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A Bloody Aria () is a 2006 South Korean black comedy film written and directed by Won Shin-Yeon, that starred Han Suk-Kyu, Lee Moon-Sik, Oh Dal-Soo, Lee Byung-Joon and Cha Ye-Ryun. The Los Angeles Times described the movie as a "thriller about a fated convergence of people from different strata of Korean society who queasily slide between roles of tormentor and victim." == Plot == An aspiring opera singer In-jeong travels to countryside with her college professor Yeong-seon. She wants to learn more about the outcome of her audition for a part in an upcoming opera performance. The two park on a deserted riverbank to make a campfire. Instead of talking about the audition, Yeong-seon tries to rape In-jeong who escapes to a forest. Yeong-seon wants to leave but his car gets stuck. Three local thugs with motorcycles discover the car and confront him. Meanwhile, In-jeong stops a man on a scooter who promises to take her to a public transport terminal after they meet his friends who are waiting at the river. As it turns out, he is the leader of the group and takes In-jeong back to the riverbank where she reunites with the scared Yeong-seon but the two do not admit knowing each other. The thugs eat roasted pork and have a small talk with the professor when a young student Hyeon-jae rolls out from a bag that was placed on one of the motorcycles. The thug leader starts harassing the boy. His behavior becomes more psychotic when In-jeong voices her disapproval. He orders the thugs to rape her and forces the student and Yeong-seon to fight until one of them drops. Hyeon-jae knows taekwondo and easily defeats Yeong-seon. He then proceeds to beat the thugs. With all of them unconscious, the boy digs a hole in the ground, buries the men up to their chests and pours gasoline on their heads preparing to set them on fire. Yeong-seon runs for help and In-jeong tries to stop the student. While she's talking to him, the leader regains consciousness and manages to hit the boy with a shovel and escape from the hole. After waking up, one of the thugs beats the injured boy so badly that all believe him dead. Meanwhile, Yeong-seon finds a police officer that fined him earlier that day and tells him about the thugs and the boy. The policeman happens to be the boy's older brother Moon-jae. When they arrive to the riverbank, they don't find anybody because the thugs locked the boy in the car's trunk and left to drive the car into the river at a different place. The boy eventually regains consciousness and shoots several times from a revolver he'd been hiding all the time. The car crashes and the policeman is able to find them. He recognizes the thug leader to be his former schoolmate Bong-yeon that he used to bully and physically abuse. The kidnapping and torture of his brother was meant to be a revenge for this abuse. The policeman proceeds with mocking and beating Bong- yeon in a manner that resembles his behavior at school. After beating him up, he leaves taking a small tin box from one of the thugs. The box originally contained cough powder but one of the thugs replaced it with a poison he used for catching birds. Believing it to be cocaine, the policeman samples the poison and dies shortly after becoming the only victim of the whole episode. == Cast == * Han Suk-Kyu as Moon-Jae, a policeman * Lee Moon-Sik as Bong-Yeon, a gang boss * Oh Dal-Soo as Oh-Geun, a gangster * Cha Ye-Ryun as In-Jung, a student of Young-Sun * Kim Shi-Hoo as Hyun-Jae, a victim * Lee Byung-Joon as Young-Sun, a professor of classical vocal music * Jung Kyung-Ho as Hong-Bae, a gangster * Shin Hyun-Tak as Won-Ryong, a gangster * Jin Yong-Ok as Tow truck driver == Release == A Bloody Aria was released in South Korea on 31 May 2006,"Box-Office Admission Results" (2006). Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved on 8 January 2009. and on its opening weekend was ranked eighth at the box office with 50,047 admissions."Korean Box Office" (2006.06.02 ~ 2006.06.04). HanCinema. Retrieved on 8 January 2009. The film went on to receive a total of 164,606 admissions nationwide, and as of 4 June 2006 had grossed a total of ."South Korea Box Office June 2–4, 2006". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 8 January 2009. == Home media == A Bloody Aria was released on DVD by HB Entertainment in South Korea, and ImaginAsian Home Entertainment in the United States. In the United Kingdom, three seconds were removed from its release to obtain the "age 18" rating.A BLOODY ARIA rated 18 by the BBFC . Retrieved on 27 January 2009. == References == == External links == * * * * * * Category:2006 films Category:2000s crime comedy films Category:2006 black comedy films Category:South Korean black comedy films Category:South Korean crime comedy films Category:Films about bullying Category:Films set in Gangwon Province, South Korea Category:Films directed by Won Shin-yun Category:2000s Korean-language films Category:2000s South Korean films

A Bloody Battle for Revenge () is a 1992 South Korean action film directed, written by, and starring Lee Kyung-kyu. This film is often cited as an example of failure in movie industry in South Korea. Category:1992 films Category:1990s Korean-language films Category:1992 action films Category:South Korean action films

A Bloody Night is an action 2D video game, created and published by Italian developer Emanuele Leoncilli for Microsoft Windows. ==References== Category:2017 video games Category:Action games Category:Video games developed in Italy Category:Windows games Category:Windows-only games

A Bloom in Vain and Other Songs () is the debut studio album by Dia Chakravarty, released on 22 August 2014. ==Background== Dia Chakravarty, having studied law at the University of Oxford, chose songs of composers, who, except for Dwijendralal, studied law, including Tagore who eventually dropped out; and except for Rajanikanta, every one of them went to England for higher studies. In August 2014, Chakravarty told New Age, "Music is my passion and runs through my blood. I love to sing Bangla songs of almost every genre." ==Composition== The album consists of four pairs of tracks by a quartet of composers – Rabindranath Tagore, Atulprasad Sen, Dwijendralal Ray, and Rajanikanta Sen from the late 1800s to early 1900s. It was arranged by Prattyush Banerjee and recorded by Goutam Basu in Usha Uthup's music studio "Studio Vibrations" in Kolkata. ==Release== The album was released by Laser Vision on 22 August 2014. at Sufia Kamal Auditorium at Bangladesh National Museum. ==Critical response== Mosabber Rahman of the Dhaka Tribune said of Chakravarty, "Her voice lacks pretension, and she has the sincerity of a schoolgirl preparing for the final exam". ==Track listing== ==See also== *Music of Bengal ==References== ==External links== * Category:2014 albums Category:Bengali-language albums Category:Laser Vision albums Category:Dia Chakravarty albums Category:Adaptations of works by Rabindranath Tagore

A Bloom of Bones: a novel is a 2016 novel by Allen Morris Jones. It follows the life of Eli Singer, a rancher and poet, in eastern Montana. ==Reception== A Library Journal review of A Bloom of Bones wrote "The dry-as-bones Montana landscape perfectly captures the emotional state of the story's two central characters as they struggle toward something each wants but neither quite knows how to get.", while Missoula Independent called Jones "a top-notch storyteller." and, although being critical of Jones' portrayal of the relationship between Singer and Barnes, found the novel "a compelling illustration of how a certain section of the population lives, and a worthy addition to the literary canon of the West." A Bloom of Bones has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and Forward Reviews. It is a 2016 Montana Book Award honor book. ==References== ==External links== :Library holdings of A Bloom of Bones Category:2016 American novels Category:Novels set in Montana

"A Blossom Fell" is a popular song written by Howard Barnes, Harold Cornelius, and Dominic John and published in 1954. The best-known version was recorded by Nat King Cole. The recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 3095. The B-side was "If I May." The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on April 27, 1955, and lasted 20 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2. (Note that in this era, Billboard combined data for both sides of two- sided hits, so the #2 status applies to the combination of "A Blossom Fell" and "If I May"). Nat King Cole recorded the song again for his album The Nat King Cole Story (1961). ==Other versions== *In the UK "A Blossom Fell" was even more popular with 3 cover versions to reach the UK charts: The first one was by Dickie Valentine who entered the UK listings on 18 February 1955 and climbed up to the # 10 spot. One week later the version by Nat King Cole appeared and outsold Valentines recording by reaching #3. Finally Ronnie Hilton's version charted at #10 a few weeks later. *Tony Bennett - Recorded June 9, 1955. *Diana Krall - All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio (1996) *Sue Raney - Songs for a Raney Day (1960). ==References== Category:1954 songs Category:1955 singles Category:Songs with lyrics by Howard Barnes Category:Nat King Cole songs

A Blot in the 'Scutcheon is a tragedy in blank verse by Robert Browning, published in 1843 and acted in the same year.Keller 1924, p. 95. == Characters == * Mildred Tresham * Thorold, Earl Tresham * Henry, Earl Mertoun * Guendolen Tresham * Austin Tresham * Gerard, and other retainers of Lord Tresham Time, 17— == Synopsis == Mildred Tresham, only sister of Thorold, Earl Tresham, has been seduced by Henry, Earl Mertoun, whose lands adjoin those of her brother. Anxious to repair this wrong he formally requests her in marriage. Thorold, who knows nothing of his sister's fall, readily consents. But a retainer sees Mertoun climb to Mildred's chamber and informs his master, without being able to identify the intruder. Questioned by her brother, Mildred admits the truth of the story, but refuses to divulge her lover's name or to dismiss Earl Mertoun. Deeply wounded in his family pride, which is morbidly intense, Thorold is too emotionally stirred to infer that Mertoun and the lover are the same. Denouncing Mildred as a shameless woman he rushes into the park, where he wanders until midnight. Meanwhile, Mildred's cousin, Gwendolen, in a talk with Mildred, has divined the identity of Mertoun and the offender, and with her fiancé and the earl’s brother, Austin Tresham, goes out to find Thorold and to persuade him to forgiveness. They are too late, however. At midnight Thorold encounters Mertoun on his way to an interview with Mildred, and in his anger compelled him to fight a duel in which Mertoun, refusing to defend himself, is mortally wounded. Realizing at length his own harshness and injustice towards a boy who was penitent and eager to atone for his fault, Thorold exchanges forgiveness with Mertoun, and on his death, takes poison. He then goes to beg forgiveness of his sister who grants it and dies of a broken heart, closely followed by her brother. In dying he says that he leaves to Austin and Gwendolen an unblotted 'scutcheon. == Background == Browning's dramatic period extended from 1835 to the time of his marriage in 1846, and produced some nine plays, not all of which, however, were intended for the stage. Paracelsus, the first of the series, has been described as a "conversational drama", and Pippa Passes, though it has been staged, is essentially a poem to read. The historical tragedy of Strafford has been performed, but King Victor and King Charles, The Return of the Druses, Colombe's Birthday, A Soul's Tragedy, and Luria, while interesting in many ways, have not been regarded as successful stage-plays.Eliot, ed. 1909, p. 358. == Performance == A Blot in the 'Scutcheon was published in 1843 as the fifth number (No. V) of Bells and Pomegranates.Birch, ed. 2009. In a letter to John Forster, dated 25 November 1842, Charles Dickens wrote enthusiastically of Browning's play: "[It] has thrown me into a perfect passion of sorrow … I know nothing that is so affecting, nothing in any book I have ever read, as Mildred's recurrence to that "I was so young—I had no mother."'Roberts 2011. The play was performed at Drury Lane in 1843, but its chances of a successful run were spoiled by the jealousy of William Macready, the manager, and it ran for only three nights. It was presented again, under the management of Samuel Phelps, in 1848.Clarke 1920, p. 213. == Reception == The catastrophe has been criticised as not inevitable and the speeches as too analytical for the stage, but the pathos and tragic power of this drama have also received praise. == References == == Sources == * Birch, Dinah, ed. (2009). "Blot in the 'Scutcheon, A". In The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 7th ed. Oxford University Press. * Clarke, George Herbert (1920). "Browning's "A Blot in the 'Scutcheon": A Defence". The Sewanee Review, 28(2): pp. 213–227. * Eliot, Charles William, ed. (1909). "A Blot in the Scutcheon". Modern English Drama. The Harvard Classics. Vol. 18. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Corporation. pp. 358–404. * Keller, Helen Rex (1924). "Blot in the 'Scutcheon, A". The Reader's Digest of Books. New York: The Macmillan Co. p. 95. * Reese, Gertrude (1948). "Robert Browning and A Blot in the 'Scutcheon". Modern Language Notes, 63(4): pp. 237–240. * Roberts, Adam (2011). "Browning, Robert, English poet and dramatist (1812–89)". In Schlicke, Paul (ed.). The Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens. Oxford University Press * Vann, J. Don (1979). "A Blot in the 'Scutcheon: A Literary Notice". Studies in Browning and His Circle, 7(2): pp. 68–70. === Reviews === * "A Blot in the 'Scutcheon". The Pall Mall Gazette. 1 February 1891. p. 1. * ""The Blot in the 'Scutcheon"". The Globe. 16 June 1893. p. 3. == External links == * Miller, Renata Kobetts, ed. (15 November 2017). "Robert Browning, A Blot in the 'Scutcheon". The Independent Theatre Society. Accessed 13 July 2022. Category:Plays by Robert Browning Category:1843 plays

A Blow for Me, a Toot to You is a 1977 album by funk musician Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns featuring Maceo Parker. ==Reception== The album contains heavy participation by the P-Funk musical collective, including Garry Shider, Michael Hampton, and Jerome Brailey. The album also contains the heavily sampled track "Four Play" which, due to its title, prevented the track from garnering airplay when it was released as a single. The album was produced by George Clinton and Bootsy Collins, and was reissued in 1993, first by P-Vine records in Japan, then by Sequel Records in the UK, and lastly AEM in the U.S.. The reissue contains two new remixes of the tracks "Four Play" and "A Blow for Me, a Toot to You", as well as an interview with George Clinton discussing the recording's background. Years later, WEA released both Horny Horns albums on a two-CD set, in the UK. ==Track listing== ===Bonus tracks on the CD reissue=== ==Personnel== *Fred Wesley (trombone), Maceo Parker (saxophone), Rick Gardner (trumpet), Richard "Kush" Griffith (trumpet) - horns *Brecker Brothers - additional horns *Jerome Brailey, Frankie "Kash" Waddy, Bootsy Collins - drums *Glenn Goins, Garry Shider, Michael Hampton, Bootsy Collins, Phelps Collins - guitar *Bootsy Collins - bass *Bernie Worrell - keyboards *Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Rick Gardner, Richard Griffith, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Gary "Mudbone" Cooper, Lynn Mabry, Dawn Silva, Taka Khan, Bernie Worrell, Phelps Collins, Randy Crawford, Robert "P-Nut" Johnson - vocals ;Technical *Jim Callon, Jim Vitti - engineer *Ronald "Stozo" Edwards - cover illustration ==Charts== Chart (1977) Peak position Billboard Pop Albums 181 Billboard Top Soul Albums 31 ===Singles=== Year Single Chart positions US R&B; 1977 "Up For The Down Stroke" 93 ==Samples and covers== *Gang Starr sampled "Four Play" for the title track of their album Step in the Arena (1991). *Raw Fusion sampled "Peace Fugue" on their song "Freaky Note", on their album Hoochiefied Funk (1994). *Nas sampled "Peace Fugue" on his song "Life We Chose", on his album Nastradamus (1999). *Digital Underground sampled "Four Play" on their song "Packet Man", on their album Sex Packets (1990). ==External links== * Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns-A Blow for Me, a Toot to You at Discogs ==References== *What It Is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves-Rhino Records 2006 Category:1977 debut albums Category:The Horny Horns albums Category:Atlantic Records albums

Johnny Griffin Vol. 2 (also known as A Blowin' Session) is an album by jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin, recorded in April 1957 and released in September or October of the same year on the Blue Note label. It was reissued in 1999, featuring an alternate take of "Smoke Stack." == Track listing == #"The Way You Look Tonight (Kern, Fields) - 9:41 #"Ball Bearing" (Griffin) - 8:11 #"All the Things You Are" (Kern, Hammerstein) - 10:14 #"Smoke Stack" (Griffin) - 10:13 #"Smoke Stack" [Alternate Take] - 11:00 Bonus track on CD == Personnel == * Johnny Griffin — tenor saxophone * John Coltrane — tenor saxophone * Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone * Lee Morgan — trumpet * Wynton Kelly — piano * Paul Chambers — bass * Art Blakey — drums == References == Category:1957 albums Category:Johnny Griffin albums Category:Blue Note Records albums Category:Albums produced by Alfred Lion Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Category:Albums recorded in a home studio

A Blowout at Santa Banana is a 1914 American silent comedy-drama short film starring Sydney Ayres, Vivian Rich, and Harry Van Meter. The film was shot in Santa Barbara by the American Film Manufacturing Company, aka Flying "A" Studios, and released by Mutual Film. == Plot == Three guardsmen are asked to bring a ton of fireworks to Santa Banana for a big Fourth of July celebration. Overnight, they're intercepted by bandits and decide to set off all the fireworks in an attempt to escape their captors. When they arrive back home without the fireworks, they're forced to decide whether to face death by hanging or be married to three elderly women. ==Cast== * Sydney Ayres * Vivian Rich * Harry Van Meter * Perry Banks * Charlotte Burton * Edith Borella * Caroline Cooke * Julius Frankenburg * Jacques Jaccard * Louise Lester * Charles Morrison * Violet Neitz * Jack Richardson * William Tedmarsh ==References== ==External links== * Category:1914 films Category:1914 comedy- drama films Category:1910s English-language films Category:American silent short films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1914 short films Category:Films directed by Lorimer Johnston Category:1910s American films Category:Silent American comedy-drama films Category:American comedy-drama short films

A Blue Gum Romance is a 1913 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett.Franklyn Barrett papers at National Film and Sound Archive It is considered a lost film. ==Plot== The film was described as "a Sensational Story of Love, jealousy and revenge". ==Cast== *Tien Hogue as heroine *Tom Middleton as hero *Douglas Lotherington as aboriginal chief ==Production== It was the first narrative film from the Fraser Film Release and Photographic Company. The film was set in the timber industry area near Gosford and Wooy, although interiors were shot in Sydney. The aboriginal characters were played by white actors in blackface. Filming was completed by July 1913.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 39. ==Reception== The film was popular at the local box office and screened in England and the USA.Graham Shirley & Brian Adams, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, Angus and Robertson, 1989 p. 59 A contemporary review said the film "seemed to find favour with the spectators." The film was picked up for distribution in the US by the Essanay Company and "met with success". ==References== ==External links== * *A Blue Gum Romance at National Film and Sound Archive Category:1913 films Category:Australian drama short films Category:Australian silent short films Category:Australian black-and-white films Category:Lost Australian films Category:1913 lost films Category:Lost drama films Category:Films directed by Franklyn Barrett Category:Silent drama films

A Bluebird in My Heart is a 2018 Belgian-French thriller drama film written and directed by Jérémie Guez and starring Roland Møller, Veerle Baetens, Lola Le Lann and Lubna Azabal. It is based on the novel The Dishwasher by Dannie M. Martin. It is also Guez's feature directorial debut. ==Synopsis== Attempting to lead a quiet reformed life, an ex-con (Møller) finds refuge in a motel run by a single mother (Baetens) and her daughter Clara (Le Lann). The peace and freedom he has found in this safe haven disappears when Clara is assaulted, forcing him to face his old demons. ==Cast== *Roland Møller - Danny *Veerle Baetens - Laurence *Lola Le Lann - Clara *Lubna Azabal - Nadia ==Release== The film premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March 2018. That same month, Shudder acquired U.S., Canada and UK/Ireland distribution rights to the film. The film was released in the United States via Shudder on November 14, 2019. ==Reception== The film has rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Paul Parcellin of Film Threat gave the film an 8 out of 10. Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, calling it "A predictable film noir bouyed by its cast and atmosphere." ==References== ==External links== * * Category:2010s French-language films Category:Belgian thriller films Category:French thriller films Category:2018 thriller films Category:2018 drama films Category:2018 films Category:Films based on American novels Category:2010s English-language films Category:2018 multilingual films Category:Belgian multilingual films Category:French multilingual films Category:2010s French films

A Blueprint for Murder is a 1953 American film noir thriller film directed and written by Andrew L. Stone and starring Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters and Gary Merrill.. ==Plot== Whitney "Cam" Cameron (Joseph Cotten) arrives at a hospital to be with his widowed sister-in-law Lynne (Jean Peters), whose stepdaughter Polly has died under mysterious circumstances. A doctor cannot determine the cause of the child's death. Cam has great affection for his young nephew Doug (Freddy Ridgeway). He begins to fear for the boy's life when Maggie Sargent (Catherine McLeod), the wife of his lawyer, Fred (Gary Merrill), mentions that the dead girl's symptoms sound suspiciously as if she had been poisoned. Fred reveals that the will of Cam's brother, who also died from unspecified causes, put all his money into a trust for the boy. Lynne would inherit it all if anything happened to Doug. Police, prodded by Cam, exhume the girl's body. Poison is found and Lynne is brought to court, but a judge dismisses the charges for a lack of evidence against her. A desperate Cam cannot think of any way to keep Doug safe, particularly once Lynne decides to take the boy away to Europe for at least a year. Cam surprises them by turning up on the ocean voyage. He begins romancing Lynne, all the while plotting to poison her. He slips a tablet from her belongings into a cocktail. Lynne goes to great lengths to castigate Cam for his suspicions and demonstrate that the tablet contained nothing but aspirin. Cam leaves her stateroom, but a few minutes later Lynne's life is saved by the ship's doctor, proving that she did indeed possess poison. A court soon sentences Lynne to prison for life. ==Cast== * Joseph Cotten as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron * Jean Peters as Lynne Cameron * Gary Merrill as Fred Sargent * Catherine McLeod as Maggie Sargent * Jack Kruschen as Detective Lt. Harold Y. Cole * Barney Phillips as Detective Capt. Pringle * Freddy Ridgeway as Doug Cameron (as Fred Ridgeway) ==Reception== The film received a mostly negative review in The New York Times upon its opening. The film critic wrote, "Andrew Stone, the writer-director who flavored last season's The Steel Trap with such intriguing semi-documentary finesse, misses by a good mile in his latest case history, A Blueprint for Murder ... However, Mr. Stone's plodding fixation on conventionalized justice, redundantly stressed in the hero's narration, sidesteps any surprises along the way. Indeed, it loses conviction altogether before the climax, when he traps the culprit aboard an ocean liner, squiring her intended victim and enough strychnine—as Mr. Cotten accuses her, twice—to choke a horse. 'This farce', replies the understandably surly Miss Peters, 'has gone on long enough.'"The New York Times, film review, "New Suspense Film Opens at Palace", July 25, 1953. Accessed: July 6, 2013. Recently, Craig Butler of AllMovie was more positive. He writes "A Blueprint for Murder is a moderately entertaining crime thriller ... A bit more imagination would have brought a higher level of excitement to the film. However, Blueprint does benefit from a fine cast ... there's enough going on in Blueprint to make up for many of its flaws." ==References== ==External links== * * * * * Category:1953 films Category:1950s crime thriller films Category:American crime thriller films Category:American black-and-white films Category:American detective films Category:Film noir Category:Films directed by Andrew L. Stone Category:Films scored by Leigh Harline Category:Poisoning in film Category:1950s English-language films Category:1950s American films

A Blueprint for Survival was an influential environmentalist text that drew attention to the urgency and magnitude of environmental problems. First published as a special edition of The Ecologist in January 1972, it was later published in book form and went on to sell over 750,000 copies.About the Ecologist, www.theecologist.org The Blueprint was signed by over thirty of the leading scientists of the day—including Sir Julian Huxley, Sir Frank Fraser Darling, Sir Peter Medawar, E. J. Mishan and Sir Peter Scott. It was largely written by Edward Goldsmith and Robert Allen (with contributions from John Davoll and Sam Lawrence of the Conservation Society, and Michael AllabyFantasy, the Bomb, and the Greening of Britain by Meredith Veldman. Cambridge University Press, 1994. p230) who argued for a radically restructured society in order to prevent what the authors referred to as “the breakdown of society and the irreversible disruption of the life-support systems on this planet”. It recommended that people live in small, decentralised and largely de-industrialised communities. Some of the reasons given for this were that: * it is too difficult to enforce moral behaviour in a large community * agricultural and business practices are more likely to be ecologically sound in smaller communities * people feel more fulfilled in smaller communities * reducing an area's population reduces the environmental impact The authors used tribal societies as their model which, it was claimed, were characterised by their small, human-scale communities, low-impact technologies, successful population controls, sustainable resource management, holistic and ecologically integrated worldviews, and a high degree of social cohesion, physical health, psychological well-being and spiritual fulfilment of their members.The Stable Society by Edward Goldsmith. The Wadebridge Press, 1978.The Way: an ecological worldview by Edward Goldsmith, University of Georgia Press, 1998. ==See also== *Limits to Growth *Transition Towns ==References== ==External links== *A Blueprint for Survival—full text Category:1972 non-fiction books Category:Environmental non-fiction books Category:Sustainability books Category:1972 in the environment

A Blueprint of the World is the debut album by the neo-progressive rock band Enchant. == Track listing == # "The Thirst" (Ott) – 6:16 # "Catharsis" (Benignus, Cline, Craddick) – 5:53 # "Oasis" (Craddick, Ott) – 8:11 # "Acquaintance" (Ott) – 6:31 # "Mae Dae" (Benignus, Ott) – 3:24 # "At Death's Door" (Cline, Craddick) – 7:16 # "East of Eden" (Benignus, Cline, Craddick, Ott) – 5:50 # "Nighttime Sky" (Craddick, Ott) – 8:57 # "Enchanted" (Craddick, Ott) – 7:17 # "Open Eyes" (Ott) – 7:43 == Personnel == * Paul Craddick – drums * Ted Leonard – vocals * Douglas A. Ott – guitar * Ed Platt – bass guitar * Mike "Benignus" Geimer – keyboards === Guest musicians === * Steve Rothery – plays Ebow on track 1, and guitar solo on track 8. He produced five tracks [1, 2, 4, 7, 8] and remixed two [3, 9]. == References == == External links == Category:1995 debut albums Category:Enchant (band) albums

A Blues for Shindig is a gritty crime novel based in 1950s Soho and written by Mo Foster. Foster has said that parts of the novel are autobiographical, as this London-born author spent her early teens in the streets of edgy Soho. Foster was addicted to heroin and ran in beatnik circles, rubbing elbows with William S. Burroughs and Colin MacInnes. Inspired by MacInnes' real life depiction of London in his novel, City of Spades, Foster set out to write a short story that conveyed the same era from the perspective of strong woman. She wrote and rewrote the story of Shindig over twenty years. Foster recently suffered a stroke that prompted her to finish the manuscript for Shindig and send it out to publishers. A Blues for Shindig was published by PaperBooks in 2006. ==Plot summary== Shindig is a young woman who survives the rough streets of London's Soho neighborhood by working in an illegal bar and selling drugs in the alleys. Shindig's daily life is populated by abusers, boozers, losers, crooked cops and gangsters. Yet these seemingly deviant characters look out for one another and Shindig navigates through this underworld with a sense of adventure. Yet, she soon finds herself caught in the middle of a much larger power play. ==External links== * Guardian interview with Mo Foster Category:2006 British novels Category:Novels set in London Category:Novels set in the 1950s

A Bluish Bag is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine consisting of two sessions recorded for the Blue Note label in 1967 and arranged by Duke Pearson, the first featuring Donald Byrd and the second McCoy Tyner, among others. == Reception == The Allmusic review by Steve Leggett awarded the album 3½ stars and states: == Track listing == == Personnel == Tracks 1-7 * Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone * Donald Byrd – trumpet * Julian Priester – trombone * Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, flute, alto flute * Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone, flute * Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone, clarinet * Kenny Barron – piano * Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar * Ron Carter – bass * Mickey Roker – drums * Duke Pearson – arranger Tracks 8-12 * Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone * Blue Mitchell, Tommy Turrentine – trumpet * Julian Priester – trombone * Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, flute * Al Gibbons – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone * Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone, clarinet * McCoy Tyner – piano * Walter Booker – bass * Mickey Roker – drums * Duke Pearson – arranger === Production === * Alfred Lion – producer * Rudy Van Gelder – engineer == References == Category:2007 albums Category:Stanley Turrentine albums Category:Blue Note Records albums Category:Albums produced by Alfred Lion Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Category:Albums arranged by Duke Pearson

A Boat Load of Home Folk (1968) is a novel by Australian author Thea Astley. == Plot summary == The novel follows a group of passengers on a cruise ship docked at a Pacific Island as a hurricane approaches. ==Critical reception== In The Canberra Times Liam Mason noted that the reader was able to sympathise with the novel's characters: "There is also an almost depressing realism in Miss Astley's resolutions of her characters' crises: the failure of a friend, the failure of a marriage, the failure of a priest, the failure (at the most trivial level) of a womaniser in a would-be seduction. For there is not necessarily any solution. Nor need there be a new start after the ritual of death and disaster.""Under the Surface of a Hot Summer" By Liam Mason, The Canberra Times, 7 September 1968, p14 Michael Wilding, writing in Southerly found a lot to like about the book, but also had some reservations: "The precision of the writing, the spareness and clarity, are immediately appealing. But as the novel progresses the lack of any substantial content lets the writing drift towards the somewhat consciously fine, and the religious references—the recurrent calvaries, crucifixions and expiations, become obtrusive.""Writer and Reader" by Michael Wilding, Southerly, Vol 30, No 1, 1970, pp72-73 ==See also== * 1968 in literature ==References== Category:Novels by Thea Astley Category:1968 Australian novels Category:Angus & Robertson books

A Body in the Bath House is a 2001 historical mystery crime novel by Lindsey Davis and the 13th book of the Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series. Set in Rome and Britannia in AD 75, the novel stars Marcus Didius Falco, informer and imperial agent. The title refers to the discovery of a corpse hidden beneath the floor of one bath house and a murder which takes place in another. American editions spell "bathhouse" in the title as one word. ==Plot summary== When Marcus Didius Falco discovers a corpse hidden under the floor of his new bath house, he starts to track down the men responsible - Glaucus and Cotta. He also receives a commission from the Emperor Vespasian. A building project for the British Chieftain Togidubnus is running late and over-budget. The first phase of construction had gone smoothly - the first buildings on site were granaries, providing a supply base for the Roman army, constructed in the early part of the conquest. But progress had stalled on the stone-walled house and bath suite that would be Togidubnus's residence. Suspecting that the men he seeks have fled to Britain, Falco accepts the mission and travels there with his wife, two baby daughters, their nurse, and his two brothers-in-law Aelianus and Justinus. Falco arrives at Fishbourne and starts by investigating corrupt practices. However events quickly take a turn for the worse when the Chief Architect is found murdered in the bath-house of the British King. Falco takes over the project and investigates the killings. ==Characters== ===In Rome=== * Aulus Camillus Aelianus - Younger brother of Helena * Anacrites - Chief Spy * Camilla Hyspale - Nursemaid to Julia and Favonia * Marcus Didius Geminus - Father of Falco, Auctioneer * Glaucus and Cotta - Bath House Contractors * Sosia Favonia - Daughter of Falco and Helena * Helena Justina - Wife of Falco, and daughter of the Senator Decimus Camillus Verus * Julia Junilla Laeitana - Daughter of Falco and Helena * Lucius Petronius Longus - Friend of Falco and Vigiles Officer * Maia Favonia - Falco's widowed sister * Marcus Didius Falco - Informer and Imperial Agent. * Perella - Dancer and Spy * Quintus Camillus Justinus - Younger brother of Aelianus * Vespasian - Emperor of Rome ===In Britain=== * Alexas - Doctor * Blandus - Painter * Cyprianus - Clerk of Works * Gaius - Clerk * Lupus - Overseas labour force supervisor * Magnus - Surveyor * Mandumerus - Local labour force supervisor * Marcellinus - Retired Architect * Milchato - Marble Mason * Philocles - Mosaicist * Plancus - Assistant Architect * Pomponius - Project Manager * Rectus - Draining Engineer * Sextius - Mechanical statue-seller * Strephon - Assistant Architect * T. Claudius Togidubnus - Great King of the Britons * Timagenes - Gardener * Verovolcus - Briton working for Togidubnus * Virginia - Barmaid ==Major themes== * Investigation into corruption at the building of a palace of an influential Roman ally. * The obsessive pursuit of Maia by Anacrites. * Falco's induction of his brothers-in-law as his investigative associates ==Allusions/references to history== * Set in Rome and Britannia, in AD 75, during the reign of Emperor Vespasian. * Fishbourne Roman Palace, in the village of Fishbourne in West Sussex, is one of the most important archaeological sites in England. * Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus (or Togidubnus) was a 1st-century king of the Regni in early Roman Britain. ==Release details== * 2001, UK, Century Hardback * 2002, UK, Arrow, Paperback * UK, Chivers/BBC AudioBooks, read by Christian Rodska, Cassettes CD audios * UK, Isis, Large Print * 2002, US, Mysterious Press, Hardback (A Body in the Bathhouse) * US, Mysterious Press, Paperback (A Body in the Bathhouse) == References == == External links == *lindseydavis.co.uk Author's Official Website Category:2001 British novels Category:Marcus Didius Falco novels Category:Novels set in Roman Britain Category:75 Category:Century (imprint) books

A Bola (; ) is a Portuguese sports newspaper published in Lisbon. ==History and profile== A Bola was founded in 1945 by Cândido de Oliveira and Ribeiro dos Reis, and was then published twice a week. It became a daily newspaper in 1995. Although its subtitle is "newspaper of all sports", its content is mainly about football. Since the 1952–53 season, it hands the Bota de Prata award to the Primeira Liga top goalscorer. It is the most popular newspaper among Portuguese emigrants abroad, and widely read in the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. From 2006, it is also printed in Newark, New Jersey an American city with a large Portuguese population. In 2012, they launched the television channel A Bola TV. == Player of the Year == Player Club 2017 Jonas Benfica ==See also== * List of newspapers in Portugal ==References== ==External links== *A Bola on-line Category:1945 establishments in Portugal Category:Newspapers established in 1945 Category:Newspapers published in Lisbon Category:Portuguese-language newspapers Category:Sports mass media in Portugal Category:Sports newspapers

