The Last Sin Eater (2007) Hsanchia 2025-05-04 | The Last Sin Eater (2007)-PG13 - an American film released on February 9, 2007, directed by Michael Landon Jr. and distributed by Fox Faith. It is based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Francine Rivers. It was produced by Believe Pictures.Plot:The Last Sin Eater is a story that takes place in 1850s Appalachia, in a settlement community of Welsh-American immigrants. Ten-year-old Cadi's grief over the death of her beloved grandmother, the only person who seemed to love her unconditionally, is compounded by a previous family tragedy for which she believes her family blames her. During her grandmother's funeral rites, Cadi sees the face of the village sin-eater, a person who absolves the deceased, at death, of their sins in this tiny Smoky Mountain community.About the same time, a preacher comes to the isolated valley and camps outside the village. Through dialogue with the holy man, the young girl slowly realizes that the sin eater is false and learns of Jesus and Christianity. Cadi's baptism leads to a reconciliation with her family.But Cadi's new found faith leads to tragedy and confrontation as the close-knit community must finally face the horrific secret on which their village was founded.Cast:Henry Thomas as Man of GodLouise Fletcher as Miz EldaLiana Liberato as Cadi ForbesSoren Fulton as Fagan KaiStewart Finlay-McLennan as Brogan KaiPeter Wingfield as The Sin Eater(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Lumière - science-fantasy fable Hsanchia 2026-07-14 | TRACKLIST - 1 Lumière (Instrumental) 2:122 Foreign Glory 3:283 Live For The Day 3:404 See It Anymore 3:415 Make Me Laugh 2:416 X-Ray Ted 3:437 Midnight Oil 3:198 Lumière (Reprise) 4:30Story, music and narration by Cris WilliamsonScience-fantasy fable An enchanting and original tale for the child in us all.Label:Wolf Moon Records – WMR 65405Format: CD, Album, Reissue, StereoCountry: USReleased: 2003Genre: Non-Music, Pop, Children's, Folk, World, & CountryStyle: Folk, Spoken Word, Light Music, Story, VocalRecord Company – Pacific Cascade Records – LPL-7035Co-producer, Bass, Cello, Guitarrón, Strings, Backing Vocals – Jackie RobbinsCoordinator, Administrator – Joan LoweDesign, Illustration – Viido PolikarpusEngineer, Backing Vocals – Tret FureProducer, Drums, Keyboards, Backing Vocals – June MillingtonProducer, Music By, Narrator, Lead Vocals, Harmony Vocals, Grand Piano, Keyboards, Written By – Cris WilliamsonOriginally released in 1982 on vinyl LP via Pacific Cascade Records, Cat. No. LPL-7035.Recorded and mixed at - The Music Lab, Los Angeles CA. Certain original sound effects recorded live at - Pacific Cascade Records, Vida, Oregon. Lumière has been awarded the prestigious - Parent's Choice Gold Award.Lumière, the story, ©1982 Cris Williamson.
from - Olympus Has Fallen (2013) Hsanchia 2026-02-11 | In a well-coordinated attack, North Korean special forces attack the White House
Christmas at St Pauls (2018)(Sarah Lancaster) Hsanchia 2025-11-13 | Narrator - Sarah LancasterFor the first time in its history, St Paul's has granted the BBC privileged access to film behind the scenes in the countdown to Christmas and on the big day itself. (IMDB)
MELODY (1971) - Interviews Hsanchia 2025-11-13 | MELODY (1971) - Film Night interviews with Waris Hussein, Alan Parker, etc
ICBM Launch Sequence (Failure) Hsanchia 2025-08-31 | ICBM - Missile Launch SequenceFailure to Launch - improper procedure - human error (aborted) - from "WarGames" (1983)
...(Tibetan buddhist) nuns and monks were made to fornicate in the streets... Hsanchia 2025-07-09 | ....video clip from KUNDUN (1997) - youtu.be/CHD-cngyEOY...
Tokyo Cowboy (1994) Hsanchia 2025-07-01 | Tokyo Cowboy (1994)-PG13Summary-No Ogawa, a young Japanese man, loves American western movies. What little English he does know, he learned from these movies. When he is fired from his latest job at a fast food restaurant, he decides to become a cowboy. In his youth, he had a same-aged pen-pal named Kate Beatty, who he plans on visiting in the Canadian prairies, specifically because she told him she was a cowgirl. No has plans literally and figuratively of riding off into the sunset with Kate. No's dreams are dashed when he arrives in Canada and finds that Kate is not a cowgirl, but an artist. She recently returned to her hometown after living in the big city, and has since led a relatively reclusive life with no husband on the horizon. As such, Kate's mother, with whom Kate does not confide, is hoping that Kate and No do end up together. He is even staying with her while in town. But Kate is harboring a secret, the reason for her being so reclusive. Her secret is not so secret, at least to her mother. Bill, a local postman, becomes No's friend and protector, the latter to protect No from getting hurt as he knows that No, in this case, will not get the girl of his dreams.—Huggo(from IMDB)
No Ordinary Baby (2001) Hsanchia 2025-05-11 | No Ordinary Baby (2001) PG13 - also known as "After Amy", is a 2001 American drama television film directed by Peter Werner and written by Richard Kletter, based on the 1998 Wired magazine short story - "Carbon Copy: Meet the First Human Clone" by Richard Kadrey. It stars Bridget Fonda and Mary Beth Hurt, with Valerie Mahaffey, Philip Bosco, Adam LeFevre, Arnold Pinnock, Ron Lea, Ted Whittall, Bruce Dinsmore, and Vlasta Vrána co-starring. The film revolves around a reporter (Fonda) covering the birth of the first human clone and the public furor that ensues, along with the reputation troubles faced by the doctor involved (Hurt).No Ordinary Baby premiered on Lifetime on October 8, 2001. Fonda was nominated for the best actress (miniseries or TV film) award at the 2002 Golden Globes for her role.Cast:Bridget Fonda as Linda SinclairMary Beth Hurt as Dr. Amanda GordonValerie Mahaffey as Virginia HytnerPhilip Bosco as Dr. Ed WaldenAdam LeFevre as Chris HytnerArnold Pinnock as Jimmy WilmingtonRon Lea as Matthew GordonTed Whittall as Dr. Stuart McElroyBruce Dinsmore as Robert RutgerVlasta Vrána as Dr. Dennis GriffithsClaudia Ferri as Nurse Alice DonovanBill Haugland as Dan Reilly - from Wikipedia
MARY OHARA (2014 - TV documentary) Hsanchia 2025-02-08 | -Mary O'Hara (born 12 May 1935) is an Irish soprano and harpist from County Sligo. She gained attention on both sides of the Atlantic in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Her recordings of that period influenced a generation of Irish female singers, who credit O'Hara with influencing their style, among them - Carmel Quinn, Mary Black and Moya Brennan. In his autobiography - Memoirs of an Irish Troubadour (2002), Liam Clancy wrote how her music inspired and influenced him and others of the folk revival period.Early life and career: Mary O'Hara is the daughter of Major John Charles O'Hara, an officer in the British Corps of Royal Engineers, and his wife, Mai (née Kirwan). One of her sisters was actress Joan O'Hara, and her nephew is playwright Sebastian Barry.O'Hara won her first competition, Sligo's annual Music and Drama singing competition, at the age of eight, and made her first radio broadcast on Radio Éireann before she left school at the age of 16. She went on to perform at Edinburgh International Fringe Festival with the Dublin University Players, BBC's Quite Contrary and The Ed Sullivan Show, before she starred in her own BBC television series. Her first recording contract was with Decca Records. Part of her extensive music career included spending a considerable amount of time on the Aran Islands, collecting folk music and acquiring fluent Irish.She was the subject of - This Is Your Life in 1978, when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews, while filming at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu.Personal life:She was introduced to American poet Richard Selig by Irish poet Thomas Kinsella and she married Selig in 1956. She moved to the United States with him. Selig died of Hodgkin's disease 15 months after their marriage. O'Hara continued to tour and record for four years.In 1962, she became a Benedictine nun at Stanbrook Abbey in England, where she stayed for 12 years. Her wedding band was melted down and made into a ring to celebrate her profession of solemn vows as a member of the Benedictine Order in 1967.O'Hara's initial rise to a high profile was repeated in 1974, when she left the monastery for the sake of her health, found that her musical reputation had grown during her time in the cloister, and returned to performing. In a matter of months, she became one of the biggest international recording stars to come out of Ireland. Her 1981 album - The Scent of the Roses, was produced by Andrew Pryce Jackman and Jo Stewart.The title of her 1981 autobiography, The Scent of the Roses, is taken from one of her favourite songs by Irish poet Thomas Moore. Her other books include Celebration of Love, and the coffee table book - A Song for Ireland.In 1985, she married Pádraig O'Toole, who was instrumental in the development of her career from 1974. They spent six years in Tanzania where her husband taught at the Tanzania School of Journalism, at the University of Dar es Salaam. She retired from performing in 1994. A musical play about her life, Harp on the Willow by John Misto, was a great success in Australia in early 2007. Mary O'Hara completed five volumes of her harp accompaniments and still travels, giving talks at locales such as - the Yeats International Summer School, Sligo (2007), the O'Carolan Festival, Keadue, County Roscommon (2008), Northern Lights Harp Festival, Ottawa (2009), New York University (2009), and Boston College (2009). The Burns Library at Boston College houses her papers and held a "Mary O'Hara" exhibition ending on 30 April 2010.O'Toole died in 2015.As of 2016, O'Hara resides on the Aran Islands, off the west coast of Ireland. Discography:Songs of Erin, Decca-Beltona 1957Love Songs of Ireland, Decca-Beltona 1958Songs of Ireland, Tradition Records 1958Songs of Ireland, Decca-Emerald 1967The Folk Song Tradition (one track), Tradition Records 1960Mary O'Hara's Ireland, Decca Emerald-Gem 1973Mary O'Hara's Scotland, Decca Emerald-Gem 1974Monday Tuesday, Decca Emerald-Gem 1977Songs for Children, Decca Emerald 1977Mary O'Hara at the Royal Festival Hall, Chrysalis 1977 – UK No. 37Focus on Mary O'Hara, Decca 1978Music Speaks Louder Than Words, Chrysalis 1978In Harmony, Chrysalis 1979Farewell, But Whenever / Reminiscing, Hammer 1979Tranquility, Warwick 1979 – UK No. 12The Last Rose of Summer French Everest RecordsThe Scent of the Roses, book and LP Chrysalis 1980Colours, Images 1981A Song for Ireland, Valentine 1982Recital, Valentine 1983Live at Carnegie Hall, Valentine 1983Spread a Little Happiness, Telestar 1985Live at National Gallery Dublin, Gael-Linn 1987Celebration of Love, book and LP Word 1989World of Music, EMI 1989Mary O'Hara Song for Ireland, Shanachie Records 1993Down by the Glenside, Rykodisc 1997Mary O'Hara at Carnegie Hall, Sanctuary Records 2000Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_O%27Hara
ODE TO BILLIE JOE (1967)(Lyrics) Hsanchia 2024-08-02 | Bobbie Gentry visits the actors and crew of the film, "ODE TO BILLY JOE" (1976)The film was inspired by her 1967 hit song, "ODE TO BILLIE JOE"The original named "Billie" of the 1967 song, now appears to be "Billy", in the 1976 film.
