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1974. Mel Brooks was a well known and loved actor, comedian, and filmmaker. Brooks, in the process of making this film was faced with many obstacles that he had to overcome in order to make this film a success. In the process of making this film Warner Bros executives had many dislikes about the film. According to The Daily Beast, Bart explained that they wanted him to “Lose the fart scene, cut out any racial and ethnic jokes, edit scenes where a horse and an old lady get punched.” Brook…

“Memory – like liberty – is a fragile thing.” - Elizabeth Loftus. We tend to think about memories like photographs. They’re snippets of the past, and we go over the most monumental (or embarrassing) moments in our lives time and time again, sometimes just to remind ourselves of who we are. It's such a fundamental part of our daily routines that we forget how reliant we are on memories. Every thing from the taste of strawberries to the name of that film you saw yesterday are all parts of what…

It was there that he discovered his passion for filmmaking which led him to enroll in the University of South California Film School. There he won multiple awards for his short films while still a student, and won a scholarship with Warner Bros that funded him to continue making more short films. Through this scholarship, he made friends with Francis Ford Coppola, which led the two to opening up their own production company, American Zoetroppe (Lifetime). He married the film editor Marcia…

This party energy was caught on their first recording, Fiesta. The first single released was a cover of Tammy Wynette 's "Good Girl 's Gonna Go Bad”. Screams, breaking beer bottles and a country two-step on speed turn their recording of this beloved classic into a feminist punk style rockabilly anthem. Though all members are firm that nothing they ever intended to do was feminist. Gehman says "We just did things because we wanted to do them. I loved the song." Brian Ahern, who was the producer…

The famous Hollywood sign came into existence in 1923 when it was erected as an advertisement and was initially written as “Hollywoodland”, it was a massive construction of white block letters placed on the steep hillside and overnight became the emblem for the movie capitol. The construction became a symbol of glamour, stardom, and international recognition of the star power to the entire world. The sign does represent the earthly home to the celebrity buzz, stardom and ethereal world of fame…

Question 3 what makes a classic film? Answer: A classic film is the one which not only has to entertain the audience but it also has to provide the essential dimensions which as all the necessary drama, thrill and black and white photography which comes with it. The main element that determines a classic film is its test of time which means that it is supposed to pass the key of time and work universally as well as expand on the main idea which it is delivering to the audience. In order for a…

Television and society are a two sided mirror. TV is influenced by society and influences society simultaneously. One of television’s favorite sitcoms, Friends, is an example of how this mirror interacts. Six adults in their mid-twenties are living in New York in close proximity of each other. This iconic 90s television sitcom has distinct impacts on society and television today. Some of these include the deconstruction of family dynamics, coffee shop aesthetics, and a different brand of sitcoms…

Whether or not you go to the movies every weekend, films are an important part of our lives in the modern world. No matter where you go you will inevitably see advertising for one movie or another, and if you do not then you will see one for a television show. In the age of the internet and social media it is truly impossible to escape movies even if you could not care less about them. I know people who have not been to a theatre in years and others, like myself, who go practically every week to…

Secondly, when a text is shown in another television system, its form will often be changed or adapted to help its successful assimilation (Rixon 2006). For example, American programmes are sometimes changed as they are used by British broadcasters; this can be by re-editing programmes, perhaps because of the worries over their violent content, or by changing the larger text, of the serial or series, by not screening all the episodes or showing them in a different order to suit the needs of the…

Introduction: Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United states. Through his life he accomplished many great feats. Ronald Reagan was a man that was truly talented in many different aspects. He was involved in many different platforms as an actor, governor, and finally a president. As an actor he worked as president of the Screen Actor’s Guild. There he met Nancy (Davis) Reagan, his future wife. Throughout his entire career as an actor he appeared in more than 50 films. Soon after his…