document_title: People (magazine)

question_text: who won sexiest man alive more than once

text: People (magazine)

text: History[edit]

text: The concept for People has been attributed to Andrew Heiskell, Time Inc.'s chief executive officer at the time and the former publisher of the weekly Life magazine. The founding managing editor of People was Richard B. (Dick) Stolley, a former assistant managing editor at Life and the journalist who acquired the Zapruder tapes of the John F. Kennedy assassination for Time Inc. in 1963. People's first publisher was Richard J. (Dick) Durrell, another Time Inc. veteran.[citation needed]

text: Stolley characterized the magazine as "getting back to the people who are causing the news and who are caught up in it, or deserve to be in it. Our focus is on people, not issues."[9] Stolley's almost religious determination to keep the magazine people-focused contributed significantly to its rapid early success. It is said that although Time Inc. pumped an estimated $40 million into the venture, the magazine only broke even 18 months after its debut in March 1974. Initially, the magazine was sold primarily on newsstands and in supermarkets. To get the magazine out each week, founding staff members regularly slept on the floor of their offices two or three nights each week and severely limited all non-essential outside engagements. The premier edition for the week ending March 4, 1974 featured actress Mia Farrow, then starring in the film The Great Gatsby, on the cover. That issue also featured stories on Gloria Vanderbilt, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and the wives of U.S. Vietnam veterans who were Missing In Action.[5] The magazine was, apart from its cover, printed in black-and-white. The initial cover price was 35 cents (equivalent to $1.74 in 2017).

text: The core of the small founding editorial team included other editors, writers, photographers and photo editors from Life magazine, which had ceased publication just 13 months earlier. This group included managing editor Stolley, senior editors Hal Wingo (father of ESPN anchor Trey Wingo), Sam Angeloff (the founding managing editor of Us magazine) and Robert Emmett Ginna (later a producer of films); writers James Watters (a theater reviewer) and Ronald B. Scott (later a biographer of Presidential candidate Mitt Romney); former Time senior editor Richard Burgheim (later the founder of Time's ill-fated cable television magazine View); Chief of Photography, a Life photographer, John Loengard, to be succeeded by John Dominus, a noteworthy Life staff photographer; and design artist Bernard Waber, author and illustrator of the Lyle The Crocodile book series for children. Many of the noteworthy Life photographers contributed to the magazine as well, including legends Alfred Eisenstaedt and Gjon Mili and rising stars Co Rentmeester, David Burnett and Bill Eppridge. Other members of the first editorial staff included editors and writers: Ross Drake, Ralph Novak, Bina Bernard, James Jerome, Sally Moore, Mary Vespa, Lee Wohlfert, Joy Wansley, Curt Davis, Clare Crawford-Mason,[10] and Jed Horne, later an editor of The Times-Picayune in New Orleans.

text: In 1996, Time Inc. launched a Spanish-language magazine entitled People en Español. The company has said that the new publication emerged after a 1995 issue of the original magazine was distributed with two distinct covers, one featuring the murdered Tejano singer Selena and the other featuring the hit television series Friends; the Selena cover sold out while the other did not.[11] Although the original idea was that Spanish-language translations of articles from the English magazine would comprise half the content, People en Español over time came to have entirely original content.

text: In 2002, People introduced People Stylewatch, a title focusing on celebrity style, fashion, and beauty – a newsstand extension of its Stylewatch column. Due to its success, the frequency of People Stylewatch was increased to 10 times per year in 2007.[citation needed] In spring 2017, People Stylewatch was rebranded as PeopleStyle. In late 2017, it was announced that there would no longer be a print version of PeopleStyle and it would be a digital-only publication.

text: In Australia, the localized version of People is titled Who because of a pre-existing lad's mag published under the title People. The international edition of People has been published in Greece since 2010.[citation needed]

text: On July 26, 2013, Outlook Group announced that it was closing down the Indian edition of People, which began publication in 2008.[12][13]

text: In December 2016, LaTavia Roberson engaged in a feud with People after alleging they misquoted and misrepresented her interview online.[14][15][16]

text: Teen People[edit]

text:
Teen People

Teen People cover, April 2006

Managing Editor
Niraj Biswal
Barbara O'Dair

Categories
Celebrity

Frequency
Monthly

First issue
February 1998

Final issue
September 2006

Company
Time Inc. (Time Warner)

Country
United States

Language
English

ISSN
1096-2832

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text: In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens, called Teen People.[17] However, on July 27, 2006 the company announced that it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006.[18] In exchange subscribers to this magazine received Entertainment Weekly for the rest of their subscriptions. There were numerous reasons cited for the publication shutdown, including a downfall in ad pages, competition from both other teen-oriented magazines and the internet, along with a decrease in circulation numbers.[19] Teenpeople.com was merged into People.com in April 2007. People.com will "carry teen-focused stories that are branded as TeenPeople.com", Mark Golin, the editor of People.com explained, and on the decision to merge the brands he said, "We've got traffic on TeenPeople, People is a larger site, why not combine and have the teen traffic going to one place?"[20]

text: Competition for celebrity photos[edit]

text: In a July 2006 Variety article, Janice Min, Us Weekly editor-in-chief, blamed People for the increase in cost to publishers of celebrity photos:

text: They are among the largest spenders of celebrity photos in the industry....One of the first things they ever did, that led to the jacking up of photo prices, was to pay $75,000 to buy pictures of Jennifer Lopez reading Us magazine, so Us Weekly couldn't buy them.

text: That was the watershed moment that kicked off high photo prices in my mind. I had never seen anything like it. But they saw a competitor come along, and responded. It was a business move, and probably a smart one.[5]

text: People reportedly paid $4.1 million for photos of newborn Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, the child of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.[5] The photos set a single-day traffic record for their website, attracting 26.5 million page views.[5]

text: Sexiest Man Alive[edit]

text: The annual feature the "Sexiest Man Alive" is billed as a benchmark of male attractiveness and typically includes only famous people and celebrities. It is determined using a procedure similar to the procedure used for Time's Person of the Year. The origin of the title was a discussion on a planned story on Mel Gibson. Someone exclaimed, "Oh my God, he is the sexiest man alive!" And someone else said, "You should use that as a cover line."[21]

text: For the first decade or so, the feature appeared at uneven intervals. Originally awarded in the wintertime, it shifted around the calendar, resulting in gaps as short as seven months and as long as a year and a half, with no selection at all during 1994 (21 years later the magazine did select Keanu Reeves to fill the 1994 gap, with runners-up including Hugh Grant and Jim Carrey). Since 1997, the dates have settled between mid-November and early December.

text: Dates of magazine issues, winners, ages of winners at the time of selection, and pertinent comments are listed below.

text: As of 2016, John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Patrick Swayze are the only winners to have died since winning. Kennedy, Adam Levine, David Beckham and Blake Shelton are the only non-actors to have won the award.

text:
Year
Choice
Age

000000001985-02-04-0000February 4, 1985
Mel Gibson
29

000000001986-01-27-0000January 27, 1986
Mark Harmon[22]
34

000000001987-03-30-0000March 30, 1987
Harry Hamlin
35

000000001988-09-12-0000September 12, 1988
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
27

000000001989-12-16-0000December 16, 1989
Sean Connery
59

000000001990-07-23-0000July 23, 1990
Tom Cruise
28

000000001991-07-22-0000July 22, 1991
Patrick Swayze
38

000000001992-03-16-0000March 16, 1992
Nick Nolte
51

000000001993-10-19-0000October 19, 1993
Richard Gere (1) and Cindy Crawford[23]
(Sexiest Couple Alive)
44

1994
(awarded on
000000002015-11-18-0000November 18, 2015)
Keanu Reeves
30
(at the time)

