document_title: Despicable Me

question_text: what is the name of the villain in despicable me

text: Despicable Me

text: Plot[edit]

text: Gru, a supervillain, is disheartened when an unknown supervillain steals the Great Pyramid of Giza. Gru, with the assistance of his colleague Dr. Nefario and his Minions, resolves to one-up this mystery rival by shrinking and stealing the Moon. As it would be costly to steal the moon, Gru seeks a loan from the Bank of Evil. Bank president Mr. Perkins is impressed by the plan but will provide the money only if Gru can obtain the necessary shrink ray first. Upon learning that an up-and-coming villain named Vector was responsible for the pyramid theft, Gru starts a rivalry with him.

text: Gru and the Minions steal the shrink ray from a secret base in East Asia, but Vector intercepts them and steals it for himself. Gru attempts to break into Vector's fortress to recover the shrink ray but is defeated by numerous booby traps. However, he notices three orphan girls, Margo, Edith, and Agnes, who are able to easily walk into the base because they are selling cookies. Gru disguises himself and adopts the girls, planning on using them to infiltrate Vector's base so he can get the shrink ray back. However, Gru has trouble nurturing them properly due to their rambunctiousness, their ballet classes, and his own ineptitude as a parent.

text: Eventually, Gru and the girls arrive at Vector's fortress, and Gru steals the shrink ray. The girls then suggest a day at a theme park; Gru agrees, believing he can abandon the girls there, but instead he warms up to them. Later, Gru contacts Perkins via video chat, stating that he finally has the shrink ray. Margo, Edith, and Agnes interrupt the meeting, and Perkins announces that he has lost confidence in Gru and will no longer fund his operations. As Gru tells the Minions he can no longer pay them for their services, the girls offer the contents of their piggy bank. Gru, inspired, sells parts of his lair to construct a spacecraft. Gru plans to steal the Moon when it is nearest the Earth, but this is the same day as the girls' ballet recital. Gru becomes conflicted, and Dr. Nefario, seeing the recital as interfering with the plan, arranges for the girls to be returned to the orphanage. At the same time, Perkins informs Vector, revealed to be Perkins' son, of Gru's possession of the shrink ray and the adoption of the three girls, encouraging Vector to act.

text: Gru successfully shrinks and steals the Moon, and rushes back to Earth to attend the recital—only to find a ransom note from Vector, who has kidnapped the girls. After arriving at Vector's headquarters, Gru surrenders the Moon, but Vector reneges on the deal, flying off with the girls and the Moon. Meanwhile, Dr. Nefario has discovered that the effects of the shrink ray are temporary; the bigger the object's original size, the faster the shrinkage will wear off. As the Moon starts to expand in Vector's ship, Gru, Dr. Nefario, and the Minions execute a daring mid-air rescue of the girls just as the Moon explodes out of Vector's ship and launches itself back into orbit, with Vector trapped on it.

text: Sometime later, Gru has returned the Great Pyramid and re-adopted the girls, writing them a bedtime storybook framed around his own experience. The film ends with the girls performing their own ballet recital for Gru, his mother Marlena, Dr. Nefario, and the Minions.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Steve Carell as Gru, a mean supervillain
Jason Segel as Victor "Vector" Perkins, Mr. Perkins' son and Gru's archenemy
Russell Brand as Dr. Nefario, Gru's elderly gadget man and a friendly scientist
Miranda Cosgrove as Margo, the oldest of the three girls, and pet cat.
Dana Gaier as Edith, the middle child of the three girls
Elsie Fisher as Agnes, the youngest of the three girls
Will Arnett as Mr. Perkins, the President of the Bank of Evil and Vector's father
Kristen Wiig as Miss Hattie, owner of the orphanage Miss Hattie's Home for Girls
Julie Andrews as Marlena, Gru's mother
Pierre Coffin as Kevin, Tim, Bob, Mark, Phil and Stuart, six of Gru's Minions
Chris Renaud as Dave, one of Gru's Minions
Jemaine Clement as Jerry, one of Gru's Minions
Jack McBrayer as a Carnival Barker
McBrayer also voices a Tourist, who is Justin's Father
Danny McBride as Fred McDade, Gru's neighbor
Mindy Kaling as a Tourist, who is Justin's mother
Rob Huebel as an anchorman[9]
Ken Daurio as an Egyptian guard[9]
Ken Jeong as a talk-show host[9]

text: Production[edit]

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text: Despicable Me was initially developed by Sergio Pablos under the original title Evil Me. He later participated in development during the early stages of the production and took the package unsolicited to Universal Pictures where he became the first of several screenwriters on the project as well as executive producer.[10] In November 2008, Illumination Entertainment announced the beginning of the development on its first CGI animated film Despicable Me.[11][12]

text: Music[edit]

text: Despicable Me: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the film of the same name, and it was released on July 6, 2010.[13] It featured new songs from the film written and performed by Pharrell Williams, and performances by Destinee & Paris, The Sylvers, Robin Thicke and the Bee Gees.[13]

text: Release[edit]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: NBC (which is owned by Universal) had an extensive marketing campaign leading up to the film's release. Sneak peeks were shown in episodes of The Biggest Loser.[14] Despicable Me was also featured on Last Comic Standing when Gru comes in to audition.[14] IHOP restaurants promoted the film by introducing three new menu items, a kids' breakfast meal, and a drink all having the word "minion" in them.[15] Best Buy released a free smartphone application called "Best Buy Movie Mode", which translated what the Minions were saying during the end credits of the 3D theatrical release.[16] For the home media release of the film, the application was updated to translate the Minions' language throughout the entire film.[16]

text: Books[edit]

text: In May 2010, three books related to the movie were published, as well as the children's puppet book featured in the film. The first, My Dad the Super Villain (ISBN 0-316-08382-8), was rated as a preschool book.[17] The second, Despicable Me: The Junior Novel (ISBN 0-316-08380-1), was rated as being a Junior Reader for ages 8 to 12.[18] The third, Despicable Me: The World's Greatest Villain (ISBN 0-316-08377-1), was rated for ages 3–6 years.[19] The puppet book Sleepy Kittens (ISBN 0-316-08381-X) was written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio and illustrated by Eric Guillon.[20]

text: Video games[edit]

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A video game titled Despicable Me: The Game was released for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Wii.[21] A Nintendo DS version was released under the name Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem.[22] Namco also released a version for the iPhone and iPad platform entitled Despicable Me: Minion Mania, developed by Anino Games.[23]
An application for iOS and Androids was also released under the name Despicable Me: Minion Rush. It was developed by Gameloft and made available to the public in 2013.[24]

text: Home media[edit]

text: Despicable Me was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D on December 14, 2010. The release included three new short films, titled Home Makeover, Orientation Day and Banana.[25] The film was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray on June 6, 2017.[26]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives a rating of 81% based on 196 reviews and an average rating of 6.8/10—159 fresh and 37 rotten[27]. The website's critical consensus reads, "Borrowing heavily (and intelligently) from Pixar and Looney Tunes, Despicable Me is a surprisingly thoughtful, family-friendly treat with a few surprises of its own."[28] Metacritic, another review aggregation website, assigned the film a score of 72 out of 100 based on 35 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[29]

text: Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film three out of four stars, saying the directors were skilled at "springing surprises" from the writers' "ingenious" screenplay.[30] Peter Debruge of Variety wrote, "Since villains so often steal the show in animation, Despicable Me smartly turns the whole operation over to megalomaniacal rogue Gru."[31] Robert Wilonsky of The Village Voice wrote, "The result is pleasant and diverting, if ultimately forgettable, and it's one of the rare instances in the recent history of 3-D's resurrection as The Savior of Cinema in which the technology doesn't dim the screen or distract the focus."[32] Keith Uhlich of Time Out New York gave the film three out of five stars, saying, "The setup is pure Looney Tunes, and indeed, Despicable Me is at its best when trading in the anything-for-a-laugh prankery that was a specialty of the Termite Terrace crowd."[33] Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel gave the film three out of four stars, saying, "Despicable Me is a 3D cartoon comedy of whiplash-quick laughs, funny punch lines and a wickedly gimmicky appreciation for 3D."[34] Christy Lemire of the Associated Press wrote, "Kids will dig it, adults will smile with amusement, and no one will be any different afterward than they were walking into the theater."[35] Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic gave the film three and a half stars out of five, saying, "Neither as rich in story nor stunning in animation as Pixar offerings, Despicable Me instead settles for simply being goofy good fun, and it hardly seems like settling at all."[36]

text: Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying, "Short, sweet-and-sour, and amusing rather than funny, Despicable Me can't help but be likable."[37] Colin Covert of the Star Tribune gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying "You'll probably leave the theater smiling, but don't expect to be emotionally engaged, Pixar-style. You'll be tickled, not touched."[38] Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film three out of four stars, saying, "A whip-smart family movie that makes inventive use of the summer's ubiquitous 3-D technology is something worth cheering."[39] Tom Keogh of The Seattle Times gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Despicable Me appeals both to our innocence and our glee over cartoon anarchy."[40] Jason Anderson of the Toronto Star gave the film three out of four stars, saying, "Despicable Me may not match the stratospherically high standards set by Up and WALL-E but that hardly matters when it’s this much fun."[41] Ty Burr of The Boston Globe gave the film three out of four stars, saying, "Despicable Me has enough visual novelty and high spirits to keep the kiddies diverted and just enough wit to placate the parents."[42] Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars, saying, "The film is funny, energetic, teeth-gnashingly venomous and animated with an eye to exploiting the 3-D process with such sure-fire techniques as a visit to an amusement park."[43] Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying, "By taking the "heart" part just seriously enough, and in the nick of time, the movie saves itself from itself."[44]

