Sentences with phrase «defined by its cast»

However, think of any great space saga, and it's at least partially defined by its cast of characters.

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Sturgeon elaborated by reflecting on what she called «three defining moments» in which Scotland's interests had «been cast aside» by a decision taken at Westminster.

For a statewide office, the petition must be signed by registered electors, which are defined as residents of the state eligible to vote for the petitioner, numbering at least 2 percent of the total number of votes cast for United States Representative in the last general election for the entire state.

There's no mistaking you're still in the Marvel universe here, but this entry sweeps you off to a part of it you've never seen: a hidden lost world in Africa defined by royal traditions and technological wonders that open up refreshing new dramatic, visual and casting possibilities.

Avranas attempts to make use of casting Jim Carrey against type by allowing nearly all of the morbid comic relief to be generated by a lewd and lascivious Marton Csokas, here in prime over-the-top form as a bitchy, pretentious pulp author who churns out perverse novels which would be loosely defined as torture porn.

The unusually well - defined cast of characters includes a family of thieves living in the mountains in southwest France — a widower and grandfather named Victor (Ivan Desny), his eldest son Ivan (Didier Bezace), Ivan's wife Mireille (Fabienne Babe), and Ivan and Mireille's son Justin (Julien Riviere)-- as well as Ivan's kid brother Alex (Auteuil), who has rebelled against his family by becoming a cop in a Lyons suburb.

Three Wives resembles All About Eve in its uses of a nonlinear narrative, a large intertwined cast, and compelling relationships defined by sharp dialogue.

The finished product, courtesy of director Tony Scott, somehow manages to improve upon its already incredible source material, thanks to its incredible cast, an era - defining Harold Faltermeyer / Giorgio Moroder score, kinetic cinematography and a star - making performance by young Thomas Cruise Mapother IV.

For some, Star Wars is defined by its incredible cast of side characters, like Lobot, Nien Nunb and Admiral Ackbar.

The casting also represented a few coups by getting Samuel L. Jackson onboard as McClane's bickering partner fresh from his defining role in Pulp Fiction and having Jeremy Irons successfully do an Alan Rickman as a (Spoiler!)

Wes Anderson «s «Moonrise Kingdom» seems like an odd choice to open the 65th Cannes Film Festival, with its deadpan Americanism, retro - set timeline and movie - star cast; at the same time, Anderson is clearly influenced by the New Wave, both cinematically and personally, he's a distinctive authorial voice as a director (which is the essence of auteur theory) and while his films are defined by near - silent moments of comedy and human frailty, there's also something mournful and wounded about them.

Accompanied by a perfectly cast Billie Piper (not playing whom you might expect), their moral debates are accompanied by a dazzling wit; the kind of emotional - intelligence one - two that defines Britain's sci - fi hero.

The young cast is instructed to pout for maximum effect whenever not hammering home their characters» single defining quality, e.g. one player has to wear headphones and listen to «Big Poppa» while pitching (hence setting the stage for Reeves» rickety renditions); one kid who is actually too young to play nonetheless listens to Conor's sage advice by showing up for every game and practice.

August: Osage County is a film mostly defined by how rich the actor performances are in the key roles, and with a cast like this, it's hard to miss.

Any agreement related to a Plan will be in writing and provide that: (a) it may be terminated by the Trust or the Funds at any time upon sixty days written notice, without the payment of any penalty, by vote of a majority of the respective Rule 12b - 1 Trustees, or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust or the Funds; (b) it will automatically terminate in the event of its assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act); and (c) it will continue in effect for a period of more than one year from the date of its execution or adoption only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by a majority of the Board and a majority of the Rule 12b - 1 Trustees by votes cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such agreement.

The cast of Final Fantasy VII is all similar to each other in a technical sense, as they are more defined by their equipment and materia than their stats.

For the purpose of consideration, «sculpture» refers to any artwork predominantly defined — but not limited by — its three - dimensionality made by carving, modelling, casting or constructing; or any artwork including installation, site - specificity, and which may also include some two - dimensional work, temporal / video - based work, sound - based and / or performance work.

The exhibition casts light on transitional contemporary South Africa, defined by the history of colonialism and apartheid in a fractious global context of violence, radicalism and neo-colonialism.

Other works in the exhibition include Jorge Pardo's handcrafted wooden palette and modernist designed furniture that question the nature of the aesthetic experience; pioneering conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth's discourse on aesthetics in neon, An Object Self - Defined, 1966; Rachel Lachowicz's 1992 row of urinals cast in red lipstick, which delivers a feminist critique of Duchamp's readymade; Richard Pettibone's paintings of photographs of Fountain; Richard Phillips» recent paintings based on Gerhard Richter's highly valued work; Miami artist Tom Scicluna's neon sign, «Interest in Aesthetics,» a critique of the use of aesthetics in Fort Lauderdale's ordinance on homelessness; the French collaborative Claire Fontaine's lightbox highlighting Duchamp's critical comments about art juries; Corey Arcangel's video Apple Garage Band Auto Tune Demonstration, 2007, which tweaks the concept of aesthetics in the digital age; Bernd and Hilla Becher's photographs, Four Water Towers, 1980, that reveal the potential for aesthetic choices within the same typological structures; and works by Elad Lassry and Steven Baldi, who explore the aesthetic history of photography.

This one is defined by Whitten's innovative collage techniques using paint that has been transformed through a variety of casting methods.

The first of these, Echo VIII, a late sculpture by Louise Bourgeois, from 2007, cast in bronze from her jumper, defined the First Movement, in being part body, part abstraction.

Graphite lines drawn directly on the wall define the shadows cast by the constructions to emphasize the actual, non-illusory space they occupy.

Strangely defined by dust on a glass shelf and cast as shadows on the wall beneath, they represent physical beginning and end.

The exhibition is based on The Projective Cast, a book published in 1995 by architectural historian Robin Evans, whose goal was to define a new way to explain how we «see» architecture that incorporated the balancing of all sensations (mental, physical and emotional) that underpin the human experience of built structures.

An «all star cast of players in the Bitcoin ecosystem», as defined by Roger Ver, agreed to participate in Q&A sessions, choosing the dates when they will have time to answer all possible users» enquiries.

Services like All4, BBC iPlayer and Now TV all support Chromecast Ultra, albeit not at this «ultra» higher quality - so the experience is no different to the existing devices, except it's perhaps a touch faster than before (again, we think a lot is defined by your network when casting).

Thus development is cast not only as a human right in itself, it is also defined by reference to its capacity as a process to realise all other human rights.

This double - height dining room — presided over by a cast - bronze cow's head — defines cool, country style.