Passage 1:Still of the NightStill of the Night  or In the Still of the Night may refer to:In the Still of the Night (film), a Czech filmStill of the Night (film), 1982psychological thriller film, directed by Robert Benton"Still of the Night" (song), 1987, by Whitesnake"Still of the Night", a song by Quiet Riot from QR III"In theStill of the Night", a 1932 popular song written by Hoagy Carmichael and Jo Trent"In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter song), a popular song by Cole Porter"Inthe Still of the Night" (The Five Satins song), 1956 doo-wop song, covered in 1992 by Boyz II MenIn the Still of the Night (album), a 1989 Johnny Mathisalbum"Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)", a 1985 medley containing the Five Satins songPassage 2:Emile ArdolinoEmile Ardolino (May 9, 1943 –November 20, 1993) was an American television and film director and producer, best known for his work on the films Dirty Dancing (1987) and Sister Act (1992).He won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his film He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (1983).Early life and careerArdolino was born in Maspeth, aneighborhood of Queens, the son of Italian immigrants Ester (nee Pesiri) and Emilio Ardolino.He began his career as an actor in Off-Broadway productions, andthen moved to the production side of the business. In 1967, he founded Compton-Ardolino Films with Gardner Compton. In the 1970s and 1980s, Ardolinoworked for PBS. He profiled dancers and choreographers for their Dance in America and Live from Lincoln Center series.Ardolino won an Academy Award for BestDocumentary Feature for the 1983 film He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'. He found commercial success with the Academy Award-winning 1987 hit DirtyDancing.DeathArdolino died in California on November 20, 1993 of complications from AIDS. His last films, The Nutcracker (based on George Balanchine's NewYork City Ballet adaptation) and the television production of Gypsy starring Bette Midler, were released and shown posthumously. Ardolino is buried beside hisparents at St. John Cemetery in New York.Personal lifeArdolino was openly gay.Awards1969 Obie Award for the Broadway production of Oh! Calcutta!19 EmmyAward nominations, winning three1983 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'.Partial filmographyHe Makes Me FeelLike Dancin' (1983)Dirty Dancing (1987)Chances Are (1989)Three Men and a Little Lady (1990)Sister Act (1992)The Nutcracker (1993)Gypsy (1993, TVmovie)Passage 3:Ultimate Dirty DancingUltimate Dirty Dancing is a soundtrack album containing every song from the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, sequenced in theorder it appears in the film. It was released on December 9, 2003, by RCA Records.Track listingTrack listing"Be My Baby" – The Ronettes"Big Girls Don't Cry" –Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons"Merengue" – Michael Lloyd & Le Disc"Trot the Fox" – Michael Lloyd & Le Disc"Johnny's Mambo" – Michael Lloyd & Le Disc"Timeof My Life" (instrumental version) – The John Morris Orchestra"Where Are You Tonight?" – Tom Johnston"Do You Love Me" – The Contours"Love Man" – OtisRedding"Gazebo Waltz" – Michael Lloyd"Stay" – Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs"Wipe Out" – The Surfaris"Hungry Eyes" – Eric Carmen"Overload" –Zappacosta"Hey! Baby" – Bruce Channel"De Todo Un Poco" – Michael Lloyd & Le Disc"Some Kind of Wonderful" – The Drifters"These Arms of Mine" – OtisRedding"Cry to Me" – Solomon Burke"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" – The Shirelles"Love Is Strange" – Mickey & Sylvia"You Don't Own Me" – The BlowMonkeys"Yes" – Merry Clayton"In the Still of the Night" – The Five Satins"She's Like the Wind" – Patrick Swayze"Kellerman's Anthem" – The Emile BergsteinChorale"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" – Bill Medley & Jennifer WarnesChartsCertificationsPassage 4:Dirty Dancing (disambiguation)Dirty Dancing is a 1987film.Dirty Dancing may also refer to:Dirty Dancing (1988 TV series), an American television series that aired on CBSDirty Dancing (2006 TV series), an Americanreality series that aired on WE tv networkDirty Dancing (2017 film), a musical television remake of the 1987 filmDirty Dancing (album), by Swayzak"DirtyDancing" (song), by New Kids On The BlockDirty Dancing (soundtrack), soundtrack to the 1987 filmDirty Dancing: Havana Nights (also known as Dirty Dancing 2or Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights), a 2004 filmDirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage, a stage musicalDirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life, a UK TVseriesPassage 5:La Bestia humanaLa Bestia humana is a 1957 Argentine film whose story is based on the 1890 novel La Bête Humaine by the French writer ÉmileZola.External linksLa Bestia humana at IMDbPassage 6:Dirty Dancing: Havana NightsDirty Dancing: Havana Nights (also known as Dirty Dancing 2 or DirtyDancing 2: Havana Nights) is a 2004 American dance musical romance film directed by Guy Ferland and starring Diego Luna, Romola Garai, Sela Ward, JohnSlattery, Jonathan Jackson, January Jones, and Mika Boorem. The film is an unrelated prequel/"re-imagining" of the 1987 blockbuster Dirty Dancing, reusing thesame basic plot, but transplanting it from upstate New York to Cuba on the cusp of the Cuban Revolution. Patrick Swayze, star of the original Dirty Dancing,appears as a dance instructor. It was mostly filmed in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.PlotIn 1958, Katey Miller (Romola Garai), her parents (Sela Ward and JohnSlattery), and her younger sister Susie (Mika Boorem) arrive in Cuba during the Cuban revolution. A self-described bookworm, Katey is not very happy abouthaving to move to a different country during her senior year of high school, as she had been planning to attend Radcliffe College, although the rest of her familyseem extremely pleased to be in Cuba.Meeting several other rich American teenagers down by the pool - including James Phelps (Jonathan Jackson), the son ofher father's boss - Katey becomes disgusted when one of the teenagers insults a local waiter when he drops their drinks because Katey accidentally bumped intohim. Katey attempts to talk to the waiter—Javier (Diego Luna), who works at the hotel to support his family—because she feels awful about what had occurred,but he is not interested.Katey watches a film of her mother and father dancing and wishes she could dance as well as they did. She and her father dance a bit.The next day in class, Katey is asked to read aloud from the Odyssey - a passage about love and passion. After class, James invites her to a party at the countryclub the next day and she accepts.While walking home from school, she sees Javier dancing to street music, and he offers to walk her home. They stop to listento a street band and police show up, stopping Javier while Katey runs away.The next day, Katey tries some of the dance moves she saw. Javier sees her and asksher to come see the real dancers Saturday night, but she says she is already going to the country club. Javier gets upset and leaves. Katey wears one of hermaid's dresses to the country club party and impresses James. Katey convinces him to take her to the Cuban nightclub La Rosa Negra (The Black Rose) whereJavier is dancing with the ladies.Javier dances with Katey while James sits at the bar. Soon he is accosted by Javier's brother, Carlos, who tells him that they willeventually kick the Americans out of Cuba. Javier comes over and argues with his brother. James takes Katey back to the car and assaults her after she refuses tokiss him. She slaps him and runs into the club, and Javier agrees to walk her home.The next day, Katey walks by a dance class. The teacher (Patrick Swayze)asks if anyone wants to enter the big dance contest and then dances with Katey for a bit. She grabs a flyer for the competition.While walking to the pool, Jamesapologizes to Katey and then tells her that Susie saw Javier with her and got him fired. Katey argues with Susie and goes to find Javier. He is now working at achop shop with Carlos. She asks him to enter the dance contest with her, but he refuses. Meanwhile, it is becoming apparent that Carlos is helping therevolutionaries.The next day, Javier shows up at Katey's school and agrees to enter the dance contest with her. They start teaching each other dance moves andJavier convinces her to "feel the music." They practice all the time, and Katey dances some more with the dance teacher, until it is the night of the dance. Kateyand Javier dance with the other couples on the floor and are chosen to go on to the next round.Katey's parents disapprove of her relationship with Javier, butKatey reconciles with them. On the night of the contest's final round, while Katey and Javier are on the dance floor, Javier sees his brother and somerevolutionaries disguised as waiters, and the police soon try to arrest them. The contest stops as everyone flees the club, and Javier has to save Carlos from thepolice. Javier and Carlos talk about how they miss their dad, then they hear that Batista has fled the country and join the celebration.Later, Javier comes to thehotel and finds Katey. He takes her to the beach and they have sex. The next day, Katey's parents tell her they are leaving Cuba and she has one last night withJavier. They go to the Cuban club where they first danced, and the floor is theirs as they are dubbed King and Queen. Katey's family is there to see her, andKatey narrates that she doesn't know when she will see Javier again, but this will not be their last time to dance together.CastRomola Garai as Katey MillerDiegoLuna as Javier SuarezSela Ward as Jeannie MillerJohn Slattery as Bert MillerMika Boorem as Susie MillerJonathan Jackson as James PhelpsRene Lavan as CarlosSuarezPatrick Swayze as Dance Class InstructorJanuary Jones as EveMýa Harrison as Lola MartinezAngélica Aragón as Mrs. SuarezKaly Cordova asDancerProductionHavana Nights is based on an original screenplay by playwright and NPR host Peter Sagal, based on the real life experience of producer JoAnnJansen, who lived in Cuba as a 15-year-old in 1958–59. Sagal wrote the screenplay, which he titled Cuba Mine, about a young American woman who witnessedthe Cuban revolution and had a romance with a young Cuban revolutionary. The screenplay was to be a serious political romance story, documenting, amongother stories, how the Cuban revolution transformed from idealism to terror. It was commissioned in 1992 by Lawrence Bender, who was rising to fame with hisproduction of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. The screenplay was bought by a film studio, which requested several rewrites before decidingnot to produce the film. A decade later, Bender decided to make a Dirty Dancing sequel, and the film was very loosely adapted from Sagal's script. Not a singleline from Sagal's original screenplay appears in the final film and Sagal says that the only remnants of the political theme that existed in his script is a scenewherein some people are executed.Natalie Portman was offered the role of Katey Miller but she turned it down. Ricky Martin was also considered for the role ofJavier Suarez. The film was British actress Romola Garai's first Hollywood film and she repeatedly has cited the filming of the movie as being an extremelynegative experience which caused her to re-evaluate working in Hollywood. In a 2004 interview with The Telegraph she explained that the filmmakers "were


