Essays Tagged: "american actors"

North of Nowhere?: The Signifigance of Canadian Cultural Identity in Genre Films Produced During the "Tax Shelter Years"

brief period during the late 1970s and early 1980s, the creation of films which mimicked commercial American cinema became financially feasible. This sudden influx of "genre" films, often featuring pr ... ir almost subconscious exploration of the Canadian image, which seeps through when trying to convey American ideals and conventions. Although not ambiguously "Canadian", these movies often emphasis th ...

(9 pages) 43 0 5.0 Oct/2004

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

This is the biography of the greatest actor of all time, Marlon Brando.

y after his last great performance as Colonel Kurtz in Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now," all American actors were still being measured by the yardstick that was Brando. It was if the shadow of ... being measured by the yardstick that was Brando. It was if the shadow of John Barrymore, the great American actor closest to Brando in terms of talent and stardom, dominated the acting field up until ...

(46 pages) 155 0 5.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Actors

Historical Inacuraccys In The 1954 Film ALexander The Great

bert Rosser a well renowned director for his time. Rosser employed a cast of first-rank British and American actors, and was backed by United Artist who put a lot of money in to the film. He was aimin ...

(6 pages) 1636 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Media Survey Essay

I think I will get from the third question from my survey would be Australian actors are equal with American actors. Everyone I surveyed thought that Australian actors were just as good as the America ... ies. How ever the older people seemed to like life style programs.My predictions are I believe that American shows do influence Australian television programs as the American industry is a lot more po ...

(3 pages) 19 0 0.0 Feb/2008

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