document_title: An American Werewolf in London

question_text: who sang blue moon in american werewolf in london

text: An American Werewolf in London

text: Plot[edit]

text: Two American backpackers, David Kessler and Jack Goodman, are trekking across the moors in Yorkshire. As darkness falls, they stop for the night at a pub called the "Slaughtered Lamb." Jack notices a pentacle on the wall, but when he asks about it, the pubgoers stop talking and become hostile. The pair decide to leave, although the pub landlady insists the others should stop them. Instead, the local pubgoers only warn them to keep to the road, stay clear of the moors and beware of the full moon. David and Jack end up wandering off the road onto the moors, where they hear sinister howls, which seem to be getting closer. Meanwhile, the crowd in the pub show conflict over letting the boys go, but refuse to go after them. They start back to the Slaughtered Lamb but realize that they are now lost. The boys are attacked by a large wolf-like animal and Jack is killed. The attacker is shot by some of the pubgoers, who have finally come out to search for the boys, but instead of a dead animal, David sees the corpse of a naked man lying next to him. David survives the mauling and is taken to a hospital in London.

text: When David wakes up three weeks later, he does not remember what happened. He is interviewed by police Inspector Villiers who tells him he and Jack were attacked by an escaped lunatic. David insists they were actually attacked by a large dog or wolf. Jack appears to David as a reanimated corpse, and explains they were attacked by a werewolf, and that David is now a werewolf. Jack urges David to kill himself before the next full moon, not only because Jack is cursed to be undead for as long as the bloodline of the werewolf that attacked them survives, but also to prevent David from inflicting the same fate on anyone else. Not surprisingly, David doesn't believe him, thinking that Jack is a hallucination. Meanwhile, Dr. Hirsch takes a road trip to the Slaughtered Lamb to see if what David has told him is true. When asked about the incident, the pubgoers deny any knowledge of David, Jack, or the attack. However, one distraught pubgoer speaks to Dr. Hirsch outside the pub and says David should not have been taken away, and that everyone else will be in danger when he changes. The man is then cut off by a fellow pubgoer.

text: Upon his release from intensive care, David moves in with Alex Price, a pretty young nurse who grew infatuated with him in the hospital. He stays in Alex's London apartment, where they later have sex for the first time. Jack, in a more advanced stage of decay, appears to David to warn him that he will turn into a werewolf the next day. Jack again advises David to take his own life to avoid killing innocent people, but David still doesn't believe him and urges him to go away. When the full moon rises, David strips off his clothes and painfully transforms into a werewolf. He then begins to prowl the streets and the London Underground, slaughtering six citizens in the process. He wakes up in the morning, naked on the floor of the wolf enclosure at the London Zoo, unharmed by the resident wolves and with no recollection of his activities.

text: David realizes the Jack apparition was right about everything and that he himself is responsible for the murders the night before. After failing to get himself arrested in Trafalgar Square, David runs away from Alex. He goes to Piccadilly Circus, calling his family from a phone booth to say he loves them, then loses courage when he attempts to slit his wrists with a pocket knife but fails. David then sees Jack, in a yet more advanced stage of decay, outside an adult movie theater. Inside, Jack is accompanied by David's victims from the previous night, most of whom are furious with David. While his undead victims suggest various and comical ways for David to kill himself with the least amount of pain, David transforms again and goes on another killing spree. After bursting out of the cinema and biting off Inspector Villiers' head in the process, David wreaks havoc in the streets, causing various vehicular accidents and deaths. He is ultimately cornered in an alley by the police. Alex runs down the alleyway in an attempt to calm David down by telling him she loves him. Although the wolf-David is apparently placated for a moment, he is shot and killed when he lunges forward, and then returns to human form in front of a grieving Alex.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
David Naughton as David Kessler
Jenny Agutter as Nurse Alex Price
Griffin Dunne as Jack Goodman
John Woodvine as Dr. J.S. Hirsch
Lila Kaye as Pub Landlady
Frank Oz as Mr. Collins
David Schofield as Dart Player
Brian Glover as Chess Player
Rik Mayall as 2nd Chess Player
Don McKillop as Inspector Villiers
Paul Kember as Sergeant McManus
Michael Carter as Gerald Bringsley
Will Leighton as Joseph
Frank Singuineau as Ted
Sydney Bromley as Alf
Albert Moses as Hospital Porter
Elizabeth Bradley as Woman at Zoo
Alan Ford as Taxi Driver
Christine Hargreaves as Ticket Lady
Linzi Drew as Brenda Bristols
John Landis (uncredited) as Man Smashed in Window
Frank Welker as Werewolf and Nightmare Monster FX
Vic Armstrong as Bus Driver in Piccadilly Circus

