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37-516: The Big Empty may refer to: The Big Empty (2003 film) , a 2003 drama film directed and written by Steve Anderson The Big Empty (2005 film) , a 2005 short film starring Selma Blair The Big Empty ( The Expanse ) , a 2015 episode of the American science fiction television series The Expanse The Big Empty (book series), a series of four books written by J.B. Stephens "The Big Empty" (song) ,

74-520: A ball down the alley; his eyes turn bright blue, too. The bowling ball rolls across the vast moonlit Devil's Crest. Far in the distance white flames, like the Cowboy's flare, rise from the desert floor. The Big Empty was all shot on location in Los Angeles and Baker, California, which is a real town in southern California where most of the story takes place. Many of its locations are real, including

111-428: A gas station, buys her alcohol, and they drive to Devil's Crest lakebed outside town. As they get drunk, he hears stories about disappearing people. Person drives Ruthie home when she gets sick and passes out. Going back to the motel, Person again misses Cowboy, who left him a bowling ball bag addressed to Neely that he is not allowed to open. Person's friend Grace calls to tell him Neely was beheaded, and FBI agent Banks

148-403: A group in blue tracksuits, similar to Neely's, including Ruthie. Cowboy pulls out a pair of size-11 bowling shoes from the bag. Cowboy offers them to Person as a chance to come with him to Paradise. When he refuses, Cowboy gives them to Ruthie. She excitedly invites Person, but he declines. Cowboy shoots a flare. Cowboy insists he is simply a cowboy, even as his skin turns blue and translucent. As

185-589: A handicap method for bowling. In 1905, Rubber Duckpin bowling was invented by Willam Wuerthele of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , catching on in Quebec, Canada . The ABC initially used bowling balls made of Lignum vitae hardwood from the Caribbean , which were eventually supplanted by the "Evertrue" rubber bowling ball, and the Brunswick "Mineralite" rubber ball by 1905. Columbia Industries , founded in 1960,

222-602: A man bowling with a triangular formation of ten pins, before that variant of the sport is believed to have appeared in the United States. An 1828 auction notice , also in Ipswich, explicitly mentions "ten-pin and skittle grounds". In 1819, New York writer Washington Irving made the first mention of ninepin bowling in American literature in his story " Rip Van Winkle ". Newspaper articles and advertisements at least as early as 1820 refer to "ten pin alleys", usually in

259-805: A public feast was held in Frankfurt, Germany , with a venison dinner followed by lawn bowling. English King Henry VIII was an avid bowler. In 1511, he banned bowling for the lower classes and imposed a levy for private lanes to limit them to the wealthy. Another English law , passed in 1541 (repealed in 1845), prohibited workers from bowling except at Christmas , and then only in their master's home and in his presence. In 1530, he acquired Whitehall Palace in central London as his new residence, having it extensively rebuilt complete with outdoor bowling lanes, indoor tennis court, jousting tiltyard, and cockfighting pit. Protestant Reformation founder Martin Luther set

296-572: A question mark of an ending that isn't worth answering." Bowling shoes This is an accepted version of this page Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term bowling usually refers to pin bowling, most commonly ten-pin bowling , though in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries, bowling may also refer to target bowling, such as lawn bowls . Bowling

333-743: A religious ritual to cleanse oneself from sin by rolling a rock into a club (kegel) representing the heathen, resulting in bowlers being called keglers. In 1299, the oldest-surviving known bowling green for target style bowling was built: Master's Close (now the Old Bowling Green of the Southampton Bowling Club) in Southampton, England , which is still in use. In 1325, laws were passed in Berlin and Cologne that limited bets on lawn bowling to five shillings. In 1366,

370-623: A song by For the Fallen Dreams " Big Empty ", a 1994 song by the American hard rock band Stone Temple Pilots Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Big Empty . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Big_Empty&oldid=1154244011 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

407-842: A standard reference for lawn bowling in Scotland. In 1875, the National Bowling Association (NBA) was founded by 27 local clubs in New York City to standardize rules for ten-pin bowling, setting the ball size and the distance between the foul line and the pins, but failing to agree on other rules; it was superseded in 1895 by the American Bowling Congress . In 1880, Justin White of Worcester, Massachusetts , invented Candlepin Bowling . In

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444-462: Is also related to bowling. Bowling games can be distinguished into two general classes, pin bowling and target bowling. Five main variations are found in North America , with ten-pin being the most common but others being practiced in the eastern U.S. and in parts of Canada : Another form of bowling is usually played outdoors on a lawn. At outdoor bowling, the players throw a ball, which

481-533: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Big Empty (2003 film) John Person is a struggling actor in Los Angeles who is $ 28K in debt. His neighbor Neely offers him $ 25K to take a gun and deliver a blue suitcase to "Cowboy" in Baker . Person initially refuses but accepts when Neely reveals he has detailed personal information on Person and raises

518-403: Is looking for him. Person fears Neely's head is in the bag. Candy, a hooker, comes to Person's room curious about his meeting with Cowboy and warns him that Cowboy may be responsible for the disappearance of three strippers from Las Vegas. Later, Randy threatens to kill him if he talks to Ruthie again. The next day, Person buries the bag. Stella, the owner of a bar, reveals she rescued Ruthie from