Passage 1:O Valencia!"O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album, The CraneWife.The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy. It tells a story of two star-crossed lovers. The singer falls in love with a personwho belongs to an opposing gang. At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother (the singer's"sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.Track listingThe 7" single sold in the UK was mispressed, with "Culling of the Fold" as the B-sidedespite the artwork and record label listing "After the Bombs" as the B-side.Music videosFor the "O Valencia!" music video, The Decemberists filmed themselves infront of a green screen and asked fans to complete it by digitally adding in background images or footage. Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report, having recentlyasked fans to do the same with a video of him with a light saber in front of a green screen, brought up The Decemberists on his segment "Look Who's Riding onMy Coattails Now" and accused the band of stealing the idea. The Decemberists' response was to challenge Stephen Colbert to a guitar solo showdown onDecember 20, 2006, on The Colbert Report.On January 19, 2007, The Decemberists premiered an alternate music video of "O Valencia!", directed by AaronStewart-Ahn, on MTV2. The video follows a character named Patrick, played by Meloy, as he and his love Francesca (Lisa Molinaro), daughter of "the Boss", planan escape to an unknown location. At a cafe, a man in a suit, portrayed by the band member Chris Funk, tells him to hide in the "Valencia" hotel (the Super ValueInn on North Interstate Avenue in Portland, Oregon) while he gets them the necessary documentation to escape. Above the name of the hotel, there is a neonsign that reads "Office". The letters have all burnt out except for the "O", creating the title of the song. The video then introduces other characters - variousassassination teams - who sit in different rooms of the hotel waiting for the chance to catch the two lovers. Most are portrayed by other members of the band(along with Meloy's wife, Carson Ellis). They kill off any potential witnesses to their plan. Patrick manages to take down one member from each team, before theygang up on him. The Boss arrives, along with the man from the cafe, who reveals that he snitched on Patrick and Francesca. They execute Francesca, whileforcing Patrick to watch. After they leave, Patrick finds a note by Francesca, which reveals that she never fell in love with him, and only wanted protection. 2months later, Patrick and the man, who has lost an eye from a previous assassination attempt, have a sit-down at the same cafe. The man reveals that hesnitched on Patrick just to take over the town. Patrick reveals that he poisoned a drink the man was having, but before he could get away, the man stabs Patrickin the neck with a fork before dying, followed by Patrick.The video is somewhat influenced by the distinct style and themes of director Wes Anderson, with boldfonts being used to introduce characters and groups on the bottom of the screen (much like in the film The Royal Tenenbaums). The band had previously (andmore explicitly) drawn influence from Anderson's Rushmore in their video for "Sixteen Military Wives". The layout of the hotel is also similar to the one used inBottle Rocket.Kurt Nishimura was chosen as the winner by mtvU for his video that depicted a love affair between a woman and her television, with the TVcontaining the green-screened Decemberists video footage.Passage 2:Donna SummerDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), knownprofessionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter. She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and became known as the"Queen of Disco", while her music gained a global following.Influenced by the counterculture of the 1960s, Summer became the lead singer of a psychedelic rockband named Crow and moved to New York City. In 1968, she joined a German adaptation of the musical Hair in Munich, where she spent several years living,acting, and singing. There, she met music producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and they went on to record influential disco hits together such as "Love toLove You Baby" and "I Feel Love", marking Summer's breakthrough into international music markets. Summer returned to the United States in 1976, and morehits such as "Last Dance", her version of "MacArthur Park", "Heaven Knows", "Hot Stuff", "Bad Girls", "Dim All the Lights", "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"with Barbra Streisand, and "On the Radio" followed.Summer amassed a total of 32 chart singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 in her lifetime, including 14 top tensingles and four number one singles. She claimed a top-40 hit every year between 1976 and 1984, and from her first top-ten hit in 1976, to the end of 1982, shehad 12 top-ten hits (10 were top-five hits), more than any other act during that time period. She returned to the Hot 100's top five in 1983, and claimed her finaltop-ten hit in 1989 with "This Time I Know It's for Real". She was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach the top of the US Billboard 200chart and charted four number-one singles in the US within a 12-month period. She also charted two number-one singles on the R&B Singles chart in the US anda number-one single in the United Kingdom. Her last Hot 100 hit came in 1999 with "I Will Go with You (Con te partirò)". While her fortunes on the Hot 100waned in subsequent decades, Summer remained a force on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart throughout her entire career.Summer died in 2012 from lungcancer, at her home in Naples, Florida. She sold over 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. She won fiveGrammy Awards. In her obituary in The Times, she was described as the "undisputed queen of the Seventies disco boom" who reached the status of "one of theworld's leading female singers." Moroder described Summer's work on the song "I Feel Love" as "really the start of electronic dance" music. In 2013, Summer wasinducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In December 2016, Billboard ranked her sixth on its list of the "Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists".EarlylifeDonna Adrian Gaines was born on December 31, 1948, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Andrew and Mary Gaines, and was third of seven children. She was raisedin the Boston neighborhood of Mission Hill. Her father was a butcher, and her mother was a schoolteacher.Summer's performance debut occurred at church whenshe was ten years old, replacing a vocalist who failed to appear. She attended Boston's Jeremiah E. Burke High School where she performed in school musicalsand was considered popular. In 1967, just weeks before graduation, Summer left for New York City, where she joined the blues rock band Crow. After a recordlabel passed on signing the group since it was only interested in the band's lead singer, the group agreed to dissolve.Summer stayed in New York and auditionedfor a role in the counterculture musical, Hair. She landed the part of Sheila and agreed to take the role in the Munich production of the show, moving there inAugust 1968 after getting her parents' reluctant approval. She eventually became fluent in German, singing various songs in that language, and participated inthe musicals Ich bin ich (the German version of The Me Nobody Knows), Godspell, and Show Boat. Within three years, she moved to Vienna, Austria, and joinedthe Vienna Volksoper. She briefly toured with an ensemble vocal group called FamilyTree, the creation of producer Günter "Yogi" Lauke.In 1968, Summerreleased (as Donna Gaines) on Polydor her first single, a German version of the title "Aquarius" from the musical Hair, followed in 1971 by a second single, aremake of the Jaynetts' 1963 hit, "Sally Go 'Round the Roses", from a one-off European deal with Decca Records. In 1969, she issued the single "If You Walkin'Alone" on Philips Records.She married Austrian actor Helmuth Sommer in 1973, and gave birth to their daughter Natalia Pia Melanie "Mimi" Sommer, the sameyear. She provided backing vocals for producer-keyboardist Veit Marvos on his Ariola Records release Nice to See You, credited as "Gayn Pierre". Severalsubsequent singles included Donna performing with the group, and the name "Gayn Pierre" was used while performing in Godspell with Helmuth Sommer during1972. Their marriage subsequently ended in divorce, and she married singer-guitarist Bruce Sudano in 1980.Music career1974–1979: Initial successWhileworking as a model part-time and backing singer in Munich, Summer met producer Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte during a recording session for Three DogNight at Musicland Studios. The trio forged a working partnership, and Donna was signed to their Oasis label in 1974. A demo tape of Summer's work withMoroder and Bellotte led to a deal with the European-distributed label Groovy Records. Due to an error on the record cover, Donna Sommer became DonnaSummer; the name stuck. Summer's first album was Lady of the Night. It became a hit in the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and Belgium on the strength of twosongs, "The Hostage" and the title track "Lady of the Night". "The Hostage" reached the top of the charts in France, but was removed from radio playlists inGermany because of the song's subject matter: a high ranking politician that had recently been kidnapped and held for ransom. One of her first TV appearanceswas in the television show, Van Oekel's Discohoek, which started the breakthrough of "The Hostage", and in which she gracefully went along with the scriptedabsurdity and chaos in the show.In 1975, Summer passed on an idea for a song to Moroder who was working with another artist; a song that would be called"Love To Love You Baby". Summer, Moroder and Bellotte wrote the song together, and together they worked on a demo version with Summer singing the song.Moroder decided that Summer's version should be released. Seeking an American release for the song, it was sent to Casablanca Records president Neil Bogart.Bogart played the song at one of his extravagant industry parties, where it was so popular with the crowd, they insisted that it be played over and over, each timeit ended. Bogart requested that Moroder produce a longer version for discothèques. Moroder, Bellotte, and Summer returned with a 17-minute version. Bogarttweaked the title and Casablanca signed Summer, releasing the single in November 1975. The shorter 7" version of the single was promoted by radio stations,while clubs regularly played the 17-minute version (the longer version would also appear on the album).By early 1976, "Love to Love You Baby" had reached No.2 on the US Hot 100 chart and had become a Gold single, while the album had sold over a million copies. The song generated controversy due to Summer'smoans and groans, which emulated lovemaking, and some American stations, like those in Europe with the initial release, refused to play it. Despite this, "Love toLove You Baby" found chart success in several European countries, and made the Top 5 in the United Kingdom despite the BBC ban. Casablanca Records wasted