A Bola TV is a Portuguese basic fiber and satellite television channel. It's a sports channel owned by the same company that owns the Portuguese sport newspaper A Bola, read in Portugal, the Portuguese diaspora and in Portuguese- speaking Africa. The content is mostly about football, but have many other sports, even some F1 shows. The channel appeared after an agreement between Sociedade Vicra Desportiva and MEO and it had an exclusivity contract with that platform. While limited in Portugal, it's widely available in Africa.A BOLA TV no canal 12 do MEO A Bola TV está no ar com Futre e outras estrelas ==Broadcasting rights== ===Football=== * Campeonato de Portugal Prio * Hero I league * A Lyga ===Futsal=== * LNFS ===Handball=== * Andebol 1 (Except Benfica, Sporting and FC Porto's home matches) ===Basketball=== * Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol ==References== Category:Television stations in Portugal Category:Television channels and stations established in 2012 Category:2012 establishments in Portugal

A Bola is a municipality in Ourense (province) in the Galicia region of north- west Spain. == References == Category:Municipalities in the Province of Ourense

A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity: A Memoir is a memoir by American political commentator Bill O'Reilly, published in 2008. It was published on September 23, 2008.A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity on Amazon.com It recounts his early life and includes his accounts of people who influenced him. It opened at number 2 on the New York Times Best Seller List. The book spent 8 weeks on New York Times Best Sellers, Hardcover Nonfiction list. A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity on The New York Times Best Sellers List == References == == External links == *Book on O'Reilly's Official Website Category:2008 non-fiction books Category:American autobiographies Category:Books by Bill O'Reilly (political commentator) Category:Broadway Books books

A Bold Stroke for a Husband is a 1783 comedy play by the British writer Hannah Cowley.Nicoll p.181 The title is a variation on Susanna Centlivre's A Bold Stroke for a Wife. The original Covent Garden cast included William Thomas Lewis as Don Julio, Richard Wroughton as Don Carlos, John Quick as Don Caesar, John Edwin as Don Vincentio, Richard Wilson as Gasper, John Whitfield as Don Garcia, James Fearon as Vasquez, Mary Robinson as Victoria, Sarah Maria Wilson as Minette, Mary Whitfield as Laura, Harriet Pitt as Sancha and Isabella Mattocks as Olivia. The epilogue was written by John O'Keeffe.Hogan p.594 The play is in five acts and is set in Madrid. ==References== ==Bibliography== * Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660–1900: Volume III. Cambridge University Press, 2009. * Hogan, C.B (ed.) The London Stage, 1660–1800: Volume V. Southern Illinois University Press, 1968. ==External links== * Category:1783 plays Category:Comedy plays Category:West End plays Category:Plays by Hannah Cowley Category:Plays set in Spain

A Bold Stroke for a Wife is Susanna Centlivre's 18th-century satirical English play first performed in 1718. The plot expresses the author's unabashed support of the British Whig Party: she criticises the Tories, religious hypocrisy, and the greed of capitalism. ==Synopsis== Set in 18th-century England, the play tells the story of a military officer who wants to marry a young woman. His obstacles are the four guardians who watch over Anne Lovely. Each of the four has his own idea of the ideal husband. The catch is that each is disagreeable in his own way, and they can't possibly see eye to eye on a man for Anne. To gain Miss Lovely's hand in marriage, soldier Colonel Fainwell must convince the four guardians that he will make an ideal husband. Fainwell takes the bold stroke of wearing elaborate disguises, four of which mimic the personalities and occupations of each of the guardians in turn: an antiquarian, an old beau, a Quaker, and an exchange broker. In all, Fainwell dons the guise of a preening fop, a mysterious world traveler, a shuffling country steward, a dimwitted Dutchman and a fire-and-brimstone preacher in turn. The fire-and-brimstone Quaker character impersonated by Fainwell is Simon Pure, and one point of the plot is to discover the "real" Simon Pure. Fainwell gets the guardians' permission to wed Lovely but before the marriage can take place, the real Simon Pure shows up at the end to prove his identity. ==Characters== ===Main=== :Colonel Fainwell is the protagonist in this play, going after the consent of the four guardians to receive Anne Lovely's hand in marriage. Helped by his friend Freeman, he resorts to impersonations and deceitful behaviours to gain the consent of the four guardians by transforming himself into the ideal husband each guardian seeks. :Anne Lovely is the damsel in distress held hostage by the four guardians. She seeks an exit from them and relies on Fainwell to obtain consent from her guardians to gain her freedom. She has a massive amount of money that comes with her when she marries after the guardians give consent. She changes her life style and attitude for each guardian she stays with, as she has to stay with each of the guardians for three months per year. ===Guardians=== *Periwinkle is described as an antique collector, his wardrobe collection is made up of clothes of fashion from the last century, and he follows the words of the author of a collection of travellers' tales Sir John Mandeville more than the words of the Bible. Deception to obtain his consent fails the first time, but is successful the second time when he is tricked into signing the consent when presented with the false lease for his uncle's estate. *Tradelove is described as a stickler for trade, hates anything that comes with a sword, and is a great admirer of Dutch traders believing they understand trade better than any other nation. It is also noted that he is devilish in his dealings, as he cheated his father for the advantage of stock to get a bargain. He is encouraged to offer his consent to marry Anne Lovely to the Dutch trader in lieu of the payment of two thousand pounds wagered. *Sir Philip Modelove is described as a "beau." He is an old fashioned man who dresses fancy by keeping with the new fashions, and is the cheapest of the whole company on birthdays. He admires the French and enjoys the French operas, balls, and masquerades. Approving Colonel Fainwell's French behaviours and high class appearance, he gives his consent and introduces Fainwell to the rest of the guardians. *Obadiah Prim is a very rigid Quaker. At the start of the play Anne Lovely is seen entering Prim's house to start her three-month stay with him. He believes those who are not Quakers are impure. He is deceived by Colonel Fainwell when he impersonates Simon Pure and gives his consent when he is convinced Colonel Fainwell had converted Lovely. ===Other=== :Mrs. Prim, Obadiah's wife, berates Anne Lovely for not being a Quaker and for her appearance and choices in clothes. :Betty is Anne Lovely's maid and only friend. :Simon Pure is a Quaker preacher from Pennsylvania who comes to visit Obadiah Prim. His visit creates an entrance for Colonel Fainwell and is impersonated by him. :Freeman is Colonel Fainwell's friend, dedicated to helping Fainwell achieve his goals with Anne Lovely. He initially introduces Fainwell to his difficult task and directly helps obtain consent from Tradelove by the levering a wager the merchant has lost. Freeman also keeps an eye out for Colonel Fainwell during his impersonation of Simon Pure and sends in a false letter to help. :Sackbut is the tavern keeper. He describes each guardian to Colonel Fainwell and also helps Fainwell with his goal of obtaining consent from them. ==Summary== ===Act 1=== The act starts with Colonel Fainwell and Freeman at the local tavern as Colonel Fainwell is talking of love. He has seen Anne Lovely earlier in the day and inquires about her of his friend Freeman, who calls upon the Tavern owner Sackbut to tell Fainwell about the four guardians who were left with the care of Lovely and her fortune. It is revealed that her father wished Lovely dead a thousand times because he wished the world would end on his passing. Since fortune was to be passed down to Lovely, the father arranged it so that in order for Lovely to marry, she had to get the consent of all four guardians. Each of the guardians had their own view of the ideal husband in ways that contradicted each other making it impossible for a universal agreement among the four men. Lovely spends three months of each year at each of the guardians' residences. Her three months with Prim begins as the action opens. With promises of help from Freeman and Sackbut, Fainwell plans on obtaining the consent of the guardians, beginning with Sir Philip Modelove. During Fainwell's meeting with his friends, Lovely and her assistant Betty discuss Lovely's situation with the guardians. Lovely is sick and tired of being subjected to the "preposterous humours" of people in town and being pointed at. Lovely brings up that Colonel Fainwell had promised her freedom from her situation and mentions that she likes the Colonel above all the men she has ever seen. ====Key points==== Fainwell's method of obtaining consent is to assume the identity of the ideal gentleman to each guardian. Since he has no chance in obtaining consent as himself from all four guardians simultaneously, he is forced to get consent individually. The Colonel only needs to deceive each guardian long enough to receive consent to marry Anne Lovely while disguised as the guardian's ideal husband. ===Act 2=== Colonel Fainwell shows up at the park dressed nicely to impress Sir Philip with a few footmen to show off. Fainwell is supposedly dressed in a French style which attracts the attention of Sir Philip as Colonel approaches him. Once they begin to "praise one another", the woman sitting with Sir Philip leaves and the Colonel says everything that Sir Philip wants to hear. Sir Philip gives his consent and they arrange for Fainwell to be introduced personally to the other three guardians. At Obadiah Prim's house, Mrs. Prim and Anne Lovely argue about Lovely's choice of dress, Mrs. Prim saying it is too revealing. Lovely argues back saying Mrs. Prim is a prude and a believer of Quaker to Quaker relations. Mr. Prim enters and states that Lovely's breasts are too exposed and that she should hide them with a handkerchief, also stating that it inflames desire in other men. Lovely is upset and declares that her father never meant the tyranny of guardianship to control her life, while Mr. Prim defends himself by stating that all he meant was to prevent her from wearing temping attire and provoking others to sin. Sir Philip and Fainwell arrive at Prim's house and Fainwell is introduced to Mr. Prim formally for the first time. Then he is introduced to Lovely and as he goes to kiss her hand, he attempts to give her a letter which she drops and Prim picks up. After Fainwell reveals to Lovely who he really is, Lovely realizes she had made a mistake refusing his letter. She snatches the letter away from Prim and shreds it before anyone can take it back from her. The other guardians arrive and Fainwell is introduced to Periwinkle and Tradelove. Both guardians question Colonel Fainwell, determine that they disapprove of Sir Philip's suggestion, and leave declaring their requirement that all of their personal qualifications be met. ====Key Points==== We see in this act that Sir Philip is a fop. He has very big interests in Fashion and is made to believe the Colonel is a higher figure than he really is. The Colonel plays every card he knows to mirror Sir Philip's personality to make them seem to "…appear to have but one soul, for our ideas and conceptions are the same."(Act 2, Scene 1, 83–85). In the next scene, we see how Lovely rejects Quaker strictures and notions of 'modesty.' Mr. and Mrs. Prim's characteristics are revealed even more when the point about romance between Quakers is accepted even with temptation being involved, but if they are not Quakers, it is evil and is looked down upon. It is reconfirmed that the disapproval of the other guardians is unanimous, as each fails to see the Colonel as one of his own kind. ===Act 3=== Act three starts with Sackbut congratulating Colonel Fainwell for obtaining the consent of at least one of the guardians. The Colonel is in an Egyptian dress, disguised as a foreigner, to meet Periwinkle. Periwinkle is intrigued by not only the foreign appearance of Fainwell, but also the antique "habits" the Colonel displays. Periwinkle asks Fainwell if he has collected any rarities, as odd trinkets capture his interest, even asking if he's had a crocodile. Fainwell plays it off saying that he possesses more worthy knowledge than would be shown by possession of such petite items. He claims that he has great knowledge of the sun, more than what Descartes has claimed to discover and find out. With Periwinkle astonished and jealous, Fainwell lists a slew of items with claims of outrageous things they can do. He finishes off the list with a typical girdle claiming it has the power to make the wearer invisible and able to teleport instantaneously. Fainwell explains that in order for the girdle to work, the others in the room must face east. After the explanation Periwinkle tries on the girdle, Fainwell and Sackbut turn towards the east, and when they turn back, they pretend that Periwinkle disappeared. Not convinced, Periwinkle requests that the Colonel try the girdle on. Fainwell agrees and when Periwinkle and Sackbut turn east, Fainwell hides underneath a trap door so that when Periwinkle turns back, the illusion of invisibility is played out. After the demonstration, Sackbut raises a point saying that if Periwinkle would purchase the girdle and use it, he would be able to travel as he always wanted to. The Colonel says that the girdle would never change ownership for money and reveals that the point of his trip is to find the guardians of Lovely and win their consent in his marriage suit. The first guardian to give consent would receive the girdle, and Periwinkle declares that he is one of the four guardians of Lovely. Right when the agreement is to be signed and finalized, a drawer of the tailor reveals to Periwinkle that the foreigner is actually Colonel Fainwell, ruining Fainwell's plans. Fainwell flees immediately and Freeman enters to set forth the backup plan. Freeman informs Periwinkle that his uncle is dying and suggests that he make a trip to the estate despite it being far away. Periwinkle thanks Freeman, leaves, and the Colonel and Sackbut re-enter with the plan of going after the next guardian, Tradelove. ====Key Points==== Fainwell is dressed up as a foreigner armed with a "unique" item that is so intriguing to Periwinkle, Fainwell could demand anything and would likely receive it. Strangely enough, the item Fainwell uses is called "moros musphonon", meaning mousetrap for a fool in Greek. Periwinkle is indeed a fool and is easily manipulated into believing the girdle's abilities. He is also a fool for easily believing the disguised Fainwell was the nephew of his admirer John Tradescant. ===Act 4=== Act four opens at the Exchange Alley where all the stock action takes place with Tradelove looking busy. Freeman enters with Fainwell disguised as a Dutch trader with news saying the Spanish had raised their siege of Cagliari. The note states that no one would know right now, but in a few hours it will go public and this would be the perfect opportunity to make money. Tradelove and Freeman both make transactions that they think will bear fruit, and Freeman mentions to Tradelove that the Colonel has no idea of the potential opportunity present. Tradelove insists that the siege has been raised while Fainwell holds his end maintaining that it has not. Result: Tradelove lays down a money bet. With the bet made, Fainwell and Freeman make it back to Sackbut's Tavern to plan for Periwinkle's opening with his dying uncle. Before they get started, Sackbut enters with a letter addressed to Prim, introducing him to Simon Pure, a Quaker leader. Fainwell plans on impersonating this Simon Pure to try to secure consent from Mr. Prim. Sackbut prepares Quaker clothes and also provides the country dress Fainwell is to wear as the steward of Periwinkle's uncle. Tradelove shows up at the tavern seeking Freeman's audience. Fainwell disguised as the steward sneaks out, Freeman meets with Tradelove who immediately brings up that the letter Freeman received earlier was a fake. Tradelove loses the bet he made with Fainwell at the exchange and is unable to pay it. Freeman suggests that Tradelove offer his consent to marry off Anne Lovely without mentioning to the Colonel that he would still require the consent of the other three guardians. Tradelove agrees to this proposal and tells Freeman to ask the "Dutch Trader" to accept this proposal in satisfaction of the two thousand pounds wagered. The scene shifts to the Colonel disguised as the steward at Periwinkle's house informing him of his uncle's death. Fainwell now as "Pillage" sobs in between lines to make it seem like the uncle's death greatly impacts his life. Fainwell brings up the contents of the uncle's will, and lastly mentioning "his" lease needs to be renewed with the approval of Periwinkle. Periwinkle approves, and as he inspects the pen Fainwell hands him, Fainwell switches the lease for the consent contract and Periwinkle signs the consent form unknowingly. With the form in hand, Fainwell leaves Periwinkle's house and returns to the tavern where Freeman and Tradelove are waiting. Before the Colonel has a chance to make an appearance, Tradelove praises the generosity of the Dutch trader for accepting the proposal of his consent for marriage in lieu of the two thousand pound payment. The Colonel, now dressed as the Dutch trader, enters and secures the deal for consent, with Sackbut and Freeman as witnesses of the signing. Tradelove leaves, claiming he will put in a good word with the other guardians as he made the Dutch trader believe he was the main man in charge of Anne Lovely's marriage affairs. On Periwinkle's way out, he is smiling, thinking that he has bested the Dutch Trader, gaining relief for his debt at the small price of his consent for a still impossible marriage. ====Key Points==== Tradelove is seen to admire Dutch traders, claiming they know stocks and trade best of all nations, and yet he makes a wager with confidence against the Colonel based on the letter Freeman shows him. He shows his cocky behaviour, hoping to finally outwit a Dutch trader, and his trust in Freeman by accepting the information in the letter. After Tradelove finds out about his ruin, he offers consent for the trader to marry Lovely in lieu of his payment. He emphasizes that he is the leader of all the guardians in charge of Lovely's marriage plans, saying that he would not give up the consent easily. The deceit is played out and accepted by the Colonel, making Tradelove feel like a winner when in reality he is the loser. At Periwinkle's house, all goes according to plan; Fainwell acts as if the death was a true tragedy to help prove that the circumstances are genuine. He brings up the lease signing to get a signature one way or another, switching it with the consent contract to secure Anne Lovely from Periwinkle's end. The arrival of Simon Pure's letter was not originally in the plans and represents a godsend for Fainwell, an opportunity to win Prim's consent to marry Anne Lovely. ===Act 5=== The act starts at Prim's house with Mrs. Prim and Anne Lovely arguing over Lovely's choice in dress. Lovely declares that she wishes to dress in whatever fashion she desires and claims that Mrs. Prim would have never attracted any man with the way she dresses. Mrs. Prim counters that she did indeed attract many men while properly dressed. Loveley, she says, is too familiar with wicked people. The guardians all enter and all claim that they have found a husband for Lovely. As each speaks, a different guardian shoots the candidate down, despite, unbeknownst to them, each candidate being the same person. Prim is the only one without a candidate to marry Lovely, which changes quickly when a servant announces that Simon Pure, the Colonel in disguise, has arrived. The Colonel enters in a Quaker's outfit as Lovely and Mrs. Prim re-enter to greet the "guest." As Lovely enters, Fainwell cannot help but stare at her. Prim notices this and asks why Fainwell stares, to which he responds that he had a dream and saw Lovely in it. Prim interprets this as Lovely being converted and leaves with Mrs. Prim to have Fainwell convert Lovely so she will become a faithful Quaker. Lovely does not recognize Fainwell in his Quaker disguise and shrieks when he approaches her initially. Fainwell reveals his identity to calm her down. Due to the shriek, Prim investigates, but Lovely explains she shrieked because of Fainwell's non-stop blabber about converting her into a Quaker. Convinced, Prim exits once again to leave Fainwell and Lovely alone. Fainwell explains to Lovely that he has the consent of the other three guardians and only needs Prim's to marry her. Lovely plays along with Fainwell, faking that she has indeed converted to a Quaker. Prim is convinced that Lovely is converted. Then a servant enters and informs Prim that the real Simon Pure has arrived. Once Simon Pure has arrived, Fainwell's deception holds because a counterfeit letter is brought in, stating that there would be an imposter dressed as a Quaker with a mob to rob and kill Prim. Fainwell accuses Simon of being the imposter and Lovely adds on saying that she saw Simon with said mob, convincing Prim to dismiss the real Simon Pure. Fainwell realizes his time under cover is short, so he acts quickly and explains that Lovely would not be left alone by the Sathan and Lovely displays attitudes as if the spirits have filled her. Convinced, Prim gives his consent for Fainwell to marry Lovely and signs the papers, only for Simon to return with proof of his identity. Since Fainwell has obtained the consent, he no longer has any reason to deceive anyone anymore and admits that he was the false Simon Pure. All the guardians enter with Freeman and realize that they have all been deceived as Fainwell exposes his many identities to them. ====Key Points==== Fainwell's disguise as a Quaker admits him to the household of Prim and wins acceptance from him and his wife. After Lovely discovers his disguise, her acting helps persuade Prim that she has been converted, hence the speedy consent approval. The counterfeit letter that mentions an imposter could have gone both ways. With Fainwell's aggression and Lovely's assistance, Simon is forced to leave, and he is gone long enough for Fainwell to obtain the consent form from Prim. The letter had not been pre-planned, but the Colonel recognizes Freeman's handwriting, and his handywork. Freeman has kept watch, on the look-out for the arrival of the real Simon Pure. ==Analysis== Centlivre made fun of all the stereotypes of her time, fearlessly sending up the marriage mart, fashion, commerce, academia and even religion.Kistler, Julie. (15 April 2005) Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL). Illinois Wesleyan theater takes a 'Bold' step forward. Pg. D. ==History== A Bold Stroke for a Wife was first performed at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, on 3 February 1718, where it ran six nights, which was considered a substantial success. The original cast included James Spiller as Periwinkle, William Bullock as Tradelove, George Pack as Obadiah, Christopher Bullock as Colonel Fainwell, John Ogden as Freeman, Jane Rogers as Mrs Lovely and Mary Kent as Mrs Prim. During its long life the play became very popular in the United States. It was produced as early as 1782 (in Baltimore). In 1786 a Charleston, South Carolina, journalist commented that "The Bold Stroke for a Wife . . . is one of the few comedies that has stood the test of time -- it is full of business and intrigue and abounds with such a variety as always arrests and keeps up the attention of the audience until it ends."Charleston[SC]Morning Post 10 October 1786 The play continued to find American audiences into the nineteenth century, and was billed as a "fine old comedy" when it was presented at Wallack's Theatre on Broadway in 1863. In 1960, this play was adapted as the film 'Ek Phool Chaar Kaante' (A Rose and Four Thorns) starring Sunil Dutt and Waheeda Rehman. The four guardians were portrayed by the then four most famous character actors of contemporary Bollywood- David, Dhumal, Rashid Khan and Johnny Walker. In a 1985 production by Double Edge TheatreDouble Edge Theatre of Boston, MA, was founded in 1982, and tries to incorporate 'living culture' into all of its productions. In some ways this can be compared to the concept of 'third theatre.' See Miller, David. (June 1995). TDR (Cambridge, Mass.), MIT Press. Songs at the well: Double Edge Theatre. (Boston, Massachusetts). Pg. 115. the play was set in the androgynous cabaret world of the 1920s as an ironic look at "the marriage game" written by an 18th-century male impersonator to underscore its cross-gender casting and the wry implications such an approach has in contemporary society.McLaughlin , Jeff. The Boston Globe. N.E. Life to Sponsor Performance Series. Section: Arts and Film. Pg. 58. ==Contribution to language== right|thumb|Cast list from first printing, 1718 ===Simon Pure=== Like the character of Mrs. Malaprop in Sheridan's play The Rivals, the name Simon Pure soon became a noun for a quality in a person. In Mrs. Malaprop's case, that quality was incorrect usage of a word by substituting a similar- sounding word with different meaning, usually with comic effect. In Simon's case, that quality was authenticity and in Simon's impersonator's case, that quality was hypocrisy.Safire, William. (3 June 1984). The New York Times. On Language; Taint So. Section 6; Pg. 614. In adjectival use, the compound quickly gained a hyphen and lost its capitals when, in 1894, William Dean Howells wrote glowingly of "American individuality, the real, simon-pure article." As in boycott from Captain Boycott and bloomer from Amelia Bloomer, names turn into words and lose their capital letters in eponymy. As a noun, Simon Pure is two words; as an adjective, it is lowercase and still holds the hyphen. That keeps the adjectival form untainted. The fact that there were two Simon Pures on stage is probably the reason the term became a confusing one. Depending on how it's used, it can mean either an honest man or a hypocrite who makes a great show of virtue.Miami Herald. (12 July 1985). Front Section. Pg. 25D. In modern usage, Simon Pure has become the source of two expressions: the phrase "The real Simon Pure", meaning "the real man"; and the adjective "simon-pure", meaning either # of genuine, untainted purity or integrity; or # pretentiously, superficially or hypocritically virtuous. In 1984, the term "simon-pure" received some publicity when Ambassador Robert Morris at the United States State Department conceded that the United States had taken some steps toward economic protectionism, but insisted, "If we are not simon-pure, we remain fairly credible."Safire, William. (3 June 1984). The New York Times. On Language; Taint So. Section 6; Pg. 614. As reported by then-The New York Times columnist William Safire, the phrase simon-pure means "untainted." In this context, delegates to conventions who are unencumbered by charges of being the creatures of ill-gotten fundsThat is to say, their presence at the convention is not the direct or indirect result of bribes are simon-pure delegates. ==References== * A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Broadview Press 1995 printing, . * "The Questors Presents A Bold Stroke for a Wife by Susanna Centilivre", The Questors Theatre, June 1954 * "A Bold Stroke for a Wife to Take Mainstage at IWU" Illinois Wesleyan University School of Theatre Arts, 30 March 2005 * Definition of simon-pure Merriam-Webster online dictionary * "Simon-pure", The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. From Dictionary.com. (accessed: 3 November 2006). * "Simon Pure" Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1898, from Bartleby.com * Centlivre, Susanna. A Bold Stroke for a Wife. Concise. Orchard Park, New York: Broadview Press, 2003. 722–761. Print. 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A Bolha (The Bubble) is a Brazilian rock (music) band that formed in 1965 as The Bubbles. ==History== The Band was started by Cesar and Renato Ladeira in 1965. They started out only playing cover songs and in 1966 released their first single, The Bubbles, which consisted of 2 cover songs by The Rolling Stones and Los Shakers. In 1970 they changed their name to A Bolha and the band now consisted of Renato Ladeira on keyboard, Pedro Lima on guitar, Arnaldo Brandão on bass and Gustavo Schroeter on drums. In 1971 their next single, Sem Nada, was released, and in 1973 their first LP Um Passo à Frente was recorded and released. In 1977 their next LP, É Proibido Fumar was released. After 30 years of not recording they finally released a CD in 2007 called É so curtir. They have played with famous Brazilian musicians such as Gal Costa, Erasmo Carlos, Caetano Veloso and Raul Seixas. ==Discography== *The Bubbles (1966) **Side A: Não Vou Cartar o Cabelo (Break It All) **Side B: Por que Sou Tão Feio (Get Out of My Cloud) *A Bolha (1971) **Side A: Sem Nada/18:30 **Side B: Os Hemadecons Cantavam em Coro Chôôôô.. *Um Passo a Frente (1973) ** 01 - Um Passo à Frente ** 02 - Razão de Existir ** 03 - Bye My Friend ** 04 - Epitáfio ** 05 - Tempos Constantes ** 06 - A Espera ** 07 - Neste Rock Forever * É proibido fumar (1977, LP) ** 01 - Deixe Tudo de Lado ** 02 - Difícil é Ser Fiel ** 03 - É Proibido Fumar ** 04 - Estações ** 05 - Sai do Ar ** 06 - Consideração ** 07 - Torta de Maçã ** 08 - Luzes da Cidade ** 09 - Clímax ** 10 - Vem Quente Que Eu Estou Fervendo ** 11 - Talão de Cheques * É so curtir (2007, CD) ** 01 - É Só Curtir ** 02 - Não Sei ** 03 - Cinema Olimpia ** 04 - Sem Nada ** 05 - Sub Entendido ** 06 - Não Pare na Pista ** 07 - Matermatéria ** 08 - Cecília ** 09 - Você Me Acende ( You Turn Me On) - Part. Esp.: Erasmo Carlos ** 10 - Rosas ** 11 - Desligaram os Meus Controles ==Soundtracks== *Salário Minimo, Brazilian film from 1970 in which the band appears playing in the opening. *1972, 2006 Brazilian movie in which the band plays the songs É Só Curtir and Sem Nada. ==Bibliography== *Bahiana, Ana Maria. Almanaque Anos 70. Rio de Janeiro: Ediouro, 2006 (Almanac of the 70s.) *https://web.archive.org/web/20070312180705/http://www.senhorf.com.br/revista/revista.jsp?codTexto=2461 (Portuguese) Category:Musical groups established in 1965 Category:Brazilian progressive rock groups Category:1965 establishments in Brazil

A Bolt from the Blue is British comedy book and play by David Tristram. First published in 2006 and subsequently performed by Tristram's Flying Ducks troop, it follows his normal genre of comedic investigation. ==Synopsis== Edward Jones was just an ordinary man, doing ordinary things - until the day before his fortieth birthday. What happened next was, quite literally, incredible. It defies belief. It defies logic. It defies the fundamental laws of science and nature. But it happened. And it came like a bolt from the blue. ==Cast== Min. *2xMen *1xWoman ==References== * ===Notes=== Category:2006 plays Category:British plays

is a 2014 Japanese comedy-drama film directed by Hitori Gekidan. ==Cast== *Yo Oizumi *Kō Shibasaki *Hitori Gekidan *Takashi Sasano *Morio Kazama ==Reception== The film was number-two on its opening weekend, behind Frozen, with ¥180 million. It earned a total of billion (million) at the Japanese box office. ==References== ==External links== * * Category:2014 comedy-drama films Category:2014 directorial debut films Category:Films based on Japanese novels Category:Japanese comedy-drama films Category:Films scored by Naoki Satō Category:2010s Japanese films Category:2010s Japanese-language films

"A Bolt of Lightning" was an American television play broadcast on November 12, 1951, as part of the CBS television series, Studio One. It was a historical drama portraying James Otis Jr. (1725–1783) and his 1761 prosecution of the Paxton's case, contesting Britain's use of writs of assistance to conduct warrantless searches of the colonists' property. Charlton Heston, at age 28, starred as Otis. The running time was 60 minutes including breaks hosted by Betty Furness, promoting Westinghouse refrigerators, electric roaster ovens, food crafters, and "odor-out" bulbs. ==Plot== ===Part 1=== In the opening scene, Otis leaves his law office in the evening. He passes Robinson, the crown's customs collector. Robinson and two others enter the home of John Emory. Robinson searches Emory's house for papers concerning contraband cargo of molasses and rum allegedly transported by ship to Boston. The search is conducted without a search warrant but rather on the basis of a writ of assistance, a legal process that had been declared illegal by the English courts. Robinson's men proceed to ransack Emory's house. At a public house, Samuel Adams recounts the colonists' grievances against the crown. Emory arrives and tells Adams what has happened at his house. Adams and Emory visit Otis's house. They tell Otis what happened and ask for Otis's assistance in voiding writs of assistance. Otis initially demurs, noting that as advocate general it is his duty to defend the writs. Adams appeals to Otis's conscience to stand up to the viciousness of Robinson and Governor Bernard. Otis agrees to speak to the Governor. A second merchant appeals to Otis to represent him in challenging the writs of assistance. Otis's sister, Mercy Warren, overhears the merchant's appeal and urges Otis to side with the people of Boston. Otis worries that standing against the Governor will damage his career. At a party attended by the Governor, Otis is asked about rumors that he intends to represent a group of merchants in challenging the legality of writs of assistance. Otis says he has been approached and that he is considering the matter. Otis asks the Governor to consider voluntarily abandoning the writs. The Governor orders Otis that, as advocate general, he must defend the writs in Court. Otis refuses to defend an illegal act and resigns his post. Part one closes with Otis at home after the party. He watches a lightning storm with his daughter, Mary, and says, "I've always had a curious feeling that, when God almighty in his providence should take me from time into eternity, it should be by a bolt of lightning." ===Part 2=== Otis asks Sam Adams to review the speech that he will deliver in court the next day, attacking the writs of assistance. Otis's wife scolds Adams for destroying Otis's career and putting the family at risk. Otis explains that he must speak up for the right of men to be secure in the privacy of their homes. Otis worries that, no matter how persuasive he may be, Judge Hutchinson will not listen. Adams expects Otis to lose and opines that war will ultimately be needed. Otis still hopes the dispute can be settled through the courts. Otis rehearses the speech for his daughter, Mary. The rehearsal fades out, and Otis is delivering his speech before Judge Hutchinson. Otis argues that the writs annihilate the sacred human right of a man to be secure in his house. He argues that a man is sovereign in his own house and that his rights there are inalienable. And if upheld, Otis urges that the people will resist. In a gathering of Otis's wife and daughter following the speech, Mary defends her father. Otis's wife and their older daughter feel ashamed that Otis has disgraced the family. The Governor meets with Robinson and asks Robinson to show Otis and the other trouble-makers the error of their ways. Sam Adams informs Otis that his speech is being printed and distributed throughout the colonies where its message will be like a lightning bolt. After hearing the speech in court, John Adams is introduced to Otis and congratulates him for the speech. Robinson enters the pub and confronts Otis. One of Robinson's men hits Otis in the head with a club. Otis sustains a brain injury, and the doctor tells the family that he will require constant care for a long time. ===Part 3=== Years have passed, and Otis's sister, now a spy for the patriots, visits Otis's home. She is told that Otis's mind is almost completely gone. He came out from the shadows briefly but the shadows have returned. The Battle of Bunker Hill is fought. Otis hears the battle and is pleased that the people are resisting. He insists he is not too sick to join the fight. He joins the patriots in the battle. Otis returns home after the battle. He describes the battle as "a fine beginning, a fine first page". Six more years pass, and in the closing scene, Otis learns of the peace treaty.In reality, Otis died in May 1783, and the Treaty of Paris (1783) was signed in September 1783. Otis again looks into the lightning and asks, "What is lightning but a bond of fire binding heaven to earth?" A bolt of lightning then strikes him down. ==Cast== The cast credits at the end of the production were as follows: * Charlton Heston as James Otis Jr. * Romney Brent as Governor Bernard * Rita Vale as Ruth Otis * Elizabeth Johnson as Mary Otis * Anne Seymour as Mercy Otis Warren (Otis's sister) * Harry Townes as Samuel Adams * Frank Overton as John Emory * Ballad sung by Martin Newman. * Rudolph Justice Watson * Harry M. Cooke * George Ives * Roy Johnson * Rita Morley * Marvyn Dorkin * Lloyd Bochner * Shirley Ballard * Jon Lormer * Robert Baines ==Production== The episode was produced by Worthington Miner, directed by Paul Nickell, and written by Irve Tunick. It was broadcast on November 12, 1951, as part of the CBS television series, Westinghouse Studio One. It was the 100th episode of Studio One In February 1952, Studio One won the award for Best Dramatic Show at the 4th Primetime Emmy Awards. Heston was also nominated for the Emmy for Best Actor. ==References== Category:1951 American television episodes Category:1951 television plays Category:Studio One (American TV series)

