... , "A Beautiful Mind," Universal's prize picture of 2002, was awarded the coveted best picture Oscar at last year's ceremony. Along with last year's award, Universal has produced 18 Oscar winning and 39 Oscar nominated movies. On the contrary, the students of Avonworth were on the mark with their choice of Warner Brothers as the best movie production studio. "Chariots of Fire," "The ... Patient," and "Casablanca," were among the 12 best picture winners for Warner Brothers. Out of the five studios I polled, Twentieth Century Fox received the most nominations and awards, 68 and 39 respectiv...

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Easily named one of the most fascinating movies of the 20th century, The Truman Show highlights a truly superb and at the same time tragic plot that fills the audience up with sympathetic and doubted feelings of the life of Truman Burbank, the main protagonist in this unique movie. It tells the story of Truman Burbank, (portrayed by Jim Carrey) a middle aged man who is completely unaware that his supposed hometown "Seahaven" is a dome and that his surroundings, even people, were all artificially placed there since his birth. There are other outstanding roles played by skilful actors and actres...

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Gladiator is loosely based on real events that occurred within the Roman Empire in 180 AD. Directed by Ridley Scott and released in 2000, it features an excellent Hollywood actor, Russell Crowe, and terrific supporting artists Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen and Richard Harris who really gave justice to their characters. The film's timeless appeal is fueled by its simple plot, excellent character depiction and astonishing special effects which in totality easily warrants a 5-Star rating. The movie's plot is simple. It chronicles the plight of a good general who suffered injustice and lives on ...

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... a movie could be considered the best, but few have ever achieved something even close to the genius of Orson Welles that is "Citizen Kane." Orson Welles could easily be considered ahead of his time and that is because no one had ever created a movie that brought such an element of cinematographic storytelling to the screen. Cinematographic storytelling is the idea that ... ...

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... about the first marriage of Kane with Emily. Also, at the end of the third flashback, Welles tells about the opera of Susan Alexander (played by Dorothy Comingore) and Leland's review over the opera which are presented again - from the Susan's memory - at the beginning of the forth flashback. This continuity of the flashbacks is a proper way to describe the important ... ...

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This essay discusses the ideological articulations in the film The Matrix, in order to understand how social and economic structures are represented and reinforced in the mass media today. An ideological analysis of The Matrix reveals the characteristic of "acceptable" representation of existing social, economic and political structures portrayed covertly and overtly in American mass media. More specifically, a thorough examination of The Matrix exposes elements of colonialism, including themes of free will and social hierarchy. An example of an overt ideology articulated in The Matrix is the ...

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... . On one hand, we feel that history is more or less nonsense. The dismissive attitude that engulfs this nation is that of looking toward the future. We focus on looking ahead to unlimited promise and progress. Today educators and professional historians regularly complain about the average American citizen's lack of knowledge about our history. On the other hand, the History channel ... ...

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