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A curtain call (walkdown, bow) occurs at the end of a performance when individuals return to the stage to be recognized by the audience for their performance. Theater Terminology ''Biography.ms''. URL Accessed , 2006 . In musical theater, the performers typically recognize the orchestra and its conductor at the end of the curtain call. Luciano Pavarotti holds the record for receiving 165 curtain calls, more than any other artist. Curtain calls are not solely limited to actors in theaters. Athletes who also perform well may return to the field of play after a big play or at the conclusion of the game for recognition. Professional , 2006 . In film, the term "curtain call" is used when the film's end credits show clips, stills, or outtakes of each character with the actor's name written underneath. This sequence results in the same individual audience-recognition as a stage curtain calls. This is usually done in films that are light-hearted and have many characters or perhaps a long list of cameos. FILMS THAT USE CURTAIN CALLS DURING THEIR END CREDITS Citizen Kane (the first film to ever use a curtain call). (drawings of the actors' faces are presented with their names; this was only done in the third film to further suggest that it was the real end of the story). (this curtain call contains almost every single memorable character from both films in the order they were last seen, once again to suggest that this was the real end of the story) The Blues Brothers (film) The Princess Bride Predator The Rocky Horror Picture Show Little Shop Of Horrors (1986 Film) All three films of the Scream (film) Trilogy Dogma Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back Not Another Teen Movie The Deer Hunter (a rare occurrence for a serious film, which went on to win Best Picture). 12 Angry Men (a curtain call was necessary since the characters' names are never revealed in the film) Nixon (film) Zatoichi (2003 Film) directed by Takeshi Kitano - curtain call in the form of a tap dance number at the end of the film. Many of only contains a curtain call for the cameos in the film, and not for the main actors). SPORTS CURTAIN CALLS The 1986 New York Mets are accredited to have received the first curtain calls from their fans for athletes, After a significant home run or hit, the Shea Stadium fans would chant the name of the player or continue to clap until the player came out from the dugout to acknowledge the fans. On September 5, 2007, New York Yankees Third Baseman and all-star hitter Alex Rodriguez received a curtain call after hitting two Home Runs in the same Inning , the first New York Yankee's player to have done so since 1977. REFERENCES |
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