A Bomb Was Stolen () is a 1962 Romanian dialogue-free spy film directed by Ion Popescu-Gopo. It was entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. ==Plot== The film begins with a nuclear bomb test. One of the bombs is stolen by gangsters, who hide the bomb in a bag. Inept police pursue the gangsters, and the bag containing the bomb is lost, and recovered by a passerby who does not know what's in the bag. The passerby goes about his day with the bag, pursued by the gangsters who are in turn pursued by the police. ==Reception== The international press praised this film. In the English press, A Bomb Was Stolen received the label “an exuberant comedy” (Eric Shorter, Daily Telegraph, 25 August 1962), "a subtle and frequently hilarious satire" (Satiră din România, Edinburgh Evening News, 30 August 1962), "a satirical fantasy" (Bomba, Daily Worker, 3 September 1962). The Soviet journalist I. Surkova, writing for Sovetskaya Kulture, considered the film “full of witty jokes.”I. Surkova - „Drumul spre gen (Note despre comedia cinematografică românească)”, în Sovețkaia Kulture, nr. 1443, 1962. ==Cast== * Eugenia Balaure * Haralambie Boroș * Horia Căciulescu * Puiu Călinescu * Iurie Darie * Cella Dima * Florin Piersic * Tudorel Popa * Geo Saizescu * Ovid Teodorescu * Liliana Tomescu * Jean Dănescu * Ștefan Niculescu-Cadet * Lak Popescu * Draga Olteanu-Matei (as Draga Olteanu) * Ion Bondor * Ion Atanasiu Atlas * Emil Botta as Somerhot (as Emil Bota) * Nelly Sterian * Dumitru Hitru * Nicolae Motoc ==Awards== In May 1962, the film participated at the International Film Festival in Cannes, being nominated for the official Palme d'Or Award.Arhivele Festivalului Internațional de Film de la CannesIleana Dima - rare la Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest”, în "Evenimentul Zilei", 30 septembrie 2012. * It got several awards: * Merit Diploma at the New Europe Film Festival in Edinburgh (1962)Călin Căliman - „Istoria filmului românesc (1897-2000)” (Ed. Fundației Culturale Române, București, 2000), p. 167. * Third Prize at the International Film Festival in Thessaloniki (September 1962) * The Special Prize of the Jury “Silver Olive” at the International Festival of the Comic and Humorous Comedy, Palazzo del Parco, Bordighera (1963) * Honorary diploma at the Vienna Film Festival ==References== ==External links== * Category:1961 films Category:1961 comedy films Category:1960s science fiction films Category:1960s Romanian- language films Category:Films without speech Category:Romanian black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Ion Popescu-Gopo Category:Cold War spy films Category:Films shot in Romania Category:Romanian fantasy films Category:Romanian comedy films Category:Romanian science fiction films

A Bomb for a Dictator or The Fanatics (French: Les fanatiques) is a 1957 French thriller film directed by Alex Joffé and starring Pierre Fresnay, Michel Auclair and Tilda Thamar.Dalle Vacche p.174 Katz p.397 Oscherwitz & Higgins p.158 It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris and on location at Nice Airport. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Paris. ==Synopsis== While a tyrannical South American dictator is visiting Europe a group of revolutionaries plan to assassinate his private plane. However, when it turns out he has changed his plans and will be flying back on a commercial flight they have to do decide whether to carry on with their plans even though it will lead to the deaths of the other passengers, or let him return to seek revenge on the plotters. ==Cast== * Pierre Fresnay as Luis Vargas * Michel Auclair as Franco Géron * Françoise Fabian as Mme. Lambert * Grégoire Aslan as Général Ribera * Tilda Thamar as Juana Ribera * Betty Schneider as Lili * Pascal Alexandre as François * José Lewgoy as Ramirez * Pierre Tabard as Savelli * René Hell as Coti * Gregori Chmara as the inquisitive passenger == References == == Bibliography == * Dalle Vacche, Angela . André Bazin's Film Theory: Art, Science, Religion. Oxford University Press, 2020. * Katz, Ephraim. The Film Encyclopedia. Crowell, 1979. * Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009. == External links == * Category:1957 films Category:French thriller films Category:1950s thriller films Category:1950s French-language films Category:Films directed by Alex Joffé Category:Films shot in Nice Category:Pathé films Category:Films shot at Boulogne Studios Category:1950s French films

A Bone for a Bone is a 1951 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes short directed by Friz Freleng. It was released on April 7, 1951, and features the Goofy Gophers. The cartoon is the first of four Goofy Gophers cartoon directed by Freleng, and would be the final work by J.B. Hardaway at the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, having returned after almost a decade at Walter Lantz Productions. ==Plot== The Gophers are playing a gin game in their hole in the ground outside a house, where Tosh loses his fifth game in a row, when Geo P. Dog digs a hole and dumps a bone on the Gophers and then dirt as he fills the hole in. Geo does remove the bone upon Tosh's request, but realizing that it was gophers who asked him to move the bone, he returns to the same hole to rebury the bone. This time, Mac goes up, only to be grabbed by Geo. Mac then yells for help, which arrives in the form of Tosh and a hammer, which Tosh uses to knock Geo's head into his collar, allowing the Gophers to return to their hole and escape the dog, but not before the Gophers have an argument over who should enter the hole first. As Geo then reaches into the hole to try to find the Gophers, the Gophers attach a fake hand to one end of a gray garden hose and a noose around the other end to fasten to the dog's actual hand. The hose is then brought out of another hole and extended out to the street, where it is quickly run over by a truck, leading the dog to believe he has been hurt until he finds Tosh behind him. After blocking two attempts by Tosh to get back into his hole, the dog challenges Tosh to come up with a trick, which he does: a card with firecracker that explodes, allowing Tosh to escape. Furious, Geo then gets a can of TNT and pours it down the Gophers' hole. Mac then emerges from the other one and asks to borrow a match, to which Geo obliges, only to see the match used to light the pouring TNT and ignite it. Finally, Geo chases the Gophers underground, and is tricked into believing they went into an open gas main. Soon after Geo enters the main, the Gophers close it making it pitch black. As the dog attempts to light a match, the gas main explodes, and the dog pops out of the oven in the house and eventually departs the premises (it is here that the dog is identified). The Gophers then resume their gin game. ==References== ==External links== * Category:1951 animated films Category:1951 short films Category:1951 films Category:Looney Tunes shorts Category:Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films Category:Short films directed by Friz Freleng Category:Films scored by Carl Stalling Category:1950s Warner Bros. animated short films Category:1950s English-language films Category:Goofy Gophers films

Artist Julius Dubose (born December 6, 1995), known professionally as A Boogie wit da Hoodie (or simply A Boogie), is an American rapper and singer. He is signed to Atlantic Records, as well as his own label imprint, Highbridge the Label. His stage name is derived from the character "Ace Boogie" from the 2002 film Paid in Full, and because he was wearing hoodies all the time, friends gave him the nickname "A Boogie wit da Hoodie". His highest-charting singles are "Numbers" (which debuted at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100), "Look Back at It" (number 27), and "Drowning" (number 38). His debut studio album, The Bigger Artist (2017), debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 chart. He released his second studio album, Hoodie SZN (2018), which became his first number one album on the Billboard 200. His third studio album, Artist 2.0 (2020), debuted at number two on the Billboard 200. He released his fourth studio album, Me vs. Myself on December 9, 2022. ==Early life and education== Artist Julius Dubose was born on December 6, 1995, in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. Dubose was raised in Highbridge and began rapping at age twelve after listening to Kanye West and 50 Cent. He attended Dewitt Clinton High School, where he expanded upon rapping during his freshman year, engaging in cyphers at lunchtime by performing rhymes he had already written and stored in a large notebook he carried with him. Remarking on his time in high school to XXL, he said "I was regular, everybody really noticed me. I was the one in the back of the classroom, quiet." Growing up, Dubose frequently got into legal trouble, mainly for selling cannabis and narcotics. After finding out what he was doing, Dubose's parents sent him to Florida as punishment. He attended Fort Pierce Central in Fort Pierce, Florida. In Florida, Dubose was kept under house arrest. During this confinement, he began to work on his artistry, starting off by tweaking his self-composed rhymes and gradually leading one thing to another. He even built an amateur studio inside the apartment that he lived in. Following his high school graduation, Dubose continued to focus on his music while working jobs in different, sectors including construction and pizza delivery. ==Career== ===2015–2016: Career beginnings=== Dubose's official discography began with the single "Temporary", which he released on SoundCloud. He was just nineteen at the time of its release. The song lacked good rhythm and flow, which is usually required for a good hip-hop number. Myster Whyte, who he met in Florida and produced the song, showed A Boogie the inside of his first professional studio. He asked A Boogie to work with a trainer until he got his techniques right. Dubose's said, "I used to record songs like, play the beat from one phone and have another phone recording me and just rap. Moving from that to a studio was like, 'Damn, I never knew I could sound like this'. It was just magic". The training sessions with Myster helped progress his sound. In 2015, Dubose moved back to New York in an attempt to start making hip hop his full-time career. He, Don Q, Quincy "QP" Acheampong, and Bubba then created Highbridge the Label and set up a home studio. A Boogie released his first full-length project, a mixtape titled Artist, in February 2016, which launched his career and was on Forbes list of up-and-coming rappers. The mixtape was recorded during a time where Dubose was dealing with a difficult break-up which helped influence the mixtape and Dubose's future sound all together. Dubose then released a collaborative project, alongside fellow Highbridge-based rapper Don Q, titled Highbridge the Label: The Takeover Vol.1, on May 18, 2016. Dubose went on to have three opening dates on Drake and Future's Summer Sixteen Tour. Dubose was also co-signed by Drake. In July 2016, A Boogie signed a deal with Atlantic Records. In September 2016, he was featured on the BET Hip Hop Awards cypher alongside Don Q, Russ, Kent Jones and Nick Grant. Later in October 2016, A Boogie released his first extended play (EP), titled TBA, in acronym for "The Bigger Artist". The EP peaked at number 63 on the US Billboard 200 chart and appeared on Rolling Stone magazine's 40 Best Rap Albums of 2016 list. ===2017–2018: The Bigger Artist and Hoodie SZN=== thumb|A Boogie wit da Hoodie performing in 2017 On June 13, 2017, Dubose was named as one of the ten of XXLs "2017 Freshman Class". On September 29, 2017, he released his debut studio album, The Bigger Artist, featuring guest appearances from Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Kodak Black, 21 Savage, PnB Rock and YoungBoy Never Broke Again. The album's lead single, "Drowning" featuring Kodak Black, peaked at number 38 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became one of his highest-charting singles in the country so far. Dubose was featured on fellow New York rapper 6ix9ine's single, "Keke" on January 14, 2018. The song peaked at number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100. Dubose also appeared on the song "Waka" on 6ix9ine's album Dummy Boy, released in November 2018. Dubose's second album Hoodie SZN was released on December 21, 2018, with contributions from 6ix9ine, Juice Wrld, Offset and more. It debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200, selling 90,000 copies in its first week. It reached number one on January 14, 2019. It became one of the most played albums of 2019 and placed number 10 on the Billboard 200 Year-End chart. It also appeared on Billboards Decade-End chart at number 69. ===2019–2020: Artist 2.0 === Dubose featured on over 20 songs in 2019, alongside artists such as Ed Sheeran, Rick Ross, Khalid, Ally Brooke, Liam Payne, Lil Durk and Summer Walker. He also toured and performed at concerts throughout 2019 in the US and UK. On September 13, 2019, Dubose released the first single from his album Artist 2.0 — "Mood Swings", which debuted at 76 on the Billboard Hot 100. On November 15, 2019, Dubose released the second single from Artist 2.0 — "Reply", which features rapper Lil Uzi Vert. It debuted at number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100. (Uzi is also featured on the track "Luv is Art" from the album.) On January 31, 2020, Dubose released the third single from Artist 2.0 called "King of My City". It debuted and peaked at 69 on the Billboard Hot 100. Artist 2.0 was officially released on February 14, 2020, Valentine's Day. It was his third studio album. Dubose chose to release Artist 2.0 on Valentine's Day due to the first Artist album being released on Valentine's Day in 2016, and also due to the fact it was his daughter's third birthday.Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM (Feb 14, 2020). A-Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Talks New Album, Relationships, Quitting Weed + More. Retrieved March 28, 2020 – via YouTube. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, earning 111,000 album-equivalent units (including 3,000 copies in pure album sales) in its first week. Artist 2.0 features contributions by Roddy Ricch, Gunna, DaBaby, Khalid, Summer Walker, Lil Uzi Vert, and more. Dubose was due to perform at Wireless 2020, alongside other rappers such as AJ Tracey and A$AP Rocky, but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 16, 2020, Dubose released "Bleed", the lead single of the deluxe version of Artist 2.0, which was released on June 19, 2020. It peaked at number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100. ===2021–2022: Hiatus and Me vs. Myself=== After dropping the deluxe edition of Artist 2.0, Dubose did not drop any singles for around a year, taking a hiatus. During this period, however, he was featured on songs with artists such as Pop Smoke, Jess Glynne, Nas, Capo Plaza, DJ Khaled, and more. On May 14, 2021, Dubose returned alongside American rapper Rowdy Rebel and released their song "9 Bridge". On May 21, 2021, Dubose released a single featuring Lil Durk, titled "24 Hours". It debuted at number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100. In July 2021, while Dubose was working on his fourth studio album, around 20 songs for the album were leaked, which delayed the album until late 2022. Dubose stated, "The more songs get leaked, the longer I take to drop, I'm not putting leaked songs on my album and I work hard AF to write all these songs myself! So if you out here leaking sh*t stop eatin up and let me cook". On December 7, 2021, a day after his 26th birthday, Dubose announced the upcoming release of a new EP as a prequel to his fourth studio album, at that point titled A Boogie vs. Artist,. The EP was titled B4 A Boogie vs. Artist (or simply B4 AVA) and was scheduled for a December 10, 2021, release date. The announcement was accompanied by a snippet of the song "Be Free". The track list of the EP was revealed three days later. "24 Hours," his earlier collaboration with Lil Durk, was included on the EP. One of the songs on the EP, "Man in the Mirror," was released as a single on February 11, 2022. It peaked at 82 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2022, Dubose was cast to voice Francis "KG" Leibowitz-Jenkins in the rebooted Disney+ animated series, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. On February 11, 2022, and March 4, 2022, Dubose returned with warmup singles before the release of A Boogie vs. Artist — now called Me vs. Myself.The singles were titled "Non Judgemental" and "Hit Different", featuring New York drill rapper B-Lovee. Dubose dropped a single on April 1, 2022, called "Playa", featuring American singer H.E.R., and with Dubose's girlfriend Ella Rodriguez. On September 5, 2022, Dubose finally announced the date for his fourth studio album, Me vs. Myself, set for release on November 4, 2022. One single from the album dropped on October 7, 2022, called "B.R.O (Better Ride Out)", featuring American rapper Roddy Ricch. Just two weeks later, on October 21, 2022, Dubose released "Take Shots" featuring Canadian rapper Tory Lanez. On October 27, he revealed the album's tracklist, which listed the song titles and blurred out the names of the featured artists for their unreleased songs with him, along with listing which side each song is on: "Artist" or "A Boogie". Following the pushing back of Drake and 21 Savage's collaborative album, Her Loss, from October 28, 2022, to November 4, 2022, Dubose announced that he was delaying his own album so as to not share a release date with the duo — Me vs. Myself was pushed back until December 9, 2022. The album's final single, "Ballin", was exclusively released on NBA 2K23 on November 1, 2022; it was later added to all digital platforms on November 4, 2022. Me vs. Myself was released on December 9, 2022, with features from Lil Durk, Kodak Black, H.E.R & more. It peaked at 6 on the Billboard Hot 200. The deluxe of Me vs Myself was released 3 days later with one bonus song called "Needed That" featuring the late PnB Rock. ===2023–present: Sold Out Tour, Upcoming fifth album and other projects === Dubose announced his Me vs Myself Tour at of end of 2022 which started in February 2023. It sold out within minutes. He performed in North America and Europe, in venues such as Barclays Center, Coca-Cola Coliseum & Alexandra Palace. He also went back on tour in June on a Canadian tour due to high demand and performed at big festivals this year such as Coachella, Lollapalooza & more. Dubose would go on to announce that he would be dropping multiple albums in 2023, including a collab album also. On Feb 14 2023, Dubose dropped his annual valentines single called "No 808's" featuring American rapper Vory. A week later, Dubose would go on to drop a remix to his song "Secrets", which released in 2020. This was featuring Mariah the Scientist. On April 21, Dubose released Chills (LA Hills), a collaboration with Dutch DJ Tiësto for his album Drive. On May 31, Dubose was featured on the soundtrack of the Spider-Man: Across the Spider- Verse movie. He was featured on lead single of the film Calling with Swae Lee, Nav & was produced by Metro Boomin. It peaked at 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, and charted in multiple countries such as Australia, Canada, France, India, UK & more. On June 21, Dubose would announce at one of his shows in Canada, that his new project is dropping soon and is called "Better off Alone". ==Personal life== ===Legal issues=== In 2017, Lil B accused Dubose and PnB Rock of jumping him at the California Rolling Loud festival. Many members of the hip hop community, such as Big Sean and SpaceGhostPurrp, criticized Dubose for his role in the incident. However all things were settled and Lil B and Dubose squashed their beef two days later, through a meeting initiated by Kilo Kurt of Thizz Entertainment. In January 2021, Dubose was sued by a Bergen County, New Jersey, couple, who claimed that he clogged the toilets and caused $260,000 in damages in their mansion, which they had leased to him in 2017 and 2018. Dubose was arrested a day after celebrating his 25th birthday in December 2020. A representative for the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office confirmed that A Boogie was arrested on December 7, 2020, on charges of unlawful possession of a handgun (2nd-degree felony) and possession of marijuana. Dubose was taken into custody following an investigation conducted by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office (BCPO), who obtained a warrant to search A Boogie's Demarest, New Jersey, home. BCPO detectives were accompanied by detectives from the New York City Police Department and officers from the Demarest Police Department. While doing a search of Dubose's home, law enforcement seized four guns: "a Ruger .380 handgun, a Glock .40 caliber handgun, an H&K; 9mm handgun and a Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun." They also discovered "hollow point bullets, various high capacity magazines" as well as "marijuana, hashish oil edibles and drug paraphernalia commonly associated with the distribution of controlled dangerous substances." Dubose's security guard, 33-year-old Quashaun Hagler, was also arrested. Hagler, who is a Georgia resident, appears to have been at A Boogie's home at the time of the search and arrest. Hagler was charged with three counts of unlawful possession of a handgun (a 2nd-degree felony) and one count of possession of a large capacity magazine (a 4th-degree felony). Dubose was arrested at London's Wireless Festival in September 2021 by the Metropolitan Police, by request of the Greater Manchester Police. He was shortly released with the charges not made public. ===Relationships=== Dubose has two children with ex-girlfriend and social media influencer Ella Bands. Their daughter Melody Valentine Dubose was born on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2017, and their son Artist Dubose, Jr. was born on June 27, 2020. ==Highbridge the Label== Highbridge the Label is an American record label founded by A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Don Q, Quincy "QP" Acheampong and Sambou "Bubba" Camara in 2016. Highbridge the Label partnered with Atlantic Records to sign a deal to have full control of the artists. In 2021 Highbridge the Label also partnered with EMPIRE to sign Don Q & Lil Rekk. In 2022, a subsidiary label of Highbridge the Label was created called H.E.A.V.Y. Current members of the label include Bouba Savage & Wowdy HBTL. ===Roster=== Artist Year joined A Boogie wit da Hoodie 2016 Don Q (with Empire) 2016 (2021 with Empire) Enisa 2019 Lil Rekk (with Empire) 2020 Bouba Savage (with H.E.A.V.Y) 2021 Wowdy HBTL (with H.E.A.V.Y) 2022 ==Discography== Studio albums * The Bigger Artist (2017) * Hoodie SZN (2018) * Artist 2.0 (2020) * Me vs. Myself (2022) ==Filmography== ===Film=== Year Title Role Notes 2018 The After Party Himself Cameo ===Television=== Year Title Role Notes 2017–18 Hype Up Himself 2 Episodes 2018 Droppin' Cash Los Angeles Himself Season 1, Episode 17 2018 Wild 'n Out Himself Season 10, Episode 15 2019 Late Night with Seth Meyers Himself Season 6, Episode 58 (Musical Guest) 2020 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Himself Season 7, Episode 106 (Musical Guest) 2022–Present The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Francis "KG" Leibowitz-Jenkins (voice) Supporting role ==Awards and nominations== ===BET Awards=== |- | 2018 | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | Best New Artist | |- ===ASCAP=== |- | rowspan="2"|2020 | rowspan="2"|"Look Back at It" | Nominated for Rhythm & Soul Music | |- | Nominated for Pop Music | |- ==See also== * List of highest-certified music artists in the United States ==References== ==External links== * * * * Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century American rappers Category:21st-century African-American male singers Category:African-American male rappers Category:American male rappers Category:African-American male singer-songwriters Category:American contemporary R&B; singers Category:American hip hop singers Category:Atlantic Records artists Category:Rappers from the Bronx Category:Singer-songwriters from New York (state) Category:Trap musicians

American rapper A Boogie wit da Hoodie has released four studio albums, two mixtapes, 33 music videos, four extended plays (EPs) and 49 singles (including twenty-three as a featured artist). ==Albums== ===Studio albums=== List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications US US R&B;/HH US Rap AUS Peaks in Australia: * All except noted: * Me vs. Myself: CAN NL NOR UK The Bigger Artist * Released: September 29, 2017 * Label: Highbridge, Atlantic * Format: Digital download, streaming 4 1 1 — 10 — — — * RIAA: Platinum * MC: Platinum Hoodie SZN * Released: December 21, 2018 * Label: Highbridge, Atlantic * Format: Digital download, streaming 1 1 1 23 1 24 25 23 * RIAA: 2× Platinum * BPI: Gold * MC: 3× Platinum Artist 2.0 *Released: February 14, 2020 *Label: Highbridge, Atlantic *Format: Digital download, streaming 2 2 1 39 4 10 14 11 * RIAA: Platinum * BPI: Silver * MC: Platinum Me vs. Myself *Released: December 9, 2022 *Label: Highbridge, Atlantic *Format: Digital download, streaming 6 4 3 60 6 37 38 22 ===Mixtapes=== List of mixtapes, showing selected details Title Details Peak chart positions Peak chart positions Peak chart positions Certifications Title Details US US R&B;/HH US Rap Artist * Released: February 14, 2016 * Label: Highbridge, Atlantic * Format: Digital download, streaming 70 31 22 * RIAA: Platinum Highbridge The Label: The Takeover Vol. 1 (with Don Q) * Released: May 18, 2016 * Label: Highbridge * Format: Self- Released — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ==EPs== List of extended plays, showing selected details Title Details Peak chart positions Peak chart positions Peak chart positions Peak chart positions Title Details US US R&B;/HH US Rap CAN TBA * Released: October 28, 2016 * Label: Highbridge, Atlantic * Format: Digital Download 63 6 6 — International Artist * Released: June 20, 2018 * Label: Highbridge, Atlantic * Format: Digital download, streaming 57 32 — 56 B4 AVA * Released: December 10, 2021 * Label: Highbridge, Atlantic * Format: Digital download, streaming 26 12 6 24 ==Singles== ===As lead artist=== List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US US R&B;/HH US Rap AUS CAN NL NZ Hot Peaks on the NZ Hot Singles Chart: * "Look Back at It": * "Swervin": * "Mood Swings": * "Somebody": * "Reply": * "King of My City": * "Numbers": * "Bleed": * "Flood My Wrist": * "24 Hours": * "B.R.O. (Better Ride Out)": * "Take Shots": * "MVP": SWE UK "Not a Regular Person" 2016 — — — — — — — — — * RIAA: Platinum Highbridge the Label: The Takeover Vol. 1 "Bando" (with Don Q) — — — — — — — — — "My Shit" 86 35 22 — — — — — — * RIAA: 4× Platinum * BPI: Silver * MC: 3× Platinum Artist "Jungle" — 46 — — — — — — — * RIAA: 2× Platinum * BPI: Silver * MC: 3× Platinum "Timeless" (featuring DJ SpinKing) 86 36 — — — — — — — * RIAA: Platinum * MC: Platinum TBA "Proud of Me Now" (featuring Lil Bibby) — — — — — — — — — "Bag on Me" (with Don Q) — — — — — — — — — Highbridge the Label: The Takeover Vol.1 "Drowning" (featuring Kodak Black) 2017 38 15 11 — 53 — — — — * RIAA: 8× Platinum * BPI: Gold * MC: 7× Platinum The Bigger Artist "Horses" (with PnB Rock and Kodak Black) — — — — — — — — — * RIAA: 2× Platinum The Fate of the Furious: The Album "Say A'" 75 33 — — — — — — — * RIAA: Platinum * MC: Platinum The Bigger Artist "Keke" 2018 43 22 20 — — — — — — * RIAA: Gold * MC: Gold Day69 "Nonchalant" (featuring Alkaline) — — — — — — — — — International Artist "Best Friend" (featuring Tory Lanez) — — — — — — — — — "Way Too Fly" (featuring Davido) — — — — — — — — "Odee" — — — — — — — — — * RIAA: Gold Hoodie SZN & International Artist "Right Moves" — — — — — — — — — "Look Back at It" 27 12 10 41 23 88 22 76 51 * RIAA: 6× Platinum * ARIA: Platinum * BPI: Gold * MC: 7× Platinum Hoodie SZN "Swervin" (featuring 6ix9ine or remix featuring Veysel) 2019 38 16 13 41 24 — 21 83 27 * RIAA: 6× Platinum * ARIA: Platinum * BPI: Platinum * MC: 8× Platinum "Mood Swings" 76 32 — — 61 — 30 — — * RIAA: Platinum * MC: Platinum Artist 2.0 "Somebody" 96 44 — — 54 — 16 — 75 * RIAA: Platinum * MC: Platinum B4 the Storm "Reply" 49 22 17 — 54 — 23 — — * RIAA: Gold * MC: Gold Artist 2.0 "King of My City" 2020 69 32 24 — 71 — 24 — — * RIAA: Gold * MC: Gold "Numbers" (featuring Roddy Ricch, Gunna and London on da Track) 23 12 7 — 32 — 16 — 53 * RIAA: Platinum * MC: Platinum "Bleed" 57 25 20 — 55 — 22 — 82 * MC: Gold "Flood My Wrist" (featuring Don Q and Lil Uzi Vert) — — — — — — 28 — — Highbridge the Label: Vol. 2 "9 Bridge" (with Rowdy Rebel) 2021 — — — — — — — — — "24 Hours" (featuring Lil Durk) 92 38 — — 75 — 25 — — * RIAA: Platinum * MC: Gold B4 AVA & Me vs. Myself "Non Judgemental" 2022 — — — — — — — — — rowspan="2" "Hit Different" (featuring B-Lovee) — — — — — — — — — "Playa" (featuring Ella Bands or H.E.R) — 50 — — — — — — — Me vs. Myself "B.R.O. (Better Ride Out)" (featuring Roddy Ricch) — 41 — — 82 — 25 — — "Take Shots" (featuring Tory Lanez) — — — — — — 24 — — "No 808's" (featuring Vory) 2023 — — — — — — — — — rowspan="2" "MVP" (featuring G-Eazy or Myke Towers) — — — — — — 28 — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ===As featured artist=== List of singles as a featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US US R&B;/HH US Rap CAN FRA "Playa No More" 2016 — — — — — GTTM: Goin Thru the Motions "Pills & Automobiles" (Chris Brown featuring Yo Gotti, A Boogie wit da Hoodie and Kodak Black) 2017 46 17 13 67 136 * RIAA: 3× Platinum Heartbreak on a Full Moon "Company" 2018 — — — — — rowspan="2" "When I Call Em" — — — — — "HML" 2019 — — — — — Phases "Lips Don't Lie" — — — — — rowspan=2 "Big Rich Town" (Power Remix) — — — — — "Right Back" 73 29 — 58 — * RIAA: Platinum Free Spirit "SZNS" — — — — — "Ouh Mädchen" — — — — — Augen Husky "Ooh Girl" — — — — — "Stack It Up" — — — — — LP1 "Stretch You Out" (Summer Walker featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie) 68 36 — — — * MC: Gold Over It "Party" (Paulo Londra featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie) — — — — — "Tip Toe" 73 32 24 71 — * RIAA: Platinum * MC: Gold Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial "Bad Vibe" 2020 — — — — — QPac "Glass in the Face" — — — — — PTSD "Drop" 71 32 — — — Blame It on Baby "Lie For You" — — — — — "Thank God" — — — — — Karma 3 "Hello" 2021 83 32 24 31 — * RIAA: Platinum * ARIA: Gold * MC: 4× Platinum * SNEP: Gold Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon "Track Star (Remix)" — — — — — rowspan="3" "Family" (David Guetta featuring Bebe Rexha, Ty Dolla Sign and A Boogie wit da Hoodie) — — — — — "Already Know" (Young Pooda featuring Angelica Vila and A Boogie wit da Hoodie) 2023 — — — — — "Chills (LA Hills)" — — — — — Drive "Calling" 41 13 8 18 189 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. ==Other charted songs== Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US US R&B;/HH AUS CAN NL NZ Hot Peaks on the NZ Hot Singles chart: * All except noted: * "Waka": * "Baguettes in the Face": * Songs from Artist 2.0: * "Man in the Mirror": * "Water (Drowning Pt. 2)" and "Last Time": SWE UK "Still Think About You" 2017 — — — — — — — — * RIAA: 2× Platinum Artist "Reminiscing" (Kodak Black featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie) — — — — — — — — Painting Pictures "No Promises" 74 32 — — — — — — * RIAA: Platinum * MC: Gold The Bigger Artist "Undefeated" (featuring 21 Savage) 84 37 — — — — — — * RIAA: Gold * MC: Gold "Beast Mode" (featuring PnB Rock and YoungBoy Never Broke Again) 86 38 — — — — — — * RIAA: Platinum * MC: Platinum "No Comparison" — 46 — — — — — — * RIAA: Gold "Unhappy" — — — — — — — — "Fucking & Kissing" (featuring Chris Brown) — — — — — — — — "Lovin'" (PnB Rock featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie) — — — — — — — — Catch These Vibes "Waka" (6ix9ine featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie) 2018 51 22 — 21 100 13 61 — Dummy Boy "Pull Up" (featuring Nav) — — — — — — — — * RIAA: Gold International Artist and Hoodie SZN "Voices in My Head" — — — — — — — — * RIAA: Gold Hoodie SZN "Beasty" — — — — — — — — "Startender" (featuring Offset and Tyga) 59 21 — 46 — 16 — 84 * RIAA: 2× Platinum * MC: 2× Platinum "Demons & Angels" (featuring Juice Wrld) 90 37 — 86 — 19 — — * RIAA: Platinum * MC: Platinum "Love Drugs and Sex" — — — — — — — — * RIAA: Gold * MC: Platinum "Skeezers" — — — — — — — — * MC: Platinum "Come Closer" (featuring Queen Naija) — 48 — — — — — — * RIAA: Gold * MC: Platinum "Just Like Me" (featuring Young Thug) — — — — — — — — * RIAA: Platinum * BPI: Silver * MC: Platinum "Baguettes in the Face" (Mustard featuring Nav, Playboi Carti, and A Boogie wit da Hoodie) 2019 81 33 — 47 — 18 — — * RIAA: Platinum Perfect Ten "Young Grizzley World" (Tee Grizzley featuring YNW Melly and A Boogie wit da Hoodie) — — — — — — — — * RIAA: Platinum Scriptures "Slide (Remix)" (H.E.R featuring Pop Smoke, A Boogie wit da Hoodie and Chris Brown) — — — — — 32 — — * BPI: Silver "Thug Love" 2020 73 34 — — — — — 91 * MC: Gold Artist 2.0 "Cinderella Story" 95 47 — — — — — — "Me and My Guitar" 58 28 — — — 36 — 99 * RIAA: Platinum * MC: 2× Platinum "Might Not Give Up" (featuring Young Thug) 66 32 — — — 23 — — * MC: Gold "Stain" (featuring DaBaby) 80 38 — — — 39 — — "Hit 'Em Up" (featuring Trap Manny) — — — — — — — — "DTB 4 Life" — — — — — — — — "Blood on My Denim" — — — — — — — — "Luv Is Art" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert) — — — — — — — — "It's Crazy" (featuring Melody) — — — — — — — — "Secrets" — 45 — 61 — — — 88 * MC: Platinum "YKTV" (Nas featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie and YG) 2021 — — — — — — — — King's Disease II "Man in the Mirror" 82 27 — 56 — 19 — — * RIAA: Gold * MC: Gold B4 AVA "Glasses" — 45 — 87 — — — — "Notifications" — — — — — — — — "Be Free" — 41 — — — — — — "My Fault" (with King Von) 2022 — — — — — — — — What It Means to Be King "Food for Thought" — — — — — — — — Me vs. Myself "Water (Drowning Pt. 2)" (featuring Kodak Black) 97 43 — 73 — 20 — — "Money Conversations" — — — — — — — — "Last Time" (featuring G Herbo) — — — 88 — 35 — — ==Music videos== Year Title Director 2016 "Still Think About You" Kwaz Fraser "My Sh*t" Benji Filmz "Jungle" Gerard Victor "Bando" Benji Filmz "Friend Zone" Picture Perfect "Not a Regular Person" J Williams "Bet On It" rowspan="2" "Timeless" "Baecation" Gerard Victor "Macaroni" Wiley Films "IDK" Picture Perfect 2017 "Floyd Mayweather (Remix)" 20kvisuals "Proud of Me Now" rowspan="2" "Bag on Me" "Wrong N***a" Denzel Williams "Drowning" Rite Brothers "Beast Mode" Travis Montgomery 2018 "Say A" Micheal Garcia "Somebody" Gerard Victor "No Promises" JMB "Way Too Fly" Daps "Best Friend" 2019 "4 Min Convo (Favorite Song)" JMB "Look Back at It" "Swervin" Edgar Estevez "Mood Swings" Eif Rivera & A Boogie wit da Hoodie 2020 "King of My City" A Boogie wit da Hoodie "Bleed" "Flood My Wrist" Picture Perfect "Might Not Give Up" Hype Williams "Reply" Chariot Pictures "Secrets" au.79film "It's Crazy" 2021 "9 Bridge" Edgar Esteves ==Guest appearances== List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Other performer(s) Album "Bet on It" 2016 PnB Rock Money, Hoes and Flows "My Shit (Remix)" Fabolous Summertime Shootout 2: The Level Up "Come On" Jaquae, Fatboy Izzo You'll See: The James Harris Experience "Crzy" (Remix) Kehlani "Diamonds" Young Scooter, Don Q Jugg King "Stand Back" 2017 PnB Rock GTTM: Goin Thru the Motions "Playa No More PnB Rock, Quavo "GTTM: Goin Thru the Motions" "Glory Bridge" Chief Keef Dedication "GG (Remix)" Youngboy Never Broke Again "Reminiscing" Kodak Black Painting Pictures "Wait" (Remix) 2018 Maroon 5 "Keke" 6ix9ine, Fetty Wap Day 69 "If It Ain't Right" Tory Lanez Love Me Now? "Waka" 6ix9ine Dummy Boy "100 Grand" Lil Durk, Ty Dolla Sign Signed to the Streets 3 "Showed You" DJ Esco, Future, Young Thug, Dej Loaf Kolorblind "Goddamn" 2019 Tyga Legendary "Red Lights" JXN (Australian musician) rowspan="2" "Halo" Cryssy Bandz "Like Mike" Rich the Kid, Jay Critch The World Is Yours 2 "Young Grizzley World" Tee Grizzley, YNW Melly Scriptures "Alone" Trap Manny Trap Seazon "Baguettes in the Face" DJ Mustard, NAV, Playboi Carti Perfect Ten "1000 Nights" Ed Sheeran, Meek Mill No.6 Collaborations Project "Put You On" PnB Rock TrapStar Turnt PopStar "Still Alive" Berner, G-Eazy El Chivo "Bit*huary (Remix)" Shordie Shordie, Wiz Khalifa "Blind" Gucci Mane Delusions of Grandeur "U Said" Lil Durk Love Songs 4 the Streets 2 "So Cold" Max B House Money "Monica Lewinsky" Saint Jhn, DaBaby Ghetto Lenny's Love Songs/While the World Was Burning "Thot Box" Hitmaka, YBN Nahmir, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz, Tyga Big Tuh "Running the Streets" Rick Ross, Denzel Curry Port of Miami 2 "Big Picture" Davido, Gunna, Dremo A Good Time "Gone for the Summer" Fabolous Summertime Shootout 3: Coldest Summer Ever "Wolf" 2020 Lil Tr33zy "Like That" Yo Gotti, Ty Dolla Sign Untrapped "Foreigner" Pop Smoke Meet the Woo 2 "Far Away II" Jessie Reyez, JID Before Love Came to Kill Us (Deluxe) "The Get Back" Juelz Santana #FREESANTANA "Hocus Pocus" Blueface, DJ Kay Slay & Moneybagg Yo Famous Cryp (Reloaded) "Somebody" Internet Money, Lil Tecca B4 the Storm "R&B; Shit" J.I the Prince of N.Y Hood Life Krisis, Vol. 3 "Millions" Wiz Khalifa The Saga of Wiz Khalifa "Sheesh" 2021 Trap Manny In Trap We Trust "No Stress" Capo Plaza Plaza "This Is My Year" DJ Khaled, Big Sean, Puff Daddy, Rick Ross Khaled Khaled "Givenchy 2.0 Freestyle" DJ Drewski, Trap Manny Seat at the Table "Latest Trends (Remix)" A1 x J1 "Drop a Location" YG, Mozzy Kommunity Service "9 Bridge" Rowdy Rebel "Ghetto Love Birds" Yung Bleu Moon Boy "No Love Songs" Richie Rozay "Track Star (Remix)" Mooski, Chris Brown, Yung Bleu "YKTV" Nas, YG Kings Disease II "Run it Up" Sheff G, Sleepy Hallow From the Can "Demons (Remix)" Stunna Gambino "Keeper" OhGeesy GEEZYWORLD "Bestie" Culture Jam, Capella Grey Kawhi Leonard Presents: Culture Jam (Vol.1) "Family" David Guetta, Ty Dolla $ign, Bebe Rexha "My Everything (Part II)" B-Lovee "My Fault" 2022 King Von What It Means to Be King "Boom Boom" B-Lovee Misunderstood "Mustard's Interlude" Coi Leray Trendsetter "Distance (P-Valley Remix)" Jucee Froot P-Valley Season 2 Soundtrack "Dont Get Me Started" Don Q Corleone "Warzone" Stunna Gambino Vultures Dont Kry "New York" Rowdy Rebel, Jadakiss Rebel vs Rowdy "Habibi (Remix)" Ricky Rich "Iykyk" Lil Durk, Ella Mai 7220 (Deluxe) "Role Call" Tory Lanez Sorry 4 What "Me, Myself & I" G Herbo Survivor's Remorse: A Side & B Side "Lay Up N' Chill" Pink Sweat$ "Ask" 2023 Tay B 4Eva In My Bag (Deluxe) "HO4ME" DJ Drama, Lil Baby I'M REALLY LIKE THAT "Already Know" Young Pooda, Angelica Vila "PMR" Desiigner "Say Less" Swizz Beatz, Lil Durk Hip Hop 50, Vol. 2 ==Notes== ==References== ==External links== * * * Category:Discographies of American artists Category:Hip hop discographies

