designed check for $25‚000 – his prize for completing the first non-stop New York to Paris flight. For Lindberg‚ the ceremony marked the climax of a month of international public frenzy surrounding the successful “hop” (the word he along with other aviators used for all travel by air). A cordon of 250 police officers had escorted him through the cheering crowds on Central Avenue as he walked to the Hotel. For Orteig the gift capped a year of efforts to hit a mark he first set in May 1919‚ “as a stimulus
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glare without obscuring vision‚ and the Ray-Ban brand was born. This new anti-glare eyewear went on sale to the public in 1937. The original glasses featured a plastic frame with the now classic Aviator shape. The sunglasses were remodeled with a metal frame the following year and rebranded as the Ray-Ban Aviator. It wasn’t long before the popularity of Ray-Ban spread from pilots to anyone with an outdoor lifestyle. In 1938‚ the Ray-Ban Shooter was launched in both the green lens and the pale yellow Kalichrome
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Feng Ru had to endure many setbacks and dangers such as racism‚ natural disasters‚ and money shortage during his goal to become the First Chinese Aviator and to fly and design a plane. He knew nevertheless that the setbacks were going to be tough and he was going to have to risk life in doing so. In Paragraph six of the article‚ the text says "San Francisco’s massive earthquake and resulting fire forced
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Martin Scorsese’s Hugo No director loves movies more than Martin Scorsese. Knowing that he has spent the past four decades declaring his affection for the movies‚ you won’t be considered foolish to presume that good ‘ol Marty has finally started to calm down. But you would presume wrong. His voice has never been louder and clearer. Founded on Scorsese’s lifelong love affair with the movies‚ “Hugo” is a dazzling and magical gem that embraces the very essence of film itself. You can sense an
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He was a pioneer Chinese aviator and was the 1st Chinese to leave the soil in China. He faced many conflicts like death. He almost died a lot of times. He once lost control of his plane “which plunged into his workshop‚ setting it ablaze.” (Feng).Feng Ru was impressed by America’s success in Aviation‚ like the Wright Brothers that he ended up wanting to become an aviator. Feng Ru had to move when an earthquake in Oakland forced him to relocate to
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critically and commercially successful “Manhattan” (1979) and perhaps their most successful film together‚ “Annie Hall (1977)”‚ which won her a BAFTA‚ a Golden Globe and her first academy for Best Female Actor. Martin Scorsese & Robert DeNiro Although some would say that Scorsese has replaced DeNiro with Leo‚ and so we might as well do so too‚ history will take quite a while‚ if at all‚ before this pairing can be overwritten. No other pair has in contemporary times redefined cinema as much as these
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Directed by Martin Scorsese‚ Shutter Island is an American mind bending thriller film based on Dennis Lehane’s 2003 novel also named Shutter Island. Leonardo DiCaprio takes the lead role as a U.S Marshall named Teddy Daniels‚ who along with his partner‚ Chuck Aule (played by Mark Ruffalo)‚ are investigating the mysterious disappearance of a patient at a highly guarded and isolated psychiatric penitentiary located on Shutter Island. Teddy Daniels runs about the island trying to uncover the mysteries
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JORDAN BELFORT Biography / Background Nicknamed "the Wolf of Wall Street‚" Jordan Belfort made millions in the 1990s through his investment company‚ Stratton Oakmont. His memoir is the basis for the 2013 Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street‚ starring Leonardo Dicapro. Born in Queens‚ New York‚ on July 9‚ 1962‚ Jordan Belfort had a natural talent as a salesman at an early age‚ operating a meat and seafood business in the 1980s. After that company went bust‚ Belfort began selling stocks in
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Last Temptation of Christ is a controversial adaption of Christ’s crucifixion based on a fictional book of the same name by Nikos Kazantzakis. The director‚ Scorsese‚ uses an alternate version that places more emphasis on the human being and earthly desires of Christ as a man while His divinity is taken for granted. It starts out with Scorsese almost making a mockery of Christ’s life as being a man who makes crosses for criminals to be crucified upon. Christ suffers from doubt‚ uncertainty‚
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The Wolf of Wall Street: More‚ More‚ More The Wolf of Wall Street is a shocking film that plunges viewers into a life of excess— full of drugs‚ sex‚ scandal‚ and money. This film has been controversial claiming the director‚ Martin Scorsese‚ is endorsing Jordan Belfort’s fraudster and immoral behavior; however‚ this film is actually a cautionary story on Capitalism. The film contrasts the public image of Wall Street with the internal debauchery that goes on within the office walls. The audience
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