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scotianostra · 1 year

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The award winning Scottish screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin was born on February 15th 1932 at Rothesay on the Isle of Bute.

I’ll hazard a guess many of you will not know the name here, but the vast majority of you, well here at home anyway, will know one of the most iconic lines out of a classic movie, the words “You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off.”

His father was an engineer and his mother a teacher. Moving frequently because of the second world war and his father’s work, his was a talented and creative family.

The family established themselves in north London, only to have the household income, never large, halved by the death of Troy’s mother when he was 15. The Catholic church helped to keep them afloat, and Troy went to Finchley Catholic grammar school, followed by Trinity College Dublin. After completing his National Service he wanted to move into the Foreign Office, but Troy, although having a toffee nosed name, did not speak with toffees in his mouth and was rejected. He thought if he was a published writer this might be a route in so set about work on a short work of poetry of novel, his novel, Beat on a Damask Drum but it wasn’t this that kick started his career on civvy street, but an article he wrote on boy soldiers in Cyprus the BBC picked it up and asked him to adapt it into a TV play. Based on his own experiences during national service as an officer with the Gordon Highlanders, this became the television play Incident at Echo 6, screened in 1958.

And that was the start of a career spanning over five decades, Troy Kennedy Martin is responsible for an impressive body of work and has left an indelible impression on the history of television. His work has touched the lives of millions of people all over the world and shaped the vocabulary of television today.

Kennedy Martin’s array of television successes include Z-Cars, The Sweeney and Edge of Darkness. He also made regular forays into cinematic script writing, most notably with his screenplay for The Italian Job. Another fantastic film he penned was Kelly's Heroes, which featured some great actors in Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland and Harry Dean-Stanton

Innovative and influential, Kennedy Martin showed that quality drama could be accessible. His nuclear thriller, Edge of Darkness , one of the key television works of the decade, was repeated on BBC1 a mere 10 days after the final episode had been transmitted on BBC2. His ITV production Reilly: Ace of Spies is another favourite of mine was also highly praised and was one of several works screened at his 2006 British Film Institute retrospective. Based on the true story of Sidney Reilly, I never knew the story beforehand and I was shocked when Reilly played brilliantly by Sam Neill fell after a shot rung out and was left lying in the snow, I was willing him to get up....... Kennedy Martin;s script really hit home.

They were a talented family, his sister Mo, was a member of the London/Irish folk group folk group The Tinkers, his brother was also a talented writer for television, he created the popular BBC Cop drama, Juliet Bravo, and The Sweeney, enlisting Troy to pen some of the episodes.

Described as a “ A talented, generous and agreeable man, he was dedicated to his work. He married the Z Cars cast member Diane Aubrey in 1967 and remained devoted to their two children after their divorce.

Troy Kennedy Martin died of lung cancer on 15th September 2009 aged 77, in Ditchling, East Sussex.history television movies films

#Scotland #scottish #anglo-scottish #writer #script writer #filmaker

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dasboligrafo · 3 days

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Oh my god I'm the worst....I'm four months and like 20 shows behind on this blog so I'm gonna have to do a series (?) of unsatisfying lazy short takes post. I saw 4 ballets, 7 operas and 5 plays 🙈.

Nabucco (great)

Turandot (good)

La Forza del Destino (very good)

Carmen (very good)

El Niño (omg what can I say...the worst opera I've ever seen but maybe it's advanced)

Madame Butterfly (very good, so sue me for liking cheesy shit)

Appropriate on Broadway with Sarah Paulsen (great)

Public Obscenities (very good? Still processing 3 months later...)

A Mirror (in London; this was ok)

Exterminating Angel (at Opera Bastille in Paris; incredible, breathtaking, life altering art)

Matthew Bournes Romeo & Juliet (laughable...possibly advanced)

Innovators & Icons 2023-24 at NYCB (very good)

Balanchine & Ratmansky at Miami City Ballet (good)

Wheeldon Martins & Peck 2024 at NYCB (mixed...overall good)

Rite of Spring at Park Avenue Armory (very good)

A play about ghosts and a guitar player whose name I can't remember (edit: Covenant...was ok)

This thing about Joni Mitchell that was ok

The movie Zone of Interest (good, thought provoking, huge bummer)

Saturday Night Live with Kristen Wiig dress rehearsal (great)

Cat Power Sings Dylan (good)

#off broadway #ballet #broadway #nyc ballet #opera bastille #metopera

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septembersghost · 1 year

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Lol, well she did participate in the ‘09 MTV promo piece by Lin-Manuel Miranda https://www.mtv.com/news/fwjzqx/the-inside-scoop-on-the-vmas-west-side-story-theme Did you hear of Max Martin’s pop musical set to his hits? Also Britney Spears has one coming out also. TS’s love interest in IKYWT played Spiderman in the Broadway one set to Bono & the Edge music & lyrics. She has many MT links…

oh i know, i saw that thee night it aired! it was my birthday! it would be nothing but a great memory if the other thing hadn't happened. ;___; lin rewriting tonight for her should actually be the iconic moment in music history. this is my truth!

and lin has openly complimented her since then, and they have some very similar aspects as humanistic lyricists to me (i mean this as nothing but a compliment, i adore him). when folklore was released, it was so near the disney+ release of hamilton (which was. very important to me for other reasons), and i was struck in a number of places by kinship between the two (my tears ricochet, peace, and hoax specifically). i'd LOVE to see the two of them have a conversation, especially since lin has now tried his hand at directing himself, and did it so movingly with tick tick boom.

&juliet is a curious case to me because you'd think one of the taylor/max songs would be a natural fit, and i wonder why one isn't in the show or if she was asked and chose not to license it.

reeve carney (ikywt love interest) also played orpheus in hadestown, and was one of my favorite horrible f***boys, dorian gray, in penny dreadful. 😄 he's lovely (and has also spoken highly of her). i also think a lot of sara bareilles writing waitress, and of the carole king musical (beautiful). i don't think taylor would go with the jukebox form, i do think she'd want to try something new, but either could become a great show, really.

she absolutely has a bunch of musical theatre connections, and it will always be a dream of mine to see that come to fruition and lead her to create there someday.

#anonymous #letterbox #taylor swift #for the same reasons i need her to talk to barbra streisand #because there is really no other apt comparison between a woman who dominated music #and then moved into the field of directing #(with endless scrutiny and pushback along the way)#(and who is so passionate about her own vision and has that artistic drive)#thrown out speeches

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nosensedit · 5 years

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#juliet martin #juliet martin icons #ringer #ringer icons #seriesedit #series icons #serie tv #series #zoey deutch #zoey deutch icons #like or comment #like or reblog #like or reply if you see

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nephilimrph · 7 years

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❧ under the cut you’ll find 20 200x200 zoey deutch icons in her role as juliet martin, that i made for @/vanityblackwell on ask/fm. i used texture 2, effect 2 and border 4. original screencaps are not mine, i just edited them. feel free to use, but do not claim as your own.ღ - em.

