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"Documentary films are written four times. The first time you write it is when you conceive your questions because those questions have to lead to a narrative. You have to know that the answers of your subject are going to start piecing together the film. The second part is when you get the transcripts back [from the interviews]. I highlight them and start to puzzle all the different bites together. Where there is a break and it needs to be redirected, you write the voice-over. That is the third part of the process. The fourth time you write is when you are in the edit bay and you look at the footage. You do it all over again. It is really about taking your subjects' voices and giving them narrative."
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Click here for the Documentary Screenplay Contract's current terms and 2014 filing documents. This contract was revised in 2013 to include a new deferment definition.
What is it?It is a contract designed to meet the demands of the documentary film business as well as ensure the rights and benefits for writers of theatrically released documentaries budgeted at $1.2 million or below.
How does it work?Many documentaries are financed by filmmakers themselves. Before this contract, working under the WGA agreement was cost-prohibitive to most filmmakers who stretch every dollar to create their works of passion. Now writer-directors and writer-producers can work under the protection of the WGA and use partial or complete deferments instead of having to pay all writing fees upfront. In addition, the agreement makes it easier on theatrical documentary producers who want to hire writers under the WGA agreement by allowing for partial deferments of writing fees in accordance with various budget breaks. And in the event a documentary screenplay is purchased prior to the start of principal photography, fees for the purchase of such literary material may also be at least partially if not completely deferred. Deferred payment terms are "most favored nations" with the person who performs directing services.
A Documentary Screenplay Contract must be requested by the Writer and the Company must file required Documentary Screenplay Contract documents. The request and documents must be reviewed and approved by the WGAW. If the Contract's terms are included in a personal agreement but no additional documents are filed, the Writer is NOT ensured that the Documentary Screenplay Contract will apply to the project. The Guild's Signatory documents and process should not be confused with the WGA Documentary Screenplay Contract requirements.
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Charleston Historic District
Downtown Charleston includes a historic courthouse and many historic homes listed on both the Coles County Register for Significant Places and the National Register of Historic Places.
Cross at the Crossroads
Soaring nearly 200 feet into the Midwestern sky, the Cross is a landmark for the more than 19 million travelers who pass through Effingham each year along Interstates 57 and 70. Other features of the site include a visitor center, chapel and a 10 Commandments display.
Dennis Hanks Gravesite
View the burial site of Abraham Lincoln's tutor in the Old City Cemetery.
Eastern Illinois University
This campus consists of 316 acres. German Gothic architecture of Old Main towers above the campus.
Effingham County Courthouse
The courthouse was built in 1871 after Effingham was named the county seat. The courhouse retains a pristine exterior and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It also features a museum inside. The museum displays two rooms devoted to the military, which gets changed throughout the year. It also has a room dedicated to the railroads in Effingham County. The Effingham County Courthouse is open Tuesday and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Effingham County Veteran's Memorial
The Effingham County Veteran's Memorial wall is dedicated to all the men and women who served from all five branches of the armed forces. The names on the walls for from past and present. Every year they add more names to the wall.
Heart Theatre
The Heart Theatre is located across the street from the Effingham County Courthouse. The theatre is one of the two examples in Effingham of the Art Deco style that was popular from 1920 to 1940.
Historic Charleston Courthouse Square
See the majestic Coles County courthouse and discover historic murals in Charleston's Courthouse Square.
Illinois Oilfield Museum & Resource Center
One of only seven of its kind in the nation, this museum at Oblong Park highlights an industry that revolutionized the country.
Lincoln Douglas Debate Museum
Charleston's newest heritage tourism attraction. Learn more about the 1858 political debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. This site is a designated, "Looking for Lincoln" site.
Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site
The last home of Thomas and Sarah Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's parents. It shares the site with the Sargent farm, an 1840's living history farm.
Lincoln School Museum
The Lincoln School Museum is a restored 1880's one-room brick school located one mile north of Martinsville, Clark County, Illinois on a spur of the National Road. The Lincoln School is representative of the brick construction of one-room schools built during the 1880's, representing the typical one-room school of the era, and the education available of that time. The Lincoln School Museum is open to the public on weekends from June through August and any time by appointment.
Mattoon Welcome Center & Historic Railroad Depot
Mattoon Tourism & Arts Welcome Center is located in the historic Illinois Central Railroad Train Depot, which also still serves as the Amtrak Station for the Community. The original Railroad Depot was constructed in 1918 by the Illinois Central Railroad, and it was then remodeled in 2011. The Depot is still an active Amtrak Station with 3,000 passengers boarding and un-boarding per month. The welcome center offers a host of information: state-of-the-art schools & colleges, a growing economy, beautiful parks, lakes and sports amenities round out the more favorable quality of life found in Mattoon.
Moore Home
This is the preserved home of Reuben Moore and his wife Matilda, who was a daughter of Sarah Bush Lincoln and stepsister of Abraham Lincoln. The frame Moore Home dates back to the late 1850s.
My Garage Museum Collection
Showcasing classic and one-of-a-kind Corvettes and memorabilia, My Garage Museum is a must-see attraction for any car enthusiast. Corvettes on display include Indy pace cars, racing machines, the last C-4 and the first 21st century model.
National Road Covered Bridge
The Embarras River, near Greenup, was the site of a covered bridge built by Abe and Thomas Lincoln and Dennis Hanks. The original bridge was 200 feet long. The reconstructed bridge was dedicated in 2000.
Peterson House
The historic Peterson House is a part of Peterson Park in Mattoon, and houses the Mattoon Chamber of Commerce. This beautiful building is rich in architectural history and is an key part of Mattoon's cultural story.
Teutopolis Monastery Museum
See displays of early life in this German Catholic community, founded in 1838. The first Franciscans arrived in October 1858, and the three priests and six brothers quickly set about building a parish and friary.
Thomas Lincoln Cemetery and Shiloh Church
This cemetery is the final resting place for many Civil War veterans, as well as Thomas and Sarah Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's father and stepmother.
Two-Story Outhouse at Gays
Arguably one of the most famous outhouses left on the planet is located in the town of Gays, IL, located just five minutes from Mattoon. The existence of outhouses in general are rare, but certainly a two-story version is a unique oddity that the small rural community of 300 has capitalized on for quite some time. Stop by anytime for this great photo opportunity!
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Handbook 07-34
September 2007 Appendix BAfghanistan Provincial Reconstruction TeamsThis annex is the U.S. complement to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Handbook. Except as noted below and where situations dictate otherwise, the ISAF Handbook should be the primary source of information, policies, and practices used by U.S. PRTs and members assigned to a PRT, U.S., or coalition in Afghanistan. PRT Management and Structure Key interagency components from Washington, D.C., to Kabul, Afghanistan Figure B-1: Major U.S. interagency
Key interagency decisions for U.S. PRTs within Afghanistan are coordinated primarily through daily meetings of the Afghanistan Interagency Operations Group. The group includes representatives from the Department of State (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Department of Defense (DOD), and other agencies delivering assistance. This formal interagency committee provides a uniform process for making and informing the President of policy-level decisions and for sharing information among agencies. In Afghanistan, U.S. assistance is coordinated through the U.S. embassy country team, although certain funding processes, such as CERP, may be executed at the discretion of the commander. (See Figure B-1.) DOS and DOD created the Afghanistan Reconstruction Group (ARG) in fiscal year (FY) 2004. This group is based in the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, and is a nontraditional solution to a nontraditional challenge. The ARG consists of a specially recruited group of senior advisors drawn from the highest levels of the private and public sectors, who bring their expertise in reconstruction-related skills, drive, and accountability to the reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. The group reports directly to the U.S. ambassador and coordinates with and assists officials at the highest levels of the Afghan government. Senior advisors provide a critically important strategic and private-sector perspective on the assistance and reconstruction efforts for Afghanistan. Identification and expansion of opportunities for private sector development are given high priority. Key military components from Tampa, FL, to Bagram, Afghanistan (See Figure B-2; see the ISAF PRT handbook for a description of ISAF structure.)
The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) is the combatant command authority for military personnel. Its areas of responsibility (AORs) include the Middle East, East Africa, and Central Asia. Its mission is "to conduct operations to attack, disrupt, and defeat terrorism; to deter and defeat adversaries; to deny access to WMD; to assure regional access; to strengthen regional stability; to build the self-reliance of partner nations' security forces; and to protect the vital interests of the United States within the AOR."13 USCENTCOM has a forward headquarters located in Qatar to serve American strategic interests of the Iraq and Afghanistan region. Combined Joint Task Force 82 (CJTF-82) was formed in June 2002 as CJTF-180 as the forward headquarters in Afghanistan to serve as the single joint command responsible to USCENTCOM and to the Secretary of Defense for all military functions in the country. CJTF-180 changed in mid-April 2004 to CJTF-76 and in mid-February 2007 became CJTF-82. The mission of CJTF-82 is to conduct full-spectrum operations to prevent the re-emergence of terror organizations and to establish an environment sufficiently stable to facilitate reconstruction, development, and growth of governmental and security institutions in Afghanistan. The Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A), in partnership with the Government of Afghanistan (GoA) and the international community, plans, programs, and implements reform of the Afghan Police and defense sectors to develop a stable Afghanistan, strengthen the rule of law, and deter and defeat terrorism within its borders.14 PRT structure Initial guidance on the structure and functions of U.S.-led PRTs within Afghanistan was agreed to by senior civilian and military leadership in Afghanistan and approved by the U.S. Deputies Committee in June 2003. The guidance envisioned that civilian representatives and military officers in the PRT would work as a team to assess the environment and develop strategies to achieve the three primary objectives.