A Book Like This is the first studio album by Australian singer-songwriter duo Angus & Julia Stone. It was released in September 2007 in Australia and debuted and peaked on the ARIA Charts at number 6. The album was released in the UK through Flock Music/PIAS on 31 March 2008 and an alternative version was released in North America through Nettwerk on 3 March 2009 where the band performed songs from the album on US Radio Station KCRW . At the ARIA Music Awards of 2008, the album was nominated for Best Blues and Roots Album, Best Group, Breakthrough Artist and Best Cover Art. ==Reception== Andrew Leahey from AllMusic said "Angus & Julia Stone's debut recalls the lush, cuddle-up- in-bed indie folk of the Weepies and Kaiser Cartel. A Book Like This takes strength from its two young songwriters, both of whom approach love and coming-of-age issues from their own gendered perspective. Julia plays the part of the quirky ingénue, her vocals fluttering like a young Joanna Newsom over homespun melodies and gauzy instrumental backdrops... where brother Angus details an awkward encounter with the fairer sex". Leahey concluded "A Book Like This is an appropriate soundtrack for lazy Sunday afternoons and slow Monday mornings, when the pace of the world matches the relaxed gait of this band." ==Track listing== ===Alternative version (2009)=== ==Personnel== * Zach Brock– Strings, Violin * Ian Burdge– Cello * Mitchell Connelly– Drums, Percussion * Calina de la Mare– Violin * Emery Dobyns– Harmony * Ali Friend– Bass * Fran Healy– Bass, Congas, Glockenspiel, Piano * Sally Herbert– String Arrangements, Strings, Violin * Christopher Hoffman– Cello, Strings * John Metcalfe– Viola * Elizabeth Myers– Strings, Viola * Ian Pritchett– Bass * Jeff Ratner– Bass, Double Bass * Angus Stone– Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Harmonica, Vocals * Julia Stone– Bazouki, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Trumpet, Vocals * Cameron Whipp– Violin * Sarah Jane Wilson– Cello * Producers– Angus & Julia Stone, Fran Healy, Ian Pritchett * Mixer– Ian Pritchett * Album Illustrator– Caroline Pedler ==Charts== ===Weekly charts=== Chart (2007–2010) Peak position US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) 32 ===Year-end charts=== Chart (2007) Position Australian Artist Albums Chart 47 Chart (2008) Position Australian Albums Chart 60 Australian Artist Albums Chart 14 Chart (2010) Position Australian Artist Albums Chart 47 ==Certification== ==Release history== Country Date Format Label Catalogue Australia 8 September 2007 CD Capitol Records/EMI Music 5056592 Europe 8 September 2007 CD Discograph 3233062 United Kingdom 31 March 2008 CD/DVD, Digital download Flock/PIAS FLOCKCD1ST USA & Canada 2009 CD/DVD, Digital download Nettwerk 067003082525 ==References== Category:2007 albums Category:Angus & Julia Stone albums Category:EMI Records albums Category:Independiente Records albums

A Book from the Sky () is the title of a book produced by Chinese artist Xu Bing in the style of fine editions from the Song and Ming dynasties, but filled entirely with meaningless glyphs designed to resemble traditional Chinese characters.Two of the characters were later found by Charles Stone to coincide with attested Chinese characters; however, one of these was itself a 9th-century forgery The book, which consists of four volumes totaling 604 pages, was printed in a single print run of 126 copies between 1987 and 1991, and was first publicly exhibited in October 1988, in Beijing's China Art Gallery. The work was originally titled Mirror to Analyze the World: The Century’s Final Volume (), a title which "evokes the trope of the book as jian 鍳 or mirror in the venerable tradition of imperial historiography". However, the artist eventually felt that this title was "cumbersome" and "heavily influenced by Western forms and the current cultural climate", and decided to adopt the name that was already in popular use, Tianshu. In Chinese, the term tian shu (“divine writing”) originally referred to certain kinds of religious texts, but is now used to mean "gibberish"; it has thus been suggested that nonsense writing would be a more appropriate translation of the title. ==Production== The book is composed using a set of 4,000 characters, as this is roughly the number of characters in common usage in modern written Chinese. These characters were designed on the basis of the Kangxi radicals, so that "in terms of density of strokes and frequency of occurrence, they... appear, on the page, to be real characters". In addition to these, page and fascicle numbers were indicated using tally marks based on the Chinese character 正. The characters were carved into individual pieces of movable type made from pear wood, in a style slightly squatter than that of Song typefaces. Initially, Xu himself typeset sample pages, and took them for printing to a factory in the village of Hanying (), in Caiyu township (). (This was one of the last remaining traditional printing factories in China, which after the Cultural Revolution mainly produced state-sponsored reprints of classical texts using pre-Revolution woodblocks.) Later, workers at the factory typeset the pages by referring to a "model book" prepared by Xu, which contained symbols such as ↓★○☒❖ that had been placed in a one-to-one correspondence with his 4,000 pseudo-Chinese characters. ==Reactions== Critical reactions to A Book from the Sky were initially dismissive. In 1990, an article in a Beijing newspaper, said to have been authored by an agent of the Ministry of Culture, described it as “ghosts building walls” (), i.e., obfuscation for the sake of obfuscation. Meanwhile, “New Wave” artists found it too “traditional and academic”. Nevertheless, the 1988 exhibition of the book at the China Art Gallery attracted a broad audience that included not only artists, but also professors and editors, some of whom visited the exhibition repeatedly in an attempt to find even a single real Chinese character. Later critics viewed the work more positively. A Book from the Sky is considered to be a representative of the “1985 Fine Arts New Wave” (), and has been interpreted as “a primary symbol of the broad liberalization movement that characterized the years prior to the Tiananmen massacre”. It has also invited comparisons with James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake, as “a radical challenge to how we think about language, writing, literacy, and human-machine relationship”. However, according to Xu, his main purpose was to “expose the fact that Chinese literary culture is 討厭 taoyan”: ‘boring’ or ‘tedious’. In later works such as Square Word Calligraphy and Book from the Ground, he takes this idea further by subverting the logographic nature of the Chinese script in ways that make it broadly accessible. ==Notes== ==References== * * ==External links== *Description on Xu Bing’s website *Blog post mentioning A Book from the Sky, with photographs Category:Art exhibitions in China Category:1988 books Category:Chinese characters Category:Artists' books

A Book of American Martyrs is a 2017 novel by the American author, Joyce Carol Oates. The story chronicles two American families, the Voorheeses and the Dunphys, whose faith and convictions are vastly different. The story begins with the aftermath of the November 1999 murder of Dr. Gus Voorhees by Luther Amos Dunphy. Broadly, Oates' story explores the abortion debate in the United States, with a primary focus on exploring the growing divide and conflict between advocates and opponents of legal abortion care services, as well as anti-abortion violence. \- \- The story is set in a small town in Ohio where the Dunphy family lives and throughout Michigan where the Voorhees family lives. == Reception == The review aggregator website, Book Marks, reported that overall the novel received positive feedback. Erica Wagner of The Guardian noted that the novel does not live up to its potential, writing, "This is a gripping novel, full of unexpected twists that make what could be a political treatise into a page- turner. And it is as honest as its author can make it, or so the reader must believe; but that’s an honesty that only goes so far." Writing for The New York Times, Ayana Mathis describes how "The shifting kaleidoscope of voices is at once illuminating and dizzying. Oates may be betting the multitude of perspectives will help us see around our blinders and prejudices about the Other. The question is, who is the Other, and according to whom? In some respects, Oates’s bet pays off." However, Mathis continues, "There is a great deal of smugness in all of this, and worse, a dangerous paternalism. The Other, in this case, the white working poor, with all of its religion and pathologies, has been summarily dismissed as an ignorant horde in need of (liberal) guidance. Oates’s lengthy attempt at insights into these lives devolves into dehumanizing caricature." The Washington Post's Ron Charles praises the novel, concluding that, "To enter this masterpiece is to be captivated by the paradox of that tragic courage and to become invested in Oates’s search for some semblance of atonement, secular or divine. Regardless of your own faith or politics, the real miracle here is how, even after 700 pages, we can still be racing along, steeling ourselves for the very last line, a line we’re desperate to reach — but not too soon." Paste magazine's Bridey Heing commends Oates' ability to navigate both sides of a deeply polarizing topic, noting how, "Ultimately, Oates does not moralize, and this isn’t a book that will comfort those who are strong in their beliefs. But in that lies the book’s value. At a time when we as a society feel so ideologically distant and yet are told that we have more in common than all that divides us, this novel rings true without being weighed down by sentimentality." ==References== Category:2017 American novels Category:Novels by Joyce Carol Oates Category:Novels about abortion Category:Gun violence in popular culture Category:Ecco Press books

A Book of Common Prayer is a 1977 novel by Joan Didion. A limited signed edition of this book was issued by Franklin library. ==Themes== The novel is a story of both personal and political tragedy in the fictional Central American country of "Boca Grande". In 1983 Didion published Salvador, a book of essays on corruption and violence in El Salvador; the fiction and non-fiction reflect a similar perspective of rage and despair. ==Plot introduction== The novel is narrated by Grace Strasser-Mendana, an American expatriate who married into one of the three or four families that dominate Boca Grande politics, the Mendanas. Grace was trained as an anthropologist under Claude Lévi-Strauss, and later took up the amateur study of biochemistry, both attempts to find clear-cut, scientific answers to the mysteries of human behavior. Both attempts fail: Grace remains uncomprehending and cut off from the people around her, and in the final line of the novel she admits, "I have not been the witness I wanted to be." But Grace is not the novel's central character. That is Charlotte Douglas, another American woman sojourning in Boca Grande, although her family ties are elsewhere. Charlotte's beloved daughter Marin has run off with a group of Marxist radicals and taken part in an absurd act of terrorism, and in the wake of her daughter's disappearance, Charlotte's marriage to a crusading Berkeley lawyer (not Marin's father), has fallen apart. ==References== == External links == * Book page on Joan Didion website Category:1977 American novels Category:Novels by Joan Didion Category:Novels set in Central America

A Book of Giants is a 1963 anthology of 13 fairy tales from Europe that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. It was the first anthology to receive the familiar "A Book of..." title that Manning-Sanders would become notable for. This book was first published in the United Kingdom in 1962, by Methuen & Co. Ltd. It has been used in schools as a study aid. Some of the tales from this book are also included in A Choice of Magic (1971) by Manning-Sanders. And some of the tales from this book are included in Folk and Fairy Tales (1978) by Manning-Sanders. And in the foreword, Manning-Sanders discusses the long-ago roots of tales about giants: "The stories in this book are very old, and they come from many countries. We don't know who first told the story of Jack and the Beanstalk; but it has always been a favourite, and it used to be hawked around England in those little stitched-together pamphlets, called chapbooks, which travelling pedlars sold to the countryfolk for a penny or two each." The author adds: "You will notice that the giants, wherever they come from, have one thing in common: they are all very stupid, and the way to overcome them is to use your wits." ==Table of contents== *1. Jack and the Beanstalk (England) *2. The Giant and the Dwarf (Georgia) *3. Fin M'Coul and Cucullin (Ireland) *4. Sneezy Snatcher and Sammy Small (Cornwall) *5. Hans, the Horn, and the Magic Sword (Jutland) *6. Jack the Giant-Killer (Cornwall) :i. Jack and the Giant Cormoran :ii. Jack and the Giant Tantarem :iii. Jack and the Welsh Giant :iv. Jack, the King of England's Son, and the Giant with Three Heads :v. Jack and the Giant Thunderdell :vi. Jack, the Giant Galligantua, and the Enchanter *7. King Johnny (Slavic) *8. Conall Yellowclaw (Ireland and Scotland) *9. The Giant in the Cave (Ireland and Scotland) *10. The Brave Little Tailor (Germany) *11. The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body (Norse) *12. The Three Golden Hairs of the King of the Cave Giants (Germany) *13. Prince Loaf (Romania) ==Reception== Kirkus Reviews gave A Book of Giants a kirkus star and wrote "Miss Manning-Sanders narrates these old legends in a direct language..." and "In his fine-lined drawings, Robin Jacques has built up a good contrast between the large and the small and has captured the essence of giantdom with a light touch." The Observer found "A splendid jacket by Robin Jacques at once invites the eye. Of course, myths have almost always been unfair to giants: still, we could not separate them from nursery lore, especially when, as in several of these tales, they are merely kindly, stupid fellows, easily outwitted (but not slain) by some sharp little dwarf. Though some are from local sources, others are from as far afield as Russian Georgia or Jutland. But are they so different?" ==See also== *Giant (mythology) ==References== Category:1962 short story collections Category:1962 children's books Category:Collections of fairy tales Category:Children's short story collections Category:British children's books Category:British short story collections Category:European fairy tales Category:Fiction about giants Category:1962 anthologies

A Book of Heroes (, released in the Philippines as Fight to Win Again) is a 1986 Taiwanese-Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Kevin Chu, produced by Raymond Wong Pak-ming, and starring Yasuaki Kurata and Yukari Oshima. ==Plot== Policeman Hu Pai and his girlfriend are on a quest to find stolen gold before the Yamashita gang can get to it. Meanwhile, Oshima Yamashita is unaware that his hired fighter is actually an undercover cop. ==Cast== *Yasuaki Kurata as Oshima Yamashita *Yukari Oshima as Yamashita's hired fighter *Hu Kua as Hu Pai *David Tao as David *Elsa Yang as Yang Shan Shan *Bin Bin as kid at bachelor club ==Release== A Book of Heroes was released in Taiwan in 1986. In the Philippines, the film was released as Fight to Win Again by Pioneer Releasing on 25 August 1987, connecting it to the unrelated Hong Kong film The Magic Crystal (released as Fight to Win in the country); posters credited Yukari Oshima and Yasuaki Kurata as Cynthia Luster and Shoji Karada respectively. ==Home media== A Book of Heroes was first released on VCD in Hong Kong by Joy Sales on 22 November 2007; it has since gone out of print. The online store FLK Cinema, which originated in Clapham, London, also released the film on DVD-R (with the title Fight to Win Again). ==Critical reception== The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies authors Bill Palmer, Karen Palmer, and Ric Meyers gave the film three and a half out of four stars, indicating a "Very Good" quality. ==References== ==External links== * Category:1986 films Category:1980s action comedy films Category:1980s Hong Kong films Category:1980s Mandarin-language films Category:1986 action films Category:Hong Kong action comedy films Category:Taiwanese action comedy films

A Book of Hours is the tenth studio album by Bob Ostertag, self-released on June 9, 2013. ==Track listing== ==Personnel== Adapted from the A Book of Hours liner notes. Musicians * Bob Ostertag – sampler Additional musicians * Theo Bleckmann – voice * Shelley Hirsch – voice * Phil Minton – voice * Roscoe Mitchell – saxophone ==Release history== Region Date Label Format Catalog United States 2013 DL == References == == External links == * A Book of Hours at Bandcamp Category:2013 albums Category:Bob Ostertag albums

A Book of Human Language is a studio album by the American rapper Aceyalone. It was released on Project Blowed in 1998. The album was entirely produced by Mumbles. ==Critical reception== Bill Cassel of AllMusic wrote: "Aceyalone wins major points for even trying to tackle weighty topics like life, death, time, and language." Brian Coleman of CMJ New Music Monthly called it "one of the most intelligent albums" of the year. Malik Singleton of Vibe described it as "an uninhibited exhibition of lyric artistry laid over jazzy breakbeats and rare groove loops." In 2014, Paste ranked the album at number five on their list of "12 Classic Hip-Hop Albums That Deserve More Attention". The following year, Fact placed it at number 24 on its list of the "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time". ==Track listing== ==References== ==External links== * Category:1998 albums Category:Aceyalone albums

A Book of Luminous Things is the fifth studio album by the Polish jazz singer Aga Zaryan. It was released on June 14, 2011 by EMI Music Poland and Blue Note Records. The album contains twelve compositions to the poems of Czesław Miłosz and his favourite poets: Anna Świrszczyńska, Jane Hirshfield and Denise Levertov. In October, 2011 EMI Music Poland published another version of the album, called Księga olśnień (which is the Polish translation of A Book of Luminous Things) with the same songs being performed in Polish. Apart from the language, the only difference between the two versions is in the song This Only (Polish: To jedno), which in the English version is performed by Aga Zaryan as sole vocalist, while in the Polish version she was joined by Grzegorz Turnau. Recorded at Castle Oaks Studios in Calabasas, California in spring 2011. ==Track listing== ==Personnel== *Aga Zaryan – vocals *Michał Tokaj – piano *Larry Koonse – guitar *Darek Oleszkiewicz – double bass *Munyungo Jackson – percussion ==Certifications== ==References== ==External links== * Aga Zaryan sings Miłosz Category:Aga Zaryan albums Category:2011 albums

A Book of Mediterranean Food was an influential cookery book written by Elizabeth David in 1950, her first, and published by John Lehmann. After years of rationing and wartime austerity, the book brought light and colour back to English cooking, with simple fresh ingredients, from David's experience of Mediterranean cooking while living in France, Italy and Greece. The book was illustrated by John Minton, and the chapters were introduced with quotations from famous writers. At the time, many ingredients were scarcely obtainable, but the book was quickly recognised as serious, and within a few years it profoundly changed English cooking and eating habits. ==Context== Returning to postwar England, still with food rationing, after years living in the Mediterranean with its wealth of fresh ingredients, Elizabeth David found life grey and daunting. The food was terrible: "There was flour and water soup seasoned solely with pepper; bread and gristle rissoles; dehydrated onions and carrots; corned beef toad in the hole. I need not go on." ==Book== Partly to earn some money, and partly from an "agonized craving for the sun", David began writing articles on Mediterranean cookery. Her first efforts were published in 1949 in the British edition of Harper's Bazaar. From the outset, David refused to sell the copyright of her articles, and so she was able to collect and edit them for publication in book form. Even before all the articles had been published, she had assembled them into a typescript volume and submitted it to a series of publishers, all of whom turned it down. One of them explained that a collection of unconnected recipes needed linking text. David took this advice, but, conscious of her inexperience as a writer, she kept her own prose short and quoted extensively from established authors whose views on the Mediterranean might carry more weight. In the published volume, the sections are linked by substantial extracts from works by writers including Norman Douglas, Lawrence Durrell, Gertrude Stein, D. H. Lawrence, Osbert Sitwell, Compton Mackenzie, Arnold Bennett, Henry James and Théophile Gautier. She submitted the revised typescript to John Lehmann, a publisher more associated with poetry than cookery, but he accepted it, agreeing to an advance payment of £100. A Book of Mediterranean Food was published in 1950. Lehmann had suggested it be named "The Blue Train Cookery Book", since he supposed that the romance of Mediterranean countries was to be found in the exciting train journeys to reach them. The book appeared when food rationing imposed during the Second World War remained fully in force in Britain. As David later put it, "almost every essential ingredient of good cooking was either rationed or unobtainable." She therefore adapted some of the recipes she had learned during the years when she lived in Mediterranean countries, "to make up for lack of flavour which should have been supplied by meat or stock or butter." ===Lyricism=== The historian of food Panikos Panayi argues that with A Book of Mediterranean Food, David profoundly changed English cooking. He considers the opening section to contain "perhaps the most evocative and inspirational passage in the history of British cookery writing": David then describes the region and its perfumes: ===Illustrations=== Lehmann commissioned a coloured dust-jacket painting and black and white internal illustrations from his friend the artist John Minton. Writers including Cyril Ray and John Arlott commented that Minton's drawings added to the attractions of the book."Cookery", The Times Literary Supplement, 9 June 1950, p. 362; Arlott, John. "From Time to Time", The Guardian, 18 July 1986, p. 15; and "First Bites", The Guardian, 15 March 1994, p. B5 David, a woman of strong opinions, thought good illustration important. Minton provided 15 decorations to give a feeling of the Mediterranean, rather than simple illustrations of dishes from David's recipes. For example, his port scene shows a sailor drinking and conversing with a young woman beside a table laden with food; in the background is a street restaurant and boats in a harbour. Although David did not like Minton's black and white drawings, she described his jacket design as "stunning". She was especially taken with "his beautiful Mediterranean bay, his tables spread with white cloths and bright fruit" and the way that "pitchers and jugs and bottles of wine could be seen far down the street." ===Contents=== The chapters cover in turn: soups; eggs and luncheon dishes; fish; meat; substantial dishes; poultry and game; vegetables; cold food and salads; sweets; jams, chutneys and preserves; and sauces. The soup chapter sets the pattern for the book, with short, simple recipes, such as soup of haricot beans – two brief paragraphs – interspersed with long, complex ones like that for Mediterranean fish soup, which covers three pages. The eggs and luncheon dish section likewise balances the concise and simple such as ratatouille aux oeufs against the detailed and discursive three-page consideration of omelettes. Unlike many writers of cookery books, David rarely gives precise quantities or timings: in the fish chapter her suggestion for fresh tuna is: The meat section begins with recipes for veal, generally unfamiliar at English tables in 1950. David also gives recipes for kid and boar. Mutton, by contrast, was more often served then than in more recent decades, and David gives four recipes for it, one of them disguising the flavour to taste like venison by long marinating and highly seasoned saucing. The "substantial dishes" chapter discusses and illustrates the merits of risotto and paella, and deals with polenta and spaghetti – both less familiar in Britain then than now – and goes on to describe cassoulet. The next chapter, on poultry and game, begins with recipes for cooking chicken and duck, and goes on to partridge – both à la provençale and in Greek style – quail and pigeons, concluding with snipe cooked en papillote with mushrooms. The Mediterranean theme of the book is emphasised in the section on vegetables, in which there are five aubergine recipes and only one potato dish (pommes Anna). Dishes from Greece and North Africa are included along with typical southern French standards such as tomates provençales. The occasional non-Mediterranean dish is included, including cèpes à la bordelaise (fried in olive oil with parsley and garlic). The cold food and salads chapter gives instructions for three dishes of cold chicken, several traditional pâtés and terrines, and another non-Mediterranean recipe, the traditional Easter dish from Burgundy, jambon persillé de Bourgogne. David adds to this section suggestions for hors d'oeuvres, including Greek dishes then unfamiliar in Britain including dolmádes and taramá, as well as traditional French recipes such as sardines marinées à la niçoise. In the section on sweets, David comments that throughout the Mediterranean countries, the more complicated sweets are very often bought from pâtisseries; the few recipes she gives are for simple, traditional sweets made at home, such as torrijas (also called pain perdu) and cold orange soufflé. The jams, chutneys and preserves section includes preserved melon alongside more familiar fruits such as pears and plums. In the final chapter, on sauces, David includes classics like béchamel, béarnaise, hollandaise and mayonnaise (which, she advises, "stir steadily but not like a maniac"). To these she adds Turkish, Greek, Italian and Egyptian sauces, the majority of them intended to go with Mediterranean fish dishes. ==Reception== ===Contemporary=== The Times Literary Supplement observed in 1950 that "while one might hesitate to attempt 'Lobster à la Enfant Prodigue' (with champagne, garlic, basil, lemon, chervil, mushrooms and truffles), the resourceful cook with time to explore London's more individual shops, and money, should not often be nonplussed.""Cookery", The Times Literary Supplement, 9 June 1950, p. 365 The Observer commented, also in 1950, that the book deserved "to become the familiar companion of all who seek uninhibited excitement in the kitchen." ===Modern=== The celebrity cook Clarissa Dickson Wright comments that the book was "a breath of fresh air in the years of austerity that followed the Second World War, and [David's] espousal of excellent, well-prepared ingredients has become the hallmark of English food at its best." At that time "food was dull, vegetables were [thoroughly] stewed and olive oil was something you bought at the chemist and was marked 'for external use only'." David, on the other hand, "evoked a world of sunshine and lavender, of bougainvillea and cannas, and of fresh and simple food beautifully prepared." Rachel Cooke, writing in The Guardian, quotes the chef Simon Hopkinson, who knew David in the 1980s, as believing that David's "powerful effect .. on British palates .. was as much a question of timing as anything else". She "arrived on the scene at just the right moment: the British middle classes, exhausted by austerity, were longing, even if they did not precisely know it, for the taste of sunshine." Caroline Stacey, writing in The Independent, calls the book "her hymn of longing to the cooking around the southern shores", noting that it "changed what the British middle classes ate", and that she "ushered not only olive oil and garlic, but also aubergines, courgettes and basil on to the stripped-pine tables of 1960s kitchens." Melanie McDonagh, writing in The Telegraph, states that with A Book of Mediterranean Food, David "introduced the Brits to the cooking of Greece, Italy and Provence in 1950 after her return from Greece, via Egypt and India". She comments that the cookery writer Jane Grigson, a "devotee", said "Basil was no more than the name of bachelor uncles, courgette was printed in italics as an alien word, and few of us knew how to eat spaghetti ... Then came Elizabeth David, like sunshine." McDonagh adds that David "was one of the first and much the classiest of the personality food writers, even though she was never a telly chef: paving the way for Jamie, Nigella, Nigel and Hugh F-W." Dissenting from the general acclaim, Tom Norrington-Davies, also writing in The Telegraph, argues that the book "reached only a very small section of the population", but at once qualifies this, stating that these readers were "undergoing a dramatic upheaval. Educated, moderately wealthy women suddenly found themselves in their kitchens without servants". He cites Jane Grigson's observation, introducing a collection of David's writing, that "Elizabeth didn't so much restore [middle-class women's] confidence in cooking as invent it". Joe Moran, writing in the Financial Times, describes the genesis of the book as a "defining moment". It was when, "stranded by a blizzard" in a hotel in Ross-on-Wye whose restaurant served meals so dismal that they seemed to her to be "produced with a kind of bleak triumph which amounted almost to a hatred of humanity and humanity’s needs", David felt her famous "agonised craving for the sun". Furious at the joyless food, she started to draft the "sensuous descriptions" of Mediterranean food that led to A Book of Mediterranean Food. Marian Burros, writing in The New York Times, comments that David first showed "her importance" with the book. "The ration-weary English could barely buy enough to eat but they were enchanted by her descriptions of meals that included eggs, butter, seafood, tomatoes, olives, apricots, ingredients that were difficult, or impossible, to obtain. Foods that are taken for granted today in England – garlic, olive oil, Parmigiano Reggiano – were unknown and generally viewed with suspicion before Mrs. David." ==Editions== The book has appeared in the following editions since 1950, including translations into Danish and Chinese. * London: Lehmann, 1950 (1st ed.) * Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1950 (paperback) * London: Lehmann, 1951 * New York City: Horizon, 1952 * Harmondsworth, New York : Penguin, 1955 * Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1956 * London: Macdonald, 1958 (2nd ed.) * London: Cookery Book Club, 1958 * Baltimore: Penguin, 1958 * Baltimore: Penguin, 1960 * Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1960 * Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1965 * Harmondsworth, Baltimore : Penguin, 1966 * London: Cookery Book Club, 1968 * Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1971 * Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975 * Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1977 * Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1983 * Copenhagen: Hans Reitzel/Gyldendals Bogklub, 1984 * Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1987 * London: Dorling Kindersley, 1988 (illus., rev.) * Sydney: Collins, 1988 * Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1989 (2nd ed.) * Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1991 (new intro.) * Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1998 * New York: New York Review Books, 2002 * China: 麥田出版 / Tai Bei Shi, 2006 (地中海風味料理 / Di zhong hai feng wei liao li, by 大衛 David, Elizabeth with Da Wei; Fang-tian Huang * London: Folio Society, 2009 (intro. by Julian Barnes, colour illus. by Sophie MacCarthy) ==Notes== ==References== ==Sources== * * * * * Category:1950 non-fiction books Category:English cuisine Category:British cookbooks Category:Mediterranean cuisine

A Book of Memories () is a 1986 novel by the Hungarian writer Péter Nádas. The narrative follows a Hungarian novelist involved in a romantic triangle in East Berlin; interwoven with the main story are sections of a novel the main character is writing, about a German novelist at the turn of the century. An English translation by Ivan Sanders and Imre Goldstein was published in 1997 through Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The novel won the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in 1998. ==Reception== Under the headline "The Soul of Proust Under Socialism", Eva Hoffman reviewed the book for The New York Times. She wrote that "in A Book of Memories, Peter Nadas ... has accomplished a remarkably interesting feat: he has transposed the novel of consciousness to the Socialist universe, and closed the gap between prewar modernism (inflected here by post-modern psychoanalysis) and Eastern Europe." Hoffman wrote that the novel has a style of details in "magnified, hot close-up", and that "Longueurs can have their plaisirs, as we know from Proust; but some passages in A Book of Memories are drawn out to the point of tedium or silliness, and the novel within the novel is marred by occasional affectation. Still, these are minor flaws in a work that offers a lot of incidental as well as major pleasures: quirky chapter titles, in the manner of Robert Musil ("A Telegram Arrives" and "Slowly the Pain Returned"); an astonishing scene in which two boys help a sow deliver her litter; a rare honesty about the conflicts of homosexual romance; and the colloquial freshness of the language." The American literary theorist Susan Sontag called A Book of Memories "the greatest novel written in our time, and one of the great books of the century." ==See also== * 1986 in literature * Hungarian literature ==References== Category:1986 novels Category:Hungarian novels Category:Novels by Péter Nádas

A Book of Milliganimals is a children's book by Spike Milligan, first published in 1968. The book has three parts; the first two, Animals and Milliganimals, contain humorous poetry and illustrations by Milligan of animals, both real and imaginary. The third part, entitled The Bald Twit Lion, is a surreal, comedic story of a lion who loses his mane and his struggle to re-grow it and overcome his embarrassment. His mane is eventually restored by God, who slides down to Earth from Heaven on a religious giraffe's neck. ==References== * Category:1968 children's books Category:Works by Spike Milligan

A Book of Numbers () is a book by John Grant published in 1982 by Ashgrove Press of Bath. ==Contents== A Book of Numbers is a book of information, arranged numerically. ==Reception== Dave Langford reviewed A Book of Numbers for White Dwarf #39, and stated that "So you find the legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus amid 12 pages of entries for mystical 7; under 90 is Theodore Sturgeon's famous law '90% of everything is rubbish'; the 159 entry records the 159 SF/fantasy titles hacked out in 13 years by notorious Lionel Fanthorpe; and so on. Enormous fun." ==References== Category:1982 books

