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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is a short story by Ambrose Bierce originally written in 1886. It was first published in the 1891 collection Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Plot. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is the story of a man who is sentenced to death by hanging at the Owl Creek Bridge of the title. When he is hanged the rope breaks and the main character falls into the water, from which he begins a journey back to his home. During hi ...

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Leslie Townes Hope, KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), otherwise known as Bob Hope, was a famous American entertainer who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, in movies and in U.S. Army concerts. Bob Hope - English origins. Hope was born in Eltham, London, England, the fifth of seven sons. His English father, William Henry Hope, was a stonemason from Weston-super-Mare and his Welsh mother, Avis Townes, was a light opera singer. The family lived in Weston-super-Mare, then Whitehal ...

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• Bob Hope - English origins
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• Bob Hope - Thanks for the Memory
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• Bob Hope - Tours of duty
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• Bob Hope - Hope on the air
• Bob Hope - Hope's twilight
• Bob Hope - Conversion
• Bob Hope - Honors
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Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, which depicts a dystopic Los Angeles in November 2019. The screenplay, which was written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is loosely based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. The film itself features: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, William Sanderson, Brion James, Joe Turkel and Joanna Cassidy; lea ...

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• Blade Runner - Influence
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• Blade Runner - Director's Cut
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• Blade Runner - Documentaries
• Blade Runner - Novel
• Blade Runner - Sequels
• Blade Runner - Games and comics
• Blade Runner - Curse

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Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American child actress. Known professionally as Dakota Fanning, she is one of the first major stars among the youngest members of Generation Y. Dakota Fanning - Television. Fanning, born in Conyers, Georgia, to Steven and Joy Fanning, began her quick rise to stardom at age five, when she was chosen for a Tide commercial. Her first significant acting job was a guest-starring role in the NBC prime-time drama, ER, which remains one of her favor ...

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The winner of the episode was then given the opportunity to win one of a selection of much larger prizes, usually including international first-class holidays, expensive jewellery, and the like, the most valuable of which was one or two luxury automobiles. In early seasons, the cumulative scores over several nights of the contestant were kept, and they would add prizes to their collection as their cumulative score exceeded the required amount. Later seasons changed this, instead the prize to be won on any particular night was determin ...

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$ale of the Century, $ale of the Century - Game format, $ale of the Century - Current Australian Format, $ale of the Century - American Format, $ale of the Century - Major Prizes, $ale of the Century - Current Australian Format, $ale of the Century - American Format, $ale of the Century - Game Show References, $ale of the Century - Hosts, $ale of the Century - Slot machine

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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is the story of a man who is sentenced to death by hanging at the Owl Creek Bridge of the title. When he is hanged the rope breaks and the main character falls into the water, from which he begins a journey back to his home. During his journey, he starts to feel some strange physiological events that ultimately end with a searing pain in his neck. It turns out that the man never escaped; he imagined the entire thing during the time between being push ...

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Plot, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Adaptations

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Throughout the novel, background information tells us about Fiona and Clive, who live together in Cambridge, England but never get married. On 19 August 1981 their son Marcus is born. At one point in their relationship more than ten years later - some time before the action of the novel starts - Clive walks out on Fiona and their son Marcus. He soon finds a new girlfriend called Lindsey. Only too late - towards the end of the novel - does he realize that he should not have abandoned his partner and son: Lindsey always seems to be in the company of her mother, and, what is more, she wants a child whereas Clive is not real ...

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About a Boy, About a Boy - Plot summary, About a Boy - Movie adaptation, About a Boy - Plot, About a Boy - Movie soundtrack

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In 2001, at age seven, Fanning was chosen to star opposite Sean Penn in I am Sam, the story of a mentally challenged man who fights for the custody of his daughter. This role made Fanning the youngest person (in 2002, at age eight) ever to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, for her supporting performance. When she won the Best Young Actor/Actress award from the Broadcast Film Critics Association for I am Sam, she was too short to reach the microphone; presenter Orlando Bloom held her up for the duration of her acceptance spee ...

