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The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission


The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission is a 1987 made-for-TV film and is the second sequel to the original "The Dirty Dozen". It features an all-new 'dirty dozen,' this time under the leadership of Major Wright (Telly Savalas), playing a different role than in the 1967 film. Learning of a Nazi plot to attack Washington, D.C. with a deadly nerve gas, Major Wright leads twelve convicts on a suicide mission deep into occupied France to destroy the secret factory where the
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The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission


The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission is a 1988 made-for-TV film directed by Lee H. Katzin, and is the third sequel to "The Dirty Dozen". It features an all-new "dirty dozen", with the exception of the returning Joe Stern, under the leadership of Major Wright (performed by Telly Savalas). The plot concerns Major Wright and his convict commando squad attempting to stop 12 top Nazis, who are trying to organize a Fourth Reich. The film opens with Major Wright leading
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The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission


The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission is a made-for-TV film and sequel to the original "Dirty Dozen", directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and reuniting Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine and Richard Jaeckel 18 years after the original hit war film. Marvin returns to lead an all-new dirty dozen on a mission to assassinate an SS General played by Wolf Kahler. In German occupied France in September 1944, Waffen-SS General Dietrich (Wolf Kahler) plots with other high-ranking Nazi officials to make a second
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Donald Sutherland


as he was up for an important role... they came to view a rough cut and he got "The Dirty Dozen."" The film, which starred Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson, was the 5th highest-grossing film of 1967 and MGM's highest-grossing movie of the year. In 1968, after the breakthrough in the UK-filmed "The Dirty Dozen," Sutherland left London for Hollywood. He then appeared in two war films, playing the lead role as "Hawkeye" Pierce in Robert Altman
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The CBS Late Movie


interviews. Well-known theatrical movies were also occasionally featured, such as the 1951 "Show Boat" (which had made its network TV debut on NBC in 1972, and was shown on CBS as both a Thanksgiving and Fourth of July special), the David Lean "Great Expectations" (1946), and a severely edited 75-minute version of the David Lean "Oliver Twist" (1948). Some films were seen in two parts over two nights, such as "The Dirty Dozen" and "Grand Prix
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The Legend of Lylah Clare


the TV series "The Man". In 1965 Aldrich announced Jeanne Moreau would play the lead in Lylah Clare. However filming was pushed back due to Aldrich being involved in other projects. He made it after "The Flight of the Phoenix" and "The Dirty Dozen" which both had predominantly male casts. "The Dirty Dozen" was financed by MGM who agreed to make "Lylah". Aldrich said he was talking to the studio when they "were in a buying mood" and he pitched them "Lylah
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The Dirty Dozen


then pry open the ventilation ducts to the shelter, drop unprimed grenades down, then pour gasoline inside. Jefferson throws a live grenade down each shaft and sprints for the half-track the team has hijacked for their getaway, but is shot down as the grenades explode. In the course of the battle, only Reisman, Bowren and Wladislaw escape back to England with their lives. A voiceover from Armbruster at the end of the movie confirms that General Worden exonerated the sole surviving member of the Dirty Dozen and communicated to the
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Deadly Dozen


Deadly Dozen is a 2001 World War II oriented squad-based first-person shooter video game developed by nFusion Interactive. The title refers to the famous World War II movie "The Dirty Dozen". As in the movie, the main protagonists are military misfits sentenced to death or long term imprisonment who are given a chance to redeem themselves by going on dangerous missions. The game was followed by a sequel titled "". The twelve characters have different specializations: sniper, demolition expert and so on. For every mission
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band


's history they relied on written arrangements to a far greater extent than do most other New Orleans brass bands. Despite the Dirty Dozen's uniqueness, however, the band's success inspired a resurgence of New Orleans' brass band music, both in the city and nationwide. The band was most influential in the 1980s, when they demonstrated by example that brass band music could be successful by moving beyond a type of music that risked stagnation as nothing more than a tourist attraction. Before the Dirty Dozen band was formed the Olympia
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Combat Kelly


Deadly Dozen" (June 1972 - Oct. 1973), though as simply "Combat Kelly" in the postal indicia. The series name and premise are similar to those of the 1960s movie "The Dirty Dozen". With issue #5 (Feb. 1973), the cover title changed slightly to "Combat Kelly and his Deadly Dozen". In issue #3, Kelly is described as a U.S. Army boxer who in 1940 killed a man in the ring. He was convicted and sentenced for manslaughter, and was later
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Combat Kelly and the Deadly Dozen


as Combat Kelly in the postal indicia. With issue #5 (Feb. 1973), the cover title changed slightly to Combat Kelly and his Deadly Dozen. The series name and premise are similar to those of the 1960s movie "The Dirty Dozen". The series was the second to feature a character by the name of "Combat Kelly". The series featured Corporal Kelly as the leader of a team of convicted criminals who serve in the army during the Second World War to pay for their crimes. The character of
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The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission


dozen are supposed to view a film on Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia, however, that film was switched with a blue film. On their final day of training, the 'dirty dozen' undergo a train jumping exercise, which involves them staying out of sight and then dropping down onto a train from bridge supports. When the dozen completes this successfully, Major Wright knows they are ready, and rewards them with a final night of drunken debauchery and female companionship. As the men celebrate, General Worden and the Colonel arrive,
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Too Late the Hero (film)


, who "made it a much better script." However the film was not made until after Aldrich had a big success with "The Dirty Dozen". Robert Aldrich recalled that the production company ABC Films, wanted another version of his "The Dirty Dozen" and that "Too Late the Hero", a property that could use some of the same elements, had been languishing in studio drawers for over a decade. The idea of the film came from an unpublished novel called "Don't Die Mad" by
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Dad Made Dirty Movies


