Word: tragical
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nearby swamp appropriately called Bogside. Nor were Catholics?even when they became a majority in Derry?ever allowed to play any major role in the city's administration. When, in 1968, Catholic civil rightists did the unthinkable by marching through this Protestant inner sanctum, their defiance touched off a tragic tribal war that has engulfed all Northern Ireland. Yet after ten years of bloodshed, the city that served as the fuse for war may have found the balm for peace, as Derry Protestants and Catholics set an example for the rest of Northern Ireland by attempting to share power...
...Jebreel, head of the pro-Syrian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, was the logical suspect. Six weeks earlier, two of his commandos were killed by men thought to be members of the P.L.F. It appeared that Jebreel, in seeking to even the score, made a tragic miscalculation. Only an hour before the explosion, the 28-member central committee of the P.L.F. had unexpectedly adjourned a meeting. Thus the intended victims of the blast walked away unharmed...
...tragic dilemma of innocent bystanders...
...small-town girlfriend (Amy Johnston) to seek the bright lights of New York; he overcomes early rejection to become the toast of the record industry; he outgrows his original back-up musicians (Don Stroud. Charlie Martin Smith) and creates a revolutionary new sound. By the time Holly meets his tragic end (leaving behind a nation of fans and a pregnant wife), the film could well be a remake of Night and Day or The Glenn Miller Story. Gittler has even more nostalgic affection for the gloss of "40s movies than he does for the beat of '50s music...
This delightfully bizarre comedy about life death and love opens as the central character, Joe Pendleton (Beatty), a star quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams, looks as though he is about to suffer a tragic death in a tunnel collision between his bicycle and a truck. A novice heavenly escort, (played by Buck Henry) removes Joe's soul from his body just before the smash-up in order to spare Joe the pain. Of course, the escort does not realize that Joe, being an excellent athlete with quick reflexes, would have avoided the crash and lived for another 50 years...