555-489: Is played by 120 million people in more than 90 countries, including 70 million people in the United States alone. In pin bowling, the goal is to knock over pins on a long playing surface known as a lane . Lanes have a wood or synthetic surface onto which protective lubricating oil is applied in different specified oil patterns that affect ball motion . A strike is achieved when all the pins are knocked down on

592-481: Is sometimes eccentrically weighted, in an attempt to put it closest to a designated point or slot in the bowling arena. (Ex: Bocce Ball, an Italian lawn game) The earliest known forms of bowling date back to ancient Egypt , with wall drawings depicting bowling being found in a royal Egyptian tomb dated to 3200 BC and miniature pins and balls in an Egyptian child's grave about 3200 BC. Remnants of bowling balls were found among artifacts in ancient Egypt going back to

629-612: The Egyptian protodynastic period in 3200 BC. What is thought to be a child's game involving porphyry (stone) balls, a miniature trilithon , and nine breccia -veined alabaster vase-shaped figures—thought to resemble the more modern game of skittles —was found in Naqada , Egypt, in 1895. Balls were made using the husks of grains, covered in a material such as leather, and bound with string. Other balls made of porcelain have also been found, indicating that these were rolled along

666-648: The Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review, saying it "Has a seductive easiness (which may not be for everyone, but it works), a laid-back yet ever-so-slightly portentous score and a wonderful sense of place." Chuck Wilson of L.A. Weekly wrote: "More amiable than laugh-out-loud funny, the film pokes along, buoyed by the motel's bright Hawaiian color scheme, and a moonlit desert finale that's awfully pretty." Robert Koehler of Variety wrote: ""Hobbled by uninspired stabs at cleverness and surreal narrative curlicues, The Big Empty goes nowhere, replete with

703-550: The 1880s, Brunswick Corporation (founded 1845) of Chicago , Illinois, maker of billiard tables began making bowling balls, pins, and wooden lanes to sell to taverns installing bowling alleys. On 9 September 1895, the modern standardized rules for ten-pin bowling were established in New York City by the new American Bowling Congress (ABC) (later the United States Bowling Congress), who changed

740-892: The ABC. In 2005 the ABC merged with the Women's International Bowling Congress (WIBC) et al. to become the United States Bowling Congress (USBC). In the early 1890s, Duckpin bowling was invented in Boston, Massachusetts , spreading to Baltimore, Maryland about 1899. In 1903, the English Bowling Association was founded by cricketer W. G. Grace . On 1 January 2008, it merged with the English Women's Bowling Association to become Bowls England. In 1903, D. Peifer of Chicago, Illinois, invented

777-476: The Devil's Crest when Ruthie was a child. At Stella's bar, Banks tries to link Person to Neely's murder and 75 mysterious disappearances from Baker. Person sees Randy has stolen his suitcase. He drives to a junkyard with his gun, finding Randy has tied Ruthie up. During an armed standoff, Person convinces Randy to let Ruthie and him go by threatening to shoot her. Later, Ruthie comes to Person's room to tell him Randy

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814-717: The Royal Hawaiian Motel. Several landmarks in Baker are also shown, including the world's tallest thermometer . The Alto Nido apartments where John Person is living are the same ones where William Holden lived in the beginning of Sunset Blvd . All the bowling scenes were filmed at the famous Hollywood Star Lanes in Hollywood. It has since been demolished. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 71% based on reviews from 7 critics. Kevin Thomas of

851-649: The United States. In 1909, the first ten-pin bowling alley in Europe was installed in Sweden, but the game failed to catch on in the rest of Europe until after World War II. Meanwhile, ten-pin bowling caught on in Great Britain after hundreds of bowling lanes were installed on U.S. military bases during World War II. In 1913, the monthly Bowlers Journal was founded in Chicago, Illinois, continuing to publish to

888-704: The context of a side attraction to a main business or property as distinguished from dedicated "bowling alley" establishments as presently understood. By the late 1830s, New York's Knickerbocker Hotel housed a bowling alley with three lanes. In 1846, the oldest surviving bowling lanes in the United States were built as part of Roseland Cottage , the summer estate of Henry Chandler Bowen (1831–1896) in Woodstock, Connecticut . The lanes, now part of Historic New England's Roseland Cottage House Museum contain Gothic Revival architectural elements in keeping with

925-408: The families of those disappeared, Banks invents a story. Person sees a band-aid on Banks' neck, similar to the one that appeared on his own neck after Devil's Crest, relating to one of Dan's conspiracy theories. As Person and Grace go on a date at a bowling alley, she congratulates him for getting a supporting role in a film. She quotes Cowboy with bright blue eyes. Person, wearing size-11 shoes, rolls

962-682: The first official mention of bowling in England was made, when King Edward III banned it as a distraction to archery practice. In the 15th–17th centuries, lawn bowling spread from Germany into Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries, with playing surfaces made of cinders or baked clay. In 1455, lawn bowling lanes in London were first roofed-over, turning bowling into an all-weather game. In Germany, they were called kegelbahns and were often attached to taverns and guest houses. In 1463,