000000001995-01-30-0000January 30, 1995
Brad Pitt (1)
31

000000001996-07-29-0000July 29, 1996
Denzel Washington
41

000000001997-11-17-0000November 17, 1997
George Clooney (1)
36

000000001998-11-16-0000November 16, 1998
Harrison Ford
56

000000001999-11-15-0000November 15, 1999
Richard Gere (2)
50

000000002000-11-13-0000November 13, 2000
Brad Pitt (2)
36

000000002001-11-26-0000November 26, 2001
Pierce Brosnan
48

000000002002-12-02-0000December 2, 2002
Ben Affleck
30

000000002003-12-01-0000December 1, 2003
Johnny Depp (1)
40

000000002004-11-29-0000November 29, 2004
Jude Law
31

000000002005-11-28-0000November 28, 2005
Matthew McConaughey[24]
36

000000002006-11-27-0000November 27, 2006
George Clooney (2)[25]
45

000000002007-11-26-0000November 26, 2007
Matt Damon[26]
37

000000002008-11-25-0000November 25, 2008
Hugh Jackman[27]
40

000000002009-11-18-0000November 18, 2009
Johnny Depp (2)[28]
46

000000002010-11-17-0000November 17, 2010
Ryan Reynolds[29]
34

000000002011-11-16-0000November 16, 2011
Bradley Cooper[30]
36

000000002012-11-14-0000November 14, 2012
Channing Tatum[31]
32

000000002013-11-19-0000November 19, 2013
Adam Levine[32]
34

000000002014-11-19-0000November 19, 2014
Chris Hemsworth[33]
31

000000002015-11-17-0000November 17, 2015
David Beckham[34]
40

000000002016-11-15-0000November 15, 2016
Dwayne Johnson[35]
44

000000002017-11-27-0000November 27, 2017
Blake Shelton[36]
41

text: Sexiest Woman Alive[edit]

text: In December 2014, People selected its first and only Sexiest Woman Alive.[37] No later People Sexiest Woman of the Year were announced. Cindy Crawford alongside Richard Gere had been declared "Sexiest Couple of the Year" on October 19, 1993 as a departure from the magazine's annual "Sexiest Man of the Year" award.

text:
Year
Choice
Age

000000002014-12-25-0000December 25, 2014
Kate Upton[37]
25

text: Most Intriguing People of the Year[edit]

text: At the end of each year People magazine famously selects 25 news-making individuals or couples who have received a lot of media attention over the past 12 months and showcases them in a special year-end issue, the '25 Most Intriguing People of the Year'. This series of full-page features and half-page featurettes includes world leaders and political activists, famous actors and entertainers, elite athletes, prominent business people, accomplished scientists and occasionally members of the public whose stories have made an unusual impact in news or tabloid media.[38]

text: 100 Most Beautiful People[edit]

text: People's 100 Most Beautiful People is an annual list of 100 people judged to be the most beautiful individuals in the world. Until 2006, it was the 50 Most Beautiful People.

text: Julia Roberts holds the record for most times named, with five.[39] Michelle Pfeiffer and Jennifer Aniston have appeared twice.

text: Number Ones of Most Beautiful People[edit]

text:
Year
Name
Age

000000001990-06-01-0000June 1, 1990
Michelle Pfeiffer (1)
32

000000001991-06-07-0000June 7, 1991
Julia Roberts (1)
23

000000001992-05-04-0000May 4, 1992
Jodie Foster
29

000000001993-05-03-0000May 3, 1993
Cindy Crawford
27

000000001994-05-08-0000May 8, 1994
Meg Ryan
32

000000001995-05-08-0000May 8, 1995
Courteney Cox
30

000000001996-05-08-0000May 8, 1996
Mel Gibson
40

000000001997-05-12-0000May 12, 1997
Tom Cruise
34

000000001998-05-12-0000May 12, 1998
Leonardo DiCaprio
23

000000001999-05-14-0000May 14, 1999
Michelle Pfeiffer (2)
41

000000002000-05-08-0000May 8, 2000
Julia Roberts (2)
32

000000002001-05-14-0000May 14, 2001
Catherine Zeta-Jones
31

000000002002-05-13-0000May 13, 2002
Nicole Kidman
34

000000002003-05-12-0000May 12, 2003
Halle Berry
36

000000002004-05-30-0000May 30, 2004
Jennifer Aniston (1)
35

000000002005-05-08-0000May 8, 2005
Julia Roberts (3)
37

000000002006-04-28-0000April 28, 2006
Angelina Jolie
30

000000002007-04-27-0000April 27, 2007
Drew Barrymore
32

000000002008-05-02-0000May 2, 2008
Kate Hudson
29

000000002009-05-11-0000May 11, 2009
Christina Applegate
37

000000002010-04-30-0000April 30, 2010
Julia Roberts (4)
42

000000002011-04-15-0000April 15, 2011
Jennifer Lopez
41

000000002012-04-27-0000April 27, 2012
Beyoncé Knowles
30

000000002013-04-26-0000April 26, 2013
Gwyneth Paltrow
40

000000002014-05-05-0000May 5, 2014
Lupita Nyong'o
31

000000002015-04-24-0000April 24, 2015
Sandra Bullock
50

000000002016-04-20-0000April 20, 2016
Jennifer Aniston (2)
47

000000002017-04-19-0000April 19, 2017
Julia Roberts (5)
49

text: Notes[edit]

text: ^ a: The ratio, according to Variety, is 53% to 47%.

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President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Michael Douglas
Elizabeth Smart
Prince William and Catherine Middleton
Elin Nordegren
Natalie Portman
Nicki Minaj
Sarah Palin
LeBron James
Bret Michaels
Julian Assange
The Chilean Miners
Ricky Martin
Kim Kardashian
Mark Zuckerberg
Heidi Montag
Jake Gyllenhaal and Taylor Swift
Ryan Reynolds
Will Smith's kids (Jaden and Willow)
Christina Aguilera
Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez
James Franco
Conan O'Brien

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document_title: Goodnight Mister Tom

question_text: what is the name of the village in goodnight mr tom

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text: Goodnight Mister Tom

text: Summary[edit]

text: In September 1939, as Britain stands on the brink of the war, many young children from the cities are evacuated to the countryside to escape an imminent German bombardment. Willie Beech, a boy from Deptford who is physically and emotionally abused by his mother, arrives at the home of Tom Oakley, a widower in his sixties who lives in the village of Little Weirwold. The boy is thinly clad, underfed and covered with painful bruises, and believes he is full of sin, a result of his upbringing by his mother, a domineering, insane, God-fearing widow.

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text: "Mister Tom", as William christens his new guardian, is reclusive and bad-tempered, and as such is avoided by the community. Willie lives with him as his Mother wants him to live with someone who is either religious or lives next to a church. Though initially distant, he is touched after discovering William's home-life and treats him with kindness and understanding, helping to educate him. Under his care, William begins to thrive, forming a small circle of friends at school among his classmates including fellow-evacuee Zach. He also becomes proficient in drawing and dramatics. As William is changed by Tom, so is Tom transformed by William's presence in his home. It is revealed that Tom lost his wife and baby son to scarletina some 40 years previously, and he has become reclusive because of this.

text: The growing bond between William and Tom is threatened when William's mother requests that the boy returns to her in the city, telling him she is sick. At first, William thinks this will be a good thing, as he can be helpful to his mother. However, his mother is not pleased to learn the details of his time with Tom, feeling that he has not been disciplined properly. While William has been away, she has become pregnant and had a girl, but is neglecting the baby. After a bad reunion, where his mother becomes furious upon learning the details of her son's life with Tom, abhorring his association with the Jewish Zach among other things, she hits William and puts him in the under-stairs cupboard, chains him to the piping. William regains consciousness briefly to find himself in the cupboard – he has been stripped of his clothes, minus his underwear, and his ankle is twisted. He quietly sobs for Tom, before he falls asleep.

text: Back in Little Weirwold, Tom has a premonition that something is not right with William. Although he has never travelled beyond his immediate locality, he ventures into London and eventually locates William's neighbourhood of Deptford and his home. He persuades a local policeman to break down the door of the apparently empty home, to be greeted with a vile stench. They find William in the closet with the baby, who had also been locked under the stairs by William's mother and has now died. William is malnourished and badly bruised as he had been locked under the stairs for a number of days. William is hospitalised, but whilst there suffers horrific nightmares and is drugged simply to prevent his screams from disturbing other children. Tom is warned that it is likely that William will be taken to a children's home, and, unable to observe William's distress any longer, kidnaps him from the hospital and takes him back to Little Weirwold.