#zoey deutch #zoey deutch icons #juliet martin #juliet martin icons #rp icons #icons

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tuppencetrinkets · 2 years

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Sorted screencaps from WESTWORLD season 1-3, ranging from 1,000-65,000 / character for the following:

Akane, Akecheta, Angela, Armistice, Ashley, Bernard, Caleb, Charlotte, Clementine, Craddock, Delos, Dempsey, Dolores, Elsie, Emily, Felix, Ford, Hanaryo, Hector, Juliet, Karl, Kohana, Lawrence, Lee, Logan, Maeve’s daughter, Maeve, Martin, Musashi, Peter, Sakura, Serrac, Sylvester, Teddy, Theresa, William, Young Ford, Young William.

You can find the caps HERE.

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fandomtrxsh19 · 3 years

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What I think the Winx’s favorite musicals are:

Bloom: I feel like she’s a bit of a theatre kid and likes different kinds of shows. But, out of the newer ones, I think she vibes with Mean Girls. The Plastics remind her of the Trix and the thr story and music interests her. Also, she secretly jokes that Mitzi’s Gretchen Wieners and now she can’t unsee it.

Stella: 100% LEGALLY BLONDE!!!! That show just SCREAMS Legally Blonde. Bend and Snap is definitely on her playlist

Flora: Tuck Everlasting. I don’t know much about this show, but out of the things I do know, it’s shares similar vibes with Flora. Out of the music that I’ve heard for the show, it’s very whimsical and unique.

Tecna: Be More Chill. Much like Tuck Everlasting with Flora, this show shares similar vibes with everyone’s favorite technomagic genius. Also, the music is a bit more electronic and there a vibe for Tecna. I also think the story also fits her too.

Musa: &Juliet. She would love the overall vibe of the show. If you don’t know, it’s basically what if Juliet didn’t off herself at the end of Romeo and Juliet. The music is by Max Martin, who’ve written songs such as Domino by Jesse Jay, Backstreets Back, and Roar. I feel like Musa would love the reorchestrations of these iconic songs and how the story is more focused on Juliet.

Aisha: For the princess of Andros, the first thing that comes to mind for me is Once on this Island. Don’t know why. Maybe, because of vibes???? Idk. If anyone has a more accurate choice, feel free to add it.

#winx club #winx bloom #winx stella #winx flora #winx tecna #winx musa #winx aisha

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an-aura-about-you · 2 years

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Some different things I wanna talk about and don't wanna make separate posts for back to back!

-Getting my fic masterpost together is ongoing, and I've reached the dry spell in 2017 when I was between jobs. Fun, right?

-Dad came by today and we made our plans for our birthday weekend! He's going fishing tomorrow, which I won't be able to join him on because I've got work, so I went ahead and gave him his birthday present now since it's a BassPro Shop giftcard. He's happy to have it, especially since BassPro is on his way to where he's fishing.

-Our actual birthday weekend plans are taking a road trip to my favorite bakery for cakes and other goodies! Most likely while listening to TMA along the way.

-I went to the grocery store tonight, and on the way the radio station played Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasie Overture. And I went, "Why is that playing now?"

Followed by, "Oh, right, it's Valentine's Day."

Followed by, "I mean, I guess it's romantic, but it is a tragedy."

Followed by, "Aura. What the fuck are you saying? You are both the biggest Tchaikovsky stan and the biggest Romeo and Juliet stan. This song has a leitmotif that is so iconic it has become shorthand in media for romantic moments. You yourself wrote a jmart fic called Give Me My Sin Again that is titled with a Romeo and Juliet quote, opens with a Romeo and Juliet quote, repeatedly uses halo imagery for Martin specifically because you were thinking both of the tragic couple's first meeting sonnet as well as Claire Danes as Juliet dressed as an angel, and even worked in a small but intentional difference in levels as a subtle nod to the balcony scene. Of fucking course there's romance in Romeo and Juliet, because if Romeo and Juliet didn't have their passionate romance, there's no tender bud of love for their families to unjustly crush with their senseless feud before it had time to fully blossom, and that's the whole point of the goddamn tragedy!"

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aion-rsa · 4 years

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Psych: The Essential Episode Guide

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As a TV series, Psych is like one of those frozen yogurt chains where the wall is ringed with different flavors and you can keep pulling levers for whatever combination you want. There are the Shawn/Gus episodes, the “Shawn’s psychic lie is threatened” episodes, the increasingly genius and lovingly rendered (often ‘80s-tastic) tributes, and the ensemble classics where the whole cast is just a well-oiled machine after years of riffing off one another. You can have whatever flavor you want. And don’t even get me started on toppings (there’s gotta be pineapple, at the very least).

Over its eight-year run, Psych interrogated its own premise, built out its supporting cast, let its characters play their favorite movie characters, and adapted its own internal mythology into trilogies that would make any movie-buff weep with appreciation. Here is a baker’s dozen of the most giggle-worthy, self-referential, surprisingly dramatic episodes of Psych. (And with so many to choose from, your favorite flavor combinations might be different from mine—share your own best episodes in the comments!)

Season 2 Episode 1: “American Duos”

Once the show had had a season under its belt of the fake-psychic shtick, the writers and actors got to really start playing in the sandbox they’d created. The second-season premiere has it all: a pop culture riff on a certain popular reality show competition; Tim Curry and Gina Gershon going above and beyond in their parodies of Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul; and Shawn and Gus giving a truly spectacular mashup performance as Curt Smith and Michael Jackson.

Season 2 Episode 3: “Psy vs. Psy”

I’m a sucker for the episodes where Shawn might have to come clean about his big fat lie. Season 2 poked at that possibility early on, with a counterfeit case that brings in government agent Lars Ewing (Lou Diamond Phillips) and female psychic Lindsay Leiken (Bianca Kajlich). Not only does Lars ruffle Lassiter’s feathers and get Jules hot and bothered, but Lindsay seems to be a lot more intuitive than Shawn—to the point where the SBPD may be looking to replace their consultant. Shawn has a knack for making things harder for himself, but the situations in which he has to actually fight his way out are always rewarding.

Season 2 Episode 13: “Lights, Camera… Homicidio”

The second season really cemented the series’ delight in its own ridiculousness—not just in the bizarre cases, but in how Shawn and Gus (and the rest of the SBPD) react to them. This week, it was an accidental murder via botched prop knife on the set of Explosión Gigantesca de Romance, Gus’ (and Henry’s) favorite telenovela, that really highlighted Psych’s embrace of the absurd. While doing his psychic thing, Shawn gets “discovered” enough to play the sexy delivery guy, who becomes a beloved character in his own right… only to learn for himself how badly the show’s fans blur the lines between characters and actors. Though not as outright meta as the tribute episodes, it still was wonderfully self-aware about the pitfalls of emotionally investing in fictional characters.

