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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) Marshall defensive lineman Adrian Davis was suspended Thursday following his arrest in Huntington on a marijuana possession charge.
Davis, a 6-foot-3 senior from Greenfield Park, Quebec, was stopped at 11:40 p.m. Wednesday by Huntington police. Six ounces of marijuana, scales and $400 cash were confiscated from his vehicle, according to a criminal complaint in Cabell County Magistrate Court.
Davis was charged with possession with intent to deliver, the complaint said. Davis was released from the Western Regional Jail Thursday on a $25,000 bond.
Coach Mark Snyder suspended Davis indefinitely pending the outcome of his case.
"Upon the completion of the legal process his status with the football team will be re-evaluated," Snyder said.
Davis started nine games last season. He had 18 total tackles and a fumble recovery.
Nix will call plays for Georgia Tech
ATLANTA — Georgia Tech coach Chan Gailey said Thursday that assistant coach Patrick Nix will call the plays for the Yellow Jackets' offense in the 2006 season, a responsibility previously held by Gailey.
Gailey has called the plays for the Yellow Jackets for the last three years. In Gailey's first season as Tech's head coach in 2002, former assistant coach Bill O'Brien handled the play-calling.
Gailey said his decision to give up the play-calling part of his job was not discussed when he recently signed a five-year contract through 2010. He said he was under no other pressure to make the change.
"I think it's a good time to put some new ideas and new thoughts into the offense," Gailey said.
Gailey said he waited until the end of spring practice to announce the change so Tech's first 2006 opponent, Notre Dame, would not scout the Yellow Jackets' open scrimmages to look for possible changes in the offense.
"Will I miss it somewhat? Probably, yeah," Gailey acknowledged.
Tech ranked 103rd in the nation with its average of 18.5 points per game last season, a disappointment for a unit that had a young offensive line but featured experienced skill players with quarterback Reggie Ball, running back P.J. Daniels and receiver Calvin Johnson.
Ball and Johnson return in 2006.
Tech ranked third in the Atlantic Coast Conference in rushing but only ninth in total offense and 10th in scoring.
Nix, 34, is entering his fifth season at Tech and his third season as offensive coordinator. He also is the quarterbacks coach and will move from the sideline to the press box to call plays.
"There's only so many things you can do in the game of football," Nix said. "There will be a few different things just because I'm a different person, but I don't know that there will be a huge difference that fans will notice."
Gailey, 54, called Nix "a sharp young coach, and he's hungry."
"He's been wanting to do it for a long time," Gailey said. "Every coach wants to do it. Every coach wants to run it himself."
Nix said he wants Tech's offense to attack "but at the same time be under control, be efficient and be smart with the way we are trying to attack."
"There's a fine line there," Nix said, "so we have to find our happy medium, with the personnel we have, to be able to attack defenses at all time without putting ourselves in bad situations."
Johnson said Tech's spring practice "was very productive" with Nix running the offense.
"We had a good spring, so whatever he did, he did a good job," Johnson said.
Gailey will continue to wear headphones on the sideline and said he would retain the option of changing a play called by Nix. Gailey said he would primarily talk with Nix during games about general trends instead of specific plays.
"I want to let him learn and use what I know without him doing it the same way I'd do it," Gailey said.
"He's got to be his own person and have his own ideas and run the offense the way he wants to run it, with me being a help and not a hindrance."
Gailey said he attended offensive meetings when O'Brien called the plays in 2002, but he said he didn't plan to even attend Nix's meetings.
Gailey, who was offensive coordinator for three NFL teams — Denver, Pittsburgh and Miami — said he will be careful to give Nix enough freedom to formulate his own game plan.
"Having been in that position, I'm not going to sit there and second-guess or sit there and try to take over and be involved," Gailey said.
"We've been around each other long enough that I think he knows my general thoughts on what's important."
The change from Gailey to Nix could lead to a change from Gailey's run-first philosophy.
"There will be some differences, some new wrinkles," Gailey said.
Asked if he wants Notre Dame's coaches to have to wonder about those changes, Gailey said "No kidding."
"I'd say the general concepts are the same," Gailey said. "There are a few different looks and things. ... There may be more formations than we've used in the past."
Tech has had four straight seven-win seasons with Gailey, including a 7-5 record in 2005. Gailey's record at Tech is 28-22.
Newspaper must turn over photos of Missour player
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A Boone County Circuit Court judge has ordered the Columbia Daily Tribune to hand over hundreds of unpublished photos to attorneys on both sides of a wrongful death lawsuit involving a fallen Missouri football player.
Judge Gary Oxenhandler ruled Wednesday that the newspaper must disclose 604 unpublished photos to attorneys representing the family of former Missouri reserve linebacker Aaron O'Neal as well as 14 university employees named as defendants, including head coach Gary Pinkel, athletic director Mike Alden and team medical director Rex Sharp.
The 19-year-old redshirt freshman collapsed on the field about 45 minutes into an hour-long, voluntary workout on July 12, 2005 and died later that afternoon. The Boone County medical examiner ruled that O'Neal died of viral meningitis, with swelling in his brain affecting his heart and causing him to lose his ability to breathe properly.
Tribune photographer Jenna Isaacson documented O'Neal's collapse on Faurot Field at the preseason workout. Isaacson, who had agreed to testify about what she witnessed at the practice, is out of the country and could not be reached for comment. But attorney Jean Maneke, who represents the newspaper, said she is not certain the Tribune will appeal the ruling, citing concern that a higher court ruling could establish case law that would make it even harder for reporters to protect their work products in the future.
"An innocent photographer is now in the position of having to assist a private plaintiff trying to win a large sum of money from the university," Maneke said. "They're using our newspaper to make that happen."
The Tribune has 10 business days to turn over the photos.
Attorneys for Lonnie O'Neal, the player's father, sought the photos to bolster the case, arguing that the absence of a reporters' shield law in Missouri means the paper had no legal basis for its refusal of a subpoena of Isaacson's photos.
Oxenhandler agreed, citing case law that establishes a three-part standard for requiring the disclosure: the photos are relevant; necessary or critical to the defense; and all alternative sources to obtain the information detailed in those photos have been exhausted.
The judge added that "no hint of promise of confidentiality existed" between Isaacson and the university. He also noted that she discussed the workout in interviews with other journalists, including a news photography website.
The time-stamped photos "provide a literal photographic point of view that cannot be duplicated from any other source, known or unknown," Oxenhandler concluded.
The workout was supervised by Sharp, other trainers and the team's strength and conditioning coaches. The paper subsequently published 18 photos in print and on its website.
Under NCAA rules, Pinkel and his staff were not allowed to attend. The workouts are normally closed to the public and reporters, but the newspaper had previously arranged with the university for Isaacson and a second reporter to witness the session.
While the university was dropped as a named defendant in the suit, it is covering the legal expenses for the 14 employees. An attorney for those defendants joined the O'Neal family attorney at several hearings to show his support for obtaining the photos.
Maneke said the ruling shows the need for a reporters' shield law in Missouri, similar to the statutes found in 31 states and the District of Columbia.
A bill to grant reporters broader legal protections and limit the circumstances in which their testimony could be compelled was filed in Jefferson City earlier this year but has not moved forward.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Lane departure warning systems seem ineffective.
The high-tech, high-price systems are supposed to help inattentive drivers stay in their own lanes, not stray disastrously into nearby cars. But vehicles with the systems showed increased, not decreased, crashes in a study being released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a research group for insurers.
The unexpected finding that lane-departure setups increased crashes as much as 10% is inexplicable, IIHS says.
David Zuby, chief research officer at IIHS, speculates that users might find the warning sounds or vibration alerts used by lane departure systems annoying and shut them off. Or the alarms are too frequent as drivers stray slightly side to side in normal diving, and so are ignored.
That, of course, explains why they might do no good, but not necessarily why they'd do harm, he acknowledges.
The result also could be a statistical quirk, because few cars in the study had the safety feature.
Buick was spotlighted as an example of how the system might be boosting crashes, but says it only offered such a system in the 2008 through 2011 Lucerne, and only a few people bought the optional system.
Mercedes-Benz, likewise, was cited. Mercedes spokeswoman Donna Boland says, "Given the small sample size, the increase is not statistically significant. We are confident as to the safety benefits of lane departure systems and would assume that further studies with a broader vehicle population would bear that out."