Wah Lau! Cannot Like That Wan Meh (1992) Hsanchia 2024-07-23 | In the early 1990s, two Singlish groups came onto the scene [way ahead of its time] thinking they could change the world by getting Singaporeans to learn to laugh at themselves! One was the Kopi Kat Klan, and the other was us – The WahLau Gang! Working alongside “muar” were fellow “musketeers” Clement Chow [yes, “Count on me Singapore” Clement] and Khew Sin Sun, the musical magician!Our first album, entitled “WAH-LAU cannot like that wan meh?” sold close to 10,000 copies [that’s what we were told, but frankly I think it’s slightly less lah!] Kudos must go to Jimmy Wee, the then-MD of Pony Canyon Records, for according us the break. “Why U So Like Dat?”, “It’s Okay Lah” and “Fried Rice Paradise” - these songs by Siva Choy And The Kopi Kat Klan, the Wah Lau Gang and Dick Lee ruled Singapore’s English-language radio airwaves in the early 1990s. They were peppered with Singlish, the use of which was frowned upon by the government at the time as it was concerned that poor English would affect Singapore’s image on the international stage. The Wah Lau Gang sold 10,000 copies of their first album, Wah Lau, Cannot Like That Wan Meh?” in 1992 - when local bands’ album sales typically hovered in the hundreds.
Why U so like Dat (1991) Hsanchia 2024-07-23 | With the Kopi Kat Klan, Siva Choy (one half of 60's pop music duo The Cyclones ) wrote, directed and performed "Why U So Like Dat?" - a popular comedy album comprising Singlish songs and kopitiam skits. The October Cherries' percussionist Richard Khan was playing the drums and one of the musicians helping out with the recording.It was considered Singapore's first Singlish comedy album.In 1991, as compact disc (CD) technology was not yet widespread, the album was first released on a cassette.It was only in the late 1990s that Viyo Records released the album in a CD version. It was so popular that it sold over 40,000 copies in 1999.In total, the album was said to have sold more than 50,000 albums.The use of Singlish:Apart from being a nostalgic earworm, Why U So Like Dat? struck the local consciousness in the early 1990s way before the clampdown on Singlish on mainstream broadcast was enacted.It had time to lay its seeds, spread and ferment, as it is only in hindsight that Why U So Like Dat is often brought up in discussions surrounding the use of and deterrence against Singlish.In the 1990s, Singlish was featured in several popular TV shows and movies such as Phua Chu Kang and Money No Enough!However, it was also around that time that the government voiced their concerns over the use of Singlish in Singapore.In his 1999 National Day Rally Speech, then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, highlighted the importance of using standard English for Singaporeans to remain competitive in the global economy, with English the designated working language of Singapore.The same year, then Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, also emphasised the importance of standard English. According to him, “Singlish is a handicap we must not wish on Singaporeans."Distinctly local:Nevertheless, the Why U So Like Dat song's popularity stems from the fact that it is still relatable to Singaporeans, just like many of his other works.In 1977, Siva and a few others recorded Long Number Lah, which included a compilation of jokes.The recording was distributed only to family and friends at that time, but became so popular that it was subsequently released in 1992.He also performed in comedy acts and series such as Rocking Rambutan! and Stand Up For Singapore!Up until today, Siva is still widely hailed as a pioneer in tapping into the hardwired Singaporean psyche and for anchoring a local sense of humour in Singapore that is often prone to disown things we deem to be not acceptable, just because the government said so.
Confederate States of America (2004) Hsanchia 2024-06-20 | "C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America" - is a 2004 American mockumentary film written and directed by Kevin Willmott.It is an account of an alternate history, wherein the Confederacy wins the American Civil War and establishes a new Confederate States of America that incorporates the majority of the Western Hemisphere, including the former contiguous United States, the "Golden Circle", the Caribbean, and South America. Primarily detailing significant political and cultural events of Confederate history from its founding until the early 2000s, this viewpoint is used to satirize real issues and events, and to shed light on the continuing existence of racism against Black Americans.The film premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, and was released in the United States on February 15, 2006, by IFC Films. It received positive reviews.Overview:"C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America" is set in an alternate history where Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation failed. Confederate President Jefferson Davis takes the opportunity to secure British and French aid for the Confederacy, allowing Confederate forces to win the Battle of Gettysburg, besiege Washington, D.C., and take over the White House a few months later. As a result, slavery in America survives into the present day and other historical events are affected accordingly.The film is presented as if it were a British Broadcasting Services (BBS) (a parody of the British Broadcasting Corporation) documentary being broadcast on a CSA television channel in San Francisco, California. It opens with a fictional disclaimer suggesting that censorship came close to preventing the broadcast, that its point of view might not coincide with that of the network, and that it might not be suitable for viewing by children and "servants". It purports to disagree with an orthodox Confederate interpretation of American history.The film portrays two historians: Sherman Hoyle, a conservative Southerner (a parody of Shelby Foote); and Patricia Johnson, a black Canadian, as talking heads, providing commentary.The documentary hosts also follow Confederate politician and Democratic presidential hopeful John Ambrose Fauntroy V (the great-grandson of one of the founders of the C.S.A.) during his primary campaign as he faces challenges over alleged black ancestry. Narration explains fake historical newsreel footage, which is either reenacted or compiled of genuine archival footage dubbed with fictional narration.Racialist advertisements appear as commercial breaks, including consumer products, television programs, and films, all aimed at white slave-owning families. Text during the film's epilogue note that parts of the alternate timeline are based on real history and that some of the racist products depicted such as Uncle Ben's and Aunt Jemima actually existed at the time of the film's production (both products were rebranded in 2020 following the George Floyd protests).Cast:Rupert Pate as Sherman Hoyle, a Confederate American historian who speaks highly of the Confederate American values.Evamarii Johnson as Patricia Johnson, an African-Canadian historian whose viewpoints focus on the slaves and minorities oppressed by the Confederate regime.Larry Peterson as Senator John Ambrose Fauntroy V, a descendant of Confederate senator John Ambrose Fauntroy I and Democratic candidate for the presidency in 2002.Charles Frank as the documentary's narrator.Steve Jasen as the voice of Abraham LincolnArlo Kasper as Old Abraham LincolnKevin McKinney as Blackface Abraham LincolnJoyce Jefferson as the voice of Harriet TubmanWill Averill as Blackface Harriet TubmanBrian Paulette as Jefferson DavisLauralei Linzay as Varina DavisSean Blake as Adolf HitlerGlenn Q. Pierce as the voice of Robert E. LeeMarvin Voth as the voice of Walt WhitmanJohn Staniunas as the voice of William Lloyd GarrisonGreg Funk as the voice of Wendell PhillipsKevin Willmott as the voice of Frederick DouglassProduction:Kevin Wilmott began production on the film with a funding from the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) and wrote its first draft in 1997.Willmott, who had earlier written a screenplay about abolitionist John Brown, told interviewers he was inspired to write the story after seeing an episode of Ken Burns' 1990 television documentary - The Civil War. It was produced by Hodcarrier Films.The film was filmed in Humboldt, Newton and Lawrence cities in Kansas, with a cast and crew coming from the U.S. states of Kansas, Missouri and Iowa as well as Colombia. - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guinness Stout (Singapore~1980) Hsanchia 2024-06-06 | Guinness Stout commercial from the early 80s transferred from U-Matic video cassette. This commercial came from commercial director Barrie Smith's collection.Video was trimmed, and the aspect ratio was corrected.
The Winter Guest (1997) Hsanchia 2024-06-04 | wikipedia - The Winter Guest is a 1997 drama film directed by Alan Rickman (in his feature directorial debut) and starring Phyllida Law and Emma Thompson.Plot:Set in Scotland on one wintry day, the film focuses on eight people: a mother and daughter, Elspeth (Phyllida Law) and Frances (Emma Thompson); two young boys skipping school, Sam (Douglas Murphy) and Tom (Sean Biggerstaff); two old women who frequently attend strangers' funerals, Chloe (Sandra Voe) and Lily (Sheila Reid); and two teenagers Nita (Arlene Cockburn) and Alex (Gary Hollywood). The film consists primarily of the interactions between the characters.History:The film is based on Sharman MacDonald's play, premiered at the West Yorkshire Playhouse (in the Quarry studio theatre, 23 January to 18 February 1995) before transferring to the Almeida Theatre in London (14 March to 15 April 1995).Like the film, it was also directed by Rickman, starring Law, Reid, Voe and John Wark, with Siân Thomas in the role of Frances, played in the film by Emma Thompson.Much of the film was shot in around Pittenweem, Elie and Earlsferry and Crail in Fife.Additional Info:latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-dec-24-ca-1652-story.htmlarchive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/122397winter-film-review.html
UnPlugged on UFOs (2005)-Dan Aykroyd Hsanchia 2024-06-04 | Everyone knows that famous SNL alum, Dan Aykroyd, can keep an audience in stitches. But in this release that teams the former Conehead with renowned author and UFOlogist David Sereda, startling new evidence and intriguing interviews with astronaut Gordon Cooper, Canadian Defense Minister Paul Hellyer, NASA engineer John F. Schuessler, and even former U.S. president Ronald Reagan offer compelling evidence that humankind is not alone in the universe. In addition to a look at formerly classified military footage and NASA Space Shuttle video that lends legitimate credence to theories once considered outrageous by the mainstream, Aykroyd and Sereda sit down for an intelligent discussion on the existence of UFOs before Aykroyd speaks unguardedly about his personal views on quantum physics, UFOs, and life on other planets.
