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    movie that jumpstarted Steven Spielberg’s career in the film industry, then The Color Purple was the movie that was able to distinguish Steven from any other movie director during the time. All of Spielberg’s movies prior to 1985 were generally movies of either action packed adventure or unnerving horror, but once Steven Spielberg announced that he would be doing a movie based on Alice Walker’s book, The Color of Purple, no one knew what to expect. Jump 31 years later, Steven Spielberg’s The Color

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    The Importance Of Music

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    introducing her ministry. Meanwhile, ushers move up and down the aisles with offering cards, ensuring that everyone has at least one. Joyce returns and briefly draws attention to Steven Furtick, pastor of Elevation Church, and his wife Holly. When Joyce mentions Elevation the crowd cheers loudly, and the camera shows a shot of Steven and Holly sitting front and center on floor level. Joyce then introduces the opportunity people will have to give, but wants to talk about giving first. She connects the gift

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    The progress in globalization, advancements in diplomacy and international relations have allowed our world to experience a period of long-lasting piece unprecedented in human history. However, such stability is not a given and a single miss spark can reignite the haystack, engulfing the world in flames of total war once more. Both “The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” and Saving Private Ryan aims to capture the pitiless, brutality and ethical violations of war. In doing so, both works of literature

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    Kodak Mistake

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    Kodak’s million dollar mistake. Kodak is a multinational company based in US but with operations across the globe. The company was established in 1889 by George Eastman. The company as then known as Eastman Kodak Company but currently is popularly known as Kodak. The company is involved in the production of photographic and imaging materials and equipment’s (Fandel, 2007). Kodak was the leader in bringing photography to the mass market. They held 90 percent market share in the US film market at their

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    Within its 300 or so pages, Freakonomics manages to cover a vast scope of topics that typically wouldn’t be seen as related at all, let alone bound within the same two covers of a best-selling book. From sumo wrestlers to real-estate agents to drug dealers, Levitt and Dubner delve into these and many other unconventional topics in a way that shines a new light on all of them--in a way that an economist would look at them. Levitt and Dubner have a unique way of connecting two seemingly unrelated

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    George Lucas is by far one of the most influential figures that has been and will be within the show business. He is the creator of huge movie series such as Star Wars and Indiana Jones. He also established a production company for directors and creative people alike, LucasFilms Ltd. However, he did not get to this point of fame out of nowhere. It all started when he was born in May 14, 1944 in Modesto, California. George did not get so good grades in high school. He then attended University of Southern

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    Christopher Edward Nolan was born on July 30, 1970 in London, England. He is one of the most successful innovative directors and screenwriters in all of Hollywood. His films are intelligently thought out, and psychologically enthralling. He always had a passion for cinema and film-making, developing a deep interest in film at the age of 7 when he shot his first short film using action figures with his father's super 8 camera. His childhood was an important time of enlightenment for his future work

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    Ever SINCE the popularity of movies exploded, film geeks continue to debate the single movie to rule them all. WITHOUT A DOUBT, The Godfather is considered a masterpiece by many. FURTHERMORE, the subsequent Godfather sequels are excellent in their own right. The Shawshank Redemption is unquestionably a classic film, AS WELL. ALSO, one or even several movies in a series have their share of bragging rights. CASE IN POINT: the original Star Wars trilogy, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and the Indiana

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    The two famous creative thinkers that I choose to present is Steven Allan Spielberg and Cornel Ronald West. Two individual that is famous for using their creative thinking that impacted the society and history. This paper will focus on their individual unique contribution to society, the ideas south to solve any specific issues, personal, social and political acquirement, creative thinking process and a critique of their ideas. Steven Allan Spielberg is one of the most influential and successful

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    Selma The 13th Analysis

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    her directorial debut the most practical experience she'd had on the other side of the camera was helping organize documentary footage culled from her many humanitarian aid missions. Part of her style of working has to do with remembering what kind of directors she has no patience for when she's acting in a movie. When it comes to her cast, Jolie Pitt believes in spending lots of one-on-one time, identifying the overlap between actor and character, familiarizing herself with their individual process

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