Not Just Black and White From Charlie Chaplin’s 1940 film The Great Dictator satirizing World War II to Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film Jurassic Park addressing the unchecked progression of science‚ film showcases topics being discussed in America. These topics range‚ but one trait is similar between them all. The characters are played by white actors and actresses. In 2016 minorities were outnumbered 3 to 1 for film leads (Citation). This statistic contrasts with the current diversity of America‚
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The Dark Knight Rises is a brilliant movie and‚ unless The Life of Pi does the complete opposite of what I expect it to do‚ it will be my favourite movie of 2012. The Dark Knight Rises‚ predecessor leaves us at Harvey Dents Death as two face‚ and 2 awards‚ unfortunately not the one for the best movie‚ let’s see if the Dark Knight Rises breaks
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Shawshank Redemption Quietly moving‚ yet startlingly beautiful; Shawshank Redemption is one of those movies that gets better every time that I see it. It was directed by Frank Darabond and based on Stephen King’s first non-horror novel. Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins play two convicts serving time in a New England prison named Shawshank in the 1940’s. Tim Robbins plays a man named Andy Dufresne‚ a banker‚ who is wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and her lover and is sentenced to two life
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1995 outshone by Forrest Gump5 and Pulp Fiction6‚ got no spotlight on the Oscar but seven nominations. Then something strange happened. “Then something strange happened. A movie that had underperformed at the box office and gone unrewarded at the Academy Awards grew quietly but steadily into a hit on video. And not even a cult hit: within a few years‚ The Shawshank Redemption was a full-blown phenomenon.” (Sunday Times‚ 2004) Since its release‚ the film is ranked #1 in IMDb ’s “Top 250” list based on
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it‚ said they adored it but it’ll get very negative responses from other because of how insane is. I mean this excites in one aspect‚ but absolutely terrifies me because I want a PTA comeback with the Academy. Selma - Guys‚ I didn’t know Ava DuVernay was invited to the Director’s branch of the Academy until recently so that aspect quite excites me. I’m going to pull a mini-Anne Thompson though. I’m not sold yet. She seems to have made a pretty well regarded independent film a lot of Awardswatch members
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Abstract Rewards motivate employees by increasing job satisfaction‚ commitment‚ and productivity in the organization. Rewards have been shown to increase productivity by 20 to 30 percent. Award distributions should be situation-dependent‚ equitable‚ immediate‚ and should be targeted toward teams. A variety of reward types should be used because different people have a different value system. One study showed that when firms offered monetary and non-monetary rewards they had productivity increase
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do a movie for the business side with the box office‚ or do it for art side through gaining critical approval and awards. Whichever they choose‚ success can be measured in both critical approval and net gross. Very few films win an Oscar or Academy Award for best film‚ actor‚ or director that finishes on top or even in the top 15 at the box office. Numbers in the box office and awards won in 2004 and 2005 deliver trends in both individual films and genres that give evidence that the two sides of
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they searched the airplane and Theo began to worry‚ was he wasting everyones time but he kept wondering if he saw the right man John Grisham has written many books for all age groups. He is a best selling author and has won so many awards including the Helmerich Award. He was also a former attorney which is why he has a lot of law and justice in his books. He was born February 8‚ 1955 and is still alive. And multiple books of his have become
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Good Will Hunting is a drama film written Damon and Affleck. It was also nominated for nine Academy Rewards in 1997‚ but only came away with two wins‚ Robin Williams for Best Supporting Actors and Damon and Affleck for Best Original Screenplay. Matt Damon as Will Hunting portrayed the main character of the film. It is a very interesting film that which displays the lessons behind each character depict genuine situation that even the average person experiences. Will is a twenty-year-old man
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editors‚ he started to write his own books in 1980s. In 2004‚ he received the Caldecott medal for his book “The Man Who Walked Between the Towers.” Besides the Caldecott medal‚ he received numerous awards such as AJLA SidneyTaylor Award in 2005‚ Hornbook Award in 2004 and was chosen as the gold award winner of parents’ choice in 2002. His works include among others Sholom’s Treasure‚ What Charlie Heard‚ The Wild Boy‚ The Mountains of Tibet and many more. Mordicai Gerstein is also a painter‚ sculptor
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