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That's All, Brother [a] is a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft (the military version of the civilian DC-3) that led the formation of 800 others from which approximately 13,000 U.S. paratroopers jumped on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the beginning of the liberation of France in the last two years of World War II.
Guard No. 47 (Czech: Hlídač č. 47) is a 2008 Czech film by director Filip Renč. It is based on the 1926 Josef Kopta novel Guard No. 47 , and stars Karel Roden and Lucia Siposová . The film won three Czech Lion awards and four Golden Reel awards at the Tiburon International Film Festival in 2009.
The screenplay was written by Marcel Barrena and Alberto Marini. [7] The film is a The Mediapro Studio production. [7] It had the participation of Movistar Plus+, RTVE, 3Cat, and Triodos Bank, the backing from ICEC and funding from ICO. [8]
Set against the backdrop of the Great Famine and featuring Australian leads and an unashamedly biased view of history, the film manages to turn human tragedy into a gnarly action film.' [33] Kevin Maher of The Times concluded 'Black 47 is a deeply silly action film'. [34]
In 1965, the Berkeley Cinema Guild acquired the distribution rights to the film and showed the full version (in two parts), under the title 47 Ronin, at the Cinema Theatre in Berkeley, California for 41 weeks before distributing the film in New York. [5] It was reissued in 1966 with a 207-minute running time in the United States. [4]
C47 or C-47 may refer to: C47 road (Namibia) Caldwell 47, a globular cluster; A clothespin used in filmmaking; Douglas C-47 Skytrain, an American military transport aircraft; Four Knights Game, a chess opening; Nike Missile Site C-47 near Portage, Indiana; Portage Municipal Airport in Columbia County, Wisconsin
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47 is an "Agent"; a genetically-enhanced supersoldier created by Dr. Petr Litvenko, a skilled Ukrainian geneticist. Litvenko, unable to bear the guilt of his creation, abandoned the Agent project. 47 works as a hitman for the ICA (International Contracts Agency) and has spent the last few years tracking down Litvenko's daughter, Katia; he gets a lead from mercenaries led by Delriego, who have ...