AMERIKA (1987)-Pt.5.of.5 (VHS) Hsanchia 2024-05-11 | .From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaAmerika is an American television miniseries that was broadcast in 1987 on ABC. The miniseries inspired a novelization entitled Amerika: The Triumph of the American Spirit. Amerika starred Kris Kristofferson, Mariel Hemingway, Sam Neill, Robert Urich, Christine Lahti, and a 17-year-old Lara Flynn Boyle in her first major role. Amerika was about life in the United States after a bloodless takeover engineered by the Soviet Union. Not wanting to depict the actual takeover, ABC Entertainment president, Brandon Stoddard, set the miniseries ten years after the event, focusing on the demoralized U.S. people a decade after the Soviet conquest. The intent, he later explained, was to explore the U.S. spirit under such conditions, not to portray the conflict of the Soviet coup.Described in promotional materials as "the most ambitious American miniseries ever created", Amerika aired for 14+1⁄2 hours (including commercials) over seven nights (beginning February 15, 1987), and reportedly cost $40 million to produce. The miniseries was filmed in Ontario, Canada, in the Golden Horseshoe and southwestern Ontario cities of Toronto, London, and Hamilton, as well as various locations in Nebraska – most notably the small town of Tecumseh, which served as "Milford", the fictional setting for most of the series. Donald Wrye was the executive producer, director, and writer of Amerika, while composer Basil Poledouris scored the miniseries, ultimately recording (with the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra) eight hours of music – the equivalent of four feature films.GenesisAmerika has an indirect connection to another notable ABC program, the 1983 television film The Day After, which some critics felt was too pacifist for portraying the doctrine of nuclear deterrence as pointless. Stoddard cited a column in the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner by Nixon speechwriter (and later, television personality) Ben Stein that appeared a few weeks before The Day After aired. Stein wrote, in part:since my dear friends at ABC-TV have made a TV movie very rightly describing the terror of an atomic attack on America, perhaps they might consider something else. Perhaps they might make a TV movie about why the people of the United States face such a dreadful risk. They might make a movie about what life in the United States would be like if we lived under Soviet domination. Here is the idea: Let's have a movie called "In Red America." It would be about a few days or weeks in the life of several American families after the Soviet Union had taken over America.Stoddard acknowledged that Stein's remarks provided the inspiration for the series. Stein received a quitclaim fee for the idea and otherwise was not involved in the production of Amerika. Originally envisioned as a four-hour made-for-TV movie entitled Topeka, Kansas, U.S.S.R., the project soon was expanded into a miniseries.PlotThe city hall and downtown area of Tecumseh, Nebraska, served as the fictional Milford, Nebraska.The John Cattle Jr.-Hughes Mansion in Seward, Nebraska, served as the Bradford home in Milford.Major charactersThe storyline of Amerika primarily follows three political leaders:Devin Milford (played by Kris Kristofferson): a maverick politician before the Soviet occupation who ran for president in 1988 (in the novel, 1992), after the Soviet takeover began. Milford was placed in a prison camp for daring to speak the truth about the Soviet conquest; at the beginning of the miniseries, Devin is declared "rehabilitated" and released back into society into the custody of his father, who lives in the Nebraska county run by Peter Bradford.Colonel Andrei Denisov of the KGB (played by Sam Neill): the Soviet administrator for the American Central Administrative Area. He is romantically involved with actress Kimberly Ballard (played by Mariel Hemingway). Andrei's superior and mentor is General Petya Samanov (played by Armin Mueller-Stahl), the Soviet military leader in charge of the United States.[5]Peter Bradford (played by Robert Urich): a county administrator in Nebraska who cooperates with the Soviets to create a better life for his community. He attracts the attention of the Soviet leadership because, while cooperative, he is independent and respected by his constituents.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_(miniseries)
AMERIKA (1987)-Pt.4.of.5 (VHS) Hsanchia 2024-05-11 | .From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaAmerika is an American television miniseries that was broadcast in 1987 on ABC. The miniseries inspired a novelization entitled Amerika: The Triumph of the American Spirit. Amerika starred Kris Kristofferson, Mariel Hemingway, Sam Neill, Robert Urich, Christine Lahti, and a 17-year-old Lara Flynn Boyle in her first major role. Amerika was about life in the United States after a bloodless takeover engineered by the Soviet Union. Not wanting to depict the actual takeover, ABC Entertainment president, Brandon Stoddard, set the miniseries ten years after the event, focusing on the demoralized U.S. people a decade after the Soviet conquest. The intent, he later explained, was to explore the U.S. spirit under such conditions, not to portray the conflict of the Soviet coup.Described in promotional materials as "the most ambitious American miniseries ever created", Amerika aired for 14+1⁄2 hours (including commercials) over seven nights (beginning February 15, 1987), and reportedly cost $40 million to produce. The miniseries was filmed in Ontario, Canada, in the Golden Horseshoe and southwestern Ontario cities of Toronto, London, and Hamilton, as well as various locations in Nebraska – most notably the small town of Tecumseh, which served as "Milford", the fictional setting for most of the series. Donald Wrye was the executive producer, director, and writer of Amerika, while composer Basil Poledouris scored the miniseries, ultimately recording (with the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra) eight hours of music – the equivalent of four feature films.GenesisAmerika has an indirect connection to another notable ABC program, the 1983 television film The Day After, which some critics felt was too pacifist for portraying the doctrine of nuclear deterrence as pointless. Stoddard cited a column in the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner by Nixon speechwriter (and later, television personality) Ben Stein that appeared a few weeks before The Day After aired. Stein wrote, in part:since my dear friends at ABC-TV have made a TV movie very rightly describing the terror of an atomic attack on America, perhaps they might consider something else. Perhaps they might make a TV movie about why the people of the United States face such a dreadful risk. They might make a movie about what life in the United States would be like if we lived under Soviet domination. Here is the idea: Let's have a movie called "In Red America." It would be about a few days or weeks in the life of several American families after the Soviet Union had taken over America.Stoddard acknowledged that Stein's remarks provided the inspiration for the series. Stein received a quitclaim fee for the idea and otherwise was not involved in the production of Amerika. Originally envisioned as a four-hour made-for-TV movie entitled Topeka, Kansas, U.S.S.R., the project soon was expanded into a miniseries.PlotThe city hall and downtown area of Tecumseh, Nebraska, served as the fictional Milford, Nebraska.The John Cattle Jr.-Hughes Mansion in Seward, Nebraska, served as the Bradford home in Milford.Major charactersThe storyline of Amerika primarily follows three political leaders:Devin Milford (played by Kris Kristofferson): a maverick politician before the Soviet occupation who ran for president in 1988 (in the novel, 1992), after the Soviet takeover began. Milford was placed in a prison camp for daring to speak the truth about the Soviet conquest; at the beginning of the miniseries, Devin is declared "rehabilitated" and released back into society into the custody of his father, who lives in the Nebraska county run by Peter Bradford.Colonel Andrei Denisov of the KGB (played by Sam Neill): the Soviet administrator for the American Central Administrative Area. He is romantically involved with actress Kimberly Ballard (played by Mariel Hemingway). Andrei's superior and mentor is General Petya Samanov (played by Armin Mueller-Stahl), the Soviet military leader in charge of the United States.[5]Peter Bradford (played by Robert Urich): a county administrator in Nebraska who cooperates with the Soviets to create a better life for his community. He attracts the attention of the Soviet leadership because, while cooperative, he is independent and respected by his constituents.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_(miniseries)
AMERIKA (1987)-Pt.3.of.5 (VHS) Hsanchia 2024-05-11 | .From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaAmerika is an American television miniseries that was broadcast in 1987 on ABC. The miniseries inspired a novelization entitled Amerika: The Triumph of the American Spirit. Amerika starred Kris Kristofferson, Mariel Hemingway, Sam Neill, Robert Urich, Christine Lahti, and a 17-year-old Lara Flynn Boyle in her first major role. Amerika was about life in the United States after a bloodless takeover engineered by the Soviet Union. Not wanting to depict the actual takeover, ABC Entertainment president, Brandon Stoddard, set the miniseries ten years after the event, focusing on the demoralized U.S. people a decade after the Soviet conquest. The intent, he later explained, was to explore the U.S. spirit under such conditions, not to portray the conflict of the Soviet coup.Described in promotional materials as "the most ambitious American miniseries ever created", Amerika aired for 14+1⁄2 hours (including commercials) over seven nights (beginning February 15, 1987), and reportedly cost $40 million to produce. The miniseries was filmed in Ontario, Canada, in the Golden Horseshoe and southwestern Ontario cities of Toronto, London, and Hamilton, as well as various locations in Nebraska – most notably the small town of Tecumseh, which served as "Milford", the fictional setting for most of the series. Donald Wrye was the executive producer, director, and writer of Amerika, while composer Basil Poledouris scored the miniseries, ultimately recording (with the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra) eight hours of music – the equivalent of four feature films.GenesisAmerika has an indirect connection to another notable ABC program, the 1983 television film The Day After, which some critics felt was too pacifist for portraying the doctrine of nuclear deterrence as pointless. Stoddard cited a column in the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner by Nixon speechwriter (and later, television personality) Ben Stein that appeared a few weeks before The Day After aired. Stein wrote, in part:since my dear friends at ABC-TV have made a TV movie very rightly describing the terror of an atomic attack on America, perhaps they might consider something else. Perhaps they might make a TV movie about why the people of the United States face such a dreadful risk. They might make a movie about what life in the United States would be like if we lived under Soviet domination. Here is the idea: Let's have a movie called "In Red America." It would be about a few days or weeks in the life of several American families after the Soviet Union had taken over America.Stoddard acknowledged that Stein's remarks provided the inspiration for the series. Stein received a quitclaim fee for the idea and otherwise was not involved in the production of Amerika. Originally envisioned as a four-hour made-for-TV movie entitled Topeka, Kansas, U.S.S.R., the project soon was expanded into a miniseries.PlotThe city hall and downtown area of Tecumseh, Nebraska, served as the fictional Milford, Nebraska.The John Cattle Jr.-Hughes Mansion in Seward, Nebraska, served as the Bradford home in Milford.Major charactersThe storyline of Amerika primarily follows three political leaders:Devin Milford (played by Kris Kristofferson): a maverick politician before the Soviet occupation who ran for president in 1988 (in the novel, 1992), after the Soviet takeover began. Milford was placed in a prison camp for daring to speak the truth about the Soviet conquest; at the beginning of the miniseries, Devin is declared "rehabilitated" and released back into society into the custody of his father, who lives in the Nebraska county run by Peter Bradford.Colonel Andrei Denisov of the KGB (played by Sam Neill): the Soviet administrator for the American Central Administrative Area. He is romantically involved with actress Kimberly Ballard (played by Mariel Hemingway). Andrei's superior and mentor is General Petya Samanov (played by Armin Mueller-Stahl), the Soviet military leader in charge of the United States.[5]Peter Bradford (played by Robert Urich): a county administrator in Nebraska who cooperates with the Soviets to create a better life for his community. He attracts the attention of the Soviet leadership because, while cooperative, he is independent and respected by his constituents.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_(miniseries)
AMERIKA (1987)-Pt.2.of.5 (VHS) Hsanchia 2024-05-11 | .From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaAmerika is an American television miniseries that was broadcast in 1987 on ABC. The miniseries inspired a novelization entitled Amerika: The Triumph of the American Spirit. Amerika starred Kris Kristofferson, Mariel Hemingway, Sam Neill, Robert Urich, Christine Lahti, and a 17-year-old Lara Flynn Boyle in her first major role. Amerika was about life in the United States after a bloodless takeover engineered by the Soviet Union. Not wanting to depict the actual takeover, ABC Entertainment president, Brandon Stoddard, set the miniseries ten years after the event, focusing on the demoralized U.S. people a decade after the Soviet conquest. The intent, he later explained, was to explore the U.S. spirit under such conditions, not to portray the conflict of the Soviet coup.Described in promotional materials as "the most ambitious American miniseries ever created", Amerika aired for 14+1⁄2 hours (including commercials) over seven nights (beginning February 15, 1987), and reportedly cost $40 million to produce. The miniseries was filmed in Ontario, Canada, in the Golden Horseshoe and southwestern Ontario cities of Toronto, London, and Hamilton, as well as various locations in Nebraska – most notably the small town of Tecumseh, which served as "Milford", the fictional setting for most of the series. Donald Wrye was the executive producer, director, and writer of Amerika, while composer Basil Poledouris scored the miniseries, ultimately recording (with the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra) eight hours of music – the equivalent of four feature films.GenesisAmerika has an indirect connection to another notable ABC program, the 1983 television film The Day After, which some critics felt was too pacifist for portraying the doctrine of nuclear deterrence as pointless. Stoddard cited a column in the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner by Nixon speechwriter (and later, television personality) Ben Stein that appeared a few weeks before The Day After aired. Stein wrote, in part:since my dear friends at ABC-TV have made a TV movie very rightly describing the terror of an atomic attack on America, perhaps they might consider something else. Perhaps they might make a TV movie about why the people of the United States face such a dreadful risk. They might make a movie about what life in the United States would be like if we lived under Soviet domination. Here is the idea: Let's have a movie called "In Red America." It would be about a few days or weeks in the life of several American families after the Soviet Union had taken over America.Stoddard acknowledged that Stein's remarks provided the inspiration for the series. Stein received a quitclaim fee for the idea and otherwise was not involved in the production of Amerika. Originally envisioned as a four-hour made-for-TV movie entitled Topeka, Kansas, U.S.S.R., the project soon was expanded into a miniseries.PlotThe city hall and downtown area of Tecumseh, Nebraska, served as the fictional Milford, Nebraska.The John Cattle Jr.-Hughes Mansion in Seward, Nebraska, served as the Bradford home in Milford.Major charactersThe storyline of Amerika primarily follows three political leaders:Devin Milford (played by Kris Kristofferson): a maverick politician before the Soviet occupation who ran for president in 1988 (in the novel, 1992), after the Soviet takeover began. Milford was placed in a prison camp for daring to speak the truth about the Soviet conquest; at the beginning of the miniseries, Devin is declared "rehabilitated" and released back into society into the custody of his father, who lives in the Nebraska county run by Peter Bradford.Colonel Andrei Denisov of the KGB (played by Sam Neill): the Soviet administrator for the American Central Administrative Area. He is romantically involved with actress Kimberly Ballard (played by Mariel Hemingway). Andrei's superior and mentor is General Petya Samanov (played by Armin Mueller-Stahl), the Soviet military leader in charge of the United States.[5]Peter Bradford (played by Robert Urich): a county administrator in Nebraska who cooperates with the Soviets to create a better life for his community. He attracts the attention of the Soviet leadership because, while cooperative, he is independent and respected by his constituents.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_(miniseries)
AMERIKA (1987)-Pt.1.of.5 (VHS) Hsanchia 2024-05-11 | .From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaAmerika is an American television miniseries that was broadcast in 1987 on ABC. The miniseries inspired a novelization entitled Amerika: The Triumph of the American Spirit. Amerika starred Kris Kristofferson, Mariel Hemingway, Sam Neill, Robert Urich, Christine Lahti, and a 17-year-old Lara Flynn Boyle in her first major role. Amerika was about life in the United States after a bloodless takeover engineered by the Soviet Union. Not wanting to depict the actual takeover, ABC Entertainment president, Brandon Stoddard, set the miniseries ten years after the event, focusing on the demoralized U.S. people a decade after the Soviet conquest. The intent, he later explained, was to explore the U.S. spirit under such conditions, not to portray the conflict of the Soviet coup.Described in promotional materials as "the most ambitious American miniseries ever created", Amerika aired for 14+1⁄2 hours (including commercials) over seven nights (beginning February 15, 1987), and reportedly cost $40 million to produce. The miniseries was filmed in Ontario, Canada, in the Golden Horseshoe and southwestern Ontario cities of Toronto, London, and Hamilton, as well as various locations in Nebraska – most notably the small town of Tecumseh, which served as "Milford", the fictional setting for most of the series. Donald Wrye was the executive producer, director, and writer of Amerika, while composer Basil Poledouris scored the miniseries, ultimately recording (with the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra) eight hours of music – the equivalent of four feature films.GenesisAmerika has an indirect connection to another notable ABC program, the 1983 television film The Day After, which some critics felt was too pacifist for portraying the doctrine of nuclear deterrence as pointless. Stoddard cited a column in the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner by Nixon speechwriter (and later, television personality) Ben Stein that appeared a few weeks before The Day After aired. Stein wrote, in part:since my dear friends at ABC-TV have made a TV movie very rightly describing the terror of an atomic attack on America, perhaps they might consider something else. Perhaps they might make a TV movie about why the people of the United States face such a dreadful risk. They might make a movie about what life in the United States would be like if we lived under Soviet domination. Here is the idea: Let's have a movie called "In Red America." It would be about a few days or weeks in the life of several American families after the Soviet Union had taken over America.Stoddard acknowledged that Stein's remarks provided the inspiration for the series. Stein received a quitclaim fee for the idea and otherwise was not involved in the production of Amerika. Originally envisioned as a four-hour made-for-TV movie entitled Topeka, Kansas, U.S.S.R., the project soon was expanded into a miniseries.PlotThe city hall and downtown area of Tecumseh, Nebraska, served as the fictional Milford, Nebraska.The John Cattle Jr.-Hughes Mansion in Seward, Nebraska, served as the Bradford home in Milford.Major charactersThe storyline of Amerika primarily follows three political leaders:Devin Milford (played by Kris Kristofferson): a maverick politician before the Soviet occupation who ran for president in 1988 (in the novel, 1992), after the Soviet takeover began. Milford was placed in a prison camp for daring to speak the truth about the Soviet conquest; at the beginning of the miniseries, Devin is declared "rehabilitated" and released back into society into the custody of his father, who lives in the Nebraska county run by Peter Bradford.Colonel Andrei Denisov of the KGB (played by Sam Neill): the Soviet administrator for the American Central Administrative Area. He is romantically involved with actress Kimberly Ballard (played by Mariel Hemingway). Andrei's superior and mentor is General Petya Samanov (played by Armin Mueller-Stahl), the Soviet military leader in charge of the United States.[5]Peter Bradford (played by Robert Urich): a county administrator in Nebraska who cooperates with the Soviets to create a better life for his community. He attracts the attention of the Soviet leadership because, while cooperative, he is independent and respected by his constituents.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_(miniseries)
The Secret of Beethovens Fifth Symphony (2016) Hsanchia 2024-01-23 | The Secret of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (2016) - BBC DocumentaryIan Hislop and John Eliot Gardiner reveal the story behind Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Described as the 'greatest 'great' piece ever written,' its opening notes are among the most recognisable in history. But no one really knows what Beethoven was trying to express with this piece. The traditional wisdom is that he is railing against fate and his deafness. But John Eliot believes the music expresses Beethoven's belief in the French Revolution. This is turbulent music from a turbulent man living in a turbulent age. John Eliot and Ian Hislop bring to life the exciting and dangerous times that shaped Beethoven personally and creatively.
