L'ultimo Tango Di Soderbergh

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

L'ultimo Tango Di Soderbergh 22 domenica 15 dicembre 2002 È MORTO BRAD DEXTER UNO DEI «MAGNIFICI SETTE» TREMILA CORPI FLUTTUANTI IN UN CAPANNONE DI PERIFERIA: ECCO LA TRIBÙ DI APHEX TWIN È morto a 85 anni l'attore Brad Dexter, Mauro Zanda uno degli interpreti de I magnifici sette. Nella sua carriera, Dexter ha segnato il suo «Mi piace solo la musica che ha qualcosa di diaboli- dal 1994, allorquando sua maestà venne per l'ulti- toutilizzato e dei giochi di luce al laser capaci di scere le dinamiche di una sottocultura giovanile tra debutto con Giungla d'asfalto, ma il ruolo co o misterioso. Prendi le centrali elettriche; sono ma volta dalle nostre parti. Il tam tam era partito distogliere l'attenzione persino dalla musica. Scen- le più importanti e condivise degli ultimi anni. più importante è arrivato nel ‘60 quando malvagie. Se solo rimani per un pò al centro di una sotterraneo già da qualche settimana attraverso le dendo le scale che portavano alla zona calda, veden- Un universo anagrafico sospeso, tra i 20 e i 35 circa, interpretò I magnifici sette con un cast veramente potente, percepisci una strana presenza. radio e i negozi di dischi specializzati: l'evento dell' do dall’alto quel continuum di corpi fluttuanti e che lega trasversalmente persone dall'estrazione so- d'eccezione composto, fra gli altri, da Yul Per me è come trovarsi in una dimensione completa- anno avrebbe fatto tappa a Roma e Bologna per la musica percussiva, l'impressione era di trovarsi al ciale più disparata con in comune un insopprimibile Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson mente diversa». Richard James, in arte Aphex Twin metà di Dicembre. E mentre per Bologna si era scelto cospetto di un rituale magico e misterico, nobilitato desiderio escapista; la voglia di nutrire la mente con e James Coburn, l’attore scomparso il 19 (e mille altri pseudonimi), è solo la punta di un un locale ben consolidato nell'indirizzario degli proprio in virtù di una collocazione così aliena rispet- stimoli capaci di far saltare le coordinate spazio-tem- novembre scorso. Nel ‘53 Dexter sposò la iceberg enorme, invisibile solo a chi non vuol vedere, amanti della musica, per Roma (vista anche la penu- to alla mappatura tradizionale della fabbrica dell'in- porali in cui siamo sovente ingabbiati. È una danza cantante Peggy Lee da cui divorziò soli 8 che da almeno un decennio ha cambiato la musica e ria di spazi medio-grandi) si era optato per un'affa- trattenimento. per la mente, come recita lo slogan coniato proprio mesi dopo. Ebbe un forte rapporto di i costumi di migliaia di ragazzi in tutto il mondo. scinante soluzione fuori città che odorava tanto di Un fenomeno d'altronde difficile da spiegare a chi dagli alchimisti della Rephlex; è il trionfo - anche se amicizia con Marilyn. Con Sinatra, invece, Erano quasi 3000 venerdì sera assiepati al Milleluci, vecchia stagione Rave. non conosca i tortuosi sentieri che - detto senza per una notte sola - di un altro modello di comunica- Dexter si legò sul set di La tua pelle o la un locale fuori Roma, e 1000 (solo per ragioni di Il luogo del misfatto si è concretizzato in un vecchio, ipocrisia - intrecciano la più estrema e visionaria zione, dove la dittatura della parola viene sepolta mia, quando