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Sloane (1986 Film)
Sloane may refer to: Names * Sloane (given name) * Sloane (surname) * Sloane Crosley, American writer and publicist * Sloane Stephens, American professional tennis player Places * Sloane, New South Wales * Sloane Square, a location in London, named after Hans Sloane: * Sloane Street, which terminates at Sloane Square * Sloane Square tube station, a London Underground station near Sloane Square Popular culture * Sloane Ranger, shortened to Sloane, is a slang term for young, upper-middle-class West Londoners * '' Entertaining Mr Sloane'', a 1964 play by Joe Orton **'' Entertaining Mr Sloane'', the 1970 film version of the play by Joe Orton * ''Sloane'' (film), a 1984 action movie starring Robert Resnik * ''Mr. Sloane'', a 2014 British television series * '' Miss Sloane'', a 2016 American political thriller starring Jessica Chastain * Arvin Sloane, a character in the American TV series ''Alias'' * Lily Sloane, a character in ''Star Trek'' * Lone Sloane, a character i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloane (given Name)
Sloane or Sloan is a given name, a transferred use of the Irish surname O Sluaghadhán, meaning "descendant of Sluaghadhán". Sluaghadhán is an Irish diminutive form of the Irish name Sluaghadh, which means '' expedition'' or '' raid''. The name has associations with the Sloane Rangers, a British subculture referring to the tastes and preferences of the stereotypical British upper middle class woman who lived at Sloane Square in West London. Usage The name has been among the top 1,000 names for newborn girls in the United States since 2009 and among the top 200 since 2018. It has been among the top 100 names for newborn girls in Canada since 2017. The name is also in use for boys, though it has never ranked among the 1,000 most popular names given to boys in the United States. Women *Sloane Blakely (born 2002), American gymnast *Sloane Crosley (born 1979), American writer * Sloane Stephens (born 1991), American professional tennis player Men *Sloan Privat Sloan Privat (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertaining Mr Sloane (film)
''Entertaining Mr Sloane'' is a 1970 British black comedy film directed by Douglas Hickox. The screenplay by Clive Exton is based on the 1964 play of the same title by Joe Orton. This was the second adaptation of the play, the first having been developed for British television and broadcast by ITV on 15 July 1968. Plot Murder, homosexuality, nymphomania, and sadism are among the themes of this black comedy focusing on a brother and sister who become involved with a young, sexy, amoral drifter with a mysterious past. Kath is a lonely middle-aged woman living in the London suburbs with her aging father Kemp, referred to as "DaDa". When she meets the Mr. Sloane sunbathing on a tombstone in the cemetery near her home, she invites him to become a lodger. Soon after he accepts her offer, Kath seduces him. Her closeted brother Ed makes him the chauffeur, complete with a tight leather uniform, of his pink 1959 Pontiac Parisienne convertible. Kemp recognizes Mr. Sloane as the man who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' is a 1986 American teen comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by John Hughes and co-produced by Tom Jacobson. The film stars Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, and Alan Ruck with supporting roles by Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, Cindy Pickett, Edie McClurg, and Lyman Ward. It tells the story of a high school slacker who skips school with his best friend and his girlfriend for a day in Chicago and regularly breaks the fourth wall to explain his techniques and inner thoughts. Hughes wrote the screenplay in less than a week. Filming began in September 1985 and finished in November, featuring many Chicago landmarks including the then Sears Tower, Wrigley Field and the Art Institute of Chicago. The film was Hughes's love letter to Chicago: "I really wanted to capture as much of Chicago as I could. Not just in the architecture and landscape, but the spirit." Released by Paramount Pictures on June 11, 1986, the film became the tenth-highest-grossin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Sloane
Lone Sloane is a science fiction comics character created in 1966 by the French cartoonist Philippe Druillet. Publication history Lone Sloane first appeared in Druillet's own debut, ''Mystère des Abîmes'', published in 1966. Other stories were published in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''Pilote'' from February 1970 to April 1971. The series was subsequently revamped by the author for ''Metal Hurlant'' magazine. Plot Set 800 years after a catastrophic event called the "Great Fear", the stories feature Lone Sloane, who is caught by an entity called "He Who Seeks", after his space ship is destroyed. He is thrown into a different dimension, where he becomes a space rogue and freebooter with strange powers, and finds himself caught in an intergalactic struggle between space pirates, gigantic robots, dark gods, and other-dimensional entities. Very similar to Silver Surfer and Galactus, or Ulysses and the Greek Gods, he is compelled to wander in a universe that is alien to him. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Sloane
''Lilium'' () is a genus of Herbaceous plant, herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large prominent flowers. They are the true lilies. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world. Most species are native to the northern hemisphere and their range is temperate climates and extends into the subtropics. Many other plants have "lily" in their common names, but do not belong to the same genus and are therefore not true lilies. Description Lilies are tall perennial plant, perennials ranging in height from . They form naked or tunicless scaly underground bulbs which are their organs of perennation. In some North American species the base of the bulb develops into rhizomes, on which numerous small bulbs are found. Some species develop stolons. Most bulbs are buried deep in the ground, but a few species form bulbs near the soil surface. Many species form stem-roots. With these, the bulb grows naturally at s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvin Sloane
