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Revolver is a 2005 action thriller film [6] co-written and directed by Guy Ritchie, and starring Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, Vincent Pastore and André Benjamin.The film centres on a revenge-seeking confidence trickster whose weapon is a universal formula that guarantees victory to its user, when applied to any game or confidence trick.
Detective Constable Robert Burns ("Rab") appears in The Black Book (where he is a Detective Sergeant), Mortal Causes and Let it Bleed, always stationed at Torphichen (West End). He is a member of the Free Church of Scotland (the "Wee Frees") and preaches damnation on The Mound on Sundays.
[23] [24] [25] The word has been used by authors including Robert Burns, D. H. Lawrence (in his 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover) and James Joyce. [15] [26] The film explains that "fuck" established its current usage during the First and Second World Wars, [27] and was used by General George S. Patton in a speech to his forces who were about to ...
The phrase appears in various books and a 1977 speech, but the book in the film only exists to provide the quotes we see on the screen. (Much like the book 'The Philosophy of Time Travel' in Donnie Darko, a film that has a lot in common with Revolver.) 76.115.57.47 ( talk ) 14:47, 11 May 2012 (UTC) [ reply ]
A rare first edition of a book of Robert Burns poems, saved from destruction in a late 19th century barber shop, has gone on show for the first time since before lockdown.
Revolver Author Marcus Sedgwick Audio read by Peter Berkrot Language English Publisher Orion Books Publication date July 16, 2009 ISBN 978-1-842-55186-8 Revolver is a 2009 young adult novel by Marcus Sedgwick. It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and Booktrust Teenage Prize, among other honours. Plot Revolver addresses a dilemma faced by Sig Andersson, a 15-year-old boy, as well as the ...
His Hero's Story': Dr Currie's Burns, Moore's Byron and Romantic Biography, 2008. Romanticism and Popular Culture in Britain and Ireland, 2009, co-edited with Phil Connel. Robert Burns and Pastoral: Poetry and Improvement in Late-18th Century Scotland, 2010. Their Groves o' Sweet Myrtles': Robert Burns and the Scottish Colonial Experience, 2012.
The origin of this poem is alluded to by Burns in one of his letters to Frances Dunlop: "I had an old grand-uncle with whom my mother lived in her girlish years: the good old man was long blind ere he died, during which time his highest enjoyment was to sit and cry, while my mother would sing the simple old song of 'The Life and Age of Man'". [1] "