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Demolition Man (film), Demolition Man
Demolition Man may refer to: * "Demolition Man" (song), a song released in two 1981 versions, by Grace Jones and by The Police, and later in 1993 as the title track for the film ''Demolition Man'' * ''Demolition Man'' (film), a 1993 film starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes ** ''Demolition Man'' (soundtrack), a 1993 soundtrack album from the film, by Elliot Goldenthal ** ''Demolition Man'' (album), an EP by Sting released in conjunction with the 1993 film ** ''Demolition Man'' (pinball), a pinball machine by Williams based on the film ** ''Demolition Man'' (video game), a 1994 video game based on the film * Demolition Man (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe * ''Demolition Man'' (TV series), an Australian reality television series * "Demolition Man", a song by Def Leppard from ''Euphoria'' Nicknames * Tony Dolan (born 1964), English musician * Azahari Husin (1957–2005), Malaysian terrorist bombmaker * Alistair Overeem (born 1980), Dutch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demolition Man (song)
"Demolition Man" is a song written by Sting and performed by Grace Jones as the A-side of a 1981 single. Sting's band, the Police, later released their rendition of the song on their album ''Ghost in the Machine''. Background The song was originally written by Sting in the Summer of 1980 while living in Peter O’Toole’s home in Connemara, Ireland for potential use on The Police’s ''Zenyatta Mondatta'', but they never managed to get around to recording it. A demo was sent to Grace Jones when she requested Sting for a song. The lyric "I'm a three-line whip", often assumed to be a reference to sadomasochism, is in fact an allusion to the voting instructions issued to British members of parliament to cast their votes according to the party line. Sting explained this in an interview: "Whatever party's in power in Parliament, if it's a really important vote, you get a one-line whip. If it's incredibly important, you have a two-line whip, and something monumentally important is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demolition Man (film)
''Demolition Man'' is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Marco Brambilla in his directorial debut. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, and Nigel Hawthorne. Stallone is John Spartan, a risk-taking police officer who has a reputation for causing destruction while carrying out his work. After a failed attempt to rescue hostages from evil crime lord Simon Phoenix (Snipes), they are both sentenced to be Cryopreservation, cryogenically frozen in 1996. Phoenix is thawed for a parole hearing in 2032, but escapes. Society has changed and all crime has seemingly been eliminated. Unable to deal with a criminal as dangerous as Phoenix, the authorities awaken Spartan to help capture him again. The story makes allusions to many other works including Aldous Huxley's 1932 Utopian and dystopian fiction, dystopian novel ''Brave New World'', and H. G. Wells's ''The Sleeper Awakes''. The film was released in the United States on October 8, 1993, to mixed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demolition Man (soundtrack)
Elliot Goldenthal scored the soundtrack ''Demolition Man: The Original Orchestral Score'' for the movie '' Demolition Man''. It is an example of his off-beat style and use of unconventional techniques in film score, incorporating big brass clashes and complex, dramatic string arrangements. It won Goldenthal an ASCAP award in 1994 for best original score and was his first big budget action film score. Track listing # " Dies Irae" – 1:51 # "Fire Fight" – 1:35 # "Guilty as Charged" – 3:58 # "Action, Guns, Fun" – 1:26 # "Machine Waltz" – 1:56 # "Defrosting" – 1:43 # "Confronting the Chief" – 0:32 # "Museum Dis Duel" – 1:56 # "Subterranean Slugfest" – 1:44 # "Meeting Coctaeu" – 1:42 # "Tracking Simon Phoenix" – 3:03 # "Obligatory Car Chase" – 3:06 # "Flawless Pearl" – 1:15 # "Final Confrontation" – 1:55 # "Code 187" – 0:41 # "Silver Screen Kiss" – 1:30 Crew/Credit * Music Composed by Elliot Goldenthal * Music Produced by Matthias Gohl * Orchestrate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demolition Man (album)
''Demolition Man'' is an EP released by A&M on September 21, 1993 (United States) and November 1, 1993 ( UK) in support of the Sylvester Stallone/Wesley Snipes film '' Demolition Man''. It features Sting's re-recording of The Police track " Demolition Man", as well as several live recordings. The live recordings were recorded at Villa Manin, Codroipo, Italy on 25 July 1993. The US and International/European EP release features the title track and five live recordings and sales for this release were listed on the US Albums Chart, as the UK release was a standard single which featured an exclusive single version of the title track as well as the album version and two live recordings. The UK release charted therefore on the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at number 21. Reception AllMusic panned the American version in their brief review, claiming that the recordings are "unremarkable" and that the retail price (over $10, nearly as much as most full-length albums retailed for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demolition Man (pinball)
''Demolition Man'' is a Williams pinball machine released in February 1994. It is based on the motion picture of the same name. It is part of WMS' ''SuperPin'' line of widebody games. Sylvester Stallone (John Spartan) and Wesley Snipes (Simon Phoenix) provided custom speech for this game during ADR sessions at Warner Brothers Studios in Los Angeles under the direction of Jon Hey. Hey scored the music of the pinball game in part based upon the movie score by Academy Award winner Elliot Goldenthal, but including new music. In addition to the two standard flipper buttons, the cabinet has a pair of gun handles protruding upward above them. These handles have trigger buttons that can be used to control the flippers, and a smaller pair of thumb buttons that can award bonuses under certain circumstances when pressed. Multiball modes This game is centered on multiball modes. After hitting the five yellow standup targets a set number of times, the player can hit the right inlane to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demolition Man (video Game)
