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Input (English): Context: The Entity is a 1982 American horror film directed by Sidney J. Furie, written by Frank De Felitta, and based on his novel of the same name. It stars Barbara Hershey as a woman who is raped and tormented by an invisible assailant. Despite being filmed and planned for a release in 1981, the movie was not released in worldwide theaters until September 1982 and February 1983 in the United States. Like the novel, the film is based on the 1974 Doris Bither case., The Jazz Singer is a 1980 American drama film and a remake of the 1927 classic The Jazz Singer , released by EMI Films . It starred Neil Diamond , Laurence Olivier and Lucie Arnaz and was co-directed by Richard Fleischer and Sidney J. Furie . Although the film was a critical flop , the soundtrack was enormously successful , eventually reaching multi-platinum status and becoming Diamond 's most successful album to date . It resulted in three hit songs , `` America '' , `` Love on the Rocks '' and `` Hello Again '' ., Sidney J. Furie (born February 28, 1933) is a Canadian film director. Furie is perhaps best known for directing "American Soldiers", "The IPCRESS File", "The Entity", "", "Lady Sings the Blues", "The Boys", "Gable and Lombard", "Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York" and the "Iron Eagle" films., EMI Films was a British film studio and distributor. A subsidiary of the EMI conglomerate, the name was not used throughout the entire period of EMI's involvement in the film industry, from 1969 to 1986, but the company's brief connection with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Anglo-EMI, the division under Nat Cohen, and the later company as part of the Thorn EMI conglomerate (following the merger with Thorn) are discussed here., Samson Raphaelson (18941983) was a leading American playwright, screenwriter and fiction writer., Nat Cohen (23 December 1905  10 February 1988) was a British film producer and executive. For over four decades he was one of the most significant figures in the British film industry, particularly in his capacity as head of Anglo-Amalgamated and EMI Films; he helped finance the first "Carry On" movies and early work of filmmakers such as Ken Loach, John Schlesinger, Alan Parker and David Puttnam. In the early 1970s while head of EMI Films he was called the most powerful man in the British film industry., The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American musical film. The first feature-length motion picture with synchronized sound, its release heralded the commercial ascendance of sound films and the decline of the silent film era. Directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros. with its Vitaphone sound-on-disc system, the film, featuring six songs performed by Al Jolson, is based on a play of the same name by Samson Raphaelson, adapted from one of his short stories "The Day of Atonement"., Sir Arthur John Gielgud (14 April 1904  21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century. A member of the Terry family theatrical dynasty, he gained his first paid acting work as a junior member of his cousin Phyllis Neilson-Terry's company in 1922. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art he worked in repertory theatre and in the West End before establishing himself at the Old Vic as an exponent of Shakespeare in 192931., Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson; May 26, 1886  October 23, 1950) was an American singer, film actor, and comedian. At the peak of his career, he was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer". His performing style was brash and extroverted, and he popularized a large number of songs that benefited from his "shamelessly sentimental, melodramatic approach". Numerous well-known singers were influenced by his music, including Bing Crosby, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart and others. Dylan once referred to him as "somebody whose life I can feel". Broadway critic Gilbert Seldes compared him to the Greek god Pan, claiming that Jolson represented "the concentration of our national health and gaiety"., Gable and Lombard is a 1976 American biographical film directed by Sidney J. Furie. The screenplay by Barry Sandler is based on the romance and consequent marriage of screen stars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. The original music score was composed by Michel Legrand., Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, (22 May 1907  11 July 1989) was an English actor who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. Late in his career, he had considerable success in television roles., Sir Ralph David Richardson (19 December 1902  10 October 1983) was an English actor who, along with his contemporaries John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He worked in films throughout most of his career, and played more than sixty cinema roles. From an artistic but not theatrical background, Richardson had had no thought of a stage career until a production of "Hamlet" in Brighton inspired him to become an actor. He learned his craft in the 1920s with a touring company and later the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. In 1931 he joined the Old Vic, playing mostly Shakespearean roles. He led the company the following season, succeeding Gielgud, who had taught him much about stage technique. After he left the company, a series of leading roles took him to stardom in the West End and on Broadway., Subject: the jazz singer , Relation: screenwriter, Options: (A) alan parker (B) barry sandler (C) bing crosby (D) bob dylan (E) david richardson (F) frank de felitta (G) ken loach (H) laurence olivier (I) samson raphaelson
Output (English): samson raphaelson