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Deadfall may refer to: Deadfall trap, a kind of trap for large animals, consisting of a heavy board or log that falls onto the prey; Deadfall, starring Michael Caine, Eric Portman, and Giovanna Ralli; Deadfall, a BBC radio play (1987) by R.D. Wingfield; Deadfall, featuring Nicolas Cage, Charlie Sheen, James Coburn, and Peter Fonda
Many places throughout the United States take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these languages.
Deadfall is a 1993 crime drama film directed by Christopher Coppola. Coppola co-wrote the script with Nick Vallelonga. The film stars Michael Biehn, Coppola's brother Nicolas Cage, Sarah Trigger, Charlie Sheen, James Coburn, and Peter Fonda. It is also the prime influence on the song "Deadfall" written by the American hardcore punk band Snot.
A small Paiute-style deadfall trap, made with dogbane cordage. A deadfall is a heavy rock or log that is tilted at an angle and held up with sections of branches, with one of them serving as a trigger. [29] When the animal moves the trigger, which may have bait on or near it, the rock or log falls, crushing the animal.
Deadfall is a 1968 British neo noir crime film based on Desmond Cory's 1965 thriller of the same name. The film was written and directed by Bryan Forbes and stars Michael Caine , Eric Portman , Giovanna Ralli and Forbes's wife Nanette Newman , with music by John Barry in his final collaboration with Forbes. [ 1 ]
Deadfalls and Snares is one of Harding's Pleasure & Profit Books.First published in 1907, is an instructional book for trappers on the art of building deadfalls from logs, boards and rocks, and making snares and toss poles, for catching all types of furbearers, such as skunk, opossum, raccoon, mink, marten and bear, and coop traps for catching wild turkey and quail.
Deadfall received negative reviews and has a rating of 35% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 81 reviews with an average rating of 4.93 out of 10. [8] The film also has a score of 52 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 24 reviews. [9] According to Deadfall at IMDb, the film scored a 6.2 out of 10 stars with 39,570 star reviews. [10]
Dean's first produced screenplay was for the 2012 heist film Deadfall, directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, and starring Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, and Charlie Hunnam. [1] In 2005, Dean was on JetBlue Flight 292 from Burbank to New York when the passengers were informed that the plane's landing gear had malfunctioned.