The Pianist is a movie based on a Jewish piano player named Wladyslaw Szpilman that is set in Warsaw‚ Poland‚ during World War II. Roman Polanski directs it‚ and Adrien Brody is the main character‚ Wladyslaw. The movie is about Wladyslaw and his family being relocated from their home into the ghetto. He is known through out Warsaw for his ability to play the piano; he was frequently featured on the radio. Eventually him and his family are separated‚ he is forced to fend for himself‚ and survive in
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following staring main cast members Roy Scheider as "Martin Bordy" (chief police officer)‚ Richard Dreyfuss as "Matt Hooper" (marine biologist)‚ Robert Shaw as "Quint" (local fisherman)‚ Murray Hamilton as "Larry Vaughan" (town mayor). "Jaws" the movie‚ is not like any other any other fish story. The film is about a gigantic 26 foot shark that has an appetite for people; how horrifying is that? The unusual story takes place on the seasides’ of Amity Island. When Chief Brody uncovers the partial body
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considered their own nation. The movie Gallipoli illustrates how the World War I was important in helping Australia find their identity and create a sense of patriotism. Australian moviemaking had its highs and lows through the Twentieth Century. After the 1970’s‚ a new age of Australian films started to flow from the country and “historical films became the most visible internationally” (Bordwell 628). Gallipoli was a film made in 1981 by Peter Weir. The movie not only tells the story of two young
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Lincoln is a movie based off of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin‚ which portrays the latter end of Abraham Lincoln’s illustrious career. The film is based around Congressional debate and Lincoln’s attempts to pass the 13th Amendment‚ abolishing slavery in the United States. The movie is centered in Washington D.C. and the areas surrounding it between the Emancipation Proclamation in January‚ 1863‚ and the death of Lincoln in April‚ 1865. The film raises
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Movie Response 1 (50 points): This first essay is a response to Food‚ Inc. and Fed Up!‚ should be between 2 and 4 pages long‚ and must be submitted to Moodle. Your responses should answer the questions listed in the rubric‚ demonstrate media literacy‚ critique the movies and offer suggestions for how their messages could be improved‚ and integrate knowledge you gained from class discussion‚ lectures‚ or other movies. This essay should also demonstrate that you took notes while we watched the movies
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Avatar Allegory By: Brian L. H. Alderson Don’t you think that the movie Avatar is very similar to how the pilgrims treated the native Americans? The movie Avatar is an allegory to how pilgrims treated the native Americans because of what took place and where it happened. When the movie opened up into its exposition‚ it mentioned the planet Pandora‚ which was inhabited by these natives called the Na’vi who use bows and arrows which seemed just like how the native Americans were when the pilgrims
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I chose to review the movie Crash directed by Paul Haggis which featured many different crimes specifically dealing with racial issues throughout the movie. After closely examining the movie I will explain the elements of "motivation" and "opportunity" as well as touch on the impact of bystanders‚ aftermath of crime‚ victim precipitation and correlation of gender and crime. This movie features several small stories which intertwine during a short period of time in a city involving a collection
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Amanda Roberts Movie Critique “the Help” could use some help! Have you ever wondered what it was like to live a day in the life of an African American woman‚ caught in the middle of the 60’s civil rights movements? Have you dared imagine what they really went through? If yes‚ the film “The Help” would certainly be a movie you may want to see. Though it was scattered and a bit inefficient‚ I think this movie gives a new and sassy perspective on the crucial time of our countries
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Imitation Game The movie Imitation Game follows a mathematician by the name of Alan Turing during World War II while he and his fellow cryptographers to break the German code named Enigma to win the war. The movie was centered around him‚ his friend/ fiancé Joan and his other coworkers Peter‚ Hugh‚ and Cairncross. The movie starts off in 1951 with Alan being interrogated for charges that are unknown to the audience and the plot of the movie continues with Turing telling the officer about his time
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Enthiran and Artificial intelligence Artificial Intelligence when we hear this word suddenly our mind thinks Chitti Robot in Enthiran movie. Yes‚ we are going to talk about Enthiran movie & Artificial Intelligence. The plot of Enthiran Movie: Dr.Vasigaran(human Rajini) creates an android Robot with the help of his assistants. He wants it to a commission in the Indian army. He introduces Chitti(Robot) to the robotic conference. Dr.Bhora (villain) who wants to create the android robot like
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