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A dud is an ammunition round or explosive that fails to fire or detonate, respectively, on time or on command. Poorly designed devices (for example, improvised explosive devices (IEDs)), and small devices, have higher chances of being duds.
Duds are still dangerous, and can explode if handled. They have to be deactivated and disposed of carefully. In wartorn areas, many curious children have been injured or killed from tampering with such devices.
The term descends from the Middle English dudde, meaning "ragged clothing", and had been in usage as a general pejorative for something worn-out or useless for several centuries prior to the widespread adoption of the fused explosive artillery shell.
The variation absolute dud describes a nuclear weapon that fails to explode. (A nuclear weapon which does explode, but does not achieve its expected power, is termed a fizzle).
By extension, "dud" has become a slang word for anything that does not work or is defective. There is also a candy called Milk Duds, so named because it was impossible to get them perfectly round.
Actors: Jeff Laub (producer), Jeff Laub (actor), Rich Swingley (producer), Rich Swingley (miscellaneous crew), Rich Swingley (writer), Lukas Wyatt (actor), Lukas Wyatt (miscellaneous crew), Whitney Ellis (actress), Kristopher Knight (writer), Kristopher Knight (director), Kristopher Knight (miscellaneous crew), Timothy Pollard (miscellaneous crew), Timothy Pollard (writer), Timothy Pollard (producer), Sonja Rees (actress),
Plot: In a small Indiana lake town, amidst the fishing boats and the local tavern, a once-famous painter is preparing for her comeback. Dispatched to cover the story is Diane Butler, a reporter from Chicago, who must travel to the Midwestern town of Grove Lake to track down Mandy Donovan, who left the art world thirty years ago only to re-appear in this small lake town. Diane does not care much for rural life, but as the date of Mandy's art show approaches, this big city girl slowly learns to appreciate the people of Grove Lake and the values they hold dear.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Peter Masterson (producer), Vincent Gil (actor), Gillian Jones (actress), Jeanette Cronin (actress), Ritchie Singer (actor), Angela Punch McGregor (actress), Teo Gebert (actor), Trent Atkinson (actor), Graham Tardif (composer), Paul Kelman (actor), Paul Middleditch (director), Paul Middleditch (writer), Martin Edmond (writer), Phaedon Vass (producer), Heidi Kennessey (editor),
Plot: A disturbed young woman (Jeanette Cronin) runs away from her New Zealand home and hides away in an Australian boarding house, named Terra Nova. There she finds that every one else in the boarding house is just as zany as she is, and on some levels make her seem sane despite the voices in her head and her strange visions.
Keywords: astrologer, auditory-hallucination, based-on-true-story, beach, boarding-house, brother-brother-relationship, dysfunctional-family, eccentric, hallucination, hidingActors: Tom Byron (actor), Biff Malibu (actor), Randy West (actor), Heather Hart (actress), Bionca Seven (actress), Nikki Wilde (actress), K.C. Williams (actress), Sebastian (director), Sebastian (actor), Sebastian (writer), Mercedes Lynn (actress), Mad Dad Dan (director), Mad Dad Dan (writer), Charles Darwin (editor), Tainted Youth (composer),
Genres: Adult, Comedy,Actors: Martin Scorsese (director), Thelma Schoonmaker (editor), John Turturro (actor), Helen Shaver (actress), Iggy Pop (actor), Forest Whitaker (actor), Martin Scorsese (actor), Ron Dean (actor), Paul Newman (actor), Paul Herman (actor), Bill Cobbs (actor), Robert Minkoff (actor), Tom Cruise (actor), Dan Perri (miscellaneous crew), Bruce A. Young (actor),
Plot: Pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson finds the young, promising pool player Vincent in a local bar and he sees in him a younger version of himself. To try and make it as in the old days, Eddie offers to teach Vincent how to be a hustler. After some hesitations Vincent accepts and Eddie takes him and Vincent's girlfriend Carmen on a tour through the country to work the pool halls. However, Vincent's tendency to show off his talent and by doing so warning off the players and losing money, soon leads to a confrontation with Eddie.
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Genres: Comedy, Musical,I've heard a lot of stories
So tell me if they're true
Oh I would die for you
Knowing that you're mine
You tell me that you're sorry
You say your heart is new
Oh I will cry for you
Call me and we'll dine
It's almost over Lorraine
Can you still feel the pain
Do you still want me to love you
It's such a funny day
Whoah oh oh
It's such a funny day
Tonight we sail for Paris
Where the streets are paved with gold
Your eyes have blessed my soul
Your lips, they've blessed the wine
We'll tame the Gulf of Lyons
I'll wed thee in Marseilles
We'll turn the moon to blood
If only there were time
It's almost over Lorraine
Can you still feel the pain
Do you still want me to love you
It's such a funny day
Whoah oh oh