only person who has been nominated in six categories of the Academy Awards( elibrary 2010 world Almanac books) Is George Clooney truly a hero? Does George Clooney help the country or does he just receive populates as a star? George Clooney is a hero. He is an American superstar. George Clooney first made his breakout role in 1992 as Dr. Doug Ross on TV's ER. This led to many other leading ,ajar film roles. He is also a director and screenwriter, and an Oscar-winning actor and producer. George
This film was nominated for 48 different awards. Actors include Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, and Hilary Swank. Hopefully, these are some reasons to intrigue your interest. You do not need to be a fan of boxing to enjoy Million Dollar Baby. There is a deeper meaning to this movie like realizing that one always has a place in someone’s heart. Out of the 48 awards that this film was nominated for it received 19 of them including two Golden Globe Awards
The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty are a few of the films that filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow has directed. In 2009, she became the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director for The Hurt Locker in 2008. Known for her incredible visuals and heart-pounding action sequences, Kathryn Bigelow is one of today's most fascinating directors. Director, writer and producer Kathryn Bigelow was born on November 27, 1951, in San Carlos, California. Bigelow studied art at the San Francisco Art Institute
roundly impressive, especially coming from the younger cast, almost all of which has never acted before. Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for ten Academy Awards in 2009 and won eight, the most for any film of 2008, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven Bafta Awards (including Best Films), five Critics` Choice Awards and four Golden Globes. Slumdog Millionaire is the story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience
movie director and lead actor Eastwood carefully selected unique, high-quality ingredients for the script and co-actors, and skilled chefs – i.e. film artisans - to plan and create something exceptional. The final result leaves a subtle, distinct and memorable flavor. A Million Dollar Baby (MDB) film reviewer suggests that Eastwood’s “touch only gets lighter with time”. (Grey, 2005) MDB won the Academy Award for 2004’s Film of the Year as well as Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Supporting
Name: Mark A. Bell Professor Padawer Course: Film 103 The Great Directors Date: 5/15/2015 Billy wilder Introduction: Born Samuel Wilder on June 22 1906 in Austria. Wilder started working as a sports reporter in Austria before moving to Berlin. His love of detail in his writings is shown in his films. In 1929, Wilder was hired as a scriptwriter for the film Menschen Am Sonntag and was still writing in Germany until Hitler’s rise to power
Analysis of Opening Sequence of Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan 'Saving Private Ryan', directed by internationally acclaimed director Steven Spielberg, was the winner of five academy awards in 1998 which included best director, cinematography and film editing. The opening sequence begins with World War 1's historic D-Day invasion of Omahabeach in June 6th 1944. In this essay I will analyse how Spielberg uses various techniques to evoke sympathy and shock the viewer, captures the reality
played. That scene demonstrates how often music is playing throughout every scene and how distracting it is. Although the music sometimes seems like a little bit too much it also adds many different aspects to the film. According to Robert Zemeckis, director of the film, “The coming-of-age of a generation and a country. And at the heart of the story is the music, music that lives with us, always there to remind us of the people, the places, and the events of our time.” There was clearly a lot of thought
it showed a misrepresentation of the concentration camp, whilst other thought it showed the triumph. However, in March 1999 it was nominated for seven academy awards including Best picture and Best director. Life is beautiful picked up three awards, best foreign film language film, Best actor and best music original dramatic score. This award winning film is set in Arezzo, Tuscany. It touches and teaches about very important historical issues like racism, fascism, concentration camps and prejudice
Charlie Chaplin, who was born Charles Spencer Chaplin on April 16, 1889, London, England, and died on December 25, 1977, Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland, was a British comedian, producer, writer, director, and composer. Chaplin is widely regarded as the greatest comic artist of the screen, and also one of the most important figures in the motion-picture history. Chaplin was one of the most demanding men in Hollywood during his time. Regardless of the size of the part, one of the things Chaplin did
