* The Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, according to Thrasyllus of Mendes, an Egyptian mathematician and astronomer who lived in the reign of Tiberius ( c. 1691 BC ).

Spielberg — who visited the set a few times — also advised Mendes not to worry about costs if he had a " great idea " toward the end of a long working day.

Instead, Mendes asked Fred Elmes, who turned the job down because he did not like the script.

To secure the removal of the interdict the leading statesmen who were identified with the policy of his father Gonçalo Mendes the chancellor, Pedro Annes, the lord chamberlain (), and Vicente, dean of Lisbon, resigned their offices.

Vasco also had one known sister, Teresa da Gama ( who married Lopo Mendes de Vasconcelos ).

Peter did not provide for his youngest son and namesake, Peter ( 1275 – 25 August 1296 ), who married Constanca Mendes de Silva, daughter of Soeiro Mendes Petite, governor of Santarém in Portugal.

The ram deity of Mendes was described by Herodotus in his History as being represented with the head and fleece of a goat: “... whereas anyone with a sanctuary of Mendes or who comes from the province of Mendes, will have nothing to do with ( sacrificing ) goats, but uses sheep as his sacrificial animals ...

Hall received three Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( 1969 ), American Beauty ( 1999 ), and Road to Perdition ( 2002 ) ( the last two directed by friend Sam Mendes, who dedicated Road to Perdition to Hall ).

Historically, the deity that was venerated at Egyptian Mendes was a ram deity Banebdjed ( literally Ba of the lord of djed, and titled " the Lord of Mendes "), who was the soul of Osiris.

* Dona Gracia Mendes Nasi was a 16th century international banker who created an escape network that saved thousands of Crypto-Jews from the Inquisition.

He was descended from Spanish Jew Fernando Mendes, who accompanied Catherine of Braganza to England in 1662.

Several notable performers and directors have played there including Emma Thompson, Hugh Bonneville ( alumnus of Corpus Christi ), Sam Mendes and Stephen Fry, who is the Playroom's patron.

In 1998, Leigh took on the lead role of Sally Bowles in Sam Mendes ' Broadway revival of musical Cabaret on Broadway, succeeding Natasha Richardson who originated the role in Mendes ' production.

It has been twinned with Vila do Bispo, Portugal since 1 October 1993 in recognition of the fact that it was Fernão Mendes Pinto a Portuguese who claimed to be the first European to set foot on Japan and did so on Tanegashima in 1543.

The immediate cause of her embassy was her brother's attempt to get the Portuguese to withdraw the fortress of Ambaca that had been built on his land in 1618 by the Governor Mendes de Vasconcelos, to have some of his subjects ( semi-servile groups called kijiko ( plural ijiko ) in Kimbundu and sometimes called slaves in Portuguese ) who had been taken captive during Governor Mendes de Vasconcelos ' campaigns ( 1617 – 21 ) returned and to persuade the governor to stop the marauding of Imbangala mercenaries in Portuguese service.

Since 1974, Alpert has been married to recording artist Lani Hall, who is best known as one of the singers of the Sérgio Mendes band Brasil ' 66.

The area was first explored by the Portuguese in 1785, and was claimed for Portugal by Luís Cândido Cordeiro Pinheiro Furtado, who had been sent there in the frigate Loanda by the then governor-general of Angola, Baron Moçâmedes, who also sent an overland expedition headed by Gregório José Mendes to rendezvous with Furtado.

Director Sam Mendes has described Sheen as " a stage creature " and attributed that to the actor's Welsh roots.

Mendes described the script as having " no moral absolutes ", a factor that appealed to the director.

Mendes described Road to Perdition as a " poetic, elegiac story, in which the pictures tell the story ".

The travel literature of the period is too large for detailed mention: Persia, Syria, Abyssinia, Florida, and Brazil were visited and described and Father Lucena compiled a classic life of St. Francis Xavier, but the " Peregrination " of Mendes Pinto, a typical Conquistador, is worth all the story books put together for its extrãordinary adventures told in a vigorous style, full of colour and life, while the " Historia Tragico-Maritima ", a record of notable shipwrecks between 1552 and 1604, has good specimens of simple anonymous narrative.

Mendes does not want to have children and has described marriage as " a very archaic kinda thing.

The sack of Prome and the punishments that were supposedly meted out to the inhabitants are described in great detail by Fernão Mendes Pinto.

Next he teamed up with American Beauty director Sam Mendes for the adaptation of Max Allan Collins's and Richard Piers Rayner's graphic novel Road to Perdition, in which he played an anti-hero role as a hitman on the run with his son.

In 1934, Lothar Mendes directed a film adaptation of the novel in which Süß was portrayed by actor Conrad Veidt.

In 1934, Lothar Mendes directed a film adaptation of the novel.

" Mendes cut much of Barbara's dialogue, including conversations between her and Col. Fitts, as he felt that what needed to be said about the pair — their humanity and vulnerability — was conveyed successfully through their shared moments of silence.

In 2003, Mendes established Neal Street Productions, a film, television and theatre production company he would use to finance much of his later work.

