Brian Cox

Brian Denis Cox, CBE (born June 1, 1946) is a Scottish actor (at least partially of Irish Catholic extraction), notable for being the first person to play Hannibal Lecter, a role he took in the Michael Mann film Manhunter (1986). Cox was born in Dundee, Scotland and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. His first television role was in "Year of the Sex Olympics". In 1978, he played King Henry II of England in the acclaimed BBC2 drama serial, The Devil's Crown, following which he starred in many ...

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Agamémnon (Greek: Αγαμέμνων) ("very resolute"), one of the most distinguished heroes of Greek mythology, was the son of King Atreus of Mycenae (or Argos) and Queen Aerope, and brother of Menelaus. Agamemnon - Early life. Agamemnon's father Atreus was murdered by Aegisthus, who took possession of the throne of Mycenae and ruled jointly with his father Thyestes. During this period Agamemnon and Menelaus took refuge with Tyndareus, king of Sparta. There they respectively married Tyndareus' dau ...

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• Agamemnon - Early life
• Agamemnon - The Trojan War
• Agamemnon - Return to Greece
• Agamemnon - Other stories
• Agamemnon - Agamemnon in modern fiction and film

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Cox may mean: Coxswain Cox, Haute-Garonne, a commune of the Haute-Garonne département, in France Cox, Spain, a municipality of the province of Alicante, in Spain Cox Enterprises Apples: Cox Orange, found by Mister Cox Cox's Orange Pippin, also found by Mister Cox People: Alex Cox, filmography Sid and Nancy Alan Cox, leader person in Linux Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General; Watergate

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Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE (born December 31, 1937) is a British-American actor who was born Philip Anthony Hopkins in Margam, near Port Talbot, Wales. His parents were the late Richard Arthur Hopkins and Muriel Yeats, who is a distant relation of poet William Butler Yeats. He was influenced and encouraged to become an actor by fellow Welshman Richard Burton, whom he met briefly at the age of fifteen. Hopkins eventually moved to London where he trained as an actor at RADA. He conquered alcoholism in 1975 and ...

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Howie Blitzer (Dano), still reeling from the death of his mother in a car accident on the titular highway, finds his only solace in the company of his best friend Gary (Billy Kay), a juvenile delinquent and amateur prostitute who he has a kind of crush on. One night, they break into the house of "Big John" Harrigan (Cox), a closeted pederast and Gary's main "customer". They steal a valuable WWII vintage pist ...

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L.I.E., L.I.E. - Plot summary, L.I.E. - Trivia

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List of Danny Phantom characters - Daniel Danny Fenton/Danny Phantom. Main article: Danny Phantom (character) See Danny Fenton - Danny Phantom Bio for details. Danny is the show's protagonist and main character. One day in his parents' laboratory, Danny has an accident involving the newly built "Fenton Portal" and his molecular structure was fused with ectoplasm, allowing him to transform from ghost to human at will. (There are rumors about him being half dead *hence the fact tha ...

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List of Danny Phantom characters, List of Danny Phantom characters - Characters, List of Danny Phantom characters - Daniel Danny Fenton/Danny Phantom, List of Danny Phantom characters - Family, List of Danny Phantom characters - Danny's Best Friends, List of Danny Phantom characters - Citizens of Amity Park, List of Danny Phantom characters - Relationships, List of Danny Phantom characters - Human Villains and Ghosts, List of Danny Phantom characters - Voice Actors and Their Characters

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Göring's last days were spent with Gustave Gilbert, a Jewish German-speaking intelligence officer and psychologist who was granted free access by the Allies to all the prisoners held in the Nuremberg jail. Gilbert kept a journal of his observations of the proceedings and his conversations with the prisoners, which he later published in the book Nuremberg Diary. The following quotation was a part of a conversation Gilbert held with a dejected Göring in his cell on the evening of 18 April 1946, as the trials were halted for a three-da ...

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Hermann Göring, Hermann Göring - Göring's last days, Hermann Göring - The personal standards of Hermann Göring, Hermann Göring - In fiction, Hermann Göring - In film, Hermann Göring - Quotes, Hermann Göring - Books about Göring, Hermann Göring - Reference

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Michael Mann film director - Early days. He spent 7 years in the United Kingdom, then moved back to the United States and began career as a writer on such shows as Vega$ and Starsky and Hutch. His first feature movie was a made-for-TV special called The Jericho Mile. His television work also includes having acted as director and producer on such shows as Miami Vice and Crime Story. ...

