Sentences with phrase «lead role was given»

Luckily, this remake of the 1943 film My Friend Flicka (that starred a very young Roddy McDowell as the main character) has stayed true to the essence of Mary O'Hara's story, even if the lead role was given to a girl instead of a boy.

If the lead role was given to an actually charming actor, the movie would've worked much better.

Not exact matches

BlackBerry wants to push beyond communications into mobile computing, and eventually play a leading role in the «Internet of Things,» the term for a predicted revolution in which many ordinary objects will be given computing power.

More than a decade ago, Joey Wat at Yum China, was given the chance to take on a massive career challenge that had a high risk of failure — and her decision led Wat into the role she has now.

Exxon board member Bill George led a National Association of Corporate Directors Blue Ribbon Commission on «Executive Compensation and the Role of the Compensation Committee,» which included recommendations such as not offering contracts to executives (giving the board more flexibility in how it deals with the CEO's pay and tenure), which is reflected in the pay practices at ExxonMobil.

12 Years a Slave The misleading poster by Italian film distributor BIM Distribuzione featured the giant head of movie star Brad Pitt, who served only a supporting role in the film, while the movie's lead actor Chiwetel Ejiofor was given a tiny spot at bottom right corner.

Given his role as lead director, chair of the compensation committee, and full - time career responsibilities at TPG, it suggests he is «overboarded.»

In it, good ol' sales leads are given an especially prominent role.

atheists are given a very significant role in this dialectical process in the evolution towards Panthrotheism, the belief that God give to humanity the privilige or responsibilty of charting human history.since you are not indoctrinated to specific dogma and doctrines, your open mindedness enables you percieve a deeper understanding of reality, simple logic but more profound scientific knowlege will lead you to God.religious humanism through science is your guiding spirit.

He is named first in Paul's list of witnesses, and he is given special mention in the Gospels of Mark, Luke and John.39 The fact that Peter seems to have played a leading role in the primitive church could have been due to the fact that he was the first to «see» the exalted Jesus.

It is also the role of the presider to give up leadership when appropriate and to direct their attention to who is leading.

He delivers a knockout performance in the lead role as Caesar that should cause critics to give pause and ponder the possibility of an actor playing a GC character being in contention this awards season.

The Godless Monster is right, people try and influence, control, manipulate, ect in every area of life when they have a position of authority, thats human nature, or the sin nature of man if you like.Because the church has a lot of organisation, its a hot bed of oppitunity for people with ideas or assperations to lead or control to position themselves, and once there become protective of their role, it gives them a voice.You will find them in schools, governments, offices, everywhere.IT really makes no difference if it christian or athiest place, its people being people

Under new supermarkets mananaging director Brad Banducci - who is considered a leading candidate for the role of CEO - Woolworths has put in place a raft of new sales and customer measures to give it more visibility and better analyse the factors behind same - store sales growth.

One other major ingredient for this smoothie is kale, which is recognized as providing comprehensive support for the body's detoxification system.Researchers can now identify over 45 different flavanoids in kale, combining both antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits in way that gives kale a leading dietary role.

Lead Judge David Luttenberger, CPP, global packaging director for the Mintel Group, said, «Helping consumers understand the importance of packaging [is a challenge], whether it's in food, drink, medicine or just giving them economical access to the products that they need every day... to make their lives easier, more convenient, safer and make them feel more confident not only about the products they buy, but the role packaging plays in helping ensure that those products maintain their freshness, their quality and their efficacy.»

very true, and another thing we are in 4 competitions at once, give him the lead role in Carling and FA cup with one experienced CB to partner him, and sometime throw him in in those matches we are holding a narrow lead and things could go bad any time

That stems from the suggestion that he will remain in Lionel Messi's shadow, and so moving to another club would give him the opportunity to be the main man at that club and play a leading role in search of further trophies and individual accolades.

When grades are assigned for the 2016 crop of coaching hires, no one's giving Jacksonville an «A,» not for elevating a coach whose career record remains under.500, not when that coach led the deficient offensive line of a 3 - 13 team for most of last year, and not when the makeup of the football operation looks similar (outside of one promotion and the return of an ex-employee in a senior advisory role).

Having missed out on Romelu Lukaku, who will complete his move to Manchester United this week, it has led Chelsea back to their original plan to swoop for the 24 - year - old, with the Spanish international said to be looking for a move elsewhere this summer having failed to be given the prominent role that he had been promised last summer.

Perez has impressed many times when being given a role this term, but has continued to be overlooked, and that has led to frustration from the 28 year - old.

Jedinak and McCarthy would be a nigh on impenetrable barrier in front of the back four and this option could lead to Bruce deploying a highly effective 4 -2-3-1 — a formation that would give Grealish the perfect opportunity to wreak havoc in a free role.

Marco Van Ginkel was reluctant to accept the role at PSV given he would only be there temporarily from Chelsea, but the fans took to him and he has now lead them to the title.

Without being overly prescriptive, here are some principles that can guide design of a CC which gives «We the people» more of a leading role.

He is reinforcing this message by giving a leading role in his government to private businessmen while ceremonially keeping the unions at arm's length.

Climate change campaigners begged both Clegg and Labour leader Ed Miliband to make arrangements for the energy secretary to remain, because of the vital role he had been given by the Mexican hosts in leading discussions on the fate of the earlier Kyoto Protocol.

