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The Keeper (other)
The Keeper, or its plural The Keepers, may refer to: Films * ''The Keepers'' (1959 film), English-language release of French film '' La Tête contre les murs'' * ''The Keeper'' (1976 film), starring Christopher Lee * ''The Keeper of Traken'', a 1981 serial from the television programme ''Doctor Who'' * ''The Keeper'' (1995 film), starring Regina Taylor * ''The Keeper'' (2002 film), with music composed by Evan Evans * ''The Keeper'' (2004 film), starring Dennis Hopper and Asia Argento * '' The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam'', a 2005 film starring Vanessa Redgrave * ''The Keeper'' (2009 film), starring Steven Seagal * ''The Keepers'', a 2017 film documentary series about the murder of American nun Cathy Cesnik * ''The Keeper'' (2018 film), a film about footballer Bert Trautmann Other uses * ''The Keeper'' (2014 novel), a 2014 novel by John Lescroart * ''The Keeper'' (Dekker novel), a 2011 short story by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee * "The Keeper" (short story), a 1957 sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head Against The Wall
''Head Against the Wall'' (french: La Tête contre les murs) is a 1959 French drama film directed by Georges Franju which stars Pierre Brasseur, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Anouk Aimée, and Charles Aznavour. Called ''The Keepers'' on its English release, the story follows an aimless young man who is institutionalized for defying his wealthy father, and in the process airs several questions about how society defines and treats mental illness. Plot François, motherless son of an influential lawyer, has no qualifications, and no job. To mix with rich and superficial friends, he has borrowed money that he cannot repay. In desperation, he breaks into his father's desk, steals his cash, and wantonly burns his legal documents. Rather than call in the police, with the connivance of a doctor, his father has him committed to an isolated psychiatric hospital in the country. There, he discovers that many of the inmates are not seriously deranged, but that Dr Varmont, the head of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Keeper (2014 Novel)
The Keeper, or its plural The Keepers, may refer to: Films * ''The Keepers'' (1959 film), English-language release of French film '' La Tête contre les murs'' * ''The Keeper'' (1976 film), starring Christopher Lee * ''The Keeper of Traken'', a 1981 serial from the television programme ''Doctor Who'' * ''The Keeper'' (1995 film), starring Regina Taylor * ''The Keeper'' (2002 film), with music composed by Evan Evans * ''The Keeper'' (2004 film), starring Dennis Hopper and Asia Argento * '' The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam'', a 2005 film starring Vanessa Redgrave * ''The Keeper'' (2009 film), starring Steven Seagal * ''The Keepers'', a 2017 film documentary series about the murder of American nun Cathy Cesnik * ''The Keeper'' (2018 film), a film about footballer Bert Trautmann Other uses * ''The Keeper'' (2014 novel), a 2014 novel by John Lescroart * ''The Keeper'' (Dekker novel), a 2011 short story by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee * "The Keeper" (short story), a 1957 shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Of My Make-Believe
''Master of My Make-Believe'' is the second studio album by American musician and singer Santigold, released in the United Kingdom on April 24, 2012 and in the United States on May 1, through Downtown and Atlantic Records. The album features contributions from a wide range of musicians, including long-time collaborators John Hill, Switch and Diplo, as well as Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio and Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The cover art of the album, designed by Jason Schmidt, represents four incarnations of Santigold. The album received positive reviews from music critics, and earned Santigold her first number one on the ''Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Albums chart, and reached number 21 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and number 33 on the UK Albums Chart. Release ''Master of My Make-Believe'' was preceded by the singles "Big Mouth" and "Disparate Youth". The song "Go" featuring Karen O premiered in April 2011, but was not available for purchase until the release of the album. In May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machine Gun Preacher
''Machine Gun Preacher'' is a 2011 American biographical action drama film directed by Marc Forster and starring Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, and Michael Shannon. It tells the story of Sam Childers, a former gang biker turned preacher, and his efforts to protect, in collaboration with the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), the children of South Sudan from the atrocities of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The screenplay by Jason Keller was adapted from Childers' book '' Another Man's War'' and Ian Urbina's '' Vanity Fair'' article "Get Kony". The film' premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and opened in the United States on September 23, 2011. Plot In 2003 in southern Sudan, the LRA attack a village and force a young boy to kill his mother. A few years earlier, Sam Childers, an alcoholic drug-using biker from Pennsylvania, is released from prison and finds that his wife, Lynn, has given up her job as a stripper after accepting Christ as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Maza
Robert Lewis Maza (25 November 1939 – 14 May 2000), known as Bob Maza, was an Aboriginal Australian actor, playwright and activist. Early life and education Robert Lewis Maza was born on Palm Island in North Queensland on 25 November 1939, to a Murray Islander (Torres Strait Islander) father and to a Yidinjdji (Australian Aboriginal) mother.Bob Maza on the website of the Australia Council for the Arts He was one of the first Aboriginal children in northern Queensland to complete secondary schooling, and described feelings of alienation and being caught between two cultures as a teenager. After finishing school in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Hunter (actor)