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Michael Mann film director, Michael Mann film director - Career, Michael Mann film director - Early days, Michael Mann film director - Thief, Michael Mann film director - Manhunter, Michael Mann film director - Heat, Michael Mann film director - The Insider, Michael Mann film director - Ali, Michael Mann film director - Collateral, Michael Mann film director - Miami Vice, Michael Mann film director - Future projects, Michael Mann film director - Selected filmography

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Tagline: Fear Takes Flight Lisa Reisert (played by Rachel McAdams) has a fear of flying, and after attending her grandmother's funeral in Dallas, she has to take a night flight (called a red-eye flight, hence the movie title) to Miami. She meets Jackson Rippner (played by Cillian Murphy), whom she initially finds charming. After the plane has taken off, however, Rippner reveals that he is an operative who intends to assassinate the Secretary of Homeland Security, and Lisa is instrumental in his plans. If she refuses to c ...

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Red Eye film, Red Eye film - Plot summary, Red Eye film - Main cast, Red Eye film - Miscellaneous, Red Eye film - DVD release date

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Besides his famous personal injury cases, which earned for him his 'King of Torts' nickname, Belli was also instrumental in setting up some of the foundations of modern consumer rights law, arguing several cases in the 1940s and 1950s that formed the basis for later lawsuits and landmark litigation by such figures as Ralph Nader. Belli argued (in cases such as Escola v. Coca-Cola, in 1944, which arose from an incident in which a restaurant manager from Merced, California was severely injured by an exploding Coca-Cola bottle) that all ...

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Melvin Belli, Melvin Belli - Education and early career, Melvin Belli - King of Torts, Melvin Belli - Filmed icon, Melvin Belli - Author, Melvin Belli - Personal life and finances, Melvin Belli - Quote, Melvin Belli - Bibliography, Melvin Belli - Filmography as actor

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The film begins with Jason Bourne being framed for the death of two CIA operatives in Berlin, Germany when his fingerprints are found at the scene of a deal to buy classified Russian documents. Unaware of any of this, Bourne, who is still suffering from amnesia, is now living in Goa, India with Marie. Realising that he has been tracked down, he attempts to relocate himself and Marie, trying to escape from a man sent to kill him. He succeeds ...

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The Bourne Supremacy film, The Bourne Supremacy film - Plot summary, The Bourne Supremacy film - Main cast, The Bourne Supremacy film - Crew, The Bourne Supremacy film - Tagline

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In addition to updating the politics and technology the movie streamlines the plot of the novel, chiefly by dropping the business with Carlos and leaving out the final plot twist. The film begins with the finding of Jason Bourne floating in the Mediterranean Sea with several bullet wounds. He is picked up by a fishing ship and nursed back to health; however, Bourne has no idea who he is and knows nothing of his past. A member of the ship, when treating Bourne's wounds, finds a message surgically embedded in Bourne's hip, containing de ...

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The Bourne Identity film, The Bourne Identity film - Plot, The Bourne Identity film - Cast, The Bourne Identity film - Crew, The Bourne Identity film - Trivia

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Tagline: Fear Takes Flight Lisa Reisert (played by Rachel McAdams) has a fear of flying, and after attending her grandmother's funeral in Dallas she has to take a night flight (called a red-eye flight, hence the movie title) to Miami. She meets Jackson Rippner (played by Cillian Murphy), whom she finds charming. After the plane has taken off, however, Rippner reveals that he is an operative who intends to assassinate an important political figure, and Lisa is instrumental in his plans. If she refuses to cooperate, ...

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Red Eye film, Red Eye film - Plot summary, Red Eye film - Main cast, Red Eye film - Miscellaneous, Red Eye film - DVD Release Date

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Streep has received countless awards, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame—all of which can be seen at numerous sites, including her page at the Internet Movie Database (link below). Summarized below are her awards from the best recognized institutions. Awards: 1978 - Emmy for best actress in a mini-series, in Holocaust 1980 - Golden Globe for best supporting actress, in Kramer vs. Kramer 1980 - Academy Award for best supporting actress, in Kramer vs. Kramer < ...

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Meryl Streep, Meryl Streep - Early life and career, Meryl Streep - Later career and recent work, Meryl Streep - Awards, Meryl Streep - Filmography, Meryl Streep - Other work

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Titus Andronicus was published in three separate quarto editions prior to the First Folio of 1623; these are referred to as Q1, Q2, and Q3 by Shakespeare scholars. Q1, published in 1594, is regarded by scholars as a reasonably "good" (complete and reliable) text, and is the basis for most modern editions, although it does not include some material found in the First Folio. Only a single copy is known to exist today. Q2, published in 1600, appears to be based on a damaged copy of Q1, as it is a good reproduction of the Q1 text, but is missing a ...

