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    many to accomplish dreams. From when he was a boy he never gave up on his dream of being an actor and now he’s a grammy winning movie star! There are so many great things to learn about Leonardo that you would have never guessed‚ in his life‚ career‚ and throughout his accomplishments. DiCaprio is an influential person because of his inspiring personal life‚ he is an actor for a living‚ and has won many awards. Leonardo DiCaprio has had a very hard working life. DiCaprio was born in Los Angeles on

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    ENGL 102 Comedy Analysis and Critique Sai Hao directed by Henry Koster‚ and starring James Stewart. I think that this is the best comedy I had never watched before. The story is about Elwood‚ a polite gentleman whose best friend is a 6-foot tall pooka named Harvey. He got a serious hallucination after his mom died and always believed the existence of Harvey. He did everything with Harvey‚ even though Harvey did not exist in the real world. He would always talk with his former friend

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    outstanding actor Tom Hanks (who won an oscar for best actor in this movie). Forrest was an only child who lived with his mother in Green Bow‚ Alabama and his father was never in the picture. Forrest was courageous‚ kindhearted and highly determined. His mother taught him his ways and even though Forrest only had an IQ of 75‚ she reassured him that he was no different than anyone else. Forrest’s mother loved him immensely. She would have gone to the end of the earth to provide the best for him‚

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    day‚ a wall of a portapotty washes up on shore‚ and he is able to use it to make some sort of raft to hopefully get him home or at least far enough to be noticed and venture the roaring sea once again. After much physical stress and the loss of his best friend Wilson‚ he is saved by a passing boat‚ and is returned home as somewhat of a hero and viewed as the pinnacle of strength and survival. Only thing is that the only thing that pushed him to survive for four years is now married with children putting

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    October 12‚ 2013 Film Studies/ 2 Johnny Chapton Johnny Depp is one of this generation’s most talented actor. His character development is beyond compare. Johnny Depp has acted in a plethora of movies‚ but in Benny and Joon and some others‚ his physical movements are very similar to some very famous silent film actors. Johnny’s character‚ Sam‚ is an eccentric one: he’s awkward‚ silly‚ and has a very imaginative mind. Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton acted as fathers to Johnny’s

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    of Boston that are forever connected when one of them is tricked and captured by child molestors; to the present date‚ their lives can be best described as restless and unsettled that goes into turmoil with the following of the murder. Accredited as one of Eastwood’s most memorable films‚ the film uses a perfectly group of actors who are able to perform the best emotion in the story‚ the emotions and feelings throughout the film is very deep and shows the honest pain of their characters. The film

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    Idea and Explanation Example Quotes Techniques Appearance vs Reality Approx4 2per e.g. List act scene line 2per e.g. Richard III- Richard‚ himself is very aware of the gap between his outwards reality and inward reality. As a consequence he carefully constructs his façade while fully acknowledging his Machiavellian motivations to the audience in his asides. Clarence going to prison and Richard says he will try to get him out but doesn’t do it. The ghosts visits

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    The 1950’s were a time of fun entertainment and prosperity. Many famous musicians and actors were taking the stage to change the way people thought of music and films in America‚ and even change their racial views somewhat. Stars like Elvis Presley‚ Bill Haley‚ and Nat King Cole with their “rock n’ roll” music changed the way people viewed music and viewed other races. The film industry of the fifties set precedence for future American filmmakers and set the standard of the industry higher than ever

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    Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play A Raisin in the Sun was groundbreaking as it was the first play written by a black woman to be produced on Broadway‚ as well as one of the first to depict the everyday struggles faced by a black American family (Nemiroff 6). The play has been adapted to the screen on three occasions. In 1961‚ a film version of the play was released featuring the original Broadway cast and a screenplay written by Hansberry herself (A Raisin in the Sun 1961). A second adaptation was made

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    The film Untouchables‚ released in 1987 epitomizes the struggle between good and evil in the city of Chicago in the 1930s. Set in a historical setting right after the infamous prohibition law the film illustrates how corruption engulfs all the parts of the government system and gangsters like Al Capone rises and thrives. Until we see the emergence of Eliot Ness‚ posing as a super hero with rock hard sense of honesty and attempts to cleanse the city of Capone. After much hardship and loss of lives

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