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Night Watch (horse)
Night Watch or Nightwatch may refer to: Books * ''The Night Watch'', a 1977 memoir by Central Intelligence Agency officer David Atlee Phillips Novels * ''Night Watch'', a 1972 play by American dramatist Lucille Fletcher, later adapted into the 1973 film) * ''Night Watch'', a 1989 UNACO novel by Alastair MacNeill * ''Night Watch'', a 1990 novel by American writer Robin Wayne Bailey * ''Night Watch'' (Sigurðardóttir novel), a 1992 novel by Icelandic author Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir * ''The Night Watch'', a 1997 novel by American-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author Sean Stewart * ''Night Watch'' (Lukyanenko novel), a 1998 fantasy novel by Russian author Sergei Lukyanenko * ''Nightwatch'', a 1999 novel by American novelist and screenwriter Richard P. Henrick * ''Night Watch'' (''Discworld''), a 2002 fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett * ''The Night Watch'' (Waters novel), a 2006 historical fiction novel by Sarah Waters * ''Night Watch'', a 2012 novel by Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Atlee Phillips
David Atlee Phillips (October 31, 1922 – July 7, 1988) was a Central Intelligence Agency officer of 25 years and a recipient of the Career Intelligence Medal. Phillips rose to become the CIA's chief of operations for the Western hemisphere. In 1975 he founded the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO), an alumni association comprising intelligence officers from all services. Phillips was repeatedly accused of involvement in the JFK assassination, named by both investigators and Agency family members. The House Select Committee on Assassinations investigated accusations from Cuban exile Antonio Veciana that he Phillips had met Lee Harvey Oswald. In 1980, a book by Donald Freed and Fred Landis was released accusing him of involvement. Phillips sued them for libel. In 1986, they settled for an undisclosed amount and retracted the allegations. Early life and military career Phillips was born in Fort Worth, Texas and attended The College of William and Mary in Williamsbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Watch (1926 Film)
''The Night Watch'' is a lost 1926 silent film directed by Fred Caldwell. It starred Mary Carr, Charles Delaney and Gloria Grey. Plot summary Cast * Mary Carr as Mrs. Blackwell * Charles Delaney Charles Delaney (August 9, 1892 – August 31, 1959) was an American actor. Biography Delaney was born in New York City in 1892. He was originally a motor mechanic and having learned to fly during World War I, he started doing flying vaud ... as George Blackwell * Gloria Grey as Nellie Powell * Jack Richardson as Mr. Powell * Muriel Reynolds - * Raymond Rousenville - * Ethel Schram - * Charles W. Mack - References External links IMDB profile* * * 1926 films American silent feature films Lost American films American black-and-white films 1926 drama films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightwatch (album)
''Nightwatch'' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins, released in 1978. The album is Loggins' highest charting album on the ''Billboard'' 200 to date, reaching number 7. The lead single, " Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" featuring Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks (co-written with Melissa Manchester), reached number 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The second and final single, "Easy Driver", peaked at number 60 in early 1979. This album also featured the first released version of the Doobie Brothers' " What a Fool Believes", which Loggins co-wrote with the Doobies' Michael McDonald. Most of the artists on this album represent Loggins' original band from 1977 to 1980. Track listing Side One # "Nightwatch" (music: Kenny Loggins, Max Gronenthal; lyrics: Kenny Loggins, Dan Loggins) − 7:49 # "Easy Driver" (David Plenn, Jerry Riopelle) − 3:33 # "Down 'N' Dirty" (music: Kenny Loggins, Brian Mann; lyrics: Kenny Loggins, Eva Ein) − 4:42 # " Down in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainthood (album)
