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The Runner (novel)
The Runner may refer to: Films and television * ''The Runner'', a 1972 film featuring Delvene Delaney * ''The Runner'' (1985 film), an Iranian drama film * ''The Runner'' (1999 film), a crime thriller film * ''The Runner'', a 2013 documentary about Salah Ameidan * ''The Runner'' (2015 film), an American political thriller film * ''The Runner'' (TV series), a U.S. reality series on go90 * ''The Runner'', a 2021 film directed by Michelle Danner Other uses * ''The Runner'', a 1970s running magazine merged with '' Runner's World'' * The Runner (song), a 2019 single by British band Foals * "Runner" (song) or "The Runner", a 1984 single by Manfred Mann's Earth Band * ''The Runner'', a 1985 book by Cynthia Voigt Cynthia Voigt (born February 25, 1942) is an American writer of books for young adults dealing with various topics such as adventure, mystery, racism and child abuse. Her first book in the Tillerman family series, ''Homecoming'', was nominated ... See also * Runner ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delvene Delaney
Delvene Delaney (born 26 August 1951) is an Australian actress of soap opera and film, television presenter and singer. Career Delaney was born in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, on 26 August 1951, the beauty pageant winner found fame on Australian television in the 1970s, initially as a weather presenter on Brisbane television. She followed this with stints in soap operas '' The Box'' as Penny O'Brien in 1974, and ''The Young Doctors'' as nurse Jojo Adams from 1976 to 1977. Delaney became better known as a recurring cast member of '' The Paul Hogan Show'' in the late 1970s. She also made regular appearances as a panel member on the game show '' Blankety Blanks'' from 1977 to 1979. She was co-presenter on the quiz show ''Sale of the Century ''Sale of the Century'' (stylized as ''$ale of the Century'') is an American television game show that originally debuted on September 29, 1969, on NBC daytime. It was one of three NBC game shows to premiere on that date, the other two b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Runner (1985 Film)
''The Runner'' (Persian: ''Davandeh'' دونده ) is a 1984 film by Amir Naderi, one of the major directors of Iranian cinema before and after the Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas .... ''The Runner'' was perhaps the first of the post-revolution Iranian films to attract worldwide attention. It set the tone for many of the films which followed: realism, child's eye perspective of the world, innocence, gentleness, set in poor neighbourhoods, exposing great disparities in wealth, resting much of the film on the shoulders of one young actor, using children's lives as analogies for, or explicit expositions of, the problems of the adult world. External links * *https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/godfrey-cheshire-on-close-up-abbas-kiarostami-1990/ 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Runner (1999 Film)
''The Runner'' is a 1999 crime thriller film directed by Ron Moler and starring Ron Eldard and Courteney Cox. The soundtrack contains songs performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Douglas September. Plot A young man with a gambling addiction has managed to get himself into serious debt by losing all his money. In an effort to pay off the bookies, his uncle pulls a few strings and gets him a job working for a gangster named Deepthroat, who needs a "runner" to place bets with various bookies. The gangster keeps his new "runner" on a short leash and, for the most part, the young gambler behaves himself. However, the temptation of walking around with large sums of cash proves too great, and the "runner" puts both his job and his survival on the line when he dips into his boss' funds to buy a ring for his girlfriend. Cast *Ron Eldard as Edward *Courteney Cox as Karina *John Goodman as Deepthroat *Joe Mantegna as Rocco *Bokeem Woodbine as 477 *Terrence Evans as Lefty Productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salah Ameidan
Salah Ameidan (born 1982) is a Saharawi long distance runner. He grew up in El Aiun. At the age of 12, he was recruited for the Moroccan running team and sent to Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ... to train. For ten years he participated in international races under the Moroccan flag. By 1999 he was the triple cross-country champion for Morocco, had won 2nd place in the Africa Championships and was two-time Arab World Champion. In 2004 during a race in France where he participated under the Moroccan flag, he raised the Saharawi flag above his head during the last few hundred metres of the race. Immediately after that he sought political asylum in France, as this action would likely have led to imprisonment in Morocco. Ameidan was imprisoned for a short period in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Runner (2015 Film)
''The Runner'' is a 2015 American political drama film written and directed by Austin Stark in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Connie Nielsen, Peter Fonda and Sarah Paulson. The film was released on August 7, 2015, in a limited release and through video on demand by Alchemy. Premise In the aftermath of the 2010, Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, an idealistic politician (Nicolas Cage) is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal. The video comes to light after he grants a live interview his team works together to salvage the situation. Cast * Nicolas Cage as Colin Pryce * Connie Nielsen as Deborah Pryce * Peter Fonda as Rayne Pryce * Sarah Paulson as Kate Haber * Wendell Pierce as Frank Legrand * Bryan Batt as Mark Lavin * Dana Gourrier as Daria Winston * Wanetah Walmsley as Layla * Ciera Payton as Lucy Hall * David Dino Wells Jr. as Neighborhood Bum (uncredited) Production Madeleine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Runner (TV Series)
''The Runner'' is a reality series on the streaming service go90. The show has five "Chaser Teams" of two people each chasing down the runner around the United States of America in 30 days. The viewers have the opportunity to also win money by answering questions and/or befriending chasers. Every second the prize money goes up starting at $15,000 on July 1, 2016 and ending with $500,000 on July 30, 2016. The Runner and Chase Teams start off in Richmond, Virginia. ''The Runner'' could be watched live during the month of July 2016 at certain times in the United States. In the situation where the runner is caught, the team who caught them gets the current bounty and a new runner starts where the last one left off. The show is co-hosted by Matthew Patrick (MatPat) and Kaj Larsen. The show went through many years of development, picked up and dropped by ABC in 2002 and later, picked up and dropped by Verizon in 2016. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck first sold The Runner to ABC in 2000. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Danner
