirteen best film , documentary and audience awards .
special event the avon’s annual oscar® nominated film festival presented nocturnal animals ( best supporting actor ) .
documentary night presented dior and i . the event included post - film q & a with director
special event this month critic ' s choice presented zodiac ( a film by director david fincher the social network , fight club ) . fairfield county weekly film critic drew taylor hosted the event .
the european film festival is hosted by cinema nouveau and coordinated by the french institute of south africa , with screenings taking place in cape town , durban , johannesburg and pretoria . all the featured films are the recipients of numerous awards and accolades at international film festivals and competitions , including the oscars and the cannes film festival .
film making began in the 1890s , with the invention of motion picture cameras and the establishment of film production companies . the first films were under a minute long and , until 1927 , motion pictures were produced without sound . the first feature length multi - reel film in the world was a 1906 australian production called the story of the kelly gang .
why would i give this film four stars ? jennifer tillys performance . sooooooo hot !
special event avon’s annual oscar® film festival presented prometheus nominated for : best visual effects .
special event the avon ' s cult classics series presented the brood . drew taylor ( fairfield weekly ) introduced the film .
special event the avon theatre presented this month ' s critic ' s choice screening of bob fosse ' s film all that jazz . the event was hosted by fairfield weekly film critic ann lewinson .
special event documentary night presented sacred . the event included pre - film reception at 6 : 30pm and post - film q & a with executive producer bill baker and director thomas lennon .
special event french cinematheque presented elevator to the gallows . the event included pre - film wine and cheese reception .
special event this month critic ' s choice presented the african queen . film critic john anderson hosted the event .
then there is gosling ' s rule , supposedly a mark of his hyper - strict professionalism . he will drive the robbers as brilliantly as they could ever wish . but only for five minutes . when the five minutes is up , no matter where they are , he parks and leaves them there . what on earth is the point of a jobsworth getaway driver who downs tools after five minutes ? a getaway guy surely has to get the robbers to their pre - arranged safe house , no matter what . what do this movie ' s creators imagine a robbery involves ? it ' s like having a cab driver who says he ' ll drive you really really fast in the direction of your house , but only for five minutes . the naivety and absurdity sit uncomfortably with all that super - cool violence .
writing in the new york times on may 19 , 1999 , janet maslin gave the film its due , while calming the waters and reminding her readers that this was a film , nothing more , nothing less .
special event the avon theatre & ballet school of stamford presented first position . the event included post - film q & a with with flavio salazar ( ballet school of stamford instructor , featured in the film ) .
special event the avon theatre presented chinatown ( 1974 ) . introduction with film noir maven michael kovner .
special event avon’s annual oscar film festival presented the most dangerous man in america nominated for best documentary .
special event the avon theatre presented the natural . the event included post - film q & a ; with ncc professor gary carlson
special event the documentary night presented 9500 liberty , the important film about current immigration policies in the u . s . , followed by post - film q & a with producer chris rigopulos & immigration attorney philip berns .
i ' ve found that work is so amazing ,
she sighs .
i went right into ` the getaway ' after a lot of this stuff happened - - two days after , in fact . i really buried myself in the work , and i ' ve done it ever since . i ' ve done it all along , for the last 3 - 1 / 2 years , just worked constantly .
special event avon’s annual oscar® film festival presented trumbo nominated for actor in a leading role .
special guest joe pantoliano ( the sopranos , memento , midnight run ) , the star of a new film , the amateurs , stopped by the avon for a special sneak preview of the film and a q & a with the audience . see pictures from the event .
guest speaker bethany mclean , senior fortune magazine writer , author of the smartest guys in the room , the book on which the film enron : the smartest guys in the room is based , was on hand afer the show for a post - film q & a .
special event the avon ' s cult classics presented poltergeist . brian solomon ( vault of horror ) introduced the film .
special event the avon’s annual oscar® nominated film festival presented the messenger nominated for best supporting actor , best original screenplay .
critic ' s choice this month ' s critic ' s choice series presented a film by nicholas roeg starring theresa russell , art garfunkel & harvey keitel . film critic maitland mcdonagh hosted the event .
the sound on screen music film festival is an indie film festival dedicated to music - related feature films , documentaries and concert films . screenings take place at the labia theatre in cape town and at the bioscope in johannesburg .
special event warren miller entertainment presented international ocean film tour . described as the ultimate film event for all ocean lovers , this special screening of short films includes the most inspiring stories from the seven seas and the best water sports action of the year .
special guest karen young , the co - star of heading south ( vers le sud ) , stopped by the avon for a special screening of the film and a post - film q & a with the audience . see pictures from the event .
special event glenn kenny  film critic and senior editor of premiere magazine was on hand to conduct a post - film discussion and q & a , at an exclusive area engagement of stage beauty , a hit at the 2004 toronto film festival , stage beauty stars claire danes and billy crudup .
the exact same film peckinpah made two decades prior , only now with 30 % more steamy sex scene .
burton gilliam and slim pickens ( from the original film ) appeared together in blazing saddles ( 1974 ) .
special event the avon’s annual oscar® nominated film festival presented invictus nominated for best actor , best supporting actor .
special event the avon theatre & fox searchlight presented win win , the new film by director tom mccarthy ( the visito r , the station agent ) ; official selection : 2011 sundance film festival . the event included post - film q & a with star alex shaffer . to view photos from this event , please visit our celebrity photos page .
special event greenwich international film festival presented hell on earth : the fall of syria and the rise of isis . the event included post - film q & a ; with director nick quested , moderated by marlow stern of the daily beast .
special event french cinémathèque co - presented by focus on french cinema presented dheepan , winner of the palme d ' or award at the 2015 cannes film festival , the new film from acclaimed director jacques audiard ( a prophet ) .
special event avon theatre presented 2013 sundance film festival short films . a roller coaster mix of drama and comedy , the sundance film festival short films program was a collection of eight short films from the 2013 edition of the festival .
critic ' s choice ann lewinson , film critic for the fairfield weekly , hosted this month ' s critic ' s choice series which featured a restored 35mm print of a classic film i am cuba .
critic ' s choice kent jones , a critic for film comment and programmer for the film society of lincoln center , hosted a special presentation of academy award winner clint eastwood ' s a perfect world .
special event documentarian st . clair bourne’s film here i stand about paul robeson is a part of the avon ' s re - opening , and participation in the director ' s view film festival . also part of the festival , the avon theatre community film project of greenwich , premiered its adaptation of the short story , a jury of her peers .
special guest paul dano , the star of little miss sunshine , joined the avon audience for a q & a following the screening of the film .
special guest william baldwin , co - star and scene stealer in the squid and the whale , the acclaimed new film from wrtier / director noah baumbach , joined us at the avon for a very special screening of the film and a q & a with the audience .
you left out the best new one ! the plett food film fest . had reza mahammad this year , great fun !
special event french cinematheque presented the pursuit of endurance . the event included post - film q & a with luc hardy .