''Sainthood'' is the sixth studio album by the Canadian indie pop duo Tegan and Sara, released in the UK on October 26, 2009 and in the US on October 27, by Sire Records. The album was a shortlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize. Background This is the first album by Tegan and Sara to feature a song co-written by the pair, as they usually choose to write separately. However, it was not written while Tegan and Sara stayed together in New Orleans as an attempt to write together. No songs from that time made it on to the album, although one such song lends its title to that of the record. The album title was inspired by a Leonard Cohen lyric. The record also includes co-written songs from Tegan's side project with Hunter Burgan, bassist of AFI (band), AFI. The album is described by the band as such: Tegan and Sara's sixth studio album – ''Sainthood'' – addresses secular themes of devotion, delusion, and exemplary behavior in the pursuit of love and relation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starless And Bible Black
''Starless and Bible Black'' is the sixth studio album by English progressive rock band King Crimson, released in March 1974 by Island Records in the United Kingdom and by Atlantic Records in the United States. It carries over most of the same lineup which appeared on the preceding album, ''Larks' Tongues in Aspic'', with only percussionist Jamie Muir not returning. In order to more faithfully capture the band's live energy, much of the material on this album was tracked in concert and edited together with studio recordings. Background and production King Crimson's previous album, ''Larks' Tongues in Aspic'' (on which they had moved decisively away from a more traditional progressive rock sound drawing on American jazz, and towards the influence of European free improvisation), had been recorded by a quintet lineup of the band, including experimental percussionist Jamie Muir. Early in 1973, Muir abruptly left the band, ostensibly due to an onstage injury, but in fact due to an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Watch (album)
''The Night Watch'' is a live album (2-CD set) by the English rock band King Crimson, recorded in Amsterdam in 1973, and released in 1997. Contents This album contains an important performance in King Crimson's career, being the source of the improvisations "Trio" and "Starless and Bible Black", the Fripp instrumental "Fracture" and the intro to the song "The Night Watch", all of which were included, with some editing, in the 1974 album '' Starless and Bible Black''. Prerecorded excerpts of ''(No Pussyfooting)'' appear at the end of " 21st Century Schizoid Man" similarly to what was included at the beginning of ''USA''. Production The concert was performed on 23 November 1973 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Most of the concert was also broadcast live by the BBC and taped by listeners; bootlegs of the broadcast circulated among fans. The concert began with a version of "Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part I)", a recording of which has never been found. Some boot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightwatching
''Nightwatching'' is a 2007 film about the artist Rembrandt and the creation of his 1642 painting ''The Night Watch''. The film is directed by Peter Greenaway and stars Martin Freeman as Rembrandt, with Eva Birthistle as his wife Saskia van Uylenburg, Jodhi May as his lover Geertje Dircx, and Emily Holmes as his other lover Hendrickje Stoffels. Reinier van Brummelen is the director of photography. James Willcock, known for his esoteric sets, is the art director. The film is described by co-producer Jean Labadie as "a return to the Greenaway of ''The Draughtsman's Contract''." It features Greenaway's trademark neoclassical compositions and graphic sexuality. The music is by Włodek Pawlik. The film premiered in competition, at the Venice Film Festival. ''Nightwatching'' is the first feature in Greenaway's film series "Dutch Masters". The following film in the series is ''Goltzius and the Pelican Company''. An associated work by the same director is the documentary film ''R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgardo Cozarinsky
Edgardo Cozarinsky (; born 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a writer and filmmaker. He is best known for his Spanish-language novel ''Vudú urbano''. Life Cozarinsky was born to an Argentine family of Ukrainian-Jewish descent. His name reflects his mother's enthusiasm for the writings of Edgar Allan Poe, while his surname comes from his grandparents, Ukrainian Jewish immigrants who arrived in Argentina from Kiev and Odessa in the late nineteenth century. After an adolescence spent in neighbourhood cinemas showing double bills of old Hollywood films and reading an inordinate amount of fiction in Spanish, English and French (favourite authors – Robert Louis Stevenson, Joseph Conrad, Henry James), he studied literature at Buenos Aires University, wrote for local and Spanish cinephile magazines, and published an early essay on James, which he developed from his university thesis – ''El laberinto de la apariencia'' (''The Labyrinth of Appearance'', 1964), a book which he later su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Watch (2004 Film)
