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[
"L'Or du Rhin",
"followed by",
"L'Astrologue de Bruges"
] | null | null | null | null | 2 |
|
[
"L'Or du Rhin",
"follows",
"Les Exilés de Kifa"
] | null | null | null | null | 3 |
|
[
"La Fille du vent",
"followed by",
"La Lumière d'Ixo"
] | English translations
As of 2015, only a limited number of Yoko Tsuno comics have been translated to English. Books #3 and 6 (La Forge de Vulcain and Les Trois soleils de Vinéa) were released in English in 1989 under the series title, The Adventures of Yoko, Vic and Paul by Catalan Communications under their "Comcat" line. Some liberties were taken in the translation to English. For example, Yoko's last name was changed to "Suno", Khany was renamed "Kani" and the Vineans became "Vinans" from the planet "Vina". Plot transitions between individual episodes were also altered; for instance, at the conclusion of The Prey and the Ghost (original issue #12), Vic tells Yoko in the original version that he was contacted by Khany, leading to the events of issue #13, The Archangels of Vinea; in the English translation, instead he tells her that it was her father who gave him a message for her, which in the Comcat line of continuity would lead to Daughter of the Wind (original issue #9).
Comcat planned next on reprinting books nos. 8, 10, 13, and possibly no. 17, but the company went under.
Sixteen books have been translated into English and published by Cinebook Ltd:
On the Edge of Life (La Frontière de la vie), published July 2007, ISBN 978-1-905460-32-8
The Time Spiral (La Spirale du temps), published January 2008, ISBN 978-1-905460-43-4
The Prey and the Ghost (La Proie et l'ombre), published July 2008, ISBN 978-1-905460-56-4
Daughter of the Wind (La Fille du Vent), published July 2009, ISBN 978-1-905460-94-6
The Dragon of Hong Kong (Le Dragon de Hong Kong), published July 2010, ISBN 978-1-84918-041-2
The Morning of the World (Le Matin du Monde), published June 2011, ISBN 978-1-84918-082-5
The Curious Trio (Le trio de l'étrange), published July 2012, ISBN 978-1-84918-127-3
The Devil's Organ (L'Orgue du Diable), published July 2013, ISBN 978-1-84918-164-8
The Forge of Vulcan (La Forge de Vulcain), published August 2014, ISBN 978-1-84918-197-6
Message for Eternity (Message pour l'éternité), published August 2015, ISBN 978-1-84918-251-5
The Three Suns of Vinea (Les Trois soleils de Vinéa), published May 2016, ISBN 978-1-84918-302-4
The Titans (Les Titans), published May 2017, ISBN 978-1-84918-350-5
The Light of Ixo (La Lumière d'Ixo), published April 2018, ISBN 978-1-84918-392-5
The Archangels of Vinea (Les Archanges de Vinéa), published May 2019, ISBN 978-1-84918-438-0
Wotan's Fire (Le Feu de Wotan), published May 2020, ISBN 978-1-84918-536-3
The Cannon of Kra (Le Canon de Kra), published May 2021, ISBN 978-1-80044-019-7
The Exiles of Kifa (Les Exilés de Kifa), published May 2022, ISBN 978-1-80044-065-4
The Rhine Gold (L'Or du Rhin), published May 2023, ISBN 978-1-80044-093-7 | null | null | null | null | 1 |
[
"La Fille du vent",
"follows",
"Les Titans"
] | null | null | null | null | 2 |
|
[
"La Fille du vent",
"narrative location",
"Earth"
] | null | null | null | null | 3 |
|
[
"African Cats",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | Plot
In the southern plains of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, lives Mara, a six-month-old lion cub, with her mother Layla, who both belong to the River pride, led by Fang, an old male lion, named after his remaining fang after he gets a distinctive broken tooth because of an earlier fight. In the northern plains of the Maasai Mara, lives Sita, a cheetah who has just given birth to five cubs to take care of. Sita and her cubs coexist with another lion pride led by a large male named Kali, who wishes to expand his pride and territory by taking over Fang's own with the help of his four sons, which however he cannot reach as both sides are divided by the Nile crocodile infested Mara River.
One day, Sita's cubs are playing while Kali and the largest of his sons are on patrol. Sita, seeing them as a serious danger to her cubs, goads both lions, so as to lure them away. But after the confrontation, the cubs have scattered. Sita desperately calls for them. As it gets darker, hyenas are seen and heard. In the morning, three of her five cubs return to Sita. Although she continues to call for the other two cubs, it's clear that they have been killed by hyenas. Meanwhile, Layla is injured by a zebra's kick while hunting. As the wildebeest begin to migrate to greener pastures, so does the River pride. However, due to her injury and old age, Layla has trouble keeping up. Mara stays alongside her mother and tries to help on her way. Soon, they begin to lose track of the pride. Knowing that Mara needs her family for her survival, Layla forces through her injury, and they soon find themselves within the River pride once more. As time passes in the northern side, Sita's cubs thrive, and begin to show more of their cheetah nature. One day, a gang of three adult cheetah brothers roaming about zone in on Sita. Again, Sita finds herself having to divert attention from rivals so that they do not find her cubs. However, being fellow cheetahs, they do not tire as easily as lions do; and soon, the brothers separate Sita from her cubs. As they circle them, the cubs stand their ground and hiss at the bullies, meaning they have inherited their mother's prowess and bravery. Before the cheetah brothers can do anything, a passing elephant chases them away – meaning that in the savanna, even bullies get bullied.
Some time later, the river has lessened. Kali and his largest son take advantage of it so they can cross and begin their assault on the River pride. They head towards the southern territory. Fang, upon seeing them approaching, runs for his life, but Layla does not back away – knowing that Mara could be killed should the assault succeed, she fearlessly attacks the rivals. Soon, the other lionesses, inspired by Layla's courage, join in the fight. Kali and his son are defeated and leave the area, though they remain on the southern side of the river. Victory completed, Fang returns, and life returns to normal for the pride as well. Layla has been injured ever further during the fight. Seeing that she might not make it, on a rainy day – which the lions take advantage of to bond with each other – for Mara's sake, she goes to her sister Malayka – who has cubs of her own – and reconnects with her so as to maintain a spot in the pride for Mara. Once she sees that Mara is accepted by Malayka, Layla slips away from the pride to find a quiet place to die. Meanwhile, hyenas approach Sita and her cubs, but the brave mother cheetah, having already lost two cubs to them, does not back away; sure enough, she attacks them fearlessly, not letting them anywhere near her cubs. Finally, the hyenas give up the fight and leave – Sita's bravery has kept the remaining cubs alive and free from danger.
As time goes by, Kali reunites with his four sons. They later return to the River pride for another assault. Upon seeing them, Fang runs, never to be seen or heard from again – if he is to ever return again, he would be shown no mercy. Kali takes over the pride and exiles Fang's cubs, including Mara – now a young adult. Her male cousins are seen as the number one threat to Kali and his sons, so they hunt them down. Seeing that they can no longer stay within their pride, the young males have no choice but to cross the river, even though its level has grown and it is infested with crocodiles, nonetheless, they reach land unscathed. The lionesses initially refuse to admit Kali as their leader, the wound of losing their cubs still far too fresh in their minds. Mara tries to live on her own and fend for herself, but she was banished before she was taught to hunt, and finds her first attempts at catching meals on her own, even small warthogs and especially big rhinos and buffaloes, humiliatingly unsuccessful & learns that there are benefits in belonging to a pride. Meanwhile, Sita & her cubs follow the gazelle herds to the River Pride's domain, where they settle down while getting into a feud with the River Pride.
Soon the wildebeest return, and the lionesses begin to hunt for their new cubs – Kali's offspring, having made peace with him and his sons. Mara successfully hunts and feasts. Soon after, she proves herself to the pride, and is at last welcomed back – Layla's sacrifice for raising her cub was not in vain. Meanwhile, Sita's cubs are now young adults, and they're thriving. They hone their hunting skills, they practice on a serval and a jackal, and even get to cross the river. Afterwards, they encounter hyenas then Kali's pride, and learn to stand up to hyenas like a true brave cheetah does, and to avoid and outrun lions instead of hunting them. Finally, they successfully hunt an antelope for food. Sita, seeing that her cubs are now ready to forge their own path, leaves them and returns to the solitary life of a cheetah. The narrator shows that Mara and Sita's cubs are the finest examples of a mother's love.
