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A tank is a tracked, armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility and tactical offensive and defensive capabilities. Firepower is normally provided by a large-calibre main gun in a rotating turret and secondary machine guns, while heavy armour and all-terrain mobility provide protection for the tank and its crew, allowing it to perform all primary tasks of the armoured troops on the battlefield.
Tanks in World War I were developed separately and simultaneously by Great Britain and France as a means to break the deadlock of trench warfare. Their first use in combat was by the British Army on September 15, 1916 at Flers-Courcelette, during the Battle of the Somme. The name "tank" was adopted in Great Britain during the early stages of their development, as a security measure to conceal their purpose (see Etymology).
Tanks of the interwar period evolved into the designs of World War II. Important concepts of armoured warfare were developed; the Soviet Union launched the first mass tank/air attack at Khalkhin Gol (Nomonhan) in August 1939, which later resulted in the T-34, a predecessor of the main battle tank; this was quickly followed up by Germany on a larger scale when they introduced blitzkrieg ('lightning war') less than two weeks later; a technique which made use of massed concentrations of tanks supported by artillery and air power to break through the enemy front and cause a complete collapse in enemy resistance and morale.
Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967), better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Often referred to as the King of R&B, Kelly is recognized as one of the most successful R&B artists of all-time. A native of Chicago, Kelly began performing during the late 1980s and debuted in 1992 with the group Public Announcement. In 1993, Kelly went solo with the album 12 Play. He is known for a collection of major hit singles including "Bump n' Grind", "Your Body's Callin'", "I Believe I Can Fly", "Gotham City", "Ignition (Remix)", "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time", "The World's Greatest", "I'm a Flirt", and the hip-hopera "Trapped in the Closet". In 1998, Kelly won three Grammy Awards for "I Believe I Can Fly".
Kelly has written, produced, and remixed songs for many artists including The Winans, The Isley Brothers, Charlie Wilson, Quincy Jones, K-Ci & JoJo, Aaliyah, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, Michael Jackson, Hi-Five, Nivea, Ciara, Mary J. Blige, Luther Vandross, Gerald LeVert, Raheem DeVaughn, Ruben Studdard, Jaheim, Kelly Price, Tamia, Maxwell, Celine Dion, Britney Spears, Usher, B2K, Twista, Tyrese, Jennifer Lopez, Trey Songz, and others in the U.S. and abroad.
Actors: Steven Itano Wasserman (producer), Steven Itano Wasserman (writer), Laura Meadows (actress), Daniel James Chan (composer), Gilda Graham (producer), Irene Park (producer), Peter Jin (miscellaneous crew), Victor Solis (producer), Aaron Hartley (producer), Aaron Hartley (writer), Victor Solis (writer), Elizabeth Seaford (miscellaneous crew), Jack Alexander (producer), Sabyn LeBlanc (miscellaneous crew), Sabyn LeBlanc (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Adventure, Comedy,Actors: Laura Wiggins (actress), Jason Lorr (actor), Ryan West (miscellaneous crew), Rob Stephens (actor), Jason Christie (actor), Jonathan Craig (actor), Mark Stevenson (producer), Mark Stevenson (writer), Mark Stevenson (director), Mikael Hickey (actor), Ken Seeback (actor), James Chung (actor), Andy Corner (actor), Douglas Hayter (actor), Karen Nahas-Tkaczyk (actor),
Plot: The tables have turned. The last three Zombies on Earth are hiding from an angry mob of humans, waiting to hunt them out and kill their race once and for all. The Zombies are stationed in a shack, trying to plan an escape from their impending doom. They try and work together but their differences separate them. Will they succeed? Or will the Zombie die forever?
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Danny Glover (producer), Pierre Selinger (miscellaneous crew), Menashe Noy (actor), Avi Kleinberger (producer), Avi Kleinberger (actor), Elia Suleiman (writer), Elia Suleiman (producer), Elia Suleiman (actor), Elia Suleiman (director), Véronique Lange (editor), Joslyn Barnes (producer), Thierry Desjours (miscellaneous crew), Géraldine Toitot (miscellaneous crew), Judy Shrewsbury (costume designer), Ali Suliman (actor),
Genres: Drama, History,Actors: David Sterne (actor), Elizabeth West (miscellaneous crew), Tom Wilkinson (actor), Mark Strong (actor), Kyle Cooper (miscellaneous crew), Joel Silver (producer), Karel Roden (actor), Ludacris (actor), Gerard Butler (actor), Jeremy Piven (actor), Idris Elba (actor), Thandie Newton (actress), Tom Hardy (actor), Ronald J. Levin (miscellaneous crew), Patrick Isherwood (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Lenny Cole, a London mob boss, puts the bite on all local real estate transactions. For substantial fees, he's helping Uri Omovich, a Russian developer. As a sign of good faith, Omovich loans Cole a valuable painting, promptly stolen off Cole's wall. While Cole's men, led by the dependable Archie, look for the canvas, three local petty criminals, the Wild Bunch, steal money from the Russian using inside information from his accountant, the lovely Stella. Meanwhile, a local drug-addled rocker, Johnny Quid, is reported drowned, and his connection to Cole is the key to unraveling the deceits and double crosses of life in the underworld.