If all vehicles had lane-departure systems and all drivers used them correctly, as many as 7,529 otherwise fatal crashes a year could be avoided, IIHS predicts.
The finding was the startling standout in a study by IIHS of insurance claims data to see how well new costly, high-tech crash avoidance systems, such as LDW, are working in real life:
Best: Systems that alert you if you're about to slam into a car ahead, and brake the car if you don't.
Unlike safety belts and air bags, which are designed to reduce injuries when cars crash, the latest gadgets are meant to prevent the crashes in the first place. They use radar, sensors, cameras, computer controls and other gear to avoid collisions, or minimize them if they are inevitable.
Pioneered on luxury vehicles, they can add thousands of dollars to the price of a car. Even so, they've begun to migrate into mainstream models and can result in insurance discounts.
While generally upbeat, IIHS delivered a mixed report card. Here's how the hardware graded.
Included in the IIHS evaluation, in addition to the lane departure warnings:
Those get the best review from the insurance industry research group, especially versions that not only sense an imminent collision with the car ahead, but also start braking your car to soften the impact.
Those systems can reduce damage and injury if a driver falls asleep, has a heart attack or is distracted and rams the car ahead.
Insurance claims to pay for damage to the car in front are 10% to 14% fewer when the car in back has that kind of crash avoidance system, IIHS data show.
Damage claims for the cars that have the systems drop, but not as much, because those claims include types of single-car accidents that the collision systems aren't designed to avoid, IIHS says.
Zuby says that the forward collision avoidance system with automatic braking is the new-tech safety system he'd choose if he could pick just one.
The IIHS study included 2000 to 2011 models with the modern safety hardware from Acura, Buick, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo. Zuby says studies continue on other brands and models, but enough data had been gathered to justify a report on some of the vehicles.
Chris Woodyard is an auto writer for USA TODAY who covers all aspects of motoring. He revels in the exhaust note of a Maserati and the sharp creases of a Cadillac CTS. Chris strives to live a Porsche life on a Scion budget. More about Chris

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Maximizer is Lion's full-screen apps, but for every app. It adds support for Lion's full-screen to apps like Chrome and Firefox (which haven't yet been updated to support it) as well as ones like TextMate, which might never gain that support. It should work with any Cocoa app, but not Carbon ones. To use Maximizer, you have to install SIMBL and then put Mazimizer.bundle inside ~/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins (or in the same folder in /, if you want it globally available). I probably can't help you get this installed; maybe read the SIMBL website if you get confused? Note: Maximizer beta software, and likely has compatibility issues with many apps. Some apps that work perfectly in full-screen without Maximizer might break with it, and some might not work at all. If you have issues, I'd appreciate an email with the last few hundred Console.app lines to help me debug.
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THE JOB DEMONSTRATORS show new products to the public. "Line" Demonstrators bring out a specific line of products and are hired by a distributor. "General" Demonstrators handle a number of products and work for demonstration market Research firms, temporary personnel agencies, and department stores. Demonstrators usually show small appliances and food items, such as cook ware, knives, or vacuum cleaners. Housewares demonstrators usually work at department stores. Food demonstrators work in grocery stores. Demonstrators set up or check the product display and demonstration area to make sure that the product is attractively presented. They keep the area neat while working and put things away at the end of the demonstration. They explain the product to customers and answer questions. Although demonstrators are not salespersons, they give out discount tickets, product samples, brochures and fliers, and give information to the public about the product to persuade them to buy it. When demonstrating food or cooking products, they prepare and serve food to the public. Demonstrators generally are asked to count the number of their products on the shelves or displays at the beginning and close of day. They keep records of the number of questions received and the number of coupons and products given away, they also note weather conditions or other information that is helpful to the store owner or distributor in deciding if the promotional efforts or products are worthwhile. Demonstrators learn all about the products they are representing. They may train other Demonstrators, or inform general sales personnel about their product line. Based on their experience, the Demonstrator may recommend how to improve the product and provide better service to customers. Some Demonstrators use visual aids such as charts, slides, or films in the demonstration. They may lead tours of plants where a product is made. WORKING CONDITIONS Working conditions depend on where the demonstration is made. Most department stores are well-lit and attractive, with air conditioning. Permanent store employees often have a work area and storage space for their equipment and supplies. Temporary or "line'' Demonstrators work at different locations. They must be strong enough to set up and tear down their demonstrations every day and carry their own equipment and supplies. Food Demonstrators are usually asked to supply a card table, table cloth, crock pot or electric skillet, cooking utensils, and other equipment. The areas designated by the store management for demonstrations may be cold or drafty. On occasion, Demonstrators work outside in a plaza or from a truck that is parked at a temporary site. Most Demonstrators stand on their feet for long hours and work under fluorescent lights. They may sometimes get cuts or minor burns. The work can get boring during slow shopping periods. Customers can be rude or mean at times. Demonstrators working for a specific product line or in a department or specialty store are expected to dress well and be neatly groomed. Food Demonstrators working in grocery stores that are under union contract must join the Retail Clerks Union within 30 days of being hired. EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK Demonstrators are a part of the bigger occupational group of Demonstrators, Promoters, and Models. The California Projections of Employment, published by the Labor Market Information Division of the Employment Development Department, estimates that the number of Demonstrators in California will reach 18,740 by 2005, an increase in new jobs of 6,300 over the number there was in 1993. There will also be an estimated 6,290 job openings due to people retiring or leaving the occupation. Added to the 6,300 new jobs expected, this makes for an estimated total of 12,590 job opportunities through 2005. (These figures do not include self-employment nor openings due to turnover.) One of the reasons for the expected growth is that sales have been found to go up when Demonstrators are used. Also, there has been growth in retail trade due to the rise in California's population. Many job openings in the next few years will also be created by the need to replace workers who leave their jobs. Most employers report it is not difficult to find persons qualified to do this work. WAGES, HOURS, AND FRINGE BENEFITS Wages go from approximately minimum wage to $9.00 an hour and include set-up and take-down time. Union wages are between $8.00 and $8.70 an hour depending on the employer contract. Most contracts provide for a pension contribution. Department stores have a benefits package for permanent employees who work at least 20 hours per week. ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS AND TRAINING Employers look for applicants who can speak well and are able to sell products. Demonstrators should have enthusiastic, outgoing personalities and enjoy working with the public. They are expected to be well groomed. They must be able to organize their work and fill out the required paper work with very little supervision. Employers that hire Demonstrators for a specific line of products may prefer a person who does creative cooking or has other skills that help show off a product. Department stores and distributors provide training to help their employees know their products and selling techniques. ADVANCEMENT Promotional opportunities for Demonstrators are limited. Those working for department stores or distributors may move into sales positions and later to other jobs with the company. Others may choose to become product representatives for cosmetic lines or houseware goods or use the job as a stepping stone to other positions requiring the ability to work with people. FINDING THE JOB People interested in part-time temporary work should register with demonstrator-market Research firms, temporary personnel agencies, or the local retail clerks union. Those interested in permanent part-time employment should apply at department stores, or to the local distributor for a product line of particular interest. Asking Demonstrators how and where they found their job is one way of identifying potential employers for this type of work. Checking ads in the newspaper and registering with a local California Employment Development Department Workforce Services Office are other methods of finding a demonstrator job. ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION American Marketing Association 250 S. 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Retro family fun at Tupare Garden Fair
6 January 2014
WHAT: Guided walk (8.30am) and Garden Fair
WHEN: Saturday 11 January
WHERE: Tupare, 487 Mangorei Road, New Plymouth
The splendour of Tupare will be the scene for another New Year Garden Fair on Saturday (11 January) – and this year's event at the iconic New Plymouth property has a retro twist with a family focus.
Besides live music and a wide range of stalls featuring original arts and crafts and food from local providers, there will also be old-fashioned family games on the river flat – think sack races and three-legged races.
"Tupare's New Year garden fairs are always well attended – it's a great opportunity for locals to show their holiday guests the stunningly landscaped grounds and unique Chapman-Taylor home," says the Taranaki Regional Council's Regional Gardens Manager, Greg Rine.
"This year we're really excited to add fun family events like sack races, three-legged races, and sketching and family photos. It's the sort of fun families had together seven or more decades ago when Tupare was the home of Sir Russell Matthews and his family."
