document_title: Maia Shibutani

question_text: what is the ethnic background of the shib sibs

text: Maia Shibutani

text: Personal life[edit]

text: Maia Harumi Shibutani was born on July 20, 1994, in New York City.[5] She is the daughter of Chris Shibutani and Naomi Uyemura, both of Japanese descent, who met as Harvard musicians.[6] She has an older brother, Alex Shibutani, who competes with her as her partner in the discipline of Ice Dance. She started figure skating at the age of 4 in 1998 in Old Greenwich, Connecticut,[7] where she was a student at Greenwich Academy in Greenwich, Connecticut.[7][8]

text: She lived in Colorado Springs from 2005 through 2007 and was home-schooled.[6] She moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2007 and graduated from Huron High School in Ann Arbor in 2012. She entered the University of Michigan in the fall of 2012.[9][citation needed]

text: Career[edit]

text: Early career[edit]

text: Maia Shibutani began skating at age four. [10] She originally trained as a single skater and was taught by Slavka Kohout Button, a coach best known for guiding US ladies' champion Janet Lynn. A key source of inspiration for Maia and her brother Alex to pursue ice dancing came in March 2003 when their family attended the World Championships in Washington D.C. Alex Shibutani recalled, "We were seated close to the ice in the second row, and when the ice dancers came out for their warm up, we could actually feel a gust of wind as the skaters flew by. We were so impressed with the artistry, skating quality, and speed of the top teams that we decided to give it a try."[10]

text: 2004–2005 season[edit]

text: Maia and Alex Shibutani first teamed up as ice dance partners in the spring of 2004.[10] Their singles coach, Kathy Bird, arranged for them to work with their first ice dancing coaches Andy Stroukoff and Susie Kelley.[11] The Shibutanis also worked with Mary Marchiselli, and their first free dance program was choreographed by Josh Babb.

text: During the 2004–2005 season, their first season of competition, they competed on the juvenile level, which is the lowest competitive level in the U.S. Figure Skating testing structure. They competed at the 2005 North Atlantic Regional Championships, the qualifying competition for the U.S. Junior Championships, and won the competition.[12] The win qualified them for the 2005 U.S. Junior Championships. At that competition, they placed second in the first compulsory dance, fourth in the second compulsory dance, and third in the free dance, ending up with the silver medal.[13]

text: 2005–2006 season[edit]

text: The Shibutanis moved up to the intermediate level and embarked on several visits to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to work with choreographer Tom Dickson. During that season, they were also coached by Judy Blumberg on the east coast. After unexpectedly strong results in their first year competing at the intermediate level at the Lake Placid Ice Dance Competition (including first place in every compulsory and free dance segment of the competition that they entered at the Lake Placid Ice Dance Competition in the summer of 2005), the Shibutanis decided to relocate to Colorado Springs on a full-time basis in order to benefit from the strong training center environment of the Broadmoor Skating Club. In Colorado Springs, their primary coach was Patti Gottwein[6][11] During that time, they also worked with Rich Griffin, Damon Allen, Eric Schulz, and Christopher Dean.

text: The Shibutanis won the Southwestern Regional Championships, qualifying for the 2006 U.S Junior Championships.[14] At the 2006 U.S. Junior Championships, they placed second in the first compulsory dance and then won the second compulsory and free dances to win the title overall.[15] They worked as guest bloggers and aides for the media staff for U.S. Figure Skating at the 2006 U.S. Championships,[16] and again at the 2006 Four Continents, which were held in Colorado Springs.[17]

text: 2006–2007 season[edit]

text: The Shibutanis moved up to the novice level, which is the first of the three levels that compete at the U.S. Championships. Strong results at the Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, including first place in the Novice Free Dance event, earned them their first opportunity to compete internationally under the ISU Judging System. At the North American Challenge event in Burnaby, British Columbia, they were the highest placing Americans in the novice event, pulling up from fifth place after the compulsory to second overall.

text: At the 2007 Midwestern Sectional Championships, their qualifying competition for the national championships, the Shibutanis placed second in the first compulsory dance and then won the second compulsory and the free dances to win the competition overall and qualify for the 2007 U.S. Championships.[18] At US Nationals, the Shibutanis placed second in both compulsory dances, but with a win in the free dance were able to capture the novice gold medal.[19] This was their second consecutive national title.[20]

text: Following the 2007 U.S. Championships, the Shibutanis relocated once again, moving to Michigan to be coached by Marina Zueva and Igor Shpilband at the Arctic Edge Arena in Canton, Michigan.[11] An important factor in the decision to relocate their training based included the opportunity to live and train in an area which could provide access to both world class ice dance coaching, as well as excellent educational opportunities. Alex Shibutani, at the time of the coaching change, had two years left of high school and was considering his university options.[21]

text: 2007–2008 season[edit]

text: The Shibutanis moved up to the junior level nationally. However, in an unusual circumstance for junior level competitors, they were unable to compete internationally on the junior level because Maia was not yet old enough. At the 2008 Midwestern Sectionals, the Shibutanis placed fourth in the compulsory dance and then third in the original and free dances to win the bronze medal overall. This medal qualified them for the 2008 U.S. Championships. At Nationals, they placed 7th in the compulsory dance, 2nd in the original dance, and 4th in the free dance. They placed 4th overall, winning the pewter medal. This was their fourth consecutive year earning a medal and podium placement, competing at four different levels at the national championship level.

text: 2008–2009 season: Silver at World Junior Championships[edit]

text: Maia Shibutani became age-eligible to compete on the international junior circuit. The Shibutanis made their junior international debut on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP). At their first event, the 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Courchevel, France, they placed second in the compulsory dance and then won the original and free dances to win the gold medal overall by a margin of victory of 11.00 points.[22] At their second Junior Grand Prix event in Madrid, Spain, they won the silver medal.[23] These two medals qualified them for the 2008–2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final for which they were the third-ranked qualifiers.[24] The Junior Grand Prix Final was held concurrently with the senior final for the first time and so did not have a compulsory dance segment. The Shibutanis placed 7th in the original dance[25] and 3rd in the free dance,[26] finishing in 4th place overall.[27]

text: The Shibutanis went on to the 2009 U.S. Championships, where they competed on the junior level for the second consecutive year. At the event, the Shibutanis placed second in the compulsory dance,[28] the original dance,[29] and the free dance.[30] They won the silver medal overall[31] marking their fifth consecutive podium finish at a national-level competition. Following the competition, the Shibutanis were named to the team to the 2009 World Junior Championships.[32]

text: At the 2009 Junior World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, the Shibutanis placed 5th in the compulsory dance, 4th in the original dance, and 2nd in the free dance. At the ages of 14 and 17, they won the silver medal.[33]

text: 2009–2010 season[edit]

text: For the 2009-2010 season, the Shibutanis continued to compete at the junior level, as Maia at just 15, remained age-ineligible to compete on the senior level internationally. On the Junior Grand Prix series, the Shibutanis won gold medals at both their JGP events - in Lake Placid, New York, and in Zagreb, Croatia. At the JGP Final in Tokyo, Japan, they won the bronze medal. At the 2010 US Nationals, competing for their third and final time at the junior level, they won the Junior ice dance title. At the 2010 Junior Worlds, their final junior event after having competed for only two seasons on the international circuit, they finished just off the podium in fourth place.

text: 2010–2011 season: World bronze medal[edit]

text: At the ages of 16 and 19, the Shibutanis advanced to the senior level and experienced a historic rookie season. At their senior international debut, they finished fifth at the 2010 Nebelhorn Trophy, moving up from a disappointing eighth place in the short dance with a strong second place in the free dance, finishing ahead of several veteran senior competitors.[34] During their debut season competing in the senior Grand Prix, they won the bronze medals at both the 2010 NHK Trophy (pulling up from 5th place after the short dance) and the 2010 Skate America (pulling up from fourth place after the short dance), making them the first ice dance team to medal at both Grand Prix events during their first season, rising from the junior and then competing on the senior level. They were first alternates for the 2010–11 Grand Prix final.[35]

text: The Shibutanis debuted domestically at the senior level with a second place at the 2011 U.S. Nationals behind Meryl Davis and Charlie White. At their first ISU Championship event as senior competitors, the 2011 Four Continents championships, they once again finished just behind Davis and White, earning a silver medal. Maia and Alex Shibutani became the first figure skaters of Asian descent in the history of the sport to medal in ice dance at an ISU championship event. At the 2011 World Championships, an event which had to be postponed and relocated from Tokyo to Moscow owing to the earthquake disaster in Japan, they were in fourth after the short dance, 4.09 points behind third-placed Nathalie Péchalat and Fabian Bourzat. In the free dance, they scored 4.34 ahead of Pechalat and Bourzat, both of whom had fallen. The Shibutanis moved third place overall by 0.25 points and won a bronze medal in their World Championships debut. Their bronze medal finish remains the highest world championship debut of any US ice dance team in history. At the ages of 16 and 20, they were also the youngest world medalists in the discipline of ice dance in over 50 years.

text: 2011–2012 season[edit]

text: The Shibutanis started their season with a silver medal at the 2011 Finlandia Trophy. Beginning their Grand Prix season, they won silver at the 2011 Cup of China. A week later they captured their first senior Grand Prix title, earning gold at the 2011 NHK Trophy, pulling up from third place after the short dance and edging Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje for gold by 0.09 points. It was the Shibutanis' first senior Grand Prix title, earned during just their second season competing at the senior level. Their combined results qualified them for the Grand Prix Final[36] where they finished in fifth place.

text: At the 2012 US National championships, the Shibutanis repeated as the silver medalists behind Davis and White. The Shibutanis finished 4th at the 2012 Four Continents, an event during which Alex competed in the free dance while extremely ill, and 8th at the 2012 World Championships.

text: During the off-season, the Shibutanis were invited as athlete ambassadors by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to attend a dinner in honor of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on May 1, 2012, in Washington, D.C.[37]

text: When the coaching partnership of Igor Shpilband and Marina Zoueva came to an end in June 2012, the Shibutanis - along with Davis and White, and Virtue and Moir - chose to continue their training at the Arctic Edge Arena under the primary direction of Marina Zoueva.[38]

text: 2012–2013 season[edit]

text: The Shibutanis placed third in the short dance at the 2012 Rostelecom Cup. They paused their free dance for half a minute due to Alex pulling a muscle in his thigh. They were allowed to continue from the point of interruption and finished 4th overall, their first and thus far only time over 10 consecutive seasons and 20 Grand Prix events, that they did not finish on the podium at a junior or senior Grand Prix event. At their second Grand Prix event, the 2012 NHK Trophy they won the bronze medal. The Shibutanis also took bronze at the 2013 U.S. Championships.[39] They then competed at the 2013 Four Continents and finished 4th. At the 2013 World Championships, the Shibutanis finished 8th.

text: 2013–2014 season[edit]

text: The Shibutanis began their season with another injury which forced them to withdraw from the US Classic in September. They began their competitive season on the Grand Prix by capturing bronze medals at both of their events - 2013 Skate America and 2013 NHK Trophy - qualifying as alternates to the Grand Prix Final. At the 2014 U.S. Championships they earned the bronze medal and were named in the U.S. team to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. They placed 9th at the Olympics.[40] The Shibutanis finished their season with strong performances and a 6th-place finish at 2014 World Championships.