salvò il cantante che stava capienza) ieri al Link di Bologna per vederlo all'ope- enorme locale da ballo degli anni '80, immerso nel musica elettronica alle droghe sintetiche; e non c'è dal linguaggio del corpo e dalla sintonia delle sinap- per affogare. È inoltre apparso in una serie verde dell'Aurelia. Una pista balconata da 2000 bisogno di essere dei consumatori di ecstasy per com- si. Benvenuti in questo strano mondo, moderno e musica elettronica ra assieme agli alfieri della sua etichetta, la Rephlex, lutti tv come Kojak e Mission impossible. nella «Braindance! Invasion Italia»! Non succedeva persone, allestita con un buon impianto audio sot- prenderne la vibrazione, si tratta piuttosto di cono- popolare. Franco La Polla china, come Hollywood ha capito un po’ troppo tardi (vedi l’ammirevole e noioso Intelligenza artificiale di Spielberg). tar Trek è vivo e sta bene, dicon le Già Deep Space 9 (varato nel 1993, Cap. notizie che giungono da Hollywood: Sisko, afroamericano) mostrava la corda. S il decimo film (Nemesis) sta per arri- Triste, statico, introspettivo, sembrava di vare - negli Stati Uniti è stato presentato essere in visita alla Legione Straniera: in gran pompa venerdì sera - così come la ognuno aveva il suo passato e ognuno le quinta serie tv (En- sue frustrazioni. Qualche bel personaggio terprise). Chi non è non mancava: il mutaforma Odo, la pen- vivo (dal 1991) e sosa e nervosa Kira Nerys (rispettivamen- non sta bene è Ge- l’ultimo capitolo te gli ottimi René Auberjonois e Nana Visi- ne Roddenberry, il tor). Ma le civili lezioni di vita e di morale, suo lungimirante I trekker sono in fibrillazione. La nuova avventura del- l’ampio respiro avventuroso, le problema- creatore, che passò l’Enterprise è arrivata venerdì nelle sale americane e già tiche di grande momento, tutto quel che gli ultimi anni della Star Trek Nemesis è reputato migliore de L’Insurrezio- era stato nelle serie precedenti qui manca- sua vita a tentare di ne. Si tratta del decimo film della serie e il quarto che va. Non meraviglia che a Roddenberry contrastare Rick vede come protagonisti i personaggi di Next Genera- l’idea piacesse poco. Non visse abbastanza Berman, il suo delfi- tion: il capitano Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), il da vederla realizzata e amareggiarsi ancor no imposto dalla primo ufficiale William Ryker (Jonathan Frakes), la for- di più. Paramount, che fin ma di vita artificiale Data (Brent Spiner) e tutto l'equi- Nel 1995 Berman e soci compresero che da allora voleva ap- paggio dell'astronave Enterprise. Questa volta i nostri era ora di tornare davvero nello spazio: portare alla serie al- eroi dovranno affrontare un nemico storico della Federa- Voyager si pose addirittura come un’Odis- cune fondamentali zione, l’impero Romulano. Dopo il primo montaggio, la sea galattica, le cui prime stagioni peraltro modifiche lontane lunghezza del film era eccessiva (quasi 3 ore) e si sono furono rovinate dalla political correctness dallo spirito che ne resi necessari dei tagli per portarlo alla durata attuale. allora imperante: un capitano donna (Ja- aveva animato la ro.ar. neway), un esemplare di ogni etnìa in nascita. plancia, ma soprattutto storie che rasenta- Pure, potendo con- vano il grottesco pur di rispettare i canoni tare su uno zoccolo della nuova morale sociale