, a film which profiles several of new york city ' s public school kids and their journey into the world of ballroom dancing , stopped by the avon for a screening of the film and a q & a ; session after the show .
special event avon’s annual oscar® film festival presented searching for sugar man nominated for : best documentary .
special event the avon theatre presented a film by harry shearer the big uneasy . the event included a post - film q & a with director harry shearer . to view photos from this event , please visit our celebrity photos page .
special event the avon theatre and the vassar club of fairfield county co - presented this documentary night event featuring an evening of short subject films from vassar film students . james steerman , professor of drama & film , hosted the event .
special event joe meyers , a film critic for the connecticut post , hosted a restored 35mm presentation of the producers . a special q & a with gene wilder followed the film . to view photos from the event , please visit our photo gallery .
special event documentary night presented settlers . the event included post - film q & a with director shimon dotan .
special event the avon theatre presented sneak preview of becoming traviata ( official selection new york film festival 2012 ) .
special event documentary night presented koch . the event included post - film q & a with director neil barsky .
special event the avon theatre presented public speaking a film by martin scorsese . the event included a post - film q & a with fran lebowitz . to view photos from this event , please visit our celebrity photos page .
special event the avon theatre presented members - only advance screening of the grand budapest hotel . the event included complimentary wine and cheese reception before the film .
special event the avon was proud to host the connecticut film festival ' 06 featuring two films , the things that hang from trees and the gold bracelet .
guest speaker john motay  advisory board member , longtime surfer and documentarian introduced riding giants and led a post - film discussion at this premiere area engagement . the film ( from legendary surfer / skater / director stacy peralta ) provides an enchanting look at the history of big wave surfing and was the opening night selection at the 2004 sundance film festival .
special event the avon hosted a french cinémathèque evening , co - presented by focus on french cinema , with a screening of the documentary film faces places and a post - film discussion with joe meyers , entertainment editor of the ct post .
special event this month critic ' s choice presented donald cammell’s white of the eye . film critic maitland mcdonagh hosted the event .
special event the avon theatre presented monterey pop . the event included pre - film reception with food tastings from eos greek restaurant .
special event this month critic ' s choice presented the king of comedy . connecticut post film critic joe meyers hosted the event .
opening night special event the avon theatre presented opening night sreening of it ' s kind of a funny story followed by post - film q & a with co - directors ryan fleck & anna boden ( half nelson , sugar ) , moderated by film critic maitland mcdonagh ( time out ny , film comment ) .
meet the director academy award nominated director lasse hallstrom joined us as the avon for a rare theatrical presentation of his acclaimed film my life as a dog and a discussion with the audience after the film . to see photos from the event , please visit our photo gallery .
special event documentary night and the stamford land conservation trust co - presented a special screening of up the yangtze , an official selection at the 2008 sundance film festival , and a post - film q & a with author / journalist james lomuscio .
special event the avon theatre presented 2015 sundance film festival award - winning shorts . the 2015 sundance film festival short film tour is a program of six short films that won awards at this year’s festival , which over the course of its more than 30 - year history has been widely considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now - prominent independent filmmakers .
the wavescape film festival takes place at various locations around durban and cape town , including cape town’s clifton 4th beach .
special event the avon’s annual oscar® nominated film festival presented florence foster jenkins ( best actress , best coctume design ) .
special event documentary night presented rosenwald . the event included post - film q & a ; with director aviva kempner .
special event the avon theatre presented a sneak preview of a late quartet ( official selection toronto film festival 2012 ) .
special event the avon’s annual oscar® nominated film festival presented beginners nominated for : best supporting actor ( christopher plummer ) .
special event our documentary night series presented chapters from leni riefenstahl ' s olympia , a film widely considered by film critics to be the greatest sports documentary ever made . the event was hosted by john farr , best movies by farr .
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special event the avon hosted a free sneak preview of slumdog millionaire , a 2008 audience award winner at the toronto film festival . the screening was followed by a post - film q & a with screenwriter simon beaufoy ( oscar nominated screenwriter for the full monty ) .
special event the avon hosted a special screening of glacier bay and a post - film discussion / q & a with james noble ( producer / co - star ) , dorothy bryce ( co - star ) and colleen murphy ( co - star ) . the film has been chosen as an official selection in over 20 international film festivals !
special event the avon theatre and the interfaith council of southwestern connecticut presented the mission at the opening night of the interfaith film festival in stamford . the event included a short post - film discussion featuring diverse religious leaders led by filmmaker jules naudet , director of 9 / 11 and in god’s name .
special event the avon ' s documentary night series presented charlotte rampling : the look . film critic joe meyers ( ct post ) hosted the event .
special event co - presented by the brown club of fairfield county the avon theatre presented the end of the tour . the event included post - film q & a ; with award - winning author david lipsky , whose book , although of course you end up becoming yourself , was the inspiration for the film .
special event a film series presented by mockingbird ministries and co - promoted by the interfaith council of southwestern connecticut presented stars in my crown . the event included post - film q & a with reverend paul zahl and special guest peter mccrea .
special event the avon co - presented by greenwich international film festival presented robert klein still can ' t stop his leg . the event included post - film q & a comedian robert klein and director marshall fine , moderated by john farr .
premiere screening the avon , brown club of fairfield county & connecticut public television co - presented a premiere screening of the film and a post - film q & a with executive producers chris campbell and timothy smith & production executive larry rifkin .
guest speaker professor cheryl cambras  professor of film studies uconn is special guest speaker to our presentation of legendary japanese film maker akira kurosawa ' s rashomon ( 1951 ) , part of the avon ' s t rip around the world series .
special event the
religious hope from the movies
series presented tender mercies ( 1983 ) . the post - film discussion was hosted by the reverend mark lingle .
special guest eugene jarecki ( the trials of henry kissinger , the opponent ) whose latest film , why we fight , explores the military - industrial complex and the motivating forces that lead us to war joined the avon audience for a q & a following a special screening of his film .
special guest writer / director / producer doug block joined the avon audience for a special screening of his documentary film , 51 birch street , and a post - film q & a . the film has been named one of the top 10 films of 2006 by a . o . scott , ny times , and one of the top 5 docs of 2006 by the national board of review .
remakes are normally worse than the first versions , but this one is the exception . i saw the first version of
getaway
twice starred by steve mcqueen and ali mcgraw , which was ok to me , but this new one with alec baldwin and kim basinger is more credible in its plot and also in acting . basinger made more credible the reason to betray his husband , baldwin made more credible the reason why he stayed with his wife . in general both acted well and perhaps much better than mcqueen and mcgraw .
special event documentary night presented rubble kings . the event included post - film q & a ; with director shan nicholson .
special event sacred heart university ' s ftma mini fest presented the latest films from connecticut ' s first graduate film school .
special event the avon’s annual oscar® nominated film festival presented a better life nominated for : best actor ( demián bichir ) .
critic ' s choice nathan lee , film critic for the ny film critic circle and contributing writer for the ny times and village voice , hosted this month ' s critic ' s choice series celebrating the great rober altman with a special screening of 3 women .
special event french cinematheque presented don ' t tell me the boy was mad . the event included pre - film wine and cheese reception .
special event the avon theatre presented free members - only screening of millennium : the story , a new documentary film about author stieg larrsson .
special event the documentary night presented the legends of rock live series , hosted by guest speaker bill shelley ( shelley archives ) and featured the film , the rolling stones .