text: 2014–2015 season[edit]

text: The Shibutanis started their season by winning the 2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy. Combined with their gold medal at the 2014 Ice Challenge they were the top finishers in the 2014-2015 ISU Challenge Cup series. On the Grand Prix circuit, they won the silver medals at both of their events, 2014 Skate America[41] and the 2014 Cup of China. Their results on the Grand Prix series qualified them for the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final in Barcelona, Spain, where they placed 4th.

text: At the 2015 U.S. Championships, the duo won the silver medal. They then went on to compete at the 2015 Four Continents Championships where they finished second in the short dance and third place overall. They completed their season with a fifth-place finish at the 2015 World Championships.

text: 2015–2016 season: Unprecedented Return to the World podium[edit]

text: The Shibutanis began their season by winning bronze at 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy. On the Grand Prix circuit, both of their programs - a short dance to the music of Coppelia, and their free dance program to the music of Fix You by Coldplay - earned them standing ovations.[42] They won silver at 2015 Skate Canada International and gold at the 2015 NHK Trophy, for their second career Grand Prix event title.

text: They qualified for the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final as the fourth ranked team based on qualification criteria that had been modified in an attempt to account for the partially cancelled Trophee Bompard event. Their combined short dance and free dance score from NHK Trophy of 174.43 points was the highest total score amongst all competitors during the Grand Prix season. At the Grand Prix Final event, they placed 4th in the short dance. The night before the free dance, however, Alex became severely ill with food poisoning.[43] They chose to compete nonetheless, and managed to earn yet another standing ovation for their free dance with a highly emotional performance.[44] They finished 4th in the free dance and 4th overall.[43] They had to withdraw from the exhibition so that Alex could recover.[45]

text: At the 2016 U.S. Championships, the Shibutanis placed second behind Madison Chock and Evan Bates during the short dance, but moved up to first place following the free dance to win their first senior US title.[46][47]They earned standing ovations from the audience during both segments of the competition, as well as when their scores and results were announced.[48][46]

text: The Shibutanis next competed at the 2016 Four Continents Championships in Taipei, Taiwan. They set personal bests and finished first in both segments of the competition, capturing their first ISU Championship title. With this title, they became the first ice dancers of Asian descent to win an ISU ice dance championship event.[49][50]

text: The Shibutanis ended their season at the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships held in Boston MA. Skating before a hometown crowd (Alex was born in Boston) they set new personal best scores, finished second in both segments of the competition, and with a silver medal earned their second Worlds medal. Their return to the World podium after a 5 year gap, is unprecedented in the sport.[51][52][53][54]

text: 2016–2017 season[edit]

text: The Shibutanis began the 2016-17 season with a gold medal at the Skate America Grand Prix in Chicago. They followed that with another victory at the Cup of China Grand Prix event held in Beijing, once again qualifying for the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. At the Grand Prix Final event in Marseille, France, the Shibutanis were ranked second after the short dance, placing behind Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir from Canada, and ahead of reigning World champions, Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron. A third place finishing the free dance portion of the competition placed them third place overall - the bronze medal being their first medal at a Grand Prix Final. At the 2017 U.S. Championships, the Shibutanis won their second consecutive national title, once again defeating Madison Chock and Evan Bates. Their short dance performance set a new U.S. scoring record. The siblings took silver at the 2017 Four Continents in Gangneung, South Korea, placing second in both segments of the competition to Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. The Shibutanis delivered a performance of their "Evolution" free dance which earned them their ISU best free dance score in spite of Alex needing to quickly repair damage to his blade which occurred during the on-ice warm-up period, just moments before they competed.

text: At the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, they ranked fifth in the short dance and fourth in the free dance, ending up third overall. With their third world medal, a bronze, the Shibutanis notably demonstrated their ability as competitors to deliver under pressure situations. It was their placement that enabled the US team to qualify three entries in ice dance to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The Shibutanis were the only members of the U.S. delegation to earn a medal at this pre-Olympic world championship.

text: 2017–2018 season: Olympic Bronze medals[edit]

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text: The Shibutanis made their season debut in October during the Grand Prix Series at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup. They scored 77.30 in the short dance and 111.94 in the free dance to place first in both events and won the gold medal over 7-time Russian national champions, Ekaterina Bobrova and Dimitri Soloviev, with 189.24 points. At their second Grand Prix event, 2017 Skate America, they again won both the short and free dance for a total of 194.25 and first place overall, qualifying for the 2017/18 Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Japan. At the Grand Prix Final, they earned a second consecutive bronze medal. At the 2018 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the Shibutanis placed first in the short dance and third in the free dance, placing them second overall behind Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue.

text: At the 2018 Winter Olympics, the Shibutanis were chosen to represent the United States in the team event. They placed second in both segments, helping the U.S. team win the bronze medal. They became the first ice dancers who are both of Asian descent to medal at the Winter Olympics. In the ice dance event, they placed 4th in the short dance, 3rd in the free dance, and won the bronze medal with a combined total of 192.59 points.

text: Programs[edit]

text:
Season
Short dance
Free dance
Exhibition

2017–2018
[55][56][57][58]

Mambo: Mambo No. 5
by Pérez Prado
Cha Cha: Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)
by Louiguy
performed by Pérez Prado
Samba: Mambo Jambo/Mambo No. 8
by Pérez Prado

Paradise
by Coldplay

Fix You[59]
Paradise
by Coldplay

That's Life[60][59]
by Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon
covered by Frank Sinatra
That's Life (remix)
performed by Frank Sinatra, Jay Z
arranged by Ryan "Ryanimay" Conferido
choreo. by Hokuto "Hok" Konishi, Aye Hasegawa, Randi Strong, and others

2016–2017
[5][61][62][63][64]

Blues: That's Life
by Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon
covered by Frank Sinatra
Hip Hop: That's Life (remix)
performed by Frank Sinatra, Jay Z
arranged by Ryan "Ryanimay" Conferido
choreo. by Hokuto "Hok" Konishi, Aye Hasegawa, Randi Strong, and others

Evolution:

Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in Mirror)
by Arvo Pärt
performed by Anne Akiko Meyers, Akira Eguchi
Truman Sleeps
(from The Truman Show)
by Philip Glass
The Departure
(from The Leftovers)
by Max Richter
rearranged by Alex Shibutani
performed by members of The San Francisco Symphony
choreo. by Maia Shibutani, Alex Shibutani, Marina Zueva, Oleg Epstein, Massimo Scali and others

Do You Remember
by Jarryd James
choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel[65]

2015–2016
[66][67][54][68]

Waltz, march, waltz: Coppélia
by Léo Delibes
choreo. by Marina Zueva, Cheryl Yeager

Fix You
by Coldplay
The Scientist[69]
by Coldplay
choreo. by Peter Tchernyshev

Fix You[70]
by Coldplay
choreo. by Peter Tchernyshev

Clair de Lune[70]
by Claude Debussy
choreo. by Maia Shibutani, Alex Shibutani

2014–2015
[71]

Flamenco: Asturias Variations
by Isaac Albéniz
Paso Doble: The Last Corrida

Rosen aus dem Süden
(Roses from the South)
by Johann Strauss II
The Blue Danube
by Johann Strauss II

O (Fly On)
by Coldplay
choreo by. Peter Tchernyshev

2013–2014
[1][40]

Michael Bublé medley:

Foxtrot
Quickstep
Foxtrot

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
by Michael Jackson
Man in the Mirror
by Michael Jackson
Thriller
by Michael Jackson

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
by Michael Jackson
Ben
by Walter Scharf
Thriller
by Michael Jackson

I Lived
by OneRepublic

2012–2013
[72][73][74]

March: Ojos Azul
by Incantations
Waltz: Dolencias
by Incantations
Polka: Sikureada
by Incantations

Waltz and polka: Mary Poppins Overture
by Richard and Robert Sherman

Memoirs of a Geisha
by John Williams

Lost
by Michael Bublé

2011–2012
[75][76]

Samba: Batuca
by DJ Dero
Samba: The Girl From Ipanema
by Olivia
Samba: Samba de Janeiro
by Bellini

Batuca
by DJ Dero
Skip to the Bip
by Club des Belugas
Jazz Machine
by Black Machine

Sun Valley Serenade
by Glenn Miller Orchestra

In The Mood
Moonlight Serenade
Chattanooga Choo Choo

The Prayer
by Charlotte Church, Josh Groban

2010–2011
[77]

The Carousel Waltz
by Richard Rodgers

Smile
(from Modern Times)
by Charlie Chaplin
Let's Face the Music and Dance
by Irving Berlin

The Prayer
by Charlotte Church, Josh Groban

La Vie en rose
by Louis Armstrong

Original dance

2009–2010
[78][79]

Itsuka Mata
by Tetsuro Naito
Ao-ki Kaze
by Ryutaro Kaneko

Tango Rhapsody
by Luis Bacalov
La Vie en Rose
by Louis Guglielmi

La Vie en rose
by Louis Armstrong

2008–2009
[80]

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
by Paul Englishby

Cinema Paradiso
by Ennio Morricone

Japanese Kodo music

2007–2008
[79][81]

Japanese Kodo music

Piano music
by Jean-Marie Senia

2006–2007
[79][82]

Memoirs of a Geisha
by John Williams

text: Competitive highlights[edit]

text: GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

text: (with Alex Shibutani)

text: Senior results[edit]

text:
International[83]

Event
10–11
11–12
12–13
13–14
14–15
15–16
16–17
17–18

Olympics

9th

3rd

Worlds
3rd
8th
8th
6th
5th
2nd
3rd
WD

Four Continents
2nd
4th
4th

3rd
1st
2nd

GP Final

5th

4th
4th
3rd
3rd

GP Cup of China

2nd

2nd

1st

GP NHK Trophy
3rd
1st
3rd
3rd

1st

GP Rostelecom

4th

1st

GP Skate America
3rd

3rd
2nd

1st
1st

GP Skate Canada

2nd

CS Ice Challenge

1st

CS Nepela Trophy

1st
3rd

Finlandia Trophy

2nd

Nebelhorn Trophy
5th

National[79]

U.S. Champ.
2nd
2nd
3rd
3rd
2nd
1st
1st
2nd

TBD = Assigned, WD = Withdrew

text: Junior results[edit]

text:
International[83]

Event
04–05
05–06
06–07
07–08
08–09
09–10

Junior Worlds

2nd
4th

JGP Final

4th
3rd

JGP Croatia

1st

JGP France

1st

JGP Spain

2nd

JGP USA

1st

NACS

2nd N

National[79]

U.S. Champ.

1st N
4th J
2nd J
1st J

U.S. Junior Champ.
2nd V
1st I

Midwestern Sect.

1st N
3rd J

Southwestern Reg.