text: Production[edit]

text: This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (April 2015)

text: John Landis came up with the story while he worked in Yugoslavia as a production assistant on the film Kelly's Heroes (1970). He and a Yugoslav member of the crew were driving in the back of a car on location when they came across a group of gypsies. The gypsies appeared to be performing rituals on a man being buried so that he would not "rise from the grave." This made Landis realize that he would never be able to confront the undead and gave him the idea for a film in which a man would go through the same thing.[6]

text: Landis wrote the first draft of An American Werewolf in London in 1969 and shelved it for over a decade. Two years later, Landis wrote, directed, and starred in his debut film, Schlock, which developed a cult following. Landis developed box-office status in Hollywood through the successful comedy films The Kentucky Fried Movie, National Lampoon's Animal House and The Blues Brothers before securing $10 million financing from PolyGram Pictures for his werewolf film. Financiers believed that Landis' script was too frightening to be a comedy and too funny to be a horror film.[7]

text: According to Entertainment Weekly, the real star of this film is the Oscar-winning transformation effects by Rick Baker, which changed the face of horror makeup in the 1980s.[8]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Filming took place between February and March, 1981, because director John Landis wanted the weather to be bad for atmosphere.[9]

text: The moors were filmed around the Black Mountains in Wales, and 'East Proctor' is in reality the tiny village of Crickadarn, about six miles southeast of Builth Wells off the A470. The ‘Angel of Death’ statue was a prop added for the film, but the red phone box is real – though the Welsh road signs were covered by a fake tree.[10]

text: The pub shown in the film known as the "Slaughtered Lamb" was actually a cottage located in Crickadarn, and the interior scenes were filmed in the Black Swan, Old Lane, Martyrs Green in Surrey.[11]

text: An American Werewolf in London was the first film allowed to shoot in Piccadilly Circus in 15 years. Landis accomplished this by inviting 300 members of London's Metropolitan Police Service to a screening of his then-newly released film The Blues Brothers.[9] The police were so impressed by his work that they granted the production a two-night filming permit between the hours of 1 and 4am. Traffic was stopped only 3 times for 2-minute increments to film the automobile stunts involving the double-decker bus.[9]

text: Music[edit]

text: The film's ironically upbeat soundtrack consists of songs which refer to the moon. Bobby Vinton's slow and soothing version of "Blue Moon" plays during the opening credits, Van Morrison's "Moondance" as David and Alex make love for the first time, Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" as David nears the moment of changing to the werewolf, a soft, bittersweet ballad version of "Blue Moon" by Sam Cooke during the agonizing wolf transformation and the Marcels' doo-wop version of "Blue Moon" over the end credits.[12]

text: The score was composed and conducted by Elmer Bernstein and recorded at Olympic Studios in London, engineered by Keith Grant. Bernstein's score can be heard during David's nightmares, when Dr. Hirsch drives through the moors to East Proctor, and when Alex confronts David in the alley. Though Bernstein wrote and recorded music to accompany the transformation scene, the director chose not to use it. The three-minute passage was eventually released by Bernstein under the title "Metamorphosis".[13]

