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The Best Worst-Case Scenario The Best Worst-Case Scenario is the first album released by Tooth & Nail Records alternative rock band Fair, which features notable musician and record producer Aaron Sprinkle. The album was released on June 6, 2006.
The Best Years The Best Years follows orphaned and full-ride scholar, Samantha Best (Charity Shea, "Alpha Dog") as she starts her freshman year at the prestigious Charles University in Massachusetts. Samantha has been shuffled through the foster care system her entire life and is finally looking forward to a future of new opportunities and friendships.
The Best Years of Our Lives The Best Years of Our Lives is a 1946 movie about three servicemen (an air force officer, an infantry sergeant, and an ordinary sailor) trying to piece their lives back together after coming back home from World War II. It is based on a novel by MacKinlay Kantor, Glory for Me.
The Beta Band The Beta Band were a British musical group who received much critical acclaim and achieved cult status, but failed to make much of a commercial impact on the popular music scene. Their style was self-described as being folk hop, a blend of folk, rock, trip hop, and experimental jamming.
The Betrayal of America The Betrayal of America is a book by Vincent Bugliosi (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2001, ISBN 1-56025-355-X) which is largely based on an article he wrote for The Nation entitled "None Dare Call It Treason," which argues that the U.S.
The Better Sex The Better Sex was a television game show in the United States where men competed against women in a "battle of the sexes" format. The Mark Goodson-Bill Todman production ran on ABC from July 18, 1977 to January 13, 1978.
The Betty White Show The Betty White Show was a sitcom which ran on CBS during the 1977-78 season, starring Betty White. White played Joyce Whiteman, a middle-aged actress, who was starring as a female detective in a fictitious police drama, Undercover Woman (ostensibly based on Angie Dickinson's Police Woman).
The Beverly Hillbillies (film) The Beverly Hillbillies is a 1993 20th Century Fox comedy motion picture starring Jim Varney (of the Ernest movies), Diedrich Bader, Erika Eleniak, Cloris Leachman, Lily Tomlin, Dabney Coleman, Lea Thompson, Rob Schneider, and Penny Fuller. It features cameo appearances by Buddy Ebsen, Dolly Parton and Zsa Zsa Gabor.
The Bevis Frond The Bevis Frond is a musical group whose range covers hard edge to melancholy vintage indie rock to poetic, 'classic-rock' songcraft with a thick Walthamstow accent. Nick Saloman is the band's frontman and songwriter.
The BFG The BFG (which stands for Big Friendly Giant) is a children's book by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake, first published in 1982. An animated movie based on the book was released in 1989 with David Jason providing the voice of the BFG and Amanda Root as the voice of Sophie (see The BFG (film)).
The Bible and history The article concerns the historicity of the Bible. In other words, it addresses in what ways the Bible is historically accurate; the extent to which it can it be used as a historic source and what qualifications should be applied.
The Bible and homosexuality The Bible and homosexuality is a contentious subject which has a significant impact on how homosexuality and homosexual sex is regarded by Judaism and Christianity. The Bible is generally considered by believers to be inspired by God or to record God's relationship with humanity or a particular nation.
The Bible and Its Influence The Bible and Its Influence is a textbook first published in 2005 designed to facilitate teaching about the Bible in American public high schools without running afoul of First Amendment concerns regarding separation of church and state. The book is 392 pages, illustrated in color, and retails for $67.
The Bible Experience The Bible Experience is an audio presentation of the Bible featuring the voices of prominent African-Americans, including actors, authors, rappers, singers, gospel artists and others. It is available in CD and MP3 formats.
The Bible in film Stories from the Bible have frequently been used as a basis for films. It is attractive subject matter for filmmakers for several reasons: 1) The Bible has a large potential audience of interested Christians willing to buy tickets.
The Bible in Spain The Bible in Spain, subtitled "or the Journey, Adventures, and Imprisonment of an Englishman in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula" published in London in 1843 is the most famous work of George Borrow (1803-1881). It was so popular it ran through several editions even outselling Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843).
The Bible Unearthed The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts is a controversial book about the origin of the Bible. The bold thesis of this book is that there is no archaeological evidence for the existence of Abraham, the Patriarchs, Moses, or the Exodus, and that the monarchies of David or Solomon were much smaller than the Bible implies.
