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1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). 1933 - Events. January 3 - Japanese troops occupy Shanghai January 5 - Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay. January 15 - Political violence has caused almost 100 deaths in Spain January 17 - US Congress votes favorable for Philippines independence, against the view of president Hoover January 30 - Edouard Daladier forms a government i ...

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King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Great Britain, where he appears as the ideal of kingship in both war and peace. He is the central character in the cycle of legends known as the Matter of Britain. There is disagreement about whether Arthur, or a model for him, ever actually existed. In the earliest mentions and in Welsh texts, he is never given the title "King." Early texts refer to him as a dux bellorum ("war leader"), and High Medieval Welsh texts often call him an ameraudur ("emperor"; the ...

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• King Arthur - The Arthur of history
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• King Arthur - The Arthurian romance
• King Arthur - Arthur's swords
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• King Arthur - Literature
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• King Arthur - Opera
• King Arthur - Film
• King Arthur - Television
• King Arthur - Other media
• King Arthur - Bibliography

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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (Burmese: ), born June 19, 1945 in Yangon (Rangoon), is a nonviolent pro-democracy activist in Myanmar (Burma). In 1990 the devout Buddhist won the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. In 1991 she won the Nobel Peace Prize for her peaceful and non-violent struggle under a repressive military regime. A famous quote of hers is: "It's not bravery. It's a question of doing what you have to do. You can go ahead ...

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Zardoz is a 1974 science fiction film directed by John Boorman and starring Sean Connery in one of his first post-James Bond roles. Filmed on a small budget of $1 million, Zardoz mixture of cerebral, philosophical sci-fi was in complete contrast to Boorman's previous film, the brutal thriller Deliverance. It is considered a cult film, with its mix of mythology, a bizarre, sprawling plot filled with twists and incongruities, wide-ranging satirical and allegorical stabs. Although its 1970s aesthetic has dated ...

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• Zardoz - Plot
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The Academy Award for Directing is an accolade given to the person that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences feels was best director of the past year. The expression of approval is given, along with an Oscar Statuette and a chance for the director to speak, at an annual Academy Awards ceremony. All but twenty of the seventy-seven Oscars for best director (before 2006) were for films that also won the award for best picture. The Academy has selected one director from five nominees each year for the past seven decades ...

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• Academy Award for Directing - 1920s
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This article is about the term as used in media and computing; for more specific uses, see Black and White. b/w is also commonly used with old 45 and 78 RPM records and stands for "backed with" and thus refers to the flip side (commonly called "B side") of the record. Black-and-white is a broad adjectival term used to describe a number of forms of visual technology. Most forms of visual technology start out in black and white, t ...

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The United Kingdom has been influential in the technological, commercial, and artistic development of cinema. Despite a history of successful productions, the industry is characterised by an ongoing debate about its identity (including economic and cultural issues) and the influences of American and European cinema. Cinema of the United Kingdom - Overview. Film production in the UK has experienced a number of booms and recessions. Although many factors can be used to measure the success of the industry, the number ...

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• Cinema of the United Kingdom - Early UK cinema
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• Cinema of the United Kingdom - The British New Wave
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• Cinema of the United Kingdom - British cinema since 1990
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - Art Cinema
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• Cinema of the United Kingdom - Black and Asian film
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - Bibliography
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - Pre-WWII
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• Cinema of the United Kingdom - Post-War
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - 1990s
• Cinema of the United Kingdom - Cinema and Government
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Apocalyptic science fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization, through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster. Post-apocalyptic science fiction is set in a world or civilization after such a disaster. The time frame may be immediately after the catastrophe, focusing on the travails or psychology of survivors, or considerably later, often including the theme that the existence of pre-catastrophe civilization has been forgotten or mythologized. The fall of civiliz ...