baldwin attended alfred g . berner high school in massapequa and played football there under coach bob reifsnyder , who is in the college football hall of fame . in new york city , baldwin worked as a busboy at the famous disco nightclub studio 54 . from 1976 to 1979 , he attended george washington university , afterwards transferring to new york university ' s tisch school of the arts , where he studied with , among others , geoffrey horne and mira rostova at the lee strasberg theatre institute , and , later still , being accepted as a member of the actors studio . baldwin eventually returned to nyu in 1994 , graduating with a bfa in that year .
special event french cinémathèque , co - presented by focus on french cinema , hosted a screening of django , with a pre - film reception and a post - film q & a ; hosted by joe meyers of the ct post .
special event director campbell scott and film editor andy keir , were on hand to discuss off the map , starring joan allen , sam elliot and j . k . simmons ; the film marks campbell scott ' s fourth directorial effort . read more on the event .
special event an evening with actor charles grodin , hosted by film critic janet maslin  in conjunction with the westport country playhouse , the avon presents a special screening of the heartbreak kid ( 1972 ) , with a unique post - film discussion and q & a .
special event sacred heart university’s film and television masters program presented the 2016 ftma film festival . the avon theatre was proud to host their opening night awards gala featuring director rebecca miller . the event included : - screening of maggie’s plan with a post - film q & a with the director rebecca miller - reception free and open to the public - awards presentation and screening of four award - winning student films .
there’s also mzansi women’s film festival , hosted every august . only films by and about women . web is urltoken
special event the avon hosted a documentary night event featuring a special screening of alice neel with a post - film q & a with producer / cinematographer ethan palmer , moderated by john farr , farr on film / avon co - founder .
special event documentary night presented mission control . the event included post - film q & a with producer / author rick houston .
special event the avon’s annual oscar® nominated film festival presented fantastic mr . fox nominated for best animated feature , best original score .
guest speaker jeffery galperin  port chester , ny , attorney , lent his unique insight and perspective in a post - film discussion and q & a . a bilingual attorney , mr . galperin has represented many
drug mules
detained at jfk airport , such as the film ' s maria . maria full of grace was the audience award winner at the 2004 sundance film festival .
special event the avon presented 30th anniversary screening of april fool ' s day . the event included pre - film wine & cheese reception and post - film q & a ; with the stars : deborah foreman , leah pinsent , deborah goodrich royce , and amy steel .
french cinematheque co - presented by the alliance francaise of greenwich presented hiroshima mon amour . the event included post - film q & a ; with
special event the avon theatre presented a special sneak preview of beginners , the acclaimed new film starring ewan mcgregor , christopher plummer & mélanie laurent .
special event the avon hosted an opening night for starting out in the evening with a special guest and the star of the film , frank langella . joe meyers ( ct post ) moderated the post - film q & a . to view photos from this event , please visit our photo gallery page .
the first shot of the film is carol mccoy ( kim basinger ) firing a sig p226 in the desert . it is never seen again after this scene .
documentary previews the avon presented a special screening of to die in jerusalem , a film which unabashedly explores the palestinian - israeli conflict through the personal loss of two families . the film ' s most revealing moment is in an emotionally charged meeting between the mothers of the girls , presenting the most current reflection of the conflict as seen through their eyes .
not everyone can tumble out of a garbage truck and still look glamorously tousled . after
the getaway ,
you ' d have to put kim basinger and alec baldwin at the top of that list . their appeal as a couple of gorgeous outlaws is the main reason to see this sleek , entertaining remake of sam peckinpah ' s 1972 action film , the one that brought steve mcqueen and ali macgraw together in real life . ms . basinger and mr . baldwin , who have been an old married couple for five months now , have the wit and unabashed vanity to give this update a cynical 90 ' s flavor , and to make this movie their own .
guest speaker alex gibney , an emmy award - winning writer , producer and director , joined us for a post - film q & a on the opening night of his newest film , enron : the smartest guys in the room which exposes one of the history ' s greatest business scandals .
special event the avon hosted a special screening of the film and a q & a session with associate producer kitama seeger jackson , grandson of pete seeger , and director jim brown . the event was moderated by john farr ( farr on film / avon co - founder ) .
critic ' s choice the avon theatre presented this month ' s critic ' s choice screening of philippe garrel ' s masterpiece , j ' entends plus la guitare . the event was hosted by kent jones ( film comment / film society of lincoln center ) .
special event this month ' s critic ' s choice series presented z , a newly restored 35mm print and a winner of 2 academy awards ( for best foreign film and best editing ) . ct post film critic joe meyers hosted the event .
special event documentary night presented making the boys . the event included post - film panel q & a with : crayton robey ( director of making the boys ) doug tirola ( producer of making the boys ) & susan bedusa ( producer of making the boys ) . film critic joe meyers ( connecticut post ) hosted the event .
the film was given an r rating in theaters and later unrated on home video . the original was rated pg and later re - rated r .
opening screening of the second best exotic marigold hotel co - presented by icc greenwich . the event included pre - film reception sponsored by icc greenwich .
special event documentary night presented william kunstler : disturbing the universe . the event included post - film q & a with producer / director emily kunstler .
special event documentary night presented elaine stritch : shoot me . the event included post - film q & a with director chiemi karasawa .
special event documentary night presented if these knishes could talk . the event included post - film q & a with filmaker heather quinlan .
critic ' s choice the avon presented a special screening of rosemary ' s baby hosted by mark harris , entertainment weekly film critic .
special event documentary night presented bill cunningham new york a film by richard press . the event included post - film q & a with director richard press & editor ryan denmark . to view photos from this event , please visit our celebrity photos page .
special event the avon ' s cult classics series presented from beyond , a special screening of h . p . lovecraft ' s classic film , and a post - film q & a with screenwriter dennis paoli ( re - animator , dagon ) .
critic ' s choice this month ' s critic ' s choice event presented cutter ' s way , a dazzling film noir , starring jeff bridges , john heard and lisa eichhorn . the event was hosted by joe meyers , ct post film critic .
special event documentary night presented the connecticut premiere of rebuilding hope . the event included post - film q & a with gabriel bol deng and director jen marlowe . a portion of proceeds from this event will go toward health care and educations projects in south sudan that the subjects of the film have initiated .
special event french cinematheque co - promoted by the alliance française of greenwich presented today ( aujourd’hui ) . the event included pre - film reception and post - film q & a with actors saul williams & anisia uzeyman , moderated by professor ronnie scharfman ( suny purchase ) .
special event the avon theatre presented a special sneak preview of the fitzgerald family christmas . the event included post - film q & a with filmmaker / actor ed burns .
special event programmer’s pick presented nicolas roeg’s the man who fell to earth , starring david bowie . adam birnbaum , the avon theatre’s director of film programming hosted the event .
special event documentary night presented the mcveigh tapes : confessions of an american terrorist . the event included post - film q & a with producer timothy smith .
special event french cinematheque presented henri - georges clouzot ' s inferno . inferno is the only film of the year to have 100 % fresh rating from urltoken
this film follows several characters as they prepare themselves for the inevitable fate that awaits them when an incoming asteroid threatens to destroy their lives .
special event the avon’s annual oscar® nominated film festival presented steve jobs nominated for actor in a leading role , actress in a supporting role .
special event french cinematheque co - promoted by the alliance française of greenwich presented heartbeats ( winner – 2010 cannes film festival youth prize ) .
baldwin made his film debut with a minor role in the 1987 film forever , lulu . in 1988 , he appeared in beetlejuice and working girl . he gained further recognition as a leading man with his role as jack ryan in the hunt for red october ( 1990 ) .