The Bible: In the Beginning The Bible: In the Beginning was a 1966 Biblical epic film recounting the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis. It was a joint American/Italian production conceived by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Huston.
The Bicentennial Man "The Bicentennial Man" is a novella in the Robot Series by Isaac Asimov. The story formed the basis of the novel The Positronic Man (1993), co-written with Robert Silverberg, and the 1999 film Bicentennial Man, starring Robin Williams.
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories is a science fiction anthology written and edited by Isaac Asimov (ISBN 0-385-12198-9). Following the usual form for Asimov collections, it consists of ten short stories wrapped with new writing describing how each came to be written.
The Bickersons The Bickersons, was an American radio comedy (1946-1951). Born on The Chase and Sanborn Hour and refined on the lesser-remembered Drene Time it stood the already-typical domestic presentation of radio and its infant offspring, television, so squarely on its head that there were those who feared the show.
The Bicycle Thief (band) The Bicycle Thief is a band fronted by Bob Forrest, former lead singer of Thelonious Monster and friend of Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante and Chad Smith in their early years. Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer had worked with Frusciante on several of his solo releases, and is now a touring member of Gnarls Barkley
The Bielski Brothers The Bielski Brothers is a book by Peter Duffy published in 2003. It tells the a story of Tuvia, Zusia, and Asael Bielski, three Jewish brothers who established a large partisan camp in the forests of Belorussia during World War II, and so saved 1,200 Jews while fighting the Nazi forces.
The Big Blues The Big Blues is a Blues album by Albert King, released in 1962 by King Records. Featuring mostly songs composed by Albert King himself, this was his first album and the last one before he signed with Stax Records, where he would record most albums along his career.
The Big Brawl The Big Brawl, also known as Battle Creek Brawl, was a 1980 martial arts film which marked Jackie Chan's first attempt to break into the American movie market. It was directed by Robert Clouse and featured much of the crew from Enter the Dragon.
The Big Brawl (TMNT 2003 Episode) "The Big Brawl" is a four-part episode (forty-ninth through fifty-second) of the animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), which originally aired on May 8, 2004, May 15, 2004, September 18, 2004 and September 25, 2004.
The Big Break V: Hawaii The Big Break V: Hawaii was the fifth edition of The Golf Channel's reality television competition program, The Big Break. The show's premise is to award aspiring golf professionals exemptions into event on major tours, eliminating one contestant each week through a series of challenges until only one player is left.
The Big Broadcast of 1938 The Big Broadcast of 1938 was a Paramount Pictures production directed by Mitchell Leisen and the last in a series of Big Broadcast movies that were variety show anthologies. This film featured the debut of Bob Hope's signature song, Thanks for the Memory, which his character sings as a duet with Shirley Ross.
The Big Bus The Big Bus is a 1976 James Frawley comedy starring Stockard Channing as Kitty Baxter and Joe Bologna as controversial driver ("Eat one lousy foot and they call you a cannibal") Dan Torrance. A spoof of most disaster movies up until that time, it follows the maiden cross-country trip of a nuclear powered bus named Cyclops that's equipped with a bowling alley, swimming pool and piano bar.
The Big Business Lark The Big Business Lark was a radio comedy sitcom of partly satirical form broadcast in 1969. It starred Jimmy Edwards and Frank Thornton and was written by Laurie Wyman as a spin-off from The Navy Lark, although no characters cross over between the two shows.
The Big Buy: Tom DeLay's Stolen Congress The Big Buy: Tom DeLay's Stolen Congress is a 2006 documentary following the rise of Tom DeLay from a Texas businessman to the Majority Whip of the United States Congress. The movie focuses examines the 2003 Texas redistricting, and DeLay's ties to other Congressional figures and businesses.
The Big Call The Big Call was an ITV1 quiz show, made by Granada Productions and presented by Neil Fox, in which six members of the public challenged it out, with the help of the celebrity of their choice, to win ÂŁ20,000 or 100,000 Lottery tickets. The winner went onto the Pressure Point to decide and the option that they didn't choose was offered to the audience at home.
The Big Comfy Couch The Big Comfy Couch is a Canadian children's television series about Loonette the Clown and her friends, produced by Cheryl Wagner and Robert Mills and directed by Wayne Moss and Mills. It premiered on March 2, 1993 in Canada and in 1994 in the USA on public television stations across the country.
