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A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills often have a distinct summit, although in areas with scarp/dip topography a hill may refer to a particular section of flat terrain without a massive summit (e.g. Box Hill, Surrey).
The distinction between a hill and a mountain is unclear and largely subjective, but a hill is generally somewhat lower and less steep than a mountain. In the United Kingdom geographers historically regarded mountains as hills greater than 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level, which formed the basis of the plot of the 1995 film The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain. In contrast, hillwalkers have tended to regard mountains as peaks 2,000 feet (610 m) above sea level: the Oxford English Dictionary also suggests a limit of 2,000 feet (610 m). This has led to Cavanal Hill in Poteau, Oklahoma, receive billing as the "World's Tallest Hill" due to its height of 1,999 feet (609 m). Mountains in Scotland are frequently referred to as "hills" no matter what their height, as reflected in names such as the Cuillin Hills and the Torridon Hills. In Wales, the distinction is more a term of land use and appearance and has nothing to do with height.
Benny Hill (21 January 1924 – 20 April 1992) was an English comedian and actor, notable for his long-running television programme The Benny Hill Show.
Alfred Hawthorne Hill was born in Southampton and attended Taunton's School. During World War II, he was evacuated to Bournemouth.[citation needed]
After leaving school, Hill worked at Woolworth's, as a milkman, a bridge operator, a driver and a drummer before he finally got a foot in the door of the entertainment industry by becoming assistant stage manager with a touring review. He was called up in 1942 and trained as a mechanic, but transferred to the Combined Services Entertainment division before the end of the war. It was there that he met his future agent, Richard Stone, then a colonel.[citation needed]
Inspired by the "star comedians" of British music hall shows, Hill set out to make his mark in show business. For the stage, he changed his first name to 'Benny', in homage to his favourite comedian, Jack Benny. Hill began appearing at working men's clubs and Masonic dinners before moving on to nightclub and theatre jobs. Hill auditioned for Soho's famed Windmill Theatre (home of Revudeville, a popular show of singers, comedians and nude girls), but he was not hired. Hill's first job in professional theatre as a performer was as Reg Varney's straight man, beating a then unknown Peter Sellers to the role.[citation needed]
Actors: Vivica A. Fox (actress), Shemar Moore (actor), Joe Torry (actor), Steve Warren (actor), Steven Gutheinz (composer), L. Warren Young (actor), Brian White (actor), Mel Jackson (actor), William Packer (producer), Joe Walsh (actor), William L. Johnson (actor), Ralph E. Tresvant (actor), Donna Biscoe (actress), Rob Hardy (producer), Dwayne Boyd (actor),
Plot: It's been three years since Emery Simms was wrongfully imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit. Emery's best friend Brandon (Blakemore) and ex-wife Connie (Fox) are now married, running a successful restaurant and nightclub in Atlanta. Their lives change dramatically, however, when Simms is killed in prison and new evidence emerges as to Brandon's role in the framing of his friend. When Emery's estranged brother Donovan (White) enters the picture, he becomes determined to unearth the explosive truth behind his brother's downfall. New motives, deceptions and lies are revealed, but the closer Donovan gets, the deeper he'll get himself into trouble and the possibility of lying in a grave, right next to his brother.
Keywords: apple-computer, bar, basketball, bathtub, billiards, black-lingerie, blackberry, blackmail, board-meeting, boardroomActors: John Amos (actor), Andrey Panin (actor), Ruben Dishdishyan (producer), Richard Middleton (producer), Pavel Derevyanko (actor), Aleksandr Kuznetsov (actor), Sergey Bezrukov (actor), Sergey Bekhterev (actor), Boris Plotnikov (actor), Aleksey Shelygin (composer), Dave Fraunces (miscellaneous crew), Dmitriy Shevchenko (actor), Denis Nikiforov (actor), Elena Panova (actress), Nikita Zverev (actor),
Plot: Artem Kolchin was one of many, but he wanted glory. And he has chosen the way: he became the boxer. Now Artem the applicant for a champion title, fighter, known worldwide as Great White Hope. But the main fight in his life has not gone how he expected...
Keywords: boxingActors: Dan Riley (miscellaneous crew), Vanessa Williams (actress), Loretta Devine (actress), Ava DuVernay (miscellaneous crew), Irwin M. Rappaport (miscellaneous crew), Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks (miscellaneous crew), Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds (producer), Rockmond Dunbar (actor), Rudolf Martin (actor), Carol Ann Shine (producer), Jullian Dulce Vida (actor), Dwight Ewell (actor), Jordan Burwick (miscellaneous crew), Thea Vidale (actress), Tracey E. Edmonds (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance,Actors: Nigel Davenport (actor), Garrick Hagon (actor), Philip Jackson (actor), Simon Williams (actor), Ann Hui (producer), Hsiang Ting Ko (actor), Ann Hui (writer), Oliver Cotton (actor), Sihung Lung (actor), Bob Peck (actor), Jin Xie (director), Rob Freeman (actor), Dominic Jephcott (actor), Emma Griffiths Malin (actress), Wai Cheung (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Historical Drama starting in 1839 in Guangzhou where British merchants dealing with opium are to be executed because the opium is destroying the Empire. After the burning of 20,000 boxes of opium by the Chinese England declares war, because the burned opium was the property of the British commercial attache who had bought it from the British merchants.
