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Leap Year (book)
A leap year is a year with an extra day (February 29). Leap year of leap years may also refer to: Films * ''Leap Year'' (1924 film), American film * ''Leap Year'' (1932 film), British film * ''Leap Year'' (2010 film), American film * ''Leap Year'', an Australian short film by Aaron Wilson (director) * ''The Leap Years'', 2008 Singaporean film, a.k.a. ''Leap of Love'' * '' Año bisiesto'' (''Leap Year''), 2010 Mexican film directed by Michael Rowe Television * '' Leap Years'', a 2001 drama television series Music *"Leap Year", a song by +/- from '' Let's Build a Fire'', 2005 See also * Leap second A leap second is a one-second adjustment that is occasionally applied to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), to accommodate the difference between precise time (International Atomic Time (TAI), as measured by atomic clocks) and imprecise observe ... * ''February 29'' (film), a 2006 South Korean film {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leap Year
A leap year (also known as an intercalary year or bissextile year) is a calendar year that contains an additional day (or, in the case of a lunisolar calendar, a month) added to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical year or seasonal year. Because astronomical events and seasons do not repeat in a whole number of days, calendars that have a constant number of days in each year will unavoidably drift over time with respect to the event that the year is supposed to track, such as seasons. By inserting (called '' intercalating'' in technical terminology) an additional day or month into some years, the drift between a civilization's dating system and the physical properties of the Solar System can be corrected. A year that is not a leap year is a common year. For example, in the Gregorian calendar, each leap year has 366 days instead of 365, by extending February to 29 days rather than the common 28. These extra days occur in each year that is an integer multipl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leap Year (1924 Film)
''Leap Year'' is an American silent comedy film directed by and starring Roscoe Arbuckle. Though produced in 1921, the film was not released in the United States due to Arbuckle's involvement in the Virginia Rappe death scandal; it received its first release in Finland in 1924. The film finally saw an American release of sorts in 1981. Prints are held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and Library of Congress. Plot summary Roscoe Arbuckle plays Stanley Piper, heir to his uncle’s millions. He lives at Piper Hall. His valet is Mumford. Inside the house, Jeremiah Piper, Stanley’s uncle, who is gouty, grouchy and a girl-hater, is being looked after by his nurse, Phyllis Brown. He decides to send Stanley on a fishing trip to keep him away from women as he falls in love with every woman he meets. The ‘fool nephew,’ stutters when he’s excited and is relived only by drink (water). Nurse Brown is upset to hear this news. Stanley brings flowers for Nurse Brown only to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leap Year (1932 Film)
''Leap Year'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls, who co-stars with Anne Grey, Edmund Breon and Ellis Jeffreys. Made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios, it was written by A. R. Rawlinson, and produced by Herbert Wilcox. The film was re-released in 1937. Plot summary Cast * Tom Walls as Sir Peter Traillon * Anne Grey as Paula Zahren * Edmund Breon as Jack Debrant * Ellis Jeffreys as Mrs Debrant * Jeanne Stuart as Angela Mallard * Charles Carson as Sir Archibald Mallard * Laurence Hanray as Hope * Franklyn Bellamy Franklyn Bellamy (7 March 1886 in Kuala Lumpur – 15 February 1961 in Bodmin) was an English stage and film actor. In 1924 he appeared in Frederick Lonsdale's melodrama '' The Fake'' in the West End. Partial filmography * '' For Her People'' ... as Silas * Joan Brierley as Girl References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leap Year (2010 Film)
''Leap Year'' is a 2010 romantic comedy directed by Anand Tucker and written by Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan. ''Leap Year'' stars Amy Adams and Matthew Goode. The film follows a real estate worker who heads to Ireland to ask her boyfriend to accept her wedding proposal on leap day, when tradition supposedly holds that men will not refuse a woman's proposal for marriage. Her plans are interrupted by a series of events and are further complicated when she hires an Irish innkeeper to take her to her boyfriend in Dublin. Principal photography took place in County Wicklow, Dublin, County Mayo, and County Galway, with filming taking place in and around the Aran Islands, Connemara, Temple Bar, Georgian Dublin, Wicklow National Park, and Olaf Street, Waterford. ''Leap Year'' premiered in New York City on January 6, 2010 and was released theatrically on January 8, 2010, by Universal Pictures in the United States and on February 28 by Optimum Releasing in Ireland. The film received m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Wilson (director)
Aaron Wilson is an Australian filmmaker, known for the 2013 suspense war drama '' Canopy'' and the 2021 period drama '' Little Tornadoes''. Early life Wilson was born on a farm on the Murray River in rural Australia, with his grandparents living only around away. His grandmother, who moved to Melbourne after her husband died, became a strong influence in Wilson's life. Career Wilson has made several short films, which have screened at numerous festivals, with some gaining international sales and garnering awards. These include ''Ten Feet Tall'', ''Feng (Wind)'', ''Leap Year'', ''My Name is Martin'', and ''Ahmad’s Garden'', which premiered at the 2008 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). He has also made commercials in Southeast Asia. Wilson developed the script for his first feature film ''Canopy'', while he was undertaking a filmmaker residency program with Objectifs Centre for Filmmaking and Photography in Singapore. The film dealt with war and its impact on peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Leap Years