DOD was assigned responsibility for improving security in the PRT's area of operation, as well as providing all logistical support and providing force protection for all PRT members, including civilians. USAID was given the lead on reconstruction and DOS was responsible for political oversight, coordination, and reporting. All members of the PRT leadership structure—military and civilian—are required to approve reconstruction projects and coordinate with local government offices and national ministries. The concept anticipated that as PRTs matured and conditions changed, additional capacity would be available through reach-back to additional military and civilian assets. The size and composition of U.S. PRTs vary depending on maturity, local circumstances, and the availability of personnel from civilian agencies. Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan did establish a model, which U.S. PRTs still generally emulate. According to the model, lieutenant colonels/commanders command the U.S. PRTs, which have a complement of military and civilian personnel. There is also an Afghan Ministry of the Interior representative and three to four local interpreters. The model's civilian component includes representatives from the DOS, USAID, and U.S. Department of Agriculture. (See Figure B-3.) USAID in Afghanistan15 Overview USAID is working with the GoA to build a safe, free, and prosperous future, a country at peace with its neighbors, and a friend to freedom around the world. USAID assistance (See <http://afghanistan.usaid.gov//en/Programs.aspx> for a list of current projects.) Infrastructure USAID is funding the construction and rehabilitation of infrastructure critical for further economic development and national integration. The primary focus is roads, including a major portion of the Kabul-Kandahar-Herat highway and approximately 1,000 kilometers of provincial, district, and rural roads. USAID is also investing in the construction and rehabilitation of power plants; transmission lines; dams, irrigation, and flood control systems; industrial parks; bridges; and universities, schools, and clinics. Economic growth USAID helped create a more attractive environment for economic growth by providing assistance to the GoA to design and implement sound, sustainable, transparent, and predictable economic policy. This included strengthening fiscal and monetary policy; enhancing revenue and expenditure management; and improving banking supervision and the legal framework for the financial, commercial, and trade sectors. USAID also works directly with the private sector to strengthen competitiveness in domestic and international markets. Democracy and governance USAID is supporting Afghanistan's commitment to a representative, broadly accepted national government, capable of promoting national unity and curtailing the role of extremists. USAID is providing logistical and technical support for free and fair elections; helping institutionalize the rule of law; establishing the National Assembly and strengthening the core offices of the presidency, as well as local government; and fostering the development of a viable civil society, including a professionally trained free press and an independent media. Support for GoA and other cross-cutting initiatives USAID directly supports GoA and a number of cross-cutting activities such as gender programs, training, PRTs, and the development of information technology. Alternative livelihoods program (ALP) ALP provides Afghans with opportunities to participate in the licit economy in key poppy-growing areas. In meeting immediate needs to provide economic opportunity, ALP supports labor-intensive cash-for-work projects to build or rehabilitate productive infrastructure and funds income generating and training efforts for vulnerable households as part of Afghanistan's counter-narcotics strategy. Health USAID supports basic health services, especially in rural and under-served areas. Over 660 clinics have been built or refurbished, and the number of people served in the clinics has increased. In coordination with the Ministry of Public Health, USAID has also supported the training of health workers, including doctors, midwives, and nurses, and has supported national tuberculosis, malaria, and avian influenza immunization programs. Education Following the defeat of the Taliban, USAID responded to the urgent need for schools, textbooks, trained teachers, and accelerated literacy courses for young women formerly denied an education. In the intervening years, USAID has expanded support to education in Afghanistan to include radio-based teacher training, primary school teacher training, higher education programs, and community-based and remedial literacy training. With the Ministry of Education and communities, over 650 schools have been built or renovated and over-aged students are enrolled in accelerated learning classes and have the opportunity to obtain an education. Agriculture USAID supports the development of a market-based licit rural economy that reduces poverty by developing Afghanistan's competitive advantages in agriculture production and diversifying its rural economy. Projects are designed to improve food security, increase agricultural productivity and rural employment, improve the management of natural resources and conserve biodiversity, and increase private sector investment in the agriculture sector. PRTs PRTs are civil-military organizations that are designed to improve security, extend the reach of the Afghan government, and facilitate reconstruction in priority provinces. Their core objective is to implement projects that will improve stability so that more traditional forms of development assistance can