The Big Country The Big Country is a 1958 American Western film starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, and Chuck Connors. Based on a novel by Donald Hamilton, it was directed by William Wyler.
The Big E The Big E, also known as The Eastern States Exposition, is billed as "New England's Great State Fair". It is the 6th largest agricultural fair in the United States, and the largest in the northeastern portion of the country.
The Big E Coliseum The Eastern States Coliseum is a 5,900-seat multi-purpose arena in West Springfield, Massachusetts, built in 1926. The longtime home of the Springfield Indians professional hockey team, the Coliseum was a part time home to the New England Whalers ice hockey team while the team was in the World Hockey Association, and even hosted the first few home games for the NHL Whalers when the Hartford Civic Center was undergoing repairs from a roof collapse.
The Big Ear The Big Ear was a radio telescope located on the grounds of the Ohio Wesleyan University's The Perkins Observatory from 1963 to 1998. It was part of The Ohio State University's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project.
The Big Eat The Big Eat is a one hour factual entertainment documentary shown on Channel 4 and produced by Twofour which follows the search for and training of a British Champion to compete in the Competitive Eating World Championships in New York.
The Big Four The Big Four was the name popularly given to the chief entrepreneurs in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad, the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States. However, the four of them preferred to be known as "The Associates".
The Big Four (football) The Big Four in Premier League football are Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. These are four English clubs arguably with the most combined financial power, player attraction and worldwide support.
The Big Gay Sketch Show The Big Gay Sketch Show is an upcoming gay-themed sketch comedy program set to debut on Logo in 2007. Produced by Rosie O'Donnell and directed by Amanda Bearse, the announced cast for the show includes Erica Ash, Dion Flynn, Julie Goldman, Stephen Guarino, Jonny McGovern, Kate McKinnon, Nicol Paone and Michael Serrato.
The Big Gig The Big Gig was a popular Australian television comedy series. It was produced and broadcast by the ABC in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was directed by Ted Robinson, who started his career as the director of the second series of the acclaimed The Aunty Jack Show in the early 1970s.
The Big Goodbye "The Big Goodbye" is a first season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, first broadcast January 11, 1988. It is episode #12, production #113, teleplay written by Tracy Torme, and directed by Joseph L.
The Big Hit The Big Hit is a comedy-action movie from 1998 which served as an acting vehicle for Mark Wahlberg and also starred Lou Diamond Phillips, with appearances by Christina Applegate, Avery Brooks, and Elliot Gould.
The Big Hit Sports Show The Big Hit is a half hour sports talk show on WIUP-TV, a university television station for the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and available to up to 100,000 regional customers. Taped in the basement of Davis Hall on the IUP campus, The Big Hit airs during the college year, but does not run during spring, summer, fall, and winter breaks.
The Big Chill (film) The Big Chill is a 1983 film which tells the story of several University of Michigan college friends who reunite after many years for the funeral of one of their number, who committed suicide. It stars Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, JoBeth Williams, and Don Galloway.
The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch is a talk show on CNBC hosted by Donny Deutsch. The program covers a wide range of issues and topics, ranging from celebrity interviews, discussions of somewhat controversial issues (i.
The Big Issue The Big Issue is a magazine sold by homeless and vulnerably housed individuals on the streets of the UK. There are five editions across the United Kingdom: The Big Issue, The Big Issue in the North, The Big Issue Scotland, The Big Issue South West and The Big Issue Cymru.
The Big Kahuna (film) The Big Kahuna is a 1999 movie adapted from a play entitled "Hospitality Suite," written by Roger Rueff, who also wrote the screenplay. John Swanbeck, the director, makes few attempts to lessen this film's resemblance to a stage performance: the majority of the movie takes place in a single hotel room, and nearly every single line of dialogue is spoken by one of the three actors.
The Big Knife The Big Knife is a 1955 film noir made by The Associates & Aldrich Company and released by United Artists. It was directed and produced by Robert Aldrich from a screenplay by James Poe based on the play by Clifford Odets.
The Big Move "The Big Move" was a television episode of the family sitcom Good Times. The episode aired in two separate parts, on September 22 and 29, 1976, and served as the season premiere for the show's fourth season.
