Essays Tagged: "academy awards"

WALT DISNEY

viesabout wild animals in their natural surroundings, and films starring human actors. Disneywon 32 Academy Awards for his movies and for scientific and technical contributions tofilmmaking. He also g ...

(3 pages) 303 1 4.6 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Directors

A review of glory, includes biographical information on Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington as well as an analysis of three published reviews

ivil War, the Massachusetts'Fighting' Fifty-fourth. An extremely talented cast and crewearned three Academy Awards (cinematography, sound and supportingactor) and five nominations for their work in Gl ... agill, 158) Horner won a Grammy Award for thescore for Glory. He was nominated the same year for an AcademyAward for the score for Field of Dreams. Horner's previousGrammy Awards include song of the y ...

(7 pages) 166 0 4.6 Apr/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Analyse the transpostion of one literary text to film, discussing which features of the literary text are cut in the process and which features are focus upon/expanded. I have chosen to analyse chapter One of The English Patient entitled The Villa

screenplay and director is Anthony Minghella (1996), the film scooped a handful of the prestigious Academy Awards. The runtime of the movie is 160 minutes and is a UK certificate 15. The locales of T ...

(6 pages) 57 0 2.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Gone With The Wind, A classification essay.

actually feel as if you are there with them. It's setting is absolutely gorgeous. It has won a few academy awards and still is a classic and enjoyed by many people around the world.Gone With the Wind ...

(3 pages) 90 0 3.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

This is a speech directed to the audience of the 2003 Academy Awards arguing that feature films are made for money, rather than entertainment.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I come before you all tonight at the 2003 Los Angeles Academy Awards to tell you this: You're all a bunch of fakes. I think it's safe to say that there is ... ssary in feature films."Ladies and gentlemen, I come before you all tonight at the 2003 Los Angeles Academy Awards to tell you this: Feature films are not designed to make you think; they are designed ...

(4 pages) 49 1 4.3 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film History

"The Sound of Music".

premiered in early 1965, where it stayed on the circuit for more than four years. The film won five academy awards, including Best picture in 1966.The setting for the movie was to represent the late 1 ...

(4 pages) 127 2 4.7 Oct/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

This essay is a review on the movie Chicago. The essay is written in depth to describe the action and the making of the film.

2.074 million within the first weekend of opening, its no surprise that Chicago is nominated for 13 academy awards and wins 6. This comical musical was carefully filmed so the film kept its originalit ...

(3 pages) 49 0 3.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Run Forest, Run.... Forest Gump

bert Zemeckis from a screenplay by Eric Roth, based on the Winston Groom novel. The picture won six Academy Awards in 1994 including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for Tom Hanks who held t ...

(4 pages) 94 1 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Theodore Geisel: The Unknown Poet (Dr. Seuss)

ers, is rarely recognized even though his work is well known throughout the world. He has won three Academy Awards and a Pulitzer Prize for his work but people only recognize him by his pseudonym, Dr. ...

(9 pages) 85 0 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Walt Disney American Animator and Film Producer

use, Disney created such cartoon characters as Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto. Winner of a record 30 Academy Awards, he created the first full-length animated feature films, beginning with "Snow White ...

(2 pages) 55 1 1.4 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

What makes "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" Art?

After viewing "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" I completely understand why it has won 8 academy awards. I think this film could be viewed numerous of times by the same person without ever ...

(5 pages) 32 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

"Braveheart" Movie Review

fierce grips of English control. Mel Gibson directs and stars in this movie. The film also won five academy awards; including best picture, director, cinematography, makeup as well as sound effects. T ...

(2 pages) 36 1 4.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Rain Man, Autistic Savant

's 1887 description of this disorder. It is a memorable movie about a memorable savant. It won four academy awards, including Best Actor for Dustin Hoffman and Best Picture for 1988. I was pleased to ...

(15 pages) 37 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Film Analysis Of Braveheart

ently. Braveheart, directed by Mel Gibson, was released in 1995 and since then has won a total of 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture 1995 and Best Director Mel Gibson. Based on true history, Brav ...

(4 pages) 32 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Forrest Gump

top feel he is crazy he also seems to stumble along some astonished listeners. This movie carried 6 Academy Awards and is arguably the best of our past decade. It is a hilarious historical timeline. S ...

(3 pages) 12 1 1.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Hunchback Of Notre Dame

d features are well known for two things, stunning visuals and musical numbers that accomplish many Academy Awards. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 34th animated feature, is a carefully constructed film ...

(4 pages) 3398 0 0.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Schindler’s List 2

other aspect of the movie that I wanted to discuss is the music that was used. This movie won seven academy awards. Not surprisingly, one of awards was for " Best Original scene". The use of music in ...

(6 pages) 6 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

The 1992 best picture of the year, Unforgiven, is a

oinciding with the society in 1992. Unforgiven was a highly acclaimed movie. It was nominated for 9 Academy Awards and won 4 for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, and Best Film Editi ... ring from the poverty just like he was. Unforgiven is an overall good movie deserving of the Academy Awards that it received. It combines many aspects that relate to society in 1992, intentiona ...

(9 pages) 11 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Intercultural Barriers

n to win three Oscars: Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing of 2005 at the 78th Academy Awards. The idea behind the film is that we meet several different characters in several dif ...

(4 pages) 68 0 5.0 Sep/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

most dangerous game

After his successful story writing carrier he began to write screen plays. He was nominated for two Academy Awards but never won one. He affected the story because he was in the military and so he is ...

(3 pages) 0 0 0.0 Apr/2013

Subjects: Literature Research Papers