Dr. Knock

Dr. Knock (original title Knock) is a French comedy film from 1951, directed by Guy Lefranc, written by Georges Neveux, and starring by Louis Jouvet. It also features an uncredited appearance by Louis de Funès. The movie is based on the 1923 theatre play Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine (Knock or The Triumph of Medicine) by Jules Romain.

Summary

The ambitious Dr. Knock arrives in the country village Saint-Maurice to succeed Dr. Parpalaid, a brave and honest man but whose customers are rare. The health status of the country is excellent. Realizing that he was duped by his predecessor, Dr. Knock is determined and successful in convincing everyone in good health that he or she is a patient who does not know. The result was immediate. The whole village is found in bed; the hotel is transformed into a clinic and even Dr. Parpalaid, who temporarily returns to his village, is worried about his health following the "diagnosis" of Dr. Knock, and also ends up in bed.

Cast

Knock (play)

Knock (French title: Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine) is a French satire written in 1923 by Jules Romains. The play was presented for the first time in Paris at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on December 15, 1923, in a production starring Louis Jouvet.

Summary

The ambitious Dr. Knock arrives in the rural village of Saint-Maurice to succeed Dr. Parpalaid, an honorable man, but a physician with few patients. The people of the district are all in excellent health. Realizing that he was duped by his predecessor, Dr. Knock manages to convince everyone in good health that he or she needs medical care but does not know it.

Knock begins offering free consultations to the townsfolk and diagnoses them with exotic maladies in order to prescribe treatment. His practice thrives as the townspeople turn into hypochondriacs. The result is inevitable. All the villagers take to their sickbeds and the hotel is transformed into a clinic. Even Dr. Parpalaid, who has returned, receives a "diagnosis" from Dr. Knock and takes to bed.

Burn

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Burn (Sister Machine Gun album)

Burn is the third studio album by industrial rock band Sister Machine Gun.

Track listing

Notes

Burn has two hidden tracks on the CD release. The first is a cover of The Doors, "Strange Days" which is found by rewinding the CD to -4:20 on a CD player (this may not work on software media players). The second is a reprise of the song "Inside" found at 8:43 on the final track.

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References

Burn (Fumetsu no Face)

"Burn: Fumetsu no Face" is the forty-fifth single by B'z, released on April 16, 2008. The song was used in a commercial for the Kose Esprique Precious company. This is one of the many number-one singles by B'z at Oricon charts., but the first single since Lady-Go-Round not to sell over 200,000 copies.

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