Night Watch
Overview
Night Watch or Nightwatch as a proper name may refer to:
- Night Watch (painting)Night Watch (painting)Night Watch or The Night Watch or The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq is the common name of one of the most famous works by Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn....
, the popular name of Rembrandt van Rijn's Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch in the RijksmuseumRijksmuseumThe Rijksmuseum Amsterdam or simply Rijksmuseum is a Dutch national museum in Amsterdam, located on the Museumplein. The museum is dedicated to arts, crafts, and history. It has a large collection of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age and a substantial collection of Asian art...
- The Night Watch, a 1599 almaine by composer Anthony HolborneAnthony HolborneAnthony Holborne was a composer of English consort music during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.-Life:Holborne entered Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1562. He was admitted to the Inner Temple Court in 1565. Holborne married Elisabeth Marten on 14 June 1584. On the title page of both his books he...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHZczOdq1fM - "The Night Watch" (King Crimson song), a song about the Rembrandt painting on King CrimsonKing CrimsonKing Crimson are a rock band founded in London, England in 1969. Often categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, the band have incorporated diverse influences and instrumentation during their history...
's 1974 album Starless and Bible Black - Nightwatch (album)Nightwatch (album)Nightwatch is the second solo album from Kenny Loggins, released in 1978 . The album is Loggins' highest charting album on the Billboard 200 to date, reaching number 7....
, a 1978 album by Kenny LogginsKenny LogginsDuring the next decade, Loggins recorded so many successful songs for film soundtracks that he was referred to as, King of the Movie Soundtrack.He began with "I'm Alright" , "Mr. Night", and "Lead the Way" from Caddyshack... - The Night Watch (album)The Night Watch (album)The Night Watch is a live album by the English rock band King Crimson, released in 1997.This album contains an important performance in King Crimson's career, being the source of the improvisations "Trio" and "Starless and Bible Black", the Fripp instrumental "Fracture" and the intro to the song...
, King Crimson's 1997 live album featuring "The Night Watch" - Nightwatch (jazz album), a 2003 album by Silje NergaardSilje NergaardSilje Nergaard is a Norwegian pop and jazz musician.While some of her old titles have a distinct pop feel, she has now almost completely given up making pop music, and virtually the entirety of her later releases consists of jazz...
- "Night Watch", a song by Tegan & Sara from their 2009 album SainthoodSainthood (album)Sainthood is the sixth studio album by the Canadian rock duo Tegan and Sara, released on October 27, 2009 by Sire Records.The album was a shortlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.- Track listing :-Bonus tracks:-Background:...
- Night Watch, a 1989 UNACOUNACOUNACO is a fictional agency within the United Nations created by author Alistair MacLean in a series of movie outlines he developed before his death. These outlines were made into full-length novels by numerous authors, most notably Alastair MacNeill.UNACO uses groups of people to form "strike...
novel by Alastair MacNeill whose plot centres on the theft of Rembrandt's Night Watch - Night Watch (Greyhawk), a 1990 fantasy novel by Robin Wayne BaileyRobin Wayne BaileyRobin Wayne Bailey is an American fantasy and science fiction author. He is a past president of SFWA, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America . He was South-Central Regional Director for SFWA nine years. He has also hosted three of SFWA's Nebula Awards weekends...
, set in the city of GreyhawkGreyhawkGreyhawk, also known as the World of Greyhawk, is a fictional world designed as a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game... - The Night Watch, a 1997 fantasy novel by Sean StewartSean StewartSean Stewart is a U.S.-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.Born in Lubbock, Texas, Sean Stewart moved to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1968...
- Night Watch (Russian novel)Night Watch (Russian novel)Night Watch is a fantasy novel by Russian writer Sergei Lukyanenko published in 1998...
, 1998 opening of Sergei Lukyanenko's WatchWorld of WatchesThe World of Watches is a media franchise consisting of four novels, two films and a video game based on a fictional world created by Russian author Sergei Lukyanenko.-Novels:#Night Watch#Day Watch#Twilight Watch#Final Watch-Films:...
fantasy tetralogy - Nightwatch, a 1999 novel by Richard P. HenrickRichard P. HenrickRichard P. Henrick is an American novelist and screenwriter whose works include Crimson Tide, Attack on the Queen and Nightwatch. A recognized master of naval fiction and submarine adventure, he has published over 18 books in numerous different countries and languages. He was born in St...
- Night Watch (Discworld), a 2002 novel in Terry PratchettTerry PratchettSir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels...
