Despite its setting in the year 2071, Cowboy Bebop inhabits an " organic, lived in, and believable " universe that " feels familiar to modern audiences " due to its anachronistic setting.

Despite being anachronistic ( How the West Was Won begins in 1839 and the Alamo fell in 1836 ), the clip occurs near the beginning of the second half of the film, as Spencer Tracy narrates the events that led up to the American Civil War.

Despite its anachronistic format, this fixture had some prestige, and good individual performances were likely to be noticed.

Despite his popularity, Francia trampled on human rights, imposing a police state based on espionage, threats and force.

Despite popular conceptions promoted by movies and television, many US police departments prefer not to maintain officers in non-patrol bureaus and divisions beyond a certain period of time, such as in the detective bureau, and instead maintain policies that limit service in such divisions to a specified period of time, after which officers must transfer out or return to patrol duties.

Despite these official acts, violence broke out between the two groups, and Boniface was seized by the Prefect's police and taken to a lodging outside the walls where he was detained under the surveillance of the Prefect's agents.

Despite efforts at petty theft, vandalism, disorderly conduct, and " mashing " with a young prostitute, Soapy fails to draw the attention of the police.

Despite the police surveillance, McCauley and his crew decide to go through with a bank holdup with an estimated $ 12 million payoff.

Despite such international conventions, torture cases continue to arise such as the 2004 Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal committed by military police personnel of the United States Army.

Despite police protection, drovers were afraid to use the track and it was rarely used for almost 20 years.

Despite the Bishop's words, we later find that the police mark the event down in Valjean's permanent record.

Despite his questionable competency at being an officer, Wiggum seems to be very attached to both the police force and his fellow officers.

Despite its name, the Department of the Interior has a different role from that of the interior ministries of other nations, which are usually responsible for routine police functions which are largely performed in the U. S. by state and local governments and national security and immigration functions which are performed by the Department of Homeland Security primarily and the Department of Justice secondarily.

Despite the ban on military use, hollow-point bullets are one of the most common types of civilian and police ammunition, due largely to the reduced risk of bystanders being hit by over-penetrating or ricocheted bullets, and the increased speed of incapacitation.

Despite extensive police resources channelled towards their capture, a wall of silence created by a mixture of fear and respect in the Shankill community, provided few leads that could be followed.

Despite hospital photographs of the man's beating, Hobbs received no reprimand, and CBS Atlanta reports that no action has been taken to address Hobbs ' 58 incidents of use of force, " nearly 20 times more often than an average Clayton County police officer had in the same time period.

Despite its small size, Braswell has its own police department which includes a chief, a lieutenant and three officers, giving the city a ratio of one officer for every 16 residents.

Despite this, the police determine that she's the prime suspect, and her fragile mental state only strengthens the case.

Despite the strong likelihood of violence, the government refused to ban the march and a large escort of police was provided in an attempt to prevent anti-fascist protestors disrupting the march.

Despite the respect he has earned, several people still antagonized him – including Officer Kirk ( Ed Peck ), an overzealous police officer who sometimes ( always unsuccessfully ) tried to frame Fonzie or run him out of town.

Despite the attempt to make Las Vegas more family-friendly, such advertising for these services goes on undisturbed by police or hotel security.

Despite such reforms, police agencies were led by highly autocratic leaders, and there remained a lack of respect between police and the community.

Despite a police investigation and huge press interest, Lucan has not been found and is presumed dead.

Despite events in the film portraying police officers ordering them to leave, they are seen again later in the film while the events transpire at night, still embracing in the same location ; these characters are included despite having no apparent connection to the main plot of the film.

Despite this, the police did not believe that the Yugoslavs had killed Dando.

Despite these claims, police have continued to bring prosecutions for underage prostitution against the brothels despite relaxed oversight.

Despite the drop on popularity of the romantic dramas, some of them have enjoyed big box office and critical success, as the controversial, groundbreaking Brokeback Mountain ( 2005 ) for example, that won several awards and Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ), a critically acclaimed romantic-drama that has been nominated for ten Academy Awards, and went on to win eight of them, including Best Picture.

Despite protests in the northern cities of the United States organized by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and others, it took many millions at the box office.

Despite the movie's poor box office and critical reception at the time of its original release, it is gradually becoming a favorite among fans due to its dark nature, brief but entertaining kaiju battles, and the return of series veterans Ishiro Honda and Akira Ifukube.

Despite critical acclaim, Gattaca was not a box office success but it is said to have crystallized the debate over tampering with human genetics.

Despite another nomination for Best Picture and winning two Oscars for frequent collaborator Russell Boyd's cinematography, and for sound effects editing, the film's box office success was moderate ($ 93 million at the North American Box Office ).

Despite receiving a rather mixed to negative response, the film became a box office success, grossing US $ 180 million internationally.

Despite its poor box office showing, the film began to attract a devoted fan base.

Despite initially being considered a box office flop due to high production costs and stiff competition at the time of its release, the film has come to be regarded as a classic and is a staple of Christmas television around the world.

Despite the lackluster box office receipts from her more recent films, in 1949, she negotiated a four-film contract with Warner Bros., which paid $ 10, 285 per week and made her the highest-paid woman in the United States.

Despite the all-star cast and a great deal of publicity, the film was a costly box office flop, no attempt being made to describe his inventions in any detail, some of which were completely omitted.

Despite the film's success at the box office, Harry Warner remained concerned about the economic threat presented by the Edison Trust.

Despite being panned by critics, the sequel took over $ 39 million in its first five days in the U. S. box office charts and went on to gross $ 90 million in the US.

Despite only receiving average reviews by critics, the movie became a box office success, earning more than 120 million US dollars domestically and US $ 157m worldwide.

Despite negative reviews from critics, Pearl Harbor became a major box office success, earning $ 449, 220, 945 at the world wide box office and won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing.

Despite the enormous box office success, the critical response to Pearl Harbor at the time of its release tended toward mixed to negative, and the film earned only a 25 % approval rating according to review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 166 reviews with an average rating of 4. 4 / 10, making it Bay's second worst reviewed movie to date, next to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Despite mixed reviews, the film was a commercial success, grossing $ 149 million at the box office.

Despite the box office success of Disney's Lilo & Stitch, the failure of their much-hyped Treasure Planet seemed to ensure that there would be major cutbacks at Disney's animation studio.

Despite his dispatch box successes ( Smith was always more effective in the House of Commons than on platforms or at Prime Minister's Questions, though he began to improve at the latter during the final months of his life ), Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were, under Smith's leadership, restless and anxious in private that the party had adopted a " One more heave " approach and had become overly cautious in tackling the legacy of " tax and spend ".

Despite positive reviews from child viewers, Max Keeble's Big Move was a box office bomb.

Despite negative reviews, the film was a financial success and debuted at the number one spot on the U. S. box office.

Despite their intense mutual dislike, and fights over the screenplay, My Little Chickadee was a moderate box office success, but the film outgrossed Fields's previous film, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man ( 1939 ), and the later The Bank Dick ( 1940 ).

Despite positive reviews from some critics, including Roger Ebert, the film was a box office flop.

Despite making over $ 57 million at the North American box office, Willow was not the blockbuster hit insiders had anticipated.