Dad Made Dirty Movies is a 2011 Bulgarian-German documentary film by Jordan Todorov following Stephen C. Apostolof's life and career. The film premiered at Visions du Réel International Film Festival in April 2011 and consists of archive footage as well as interviews with Apostolof's family, friends and associates. The film also includes never before seen archive footage from making of "Orgy of the Dead" - Apostolof's most well known film. The title Dad Made Dirty Movies comes from a quote by Polly Apostolof, one of Apostolof's daughters
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John Cacavas


reunited him with "Kojak" veteran and friend Telly Savalas, and Cacavas also went on to score Savalas's made for TV "Dirty Dozen" sequel movies "" (1987) and "" (1988). His later television work included popular miniseries such as "Jenny's War" (1985), "Confessional" (1989) and "Perfect Murder, Perfect Town" in 2000. While Cacavas has extensive credits in television he has comparatively few credits for film scores. His most notable works in film are
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Herbert Scott


selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the 13th round of the 1975 NFL Draft as an offensive guard. He was one of 12 drafted rookies who made the team that year - hence the "Dirty Dozen" nickname for the Cowboys 1975 draft, that helped the team reach Super Bowl X. The "Dirty Dozen" rookie class, didn't even include linebacker Mike Hegman, who was drafted that year but did not arrive until 1976. Or rookie free agent quarterback Jim Zorn who made the team, but was later cut, to
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Dad Made Dirty Movies


April 2011 at Visions du Réel International Film Festival. In all, Dad Made Dirty Movies was an official selection of over thirty international film festivals including Transilvania International Film Festival, Planet Doc Review Festival, Sydney Underground Film Festival, Kansas International Film Festival, Trieste Film Festival, Mumbai International Film Festival etc. The film often played as a double bill along with "Orgy of the Dead" - Apostolof's most popular film. "Dad Made Dirty Movies" was also aired on various TV channels as Arte, SBS One(Australia)
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Jordan Todorov


Made Dirty Movies" features interviews with Apostolof's children and his third wife Shelley, stars from his films, cult filmmakers, film critics and film historians. "Dad Made Dirty Movies" premiered at Visions du Réel International Film Festival and played at more than thirty festivals around the world, including Sydney Underground Film Festival, Transilvania International Film Festival, Trieste Film Festival and Mumbai International Film Festival, among others. The film has been sold in more than thirty territories worldwide. "Dad Made Dirty Movies" will air on HBO
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A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die


"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and later "800 Bullets". The Fort Bowie set was originally built for the film "The Deserter". There are two different English language versions of the movie, shorter with James Coburn's own voice and longer with different voice actors and music. James Coburn was not involved in longer cut dubbing. This is a story derivative of "The Dirty Dozen", but set during the American Civil War. Eli is to be hanged for looting, when he and
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Larry Wilcox


celebrated trial in Wyoming and subsequently killed in a barroom brawl, according to Wilcox. He appeared in a 1985 made-for-TV movie sequel to "The Dirty Dozen", called "". He played a convicted war prisoner Tommy Wells, recruited to help terminate a German general who is plotting to assassinate Hitler. Wilcox was reunited briefly on-screen with his former co-star Estrada in "National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1", and then again in 1998, where he reprised his role of Jon Baker
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Clint Walker


"The Night of the Grizzly" (1966). He starred in a family adventure movie shot in India, "Maya" (1966). Walker had his biggest hit to date when he played the meek convict Samson Posey in the war drama "The Dirty Dozen" (1967). Walker returned to Westerns with "More Dead Than Alive" (1969). The "New York Times" described the actor as "a big, fine-looking chap and about as live-looking as any man could
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Dirty Dozen (American football)


the accolades that the Dallas Cowboys scouting department had received throughout the years, the team had never kept more than nine draft choices and the average number was keeping six. In 1962, 14 rookies made the team - 7 draft choices, 4 undrafted free agents, 2 obtained in trades and one claimed off waivers. In 1975, eleven picks and one undrafted free agent (Percy Howard) made the team, hence the nickname "The Dirty Dozen" for the 1975 Cowboys draft class. This group of rookies didn't even
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Jessica Drake


and Mikayla Mendez shot a scene for the mainstream comedy movie, "Barry Munday", in which they played themselves as judges in an air-guitar contest. Drake appears in the music video for the 2010 single "Telephone" by Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé. In 2014, Drake was on CNBC's list of "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's Most Popular Stars". Later in the year a documentary series began airing on The Movie Network and Movie Central titled "Love, Jessica", directed by Kai Soremekun.
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Telly Savalas


. He was part of an all-star cast in "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), playing Archer Maggott (the worst of the dozen), in a role Jack Palance turned down. He reunited with Burt Lancaster and Sydney Pollack in the Western "The Scalphunters" (1968), and also featured in the comedy "Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell" (also 1968) — noted as one of his favourite roles — and the all-star action movie "Mackenna's Gold" (1969),
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band


The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is a New Orleans, Louisiana, brass band. The ensemble was established in 1977 by Benny Jones and members of the Tornado Brass Band. The Dirty Dozen revolutionized the New Orleans brass band style by incorporating funk and bebop into the traditional New Orleans jazz style, and since has been a major influence on local music. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band grew out of the youth music program established by Danny Barker at New Orleans' Fairview Baptist Church. In 1972, Barker started the Fairview Baptist Church Marching
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The Dirty Dozen


the category Best Sound Effects. Also, the film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Three years after "The Dirty Dozen" was released, "Too Late the Hero", a film also directed by Aldrich, was described as a "kind of sequel to "The Dirty Dozen"". The 1969 Michael Caine film "Play Dirty" follows a similar theme of convicts-recruited-as-soldiers. The 1977 Italian war film "The Inglorious Bastards" is a loose remake of "The
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In Living Color