“but stripped of hype and breathless expectations , mr . lucas’s first installment offers a happy surprise : it’s up to snuff . it sustains the gee - whiz spirit of the series and offers a swashbuckling extragalactic getaway , creating illusions that are even more plausible than the kitchen - raiding raptors of jurassic park . while the human stars here are reduced to playing action figures , they are upstaged by amazing backdrops and hordes of crazily lifelike space beings as the lewis carroll in mr . lucas is given free rein . the star wars franchise was funnier and scrappier when it was new . but it simply wasn’t capable of this . ”
special event the avon theatre presented special screening of the congressman . the event included post - film q & a ; with acclaimed actor treat williams ( hair , prince of the city ) .
special event the documentary night presented the legends of rock live series , hosted by guest speaker bill shelley ( shelley archives ) and featured the film , the beatles ( 1963 - 1970 ) .
special event the avon theatre presented a serious man , the critically acclaimed new film by the coen brothers . the event included an opening night q & a with co - star richard kind .
great film . . . been after this for years . . . glad it ' s in english aswel . . .
guest speaker rosemary mankiewicz , widow of film director , joseph l . mankiewicz , and avon theatre advisory board member , introduces her husband ' s film suddenly , last summer , starring katharine hepburn , as part of avon classics at high noon .
special event the avon theatre film center and stamford land conservation trust co - presented earth days , a film by robert stone . the event included post - film panel discussion about the local environment with harry day ( vp of stamford land trust , city representative of stamford ' s 13th district ) , ginny gwynn ( executive director of greenwich land trust ) , and kevin case ( northeast director of land trust alliance ) .
french cinematheque co - promoted by the alliance française of greenwich presented the last song before the war . the event included post - film q & a with director / producer kiley kraskouskas and a singer from the film leni stern . in the presence of son excelence ambassadeur paul tiendrébéogo . représentant permanent de la francophonie aux nations - unies de new york .
special event the avon theatre presented special screening of shored up . the event included post - film q & a with denise savageau , conservation director of the town of greenwich .
recognised as one of europe’s biggest short film festivals , shnit initially started in switzerland in 2003 with the sole purpose of promoting short film making as an independent art form . since then , it has expanded to seven other cities across five continents , including cape town .
documentary night presented art and craft nominated for the oscar documentary short list . free screening of goodfellas . the event included pre - film reception at franklin street works ( 41 franklin st . ) with filmmakers jennifer grausman and sam cullman and post - film q & a ; with filmmakers at the avon .
special event this month critic ' s choice presented the garden of the finzi - continis . the event included post - film q & a with alexander stille , journalism professor , columbia university . pre - film reception was hosted by lorca coffee shop in stamford featuring lorca ' s signature churros and chocolate .
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baldwin iii ( born april 3 , 1958 ) is an american actor , film producer and comedian who has appeared on film , stage and television . as a member of the baldwin family , he is the eldest of the four baldwin brothers , all well - known actors .
special event the avon’s annual oscar® nominated film festival presented fences ( best picture , best actor , best supporting actress , best adapted screenplay ) .
special event this month critic ' s choice presented jean - luc godard’s breathless . joe meyers ( ct post film critic ) hosted the event .
critic ' s choice this month ' s critic ' s choice event presented director fatih akin ' s passionate and erotic love story , head - on ( gegen die wand ) . nathan lee , a film critic for the village voice , hosted the post - film q & a .


the leap years ( also known as leap of love ) is a singapore film produced by mediacorp raintree pictures , based on the novella leap of love by the author catherine lim .

the production for the film started in 2005 , and the film was initially to be released in december 2005 release .

it was released on february 29 , 2008 in singapore .

the leap years

the date of the solstice drifts later in non - leap years and is brought earlier in leap years .
this means that in the gregorian calendar , the years 2000 and 2400 are leap years , while 1800 , 1900 , 2100 , 2200 , 2300 and 2500 are not leap years .
according to the gregorian calendar , which is the civil calendar in use today , years evenly divisible by 4 are leap years , with the exception of centurial years that are not evenly divisible by 400 . therefore , the years 1700 , 1800 , 1900 and 2100 are not leap years , but 1600 , 2000 , and 2400 are leap years .
the bahá ' í leap year occurs when five extra days are added between the last two months of the calendar . leap years usually occur every four years . more
leap years and leap seconds keep our clocks and calendars in sync with the positions of the earth , moon and sun .
implements the julian calendar . the only difference between the gregorian and the julian calendar is the leap year rule . the julian calendar specifies leap years every four years , whereas the gregorian calendar omits century years which are not divisible by 400 .
pingback : my grey world : merry christmas mr lawrence for the leap years… not .
this formula produced way too many leap years , but was not corrected until the introduction of the gregorian calendar more than 1500 years later .
roman general julius caesar introduced the first leap years over 2000 years ago . but the julian calendar had only one rule : any year evenly divisible by four would be a leap year .
the gregorian calendar stipulates leap years can be evenly divided by four , and century years , those ending in
00 ,
are leap years if they are divisible by 400 , but not if they can be evenly divided by 100 .
9 . other calendars apart from the gregorian require leap years . the modern iranian calendar is a solar calendar with eight leap days inserted into a 33 - year cycle . the indian national calendar and the revised bangla calendar of bangladesh arrange their leap years so that the leap day is always close to 29 february in the gregorian calendar .
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came here to suggest this - having to manually indicate which years are leap years ( as they ' re very important in my setting ) is very tiresome .
leap years are needed to keep our modern day gregorian calendar in alignment with the earth ' s revolutions around the sun .
so 2000 and 2400 are leap years but 1800 , 1900 , 2100 , 2200 and 2300 are not .
leap years were introduced by that grand old roman , julius caesar , in the julian calendar . back then , leap years occurred every four years without fail . but it was felt this over - compensated . the gregorian calendar was then devised by aloysius lilius , an italian astronomer and philosopher , ( and named after pope gregory xiii ) to replace the julian calendar , with stricter criteria for leap years .
the ancient roman calendar added an extra month every few years to maintain the correct seasonal changes , similar to the chinese leap month .
a leap year occurs every 4 years in the ethiopian calendar when one extra day is added at the end of the year . more
his game is leap years above anyone ,
the scout said .
continues to shine and impress .
one year has the length of 365 days , 5 hours , 48 minutes and 45 seconds . this is hard to calculate with , so a normal year has been given 365 days and a leap year 366 days . in leap years , february 29th is added as leap day , which doesn ' t exist in a normal year . a leap year is every 4 years , but not every 100 years , then again every 400 years . this year 2018 isn ' t a leap year . the last leap year was 2016 , the next will be 2020 .
