Although Blade Runner was largely unsuccessful in its first theatrical release, it found a viewership in the home video market and became a cult film.

Although a longbow achieves comparable accuracy and faster shooting rate than an average crossbow, crossbows release more kinetic energy and can be used effectively after a week of training, while a comparable single-shot skill with a longbow takes years of strength training to overcome the draw strength of the longbow, as well as years of practice needed to use it with skill.

Although the film was less than successful at the box office in the wake of 9 / 11, it reached cult film status after the DVD release, inspiring numerous websites devoted to unraveling the plot twists and meanings.

Although it received enthusiastic reviews, the release failed to chart ; his next album, Grievous Angel ( released posthumously in 1974 ) met with a similar reception, and peaked at number 195 on Billboard.

Although this was its primary business for years, its place in videogame folklore was cemented by its ambitious and ultimately ill-fated plans to release its own video game console, the Konix Multisystem.

Although the children are not shown from the front, the cover was controversial at the time of the album's release.

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Although the last packaged release was in 2000, development is still active in the project's CVS.

Although Thietmar made no mention of warfare that possibly took place on this occasion, the information on the return of the accord, acting for the good of the country and release of prisoners indicate that a conflict actually did occur.

Although IBM began indicating shortly after the release of Warp 4 that OS / 2 would eventually be withdrawn, the company did not end support until December 31, 2006.

Although originally announced to be released direct-to-DVD as an extra on the Planet Terror DVD, the film was produced as a theatrical release.

Although the release of The Jazz Singer ( 1927 ) by Warner Brothers marked the first commercially successful sound film, silent films were the majority of features released in both 1927 and 1928, along with so-called goat-glanded films: silents with a section of sound film inserted.

Although the show was produced with HDTV in mind, CBS Home Entertainment currently has no plans to release the show on Blu-ray.

Although CIC-Taft Australia negotiated an Australasian release, they did not proceed with their plans.

Although The Sin of Pride was critically acclaimed and the Undertones performed several gigs in both Scotland and England to promote the release of this album, The Sin of Pride only reached number 43 in the UK chart.

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Although not important at the time, Twin / Tone could not afford to release the album until August 1981.

Although Unreal is not the first major release with colored lighting ( see Quake II ), it is the first to have a software renderer as feature rich as the hardware renderers of the time, including colored lighting and even a limited form of texture filtering referred to by Tim Sweeney as an ordered " texture coordinate space " dither.

Although hired to direct a film adaptation of Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card that was scheduled for release in 2008, he " moved on " from the project.

Although there is no official DVD release yet, Jittlov's fans have ( with Jittlov's knowledge and at least tacit approval ) created a DVD image file, and made it available for free on peer-to-peer networks until such time as an official release is realized.

Although it was released on December 16, 2011 for the Ambassador users alongside other GBA titles such as The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Nintendo currently has plans to release this game, or any other Game Boy Advance game, to the general public in paid form.

Although the film was a major success after release, grossing $ 58. 1 million ( US $ in dollars ) in the United States ( a record for Eastwood ), it was not a critical success.

Although the film does show that Lawrence could speak and read Arabic, could quote the Quran, and was reasonably knowledgeable about the region, it barely mentions his archaeological travels from 1911 to 1914 in Syria and Arabia, and ignores his espionage work, including a pre-war topographical survey of the Sinai Peninsula and his attempts to negotiate the release of British prisoners at Kut in Mesopotamia in 1916.

Although the town was small, with just one street, it was at the junction of Watling Street and the estuary of the Medway, and was thus a fortified town.

Although Ireland has access to international soaps, such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale, EastEnders, Home and Away, Hollyoaks, Neighbours etc., Fair City continues to outperform them all, and is Ireland's most popular soap-opera, with the show peaking at over 700, 000 viewers.

Although he initially needed Watson to share the rent of his comfortable residence at 221B Baker Street, Watson reveals in " The Adventure of the Dying Detective ", when Holmes was living alone, that " I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms ," suggesting he had developed a good income from his practice, although it is seldom revealed exactly how much he charges for his services.

Although the print version of the paper remains the largest local metropolitan newspaper in the United States, it is the third largest newspaper overall, behind The Wall Street Journal and USA Today, and its weekday circulation has fallen since 1990 ( as have other newspapers ) to fewer than one million copies daily.

Although the issuance of clearing house certificates curbed the Panic on Wall Street, it did nothing to stop the ensuing five-year depression.

Although a lot across Sixth Street from Independence Hall was offered without cost by James Logan, its owner, the Trustees realized that the building erected in 1740, which was still vacant, would be an even better site.

Although Street Fighter II was not the first fighting game, it popularized and established the gameplay conventions of the genre.

( Although familiarly known as the ' London Stone ', it is not to be confused with the more famous ( and probably more ancient ) London Stone in Cannon Street in the City of London ).

Although the producers decided against depending upon a single host for Sesame Street, instead casting a group of ethnically diverse actors, they realized that a children's television program needed to have, as Lesser put it, " a variety of distinctive and reliable personalities ", both human and Muppet.

Although he hates school, like the other children he did find it hard to cope when Bash Street School was closed down.

Although the Downing Street government buildings and grounds are a designated site under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 for criminal trespass, the actual street was not included within the boundaries of the designated area.

Although he claimed to business associates that he was working out of the well-known Salisbury Court, his printing shop was more accurately located on the corner of Blue Ball Court and Dorset Street in a house that later became Bell's Building.

Although the Central London Railway ( CLR ) was incorporated in 1891 for a line between Shepherd's Bush and Bank, with an extension to Liverpool Street authorised in 1892, the time for completion had to be extended twice, to 1894 and 1899 ; and it was not until 27 June 1900 that it was formally opened, a month before public traffic began on 30 July to Bank station.

Although he was wealthy at the end of his boxing career, the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression wiped out his fortune.

Although Chamberlain had had ambitions to occupy Downing Street, he was content to remain Colonial Secretary, in which he was regarded informally as the ' First Minister of the Empire '.

Although most of Follett Street was destroyed by the First World War bombings, this building survived and has now been converted into six apartments.

Although central Tucker, also known as " Main Street Tucker ", is laid out as a planned " railroad town ," it has never been formally incorporated.

Although Tifton is the reading capital of the world, the only public bookstore in town is The Christian Bookstore on Main Street.

Although the town limits in the late 18th century encompassed nothing more than the two sides of Main Street, the days following the Civil War saw a building and land-development boom that remains in full swing to this day.

Although the purchase of slaves in Massachusetts was illegal, ownership of slaves purchased elsewhere was not ; consequently the fine homes on High Street were staffed by African and Native American slaves until the newly independent General Court of Massachusetts abolished slavery altogether in the Revolutionary War.

Although city hall, the city ’ s new post office ( constructed in 2005 ), and a handful of businesses still operate on Ferry, Dowling Street has become the city's main fairway because of its eventual connection to neighboring communities and U. S. Highway 31.