"East Hollywood Squares"). Rapper Biz Markie also appeared in various roles as a guest star in the fifth season, such as being in drag as Wanda the Ugly Woman's sister or as "Dirty Dozens" contestant Damian "Foosball" Franklin. Ed O'Neill made a cameo appearance as Al Bundy in a "Dirty Dozens" segment. Originally produced by 20th Century Fox Television on Fox, the series was in reruns on local affiliates for a few years, but has since become a longstanding mainstay on Fox's sister
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Dirty Dozen (American football)


The Dirty Dozen were the rookies that made the Dallas Cowboys team in 1975. These players were credited with helping the Cowboys advance to Super Bowl X and was a key foundation of the team's success during the latter half of the 1970s going into the early 1980s, as by 1979 many of these players would have replaced many of the Cowboys' aging starters of the 1960s. The rookies came up with the nickname inspired by the film of the same name, and spent half of the season without shaving. For all of
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The Dirty Half Dozen


Ultron" was "the right way" to tie the two together, and was also positive of the character beats for Simmons and Palamas. Goldman also made special mention of Tancharoen's direction of the one-shot fight, though he felt that Tancharoen's May vs. Agent 33 fight from "Face My Enemy" was the superior sequence, and of the visual effects for the shooting down of the Bus. "The A.V. Club"s Oliver Sava graded "The Dirty Half Dozen" a 'B+', also noting that "
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Dirty Harry (film series)


said: "When I went to see the last "Dirty Harry" movie, "The Dead Pool", I was disgusted. I went out and said, this is not a "Dirty Harry" movie, this is nothing, this is a pale sequel." and I also said, "that's not the last "Dirty Harry" story, I will show you the last "Dirty Harry" story." Another character in "That Yellow Bastard" story is Nancy Callahan, who is a pastiche
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Mushroom Studios


Richmond in 1980 and updated to accommodate over 50 musicians in semi-isolated concert format to do film scoring for dozens of feature films and movies of the week from Chuck Norris to a redo of "The Dirty Dozen". The studio was recognized for the film score album of "Top Gun". For the seven years between 1999–2006, John Wozniak of Marcy Playground fame owned and operated the studio. In 2006, Rob Darch, owner of Hipposonic Studios, bought the building but not the equipment therein and rechristened it to
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John Cassavetes


John Nicholas Cassavetes (; December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. Cassavetes was a pioneer of American independent film, writing and directing over a dozen movies, which he partially self-financed, and pioneered the use of improvisation and a cinéma vérité style. He also acted in many Hollywood films, notably "Rosemary's Baby" (1968) and "The Dirty Dozen" (1967). He studied acting with Don Richardson, utilizing an alternative technique to
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band


. Brock describes his initial reaction to the band: In 1980, Jerry Brock made the first professional recording of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, which he played "constantly" on WWOZ. He also prepared a press kit for the group and, in his words, "helped them to present themselves professionally". Back in 1982, Brock had arranged a concert for the band at the well-known local music venue Tipitina's, which was the first time they had played at a "white club" in New Orleans
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The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission


Resistance fighters band together. Meanwhile, the SS are shown torturing the lone surviving Resistance fighter, who happens to be Yelena's brother. He passes out before giving them any information. As the dozen and the Resistance group are resting at a farmhouse, Major Wright reveals to a concerned Stern and Hamilton that there is a traitor in the dirty dozen this time, and that's why plans have changed. Back on the trail, the 'dirty dozen' and the partisans disguise themselves as Macedonian Orthodox mourners transporting a coffin (
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Dirty Work (1998 film)


"cult classic". In his column, "My Year Of Flops", critic Nathan Rabin describes "Dirty Work" as an example of "the ironic dumb comedy, the slyly postmodern lowbrow gag-fest that so lustily, nakedly embraces and exposes the machinations and conventions of stupid laffers that it becomes a sort of sublime bit of meta-comedy". In 2018 when asked about a sequel, MacDonald stated "It was an R-rated movie, so we made it that way, then they made it
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Talk Dirty to Me Part III


play Jack in two more installments of the series, after which the films became less relevant to the original film. At least a dozen "Talk Dirty to Me" films would ultimately be produced into the early 2000s. The original film is controversial for having Traci Lords in the cast (she was in fact featured in the original poster for the film and plays a key role). Following the May 1986 revelations that she was underage under U.S. law during filming, the movie was re-edited with Lisa De Leeuw replacing
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Kipori 'Baby Wolf' Woods