codina inaugu- duro di appassionati fan club in tutto il rata dai peggiori esemplari delle università mondo, Star Trek continuò il viaggio. For- americane. In seguito si riprese, rientran- se soltanto il mito di Tarzan può vantare do nei modelli che erano stati di La nuova una maggior proliferazione di film e tele- generazione e ne uscì un certo numero di film. ottimi episodi. Perché? La domanda è tanto più giustifica- Dell’ultima serie del 2001, Enterprise (Ca- ta se si pensa che Star Trek - almeno a pitano Archer), si può solo dire che è noio- partire dalla seconda serie, La nuova gene- sissima, con uno Scott Bakula comandan- razione, degli anni te che sembra la ver- ’80 (sul telescher- sione seria della pa- mo la prima serie rodia che potrebbe esordì nel 1966) - è Lo spirito democratico di JFK farne Steve Martin. un’idea del tutto Berman continua a controcorrente. aleggiava nel primo telefilm, rovinare Star Trek, Agli androidi vin- ma non riuscirà ad centi di Blade Run- la postmodernità angosciosa affondare un’astro- ner esso oppose va- nave tanto masto- lori umanistici che dontica. gli ultimi lustri del nel secondo: ora siamo al Roddenberry l’ha millennio avevano costruita perché po- decretato in crisi ir- decimo film della saga tesse durare negli reversibile. Baluar- anni e il suo mito è do contro la tecno- Che continua a mietere vittime ormai così radicato logizzazione della da far accettare ai fantascienza, alieno suoi fan quasi qual- alla poetica degli ef- siasi cosa. Nell’otta- fetti speciali, Star Trek sembrava proprio smo, ecc. A destra, vo film, Primo con- fuori tempo. Eppure niente nel suo tempo La nuova generazione, varata nel 1987 (Ca- Alice Krige tatto (1996), Ber- ebbe tanto successo. Nostalgia, ripensa- pitano Picard), fu invece una serie più in «Star Trek: primo man aveva persino mento, reazione? adeguata a quegli anni. Il postmoderno contatto», del ‘96. fatto di uno scien- È difficile rispondere, anche perché non imperava, la crisi d’identità era dappertut- Qui a fianco, ziato-mito della se- esiste un oggetto Star Trek compatto e to, i confini fra reale e immaginario stava- Ricardo Montalban rie, Zefrem Cochra- riconoscibile. Da un lato le trasformazioni no sbiadendo e lo show arrivò con la genia- in «L’ira di Khan» ne, una specie di bermaniane, dall’altro alcune differenza le trovata del Ponte Ologrammi, un luogo dell’82 buffone hippie, profonde fra le singole serie, non consen- dove chiunque poteva vivere la vita, le A sinistra, ubriacone e invasa- tono un discorso unitario. storie, le avventure che voleva in base a Tom Hardy to dal rock and roll. La serie sessantesca originale (Capitano programmi costruiti ad personam. E poi in «Nemesis», noscimento della gerarchia, il dubbio co- È passata anche questa, ne passeranno al- Kirk) respirava un’innegabile aria kenned- c’era Q., un personaggio che era metafora ultimo capitolo me arma di comprensione, eccetera. Tutte tre. yana, tipo «siamo tutti uguali, fratelli e del Fato, ma in chiave tragicomica, e c’era- della saga cose che sarebbero ritornate anche nelle Star Trek ha infatti superato il punto di liberi, ma questi valori gli Stati Uniti li no i Borg, macchine umane senza indivi- fantascientifica serie seguenti, ma vieppiù indebolite, for- non ritorno: qualunque cosa proponga, i rappresentano meglio di chiunque altro».