resume. USAID's programs work with PRTs to deliver services in less secure or under-served areas of Afghanistan. As USAID's primary representative in the provinces, field program officers monitor all U.S. reconstruction and development efforts in the area of responsibility of the PRT and implement PRT-specific programming. The officers work to build relationships with local leaders, identify local needs, and report on significant developments. Reintegrating former combatants USAID is working to ensure that reintegration assistance provided to 66,000 former combatants is effective and sustainable. United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in Afghanistan16 Overview USACE provides quality responsive engineering and construction services to a variety of customers through its Afghanistan Engineer District (AED). AED performs a crucial role in the international efforts to facilitate establishing a secure and stable environment in Afghanistan, while promoting reconstruction and infrastructure development. More than 200 U.S. civilian and military personnel are assigned to AED. They manage programs and projects that support a full spectrum of regional activities for the ISAF, CSTC-A and CJTF-82, USAID, and other organizations operating in Afghanistan. USACE assistance (See <http://www.aed.usace.army.mil/programs.asp> for a list of current projects.) These efforts generally fall into four major program areas:
Building Afghanistan's national capacity AED is committed to doing its part to help build Afghanistan's national capacity. On any given day, as many as 14,000 Afghans are at work on corps projects scattered around the country. The number of workers is expected to increase to 20,000 by the summer of 2007 as a result of the AED's increased workload and the initiatives to place more work with Afghan nationals and firms. The number of Afghan construction firms submitting proposals on AED's projects has significantly increased. As of December 2006, 70 percent of AED contract awards went to Afghan or Afghan-American firms. In addition, more than 120 Afghans work directly for AED; 49 of the 120 are in engineer/supervisory positions. AED engineers also partner and support Afghan facility engineers at various project sites. AED will continue to provide valuable engineering and construction services to support the development and execution of U.S. and international efforts to establish a secure and stable environment in Afghanistan. USACE estimates that it will manage approximately $2.07 billion in program funds in FY 2007, a significant increase over FY 2006. Endnotes 12 "Afghanistan Reconstruction: Despite Some Progress, Deteriorating Security and Other Obstacles Continue to Threaten Achievement of U.S. Goals," Report 05-742, U.S. Government Accountability Office, July 2005. 13 USCENTCOM mission statement, <http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom2 14 CSTC-A mission statement, <http://oneteam.centcom.mil/default.aspx>, accessed on July 29, 2007. 15 USAID/Afghanistan Strategy, <http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/Page 16 <http://www.aed.usace.army.mil/mission.asp>. |


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Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow)
"No animals were harmed in the making of the video displayed during the performance.
The film displayed during the performance contains extracts from the silent movie Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (1927) of Walther Ruttmann. (Distributor: FOX Film Corporation US, and FOX EUROPE)
In the film projected during the performance the costumes of the production "Boito: Mefistofele also appear, costume designer Mari Benedek.
Act One
The Emperor of a remote island marries the daughter of Keikobad, King of the Spirit Realm. As the daughter of Keikobad and a mortal woman, the girl was blessed with the magic power of transformation and appeared as a white gazelle before the Emperor as he was hunting. Just before she was slain by his spear, fear caused her beautiful body to break free from the animal figure, and so hunter and prey fell in love. Three days hence, the Emperor and the Empress will have been living together on the desolate island surrounded by the Seven Moon Mountains for a full year.
Having married a mortal man, Keikobads daughter has lost her magical power of transformation, but she does not become entirely mortal: her body never casts a shadow. Light penetrates her as through glass. It is dawn. The Empresss Nurse is awake: she is guarding her ladys dream in the hated mortals arms. Although she despises the world of humans and yearns to return to the Spirit Realm, she does not leave her lady. Just as in the previous eleven months, a messenger of the Spirit Realm arrives, now for the twelfth time, to enquire whether Keikobads daughter is casting a shadow. Upon hearing the bad news, he informs her of the decision of the King of the Spirit Realm: if the Empress fails to cast a shadow in three days time and is not pregnant, she must return to her country, and the Emperor will be turned to stone. The Emperor sets off on a three-day hunt to find his favourite falcon, the one that helped him catch the white gazelle. In his wrath, the Emperor wounded the bird
with his dagger. The falcon has not been seen since.
The Nurse wakes the Empress. They catch sight of a falcon with bleeding wings, and the crying bird repeats the curse engraved in the Empresss talisman: If the woman does not cast a shadow, the Emperor will turn to stone. The Empress begs the Nurse for help. The Nurse can see only one solution: they must obtain the shadow of a mortal woman. But to do so, they must descend to a human world that exudes deadly vapours.
