Sentences with phrase «role in the story world»

Of course, the song itself played an important role in the story world: it was the thematic slumber music by which Cobb (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) forces himself back into consciousness.

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But Facebook had apparently been proudly documenting the influence it had on politics, and even reportedly had a section in the «Success Stories» tab on its business site that showed how much of a role the platform had played in elections around the world, according to the Intercept.

At the University of Texas at San Antonio, the Institute of Texan Cultures is currently hosting exhibits exploring the history of beer, brewers and breweries in Texas; the stories and customs of more than 20 of the earliest cultural groups to settle in the state; and the role played by citizens from the Lone Star State in the World War I.

The three - day Women in the World Summit, held at New York City's Lincoln Center, presents powerful new female role models whose personal stories illuminate the most pressing international issues.

Given the remoteness and «abnormality» of this world, the expectations and preconceptions of the reader undoubtedly play an important role in how the story is perceived.

While McNamara recounts a history of repeated efforts on the part of the Church hierarchy to cloister women both from the world and male clerics, thus preventing any participation in sacramental or authoritative roles, her account also tells the story of countless women religious who endured, thrived, and often achieved renown despite such restrictive efforts.

Rather than seeing it as a book of proof texts, it helps us see what God has been doing in the world, and what our role might be in carrying the story forward.

Thus, not once but twice in the opening lines of Israel's long, intimate story she declares her faith that her story, which is to follow, is inseparably related to the world's story; that the world and her own role in it have meaning only in the proposition that the earth and all who dwell in it are Yahweh's; and that the stuff of chaos rendered unchaotic by the creative power of Yahweh alone nevertheless resides in all, restrained only by the living God and his living Word.

Each of our stories lends itself to creating or re-creating particular perspectives and views of other people and in sharing segments of our own narratives and our perceived role in the world.»

It is my strong belief that our birth stories play a major role in defining who we are; these captures are intended to share with the world the beauty of birth and inspire women to document their own stories in ways that allow them to heal and grow from their birth experiences.

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».

«The [World Trade Center] dust held everything we consider near and dear to us,» wrote Lioy, who carried out the first such analysis, in his book Dust: The Inside Story of Its Role in the September 11th Aftermath (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010).

These stories tend to surface when those studying the natural world come together, signifying a potential role for citizen science to help fill in the gaps.

The bad story continues to tell us that the entire world evolves around Alex who would just isn't believable in the role of an FBI (and now CIA) agent.

Contemporary viewers will find the story to unfold unusually slowly, as young lovers Gail Berke (Bisset) and David Sanders (a shaggy, moustachioed Nick Nolte, in his first major starring role), vacationing in Bermuda, stumble across the wreckage of the Goliath, a World War II - era munitions freighter laden with vials of medicinal morphine and a variety of more traditional booty.

Tackling the role at 12 years of age, he displayed stunning range in the story of a young British boy's experiences in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation of World War II.

The director seems as aware as anyone else of the irony that the worlds biggest, most corporate football club are taking a central role in his first film on the subject, but he never lets these opinions interfere with his story and characters.

This story has bounced around the movie world for awhile, and for many years was rumored to have Nicole Kidman in the Einar / Lili role.

Rango, a CG - animated project for Paramount starring Johnny Depp as the lead, due for a March 2011 release (also based on a script by Logan); Clue, based on the Hasbro board game (the second time the game has been adapted, Tim Curry starred in the 1985 version); and a story based on an article from the Wall Street Journal «about the online fantasy role - playing world and its debilitating impact on the real lives of players,» according to the trade.

There is a whole world involving the supporting players Lucy, Ida, Wally and Bert who all play significant roles in the film that we haven't gotten to and we've left out pretty much all the major plot turns and twists of the story.

As it turns out, Michael Shannon's preparation for his role as General Zod in Man of Steel was truly fascinating, and it involved likening the story to real world environmental issues.

Following the news that Jake Gyllenhaal is in talks to play Mysterio in the sequel to Spider - Man: Homecoming, Variety are reporting further developments from the world of the Sinister Six, with the story that Michael Keaton will reprise his role as The Vulture.

Director / writer Jeff Nichols, whose debut film Shotgun Stories also starred Shannon in an emotionally intense and conflicted role, takes us through Curtis» nightmarish visions but keeps his story and his ordeal rooted in the real world.

Taking on his usual array of multiple roles, director, producer, composer, editor and story co-scribe Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D) is seemingly in his element.

But then, out of the blue he was offered the role of a lifetime, playing a supporting role to Meryl Streep's lead in the eponymous Florence Foster Jenkins, the biographical story of a tone - deaf but wealthy New York socialite with a dream to be a world class soprano.

Davies» films have always supplied strong female roles (think Gena Rowlands in «The Neon Bible,» Gillian Anderson in «The House of Mirth» and Rachel Weisz in «The Deep Blue Sea») and this story, which followed an ordinary farm girl in the 1910s with a dream of being a teacher, who begins to assert her independence in the face of cruelties dealt by people ranging from her abusive father (Peter Mullan) to the initially sweet young man (Kevin Guthrie) who falls in love with her marries her, only to come back from the horrors of World War I irrevocably changed.

The story of a little six year old girl who lives at a run - down motel with her on - the - brink mother in the shadow of Disney World in Orlando, Florida, The Florida Project features one of the most incredible child performances I've ever seen from Brooklynn Prince, as well as a fantastic debut role from non-actress Bria Vinaite as the mother / daughter pair that form the film's heart.

«This festival plays a pivotal role in bringing the world together to celebrate story,» said Blanchett, «that strange and vital endeavor that all peoples share, understand and crave.»

