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An ace is a playing card. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the case of the Ace of Spades. This embellishment on the Ace of Spades started when King James VI of Scotland and I of England required an insignia of the printing house to be printed on the Ace of Spades. This insignia was necessary for identifying the printing house and stamping it as having paid the new tax. Although this requirement was abolished in 1960, the tradition has been kept by many card makers.
The word "ace" comes from the Old French word 'as' (from Latin 'as') meaning 'a unit', from the name of a small Roman coin. It originally meant the side of dice with only one mark, before it was a term for a playing card. Since this was the lowest roll of the die, it traditionally meant 'bad luck' in Middle English, but as the ace is often the highest playing card, its meaning has since changed to mean 'high-quality, excellence'. This connotation has seen the word applied to an unreachable tennis serve, a successful fighter pilot and more generally as a person proficient in their field, especially a sporting field.
Actors: Matthew C. Dumond (actor), Matthew C. Dumond (producer), Matthew C. Dumond (composer), Matthew C. Dumond (editor), Matthew C. Dumond (writer), Matthew C. Dumond (director), Gary L. Whelpley (miscellaneous crew), Giovanni Pantaleo (actor), Gary L. Whelpley (actor), Shawn Doherty (producer), Shawn Doherty (actor), Sean Collins (actor), Scott Neufville (actor), Richard DeAgazio (actor), Franco Trombino (actor),
Plot: When small time Irish hood, Shawn Murphy, goes to work for Lawrence, Massachusetts Mafia boss Sonny Pentola, he soon finds he might have gotten more than he bargained for. Shawn quickly earns rank and Sonny's trust when he saves Sonny from an assassination attempt. Sonny makes him a trusted liaison in a large development deal with Irish associates in Boston. Their world quickly spirals out of control as more assassination attempts occur, and the entire area comes to the brink of a Mob war. With the development becoming delayed, and millions at stake, it begins to look as if Sonny has lost control of his mandated territory; and the Mafia begins to lose faith in Sonny's capabilities. With the risk of losing his territory, Sonny seeks furiously to find the truth. Great Loyalty and Great Betrayal materialize as a sinister conspiracy against Sonny is unveiled.
Keywords: asian-mob, assassin, boxing, bribery, cleaner, corruption, deceit, drugs, enforcer, extortionActors: Mel Mendoza-Del Rosario (writer), Teresa Barrozo (composer), Malou N. Santos (producer), Vanessa R. Valdez (producer), Mel Mendoza-Del Rosario (writer), Marya Ignacio (editor), John Paul Abellera (producer), Marizel V. Samson (producer), Charo Santos-Concio (producer), Lito Legaspi (actor), Nova Villa (actress), Piolo Pascual (actor), Angelica Panganiban (actress), Michael Angelo Bernardo (miscellaneous crew), Gerry Arguelles (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Cary Abbott (producer), Cary Abbott (actor), Cary Abbott (editor), Cary Abbott (director), Cary Abbott (writer), Austin Abbott (actor), Danielle Simmons (actor), Dary Politoski (actor), Jennifer Nazaroff (actor), Kenny Crosby (actor), Chris Crosby (actor),
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Short,Actors: Sam Sarpong (actor), Maxine Brooks (miscellaneous crew), Kenyon Glover (actor), Aldo Gonzalez (actor), TJ Myers (miscellaneous crew), Laura Irvine (miscellaneous crew), Paul Gebeau (miscellaneous crew), Mario Orozco (actor), Caryn Ward (actress), Peter Mark Vasquez (actor), Tony Wise (editor), David Stay (actor), Evelyn Belasco (miscellaneous crew), Damara Reilly (actress), David Japka (producer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Peter Kelamis (actor), Blu Mankuma (actor), Alistair Abell (actor), Philip Maurice Hayes (actor), Mark Hildreth (actor), Trevor Devall (actor), Brian Dobson (actor), Brian Dobson (actor), Michael Dobson (actor), Brian Drummond (actor), Brian Drummond (actor), Don S. Davis (actor), Philip Maurice Hayes (actor), Philip Maurice Hayes (actor), Scott McNeil (actor),
Plot: G.I. Joe, perennial icon of American boyhood, gets a 21st-century update in a new CGI-animated children's series of thrilling military adventure. In this action-packed movie, as America's daring, highly trained special mission force, the G.I. Joe team faces its greatest threat yet from the evil Cobra Organization. Under the direction of Cobra Commander, DNA from the world's most ferocious animals has been combined with human soldiers to create a virtually unstoppable army of venom troopers. Led by Duke, Heavy Duty, Scarlett and Snake Eyes, the heroic G.I. Joe team fights this new menace in a battle to save humanity. But what happens when one of GI Joe's own commandos gets turned into the ultimate venomized super soldier, Venoumus Maximus? Can Cobra control such a creature and if so, how can GI Joe stop it? Find out in G.I. JOE: VALOR vs VENOM!
Keywords: acronym-in-title, action-hero, battle, behind-enemy-lines, cartoon-violence, cgi, cobra, combat, commando, commando-missionActors: Aaron Spelling (producer), Len Cariou (actor), David Lewis (actor), Blu Mankuma (actor), Ted Kotcheff (director), French Tickner (actor), Robert Wisden (actor), Robert Wisden (actor), Geoffrey Rowland (editor), Anna Hagan (actress), Christopher Gaze (actor), Nada Despotovich (actress), James Orr (writer), Ken Tremblett (actor), Charles Andre (actor),
Plot: Hired by her millionaire father, allround talent Frank Powers frees Ava Dietrich from a Turkish prison. Still drunk from the celebration of her regained freedom, they marry... and soon realize that they may have fun sometimes, but quarrel the rest of the time. But since Frank invested all her money in his new company "Adventures, Inc." she wouldn't leave him, accompanies him on his first tour. He doesn't react on her warnings about his dubious four customers, so they're deep in the mountains until they realize that these guys are not on a vacation. They have to run for their life...
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Genres: Western,It hardly seems a long time just a minute of the day
When the man who stood beside me more than gave himself away
The food stain on his spotted shirt a gray beard on his face
A man composed of many names so I just called him Ace
Ace can't read and Ace can't write and
He sleeps on a bench at night
A little man the world has left behind
He ain't bitter he ain't sweet
Makes his living on the street
Never knowin' what he's gonna find
Born in Mississippi pickin' cotton as a child
Left soon for the city where he heard that life was wild
That was fifty years ago when nothin's really strange
From a poor dirt farm to dirty streets is really not much change
Ace can't read and Ace can't write and
He sleeps on a bench at night
A little man the world has left behind
He ain't bitter he ain't sweet
Makes his living on the street
Never knowin' what he's gonna find
Go back to the country no he really can't do that
Wasted years have left him nothin' but an old straw hat
So he puts it on his head and waves a last good-bye
With no time left to turn around and no time to ask why
Ace can't read and Ace can't write and
He sleeps on a bench at night
A little man the world has left behind
He ain't bitter he ain't sweet
Makes his living on the street
Never knowin' what he's gonna find
This old world has left poor Ace behind