text: Back with Mister Tom, William is much damaged by his ordeal and is also blaming himself for the death of his sister as he had not been able to provide enough milk to feed her whilst locked away, and becomes very depressed. Later, when his favourite teacher Annie Hartridge has a baby, William is shocked to learn from Zach that a woman cannot conceive a child on her own, and realises that his mother was having a relationship with a man, even though she had previously told him that it was wrong for unmarried couples to live together or have children together (something which society in general had regarded as unacceptable at this time). Tom is traced by the authorities, who have come to tell William that his mother is dead, having committed suicide. They also offer him a place in a children's home, as they've been unable to trace any other relatives who may have been able to take care of him. Luckily the authorities realise that William has already found a good home and allow Tom to adopt him.

text: Tom, William and Zach then enjoy a holiday at the seaside village of Salmouth, where they stay in the house of a widow whose sons have been sent out to war. Zach then receives news that his father has been injured by a German bomb in London and he hurries home on the next train saying farewell to all his friends. Unfortunately this is the last time they see him. William later learns that Zach has been killed and is grief-stricken for some time, but his grief is later healed by another recluse, Geoffery Sanderton. Geoffery, a young man who had lost a leg during the war and takes William for private art lessons,recognises the signs of grief and gives Willaim a pipe to paint along with a picture of two smiling young men. One of the men is Geoffery and he tells William about the loss of his own best friend, the other man in the picture and the owner of the pipe. This is when William starts to come to terms with Zach's death. Adding to this, Doctor Little, the village doctor, who was Zach's guardian while he was evacuated, is surprised but pleased when William asks to have Zach's bike. Through learning to ride it, William realises that Zach lives on inside him and he will never forget his wonderful companion that Zach was.

text: In the months following, William grows closer to Carrie, one of his friends. One night, on returning home to Tom (whom he now calls "Dad"), he thinks back on how much he has changed since arriving in Little Weirwold and realises that he is growing.

text: Awards[edit]

text: Commended, The Carnegie Medal 1981, The Guardian Fiction Award 1982, International Reading Association Award 1982, Runner-up for The Young Observer Prize 1982, Western Australian Young Readers Book Award 1982, National TV Awards 1999: Best Drama, BAFTA 1999: Lew Grade Award for Most Popula f 1998 and Television & Radio Industries Club Award 1999: Best ITV/Channel 5 Programme of 1998

text: Notes[edit]

text: Jump up ^ Since 1995 there are usually eight books on the Carnegie shortlist. According to CCSU some runners up through 2002 were Commended (from 1955) or Highly Commended (from 1966). There were about 160 commendations of both kinds in 48 years, including three for 1981 (one highly commended).

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document_title: X-Men: Days of Future Past

question_text: who plays blink in days of future past

question_tokens: who plays blink in days of future past

text: X-Men: Days of Future Past

text: Plot[edit]

text: In the near future, robotic Sentinels are programmed to identify and exterminate mutants and their human allies. During a Sentinel raid which kills nearly all the mutants in Russia, Kitty Pryde sends Bishop's consciousness back in time a few months before the attack, however this power can't be used on the recipient indefinitely.

text: Professor Charles Xavier makes contact with Kitty, meeting her at a remote Chinese temple with other mutant survivors. Xavier explains that the Sentinels were designed by Bolivar Trask, who was assassinated by Mystique in 1973. Her DNA being modified by scientists to create and advance the Sentinel program. Kitty, possessing an ability to send a mutant's consciousness back in time, suggests altering history to prevent Trask’s assassination. While Xavier initially plans to be the candidate, Wolverine volunteers instead since his regenerative powers would allow him to survive the process.

text: Wolverine awakens in his younger body in 1973. After traveling to the X-Mansion, he discovers the school has been shut down, and the younger Xavier (known as Professor X) can walk, lacking his powers under a specialized serum suppressing his mutant powers. Hoping to reunite with Mystique, Professor X agrees to help Wolverine to bust Erik Lensherr out of his prison cell under the Pentagon, aided by Hank McCoy/Beast and Peter Maximoff/Quicksilver.

text: Mystique discovers Trask has been experimenting on mutants and plots to assassinate him at the Paris Peace Accords. She is prevented by Professor, Erik, Hank, and Wolverine, but Erik decides to kill her as the surest way to prevent the apocalyptic future. Hank intervenes and exposes himself, Erik, and Mystique as mutants to the world. Trask takes advantage of this event and successfully convinces President Richard Nixon to initialize the Sentinel program.

text: Erik (now Magneto) obtains his signature helmet to block out Xavier’s psychic powers, and secretly takes control of the constructed Sentinels. Professor X abandons the serum, regaining his mutant power, and communicates with his future self, who inspires him to protect the relationship between mutants and mankind. After using Cerebro to track Mystique, he, Hank and Wolverine take flight to Washington, DC and put an end to her assassination plot on Bolivar Trask.

text: At a ceremony where Nixon unveils the Sentinels, Professor X, Hank, and Wolverine search for Mystique, disguised as a Secret Service agent. Magneto appears, controlling the Sentinels, and uses the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium to surround the White House. Hank transforms into Beast and fights a sentinel. Wolverine confronts Magneto, but is thrown way into the Potomac River. Nixon, Trask, and Mystique hide in a safe room beneath the White House, but Magneto rips it out of the building with the intention of killing Nixon.

text: Back in the future, the Sentinels launch an attack on the X-Men, slaying most of them, including Storm, while Magneto is wounded. Mystique stops Magneto from killing Nixon, but goes to murder Trask. Xavier persuades her to spare Trask, altering history and erasing the Sentinels from existence. Magneto and Mystique both leave, one a criminal, the other a hero. Trask is put behind bars for attempting to sell U.S military secrets to Vietnamese officials.

text: Wolverine wakes up at the mansion in the present day to find Iceman, Rogue, Colossus, Kitty, Beast, Storm, Jean Grey, Scott Summers, and Xavier all alive. Wolverine speaks to Xavier, aware of the changes in history. Back in 1973, the younger Wolverine is rescued by Mystique, disguised as William Stryker.

text: In a post-credits scene, an Egyptian crowd is chanting to En Sabah Nur, who telekinetically elevates building blocks to forge pyramids as four horsemen watch on.[6][7]

text: Cast[edit]

text: Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine

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text: James McAvoy and Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier / Professor X

text: Michael Fassbender and Ian McKellen as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto

text: Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Darkhölme / Mystique

text: Halle Berry as Ororo Munroe / Storm

text: Nicholas Hoult and Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy / Beast

text: Anna Paquin as Marie / Rogue

text: Ellen Page as Kitty Pryde / Shadowcat

text: Peter Dinklage as Bolivar Trask

text: Shawn Ashmore as Bobby Drake / Iceman

text: Omar Sy as Bishop

text: Evan Peters as Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver

text: Josh Helman as Major William Stryker

text: Daniel Cudmore as Peter Rasputin / Colossus

text: Fan Bingbing as Blink

text: Adan Canto as Sunspot

text: Booboo Stewart as Warpath

text: Additionally, Famke Janssen and James Marsden reprise their roles as Jean Grey and Scott Summers / Cyclops respectively in cameo appearances. Lucas Till reprises his role as Alex Summers / Havok. Evan Jonigkeit portrays Mortimer Toynbee / Toad. Gregg Lowe portrays Eric Gitter / Ink. X-Men comic-book writers Len Wein and Chris Claremont appear as United States congressmen. Michael Lerner plays Senator Brickman. Mark Camacho portrays U.S. President Richard Nixon. Singer cameos as a man with a small film camera as Magneto walks away after Mystique's escape in Paris. In a post-credits scene, Brendan Pedder portrays the ancient mutant, En Sabah Nur.[42]