For early birds, a guided walk starting at 10am will be an opportunity to learn more about the history of the property and its stunningly landscaped gardens, carved out of a hillside overlooking the Waiwhakaiho River.
The Garden Fair runs from 10am to 3pm and will include:
• Tasty treats from local foodies including hotcakes, pastries, bread, gourmet burgers and bacon butties.
• Live entertainment including classical/flamenco guitar duo, a jazz duo, flash opera and more.
• Stall selling garden art, plants and keepsakes.
• Family fun and demonstrations on the river flat including good old-fashioned sack races and three legged races, pony rides and gymnastics.
• A 'garden art room' where photos and sketches can be shared.
Saturday's guided walk and Garden Fair are part of a year-round programme of free events at Tupare, Hollard Gardens and Pukeiti, the three heritage gardens owned and managed by the Taranaki Regional Council on behalf of the people of the region.


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The Student Affairs Committee is pleased to have the opportunity to recognize the accomplishments of and service to the Society by our students and student chapters through the Student Member with Honors Award and the Outstanding Student Chapter Award. To apply for these awards, students or chapters must send a completed application and supporting materials (see below) to email@example.com on or before July 1, 2010. The award recipients will be recognized at the 54th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, September 27-October 1.
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This designation honors students who have made an outstanding contribution to the discipline and/or HFES during their tenure as a student. To qualify, students must meet all of the following eligibility requirements:
Student Chapter Levels of Recognition
Chapters will be judged on the number and quality of activities in which they engage across several categories. The levels of recognition are as follows:
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Enter Master of the Flocks, three or four Shepherds, and Violante in Boy's Cloaths.
1 Shep. Well,
he's as sweet a Man, Heav'n comfort him! as ever these Eyes look'd
2 Shep. If he have a Mother, I
believe, Neighbours, she's a Woe-woman for him at this Hour.
Mast. Why should he haunt these wild unpeopled Mountains,
Where nothing dwells but Hunger, and sharp Winds?
1 Shep. His Melancholy, Sir, that's
the main Devil does it. Go to, I fear he has had too much foul Play
offer'd him.
Mast. How gets he Meat?
2 Shep. Why, now and then he takes our
Victuals from us, tho' we desire him to eat; and instead of a short
Grace, beats us well and soundly, and then falls to.
Mast. Where lies He?
1 Shep. Ev'n where the Night o'ertakes
2 Shep. Now will I be hang'd, an' some
fair-snouted skittish Woman, or other, be not at the End of this
1 Shep. Well, if he lodg'd within the
Sound of us, I knew our Musick would allure him. How attentively he
stood, and how he fix'd his Eyes, when your Boy sung his Love-Ditty.
Oh, here he comes again.
Mast. Let him alone; he wonders strangely at us.
1 Shep. Not a Word, Sirs, to cross
him, as you love your Shoulders.
2 Shep. He seems much disturb'd: I
believe the mad Fit is upon him.
Enters Julio.
Jul. Horsemanship!— Hell— Riding shall be abolish'd:
Turn the barb'd Steed loose to his native Wildness;
It is a Beast too noble to be made
The Property of Man's Baseness.— What a Letter
Wrote he to's Brother? What a Man was I?
Why, Perseus did not know his Seat like me;
The Parthian, that rides swift without the Rein,
Match'd not my Grace and Firmness. – – – Shall this Lord
Dye, when Men pray for him? Think you 'tis meet?
1 Shep. I don't know what to say:
Neither I, nor all the Confessors in Spain, can unriddle this
wild Stuff.
Jul. I must to Court! be usher'd into Grace,
By a large List of Praises ready penn'd!
O Devil! What a venomous World is this,
When Commendations are the Baits to Ruin!
All these good Words were Gyves and Fetters, Sir,
To keep me bolted there: while the false Sender
Play'd out the Game of Treach'ry.— Hold; come hither;
You have an Aspect, Sir, of wond'rous Wisdom,
And, as it seems, are travell'd deep in Knowledge;
Have you e'er seen the Phoenix of the Earth,
The Bird of Paradise?
2 Shep. In
Troth, not I, Sir.
Jul. I have; and known her Haunts, and where she built
Her spicy Nest: 'till, like a credulous Fool,
I shew'd the Treasure to a Friend in Trust,
And he hath robb'd me of her. — Trust no Friend:
Keep thy Heart's Counsels close. — Hast thou a Mistress?
Give her not out in Words; nor let thy Pride
Be wanton to display her Charms to View;
Love is contagious: and a Breath of Praise, Or
a slight Glance, has kindled up its Flame,
And turn'd a Friend a Traytor. — 'Tis in Proof;
And it has hurt my Brain.
1 Shep. Marry, now there is some Moral
in his Madness, and we may profit by it.
Mast. See, he grows cool, and pensive.
Go towards him, Boy, but do not look that way.
Viol. Alas! I tremble —
Jul. Oh,
my pretty Youth!
Come hither, Child; Did not your Song imply
Something of Love?
1 Shep. Ha—ha— goes it
there? Now if the Boy be witty, we shall trace something.
Viol. Yes, Sir, it was the Subject.
Jul. Sit here then: Come, shake not, good pretty Soul,
Nor do not fear me; I'll not do thee Wrong.
Viol. Why do you look so on me?
Jul. I
have Reasons.
It puzzles my Philosophy, to think
That the rude Blast, hot Sun, and dashing Rains
Have made no fiercer War upon thy Youth;
Nor hurt the Bloom of that Vermilion Cheek.
You weep too, do you not?
Viol. Sometimes,
I do.
Jul. I weep sometimes too. You're extremely young.
Viol. Indeed, I've seen more Sorrows far than Years.
Jul. Yet all these have not broken your Complexion.
You have a strong Heart, and you are the happier.
I warrant, you're a very loving Woman.
Viol. A Woman, Sir?— I fear, h'as found me out.
2 Shep. He takes the Boy for a Woman.— Mad, again!
Jul. You've met some Disappointment; some foul Play
Has cross'd your Love.— I read it in your Face.
Viol. You read a Truth then.
Jul. Where
can lie the Fault?
Is't in the Man, or some dissembling Knave,
He put in Trust? Ho! have I hit the Cause?
Viol. You're not far off.
Jul. This World is full of Coz'ners, very full;
Young Virgins must be wary in their Ways.
I've known a Duke's Son do as great a Knavery.
Will you be rul'd by me?
Viol. Yes.
Jul. Kill
'Twill be a Terror to the Villain's Conscience,
The longest Day he lives.
Viol. By
no Means. What?
Commit Self-murther!
Jul. Yes;
I'll have it so.
1 Shep. I fear, his Fit is returning.
Take heed of all hands. — Sir,— do you want any thing?
Jul. Thou ly'st; thou can'st not hurt me: I am proof
'Gainst farther Wrongs. — Steal close behind me, Lady.
I will avenge Thee.
Viol. Thank
the Heav'ns, I'm free.
Jul. O treach'rous, base Henriquez! have I caught thee?
2 Shep. Help! help! good Neighbours; he will kill me else. [Julio seizes on the Shepherd;
Violante runs out.
Jul. Here Thou shalt pay thy Heart-blood for the Wrongs
Thou'st heap'd upon this Head. Faith-breaker! Villain!
I'll suck thy Life-blood.
1 Shep. Good Sir, have Patience; this is no Henriquez. [They rescue the Shepherd.
Jul. Well; let him slink to Court, and hide a Coward;
Not all his Father's Guards shall shield him there.
Or if he prove too strong for Mortal Arm,
I will sollicit ev'ry Saint in Heav'n To lend
me Vengeance. — I'll about it strait. —
The wrathful Elements shall wage this War;
Furies shall haunt him; Vultures gnaw his Heart;
And Nature pour forth all her Stores of Plagues,
To join in Punishment of Trust betray'd. [Exit Julio.
2 Shep. Go thy Ways, and a Vengeance
go with Thee! — Pray, feel my Nose; is it fast, Neighbours?
1 Shep. 'Tis as well as may be.
2 Shep. He pull'd at it, as he would
have drag'd a Bullock backward by the Tail. — An't had been some
Men's Nose that I know, Neighbours, who knows where it had been now? He
has given me such a devilish Dash o'er the Mouth, that I feel, I shall
never whistle to my Sheep again: Then they'll make Holy-day.
1 Shep. Come, shall we go? for, I
fear, if the Youth return, our second Course will be much more against
our Stomachs.