. however , around 10 bc , it was found that the priests in charge of computing the calendar had been adding leap years every three years instead of the four decreed by caesar ( vardi 1991 , p . 239 ) . as a result of this error , no more leap years were added until 8
yes . the chinese calendar has leap years featuring leap months - rather than leap days as in the gregorian . a hindu leap year also features an extra month . the ethiopian calendar has 13 months , where the 13th month has five days in a common year and six in a leap year . the islamic leap year occurs 11 times in a 30 - year cycle . and a jewish leap year has between 383 and 385 days , occurring seven times in a 19 - year cycle .
again , this adjustment is not exactly correct because it effectively adds 6 hours per year rather than the exact amount of the discrepancy . to compensate for this , most century years ( like 1700 , 1800 and 1900 ) are not leap years . the exception to this is years divisible by 400 ( 1600 , 2000 , 2400 and so on ) , which are still leap years .
we add a leap day on february 29 , almost every four years . the leap day is an extra , or intercalary , day and we add it to the shortest month of the year , february .
i might get flak for this but one of the reasons why i have refused to watch the leap years is because if their sub - standard trailers . they were played tirelessly on all channels , including tvmobile and the commentator’s lines were downright tacky . “be sure to catch the leap years , or you’ll have to wait for another 4 years ! ”
leap year s2 trailer ( feat . eliza dushku , emma caulfield , joshua malina & steven weber ) | leap year
a leap year , but the years 1700 , 1800 , and 1900 were not . the complete list of leap years in the first half of the 21st century is therefore 2000 , 2004 , 2008 , 2012 , 2016 , 2020 , 2024 , 2028 , 2032 , 2036 , 2040 , 2044 , and 2048 .
to combat this , the leap second was introduced in 1972 , using atomic clocks – which only lose one second every 100 million years – as a more ‘correct’ standard for time . since its first use , a leap second has been added around once every 1 . 5 years .
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nearly every four years is a leap year which has 366 days , as opposed to a common year , which has 365 in the gregorian calendar .
five friends . fifteen years . pushing each other ' s buttons all the way .
without the leap year correction , every four years the calendar year falls behind the seasons by one day . after 754 years , the seasons would be 180 degrees out of phase with the calendar . the first day of autumn in the northern hemisphere would be march 21st instead of september 21st . after 1508 years , the calendar would go all the way around the seasons and would once again be synchronized with the sun .
a leap year has 366 days ( the extra day is the 29th of february ) .
leap seconds are added to realign clocks worldwide with the earth ' s rotation .
there ' s a woman taking up the hula - hoop after more than 50 years .
the gregorian calendar , named after calendar reformer pope gregory xiii , solves this problem by leaving out three julian leap - days every 400 years . algorithmically , if the year is divisible by 100 , avoid the leap - day unless the year is divisible by 400 .
truth be told , i had no intention of watching leap years if it was not for malique whom was so impassionate in recommending it to me .
ten years ago , leap legal software had grown slowly to only 27 employees its first 14 years in business . today it has a team of 300 and generates $ 50 million in annual revenue . leap accelerated its growth dramatically by tying its team ' s pay to achievement of its quarterly goals .
and it certainly opened the way for later toolmaking , some 2 . 5 million years ago , and probably set the stage for the eventual enlargement of the hominid brain , not before two million years ago .
after six years one woman will finally decide the wording for her husband ' s headstone . some people are at last scattering the ashes of loved ones having put it off for years .
a common year is 365 days , which is about a quarter of a day shorter than a tropical year . at 366 days , leap years are three - quarters of a day longer than a tropical year . over time , the combination of common and leap years keeps us roughly in sync with the earth ' s orbit of the sun .
the year is also evenly divisible by 400 . then it is a leap year .
years which are both divisible by 100 and not divisible by 400 . therefore , the year 2000
based upon the novella , leap of love , by feted local author dr . catherine lim , this film adaptation chronicles a love that blossoms on a leap day , february 29th as we follow the lovers through the twists and turns of a breathtaking romance spanning 24 years .
the chart below shows how the date of the northern summer solstice will drift over the course of a 400 - year leap cycle .
10 . parties are sometimes thrown to celebrate leap days . there is no special leap day food but if there was , it would probably be frog’s legs .
8 . the chance of being born on a leap day is often said to be one in 1 , 461 . four years is 1 , 460 days and adding one for the leap year you have 1 , 461 . so , odds of 1 / 1 , 461 .
the songs from tindersticks ' new collection of reworkings , across six leap years , don ' t stray far from the original pieces , instead acting as tasteful updates that add a dab of cohesion .
in addition to the leap year , our clocks and calendars also undergo finer adjustments : leap seconds , which are extra seconds inserted into certain days to adjust for irregularities in the rotation of the earth .
adding a leap year day every four years helps , but as you can see there is still some significant drift . after 200 years we ' re already a day out of synch , but in the other direction . we ' ve made the calendar year longer than it ought to be .
caesar’s model helped realign the roman calendar , but it had one small problem . since the solar year is only . 242 days longer than the calendar year and not an even . 25 , adding a leap year every four years actually leaves an annual surplus of roughly 11 minutes . this minute discrepancy meant that the julian calendar drifted off course by one day every 128 years , and by the 14th century it had strayed 10 days off the solar year . to fix the glitch , pope gregory xiii instituted a revised “gregorian calendar” in 1582 . in this model , leap years occur ever four years except for years evenly divisible by 100 and not by 400 . for example , the year 1900 was not a leap year because it was divisible by 100 , but not 400 . the pope’s updated calendar remains in use to this day , but it’s still not perfect—experts note that the remaining discrepancies will need to be addressed in around 10 , 000 years .
the modern result of all this squabbling is our current system of adding an extra day every four years . to adjust for the uneven precision of the fraction , every 100 years we also skip this rule and drop the extra day . then , every 400 years we skip the skipping rule and have an extra day again . yes , it’s complicated .
no perfect calendar : why we have leap years and why the earth′s always out of sync | science | in - depth reporting on science and technology | dw | 26 . 02 . 2016
yes , i realised that only much later . the trailer song used in leap years is not exactly the same as ryuichi sakamoto’s merry christmas mr lawrence , even though both pieces sound similar to each other .
everyone knows why we have leap years - to keep our calenders in sync , stupid - but here are some crazy facts about february 29 that won ' t make you yawn .
so another rule says that every 400 years is a leap year again . this gets us 365 . 2425 days per year ( 1 day regained every 400 years = 0 . 0025 days per year ) , which is close enough to 365 . 242375 not to matter much .
may be used for all years to generate meaningful and consistent results . however , dates obtained using
until you figure out who ends up where , the time - shifting holds your attention , but whatever the year there ' s a smugness to these characters and an unbelievable brinkmanship to their actions that make
leap years
almost entirely skippable , sort of like a day that appears only every four years .
“yes , i realised that only much later . the trailer song used in leap years is not exactly the same as ryuichi sakamoto’s merry christmas mr lawrence , even though both pieces sound similar to each other . ”
clocks and calendars are simplifications of the complex realities of orbital mechanics that determine our experience of days and years .
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20 . the frog is a symbol associated with february 29 . the australian rocket frog can leap over two metres .
gradually shifting its date between march 19 and 21 , being shifted once every leap year , and then being abruptly shifted in non - leap centuries ( see figure above ) .
