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During a weekend, two shady businessmen (Paxton and Dillane) flee to the Cayman Islands to avoid federal prosecution. But their escape ignites a chain reaction that leads a British native (Bloom) to commit a crime that changes the nation. Set for limited release in mid-2006. ...

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Haven film, Haven film - Plot outline, Haven film - Cast

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He became fascinated in making films when his father brought a camera home one day and saw that he could make his own movie magic. He began to make Super 8 movies with friend Bruce Campbell. At college, he teamed up with his brothers room-mate Robert Tapert and Campbell to raise money for a low-budget horror film. The Evil Dead (1983) became a major hit and he began work on his second film Crimewave (1985), intended as a live-action comic book - the film was not successful due to unwanted studio intervention. Raimi returned to ...

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Sam Raimi, Sam Raimi - Film, Sam Raimi - Television, Sam Raimi - Trademarks, Sam Raimi - Filmography

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Ramírez Sánchez was born in Caracas, Venezuela. His father, a Marxist lawyer, gave him the forename Ilich, after Lenin. He was educated at a local school in Caracas and joined the youth movement of the national communist party in 1959. Apart from his native Spanish, he reportedly speaks Arabic and Russian, as well as English and French. After attending the Third Tricontinental in January, 1966, with his father, he spent the following summer at Camp Mantanzas, a guerrilla warfare school run by the Cuban DGI located near Havana. Later that y ...

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Limp Bizkit - Early years. Contrary to popular belief, Limp Bizkit was not named for the fraternity game "limp biscuit". They were named after the way a friend of the band described his brain after getting high. The band was formed in 1994 by Durst, Rivers, Borland and Otto, touring in and around their hometown of Jacksonville, Florida. About this time, they became friends with rap music's House of Pain, which included DJ Lethal. Soon after House of Pain broke up, DJ Lethal joined the band. They were discovered b ...

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At the opening of the film, Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), the only human survivor of the Nostromo, is rescued from space and revived after fifty-seven years in hypersleep. As she recovers, she is gradually informed of the changes that have occurred during her absence, and is dismayed to learn that a terraforming colony called Hadley's Hope has been founded on Planet LV-426 (where the Nostromo crew had its fatal first encounter with the alien). Ripley immediately fears the worst when she learns that con ...

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Aliens 1986 film, Aliens 1986 film - Overview, Aliens 1986 film - Plot, Aliens 1986 film - Analysis, Aliens 1986 film - Vietnam allegory, Aliens 1986 film - Gun violence, Aliens 1986 film - View of Futuristic Weapons Re-imagined, Aliens 1986 film - Ripley's daughters, Aliens 1986 film - Western parallel, Aliens 1986 film - Accolades, Aliens 1986 film - Impact, Aliens 1986 film - Versions, Aliens 1986 film - Trivia, Aliens 1986 film - Editing and other errors, Aliens 1986 film - Prequel, Aliens 1986 film - Alien Quadrilogy, Aliens 1986 film - Cast, Aliens 1986 film - Crew

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A young woman, Sarah Connor, inexplicably finds herself hunted by a relentless killer. She is eventually approached by Kyle Reese, who explains that in the future, an artificial intelligence called "Skynet" will be created by military software developers to make strategic decisions. The program becomes self-aware; in a panic, the humans attempt to destroy Skynet. In the interest of self preservation, Skynet seizes control of most of the world's military hardware (including various highly advanced robots), and launches an all-out thermonuclea ...

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1955 - January. January 7 - Marian Anderson is the first African American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. January 22 - Pentagon announces plan to develop ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) armed with nuclear weapons 1955 - February. February 8 - Nikolai Bulganin becomes Soviet Premier. February 12 - US President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the first U.S. advisors to South Vietnam. February 22 - ...