During the credits, it is shown that Sita's cubs went their separate ways & she has become one of the most successful cheetah mothers to roam the plains, Mara has been accepted by her pride and is now ready for motherhood herself, Kali still reigns supreme on both sides of the river, and the filmmakers are still looking for Fang.Production
The families of the animals in African Cats were filmed on the Maasai Mara National Reserve, a major game region in southwestern Kenya. The Maasai Mara is one of the few remaining places in Africa where lions, cheetahs and leopards live in large numbers and in close proximity. To help achieve scientific accuracy, the directors recruited Dr. Sarah Durant of the Zoological Society of London. Durant worked in Tanzania for the last 19 years, studying cheetahs and working toward the conservation of all of Africa's large carnivores. The film is narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. | null | null | null | null | 1 |
[
"African Cats",
"performer",
"Jordin Sparks"
] | null | null | null | null | 21 |
|
[
"Le Trio de l'étrange",
"narrative location",
"Earth"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"Le Trio de l'étrange",
"followed by",
"L'Orgue du Diable"
] | English translations
As of 2015, only a limited number of Yoko Tsuno comics have been translated to English. Books #3 and 6 (La Forge de Vulcain and Les Trois soleils de Vinéa) were released in English in 1989 under the series title, The Adventures of Yoko, Vic and Paul by Catalan Communications under their "Comcat" line. Some liberties were taken in the translation to English. For example, Yoko's last name was changed to "Suno", Khany was renamed "Kani" and the Vineans became "Vinans" from the planet "Vina". Plot transitions between individual episodes were also altered; for instance, at the conclusion of The Prey and the Ghost (original issue #12), Vic tells Yoko in the original version that he was contacted by Khany, leading to the events of issue #13, The Archangels of Vinea; in the English translation, instead he tells her that it was her father who gave him a message for her, which in the Comcat line of continuity would lead to Daughter of the Wind (original issue #9).
Comcat planned next on reprinting books nos. 8, 10, 13, and possibly no. 17, but the company went under.
Sixteen books have been translated into English and published by Cinebook Ltd:
On the Edge of Life (La Frontière de la vie), published July 2007, ISBN 978-1-905460-32-8
The Time Spiral (La Spirale du temps), published January 2008, ISBN 978-1-905460-43-4
The Prey and the Ghost (La Proie et l'ombre), published July 2008, ISBN 978-1-905460-56-4
Daughter of the Wind (La Fille du Vent), published July 2009, ISBN 978-1-905460-94-6
The Dragon of Hong Kong (Le Dragon de Hong Kong), published July 2010, ISBN 978-1-84918-041-2
The Morning of the World (Le Matin du Monde), published June 2011, ISBN 978-1-84918-082-5
The Curious Trio (Le trio de l'étrange), published July 2012, ISBN 978-1-84918-127-3
The Devil's Organ (L'Orgue du Diable), published July 2013, ISBN 978-1-84918-164-8
The Forge of Vulcan (La Forge de Vulcain), published August 2014, ISBN 978-1-84918-197-6
Message for Eternity (Message pour l'éternité), published August 2015, ISBN 978-1-84918-251-5
The Three Suns of Vinea (Les Trois soleils de Vinéa), published May 2016, ISBN 978-1-84918-302-4
The Titans (Les Titans), published May 2017, ISBN 978-1-84918-350-5
The Light of Ixo (La Lumière d'Ixo), published April 2018, ISBN 978-1-84918-392-5
The Archangels of Vinea (Les Archanges de Vinéa), published May 2019, ISBN 978-1-84918-438-0
Wotan's Fire (Le Feu de Wotan), published May 2020, ISBN 978-1-84918-536-3
The Cannon of Kra (Le Canon de Kra), published May 2021, ISBN 978-1-80044-019-7
The Exiles of Kifa (Les Exilés de Kifa), published May 2022, ISBN 978-1-80044-065-4
The Rhine Gold (L'Or du Rhin), published May 2023, ISBN 978-1-80044-093-7 | null | null | null | null | 5 |
[
"L'Astrologue de Bruges",
"followed by",
"La Porte des âmes"
] | null | null | null | null | 1 |
|
[
"L'Astrologue de Bruges",
"narrative location",
"Earth"
] | null | null | null | null | 2 |
|
[
"L'Astrologue de Bruges",
"follows",
"L'Or du Rhin"
] | null | null | null | null | 5 |
|
[
"The Man from Niger",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"L'Orgue du Diable",
"narrative location",
"Earth"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"L'Orgue du Diable",
"follows",
"Le Trio de l'étrange"
] | Publication history
Yoko Tsuno first appeared in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou on September 24, 1970 with the 8 page short Hold–up en hi–fi. This and the following two shorter works La belle et la bête and Cap 351 served as precursors for the first full-length Yoko Tsuno adventure, Le trio de l'étrange serialised in Spirou from May 13, 1971. Staying with Spirou for the following 30 years, the series still appears in the magazine to date. The series has accumulated 29 albums and has been collected in nine integral compilations. | null | null | null | null | 2 |
[
"L'Orgue du Diable",
"followed by",
"La Forge de Vulcain"
] | English translations
As of 2015, only a limited number of Yoko Tsuno comics have been translated to English. Books #3 and 6 (La Forge de Vulcain and Les Trois soleils de Vinéa) were released in English in 1989 under the series title, The Adventures of Yoko, Vic and Paul by Catalan Communications under their "Comcat" line. Some liberties were taken in the translation to English. For example, Yoko's last name was changed to "Suno", Khany was renamed "Kani" and the Vineans became "Vinans" from the planet "Vina". Plot transitions between individual episodes were also altered; for instance, at the conclusion of The Prey and the Ghost (original issue #12), Vic tells Yoko in the original version that he was contacted by Khany, leading to the events of issue #13, The Archangels of Vinea; in the English translation, instead he tells her that it was her father who gave him a message for her, which in the Comcat line of continuity would lead to Daughter of the Wind (original issue #9).
Comcat planned next on reprinting books nos. 8, 10, 13, and possibly no. 17, but the company went under.
Sixteen books have been translated into English and published by Cinebook Ltd:
On the Edge of Life (La Frontière de la vie), published July 2007, ISBN 978-1-905460-32-8
The Time Spiral (La Spirale du temps), published January 2008, ISBN 978-1-905460-43-4
The Prey and the Ghost (La Proie et l'ombre), published July 2008, ISBN 978-1-905460-56-4
Daughter of the Wind (La Fille du Vent), published July 2009, ISBN 978-1-905460-94-6
The Dragon of Hong Kong (Le Dragon de Hong Kong), published July 2010, ISBN 978-1-84918-041-2
The Morning of the World (Le Matin du Monde), published June 2011, ISBN 978-1-84918-082-5
The Curious Trio (Le trio de l'étrange), published July 2012, ISBN 978-1-84918-127-3
The Devil's Organ (L'Orgue du Diable), published July 2013, ISBN 978-1-84918-164-8
The Forge of Vulcan (La Forge de Vulcain), published August 2014, ISBN 978-1-84918-197-6
Message for Eternity (Message pour l'éternité), published August 2015, ISBN 978-1-84918-251-5
The Three Suns of Vinea (Les Trois soleils de Vinéa), published May 2016, ISBN 978-1-84918-302-4
The Titans (Les Titans), published May 2017, ISBN 978-1-84918-350-5
The Light of Ixo (La Lumière d'Ixo), published April 2018, ISBN 978-1-84918-392-5
The Archangels of Vinea (Les Archanges de Vinéa), published May 2019, ISBN 978-1-84918-438-0
Wotan's Fire (Le Feu de Wotan), published May 2020, ISBN 978-1-84918-536-3
The Cannon of Kra (Le Canon de Kra), published May 2021, ISBN 978-1-80044-019-7
The Exiles of Kifa (Les Exilés de Kifa), published May 2022, ISBN 978-1-80044-065-4
The Rhine Gold (L'Or du Rhin), published May 2023, ISBN 978-1-80044-093-7 | null | null | null | null | 3 |
[
"La Forge de Vulcain",
"follows",
"L'Orgue du Diable"
] | null | null | null | null | 1 |
|
[
"La Forge de Vulcain",
"narrative location",
"Earth"
] | null | null | null | null | 2 |
|
[
"La Forge de Vulcain",
"followed by",
"Aventures électroniques"
] | null | null | null | null | 3 |
|
[
"La Jonque céleste",
"followed by",
"La Pagode des brumes"
] | null | null | null | null | 1 |
|
[
"La Jonque céleste",
"follows",
"La Porte des âmes"
] | null | null | null | null | 2 |
|
[
"La Jonque céleste",
"narrative location",
"Earth"
] | null | null | null | null | 3 |
|
[
"La Pagode des brumes",
"followed by",
"Le Septième Code"
] | null | null | null | null | 1 |
|
[
"La Pagode des brumes",
"follows",
"La Jonque céleste"
] | null | null | null | null | 4 |
|
[
"La Pagode des brumes",
"narrative location",
"Earth"
] | null | null | null | null | 7 |
|
[
"La Servante de Lucifer",
"followed by",
"Le Maléfice de l'améthyste"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"La Servante de Lucifer",
"narrative location",
"Earth"
] | null | null | null | null | 1 |
|
[
"La Servante de Lucifer",
"follows",
"Le Septième Code"
] | null | null | null | null | 4 |
|
[
"Le Canon de Kra",
"followed by",
"Le Dragon de Hong Kong"
] | null | null | null | null | 1 |
|
[
"Le Canon de Kra",
"follows",
"Le Feu de Wotan"
] | null | null | null | null | 2 |
|
[
"Le Canon de Kra",
"narrative location",
"Earth"
] | null | null | null | null | 3 |
|
[
"Le Dragon de Hong Kong",
"follows",
"Le Canon de Kra"
] | null | null | null | null | 1 |
|
[
"Le Dragon de Hong Kong",
"followed by",
"Le Matin du monde"
] | English translations
As of 2015, only a limited number of Yoko Tsuno comics have been translated to English. Books #3 and 6 (La Forge de Vulcain and Les Trois soleils de Vinéa) were released in English in 1989 under the series title, The Adventures of Yoko, Vic and Paul by Catalan Communications under their "Comcat" line. Some liberties were taken in the translation to English. For example, Yoko's last name was changed to "Suno", Khany was renamed "Kani" and the Vineans became "Vinans" from the planet "Vina". Plot transitions between individual episodes were also altered; for instance, at the conclusion of The Prey and the Ghost (original issue #12), Vic tells Yoko in the original version that he was contacted by Khany, leading to the events of issue #13, The Archangels of Vinea; in the English translation, instead he tells her that it was her father who gave him a message for her, which in the Comcat line of continuity would lead to Daughter of the Wind (original issue #9).
