This was Nicholas Cage's first, and I think, best film.

Let me make sure my spelling is correct for the NSA and everyone else that monitors our public discussions for dissent.

What a great piece. Too bad the arrogance of the admin and distain for justice and truth will never give up the power bought and paid for by Exxon, Big Pharma, etc. But most Americans are finally seeing the 1 party system we're under. The Dems don't have the nuts to impeach even Cheney. Clinton (another crook) was dragged thru it over lying about BJs. What is the list of crimes of this admin? It's long and shameful enough that the rest of the world is just shaking it's head at us. Too bad this isn't the 60s/70s and we unite to ram this kind of BS down the throats of the corporate elite and politicians they buy.

Really, who wants to see Bush > Clinton > King George > Hillary > Jeb through more rigged elections. And all the dummies like QM, just keep investing in Blackwater and Halliburton, profits are always more important than human rights or blood of children that aren't white and Christian.

And 9/11? We're funding Sunnis now to fight Hezbollah to fight Al-Q to fight the commies, etc. It's state sponsored war, just like selling weapons to Iraq AND Iran in their war against each other. Let's make a new flag with the top 50 corporate logos on it instead of the stars!!!

Nicholas Cage was right in "Lord of War", the US prez makes him look like a punk with the arms he supplies in 1 day.

rough translation:

"And now, I can't resist the desire to show you the beginning of the press conference by the new French president Nicholas Sarkozy at the G8 Summit. He's leaving his meeting with his Russian colleague, Vladimir Putin, and apparently he didn't drink a lot of water."

"Ladies and Gentleman, I would like to apologize for my tardiness which was caused by the length of my meeting with Mr. Putin. What would you prefer, that I respond to questions? Sooo...<shrug> Are there questions <snicker>? One here..."

Just a side note to horrify everyone. Disney is making a live-action Sorcerer's Apprentice movie. Nicholas Cage will be playing the part of the sorcerer. It will take place in contemporary New York City. More info:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3iaab9bb7dce6a1ab9faa815956f417ea6

In college we would play a drinking game to this movie. Watch the trailer first, then while watching the film someone calls out "Trailer" when a clip from the trailer happens and then everyone else has to drink. Talk about nerds night in.

I feel it is also important to mention that it was after watching this movie that Nicholas Cage (as a producer) hired E. Elias Merhige to direct 'Shadow of the Vampire.'

This looks like the fabulous Nicholas Brothers.

There can be no Nicholas without the H!!! tis the most important part.

But really why does hollywood bother. They take a piece of great cinema and ruin it. Booo

David Sedaris is the older brother of Amy from Strangers With Candy and Tumbling with Stephen Colbert. He writes books and then reads those books aloud in front of paying audiences.

I kind of regret that I didn't find this before Christ Mass, although it is not really about Christmas. It is more about specialized non-American holiday traditions, which may include six to eight black men, and beatings administered by St. Nicholas and his black entourage.

And it is fantastic.

Description:

"Santa Claus saves Christmas for the Children of the World!" Also known as "Santa Claus Defeats the Aliens". "The Martians kidnap Santa because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents." Directed by Nicholas Webster, written by Paul L. Jacobson (story) and Glenville Mareth, 1964. One of the worst films ever made, however it can be very funny if you have enough sense of humour. It's in public domain and available at Archive.org and Public Domain Torrents.

And, from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus_Conquers_the_Martians

...bitch, get out the way, get out the way, bitch....y' get th' idea...
A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Stanley Kubrick
Fiddler on the Roof (1971) - Norman Jewison
The Last Picture Show (1971) - Stephen J. Friedman
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) - Sam Spiegel ...all nominated, all great films(, cept nick n alice, neverseenit!)..check it, The French Connection Directed by
William Friedkin...?!Friedman....nevrmnd

Porn soundtrack, where are they now's-
Nicholas Hammond's last gig, "MDA" .... Dr. Nick Standish -Aussie telly series....or you may remember him from such filma as:
Stealth (2005) .... Executive Officer or
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001) .... Curator

didn't someone post some nicholas brothers here somewhere?

That was GREAT! I love Cab Calloway, he's so surreal, but this is the first time I've seen more than a few seconds of the Nicholas Brothers in action.

I am not sure what this video hoped to prove. It is easy to find intelligent people on both sides of the debate. However, I would submit, that the following list of THEISTS is far more impressive than the people mentioned in this video.

• Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543)
Copernicus was the Polish astronomer who put forward the first mathematically based system of planets going around the sun. He attended various European universities, and became a Canon in the Catholic church in 1497.

• Sir Fancis Bacon (1561-1627)
Bacon was a philosopher who is known for establishing the scientific method of inquiry based on experimentation and inductive reasoning. In De Interpretatione Naturae Prooemium, Bacon established his goals as being the discovery of truth, service to his country, and service to the church. Although his work was based upon experimentation and reasoning, he rejected atheism as being the result of insufficient depth of philosophy, stating, "It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion….

• Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)
Kepler was a brilliant mathematician and astronomer. He did early work on light, and established the laws of planetary motion about the sun. He also came close to reaching the Newtonian concept of universal gravity - well before Newton was born!

• Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
Galileo did his most useful theoretical work, which was on dynamics. Galileo expressly said that the Bible cannot err, and saw his system as an alternate interpretation of the biblical texts.

• Rene Descartes (1596-1650)
Descartes was a French mathematician, scientist and philosopher who has been called the father of modern philosophy. His school studies made him dissatisfied with previous philosophy: He had a deep religious faith as a Roman Catholic, which he retained to his dying day, along with a resolute, passionate desire to discover the truth. Descartes was to establish the near certainty of the existence of God - for only if God both exists and would not want us to be deceived by our experiences - can we trust our senses and logical thought processes. God is, therefore, central to his whole philosophy.

• Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
In optics, mechanics, and mathematics, Newton was a figure of undisputed genius and innovation. In all his science (including chemistry) he saw mathematics and numbers as central. He was devoutly religious and saw numbers as involved in understanding God's plan for history from the Bible. He did a considerable work on biblical numerology, and, though aspects of his beliefs were not orthodox, he thought theology was very important. In his system of physics, God is essential to the nature and absoluteness of space. In Principia he stated, "The most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion on an intelligent and powerful Being."

• Robert Boyle (1791-1867)
Boyle gave his name to "Boyle's Law" for gases, and also wrote an important work on chemistry. Encyclopedia Britannica says of him: "By his will he endowed a series of Boyle lectures, or sermons, which still continue, 'for proving the Christian religion against notorious infidels...

• Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
Michael Faraday was the son of a blacksmith who became one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century. His work on electricity and magnetism not only revolutionized physics, but led to much of our lifestyles today, which depends on them (including computers and telephone lines and, so, web sites). Faraday was a devoutly Christian member of the Sandemanians, which significantly influenced him and strongly affected the way in which he approached and interpreted nature.

• Gregor Mendel (1822-1884)
Mendel was the first to lay the mathematical foundations of genetics, in what came to be called "Mendelianism

• William Thomson Kelvin (1824-1907)
Kelvin was foremost among the small group of British scientists who helped to lay the foundations of modern physics. His work covered many areas of physics, and he was said to have more letters after his name than anyone else in the Commonwealth. Interestingly, his fellow physicists George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903) and James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) were also men of deep Christian commitment, in an era when many were nominal, apathetic, or anti-Christian. The Encyclopedia Britannica says "Maxwell is regarded by most modern physicists as the scientist of the 19th century who had the greatest influence on 20th century physics; he is ranked with Sir Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein for the fundamental nature of his contributions.

• Max Planck (1858-1947)
Planck made many contributions to physics, but is best known for quantum theory, which revolutionized our understanding of the atomic and sub-atomic worlds. In his 1937 lecture "Religion and Naturwissenschaft," Planck expressed the view that God is everywhere present, and held that "the holiness of the unintelligible Godhead is conveyed by the holiness of symbols." Both science and religion wage a "tireless battle against skepticism and dogmatism, against unbelief and superstition" with the goal "toward God!"

• Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Einstein is probably the best known and most highly revered scientist of the twentieth century, and is associated with major revolutions in our thinking about time, gravity, and the conversion of matter to energy (E=mc2). Although never coming to belief in a personal God, he recognized the impossibility of a non-created universe. The Encyclopedia Britannica says of him: "Firmly denying atheism, Einstein expressed a belief in "Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the harmony of what exists." This actually motivated his interest in science, as he once remarked to a young physicist: "I want to know how God created this world, I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts, the rest are details." Einstein's famous epithet on the "uncertainty principle" was "God does not play dice" - and to him this was a real statement about a God in whom he believed. A famous saying of his was "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."

More late-70's sci-fi cheese. Nicholas Hammond, the guy who played Peter Parker, was also Friedrich Von Trapp in the movie version of "The Sound of Music". I always thought the guy who played Captain Barbera in this series should've been cast as J.Jonah Jameson instead.
Oh, well. Another great theme song, anyway.