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Below are examples of '''] in ]'''. |
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==Film== |
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* In the film '']'', ] plays the captain of a ship that travels between ] and ]. |
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* The film '']'' was filmed on location in Gibraltar in 1958. It is a dramatisation of the period during the Second World War when ] served as a mine and disposal officer in Gibraltar while frogmen of the ]'s Tenth Light Flotilla were sinking vital shipping. |
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* The 1982 film '']'' is partly set in Gibraltar. |
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* The opening scene of the film '']'' (from the ] film series) takes place in Gibraltar. |
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* In the German-language film '']'', a German U-boat struggles in its attempt to get past the British navy in Gibraltar to relocate to a base in the Mediterranean sea. |
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* In the 1981 animated feature film ], in the section entitled Den, the character of Katherine Wells states that she is a native of Gibraltar. |
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* The popular ] 90's TV show ], has an episode set in Gibraltar and features a ride in the cable car. |
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* In the 2011 movie '']'' a shot of '']'' appears during the Travel by Map scene. |
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* In the animated shorts of '']'' the Rock of Gibraltar appears in both Popeye's throat and biceps after eating spinach. |
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==Literature== |
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* ]'s novel '']'' has several chapters set in Gibraltar. |
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* ]'s novel '']'' (1965), chronicling the troubled love-life of the British soldier Richard Ennis, is set in Gibraltar. |
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* The satirical novel '']'' by ] (1887) describes an almost successful attack of the monkeys on the fortress. |
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* "The Day of an American Journalist in 2889", an 1889 Jules Verne short story, also mentions Gibraltar as the last territory of a ], with even ] having been annexed by the ].<ref></ref> |
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* ] describes a stop at Gibraltar and comments on it in "]", an account of his pilgrimage to the holy land. |
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* ''Raffles' Crime in Gibraltar'' by ], a ] story set in Gibraltar in 1937 (] title: ''They Hang Them in Gibraltar''). |
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* ''Scruffy'' by ] is set on Gibraltar during World War II. It follows the steady decline in the size of the Macaque colony and the possible fulfilment of the superstition that Gibraltar will fall if it disappears. |
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* As ] is a native Gibraltarian, references to Gibraltar appear throughout ]'s '']'' (1922). A sculpture of Molly Bloom as imagined by local artist ] is on display in the ]. |
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* ]'s novel '']'' mentions the ']', a novel infrastructure connecting Europe and Africa. |
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* ]' book ''The Rock'' is a collection of short stories set in Gibraltar: ranging from a story set in prehistoric times to one suggesting a possible future for the Rock. |
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* In ]'s book ''],'' the heroine goes on a cruise to Europe and makes a stop at Gibraltar, where she learns about its history and legends, and goes shopping. |
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* Raymond Benson's James Bond novel '']'' deals with a fictional plot to forcibly return Gibraltar to Spain. The climax takes place in Gibraltar. |
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* ]'s '']'' tells the story of an impossible love story between a Spanish diplomat and a Gibraltarian woman of Jewish descent, Luna Benamor. |
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* In James Barrington's novel ''Overkill'', a Russian ship containing a nuclear device is left in the Port of Gibraltar by a Russian politician as a 'demonstration'. The device is dismantled by SAS forces. |
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* In ]'s novel, ''Scorpio Rising'', an identical copy of Alex Rider, the protagonist, is being held in a secret prison on Gibraltar. |
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==Music== |
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* In 1782 ] composed a ] for voice and piano to celebrate the ] titled '']''. |
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* The ]' song ] identifies Gibraltar as the place where ] and ] were married. |
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* "In time ] may tumble" is found in the lyrics of the song, ], written by George and Ira Gershwin in 1938 for the movie ]. |
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* Amos Lee sings "I'm like the rock of Gibraltar" in his song "Sweet Pea". |
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*] sings "Why don't you tell me about the sunsets in Sweden and the laws of Eden / And how you were the rock of Gibraltar" in the song "Zero Percent" from his 2001 album "Live & Acoustic". |
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*English rapper ] references Gibraltar in his song "Something in the Water". |
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*]'s song titled "The Rhythm of Life" contains the lyrics "Fragile as ships as we pass through Gibraltar / The sirens have all given way". |
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*]'s song "Miles to go (before I sleep)" contains the lyric "I would carry the rock of Gibraltar just for you". |
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*The song 'On the Run from Mi5' by ] contains the lyric "And I'll say if you catch me that I really wish that I had stayed (in Gibraltar)". |
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*the Swedish indie rock band ] has a song named ] |
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*]'s song "I Believe in the Man in the Sky" includes the lyrics, "My footsteps may falter / My eyes may grow dim / But He's my Gibralter / I'm trusting in Him." |
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==References== |
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