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The Getaway
The Getaway may refer to: Books * ''The Getaway'' (novel), a 1958 novel by Jim Thompson * '' Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway'', the twelfth book in the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' series Film * ''The Get-Away'' (1941 film), a 1941 remake of the 1935 crime film ''Public Hero No. 1'' * ''The Getaway'' (1972 film), a 1972 film adaptation of the 1958 novel, starring Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw * ''The Getaway'' (1994 film), a 1994 film adaptation of the 1958 novel, starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger Music * ''The Getaway'' (Chris de Burgh album), 1982 * ''The Getaway'' (Red Hot Chili Peppers album), 2016 * The Getaway World Tour, 2016–17 concert tour by Red Hot Chili Peppers * ''The Getaway'' EP, a song by English indie rock band Athlete * "The Getaway", a song by Hilary Duff * "The Getaway", a song by American punk band Ten Foot Pole * "The Getaway", a song by TV Girl from '' French Exit'' Plays * "The Getaway," a play by Charles King Van Riper Charles King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Getaway (novel)
''The Getaway'' is a 1958 crime novel by Jim Thompson. Tagline Doc McCoy pulls off what he thinks is the perfect bank robbery, but there are things he has forgotten, including a treacherous partner, his amateur criminal wife, and that there is no such thing as a clean getaway. Plot Carter "Doc" McCoy, an expert criminal who was recently released from prison on a pardon, plans to commit a bank robbery with three accomplices. One is his wife Carol, a former librarian who was charmed by Doc's ruthlessness and immorality and thus became his partner-in-crime; she is waiting with their getaway car. The other two are the thuggish Rudy Torrento and the naive Jackson, both of whom are discussing the group's planned escape route: they intend to travel first to California, where they are to stay at a tourist camp Rudy knows while the heat dies down, and then intend to sneak across the Mexican border to go to a mysterious sanctuary for criminals run by a man called El Rey ("The King"). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Getaway (Alias)
The second season of ''Alias'' premiered September 29, 2002 on ABC and concluded May 4, 2003 and was released on DVD in region 1 on December 2, 2003. Guest stars in season two include David Carradine, Ethan Hawke, Richard Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Rutger Hauer, Christian Slater, and Danny Trejo. The thirteenth episode of the season, ''Phase One'', aired after Super Bowl XXXVII. Cast Main characters * Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow (22 episodes) * Ron Rifkin as Arvin Sloane (22 episodes) * Michael Vartan as Michael Vaughn (22 episodes) * Bradley Cooper as Will Tippin (19 episodes) * Merrin Dungey as Francie Calfo and Allison Doren (21 episodes) * Carl Lumbly as Marcus Dixon (16 episodes) * Kevin Weisman as Marshall Flinkman (21 episodes) * David Anders as Julian Sark (15 episodes) * Lena Olin as Irina Derevko (17 episodes) * Victor Garber as Jack Bristow (22 episodes) Recurring characters Episodes Home release The 6-DVD box set of Season 2 was released in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Monday
Black Monday refers to specific Mondays when undesirable or turbulent events have occurred. It has been used to designate massacres, military battles, and stock market crashes. Historic events *1209, Dublin – when a group of 500 recently arrived settlers from Bristol were massacred by warriors of the Gaelic O'Byrne clan. The group had left the safety of the walled city of Dublin to celebrate Easter Monday near a wood at Ranelagh, when they were attacked without warning. Although now a relatively obscure event in history, it was commemorated by a mustering of the Mayor, Sheriffs and soldiers on the day as a challenge to the native tribes for centuries afterwards. *13 April 1360 – Black Monday (1360), when inclement weather killed men and horses in the army of Edward III during the Hundred Years' War. * 8 April 1652 (New Style, i.e. in the Gregorian calendar, or 29 March, Old Style, in the Julian calendar) – A total solar eclipse. *24 February 1689 – During the Williami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Getaway (video Game)
''The Getaway'' is an action-adventure open world video game developed by Team Soho and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. ''The Getaway'' is inspired by British gangster films, most notably ''Get Carter'' and '' Snatch''. Initially, the release of the game was to coincide with the launch of the PlayStation 2 in 2000, but was delayed by 27 months due to the difficulty of re-creating large areas of London in high resolution. The game focuses on two characters each with their own plot settings, Mark Hammond, an ex-bank robber, and Detective Constable Frank Carter, a police officer in service with the Flying Squad, with both plots running parallel and intersecting before concluding in the finale of the game. A sequel, entitled '' The Getaway: Black Monday'', was released in 2004. Gameplay ''The Getaway'' is designed as a third-person sandbox game in which the player controls the two lead characters as they carry out their missions for game progres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Speed II
High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory * High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift took or takes place * Substance intoxication, also known by the slang description "being high" * Sugar high, a misconception about the supposed psychological effects of sucrose Music Performers * High (musical group), a 1974–1990 Indian rock group * The High, an English rock band formed in 1989 Albums * ''High'' (The Blue Nile album) or the title song, 2004 * ''High'' (Flotsam and Jetsam album), 1997 * ''High'' (New Model Army album) or the title song, 2007 * ''High'' (Royal Headache album) or the title song, 2015 * ''High'' (EP), by Jarryd James, or the title song, 2016 Songs * "High" (Alison Wonderland song), 2018 * "High" (The Chainsmokers song), 2022 * "High" (The Cure song), 1992 * "High" (David Hallyday song), 1988 * "H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Getaway (SpongeBob SquarePants)
The tenth season of the American animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, aired on Nickelodeon in the United States from October 15, 2016, to December 2, 2017. The series chronicles the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. This season, which opened with "Whirly Brains" and finished airing with "The Incredible Shrinking Sponge", is the shortest in the show's history, containing 11 half-hours only instead of the usual length of 26. The season was first announced on May 21, 2012. It was executive produced by Hillenburg, and was the first season of the show not to involve long-time crew member and former showrunner Paul Tibbitt. The showrunners for this season were Marc Ceccarelli and Vincent Waller, who also acted as supervising producers. The show received several accolades during the run of its tenth season, including the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Getaway (TV Series)
''The Getaway'' is an American travel documentary television series that aired on the Esquire Network and premiered on September 25, 2013. ''The Getaway'' was executive produced by Anthony Bourdain and followed celebrities as they have tours of their favorite or dream destinations for a quick trip. Synopsis ''The Getaway'' featured travel-loving celebrities, exploring and showcasing their favorite or dream vacation spots. The season premiere featured ''The Soup'' host Joel McHale in Belfast, United Kingdom. Other episodes had actor/comedian Aziz Ansari in Hong Kong; actress/comedian Aisha Tyler in Paris, France; rapper Eve in Kingston, Jamaica; and acclaimed chef José Andrés in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Broadcast It was set to premiere April 24, 2013, on but was pushed to September 25, 2013, the same week the network re-branding took place in order for Esquire Network to have a broader range of original programs aside from this series and '' Knife Fight''. Season 2 premiered on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Getaway (Legends Of Tomorrow)
The fourth season of the American television series ''Legends of Tomorrow'', which is based on characters from DC Comics, premiered on The CW on October 22, 2018, and concluded on May 20, 2019, with a total of 16 episodes. The season follows the Legends, a dysfunctional team of time-traveling superheroes and anti-heroes, and their mission to recapture the magical fugitives that they accidentally released throughout time. It is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with the other television series of the universe, and is a spin-off of '' Arrow'' and '' The Flash''. The season was produced by Berlanti Productions, Warner Bros. Television, and DC Entertainment, with Phil Klemmer and Keto Shimizu serving as showrunners. The season was ordered in April 2018, and production began that July. Principal cast members Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Tala Ashe, Amy Louise Pemberton, Nick Zano, and Dominic Purcell return from previous seasons, while Jes Macallan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Getaway (Everybody Loves Raymond)
The third season of ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' ran in the United States from September 21, 1998 to May 24, 1999. Production The third season of ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' was produced by HBO Independent Productions, creator Philip Rosenthal's company Where's Lunch, and David Letterman's Worldwide Pants. Patricia Heaton was pregnant with her fourth son during filming of the season, which the producers and directors try to hide, such as with her holding a large telephone book in the season's premiere. On March 22, 1999, Peter Boyle suffered a heart attack on set; he initially refused to go to the hospital, despite strong insistence from the paramedics, but changed his mind after Rosenthal told the actor he would be liable if Boyle died. While he survived, he would've been dead if he'd arrived at the hospital fifteen minutes later. This resulted in Boyle being absent for two episodes in order to recover. Despite media coverage reporting that he would likely appear in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Getaway (Tru Calling)
''Tru Calling'' is an American Supernatural fiction, supernatural Drama (film and television), drama television series that aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox. Original episodes aired between October 30, 2003, and April 21, 2005; however, the final episode was shown in other territories before it was aired in the United States due to lower-than-anticipated ratings. The show starred Eliza Dushku as Tru Davies, a twenty-two-year-old medical school student who takes a job at the city morgue when her internship falls through. When the corpse of a deceased woman seems to awaken and asks for her help, Tru discovers that she has the incredible power to relive that day in order to try to prevent that death. Over the course of the series, Tru struggles to keep her secret, juggle her responsibilities with her complicated personal life, and learn to control her power. Created by Jon Harmon Feldman, the show was produced by Original Film, Oh That Gus!, Inc., and 20th Century Fox Televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Getaway (Dexter)
"The Getaway" is the fourth season finale of the American television drama series ''Dexter'', and the 48th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on Showtime on December 13, 2009. In the episode, Dexter goes to great lengths to stop Arthur, who now knows Dexter's true identity. Meanwhile, Debra learns the truth about Dexter's mother, the homicide division closes in on the Trinity Killer, and Rita reaffirms her support for Dexter, even as she acknowledges his hidden demons. The teleplay was written by Wendy West and Melissa Rosenberg, based on a story by Rosenberg and Scott Reynolds. Directed by Steve Shill, "The Getaway" marked the conclusion of the Trinity Killer plotline, as well as the final regular appearance of guest star John Lithgow, who portrayed Arthur Mitchell and Julie Benz, a regular cast member since the beginning of the series. To protect the twist ending, ''Dexter'' producers imposed strict security measures, which included the distribution of fake alter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles King Van Riper
Charles King Van Riper (September 8, 1891 – April 16, 1964) was an American newspaperman, writer, and playwright, best known for writing short stories for nationally circulated magazines, and as the founder of the Abalone League, the first organized softball league in the Western United States. He went on to build a successful ship-model shop and showroom in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. 285 of his ship models and archival materials are now part of the South Street Seaport Museum. Early life Van Riper's father was Anthony B. Van Riper (1862-1917) of Paterson, New Jersey. He founded the silk manufacturer firm of Frost & Van Riper with his partner Harry B. Frost, for twenty-five years before his death. Van Riper was a graduate of Rutgers College, class of 1913. Van Riper did newspaper work for New York and New Jersey newspapers until World War I, when he entered the United States Army Air Service. Van Riper was married to Helen Dorothy Ordway (1893-1965) and they had one ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
