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    Awards. He started his career at age 19 in the film Endless Love (1981). After portraying supporting roles in Taps (1981) and The Outsiders (1983), his first leading role was in the romantic comedy Risky Business, released in August 1983. Cruise became a full-fledged movie star after starring as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in the action drama Top Gun (1986). One of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood,[2][3] Cruise starred in several more successful films in the 1980s, including the dramas The Color of

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    Smoke Signals (1998) is a drama/comedy film directed by Chris Eyre about two boys who are affected differently by their cultural identity. Thomas has embraced his Native American culture, for example he loves storytelling. On the other hand, Victor has a lot of resentment and anger towards his culture, especially towards his father who had an alcohol problem and abandoned him at an early age. Victor in the film is very irritated by Thomas who is often storytelling and talking in a different tone

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    Commission profits), film income, interest and reserves. The Department of the Internal Affairs gave funding to the NZFC in order to “cover administrative costs and an annual grant from the Lottery Board.” Funding allowed the NZFC to “encourage and also to participate and assist in the making, promotion, distribution, and exhibitions of films.” This enhanced their success of promoting NZ films in the NZFI. Also, the law has required the NZFC to have NZ content in their films “which could be determined

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    Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States. He didn't only succeed in the president's seat. He also was an amazing actor/ TV star before presidency. Childhood Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois on February 6th, 1911. His family moved 5 times before settling down in Dixon, Illinois, and there he spent his adolescent years. He was very busy during and in school. Reagan played football, basketball, acted in school plays, and was the president of the student

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    An Ethical Dilemma: The Correct Choice to Make In Gallipoli, a 1981 film focusing on several young men who enlist in the Australian Army during World War I, an ethical dilemma is presented. One of the main characters, Archy Hamilton, is given an order by his superior officer, Major Barton, that will surely result in his death, as well as many others’, for nearly no tactical gain. From this order, the dilemma arises: should Archy follow the order given to him and charge fruitlessly into the enemy

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    of more white Southern women. However, the film depicts Anthony as keeping silent. Thus, “dimensions of inequality” are co-constructed, they cannot adequately account for the experiences of women of color. The intersectional approach identifies subjects “occupy multiple social locations,” attends to the complexity of their experiences, and all the while remains committed to social justice,” states Dill and Zambrana (McCann & Kim, 2013, p. 162). The film producers correctly portrayed Anthony, in

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    However, unlike the studies by White et al (1981) and Dutton & Aron (1974), this study explored how gender influences misattribution of arousal. This study is essential to our research project because we will also consider gender as a possible determinant of misinterpreting arousal. Her study specifically

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    in 1981 post which she was starred in her debut film and she appeared on the soap opera General Hospital on the same year. Moore attended Fairfax High School which was dropped out at the age of 16 and she signed a contract with Elite Modelling Agency and went to Europe. Then she enrolled herself in drama classes inspired by one of her neighbors. At the age of 17, Moore married singer Freddy Moore with whom she then filed for divorce in the year 1984. She was then married to

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    Gallipoli Film Analysis

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    This film analysis will define the importance of mateship and sportsmanship in the ANZAC culture of Gallipoli (1981). Peter Weir film of the Gallipoli Campaign from 1915-196 revolves around the mateship of Frank Dunne (Mel Gibson) and Archy Hamilton (Mark Lee) that binds them through sportsmanship and military nationalism. The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) culture is typically based on the athleticism of soldiering culture, which allows Frank to become a “runner” of information dispatches

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    Relative personal information: Steven Spielberg was born on 18th of December 1946 and was in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States of America. Steven Spielberg is currently 72 years old and he lives in Los angles and is a famous film director for many of his works. Steven Spielberg moved a lot when he was growing up but spent part of his youth in Arizona. Steven Spielberg is also part of the Jewish religion. List of Most recognized movies: Steven Spielberg has a list of many movies that he has

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