Recommended publications
  • Completeandleft
    MEN WOMEN 1. BA Bryan Adams=Canadian rock singer- Brenda Asnicar=actress, singer, model=423,028=7 songwriter=153,646=15 Bea Arthur=actress, singer, comedian=21,158=184 Ben Adams=English singer, songwriter and record Brett Anderson=English, Singer=12,648=252 producer=16,628=165 Beverly Aadland=Actress=26,900=156 Burgess Abernethy=Australian, Actor=14,765=183 Beverly Adams=Actress, author=10,564=288 Ben Affleck=American Actor=166,331=13 Brooke Adams=Actress=48,747=96 Bill Anderson=Scottish sportsman=23,681=118 Birce Akalay=Turkish, Actress=11,088=273 Brian Austin+Green=Actor=92,942=27 Bea Alonzo=Filipino, Actress=40,943=114 COMPLETEandLEFT Barbara Alyn+Woods=American actress=9,984=297 BA,Beatrice Arthur Barbara Anderson=American, Actress=12,184=256 BA,Ben Affleck Brittany Andrews=American pornographic BA,Benedict Arnold actress=19,914=190 BA,Benny Andersson Black Angelica=Romanian, Pornstar=26,304=161 BA,Bibi Andersson Bia Anthony=Brazilian=29,126=150 BA,Billie Joe Armstrong Bess Armstrong=American, Actress=10,818=284 BA,Brooks Atkinson Breanne Ashley=American, Model=10,862=282 BA,Bryan Adams Brittany Ashton+Holmes=American actress=71,996=63 BA,Bud Abbott ………. BA,Buzz Aldrin Boyce Avenue Blaqk Audio Brother Ali Bud ,Abbott ,Actor ,Half of Abbott and Costello Bob ,Abernethy ,Journalist ,Former NBC News correspondent Bella ,Abzug ,Politician ,Feminist and former Congresswoman Bruce ,Ackerman ,Scholar ,We the People Babe ,Adams ,Baseball ,Pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates Brock ,Adams ,Politician ,US Senator from Washington, 1987-93 Brooke ,Adams
    [Show full text]
  • Exploring Films About Ethical Leadership: Can Lessons Be Learned?
    EXPLORING FILMS ABOUT ETHICAL LEADERSHIP: CAN LESSONS BE LEARNED? By Richard J. Stillman II University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Public Administration and Management Volume Eleven, Number 3, pp. 103-305 2006 104 DEDICATED TO THOSE ETHICAL LEADERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE 9/11 TERROIST ATTACKS — MAY THEIR HEORISM BE REMEMBERED 105 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface 106 Advancing Our Understanding of Ethical Leadership through Films 108 Notes on Selecting Films about Ethical Leadership 142 Index by Subject 301 106 PREFACE In his preface to James M cG regor B urns‘ Pulitzer–prizewinning book, Leadership (1978), the author w rote that ―… an im m ense reservoir of data and analysis and theories have developed,‖ but ―w e have no school of leadership.‖ R ather, ―… scholars have worked in separate disciplines and sub-disciplines in pursuit of different and often related questions and problem s.‖ (p.3) B urns argued that the tim e w as ripe to draw together this vast accumulation of research and analysis from humanities and social sciences in order to arrive at a conceptual synthesis, even an intellectual breakthrough for understanding of this critically important subject. Of course, that was the aim of his magisterial scholarly work, and while unquestionably impressive, his tome turned out to be by no means the last word on the topic. Indeed over the intervening quarter century, quite to the contrary, we witnessed a continuously increasing outpouring of specialized political science, historical, philosophical, psychological, and other disciplinary studies with clearly ―no school of leadership‖with a single unifying theory emerging.
    [Show full text]
  • Haurbfbtfr Hrralb 3
    u — MANCHESTER HERALD. Wedne«day. Jan. 29, 1986 U.S./WORLD SPORTS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 643-2711 Weinberger raps Bourque, Bruins Shelter workers HR find employment HOUSBHN.D WANTED ICARS/TRUCKS iTnCARS/TRUCKS ICARS/TRUCKS ICARS/TRUCKS [^CARS/TBUCKS RTICARS/nniCKS Pentagon critics top Whale in OT \ T ^ [ 800DS TO BUY IFOR SALE l i l lI fforsale I forsale I forsale FOR SALE FOR SALE v v ... page 13 ... p a g e 5 ... p a g e 9 Blu* and orMn print Wanted — Bridal Gowns 85 Dodge Arles Wgn. 84 Dotsun 300 ZX Turbo, 83 Plymouth Rollant 4 dr. 14 Reliant 4 dr. sdn. at/ac, 69 Coryette T-Top 4 spd., coitMl-bacK lovt Mot on ' of all ages Including vin­ at/ps/pb/ac, $8,295; 85 $13,900; 83 Toyota Celica at/PS, $4,595; S3 Chevrolet $5,895; 84 Dodge Omni 4 $14,500 — 65 T -B Ir d crtom background. $75 tage wedding gowns, Dodge 600 4 dr. sdn. ST, $7,995; 82 Plymouth Cavalier 4 dr. 4 spd., dr. sdn. at/ac, $5,195; 84 looded, $4,500 — 76 Cadil­ nrm. 643-4770.a mother of the bride ps/pb/oc cruise, $8,995; 84 Chomp, $Z295; 81 Olds $4,195; 82 Dodge Rampage Dodge Colt 2 dr. deluxe, lac Seville all options, 1981 Buick Century Ltd. — gowns, bridesmaid and Dodge Omni 4 dr. hatch­ Cutlass, $5,695; 80 Chevy PU, $3,995; 82 Plymouth 18k, $4,495; 84 'Chrysler $6,500 — 81 Chevette 4 4 door, white, alr-crulse- Swtedlsh froostanding prom gowns.