Comcat planned next on reprinting books nos. 8, 10, 13, and possibly no. 17, but the company went under.
Sixteen books have been translated into English and published by Cinebook Ltd:
On the Edge of Life (La Frontière de la vie), published July 2007, ISBN 978-1-905460-32-8
The Time Spiral (La Spirale du temps), published January 2008, ISBN 978-1-905460-43-4
The Prey and the Ghost (La Proie et l'ombre), published July 2008, ISBN 978-1-905460-56-4
Daughter of the Wind (La Fille du Vent), published July 2009, ISBN 978-1-905460-94-6
The Dragon of Hong Kong (Le Dragon de Hong Kong), published July 2010, ISBN 978-1-84918-041-2
The Morning of the World (Le Matin du Monde), published June 2011, ISBN 978-1-84918-082-5
The Curious Trio (Le trio de l'étrange), published July 2012, ISBN 978-1-84918-127-3
The Devil's Organ (L'Orgue du Diable), published July 2013, ISBN 978-1-84918-164-8
The Forge of Vulcan (La Forge de Vulcain), published August 2014, ISBN 978-1-84918-197-6
Message for Eternity (Message pour l'éternité), published August 2015, ISBN 978-1-84918-251-5
The Three Suns of Vinea (Les Trois soleils de Vinéa), published May 2016, ISBN 978-1-84918-302-4
The Titans (Les Titans), published May 2017, ISBN 978-1-84918-350-5
The Light of Ixo (La Lumière d'Ixo), published April 2018, ISBN 978-1-84918-392-5
The Archangels of Vinea (Les Archanges de Vinéa), published May 2019, ISBN 978-1-84918-438-0
Wotan's Fire (Le Feu de Wotan), published May 2020, ISBN 978-1-84918-536-3
The Cannon of Kra (Le Canon de Kra), published May 2021, ISBN 978-1-80044-019-7
The Exiles of Kifa (Les Exilés de Kifa), published May 2022, ISBN 978-1-80044-065-4
The Rhine Gold (L'Or du Rhin), published May 2023, ISBN 978-1-80044-093-7 | null | null | null | null | 2 |
[
"Le Dragon de Hong Kong",
"narrative location",
"Earth"
] | null | null | null | null | 3 |
|
[
"Le Feu de Wotan",
"followed by",
"Le Canon de Kra"
] | English translations
As of 2015, only a limited number of Yoko Tsuno comics have been translated to English. Books #3 and 6 (La Forge de Vulcain and Les Trois soleils de Vinéa) were released in English in 1989 under the series title, The Adventures of Yoko, Vic and Paul by Catalan Communications under their "Comcat" line. Some liberties were taken in the translation to English. For example, Yoko's last name was changed to "Suno", Khany was renamed "Kani" and the Vineans became "Vinans" from the planet "Vina". Plot transitions between individual episodes were also altered; for instance, at the conclusion of The Prey and the Ghost (original issue #12), Vic tells Yoko in the original version that he was contacted by Khany, leading to the events of issue #13, The Archangels of Vinea; in the English translation, instead he tells her that it was her father who gave him a message for her, which in the Comcat line of continuity would lead to Daughter of the Wind (original issue #9).
Comcat planned next on reprinting books nos. 8, 10, 13, and possibly no. 17, but the company went under.
Sixteen books have been translated into English and published by Cinebook Ltd:
On the Edge of Life (La Frontière de la vie), published July 2007, ISBN 978-1-905460-32-8
The Time Spiral (La Spirale du temps), published January 2008, ISBN 978-1-905460-43-4
The Prey and the Ghost (La Proie et l'ombre), published July 2008, ISBN 978-1-905460-56-4
Daughter of the Wind (La Fille du Vent), published July 2009, ISBN 978-1-905460-94-6
The Dragon of Hong Kong (Le Dragon de Hong Kong), published July 2010, ISBN 978-1-84918-041-2
The Morning of the World (Le Matin du Monde), published June 2011, ISBN 978-1-84918-082-5
The Curious Trio (Le trio de l'étrange), published July 2012, ISBN 978-1-84918-127-3
The Devil's Organ (L'Orgue du Diable), published July 2013, ISBN 978-1-84918-164-8
The Forge of Vulcan (La Forge de Vulcain), published August 2014, ISBN 978-1-84918-197-6
Message for Eternity (Message pour l'éternité), published August 2015, ISBN 978-1-84918-251-5
The Three Suns of Vinea (Les Trois soleils de Vinéa), published May 2016, ISBN 978-1-84918-302-4
The Titans (Les Titans), published May 2017, ISBN 978-1-84918-350-5
The Light of Ixo (La Lumière d'Ixo), published April 2018, ISBN 978-1-84918-392-5
The Archangels of Vinea (Les Archanges de Vinéa), published May 2019, ISBN 978-1-84918-438-0
Wotan's Fire (Le Feu de Wotan), published May 2020, ISBN 978-1-84918-536-3
The Cannon of Kra (Le Canon de Kra), published May 2021, ISBN 978-1-80044-019-7
The Exiles of Kifa (Les Exilés de Kifa), published May 2022, ISBN 978-1-80044-065-4
The Rhine Gold (L'Or du Rhin), published May 2023, ISBN 978-1-80044-093-7 | null | null | null | null | 1 |
[
"Le Feu de Wotan",
"narrative location",
"Earth"
] | null | null | null | null | 2 |
|
[
"Le Feu de Wotan",
"follows",
"Les Archanges de Vinéa"
] | null | null | null | null | 5 |
|
[
"Le Maléfice de l'améthyste",
"follows",
"La Servante de Lucifer"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"Le Maléfice de l'améthyste",
"narrative location",
"Earth"
] | null | null | null | null | 4 |
|
[
"Le Matin du monde",
"follows",
"Le Dragon de Hong Kong"
] | null | null | null | null | 1 |
|
[
"Le Matin du monde",
"followed by",
"Les Exilés de Kifa"
] | English translations
As of 2015, only a limited number of Yoko Tsuno comics have been translated to English. Books #3 and 6 (La Forge de Vulcain and Les Trois soleils de Vinéa) were released in English in 1989 under the series title, The Adventures of Yoko, Vic and Paul by Catalan Communications under their "Comcat" line. Some liberties were taken in the translation to English. For example, Yoko's last name was changed to "Suno", Khany was renamed "Kani" and the Vineans became "Vinans" from the planet "Vina". Plot transitions between individual episodes were also altered; for instance, at the conclusion of The Prey and the Ghost (original issue #12), Vic tells Yoko in the original version that he was contacted by Khany, leading to the events of issue #13, The Archangels of Vinea; in the English translation, instead he tells her that it was her father who gave him a message for her, which in the Comcat line of continuity would lead to Daughter of the Wind (original issue #9).
Comcat planned next on reprinting books nos. 8, 10, 13, and possibly no. 17, but the company went under.