Season 4 Episode 5: “Shawn Gets the Yips”

This episode is a bit of a bait-and-switch in that Shawn having the yips (about baseball, not being a psychic) doesn’t really impact the plot, which starts with a shooting at a known cop bar and culminates in a commentary on the police force not properly punishing drug lords who sell opioids. The subplot about the drug lord supposedly targeting SBPD members is a bit of a red herring for the more nuanced twist about the cost of the opioid epidemic, but it contains one of my favorite moments, in which Shawn unintentionally gets a great workout because he believes that the message on his water bottle (your heart rate drops below 150, you die) is a threat. Just a solid mid-series episode.

Season 4 Episode 16: “Mr. Yin Presents…”

Just like with Bones, Psych really came into its own when it mixed the laughs with actual life-or-death stakes—and in both cases, that was thanks to a serial killer obsessed with our protagonist. Season 3 ended on “An Evening with Mr. Yang,” which introduced Ally Sheedy (one of many, many famous cameos) as the eponymous serial killer who kidnapped Shawn’s mother to get closer to him. But with her locked away and more artfully arranged kills discovered, the SBPD have to confront that Yang might have a Yin—which of course spawns a trilogy.

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Psych 2: Lassie Come Home Review

By Natalie Zutter

Psych 2: Lassie Come Home Stars on Hitchcock Homages and Special Reunions

By Natalie Zutter

The Empire Strikes Back of the Yin/Yang saga is my personal favorite, though I highly recommend watching all three. The team’s introduction to Yang’s twisted mentor is through his love of Alfred Hitchcock movies: He casts each of them in an iconic role while leading them on a wild goose chase through Santa Barbara, ending at a movie set mashup and presenting Shawn with an impossible choice between saving girlfriend Abigail or Juliet. The latter has one of her most powerful moments, stoically accepting her death while suspended from a clock and later breaking down in Lassiter’s arms. Her PTSD remains through the Yin/Yang saga, another sign of the series’ maturity as it explores the ripple effect of its more dramatic plots.

Season 6 Episode 2: “Last Night Gus”

While Shawn and Gus are the series OTP, part of the show’s beauty has been in building up its other bromances. This spoof of The Hangover has Shawn, Gus, Lassiter, and Woody waking up in the Psych offices with no memory of their antics the night before, but plenty of incriminating clues tying them to a dead body. Their attempt to solve the mystery of how they got so memory-obliteratingly drunk has them encountering a sweet gay bartender couple, a murdered donut mascot, and a hot girl who’s very into Last Night Gus… if only he knew what he did. In addition to riffing superbly on the movie, the episode is a fun commentary on our present selves solving the mysteries of our past personas.

Season 7 Episode 5: “100 Clues”

I managed to watch this without realizing what the Psych crew was going for, so the moment that Shawn and Gus pulled up in the Blueberry to a mansion in a rainy homage to Clue, I was squealing harder than Gus at the notion of a secret chocolate room. For the series’ 100th episode, they lovingly parodied the perfect locked-mansion murder mystery, with killer cameos from Lesley Warren, Christopher Lloyd, and Martin Mull (plus little nods to the Clue alums who couldn’t be there, like Eileen Brennan). From the Singing Telegram Girl to the secret passageways, only true fans could achieve this level of detail—a perfect landmark celebration.

Season 7 Episode 7: “Deez Nups”

The sign of a great ensemble series is that they can make the standard, super-tropey wedding episode feel fresh again. It helps that it’s Lassiter’s nuptials, and everyone wants to see the guy happy, which is what leads to Shawn, Gus, and Woody kidnapping the detective for a bachelor party, while Juliet and the Chief get roped into being Marlowe’s bachelorette buddies. The threat of a mob boss taking revenge on Lassie takes a backseat to such wedding fare as Vick getting weepy-drunk on shots and McNab popping up as a police stripper (I cackled at the payoff of his Chekhov’s tearaway pants). Just like with a real-life wedding, when you know the people involved, it feels special and unique. (There is also a gross, transphobic joke about a stripper, one of the aspects of Psych that did not age well.)

Season 7 Episode 8: “Right Turn or Left for Dead”

Tribute episodes are Psych’s bread and butter, but rarely do they advance the plot as effectively and emotionally as this riff on Sliding Doors. After Juliet finds out that Shawn has been lying about being a psychic, which makes her believe that everything about their relationship has been a lie, Shawn indulges in a fantasy in which he’s 1990s Gwyneth Paltrow (naturally) pondering the diverging paths of whether Jules does or doesn’t discover the truth.

The story immediately splits into two takes on the same case, but in one she’s a Jane Doe and in the other Shawn actually has a chance to save her… only to discover that her life path was already set in stone after an abusive childhood. Even with subtle moments of humor that highlight the parallel universes’ differences in solving cases, overall the episode is a study in how one choice has ramifications far beyond the initial action—a lesson Shawn needed to learn, in the penultimate season.

Season 7 Episode 11: “Office Space”

If the boys trying to cover their tracks in “Last Night Gus” was worth a few giggles, Gus and Shawn tampering with a murder scene and then trying to clean their hands of it in this episode is the kind of laughter that hurts. When Gus publicly confronts his abusive boss, only for the man to wind up offed and poor Guster very incriminated. The sequence in which they hysterically stumble their way through the crime scene is worth watching alone; but as evidence mounts and it looks like they could actually be caught in the crosshairs, the levels of ingenuity to which they’re pushed shows why this is the show’s best partnership.

Season 8 Episode 1: “Lock, Stock, Some Smoking Barrels and Burton Guster’s Goblet of Fire”

This is the episode that got me back into the show after years of casual viewing: a mashup of Guy Ritchie and Harry Potter that manages to add a whole new layer to one of Psych’s best recurring characters, refined art thief Pierre Desperaux (Cary Elwes) while giving him a proper send-off.

Like the Yin/Yang trilogy, the entire Desperaux quartet is worth watching for the heists, the Indiana Jones lampooning, and especially for his continued double-crossing of his greatest fan Shawn. But this one takes the cake because it adds a new layer to the Desperaux mythology: He’s actually Royston Staley, an Interpol agent who went undercover as a gentleman thief. Or is he?? Plus, add in the runner about poor Gus in his Hogwarts robes just trying to make it to PotterCon, and you have a near-perfect episode.

Season 8 Episode 3: “Remake, A.K.A. Cloudy… WIth a Chance of Murder”

What better way to mark your final season than by remaking one of your season 1 episodes? What’s incredible about Psych is how many different ways it goes meta, but there was something especially entertaining about its remake of season 1, episode 12 “Cloudy… With a Chance of Murder.” With periodic reminders that this episode is set in 2006, it recasts almost all of the characters—a teacher accused of killing a local weatherman, the lawyer for the prosecution (Ralph Macchio)—and makes space for new jokes (about remakes and My Cousin Vinny) and new twists. All long-running series should get a chance to try and redo their early episodes after they’ve gelled their characters and dynamics.

