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James Earl Jones: A Voice in the Crowd
... reunited in New York for a week as father showed son the sights on and off Broadway. Jones attributes his father, Robert Earl, with "the ... , Colorado, Jones decided to commit to acting. AThere was nothing to lose, I thought. I could use my GI Bill to go to ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Actors
Comparing the positives and negatives of the film version and the book version of Death of a Salesman.
... a Salesman carefully exemplifies the ideal dysfunctional family. With the crazy father, enabling mother, egotistical son, and the forgotten other, it is often a ... While Linda loses her temper with her two sons, the film suggests that she feels a severe ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Analytical Essay on scene, "Norstadt discovers truth" from movie, 'The Man Without a Face'.
... loses her temper and reveals the truth about Norstadt's father who committed suicide in a hospital because he was mentally ill. The scene begins with a ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
A discussion of the american dream as represented in "American Beauty" and "The Great Gatsby"
... is. Gatsby dislikes poverty and reinvents himself by losing his last name Gatz. His father is an empathetic character, and Fitzgerald ... to the amoral pursuit of wealth. Gatsby tells Nick a number of stupendous untruths, which follow Gatsby's journey ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Ethics and "A Few Good Men."
... about nothing ... except maybe softball. His father was a renowned jurist, and Dan feels the burden of his father's reputation. Indeed, his casual, ... is revealed when he emphasizes that 'I think you will lose' and ' it does not matter what I believe, it only ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
How did the texts you studied help shape your definition of change
... her mum and grandma, HSC, love, meeting her father for the first time and losing a friend. The novel shows Josie's change of ... , they are challenged to change themselves. ' Remember the Titans ' is a movie set in an American town called Alexandria and it' ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
To kill a Mockingbird (Film Review)
... that he has a gun with him. A moral form of courage is shown by Scout, when she is asked by her father not to ... integrity. Though Atticus is pressured and harassed on all fronts and loses friends over the incident he gains the respect of his children ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
The Life of David Gale: Fascinating or Flawed? A Film Critique of the controversial movie starring Kevin Spacey. Topics include assisted suicide and Texas death row.
... and students. When David wasn't busy being a devoted family man and father, David was very passionate about dedicating his ... (played by Kevin Spacey), is wrongly accused of raping a student. David loses everything of importance and turns to the comforts of ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Marilyn's life: A depiction of Hollywood life
... mother, Gladys, listed the father's address as unknown and Marilyn grew up without a real fatherly figure in her life. ... the Available Light: A Marilyn Monroe Reader," a novelist writes "Long to lose control and be seduced by a voluptuous and gloriously ...
Subjects: Art Essays
Life is Beautiful
... a viewer must remember, Benigni did not set out to make a documentary or a realistic portrayal. I believe Benigni meant to portray the love a father ... for the game. "There are three cases in which you lose all your points," he says. "One: Those who cry. Two: ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis