Ride with the Devil is a 1999 American Civil War Western film directed by Ang Lee. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by James Schamus, based on the book Woe to Live On, by Daniel Woodrell.
The events portrayed in the novel and film take place in Missouri, amidst escalating guerrilla warfare at the onset of the American Civil War. A loose dramatization of the Lawrence Massacre is depicted. Tobey Maguire stars as Jake Roedel, a Southern militiaman, who joins a group of marauders known as the Bushwhackers. The gang attempt to disrupt and marginalize the political activities of Northern Jayhawkers allied with Union soldiers.
The ensemble cast also features Skeet Ulrich, Jeffrey Wright, Jonathan Brandis, Jim Caviezel and musician Jewel.
The film was a co-production between Universal Studios and Good Machine. Theatrically, it was commercially distributed by the USA Films division of Universal. In 2010, The Criterion Collection released a restored high-definition digital transfer for the home media market. Ride with the Devil explores politics, violence and war.[3]
Following its limited release in theaters, the film failed to garner any award nominations for its acting or production merits from accredited film organizations. On November 23, 1999, the original soundtrack was released by the Atlantic Records label. The score was composed and orchestrated by Mychael Danna and Nicholas Dodd. Singer-songwriter Jewel also contributed a musical track from her second studio album Spirit.
He disliked tyranny because he believed that tyrants are easily corrupt and have too much power. His idea was that of an oligarchy where philosophers would be in charge and decide together on what needs to be done. People couldn't vote for them or similar things so it would be a bit authoritarian.
Question:
True or false:the governor of texas resides over the texas public bureaucracy generally, with broad powers to appoint agency heads and direct the actions of the most important texas bureaus such as the texas railroad commission, the texas department of agriculture, and the texas general land office.
Answer
True.
In the late 18th century, the king of England sent representatives to China in hopes of opening it to increased trade. The one that best describes the Qing emperor Qianlong's response to the king's request is that
He harshly rejected the king's request and refused to allow for increased trade between China and Europe.
The Organization of American States (OAS) was founded on
April 30, 1948. It is established for the purpose of regional solidarity and cooperation
among the member states. During the Ninth International Conference of American
States which was held in Bogotá between March and May 1948; led by the United
States Secretary of State George Marshall. The meeting led the members to
pledge to fight against communism in the western hemisphere. The meeting also
adopted the American declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man the world’s
very first general human rights instrument.
