Norman Conquest 1066 King Edward had taken a vow of chastity‚ so upon his death in 1066 there was lack of a clear heir to the throne. There were 3 contenders: * William of Normandy – nephew of Edward‚ claimed that Edward promised him the throne and that Harold II of had sworn agreement to this. * Harold II – riches and powerful of the English aristocracy. * Harald III of Norway – based on previous agreement between Magnus of Norway and the earlier Danish King‚ where if either died without
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quotes from Gilliat and Kael. The film Chinatown (1974) is a neo-noir‚ psychological drama film‚ based on the California Water Wars. If the film had ended the way Robert Townes’ had anticipated it to‚ the private eye/detective‚ Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson)‚ upon realising the nightmare that Evelyn Mulray (Faye Dunaway) had been through‚ and after she had killed her father who had raped her‚ would have helped Evelyn’s daughter escape to Mexico to be safe. However‚ Polanski has other plans. He ends
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to their understanding. And the average American citizen fears the unknown. I’m not entirely sure but the crime rate is probably higher in those areas. I mean i watched a lot of movies that takes place in Chinatowns. So anyway the lovely Jack Nicholson plays a character called Jake Gittes and he’s this cool‚ charismatic and smart ex-cop turned private eye. He’s a bit of a cynical asshole. Throughout the movie Jake solves mysteries and
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A few good men starring Jack Nicholson Tom Cruise and Demi Moore is about ethic in the marines. Many characters in the movie are faced with moral dillemas Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholsons characters are faced with moral dillemas. The movie is about two marines who are accused of murdering there fellow officer‚ during the incestigation it is discovered that there is a practice called “code red” this is a unethical and unofficial disciplinary measure by the marine squad when a member goes against the
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The Bucket List This is a 2007 American drama-comedy directed by Rob Reiner and starring Morgan Freeman as Carter Chambers and Jack Nicholson as Edward Cole. The movie shows Freeman as a blue collar mechanic meets Nicholson‚ a billionaire in a hospital after both of them have been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. At first Nicholson’s character does not take too well to Freeman‚ being unwilling to share a room with him‚ but soon they both become friends as they undergo treatments. While Carter
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The Bucket List The Bucket List is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. First of all i want to give some information about the film. Carter Chambers (Freeman) and billionaire hospital magnate Edward Cole (Nicholson) meet for the first time in the hospital after both have been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Carter and Edward seem to find common ground as they have intellectual personalities. Carter begins writing a "bucket
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film Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper) are the characters being victimized‚ which counters the traditional role of the strong‚ masculine‚ infallible hero‚ who still exists in rightist films. Even though Wyatt‚ Billy‚ and George (Jack Nicholson) are hedonistic drug-users associated with the counter-culture because of their appearances and free-spirited natures‚ they are the characters the audience sympathizes with most. In addition‚ Easy Rider makes use of motifs of the classic Western
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mystery in time with the characters and what they see is not always the truth. This image first appears in the form of the bi-focal glasses seen at the very beginning of the film at the reservoir. Jake Gittes‚ the anti-hero detective played by Jack Nicholson‚ chooses to ignore this vital clue‚ as do the audience. They make reappearance towards the climax of the film when Jake finds them in a saltwater pool at Evelyn Mulwray’s mansion and draws the wrong conclusion‚ his pride enforcing his clouded sight
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the production of films for an international audience desirable. Correspondingly‚ branching out into foreign markets opened up a niche for co-productions. The Passenger was likewise an Italian-French-Spanish co-production with American star Jack Nicholson‚ shot on location in Spain‚ Germany‚ North Africa‚ and the UK. Bordwell argues that whilst themes may differ across the broad range of films classified as art cinema‚ the functions of these themes within the individual films are in fact consistent
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Norman Albao BSECE I-1 PAINTING I. Introduction The “kambas ng lipunan” is a painting made by Joey Velasco‚ one of the most popular painters in the Philippines. He started on the painting of the last suffer but he made some changes on the original painting. He replaced the disciples of Jesus by some kids that he has encountered in his life. He painted this type of painting because of his pity to the children of the street. His inspiration comes from the children that he has encountered
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