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"Fat Man" is the codename for the atomic bomb that was detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, by the United States on August 9, 1945. It was the second of two nuclear weapons to be used in warfare to date (the other being "Little Boy"), and its detonation caused the third man-made nuclear explosion. The name also refers more generically to the early nuclear weapon designs of U.S. weapons based on the "Fat Man" model. It was an implosion-type weapon with a plutonium core, similar to "The gadget", the experimental device detonated only a month earlier in New Mexico.
"Fat Man" was possibly named after Winston Churchill, though Robert Serber said in his memoirs that as the "Fat Man" bomb was round and fat, he named it after Sydney Greenstreet's character of "Kasper Gutman" in The Maltese Falcon.
The original target for the bomb was the city of Kokura, but obscuring clouds necessitated changing course to the alternative target, Nagasaki. "Fat Man" was dropped from the B-29 bomber Bockscar, piloted by Major Charles Sweeney of the 393d Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, and exploded at 11:02 AM (JST), at an altitude of about 1,650 feet (500 m), with a yield of about 21 kilotons of TNT or 88 terajoules. Because of poor visibility due to cloud cover, the bomb missed its intended detonation point, and damage was somewhat less extensive than that in Hiroshima. An estimated 39,000 people were killed outright by the bombing at Nagasaki, and a further 25,000 were injured. Thousands more died later from related blast and burn injuries, and hundreds more from radiation illnesses from exposure to the bomb's initial radiation. The bombing raid on Nagasaki had the third highest fatality rate in World War II after the nuclear strike on Hiroshima and the March 9/10 1945 fire bombing raid on Tokyo.
Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American screenwriter, actor, film producer, and director, as well as a popular comic book writer, author, comedian/raconteur, and internet radio personality best recognized by viewers as Silent Bob. Although primarily known for the View Askew film series, Smith also wrote, directed and produced films such as the buddy cop action comedy Cop Out, as well as the horror film Red State. His first several films were mostly set in his home state of New Jersey, and while not strictly sequential, they frequently feature crossover plot elements, character references, and a shared canon in what is known by fans as the "View Askewniverse", named after his production company View Askew Productions, which he co-founded with Scott Mosier.
Smith is also the owner of Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash comic book and novelty store in Red Bank, New Jersey. He co-hosts several weekly podcasts that are recorded at various locations around the world and released on SModcast Internet Radio. Smith is well known for participating in long, humorous Q&A sessions that are often filmed for DVD release, beginning with An Evening with Kevin Smith.
Actors: Brieann Rich (miscellaneous crew), Dennis Virkler (miscellaneous crew), Jonathan Gray (miscellaneous crew), Danny Pang (director), Michael J. Harker (miscellaneous crew), Nicholas Rich (miscellaneous crew), Brian Tyler (composer), Nicolas Cage (actor), Oxide Pang Chun (writer), Oxide Pang Chun (director), Kristin M. Burke (costume designer), Danny Pang (writer), Nicolas Cage (producer), Maeve Mannion (miscellaneous crew), Denis O'Sullivan (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: The American professional assassin was hired by the Thai mafia boss to do the assignment by killing four people. The assassin get the order by the pickpocket who later becomes his disciple. Everything looks alright, but after the third target killing. Joe found that he was betrayed, he decided to quit the job. However, when he was hunt and his disciple was caught as the hostage. The assassin decided to end all of the problem and give the gang's payback.
Keywords: actor-talks-to-audience, ambush, american-abroad, anti-hero, apprentice, arm-amputation, assassin, assassination, assassination-attempt, attempted-robberyActors: Manuel Mozos (editor), João Didelet (actor), Nuno Melo (actor), António Assunção (actor), Margarida Cardoso (miscellaneous crew), Júlio Alves (director), Rui Luis 'Dudas' Pereira (composer), Wilson Siqueira (writer), Daniel Patricio (actor), Lurdes Patricio (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Mary-Kate Olsen (actress), Ashley Olsen (actress), Ashley Olsen (actress), Cloris Leachman (actress), Gary Jones (actor), Babs Chula (actress), Cloris Leachman (actress), Eric McCormack (actor), Karin Konoval (actress), Wayne Robson (actor), Meshach Taylor (actor), Matthew Walker (actor), Lynda Boyd (actress), Alex Diakun (actor), Mary-Kate Olsen (actress),
Plot: The Farmer family is in big debts; they might lose their house soon. The seven year old Farmer twins, Kelly and Lynn, decide not to let this happen. They discover that somebody really mean and shrewd is responsible for all the problems of their family: it's their aunt Agatha! Thanks to the moon stone that she found years ago, aunt Agatha is now a witch. She has supernatural abilities but unfortunately uses them to do bad things. She is malicious and loves injuring others, even her own family. The girls must take the magic stone from Agatha ...
