He received accolades for his portrayal of Sydney Carton in a made for television version of A Tale of Two Cities ( 1980 ), co-starred with Dennis Hopper in The Osterman Weekend ( 1983 ), which was based on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same name, and co-starred with Goldie Hawn in Protocol ( 1984 ).

He subsequently appeared in Rumble Fish ( 1983 ) and The Osterman Weekend ( 1983 ), and received critical recognition for his work in Blue Velvet and Hoosiers, with the latter film garnering him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Producers Peter S. Davis and William N. Panzer were undaunted, as they felt that having Peckinpah's name attached to The Osterman Weekend ( 1983 ) would lend the suspense thriller an air of respectability.

* 1983 The Osterman Weekend

His film credits include Flesh + Blood, Blind Fury, Blade Runner, The Hitcher, Nighthawks, Wedlock, Sin City, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Ladyhawke, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Osterman Weekend, The Blood of Heroes, Batman Begins, Hobo with a Shotgun, The Rite and he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for Escape from Sobibor.

Hauer went on to play the adventurer courting Gene Hackman's daughter ( Theresa Russell ) in Nicolas Roeg's poorly received Eureka ( 1983 ); the investigative reporter opposite John Hurt in Sam Peckinpah's The Osterman Weekend ( 1983 ); the hardened Landsknecht mercenary Martin in Flesh & Blood ( 1985 ); and the knight paired with Michelle Pfeiffer in the Medieval romance Ladyhawke ( 1985 ).

* The Osterman Weekend ( 1983 )

* Robert Ludlum – The Osterman Weekend

Sam Peckinpah's final film, the plot twisting spy film The Osterman Weekend ( 1983 ), was based on Robert Ludlum's best-selling novel and starred John Hurt as creepy CIA agent-spy Lawrence Fassett.

* The Osterman Weekend, a novel

* The Osterman Weekend ( film )

The Osterman Weekend ( film )

The Osterman Weekend is a 1983 suspense thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah, based on the novel of the same name by Robert Ludlum.

As related in the documentary Alpha to Omega: Exposing The Osterman Weekend, producers Peter S. Davis and William N. Panzer were celebrating the wrapping of a film when they ran into Larry Jones.

Jones, also a producer, revealed that he owned the film rights to Robert Ludlum's 1972 novel The Osterman Weekend, but was giving up on turning it into a feature film since he had not been able to develop a satisfactory screenplay.

The competence and professionalism he displayed made it at least possible for him to be considered as director of The Osterman Weekend.

Alpha to Omega: Exposing The Osterman Weekend is a 2004 documentary about the making of The Osterman Weekend.

* The Osterman Weekend movie stills

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Osterman became secretary to Vice-Admiral Cornelis Kruse, who had a standing commission from Peter the Great to pick up promising young men, and soon thereafter entered the tsar's service.

It now became evident to La Chetardie that only a revolution would overthrow Osterman, and this he proposed to promote by elevating to the throne the tsesarevna Elizabeth, who hated the vice-chancellor because, though he owed everything to her father, he had systematically neglected her.

It also found that Consumer and Corporate Affairs Minister Connie Osterman had disregarded 1984 warnings from a regulator in her department that the company was likely insolvent.

At age 16, he was watching vaudeville, of which he had been a fan since the age of 10, and he witnessed Jack Osterman singing a song he, Sammy, had written.

Intent on maintaining his power, Menshikov took the young boy under his wing, banishing his competitors including both Petar Zaitsev and Emil Vasilcin whom where related to Peter I to Siberia and, ultimately, betrothing Peter II to his daughter Maria Menshikova However, when Menshikov fell ill and had to leave court, Andrei Osterman and Alexis Dolgoruky ingratiated themselves into the young emperor ’ s graces, replacing Menshikov as Peter II ’ s premier advisers Both were nobles and members of the Supreme Privy Council and eventually had Menshikov tried and banished to Siberia on “ a charge of ‘ tyranny ’” Peter became, once again, engaged to a daughter of one of the Supreme Privy Council ’ s members ( this time it was Dolgoruky ’ s daughter, Catherine ) However, before the wedding took place, Peter died of smallpox before naming a successor, throwing the empire into another succession struggle.

Under Anna, he was a member of the first cabinet formed in Russia, but had less influence in affairs than Osterman and Munnich.

However, even though Osterman had been on their amateur roster for the five seasons prior to being drafted, she chose not to sign with them, making her officially a free agent on 30 September.

Microsoft developers and employees routinely converse with users on Channel 9 forums and its wiki – even some senior employees such as Larry Osterman.

* Sam Peckinpah's The Osterman Weekend ( 1983 )

On the 24th, Osterman struck out seven batters in the final three innings of a combined perfect game ; Abbott struck out seven in the opening three innings of a 15-0 rout of Hawaii.

On August 15, following Team USA's 7-0 victory over Japan, Osterman pitched the final four innings of the suspended match against Canada, postponed from the previous day due to rain and lightning.

Peckinpah would make just one more film, The Osterman Weekend in 1983, before his death the following year.

Biron was sufficiently prudent not to meddle with foreign affairs or with the army, and these departments were in the able hands of two other foreigners, who thoroughly identified themselves with Russia, Andrey Osterman and Burkhardt Munnich.

The matter was arranged between Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov and Count Andrei Osterman ; and on 18 May 1727 Peter II, according to the terms of the forged last will of Catherine I, was proclaimed emperor.

Count Andrey Ivanovich Osterman () ( June 9, 1686 – May 31, 1747 ) was a German-born Russian statesman who came to prominence under Tsar Peter I of Russia ( Peter the Great ) and served until the accession of the Tsesarevna Elizabeth.

In 1721 Osterman concluded the Peace of Nystad with Sweden, and was created a baron for his services.

On the accession of Peter II of Russia Osterman was appointed governor to the young emperor, and on his death ( 1730 ) he refused to participate in the attempt of Demetrius Galitzne and the Dolgorukovs to convert Russia into a limited constitutional monarchy.

During the brief regency of Anna Leopoldovna ( October 1740-December 1741 ) Osterman stood at the height of his power, and the French ambassador, Marquis de La Chetardie, reported to his court that " it is not too much to say that he is tsar of all Russia " Osterman's foreign policy was based upon the Austrian alliance.

The dispositions previously made by Osterman enabled him, however, to counter the blow, and all danger from Sweden was over when, early in September, Field-Marshal Lacy routed the Swedish general von Wrangel under the walls of the frontier-fortress of Lappeenranta, which was carried by assault.

Osterman was therefore the first and the most illustrious victim of the coup d ' état of December 6, 1741.

Though Osterman was fired shortly after the report's release, Getty's immediate offer of an $ 85 million settlement to investors further hurt the government's reputation in areas of business.

Prince Dmitry Romodanovsky served his sentence in Berezovsky District ; Count Andrei Osterman was exiled here in 1742 ; and the large family of the princes Dolgorukov, in 1798.

In 1738 he was introduced into the Russian cabinet by Biron as a counterpoise against Andrei Osterman.

" When paired with Larry Osterman on Tigers telecasts in the late 1960s and early ' 70s, the opening was often " Thank you, Larry, and good afternoon.

Due to the Andrey Osterman affairs, he was released of his duties.

Mary Ann Smith is a former alderman of the 48th ward of the City of Chicago ; she was appointed in 1989 by Mayor Richard M. Daley to replace Kathy Osterman ; she was first elected in 1991.

From this time he was inseparably associated with Catherine in all important diplomatic affairs, though officially he was the subordinate of the vice-chancellor, Count Ivan Osterman.