text: Kim Newman of Empire gave the film three out of five stars, saying, "It's no first-rank CGI cartoon, but shows how Pixar's quality over crass is inspiring the mid-list. Fun, with teary bits, for kids; fresh and smart for adults."[45] Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying, "The film throws so much ersatz cleverness and overdone emotion at the audience that we end up more worn out than entertained."[46] Stephen Whitty of the Newark Star-Ledger gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying, "Unfortunately Despicable Me is just, predictably -- eh. And the one thing the larcenous Gru never steals is our heart."[47] Elizabeth Weitzman of the New York Daily News gave the film three out of five stars, saying, "Right now, any excuse for air conditioning will do. So it's a happy bonus to find that Despicable Me is more than just a heat-busting baby-sitter."[48] James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave the film three out of four stars, saying, "This is a smartly written comedy with a soft emotional core."[49] Kyle Smith of the New York Post gave the film three out of four stars, saying, "Despicable Me may not be the most sophisticated kids movie ever, but it stacks up against recent animated fare like How To Train Your Dragon the way The New York Review of Books compares to USA Today."[50] Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post gave the film three out of four stars, saying, "An improbably heartwarming, not to mention visually delightful, diversion."[51] Rick Groen of The Globe and Mail gave the film four out of four stars, saying, "This animated thing pretty near out-Pixars Pixar."[52]  Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle gave the film two out of four stars, saying, "When compared with the ambition and achievement of recent animated films, such as Coraline and Toy Story 3, Despicable Me hardly seems to have been worth making, and it's barely worth watching."[53]

text: Bob Mondello of NPR gave the film an eight out of ten, saying, "It's all thoroughly adorable, and with an overlay that's nearly as odd as Carell's accent: Despicable Me looks a lot like other computer-animated pictures."[54] Mary F. Pols of MSN Movies gave the film four out of five stars, saying, "The movie finishes strong, managing to be sweet without being saccharine. It's no Toy Story 3, but Despicable Me is a solid alternative."[55] A. O. Scott of The New York Times gave the film two out of five stars, saying, "So much is going on in this movie that, while there's nothing worth despising, there's not much to remember either."[56] Laremy Legel of Film.com gave the film an A-, saying, "Despicable Me is darned cute. I know cute isn't to the lofty level of "message storytelling" but it can be entertaining to watch when done correctly."[57] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Despicable doesn't measure up to Pixar at its best. Nonetheless, it's funny, clever and warmly animated with memorable characters."[58] Steve Persall of the Tampa Bay Times gave the film a B, saying, "Directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud craft a fun stretch run, wrapping the story with warm, fuzzy funnies and nothing to suggest a sequel, which is probably wise."[59] Tasha Robinson of The A.V. Club gave the film a B, saying, "Until the "creep + orphans = happy family" formula starts demanding abrupt, unconvincing character mutations, Despicable Me is a giddy joy."[60] Marjorie Baumgarten of The Austin Chronicle gave the film three out of five stars, saying, "Everyone knows that the villains are usually the most interesting characters in any movie. So the makers of Despicable Me were wise to cut to the chase and make the megalomaniacal Gru the central character in this animated film."[61]

text: Box office[edit]

text: Released on July 9, 2010, in the United States, Despicable Me opened at the number one spot at the box office and pulled in $56.3 million, making it the third-biggest opening grossing for an animated film in 2010 behind Toy Story 3 and Shrek Forever After.[62] In its second weekend, the film dipped 42% to second place behind Inception with $32.8 million earned. The film then had another drop of 27% in its third weekend and finished in third place with $23.8 million. On August 5, 2010, the film crossed the $200 million mark, becoming the first Universal film to reach the milestone since 2007's The Bourne Ultimatum.[63]

text: On the weekend lasting from September 3–5, 2010, it surpassed Shrek Forever After to become the second-highest-grossing animated film of 2010 in the United States and Canada, behind Toy Story 3.[64] It was also the highest-grossing non-DreamWorks/non-Disney·Pixar animated film of all time in these territories, since overtaken by its sequel.[64] The film has made $251,513,985 in the United States and Canada as well as an estimated $291.6 million internationally for a worldwide total of $546,010,705, against its $69 million budget.[5] This film is also Universal's sixth-highest-grossing film (unadjusted for inflation)[65] and the tenth-highest-grossing animated feature of all time in North America.[66] In worldwide earnings, it is the sixth-biggest film of Universal Studios,[67] the fourth-highest-grossing animated film of 2010 trailing Toy Story 3, Shrek Forever After, and Tangled, the 25th-highest-grossing animated film of all time and the 9th-highest-grossing film of 2010.[68]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Award

Category/Recipient(s)

Result

Annie Awards[69]

Best Animated Feature

Nominated

Voice Acting in a Feature Production (Steve Carell)

Character Design In an Animated Film (Carter Goodrich)

Directing in a Feature Production (Pierre Coffin)

Music in a Feature Production (Pharrell Williams and Heitor Pereira)

Production Design in a Feature Production (Yarrow Cheny and Eric Guillon)

Alliance of Women Film Journalists[70]

Best Animated Feature

Best Animated Female (Miranda Cosgrove as Margo, Dana Gaier as Edith, and Elsie Fisher as Agnes)

BAFTA Awards[71]

Best Animated Film

Critics' Choice Movie Awards[72]

Best Animated Film

Golden Globe Awards[73]

Best Animated Feature Film

Heartland Film Festival 2010[74]

Truly Moving Picture Award

Won

Kids Choice Awards[75]

Favorite Animated Movie

Won

Favorite Buttkicker (Steve Carell)

Nominated

Peoples Choice Awards[76]

Favorite Family Movie

Satellite Awards[77]

Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

Saturn Awards

Best Animated Film[78]

Teen Choice Awards[79]

Choice Summer: Movie

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards[80]

Best Animated film

Women Film Critics Circle[81]

Best Animated Females

Won

text: Sequels[edit]

text: A sequel, titled Despicable Me 2, was released on July 3, 2013. It is produced by the same team that was behind the first film—along with directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, and writers Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. Steve Carell, Russell Brand, and Miranda Cosgrove reprise their roles; Kristen Wiig and Ken Jeong returned but voiced new characters (Lucy Wilde and Floyd Eagle-san). New cast members include Benjamin Bratt as Eduardo, Gru's nemesis, and Steve Coogan as Silas Ramsbottom.[82]

text: Another sequel, titled Despicable Me 3, was released on June 30, 2017.[83]

text: Prequel[edit]

text: A prequel feature film titled Minions, featuring the Minions as the main characters, was released on July 10, 2015.[84] Written by Brian Lynch, it was directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, and produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healey.[84] The film, set in the 1960s, focuses on the Minions before they met Gru, where they compete for the right to become henchmen of an ambitious villain, Scarlet Overkill, voiced by Sandra Bullock.[85]


document_title: House of Cards (season 5)

question_text: when did house of cards film season 5

question_tokens: when did house of cards film season 5

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text: House of Cards (season 5)

text: Production[edit]

text: Casting began for the season on June 17, 2016.[1] Filming had begun by July 20, 2016,[2] and finished by February 14, 2017.[3]

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text: On January 28, 2016, Netflix renewed House of Cards for a fifth season. It was also announced that series creator Beau Willimon would step down as showrunner following the fourth season.[4] It was announced in February 2016 that Melissa James Gibson and Frank Pugliese, who both joined the show in the third season, would serve as co-showrunners for the fifth season,[5] which was released on May 30, 2017.[6] In October 2016, it was announced that Patricia Clarkson and Campbell Scott had been cast for the fifth season.[7] The first trailer for the season was released on May 1, 2017.[8]

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Kevin Spacey as Francis "Frank" J. Underwood, the President of the United States[9]
Robin Wright as Claire Underwood, First Lady of the United States, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee, Vice President of the United States and the President of the United States[9]
Michael Kelly as Douglas "Doug" Stamper, the White House Chief of Staff[9]
Campbell Scott as Mark Usher,[10] top-level Republican campaign adviser and strategist
Patricia Clarkson as Jane Davis,[10] Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade
Paul Sparks as Thomas Yates,[9] speechwriter and Claire Underwood's lover
Derek Cecil as Seth Grayson,[11] the White House Press Secretary
Neve Campbell as LeAnn Harvey,[9] a Texas-based political consultant, the Underwood campaign manager
Joel Kinnaman as Will Conway, the Republican nominee for president and Governor of New York[9]
Dominique McElligott as Hannah Conway,[9] wife of New York Governor and Republican presidential nominee Will Conway
Boris McGiver as Tom Hammerschmidt, an editor at The Washington Herald and Lucas Goodwin's former boss
Korey Jackson as Sean Jeffries, a young reporter at The Washington Herald working under Hammerschmidt
Jayne Atkinson as Catherine Durant, Secretary of State[11]
Colm Feore as General Ted Brockhart, Republican Vice-Presidential Nominee
Damian Young as Aidan Macallan, a data scientist and NSA contractor who is friends with LeAnn Harvey
James Martinez as Alex Romero, a Democratic congressman from Arizona
Michel Gill as Garrett Walker, the former President of the United States and Frank's predecessor
Gerald McRaney as Raymond Tusk, former associate of President Walker's and Frank's adversary
Larry Pine as Bob Birch, the House Minority Leader and a Democratic U.S. Representative from Michigan
Curtiss Cook as Terry Womack, the House Minority Whip
Lars Mikkelsen as Viktor Petrov, the President of the Russian Federation
Wendy Moniz as Laura Moretti, widow of a liver transplant candidate
Reed Birney as Donald Blythe, the Vice President of the United States
Malcolm Madera as Eric Rawlings, a Civil War reenactor and personal trainer
Kate Lyn Sheil as Lisa Williams, a girlfriend of Rachel Posner's before Rachel's death
Jeremy Holm as Agent Nathan Green, the Deputy Director of the FBI
Kim Dickens as Kate Baldwin, a journalist and former White House Correspondent for the Wall Street Telegraph
Dan Ziskie as Jim Matthews, former Vice President of the United States and Governor of Pennsylvania.

