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Deathwatch (2000 AD)
Deathwatch, Death Watch, or Death-Watch may refer to: Books * ''Death-Watch'', a 1935 novel by John Dickson Carr * Deathwatch (novel), ''Deathwatch'' (novel), a 1972 novel by Robb White * Deathwatch (play), ''Deathwatch'' (play), French playwright Jean Genet's earliest play (''Haute Surveillance''), written in 1947 * ''Deathwatch'', a 1985 play by Nigel Williams (author), Nigel Williams * Deathwatch (comics), a supervillain from the Ghost Rider series of comics Film and TV * Deathwatch (1965 film), ''Deathwatch'' (1965 film), English language film version of Jean Genet's play, produced by Vic Morrow and Leonard Nimoy * ''Death Watch'' (''La Mort en direct''), a 1980 Franco-German-British science fiction film shot in Glasgow * Deathwatch (2002 film), ''Deathwatch'' (2002 film), a 2002 war/horror film set during World War I *"Death-Watch", the twelfth episode of Series C of ''Blake's 7'' first broadcast 24 March 1980 * Death Watch, a Mandalorian sect in the ''Star Wars'' expanded un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death-Watch
Deathwatch, Death Watch, or Death-Watch may refer to: Books * ''Death-Watch'', a 1935 novel by John Dickson Carr * ''Deathwatch'' (novel), a 1972 novel by Robb White * ''Deathwatch'' (play), French playwright Jean Genet's earliest play (''Haute Surveillance''), written in 1947 * ''Deathwatch'', a 1985 play by Nigel Williams * Deathwatch (comics), a supervillain from the Ghost Rider series of comics Film and TV * ''Deathwatch'' (1965 film), English language film version of Jean Genet's play, produced by Vic Morrow and Leonard Nimoy * ''Death Watch'' (''La Mort en direct''), a 1980 Franco-German-British science fiction film shot in Glasgow * ''Deathwatch'' (2002 film), a 2002 war/horror film set during World War I *"Death-Watch", the twelfth episode of Series C of ''Blake's 7'' first broadcast 24 March 1980 * Death Watch, a Mandalorian sect in the ''Star Wars'' expanded universe Games * Deathwatch (''Warhammer 40,000''), an elite organisation of Space Marines from the fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deathwatch (novel)
''Deathwatch'' is an American 1972 novel written by Robb White. The book was awarded the 1973 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America, and was an Outstanding Book of the Year by The New York Times. Its plot features a skilled and successful hunter and lawyer, Madec, who receives a rare permit to shoot bighorn sheep in California's Mojave Desert for seven days. He hires a timid college student named Ben as a guide. After Madec accidentally shoots an old prospector, he realizes that Ben will not help cover up the shooting, and he attempts to silence Ben forever. Plot The story begins with successful Los Angeles businessman and hunter named Madec, who hires Ben, a college student, to help him find bighorn sheep in the nearby Mojave Desert after receiving a rare permit to hunt them. Ben has experience working in the desert, as he is studying to be a geologist, but he is also low on money, so he accepts. Things take a deadly turn when Madec accide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deathwatch (play)
''Deathwatch'' (french: Haute Surveillance) is a play written by Jean Genet in 1947, performed for the first time in Paris at the Théâtre des Mathurins in February 1949 under the direction of Jean Marchat. Plot Three prisoners are locked up in the same cell. Green-Eyes (''Yeux-Verts'') has killed a woman and is to be guillotined. Maurice and Lefranc are sentenced for more minor crimes. Maurice has a deep attachment to Green-Eyes, as does Lefranc, but secretly. He also hates Maurice, while feigning to hate Green-Eyes, preferring him to Snowball (''Boule-de-Neige''). Snowball himself is also condemned to death (his presence in the play is only evoked, not actual) and along with Green-Eyes they are considered the kings of the prison. In fact their sentence traps them in a solitude and an immense unhappiness which lends them a certain dignity. Lefranc, who is constantly in conflict with Maurice (especially because of Green-Eyes's woman whom both of them desire), ends up strangling h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Williams (author)
Nigel Williams (born 20 January 1948) is an English novelist, screenwriter and playwright. Biography Williams was born in Cheadle, Cheshire. He was educated at Highgate School, north London and Oriel College, Oxford, is married with three sons and lives in Putney, southwest London. After graduating from Oxford, Williams joined the BBC as a general trainee, and worked as an arts producer for the corporation eventually becoming the editor of '' Omnibus'' and ''Bookmark''.Geraldine Bedel"All roads lead to Croydon" ''The Observer'', 14 April 2002 His first novel ''My Life Closed Twice'' won the 1978 Somerset Maugham Award The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each year by the Society of Authors. Set up by William Somerset Maugham in 1947 the awards enable young writers to enrich their work by gaining experience in foreign countries. The awa .... For his screen adaptation of William Horwood (novelist), William Horwood's ''Skallagrigg'' (1994) he won a Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deathwatch (comics)
