Writing for Obsessed With Film, Adam Rayner derided Gere's performance as being " bland and dreary ," however he went on to write that it couldn't ruin the episode, which he described as " great.

Julia Roberts sings the song " Kiss " by Prince while Richard Gere's character is on the phone.

Experiencing several box office failures since 1982, Gere's career strengthened with the releases of Internal Affairs and Pretty Woman in 1990.

The design art created by Criterion for the films packaging makes a departure from the early video releases, featuring a still of Gere's character in the wheat fields, with the mansion in the horizon.

The piano piece which Richard Gere's character plays in the hotel lobby was composed by and performed by Gere.

Gere's performance in the film earned him a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Actor.

Al Pacino was not Friedkin's first choice for the lead ; Richard Gere had expressed a strong interest in the part, and Friedkin had opened negotiations with Gere's agent.

He played Melvin Panton, a young rookie cop who disagrees with the ways of Richard Gere's character a soon to be retired cop Eddie.

* Richard Gere's character kills his wife's lover with a snow globe in the film Unfaithful.

Australia consolidated their status as the leading team in world cricket with a hard-fought 2 – 1 away series.

The Bahamas promulgated the International Business Companies ( IBC ) Act in January 1990 to enhance the country's status as a leading financial center.

Barcelona is today one of the world's leading tourist, economic, trade fair / exhibitions and cultural-sports centres, and its influence in commerce, education, entertainment, media, fashion, science, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world's major global cities.

It was refounded in 1994 by the Thuringian state parliament and has regained its status as a leading German academic and research institution.

In the Netherlands, the " school struggle " ( schoolstrijd ) concluded in 1917 with public and private schools being given equal financial status under the constitution, leading to a de facto system of school vouchers.

Several other new talents emerged during this period, and Alfred Hitchcock would confirm his status as one of the UK's leading young directors with his influential thrillers The Man Who Knew Too Much ( 1934 ), The 39 Steps ( 1935 ) and The Lady Vanishes ( 1938 ), before moving to Hollywood.

The next year, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as New York City Detective Jimmy " Popeye " Doyle in The French Connection, marking his graduation to leading man status.

In an era characterized by almost endless warfare, he led his armies as king from 1611 ( at age 17 ) until his death in battle in 1632 while leading a charge — as Sweden rose from the status of a mere regional power and run-of-the-mill kingdom to one of the great powers of Europe and a model of early modern era government.

The decline culminated in the War of Spanish Succession, which ended with the relegation of Spain to the status of a second rate western power, although it remained, with Russia, the leading colonial power of the 18th century.

The cities had a quasi-independent status, and were largely controlled by the leading merchants and guilds.

However, the usage of Irish diaspora is generally not limited by citizenship status, thus leading to an estimated ( and fluctuating ) membership of up to 80 million persons — the second and more emotive definition.

Other Ontario municipalities and then other provinces soon took up the holiday as well, leading to its Canada-wide status, but without any attribution to Simcoe.

She then confirmed her status as one of the world's leading players, narrowly failing to qualify for the Candidates Tournaments at the rival FIDE and PCA Interzonal tournaments.

Marvin's immediately previous co-star Robert Shaw accepted the part, which gave Shaw his most prominent role and vaulted the supporting player into mainstream leading man status.

Paris is today one of the world's leading business and cultural centres, hosting many international organizations, and its influences in politics, education, entertainment, media, science, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world's major global cities.

A June 1999 report by the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Information on the status of the Charter made no mention of the 1998 events and leading Palestinians continue to state that the Charter has not yet been amended.

He is widely regarded as the first African American to achieve the status of a nationwide hero within the United States, and was also a focal point of anti-Nazi sentiment leading up to and during World War II.

In many cases prior to the 18th century, women leading the life of a courtesan in a royal court, with romantic relationships with kings, achieved wealth and status, but eventually it would lead to many of them being executed following very public trials that often left them appearing to have been evil, or power-hungry, when in fact they more often than not were nothing more than a lover and mistress to the king.

In October 1953, with the release of Mogambo, she became a movie star, a status confirmed in 1954 with a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award nomination as well as leading roles in five films, including The Country Girl, in which she gave a deglamorized, Academy Award-winning performance.