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• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - World War III nuclear
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - Pandemic
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - Astronomic impact meteorites
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - Alien invasion
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - Ecological catastrophe
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - Cybernetic revolt
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - The decline and fall of the human race
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - After the fall of space-based civilization
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - The Sun's expansion
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - Religious and supernatural apocalypse Eschatological fiction
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - Various
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction - To be categorized

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The Dave Clark Five (DC5) were a British rock and roll group in the 1960s, and one of the few that were able to present something of a commercial threat to The Beatles, the dominant group of the period. Although the group was named after him, Dave Clark was the drummer; lead vocals were provided by Mike Smith, who also played the keyboards. The rest of the band was Lenny Davidson on lead guitar, Rick Huxley on bass guitar, and Denis Payton on tenor and baritone saxophones, harmonica, and guitar. Songwriting credits went ...

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The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. As is the customary practice in Wikipedia for listing Oscar results, the winner of the award for that year is listed first, followed by the runners-up. The films below are listed with their production year, so fo ...

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• Academy Award for Best Picture - 1980s
• Academy Award for Best Picture - 1990s
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The Karlovy Vary film festival is one of the oldest in the world. The pre-war dream of many enthusiastic filmmakers materialized in 1946 when in Mariánské Lázně and Karlovy Vary a non-competition festival of films from seven countries took place. Above all it was intended to screen the results of the recently nationalized Czechoslovak film industry. After the first two years the festival moved permanently to Karlovy Vary. For several decades after the Communist takeover in February 1948 the festival was entirely under the control ...

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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - History, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - Program, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - Awards, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - Crystal Globe Winners - Grand Prix, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - Some of the Celebrities of the Festival of Last Years

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J. R. R. Tolkien - The Tolkien family. As far as is known, most of Tolkien's paternal ancestors were craftsmen. The Tolkien family had its roots in Saxony (Germany), but had been living in England since the 18th century, becoming "quickly and intensely English (not British)" (Letters, 165). The surname Tolkien is anglicised from Tollkiehn (i.e. German tollkühn, "foolhardy", the etymological English translation would be dull-keen, a literal translation of oxymoron). The character of Professor Rashbold in Th ...

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J. R. R. Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien - Biography, J. R. R. Tolkien - The Tolkien family, J. R. R. Tolkien - Childhood, J. R. R. Tolkien - Youth, J. R. R. Tolkien - Oxford, J. R. R. Tolkien - Retirement and old age, J. R. R. Tolkien - Writing, J. R. R. Tolkien - Languages, J. R. R. Tolkien - Works inspired by Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien - Bibliography, J. R. R. Tolkien - Fiction and poetry, J. R. R. Tolkien - Academic works, J. R. R. Tolkien - Posthumous publications, J. R. R. Tolkien - Audio recordings, J. R. R. Tolkien - Notes

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It is the Dark Ages, and the land is without a king. Two great knights, Uther Pendragon and the Duke of Cornwall, fight for dominance. Uther is aided by the shadowy enchanter Merlin, who gives him Excalibur, the "sword of power", which he takes from a hand clad in samite rising from a lake. Merlin arranges a truce between the two rivals, where Cornwall yields to Uther, who is proclaimed king. During a feast at Cornwall's castle Uther develops a mad lust for Igrayne, Cornwall's wife. This leads to the truce ...

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Excalibur film, Excalibur film - Cast and crew, Excalibur film - Plot, Excalibur film - Adaptation of the legends, Excalibur film - Quotations, Excalibur film - Reputation

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He quickly became a popular figure in supporting roles, initially always playing some kind of "heavy". His debut was in You're in the Navy Now (1951), but he also appeared in Don Siegel's Duel at Silver Creek (1952), being unpleasant to Gloria Grahame in The Big Heat (1953), as well as archetypal baddies in Hangman's Knot (1952), Eight Iron Men (1952), The Wild One (1953) opposite Marlon Brando, Seminole (1953), Gun Fury (1953), Bad Day at Black Rock (1954) ...

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Lee Marvin, Lee Marvin - Early life, Lee Marvin - Popular actor, Lee Marvin - Later life, Lee Marvin - Trivia

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With no apparent prior interest in film, about 1977 he turned to film financing, and joined David Putnam in founding Goldcrest Films, an independent film production company, for which he served as president and CEO. His first venture was the animated movie Watership Down. While with the company, in 1979 he made a disastrous personal investment of US$750,000 in Zulu Dawn, which would take him almost a decade to recover from. He obviously learned a great deal from this setback, as the output of the company was for the most ...

