... 's List," on the other hand, the prisoners are portrayed as having much less control over their own destinies, and are portrayed mostly as powerless, being completely dependent on people like Oscar Schindler to save them from their situation in the death camp, which is portrayed as equally horrible and inhumane in both films. The two films also differ on an artistic ... "Schindler's List," they are dependent either on the whims of sadists or the help of Schindler, who also seems like a shallow character who we don't really get to know. Although Oscar Schindler changes as a character thro...

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... 1967 for several categories including Best Actor (Hoffman), Best Actress (Bancroft), Best Adapted Screenplay (Henry, Willingham), Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Ross), Best Cinematography (Robert Sutees), and only won the Oscar for the Best Director (Mike Nichols). The movie also won several awards in the British Academy Awards (1968) such as Best Direction, Best Film, Best Promising Actor, Best Screenplay, and ... given for Gene Hackman who will be fired in the course of the shooting. However, very little after he gets a role in Bonny and Clyde and gets nominated for an Oscar. ...

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... feature film production as executive producer of "The Piano Man's Daughter", written and directed by Kevin Sullican and starring Stockard Channing and Christian Campbell. (Whoopi.com) Goldburg has wom an Oscar, a Grammy, two Golden Globe Awards, and multiple NAACP Image Awards. She has had the honor of receiving numerous Peole's Choice Awards and five Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards. She is heavily ... ...

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... spend the most weeks at number one, this is truly the making of the best, but is it? Even though Siskel and Ebert help people distinguish between bad movies and Oscar-caliber cinemas, we eventually make up our own mind. I have my own choice of the best movie of them all. In my opinion, " Tombstone" is the creme de la creme ... ...

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... his reputation and create a cover up for what he has done. Conrad goes to a famous movie producer who is obsessed with getting what he deserves, and believes he deserves an Oscar more than anyone else. The producers name is Stanley Motss. He and his Fad King try to create a war between the United States and Albania. They create events that never ... ...

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... in command, Major Cabot Forbes. The best performances, however, are turned in by Denzel Washington who plays Trip and Morgan Freeman who plays Sergeant Major John Rawlins. Washington won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the embittered runaway slave. Andre Braugher of Homicide fame is excellent as the educated Thomas Searles. The story begins with Shaw serving ... ...

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... movie has been very negatively perceived by the critics who preferred it Rocky (from John Avildsen, with Sylvester Stallone) - which defends so well this American ideal - for the best film's Oscar in Hollywood. It is interesting to notice that the same year Taxi Driver obtained the "Palme d' Or" in Cannes! As a specialist of the "film noir" genre - he wrote the "essential ... ...

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... ), the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park may bever have existed as with many other movies. In fact, since the release of Renderman over 8 out of the 10 films that won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects used Renderman. The Matrix, What Dreams May Come, Titanic, Forrest Gump, Jurassic Park, Death Becomes Her, Terminator 2, and The Abyss. PIXAR has since released several feature ... ...

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