Female virtue was tied to literary knowledge in the 17th century, leading to a demand for Murasaki or Genji inspired artifacts, known as genji-e. Dowry sets decorated with scenes from Genji or illustrations of Murasaki became particularly popular for noblewomen: in the 17th century genji-e symbolically imbued a bride with an increased level of cultural status ; by the 18th century they had come to symbolize marital success.

Ford's status as a leading actor was solidified when he starred as Indiana Jones in the George Lucas / Steven Spielberg collaboration Raiders of the Lost Ark ( 1981 ).

According to the archivist of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, " Twenty years after its production as a lyric opera in Vienna, Mahler raised the artistic status of Strauss's work by producing it at the Hamburg Opera House [...] all the leading opera houses in Europe, notably Vienna and Munich, have brightened their regular repertoire by including it for occasional performance.

Cuomo subsequently dropped out and endorsed McCall, but his name remained on the Liberal party line and failed to gain 50, 000 votes, leading to the Liberal Party's failure to retain status and losing its automatic ballot line.

A family's status was indicated by the number of slaves it owned, leading to wars for the sole purpose of taking more captives.

While most stingrays are relatively widespread and not currently threatened, for several species ( for example Taeniura meyeni, D. colarensis, D. garouaensis, and D. laosensis ), the conservation status is more problematic, leading to them being listed as vulnerable or endangered by IUCN.

At that point we reach the `` closed '' historical situation: the situation in which man is no longer free to return to a status quo ante.

Fundamental to the difficulty of creating the desired prestige is the fact that, in the business community, prestige and status are conferred in proportion to the authority that one man has over others and the extent of which he participates in the management functions ''.

To be sure, in tool-and-die work and in the building trades, the first job must be often on an apprentice basis, but two years of half-time vocational training enables the young man thus to anticipate one year of apprentice status.

At the bottom of the tree, a tiny figure of a seated man, crossed legged, holds a knife and axe, declaring his status in society / occupation.

The latter were presumably the * ambouii, as opposed to the man of status, who was * bouvios, a cattle owner, and the * bouii were originally a class, " the cattle owners.

Historically, the relationship involved a man in a higher status position, usually with a legally sanctioned wife, who maintains a second household with the lesser " wife ".

It may be because she is of lower social rank ( including slave status ) or because the man is already married.

Concubinage was an institution practiced in ancient Rome that allowed a man to enter into an informal but recognized relationship with a woman ( concubina, plural concubinae ) not his wife, most often a woman whose lower social status was an obstacle to marriage.

The Code consists of 282 laws, with scaled punishments, adjusting " an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth " ( lex talionis ) as graded depending on social status, of slave versus free man.

This excludes auxiliary troops and every other man in the army without citizen status, who would be outside the head count.

The earliest cited English usage in connection with marital status is from a manuscript of c. 1200, when Mary ( mother of Jesus ) is described as “ handfast ( to ) a good man called Joseph ”.

Notably, the property of the man banished was not confiscated and there was no loss of status.

At the time of the election of Benedict XI, however, this status was not recognized, and the man the Roman Catholic Church officially considers the tenth true Pope Benedict took the official number XI, rather than X.

At the time of Benedict's erection, however, this status was not recognized, thus the man the Roman Catholic Church officially considers the eleventh true Pope Benedict took the official number XII, rather than XI.

They stopped so that he could get a copy of his " freedom papers ," to prove his status as a free man.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji sought to improve the status of women by spreading this message: " From woman, man is born ; within woman, man is conceived ; to woman he is engaged and married.

The date of his conversion is unknown, but after his baptism about 245 – 248 he gave away a portion of his wealth to the poor of Carthage, as befitted a man of his status.

" The term gender role is used to signify all those things that a person says or does to disclose himself or herself as having the status of boy or man, girl or woman, respectively.

Dueling and the carrying of arms is a socially accepted way of maintaining civility in public-a man can wear distinctive clothing to show his unwillingness to duel, but this results in a lower social status.

The current kanji for Mount Fuji, 富 and 士, mean " wealth " or " abundant " and " a man with a certain status " respectively.

Generally, this is a marriage between a man of high birth ( such as from a reigning, deposed or mediatised dynasty ), and a woman of lesser status ( such as from a commoner or low-ranked noble family ).

Through Raeder approved of Hitler as a man who believed that it was necessary for Germany to achieve " world power status ", he disapproved of Hitler's proposed means of attaining it.