: i ' ve just finished painted skin with donnie yen and zhou xun . it should be released in october , and has a lot of fighting and visual effects , quite unlike the leap years .
one of the recurring reasons that is quoted for abolishing leap seconds in radio broadcast time signals is that air traffic control systems cannot tolerate them . curiously , exactly the same argument was presented against leap seconds in 1970 when the decision to institute them was made . if air traffic control systems have a problem with leap seconds , how is it that no action has been taken to remedy this problem during the past 33 years ?
zoom in and you can see that after 600 years or so we have drifted by a day .
finally , over the past 30 years ( coincidentally since the inception of leap seconds ) the rotation of the earth ' s crust was accelerating . this acceleration was presumably due to changes of fluid circulation in the outer core of the earth . historical investigations of earth rotation indicate that such accelerations are not unprecedented , and it should not be possible for the acceleration to continue for very many more years .
however , the gregorian calendar has only 365 days in a year , so if we didn ' t add a leap day on february 29 nearly every four years , we would lose almost six hours off our calendar every year . after only 100 years , our calendar would be off by around 24 days !
18 . the character leap day william who appeared in an episode of 30 rock wears blue and yellow .
when pope gregory xiii instituted the gregorian calendar in 1582 , the calendar was shifted to make the beginning of spring fall on march 21 and a new system of leap days was introduced . instead of intercalating a leap day every fourth year , 97 leap days would be introduced every 400 years , according to the rule given above . thus , the average gregorian calendar year is 365 . 2425 days in length . this agrees to within a half a minute of the length of the tropical year . it will take about 3300 years before the gregorian calendar is as much as one day out of step with the seasons .
i am creating a custom calendar in a fantasy setting . so far i have found the edit options for this process very cool . ) it would be nice to be able to set how often leap years occur however . in custom calendars , it shouldn ' t be assumed that they are every four years .
leap years based upon the novella , leap of love by dr catherine lim , whom i believe is one of singapore’s most talented writer . the story revolves about the main protagonist , li ann ( played by wong li lin ) whom by a stroke of inspiration decides to ask a handsome stranger ( played by the hunky ananda everingham ) on a date and takes advantage of an irish leap year custom where a woman’s proposal must be fulfilled .
by the time that there are too many leap seconds for the l1 format all of the earlier gps satellites will be replaced . however , old ground - based gps receivers will fail to accommodate leap seconds as described below . this is basically to say that sometime in the next 50 years it will be necessary to discard or upgrade all gps equipment .
to synchronize the calendar and tropical years , leap days are periodically added to the calendar , forming leap years . if a leap day is added every fourth year , the average length of the calendar year is 365 . 25 days . this was the basis of the julian calendar , introduced by julius caesar in 46 b . c . in this case the calendar year is longer than the tropical year by about 0 . 0078 days . over a century this difference accumulates to a little over three quarters of a day . from the time of julius caesar to the sixteenth century a . d . , the beginning of spring shifted from march 23 to march 11 .
1 . queen margaret of scotland was apparently five years old when she came up with the notorious february 29 proposal trap .
to resolve this discrepancy , our calendar ( the gregorian calendar ) adds one day ( 24 hours ) to the calendar every four years .
the modern calendar does one final tweak on this : if the year is divisible by 4000 , leave out the leap - day despite the gregorian recommendation above .
19 . the french call leapfrog
saute - mouton
, which translates literally as
leap sheep
.
people find leap years inspiring . perhaps it ' s the feeling they ' re getting an extra day . but february 29 is really not an extra day . it just a mathematical attempt to make up for lost time .
family lore has it my father was born on february 29 , 1936 - a leap day in a leap year many moons ago . it seems fitting for a man who says he ' s
not interested
in birthdays that he should have the option of missing his three years out of ( almost ) every four .
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the newer constellation of gps satellites ( starting with block iif ) will accommodate leap seconds for something like 30000 years . this is described by icd - gps - 200 rev . c , which is available from the us coast guard navigation center .
upcoming leap seconds are announced by the international earth rotation and reference systems service ( iers ) in paris , france .
the
leap day
of 29 february exists for purely astronomical reasons , but has always prompted less scientific curiosities .
but stewart points out that is very slightly out , owing to the loss of the three leap years every 400 years . in any case , babies are more likely to be born at certain times of the year rather than others , due to a range of other factors , he says . babies born on 29 february are known as
leapers
or
leaplings
.
neverthless , a quick change has happened before in 1970 the decision to switch to leap seconds was made with less than two years of advance notice before the change in 1972 . in the proposal above , the decision to switch to leap hours would be made with less than two months of advance notice . the effects of such a change are plotted in a sibling web page with plots of the expected time difference in the year 2100 .
magic leap one has not been authorized as required by the rules of the federal communications commission . magic leap one is not , and may not be , offered for sale or lease , or sold or leased , until authorization is obtained .
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regular communication rhythms underlying leap ' s system to meet its quarterly goals are regular daily huddles , added at the same time the company began setting the targets .
it transpires there are a lot of people who ' re ready to use today to take a leap .
16 . mitsukuni
honey
haninozuka , the manga and anime character born on a leap day , likes sweets , cake and stuffed toys . it is joked that , although he ' s 17 , he ' s really six years old .
determines if the given year is a leap year . returns true if the given year is a leap year . to specify bc year numbers , 1 - year number must be given . for example , year bc 4 is specified as - 3 .
based on the novella by catherine lim , the leap years tells 2 stories in parallel , but both centered on li - ann and her friends through a period of 16 years ( 4 leap years in total ) , consisting almost every boy - finds - girl - loves - loses - etc plot point you can think of . and for the most parts , it was almost like a self - fulfilling prophecy of a fortune teller ' s advice to li - ann on her love being one like the wind , which delivered yet another set of cliches like windows cafe , mini toy windmills , and moments where long hair gets swept away like bollywood movies .
i dont think that jack neo is all that bad , but i think that there are many people with more mature tastes who are ready to have something different . and i appreciate that leap years is around to fulfill that void .
a leap year in the tabular version of the islamic hijri calendar occurs 11 times in a 30 - year cycle when one day is added to the last month of the year . more
but as a very specific measure , one year , better described as a tropical year , is defined as the time between one spring equinox and the next being 365 days , five hours , 48 minutes and 45 seconds . this period is often rounded up to 365 and a quarter days – although even the greek astronomer hipparchus realised over 2 , 000 years ago that this was a generous approximation – and so to keep our years aligned and reassuringly predictable , a leap day is added to the calendar every four years to allow for the accumulation of those otherwise overlooked four extra quarters .
the year is 365 days and a quarter long - but not exactly . if it was exactly , then you could say it was every four years . but it is very slightly less .
the answer arrived at by pope gregory xiii and his astronomers when they introduced the gregorian calendar in 1582 , was to lose three leap days every 400 years . the maths has hung together ever since . it will need to be rethought in about 10 , 000 years ' time , stewart warns . but by then mankind might have come up with a new system .
if you pile up enough of them , small errors can turn into big problems . for instance : how long is a year ? more specifically , if you ignored the leap day every four years , how long would it take to notice something was wrong ?