/jazz with Kipori Funk and studied jazz at New Orleans University under Ellis Marsalis. He began playing the blues after the death of his grandfather in 1995 and was named 'Baby Wolf' when working with Walter 'Wolfman' Washington. Kipori played in the 2004 movie Ray (film), the 2008 music video Lately (Divine song) and from 2007-2007 he toured with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. He has toured the Americas, Europe and Japan several times, sharing the stage with artists such as The Neville
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Joel Iskowitz


in Europe during World War II. Inclusion is this elite team meant parachuting behind enemy lines during the Allied retaking of Europe in 1944 in order to attack key targets. It has been suggested that this unit was the inspiration for "The Dirty Dozen", a movie depicting a similar military unit in World War II. The movie differs in many respects however; in the movie the team is selected from convicts. Iskowitz has been invited twice to document Space Shuttle missions and his artwork is on permanent display at the NASA Kennedy
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Filthy Thirteen


movie in 1967. Barbara Maloney, the daughter of John Agnew, told the "American Valor Quarterly" that her father felt that 30% of the movie's content was historically correct, including a scene where officers are captured. Unlike the Dirty Dozen, the Filthy Thirteen were not convicts; however, they were men prone to drinking and fighting and often spent time in the stockade. Richard E. Killblane wrote Jake McNiece's version of the unit in "The Filthy Thirteen" (2003), and Stephen DeVito wrote Jack
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The Dirty Dozen


, but they are both knocked out by Posey and Jefferson. The convicts assume Reisman sent the attackers until Breed and his men investigate the Dirty Dozen's camp. Reisman, who had been away when Breed arrived, infiltrates his own post and opens fire on the paratroops as the convicts jump them. They disarm the paratroops, and Colonel Breed is forced to leave. Reisman is called on the carpet by General Worden and his chief of staff, Brigadier General Denton. Denton, siding with Breed, insists that Reisman has exceeded
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The Dirty Dozen


and the others set up in various locations around the chateau. The plan falls apart when psychopathic Maggott encounters one of the women who had accompanied the officers. Maggott stabs her and then begins shooting wildly at enemy and ally alike, alerting the German officers; Jefferson kills Maggott because he has compromised the mission. As the officers and their companions retreat to an underground bomb shelter, a firefight ensues between the Dirty Dozen and the chateau's guard force. As planned, Wladislaw and Reisman lock the Germans in the bomb shelter,
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The Dirty Dozen


and Ben Carruthers. According to commentary on "The Dirty Dozen: 2-Disc Special Edition", when Trini López left the film early, the death scene of Lopez's character where he blew himself up with the radio tower was given to Busby (in the film, Ben Carruthers' character Glenn Gilpin is given the task of blowing up the radio tower while Busby's character Milo Vladek is shot in front of the château). Lopez's character dies off-camera during the parachute drop which begins the mission. The same
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What's Going On (Dirty Dozen Brass Band album)


be a good idea, and initially sought to have Amos produce the album. Amos then called up his production partner, Anthony Marinelli, and the two of them went on to produce the album. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's decision to remake Gaye's album was influenced by Hurricane Katrina, the government's response to the storm, and the ongoing Iraq War. The group's saxophonist, Roger Lewis, told NPR that he had been interested in covering Gaye's music for a while already, and that when Katrina hit
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band


pieces like "The Flintstones" theme song. When Benny Jones, who was active in the social and pleasure club scene, was asked to get a band together for a parade he would draw from this rehearsal group; before long, Gregory Davis assumed leadership of the band. "I thought it would be better to use the same people as often as I could," he explains. "That helped to keep it tight." The band initially called themselves the Original Sixth Ward Dirty Dozen, a name designed to
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band


released "What's Going On", their version of the entire 1971 Marvin Gaye landmark disc "What's Going On" as a response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina that struck New Orleans exactly one year earlier. From the beginning, the music of the Dirty Dozen was a departure from the traditional New Orleans brass band sound, and as the band's popularity increased the distance between them and more traditional groups only grew. When Kirk and Charles Joseph left the band suddenly in 1991, citing the pressures of the group
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The Dirty Dozen


next of kin of the rest that "they lost their lives in the line of duty". , seven actors who portrayed members of the Dirty Dozen are deceased. Although Robert Aldrich had failed to buy the rights to E.M. Nathanson's novel "The Dirty Dozen" while it was just an outline, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer succeeded in May 1963. On publication the novel became a best-seller in 1965. It was adapted to the screen by veteran scriptwriter and producer, Nunnally Johnson, and Lukas Heller. A
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The Dirty Dozen


to say that the film is "the Dirty Dozen with super villains", citing the original film as inspiration. Nathanson states in the prologue to his novel "The Dirty Dozen", that while he heard a legend that such a unit may have existed, he incorrectly heard they were convicts. He was unable to find any corroboration in the archives of the US Army in Europe. He instead turned his research of convicted felons into the subsequent novel. While he does not state from where he acquired the name, but
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The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission


which we learn was at Major Wright's request. The major reveals that he believes there is a traitor in the 'dirty dozen' who is feeding information to the Germans. Both General Worden and (particularly) the Colonel want to abort the mission, but Major Wright talks them out of it, saying down the line he'll figure out who the traitor is and get rid of him. Major Wright, figuring the Germans will be waiting at the drop zone, orders the pilots to drop the 'dirty dozen'
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Dirty Country


Dirty Country is a 2007 documentary film that tells the real-life story of Larry Pierce, a small-town factory worker and family man who happens to be the raunchiest country music singer in America. Since 1993, Larry has quietly released over a dozen dirty country albums at truck stops across the country. Without the time or money to pursue a "legitimate" career in country music, Larry is content to lead an ordinary life and moonlight as a dirty country singer. But when he is forced into early retirement at
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The Dirty Dozen (album)


The Dirty Dozen is the fourteenth studio album from blues rock artist George Thorogood and the Destroyers. The album was released on July 28, 2009. "The Dirty Dozen" reached #1 on the "Billboard" Top Blues Albums and was on the chart for 11 weeks. The album includes six new songs (1-6) and six classic favorites (7-12), including three tracks that were previously out-of-print in the U.S. Tracks 1-6 only, see album articles for other technical
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Dirty Dozen (bicycle competition)


