Following artistic success and critical acclaim in the American independent film community, he achieved mainstream renown with his far-East philosophical crime film Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, shot in Jersey City and starring Forest Whitaker as a young inner-city man who has found purpose for his life by unyieldingly conforming it to the Hagakure, an 18th-century philosophy text and training manual for samurai, becoming, as directed, a terrifyingly deadly hit-man for a local mob boss to whom he may owe a debt, and who then betrays him.

Following the " kung fu wave " in Hong Kong action cinema in the 1970s, a number of mainstream films produced during the 1980s contributed significantly to the perception of martial arts in western popular culture.

Following the DIY punk ethic, Crass combined the use of song, film, sound collage, and graphics to launch a critical polemic against mainstream culture which is built on foundations of war, religion, and consumerism.

Following mainstream Zionist rejection of that proposal, Weizmann was credited later with persuading Balfour, then the Foreign Minister, for British support to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine, the original Zionist demand.

Following a minor decline in its hype, neo soul's mainstream popularity increased in the late 1990s with the successes of Hill, Maxwell, Eric Benét, Raphael Saadiq, and Les Nubians.

Following Chicago's Disco Demolition Night in mid-1979, disco music's mainstream popularity fell into decline.

Following their early success, their style evolved into a more mainstream synthpop, typically performed by attractive singers.

Following the Gulf War of 1991 and the founding of the Iraqi National Congress ( INC ) Al Rubaie sought to bring the Da ' awa Party into the mainstream of Iraqi opposition with the shared goal of toppling Saddam.

Following a massive earthquake in 2010 that destroyed much of Los Angeles, it merged with San Diego to form a planned city called San Angeles in which all crime has seemingly been eliminated from mainstream society.

Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series, mainstream DC continuity was altered, such that Superman no longer had a teenage career as Superboy.

Following this peak, neo-prog declined as a mainstream genre, although these three pioneering bands are still active, and several newer groups have worked in the same space in the 1990s and 2000s.

Following the death of Darkseid ( as chronicled in Final Crisis ), the space-time continuum was torn asunder, threatening the existence of both the Dakotaverse and the mainstream DC universe.

Following the death of Darkseid ( as chronicled in Final Crisis ), the space-time continuum was torn asunder, threatening the existence of both the Dakotaverse and the mainstream DC universe.

Apart from this, to keep costs down many of its unique features, such as Dynamic Track Following, were only implemented on the most expensive models, meaning mainstream models suffered from indifferent video quality.

Following the death of Darkseid ( as chronicled in Final Crisis ), the space-time continuum was torn asunder, threatening the existence of both the Dakotaverse and the mainstream DC universe.

Following MadBrain's v2. 51s3. 2 release, MZX development was split into two distinct branches ; the Spider branch ( which would later become the mainstream MZX code base ) and a small, but significant, branch started by Akwende ( Colin Branch ).

Following the death of Darkseid ( as chronicled in Final Crisis ), the space-time continuum was torn asunder, threatening the existence of both the Dakotaverse and the mainstream DC universe.

Following José María Aznar's announcement that he would not seek re-election as Prime Minister in 2004, Gallardón was one of the PP leaders that were mentioned as possible successors by the mainstream media.

Following mainstream success in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Gordy moved the label to Los Angeles and established the Hitsville West studio there, as a part of his main focus on not only music production, but also television and film production.

Following the millennium Peniston, not longer part of the mainstream that brought her success in the early ' 90s, would spend the first decade by supporting numerous recording artists of various musical styles and influences who would keep her in music industry and in the eye of public mostly as a guest, but prominent vocalist.

Following the death of Darkseid ( as chronicled in Final Crisis ), the space-time continuum was torn asunder, threatening the existence of both the Dakotaverse and the mainstream DC universe.

Following this epistemological view, mainstream scientists reject phenomena that have not been scientifically measured or verified, and thus reject vitalism.

Following the death of Darkseid ( as chronicled in Final Crisis ), the space-time continuum was torn asunder, threatening the existence of both the Dakotaverse and the mainstream DC universe.

Following her Simpsons work, Simone entered the comics mainstream with a run on Marvel Comics ' Deadpool.

Following his success against the Moors, Afonso III had to deal with a political situation arising from the borders with Castile.

Following the modest success of Le donne letterate Salieri received new commissions writing two additional operas in 1770 both with libretti by Boccherini.

Following some success illustrating cards and booklets, Potter wrote and illustrated The Tale of Peter Rabbit publishing it first privately in 1901, and a year later as a small, three-colour illustrated book with Frederick Warne & Co. She became unofficially engaged to her editor Norman Warne in 1905 despite the disapproval of her parents, but he died suddenly a month later, of leukemia.

Following success as the successor to the Whig party, the party's share of the popular vote plummeted after the First World War as it lost votes to the new Labour party and fractured into groups such as the National and Coalition Liberals.

Following the success of The Buddy Holly Story in 1978, Haley expressed interest in having his life story committed to film, but this never came to fruition.

Following his success on Broadway and on film with The Odd Couple playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon would also be prominent in the 1970s, with films like The Sunshine Boys and California Suite.

Following the success of Jane Eyre, in 1848 Charlotte began work on the manuscript of her second novel, Shirley.

Following the apparent success of the cane toad in eating the beetles threatening the sugarcane plantations of Puerto Rico, and the fruitful introductions into Hawaii and the Philippines, there was a strong push for the cane toad to be released in Australia to negate the pests that were ravaging the Queensland cane fields.

Following the success of the album She Will Have Her Way in 2005, a second album of cover versions of Finn Brothers songs, He Will Have His Way, was released on 12 November 2010.

Following its liquidation, Commodore's former assets went their separate ways, with none of the descendant companies repeating Commodore's early success.

Following the Doctor V64's success Bung releases the Doctor V64 Jr. in December 1998.

Following the success of You're a Big Boy Now, Coppola was offered the reins of the movie version of the Broadway musical Finian's Rainbow, starring Petula Clark, in her first American film, and veteran Fred Astaire.

Following the success of The Godfather, The Conversation and The Godfather Part II, Coppola began filming Apocalypse Now, an adaptation of Conrad ’ s Heart of Darkness set in Cambodia during the Vietnam War ( Coppola himself briefly appears as a TV news director ).

Following this success, Henry started to explore the coast of Africa, most of which was unknown to Europeans.

Following this initial success, Boylston began performing inoculations throughout Boston, despite much controversy and at least one attempt upon his life.

Following the 1970s success, the team endured nine consecutive losing seasons beginning in 1978.

Following 1987, the Colts did not see any real success for quite some time, with the team missing the postseason for seven consecutive seasons.

Following its success, Kay signed an eight-album record deal with Sony Music Entertainment.

Following the lead of Andreas Hillgruber, who argued that Hitler had a Stufenplan ( stage by stage plan ) for world conquest, Hildebrand argued that Ribbentrop may not have fully understood what Hitler's Stufenplan was, or alternatively in pressing so hard for colonial restoration was trying to score a personal success that might improve his standing with Hitler.

Following the success of Spider-Man, Dunst appeared in the independent drama Levity ( 2003 ), where she had a supporting role.

Following the success of Hybrid Theory and Reanimation, Linkin Park spent a significant amount of time touring around the United States.

Following Meteoras success, the band postponed working on a new studio album for the next few years, instead, working on many side projects.

Following the success of this tour, a number of other English teams also visited in subsequent years.

Following the film's success, Dixit became famously known as the " Dhak Dhak Girl " for her performance in the famous song " Dhak Dhak Karne Laga ".