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Coordinates: 16°45′N 62°12′W / 16.75°N 62.2°W / 16.75; -62.2
Montserrat ( /mɒntsəˈræt/) is an island that is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. This island measures approximately 16 km (9.9 mi) long and 11 km (6.8 mi) wide, giving 40 kilometres (25 mi) of coastline. Montserrat is nicknamed the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean both for its resemblance to coastal Ireland and for the Irish ancestry of some of its inhabitants.
Montserrat's Georgian era historic capital city of Plymouth was destroyed and two-thirds of the island's population was forced to flee because of an eruption of the previously dormant Soufriere Hills volcano that began on July 18, 1995. The eruption continues today on a much reduced scale, the damage being confined to the area around Plymouth, including its docking facilities, and also the area around the former W. H. Bramble Airport on the eastern side of the island, the remnants of which were buried by flows from volcanic activity on February 11, 2010.
Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt (born August 15, 1972), better known as Ben Affleck, is an American actor, film director, writer, and producer. He became known with his performances in Kevin Smith's films such as Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), and Dogma (1999). Affleck won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for the screenplay for Good Will Hunting (1997), which he co-wrote with Matt Damon, and has appeared in lead roles in such popular hits as Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), Changing Lanes (2002), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Daredevil (2003), Hollywoodland (2007) and State of Play (2009).
Affleck is a critically acclaimed filmmaker. He directed Gone Baby Gone (2007) and The Town (2010), playing the lead in the latter. He has worked with his younger brother, actor Casey Affleck, on several projects, including Good Will Hunting and Gone Baby Gone.
Affleck has been married to Jennifer Garner since June 2005. They have two daughters, Violet and Seraphina, and a son, Samuel. He dated the actress Gwyneth Paltrow in 1998. His relationship with actress/singer Jennifer Lopez attracted worldwide media attention, in which Affleck and Lopez were dubbed "Bennifer". The two broke up in 2004.
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara (Gujarati: ફારોખ બલ્સારા), 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octave range. As a songwriter, Mercury composed many hits for Queen, including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "We Are the Champions". In addition to his work with Queen, he led a solo career, and also occasionally served as a producer and guest musician (piano or vocals) for other artists. He died of bronchopneumonia brought on by AIDS on 24 November 1991, only one day after publicly acknowledging he had the disease.
Mercury was a Parsi born in Zanzibar and grew up there and in India until his mid-teens. He has been referred to as "Britain's first Asian rock star". In 2002, Mercury was placed at number 58 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons, in 2006, Time Asia named him one of the most influential Asian heroes of the past 60 years, and he continues to be voted one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music. In 2005, a poll organised by Blender and MTV2 saw Mercury voted the greatest male singer of all time. In 2008, Rolling Stone editors ranked him number 18 on their list of the 100 greatest singers of all time. In 2009, a Classic Rock poll saw him voted the greatest rock singer of all time.Allmusic has characterised Mercury as "one of rock's greatest all-time entertainers", who possessed "one of the greatest voices in all of music".
Actors: María Fernanda García (actress), Yair Ponce (producer), Shandor Barcs (writer), Shandor Barcs (director), Óscar Flores (actor), Luz María Rodríguez Pérez (editor), Ana Karen Reyes (actor), Salvador Carrasco (actor), Florencia Guel (actor), Roberto Malpica (actor), Juana Ocampo (actor), Sabina Boldó Téllez (actor),
Plot: During an intense family conflict, Montserrat announces her intentions of moving out. While this evolves into a greater problem, we travel to the interior world of every family member: a distant father, another adoptive mother, and a daughter that debates between being comfortable and being free.