Keywords: actress-playing-multiple-roles, affection, anti-heroine, attic, balloon, basement, basket, betrayal, black-and-white-scene, black-magicActors: Cameron Mitchell (actor), Alejandro Patino (actor), Linda Blair (actress), Richard Lynch (actor), James Van Patten (actor), Kathleen Kinmont (actress), Chad McQueen (actor), Jimmy Ortega (actor), Ed Hansen (editor), Kenny Bates (actor), Barry Lynch (actor), Tommy J. Huff (actor), Claudia Udy (actress), Bob McCracken (actor), Victoria Paige Meyerink (producer),
Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Trix van Alphen (miscellaneous crew), Rima Melati (actress), Senne Rouffaer (actor), Huub Stapel (actor), Adrian Brine (actor), Nicola Piovani (composer), Yan Tax (costume designer), Monique van de Ven (actress), Edwin de Vries (actor), Henk van Ulsen (actor), Ben Verbong (actor), Ben Verbong (writer), Ben Verbong (director), Loes Luca (actress), Han Kerkhoffs (actor),
Genres: Drama, Thriller,Actors: Kenner G. Kemp (actor), Sam Harris (actor), Anthony Jochim (actor), Joel Fluellen (actor), Peter Brocco (actor), Jack Gargan (actor), Larry J. Blake (actor), Timothy Carey (actor), Eddie Albert (actor), Richard Conte (actor), Jack Daly (actor), Ray Danton (actor), Don 'Red' Barry (actor), Budd Buster (actor), Henry Kulky (actor),
Plot: Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Katie, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and Hollywood before she is twenty. Shortly before her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, David Tredman, he dies and Lillian takes her first drink of many down the road of becoming an alcoholic. She enters into a short-lived marriage to an immature aviation cadet, Wallie, followed by a divorce and then marriage to a sadistic brute and abuser Tony Bardeman. After a failed suicide attempt, Burt McGuire comes to her aid and helps her find the road back to happiness after sixteen years in a nightmare world, not counting the first twenty with her mother.
Keywords: acting, alcoholic, alcoholics-anonymous, alcoholism, ambitious-woman, apostrophe-in-title, attempted-suicide, audition, backstage, bare-chested-boyActors: Charles Flynn (actor), Alex Montoya (actor), Jimmy Ames (actor), Don DeFore (actor), Jimmie Dodd (actor), John Butler (actor), Robert Bice (actor), David Clarke (actor), Richard Irving (actor), Perry Ivins (actor), Robert Kellard (actor), Barry Kelley (actor), Arthur Kennedy (actor), Dan Duryea (actor), Forbes Murray (actor),
Plot: One night on a lonely highway, a speeding car tosses a satchel of money, meant for somebody else, into Jane and Alan Palmer's back seat. Alan wants to turn it over to the police, but Jane, with luxury within her reach, persuades him to hang onto it "for a while." Soon, the Palmers are traced by one Danny Fuller, a sleazy character who claims the money is his. To hang onto it, Jane will need all the qualities of an ultimate femme fatale...and does she ever have them!
Keywords: accidental-shooting, alibi, blackmail, boat, claim-check, coincidence, dysfunctional-marriage, falling-from-height, falling-off-a-balcony, fateActors: Frank Alexander (actor), Chester Conklin (actor), Billy Mason (actor), Harry McCoy (actor), Slim Summerville (actor), Claire Anderson (actress), Billie Bennett (actress), Mack Sennett (producer), Walter Wright (director), Lois Holmes (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Frank Alexander (actor), Mack Sennett (producer), Charles Avery (director), Syd Chaplin (director), Syd Chaplin (actor), Wesley Ruggles (actor), Phyllis Allen (actress), Dave Anderson (actor), Joy Lewis (actress), Minnie Chaplin (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Frank Alexander (actor), Mack Sennett (writer), Charles Avery (director), Syd Chaplin (director), Syd Chaplin (actor), Wesley Ruggles (actor), Phyllis Allen (actress), Mack Sennett (producer), Dave Anderson (actor), Joy Lewis (actress), Minnie Chaplin (actress),
Plot: This film concerns the adventures of Gussle, played by Sydney Chaplin, in Big Bear Lake area of California. The picture opens with our hero riding a mule through a creek bed, when he is set upon by some robbers. Gussle outsmarts them by attempting to hand over his goods by stretching across the stream, but dropping the goods into the water thereby making the robber also fall in. He makes his way to an inn and recounts his experiences to the other guests and then they all go out and spend time playing in the snow. Some trick photography is used to make it appear that Gussle is making a mule walk backwards.
Keywords: mountain, mule, robbers, snow