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In the early 1980s, the head of NBC's Entertainment Division, Brandon Tartikoff, reportedly wrote a brainstorming memo that simply read "MTV cops". The result was Michael Mann's production of Miami Vice. While the series had many regulars, it focused primarily on two lead characters. James "Sonny" Crockett, a former University of Florida college football star (wide receiver), became a police detective after a tour in Vietnam; as the series begins he is a vice officer with an elaborate cover, including a Ferrari Daytona Spider, ...

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Miami Vice, Miami Vice - Television Series, Miami Vice - The Firearms, Miami Vice - 2006 Movie, Miami Vice - Cast of original 1984-1989 series

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Buffett began his official musical career in Nashville during the late 1960s as a country artist and recorded his first album, Down to Earth, in 1970. He then moved to Key West and began establishing the easy-going beach bum persona for which he is known. Buffett's third album was A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean, now acclaimed as his best though it achieved only moderate sales. Havana Daydreamin' appeared in 1976, followed by 1977's Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, which featured the ...

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Jimmy Buffett, Jimmy Buffett - Early life, Jimmy Buffett - Career, Jimmy Buffett - Writing, Jimmy Buffett - Trivia, Jimmy Buffett - Discography

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When Apollo 13 was 321,860 kilometers (199,990 mi) from Earth, an oxygen tank in the service module exploded. The only solution was for the crew to cancel their planned landing, swing around the Moon and return on a trajectory back to Earth. However, because their command/service module "Odyssey" was severely damaged, the three astronauts had to use the lunar module "Aquarius" as a crowded lifeboat for the return home. The four-day return trip was cold, uncomfortable, and tense. But Apollo 13 proved the program's ability to weather a major crisis and bring the crew back home safely.See also:

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List of people from Texas - Founders of The Republic of Texas. Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836), the "Father of Texas" Edward Burleson (1798–1851), Texas soldier, general, and statesman David G. Burnet (1788–1870), interim President of the Republic of Texas Lorenzo de Zavala (1788–1836), first vice-president of the Republic of Texas and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence Sam Houston (1793–1863), first President of Republic of Texas, later U.S. Senator ...

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Two losers, John Winger (Murray) and Russell Ziskey (Ramis), sign up in the army thinking that it would be a good way to meet girls. Along the way they get on the wrong side of their drill sergeant, bluff their way through graduation, and get involved in mud wrestling. The movie is "dated" in some ways, as it is set in Cold War Europe, but the humor is generally based on broader concepts that are still amusing. Like many military movies, Stripes is like two movies in one; the first part is set in boot camp, while the latter part shows ...

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The USCM is the United States "force-in-readiness" who are at all times ready to operate in environments far from home soil. By the year 2179 the force has roughly 165,000 marines divided into four divisions, four aerospace wings, and numerous support groups. There is also a reserve division and aerospace wing with an additional manpower of 50,000. The USCM, along with the US Army, are part of the United Americas Allied Command. The primary duty of the USCM is to maintain the security of the United Americas signatories and co ...

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Although the movie received a mostly positive outcome, some critics have accused this movie of being misogynistic with the hero using his agency's resources to stalk and frighten his wife whom he suspects is having an affair. Others have criticised the film for depicting Arabs as terrorists, although the terrorists depicted in the movie are played by actors of various mideast origins, including an Armenian and a Jew. As a result, the film was ban ...

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True Lies, True Lies - Criticism and reaction, True Lies - Cast

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Titanic received a great deal of negative advance publicity for its budget overruns and delayed release. When it was released reviews were somewhat mixed, but not as negative as many had anticipated. Some reviewers felt the story and dialogue were weak while the visuals were spectacular. Jeff Millar of the Houston Chronicle wrote, "When the ship does hit the berg, at the one-hour-and-45-minute point, we are immediately compensated for the padding in writer-director James Cameron's basic narrative — a shipboard romance."See also:

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The Colonial Marines are likely best known for their use of the M41A pulse rifle, a futuristic assault rifle with an underslung grenade launcher, and for the M56 smart gun, a large machine gun which is actually worn by the user using a sophisticated harness mechanism. Featured in the movie Aliens are also the M240 flamethrower and the M4A3 pistol and the UA-571C Sentry Guns.< ...