Keywords: 1840s, british, british-army, british-empire, british-navy, canton, china, chinese, chinese-military, emperorActors: John Meillon (actor), Bruce Spence (actor), Paul Chubb (actor), Lynette Curran (actress), Bob Ellis (writer), Richard Francis-Bruce (editor), Chris Neal (composer), Kerry Walker (actress), Jeff Truman (actor), John Wood (actor), Carl Schultz (director), Rhys McConnochie (actor), John Sheerin (actor), Alfred Bell (actor), Mark McCann (actor),
Genres: Western,Actors: Jenny Beavan (costume designer), James Ivory (director), James Ivory (writer), Jean-Marc Barr (actor), Billie Whitelaw (actress), Ismail Merchant (producer), Barry Foster (actor), Helena Bonham Carter (actress), Hugh Grant (actor), Rupert Graves (actor), Denholm Elliott (actor), Simon Callow (actor), Ben Kingsley (actor), Chris Allies (miscellaneous crew), Judy Parfitt (actress),
Plot: Two male English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up his forbidden love, Maurice (pronounced "Morris") and marries. While staying with Clive and his shallow wife, Anne, Maurice finally discovers romance in the arms of Alec, the gamekeeper. Written from personal pain, it's E.M. Forster's story of coming to terms with sexuality in the Edwardian age.
Keywords: 1900s, 1910s, amphitheater, anglican-priest, apple, argentina, arrest, atheist, baby, bandageActors: Angus MacInnes (actor), June Randall (miscellaneous crew), Eugene Lipinski (actor), Frances Sternhagen (actress), Jerry Goldsmith (composer), Peter Hyams (director), Maurice Roëves (actor), James Sikking (actor), Sean Connery (actor), John Ratzenberger (actor), Steven Berkoff (actor), Peter Hyams (writer), Peter Boyle (actor), Clarke Peters (actor), Stuart Baird (editor),
Plot: Marshal W.T. O'Niel is assigned to a mining colony on Io, one of Jupiter's moons. During his tenure miners are dying - usually violently. When the marshal investigates he discovers the one thing all the deaths have in common is a lethal amphetamine-type drug, which allows the miners to work continuously for days at a time until they become "burned out" and expire. O'Niel follows the trail of the dealers, which leads to the man overseeing the colony. Now O'Niel must watch his back at every turn, as those who seek to protect their income begin targeting him...
Keywords: action-hero, amphetamine, blood, blood-spatter, chase, corruption, dope, dope-shipment, drug-dealing, drug-smugglingActors: Denver Pyle (actor), Nestor Paiva (actor), Paul Newman (actor), Norman Leavitt (actor), Robert Anderson (actor), James Best (actor), Boyd 'Red' Morgan (actor), Lane Chandler (actor), Terry Frost (actor), Wally Brown (actor), Martin Garralaga (actor), John Dehner (actor), John Dierkes (actor), Robert Foulk (actor), Henry Rowland (actor),
Plot: William Bonney - Billy the Kid - gets a job with a cattleman known as 'The Englishman,' and is befriended by the peaceful, religious man. But when a crooked sheriff and his men murder the Englishman because he plans to supply the local Army fort with his beef, Billy decides to avenge the death by killing the four men responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him - Tom and Charlie, two hands he worked with; Pat Garrett, who is about to be married; and the kindly Mexican couple who take him in when he's in trouble - into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory.
Keywords: acoustic-guitar, ambush, amnesty, anger, based-on-true-story, based-on-tv-movie, bath, betrayal, bible, biblical-quoteActors: Don Beddoe (actor), Lloyd Bridges (actor), Hank Bell (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Pedro de Cordoba (actor), Dick Curtis (actor), Joe E. Brown (actor), Fritz Feld (actor), Al Ferguson (actor), Earle Hodgins (actor), Noble Johnson (actor), Victor Jory (actor), Lew Kelly (actor), Frank McCarroll (actor), Joe McGuinn (actor),
Plot: Wellington Holmes, a timid horticulturist, heads for Big Bluff. When the stage is held up by Buckskin Bill and his men, he accidentally knocks out three of them earning himself the unwanted job of Marshall. Escaping town disguised as a woman, the stage is again held up by Buckskin and he, Elena Montoya and her father are made prisoners. He escapes and when Buckskin arrives in town he again accidentally overpowers him. Having been previously masked, Buckskin now claims to be Buckskin's enemy and the townspeople believe him. They release him and offer him the reward for leading Wellington to Buckskin's hideout. So Wellington and Elena with the ransom money for her father, but no posse, head out to bring in Buckskin.
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Genres: Comedy, Drama,