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text: Episodes[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original release date
Prod.
code

53
1
"Chapter 53"
Daniel Minahan
Frank Pugliese
May 30, 2017 (2017-05-30)
HOC-501

Chaos erupts when Frank steals the floor of the House and demands that Congress formally declare war on ICO. When the Speaker insists that Frank yield the floor, he insists that he "will not yield." Later, Frank and Claire attend Jim Miller's funeral, which is also attended by Will Conway and his wife. During the service, Jim's daughter Melissa blames Frank for the death of her father, before whispering something in his ear. Claire appears on Charlie Rose to debate Hammerschmidt, who claims that Frank's war on ICO is a diversion. Meanwhile, Conway goes into damage control when his wife claims that the mother of Josh Masterson is a victim, too. Claire speaks with Ms. Masterson and asks that she tell her son to surrender. The manhunt for Masterson heats up as the FBI closes in on a location on the Virginia border. However, Frank has been holding Masterson captive in an unknown location and has him summarily executed, informing the press that he "wishes" Masterson had been taken alive. Frank calls to speak with the Millers, but Jim's widow hangs up on him. Afterwards, Frank and Claire greet people outside the White House, telling them they have nothing to be afraid of.

54
2
"Chapter 54"
Daniel Minahan
Melissa James Gibson
May 30, 2017 (2017-05-30)
HOC-502

At an event in New York City, Claire is informed that one of Frank's old friends has gone missing and is presumed dead. Meanwhile, Frank hosts a luncheon of the nation's governors, seeking to gain the support of the governors from five critical swing states. Catherine Durant states her opposition to Frank's "war" on terror, while Donald Blythe believes it has helped his poll numbers. Meanwhile, Aidan Macallan attempts to hack into a telecom switching center and delete everything that may implicate him and the Underwoods. As Aidan nervously awaits the file deletion, electronic devices around the Washington, D.C. area are affected in what Frank claims is an ICO cyber attack. He uses the incident to pressure Congress to accept his declaration of war. Meanwhile, Conway takes his kids trick-or-treating, but as the military mobilizes in response to the cyber attack, he has an outburst on live TV which Frank and Claire drink to.

55
3
"Chapter 55"
Alik Sakharov
John Mankiewicz
May 30, 2017 (2017-05-30)
HOC-503

The day before the 2016 election, Conway holds a 24-hour live-stream call-in with voters and is asked a question by someone who knows about his time in the military; Hannah insists that Will is too humble to discuss the topic. While Claire and Frank campaign together in Pennsylvania, Doug confronts Governor Matthews for not following through with establishing voting centers or bringing in the National Guard. Back in D.C., Cathy alerts Frank to a Syrian national with strong ICO connections named Mohammad Kalabi. With Conway getting all the publicity, Frank calls into the 24-hour live stream and tells Conway that he can ask him any question he wants. Will responds by asking why he was never given a chance to complete the mission and save Mr. Miller after successfully negotiating the release of Miller's wife and daughter. Frank says the terrorists could tell Conway was weak, meaning Frank had to step in and take control. Frank's last-minute call grabs the morning headlines. However, the Underwoods are given worrying news: voter turnout is unsettlingly low across the country. Frank, however, insists that they are not going anywhere.

56
4
"Chapter 56"
Alik Sakharov
Kenneth Lin
May 30, 2017 (2017-05-30)
HOC-504

On Election Day, voter turnout for Frank and Claire is low, and the polls are working in Conway's favor, yet he remains cautious. Frank calls the governor of Tennessee and tells him that the home of a suspected terrorist has been raided and a plot to bomb the state's polling stations has been uncovered, urging him to shut them down. A riot caused by a bomb-sniffing dog occurs at one Tennessee polling station and injures several people. Frank is able to convince the governor to halt voting and declare a state of emergency. A curfew is enacted, much to Conway's dismay. Amid terrorist threats, the governor of Ohio calls Frank and says he is considering closing down polling stations, while Frank adamantly tells him not to, pretending that he doesn’t want that to happen. After Conway wins the state of Pennsylvania, Frank calls him to concede the election, but slyly says to the camera audience, "What, do you think I learned nothing from Al Gore?" In the wake of the call, Conway, his wife Hannah, and some of his advisers are elated, but his campaign manager Mark Usher remains skeptical. Several hours pass and Frank has yet to publicly announce his concession, frustrating Conway. At that moment, the governor of Ohio makes a national TV broadcast to announce he felt he had no choice to close the Ohio polls due to the potential terror threat and that the results are not certifiable as a result. Several more states hold their election results as well, thereby leaving the election contested. In the Oval Office, Frank and Claire discuss remaining in power for decades to come.

57
5
"Chapter 57"
Michael Morris
Laura Eason
May 30, 2017 (2017-05-30)
HOC-505

Nine weeks have passed since the unresolved election, which will now be decided by a contingent election in the House. A frustrated Conway believes he was fairly elected, and begins to show signs of a potential breakdown. Despite Frank's approval rating falling to 19%, Claire says they are done winning the American people and must now win over Congress. Hammerschmidt meets with Lisa Williams to discuss information regarding Doug, but he is hesitant to believe her. Frank talks to convince Alex Romero, a Democratic congressman, to sway other House Democrats to vote for him. Aidan, who had previously gone missing, calls LeAnn to tell her that he will leak incriminating information on the Underwoods if she doesn't get the authorities off his back. While LeAnn is able to flip a vote from Maine, Doug fails to win New Hampshire. On the day of the vote, Claire asks Donald to prevent a filibuster and keep Republicans off the floor. When he refuses, Claire begins insulting him and his late wife. Neither Conway nor Frank receive the 26 votes in the House needed to win, meaning that the Senate's vice presidential selection between Claire and General Ted Brockhart will assume the duties of the Presidency until the House votes again. Claire, alone in the White House residence, walks toward the camera and briefly looks directly at the camera audience as the episode ends.

58
6
"Chapter 58"
Michael Morris
Bill Kennedy
May 30, 2017 (2017-05-30)
HOC-506

Claire becomes Acting President of the United States until the House votes again. Frank congratulates her on the position, even if it's just for a few weeks. Durant informs the Underwoods that a research facility in Antarctica has been taken over by an unidentified military group, suspecting the Russians. Meanwhile, it appears that Aidan has been kidnapped and may be forced to reveal secrets. Conway's campaign manager Mark Usher is able to secure a meeting for Conway with the Congressional Black Caucus, in the hopes they will consider supporting him instead of Frank, but the meeting goes very poorly. On a private plane back to New York, an exasperated Conway finally cracks under the pressure and curses out Usher, threatening to leave him on the tarmac upon arrival, then berates the pilots for not allowing him to fly the plane and declares maniacally that he will be President. Sean visits Lisa then tells Hammerschmidt, who fires him after discovering that Sean looked through his notes. He later investigates the death of Zoe Barnes. To avoid a mixed-ticket White House, Frank and Claire are able to convince Usher to support new elections in Ohio and Tennessee, so long as the Speaker approves. Claire, Frank, and Cathy learn it is the Russians who have kidnapped Aidan.

59
7
"Chapter 59"
Alik Sakharov
Tian Jun Gu
May 30, 2017 (2017-05-30)
HOC-507

Claire and Frank argue over Mark Usher and are briefed in the Situation Room about the potential location of Ahmed Al Ahmadi, the leader of ICO. The generals believe Ahmed is in Damascus, but they’re divided on how to approach the situation. Hammerschmidt continues his investigation into Rachel Posner and her possible connection to Doug. Claire holds a meeting with Cathy and Jane Davis, but the three are moved to a bunker underground when a truck carrying radioactive material is missing. Doug calls LeAnn and Seth from the bunker, telling them to keep calm. Frank and Claire question Jane's security clearance. Doug informs Frank of a hot-mic recording where Brockhart says he’d actively tell his troops to disobey orders if Frank put them on the borders of Syria. Frank leaves the bunker and accuses Brockhart of orchestrating a fake terrorist threat in order to make them evacuate D.C. and effectively stage a coup d'etat to sabotage his election; after Brockhart names the general behind the plot, the truck is "found." The general is forced to resign, but not before telling Claire that neither she nor her husband deserve to be in the White House. The next day, the Underwoods accuse Usher of being involved in the incident, playing the Brockhart audio tape. When Usher insists he stop, Frank says "it gets so much better".

60
8
"Chapter 60"
Roxann Dawson
John Mankiewicz
May 30, 2017 (2017-05-30)
HOC-508

Frank attends an elite weekend retreat to firm up support for the upcoming elections in Ohio and Tennessee. Among the attendees are Usher, Brockhart, Raymond Tusk, and Benjamin Grant, the head of Pollyhop. Claire is awakened in the middle of the night and hurried into the Situation Room, informed that a Russian research vessel carrying 100 people is sinking in the Antarctic. The next morning, Frank and Brockhart chat about the Al Ahmadi situation. After negotiating trade deals with China, Jane reveals to Claire that they are willing to aid the rescue, as there’s an American aboard the Russian ship. Claire asks for proof of the American's presence before moving forward. In the woods, Frank contacts Doug and tells him that Brockhart is making a deal with Tusk, and orders Doug to stop it. Frank remembers something that Tusk mentioned ("A little restraint would be unexpected") and tells Doug not to act on it. Claire plays hard ball with China on the rescue operation and a trade deal. Though China is hesitant at first, the rescue mission goes through and China gets credit, but the lost American is not found. On his way out, Grant gives Frank a recording of Conway's tirade on the plane. The next day, Frank and Claire meet with Usher in the Oval Office and inform him of the recording. With that leverage, the Underwoods are able to recruit Usher, who advises them how to release the recording.