Sixteen books have been translated into English and published by Cinebook Ltd:
On the Edge of Life (La Frontière de la vie), published July 2007, ISBN 978-1-905460-32-8
The Time Spiral (La Spirale du temps), published January 2008, ISBN 978-1-905460-43-4
The Prey and the Ghost (La Proie et l'ombre), published July 2008, ISBN 978-1-905460-56-4
Daughter of the Wind (La Fille du Vent), published July 2009, ISBN 978-1-905460-94-6
The Dragon of Hong Kong (Le Dragon de Hong Kong), published July 2010, ISBN 978-1-84918-041-2
The Morning of the World (Le Matin du Monde), published June 2011, ISBN 978-1-84918-082-5
The Curious Trio (Le trio de l'étrange), published July 2012, ISBN 978-1-84918-127-3
The Devil's Organ (L'Orgue du Diable), published July 2013, ISBN 978-1-84918-164-8
The Forge of Vulcan (La Forge de Vulcain), published August 2014, ISBN 978-1-84918-197-6
Message for Eternity (Message pour l'éternité), published August 2015, ISBN 978-1-84918-251-5
The Three Suns of Vinea (Les Trois soleils de Vinéa), published May 2016, ISBN 978-1-84918-302-4
The Titans (Les Titans), published May 2017, ISBN 978-1-84918-350-5
The Light of Ixo (La Lumière d'Ixo), published April 2018, ISBN 978-1-84918-392-5
The Archangels of Vinea (Les Archanges de Vinéa), published May 2019, ISBN 978-1-84918-438-0
Wotan's Fire (Le Feu de Wotan), published May 2020, ISBN 978-1-84918-536-3
The Cannon of Kra (Le Canon de Kra), published May 2021, ISBN 978-1-80044-019-7
The Exiles of Kifa (Les Exilés de Kifa), published May 2022, ISBN 978-1-80044-065-4
The Rhine Gold (L'Or du Rhin), published May 2023, ISBN 978-1-80044-093-7 | null | null | null | null | 2 |
[
"Le Matin du monde",
"narrative location",
"Earth"
] | null | null | null | null | 3 |
|
[
"White Cargo",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | Plot
During the early years of World War II Worthing (Richard Ainley) the “boss”, is on board a seaplane, the Congo Queen on an inspection tour of rubber plantations in remote locations in the West African jungle. The plane lands at a large, modern operation. Worthing tells the local supervisor that they must maximize production because the Japanese hold Malaya, reducing the supply of that critical war material. He points to a photograph on the wall that shows thatched shacks beside a river and remembers the old days, in 1910, before “refrigerators, electricity and air-conditioning gadgets…schools and infirmaries.” The camera zooms into the photo, which comes to life.
Four men, the only whites within hundreds of square miles, eagerly await the arrival of the riverboat Congo Queen. Wilbur Ashley (Bramwell Fletcher) and his boss, Harry Witzel (Walter Pidgeon), have succumbed to the monotony of living and working together in isolation and grown to hate one-another. Ashley is finally going home, being replaced by the abominably green Langford (Richard Carlson), set to commence a four-year stint. The other greeters are the badly alcoholic doctor (Frank Morgan) and ineffectual missionary Reverend Dr. Roberts (Henry O'Neill).
There is nothing Witzel hates more than breaking in a new man. He and Langford get off to a bad start, with Witzel constantly badgering Langford and insisting that he'll never stick, won't work out, and would do them both a favor by just going home. Things only go downhill from there. As it had been with Ashley, it takes all of the efforts of the doctor and Roberts to keep the two men from each other's throats. The situation becomes worse when Tondelayo (Hedy Lamarr), a notorious bauble-craving native seductress, returns. Harry, as resident magistrate, has already ordered her to leave his district, declaring her to be a disruptive, immoral influence.
Tondelayo begins to work her wiles on Langford. Despite warnings from all three of the other men (and clearly to spite Witzel), he falls for her charms - as both Ashley and Witzel had before him. And her incessant pestering for silks and bangles and gold jewelry from Lagos. When Witzel's orders her expelled once more, Langford decides to marry her to put her past the slightly deranged but well-intentioned man's incessant rebukes. Roberts reveals that rather than being a native African, she is half Egyptian and half Arab, making marriage unpleasant to the other men's sensibilities but morally acceptable. In spite of his better judgment, and loud and sustained protests from Witzel, Roberts feels compelled by his faith to join the couple in holy matrimony.
After five months, Tondelayo has grown bored of her husband, and he of her. Always stirring up trouble to spice up her life, she tries to seduce Harry; he refused to allow the old flame to be re-lit, reminding her that she is Mrs. Langford "until death do you part". With that she sees a way out of her bonds. When Langford becomes sick, the doctor gives her medicine to administer to him. She obtains poison from a native in trade for a rifle and gives him that instead. Harry, suspecting her deception, hides, then ambushes her just as she is about to give Langford a fatal dose. In his dual roles of local magistrate and self-appointed avenger of wrong, Harry forces her to drink the rest of the poison. She runs away screaming and collapses on the jungle floor.
The doctor takes Langford away on the Congo Queen for better medical treatment, Witzel identifying the man merely as ‘white cargo’. From the boat comes Langford's replacement: a young, maddeningly enthusiastic, and infuriatingly naive Worthing. After trying but failing to hold his temper, Harry seizes him and forcefully tells him that he will stick around. Nothing will stop him from living, breathing, and thinking rubber 24 hours a day.
Returning to the present, Worthing observes that he did stick. | null | null | null | null | 0 |
[
"A Woman of Pleasure",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"A Woman of Pleasure",
"significant event",
"lost film"
] | null | null | null | null | 9 |
|
[
"Wolfbane (novel)",
"narrative location",
"Earth"
] | Wolfbane is a science fiction novel by American writers Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth, published in 1959. It was serialized in Galaxy in 1957, with illustrations by Wally Wood.
In his review column for F&SF, Damon Knight selected the novel as one of the 10 best genre books of 1959.Plot introduction
This science fiction novel takes place in the year 2203, if we take literally the age of 250 years given for a Korean War identity bracelet that is dated 1953. A rogue planet, populated by strange machines known as Pyramids, has stolen the Earth from the Solar System, taking it off into interstellar space. The moon has been 'ignited' by alien technology to serve as a miniature sun around which both planets orbit. This new sun is rekindled every 5 years, though as the book opens, the rekindling is nearly overdue and there is fear among the populace that it may never happen again.
The global population has crashed to a hundred million, due largely to the radical climate changes that followed the arrival of the alien planet. Most of the surviving humans are 'Citizens,' passive people living lives bound up with elaborate social rituals, various styles of meditation, and carefully prescribed selflessness. This constraining lifestyle frequently causes Citizens to succumb to mental breakdowns and run 'amok,' attacking anyone within reach. Persons who commit this or any other crime face ritual execution.
A small minority of the population who retain their aggressive natures are referred to as 'Wolves.' They are considered to be a direct threat to the rest of society. These Wolves, however, generally see themselves as superior humans and refer to the Citizens as 'Sheep.' This labeling system is somewhat ironic, because the Wolves generally try to trick the Sheep into avoiding their settlements, while any Wolf who is caught by the Sheep is murdered.
The Pyramid aliens' motives are unknown, their only visible presence being a lone Pyramid perched atop a leveled-off Mount Everest and the transparent 'Eyes' which form over individuals who have supposedly attained or approached a state of meditative perfection or 'Nirvana.' Persons who reach this stage of meditation vanish from the world to an unknown destination. | null | null | null | null | 0 |
[
"The Lost City (1935 serial)",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | The Lost City is an independently made 12 chapter science fiction film serial created and produced in 1935 by Sherman S. Krellberg and directed by Harry Revier.Plot
Scientist Bruce Gordon comes to a secluded area in Africa after concluding that a series of electrically induced natural disasters had originated from in the area. There he finds the crazed Zolok, last of the Lemurians, in a secret complex inside a mountain.Zolok had created the natural disasters as a prelude to his attempt to take over the world, holding a brilliant scientist, Dr. Manyus, there hostage, along with his daughter, Natcha. He had forced Manyus to create mindless "giant" slaves out of the natives as a private army and as the serial progresses we learn Manyus also turned another tribe, the spider-worshipping Wangas, into thin, impotent whites. Gordon helps Manyus and his daughter to escape Zolok, but they encounter Ben Ali, a malignant slave trader; meet the sexy native Queen Rama, who tries to help them; and survive harrowing jungle adventures before returning to the Lost City and stopping Zolok's plan. | null | null | null | null | 0 |
[
"Escape from Rungistan",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | You are about to cross the border into the country of Rungistan in Central Africa. They don't like foreigners, especially ones that play on computers! If you cross the border they will probably throw you in jail and shoot you at sunrise. Your only hope in that case would be to escape from the cell and make it back across the border. | null | null | null | null | 0 |
[
"500 Years Later",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"Bambuti (film)",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | Bambuti (originally Kein Platz für wilde Tiere) is a 1956 West German film directed by Bernhard Grzimek and Michael Grzimek.