A Book of Prefaces is H. L. Mencken's 1917 collection of essays criticizing American culture, authors, and movements. Mencken described the work as "[My] most important book in its effects upon my professional career." In fact, the book was considered vitriolic enough that Mencken's close friend Alfred Knopf was concerned about publishing it because of the massive increase in patriotism during World War I in America. The book was eighty pages long and divided into four essays. The first three were concerned with specific writers: Theodore Dreiser, Joseph Conrad and James Gibbons Huneker, respectively. But perhaps the most important, and certainly the most outspoken essay was entitled "Puritanism as a Literary Force," during which he alleged that William Dean Howells, Henry James, and Mark Twain were victims of the Puritan spirit. :"The Puritan's utter lack of aesthetic sense, his distrust of all romantic emotion, his unmatchable intolerance of opposition, his unbreakable belief in his own bleak and narrow views, his savage cruelty of attack, his lust for relentless and barbarous persecution – these things have put an almost unbearable burden up on the exchange of ideas in the United States." Mencken had criticized Puritanism for many years, famously characterizing it as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy," but through World War I his criticism became increasingly outspoken, in part due to the rising tide of Prohibition. Mencken's book triggered the imagination of a famous American author. As a teen first entering the world of reading and books in the early 1920s, Richard Wright found literary inspiration in A Book of Prefaces. ==Response== ===Critical response=== Response to Mencken's book was generally poor, but certain defenders of American culture were particularly outspoken in their criticism of the book—most notably Stuart Sherman, a professor at the University of Illinois (Sherman was personally attacked in Prefaces). According to Sherman: "[Mencken] leaps from the saddle with sabre flashing, stables his horse in the church, shoots the priest, hangs three professors, exiles the Academy, burns the library and the university, and amid smoking ashes, erects a new school of criticism on modern German principles." Other major critics included Paul Elmer More and Irving Babbitt, although neither of these was as vitriolic as Sherman. ===Mencken's response=== According to Mencken, Sherman's review was "a masterly exposure of what is going on in the Puritan mind, and particularly of its maniacal fear of the German." "The curse of criticism in America is the infernal babbling of third-rate college professor... [the Book of Prefaces] shook the professors as they had never been shaken before." ==Sources== * Bode, Carl Mencken. Southern Illinois University Press, London, 1969. * Hobson, Fred Mencken. Random House, New York, 1994. * Manchester, William Disturber of the Peace. University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, 1986. == External links == * Category:1917 non-fiction books Category:Alfred A. Knopf books Category:Books by H. L. Mencken Category:Essay collections Category:Books of literary criticism Category:Puritanism in the United States

A Book of is a miniature book of poems by Charlotte Brontë. It was written in 1829 when Brontë was aged 13. The book is part of the collections of the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth, West Yorkshire. A Book of (the word rhymes is misspelt) is one of six miniature books written by the teenage Brontë, forming part of her juvenilia. Dated 17 December 1829, it measures only 3.8 in × 2.5 in (9.7 cm × 6.4 cm). The book sold for $520 in an auction at Walpole Galleries in New York City in 1916 (). The last of Brontë's miniature books to be owned by a private collector, its location was subsequently unknown until April 2022 when it was announced that it would be for sale at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair later that month. It sold for $1.25 million (£983,500), making it possibly the most expensive book ever sold, in terms of price per unit of surface area. The book was purchased by a British literary charity, the Friends of the National Libraries, which donated it to the Brontë Parsonage Museum. The estate of T. S. Eliot and the Garfield Weston Foundation donated funds to the Friends of the National Libraries to assist in buying the book. The principal curator of the Brontë Parsonage Museum, Ann Dinsdale, said that it was "...always emotional when an item belonging to the Brontë family is returned home and this final little book, coming back to the place it was written when it had been thought lost, is very special for us." At the time that it acquired A Book of , the museum already had nine other miniature books made by the Brontë siblings, and expected to receive seven more from the Honresfield Library in the near future. ==Contents== The Book of has 15 pages with handstitched brown paper covers. It contains 10 poems. The title page is inscribed ". Sold by Nobody. And printed by Herself". ===List of poems=== The contents of the book were listed by Brontë in her 1830 list of her work to date. The text of the poems was unknown until the 2022 rediscovery of the book, having never been transcribed or summarised. # "The Beauty of Nature" # "A Short Poem" # "Meditations while Journeying in a Canadian Forest" # "Song of an Exile" # "On Seeing the Ruins of the Tower of Babel" # "A Thing of 14 Lines" # "Lines written on the Bank of a River one fine Summer Evening" # "Spring, a Song" # "Autumn, a Song" ==See also== *Glass Town *The Young Men's Magazine * List of most expensive books and manuscripts ==References== ==External links== *AnneBronte.Org - A Book of is found Category:1829 books Category:Works by Charlotte Brontë Category:1829 poems Category:English poetry collections

A Book of Songs for Anne Marie is the fourth studio album by American singer- songwriter Baby Dee. It was released on April 20, 2010 under the Drag City label in the US and on Tin Angel Records in the UK. The album is essentially a re-recording of a 150 copy limited-edition CD that was released by Durtro in 2004 with a book of the same name. ==Track listing== All songs composed by Baby Dee. Arrangements by Maxim Moston and Baby Dee. ===2004 Version=== This version was released as a limited-edition book with CD. It features only Baby Dee, singing and playing piano. ==Personnel== *Baby Dee – vocals, harp, piano, accordion *Keith Bonner – flute *C.J. Camerieri – trumpet, French horn *John Contreras – cello *Alexandra Knoll – oboe, English horn *Rob Moose – mandolin *Maxim Moston – violin ==References== Category:2010 albums Category:Baby Dee albums Category:Drag City (record label) albums

A Book on Angling – Being a complete treatise on the art of angling in every branch is a work of angling literature with significant fly fishing content written by Francis Francis, angling editor to The Field and published in London in 1867 by Longmans, Green and Company. ==Synopsis== A Book on Angling is best described by the author himself in the preface to the first edition: > When first infected with the fever of Angling, more years ago than I care to > count up, my ambition was to catch every species of freshwater fish, from > the minnow up to the salmon, which inhabits our British waters. That > satisfied, my next desire was to write a work, which should contain within > one volume (as far as might be possible) the fullest and most varied > information upon Angling generally, in every branch of the art, which had > ever been published; and with this resolve I commenced collecting the matter > for the present work nearly twenty years ago. Taken up and laid aside from > time to time, little by little it has steadily progressed towards > completion. In the course of that twenty years I took occasion to visit and > to fish nearly every river of note in the kingdom, my connection with 'The > Field' affording me peculiar facilities for obtaining permission to fish > very many waters which are closely locked against the general public; and I > have roamed England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland over to gather fresh > knowledge, and to put it into a practical and concentrated form for the use > of my readers. > In inducting the tyro into the mysteries of the art, I have endeavored to > make every direction and information as clear and practicable as possible. > This work is intended to be a useful and not merely a decorative one: thus, > the plates are not for the sake of ornamentation, but for direction, and as > an aid to the student of tackle-making and fly-tying. Each illustration of > tackle is really needed, and the flies shown are not a mere selection of > gorgeous and pretty subjects, or I should have chosen very differently; but > each fly is a specimen of some separate class of flies, in which a special > peculiarity of manufacture is evident. > I have to thank many kind friends for assistance in lending tackle and flies > as subjects for the engravings, and also for description, as will be found > in the body of the work. > I have given much time to this book, but I have given it willingly, for it > was indeed and in truth a labour of love. Whether the Angling public, to > whom I dedicate it (desiring no more potent patron), will appreciate my > labours remains to be seen; and so, without further apology if an attempt to > supply a long-felt and obvious want, the existence of which few persons have > been in a position to know and feel so well as myself, be thought to require > an apology into their hands I commit it. > FRANCIS FRANCIS. THE FIRS, TWICKENHAM : 1867 ==Reviews== In 1881, Osmund Lambert in Angling Literature in England wrote: In 1920, when A Book on Angling was reprinted, Sir Herbert Maxwell, a noted Scottish angler penned this in the Editor's Introduction: James Robb in an entire chapter devoted to Francis Francis in Notable Angling Literature (1945) said of A Book on Angling: In 1974, noted American writer Arnold Gingrich in his The Fishing in Print commented on Francis, Francis as a writer and his influence on notable American angler Theodore Gordon: In 2002, 135 years after the 1st edition of A Book of Angling, Tony Hayter in his biography of Frederic M. Halford wrote: ==Contents== From the 4th Edition (1876) thumb|right|Plate II-The Slider and other Floats thumb|right|Plate VIII – Natural Trout Flies thumb|right|Plate XI-Salmon Flies thumb|right|Plate XV – Salmon Fly Dressing * Chapter I – Bottom-Fishing ** The Origin of Angling, Pond-Fishing, Punt- Fishing, The Norfolk Style, Bank-Fishing, The Gudgeon, The Pope, The Bleak, The Roach, The Rudd, The Dace, The Chub, The Barbel – 1 * Chapter II – Bottom- Fishing Continued. ** Nottingham Angling, Casting From the Reel, Daceing, Tight Corking, The Slider, etc. – 61 * Chapter III – Bottom-Fishing Continued ** The Bream, The Carp, The Tench, The Eel, The Perch, Paternostering, etc. – 73 *Chapter IV – Mid-Water Fishing. **The Pike, Spinning, Trolling With the Dead Gorge, Live Baiting, etc. – 100 * Chapter V – Artificial Fly-Fishing. ** Varieties of Trout, Instructions as to Rods and Tackle, How To Use Them, Weather, How To Choose Flies, Dress, Night-fishing -138 * Chapter VI – Artificial Flies **Contrast of Systems, Copying Nature And Copying Nothing, List of Flies For Each Month -185 * Chapter VII – On Lake-Fishing, Etc. **Lake-Fishing, Daping, The Creeper, The Beetle, The Worm – 250 * Chapter VIII – Spinning For Trout **Spinning for Large Trout, Spinning for Trout In Small Streams, The Par-Tail, The Grayling – 278 * Chapter IX – The Salmon ** The Rod, The Reel and Line, How To Use Them, Casting, Striking, Playing A Salmon, Sea-Trout Fishing – 303 * Chapter X – Salmon Flies. ** List of Salmon Flies, General Flies, List of Flies for Scotch Rivers – 333 * Chapter XI – Salmon Flies Continued. ** List of Flies for Irish Rivers – 392 * Chapter XII – Salmon Flies Continued ** List of Flies for Wales and England, List of Sea- Trout Flies – 426 ==Other Editions== From Antiquarian Book Exchange and Bibliotheca Piscatoria-A Catalogue Of Books On Angling, The Fisheries and Fish-Culture, With Bibliographical Notes and an Appendix Of Citations Touching On Angling and fishing from Old English authors, Westwood and Satchell (1883) * * * * * * * * * * * ==Further reading== * * * ==See also== Bibliography of fly fishing ==External links== * 1876 4th Edition on the Internet Archive * 1920 Edition with Introduction by Sir Herbert Maxwell on the Internet Archive * 1920 US Edition on the Internet Archive ==Notes== Category:1867 books Category:Angling literature Category:Fly fishing literature Category:British books Category:Recreational fishing in the United Kingdom

A Book on Nymphs, Sylphs, Pygmies, and Salamanders, and on the Other Spirits () is a treatise by the Swiss lay theologian and philosopher Paracelsus, published posthumously in 1566. It is about elemental beings and their place in a Christian cosmology. ==Background== A Book on Nymphs, Sylphs, Pygmies, and Salamanders, and on the Other Spirits was written by Paracelsus (1493/1494 – 1541) late in his life, but it is not known what exact year it is from. The descriptions of elemental beings are based on various ancient and traditional sources, which the author adapted and reinterpreted. ==Summary== Paracelsus argues from his reading of the Biblical creation narrative that man needs to use philosophy to gain knowledge about the natural world, or he will not be able to understand Christ and appreciate the Bible. The natural world contains many strange things, including elemental beings corresponding to the four classical elements: nymphs (water), sylphs (air), pygmies (earth) and salamanders (fire). He dismisses the conventional Christian view that elemental beings are devils, instead arguing that they are significant parts of God's creation, and studies them like he studied the rest of the natural world. ==Publication== Like Paracelsus' other theological works, A Book on Nymphs was published posthumously, first appearing as a separate print in 1566 and the year after in a collection of the author's philosophical writings. After that it has appeared in a number of collections of Paracelsus' works. An English translation by Henry E. Sigherist appears in Four Treatises of Theophrastus von Hohenheim Called Paracelsus, published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 1941 and republished in 1996. ==Legacy== The fairy-tale like quality of the treatise has made it a popular source of inspiration for poets and fiction writers. It was the main source for the descriptions of elementals in the 1670 work Comte de Gabalis, which in turn has influenced writers such as Alexander Pope, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Charles Baudelaire and Anatole France. The dramatist Jean Giraudoux explicitly states his debt to Paracelsus in the preface to his 1938 play Ondine. ==References== ===Citations=== ===Sources=== * * * * * Category:1566 books Category:Paracelsus Category:Christian theology books Category:Christian cosmology Category:Elementals Category:Works based on European myths and legends Category:Literature of the German Renaissance Category:16th-century Latin books Category:Books published posthumously

A Book to Burn () is a late 16th-century philosophical work by the late-Ming Dynasty thinker and historian Li Zhi. A critique of the social, philosophical and cultural norms of his time, the book was highly controversial and cemented Li Zhi's reputation as a heretic at the time. ==History== Li Zhi began compiling the book in 1588, while living in a Buddhist monastery. It was first published in 1590 in Macheng, with a foreword by Mei Guozhen. The title was chosen by Li Zhi, who was aware that the book would be highly controversial, and that calls for its burning would be inevitable. Indeed, soon after its publication, it incited a vitriolic response from the exponents of Cheng-Zhu orthodoxy, accusing Li of heresy and poisoning minds; this controversy, however, only served to heighten Li Zhi's reputation. In 1602, after the imprisonment and suicide of Li Zhi, the book was proscribed and all copies were burned; this ban proceeded even into the Qing Dynasty. Yet, while officially banned, it continued to be printed and distributed in private. ==Contents== The book is divided into six chapters. Chapters one and two are responses to other books and philosophical works, while chapters three and four are essays on assorted topics. Chapter five deals with the study of history, and the last chapter contains poetic works. The book contains Li's defences of the School of Heart, influenced by the teachings of the earlier scholar Wang Yangming, against the Cheng-Zhu school. Among other arguments, it derided the ritual worship of Confucius as superstition, as well as the study of the classics in pursuit of understanding an 'absolute morality'. Instead, Li argued for a more intuitive understanding of virtue and morality, and of giving greater space for individualism, instead of 'taking Confucius' (idea of) right or wrong as the only idea of right or wrong'. ==References== ==Further reading== Phillip Grimberg, Dem Feuer geweiht: Das Lishi Fenshu des Li Zhi (1527-1602). Uebersetzung, Analyse, Kommentar. Marburg: 2014, 442pp. Category:Neo-Confucianism Category:Chinese philosophy Category:Ming dynasty literature Category:Modern philosophical literature Category:Social philosophy literature Category:1590 books

A Boot and a Shoe is the tenth studio album released by American singer and songwriter, Sam Phillips. The album was released in April 2004 and produced by T Bone Burnett. == Track listing == == Personnel == source: * Sam Phillips – vocals, guitar * Chris Bruce – guitar * Marc Ribot – guitar * Patrick Warren – piano, field organ, pump organ * T Bone Burnett – bass guitar * Mike Elizondo – bass guitar * David Piltch – bass guitar * Carla Azar – drums * Jay Bellerose – drums * Jim Keltner – drums * The Section Quartet ** Eric Gorfain – violin ** Daphne Chen – violin ** Leah Katz – viola ** Richard Dodd – cello == References == Category:Sam Phillips (musician) albums Category:2004 albums Category:Albums produced by T Bone Burnett Category:Nonesuch Records albums

A Borrowed Identity (; ;) is a 2014 Israeli drama film directed by Eran Riklis. It is based on Sayed Kashua's book Dancing Arabs (2002). In Canada the film was released under the title Dancing Arabs, which was the film's English- language title at its world premiere (one reviewer noted that the title "will prove tricky in marketing campaigns"). The film was considered a flop in Israel, with only 48,000 views, despite an $11 million budget. It tells the story of Eyad, an Israeli-Palestinian teenager from Tira who moves to Jerusalem to attend an elite Jewish high school, where he meets Naomi, a Jewish student, and falls in love with her. As part of his school-mandated community service, he meets Yonatan, who suffers from muscular dystrophy, and his mother Edna. ==Cast== *Tawfeek Barhom as Eyad *Michael Moshonov as Yonatan *Yael Abecassis as Edna, Yonatan's mother *Danielle Kitsis as Naomi *Ali Suliman as Salah, Eyad's father *Marlene Bajali as Aisha, Eyad's grandmother *Laëtitia Eïdo as Fahima, Eyad's mother ==Plot== Eyad (Tawfeek Barhom) is a gifted Palestinian teenager who is accepted to an elite Israeli school. His father (Ali Suliman) drives him to Jerusalem and drops Eyad off at the new school. Before entering the school, Eyad's Father tells him that the Palestinian people once longed to defeat their Jewish enemies, but will now settle for being able to live side by side with dignity. In school, he struggles to adapt. His Israeli peers refer to him as "Ayid" and he is looked down upon by the others. Things change once he meets Naomi (Danielle Kitsis); he helps her with her chemistry schoolwork and the two start to meet at a cafe. Yonatan (Michael Moshonov) is a disabled Israeli teen whom Eyad is assigned by the school to visit. Eyad and Yonatan develop a strong bond, as they are both considered outsiders. Back in school, Eyad and Naomi fall in love and meet up constantly, however, things begin to get complicated. Eyad excels in the classroom and begins to earn the trust and respect of his Jewish peers. He begins to sell falafel and bagels and starts to finally feel comfortable at the school. One day, as Eyad and Naomi are walking in the streets, Naomi asks Eyad to tell her he loves her in Arabic, whereupon an Israeli soldier overhears Eyad, asks to see his ID card, and aggressively questions him. In English class, Eyad and Naomi declare their love to the others and want to tell the world about their relationship. Once Naomi tells her parents about her Palestinian boyfriend, she is no longer allowed to go back to school. Eyad also drops out of school and asks the principal to inform Naomi's parents that she can now go back to school as he is no longer there. The decision angers Eyad's father and he is no longer welcome at home, so he moves to a flat in East Jerusalem and begins to seek work as a waiter. After many unsuccessful attempts, he lands a job as a dishwasher. By this point, Yonatan's health has deteriorated significantly and he is no longer able to move. Yonatan's mother asks Eyad to move in with them, as she trusts him and cannot take care of Yonatan by herself. Eyad realizes that he and Yonatan resemble each other, takes Yonatan's Israeli ID, and becomes a waiter. Yonatan's mother (Yael Abecassis) finds out, but allows Eyad to continue as long as no one ever finds out. Using Yonatan's ID, Eyad takes Yonatan's final exams and scores highly for both of them. Naomi serves in the IDF and tells Eyad that she is sick of lying and chooses to break things off. A while later, Yonatan dies, while Eyad (posing as Yonatan) informs the Muslim authorities that the Muslim Eyad has died. Eyad and Yonatan's mother attend the funeral and the screen goes white. ==Reception== Godfrey Cheshire of the RogerEbert.com gave A Borrowed Identity 3 out of 5, while Stephanie Merry of The Washington Post gave it 3 out of 4 stars. Metacritic gave the film an approval of 73%, based on 14 reviews while Rotten Tomatoes gave Dancing Arabs 93%, based on 30 reviews. John Anderson of Newsday who called the film A Borrowed Life, gave it 3 out of 4 stars and compared it to Zaytoun. He also praised its camerawork, music, and characters. Michael Nazarewycz gave A Borrowed Identity 9 out of 10 and called it a "must see indie". A Borrowed Identity was released on DVD on 29 October 2015. ==References== ==External links== * * * ==Further reading== * * * * Category:Israeli drama films Category:2010s Arabic-language films Category:Interfaith romance films Category:Films about interracial romance Category:Films based on Israeli novels Category:Films directed by Eran Riklis Category:2014 drama films

A Borrowed Life () is a 1994 Taiwanese film and the directorial debut of Wu Nien-jen. The film depicts cultural and regime change in Taiwan. The film's running time is 167 minutes. Reviews by Ken Eisner in Variety and Stephen Holden in The New York Times noted that the film was autobiographical and told largely from the perspective of director Wu Nien-jen as a child. Eisner was critical of the film for its excessive focus on the father-son relationship, which left other characters' viewpoints unexplored. Chen Kuan-Hsing examined languages and dialects used in the film, linking differences to the cultural changes portrayed within, as Japanese rule was lifted and the Kuomintang assumed control of Taiwan. ==Selected cast== *Tsai Chen-nan as Sega *Kerris Tsai as Sega's wife *Chung Yo-hong, Cheng Kwei-chung and Fu Jun as Wen Jian *Peng Wan-chun as sister *Lee Chuo-liang as brother *Akio Chen as Nomu, Sega's neighbor * as Sega's mother * as Sega's father *, Akiko, Nomu's wife *Chen Shu-fang, Akiko's mother ==Awards and reception== The film won the Grand Prize (Prize of the City of Torino for Best Film - International Feature Film Competition) at the Torino Film Festival in Italy, a FIPRESCI/NETPAC Award at the 1995 Singapore International Film Festival and the Silver Alexander Award as well as the FIPRESCI Prize (International Federation of Film Critics Award) at the 1994 Thessaloniki Film Festival in Greece. It also received the Golden Horse Audience Choice Award. Martin Scorsese considered A Borrowed Life the third best movie of the decade. ==References== ==External links== * Category:1994 films Category:1990s biographical drama films Category:1990s Japanese-language films Category:1990s Mandarin-language films Category:Taiwanese biographical films Category:Hokkien-language films Category:Films with screenplays by Wu Nien-jen Category:Films about father–son relationships Category:Taiwanese drama films Category:1994 directorial debut films Category:1994 drama films

A Borrowed Man is a 2015 science fiction hardboiled noir novel by Gene Wolfe. ==Plot== In the 22nd century, Ern A. Smithe is a "reclone" of a mystery writer, embedded with the recorded memories of his original and stored in a library where patrons can consult or borrow him. He is checked out by a woman who hopes that he can help solve the deaths of her father and brother, because her father's safe had contained nothing except one of Smithe's novels. However, Smithe's original was not a detective, only someone who wrote about them — and his knowledge of the world is over a century out of date. ==Reception== At Strange Horizons, John Clute stated that it was "almost (...) the saddest story I have ever heard", and "not (...) quite the most adamantly terminal novel Gene Wolfe has ever written", noting that its many apparent stylistic flaws are deliberate (for instance, Smithe's narration is in the style of a hardboiled mystery because, as a reclone, his speech production has been artificially constrained). Clute also observed that the name "Ern A. Smithe" can be parsed as "an urn in which a smith resides, a maker you can rent". Scores, by John Clute, at Strange Horizons; published November 2, 2015; retrieved April 4, 2017 In the Chicago Tribune, Gary K. Wolfe praised the novel's "tantalizing" depiction of the "oddly dystopian future" in which the book is set,Science fiction roundup: Stories by Gene Wolfe, Lisa Goldstein and Mary Rickert, reviewed by Gary K. Wolfe, in the Chicago Tribune; published November 5, 2015; retrieved April 4, 2017 while the Los Angeles Review of Books felt that it was "a lonely book haunted only by metaphorical specters" and recommended it as "intriguing and rewarding", "fast paced and lively, quite accessible", while conceding that it may not "represent the author at the peak of his powers, or at his most complex".The Haunted Library of Gene Wolfe, by Joan Gordon, in the Los Angeles Review of Books; published March 3, 2016; retrieved April 4, 2017 Publishers Weekly called it "a strange, unsettling story, deceptively simple and old-fashioned in style and plot".A Borrowed Man , reviewed at Publishers Weekly, published August 24, 2015; retrieved April 4, 2017 At Tangent Online, Dave Truesdale described it as "well-designed 50/50 marriage of 1930s pulpish SF and the now classic noir detective murder mystery formula first given us by Dashiell Hammett", and "a rejuvenating reminder of that glorious and (dare I say it) naive time when SF was new, the dreams were large, and the ideas wild", but noted that although the novel "pays respectful homage to, and has fun with, the now classic detective murder mystery", it is not "a noir novel in the classic sense "."A Borrowed Man" by Gene Wolfe, reviewed by Dave Truesdale, in Tangent Online, published January 5, 2016; retrieved April 4, 2017 Tor.com's Niall Alexander however, felt it to be "middling", with a "morally abhorrent" setting and "too much (...) meandering misdirection", and "the most fascinating thing" being Smithe's narrative voice.Bound in Blood: A Borrowed Man by Gene Wolfe, by Niall Alexander, at Tor.com; published October 19, 2015; retrieved December 18, 2018 ==Sequel== In 2015, Wolfe announced that he was writing a sequel to A Borrowed Man, to be titled Interlibrary Loan, but he specified that he "[hadn't] finished it yet, and it may not be published".The Humble Swashbuckling Grandmaster: A Conversation with Gene Wolfe, by Kate Baker, at Clarkesworld; retrieved April 4, 2017 Neil Gaiman stated, by Neil Gaiman, retrieved October 10 2019 that Wolfe had turned over Interlibrary Loan to his publisher before his death. Macmillan subsequently announced its publication for June 2020.Interlibrary Loan at MacMillan.com, retrieved October 10, 2019 ==Reviews== * ==References== ==External links== *Episode of the Coode Street Podcast in which Jonathan Strahan interviews Gene Wolfe about A Borrowed Man Category:Novels by Gene Wolfe Category:2015 American novels Category:Tor Books books

A Boss in the Living Room (, also known as A Boss in the Kitchen) is a 2014 Italian comedy film written and directed by Luca Miniero. It was a box office hit, grossing over 12 million euros and being the best-grossing Italian film of 2014. == Plot == Cristina is a woman from Naples who lives for years in Bolzano, with her husband Michele. Their love life is very quiet, but a day arrives Ciro, Cristina's brother: a boxwood mobster on the run from the law. The brother makes life very difficult for the Italian family as he dominates the house. Eventually the family likes the brother as he solves their problems with his criminal mind. == Cast == == References == == External links == * Category:2014 films Category:2010s crime comedy films Category:Italian crime comedy films Category:Films directed by Luca Miniero Category:2010s Italian- language films Category:2010s Italian films

A Bothered Mind is the thirteenth and final studio album from American blues musician R. L. Burnside. It was the last release from the musician prior to his death in 2005. Following a heart attack in 2001, Burnside ceased to drink alcohol at a doctor's request. Following this, he had difficulty playing music, stating he felt like he had to learn all over again. As such, much of A Bothered Mind used older recordings of Burnside playing the guitar. When asked in 2003 to share his thoughts on previous albums that Fat Possum had remixed and released on his behalf, he replied "At first I didn't like them too much, then I saw how much money they were making and I got to liking them pretty well". ==Track listing== All tracks written by R. L. Burnside, except where noted. ==Personnel== Musicians *R. L. Burnside - Composer, guitar, vocals *Jimmy Bones - Harmonica, harp, keyboards, piano *Kenny Brown - Guitar, slide guitar *Cedric Burnside - Drums *John Scott Evans - Saxophone *Martin Gross - Drums, Guitar, Mixing, Producing *Mike Hollis - Bass guitar *Kid Rock - Vocals *Lyrics Born - Vocals, various instruments *Kenny Olson - Guitar, bass guitar *Mike Smith - Guitar, bass guitar Production *Matthew Johnson - Producer *Bruce Watson - Producer, mixing *Tom Shimura - Producer, arrangements *George Mitchell - Engineer *Mike E. Clark - Mixing *Scott Sumner - Mixing *Mark Yoshida - Mastering ==Charts== Chart Peak position ARIA Top 100 Albums 7 US Billboard Blues Albums 6 ==References== Category:2004 albums Category:R. L. Burnside albums Category:Fat Possum Records albums

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (, ) is a 2011 drama directed by Thierry Binisti. The film, an international co-production shot in French, Hebrew and Arabic, is based on the French young adult novel Une bouteille dans la mer de Gaza by Valérie Zenatti, originally published in 2005 and adapted for the screen by Zenatti and Binisti. Zenatti taught Agathe Bonitzer Hebrew in preparation for starring in the film."A Bottle In The Gaza Sea." Film Movement. 1 June 2016. ==Plot== Tal (Agathe Bonitzer) is the 17-year-old daughter of recent French immigrants to Israel who live in Jerusalem. Following a bomb attack on a local café, she throws a bottle into the sea near Gaza with a message asking for an explanation. Naïm (Mahmoud Shalaby), a sensitive but aimless 20-year-old Palestinian living in Gaza, discovers the bottle and tries to answer Tal's question by initiating an email correspondence. Their mutual suspicion soon develops into a tender friendship. ==Cast== ==References== ==External links== * * * Category:2010s Arabic-language films Category:2010s French-language films Category:2010s Hebrew-language films Category:2011 drama films Category:Canadian drama films Category:French drama films Category:Israeli drama films Category:Israeli–Palestinian conflict films Category:Films shot in Israel Category:Films set in Jerusalem Category:Films set in the Gaza Strip Category:Films based on French novels Category:Gaza–Israel conflict Category:French multilingual films Category:Canadian multilingual films Category:Israeli multilingual films Category:2011 multilingual films Category:2011 films Category:2010s Canadian films Category:2010s French films

A Bouquet of Barbed Wire may refer to: *Bouquet of Barbed Wire (novel), a 1969 novel by Andrea Newman *Bouquet of Barbed Wire a 1976 and 2010 TV series based on the novel by Andrea Newman *"A Bouquet of Barbed Wine", a 1991 episode of Minder TV series

A Bouquet of Swami Vivekananda's Writings is a book created by compiling original handwritten works of Swami Vivekananda. == Content == The 310-page book is full of handwritten pieces of Swami Vivekananda. Most of these are letters written to Vivekananda's friends and disciples in India and abroad. There are also poems and prose manuscripts. == Publication == The book was published in 2013 by Advaita Ashrama. The first edition of the book was sold in a subsidized rate by the publication. During the book launch event in July 2013, Swami Prabhananda, vice-president of the Math, hoped that this book will bring people closer to Vivekananda and his ideals. == References == Category:2013 non-fiction books Category:Books about Swami Vivekananda

A Bowery Cinderella is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Gladys Hulette, Pat O'Malley and Kate Bruce.Munden p.80 ==Synopsis== A financially struggling fashion designer from the Bowery receives assistance from a wealthy theatrical producer who visits the shop where she works, which causes problems with her boyfriend. ==Cast== * Gladys Hulette as Nora Denahy * Pat O'Malley as Larry Dugan * Kate Bruce as Bridget Denahy * Ernest Hilliard as Ned Chandler * Rosemary Theby as Mrs. Chandler * Pat Hartigan as Pat Denahy * Pauline Carr as Maisie Brent ==References== ==Bibliography== * Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997. ==External links== * Category:1927 films Category:1927 drama films Category:Silent American drama films Category:Films directed by Burton L. King Category:American silent feature films Category:1920s English- language films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1920s American films

A Box of Birds is the twelfth album by the Australian psychedelic rock band The Church, released in September 1999. It consists of cover versions of tracks by artists who were influential on the group's music. The album was released after the band's decision to abandon an already-complete live album and was recorded and mixed in 10 days. Guitarist Marty Willson-Piper said the band had played several covers in its gigs over the years, including "The Porpoise Song", "It's All Too Much" and "Cortez the Killer" – "and we thought, why not put them on a record. So we came along with our own ideas. Tim wanted to do an Iggy Pop number, Peter wanted "Cortez", Steve wanted Kevin Ayers and I wanted to do Alex Harvey. We had to pick 10 after an initial list of about 40." Kevin Ayers' song "Decadence" has been described as 'a withering portrait of Nico.' ==Track listing== == Personnel == *Steve Kilbey – lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, guitar *Peter Koppes – guitars, keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals *Tim Powles – drums, percussion, backing vocals *Marty Willson- Piper – guitars, bass guitar, backing vocals == References == Category:The Church (band) albums Category:1999 albums Category:Covers albums

A Box of Dreams is a limited edition 3-disc box set by Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, released on 1 December 1997 by WEA Records. The set was a companion release to her first compilation album Paint the Sky with Stars – The Best of Enya, released the previous month. A Box of Dreams contains 46 tracks from her 1987 debut album Enya to Paint the Sky with Stars across three discs, each thematically arranged: "Oceans" contains Enya's upbeat tracks, "Clouds" is a collection of her piano instrumentals, and "Stars" contains slow ballads and more atmospheric tracks. Four B-sides are included: "Oriel Window", "Morning Glory", "Willows on the Water" and "Eclipse". The calligraphy and design were done by Brody Neuenschwander. ==Track listing== ===Disc one: Oceans=== ===Disc two: Clouds=== ===Disc three: Stars=== ==Release history== Release dates and formats for A Box of Dreams Region Date Format Version Label Various 1 December 1997 Complete WEA 28 August 2020 Oceans Warner Music 18 September 2020 Clouds 23 October 2020 Stars 23 June 2023 Complete (6 discs) Warner Music ==Personnel== * Music composed by Enya * Lyrics by Roma Ryan * Produced by Nicky Ryan ==References== * ==External links== * The Enya Discography Category:Enya compilation albums Category:1997 compilation albums Category:Warner Music Group compilation albums

A Box of Nothing is a novel by Peter Dickinson published in 1985. ==Plot summary== A Box of Nothing is a novel in which a youngster acquires a box of the original nothingness that existed before the beginning of the universe. ==Reception== Dave Langford reviewed A Box of Nothing for White Dwarf #66, and stated that "Somewhere in the entropic desert a new universe is gestating, and there's a race to ensure it's the right kind of universe. . . Amiable and batty." ==References== Category:1985 novels

thumb|Cover of the original edition A Box of Rain is a 1990 book by Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, compiling his complete songbook, in and out of the Dead, from 1965 until 1990. A more-recent paperback edition has also been published, which includes lyrics up until 1993; the original edition was hardbound. The 1993 publication also includes a different introduction by the author. The book's title comes from "Box of Rain", a song recorded and made famous on the Dead's 1970 studio classic, American Beauty. == Sources == * Robert Hunter, A Box of Rain, Penguin (Non-Classics); (1993) Category:1990 books Category:Grateful Dead