Walk you afore; I will but give my Boy Some short Instructions,
and I'll follow strait.
We'll crash a Cup together.
1 Shep. Pray,
do not linger.
Mast. I will not, Sirs; — This must not be a Boy;
His Voice, Mein, Gesture, ev'ry Thing he does,
Savour of soft and female Delicacy.
He but puts on this Seeming, and his Garb
Speaks him of such a Rank, as well perswades me,
He plays the Swain, rather to cloak some Purpose,
Than forced to't by a Need: I've waited long
To mark the End he has in his Disguise;
But am not perfect in't. The Madman's Coil
Has driv'n him shaking hence. These Fears betray him.
If he prove right, I'm happy. O, he's here.
Enters Violante.
Come hither, Boy; where did you leave the Flock, Child?
Viol. Grazing below, Sir. — What
does he mean, to stroke One o'the Cheek so? I hope, I'm not
Mast. Have you learnt the Whistle yet, and when to Fold?
And how to make the Dog bring in the Strayers?
Viol. Time, Sir, will furnish me with all these Rules;
My Will is able, but my Knowledge weak, Sir.
Mast. That's a good Child: Why dost thou blush, my Boy?
'Tis certainly a Woman. [Aside.] Speak, my Boy.
Viol. Heav'n! how I tremble. — 'Tis unusual to me
To find such Kindness at a Master's Hand,
That am a poor Boy, ev'ry way unable,
Unless it be in Pray'rs to merit it.
Besides, I've often heard old People say,
Too much Indulgence makes Boys rude and sawcy.
Mast. Are you so cunning!—
Viol. How
his Eyes shake Fire,
And measure ev'ry Piece of Youth about me! [Aside.
The Ewes want Water, Sir: Shall I go drive 'em
Down to the Cisterns? Shall I make haste, Sir?
'Would I were five Miles from him— How he gripes
me! [Aside.
Mast. Come, come, all this is not sufficient, Child,
To make a Fool of me.— This is a fine Hand,
A delicate fine Hand,— Never change Colour;
You understand me, — and a Woman's Hand.
Viol. You're strangely out: Yet if I were a Woman,
I know, you are so honest and so good,
That tho' I wore Disguises for some Ends,
You would not wrong me.—
Mast. Come,
you're made for Love;
Will you comply? I'm madder with this Talk.
There's Nothing you can say, can take my Edge off.
Viol. Oh, do but quench these foul Affections in you,
That, like base Thieves, have rob'd you of your Reason,
And I will be a Woman; and begin
So sad a Story, that if there be aught
Of humane in you, or a Soul that's gentle,
You cannot chuse but pity my lost Youth.
Mast. No Stories now.—
Viol. Kill
me directly, Sir;
As you have any Goodness, take my Life.
Rod. within. Hoa! Shepherd, will you hear, Sir?
Mast. What bawling Rogue is that, i'th' Devil's Name?
Viol. Blessings upon him, whatsoe'er he be! [Runs out.
Enters Roderick.
Rod. Good Even, my Friend; I thought,
you all had been asleep in this Country.
Mast. You had lied then; for you were
waking, when you thought so.
Rod. I thank you, Sir.
Mast. I pray, be cover'd; 'tis not so
much worth, Sir.
Rod. Was that thy Boy ran crying?
Mast. Yes; what then?
Rod. Why dost thou beat him so?
Mast. To make him grow.
Rod. A pretty Med'cine! Thou can'st
not tell me the Way to the next Nunnery?—
Mast. How do you know That? —
Yes, I can tell you; but the Question is, whether I will or no; and,
indeed, I will not. Fare you
[Exit Master.
Rod. What a brute Fellow's this! Are they all thus?
My Brother Henriquez tells me by his Letters,
The Mistress of his Soul not far from hence
Hath taken Sanctuary: from which he prays
My Aid to bring her back.— From what Camillo
Hinted, I wear some Doubts.— Here 'tis appointed
That we should meet; it must be here; 'tis so.
He comes.
Enters Henriquez.
Now, Brother, what's this post-haste Business
You hurry me about? — Some wenching Matter —
Henr. My Letter told you, Sir.
Rod. 'Tis true, it tells me, that you've lost a Mistress
Whom your Heart bleeds for; but the Means to win her
From her close Life, I take it, is not mention'd.
You're ever in these Troubles.—
Henr. Noble
I own, I have too freely giv'n a Scope
To Youth's intemp'rate Heat, and rash Desires:
But think not, that I would engage your Virtues
To any Cause, wherein my constant Heart
Attended not my Eye. 'Till now my Passions
Reign'd in my Blood; ne'er pierc'd into my Mind;
But I'm a Convert grown to purest Thoughts:
And must in Anguish spend my Days to come,
If I possess not her: So much I love.
Rod. The Means? — She's in a Cloyster, is she not?
Within whose Walls to enter as We are,
Will never be: Few Men, but Fryars, come there;
Which We shall never make.
Henr. If
That would do it,
I would make Any thing.
Rod. Are
you so hot?
I'll serve him, be it but to save his Honour. [Aside.
To feign a Corpse — By th' Mass, it shall be so.
We must pretend, we do transport a Body
As 'twere to's Funeral: and coming late by,
Crave a Night's Leave to rest the Herse i'th' Convent.
That be our Course; for to such Charity
Strict Zeal and Custom of the House give Way.
Henr. And, opportune, a vacant Herse pass'd by
From Rites but new perform'd: This for a Price
We'll hire, to put our Scheme in Act. Ho! Gerald —
[Enter Gerald, whom Henriquez whispers; then Gerald goes out.
Rod. When we're once lodg'd, the Means of her Conveyance,
By safe and secret Force, with Ease we'll compass
But, Brother, know my Terms. — If that your Mistress
Will to the World come back, and she appear
An Object worthy in our Father's Eye,
Wooe her, and win her; but if his Consent
Keep not Pace with your Purpose —
Henr. Doubt
it not.
I've look'd not with a common Eye; but chose
A noble Virgin, who to make her so,
Has all the Gifts of Heav'n and Earth upon her.
If ever Woman yet could be an Angel,
She is the nearest.
Rod. Well; a Lover's Praise
Feasts not a Common Ear. — Now to our Plot;
We shall bring Night in with Us. [Exeunt.
Enter Julio, and Two Gentlemen.
Gent. Good Sir, compose yourself.
Jul. O
That Heav'n had made Thee stronger than a Woman,
How happy had I been!
Gent. He's
calm again:
I'll take this Interval to work upon Him.
These wild and solitary Places, Sir,
But feed your Pain; let better Reason guide you;
And quit this forlorne State, that yields no Comfort.
[Lute sounds within.
Jul. Ha! hark, a Sound from Heav'n! Do you hear Nothing?
Gent. Yes, Sir; the Touch of some sweet Instrument:
Here's no Inhabitant.
Jul. No,
no, the better.
Gent. This is a strange Place to hear Musick in.
Jul. I'm often visited with these sweet Airs.
The Spirit of some hapless Man that dy'd,
And left his Love hid in a faithless Woman,
Sure haunts these Mountains. [Violante sings within.
Fond Echo! forego thy light Strain,
And heedfully hear a lost Maid;
Go, tell the false Ear of the Swain
How deeply his Vows have betray'd.
Go, tell him, what Sorrows I bear;
See, yet if his Heart feel my Woe:
'Tis now he must heal my Despair,
Or Death will make Pity too slow.
Gent. See, how his Soul strives in him! This sad Strain
Has search'd him to the Heart.
Jul. Excellent
You never lov'd?
Gent. No.
Jul. Peace;
and learn to grieve then.
[Violante sings within.
Go, tell him, what Sorrows I bear;
See, yet if his Heart feel my Woe:
'Tis now he must heal my Despair,
Or Death will make Pity too slow.
Is not this heav'nly?
Gent. I
never heard the Like, Sir.
Jul. I'll tell you, my good Friends; but pray, say Nothing;
I'm strangely touch'd with This. The heav'nly Sound
Diffuses a sweet Peace thro' all my Soul.
But yet I wonder, what new, sad, Companion
Grief has brought hither to out-bid my Sorrows.
Stand off, stand off, stand off — Friends, it appears.