The traditional views held regarding the impacts a city and its structure may have on the individuals that live in it are usually either positive or negative. Take for example the idea of “urbanitas” put forward by Lewis Mumford in his article “What is a City”, or the distinctive dichotomy promoted by Alan Trachtenberg between the City of Destruction and the Celestial City when trying to understand how a city can influence an individual. Both these arguments are accurate depictions of what happens
Chinatown is regarded by many as one of the best films ever created. In 2007, The American Film Institute named “Chinatown” as #21 on their list of 100 greatest films! Chinatown is a great film because it is able to show how far people are willing to go to obtain riches and how a detective is willing to go to great lengths to solve the mysteries in front of him. The movie has been talked about in abundance and has even been influenced by real life events from the water company in Los Angeles. It
Cowboy”, directed by John Schlesinger, was released to the public. It rapidly won critical acclaim for the brilliant performances of Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman. As if to prove the point, the film eventually won three Oscars, for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay. But it was a perturbing film, based on themes of homosexuality, abject poverty and debilitating sickness which culminated in the death of one of the principal characters. If James Leo Herlihy intended to write a scandalous
The film I have chosen to analyse for my micro-features analysis essay is American beauty, which has won countless awards and Oscars any has many praises sung by critics, which was directed by Sam Mendes. The movie plot follows the mundane futile lives of the Burnham’s family which consist of Lester, a man who is 42 years old, who is going through an extreme mid-life crisis and severely depressed, who is married to Carolyn, an independent business woman and house wife and lastly their daughter Jane
Sam Mendes’s provocative debut film American Beauty was a blockbuster after its release in 1999, wrapping up three accolades at the Golden Globe Awards, reaping nominations in miscellaneous film festivals. Beauty and reality are the two major and discrepant elements in the film. Symbolically, beauty eludes humans’ possession, and such elusion is often offset by its presenting a form of reflection on the reality. Thrills, often followed by disillusionment, of quasi obtainment of such heavenly beauty
Throughout the years, many directors have come and go and given us a scare here and there. Yet one that remains unrivaled and unequal is a famous director, Alfred Hitchcock. Born in England, this English director is considered one of the most distinguished directors in the history of film. Hitchcock has won two Golden Globes, eight Laurel Awards and five lifetime achievements awards. As book writer Michael Barson notes on Sir Alfred Hitchcock, English born director, “His ability to convincedly evoke
complex psychological sub-genre horror movies ever made. For Stanley Kubrick, it was his first film he's made that was a sub-genre psychological horror. The film “The Shining” gave Kubrick a reputation of being labelled one of the most influential directors in film making history. Majority of his produced films were based off books and the art of the film were made with famous music/soundtrack. The film is a psychological thriller/horror about a mother/wife (Wendy) and her son (Danny) in danger of her
Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman (1949) and Sam Mendes film American Beauty (1999) both draw on the American Dream as the quintessential aspiration of Americans, and the consequences arising from this pursuit of human values. Both texts explore the foolish ignorance of materialistic values as well as its corruptive influence as a reflection of contemporary social attitudes; they also demonstrate the ramifications of individual values and morals to achieve the societal expectations of both
screenwriter and co-founder of Dreamworks, but is most recognized as one the greatest directors of all time. War of The Worlds, Indiana Jones, Saving Private Ryan, E.T, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Schindler's List and, soon enough, Ready Player One are some blockbuster films that Spielberg has directed himself. Spielbergs’ directed films have made over 9 billion dollars worldwide, making him the highest-grossing director in history. His work is so well known and influential to so many others like James Cameron
why? Why is this film one of the best comedies ever made. According to Film.com, Some Like it Hot earned a variety of different Oscar nominations. Those nominations include best actor, director, set direction, cinematography, adapted screenplay, and costume design. The only winning nomination was costume design, but even just being nominated for that many Oscars is incredible. When it came time for the Golden Globes is won best actor and actress, as well as best picture. In 1998 the American Film