A Box of Their Best is the first US box set by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released in 1980. It consisted of the albums A New World Record (with the sides reversed), Out of the Blue and Discovery. Also included was Jeff Lynne's first ever solo single, "Doin' That Crazy Thing". This single, a one-sided single that was marked as a promo, was not in all releases of the box. The box set is almost identical to the UK release Four Light Years, released the same year. ==Track listing== All songs written by Jeff Lynne. ;7" single #"Doin' That Crazy Thing" – 3:21 ===A New World Record=== ===Out of the Blue=== ===Discovery=== ==Personnel== *Jeff Lynne – vocals, guitars, piano, synthesizer *Bev Bevan – drums, percussion *Richard Tandy – piano, synthesizer, electric piano, clavinet *Kelly Groucutt – bass guitar, vocals ;Additional personnel on sides 1–6 *Mik Kaminski – violin *Melvyn Gale – cello *Hugh McDowell – cello ==References== Category:1980 greatest hits albums Category:Albums produced by Jeff Lynne Category:Electric Light Orchestra compilation albums Category:Epic Records compilation albums

A Boxful of Treasures is a 2004 compilation box set of recordings by folk singer Sandy Denny and comprises solo material and recordings made during her time as a member of Fotheringay, Fairport Convention, and other groups. The fifth CD contains previously unreleased tracks, most of which are demos recorded at Denny's home. == Track listing == All songs are credited to Sandy Denny except where noted. === Disc one === === Disc two === === Disc three === === Disc four === === Disc five === == References == * Profile on CDRoots.com * The Bees Knees, notes by compiler Category:Sandy Denny albums Category:2004 compilation albums

"A Boy" (, Sonyeoniyeo) is a song recorded by the South Korean singer G-Dragon. It was released as the fourth and final single from his debut album Heartbreaker. G-Dragon stated that the song was released as an answer to the plagiarism controversy that surrounded his singles "Heartbreaker" and "Butterfly" when several people were telling him to quit singing, with G-Dragon answering that he "will not quit." ==Release== Although the end of G-Dragon's music video for "Breathe" included a teaser the music video for "A Boy", the single was not released as the next single. Instead, G-Dragon released the song "Butterfly". A couple of weeks after the release of "Butterfly", "Soneoniya" was officially confirmed and released as the fourth and final promotional single for the album. G-Dragon stated that the song's lyrics, which were written by himself, were about the thoughts and struggles he went through as a young boy when he became YG trainee at the age of 13.Han, Sang-hee. G-Dragon to Hold 1st Solo Concert The Korea Times. Retrieved January 2, 2010. ==Track listing== # "A Boy" – 3:29 ==Music video== Similar to the music video of "Butterfly", "Sonyeoniya"'s music video is heavily composed of computer graphics. Unlike that of his previous music videos (which included either a stylized dance or a storyline), the music featured various changing graphics and G-Dragon singing. The Music Video expresses G-Dragon's emotions and his struggles explained in the lyrics of the song. ==References== ==External links== * Official Website Category:2009 singles Category:Korean- language songs Category:G-Dragon songs Category:2009 songs Category:YG Entertainment singles Category:Songs written by G-Dragon

A Boy Born from Mold and Other Delectable Morsels is the second book of children's short stories by Lorin Morgan-Richards. Originally published in 2010, Richards's book of gloomy tales pokes fun at the absurdities of life. ==Humor== The book is largely compared to Edward Gorey and Tim Burton but characteristically weaves a deeper expression of sentiment not found in his earlier collection. Richards relates how the title story has been perceived by the readers: Some have thought of it as giving insight into some sort of pagan beliefs. One commented it was a metaphor for the Celtic Tree of Life. The little girl upstairs represents an above plane while 'Rune' resides in the below or Otherworld, and the remaining between provides the journey towards consciousness of spirit and self-interconnected. I will not say if these are accurate or intentional in any way, but obviously, the story itself was meant to fascinate adults as well as children, and like one reviewer mentioned, this story is fundamentally about finding oneself. Further reading reveals Zoog is a vampire who is hiding his allergy to blood and is found staring at a rainbow, while a woman accidentally feeds her 100 cats a sponge instead of cheese, and a man questions his existence only to be mistaken for a garden gnome. ==Contents== * A Boy Born from Mold * Lawrence Little * The Misanthropic Plunger * The Cold Pigeon Who Found Comfort in a Mock Owl * The Cryptic Life of Penny Brown * The Fruit Bat * The Finicky Cats * A Rare Benign Belbow (2014 Paperback edition) * Willy Nilleee and the Red-Tailed Squirrel (2014 Paperback edition) ==Editions== Modeling the construction of his first book Simon Snootle and Other Small Stories, Richards produced a pocket-sized handmade first edition of the book using dark blue faux leather with hand sewn linen pages inside. The cover was in a light blue background with an illustration of Ruin from the title story, who appears to be wearing several cultural tokens. A paperback edition of the book was released in 2014 with a cover showing Rune (Ruin) with a rat teaching him how to write, and the young vampire Zoog behind him. The paperback includes two stories not published in the first edition: "A Rare Benign Belbow" (originally released in 2011 with The Terribly Mini Monster Book) and "Willy Nillee and the Red-Tailed Squirrel". ==Audiobook== The audiobook features the narration of Jason Shepherd with a special music introduction by Seongje Hwang and Tae Sung Jie. ==References== Category:2010 children's books Category:2010 short story collections Category:Children's short story collections Category:American picture books Category:Black comedy books Category:Short stories about cats Category:Children's books about cats

A Boy Bringing Bread (c. 1663) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is part of The Wallace Collection. ==Descriptions and commentary== A boy offers a basket of bread to a lady in an interior; behind them a tiled courtyard leads into another dark interior, beyond which can be seen a canal with a second woman, possibly the boy's mother, watching the transaction from afar. With its masterly illusion of receding depth, the picture demonstrates De Hooch's sensitivity to differing effects of daylight in adjoining spaces, in this case through a series of indoor and outdoor spaces. Originally a girl reading a book sat in the doorway, but she was painted out in favour of the lady and the boy, whose stance echoes the verticality of the architecture and prompts the eye to travel upwards into the picture space. By paring down his composition De Hooch focuses the viewer's attention and imbues the scene with intensified quietude.Wallace Collection Online This painting by Hooch was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who wrote: > 34\. THE BOY BRINGING ROLLS OR APPLES. Sm. Suppl. 45.; de G. 54.Comparative > table of catalog entries between John Smith's first Catalogue raisonné of > Hooch and Hofstede de Groot's first list of Hooch paintings published in Oud > Holland The picture shows a room, the wall of which is almost filled by a > high window with coats-of-arms on the right, and by the open house-door on > the left. At the door stands a boy with long hair looking towards the > spectator; he wears a white cap, a grey jacket and frock adorned with > coloured ribbons. He holds in his hand a basket of rolls or apples, which a > young woman, leaning forward and seen in lost profile, is taking from him. > She wears a black silk hood, a black velvet jacket, a red silk skirt, and a > white apron. The door looks on a path, paved with tiles and bordered with a > fence, which leads across the courtyard to the entrance hall under a stone > doorway decorated with a coat-of-arms. Beyond is a canal, on the other side > of which a woman stands behind the half-door of a house. In the right > foreground is a chair with a cushion. The whole scene is dominated by the > red and black of the woman's costume. There are bluish tones in the shadow. > It probably dates from 1665; it is more vigorous in tone than the other > picture in the same collection (33), and is probably somewhat earlier. The > coat-of-arms over the doorway is "or, a fess azure". The arms on the window > bear the inscription, to the left "Cornelis Jansz" or "Jac.," to the right > "Marnie," or "Maerti." To the left is the monogram of the man's family: an > "M," from the midst of which rises a shaft bearing a small "c" and ending in > a "4." To the right is that of the woman's family: in a lozenge, a shaft, > with two cross strokes above and two strokes meeting at an angle below, has > an "M" to the left and a "C" to the right. Canvas, 29 inches by 23 inches. > Sales: * M. T. Andrioli, widow of Jan Cliquet, in Amsterdam, July 18, 1803 > (800 florins, C. S. Roos). * Van Brienen van de Grootelindt of Amsterdam, in > Paris, September 8, 1865, No. 14 (50,000 francs). Now in the Wallace > collection, London, No. 27 in the 1901 catalogue.entry 34 for The Boy > Bringing Rolls or Apples in Hofstede de Groot, 1908 ==Provenance== Purchased by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford for his collection c. 1856. ==See also== * List of paintings by Pieter de Hooch ==References== ==External links== *Wallace Collection Category:1660s paintings Category:Paintings in the Wallace Collection Category:Paintings by Pieter de Hooch Category:Paintings of children Category:Bread in culture

A Boy Called Christmas is a 2021 British Christmas fantasy film directed by Gil Kenan from a screenplay by Ol Parker and Kenan, based on the 2015 book of the same name by Matt Haig. The film was released on 26 November 2021 in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany and China, by StudioCanal, while Netflix released the film internationally, on 24 November 2021. The film received positive reviews from critics. In the United Kingdom, the film was classed as a Sky Original and became available to watch on Sky Cinema and streaming on Sky's streaming service NOW. ==Plot== On Christmas Eve, Andrea, Moppet, and Patrick, whose mother has died recently and whose father is leaving for an urgent task for work, are put in the care of Aunt Ruth, an old woman who tries to entertain the children by telling a Christmas tale. 13-year-old Nikolas and his father Joel, a woodcutter, live in the forest. Nikolas' mother had died two years before, eaten by a bear, and Nikolas tries to take comfort every night remembering the legend of a place called Elfhelm, where a girl found a magical place inhabited by elves that helped her to survive the winter. One night a mouse tries to steal some food but his life is spared by Nikolas who calls the mouse Miika and tries to teach him to speak. One day, the King calls his subjects and promises a big reward if someone is able to find an object that would bring hope to the kingdom. Joel joins a group of hunters to try to find Elfhelm. Joel leaves Nikolas under the care of Aunt Carlotta, a selfish woman who makes Nikolas' life miserable. Nikolas finds a map that confirms the existence of Elfhelm so he decides to go to the Extreme North to find his father and give him the map. During the journey, Nikolas learns that Miika has learned to speak and this provides hope in continuing his quest. When they reach the Half Moon Forest, a reindeer who Nikolas names Blitzen allows Nikolas to mount him. The trio reaches Elfhelm but finds nothing there except for Joel's knife. Nikolas loses hope and collapses. He is found by Little Noosh and Father Topo. Father Topo gives Nikolas a "hope spell" that allows him to recover. Father Topo informs him that he is in Elfhelm, but it is only visible to the people who believe in the place. Nikolas is able to see the place after believing in the elves and tries to stay in the town. He learns that a group of humans, including Joel, has kidnapped a small elf called Little Kip. Nikolas is sentenced to be eaten by a troll in the Dark Tower. Nikolas manages to escape with the help of a young fairy called the Truth Pixie. He then decides to try to find Joel's party and clarify the misunderstanding. In the forest, Nikolas finds a group of hunters and Little Kip, but he is trapped by the hunters and discovers his father is along with them. Joel has a change of heart and comes up with a plan. He frees Nikolas, Little Kip, and Blitzen and they run away from the hunters. Blitzen is unable to lift the sled with Joel sitting in it, so he decides to sacrifice himself to allow the trio to fly away. Nikolas comes back to Elfhelm with Little Kip and he is able to bring the little elf on time to prevent Father Topo from being punished. Little Kip's parents reward Nikolas with the elves' traditional making of toys. Nikolas then has an idea and has all the elves create bountiful gifts of toys and candies. Nikolas is about to ride Blitzen with the gifts when he is confronted by Mother Vodol. She sees the locket he carries with him showing the portrait of her mother, revealing that the girl who reached Elfhelm in the legend is none other than Nikolas's mother. Mother Vodol then tells him about how she lost faith in the humans when news spread in the place that the men (including Joel) took Little Kip. Nikolas tells her that his mother always remembered how joyful it was in Elfhelm. Nikolas goes back to the kingdom one night and he shows himself to the King, offering one of the toys. Confused, the King asks him about the meaning of the gift, leading Nikolas to take him to all the houses in the kingdom to leave toys for the children while trying to not disturb them. The King is moved and decides to help him. Finishing the story, Aunt Ruth explains to the children the meaning of Nikolas's actions and she felt that one of them has already accepted the fate of their mother and is learning to live with that. The children already figure the boy is Santa Claus. The children's father comes back, to find to their surprise that the living room is filled with Christmas ornaments and presents. Aunt Ruth then leaves the place and throws a firecracker in the ending scene, revealing herself to be the Truth Pixie. ==Cast== ==Production== A deal was completed in May 2016 for the book to be adapted into film by Blueprint Pictures and StudioCanal. Ol Parker was set to write the screenplay. In April 2019, Gil Kenan was revealed to be directing the film, with Jim Broadbent, Sally Hawkins, Maggie Smith and Kristen Wiig amongst the cast. Filming began that same month, with production occurring in Lapland, Finland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and London.A Boy Called Christmas Retrieved 27 December 2021. ==Release== The film was released on 26 November 2021 in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany and China, by StudioCanal, while Netflix released the film elsewhere, on 24 November 2021. The film was released on DVD. ==Reception== On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 83% based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 6.70/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A Boy Called Christmas offers few surprises, but makes up for its lack of originality with a heaping helping of winsome holiday spirit." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 66 out of 100 based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ==See also== * List of Christmas films ==References== ==External links== * Category:2020s Christmas films Category:2021 fantasy films Category:British Christmas films Category:British fantasy films Category:Christmas adventure films Category:Films directed by Gil Kenan Category:Films scored by Dario Marianelli Category:Films shot in the Czech Republic Category:Films about trolls Category:Films about elves Category:Films shot in Finland Category:Films shot in London Category:Films shot in Slovakia Category:2020s English-language films Category:2020s British films Category:StudioCanal films

A Boy Called Dad is a 2009 British drama film, produced by Made Up North Productions. It is the feature film debut of director Brian Percival, screenwriter Julie Rutterford, producers Michael Knowles and Stacey Murray, and co-producer Mark John. It stars Ian Hart and Kyle Ward as father and son. ==Plot== A Boy Called Dad tells the story of Robbie, a fourteen-year-old boy who has just become a father. Robbie wishes to take responsibility for his baby son, Elliot, but the mother wants nothing more to do with him. A near- accident reunites Robbie with his estranged father, Joe, and for a while their relationship flourishes. But Joe proves a feckless, unreliable man, and Robbie realizes he does not want to be the same kind of father to his own child. After seeing the baby with his mother and her abusive new boyfriend, Robbie decides to take action. Confrontation leads to violence, and Robbie kidnaps his son and goes on the run. Travelling cross-country, he meets Nia, a traumatized young woman who has some ugly family issues to resolve. Meanwhile, an increasingly guilt-ridden Joe searches for Robbie, trying to guess where he might go next. His search leads to a final confrontation between Joe and Robbie, in which each is forced to face up to the past. The police soon arrive and Robbie gives Joe his son. In the end, Robbie says "They reckon that when you're drowning, you see your life flash before ya. But I didn't, I saw someone else's life, it was my son's, Elliot." ==Cast== *Kyle Ward as Robbie *Ian Hart as Joe *Charlene McKenna as Nia *Sacha Parkinson as Leanne *Louise Delamere as Lynda *Steve Evets as Mr. Whippy *Crissy Rock as Chip Shop Woman ==Festival screenings== A Boy Called Dad received its world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2009, where it was nominated for the Michael Powell award and Kyle Ward received a Trailblazer award. The film was also voted an audience favorite at the festival. The film has since gone on to screen in at the 4th International Rome Film Festival, the CineMagic in Belfast, and to a home crowd at the Salford Film Festival. A Boy Called Dad was released on DVD on 14 August 2010. ==References== ==External links== * *Made Up North Productions Website Category:2009 films Category:2009 drama films Category:British drama films Category:Social realism in film Category:Films directed by Brian Percival Category:2000s English-language films Category:2000s British films

is a 2013 Japanese war drama film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. It is based on the book by Kappa Senoh, translated into English by John Bester. ==Cast== *Yutaka Mizutani *Ran Ito *Tatsuki Yoshioka ==Reception== ===Box office=== The film grossed US$15.3 million in Japan. ===Accolades=== It was chosen as the 7th best Japanese film of 2013 by the film magazine Eiga Geijutsu. Award Date Category Recipients and nominees Result Japan Academy Prize 7 March 2014 Best Film A Boy Called H Best Art 中澤克巳 Best Newcomer Tatsuki Yoshioka ==References== ==External links== * * Category:2013 films Category:2013 war drama films Category:Films directed by Yasuo Furuhata Category:Japanese war drama films Category:Toho films Category:2013 drama films Category:Films scored by Yoshihiro Ike Category:Japanese World War II films Category:2010s Japanese films

A Boy Called Hate is a 1995 American crime drama film starring Scott Caan, his father James Caan, Missy Crider, Adam Beach and Elliott Gould. It was the first film directed by Mitch Marcus, who also wrote the screenplay. ==Plot== Steve (Scott Caan) is a maladjusted Los Angeles teenager who renames himself "Hate" following a run-in with the local police. He lives with his father (James Caan), who is bilking a former employer in a workers compensation fraud scheme. One evening while taking a motorcycle ride, Hate witnesses what appears to be an attempted rape. He shoots the would-be attacker and takes off with Cindy, the young girl being assaulted (Missy Crider). It turns out that the rapist is an assistant district attorney (Elliott Gould), who survives the shooting and falsely reports that he was the victim of a robbery. Hate and Cindy leave Los Angeles, but their situation deteriorates when Hate fatally shoots a motorcycle officer whom he mistakenly believes has come to arrest him.Variety review ==Critical reaction== A Boy Called Hate had a brief theatrical release in June 1996 and received mixed reviews. Peter Stack, reviewing the film for the San Francisco Chronicle, suggested that "Two aspects of A Boy Called Hate are definitely worth the trip to the Lumiere, where the film opens today: James Caan's look-alike son, Scott, plays the lead role, and writer-director Mitch Marcus succeeds in capturing the grim essence of Los Angeles' arid outskirts as a tacky wasteland." Ella Taylor, reviewing the film for the LA Weekly wrote, "Mitch Marcus' first feature is living proof that the most fatigued of plots (young lovers-on-the-run-plus-gun) can be recharged by a director who understands the difference between exploration and exploitation." ==References== ==External links== * * Category:1995 films Category:1995 crime drama films Category:American crime drama films Category:1990s English-language films Category:Films directed by Mitch Marcus Category:1990s American films

A Boy Called Po (also known as Po) is a 2016 American drama film directed by John Asher and written by Colin Goldman, based on a true story starring Christopher Gorham, Julian Feder, and Kaitlin Doubleday. When his wife dies of cancer, an overworked engineer struggles to care for his son with autism. In response to bullying, the young boy regresses into a fantasy world escape. The score for the film was composed by Burt Bacharach. == Cast == *Christopher Gorham as David Wilson *Julian Feder as Po *Kaitlin Doubleday as Amy *Andrew Bowen as Jack *Sean Gunn as Ben *Caitlin Carmichael as Amelia Carr *Bryan Batt as Randall Bane *Fay Masterson as Valerie *Brian George as Bill *Tristan Chase as Taylor Martz == Reception == RogerEbert.com states: "The intentions behind "A Boy Called Po" are not only good, but honorable." Film Daily less favorably states, "A Boy Called Po might have the best of intentions, and Asher clearly meant well with it, but that doesn’t cure its cloying and saccharine tone, falling prey as it does to the same old autism fiction tropes." Dove.org considers: "Po is an inspiring story about a committed father, David Wilson (Christopher Gorham), and his love and concern for his autistic son, Patrick, fondly called “Po”." Movieguide.org states: "A Boy Called Po is an engaging, low budget movie with a strong, powerful climax. There are a few endings after the climax, but they each resolve several important issues. The heart of this movie is the relationship between the father and his son." == Awards == In 2016, the film won the Gold Remi Award at Worldfest Houston, the Festival Award for Breakthrough Feature at the San Diego International Film Festival, Best Feature at the Palm Beach International Film Festival, Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking, Music, at the Newport Beach Film Festival, Best Actor (Julian Feder) at the Albuquerque Film & Music Experience, Best Actor (Julian Feder) at the Young Artists Awards as well as being nominated for many other accolades. == References == ==External links== Category:2016 films Category:2010s American films Category:2010s English-language films Category:American drama films Category:Films about autism Category:Films about father–son relationships Category:Films scored by Burt Bacharach

A Boy Called Sailboat is a 2018 American-Australian comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Nugent and starring Lew Temple, Elizabeth De Razzo, Noel Gugliemi, Jake Busey and J. K. Simmons. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2020, its soundtrack was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album.ARIA Award previous winners. ==Cast== *Julian Atocani Sanchez as Sailboat *Jake Busey as Bing *J. K. Simmons as Ernest *Noel Gugliemi as José *Lew Temple as DJ *Bernard Curry as Referee / Hacienda Hill Actor / Instructional CD Voice *Elizabeth De Razzo as Meyo ==Reception== The film has rating on Rotten Tomatoes. ==References== ==External links== * * Category:2010s Spanish-language films Category:American comedy-drama films Category:Australian comedy-drama films Category:2010s English-language films Category:2010s American films

"A Boy Like That/I Have A Love" is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story, with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. In the musical, the song is sung by the characters Anita and Maria. For the original Broadway cast recording, the song was performed by Chita Rivera (Anita) and Carol Lawrence (Maria). In the 1961 film version the roles were played by Rita Moreno and Natalie Wood, but the songs were dubbed by Betty Wand and Marni Nixon (as both Anita and Maria). However, the repeat of the two stanzas, sung by Anita, along with Maria's counterpoint of her defense, was omitted because of the complexity of the song, as well as to avoid the repetition, which would have slowed down the pace of the film. In the 2021 film, the roles were played by Ariana DeBose and Rachel Zegler. In 2010, Lin- Manuel Miranda and Raúl Esparza performed the song at Broadway Backwards, an annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS showcase of show tunes sung by different genders. Miranda played Anita, while Esparza played Maria. ==Selena version== In 1995 Selena recorded "A Boy Like That" for the various-artists compilation album The Songs of West Side Story, which was a benefit for AIDS Project Los Angeles. Her version of the song was released posthumously as a single in 1996 by RCA Victor, with the maxi-single including four remixes by Tony Moran. The song was also included on the soundtrack album Selena. David Pack produced the track and Sheila E. performed percussion. Additional vocals were provided by Michelle Weeks, Godwin, and Nikki Richards. ===Track listing=== US remixes # "A Boy Like That" (radio edit 1) - 4:06 # "A Boy Like That" (radio edit 2) - 4:06 # "A Boy Like That" (original edit) - 3:28 # "A Boy Like That" (extended remix) - 8:14 # "A Boy Like That" (guitar mix) - 4:54 # "A Boy Like That" (dub mix) - 8:40 # "A Boy Like That" (tribal mix) - 7:13 # "A Boy Like That" (original full version) - 5:51 ==References== Category:1957 songs Category:1997 singles Category:EMI Records singles Category:Selena songs Category:Songs from West Side Story Category:Songs with music by Leonard Bernstein Category:Songs released posthumously Category:Songs written by Stephen Sondheim

A Boy Made of Blocks is a novel by video game journalist Keith Stuart, first published in 2016 by St. Martin's Press. Publishers Weekly described the book as a "funny and insightful novel about a neurotypical father's struggle to connect with his autistic son." The book also received reviews from publications including The Guardian and Irish Examiner. == References == Category:2016 British novels Category:Books about autism Category:St. Martin's Press books

A Boy Named 68818 is a true-life account of Israel "Srulik" Stark in the Holocaust, his spiritual resistance, and rebuilding afterwards, written by his daughter, Miriam (Stark) Miller. Aimed for children aged 10–14 as well as adults, the book was published in 2015 and distributed by Feldheim Publishers. It was praised by several Jewish and Holocaust memorial organizations. == Outline == The story of the book is divided into three sections, each one prefaced with a Holocaust related poem. The first section, titled Fledgling, describes Stark's life before the outbreak of World War II, living his early years in Podhoryan near Munkacs. The author created for him fictional pet dove named "Taibele" as a device for the protagonist to share his thoughts. The first section concludes with the Jewish community of Carpatho-Ruthenia's deportation to Auschwitz in mid-1944. The story's second section talks about Stark's ordeals in the Holocaust, from the grueling slave labor in Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Melk to the death march to Ebensee. In Part Three, the book tells about recovering and rebuilding after the Holocaust, with Stark's emigration to the United States. Throughout the story, there are full-color illustrations by Gadi Pollack and Alex Firley. At the end of the book are over 130 pages of Appendices: a glossary; a historical overview of Europe between 1914 and 1948; a timeline of events and maps, tracing Stark's life as well as the region's Jewish history at that time in general; an explanation to of the book's illustrations; a learning guide, extracting lessons in history, geography, phsycolgy, Judaism, etc. from the story; and "Srulik's Personal Album", photographs of Stark, his family, and related objects. == Reception == The book received much praise from Jewish and Holocaust Memorial organizations. Linda Hooper, coordinator of the Paper Clips Project and the Children's Holocaust Memorial in Whitwell, Tennessee said that the book "will bring the realities of the effects of intolerance and mob mentality to life for students," and that "this is a story that should be shared!" Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, chairman of the Yad Vashem Council and former Chief Rabbi of Israel, called the book "spellbinding" and said that "[Starck is] an ember saved from the inferno of World War II." Rabbi Meyer H. May, Executive Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center says that the story "will surely inspire young people to treasure the richness of faith". The director of the Kleinman Family Holocaust Education Center, Sholom Friedman said it's "a poignant memoir," and Rabbi Shmuel Yaakov Klein, director of publications of Torah Umesorah, said that the publication is "a valuable source...heartrending...brimming with content...a welcome addition to Holocaust curricula." Rabbi Berel Wein, director of The Destiny Foundation, wrote in an approbation that "the book is filled with fascinating detail, drama and a touch of necessary irony," and Esther Farbstein, a notable Holocaust historian, wrote that she hopes "it will reach a wide audience of young people." Nachum Segal of the JM in the AM radio show interviewed Starck about the book. == References == Category:Personal accounts of the Holocaust Category:Children's books about the Holocaust Category:2015 non-fiction books Category:2015 children's books Category:Children's non-fiction books Category:Children's books set in Ukraine Category:Children's books set in the United States Category:Children's books about immigration Category:Children's books set in the 1930s Category:Children's books set in the 1940s Category:Children's books set in Poland Category:Children's books set in Austria

A Boy Named Charlie Brown is a 1969 American animated musical comedy-drama film, produced by Cinema Center Films, distributed by National General Pictures, and directed by Bill Melendez. It is the first feature film based on the Peanuts comic strip. It was well-received and a box-office success, grossing $12 million. == Plot == When Charlie Brown's baseball team loses the first game of the season, he becomes convinced that he will not win any of them. On the way to school one day, Lucy jokingly suggests that he enter the school spelling bee. However, Linus considers it a good idea and encourages him despite the jeers of Lucy, Violet, and Patty ("Failure Face"). Charlie Brown nervously enters the spelling bee and defeats his classmates. As he studies for the school championship, he and Linus sing a spelling mnemonic ("I Before E") as Snoopy accompanies them on a Jew's harp. In class the next day, Charlie Brown freezes when challenged with perceive, but recovers when Snoopy plays the song's accompaniment outside the classroom window. Crowned champion, his classmates cheerfully follow him home and sing ("Champion Charlie Brown"). Lucy proclaims herself his agent, and when his friends suggest that he continue studying, he is confused. They tell Charlie Brown that he must now take part in the National Spelling Bee in New York City, and he is again filled with self-doubt. As Charlie Brown leaves, Linus reluctantly offers him his blanket for good luck, and the other kids cheer for him. Back at home, Linus suffers terrible withdrawal after being separated from his blanket. Unable to withstand without it, he pleads with Snoopy to go to New York City and help him recover it. They meet with an exhausted Charlie Brown in his hotel room, but he does not know where he left Linus' blanket. After searching outside of the hotel, they return to him, only to find him absentmindedly using the blanket as a shoe-shine cloth. Linus joins Snoopy in the audience as Charlie Brown competes; the other kids watch the contest at home on television. One-by-one, the other contestants are eliminated until only Charlie Brown and one other boy remain. Although Charlie Brown spells several words correctly (fussbudget, disastrous and incompetent), he is eliminated when he accidentally misspells beagle as B–E–A–G–E–L (Snoopy's breed), much to his and everyone else's frustration. Lucy, who is equally ashamed that Charlie Brown lost, says he made her mad and turns off the TV angrily. Despite finishing as the national runner-up, Charlie Brown returns home, depressed, along with Linus and Snoopy. The next day, Linus visits him. He has been in his bed all day and refuses to see or talk to anybody. Linus tells him that the other kids missed him at school and that his baseball team finally won their first game of the season, but Charlie says he will never return to school or do anything again. As Linus leaves, he now points out that the world did not end despite his failure. He thinks for a moment, gets dressed, and goes outside. He sees the other kids playing, and when he spots Lucy as she plays with a football, he sneaks up behind her to kick it. She pulls it away and welcomes him home and the two look at the camera before the film fades to black. == Cast == * Peter Robbins as Charlie Brown * Pamelyn Ferdin as Lucy van Pelt * Glenn Gilger as Linus van Pelt * Andy Pforsich as Schroeder * Sally Dryer as Patty * Bill Melendez as Snoopy * Anne Altieri as Violet * Erin Sullivan as Sally Brown * Lynda Mendelson as Frieda * Christopher DeFaria as Pig-Pen Shermy appears in this film but doesn't have a speaking role. Peppermint Patty and 5 also appear in silent roles. == Production == === Development === The film was partly based on a series of Peanuts comic strips originally published in newspapers in February 1966. That story had a much different ending: Charlie Brown was eliminated in his class spelling bee right away for misspelling the word maze ("M–A–Y–S" while thinking of baseball legend Willie Mays), thus confirming Violet's prediction that he would make a fool of himself. He then screams at his teacher in frustration, causing him to be sent to the principal's office (A few gags from that storyline, however, were also used in You're in Love, Charlie Brown). === Music === The film also included several original songs, some of which boasted vocals for the first time: "Failure Face", "I Before E" and "Champion Charlie Brown" (Before the film, musical pieces in Peanuts specials were primarily instrumental, except for a few traditional songs in A Charlie Brown Christmas.) Rod McKuen wrote and sang the title song. He also wrote "Failure Face" and "Champion Charlie Brown". The instrumental tracks interspersed throughout the film were composed by Vince Guaraldi and arranged by John Scott Trotter (who also wrote "I Before E"). The music consisted mostly of uptempo jazz tunes that had been heard since some of the earliest Peanuts television specials aired back in 1965; however, for the film, they were given a more "theatrical" treatment, with lusher horn-filled arrangements. Instrumental tracks used in it included "Skating" (first heard in A Charlie Brown Christmas) and "Baseball Theme" (first heard in Charlie Brown's All-Stars). When discussing the augmentation of Guaraldi's established jazz scores with additional musicians, Lee Mendelson commented, "It wasn't that we thought Vince's jazz couldn't carry the movie, but we wanted to supplement it with some 'big screen music.' We focused on Vince for the smaller, more intimate Charlie Brown scenes; for the larger moments, we turned to Trotter's richer, full-score sound."Bang, Derrick. Liner notes for A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017); Kritzerland, Inc. Retrieved 7 May 2020 Guaraldi's services were passed over entirely for the second Peanuts feature film, Snoopy Come Home, with Mendelson turning to longtime Disney composers, the Sherman Brothers, to compose the music score. The segment during the "Skating" sequence was choreographed by American figure skater Skippy Baxter. A segment during the middle of the film, in which Schroeder plays the entire 2nd Movement of Beethoven's Sonata Pathétique was performed by Ingolf Dahl. Dahl also performs the excerpts of the 1st and 3rd movements which appear in the film and are also played by Schroeder. Only the 3rd Movement (Rondo: Allegro) can be found on A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and only as a shortened bonus track. The film also features a Jew's harp, which Snoopy plays to help Charlie Brown with his spelling. Vince Guaraldi's songs were mostly from other specials and included (in addition to "Skating" and "Baseball Theme") "Blue Charlie Brown", "Good Grief", "Snoopy Surfing", and "Linus and Lucy" (several renditions are featured, including 2 slowed down renditions, one in minor key, featured while Linus was looking for his blanket and of course, the traditional rendition when he finally finds it). Guaraldi also plays a rendition of "Champion Charlie Brown" in the opening credits on the piano. The French-language version replaces Rod McKuen's vocals with a French version sung by Serge Gainsbourg, "". A soundtrack album with dialogue from the film was released on the Columbia Masterworks label in 1970 titled A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Selections from the Film Soundtrack. The first all-music version was released on CD by Kritzerland Records as a limited issue of 1,000 copies in 2017, titled A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at kritzerland.com == Reception == The film premiered at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City, only the third animated feature to play there after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and Bambi (1942). The film was well received by critics and holds a 95% rating at Rotten Tomatoes based on 22 reviews, with an average rating of 7.50/10. Time praised its use of "subtle, understated colors" and its scrupulous fidelity to the source material, calling it a message film that "should not be missed." The New York Times Vincent Canby wrote: "A practically perfect screen equivalent to the quiet joys to be found in almost any of Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comic strips. I do have some reservations about the film, but it's difficult—perhaps impossible—to be anything except benign towards a G-rated, animated movie that manages to include references to St. Stephen, Thomas Eakins, Harpers Ferry, baseball, contemporary morality (as it relates to Charlie Brown's use of his 'bean ball'), conservation and kite flying. " The film was a success at the box office, earning $12 million."November 2015 Box Office Forecast", 5 November 2015, p. 3.Boxofficeprophets.com In its first week at Radio City Music Hall, it grossed $230,000, including a record $60,123 on Saturday, December 6. In its second week, it grossed $290,000 which made it number one in the United States. A 1971 Associated Press story argued the success of the film "broke the Disney monopoly" on animated feature films that had existed since the 1937 release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. "The success of 'Peanuts' started a trend", animation producer Fred Calvert told the AP, "but I hope the industry is not misled into thinking that animation is the only thing. You need to have a solid story and good characters, too. Audiences are no longer fascinated by the fact that Mickey Mouse can spit." === Awards and nominations === The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score, but lost to The Beatles' Let It Be. == Home media == The film was first released on VHS and Betamax in July 1983 through CBS/Fox Video, before seeing another VHS, Betamax, and LaserDisc release in 1984, then several more in 1985, September 26, 1991, February 20, 1992, and 1995 by CBS Home Entertainment through 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, and May 29, 2001, through Paramount Home Entertainment, before making its Region 1 DVD debut in the original 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio on March 28, 2006, by Paramount Home Entertainment/CBS Home Entertainment (co-producer Cinema Center Films was owned by CBS). The DVD has more than six minutes of footage not seen since the 1969 test screening and premiere. The footage consists of new scenes completely excised from earlier home video releases (VHS, CED Laserdisc, Japanese DVD) and TV prints — most notably, a scene of Lucy's infamous "pulling-away-the-football" trick after her slide presentation of Charlie Brown's faults (and her instant replay thereof), as well as extending existing scenes. The film was released on Blu-ray on September 6, 2016, along with Snoopy Come Home, however, unlike the DVD releases, both films are presented in an open-matte 4:3 ratio.Amazon.com The film earned $6 million in rentals."Big Rental Films of 1970", Variety, 6 January 1971, p. 11.A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969) – Box office / business == See also == * Peanuts filmography * Snoopy, Come Home * Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown * Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back!) * The Peanuts Movie == References == == External links == * * * * Category:Peanuts films Category:1969 films Category:1969 animated films Category:1960s American animated films Category:1960s musical comedy-drama films Category:American children's animated comedy films Category:American musical comedy-drama films Category:Children's comedy-drama films Category:Cinema Center Films films Category:Comics adapted into animated films Category:1960s English-language films Category:Films about spelling competitions Category:Films based on American comics Category:Films directed by Bill Melendez Category:Animated films set in New York City Category:Peanuts music Category:Films with screenplays by Charles M. 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A Boy Named Charlie Brown is an unaired television documentary film about Charles M. Schulz and his creation Peanuts, produced by Lee Mendelson with some animated scenes by Bill Melendez and music by Vince Guaraldi. ==Background== On October 6, 1963, a documentary producer and KPIX-TV PSA announcer named Lee Mendelson released a television documentary film about the life and career of baseball legend Willie Mays entitled A Man Named Mays, which aired on NBC that same day. In mid-December 1963, two months after the documentary was released, Mendelson decided that following his film about the best baseball player, he would produce a film about the worst baseball player, Charlie Brown. Mendelson subsequently hired animator Bill Melendez, who had experience working with the Peanuts characters in a handful of commercials for the Ford Motor Company from 1959 until 1962, to direct some interstitial animation based on the strips. A Boy Named Charlie Brown was screened for the Greater San Francisco Advertising Club in the Spring of 1964, where it was received with considerable enthusiasm, but Mendelson was unsuccessful in securing sponsorship. Although the special never aired on television and later forfeited, the documentary was instrumental in starting the Greater San Francisco Advertising Committee and garnering commercial support and the creative teamwork that resulted in A Charlie Brown Christmas in 1965 and the ensuing series of Peanuts television specials. It was the first film to carry the Greater San Francisco Advertising Committee policy. An album by the Vince Guaraldi Trio with music from the above documentary, originally titled Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown, was released by Fantasy Records in 1964. Portions of the unaired A Boy Named Charlie Brown were later broadcast in 1969 as Charlie Brown and Charles Schulz, a CBS documentary that preceded the release of Peanuts' first motion picture, also called A Boy Named Charlie Brown.Bang, Derrick. Liner notes for A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017); Kritzerland, Inc. Retrieved 7 May 2020 ==Voice cast== * Peter Robbins as Charlie Brown * Christopher Shea as Linus van Pelt * Karen Mendelson as Lucy van Pelt, Patty * Sally Dryer as Violet Gray * Ann Altieri as Frieda * Tracy Stratford as Lucy van Pelt (singing voice) * Chris Doran as Schroeder, Shermy * Geoffrey Ornstein as Pig-Pen * Bill Melendez as Snoopy * The documentary was Don Sherwood’s last film. Sherwood said that A Boy Named Charlie Brown is the closest project he did to relaying the Greater San Francisco Advertising Committee message. ==Home media== A Boy Named Charlie Brown is available on DVD through the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center. ==References== ==External links== * * Charles M. Schulz Museum store Category:1963 television films Category:1963 documentary films Category:1963 films Category:Peanuts television documentaries Category:Unaired television shows Category:1960s American films

The 1969 animated film A Boy Named Charlie Brown, based on Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts, had two different soundtrack albums. These albums were released individually in 1970 and 2017. ==Background== A Boy Named Charlie Brown is the debut theatrical film based on the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz. For the music score, producer Lee Mendelson recruited jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, who had previously composed uptempo jazz melodies for the first six Peanuts television specials as well as the unaired documentary of the same name. Guaraldi did not compose new songs for the film, but instead fitted established compositions with a more theatrical treatment featuring lusher horn-filled arrangements. Instrumental tracks used in the film included new versions of the songs "Skating", "Baseball Theme", "Charlie Brown and His All-Stars", "Oh, Good Grief", "Air Music", "Blue Charlie Brown", and several variations of the Peanuts franchise theme song, "Linus and Lucy". Guaraldi also resurrected the non-Peanuts song "Lucifer's Lady" from his album The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi (1969), retitled "Kite Music (Lucifer's Lady)". To fill out the sound, Mendelson also hired composer/arranger John Scott Trotter (who also worked in concert with Guaraldi since 1966's It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown) and composer/singer Rod McKuen. When discussing the augmentation of Guaraldi's established jazz scores with additional musicians, Mendelson commented, "It wasn’t that we thought Vince's jazz couldn't carry the movie, but we wanted to supplement it with some 'big screen music.' We focused on Vince for the smaller, more intimate Charlie Brown scenes; for the larger moments, we turned to Trotter's richer, full-score sound." Guaraldi's services were passed over entirely for the second Peanuts feature film, Snoopy Come Home, with Mendelson turning to longtime Disney composers the Sherman Brothers to compose the music score. The film included several original songs, some of which boasted vocals: "Failure Face", "I Before E" and "Champion Charlie Brown". McKuen wrote and sang the title song, as well as writing "Failure Face" and "Champion Charlie Brown". Trotter composed additional songs, like "Cloud Dreams", "Catatonic Blues" and "Bus Wheel Blues". Several recording sessions occurred between April and October 1969, all under the supervision of Trotter. He and Guaraldi booked several jazz combos for one date; Guaraldi worked solely with trio sidemen Peter Marshall and Jerry Granelli on another. A soundtrack album with dialogue from the film was released on the Columbia Masterworks label in 1970 titled A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Selections from the Film Soundtrack. The first all-music version of the soundtrack was released on CD by Kritzerland Records as a limited issue of 1,000 copies in 2017, titled A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. ==A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Selections from the Film Soundtrack== A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Selections from the Film Soundtrack is the first of two soundtracks issued for the film, released in early 1970. The soundtrack was a commercial success and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score, ultimately losing to The Beatles' Let It Be. A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Selections from the Film Soundtrack was out of print by 1973. , it has not been issued on CD. Unlike traditional music soundtracks, A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Selections from the Film Soundtrack was presented as a condensed book-and-record radio play version of the film, running approximately 50 minutes in length. Most musical segments act as underscores behind dialogue. === Track listing === Despite individual tracks being listed on the album, track running times for each title were not published. == A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack == A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the second of two soundtracks issued for the film. It was released on CD by Kritzerland Records in 2017 with a limited run of 1,000 copies,A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at kritzerland.com which sold out within one week of release. Vince Guaraldi historian and author Derrick Bang referred to the 2017 release as the "Guaraldi Holy Grail" for fans of the jazz pianist. For many years, the logistics involved in releasing a music-only soundtrack were daunting. Licensing issues were complex as both Columbia Masterworks Records and Cinema Center Films had ceased to exist decades earlier and asset ownership passed along to a number of subsequent corporate entities. The music itself also posed challenges, as it involved not only Guaraldi's estate (Guaraldi died in 1976), but those associated with John Scott Trotter and Rod McKuen, who had died in 1975 and 2015, respectively. === Track listing === Track 18, "Linus and Lucy (Found Blanket)", is the same flute-driven, monaural version used during the cold open scene in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966). === Personnel === Credits were adapted from 2017 liner notes. ;Vince Guaraldi Nonet: * Vince Guaraldi – piano * Conte Candoli – trumpet * Milton Bernhart – trombone * Herb Ellis – guitar * Monty Budwig – double bass * Peter Marshall – double bass * Jerry Granelli – drums * Jack Sperling – drums * Victor Feldman – percussion ;Vince Guaraldi Sextet: *Vince Guaraldi – piano, electric keyboards, arranger *Emmanuel Klein – trumpet *John Gray – guitar *Ronald Lang – woodwinds *Monty Budwig – double bass *Colin Bailey – drums Additional * Phil Macy – engineer (1970 release) * Derrick Bang – liner notes (2017 release) ==References== ==External links== * "You're Finally a Film Score, Charlie Brown": A track-by-track analysis of A Boy Named Charlie Brown by Derrick Bang Category:1970 soundtrack albums Category:2017 soundtrack albums Category:Albums arranged by Vince Guaraldi Category:Vince Guaraldi soundtracks Category:Cool jazz soundtracks Category:Mainstream jazz soundtracks Category:Peanuts music

A Boy Named Goo is the fifth studio album by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls, released in 1995 on Warner Bros. As a commercial success, it has been RIAA- certified as double-platinum. ==History== This is the Goo Goo Dolls' last studio album with George Tutuska on drums; he was replaced by Mike Malinin just before the album was released. This album is the Goo Goo Dolls' first studio album to not have 14 tracks. The song "Stand Alone" was written by George Tutuska, and because John Rzeznik didn't want to exploit George's efforts after his dismissal, the song was only included on a promo version of the album. On the wide-release version, it is replaced with "Disconnected" and "Slave Girl", which were initially B-sides to the "Only One" single. On the same promo, "Ain't That Unusual" was labeled as "Someday". The two replacement songs are covers of songs by defunct Buffalo and Sydney punk bands The Enemies and Lime Spiders. The song "Name" is well known as the Goo Goo Dolls' first hit. According to lead singer John Rzeznik, the song's unusual composition came about "quite accidentally". This album also marked the band's last with the Metal Blade Records imprint. ==Walmart controversy== On June 5, 1996, the band's label, Warner Bros., released a statement claiming that Walmart had decided to stop selling A Boy Named Goo because some Walmart customers had complained that the album cover was offensive. The statement claimed that some customers had incorrectly thought that the child on the cover was smeared in blood rather than blackberry juice. Walmart acknowledged that they had decided to stop selling the album, but denied Warner Bros.'s claim that this was because of complaints about the cover art, instead ascribing the decision to weak sales. Of the reports that Walmart customers had thought that the child on the cover was smeared in blood, Rzeznik said, "The name of the album is A Boy Named Goo. The picture is of a boy covered with goo. What part of this concept are they unclear on?" == Track listing == All songs written by John Rzeznik, except where noted. ===Original track listing=== The track listing for advance copies—before George Tutuska was fired from the band—was slightly different. ==Covers and media appearances== Haste the Day, a metalcore band, covered the song "Long Way Down" for their album When Everything Falls. The song "Ain't That Unusual" was featured on the soundtrack of the 1995 film Angus. A remix of the song "Long Way Down" was also featured on the soundtrack of the 1996 film Twister. ==Personnel== * John Rzeznik – lead and rhythm guitar, lead and backing vocals * Robby Takac – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 2, 5, 8, 10, and 13 * George Tutuska – drums ==Charts== ===Weekly charts=== Chart (1995–1996) Peak position ===Year-end charts=== Chart (1996) Position US Billboard 200 62 ==Certifications and sales== ==References== Category:Goo Goo Dolls albums Category:1995 albums Category:Warner Records albums Category:Metal Blade Records albums Category:Albums produced by Lou Giordano Category:Obscenity controversies in music

"A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by humorist, children's author, and poet Shel Silverstein and made popular by Johnny Cash. Cash recorded the song live in concert on February 24, 1969, at California's San Quentin State Prison for his At San Quentin album. Cash also performed the song (with comical variations on the original performance) in December 1969 at Madison Square Garden. The live San Quentin version of the song became Cash's biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and his only top ten single there, spending three weeks at No. 2 in 1969, held out of the top spot by "Honky Tonk Women" by The Rolling Stones. The track also topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Easy Listening charts that same year and was certified Gold on August 14, 1969, by the RIAA. Silverstein's own recording was released the same year as "Boy Named Sue", a single on the album Boy Named Sue (and His Other Country Songs), produced by Chet Atkins and Felton Jarvis. ==Content== The song tells the tale of a young man's quest for revenge on a father who abandoned him at three years of age and whose only contribution to his entire life was giving him a guitar and naming him Sue, commonly a feminine name, which results in the young man suffering from ridicule and harassment by everyone he meets. Ashamed of his name, he becomes a hard-hearted nomad as a young man; he swears that he will find and kill his father for giving him "that awful name". Sue later locates his father at a tavern one summer day in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and after recognizing him by the scar on his cheek and his evil eye confronts him by saying, "My name is Sue! How do you do? Now you're gonna die!" This results in a vicious brawl that spills outdoors into a muddy street. As the two pull their guns on each other, Sue's father smiles with pride and admits that he is the man ("son of a bitch" in the Johnny Cash version) that named him Sue. Because Sue's father knew that he would not be there for his son, he gave him the name as an act of tough love, believing (correctly) that the ensuing ridicule would force him to "get tough or die". Learning this, Sue makes peace and reconciles with his father. Sue closes the song conceding his father's point of view, but that if he ever has a son, he will name the boy "Bill, or George, any damn thing but Sue" because he "still hate(s) that name." ==Structure== The song has an unusual AABCCB rhyme scheme, broken only to mark the midpoint and ending. The song is performed mostly in the speech-like style of talking blues rather than conventional singing.A Boy Named Sue, YouTube.com ==Censorship== The term "son of a bitch" in the line "I'm the son of a bitch that named you Sue!" was bleeped out in the Johnny Cash version both on the single and the At San Quentin album, and the final line was also edited to remove the word "damn". Both the edited and unedited versions are available on various albums and compilations. The term "son of a bitch" was edited to "son of a gun" or altogether bleeped out in some versions. When performing the song live in later performances (such as in April 1970 at the White House and in 1994 at the Glastonbury Festival, for example), Cash would himself utter a bleep-censor sound in lieu of the word. The unedited version of the original San Quentin performance is included on later reissues of the At San Quentin album and on Cash's posthumous The Legend of Johnny Cash album. Silverstein does not utter any profanity in his original version, with Sue's father instead identifying himself as the "heartless hound" that named him Sue. ==Inspiration== The core story of the song was inspired by humorist Jean Shepherd, a close friend of Silverstein, who was often taunted as a child because of his feminine-sounding name.Bergmann, Eugene B.: Excelsior, You Fathead! The Art and Enigma of Jean Shepherd, 2005. The title might also have been inspired by the male attorney Sue K. Hicks of Madisonville, Tennessee, a friend of John Scopes who agreed to be a prosecutor in what was to become known as the "Scopes Monkey Trial". Hicks was named after his mother, who died after giving birth to him."Johnny Cash Is Indebted to a Judge Named Sue". The New York Times, July 12, 1970, p. 66. In his autobiography, Cash wrote that he had just received the song and only read over it a couple of times. It was included in that concert to try it out—he did not know the words and on the filmed recording he can be seen regularly referring to a piece of paper. Cash was surprised at how well the song went over with the audience.Cash, Johnny: Cash: The Autobiography, 1997 The rough, spontaneous performance with sparse accompaniment was included in the Johnny Cash At San Quentin album, ultimately becoming one of Cash's biggest hits. According to Cash biographer Robert Hilburn, neither the British TV crew filming the concert nor his band knew he planned to perform the song; he used a lyric sheet on stage while Perkins and the band improvised the backing on the spot. While another song, "San Quentin", was expected to be the major new song featured in the concert and subsequent album (so much so the album includes two performances of "San Quentin"), "A Boy Named Sue" ended up being the concert's major find.Robert Hilburn, Johnny Cash: The Life (New York: Little, Brown, 2013), p. 353-355;363 Cash also performed it on his own musical variety show, ending the song with the line, "And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him... John Carter Cash", referring to his newborn son. Cash also performed this variant at the White House in April 1970; in later years, however, he would restore the original "any name but Sue" ending, but change the wording to "if I ever have another son". When Cash performed with The Highwaymen in the 1980s and 1990s, he would end the song by saying "if I ever have another boy, I think I'm gonna name him Waylon, or Willie, or Kris." referring to bandmates Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. According to Shel Silverstein's biographer Mitch Myers, it was June Carter Cash who encouraged her husband to perform the song. Silverstein introduced it to them at what they called a "Guitar Pull," where musicians would pass a guitar around and play their songs. Silverstein later wrote a follow-up named "The Father of a Boy Named Sue" on his 1978 Songs and Stories in which he tells the old man's point of view of the story. The only known recording of the song by a major artist is by Shel Silverstein himself. Various cover artists have covered this song since then. ==Charts== ===Weekly charts=== Chart (1969) Peak position Australia (Go-Set) 2 South Africa 13 US Billboard Hot Country Singles 1 US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 1 US Cash Box Top 100 2 ===Year- end charts=== Chart (1969) Rank Canada 49 US Billboard Hot 100 36 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)Top Records on 1969 (Based on Billboard Charts)", Billboard, December 27, 1969. pp. 16-17. Accessed December 7, 2016. 40 US Cash Box 34 ==Certifications== ==Impact on popular culture== Comedian Martin Mull wrote a parody titled A Girl Named Johnny Cash which was recorded in 1970 by Jane Morgan and reached No. 61 on Billboard's country charts. MAD Magazine issue No. 137 (September 1970) included a parody titled A Boy Dog Named Lassie, based on the fact that the Lassie movies and TV series employed male Collies in the female title role. The gender-bending implications of the title have been adapted to explore issues of sex and gender, another use of the popular song title that goes beyond its original scope. The 2001 documentary A Boy Named Sue features a transgender protagonist and uses the song in the soundtrack. A Boy Named Sue: Gender and Country Music is the title of a 2004 book about the role of the gender in American country music.Kristine M. McCusker, Diane Pecknold (2004) A Boy Named Sue: Gender and Country Music, University Press of Mississippi, In Winston Groom's 1986 novel Forrest Gump and its 1995 sequel Gump and Co., the title character explores the world with a male ape named Sue, who had been a NASA test animal. The ape is never mentioned in the 1994 Forrest Gump movie. In the film Swingers, one of the male characters is named Sue. The name is explained by another character by saying, "his dad was a big Johnny Cash fan." "A Boy Named Sue" is referenced in the Red Hot Chili Peppers song "Save This Lady." The Stone Temple Pilots' song "Crackerman" references "A Boy Named Sue" in the second verse. Big John Bates did an uptempo cover of the song for a Johnny Cash compilation record in 2009. ==References== Category:Songs about parenthood Category:Shel Silverstein songs Category:1969 singles Category:Live singles Category:Johnny Cash songs Category:Songs written by Shel Silverstein Category:Song recordings produced by Chet Atkins Category:Song recordings produced by Bob Johnston Category:Columbia Records singles Category:RCA Records singles Category:Novelty songs Category:1969 songs

A Boy Named Sue is a 2001 documentary film directed by Julie Wyman. It shows the life and transition of Theo, a transgender man who undergoes various stages of transition (including a mastectomy and hormone therapy). The protagonist is filmed extensively throughout, gives a number of interviews, and eventually settles down as a gay male. The film's title is taken from the song A Boy Named Sue. ==Distribution and reception== The film played at several festivals including the 2000 San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and Reel Affirmations. It was nominated for a 2004 GLAAD Media Award. ==References== ==External links== * * Category:2001 documentary films Category:2001 films Category:2001 LGBT-related films Category:Transgender-related documentary films Category:Films about trans men Category:2000s English-language films Category:2000s American films Category:American LGBT-related documentary films

A Boy Scout Around the World (Danish: Jorden Rundt i 44 dage, literally: Around the World in 44 Days) is a travel description published in October 1928 and written by Danish Boy Scout and later actor Palle Huld at the age of 15, following his travel around the world in spring 1928. His trip was sponsored by a Danish newspaper and made on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Jules Verne, a French author of adventure and science fiction. Palle Huld was chosen after having answered a newspaper advertisement; applicants had to be boys, 15 years old, able to manage in English and German and of good health. Like the characters in Jules Verne’s 1873 novel Around the World in 80 days he was only allowed to travel by land and sea, not by air. The travel (on first class) went from Denmark to Great Britain, across the Atlantic Ocean to Canada. From the American west coast he continued to Japan, China, Soviet Union, Poland, Germany and back to Denmark. He had to travel alone but was helped along the way by reporters of the newspaper, members of Danish embassies and local Boy Scouts. The travel was followed by not only Danish newspapers but newspapers around the world and on his return to Copenhagen he was met by a crowd of 20,000 people. He travelled towards the west, which was the fastest but also the opposite direction of the one taken in Around the World in 80 Days. Unlike the novel, he had little problems in reaching departures. In western Canada he met First Nations, who promised not to take his scalp, though red scalps were at a premium. He was impressed by the luxury of the Pacific Ocean liner; its restaurant was the size of the hall of a castle in his opinion and onboard he could play tennis and water polo. Around the world he was met by the press and he got increasingly better at handling them as the travel progressed. One question that gave him problems was about his taste in women; he told the journalist that he was too young to think of it. He was met with generosity, many accessories for his travel such as shoes and a camera were given to him for free. He declined one offer. On board the Pacific liner he would not let a young American woman darn his socks. Later, when he visited the famous Japanese Admiral Togo, he had to take his shoes off and thereby reveal the holes in his socks, which made him regret not taking the offer. Nevertheless, Japan was his favorite country since he found everything pretty. After his journey he was invited to, among others, Great Britain where he met with Robert Baden-Powell founder of the boy Scout Movement and France where he laid flowers on the grave of Jules Verne. ==Legacy== The book was translated into 11 languages and is said to have inspired Belgian cartoonist Hergé to create the Tintin comics. The theory that Palle Huld should be the inspiration for Tintin goes back to 1988 where it was proposed by Tintin collector Stéphane Steeman in an article titled Les Amis d’Hergé. He found striking resemblances between the pictures of Palle Huld's memoires and Hergé's early drawings of Tintin He was backed by Philippe Goddin, who found it likely that especially Tintin's staged reception at Brussels' north station in the guise of a 15-year-old Belgian Boy Scout, following the 1930 publication of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, was inspired by Palle Huld's reception in Copenhagen. It has not been possible to verify these claims by the papers left by Hergé, and Palle Huld himself had not heard of them when interviewed in 2009 on Tintin's 80 birthday. Palle Huld died in 2010 at the age of 98 years. On what would have been his 100th birthday in 2012 the Danish version was reprinted in his honor. ==Language editions== *Czech: Kolem světa za 44 dni... Praha, 1929. 172 pages *Danish (original): Jorden rundt i 44 Dage af Palle, Hasselbalch, 1928, 178 pages, preface by Jean Jules-Verne, cover: Axel Mathiesen. Reprint: 2. August 2012, Peoples Press Jr., added preface by Troels Kløvedal, 161 pages. *Dutch: Een reis om de wereld in 44 dagen. Translated by Mary Schlüter-Harrix. Amsterdam, ca. 1928. 170 pages *English (USA): A Boy Scout Round the World. Translated by Eleanor Hard. Coward-McCann Inc., New York 1929. Preface by Hawthorne Daniel. 197 pages. Cover: Axel Mathiesen. (Also published in Great Britain). *Finnish: Pallen Matka maailman ympäri 44 päivässä. Poorvoo (WSOY) /Borgå, 1929. 212 pages *French: Le tour du monde en 44 jours. Translation: Elna Cornet. Hachette, Paris, 1928. 165 pages, preface by Jean Jules-Verne. *German: Mit fünfzehn Jahren um die Welt in 44 Tagen, Seemann, Leipzig, 1928. *Spanish: La vuelta al mundo en 44 días. B. Bauza, Barcelona 1930 *Swedish: Jorden runt på 44 dagar av Palle Åhlen & Åkerlunds Förlag, Stockholm, 1928. Translation: Signe von Vegesack. 196 pages. Also translated to: Hungarian, Italian and Japanese. ==See also== *Similar events inspired by Around the World in 80 Days *North, a 1994 film with a poster of a boy walking on a globe with a suitcase. ==Notes== ==References== ==Bibliography== * * * Category:1928 non-fiction books Category:Travel books Category:Baden-Powell Scouts' Association Category:Jules Verne Category:Tintin

A Boy Was Born, Op. 3, is a choral composition by Benjamin Britten. Subtitled Choral variations for men's, women's and boys' voices, unaccompanied (organ ad lib), it was originally composed from 1932 to 1933. It was first performed on 23 February 1934 as a BBC broadcast. Britten revised the work in 1955. The composer set different texts related to Christmas to music as theme and variations, scored for an a cappella choir with boys' voices. == History and versions == Britten composed A Boy Was Born at age 19 as a student at the Royal College of Music. He wrote it between 25 November 1932 and 11 May 1933. His last project at the college, it is his first major vocal work and his first mature work on religious themes. He dedicated it to his father. The work is in the form of a musical theme and six variations setting ten different texts dating mostly from the 16th century, with one by Christina Rossetti from the 19th century, so forming the first of his "poetic anthology" works.Oliver (1996): p. 39. Variation structures particularly appealed to Britten: even before composing A Boy Was Born, he had started a set of variations for string orchestra which he was later to complete as the Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge.Oliver (1996): p. 40. Later he was to compose a set of variations for his Piano Concerto,Oliver (1996): p. 69. and his opera The Turn of the Screw is extensively based on the variation principle. Movement Title Author Theme A boy was born Anon. 16th century Variation 1 Lullay, Jesu Anon. before 1536 Variation 2 Herod Anon. before 1529 Variation 3 Jesu, as Thou art our saviour Anon. 15th century Variation 4 The Three Kings Anon. 15th century Variation 5 In the Bleak Midwinter Christina Rossetti Corpus Christi Carol Anon. before 1536 Variation 6 (Finale) Noel!, Welcome Yule Anon. 16th century Christmas Thomas Tusser A Christmas Carol Francis Quarles A Boy Was Born was first performed on 23 February 1934 in a BBC radio concert of contemporary music. Leslie Woodgate conducted the Wireless Chorus and choirboys of St Mark's, North Audley Street, London. Sir Edward Elgar died the same day. The work takes about 32 minutes to perform. It was among Britten's first compositions to be published, by Chester Music. Britten revised it in 1955.Oliver, Michael. Benjamin Britten. Phaidon, 1996: p. 216. This version was first performed on 22 November 1955 in London at the Grosvenor Chapel, by the Purcell Singers conducted by Imogen Holst. Britten himself conducted a recording with Michael Hartnett (treble), the Purcell Singers, boys' voices of the English Opera Group, and the choir of All Saints. In 1957–58, Ralph Downes added an organ part. In 2013, celebrating Britten's centenary, A Boy Was Born was performed by the BBC Singers and the Temple Church Choir at The Proms, conducted by David Hill. Festivals in Sheffield and Birmingham in 2013, in honour of the centenary of Britten's birth, were named after the composition. == Music == Britten displayed in the elaborate work his skill in composition and the handling of words. He composed six choral variations on the first four notes sung by the sopranos: { \set Score.automaticBars = ##f \key d \major \time 2/2 \relative c' {d2 \bar "|" e2 g2 \bar "|" e2} \addlyrics {A boy was born } } Paul Spicer notes about the key: "Theoretically in D, the work, like most of Britten’s music, is as much modal as diatonic, though his modality bears little relationship to that of the English pastoralists—Vaughan Williams and the rest—who were then at their most influential." He mentions Alban Berg as a composer who influenced Britten's variation techniques such as augmentation and inversion of motifs. The first variation is in the form of a dialogue between Mary (women's voices) and the child (boys). Variation 2 tells of the massacre of the innocents with jerky rhythms, altering and distorting the original theme. In variation 3 a semi-chorus sings the text, "Jesu, as Thou art our saviour", punctuated four times by a boy (or boys) singing "Jesu" as a melisma. Variation 4, about the three kings, has the theme as a wordless background flow to the narrative, picturing a distant procession. Variation 5, set for upper voices only, opens with Rossetti's "In the Bleak Midwinter" sung by women's voices, whose parts 'clashing' in seconds suggest the cold while their descending phrases suggest the falling snow: against this, the boys choir sing an artlessly folk-like setting of the Corpus Christi Carol. Variation 6 is in the form of a lively rondo, one of the most complex to perform as it divides into eight distinct voice parts, followed by a recollection of the earlier variations and final return of the original theme.Milner, Anthony. "The Choral Music": Chapter 29 in The Britten Companion, ed. Christopher Palmer. Faber, 1984: p. 330 The choral writing is demanding. Spicer points out that the boys' choir has to be a separate group but should be positioned not far from the mixed choir because of their intricate relationship. == See also == * "Puer natus in Bethlehem", a medieval Latin Christmas hymn == Notes == == References == == External links == * Listening to Britten – A boy was born, Op.3 goodmorningbritten.wordpress.com, 8 June 2013 Category:Compositions by Benjamin Britten Britten Category:1933 compositions Category:Christmas music

"A Boy Without a Girl" is a song written by Sid Jacobson and Ruth Sexton and performed by Frankie Avalon. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1959. It wad performed by Avalon in the 1964 film, Muscle Beach Party. The song was arranged by Peter De Angelis. The song was ranked No. 82 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1959. ==Other versions== *Terry Dene released a version as a single in the United Kingdom in August 1959. *Jimmy Crawford released a version as a single in the United Kingdom in May 1962. *Ronnie Hilton released a version as the B-side to his single "Rocky Old Boat" in the United Kingdom in December 1965. ==References== Category:1959 songs Category:1959 singles Category:1962 singles Category:Frankie Avalon songs Category:Decca Records singles Category:Columbia Records singles Category:Chancellor Records singles Category:Songs written by Sid Jacobson

A Boy and His Atom is a 2013 stop-motion animated short film released on YouTube by IBM Research. One minute in length, it was made by moving carbon monoxide molecules with a scanning tunneling microscope, a device that magnifies them 100 million times. These two-atom molecules were moved to create images, which were then saved as individual frames to make the film. The movie was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the World's Smallest Stop-Motion Film in 2013. The scientists at IBM Research – Almaden who made the film are moving atoms to explore the limits of data storage because, as data creation and consumption gets bigger, data storage needs to get smaller, all the way down to the atomic level. Traditional silicon transistor technology has become cheaper, denser and more efficient, but fundamental physical limitations suggest that scaling down is an unsustainable path to solving the growing Big Data dilemma. This team of scientists is particularly interested in starting on the smallest scale, single atoms, and building structures up from there. Using this method, IBM announced it can now store a single bit of information in just 12 atoms (current technology takes roughly one million atoms to store a single bit). ==Creation== thumb|right|Diagram of a carbon monoxide molecule|alt=A large black spherical object with a slightly smaller red one merging into it from the right A Boy And His Atom was created by a team of IBM scientists – together with Ogilvy & Mather, IBM's longstanding advertising agency – at the company's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. Using a scanning tunneling microscope, Carbon monoxide molecules were manipulated into place on a copper substrate with a copper needle at a distance of 1 nanometer. They remain in place, forming a bond with the substrate because of the extremely low temperature of 5 K (, ) at which the device operates. The oxygen component of each molecule shows up as a dot when photographed by the scanning tunneling microscope, allowing the creation of images composed of many such dots. The team created 242 still images with 65 carbon monoxide molecules. The images were combined to make a stop-motion film. Each frame measures 45 by 25 nanometers. It took four researchers two weeks of 18-hour days to produce the film. The graphics and sound effects resemble those of early video games. "This movie is a fun way to share the atomic-scale world," said project leader Andreas J. Heinrich. "The reason we made this was not to convey a scientific message directly, but to engage with students, to prompt them to ask questions." In addition, the researchers created three still images to promote Star Trek Into Darkness—the Federation logo, the starship Enterprise, and a Vulcan salute. ==Reaction== Guinness World Records certified the movie as The World's Smallest Stop-Motion Film ever made. The film was accepted into the Tribeca Online Film Festival and shown at the New York Tech Meet-up and the World Science Festival. The film surpassed a million views in 24 hours, and two million views in 48 hours, with more than 27,000 likes. As of February 2023, the film has over 22 million views and over 690,000 likes. ==Implications== While the film was used by the researchers as a fun way to get students interested in science, it grew out of work that could increase the amount of data computers could store. In 2012, they demonstrated that they could store a bit of computer memory on a group of just 12 atoms instead of a million, the previous minimum. If it became commercially viable, "You could carry around, not just two movies on your iPhone," Heinrich said in a companion video about the film's production, "you could carry around every movie ever produced."Moving Atoms, at 2:55. ==See also== * Teeny Ted from Turnip Town, the "world's smallest book" which requires an electron microscope to be read ==References== ==External links== * * * *IBM researchers make world's smallest movie using atoms (w/ video) at Phys.org Category:2013 animated films Category:2010s animated short films Category:2013 films Category:Experiments Category:IBM Category:Individual physical objects Category:Nanotechnology Category:Scanning probe microscopy Category:2010s English-language films

