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On the Yard is a 1979 American prison drama film written by Malcolm Braly, directed by Raphael D. Silver and starring John Heard. It is based on Braly's novel of the same name. It is based on Braly's novel of the same name.
The Yards is a 2000 American crime film directed by James Gray, written by Gray and Matt Reeves, and starring Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, Faye Dunaway, Ellen Burstyn and James Caan.
The term, yard derives from the Old English gerd, gyrd etc., which was used for branches, staves and measuring rods. [5] It is first attested in the late 7th century laws of Ine of Wessex, [6] where the "yard of land" mentioned [6] is the yardland, an old English unit of tax assessment equal to 1 ⁄ 4 hide.
The Yardbirds are an English rock band formed in London in 1963. The band started the careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists: Eric Clapton (1963–1965), Jeff Beck (1965–1966) and Jimmy Page (1966–1968), all of whom ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 greatest guitarists. [5]
The Yard is a Canadian mockumentary comedy series that originally aired on HBO Canada in 2011. Set in a schoolyard, the series depicts the interactions of two rival gangs of elementary school students, [1] with the plot of each episode serving as a parody of an adult-oriented crime drama series such as The Sopranos or The Wire.
The Yard (2016 TV series) or The Quad; Yard, 2023 album by Slow Pulp; The Yard (podcast), a podcast hosted by popular streamer Ludwig Ahgren; Yards Brewing Company, a brewery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; Megalithic yard, a theoretical unit of prehistoric measurement; Yard glass, a beer glass about a yard deep; 1,000,000,000 or yard
The Woman in the Yard is an upcoming American psychological horror film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and written by Sam Stefanak. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on March 28, 2025.
His work was dramatised in the BBC drama series, 1954–56, Fabian of the Yard, [1] based on his book of the same name (in reference to New Scotland Yard). Each episode ended with an epilogue in which Fabian described the real-life case on which the preceding story had been based. [1]