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"Chapter 61"
Roxann Dawson
Bill Kennedy
May 30, 2017 (2017-05-30)
HOC-509

After winning the Ohio election, Frank becomes President-elect of the United States. Frank offers Conway a menial position when he calls to concede, prompting Conway to curse him. Frank and Claire celebrate with champagne in the Oval Office. Doug believes it is unwise to allow LeAnn and Usher into the administration; Frank agrees that LeAnn's connection to Aidan is worrisome, but Usher should stay. Meanwhile, LeAnn has lunch with Kate Baldwin, revealing she is being kicked out because Aidan stole NSA files and might leak classified material in Russia. Tom informs Claire that he is finished being her speechwriter. Romero threatens the Underwoods, saying he will convince Congress to reopen the Declaration of War Committee to investigate them. He demands two seats on the dais at Frank's inauguration and a line in the inaugural address about Medicare. Frank is sworn in, but his address does not address Romero or his concerns. Aidan unwillingly agrees to do an interview in Russia with Kate. However, he calls LeAnn, who tells him policemen have come to arrest him. During the inaugural ball, Frank and Eric Rawlings, the civil war re-enactor and personal trainer, share a darkly intimate moment. In the halls of the West Wing, Frank tells Claire that Congress is reopening its investigation into Frank. As the party breaks up, Frank blackmails Tom and tells him not to cheat on Claire again. Meanwhile, Hammerschmidt contacts Zoe's father, who reluctantly meets with him and says he had no idea that Zoe was in trouble. LeAnn, under the impression that giving up Aidan would save her job, is shocked when Doug fires her. In the Oval Office, Claire and Frank meet with Jane. Frank says he wants Aidan back on American soil.

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"Chapter 62"
Agnieszka Holland
Kenneth Lin
May 30, 2017 (2017-05-30)
HOC-510

As Frank discovers Jackie Sharp will be testifying before the Declaration of War Committee, Claire is informed that the American from the Antarctic expedition froze to death. Claire wants the body to get lost in transit. With Romero heading the committee, Frank tries to get in his good graces again by offering him the position of party whip. Romero, however, is not looking to negotiate. Jackie pleads the Fifth during her testimony. LeAnn becomes concerned about Aidan, who isn't willing to reveal what he told the Russians. Jane makes it clear that what is important is learning what Aidan divulged. She also informs the Underwoods that a gas attack is imminent in Homs, Syria, advising that they send in 30,000 troops after the attack and divert the committee's attention. When Frank and Claire tell Durant, she begins questioning the operation and later voices her protest to Jane. Doug confronts a frightened Lisa, who then calls Hammerschmidt and tells him about the encounter. LeAnn is confronted in a parking garage by Aidan, who is alive. The two share a close moment before he leaves. Frank is informed that Garrett Walker will be testifying. Though he is expected to plead the Fifth, tension arises when he and Frank meet before the hearing. Walker breaks his silence, revealing that it was Frank who got him involved in the Chinese money dealings. That night, LeAnn is given a voice recording revealing that Aidan has been murdered in his hotel room. Meanwhile, Jane shreds files regarding the dead Antarctic worker and Aidan.

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"Chapter 63"
Agnieszka Holland
Laura Eason
May 30, 2017 (2017-05-30)
HOC-511

On MSNBC, Seth and Hammerschmidt debate Walker's credibility in the wake of his testimony. Frank, Claire, Doug, and Usher discuss impeachment and the idea of censure, which Frank and Doug oppose. The next day, Hammerschmidt discovers leaked information that the White House staged the terrorist threat on Election Day. Seth panics in his office, while Frank discusses spying on all White House personnel to identify the leaker. While alone one night in the White House residence, Claire truly breaks the fourth wall for the first time in the series, and speaks directly to the camera audience, telling them that she has always known they have been there, but she is suspicious of them and their intentions, and that she is "ambivalent about attention." The FBI tells LeAnn that Aidan's death looked like a suicide, but the gun is missing. Meanwhile, Claire tells Tom she wants him to leave. Frank is confronted by Bob Birch and Terry Womack, who want Frank to consider resignation. Frank is speechless, partially because Womack himself is under investigation. Doug spies on West Wing staffers and is intrigued when LeAnn receives something unknown from Aidan. After confessing to Laura Moretti that he is the reason her husband died, Doug goes to LeAnn's apartment and the two have sex. An article drops the next day reporting that a source within the White House confirmed that Frank used questionable intelligence to close polling stations during the election. Frank confronts Cathy about this; she is cooperating with Romero. Frank later states that he believes Cathy is the leak, and that he has held on to her resignation. News breaks that Cathy will testify before the committee. An unknown source gives Hammerschimdt a "birthday card" containing a USB flash drive.

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"Chapter 64"
Robin Wright
Frank Pugliese & Melissa James Gibson
May 30, 2017 (2017-05-30)
HOC-512

In the Executive Residence, Frank tries to dissuade Cathy Durant from testifying before the committee, but she adamantly refuses his request. On her way out, Frank then pushes her down a flight of stairs, knocking her unconscious, and calls for help, claiming she's fallen. Cathy is hospitalized and thus prevented from testifying. Frank holds a press conference in the Oval Office regarding the Syrian gas bombings. However, reporters ask him about the growing possibility of impeachment. Frank is informed that Hammerschmidt is investigating Zoe's death and believes that it was not an accident. Needing to focus attention away from them, Frank and Claire agree that someone must take the fall for this alleged investigation. The next night, Claire and Frank hold a dinner for Doug, where they try to convince him to take the blame for Zoe's murder. Though initially off-put, Doug goes to LeAnn and "confesses" to the murder, though she doesn't believe him. It is revealed that Doug is in possession of birthday cards similar to those sent to Hammerschmidt. Claire discovers that Tom has been continuing his manuscript, which includes her confessions about the deaths of Zoe and Peter Russo. She goes to visit Tom to convince him not to publish his recent work, but he refuses and threatens to blackmail her. Claire and Tom have sex, but he suddenly dies from poison Claire had put in his whiskey. Mark then comes home the next morning and discovers his body, whereupon he is forced to quietly "dispose" of it. LeAnn and Nathan Green give their testimony. Frank, watching, debates whether he should testify as well. While he is urged not to, Frank goes to the committee, and while he claims to have done nothing wrong, he accuses the committee of trying to sabotage his presidency and that he respects the office too much to allow the investigation to go on. As a result, he announces he will resign the following day.

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"Chapter 65"
Robin Wright
Melissa James Gibson & Frank Pugliese
May 30, 2017 (2017-05-30)
HOC-513

Claire protests Frank's resignation, but he concludes it's the best outcome for everyone. Frank reveals that he has been planning this since the weekend retreat before the Ohio and Tennessee elections, where he concluded that the real power is not in who occupies the White House, but who “owns” it. He reveals he is behind the leaks to Hammerschmidt. Claire then confesses to him that she has killed Tom Yates and that there is no way it will lead back to them. After Frank resigns, Claire is sworn in and assumes the presidency, whereupon she leads an operation to track down Yusef Al-Ahmadhi, the elusive ICO terrorist plaguing the U.S. Doug gets interviewed by Hammerschmidt, who is continuing his investigation into Zoe's death. LeAnn is appointed as Claire’s Chief of Staff with the agreement that she turn over everything she knew about Aidan to Jane. However, shortly after she does so, Claire, Davis and Usher claim that the impending war means a more experienced Chief of Staff is needed, and LeAnn is presumably fired or forced to resign. That night, on her way to meet with Doug, LeAnn’s car is run off the road and she is presumed dead. Seth is also replaced at Claire's behest. Frank asks for a public pardon from Claire for both him and Doug. She agrees to do so in her upcoming TV broadcast, but tells Frank that for their secret arrangement to work, he has to leave the White House and make it appear that they are estranged. Frank reluctantly does so. That night, Claire gives her first televised address as the new President, informing the nation that they have killed Ahmadhi and that the U.S. is going to war with ICO. However, she gives no mention of a pardon to Frank or Doug, despite having agreed to do so. Frank, who has been watching the broadcast from his hotel room, angrily calls her to presumably demand an explanation, but Claire rejects the call, and stares towards the camera audience and coldly declares: "My turn."

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text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has an approval rating of 72% based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The consensus reads, "House of Cards enjoys a confident return to form this season, though its outlandish edge is tempered slightly by the current political climate."[12] On Metacritic, the season has a score of 60 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[13]

text: Accolades[edit]

text: House of Cards received four major nominations for the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series, Kevin Spacey for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Robin Wright for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, and Michael Kelly for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.[14]


document_title: Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)

question_text: where was the movie mutiny on the bounty filmed

text: Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: In the year 1787, the Bounty sets sail from Britain for Tahiti under the command of captain William Bligh (Trevor Howard). Her mission is to transport breadfruit to Jamaica, where hopefully it will thrive and provide a cheap source of food for the slaves.

text: The voyage gets off to a difficult start with the discovery that some cheese is missing. Bligh, the true pilferer, is accused of the theft by seaman John Mills (Richard Harris), and Bligh has Mills brutally flogged for showing contempt to his superior officer, to the disgust of his patrician second-in-command, 1st Lieutenant Fletcher Christian (Marlon Brando). The tone for the months to come is summarized by Bligh's ominous pronouncement that "cruelty with a purpose is not cruelty, it is efficiency." Aristocrat Christian is deeply offended by his ambitious captain.

text: Bligh attempts to reach Tahiti sooner by attempting the shorter westbound route around Cape Horn, a navigational nightmare. The strategy fails and the Bounty backtracks east, costing the mission much time. Singleminded Bligh attempts to make up the lost time by pushing the crew harder and cutting their rations.

text: When the Bounty reaches her destination, the crew revels in the easygoing life of the tropical paradise — and in the free-love philosophies of the Tahitian women. Christian himself is smitten with Maimiti (Tarita Teriipaia), daughter of the Tahitian king. Bligh's agitation is further fueled by a dormancy period of the breadfruit: more months of delay until the plants can be transplanted. As departure day nears, three men, including seaman Mills, attempt to desert but are caught by Christian and clapped in irons by Bligh.