Known as No Place for Wild Animals in the US, the film documents the need for nature reserves in Africa.Plot
The film tells of the ever-advancing destruction of the African natural and animal world through the constantly growing and expanding human civilization and admonishes this, as well as the poaching there. Various animal species, mainly around Lake Edward, are shown, but the indigenous people living in the rainforest there, the "Bambuti" (a pygmy people), are also presented.Background
The film is only very loosely based on the book of the same name that was published in 1954 or has little in common with it, apart from the warning core message. The latter is primarily about how Bernhard Grzimek goes in search of new animals for the Frankfurt Zoo in the Belgian Congo, catches some and transports them to Frankfurt, including an okapi, which was the first in Germany. Michael wanted to film his father's book in color and so the two traveled back to Africa to film in northeastern Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Tanganyika.In order for Michael to be able to complete the film, a loan of 100,000 DM had to be taken out and the state film guarantee office only guaranteed half of the total costs of the film. Many film professionals who saw the documentary before it was officially released complained that the animals were shown "too peacefully" there, as they were used to scenes with predators on the prowl or other animal species attacking people from previous African films, for example. A Munich film distributor also initially rejected the production.In 1956, Walt Disney had also produced a documentary film (Secrets of the Steppe) about the wildlife of Africa, which was to run parallel to Grzimek's film in cinemas and was also represented at the 1956 Berlin International Film Festival. On the last day of the Berlinale, No Space for Wild Animals was shown in a cinema on Kurfürstendamm. Bernhard and Michael Grzimek had invited the press to the Berlin Zoological Garden for the morning of that day, but no journalists showed up. Finally, at the premiere, the audience began to applaud mid-film, during a scene in which three giraffes parade against the evening sky. Grzimek's production was a surprising success, with both the jury and the audience choosing it over Disney's US competition. No place for wild animals was shown in 63 countries worldwide, and it stayed in the program of a Munich cinema for twelve weeks. The South African censors initially wanted to shorten the documentary, but after protests in the newspapers, the interior minister decided that the film would be shown there uncensored.Bernhard and Michael Grzimek offered part of their film proceeds to the English administration of Tanganyika, which was supposed to use it to buy up land to enlarge the conservation areas there, since the British government had decided to reduce the Serengeti National Park by a third. This offer was declined, instead the Grzimeks were invited by the National Park's director, Peter Molloy, to study animal migrations in the Serengeti. Michael and Bernhard Grzimek's second cinema documentary, Serengeti Shall Not Die, was the result of this research trip.As with the following film, Wolfgang Zeller was responsible for the film music for No Space for Wild Animals, which was recorded by the German Film Orchestra under the direction of Eberhard Soblick. The animation recordings at the beginning of the film come from the Bremen studio H. Koch. | null | null | null | null | 0 |
[
"Buddy in Africa",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | Summary
The film opens to Africa, where the native people do a series of strange things. One mows the grass forming the roof of his hut; another twists the bone in his companion's hair, then his mouth clamps down on and crushes a native fruit; still another throws his companions in sport, as though they were horseshoes. A gorilla attempts to hail an approaching car, driven by none other than Buddy, who does not stop, but rides on, with his trailer marked "Buddy's Variety Store," whilst whistling "Marchin' Towards Ya, Georgia." He rolls on into a native village, where the excited people quickly gather round. The trailer opens, the Africans take what wares they desire from the shelves, with Buddy's obliging help. In this way, So musical instruments, frying pans, and Roman candles get distributed.
The scene briefly flashes to the same gorilla from before, then back to the natives, who fool around with their Roman candles. Buddy now markets his famous jungle bitters to the people, the consumption of which compels the natives to perform a musical number ("Marchin' Towards Ya Georgia," again.) Our Hero then pursues a naughty monkey that has taken a bottle of Buddy's bitters. After searching around and under his car, Buddy finally apprehends the wayward primate, takes the bottle, and spanks the creature.
Running off into the jungle, the monkey encounters the hitch-hiker gorilla from before, and tells of its abuse by Buddy. Walking proudly, the gorilla and the monkey enter the village after pummeling the native guarding the gate. The gorilla approaches Buddy as he inflates a tire; Buddy obviously fears the beast. After a brief scuffle near the tire and air pump, Buddy flees to a nearby guard tower, to which the gorilla chases him, with the tire and pump as a flail. The tire, upon being flung, bounces back, striking the gorilla and knocking the adversary into a tree. The tree bends backward under the gorilla's weight and sends the creature flying into the guard tower. The tower breaks, trapping Buddy and his rival under the rubble. The little monkey comes over to squawk in complaint. In response, the gorilla strikes the tire from before, which is still attached to the air pump. The pump's lever extends such and sends the monkey flying far into the distance. Buddy and the beast shake hands in a sort of triumph. | null | null | null | null | 1 |
[
"Curse of Simba",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | Curse of Simba, also known as Voodoo Blood Death, is a black-and-white 1965 British-American supernatural horror film set in Africa, but filmed in England in 18 days. Its producer was Kenneth Rive and it was directed by Lindsay Shonteff. The movie was released as Curse of the Voodoo in the United States where it was shown as the second film on a double feature with the low-budget US science fiction movie Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965). Curse of Simba follows a white hunter who brings a curse home to England after enraging the Simbazi, an African tribe, by killing one of the lions that the tribe venerates. To break the curse and live, he must return to Africa and kill the tribal chief who put it on him. | null | null | null | null | 0 |
[
"Curse of Simba",
"main subject",
"supernatural"
] | Curse of Simba, also known as Voodoo Blood Death, is a black-and-white 1965 British-American supernatural horror film set in Africa, but filmed in England in 18 days. Its producer was Kenneth Rive and it was directed by Lindsay Shonteff. The movie was released as Curse of the Voodoo in the United States where it was shown as the second film on a double feature with the low-budget US science fiction movie Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965). Curse of Simba follows a white hunter who brings a curse home to England after enraging the Simbazi, an African tribe, by killing one of the lions that the tribe venerates. To break the curse and live, he must return to Africa and kill the tribal chief who put it on him. | null | null | null | null | 5 |
[
"Final Blackout",
"narrative location",
"Earth"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"Final Blackout",
"follows",
"Typewriter in the Sky"
] | null | null | null | null | 9 |
|
[
"Invités Surprises",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | Invités Surprises (English: Guests surprised) is a comic film of Côte d'Ivoire issued in 2008, directed by Mike Yoboué. | null | null | null | null | 0 |
[
"Queen of the Jungle",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"Samba Traoré",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"Tarzan of the Apes (1999 film)",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"Tarzan of the Apes (1999 film)",
"based on",
"Tarzan of the Apes"
] | Tarzan of the Apes is a 1999 animated musical adventure film produced by Diane Eskenazi and Darcy Wright and written by Mark Young (based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs). Richard Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries was used as the score during the opening scenes of the film. It was released directly to home video on March 9, 1999. The apes appear to be chimpanzees in this version, however they are not explicitly identified as such, unlike the unrelated 1999 Disney film in which they are gorillas. | null | null | null | null | 5 |
[
"The Good Dinosaur",
"narrative location",
"Earth"
] | null | null | null | null | 4 |
|
[
"The Good Dinosaur",
"significant event",
"première"
] | null | null | null | null | 20 |
|
[
"The Good Dinosaur",
"performer",
"Jeff Danna"
] | null | null | null | null | 39 |
|
[
"Jungle Drums",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"Jungle Drums",
"main subject",
"World War II"
] | null | null | null | null | 2 |
|
[
"Wings Over Africa",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"The White Man's Law",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"Love Brewed in the African Pot",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | Love Brewed in the African Pot is a 1980 Ghanaian romantic drama film directed by Kwaw Ansah. It was reportedly the first privately financed Ghanaian feature film and is considered a classic. | null | null | null | null | 0 |
[
"The Sun Never Sets (film)",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | Plot
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home from a mission in the Gold Coast of Africa accompanied by his wife Helen. He discovers his younger brother John, who is in love with Phyllis is not keen on following in his footsteps.
John is persuaded to try colonial service by his grandfather Sir John. John goes to the Gold Coast. He is accompanied by Clive who has been sent to investigate the source of a series of radio broadcasts that are sewing unrest throughout the world. These may be linked to Hugo Zurof, a man plotting to rule the world.
Clive leaves his pregnant wife Helen behind to go on a mission. Zurof tricks John into calling his brother back, causing Clive to be sent home in disgrace, despite the fact that Clive and Helen's child dies in childbirth.
John goes to Zurof's base and infiltrates it by pretending to be drunk. He manages to broadcast a code to his family. Clive leads a bombing mission to destroy the base. John survives it. Zurof and his men are killed. | null | null | null | null | 0 |
[
"African Manhunt",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | African Manhunt is a 1955 American adventure film directed by Seymour Friedman and written by Arthur Hoerl. The film stars Myron Healey, Karin Booth, John Kellogg, Lawrence Dobkin, Ross Elliott and James Edwards. The film was released on January 5, 1955, by Republic Pictures. African sequences from the French documentary Congolaise were edited into the film.Plot
At a military outpost in Africa, Sergeant Drover (John Kellogg) kills his commanding officer, robs the camp safe and runs into the jungle.
Months later, U.S. Army Intelligence assigns Captain Kirby (Myron Healey) to investigate a message from a western doctor (Ray Bennett), who runs a medical clinic in a remote area.
Believing that the killer is hiding near the clinic, the Kirby arranges to be transported upriver to search for the murderer and return him to stand trial with Rene Carvel (Ross Elliott) of the French African Corps as his guide.
Just before they arrive, Drover guesses that the doctor has alerted authorities about his presence and murders him. He tries to kill his pursuers as well, but they capture and arrest him.
After burying the doctor and closing the clinic, the team begin the difficult journey back to the coast with Clark's assistant, Ann Davis (Karin Booth), and the handcuffed murderer. Of course, a love interest is formed between Ms. Davis and Captain Kirby and noticed by the observant French guide.
Continually looking for a way to escape, Drover is stuck riding in the canoe with Bob, Rene and several locals; however, when they stop to camp in the villages, Rene lets down his vigil. Drover kills him too and escapes.
The Captain chases him and returns him to custody after chasing off an elephant trying to charge Ms. Davis.
After burying Rene, Ms. Davis and Captain Kirby get back to the river journey with criminal in tow.
Following numerous terrain difficulties, animal attacks, and assorted "Hollywoodery", Drover manages to get himself killed and Kirby saves the girl from certain death. The locals to perform a ritual dance to celebrate and the surviving protagonists decide they will stay together when they reach their destination. | null | null | null | null | 0 |
[
"Web of Everywhere",
"narrative location",
"Earth"
] | null | null | null | null | 1 |
|
[
"Entebbe (film)",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | Entebbe (titled 7 Days in Entebbe in the U.S.) is a 2018 action thriller film directed by José Padilha and written by Gregory Burke. The film recounts the story of Operation Entebbe, a 1976 counter-terrorist hostage-rescue operation. The film stars Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl. It was released in the United States on 16 March 2018 and in the United Kingdom on 11 May 2018.Plot
On 27 June 1976, Wilfried Böse and Brigitte Kuhlmann - two members of the ultra-leftist Revolutionary Cells terrorist syndicate, hijack Air France Flight 139, flying from Tel Aviv to Paris, during the flight's initial stopover at Athens. Quickly thereafter, Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and defense minister Shimon Peres, both political rivals, are alerted of the hijacking.
During a refueling stop at Benghazi, Böse releases a female passenger who had seemingly suffered a miscarriage; however, unbeknownst to him, the woman had feigned it to escape. After taking off once more, the hijackers commandeer the plane to Entebbe, Uganda on 28 June, where they unite with terrorists from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; the two groups had jointly orchestrated the hijacking.
The next morning, the passengers are escorted to a dilapidated airport terminal, where they are greeted by Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, who is in league with the hijackers. Concomitantly, Rabin orders Peres and Lt Gen. Motta Gur, the chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), to sketch a military operation aimed at rescuing the hostages. Peres suggests invading the airport, but Rabin and Gur reject it outright. Concurrently, the terrorists begin to segregate Israeli and non-Israeli hostages, much to Böse's fury; he compares the segregation of the hostages to the Nazi-enforced Holocaust.
Favoring a diplomatic approach, Rabin initiates negotiations with Amin, much to the detestation of Peres, who supports a military option. Rabin's diplomatic overture bears fruit - on 30 June, the hijackers release 48 non-Israeli hostages whilst retaining control over the remaining Israeli hostages. With mounting public pressure against Israel's insistence on maintaining its policy of non-negotiation with terrorists, Rabin finally concedes to initiate negotiations with the hijackers on 1 July. As a consequence, the hijackers postpone the deadline of the negotiations to 4 July. Regardless of the developments, the IDF initiates preparations for a rescue mission, consisting of the Sayeret Matkal elite commando unit, headed by Lt Col.Yoni Netanyahu; the group soon receives support from a reluctant Rabin, who still a diplomatic solution
On 3 July, with preparations for the rescue mission - codenamed Operation Thunderbolt, finalized, Rabin convenes the Israeli cabinet for a vote regarding the status of the operation; they unanimously vote to proceed with the mission, with Gur's endorsement. The strike force, having already departed for Uganda, is authorized to proceed with the rescue.
That night, four Israeli C-130 transport aircraft carrying the strike force land discreetly at Entebbe. As an approach to maintain the element of surprise, the unit approaches the terminal in a black Mercedes limo disguised as Amin's state vehicle. However, one of the operatives prematurely opens fire, which alerts the hijackers and the adjoining Ugandan soldiers; Böse initially fixes on killing the hostages to foil the oncoming rescue team, but changes his mind at the last second. The operatives storm the building and engage both the terrorists and Ugandan soldiers; in the ensuing melee, Böse, Kuhlmann and Yoni are killed along with the remaining terrorists and several Ugandan soldiers. With the airport secured, the strike force evacuates 102 hostages from Uganda.
Elsewhere, Peres congratulates Rabin on the success of the operation; the latter solemnly retorts that the preservation peace vis diplomacy is the only way to ensure the avoidance of further incidents between Israelis and Palestinians. The film's ending displays archival footage of the survivors' return to Israel, with brief notes about the fates of Rabin, Peres, Yoni and the aftermath of the operation. | null | null | null | null | 1 |
[
"Entebbe (film)",
"main subject",
"Entebbe raid"
] | Entebbe (titled 7 Days in Entebbe in the U.S.) is a 2018 action thriller film directed by José Padilha and written by Gregory Burke. The film recounts the story of Operation Entebbe, a 1976 counter-terrorist hostage-rescue operation. The film stars Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl. It was released in the United States on 16 March 2018 and in the United Kingdom on 11 May 2018.Plot
On 27 June 1976, Wilfried Böse and Brigitte Kuhlmann - two members of the ultra-leftist Revolutionary Cells terrorist syndicate, hijack Air France Flight 139, flying from Tel Aviv to Paris, during the flight's initial stopover at Athens. Quickly thereafter, Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and defense minister Shimon Peres, both political rivals, are alerted of the hijacking.
During a refueling stop at Benghazi, Böse releases a female passenger who had seemingly suffered a miscarriage; however, unbeknownst to him, the woman had feigned it to escape. After taking off once more, the hijackers commandeer the plane to Entebbe, Uganda on 28 June, where they unite with terrorists from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; the two groups had jointly orchestrated the hijacking.
The next morning, the passengers are escorted to a dilapidated airport terminal, where they are greeted by Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, who is in league with the hijackers. Concomitantly, Rabin orders Peres and Lt Gen. Motta Gur, the chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), to sketch a military operation aimed at rescuing the hostages. Peres suggests invading the airport, but Rabin and Gur reject it outright. Concurrently, the terrorists begin to segregate Israeli and non-Israeli hostages, much to Böse's fury; he compares the segregation of the hostages to the Nazi-enforced Holocaust.
Favoring a diplomatic approach, Rabin initiates negotiations with Amin, much to the detestation of Peres, who supports a military option. Rabin's diplomatic overture bears fruit - on 30 June, the hijackers release 48 non-Israeli hostages whilst retaining control over the remaining Israeli hostages. With mounting public pressure against Israel's insistence on maintaining its policy of non-negotiation with terrorists, Rabin finally concedes to initiate negotiations with the hijackers on 1 July. As a consequence, the hijackers postpone the deadline of the negotiations to 4 July. Regardless of the developments, the IDF initiates preparations for a rescue mission, consisting of the Sayeret Matkal elite commando unit, headed by Lt Col.Yoni Netanyahu; the group soon receives support from a reluctant Rabin, who still a diplomatic solution
On 3 July, with preparations for the rescue mission - codenamed Operation Thunderbolt, finalized, Rabin convenes the Israeli cabinet for a vote regarding the status of the operation; they unanimously vote to proceed with the mission, with Gur's endorsement. The strike force, having already departed for Uganda, is authorized to proceed with the rescue.
That night, four Israeli C-130 transport aircraft carrying the strike force land discreetly at Entebbe. As an approach to maintain the element of surprise, the unit approaches the terminal in a black Mercedes limo disguised as Amin's state vehicle. However, one of the operatives prematurely opens fire, which alerts the hijackers and the adjoining Ugandan soldiers; Böse initially fixes on killing the hostages to foil the oncoming rescue team, but changes his mind at the last second. The operatives storm the building and engage both the terrorists and Ugandan soldiers; in the ensuing melee, Böse, Kuhlmann and Yoni are killed along with the remaining terrorists and several Ugandan soldiers. With the airport secured, the strike force evacuates 102 hostages from Uganda.