Viol. How much more grateful are these craggy Mountains,
And these wild Trees, than things of nobler Natures;
For These receive my Plaints, and mourn again
In many Echoes to Me. All good People
Are faln asleep for ever. None are left,
That have the Sense, and Touch of Tenderness
For Virtue's sake: No, scarce their Memory:
From whom I may expect Counsel in Fears,
Ease to Complainings, or Redress of Wrongs.
Jul. This is a moving Sorrow, but say nothing.
Viol. What Dangers have I run, and to what Insults
Expos'd this Ruin of my self? Oh! Mischief
On that Soul-spotted Hind, my vicious Master!
Who would have thought, that such poor Worms as They,
(Whose best Feed is coarse Bread; whose Bev'rage, Water;)
Should have so much rank Blood? I shake all over,
And blush to think what had become of me,
If that good Man had not reliev'd me from him.
Jul. Since she is not Leonora, she is heav'nly.
When she speaks next, listen as seriously,
As Women do that have their Loves at Sea,
What Wind blows ev'ry Morning. —
Viol. I cannot get this false Man's Memory
Out of my Mind. You Maidens, that shall live
To hear my mournful Tale, when I am Ashes,
Be wise; and to an Oath no more give Credit,
To Tears, to Vows, (false Both!) or any Thing
A Man shall promise, than to Clouds, that now
Bear such a pleasing Shape, and now are nothing.
For they will cozen, (if They may be cozen'd,)
The very Gods they worship. — Valour, Justice,
Discretion, Honesty, and all they covet,
To make them seeming Saints, are but the Wiles
By which these Syrens lure us to Destruction.
Jul. Do not you weep now? I could drop myself
Into a Fountain for her.
Gent. She weeps extremely.
Jul. Let
her weep; 'tis well:
Her Heart will break else. Great Sorrows live in Tears.
Viol. O false Henriquez! —
Jul. Ha!
Viol. And
Oh, thou Fool,
Forsaken Violante! whose Belief
And childish Love have made Thee so — go, dye;
For there is nothing left Thee now to look for,
That can bring Comfort, but a quiet Grave.
There all the Miseries I long have felt,
And Those to come, shall sweetly sleep together.
Fortune may guide that false Henriquez hither,
To weep Repentance o'er my pale, dead Coarse,
And cheer my wand'ring Spirit with those lov'd
Obsequies. [Going.
Jul. Stay, Lady, stay: Can it be possible,
That you are Violante?
Viol. That
lost Name,
Spoken by One, that needs must know my Fortunes,
Has taken much Fear from me. Who are you, Sir?
For, sure, I am that hopeless Violante.
Jul. And I, as far from any earthly Comfort
That I know yet, the much-wrong'd Julio!
Viol. Julio!
Jul. I once was thought so. — If the curst Henriquez
Had Pow'r to change you to a Boy, why, Lady,
Should not that Mischief make me any thing,
That have an equal Share in all the Miseries
His Crimes have flung upon Us?
Viol. Well
I know it:
And pardon Me, I could not know your Virtues,
Before your Griefs. Methought, when last we met,
The Accent of your Voice struck on my Ear
Like something I had known, but Floods of Sorrow
Drown'd the Remembrance. If you'll please to sit,
(Since I have found a suff'ring true Companion,)
And give me Hearing, I will tell you something
Of Leonora, that may comfort you.
Jul. Blessing upon Thee! Henceforth, I protest
Never to leave Thee, if Heav'n say Amen.
But, soft! let's shift our Ground, guide our sad Steps
To some remoter Gloom, where, undisturb'd,
We may compare our Woes; dwell on the Tale
Of mutual Injuries, 'till our Eyes run o'er,
And we infect each other, with fresh Sorrows. —
Talk'd you of Comfort? 'Tis the Food of Fools,
And We will None on't; but indulge Despair:
So, worn with Griefs, steal to the Cave of Death,
And in a Sigh give up our latest
Breath. [Exeunt.


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The Spirit (film)
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|The Spirit
Theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|Frank Miller
|Produced by
|Screenplay by
|Frank Miller
|Based on
|The Spirit
by Will Eisner
|Music by
|David Newman
|Bill Pope
|Edited by
|Gregory Nussbaum
|Distributed by
Release date
Running time
|103 minutes[1]
|United States
|$60 million[2]
|Box office
|$39 million[3]
The Spirit is a 2008 American neo-noir superhero film, written and directed by Frank Miller and starring Gabriel Macht, Eva Mendes, Sarah Paulson, Dan Lauria, Paz Vega, Jaime King, Scarlett Johansson, and Samuel L. Jackson. The film is based on the newspaper comic strip, The Spirit by Will Eisner, and produced by OddLot and Lionsgate.[4]
The Spirit was released to theaters in the United States on December 25, 2008, and on DVD, and Blu-ray on April 14, 2009. The film was a box office flop and received negative reviews, with critics citing its unnecessary humor, melodramatic acting and style, lack of originality, sexist and exploitative overtones, and divergence from the source material.
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In a cat-filled mausoleum in Central City, Denny Colt, also known as "The Spirit", receives a call from Detective Sussman, about a major case that could involve "The Spirit's" arch-nemesis, "The Octopus", the Spirit dons his costume and travels across rooftops, while delivering a voice-over soliloquy, about the city being his one true love. A woman (Kimberly Cox) is being mugged in an alley below, he manages to save her, receiving a knife wound that he barely seems to notice. The woman asks, "What are you?", with an officer arriving at the scene answering, "That's The Spirit". The Spirit runs away, catching a ride from Officer Liebowitz and heading toward the flats.
At the swampland, femme fatale Sand Saref rises from the water and appears to shoot Sussman multiple times. The Spirit and Liebowitz find the wounded Sussman, but a flashback reveals that it was really The Octopus, who shot him in an effort to recover two identical chests underwater. Sand and her husband Mahmoud tries to flee with both chests, but The Octopus wounds Mahmoud and breaks a line connecting the two chests. Sand escapes, leaving one chest behind, which the Octopus retrieves from the murky depths.
After The Octopus kills Liebowitz, he sends away his cloned henchmen, "Ethos", "Pathos", and "Logos", to take on The Spirit alone, his accomplice Silken Floss drives up, running over Pathos in the process. She departs with the cargo as the two arch-nemeses fight.
The scene transitions to the next morning when The Spirit is awakened by his lover Dr. Ellen Dolan, daughter of the Police Commissioner. Appearing to be in perfect health despite his gunshot wounds, The Spirit is shocked to notice a gold locket in Sussman's hand; a piece torn from Sand Saref's neck earlier.
Saref's locket contains pictures of a much-younger Denny Colt and Sand; the two grew up together in Central City, where Denny bought Sand the locket as a gift, to satisfy her love of "shiny things". They lived happily until Sand's father, a police officer, was shot dead by a criminal with whom Colt's uncle was involved. Sand, now disenchanted with the city and its corruption, fled to Europe and has not been heard from for fifteen years; in a secret lair, The Octopus and Silken Floss open their stolen chest, but discover that it does not contain the mysterious Blood of Heracles as expected but the Golden Fleece, and decide a trade is in order.
Sand and Mahmoud visit the office of a high-class fence named Donenfeld, whom Sand paid to locate the underwater treasure, it is implied that Donenfeld gave up the treasure's location to the Octopus to ensure his family's safety. At Alice's Hospital, the Spirit has fully regenerated and is as good as new; Commissioner Dolan angrily enters with young rookie cop Morgenstern and calls the Spirit away to a case.
Sand's history as one of the world's great jewel thieves is related to the Spirit, as the Spirit is about to arrest her, he is caught off-guard by her standing before him fully nude. Sand doesn't recognize the Spirit as the presumed-dead Denny, she is stunned when he reveals his knowledge of her looking for the Golden Fleece and she shoves the Spirit through a window, only to see him survive the fall.
After his run-in with Sand, the Spirit receives a tip on the location of the Octopus's lair; in the process of breaking in he is captured and tied to a dentist's chair. The Octopus reveals his own origin as well as how he and the Spirit became arch-enemies: Octopus and Floss's experimentation have led to the creation of a serum (something of a scientific equivalent to the Elixir of Life) that could grant immortality, the Octopus first tested it on the dead body of the murdered officer Colt, who came back from the dead; his resurrection has earned the ire of Death, being the only man to ever wrongfully escape her clutches. Contacting Dolan, the only one aware of his true identity, he vowed to become the city's protector, "her spirit". Eventually, the Octopus injected himself and arch-enemies were born. However, the Octopus needs the blood of Heracles, a demi-god, to perfect the serum's formula, the Spirit manages to escape by spontaneously seducing a belly-dancing female assassin named Plaster of Paris, who as a parting gift turns on The Octopus in favor of The Spirit's charms.
