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Calamity
Calamity may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Calamity'' (album), by The Curtains (2008) * Calamity (board game), board game released by Games Workshop in 1983 * ''Calamity'' (film), 1982 Czechoslovak film * ''Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary'', 2020 animated film * ''Calamity'', the third book in the series ''The Reckoners'' by Brandon Sanderson * Calamity Coyote, a fictional character in ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' * Calamity James, a British comic book character from ''The Beano'' * ''Calamity Jane'' (film), a 1953 film based on the person * ''Calamity Town'', a 1942 novel by Ellery Queen * The Calamity, a central plot point for the 2011 video game ''Bastion'' Other uses * Disaster, a terrible event * ''Al-Qaria'' (English: ''the calamity''), the 101st sura of the Quran dealing with the end of time *Calamity Jane (1852–1903), American frontierwoman *Calamity Ganon is a Character (arts), fictional character and the primary antagonist of Nintendo's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamity Jane
Martha Jane Cannary (May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903), better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and storyteller. In addition to many exploits she was known for being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok. Late in her life, she appeared in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show and at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition. She is said to have exhibited compassion to others, especially to the sick and needy. This facet of her character contrasted with her daredevil ways and helped to make her a noted frontier figure. She was also known for her habit of wearing men's attire. Early life Much of the information about the early years of Calamity Jane's life comes from an autobiographical booklet that she dictated in 1896, written for publicity purposes. It was intended to help attract audiences to a tour she was about to begin, in which she appeared in dime museums around the United States. Some of the information in the pamphlet is exaggerated or even complet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamity Jane (film)
''Calamity Jane'' is a 1953 American Technicolor Western musical film directed by David Butler and starring Doris Day and Howard Keel. The musical numbers were staged and directed by Jack Donohue, who a year later would direct the Day musical, '' Lucky Me'' (1954). The film is loosely based on the life of Wild West heroine Calamity Jane (Doris Day) and explores an alleged romance between her and Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel). ''Calamity Jane'' was devised by Warner Bros. in response to the success of the 1950 film '' Annie Get Your Gun'', and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for " Secret Love" ( Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster), and was also Oscar-nominated for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Ray Heindorf) and Best Sound, Recording ( William A. Mueller). The songs and screenplay would form the basis of a 1961 stage musical of the same name that has had a number of productions. Plot Dakota Territory, the 1870s. Tough-talking, hard-riding, straig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamity, A Childhood Of Martha Jane Cannary
''Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary'' ( French: ''Calamity, une enfance de Martha Jane Cannary'') is a 2020 French-Danish animated family feature film directed by Rémi Chayé. The film is loosely based on the life of the American frontierswoman Calamity Jane. Plot Martha Jane Cannary, her father, and her sisters, are traveling with a caravan across the American West to Oregon. When her father is injured by their horse, she feels compelled to step up and take responsibility for their family's carriage. However, the leader of their group, Abraham, assigns his son Ethan to take over for Martha's father instead. Conflict ensues between Martha and Ethan as she fights to break free of the gender role assigned to her, while he struggles to earn his father's approval. Martha decides to secretly spends her nights training to lasso and ride a horse, and making pants for herself—something that was taboo since women were expected to wear dresses and skirts. One day, their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reckoners
''The Reckoners'' is a series of young adult superhero novels written by American author Brandon Sanderson. The series consists of ''Steelheart'' (2013), ''Firefight'' (2015), ''Calamity'' (2016) and ''Lux'' (2021). The series depicts a post-apocalyptic world in which the appearance of an orbiting cosmic phenomenon known as Calamity has given random people superhuman powers in apparent defiance of known physical laws, turning them into "Epics". These Epics prey upon or enslave the rest of humanity, causing the collapse of traditional governments. One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics. Background Twelve years ago, an object dubbed ''Calamity'' appeared near Earth and burst in the sky, emitting a strange radiation which gave a small group of humans super powers and near invincibility in apparent defiance of the known laws of physics. They all have different types of powers and weaknesses, with no apparent rhyme or reason. Dubbed Epics, these supe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamity James
Calamity James is a comic strip in the UK comic ''The Beano''. It is about a boy, named Calamity James (a pun on Calamity Jane), who has disastrous luck. He first appeared on 1 November 1986, in issue no. 2311. A copy of his first strip is viewable here. His strip replaced Biffo the Bear and Little Plum, which had both been reduced to a half-page by this time. He has a pet called Alexander Lemming, (a pun on Alexander Fleming). Creation and Concept There were several variations of the visual appearance of Calamity James before a final image was decided on. Calamity James has black hair, wears black trousers, and has a red jumper with the number 13 on it. He has big eyes, and many buck teeth, but he originally had small eyes and only two buck teeth. In earlier strips, he was also shown under a permanent black rain cloud. According to the 4 December 2014 issue of the Beano, he has a crush on Minnie the Minx and hopes to become her boyfriend one day. The strip features much surrea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bastion (video Game)