3 . every fourth year is a leap year , as a rule of thumb . but that ' s not the end of the story . a year that is divisible by 100 , but not by 400 , is not . so 2000 was a leap year under the gregorian calendar , as was 1600 . but 1700 , 1800 and 1900 are not leap years .
it seems a bit arbitrary ,
says ian stewart , emeritus professor of mathematics at warwick university . but there ' s a good reason behind it .
before the first leap second was added in 1972 , utc was 10 seconds behind atomic time . so far , a total of 27 leap seconds have been added . this means that the earth has slowed down an additional 27 seconds compared to atomic time since then .
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the egyptians were among the first to calculate the need for a leap year , but the practice didn’t arrive in europe until the reign of the roman dictator julius caesar . before then , the roman calendar had operated on a muddled lunar model that regularly required adding an extra month to maintain celestial consistency . finally , in 46 b . c . , caesar and the astronomer sosigenes revamped the roman calendar to include 12 months and 365 days . this “julian calendar” also accounted for the slightly longer solar year by adding a leap day every four years .
from 1999 through 2004 the excess lod was less than 1 ms , so there was no need for a leap second for more than 2000 days . if that acceleration had continued much longer then the lod might have fallen under 86400 si seconds - - then the iers might have called for a negative leap second . there has never been a negative leap second , so no time keeping system has been tested with one . indeed , many precision time keeping systems are known not to be prepared to implement a negative leap second .
while the current actors karthika nair and rajneesh duggal though will remain as the story will be show from their point of view . though their roles will be reduced and focus will be on leap track . the show started off with decent ratings but is not taking off as expected . hopefully , the leap will help the show’s popularity .
for around five million ‘leapers’ february 29 is a special day , their birthday . it only happens once every four years and signifies an important reorganisation of time . but what is a leap year and are there any other ‘leaps’ that keep our clocks accurate to the microsecond ?
and why on earth would anyone promise to wait 4 years to have a date with someone ? that’s crazy . i meet cartcart every six months and it’s already immensely hard . if we had to meet every 4 years , i think i’d probably die from heartbreak .
in about 600 years ti will be ahead of ut1 by half an hour , and in about 1000 years the difference will be a full hour . this means that when a ti clock says 12 : 00 it will still be an hour before noon in greenwich . the situation in 1000 years is , of course , much the same as what happens all summer long as a result of civil summer / daylight time . however the difference does not stop growing at one hour .
so not only are leap years the result of millennia of mathematical work , they are also the consequence of rulers imposing their will on people’s day to day lives , and the gradual understanding of our place in the universe . controlling calendars means controlling the rhythms of a culture – which is something for all of us to think about on february 29 .
most of the time , a year is made up of 365 days . but this year , just like 2012 , and the year four years before that , has 366 . and that vital extra day , a leap day , is ( partly ) what keeps our calendars in working order .
so every 100 years we don ' t have a leap year , and that gets us 365 . 24 days per year ( 1 day less in 100 year = - 0 . 01 days per year ) . closer , but still not accurate enough !
in 1969 a number of scientific unions called for an international and interdisciplinary study group to find a new scheme . disregarding that call , the ccir study group met in late 1969 and proposed the leap second scheme to the ccir . at the plenary meeting in early 1970 the ccir unilaterally decided to institute leap seconds - - beginning in 1972 - - with less than two years of advance notice . furthermore , the ccir failed to send a letter to the iau notifying them of the impending change . without official notification the iau general assembly in august 1970 had no basis for objecting to the impending change . astronomers responded to the ccir with a resolution stating that utc with leap seconds represented the
optimum solution
in the face of
conflicting requirements
of users of time , but they could not take final action until the general assembly held in 1973 , which was after leap seconds had begun .
at torino the proponents of omitting leap seconds supposed that the governments of the world might handle this situation using leap hours introduced into civil time by occasionally omitting the annual
spring forward
change to jump to summer / daylight time . however there are serious questions raised by the notion of a leap hour . given that the first leap hour would not happen for centuries , it is not clear that any systems ( legal or technological ) would build in the necessary complexity for handling it . this seems to be likely even if the notion of the leap hour were built into the new radio broadcasts from their inception . this might mean that posterity would have to face a severe choice : either undertake an expensive and expansive y2k - like systems review or face an eventual disagreement over what day of the week it would be .
atomic clocks , however , tick away at pretty much the same speed over millions of years . compared to the earth ' s rotation , atomic clocks are simply too consistent .
but the julian calendar was not perfect either , since the year was in fact just a little bit shorter than 365 . 25 days . pope gregory corrected this mistake in his gregorian calendar of 1582 . as well as adding a leap day every four years , he also opted to lose three days every 400 years . this was a catholic decision , which protestant and orthodox calendars resisted for some time . greece was the last country to accept the gregorian reform in 1923 .
this table shows that although leap seconds in utc will become more and more frequent , the current scheme for utc will almost certainly work for the next 1200 years . this gives plenty of time to develop a solution which satisfies the systems that need atomic time as well as civilizations that are accustomed to mean solar time .
the year 2000 , for example , was a leap year , since it was divisible by four . but since it was also divisible by 400 , the dropping of the extra day every 100 years was not carried out . this long - term solution creates an average year length of 365 . 2425 days , still slightly off the required target of 365 . 2421897 days , making even this complicated modern arrangement incorrect by one day over a period of just under 4 , 000 years .
the evolving relationships among five new york city friends are chronicled in an unusual drama that jumps back and forth in time , taking place in the years 1993 , 2001 and 2008 .
as seen in the table above , the long term effect of omitting leap seconds is inevitable even though the calendar year of any particular difference is impossible to predict . the most significant alteration of the above table would be determined by the date at which the itu might decide to make a change in broadcast time signals . the year 2022 was offered at the colloquium in torino as a reasonable compromise , but it is much farther into the future than many proponents for omitting leap seconds would like ( indeed , some seem to promote omitting any further leap seconds in utc starting immediately ) .
the current rules for leap seconds in utc are specified by itu - r tf . 460 . they state that a leap second may be added ( or subtracted ) at the end of any month , but that first preference is given to june and december , and second preference is given to march and september . after the si second was defined it became evident that the length of the si second happens to match the length of the mean solar second at around the year 1820 . if we start with the length of day in the year 1820 and calculate the tidal deceleration using the rates listed above , then the following predicted rates for the insertion of leap seconds applies .
field is 29 because 2004 is a leap year , and if the date of this instance is february 1 , 2005 , it ' s 28 .
li - ann , a dreamer , is a strong believer of the soul mate theory and rejects all men , especially her best friend ks , till she falls in love with jeremy , at first sight . they tour chinatown , singapore , together on february 29 1980 . unfortunately , she is heartbroken when he tells her he is engaged . he decides to make up to her by meeting her same time , same place , every leap year . their love spans twenty years , as they realize the pain of love until they take the leap of faith . . . and the leap of love . . .
unless civilization decides that counting days and nights is irrelevant , civil time will want to remain synchronized with solar time , not atomic time . if civil time were to become atomic time with leap hours there would foreseeably come a time when that scheme would become quite annoying . it seems likely that human perceptions will always find a one second leap to be inconsequential , even if that happens once a day . my wristwatch is good to a little better than a second a day , so by this reckoning leap seconds in 40000 years will be no more annoying to a human than resetting my watch is today . it is difficult to say whether posterity would prefer one leap second a day or one leap hour every 10 years , and it is presumptuous for the current generation to declare that future generations will not wish to operate on solar time . changing to atomic time now would place a burden on posterity in exchange for laziness on the part of contemporary designers of systems .