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: Producer Lauren Shuler Donner stated in August 2006 that a continuation of the X-Men main film series would require a renegotiation. New cast members of X-Men: The Last Stand were signed, while the older cast members were not.[43] Donner said, "There is forty years worth of stories. I've always wanted to do 'Days of Future Past' and there are just really a lot of stories yet to be told".[44] She later pitched the idea of a fourth installment of the X-Men franchise to director Bryan Singer, following the completion of the 2011 prequel X-Men: First Class.[45] In March 2011, Donner said the film was in "active development at Fox"; she said, "We took the treatment to Fox and they love it... And X4 leads into X5".[46]

text: 20th Century Fox saw X-Men: First Class as the first film of a new X-Men trilogy.[47] Donner compared the franchise plans to the darker, more mature content of the Harry Potter film series.[48] Early reports said Matthew Vaughn and Singer were returning to direct and produce the sequel, respectively.[49] While still attached to the project as a director, Vaughn said, "First Class is similar to Batman Begins, where you have the fun of introducing the characters and getting to know them, but that takes time. But with the second one, you can just get on with it and have a rollicking good time. That's the main difference between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight".[50] Describing the possible beginning of the film, Vaughn said, "I thought it would be fun to open with the Kennedy assassination, and we reveal that the magic bullet was controlled by Magneto".[51] Singer said the film could be set around the civil rights movement or the Vietnam War,[52] and that Wolverine could once again be featured.[53] Singer also talked about "changing history" in an interview with Empire magazine. He said he does not want people to panic about events in the past "erasing" the storylines of the previous X-Men films, as he believes in multiverses, explaining the possibility of certain events can exist equally in the histories of alternate universes.[54]

text: Writing[edit]

text: Kinberg said the main focus of this film was the future of the X-Men film series. With the use of cast members from the original trilogy and from First Class, they needed to decide the sequels' destination.[17] In preparation for the film, Kinberg studied films about time travel, including Back to the Future, The Terminator, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Singer originated a philosophy and a set of rules for the time travel in the film so the story would be as plausible as possible.[17]

text: According to Kinberg, as they were writing the script, they thought it is sensible that Wolverine was traveling between time periods, because of his ageless look and ability to heal rapidly.[17] He further stated of making Wolverine the time traveler, "We made the decision for a lot of reasons ... he's the protagonist of the franchise, and probably the most beloved character to a mass audience".[55] Kinberg and Vaughn considered Bishop and Cable candidates for the role of time traveler.[10] Kinberg said Rachel Summers was in the first draft of the script; she sent Wolverine back to 1973. The character was later replaced with Kitty Pryde, to whom Kinberg gave a secondary power of sending people's consciousnesses into the past.[56] Juggernaut, Jubilee, Nightcrawler and Psylocke were also considered for the film.[57][58][59][60]

text: Singer was asked how the film integrates the themes of the earlier X-Men films; he said, "It establishes that some villain characters may have been right with their fears. It confronts the notions of hope and second chances. It's characters that are lost trying to find themselves. In X-Men 1 and 2, the characters had come into their own and knew who they were. In this one, they're all lost and they're trying to keep it together".[61]

text: Pre-production[edit]

text: In November 2011, Simon Kinberg—co-writer of X-Men: The Last Stand and co-producer of X-Men: First Class—was hired to write the film's screenplay.[62] In May 2012, 20th Century Fox announced the film would be released on July 18, 2014.[63] The release was later moved forward to May 23, 2014.[64] In August 2012, the title for the film was confirmed to be X-Men: Days of Future Past. The film is inspired by Chris Claremont and John Byrne's X-Men comic book storyline, "Days of Future Past", which introduced the idea of an alternate future for mutants that grew from the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants' killing of a senator, leading to a future in which mutants are hunted by Sentinels.[65]

text: In October 2012, Vaughn left the role of director to focus on Mark Millar's Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014).[66] Singer was later announced as the film's director; it was his third directorial role in the X-Men film series.[67] In preparation for the film, Singer approached James Cameron to discuss time travel, string theory and multiverses.[68] In the same month, Richard Stammers was approached to be the visual effects supervisor, as Singer liked his work in the 2012 film Prometheus.[69]

text: Singer brought back most of the crew he had in X-Men, X2. In December 2012, two long-absent designers were hired: production designer John Myhre, who had only done X-Men, and costume designer Louise Mingenbach —who also did X2 and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.[70][71] In February 2013, John Ottman—who aside from X-Men, collaborated on all of Singer's works since the 1995 film The Usual Suspects—was confirmed to work on the music and the editing of the film.[72]

text: Casting[edit]

text:
"I decided that the next time I got myself involved in a movie that had a huge amount of attention already that I would use Twitter. As a way of connecting with fans, principally. And also as a way of clearing up misunderstandings so that people know. You know, they may hear that an actor is cast or hear somebody is going to be in it, but until I say it's so, that's the confirmation".[73]

—Bryan Singer explaining the Twitter presence of the film.

tag: div

text: Singer used the online social networking service Twitter to announce casting of the film.[73] In November 2012, he announced that James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult would reprise their roles from X-Men: First Class. Later the same month, he announced that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen would reprise their respective roles as the older versions of the characters played by McAvoy and Fassbender.[74][75][76] In December, Singer announced that Hugh Jackman would reprise his role as Wolverine.[77]

text: In January 2013, Singer announced that Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore, and Ellen Page would reprise their roles of Rogue, Iceman, and Kitty Pryde.[78][79] In February, Singer announced that Peter Dinklage would star in the film as the main antagonist.[80] In March, Singer announced that French actor Omar Sy had joined the cast.[81] Halle Berry said in an interview that she would reprise her role as Storm, which was followed by an announcement from Singer that Berry would be in the film.[82][83] Singer tweeted a picture of the cast, which confirmed that Daniel Cudmore would return as Colossus and that Fan Bingbing and Booboo Stewart had joined the cast.[84]

text: In April, Singer announced that American singer and songwriter Lady Gaga had joined the cast as Dazzler,[85] but it was later revealed as an April Fools' Day prank.[73] Singer retweeted a photograph of himself, Adan Canto, and confirmed cast members Patrick Stewart, McKellen, and Ashmore, which was followed by a confirmation from Canto that he had joined the cast.[86] In May, Singer announced that Evan Peters had been cast as Quicksilver.[87] In June, Australian actor Josh Helman was cast in a role.[88] In July, Singer tweeted a picture of actor Lucas Till on the set of the film, which confirmed that he was returning as Havok.[89] In January 2014, Evan Jonigkeit had been cast as the younger version of Toad.[90]

text: Filming[edit]

text: X-Men: Days of Future Past had a production budget of $200 million.[4] Principal photography began on April 15, 2013, at Mel's Cité du Cinema in Montreal, Canada, and ended on August 17, 2013.[91][92][93] Filming had to begin in April 2013 to accommodate the cast's individual schedules.[17] Olympic Stadium, Montreal City Hall, and McGill University were also used as filming locations.[94][95] An aerial plate unit was sent to film in Washington, D.C.[69] Additional filming took place in Montreal in November 2013 and February 2014.[96][97] According to the Calgary Herald, the film is the second most expensive produced by 20th Century Fox after Avatar (2009).[98] Comic book writer Chris Claremont said in an interview that he was consulted for the film.[99]

text: X-Men: Days of Future Past is the first X-Men film to be filmed in native 3D; it was shot using Arri Alexa-M cameras with Leica Prime lenses and Fujinon Zoom lenses, along with 3ality Technica TS-35 camera rigs and Stereo Image Processor (SIP) technology systems.[100][101] Director of photography Newton Thomas Sigel was asked about using Arri Alexa-M cameras; he said, "For Bryan and myself, the Alexa has been almost the gateway to getting the look we like in film". Sigel added that the Arri Alexa-M camera's small size was a big advantage to the film's main unit, which carried three 3D rigs. The film also used the Alexa XTs for the production's 2D work.[102]

