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The Encounter (other)
The Encounter may refer to: Film and TV * ''The Encounter'' (2002 film), a film by Ömer Kavur * ''The Encounter'' (2011 film), a Christian film directed by David A.R. White * "The Encounter" (''Twilight Zone''), a 1964 ''Twilight Zone'' episode * ''The Encounter'' (TV series), a 2016 American television series Books * The Encounter «Встреча», 1923 poem by Vladimir Nabokov * ''The Encounter'' (Milan Kundera), a 2009 book of essays by Milan Kundera * "The Encounter" (short story), a 1969 short story by Jorge Luis Borges * ''The Encounter'' (novel), a 1996 Animorphs book Music *"The Encounter", an art song by John Ireland *"The Encounter", an art song by Toru Takemitsu TORU or Toru may refer to: *TORU, spacecraft system *Toru (given name), Japanese male given name *Toru, Pakistan, village in Mardan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan *Tõru Tõru is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Est ... See also * Encounter (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Encounter (2002 Film)
''The Encounter'' ( tr, Karşılaşma) is a 2002 Turkish-Hungarian drama film, co-written, co-produced and directed by Ömer Kavur, starring Uğur Polat Uğur Polat (born 4 September 1961, in Istanbul) is a Turkish actor. He graduated from theatre department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. He was lecturer in Anadolu University. He joined the Ankara Art Theatre (Ankara Sanat Tiyatrosu). He has ... as a man embarking on a new life. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , won five awards at the 40th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival, including the Golden Orange for Best Film. It was the final film of Turkish director Ömer Kavur, who described it as, "the unadorned story of an interesting search in the midst of extraordinary circumstances with surrealistic overtones." References External links * 2003 drama films 2003 films Films set in Turkey Films shot in Turkey Golden Orange Award for Best Film winners Turkish d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Encounter (2011 Film)
''The Encounter'' is a 2011 Christian film. The role of Jesus, in modern dress, appearing at a diner in modern-day America, is played by Bruce Marchiano who played Jesus in '' The Visual Bible: Matthew''. It is the first installment of the franchise ''The Encounter''. Plot ''The Encounter'' follows 5 strangers living in California: Nick, an atheist, former NFL player, and owner of a chain of burger restaurants; Hank and Catherine, whose marriage is falling apart; Melissa, a Christian on the way to visit her boyfriend (who is an atheist), and Kayla, a hitchhiker escaping her abusive stepfather in Los Angeles. When a detour road is closed off, the 5 are stranded in a diner with its omnipresent owner, who discreetly reveals himself to be Jesus, and attempts to help each of the patrons to face the truth in his or her life, particularly its dark side, to seek repentance and go for reconciliation. Along with serving them, Jesus helps Hank and Catherine re-establish dialogue as a coupl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Encounter (Twilight Zone)
"The Encounter" is episode 151 of the American television series ''The Twilight Zone''. First broadcast on May 1, 1964, its racial overtones caused it to be withheld from syndication in the U.S. until 2004. Opening narration Plot Digging through his attic, an American World War II veteran named Fenton finds an old katana sword. A young Japanese American named Arthur Takamori comes in looking for work, on a tip from a neighbor. Fenton is gruff yet cordial, and invites Takamori to share a beer with him in his cluttered attic. Fenton makes a remark about the incongruity between his first name and his obvious ethnicity. Arthur takes offense at first, but when it becomes apparent that Fenton meant no harm he admits that he changed his name from Taro. Fenton shows Takamori the sword and says he took it off a Japanese soldier whom he killed during the war 20 years earlier. When Fenton leaves to fetch more beer, Takamori takes hold of the sword and says in an astonished way "I'm going t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Encounter (TV Series)
''The Encounter'' is an American television series with a Christian theme that ran the first season in 2016 and returned in 2020 with a second season. It derived from a 2011 film of the same name and ran over eight episodes in 2016 and, again 8, in 2020, each featuring a Christ-like figure, known as "The Man" (played by Bruce Marchiano), appearing in modern-day U.S. settings. Cast * Bruce Marchiano as "The Man" (Jesus Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...) Episodes External links * American anthology television series 2016 American television series debuts 2016 American television series endings {{Christianity-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (russian: link=no, Владимир Владимирович Набоков ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Born in Imperial Russia in 1899, Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian (1926–1938) while living in Berlin, where he met his wife. He achieved international acclaim and prominence after moving to the United States, where he began writing in English. Nabokov became an American citizen in 1945 and lived mostly on the East Coast before returning to Europe in 1961, where he settled in Montreux, Switzerland. From 1948 to 1959, Nabokov was a professor of Russian literature at Cornell University. Nabokov's 1955 novel '' Lolita'' ranked fourth on Modern Library's list of the 100 best 20th-century novels in 2007 and is considered one of the greatest 20th-century works of literature. Nabokov's ''Pale Fire'', published in 1962, was ranked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Encounter (Milan Kundera)