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Dakota Fanning, Dakota Fanning - Television, Dakota Fanning - Film, Dakota Fanning - Voice work, Dakota Fanning - Trivia, Dakota Fanning - Filmography, Dakota Fanning - Awards

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The screenplay by Hampton Fancher, which was initially titled Android, and then Dangerous Days, attracted producer Michael Deeley, who eventually convinced director Ridley Scott to create his first American film. Scott had previously passed on the project, but soon after, he bailed out of the slow production of Dune and wanted a faster project to take his mind off his brother's recent death. With Ridley onboard on February 21, 1980, the movie studios began lining up to finance the film. On April 9th, Filmways Pictures promised $13 million; but after a reques ...

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Blade Runner, Blade Runner - Production, Blade Runner - Synopsis, Blade Runner - Themes, Blade Runner - Is Deckard a replicant?, Blade Runner - Cast, Blade Runner - Music, Blade Runner - Reception, Blade Runner - Awards and nominations, Blade Runner - Influence, Blade Runner - Versions, Blade Runner - Theatrical versions, Blade Runner - Director's Cut, Blade Runner - Special Edition, Blade Runner - Documentaries, Blade Runner - Novel, Blade Runner - Sequels, Blade Runner - Games and comics, Blade Runner - Curse

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Mildred Pierce, which is set in and around Los Angeles in the 1930s, depicts the life of an American self-made businesswoman. Frustrated by her unemployed, penniless, apathetic and fatalistic husband, Mildred Pierce, despite the Depression, sets out to realize her own American Dream by becoming the breadwinner of the family - she bakes beautiful and delicious cakes for the people in their neighbourhood - and, soon afterwards, by ejecting her unfaithful husband and caring for their two daughters as a single mother, regaining her self-e ...

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Mildred Pierce, Mildred Pierce - The novel, Mildred Pierce - The film

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Original 1974. Upon hearing that vandals have desecrated a graveyard where her grandfather is buried, Sally recruits her boyfriend Jerry, her brother Franklyn, and her friends Pam and Kirk to investigate. On a side trip to the grandfather's deserted farm, the travellers pick up a slimy hitchhiker who cuts himself intentionally and slashes Franklyn with a razor. After arriving at the farm, Pam and Kirk search for an old swimming hole — Kirk hears a generator and believes he can fin ...

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Overview, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Plot, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Original 1974, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Remake 2003, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Connection to actual events, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Cultural references, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Additional films, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Trivia Taken from the original 1974 DVD commentary

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The movie begins with Andy Dufresne being wrongly convicted, despite persistent pleas of innocence, for the murder of his wife and her lover. He is sent to the fictitious Shawshank Prison (the prison the movie was filmed in is the old, abandoned Ohio State Reformatory), to serve his sentence. At the prison he befriends Red (Morgan Freeman), and several other prisoners (including Brooks Hatlen, James Whitmore). Andy is very soft spoken, and his steady voice and calm demeanor aid in the trust of men in the prison. His pre-prison, profes ...

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The Shawshank Redemption, The Shawshank Redemption - Plot, The Shawshank Redemption - Differences from the book, The Shawshank Redemption - Cast and credits, The Shawshank Redemption - Themes, The Shawshank Redemption - Hope, The Shawshank Redemption - Integrity, The Shawshank Redemption - Trivia

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Ecco the Dolphin - Ecco the Dolphin. The original Ecco the Dolphin was a game released in 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Genesis. It was conceived and designed by Ed Annunziata and developed by Novotrade International, and the Sega CD version featured a soundtrack by composer Spencer Nilsen. The gameplay was essentially side-scrolling, although it scrolled vertically as well, since Ecco is a swimming creature. Attacking enemies was accomplished by making Ecco ram into them at high spe ...

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Ecco the Dolphin, Ecco the Dolphin - Storylines and ports, Ecco the Dolphin - Ecco the character, Ecco the Dolphin - Mega Drive/Genesis storyline, Ecco the Dolphin - Ecco the Dolphin, Ecco the Dolphin - Ecco: The Tides of Time, Ecco the Dolphin - Ecco Jr., Ecco the Dolphin - Sega Dreamcast storyline, Ecco the Dolphin - Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future

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The game format varied in its details over the years and in various nations, however the core remained unchanged. The format of the Australian version is presented below. All contestants were spotted with $20 to start. The host read a trivia question to the three contestants (one of which was usually the winner of the previous show) who had to press a buzzer to answer the question. Correct answers were worth $5, while incorrect answers were minus the same amount. If a player answered incorrectly, the answer was revealed and the game went on to the next ...