's Discworld sequence - The Night Watch (Waters novel)The Night Watch (Waters novel)The Night Watch is a 2006 historical fiction novel by Sarah Waters. It was shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize and longlisted for the 2006 Orange Prize. The novel, which is told backward through third person narrative, takes place in 1940s London during and after World War II...
, a 2006 novel by Sarah WatersSarah WatersSarah Waters is a British novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society, such as Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith.-Childhood:Sarah Waters was born in Neyland, Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1966....
- The Night Watch (1918 film) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844732/
- The Night Watch (1926 film) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017208/
- Night Watch (1928 film) by Alexander KordaAlexander KordaSir Alexander Korda was a Hungarian-born British producer and film director. He was a leading figure in the British film industry, the founder of London Films and the owner of British Lion Films, a film distributing company.-Life and career:The elder brother of filmmakers Zoltán Korda and Vincent...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019212/ - Le TrouLe TrouThe Hole is a 1960 French film directed by Jacques Becker. It is an adaptation of José Giovanni's 1957 book of the same name. It was called The Night Watch when first released in the United States, but is released under its French title today...
(1960), a French prison escape film called The Night Watch in the U.S. - Night Watch (1973 film)Night Watch (1973 film)-Plot:Based on a still-frequently-performed play by Lucille Fletcher, it is the story of a woman who claims she has witnessed a murder from her window at night. Unfortunately she is not able to prove this. The film reunited Taylor with co-star Laurence Harvey from their 1960 film BUtterfield 8...
, based on the Lucille Fletcher play - Night Watch (1995 film)Night Watch (1995 film)Night Watch is a 1995 American television spy film directed by David Jackson starring Pierce Brosnan and Alexandra Paul. The film, also known as Alistair MacLean's Nightwatch, was shot in Hong Kong....
, also known as Alistair MacLeanAlistair MacLeanAlistair Stuart MacLean was a Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers or adventure stories, the best known of which are perhaps The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra and Where Eagles Dare, all three having been made into successful films...
's Night Watch, based on Alastair MacNeill's novel - NattevagtenNattevagtenNightwatch is a 1994 Danish horror thriller film directed and written by Danish director Ole Bornedal. It is a thriller about a law student who works in a morgue as a night-watchman, and becomes implicated in a series of murders of prostitutes.Ole Bornedal also directed the Hollywood remake...
(English: Nightwatch), a 1994 Danish horror/thriller film - Nightwatch (1997 film)Nightwatch (1997 film)Nightwatch is a 1997 American horror-thriller film directed by Ole Bornedal, and starring Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin and Nick Nolte. It is a remake of the Danish film Nattevagten , which was also directed by Bornedal.-Plot:...
, a US remake of Nattevagten - Night Watch (2004 film)Night Watch (2004 film)Night Watch is a 2004 Russian supernatural thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov. It is loosely based on the novel The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko, and is the first part of a trilogy, followed by Day Watch and ending supposedly with Twilight Watch .-Plot:In the prologue, which...
(Ночной дозор, Nochnoy dozor), a Russian blockbuster based on Lukyanenko's novel - Ronda Nocturna (English: Night Watch) a 2005 Argentine film by Edgardo CozarinskyEdgardo CozarinskyEdgardo Cozarinsky is a writer and filmmaker. He is best known for writing Vudú urbano.- Life :His family name goes back to his great grandparents, Jewish immigrants from Kiev and Odessa at the end of the 19th century, his first name tells of his mother's infatuation with Edgar Allan Poe.After an...
- Night Watch, a 2005 video game based on Lukyanenko's novels and the 2004 film
- Nightwatch (Babylon 5)Nightwatch (Babylon 5)In the Babylon 5 science fiction universe, Nightwatch was an Earth Alliance paramilitary organization set up during the Presidency of Morgan Clark...
, a fictional intelligence organization and secret police in Babylon 5 - Nightwatch (comics)Nightwatch (comics)Nightwatch is a fictional super hero who has appeared in various comic book series published by Marvel Comics. He exists in Marvel's main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:...
, a Marvel Comics character - Raphael (TMNT)Raphael (TMNT)Raphael , a fictional character, is one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles .In the Mirage/Image comics all four turtles wear red bandanas over their eyes, but unlike his brothers in other versions, he is the only one who keeps a red bandana...
, who uses the alias "Nightwatcher" in the movie TMNT - The Night's Watch, a military brotherhood in the A Song of Ice and FireA Song of Ice and FireA Song of Ice and Fire is a series of epic fantasy novels by American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. Martin began writing the series in 1991 and the first volume was published in 1996. Originally planned as a trilogy, the series now consists of five published volumes; a further two...
fantasy novels by George R.R.