The Big One (film) The Big One is a movie directed in 1996 (and released in 1997) by Michael Moore during his promotion tour around the United States for his book Downsize This!. Through the 47 visited towns, Moore discovers and describes American economic failings and the fear of unemployment of the American workers.
The Big Oven The Big Oven is a Russian short story attributed to Leo Tolstoy about a man whose house has a malfunctioning oven. Thinking his neighbour to be jealous of his large house, the character ignores out of hand his suggestion to have the oven repaired.
The Big Parade The Big Parade is a 1925 silent film which tells the story of an idle rich boy who joins the Army and is sent to France to fight World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.
The Big Picture (song) The Big Picture was commercially released by Atlantic Records in 1988 exclusively as a 7" vinyl single in a generic picture sleeve. Two versions of a promotional 7" vinyl were also released, one with lite blue labels and one with dark blue labels.
The Big Picture (The Salads album) Released on May 9, 2006, The Big Picture is the third full-length album, and fourth Disc by Canadian punk rock band The Salads. It was released in 2006, on Maui Wowie Records, and distributed by Warner Music Canada.
The Big Picture (TV series) The Big Picture was a documentary television program which ran on the American Broadcasting Company from 1953 to 1959. The program consisted of documentary films produced by the United States Army, showing weaponry, battles, biographies of famous soldiers.
The Big Pineapple The Big Pineapple is a tourist attraction and working farm situated at Woombye near Nambour, Queensland. There are rides, tours of pineapple plantations and other agricultural products, shops, restaurants and exhibits for visitors to enjoy.
The Big Red Machine The Big Red Machine was the nickname given to the Cincinnati Reds baseball team that dominated the National League from 1972 to 1976. Over that span, they won five division titles, three National League pennants and two World Series.
The Big Room The Big Room is the second and last studio album of Norwegian pop music duo M2M. Commercially, it didn't perform as well as their previous album Shades of Purple and failed to chart in the US, but managed to reach #16 on the Norwegian charts and went 5x platinum in the Philippines.
The Big Show (NBC Radio) The Big Show, an American radio variety program featuring 90 minutes of top-name comic, stage, screen and music talent, was aimed at keeping American radio in its classic era alive and well against the rapidly-growing television tide. For a good portion of its two-year run (1950-1951), the show's quality made its ambition not terribly far-fetched.
The Big Show (Podcast) The Big Show is a podcast airing from the town of Queen Creek, Arizona. Co-hosts Aaron and Jenny talk about their personal lives, play songs from independent artists, discuss local news, politics and quirky national news and play on-air games.
The Big Six The Big Six is the ninth book of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books, published in 1940. The book returns Dick and Dorothea Callum to the Norfolk Broads where they renew their friendship with the members of the Coot Club.
The Big Sleep The Big Sleep is a 1939 novel by Raymond Chandler, with two film versions, one filmed in 1946, and another filmed in 1978. It is the first novel to feature the detective Philip Marlowe, and is considered one of Chandler's greatest works, and one of the seminal works of hardboiled fiction.
The Big Sleep (1946 film) The Big Sleep (1946) is the first film version of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. It stars Humphrey Bogart as the hard-boiled private-eye Philip Marlowe and his eventual real-life wife Lauren Bacall as the femme fatale.
The Big Superhero Wish The Big Superhero Wish is an episode of Nickelodeon's animated series The Fairly Oddparents, created by Butch Hartman. It originally aired in February 2004, and featured special guest star Jay Leno as the Crimson Chin and the Nega-Chin.
The Big Swindle The Big Swindle is a 2004 heist film directed by Dong-hun Choi. It follows a group of four con men, one con woman, and one forger in a complex set of plots and counterplots against individual marks, against the Bank of Korea, against the police, and against each other.
The Big Texan Steak Ranch The Big Texan Steak Ranch is a steakhouse restaurant and motel located in Amarillo, Texas, United States which opened off of Route 66 in 1960 and moved to its present location on Interstate 40 in 1970. Fire gutted the west wing of the restaurant in 1976, destroying $100,000 in antiques, but in 1977 it was reopened as a bigger facility.
