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 BFS Entertainment and Multimedia Ltd.
Michael Ironside (The Perfect Storm, Highlander) stars in the landmark miniseries that kept international audiences riveted with its in-your-face portrayal of ambitious criminals battling for wealth and power.
For the Triple Sixers, Canada’s largest motorcycle gang, the sound of breaking bones is as familiar as the roar of their bikes - and Bob Durelle (Ironside) is ready to cement their influence with a bold (and dangerous) scheme.
Get ready as a bare-knuckled turf war explodes among the rival gangs, sucking them all into a choking black haze of money, betrayal and blood.
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 SCIFI.COM Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
They have written and produced television series ranging from Cagney and Lacey to The X-Files, Roar and Witchblade.
At the same time he was a consulting writer for the television series Murder in Small Town X. Engels is probably best known for his work with David Lynch on the series Twin Peaks.
His credits also include the television series Wiseguy and Sirens.
www.scifi.com /andromeda/cast/writers.html   (260 words)

  
 Press Release: Fox Television's Roar - July, 1997 - SciFi TV
He's quickly amassed an extensive list of behind the camera television credits as creator/writer/producer: developed the series "Over My Dead Body"; wrote and produced "Strays," which was the highest rated cable movie of 1991; and wrote "Midnight Run For Your Life," a sequel to the successful Robert DeNiro film.
Premieres Monday July 14, 1997 9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT From the creative minds of Shaun Cassidy ("American Gothic") and Ron Koslow ("Beauty and The Beast") comes the event of the summer...ROAR.
In this fight for freedom, what's at stake for Conor and his people is the "Roar." The roar of the land, the roar of the people - a voice that echoes through every living thing and is the power of life.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art2685.asp   (1098 words)

  
 Close to Home PopMatters Television Review
That's not to say the series means only to demonize men (though this week's episode also features an abusive male), but that it means to focus on women's struggles, individual and collective.
A fast-building fire raged, burning down a home and bringing out the slow-motioned firemen, one going so far as to roar in slow-audio, "Weee gawwwwt peeeeple in therrrrre!" And so the heroic, faceless public servants rush in, dragging frightened kids out of the basement.
Violence and oppression are everywhere in Close to Home.
www.popmatters.com /tv/reviews/c/close-to-home-051011.shtml   (1156 words)

  
 SCIFI.COM Roar
Shaun Cassidy is the co-creator and executive producer of Roar, which was the first collaboration between Cassidy and Ron Koslow (Beauty and the Beast), who also served as co-creator and executive producer of the series.
When he was subsequently cast to star in the ABC television series The Hardy Boys Mysteries, his first album was released in the United States and proved to be a hit; it spawned two top-ten singles and became the biggest-selling solo debut album in history up to that time.
When the series premiered in 1995, the New York Times hailed it as "the most daring new show of the season." Prior to American Gothic, Cassidy had worked extensively behind the camera as a writer/producer.
www.scifi.com /roar/cast/pro_scassidy.html   (351 words)

  
 Ich bin ein Berliner: Encyclopedia topic
(However, with Lisa being female, the correct form would have been "Ich bin eine Gymnastin".) Also, in another episode of The Simpsons (The Simpsons: the simpsons is the longest-running animated television series in television history,...
Contrary to the urban legend, it was not followed by a roar of laughter.
"Ich bin ein Berliner" was "translated" to itself, resulting in the interpreter parroting what Kennedy had just said a moment before.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/ich_bin_ein_berliner   (984 words)

  
 Heath Ledger
Ledger also did extensive guest work on Australian television, with appearances in the series "Ship to Shore", "Bush Patrol" and "Corrigan".
As the young star of the Fox adventure series "Roar" (1997), filmed on location in Australia, muscular Heath Ledger was introduced to American audiences.
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
www.hollywood.com /celebs/detail/celeb/191871   (274 words)

  
 Baseball America - Power Brokers
Major league attendance increased by 9 percent last year over 2003, the Red Sox-Cardinals World Series drew the highest television ratings since 1999, and the wild card meant that 17 teams were in contention for a postseason spot in the final month.
Hill, a native of Australia, is the graphics whiz and the guy who'll plant a camera in strange places or enhance the audio to give fans a better feel for the pop of the mitt or the roar of the crowd.
He already made his mark as baseball's youngest GM ever, but more significantly he built a Red Sox team that won the World Series and combines savvy for cutting-edge analysis with an appreciation for scouting and player development.
www.baseballamerica.com /today/features/050310power.html   (4690 words)