1st I

North Atlantic Reg.
1st V

Levels: V = Juvenile, I = Intermediate, N = Novice, J = Junior

text: Detailed results[edit]

text: (with Alex Shibutani)

text: Senior results[edit]

text:
2017–18 season

Date
Event
SD
FD
Total

February 19–20, 2018
2018 Winter Olympics
4
77.73
3
114.86
3
192.59

January 5–7, 2018
2018 U.S. Championships
1
82.33
3
114.60
2
196.93

December 7–10, 2017
2017–18 Grand Prix Final
3
78.09
6
109.91
3
188.00

November 24–26, 2017
2017 ISU Grand Prix Skate America
1
79.18
1
115.07
1
194.25

October 20–22, 2017
2017 ISU Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup
1
77.30
1
111.94
1
189.24

2016–17 season

Date
Event
SD
FD
Total

March 29 – April 2, 2017
2017 World Championships
5
74.88
4
110.30
3
185.18

February 15–19, 2017
2017 Four Continents Championships
2
76.59
2
115.26
2
191.85

January 14–22, 2017
2017 U.S. Championships
1
82.42
2
117.63
1
200.05

December 8–11, 2016
2016–17 Grand Prix Final
2
77.97
3
111.63
3
189.60

November 18–20, 2016
2016 ISU Grand Prix Cup of China
2
73.23
1
111.90
1
185.13

October 21–23, 2016
2016 ISU Grand Prix Skate America
1
73.04
1
112.71
1
185.75

2015–16 season

Date
Event
SD
FD
Total

March 28 – April 3, 2016
2016 World Championships
2
74.70
2
113.73
2
188.43

February 16–21, 2016
2016 Four Continents Championships
1
72.86
1
108.76
1
181.62

January 15–24, 2016
2016 U.S. Championships
2
74.67
1
115.47
1
190.14

December 10–13, 2015
2015–16 Grand Prix Final
4
69.11
4
105.81
4
174.92

November 27–29, 2015
2015 ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy
1
68.08
1
106.35
1
174.43

October 30 – November 1, 2015
2015 ISU Grand Prix Skate Canada
2
66.00
2
102.36
2
168.36

October 1–3, 2015
2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
1
63.24
3
91.10
3
154.34

2014–15 season

Date
Event
SD
FD
Total

March 23–29, 2015
2015 World Championships
6
69.32
5
102.71
5
172.03

February 9–15, 2015
2015 Four Continents Championships
2
69.65
3
101.14
3
170.79

January 18–25, 2015
2015 U.S. Championships
2
73.84
2
107.47
2
181.31

December 11–14, 2014
2014–15 Grand Prix Final
3
63.90
6
95.04
4
158.94

November 14–16, 2014
2014 Ice Challenge
1
65.38
1
100.96
1
166.34

November 7–9, 2014
2014 ISU Grand Prix Cup of China
1
65.20
2
92.16
2
157.36

October 24–26, 2014
2014 ISU Grand Prix Skate America
2
64.14
2
96.19
2
160.33

October 1–5, 2014
2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
1
62.72
1
100.26
1
162.98

2013–14 season

Date
Event
SD
FD
Total

March 24–30, 2014
2014 World Championships
6
63.55
6
95.02
6
158.57

February 6–22, 2014
2014 Winter Olympics
9
64.47
10
90.70
9
155.17

January 5–12, 2014
2014 U.S. Championships
3
68.00
3
102.44
3
170.44

November 8–10, 2013
2013 ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy
3
63.09
3
94.49
3
157.58

October 18–20, 2013
2013 ISU Grand Prix Skate America
3
61.26
3
93.21
3
154.47

2012–13 season

Date
Event
SD
FD
Total

March 11–17, 2013
2013 World Championships
8
66.14
9
91.57
8
157.71

February 8–11, 2013
2013 Four Continents Championships
4
63.26
4
96.71
4
159.97

January 19–27, 2013
2013 U.S. Championships
3
69.63
3
104.58
3
174.21

November 23–25, 2012
2012 ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy
2
60.84
3
93.72
3
154.56

November 8–11, 2012
2012 ISU Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup
4
58.26
5
82.65
4
140.91

2011–12 season

Date
Event
SD
FD
Total

March 26 – April 1, 2012
2012 World Championships
7
62.35
11
82.37
8
144.72

February 7–12, 2012
2012 Four Continents Championships
4
63.38
4
94.91
4
158.29

January 22–29, 2012
2012 U.S. Championships
2
72.61
2
106.23
2
178.84

December 8–11, 2011
2011–12 Grand Prix Final
5
65.53
5
95.02
5
160.55

November 10–13, 2011
2011 ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy
3
59.02
1
92.83
1
151.85

November 3–6, 2011
2011 ISU Grand Prix Cup of China
2
57.79
2
90.61
2
148.40

October 6–9, 2011
2011 Finlandia Trophy
2
58.45
2
92.63
2
151.08

2010–11 season

Date
Event
SD
FD
Total

April 24 – May 1, 2011
2011 World Championships
4
66.88
3
96.91
3
163.79

February 15–20, 2011
2011 Four Continents Championships
4
62.04
2
93.34
2
155.38

January 22–30, 2011
2011 U.S. Championships
2
70.47
2
102.71
2
173.18

November 12–14, 2010
2010 ISU Grand Prix Skate America
4
56.46
3
88.35
3
144.81

October 22–24, 2010
2010 ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy
5
53.68
2
83.25
3
136.93

September 23–26, 2010
2010 Nebelhorn Trophy
8
46.90
2
86.10
5
133.00

text: Social media presence and television appearances[edit]

text: Maia and Alex Shibutanis are amongst the most active Olympic sports athletes engaged across several social media platforms. Their YouTube channel @ShibSibs,[84] established in 2012, includes 95 videos which have been viewed almost nine million times by over 157,000 subscribers, as of April 2018. Videos consist a range of formats including behind-the-scenes montages from their travels throughout the world for training, exhibition shows and competitions. Amongst the popular are lip synch music videos with casts which include popular Olympic figure skaters and gymnasts from all over the world, including Yuzuru Hanyu, Mao Asada, Michelle Kwan, Kristi Yamaguchi, Brian Boitano, Javier Fernandez, Adam Rippon, Meryl Davis and Charlie White. Videos are created (including filming, editing) entirely by the Shibutanis.

text: Their respective Instagram and Twitter accounts (@maiashibutani, @alexshibutani) have been tagged as accounts to follow by various media accounts including global media publications such as the New York Times as "Olympian Instagram Accounts to follow."[85][86]

text: The Shibutanis were guests on the Nickelodeon television show Nicky Ricky Dicky & Dawn, appearing as themselves during episode 304, broadcast in 2017. They have made several appearances on NBC's the TODAY Show, including to perform on the Rockefeller Center rink and to introduce Ralph Lauren designed outfits for the 2018 US Olympic team.[87]

text: Philanthropy and diplomacy[edit]

text:
In 2017, the Shibutanis were named Sports Envoys by the U.S. State Department, joining a select roster of figure skaters, including Michelle Kwan and Evan Lysacek, who have been named to this role in the past.
Right To Play Athlete Ambassadors since 2013
LA2028 Athlete Advisory Commission members. Active involvement in the successful bid which brings the 2028 Summer Olympics back to the U.S. The Shibutanis participated in the panel presentation at the US Olympic Media Summit, joining LA2028 Chairman Casey Wasserman and Athletes Relations Liaison Janet Evans.[88]
Other organizations and causes which the Shibutanis have lent through support through skating performances, fundraising and social media engagement support include: The Jimmy Fund, Charity: Water (where Maia raised over $10,000 as part of her 2017 birthday campaign), One Fund Boston, and NOH8 Campaign.

text: Awards and honors[edit]

text:
Maia Shibutani is a two-time recipient (2012, 2014) of a Travel & Training Grant from the Women's Sports Foundation
The siblings are two-time winners of the Edi Award from the Professional Skaters Association for outstanding ice dance performance at US Nationals
The Shibutanis are several time winners of the US Olympic Committee "Team of the Month" award (including in October 2017 and December 2017) for their competitive achievements while representing Team USA internationally.

text: Brand partnerships and sponsors[edit]

text:
Tumi Inc. - brand ambassadors
Ralph Lauren Corporation - official sponsored athletes along with fellow Olympians Gus Kenworthy, Aja Evans, Jamie Anderson and Paralympian Rico Roman.[89]
Intel - Global Team Intel Athletes for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games [90]
Coca-Cola Corporation's Minute Maid brand
The Hershey Company's Ice Breakers brand
Smucker's Milk-Bone brand


document_title: The Remains of the Day (film)

question_text: where was the film the remains of the day filmed

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text: The Remains of the Day (film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: In 1958 post-war Britain, Stevens, the butler of Darlington Hall, receives a letter from Miss Kenton, a recently-divorced former colleague employed as the housekeeper some twenty years earlier. Lord Darlington has died a broken man, his reputation destroyed after he was exposed as a Nazi sympathizer, and his stately country manor has been sold to a retired United States Congressman, Mr Jack Lewis. Stevens is granted permission to borrow his Daimler, and he sets off to the West Country to meet Miss Kenton.

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text: The film flashes back to Kenton's arrival as housekeeper in the 1930s. The ever-efficient Stevens managed the household well, taking great pride in his profession, and his dedication was fully displayed when, while his father lay dying, he steadfastly continued his duties. Miss Kenton, too, proved to be a valuable servant, and she was equally efficient and strong-willed, but also warmer and less repressed. Relations between the two eventually warmed, and it became clear she had feelings for him, yet despite their proximity and shared purpose, Stevens' detachment remained unchanged; his first and only loyalty was to his service as Lord Darlington's butler. One time, Miss Kenton embarrassed Stevens by catching him reading a romance novel; Stevens told Miss Kenton has was reading it only to improve his vocabulary.

text: Meanwhile, Darlington Hall was regularly frequented by politicians of the interwar period, and many of Lord Darlington's guests were like-minded, fascist-sympathizing British and European aristocrats, with the exception of the more pragmatic Congressman Lewis, who did not share the "noble instincts" of Lord Darlington and his guests. Lewis informed the "gentleman politicians" in his midst that "Europe has become the arena of Realpolitik" and warned them they were "headed for disaster."

text: Darlington later met Prime Minister Chamberlain and the German Ambassador, and used his influence to try to broker a policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany, based on his belief that Germany had been unfairly treated by the Treaty of Versailles following the First World War and only desires peace. In the midst of these events - and after overhearing Sir Geoffrey Wren praising Nazi racial laws - Darlington suddenly requested that two newly-appointed German-Jewish maids, both sisters and refugees, should be dismissed, despite being Stevens' mild protest that the sisters were good workers. Nevertheless, Stevens carried out Lord Darlington's command, despite a horrified Miss Kenton threatening to resign in protest. Miss Kenton later confided in Stevens she had no family and nowhere to go to should she leave Darlington Hall, and was ashamed to not follow up on her threat to resign.

