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	King Rat
		King Rat is the debut novel by James Clavell published in 1962.
		King Rat is also the title of the debut novel by China Miéville.
		It is a dark urban fantasy set in London and interweaving the myths of the Rat King[?] and The Pied Piper of Hamelin against an aesthetic of drum'n'bass and jungle music.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ki/King_Rat.html (125 words)

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		The final film version reveals only that it was “wegen ihres Vaters,” or “because of her father,” whereas the original script indicates that her father was a communist (Shandley 2001, 134).
		Its film noir style, which focuses on dark themes such as melancholy, moral corruption and guilt, is reminiscent of German expressionism, as is its figurative use of light and dark to reflect the characters’ emotions (Meyers 1997, 76-78).
		Staudte began making film appearances in 1931; he was denied the right to perform on stage as of 1933, but he made short films and worked as a radio announcer for a children’s program.
	www.umass.edu /defa/filmtour/sjmurder.shtml (2152 words)

	King Rat (1965) Filmjudge DVD Review
		King is a performer in his own con-artist way and that is clear, but in the quieter moments Segal shows his struggle with reality and the intimacy of true friendship - something King has undoubtedly never had.
		King is left more devastated by the end of the war than the Japanese - he has lost his country, his kingdom.
		KING RAT chronicles the scams of a streetwise G.I. held in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
	www.filmjudge.ca /k/kingrat.htm (555 words)

	King Rat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		King Rat (1998 novel), an urban fantasy novel by China Miéville
		King Rat, the head of the Grand Order of Water Rats, a music hall society of Great Britain.
		King Rat was the nickname of the British terrorist Billy Wright, and an autobiography he wrote detailing his criminal activities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_Rat (159 words)

	Amazon.com: King Rat: DVD: George Segal,Tom Courtenay,James Fox,Patrick O'Neal,Denholm Elliott,James Donald,Todd ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		King and Marlowe are determined to raise a large amount of money to buy their freedom by bribing their captors.
		The soldiers in King Rat are wretched, pathetic, and despairing.
		King is not only a survivor but also a chauvinist of the first degree showing or having little affinity with his fellow prisoners.
	www.amazon.com /King-Rat-George-Segal/dp/B00008OM23 (3044 words)

	dOc DVD Review: King Rat (1965)
		American corporal King (George Segal) is in fact living like a king, primarily through the fl market but also by running scams on the officers and other inmates of the camp.
		But as the soldiers learn the war is near its end, King and Marlowe become increasingly desperate to raise large amounts of cash in order to secure their safety through bribery, fearing that they'll be slaughtered by their captors before they can be rescued.
		The rest of the film is almost a nonstop barrage of grim events such as prisoners and officers stealing rations and shorting their compatriots, dooming them to starvation and disease.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=4666 (1018 words)

	1965 to 1969
		1965 The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse.
		These include, in his numbering, 3, 7, and 14 in Book I. The rat is a pilgrim who asks the frog for help across the river, the sun’s breeding is related only to humans and not to frogs, and the snail that cannot be cracked has become a nut, "betrayed" by a raven.
		Two of them are found seldom elsewhere: "The Rat and the Elephant" and "The Two Doctors." This is a companion volume in red to the blue Aesop with the text of Joseph Jacobs and the illustrations of Tenniel and Wolf.
	aesop.creighton.edu /jcupub/fables3/catalog/years/1965to1969.html (14554 words)

	Browse Books on Film, and more - James M. Dourgarian, Bookman
		An original-release film poster, 22X28 inches, for the film that starred Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, and Walter Matthau, the film was adapted from Ed Abbey's The Brave Cowboy, screenplay was by Dalton Trumbo, Douglas's image is prominently displayed.
		An original-release color film poster, 27X41 inches, for the film that was based on a story by Bret Harte, the film starred Owen Davis Jr., Joan Woodbury, and Charles Brokaw, the image is big and beautiful, produced by stone lithography, and is quite colorful.
		This is a pressbook for the 1956 re-release of the film that launched the careers of stars Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner, 8 pages, the re-release also features another film, Sleeping City, there is some text about the stars and the making of the film and it shows examples of posters available.
	www.jimbooks.com /film.htm (1926 words)

	TIME.com: To Stay Alive -- Nov. 5, 1965 -- Page 1
		King Rat pumps new energy into the seemingly endless cycle of World War II film dramas, most of which are committed to tight-lipped heroics and epic battle scenes.
		There is sizzling intrigue in a diamond-peddling deal, corrosive humor in King's plan to breed rats and peddle their flesh as small jungle deer, a local delicacy ("For the luxury trade," he chortles, "brass only—majors and up!").
		Later, the King invites his cronies to a stew dinner, prods the disgusted men into gulping down their consciences along with the pup.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,901807,00.html (697 words)