The Dirty Dozen is a one-day road cycling race in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, held annually on the first Saturday following the Thanksgiving holiday in November. The event is contested over a course that features 13 of the steepest hills in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The Dirty Dozen was founded in 1983 by brothers Tom and Danny Chew and their friend Bob Gottlieb, in an attempt to find and ride the steepest hills in Pittsburgh. Five riders participated in the first edition, though only three finished. The race has been held every
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The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission


The group is shown practicing their bayonet technique, during which a few of the men display their disdain for the major. Meanwhile, at SS Headquarters in Berlin, numerous SS officers are shown being briefed by General Richter on the exploits of Major Wright and Richter informs them that he has recruited a new 'dirty dozen' and intends to try to stop the Orient Express from reaching its destination. Richter reveals that this info was supplied by an informant who is close to the situation. The 'dirty dozen' are to take
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Dirty Grandpa


miserable specimen, I was convinced it's among the worst movies ever made." Richard Roeper gave the film zero stars, writing, "If "Dirty Grandpa" isn't the worst movie of 2016, I have some serious cinematic torture in my near future." Mark Kermode, on his BBC Radio 5 Live show ("Kermode and Mayo's Film Review"), said, "after "Dirty Grandpa" I did feel genuinely unclean, I wanted to go and have a shower, because it's just
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Angels with Dirty Faces


features were made available, including: audio commentary by film historian Dana Polan, an "Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?" featurette, a radio production, movie trailers, and a short film titled "Warner Night at the Movies" with film critic and historian Leonard Maltin. "Angels with Dirty Faces" has been adapted into two radio plays. The first was the May 22, 1939, broadcast of "Lux Radio Theater", with Cagney and O'Brien reprising their film roles; the second
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Big Sam (musician)


Sammie 'Big Sam' Williams is a trombonist and band leader from New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been a member of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and leads Big Sam's Funky Nation. In his youth he studied with saxophonist Kidd Jordan and at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. In his teens, Williams was a founding member of the Stooges Brass Band and joined the Dirty Dozen, allowing him to play with Karl Denson, Dave Matthews, Widespread Panic, and James Brown. After one year with the Dirty Dozen
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Dad Made Dirty Movies


, Canvas(Belgium), Yle Teema(Finland) and it's going to be released on DVD in 2012 by Mindjazz Pictures (Germany). "Dad Made Dirty Movies" aired on HBO Central Europe in October 2012. The film received favorable reviews by critics. Boyd Van Hoeij of "Variety" called it a "shoo-in for midnight screenings," going on to describe its tone as "generally upbeat, funny and interesting, with a good eye and ear for the times." Other reviewers also played up the zeitgeist
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Frank McCarthy (artist)


"Colliers", "Argosy", and "True", movie companies, and advertisements. Among McCarthy's film poster work were "The Ten Commandments", "Hatari!", "The Great Escape", "The Train", "The Glory Guys", "The Dirty Dozen", "Dark of the Sun", "Day of Anger", "Once Upon a Time in the West", and in conjunction with Robert McGinnis "Thunderball", "You Only Live Twice" and
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band


Brass Band was already mixing R&B and jazz influences in with traditional tunes; the Dirty Dozen took this farther, and gave the trend worldwide visibility. Bands which followed in their wake did not all follow their more jazz oriented stage band approach—only the Soul Rebels have gone in that direction—but a wide variety of bands, from the Rebirth Brass Band to Wisconsin's Youngblood Brass Band have been influenced by them in other ways. Rebirth has the most direct connection with the Dirty Dozen: they got their start playing at
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Dirty Harry


A section of the Philippine police force ordered a print of the film for use as a training film. Since its release, the film's critical reputation has grown in stature. "Dirty Harry" was selected in 2008 by "Empire" magazine as one of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time. It was placed similarly on The Best 1000 Movies Ever Made list by "The New York Times". In January 2010 "Total Film" included the film on its list of The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time.
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Dad Made Dirty Movies


angle of the film, including "Screen Daily"'s Mark Adams who said that "Dad Made Dirty Movies" "does a great job in capturing the feel of the era," adding that "fans of cult exploitation films of the late 1960s and early 1970s will relish this engagingly balanced delve into the work of Stephen C. Apostolof." Tim Elliott of "The Age" wrote that "Stephen C. Apostolof's life is one of the great postwar American stories, a rollicking tale of rebellion, adventure and female breasts
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Dad Made Dirty Movies


. "Dad Made Dirty Movies" chronicles Stephen C. Apostolof's rise, from the story of his escape as a refugee from the Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe, to producer and director of sexploitation films in the 1960s and 1970s, his turbulent relationship with infamous Ed Wood and his downfall in the late 1970s with advent of hardcore pornography. The documentary is produced by Bulgarian company AGITPROP in association with Filmtank(Hamburg), ZDF and Arte. Pre-production phase took about five years. Principal photography began in New York City in December
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band


. It was a double bill with Danny Barker band. Barker and The Dozen were both apprehensive about the match-up: Barker about being blown off the stage and The Dozen out of respect and knowledge of Barker's deep roots and knowledge. The Dozen were recognized as the new energy and force that they were and Mr. Barker held his own as the elder statesman giving his blessing to the generations to come. Afterwards the band had one of its first international appearances, when Kidd Jordan recommended the band to the organizers of
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Dad Made Dirty Movies