text: Release[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: The budget of An American Werewolf in London was reportedly $10 million. The US box office totaled $30,565,292.[14]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval score of 88% and an average rating of 7.8/10 based on reviews from 49 critics. The critical consensus states: "Terrifying and funny in almost equal measure, John Landis' horror-comedy crosses genres while introducing Rick Baker's astounding make-up effects."[15] Kim Newman of Empire magazine praised the film, saying "carnivorous lunar activities rarely come any more entertaining than this".[16] Tom Huddleston from Time Out also gave the film a positive review, saying the film was "not just gory but actually frightening, not just funny but clever".[17]

text: Halliwell's Film Guide described the film as a "curious but oddly endearing mixture of horror film and spoof, of comedy and shock, with everything grist to its mill including tourist Britain and the wedding of Prince Charles. The special effects are notable and signalled new developments in this field."[18]

text: Roger Ebert's review was less favourable; he stated that "An American Werewolf in London seems curiously unfinished, as if director John Landis spent all his energy on spectacular set pieces and then didn't want to bother with things like transitions, character development or an ending."[19]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Academy Award – Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling (1982) (Won)
Saturn Award – Saturn Award for Best Horror Film (1982) (Won)
Saturn Award – Saturn Award for Best Make-up – Rick Baker (Won)
Saturn Award – Saturn Award for Best Actress – Jenny Agutter (Nomination)
Saturn Award – Saturn Award for Best Writing – John Landis (Nomination)

text: At the 54th Academy Awards, An American Werewolf in London won the first-ever awarded Academy Award for Best Makeup. During the 1982 Saturn Awards, the film won for Best Horror Film and Best Make-up and nominated for Best Actress and Best Writing.

text: An Empire magazine poll of critics and readers named An American Werewolf in London as the 107th-greatest film of all time in September 2008.

text: Legacy[edit]

text: An American Werewolf in London is chiefly appreciated as a milestone in the comedy-horror genre and for its innovative makeup effects. The Daily Telegraph stated that it was "the first mainstream hit which managed to make its gross-out effects simultaneously shocking and hilarious" and called the signature werewolf transformation scene "stunningly ingenious, without a computer effect in sight, but also suffused with squirm-inducing agony."[20] The Telegraph also cited the slew of 80's genre films which came after as following the example of American Werewolf: Beetlejuice, Gremlins, and Evil Dead 2, all of which blended visceral horror effects with comedy.[20] Director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) cited the movie as a major inspiration for his own film-making and a milestone in the genre.[20][21]

text: Empire magazine, reviewing the film in 2000, thought that the blending of comedic and horror elements "don't always sit well side-by-side," but called the transformation scene "undoubtedly a classic" because of its' "good old-fashioned makeup and trickery making the incredible seem real."[22]

text: Rolling Stone magazine's Joshua Rothkopf, writing on the 35th anniversary of the film's release, called An American Werewolf in London an "allegory of exoticized Jewishness".[23] This is embodied by the character of David and his growing awareness of his "otherness" as a werewolf alongside his own outsider status as a Jewish American in England. "Hiding a secret deep within one's body, strange urges, xenophobic glances, accusatory feelings of guilt: David's condition already has a name, and this won't be the first film in which Jewish otherness is made monstrous."[23] The article also celebrated the film as an innovative mix of humor and horror: "a landmark in startling makeup effects" and "a riotous piece of fish-out-of-water college humor."[23]

text: Michael Jackson was a huge fan of the movie and chose John Landis to direct and Rick Baker to direct makeup effects for his 1983 Thriller music video based on the strength of their work in American Werewolf. It went on to become one of the most lauded music videos of all time.[23][24]

text: Director's Regrets[edit]

text: Director John Landis has expressed regret over cutting certain sequences from the final cut of the film which were too graphic to get the film an 'R' rating. The sex scene between Alex and David was edited to be less explicit, and an extended scene showing the homeless men along the Thames being attacked by the werewolf was eliminated after a test audience reacted negatively to it.[9] Another showed the undead Jack eating a piece of toast which falls out of his torn throat. Landis also concluded that the werewolf transformation scene should have been shorter - he was so fascinated by the quality of Rick Baker's effects that he spent more time on the scene than he otherwise would have.[25]

text: Sequel[edit]

text: The film was followed by a sequel 16 years later, An American Werewolf in Paris (1997), which featured a completely different cast and crew, and was distributed by Disney's Hollywood Pictures. According to Paris, David impregnated Alex during their sex scene and soon after the events of London, Alex gave birth to Serafine, a main character in the sequel. This is directly stated in a deleted scene of Paris and also suggests that the werewolf who bit David was a survivor of the same society of which the antagonists are a part.[citation needed]

text: Radio adaptation[edit]

text: A radio adaptation of the film was broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in 1997, written and directed by Dirk Maggs and with Jenny Agutter, Brian Glover and John Woodvine reprising the roles of Alex Price, the chess player (now named George Hackett, and with a more significant role as East Proctor's special constable) and Dr. Hirsch.[26] The roles of David and Jack were played by Eric Meyers and William Dufris. Maggs's script added a back-story that some people in East Proctor are settlers from Eastern Europe and brought lycanthropy with them.[citation needed] The werewolf who bites David is revealed to be related to Hackett, and has escaped from an asylum where he is held under the name "Larry Talbot", the name of the title character in The Wolf Man.[citation needed]

text: Halloween Horror Nights[edit]

text: On August 15, 2013, the Universal Orlando Resort announced it would use the film as the basis for its seventh maze during that year's annual Halloween Horror Nights event.[citation needed] The maze was so popular, it became part of the 2014 Halloween Horror Nights event at Universal Studios Hollywood.[citation needed] On August 26, 2015, Universal Orlando announced the return of the maze for their 25th annual Halloween Horror Nights event after its popularity at both parks in previous years.[citation needed]

text: Remake[edit]

text: In June 2009, it was announced that Dimension Films was working with producers Sean and Bryan Furst on a remake of the film. This has since been delayed due to other commitments.[27] In August 2016, several reports suggested that Max Landis (son of director John Landis) was considering remaking the film.[28][29] In November 2016, the website Deadline Hollywood reported that Max Landis would write and direct a remake.[30]

text: In December 2017, Max Landis confirmed via his Twitter that he had completed the first draft of the script.[citation needed]

text: Home media[edit]

text: The film was first released in 1981 on VHS and Betamax under the MCA Videocassette Inc. label and on LaserDisc and CED under the MCA Videodisc label. In 1984, MCA Home Video released it on LaserDisc. This would be the last time Universal would release the movie on home video for 17 years. The following year, Vestron Video acquired the video rights from MCA/Universal and released it on VHS, Betamax and LaserDisc in 1985. It was released again on LaserDisc in 1989 (under Image Entertainment through Vestron) and 1995 (under LIVE Entertainment), and again on VHS in 1990 under the Video Treasures label and 1991 and 1994 from Vestron Video (through LIVE Home Video).[citation needed]

text: The film was first released on DVD in December 1997 by LIVE Entertainment according to a LIVE DVD Advertisement. It was presented in a non-anamorphic widescreen transfer and contained the film's theatrical teaser trailer. Universal would eventually get the video rights back and released a 20th-anniversary "Collector's Edition" DVD on September 18, 2001, making it the first time Universal released the film on home video since 1984. It included an audio commentary with actors David Naughton and Griffin Dunne, interviews with John Landis and Rick Baker, a 1981 promotional featurette, silent outtakes, storyboards and production photographs. A coinciding VHS was released on the same day. The high-definition version of the film was first released on HD DVD by Universal on November 28, 2006. A high-definition Blu-ray Disc and 2-disc standard-definition Region 1 DVD release of the film titled An American Werewolf in London – Full Moon Edition was released by Universal on September 15, 2009.[31] The Region 2 DVDs and Blu-ray were released on September 28 and are known as An American Werewolf in London – Special Edition.[32] No DVD or Blu-ray version at present contains the film's original mono audio track.[citation needed]

text: The Region 2 DVD release does not include a scene that is fully intact on the Region 1 release and all previous Region 1 and 2 releases. The scene takes place near the end of the film where the character of David calls his parents from a public telephone box. All but the end of this scene had been cut from the Region 2 release because the distributors felt that use of a public phone box, as opposed to a mobile phone, would date the film.[citation needed]

text: As of October 2009, Universal said that they were scrapping all existing faulty stock and issuing replacement DVDs. All Blu-ray releases, however, are intact.[citation needed]

text: In 2016, Universal re-released the film on Blu-ray as An American Werewolf in London – Restored Edition to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the film.[33]


document_title: List of Phoenix Suns seasons

question_text: when was the last time the phoenix suns made the playoffs

root

text: List of Phoenix Suns seasons

text: Table key[edit]

text:
AMVP
All-Star Game Most Valuable Player

COY
Coach of the Year

Finish
Final position in league or division standings

GB
Games behind first-place team in division[a]

Losses
Number of regular season losses

EOY
Executive of the Year

JWKC
J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship

MVP
Most Valuable Player

ROY
Rookie of the Year

SMOY
Sixth Man of the Year

SPOR
Sportmanship Award

Wins
Number of regular season wins

Win%
Winning percentage

tag: table

text: Seasons[edit]

text: Note: Statistics are correct as of the 2016–17 season.

tag: p

text:
NBA Champions
Conference champions
Division champions
Playoff berth

text:
Season
League
Conference
Finish
Division
Finish
Wins
Losses
Win%
GB
Playoffs
Awards[4]

1968–69
NBA
—
—
Western
7th
16
66
.195
7001390000000000000♠39

1969–70
NBA
—
—
Western
3rd
39
43
.476
7000900000000000000♠9
Lost Division Semifinals (Lakers) 4–3[8]

1970–71
NBA
Western
5th
Midwest
3rd
48
34
.585
7001180000000000000♠18

1971–72
NBA
Western
5th
Midwest
3rd
49
33
.598
7001140000000000000♠14

1972–73
NBA
Western
6th
Pacific
3rd
38
44
.463
7001220000000000000♠22

1973–74
NBA
Western
8th
Pacific
4th
30
52
.366
7001170000000000000♠17

1974–75
NBA
Western
8th
Pacific
4th
32
50
.390
7001160000000000000♠16

1975–76
NBA
Western
3rd
Pacific
3rd
42
40
.512
7001170000000000000♠17
Won Conference Semifinals (SuperSonics) 4–2
Won Conference Finals (Warriors) 4–3
Lost NBA Finals (Celtics) 4–2[9]
Alvan Adams (ROY)

1976–77
NBA
Western
10th
Pacific
5th
34
48
.415
7001190000000000000♠19

1977–78
NBA
Western
3rd
Pacific
2nd
49
33
.598
7000900000000000000♠9
Lost First Round (Bucks) 2–0[10]
Walter Davis (ROY)

1978–79
NBA
Western
3rd
Pacific
2nd
50
32
.610
7000200000000000000♠2
Won First Round (Trail Blazers) 2–1
Won Conference Semifinals (Kings) 4–1
Lost Conference Finals (SuperSonics) 4–3[11]

1979–80
NBA
Western
4th
Pacific
3rd
55
27
.671
7000500000000000000♠5
Won First Round (Kings) 2–1
Lost Conference Semifinals (Lakers) 4–1[12]

1980–81
NBA
Western
1st
Pacific
1st
57
25
.695
5000000000000000000♠—
Lost Conference Semifinals (Kings) 4–3[13]

1981–82
NBA
Western
5th
Pacific
3rd
46
36
.561
7001110000000000000♠11
Won First Round (Nuggets) 2–1
Lost Conference Semifinals (Lakers) 4–0[14]

1982–83
NBA
Western
3rd
Pacific
2nd
53
29
.646
7000500000000000000♠5
Lost First Round (Nuggets) 2–1[15]

1983–84
NBA
Western
6th
Pacific
4th
41
41
.500
7001130000000000000♠13
Won First Round (Trail Blazers) 3–2
Won Conference Semifinals (Jazz) 4–2
Lost Conference Finals (Lakers) 4–2[16]

1984–85
NBA
Western
8th
Pacific
3rd
36
46
.439
7001260000000000000♠26
Lost First Round (Lakers) 3–0[17]

1985–86
NBA
Western
9th
Pacific
3rd
32
50
.390
7001300000000000000♠30

1986–87
NBA
Western
9th
Pacific
5th
36
46
.439
7001290000000000000♠29

1987–88
NBA
Western
9th
Pacific
4th
28
54
.341
7001340000000000000♠34

1988–89
NBA
Western
3rd
Pacific
2nd
55
27
.671
7000200000000000000♠2
Won First Round (Nuggets) 3–0
Won Conference Semifinals (Warriors) 4–1
Lost Conference Finals (Lakers) 4–0[18]
Kevin Johnson (MIP)
Cotton Fitzsimmons (COY)
Eddie Johnson (SMOY)

1989–90
NBA
Western
5th
Pacific
3rd
54
28
.659
7000900000000000000♠9
Won First Round (Jazz) 3–2
Won Conference Semifinals (Lakers) 4–1
Lost Conference Finals (Trail Blazers) 4–2[19]

1990–91
NBA
Western
4th
Pacific
3rd
55
27
.671
7000800000000000000♠8
Lost First Round (Jazz) 3–1[20]
Kevin Johnson (JWKC)

1991–92
NBA
Western
4th
Pacific
3rd
53
29
.646
7000400000000000000♠4
Won First Round (Spurs) 3–0
Lost Conference Semifinals (Trail Blazers) 4–1[21]

1992–93
NBA
Western
1st
Pacific
1st
62
20
.756
5000000000000000000♠—
Won First Round (Lakers) 3–2
Won Conference Semifinals (Spurs) 4–2
Won Conference Finals (SuperSonics) 4–3
Lost NBA Finals (Bulls) 4–2[22]
Charles Barkley (MVP)

1993–94
NBA
Western
3rd
Pacific
2nd
56
26
.683
7000700000000000000♠7
Won First Round (Warriors) 3–0
Lost Conference Semifinals (Rockets) 4–3[23]

1994–95
NBA
Western
2nd
Pacific
1st
59
23
.720
5000000000000000000♠—
Won First Round (Trail Blazers) 3–0
Lost Conference Semifinals (Rockets) 4–3[24]

1995–96
NBA
Western
7th
Pacific
4th
41
41
.500
7001230000000000000♠23
Lost First Round (Spurs) 3–1[25]

1996–97
NBA
Western
7th
Pacific
4th
40
42
.488
7001170000000000000♠17
Lost First Round (SuperSonics) 3–2[26]

1997–98
NBA
Western
4th
Pacific
3rd
56
26
.683
7000500000000000000♠5
Lost First Round (Spurs) 3–1[27]
Danny Manning (SMOY)

1998–99[b]
NBA
Western
7th
Pacific
3rd
27
23
.540
7000800000000000000♠8
Lost First Round (Trail Blazers) 3–0[28]

1999–00
NBA
Western
5th
Pacific
3rd
53
29
.646
7001140000000000000♠14
Won First Round (Spurs) 3–1
Lost Conference Semifinals (Lakers) 4–1[29]
Rodney Rogers (SMOY)

2000–01
NBA
Western
6th
Pacific
3rd
51
31
.623
7000500000000000000♠5
Lost First Round (Kings) 3–1[30]

2001–02
NBA
Western
10th
Pacific
6th
36
46
.439
7001250000000000000♠25

2002–03
NBA
Western
8th
Pacific
4th
44
38
.537
7001150000000000000♠15
Lost First Round (Spurs) 4–2[31]
Amar'e Stoudemire (ROY)

2003–04
NBA
Western
13th
Pacific
6th
29
53
.354
7001270000000000000♠27

2004–05
NBA
Western
1st
Pacific
1st
62
20
.756
5000000000000000000♠—
Won First Round (Grizzlies) 4–0
Won Conference Semifinals (Mavericks) 4–2
Lost Conference Finals (Spurs) 4–1[32]
Steve Nash (MVP)
Mike D'Antoni (COY)