A Boy and His Blob is a puzzle-platform game developed by WayForward Technologies and published by Majesco Entertainment. It is a re-imagining of the 1989 video game, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, which was originally developed by Imagineering for the NES. The game was released for the Wii in North America on October 13 and in Europe on November 6, 2009. A high-definition port of the game developed by Abstraction Games was released on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux on January 20, 2016. A PlayStation 3 version was made available on June 28 of the same year as a cross-purchase with the PS4 and Vita versions. Mobile ports for iOS and Android were later released worldwide on November 17 and September 26 of 2017 respectively. A Nintendo Switch version was released on November 4, 2021 by WayForward and Ziggurat Interactive. WayForward's director Sean Velasco, a fan of the original NES title, expressed a desire to re-create and update the experience for current generation gamers, streamlining the NES title's gameplay mechanics to create a more "forgiving" experience. A Boy and His Blob's art direction has received widespread critical acclaim and praise, and was utilized by the developers, in addition to a minimalistic story, in order to create a "heartwarming... and friendly game" accessible to a wide audience. ==Gameplay== left|thumb|alt=In-game screenshot of the Boy using the Blob as a parachute. The two are hovering over a ledge in a forested area with a large sign beneath them indicating the player should use the parachute transformation.|The "blob" is capable of a number of transformations in order to traverse the game's puzzles, such as a parachute to avoid damage from falls. A Boy and His Blob is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle platformer in which players control a young boy as he cooperates with a blob-like creature to overcome various obstacles. The boy can feed the blob a variety of jelly beans, which are unlocked as the game progresses and vary depending on the level, which transforms it into one of fifteen different objects that can be used to solve puzzles and defeat enemies. These include ladders for climbing, anvils to drop on top of enemies, holes that allow the boy to drop through platforms, and cannons for shooting to the difficult-to-reach areas. Unlike the original NES game, which only displayed each jelly bean's flavor, this version allows players to select beans from a wheel that shows what each bean does. The boy can also hug and scold the blob, as well as call to it to revert its transformation and bring it to his side. However, the boy will die if he touches an enemy or a hazardous object, or falls from a great height, sending the player back to the beginning of the area. The game is split into four worlds, each containing ten levels and a boss battle. Finding three chests hidden within each main level unlocks additional challenge levels, which reward bonus developer material such as concept art and storyboards when cleared. ==Plot== The planet Blobolonia is threatened by an evil emperor, and the titular "blob" flees to Earth seeking help. It crash-lands on Earth and finds the eponymous "boy". They team up in order to dethrone the evil emperor, first by completing a quest on Earth and then by traveling to Blobolonia.A Boy and His Blob (2009-10-13). Majesco Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-10-16. Along the way, minions of the Emperor attempt to stop them. ==Development== WayForward's director Sean Velasco, a fan of the original NES title, felt the series "had a ton of potential" and was "a title whose time had come to be re- imagined". He felt the title would be a natural fit for WayForward's signature proprietary animation and 2D visuals. The rights to the series originally belonged to Absolute Entertainment, but Majesco Entertainment was able to acquire the rights after Absolute went bankrupt in 1995. WayForward, already having a positive working relationship with Majesco, pitched the "idea of [creating] a very heartwarming Boy and Blob, and having a very friendly game" that both improved upon the usability of the original title and featured 2D hand-drawn animation "reminiscent of animated movies from the '80s". The designer of the NES title and co-founder of Activision, David Crane, was not involved with the Wii title, but the new developers expressed respect for both him and his work when creating the new title. In terms of faithfulness to the original NES title, producer Robb Alvey explained that "(it's about) the original spirit of the game and creating something for this generation of gamers. If you're familiar with the original game, you'll recognize immediately the homage we pay to its origin. And if you've never played the original, it's not going to feel like anything 'retro'". Sean Velasco similarly expressed that the game is a "re-imagining" of the original title instead of a direct sequel or remake. Some changes made to the gameplay include frequent save checkpoints and unlimited jelly beans. Marc Gomez, as art director, was responsible for most of the game's signature look and feel. He wanted to do something very soft, inspired by the works of filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. The decision to make the boy "much younger and rounder" than his NES counterpart was also Marc's, as was the idea of making the blob "a more faithful companion (similar to) a dog". With the new, younger design for the boy and the blob, Marc "wanted them to have (a) mutual need for each other... One can't progress without the other". Overall, the game has around 4,000 unique frames of animation. In terms of the game's controls, Sean Velasco wanted something "very intuitive for the family crowd" and wanted to "avoid anything that doesn't directly serve the game itself" such as, "waggle controls simply for the sake of waggle". The "hug" button is a vestigial feature of a more fleshed out emotion system abandoned during development. Managing the blob's emotions and keeping him happy throughout the game proved too much of a hassle during testing, so the mechanics were largely thrown out. Sean Velasco felt the in-game hug was "too heart-melting to ignore", so it was kept.Five Questions with Sean Velasco Lead Designer of A Boy and His Blob. Game Informer. Iss 199. Nov 2009. p.47. Velasco remarked that its simplicity allowed them to create a "very heartwarming...and friendly game" and to really highlight a "major component of the game, which is the friendship between the boy and blob". Gomez explained that "everything is about subtlety. There will be hints here and there letting you in on what is taking place. The story will develop as much as the player wants to venture in the details". ==Reception== Reception for A Boy and His Blob has been largely positive, with many reviewers commenting on the game's art design and faithfulness to the feel of the NES original. Nintendo Power called it "a super magical adventure full of mesmerizing sights and compelling gameplay" and praised that the game "can be enjoyed on multiple levels and by players of all ages", giving it a score of 8.5/10.A Boy and His Blob Review. Nintendo Power. Nov 2009. p.85. IGN praised the game's art direction, yet criticized the control scheme and "die-and-retry nature of the level designs", awarding the game a 7.6/10. GameTrailers likewise questioned aspects of the control scheme, but praised the game's puzzles and overall feel, giving the game a total score of 8.5/10. Game Informer awarded the game an 8.0/10 (with a "second opinion" score of 8.75/10) calling the game "a stylish rebirth [of] the NES cult classic" and praising the game's learning curve, atmosphere, and nostalgia factor. Similar to other reviews they faulted the game's "twitchy controls". Joystiq noted that A Boy and His Blob was a "really good example of how to update a classic; the game feels new, yet retains what fans love about the original experience", yet expressed frustration at the game's need to "hold [your] hand" at times by providing "hints" to a puzzle's solution in the form of overabundant signs. They noted, however, that this feature may be appreciated by younger children and casual gamers. 1UP.com gave A Boy and His Blob a B+, noting occasional problems with the blob's AI and some shortcomings in terms of the game's secondary animation, but praising the game's more "forgiving" gameplay when compared to the NES A Boy and His Blob and calling the art "gorgeous". G4TV called the game "the kind of game the Wii was designed for". ==References== Category:2009 video games Category:Android (operating system) games Category:IOS games Category:Linux games Category:MacOS games Category:Majesco Entertainment games Category:Nintendo Switch games Category:Puzzle-platform games Category:PlayStation 3 games Category:PlayStation 4 games Category:PlayStation Vita games Category:Single-player video games Category:Video games about children Category:Video games developed in the United States Category:Video games set on fictional planets Category:Video game remakes Category:Wii games Category:Windows games Category:Xbox One games Category:WayForward games Category:Ziggurat Interactive games

thumb|Cover of Vic and Blood #2 A Boy and His Dog is a cycle of narratives by author Harlan Ellison. The cycle tells the story of an amoral boy (Vic) and his telepathic dog (Blood), who work together as a team to survive in the post-apocalyptic world after a nuclear war. The original 1969 novella was adapted into the 1975 film A Boy and His Dog directed by L.Q. Jones. Both the story and the film were well-received by critics and science fiction fans, but the film was not successful commercially. The original novella was followed by short stories and a graphic novel. The film adaptation was an influence on Love and Monsters (2020) by Michael Matthews. The story and its film adaptation have also been mentioned to be influential in the creation of the Fallout video game series by Black Isle Studios. ==Publication history== Ellison began the cycle with the 1969 short story of the same title, published in New Worlds, and expanded and revised the tale to novella length for his story collection The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World the same year. He subsequently bookended the original story with two others in the same world: "Eggsucker" (The Ariel Book of Fantasy Volume Two, 1977), and "Run, Spot, Run" (Amazing Stories, 1980). The stories were adapted as a two- issue black and white comic series illustrated by Richard Corben, Vic and Blood: The Chronicles of a Boy and His Dog (Mad Dog Graphics, 1987). The series was collected as a color graphic novel of the same name in 1989 by NBM/St. Martin’s Press, and was in turn published in French by Comics USA (Vic & Blood: Les chroniques d'un gars at son chien, 1989) and in Spanish by Norma Editorial (Vic & Blood, CEC #72, 1990). Both the graphic novel and the prose stories were collected in Vic and Blood: The Continuing Adventures of a Boy and His Dog (Edgework Abbey/iBooks, 2003). Ellison's introduction to the collection explains that 1969's A Boy and His Dog is part of a larger novel that he has been writing for over 30 years and that story is finished, but the last, longest part is written as a screenplay with no current plans for production. Ellison suggested as late as 2003 that he would combine the three stories (possibly with additional material) to create a novel with the proposed title of Blood's a Rover (not to be confused with the Chad Oliver story or the James Ellroy novel Blood's a Rover). In January 2018, Subterranean Press announced the publication of Blood's a Rover, combining materials from the author's files, versions of the novella and short stories that have been expanded and revised, material from Corben's graphic novel, and previously unpublished material from the unproduced 1977 NBC television series Blood's a Rover. ==Setting== The novella and the film adaptation have the same alternate timeline setting, diverging with the failed assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Instead of concentrating on the Space Race, technological advancements in robotics, animal intelligence, and telepathy take place. A more heated Cold War takes place, culminating in a conventional World War III. A truce is signed, lasting another 25 years, though mounting tensions lead to World War IV in 2007, this time involving massive nuclear warfare and only lasting five days. Civilization is almost entirely obliterated, leaving the surface of Earth reduced to a desolate, irradiated wasteland. Years later, in 2024, foragers who remain above ground must fight for the remaining resources. Most survivors in the former United States are male, as women were usually in the bombed cities while many men were out fighting in the war. In the novella, nuclear fallout had created horrific mutations, such as the feared burnpit screamers, known for their noise and deadliness (in the film, they appear in only one scene, though they are only heard). ==Eggsucker== ===Plot=== Blood recalls how he met Vic in 2048, and describes him as "steadfast, responsible, and game as they come." He recounts an evening during which he and Vic go to barter scavenged items with the "82nd Airborne", the armorers for most of the local roverpacks except for that of the child-slaver "Fellini." Transported from a dock by skiff to the 82nd Airborne's boat, the pair trade wine and spent brass for fresh ammunition, and Vic is invited to stay and drink. Blood declines to drink, and is repeatedly insulted by the gang, until the goading drives him to attempt to bite one of them. The gang member knocks Blood down and points a rifle at Blood's head, and Vic immediately shoots the gang member. As Vic covers the remaining stunned gang members, Blood climbs into Vic's pack and passes out. He awakens again with them on the dock and Vic running for their lives. Upon reaching safety, Vic unceremoniously dumps Blood onto the ground and storms off in anger at having lost access to "the only armorer in the territory." Blood initially lets him go, but thinks better of it after considering the alternatives, and saves Vic from walking into a crater in the road containing a "Screamer" (a green corpse-like mutant). The pair run miles up the road, and having reconciled, sit down to eat. ==A Boy and His Dog== ===Plot=== Vic, aged 15, was born in and scavenges throughout the wasteland of the former southwestern United States as a "solo" (as opposed to a member of a "roverpack" gang). Vic is most concerned with food and sex. Having lost both of his parents, he has no formal education and does not understand ethics or morality. He is accompanied by a well-read, misanthropic, telepathic dog named Blood, who helps him locate women, in return for food. Blood cannot forage for himself, due to the same genetic engineering that granted him telepathy. The two steal for a living, evading "roverpacks" (gangs) and mutants. Blood and Vic have an occasionally antagonistic relationship, though they realize that they need each other. At a movie house, Blood claims to smell a woman, and the pair track her to an abandoned YMCA building. There, they meet Quilla June Holmes, a teenaged girl from "Downunder", a society located in a large underground nuclear vault. Before Vic can rape her, Blood informs the pair that a roverpack has tracked them to the building and they have to fight them off. After killing a number of them, the trio hides in a boiler and set the structure on fire. Vic finally has sex with Quilla June, and though she protests at first, she begins to come on to him. Blood takes an instant disliking to her, but Vic ignores him. Vic and Quilla June have sex repeatedly but eventually she attacks him and takes off to return to her underground community. Vic, furious at her deception, follows her, despite Blood's warnings. Blood remains at the portal on the surface. Downunder has an artificial biosphere complete with forests and underground cities. One, named Topeka after the ruins of the city it lies beneath, is fashioned in a surreal mockery of 1950s rural innocence. Vic is captured by the ruling council (the Better Business Bureau). They confess that Quilla June was sent to the surface in order to lure a man to Downunder. The population of Topeka is becoming sterile, and the babies that are born are usually female. They feel that Vic, despite his crudeness and savage behavior, will be able to reinvigorate that male population. Vic is first elated to learn that he is to impregnate the female population, but he quickly grows jaded of his surroundings and plots his escape. Quilla June is reunited with Vic and they plan to escape together. Vic uses the fact that Quilla June's father secretly desires sex with her as a distraction, incapacitating him so that they can escape. On the surface, Vic and Quilla June discover that Blood is starving and near death, having been attacked by radioactive insects and other "things". Quilla June tries to get Vic to leave Blood and take off with her. Knowing he will never survive without Blood's guidance and, more importantly, that Blood will not survive without care and food, Vic faces a difficult situation. It is implied that he kills his new love and cooks her flesh to save Blood's life. The novella ends with Vic remembering her question as Blood eats: "Do you know what love is?" and he concludes, "Sure I know. A boy loves his dog." ===Reception=== The novella won the Nebula Award for Best Novella upon its release in 1969 and was also nominated for the 1970 Hugo Award for Best Novella. ===Film adaptation=== The 1975 science fiction film directed by L.Q. Jones was controversial for alleged misogyny; the script included lines that were not in Ellison's original stories and that authors such as Joanna Russ found to be objectionable. The film's final line is from Blood: "Well, I'd say she certainly had marvelous judgement, Albert, if not particularly good taste." Ellison disavowed this addition as a "moronic, hateful chauvinist last line, which I despise." Ellison did, however, accept that the ending remained popular with fans, saying: "I would have kept the original last line from the original story, which I think is much more human and beguiling than the sort of punchline that L.Q. Jones used. But L.Q. knew what he was doing in terms of the market, I suppose." On the other hand, Harlan also loved the movie (as stated in an interview conversation with L.Q. Jones on the Shout Factory Blu Ray); after Jones screened it to him, he said it was exactly what the story was supposed to be on screen. It was a few days after he brought up his problems, mostly concerning the way Blood talked about the girl during the locker room scene when they first meet. ==Run, Spot, Run== ===Plot=== Although Blood is now back on his feet and travelling west, the pair's situation deteriorates as the guilt-ridden Vic begins having hallucinations of a ghostly Quilla June, which Blood also experiences through their telepathic link. Due to his preoccupation, Vic stumbles into an encounter with a roving gang of child soldiers and slaves led by the adult "Fellini", and badly breaks his ankle while attempting to escape. At Blood's suggestion, Vic climbs into a hollow tree stump to hide, and Blood covers him with leaves and dirt before going to hide himself. Hours later, with the gang gone, Blood returns to find the stump surrounded by giant spiders. Driving them off, Blood finds Vic in a hopeless, almost catatonic state, and despite Blood's appeals, Vic allows himself to be cocooned by one of the spiders. Blood runs off as the spider finishes and begins to look for new prey, and he continues west, now haunted by the ghost of Vic rather than Quilla June. ===Production=== The reasons given by Ellison for this abrupt ending have differed over the years. One relates to his anger over the L.Q. Jones ending of the film, as detailed above. The other is, according to Ellison, essentially a desire to stop his fans from requesting more stories about the two characters. Ellison claimed at the time of the film's release that he had said all he wanted to say about Vic and Blood, and that there would be no more sequels. ===Blood's A Rover=== A publication of a sequel novel, Blood's A Rover, was announced by Ace Books in the early 1980s; while Ellison spent the advance, he never delivered a manuscript, and the publication was canceled (Ace agreed to settle for republishing 13 of Ellison's books. In the introduction to Vic and Blood, dated 25 March 2003, Ellison claimed to have finished it, but that "the final, longest section is in screenplay form—and they're bidding here in Hollywood, once again, for the feature film and tv rights—and one of these days before I go through that final door, I'll translate it into elegant prose, and the full novel will appear" ==References== Category:1969 short stories Category:Alternate history short stories Category:Cannibalism in fiction Category:Cold War fiction Category:Fiction about telepathy Category:Fiction set in 2024 Category:Nebula Award for Best Novella-winning works Category:Novels set during World War III Category:Fiction about nuclear war and weapons Category:American post-apocalyptic fiction Category:Short stories by Harlan Ellison Category:Short stories set in the United States

A Boy and His Dog is a 1946 American Technicolor short drama film directed by LeRoy Prinz. It won an Oscar at the 19th Academy Awards in 1947 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). Short-story author Samuel A. Derieux, who died twenty-four years earlier in 1922, received story credit for the film, suggesting to some the expectation that he wrote a work with the title "A Boy and His Dog"."Samuel Arthur Derieux ... was the author of: ... Comet (1921), A Boy and His Dog (? )..." "Frank of Freedom Hill (Dodo Press) -- Paperback", "Editorial Reviews", on Amazon.Com However, a plot summary for the film, attributed to David Glagovsky,https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038379/plotsummary "Plot Summary for A Boy and His Dog (1946)" at IMDb closely parallels Derieux's short story "The Trial in Tom Belcher's Store", suggesting the film-makers drew on the published (and once celebrated)"The Trial in Tom Belcher's Store" pp. 214-231, O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 story, but gave the film a title Derieux need not ever have considered. It is entirely unrelated to Harlan Ellison's 1969 novella cycle as well as its 1975 film adaptation of the same name. ==Cast== * Harry Davenport as Squire Jim Kirby * Billy Sheffield as Davy Allen * Dorothy Adams as Mrs. Allen * Russell Simpson as Mr. Thornycroft * Eddie Waller as Sheriff * and Fleeta as Buck [a Bluetick Coonhound] ;Unbilled *Truman Bradley (narrator) *Heinie Conklin (townsman at meeting) *Jack Mower (Tom Belcher, store owner) ==References== ==External links== * * * Category:1946 films Category:1946 drama films Category:1946 short films Category:American drama films Category:Films about dogs Category:Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners Category:Films scored by William Lava Category:Warner Bros. short films Category:Films directed by LeRoy Prinz Category:1940s English-language films Category:1940s American films

A Boy and His Dog is a 1975 American black comedy science fiction film directed by actor L.Q. Jones, from a screenplay by Jones based on the 1969 novella of the same title by fantasy author Harlan Ellison. The film stars Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Alvy Moore, and Jason Robards. It was independently produced and distributed by Jones' company LQ/Jaf Productions. The film's storyline concerns a teenage boy, Vic, and his telepathic dog, Blood, who work together as a team in order to survive in the dangerous post-apocalyptic wasteland of the Southwestern United States. Shout! Factory released the film on DVD and Blu-ray in August 2013. ==Plot== In the post-nuclear war America of 2024, Vic (Don Johnson) is an 18-year-old boy, born in and scavenging throughout the wasteland of the former southwestern United States. Vic is most concerned with food and sex; having lost his parents, he has no formal education and does not understand ethics or morality. He is accompanied by a well-read, misanthropic, telepathic dog named Blood, who helps him find women to rape, in exchange for which Vic finds food for the dog. Blood cannot forage for himself due to the same genetic engineering that granted him telepathy. The two steal for a living, evading bands of raiders, berserk military androids, and mutants. Blood and Vic have an occasionally antagonistic relationship (Blood frequently annoys Vic by calling him "Albert" for reasons never made clear), though they realize that they need each other to survive. Blood wishes to find the legendary promised land of "Over the Hill" where above-ground utopias are said to exist, though Vic believes that they must make the best of what they have. Searching a bunker for a woman for Vic to rape, they find one, but she has already been severely mutilated and is on the verge of death. Vic displays no pity. He is merely angered by the "wastefulness" of such an act, as well as disgusted by the thought of satisfying his urges with a woman in such a condition. They move on, only to find slavers excavating another bunker. Vic steals several cans of their food, later using them to barter for goods in a nearby shanty town. That evening, while watching old vintage stag films at a local outdoor "cinema", Blood claims to smell a woman, and the pair track her to a large underground warehouse. There, Vic attempts to rape Quilla June Holmes (Susanne Benton), a scheming and seductive teenage girl from Downunder, a society in a large underground settlement. Unknown to the pair, Quilla June's father, Lou Craddock (Jason Robards), had sent her above ground to "recruit" surface dwellers. Blood takes an instant dislike to her, but Vic ignores him. After Vic saves Quilla June from raiders and mutants, they have repeated sex. Eventually, she secretly returns to her underground society. Enticed by the thought of more women and sex, Vic follows her, despite Blood's warnings. Blood remains on the surface at Downunder's portal. Downunder has an artificial biosphere, complete with forests and a city, which is named Topeka after the ruins of the destroyed city that it lies beneath. The city is ruled by a triumvirate known as the Committee, who have shaped Topeka into a bizarre caricature of pre-nuclear war America, with all residents wearing whiteface and clothes evocative of rural United States prior to World War II. When Vic is told that he has been brought to Topeka to help fertilize the female population, he is elated to learn of his "stud" value. His joy is short-lived, when he is informed that Topeka meets its need for exogamous reproduction by electroejaculation and artificial insemination, which will deny him the sexual pleasure that he had envisioned. People who refuse to comply with the Committee are sent off to "the farm" and never seen again, as they are violently killed. Vic is informed that when his semen has been used to impregnate 35 women, he will also be sent to "the farm". Quilla June helps Vic escape only because she wants him to kill the Committee members and destroy their android enforcer, Michael (Hal Baylor), so that she can usurp their power. Vic has no interest in politics or remaining underground. He only wants to return to Blood and the wasteland. The rebellion is quashed by Michael, who crushes the heads of Quilla June's co-conspirators before Vic disables him. She proclaims her "love" for Vic and wants to escape to the surface with him—now that her rebellion has been quashed, and the Committee has decreed that she will be sent to the farm. On the surface, Vic and Quilla June discover that Blood is starving and near death. She pleads with Vic to abandon Blood, forcing him to face his true feelings. Vic decides that his loyalties lie with his dog. Off-camera, Vic murders Quilla June and cooks her flesh so that Blood can eat and survive. Blood thanks Vic for the food, and they both comment on Quilla June. Vic says that it was her fault that she followed him, while Blood wryly jokes that she had marvelous judgment but did not have particularly good "taste". The boy and his dog continue to talk as they walk off together into the wasteland. ==Cast== * Don Johnson as Vic * Tim McIntire as "Blood" (voice) * Susanne Benton as Quilla June Holmes * Jason Robards as Lou Craddock * Alvy Moore as Dr. Moore * Helene Winston as "Mez" Smith * Charles McGraw as Preacher * Hal Baylor as Michael * Ron Feinberg as Fellini * Michael Rupert as Gery * Don Carter as Ken * Michael Hershman as Richard * L.Q. Jones as Actor In Porno Film ==Production== Harlan Ellison wrote the original novella A Boy and His Dog and began an adaptation for film. However, after encountering writer's block, actor/director L.Q. Jones came onboard to write the script. Jones' own company, LQ/Jaf Productions (L.Q. Jones & Friends), independently produced the film. Distributors initially were reluctant to finance the production, so Jones raised $400,000 through family and business associates. The film was shot at Pacific Ocean Park in Venice, California, and on location around Barstow, California and Coyote Dry Lake in the Mojave Desert. In an interview, Harlan Ellison said: "When he [Blood] calls Vic 'Al' or 'Albert', he is referring to the Albert Payson Terhune dog stories, whereas a traditional boy and his dog relationship is turned upside down in this movie." James Cagney's voice was considered as the voice of Blood, but was dropped because it would have been too recognizable and prove to be a distraction. Eventually, after going through approximately 600 auditions, they settled on Tim McIntire, a veteran voice actor who also did most of the music for the film. Ray Manzarek (misspelled in the film credits as "Manzarec"), formerly of The Doors, was also among those credited for the score. McIntire sang the main theme. Bolivian composer Jaime Mendoza-Nava provided the music for the Topeka underground segment. ==Reception== On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 78% approval rating based on 36 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The site's consensus states: "An offbeat, eccentric black comedy, A Boy and His Dog features strong dialogue and an oddball vision of the future". On Metacritic the film has a score of 68% based on reviews from 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2.5 stars out of a possible 4, writing that Ellison's novella "seemed almost to defy filming" but nonetheless Jones managed to offer "a sort of wacky success". Richard Eder of The New York Times wrote that the realistic world set up in the beginning and the underground community introduced later "don't really work together; their contrast, and a ridiculous ending, shatter the picture. And the talking dog chews up the pieces".Eder, Richard (June 17, 1976). "Film: 'Boy and His Dog'". The New York Times. 32. Variety called the film "a turkey" and "an amateurish blend of redneck humor, chaotic fight scenes, and dimwitted philosophizing"."Film Reviews: A Boy And His Dog". Variety. March 26, 1975. 32. Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film 1.5 stars out of 4 and wrote: "Rather than illuminate the present through a glance at a possible future, 'A Boy and His Dog' is simply a dim-witted collection of tired sex gags and anti-American imagery".Siskel, Gene (March 30, 1976). "'Boy and Dog' runs tired". Chicago Tribune. Section 3, p. 3. Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times praised the film as "an offbeat delight" with performances that "have that comfortable naturalness often detectable when an actor is directing other actors".Champlin, Charles (October 10, 1975). "After the Dust Has Settled". Los Angeles Times. Part IV, p. 1. Gary Arnold of The Washington Post panned the film as a "shoddy, puerile science-fiction parable" that "mistakes juvenile facetiousness for wit and glorifies a juvenile concept of freedom, which means making it in the wild, away from such unmanly encumbrances as civilization and girls".Arnold, Gary (July 14, 1975). "'Boy and His Dog' Trying to Survive". The Washington Post. B6. The film was not commercially successful at its release. It has since become a cult film and also inspired the video game series Fallout "on many levels, from underground communities of survivors to glowing mutants", according to Jesse Heining, a developer of the game. On the film's DVD audio commentary, Jones states that Ellison was generally pleased with the film, with the exception of some lines of dialogue. Ellison particularly objected to the film's final line, which did not originate from his original short story, in which Blood said of Quilla, "Well, I'd say she certainly had marvelous judgement, Albert, if not particularly good taste". Ellison referred to it as a "moronic, hateful chauvinist last line, which I despise".Ellison, Harlan; Corben, Richard. Vic and Blood. Simon & Schuster. 2003. pp. 5–6. The 1975 science fiction film directed by L.Q. Jones was controversial for alleged misogyny; the script included lines that were not in Ellison's original stories and that authors such as Joanna Russ, in her essay "A Boy and his Dog: The final solution," found to be objectionable. Ellison did, however, accept that the ending remained popular with fans, saying: "I would have kept the original last line from the original story, which I think is much more human and beguiling than the sort of punchline that L.Q. Jones used. But L.Q. knew what he was doing in terms of the market, I suppose." On the other hand, Harlan also loved the movie (as stated in an interview conversation with L.Q. Jones on the Shout Factory Blu Ray); after Jones screened it to him, he said it was exactly what the story was supposed to be on screen. It was a few days after he brought up his problems, mostly concerning the way Blood talked about the girl during the locker room scene when they first meet. ==Accolades== The film won the 1976 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation at MidAmeriCon, the 34th World Science Fiction Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, located not far from the real Topeka, Kansas. Johnson won the Golden Scroll for Best Actor, which was shared with James Caan for his performance in Rollerball. In 2007, it ranked #96 on Rotten Tomatoes' "Journey Through Sci-Fi" (100 best-reviewed science fiction films)."RT's Journey Through Sci-Fi" , Rotten Tomatoes, 2007. ==Legacy== According to L.Q. Jones, George Miller cited the 1975 film adaptation of A Boy and His Dog as an influence on the Mad Max films, particularly The Road Warrior (1981). ===Sequel=== There were rumors regarding a sequel, but it never materialized. On the film's DVD audio commentary, L.Q. Jones states that he had started to write a script sequel to the film that would have picked up where the first film ended and featured a female warrior named Spike, and we would have seen this world through the eyes of a female instead of a male (this happens in Ellison's story, Blood's a Rover, when Blood partners with Spike after the ostensible death of Vic). Jones and Ellison reportedly collaborated on this short-lived effort, although Ellison said that such 'collaboration' never went beyond a short "what if?" conversation, and that any efforts were solely that of Jones. According to Cult Movies 2, Jones had a sequel planned called A Girl and Her Dog, but the plan was scrapped when Tiger, the dog who portrayed Blood, died. In a December 2003 interview, Jones claimed that he had been repeatedly approached to make a sequel, but funding was always an issue. In 2018, Ellison's teleplay featuring Spike — the girl in the proposed A Girl and Her Dog film — was finally published. Blood's a Rover by Harlan Ellison (Subterranean Press 2018), a "fix-up" novel, consisting of "Eggsucker" and "Run Spot, Run", two short stories from the 1970s and 1980s, as well as "A Boy and His Dog" (Ellison's novella) and an unproduced teleplay from the 1970s, "Blood's a Rover", was published in a limited number of hardcovers. ==See also== * List of American films of 1975 ==References== ==External links== * * * Category:1970s American films Category:1970s English-language films Category:1970s comedy thriller films Category:1970s science fiction comedy films Category:1970s teen films Category:1975 comedy films Category:1975 films Category:1975 independent films Category:Adaptations of works by Harlan Ellison Category:American comedy thriller films Category:American dystopian films Category:American independent films Category:American post-apocalyptic films Category:American science fiction comedy films Category:American science fiction thriller films Category:American survival films Category:Films about cannibalism Category:Films about dogs Category:Films about nuclear war and weapons Category:Films about rape Category:Films based on science fiction short stories Category:Films based on short fiction Category:Films set in 2024 Category:Films set in deserts Category:Films set in Phoenix, Arizona Category:Films set in the future Category:Films shot in the Mojave Desert Category:Films shot in Ventura County, California Category:First Run Features films Category:Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation winning works

is a 2010 Japanese time travel comedy film, directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura. ==Plot== Based on a manga by Gen Araki, the film chronicles the adventures of a samurai who accidentally travels through time from Edo-era Japan to present- day Japan where he meets a single working mother and her young son. ==Cast== * Ryo Nishikido - Kijima Yasube * Rie Tomosaka - Hiroko Yusa * Fuku Suzuki - Tomoya Yusa * Jun Inoue - Tonoma Tomoharu (teacher) * Keisuke Horibe - Shirozaki * Hiroki Konno - Tanaka * Hitomi Satō - Yoshie Hiraishi * Yūji Nakamura - TV presenter * Shiori Kutsuna ==References== ==External links== * * Category:2010 films Category:Live-action films based on manga Category:Films directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura Category:2010s Japanese films Category:2010s Japanese-language films

A Boy and Sungreen () is a 2018 South Korean drama film written, directed and edited by first-time director Ahn Ju-young. The coming-of-age film stars Ahn Ji-ho, Kim Ju-a, Seo Hyun-woo and Shin Dong-mi. It made its world premiere at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival and won KTH Award. ==Plot== Bo-hee (Ahn Ji-ho) is a timid middle school student who struggles with the uncertainties of life. When he finds out that his mother has a boyfriend and that his supposedly-dead father is alive, he sets out to find him with his best friend Nok-yang (Kim Ju-a). ==Cast== * Ahn Ji-ho as Bo-hee * Kim Ju-a as Nok-yang (Sungreen) * Seo Hyun-woo as Sung-wook * Shin Dong-mi as Bo-hee's mother ==Awards and nominations== Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref 2018 23rd Busan International Film Festival KTH Award A Boy and Sungreen 2018 Seoul Independent Film Festival Independent Star Award Ahn Ji-ho 2020 56th Grand Bell Awards Best New Actor Ahn Ji-ho 2020 56th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor Ahn Ji-ho ==References== ==External links== * Category:2018 films Category:2010s mystery drama films Category:2010s Korean-language films Category:South Korean drama films Category:2018 drama films Category:2010s South Korean films

A Boy and a Girl may refer to: * A Boy and a Girl (1983 film) * A Boy and a Girl (1966 film)

A Boy and a Girl () is a 1966 Soviet drama film directed by Yuliy Fayt.«Дом кино» бесплатно показывает фильмы «ветеранов кино»XI Международный кинофестиваль «Зеркало»: Молодежь, интернет и ТарковскийПредставлена подробная программа XI Международного кинофестиваля им. Андрея Тарковского The film was at the center of controversies at the time of filming and upon its release. == Plot == A young tourist meets a girl on the seashore and they fall in love. But soon the boy leaves. Later, the girl gives birth to a child.Мальчик и девочка // КиноПоиск == Cast == * Natalya Bogunova as girl * Nikolay Burlyaev as boy * Antonina Bendova as Tanya * Tamara Konovalova as Nadya * Pavel Kormunin as game director * Valentina Chemberg as nurse * Lyudmila Shagalova as woman in kimono * Yelizaveta Uvarova as nurse in maternity home * Larisa Burkova as waitress * Nikolay Gubenko as passenger with guitar * Pyotr Gorin as father * Pavel Kashlakov as Petya * Ivan Kuznetsov as colonel * Vera Lipstok as mother * Lyubov Malinovskaya as colonel's wife * Inna Gulaya as girl (voice) * Gennady Shpalikov as man with a samovar (uncredited)A Boy and a Girl (1966) Full Cast / Crew == References == == External links == * Category:1966 films Category:1960s Russian-language films Category:1960s teen drama films Category:Films set in Crimea Category:1966 drama films Category:Soviet teen drama films Category:Lenfilm films

A Boy and a Girl (Italian: Un ragazzo e una ragazza) is a 1983 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Marco Risi. == Cast == *Jerry Calà as Calogero Bertoletti *Marina Suma as Anna De Rosa *Sandro Ghiani as Mario *Monica Scattini as Carmen *Francesca Ventura as Matilde *Serena Grandi as Prostitute == See also == * List of Italian films of 1983 ==References== ==External links== * Category:1983 films Category:Italian romantic comedy films Category:1983 romantic comedy films Category:Films directed by Marco Risi Category:Films scored by Manuel De Sica Category:1980s Italian-language films Category:1980s Italian films