See how Eddie Murphy's outrageous talent has kept the world laughing year after year!THE NUTTY PROFESSOREddie Murphy gives the «performances» of his career, playing seven roles in this story of a «calorically challenged» genetics professor...

It's a story that happens all over the world everyday but normally without the eyes of the planet on both the victim and the surviving family and we see Jackie in both her public role — battling with the administration to ensure that her husband receives a fitting funeral — and her private life — telling Carolyn and John that their daddy is now in heaven with their brothers & sisters so that they won't be lonely.

Exchanging the old progression system linked to Gym Leaders in favor of the far more interesting and varied Island Trials, adding Totem Pokémon, making Wild Pokémon battles less predictable, filling the world with detail and secrets to discover, and giving story and characters an expanded role are the key features that make Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon so refreshing that they may even be enjoyed by those who didn't like previous Pokémon games.

Then the role went to Robert De Niro, who was attached to star when the story was set in the former kidnapping capital of the world, Italy.

Lynch is pretty good at this kind of drollery, and he's not the only actor here who registers strongly in a smaller role: Others include Ron Livingston as a lawyer; Ed Begley Jr. as the doctor who examines Lucky after a mysterious fall; and Tom Skerritt as a veteran who swaps World War II stories with Lucky.

In the second part of their video interview with Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori, Game Informer asked about story in Pokémon game (and more precisely the more prominent role they've played in recent entries), but also whether Game Freak would ever make a fully open - world Pokémon game like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WilIn the second part of their video interview with Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori, Game Informer asked about story in Pokémon game (and more precisely the more prominent role they've played in recent entries), but also whether Game Freak would ever make a fully open - world Pokémon game like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wilin Pokémon game (and more precisely the more prominent role they've played in recent entries), but also whether Game Freak would ever make a fully open - world Pokémon game like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wilin recent entries), but also whether Game Freak would ever make a fully open - world Pokémon game like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

More news from the ever growing world of Halloween - inspired fan films on this #MichaelMyersMonday, as director Kohl Bladen released a new video today featuring Tony Moran, who played the briefly unmasked version of Michael Myers in John Carpenter's 1978 classic, explaining why he decided to reprise his most iconic role one more time in Halloween: The Night Evil Died, and unofficial non-profit sequel that will continue the story line from the original Halloween movie series (parts 1 - 8).

«Because she was so invisible to her father she didn't grow up under the dominant gaze of his that my brothers suffered under, so Jean was able to eventually leave, escape, create her own life that in Jean's world is a very healthy happy life,» says Elizabeth Marvel about her role as Jean Meyerowitz in the new Noah Baumbach film «The Meyerowitz Stories,» which premiered on Netflix on October 13.

War time characters guide children through different topics that tell the story of the essential role of the GPO in the First World War.

Meyers: Our goals include providing a media venue where people from all walks of life can have their voices heard in a safe, commercial - free, child - friendly environment; promoting positive role models; empowering young people to realize their own potential to effect positive change in the world; bridging the digital divide and continuing to enrich this digital media archive with inspiring stories from around the globe; enlisting support from foundations, grants, and government agencies, corporations, and individuals so that this global learning project can continue to grow and provide a freely - accessible, online multi-media resource to educators and students around the world for decades to come.

To promote play pleasure, use drama techniques like revolving role play, in - role writing, and hot seating of characters in order to reward all students for entering and living through story worlds and becoming or relating to characters in the way that highly engaged readers do.

Your students take the role of journalists researching and writing avout the stories involved, which feature April Fools; Elon Musk's rocket car; the Terracotta Army; and the world's oldest message in a bottle.

Roger Brooks explains the importance of Holocaust - era rescue stories and the role of history in today's world

Nathan Hull is Chief Business Development Officer at Mofibo, Europe's success story in the world of eBook subscription models, Nathan's role is to identify the markets in which Mofibo will roll out as well as establishing relationships with media, telco and hardware partners, and negotiating terms with publishers and authors.

In LEGO Jurassic World, players can take on the roles of exciting Jurassic film characters, such as Owen Grady (Chris Pratt), Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard), Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) and Dr. Wu (BD Wong), throughout 20 story levels on a mission to collect precious amber containing dinosaur DNA.

Piranha says they are going back to their roots with this installment of into the Risen series with a classic RPG that will «pull the player in to a hand - crafted role - playing world full of rugged charm where every decision changes the course of the story».

Diverse Characters: Each driver plays a vital role in the racing community and together they unfold the story of the Trailblazers world, each having a specific role and style of driving.

The World War II stealth - action game puts you in the role of a lady named Violette Summer (inspired by the true story of British Agent Violette Szabo), and you'll be going deep behind enemy lines to Nazi occupied Europe to kick some Third Reich ass.

You'll have to know a vague idea of each character's «role» in a group (which is fairly obvious once you're at the 50 + hour time mark), you probably need to know how to level artes (which the game does a very nice job of explaining), and knowing how to gem (even only on a very basic level) would probably be helpful, but you by no means have to go into the world of affinity coins to complete the main story assuming you are a player of average skill and ability level, nor do you have to feel the innate need to update your character's equipment every 5 minutes (unless if you're preparing for a boss encounter).

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a story - driven, next - generation open world role - playing game, set in a fantasy universe full of meaningful choices and impactful...

Today we can finally lift the veil, albeit only a little, on how this story will continue, and we'll soon be putting players in the shoes of a lead role that will challenge their expectations of how to survive in a world where no one can be trusted.

The latest in Square Enix's long - running (but misleadingly titled) series of role - playing games, Final Fantasy XV still tells a story about a group of misfits banding together to save the world, but with a twist.