text: Production designer John Myhre said his work load was "six months squeeze[d] down in to 3-4 months", given the sets were massive but he did not have the usual time to design and build before principal photography began. The lue underground hallways and Cerebro sets were faithful recreations of the sets seen in the first X-Men, albeit ransacked and damaged to imply the government had raided the mansion.[70] The sets had many hidden "Xs", including the staircase of the X-Mansion. Myrhe said he wanted to embrace the 1970s setting in the same way First Class embraced its 1960s setting,[17] and costume designer Louise Mingenbach also drew heavily from 1970s styles for the clothing seen in the 1973 scenes. Hoult wore corduroys, Jackman a wooden-paneled buckle and a peacock-print shirt, and McAvoy wore a brown leather jacket. Peters wore 1981-inspired clothing; this was Mingenbach's way of showing Quicksilver's irreverence for the exact time and place. In one scene, Mingenbach gave Fassbender as the younger Erik Lehnsherr a fedora as a nod to the one the character wore in the first X-Men film.[13] For the future period of the film, Mingenbach wanted a darker, slightly futuristic and tactical look for the characters. This included changing the suit Patrick Stewart had previously worn as Xavier to battle fatigues.[13]

text: The Sentinels had two separate versions, to depict how the earlier prototypes built by Trask in the 1970s evolved into the adaptable killing machines of the dystopian future.[103] Singer described the 1973 version as "a little fun and stylish but also a little retro", with a key element being that they are made of plastic to be unaffected by Magneto's powers. Myhre used styles from molded plastics from the 1970s to design Sentinels from that period,[17] and cited inspiration from both the cars of the decade and "those wonderful TV sets that were round with smoked glass panels". The overall style was bulky to fit "the traditional idea of a robot looks like",[103] and drew the most from the comics version, such as the purple color and a humanoid shape, while trying to stand out on its own with its retro design.[104] The robots' ability to fly was compared to a Harrier Jump Jet, as the Sentinels had vertical takeoff and could glide. Life-sized Sentinels were built by Legacy Effects to be featured on the set, and had articulated joints to be fully poseable. The sound effects averted metallic noises, while adding woof effects on the Sentinels' footsteps to display its weight on the ground.[103]

text: On the other hand, the future Sentinels would resemble "giant versions of Mystique" to show how their technological development was based on studying the shapeshifting mutant's DNA. Thus their design is sleek and feminine, with a body covered in mechanical scales that move during the process of adapting to a mutant's attack, while also featuring angular and dark faces to enhance the intimidation. The future robots would feature what Singer described as "biomechanical technology to transform to adapt to other mutants, to take on their physicality and some of their powers to use against mutantkind", which the director imagined to be fueled by nanotechnology and "the ability to really change things almost at a molecular level". The Sentinels' heads would also open up as an extra weapon, and for straighter combat the robots could create blades and spikes out of their limbs. The crackling sound of the robots' scales was made by rubbing riveted belts on shale rocks.[15][103]

text: For the future setting of the film, a set featuring a hillside monastery was built. Myhre was inspired by Chinese temples built on the sides of cliffs. The future set also featured a mixture of architectural styles from China, India, and Indonesia. Part of the set was a big wall, which was inspired by the Great Wall of China.[104]

text: Visual effects[edit]

text: X-Men: Days of Future Past had 1,311 visual effects shots produced by twelve studios. Richard Stammer served as the overall effects supervisor based on his work for Prometheus.[69] The leading company was Moving Picture Company, who created the future Sentinels and worked on the sequences involving the X-Jet and Cerebro's red virtual world.[69] The Sentinels' scaled bodies were created by adapting a tool originally developed to create hair and fur, which would later evolve into creating a proxy representation of each individual scale as a "follicle".[15] Another major contributor was Digital Domain, with effects from the 1973 portion that encompassed nearly a third of the work. These included the Sentinels, Mystique's transformations and eyes, and various digital environments. Digital augmentation turned a remote airstrip into a Vietnam prisoner camp and added Paris' famed mansard rooftops to the Montreal locations. The environment work based on Washington, D.C. required the team to study period references of the National Mall and White House, and photograph almost all of RFK Stadium to create a detailed digital replica.[105] Rising Sun Pictures created a sequence considered by many reviewers the centerpiece of the film's effects, where Quicksilver uses his super speed in the Pentagon kitchen. Depicting how, to a speedster, actions in real time come down to a virtual standstill, objects float around in slow motion. After doing LIDAR scan of the kitchen set, the digital recreation added many computer generated props - cooking gear, cutlery, vegetables and water released by a fire sprinkler system - rendered in near microscopic detail regarding placement and lighting, particularly because the footage had to work in 3D. To simulate Quicksilver running on the walls, Evan Peters and a stunt double were filmed in both the set being suspended by a harness and on a treadmill that stood in front of a chroma key green screen. Only Peters' legs were digitally replaced.[15][106] Despite the sequence only having 29 effects shots,[69] it required nearly seven months of work from RSP's team of 70 artists.[107]

text: Rhythm and Hues Studios worked on Beast's transformations, the creation of Xavier's plane, and speed effects for Quicksilver. They also worked with Digital Domain on the sequence featuring the inside of the 1973 Sentinel. Mokko Studio worked on Mystique's eyes and costume fixes. Cinesite worked on the future New York City in the opening prologue along with clean-ups, wire removals, and production fixes. Fuel VFX worked on holographic effects and Havok's mutant powers. Vision Globale worked on visual effects relating to a dream and flashback sequence. Hydraulx, Lola and Method Studios handled a number of compositions and production fixes. The Third Floor worked on extensive story-boarding and visualisation.[69]

text: Music[edit]

text: Director Bryan Singer’s regular collaborator John Ottman worked on the score of the film, in addition to being its editor.[108] Ottman is the first composer to score more than one film in the X-Men film series, having previously scored X2 (2003). This also marked the first time a theme from a previous X-Men film has been retained; Ottman re-used some of his themes from X2, most notably the main title theme. While Ottman retained the same style of "lyrical and build upon character themes that would weave in and out of the film and done in a straight orchestral sense" that he had used in X2, following Singer's request he tried to compose "something more 'modern'" that could be compared to other contemporary superhero scores, and not follow Henry Jackman' score for First Class. The 1970s setting inspired the inclusion of "synthesized elements with some analog synths and electric piano and bass and some guitar".[109] The film score was released on digital download on May 16, 2014, on CD on May 26, 2014, and on vinyl on August 4, 2014.[110][111][112] The Rogue Cut also got a soundtrack album, released on July 10, 2015, by Sony Classical Records.[113]

text:
X-Men: Days of Future Past (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Film score by John Ottman

Released
May 26, 2014 (2014-05-26)

Genre
Film score

Length
76:28

Label
Sony Classical

John Ottman chronology

Non-Stop
(2014)Non-Stop2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past
(2014)
Krampus
(2015)Krampus2015

X-Men soundtrack chronology

The Wolverine
(2013) The Wolverine2013
X-Men: Days of Future Past
(2014) X-Men: Days of Future Past2014
Deadpool
(2016) Deadpool2016

text: Track listing[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Length

1.
"The Future – Main Titles"
2:44

2.
"Time's Up"
4:18

3.
"Hope (Xavier's Theme)"
4:48

4.
"I Found Them"
2:52

5.
"Saigon/Logan Arrives"
4:36

6.
"Pentagon Plan/Sneaky Mystique"
3:25

7.
"He Lost Everything"
1:51

8.
"Springing Erik"
3:33

9.
"How Was She"
1:47

10.
"All Those Voices"
3:19

11.
"Paris Pandemonium"
7:45

12.
"Contacting Raven"
1:48

13.
"Rules of Time"
3:07

14.
"Hat Rescue"
1:30

15.
"Time's Up" (Film Version)
3:34

16.
"The Attack Begins"
5:04

17.
"Join Me"
3:20

18.
"Do What You Were Made For"
2:56

19.
"I Have Faith in You/Goodbyes"
2:27

20.
"Welcome Back/End Titles"
3:58

21.
"Time in a Bottle" (Performed by Jim Croce)
2:27

22.
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Performed by Roberta Flack)
5:20