text: Lord Darlington's godson, journalist Reginald Cardinal, was appalled by the nature of the secret meetings in Darlington Hall; concurring with Congressman Lewis' earlier protestations, Cardinal told Stevens that Lord Darlington was a pawn, being used by the Nazis. Despite Cardinal's indignation, Stevens did not denounce or criticise his master. Later, Lord Darlington expressed regret for having dismissed Ilsa and Irma, the two German-Jewish maids. He asked Stevens to locate them and Stevens enquired Miss Kenton as to the maids' whereabouts. (It is revealed the sisters were returned to Germany; their ultimate fate is unknown.)

text: Eventually, Miss Kenton formed a relationship with a former co-worker, Tom Benn, who proposed marriage and asked Miss Kenton to move away with him to run a coastal boarding house. Miss Kenton mentioned this proposal to Stevens, in effect offering him an ultimatum, but Stevens would not admit his feelings, offering Miss Kenton only his congratulations. Miss Kenton left Darlington Hall prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. Before Miss Kenton's departure, Stevens found her crying in frustration, but the only response he could muster was to call her attention to a neglected domestic task.

text: En route to meeting Miss Kenton in 1958, when asked by locals about his former employer, Stevens at first denies having served or even met Lord Darlington, but later admits to having served and respected him. He meets Miss Kenton (now Mrs Benn), and they reminisce. Stevens mentions in conversation that Lord Darlington's godson, Reginald Cardinal, was killed in the war. He also says Lord Darlington died from a broken heart - after the war, Lord Darlington sued a newspaper for libel, losing the suit and his reputation in the process. Stevens reveals that in his declining years, Lord Darlington at times failed to recognise Stevens and carried on conversations with no one else in the room.

text: Miss Kenton declines Stevens' offer to return to Darlington Hall, wishing instead to remain near her pregnant daughter. After the meeting, Miss Kenton is emotional, while Stevens is still unable to demonstrate any feeling. Back in Darlington Hall, Lewis asks Stevens if he remembers much of the old days, to which Stevens replies that he was too busy serving. A pigeon then becomes trapped in the hall, and is eventually freed by the two men, leaving both Stevens and Darlington Hall far behind.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Anthony Hopkins as Mr. James Stevens
Emma Thompson as Miss Sarah "Sally" Kenton (later Mrs Benn after marriage)
James Fox as Lord Darlington
Christopher Reeve as Congressman Jack Lewis
Peter Vaughan as Mr William Stevens ("Mr Stevens, Sr")
Hugh Grant as Reginald Cardinal (Lord Darlington's godson)
John Haycraft as Auctioneer
Caroline Hunt as Landlady
Michael Lonsdale as Dupont d'Ivry
Paula Jacobs as Mrs Mortimer
Ben Chaplin as Charlie
Steve Dibben as George (footman no. 2)
Abigail Harrison as Housemaid
Rupert Vansittart as Sir Geoffrey Wren
Patrick Godfrey as Spencer
Peter Halliday as Canon Tufnell
Peter Cellier as Sir Leonard Bax
Frank Shelley as Prime Minister
Peter Eyre as Lord Halifax
Terence Bayler as Trimmer
Hugh Sweetman as Scullery Boy
Tony Aitken as Postmaster
Emma Lewis as Elsa
Joanna Joseph as Irma
Tim Pigott-Smith as Tom Benn
Lena Headey as Lizzie
Pip Torrens as Doctor Carlisle
Brigitte Kahn as German Baroness
Wolf Kahler as German Ambassador

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text: Production[edit]

text: A film adaptation of the novel was originally planned to be directed by Mike Nichols from a script by Harold Pinter. Some of Pinter's script was used in the film, but, while Pinter was paid for his work, he asked to have his name removed from the credits, in keeping with his contract.[4] Christopher C. Hudgins observes: "During our 1994 interview, Pinter told [Steven H.] Gale and me that he had learned his lesson after the revisions imposed on his script for The Handmaid's Tale, which he has decided not to publish. When his script for The Remains of the Day was radically revised by the James Ivory-Ismail Merchant partnership, he refused to allow his name to be listed in the credits" (125).[5][6][7]

text: Though no longer the director, Nichols remained associated with the project as one of the producers of the Merchant Ivory film.

text: Settings[edit]

text: A number of English country estates were used as locations for the film, partly owing to the persuasive power of Ismail Merchant, who was able to cajole permission for the production to borrow houses not normally open to the public. Among them were Dyrham Park for the exterior of the house and the driveway, Powderham Castle (staircase, hall, music room, bedroom; used for the aqua-turquoise stairway scenes), Corsham Court (library and dining room) and Badminton House (servants' quarters, conservatory, entrance hall). Luciana Arrighi, the production designer, scouted most of these locations. Scenes were also shot in Weston-super-Mare, which stood in for Clevedon. The pub where Mr Stevens stays is the Hop Pole in Limpley Stoke; the shop featured is also in Limpley Stoke. The pub where Miss Kenton and Mr Benn meet is the George Inn, Norton St Philip.

text: Characters[edit]

text: The character of Sir Geoffrey Wren is based loosely on that of Sir Oswald Mosley, a British fascist active in the 1930s.[8] Wren is depicted as a strict vegetarian.[9]

text: Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax also appears in the film. Lord Darlington tells Stevens that Halifax approved of the polish on the silver, and Halifax himself later appears when Darlington meets secretly with the German Ambassador and his aides at night. Halifax was a chief architect of the British policy of appeasement from 1937 to 1939.[10]

text: The character of Congressman Jack Lewis in the film is a composite of two separate American characters in Kazuo Ishiguro's novel: Congressman Lewis (who attends the pre-WW2 conference in Darlington Hall), and Mr Farraday, who succeeds Lord Darlington as master of Darlington Hall.

text: Score[edit]

text:
The Remains of the Day

Film score by Richard Robbins

Released
1993

Length
49:26

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Professional ratings

Review scores

Source
Rating

Entertainment Weekly
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text: The original score is composed by Richard Robbins. The score was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score, losing to the score of Schindler's List.

text:
Opening Titles, Darlington Hall – 7:27
The Keyhole and the Chinaman – 4:14
Tradition and Order – 1:51
The Conference Begins – 1:33
Sei Mir Gegrüsst (Schubert) – 4:13
The Cooks in the Kitchen – 1:34
Sir Geoffrey Wren and Stevens, Sr. – 2:41
You Mean a Great Deal to This House – 2:21
Loss and Separation – 6:19
Blue Moon – 4:57
Sentimental Love Story/Appeasement/In the Rain – 5:22
A Portrait Returns/Darlington Hall/End Credits – 6:54

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text: Critical reception and awards[edit]

text: The film received a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 39 reviews with an 8.4/10 average rating. Its consensus states: "Smart, elegant, and blessed with impeccable performances from Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson, The Remains of the Day is a Merchant-Ivory classic."[11] Roger Ebert particularly praised the film and called it "a subtle, thoughtful movie."[12] In his review for The Washington Post, Desson Howe gave the film a favorable review, and said of it "Put Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson and James Fox together and you can expect sterling performances," praising their work in the film.[13] Vincent Canby of The New York Times said, in another favorable review, "Here's a film for adults. It's also about time to recognize that Mr Ivory is one of our finest directors, something that critics tend to overlook because most of his films have been literary adaptations."[14] The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards, but won none:[15]

text:
Award Nomination
Winner

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Anthony Hopkins)
Tom Hanks (Philadelphia)

Best Actress in a Leading Role (Emma Thompson)
Holly Hunter (The Piano)

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Allan Starski and Ewa Braun (Schindler's List)

Best Costume Design
Gabriella Pescucci (The Age of Innocence)

Best Director
Steven Spielberg (Schindler's List)

Best Music, Original Score
John Williams (Schindler's List)

Best Picture
Schindler's List

Best Adapted Screenplay
Steven Zaillian (Schindler's List)

text: The film is also recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:

text: 2002: AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – Nominated[16]

text: Notes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ "The Remains of the Day". Retrieved 29 September 2010.
Jump up ^ "Actor in a Leading Role in 1994". BAFTA. 27 October 2017.
Jump up ^ British Film Institute - Top 100 British Films (1999). Retrieved August 27, 2016
Jump up ^ "In November 1994, Pinter wrote, "I've just heard that they are bringing another writer into the "Lolita" film. It doesn't surprise me.' ... Pinter's contract contained a clause to the effect that the film company could bring in another writer, but that in such a case he could withdraw his name (which is exactly the case with [the film] The Remains of the Day-he had insisted on this clause since the bad experience with revisions made to his Handmaid's Tale script); he has never been given any reason as to why another writer was brought in" (Gale 352).
Jump up ^ Hudgins adds: "We did not see Pinter's name up in lights when Lyne's Lolita finally made its appearance in 1998. Pinter goes on in the March 13 [1995] letter [to Hudgins] to state that 'I have never been given any reason at all as to why the film company brought in another writer,' again quite similar to the equally ungracious treatment that he received in the Remains of the Day situation" (125).
Jump up ^ Cf. the essay on the film The Remains of the Day published in Gale's collection by Edward T. Jones: "Pinter gave me a copy of his typescript for his screenplay, which he revised 24 January 1991, during an interview that I conducted with him in London about his screenplay in May 1992, part of which appeared in 'Harold Pinter: A Conversation' in Literature/Film Quarterly, XXI (1993): 2–9. In that interview, Pinter mentioned that Ishiguro liked the screenplay that he had scripted for a proposed film version of the novel. All references to Pinter's screenplay in the text [of Jones's essay] are to this unpublished manuscript" (107n1).
Jump up ^ In his 2008 essay published in The Pinter Review, Hudgins discusses further details about why "Pinter elected not to publish three of his completed film scripts, The Handmaid's Tale, The Remains of the Day and Lolita," all of which Hudgins considers "masterful film scripts" of "demonstrable superiority to the shooting scripts that were eventually used to make the films"; fortunately ("We can thank our various lucky stars"), he says, "these Pinter film scripts are now available not only in private collections but also in the Pinter Archive at the British Library"; in this essay, which he first presented as a paper at the 10th Europe Theatre Prize symposium, Pinter: Passion, Poetry, Politics, held in Turin, Italy, in March 2006, Hudgins "examin[es] all three unpublished film scripts in conjunction with one another" and "provides several interesting insights about Pinter's adaptation process" (132).
Jump up ^ "Four Weddings actor visits Creebridge". Galloway Gazette. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
Jump up ^ Giblin, James Cross (2002). The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler. New York: Clarion Books. p. 175. ISBN 9780395903711.
Jump up ^ Lee, David (2010). Stanley Melbourne Bruce: Australian Internationalist. London: Continuum. pp. 121–122. ISBN 9780826445667.
Jump up ^ "The Remains of the Day". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger (5 November 1993). "The Remains Of The Day Movie Review (1993) | Roger Ebert". Rogerebert.suntimes.com. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
Jump up ^ "'The Remains of the Day'". Washingtonpost.com. 5 November 1993. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
Jump up ^ Canby, Vincent (5 November 1993). "Movie Review – The Remains of the Day – Review/Film: Remains of the Day; Blind Dignity: A Butler's Story". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
Jump up ^ "The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
Jump up ^ "AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions Nominees" (PDF). Retrieved 19 August 2016.