Barak, the muscular but good-natured dyer, lives with his young wife and three crippled brothers in humble conditions. The woman is unhappy, they have been married for two-and-half years but she has not fallen pregnant. She blames Barak for her fate, but he optimistically waits and hopes for the blessing that will come.
The Nurse and the Empress, disguised as servants, arrive at the dyers dwelling. When the husband leaves for the marketplace to sell his goods, the Nurse uses several tricks to deceive Baraks beautiful wife, who deserves a better fate: she is promised treasure, wealth, lovers and eternal youth in return for her shadow, that dark nothing stuck to her heels. The wife accepts the deal: these two strange women will serve her for three days and will be paid with her shadow; in exchange, she will receive eternal life. When Barak arrives home, he is welcomed by an unusually whimsical wife. He can only find one explanation for this: she must be pregnant. Barak is happy - there is nothing he desires more than a child.
Act Two
The following morning. As soon as Barak leaves home, the Nurse uses vicious magic to conjure before the Dyers Wife the figure of a young boy she saw in the town earlier. The young lover appears as a pale and weak giant. Baraks wife resists temptation. Particularly as she hears her husband approaching in loud company. Believing that he will soon become a father, the generous Barak returns home with a prodigal dinner in the company of his brothers and child beggars to celebrate together. But all he gets from his wife is a rebuke.
That same night. The Emperor has found his falcon. The bird leads him to the hunting lodge hidden in the middle of the forest. The Emperor is shocked to find there his wife and the Nurse as they enter the lodge after returning from the world of men; their bodies exude the sinful odour of humans. The Emperor is stricken by jealousy: he prepares to kill his wife, whom he believes to be adulterous. But eventually he cannot do so - he walks broken-hearted to the arid rocks where neither humans nor animals can hear his grief.
The following day, the Dyers Wife and Nurse are impatiently waiting for Barak to leave home again. But he does not feel well and asks for something to drink. The Nurse drugs his drink and then attempts to conjure up once again the figure of the young lover in the dim room. The woman resists: she does not want to be controlled by the Nurse, this black and white spotted snake. Threatened by the ghost-like apparition, the terrified woman wakes her sleeping husband. Barak comes around but does not understand why his wife is accusing him, and why she then flees the house in terror. The Empress begins to feel pity and the prick of conscience on seeing the struggles of the Dyers Wife. Night. The Empress suffers nightmares in the lodge. First she sees the distressed Baraks face and then the Emperor as he enters a tomb in a rock and is turned to stone. The Empress blames herself for the suffering of the two men.
The Dyers Wife tells Barak that she has cuckolded him in his own house on several occasions and has even sold her own shadow: no childrens feet will ever touch her womb. Her shadow disappears. Barak is furious and suddenly a sword appears in his hand: his muscular arm is ready to strike. Despite the Nurses pleadings, the Empress does not want a shadow spoiled by blood. The Dyers Wife sees her husband as she has always wanted to see him: as a strong man in pursuit of justice. She confesses to him that she has never committed adultery, but is nevertheless ready to accept her husbands lethal blow. But then the ground opens up below them. Barak and his wife disappear into the depths.
Act Three
Deep underground, Barak and his wife are suffering agony in dark loneliness, separated from one another. Barak suffers pangs of guilt for making his wife unhappy, and genuine, pure love rises in his wifes heart. A path leading upwards opens before each of them. A boat arrives on the shore near the highest peak of the Seven Moon Mountains: it brings the Empress and the Nurse. The Nurse fears Keikobads wrath as the Empress prepares to apologise to her father. She dismisses the Nurse forever: Your knowledge of the intentions of humans is lacking, you do not know the deep secrets in their hearts. The desperate Nurse cries Keikobads name. A messenger arrives and rebukes the Nurse for uttering the name of the one whose child she had to guard but could not protect. As a punishment, she must wander among humans and dwell with those she hates. In the meantime, Barak and his wife are desperately seeking each other. The Empress hears a voice: all she must do is drink of the Golden Water of Life and she can become like the one whose shadow she is yearning for. Theres blood in the water, I wont drink it! I sinned here, this is where I belong, the Empress cries. Her husband has been turned to stone, only his gaze lives on, begging for help. But the woman would rather die than sacrifice Barak and his wifes happiness for her own. The curse is broken: the Emperor becomes a flesh-and-blood man again; Barak and his wife find each other. Now both women cast shadows.
Ye wedded folk, lying in each others arms,
you are the bridge across the great abyss,
on which the dead return again to life!
Blessed be the fruit of your love!