Arvin Sloane is a fictional character played by Ron Rifkin. He was the former director of SD-6 on the television series, ''Alias''. ''TV Guide'' included him in their 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time.Bretts, Bruce; Roush, Matt; (March 25, 2013). "Baddies to the Bone: The 60 nastiest villains of all time". ''TV Guide''. pp. 14 - 15. Biography Arvin Sloane is the cold, calculating leader of SD-6, directing its operations against the U.S. government under the guise of being a secret organization within the government itself. He is eventually promoted to being a full member of " The Alliance", the organization that operates above each individual SD cell. It is revealed through the course of the series that Sloane speaks Spanish, French, Japanese, Nepali, Mandarin, and Russian and reads Homeric Greek. It was revealed in the third season that Sloane has a life-threatening allergy to morphine. Sloane is married to his long-time wife, Emily, for over 30 years. Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Sloane
''Miss Sloane'' is a 2016 political thriller film directed by John Madden and written by Jonathan Perera. The film stars Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stuhlbarg, Alison Pill, Jake Lacy, John Lithgow, and Sam Waterston. The film follows Elizabeth Sloane, a fierce lobbyist, who fights in an attempt to pass gun control legislation. The film had its world premiere on November 11, 2016, at the AFI Fest, and began a limited theatrical release in the United States on November 25, 2016, by EuropaCorp, before expanding wide on December 9, 2016. It was released in France on March 8, 2017. It received generally positive reviews, with Chastain's performance being particularly praised. It was a box office disappointment, grossing only $9 million against its $13–18 million budget. Plot Elizabeth Sloane is a workaholic cutthroat lobbyist who has been called before a congressional hearing led by Senator Ronald Sperling to answer questions about possible violations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloane (film)
''Sloane'' is a 1985 action film starring Robert Resnik as "Philip Sloane," a martial arts instructor who fights kidnappers and cannibal pygmies in the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ .... It also stars Debra Blee. External links * 1984 films 1984 action films American action films American martial arts films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films {{martialart-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertaining Mr Sloane
''Entertaining Mr Sloane'' is a three-act play written in 1963 by the English playwright Joe Orton. It was first produced in London at the New Arts Theatre on 6 May 1964 and transferred to the West End's Wyndham's Theatre on 29 June 1964. Plot summary Act 1 Mr Sloane, a young man looking for a place to board, happens by the residence of Kath, a middle-aged landlady whose home is on the outskirts of a rubbish dump. Kath is eager to have Mr Sloane as a tenant at her home, which she shares with her nearly-blind father Kemp. Getting acquainted with Mr Sloane, Kath is open about a previous relationship she had which led to her bearing a child; her brother insisted that she give it up for adoption because it was conceived out of wedlock. Mr Sloane reveals he is himself an orphan, though vague about his parents' death, except that they "passed away together". Kath's father immediately distrusts Mr Sloane, believing him to be the man who killed his employer some years earlier. After K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloane (surname)
Sloane is a surname. It is a variant to the Gaelic name Sloan. Notable people with the surname include: * Barry Sloane (born 1981), English actor * Charles A. Sloane (1850–1912), American farmer and politician * George Benedict Sloane (1898–1958), American philatelist * Hans Sloane (1660–1753), Irish physician and collector * Harvey I. Sloane (born 1936), American physician and politician * Hugh Sloane (born 1956), British businessman * John Sloane (other) * Lindsay Sloane (born 1977), American actress * Neil Sloane (born 1939), British-American mathematician * Rick Sloane (born 1961), American film director * Thomas Gibson Sloane (1858–1932), Australian entomologist * James "Tod" Sloane (1874–1933), American jockey * William Milligan Sloane (1850–1928), American historian * William Milligan Sloane III (1906–1974), American publisher and author See also * Sloane (other) * Eric Sloane Eric Sloane (born Everard Jean Hinrichs) (27 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloane Ranger
In the United Kingdom, a Sloane Ranger, or simply a Sloane, is a stereotypical upper-middle or upper-class person, typically although not necessarily a young one, who embodies a very particular upbringing and outlook. The Sloane Ranger style is a uniform, effortless, and unambitious although sophisticated one. The television character Tim Nice-But-Dim, an Old Ardinian, is thought by some to be a good example of a Sloane Ranger. The term is a pun based on references to Sloane Square, a location in Chelsea, London, famed for the wealth of its residents and frequenters, and the television character ''The Lone Ranger''. Social stratum The term dates from 1975 when aspiring writer Peter York had conversations with Ann Barr (then features editor of UK magazine '' Harpers & Queen'') about what had become a recognisable ''tribe'' of young people living in Chelsea and parts of Kensington. This led to an article for the magazine, defining the characteristics of this slice of English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloane Square Tube Station
Sloane Square is a London Underground station in Chelsea, serving Sloane Square. It is served by the District and Circle lines, between South Kensington and Victoria stations and is in Travelcard Zone 1. The entrance to the station is on the east side of Sloane Square ( A3217). It is adjacent to the Royal Court Theatre and is the nearest station for King's Road shopping, the Peter Jones department store and the Cadogan Hall. History The station was opened on 24 December 1868 by the District Railway (DR, now the District line) when the company opened the first section of its line between South Kensington and Westminster stations. The construction of the station was complicated by the crossing of the site by the River Westbourne which ran through Hyde Park as the Serpentine Lake and was originally crossed by the Knight's Bridge at Knightsbridge. The river was carried above the platform in a large iron pipe suspended from girders. It remains in place today. The DR con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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