Season 8 Episode 10: “The Break-Up”

After trying to make their long-distance relationship work, Shawn decides to move to San Francisco to be with Juliet, a far easier choice than actually breaking the news to Gus. Of course the Psych series finale would be about these two facing the end of their partnership. Specifically, Shawn’s inability to say goodbye, so instead he and Gus wind up investigating a case involving special guest star Billy Zane, careening around in their high-school drivers ed car, and competing with SBPD’s peppy new detective Betsy Brannigan (Mira Sorvino). When none of this helps Shawn come out with the truth, he does so through DVD—a whole batch of DVDs, tailored to each of his colleagues and dear friends. Because Shawn loves telling a story.

There’s no better end for Shawn and Gus than a bromantic one, complete with driving cross-state (albeit turning back 12 times), dramatic declaration of love (at a crime scene), and pledging their lives together before Shawn actually proposes to Juliet (as a formality). And it’s not just about them: The finale has sweet moments of closure for new junior detective McNab (aww) and especially Lassiter, who finally gets Shawn’s confession—then breaks the DVD. If the Psych movies had never happened, it would have been enough; but instead, it’s the sugary-sweet end of one chapter and the opening of another.

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tasksweekly · 4 years

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[TASK 182: NAURU]

In celebration of January 31st being Nauruan Independence Day, here’s a masterlist below compiled of over 140+ Nauruan faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever faceclaim or whichever project you desire.

Any questions can be sent here and all tutorials have been linked below the cut for ease of access! REMEMBER to tag your resources with #TASKSWEEKLY and we will reblog them onto the main! This task can be tagged with whatever you want but if you want us to see it please be sure that our tag is the first five tags, @ mention us or send us a messaging linking us to your post!

THE TASK - scroll down for FC’s!

STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!

STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNG’s, fancasts, alternative FC’s - LITERALLY anything you desire!

STEP 3: Look back on tasks that we have created previously for tutorials on the thing you are creating unless you have whatever it is you are doing mastered - then of course feel free to just get on and do it. :)

STEP 4: Upload and tag with #TASKSWEEKLY! If you didn’t use your own screencaps/images make sure to credit where you got them from as we will not reblog packs which do not credit caps or original gifs from the original maker.

THINGS YOU CAN MAKE FOR THIS TASK - examples are linked!

Stumped for ideas? Maybe make a masterlist or graphic of your favourite faceclaims. A masterlist of names. Plot ideas or screencaps from a music video preformed by an artist. Masterlist of quotes and lyrics that can be used for starters, thread titles or tags. Guides on culture and customs.

Screencaps

RP icons [of all sizes]

Gif Pack [maybe gif icons if you wish]

PNG packs

Manips

Dash Icons

Character Aesthetics

PSD’s

XCF’s

Graphic Templates - can be chara header, promo, border or background PSD’s!

FC Masterlists - underused, with resources, without resources!

FC Help - could be related, family templates, alternatives.

Written Guides.

and whatever else you can think of / make!

MASTERLIST!

Joanne Gobure (1982) Nauruan - poet.

Millenia Finch (1999) Nauruan - model and Miss Nauru 2019.

F - Athletes:

Denise Ephraim (1971) Nauruan - sprinter.

Janice Degia (1974) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Sheeva Peo (1976) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Trudy Duburiya (1976) Nauruan - sprinter.

Wenona Steven (1978) Nauruan - sprinter.

Reanna Solomon (1981) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Mary Diringa (1983) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Angelita Detudamo (1986) Nauruan - tennis player.

Sheba Deireragea (1986) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Olympia Zacharias (1986) Nauruan - sprinter.

Suzanne Hiram (1987) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Arrora Depaune (1988) Nauruan - high jumper.

Nina Grundler (1989) Nauruan - hamer thrower, discus thrower, and shot putter.

Rosa Mystique Jones (1990) Nauruan - sprinter and discus thrower.

Lovelite Detenamo (1993) Nauruan - sprinter.

Thrixeena Akua (1994) Nauruan - sprinter.

Lanja Fritz (1995) Nauruan - sprinter.

Faylani Grundler (1998) Nauruan - long-distance runner.

Liebon Akua (1998) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Charisma Amoe-Tarrant (1999) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Chanana Jeremiah (2000) Nauruan - shot putter and discus thrower.

Melanie Ribauw (2001) Nauruan - long-distance runner.

Ricci Daniel (2002) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Maximina Uepa (2002) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Juliet Uera (?) Nauruan - sprinter.

Belista Hartmann (?) Nauruan - medium-distance runner.

Micheala Detenamo (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

Ebonette Deigaeruk (?) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Febony Detenamo (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

Madrina Denuga (?) Nauruan - javelin thrower.

Damaris Porte (?) Nauruan - medium-distance runner.

Hanna Olsson (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

Bianca Ika (?) Nauruan - long-distance runner.

Janet Hubert (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

Cramer Cain (?) Nauruan - actor.

M - Athletes:

Joske Teabuge (1960) Nauruan - sprinter.

Rick Hiram (1965) Nauruan - sprinter.

Gerard Garabwan (1971) Nauruan - weightlifter.

David Temaki (1974) Nauruan - long-distance runner and medium-distance runner.

Fredrick Canon (1976) Nauruan - sprinter.

Tryson Duburiya (1976) Nauruan - sprinter.

Fine Olsson (1977) Nauruan - javelin thrower.

Cherico Detenamo (1978) Nauruan - sprinter.

Rodin Thoma (1979) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Edouwe Appin (1979) Nauruan - sprinter.

Isca Kam (1980) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Paner Baguga (1980) Nauruan - footballer and tennis player.

Robertson Temaki (1980) Nauruan - sprinter.

Mati Fusi (1982) Nauruan - footballer.

Jeremiah Rutherford (1982) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Marcus Cook (1982) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Renos Doweiya (1983) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Sled Dowabobo (1983) Nauruan - judoka.

Willen Dageago (1983) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Lad Agege (1984) Nauruan - boxer.

Yukio Peter (1984) Nauruan - weightlifter.

JJ Capelle / Jay Jay Capelle (1984) Nauruan - sprinter.

Bremner Adumur (1984) Nauruan - long-distance runner and medium-distance runner.

Quaski Itaia (1984) Nauruan - sprinter.

Ika Aliklik (1985) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Deamo Baguga (1986) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Jake Ageidu (1986) Nauruan - boxer.

Itte Detenamo (1986) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Joseph Deireragea (1988) Nauruan - boxer.

Ovini Uera (1988) Nauruan - judoka.

Colan Caleb (1989) Nauruan - boxer.

Magnum Deraudag (1989) Nauruan - triple jumper.

Val-John Starr (1989) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Maverik Kun (1989) Nauruan - wrestler.

Alopua Petoa (1990) Nauruan - footballer.

Dagiero Dagiero (1991) Nauruan - sprinter.

DJ Maaki (1992) Nauruan - boxer.

Lowe Bingham (1994) Nauruan - wrestler.

Elson Brechtefeld (1994) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Dysard Dageago (1994) Nauruan - sprinter.

Tom-Jaye Waibeiya (1995) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Yachen Cook (1996) Nauruan - boxer.