The Big Trail The Big Trail is a 1930 film starring John Wayne in his first leading role and was only the second movie to be shown in widescreen format. Although the 23-year-old Wayne delivered an intriguing performance as wagon train scout Breck Coleman, the expensive shot-on-location movie was a huge flop as a result of being the first widescreen release during a time when theatres wouldn't change over due to the encroachments of the Great Depression.
The Big Vein The Big Vein refers to a 14-foot thick seam of bituminous coal discovered in the Georges Creek Valley in the US in the early 19th century. This coal vein became famous for its clean-burning low sulfur content that made it ideal for powering ocean steamers, river boats, locomotives, and steam mills, and machines shops.
The Big Wheel (film) The Big Wheel is a 1949 film starring Mickey Rooney who plays a young son determined to follow in his father's footsteps as a race car driver. Despite the fact that his father, "Cannonball" Coy, was killed in a fiery crash during a race at Indianapolis, his son Billy Coy (Rooney) is undaunted and manages to work his way up from race mechanic to top driver.
The Big Wu Family Reunion The Big Wu Family Reunion (BWFR) is an annual music festival hosted by the Rock and Roll jam band The Big Wu. It is currently held over the Memorial day weekend at the Harmony Park Music Gardens in Geneva, Minnesota, and features multiple bands on one or two stages as well as on-site camping.
The Bigger Picture with Graham Norton The Bigger Picture with Graham Norton (recently renamed Graham Norton's Bigger Picture) is a British comedy panel chat show launched on BBC One in 2005, in which presenter Graham Norton informally and satirically discusses the week's news with a panel of invited celebrity guests. The show begins with the celebrities being shown in mocked-up photographs of themselves in scenes involving other celebrities, and ends with the guests introducing other mocked up photographs that humorously explain the recent behaviour of other celebrities.
The Bigger the Better The Bigger the Better is a 1984 gay pornographic film directed by Matt Sterling and produced by John Summers, starring Rick Donovan. The film features fantasy student-teacher sex, tea room action, dirty talk, with classic bareback action.
The Biggest Douche in the Universe "The Biggest Douche in the Universe" is episode 615 of the Comedy Central animated series South Park. It first aired on November 27, 2002 and was the last in a mini-arc depicting Cartman being occasionally possessed by Kenny.
The Biggest Loser (Australia) The Biggest Loser is a Network Ten reality television show that began broadcasting on 13 February, 2006. Hosted by AJ Rochester, it involves twelve contestants who are overweight to varying degrees participating in a contest to lose the most percentage of weight.
The Biggest Loser (Season 1) The Biggest Loser is an NBC reality television show that began broadcasting on October 19, 2004. Its first season featured twelve contestants who were overweight to varying degrees participating in a contest to lose the most weight.
The Biggest Loser (Season 3) The Biggest Loser is an NBC reality television show that began broadcasting on October 19, 2004. Season Three began on September 20, 2006 with fifty overweight contestants, one from each of the fifty US states, who would compete to lose the most weight.
The Biggest Loser: Special Edition The Biggest Loser: Special Edition began broadcasting on January 04, 2006. Instead of the normal 12-14 strangers competing to lose the most weight, the special edition version consists of teams who already know each other.
The Bikers of Oz The Bikers of Oz are a White gang of inmates that are heavily tattooed and quick tempered. As white prisoners are the minority in the prison they are often in alliance with the Aryan Brotherhood as they are extremely close with its leader Vernon Schillinger.
The Bill (band) The Bill is a Polish punk rock band, formed in 1988 by Artur "Soko" Soczewica, in the Polish town of Pionki. The band's name is pronounced in a similar way to the Polish word 'debil', which in English means 'idiot'.
The Bill Hall Trio The Bill Hall Trio was a comedy music act consisting of Bill Hall (violin), Johnny Mulgrove (bass) and Spike Milligan (guitar)[ They got together during WWII and continued until 1947/8. For an example of their act see [[http://www.
The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract is a reference-type book written by Bill James featuring an overview of baseball decade by decade, along with rankings of the top 100 players at each position. The original edition was published in 1985, followed by the The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract (ISBN 0-684-80697-5) in 2001.
The Billiard Ball The Billiard Ball is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, written in September 1966 and first published in the March 1967 issue of If. It appeared in Asimov's 1968 collection Asimov's Mysteries, and also in his 1973 collection The Best of Isaac Asimov.
