Czechoslovakia would become a communist nation. Filmmaker Jan Svankmajer from Prague made his first feature length film “Alice” (1988) which spawned from a time period that influenced surrealist films. Svankmajer’s rooting in surrealist film influenced his movie “Alice” an adaptation of the classic “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”‚ by changing the story into a more darker and nonsensical tone then the original version. The story of “Alice’s Adventures on Wonderland” has been adapted many times over the
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[pic] [pic] [pic] Prepared by: REALYN C. CABATAY Master of Arts in Education Introduction Mr. Holland’s Opus is a 1995 American drama film directed by Stephen Herek. It stars Richard Dreyfuss in the title role and the cast includes Glenne Headly‚ Olympia Dukakis‚ William H. Macy and Jay Thomas. Mr. Holland’s Opus is presented as a video biography of the 30-year career of the eponymous lead character‚ Glenn Holland‚ as a music teacher at the
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Good Burger Ed‚ a devoted worker at a local hamburger place “good burger” and Dexter‚ a struggling student who just can’t wait for summer are brought together after Ed’s Rollerblading causes Dexter to crash into one of his teachers while driving without a license. The bills from the crash cause Dexter to have to get the one thing he never dreamed of‚ a summer job. After applying for a job at good burger’s soon to be competition “Mondo Burger” and failing miserably he finds himself wallowing in his
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1) In 1859‚ Charles Darwin described a model of how living things change over time. He described this model and the evidence that supported it in a book called On The Origin of Species. Which scientific term is used to describe a testable model that seeks to explain natural phenomena? A) data B) hypothesis C) observation D) theory 2) When an experiment is repeated and the new results are different from the original results‚ what could you assume to be true? A) The results from both experiments
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Assignment: _Write a review of the 1995 Pride and Prejudice film‚ (seen in class) comment on the cast‚ music‚ setting‚ wardrobe etc._ Generally speaking film adaptations of classic novels rarely ever prove superior or a match for the books on which they are based. This may be attributed to the fact that the written word allows for more nuances than the camera. In many cases the book is severely compromised in order to make the story more cinematic‚ key parts are altered or omitted entirely and the
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It is really fascinating to watch the movie 300‚ where King Leonidas and his army of 30 brave Spartans battled the Persian King Xerxes and his army of 300‚000. This would come as a surprise to all that a battle of such a magnitude had also occurred in our country however not known to most of us. Known as the Battle of Saragarhi‚ it really is moment of pride for India but sadly this tale of heroic action and sacrifice is hardly recorded in the books of Indian History as it was fought on the behalf
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Amanda Bartolome (Vilma Santos) is a woman trying to track down and understand the true meaning of being a woman in the middle of the complex situation of the country in the 70s under martial law. He was acting as a mother (five children purely male) and wife according to the dictates of society and of his wife‚ Julian (Christopher de Leon). Although traditional‚ existing families Bartolome freedom of expression so their children grow conscious awareness of what happens in society. Therefore joined
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Film Review of The Movie Blackboard Jungle This was an interesting movie about a man named Rick Dadier who is married to his wife Anne Dadier who is pregnant. Rick is a war veteran who lands a job teaching. Now this isn’t your ordinary teaching job because he has to teach a class of thugs who don’t listen. Rick is hired at a North Manual High School‚ which is a boys school. Now this is the first thing he is faced with as a new teacher at this school. As he is there he discovers that the rumors
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Film Review-American History X American history X is the shocking drama that takes racism to a deeper level of understanding and shows us a family torn apart by hate and fear. There is loads of films about modern racism but "American History X" is absolutley the best i’ve encountered. Second comes "This is England" that pretty much describes same things but not as accurate as American History. The reckless violence and the strong hate shows us how twisted our modern society is and how a normal
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Fight Club Starring: Brad Pitt‚ Edward Norton‚ Helena Bonham-Carter‚ Meatloaf Director: David Fincher Writer: Jim Uhls Based on Novel By: Chuck Palahniuk Studio: Fox Studio Rating: R 18+ Genre: Action‚ Thriller Running Time: 139 minutes approx. Filming Locations: Los Angeles and California Special Effects: Many of the visual effects in Fight Club have been overshadowed by effect-based movies (LOTR‚ The Matrix) but upon closer examination I found that they were perfect
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