Rayvon Dekarube (1998) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Jonah Harris (1999) Nauruan - sprinter.

Larko Doguape (2000) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Christon Amram (2000) Nauruan - boxer.

Ezekiel Moses (2001) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Daiziel Detudamo (?) Nauruan - wrestler.

Karl Tabwia (?) Nauruan - long-distance runner.

Alfonse Deireragea (?) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Gemeneo Joramm (?) Nauruan - medium-distance runner.

Chris Rangidimi (?) Nauruan - weightlifter.

Ace Capelle (?) Nauruan - sprinter.

Tony Bowditch (?) Nauruan - long-distance runner and medium-distance runner.

Cazaly Jeremiah (?) Nauruan - weightlifter and rugby player.

Gerard Jones (?) Nauruan - hammer thrower, discus thrower, and weightlifter.

Felix Kepae (?) Nauruan - weightlifter and rugby player.

Eodogi Dekarube (?) Nauruan - volleyball player.

Karl Hartman (?) Nauruan - long-distance runner.

Zumi Doguape (?) Nauruan - volleyball player.

Ai Temaki (?) Nauruan - hurdler.

Kaairo Tiaon (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

Jencke Jeremiah (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

Marcus Detenamo (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

Niga Haulangi (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

Morrison Depaune (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

Heine Kanimea (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

Gavrick Mwareow (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

Martin Detenamo (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

Rotui Star (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

David Vorbach (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

Kingson Akibwib (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

Fallon Natano (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

Dick Royce (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

Richart Daoe (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

Johnson Hiram (?) Nauruan - basketball player.

Rasmussen Dowabobo (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Abraham Eroni Itsimaera (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Charles Dagiaro (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Damon Ivorab Adeang (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Sherlock Denuga (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Zac Temaki / Zechariah Temaki (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Chamrock Agir (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Zacharias Detenamo (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Turner Peter Thoma (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Lloyd Mark Dero Vunipola (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Dean Kepae (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Kristidas Merike / Kristides Menke (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Ashly Scott Dagan Kaierua (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Junior Agiangang (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Vito Denuga / Denuga Vito (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Geronimo Ivan Daniel (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Jake Debao (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Romanus Hartman (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Myer Temaki (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Elkodawn Dagiaro (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Dunstall Harris (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Fulton Hogan Amram (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Kingstone Ika (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Lockett Mau (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Johnson Scotty (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Kane Solomon (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Otto Adam (?) Nauruan - rugby player.

Problematic:

Quincy Detenamo (1979) Nauruan - weightlifter. - Convicted of the murder of a sex worker.

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New Gods is an original, IPB hosted, fantasy role-playing game with a throwback twist, bringing elements from Greek Mythology into the contemporary world of the new millennium, year 2000. Set in a city/county based on Los Angeles, California (here known as Olympia, California), New Gods combines a world of seedy, heavy, fast-paced West coast life and core Greek mythological credo to create a surreal, dream-like story, with strong soap opera/melodrama elements. Inspired by dark, subversive cult classics of the late 90s and early 00s (Donnie Darko, Fight Club, Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, Vanilla Sky, Eyes Wide Shut, Dark City and The Matrix), the 90s/early 00s trend of taking classic, romantic literature and adapting it for the “MTV Generation” (Romeo + Juliet, Cruel Intentions, Clueless, She’s All That and 10 Things I Hate About You), modern science fiction and fantasy series (American Gods, Lucifer, The Leftovers, Sense8, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed and Lost), the mythos and politics of the works of George R. R. Martin (Game of Thrones), the work of Neil Gaiman (The Sandman) and general millennial nostalgia. Our community is for adult writers looking to foster long-term character development through leisurely paced storytelling. Immortalize yourself with our exclusively late 90s/early 00s face claims playing the role of reincarnated Gods like Britney Spears as Aphrodite, Leonardo DiCaprio as Apollo, Angelina Jolie as Hera, Paul Walker as Ares, Tom Cruise as Hades, Brad Pitt as Poseidon, Freddie Prinze Jr. as Hermes, Penelope Cruz as Hestia, Jordana Brewster as Artemis, Rose McGowan as Persephone and more. Icons such as Will Smith, Halle Berry, Tyra Banks, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Phillippe, Devon Sawa, Julia Roberts, Keanu Reeves, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Justin Timberlake, Natalie Portman, James Franco, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Chad Michael Murray, Rachael Leigh Cook, Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Aniston, Jared Leto, Heath Ledger and Christian Bale are more portraits of who you take on our unique journey! Join Heartbreakers and apply today, no commitment to the rest of the website beyond the role playing game required!

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Them There Songs Used In Movies Creating That There Perfect Moment

Music and film have had a symbiotic relationship for as long as celluloid carried sound. Often times lesser films are elevated simply by the use of the perfect song (Kenny Loggin’s “Meet Me Halfway” made the almost run of the mill OVER THE TOP memorable for more than Sylvester Stallone adjusting his hat backwards) or a somewhat forgotten tune is resurrected thanks to it’s inclusion in a hit film (think “Bohemian Rhapsody” in WAYNE’S WORLD). There are those songs that have been with us for what seems like forever, but the moment they appeared in a classic scene, their association with their moving picture counterpart shines a light on them in a completely different way then we’ve ever thought of them (”Stuck In The Middle With You” in RESERVOIR DOGS). This is the beauty of the pairing of cinema and sound.

There’s an old tale about when John Carpenter first screened his 1978 film HALLOWEEN for some executives. Without a score present one of the female audience members attending claimed it was the least scary film she ever witnessed. That same audience, complete with that same woman was shown the same exact film a short time later, this time with Carpenter’s now iconic score attached and that same woman was astounded by how frightening the film was. She was certain changes were made in the editing process, but the truth of the matter was it was only the music that was added. Proof that music can make or break a film.

Everyone now seems to know how important a film’s score can be. Try thinking of an INDIANA JONES film without whistling or humming John Williams’ “Raiders March” theme. Nearly impossible. The same holds true for pop music when used properly in a movie. Ever heard Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” on the radio and not immediately thought of John Cusack holding that boombox above his head? Bet you at least once thought of rockin’ the Ray Bans, white socks and a button down shirt and little else when you heard Bob Seger’s “Old Time Rock N Roll”. Those of us familiar with those scenes seem to forever associate those tunes with those images.

Whether a film or scene needs a boost of adrenaline (Kenny Loggin’s “Danger Zone” in TOP GUN), a rousing anthem (Survivor’s “Eye Of The Tiger” in ROCKY III), a somber dramatic gut punch (Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” from TITANIC) or a crowd pleasing showstopper (Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes’ “The Time Of My Life” in DIRTY DANCING), music, pop music specifically in film is as important a piece to a movie’s success as the actors the director or the script itself are.

What are the greatest uses of pop music in film? Here’s my definitive top 10 list of the greatest songs to appear in a film and the scene they’ll forever be linked to. Note: I’ve excluded songs that were written specifically for a particular film, so although memorable and great, tunes like Kenny Loggin’s “Footloose” or Ray Parker Jr.’s “Ghostbusters” are not addressed.

10 - Harry Belafonte - “Banana Boat Song (Day O)” - BEETLEJUICE (1988)

Director Tim Burton’s use of Belafonte’s “Banana Boat Song (Day O)” covers two attributes I spoke of earlier. It’s a song that is almost completely juxtaposed against the occurrences on screen as well as a nearly forgotten song that found new life once it appeared in the film.

9 - Dire Straits - “Romeo And Juliet - CAN’T HARDLY WAIT (1998)

Right about the time gross out comedy was about to hit big with the likes of AMERICAN PIE (1999), a throwback to the teen angst filled rom-coms of the decade prior found itself a little audience. That film, CAN’T HARDLY WAIT had an onscreen couple you couldn’t help but root for in Ethan Embry and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Throughout the film, like many in a long line before it, our love struck protagonist Preston (Embry) tries to drum up the nerve and courage to ask his longtime highschool crush (Hewitt) out, in this case before their final graduation senior party comes to an end. One of the film’s more tender moments is when Preston, contemplating his next move before time runs out, does so while the Dire Straits ‘’Romeo And Juliet” sets the scene. It’s heartwarming and perfectly timed.

8 - George Thorogood And The Destroyers - “Bad To The Bone” - CHRISTINE (1983)

Used in films quite often, George Thorogood And The Destroyers’ “Bad To The Bone” is often played for laughs (TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY (1991)), but for my money it’s appearance in the opening scene of John Carpenter’s CHRISTINE is it’s best use. If ever a demonic, possessed inanimate object could ever speak of it’s evils and the perils to come, this would be the song that voices those warnings of the threats ahead.

7 - Chuck Berry - “You Never Can Tell” - PULP FICTION (1994)

It’s a tricky endeavor to place an almost three minute dance scene in the middle of a hard nosed crime film. Do it wrong and you’ll almost certainly lose your audience. Do it right and you create one of the most iconic scenes in motion picture history. Quentin Tarantino’s gangster picture is full of memorable dialog and occurrences, but arguably none that encompass exactly the absurdity and attention to detail Tarantino has become known for like the Jack Rabbit Slims dance scene. For the film buffs you have John Travolta cutting a rug once again onscreen, long after his SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977) days and better yet doing so to such an iconic Chuck Berry song. Classic.

6 - Whitney Houston - “I Will Always Love You” - THE BODYGUARD (1992)

It’s a common misconception that Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” was written specifically for THE BODYGUARD. The truth of the matter is it was written by Dolly Parton way back in 1972, and released in 1974 as the second single from her album “Jolene”. It’s not even the first time the song appeared on film as Parton’s version was featured in 1974′s ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE, in 1982′s BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS and in 1996′s IT’S MY PARTY. It’s the inclusion of the song in the 1992 Houston, Kevin Costner film that launched the song into cinematic history. Houston’s powerful vocals carry the tune farther than Parton herself was ever able to. Placed perfectly within the film itself, “I Will Always Love You” sparked the right emotions the film was striving for and became one of the most popular singles of all time.

5 - Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody” - GHOST (1990)

Who would have thought that one of the men responsible for films such as AIRPLANE! (1980) and THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD! (1988) would also give the world one of the most romantic films of the 1990′s? Jerry Zucker’s GHOST captured the hearts of nearly everyone when it hit theater screens in the summer of 1990. It’s “potter scene” featuring the Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody” not only launched a litany of copycat humorous (some not so funny) spoofs, but it also catapulted the duo’s song to number 13 on the Billboard charts, almost three decades after it was first released and charted for the first time back in 1965.

4 - Sam Cooke - “Twistin’ The Night Away” - INNERSPACE (1987)

***SPOILER*** There’s something sweet when two movie characters share “their song” in a film. Often times it’s done in such a manner that it purposefully tugs at the heartstrings. Joe Dante’s INNERSPACE takes a different route. With his lead protagonist Tuck Pendleton (Dennis Quaid) trapped inside unassuming store clerk Jack Putter’s (Martin Short) body, Pendleton, with the use of the music he often shares with his lost love interest (Meg Ryan) simultaneously loosens up the hypochondriac, nervous wreck Putter and wins back his girl, all thanks to Sam Cooke and a few remade tunes by Rod Stewart. The songs still play and offer realization to the characters, but it’s Dante’s approach that sets this film apart. The “Twistin’ The Night Away” dance scene is the cherry on top. Martin doing his best, vintage Martin to a fabulous Cooke tune. You can’t help but feel good after such a scene.

3 - Eric Clapton - “Layla” - GOODFELLAS (1990)

***SPOILER*** Now the meat and potatoes of this list. These final three embody everything I love about film. Talk about juxtaposition. Martin Scorsese’s usage of the outro from Eric Clapton’s “Layla” is the perfect example of this exercise in film and music marriage. As the deadly finale to the Lufthansa Heist rears it’s ugly head, the opening piano notes play over the camera rising above the hood of a parked pink Cadillac. Inside the bodies of two of the “expendable” participants in the heist. The montage then goes on to show the discovery of the other principal cast members who met the same fate. It’s a chilling scene that reminds the viewer that all the glitz and glam of the gangster life that came before usually ends in this manner. Chilling and perfectly orchestrated filmmaking.

2 - Night Ranger - “Sister Christian” / Rick Springfield - “Jessie’s Girl” - BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997)

***SPOILER*** 1997′s BOOGIE NIGHTS already boasts one of the greatest scenes in cinematic history, the opening three minute tracking shot that rivals the one found in 1990′s GOODFELLAS, but it also features one of the most tense scenes ever to grace film stock. With life unraveling at lightning speed, Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg), coerced by his rag tag crew, agrees to try and sell baking soda in place of cocaine to local eccentric and unsuspecting dealer Rahad Jackson (Alfred Molina). As the scene unfolds, the tension and anxiety build for not only the characters, but the audience as well as Jackson, high as a kite on his product, along side a firecracker throwing Asian boy toy, insists Diggler’s gang listens to his mix tape of assorted 80′s gems. Remember, this film takes place in the Regan era, so the character’s excitement over being able to experience and share his vision on a single audio cassette makes perfect sense. As Night Ranger’s “Sister Christian” builds to a crescendo, Diggler’s discomfort with the entire ordeal becomes evident. As the song gives way to the more subtle “Jessie’s Girl” by Rick Springfield, Dirk’s right hand man Todd (Thomas Jane) grows impatient and turns the once shady deal into a full on armed robbery. Needless to say things don’t end well for nearly all involved, with Diggler barely escaping with his life intact. It’s a masterful achievement in filmmaking and one of the greatest scenes in 1990′s cinema.

