law‚ so not really helpful for the general population). (up to 50 points) PRINT YOUR NAME: _________________________ NAME OF MOVIE: _________________________ YEAR OF RELEASE: _________________________ DIRECTOR: _________________________ MAIN ACTORS/ACTRESSES: _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ A. Describe in a page the FACTS of the case the movie is about. ___________________________________________________________ ____
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3.4 Types of Actors Figure 3.2 Types of Actors and Some Current Actors Who Fit Each Category Impersonators Dustin Hoffman brings Lenny Bruce to life. The performance is so convincing and Lenny so gritty that today’s audiences may think they are seeing Lenny Bruce himself.Photo by Mary Evans/Ronald Grant/courtesy Everett Collection The term impersonator is considered somewhat demeaning in the acting world‚ suggesting that the actor has simply copied the manner‚ dialect‚ and behavior of a character
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In film making‚ the actor is the face of the film. Acting is not just pretending to be someone else; it is becoming the character thereby creating the magic of effective acting. Noticeable actors are usually our way into a movie. (Goodykoontz‚ & Jacobs 2011). Impersonator: Usually these roles are found in historical and biographical stories. (Goodykoontz‚ & Jacobs 2011). I think of Denzel Washington impersonating Malcolm X in 1992; where Mr. Washington took on the person of Malcolm X and delivered
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entertainment business; such as the invention of the teleprompter‚ TV’s first soap opera‚ "The Little Rascals" TV show‚ and the "I Love Lucy" TV show. But the most important thing about the entertainment in the 50s was the actors and actresses. Through out the 50s there were hundreds of actors and actresses. To name a few Vivien Leigh‚ Audrey Hepburn‚ Marlon Brando ‚Grace Kelly‚ Bette Davis‚ Katharine Hepburn‚ Burt Lancaster‚ Bing Crosby‚ Dorothy Dandridge‚ Judy Garland‚ Elizabeth Taylor‚ and Doris Day
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Sacks’ 1973 memoir of the same title. It is one of the best movie that touches the heart of many people. It is the most emotionally stunning and profound moving journey that was based on a true to life story. The movie was great because how they acted their roles were exceptional. Honestly‚ the roles given to them are really hard because they will handle all the emotional and physical challenges of their roles. You really need a good actors to be able to act it out‚ and so they did. It was so moving
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Morgan Porterfield Freeman‚ Jr. (born June 1‚ 1937) is an American actor‚ film director‚ and narrator. He is noted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice. Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart‚ Driving Miss Daisy‚ The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus and won in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby. He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Freeman has appeared in many other box office hits‚ including Unforgiven
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frivolous sense of humour in an attempt to keep his child’s innocence while at a concentration camp. This film was a huge success‚ winning the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 71st Academy Awards‚ the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Like all great films‚ "Life is Beautiful" is best viewed without prior knowledge of key plot elements. One of my greatest pleasures in watching it was that I knew nothing of the film’s story. Therefore
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reason why this movie is the best ever is the fact that it was nominated for seven Oscars. Another very important reason is the nearly perfect cast for the nearly perfect movie. Finally‚ the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has voted for the best two-hundred and fifty movies ever‚ The Shawshank Redemption was number one as the best movie‚ voted by the mass of viewers that regularly vote. Many great movies receive not so much as a single award for their efforts‚ though this
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interrupt the practice which in return landed Gump with scholarship to the University where he graduated and All American. After meeting president John F. Kennedy‚ Forrest was recruited to the army where he was sent to Vietnam where coincidentally met his best friend Bubba in which resulted the idea of Bubba Gump industries‚ unfortunately Bubba died during battle so Forrest had to carry out the billion Sam Smith Page # 2 dollar idea on his own. In the end Forrest marries Jenny and have a son that
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Dylan were well on their way by the time they were his age." And also a song of Bob Dylans‚ ’ The Hurricane ’ was mentioned. Salvador Dali - Salvador Dali was a prominent Spanish surrealist painter born in Figueres. Dalí was a skilled draftsman‚ best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work - In 1970 Salvador Dali released a book called ’Dali’ declaring himself as being an anarchist and monarchist. - Just like Bob Dylan‚ Salvador was mentioned when Ed was talking about