«Instead of giving the EU a lead, given Britain's earlier role in Tibet, David Milliband's treacherous statement last November fatally undermines the position of most Tibetans, who are desperate for freedom.

One leading industry group described Lord Adonis as «an outstanding advocate for infrastructure» and added that if Lord Adonis was to be handed the position of Deputy Mayor of Transport, he would be «the right choice, given his role with the National Infrastructure Commission, his love of the subject and knowledge to back that up».

He said, «with my global outreach initiative which is creating a new epic movement, I have been travelling out of my kingdom to visit other nations around the world to share our own stories, delivering academic lectures, re-charting the leading role of Yoruba nation in the world and to reignite the immortal Yoruba spirit of enlightenment as the glowing fountain of knowledge that gave birth to the world civilisation».

This is far from surprising, given the kind words Koppell has often reserved for Mayor Mike and the Riverdalian's lead role in helping the mayor secure an extension on term limits.

In other words, the IDC bloc was critical in giving the lead role in the Senate to Long Island Republican Dean Skelos, though Klein served as the junior partner in the chamber's governing coalition.

While working for Merseyside Police, Nikki Holland was given the job of leading an investigation into the Welsh force's role in a miscarriage of justice.

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus says the county should be designated lead agency for all large annexations and he's repeating his request to the state legislature that counties be given a definitive role in such a process.

All the more so, if his wife was the shadow chancellor, a role it would have been difficult for Cooper to turn down, especially given her own ambitions to lead if Labour is defeated next year.

Although it had previously been opposed to giving Holyrood greater tax powers amid concerns it could diminish the role of Scottish MPs at Westminster and lead to «independence by the back door», Labour confirmed its intention to support income tax devolution shortly before details of the Commission's report were made public.

Indeed, it could be argued that the rapid expansion of communication technologies in the decades leading up to the war, which made it easier for reformers to get their arguments out, gave abolitionists a far greater role in the sectional conflict than their numbers would suggest.

Other strategies that could stimulate women to stay in science are a) various forms of flexibility with federal - grant funding designed to accommodate women with young children keeping these women in the game; b) increasing the value of teaching, service, and administrative experience in the tenure / promotion evaluation process; c) providing on - campus childcare centres; d) supporting requests from partners for shared tenure lines that enable couples to better balance work and personal / caretaking roles; e) stopping the tenure clock for one year per child due to childbearing demands; f) providing fully - paid leave for giving birth for tenure track women for one semester; g) providing equal opportunity for women and men to lead committees and research groups.

Identification of patients sharing variants in a given gene and having phenotypic features in common leads to greater certainty in the pathogenic nature of the gene and enables to the role of novel genes in development and disease to be defined.

It's an amusing portrait of frustration that inadvertently epitomizes The Hero, a film that generously gives Elliott one of the few lead roles of his lengthy career, but mostly asks him to embody clichés, without providing any sense of how he might improve upon them.

Martin Freeman makes for a funny and likable leading man, which is no surprise over a decade after the UK version of «The Office» made him known and seven years after The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy gave him his last really big movie role.

Honestly, while Samantha Isler gives a great performance in the lead role, I just didn't find the «modern day» stuff (in quotation marks since the film takes in 1977) to be all that interesting to be honest.

By far, the best thing about Breaking In is that it gives a strong leading role to the talented Gabrielle Union.

In 1999, Sheen's brother, Emilio Estevez, cast him as real - life adult filmmaker Artie Mitchell in the made - for - cable feature Rated X — a daring role, given Mitchell's drug abuse and sexual promiscuity — and the following year, Sheen became Hollywood's comeback kid when he was cast in the leading role of the popular situation comedy Spin City after the departure of actor Michael J.

Salma Hayek is given a role that suits her (age-wise & acting-wise), but the lead actress was terrible.

Following Beshay, a man cured of leprosy, and Obama, an orphan, as they journey across Egypt in search of Beshay's parents, writer - director A.B. Shawky's debut feature is dividing critics, except for the praise given to Rady Gamal and Ahmed Abdelhafiz in the lead roles.

Why It's Paul Bettany's Movie: Creation is a biopic that seemingly exists to give Paul Bettany a major leading man role, rare for him after years of playing second fiddle to the likes of Heath Ledger (A Knight's Tale), Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind, in which Crowe romanced Bettany's future real - life wife, Jennifer Connelly), and Russell Crowe yet again (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World).

Later that year, Macdonald appeared in Mike Figgis» The Loss of Sexual Innocence, playing the young girlfriend of the film's protagonist; and in Gregg Araki's Splendor, a romantic comedy in which she played the blue - haired best friend of the film's heroine.After a slew of similar supporting roles, including a memorable turn as the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Colin Firth in My Life So Far, MacDonald was given possibly her biggest break since Trainspotting when Robert Altman cast her as a lead (albeit one of many) in Gosford Park (2001).

Rarely are female leads given anything of substance to do in action films, so I applaud Besson for writing this role for a woman.

After smaller roles in Paul Thomas Anderson's earlier films, he became a dramatic lead and then a skilled comedian, giving us all great difficulty when trying to define exactly what he is.

Daniel Radcliffe, in another interesting pick, takes the lead role, with Juno Temple, Max Minghella, Kelli Garner and Joe Anderson among the supporting cast, and the script comes from «In Treatment» writer Keith Bunin, so don't expect it to be a simple exercise in scares, especially given the excellent source novel.