János Matuz
General cast
- Conductor
- Péter Halász
- The Emperor
- István Kovácsházi
- The Empress
- Eszter Sümegi / Manuela Uhl
- The Nurse
- Judit Németh
- The Messenger of the Spirits
- Zsolt Haja
- The Guardian of the Threshold
- Ingrid Kertesi
- The Apparition of a Youth
- Péter Balczó
- The Falcon
- Erika Markovics
- A Voice from Above
- Atala Schöck
- Barak, the dyer
- Heiko Trinsinger
- Barak's wife
- Szilvia Rálik
- The one-eyed man, Barak's brother
- Lajos Geiger
- The one-armed man, Barak's brother
- Ferenc Cserhalmi
- The hunchback, Barak's brother
- István Horváth
- Watchmen1
- Watchmen2
- Watchmen3
- Children voice1
- Ildikó Szakács
- Children voice2
- Children voice3
- Borbála Keszei
- Children voice4
- Children voice5
- Gabriella Balga
- Children voice6
- Servant of the Empress
- Servant of the Empress/2
- Servant of the Empress/3
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Librettist
- Hugo von Hofmannstahl
- Hungarian subtitles
- Máté Mesterházi
- English subtitles
- Arthur Roger Crane
- Director
- János Szikora
- Set Designer
- Balázs Horesnyi
- Costume Designer
- Kati Zoób
- Choir Master
- Kálmán Strausz
- Dramaturg
- János Matuz


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Mr. Downtown by Freddie Fredrickson from the That Thing You Do! Soundtrack
Mr. Downtown by Freddie Fredrickson from the That Thing You Do! Soundtrack
The Transformers: The Movie (Original Motion Picture Score), by Vince diCola
I'd heard that Sony Intrada had done a limited edition run of this score, and then discovered by accident that they sell it for the same price through Amazon (meaning it qualified for free shipping and I could use my Amazon gift card balance).
Holy. Freaking. Crap. This score is amazing. Much better than expected; there's a lot that isn't on the previous soundtrack (or the expanded re-release) that either wasn't used or is sort of buried beneath dialogue and sound effects. I would highly, highly, highly recommend it to any fans of movie scores, Transformers, or synth-driven prog rock.
Tommy, close your eyes.
A good song, despite its horrible title from a badly-named bad: "Stupid Girl," Garbage.
"That's what Sheev said."
"That's what Sheev said."
Must be a "New Swing" weekend, as I heard The Squirrel Nut Zippers' "Hell" on yesterday.
"That's what Sheev said."


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Joke of the day
Every man needs a go-to joke.
Tough Lie A golfer hit his ball off the tee into a deep thicket. When he found his ball, he decided to try and hit it out using his 8-iron. He took several swings at it but couldn't dislodge it from the growth. Dejected and looking around, he noticed a shiny object nearby. He went over to see what it was and noticed an 8-iron attached to a human skeleton. Noticing his partner standing nearby with the cart and golf clubs he yelled out: "Better throw me a wedge, you can't get outta here with an 8-iron."
Late Night Escapades A man is walking home late at night and sees a woman in the shadows. "Psst… 20 bucks…" she whispers. He's never been with a hooker before, but he decides what the heck, it's only $20. So they hide in the bushes. They're going at it for a couple of minutes when, all of a sudden, a light flashes on them. It's a police officer. "What's going on here, people?" asks the officer. "I'm making love to my wife," the man answers indignantly. "Oh, I'm sorry," says the cop: "I didn't know." "Well," says the man: "neither did I, until you shone that light in her face."
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In this case, you want your elected officials to hit the cocktail party circuit.
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"While critics say jetting to the Swiss Alps to schmooze is a waste of time and resources, Kasich and other officials say it offers an unparalleled opportunity for networking that can lead to new business investment," according to Bloomberg. "It's also a chance to leave behind balancing budgets, fixing roads and other nuts-and-bolts work. Instead, they can discuss such topics as 'unleashing entrepreneurial innovations' and sell the virtues of their states."
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Whilst we slept, the Summer has arrived in force. I love Summer in London, despite it being a sticky, uncomfortable shambles. Similarly with the first snowfall of the year, any mildly accentuated weather conditions here are greeted with amazement, as if such a thing had never happened before. At once, the entire infrastructure of the capital collapses. Traffic and public transport grind to a halt, shops sell out of ice cream by lunchtime, air-conditioning units break, refrigeration devices throw a sulk and malfunction whilst the parks are littered with office workers sprawled in their underwear. Amid the chaos however, an air of triumphant celebration hovers over the city. At last! Its here! The seemingly endless grey has relented and we shall turn pink in unison. Work? As if! Pub pavements are impassable, lidos overflow, trains to Brighton are packed to capacity. This is our time and theres no telling how soon it will be snatched away from us so nothing shall distract us from our leisure.