''Demolition Man'' is a pair of action game, action video games based on the Demolition Man (film), film of the same name. Acclaim Entertainment published the 16-bit era, 16-bit version, which features Shoot 'em up#Run and gun, run and gun gameplay, for the Super NES, Sega Genesis and Sega CD. Virgin Interactive released a completely different game for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, 3DO that combined several distinct gameplay styles. In both games, the player controls John Spartan, the main character from the film, as he attempts to find and defeat his nemesis, Simon Phoenix. SNES, Sega Genesis, and Sega CD The 16-bit game is primarily a platform game, with two overhead Shoot 'em up, top-down shooter segments; in either gameplay type the player character can fire in eight directions. Stages are filled with many enemies, mostly gunmen. Enemy characters and the player character can take a number of hits before dying. Power ups can be found around the stages that increase the cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demolition Man (comics)
Demolition Man (Dennis Dunphy), also known as D-Man, is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Dennis Dunphy first appeared in '' The Thing'' #28 (October 1985) and was created by Mike Carlin and Ron Wilson. He first appeared as Demolition-Man in ''Captain America'' #328 (April 1987). Fictional character biography Dennis Dunphy was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. Dennis becomes an aspiring athlete who receives the strength augmentation treatments offered by Power Broker, Inc. Finding himself too strong now for normal sports, he becomes a professional wrestler and member of the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation (UCWF) along with other superheroes and supervillains such as the Beyonder, the Thing, and Screaming Mimi. He refuses to throw a fight with the Thing, and is defeated. The Puppet Master later mentally compels him to attack the Thing. Dunphy refuses the Power Broker's order to help kill Ms. Marvel. He reve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demolition Man (TV Series)
''Demolition Man'' is an Australian reality television Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 19 ... series which premiered on A&E on 21 March 2017. References {{reflist External links Official WebsiteProduction Website A&E (Australian TV channel) original programming 2017 Australian television series debuts 2010s Australian reality television series Antiques television series English-language television shows Television shows filmed in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphoria (Def Leppard Album)
''Euphoria'' is the seventh studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 8 June 1999 in the United States and on 14 June 1999 in the United Kingdom by Mercury Records. The album aimed to return to their signature sound made famous by the band in the 1980s. It was produced by the band with Pete Woodroffe. The album charted at No. 11 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 11 on the UK Albums Chart. It includes the song " Promises", which hit the number one spot on ''Billboards Mainstream Rock chart. Overview Following ''Slang'', the band was initially unsure of which direction to take upon reconvening in April 1998. "We just let ourselves go in any way we wanted," recalled Joe Elliott. With ''Slang'' we did: we said we're not gonna do the typical Def Leppard things. But with ''Euphoria'' we didn't rule them out… because it had been eight icyears since '' Adrenalize''. That's a long time to have abandoned your main style of music. So we embraced it." Former producer R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Dolan
Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan (born 1964) is an English musician, best known as the bassist and vocalist of heavy metal bands Atomkraft and formerly Venom. He currently plays in Venom Inc., alongside fellow former Venom member guitarist Mantas and drummer Jeramie Kling. Biography Dolan and Paul Spillett formed Atomkraft in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1979. Dolan was a vocalist from 1979 to 1986, and played guitars from 1979 to 1981 and on to 1988, just before they broke up. From 1981 to 1987, he played bass guitar. When Atomkraft was reformed in 2004, Dolan took up the duty of vocalist and bassist again. In 1988, he was offered a role of bassist and vocalist for the prominent heavy metal band Venom. He recorded four albums with Venom before leaving the band in 1993. Dolan also participated in other acts, including Mantas (solo band by former Venom guitarist Jeffrey "Mantas" Dunn), Dogmatix and Raubtier. In 2010, with Jeffrey Dunn and Anthony Lant, he started playing bass guitar and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azahari Husin
Dr. Azahari bin Husin (14 September 1957 – 9 November 2005), also Azahari Husin, Azhari Husin, was a Malaysian who was believed to be the technical mastermind behind the Philippine consulate bombing in Jakarta, Jakarta Stock Exchange bombing, Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings, 2002 Bali bombings, 2002 Makassar bombing, 2004 Poso bus bombing and 2005 Tentena market bombings. He was killed in a police raid on his hideout in Indonesia in 2005. He was nicknamed the "Demolition Man". History He received extensive bomb training in Afghanistan. He authored the JI bomb manual, used in the Philippine consulate bombing in Jakarta, Jakarta Stock Exchange bombing, the Christmas Eve bombing, the Bali bombing, and the 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing. He also planned the 2004 Jakarta embassy bombing and was implicated in the 2002 Makassar bombing, the 2004 Poso bus bombing, the 2005 Tentena market bombings and the 2005 Bali bombings. Prior to his death, he was one of the most wan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alistair Overeem
Alistair Cees Overeem (born 17 May 1980) is a Dutch professional heavyweight mixed martial artist and kickboxer, currently competing in the heavyweight division of Glory. He is a former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, Dream Heavyweight Champion, K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, and was the first fighter to hold world titles in MMA and K-1 kickboxing at the same time. Biography Overeem was born in Hounslow, England, to a Jamaican father and a Dutch mother, whose family tree connects him to King William III of the Netherlands. When he was six years old, his parents divorced and he moved with his mother and older brother to the Netherlands. As a child, Overeem started training martial arts with his older brother Valentijn in order to defend himself from bullying. He decided to pursue a competitive sports career by his brother's example, first in Judo and later Track and Field and Basketball. At the age of 15, he followed Valentijn into Chris Dolman's Martial Arts gym to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