text: Bibliography[edit]

text:
Gale, Steven H. Sharp Cut: Harold Pinter's Screenplays and the Artistic Process. Lexington, Ky.: The University Press of Kentucky, 2003.
Gale, Steven H., ed. The Films of Harold Pinter. Albany: SUNY Press, 2001.
Hudgins, Christopher C. "Harold Pinter's Lolita: 'My Sin, My Soul'." In The Films of Harold Pinter. Steven H. Gale, ed. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press, 2001.
Hudgins, Christopher C. "Three Unpublished Harold Pinter Filmscripts: The Handmaid's Tale, The Remains of the Day, Lolita." The Pinter Review: Nobel Prize / Europe Theatre Prize Volume: 2005 – 2008. Francis Gillen with Steven H. Gale, eds. Tampa, Fla.: University of Tampa Press, 2008.


document_title: Wake in Fright (miniseries)

question_text: where was the remake of wake in fright filmed

text: Wake in Fright (miniseries)

text: Plot[edit]

text: Part One[edit]

text: John Grant is a young schoolteacher based in the isolated outback town of Tiboonda. After finishing the school year in time for the Christmas holidays, he begins driving to Sydney to take up a new teaching position at Neutral Bay, as well as seemingly get married to his girlfriend Robyn. John's car is damaged when it collides with a kangaroo, forcing him to take a stopover in the mining town of Bundayabba – referred to by the locals as "The Yabba" – to await repairs. At a pub, he meets the enigmatic Sergeant Jock Crawford, who introduces him to the illegal but sanctioned game of two-up. After a winning streak, John loses all of his money, as well as some borrowed from former MMA fighter Mick Jaffries and her brother Joe, who subsequently demand that he pay them back.

text: John befriends real estate agent Tim Hynes, who invites him to have dinner with his family, including his wife Ursula and daughter Janette, the town nurse. The encounter is shaken by the arrival of Evan "Doc" Tydon, the disgraced town doctor; Doc and Janette begin to interrogate secrets in John's character, which culminates in Janette attempting to seduce him. Afterwards, Tim tries to sell a house to John, hoping to generate cash in the wake of the decline in the mining business on which The Yabba was built; when John instead asks for a loan to pay off his debts, Tim throws him out.

text: John awakens in Doc's ramshackle Caravan. In his recollections of the previous night, he believes that Doc initiated a drunken homosexual encounter between them. Doc seemingly betrays John to Mick and Joe, who take them to their car-wrecking yard and prepare to embark on an outback feral pig hunt, giving John a chance to pay off his debts. Before departing, the Jaffries discover that John has found their secret methamphetamine lab, leading John to believe that they intend to kill him during the hunt.

text: Part Two[edit]

text: The pig hunt turns into a riotous expedition fuelled by drugs and alcohol. Eventually, John falls unconscious and awakens to discover that Doc has been shot dead. Recalling earlier tensions between Doc and Mick, he assumes that the siblings killed Doc, intending to set him up. After fleeing the scene, John encounters Crawford and tells him what has happened, but they discover that the corpse has vanished. Crawford takes him to a hotel for questioning, but when Mick and Joe arrive, he escapes and takes refuge with Janette. After discovering that Doc and Janette were lovers and had a daughter, John explains that Doc has been killed; enraged, Janette blames him for the murder and ejects him. Believing the police and the Jaffries to be in league with each other, he evades Crawford and hitches a ride to a nearby truck stop.

text: John persuades a driver, who he assumes is heading for Sydney, to take him to the city, offering his only possession – an engagement ring intended for Robyn – as payment. Due to a misunderstanding, he returns to The Yabba and is immediately confronted by Crawford, who shows him footage taken by the Jaffries indicating that he shot Doc while hallucinating. In flashbacks, it is revealed that Robyn had turned down a premature marriage proposal, resulting in a dejected John getting drunk and being unable to save her from drowning. Overwhelmed by the two deaths on his conscience, John steals a rifle and shoots himself in the head.

text: When John awakens in hospital, Crawford has him sign a statement indicating that his failed suicide attempt was an accident. He also reveals that the Jaffries have been ordered to leave The Yabba due to their drug trafficking, and that Doc's cause of death has been ruled as death by misadventure. Janette explains that their daughter drowned when Doc was supposed to be looking after her, leaving him wracked with guilt. Flashbacks reveal that Doc did not take advantage of John, but instead ensured his safety during his stupor, composed a suicide note, and willingly stepped in the path of his rifle. Following Janette's advice, John is renewed by his experiences and returns to Tiboonda to start the new school year.

text: Cast[edit]

text: Principal cast

text:
Sean Keenan as John Grant
Alex Dimitriades as Evan "Doc" Tydon
Caren Pistorius as Janette Hynes
Gary Sweet as Tim Hynes
Robyn Malcolm as Ursula Hynes
Anna Samson as Michaela "Mick" Jaffries
Lee Jones as Joe Jaffries
Jada Alberts as Constable Sandra "Sandy" Fanshawe
David Wenham as Sergeant Jock Crawford

text: Supporting cast

text:
Di Adams as Joyce, barmaid
Fayssal Bazzi as Donald, hotel receptionist
Elissa Burke as Maisy, schoolgirl
Randall Dart as Vic Killen, mechanic
Alan Dukes as Wayne Leneham
Hannah Fredericksen as Robyn Leneham
Gregory J. Fryer as Thomas, Aboriginal driver
Sonya Giesekam as Mrs. Leneham
Jason Lee Hansen as Charlie, Tiboonda publican
John MacLeod as Elderly Man, a figure in John's hallucinations
Paula Nazarski as Bea, cab driver
Jerome Pride as Small Driver
Darcey Wilson (uncredited) as Jackie Killen

text: Production[edit]

text: Development and pre-production[edit]

text: In 2012, Triptych Pictures producer Kristian Moliere and Helen Bowden of Matchbox Pictures approached the family of writer Kenneth Cook on the possibility of a televised adaptation of his 1961 novel Wake in Fright. Although the response was enthusiastic, the pair was informed that they would only be allowed to begin production once they had found the option for the original 1971 film version - if the deal stated that the adaptation rights were owned by a single entity in perpetuity, Moliere and Bowden would not be allowed to proceed with a series. The search for the option took three years, and eventually resulted in a copy being uncovered at the Estate of Dirk Bogarde (who had originally planned to produce an adaptation in 1963) in Paris, which indicated that the option only referred to a film version, allowing Moliere and Bowden - who had left Matchbox and co-founded Lingo Pictures with Jason Stephens of FremantleMedia Australia - to enter active development by the end of 2015. By this time, Lingo Pictures had also entered a co-production deal for two series with Mark and Carl Fennessy of Endemol Shine Australia, and Wake in Fright was decided as the first of those two productions. Both would also receive international distribution through Endemol Shine International.[7] The series was officially announced on September 6, 2016, with Kriv Stenders being revealed as director.[8]

text: Commenting on the relatively short period from development to principal photography (roughly fourteen months), Bowden explained that screenwriter Stephen M. Irwin - who was hired in January 2016 - and Network Ten's Head of Drama Rick Maier were "very fast and very good with feedback". Although noting that Wake in Fright was primarily targeted at a contemporary Australian audience, she expressed confidence in the series finding success abroad, saying "It's got a franchise, so it's known through the novel, which has never been out of print in 50 years and it's known through the film, which is very famous and not long ago the restored version was distributed through the US and a number of European countries. And [Endemol Shine CEO Cathy Payne] thinks the Outback setting and the story and the structure are ideal for international sales which is great. That's what Lingo is about".[7] During production, Moliere explained that the series primarily draws inspiration from the novel instead of the film, which he described as "giving [the production team] a new way of looking at the casting". Speaking on the role of retelling the story, Stenders said:[9]

text: Every generation, I think, needs to be reminded of [...] the fantastic, rich culture that they have to draw from. So, to me, these - whatever you want to call them - "remakes" or "reimaginings" are, I think, a fantastic sign that we have [...] this property that is worth something, and I think that's incredibly exciting and incredibly positive.

text: Aside from transposing the story to the present day, a number of changes to the material were made in Irwin's script, notably the adaptation of the kangaroo hunt from the novel and film (which controversially featured footage of real kangaroos being shot) to a hunt for feral pigs. Although this was partially due to practical and ethical reasons regarding animal cruelty, Stenders felt that such a change "just seemed to make perfect sense. The feral pig problem in Australia has become a devastating one that is seriously affecting rural communities, and the pig shoot provided us with the perfect setting and context for our version of the sequence".[10] Ironically, Evan Jones' script for the original film had also adapted the kangaroo hunt as a pig hunt, but this was changed back to the former during filming.[11]

text: Ted Kotcheff, the director of the 1971 film, initially expressed surprise that another adaptation of Cook's novel was being made, questioning "What are they going to do, use the book and make a serial? Is there something missing from the film?" Following this comment, Kotcheff asked to give Stenders his "congratulations and best wishes".[12]

text: Casting[edit]

text: On March 4, 2017, the lead cast of Wake in Fright - Sean Keenan, David Wenham, Alex Dimitriades, Gary Sweet, Caren Pistorius, Robyn Malcolm, Lee Jones, Anna Samson, Hannah Frederiksen and Jada Alberts - was announced.[4] Many of the smaller supporting roles and extras were portrayed by locals with no professional acting experience.[13]

text: Keenan revealed that he was offered the part of John Grant while shooting another project; after being introduced to the film by a prop master who had found it on DVD in a charity shop, he studied both the novel and film, particularly the former, to get an understanding of his character.[14] Wenham admitted that he expressed scepticism when he was offered the role of Jock Crawford, calling the reimagining "a stupid idea". He changed his mind and accepted the role after expressing satisfaction with the script, adding that "Very few people after my generation will ever see that film. That's what made me turn 180 degrees. I thought, 'Why not give people the opportunity to access this story? Why am I being so snooty about it?'"[15]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Principal photography for Wake in Fright took place in Broken Hill and Sydney. Beginning on March 5, 2017, the shoot lasted five weeks.[16]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Promotion[edit]

text: Network Ten released the first trailer for Wake in Fright on July 25, 2017,[17] followed by a second on September 17.[18] The second trailer was recalled by Ten following a complaint made by the law firm Lea-Shannon Legal on behalf of the Wake in Fright Trust, which owns the rights to the 1971 film, due to its misleading use of a quote by Martin Scorsese regarding his reaction to the film's screening at the Cannes Film Festival ("It left me speechless") to describe the series. Later airings of the trailer replaced Scorsese's comment with a quote from The Age, which described the series as "A stunning Australian drama".[19]

text: Viewership[edit]

text: Upon the broadcast of the first episode, The Daily Telegraph reported that the series had "bombed on debut" despite heavy promotion by Network Ten. The writer felt that its 408,000 viewership ratings put in doubt "the future of Aussie drama on commercial networks after disappointing figures from similar biopics and remakes (including Blue Murder: Killer Cop, House of Bond and Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story) throughout the year".[20]

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Timeslot
Overnight ratings
Consolidated ratings
Total
viewers
Ref(s)

Viewers
Rank
Viewers
Rank

1
Part One
8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)
Sunday 8:30pm
408,000
19
51,000
15
459,000
[21][22]

2
Part Two
15 October 2017 (2017-10-15)
Sunday 8:30pm
293,000
13
75,000
12
368,000
[23][24]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: Since its broadcast, critical responses to Wake in Fright have varied, with reviewers typically lauding members of the cast (particularly Keenan, Dimitriades and Wenham) for their performances, while the story adaptation and technical elements of the production were either praised for creating a strong sense of fear and intensity, or criticised for being overwrought, unnecessary or inferior to the novel and film.

text: Writing for The Australian, Graeme Blundell's assessment of the series was highly positive, asserting that Irwin and Stenders' adaptation successfully retained Cook's vision of the outback and mateship. He believed that this was in large part due to the "polish[ed] and control[led]" direction of the cast and "the mise-en-scene [which] has you longing for a beer after only minutes". Blundell also felt that the series stayed true to the producers' intentions of "imagin[ing] a new story from a contemporary perspective" while not "[treading] on the footprint of the 1971 film".[25] A similarly enthusiastic response came from Denise Erikson of The New Daily, who expressed that she was tempted to "call this the best new Australian drama this year", describing Wake in Fright as "beautifully cast, well scripted, imaginatively shot and very well directed. A terrific music score drives the tension [...] a sparse script allow[s] the story to star and grip the audience". Erikson felt that audiences unfamiliar with previous versions would not be hindered by the experience of watching the newer adaptation, "because you won't waste time wondering which one is best. This first episode at least is simply excellent television drama in its own right".[26]

text: Karl Quinn of The Sydney Morning Herald was also favourable. The writer believed that the series was a "rather terrific production" that captured the spirit of the novel and the "snowballing chaos all this drunkenness begets" well, singling out Wenham, Sweet and Dimitriades for praise; while admitting that he was uncertain about the new treatment of Doc Tydon's character, he said that he could "understand why it was done".[27] Reviewing for Now To Love, Thomas Mitchell lauded Keenan's performance, and noted that "While the two-part series will inevitably be compared to the film, they’re different beasts. But one thing they do share is that both will have you glued to the edge of your seat".[28]

text: More mixed responses came from Ben Neutze of Daily Review and David Knox of TV Tonight, both of whom reviewed the first episode only. While praising Stenders' direction and the cast, particularly Keenan and Samson, Neutze felt that the chosen medium of commercial television and the need for advertising breaks throughout severely hampered the story's pacing, resulting in the series "struggl[ing] to find a way to maintain the tension and mounting helplessness of John's situation". While describing the series as "very enjoyable and unusual", he also felt that it failed to justify its existence, expressing that "there's really very little that's gained by updating the story to present day".[29] Awarding the first episode three out of five stars, Knox criticised, among other aspects of the production, what he saw as a "heavy-handed approach to the locals as menacing, manipulative and two-sided" in comparison to the benevolently friendly nature of the characters in the film, and felt that Wenham's portrayal of Crawford was inferior to Chips Rafferty's. However, he praised Stender's commitment to retaining most of the original story and the performances of Keenan and Dimitriades, concluding that Wake in Fright is a "good entry point to Kenneth Cook's story".[16]

text: Luke Buckmaster of The Guardian was critical; in a two-star (out of five) review, he questioned the need for a contemporisation of a novel and film whose themes and visual iconography are "more or less timeless". Noting that the series "fails to even propose an interesting answer" as to why The Yabba's populace would be proud of their town, he criticised the Jaffries' role as "cartoonish drug dealers and lowlifes" for "shifting the focus from cold beer as a sign of progress to a general thirst for mind-altering drugs", as well as John's newly-devised "traumatic backstory" and the reimagining of Doc Tydon as a "Dr. Gonzo Down Under [which] belongs to an uninspiring digression from the original story". Buckmaster believed that John's interactions with these characters results in "standard issue crime story plotting" that "reduces the impact of Grant's downward spiralling trajectory, placing more emphasis on external forces", and decried Geoffrey Hall's cinematography for looking "bright rather than burnt, and lack[ing] visual flavour".[30] Jason Di Rosso of ABC Radio National expressed similar sentiments:[31]

text: It begins promisingly, with a sense of menace that Stenders builds well, but it sells itself short in the second half as almost every character is given a backstory to explain their actions or account for their demise. So much for bush existentialism. It reeks of lowest common denominator free to air television plotting, and the promise of a weirder, more unhinged story in the mould of so much great American TV drama is squandered in the mistaken belief that free to air audiences can't handle ambiguity.

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Year
Award
Category
Recipient
Result

2017
7th AACTA Awards
Best Telefeature or Mini Series
Helen Bowden, Kristian Moliere
Nominated

Best Lead Actor - Drama
Sean Keenan
Nominated

Best Guest or Supporting Actor – Drama
David Wenham
Nominated

Best Cinematography in Television
Geoffrey Hall
Nominated

Best Sound in Television
Stephen Smith, Liam Price, Paul Brincat, Shanti Burn, Tony Murtagh
Won

Best Original Music Score in Television
Antony Partos, Matteo Zingales
Won

Best Costume Design in Television
Mariot Kerr
Nominated

text: Home media[edit]

text: Roadshow Entertainment released both episodes on streaming services in Australia on October 17, 2017,[32] and on DVD on November 29. The DVD includes a 10-minute behind-the-scenes featurette containing brief interviews with key cast and crew members.[33]


document_title: Nexus 5

question_text: what is the processor for google nexus 5

text: Nexus 5

text: Release[edit]

text: The device was unveiled on October 31, 2013; it was made available for pre-order from Google Play Store the same day in 16 GB and 32 GB models.[13][14] When released, the Nexus 5 was priced at US$349 (16 GB version) and US$399 (32 GB version) in the US.[15][16] This was much lower than comparable smartphones, which would cost around $649.[17]

text: As of 11 March 2015[update], the Nexus 5 is no longer available from Google Play Store.[1]

text: Specifications[edit]

text: Hardware[edit]

text: The exterior of the Nexus 5 is made from a polycarbonate shell with similarities to the 2013 version of Nexus 7, unlike its predecessor that uses a glass-based construction. Three exterior colors are available: black, white and red.[18][19]

text: Its hardware contains similarities to the LG G2; it is powered by a 2.26 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor with 2 GB of RAM, either 16 or 32 GB of internal storage, and a 2300 mAh battery. The Nexus 5 uses a 4.95-inch (marketed as 5-inch) 445 PPI 1080p IPS display, and includes an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera with optical image stabilization (OIS), and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. The Nexus 5 supports LTE networks where available, unlike the Nexus 4 which unofficially supported LTE on AWS Band 4 only with a hidden software option, but was not formally approved or marketed for any LTE use.[20][21] There are two variants of the Nexus 5, with varying support for cellular frequency bands; one is specific to North America (LG-D820), and the other is designed for the rest of the world (LG-D821).[20]

text: Notable new hardware features also include two new composite sensors: a step detector and a step counter. These new sensors allow applications to easily track steps when the user is walking, running, or climbing stairs. Both sensors are implemented in hardware for low power consumption.[6] Like its predecessors, the Nexus 5 does not have a microSD card slot,[22] while it features a multi-color LED notification light.[10] There are two grills present on the lower edge of the Nexus 5: one is for the mono speaker and the other is for the microphone.[7][9]

text: Software[edit]

text: The Nexus 5 was the first Android device to ship with Android 4.4 "KitKat", which had a refreshed interface, improved performance, improved NFC support (such as the ability to emulate a smart card), a new "HDR+" camera shooting mode, native printing functionality, a screen recording utility, and other new and improved functionality.

text: The device also shipped with Google Now Launcher, a redesigned home screen which allows users to quickly access Google Now on a dedicated page, and allows voice search to be activated on the home screen with a voice command. Unlike the stock home screen, Google Now Launcher is not a component of Android itself; it is implemented as part of the Google Search application. Until 26 February 2014, when it was released on Google Play Store for selected Android 4.4 devices, Google Now Launcher was exclusively shipped by default on the Nexus 5, and was not enabled in Android 4.4 updates for any other Nexus device. While an update to the Google Search application containing Google Now Launcher (which itself was tweaked to improve compatibility with other devices as well) was publicly released shortly after the Nexus 5's release, the launcher itself could not at the time be enabled without installing a second shim application.[23][24][25]

text: Hangouts, which now supports text messaging, is used as the default text messaging application.[6][26]

text: In December 2013, the Nexus 5 began receiving the Android 4.4.1 update, which fixed issues with auto focus, white balance, HDR+ and other camera issues,[27][28] while introducing some other camera issues for low-light scenes.[29] It also fixes low speaker volume output in certain applications.[30] Android 4.4.2 update followed in a few days, providing further bugfixes and security improvements.[31] In early June 2014, the Nexus 5 received Android 4.4.3 update that included dozens of bug fixes,[32] while another mid-June 2014 Android 4.4.4 update included a fix for an OpenSSL man-in-the-middle vulnerability.[33]

text: A developer preview of the Android 5.0 "Lollipop" system image was released for the Nexus 5 after the annual Google I/O conference held on June 26, 2014.[34] The release version of Android 5.0 "Lollipop" was made available on November 12, 2014, in form of factory operating system images.[35] On December 15, 2014 Android 5.0.1 "Lollipop" update began rolling out to Nexus 5 with build number LRX22C, the update was listed as being “miscellaneous Android updates.”[36] In March 2015, the Nexus 5 began receiving the Android 5.1 "Lollipop" update, which addresses performance issues and other user interface tweaks;[37] however, it is known to introduce certain camera issues.[38][39] In June 2015, Google made the Android 5.1.1 "Lollipop" update available for Nexus 5 aiming to fix the bugs that were not fixed by Android 5.1 update.[40]

text: In May 2015, a developer preview of Android Marshmallow was made available for the Nexus 5.[41]

text: In November 2015, Nexus 5 started receiving Android 6.0 "Marshmallow" update across the world.[42] Following which Nexus 5 became one of the first devices to get an Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update in December 2015.[43] In August 2016, Google confirmed that, the Nexus 5 will not receive an official Android 7.0 Nougat update,[44] meaning that Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow is the last officially supported Android version for the device.

text: Reception[edit]

text: The Nexus 5 received mostly positive reviews; critics felt that the device provided a notable balance between performance and pricing.[45][46] Although noting nuances with its display, such as its color reproduction and low maximum brightness in comparison to competitors, CNET praised software features such as the new phone dialer interface and Google Now integration on the home screen, but did not believe KitKat provided many major changes over its predecessors. Hangouts as the default text messaging app was criticized for its user interface and for attempting to force the use of a Google service, while the quality of photos taken with the device was described as being "great, but it didn't particularly blow me away." In conclusion, the Nexus 5 was given a 4 out of 5, concluding that "to even compare this $400 phone to those that cost upward of $650 unlocked (like the Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One, and Apple iPhone 5S) speaks volumes about the Nexus 5's massive appeal and affordability", and that the device "extends the allure of the Nexus brand to anyone simply looking for an excellent yet inexpensive handset."[46]

text: Engadget was similarly positive, but noted that the device's LTE support was lacking, as its supported bands are segregated across two model variants, and does not support Verizon Wireless. While praised for its crisp quality, it was noted that the display did not render colors (particularly black and white) as richly as the Galaxy S4, but added that "if you think saturated colors are overrated anyway, you're going to love the display here." While considered an improvement over the Nexus 4, the device's battery life was criticized for not being as good as its competitors, and the quality of its camera was considered to be inconsistent. In conclusion, Engadget argued that "whether or not it was the company's intent, Google is sending a message to smartphone makers that it's possible to make high-quality handsets without costing consumers the proverbial arm and leg. Now we just wait and see if that message will be warmly received."[45]

text: Compared to the LG G2 which was released earlier and shares the same manufacturer and much of the same hardware, the Nexus 5 has a lower-quality rear camera and smaller battery to hit a cheaper price point. However, Nexus 5 has been touted as a clean Android software alternative with the added advantage of running the latest Android 4.4 "KitKat".[47][48][49][50][51][5]


document_title: List of Puella Magi Madoka Magica episodes

question_text: puella magi madoka magica when does madoka become a magical girl

text: Episode list[edit]

text:
No.
Title
End Card
Original airdate

01
"As If I Met Her in My Dream..."
"Yume no Naka de Atta, Yō na..." (夢の中で会った、ような…)
Hanokage
January 7, 2011

After having a strange dream, Madoka Kaname is surprised to find the girl from her dream, Homura Akemi, enroll into her school the next day. Seemingly knowing her already, Homura warns Madoka to stay the way she is, lest she risk losing everything. Later that day, when Madoka goes shopping with her friend, Sayaka Miki, Madoka hears a strange voice, leading her to a backroom area. There, she encounters a strange creature named Kyubey being attacked by Homura, who is revealed to be a magical girl. As Homura demands Madoka stay away from Kyubey, Sayaka arrives and escapes with Madoka, only for them to be caught in a mystical barrier and approached by strange monsters. They are rescued by another magical girl named Mami Tomoe, who dispels the attackers using her magic abilities. Homura then appears again and is confronted by Mami who tells her that she will overlook the attack on Kyubey as she does not wish to fight in front of the other girls. Homura then promptly leaves. Kyubey is healed by Mami's powers and then explains that he wishes to form a contract with Madoka and Sayaka to make them magical girls.

02
"That Would Be Truly Wonderful"
"Sore wa Tottemo Ureshii Natte" (それはとっても嬉しいなって)
Hekiru Hikawa
January 14, 2011[11]

Mami and Kyubey explain to Madoka and Sayaka that Kyubey has the power to grant wishes, but in exchange, those who make wishes must become magical girls to fight witches, who are born from curses. Mami offers to take Madoka and Sayaka with her on a witch hunt to help each decide if there were a wish they would risk their lives for. The next day, Kyubey, who cannot be seen by normal people, accompanies Madoka and Sayaka to school, where they learn to communicate with each other telepathically. Homura visits Madoka once again to repeat her warning, and refuses to answer when Madoka asks what her wish was. After school, Madoka, Sayaka and Mami follow the aura of the witch from the previous day to an abandoned building, where they manage to save a woman controlled by a witch from committing suicide. They then enter a portal inside the building where Mami finds and defeats the witch responsible, earning a Grief Seed which can be used to recover magical power.

03
"I'm Not Afraid of Anything Anymore"
"Mō Nani mo Kowakunai" (もう何も怖くない)
Santa Tsuji
January 21, 2011[11]

Sayaka visits an injured boy named Kyōsuke Kamijō, who was a violin player she admired when she was little. After defeating a witch's familiar, Mami tells Madoka and Sayaka that she had been involved in a traffic accident and did not have time to think about her wish. She also lets Sayaka know about the precedents for wishing on behalf of other people. Later that night, as Madoka helps her mother and talks with her father, Mami is approached by Homura, who warns her about making Madoka a magical girl. The next day while visiting the hospital, Madoka and Sayaka find a Grief Seed that is close to activating, so Sayaka and Kyubey enter the portal ahead of them while Madoka finds Mami. As Madoka and Mami catch up with them, Homura tries to warn Mami about the witch, but Mami binds her to stop her from following them. As they continue, Madoka mentions her wish is to simply be a magical girl and help others. Mami laments that her job as a magical girl has left her lonely and afraid, but feels happy that Madoka wishes to fight alongside her. As the Grief Seed activates, Mami goes into action and starts to fight against the witch. However, the witch suddenly transforms into a huge caterpillar which decapitates and instantly kills Mami right before Madoka's eyes. Homura, her bonds dissolving with Mami's demise, steps in and defeats the witch, claiming the Grief Seed, leaving behind a mortified Madoka and a heavily resentful Sayaka.

04
"Miracles and Magic Are Real"
"Kiseki mo, Mahō mo, Arun da yo" (奇跡も、魔法も、あるんだよ)
Jin Kobayashi
January 28, 2011[11]

As Sayaka continues to be concerned about Kyōsuke, Madoka, still in despair over the death of Mami, admits she is too scared to become a magical girl, so Kyubey decides to let her be. Madoka is approached by Homura, who tells her that Mami, along with other magical girls she has seen die during her time, will only be considered missing by normal people. Madoka says she will never forget Mami or the fact that Homura saved her life, though Homura warns her that her kindness may turn against her. As Kyōsuke becomes more frustrated and desperate about his condition, which keeps him from being able to use his fingers to play the violin, Sayaka decides to contract with Kyubey. Out in the city, Madoka notices several people, including her classmate Hitomi Shizuki, infected by the witch's kiss and preparing to kill themselves by mixing cleaning agents. When Madoka thwarts their attempted suicide, they chase her to a closet where she is caught by a witch who tortures her with memories of Mami's death. Just then, she is rescued by Sayaka, who had become a magical girl after using her wish to cure Kyōsuke's hand, much to the shock of Homura. Elsewhere, Kyubey greets another magical girl named Kyōko Sakura, who just came to the city, unhappy that Sayaka took over the area Mami once looked after.

05
"There's No Way I'll Ever Regret It"
"Kōkai nante, Aru Wakenai" (後悔なんて、あるわけない)
Yupon
February 4, 2011[11]

Both Madoka and Homura show concern about Sayaka's decision to become a magical girl. Sayaka visits Kyōsuke and feels happy that he is finally able to play his violin once again. Madoka asks Homura to become friends with Sayaka, not wanting her to suffer the same fate as Mami, though Homura's words, that those who become magical girls cannot be saved, do nothing to comfort her. Later that day, Madoka joins Sayaka on patrol, where they find a witch's familiar, but it escapes when Sayaka's attacks are blocked by Kyōko, who only cares about collecting Grief Seeds from mature witches. Kyōko's selfishness angers Sayaka, and the two magical girls clash violently, with Madoka unable to do anything to stop them. As Kyōko gets the upper hand, Madoka considers using her wish to stop the fighting, but Homura steps in before she can do so.

06
"This Just Can't Be Right"
"Konna no Zettai Okashii yo" (こんなの絶対おかしいよ)
Hajime Ueda
February 11, 2011[12]

Homura knocks Sayaka unconscious and gets Kyōko to leave, before reiterating to Madoka that she should not get involved, even telling her to give up on Sayaka. Kyubey mentions to Sayaka about the potential Madoka has to become a magical girl, but Sayaka insists that she doesn't want Madoka to get involved. Homura confronts Kyōko, mentioning that something known as Walpurgisnacht is approaching in two weeks, to which Kyōko agrees to form an alliance with her to fight against it. Madoka becomes concerned about Sayaka, who ignores her pleas to try talking with Kyōko, also showing hatred towards Homura, whom she blames for Mami's death. The next evening, Sayaka is once again confronted by Kyōko who goads her into another fight on top of a highway bridge. Before the battle can begin, Madoka arrives and throws Sayaka's Soul Gem, the source of her magic energy, off the bridge in the hope of stopping the fight. However, this causes Sayaka to suddenly become lifeless, shocking both Madoka and Kyōko. Kyubey reveals that as part of the contract, the Soul Gem literally contains a magical girl's soul, while their body is merely a shell that can only be controlled within 100 metres of the Soul Gem. Homura rushes to retrieve the Soul Gem and brings it back to Sayaka, reviving her.

07
"Can You Face Your True Feelings?"
"Hontō no Kimochi to Mukiaemasu ka?" (本当の気持ちと向き合えますか？)
Takashi Tensugi
February 18, 2011[12]

Sayaka gets angry at Kyubey for keeping the truth from her, but he keeps her in check by making her feel the pain she would have otherwise felt while fighting Kyōko. The next day, Madoka asks Homura about the meaning behind Kyubey's actions and why she never told them. Kyōko talks with Sayaka, taking her to a church which belonged to her father before he was excommunicated for his controversial beliefs. She explains how she made a contract with Kyubey so that people would listen to her father's sermons, but when he found out about her wish, he broke down and killed himself and his family, leaving Kyōko alone. Sayaka apologizes to Kyōko but refuses to listen to her advice to live for herself. The next day, Kyōsuke returns to school, but Sayaka avoids talking to him. Hitomi confronts her about it and reveals she is also in love with Kyōsuke, giving Sayaka one day to confess to him before she does. Sayaka breaks down in front of Madoka, believing that she can never be with Kyōsuke as she feels she is no longer human. As Sayaka fights against a witch that night, she ignores Kyōko's help and recklessly attacks the witch without regard to the damage caused to her body, laughing maniacally.

08
"I Was Stupid, So Stupid"
"Atashitte, Honto Baka" (あたしって、ほんとバカ)
Takuya Fujima
February 25, 2011[12]

Sayaka defeats the witch, but refuses to take the Grief Seed it produces. Madoka tries to reason with Sayaka, who just berates her, blaming her for her state before running off. As Homura and Kyōko discuss Walpurgisnacht, Kyubey approaches them, mentioning that something bad will happen if Sayaka's Soul Gem is not cleansed. Sayaka does not return home that night and just watches as Hitomi makes her confession to Kyōsuke the next day, sending her further into despair. Homura approaches her in an attempt to offer a Grief Seed, but Sayaka once again rejects it as she does not trust her. To spare Madoka the suffering of watching Sayaka's downfall, Homura prepares to kill her, but Kyōko intervenes, helping Sayaka escape. Kyubey coerces Madoka into making a wish to save Sayaka, but Homura shoots him before she can do so, breaking down before Madoka and telling her not to be so self-sacrificing. Madoka gets the feeling she has met Homura somewhere before, but leaves to search for Sayaka, while a replacement Kyubey appears, identifying Homura, who knows his true identity, as a being from a different timeline. Kyōko finds Sayaka, who is implied to have just killed two men on the train. Sayaka admits her stupidity before her Soul Gem, having turned completely dark, shatters and transforms into a Grief Seed. Elsewhere, Kyubey muses that as a 'woman' who has yet to mature is called a 'girl', the term 'magical girl' only makes sense for it to be a prelude to whomever has yet to become a 'witch'.

09
"I'd Never Allow That to Happen"
"Sonna no, Atashi ga Yurusanai" (そんなの、あたしが許さない)
Namaniku ATK
March 4, 2011[12]

As a witch appears before Kyōko, Homura arrives and uses her time manipulation to help Kyōko escape, bringing Sayaka's body to Madoka. Homura reveals that the witch was actually Sayaka, whose Soul Gem had transformed into a Grief Seed as a result of becoming too tainted with despair. Later that night, Kyubey appears before Madoka again, explaining that his race, known as Incubators, choose girls in their teens and raise them to become witches in order to obtain powerful energy from the transition from hope to despair in an effort to prevent the heat death of the universe. Incubators are coldly logical, with emotion considered an illness. Thus the process is only feasible with humans, especially adolescent girls. Desperately clinging to the hope that there may still be a way to save Sayaka, Kyōko asks Madoka to help her in an attempt to reach Sayaka's human feelings and try to obtain her Soul Gem from the witch. As the two enter the portal to confront the witch, Kyōko takes the majority of its attacks while Madoka tries to reach Sayaka with words. However, when Sayaka ends up attacking Madoka as well, Kyōko has Homura get Madoka to safety while she sacrifices herself to destroy Sayaka. Kyubey, who had clearly known there was no way of saving Sayaka, taunts Homura, saying that with Kyōko gone, she will not be able to stop Walpurgisnacht without Madoka becoming a magical girl.

10
"I Won't Rely on Anyone Anymore"
"Mō Dare ni mo Tayoranai" (もう誰にも頼らない)
Kuroe Mura
March 11, 2011[13]

The episode looks at an alternate timeline in which Homura is a shy transfer student who makes friends with the cheerful Madoka. Lacking confidence in herself, having been in hospital for the past six months, Homura is attacked by a witch but is rescued by Madoka and Mami, both of whom are magical girls. When both Madoka and Mami are killed in the battle against Walpurgisnacht, Homura makes a contract with Kyubey to send her back in time so that she can protect Madoka. She joins Madoka and Mami and learns how to use her magical powers for combat, stopping time whilst using stolen firearms and explosives. However, following the battle against Walpurgisnacht, Homura witnesses Madoka transforming into a witch and realizes Kyubey had been deceiving everyone. She attempts to tell the others during the next time loop, but they do not believe her, until Sayaka becomes a witch and the remaining magical girls are forced to kill her. After the battle, Mami kills Kyōko and turns her gun on Homura in an attempt to prevent them from becoming witches. Madoka stops Mami with deadly force, leaving just her and Homura to face Walpurgisnacht. With their Soul Gems depleted, Madoka uses her last Grief Seed on Homura, begging her to return to the past to keep her from being fooled by Kyubey. She then asks Homura to kill her before she turns into a witch. Returning to the past again, now with a colder personality, Homura attempts to keep Kyubey from making contact with Madoka in the first place and decides to fight against the witches herself. However, this ultimately fails, and she continues to travel through many timelines in the hope of saving Madoka.

11
"The Only Thing I Have Left to Guide Me"
"Saigo ni Nokotta Michishirube" (最後に残った道しるべ)
Buriki
April 21, 2011[6]

Kyubey reveals to Homura that the reason Madoka has the potential to become such a powerful witch is because Homura's constant trips through time to try and save Madoka has resulted in her becoming the centerpoint of countless timelines, as the potential of a magical girl is determined by the relative effect of their role on fate. After Sayaka's funeral, Kyubey shows Madoka the history of magical girls and how it has shaped civilization, causing extreme distress to Madoka. Madoka's mother, Junko, grows concerned about her, feeling she is hiding something from her. Madoka goes to see Homura, who unconvincingly reassures her that she can handle Walpurgisnacht, and finally reveals the truth about herself, begging Madoka to allow Homura to protect her. As a storm hits the city, and the citizens take shelter, Homura stands alone to face Walpurgisnacht, throwing everything she has at it, but even so she is still overwhelmed and eventually is all but defeated. When Madoka hears from Kyubey that Homura may turn into a witch if the latter loses hope of saving her, Madoka prepares to go and find her. Although Junko tries to stop her, Madoka convinces her that she is doing what she believes is the right thing. As Homura begins to lose hope and is on the verge of becoming a witch, Madoka arrives with Kyubey, announcing that she plans to make her wish.

12
"My Very Best Friend"
"Watashi no, Saikō no Tomodachi" (わたしの、最高の友達)
Ume Aoki
April 21, 2011[6]

Madoka makes the decision to become a magical girl, wishing to prevent all witches from the past, present and future from coming into existence in the first place, a wish made possible by the massive power inside her. As she makes the transformation, her consciousness is greeted by Mami and Kyōko. Becoming a god-like entity and defeating Walpurgisnacht, Madoka spreads herself across space and time, preventing fallen magical girls from becoming witches by absorbing their despair and having them disappear peacefully. Homura is taken to a place outside of time where she witnesses Madoka exterminating the witch born from her own comet-sized Soul Gem. In doing this, Madoka starts to fade into a higher plane of existence, present at all points in all spacetimes but absent from human memory and perception. Madoka leaves Homura with a ribbon so that she will not forget her. Madoka then leaves and joins Sayaka, who ultimately had to succumb to a magical girl's fate as Madoka had chosen to respect the wish she made to heal Kyosuke. Homura returns to a world where Madoka does not exist, Mami and Kyōko are still alive, but only Homura retains memories of Madoka. She and other magical girls continue to fight against wraiths formed from the negative emotions of humanity, but thanks to Madoka's efforts, magical girls disappear instead of becoming witches after exhausting their hope. Despite being alone and facing these new enemies, Homura remains firm in protecting the city that Madoka loved.

text: Drama CDs[edit]

text: Drama CDs were included with the first, third and fifth BD/DVD volumes of the Japanese release. A fourth drama CD was released at Comiket 82 in August 2012 alongside an advance film ticket set.[14]

text:
No.
Title
Original release date

01
"Memories of You"
"Memorīzu obu Yū" (メモリーズオブユー)
April 27, 2011

An expanded look at the original timeline depicted in episode 10, where Homura and Madoka become friends. When Homura becomes troubled about her lack of talent, Madoka tries using some of her magic to help her out during PE, but it just causes her to go out of control. After Madoka and Mami save Homura from a witch, Madoka confesses to Homura that she became a magical girl in order to save the life of a cat named Amy who was hit by a car. As a storm hits the city and Homura learns the meaning of Walpurgisnacht, she follows Amy to where Madoka is.

02
"Sunny Day Life"
"Sanī Dei Raifu" (サニーデイ ライフ)
June 22, 2011

In a more carefree universe, Madoka and Sayaka flunk their English tests and study for a makeup test at Mami's apartment alongside Homura and Kyōko. The girls soon set into action when they assume a ghost-like witch is about, only to find it to be the work of a cat. Afterwards, they all get together to have dinner at Mami's place.

03
"Farewell Story"
"Feaueru Sutōrī" (フェアウェル・ストーリー)
August 24, 2011

A prequel to the main series. Kyōko, who is starting off as a magical girl, meets Mami for the first time during a battle with a witch. The two decide to become partners, fighting witches together and learning special moves. After inviting Mami to eat with her family, Kyōko tells her the wish she made. However, after discovering her family's death, Kyōko takes on a different outlook on fighting witches which leads to her falling out with Mami and deciding to leave town. This CD was later adapted into Volume 1 of Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story.

Special
"Summer Magical Girl Training Camp!!"
"Natsu no Mahō Shōjo Kyōka Gasshuku!!" (夏の魔法少女強化合宿！！)
August 10, 2012

The girls head to the beach together for a magical girl training camp. After Sayaka argues with Kyōko after she teases her a little, she ends up walking into a witch's labyrinth in the middle of the ocean but is rescued by the others. Afterwards, the girls spend the night at an inn where they have a bath and eat a meal together.

text: Home video releases[edit]

text:
Aniplex (Japan, Region A/2)[15]

Release
Date
Episodes
Extras

Volume 1[16]
April 27, 2011
1-2
Drama CD - "Memories of You"
Character Single - "Mata Ashita" by Aoi Yūki

Volume 2[17]
May 25, 2011
3-4
Original Soundtrack Vol. 1

Volume 3[18]
June 22, 2011
5-6
Drama CD - "Sunny Day Life"

Volume 4[19]
July 27, 2011
7-8
Original Soundtrack Vol. 2

Volume 5[20]
August 24, 2011
9-10
Drama CD - "Farewell Story"
Character Single - "And I'm Home" by Eri Kitamura and Ai Nonaka

Volume 6[21]
September 21, 2011
11-12
Original Soundtrack Vol. 3

Box Set[15]
December 25, 2013
1-12
Package Illustrated by Takahiro Kishida (Character Design)
Set of 3 postcards

text:
Aniplex of America (United States and Canada, Region A/1)

Release
Date
Episodes
Extras (limited edition ver.)

Volume 1[22]
February 14, 2012
1-4
Original Soundtrack Vol. 1
Mini-poster, Postcards

Volume 2[23]
April 10, 2012
5-8
Original Soundtrack Vol. 2
Double-side posters, Postcards

Volume 3[24]
June 12, 2012
9-12
Original Soundtrack Vol. 3
Double-side posters, Postcards

Box Set[25]
September 27, 2016
1-12
Package Illustrated by Takahiro Kishida (Character Design)
4-page Insert


document_title: Led Zeppelin Australasian Tour 1972

question_text: in which year was led zepplin refused entry into singapore because the band members had long hair

text: Led Zeppelin Australasian Tour 1972

text: Tour set list[edit]

text: All track written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, except where noted.

text: The fairly typical set list for the tour was:

text:
"Immigrant Song"
"Heartbreaker" (Bonham, Page, Plant)
"Out on the Tiles" (intro) (Page, Plant, Bonham) / "Black Dog" (Page, Plant, Jones)
"Since I've Been Loving You" (Page, Plant, Jones)
"Celebration Day" (Page, Plant, Jones) (on 25, 27 and 29 February only)
"Stairway to Heaven"
"Going to California"
"That's the Way"
"Tangerine" (Page)
"Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp" (Page, Plant, Jones)
"Dazed and Confused" (Page)
"What Is and What Should Never Be"
"Rock and Roll" (Page, Plant, Jones, Bonham)
"Moby Dick" (Bonham)
"Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant)

text: Encores:

text:
"Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page) (On 25 and 27 February)
"Organ Solo"/"Thank You" (On 27 February)

text: There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour.

text: Tour dates[edit]

text:
Date
City
Country
Venue

14 February 1972
Singapore
Singapore
Unknown

16 February 1972
Perth
Australia
Subiaco Oval

18 February 1972
Adelaide
Memorial Drive Park

19 February 1972

20 February 1972
Melbourne
Kooyong Stadium

25 February 1972
Auckland
New Zealand
Western Springs Stadium

27 February 1972
Sydney
Australia
Sydney Showground

29 February 1972
Brisbane
Brisbane Festival Hall