however , this does not mean that the days are 27 seconds longer nowadays . the only difference is that the days a leap second was added had 86 , 401 seconds instead of the usual 86 , 400 seconds .
we have to skip some leap years to account for the fact that those extra , or decimal hours ( the 5 hours , 48 minutes , and 46 seconds ) in the tropical year are just short of a quarter day . so in a sense we ' re re - adjusting the re - adjustment , but we ' re still left with an imperfect sum .
leap seconds were instituted in 1972 when radio broadcast time signals changed from counting
elastic seconds
( which by their definition evenly divided the day ) to si seconds ( which have no relation to the day ) . the purpose of leap seconds is specifically to permit the broadcast of fixed length si seconds while providing a value of time that stays in step with the day .
the leap years , aka leap of love , was a long process in the making . having tracked this movie for a number of years now , it is going to make its debut this year premiering exactly on feb 29 no less . while there were the usual production woes , i thought that this was one of those projects that remain in development hell , and given the overlong trailers being played in the cinemas - i didn ' t time it , but it was more than 3 minutes long - i thought it would be one of those that would sink immediately upon release , despite having international flavour with the casting of joan chen and ananda everingham . well , the good news is the singapore ' s first english language romance movie passes the litmus test .
performance - based compensation about two and one half years into setting quarterly goals , leap legal software realized employees would be more motivated to hit them if the leadership team ' s compensation was tied to this .
in continually trying to improve the company , executive performance is the single most important thing i look after ,
says hugo - hamman .
the last leap second was added on december 31 , 2016 , at 23 : 59 : 60 utc . the difference between utc and international atomic time ( tai ) increased from the 36 seconds to the current 37 seconds .
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the number of leap seconds needed is proportional to the area between zero and the lod curve . in particular note that when the lod has been about 2 . 5 ms longer than 86400 si seconds there have been leap seconds about every 400 days ( because 2 . 5 ms / day * 400 days = 1 second ) , and when the lod has been about 1 ms longer than 86400 si seconds there have been leap seconds about every 1000 days ( 1 ms / day * 1000 days = 1 second ) .
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apart from that , every year divisible by 4 ( 2012 , 2016 , 2020 , 2024 , etc . ) is a leap year .
to account for variation beyond this , we insert leap seconds , so we should be in good shape for a long time to come .
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the lifetime of individual satellites in these constellations is only expected to be 10 years . there is undoubtedly pressure to avoid having to redesign the down - link protocol , redesign the ground systems , retest the entire ensemble , work out how to handle the potentially awkward period of transition , and redeploy new versions of everything within such a short span of years . but do problems such as this really justify the demise of mean solar time for civil purposes ?
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every now and then a leap second is added to coordinated universal time ( utc ) in order to synchronize clocks worldwide with the earth ' s ever slowing rotation .
5 . the tradition of a woman proposing on a leap year has been attributed to various historical figures . one , although much disputed , was st bridget in the 5th century . she is said to have complained to st patrick that women had to wait too long for their suitors to propose . st patrick then supposedly gave women a single day in a leap year to pop the question - the last day of the shortest month . another popular story is that queen margaret of scotland brought in a law setting fines for men who turned down marriage proposals put by women on a leap year . sceptics have pointed out that margaret was five years old at the time and living far away in norway . the tradition is not thought to have become commonplace until the 19th century .
4 . one in five engaged couples in greece will plan to avoid getting married in a leap year . they believe it is bad luck .
value of the era field indicating the period before the common era ( before christ ) , also known as bce . the sequence of years at the transition from bc to ad is . . . , 2 bc , 1 bc , 1 ad , 2 ad , . . .
rinaz , i think j got married after he met l leh . so the first date the grandma didn’t lie mah . remember the 2nd leap year j told l that he has a daughter who is 3yrs old ?
as pantsov and levine point out , “mao had no concrete plans for the great leap forward . ” all he did was repeat the incantation “we can catch up with england in fifteen years . ” in fact , as yang jisheng’s “tombstone” shows , neither experts nor the central committee discussed “mao’s grand plan . ” the chinese president and mao cultist liu shaoqi endorsed it , and a boastful fantasy became , as yang writes , “the guiding ideology of the party and the country . ”
so how many days are in a year ? it ' s not exactly 365 , but it ' s close . does the difference matter ? let ' s investigate . the length of a seasonal year is 365 . 24219878 days ( more or less ) . consider a primitive calendar exactly 365 days long with no leap years . such a calendar was actually used by the ancient egyptians .
value of the era field indicating the common era ( anno domini ) , also known as ce . the sequence of years at the transition from bc to ad is . . . , 2 bc , 1 bc , 1 ad , 2 ad , . . .
the gregorian calendar was first adopted in italy , poland , portugal and spain in 1582 . it is regarded as one of the most accurate calendars in use today . but it maintains a margin of error of about 27 seconds per year - that ' s one day in every 3236 years . it ' s fourth in line for accuracy behind the mayan calendar from about 2000 b . c . e . ( margin of error : one day in every 6500 years ) , the revised julian calendar from 1923 ( margin of error : one day in every 31 , 250 years ) , and the iranian solar hijri calendar from the 2nd millennium b . c . e . ( margin of error : one day in 110 , 000 years ) . the solar hijri is said to achieve its high accuracy by using astronomical observations rather than mathematical ones .
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because most employees at the time had started out with a base wage and received traditional raises , leap phased in the new approach gradually . for employees hired with a traditional salary , leap has ceased traditional annual raises and increased the percentage of their pay that comes from performance bonus , without increasing their base pay .
the goal is to get to 50 - 50 ,
says hugo - hamman .
in china , no animal is revered as much as the giant panda . the population of this endangered chinese national symbol has noticeably recovered in recent years . one of the main reasons behind the increase is a growth in world class panda research and an uncompromising commitment to the animal ' s protection .
9 . anthony , texas is the self - proclaimed
leap year capital of the world
. it holds a festival which includes a guided trip to aztec cave ,
fun at the horse farm
and square dancing .
in the years since the torino colloquium the itu - r process has continued . i attempt to track that process in my calendar and bibliography page . the most significant deviation from the plan outlined at torino is that the itu - r officials appear to be ignoring a significant part of the result of the torino colloquium . the colloquium result called for the renaming of the time scale from utc to ti . there are historical precedents which indicate why it is important to change the name .
last year , one quarterly goal was to get leap software onto the amazon east coast server in virginia . thirty - two people in the company had a top five priority related to that outcome . they achieved the goal on time .
it is believed that the tradition of women proposing on this day goes back to the times when the leap year day was not recognised by english law . under this theory , if the day had no legal status , it was acceptable to break with the convention of a man proposing .
many systems have adopted utc as their timescale , but have chosen not to track the history of leap seconds . perhaps such system choices are a result of these early sociological mishaps and other historical accidents of timescales . ignoring leap seconds is practical , but self - inconsistent , and the inconsistency is becoming problematic in a growing number of places . despite any claims to the contrary , such systems do not truly provide utc . instead they provide half - breed timescales that tick atomically ( except near leap seconds ) but count mean solar seconds of ut .