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"INTO THE WEST" (2005) - "Jacob Wheeler and the Awareness of Self"

"INTO THE WEST" (2005) – "JACOB WHEELER AND THE AWARENESS OF SELF"

Many people would usually consider the topic of Self Awareness when discussing New Age religions or Eastern mysticism. Characters from a Western television miniseries seems like the last thing anyone would think of when discussing the meaning of Self. Yet, a major character led me to consider this very topic, while re-watching Steven Spielberg’s 2005 miniseries about two families – Lakota and western Virginia - called "INTO THE WEST".

"Self" has been described as the essential self or the core of an individual. A person who has learned to live one’s life with a strong sense of Self is considered as someone who has achieved or come close to a level of self-actualization - namely, achieving personal growth through accepting the true core of oneself. If there is one character in "INTO THE WEST" who seemed to personify self-actualization, it was Thunder Heart Woman (Tonazin Carmelo and later Sheila Tousey), the Lakota woman who had married into the Wheeler family. I am not saying that Thunder Heart Woman was a person with no insecurities, personal demons or anything of the sort. But of all the major characters, she seemed to be more in tune of what and more importantly, who she was.

In the miniseries’ second episode titled, "Manifest Destiny", Thunder Heart Woman had seemed impervious to the Wheeler family's attitude toward her, during her immediate family’s short stay with her in-laws in Virginia. Even when faced with the disapproval of a German minister and fellow wagon immigrant called Preacher Hobbes (Derek de Lint), she remained impervious to his bigotry. At least according to her husband’s narrative. But this essay is not about Thunder Heart Woman. It is about one of the men in her life – the one love in her life, who managed to catch my attention. Namely one Jacob Wheeler (Matthew Settle and later John Terry).

The third of four brothers from a Virginia wheelwright family, Jacob Wheeler seemed very similar to his Lakota wife – the type of person that seemed to know his own mind. The miniseries’ first episode, ”Wheel to the Stars” revealed that Jacob’s Virginia family seemed to view him as a non-conformist . . . or oddball. He, in turn, regarded his hometown of Wheelerton, Virginia; his family and its profession with mild contempt. In short, this young Virginian was a fish out of water in 1825 America and he knew it. This would explain Jacob’s longing to see the world beyond his hometown and the eastern United States. He did not hesitate to express his enthusiasm for the West. After meeting mountain man James Fletcher (Will Patton), he immediately set out to achieve his desire to leave Wheelerton.

Possessing a talent for persuasion, Jacob managed to convince two of his brothers – Nathan (Alan Tudyk) and Jethro (Skeet Ulrich) – into joining his trek to the West. Jethro turned back at the last minute and Nathan ended up accompanying him. After Jacob and Nathan parted ways in St. Louis, the former caught up with Fletcher and famed mountain man, Jedediah Smith (Josh Brolin) and convinced the latter to allow him to accompany Smith’s expedition to California. I could probably list a number of examples of Jacob’s talent for persuasion, along with his exuberant and non-conformist nature. What I had failed to mention was that he possessed a strong and stubborn will to achieve what he desired. A perfect example of this was his determination to return to California after he, Smith and their fellow mountain men had been kicked out of the province by Mexican authorities. Not only did Jacob manage to achieve this goal, he did so at a great price. And yet . . . one of the interesting aspects of the Jacob Wheeler character is that despite possessing a strong will and extroverted nature, he also had certain vulnerable characteristics and insecurities. Especially insecurities. In both ”Wheel to the Stars” and ”Manifest Destiny”, Jacob’s relationships with his Wheelerton family and Thunder Heart Woman revealed just how insecure he could be.

Jacob seemed to have a rather peculiar relationship with his Virginia family. Despite regarding them with contempt for their provincial attitudes, he had also allowed their attitudes to bring out his own insecurities. His grandfather Abraham (Ken Pogue), his father Enoch (Serge Houde) and his three brothers – Nathan, Ezra (Joshua Kalef) and Jethro – either derided or teased him about his lack of interest in the family’s wheelwright business. And all of them viewed Jacob as a daydreamer with no sense of family duty or any common sense. The Wheelers have never hesitated to express their low opinion of Jacob’s desire to experience life beyond Wheelerton. I cannot help but wonder if the Wheelers’ contempt toward Jacob’s non-conformist ways had bred a sense of insecurity within him. Or if this insecurity was one of the reasons behind his desire to escape Wheelerton for the west.

It is possible that I may have stumbled across one result from Jacob’s less-than-ideal relationship with his Virginia family. I do not know if anyone else had noticed, but it seemed to me that whenever any of the other Wheelers teased, ranted or expressed contempt toward Jacob or his views on the West, he rarely bothered to defend himself. Jacob did not defend himself whenever his brothers mocked him at the dinner table.; when Jethro made the "tail tucked between your legs" comment, following Jacob’s return to Wheelerton in "Manifest Destiny"; and when Enoch accused him of luring both Nathan and later, Jacob to the West. Instead of defending himself, Jacob merely remained silent in an effort to ignore the hurtful comments.

However, there have also been moments when he did defend himself. Jacob made a snarky comment about his grandfather Abraham’s penchant for rambling on about his past as Revolutionary War veteran and the family’s business. And the elderly man reacted in such a vitriolic manner that I found myself wondering if Jacob had ended up with a new hole in his backside. When Nathan raged against him for helping an escaped slave named Ben Franklin (Sean Blakemore) in Tennessee, Jacob insisted they had done the right thing considering that Ben had earlier released Nathan after holding him hostage with a knife. And when Nathan lost his temper over Jacob’s refusal to follow him to Texas, the younger brother merely insisted upon continuing his intention to join Jedidiah Smith’s expedition.

One could only wonder why Jacob had rarely bothered to defend himself against his family’s scorn. Did he share Thunder Heart Woman’s talent for imperviously ignoring the scorn and prejudices of others? I rather doubt it. Whereas Thunder Heart Woman had seemed unconcerned by others, Jacob’s face tends to express his pain or embarrassment caused by his family’s attitudes. I suspect that deep down, Jacob longed for not only his family’s respect, but their acceptance of his true self. But unlike many people, he was not willing to change his nature for the Wheelers or anyone else’s acceptance.

Why did Jacob decide to return to Wheelerton with his pregnant wife and daughter after eleven years in the West? In his narration, Jacob claimed that he wanted Thunder Heart Woman and his daughter Margaret Light Shines (Elizabeth Sage, later Irene Bedard) to meet his Virginia family. Perhaps he was telling the truth. Yet, a part of me found that hard to believe. The moment Jacob began to enjoy his Lakota in-laws’ hospitality, he felt certain that his own family extend the same kind of warmth to his wife. And yet . . . he had insisted upon returning to Virginia. Why? Had Jethro hinted the truth in his "tail tuckered between his legs" comment – that Jacob encountered nothing but failure in the West and returned back to Virginia for a livelihood? Or was it something deeper? Perhaps a last chance for Jacob to seek final acceptance from his family? Who knows.

Whatever Jacob had sought in 1836 Virginia, he did not find it. His father Enoch revealed that the family’s wheelwright business had suffered a setback, due to the economic depression that struck the United States in the mid and late 1830s. And the Wheelers seemed no more closer in accepting Jacob for himself or his Western family. His cousin, Naomi Wheeler (Keri Russell) viewed Indians as non-human. His brother Ezra regarded Thunder Heart Woman as a mere "squaw". Naomi’s sister, Rachel (Jessica Capshaw), viewed young Margaret’s hand as a piece of dung. And Enoch seemed to act as if his new daughter-in-law and grandchildren did not exist. No wonder Jacob ended up complaining about the Wheelers’ treatment of his Lakota family.

Eventually, Jacob decided to take his wife and children and return to the West permanently – preferably Californa. It seemed the Wheelers’ continuing disregard toward them – along with news of his idol Jedediah Smith’s death – led to this decision. He almost seemed cold and distant toward his parents and Ezra. But he did not count on Jethro and his three female cousins’ decision to accompany him to California. Apparently, not all of the Wheelers viewed him as an oddball for his preference for the West. Jacob seemed heartened by Jethro’s decision to join him. And although Naomi, Rachel and Leah’s (Emily Holmes) decision to join the trek West took him by surprise, Jacob readily accepted their company. In the following narration, he came to this conclusion:

"I hope that I would prove equal to the responsibility I had undertaken."

I found this comment rather odd. Jethro and the three cousins had been determined to follow Jacob and Thunder Heart Woman on the trek to California, regardless of anything the couple would have done or said. Even Jethro had later pointed this out.