The Encounter may refer to: Film and TV * ''The Encounter'' (2002 film), a film by Ömer Kavur * ''The Encounter'' (2011 film), a Christian film directed by David A.R. White * "The Encounter" (''Twilight Zone''), a 1964 ''Twilight Zone'' episode * ''The Encounter'' (TV series), a 2016 American television series Books * The Encounter «Встреча», 1923 poem by Vladimir Nabokov * ''The Encounter'' (Milan Kundera), a 2009 book of essays by Milan Kundera * "The Encounter" (short story), a 1969 short story by Jorge Luis Borges * ''The Encounter'' (novel), a 1996 Animorphs book Music *"The Encounter", an art song by John Ireland *"The Encounter", an art song by Toru Takemitsu TORU or Toru may refer to: *TORU, spacecraft system *Toru (given name), Japanese male given name *Toru, Pakistan, village in Mardan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan *Tõru Tõru is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Est ... See also * Encounter (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera (, ; born 1 April 1929) is a Czech writer who went into exile in France in 1975, becoming a naturalised French citizen in 1981. Kundera's Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, then conferred again in 2019. He "sees himself as a French writer and insists his work should be studied as French literature and classified as such in book stores". Kundera's best-known work is ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being''. Prior to the Velvet Revolution of 1989, the communist régime in Czechoslovakia banned his books. He leads a low-profile life and rarely speaks to the media. He was thought to be a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was also a nominee for other awards. He was awarded the 1985 Jerusalem Prize, in 1987 the Austrian State Prize for European Literature, and the 2000 Herder Prize. In 2021, he received the Golden Order of Merit from the president of Slovenia, Borut Pahor. Biography Kundera was born in 1929 at Purkyňova 6 (6 Purkyně Street) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Encounter (short Story)
"The Encounter" (original Spanish title: "El encuentro") is a 1969 short story by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, as well as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known bo ... and later included in the collection "''Dr. Brodie's Report''", first published in 1970. Short stories by Jorge Luis Borges 1969 short stories Argentine speculative fiction works es:El congreso {{1960s-fantasy-story-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Encounter (novel)
''The Encounter'', published in 1996 and written by K. A. Applegate, is the third book in the ''Animorphs'' series. It is narrated by Tobias. Plot summary Tobias and Rachel liberate a caged red-tailed hawk from a car dealership, Dealin' Dan Hawke's Used Cars, where it is being used as a mascot in advertisements. Later that evening, Tobias sees a shimmer in the air and is perplexed by it. He decides to check it out again the next day, and this time notices a flock of geese seemingly run into an invisible wall in the air. Tobias suspects the anomaly to be a Yeerk ship using optical camouflage and tells the other Animorphs about it. The group morphs into wolves to follow the last known direction of the ship into the mountains. They arrive at a lake guarded by Park Service human-controllers and Hork-Bajir-controllers. The ship decloaks over the lake, revealing itself to be a massive logistics ship that collects water and air for the Yeerk Pool ship in orbit. Tobias also sees the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ireland (composer)
John Nicholson Ireland (13 August 187912 June 1962) was an English composer and teacher of music. The majority of his output consists of piano miniatures and of songs with piano. His best-known works include the short instrumental or orchestral work " The Holy Boy", a setting of the poem " Sea-Fever" by John Masefield, a formerly much-played Piano Concerto, the hymn tune Love Unknown and the choral motet "Greater Love Hath No Man". Life John Ireland was born in Bowdon, near Altrincham, Cheshire, into a family of English and Scottish descent and some cultural distinction. His father, Alexander Ireland, a publisher and newspaper proprietor, was aged 69 at John's birth. John was the youngest of the five children from Alexander's second marriage (his first wife had died). His mother, Annie Elizabeth Nicholson Ireland, was a biographer and 30 years younger than Alexander. She died in October 1893, when John was 14, and Alexander died the following year, when John was 15. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toru Takemitsu , village in Kaarma Parish, Saare County, Estonia
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TORU or Toru may refer to: *TORU, spacecraft system *Toru (given name), Japanese male given name *Toru, Pakistan, village in Mardan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan *Tõru Tõru is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish Lääne-Saare Parish ( et, Lääne-Saare vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
