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    Lisberger is best remembered today for Tron and for directing the underrated sci-fi film, starring Mark Hamill called Slipstream (1989). “The inspiration for Tron occurred in 1976 when Steven Lisberger, then an animator of drawings with his own studio, looked at a sample reel from a computer firm called MAGI and saw Pong for the first time. He was immediately fascinated by video games and wanted to do a film incorporating them” (Wikipedia)

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    Based off Charles Webb’s 1963 novel by the same name, The Graduate is an American romantic comedy/drama released in the United States on December 21, 1967 starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, and William Daniels. The film was directed by Mike Nichols, produced by Lawrence Turman and the screenplay written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham. The film was produced by Lawrence Turman/Mike Nichols productions starting in March of 1967. Mike Nichols has also directed other well known

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    Great Gatsby Characters Jay Gatsby- For my Great Gatsby movie, I'd have Jonny Depp play Jay Gatsby. I would pick Jonny Depp for this part because it is a big one, and I feel that he can handle it due to his experience in large spots. For example he was the main character in all Pirates of the Caribbean and he was also the main character in Edward Scissorhands. If you've seen any of Jonny Depp's movies you would know that he is very versatile and will go to any depth to be the best he can as a character

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    In Germany, death camps were set up after 1933 to keep Jews. Amid World War II annihilation, or demise, camps were built up for the sole reason for murdering men, ladies, and kids. In the most infamous camps, Auschwitz, Treblinka in Poland, Buchenwald and Dachau in Germany, more than 6 million individuals, generally Jews and Poles, were executed in gas chambers. A huge number of others were likewise interned amid the war, and a vast extent kicked the bucket because of gross abuse, lack of healthy

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    INTRODUCTION: The Coen brothers are one of the most known filmmakers in the industry. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen’s films range from different types of styles, categories and genres. These genres include, comedy thriller and action. A few of their famous films are Blood Simple which came out in 1984, Fargo in 1996 and one of the most recent film which came out this year Hail, Caesar. They have written a number of films which they didn’t direct such as Unbroken in 2014 and The Naked Man from 1998.

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    In the present day, an elderly World War II veteran and his family visit the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Normandy, France. The veteran walks around the cemetery and, upon seeing one gravestone, collapses to his knees, overwhelmed by emotion. The film flashes back to the morning of June 6, 1944, the beginning of the Normandy Invasion, as American soldiers prepare to land on Omaha Beach. They suffer heavily from their struggle against German infantry, machine gun nests, and artillery

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    Imagine this: a vast, open landscape full of beauty and terror, framed by the noises of life. Deep purples merging upon the horizon as the distant mountains reach for the white sun. Red dirt and green earth blending on canvas to make this wondrous land – Australia. Our Home. Good morning/afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I am Fiona Collins with Infilm here today to convince you that the classic 1981 Australian film The Man From Snowy River deserves to be included in your Hall of Fame. I shall educate

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    This movie has given a vivid image of violence and the real picture of a battle in the war between the US and German soldiers. Director Steven Spielberg used all of his talent and resource to portray the realistic scenario of the war which includes the brutal, graphic and disturbing scenes of the ongoing war against the Germans. The director of this movie Steven Spielberg has done an excellent job to portray the realistic scenario of the war with real time experience of the brutality, graphics and

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    On November 7th, 2015, I went to a concert of my favorite singer. His name is Sufjan Stevens, and I have been listening to him for many years. I had the chance to see him live in Orlando at the Dr. Philips performing art center. He was performing his new album in, which was very important to him because it was about his mother. His mother had liver cancer, after some time she was not able to walk and had to live in the hospital. Sadly, she never made it through, but Sufjan was able to say his final

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    Bam. Pow. Whack. Kaboom. Look at these words and look at them closely. These are onomatopoeiae. What is an onomatopoeia? Besides being a hard word to both read and write, it's when a sound is associated with a word. Long before the days of the moving pictures, onomatopoeias were a special effect of the sort. They helped add substance and excitement to a given scenario. However, this is 2017. We have the technology to create something bigger. Today's special effects are nothing short of jaw-dropping

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