Total length:
76:28

text: Release[edit]

text: The world premiere of X-Men: Days of Future Past occurred at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City on May 10, 2014.[114][115] It was released in international markets in 2D and 3D theaters on May 21, 2014, and in the United States on May 23, 2014.[4] Premiere events were also held in London, Beijing, Moscow, Singapore, São Paulo, Melbourne, and Tokyo.[116]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: In June 2013, 20th Century Fox presented a set tour video of X-Men: Days of Future Past at the CineEurope conference in Barcelona; director Bryan Singer acted as the tour guide.[117] The set tour video was included with the home video release of the 2013 film The Wolverine.[118] In July 2013, Singer, writer Simon Kinberg, producers Lauren Shuler Donner and Hutch Parker, together with cast members Evan Peters, Omar Sy, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore, Anna Paquin, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, and Peter Dinklage presented at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International. Footage from the film was screened.[119] In August 2013, Singer presented footage from the film at the Fantasia International Film Festival.[120] In March 2014, 20th Century Fox presented footage from the film at CinemaCon.[121] In April 2014, Page presented footage from the film at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards. Kinberg and Dinklage attended WonderCon to discuss the film.[122][123] Singer withdrew from the publicity rounds for the film because of a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse filed against him.[124] In July 2014, 20th Century Fox and Oculus Rift presented a "virtual reality experience" in 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International. Attendees were given a chance to sit in a replica of Professor X's wheelchair and virtually hunt Mystique in the San Diego Convention Center.[125]

text: In July 2013, a mid-credits scene teasing X-Men: Days of Future Past was attached to the theatrical release of The Wolverine.[126] The scene, set two years after the events of The Wolverine, depicts Wolverine going through an airport security checkpoint while a commercial for Trask Industries plays in the background. Suddenly, Wolverine notices that all the metal objects around him start to shake and levitate. He turns around to see Magneto, who says he needs Wolverine's help to combat a threat to all mutants. When Wolverine asks Magneto why he should trust him, the people around them freeze as Xavier approaches Wolverine and assures him that Magneto is telling the truth. Adam Pockross of Yahoo! Movies described the mid-credits scene as the coolest part of The Wolverine and wrote, "Boom! And that's how you tease the next film: by giving us so much to chew on, yet so few answers".[127]

text: The first official trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past was released in October 2013.[128] Jason Callina of Herald News gave the trailer a positive response, saying, "it is fantastic to see characters that I grew up with in the flesh ... we still have to wait till the end of May to see if Fox succeeded, but for now they have my interest".[129] Ben Child of The Guardian criticized the trailer for the amount of characters that will appear in the film. Child wrote, "overloading the movie with superheroes might please fans of the comic books, but the rest of us will be chewing on our own spleens when the umpteenth brightly coloured dude turns up to spout one line of dialogue, then drop off the map".[130]

text: A mid-credits scene teasing X-Men: Days of Future Past was attached to the theatrical release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in April 2014. In the scene, which is set during the Vietnam War, Mystique tries to infiltrate a military camp led by William Stryker to recruit fellow mutants Havok, Ink, and Toad. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 director Marc Webb had an existing contract with Fox Searchlight Pictures to direct another film following 500 Days of Summer (2009). After The Amazing Spider-Man, Webb's negotiations with Sony Pictures Entertainment stalled because of his commitment to Fox. Fox eventually agreed to allow Webb to direct the sequel of The Amazing Spider-Man, and in exchange, Sony promoted the X-Men film without charge.[131] In addition, three viral websites were launched before the release of the film—Trask-Industries.com in July 2013, TheBentBullet.com in November 2013 and 25Moments.com in April 2014.[132][133][134] To further promote the film, Jackman made a guest appearance on the April 28, 2014, episode of WWE Raw.[135][136][137] The segment received mixed reactions.[138]

text: Promotional partners[edit]

text: In July 2013, CKE Restaurant Holdings, Inc. and 20th Century Fox announced a promotional partnership for the theatrical release of X-Men: Days of Future Past. The promotion included advertising, in-restaurant merchandising, collectors' cups, and a film-themed burger—The Western "X-Tra" Bacon Thickburger[139] sold it CKE Restaurants outlets Hardee's and Carl's Jr.. Zachary Eller, senior vice president of marketing partnerships & promotions at 20th Century Fox, said, "their fun and irreverent advertising campaigns are a great fit with our film and we couldn't be more thrilled to join together to feed mutants everywhere!".[140]

text: Mountain Dew partnered with the film to promote it globally; the promotion included prizes, a television commercial, online exclusives, in-store and in-theater advertisements, and commemorative packaging featuring X-Men characters from future and past. Anna Roca, senior vice president of international promotions at 20th Century Fox, stated, "The adventurous, energetic attitude of [Mountain Dew's] fan base mirrors the franchise's own—and their international reach helps bring our beloved mutants to more corners of the world than ever before".[141]

text: In March 2014, Virgin Trains launched an 11-car Pendolino train, which featured the film characters on the carriages, at London's Euston station to promote the film. Hugh Jackman and James McAvoy attended the launch.[142]

text: Kia Motors collaborated with 20th Century Fox to promote the home media release of the film with a Wolverine-themed Sorento. The SUV made its debut at the 2015 Australian Open, with a series of videos featuring Rafael Nadal teaming up with the X-Men to save the tennis event from the Sentinels.[143]

text: Home media[edit]

text: In June 2014, cable network FX acquired the television rights to X-Men: Days of Future Past.[144] The film was released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on digital download on September 23, 2014, and on DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D on October 14, 2014.[145] In the United Kingdom, it was released on November 10, 2014.[146] Three versions were released; a Deluxe Edition containing the Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and digital download; a Blu-ray and digital download combo pack; and a single-disc DVD.[145]

text: The Rogue Cut[edit]

text: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released an alternate version of the film, titled The Rogue Cut, on July 14, 2015. It added 17 minutes of previously unused footage, including a subplot involving Anna Paquin's character Rogue, whose role was reduced to a brief cameo in the theatrical release.[147] The Rogue Cut was also screened at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International.[148]

text: In the Rogue Cut version, Rogue's role is more consequential, and the narrative is more complex: When seeing Stryker causes Wolverine's consciousness to phase between past and future—resulting in his claws being extended, injuring Kitty Pryde—the Professor talks about the need for Wolverine to have more time back in 1973. Bobby Drake (Iceman) proposes breaking into the heavily guarded remains of Cerebro at the Professor's school, the one place where the Professor's mind can't reach others from the outside, in order to rescue Rogue, who is being held captive there. With the Professor and Magneto, he does so—at the cost of his own life—and Rogue is taken to where the mutants are making their last stand, where she takes over for Kitty in regards to keeping Wolverine's mind in 1973, for the remaining time until the moment history is changed, with a suggestion that Wolverine is aware of the switch as he appears to feel Rogue's presence. The Sentinels were able to find the X-Men through a tracking device inside a Sentinel's hand, which got stuck in the X-Jet after the Sentinel tried to prevent the Professor, Magneto and Rogue from escaping the incinerated remains of the X-Mansion. It also includes another scene where Mystique visits the X-Mansion at night while Charles and Logan are sleeping. She revisits her previous romance with Beast but leaves very early the next morning and breaks Cerebro in order to prevent Charles from finding her.

text: The Rogue Cut also includes a mid-credits scene, where the Pentagon prison is shown to be repaired with a new inmate Bolivar Trask, who was arrested for selling military secrets to foreign countries.