Outside in an alley, The Spirit irks Paris by mentioning Sand's name; she stabs him out of spite. After being unconscious for a period of time, the Spirit stumbles to the city docks and collapses into the cold water, where he confronts the ethereal Angel of Death, Lorelei Rox, who has haunted his sleep. While at first, he is willing to finally give into her embrace, he escapes her yet again when he manages to gather his senses by remembering Ellen, Sand, Floss, Paris, and the other women he claims to see in place of his life flashing before his eyes, as the Spirit swims to the surface, Lorelei vows that he will be hers eventually.
At the projects, Sand and her latest henchman fly in with the Blood of Heracles to meet Floss and a clone carrying the Golden Fleece, after a four-way Mexican standoff, Sand attempts to convince Floss to get out of serving the Octopus before she is killed by the Octopus himself. The clone kills Sand's henchman and the Octopus asks Floss for the vase, as the Spirit suddenly materializes, Floss drives off, unable to take a side. The Octopus unloads with progressively bigger guns on the Spirit, apparently killing him off, but Dolan's SWAT team storms the area and opens fire right after. Morgenstern blows the Octopus' arm up with a hand-cannon and Dolan shoots him several times hitting the head. To recover from the damage, the Octopus gets to the Blood of Heracles and prepares to drink it, but Sand shoots the vase just in time as the Spirit rises, having worn a bullet-proof vest, he then attaches a grenade to the Octopus' chest, blowing him up into pieces with Sand protecting the two of them with the Golden Fleece.
The showdown over, the Spirit gives Sand her locket back, they kiss as Ellen looks on, feeling betrayed. The old flames bid each other goodbye and the Spirit convinces Dolan to let Sand go in gratitude for saving him and the world. Nearby, Floss discovers one of the Octopus's severed fingers crawling towards her; she picks it up and departs with two of the clones saying, "We'll start from scratch". Meanwhile, the Spirit and Ellen make amends and embrace.
The final shot shows the Spirit standing triumphantly on a rooftop with his cat, looking over the city as the sun rises.
- Gabriel Macht as Denny Colt / The Spirit: An ambitious and formerly eager young cop killed on the job, who under mysterious circumstances is reborn as a masked crime-fighter with an eye for the ladies.[5] Determined to still keep his beloved city safe, he works with Central City's police force from the shadows. Miller had required actors who wanted the starring role to audition, and Macht was able to attain the role in August 2007.[6]
- Johnny Simmons as young Denny Colt[5]
- Samuel L. Jackson as The Octopus: A former coroner turned psychotic super-villain who plans to bring all of Central City to its knees and will kill without discretion anyone unlucky enough to stand in his way. Jackson was Miller's first choice for the role and was cast in May 2007.[7] Jackson, Miller, and the costume designer went through the various scenes of the film to design elaborate costumes for the Octopus to wear—to the point that in every scene he appears in his look is different than the one before, they include a samurai robe complete with a wig, a full Nazi SS uniform, a Western duster influenced outfit with a ludicrously out-of-proportion cowboy hat, and a costume consisting of a Russian-esque hat and a fur-lined coat influenced by 1970s blaxploitation pimps. When asked about the change from the Octopus just being recognized by a pair of gloves in the comics to the various costumes, Jackson stated, "It's just an opportunity to be larger than life to take the Octopus's theme of dressing the way he feels every day, or having a theme to his day to day life and making some sense with it. And hopefully, the audience will take the ride with us."[8]
- Scarlett Johansson as Silken Floss: A femme fatale scientist and perversely innocent accomplice to the Octopus, only slightly more sane than he is.[9]
- Eva Mendes as Sand Saref:[10] The Spirit's childhood sweetheart, who perennially seduces and marries wealthy men, has them killed, and uses their money to fund criminal exploits in a constant pursuit of a life of the highest luxury and influence over the criminal underworld, she is also a tragic anti-heroine, with her policeman father accidentally murdered, causing her to have a hatred of police and Central City, and break up with aspiring cop Denny Colt. In the movie, her character shares characteristics with P'Gell from The Spirit comics, the actress told director Frank Miller that she wanted to work with him on The Spirit before she had seen a script for the film.[11]
- Seychelle Gabriel as young Sand Saref
- Sarah Paulson as Ellen Dolan: The police commissioner's daughter and a top surgeon who considers it her duty as the Spirit's current flame to keep him healthy and alive (much to her father's chagrin).[5]
- Dan Lauria as Commissioner Eustace Dolan: The hard-boiled and commanding police commissioner of Central City and the Spirit's father figure.[5]
- Stana Katic as Morgenstern: A spunky rookie officer and skilled sharpshooter who idolizes the Spirit.[5]
- Louis Lombardi as Phobos, Logos, Pathos, Ethos, Bulbos, Huevos and Rancheros, Mangos, Adios and Amigos, etc.: The Octopus's thuggish and moronic, yet highly resilient cloned henchmen.[5]
- Jaime King as Lorelei: A phantasmic siren and the Angel of Death waiting to take the Spirit, who must continually force himself to resist her.[12]
- Paz Vega as Plaster of Paris: A sexy French belly dancer and assassin in the employ of the Octopus, she wields tri-pronged throwing knives and a sword.[12]
- Eric Balfour as Mahmoud[citation needed]
Frank Miller and DC Comics president Paul Levitz also have cameo roles in the film.[13]
In the 1970s, director William Friedkin obtained the rights to The Spirit and contacted Will Eisner to write a script for him. Eisner declined but recommended Harlan Ellison, who wrote a two-hour live-action script for the filmmaker. Friedkin and Ellison afterward had an unrelated argument, and the project was abandoned,[14] during the 1980s, Brad Bird, Jerry Rees, and producer Gary Kurtz attempted to get an animated adaptation off the ground, though studio executives praised the screenplay, they thought the film would be unmarketable, and this version was scrapped.[15][16]
In the early 1990s, producer Michael Uslan and executive producers Benjamin Melniker and Steven Maier subsequently obtained the rights for a live-action film adaptation, the producer promised Eisner that he would not permit anyone who "didn't get it" to work on the project. Two ideas pitched to Uslan were to put the Spirit in a costume and to have the Spirit be a resurrected dead man who possessed supernatural powers.[17] Screenwriter John Turman, a comic book fan, expressed interest in writing the script.[18]
In July 2004, financier OddLot Entertainment acquired the rights to the film. OddLot's producers Gigi Pritzker and Deborah Del Prete began a collaboration with Uslan, Melniker, and Maier working at Batfilm Productions, to adapt the story. Eisner, who was protective of the rights to his creations, said that he believed in the producers to faithfully adapt The Spirit;[19] in April 2005, comic book writer Jeph Loeb was hired to adapt The Spirit for the big screen,[20] but the writer eventually left the project. Later in April, Uslan approached Frank Miller at Will Eisner's memorial service in New York City several weeks after Miller's Sin City was released in theaters, interested in initiating the adaptation technique with Miller's film for The Spirit.[21] Miller had initially hesitated, doubting his skill in adapting The Spirit, but ultimately embraced his first solo project as writer-director,[17] as Miller described his decision-making, "The only thought in my mind was, 'It's too big—I can't possibly do it.' And I refused. And about three minutes later as I was at the doorway, I turned around and said, 'Nobody else can touch this,' and I agreed to the job on the spot".[13]
In July 2006, the film trade press reported Miller would write and direct the film adaptation for The Spirit ; Miller and the producers publicly announced this at the 2006 Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.[22] Miller said that he was putting together a film treatment that included large parts of The Spirit strip panels, as Miller described the project, "I intend to be extremely faithful to the heart and soul of the material, but it won't be nostalgic. It will be much scarier than people expect".[22] Miller filmed Spirit using the same digital background technology that was used for Sin City and 300,[23] the film would also copy specific shots from the comic, similar to Sin City.[24]
In February 2007, Miller completed the first draft of the screenplay, and began work on a second draft.[25] Principal photography was initially slated to begin in late spring 2007.[22] Miller also planned to begin filming Sin City 2 in spring 2009,[26] but Uslan indicated that filming for The Spirit would begin before Miller started Sin City 2.[21] Following the casting of Gabriel Macht as the Spirit in August 2007, filming was re-slated for the following October.[6]
Filming began in October 2007. Filming took place in Albuquerque Studios in New Mexico.[5] The Spirit was shot using Panavision's Genesis digital camera.[27] The film's release was originally scheduled for January 16, 2009, but on May 6, 2008, it was announced that the release date would be moved up to December 25, 2008.[21]
