Encyclopedia - Uli Edel: Encyclopedia - Uli Edel
Uli Edel (born April 11, 1947 in Neuenburg, Germany), German film director. After studying theatre science in Munich, he was accepted int...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caesar: Encyclopedia - Caesar
Caesar (Latin:CAESAR, IPA: 'kaɪsɑr ["kae-sahr"], common English IPA:siːzɚ ["see-zr"]) was originally a cognomen in ancient Rome, deri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1993 Golden Raspberry Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - 1993 Golden Raspberry Awards - Worst Picture
Indecent Proposal (Paramount) Body Of Evidence (MGM-UA) Cliffhanger (Carolco/TriStar) Last Action Hero (Columbia) Sliver (Paramount) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Last Exit To Brooklyn: Encyclopedia Ii - Last Exit To Brooklyn - Style
Last Exit to Brooklyn was written in an unusual style that ignores most conventions of grammar. Selby wrote most of the prose as if it wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mists Of Avalon: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mists Of Avalon - Main Cast
The Mists of Avalon - Morgaine. Morgaine is the main viewpoint character. She is a character with strong magical powers, capable of Se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Morwood: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Morwood - Biography
Morwood was born Robert Peter Smyth in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and lived there for more than thirty years. From 1969 to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hubert Selby Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Hubert Selby Jr. - Wrong Entrance
Hubert's father, Hubert Selby Sr., was a merchant seaman and a former coal miner from Kentucky. He married Adalin, and they both settled ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - King Lear: Encyclopedia Ii - King Lear - Points Of Debate
King Lear - Confusing opening. The modern reader of King Lear could benefit from the demystification of some subtleties in the text, as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hubert Selby Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Hubert Selby Jr. - Works
Hubert Selby Jr. - Fiction. (in chronological order) Last Exit to Brooklyn. Novel. (1964) The Room. Novel. (1971) The Demon. Novel. (1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hubert Selby Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Hubert Selby Jr. - Dead End
In 1971, Selby published his second novel, The Room. The novel received the greatest reviews, and was considered to be another masterpiec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Last Exit To Brooklyn: Encyclopedia Ii - Last Exit To Brooklyn - Trial
The rights for the British edition were acquired by Marion Boyars and John Calder and the novel ended up in the hands of the Director of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - King Lear: Encyclopedia Ii - King Lear - Reworkings
Since the 1950s, there have been various "reworkings" of King Lear. These are the major works: The novel A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hubert Selby Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Hubert Selby Jr. - Last Exit
In 1958, Selby started working on his first piece, The Queen Is Dead. At the time, Selby had a succession of jobs. Yet he continued to wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Last Exit To Brooklyn: Encyclopedia Ii - Last Exit To Brooklyn - Writing And Publication History
Last Exit to Brooklyn started as The Queen is Dead, one of several short stories Selby wrote about people he had met around Brooklyn whil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1993 Golden Raspberry Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - 1993 Golden Raspberry Awards - Worst Supporting Actress
Faye Dunaway, The Temp Anne Archer, Body Of Evidence Sandra Bullock, Demolition Man Colleen Camp, Sliver Janine Turner, Cliffhanger ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - King Lear: Encyclopedia Ii - King Lear - Reworkings
Since the 1950s, there have been various "reworkings" of King Lear. These are the major works: The novel A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - King Lear: Encyclopedia Ii - King Lear - Sources For King Lear
One of Shakespeare's sources was an earlier play, King Leir. In this play Cordella and the King of France serve Leir disguised as rustics...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - King Lear: Encyclopedia Ii - King Lear - Plot
The play begins with King Lear taking the decision to abdicate the throne and divide his kingdom equally among his three daughters: Goner...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mists Of Avalon: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mists Of Avalon - Reception
The Mists of Avalon is lauded as one of the most original and emotional retelling of the familiar Arthurian legend. Bradley received much...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mists Of Avalon: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mists Of Avalon - Miniseries
The book was adapted in 2001 by American cable channel TNT into a miniseries directed by Uli Edel. Anjelica Huston as Viviane Julianna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1993 Golden Raspberry Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - 1993 Golden Raspberry Awards - Worst Screenplay
Indecent Proposal, screenplay by Amy Holden Jones, based upon the novel by Jack Engelhard Body Of Evidence, written by Brad Mirman Cliff...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1993 Golden Raspberry Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - 1993 Golden Raspberry Awards - Worst Supporting Actor
Woody Harrelson, Indecent Proposal Tom Berenger, Sliver John Lithgow, Cliffhanger Chris O'Donnell, The Three Musketeers Keanu Reeves, Mu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1993 Golden Raspberry Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - 1993 Golden Raspberry Awards - Worst Actress
Madonna, Body Of Evidence Melanie Griffith, Born Yesterday Janet Jackson, Poetic Justice Demi Moore, Indecent Proposal Sharon Stone, Sli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hubert Selby Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Hubert Selby Jr. - One Way
In 1949, Selby married for the first time. But after the marines, with no qualifications, no work experience and bad health, he had troub...   » Read the article