1 - Grateful Dead - “Ripple” - MASK (1985)

***SPOILER*** I’ve championed this film and it’s ending on multiple occasions. For me, it’s the most emotional scene in any film I’ve ever seen. As Rusty Dennis (Cher) starts her day, California sun in full effect, she becomes unnervingly aware that her physically handicapped son Rocky (Eric Stoltz) has not gotten up and made it off to school. She cautiously enters his bedroom, knowing exactly what she’ll face, but does so with a brashness and sense of denial that sort of makes the day seem as any other. Her son is dead. We know it. She knows it. As her denial gives way to sorrow, then to frustration we overhear The Grateful Dead’s “Ripple” softly playing on the radio. Rusty completely breaks down, smashing things with reckless abandon. The song still plays. As the scene concludes her anger and denial rests into a soft acceptance. The song still plays. She reapplies her son’s pins from his dream travel map that he removed the night before, knowing it was to be his last night on earth. The song still plays. It’s gut wrenching. If you’re human with even the slightest bit of compassion for your fellow man this scene will wreck you.

HONORABLE MENTION - Stealers Wheel - “Stuck In The Middle With You” - RESERVOIR DOGS (1992)

***SPOILER*** Quentin Tarantino films could populate a list like this all on their own. Being as I went and chose his usage of Chuck Berry’s “You Never Can Tell” from 1994′s PULP FICTION for the list, I decided it would only be fair to go to the Tarantino well once. Leaving off his “Mr. Blonde torture scene” would make a list like this invalid, therefore I’ve included it as the honorable mention. No need to dig into the gruesome details of the scene, if you haven’t ever seen it for yourself you should. If you have, you know what I’m talking about. An upbeat song played over torture and murder. It doesn’t get more diverse in content than that!

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The award winning Scottish screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin was born on February 15th 1932 on the Isle of Bute, his most famous film was The Italian Job with it's iconic line "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"

His father was an engineer and his mother a teacher. Moving frequently because of the second world war and his father's work, his was a talented and creative family. His younger brother, Ian, is also a scriptwriter who created The Sweeney and Juliet Bravo.

The family established themselves in north London, only to have the household income, never large, halved by the death of Troy's mother when he was 15. The Catholic church helped to keep them afloat, and Troy went to Finchley Catholic grammar school, followed by Trinity College Dublin. After completing his National Service he wanted to move into the Foreign Office, but Troy, although having a toffee nosed name, did not speak with toffees in hi mouth and was rejected. He thought if he was a published writer this might be a route in so set about work on a short work of poetry of novel, his novel, Beat on a Damask Drum but it wasn't this that kick started his career on civvy street, but an article he wrote on boy soldiers in Cyprus the BBC picked it up and asked him to adapt it into a TV play. Based on his own experiences during national service as an officer with the Gordon Highlanders, this became the television play Incident at Echo 6, screened in 1958.

he delivered four further plays between 1959-61 before his first series, a six part anthology of original material and adaptations, Storyboard. He followed this with a gritty police drama, The Interrogator. which indirectly led to his next series Z Cars. Kennedy Martin created Z Cars as an antidote to the 'cosy-cop-on-the-corner' style TV police series, epitomised by Dixon of Dock Green Z Cars was revolutionary. For the first time the police were portrayed as real human beings, complete with flaws. Prejudiced, bad-tempered, shifty and sometimes even displaying traits (such as wife-beating) more commonly associated with criminals. The police were horrified at first, but eventually came round to regard the series with some affection.

Other selected TV work by Kennedy-Martin includes, Colditz, the brilliant Reilly, Ace of Spies, and Edge of Darkness. Apart from the Italian Job he wrote screenplays for TV Movies Bravo Two Zero, co-written with Andy McNab and Hostile Waters as well as The Sweeney 2 movie. He also wrote the original play and co-wrote the screenplay for the Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Belushi film Red Heat.

He died of liver cancer on 15 September 2009, aged 77

#Scotland #Scottish #Anglo-Scot #screenwriting

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pedra-ring-blog · 5 years

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Top 10 Greatest Leonardo DiCaprio Movies of All Time

Source We all love Leo for his promising performance. May he be a bad boy, a romantic boyfriend, or a mentally-ill child, we couldn't deny the fact that he's an incredible actor. Plus, he's the King of Freak-Out scenes! Now, let's find out his top 10 greatest movie roles of all time. 1. Titanic

His most popular movie performance of all is playing Jack Dawson in the award-winning 1997 movie, Titanic. This box-office, record-breaking movie that stunned millions of people across the globe has made a worldwide phenomenon that goes deep down in history. Besides the heart-breaking story of the tragic ship, there's also Leo and Kate's chemistry that binds the audiences into a more level of attachment. No doubt, it's still the summit of Leo's career, and one of the greatest old-school movies to come out of Hollywood in the last 20 years. Fun facts: Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet committed to the film even before the script was written, on the basis only of a 165-page outline James Cameron had written.The hands seen sketching Rose are not Leonardo DiCaprio's, but director James Cameron's. In post-production, Cameron, who is left-handed, mirror-imaged the sketching shots so the artist would appear to be right-handed, like DiCaprio.Both Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio learned how to dance the polka for the scenes set at the party in the third-class compartments.Johnny Depp was offered the role of Jack Dawson, but turned it down, and considers it a big regret. 2. What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Source In this emotional, tear-jerking movie, our young Leo plays Arnie Grape, who is a mentally handicapped teenager. He's the younger brother of Gilbert (Johnny Depp), who struggles to bring their family out of difficult circumstances. Leo's performance as a mentally disabled teen is so convincing, it'll make you think that he's definitely not normal at all. This movie brought our young Leo to his first Oscar-nominated role. It's just so sad that he won't be able to tell his "Mamma" about his Oscar award, because she won't wake up anymore. Fun facts: Leo said that playing Arnie Grape was "the most fun I've ever had."When getting into character, Leo remarked of it. I spent a few days at a home for mentally retarded teens. We just talked and I watched their mannerisms. People have these expectations that mentally retarded children are really crazy, but that isn't so. It's refreshing to see them because everything's so new to them."Leo created Arnie's trademark flicking his finger against his nose, describing it as a sort of "brain wipe...like Arnie is massaging the inside of his brain."Leo really did not bathe during the period in filming when Arnie refused to go near water! 3. Romeo + Juliet

Before Leo had the role of Jack in Titanic, he's already a hot icon for being the handsome, sexy, and romantic boyfriend that every single ladies dream of having. Set in the modern era, Baz Luhrmann's histrionic, gang-war-filled setting take on the classic play. Although Kate and Leo's chemistry is so much perfect in Titanic, it is undeniably true that Leo and Claire's pair up is also stunning. Fun facts: Leonardo DiCaprio's version of Romeo's speech at Juliet's bier was so good it movedClaire Danes to tears, nearly ruining the scene. The moment the director yelled "cut!," Danes smacked DiCaprio on the arm and said, "Don't make me cry. I'm supposed to be comatose, here!"Leonardo DiCaprio was Baz Luhrmann's first choice to play Romeo.Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio initially did not get along well on set. Danes accused Leonardo DiCaprio of being immature, while Leo said Danes was just uptight. 4. Catch Me If You Can