Keywords: accountant, altered-version-of-studio-logo, anti-hero, art-theft, axe, bag-over-head, bare-chested-male, beating, black-comedy, blood-splatterActors: Dom Fera (actor), Gary E. Irwin (editor), Gary E. Irwin (director), Del Lukens (miscellaneous crew), Don Argott (producer), Paul Irwin (producer), Sheena M. Joyce (producer), Heather Verbeke (miscellaneous crew), Matt Casale (actor), Matt Casale (writer), Jamie Lokoff (composer), Adam Montgomery (actor), Frank Nardi (actor), Eric Austin (actor), Edward Irwin (actor),
Plot: While cleaning out their recently deceased grandfathers belongings, Brian & Jeff Chaisson inadvertently stumble upon an ancient book; one of mysterious and malevolent origin. Later that same evening, while entertaining friends during a sleepover, Jeff unveils the recent discovery in an effort to impress the group. Seizing the opportunity, the gang uses the book as a scare tactic against their favorite target and youngest member, Charlie. Succumbing to peer pressure, and the trusted reassurance of his older brother Tank, Charlie opens the book and unwittingly unleashes a malicious entity. An unseen force that has chosen to target the boys...an evil that has chosen the form 'of Darkness'.
Genres: Horror, Short,Actors: R. Keith Harris (actor), Todd Davis (actor), R. Keith Harris (producer), Chris Greene (actor), Catherine Sewell (actress), Jim Babel (actor), Kat Munday (actress), Rod Shephard (actor), Steven Gonzales (editor), Leslea Fisher (actress), Lovinder Gill (writer), Lovinder Gill (director), Christina Cupo (actress), Lovinder Gill (producer), Geoff Thompson (producer),
Plot: Louie King has only ever been good at one thing -- meeting women. Hs friend Noel, who is luckless in love, starts paying Louie to teach him what he knows. Louie is so successful that more people start hearing about the class. Along the way, Louie meets Marla who teaches Feminism in the 20th Century. After Louie's ladies man credentials are challenged, he finds himself trying to get the one woman he can't have, Marla. But maybe she's judged Louie all wrong...
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Jack Scalia (actor), Rachel Hunter (actress), Art Evans (actor), Biff Yeager (actor), Beau Bridges (actor), Kelly Andrea Rubin (producer), Kelly Andrea Rubin (producer), Patrick Renna (actor), Ike Turner (actor), Jarrett Lennon (actor), Sherril Schlesinger (editor), Timothy Patrick Cavanaugh (producer), R.D. Robb (actor), Timothy Patrick Cavanaugh (actor), Bob Christianson (composer),
Genres: Comedy, Family,Actors: Edward James Olmos (producer), Edward James Olmos (director), Pepe Serna (actor), Randee Lynne Jensen (producer), William Smith (actor), Sean Daniel (producer), Jacob Vargas (actor), Sal Lopez (actor), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (actor), Tom Bower (actor), Jaime Gomez (actor), Edward James Olmos (actor), William Forsythe (actor), Corey Burton (miscellaneous crew), John Achorn (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: This epic depiction of thirty years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles focuses on a teen named Santana who, with his friends Mundo and the Caucasian-but-acting-Hispanic J.D., form their own gang and are soon arrested for a break-in. Santana gets into trouble again and goes straight from reform school to prison, spending eighteen year there, and becoming leader of a powerful gang, both inside and outside the prison, while there. When he is finally released, he tries to make sense of the violence in his life, in a world much changed from when last he was in it.
Keywords: 1940s, 1950s, 1970s, anal-penetration, anal-rape, anal-sex, aryan-brotherhood, ass, bakery, barrioActors: Barry Levinson (director), Kevin Bacon (actor), Ellen Barkin (actress), Barry Levinson (writer), Mickey Rourke (actor), Jerry Weintraub (producer), Michael Tucker (actor), Tim Daly (actor), Mark Johnson (producer), Daniel Stern (actor), Paul Reiser (actor), Steve Guttenberg (actor), Kevin King (miscellaneous crew), Gloria Gresham (costume designer), Alan Jacques (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: 5 guys in their 20's spend most of their time hanging out in a Diner. It's Christmas time in 1959, and the guys all begin to think it's about time they went about their lives without the comfort of the 'diner'.
Keywords: 1950s, altar-boy, baltimore-colts, baltimore-maryland, beauty-parlor, bet, billiards, black-and-white-television, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, brother-brother-relationshipActors: Peter Jason (actor), Harvey Parry (actor), Tim Thomerson (actor), Howard W. Koch (producer), Patrick Williams (composer), Margot Kidder (actress), Richard Pryor (actor), Anne Haney (actress), Matt Clark (actor), Ronny Cox (actor), Sandy Ward (actor), Michael Pressman (director), Paul Benjamin (actor), Ray Sharkey (actor), John Fujioka (actor),
Plot: A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country.
Keywords: 1970s, adultery, african-american, bank, bankruptcy, based-on-novel, black-american, bookstore, bureaucracy, business