2005–06
NBA
Western
2nd
Pacific
1st
54
28
.659
5000000000000000000♠—
Won First Round (Lakers) 4–3
Won Conference Semifinals (Clippers) 4–3
Lost Conference Finals (Mavericks) 4–2[33]
Steve Nash (MVP)
Boris Diaw (MIP)

2006–07
NBA
Western
2nd
Pacific
1st
61
21
.744
5000000000000000000♠—
Won First Round (Lakers) 4–1
Lost Conference Semifinals (Spurs) 4–2[34]
Leandro Barbosa (SMOY)
Steve Nash (JWKC)

2007–08
NBA
Western
6th
Pacific
2nd
55
27
.671
7000200000000000000♠2
Lost First Round (Spurs) 4–1[35]
Grant Hill (SPOR)

2008–09
NBA
Western
9th
Pacific
2nd
46
36
.561
7001190000000000000♠19

Shaquille O'Neal (AMVP)

2009–10
NBA
Western
3rd
Pacific
2nd
54
28
.659
7000300000000000000♠3
Won First Round (Trail Blazers) 4–2
Won Conference Semifinals (Spurs) 4–0
Lost Conference Finals (Lakers) 4–2[36]
Grant Hill (SPOR)

2010–11
NBA
Western
10th
Pacific
2nd
40
42
.488
7001170000000000000♠17

2011–12 [c]
NBA
Western
10th
Pacific
3rd
33
33
.500
7001170000000000000♠17

2012–13
NBA
Western
15th
Pacific
5th
25
57
.305
7001320000000000000♠32

2013–14
NBA
Western
9th
Pacific
3rd
48
34
.585
7000900000000000000♠9

Goran Dragić (MIP)

2014–15
NBA
Western
10th
Pacific
3rd
39
43
.476
7001280000000000000♠28

2015–16
NBA
Western
14th
Pacific
4th
23
59
.280
7001500000000000000♠50

2016–17
NBA
Western
15th
Pacific
5th
24
58
.293
7001430000000000000♠43

2017–18
NBA
Western
15th
Pacific
5th
21
61
.256
7001370000000000000♠37

text: All-time records[edit]

text:
Statistic
Wins
Losses
Win%

Regular season record (1968–2018)
2,167
1,885
.535

Postseason record (1968–2018)
133
141
.485

All-time regular and post-season record (1968–2017)
2,300
2,026
.532

text: Notes[edit]

text:
a This is determined by adding the absolute difference in wins between the leading team and the team of interest to the absolute difference in losses between the two teams, and dividing by two.
b Because of a lockout, the season did not start until February 5, 1999, and all 29 teams played a shortened 50-game regular season schedule.[37]
c Because of a lockout, the season did not start until December 25, 2011, and all thirty teams played a shortened 66-game regular season schedule.

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document_title: Food safety in Australia

question_text: food safety across australia is governed by which legislation

text: Food safety in Australia

text: History[edit]

text: The first law regulating food in Australia was the Victorian Public Food Act of 1854. It was enacted in response to concerns with adulterated foods and allowed the Board of Health to inspect, seize and destroy unwholesome foods.[6]

text: After federation the states retained control of food safety.[6] These initially covered the manufacture and sale of food. Powers were expanded to include labelling requirements. A lack of uniformity amongst the various state laws hampered interstate trade and led to a series of conferences held between 1910 and 1927. In 1936, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) was established within the Department of Health to advise on matters of public health, which included food. It wasn't until 1952 that the NHMRC pressed for national uniformity of food and drug regulations. Eventually the Food Standards Committee was created to recommend food standards for states to adopt.[6] The first major issue was chemical additives, followed by microbiological standards. In 1989, the responsibility for food standards was transferred to the Bureau of Consumer Affairs within the Attorney-General's Department.[6]

text: Standards[edit]