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The film was directed by James Cameron and starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Frances Fisher, Kathy Bates, Eric Braeden, David Warner, Ewan Stewart, Danny Nucci, Gloria Stuart, Victor Garber, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Bernard Fox, Ioan Gruffudd, Suzy Amis and Bill Paxton. When this epic disaster film was not finished in time for its scheduled July 1997 release date, it sent shockwaves throughout Hollywood: studio execs began wondering if they might have another Heaven's Gate on their hands. The two releasin ...

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Some aspects of the story were sufficiently similar to two episodes of the TV series The Outer Limits — both episodes written by Harlan Ellison — that Ellison pursued legal action against Cameron. Cameron settled out of court and acknowledged Ellison's work in the film's credits. The episodes in question were called "Soldier" (which involves a specially-trained man sent back in time to assassinate a rival) and "Demon with a Glass Hand" (concerning a time traveler who suffers memory loss and relies on a computer chip implanted in h ...

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Gemini's Twin is an R&B/pop music group comprised of Jonette and Britanica, created in sketches on the American television comedy program Saturday Night Live. The sketch featured Maya Rudolph and Ana Gasteyer as members of a "famous" singing group that parodied Destiny's Child. The two would incorporate hip-hop slang into their conversations in inappropriate ways, often misusing intellectual words or making up new words altogether. ("It's time ...

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Rap Street was a TV show sketch which appeared twice on Saturday Night Live. The hosts of Rap Street, Grandmaster Rap (a take-off on Grandmaster Flash played by Jerry Minor) and Kid Shazzam (Horatio Sanz) were caricatures of old school rappers who hearkened back to the early days of rap. They would often refer to their time spent in the Vietnam War, mention friends of theirs who had great-grandchildren or hip problems, and use plural forms where they didn't belong (i.e. "Vietnams", "hip-hops"). They spoke out against profanity in rap music, ...

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Saturday Night Live musical sketches, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - The Blues Brothers, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Nick The Lounge Singer, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Shower Mike with Richard Herkiman, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Candy Slice, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Episodes featuring Candy Slice, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Reference, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Buckwheat, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Pudge & Solomon, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Derek Stevens, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - The Sweeney Sisters, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Tonto Tarzan & Frankenstein, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - I'm Chillin', Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Opera Man, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Tiny Elvis, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Mighty Mack Blues, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - G-Dog, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - The Rocky Roads, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - The Roxbury Guys, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Kincaid, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - The Culp Family Musical Performances, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Episodes featuring The Culps, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - References, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Janet Reno's Dance Party, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Will Ferrell on Janet Reno, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Episodes featuring Janet Reno's Dance Party, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - External links, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - The DeMarco Brothers, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Gunner Olsen, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - The Céline Dion Show, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - 7 Degrees Celsius, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Gemini's Twin, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Episodes featuring Gemini's Twin, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Rap Street, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Episodes Featuring Grandmaster Rap and Kid Shazzam, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Season's Greetings From SNL Christmas Is Number One, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Baby K, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - The Kelly Brothers, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - The Barry Gibb Talk Show, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - Prince Show, Saturday Night Live musical sketches - The Lundford Twins Feel Good Variety Hour

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Winger parks his car in an alley: Pedestrian: You can't park that car there! Winger: I'm not parking it. I'm abandoning it! Stillman and Hulka observing the platoon arriving at the barracks for the first time: Capt. Stillman: It looks like a fine group of men, Sergeant. Ox: I sure hope this is the mess hall! (to Stillman, observing his Captain insignia): How's it goin', Eisenhower?! Sgt. Hulka: Yes, sir, a fine group of men. "Psycho": My name's Francis Sawyer... but everyone calls me "Psycho". C ...

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Stripes film, Stripes film - Plot summary, Stripes film - Trivia, Stripes film - Quote, Stripes film - Selected cast

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