''Bastion'' is an action role-playing game, action role-playing video game developed by indie game, independent developer Supergiant Games and originally published in 2011 by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. In the game, the player controls "the Kid" as he moves through floating, fantasy-themed environments and fights enemies of various types. It features a dynamic voiceover from a narrator (Logan Cunningham), and is presented as a two-dimensional game with an isometric graphics in video games and pixel art, isometric camera and a hand-painted, colorful art style. ''Bastion''s story follows the Kid as he collects special shards of rock to power a structure, the Bastion, in the wake of an apocalyptic Calamity. The game was built over the course of two years by a team of seven people split between San Jose, California, San Jose and New York City. They debuted the game at the September 2010 Penny Arcade Expo, and it went on to be nominated for awards at the 2011 Independent G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamity (album)
''Calamity'' is the fourth album by Californian Pop music, pop band The Curtains, released in 2006 on Asthmatic Kitty. It was recorded directly after Deerhoof's "The Runners Four". The album is exclusively produced by Chris Cohen (musician), Chris Cohen. It features guest performances by Nedelle Torrisi and Yasi Perera (vocal harmonies), as well as trombone by John Ringhofer. The album's music is mostly composed of compressed guitars, piano and drums; the instrumentation has been described as "nondescript" and "delicate". It is classified as indie rock, although songs contain other elements such as psychedelic rock, jazz, and Experimental music, experimental. Track listing # "Go Lucky" – 3:11 # "Green Water" – 2:19 # "Wysteria" – 2:11 # "The Thousandth Face" – 2:56 # "World's Most Dangerous Woman" – 2:41 # "Tornado Traveler's Fear" – 2:44 # "Roscomare" – 3:02 # "Old Scott Rd." – 2:08 # "Calamity" – 2:27 # "Invisible String" – 1:19 # "Brunswick Stew" – 1:4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tiny Toon Adventures Characters
The ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' animated television series features an extensive cast of characters. The show's central characters are mostly various forms of anthropomorphic animals, based on Looney Tunes characters from earlier films and shows. In the series, the characters attend a school called Acme Looniversity, set in the cartoon community of Acme Acres. Main characters Buster Bunny Buster Bunny (voiced by Charlie Adler and later John Kassir in the original and Keith Ferguson in the reboot) is a main character of the show. Buster is a young, blue-and-white male 14-year-old rabbit with a red shirt and white gloves, and is Babs's best friend. In the last episode, ''It's a Wonderful Tiny Toon Christmas Special'', Babs states that Buster is her boyfriend. Bugs Bunny is Buster's mentor. Adler voiced Buster in the canceled video game '' Tiny Toon Adventures: Defenders of the Universe''. Buster is based on the Chuck Jones version of Bugs Bunny. Babs Bunny Barbara Anne "Babs" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamity Town
''Calamity Town'' is a mystery novel by American writers Manfred B. Lee and Frederic Dannay, published in 1942 under the pseudonym of Ellery Queen. It is set in the fictional town of Wrightsville, a place that figures in several later Queen books. Plot summary Ellery Queen moves into the small town of Wrightsville, somewhere in New England, in order to get some peace and quiet so that he can write a book. As a result of renting a furnished house, he becomes peripherally involved in the story of Jim Haight and Nora Wright. Nora's father is president of the Wrightsville National bank, "oldest family in town", and when the head cashier Jim Haight became engaged to his daughter Nora, he built and furnished a house for them as a wedding present. That was three years ago—the day before the wedding, Jim Haight disappeared, the wedding was called off, and the jinxed house became known as "Calamity House". Ellery rents it, just before the return of Jim Haight, and the wedding is soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamity (board Game)
''Calamity'' is a board game released by Games Workshop in 1983. Development The game was co-designed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, along with Ian Livingstone and Derek Carver, and patterned after the world of high-risk insurance. Gameplay It features a standard '' Monopoly''-style playing track, although players complete the track only once per game. Reception J C Connor reviewed ''Calamity!'' for ''Imagine Imagine may refer to: * Imagination Music Albums * ''Imagine'' (Armin van Buuren album), 2008 * ''Imagine'' (Eva Cassidy album), 2002 * ''Imagine'' (Janice Vidal album), 2012 * ''Imagine'' (John Lennon album), 1971 ** ''Imagine: John Lennon' ...'' magazine, and stated that "This is an easy game to learn but requires skill and experience to win in a convincing fashion." References External links * Board games introduced in 1983 Economic simulation board games Games Workshop games {{board-game-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamity (film)
Calamity ( cs, Kalamita) is a 1982 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Vera Chytilová. Cast * Bolek Polívka - Honza Dostál * Dagmar Bláhová - Majka * - Primárka * Marie Pavlíková - Bábicka * - Kveta * Zdeněk Svěrák - Ucitel * Václav Svorc - Nácelník * Bronislav Poloczek - Rezník * Václav Helsus - Strojvedoucí * Zdeněk Dítě Zdeněk Dítě (19 November 1920 – 11 December 2001) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1945 and 1991. Selected filmography * '' The Wedding Ring'' (1945) - Robert, mladý kníze ... - Lesník References External links * 1982 comedy films 1982 films Czechoslovak comedy films Czech comedy films Films directed by Věra Chytilová 1980s Czech-language films 1980s Czech films {{1980s-CzechRepublic-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disaster
A disaster is a serious problem occurring over a short or long period of time that causes widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. Disasters are routinely divided into either " natural disasters" caused by natural hazards or "human-instigated disasters" caused from anthropogenic hazards. However, in modern times, the divide between natural, human-made and human-accelerated disasters is difficult to draw. Examples of natural hazards include avalanches, flooding, cold waves and heat waves, droughts, earthquakes, cyclones, landslides, lightning, tsunamis, volcanic activity, wildfires, and winter precipitation. Examples of anthropogenic hazards include criminality, civil disorder, terrorism, war, industrial hazards, engineering hazards, power outages, fire, hazards caused by transportation, and environmental hazards. Developing countries suffer the greatest costs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
