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Savages (Law
Savages may refer to: Films * Savages (1972 film), ''Savages'' (1972 film), by James Ivory * Savages (1974 film), ''Savages'' (1974 film), an American TV film * The Savages (film), ''The Savages'' (film), a 2007 film by Tamara Jenkins * Savages (2012 film), ''Savages'' (2012 film), by Oliver Stone * Savages (2024 film), a Swiss-French-Belgian stop motion animated film Television Episodes * Savages (Avengers Assemble), "Savages" (''Avengers Assemble'') (2014) * Savages (Blue), "Savages" (''Blue'') (2015) * Savages (Law & Order), "Savages" (''Law & Order'') (1995) * Savages (Outlander), "Savages" (''Outlander'') (2018) * The Savages (Have Gun – Will Travel), "The Savages" (''Have Gun – Will Travel'') (1963) Shows * The Savages (Doctor Who), ''The Savages'' (''Doctor Who''), a 1966 serial of the British science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' * The Savages (TV series), ''The Savages'' (TV series), a British sitcom that aired in 2001 Music * Savages (band), a British p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savages (1972 Film)
''Savages'' is a 1972 Merchant Ivory Film directed by James Ivory and screenplay by George W. S. Trow and Michael O'Donoghue, based on an idea by Ivory. The film concept given to Trow and O'Donoghue was to tell a story that was the reverse of Luis Buñuel's 1962 film ''The Exterminating Angel (film), The Exterminating Angel'', in which guests at an elegant dinner party become bestial. Writing began in late 1968 and continued through 1969. Its first showing came at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1972. Synopsis In contrast to Buñuel's story, ''Savages'' starts when a tribe of primitive "mudpeople" performing a sacrifice encounter a croquet ball, rolling through their forest. Following it, they find themselves on a vast, deserted Westchester estate in the 1930s. Entering, they begin to become civilized and assume the stereotypical roles and dress of people at a weekend party. There follows an allegory of upper-class behavior. At last, they begin to devolve toward their origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savages (Breathe Carolina Album)
''Savages'' is the fourth studio album by Electronic music, electronic band Breathe Carolina released on April 15, 2014 through Fearless Records in the United States. Upon the album's release, it debuted at No. 22 on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200, No. 4 on the Alternative Albums chart, and topped the Dance/Electronic Albums chart, selling 14,000 copies in its first week. The album spawned six singles: "Savages (Breathe Carolina song), Savages", "Bang It Out" featuring pop duo Karmin, "Sellouts (song), Sellouts" featuring Danny Worsnop of the metalcore band Asking Alexandria, "Chasing Hearts" featuring Tyler Carter of metalcore group Issues (band), Issues, "Collide" and "I Don't Know What I'm Doing". The album features a more Electronic music, electronic and dance (music), dance influence rather than the electronic rock and post-hardcore influences seen on the group's previous albums. This is the first album released without former member Kyle Even. Background In early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg F
Greg is a masculine given name, and often a shortened form of the given name Gregory. Greg (sometimes spelled " Gregg") is also a surname. People with the name *Greg Abbott (other), multiple people *Greg Abel (born 1961/1962), Canadian businessman * Greg Adams (other), multiple people * Greg Allen (other), multiple people * Greg Anderson (other), multiple people * Greg Austin (other), multiple people *Greg Ball (other), multiple people * Greg Bell (other), multiple people * Greg Bennett (other), multiple people *Greg Berlanti (born 1972), American writer and producer *Greg Biffle (born 1969), American NASCAR driver * Greg Blankenship (born 1954), American football player *Greg Boyd (other), multiple people * Greg Boyer (other), multiple people *Greg Brady (broadcaster) (born 1971), Canadian sports radio host *Greg Brock (baseball) (born 1957), American baseball player * Greg Brooker (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Holt
Thomas Charles Louis Holt (born 13 September 1961) is a British novelist. In addition to fiction published under his own name, he writes fantasy under the pseudonym K. J. Parker. Biography Holt was born in London, the son of novelist Hazel Holt, and was educated at Westminster School, Wadham College, Oxford, and The College of Law, London. He worked as a solicitor in Somerset for seven years before writing full-time. His works include mythopoeic novels which parody or take as their theme various aspects of mythology, history, or literature and develop them in new and often humorous ways. He has also written a number of historical novels writing as Thomas Holt. Steve Nallon collaborated with Holt to write ''I, Margaret'', a satirical autobiography of Margaret Thatcher published in 1989. K. J. Parker K. J. Parker is the pseudonym under which Holt has published fantasy fiction. Holt's assumed identity as K. J. Parker was kept secret for 17 years, until April 2015. Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savages (novel)
''Savages '' is a crime novel by American author Don Winslow, published in 2010. It was followed in 2012 by a prequel, '' The Kings of Cool''. Plot summary Ben and Chon are two Americans running a lucrative marijuana operation out of Laguna Beach, California. Their business thrives until members of the Mexican Baja Cartel decide they want to enter the same business. When Ben and Chon resist the Mexicans' demands, the cartel kidnaps "O" (short for Ophelia), the boys' close confidante and frequent bedroom playmate. Ben and Chon conjure schemes to outwit their adversaries and win back O, using everything from improvised explosive devices to masks. Film adaptation In 2012, the novel was adapted into a film of the same name, directed by Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone (born ) is an American filmmaker. Stone is an acclaimed director, tackling subjects ranging from the Vietnam War and American politics to musical film, musical Biographical film, biopics and Crime film, crime dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Pronzini