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Titus Andronicus, Titus Andronicus - Text of the play, Titus Andronicus - Date and authorship, Titus Andronicus - Reputation, Titus Andronicus - Film adaptations

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There are five gangs encountered during the course of the game, plus the corrupt police force (who seem to think Cash is some sort of drugged up hobo), the SWAT team and the Cerberus, the director's elite bodyguard. The Hoods: Street thugs that usually use baseball bats and clubs as weapons. They wear hoods, or tights (pantyhose), to cover their faces. The Hoods are the first gang Cash encounters. The Skins: A gang comprised of white supremacists, they are out to get Cash because he is of mixed race (possibly Mexi ...

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Manhunt video game, Manhunt video game - Plot, Manhunt video game - Controversy, Manhunt video game - Gangs, Manhunt video game - Characters, Manhunt video game - Unused Characters, Manhunt video game - Trivia, Manhunt video game - Weapons, Manhunt video game - Quotes

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Graham, who captured Lecter, nearly getting killed in the process, is called out of retirement to help track down a serial killer known to law enforcement agencies and the press only as "The Tooth Fairy", who has murdered two families. Graham turns to Lecter for help, but discovers that Lecter is manipulating not only him but also the man he is hunting. The relationship between Lecter and Graham parallels the relationship between Lecter and Clarice Starling in the later books, but has very different overtones. Lecter treats Starling a ...

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Red Dragon, Red Dragon - Synopsis, Red Dragon - Response, Red Dragon - Trivia

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The movie is considered by many to be Woody Allen's finest movie again in more than a decade. The acting is superb, especially by Rhys-Meyers as the sultry, deep, and complex young upshot into higher society, Johansson as the initally very self-confident, sexy and seductive, but apparently neurotic luckless American actress. The character of Wilton seems to be drawn and torn to both women in his life, his fiancée and later wife Chloe and his hot affair with Nola. He genuinely seems to care and love his wife, however she can never give him the sexual satisfaction and thrills that Nola provided. Both women offer him aspe ...

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Match Point movie, Match Point movie - Review, Match Point movie - Soundtrack

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The screenplay is based on a true story. Based on the success of his screenplay for Being John Malkovich, Kaufman was hired to write a screenplay based on Orlean's book. However, he soon realized that the book simply couldn't be filmed. As he came under increasing pressure to turn in a screenplay, the "adaptation" became a story of a screenwriter's attempt to write a screenplay about a book that can't be adapted into a screenplay. Kaufman handed the script to his employers in the firm belief he would never work again. Instead, the backers enjoyed the script so much they decided to abandon the original projec ...

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Adaptation., Adaptation. - Plot, Adaptation. - Quotes, Adaptation. - Analysis, Adaptation. - Awards, Adaptation. - Cast

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Shakespeare on screen - All's Well That Ends Well. BBC Television Shakespeare All's Well That Ends Well (TV, UK, 1980) Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series. Shakespeare on screen - As You Like It. As You Like It (USA, 1936) Paul Czinner director Elisabeth Bergner as Rosalind Laurence Olivier as Orlando BBC Television Shake ...

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Shakespeare on screen, Shakespeare on screen - Comedies, Shakespeare on screen - All's Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare on screen - As You Like It, Shakespeare on screen - The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare on screen - Cymbeline, Shakespeare on screen - Love's Labour's Lost, Shakespeare on screen - Measure For Measure, Shakespeare on screen - The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare on screen - The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare on screen - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare on screen - Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare on screen - Pericles, Shakespeare on screen - The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare on screen - The Tempest, Shakespeare on screen - Twelfth Night, Shakespeare on screen - The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare on screen - The Winter's Tale, Shakespeare on screen - Tragedies, Shakespeare on screen - Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare on screen - Coriolanus, Shakespeare on screen - Hamlet, Shakespeare on screen - Julius Caesar, Shakespeare on screen - King Lear, Shakespeare on screen - Macbeth, Shakespeare on screen - Othello, Shakespeare on screen - Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare on screen - Timon of Athens, Shakespeare on screen - Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare on screen - Troilus and Cressida, Shakespeare on screen - Histories, Shakespeare on screen - Henry IV Part 1, Shakespeare on screen - Henry IV Part 2, Shakespeare on screen - Henry V, Shakespeare on screen - Henry VI Part 1, Shakespeare on screen - Henry VI Part 2, Shakespeare on screen - Henry VI Part 3, Shakespeare on screen - Henry VIII, Shakespeare on screen - King John, Shakespeare on screen - Richard II, Shakespeare on screen - Richard III, Shakespeare on screen - Other, Shakespeare on screen - Life and times of Shakespeare, Shakespeare on screen - Acting Shakespeare, Shakespeare on screen - Television series, Shakespeare on screen - Academic, Shakespeare on screen - Miscellaneous

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