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The Guests (other)
The Guests may refer to: *''Ushpizin'', a 2004 Israeli film * "The Guests" (''The Outer Limits''), a 1964 episode of ''The Outer Limits'' *"The Guests", a song by Leonard Cohen from his 1979 album ''Recent Songs ''Recent Songs'' is the sixth studio album by Leonard Cohen, released in 1979. Produced by Cohen alongside Henry Lewy, it was a return to his normal acoustic folk music sound after the Phil Spector-driven experimentation of '' Death of a Ladies' ...''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Guests, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ushpizin
''Ushpizin'' ( he, האושפיזין, , Sukkot guests) is a 2004 Israeli film directed by and written by Shuli Rand. It starred Rand, and his wife, Michal, who had never acted before. Plot Moshe and Mali Bellanga are an impoverished, childless, Hasidic ''baalei teshuva'' ("returnees to Judaism") couple in the Breslov (Hasidic dynasty), Breslov community in Jerusalem. After Moshe is passed over for a stipend he expected, they cannot pay their bills, much less prepare for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Moshe admires a particularly beautiful ''etrog'', or citron, one of the four species required for the holiday observance. They console themselves by recalling a saying of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov that difficult times are a test of faith. After some anguished prayer, they receive an unexpected monetary gift on the eve of the holiday and Moshe buys the etrog for 1000 shekels (approx. $300), a large sum of money that is much more than he can afford. The couple is visited b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guests (The Outer Limits)
"The Guests" is an episode of the original '' The Outer Limits'' television show. It first aired on March 23, 1964, during the first season. Introduction A free-spirited, young man is forced against his will to walk up the stairs in an old house to a room where he encounters an alien being. Plot Wade Norton, a young drifter, finds an old man dying by the side of a remote country road. He picks up the man's pocketwatch, which contains a large photo of a young woman. Seeking help, he enters a mansion he sees atop the hill, whose inhabitants are surprisingly unhelpful but uncannily curious about the age of the man whom he found. With the exception of a soulful young woman whose image is in the watch, all seem mean-spirited and uninterested. Trying to leave through the front door, Norton is forced backward and upstairs by a mysterious compulsion to discover that the house is the lair of an amorphous, gelatinous alien being who is keeping the group of desperate humans suspended in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss, death, and romantic relationships. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. In 2011, he received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize. Cohen pursued a career as a poet and novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s, and did not begin a music career until 1967. His first album, ''Songs of Leonard Cohen'' (1967), was followed by three more albums of folk music: ''Songs from a Room'' (1969), ''Songs of Love and Hate'' (1971) and ''New Skin for the Old Ceremony'' (1974). His 1977 record '' Death of a Ladies' Man'', co-written and produced by Phil Spector, was a move away f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
