The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The year of 1939 was a great year for classical movie lovers. With Gone with the Wind‚ Mr. Smith goes to Washington‚ Wuthering Heights‚ and The Wizard of Oz. This year during the Great Depression gave us more classics than most years combined. The Great Depression was one of the main reasons behind the making of all of these movies; the dark and bleak times needed a getaway‚ a place to escape to where ones troubles don’t matter‚ the movies were that getaway
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The Truman Show is a movie that orbits the life of just one person. That person is the character Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey). Truman has no idea his every move is being broadcasted as a live show throughout the world. Christof (Ed Harris) is represented as “God” in this movie as he controls Truman’s life. Christof tells all the actors what there rolls are in his show as well as control the weather‚ time of day‚ etc. Several efforts were made to tell Truman about his fake life but they were futile
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but he refuses and is arrested. Rachel Holloman’s (Monaghan) son’s life is soon later threatened by the caller‚ forcing her to assist Jerry Shaw in his escape from the FBI and other mysterious deeds demanded by the caller. Unfortunately‚ the requests of the anonymous caller become increasingly dangerous as the FBI quickly identify Jerry and Rachel as the country’s most wanted fugitives. It becomes apparent mid-way through the movie that the female caller is using everyday technology to track and manipulate
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called Panem‚ within Panem there are 12 districts and the capitol. Each year one boy and one girl between the ages of 12-18 are "reaped" from each district to fight to the death in the hunger games. There will only be one survivor‚ leaving 23 dead. The movie starts out in district 12 where Katniss and her little sister Primrose are preparing for the hunger games. At the reaping‚ Primrose’s name is called but Katniss volunteers in her place. Katniss must say goodbye to her family and her close friend Gale
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1- Did you enjoy the film? What parts made a particular impression on you? Yes‚ I enjoy the movie because it show how the world will be if everyone tells the truth. The particular parts that I liked most was when mark tried to tell his friends that he lied telling them obvious things that wasn’t truth but they believed him so he couldn’t told them what he has done. 2- What were the main features of a world whit out lies? Did you find the world convincing? The main features were that everyone
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2000 Jersy Film Production‚ staring Julia Roberts is based on a true story that involved Pacific Gas and Electric Company using hexavalent chromium or chromium six as a rust inhibitor to prevent corrosion of pistons used in engines. According to the movie‚ for fourteen years‚ the Pacific Gas and Electric Company had been dumping water containing chromium six into ponds and covering them over. The ponds were not lined and the chromium based water leaked into the local water supply exposing residents
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Marie Antoinette “Let them eat cake.” The movie Marie Antoinette sure is as sweet and colorful as cake. The film premiered worldwide on May 24‚ 2006. Marie Antoinette has won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. It has also won best Art Direction and Best Costume Design for both the Las Vegas and Phoenix Films Critics Society Awards. Kirsten Dunst‚ who plays the gorgeous Marie herself‚ has won the MTV Award for best Breakthrough Performance and the Saturn Award for Best Young Actress. Jason
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I have to say that this is one good movie‚ its pretty different from your average WWII movie. Its not as propaganda based as your American war movies like saving private Ryan or pearl harbour. In this movie we get to see the war effort from the Russian communist point of view. Its like a hide and seek thriller that uses the battle of Stalingrad as a disguise for the battle of courage and determination that we see going on‚ on the big screen. A lot of historians say that the battle of Stalingrad was
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Movie Critique for The King’s Speech I watched The King’s Speech for my movie critique at home. This film tells the story of Prince Albert‚ the Duke of York‚ and how he overcame a life-long speech impediment with the help of Lionel Logue‚ a speech therapist from Australia. The movie begins with Prince Albert (Colin Firth) attempting to deliver a speech written by his father at the closing ceremony of the Empire Exhibition. We find out that the king has already spoken‚ as well as Prince Albert’s
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and Slim Pickens (as Major T.J Kong). Dr. Strangelove isn’t among today’s expensive‚ tasteless Sci-Fi films‚ and especially because it was released in 1964. Instead‚ the movie was shot in three principle settings; The President’s War room‚ Brigadier General Jack Ripper’s office‚ and the inside of a B-52 bomber. The movie doesn’t have too many movements either; President Muffley and his Cabinet remain seated around a table‚ Major T.J. Kong and his flight crew is confined to the cockpit‚ and General
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