''Night Watch'' (russian: Ночной Дозор, Nochnoy Dozor) is a 2004 Russian urban fantasy supernatural thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov and written by Bekmambetov and Laeta Kalogridis. It is loosely based on the 1998 novel ''The Night Watch'' by Sergei Lukyanenko. It was Russia's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film received a limited theatrical release in the United States, where it grossed $1.5 million. It overperformed in the American home video market, generating more than $9.5 million in home video sales and $12 million in home video rentals. It received mixed reviews from critics. A sequel, '' Day Watch'', was released in 2006. Plot Since the beginning of time, there have been "Others" – humans endowed with supernatural abilities – and for just as long, the Others have been divided between the forces of Light and Dark. In Medieval times, the armies o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightwatch (1997 Film)
''Nightwatch'' is a 1997 American horror thriller film directed by Ole Bornedal and starring Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin and Nick Nolte. It was written by Bornedal and Steven Soderbergh. It is a remake of the 1994 Danish film of the same name, which was also directed by Bornedal. Plot Law student Martin Bells is hired as a night watchman at a hospital morgue. A string of gruesome prostitute murders committed by a necrophiliac serial killer quickly point to him as the lead suspect in the investigation carried out by Inspector Thomas Cray. At the same time, Martin slowly discovers clues that point to the real perpetrator. Cast * Ewan McGregor as Martin Bells * Patricia Arquette as Catherine * Josh Brolin as James Gallman * Lauren Graham as Marie * Nick Nolte as Inspector Thomas Cray * Brad Dourif as Duty Doctor * Alix Koromzay as Joyce * Anais Evans as Leanne * Lonny Chapman as Old Watchman * Larry Cedar as Waiter (uncredited) * Sandra Hess as Student (uncred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Watch (1995 Film)
''Night Watch'' (also known as ''Detonator II: Night Watch'') is a 1995 American television spy film directed by David Jackson starring Pierce Brosnan and Alexandra Paul. The film, also known as ''Alistair MacLean's Nightwatch'', was shot in Hong Kong. The film aired on the USA Network. It is a sequel to ''Death Train''. Plot summary Cast * Pierce Brosnan as Michael 'Mike' Graham * Alexandra Paul as Sabrina Carver * William Devane as Nick Caldwell * Michael J. Shannon as Martin Schraeder * Lim Kay Siu as Mao Yixin (as Lim Kay Siu) * Irene Ng as Myra Tang * Hidde Maas as Miles Van Dehn * Tom Jansen as Insp. De Jongh * Tomislav Ralis as Louis Armand * Harold Bone as Lemmer * Rolf Saxon as Fisk * Natalie Roles as Jennifer * Kate Harper as Psychologist * Mark King as Luke Sheehan * Terry Diab as U.N.A.C.O. Voice (voice) * Ron Berglas as Roger Flint * Suncana Zelenika as Stephanie * Ron Li-Paz as New York Broker * Jasna Bilušić as Amsterdam G.N.N. Reporter * Neo Swee Lin a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightwatch (1994 Film)
''Nightwatch'' ( da, Nattevagten) is a 1994 Danish horror thriller film directed and written by Danish director Ole Bornedal. The film involves Martin (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) who gets a student job as night watchman at the Forensic Medicine Institute. When making his rounds he finds he must go to where the deceased people are kept. At the same time, a series of murders occur among women in Copenhagen as well as mysterious and unexplained things happening in the medical department. ''Nightwatch'' was a success in Denmark and was shown at the Fantafestival in 1995. An English-language remake of the film, also directed by Bornedal, was released in 1997. The original ''Nightwatch'' was included on a list of the top 100 Danish films as chosen by ''Kosmorama''. Plot Law student Martin Bork ( Nikolaj Coster Waldau) gets a student job as night watchman at the Forensic Medicine Institute, believing it will allow more time to study, with his biggest problem being his paranoia in this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