Genres: Drama, Family, Short,Actors: Kamran Usluer (actor), Metin Serezli (actor), Pekcan Kosar (actor), Ismet Ay (actor), Nevra Serezli (actress), Emmanuel Roblès (writer), Yusuf Kurçenli (director),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Lola Gaos (actress), Maria Perschy (actress), Alfonso Santisteban (composer), Manuel Summers (actor), Santiago Moncada (writer), Luis Ciges (actor), Emilio Fornet (actor), Daniel Martín (actor), Manuel Ayuso (actor), Antonio Orengo (actor), José Orjas (actor), Antonio del Real (actor), Chumy Chúmez (actor), Victoria Vera (actress), Maribel Martín (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Jack Albertson (actor), Keir Dullea (actor), Earl Holliman (actor), Alexander Scourby (actor), Rip Torn (actor), Geraldine Page (actress), Hurd Hatfield (actor), Lillian Hellman (miscellaneous crew), Lewis Freedman (producer), David Friedkin (director), Emmanuel Roblès (writer), Edith Hamlin (producer),
Plot: The story is set during the South American Wars of Independence. Simón Bolivar, the liberator, has escaped from Spanish custody with the aid of an idealistic Spanish officer, Captain Montserrat. The Spanish commander, Colonel Izquierdo ('left' in Spanish), threatens Montserrat with torture to find out where Bolivar can be recaptured. Izquierdo decides that this will probably not yield the information he wants and instead has six entirely innocent people brought into headquarters: The six are Salas Ina, a prosperous businessman; Arnaldo Lujan, a wood carver who makes the statues of the saints, Matilde, a mother who left two small children at home alone while she went to market; Juan Salcedo Alvarez, an actor from Cádiz; Felisa, a pretty girl whom Izquierdo finds attractive, but she only wants more to eat and the death of the Spaniards; and Ricardo, a boy who only wants to know that Bolivar is safe. Izquierdo tells these six people that they have precisely one hour to persuade Montserrat to tell them where Bolivar can be found and, if they fail, he will have them all shot.
Keywords: based-on-play, character-name-in-title, one-word-titleActors: Siegfried Kernen (actor), Emmanuel Roblès (writer), Martin Batty (director), Johannes Kraus (actor), Reiner Uhlig (actor), Hallgard Bruckhaus (actress), Günter Lürssen (actor), Hannes Razum (director), Kurt-Eberhard Romberg (actor), Herbert Karsten (actor), Fritz Matthiae (actor), Harald Nikelsky (actor), Hans-Günther Riebold (actor), Klaus Blanke (actor), Jutta Sich (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Fritz Umgelter (director), Wolfgang Kieling (actor), Karl-Georg Saebisch (actor), Herbert Weicker (actor), Fritz Umgelter (writer), Siegurd Fitzek (actor), Robert Graf (actor), Norbert Kappen (actor), Emmanuel Roblès (writer), Horst Raspe (actor), Kurt Robert (writer),
Genres: ,Actors: Maurice Teynac (actor), François Darbon (actor), Marc Cassot (actor), Michel Galabru (actor), Michel Piccoli (actor), Paul Crauchet (actor), Anne-Marie Marchand (costume designer), Évelyne Dandry (actress), Arlette Gilbert (actress), Robert Porte (actor), Stellio Lorenzi (director), Jean-Marie Fertey (actor), Emmanuel Roblès (writer), Jean-Marie Amato (actor), Jean-Pierre Dorat (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Dietrich Körner (actor), Gerhard Lau (actor), Helmut Straßburger (actor), Peter Herden (actor), Katja Kuhl (actress), Emmanuel Roblès (writer), Harry Erlich (director), Walter Kainz (actor), Fritz Bogdon (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Peter Capell (actor), Fritz Umgelter (director), Konrad Georg (actor), Dietrich Kerky (actor), Lillian Hellman (writer), Isolde Bräuner (actress), Willy Leyrer (actor), Emmanuel Roblès (writer), Ernst August Schepmann (actor), Günther König (actor), Otto Collin (actor), Hans-Martin Koettenich (actor), Silja Lesny (actress), Otto Rouvel (actor), Mario Ahrens (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: John Breslin (actor), Peter Copley (actor), Denholm Elliott (actor), Ronald Fraser (actor), Percy Herbert (actor), Noel Howlett (actor), Donald Pleasence (actor), Wensley Pithey (actor), Stephen Harrison (director), Stephen Harrison (producer), Stephen Murray (actor), Lillian Hellman (writer), Derek Sydney (actor), Maureen Pryor (actress), Emmanuel Roblès (writer),
Genres: History,