HOW ABOUT YOU (2007) Hsanchia 2023-12-08 | "How About You" is a 2007 Irish film directed by Anthony Byrne. The film is based on a short story sometimes published as "How About You" and sometimes published as "The Hard Core" in "This Year It Will Be Different", a 1996 collection of short stories by Maeve Binchy. It tells the story of a young woman named Ellie who is left in charge of the residential home run by her older sister, during Christmas period. Most of the residents have gone with their families during the holidays, but four residents, known as the hardcore, remain. Their behaviour will cause much trouble and will lead to the residence facing closure.Synopsis:Ellie Harris (Hayley Atwell) goes to her sister Kate's (Orla Brady) residential home, Woodlane, in search of a job. Ellie has some trouble adjusting to her new job but quickly befriends a resident named Alice (Joan O'Hara). Ellie decides to have talks with Alice and neglects parts of her job, much to her sister's annoyance. She also has trouble doing what she is told by the residents. Because of her friendship with Alice, Ellie decides to help her feel better by taking her down to the river (which is against the nurse's orders) and giving her marijuana to ease her pain. The next day, however, Ellie finds out that Alice has died.Kate gets news that their mother had a stroke and decides to be with her. She asks Ellie to stay behind with the four residents that are staying over the Christmas holiday because Ellie and her mother do not get along. Georgia Platts (Vanessa Redgrave) is a former actress and singer. The Nightingale sisters, Heather (Brenda Fricker) and Hazel (Imelda Staunton), are spinsters who moved in after spending years taking care of their mother. Donald Vanston (Joss Ackland) is a recovering alcoholic who enjoys playing piano and used to be a judge. These four residents are driving out others with their eccentric ways. They also seem to believe that, because they pay to be there, they can act however they please.While Ellie is watching over them, she learns more about the residents. Donald requests his breakfast in his room at 6 o'clock instead of in the dining room at the usual time at 8. After he gets upset that his order is wrong, she tells him that he can have breakfast in the dining room like everyone else. Donald reveals to Ellie that the music he plays at night is his late wife's favourite song and that he regrets not sobering up before she died.Heather demands that she be given any letters addressed to her sister to keep from upsetting her. However, Kate neglected to tell Ellie this and she got a letter for Hazel from the postman. When Ellie goes to give the letter to Hazel in her room, she notices sketches and paintings in her room and realises that Hazel is a talented artist. Hazel finds Ellie in her room and demands that she leave. Ellie then slips the letter under the door. It is then revealed that Heather has been writing as Hazel when Hazel's son Simon, whom she was forced to give up for adoption, tried to find her. Heather later tells Hazel that she was afraid that Simon would take Hazel away from her. Hazel then tells Heather that she will always love her and they decide to meet Simon together in the new year.Georgia constantly asks for Ellie to make her martinis and makes frequent trips to the local pub to entertain the patrons. Georgia tells Ellie that after her husband died, she decided to get back into the theatre, but realised that everything had changed since she was young. She then moved into Woodlane because she hated being alone and that abusing everyone is "part of the fun".Ellie decides to have a Christmas dinner with the residents and they all go out to buy decorations and food (Including Hazel, who is terrified of being outside the Woodlane property). They decide to have a drink in the pub and Ellie points out Hazel's paintings hung on the wall behind them. Heather then shows everyone her talent at playing pool. They all drive back to the home while singing carols. They then have their Christmas dinner together and start to get along with each other.The next day, Mr. Evans (Darragh Kelly), from the Department of Health, arrives and is shocked that Kate would leave residents alone. The residents band together saying that they wanted to stay and that they are a family. Donald then asks if he wants to stay for dinner, but Mr. Evans leaves, startled. He then comes back saying that he was upset because his wife just left him and he stays for dinner.Later, when Kate returns, Heather is shown keeping a garden, Hazel is painting outside, and Donald and Georgia are handing out tea to some boys who are raking the lawn. Ellie then tells Kate that she has decided to leave and will spend some time with their mother. At the end, Donald and Georgia are dancing outside, singing "How About You?". - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Double Sunrise (2013) - Catalina documentary Hsanchia 2023-11-01 | The Double Sunrise service was formed in July 1943 to re-establish the Australia–England air link that had been cut due to the fall of Singapore in February 1942. The service initially operated from its base in Nedlands, Western Australia near Perth, to the Royal Air Force base at Lake Koggala near Galle in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). It was later extended to Karachi in British India (now part of Pakistan), which was the terminus for the BOAC service from England. The name of the service was derived from the crew and passengers observing two sunrises on the westbound flight from Australia.Background:The commercial aviation link between Australia and the United Kingdom were established in 1934 (later to be coined "The Kangaroo Route"). In June 1940, it was interrupted when access to the direct commercial air routes across the Mediterranean were lost. The resulting wartime "Horseshoe Route" that connected Australia and England for airmail (via Africa) then started its operation in the same month and ran until its final reserve route ("Reserve Route 3") connecting Australia via Broome was lost on February 15, 1942 with the fall of Singapore. Plans for restoration of the connectivity were started in early 1943, resulting in the ideation, equipping, and successful testing of what would become the Double Sunrise service.Earlier in 1939 an alternative route via the Indian Ocean was proposed and designed by the Australian Government for potential use in case of emergency. The designed route was Port Hedland - Batavia - Christmas Island - Cocos Island - Diego Garcia - The Seychelles - Mombasa. This route was surveyed and tested in June of 1939 but would ultimately not be used as Batavia had already fallen in March 1942 in the Battle of Java (1942). Direct airmail connectivity to Africa would eventually be restored via the Double Sunrise service connecting to BOAC's service from Kogalla via The Seychelles to Mombasa in November 1944.History:In 1943, Royal Australian Air Force personnel were seconded to operate Consolidated PBY Catalina seaplane aircraft under the banner of Qantas. The plan called for flights between Crawley, Western Australia, and RAF Base Koggala in southern Ceylon. The flights were (then) the longest non-stop air route of any airline, over 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 kilometres; 4,000 miles) across the Indian Ocean. Navigating without the aid of radio, the crews relied solely on rudimentary navigation by compass and stars during the trip. Five aircraft obtained under Lend-Lease were supplied by the British Air Ministry, and were named after stars used for navigation en route: Rigel Star, Spica Star, Altair Star, Vega Star and Antares Star. The first flight took place on 29 July 1943.Taking between 27 and 33 hours, with departure timed so that the flight crossed Japanese occupied territory during darkness, the crews would observe the sunrise twice, which led to the service being known as "The Double Sunrise". The flight route flown was along the coast from Crawley to Exmouth then setting out towards Cocos (Keeling) Island or Christmas Island (though neither was actually sighted during flight-1) and onto Galle, a journey of approximately 3,580 nautical miles (6,630 km; 4,120 mi). After the success of the initial flights, it was decided to run a weekly service, with some services flying over Rottnest Island and then taking a direct line to Galle. As part of the Australia-England air route there was a surface component from Galle to Karachi that added considerable time to the service. This was later replaced by the Double Sunrise service, with Karachi to England flown by BOAC. Air crews would change in Galle taking the next plane in either direction minimizing the time taken to complete the journey.Though stripped of all non-essential equipment, including de-icing equipment and insulation, the average takeoff weight was 35,100 to 35,300 lb (15,900 to 16,000 kg) (maximum takeoff weight for a PBY Catalina was 35,400 lb (16,100 kg)); this included 1,988 imperial gallons (9,040 L) of fuel, which gave the Catalina a range of 3,600 nautical miles (6,700 km; 4,100 mi). The service made 271 crossings, delivered over 10,000 lb (4,500 kg) of mail and carried 860 passengers, including among them British MP Edith Summerskill and the journalist Keith Murdoch. Due to the weight of the auxiliary fuel, an average flight carried only 3 passengers and 152 pounds (69 kg) of essential mail.Starting in June 1944, Qantas augmented the Catalinas with the first of two converted Consolidated Liberator bombers. The Liberators flew a shorter 3,077 mi (4,952 km) over-water route from Learmonth to an airfield northeast of Colombo, but they could make the journey in 17 hours with 5,500 pounds (2,500 kg) of payload, whereas the Catalinas usually required at least 27 hours and their payload was limited to only 1,000 pounds (450 kg). (Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Double_Sunrise)
the Founding of Singapore (1819) Hsanchia 2023-09-27 | .Excerpted from - Talking CockTalking Cock (the movie) is a Singapore film released in May 2002. It is the brainchild of Colin Goh, founder of Singaporean website, TalkingCock.com, which satirises local current affairs and politics, highlighting the importance of supporting free speech in Singapore.About:The film includes the use of Malay, Tamil, various Chinese dialects, as well as the unique blend of vernacular English called Singlish. The film was completely subtitled in English.Cast:The film stars non-professional locals plucked from the heartland, in several scenes depicting the lives of exaggerated stereotype characters of the heartland.Story:The film features four short stories, linked by a series of sketches and animated sequences based on some of TalkingCock.com's most popular characters, such as the Turbanator and Lim Peh. The stories are briefly as follows:eAhLong.com:A young polytechnic graduate wants to dotcom his father's loan shark business. A wry look at an old profession's collision with the new economy.Wrong Number:It is about a young man who loses his mobile phone in a taxi, and the strange circumstances that ensue when he meets the person who has found it.Steam:A young girl working in a dim sum shop decides to woo one of her customers... with unexpected results.Razi Learns To Rock:A hard rock band scrambles to find a substitute after losing their lead singer and has to educate him in the art of being cool.Auntie Auntie Power:An office worker insults a tea-lady. Unbeknownst to him, the tea-lady has a network of friends, who she enlists to enact revenge. They taint the man's soup with laxatives, pour itching powder on his toilet-paper, and fine him for illegal parking before he can drive off. - Wikipedia