Passage 1:S. N. MathurS.N. Mathur was the Director of the Indian Intelligence Bureau between September 1975 and February 1980. He was also the DirectorGeneral of Police in Punjab.Passage 2:Sweepstakes (film)Sweepstakes is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell from a screenplaywritten by Lew Lipton and Ralph Murphy. The film stars Eddie Quillan, James Gleason, Marian Nixon,  Lew Cody, and Paul Hurst, which centers around the travailsand romances of jockey Buddy Doyle, known as the "Whoop-te-doo Kid" for his trademark yell during races. Produced by the newly formed RKO Pathé Pictures,this was the first film Charles R. Rogers would produce for the studio, after he replaced William LeBaron as head of production. The film was released on July 10,1931, through RKO Radio Pictures.PlotBud Doyle is a jockey who has discovered the secret to get his favorite mount, Six-Shooter, to boost his performance. If hesimply chants the phrase, "Whoop-te-doo", the horse responds with a burst of speed. There is a special bond between the jockey and his mount, but there isincreasing tension between Doyle and the horse's owner, Pop Blake (who also raised Doyle), over Doyle's relationship with local singer Babe Ellis. Blake sees Ellisas a distraction prior to the upcoming big race, the Camden Stakes.The owner of the club where Babe sings, Wally Weber, has his eyes on his horse winning theCamden Stakes. When the issues between Pop and Doyle come to a head, Pop tells Doyle that he has to choose: either he stops seeing Babe, or he'll be replacedas Six-Shooter's jockey in the big race. Angry and frustrated, Doyle quits. Weber approaches him to become the jockey for Rose Dawn, Weber's horse, and Doyleagrees, with the precondition that he not ride Royal Dawn in the Camden Stakes, for he wants Six-Shooter to still win the race.  Weber accedes to that oneprecondition, however, on the day of the race, he makes it clear that Doyle is under contract, and that he will ride Rose Dawn in the race.Upset, Doyle has nochoice but to ride Rose Dawn.  However, during the race, he manages to chant his signature "Whoop-te-doo" to Six-Shooter, causing his old mount to win therace. Furious that his horse lost, Weber goes to the judges, who rule that Doyle threw the race, pulling back on Rose Dawn, to allow Six-Shooter to win, andsuspend Doyle from horse-racing.Devastated, Doyle wanders from town to town, riding in small local races, until his identity is uncovered, and he is forced tomove on.  Soon, he is out of racing all together, and forced to taking one odd-job after another.  Eventually, he ends up south of the border, in Tijuana, Mexico,working as a waiter. Doyle's friend, Sleepy Jones, hears of Doyle's plight. Jones gets the racing commission to lift the ban, by proving Doyle's innocence.  Hethen, accompanied by Babe, gets a group to buy Six-Shooter from Pop, and they take the horse down to Tijuana, where there is another big race in the nearfuture, the Tijuana Handicap.Doyle is reluctant to ride at first, however, he is eventually cajoled into it by Sleepy and Babe, and of course, his bond withSix-Shooter is there.  He rides the horse to victory, re-establishing his credentials as a rider. The film ends by jumping a few years into the future, which showsDoyle and Babe happily married, with a child of their own.Cast(Cast list as per AFI database)Eddie Quillan as Bud DoyleLew Cody as Wally WeberJames Gleasonas Sleepy JonesMarian Nixon as Babe EllisKing Baggot as MikePaul Hurst as Cantina BartenderClarence Wilson as Mr. EmoryFrederick Burton as Pop BlakeBillySullivan as Speed MartinLillian Leighton as Ma ClancyMike Donlin as The DudeProductionCritical responseMordaunt Hall of The New York Times gave a verynon-committal review of this film, with neither much praise or criticism. While he gave no indication of what he thought about the quality of the film, he enjoyedthe performances of James Gleason and Lew Cody, and he called Quillan's performance as Doyle "original".See alsoList of films about horse racingPassage3:Albert S. RogellAlbert S. Rogell (August 21, 1901 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - April 7, 1988 Los Angeles, California) was an American film director.Rogelldirected more than a hundred movies between 1921 and 1958. He was the uncle of producer Sid Rogell.FilmographyPassage 4:Ian Barry (director)Ian Barry is anAustralian director of film and TV.Select creditsWaiting for Lucas (1973) (short)Stone (1974) (editor only)The Chain Reaction (1980)Whose Baby? (1986)(mini-series)Minnamurra (1989)Bodysurfer (1989) (mini-series)Ring of Scorpio (1990) (mini-series)Crimebroker (1993)Inferno (1998) (TV movie)Miss Lettie andMe (2002) (TV movie)Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008) (documentary)The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013)Passage 5:PeterLevinPeter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.CareerSince 1967, Levin has amassed a large number of credits directing episodictelevision and television films. Some of his television series credits include Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, James at 15, The Paper Chase, Family, Starsky &Hutch, Lou Grant, Fame, Cagney & Lacey, Law & Order and Judging Amy.Some of his television film credits include Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (1980),A Reason to Live (1985), Popeye Doyle (1986), A Killer Among Us (1990), Queen Sized (2008) and among other films. He directed "Heart in Hiding", written byhis wife Audrey Davis Levin, for which she received an Emmy for Best Day Time Special in the 1970s.Prior to becoming a director, Levin worked as an actor inseveral Broadway productions. He costarred with Susan Strasberg in "[The Diary of Ann Frank]" but had to leave the production when he was drafted into theArmy. He trained at the Carnegie Mellon University. Eventually becoming a theatre director, he directed productions at the Long Wharf Theatre and the PacificResident Theatre Company. He also co-founded the off-off-Broadway Theatre [the Hardware Poets Playhouse] with his wife Audrey Davis Levin and was also anassociate artist of The Interact Theatre Company.Passage 6:Jason Moore (director)Jason Moore (born October 22, 1970) is an American director of film, theatreand television.Life and careerJason Moore was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and studied at Northwestern University. Moore's Broadway career began as aresident director of Les Misérables at the Imperial Theatre in during its original run. He is the son of Fayetteville District Judge Rudy Moore.In March 2003, Mooredirected the musical Avenue Q, which opened Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre and then moved to Broadway at the John Golden Theatre in July 2003.  Hewas nominated for a 2004 Tony Award for his direction. Moore also directed productions of the musical in Las Vegas and London and the show's national tour.Moore directed the 2005 Broadway revival of Steel Magnolias and Shrek the Musical, starring Brian d'Arcy James and Sutton Foster which opened on Broadway in2008. He directed the concert of Jerry Springer — The Opera at Carnegie Hall in January 2008.Moore, Jeff Whitty, Jake Shears, and John "JJ" Garden workedtogether on a new musical based on Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City. The musical premiered at the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, Californiain May 2011 and ran through July 2011.For television, Moore has directed episodes of Dawson's Creek, One Tree Hill, Everwood, and Brothers & Sisters. As awriter, Moore adapted the play The Floatplane Notebooks with Paul Fitzgerald from the novel by Clyde Edgerton. A staged reading of the play was presented atthe New Play Festival at the Charlotte, North Carolina Repertory Theatre in 1996, with a fully staged production in 1998.In 2012, Moore made his film directorialdebut with Pitch Perfect, starring Anna Kendrick and Brittany Snow. He also served as an executive producer on the sequel. He directed the film Sisters, starringTina Fey and Amy Poehler, which was released on December 18, 2015. Moore's next project will be directing a live action Archie movie.FilmographyFilmsPitchPerfect (2012)Sisters (2015)Shotgun Wedding (2022)TelevisionSoundtrack writerPitch Perfect 2 (2015) (Also executive producer)The Voice (2015) (1episode)Passage 7:Brian Kennedy (gallery director)Brian Patrick Kennedy (born 5 November 1961) is an Irish-born art museum director who has worked inIreland and Australia, and now lives and works in the United States.  He was the director of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem for 17 months, resigningDecember 31, 2020. He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019. He was the director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to2010, and the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra) from 1997 to 2004.CareerBrian Kennedy currently lives and works in the United States after leavingAustralia in 2005 to direct the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College. In October 2010 he became the ninth Director of the Toledo Museum of Art. On 1 July2019, he succeeded Dan Monroe as the executive director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum.Early life and career in IrelandKennedy was born in Dublin andattended Clonkeen College. He received B.A. (1982), M.A. (1985) and PhD (1989) degrees from University College-Dublin, where he studied both art history andhistory.He worked in the Irish Department of Education (1982), the European Commission, Brussels (1983), and in Ireland at the Chester Beatty Library(1983–85), Government Publications Office (1985–86), and Department of Finance (1986–89). He married Mary Fiona Carlin in 1988.He was Assistant Director atthe National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin from 1989 to 1997. He was Chair of the Irish Association of Art Historians from 1996 to 1997, and of the Council ofAustralian Art Museum Directors from 2001 to 2003. In September 1997 he became Director of the National Gallery of Australia.National Gallery of Australia(NGA)Kennedy expanded the traveling exhibitions and loans program throughout Australia, arranged for several major shows of Australian art abroad, increasedthe number of exhibitions at the museum itself and oversaw the development of an extensive multi-media site.  Although he oversaw several years of themuseum's highest ever annual visitation, he discontinued the emphasis of his predecessor, Betty Churcher, on showing "blockbuster" exhibitions.During hisdirectorship, the NGA gained government support for improving the building and significant private donations and corporate sponsorship. However, the initialdesign for the building proved controversial generating a public dispute with the original architect on moral rights grounds.  As a result, the project was notdelivered during Dr Kennedy's tenure, with a significantly altered design completed some years later.  Private funding supported two acquisitions of British art,including David Hockney's A Bigger Grand Canyon in 1999, and Lucian Freud's After Cézanne in 2001. Kennedy built on the established collections at the museumby acquiring the Holmgren-Spertus collection of Indonesian textiles; the Kenneth Tyler collection of editioned prints, screens, multiples and unique proofs; andthe Australian Print Workshop Archive. He was also notable for campaigning for the construction of a new "front" entrance to the Gallery, facing King Edward


Passage 1:Royal Tramp IIRoyal Tramp II is a 1992 Hong Kong film based on Louis Cha's novel The Deer and the Cauldron. The film is a sequel to Royal Tramp, which was released earlier in the same year.PlotHaving been revealed as the false Empress Dowager, Lung-er returns to the Dragon Sect camp. There, the sect leader reminds her of their mission to support Ng Sam-kwai's, a military general, campaign for the throne before abdicating her title to Lung-er.Siu-bo lounges at the brothel where he once worked but is then attacked by disciples of the One Arm Nun, an anti-Qing revolutionary figure, before being quickly subdued. When Siu-bo tries to take advantage of them, Ng Ying-hung, Ng Sam-kwai's son, exposes his lies. Scorned and unaware of the stranger's title, Siu-bo sends his men after Ying-Hung, but Lung-er, now disguised as Ying-hung's male bodyguard, easily fends them off.At the palace, The Emperor, wary of Ng Sam-kwai's intentions, marries off the Princess to Ying-hung and assigns Siu-bo to be the Imperial Inspector General of the wedding march, so that he can keep his eyes on the general's activities. This complicates Siu-bo's relationship with Princess when she tells Siu-bo she's pregnant with his child.The One Arm Nun and her disciple, Ah Ko, later ambushes the procession. Fighting to a standstill with Lung-er, the assailants escape with Ying-hung and Siu-bo. However, Siu-bo garners some respect from her when he reveals his dual identity as a Heaven and Earth Society commander. Lung-er finally catches up to them with reinforcements at an inn but only manages to rescue Siu-bo. Having been saved by Ying-hung before, Ah Ko elopes with him amid the confusion.At the Dragon Sect camp, Ying-hung and Fung Sek-fan secretly poisons Lung-er and turn the followers against her. She escapes with Siu-bo but must have sex with a man before dawn, otherwise she will die. However, this will transfer 4/5th of her martial arts' power to whomever she sleeps with. Despite Siu-bo's lecherous personality, Lung-er accepts his blunt honesty as a sign of virtue and chooses to sacrifice her virginity to Siu-bo and becomes his third wife.When Siu-bo gets back to the Princess, they execute a plan to castrate Ying-hung. With her betrothed no longer able to produce heirs, the Princess is taken by Siu-bo as his fourth wife. Enraged by the end of his family line, Ng Ying-hung prematurely gathers his troops and sets out to wage war with the Emperor. He tasks Fung Sek-fan with killing the Princess and Siu-bo. Though Chan Kan-nam manages to intervene and lets his disciple escape.Later, the One Arm Nun captures the elopers, Ying-hung and Ah Ko, and offers them to Siu-bo. Siu-bo pardons them and even takes Ah Ko as his fifth wife. Afterward, Fung Sek-fan is promoted when he surrenders Ng Sam-kwai's battle plans and Chan Kan-nam to the Emperor. Given Siu-bo's muddied history with the Heaven and Earth Society, the Emperor tasks him with Chan's execution. Siu-bo's newfound power is difficult for him to control, and Chan helps him master it in time for him to use it against Fung. Siu-bo also uncovers the secret of the 42 Chapters books after burning them in frustration, revealing hidden stones that are left unburned, revealing map coordinates to the location of the treasure all major parties have been attempting to locate.In order to save his master, Siu-bo defeats Fung with his newly acquired martial arts power after both falling into a hidden cave wherein the treasure is found, and swaps Feng's body with Chan's before the execution to save his master. And just as he was about to escape with his wives and Chan, the Emperor arrives with his troops, having been sold out by Siu-bo's opportunistic friend To-lung who is now involved romantically with Siu-bo's sister. But seeing that they are friends, his sister is in love with Siu-bo, and with Siu-bo bluffing that he's strong enough to demolish the Emperor and his entire army if he wanted, the Emperor lets them go, declaring that Siu-bo has died and no longer exists as far as he's concerned. Siu-bo laughs afterward that the Emperor fell for his bluff.CastStephen Chow as Wai Siu-boBrigitte Lin as Lung-erChingmy Yau as Princess Kin-ningMichelle Reis as Ah Ko/Li Ming-koNatalis Chan as To-lungDamian Lau as Chan Kan-namDeric Wan as Hong-hei EmperorKent Tong as Ng Ying-hung, Sam-kwai's sonPaul Chun as Ng Sam-kwaiSandra Ng as Wai Chun-faFennie Yuen as Seung-yee twinVivian Chan as Seung-yee twinYen Shi-kwan as Fung Sek-fanHelen Ma as Kau-nan/one-armed Divine nunSharla Cheung as Mo Tung-chu / Empress DowagerLaw Lan as founder of Divine Dragon SectTam Suk-moi as Ah NongHoh Choi-chow as Palace guard Wen Shan LunYeung Jing-jingWan Seung-lamLee FaiCheng Ka-sangHo Wing-cheungKwan YungTo Wai-woPassage 2:Coney Island Baby (film)Coney Island Baby is a 2003 comedy-drama in which film producer Amy Hobby made her directorial debut. Karl Geary wrote the film and Tanya Ryno was the film's producer. The music was composed by Ryan Shore. The film was shot in Sligo, Ireland, which is known locally as "Coney Island".The film was screened at the Newport International Film Festival. Hobby won the Jury Award for "Best First Time Director".The film made its premiere television broadcast on the Sundance Channel.PlotAfter spending time in New York City, Billy Hayes returns to his hometown. He wants to get back together with his ex-girlfriend and take her back to America in hopes of opening up a gas station. But everything isn't going Billy's way - the townspeople aren't happy to see him, and his ex-girlfriend is engaged and pregnant. Then, Billy runs into his old friends who are planning a scam.CastKarl Geary - Billy HayesLaura Fraser - BridgetHugh O'Conor - SatchmoAndy Nyman - FrankoPatrick Fitzgerald - The DukeTom Hickey - Mr. HayesConor McDermottroe - GerryDavid McEvoy - JoeThor McVeigh - MagicianSinead Dolan - JuliaMusicThe film's original score was composed by Ryan Shore.External linksConey Island Baby (2006) at IMDbMSN - Movies: Coney Island BabyPassage 3:The Wonderful World of Captain KuhioThe Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio (, Kuhio Taisa, lit. "Captain Kuhio") is a 2009 Japanese comedy-crime film, directed by Daihachi Yoshida, based on Kazumasa Yoshida's 2006 biographical novel, Kekkon Sagishi Kuhio Taisa (lit. "Marriage swindler Captain Kuhio"), that focuses on a real-life marriage swindler, who conned over 100 million yen (US$1.2 million) from a number of women between the 1970s and the 1990s.The film was released in Japan on 10 October 2009.CastMasato Sakai - Captain KuhioYasuko Matsuyuki - Shinobu NaganoHikari Mitsushima - Haru YasuokaYuko Nakamura - Michiko SudoHirofumi Arai - Tatsuya NaganoKazuya Kojima - Koichi TakahashiSakura Ando - Rika KinoshitaMasaaki Uchino - Chief FujiwaraKanji Furutachi - Shigeru KurodaReila AphroditeSei AndoAwardsAt the 31st Yokohama Film FestivalBest Actor – Masato SakaiBest Supporting Actress – Sakura AndoPassage 4:Lloyd (film)Lloyd is a 2001 American comedy film. The film was released on May 4, 2001.PlotLloyd is the "class clown." He often gets in trouble with teachers, one of whom is very strict. When he tries to rebel, he is put into a class for "less enthusiastic students." Once there, he joins the other students in the group: Troy, Carla, and Storm. He soon falls in love with the class's newest member, Tracy (Kristin Parker). However, she is taken by storm. When Lloyd talks to his mother, she tells him that he can still win her back by being himself.The role of Lloyd is played by Todd Bosley. Tom Arnold, a friend of the producers, played a small role.CastTodd Bosley - LloydBrendon Ryan Barrett - TroyMary Mara - JoannChloe Peterson - CarlaSammy Elliott - NathanPatrick Higgins - StormKristin Parker - TracyTom Arnold - TomTaylor Negron - Mr. WeidProductionThe film was shot in Sunnyvale, California, in 1997.External linksLloyd at IMDbPassage 5:La Princesse de Clèves (film)La Princesse de Clèves (Italian: La principessa di Cleves) is a 1961 French-Italian drama film based on the 1678 novel of the same name.CastMarina Vlady – La princesse de ClèvesJean Marais – Le prince de ClèvesJean-François Poron – Jacques, Duke of NemoursHenri Piégay – Le vidame de ChartresAnnie Ducaux – Diane de PoitiersLea Padovani – Catherine de' MediciPassage 6:Nous, princesses de ClèvesNous, princesses de Clèves is a French documentary film directed by Régis Sauder, filmed at the Lycée Diderot and released on 3 March 2011.SynopsisThe movie follows the thoughts and emotions of various teenagers as they prepare to take their Baccalauréat by reading the classic 1678 French novel, La Princesse de Clèves. The film highlights the differences and connections between the lives of the students, many of which are from immigrant and working-class families, and the passions and plots of the 17th century French court.Festivals and awardsThe film was screened at different film festivals throughout the world, including: 2011 Doc à Tunis - Tunis; 2011 Docudays - Beirut International Documentary Festival - Beyrouth (Liban); 2011 RIDM - Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal - Montréal (Canada); 2011 SFFF - San Francisco International Film Festival - San Francisco (États-Unis); 2011 Visions du Réel - Nyon (Suisse), ... and received the 2011 Étoile de la Scam.Selected castSarah Yagoubi as herselfAbou Achoumi as himselfLaura Badrane as herselfMorgane Badrane as herselfManel Boulaabi as herselfVirginie Da Vega as herselfThérèse Demarque as herselfPassage 7:Invasion of the Neptune MenInvasion of the Neptune Men (, Uchū Kaisokusen) is a 1961 superhero film produced by Toei Company Ltd. The film stars Sonny Chiba as Iron Sharp (called Space Chief in the U.S. version).The film was released in 1961 in Japan and was later released in 1964 direct to television in the United States. In 1998, the film was featured on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.PlotAstronomer Shinichi Tachibana has a secret identity as superhero "Iron Sharp" and has many children as friends. When they are attacked by a group of metallic aliens ("Neptune Men" in English), Iron Sharp drives the aliens away. The resourceful Tachibana helps develop an electric barrier to block the aliens from coming to the Earth.  After several losses by the aliens, they announce that they will invade the Earth, throwing the world into a state of panic. The aliens destroy entire cities with their mothership and smaller fighters. After Iron Sharp destroys multiple enemy ships, Japan fires nuclear missiles at the mothership, destroying it.CastSonny Chiba as scientist Shinichi Tachibana / Iron SharpKappei Matsumoto as Dr. TanigawaRyuko Minakami as Yōko (Tanigawa's daughter)Shinjirō Ehara as scientist YanagidaMitsue Komiya as scientist SaitōStyleInvasion of the Neptune Men is part of Japan's tokusatsu genre, which involves science fiction and/or superhero films that feature heavy use of special effects.ProductionInvasion of the Neptune Men was an early film for Sonny Chiba. Chiba started working in Japanese television where he starred in superhero television series in 1960. Chiba continued working back and forth between television and film until the late 1960s when he became a more popular star.ReleaseUchū Kaisokusen was released in Japan on 19 July 1961. The film was not released theatrically in the United States, but it was released directly to American television by Walter Manley on March 20, 1964, dubbed in English


Passage 1:Peter BurroughsPeter Burroughs (born 27 January 1947) is a British television and film actor and the director of Willow Management. He is the father-in-law of actor and TV presenter Warwick Davis.Early careerBurroughs initially ran a shop in his village at Yaxley, Cambridgeshire.His first dramatic role was that of the character "Branic" in the 1979 television series The Legend of King Arthur. He also acted in the television shows Dick Turpin, The Goodies, Doctor Who in the serial The King's Demons and One Foot in the Grave.Film careerBurroughs played roles in Hollywood movies such as Flash Gordon, George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (a swinging ewok), Willow, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In 1995, Burroughs set up Willow Management, an agency for short actors, along with co-actor Warwick Davis. He portrayed a bank goblin in the Harry Potter series (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2).Personal lifeHis daughter Samantha (born 1971), is married to Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi and Willow film star Warwick Davis. He has another daughter, Hayley Burroughs, who is also an actress. His granddaughter is Annabelle Davis.FilmographyPassage 2:Ogawa MatajiViscount Ogawa Mataji (, 22 August 1848 – 20 October 1909) was a general in the early Imperial Japanese Army. He was also the father-in-law of Field Marshal Gen Sugiyama.Life and military careerOgawa was born to a samurai family; his father was a retainer to the daimyō of Kokura Domain, in what is now Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. He studied rangaku under Egawa Hidetatsu and fought as a Kokura samurai against the forces of Chōshū Domain during the Bakumatsu period.After the Meiji Restoration, Ogawa attended the Imperial Japanese Army Academy and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in January 1871 and promoted to lieutenant in February 1874. He participated in the Taiwan Expedition of April 1874. Afterwards, he served with the IJA 1st Infantry Regiment under the Tokyo Garrison, and as a battalion commander with the IJA 13th Infantry Regiment from April 1876. From February 1877, he fought in the Satsuma Rebellion, but was wounded in combat in April and promoted to major the same month.In March 1878, Ogawa was Deputy Chief-of-Staff to the Kumamoto Garrison. He was sent as a military attaché to Beijing from April to July 1880. In February 1881, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and chief of staff of the Osaka Garrison. In March 1882, he was chief of staff of the Hiroshima Garrison. Promoted to colonel in October 1884, he was assigned the IJA 8th Infantry Regiment. In May 1885, he joined the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office. German General Jakob Meckel, hired by the Japanese government as a foreign advisor and instructor in the Imperial Japanese Army Academy highly praised Ogawa and fellow colonel Kodama Gentarō as the two most outstanding officers in the Imperial Japanese Army. Ogawa was especially noted for his abilities as a military strategist and planner, and earned the sobriquet “the modern Kenshin") from General Kawakami Soroku.First Sino-Japanese WarOgawa was promoted to major general in June 1890, and given command of the IJA 4th Infantry Brigade, followed by command of the 1st Guards Brigade. At the start of the First Sino-Japanese War in August 1894, he was chief of staff of the Japanese First Army. In August 1895, he was elevated to the kazoku peerage with the title of danshaku (baron). He commanded the 2nd Guards Brigade from January 1896 and was subsequently promoted to lieutenant general in April 1897, assuming command of the IJA 4th Infantry Division. In May 1903, he was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasures, first class.Russo-Japanese WarDuring the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, Ogawa retained command of the IJA 4th Division under the Japanese Second Army of General Oku Yasukata.  The division was in combat at the Battle of Nanshan, Battle of Telissu and Battle of Liaoyang. At the Battle of Liaoyang, Ogawa was injured in combat, and forced to relinquish his command and return to Tokyo. In January 1905, he was promoted to general, but took a medical leave from December 1905. He was awarded the Order of the Golden Kite, 2nd class in 1906.  In September 1907 he was elevated to viscount (shishaku) He officially retired in November.Ogawa died on 20 October 1909 due to peritonitis after being hospitalized for dysentery. His grave is located at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo, and he also has a grave in his hometown of Kokura.Decorations1885 –  Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class  1895 –  Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class 1895 –  Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class 1895 –  Order of the Golden Kite, 3rd class 1903 –  Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure 1906 –   Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun1906 –  Order of the Golden Kite, 2nd classPassage 3:Prince Rupert of the RhinePrince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland,  (17 December 1619 (O.S.) [27 December 1619 (N.S.)] – 29 November 1682 (O.S.) [9 December 1682 (N.S)]) was an English army officer, admiral, scientist, and colonial governor. He first came to prominence as a Royalist cavalry commander during the English Civil War. Rupert was the third son of the German Prince Frederick V of the Palatinate and Elizabeth, eldest daughter of King James VI and I of Scotland and England.Prince Rupert had a varied career. He was a soldier as a child, fighting alongside Dutch forces against Habsburg Spain during the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648), and against the Holy Roman Emperor in Germany during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). Aged 23, he was appointed commander of the Royalist cavalry during the English Civil War, becoming the archetypal "Cavalier" of the war and ultimately the senior Royalist general. He surrendered after the fall of Bristol and was banished from England. He served under King Louis XIV of France against Spain, and then as a Royalist privateer in the Caribbean Sea. Following the Restoration, Rupert returned to England, becoming a senior English naval commander during the Second Anglo-Dutch War and Third Anglo-Dutch War, and serving as the first governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. He died in England in 1682, aged 62.Rupert is considered to have been a quick-thinking and energetic cavalry general, but ultimately undermined by his youthful impatience in dealing with his peers during the Civil War. In the Interregnum, Rupert continued the conflict against Parliament by sea from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean, showing considerable persistence in the face of adversity. As the head of the Royal Navy in his later years, he showed greater maturity and made impressive and long-lasting contributions to the Royal Navy's doctrine and development. As a colonial governor, Rupert shaped the political geography of modern Canada: Rupert's Land was named in his honour, and he was a founder of the Hudson's Bay Company.  Rupert's varied and numerous scientific and administrative interests, combined with his considerable artistic skills, made him one of the more colourful public figures in England of the Restoration period.Parents and ancestryRupert's father was Frederick V of the Palatinate, of the Palatinate-Simmern branch of the House of Wittelsbach. As Elector Palatine, Frederick was one of the most important princes of the Holy Roman Empire. He was also head of the Protestant Union, a coalition of Protestant German states. The Palatinate was a wealthy state, and Frederick lived in great luxury.Frederick's mother, Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau, was daughter of William the Silent and half-sister of Maurice, Prince of Orange, who as stadtholders of Holland and other provinces were the leaders of the Dutch Republic.Rupert's mother was Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of King James VI of Scotland and I of England. Thus Rupert was nephew of King Charles I of England and Scotland, and first cousin of King Charles II of England and Scotland, who made him Duke of Cumberland and Earl of Holderness. His sister Electress Sophia was the mother of George I of Great Britain.Rupert was named in honour of Rupert, King of Germany, a famous Wittelsbach ancestor.Early life and exileRupert was born in Prague, Bohemia, in 1619, and was declared a prince by the principality of Lusatia. His father had just been elected king by the largely Protestant estates of Bohemia. This was perceived as an act of rebellion by the Catholic House of Habsburg, who had been kings of Bohemia since 1526, and initiated the Thirty Years' War. Frederick was not supported by the Protestant Union, and in 1620 was defeated by Emperor Ferdinand II in the Battle of White Mountain. Rupert's parents were thus mockingly termed the "Winter King and Queen". Rupert was almost left behind in the court's rush to escape Ferdinand's advance on Prague, until courtier Kryštof z Donína (Christopher Dhona) tossed the prince into a carriage at the last moment.Rupert accompanied his parents to The Hague, where he spent his early years at the Hof te Wassenaer (the Wassenaer Court). Rupert's mother paid her children little attention even by the standards of the day, apparently preferring her pet monkeys and dogs. Instead, Frederick employed a French couple, Monsieur and Madame de Plessen, as governors to his children. They were raised with a positive attitude towards the Bohemians and the English, and as strict Calvinists. The result was a strict school routine including logic, mathematics, writing, drawing, singing, and playing instruments.As a child, Rupert was at times badly behaved, "fiery, mischievous, and passionate" and earned himself the nickname Robert le Diable, or " Rupert The Devil". Nonetheless, Rupert proved to be an able student. By the age of three he could speak some English, Czech, and French, and mastered German while still young, but had little interest in Latin and Greek. He excelled in art, being taught by Gerard van Honthorst, and found mathematics and science easy. By the time he was 18 he stood about 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) tall.Rupert's family continued their attempts to regain the Palatinate during their time in The Hague. Money was short, with the family relying upon a relatively small pension from The Hague, the proceeds from family investments in Dutch raids on Spanish shipping, and revenue from pawned family jewellery. Frederick set about convincing an alliance of nations—including England, France and Sweden — to support his attempts to regain the Palatinate and Bohemia. By the early 1630s Frederick had built a close relationship with King Gustavus of Sweden, the dominant Protestant leader in Germany. In 1632, however, the two men disagreed over Gustavus' insistence that Frederick provide equal rights to his Lutheran and Calvinist subjects after regaining his lands; Frederick refused and set off to return to The Hague. He died of a fever along the way and was buried in an unmarked grave.Rupert had lost his father at the age of 13, and Gustavus' death at the Battle of Lützen in the same month deprived the family of a critical Protestant ally. With Frederick gone, King Charles proposed that the family move to England; Rupert's mother declined, but asked that Charles extend his protection to her remaining children instead.Teenage yearsRupert spent the beginning of his teenage years in England between the courts of The Hague and his uncle King Charles I, before being


Passage 1:One Does Not Play with LoveOne Does Not Play with Love (German: Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe) is a 1926 silent German drama film directed by G.W. Pabst. The film is an adaptation of the 1834 play by Alfred de Musset, On ne badine pas avec l'amour. The film is considered to be a lost film.CastWernerKrauss as Fürst Colalto (Prince Colalto)Lili Damita as CalixtaErna Morena as Florence, ehemalige Opernsängerin (alumna opera singer)Egon von Jordan as EugenLewisArtur Retzbach as Nepallek, Hofmobiliardirektor (Director of the furniture of the court) (as Artur Retzbach-Erasiny)Oreste Bilancia as Der Freund (thefriend)Gustav CzimegTala Birell as Bit Role (as Thala Birell)Karl EtlingerMaria PaudlerMathilde SussinSee alsoList of lost filmsPassage 2:Gustav CzimegGustavCzimeg (December 20, 1877 – August 21, 1939) was a German actor of the silent period. He appeared in films such as Madame DuBarry (1919),  in which heplayed Duke Aiguillon, Die Rache des Titanen (1919), Glasprinzessin (1921), and One Does Not Play with Love (1926).Passage 3:The Flesh Is WeakThe Flesh IsWeak is a 1957 British film directed by Don Chaffey. It stars John Derek and Milly Vitale. Distributors Corporation of America released the film in the USA as adouble feature with Blonde in Bondage.PlotTony Giani is a Soho pimp who preys on young provincial women who come to London seeking work. Marissa Cooper,one such girl, has just arrived in London. Giani spots her and offers her a job in the Golden Bucket, a nightclub. In her innocence, she does not realize the club isa front for prostitution. When she tries to escape from the pimp's control, she is set up by Giani and his brother Angelo and arrested by the police. Investigativejournalist Lloyd Buxton persuades her to give evidence against the brothers leading to their imprisonment and her freedom.CastJohn Derek as Tony GianiMillyVitale as Marissa CooperWilliam Franklyn as Lloyd BuxtonMartin Benson as Angelo GianiFreda Jackson as TrixieNorman Wooland as Inspector KingcombeHaroldLang as HenryPatricia Jessel as MillieJohn Paul as Sergeant FranksDenis Shaw as SaradineJoe Robinson as LoftyRoger Snowden as BennyPatricia Plunkett as DorisNewmanShirley Anne Field as SusanSource: BFIProductionThe film was based on the Messina vice gang who operated in the West End of London. Its original titlewas Women of Night then Not for Love before being changed to The Flesh is Weak.ReceptionThe film was a box office success - according to Variety it was thefourth highest grossing film in England. The movie is not listed in Kinematograph Weekly as one of the most popular British films of 1957 but that magazine didsay the movie was "enjoying a triumphant West End run".The reception to the film enabled the producer and director to raise finance for another movie, AQuestion of Adultery.Passage 4:Blonde in BondageBlonde in Bondage (Swedish: Blondin i fara) is a 1957 Swedish drama crime film directed by Robert Brandt,who also wrote lyrics to the film's two songs.  Distributors Corporation of America released the film in the US as a double feature with The Flesh Is Weak. It wasshot at the Metronome Studios in Stockholm.PlotNew York City reporter Larry Brand is sent to Stockholm to do a story on Swedish morals.  A traffic accidentleads him into rescuing a strip tease artiste from drug addiction and pits him against a ruthless criminal gang.CastMark Miller as Larry BrandAnita Thallaug asMona MaceLars Ekborg as MaxRuth Johansson as LailaBirgitta Ander as BirgittaEva Laräng as IngridAnita Strindberg as Telephone operator (credited as AnitaEdberg)Erik Strandmark as OlleStig Järrel as KreugerBörje Mellvig as Chief InspectorDangy Helander as a ProstituteNorma Sjöholm as a second ProstituteSangridNerf as a taxi driverAlexander von Baumgarten as Kuger's valetJohn Starck ...  Chief of guardsSoundtrackThe Blues Music by Ulf CarlénLyrics by RobertBrandtShock Around the ClockMusic by Ulf Carlén Lyrics by Robert BrandtExternal linksBlonde in Bondage at IMDbPassage 5:But the Flesh Is WeakBut the FleshIs Weak is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Jack Conway and written by Ivor Novello based on his 1928 play The Truth Game. The film starsRobert Montgomery, Nora Gregor, Heather Thatcher, Edward Everett Horton, C. Aubrey Smith and Nils Asther. The film was released on April 9, 1932, byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer.  But the Flesh Is Weak was remade in 1941 as Free and Easy.PlotMax Clement and his father Florian, short of money, take advantage ofwealthy British women by romancing them. Max's problem is that he is far more attracted to more attractive women, ones without the means to supporthim.While seeing a pleasant but plain Lady Joan Culver socially, Max is introduced to Austrian widow Rosine Brown, quickly falling in love with her. Max ispersistent in his romantic advances, but Rosine reveals that she is penniless and, much like Max, counting on a richer but less exciting man, Sir George Kelvin, tomarry and take care of her.Florian's gambling losses in the casino leave him heavily in debt. The only way Max knows how to aid his father is by marrying LadyJoan, who can afford to solve his financial difficulties. Max's guilty conscience and true love lead him back to Rosine, and the sudden engagement of Florian to awealthy woman helps bring everyone together.CastRobert Montgomery as Max ClementNora Gregor as Mrs. Rosine BrownHeather Thatcher as Lady JoanCulverEdward Everett Horton as Sir George KelvinC. Aubrey Smith as Florian ClementNils Asther as Prince PaulFrederick Kerr as Duke of HampshireEva Moore asLady Florence RidgwayForrester Harvey as GoochDesmond Roberts as FindleyPassage 6:The FleshThe Flesh (Italian: La carne) is a 1991 Italian drama filmdirected by Marco Ferreri. It was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.PlotPaolo is a municipal employee, who in his spare time works at the piano bar of aclub, is divorced and has two children who live with his ex-wife. Paolo often recalls his mother and his First Communion, with which he seems to live a totalizingexperience in the divine.In his friend Nicola's nightclub, Paolo meets the young Francesca, back from a relationship with an Indian guru, who has just had anabortion and is alone. Intimacy develops between the two: according to Paolo, this is the victory of the ultra sex and of the fusion that completes and exaltseverything, a fusion that Francesca assures him thanks to a special oriental technique, which allows the partner a state of permanent efficiency.They shutthemselves up in his beach house south of Rome where, after filling the fridge, they spend their time eating and making love, interrupted only by a quickincursion of Paolo's two sons visiting him and a small group of friends. But Francesca at a given moment thinks of leaving for other shores, while Paolounderstands that in order to "communicate" there is really only one alternative: either to love each other totally, or to tear apart that voluptuous female body, putit in the fridge and eat it by the sea in front of the sun. Thus, after having made animalistic love in the kennel of the beloved dog Giovanni, Paolo's insane anxietyis satisfied: he kills Francesca, cuts her up and keeps her in the refrigerator, eating her piece by piece.CastSergio Castellitto - PaoloFrancesca Dellera -FrancescaPhilippe LéotardFarid ChopelPetra ReinhardtGudrun GundelachNicoletta BorisClelia PiscitelliElena WiedermannSonia TopazioFulvio FalzaranoPinoToscaEleonora CecereMatteo RipaldiDaniele FralassiSalvatore EspositoPassage 7:Don ChaffeyDonald Chaffey (5 August 1917 – 13 November 1990) was a Britishfilm director, writer, producer, and art director.Chaffey's film career began as an art director in 1947, and his directorial debut was in 1953.  He remained activein the industry until his death in 1990 from heart failure. His film Charley One-Eye (1973) was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.He is chieflyremembered for his fantasy films, which include Jason and the Argonauts (1963), The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963), One Million Years B.C. (1966), The VikingQueen (1967), Creatures the World Forgot (1971), Pete's Dragon (1977), and C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979), his final feature film.Concurrent with his theatrically releasedfilms, Chaffey directed episodes of numerous British television series, including multiple installments of Danger Man, The Prisoner, and The Avengers.  From the1980s until his death, all of his work was in American made-for-TV movies, and in such TV series as Fantasy Island, Stingray, MacGyver, Vega$, T. J. Hooker,Matt Houston, and Charlie's Angels.CareerChaffey began his career in the art department of Gainsborough Productions where he worked as a draftsman onMadonna of the Seven Moons (1945), The Rake's Progress (1945), and Caravan (1946). He was art director of The Adventures of Dusty Bates (1947) and TheLittle Ballerina (1948). He directed the documentary shorts Thames Tideway (1948) and Cape Cargoes (1948).Chaffey directed the short features The MysteriousPoacher (1950) and The Case of the Missing Scene (1950). He returned to the art department for King of the Underworld (1950), The Stolen Plans (1952), Murderat the Grange (1952), Murder at Scotland Yard (1952), and Black 13 (1953).DirectorChaffey resumed his directing career with the family film Skid Kids (1953).He made the short Watch Out (1953), then did Strange Stories (1953), Bouncer Breaks Up (1953, a short), The Mask (1952), and A Good Pull Up (1953).Chaffeydirected Time Is My Enemy (1954). After the short Dead on Time (1955) he made The Secret Tent (1956), The Flesh Is Weak (1957) and The Girl in the Picture(1957). He also directed "The Man Upstairs" (1958) starring Richard Attenborough.He directed episodes of TV series like Theatre Royal, The Adventures of the BigMan, Chevron Hall of Stars, The Errol Flynn Theatre, Assignment Foreign Legion, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Dial 999, and The New Adventures of CharlieChan. He interspersed these with features like A Question of Adultery (1958), The Man Upstairs (1958), Danger Within (1959), Dentist in the Chair (1960), LiesMy Father Told Me (1960), and Nearly a Nasty Accident (1961).Disney and FantasyHe did Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog (1961) then A Matter of WHO(1961), a version of The Prince and the Pauper (1962) for Disney, and The Webster Boy (1962).He had a big hit with Jason and the Argonauts (1963) with RayHarryhausen. Then it was back to Disney for The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963).Chaffey directed They All Died Laughing (1964), The Crooked Road (1965),and One Million Years B.C. (1966) for Hammer. He returned to television to do episodes of Danger Man, The Baron, The Prisoner, Man in a Suitcase, Journey tothe Unknown, The Avengers, The Pathfinders, and The Protectors.Chaffey did The Viking Queen (1967) for Hammer, A Twist of Sand (1968), Creatures the WorldForgot (1971) for Hammer, Clinic Exclusive (1973), Charley-One-Eye (1973), and Persecution (1974).Australia and US TVChaffey went to Australia where hedirected Ben Hall (1975), Ride a Wild Pony (1975), The Fourth Wish (1976), and Shimmering Light (1978).He worked in America too making CHiPs, Pete's Dragon(1977) for Disney, The Magic of Lassie (1978), Lassie: A New Beginning (1978), The Gift of Love (1978), C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979), and Casino (1980).He eventually


Passage 1:Ian Barry (director)Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.Select creditsWaiting for Lucas (1973) (short)Stone (1974) (editor only)The ChainReaction (1980)Whose Baby? (1986) (mini-series)Minnamurra (1989)Bodysurfer (1989) (mini-series)Ring of Scorpio (1990) (mini-series)Crimebroker(1993)Inferno (1998) (TV movie)Miss Lettie and Me (2002) (TV movie)Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008) (documentary)TheDoctor Blake Mysteries (2013)Passage 2:Brian Kennedy (gallery director)Brian Patrick Kennedy (born 5 November 1961) is an Irish-born art museum directorwho has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in the United States.  He was the director of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem for 17months, resigning December 31, 2020. He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019. He was the director of the Hood Museum ofArt from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra) from 1997 to 2004.CareerBrian Kennedy currently lives and works in the United Statesafter leaving Australia in 2005 to direct the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College. In October 2010 he became the ninth Director of the Toledo Museum ofArt. On 1 July 2019, he succeeded Dan Monroe as the executive director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum.Early life and career in IrelandKennedy was bornin Dublin and attended Clonkeen College. He received B.A. (1982), M.A. (1985) and PhD (1989) degrees from University College-Dublin, where he studied bothart history and history.He worked in the Irish Department of Education (1982), the European Commission, Brussels (1983), and in Ireland at the Chester BeattyLibrary (1983–85), Government Publications Office (1985–86), and Department of Finance (1986–89). He married Mary Fiona Carlin in 1988.He was AssistantDirector at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin from 1989 to 1997. He was Chair of the Irish Association of Art Historians from 1996 to 1997, and of theCouncil of Australian Art Museum Directors from 2001 to 2003. In September 1997 he became Director of the National Gallery of Australia.National Gallery ofAustralia (NGA)Kennedy expanded the traveling exhibitions and loans program throughout Australia, arranged for several major shows of Australian art abroad,increased the number of exhibitions at the museum itself and oversaw the development of an extensive multi-media site.  Although he oversaw several years ofthe museum's highest ever annual visitation, he discontinued the emphasis of his predecessor, Betty Churcher, on showing "blockbuster" exhibitions.During hisdirectorship, the NGA gained government support for improving the building and significant private donations and corporate sponsorship. However, the initialdesign for the building proved controversial generating a public dispute with the original architect on moral rights grounds.  As a result, the project was notdelivered during Dr Kennedy's tenure, with a significantly altered design completed some years later.  Private funding supported two acquisitions of British art,including David Hockney's A Bigger Grand Canyon in 1999, and Lucian Freud's After Cézanne in 2001. Kennedy built on the established collections at the museumby acquiring the Holmgren-Spertus collection of Indonesian textiles; the Kenneth Tyler collection of editioned prints, screens, multiples and unique proofs; andthe Australian Print Workshop Archive. He was also notable for campaigning for the construction of a new "front" entrance to the Gallery, facing King EdwardTerrace, which was completed in 2010 (see reference to the building project above).Kennedy's cancellation of the "Sensation exhibition" (scheduled at the NGAfrom 2 June 2000 to 13 August 2000) was controversial, and seen by some as censorship. He claimed that the decision was due to the exhibition being "too closeto the market" implying that a national cultural institution cannot exhibit the private collection of a speculative art investor. However, there were other exhibitionsat the NGA during his tenure, which could have raised similar concerns. The exhibition featured the privately owned Young British Artists works belonging toCharles Saatchi and attracted large attendances in London and Brooklyn. Its most controversial work was Chris Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary, a painting which usedelephant dung and was accused of being blasphemous. The then-mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, campaigned against the exhibition, claiming it was"Catholic-bashing" and an "aggressive, vicious, disgusting attack on religion." In November 1999, Kennedy cancelled the exhibition and stated that the events inNew York had "obscured discussion of the artistic merit of the works of art". He has said that it "was the toughest decision of my professional life, so far."Kennedywas also repeatedly questioned on his management of a range of issues during the Australian Government's Senate Estimates process - particularly on the NGA'soccupational health and safety record and concerns about the NGA's twenty-year-old air-conditioning system. The air-conditioning was finally renovated in 2003.Kennedy announced in 2002 that he would not seek extension of his contract beyond 2004, accepting a seven-year term as had his two predecessors.He becamea joint Irish-Australian citizen in 2003.Toledo Museum of ArtThe Toledo Museum of Art is known for its exceptional collections of European and American paintingsand sculpture, glass, antiquities, artist books, Japanese prints and netsuke. The museum offers free admission and is recognized for its historical leadership in thefield of art education.  During his tenure, Kennedy has focused the museum's art education efforts on visual literacy, which he defines as "learning to read,understand and write visual language."   Initiatives have included baby and toddler tours, specialized training for all staff, docents, volunteers and the launch of awebsite, www.vislit.org. In November 2014, the museum hosted the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA) conference, the first Museum to do so.Kennedy has been a frequent speaker on the topic, including 2010 and 2013 TEDx talks on visual and sensory literacy.Kennedy has expressed an interest inexpanding the museum's collection of contemporary art and art by indigenous peoples. Works by Frank Stella, Sean Scully, Jaume Plensa, Ravinder Reddy andMary Sibande have been acquired.  In addition, the museum has made major acquisitions of Old Master paintings by Frans Hals and Luca Giordano.During histenure the Toledo Museum of Art has announced the return of several objects from its collection due to claims the objects were stolen and/or illegally exportedprior being sold to the museum.  In 2011 a Meissen sweetmeat stand was returned to Germany followed by an Etruscan Kalpis or water jug to Italy (2013), anIndian sculpture of Ganesha (2014) and an astrological compendium to Germany in 2015.Hood Museum of ArtKennedy became Director of the Hood Museum ofArt in July 2005. During his tenure, he implemented a series of large and small-scale exhibitions and oversaw the production of more than 20 publications to bringgreater public attention to the museum's remarkable collections of the arts of America, Europe, Africa, Papua New Guinea and the Polar regions. At 70,000objects, the Hood has one of the largest collections on any American college of university campus. The exhibition, Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, andIdeologies of the African Body, toured several US venues. Kennedy increased campus curricular use of works of art, with thousands of objects pulled from storagefor classes annually. Numerous acquisitions were made with the museum's generous endowments, and he curated several exhibitions: including Wenda Gu:Forest of Stone Steles: Retranslation and Rewriting Tang Dynasty Poetry, Sean Scully: The Art of the Stripe, and Frank Stella: IrregularPolygons.PublicationsKennedy has written or edited a number of books on art, including:Alfred Chester Beatty and Ireland 1950-1968: A study in cultural politics,Glendale Press (1988), ISBN 978-0-907606-49-9Dreams and responsibilities: The state and arts in independent Ireland, Arts Council of Ireland (1990), ISBN978-0-906627-32-7Jack B Yeats: Jack Butler Yeats, 1871-1957 (Lives of Irish Artists), Unipub (October 1991), ISBN 978-0-948524-24-0The Anatomy Lesson:Art and Medicine (with Davis Coakley), National Gallery of Ireland (January 1992), ISBN 978-0-903162-65-4Ireland: Art into History (with Raymond Gillespie),Roberts Rinehart Publishers (1994), ISBN 978-1-57098-005-3Irish Painting, Roberts Rinehart Publishers (November 1997),  ISBN 978-1-86059-059-7SeanScully: The Art of the Stripe, Hood Museum of Art (October 2008), ISBN 978-0-944722-34-3Frank Stella: Irregular Polygons, 1965-1966, Hood Museum of Art(October 2010), ISBN 978-0-944722-39-8Honors and achievementsKennedy was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in 2001 for service to AustralianSociety and its art. He is a trustee and treasurer of the Association of Art Museum Directors, a peer reviewer for the American Association of Museums and amember of the International Association of Art Critics. In 2013 he was appointed inaugural eminent professor at the University of Toledo and received anhonorary doctorate from Lourdes University. Most recently, Kennedy received the 2014 Northwest Region, Ohio Art Education Association award for distinguishededucator for art education.== Notes ==Passage 3:George L. CoxGeorge L. Cox (1878–1947) was an American actor and film director.Selected filmographyTheHouse of Toys (1920)The Gamesters (1920)The Week-End (1920)The Thirtieth Piece of Silver (1920)A Light Woman (1920)The Blue Moon (1920)Sunset Jones(1921)Payment Guaranteed (1921)Their Mutual Child (1921)Passage 4:The Dangerous TalentThe Dangerous Talent is a lost 1920 silent film  directed by GeorgeL. Cox and starring Margarita Fischer and Harry Hilliard. It was released by Pathé Exchange.CastMargarita Fischer - Leila MeadHarry Hilliard - Gilbert EllisBeatriceVan - Mildred SheddHarvey Clark - HortonNeil Hardin - Bob AmesGeorge Periolat - Peyton DodgeMae Talbot - A DerelictPassage 5:Dana BlanksteinDanaBlankstein-Cohen (born March 3, 1981) is the executive director of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School. She was appointed by the board of directors  inNovember 2019.  Previously she was the CEO of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television. She is a film director, and an Israeli cultureentrepreneur.BiographyDana Blankstein was born in Switzerland in 1981 to theatre director Dedi Baron and Professor Alexander Blankstein. She moved to Israelin 1983 and grew up in Tel Aviv.Blankstein graduated from the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem in 2008 with high honors. During her studiesshe worked as a personal assistant to directors Savi Gabizon on his film Nina's Tragedies and to Renen Schorr on his film The Loners.  She also directed and shot'the making of' film on Gavison's film Lost and Found. Her debut film Camping competed at the Berlin International Film Festival, 2007.Film and academiccareerAfter her studies, Dana founded and directed the film and television department at the Kfar Saba municipality. The department encouraged and promoted


Passage 1:Traces of DeathTraces of Death is a 1993 Z movie mondo shockumentary that consists of various scenes of stock footage depicting death and realscenes of violence.Unlike most earlier Faces of Death which usually included fake deaths and reenactments, Traces consists mostly of actual footage depictingdeath and injury, and consists also of public domain footage from other films. It was written and narrated by Damon Fox.Since its release, Traces of Death hasbeen followed by four sequels. The first sequel, Traces of Death II, was released in June 1994. This was followed by Traces of Death III in December 1994, Tracesof Death IV: Resurrected in 1996 and Traces of Death V: Back in Action in April 2000.Film contentIn the first two films of the series, Damon Fox was the narrator.Darrin Ramage, who would later become the founder of Brain Damage Films, would become the host for the third, fourth and fifth volumes. Unlike Faces of Death,the footage throughout the entire films are real and are not staged or reenacted. Starting with Traces of Death II, scenes were accompanied by background musicfrom death metal and grindcore bands.Also contained in the series, especially in the first one, is footage of step-by-step autopsy procedures, which are shownfrom a coroner's point of view. Most of the other footage is recognizably notable. Among the footage samples seen on Traces of Death and in the sequels thatfollowed are listed below.Traces of Death (1993)The 1993 murder of Maritza Martin MunozThe 1988 police chase of armed bank robber Phillip HutchinsonThe1980 Iranian Embassy siegeThe 1989 suicide attempt of Terry RosslandThe 1984 race car crash of Ricky RuddThe 1990 race car crash of Allan McNishThe 1990racing incident of Willy T. RibbsThe 1992 racing crash of Kerry MadsenThe 1986 Rally de Portugal crashThe 1992 crash of the monster truck Bad MedicineThe1966 motorcycle stunt crash of Evel KnievelThe 1967 Caesar Palace jump stunt crash of Evel KnievelThe 1990 Dinamo–Red Star riotThe 1986 Calgary Stampedechuckwagon accidentThe 1989 horse riding accident of Bill PeckThe 1990 parachute skydiving accident of Mike Mcgee and Greg JonesThe 1992 Maracanã StadiumcollapseAnatoly Kvochur's plane at the 1989 Paris Air Show crashing after a birdstrikeThe 1987 press conference suicide of R. Budd DwyerThe first film of theseries also contains allegedly staged footage from Savage Man Savage Beast, where a tourist, Pit Dernitz supposedly gets mauled and eaten by Africanlions.Other scenes that feature animals include undated footage of a pig experiment by military scientists at the Burn Center in Fort Sam Houston (derived from a1987 mondo film entitled True Gore), an animal control officer, Florence Crowell being attacked by a pit bull in Los Angeles, California in 1987, and a black beargetting shocked off a utility pole in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1989.The first two films both contain scenes of sex reassignment surgery, which is featured in the1974 mondo film Shocking Asia. Some autopsy footages were taken from the 1961 U.S. Army training film Basic Autopsy Procedure.Also included is an interviewwith James Vance, who had attempted suicide with a shotgun at a church playground in Sparks, Nevada (taken from the documentary Dream Deceivers).The onlyknown footage showing evidence of Ilse Koch is included as well.Traces of Death II (1994)Iranian soldiers slaughtered by the Iraqi Regime during the Iran–IraqWarThe 1981 assassination of Anwar SadatBoston bomb expert Randolph G. LaMattina blasted in the face by a pipe bomb following its removal in 1985 [1]Arobber blowing himself up after holding up a bank and being cornered by police at gunpoint in León, Spain in 1983A 1984 fire in a Rio de Janeiro apartmentbuilding, which led to four women falling to their deathsThe 1974 Joelma fireThe 1979 Egyptian Embassy Siege in Ankara, TurkeyThe 1983 public execution ofdouble murderer Ibrahim TarrafAnimal attacks such as a rodeo horse stomping its rider's face and goring from running of the bullsThe 1963 self-immolation ofVietnamese monk Thích Quảng ĐứcNelson Piquet fighting with Eliseo Salazar after a collision during the 1982 German Grand PrixA brawl at a press conference inSalt Lake City, UtahThe 1985 Sanrizuka Struggle riotsThe 1980 Scottish Cup Final riotFootball hooliganism in Germany in 1988The 1985 Heysel Stadium disasterAcourtroom outburst in Mobile, Alabama, in 1992Riots in Seoul, South Korea in 1987The death of Karl WallendaThe 1984 shooting of Jeff Doucet by GaryPlauchéThe 1986 Peruvian prison massacresThe 1987 assault on Prime Minister Rajiv GandhiThe execution of Ishola OyenusiA 1984 hot air balloon accidentThemurder of Mark KilroyA deadly airshow crash in San Diego in 1978A Blue Angels air show crash in 1985The Controlled Impact DemonstrationThe 1988 crash of AirFrance Flight 296The 1981 Belgian Grand Prix racing crashThe 1966 Indy 500 crashThe death of Eddie SachsThe death of Riccardo PalettiThere is one unusualpiece of footage taken at a monster truck show in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 23, 1992. What makes this footage so unusual is that the robot transformer atthe show malfunctioned. A large rod from the malfunctioning robot went into the actor of the alien suit's chest, and exploded.Another notable air show crash inthe film took place in Plainview, Texas, on September 11, 1983, where the pilot lost both his plane's wings in mid-air and plummeted into the field below. Thereare many other various plane crashes and race car crashes during the middle and towards the end of the film.Traces of Death III (1995)The first MarkaleMassacre in 1994The 1994 Hadera bus station suicide bombingKillings of children during the Algerian Civil WarNecklacing in South AfricaVillager killings duringthe 1984 elections in El SalvadorEl Cordobés during his career in the bullringThe Sabra and Shatila MassacreThe 1991 discovery of ÖtziA 1988 crash involving themonster truck Wild Stang, which was one of the first monster truck crashes to be captured on filmThe 1985 race car crash of Bosco LoweRare scenes of bodyparts from victims of the Cambodian genocide and Burundian Genocide in 1972The assassination of a Haitian lawyer in 1994The 1994 assassination of LuisDonaldo ColosioDiscoveries of skeletal remains in the Killing Fields in CambodiaThe third edition starts with crime scenes in urban American cities such as NewYork City, ranging from murders to traffic crashes. These pieces look as if taken from the '60s and '70s.This volume also shows what it is like to survive an attack,as in a 1991 press conference of Frank Tempest, an English man disfigured in the face when he was attacked by two pit bulls.Also included is graphic content ofgang violence in Russia, various motocross and amateur race car crashes, and cockfighting held in the Philippines.Traces of Death IV (1996)The 1972assassination attempt of George WallaceThe stunt accident of Alexandre KareemThe 1992 Agdam Massacre, which was a massacre of Azerbaijanian civilians byArmenian militants during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.Executions of Kurdish civilians during the Anfal GenocideA terrorist attack on a yacht perpetrated bythe PLO in Cyprus in 1985.The Amiriyah shelter bombingThe 1968 execution Of Nguyễn Văn LémRiots in Seoul, South Korea in 1994 and 1987.Riots in Moscow,Russia, in 1993Bosnian soldiers caught in sniper crossfire during the Bosnian WarThe 1984 Kent and Dollar Farm massacresA 1986 stabbing attack in EastJerusalem, where a Palestinian terrorist is shot in the head by Israeli soldiers after they witnessed him stab a Jewish resident to death in the town square.Amortar attack in Bosnia that killed six people waiting for water in 1993.A mortar attack in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) that killed 16 civilians in line forwater and bread on May 27, 1992.Villager killings during the 1984 elections in El SalvadorAnother piece of notable footage in the fourth volume is a moose killinga man in Anchorage, Alaska on January 9, 1995.Towards the start of the film graphic photographs of birth defects are shown.There is also footage of trafficcrashes from the graphic driving education film, Signal 30.Traces of Death V (2000)The 1980 murders of U.S. missionaries in El SalvadorThe 1998 Cúa hostagecrisisThe 1992 attack on Reginald DennyThe 1990 Poll Tax RiotsThe 1990 Temple Mount riots in Al Aqsa, Jerusalem, IsraelSouth Korean student clashing with riotpoliceThe 1998 suicide of Daniel V. Jonesbackyard wrestlingThe last volume starts with three police chases. The first was in Los Angeles in June 1996. The secondwas also in Los Angeles, but it took place in June 1995. The third took place in Whittier, California in September 1995. All were televised live by helicopter pilotZoey Tur.SoundtrackThe music clearance were provided by Subtempeco Muzik (pseudonymously credited as T.O.D.), which derived from various filmsoundtracks. Later in Traces of Death 3, the first soundtrack album was released on CD. The soundtrack for the first installment were tracks by J.R. Bookwalterfrom the 1989 film Robot Ninja.Traces of Death III SoundtrackThe soundtrack for Traces Of Death III was released on CD by Relapse Records in 1995. The musicfeatured in the film include:Regina Confessorum by Dead WorldOrgy Of Self-Mutilation by Dead WorldBrainpan Blues by Pungent StenchRevenge by Core(band)Traces Of Death by Mortician (band)Frozen In Time by KataklysmSlaughtered by Hypocrisy (band)Stained by PurgeSadistic Intent by Sinister (band)ViolentGeneration by Brutality (band)Skin Her Alive by Dismember (band)Into The Bizarre by Deceased (band)Low by GorefestVanished by MeshuggahOpen Season byExit-13Nightstalker by Macabre (band)Blood Everywhere by Dead WorldDown On Whores by Benediction (band)God Is A Lie by Hypocrisy (band)BodilyDismemberment by Repulsion (band)Darkened Soul by Core (band)I Lead You Towards Glorious Times by MerzbowHome mediaIn 2003, a box set of the entireseries was released on DVD by Brain Damage Films.ControversyThe original Traces of Death has run into controversy worldwide due to its graphic content. In1997, Amy Hochberg, a woman living in Coaldale, Pennsylvania rented the film from a video store and was so disgusted by the film's content that she consideredkeeping the tape to prevent children from procuring it from the store. She also contacted multiple animal rights groups after witnessing a scene in the filmwherein a pig is experimented on with a blowtorch. She also lodged a complaint with the video store she had rented it from, as she thought the film was simply"911 calls with a little more".In 2003, a DVD boxset of the film and its sequels were confiscated by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, afterbeing deemed to "contravene Regulation 4A(1A)(a) of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations."In 2005, the British Board of Film Classification refused togive the first film an age certificate, effectively banning it. The BBFC considered the film to have "no journalistic, educational or other justifying context for theimages shown", while also suggesting that the film could potentially breach UK law under the Obscene Publications Act.See alsoBanned from TelevisionPassage2:Ravina (actress)Ravina is an Indian actress who acted in Dhallywood movies. She acted in the 1997 film Praner Cheye Priyo with Riaz. She also appeared in