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National Anthem is a 2023 American drama film directed by Luke Gilford, in his debut feature-length picture. Gilford co-wrote the screenplay with David Largman Murray and Kevin Best. The film stars Charlie Plummer, Eve Lindley, Mason Alexander Park, Rene Rosado, and Robyn Lively. National Anthem premiered at the 2023 SXSW Festival on March 10 ...
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry", [2] a poem written by American lawyer Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
The Best National Anthem in 40 Years of Super Bowl History. [50] #2 Ranked second on the list, writing "Whitney Houston had a memorable rendition before Super Bowl XXV while the country was at war with Iraq during Desert Storm," following The US Air Force Academy Chorale's performance of the national anthem at Super Bowl VI. August 11, 2009 Blender
"Hail, Columbia" is an American patriotic song and ceremonial entrance march of the vice president of the United States. It was originally considered to be one of the unofficial national anthems of the United States until 1931, when "The Star-Spangled Banner" was named as the official national anthem.
Although the stage production uses the song only during the concert scene, Ernest Lehman's screenplay for the film adaptation uses the song twice. In a new scene created for the film, inspired by a line in the original script by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, Captain von Trapp sings "Edelweiss" to his children in their family drawing room, with his eldest daughter, Liesl, singing along briefly.
The film was a box office flop, grossing only $4.8 million against a $7 million budget. The film received aggressively negative reviews by critics, especially from famed critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert; with the latter saying the film was "as bad as any movie I've seen [in 1986], and so inept that not even the gymnastics scenes are interesting" and the former calling the film "complete ...
Bing Crosby recorded the song on March 22, 1939, for Decca Records.He also recorded it as a reading of the poem with a musical accompaniment on August 15, 1946. [2]Igor Stravinsky's first of his four 1941 arrangements of "The Star-Spangled Banner" led to an incident on January 15, 1944, with the Boston police, but "Boston Police Commissioner Thomas F. Sullivan said there would be no action."
In February 2022, Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hauser, Halsey, Simon Rex, Gavin Maddox Bergman, Harriet Sansom Harris, Derek Hinkey, Eric Dane, Zahn McClarnon and Donald Cerrone joined the cast of the film, then titled National Anthem, with Tony Tost directing from a screenplay he wrote. [2] [3] Principal photography began in February 2022, in ...