The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet (now known as The Tiptons Sax Quartet) is an all-female, jazz saxophone quartet from Seattle, Washington. They actually consist of five members (the fifth member being the quartet's drummer and percussionist).
The Bing Boys Are Here The Bing Boys Are Here was the first of a series of revues which played at the Alhambra Theatre, London during the last two years of World War I. The series included The Bing Boys on Broadway and The Bing Boys are There.
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) is an affectionately comedic sports film about a team of enterprising ex-Negro League baseball players in the era of racial segregation. It starred Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones and Richard Pryor.
The Biography Channel The Biography Channel is an American digital cable television channel owned by A&E and based on the television series of the same name. A version of the channel also airs on Sky Digital and cable television in the United Kingdom and a version of the channel also broadcasts in Canada owned by Rogers Media.
The Biography of Manuel The Biography of Manuel is a fantasy series by James Branch Cabell. It traces the life of the fictional character Dom Manuel who became Count of Poictesme (a fictional province of France), and of his physical and spiritual descendants through many generations.
The Bird and the Bee The Bird and the Bee is an indie/pop music musical duo from Los Angeles, consisting of musicians Greg Kurstin ("Bird") and Inara George ("Bee"). Kurstin, a producer and keyboardist who has worked with Beck and Red Hot Chili Peppers, is also a member of the band Geggy Tah.
The Bird in a Cage The Bird in a Cage, or The Beauties is a Caroline era comedy written by James Shirley, first published in 1633. The play is notable, even among Shirley's plays, for its lushness—what one critic has called "gay romanticism run mad.
The Bird That Drinks Blood The Bird That Drinks Blood (피를 마시는 새, Peeru'l mashinuun saeh) is a sequel to The Bird That Drinks Tears, fantasy series written by Lee Yeongdo. A rare example of the genre Korean Fantasy, the stock characters and cliches normal western fantasy such as elves, magic, dragons and Latin languages are instead replaced by Korean concepts such as dokkebis, ssirum, yut and ancient Korean languages(Arazit)
The Bird That Drinks Tears The Bird That Drinks Tears (눈물을 마시는 새, Nunmul'l mashinuun saeh) is a fantasy series written by Lee Yeongdo, a Korean fantasy writer. A rare example of the genre Korean Fantasy, the stock characters and cliches of normal western fantasy such as elves, magic, dragons and Latin languages are instead replaced by Korean concepts such as dokkebis, ssirum, yut and ancient Korean languages(Arazit)
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo, also called The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, is a suspense thriller directed by Dario Argento (his directorial debut) and released in 1970. Written by director Argento, the film is based on Fredric Brown's novel The Screaming Mimi, which had previously been made into a Hollywood film Screaming Mimi (1958), directed by Gerd Oswald.
The Birdcage The Birdcage is a 1996 comedy film remake which stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Christine Baranski and Hank Azaria. The script was by Elaine May, remade from La Cage Aux Folles’s screenplay by Jean Poiret and Francis Veber, and the film was directed by Mike Nichols.
The Birds (story) "The Birds" is a short story by Daphne du Maurier about farmer Nat Hocken and his family, as massive amounts of birds start attacking them for no apparent reason. It is set in Britain, shortly after the end of World War II.
The Birds II: Land's End The Birds II: Land's End is the 1994 television movie sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. It stars Brad Johnson, Chelsea Field, James Naughton, and Tippi Hedren, though in a different role than what she played in the original Hitchcock film.
The Birds of Australia The Birds of Australia was a book written by John Gould and published in seven volumes between 1840 and 1848. It was the first comprehensive survey of the birds of Australia and included descriptions of 681 species, 328 of those were new to science and were first described by Gould.
The Birdwatcher Dan Matz, guitarist/vocalist for Windsor for the Derby, pursued a solo career as The Birdwatcher, which provided an outlet for his more intimate, personal songs. The Birdwatcher's debut album, The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn, was released by the Arena Rock Recording Co.
The Birdwatchers The Birdwatchers were a garage rock pop band active in the 1960's in the Miami area. The band dabbled with an Everly Brothers sound in their early career (1964), even releasing a version of "Wake Up Little Susie" on Tara, a local Florida label.

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