Zadok the Priest (lyrics) Hsanchia 2023-09-25 | .Coronation of King Charles III (6 May 2023)===================================Zadok the Priest (HWV 258) is a British anthem that was composed by George Frideric Handel for the coronation of George II in 1727. Alongside The King Shall Rejoice, My Heart is Inditing, and Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened, Zadok the Priest is one of Handel's coronation anthems. One of Handel's best-known works, Zadok the Priest has been sung prior to the anointing of the sovereign at the coronation of every British monarch since its composition and has become recognised as a British patriotic anthem.TEXT:Zadok anointing Solomon, depicted in a 16th century engravingPart of the traditional content of British coronations, the texts for all four anthems were picked by Handel—a personal selection from the most accessible account of an earlier coronation, that of James II in 1685. The text is a translation of the traditional antiphon, Unxerunt Salomonem, itself derived from the biblical account of the anointing of Solomon by the priest Zadok (1 Kings 1:38-40).These words have been used in every English, and later British, coronation since that of King Edgar at Bath Abbey in 973. An earlier setting is thought to have been written by Thomas Tomkins for the coronation of King Charles I in 1626, the text of which has survived but not the music.Henry Lawes wrote another for the coronation of King Charles II in 1661. This was also sung at James II's in 1685, although the music may have been amended to accommodate changes to the text made by Archbishop William Sancroft.At the coronation itself on 11 October 1727, the choir of Westminster Abbey sang Zadok the Priest in the wrong part of the service; they had earlier entirely forgotten to sing one anthem and another ended "in confusion".LYRICS:The lyrics of the piece are biblical, being a distillation of 1 Kings 1:34-45:Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed Solomon king.And all the people rejoiced and said:God save the King! Long live the King! God save the King!May the King live for ever. Amen. Hallelujah.STRUCTURE:Zadok the Priest is written for SS-AA-T-BB chorus and orchestra (two oboes, two bassoons, three trumpets, timpani, strings with three violin parts rather than the usual two, and continuo), in the key of D major. The music prepares a surprise in its orchestral introduction through the use of static layering of soft string textures followed by a sudden rousing forte tutti entrance, augmented by three trumpets.The middle section, "And all the people rejoic'd, and said", is a dance form in 34 time, with the choir singing chordally and a dotted rhythm in the strings.The final section, "God save the King", etc., is a return to common time (44), with the "God save the King" section heard chordally, interspersed with the Amens incorporating long semiquaver runs, taken in turn through the six voice parts (SAATBB) with the other parts singing quaver chords accompanying it. The chorus ends with a largo plagal cadence on "Alleluia".In other contexts:Tony Britten rearranged Zadok the Priest in 1992, using it as the basis for the UEFA Champions League Anthem. During the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla, some football supporters who were unfamiliar with Zadok the Priest initially confused the two pieces.The song was played during the wedding processional of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Mary Donaldson. Their wedding took place on 14 May 2004 at Copenhagen Cathedral. - Wikipedia
TALKING COCK (2002) Hsanchia 2023-09-25 | Talking Cock (the movie) is a Singapore film released in May 2002. It is the brainchild of Colin Goh, founder of Singaporean website, TalkingCock.com, which satirises local current affairs and politics, highlighting the importance of supporting free speech in Singapore.About:The film includes the use of Malay, Tamil, various Chinese dialects, as well as the unique blend of vernacular English called Singlish. The film was completely subtitled in English.Cast:The film stars non-professional locals plucked from the heartland, in several scenes depicting the lives of exaggerated stereotype characters of the heartland.Story:The film features four short stories, linked by a series of sketches and animated sequences based on some of TalkingCock.com's most popular characters, such as the Turbanator and Lim Peh. The stories are briefly as follows:eAhLong.com:A young polytechnic graduate wants to dotcom his father's loan shark business. A wry look at an old profession's collision with the new economy.Wrong Number:It is about a young man who loses his mobile phone in a taxi, and the strange circumstances that ensue when he meets the person who has found it.Steam:A young girl working in a dim sum shop decides to woo one of her customers... with unexpected results.Razi Learns To Rock:A hard rock band scrambles to find a substitute after losing their lead singer and has to educate him in the art of being cool.Auntie Auntie Power:An office worker insults a tea-lady. Unbeknownst to him, the tea-lady has a network of friends, who she enlists to enact revenge. They taint the man's soup with laxatives, pour itching powder on his toilet-paper, and fine him for illegal parking before he can drive off. - Wikipedia
Hedd Wyn (1992)-welsh Hsanchia 2023-09-25 | Hedd Wyn is a 1992 Welsh anti-war biopic, written by Alan Llwyd and directed by Paul TurnerBased on the life of Ellis Humphrey Evans (Huw Garmon), killed in the First World War, the cinematography starkly contrasts the lyrical beauty of the poet's native Meirionnydd with the bombed-out horrors of Passchendaele. The protagonist is depicted as a tragic hero with an intense dislike of the pro-war jingoism which surrounds him. The film's title is Ellis Evans' bardic name (pronounced [heːð wɨ̞n], "blessed peace"), under which he was posthumously awarded the Chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod of Wales.PLOT:As the camera pans over the intricate carving on the infamous "Black Chair", the voice of the Archdruid Dyfed is heard vainly summoning the poet who signs his work with the nom de plume "Fleur-de-lis" to stand and be chaired. The film then flashes back to 1913.Despite mounting pressure, Ellis refuses to enlist and says that he does not think he can kill anyone. As a result, Ellis' fiancée, Lizzie Roberts (Sue Roderick), accuses him of being "afraid of becoming a man". At a fair, Ellis attempts to mend his relationship with Lizzie, only to find that she has formed a romantic relationship with an English soldier, informing Ellis that "It's nothing personal... I just don't like your clothes." Later, in the village pub, Ellis and Moi Davies (Emlyn Gomer) are giving Griff, who is now in uniform, a send-off. As fellow villagers sing the recruiting song "Your King and Country Want You" in their honour, Lizzie appears in the pub's doorway. Ellis spots her and begins to loudly sing "Myfanwy", a song with implications of female betrayal. Sensing Lizzie's distress, her new beau punches Ellis in the face, yelling "You're upsetting the lady! Welsh bastard!"On a train, Ellis encounters Jini Owen (Judith Humphreys), a young woman who admires his poetry. Noticing her interest in him, Ellis asks for Jini's address and sends her a letter. Soon the two are deeply in love. Simultaneously, Ellis develops a close friendship with Mary Catherine Hughes (Nia Dryhurst), the young woman who is his sister's teacher. He explains to her that, whenever a poem is lacking, he will cast it into the river, and that it will always return to him stronger. On a railway journey with Jini, Ellis encounters two hideously disfigured war veterans. Despite his sympathy for their plight, the soldiers accuse Ellis of cowardice for remaining a civilian. As he and Jini depart, one of the soldiers threatens to mail him a white feather. Ellis quips, "You don't have any wings, let alone feathers."Soon afterwards, an official of the draft board arrives at the family farm and takes down the names of Ellis and his brother Bob (Ceri Cunnington), despite the resistance of Ellis' mother (Llio Silyn). As a result, the Crown informs the Evans family that one of their sons must enlist in the British Army.Although 17-year-old Bob longs to enlist instead, Ellis refuses to permit this. Horrified of losing him, Jini pleads with Ellis to let Bob enlist in his place. Enraged, Ellis says that, if Bob were injured or killed, he could never live with himself. With Jini seeing him off, Ellis departs by train to join the Royal Welch Fusiliers in Liverpool. Despite the insults showered on them by their English-speaking drill sergeant, Ellis and his fellow Fusiliers continue their training in good spirits and are sent to France. Facing what may be his last chance to win the Eisteddfod, Ellis pleads with his platoon commander to send his awdl Yr Arwr (The Hero) via the Army Postal Service. The young officer, who is unable to read Welsh, at first refuses, suspecting the poem to be a coded message to the Germans. Eventually he relents, mails Ellis' submission, and praises him as "The Armageddon Poet".On 31 July 1917, the Fusiliers go over the top and into the Battle of Passchendaele. Crawling through swampy shell holes filled with corpses, Ellis witnesses his fellow soldiers being shot and blown to pieces around him. At last, he is wounded by shrapnel and crumples to the ground. After hours of lying in no man's land, Ellis is evacuated to an aid post, where he succumbs to his injuries. His parents are devastated when they receive a telegram informing them of Ellis' death. Jini weeps inconsolably as she reads Ellis' last letter, in which her beloved proposed marriage in a poem. Mary Catherine, in a last tribute to her friend, casts the manuscript of Ellis' poem Rhyfel (War) into the river.The Evans family receives another telegram which announces that Ellis' submission has won the National Eisteddfod. To the sound of R. Williams Parry's Englynion coffa Hedd Wyn (Englynion in memory of Hedd Wyn), the chair which Ellis has dreamed of all his life is delivered to his parents' farmhouse, robed in black.(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Owl and the Sparrow (2007)-vietnamese Hsanchia 2023-09-18 | Owl and the Sparrow (Cú và chim se sẻ in Vietnamese) is a 2007 film by Stephane Gauger that follows the fictional story of three Vietnamese individuals (a runaway child, a zoo keeper and a flight attendant) over a period of five days as they meet in Saigon.PLOT:The film takes place during five days in the lives of the main characters: Thuy (Pham Gia Han), a ten-year-old runaway orphan, Lan (Cat Ly), a flight attendant, and Hai (Le The Hu), a zookeeper. Thuy works in a factory for her uncle, Minh (Nguyen Hau), who thinks she is useless and unfit for school. Longing for a life elsewhere, she runs away from home and ends up on the streets of Saigon selling postcards and roses to earn a living. One night, Thuy meets Lan at a noodle shop and the two become friends. On hearing that Thuy is homeless, Lan gives her a place to stay at her apartment and Thuy comes to admire her for her kindness, beauty, and independence. Unbeknownst to everyone, however, Lan is having an affair with a co-worker and is secretly unhappy with her life.The next day, Thuy goes to the zoo and befriends an elephant whose keeper, Hai, takes her under his wing. His uncanny ability to understand the animals captivates Thuy, who begins helping at the zoo. While at the marketplace, Hai asks Thuy to deliver a bouquet to a woman named Phuong (Nguyen Kim Phuong) and tells her that he and Phuong were once engaged, but (it is implied) the relationship dissolved due to her family’s disapproval of his profession. Thuy warns that even if Phuong returns, she will only break his heart again. To ensure this doesn’t happen, she tells Hai that Phuong has a new boyfriend (although the latter informed her that she was single). Feeling dejected, Hai brings Thuy back to the zoo and tells her that he knows of an orphanage where she will be safe. Thinking that Hai wishes to see her locked away like an animal, however, she leaves and returns to the city.At the same time, Lan breaks off her affair with her co-worker (who is already married). She comes home and finds Thuy asleep at her doorstep. They go out for dinner at a restaurant where Hai shows up and meets Lan for the first time. Despite an awkward beginning, the night turns into a family outing of sorts and ends with Lan and Hai realizing that they are both lost souls unsure of what they want in life. Having brought them together, Thuy leaves Lan in the apartment with a single rose as a thank you and a goodbye. Hours later, policemen canvas the streets checking for employment papers. While most of the children escape, the police catch Thuy, whom they send to an orphanage