- published: 29 Aug 2014
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and big-band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions. In the opinion of Bob Blumenthal of The Boston Globe "In the century since his birth, there has been no greater composer, American or otherwise, than Edward Kennedy Ellington." A major figure in the history of jazz, Ellington's music stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, film scores, popular, and classical. His career spanned more than 50 years and included leading his orchestra, composing an inexhaustible songbook, scoring for movies, composing stage musicals, and world tours. Several of his instrumental works were adapted into songs that became standards. Due to his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, and thanks to his eloquence and extraordinary charisma, he is generally considered to have elevated the perception of jazz to an art form on a par with other traditional genres of music. His reputation increased after his death and the Pulitzer Prize Board bestowed on him a special posthumous honor in 1999.
Actors: Mark Frampton (actor), Al Bailey (actor), Al Bailey (producer), Al Bailey (writer), Louise Pridding (actress), Nathan Codrington (director), Neil Jeram-Croft (producer), Nathan Codrington (editor), Neil Jeram-Croft (actor), Dean Fagan (actor), Natalie Pike (actress), Holly Chadwick (actress), Rachel Dargie (actress), Louise Hamer (actress), Nigel Hart (composer),
Plot: An exquisite jazz pianist plays out a story of surreal intrigue and horrific brutality in this neo noir whodunit. A lawyer and his wife stiff through painful conversations, at a residents only champagne party; with a dark and bewildering author, a flirtatious fiancé, a Machiavellian psychiatrist, an artist with a blank canvas, and a neglected son and his group of youthful friends who seem as out of place as the furnishings. The party, hosted by the lottery winning owner of the penthouse location, is plagued with unconventional happenings, which hang in the atmosphere around the guise of a sinister master of ceremonies. Adding to the cocktail of mystery is the fleeting frequents of an ageing footballer's wife and a gangland heavy. The circumstance of everyone's attendance is hiding something disturbing. Away from the partying culprits an old piano in a secret room on the 9th floor hides away a pained man who is subjected to horrendous torture. Who is this man and what is the motive? A story of revenge, guilt, hopeless redemption, and acceptance rises up from underneath the jazzy small talk to root out both the tortured and torturer's identity.
Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery,Actors: Lincoln Hoppe (actor), Sam Cardon (composer), Booth Colman (actor), Frances Hodgson Burnett (writer), Stephen L. Johnson (editor), Rick Macy (actor), Joel Swetow (actor), Steve Valentine (actor), Forrest S. Baker III (producer), Josh Zuckerman (actor), Jeff T. Miller (producer), Guy Siner (actor), Julie Anne Rieder (miscellaneous crew), Alexandra Boyd (actress), Kipling Hicks (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Family,Actors: Robert Lang (actor), John Altman (composer), Anna Chancellor (actress), Keith Richardson (producer), Sean Chapman (actor), Craig Kelly (actor), Christopher Ellison (actor), Perry Fenwick (actor), Dermot Crowley (actor), Emma Hayter (producer), Gordon Flemyng (director), Mike Eastman (actor), Colleen Hughes (miscellaneous crew), Derek Lister (writer), Ken Sharrock (actor),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Jack Murray (editor), Victor Mature (actor), Frank Borzage (director), John Wayne (producer), Henry Vars (composer), Frank Borzage (producer), Victor Mature (producer), Ward Bond (actor), Don 'Red' Barry (actor), Li Hua Li (actress), Denver Pyle (actor), Gregg Barton (actor), Stuart Whitman (actor), Steve Mitchell (actor), Ann McCrea (actress),
Plot: In China gruff Air Force captain Cliff Brandon wakes up after a night of drinking to discover he has purchased the housekeeping services of comely, young Shu-Jen from her father. Disappointed by Cliff's insistence on staying out late in bars, Shu-Jen leaves for home when Cliff, made aware that she is carrying her child, finds her and marries her in a delightful traditional Chinese ceremony. Happy days are spent as Shu-Jen and her infant daughter join Cliff at a forward base until Cliff, returning from a supply-drop mission, hears the base is under attack by Japanese bombers.
Keywords: air-force, asian, biracial-child, captain, china, colonel, country-name-in-title, expectant-father, expectant-mother, interracial-marriage(Alan Gregg)
I wish I was in Wellington, the weather's not so good
The wind it cuts right through you and it rains more than it should
But I'd be there tomorrow, if I only could
Oh I wish I was in Wellington
I wish I was in Wellington - the bureaucracy
The suits and the briefcases along Lambton Quay
The Harbour City Capital, the lights beside the sea
Oh I wish I was in Wellington
It just isn't practical, you down in the capital
And me at the other end of the island
The problem is the gap - between us on the map
And there's no easy way to reconcile it
I wish I was in Wellington, the cafes and the bars
The music and the theatre, and the old Cable Car
And you can walk everywhere 'cause nowhere's very far
Oh I wish I was in Wellington
Oh I wish...
Oh I wish I was in Wellington, the wind it cuts right through
I wish I was in Wellington, there's so much more to do
I wish I was in Wellington, and you wish I was too
Oh I wish I was in Wellington, 'cause then I'd be with you