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Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( /ˈrʌdjəd ˈkɪplɪŋ/ RUD-yəd KIP-ling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888); and his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), The White Man's Burden (1899) and If— (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift".
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe (actor), James Hickey (miscellaneous crew), Kim Cattrall (actress), John McKenna (miscellaneous crew), Morgan O'Sullivan (producer), Adrian Johnston (composer), Rebecca Eaton (producer), Julian Wadham (actor), James Flynn (producer), Michael McElhatton (actor), Jason Maza (actor), Bosco Hogan (actor), Brendan O'Sullivan (miscellaneous crew), Jeanette McGrath (miscellaneous crew), Carey Mulligan (actress),
Plot: English gentleman author Rudyard Kipling, famous for the Jungle Book, uses his considerable influence, being on a War Office propaganda think tank, to get his nearly 18 year-old son John 'Jack', admitted for military service during World war I after he is repeatedly refused on account of his bad eyesight. He is enrolled in the Irish Guards: their patriotic dream but mother and sister's nightmare. After a short officer training course Jack gets command of a platoon and embarks in France. Soon, and just after his 18th birthday, his unit suffers terrible losses and Jack is reported missing. Now mother Caroline 'Carry' Kipling proves unstoppable pushing Rudyard's influence and half of England to help find out the truth. When it finally comes, there is far less glory than gore and guilt.
Keywords: 1910s, anti-aircraft-gun, anti-war, apple-tree, army, bare-chested-male, based-on-play, battle, battlefield, bayonetActors: Griff Rhys Jones (actor), Peter Guinness (actor), Harry Hook (producer), Harry Hook (director), Amit Vachharajani (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Bill Davis (miscellaneous crew), Kerry Fetzer (miscellaneous crew), Keone Young (actor), Francis X. McCarthy (actor), Brian Thompson (actor), Gale Anne Hurd (producer), Terence Stamp (actor), Jeff Kober (actor), Earl Boen (actor), Peter Jason (actor), Mandy Patinkin (actor), Alec Gillis (actor), James Caan (actor), James W. Gavin (miscellaneous crew), Don Hood (actor),
Plot: A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilisation. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine but are victims of a new type of discrimination. When the first Newcomer police officer, Sam Francisco is assigned his new partner, he is given Matthew Sykes , a mildly racist veteran, the animosity between them soon gives way to respect as they investigate the Newcomer underworld, and especially Newcomer leader William Harcourt.
Keywords: 1990s, alien, alien-driving-car, american-flag, armor-piercing-ammunition, backlit-in-sheer-dress, bad-breath, bell-205-helicopter, bomb, bullet-proof-vestActors: Yves Pignot (actor), Renée Faure (actress), Béatrice Costantini (actress), Tom Bell (actor), Blanche Ravalec (actress), Cheryl Campbell (actress), Peter Birrel (actor), Colin Spaull (actor), Angela Morant (actress), Stefan Gates (actor), Alan Penn (actor), Edward Barnes (producer), Gian Campi (actor), Gillian Bailey (actress), Anna Da Malta (actress),
Genres: History,Actors: Saeed Jaffrey (actor), Angela Allen (miscellaneous crew), Russell Lloyd (editor), Edith Head (costume designer), Rudyard Kipling (writer), John Huston (director), John Huston (writer), Maurice Jarre (composer), Michael Caine (actor), Christopher Plummer (actor), Sean Connery (actor), Bob Simmons (miscellaneous crew), Jack May (actor), William Hill (producer), Gladys Hill (writer),
Plot: This adaptation of the famous short story by Rudyard Kipling tells the story of Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnahan, two ex-soldiers in India when it was under British rule. They decide that the country is too small for them, so they head off to Kafiristan in order to become Kings in their own right. Kipling is seen as a character that was there at the beginning, and at the end of this glorious tale.
Keywords: 1800s, 19th-century, abstinence, abyss, action-hero, adventure-hero, adventurer, afghanistan, ambition, ambitious-manActors: Lloyd Corrigan (actor), Ernie Adams (actor), Hooper Atchley (actor), Willie Best (actor), Arthur Aylesworth (actor), Oliver Blake (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Robert Barrat (actor), Bob Burns (actor), John Carradine (actor), Burr Caruth (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), Davison Clark (actor), Chester Conklin (actor), Joseph Crehan (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Biography, Drama,We're marchin' on relief over Injia's sunny plains,
A little front o' Christmas-time an' just be'ind the Rains;
Ho! get away you bullock-man, you've 'eard the bugle blowed,
There's a regiment a-comin' down the Grand Trunk Road;
With its best foot first
And the road a-sliding past,
An' every bloomin' campin'-ground exactly like the last;
While the Big Drum says,
With 'is "rowdy-dowdy-dow!"—
"Kiko kissywarsti don't you hamsher argy jow?"
Oh, there's them Injian temples to admire when you see,
There's the peacock round the corner an' the monkey up the tree,
An' there's that rummy silver grass a-wavin' in the wind,
An' the old Grand Trunk a-trailin' like a rifle-sling be'ind.
While it's best foot first, . . .
Oh, then it's open order, an' we lights our pipes an' sings,
An' we talks about our rations an' a lot of other things,
An' we thinks o' friends in England, an' we wonders what they're at,
An' 'ow they would admire for to hear us sling the bat.
So 'ark an' 'eed, you rookies, which is always grumblin' sore,
There's worser things than marchin' from Umballa to Cawnpore;
An' if your 'eels are blistered an' they feels to 'urt like 'ell,
You drop some tallow in your socks an' that will make 'em well.
For it's best foot first, . . .
We're marchin' on relief over Injia's coral strand,
Eight 'undred fightin' Englishmen, the Colonel, and the Band;
Ho! get away you bullock-man, you've 'eard the bugle blowed,
There's a regiment a-comin' down the Grand Trunk Road;
With its best foot first
And the road a-sliding past,
An' every bloomin' campin'-ground exactly like the last;
While the Big Drum says,
With 'is "rowdy-dowdy-dow!" --