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$ale of the Century, $ale of the Century - Game format, $ale of the Century - Current Australian Format, $ale of the Century - American Format, $ale of the Century - Major Prizes, $ale of the Century - American Format, $ale of the Century - Game Show References, $ale of the Century - Hosts, $ale of the Century - Slot machine

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According to biographer Arthur Marx, son of Hope's long-time friend and rival Groucho Marx, Hope's first wife was his vaudeville partner Grace Louise Troxell, whom he married on January 25, 1933. When the marriage record was unearthed some years later, Hope denied that the marriage had any substance and said they had quickly divorced. Rumors claim, however, that he fathered a daughter with Troxell and that he continued to send generous checks ...

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Bob Hope, Bob Hope - English origins, Bob Hope - Personal life, Bob Hope - Thanks for the Memory, Bob Hope - Hope's film career, Bob Hope - Tours of duty, Bob Hope - Hope for sport, Bob Hope - Hope on the air, Bob Hope - Hope's twilight, Bob Hope - Conversion, Bob Hope - Honors, Bob Hope - Filmography

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Menards started from an idea. Early in 1958, there was an obvious need for an economical agricultural building. The farm industry was being revolutionized by more mechanized and convenient dairy systems which created a demand for low-cost housing of stock and machinery. As a means to finance his education, John Menard, Jr., the founder of the company, decided to make his dream a reality. Picking up some building knowledge in the summer of 1958, John worked days on his first pole buildings and nights at a local movie theater while contractin ...

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Menards, Menards - Company history, Menards - Industry ranking, Menards - Advertising, Menards - Future, Menards - Racing interests, Menards - Family-run business, Menards - Sources

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Bart attends a comic book convention and finds the first issue of Radioactive Man at the Android's Dungeon sale table for $100. He doesn't have enough money. With only $35 he goes to android's dungeon to buy the comic book. At the comic book shop, Bart runs into Milhouse and Martin. He talks them into pooling their money and buying the first Radioactive Man Comic. None of them want to let the comic book out of their sights and decide to spend the night together in Bart's treehouse. As a storm approaches, Martin devises a plan so that ...

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Three Men and a Comic Book, Three Men and a Comic Book - Synopsis, Three Men and a Comic Book - Trivia

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The show is based on regular returning characters, along with one-time sketches. Monkey Dust - Season one. A consultancy company which is very morally dubious opens each show. The company charges large amounts of money to rebrand companies and other things, e. g. renaming cancer as "Closure" and advertising it as an attractive end-of-life option. The man who invents their new brand names is an international adventurer who looks like Lord Byron. The company's offices are in the shape of their logo, just like th ...

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Monkey Dust, Monkey Dust - Characters, Monkey Dust - Season one, Monkey Dust - Season Two, Monkey Dust - Season three, Monkey Dust - Awards, Monkey Dust - Quotations

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Rupert Grint is the oldest of 5 children born to Nigel Grint (an ex-race car memorial dealer) and Jo Parsons (a homemaker). Before being cast in Harry Potter, he had only done plays for school and his local theatre group Top Hat Stage School in such productions as Peter Pan and Rumplestiltskin. As a young child, he was once cast in the Noah's Ark play, starring as a fish. A self-proclaimed fan of the Harry Potter book series, young Grint was adamant about getting a role in the movie. He entered a video he m ...

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Rupert Grint, Rupert Grint - Career, Rupert Grint - Awards and Nominations, Rupert Grint - Filmography, Rupert Grint - Trivia

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Ernie Anderson was a big band and jazz enthusiast, and WWII U.S. Navy veteran born in Lynn, Massachusetts on November 22, 1923. This irreverent and influential movie host was strictly hipster, unlike the horror character prototype. Ghoulardi’s costume was a long lab coat covered with “slogan” buttons, horn-rimmed sunglasses with a missing lens, fake Van Dyke beard and moustache, and various messy, awkwardly-perched wigs. During breaks from the movies, Anderson addressed the camera live in a part-Beat, part-ethnic accented commen ...

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Ghoulardi, Ghoulardi - Biography, Ghoulardi - Influence

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