    [Show full text]
  • Fol Library Page 05.2013
    The Library Page Sponsored by Friends of the Blue Hill Public Library May 2013 Letter from the President Town Meetings "If you have a garden and a Thank you to everyone who attended your Town library, you have everything Meetings and voted for funding for our Library. Your support is the best way to publically show how that you need." important the Library is to our community. -- Cicero Annual Plant Sale Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 18th, Library Post Cards between 8 and 11 am for our yearly plant sale. We At last month’s meeting, the Friends of the Library have already collected an unusual collection of agreed to fund the printing of three images from plants for the sale and are asking for your help to the Library’s Art Collection to be used as post increase that collection. We can always use more cards. Sometime over the next couple months we plant divisions and seedlings for the Sale. As you hope to have these ready for sale on the start your seedlings please consider starting a flat of Reference Librarian’s desk. These post cards will flowers or vegetables for the Library. celebrate the Library’s varied and important art collection and will be yet another fund raising Now that the snow has finally disappeared, the bit project for the Library. of warn weather w have had has encourage some slow growth of perennials. As you survey your I will hope to see you at the Plant Sale! gardens please consider what needs dividing and pot up and set aside any spare divisions for the Clifton Page Sale.
    [Show full text]
  • Film Noir Database
    www.kingofthepeds.com © P.S. Marshall (2021) Film Noir Database This database has been created by author, P.S. Marshall, who has watched every single one of the movies below. The latest update of the database will be available on my website: www.kingofthepeds.com The following abbreviations are added after the titles and year of some movies: AFN – Alternative/Associated to/Noirish Film Noir BFN – British Film Noir COL – Film Noir in colour FFN – French Film Noir NN – Neo Noir PFN – Polish Film Noir www.kingofthepeds.com © P.S. Marshall (2021) TITLE DIRECTOR Actor 1 Actor 2 Actor 3 Actor 4 13 East Street (1952) AFN ROBERT S. BAKER Patrick Holt, Sandra Dorne Sonia Holm Robert Ayres 13 Rue Madeleine (1947) HENRY HATHAWAY James Cagney Annabella Richard Conte Frank Latimore 36 Hours (1953) BFN MONTGOMERY TULLY Dan Duryea Elsie Albiin Gudrun Ure Eric Pohlmann 5 Against the House (1955) PHIL KARLSON Guy Madison Kim Novak Brian Keith Alvy Moore 5 Steps to Danger (1957) HENRY S. KESLER Ruth Ronan Sterling Hayden Werner Kemperer Richard Gaines 711 Ocean Drive (1950) JOSEPH M. NEWMAN Edmond O'Brien Joanne Dru Otto Kruger Barry Kelley 99 River Street (1953) PHIL KARLSON John Payne Evelyn Keyes Brad Dexter Frank Faylen A Blueprint for Murder (1953) ANDREW L. STONE Joseph Cotten Jean Peters Gary Merrill Catherine McLeod A Bullet for Joey (1955) LEWIS ALLEN Edward G. Robinson George Raft Audrey Totter George Dolenz A Bullet is Waiting (1954) COL JOHN FARROW Rory Calhoun Jean Simmons Stephen McNally Brian Aherne A Cry in the Night (1956) FRANK TUTTLE Edmond O'Brien Brian Donlevy Natalie Wood Raymond Burr A Dangerous Profession (1949) TED TETZLAFF George Raft Ella Raines Pat O'Brien Bill Williams A Double Life (1947) GEORGE CUKOR Ronald Colman Edmond O'Brien Signe Hasso Shelley Winters A Kiss Before Dying (1956) COL GERD OSWALD Robert Wagner Jeffrey Hunter Virginia Leith Joanne Woodward A Lady Without Passport (1950) JOSEPH H.