text: Australia and New Zealand have a joint standards body for food safety: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ).[2] It is an independent statutory agency established by the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991. FSANZ is part of the Australian Government's Health portfolio. FSANZ develops standards that regulate the use of ingredients, processing aids, colourings, additives, vitamins and minerals. Their standards also includes the composition of some foods, e.g. dairy, meat and beverages as well as standards developed by new technologies such as genetically modified foods. FSANZ is also responsible for some labelling requirements for packaged and unpackaged food, e.g. specific mandatory warnings or advisory labels.[7] FSANZ must ensure that labelling of packaged foods includes: name and description of the product, mandatory warning and advisory statements, ingredient list, date marking, nutrition information panel, percentage labelling, directions for storage and use.[8] Another main role of FSANZ is to manage food recall systems. When a product is declared to have safety issues like harmful bacteria or the presence of allergens the products needs to be removed from retail shelves and people's homes to ensure the health and safety of consumers.[9]

text: Raw milk[edit]

text: Raw milk can be sold in Australia but must be labelled as "not for human consumption". It is often sold as "bath milk" for bathing. Raw milk contains such bacteria as salmonella, E. coli and listeria, which are the cause of many foodborne illnesses.[10] However this product is consumed by people who have a desire to drink raw milk, usually because they perceive it to a more natural less processed food.[11]

text: Domestic food safety[edit]

text: It is important to consider the spread of disease via the mishandling of food in homes, as experts agree this is a last line of defence against diseases that are food-borne.[12][13] Research conducted using families in Australia has highlighted the lack of distributed knowledge in regards to food handling both domestically and generally in the community,[14][15] as seen by a relatively poor knowledge of this subject.[14] The questioning of 524 families showed that 70% poorly handled cooked food products, 42% poorly handled raw foods and 47% of families did not appropriately wash their hands to maintain hygiene while preparing food. Further research of food stage practices showed that 81% of families placed food in refrigerators inappropriately and unsafe thawing of chicken was carried out by 76% of families.[15] These statistics raised the issue of unsafe handling of food and the need for families to be reminded of the detrimental health risks caused by the mishandling of food products in order to initiate change.[13]

text: Incidents[edit]

text: Mandatory reporting requirements exist in Australia for food disease outbreaks.[5] The Office of Health Protection within the Department of Health manages the OzFoodNet program, which employs epidemiologists around the country who investigate foodborne disease and develop appropriate responses to cases.[5]

text: In 1995 a 4-year-old girl died from a fatal stroke after eating mettwurst produced by the Garibaldi company, and many other people were hospitalised. Toxins in the meat attacked blood vessels and kidneys. 23 children developed lifelong damage to their kidneys, suffering Hemolytic-uremic syndrome.[16]

text: In 1996, more than 500 people fell ill after consuming peanut butter contaminated with Salmonella. Around 50 of these cases were linked to Kraft peanut butter, where the peanuts had been contaminated with mouse droppings in the roasting process.[17][18][19]

text: Nippy's fresh chilled fruit juices were found to contain traces of Salmonella Typhimurium, infecting 507 people. Relevant juice products were recalled and the contamination was eventually traced to fruit from one supplier.[20][21]

text: In March 2007, Long and Linda Fou, owners of the Homebush French Golden Hot Bakery in NSW, pleaded guilty to handling and selling unsafe food. They were fined $42 000. 319 people were poisoned during the incident.[22]

text: Around 500 people alleged they had suffered thyroid dysfunction after dangerous levels of iodine were found in Bonsoy brand soy milk, due to the formulation used in the product between 2004 and 2009, which replaced pure kombu seaweed with kombu powder. In 2014, the milk's Japanese producers and Australian distributors agreed to pay a $25 million class action settlement—the largest ever food safety settlement in Australia.[23]

text: In December 2014, a 3-year-old girl died, apparently after drinking raw milk sold as bath milk. Other children were admitted to hospital.[24]

text: In February 2015, a recall of frozen berries imported from China was issued after at least 12 people contracted hepatitis A following their consumption of the product. Poor hygiene by Chinese workers or contaminated water supplies in China are suspected as the cause.[25]