text: On the voyage to Jamaica, Bligh attempts to bring back twice the number of breadfruit plants to atone for his tardiness, and must reduce the water rations of the crew to water the extra plants. One member of the crew falls from the rigging to his death while attempting to retrieve the drinking ladle. Another assaults Bligh over conditions on the ship and is fatally keelhauled. Mills taunts Christian after each death, trying to egg him on to challenge Bligh. When a crewman becomes gravely ill from drinking seawater, Christian attempts to give him fresh water in violation of the Captain's orders. Bligh strikes Christian when he ignores his second order to stop. In response, Christian strikes Bligh. Bligh informs Christian that he will hang for his action when they reach port. With nothing left to lose, Christian takes command of the ship and sets Bligh and the loyalist members of the crew adrift in the longboat with navigational equipment, telling them to make for a local island. Bligh decides instead to cross much of the Pacific in order to reach British authorities sooner and arrives back in Britain with remarkable speed.

text: The military court exonerates Bligh of misdeed and recommends an expedition to arrest the mutineers and put them on trial, but also comes to the conclusion that the appointment of Bligh as captain of The Bounty was wrong. In the meantime, Christian sails back to Tahiti to pick up supplies and the girlfriends of the crew, then on to remote and wrongly charted Pitcairn Island to hide from the wrath of the Royal Navy. Once on Pitcairn, Christian decides that it is their duty to return to Britain and testify to Bligh's wrongdoing and asks his men to sail with him. To prevent this possibility the men set the ship on fire and Christian is fatally burned while trying to save it. (In real life, Christian made the decision to set the ship on fire and died years later of another cause).

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Marlon Brando as 1st Lt. Fletcher Christian
Trevor Howard as Capt. William Bligh
Richard Harris as Seaman John Mills
Hugh Griffith as Seaman Alexander Smith
Richard Haydn as Horticulturalist William Brown
Tarita Teriipaia as Princess Maimiti
Matahiarii Tama as Chief Hitihiti
Percy Herbert as Seaman Matthew Quintal
Duncan Lamont as John Williams
Gordon Jackson as Seaman Edward Birkett
Chips Rafferty as Seaman Michael Byrne
Noel Purcell as Helmsman William McCoy
Ashley Cowan as Samuel Mack
Eddie Byrne as John Fryer (Sailing Master)
Tim Seely: Edward 'Ned' Young (Midshipman)
Frank Silvera as Minarii
Henry Daniell as British chief court-martial admiral (uncredited)
Torin Thatcher as British officer Staines (uncredited)

text: Development[edit]

text: Following the success of 1935's Mutiny on the Bounty, director Frank Lloyd announced plans in 1940 to make a sequel which focused on Captain Bligh in later life, to star Spencer Tracy or Charles Laughton. No film resulted. In 1945 Casey Wilson wrote a script for Christian of the Bounty, which was to star Clark Gable as Fletcher Christian and focus on Christian's life on Pitcairn Island.[3]

text: In the 1950s MGM remade a number of their earlier successes in colour and widescreen. They decided to film Mutiny on the Bounty. In 1958 it was announced Aaron Rosenberg would produce the film and Marlon Brando was mentioned as a possible star[4] Eric Ambler was signed to write a script. It was intended to combine material from the Nordhoff and Hall novels Mutiny on the Bounty and Pitcairn Island (MGM also owned the rights to a third book, Men Against the Sea, which dealt with Bligh's boat voyage after the mutiny).[3]

text: In 1959 it was announced Paramount would make a rival Bounty film to be written and directed by James Clavell called The Mutineers, which would focus on the fate of the Muntineers on Pitcairn Island.[3] However this project was not made.

text: Brando eventually was signed, with Carol Reed to direct. It was decided to shoot the film in Tahiti itself to take advantage of color and widescreen, being shot in Cinema 65. Robert Surtees would be the cinematographer, The film was to start 15 October 1960 and the film was called "MGM's Ben Hur of 1961."[5]

text: A replica of the Bounty was built in Nova Scotia and was to be sailed to Tahiti.[6]

text: Rosenberg said the film would focus more on the fate of the crew after the mutiny, with Captain Blight only in a minor role and the mutiny dealt with in flashback. "It was Brando's idea," said Rosenberg. "And he was right. It has always been fascinating to wonder what happened to the mutineers afterwards."[6]

text: "The mood after the mutiny must be one of hope," said Reed. "The men hope to live a different sort of life, a life without suffering, without brutality. They hope for a life without sick ambitions, without the pettiness of personal success. They dream of a new life where nobody is trying to outdo the next person."[6]

text: Trevor Howard signed to play Bligh.[7] Brando personally selected a local Tahitian, Tarita, to play his love interest.[8]

text: Charles Lederer was brought on to work on the script.[9]

text: Shooting[edit]

text: Filming began in Tahiti. More than 150 cast and crew arrived, and MGM took over 200 hotel rooms.[8]

text: Filming was extremely difficult, in part because the script was being rewritten and Brando was ad-libbing much of his part. Also costs were high due to the remote location.[10] The replica of the Bounty took nine months to make rather than the scheduled six and arrived after filming had started.[11]

text: Lewis Milestone takes over[edit]

text: In January 1961, after three months of filming, Reed flew back from location with, reportedly, an "undisclosed ailment".[12] In actual fact he had quit over differences in the direction of the story.[11] He was replaced by Lewis Milestone, who later estimated only five minutes of the final film was Reed's.[9]

text: "Reed was used to making his own pictures," said Milestone. "He was not used to producer, studio and star interference. But those of us who have been around Hollywood are like alley cats. We know this style. We know how to survive."[9]

text: Filming continued to be difficult with production plagued by bad weather and script problems. Richard Harris clashed with Brando.[11]

text: "Marlon did not have approval of the story," said Milestone. "But he did have approval of himself. If Brando did not like something he would just stand in front of the camera and not act. He thought only of himself. At the same time, he was right in many things that he wanted. He is too cerebral to play the part of Mr Christian the way Clark Gable played it."[9]

text: Milestone says the script was constantly being rewritten with input from Rosenberg, Sol Siegel and Joseph Vogel, plus Brando.

text: The film ended up costing $10 million more than originally expected.[9]

text: "I have been in this business a few days but I never say anything like this," said Milestone. "It was like being in a hurricane on a rudderless ship without a captain. I thought when I took the job that it would be a nice trip. By the time it was finished I felt as though I had been shanghaied."[9]

text: "The big trouble was lack of guts by management at Metro," said Milestone. "Lack of vision. When they realised there was so much trouble with the script they should have stopped the whole damn production. If they did not like Marlon's behaviour they should have told him that they must do as they wished or else they should have taken him out of the picture. But they just did not have the guts."[9]

text: Reception[edit]

text: The film garnered largely negative reviews and was considered by some critics to be inferior to the classic 1935 version. Many attacked Brando's performance, particularly his change of appearance and mannerisms, including the British accent. He was blamed for derailing the entire picture.

text: Over time the film has come to be viewed more positively; review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives it a rating of 71% based on 17 reviews, with an average score of 6.5/10.[13]

text: Box office[edit]

text: Given its enormously inflated budget of $19 million, the film was a box office flop,[14] despite being the 6th highest-grossing film of 1962. It grossed only $13,680,000 domestically,[1] earning $9.8 million in US theatrical rentals.[15] (It needed to make $30 million to recoup its budget.[10]

text: Awards[edit]

text: The 1962 movie did not win any Oscars but was nominated for seven:[16]

text:
Academy Award for Best Picture – Aaron Rosenberg
Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Set Decoration, Color – George W. Davis, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt and J. McMillan Johnson
Best Cinematography, Color – Robert Surtees
Best Effects, Special Effects – A. Arnold Gillespie (visual) and Milo B. Lory (audible)
Best Film Editing – John McSweeney Jr.
Best Music, Score – Substantially Original – Bronislaw Kaper
Best Music, Song – Bronisław Kaper (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) – for the song "Love Song from Mutiny on the Bounty (Follow Me)"

text: Honors[edit]

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

text: 2005: AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores – Nominated[17]

text: Comic book adaption[edit]

text: Gold Key: Mutiny on the Bounty (February 1963)[18][19]


document_title: NBA Most Valuable Player Award

question_text: who won the regular season mvp in the nba

text: NBA Most Valuable Player Award

text: Winners

text:
^

Denotes player who is still active in the NBA

*

Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Denotes player whose team won championship that year

Player (X)

Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that time

Team (X)

Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time

text:
Season

Player

Position

Nationality

Team

1955–56

Bob Pettit*

Power forward

 United States

St. Louis Hawks

1956–57

Bob Cousy*

Point guard

 United States

Boston Celtics

1957–58

Bill Russell*

Center

 United States

Boston Celtics (2)

1958–59

Bob Pettit* (2)

Power forward

 United States

St. Louis Hawks (2)

1959–60

Wilt Chamberlain*

Center

 United States

Philadelphia Warriors

1960–61

Bill Russell* (2)

Center

 United States

Boston Celtics (3)

1961–62

Bill Russell* (3)

Center

 United States

Boston Celtics (4)

1962–63

Bill Russell* (4)

Center

 United States

Boston Celtics (5)

1963–64

Oscar Robertson*

Point guard

 United States

Cincinnati Royals

1964–65

Bill Russell* (5)

Center

 United States

Boston Celtics (6)

1965–66

Wilt Chamberlain* (2)

Center

 United States

Philadelphia 76ers

1966–67

Wilt Chamberlain* (3)

Center

 United States

Philadelphia 76ers (2)

1967–68

Wilt Chamberlain* (4)

Center

 United States

Philadelphia 76ers (3)

1968–69

Wes Unseld*

Center/Forward

 United States

Baltimore Bullets

1969–70

Willis Reed*

Center

 United States

New York Knicks

1970–71

AaaLew Alcindor*[g]