Mendes was born in Miami, Florida to Cuban parents, and was raised in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale by her mother after her parents ' divorce ; Mendes has said that her mother ( who was a stay-at-home mom until she became an accountant when Eva went to school ) " suffered so much to make my life OK " during her early years.

In 1886, prominent Sephardic Rabbis Sabato Morais and H. Pereira Mendes founded the Jewish Theological Seminary ( JTS ) in New York City as a more traditional alternative to Hebrew Union College.

This act was in defiance of a prediction by Tiberius's soothsayer Thrasyllus of Mendes that Caligula had " no more chance of becoming emperor than of riding a horse across the Bay of Baiae ".

Mendes considers the voice to be Ball's, but even while the writer was " strongly influential " on set, he often had to accept deviations from his vision, particularly ones that transformed the cynical tone of his script into something more optimistic.

Ball and Mendes revised the script twice before it was sent to the actors, and twice more before the first read-through.

He made Lester's fantasy scenes " more fluid and graceful ", and Mendes made minimal use of steadicams, feeling that stable shots generated more tension.

Mendes spent more time re-cutting the first ten minutes than the rest of the film taken together.

He and Mendes argued, but Ball was more accepting after Mendes cut the sequences completely ; Ball felt that without the scenes the film was more optimistic and had evolved into something that " for all its darkness had a really romantic heart ".

Turan suggested that American Beauty may have benefited from Mendes ' inexperience, as his " anything's possible daring " made him attempt beats that more seasoned directors might have avoided.

In April 2008, Os Mutantes released their first song in more than 30 years, called " Mutantes Depois ", with new female vocalist Bia Mendes and male vocalist Fabio Recco, available for digital download and online stream.

Mendes believed that Capone was more menacing as an unseen presence.

Mendes and cinematographer Conrad Hall sought to convey similar atmospheric lighting for the film's scenes, applying a " less is more " mantra.

But by September 2001, Mendes requested more time.

In 2004, the 50th anniversary of Sousa Mendes ' death, the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation and the Angelo Roncalli Committee organized more than 80 commemorations around the world.

Others who appeared on the show over the years include Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., James Meredith, Sam Sheppard, Mother Teresa, Jerry Rubin, Angela Davis, Madelyn Murray O ' Hair, Alfred Hitchcock, Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Gene Kelly, Gene Tierney, Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance, Mark Hamill, Ginger Rogers, Ricardo Montalban, Howard Keel, Celeste Holm, Dorothy Lamour, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, Natalie Wood, Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, Peter Lawford, Nanette Fabray, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Lee Marvin, Paul Newman, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Carrie Fisher, Robert Wagner, Diahann Carroll, George Hamilton, Victor Buono, Peter Ustinov, Tammy Grimes, Valerie Harper, Richard Dreyfuss, John Travolta, Louis Armstrong, Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Sammy Davis, Jr., Harrison Ford, Eydie Gorme, Jack Jones, Harry Belafonte, Liza Minnelli, Paul Anka, Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Edie Adams, Debbie Reynolds, Gwen Verdon, Connie Francis, Olivia Newton-John, Ben Vereen, Joey Heatherton, Frankie Laine, Eartha Kitt, Sergio Mendes, Buddy Rich, Jerry Vale, Lola Falana, Frankie Valli, Pearl Bailey, Lou Rawls, Yank Barry, Tina Turner, Tom Waits, Eddy Arnold, Johnny Cash, Roy Clark, Kenny Rogers, Ray Stevens, Janis Ian, Bernie Taupin, Ian Anderson, Marcel Marceau, Muhammad Ali, Howard Cosell, Joe Namath, Mason Reese, Ralph Nader, Rex Reed, Martha Mitchell, Victor Borge, Kreskin, Imogene Coca, Phyllis Diller, Fannie Flagg, Lily Tomlin, Joan Rivers, Elayne Boosler, Milton Berle, George Burns, Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks, Alan King, Bill Cosby, Henny Youngman, Jack Carter, Redd Foxx, Rodney Dangerfield, Jan Murray, Shecky Greene, Buddy Hacket, Joey Bishop, Red Skelton, Steve Allen, Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, George Schindler, Marty Allen, Robert Klein, George Carlin, Sandy Baron, Artie Johnson, Frank Gorshin, Soupy Sales, Jonathan Winters, Charlie Callas, Norm Crosby, Rip Taylor, Foster Brooks, Irwin Corey, Leonard Barr, Pat Cooper, Rich Little, Stan Kann, Steve Landesberg, Andy Kaufman, Jimmie Walker, Jay Leno, Moe Howard of The Three Stooges, Gloria Parker with her Musical Glasses, Ruth Dickson, Jimmy Edmonson ( better known as " Professor Backwards " who appeared more times than any other guest ).

Antônio Conselheiro, in English " Anthony the Counselor ", real name Antônio Vicente Mendes Maciel, born March 13, 1830 and died September 22, 1897, was a Brazilian religious leader, preacher, and founder of the village of Canudos, the scene of the War of Canudos ( 1896 – 1897 ), a civil rebellion against the central government which was brutally stamped out with the loss of more than 15, 000 lives.