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Meat is animal flesh that is eaten as food. Generally, this means the skeletal muscle and associated fat and other tissues, but it may also describe other edible tissues such as offal. Often, meat is used in a more restrictive sense—the flesh of mammalian species (pigs, cattle, lambs, etc.) raised and prepared for human consumption, to the exclusion of fish and other seafood, poultry, and other animals. Usage varies worldwide by culture, and some countries such as India have large populations that avoid the consumption of all or most kinds of meat. Game or bush meat is also generally distinguished from that produced by agriculture.
The consumption of meat has various traditions and rituals associated with it in different cultures such as kosher and halal and its production is generally regulated by state authorities as well. This article is mainly focused on that process from primary production to consumption.
The word meat comes from the Old English word mete, which referred to food in general. The term is related to mad in Danish, mat in Swedish and Norwegian, and matur in Icelandic, which also mean 'food'. The word "mete" also exists in Old Frisian (and to a lesser extent, modern West Frisian) to denote important food, differentiating it from "swiets" (sweets) and "dierfied" (animal feed).
Meet Your Meat is a documentary about factory farming created by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), narrated by Alec Baldwin, and directed by Bruce Friedrich and Cem Akin. The documentary explores the treatment of animals in modern animal agriculture (also known as industrial agriculture or factory farming). The film runs 12 minutes long.
The film documents several cases of cruelty to animals, including:
Meet Your Meat helped influence Burger King to adopt more humane policies.
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947), better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor. He is noted for the Bat Out of Hell album trilogy consisting of Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose. Bat Out of Hell has sold more than 43 million copies. After more than 30 years, it still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually and stayed on the charts for over nine years, making it one of the best selling albums of all time.
Although he enjoyed success with Bat Out of Hell and Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell and earned a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo for the song "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" on the latter album, Meat Loaf experienced some initial difficulty establishing a steady career within his native US. However, he has retained iconic status and popularity in Europe, especially the UK, where he ranks 23rd for the number of weeks overall spent on the charts. He ranked 96th on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".
Actors: Paul Hillier (miscellaneous crew), Ray Panthaki (actor), Raquel Azevedo (costume designer), Robert Glenister (actor), Ed Stoppard (actor), Vas Blackwood (actor), Sheila McNaught (miscellaneous crew), Emily Corcoran (producer), Bart Ruspoli (writer), Bart Ruspoli (producer), Bart Ruspoli (director), David Higginson (producer), Philip Barantini (actor), Matthew Mead (miscellaneous crew), Charlie Gibson (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Lee Nicholas Harris (actor), Vinnie Jones (actor), Artur Smolyaninov (actor), Rachel Robey (producer), Scot Williams (actor), Jacqueline Quella (producer), Gil Darnell (actor), Alastair Clark (producer), Andrius Paulavicius (actor), Andrius Paulavicius (producer), Donatas Simukauskas (actor), Donatas Simukauskas (producer), Sakalas Uzdavinys (actor), Mindaugas Papinigis (actor), Kestutis Jakstas (actor),
Plot: Four friends - John, Ben, Tim and Michael - turned first-time robbers, get stranded in Eastern Europe through a series of misadventures and have to find their way back home. To do so, they'll have to overcome hit men, whores, corrupt cops, smugglers and more, all while rediscovering each other as friends
Keywords: blood, boss, casino, death, gambling, gun-in-mouth, murder, pack-of-money, surprise-ending, weddingActors: Shaun Miller (producer), Heather Mitchell (actress), Bill Young (actor), Craig Walker (actor), Dean Francis (director), Dean Francis (writer), Dean Francis (producer), Khanh Trieu (actor), Anthony Phelan (actor), Maya Stange (actress), Stephen Davis (writer), Stephen Davis (producer), Aleeya McGuid (producer), Stephanie May (actress), Maha Wilson (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Bill Oberst Jr. (actor), D.T. Carney (actor), Gabriel Sabloff (producer), Gabriel Sabloff (writer), Gabriel Sabloff (director), Gabriel Sabloff (editor), Gabriel Sabloff (producer), Will Musser (composer), David Anthony Hernandez (actor), Pam Levin (actress), Brian Turner (miscellaneous crew), Brian Turner (actor), Paul K. Daniel (miscellaneous crew), Dontreal Bacon (actor), Jeff Winkler (actor),
Plot: Living silently among us are the bearers of THE CURSE. Men and women doomed to walk the earth, hungering for human souls and endowed with powerful psychic abilities. Midian, the strongest of the cursed lawmen, returns from exile to hunt down a dangerous supernatural fugitive.
Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi, Short, Thriller,Actors: Jordan Greenhough (actor), John Junior Steemson (miscellaneous crew), John Junior Steemson (actor), John Junior Steemson (producer), John Junior Steemson (producer), John Junior Steemson (writer), John Junior Steemson (writer), John Junior Steemson (director), John Junior Steemson (editor), Trevor Mealing (actor), Trevor Mealing (writer), Trevor Mealing (producer), Trevor Mealing (writer), Trevor Mealing (miscellaneous crew), Trevor Mealing (producer),
Plot: Mortifera follows Frank (Trevor Mealing) on a journey through the loss of his dead ex-girlfriend (Martine Hefford) and the happenings of an unexplained event. On his journey to find other survivors of an unusual attack he is confronted by a group of ruthless hunters (Dennix DX, Jason Leigh and Jordan Greenhough) which threaten Frank's survival. After discovering Frank's unique abilities the hunters are more pressured into capturing Frank alive, but not without a fight.
