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    Brokeback Mountain

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    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 sheep herder. The two cowboys‚ Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal)‚ are sent to Brokeback mountain to herd sheep’s and it is there that both fall in love with each other. After this realization‚ both go their separate ways; Ennis back home to his sweetheart‚ Alma (Michelle Williams) and Jack to Texas to be

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    story with significant and unforgettable visual effects‚ in order to catch the audiences’ attentions and alarm people bewaring of the seriousness of global warming. On the other hand‚ one of the main characters Jake Gyllenhaal has made an outstanding performance in the movie and it shows Jake has delivered one of his best performances to the audiences. Weather system of the Earth collapses due to global warming. The climate changes for the worst. Tokyo is hit by softball size hail; it begins to snow

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    Donnie Darko

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    Donnie Darko - English assignment by Emma Bak Sauer Donnie Darko is a film by Richard Kelly from 2001‚ with Jake Gyllenhaal in the main lead. The film is supposed to look like it’s from 1988. The film is about a schizophrenic teen that lives in the American suburb of Middlesex. When an unidentified giant plane engine crashes into his room‚ a chain of mysterious events is triggered. Donnie is plagued by visions of an evil-looking rabbit named Frank. Who makes Donnie commit acts of violence‚ and

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    Brokeback Mountain in Wyoming. The movie adaptations by the director Ang Lee‚ came out 2005. And it received Oscar Awards for Best Director‚ Best Original Score and Best Adapted Screenplay. The characters Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar are played by Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger. The purpose of this essay is to show the difference between the short-story and the film by comparing the characters Jack and Ennis‚ their relationship and their relationship with their wives. In the short-story both Jack and

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    The Movie Proof

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    May 23‚ 2000. It was made into a movie in 2005. Proof was acted out as in today’s times‚ not a replica that would have taken place decades ago. The main cast members were Gwyneth Paltrow as Catherine‚ Anthony Hopkins as Catherine’s father and Jake Gyllenhaal as Hal. This film is about a professor that was a mathematician. Anthony Hopkins played this specific role. The beginning started out as if he had been sick and shortly into the movie he passed away. Flashbacks that were not distinctly identified

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    Southpaw Southern Adventist University Amaad Dowdell The movie that was chosen for the case was called South Paw. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a boxer named Billy Hope. He overcame being placed in foster care system as a child and married his childhood sweetheart. He does not know his parents and has social skill issues. He is faced with a sixth grade education as he has trouble reading and managing his financials. His wife makes all of the decisions for the house when

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    has an older brother named Jake. Jake and Toby both love baseball and Jake won the championship last year. Their father left when they were little and never came back‚ so to stay fit financially they had to sell their house and move to an apartment. Once Jake gets stressed out he relies on drugs to help him cope. Toby has to cover for Jake when he comes home high. Jake starts to skip school and still money from his mom’s tip jar. Once Toby realizes what’s happening to Jake he relies on a baseball card

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    Cited: 2001 A Space Odyssey. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Perf. Keir Dullea‚ Gary Lockwood‚ and William Sylvester. February 3‚ 2004. DVD. Warner Studios‚ 1968. Donnie Darko. Dir. Richard Kelly. Perf. Jake Gyllenhaal‚ Holmes Osborne‚ Maggie Gyllenhaal‚ Daveigh Chase‚ Mary McDonnell‚ Patrick Swayze‚ Drew Barrymore‚ and James Duval. September 7‚ 2004. Videocassette. Fox Home Entertainment‚ 2001.

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    Donnie Darko vs. Oedipus Rex

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    Greek tragedies were often seen as the foundation to literature not only for the Greeks but also on a universal scale as well. Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex was one of the more infamous tales because of its provocative and unorthodox nature. The tragedy features a man on a quest to prevent the events of his prophesized life from coming to fruition. The key components of fate‚ destiny and time can be paralleled to the cult classic film Donnie Darko. In the movie‚ Donnie suffers from predictions of the

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    Dayjah Franklin Mrs. Trapp Writing 4-28-13 CELBRITIES GONE WILD As we all heard our favorite actress Reese Witherspoon was arrested in the peach city of Atlanta‚ Georgia. For those who don’t know who she is she stared in the movie “Legally Blonde.” She was the good girl of Holy wood until that night. She used those cocky words “ Do you know who I am”‚ now normally you hear those words in the movie‚ but this is reality. My topic is “ Should celebrities or professional athletes be viewed as

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