Lars is a common male name in Nordic and German-speaking countries. In Sweden, people named Lars are commonly nicknamed Lasse.
Lars is derived from the Roman name "Laurentius", which means ”from Laurentum” or "crowned with laurel." Lawrence and Laurence are of the same origin.
Lars was also a common Etruscan name, and several Etruscan kings bore it. The etymology of the Etruscan name is unknown.
Lars Danielsson (b. September 5, 1958 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish jazz bassist, composer and record producer.
Lars Danielsson was educated at the Music Conservatory in Gothenburg. He plays double bass, electric bass and cello. In 1985, he formed a quartet with saxophonist Dave Liebman, pianist Bobo Stenson and drummer Jon Christensen that sometimes used Danielsson's name, producing several albums. He also worked with big bands.
He played and recorded with, among others, John Scofield, Jack DeJohnette, Mike Stern, Billy Hart, Charles Lloyd, Terri Lyne Carrington, Joey Calderazzo, Gino Vannelli and Dave Kikoski.
Since 1980, he has released eight solo albums with the Lars Danielssons Quartet. In these albums, Alex Acuña, John Abercrombie, Bill Evans, Kenny Wheeler, Rick Margitza and Niels Lan Doky were featured.
As a producer, Danielsson has been responsible for productions with Cæcilie Norby and The Danish Radio Orchestra among others.
Album: Live
Album: The Knight
Album: My Corner of the Sky
1 Plane. 4 Terrorists. 300 Damn Spartans.
King Leonidas: Looks like we're in for one wild flight.
Jerxes: Leonidas, if you take us down now, we'll be forced to land in Ohio!::King Leonidas: [yelling] Then, tonight... we dine... in Cleveland!
Stewardess: And you sir would you like chicken or fish?::Hans: The chicken...and the control of this plane!
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After beautiful young Duckie, (the hardest working screenwriter NOT in show biz), decides to enter a million dollar internet film contest that she MUST win if she's to finally end her miserable marriage to aging, materialistic Lars, she enlists Lucinda, her best friend, to recruit 'talent.' Since Lucinda's boyfriend, Glenn, is an aspiring actor, albeit one with a drinking problem, he comes onboard along with his best buddy, Angel. Things soon take a turn for the worse at the 'first and last rehearsal' when Angel's perfectionism butts heads with Duckie's need to wrap the film quickly so they can meet the contest's impending deadline. Sparks nonetheless fly between Angel and Duckie, and by the time the film shoot wraps, it's clear they're meant for each other. Complicating matters, and as Glenn and Lucinda grow increasingly jealous of Angel and Duckie's budding relationship, they effect their own plan to achieve Hollywood fame and fortune. Meanwhile, Angel hires Duckie to write a feature film and Lars' suspicions intensify as his marriage deteriorates even further. As Angel and Duckie fall in love, Angel faces a huge moral dilemma concerning both her and Glenn. Lucinda and Glenn part ways and Lars kidnaps the local Pizza Dude and forces him to deliver a powerful message to Duckie (and Angel). As Duckie unwittingly becomes more tangled in Angel's web, a conspiracy is revealed, and Duckie is faced with her biggest nightmare: a surprise twist you'll never forget!
Keywords: dark-comedy, dream, filmmaking, hollywood-california, los-angeles-california, love, video
When 'Trust' is a Four-Letter Word
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Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. Slowly, one after another, they realize, that they would like to stay there, starting a new life, renovating the house and forming it into a restaurant. But they can't avoid being caught up by their past.
Keywords: 40th-birthday, airplane, beach, birthday, black-comedy, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, briefcase, bullet-wound, burglary, childhood-memory
De har altid været på flugt - nu løber de for livet.
Carl: Beers should be cold as earth.
Hanne: What happened?::Peter: [cleaning up blood from the floor after Arne killed a robber] Yes, it's a mess, isn't it?::Stefan: Whose blood is it?::Peter: Oh, just some customers'.
Peter: Why is it that one should keep talking... when one is dying?::Arne: I'll punch you in the face if you don't shut the fuck up now!
Peter: I need some medical attention! Look, the shit is pissing out of me, man!::Arne: It's a flesh wound! I bleed more when I jerk off, for fuck's sake!
Hanne: You're doint it all wrong, Torkild! HAHA!::Stefan: Hanne, please...::Hanne: No, don't, Stefan! He's doing it all wrong! HAHA!::Stefan: Hanne, leave him alone...::Hanne: No, just a second, Stefan. I've never seen anyone so lousy at blowing eggs! HAHAHA!::Torkild: [Punches her in the face] NOW SHUT THE FUCK UP, BITCH!
Peter: Arne, for fuck's sake... can't we have something else besides these freezer pizzas? We've been eating the same shit for a week now, man.::Arne: Who fixed the oven? I did, right? You fix your own oven! You cook your own dinner and shut the fuck up!... fucking vegetables and all sorts of goodies on this!::Peter: [Tosses the pizza across the room] Don't wanna fucking eat this shit anymore, man!
Peter: It smells like rotten ass in here! I need some coke!
Arne: [while driving through the woods] There's alot of fucking trees here.
Arne: [to a cow] What the fuck are you looking at? [shoots the cow]
Alfred Jæger: What the hell are you doing? Are you shooting my cows?::Arne: I'm sorry. I didn't know it was yours.::Alfred Jæger: You're gonna replace that cow, I tell you that! What did you shoot it with?::Arne: Oh, just this Desert Eagle .50
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Government agent Steve Brent, alias the Durango Kid(Charles Starrett) gets involved in a range war between cattlemen and sheepmen in Timber Rock. Cattlemen sluaghter their herds to keep the prices high---Economics 101---and blame the destruction on the sheepmen---Plot Device 6. Jack Mahoney (Jock Mahoney as Jack Mahoney), leader of the sheepmen, is falsely accused of killing rancher Jim Woodstock (Frank O'Connor), which leads Woodstock's daughter, Roberta (Dani Sue Nolan,somewhat miffed at Mahoney and she breaks their engagement. Brent joins the cattlemen, as a ruse, to find the real killer. Smiley Burnette sings a song called "It's Got To Get Better", but it doesn't.
Keywords: cattle-ranch, durango-kid, framed-for-murder, montana, sheepherder, treachery
[first lines]::Narrator: Montana in the '80s - the cattleman was king, his herds grazed a hundred thousand square miles of pasture. There was so much room that fertile range land was going to waste - but not for long. Shepherds and their sheep sought the lush green pasture of the north.
Roberta 'Rob' Woodstock: Don't call me Roberta!
Smiley Burnette: You liver-lipped brush pile! You double-crosser! You killer in sheep's clothing!
sign on saloon door: Polecats, sheepmen, and other varmints keepout