SETTINGS: The movie was shot in a remote part of the Philippines – Tawi-tawi Island in Southern Mindanao. The province is a seaweed producing area in the southernmost part of the Philippines down to the Malaysian and Indonesian archipelagos. CHARACTERS: Shaleha (Nora Aunor) – a Badjao midwife who is a selfless wife who will do anything just for the happiness of her husband. Bangas- An (Bembol Roco) – husband of Shaleha who craves to have a child Mersila – the woman who Bangas-An
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Composition 1 12 October 2012 “Life is like walking on a tight rope” In the movie “Man on Wire” starring Philippe Petit‚ Jean Francois‚ Jean Louis‚ Blondeau‚ and Heckel‚ a British man named Philippe Petit masterminds this extravagant plan to walk a tight rope across the World Trade Center’s twin towers. This event took place in Manhattan‚ New York City on August 7‚ 1974. The film is a British documentary film directed by James Marsh. The title of the film was actually taken from the police
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childhood until his execution at the hands of the Spanish colonizers‚ who occupied Philippines for 333 years. We are also thrown into the world of Rizal’s novels‚ thus we get a peep of how he viewed the Filipino society under the Spanish regime. The movie gives us an idea about how Jose Rizal‚ which is just an ordinary citizen like us‚ helped our country acquire independence. It showed us how hard it was for them to gain the freedom that we are enjoying right now. That behind every free man at the moment
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Full Metal: Jacket Review The Vietnam War was a long‚ bloody conflict that ended with the United States first major military upset. It had huge ramifications‚ globally and nationally. Many journalist and even film directors have tried to portray the war in all it’s entirety. Full Metal Jacket a film by Stanley Kubrick is unlike any other Vietnam move I’ve seen thus far. Full Metal Jacket could easily be separated into two short films. One following the lives of men in the Marine Corps as they
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takes immediate action. To the outrage of the team‚ the school and the community‚ Carter cancels all team activities and locks the court until the team shows acceptable academic improvement... | | | * | * Coach Carter. Lessons from the Movie: * Do you have your partners blessing. Do they know what you stand for and support you? Get behind you when you aren’t getting behind you? * Preparation before you enter the field * Know your opponents & your team (Strengths & Limitations)
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote is about the thought that friendship can make a person take drastic measures in helping a friend. The setting is New York City. The point of view is first person limited. Seen through the eyes of the narrator‚ called "Fred" ( the main character )‚ who is a starting writer. I enjoyed the story because it was very interesting to learn and experience life in old New York. The story starts out‚ probably in the present time‚ when "Fred"‚ who had now
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Tyler Hatesohl Professor Giles English 209 April 11‚ 2011 Breakfast of Champions Assignment Although the overall message that American’s are “machines” is clearly stated to the reader‚ Kurt Vonnegut also includes many hidden themes throughout the text. These include race‚ class‚ gender‚ overpopulation as well as others. The narrator makes it clear to distinguish each new characters race in the novel. Throughout the text‚ it becomes clear that Vonnegut makes a clear distinction between
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50/50 When we first saw the trailer for the film 50/50 starring Joseph Gordon Levitt and Seth Rogan‚ we knew this was a must-see. The film’s rough story of a 20-something year old battling with “stage five back cancer” taught us that life is too short to sweat the small stuff. People go through tragic battles like disease and the possibility of dying when all we do is find ourselves complaining about small‚ narrow problems in life. Adam demonstrated true optimism and showed the audience that
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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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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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