Compare the feature film‚ Edward Scissorhands and the plot summary film of Frankenstein’s Monster. The gothic fairytales‚ Edward Scissorhands and the plot summary film of Frankenstein’s Monster‚ were written in different times and for every different audiences but have many things in common. Both Edward Scissorhands and Frankenstein’s Monster struggle to be accepted for who they are. However‚ Edwards’s creator had love for his creation (Edward)‚ but the creator of Frankenstein did not have love
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points. In a similar fashion he also convinced my young self that the guards are also a part of the game and that were angry because they want the tank for themselves. My father maintained this story right up to the end of his life‚ and as the Americans advance on the camp and their tanks come closer to rolling over the hill‚ my father was forced to make the greatest sacrifice in order to ensure my safety and that I can be again reunited with my mother. Despite him knowing that his death was inevitable
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were out of work and penniless‚ but Hollywood actors raised several American Spirits. Shirley Temple a child star‚ Clark Gable the first macho man‚ and Charlie Chaplin an English born actor who became an American movie icon were all actors who raised American spirit on the silver screen during the Great Depression. Shirley Temple was a child star who lifted American hearts. Shirley started her career at the young age of three. She was in several film roles such as Baby Burlesks her first big role
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Nevertheless‚ Richard Dreyfuss is believable as the confused eyewitness to UFOs‚ he is best known for films like American Graffiti (1973)‚ Jaws (1975)‚ and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). “Dreyfuss worked his way up through bit parts in The Graduate (1967)‚ and later won a Best Actor Oscar in his first romantic lead as an out-of-work actor in The Goodbye Girl (1977)” (IMDb). The Neary character represents the audience’s point of view as he begins a journey down a path of wonderment and
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Many famous musicians and actors were taking the stage to change the way people thought of music and films in America‚ and even change their racial views somewhat. Stars like Elvis Presley‚ Bill Haley‚ and Nat King Cole with their “rock n’ roll” music changed the way people viewed music and viewed other races. The film industry of the fifties set precedence for future American filmmakers and set the standard of the industry higher than ever before. Rock and roll‚ the film industry‚ and the changed
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Morgan Porterfield Freeman‚ Jr. (born June 1‚ 1937) is an American actor‚ film director‚ and narrator. He is noted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice. Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart‚ Driving Miss Daisy‚ The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus and won in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby. He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Freeman has appeared in many other box office hits‚ including Unforgiven
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affairs of an African-American family: the Youngers. However‚ in order to capture the complexity of the family’s financial and social reality‚ Hansberry offers a multitude of perspectives with her characters that strive to accomplish their own dreams‚ yet refuses to condemn or commemorate the actions of the characters to better their situation. It is this refusal‚ on the playwright’s part‚ that allows characters — like Walter Lee Younger — to be performed differently by actors. By contrasting Sidney
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Film 106 23 November 2011 Comparative Essay: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels The musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is based on a popular 1998 film by the same title. The storyline is about two conmen‚ (1) Lawrence Jameson who is played by Patrick McBride and (2) Freddy Benson who is played by Tom Andrew/Reed Willard‚ living on the French Riviera. Now Lawrence is a cultivated and suave gentleman who cons rich ladies out of their money by pretending he is prince of a small country that doesn’t exist and
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Gwen Verdon was an American actress and a dancer. Gwen won four Tony awards for the musical comedy performances that she has done. She was well known on Broadway in the 1950’s through the 1970’s. Gwen was born in “Culver City‚ California”. She was the second child of Gertrude Lilian and Joseph William Verdon. They were “British immigrants to the United States”. When she was at the age of 11 years old she appeared as a “solo ballerina” in the musical romance film “The King Steps
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great film icons. A truly gifted actress and two talented actors‚ Paul Newman‚ James Dean‚ and Marilyn Monroe have helped to shape and mold our generation‚ and are still a great influence with in our society today. We Americans are famous for worshiping dub ions demigods of the miraculous moment. The celebrities‚ who have inspired‚ identified with and transcended screen roles to become an active part of popular culture and people’s lives became icons. Based upon their bodies of work in films‚ Paul
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