Then being employed by the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, he proceeded to make two films: the science-fiction epic Dune ( 1984 ), which proved to be a critical and commercial failure, and then a neo-noir crime film, Blue Velvet ( 1986 ), which was critically acclaimed.

In contrast, the director's cut of Scott's Kingdom of Heaven ( which was a commercial failure in its 2005 theatrical release ) is the true version of the film Scott wanted, nearly an hour longer and has been met with more critical acclaim than the original version.

Following the commercial failure of Shout, Warner Bros. dropped Devo from their label.

They were a commercial failure outside Italy.

The album was ignored, becoming a commercial failure.

Studio interference, possibly spurred by political pressure from Nazi Germany, led to the film's being altered from Whale's vision and The Road Back was a critical and commercial failure.

" Forever Changes ," with colorful, iconic cover art by Bob Pepper and Ronnie Haran's equally iconic photograph of the band on the back cover, was a commercial failure upon its release in the United States in late 1967.

Though regarded as a commercial failure in the States, it nevertheless went on to be nominated for and won several industry awards for its brilliant animation quality.

Although it debuted at No. 4, and in spite of a live performance at the American Music Awards, the album was a commercial failure, due in part to the band's label's lack of support.

Peake placed much hope in his play The Wit To Woo which was finally staged in London's West End in 1957, but it was a critical and commercial failure.

Critics voted him " Broadway's Most Promising Actor " for his role as an anguished veteran in Truckline Café, although the play was a commercial failure.

( 1969 ), which Brando later claimed as his personal favorite, was a commercial failure.

Hurt attempted further negotiations with Okeh to record again, but after the commercial failure of the resulting records, and Okeh Records going out of business during the Great Depression, Hurt returned to Avalon and obscurity, working as a sharecropper and playing local parties and dances.

It was such a commercial debacle and critical failure that Mad successfully arranged for all references to the magazine ( including a cameo by Alfred E. Neuman ) to be removed from future TV and video releases of the film, although those references were eventually restored on the DVD version.

Seen as a game console, the CD-i format proved to be a commercial failure and several of its games are considered among the worst ever made.

Though a major commercial failure on release, some argue the film has gone on to become a cult favourite.

The format was a commercial failure at the height of the Great Depression, partly because the records and playback equipment were expensive, and partly because the audio performance was poor, and it would require the smaller-radius stylus of the microgroove system to make slower-speed records track acceptably.

( This was not the first attempt at a commercial long play record format, as Edison Records had marketed a microgroove vertically recorded disc with 20 minutes playing time per side the previous decade ; the Edison long-playing records were also a commercial failure.

The commercial failure of the band's newer material with its revised lineup demanded a change in marketing strategy.

As the name implies, this CPU was designed for " mini " tasks, and was also used in the IBM RT-PC in 1986, which turned out to be a commercial failure.

Fred Foster later argued that Rose's takeover was responsible for the commercial failure of Orbison's work at MGM ; engineer Bill Porter agreed that Orbison's best work could only be achieved with RCA Nashville's A Team.

Because of the commercial failure of the machine and lack of support, particularly in Finland, Torvalds became very used to having to write his own software rather than relying on programs written by others.

In 1992, the series spawned a prequel, the film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, a commercial failure in America, but a success in Japan.

The album was a commercial failure, and, following Jem Finer's decision to leave the band in 1996, the remaining members decided it was time to call it quits.

It was similar to the Apple Macintosh and its simple design allowed the ST to precede the Commodore Amiga's commercial release by almost two months .< ref name =" amigaos ">

If chosen, the SysOp could then initiate a text-to-text chat with the caller ; similar to what commercial websites have used to sell and support products.

* EN 60335-2-50 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2. 50: Particular requirements for commercial electric bains-marie ( 73 / 23 / EEC Low Voltage Directive )

The fenugreek seed, a spice with high amounts of sotolon, can be prepared to have a maple-like flavour, and is used to make a very strong commercial flavouring that is similar to maple syrup, but much less expensive ; one such syrup, Mapleine, was popular during the Great Depression.

A follow-up album, II, received similar praise, but did not match the commercial success that the Presidents ' debut album had, though it was still certified gold in the US.

The model is similar to the relationship between Netscape Communicator and Mozilla, or StarOffice and OpenOffice. org, although in this case the resulting commercial product is also fully free software.

An agreement rescheduling the country's $ 4. 5 billion Paris Club government debts was concluded in November 2001 ; it will write off 66 % of the debt ; a similar debt relief agreement on its $ 2. 8 billion London Club commercial debt has been reached in July 2004 ; 62 % of the debt had been written off.

Beyond the financial sector, the Syrian Government has enacted major changes to rental and tax laws, and is reportedly considering similar changes to the commercial code and to other laws, which impact property rights.

* Critical magnetic field-Related to critical current, there is a similar limitation to superconductivity linked to the magnetic field induced in the wire, and this too is a factor at commercial storage levels

In the 1920s, commercial IF filters looked very similar to 1920s audio interstage coupling transformers, had very similar construction and were wired up in an almost identical manner, and so they were referred to as " IF Transformers ".

The action servi corrupti presumably or possibily could be used to protect trade secrets and other similar commercial interests.

Since governments also resolve commercial disputes, especially in countries with common law, similar arguments are sometimes used to justify a sales tax or value added tax.

Waits found himself in a situation similar to his earlier one with Frito Lay in 2000 when Audi approached him, asking to use " Innocent When You Dream " ( from Franks Wild Years ) for a commercial broadcast in Spain.

Waits declined, but the commercial ultimately featured music very similar to that song.

Ritter continued to make small enhancements to the vi codebase similar to those done by commercial Unix vendors still using Joy's codebase, including changes required by the POSIX. 2 standard for vi.

The solution is very similar to the commercial products, often described as " decal softener ", sold by hobby shops.

The Malibu Grand Prix chain, similar in concept to commercial recreational kart racing tracks, operates several venues in the United States where a customer can purchase several laps around a track in a vehicle very similar to open wheel racing vehicles, but powered by a small Curtiss-Wright rotary engine.

Receiving no direct contribution from Governments or other humanitarian donors, FITTEST ensures its sustainability by operating in a similar way to a commercial company.

Nicholas Stix of Middle American News recounted the mutually contradictory theories that the NTSB had floated immediately following the crash, the statements made by retired fire fighters and police officers who had witnessed the crash, and the history of similar crashes, and concluded that the agency was frantically seeking to calm a public whose faith in commercial aviation had hit rock bottom.

Refrigeration and storage in sealed containers will keep ground flax from becoming rancid for a longer period ; under conditions similar to those found in commercial bakeries, trained sensory panelists could not detect differences between bread made with freshly ground flax and bread made with ground flax stored for four months at room temperature.

The commercial success of DSL and similar technologies largely reflects the advances made in electronics over the decades that have increased performance and reduced costs even while digging trenches in the ground for new cables ( copper or fiber optic ) remains expensive.

Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information ; provides the subscriber with additional, different, or restructured information ; or involves subscriber interaction with stored information.

Nonetheless, the Plateau thereafter became an administrative, commercial, and residential district increasingly reserved for Europeans and served as model for similar exclusionary administrative enclaves in French Africa's other colonial capitals ( Bamako, Conakry, Abidjan, Brazzaville ).