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Dixie is a nickname for the Southern United States.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the origins of this nickname remain obscure. According to A Dictionary of Americanisms on Historical Principles (1951), by Mitford M. Mathews, three theories most commonly attempt to explain the term:
As a definite geographic location within the United States, "Dixie" is usually defined as the 11 Southern states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America. They are (in order of secession): South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee. This definition is strongly correlated with history and, in the minds of many Southerners, remains the traditional South.
In other ways however, the location and boundaries of Dixie have become, over time, more limited, vernacular, and/or mercurial. In popular mindset today, it is most often associated with those parts of the Southern United States where traditions and legacies of the Antebellum South live most strongly.
Actors: Chris Cowlin (actor), Rob Lane (composer), Greg Bennett (actor), James Fleet (actor), Gareth Neame (producer), Nic Benns (miscellaneous crew), Karen Jones (miscellaneous crew), Richard Bremmer (actor), John Bowe (actor), Roxanne Gregory (actress), Angus Wright (actor), Susie Blake (actress), Patrick Kennedy (actor), Geoffrey Sax (director), Sally Woodward Gentle (producer),
Plot: At the height of the London blitz Dr Lennox Collins,pioneer of the new forensic science,is enlisted by DI Wilkins after prostitute Mary Williams is strangled and a swastika carved on her tongue. Wilkins' chief suspect is shy young Anglo-German Wilfred Ziegler,who found the body but Lennox dismisses this as Ziegler is left-handed and the killer was not.The trail leads to the Metropole club,frequented by Mary,where Lennox's new assistant Molly meets the sinister owner Danny Hastings but then two more women are killed in the same way. A rent boy places closet gay actor Ronald Terry at the scene of the last murder though Terry denies seeing anything. However Lennox and Molly are soon investigating Terry's apparent suicide - which they work out is murder. Lennox takes Hastings' DNA but is attacked by men in gas masks and,when Wilkins is taken off the case after bullying Ziegler into a confession, it looks as if Hastings has corrupt police officers in his pocket. Acting separately Lennox and Molly aim to build a case against Hastings but discover another possible suspect and finally have to challenge a government conspiracy in order to bring the killer to justice.
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Joette Waters (actress), Dagoberto Zolio Soto (actor), Goran Milev (actor), Nick Bender (actor), Torey Adkins (actor), John B. Boss (actor), Rasheda Randle (actress), David Perry (actor), Brandon Galatz (actor), Kamilah Lay (actress), Jason Blackwell (writer), Jason Blackwell (director), Jason Blackwell (producer), Jason Blackwell (miscellaneous crew), Jason Blackwell (editor),
Plot: Some friendships last only a moment in time. Others can weather the storms of a lifetime. Periods of Rain follows the lives of six college friends as they navigate real life issues of gender identity, alcoholism, sexual abuse, inter-racial and inter-faith relationship, social class and overcoming troubles of the past.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Andrew Schofield (actor), Ian St. John (actor), Sean McKee (actor), John Aldridge (actor), Ian Lysaght (editor), Ian Lysaght (director), Ian Lysaght (producer), David Rooney (actor), Dave Kirby (writer), Dave Kirby (producer), Lindzi Germain (actress), Phil Thompson (actor), Dave Kirby (producer), Derek Mountfield (actor), Howard Kendall (actor),
Plot: Dixie (Paul Duckworth) a fervent, bitter blue has been bin-bagged and arrives at the home of his crazy Evertonian sister, Gwladys (Lindzi Germain). Unbeknown to the blues, the rabid reds next door headed by Kenny (Andrew Schofield) and Anne (Lynn Francis) are planning a European Cup celebration garden party. On finding out, Dixie is hell-bent on ruining the occasion. The ridicule and banter between both families and their kids is endless as the flak is fired from both sides of the dividing fence which becomes a World War 1 no-man's-land trench. Between the onslaught are many cameos from ex red & blue players including Howard Kendall as the Blue Bishop and Ian St John as the Red Saint whilst original songs from Dixie & Gwladys inside the Bitter & Twisted arms, and from Anne and Kenny make this a Red and Blue comedy musical fest. Other Red & blue cameos include, Phil Thompson, Alan Kennedy, John Aldridge, Jimmy Case, Tommy Smith, Mark Ward, Stuart Barlow, Graham Stuart and Derek Mountfield.
