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Matchstick Men is a 2003 black comedy crime film [5] directed by Ridley Scott and based on Eric Garcia's 2002 novel of the same name. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, and Alison Lohman.
A painting by L. S. Lowry including his characteristic "matchstick men".. The song reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart, number eight in Canada, and number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming their only top-40 single in the United States.
John Richard Owens (7 January 1956 – 4 November 1980) was a Welsh professional boxer who fought under the name Johnny Owen.His seemingly fragile appearance earned him many epithets, including the "Merthyr Matchstick" and the "Bionic Bantam".
An igniting match. A match is a tool for starting a fire.Typically, matches are made of small wooden sticks or stiff paper.One end is coated with a material that can be ignited by friction generated by striking the match against a suitable surface. [1]
Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA (/ ˈ l aʊ r i / LAO-ree; 1 November 1887 – 23 February 1976) was an English artist.His drawings and paintings mainly depict Pendlebury, Greater Manchester (where he lived and worked for more than 40 years) as well as Salford and its vicinity.
"Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs (Lowry's Song)" is a folk song [1] by English duo Brian and Michael. [2] It was released as their first single in late 1977 on Pye Records, [3] and is from their 1978 debut album, The Matchstalk Men.
Mage is an American superhero comic book written and illustrated by Matt Wagner, which he describes as an "allegorical autobiography" in which the hero, Kevin Matchstick, is a stand-in for the author, and "[a]ll the other characters he encounters and situations he endures are metaphors from my own life... told through the lens of a fantasy adventure". [1]
Brian and Michael were a British music duo best known for their 1978 UK number one hit single, "Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs". [3] Without further chart entries, they remain one-hit wonders in the UK.