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crude oil equivalent. This synthetic substance is fluid enough to be transferred through conventional oil pipelines and can be fed into conventional oil refineries without any further treatment. By 2015 Canadian bitumen upgraders were producing over per day of synthetic crude oil, of which 75% was exported to o... | 28,600 |
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Edmonton produces synthetic crude oil plus an intermediate feedstock for the nearby Shell Oil Refinery. A sixth upgrader, under construction in 2015 near Redwater, Alberta, will upgrade half of its crude bitumen directly to diesel fuel, with the remainder of the output being sold as feedstock to nearby oil refi... | 28,601 |
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bitumen directly into products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, and refined asphalt without any preprocessing. This is particularly common in areas such as the US Gulf coast, where refineries were designed to process Venezuelan and Mexican oil, and in areas such as the US Midwest where refineries were rebuilt to ... | 28,602 |
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of which about 65% was exported to the United States.
Because of the difficulty of moving crude bitumen through pipelines, non-upgraded bitumen is usually diluted with natural-gas condensate in a form called dilbit or with synthetic crude oil, called synbit. However, to meet international competition, much non... | 28,603 |
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Radioactive waste encapsulation matrix.
Asphalt was used starting in the 1960s as a hydrophobic matrix aiming to encapsulate radioactive waste such as medium-activity salts (mainly soluble sodium nitrate and sodium sulfate) produced by the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuels or radioactive sludges from sedimen... | 28,604 |
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stability problems related to their geological disposal in deep rock formations. One of the main problem is the swelling of asphalt exposed to radiation and to water. Asphalt swelling is first induced by radiation because of the presence of hydrogen gas bubbles generated by alpha and gamma radiolysis. A second ... | 28,605 |
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membrane. This also causes the matrix to swell. The swelling pressure due to osmotic effect under constant volume can be as high as 200 bar. If not properly managed, this high pressure can cause fractures in the near field of a disposal gallery of bituminised medium-level waste. When the bituminised matrix has ... | 28,606 |
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conditions, preventing the reduction of redox-sensitive radionuclides. Under their higher valences, radionuclides of elements such as selenium, technetium, uranium, neptunium and plutonium have a higher solubility and are also often present in water as non-retarded anions. This makes the disposal of medium-leve... | 28,607 |
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content of saturated hydrocarbons and a high content of aromatic hydrocarbons.
Concrete encapsulation of radwaste is presently considered a safer alternative by the nuclear industry and the waste management organisations.
## Other uses.
Roofing shingles and roll roofing account for most of the remaining asph... | 28,608 |
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is also used to seal some alkaline batteries during the manufacturing process.
# Production.
About 40,000,000 tons were produced in 1984. It is obtained as the "heavy" (i.e., difficult to distill) fraction. Material with a boiling point greater than around 500 °C is considered asphalt. Vacuum distillation sep... | 28,609 |
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molecules, which are then separated. Further processing is possible by "blowing" the product: namely reacting it with oxygen. This step makes the product harder and more viscous.
Asphalt is typically stored and transported at temperatures around . Sometimes diesel oil or kerosene are mixed in before shipping t... | 28,610 |
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to aid release. Diesel oil is no longer used as a release agent due to environmental concerns.
## Oil sands.
Naturally occurring crude bitumen impregnated in sedimentary rock is the prime feed stock for petroleum production from "oil sands", currently under development in Alberta, Canada. Canada has most of t... | 28,611 |
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methods. Because of oil price increases after 2003, producing bitumen became highly profitable, but as a result of the decline after 2014 it became uneconomic to build new plants again. By 2014, Canadian crude bitumen production averaged about per day and was projected to rise to per day by 2020. The total amou... | 28,612 |
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of used motor oil, which is sometimes otherwise disposed of by burning or dumping into landfills. Use of motor oil may cause premature cracking in colder climates, resulting in roads that need to be repaved more frequently.
Nonpetroleum-based asphalt binders can be made light-colored. Lighter-colored roads abs... | 28,613 |
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filling cracks in a more or less horizontal direction. The bitumen content varies from 83% to 92% (soluble in carbon disulphide), with a penetration value near to zero and a softening point (ring and ball) around 120 °C. The insoluble matter, consisting mainly of silica ore, ranges from 8% to 17%.