in the city.Lan searches frantically for Thuy and goes to the zoo to seek Hai. They find the orphanage, but are unable to claim her as neither of them are relatives. To everyone’s dismay, Minh arrives with documents proving he is Thuy’s legal guardian and takes her back to the country to work in the factory. Unwilling to live a life of servitude, however, Thuy escapes and takes a large amount of Minh's money. She goes to Hai and offers to buy his favorite elephant (so it won’t be deported to a zoo in India). Moved, but disappointed, Hai returns the money to Minh. On witnessing first-hand the life that Thuy endures, Hai offers to pay for her to live and work at the zoo where he will be her guardian. Thuy is elated but saddened that Hai and Lan are not together (due to Hai’s insecurities about not being good enough for her). In a last ditch effort, Thuy visits Lan at her apartment, but finds her gone. She leaves a note and a package before going.At the airport that evening, Lan opens the package and reads the note from Thuy in which she says that Lan is her family. The package also contains a pair of dolls (Thuy’s prized possessions). Deeply touched, Lan races out of the airport and through the streets of Saigon. On finding Thuy, she drops to her knees and embraces her while Hai smiles down on them both, overjoyed at seeing their “family” complete.Release:The movie premiered in January 2007 at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, before playing in over thirty film festivals worldwide.The movie was released theatrically in Japan as The Happiest Place in the World, South Korea as The Lovely Rose, and Spain as Cinco dias en Saigon.In the United States, it opened in limited release on January 16, 2009. Image Entertainment is scheduled to release the DVD in May 2010.Reception:Owl and the Sparrow won awards such as best narrative feature at the 2007 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, best narrative feature at the 2007 San Diego Asian Film Festival, the audience award at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival, and the emerging filmmaker award at the 2007 Starz Denver Film Festival.Director Stephane Gauger was nominated for the Breakthrough Director Award at the 2007 Gotham Awards, and for the John Cassavetes award at the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards.(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
I Know What I Saw (2009) Hsanchia 2023-05-31 | I Know What I Saw (2009) - is a documentary guaranteed to change the way we see the universe. Director James Fox assembled the most credible UFO witnesses from around the world to testify at The National Press Club in Washington D.C. including Air Force generals, astronauts, military and commercial pilots, government and FAA officials from seven countries who tell stories that, as Governor Fife Symington from Arizona stated, "will challenge your reality".Their accounts reveal a behind-the-scenes U.S. operation whose policy is to confiscate and hoard substantiating evidence from close encounters to the extent that even Presidents have failed to get straight answers. 'I KNOW WHAT I SAW' exposes reasons behind government secrecy from those involved at the highest level. James Fox has won the support of several key media, government and military personnel, and has made numerous television and radio appearances.Additionally, because of the strength of his ratings and the high level of interest from his audience, Larry King has indicated to James Fox an interest in promoting I Know What I Saw. With the worldwide unrelenting UFO fascination and the phenomenal success of fictional UFO films, it is high time for an up-to-date documentary about UFOs for worldwide release.
Resurrection (1980) Hsanchia 2023-05-31 | .RESURRECTION - is a 1980 American drama film directed by Daniel Petrie, written by Lewis John Carlino, and starring Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Richard Farnsworth, Roberts Blossom, Lois Smith, and Eva Le Gallienne. It was produced by Renée Missel and Howard Rosenman. The plot involves a woman who returns to life after dying momentarily in a car crash and finds that she has the power to heal people.The film received two nominations at the 53rd Academy Awards: Best Actress (Burstyn) and Best Supporting Actress (Le Gallienne). Burstyn was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama at the 38th Golden Globe Awards, while Le Gallienne won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. It was further selected by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 1980.Plot:Edna Mae McCauley (Burstyn) survives a car accident that kills her husband (DeMunn) and nearly kills her, but her brief out of body experience gives her the power to heal people. Paralyzed from the waist down, Edna returns with her father (Blossom) to her small hometown in Kansas to recuperate and be cared for by family. On their way, they stop at "Last Chance Gas," run by the friendly and eccentric Esco Brown (Farnsworth). Welcomed home by family, Edna unwittingly heals a little girl at a party with chronic nosebleeds, to the bewilderment of those around her. Edna's grandmother (Le Gallienne) tells her of a woman she knew who had briefly died from pneumonia and returned to life; this woman experienced the same visions as Enda when her spirit left her body, and when she returned to life she too had the power to heal people. Edna eventually heals herself and slowly begins to walk again. She becomes an unwitting celebrity, the hope of those in desperate need of healing, and a lightning rod for religious beliefs and skeptics.When Edna heals Cal Carpenter (Shepard), a local farmer, from a stab wound he sustained in a fight, he begins to court her, and the two eventually begin a romantic relationship. As their relationship blossoms, Edna begins to heal her own psychological wounds, coming to peace with the death of her husband and working to understand her new fate. However, Cal believes that Edna's mystical abilities are a sign of God's will, and he refuses to accept her belief that her powers simply come from deep love and understanding, and he slowly becomes unstable. After two psychologists witness one of Enda's healings, they ask her if she would be willing to undergo some tests. She and Cal accompany them to California, where Enda heals a woman with dystonia. Believing this to be too much power, Cal confronts Enda and demands she proclaims herself as Christ resurrected, which she refuses. Cal eventually attempts to assassinate Enda during one of her healing gatherings by shooting her, but he misses, just grazing her shoulder. After Cal is incarcerated, Enda decides to leave her hometown.Several years pass, and we see a much older Enda now running Esco's gas station. A young couple with an adolescent son who is dying of cancer are traveling to see relatives when they stop for gas. Enda suggests the mother and father look at her desert flower collection while she and the son have a talk, and she heals the son before they continue on their way.CastEllen Burstyn as Edna Mae (Harper) McCauleyJeffrey DeMunn as Joseph "Joe" McCauley, Edna's husbandRoberts Blossom as John Harper, Edna's fatherEva Le Gallienne as Pearl, Edna's grandmotherLois Smith as Kathy, Edna's cousinSam Shepard as Cal Carpenter, Edna's loverRichard Hamilton as Reverend Earl Carpenter, Cal's fatherRichard Farnsworth as Esco Brown, owner of "Last Chance Gas"Sylvia Walden as Louise, a woman Edna heals in Los AngelesMadeleine Thornton-Sherwood as Ruth, a townswoman Edna heals(from Wikipedia)
KUNDUN (1997) Hsanchia 2023-05-14 | .KUNDUN - is a 1997 American epic biographical film written by Melissa Mathison and directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the life and writings of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, the exiled political and spiritual leader of Tibet. Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, a grandnephew of the Dalai Lama, stars as the adult Dalai Lama, while Tencho Gyalpo, a niece of the Dalai Lama, appears as the Dalai Lama's mother."Kundun" (སྐུ་མདུན་ Wylie: sku mdun in Tibetan), meaning "presence", is a title by which the Dalai Lama is addressed. Kundun was released only a few months after Seven Years in Tibet, sharing the latter's location and its depiction of the Dalai Lama at several stages of his youth, though Kundun covers a period three times longer.PLOT:At the beginning of the film the two-year-old boy (Tenzin Yeshi Paichang) is visited at his rural birthplace in Amdo by the searching lamas and undertakes a test to confirm his identity as the "Bodhisattva".The film has a linear chronology with events spanning from 1937 to 1959 - the setting is Tibet, except for brief sequences in China and India. It begins with the search for the 14th mindstream emanation of the Dalai Lama. After a vision by Reting Rinpoche (the regent of Tibet), several lamas disguised as servants discover a promising candidate - a child born to a farming family in the province of Amdo, near the Chinese border.These and other lamas administer a test to the child in which he must select from various objects the ones that belonged to the previous Dalai Lama. The child passes the test, and he and his family are brought to Potala Palace in Lhasa, where he will be installed as Dalai Lama when he comes of age.During the journey, the child becomes homesick and frightened, but is comforted by Reting, who tells him the story of the first Dalai Lama–whom the lamas called "Kundun". As the film progresses, the boy matures in both age and learning. After a brief power struggle in which Reting is imprisoned and dies, the Dalai Lama begins taking a more active role in governance and religious leadership.Meanwhile, the Chinese communists, recently victorious in their revolution, are proclaiming Tibet a traditional part of Imperial China and express their desire to reincorporate it with the newly formed People's Republic of China. Eventually, despite Tibet's pleas to the United Nations, the United States, the United Kingdom, and India for intervention, Chinese Communist forces invade Tibet. The Chinese are initially helpful, but when the Tibetans resist Communist reorganization and reeducation of their society, the Chinese become oppressive.Following a series of atrocities suffered by his people, the Dalai Lama resolves to meet with Chairman Mao Zedong in Beijing. While Mao publicly expresses his sympathies to the Tibetan people and the Dalai Lama, and insists that changes must be made as the Dalai Lama sees fit, relations inevitably deteriorate. During their face-to-face meeting on the final day of the Dalai Lama's visit, Mao makes clear his view that "religion is poison" and that the Tibetans are "poisoned and inferior" because of it.Upon his return to Tibet, the Dalai Lama learns of more horrors perpetrated against his people, who have by now repudiated their treaty with China and begun guerrilla action against the Chinese.After the Chinese make clear their intention to kill him, the Dalai Lama is convinced by his family and his Lord Chamberlain to flee to India.After consulting the Nechung Oracle about the proper escape route, the Dalai Lama and his staff put on disguises and slip out of Lhasa under cover of darkness. During an arduous journey, throughout which they are pursued by the Chinese, the Dalai Lama becomes very ill and experiences two personal visions, first that their trip to India will be propitious and that, similarly, their eventual return to Tibet will also be propitious. The group eventually makes it to a small mountain pass on the Indian border. As the Dalai Lama walks to the guard post, an Indian guard approaches him, salutes, and inquires: "Are you the Lord Buddha?" The Dalai Lama replies with the film's final line: "I think that I am a reflection, like the moon on water. When you see me, and I try to be a good man, you see yourself." Once the Dalai Lama arrives at his new residence, he unpacks his telescope and steps outside. Erecting it and removing his spectacles, he gazes through it toward the Himalayas - and toward Tibet. The film concludes with two lines printed on screen: "The Dalai Lama has not yet returned to Tibet. He hopes one day to make the journey."(from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).
