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The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is a 2010 Dutch body horror film
written and directed by Tom Six. The film tells the story of a German
doctor who kidnaps three tourists and joins them surgically, mouth to
anus, forming a "human centipede". It stars Dieter Laser as the
villain, Dr. Heiter, with Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie, and
Akihiro Kitamura as his victims. According to Six, the concept of the
film arose from a joke he made with friends about punishing child
molesters by stitching their mouths to the anus of a "fat truck
driver." Six also stated that inspiration for the film came from Nazi
medical experiments carried out during World War II, such as the
actions of Josef Mengele at Auschwitz concentration camp. When
approaching investors prior to filming, Six did not mention the
mouth-to-anus aspect of the plot, fearing it would put off potential
backers. The financiers of The Human Centipede did not discover the
full nature of the film until it was complete. The film received mixed
reviews from mainstream film critics, but it won several accolades at
international film festivals. The film was released in the United
States on a limited release theatrically on 30 April. A sequel, The
Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence), also written and directed by Six,
was released in 2011. (more...)
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1517:
According to traditional accounts, Martin Luther first posted his
Ninety-Five Theses onto the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg,
present-day Germany, marking the beginning of the Protestant
Reformation.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther>
1864:
Nevada was admitted as the 36th U.S. state, in part to help ensure
Abraham Lincoln's re-election as President of the United States eight
days later.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada>
1941:
More than 101 crew members of the USS Reuben James perished when their
vessel became the first United States Navy ship sunk by hostile action
during World War II after it was torpedoed by the German submarine
U-552.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Reuben_James_%28DD-245%29>
1973:
Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escaped from Mountjoy
Prison in Dublin after a hijacked helicopter landed in the prison's
exercise yard.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Mountjoy_Prison_helicopter_escape>
1999:
All 217 people on board EgyptAir Flight 990 were killed when the
aircraft suddenly plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of
Nantucket, Massachusetts.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EgyptAir_Flight_990>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
etiolate (v):
1. To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
2. To make a person pale and sickly-looking
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/etiolate>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Standing on the bridge that crosses
The river that goes out to the sea
The wind is full of a thousand
voices
They pass by the bridge and me.
--Loreena McKennitt
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