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: Worldwide, X-Men: Days of Future Past earned $262.8 million during its opening weekend, the highest worldwide opening weekend for an X-Men film.[149] The film grossed $233.9 million in the USA & Canada and $513.9 million in other markets for a worldwide gross of $747.9 million, making it the highest-grossing entry in the X-Men film series before being surpassed by Deadpool two years later.[4]

text: In the United States and Canada, the film earned $8.1 million from Thursday night showings, which is the highest late night opening for an X-Men film.[150] It was also the highest-grossing film during its opening weekend, earning $90.8 million, which made it the second-highest opening weekend of the series, at the time, behind X-Men: The Last Stand ($102.8 million).[151] During the four-day Memorial Day weekend, it earned $110.6 million.[151] The audience was 56% male and 59% were older than 25.[151]

text: Elsewhere, the film was the highest-grossing film during its opening weekend, taking $172 million, making it Fox International's highest opening weekend.[152] The film's highest-grossing debuts were in China, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Malta.[153] It was also the highest-grossing debut for a 20th Century Fox film in 11 markets, including South Korea, Brazil, the Philippines, and India.[151] It became the highest-grossing X-Men film in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Lebanon, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand, the United Kingdom & Ireland, and Venezuela.[153] [154][155][156][157][158][159]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes X-Men: Days of Future Past has an approval rating of 91% based on 284 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "X-Men: Days of Future Past combines the best elements of the series to produce a satisfyingly fast-paced outing that ranks among the franchise's finest installments".[160] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 74 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[161] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[151]t

text: Sean O'Connell of Cinema Blend gave the film four and a half stars out of five, and said it was "the greatest, most complete and staggeringly entertaining [X-Men film] to date".[162] Empire gave it four out of five stars and called it, "The best X-Men film since the second one".[163] Steve Rose of The Guardian rated the film three stars out of five; he said, "Non-devotees might struggle, but director Bryan Singer whips up the action towards a symphonic climax".[164] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter said, "While it's more dramatically diffuse than the reboot and lacks a definitive villain, the new film is shot through with a stirring reverence for the Marvel Comics characters and their universe".[165] Justin Chang of Variety said, "If the characters' quandaries at times feel overly circumscribed, they're also advanced with a bracing emotional directness, devoid of either cynicism or sentimentalism, that touches genuine chords of feeling over the course of the film’s fleet 130-minute [sic] running time".[166] In 2016, James Charisma of Playboy ranked the film #8 on a list of 15 Sequels That Are Way Better Than The Originals.[167]

text: In contrast, Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph rated the film two stars out of five and called the plot "a curate's egg, thoroughly scrambled". He concluded, "The film squanders both of its casts, reeling from one fumbled set-piece to the next. It seems to have been constructed in a stupor, and you watch in a daze of future past".[168] Simon Abrams, writing for RogerEbert.com, gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it a "visually driven and paint-by-numbers-plot". Abrams was critical of the undeveloped subplots that built up because the film's pacing left little time to develop each element of the story set in the 1970s.[169]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Year
Award
Category
Recipient
Result
Ref.

2014
Golden Trailer Awards
Best Summer 2014 Blockbuster Trailer
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Nominated
[170]

Teen Choice Awards
Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Nominated
[171][172]

Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Halle Berry
Nominated

Choice Movie: Villain
Michael Fassbender
Nominated

Choice Movie: Scene Stealer
Nicholas Hoult
Nominated

Ellen Page
Nominated

Young Hollywood Awards
Best Cast Chemistry – Film
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Nominated
[174]

Favorite Flick
Nominated

Fan Favorite Actor – Female
Jennifer Lawrence
Nominated

Super Superhero
Nicholas Hoult
Nominated

2015
People's Choice Awards
Favorite Movie
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Nominated
[175]

Favorite Action Movie
Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Nominated
[176]

AACTA Awards
Best Visual Effects
Nominated
[177]

Visual Effects Society Awards
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Nominated
[178]

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Won

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture
Won

British Academy Film Awards
Best Special Visual Effects
Nominated
[179]

Academy Awards
Best Visual Effects
Nominated
[180]

Saturn Awards
Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture
Nominated
[181]

Best Director
Bryan Singer
Nominated

Best Editing
John Ottman
Nominated

Best Costume
Louise Mingenbach
Nominated

Best Make-up
Adrien Morot, Norma Hill-Patton
Nominated

Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Female Action Star
Halle Berry
Nominated
[182]

Ellen Page
Nominated

Favorite Male Action Star
Hugh Jackman
Nominated

Favorite Movie Actor
Nominated

MTV Movie Awards
Best Villain
Peter Dinklage
Nominated
[183]

Empire Awards
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Won
[184]

2016
Saturn Awards
Best DVD/BD Special Edition
X-Men: Days of Future Past (The Rogue Cut)
Won
[185]

text: Sequel[edit]

text: In December 2013, Singer announced X-Men: Apocalypse, an X-Men film acting as a sequel to X-Men: Days of Future Past.[186] Singer directed from a script by Simon Kinberg, Dan Harris, and Michael Dougherty.[187] Kinberg said it would take place in 1983 and would also complete a trilogy that began with X-Men: First Class. Released in 2016, Apocalypse features the ancient mutant En Sabah Nur, who was introduced in the Days of Future Past post-credits scene,[6] awakening in the 1980s and deciding to destroy modern civilization and take over the world.[60][188] Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Evan Peters, Rose Byrne, Lucas Till and Hugh Jackman reprise their roles.[189] Filming began in April 2015 in Montreal, Quebec for a May 27, 2016, release.[186][190]


document_title: Seven Archangels

question_text: how many arch angels are in the bible

question_tokens: how many arch angels are in the bible

text: Seven Archangels

text: The most notable reference to a group of seven Archangels appears to have been borrowed from the Jewish Pseudepigrapha, namely the 250 BC[citation needed] Book of the Watchers, which at some point was merged with some other books in what is known today as 1 Enoch (the Book of Enoch), and was made part of the Ethiopian Christian movement scriptural cannon, though by the seventh century it was rejected by Christian leaders from all other denominations as canonical scripture, and despite having been prevalent in Jewish and early Christian Apostolic traditions (as well as the early Christian leaders writings) the book just fell from academic and religious status in regards to the rest of the canonical scripture, resulting in the text not being found in most parts of the World, as it was forbidden, from 7th Century AD onwards. The list of Angels survived only as part of oral traditions that differed to one another depending on the geographical area that they were present, and thus many different lists of angels (termed "Archangels") exist, but to different levels of acceptance.

text: In all of the scriptures from Judeo-Christian traditions, only Michael is called "The Archangel" (Biblical Greek: Μιχαὴλ ὁ ἀρχάγγελος) by Jude the Apostle in the epistle attributed to his authorship; And in the Book of Enoch, the Jewish traditions make him "one of the Archangels", although none of the others is referred to as by name. In most Protestant Christian traditions only Michael and Gabriel are referred to as "Archangels", whereas in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox traditions Raphael is included, resulting in a group of three.

text: Jewish people borrowed the names for angels from Babylonian star catalogues, a part of its folklore and cosmology, during their forced exile known as the Babylonian captivity starting in 605 BCE, first with the prophet Daniel, then later with Authors such as Ezekiel who styled the star constellations, that were held as "sons of the gods" (Sons of the Sky Father deity in Babylonia), as angels from the Lord of Israel, in fact living animals in the heaven (the abstract forms of the constellations) that were referred to as Cherubim, and with that he styled what was revered as the sons of the gods in Babylonia as servants of the Lord of Israel. The 2 BC Book of the Parables, chapter XL, echoes such folkloric representations, and gives the name of the four angels with whom the Ancient of Days comes, the ones standing before the Lord of Spirits, the voices of those upon the four sides magnifying the Lord of Glory as: Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, and Phanuel.

text: From the Book of the Watchers chapter IX, a first list of group of angels is given, in this case, the ones who saw the quantity of blood which was shed on earth in account of the transgression of the "sons of the gods", a group of rogue celestial spirits, termed "the Watchers", that arrived to earth during the antediluvian times, and it is given as a group of five that interceded on behalf of humankind to the Most High: Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Suryal (see Sarakiel), and Uriel. Whereas the most popular tradition was borrowed from chapter XX, in which a list of seven angels who watch is given as: Uriel, Raphael, Raguel, Michael, Sarakiel, Gabriel, and Remiel.

text: The earliest specific Christian references are in the late 5th to early 6th century: Pseudo-Dionysius gives them as Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Camael, Jophiel, and Zadkiel.[1] Pope Saint Gregory I lists them as Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel (or Anael), Simiel, Oriphiel, and Raguel.

