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Cinephiles dig his edgier work, like the disgraced shock-jock seeking redemption in The Fisher King (1991), the plane-crash survivor in Fearless (1993) or the Texas kid without much future in The Last Picture Show (1971) — his second film, which brought his first Oscar nomination.
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The plane-crash criterion is supported by Austria, which has no nuclear power and has traditionally opposed it.
Nuclear Tests Draw Scrutiny in EU Alessandro Torello 2011
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There's "character development" to break up the lupine action, though, as plane-crash survivors cope with their Alaskan version of Deliverance.
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In the film, the 59-year-old Mr. Neeson plays a plane-crash survivor in the snowy wilderness who must fend off a pack of wild wolves.
'The Grey' Leads Box-Office Pack; Oscar Nominees Try to Make Hay Michelle Kung 2012
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He came to the forefront at the bank after the 2000 plane-crash death of investment-banking head Edson Mitchell .
Deutsche Names Two as Co-CEOs Laura Stevens 2011
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Featuring Liam Neeson as a wolf-tackling plane-crash survivor, "The Grey" grossed $9.5 million, bringing its domestic total to $34.8 million.
Action Film 'Chronicle' Leads Weekend Sales Erica Orden 2012
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Mr. Ice founded his firm in 2008 to focus on consumer bankruptcy, after a career at big law firms defending companies against plane-crash and SUV-rollover suits.
Niche Lawyers Spawned Housing Fracas Robbie Whelan 2010
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The TV show about plane-crash survivors on a mysterious island, which shoots in Hawaii, ends its run after six seasons in May.
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On the soap's December 27 episode, the Pine Valley heroine, still in deep mourning over the plane-crash death of her husband Zach Thorsten Kaye, has a visit from Father Clarence, the magical, mystical priest who always appears on the show at holiday time to help those in need.
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The slide above, for instance, illustrates how the Times classifies airline accidents to create a more-intelligent archive of its plane-crash coverage.
Five projects on the frontier of text-based data analysis and visualization » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009
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