Genres: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller,Actors: David C. Hayes (actor), Jose Rosete (actor), Jose Rosete (actor), Philip Adrian Booth (miscellaneous crew), Craig McMahon (writer), Craig McMahon (producer), Craig McMahon (editor), Craig McMahon (director), Craig McMahon (composer), Craig McMahon (producer), Eleni C. Krimitsos (actress), Jeff Dolniak (actor), Patrick Adam (actor), Kevin Moyers (actor), Elias Castillo (actor),
Plot: Rachel's life will never be the same: after being abducted, and forced into the world of high stakes betting, Rachel must decide to play, or be played. Could you inflict pain on another in order to survive? From director Craig McMahon (Machined) comes a look into the gentlemen's club SportKill...
Genres: Horror, Sport, Thriller,Actors: Terence Blanchard (composer), Lindsay Hudson (miscellaneous crew), John Arbuckle (miscellaneous crew), Vondie Curtis-Hall (director), Ava DuVernay (miscellaneous crew), Flax Glor (miscellaneous crew), Erik Betts (actor), Meagan Good (actress), Russell Simmons (producer), Stan Lathan (producer), Tyrese Gibson (actor), Vondie Curtis-Hall (writer), Ted Field (producer), Ashley Kravitz (miscellaneous crew), Ashley Kravitz (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: In South Los Angeles, while bringing his beloved son Junior back home from school, the paroled ex-convicted O2 promises his son that he would always come back to him and never leave him alone. However, his car is hijacked and Junior is kidnapped. Without any lead, O2 forces the street vendor Coco to help him to find where his car might have been sent for disassembling. Meanwhile, O2's addicted brother Lucky discovers that the cruel leader of the Outlaw Syndicate, the drug lord Meat, is keeping the boy arrested in a room and asking a ransom of US$ 100,000.00 that he believes O2 have from an old heist. O2 and Coco plot a scheme to put the pimp P-Money and Meat against each other and steal their money.
Keywords: abandoned-warehouse, african-american, ak-47, bag-of-money, bank, bank-robbery, bank-vault, beach, blaxploitation, bloodActors: Art Hindle (actor), Alan Landsburg (producer), Bob Clark (director), Jack Mulcahy (actor), Bob Clark (writer), Stan Cole (editor), Bob Clark (producer), Don Carmody (producer), Steven Jay Rubin (miscellaneous crew), William Kerwin (actor), Mary E. McLeod (costume designer), Cyril O'Reilly (actor), Eric Christmas (actor), Edward Winter (actor), Juanita Quigley (actress),
Plot: When the students of Angel Beach High decide to stage "An Evening With Shakespeare," their efforts are threatened by Miss Balbricker, who views the works of Shakespeare as obscene. She enlists the help of Reverend Bubba Flavel, a religious fanatic who brings along his flock of followers to pressure the school into shutting down the production. When they succeed with the help of corrupt city officials seeking re-election, the gang don't get mad... they get even!
Keywords: 1950s, american-indian, bare-breasts, bare-butt, class, crosley-automobile, crude-humor, crude-humour, cult-film, cult-filmActors: Jack Mulcahy (actor), Blanche McDermaid (miscellaneous crew), Stan Cole (editor), Stephen Greenberg (miscellaneous crew), Paul Zaza (composer), Bob Clark (director), Don Carmody (producer), Kim Cattrall (actress), Bob Clark (writer), Bob Clark (producer), Arnold Kopelson (producer), Art Hindle (actor), Susan Clark (actress), Mary E. McLeod (costume designer), Cyril O'Reilly (actor),
Plot: We follow a bunch of high school kids through a period in their puberty. Their lives mainly consist of watching the girls in the shower and making life a living hell for their teachers and for each other. The movie is packed with practical jokes and eccentric characters, like Pee Wee with the short dick (which he measures every morning) who met up for sex with the school "mattress" Wendy already wearing a rubber, or the fat teaching bitch Beulah Balbricker who is determined on making life a living hell for the boys. The name "Porky's" is the name of a striptease bar the boys get thrown out of and humiliated later in the movie. They have their minds set on revenge, but that's not easy as the owner's brother is sheriff. Only by forgetting their internal differences can they defeat Porky and his gang.
Keywords: 1950s, anti-semitic-slur, anti-semitism, bar, bare-breasts, bare-butt, basketball, beer, blockbuster, boatActors: Chuck Norris (miscellaneous crew), Dann Cahn (editor), Lee Van Cleef (actor), Gerald Okamura (actor), Richard Norton (actor), Tracey Walter (actor), Ernie Hudson (actor), Richard Norton (actor), Chuck Norris (actor), Art Hindle (actor), Larry D. Mann (actor), Enrique Lucero (actor), Jack Carter (actor), Mike Norris (actor), Redmond Gleeson (actor),
Plot: Scott's life is plagued by two kinds of flashbacks. First are the childhood memories of the rigorous training he and a friend endured under a martial arts master. The second is of a mission Scott went on that ended with him watching his friend get murdered. Scott later becomes drawn closer to a vicious crime ring known as The Octagon. As he gets closer to the truth, Scott learns that these may be the men that murdered his friend so long ago.
Keywords: action-hero, bare-breasts, beating, blowgun, bo-staff, bodyguard, brawl, brother-vs-brother, brunette, burned-alive