Source Who would've thought that this handsome, good-looking man is a fugitive? Not in real life though, but in Steven Spielberg's hit movie, "Catch Me if You Can". Leo is Frank Abagnale, a real-life con-man who traveled around the country and lived the high life as he impersonated pilots, lawyers, and doctors. Leo's acting from one character to another is just so promising, we'll all convinced that he's not just impersonating. Fun facts: To get her to achieve the way he wanted her to sloppily kiss Leonardo DiCaprio, Steven Spielberg asked Amy Adams to pretend she was starving to death and eating a cheeseburger.According to the real Frank Abagnale Jr. approximately 80 percent of the movie is true.When Frank begins recruiting decoy flight attendants; when announcing the girls picked he announces the actresses by real name.17-year-old Frank tells Brenda he's 28 years old, which was Leonardo DiCaprio's true age when Catch Me If You Can premiered in 2002. 5. The Departed

Source One of the most intense roles that Leo ever had was playing the role of Billy Costigan as a cop infiltrating the mob. Together with Matt Damon as a mobster infiltrating the police force, the film is an intricate, fascinating tale of competing cat-and-mouse games. However, the film director and his screenwriter infuse it with so much tragedy that it winds up becoming something almost mythic. But seeing Leo's performance is just so intense, in a totally unglamorous way by being a desperate man who almost loses his identity. It's one of his all-time greatest performances. Fun facts: Leo could've won an Oscar award for this movie. A possible reason why he did not receive an Oscar nomination for his performance in this movie was because the Warner Bros. Studios initially did not want to favor him over his co-stars and place him in the leading actor category. The studio favored his leading performance in Blood Diamond (2006) (which eventually got him a nomination). DiCaprio himself refused to campaign against his male co-stars in the supporting actor category, so Warner bought no supporting actor ads for DiCaprio, and he did not receive a nomination.Leonardo DiCaprio was cast in the title role in The Good Shepherd (2006).Leonardo DiCaprio called his one-on-one scene with Jack Nicholson "one of the most memorable moments of my life." 6. Django Unchained

Source Playing the matured role of a slave owner Calvin Candie in a smooth and attractive way is definitely a credit to Leo's amazing talent. His dirty, racist, and demented heart on Quentin Tarantino's hit movie "Django Unchained" brought him into a remarkable role of being the bad guy playing his cards on a sophisticated way. This is a man who breeds and forces his slaves to fight each other, who has a weird fascination with France, and who is, at heart, a murderous psychotic. Fun facts: When Leonardo DiCaprio's character Calvin Candie smashes his hand on the dinner table, the actor accidentally crushed a small stemmed glass with his palm and really began to bleed. DiCaprio ignored it, stayed in character, and continued with the scene. Tarantino was so impressed that he used this take in the final print, and when he called cut, the room erupted in a standing ovation. DiCaprio's hand was bandaged and he suggested the idea of smearing blood onto the face of Kerry Washington. Tarantino and Washington both liked this, so Tarantino got some fake blood together.During the filming of one of the dinner scenes, Leonardo DiCaprio had to stop the scene because he was having "a difficult time" using so many racial slurs. Samuel L. Jackson then pulled him aside telling him, "Motherfucker, this is just another Tuesday for us." 7. The Basketball Diaries

Source Another young Leo movie, this is just one of the many proofs that Leo was born to act. His role in the movie adaptation of Jim Carroll's memoir, The Basketball Diaries, is a big shift from playing the sweet, innocent, and mentally-challenged Arnie in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" to a high school basketball star, who eventually becomes broken, and worse, a homeless drug addict. But Leo's flexible character made him so amazing in this movie, which brought a dramatic atmosphere in his struggles as a broken teenager. Fun facts: The guy Jim talks to in the underground drugden, is the real Jim Carroll.Leonardo DiCaprio and Juliette Lewis previously appeared together in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993).This is the first film with Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Wahlberg. They would later appear together in The Departed.Jim Carroll was unaware of who Leonardo DiCaprio was at first. "When they first told me it was gonna be Leo, I didn't know who he was," Carroll told The Los Angeles Times. "If they'd said the kid from Growing Pains (1985), I would have known, because when I first saw that kid, I said, 'This kid has a lot of presence.' I said, 'That kid is very pretty. He's gonna do well.'"To prepare for his role, Leonardo DiCaprio hung out in Greenwich Village and went to a poetry reading with Carroll. 8. The Aviator

Source This movie is another Martin Scorsese's. Leo plays the role of Howard Hughes in his early years of being an inventor, and at the same time, a bigtime millionaire businessman. He's facing a lot of problems in almost everything. As he tries to continue chasing his plans and dreams, there are times when he's about to get mad, and Leo's characterization on this part of Howard's life is truly convincing. He's definitely a great actor for this movie. Fun facts: Leonardo DiCaprio spent a day with Jane Russell to hear her memories and impressions of Howard Hughes. She was very impressed with DiCaprio's visit and told him that Hughes was a quiet yet extremely stubborn man who always got his way in the end.Howard Hughes' Los Angeles home in the film was actually the home he lived on Muirland Drive.Leonardo DiCaprio received an Oscar nomination for playing Howard Hughes.Leonardo DiCaprio (standing roughly 6ft) is several inches smaller than the actual Howard Hughes (6ft4). 9. Revolutionary Road

This 2008 movie is kind of special, as Leo and his Titanic partner Kate were reunited for this adaptation of Richard Yates' classic novel "Revolutionary Road". This movie is mainly about suburban despair and two adults who realizes that life is not as easy as one-two-three. Contrary to their adventurous and colorful characters in Titanic, their roles in this movie is matured and somehow full of problems. Leo's excellent performance in this movie is his signature freak-out, where we're all stunned and scared for a moment as he burst out his anger and disappointment. Fun facts: While directing the love scene between Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, director Sam Mendes (husband of Winslet at the time) opted to watch the monitor from another room.This was the second movie Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet worked on together since Titanic (1997). Paramount Pictures, which distributed the early film in the U.S., was the worldwide distributor of this film.This film marked the second time Kate Winslet has been in a movie where she makes love in a vintage car, and someone's hand hits the window and slides down it in the throes of passion. The first time was in Titanic (1997). 10. The Man in the Iron Mask

Source After the success of Titanic comes this movie. Leo, who played the sneering, playboy King Louis XIV with his long-imprisoned twin has become a hit after Leo's stardom in Titanic. Young Leo was so versatile, he was able to play two different characters in one movie! Besides, we can also see Leo in his elegant robes while hiding the fact that there's something more dreadful in those shiny dress. Fun facts: Leonardo DiCaprio's mask was made out of polystyrene.Louis XIV did have a brother named Philippe, but he was not a twin. He was several years younger, a flamboyant homosexual, and had the title Duc d'Orleans.MGM discovered the audience the movie attracted was "directly related to appeal of Leonardo DiCaprio", being 55% female and 46% under the age of 25.The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeremy Irons; and two Oscar nominees: John Malkovich and Gérard Depardieu. Read the full article

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