Center

 United States

Milwaukee Bucks

1971–72

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*[g] (2)

Center

 United States

Milwaukee Bucks (2)

1972–73

Dave Cowens*

Center

 United States

Boston Celtics (7)

1973–74

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*[g] (3)

Center

 United States

Milwaukee Bucks (3)

1974–75

Bob McAdoo*

Power forward

 United States

Buffalo Braves

1975–76

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*[g] (4)

Center

 United States

Los Angeles Lakers

1976–77

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*[g] (5)

Center

 United States

Los Angeles Lakers (2)

1977–78

Bill Walton*

Center

 United States

Portland Trail Blazers

1978–79

Moses Malone*

Center

 United States

Houston Rockets

1979–80

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*[g] (6)

Center

 United States

Los Angeles Lakers (3)

1980–81

Julius Erving*

Small forward

 United States

Philadelphia 76ers (4)

1981–82

Moses Malone* (2)

Center

 United States

Houston Rockets (2)

1982–83

Moses Malone* (3)

Center

 United States

Philadelphia 76ers (5)

1983–84

Larry Bird*

Small forward

 United States

Boston Celtics (8)

1984–85

Larry Bird* (2)

Small forward

 United States

Boston Celtics (9)

1985–86

Larry Bird* (3)

Small forward

 United States

Boston Celtics (10)

1986–87

Magic Johnson*

Point guard

 United States

Los Angeles Lakers (4)

1987–88

Michael Jordan*

Shooting guard

 United States

Chicago Bulls

1988–89

Magic Johnson* (2)

Point guard

 United States

Los Angeles Lakers (5)

1989–90

Magic Johnson* (3)

Point guard

 United States

Los Angeles Lakers (6)

1990–91

Michael Jordan* (2)

Shooting guard

 United States

Chicago Bulls (2)

1991–92

Michael Jordan* (3)

Shooting guard

 United States

Chicago Bulls (3)

1992–93

Charles Barkley*

Power forward

 United States

Phoenix Suns

1993–94

Hakeem Olajuwon*

Center

 Nigeria[b]

Houston Rockets (3)

1994–95

David Robinson*

Center

 United States

San Antonio Spurs

1995–96

Michael Jordan* (4)

Shooting guard

 United States

Chicago Bulls (4)

1996–97

Karl Malone*

Power forward

 United States

Utah Jazz

1997–98

Michael Jordan* (5)

Shooting guard

 United States

Chicago Bulls (5)

1998–99

Karl Malone* (2) [h]

Power forward

 United States

Utah Jazz (2)

1999–00

Shaquille O'Neal*

Center

 United States

Los Angeles Lakers (7)

2000–01

Allen Iverson*

Shooting guard

 United States

Philadelphia 76ers (6)

2001–02

Tim Duncan

Power forward

 United States[c]

San Antonio Spurs (2)

2002–03

Tim Duncan (2)

Power forward

 United States[c]

San Antonio Spurs (3)

2003–04

Kevin Garnett

Power forward

 United States

Minnesota Timberwolves

2004–05

Steve Nash*

Point guard

 Canada[d]

Phoenix Suns (2)

2005–06

Steve Nash* (2)

Point guard

 Canada[d]

Phoenix Suns (3)

2006–07

Dirk Nowitzki^

Power forward

 Germany

Dallas Mavericks

2007–08

Kobe Bryant

Shooting guard

 United States

Los Angeles Lakers (8)

2008–09

LeBron James^

Small forward

 United States

Cleveland Cavaliers

2009–10

LeBron James^ (2)

Small forward

 United States

Cleveland Cavaliers (2)

2010–11

Derrick Rose^ [i]

Point guard

 United States

Chicago Bulls (6)

2011–12

LeBron James^ (3)

Small forward

 United States

Miami Heat

2012–13

LeBron James^ (4)

Small forward

 United States

Miami Heat (2)

2013–14

Kevin Durant^

Small forward

 United States

Oklahoma City Thunder

2014–15

Stephen Curry^

Point guard

 United States

Golden State Warriors (2)

2015–16

Stephen Curry^ (2)

Point guard

 United States

Golden State Warriors (3)

2016–17

Russell Westbrook^

Point guard

 United States

Oklahoma City Thunder (2)

2017–18

James Harden^

Shooting guard

 United States

Houston Rockets (4)

text: Multi-time winners

text:
Rank
Player
Team(s)
Awards
Years

1
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Milwaukee Bucks (3) / Los Angeles Lakers (3)
6
1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980

2
Bill Russell
Boston Celtics
5
1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965

Michael Jordan
Chicago Bulls
1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998

4
Wilt Chamberlain
Philadelphia Warriors (1) / Philadelphia 76ers (3)
4
1960, 1966, 1967, 1968

LeBron James
Cleveland Cavaliers (2) / Miami Heat (2)
2009, 2010, 2012, 2013

6
Moses Malone
Houston Rockets (2) / Philadelphia 76ers (1)
3
1979, 1982, 1983

Larry Bird
Boston Celtics
1984, 1985, 1986

Magic Johnson
Los Angeles Lakers
1987, 1989, 1990

9
Bob Pettit
St. Louis Hawks
2
1956, 1959

Karl Malone
Utah Jazz
1997, 1999

Tim Duncan
San Antonio Spurs
2002, 2003

Steve Nash
Phoenix Suns
2005, 2006

Stephen Curry
Golden State Warriors
2015, 2016


document_title: Garment District, Manhattan

question_text: why did new york city become the center of the garment industry in the united states

text: Garment District, Manhattan

text: Role in fashion[edit]

text: With $9 billion in annual sales in 2011,[2] New York City is the United States' top "global fashion city."[3] The core of the industry is Manhattan's Garment District, where the majority of the city's major fashion labels operate showrooms and execute the fashion process from design and production to wholesaling. No other city has a comparable concentration of fashion businesses and talent in a single district.[1]

text: The Garment District is home to a number of well-known designers, their production facilities, warehouses, showrooms, and suppliers of fabric and materials. Many in the industry allege that this dense concentration of talent, entrepreneurship and supply stores functions like an ecosystem in which each of the parts help sustain the whole.[4] Major fashion labels such as Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Liz Claiborne, Nicole Miller, and Andrew Marc have showrooms, production facilities, or support offices located in the Garment District.

text: While historically known as the center of textile manufacturing, global trends have changed the way the fashion industry in the Garment District functions. Over the last 50 years, New York’s garment manufacturing sector has experienced a steady decline within the City overall and within the Fashion District specifically. This has occurred as a result of domestic manufacturers becoming less competitive in the global marketplace, in addition to the outsourcing of clothes manufacturing to lower-cost foreign markets.

text: The decline of the manufacturing sector caused manufacturing in the Garment District to go down as well, and in 1987, the New York City government created the Special Garment Center District zoning (SGCD) to help preserve garment manufacturing. The zoning places manufacturing use restrictions on large portions of the district in an effort to keep manufacturing rents affordable.[5] However, the City’s use of zoning as a job retention tool did not achieve its goal, and manufacturing has continued to decline at the same pace after the zoning was enacted as it did before the preservation measures were in place. This issue has been visited and revisited by policy makers, fashion industry representatives, manufacturing and union representatives and owners of property in the district, but the fate of the district remains uncertain.

text: Early history[edit]

text: New York first assumed its role as the center of the nation's garment industry by producing clothes for slaves working on Southern plantations. It was more efficient for their masters to buy clothes from producers in New York than to have the slaves spend time and labor making the clothing themselves. In addition to supplying clothing for slaves, tailors produced other ready-made garments for sailors and western prospectors during slack periods in their regular business.

text: Prior to the mid-nineteenth century, the majority of Americans either made their own clothing, or if they were wealthy, purchased "tailor-made" customized clothing. By the 1820s, however, an increasing number of ready-made garments of a higher quality were being produced for a broader market. The production of ready-made clothing, which continued to grow, completed its transformation to an "industrialized" profession with the invention of the sewing machine in the 1850s. The need for thousands of ready-made soldiers' uniforms during the American Civil War helped the garment industry to expand further. By the end of the 1860s, Americans bought most of their clothing rather than making it themselves.

text: German and Central European immigrants to America around the mid-19th century arrived on the scene with relevant business experience and skills just as garment production was passing from a proto-industrial phase to a more advanced stage of manufacture. In the early twentieth-century a largely Eastern European immigrant workforce powered the garment trades. Writing in 1917, Abraham Cahan credited these immigrants with the creation of American style:[6]

text: Foreigners ourselves, and mostly unable to speak English, we had Americanized the system of providing clothes for the American woman of moderate or humble means. The average American woman is the best-dressed woman in the world, and the Russian Jew has had a good deal to do with making her one.[6]

text: With an ample supply of cheap labor and a well-established distribution network, New York was prepared to meet the demand. During the 1870s the value of garments produced in New York increased sixfold. By 1880 New York produced more garments than its four closest urban competitors combined, and in 1900 the value and output of the clothing trade was three times that of the city's second largest industry, sugar refining. New York's function as America's culture and fashion center also helped the garment industry by providing constantly changing styles and new demand; in 1910, 70% of the nation's women's clothing and 40% of the men's was produced in the City.

text: Decline of the industry[edit]

text: Cheaper overseas labor and production has dramatically affected the New York industry for decades. This change has forced many designers who once manufactured their lines in the city to shift production overseas, which has in turn affected small cutting and sewing rooms as well as zipper, button and supply stores in the Garment District.[7] As Charles Bagli of The New York Times wrote:

text: Some city officials and industry leaders worry that if manufacturing is wiped out, many of the designers who bring so much luster to New York will leave, along with the city’s claim to be a fashion capital rivaling Paris and Milan. The damage would be undeniable, given that the industry’s two big annual events—Fashion Week in September and February—attract enormous numbers of visitors and generate hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity.