Bill Pronzini (born April 13, 1943) is an American writer of detective fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. Pronzini is known as the creator of the San Francisco-based Nameless Detective, who starred in over 40 books from the early 1970s into the 2000s. Biography William John Pronzini was born in Petaluma, California in 1943. He attended local schools. He has been married three times. The first marriage was to Laura Patricia Adolphson (1965, divorced 1966); the second was to Brunhilde Schier (July 28, 1972, separated December 1985, divorced a couple of years later). He married mystery writer Marcia Muller in 1992. They have collaborated on several novels: ''Double'' (1984), a Nameless Detective novel, ''The Lighthouse'' (1987), ''Beyond the Grave'' (1986), several books in the Carpenter and Quincannon mystery series, and numerous anthologies. DeAnd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David L
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as "Davidic line, House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the ''Seder Olam Rabbah'', ''Seder Olam Zutta'', and ''Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, Historicity of the Bible, the historicit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Conran
Dame Shirley Ida Conran (; 21 September 1932 – 9 May 2024) was an English author, designer, journalist, and social entrepreneur. After Conran's marriage to Terence Conran, with whom she worked as a designer and sales director at Conran Fabrics, she became women's editor of ''The Observer'' and the ''Daily Mail'', launching its Femail section. After a serious illness left her with ME, making it difficult for her to work, she wrote best-selling books including the feminist self-help ''Superwoman'' (1975) and the bonkbuster ''Lace'' (1982). In later life, Conran campaigned and founded charities to encourage maths education for women. For this, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire and was invested in hospital a week before her death. Early life Conran was born as Shirley Ida Pearce on 21 September 1932 in the Municipal Borough of Hendon, Middlesex, to Ida and Thirlby Pearce. She attended St Paul's Girls' School and then a finishing school in Switz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Vaughan (author)
Robert Vaughan (born Robert Richard Vaughan Jr. ; 22 November 1937 – March 2024) was an American writer. He has authored over 400 books in nearly every genre. He won the 1977 Porgie Award (Best Paperback Original) for ''The Power and the Pride''. He has also written a series of contemporary and historical romance novels under several pseudonyms including "Paula Moore" and "Paula Fairman". He wrote the novelization for the television movie '' Andersonville''. Vaughan was a frequent speaker at seminars and at high schools and colleges, and has also hosted three television talk shows: ''Eyewitness Magazine'' on WAVY-TV in Portsmouth, Virginia; ''Tidewater A.M.'' on W05BQ-TV in Hampton, Virginia; and ''This Week in Books'' on the TEMPO Cable Television Network. He has also written and produced a one-man play about Ernest Hemingway. Vaughan was a retired Army Warrant Officer (CW-3) with three tours in Vietnam where he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Young (writer)
Gordon Young (1886 – February 10, 1948) was an American writer of adventure and western stories. Life Young was born in Ray County, Missouri.P. R. Meldrum, "Young, Gordon (Ray)" in ''Twentieth Century Western Writers'', edited by Geoff Sadler. St. James Press, 1991, ,(pp. 743–44)Tom Krabacher, "Gordon Ray Young:Forgotten Adventurer", in ''Blood N' Thunder'' Magazine Summer 2010, (p.60-78). He worked as a cowboy and served in the United States Marine Corps in the Philippines, before moving to Los Angeles and taking a job at the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 1914. During his time in Los Angeles, Young befriended the writer Paul Jordan-Smith and the painter Edward Middleton Manigault. Young eventually became Literary Editor of the ''Los Angeles Times''; one of his correspondents was Sinclair Lewis. He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, February 10, 1948. Writing career Young's first published story was "The Lady's Picture", in ''The Cavalier'' magazine, in March 1913. He b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Froot
''Froot'' is the third studio album by Welsh singer-songwriter Marina Diamandis and her last under the stage name Marina and the Diamonds. It was originally scheduled to be released on 3 April 2015 by Neon Gold Records and Atlantic Records, although it was ultimately released on 13 March 2015 due to unauthorised Internet leaks. Written entirely by Diamandis, she collaborated with David Kosten for production. Musically, ''Froot'' is primarily a pop, Europop and synth-pop record with elements of electronic music, indie pop, new wave, and rock. Music critics commended its cohesive production and further applauded Diamandis for her vocal delivery. A critical success, it appeared on several critics' year-end lists in 2015. The record debuted at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 10,411 copies. It also became her first top 10 album in the United States, debuting at number eight on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart after selling 46,000 units. The "Froot of the Mont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savages (Pocahontas Song)
"Savages" is a song from the 1995 Disney animated film ''Pocahontas''. It addresses themes of othering, xenophobia, and genocide. The song has been met with mixed to negative reviews from critics, with many criticizing it as dehumanizing Native Americans based on the face value of its violently racist lyrics despite the views expressed thereby being portrayed negatively by the context of the film's narrative. Synopsis The song sees the colonists and the Native Americans singing about how the other groups are savages, and how they will go to war to wipe out the other race. The "Powhatans and the colonists break into the same song as they prepare for the upcoming battle". Composition Pocahontas sings counterpoint melodies during the song which are variations on "Colors of the Wind" and "Steady As The Beating Drum". She sings of peace and love to juxtapose their words. The song has two parts. The first part sees the colonists and the natives each declare the other to be inhuman as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