I nipped out this morning to pick up some baby clothes for Craig, one of my lampies who is leaving us to give birth (medical breakthrough). I have worked with him for years on U2, Stones, Bryan Adams, et al., so will miss him being around. I found some very nice baby combat gear which seems appropriate; camouflage romper suit, etc. And plenty of socks.
The journey to the venue was advertised as being a 40 minute run, but the traffic was horrifying. It took us two hours to get to as far as Hammersmith roundabout in a 16-seater. We were dying in there, our little mobile oven, but no matter. Ive waited all year to be reduced to a sweaty blob so Im not about to start complaining now.
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Flipping the channels and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist just started so I left it there.
Pretty slow movie, but I enjoyed it.
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Thinner (Great Stephen KIng book) it was average at best compared to the book.
The Campaign
Dumb but funny. I would call it realistic, but the real ones are even more crazy!
Ides of March.
What a *****ing boring movie.
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Batman 1989. I've come to terms with it being a good Elseworlds movie. But as a real Batman movie there's just so much totally wrong with it.
The Impossible - After the first fifteen minutes or so of expected monotony, the bit with the flood and Naomi and the kid is pretty great. After that, the movie seesaws back and forth between being really genuinely moving and encroaching very close to being manipulatively sentimental. I think it ultimately came out positive. By the same guy who did The Orphanage, probably the best ghost story movie I've ever seen. Recommended.
Wreck-It Ralph - The best animated movie of the year, kind of by default. Still, the animation is great, the depth of the world is impressive, and Sarah Silverman makes the movie work. It's weird to say, but I don't think another actor could have pulled it off. The story does get fairly dark at times (perhaps without being completely aware), and there are some plot elements that are a little underdeveloped, but it's one of those movies like Cabin in the Woods or Scott Pilgrim where you know the people involved just had a ton of fun coming up with the universe and everything in it. Pretty strongly recommended.
Flight - This is barely worth reviewing. The crash is acceptable and there's a pretty interesting scene in a hospital stairwell. Other than that, it's a trite, messy, incoherent, and laughably bad attempt to sell the merits of rehab. Denzel's not bad in it, but when the material is so ******, it's tough to consider it a good performance. It's pretty funny that the lesson is to drink vodka and snort coke, since that's probably not the intention. Best original screenplay? Pretty strongly **** this movie.
I thought it was a very, very, good movie. Witty dialogue, real characters at it's heart and two great leads. Not to mention they didn't do the "gay character used for laughs or as a stereotype" thing. I thought it was one of the better, yet overlooked romantic comedies of it's type of that year.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring
I watched this over the weekend and I am reading the book as well. I did not realize how much they cut out of the first part of the book, but I have to agree the whole stuff with Tom would not been that good on the big screen.
Made me really want to see the second part of the Hobbit!
new Red Dawn. didn't think it could be worse than the original but it definitely seems to be. only made it 30 or so minutes.
I started watching Wet Hot American Summer last night. Picked it up somewhere in the middle. It sort of went like this...
"Oh there's an actor I like and think is pretty funny." "Oh there's another one." "Oh cool, she's funny too." "That guys usually in good stuff." "I like her." "I've been watching a movie for an hour that is packed full of people I like and think are funny and I've not laughed once. I guess I'll turn this off and go to bed."
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
I enjoyed Flight. More than I can say for the majority of today's movies. Does anybody think all this CGI is actually one of the worst things to happen to the industry? Many rely to heavily on it and we are starting to get cartoon reality movies. It's usually very easy to spot. Too much CGI and rehashing all the old classics are my major gripes about today's movies.
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Very good movie that was pretty intense.
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Love this movie. Really hope they make a sequel and we find out what happened to them that gave them powers.
Gonna be watching 7 Psychopaths that I got form Netflix either tonight or tomorrow.
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Watched Les Mis. I don't feel qualified to review this. I will say that Russell Crowe's performance comes off as a loving tribute to "Matt Damon" in Team America.
Silver Linings Playbook - Seriously, everyone, do yourselves a favor and watch this movie.
X-Men First Class - Seen this twice now and was still as great as when I first watched.
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Curfew, the short film that won the Oscar this year. Really, really outstanding. Didn't know I could get misty eyed multiple times in under 20 minutes.
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It looks like Curfew is on iTunes for two bucks. Worth it?
The one thing about Up that's always, I don't know, given me pause I suppose, is that he made his living selling balloons to kids. You've gotta assume that means he loves kids, is great with the, all that. But then the Boy Scout kid hitches a ride and he treats him like crap for the majority of the movie. I know he lost the love his life and that changes a man, but you'd think old habits die hard. I don't know, maybe I'm over-analyzing lol.
