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Phillips' infidelity led to her being fired from The Mamas & the Papas in early June 1966. After Michelle started dating Gene Clark, a member of the rival band The Byrds, she was ejected from the band and replaced by Lou Adler's girlfriend Jill Gibson. Michelle's presence in the band was missed by some fans, mostly by John, so she was invited back into the group in late August while Jill Gibson was given a lump sum for her two and a half months as a Mama. Gibson later said that she felt betrayed by John, Cass, and Denny. The band continued to have problems even after Michelle's return. The Mama ...

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Many elements of Blue Velvet are reminiscent of Charles Laughton's 1955 one-shot-wonder, The Night of the Hunter. The story of a child or naïve young man thrust into an unexpected adult world of crime, sex, and murder is common to both films, and the development of this subject as something of a journey towards the redemption of innocence also seems similar. Both films feature a helpless woman held under the power of a sometimes disarming but ultimately terrifying madman. Both madmen are tied symbolically to a primal, animal o ...

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Walken initially trained as a dancer in musical theatre before moving on to more serious roles in theatre and then film. A select number of his movies include dance moves that he has worked in, reflecting this early background. He has been in nearly one hundred movies and television shows since 1953, including The Dead Zone (1983), Brainstorm (1983), A View to a Kill (1985), Batman Returns (1992) True Romance (1993), Pulp Fiction (1994), Nick of Time (1995), Catch Me If You Can ( ...

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As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 25,176 people, 8,395 households, and 5,968 families residing in the city. The population density is 770.9/km² (1,995.8/mi²). There are 8,976 housing units at an average density of 274.8/km² (711.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 71.43% White, 1.94% African American, 0.69% Native American, 2.37% Asian, 0.15% Pacific Islander, 20.82% from other races, and 2.61% from two or more races. 42.87% of ...

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Demon Days - Bonus tracks. "68 State" (first Japan release, also a B-side on the British 7" single for "Feel Good Inc.") "People" (second Japan release, also a B-side on the British DVD single for "DARE") ...

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The film begins with Jeffrey Beaumont, played by Kyle MacLachlan, coming home from college after his father has a stroke. While crossing a field he discovers a human ear and takes it to the police. His curiosity piqued, he begins investigating the matter himself. In the process, he discovers that within his quaint suburban town exists a steamy underworld of kinky sex and brutal violence. The film operates on a number of levels, coming on as both a detective mystery and a kitchen-sink drama. The film depicts a tangled relationship whic ...

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Lynch has twice won France's César Award for Best Foreign Film and served as President of the jury at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, where he had previously won the Palme d'Or in 1990. He was also honored in 2002 by the French government with the Legion of Honor. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Directing three times (for The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive) but has never won. ...

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Lynch has been married twice: Peggy Lynch (1967-1974), (one daughter Jennifer Chambers Lynch, the film director) Mary Fisk (21 June 1977-1987), (one son Austin Jack Lynch) He also has a son Riley Lynch with the film editor Mary Sweeney. ...

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Captain America has used many shields over the years, the most traditional of which is an indestructible discus-shaped shield made from a vibranium/steel alloy. His costume is made of a fire-retardant material. He also wears a light weight "duralumin" chainmail beneath his costume for added protection. As a member of the Avengers, Rogers has his Avengers priority card, which also serves as a communications device, on his person at all times. ...

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The most consistent symbolism in Blue Velvet is an insect motif introduced at the end of the first scene, when the camera zooms in on a well-kept suburban lawn until it discovers, underground, a swarming nest of disgusting bugs. This is generally recognized as a metaphor for the seedy underworld that Jeffrey will soon discover under the surface of his own suburban, Reaganesque paradise. The bug motif is recurrent throughout the film, most notably in the horrific bug-like oxygen mask that Frank wears, but also in the excuse that Jeffre ...

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Blue Velvet was made 1986, shortly after Lynch's artistically troubling film Dune, which ran into various problems during shooting and eventually became a commercial and critical disappointment. By this time, Lynch had pieced together various story elements that he had been putting together for a period of time that eventually became the bulk of the material for Blue Velvet. It was the second film Lynch produced for Dino de Laurentiis. Because the material was completely different from anything that ...

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In an interview with ireallylovemusic.co.uk, the band answered questions about the record's details and their opinions on the musical theory of the new album: Russel Hobbs- "As a body of work, Demon Days is more focused and considered than the first album, and maybe it has a greater gravity to it than the first record...The music has a stricter discipline to it, with an undercurrent of dark optimism." 2D- "Lik ...

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Although inspired by Heart of Darkness, the film deviates from it extensively. The novel takes place in the Congo in the 19th century; Kurtz and Marlow (the Sheen character's name in the novel) are commercial agents of a Belgian ivory company that seeks fortune by brutally exploiting African native workers; Kilgore, a major character in the movie, is not present; and Captain Willard is sent to kill Kurtz ...

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Dodge City is located at 37°45'35" North, 100°1'6" West (37.759671, -100.018212)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 32.9 km² (12.7 mi²). 32.7 km² (12.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.86% water. Dodge City is served by two commercial airlines at Dodge City Regional Airport. ...

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As one of the most iconic films of the 20th century, the film has been referenced and parodied countless times. Apocalypse Now - Film:. The film was parodied in a short film called Porklips Now, about health inspector Will Dullard, who makes a trip to inspect the meat processing shop of a man named Mertz. British film Nil by Mouth, by Gary Oldman, has a scene where the character Danny (played by Steve Sweeney) dubs the scene that the photojournalist talks to Cap. ...

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