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the most difficult times in American history. He led us through the Cold War, even survived an assassination attempt. "Before filming his first scene, Ronald learned that a seven-year contract didn't necessarily guarantee seven years of work. Warner Bros. had an option to terminate the contract after six months or a year if Ronald's acting didn't work out. Ronald felt a lot of pressure, especially since he hadn't really acted since college." (Pg 49) I really liked this section of the story…

Interstellar is a 2 hours and 49 minutes British-American science fiction film, distributed by Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. This film with science-fiction genre was directed, co-written, and co-produced by Christoper Nolan. Nolan brothers, Christoper and Jonathan Nolan wrote the screenplay, which has its origin in a script Jonathan developed in 2007. Nolan produced the film with his wife Emma Thomas through their production company Syncopy and with Lynda Obst through Lynda Obst…

So this is a story all about how Saul Bass’ life got twistered upside down, and I would like to take a minute just sit right there, I will tell you how he became the most influential graphic designer of the 20th century. On May 8, 1920, Saul Bass was born in the Bronx, New York to Eastern European Jewish Immigrants. Now Saul Bass was definitely the kind of person who made lemonade when life handed him lemons. In his early years, he stayed local in New York and at the age of just 16 years old,…

Melissa Moody Philosophy 201 25 April 2016 When we think you knowing something we tend to think of what we believe in. It could be something as small as a mathematical equation or something as big as knowing whether or not God exist. Either way everyone has a belief that turns into knowledge. There are a number of ways to be justified in believing each belief that we have, but the question of whether it is the truth arises. We could think about some different readings like The Matrix, The…

I know its just the second weekend for new movies in 2018, but my guess is that we may be hard pressed to find a film more charming and endearing this year than Paddington 2. Days after seeing the film, I am still smiling, chuckling a bit even, and hoping the movie makes all the money it can. The original Paddington grossed nearly $270 million worldwide and earned two BAFTA nominations for Best British Film and Adapted Screenplay and a mutual consensus formed between critic, audience, and…

“Details Magically Disappearing” J. K. Rowling’s book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, (a.k.a) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, is the first book of the Harry Potter series, which is the series that whisks people away to the magical world of wizards, witches, spells, and flying brooms. After people discover this “Best Selling” series of books, people want a movie made about Harry Potter. When Chris Columbus’ film on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone comes out, people fall…

Britney Garcia Ms. Tobias English 3GT- 4th 12 January 2017 The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a story told by Nick Carraway, who was Gatsby’s neighbor, this essay will talk about the incidents that happen throughout the book and movie. Following the description of this incident, Nick catches his mysterious neighbor, who hosts weekly parties for the rich and fashionable. I will explain the differences and similarities to the book and movie. There was many similarities between the book…

Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois. His dad was a shoe salesman and his mom worked in the house taking care of the kids. During Reagan’s early childhood he would move all over Illinois because his dad would find other sale jobs. When they moved to Dixon, Illinois, Reagan would attend Dixon High School and then graduate in 1928. During High school he was an athlete, student body president and a performed in school plays. So after he graduated high school…

The 1996 film Lone Star, written and directed by John Sayles, is a neo-western suspense thriller set in Rio County, TX on the Mexican/American border. Chris Cooper plays a county sheriff, Sam Deeds, who returns home after his father, sheriff Buddy Deeds, played by Matthew McConaughey, has passed away. After returning home, Sam begins an investigation into the death of Charlie Wade, the long-missing and former sheriff of Rio County played by Kris Kristofferson. During his investigation, Sam…

As we learned in Lesson One, the first silent films had live musicians in the cinema, who played a score along with the film as it played. There were even sometimes narrators who provided commentary! In 1926, however, Warner Bros. studio changed the face of films - they introduced Vitaphone, which allowed them to add sound effects and musical scores to film. This is what allowed The Jazz Singer to actually containing dialogue! In the below clip, you see Jakie Rabinowitz…