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Mother Night

Director: Keith GordonWriter: Robert E. WeideDirector of Photography: Tom RichmondEditor:Jay RabinowitzMusic: Michael ConvertinoProduction Designer: François SéguinProducers: Keith Gordon and…

Lustig, Arnošt

(Encyclopedia) Lustig, Arnošt, 1926–2011, Czech writer, b. Prague. The more than 20 works of fiction that Lustig wrote often mirror his Holocaust experiences. From a Jewish family, he was sent to the…

Colbert, Claudette

(Encyclopedia) Colbert, ClaudetteColbert, Claudetteklōdĕtˈ kôlbĕrˈ [key], 1903–96, American movie actress, b. Paris as Lily Chauchoin. Known for her rosy cheeks, velvet voice, hearty laugh, and curly…

Before Night Falls

Director:Julian SchnabelFine Line Features; R; 125 minutesRelease:12/00Cast:Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Johnny Depp His brother's a film director, his mother a renowned actress, heck—…

Wiesel, Elie

(Encyclopedia) Wiesel, Elie, 1928–2016, American writer, writing in French, b. Sighet, Romania. In 1944 the Nazis imprisoned him and his family at Auschwitz, an extermination camp, where his mother…

Mother

Director: Albert BrooksWriters: Albert Brooks and Monica JohnsonDirector of Photography: Lajos KoltaiEditor: Harvey RosenstockMusic: Marc ShaimanProduction Designer: Charles RosenProducers:…

Penelope

(Encyclopedia) PenelopePenelopepənĕlˈəpē [key], in Greek mythology, wife of Odysseus and the mother of Telemachus. In Homer's Odyssey she is pictured as a chaste and faithful wife. When Odysseus was…

Twelfth Night

(Encyclopedia) Twelfth Night, Jan. 5, the vigil or eve of Epiphany, so called because it is the 12th night from Christmas, counting Christmas as the first. In England, Twelfth Night has been a great…

night blindness

(Encyclopedia) night blindness, inability to see normally in subdued light. It is usually a result of vitamin A deficiency. The rod cells, one of two light-sensitive areas of the retina of the eye,…