Deathwatch is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as a demonic supervillain and enemy of the third Ghost Rider, Danny Ketch. Publication history Deathwatch first appeared in ''Ghost Rider'' vol. 3 #1 and was created by Howard Mackie and Javier Saltares. Fictional character biography Deathwatch is a Translord from an unknown demonic dimension. Posing as a crime boss in the real world as Stephen Lords, Deathwatch plotted to destroy New York City through a poisonous toxin. After a youth gang called the Cypress Hill Jokers unwittingly stole the canisters containing the biotoxin, Deathwatch contested with the Kingpin for the canisters, and set Blackout against the new Ghost Rider. Deathwatch and Blackout attacked the 75th Precinct police station and stole the biotoxin canisters. They also abducted Paulie Stratton and her fellow Cypress Hill Jokers, battling the Kingpin's men. He instigated a conflict between Gho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deathwatch (1965 Film)
''Deathwatch'' is a 1965 American independent drama film directed by Vic Morrow. It is an adaptation of the 1949 French play '' Haute Surveillance'' by Jean Genet. Plot Greeneyes and Snowball are both murderers in prison awaiting their death sentences to be carried out by guillotine. The jewel thief Lefranc and hoodlum Maurice, Greeneyes' cellmates, are imprisoned for less serious crimes, but must align themselves with tougher inmates for their own survival in prison. They both seek to get closer to Greeneyes, leading to conflict between them. Greeneyes is illiterate; he relies on Lefranc to read aloud letters from his wife. Lefranc also writes replies to her. Once his wife learns that Greeneyes wasn't the one writing to her, she loses interest in him. Greeneyes goes into a rage. He wants her dead, and he wants either of his cellmates to kill her once they're out of prison. Greeneyes later breaks down. He laments that he's trapped in a "prison" of his own thoughts and actions, un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Watch
''Death Watch'' (french: La Mort en direct) is a 1980 science fiction film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It is based on the 1973 novel ''The Unsleeping Eye'' by David G. Compton. The film was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. The film had 1,013,842 admissions in France and was the 35th most attended film of the year. Plot The film is set in a near-future where death from illness has become rare. When Katherine Mortenhoe is diagnosed as having an incurable disease, she becomes a celebrity and is besieged by journalists. Vincent Ferriman, top executive at the television company NTV, offers her a large sum of money if she will allow her last days to be filmed and made into a reality television show called “Death Watch”. They have already secretly recorded her being told her diagnosis, as her doctor is colluding with them and has given her what are allegedly painkillers but will in fact make her increasingly ill. She accepts 300,000 pounds cash up fron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deathwatch (2002 Film)
''Deathwatch'' is a 2002 British-German horror war film written and directed by M. J. Bassett and starring Jamie Bell, Laurence Fox, Kris Marshall, Matthew Rhys, and Andy Serkis. A lost squad of British soldiers in World War I take shelter in an abandoned enemy trench, but it proves to be no refuge as the men find themselves hunted by unseen evils. Plot During World War I, soldiers of the British 5th Battalion's White Company under Cpt. Jennings charge a German trench as part of a larger assault. The young Pvt. Charlie Shakespeare initially refuses, but is coaxed along by Sgt. Tate. Many soldiers fall to machine-gun fire or artillery and the unit becomes lost in the fog. After walking for hours, carrying Pvt. Colin Chevasse, now paraplegic, the unit comes across a maze-like network of trenches. There they find three terrified Germans, who ignore Private Willie McNess's cries for surrender in apparent fear of something further down the trenches. Pvt. Thomas Quinn shoots and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake's 7
''Blake's 7'' (sometimes styled ''Blakes7'') is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Four 13-episode series were broadcast on BBC1 between 1978 and 1981. It was created by Terry Nation, who also wrote the first series, produced by David Maloney (series 1–3) and Vere Lorrimer (series 4), and the script editor throughout its run was Chris Boucher, who wrote nine of its episodes. The main character for the first two series was Roj Blake, played by Gareth Thomas. ''Blake's 7'', which was broadcast in 25 other countries, had a low budget but featured many tropes of space opera, such as spaceships, robots, galactic empires and aliens. Critical responses have been varied; some reviewers praised the programme for its dystopian themes, strong characterisation, ambiguous morality and pessimistic tone, as well as displaying an "enormous sense of fun", but others have criticised its production values, dialogue, and accused it of lacking originality. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
