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Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is a grammy award winning American singer-songwriter, poet and guitarist.
Simon's international fame and success began as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, launched in 1964 with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached No. 1 on the U.S. singles charts: "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", and "Bridge Over Troubled Water". The duo split up in 1970 at the height of their popularity, and Simon began a successful solo career, recording three highly acclaimed albums over the next five years. In 1986, he released Graceland, an album inspired by South African township music. Simon also wrote and starred in the film One-Trick Pony in 1980 and co-wrote the Broadway musical The Capeman in 1998.
Simon has earned 12 Grammys for his solo and collaborative work, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2001, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2006 was selected as one of the "100 People Who Shaped the World" by Time magazine. Among many other honors, Simon was the first recipient of the Library of Congress' Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2007. In 1986 Simon was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music where he currently serves on the Board of Trustees.
Actors: Tural Manafov (producer), Tural Manafov (actor), Tural Manafov (director), Tural Manafov (editor), Tural Manafov (writer), Krysta Henneborn (actress), Brad Linton (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Short,Actors: Joshua Young (actor), Aaron M. May (writer), Aaron M. May (editor), Everrett Shea (actor), Aaron M. May (writer), Aaron M. May (director), Chris Lennox-Aasen (producer),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Denis Hennelly (editor), Denis Hennelly (producer), Elizabeth Saydah (actress), Brandon Ficara (actor), Eric Bram (actor), Jessica Hagan (actress), Goody-B. Wiseman (editor), Goody-B. Wiseman (actress), Goody-B. Wiseman (producer), Goody-B. Wiseman (writer), Goody-B. Wiseman (director), Gordon B. Isnor (composer), Candice Lin (actress), John Grange (actor), Jonathan Shapiro (actor),
Genres: Music, Short,Actors: Nikos Mamangakis (composer), Edgar Reitz (director), Gudrun Landgrebe (actress), Edgar Reitz (producer), Edgar Reitz (writer), Marita Breuer (actress), Nikola Hoeltz (costume designer), Regine Bätz (costume designer), Caspar Arnhold (actor), Ute Schwippert (costume designer), Henry Arnold (actor), Peter Schneider (actor), Peter F. Steinbach (writer), Jörg Richter (actor), Thomas Brussig (writer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Michael Cornacchia (actor), Mark Kelly (producer), Michael Cornacchia (actor), Michael Cornacchia (producer), Mark Kelly (director), Mark Kelly (writer), Mark Kelly (actor), Mark Kelly (actor), Brooke Allison (producer), Brooke Allison (actress), Brooke Allison (actress), Molly Bryant (actress), Molly Bryant (actress), James C. Mathis III (actor), Amy Claire (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Gabriel Gascon (actor), Alexis Martin (actor), Pierre Blondin (miscellaneous crew), Michel Cusson (composer), Lynn Beaudin (miscellaneous crew), Gilles Pelletier (actor), Claude Préfontaine (actor), George Mihalka (director), Denis Bernard (actor), Denis Proulx (miscellaneous crew), Jean LeClerc (actor), Yan England (actor), Patrick Labbé (actor), Denis Paquette (miscellaneous crew), Robert Geoffrion (writer),
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Plot: Once upon a time... There were four young men of different nationalities: Spanish, Italian, Swedish and British, a one-pound business deal that ends up becoming a one-hundred-thousand pound business deal, and a legend: The Legend of David Pilgrim. This is the basic idea behind The Pilgrim Factor, a story half-way between a comedy and a tale, about anonymous characters who accidentally happen to come across something that could prove doubtful the authenticity of the world's most famous rock group. All this takes place right in the centre of "Chicken Town"... a city where everything is possible... even a story like this one.
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Plot: Bill Mitchell is the philandering and distant President of the United States. Dave Kovic is a sweet-natured and caring Temp Agency operator, who by a staggering coincidence looks exactly like the President. As such, when Mitchell wants to escape an official luncheon, the Secret Service hires Dave to stand in for him. Unfortunately, Mitchell suffers a severe stroke whilst having sex with one of his aides, and Dave finds himself stuck in the role indefinitely. The corrupt and manipulative Chief of Staff, Bob Alexander, plans to use Dave to elevate himself to the White House - but unfortunately, he doesn't count on Dave enjoying himself in office, using his luck to make the country a better place, and falling in love with the beautiful First Lady...
Keywords: affair, airforce-one, barber, bicycle, body-double, bodyguard, boss-secretary-romance, budget, cabinet-meeting, campaign-headquartersHello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"