Best Actor Award

The film American Beauty was written by Alan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes. The motion picture was released in 1999, and was distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. Although this movie was very controversial it won awards that include: best picture, actor, and screenplay. In this film, actor Kevin Spacy stars as the main character Lester Burnham, a forty-two year old man who is enduring a life transformation during his mid-life crisis years. Lester was living the typical ‘American Dream’; he had a…

twentieth century audience. Rather than condemn Richard 's duplicity, Pacino subtlety admires Richard 's skill as an actor and how on a grander stage he is able to constantly switch personas and deceive the characters who trust him, "he 's in good shape. He can move around. He can manoeuvre. He 's got room" (Pacino). Moreover, the smooth transitions between rehearsals, staged performances, actors heated discussion and documentary mode on the street serve to emphasise and give credit to Richard…

Roberto Benigni and George Orwell explore similar central ideas in the texts Life is Beautiful and 1984. Considering the setting of; a controlled society, a war based on ideological differences and family; the importance or unimportance, the concepts of words, thoughts, actions, death and family structure are explored. Life is Beautiful follows protagonist, Guido Orefice, in 1939 and his experiences through WWll, as later narrated by his son, Giosue. The fable-like tale focuses on the concepts,…

Sacha Baron Cohen is a British comedian and actor who is widely known for his portrayal of three unorthodox fictional characters: Ali G, Borat and Brüno. IN THESE GROUPS FAMOUS PEOPLE IN FILM FAMOUS PEOPLE IN TELEVISION POST-BRITPOP LONDON - CULTURAL ICONS: 2000S FAMOUS PEOPLE NAMED SACHA Show All Groups Sacha Baron Cohen - Full Episode (TV-14; 45:14) Cohen was born to an orthodox Jewish family in London and studied history before turning to comedy in 1995. As hipster Ali G, Cohen interviewed…

From the academy award winning director Clint Eastwood comes the astounding film “Sully” which features Tom Hanks as the protagonist named Sully. While the film uses many techniques and even more tricks to achieve its looks, it also has a true story that captivates the audience making this a movie to remember. Clint Eastwood has been a world renowned actor ever since his first appearance in “Revenge of the Creature” debuting in 1954 which started his legacy in the film industry. Tom Hanks, an…

usually created a brighter scene. My favorite actor in this movie as Steve Martin as Orin Scrivello the dentist. I think he did an excellent job in actin in this movie, he had a good charisma and even though he was the and evil character he still manages to bring a good sense of humor to the movie. The main reason I was…

The song I chose is not based off of a book, it is based off a screenplay. Which is still a piece of literature. It was written specifically for the 1966 movie, “Django”. The song's title is just “Django”. It was written by Luis Bacalov and performed by Rocky Roberts. Since it was written for a movie, it is not part of an album. It is a very good song that tells the story of a gun-slinging, rogue, ruthless, yet just, cowboy. The screenplay follows the story of Django, a cowboy who run’s into…

The Wolf of Wall Street Analysis The Wolf of Wall Street is a film filled with sex, drugs, and lots of money. It was directed by Martin Scorsese, and released on December 25th, 2013. The movie revolves around the life of Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker who founded his brokerage firm, Stratton Oakmont. After watching the trailer multiple times, it can be concluded that the audience targeted were mainly adults and teenagers. Even more specific, they use rhetoric to appeal to large groups like…

A minute into the movie the words “Allahu akbar" can be heard in Arabic as Chris Kyle is about to put a bullet in a child with an anti-tank grenade. Our protagonist is revealed. Portrayed by Bradley Cooper (Voted sexiest man alive 2011), he lives, loves, laughs, drinks a little, and joins up with the SEALs. The uncharted zone beyond America’s borders is a deadly jungle, and only the SEALs' machete can clear a path to freedom. We’re cut to a training camp. Kyle is undergoing SEAL training, and…

Life is Beautiful by Robert Benigni is a romantic war movie. When a Jewish librarian, Guido becomes victims of the Holocaust with his son, he tells his son their playing a certain game, when reality is fatally different. With humor and imagination he uses these techniques to protect his son from the danger Nazi concentration camps. Although the film won several Oscars’, many critics who accused the production to have falsely depiction of the Holocaust, unrealistic plot and comedy attacked…