text: Lists of characters referred to as "angels" also exist in traditions foreign to the largest religious groups, and are usually regarded as occultist or superstitious. A later reference to seven archangels appeared in an 8th or 9th-century talisman attributed to Auriolus, a "servant of God" in north-western Spain. He issues a prayer to "all you patriarchs Michael, Gabriel, Cecitiel, Oriel, Raphael, Ananiel, Marmoniel.[2]

text: Archangels in current church traditions[edit]

text: In the Catholic Church, three archangels are mentioned by name in its canon of scripture: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. Raphael appears in the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit, where Raphael is described as "one of the seven angels who stand ready and enter before the glory of the lord of spirits",[3] a phrase recalled in Revelation 8:2-6.

text: Some strands of the Eastern Orthodox Church, exemplified in the Orthodox Slavonic Bible (Ostrog Bible, Elizabeth Bible, and later consequently Russian Synodal Bible), recognize as authoritative also 2 Esdras, which mentions Uriel. The Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine tradition, venerate seven archangels and sometimes an eighth. Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Selaphiel (Salathiel), Jegudiel (Jehudiel), Barachiel, and the eighth, Jerahmeel (Jeremiel) (The Synaxis of the Chief of the Heavenly Hosts, Archangel Michael and the Other Heavenly Bodiless Powers: Feast Day: November 8). [4]

text: As well as Uriel, the Book of Enoch, not regarded as canonical by any of these Christian churches, mentions (chapter 21) Raguel, Sariel, and Jerahmeel, while other apocryphal sources give instead the names Izidkiel, Hanael, and Kepharel.[5]

text: In the Coptic Orthodox tradition the seven archangels are named as Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Suriel, Zadkiel, Sarathiel, and Aniel.[6][7][8]

text: In Anglican and Episcopal tradition, there are three or four archangels in the calendar for September 29, the feast of St Michael and All Angels (also called Michaelmas), namely Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael,[9] and often also Uriel.[10][11][12][13][14]

text: Other ideas[edit]

text: Although in the Book of Enoch, Ramiel is described as one of the leaders of the 200 Grigori, the fallen angels, the leader is identified as Semjaza. Other names derived from pseudepigrapha and recognized by Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches are Selaphiel, Jegudiel, and Raguel.

text: Seven angels or archangels are given as related to the seven days of the week: Michael (Sunday), Gabriel (Monday), Raphael (Tuesday), Uriel (Wednesday), Selaphiel (Thursday), Raguel or Jegudiel (Friday), and Barachiel (Saturday).[citation needed]

text: Various occult systems associate each archangel with one of the traditional "seven luminaries" (the seven naked-eye moving objects in the sky: the seven classical planets): the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn;[15] but there is disagreement as to which archangel corresponds to which body.

text: According to Rudolf Steiner, four important archangels also display periodic spiritual activity over the seasons: Spring is Raphael, summer is Uriel, autumn is Michael, and winter is Gabriel.[16] Following this line of reasoning, Aries (astrologically ruled by Mars) represents spring, Cancer (ruled by the moon) represents summer, Libra (ruled by Venus) represents autumn, and Capricorn (ruled by Saturn) represents winter. Therefore, by association, Raphael is Mars, Uriel is the moon, Michael is Venus, and Gabriel is Saturn. Rudolf Steiner's Northern Hemisphere indications regarding the seasons and their placement in the Zodiac will be the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere, making Michael the autumn archangel – with Mars in Aries; Raphael the spring archangel – with Venus in Libra; and in mid-winter Gabriel in Cancer; Uriel presides in Capricorn during mid-summer in the south.

text: The seven archangels figure in some systems of ritual magic, each archangel bearing a specific seal.[citation needed]


document_title: In-N-Out Burger products

question_text: where does in n out get their beef

question_tokens: where does in n out get their beef

text: In-N-Out Burger products

text: Burgers[edit]

text: All burgers consist of zero (in the case of a 'grilled cheese') or more 2 oz (57 g) beef patties cooked to "medium-well", and served on a toasted bun. The standard style of burger includes tomato, hand-leafed lettuce and "spread", a sauce similar to Thousand Island dressing.[1]

text: Meat[edit]

text: For most of its history, In-N-Out has produced its own meat in company-owned facilities. The chain has a policy of using only fresh meat, and all of its stores are supplied by its California manufacturing operations located in Baldwin Park. With its expansion into Texas, the restaurant opened its first production plant outside of California in a suburb of Dallas in order to increase its geographic footprint.[2][3] By keeping the manufacturing process in house, the chain is able to maintain strict quality control standards.[3]

text: Beginning in March 2016 the company announced that it would move forward to sourcing its beef from cows that have not been treated with antibiotics. The chain did not announce a timeframe for the switch, but that it would move forward at an expedited pace.[4] Part of the reason for the switch was that California passed a series of laws to ban the use of antibiotics in non-medical, prophylactic treatments. Additionally, several groups of consumer advocacy NGOs, led by CalPIRG, had been pressuring a number of restaurant chains to stop using meat raised with low-dose antibiotics.[5]

text: Secret menu variations[edit]

text: The bulk of the secret menu revolves around the burgers. In-N-Out's own website acknowledges the existence of this secret menu, publicizing "some of the most popular items" on what it calls the company's "not-so-secret menu."[6]

text: "Animal Style" is one of the most popular "secret" styles; in addition to the standard toppings, Animal Style burgers include mustard fried onto each meat patty, pickles, grilled onions, and extra spread. "3×3" (pronounced 3-by-3), "4×4", or variations of "m" × "c", refers to a burger with a varied amount of meat patties, "m", and slices of cheese, "c": e.g. a burger with six meat patties and three slices of cheese is a "6×3". The In-N-Out "secret menu" section of the website only mentions the "3×3" and "4×4", which are registered trademarks of the company.[6]

text: Until 2004, In-N-Out accommodated burger orders of any size by adding patties and slices of cheese at an additional cost. However, on October 31, 2004, a group of friends ordered a 100×100 from a location in Las Vegas, Nevada, posting photos on the web of the burger.[7][8] Once word got out of the incredibly large sandwich, In-N-Out management disallowed any sandwich larger than a 4x4.

text: In-N-Out has two low carbohydrate offerings. "Protein Style", introduced in the 1970s,[a][b] replaces the bun with large leaves of lettuce; while the "Flying Dutchman" is a 2x2 with no bun, no vegetables, and no spread with the cheese slices placed between both patties.[8] Health.com rated the protein-style sandwich as the best low-carb sandwich in the United States.[11]

text: Onion styles[edit]

text: In-N-Out's burger customization offers customers a choice of four different onion styles. Raw onion is available by the slice (standard for "with onion") or chopped. Likewise, sliced or chopped styles are also available for grilled onions. How the onions are prepared will determine their placement on the sandwich. For instance, raw sliced onions are arranged with a burger's cold ingredients, while grilled onions are placed directly on the beef patty.[citation needed]

text: French fries[edit]

text: In-N-Out uses the Kennebec variety of potato for its fries and prepares them on-site as opposed to purchasing them pre-made from other companies.[3][12] The company's french fries are cooked in "100% pure, cholesterol-free sunflower oil."[13] Fries can also be cooked to order, with cooking times ranging from "light" to "extra well done".[14]

text: Beverages[edit]

text: The company offers lemonade, iced tea, coffee, four flavors of milk shakes (chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and the "not-so-secret" Neopolitan, which is all three previous flavors mixed together), and soda. In-N-Out serves soda from two different companies. It serves Coca-Cola Classic, Diet Coke, and Barq's Famous Olde Tyme Root Beer from the Coca-Cola Company, and 7 Up and Dr Pepper from the Dr Pepper Snapple Group. The company advertises that its milkshakes are made with "100% real ice cream."[15]

text: Notes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ "Over the years, this trend has evolved into what's become known as the Secret Menu -- a list of popular burger variations that do not appear on the menu but are passed along by word of mouth."[9]
Jump up ^ "In fact, it was customers who gave it the name protein style," said Carl Van Fleet, the company's vice president of planning. "They also created it, in a sense, when they began requesting it in the early 1970s..."[10]