text: Although the Garment District as well as other fashion districts have been in decline, there are many organizations working hard to keep this district vital. One such organization is the Garment District Alliance, a nonprofit business improvement district that promotes the area as a strategic business location for fashion and non-fashion related-businesses in order to bring profit into the area.[8] For example, the Garment District Alliance organized a Fashion Walk of Fame on 7th Avenue, Arts Festivals, and a Garment District Information Kiosk located on 7th Avenue that provides sourcing information and industry-related services to fashion professionals, students, hobbyists, visitors, and shoppers.[9][10]

text: Save the Garment Center is a campaign that was created by several members of the fashion industry in an effort to preserve the concentration of fashion industry-related uses in the district. However, as fashion manufacturing declines, many buildings that once housed these large facilities have been converted to office space. Businesses such as accountants, lawyers, public relations and many high-tech companies have moved into the area, and the area is now divided equally between fashion and non-fashion companies.

text: Between 1990 and 2000, the district's population grew from 2,500 to 10,281.[11]

text: Transportation[edit]

text: The Garment District is within walking distance from Penn Station, serving the New Jersey Transit, Amtrak, and Long Island Rail Road;[12] and from the Grand Central Terminal, serving the Metro-North Railroad.[13] The New York City Subway has stations at 34th Street–Herald Square,[12] 34th Street–Seventh Avenue,[12] 34th Street–Eighth Avenue,[12] Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal,[12] and 42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue.[13] The Port Authority Bus Terminal is at Eighth Avenue and 41st Street,[12] and the PATH is nearby at 33rd Street and Sixth Avenue.[13]

text: Visitor attractions[edit]

text:
The Fashion Walk of Fame, the only permanent landmark dedicated to American fashion[10][14]
Needle threading a button – sculpture at the Fashion Center Business Improvement District's Information Kiosk at Seventh Avenue and 39th Street[9][15]
Statue of Ralph Kramden in his bus driver's uniform – outside the Port Authority building[16]
Greenwich Savings Bank Building


document_title: List of National Basketball Association single-game playoff scoring leaders

question_text: who has the most points in an nba playoff game

text: This is a complete listing of National Basketball Association players who have scored 50 or more points in a playoff game.

text: It has occurred 35 times in playoff history by 23 players. Only four players have scored 50 or more points on more than one occasion: Michael Jordan (eight times), Wilt Chamberlain (four times), Allen Iverson (three times) and Jerry West (twice).

text:
^

Active NBA player

*

Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Player's team lost the game

MP
Minutes played
FGM
Field goals made
FGA
Field goal attempts

FG%
Field goal percentage
3PM
3-point field goals made
3PA
3-point field goal attempts

3P%
3-point field goal percentage
FTM
Free throws made
FTA
Free throw attempts

FT%
Free throw percentage

text:
Points

Player

Team

Date

Opponent

Series

Score

MP

FGM

FGA

3PM

3PA

FTM

FTA

Notes

63

Michael Jordan*

Chicago Bulls

April 20, 1986

Boston Celtics

1986 Eastern Conference First Round

131–135

53

22

41

0

0

19

21

[a]

61

Elgin Baylor*

Los Angeles Lakers

April 14, 1962

Boston Celtics

1962 NBA Finals

126–121

48

22

46

–

–

17

19

[b]

56

Wilt Chamberlain*

Philadelphia Warriors

March 22, 1962

Syracuse Nationals

1962 Eastern Division Semifinals

121–104

48

22

48

–

–

12

22

[c]

56

Michael Jordan* (2)

Chicago Bulls

April 29, 1992

Miami Heat

1992 Eastern Conference First Round

119–114

43

20

30

0

0

16

18

[d]

56

Charles Barkley*

Phoenix Suns

May 4, 1994

Golden State Warriors

1994 Western Conference First Round

140–133

41

23

31

3

4

7

9

[e]

55

Rick Barry*

San Francisco Warriors

April 18, 1967

Philadelphia 76ers

1967 NBA Finals

130–124

22

48

–

–

11

19

[f]

55

Michael Jordan* (3)

Chicago Bulls

May 1, 1988

Cleveland Cavaliers

1988 Eastern Conference First Round

106–101

44

24

45

0

0

7

7

[g]

55

Michael Jordan* (4)

Chicago Bulls

June 16, 1993

Phoenix Suns

1993 NBA Finals

111–105

46

21

37

0

1

13

18

[h]

55

Michael Jordan* (5)

Chicago Bulls

April 27, 1997

Washington Bullets

1997 Eastern Conference First Round

109–104

44:13

22

35

1

2

10

10

55

Allen Iverson*

Philadelphia 76ers

April 20, 2003

New Orleans Hornets

2003 Eastern Conference First Round

98–90

46:40

21

32

3

5

10

11

54

John Havlicek*

Boston Celtics

April 1, 1973

Atlanta Hawks

1973 Eastern Conference Semifinals

134–109

48

24

36

–

–

6

6

[i]

54

Michael Jordan* (6)

Chicago Bulls

May 31, 1993

New York Knicks

1993 Eastern Conference Finals

105–95

39

18

30

6

9

12

14

[j]

54

Allen Iverson* (2)

Philadelphia 76ers

May 9, 2001

Toronto Raptors

2001 Eastern Conference Semifinals

97–92

47:46

21

39

3

5

9

9

53

Wilt Chamberlain* (2)

Philadelphia Warriors

March 14, 1960

Syracuse Nationals

1960 Eastern Division Semifinals

132–112

47

24

42

–

–

5

16

[k]

53

Jerry West*

Los Angeles Lakers

April 23, 1969

Boston Celtics

1969 NBA Finals

120–118

21

41

–

–

11

13

[l]

53

Isaiah Thomas^

Boston Celtics

May 2, 2017

Washington Wizards

2017 Eastern Conference Semifinals

129-119

45

18

33

5

12

12

13

[1]

52

Jerry West* (2)

Los Angeles Lakers

April 5, 1965

Baltimore Bullets

1965 Western Division Finals

118–115

16

38

–

–

20

21

[m]

52

Allen Iverson* (3)

Philadelphia 76ers

May 16, 2001

Toronto Raptors

2001 Eastern Conference Semifinals

121–88

43:29

21

32

8

14

2

2

51

Sam Jones*

Boston Celtics

March 28, 1967

New York Knicks

1967 Eastern Division Semifinals

118–109

43

19

30

–

–

13

17

51

Eric "Sleepy" Floyd

Golden State Warriors

May 10, 1987

Los Angeles Lakers

1987 Western Conference Semifinals

129–121

44

18

26

2

3

13

14

[n]

51

Ray Allen*

Boston Celtics

April 30, 2009

Chicago Bulls

2009 Eastern Conference First Round

127–128

58:45

18

32

9

18

6

7

[o]

51

Russell Westbrook^

Oklahoma City Thunder

April 19, 2017

Houston Rockets

2017 Western Conference Quarterfinals

111–115

41:22

17

43

1

7

15

18

51

LeBron James^

Cleveland Cavaliers

May 31, 2018

Golden State Warriors

2018 NBA Finals

114–124

51

19

32

3

7

10

11

50

Bob Cousy*

Boston Celtics

March 21, 1953

Syracuse Nationals

1953 Eastern Division Semifinals

111–105

66

10

22

–

–

30

32

[p]

50

Bob Pettit*

St. Louis Hawks

April 12, 1958

Boston Celtics

1958 NBA Finals

110–109

19

34

–

–

12

15

[q]

50

Wilt Chamberlain* (3)

Philadelphia Warriors

March 22, 1960

Boston Celtics

1960 Eastern Division Finals

128–107

45

22

42

–

–

6

18

50

Wilt Chamberlain* (4)

San Francisco Warriors

April 10, 1964

St. Louis Hawks

1964 Western Division Finals

121–97

22

32

–

–

6

10

50

Billy Cunningham*

Philadelphia 76ers

April 1, 1970

Milwaukee Bucks

1970 Eastern Division Semifinals

111–118

48

22

39

–

–

6

8

50

Bob McAdoo*

Buffalo Braves

April 18, 1975

Washington Bullets

1975 Eastern Conference Semifinals

108–102

45

20

32

–

–

10

14

[r]

50

Dominique Wilkins*

Atlanta Hawks

April 19, 1986

Detroit Pistons

1986 Eastern Conference First Round

137–125

33

19

28

0

0

12

15

50

Michael Jordan* (7)

Chicago Bulls

April 28, 1988

Cleveland Cavaliers

1988 Eastern Conference First Round

104–93

44

19

35

0

0

12

12

[s]

50

Michael Jordan* (8)

Chicago Bulls

May 5, 1989

Cleveland Cavaliers

1989 Eastern Conference First Round

105–108

43

14

28

0

1

22

27

[t]

50

Karl Malone*

Utah Jazz

April 22, 2000

Seattle SuperSonics

2000 Western Conference First Round

104–93

43:16

18

32

1

1

13

14

[u]

50

Vince Carter^

Toronto Raptors

May 11, 2001

Philadelphia 76ers

2001 Eastern Conference Semifinals

102–78

44:44

19

29

9

13

3

3

[v]

50

Kobe Bryant

Los Angeles Lakers

May 4, 2006

Phoenix Suns

2006 Western Conference First Round

118–126

52:06

20

35

5

8

5

6

[w]

50

Dirk Nowitzki^

Dallas Mavericks

June 1, 2006

Phoenix Suns

2006 Western Conference Finals

117–101

43:29

14

26

5

6

17

18


document_title: Jeff Healey

question_text: who was the band that played in roadhouse

text: Jeff Healey

text: Early life[edit]

text: Born in Toronto, Ontario, Healey was raised in the city's west end. He was adopted as an infant;[1] his adoptive father was a firefighter. When he was almost one year old, Healey lost his sight to retinoblastoma, a rare cancer of the eyes. His eyes had to be surgically removed, and he was given ocular prostheses.