Anyway, about Curfew. I'll preface it by saying that it's pretty damn dark and a big part of why I liked it is because a good bit of it hit home with me, and not necessarily in the best way. But yes, spend the 2 bucks, if only to support extremely quality independent artists. Even if you don't like the themes the quality of the work alone deserves it. And if you hate it, hey, it's only 2 bucks.
The Departed.
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Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe **** yourself.
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There was a lot to like about Les Mis. Anne Hathaway. Samantha Barks' voice. Anne Hathaway. The visuals. Anne Hathaway. Borat and Helena. Oh yea, and Anne Hathaway. A lot of it was done well. The issue is, the director made the poor decision to go with actors instead of singers. You can't do that in a musical with no dialogue. Crowe was terrible. And Hugh Jackman wasn't that much better. (Listen to his version of "Bring Him Home", and then listen to the broadway show's version..heck..listen to the Glee version.. to see the difference.) The only people that worked for was Sasha Cohen (who might have actually been better at one of the leads) and Helena Bonham Carter, whose songs aren't that difficult and whose comedic timing was more important. But seriously, Anne Hathaway was incredible.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I want to see a lot of oscar movies (I saw Django - awesome); Life of Pi, Silver Linings Playbook, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild.
But #1 on my list was The Search for Sugarman. It's a documentary, but an absolutely amazing story. I saw the guy interviewed on 60 minutes, and he's just..endearing. I actually really like his music too. Such an interesting film. Something really positive too.
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Even as I start to write this I begin to realize a certain amount of futility. I know the argument I make will fail at some level or another. Still something calls me to express it. I woke this Sunday morning as I do most mornings to the sound of my clock radio. Most Sunday's what I hear first is NPR's 'On Being' � a program that used to be known as "Speaking of Faith' �all argument aside, feel free to read this post as nothing more than a plug for this program.
This morning the show's host, Krista Tippet was interviewing two men, David Blankenhorn and Jonathan Rauch, men of past plainly stated opposing views on the subject of gay marriage rights. Each of these men spoke candidly and convincingly of their genuine deeply held beliefs. None of this was new particularly. The basic range of ideas has been in stir for several years now. There were maybe one or two nuanced points to each argument I hadn't considered before. But I don't mean to make this post yet another aperture for examining the particular question of marriage equality.
What was interesting �maybe even inspiring� was in the nature of the disagreement these two men managed. The way they negotiated their disagreement, it was something of a gift. Blankenhorn and Rauch referred to it as an achievement:
Mr. Blankenhorn: See, because it's easy to have a false disagreement. I can just say, oh, you're a bad person and you're stupid, but to actually know where we disagree requires effort from you and from me. We have to have a relationship to do that and that, I'll tell you, in today's world of hyperpolarization and the sheer idiocy that is our public debate, you know, the heart just cries out for this kind of, you know, serious effort to achieve disagreement.
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To stick your dick in bitch's asshole, and try as hard as you can to pee in her dirty slut ass.
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When an athlete who does drugs has a drug test, and they go to the doctors so they can get there urine switched with clean urine through a giant tube inserted through your penis hole.
Sorry I was late Jake, I had to get my oil changed before Coach gives us another drug test.
by Stealth Money
January 23, 2004
A way for an athlete to pass a drug test by inserting a tube up his urethra(penis hole), then inject clean urine in through the tube.
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If you do drugs and need to pass ampiss test, a P-vac isn't an option and you need clean urine, you'll need to do an oil change. An oil change is when you stick a sterile tube in your urethra until urine naturally comes out. Next take a syringe full of clean urine and inject it into the tube. There, your oil is changed.
The test is tomorrow, we'll never pass unless we do oil changes.
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June 11, 2013
To have sex after a long period of absentience.
Ashanti finally had his oil change after 2 months of being single.
by Nefearious K.
December 20, 2004
The act of inserting a funnel into someone's asshole and then spewing your own diarrhea into said funnel.
My girl wanted a Cleveland Steamer last night. I wasn't feeling well so my poop wasn't solid. We opted for an Oil Change instead.
by TR653
August 28, 2008
First you get on one of the carts you use to go under a car. You roll under your girl when shes on her period, heavy flow. You take out the old tampon and if blood gets on you thats ok your doing your job right. Clean her up, put in a new tampon, roll out from under her and give her a thumbs up.
Aaron gave his girl a great oil change last weekend.
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July 04, 2009
the act of getting screwed in the ass.
"Dude, I got my oil changed last night."
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October 23, 2007


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Roundup of the most laugh out loud viral videos on 'GMA LIVE!'
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