	Rat Patrol Filmographies: Gary Raymond
		Jason King, played by Peter Wyngarde, is described as "the world's most stylish fiction crime writer and crime fighter; always, suave, elegant and smooth as good wine." There's a synopsis of the episode here and here.
		Rat Patrol creator Tom Gries stated in a 1967 interview that he'd narrowed down to a dozen or so the choices of possible actors for the role of Moffitt; after seeing Gary Raymond in Playboy of the Western World, however, he knew he had found the ideal man for the role.
		The film isn't all harrowing, though: GR's Cliff is charming and sincere (and hopelessly young), and the snippets of music-hall sketches performed with Burton are not to be missed.
	www.klio.net /RATPATROL/BIOS/GR_bio.html (4157 words)

	George Segal: King Rat - Movie
		Beautifully rendered, the film presents the humanity and inhumanity of people placed in extaordinary circumstances, and the spirit of survival inherent in us all.
		George Segal plays corporal King, who is the big wheeler-dealer of the camp, buying and selling various items such as watches, ripping off anyone he can, but also handsomely paying off his cronies.
		It is an excellent film, as are several of Bryan Forbes' British films, all of which I recommend.
	www.superiorpics.com /george_segal/movie/1965_king_rat.html (825 words)

	New Treasures from Academy Library Featured in Two Exhibitions
		Included are his watercolors used to set visual moods or to animate title sequences of such films as "Flower Drum Song" (1961), "55 Days at Peking" (1963), "Circus World" (1964), "King Rat" (1965), "The Sand Pebbles" (1966), "The Desperados" (1969) and "Lost Horizon" (1973).
		With "Film Posters: Highlights of Recent Acquisitions," the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library takes the opportunity to share with the public some of the visually stunning posters recently obtained from numerous sources.
		Among the stand-out items to be included are a rare three-sheet for the original "King Kong" (1933) and the one-sheet for "Grand Hotel," the acquisition of which puts the Academy just one poster away from having an original one-sheet for every film to be named Best Picture.
	www.oscars.org /press/pressreleases/2000/00.07.06.html (628 words)

	Jim's Reviews - Murnau's Nosferatu
		One of this film's signal achievements is not just as the film which defined the horror genre, but more generally – and certainly more importantly – as a film (some would say the film) which finally shattered the theatrical restraints of earlier cinema.
		Orlok is the king of vampires, sure; but he's also a disfigured, terribly lonely old man – not to mention the only Dracula figure who doesn't have any vampiric handmaidens living in his castle.
		This film, which deploys a brilliant but cool color palette – lots of blues and greens – is the most intriguing meditation I know by one great filmmaker on his predecessor.
	jclarkmedia.com /film/filmreviewnosferatumurnau.html (8192 words)

	King Rat (1965) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		His counterparts in the Japanese POW camp are the British officers who seem to maintain the rules and courtesies of civilized life.
		Even the British provost marshal, or camp policeman (another great performance by Tom Courtenay), is shown to be a weak character, vengeful and sanctimonious, who must believe in retribution to bolster his fragile ego.
		'King Rat's' one true friend in the camp is played by James Fox.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0059358 (457 words)

	AsianWeek.com: A&E: Movie Picture Academy Stages Dong Kingman Show
		He did a lot of production work for a film for which he was suppose to be the executive production designer, but the film was not ultimately made.
		Kingman was working on a film,” she explains, “he was doing something that not many other people did.
		Most films did not incorporate the kind of work or take the time to approach a fine art painter and ask for them to give an artistic contribution to a movie.
	www.asianweek.com /2000_08_03/ae3_dongkingman.html (860 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Screens: Review - King Rat (1965)
		Rather it is a "based-on-actual events" dissection of the class hierarchies established between the American, Australian, and British officers who were held captive by the Japanese during the latter years of WWII.
		However, the eager young Grey himself soon learns that corruption runs all the way to the top of the camp, and that survival hinges not on who is most honest, but rather most cunning.
		King Rat is a terribly honest and brutally realistic film -- a perfect counter to its story of terribly dishonest people living in brutal times.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2002-10-04/screens_video.html (478 words)

	WFMU's Beware of the Blog: Film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The process of making the film is almost as exciting as watching it, film images were printed on paper and origamied all to hell, then animated in hand-made style and fed into the computer to be layered.
		As for the film itself, it's rare that a documentary about a musical cult icon traverses interest boundaries to likely appeal to non-fans or those unaware of the hipness quotient that has inevitably attached itself to his entire career.
		Oddly enough, the same sound effect appeared throughout films to follow, and this was actually noticed down the line by sound designer Ben Burtt (who had borrowed the scream from another film for a project he worked on in 1974).
	blog.wfmu.org /freeform/film (8411 words)

	George Segal - Biography - Moviefone
		Entering films with 1961's The Young Doctors, Segal quickly established himself as one of Hollywood's most accomplished young character actors; in 1967, he received an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Nick in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
		His film career was lifted from the doldrums in the late 1980s with such plum roles as the pond-scum father of Kirstie Alley's baby in Look Who's Talking (1989) and the "pinko" comedy writer in For the Boys (1991).
		Segal's projects of the 1990s have included the syndicated TV adventure series High Tide (1994) and such film roles as the bemused husband of abrasive Jewish mama Mary Tyler Moore in the 1996 Ben Stiller vehicle Flirting with Disaster.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/george-segal/64316/biography (425 words)

	King Rat (1965) - Channel 4 Film review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Amid various Australian, British, Kiwi and US prisoners, Corporal King (Segal) manages to live a life of relative comfort because he is able to 'find' things the prisoners need and can bribe the guards to treat him well.
		Segal and his accomplice (Fox) come into conflict with the camp's top officer (Courtenay), but all the prisoners are bound together by the fear that the Japanese will kill them when the war is over.
		Segal is tremendous, as are all the supporting actors, but Forbes's direction is sometimes unfocused as storylines are left untied.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=105004 (168 words)

	Frank's Hogan's Heroes page
		Hugh McDonald, a young British recruit, in the dramatic war film "The Devil's Brigade." After "Hogan's Heroes," Dawson appeared on the TV comedies "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" (he was a regular from 1971 to 1973) and "The New Dick Van Dyke Show" (as neighbor Richard Richardson, 1973-74).
		Unlike many films of the era, it presents a cast of fl characters who are fully-developed individuals, with problems, joys and identities of their own.
		Ivan began directing films in the early 1970s, such as the 1972 gang warfare flick "Trouble Man" and the 1973 action movie "The Spy Who Sat by the Door" (which he also produced).
	www.themadpolack.com /hheroes.html (2066 words)

	1302_Films
		Again, the value of the film for 1302 students lies in the film's descriptions--both verbal and visual, taken fron actual accounts of the war--athat cquaint us with the horrors of a war that literally wiped out an entire generation.
		As the film begins, young Archie is training for a race, but is restive at the news of gallantry and "adventure" at a faraway vista in Turkey: Gallipoli.
		The film's value for the history student lies in its depiction of the infrequently-glimpsed inner lives of African-Americans living in the Jim Crow South from their own point of view.
	home.earthlink.net /~kahnep63/1302_Films.html (4072 words)

	www.myspace.com/natkingcole
		I was considered one of the top voices in the business during my career which spanned nearly 3 decades, despite the fact that I was a direct contemporary of the Rat Pack (Sinatra, Martin, Davis Jr), as well as other great singers like Perry Como and Bobby Darin.
		The son of a minister, I showed interest in music at a very early age, and by age 12, I was an accomplished pianist.
		Unfortunately, my career was cut short in 1965, when I died of lung cancer.
	myspace.com /natkingcole (690 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: King Rat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As Corporal King, Segal swaggers and schemes, running his little corner of the fl market with help from a ragtag group of soldiers willing to do anything for a few bucks.
		King befriends Brit officer Peter Marlowe (James Fox), who speaks the local language and can translate for King when he sells off watches and jewelry for other desperate prisoners (for a sizable fee, of course).
		The prisoners in King Rat aren't plotting to make a run for it, a la The Great Escape — it's established early in the film that such is not an option, as there's literally nowhere for escapees from the Singapore camp to go.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/k/kingrat.q.shtml (480 words)

	"Disappearing Witnesses: what does "justice" mean w.r.t. assassination?", by Penn Jones Jr.
		After viewing the film the most dogmatic newsman was convinced of a conspiracy that killed the President.
		Showing the Zapruder film nine times to a crowded courtroom was a record for the film up to that time.
		On March 27, 1965, Howard was taken to a hospital by an unidentified person and died there.
	www.ratical.org /ratville/JFK/DW.html (6807 words)

	Farewell to the King \| Related Movies \| MTV Movies
		Hiding himself in the wilds of Borneo, Learoyd is adopted by a head-hunting tribe of Nyak Indians, who consider him "divine" because of his elaborate tattoos.
		But when his own tribe is threatened by the invaders, the "king" deigns to fight for their rights.
		Farewell to the King is breathtakingly photographed and quite exciting at times.
	www.mtv.com /movies/movie/11356/related_movies.jhtml (466 words)

	King Rat - Moviefone
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	movies.aol.com /movie/king-rat/1019402/main (158 words)

	† John Mills 23-04-2005 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		In 1932 debuteerde John Mills in een film en daarna werd de film zijn belangrijkste werkterrein.
		Mills beschouwde zijn rol als doofstomme dorpsgek in deze film als het hoogtepunt van zijn loopbaan.
		Later was John Mills te zien in talrijke films, zoals de sciencefictionfilm "Quartermass" (1978) en het historische epos "Ghandi" (1982).
	www.flickr.com /photos/gavrila/200241364 (325 words)

	King Rat Summary / Study Guide
		It was directed by Bryan Forbes and starred George Segal as King Rat.
		The depiction of the brutal life within the compound won critical and popular success for the film.
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	www.enotes.com /king-rat-qn/60696 (81 words)

	USCCB - (Film and Broadcasting) - The "K" Listing of the Movie Reviews
		The following movies have been evaluated by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop's Office for Film and Broadcasting according to artistic merit and moral suitability.
		The reviews include the USCCB rating, the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and a brief synopsis of the movie.
		L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling.
	www.usccb.org /movies/k/k.shtml (129 words)

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