2009, and continued in California, Nevada and Arizona in May, 2010. "Dad Made Dirty Movies" features interviews with Apostolof's children and his third wife Shelley, stars from his films, cult filmmakers, film critics and film historians. The film uses first-person unreliable narrator based on authentic interviews with Apostolof, drawing heavily on his peculiar manner of speaking full of colloquialisms, puns and self irony. The film showed at the Franco-German television Arte on 17 February 2011 and had its official premiere on 10
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Steve Gainer


Everly", "Awkward", "Catch Hell", "Super", "", "Black Cloud", "Mysterious Skin", "Bully", "Dirty Girl", "Movie 43", and "A Haunted House." From 1991-1994 he was the manager of the Paramount Pictures Corporation film lab. Since 1994, he has been director of photography on dozens of films, commercials, and music videos. In 2013 and 2015, he also directed episodes of the MTV comedy-
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Telly Savalas


of Alcatraz" (1962) — where he was nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor — "The Greatest Story Ever Told", "Battle of the Bulge" (both 1965), "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), as super villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond movie "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969), "Kelly's Heroes" (1970) and "Escape to Athena" (1979). The second of five children, Telly Savalas
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John Cassavetes


films independent of any studio, as "Shadows" had been. The films in which he acted with this intention include Don Siegel's "The Killers" (1964), the motorcycle gang movie "Devil's Angels" (1967), "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Roman Polanski's "Rosemary's Baby" (1968), and "The Fury" (1978). Cassavetes portrayed the murderer in a 1972 episode of
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The Dirty Half Dozen


in all, it was a rather good episode". Buxton said that Skye "really shined this episode", and called her one-shot fight "worthy of a rewind or two", while highlighting "one of the biggest character moments" in the episode with Simmons' decision to kill Ward. Rob Leane, also at "Den of Geek", was more positive of the "Age of Ultron" tie-in, calling it "the next best allusion to the movies we’ve ever had" following
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The Devil's Brigade (film)


" featuring in the film. The film was the 4th most popular movie in general release in Britain in 1968, after "The Jungle Book", "Barbarella" and "Carry on Doctor". Wolper later wrote ""The Devil's Brigade" turned out to be a terrific film. It was a wonderful story, the acting was excellent, and the preview audiences and critics loved it. Unfortunately it came out just a few months after the release of "The Dirty Dozen", which was the same kind
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Biz Markie


, and the record suffered accordingly. Additional bad news came when the video for the track 'Toilet Stool Rap' was labeled Worst Video of the Year on the "Fromage" show from Canada's MuchMusic. For the remainder of the decade, Markie occasionally made television appearances, including guest appearances on "In Living Color" (including as contestant Damian "Foosball" Franklin in the recurring game show sketch "The Dirty Dozens" and as Marlon Cain in "Ed Bacon: Guidance Counselor") and in a 1996 freestyle
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Robert Aldrich


be reunited with Joan Crawford, but Crawford left the film and was replaced by Olivia de Havilland. The movie was popular, though not as successful as "Baby Jane". Aldrich stayed at Fox for his next film, the all-male action story "The Flight of the Phoenix" (1965), with James Stewart, Richard Attenborough and Peter Finch. The film was a commercial disappointment but eventually proved profitable. Aldrich had his biggest hit to date with "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), produced by
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Hartford, Illinois


Hartford is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States, on the Mississippi River near the mouth of the Missouri River. The population was 1,429 at the 2010 census. Lewis and Clark spent the winter of 1803-1804 there, near what has been designated the Lewis and Clark State Historic Site. Hartford is the birthplace of actor Clint Walker, known for the television series "Cheyenne" and for the movies "The Ten Commandments" and "The Dirty Dozen". Hartford is located at (38.824498, -90.092509
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The Inglorious Bastards


involved an approach proposed by Bo Richards to filmmaker Ted V. Mikels. Mikels rejected it on the grounds that a movie pitched as a "Dirty Dozen" follow-up was a decade late, and any insistence on preserving a title containing the word "bastard" would spell box office failure in the 1970s. The film was released in the United States as "The Inglorious Bastards"; it was also issued as "Hell's Heroes" and as "Deadly Mission" on home video. The American success of the blaxploitation
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Eminem


self-titled EP in 1995 featuring Proof. Eminem also made his first music video appearance in 1992 in a song titled, "Do-Da-Dippity", by Champtown. Later in 1996, Eminem and Proof teamed up with four other rappers to form The Dirty Dozen (D12), who released their first album "Devil's Night" in 2001. Eminem had his first run-in with the law at age 20, when he was arrested for his involvement in a drive-by shooting with a paintball
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MGM-British Studios


produced at the studio. Films made at the MGM-British studios for the parent company include "Ivanhoe" (1952) and "The Dirty Dozen" (1967). Production designer Alfred Junge's castle setting for the former was to dominate the Borehamwood skyline for some years afterwards. The facilities were hired by other companies; 20th Century Fox shot the films "Anastasia" (1956) and "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness" (1958) at Borehamwood. When Ealing Studios sold its own studios in 1956,
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James McEachin


in an episode ("Out at Home") of "The White Shadow". He made his third film with Eastwood in 1983 when he starred as Detective Barnes in the fourth "Dirty Harry" movie, "Sudden Impact". He also appeared as Dr. Victor Millson, chairman of the fictitious National Council of Astronautics in the 1984 movie, "2010". In addition to his appearing role with Roy Scheider, his character often appears in video dispatches transmitted to the American astronauts in the film. While continuing to
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Eskimo Nell (film)


Roy Kinnear) to make a dirty movie based on the poem "The Ballad of Eskimo Nell". However they run into difficulty when each of the production's backers want a completely different style of film made. Then Murdoch makes off with the money and the three have to produce four "different" versions of the movie to keep everybody happy - a gay Western, a hardcore porno, a Kung Fu-style musical, and a wholesome family production. Many of the film's characters are based on real personalities of
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List of films considered the worst