    [Show full text]
  • MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (USA, 1960) (Other Titles: Sept Mercenaires; Zeven Huurlingen)
    M2350 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (USA, 1960) (Other titles: Sept mercenaires; Zeven huurlingen) Credits: director, John Sturges ; writer, William Roberts. Cast: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn. Summary: Western set in early 20th century Mexico. Seven American gunslingers are hired to protect a poor Mexican village from bandits. Based on the Japanese film The Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa. One of a number of 1960s western films later described as ‘Vietnam War films’ by various critics. Barten, Egbert. “Vogelvrije filmmuziek: ‘The magnificent seven’ play!!!” Score n. 71 (Jun 1989), p. 5. Camus, Jean-Marc. “Les sept mercenaires” Cine revue 56 (Jul 31, 1975), p. 12. “Cinema: The new pictures: ... The magnificent seven” Time 76 (Dec 12, 1960), p. 96. Clements, William M. (see under Malpezzi, Frances M.) DeMary, Tom. “The magnificent seven” Film score monthly n. 45 (May 1994), p. 14. Fitzpatrick, Ellen. [Magnificent seven] Films in review 11/9 (Nov 1960), p. 557-8. Gillett, John. [Magnificent seven] Sight and sound 30/2 (spring 1961), p. 91-2. Hartung, Philip T. “The screen: Fish or fowl?” Commonweal 73 (Dec 2, 1960), p. 255. Houston, P. “The magnificent seven” Sight and sound 30/2 (spring 1961), p. 91. Kennedy, Paul P. “Shooting a ‘Magnificent seven’ in Mexico” New York times (Apr 10, 1960), sec. 2, p. 7. Knight, Arthur. “Westerns, king-size and regular” Saturday review 43 (Nov 5, 1960), p. 40. Maasen, Henk. “The magnificent seven” Score n. 92 (Sep 1994), p. 6. [Magnificent seven] Daily cinema n. 8426 (Feb 27, 1961), p.
    [Show full text]
  • Crime Wave for Clara CRIME WAVE
    Crime Wave For Clara CRIME WAVE The Filmgoers’ Guide to the Great Crime Movies HOWARD HUGHES Disclaimer: Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the eBook. Published in 2006 by I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd 6 Salem Road, London W2 4BU 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 www.ibtauris.com In the United States and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 Copyright © Howard Hughes, 2006 The right of Howard Hughes to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or any part thereof, may not be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. The TCM logo and trademark and all related elements are trademarks of and © Turner Entertainment Networks International Limited. A Time Warner Company. All rights reserved. © and TM 2006 Turner Entertainment Networks International Limited. ISBN 10: 1 84511 219 9 EAN 13: 978 1 84511 219 6 A full CIP record for this book is available from the British Library A full CIP record for this book is available from the Library of Congress Library of Congress catalog card: available Typeset in Ehrhardt by Dexter Haven Associates Ltd, London Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International,
    [Show full text]
  • September 2020 Schedule