Keywords: everton-football-club, football, liverpool-england, liverpool-football-clubActors: Clark Johnson (actor), Michael Madsen (actor), Ruth Secord (costume designer), George Buza (actor), Stephen McHattie (actor), Jim Dobson (miscellaneous crew), Boyd Banks (actor), Tony Nappo (actor), Aron Tager (actor), Julian Richings (actor), Martha Burns (actress), Dov Tiefenbach (actor), Dan Lett (actor), Jane Sowerby (actress), Liane Balaban (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Steve Corino (actor), Christopher Daniels (actor), C.M. Punk (actor), Tom Laughlin (actor), Joe Seanoa (actor), Mickie James (actress), Homicide (actor), Allen Jones (actor), Paul London (actor), Bryan Danielson (actor), Matt Bentley (actor), Brandon Silvestry (actor), Adam Birch (actor), Doug Williams (actor), Masato Tanaka (actor),
Genres: Action, Sport,Actors: Stewart Copeland (composer), Ken Loach (director), Susanna Lenton (miscellaneous crew), Ricky Tomlinson (actor), Tom Hickey (actor), Jonathan Morris (editor), Bruce Jones (actor), Stephen Lord (actor), Little Tony (actor), Jeff Bowen (miscellaneous crew), Wendy Ellerker (miscellaneous crew), Sally Hibbin (producer), Paula McBreen (miscellaneous crew), William Ash (actor), Shellie Smith (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: This Ken Loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.
Keywords: catholic, communion-dress, dress, first-communion, holy-communion, independent-film, religion, religious, social-realism, tragicomedyActors: Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Henry Corden (actor), Mel Blanc (actor),
Genres: Animation,Actors: Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Joe Besser (actor),
Plot: A cartoon sports competition involving the entire Hanna-Barbera collection of characters. The characters (split into three teams: comedy heros, action heros, and villains) would compete in various strange events, with each episode taking place in a different part of the world.
Keywords: cartoon-dog, character-name-in-title, dog, great-dane, scooby-doo, surrealismActors: Jim Davis (actor), Bradford Dillman (actor), George Kennedy (actor), Jan-Michael Vincent (actor), Boris Sagal (director), Jack Weston (actor), Charles Aidman (actor), Andrew Belling (composer), Allen Pinson (actor), Jim Benson (editor), Ron Roth (producer), Jack B. Sowards (writer),
Plot: Five men hiking in the mountains discover an injured skyjacker who parachuted from a plane with $600,000. They kill him, then start fighting each other over the money.
Keywords: abc-movie-of-the-week, blaxploitation, hijack, murder, skyjacker, wildernessActors: Stanley Adams (actor), Hugh Beaumont (actor), Kenne Duncan (actor), John Ireland (actor), Jerry Paris (actor), William Schallert (actor), Bill Williams (actor), Heinz Roemheld (composer), Aaron Stell (editor), Larry Pennell (actor), Tom Gries (director), Tom Gries (writer), Don Burnett (actor), Chet Baker (actor), Marla English (actress),
Genres: Drama, War,I feel good, I feel bad, I shot a man in Dixie
I did not know his name or who he was
I won't lie, it felt good, when my finger pulled the
Trigger
But I sent a good man to his grave
You know it comes this way, you never change and
All you read about, will make you humble or in doubt,
Tonight
I feel good, I feel bad I broke a heart in Dixie
I did not know her name or who she was
I won't lie, it felt good when my body brushed against
But I made a good girl lose her mind
There are plenty of blond haired girls to go around