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Corelli

[kaw-rel-ee, koh-, kaw-rel-lee]

noun

  1. Arcangelo 1653–1713, Italian violinist and composer.

  2. Marie Mary Mackay, 1854?–1924, English novelist.



Corelli

/ kɒˈrɛlɪ /

noun

  1. Arcangelo (arˈkandʒelo). 1653–1713, Italian violinist and composer of sonatas and concerti grossi

  2. Marie , real name Mary Mackay . 1854–1924, British novelist. Her melodramatic works include The Sorrows of Satan (1895) and The Murder of Delicia (1896)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The pair met on the set of the Australian TV show Corelli in 1995, shortly after Jackman had left drama school.

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Residents on the Corelli estate pay a fee to First Port management company, appointed by Persimmon, for maintenance of the area.

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And in “Corelli” — the theme, it seems, he got from Kreisler — Rachmaninoff wrote what is for me maybe the most significant of the large-scale solo pieces.

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There are also visual and/or aural cues to "Moonstruck," the underrated "Captain Corelli's Mandolin," "National Treasure," "Mandy," "Con Air," and "The Croods," among several other films.

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The movie is filled with references to Cage’s prodigious filmography, from “The Rock,” “Leaving Las Vegas” and “Face/Off” to “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin,” “Guarding Tess,” “Mandy” and “The Wicker Man.”

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