''The Leap Years'' (also known as ''Leap of Love'') is a Singapore film produced by Mediacorp Raintree Pictures, based on the novella ''Leap of Love'' by the author Catherine Lim. The production for the film started in 2005, and the film was initially to be released in December 2005 release. It was released on February 29, 2008 in Singapore. Plot Li-Ann, a single and attractive teacher in a Singaporean girls' school teaches her students about an obscure leap year custom practiced in Ireland, where men cannot refuse a proposal or date from a woman should she do so on February 29; she chances upon Jeremy at Windows Cafe who becomes a major part of her life. Setting In the original story, the cafe was called the Blue Paradise Café, while in the movie it was Windows Cafe. (Windows Cafe was an actual restaurant at Club Street, Singapore, at the time the movie was filmed. Though by the time the film opened, it had been replaced by a new restaurant called Seven On Club.) Cast * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Año Bisiesto
Año Bisiesto (''Leap Year'') is a 2010 Mexican film from the Australian-Mexican screenwriter and film director Michael Rowe. Synopsis Shot almost entirely in a seedy one-room apartment, this psychodrama details the grinding routine of Laura ( Mónica del Carmen), a 25-year-old freelance journalist, who lives a very isolated life in her small apartment rarely venturing out besides getting men home from nightclubs and never going beyond one night in bed. Until she meets the quiet, inscrutable Arturo (Gustavo Sánchez Parra) and the pair enter into an intense, violent sexual relationship. The story focuses on the fascinating evolution of their relationship. As days go by, Laura crosses out the days on a calendar, revealing her secret past to her lover. It takes place in February on a leap year. Production At first Michael Rowe wanted the violence and sexual relations on screen to be real, but during filming Gustavo Sánchez Parra proposed to solve some things with tricks because "t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leap Years
A leap year (also known as an intercalary year or bissextile year) is a calendar year that contains an additional day (or, in the case of a lunisolar calendar, a month) added to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical year or seasonal year. Because astronomical events and seasons do not repeat in a whole number of days, calendars that have a constant number of days in each year will unavoidably drift over time with respect to the event that the year is supposed to track, such as seasons. By inserting (called '' intercalating'' in technical terminology) an additional day or month into some years, the drift between a civilization's dating system and the physical properties of the Solar System can be corrected. A year that is not a leap year is a common year. For example, in the Gregorian calendar, each leap year has 366 days instead of 365, by extending February to 29 days rather than the common 28. These extra days occur in each year that is an integer multipl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Build A Fire
''Let's Build a Fire'' is the third album released by +/-. It was first released in Taiwan by white wabbit records in November 2005 and in Japan by & Records on December 14, 2005. A revised version of the album was released by Absolutely Kosher Records in the U.S. on October 24, 2006. The influential American online publication Pitchfork Media ignited a controversy in November 2006 when it reviewed the Taiwanese version of the album by mistake. The review was critical of elements of the Taiwanese version which had been changed in the subsequent US release. Once the error was drawn to the publishers' attention they quickly commissioned another journalist to review the US version of the album. The music video for "Steal the Blueprints" was directed by Chris Deaner and won Best Video at the 7th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival. Deaner also directed a video for the song ''Fadeout''. The song "For You" is used prominently in Episode 19 of Season 5 of CSI: Miami ''CSI: Miami'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leap Second
A leap second is a one-second adjustment that is occasionally applied to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), to accommodate the difference between precise time (International Atomic Time (TAI), as measured by atomic clocks) and imprecise observed solar time (UT1), which varies due to irregularities and long-term slowdown in the Earth's rotation. The UTC time standard, widely used for international timekeeping and as the reference for civil time in most countries, uses TAI and consequently would run ahead of observed solar time unless it is reset to UT1 as needed. The leap second facility exists to provide this adjustment. The leap second was introduced in 1972 and since then 27 leap seconds have been added to UTC. Because the Earth's rotation speed varies in response to climatic and geological events, UTC leap seconds are irregularly spaced and unpredictable. Insertion of each UTC leap second is usually decided about six months in advance by the International Earth Rotation and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