text: Early career and success[edit]

text: Healey began playing guitar when he was three, developing his unique style of playing the instrument flat on his lap. At age 9 his musical talents were showcased in an interview on the TVOntario children's programme, The Cucumber Show. When he was 15,[2] Jeff Healey formed the band Blue Direction, a four-piece which primarily played bar-band cover tunes and featured bassist Jeremy Littler, drummer Graydon Chapman, and a schoolmate, Rob Quail on second guitar. This band played various local clubs in Toronto, including the Colonial Tavern.

text: Healey began hosting a jazz and blues show on radio station CIUT-FM where he became known for playing from his massive collection of vintage 78 rpm gramophone records.[3]

text: Shortly thereafter he was introduced to two musicians, bassist Joe Rockman and drummer Tom Stephen, with whom he formed a trio, The Jeff Healey Band. This band made their first public appearance at the Birds Nest, located upstairs at Chicago's Diner on Queen Street West in Toronto. They received a write-up in Toronto's NOW magazine, and soon were playing almost nightly in local clubs, such as Grossman's Tavern and the famed blues club Albert's Hall (where Jeff Healey was discovered by guitarists Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert Collins).

text: After being signed to Arista Records in 1988, the band released the album See the Light, featuring the hit single "Angel Eyes" and the song "Hideaway", which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. While the band was recording See the Light, they were also filming (and recording for the soundtrack of) the Patrick Swayze film Road House.[4] Healey had numerous acting scenes in the movie with Swayze, as his band was the house cover band for the bar featured in the movie. In 1990, the band won the Juno Award for Canadian Entertainer of the Year. The albums Hell to Pay and Feel This gave Healey 10 charting singles in Canada between 1990 and 1994, including a cover of The Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" which featured George Harrison and Jeff Lynne on backing vocals and acoustic guitar.[5]

text: Later work and life[edit]

text: By the release of the 2000 album Get Me Some, Healey began to concentrate his talent in a different musical direction closer to his heart, the appreciation for another original American music form, jazz.

text: He went on to release three CDs of music of traditional American jazz from the 1920s and 1930s. He had been sitting in with these types of bands around Toronto since the beginning of his music career. Though known primarily as a guitarist, Healey also played trumpet during live performances. His main jazz group for touring and recording being Jeff Healey's Jazz Wizards.

text: Healey was an avid record collector and amassed a collection of well over 30,000 78 rpm records. Starting in 1990 he hosted a radio program of very early jazz on CIUT at the University of Toronto with Colin Bray. Later he went national on CBC Radio`s program entitled My Kind of Jazz, in which he played records from his vast vintage jazz collection. He moved the show two years later to Jazz FM - CJRT; as a part of ongoing celebrations for what would have been Healey's 50th birthday in 2016, the latter program began to air in repeats Wednesdays 9pm on jazz.fm.[6]

text: For many years, Healey toured throughout North America and Europe and performed at his club, "Healey's" on Bathurst Street in Toronto, where he played with his blues band on Thursday nights and also with his jazz group on Saturday afternoons. The club moved to a bigger location at 56 Blue Jays Way and was rechristened "Jeff Healey's Roadhouse." Though he had lent his name to the club and often played there, Jeff Healey did not own or manage the bar. (The name came from the 1989 film, Road House, in which Healey appeared.) At the time of his death, he had been planning to perform a series of shows in the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Netherlands with his other band, the 'Jeff Healey Blues Band' (aka the 'Healey's House Band') in April 2008.

text: Over the years, Healey toured and sat in with many legendary performers, including The Allman Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, BB King, ZZ Top, Steve Lukather, Eric Clapton and many more. In 2006, Healey appeared on Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan's CD/DVD Gillan's Inn.

text: Healey discovered and helped develop the careers of other musical artists, including Terra Hazelton and Amanda Marshall.[7]

text: In early 2009, Healey's album Mess of Blues won in The 8th Annual Independent Music Awards for Best Blues Album.[8]

text: In 2009, Healey was inducted into the Terry Fox Hall of Fame.

text: In June 2011, Woodford Park in Toronto was renamed Jeff Healey Park in his honour.[9][citation needed]

text: In 2014 Healey was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. In September 2016, Jeff Healey was inducted into the Mississauga Music Walk of Fame.[10] In March 2016 the posthumous album Heal My Soul was released,[11] followed by the companion album Holding On in December of the same year.[12] Both records were compiled from unreleased recordings by Roger Costa.[13] The 12 track Heal My Soul featured six covers and a number of collaborations with Marti Frederiksen, Arnold Lanni and Stevie Salas.[14] The 15 track Holding On album contains ten live tracks recorded in 1999 at the Rockefeller Music Hall in Norway and five studio tracks.[15][16]

text: Illness and death[edit]

text: On January 11, 2007, Healey underwent surgery to remove metastatic tissue from both lungs. In the previous eighteen months, he had two sarcomas removed from his legs.[17]

text: On March 2, 2008, Healey died of sarcoma cancer in his home town of Toronto at age 41.[18][19]

text: Healey's death came a month before the release of Mess of Blues, which was his first rock/blues album in eight years.[20]

text: Personal life[edit]

text: Healey married Krista Miller in 1992; they had a daughter and were divorced in 1998. He married Cristie Hall in 2003 and had a son with her.[18][21]

text: Discography[edit]

text: Jeff Healey Band[edit]

text:
Year
Album
Label and Catalog Number
CAN
AUS
[22]
UK
[23]
US
[24]
Certification

1988
See the Light
Arista AL-8553
25
33
58
22
RIAA - Platinum[25]

1990
Hell to Pay
Arista ARCD-8632
5
20
18
27
RIAA - Gold

1992
Feel This
Arista B000002VML
27
37
72
174
-

1995
Cover to Cover
Arista B00008G71N
44
80
50
-
-

2000
Get Me Some
Eagle B00004T98N
–
–
–
–
-

text: Jeff Healey Solo & with The Jazz Wizards[edit]

text:
Year
Album
Label and Catalog Number
US

2002
Among Friends
Stony Plain B000I2KPO6
–

2004
Adventures in Jazzland
Stony Plain B000I2KPOG
–

2006
It's Tight Like That
Stony Plain B000ETRIZ2
–

2008
Mess Of Blues
Stony Plain B0016MX3F0
–

2009
Songs From The Road
Stony Plain B002F040F4
–

2010
Last Call
Stony Plain B0036WL32S
–

text: Jeff Healey solo[edit]

text:
2002: Among Friends[26]
2003: Live at Healey's (Bolder)[27]
2004: Adventures in Jazzland (Healeyophonic)[26]
2006: It's Tight Like That (Stony Plain)[28]
2008: Mess of Blues
2009: Songs From The Road (Stony Plain)
2010: Last Call (Stony Plain Records)
2016: Heal My Soul (Convexe Entertainment)[29]

text: Live albums[edit]

text:
1993: Live in Belgium (CD & DVD) (Eagle Vision)
2003: Live at Healey's (Bolder)[27]
2005: The Jeff Healey Band Live at Montreux 1999 (Eagle)
2011: Live at Grossman's 1994 (Eagle Rock North/Convexe)
2013: As The Years Go Passing By: Live in Germany 1989-1995-2000 (in-akustik)[30]
2013: Live From NYC (Eagle Rock)

text: Compilations[edit]

text:
1998 The Very Best of Jeff Healey (RCA)[31]
1998 The Very Best of Jeff Healey (MSI Music Distribution)[32]
1999 Master Hits (Arista)
2004 The Platinum and Gold Collection (Arista)
2008 Super Hits (Sony)
2009 Legacy, Volume 1 (Arbor)[33][34]
2013 House on Fire – Demos & Rarities (Eagle Rock North)
2016 Holding On: A Heal My Soul Companion (Convexe Entertainment)

text: Compilation inclusions[edit]

text:
1995 "Let It Rock" (Quality Records) Ronnie Hawkins' 60th Birthday Bash, Live at Massey Hall, featuring members of The Hawks, The Band, Mr. Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Larry Gowan, & more.
1997 Hits of the 80's
2002 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2004 What's Love? A Tribute to Tina Turner (Versailles)[35]
2006 Ruf Records Anthology: 12 Years of Where Blues Crosses Over (Ruf Records)[36]
2006 Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years (CBC)[37]

text: Singles[edit]

text:
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Album

CAN
AUS
[22]
UK
[23]
US
US Rock

1986
"Adrianna / See the Light"
—
—
—
—
—
single only

1988
"Confidence Man"
—
84
76
—
11
See the Light

1989
"Angel Eyes"
16
79
86
5
24

"See the Light"
—
—
—
—
33

"Raising Heaven / Hoochie Coochie Man" (by Patrick Swayze / The Jeff Healey Band)
—
—
—
—
29
Road House Soundtrack

"When the Night Comes Falling From the Sky"
—
—
99
—
—

1990
"I Think I Love You Too Much"
5
—
98
—
5
Hell to Pay

"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
27
—
85
—
7

"Full Circle"
72
—
—
—
16

1991
"How Long Can a Man Be Strong"
8
—
—
—
34

"How Much"
32
—
—
—
—

1992
"Cruel Little Number"
17
—
—
—
2
Feel This

1993
"Heart of an Angel"
52
—
—
—
20

"Lost in Your Eyes"
15
—
—
91
—

"Leave the Light On"
60
—
—
—
—

1994
"You're Coming Home"
40
—
—
—
—

1995
"I Got a Line on You"
34
—
—
—
—
Cover To Cover

"Angel"
33
—
—
—
—

"Stuck in the Middle with You"
33
96
79
—
39

2000
"My Life Story"
—
—
—
—
—
Get Me Some

"I Tried"
—
—
—
—
—

"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.

text: Film, DVD[edit]

text:
1989 Road House
1999 Live at Montreux[38]
2004 See The Light (BMG)[39]
2009 Legacy, Volume 1 (Arbor)[34]
2013: As The Years Go Passing By: Live in Germany 1989-1995-2000 (in-akustik)[40]