    September, 2020 Olympic legend Jesse Owens is the focus of the September 2 installment of “Moments in Time.” www.channelpittsburgh.org Changes May Occur | Actual Times May Vary Depending On The Viewing Device WEEKDAYS SATURDAY SUNDAY 7AM To Morning Music Show 9AM 9AM Home on the Read to Me Range Lux Radio 10AM The Singing You are There School Days Cowboy Streets Smart 11AM Roy Rogers Movie Serial Bowl & Trigger 12PM Wylie Ave Matinee Movie Backlot Bijou Theater 1PM General Audiences Heroes of the West The Big Picture 2PM TelePlay Billy the Kid People & Places Four Star Playhouse 3PM Adventure of Robin Hood Presenting Olde World Adventures Bonanza Alfred 4PM Tales of Justice Beverly Hillbillies Hitchcock Crime Scene Beverly Hillbillies 5PM On the Job I Married Joan Mr. & Mrs. North The Boys I Married Joan Mr. & Mrs. North 6PM Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet Mickey Rooney Sir Lancelot Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet Welcome to Comedyville Sir Lancelot Still in its early stages, Channel Pittsburgh is a non-profit streaming television station to provide opportunities for local media artists and media students. The programming is to be a mix of local production, classic movies, vintage television shows and more. CUSTOM MADE A custom made program is an CUSTOMIZED A customized program is original series created from comprised of public domain public domain and/or orphan material exclusively episodes of television series that have been for Channel Pittsburgh. modified exclusively for Channel Pittsburgh. TUESDAY 8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Decoy Martin Kelso (Morgan Far- Casey (Beverly Garland) ley) finds himself drawn into SEPTEMBER 1 Pittsburgh Tempo Powerful guitarist Zack poses as the heir to a mur- a con to swindle local busi- 7:00 p.m.
    [Show full text]
  • 1996 Cardinal Classic VI Caltech B Packet-Tossups
    " '- . 1996 Cardinal Classic VI Caltech B Packet-Tossups 1. The Reverend Stephen Kumalo sets off from his impoverished homeland to search for his sister Gertrude and his son Absalom in Johannesburg. He finds Gertrude has turned to prostitution and Absalom has murdered the son of a white farmer. FTP, name this 1948 novel by Alan [Paton : PAY -ton]. A. CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY 2. While many baseball fans know that Ted Williams batted [.406 : four-oh-six] in 1941, it was not the highest batting average of the twentieth century. An average of .424 was achieved in 1924 by, FTP, what second baseman and manager who won six consecutive National League batting titles? A. Rogers HORNSBY 3. Scandalous subjects were not atypical of this man's art, which mixed nude bathers with clothed men in ["Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe" : luh DEH-ju-nay sur lu-AIRB]. A nude prostitute gazes brazenly at the viewer ,one of his more famous paintings, "Olympia," FTP, name this French Impressionist. A. Edouard [Manet : ma-NAY] 4. Brad Dexter, Eli Wallach, Robert Vaughn, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Steve McQueen, and Yul Brynner star in this 1960 remake about a group of gunslingers hired to protect a town from bandits. FTP, name this Western. A. The MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 5. A phone call proved his undoing, as a small explosive in the earpiece of the telephone he was holding enabled his enemies to reach out and kill him. FTP, name this Hamas member who allegedly masterminded several suicide bombings in Israel, and who was himself assassinated last month.
