considered their own nation. The movie Gallipoli illustrates how the World War I was important in helping Australia find their identity and create a sense of patriotism. Australian moviemaking had its highs and lows through the Twentieth Century. After the 1970’s‚ a new age of Australian films started to flow from the country and “historical films became the most visible internationally” (Bordwell 628). Gallipoli was a film made in 1981 by Peter Weir. The movie not only tells the story of two young
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Lincoln is a movie based off of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin‚ which portrays the latter end of Abraham Lincoln’s illustrious career. The film is based around Congressional debate and Lincoln’s attempts to pass the 13th Amendment‚ abolishing slavery in the United States. The movie is centered in Washington D.C. and the areas surrounding it between the Emancipation Proclamation in January‚ 1863‚ and the death of Lincoln in April‚ 1865. The film raises
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dream at one time or another of leaving everything behind and starting over‚ searching for inner strengths. When Into the Wild was released on September 21st‚ 2007‚ based on the nonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer. Directed by Sean Penn‚ this movie shows us the gripping true story of Chris McCandless‚ played by Emile Hirsch‚ as he leaves his privileged life behind to embark on a quest for adventure and truth. The film is set in the early 1990’s and follows Chris as he graduates from Emory University
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His famous Titanic‚ which was first showed in 1997‚ was made into 3D movie this year------the 100 anniversary of Titanic being sunk. The movie Titanic is close to the real accident happened on April 14th‚ 1912 and there’s a lot of physics involved in the movie. We have to admit that James Cameron really spent plenty of time on the causation of the accident. ① physics side note: Pressure (√) At the beginning of the movie‚ there is a group of people who want to find the invaluable “Heart of
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America‚ to be married to Cal Hockley (Billy Zane)‚ a situation she is not thrilled about. Sparks fly when Dawson manages to talk Rose out of jumping overboard‚ but tragedy awaits as the unsinkable ship hits and iceberg and begins to flounder. In the movie‚ this story is presented to the audience as a flashback. The narrator is Rose‚ 101 years old‚ with the last name Dawson. She tells the story to a treasure hunter (Bill Paxton)‚ who is looking for the famous (and valuable) Heart of the Ocean‚ a diamond
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Andrew Schelb Pride Reflection In the movie pride‚ the unlikely swim team from the Marc Foster Recreation center in Philadelphia faces many challenges but I found it very foreshadowing how the movie opened up with all three examples in a 10 minute span. The Prejudice of them refusing to swim with him as though he was undeserving of their time‚ the Diversity of being literally the only African American in the entire area‚ and the Discrimination from the officers who threatened him. His reaction
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Not only do filmmakers and directors stereotype races by modifying their existence but also think it is perfectly acceptable. Why is it tolerable for people of different races to be looked down upon because of the ways media portrays them? Every movie makes its way to the top by some how standing out amongst the rest. The 1995 comedy and romance‚ Clueless by Amy Heckerling‚ clearly portrayed the White Americans as wealthy superficial and entitled. This romantic comedy is told about a young American
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classified as a Canadian hockey movie‚ released in September 2011. This movie stars Vinay Virmani as the lead character Rajveer Singh‚ Camilla Belle as Reena‚ Russell Peters as Reena’s fiancé‚ Anupam Kher is Raj’s father Mr. Singh‚ and Rob Lowe as Coach Dan Winters. Robert Lieberman is the director and it is produced by Akshay Kumar and Paul Gross. Breakaway is at first glance a movie about hockey‚ but you quickly learn that hockey is merely one aspect of this movie. There is a lot to think about
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Brock Marcotte Movie Review 2/23/2015 Introduction In the film Valkyrie‚ it portrays a large-scale conspiracy within the German Army attempting to assassinate Hitler. The film is based on the closest attempt that there was during WW2 by a coup of people led by Col. Claus Von Stauffenberg. It shows the multiple attempts by the group on Hitler’s life with both how they were able to get in close enough with Hitler‚ and the ways that their attempts failed or were flawed. The movie brings us into the
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Finding Nemo: The Movie Finding Nemo directed by Andrew Stanton‚ and Lee Unkrick is a great family packed computer-animated comedy-adventure that the whole family can sit down and enjoy. The movie "Finding Nemo" is about a clown fish named Nemo who learns that growing up and gaining independence doesn ’t mean your parents don ’t know what is good for you. The movie starts off with how Nemo was born with a tiny fin and with only a father to raise him. Nemo then gets lost and taken out of the ocean
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