999-537: The first roll, and a spare is achieved if all the pins are knocked over on a second roll. Common types of pin bowling include ten-pin , candlepin , duckpin , nine-pin , and five-pin . The historical game skittles is the forerunner of modern pin bowling. In target bowling, the aim is usually to get the ball as close to a mark as possible. The surface in target bowling may be grass, gravel, or synthetic. Lawn bowls , bocce , carpet bowls , pétanque , and boules may have both indoor and outdoor varieties. Curling

1036-399: The flare explodes, Person blacks out. Person awakens alone on the dry lakebed. All of the suitcases are empty except for a locked one nearby. Frustrated, he takes it and walks to the highway. Grace meets him and says he has been missing for three days. She gives him a key from Cowboy, and he finds his $ 28K in the case. Back in Los Angeles, Banks interrogates Person. Unable to tell the truth to

1073-765: The ground rather than thrown due to their size and weight. Some of these resemble the modern-day jack used in target bowl games. Bowling games of different forms are also noted by Herodotus as an invention of the Lydians in Asia Minor . About 2,000 years ago, in the Roman Empire , a similar game evolved between Roman legionaries entailing the tossing of stone objects as close as possible to other stone objects, which eventually evolved into Italian bocce , or outdoor bowling. Around AD 400, bowling began in Germany as

1110-643: The individual country level. In September 1907, the Victorian Ladies' Bowling Association was founded in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , becoming the world's first women's lawn bowling association. In 1908, the now-oldest surviving bowling alley for the tenpin sport was opened in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the basement of the Holler House tavern, containing the oldest sanctioned lanes in

1147-932: The number of pins (which varied from 3 to 17) at nine. He had a bowling lane built next to his home for his children, sometimes rolling a ball himself. On 19 July 1588, English Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Drake allegedly was playing bowls at Plymouth Hoe when the arrival of the Spanish Armada was announced; he replied, "We have time enough to finish the game and beat the Spaniards too." In 1609, Dutch East India Company explorer Henry Hudson discovered Hudson Bay , bringing Dutch colonization to New Amsterdam (later New York); Hudson's men brought some form of lawn bowling with them. In 1617, English King James I published Declaration of Sports , banning bowling on Sundays but permitting dancing and archery for those first attending an Anglican service, outraging Puritans; it

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1184-436: The offer to cover his debts. In a Baker hotel, Person misses a man in a cowboy outfit. While getting a drink, he is immediately held at gunpoint by Randy, who thinks Person is after his girlfriend Ruthie. She comes to Person's room later, returning his dropped wallet, and they hit it off. In a diner the next day, Person meets Dan, who tells many strange tales and conspiracy theories about the desert. Person meets Ruthie outside

1221-456: The scoring system from a maximum 200 points for 20 balls to a maximum 300 points for 12 balls, and set the maximum ball weight at 16 lb (7.3 kg), and pin distance at 12 in (30 cm). The first ABC champion (1906–1921) was Jimmy Smith (1885–1948). In 1927 Mrs. Floretta "Doty" McCutcheon (1888–1967) defeated Smith in an exhibition match, founding a school that taught 500,000 women how to bowl. In 1993 women were allowed to join

1258-681: The style of the entire estate. In 1848, the Revolutions of 1848 resulted in accelerated German immigration to the U.S., reaching 5 million by 1900, bringing their love of beer and bowling with them; by the late 19th century they made New York City a center of bowling. In 1848, the Scottish Bowling Association for lawn bowling was founded in Scotland by 200 clubs; it was dissolved then refounded in 1892. In 1864, Glasgow cotton merchant William Wallace Mitchell (1803–1884) published Manual of Bowls Playing , which became

1295-481: Was arrested, and they have sex. Randy kidnaps Person, but before Randy can shoot him, Cowboy shoots Randy. Going back to the motel, Person finds suitcases stacked in his room. Cowboy tells him to drive them to the Devil's Crest lakebed. When Person refuses, Cowboy takes Grace hostage. Person goes to Devil's Crest and meets Bob the Indian, who tells him where and how to arrange the suitcases and leaves. Cowboy arrives with

1332-584: Was reissued in 1633 by his successor Charles I , then ordered publicly burned in 1643 by the Puritan Parliament. In 1670, Dutchmen liked to bowl at the Old King's Arms Tavern near modern-day 2nd and Broadway in New York City. In 1733, Bowling Green in New York City was built on the site of a Dutch cattle market and parade ground, becoming the city's oldest public park to survive to modern times. A circa 1810 painting of Ipswich , England shows

1369-595: Was the first manufacturer to successfully use polyester resin ("plastic") in bowling balls. In 1980, urethane-shell bowling balls were introduced by Ebonite. Rules for target bowls evolved separately in each of the other countries that adopted the predominantly British game. In 1905, the International Bowling Board was formed; its constitution adopted the laws of the Scottish Bowling Association, with variations allowed at

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