Elsewhere, Peres congratulates Rabin on the success of the operation; the latter solemnly retorts that the preservation peace vis diplomacy is the only way to ensure the avoidance of further incidents between Israelis and Palestinians. The film's ending displays archival footage of the survivors' return to Israel, with brief notes about the fates of Rabin, Peres, Yoni and the aftermath of the operation. | null | null | null | null | 20 |
[
"Plastered in Paris (1928 film)",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"Un rescate de huevitos",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | null | null | null | null | 1 |
|
[
"Dark Secrets of Africa",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | null | null | null | null | 1 |
|
[
"Dark Secrets of Africa",
"uses",
"isometric video game graphics"
] | null | null | null | null | 2 |
|
[
"Safari 3000",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | Safari 3000 is a 1982 American action-adventure comedy film directed by Harry Hurwitz and starring David Carradine, Stockard Channing, and Christopher Lee. The film was shot on location in Africa.Plot
Daredevil stunt driver Eddie Miles has been hired to drive Count Borgia's second car in the "African International Rally;" he immediately gets himself fired by humiliatingly defeating his boss in a test race. Mischief-maker Playboy's writer J.J. Dalton asks her editor to send her to cover the race; she will be the navigator for Freddie Selkirk, her pilot friend. The editor, enticed by the idea of having her many miles away, consents.
On arrival, she finds out Freddie will be unable to run (or do anything else for that matter), so she buys a decrepit car and looks for a pilot, just as Eddie is looking for a car to drive. After he demonstrates his nerve-racking driving capabilities and the poor condition of the car, he suggests J.J. interview Count Borgia while he steals an engine from him. That's the beginning of their disagreements.
As the three-day rally progresses, they manage to smooth things over, strike a friendship, and start a romance. A young baboon joins them, and together they face the dangers of the wilderness, cunning natives, and the dastardly opera-singing Count Borgia, who together with his minion Feodor, will stop at nothing to get his revenge and win the rally. | null | null | null | null | 0 |
[
"Safari 3000",
"main subject",
"motor car"
] | null | null | null | null | 3 |
|
[
"Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film)",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | null | null | null | null | 1 |
|
[
"Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film)",
"based on",
"Tarzan of the Apes"
] | Tarzan the Ape Man is a 1932 pre-Code American action adventure film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous jungle hero Tarzan and starring Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith and Maureen O'Sullivan. It was Weissmuller's first of 12 Tarzan films. O'Sullivan played Jane in six features between 1932 and 1942. The film is loosely based on Burroughs' 1912 novel Tarzan of the Apes, with the dialogue written by Ivor Novello. The film was directed by W.S. Van Dyke. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released two remakes of Tarzan, the Ape Man in 1959 and in 1981, but each was a different adaptation of Rice Burroughs' novel. It is also the first appearance of Tarzan's famous yell. | null | null | null | null | 15 |
[
"Tarzan the Magnificent (novel)",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"Tarzan the Magnificent (novel)",
"followed by",
"Tarzan and the Foreign Legion"
] | Tarzan the Magnificent is a book by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the twenty-first in his series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. It was originally published as two separate stories serialized in different pulp magazines; "Tarzan and the Magic Men" in Argosy from September to October, 1936, and "Tarzan and the Elephant Men" in Blue Book from November 1937 to January 1938. The two stories were combined under the title Tarzan the Magnificent in the first book edition, published in 1939 by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. In order of writing, the book follows Tarzan's Quest and precedes Tarzan and the Forbidden City. In order of book publication it falls between the latter and Tarzan and the Foreign Legion. The novel's plot bears no relation to that of the 1960 film of the same title. | null | null | null | null | 7 |
[
"Tarzan the Magnificent (novel)",
"follows",
"Tarzan and the Forbidden City"
] | null | null | null | null | 10 |
|
[
"The African Queen (film)",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | Production
Production censors objected to several aspects of the original script, such as the two unmarried characters cohabiting the boat (as in the book), and some changes were made before the film was completed. Another change followed the casting of Bogart; his character's lines in the original screenplay were rendered with a thick Cockney dialect, but the script had to be completely rewritten because he was unwilling to attempt the accent. The rewrite made the character Canadian.
The film was partially financed by John and James Woolf of Romulus Films, a British company. Michael Balcon, an advisor to the National Film Finance Corporation, advised the NFFC to refuse a loan to the Woolfs unless the film starred his former Ealing Studios actors John McCallum and Googie Withers rather than Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, whom the Woolfs wanted. The Woolfs persuaded NFFC chairman Lord Reith to overrule Balcon, and the film went ahead. The Woolfs provided £250,000 and were so pleased with the completed film that they convinced John Huston to direct their next picture, Moulin Rouge (1952).Much of the film was shot on location in Uganda and the Congo in Africa. This was rather novel for the time, especially for a Technicolor picture that used large, cumbersome "Three-Strip" cameras. The cast and crew endured sickness and spartan living conditions during their time on location. In the early scene in which Hepburn plays an organ in the church, a bucket was placed off-camera in which she could vomit between takes because she was sick. Bogart later bragged that he and Huston were the only members of the cast and crew who escaped illness, which he credited to having drunk whiskey on location rather than the local water.
About half of the film was shot in the UK. The scenes in which Bogart and Hepburn are seen in the water were all shot in studio tanks at Worton Hall Studios in Isleworth, near London. These scenes were considered too dangerous to shoot in Africa. All of the foreground plates for the process shots were also filmed in studio. A myth has grown that the scenes in the reed-filled riverbank were filmed in Dalyan, Turkey, but in her book about the filming, Hepburn stated: "We were about to head... back to Entebbe but John [Huston] wanted to get shots of Bogie and me in the miles of high reeds before we come out into the lake...". The sequence was shot on location in Africa and at the London studios. The shots of the German-occupied Fort Shona were all filmed at Worton Hall, where a fortress set was constructed from tubular scaffolding and covered with plaster.Scenes on the boat were filmed using a large raft with a mockup of the boat on top. Sections of the boat set could be removed to make room for the large Technicolor camera. This proved hazardous on one occasion when the boat's boiler, a heavy copper replica, almost fell on Hepburn. It was not secured to the deck because it also had to be moved to accommodate the camera. The small steamboat used to depict the African Queen was built in 1912 in Britain for service in Africa. At one time it was owned by actor Fess Parker. The boat was restored in April 2012 and is now on display as a tourist attraction in Key Largo, Florida.Because of the dangers involved with shooting the rapids scenes, a small-scale model was used in the studio tank in London. The vessel used to portray the German gunboat Königin Luise was the steam tug Buganda, owned and operated on Lake Victoria by the East African Railways and Harbours Corporation. Although fictional, the Königin Luise was inspired by the World War I vessel Graf Goetzen (also known as Graf von Goetzen), which operated on Lake Tanganyika until she was scuttled in 1916 during the Battle for Lake Tanganyika. The British refloated the Graf Goetzen in 1924 and placed her in service on Lake Tanganyika in 1927 as the passenger ferry MV Liemba, and she was still in service in 2015.The name Königin Luise was taken from a German steam ferry that operated from Hamburg before being taken over by the Kaiserliche Marine on the outbreak of World War I. She was used as an auxiliary minelayer off Harwich before being sunk on 5 August 1914 by the cruiser HMS Amphion.A persistent rumor holds that London's population of feral ring-necked parakeets originated from birds that escaped or were released during filming of The African Queen. | null | null | null | null | 2 |
[
"The African Queen (film)",
"main subject",
"distinction"
] | null | null | null | null | 32 |
|
[
"The African Queen (film)",
"based on",
"The African Queen"
] | null | null | null | null | 41 |
|
[
"The African Queen (film)",
"topic's main category",
"Category:The African Queen (film)"
] | null | null | null | null | 47 |
|
[
"The Last Safari",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"Dark of the Sun",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | Dark of the Sun (also known as The Mercenaries in the UK) is a 1968 British adventure war film starring Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Jim Brown, and Peter Carsten. The film, which was directed by Jack Cardiff, is based on Wilbur Smith's 1965 novel, The Dark of the Sun. The story about a band of mercenaries sent on a dangerous mission during the Congo Crisis was adapted into a screenplay by Ranald MacDougall. Critics condemned the film on its original release for its graphic scenes of violence and torture.Plot
In 1964, mercenary Bruce Curry is publicly hired by Congolese President Ubi to rescue European residents from an isolated mining town about to be attacked by rebel Simbas. However, his real mission is to retrieve $50 million of diamonds from a mine company's vault. Curry's subordinates include his black friend Ruffo and alcoholic Doctor Wreid. He also reluctantly recruits ex-Nazi Henlein because he needs his military expertise and leadership skills.
Ubi gives Curry a steam train and Congolese government soldiers. However, as the mission is in violation of UN accords, the train is attacked and damaged by a United Nations peacekeeping plane. At a burned-out farmhouse, they pick up a traumatised woman named Claire, who watched her husband being hacked to death by Simbas. Meanwhile, Henlein begins to cause trouble because he knows about the diamonds and resents Curry's leadership. He casually kills two children for being possible Simba spies and starts making advances towards Claire. When interrupted by Curry, the German attacks Curry with a swagger stick and a chainsaw. Only Ruffo is able to stop Curry from killing Henlein.
