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	Edge of Darkness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Edge of Darkness was written by the highly experienced Troy Kennedy Martin, previously responsible for creating the famous and long-running BBC police drama Z-Cars and for writing the screenplays for feature films such as The Italian Job and Kelly's Heroes.
		This miniseries is unrelated to the 1943 World War II film Edge of Darkness (movie), starring Errol Flynn and set in Norway.
		Martin Campbell went on to have a successful directing career, and worked on feature films such as the James Bond movie GoldenEye in 1995.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edge_of_Darkness

	Over the Edge (radio) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Over The Edge (or, OTE) is a radio program hosted and produced in the United States by Negativland member Don Joyce.
		Throughout the 80's and 90's and beyond, Over The Edge has also been an outlet for Negativland's creativity.
		Joyce uses audio collage techniques, drawing on many sources, including recordings of other radio programs (including old time radio shows), portions of documentary films, songs and various special effects.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Over_the_Edge_(radio) (518 words)

	China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		With over one-fifth of the world's population, the majority of China exists today as a state known as the People's Republic of China, but it also refers to a long-standing civilization comprising successive states and cultures dating back nearly 5,000 years.
		Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tibet, and the island of Taiwan, over time, came to be dominated (to a greater or lesser extent) by, or officially ruled by, imperial China, and are often included as a part of Zhongguo, though acceptance or denial of such claims remains politically controversial, especially where Zhongguo means PRC.
		The Great Wall of China, stretching over 6700 km, was first erected in the 3rd century B.C. to protect the north from nomadic invaders and has been rebuilt several times since.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/China (5680 words)

	Loading Steel Tank
		Let the reel on table, left hand holding the edge of film at the entrance of the reel, just to lock the position so that the film remains curved to fit the width of the reel, roll the reel with the right head allowing the film rolling into the reel from the center out.
		After releasing a bit to make the film level, pour it into the clip of the center, the film must be at the center and horizontal to the reel.
		Remember that the film must be kept at level position before going into the reel.
	english.t-photo.com /Q101P011.htm (5680 words)

	Peck, Bob
		Success in Edge of Darkness also brought him film roles, notably in the British productions The Kitchen Toto and On the Black Hill in 1987, then, most famously, as the doomed game warden Muldoon in Jurassic Park(1993).
		Peck's performance in Edge of Darkness embodies the paradox that is at the heart of the drama.
		Perhaps his most highly acclaimed performance after Edge of Darkness was as the mild mannered, accident-prone academic, James Westgate, who falls victim to his childhood sweetheart's psychopathic desires, in Simon Gray's Prix Italia winning television play, After Pilkington (BBC, 1987).
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/P/htmlP/peckbob/peckbob.htm (5680 words)

	DVD Times - Edge Of Darkness
		It should be apparent that Edge Of Darkness was not a series with humble ambitions and its placing at fifteenth in the British Film Institute's Top 100 Television is testament that it more than matched the challenge Troy Kennedy Martin placed on himself when he began work on it.
		Edge Of Darkness was first broadcast on BBC2 in six 50-minute episodes but due to the instant critical praise it received, it was repeated almost immediately on BBC1 in three 1hr40m episodes and repeated once again shortly after.
		Indeed, Edge Of Darkness is one series where the BBC ought to be developing a DVD reissue to archive not only the series but the scripts, the music by Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton, information on the production and the legacy and influence of the series.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=3683 (5680 words)

	Edge of Darkness TV Show - Edge of Darkness Television Show - TV.com
		A classic suspense thriller, it is rated by the British film institute as the 15th all-time best British television programme, (cf The BFI TV 100) Edge of Darkness is set in contemporary (at the time) Thatcherite Britain, capturing accurately the paranoia of an age where Trident missiles shared headlines with...
		Edge of Darkness was a landmark mini-series made by The BBC in the mid 80s.
		Tell the world what you think of Edge of Darkness.
	www.tv.com /edge-of-darkness/show/14004/summary.html (5680 words)