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Impersonator: An actor who attempts to imp–personate actual people for a role‚ such as in historical and biographical stories. I chose Jamie Foxx for my impersonator actor. In 2004 Jamie stared in the title role of the film “Ray”. This film is a biographical film about the life of Ray Charles. Jamie did so well at portraying Ray Charles that he received an Academy Award for best actor. Personality actor: An actor whose own personality tends to define all the characters he portrays‚ so that the
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James Dean was born on February 8‚ 1931‚ at the Seven Gables apartment house located at the corner of 4th Street and McClure Street in Marion‚ Indiana‚ to Winton Dean and Mildred Wilson. Six years after his father had left farming to become a dental technician‚ James and his family moved to Santa Monica‚ California. He was enrolled at Brentwood Public School in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles‚ but transferred soon afterward to the McKinley Elemetary school.[5] The family spent several years
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For someone who completed just three big feature films in his brief career‚ the effect of James Dean on popular culture is truly remarkable. It is not just the films themselves‚ but the persona and the magnetism that James Dean exhibited that attracts such fascination and admiration. James Dean’s performances hint at so much more. His reaction to the world around him seems to sum up how so many young people around the world relate to their lives. He was reared by his aunt and uncle in Fairmont
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officer is actually like. They did it so well that it won various awards. Training day came to theaters in February of 2001. It stars Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke‚ and directed by Antoine Fuqua. Many awards where given to this movie for its excellence. The biggest of them all being the Academy Award for Best Actor which‚ was given to Denzel Washington in 2002. Others included where best director‚ best film‚ best villain‚ and best cameo.
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Morgan Freeman Actor‚ director‚ narrator. Morgan Freeman was born on June 1‚ 1937 in Memphis‚ Tennessee. As a kid‚ Freeman spent a good portion of his time scraping together enough money to see movies‚ where he gained an early admiration for actors like Gary Cooper‚ spencer Tracy‚ and Sidney Poitier. It was luck that Freeman himself got into acting. He was in junior high and‚ as punishment for pulling out a chair from underneath a girl he had a crush on‚ Freeman was ordered to participate in the
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Look closer. The chilling tag-line of multi award winning American Beauty has great relatability‚ from the lives of all of the characters to the hidden beauty on showcase throughout the film. It cannot simply be filed into one genre‚ instead being a drama‚ comedy‚ tragedy and more. Director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Alan Ball fine-tuned the film‚ resulting in a triumph of writing‚ acting and directing. The movie follows the last few months of everyman Lester Burnham’s (played by the seemingly ideal
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that many people become susceptible to because they don’t understand this pandemic. Tom Hanks won the Academy Award‚ Golden Globe Award‚ and a Silver Bear for Best Actor‚ and lost weight for the role of Andrew Beckett in the film‚ conveying a realistic portrayal of those with AIDS. Rock Hudson‚ a beloved and accomplished romantic actor of the 50’s and 60’s was one of the first Hollywood actors to die of AIDS‚ and his diagnosis occurred at the same time as the revelation of AIDS itself. Hudson closeted
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based on the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest written by Ken Kesey. The reviews for this film are phenomenal. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was also nominated for 9 academy awards. The film won 5 out of the 9 nominations. The awards include Best Picture‚ Best Director‚ Best Screenplay‚ Best Actor (Jack Nicholson)‚ and Best Actress (Fletcher). One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a very interesting yet unusal film. The dark comedy‚ conflict between the main characters‚ and the setting is what
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interview for the American Film Institute‚ actor Jeff Bridges‚ discussing 1941’s Citizen Kane‚ said its director was "twenty-five years old‚ and he didn’t know what he couldn’t do...and Greg Toland gave him all the confidence in the world (2011‚ 0:28 sec.). Bridges was of course talking about the late‚ great Orson Welles. But who was Greg Toland? Well known in Hollywood at the time‚ Toland was a longtime cinematographer who had not only won an Academy Award for 1939’s Wuthering Heights‚ but more importantly
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On the Waterfront is the battle between good and evil.” Do you agree? The film On the Waterfront directed by Elia Kazan depicts the conflict between righteous and evil in 1954. The dock workers live under the fear of Johnny Friendly‚ the leader of the corrupt mob run union. The antagonist Johnny Friendly requires complete loyalty from not only the longshoremen but also his henchmen‚ in order to maintain his power in the waterfront community‚ he does not allow any betrayal or even the idea of
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