The Box
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The Box may refer to:
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The Box may also be:
In television:
- The Box (UK TV channel), a music video television formerly known as Video Jukebox Network, originally from Miami, but now only available in the UK and Ireland
- The Box (US TV channel), a defunct U.S. music video channel
- The Box ComedyThe Box ComedyThe Box Comedy was a temporary television channel that launched in the Netherlands on December 1, 2006. It replaced the music video channel The Box, which broadcast R&B music 24 hours a day. It was intended to ease the transition from The Box to Comedy Central...
, a Dutch comedy channel that was originally part of the same family as the British channel
- The Box (New Zealand TV channel), a television channel in New Zealand
- The Box (TV series)The Box (TV series)The Box was an Australian soap opera than ran on Network Ten from February 1974 until 1977.The Box was produced by Crawford Productions who at the time was having great success producing police procedural television series in Australia...
, a 1970s Australian soap opera, which was also made into a feature film in 1975 - "The Box" (Rugrats episode), a 1993 episode of Rugrats
- "The Box" (Fringe)The Box (Fringe)"The Box" is the second episode of the third season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. The episode was written by Josh Singer and Graham Roland, and directed by Jeffrey Hunt. The third season spent its time alternating between the prime and parallel universes, and "The...
, an episode of the television series Fringe - The box, British slang for a television setTelevision setA television set is a device that combines a tuner, display, and speakers for the purpose of viewing television. Television sets became a popular consumer product after the Second World War, using vacuum tubes and cathode ray tube displays...
In film:
- The Box (1967 Oscar-winning short animation) by Fred WolfFred WolfFred Wolf is an American animator. His works include the 1967 short subject The Box, for which he won an Academy Award; television specials such as The Point! and Free to Be... You and Me, and television series such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, James Bond Jr., and Sarah Ferguson's Budgie the...
- The Box (2003 film)The Box (2003 film)The Box is a 2003 American film noir starring James Russo, Theresa Russell, Brad Dourif, Steve Railsback, Jon Polito, Michael Rooker, John Snyder and directed by Richard Pepin.-Plot:...
, starring James Russo - The Box (2007 film)The Box (2007 film)The Box is a 2007 American crime film starring Gabrielle Union, A.J. Buckley, RZA, Giancarlo Esposito, Jason Winston George, Brett Donowho and written and directed by A.J. Kparr.-Plot:...
, starring Gabrielle Union - The Box (2009 film), starring Cameron Diaz
In music:
- The Box (band)The Box (band)The Box is a Canadian New Wave group from Montreal. Founded in 1981, they achieved commercial success in Canada, recording four charting albums and 10 charting singles between 1984 and 1990. The group broke up in 1992, but a new lineup of the band was founded in 2002...
, a 1980s Canadian New Wave group - "The Box" (song), a single by King Missile
- "The Box", a song from Johnny Flynn's 2008 album, A LarumA LarumA Larum is the first full-length LP by London-based folk rock band Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit, although it was released under the name of Johnny Flynn alone. It was released on May 26, 2008 in the UK, and July 29, 2008 in the US. The song "Tickle Me Pink" was featured as iTunes free single of...
- "The Box", the opening track from Annihilator's 1994 studio album King of the KillKing of the KillKing of the Kill is the fourth album by heavy metal band Annihilator. It was recorded at Watersound Studios, Maple Ridge, Canada.- Track listing :...
- "The Box" (Randy Travis song)The Box (Randy Travis song)"The Box" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released in February 1995 as the fourth and final single from his 1994 album, This Is Me. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in April 1995...
, a single from Randy Travis' 1995 album This Is Me - "The Box" (Orbital song)The Box (Orbital song)"The Box" is a single by the British electronica duo Orbital. Taken from their 1996 album In Sides, the single was released in 1996 and reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart.-The song:...
, a single by Orbital - The Box, a custom-built steel guitar played by Paul FranklinPaul Franklin (musician)Paul Franklin is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a steel guitarist. He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell's road band; in addition he toured with Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed. He has since become a prolific session musician in Nashville,...
In night entertainment:
- The Box Manhattan, an x-rated club in ManhattanManhattanManhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... - The Box SohoThe Box SohoThe Box Soho is a cabaret nightclub located at 11-12 Walker's Court in Soho, London, located in the old building of the notorious former Raymond Revue Bar. Opened on February 9, 2011, it bills itself as a "theatre of varieties" and is a sister club to The Box Manhattan, New York City...
, an x-rated club in SohoSohoSoho is an area of the City of Westminster and part of the West End of London. Long established as an entertainment district, for much of the 20th century Soho had a reputation for sex shops as well as night life and film industry. Since the early 1980s, the area has undergone considerable...
, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, and sister club to the Manhattan club
Other uses:
- BBC BoxBBC BoxThe Box or BBC Box is a single ISO intermodal container that started to be tracked by BBC News in September 2008. The intention was to track the container for a period of one year, in a project to study international trade and globalization...
, a shipping container being tracked by the BBC for a year - The Box (book)The Box (book)The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger is a book by Marc Levinson charting the historic rise of the intermodal container and how it changed the economic landscape on a major scale...
, by Marc Levinson - The Box (radio program), a weekly talk-radio program
- The Box (torture)The Box (torture)The box, also known as a hot box or sweatbox, is a method of solitary confinement used in humid and arid regions as a method of punishment. Anyone placed in one would experience extreme heat, dehydration, heat exhaustion, even death, depending on when and how long one was kept in one...
, a method of solitary confinement - Police interrogationInterrogationInterrogation is interviewing as commonly employed by officers of the police, military, and Intelligence agencies with the goal of extracting a confession or obtaining information. Subjects of interrogation are often the suspects, victims, or witnesses of a crime...
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The Box may also be:
- "Thinking outside the boxThinking outside the boxThinking outside the box is to think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspective. This phrase often refers to novel or creative thinking....
", an expression meaning "thinking unconventionally" - The penalty box in ice hockey
- A nickname for Area 51Area 51Area 51 is a military base, and a remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base. It is located in the southern portion of Nevada in the western United States, 83 miles north-northwest of downtown Las Vegas. Situated at its center, on the southern shore of Groom Lake, is a large military airfield...