Alec Guinness

of the year in 1977 by about four million dollars worldwide. The director George Lucas had brought the screenplay to life when he used the Actors Mark Hamill who played Luke Skywalker, Harrison Ford as Han Solo, Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia, Alec Guinness who played Obi-Wan Kenobi, Peer Mayhew who was…

playing Catesby in Richard III and a French officer in All’s Well That Ends Well. Working with Guthrie in Stratford was a thrilling experience for him, and Findley continued to keep in touch with the company even after he left later. There, he met Alec Guinness, the main actor of the festival, who was so impressed with him that he offered Findley a training at London’s Central School of Speech of Drama. For the subsequent 3 years, Findley worked as a contract actor. Later in England, he was…

career was very successful. In 1977 George came out with Star Wars episode IV A New Hope with Harrison Ford (Han Solo) Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) Anthony Daniels ( C-3P0) Kenny Baker (R2-D2) Alec Guinness (Obi-Wan Kenobi) David Prowse (Darth Vader). George Lucas was a very successful man during his life. George Lucas was a very successful man. In George Lucas’s life he was fascinated with cameras and wanted to be a race car driver but…

Star Wars is an all time classic movie that influenced generations of fans with its characters, score, and editing that created a legacy unlike any film before. Star Wars had the luxury of an all star cast that gave a heart to a far off galaxy. John Williams incredible score was able to bring a futuristic movie to audiences with a classic feel. Although, it was the award winning editing team transformed Star Wars into the iconic film we have today. Together all of these factors made the story…

Have you ever heard of Star Wars? You probably have. It’s “a space opera film series (created by George Lucas) that became one of the most successful and influential franchises in motion picture history.” Starting in the late 20th century, and brought back at the turn of the 21st century, the Star Wars films continually advanced the field of special effects, and developed into a massive merchandising industry. Lucas’s success as director and writer with his previous films got him the support of…

John Hurt, The Elephant Man, John Hurt passed away , at 77 after a fight against pancreatic cancer The man in “The Elephant Man”, the addict Max in “Midnight Express”, the despicable Caligula in “I, Claudius”, the astronaut Kane in “Alien” and Garrick Olivander in “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” died with his boots on, in his home in Norfolk, with his recent paper as father Richard McSorley in “Jackie”, with two unreleased movies and an unfinished project about the life and…

Hamed Rashid 201216504 COM 321 Lawrence of Arabia critique COM 321 Lawrence of Arabia Hamed Rashid 201216504 COM 321 The movie is a masterpiece movie directed by David Lean have won seven Oscars, its one of the most epic movies listed in Hollywood. An adventure of a western British officer Thomas Lawrence, Showing his way of helping the Arab win their case against the Ottoman Empire at that time World War I. Theme - The main theme of the film is it’s…

The 2000 Presidential election was the first time George W. Bush ran for president. He ran against Dick Cheney and won. The electoral votes were 271-266 with George having more. This was a significant election because it was the 4th election in all of American history where the candidate that had more electoral votes did not have more popular votes. In the 2008 Presidential Election first time candidate Barack Obama went against John McCain. Obama was the democratic candidate and John was the…

Bridge on the River Kwai If there is a film that I would watch it over and over again, then it would be The Bridge on the River Kwai, a British-American 1957 World War II epic film, directed by David Lean and starring William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guinness, and Sessue Hayakawa. I lost count of how many times I have watched and re-watched this film. I think there may even have been times I rewound the tape and played it again. Now, it has been released on Blu-ray DVD and that make it even…