: "The awful, ugly "Dirty Grandpa" is the comedy equivalent of torture porn [...] In fact, in the dizzying moments after being bludgeoned by this miserable specimen, I was convinced it's among the worst movies ever made." Richard Roeper gave the film zero stars, writing, "If "Dirty Grandpa" isn't the worst movie of 2016, I have some serious cinematic torture in my near future." Mark Kermode, on his BBC Radio 5 Live show ("Kermode and Mayo's
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Blake's 7


"Scorpio", and new characters, Soolin and Slave. "Blake's 7" was watched by approximately 10 million people in the UK and was broadcast in 25 other countries. Series creator Terry Nation pitched "Blake's 7" to the BBC as ""The Dirty Dozen" in space", a reference to the 1967 Robert Aldrich movie in which a disparate group of convicts are sent on a suicide mission during World War II. This influence shows in that some of Blake's devotees are escaped convicts (Avon
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Remy LaCroix


and promoted her unreleased movies, eventually returning to shooting in November 2012. In 2013, "LA Weekly" ranked her tenth on their list of "10 Porn Stars Who Could Be the Next Jenna Jameson". She was also placed on CNBC's yearly list "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's Most Popular Stars" in 2013 and 2014. LaCroix was scheduled to be a judge on the web-based reality show "The Sex Factor", which is a pornographic version of "The X Factor". In December
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You're in the Army Now (song)


"You're in the Army Now" also known as "We're in the Army Now" is an American song written in 1917 by Isham Jones. Lyrics were written by Tell Taylor and Ole Olsen. The piece of music has appeared in several movies and cartoons about the US Army from "The Big Parade" to "The Dirty Dozen" to "The Draft Horse" to "Rio Grande" with the lyrics providing titles for two 1941 army comedies "You're in the Army Now" and "You'll
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Too Late the Hero (film)


." Gene Siskel gave the film one star out of four and wrote, "The essence of an action film is action, and that's precisely what's missing in Robert Aldrich's 'Too Late the Hero.' Oddly enough, Aldrich, who directed 'The Dirty Dozen,' substitutes boredom in the form of an annoyingly long prolog, repititious scenes, and combat in a closed space." Kevin Thomas of the "Los Angeles Times" called it "a war movie at its most routine. Indeed,
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The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission


, giving them one last night of debauchery before embarking on their suicide mission. Upon coming ashore, the dirty dozen march to their rendezvous point in the French forest, where they meet their contact, Marie Verlaine, the daughter of Paul Verlaine, and her fellow resistance fighters. Marie informs Major Wright that the scientists' families have been brought to the monastery, thus complicating the rescue portion of the mission. To avoid Krieger's patrols and checkpoints, Major Wright decides that they should travel by river, and the dozen attacks
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The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission


services to Major Wright, as she had spent her formative years in Europe while her father served as a diplomat and possesses extensive knowledge of various European languages and customs, including Yugoslavia. Major Wright is skeptical at first and tells her of the danger, but he ultimately accepts, making Campbell the first female member of the 'dirty dozen.' In the film room the rest of the dozen are introduced to Lieutenant Campbell and then go through identifying Richter's 12 and their importance to the Fourth Reich mission. Afterwards, the
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The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission


some 20 miles away from Skopje. The Yugoslavian Resistance Fighters who were stationed at the original drop zone are surrounded by the SS and shot. One is "allowed" to survive for "interrogation purposes." In Skopje, Major Wright and Demchuk don civilian clothes and go to the apartment of Resistance leader Yelena Voskovic where they are greeted suspiciously due to the disappearance of the Resistance fighters sent to meet the dozen at the drop zone. Major Wright is able to defuse the tenuous situation and the 'dirty dozen' and the
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The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission


the dozen to get ready for the forthcoming train. Meanwhile, aboard the train, General Richter addresses his 12 men. One of them, Kranz, reveals that Hitler has given him a letter that names Richter as Hitler's successor and leader of the Fourth Reich. As the train reaches the bridge, the 'dirty dozen' infiltrate it and the battle begins. While heading through the train cars to get to Richter's 12, Hamilton is wounded in the leg. Demchuk makes his way to the locomotive and seizes control
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Smith & Wesson Model 29


the most powerful production handgun. There were a number of custom calibers that were more powerful, as in the old Howdah pistols of the 19th century. It remained primarily the province of handgun enthusiasts, some law enforcement personnel and hunters until 1971, when Clint Eastwood made it famous as "the most powerful handgun in the world" in the movie "Dirty Harry". After the movie's release, retailers had trouble keeping the Model 29 in stock. In the late 1990s, Smith & Wesson discontinued production of many models
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The Dirty Dozen


. It was wide and high, surrounded with of heather, 400 ferns, 450 shrubs, 30 spruce trees and six weeping willows. Construction of the faux château proved problematic. The script required its explosion, but it was so solid, 70 tons of explosives would have been required for the effect. Instead, a cork and plastic section was destroyed. Exteriors were shot throughout southeast England. The credit scenes at the American military prison – alluded in the movie to be Shepton Mallett – were shot in the ancillary courtyard of
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Robert Aldrich


