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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…

The Mother Lobe of Genius

The fossil skull of a 260-million-year-old sheep-sized animal was found near Williston on the Northern Cape, South Africa. It is the most primitive member yet discovered of a group of plant-eaters…

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,…