State annual data summaries Oregon cooperative snow survey data of federal-state-private cooperative snow surveys [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910133401403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Washington, DC], : United States Dept. of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Water and Climate Center, -[1998]
• Soggetti: Snow surveys - Oregon; Snow - Measurement; Statistics.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Periodico
• Note generali: Description based on: 1995; title from title screen (viewed on Jan. 13, 2004).

Any resemblance to actual persons : the real people behind 400+ fictional movie characters / / Hal Erickson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910796846203321
• Autore: Erickson Hal <1950->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Inc., , [2017]; ©2017
• ISBN: 1-4766-2930-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vii, 403 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 791.436
• Soggetti: Characters and characteristics in motion pictures; Film adaptations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes bibliography (pages 375-379) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Most film buffs know that CITIZEN KANE was based on the life of ; publisher William Randolph Hearst. But few are aware that key characters in the films like DOUBLE INDEMNITY, COOL HAND LUKE, JAWS, RAIN MAN, A FEW GOOD MEN and ZERO DARK THIRTY were inspired by actual persons. This survey of a clef characters covers a selection of fictionalized personalities, beginning with the Silent Era. The landmark lawsuit surrounding RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS (1932) introduced disclaimers in film credits, assuring audiences that characters were not based on real people--even when they were. Entries cover screen incarnations of Wyatt Earp, Al Capone, Bing Crosby, Amelia Earhart, Buster Keaton, Howard Hughes, Janis Joplin and Richard Nixon, along with the inspirations behind perennial favorites like Charlie Chan and Indiana Jones."--back cover.

Helden müssen sterben : Von Sinn und Fragwürdigkeit des heroischen Todes

• Record Nr.: UNISA996344232103316
• Autore: von den Hoff Ralf
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2019
• ISBN: 3-95650-407-0
• Collana: Helden - Heroisierungen - Heroismen
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Tedesco
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: "Heroes have to die because they are human. Their death, however, may vary in its relevance to their status as heroic figures. In Greek antiquity, death is the prerequisite for heroisation; expecting to continue their existence in the afterlife, martyrs sacrifice their lives in acts of killing that are often taken to the extreme; the war hero follows the call to commit his life to a greater good, without death being the necessary goal. Based on examples from the time between antiquity and the present age, the contributions to this book show from an interdisciplinary perspective how heroic action, dying, and death are ; respectively related to each other and how the representations of heroic dying mediate between heroes and their audience. The essays discuss questions such as: How do heroic figures die? What role does violence play in the process? How is the hero’s death presented and staged? What types of media in particular lend themselves to depictions of heroic death and the death of the hero? With contributions by Achim Aurnhammer, Cornelia Brink, Ulrich Bröckling, Jürgen Dendorfer, Nicolas Detering, Peter Eich, Nicole Falkenhayner, Andreas Gelz, Olmo Gölz, Joachim Grage, Barbara Korte, Dietmar Neutatz, Johanna Pink, Sitta von Reden, Anna Schreurs-Morét, Magnus Striet, Stefan Tilg, Ralf von den Hoff. "