The film contains a number of references to Eisner collaborators and other comics personae, these include "Feiffer Industrial Salt", alluding to Spirit ghost writer Jules Feiffer; "Iger Avenue", named for Eisner & Iger partner S.M. "Jerry" Iger; "Ditko's Speedy Delivery", named for Steve Ditko, a comic book artist and writer; and the characters Donenfeld and Liebowitz, played by Richard Portnow and Frank Miller, respectively, who are named for two of DC Comics' founders, Harry Donenfeld and Jack Liebowitz.[13]
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The Spirit's mysterious Henry Mancini-like soundtrack was composed and conducted by David Newman. Producer Deborah Del Prete said in the movie's production and press notes, "We were very fortunate to have a wealth of choices, after seeing samples of the footage literally everyone we wanted to meet with was very excited about taking on the film. The hardest part was having to say no to so many really great music makers, after consideration, the highly accomplished multiple Academy Award nominee David Newman joined the team. Frank wanted elements of the '40s jazz sound married with iconic heroic music and even a touch of the spaghetti western. David was able to bring it all home for us."[28]
Newman explained, "It's Sand Saref (Eva Mendes) who has the most elaborate of all the themes because it's based on her relationship with Denny Colt when they were in their teens, well before he became the Spirit. Saref's music ultimately becomes the love theme of the movie. It's very romantic, almost old fashioned, especially when they finally kiss. Frank Miller and I talked about that scene quite a bit, he really wanted me to 'go for it' – to make their music as romantic as possible. In the end, the Spirit is like a modern day Don Juan, without the psychological ambivalence towards women, he truly loves every woman he meets. It's part of his makeup, he has a certain naiveté in this respect."[29]
There is an eerie, wordless soprano for Lorelei (Jaime King) that is performed by Newman's 19-year-old daughter Diana, a vocal major at USC.[30]
Christina Aguilera sings a cover of the classic "Falling in Love Again" in the closing credits of The Spirit. The song dates to 1930, written by Frederick Hollander, with lyrics written by Sammy Lerner, the song was originally sung and popularized, by Marlene Dietrich in the film The Blue Angel (1930). The song has been covered by Billie Holiday (1940), Doris Day (1961), Sammy Davis Jr. (1962), and many others.[citation needed]
The trailers for the film feature music from the I Choose Noise album by Hybrid.[citation needed]
- "Spirit / Main Title"
- "Lorelei 'Angel Of Death'"
- "Enter Silken Floss - Octopus Kicks"
- "Just a Fight"
- "You're An Accident"
- "Spirit Reflects"
- "Egg On My Face"
- "Sand / Octopus Lair"
- "I Am Sorely Disappointed"
- "Spirit Finds Sand / Falling / Hung Up"
- "Plaster Of Paris Dance"
- "Spirit And Plaster Run"
- "Lorelei 'You Are Mine' / Spirit Wants"
- "Stand Off / Spirit Just Keeps Coming"
- "Shootout"
- "Octopus Buys It"
- "Spirit Kisses Sand"
- "It's You I Love / She Is My City"
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At the New York Comic Con on February 24, 2007, director-screenwriter Frank Miller and producer Michael Uslan were scheduled to present a panel for The Spirit,[31] though Miller was unable to attend due to recuperation from hip and leg injuries.[25] Instead, Uslan, fellow producer F.J. DeSanto, and former The Spirit publisher Denis Kitchen presented a panel at which they described the history of the film and the film's progress.[21]
Titan Books produced a making-of book, The Spirit: The Movie Visual Companion by Mark Cotta Vaz, featuring interviews with the cast and crew, photos, storyboards, and production art. It was released November 25, 2008.[citation needed] A second book, Frank Miller: The Spirit Storyboards, was announced for release on May 6 2009,[citation needed] but was never released.
The film was rated PG-13 by the MPAA for "intense sequences of stylized violence and action, some sexual content, and brief nudity".[32]
The film was released on Christmas Day 2008.[citation needed]
Box office[edit]
The Spirit fared poorly in the box office.[citation needed] Released in 2,509 theaters,[3] The Spirit grossed $10.3 million in its opening four days, placing 9th in the box-office ranking for the weekend.[33] As of May 2009, the film had grossed $19,806,188 domestically and $18,588,842 internationally for a worldwide total of $38,395,030,[3] it was rumored that the movie's poor performance at the box office cost Odd Lot Entertainment tens of millions of dollars in losses as well as causing the demise of the Frank Miller Buck Rogers movie,[citation needed] although Odd Lot Entertainment's CEO Gigi Pritzker denied such rumors.[34]
Critical reception[edit]
The Spirit was panned by critics. It received a 14% rating at the movie-review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes,[35] and a Metacritic aggregate rating of 30 out of 100, denoting "generally negative reviews", from 24 reviewers.[36]
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film one out of four stars and said, "There is not a trace of human emotion in it. To call the characters cardboard is to insult a useful packing material".[37]
Ricky Bentley of The Miami Herald said, "Macht manages to meld macho with melodrama to make the Spirit come to life."[38]
Frank Lovece of Newsday, a one-time comic book writer, found that "gorgeous cinematography and design can't mask the hollow core and bizarre ugliness of this mishandled comics adaptation", and noted that while Eisner's own Spirit was "an average-Joe [...] in a rumpled suit—a vulnerable but insouciant everyman in humanist fables", Miller's Spirit "now has a superpower—a healing factor. Eisner's own spirit must be spinning in its grave".[39]
Chris Barsanti of Filmcritic.com stated, "It's a frankly gorgeous effect, liberated by the fact that Miller adapted freely from Eisner's panels—the two were longtime friends—to create an organic story instead of slavishly following the master's work", and calling it "one of the year's most refreshingly fun films."[40]
Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly, found the movie a "ludicrously knowing and mannered noir pastiche, full of burnt-end romance and 'style', but robotic at its core".[41]
Ken Hanke of Mountain Xpress observed, "The film may not move smoothly—Miller's too fond of 'just damn weird' digressions for that—but it does move and isn't hard to follow, its screwiness is deliberate and it's all a matter of taste."[42]
A.O. Scott in The New York Times summed up, "To ask why anything happens in Frank Miller's sludgy, hyper-stylized adaptation of a fabled comic book series by Will Eisner may be an exercise in futility. The only halfway interesting question is why the thing exists at all."[43]
Empire magazine listed the film as #32 on their "Top 50 Worst Movies Of All Time" list.[44]
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- ^ Michael Cieply (2013-01-14). "'Ender's Game' Is a Bet for Gigi Pritzker's OddLot Entertainment - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ a b c "The Spirit (2008)". Box Office Mojo. 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ "Lionsgate conjures 'The Spirit' with Odd Lot Entertainment and visionary filmmaker and graphic novelist Frank Miller". Comics2Film. May 16, 2007. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
- ^ a b c d e f g Kit, Borys. "Miller's 'Spirit' finds love with Paulson". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ a b Fleming, Michael; Garrett, Diane (2007-08-02). "Gabriel Macht to star in 'Spirit'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ Siegel, Tatiana. "Miller sees Jackson as evil 'Spirit'". Archived from the original on 2007-05-20. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ Shawn Adler (2008-07-26). "Samuel L. Jackson Takes Us Through His 'Spirit' Wardrobe - MTV". Splashpage.mtv.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ Kit, Borys. "It's a triple feature for Johansson". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ Kit, Borys. "Mendes moved to join 'Spirit'". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ Larry Carroll (2007-10-10). "Eva Mendes Has 'The Spirit' - MTV". Moviesblog.mtv.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ a b Dave McNary (2007-10-07). "Pair joining 'Spirit' squad". Variety. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ a b c "Spirit guide: Frank Miller adapts Will Eisner's cult comic | Film Journal International". Filmjournal.com. 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ Kiel Phegley (2010-05-21). "Ellison Gets In "The Spirit" - CBR". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ Steven Paul Leiva (2008-12-12). "'The Spirit' movie that could have been | Hero Complex – movies, comics, pop culture – Los Angeles Times". Herocomplex.latimes.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ Fiamma, Andrea (2015-04-15). "Il trailer del film di Spirit mai realizzato da Brad Bird" (in Italian). Fumettologica. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
- ^ a b Jordan, Justin (2007-02-25). "NYCC, XTRA: "Will Eisner's The Spirit" Panel". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 2007-03-24. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