In the Gloaming (1997) Hsanchia 2023-05-14 | .IN THE GLOAMING - is a 1997 American television film written by Will Scheffer and directed by Christopher Reeve in his directorial debut. It stars Robert Sean Leonard, Glenn Close, David Strathairn, Bridget Fonda and Whoopi Goldberg. The movie is based on a short story in The New Yorker written by Alice Elliott Dark. The film premiered on HBO on April 20, 1997. It won four CableACE Awards and was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards.Premise:Prodigal son Danny leaves San Francisco and returns to his family’s home to die from late-stage AIDS. Danny finds the same icy-cool, upper-crust suburban home he left all those years ago. Danny’s father is a middle-age businessman who's clueless as to how to relate to his son, and has never come to terms with his son's homosexuality. His sister Anne feels left out of the moments of closeness Danny shares with their mother. His mother Janet feels guilty for keeping her son at a distance, but it's her that he emotionally connects with and ultimately ends up facing his death with, by sharing their thoughts on everything from movies to sex. Live-in nurse Myrna completes the picture.Cast:Robert Sean Leonard as DannyGlenn Close as JanetDavid Strathairn as MartinBridget Fonda as AnneWhoopi Goldberg as Nurse MyrnaAnnie Starke as Young AnneWill Reeve as Young Danny (son of Christopher Reeve)Production notes:Christopher Reeve had to direct most of the film from a room off set via TV monitors and headphones because the hissing sounds from his respirator would have ruined the actors' voice recordings. He would watch and listen to all the day’s scenes from the room, and when he had instructions to give, he used a microphone to convey those directives to a speaker situated next to the actors. Robert Sean Leonard said of Reeve, "to have someone on your set who cannot move, but who's in charge, is a rather incredible thing. Most first-time directors have a hard time with the chaos that goes on. [They tend to] put lots of the decisions on the cinematographer's shoulders. Not Chris. He held his own … He was the anchor."
INTRUDERS (1992) Hsanchia 2023-05-14 | .INTRUDERS - is a four-hour science fiction miniseries that was first broadcast in 1992. Broadcast on CBS, the miniseries was directed by Dan Curtis and starred Richard Crenna, Daphne Ashbrook and Mare Winningham. It was partially based on Ufology Budd Hopkins' book Intruders: The Incredible Visitations at Copley Woods.[1] Barry Oringer and Tracy Tormé wrote the screenplay.[2]Plot:Lesley Hahn lives in California, and is plagued by nightmares about faceless telephone repairmen entering her house and taking her. She contacts psychiatrist Dr. Neil Chase in hope of receiving treatment for her nightmares.Mary Wilkes is a housewife from Nebraska who has a history of unexplained blackouts and one night ends up on a motorway miles from her home. She is also plagued by nightmares similar to those experienced by Lesley. Mary decides to take a holiday in California with her sister, who knows Dr. Chase, and is persuaded to see the psychiatrist to find out if he can help with her nightmares. Initially, Dr. Chase does not believe Lesley, thinking her nightmares to be related to childhood abuse, but becomes convinced something else is happening when Mary tells him of similar experiences.Neil is struck by the similarities between the two cases, and realizes that symbols seen on board an alien ship and drawn by Mary are similar to that of another patient of his, a former soldier who encountered a crashed UFO which was recovered by the government. Making contact with a university professor who does research into alien abductions, he begins to investigate the wider world of alien encounters, and runs into an Air Force general who is investigating UFOs in secret. Finally, Mary is abducted again, and learns the true purpose of the aliens.Major cast membersRichard Crenna as Dr. Neil ChaseDaphne Ashbrook as Lesley HahnMare Winningham as Mary WilkesAlan Autry as Joe WilkesReception:Tony Scott with Variety: "Scaremaster Dan Curtis applies his directorial skills to a two-part sci-fi adventure, and the first two hours are whizbang stuff ending with a surefire cliffhanger. Thanks to a script by Barry Oringerr and Tracy Torme, though, the second part falls to earth with a thud as sci-fi cliches shower all over the system."[3]Scott Pierce with Deseret News: "The most surprising thing about "Intruders" is simply how dull it is. This story draaaags over two nights and four hours (Sunday and Tuesday from 8-10 p.m. on Ch. 5) without ever raising the level of excitement much above tedium. It doesn't help that half the movie treats it all as some sort of mystery, when every viewer is aware we're talking aliens here."[4]Tom Shales with The Washington Post: "Sound too incredible to be true? Nothing is too incredible to be true. The notion of aliens who come in the night and surreptitiously poke and diddle would help explain a number of things, from my sinus headaches to our Dan Quayle. But whether one scoffs or swoons, "Intruders" is too much fun to miss, the eeriest and daffiest miniseries of the year. It goes soggily Spielbergy near the end, when we are asked to love, or at least understand, these aliens who reputedly have been snatching babies and doing intricate nasal surgery on unwilling patients. But until then, it's a wild ride on the edge of your seat."[5]Patricia Brennan with the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: [Actor Richard Crenna said] "Personally, I must say that I think one always goes into a project of this sort with a certain amount of skepticism," he said. "The thing that is most convincing is the people I've dealt with. The sincerity of their retelling and recounting of their experience is so compelling." Crenna said he watched Budd Hopkins, a UFO investigator, hypnotize a woman who claimed she had been abducted by aliens. Then Crenna talked to one of Mack's patients. "The thing that is most convincing to me is not that these people have read the same copy of the Enquirer, but that these people are very, very reluctant to reveal their experiences. The stories that come out have been relatively the same story -- the figures, the symbols that they've seen. There is a kind of standardization of this tale among people who have no interaction whatsoever." So Crenna allows that perhaps something has been going on out there. "(Making the movie) caused me to be more open-minded in my attitudes about such speculation, and to not let my own fears close my mind to the possibility," Crenna said."[6]Actor Ben Vereen was nominated for an Emmy for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special." - Wikipedia
Roswell (1994) - The U.F.O. Cover-Up Hsanchia 2023-05-14 | .Roswell (also known as Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-Up) - is a 1994 television film produced by Paul Davids based on a supposedly true story about the Roswell UFO incident, the alleged U.S. military capture of a flying saucer and its alien crew following a crash near the town of Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947. Along with the Roswell crash, the film references prominent UFOlogy events such as Area 51, alien autopsies, the death of James Forrestal and Majestic-12.The script was based on the book - UFO Crash at Roswell, by Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt.Plot:Beginning at a 30-year reunion for members of the 509th Operations Group, flashbacks are presented that follow the attempts of Major Jesse Marcel to discover the truth about strange debris found on a local rancher's field in July 1947. Told by his superiors that what he has found is nothing more than a downed weather balloon, Marcel maintains his military duty until the weight of the truth, however out of this world it may be, forces him to piece together what really occurred.Reception:The New York Times reviewed the film as a tense drama, maintaining "an engrossing course." Criticizing the conspiracy aspect, it's noted that "What prevents this professionally fashioned hokum from being a high flier is the annoying question of how a cover-up that involved hundreds or thousands of people could have been maintained for 30 years or even 30 seconds in this expose-prone society."Variety labeled it "a gripping fictional account." The review concludes, "Wherever the truths of the Roswell incident may lie, director Kagan paces his story convincingly and, in the suspicions it raises about American military mendacity, unflinchingly: superior made-for-TV fare, in other words. The extraterrestrial bodies, by the way, are terrific." The Los Angeles Times considered the film "no mere sci-fi hardware yarn," adding "Roswell is not so much a space odyssey but the story of a man's lost soul, that of an Air Force intelligence officer doggedly searching for the truth."Cast:Kyle MacLachlan as Jesse A. MarcelMartin Sheen as TownsendDwight Yoakam as Mac BrazelXander Berkeley as Sherman CarsonBob Gunton as Frank JoyceKim Greist as Vy MarcelPeter MacNicol as Lewis RickettJohn M. Jackson as Colonel BlanchardNick Searcy as MorticianJ.D. Daniels as Young Jesse Marcel, Jr.Charles Hallahan as Older Pilot MacIntireRay McKinnon as Deputy Joe PritchardEugene Roche as James ForrestalCharles Martin Smith as Sheriff WilcoxDoug Wert as Older Jesse Marcel, Jr.Cynthia Allison as TV commentatorHoke Howell as Bar veteranBruce Ed Morrow as GeneralWill Huston as Alien clown (as William Edwards)Layne Beamer as SoldierMax Trumpower as Gate GuardMik Scriba as Air MechanicMatt Landers as Lt. Walter HautGeorge Gray III as DeputyStephen C. Foster as Gate MPDave Adams as Provost MarshalBill Cook as Jeep DriverJ.W. 'Corkey' Fornof as PilotCharles Beck as PilotRandy Gagne as PilotCharles M. Kistler as Interrogator #1Daiton Rutkowski as Interrogator #2F. William Parker as Older StantonJonathan Mincks as Younger StantonPeter Radon as Melvin BrownGary Bullock as EavesdropperJim Hayne as HarrisMark Phelan as Gate GuardSteve Lanza as Outside DoctorArthur Kopit as Inside DoctorMichael Strasser as Hospital MPDon Fischer as Outdoor MPDenice Marcel as WaitressBrandey Martinez as Waitress #2Lisa Waltz as Janet FossJohn Mahon as Red Hat VetStanley Grover as Straw Hat VetWarren Munson as Yellow Hat VetHansford Rowe as ChaplainRichard Fancy as DoctorPaul Davids as PhotographerPhilip Baker Hall as Roswell GeneralLawrence Dobkin as General (as Larry Dobkin)Edward Penn as Civilian AdvisorArthur Hiller as Scientist #1Parley Baer as Civilian AdvisorBruce Gray as Admiral
Beautiful Sunday - line dance Hsanchia 2023-04-26 | Choreographed by Tina Chen Sue-Huei (Dec 2016)Music: Beautiful Sunday (Daniel Boone and Rod McQueen)Dance by Suki's Class