Further complications arise when the mercenaries reach the mining town. First, the diamonds are in a time-locked vault delaying the train's departure. Second, Dr Wreid insists he cannot abandon a pregnant woman at a nearby mission hospital. Reluctantly, Curry agrees to let the doctor stay behind.
As Curry waits anxiously for the vault to open, the Simbas attack the town and the station. The train, loaded with the diamonds and residents, slowly departs under small arms fire. However, a mortar round destroys the coupling between the last two carriages. The last coach - carrying the diamonds and most of the Europeans - rolls back into the Simba-held town as the rest of the train steams away.
Curry and Ruffo set out to retrieve the diamonds during the night. Using a Simba disguise, Ruffo carries Curry's seemingly lifeless body into the town's hotel, where harrowing scenes depict murder, torture and male rape. A diversionary attack by surviving Congolese soldiers enables them to get the diamonds and escape in vehicles. When they run low on fuel, Curry leaves to find more. Henlein takes advantage of his absence to kill Ruffo in the mistaken belief that he has the diamonds. When Curry returns to find his friend dead, he pursues Henlein and kills him after a vicious fight. Back at the convoy, with his job done, Curry reflects on the type of man he is before turning himself in for a court-martial to answer for his actions.Production
Screenplay
Although the novel is set against the Baluba rebellion in 1960, the film's screenplay is set during the Simba Rebellion of 1964–65, when mercenaries were recruited by the Congolese government to fight a leftist insurgency.In December 1964 Ranald MacDougall was working in the script.Rod Taylor claimed he rewrote a fair amount of the script himself, including helping devise a new ending. | null | null | null | null | 1 |
[
"Dark of the Sun",
"main subject",
"Cold War"
] | null | null | null | null | 4 |
|
[
"Desert Nights",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | Desert Nights (also known as Thirst) is a 1929 American silent adventure/romantic drama film starring John Gilbert, Ernest Torrence, and Mary Nolan. Directed by William Nigh, the film is the last silent film starring John Gilbert.Plot
A gang of thieves rob an African diamond company of diamonds worth $500,000, with two of its members posing as Lord and Lady Stonehill (who are expected to pay a visit). They kidnap its manager, Hugh Rand, and head into the "Calahari" Desert. After a few days in the sweltering heat, three of the crooks decide to take their chances in Cape Town instead and demand their share of the loot. Steve ("Lord Stonehill") gives them worthless glass.
He and Diana ("Lady Stonehill") keep going, taking Hugh with them. When their native porters desert, however, the thieves are forced to rely on Hugh to guide them. He gains the upper hand as they trek through the hostile desert with very little water. Later, one of the other crooks returns and tells them that the other two died from drinking from a poisoned waterhole, before succumbing himself. Steve reveals he poisoned the water to deter pursuit. Hugh keeps tensions high by romancing Diana, infuriating Steve. As they get thirstier and thirstier, a parched Diana offers Hugh first the diamonds, then herself, in exchange for some of the water. When he rejects both, she even offers to be his slave, but with the same result. Eventually, they reach a safe waterhole.
However, Hugh has been leading them in a circle, and they finally end up back at the diamond company office. Steve is first introduced to the real Lord and Lady Stonehill, before being taken away. Diana's fate is left in Hugh's hands. He tells her she is free, except that she will have to report to him every day for the rest of her life. Then he embraces her. | null | null | null | null | 0 |
[
"Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)",
"performer",
"James Horner"
] | null | null | null | null | 6 |
|
[
"Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | Plot
As a child, Jill Young and her mother, Ruth Young, a primatologist, observe and study mountain gorillas in the Pangani Mountains in Central Africa, an infant gorilla named Joe and his mother. One evening, a group of poachers led by Andrei Strasser storm the mountains and Kweli, Ruth's friend, alerts her to the men as she is putting Jill to bed. Ruth heads into the mountains, and Jill follows shortly afterward. Strasser shoots and kills both Joe and Jill's mothers and when he tries to capture Joe, he bites off his trigger finger and thumb, causing him to swear revenge on the little gorilla. Before Ruth dies, she has Jill promise to protect Joe.
Twelve years later, Joe has now grown to a height of 15 feet (4.6 m) tall and weighing 2,000 pounds (910 kg). As a result, other gorillas will not accept him and he is still vulnerable to poachers. Gregg O'Hara, a wildlife refuge director working at an animal conservatory in Los Angeles convinces Jill that they would be safer if they relocated there.
At the conservatory, the trio win the hearts of the refuge staff, who put Jill in charge of Joe. Jill meets Strasser, who now runs a fraudulent animal preserve in Botswana, while secretly selling animal organs on the black market, and is eager for revenge after seeing Joe featured on a news report. At first, Jill does not recognize him, since his right hand is concealed in his coat pocket. Strasser attempts to convince Jill that Joe would be better off in his wildlife refuge back in Africa. During a gala, Strasser's henchman Garth uses a poacher's noisemaker to scare Joe into a frenzy. Joe trashes the gala, with the intention of attacking Strasser, but is captured, and imprisoned in a concrete bunker.
When Jill discovers that Joe may be euthanized as he is perceived as a danger to the public, she accepts Strasser's offer. She and the refuge staff smuggle Joe out in a truck, still not knowing Strasser's true colors. Before their departure, Gregg, who has fallen in love with Jill, kisses her goodbye. Shortly after Jill leaves, the maintenance workers come in with the poacher's noisemaker that they found while cleaning up the gala, making Gregg realize Jill and Joe are in danger and he drives after them.
On the way to the airport, Jill notices the half-glove covering Strasser's missing fingers and recognizes him. She fights Strasser and Garth, then jumps from the truck onto Hollywood Boulevard, leading to several automobile accidents. Joe sees her and tilts the truck over onto its side and flees, wreaking havoc in the Hollywood city and being chased by helicopters, before arriving at a carnival at the Santa Monica Pier.
Gregg finds Jill, who tells him of Strasser's intentions and her history with him. They track Joe to the carnival where he is playfully wreaking havoc. Strasser, determined to prevent Jill from exposing him, arrives and attempts to shoot her. But Garth, appalled at Strasser's ruthlessness, turns against him and shoves the gun away from Jill, causing Strasser to misfire at a spotlight, which starts a fire that quickly spreads to many game stands and the Ferris Wheel. Gregg helps evacuate its riders, but the wheel breaks down, leaving a young boy named Jason stranded at the top. After knocking Garth unconscious, Strasser attempts to kill Jill in person, but Joe sneaks up behind them and throws the evil poacher onto a nearby power line. Unable to grip the wire due to his missing fingers, Strasser falls onto a transformer below and is killed by electrocution.
As police and firefighters converge on the scene, Joe notices Jason at the top of the burning Ferris Wheel pleading for help and starts to climb it. Jill convinces readying officers not to shoot Joe as he is trying to save the child. After grabbing Jason, the Ferris Wheel collapses, but Joe jumps off and lands clear of the burning wheel, the boy unhurt. Joe is knocked unconscious, but he soon awakens and Jill mentions that they need to raise money to open a reserve for him. Jason donates some change to Jill after hearing this, prompting nearby civilians to contribute.
Joe is returned to Uganda where Jill and Gregg open the "Joe Young Reserve". Finally free, Joe runs off into the jungle. | null | null | null | null | 7 |
[
"Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)",
"based on",
"Mighty Joe Young"
] | Mighty Joe Young is a 1998 American epic adventure film based on the 1949 film of the same name about a giant mountain gorilla brought to a wildlife preserve in Los Angeles by a young woman who raised him, and a zoologist, to protect him from the threat of poachers until one seeks Joe out in order to take his revenge. It was directed by Ron Underwood and stars Bill Paxton, Charlize Theron, and creature suit actor John Alexander as the title character. In this version, the ape is much larger than in the original. The film received mixed reviews and grossed $50.6 million in the United States against a production budget of $90 million. | null | null | null | null | 59 |
[
"Tarzan's Secret Treasure",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"Tarzan's Secret Treasure",
"follows",
"Tarzan Finds a Son!"
] | null | null | null | null | 21 |
|
[
"Tarzan's Secret Treasure",
"followed by",
"Tarzan's New York Adventure"
] | Tarzan's Secret Treasure is a 1941 Tarzan film directed by Richard Thorpe. Based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, it is the fifth in the MGM Tarzan series to star Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. Original prints of the film were processed in sepiatone.The next film in the series would be Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942), the last in the series to feature Maureen O'Sullivan, and the last before the series moved to RKO. | null | null | null | null | 23 |
[
"Tarzan of the Apes",
"narrative location",
"Africa"
] | null | null | null | null | 0 |
|
[
"Tarzan of the Apes",
"main subject",
"orphan"
] | null | null | null | null | 8 |
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