. That's because everybody at Enterprise felt they could make a contribution and that's the feeling I hope we can have here." The studios were opened in August 1968. Along with Goldwyn, The Associates and Aldrich was the only major independent company with a studio in Hollywood. For the next few years he would make his movies there. Aldrich's success with "The Dirty Dozen" led to the newly-formed ABC Pictures offer the Associates and Aldrich Company a four-film contract. Aldrich announced they would be
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War film


and Nazi Germany whereas the Western portrays the conflict between civilized settlers and the savage indigenous peoples. James Clarke notes the similarity between a Western like Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch" and "war-movie escapades" like "The Dirty Dozen". Film historian Jeanine Basinger states that she began with a preconception of what the war film genre would be, namely that Further, Basinger considers "Bataan" to provide a definition-by-example of "the World War II combat film", in which a diverse
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Robin Thicke


participating in a medley of "Big Chief" and "My Feet Can't Fail Me Now" led by jazz musicians Allen Toussaint, Terence Blanchard, and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band in tribute to New Orleans and the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Thicke appeared on an episode of ABC's "The Bachelor" to perform "Magic" and "The Sweetest Love" for the remaining female contestants. Thicke wrote and produced a track for the movie "Precious" in which his wife Paula Patton also starred, though it did
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Jake McNiece


James Elbert "Jake" McNiece (May 24, 1919 – January 21, 2013) was a US Army paratrooper in World War II. Sergeant McNiece was a member of the Filthy Thirteen, an elite demolition unit whose exploits inspired the novel and movie "The Dirty Dozen". James McNiece was born on May 24, 1919 in Maysville, Oklahoma, the ninth of ten children born to Eli Hugh and Rebecca (née Ring) McNiece, and of partial Choctaw descent. During the Depression, the family moved to Ponca
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The Avengers (2012 film)


the movie stayed on mission." Whedon noted that the characters used do not have the same issue, unlike the X-Men. He felt "these guys just don't belong together" before realizing their interactions could be like "The Dirty Dozen" (1967). Whedon also referenced "Dr. Strangelove" (1964), "The Abyss" (1989), "His Girl Friday" (1940), and "Black Hawk Down" (2001). Whedon would ultimately share final screenplay credit with Penn
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Randy Newman


movie. He was accompanied by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. The New Orleans setting of the film played to Newman's musical strengths, and his songs contained elements of Cajun music, zydeco, blues and Dixieland jazz. Two of the songs, "Almost There" and "Down in New Orleans", were nominated for Oscars. In total, Newman has received 20 Academy Award nominations with two wins, both for Best Original Song. While accepting the award for "We Belong Together" in 2011, he joked "
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Hornets' Nest


film of war destroying mentally as well as physically was an interesting one. Her role as a female German doctor captured by partisans was similar to the lead in the acclaimed "The Last Bridge". Though set in 1944, the hairstyles, American fatigues and attitudes are from the late 1960s, with Hudson first wearing the moustache he would have throughout the 1970s. "Time Magazine" called the film “a weird little war movie full of bizarre energy and merciless violence, a kind of ‘Dirty Dozen Reach Puberty’”
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The Wild Bunch


"Major Dundee") and Brian Keith (who had worked with Peckinpah on "The Westerner" (1960) and "The Deadly Companions" (1961)). Harris was never formally approached; Keith was asked, but he turned it down. Robert Ryan was ultimately cast in the part after Peckinpah saw him in the World War II action movie "The Dirty Dozen" (1967). Other actors considered for the role were Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Ben Johnson (later cast as Tector
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band


Swingin' Groningen in the Netherlands. The band's popularity began to take off in 1984. Promoter George Wein booked them on a tour of southern Europe, and when they returned to the United States they secured engagements at two clubs in New York: Tramp's and The Village Gate, where their original short bookings were extended to six weeks. After a week at home in New Orleans the band travelled to California for four weeks, and before the year was out made three more trips to Europe. 1984 also saw the
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Dirty Dozen (bicycle competition)


or she must descend to the bottom of the hill and ride to the top under their own power. The original Dirty Dozen route included 12 climbs, and there have been as many as 15, but since 1988 the race has typically featured the same baker's dozen of 13 hills. The course begins at the Bud Harris Cycling Track in Highland Park and finishes at the top of Tesla Street in Hazelwood, crossing 87 intersections in the city and nearby suburbs. 2016's version substituted Lawrenceville's Christopher Street for a seasonally closed
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Charlie Richmond (inventor)


brought Richmond on board at Mushroom Studios as Head Technical Advisor. Due to his success with RSD, Richmond was able to purchase Mushroom Studios in 1980 and embarked on a major redevelopment of the facility the following year. Artists such as Skinny Puppy, Sarah McLachlan, Tom Cochrane, and Fear Factory recorded albums there. Richmond successfully adapted the studio to accommodate over 50 musicians in semi-isolated concert format to do film scores for dozens of feature films and movies of the week from Chuck Norris to a redo of "The Dirty
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Dirty John (TV series)


Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television. Season one of "Dirty John" tells the story of "how a romance with the charismatic John Meehan spiraled into secrets, denial, manipulation, and ultimately, survival – with horrific consequences for an entire family." On January 28, 2018, it was announced that Bravo had given a series order to "Dirty John", a new television series created and written by Alexandra Cunningham. The series order was reportedly for two seasons in
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Collector (2011 film)


highlights of the movie are the brilliant production values starting from its awesome title graphics to excellent cinematography by Manoj Paramahamsa. Some of the dialogues in the former half and climax are indeed interesting, though that is not the case with the entire movie." Sify.com rated the movie as positive and said "Collector is loud, formulaic and tailor made for those who are addicted to the age old good versus evil sagas. For those who get thrilled when the hero renders lines of dialogues to virtually everyone around and takes on a dozen
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