The next three years (1837-1840) must have been the best Jacob had ever experienced with any of the Virginia Wheelers. The three cousins – Naomi, Rachel and Leah – finally began to view Thunder Heart Woman as a member of the family and cherished her and Jacob’s three children (Abraham had been born in Wheelerton in 1836 and Jacob Jr. was born in Missouri sometime in late 1840). Jacob’s close relationship with Jethro seemed like a far cry from the conflicts with Nathan that marred his trip to the west back in the 1820s. One would begin to think that Jacob no longer suffered from any insecurity by this point. And yet . . . they only remained buried inside him, waiting for the right moment to manifest.

In the end, it took the wagon train journey to California (dubbed "the Wagon Train of Doom" by me) featured in "Manifest Destiny" for Jacob’s insecurities to get the best of him. Upon their arrival in Independence, Missouri in the fall of 1840, the Wheeler family remained there during the winter before joining a California-bound wagon train led by one Stephen Hoxie (Beau Bridges) in the spring of 1841. Surprisingly, only Thunder Heart Woman seemed reluctant to leave Missouri. I suspect she had enough of being constantly on the move for the past several years. But the rest of the Wheelers, especially Jacob, seemed determined to head for California.

Once the Hoxie wagon company began their westward trek, everything seemed to be faring well. The weather seemed beautiful. Everyone seemed to be in good spirits – including the black family from Illinois named Jones that managed to join the wagon train without any opposition. Both Naomi and Rachel attracted the romantic attention of the train’s two scouts – 'Skate' Guthrie and James ‘Jim’ Ebbets (Ryan Robbins and Christopher Heyerdahl). This contentment finally ended when Thunder Heart Woman spotted wolves feeding off the corpse of a buffalo and when the train later crossed what I believe was the Big Blue River. The incident proved to be the first of two disagreements between the couple. Thunder Heart Woman viewed the wolves as a sign that the wagon train would come to a bad end. She insisted that the Wheeler family return to Missouri. Jacob dismissed her worries as superstition on her part. But the expression on his face clearly indicated his doubts on the wisdom of the trip.

Then the first disaster struck. One of the emigrants, a German-born minister named Preacher Hobbes (Derek de Lint), lost control of his wagon during the crossing. Distracted by the Hobbes family’s situation, Jethro nearly lost control of his wagon. Leah fell out of the wagon and drowned in the river’s fast flowing water. Although Hobbes received an angry response for his carelessness from Captain Hoxie, the Wheeler women’s anger seemed to be directed at Jacob for leading them to this western trek. The expression of guilt seemed very palpable on Jacob’s face, as Naomi demanded that he take the family back to Missouri. Leah’s death proved to be just the beginning.

The further west the wagon train traveled, more disasters followed. The emigrants were forced to deal with a severe thunderstorm and a cattle stampede that left the only son of a black emigrant named Absalom Jones (Neville Edwards) dead. Not long after the storm and the stampede, both Naomi and Rachel married two of the wagon train’s scouts, Skate and Jim. But that brief period of happiness failed to last when the wagon train attempted to travel through a pass. While traversing a pass, a wagon broke free, knocked Rachel down and ran over her leg, causing a severe compound fracture. The leg eventually became infected. Hobbes, the closest thing to a doctor available, tried to amputate Rachel's leg; but his efforts turned out to be clumsy and Rachel died before he could finish. Although no family member angrily demanded that return to Missouri, the expression on Jacob’s face obviously conveyed his feelings of guilt.

The final blow to Jacob’s disastrous return to the west occurred when Mrs. Jones died from cholera. Since the Wheelers’ wagons had been traveling with the Jones’ wagon at the back of the train, they had been exposed to the disease. Hoxie and the scouts forced the Wheelers and the remaining members of the Jones family (Mr. Jones and Sally Jones) to remain behind under quarantine while the main body of the wagon train carries on. Only Naomi was able to continue with the train, since she had been with her new husband. Jethro became afflicted with symptoms of cholera but recovered. Both Jacob and Thunder Heart Woman drifted into a serious quarrel, when he suggested that she take their children and attempt to find her Lakota family. Needless to say, Thunder Heart Woman took the suggestion badly and reminded Jacob that he should have listened to her warnings about the journey.

No new outbreaks occurred after Jacob ordered that all drinking water be boiled. The Wheelers and the Jones rushed to catch up with the wagon train, but discovered that it had been attacked by Cheyenne warriors. All of the emigrants had been wiped out, aside from Naomi, who first became a captive and later, a wife of a Cheyenne chief Prairie Fire (Jay Tavare). The Wheelers and the Jones families were also attacked by Cheyenne warriors. They managed to repulse the attack, but Jacob ended up seriously wounded by an arrow in his chest. The surviving emigrants tried to move on with a wounded Jacob, but the juts and bumps of the trail made it impossible for him to endure the pain. Instead, he insisted that Thunder Heart Woman, Jethro, Mr. Jones and the children continue west to California without him, since he would only prevent them from crossing the Sierra Nevada Mountains before winter. They left him behind with great reluctance.

Thanks to a fortuitous encounter with one of his brothers-in-law, Running Fox (Zahn McClarnon), Jacob survived his wound before continuing west. The period he spent east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains allowed him to wallow in loneliness and grief over the separation from his family. But he remained determined to find them. And it took him another four to five years before he finally did. Becoming a member of John Charles Frémont’s California Volunteer Militia during the Mexican-American War allowed Jacob to scour the region for signs or news of his remaining family. Five years passed before he finally came upon the ranch that Jethro and Thunder Heart Woman had settled. Jacob also discovered that in the intervening years, his brother and wife had considered him dead, began a relationship and had a child – a little girl named Cornflower. Devastated by this turn of events, Jacob decided not to reveal himself to his family. At least not openly. Instead, he left the wooden medicine wheel necklace that Thunder Heart Woman had given him when they first met to his youngest child, Jacob High Cloud. Another five years passed before Jacob finally reconciled with his family, due to the efforts of his daughter, Margaret Light Shines.

Ever since I first saw "INTO THE WEST" and especially the above mentioned scene from "Manifest Destiny", I have found myself wondering about Jacob’s actions. I understood why he decided not to intrude upon the family that Jethro and Thunder Heart Woman had formed upon their arrival in California. But why did he leave the medicine wheel necklace to young Jacob? Surely, he knew that his family would be aware that he was alive . . . and knew about their situation? Looking back on his action, it struck me as a very passive-aggressive on his part. He lacked the courage to face Jethro and Thunder Heart Woman. And yet, he seemed determined to thwart the happiness they had created . . . as if he was punishing them for continuing their lives without him. Or perhaps Jacob felt a great deal of envy toward Jethro because the latter turned out to be the one who successfully led the family to California, and not him.

Perhaps Jacob had always a passively-aggressive personality from the beginning. His relationship with his Virginia family struck me as being marked by a great deal of passive-aggressive behavior from the start. Jacob seemed determined to be his own man, whether in his enthusiasm for the West, his decision to leave Wheeler or join Jedediah Smith’s expedition over following his brother Nathan to Texas. And yet . . . he never defended himself in the face of their criticism. Instead, he resorted to resentful silence. Why did he constantly fail to defend himself? Was he merely trying to keep the peace? Or did some small part of him fear that his family may have been right about him? It seemed strange than many fans and critics of "INTO THE WEST" seemed to adore Jacob for his seemingly self-assurance and outgoing personality. At the same time, they derided Jethro for being an insecure loser in their eyes. I got the feeling that they were so busy either scorning Jethro or adulating Jacob that they failed to detect the latter’s personal insecurities and darker traits. And Jacob certainly had them by the bucketful.

Did Jacob ever overcome his insecurities? Perhaps. Perhaps not. I wonder if many are aware of this, but it usually takes an individual to overcome his or her faults during an entire lifetime. A good number of people never succeed in overcoming all of their faults. And since "INTO THE WEST" focused more on his and Thunder Heart Woman’s children in the last three episodes, audiences never discovered if he had overcome all of his faults and insecurities. Jacob certainly seemed more at peace in his old age than he did during his first forty years. Perhaps those years of solitude near the Sierra Mountains foothills helped him finally achieve some inner peace.

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The Baker's Son (2021, Mark Jean)

7/17/23

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Joseph Gordon Levitt's roommate, therapist, and parents in a hospital waiting room in a scene from 50/50 (2012). Serge Houde is his father, Richard, with Alzheimer's. Serge was born in Quebec and has 196 acting credits from a 1988 tv episode to four 2023 credits.

His other notable credits include two episodes of MacGuyver, Stay Tuned (as Yogi Beer), Look Who's Talking Now, The Adventures of Pluto Nash, three episodes of Smallville, three episodes of Hell on Wheels, and an episode of A Series of Unfortunate Events.

#seth rogan #anna kendrick #anjelica huston #serge houde #50/50

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The very underrated and genuinely talented Canadian actor, Serge Houde.

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Murdaugh Murders: The Movie

Murdaugh Murders: The Movie (Mini-Serie 2023) #BillPullman #JessBrown #AngelaMoore #SimonCHussey #CassidyReichman #SergeHoude Mehr auf:

Mini-Serie Jahr: 2023- Genre: Krimi / Drama Hauptrollen: Bill Pullman, Jess Brown, Angela Moore, Simon C. Hussey, Cassidy Reichman, Serge Houde, Lauren Jackson, Stewart Prince, Andrew Zachar, Anthony Harrison, Guy Christie, Jeff Mohs, Tanja Dixon-Warren, Lauren K. Robek, Vanessa Walsh, Desiree Zurowski … Serienbeschreibung: Der Anwalt aus South Carolina, Alex Murdaugh (Bill Pullman), gerät ins…

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Jane Birkin, zangeres grootste sekshit allertijden overleden

 “Ik ben altijd een ontzettende optimist geweest. Maar ik heb nog wat tijd nodig om weer het podium op te kunnen.” Zangeres en actrice Jane Birkin (76) was vastbesloten om een reeks concerten, die ze om gezondheidsredenen moest afzeggen, te hervatten. Zover heeft het niet mogen komen. De vertolkster van het iconische nummer Je T’aime... Moi Non Plus - samen met haar geliefde Serge Gainsbourg – is zondag levenloos aangetroffen in haar Parijse woning. In haar jeugd hadden weinigen kunnen bevroeden dat Jane Birkin zou uitgroeien tot de ster die zij was. ’Een verlegen, Brits meisje’, zo werd ze ook wel omschreven. Ze kwam uit een vermogende familie met een vader die spion was in de Tweede Wereldoorlog en een moeder die acteerde. Jane trad in haar voetsporen toen ze op 17-jarige leeftijd een rol kreeg in een musical van de bijna vijftien jaar oudere John Barry.

Er bloeide iets op tussen de componist, bekend van diverse James Bond-films en de jonge actrice. Een paar dagen na haar achttiende verjaardag stapten de twee in het huwelijksbootje. Een gelukkig huwelijk zou het niet zijn geweest. John hield naar verluidt iets te veel van andere vrouwen. Amper twee jaar later en een kind verder, tekenden ze al de scheidingspapieren.

 Troost in bioscoop

Hun dochter Kate Barry vormde een bron van vreugde voor Jane, maar ook van groot verdriet. Tien jaar geleden viel de fotografe, toen 46 jaar, van vierhoog uit het raam van haar appartement. Jarenlang was ze verslaafd aan drugs en alcohol, maar kickte succesvol af. Of de dood van Kate een ongeluk was of zelfdoding, is nooit opgehelderd.

Jane vond destijds troost in de bioscoop, waar ze zelf ook meermaals was te bewonderen. Op de Amerikaanse website Stereogum vertelde ze twee jaar geleden openhartig over die periode. Zo bezocht Jane onder meer de film Manchester By The Sea, waarin een man zijn drie kinderen verliest na een brand. „Ik ga graag naar de bioscoop om dingen in perspectief te zien en ik houd ervan andermans verhalen te horen. Als ik mijn situatie dan vergelijk met wat er in die film gebeurt... Ik heb Kate 46 jaar bij mij gehad. Mijn broer verloor zijn zoon toen die twintig was.”

Mysterie

Haar album Oh! Pardon Tu Dormais (2020) was het laatste dat zij uitbracht, met persoonlijke nummers over onder meer de dood van haar oudste dochter. Het lied Catch Me If You Can gaat over de laatste momenten voor zij terechtkwam op het asfalt onder haar raam. „Het zal altijd een mysterie blijven waarom ze viel”, vertelde Jane. „Ik had haar maandag nog gezien en donderdag was ze er niet meer. Wat is er gebeurd? Ik denk dat iedere ouder die een kind op deze manier verliest, met vragen zal achterblijven. Ik droom nog altijd over Kate.”

Het bood de beroemdheid ook houvast: „Wanneer je mensen verliest, hoop je altijd dat ze op een of andere manier weer tot je komen. Omdat je zo bang bent dat je vergeet hoe hun stem klonk, hoe ze aanvoelden. Het is moeilijk leven met de dood van geliefden.”

Na dochter Kate kreeg Jane nog twee kinderen. Charlotte Gainsbourg, die deze week 52 wordt, werd geboren op het toppunt van de roem van haar moeder en vader Serge Gainsbourg. Eind jaren ’60 kwam hun duet Je T’aime... Moi Non Plus uit. Serge nam het lied eerder op met zijn bekende geliefde Brigitte Bardot, maar zij had al een echtgenoot die er niet van was gediend dat zijn vrouw het sensuele lied samen met haar minnaar uitbracht. Het bleef op de plank liggen tot Jane in zijn leven verscheen.

 Duet

Zij ontmoetten elkaar op de set van de film Slogan. Jane hoorde het nummer van haar geliefde en Bardot en besloot dat zij het samen op single wilde zetten ’zodat hij dat niet met een ander doet’. Door de expliciete tekst en hijgerige toon werd ook wel gesuggereerd dat het lied zou zijn opgenomen terwijl het stel de liefde met elkaar aan het bedrijven was. Maar dat gerucht hielp Jane de wereld uit. „We stonden apart van elkaar de tekst in te zingen.”

De actrice speelde ook rollen in erotisch getinte films in de jaren ’70, zoals Don Juan ou Si Doin Juan était une femme..., waarin ze de geliefde van Brigitte Bardot vertolkte. Je T’aime... Moi Non Plus werd tevens de titel van een omstreden rolprent, waarvoor Jane een Franse prijs in ontvangst mocht nemen: de César Award voor beste actrice.

 Losse handjes

Gesetteld met Serge in Frankrijk, bleef ze twaalf jaar bij hem. Dat was niet bepaald een makkelijke periode. De artiest lustte graag een glaasje, maar had geen gezellige dronk. Hij zou gewelddadig zijn geweest. „Een moeilijke man om mee te leven”, volgens Jane. Ze vertrok met haar twee kinderen en vond al snel de liefde bij regisseur Jacques Doillon. Met hem kreeg ze een derde dochter: Lou. Na dertien jaar ging ook die relatie over. Naast haar turbulente privéleven en werk als actrice en zangeres, was Jane ook een stijlicoon. Er werd zelfs een tas naar haar vernoemd: de Birkin bag van modehuis Hermès.

Ze leed aan leukemie, werd in 2021 getroffen door een tia, en annuleerde in mei haar concerten. Jane laat twee dochters en zes kleinkinderen achter. De uitvaart voor de Brits-Franse zangeres en actrice wordt maandag 24 juli gehouden in het hartje van Parijs, in de Sint-Rochuskerk. Dat meldt nieuwszender BFMTV. Birkin overleed zondag op 76-jarige leeftijd thuis in de Franse hoofdstad. Het is nog niet bekend wie er naar de uitvaart gaan.

(Door Dick van As)

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Hoofdstruk 17 van 'Het Diner' Deel: Hoofdgerecht

Paul gaat Babette en Claire zoeken in de toilette, daar zijn ze dus niet. Hij gaat uit het restaurant en hij kan zijn broer vanbinnen zien. Serge heeft zijn eten al klaar en nipt zijn wijn, wanneer de bebaarde man en zijn dochter op stonden. De man zwaait een dank aan Serge voor de fotomoment die ze eerder hadden. De meisje praat niet en de man stapt na voren, ze gaan niet weg. Paul krijgt medelijden voor zijn broer, waar hij ook gaat, is er altijd iemand die hem herkend. Ze vragen nooit gewoon voor een foto of een handtekening, ze willen altijd meer. Paul denkt over Serge, hij houd niet veel van hem maar toch moet hij toegeven dat hij een goed politicus is. Wanneer Serge monologen geeft, is er echt iets die straalt van hem. Maar dat is wanneer hij werkt, in het privé is het anders. Het verschil tussen Serge en Serge Lohman de politicus is groot. Soms mengt Serge de twee kanten, zoals deze avond, maar dat gebeurt nadat hij zoveel jaren als een politicus moet acteren. Met een neppe telefoongesprek brengt Serge de bebaarde man en zijn dochter weg.

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FC Bayern München haalt het maximale uit een transferdeal

FC Bayern München, Manchester City, Liverpool en Real Madrid zijn allemaal officieel aangekondigd en ze hebben allemaal deze zomer hun eerste transfers gemaakt. En FC Bayern München, de meest succesvolle club onder hen, tekende Sadio Mané van Liverpool voor een behoorlijke transfersom. Ook Sadio Mané, die al een rood FC Bayern München voetbalshirt heeft, heeft Liverpool officieel verlaten.

FC Bayern München is succesvol geweest met aankopen en transfers, en de club heeft niet veel geld uitgegeven aan aankopen. In vergelijking met de transfersommen van andere clubs kan FC Bayern München enkele nieuwe spelers toevoegen om de line-up te versterken. Het enige dat FC Bayern München deze zomer dwars zat, was de kwestie van Robert Lewandowski, die de club zeker boos heeft gemaakt met zijn recente opmerkingen. Robert Lewandowski heeft duidelijk gemaakt dat hij wil verhuizen naar FC Barcelona, maar het aanbod van FC Bayern München van een transfersom is niet geaccepteerd. De houding van Robert Lewandowski, evenals zijn uitspraken aan de media, zorgen voor problemen voor de club, die dit seizoen staat te popelen om het FC Barcelona voetbalshirt aan te trekken. Maar in het licht van zijn transfersom gaf FC Barcelona niet meteen een duidelijk antwoord, wat de situatie van Robert Lewandowski erg gênant maakte.

FC Barcelona en Manchester United moeten hun eerste aankopen nog afronden en ze willen ook spelers als Sadio Mané aantrekken zoals FC Bayern München, maar geen van beide teams zal zich kwalificeren voor de UEFA Champions League van volgend seizoen, wat hen een teken geeft. Werk brengt veel problemen met zich mee. De combinatie van Sadio Mané, Thomas Müller en Serge Gnabry volgend seizoen is de verwachtingen van de Bundesliga-fans waard en het team kan de landstitel blijven verdedigen met stabiele prestaties.

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50/50 (2011)

Director - Jonathan Levine, Cinematography - Terry Stacey

"See, but... that's bullshit. That's what everyone has been telling me since the beginning. "Oh, you're gonna be okay," and "Oh, everything's fine," and like, it's not... It makes it worse... that no one will just come out and say it. Like, "hey man, you're gonna die."

#scenesandscreens #50/50 #jonathan levine #Terry Stacey #joseph gordon levitt #seth rogen #anna kendrick #bryce dallas howard #anjelica huston #Donna Yamamoto #philip baker hall #matt frewer #Andrew Airlie #Serge Houde #Jessica Parker Kennedy #Peter Kelamis #Sarah Smyth #Yee Jee Tso #Sugar Lyn Beard #luisa d'oliveira #Matty Finochio #Laura Bertram #P. Lynn Johnson #Daniel Bacon #Lauren A. Miller #Ryan W. Smith #marie avgeropoulos #Veena Sood

[moviesandfood]

50/50

#50/50 #Jonathan Levine #Bryce Dallas Howard #Joseph Gordon-Levitt #Anjelica Huston #Serge Houde #pizza #movie #film

[youlittleinfinity]

You’ll be fine. 50/50! If you were a casino game you’d have the best odds! - 50/50, Will Reiser (2011)

#50/50 #50 e 50 #will Reiser #Johnathan Levine #comedy-drama #Anna Kendrick #bryce dallas howard #anjelica huston #movie #Adam Lerner #Seth rogen #joseph gordon-levitt #Kyle Hirons #Katherine Mckay #Serge Houde #Andrew Airlie #Matt Frewer #high and dry #radiohead #to love somebody #life quotes #quotes #love quotes #personal quotes #yellow ledbetter #pearl jam #liars #bee gees #work to do

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Boot Camp 2008

#Boot Camp #CD Films #Mila Kunis #Gregory Smith #Peter Stormare #Regine Nehy #Alejandro Rae #Christopher Jacot #Tygh Runyan #Matthew Smalley #Colleen Rennison #Barbara Gates Wilson #Christianne Hirt #Lexie Huber #Serge Houde #Cris Nannarone #Joe Norman Shaw

[clemsfilmdiary]

A Little Daytime Drama (2021, Heather Hawthorn Doyle)

Also known as: Love in the Afternoon

7/4/23

#A Little Daytime Drama #Hallmark #Summer Nights #Ryan Paevey #Jen Lilley #Linda Dano #Brittany Mitchell #Jake Foy #Michele Scarabelli #Serge Houde #TV movie #romance #comedy #romcom #television #soap opera #actors #producers #L.A. #Hollywood #exes

[kwebtv]

Home Before Dark  -  Apple TV+  -  April 3, 2020 -

Mystery / Teen Drama (10 episodes to date)

Running Time:  30 minutes

Stars:

Brooklynn Prince as Hilde Lisko

Jim Sturgess as Matthew Lisko

Abby Miller as Bridget Jensen

Louis Herthum as Frank Briggs Sr.

Kiefer O'Reilly as Richie Fife

Michael Weston as Frank Briggs Jr.

Kylie Rogers as Izzy Lisko

Aziza Scott as Mackenzie "Trip" Johnson

Adrian Hough as Jack Fife

Joelle Carter as Kim Collins

Jibrail Nantambu as Donny Davis

Deric McCabe as Wesley "Spoon" Witherspoon

Whitney Peak as Alpha Jessica

Aubrey Arnason as Lucy Fife

Aundrea Smith as Singer

Dean Petriw as Young Matt

Laiken Laverock as Young Kim

Serge Houde as Roger Collins

Sharon Lawrence as Carol Collins

Michael Greyeyes as Sam Gillis

#Home Before Dark #TV #Apple TV+ #2000's #Mystery #Teen Drama #Brooklyn Prince #Jim Sturgess #Abby Miller #Louis Herthum #Keifer O'Reilly #Michael Weston #Kylie Rogers #Aziza Scott #Adrian Hough #Joelle Carter #Jibrail Nantambu #Derec McCabe

[maksandcheese123]

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Sinds de post waar ik mijn boek presenteerde ben ik bij pagina 60 beland. Omdat er dus niet een concreet verhaal is, is het een beetje moeilijk om erover te vertellen, ik zal mijn best doen.

Het boek begint met onze hoofdpersoon, die in de ik-persoon verteld. Ons hoofdpersoon heeft een beetje een sarcastische manier van denken, ik vind het wel leuk. Het idee is dat in het begin ze langzamer hand naar het “diner” gaan, met langzaam bedoel ik dat het hoofdpersoon, Paul, probeert een beetje een suspense te maken. Samen met zijn vrouw, Claire, gaat hij uiteten met zijn broer en zijn vrouw. Paul maakt het langzamer hand duidelijk dat hij niet erg houd van deze etentjes samen met zijn broer, hij is namelijk super beroemd. En met die beroemdheid hangt dan samen dat ze per se naar die dure restaurants gaan, iedereen gek wordt wanneer ze de beroemdheid zien, ...

Nu zijn ze in het boek bij het diner aangekomen, Paul en Clair moesten wachten, zijn broer kwam te laat. Wanneer het koppel aankwam, leek het dat ze hadden geruzied, er zeker was iets gebeurd; Serge (Pauls broer), leek afgeleid en Babette (Serge’s vrouw) had uitgeleken mascara, het leek dat ze was aan het huilen. In de tussentijd geeft Paul hints aan ons (de lezers) dat er iets thuis aan de hand is, hij zei iets over zijn zoon, dat hij iets ontdekte.

Dit is ongeveer hoe ver ik ben gekomen, ze zijn bij het restaurant, Babette en Serge hebben misschien geruzied en Pauls zoon heeft misschien iets gedaan.

Ik hou jullie op de hoogte, tot zo!

[kritikycz]

Top Secret

Americký pilot za letu neuposlechne rozkaz a shodí velký náklad potravin hladujícím utečencům ze Středního východu. Z obavy před publicitou se ho představitelé amerických vzdušných sil snaží dostat do ústraní. Pověří ho novou úlohou – strážit prezidentovu speciální kufřík s počítačem na spustění nukleární války. Když se prezident se svým novým strážcem aktovky vrací z konference do hotelu, přepadnou je teroristé a zmocní se kufříku. V přímém televizním přenosu požádují prezidentovu sabevraždu, jinak odpálí jadernou raketu na Washington.

Top Secret was originally published on Kritiky.cz

#Chip Chuipka #Christopher Heyerdahl #Dolph Lundgren #Goûchy Boy #John Dunn-Hill #Larry Day #Mark Camacho #Michael Caloz #Michael Sarrazin #Michel Perron #Monika Schnarre #Roc LaFortune #Roy Scheider #Serge Houde #Susan Glover #Vlasta Vrana