Michelle Danner is an American acting coach at the Los Angeles Acting School who specializes in the Meisner, Strasberg, Adler, Hagen, Chekhov and Stanislavsky techniques. She is also the founding and artistic director of the Edgemar Center for the Arts. Danner is the daughter of a former William Morris agent, and she currently works as an actor, director and acting coach. Career In 2006, Danner made her film directing debut with, ''How to Go Out on a Date in Queens'', winning the LA Film Awards' Best Acting and Best Movie awards. Michelle Danner’s 2013 film ''Hello Herman'' catalogs the effect that peer abuse, parental neglect and the general coarsening of society has on a typical high school student. A New York Times review found that Danner's anti-bullying agenda freighted the movie. Danner has acted in and directed over thirty plays in Los Angeles and New York, with her favorite acting credit cited as the Dramalogue award-winning Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runner's World
''Runner's World'' is a globally circulated monthly magazine for runners of all skills sets, published by Hearst in Easton, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Before its acquisition by Hearst, it was founded and published by Rodale, Inc. in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. History ''Runner's World'' was originally launched in 1966 by Bob Anderson as ''Distance Running News, '' and Anderson published the magazine by himself for several years from his home in Manhattan, Kansas. Runner and writer Hal Higdon had been writing for the magazine since the beginning (2nd edition). In 1969, Anderson changed the name of the magazine to ''Runner's World''. He brought on Joe Henderson as chief editor and moved the editorial offices, now named World Publications, to Mountain View, California. ''Runner's World'' thrived during the 1970s "running boom", even in the face of competition from the New York-based magazine, ''The Runner''. ;Purchase by Rodale Press In the early 1980s, Bob Anderson sold a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Runner (song)
"The Runner" is the second single by English rock band Foals, off their sixth studio album, ''Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2''. The single premiered on 5 September 2019 via Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show, and a 9:29 version, remixed by Australia's RÜFÜS DU SOL, was released on 27 November 2019. Critical reception Lisa Wright, writing for '' DIY'' praised the track for its musical aesthetic, "Swaggering straight in with guitars that prowl" and notes "Though there's a cockiness to the verses, there's something more fallible, more grandiose that sweeps in as the chorus arrives." Comparing the track's cohesion to the band's previous single, " Black Bull", Wright continues saying "If the monstrous riffs of 'Black Bull', came good on the band's promise to deliver a heavier, dirtier follow up to its predecessor, then with 'The Runner' the message is well and truly cemented: Foals aren't fucking about." Mark Beaumont, writing for ''The Guardian'' describes the track as "A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runner (song)
:''This page is about the hit song recorded by Manfred Mann's Earth Band; for the Cozy Tapes song see Cozy Tapes Vol. 1: Friends.'' "The Runner", also called simply "Runner", is a song written by Canadian rock musician Ian Thomas, his version released in 1981 on the album of the same name. It was also recorded by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, a group known for making hits of reworked cover songs, and released as a single in 1984. It reached number 22 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the US. The Song Ian Thomas was a moderately successful artist in Canada, whose songs have been covered by bigger artists a number of times. He was inspired to write this song about Terry Fox, a Canadian hero who set off on a run across the country on one good leg and a prosthetic leg, having lost the other due to cancer. The run was to raise awareness of cancer and seeking funding for cancer research. Unfortunately, Fox only made it half-way through because he had to end his run due to medical concer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia Voigt
Cynthia Voigt (born February 25, 1942) is an American writer of books for young adults dealing with various topics such as adventure, mystery, racism and child abuse. Her first book in the Tillerman family series, ''Homecoming'', was nominated for several international prizes and adapted as a 1996 film. Her novel ''Dicey's Song'' won the 1983 Newbery Medal. Voigt received the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1995 recognizing her contribution in writing for teens. Life Cynthia Voigt was born February 25, 1942, in Boston, Massachusetts. She graduated from Smith College in Massachusetts and worked in advertising in New York City. In 1964, she married and moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she started teaching. She taught second grade (and one high school English class) at the Key School in Annapolis, Maryland, from 1966 to 1971. She divorced in 1972, and taught high school English in Glen Burnie, Maryland. She began writing again and remarried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runner (other)
A runner is a person who runs. Runner may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * Runner, the most junior member(s) of a film crew or member(s) of a television crew * ''Runner'', a film by the British artist Ravi Deepres * ''Runner'' (2021 film), a 2021 Lithuanian film by Andrius Blaževičius * Runner (''Stargate''), a character in the fictional ''Stargate'' universe * "Runner" (''Stargate Atlantis''), an episode of the television series ''Stargate Atlantis'' * "Runner" (''The Professionals''), an episode of the crime-action television drama series * Runner (Logans Run), a type of character in the film ''Logan's Run'' Music * ''Runner'' (album), a 2012 studio album by The Sea and Cake * Runner (band), a short-lived British rock band, formed in 1978 * "Runner" (song), a 1981 song by Canadian musician Ian Thomas, also by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1984 * The Runners (production duo), an American electronic and hip hop production duo * "The Runner" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
