Sein Name ist Mad Dog (Mad Dog and Glory) ist eine US-amerikanische Tragikom Robert De Niro plays Wayne Dobie, a shy and reclusive Chicago cop who has never fired a gun. Dobie is an evidence technician who takes photographs at crime scenes, earning the moniker of . One day Dobie walks in on a convenience store holdup and saves the life of Chicago mob boss Frank Milo (Bill Murray). Frank is impressed by the way Dobie handled the holdup and wants to pay him back for saving his life. In thrall to Frank is Glory (Uma Thurman), who is working off her brother's gambling debts by living with the mobster. One day, Glory turns up at Dobie's house, explaining that Frank is giving her to him for one week as a gift. Initially Dobie wants nothing to do with Glory, but as the week goes on, he realizes he is becoming intensely attracted to her. Rating: RGenre: Comedy, Drama. Directed By: Written By: In Theaters: Mar 5, 1. On DVD: Oct 9, 2. Runtime. 9. 7 minutes. Studio. MCA Universal Home Video.
Rugby- mad Fiji prepares for Olympic glory - Earshot. Fiji has never taken home a medal from an Olympic Games, but that could all be about to change as rugby sevens makes its debut at Rio. A Mad Dog adventure cycling challenge is the ultimate way to test your endurance. Find out more and register for the trip of a life time.Fiji's rugby sevens team are world champions and gold medal favourites. Six decades on, Fiji is yet to claim its first medal of any colour, let alone gold. The Olympic ideal has always focused on the spirit of competition rather than winning medals, but the reality is that victory is almost always a better story. Luckily for Fiji, this year rugby makes its return to the games after being dropped from the schedule in 1. It'll be the seven- a- side version, which Fiji just happens to be the world champion of. As such, the country goes into to the games a strong favourite to win gold. It would be a massive understatement to say that prospect has the island nation excited. Did you know Earshot is also a podcast? Subscribe on i. Tunes, the ABC Radio app or your favourite podcasting app and listen later. The national sevens team have long been feted by Fiji's population of 8. Sevens rugby is the national sport, and support for the team is wrapped up in the cultural fabric. The village, the church and the rugby field are the three key elements of Fijian culture. It's often said you can define Fiji by the three 'Rs': race, religion and rugby. On questions of race and religion there are some longstanding divisions, but rugby is perhaps the one thing all Fijians have in common. This devotion isn't lost on Fijian sevens captain Osea Kolinisau. A devout Christian, Kolinisau carries the weight of a nation's expectations. Kolinisau grew up in the back streets of Suva, and remembers running around playing barefoot rugby for hours, using whatever he could to substitute for an actual ball. We can't expect our faith to carry us through. God will reward us when we give an effort.'Ben Ryan, the team's coach, is also aware of the expectations of the nation. Recruited from English rugby to guide the team to Rio, under his leadership they've gone from middle- of- the- road performers to dual world champions in just three years. The story of his journey says much about how far the team has come. Soon after accepting the job he was told he wouldn't be paid for four months because Fiji Rugby was broke. Ryan, with family in tow, decided to stay on and was eventually paid, thanks in part to an intervention from Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama. The PM also laid down an ultimatum. The statistics say he's right. Can they make it happen on sport's biggest stage? When asked which of the other teams he wouldn't want to meet in the final, Ryan simply replied, 'Who wouldn't I want to play in the final? I wouldn't want to play Fiji.'Fiji has a good chance of winning its first medal at the Rio Olympics—and the Rugby obsessed nation is convinced it will be gold.
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