- ^ Rob Worley. "Countdown To Hulk: John Turman talks about 'Hulk' and other heroes". CBR. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ Michael Fleming (2004-07-22). "Odd Lot, Batfilm join forces for 'Spirit'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ Ian Mohr (2005-04-05). "Loeb will get into 'The Spirit'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ a b c d Pamela McClintock (2008-05-06). "Christmas gets Frank Miller's 'Spirit'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ a b c McClintock, Pamela; Fritz, Ben (2006-07-18). "Odd job for Miller". Variety. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ Moro, Eric (2006-11-09). "Exclusive: Frank Miller Talks The Spirit - IGN". Uk.ign.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ Carle, Chris (2007-02-24). "NYCC 07: The Spirit - IGN". Uk.ign.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ a b Gopalan, Nisha (2007-02-23). "With NY Comic Con kicking off, it's (Frank) Miller time". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
- ^ "SCI FI Wire | The News Service of the SCI FI Channel". Web.archive.org. 2007-02-25. Archived from the original on 2007-02-25. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ "The Orphanage Brings VFX And DI Processes Together With Film Master". broadcastbuyer.tv. 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
- ^ "The Spirit Production Notes & Images - Entertainment movies news". Enewsi.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ "E-Notes: Composer David Newman Is Visited By The Ghost Of 'The Spirit' Past - Ifmagazine.Com". Web.archive.org. 2008-12-25. Archived from the original on 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ Jon Burlingame (2008-12-17). "Sound bites: David Newman". Variety. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ "NYCC Announces More Special Guests; Important Deadlines". Comic Book Resources. 2007-01-29. Archived from the original on 2007-02-07. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
- ^ "Latest MPAA Ratings: #119". 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
- ^ "Marley & Me Enjoys a Record-Breaking Christmas | MovieMaker Magazine". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2008-12-30. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ Fleming, Michael. "Odd Lot shakeup - Cannes Film Festival - Variety". Archived from the original on 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ "The Spirit". Rotten Tomatoes.com. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
- ^ "''The Spirit''". Metacritic.com. 2008-12-25. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
- ^ Sobczynski, Peter (2008-12-23). "The Spirit Movie Review & Film Summary (2008) | Roger Ebert". Rogerebert.suntimes.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
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- ^ "The Spirit Movie Review, DVD Release - Filmcritic.com". Web.archive.org. 2009-01-02. Archived from the original on 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ Owen Gleiberman (2008-12-24). "The Spirit –". Ew.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ Ken Hanke (2008-12-31). "The Spirit | Mountain Xpress". Mountainx.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ A. O. Scott (2008-12-24). "Gabriel Macht, Directed by Frank Miller, Is Ducking Villains and Vixens - The New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ "The 50 Worst Movies Ever". Empire. 4 February 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (August 14, 2013) – GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing's title fight for a third GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Championship comes to Kansas Speedway this weekend where team drivers Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty will drive the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance® Corvette Daytona Prototype in Saturday night's inaugural SFP Grand Prix.
GAINSCO, Gurney and Fogarty, the 2007 and 2009 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Team and Driver Champions, have been in the hunt for a third set of Daytona Prototype titles since winning the second race of the year at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) in early March.
The No. 99 GAINSCO drivers come to the first-ever major sports car race on Kansas Speedway's 2.370-mile "roval" road course just four points shy of the driver championship lead. Gurney and Fogarty trail leaders Ryan Dalziel and Alex Popow, 246 – 242, while the same 242 points total has the No. 99 GAINSCO "Red Dragon" third in the team standings, just nine points out of first.
GAINSCO ran competitively but finished eighth most recently at Road America last Saturday but still closed on the championship lead when Dalziel and Popow were slowed by a mechanical issue.
"The team performed very well at Road America," Gurney said. "We can take a lot of positives from the weekend. Toward the end of the race, apart from the first three cars that got a little lucky with the timing of that yellow flag, we were at the front and in a great position to win the race. We had good strategy, pit stops and pace and that bodes well for these last three races."
Kansas kicks off a stretch run of races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California and Lime Rock Park in Connecticut that will wrap up the 2013 season. While Laguna and Lime Rock are well familiar to the Rolex Series contingent, Kansas as a new circuit may serve as somewhat of a "wild card" event in the championship chase.
"The configuration of the track, unfortunately, doesn't lend itself to our usual strong suit, but I am confident in the team," Fogarty said. "I think we can perform and I think we can win. It is a bit of an unknown. I have never seen the place, but we will get it sorted and hopefully come out of there with a firm grasp on some points."
The BobStallingsCars.com No. 99 GAINSCO "Red Dragon" team tends to prefer courses with many corners and a minimum of high-speed straights. Depending on who is counting, the Kansas road course has only about six or seven corners and one long oval-track section expected to produce top speeds rivaling the massive 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway road course used for the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona.
"I am looking forward to going to a new circuit," Gurney said. "I've seen a few laps of in-car video and done some iRacing there so I am familiar with the layout already. I have a feeling the Kansas 'roval' is not like the Nürburgring, but I'm hopeful we'll enjoy it nonetheless. If we can perform like we did at Elkhart, we should be able to get on the podium."
A two-day twilight-into-evening event, the SFP Grand Prix schedule gets underway Thursday with unofficial testing that afternoon. Official practice commences Friday afternoon with Daytona Prototype qualifying scheduled that evening at 9:45 p.m. CDT. Race day Saturday begins with a 30-minute final practice warm-up session at 11:30 a.m. CDT with the featured SFP Grand Prix scheduled to start at 7 p.m. CDT that evening.
"There's not a whole lot of 'rovals' that a true road racer can fall in love with," Fogarty said. "But it is what it is, GRAND-AM always does a good job adding a new track or two it seems like every season, it is a race and I am always happy to go racing. We are going to go there and make the most of it."
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San Francisco Leads the Way on Fair Scheduling with Retail Workers Bill of Rights
The city of San Francisco has taken a big step in the right direction by passing the Retail Workers Bill of Rights, which will end abusive scheduling practices and improve work environments for more than 40,000 workers at 1,250 locations in the city. The bill still has to be signed by the mayor, but workers and advocates are confident it will become law. By taking this big step, nearly half of the city's workers in the related industries will have their lives improved.
The new rules will apply to retail stores, hotels and restaurants with at least 20 employees and at least 20 or more locations worldwide.The proposal would require employers to:
- Tell workers their schedules at least two weeks in advance.
- Pay workers extra if they change the schedule with less than 24 hours notice.
- Offer extra hours, if available, to current part-time workers before hiring new workers.
Additionally, if a company is sold, current employees who have worked for six months or longer are guaranteed to work for at least 90 days. Employers also are prohibited from discriminating against part-time workers when it comes to pay or promotions.
Congressional Democrats have offered a similar bill that probably won't move forward in a Republican Congress. The Schedules That Work Act would:
- Protect workers against employer retaliation for schedule requests.
- Require employers to use a process for schedule requests that meet the needs of workers, not just the company. In particular, requests that are based on caregiving duties, health conditions, education, training or a second job must be approved, unless there is a legitimate business reason not to approve them.
- Pay workers for at least four hours if they arrive at work for a shift of at least four hours and are sent home early.
- Require companies to provide schedules at least two weeks in advance and pay employees extra if schedules change with less than 24 hours notice.
- Make employers provide extra pay to employees who are scheduled to work non-consecutive shifts on the same day.
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Convicted Bank Robber Will Do At Least 30 Years
A Lincoln man has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for a string of bank robberies in Nebraska and Iowa. Cameron Mitchell will be required to pay more than $74,000 in restitution for the robberies.
Prosecutors say Mitchell robbed seven banks in Omaha, Lincoln, and Council Bluffs between June and August of 2012. Mitchell was accused of walking into bank lobbies armed with a handgun, and taking money from teller drawers.
Mitchell will be required to serve five years of supervised release after his sentence.