	FILM NOIR 2000 - Darkness on the Edge of Town
		FILM NOIR 2000 - Darkness on the Edge of Town
		"When he awoke with his revolver in his hand, the odor of gunpowder still burning his nostrils, he didn't have to go into the bedroom to know what he would find there." Film noir is the redemptive return from Hell, the blood on the boots, the sardonic complement to post-WWII optimism.
		Film noir captures our most primal anxieties...and our most sophisticated.
	www.laemmle.com /series/filmnoir (5680 words)

	DVD Talk > Reviews > Over the Edge
		Over the Edge is a compelling, deeply original film...one that's gone largely unseen, a wrong that'll hopefully be corrected with the release of this DVD.
		Over the Edge is fairly even-handed with most of its characters, resisting the temptation to over-demonize the parents or over-romanticize teenage rebellion.
		Over the Edge isn't heavy on characterization, and it's not about driving a plot from one point to another; viewers who focus squarely on those aspects may come away somewhat disappointed.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/read.php?ID=17732 (1089 words)

	Over the Edge Standard Release DVD - MovieWeb
		Over the Edge struck as sensitive a nerve with young 1970s moviegoers as Rebel Without a Cause did with their 1950s forebears; the difference here is that there are precious few rays of hope at the climax.
		The protagonists of Over the Edge are the teen-aged offspring of the residents of a planned suburban community.
		Inasmuch as the local cops are predisposed to beat the teens into submission, the kids retaliate by directing their frustrations at the Law; the results are tragic, to be sure, but in no way predictable.
	movieweb.com /dvd/dvd.php?085393892920 (302 words)

	The UnMuseum - Science Over the Edge
		Bigfoot expert Cliff Crook claims that the famous film of a sasquatch shot by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin on October 20, 1967, is a fake.
		The film has been carefully analyzed for years without anyone being able to prove it was a hoax.
		Others aren't so sure claiming that the grain on the film is so high that it would be impossible to pick out such a small object.
	www.bonus.com /contour/mystery_museum/http@@/www.unmuseum.org/soearch/over0299.htm (728 words)

	92137.011206&ELEMENT_SET=DECL
		The lower film is prefera- bly provided with a dimension approximating the inner area of the reservoir and is fastened to the upper film at its edge area.
		As the cover comprises an upper film and an inflated chamber provided beneath, it is possible to provide a vault ensuring that the rain hitting the upper side of the upper film runs out over the edge of the reservoir.
		With the film according to the invention it is suitable that the support provided by the inflatable chamber not only ensures draining of rain water but additionally is dimen- sioned with such strength as to withstand snow pressure in area with risk of snow.
	www.wipo.int /cgi-pct/guest/getbykey5?KEY=01/92137.011206&ELEMENT_SET=DECL (3459 words)

	Montreal Mirror : Film review - Over the Edge
		The tone of Over the Edge is difficult to pin down-it’s at once a dark reflection of a society which has turned its back on its young citizens, a commentary on the generation gap (still resonating close to a decade after the ’60s) and a (not always intentional) comedy.
		Perhaps most noteworthy is the film’s penultimate sequence, in which the kiddies lock their teachers and parents into school and then enact a massive riot around the building, knocking out power lines, setting automobiles ablaze and generally wrecking stuff.
		When Dillon is interrogated early in the film by a cop, he’s urged to squeal.
	www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/2002/081502/film5.html (531 words)

	Ottawa XPress - Film - Movie details - Over the Edge
		Over the Edge was Kurt Cobain's favourite movie all time.
		Ottawa XPress - Film - Movie details - Over the Edge
		Over the Edge is about a group of teenagers who protest and take over the recreation centre before it will be closed down.
	www.ottawaxpress.ca /film/movie.aspx?iIDFilm=4278 (405 words)

	TNL Forum - Over The Edge
		Over the Edge was one of a string of movies made in the late '70s and early '80s characterizing teenagers as the little snots they were.
		I suppose Over the Edge is a "guy movie"—it’s about guy friendships, guy oaths ("A kid that tells on another kid is a dead kid"), the guy (Carl) getting the girl (Cory, played by Pamela Ludwig), and plenty of guy posturing and guy tough-talk and in the end, guy violence.
		Over The Edge is a classic that has worked itself into the collective unconscious in more ways than most casual moviegoers realize.
	www.the-nextlevel.com /board/showthread.php?t=32852 (1873 words)

	Over the Edge
		More than an adventure narrative, Over the Edge is a riveting book that uses the climbers' ordeal as a lens through which to view the blend of religion, narcotics and terrorism that has rendered Central Asia an area of enormous political unrest.
		In Over the Edge, Smith, Dickey, Caldwell, and Rodden finally tell the complete story of their nightmarish ordeal.
		Soon after daybreak, they were captured at gunpoint by members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and marched for 6 days through freezing, treacherous mountains, with little food, no clean water, and the constant threat of execution.
	www.banffcentre.ca /MountainCulture/archives/festivals/book/2002/program/edge.htm (241 words)

	DVD Bits - Region 4 and Region 1 DVD news, reviews, resources, PC-DVD, hardware
		Edge of Darkness is a BAFTA award winning television drama series that screened in the late 80’s.
		Edge of Darkness is a BAFTA award winning television drama series that screened on BBC back in the late 1980’s.
		Edge of Darkness is presented in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 full frame.
	www.dvdbits.com /reviews.asp?id=1701 (241 words)

	Business Wire: Catch 23 Entertainment and Martin Campbell to Develop Feature Film Version of Critically Acclaimed British Mini-Series ``Edge of Darkness''; Martin Campbell to Direct
		The British Film Institute recently voted "Edge of Darkness" number 15 in its list of the top 100 television programs of the 20th century.
		A taught, political thriller, "Edge of Darkness" centers on Ron Craven, an "everyman" cop and unfortunate witness to what first appears to be the accidental killing of his daughter, Emma.
		Written by Troy Kennedy Martin and directed by Campbell, "Edge of Darkness" was one of the most ambitious and popular BBC drama series ever, receiving six BAFTA awards after it was first broadcast in 1985.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_Jan_15/ai_81810065 (241 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Commandos Strike At Dawn
		The best of these was The Edge of Darkness, a Warner Brothers film starring Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan that featured a compelling story, fine acting throughout its cast, and well-staged action sequences—all under the firm guidance of Lewis Milestone.
		Even the first appearance of Lillian Gish in a film in ten years is less successful than one might have hoped, partly because she is not given much to work with.
		The exploits of the Norwegian resistance in World War II were the inspiration for several Hollywood films made during the war, all interestingly in 1943.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/commandosstrikeatdawn.php (241 words)

	BBC News FILM Edge of Darkness 'set for big screen'
		Edge of Darkness told the tale of police inspector Ron Craven who is forced to investigate the mysterious death of his own daughter.
		Director Martin Campbell is set to bring his acclaimed BBC TV mini-series Edge of Darkness to the big screen, according to Variety.
		Links to more Film stories are at the foot of the page.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/1764616.stm (241 words)

	BBC - Devon Theatre - Review - The Edge of Darkness at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth
		Edge of Darkness is described as "a heady brew of menace, intrigue and detection guaranteed to have all super sleuths tottering on the edge of their seats in this star-studded, knife-edged thriller."
		Sadly this was not an edge of the seat kind of play, but a rather plodding affair with cringingly stilted dialogue and laboured stage direction.
		Famous names from The Bill, Corrie and Eastenders along with Bergerac’s Liza Goddard pull on their corsets and starched collars for this Victorian gothic chiller thriller.
	www.bbc.co.uk /devon/stage/reviews/edge_of_darkness.shtml (241 words)

	Michael KAMEN & Eric CLAPTON:Lethal Weapon: Film Music on the Web CD Reviews September 2002
		The Edge of Darkness theme is reprised in "Suicide Attempt", being used to characterise Mel Gibson's Martin Riggs' troubled soul and recklessness, then hinted at throughout the score.
		The thriller was not live action cartoon cop buddy flick Lethal Weapon, but the six part BBC serial Edge of Darkness (1986).
		Additionally there are three cues labelled "recorded for, but not used in film".
	www.musicweb-international.com /film/2002/Sep02/Lethal_Weapon.html (241 words)

	Sandor Eles - www.ezboard.com
		Edge of Darkness was a marvellous film - saw it on the t.v.
		Stephen's film and pop record answers are never wrong - indeed she was Flora in The Innocents - one of my top 5 favourite films.
		I've done web searches for him in the past and never found much information at all, this is the first time a search brought up anything other than the film 'And soon the darkness'.
	p197.ezboard.com /fwhirligigtvfrm7.showMessage?topicID=70.topic (241 words)

	SPACE.com -- Edge of Darkness: Milky Way's Black Hole 'Seen' in X-rays
		But in the new study researchers claim to have seen the edge of darkness by spotting rapidly pulsing X-ray emissions thought to be created when superheated gas or other matter zooms beyond the point of no return, through an "event horizon" that marks the time-bending and space-warping outer limits of a black hole.
		WASHINGTON D.C. -- Scientists announced today some of the most compelling evidence to date for the existence of a colossal black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, also determining a new and much smaller upper limit to the diameter of the mysterious object.
		Get the final out of this world season of Roswell now on DVD!
	www.space.com /scienceastronomy/astronomy/mw_blackhole_010905.html (241 words)

	Kennedy-Martin, Troy
		He also wrote screenplays for several action films, with the same sense of frustration that his critical intentions were subverted in the production process.
		The break with naturalism occurs when the murdered woman simply appears beside her father and starts a conversation with him, linking his investigation to the fusion of myth and science in the ecological movement to which she had belonged.
		Fears of nuclear power and government bureaucracy also drove Kennedy-Martin's major achievement, Edge of Darkness, a political thriller broadcast in six parts on BBC2 in late 1985 and promptly repeated in three parts on consecutive nights on BBC1.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/K/htmlK/kennedy-marti/kennedy-marti.htm (241 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: DVD: Edge Of Darkness - The Complete Series [1985]
		On the DVD: Edge of Darkness is presented on a two-disc set with the original six episodes complete and unedited (unlike the previous DVD release).
		The main extra is an excellent new 35-minute documentary, "Magnox: the Secrets of Edge of Darkness", with input from producer Michael Wearing, writer Troy Kennedy-Martin, composer Michael Kamen, stars John Woodvine, Charles Kay and Ian McNeice and archive footage with Bob Peck and Joe Don Baker.
		Edge Of Darkness - The Complete Series [1985]
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004CYR0 (241 words)

	edge.doc
		Once he did the Dark Things with them, he injected them with the compound and sent them home, content in the knowledge that they’d never be able to tell anyone what happened, never hear a police officer’s question, and never be able to pick him out of a lineup.
		This collection contains stories with spoilers up to and including the entire sixth season of The X-Files, and may include spoilers for the feature film.
		Most of it, ironically, on the dark side of the moon, outside the ability of anyone to point a telescope at the sky and discover the truth.
	www.sonic.net /~drambo/bandit/edge.doc (241 words)

	screenonline: Edge of Darkness (1985)
		A drama which begins, then, on a human scale, with Craven mourning his daughter's death, gradually opens out to embrace national and international issues as it moves from an investigative film noir to take on the conventions of a political thriller, before transforming into a nuclear thriller with implications of global apocalypse.
		The murder of his daughter in episode one, and his dissatisfaction with the restricted nature of the official police inquiry into her death, leads Craven to undertake his own investigation.
	www.screenonline.org.uk /tv/id/473217 (241 words)

	Turner Classic Movies This Month Article
		Filming began on the California coast in Monterey, but thick fog put the production on hold for several weeks and sent Flynn to bed suffering from sinus problems.
		The story for Edge of Darkness had been based on a novel by William Woods but differed dramatically in tone from Wood's work, which critics claimed sympathized with the Nazis.
		The film opens with the Norwegian flag flying high over the Nazi outpost but finds almost everyone in town dead.
	turnerclassicmovies.com /ThisMonth/Article/0,,9244892449318,00.html (241 words)

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