Albanian bit... | 28,614 |
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to the Italian company Simsa. Since 1945, the mine was exploited by the Albanian government and from 2001 to date, the management passed to a French company, which organized the mining process for the manufacture of the natural bitumen on an industrial scale.
Today the mine is predominantly exploited in an ope... | 28,615 |
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to ageing. It may be blended with the hot asphalt in tanks, but its granular form allows it to be fed in the mixer or in the recycling ring of normal asphalt plants. Other typical applications include the production of mastic asphalts for sidewalks, bridges, car-parks and urban roads as well as drilling fluid a... | 28,616 |
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oil refineries in terms of carbon dioxide emission.
# Economics.
Although asphalt typically makes up only 4 to 5 percent (by weight) of the pavement mixture, as the pavement's binder, it is also the most expensive part of the cost of the road-paving material.
During asphalt's early use in modern paving, oil ... | 28,617 |
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and by 2012 to $183,000... an increase of about $135,000 for every mile of highway in just 10 years."
# Health and safety.
People can be exposed to asphalt in the workplace by breathing in fumes or skin absorption. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has set a recommended exposur... | 28,618 |
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parameters, predominantly temperature, that affect occupational exposure and the potential bioavailable carcinogenic hazard/risk of the asphalt emissions. In particular, temperatures greater than 199 °C (390 °F), were shown to produce a greater exposure risk than when asphalt was heated to lower temperatures, s... | 28,619 |
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asphalt as a Class 2B possible carcinogen.
# See also.
- Asphalt plant
- Asphaltene
- Bioasphalt
- Bitumen-based fuel
- Bituminous coal
- Bituminous rocks
- Blacktop
- Cariphalte
- Cooper Research Technology
- Duxit
- International Grooving & Grinding Association
- Macadam
- Oil sands
- Pitch dro... | 28,620 |
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Long Day's Journey into Night
Long Day's Journey into Night is a drama play in four acts written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill in 1941–42, first published in 1956. The play is widely considered to be his "magnum opus" and one of the finest American plays of the 20th century. It pr... | 28,621 |
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to the setting of the play, which takes place during one day. The play is semi-autobiographical.
# Summary.
The play takes place on a single day in August 1912, from around 8:30 a.m. to midnight. The setting is the seaside Connecticut home of the Tyrones' Monte Cristo Cottage. The four m... | 28,622 |
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pain of this family is made worse by their depth of self-understanding and self-analysis, combined with a brutal honesty, as they see it, and an ability to boldly express themselves. The story deals with the mother's addiction to morphine, the family's addiction to whiskey, the father's mi... | 28,623 |
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character has limited his scope and opportunities as a classical actor. He is a wealthy though somewhat miserly man. His money is all tied up in property which he hangs onto in spite of impending financial hardship. His dress and appearance are showing signs of his strained financial circu... | 28,624 |
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of a long-time addict. As a recovering addict, she is restless and anxious. She also suffers from insomnia, which is not made any easier by her husband and children's loud snoring. When Edmund, her younger son, hears her moving around at night and entering the spare bedroom, he becomes ala... | 28,625 |
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effect a positive diagnosis might have on his mother than on himself. The constant possibility that she might relapse worries him still further. Once again, he indirectly speaks to his mother about her addiction. He asks her to "promise not to worry yourself sick and to take care of yourse... | 28,626 |
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suspicious. Both, however, are deeply worried that their mother's addiction may have resurfaced. Jamie points out to Edmund that they had concealed their mother's addiction from him for ten years, explaining that his naiveté about the nature of the disease was understandable but deluded. T... | 28,627 |
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both contemptuously. Mary notices and starts becoming defensive and belligerent, berating Jamie for his cynicism and disrespect for his parents. Jamie is quick to point out that the only reason he has survived as an actor is through his father's influence in the business.
Mary speaks of h... | 28,628 |
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unable to tolerate the way Jamie is looking at her, she asks him angrily why he is doing it. "You know!", he shoots back, and tells her to take a look at her glazed eyes in the mirror.
## Act III.
Mary and Cathleen return home from their drive to the drugstore, where Mary has sent Cathle... | 28,629 |
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the promise she once had as a pianist and the fact that it was once thought that she might become a nun. She also makes it clear that while she fell in love with her husband from the time she met him, she had never taken to the theatre crowd. She shows her arthritic hands to Cathleen and e... | 28,630 |
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to go upstairs to get more drugs, but before she can Edmund and James Sr. return home.
Although both men are drunk, they both realize that Mary is back on morphine, although she attempts to act as if she is not. Jamie has not returned home, but has elected instead to continue drinking and... | 28,631 |
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to get over their animosity and attempt to express their love for one another by remembering happier days. When James goes to the basement to get another bottle of whiskey, Mary continues to talk with Edmund.
When Edmund reveals that he has tuberculosis, Mary refuses to believe it, and at... | 28,632 |
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morphine and hopes that someday she will "accidentally" overdose, because she knows that if she did so on purpose, the Virgin would never forgive her. When James comes back with more alcohol he notes that there was evidence that Jamie had attempted to pick the locks to the whiskey cabinet ... | 28,633 |
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indicates that she is not hungry and is going to bed. James goes in to dinner all alone, knowing that Mary is really going upstairs to get more drugs.
## Act IV.
Edmund returns home to find his father playing solitaire. While the two argue and drink, they also have an intimate, tender co... | 28,634 |
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that although he loves Edmund more than anyone else, he again ambiguously lashes out at his father calling on him to fail. Jamie passes out. When James returns, Jamie wakes up, and they quarrel anew. Mary, lost in her drug-laden dreams of the past, comes downstairs. Holding her wedding gow... | 28,635 |
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eyes. His speech and movement are those of a classical actor with a studied technique, but he is unpretentious and not temperamental at all with "inclinations still close to his humble beginnings and Irish farmer forebears". His attire is somewhat threadbare and shabby. He wears his clothi... | 28,636 |
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the family who lapses between self-delusion and the haze of her morphine addiction. She is medium height with a young graceful figure, a trifle plump with distinctly Irish facial features. She was once extremely pretty and is still striking. She wears no make-up and her hair is thick, whit... | 28,637 |
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older son. He has thinning hair, an aquiline nose and shows signs of premature disintegration. He has a habitual expression of cynicism. He resembles his father. "On the rare occasions when he smiles without sneering, his personality possesses the remnant of a humorous, romantic, irrespons... | 28,638 |
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de Corneville", who is also a miser.
- Edmund – 23 years old, the younger and more intellectually and poetically inclined son. He is thin and wiry. He looks like both his parents but more like his mother. He has her big dark eyes and hypersensitive mouth in a long narrow Irish face with d... | 28,639 |
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in her early twenties with red cheeks, black hair and blue eyes. She is "amiable, ignorant, clumsy with a well-meaning stupidity".
Several characters are referenced in the play but do not appear on stage:
- Eugene Tyrone – A son born before Edmund who died of measles at the age of two. H... | 28,640 |
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to Shaughnessy with whom he gets into conflicts, often postulated to be based on Edward Harkness, Standard Oil heir, who had a summer home nearby in Waterford, Connecticut.
- Doctor Hardy – The Tyrones' physician, whom the other family members don't think much of.
- Captain Turner – The ... | 28,641 |
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James's parents and siblings – The family immigrated to the United States when James was 8 years old. Two years later the father abandoned the family and returned to Ireland where he died after ingesting rat poison. It was suspected suicide but James refuses to believe that. He had two old... | 28,642 |
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read it."
O'Neill did not copyright the play. In 1945 he had a sealed copy of the manuscript placed in the document vault of publisher Random House, instructing that it not be published until 25 years after his death. He sent a second sealed copy to the O'Neill collection at Yale Universi... | 28,643 |
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published by the Yale University Press in 1956, with the bulk of the proceeds deeded to Yale's Eugene O'Neill Collection and for scholarships at its drama school.
# Autobiographical content.
In key aspects, the play closely parallels Eugene O'Neill's own life. The location, a summer home... | 28,644 |
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which is the name of the earldom granted to Conn O'Neill by Henry VIII. The names of the second and third sons are reversed, "Eugene" with "Edmund". In fact, Eugene, the playwright, was the third and the youngest child, and he corresponds to the character of "Edmund" in the play. O'Neill's... | 28,645 |
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Count of Monte Cristo", playing the title role about 6,000 times; he was criticized for "selling out" for commercial success at the expense of artistic merit.
Eugene's mother Mary did attend a Catholic school in the Midwest, Saint Mary's College, of Notre Dame, Indiana. Subsequent to the ... | 28,646 |
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He did go to a sanatorium in 1912–13 due to suffering from tuberculosis (consumption), whereupon he devoted himself to playwriting. The events in the play are thus set immediately prior to O'Neill beginning his career in earnest.
# Productions.
## Premiere productions.
"Long Day's Journ... | 28,647 |
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(James Tyrone), Inga Tidblad (Mary Tyrone), Ulf Palme (James Tyrone, Jr.), Jarl Kulle (Edmund Tyrone) and Catrin Westerlund (Cathleen, the serving-maid or "second girl" as O'Neill's script dubs her). The premiere and production were very successful, and the directing and acting critically ... | 28,648 |
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and Katherine Ross (Cathleen). The production won the Tony Award for Best Play and Best Actor in a Play (Fredric March), and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play of the season.
The play's first production in the United Kingdom came in 1958, opening first in Edinburgh, Sc... | 28,649 |
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Howard.
- 1971: Promenade Theatre (Off-Broadway), New York; with Robert Ryan (James), Geraldine Fitzgerald (Mary), Stacy Keach (Jamie), James Naughton (Edmund), and Paddy Croft (Cathleen), directed by Arvin Brown; 1971 Theatre World Award for Naughton and Drama Desk Vernon Rice Award for ... | 28,650 |
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was directed by Michael Blakemore and Peter Wood. Olivier won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.
- 1973: The South Australian Theatre Company's Melbourne production is considered one of the landmark productions in Australian theatre, largely d... | 28,651 |
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(Mary), Kevin Spacey (Jamie), Peter Gallagher (Edmund), and Jodie Lynne McClintock (Cathleen), directed by Jonathan Miller. A television version of this production was aired in 1987.
- 1988: Neil Simon Theatre (Broadway), New York; with Jason Robards, Jr. (James), Colleen Dewhurst (Mary),... | 28,652 |
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Theatre, Stockholm; with Jarl Kulle (James), Bibi Andersson (Mary), Thommy Berggren (Jamie), Peter Stormare (Edmund), and Kicki Bramberg (Cathleen), directed by Ingmar Bergman.
- 1991: National Theatre, London and Bristol Old Vic co-production; with Timothy West (James), Prunella Scales (... | 28,653 |
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Theatre, London; with Jessica Lange (Mary), Charles Dance (James), Paul Rudd (Jamie), Paul Nicholls (Edmund), and Olivia Colman (Cathleen).
- 2003: Plymouth Theatre (Broadway), New York; with Brian Dennehy (James), Vanessa Redgrave (Mary), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Jamie), Robert Sean Leona... | 28,654 |
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directed by Garry Hynes.
- 2010: Co-production with Sydney Theatre & Artists Repertory Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company; with William Hurt (James), Luke Mullins (Edmund), Robyn Nevin (Mary), Emily Russell (Cathleen) and Todd Van Voris (Jamie), directed by Andrew Upton.
- 2010: Riksteatret... | 28,655 |
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Glasgow the production played at the Theatre Royal (26–31 March 2012).
- 2016: American Airlines Theatre (Roundabout Theatre Company), Broadway, New York; with Jessica Lange (Mary), Gabriel Byrne (James), Michael Shannon (James, Jr.), John Gallagher Jr. (Edmund) and Colby Minifie (Cathlee... | 28,656 |
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a 1962 film starring Katharine Hepburn as Mary, Ralph Richardson as James, Jason Robards, Jr. as Jamie, Dean Stockwell as Edmund, and Jeanne Barr as Cathleen. The movie was directed by Sidney Lumet. At that year's Cannes Film Festival Richardson, Robards and Stockwell all received Best Act... | 28,657 |
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a Best Actor Emmy Award for this performance.
A 1982 made-for-TV film directed by William Woodman was produced by ABC featuring an all-African American cast of Earle Hyman (James), Ruby Dee (Mary), Thommie Blackwell (Jamie), and Peter Francis James (Edmund).
A 1987 made-for-TV film direc... | 28,658 |
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Cathleen. Lemmon was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in Mini-Series or Made-for-TV Movie the following year.
A 1996 film adaptation was directed by Canadian director David Wellington and starred William Hutt as James, Martha Henry as Mary, Peter Donaldson as ... | 28,659 |
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Colin Farrell
Colin Farrell (; born 31 May 1976) is an Irish actor. Farrell appeared in the BBC drama "Ballykissangel" in 1998, made his film debut in the Tim Roth-directed drama "The War Zone" in 1999, and was discovered by Hollywood when Joel Schumacher cast him as the lead in the war drama "Tigerland"... | 28,660 |
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in the superhero film "Daredevil" (2003).
After starring in the independent films "Intermission" (2003) and "A Home at the End of the World" (2004), Farrell headed Oliver Stone's biopic "Alexander" (2004) and Terrence Malick's "The New World" (2005). Roles in Michael Mann's "Miami Vice" (2006), the adapt... | 28,661 |
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film "Horrible Bosses" (2011), for which he received critical praise, along with the comedy-horror film "Fright Night" (2011) and the sci-fi action film "Total Recall" (2012), both remakes, and McDonagh's second feature, the black comedy crime film "Seven Psychopaths" (2012). He also starred in the Niels ... | 28,662 |
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for which he was nominated for his second Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. In 2016, he played Percival Graves in the "Harry Potter" spin-off film "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them".
# Early life.
Farrell was born in Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland, the son of Rit... | 28,663 |
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College, an exclusive all boys private school and then Gormanston College in County Meath. He unsuccessfully auditioned for the Irish musical group Boyzone around this time.
Farrell was inspired to try acting when Henry Thomas' performance in "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" moved him to tears. With his brot... | 28,664 |
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the night in question. His only alibi was apparently a journal kept by his friend that explained the two had been across town that night, taking MDMA.
# Career.
## Early career.
Farrell had roles in television shows and films, including "Ballykissangel" and "Falling for a Dancer" in 1998 and 1999. He m... | 28,665 |
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in the lead role of Private Roland Bozz in "Tigerland", an under-released film directed by American Joel Schumacher. He reportedly got the part on the basis of his charm. Emanuel Levy of "Variety" said that Farrell "shines as the subversive yet basically decent lad whose cynicism may be the only sane reac... | 28,666 |
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"The Recruit" and "S.W.A.T." (all thrillers, with the former two his first starring roles), were well received by critics and successful at the box office. Of "Phone Booth", Ebert wrote that it is "Farrell's to win or lose, since he's onscreen most of the time, and he shows energy and intensity". Philip F... | 28,667 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
Farrell's accent, writing that he "employ[ed] a wobbly American accent that makes him sound like an international criminal a step ahead of the authorities". Ebert and the "New York Times"s A.O. Scott disagreed on the actor's effectiveness in "The Recruit"; Ebert noted the actor's likability, but Scott fel... | 28,668 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
(2002), and the villain Bullseye in "Daredevil" (2003). Matt Damon was originally offered the "Minority Report" role, turning it down to appear in "Ocean's Eleven". Farrell said "he had no problem" being the producer's fallback after Damon declined. Bullseye is an assassin, proud of his accuracy. Farrell ... | 28,669 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
sometimes, and the exaggerations of the character I'm playing...he's so over-the-top that you do draw from that. But it's not exactly a character you can do method acting for...you know, running around New York killing people with paper clips". That year, he was voted sixth World's "Sexiest Man" by "Compa... | 28,670 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
theatrical release in most countries, including "A Home at the End of the World" (adapted from Michael Cunningham's "A Home at the End of the World"). Roger Ebert praised Farrell, saying that he was "astonishing in the movie, not least because the character is such a departure from everything he has done ... | 28,671 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
reviews internationally, was poorly received in the United States. Its portrayal of the conqueror as bisexual was controversial; the film was criticised by some historians for its treatment of the ancient Persians, although others praised it for its accuracy. An ancient-history scholar at the University o... | 28,672 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
Terrence Malick went out of his way to keep Farrell and Kilcher apart until they were filmed together. Although it was released in only 811 theatres worldwide and had a relatively low box-office gross, the film received a large number of positive reviews. In one of four reviews in "The Guardian", John Pat... | 28,673 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
forced in both lead performances". With a limited theatrical release, it was not a financial success.
The actor was more successful in 2006 with his role opposite Jamie Foxx in Michael Mann's action crime drama, "Miami Vice". The film grossed $164 million worldwide on a budget of $135 million, and "TimeO... | 28,674 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
yourself, before long, looking at someone or something else." Conversely, Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" was enthusiastic. The actor also reportedly took a slight pay cut to make friend and recent Oscar winner Jamie Foxx happy: His salary was initially larger than Foxx's.
Farrell next appeared in Woody... | 28,675 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
a fairly impressive piece, a directorially vigorous, well-acted, tightly constructed movie". LaSalle praised Farrell: "Allen is notorious for not giving his actors explicit instructions, and yet somehow this worked wonders for Farrell, who has never seemed so naked, so clear and so unencumbered as he does... | 28,676 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
Guardian" found Farrell (as hitman Ray) "absolutely superb: moody and funny, lethally sexy, sometimes heartbreakingly sad and vulnerable like a little boy". "Time" called the film "the prettiest bloodbath of 2008", and Farrell received his first Golden Globe.
Shortly thereafter he appeared in "Kicking It... | 28,677 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
Farrell received positive reviews for his involvement in the true story.
Later in 2008 Farrell was brother-in-law to Edward Norton's character in "Pride and Glory", a police drama directed by American Gavin O'Connor. Roger Ebert disliked the film and A. O. Scott said that the actor "once again indulges h... | 28,678 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus", starring Christopher Plummer and Andrew Garfield. Farrell was one of three actors (with Johnny Depp and Jude Law), who helped to complete Heath Ledger's role when Ledger died before filming ended. They played "Imaginarium" versions of Ledger's character Tony, donatin... | 28,679 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
insightful than other movies that deal with a similar topic". However, "Triage" was not widely distributed due to the marketing challenges posed by its difficult topics (including PTSD). That year, Farrell played a supporting role (as Tommy Sweet) in "Crazy Heart" with Jeff Bridges.
Another 2009 release ... | 28,680 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
Todd McCarthy of "Variety" singled Farrell out, noting that he worked well as an ensemble actor "graciously allowing [child star Alison Barry] to steal every scene she's in".
The next year, Farrell starred with Keira Knightley in the crime romance "London Boulevard". The film, American William Monahan's ... | 28,681 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
broke and tried to reassemble with only a vague idea of clockwork". Felperin thought the stars' work was frail, with Farrell "mostly taciturn and vacuous."
## Blockbuster and independent films (2011–present).
The actor starred in the 2011 comedy "Horrible Bosses", directed by Seth Gordon, with Jennifer ... | 28,682 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
Times" wrote that Farrell brought "massive, slobby relish" to his role as Sudeikis's cocaine-fiend boss.
Later that year, Farrell played the main antagonist in the "Fright Night" remake, joining Anton Yelchin, David Tennant and Toni Collette in the story of a charismatic vampire who moves next door to a ... | 28,683 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
A.O. Scott thought that Farrell played his role with "a wink and a snarl and a feline purr". Logan Hill of "New York" magazine, on the other hand, was confused by the actor's performance: "Sure, [it] may not make much sense, but neither do centuries-old vampires living in Nevadan subdivisions. So he goes ... | 28,684 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
trying different things all the time." Roger Ebert and the "New York Times" said that although they believed Farrell the better actor, Schwarzenegger in the original was "more of a movie presence and better suited for the role".
After premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, "Seven Psychopa... | 28,685 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
in subdued mode...his performance largely defined by the endless expressivity of his eyebrows". That month, Farrell appeared on the cover of the magazine "Details".
March 2013 saw the release of "Dead Man Down," a thriller directed by Niels Arden Oplev reuniting Farrell with Terrence Howard for the first... | 28,686 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
Reporter" saying that "[J.H.] Wyman's script and the measured pace don't lend themselves to the necessary escalating tension that would have resulted in a more rewarding climax." The "New York Times" Manola Dargis called the film a failure, but said of the actor: "Farrell and his sensitive, hardworking ey... | 28,687 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
novel, and co-starred Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe, and Will Smith. Farrell won the lead role over younger actors Garrett Hedlund, Tom Hiddleston and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Although the film generally received negative reviews due to the overly romantic nature of the film, writers such as "The Vill... | 28,688 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
so far of 2014."
His work as the alcoholic father that P.L. Travers adores in "Saving Mr. Banks" got contrasting reviews with "Variety"'s Scott Foundras calling it "excellent" and Leslie Felperin of "The Hollywood Reporter" "his best work in some time" but "The Guardian"s Peter Bradshaw describing it as ... | 28,689 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
though Ullmann's direction was deemed too flat by most reviewers. He starred in the second season of HBO's "True Detective" as Ray Velcoro, alongside Vince Vaughn, Taylor Kitsch, and Rachel McAdams. The first two episodes were directed by Justin Lin. He worked with a dialect coach to get the nonstandard C... | 28,690 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
near-future in which finding a partner is a matter of life and death, the film tells an unconventional love story. The film also stars Rachel Weisz, Ben Whishaw, Olivia Colman, Léa Seydoux and John C. Reilly.
Farrell also appeared in the "Harry Potter" spin-off film "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Th... | 28,691 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
He has also lent his support to the anti-bullying campaign Stand Up! organised by the Irish LGBT youth organisation BeLonG To in March 2012. The actor appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" two years earlier to increase awareness of the subject. In 2015 Farrell became an official Ambassador of the Homeles... | 28,692 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
told "The Sun" that the marriage was never legal: "We had a ceremony on a beach in Tahiti that was by no means legal and we knew it wasn't... It was just a thing we did on holiday. We went shark feeding and then we did that. We booked them both on the activities desk at the hotel."
By the end of 2003 he ... | 28,693 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
delay, lack of speech and a happy, excitable demeanor.
From 2007 to 2008 the actor dated Muireann McDonnell, an Irish medical student.
Farrell and British-American writer Emma Forrest dated for over a year, an experience she discusses in depth in her memoir "Your Voice in My Head" (focusing on her relat... | 28,694 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
with Bachleda-Curuś ended in mid-2010.
## Drug addiction.
In December 2005, Farrell checked into a rehabilitation treatment centre for addictions to recreational drugs and painkillers. He spoke about it on the "Late Show with David Letterman" after coming out of rehab and continued to do so in the years... | 28,695 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
confronted Farrell, and threw a self-published book-length exposé of Farrell on Leno's desk. As Farrell escorted her off the stage and handed her over to NBC security, she shouted, "I'll see you in court!" After being held by the Burbank police, Bradford was released. The next day, Farrell obtained a rest... | 28,696 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
model Nicole Narain, and the Internet Commerce Group (ICG) for the unauthorised public distribution of a 13-minute sex tape which they made in 2003. He was offered $5 million for its rights. While ICG tried to release it, Narain said that she would work with Farrell to ensure that the tape remained privat... | 28,697 |
206705 | Colin Farrell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin%20Farrell | Colin Farrell
lic distribution of a 13-minute sex tape which they made in 2003. He was offered $5 million for its rights. While ICG tried to release it, Narain said that she would work with Farrell to ensure that the tape remained private; Farrell said she tried to release it to damage his acting career and "make money... | 28,698 |
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Laval
Laval means "The Valley" in old French and is the name of:
# People.
- House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne
- Laval (surname)
# Places.
## Belgium.
- Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxembourg Province
## Canada.
- Laval, Quebec, a ci... | 28,699 |
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