  
 Dragon*Con Biography: [Virginia Hey]
Hey has just completed 3 years on the award-winning international blockbuster American television series FarScape.
Hey was nominated for "Best Supporting Actress" on television by the 26th Annual Saturn Awards of America.
Hey has also appeared with numerous international stars, including George C. Scott in Mussolini, Heath Ledger in Roar, James Bond 007 Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights, Oliver Reed in Castaway and Christopher Atkins in Signal One.
www.dragoncon.org /people/heyv.html   (267 words)

  
 HSX : Movies : Market : StarBonds® : Heath Ledger
Ledger got his start in the short lived FOX series "Roar" as the lead character Conor.
Before coming to America he starred in the Australian feature films Black Rock and Paws as well as in several Aussie television series and stage productions.
Ledger played the bad boy Pat in 10 Things I Hate About You and alongside Mel Gibson in The Patriot.
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 Heath Ledger
As the young star of the Fox adventure series "Roar" (1997), filmed on location in Australia, muscular Heath Ledger was introduced to American audiences.
Ledger also did extensive guest work on Australian television, with appearances in the series "Ship to Shore", "Bush Patrol" and "Corrigan"....
Already a small screen veteran in his native land, he had been featured as the gay cyclist Snowy Bowles in the Australian TV drama "Sweat", set at an elite training academy for young athletes.
www.hollywood.com /celebs/detail/celeb/191871   (294 words)

  
 shaun
In addition to acting, Shaun has also written a couple of television movies and developed the Edward Woodward series "Over My Dead Body." He has long been interested in the duality of nature and the duality of people--a theme which "American Gothic" explores fully.
In July, 1997, Shaun Cassidy was the featured guest at an online chat to promote his new series, Roar.
Question: Are you enjoying this show as much as American Gothic?
www.garycole.net /tv/ag/shaun.html   (339 words)

  
 BackStage - Performing Arts Resources - Theatre and Fine Arts - Acting Resources
The network's 1997 fantasy series 'Roar' may have been short-lived, but at least two of its stars have fared well in the past decade.
Someone at Fox Television clearly has an eye for talent.
www.backstage.com /bso/index.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001050655   (549 words)

  
 clevering you
Bro'town is the best thing ever done with public funding on NZ television, since Lionel went mad on pscilocybin muffins and attempted intercourse with Willy McNab.
Brotown - wea u bin all ma life, man? Dis is da best fing to com outta Aotea-ROAR!We jus luv u guys, u make us, da fiji gang, luf out loud allatime.
Can't wait for da next series, man. Hurry up.
www.vital.org.nz /blog/brotown.writeback   (2990 words)

  
 Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
When sound began to roar in the late 1920s, the movie studios followed the Ziegfeld form and quickly produced a series of films that were variety-show in nature.
The big hurdle for modern audiences is the fact that we have become accustomed to variety shows through television; they no longer have a unique appeal and it is difficult for us to sit through two hours of it.
The Ziegfeld Follies were legendary stage shows that consisted entirely of musical numbers and comedy routines performed by some of the greatest stars of the day.
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 Close to Home PopMatters Television Review
The first episode of the new CBS series began with a sort of tone poem comparing the ideal and the danger of the domestic sphere, courtesy of Tomb Raider director Simon West.
A fast-building fire raged, burning down a home and bringing out the slow-motioned firemen, one going so far as to roar in slow-audio, "Weee gawwwwt peeeeple in therrrrre!" And so the heroic, faceless public servants rush in, dragging frightened kids out of the basement.
As the soundtrack grows ominous, new mom Annabeth (Jennifer Finnigan) cuddled and splashed her baby, down the street, sirens sounded.
www.popmatters.com /tv/reviews/c/close-to-home-051011.shtml   (1247 words)

  
 Homecoming.txt
Also, it's the story of many lives which have changed, such as John Varty and Gillian van Houten who raised her, and a Lion King fan sitting somewhere in Germany who was unable to forget the lioness he just saw on television.
She was a tiny quivering blue-eyed furball when John Varty heard her hungry little roar.
--- David A. Morris, Wilmington, North Carolina, July 1997 My concentration had been solely on the Chronicles of the Pride Land series for seven full length works, and an eighth one was under construction when Mirco asked me to step aboard his project.
www.lionking.org /text/Homecoming.txt   (1247 words)

  
 ERBzine 0594: Jungle Serials
Frankie has filled the room with broadcasting equipment, television, a telescope, and an array of electronic gizmos.
The kids, led by Frankie Darro and Betsy Ross King, adopt the name, Junior Thunder Riders, a name inspired by a mysterious band of riders who periodically roar across the range.
Throughout the series it is the kids who constantly "save the day." When Frankie and Betsy follow Gene into Murania, they too are captured.
www.erbzine.com /mag5/0594.html   (3690 words)

  
 Heath Ledger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ledger got his first break by starring in the American television series Roar.
Ledger was born in Perth, Australia of Irish and Scottish descent.
Heath Ledger's most professionally successful year to date was 2001, with his ShoWest Award for the Male Star of Tomorrow based on his performance in The Patriot, and worldwide release of the hit anachronistic jousting romp A Knight's Tale.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heath_Ledger   (248 words)

  
 The Professional Cheerleader Blog
Aubrey from the Jacksonville ROAR and Renee from the Broncos
The Storm Dancers handed out their first in a series of 8 collector cards featuring Cortney, a second-year veteran.
Since then she has appeared in many television shows including Alias, Dawson's Creek and Supernatural.
nflcheerleader.blogspot.com   (10504 words)

  
 Heath Ledger pictures, photos, wallpapers, desktop themes, posters, music, videos, DVDs, and memorabilia
Ledger got his first break by starring in the American television series Roar.
Heath Ledger's most professionally successful year was 2001, with his ShoWest Award for the Male Star of Tomorrow based on his performance in The Patriot, and worldwide release of the hit anachronistic jousting romp A Knight's Tale.
Heath Andrew Ledger was born April 4, 1979 in Perth, Australia.
www.entertainzones.com /actors/l/heath-ledger   (311 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Greatest Hits - Shaun Cassidy at Epinions.com
Shaun's more recent success has been as a television producer, writer and/or creator of such shows as "American Gothic", "Roar" and, of course, "Invasion".
Shaun Cassidy is the show's creator, one of the writers and the executive producer of the series.
Cassidy's voice is a dead ringer for his idol Eric Carmen of The Raspberries (in a Rolling Stone magazine interview in 1977 Cassidy raved about Carmen, saying, among other things, "He hears drums just the way I do!").
www.epinions.com /content_120943709828   (2116 words)

  
 The Curse of Peladon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Curse of Peladon is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from January 29 to February 19, 1972.
Wandering through the tunnels, they hear the distant roar of an animal, and a shrine containing the statue of a giant, fur-covered creature with a single horn and wicked looking claws.
Peladon asks for the delegates to be brought to him, so he can convince them that his people are not the primitives the Federation think they are.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Curse_of_Peladon   (3151 words)

  
 Wilson Cruz
Wilson brought sensitivity and intelligence to the role, and said of his experience on the series: "I am so proud to have played Rickie Vasquez.
Wilson's theatrical experience includes performing with Young Americans and roles in Cradle of Fire, Supporting Cast, Becoming Memories, Roar of the Greasepaint..., and Wedding Band...
When Cruz portrayed Rickie last year on the acclaimed television show "My So-Called Life," truth doubled as fiction as he brought his own painful and sometimes repressed memories of growing up gay to the screen...
www.queertheory.com /histories/c/cruz_wilson.htm   (683 words)

  
 Yeti (Doctor Who) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Yeti of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, although resembling the cryptozoological creatures also called the Yeti, are in actuality alien robots.
The sound effect of a Yeti's roar is created by running the sound of a flushing toilet backwards.
The Yeti also appear in the Missing Adventure Millennial Rites by Craig Hinton, which claims the Great Intelligence is actually H.P. Lovecraft's Yog-Sothoth, a being from the universe before this one.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yeti_(Doctor_Who)   (237 words)

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