William John Hunter (27 February 194021 May 2011) was an Australian actor of film, stage and television, who was also prominent as a voice-over artist. He appeared in more than 60 films and won two AFI Awards. He was also a recipient of the Centenary Medal. Early life Hunter was born in Ballarat, Victoria, the son of William and Francie Hunter. He had a brother, John, and a sister, Marie Ann. During his teens, Hunter was a champion swimmer, and briefly held a world record for the 100 yards freestyle until his record was broken by John Devitt in the very next heat 10 minutes later.Atterton, Margot; Alan Veitch: ''The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Australian Showbiz'' (1984). Hunter qualified for the Australian swimming team for the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia before a bout of meningitis ended his Olympic hopes. Career Hunter made his film debut as an extra in 1957 film '' The Shiralee''. An introduction to Ava Gardner saw him gain a job as an extra and swimming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stargate SG-1 (season 2)
The second season of ''Stargate SG-1'', an American-Canadian television series, began airing on June 26, 1998 on Showtime. The second season concluded after 22 episodes on February 10, 1999 on British Sky One, which overtook Showtime in mid-season. The series was developed by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, who also served as executive producers. Season two regular cast members include Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, and Don S. Davis. Production Vaitiare Bandera, who plays Sha're, was actually pregnant with Michael Shanks' child during the filming of "Secrets". Following the events in the episode "A Matter of Time", Sally Malcolm would write two books, ''A Matter of Honor'' and ''The Cost of Honor'', that detail SG-1's attempts to save SG-10 from the planet. The late Season 2 episode "Serpent's Song" was the first ''SG-1'' episode that was directed by Peter DeLuise. He would go on to direct more episodes than any other director involved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cage (Star Trek)
"The Cage" is the first pilot episode of the American television series ''Star Trek''. It was completed on January 22, 1965 (with a copyright date of 1964). The episode was written by Gene Roddenberry and directed by Robert Butler. It was rejected by NBC in February 1965, and the network ordered another pilot episode, which became "Where No Man Has Gone Before". Much of the original footage from "The Cage" was later incorporated into the season 1 two-parter episode " The Menagerie" (1966); however, "The Cage" was first released to the public on VHS in 1986, with a special introduction by Gene Roddenberry, and was not broadcast on television in its complete form until 1988. The black and white version and shorter all-color version was also released in various standard-definition media including LaserDisc, VHS, and DVD formats. The story concerns a starship crew's investigation of a far off planet which was the site of a shipwreck eighteen years earlier and their encounter with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Keeper (short Story)
"The Keeper" is a science fiction short story by American writer H. Beam Piper. It is the last story in Piper’s Terro-Human Future History series, being set in the 301st Century A.E. (Atomic Era). It made its first appearance in the July 1957 issue of ''Venture Science Fiction''. Synopsis The old men speak of a time many years ago when hundreds of starships were visible in the nighttime sky, but now the world is old, poor and forgotten. Raud the Keeper is surprised one day when a local man named Vahr Farg’s son brings two men from another world to his home. It seems that the men are scholars who have heard of the great crown that Raud is charged with keeping, and they wish to see it. The men inform Raud that his world is actually Terra, the world where man was born, and that the crown is none other than that of Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Keeper (Dekker Novel)
''The Keeper'' is a 2011 Fiction short story by Christian author Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee. It is a prequel story to the first book in The Book of Mortals Series, Forbidden (Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee novel), Forbidden. It was not put into print, but was released as an eBook. First there was the Circle Trilogy. Now a new stunning epic begins. Plot summary While in the Russian wasteland, Talus has a secret that is so terrible that it will cost him his life if he shares it. The secret is so terrible that he must share it with those who will help him protect the knowledge that will one day save all of humanity. His two brothers, who are both hermit monks, are the ones he has decided to share his secret with. Time is short, and no man could fully prepare themselves with the revelation that this secret holds, a secret Talus’ two brothers will discover: that they are already dead. References American Christian novels Novels by Ted Dekker 2011 short stories {{2010s-story-coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lescroart
John Lescroart (; born January 14, 1948) is a ''New York Times'' bestselling author known for his series of legal and crime thriller novels featuring the characters Dismas Hardy, Abe Glitsky, and Wyatt Hunt. His novels have sold more than 10 million copies, have been translated into 22 languages in more than 75 countries, and 18 of his books have been on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list. Early life and education Lescroart was born in Houston, Texas, and graduated from Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, California (Class of 1966). He earned a B.A. in English with Honors at UC Berkeley in 1970. Career Before becoming a full-time writer in 1994, Lescroart was a self-described "Jack of all trades", who worked as a word processor for law firms as well as a bartender, moving man, house painter, editor, advertising director, computer programmer, and fundraising executive. Through his 20s, he was also a full-time singer-songwriter-guitarist, and performed under the nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Keeper (2018 Film)
''The Keeper'' (aka ''Trautmann'') is a British-German biographical film directed by Marcus H. Rosenmüller and starring German actor David Kross as the footballer Bert Trautmann. Although the subject of the film was an athlete, the film has been described as "not primarily a sports film" but instead a drama. The film premiered at the 2018 Zurich Film Festival, and was released in Germany under the title ''Trautmann'' on 14 March 2019. It was released in the UK and Ireland on 5 April 2019. Plot In 1945, German paratrooper Bert Trautmann (David Kross) is captured while fighting in the forests near Kleve. Transferred to a British POW camp in Lancashire, he and his comrades are kept under strict conditions and made to work to repair the damage their country has caused to the surrounding area. Jack Friar (John Henshaw), a local tradesman and manager of non-league side St Helens Town, spots Trautmann keeping goal against other POWs during a trip to deliver treats to the camp co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |