Word: spartacus
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...which he would then show to his friends in tiny makeshift movie halls fashioned from cardboard. When the Soviet Union invaded in 1979, he joined the mujahedin guerrillas, eventually forming the documentary-film unit for rebel commander Ahmed Shah Massoud. (Massoud, also a film buff, introduced Barmak to Casablanca, Spartacus and Platoon...
...class warfare between the sexy-snooty vampires and their vassals, Rise of the Lycans establishes Lucian as your basic pulp hero: lumpen nobleman, rabble-rouser and messiah. He's part Jesus, especially in the Gospel according to Mel Gibson (Lucian takes a lashing and keeps on gnashing), and part Spartacus, come to free the slaves - or are they pets - kept by the vampire overlords. In a dungeon or on a dark redoubt, Lucian offers his surly band of rebels "freedom and immortality!" (Wasn't that Tony Blair's campaign slogan when Labour ousted the Tories...
...deployment to Iraq was cancelled after militants pledged to kill the prince. Instead, Harry stayed at home while his fellow soldiers headed into combat wearing T-shirts that read, "I'm Harry" - a reference to the "I'm Spartacus" scene in the swords-and-sandals epic...
...moment is abruptly severed, as the various wards form mock governments. The self-proclaimed “King of the Third Ward,” played by Gael Garcia Bernal, claims that he will only distribute food in exchange for women. In ridiculously cheesy “I am Spartacus!” fashion, the women of the ward all decide to prostitute themselves to save themselves from starvation. As a bright and jolly tune plays while the blind sex-fest occurs, the audience is struck more by the hilarity of the situation than the actual tragedy. Lines like...
During his time at Harvard, Mayersohn lived in Leverett House and concentrated in physics. He was active in politically progressive student organizations, including Students for a Democratic Society and the Spartacus Youth League, a left-wing, Trotskyist organization. Mayersohn added, “I also spent a lot of time at the Harvard Book Store...