Brokeback Mountain was a much talked about movie due to its theme. Some labelled the movie as a ‘gay cowboy movie’‚ which does not do the movie justice. Yes‚ the movie is about two cowboys who fall in love with each other but to categorize it as just a ‘gay cowboy movie’ simplifies a love story of a group of people that have often been denied of real representation in the media‚ especially the mainstream media. The movie opens in 1963 in Wyoming when two young cowboys are looking for work as
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Cold Mountain Cold Mountain‚ a novel wrote by Charles Frazier‚ is a Civil War story‚ a magnificent love story between a wounded Confederate soldier – Inman who deserts and begins a lonely‚ dangerous journey to find the way back home‚ and his lover – Ada who tries to survive after her father’s death. The Cold Mountain is the destination Inman wants to arrive at‚ and a place where Ada transform from a city girl into a mountain woman. The story is woven around the experiences of Inman and Ada trying
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------------------------------------------------- Andes This article is about the mountain range in South America. For other uses‚ see Andes (disambiguation). The Andes are the world’s longest continental mountain range. It is a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. The range is over 7‚000 km (4‚300 mi) long‚ 200 km (120 mi) to 700 km (430 mi) wide (widest between 18° to 20°S latitude)‚ and of an average height of about 4‚000 m (13‚000 ft). Over its length the
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With recent declining sales for Mountain Man Beer Company (MMBC)‚ Chris Prangel is considering launching Mountain Man Light as a brand extension aligned with changes in beer drinkers’ preferences. He is seeking to maximize market coverage while minimizing brand overlap‚ and at the same time avoiding any brand equity damage‚ as MMBC’s core consumer segment is significantly different from the new targeted segment. Chris expects to negate declining sales of Mountain Man Lager and capture market share
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CASE ANALYSIS NOTE Mountain Dew: Selecting New Creative Analysis: History of Mountain Dew advertising: 1. It was introduced in 1940 and didn’t have any brand history or specific culture. 2. Advertising was handled by Ogilvy and Mathers before being Assigned to BBDO in 1973. 3. The drink hit it off in the rural areas of the US‚ mainly on the Eastern seaboard and into the Northern plains of Minnesota and the Dakotas 4. Campaign themes over the years when different ads were
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Mountain Dew‚ a PepsiCo brand‚ which accounts for 20 percent of its beverage sales in the US had lost share to Coca-Cola ’s Sprite and Fanta (Stanford‚ 2012). Brett O ’Brien ‚ vice president of marketing at Mountain Dew had launched a marketing campaign to appeal the young audience in urban centers such as New York‚ Miami‚ and Los Angeles (Stanford‚ 2012). This paper will focus on Mountain Dew ’s advertising campaign and if it targeted at the right market segment. To gain the market share in the
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Mountain Man Brewing Company (MMBC) was found in 1925 as a family run business and “Mountain Man Lager” is its core product. MMBC was rated as “Best Beer in West Virginia” for years and was selected as “America’s Championship Lager” at the American Beer Championship. MMBC relied on his history and status as independent‚ family-owned brewery to create an aura of authenticity and to position the beer with its core drinkers – blue-collar‚ middle-to-lower income men over age 45. Because of the product
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Mountain Bikes It has been a decade in the making‚ but the mountain bike has become a passion for many people. Along with this passion it has also become the most environmental way to get from point A to B. It has gone through a very intense evolution process over the past decade. It all started with some guys from California who took their bikes out for a ride on their day off‚ they modified their bikes and turned a hobby of theirs into a worldwide phenomenon. The mountain bike’s rapid increase
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The Shining Mountain summary The Shining Mountain is about a young girl called Pangma-La and her father who is a famous mountain-climber. Because he is famous he expects quite a lot from his daughter. In school Pangma-La is picked on because of her extraordinary name but her father tells her to be proud of being named after a shining mountain. Pangma-La and her father decide to climb the shining mountain so Pangma-La begins her training. After training the skills she needs for a long time Pangma-La
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Misty Sprout 5/3/2013 Smoky Mountains Most of the Smoky Mountains in the national park are sedimentary and were formed by accumulations of clay‚ silt‚ sand‚ gravel minor amount of calcium carbonate. The oldest of the sedimentary rock were formed during the Proterozoic Era about 800-545 million years ago. About 310-245 million years ago‚ the eastern edge of the North American tectonic plat collided with the African plate becoming part of a supercontinent. During one of earlier collisions‚ tremendous
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