    [Show full text]
  • John Huston: the ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950, 112M) the Version of This Goldenrod Handout Sent out in Our Monday Mailing, and the One Online, Has Hot Links
    September 17, 2019 (XXXIX: 4) John Huston: THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950, 112m) The version of this Goldenrod Handout sent out in our Monday mailing, and the one online, has hot links. Spelling and Style—use of italics, quotation marks or nothing at all for titles, e.g.—follows the form of the sources. DIRECTOR John Huston WRITING screenplay adapted by Ben Maddow and John Huston from the W.R. Burnett novel PRODUCED BY Arthur Hornblow Jr. and John Huston MUSIC Miklós Rózsa CINEMATOGRAPHY Harold Rosson EDITING George Boemler The film was nominated for Academy Awards in 1951 for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Sam Jaffe), Best Director (John Huston), Best Writing, Screenplay (Ben Maddow and John Huston), and Best Cinematography, Black-and- White (Harold Rosson). It was entered into the National Film Registry by the National Film Preservation Board in 2008. § CAST Madre (1948) . He was frequently nominated for Oscars Sterling Hayden...Dix Handley for his writing, directing, production, and, even, acting: Best Writing, Original Screenplay for Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Louis Calhern...Alonzo D. Emmerich Bullet (1940)* and Sergeant York (1941);* Best Writing, Jean Hagen...Doll Conovan Screenplay for The Maltese Falcon (1941),* The Asphalt James Whitmore...Gus Minissi Jungle (1950),***** The African Queen (1951, with James Sam Jaffe...Doc Erwin Riedenschneider Agee);* Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from John McIntire...Police Commissioner Hardy Another Medium for Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)* Marc Lawrence...Cobby and for The Man Who Would Be King (1975);* for Best Barry Kelley...Lt. Ditrich Director for The Asphalt Jungle (1950),***** The African Anthony Caruso...Louis Ciavelli Queen (1951),* Moulin Rouge (1952),***** and for Prizzi's Teresa Celli...Maria Ciavelli Honor (1985); Best Picture for Moulin Rouge (1952)***** Marilyn Monroe...Angela Phinlay and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for The Cardinal William 'Wee Willie' Davis...Timmons (as William Davis) (1963).
    [Show full text]
  • 3% Cuts Services
    0 , 0 0 9 0,995 0,495 •8995 •5995 1,495 •8495 •5995 ■LUiM- 2,995 •8995 •7495 •8995 •5495 •6995 0,995 •3995 \ ST. R iS Saturday, Sept. 3, 1988 Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm 30 Cents 3% cuts services Republicans say O'Neill uses gimmicks ... page 2 I Patrick Rynn/Manchootor Herald SWING WITH ME — Sarah MIyashIro, 4, of North WIndhan, left, plays with her fripnd, Lacy Walsh, 5. MIyashIro and Walsh were having fun Friday in Walsh’s backyard at 4 Oakland St. 9 Corpses H U D regs Dr. Crane’s Quiz piled up 1. Hot dogs are usually associated with which one rapped as of these? near door WEDDING SERMON BALLGAME OPERA 2. Which garden product is aiso the name of a game piayed with rackets and a rubber ball? GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - unrealistic TOMATO CARROT SQUASH SPUD An unopened emergency exit door where the bodies of many of 3. Which nicknamed creature often pulls circus the 13 victims of Delta Flight 1141 wagons? were found was prodded and By Nancy Concelman JOCKO JUMBO LEO BRUIN photographed Friday by investi­ Manchester Herald 4. A panhandler would probably be on which gators also studying the jet’s Town officials and affordable housing activists comer? three engines and the position of HOT CORNER NEUTRAL CORNER its wing flaps during its ill-fated say they are concerned that new federal rent STREET CORNER COFFIN CORNER takeoff. subsidies will only assist about a third of those who National Transportation Safety say they are in need. 5.
    [Show full text]
  • Sidney J. Furie Book Subtitle: Life and Films Book Author(S): DANIEL KREMER Published By: University Press of Kentucky
    University Press of Kentucky Chapter Title: Through a Glass Refracted: The Wild Angles Picture Show Book Title: Sidney J. Furie Book Subtitle: Life and Films Book Author(s): DANIEL KREMER Published by: University Press of Kentucky. (2015) Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt17t74zd.9 JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at https://about.jstor.org/terms University Press of Kentucky is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Sidney J. Furie This content downloaded from 86.9.45.239 on Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:22:52 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms Chapter 5 Through a Glass Refracted The Wild Angles Picture Show Insubordinate. Insolent. A trickster. —Harry Palmer’s B-107 profile in The Ipcress File Furie returned from the Canary Islands to discover he was invited to a spe- cial prerelease screening of Joseph Losey’s King and Country, starring Dirk Bogarde. Losey was still riding high from his critical success with The Servant the year before, and his follow-up was hotly anticipated. Furie had shrugged off the two Cliff Richard pictures by that time, feeling they had served their purpose as preliminary name-makers.
    [Show full text]