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Jake Eberts, Jake Eberts - Early Life and Career, Jake Eberts - With Goldcrest Films, Jake Eberts - As An Independent, Jake Eberts - National Geographic Feature Films, Jake Eberts - Honours and Other Achievements

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King Arthur - Literature. John Steinbeck's The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights is a traditional take in modern language. T.H. White's The Once and Future King cycle Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Sidney Lanier's The Boy's King Arthur is a work based on Thomas Malory's, written in such a way to appeal to the boys of the 19th century. Marion Zimmer Brad ...

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King Arthur, King Arthur - The Arthur of history, King Arthur - Earliest traditions of Arthur, King Arthur - The Arthurian romance, King Arthur - Arthur's swords, King Arthur - Arthur in various media, King Arthur - Literature, King Arthur - Plays, King Arthur - Opera, King Arthur - Film, King Arthur - Television, King Arthur - Other media, King Arthur - Hidden Versions of the Arthur Legend in Other Works, King Arthur - Bibliography

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The Lord of the Rings - The Lord of the Rings on radio. The BBC produced a 13-part radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings in 1956, and a 6-part version of The Hobbit in 1966. It is uncertain whether Tolkien ever heard either series. No recording of the 1956 series is known to exist, but The Hobbit has survived. It is a very faithful adaptation, incorporating some passing references ...

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The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings - Books and volumes, The Lord of the Rings - Writing, The Lord of the Rings - Publication, The Lord of the Rings - Publication history, The Lord of the Rings - The books, The Lord of the Rings - The Verse of the One Ring, The Lord of the Rings - The storyline, The Lord of the Rings - Criticism, The Lord of the Rings - Praise, The Lord of the Rings - Adaptations, The Lord of the Rings - The Lord of the Rings on radio, The Lord of the Rings - The Lord of the Rings in film, The Lord of the Rings - The Lord of the Rings on stage, The Lord of the Rings - The Lord of the Rings in video gaming, The Lord of the Rings - The Lord of the Rings in art, The Lord of the Rings - Pop culture references to The Lord of the Rings

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Mordred appears very early in Arthurian literature. The first mention of him, as Medraut, occurs in the Annales Cambriae entry for the year 537: The strife of Camlann, in which Arthur and Medraut fell. The Annales themselves were completed around A.D. 970. Mordred was associated with Camlann even at that early date, but the Annales' brief line gives no information as to whether he killed or was killed by Arthur, or even if he was fighting against him. Even if he wasn't yet the famous villain he would later become, his appearances in Welsh Genealogies ...

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Mordred, Mordred - Mordred's background, Mordred - Mordred in Arthurian legend, Mordred - Mordred in later works

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The character first appears as "Morgen" in the 12th century Latin Vita Merlini (Life of Merlin) by Geoffrey of Monmouth, where she is the first of nine sisters who rule Avalon, The Fortunate Isle or the Isle of Apples (cf. Garden of the Hesperides), where in fact she is the sole sister with a definite presence. Geoffrey presents her as a typical fay, a healer and even a shapeshifter. In early tales she is generally a benevolant presence; her healing ointment is used to cure the hero in Chrétien de Troyes' Yvain, le Chevalie ...

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Morgan le Fay, Morgan le Fay - Early accounts of Morgan, Morgan le Fay - Morgan in later medieval literature, Morgan le Fay - Modern appearances of Morgan

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His first appearance on stage was at a local outdoor history pageant as Tom of Towngate when he was nine years old. At the age of 12, he entered the local secondary modern school where he continued to study drama. He has said that "the greatest thing that ever happened to me" was after he read Shylock aloud in front of his class and his teacher told him, "Stewart, you're good at this. You should do it for a living." At 15, he dropped out of school and increased his participation in local theatre. He acquired a job as a newspaper repor ...

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Patrick Stewart, Patrick Stewart - Biography, Patrick Stewart - Voice acting, Patrick Stewart - Filmography

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