Essays Tagged: "Harrison Ford"

"How does the film 'Witness' portray the clash of cultures between the American and Amish people?"

considered by some people to be not only the director's, Peter Weir, best production but also to be Harrison Ford's crowning achievement. Even though it was after the release of the Star Wars and Indi ... f his wide eyes peering through the crack in the bathroom door again adds emphasis to his innocence.Harrison Ford (Below) commands the starring role in Witness as hardened Philadelphia detective John ...

(12 pages) 141 0 4.6 Dec/2002

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

Spielberg as a contemporary director

tra- Terrestrial (1982), Jaws (1975) and other box office smashes like the series Indian Jones with Harrison Ford (1981-1989), there is no doubt in my mind that Steven Spielberg is one of the most inf ...

(6 pages) 41 0 3.4 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Directors

Analysis of 'Witness' directed by Peter Weir

real" world intrudes, with its drugs and crooked cops and dead partners, that the movie falls apart.Harrison Ford plays John Book, a big city cop who's more or less happy with the world and his place ... ers live happily ever after? Will Lukas Haas ever lose that big-eyed horrorstricken look? This is a Harrison Ford picture; lay your bets...and prepare to be wrong. Witness' greatest saving grace is th ...

(4 pages) 54 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Blade Runner, An Analysis

fiction movie that is directed by Ridley Scott, and that stars numerous well known actors, such as Harrison Ford, Sean Young, and Daryl Hannah. Although, if you are expecting a Star Wars or 2001 a Sp ... ist beyond their four-year lifespan.So, Captain Bryant forces a retired blade runner named Deckard (Harrison Ford) out of retirement so he can arrest these escaped robots. Deckard falls in love with R ...

(2 pages) 95 3 3.8 Jul/2004

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

Film review for witness

delphia, Samuel witnesses a violent murder of an undercover narcotics officer. Detective John Book (Harrison Ford) is assigned the case and begins to interview the young Amish boy and his mother. Afte ...

(5 pages) 61 1 3.9 Oct/2004

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

"Blade Runner": Ethical considerations and film analysis

al ethical system.Part I: Film Summary"Blade Runner" follows the story of a man named Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) who happens to be a retiring "blade runner". Unfortunately his retirement is cut shor ... oneself, or being true to one's duty.Works Cited/Referenced:Blade Runner. Dir. Ridley Scott. Perfs. Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young. Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah. Film. The Ladd Company, 1 ...

(8 pages) 92 0 5.0 Jan/2006

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

"Working Girl": The Obstacles Within Corporate America

cheating on her, Tesssets out to do a deal while Katherine is away. She teams up with Jack Trainer (HarrisonFord) to close the deal before Katherine's return; and the two slowly fall in love littlekno ...

(3 pages) 34 0 0.0 Feb/2006

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

Blade Runner

ive evidence that this movie was not filmed on location but instead in a specially designed studio. Harrison Ford plays Deckerd, an ex-blade runner who is given his old title back in hopes that he wil ...

(7 pages) 15 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Archeology

person comes to mind"¦ (PICTURE OF INDIANA JONES) You guessed it! Many people often refer to Harrison Ford's character "Indiana Jones" and his exciting three movie epic. While some archeo ...

(4 pages) 1110 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

What Is A Hero?

models, having no heroic qualities whatever. They are not even good role so when Michael Jordan and Harrison Ford risk lives saving a mother and her children from a tornado then they will posses the q ...

(2 pages) 21 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Miss Congeniality

ibed system, Tess pools her efforts with an upper middle-class male executive from another company (Harrison Ford). Together they create an ideal business team, which functions more efficiently and ef ...

(4 pages) 11 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Blade Runner

th. Four have escaped and made their way to earth the task of police officer called a Blade Runner (Harrison Ford) to "retire" these robots.One of the interesting aspects of this film is the use of ad ...

(1 pages) 10 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

The fugitive film analysis

REPORT 2While his character may appear less menacing and seem somewhat naïve at first glance, Harrison Ford's character in The Fighter, in the film known as Dr. Richard Kimble; his ultimate cour ... " (n.d.): n. pag. Web.The Fugitive. Dir. Andrew Davis. Prod. Arnold Kopelson. By David Twohy. Perf. Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, and Sela Ward. Warner Bros. Pictures, 1993.

(4 pages) 1 0 0.0 Sep/2012

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Alternative

Blade RunnerQuestion: Suppose that the Voigt-Kampff test did not exist and that there were no methods to tell if someone were human or replicant. Would that mean that a given replicant was indeed fully human?

Electric Sheep? Set in the a dystopian Los Angeles, in the year 2019, main character Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is a retired law enforcement officer who is coerced back into service for a special m ...

(5 pages) 2 0 0.0 Apr/2013

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Blade Runner Question: Suppose that the Voigt-Kampff test did not exist and that there were no methods to tell if someone were human or replicant. Would that mean that a given replicant was indeed fully human?

Electric Sheep? Set in the a dystopian Los Angeles, in the year 2019, main character Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is a retired law enforcement officer who is coerced back into service for a special m ...

(5 pages) 4 0 0.0 Apr/2013

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Its an essay about Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom

logically advanced, still very stuck in the past. In the film Indiana Jones, who is played by actor Harrison Ford, is the perfect depiction of an American hero who comes in and saves all of the victim ... ree their land. Indy is the American hero who foils the villains' plans and frees the child slaves. Harrison Ford, who at the time the film was released was Americas dream boy, played Indiana Jones. N ...

(2 pages) 0 0 0.0 Jan/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Alternative

Richard Pryor

r his works on stage. He was rated as "America's fifth top box office star ahead of Paul Newman and Harrison Ford" (George 2). Let's take a more in depth look into the life of Richard Pryor.Richard Pr ...

(4 pages) 0 0 0.0 Jun/2014

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Finally Free

(4 pages) 1 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Authors