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    In “The Departed”, which takes place in South Boston, State Police are tasked with bringing an end to Irish American organized crime. One of the stars of the movie is the great actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays undercover cop Billy Costigan. The cast is packed with high demand actors; one of them being Irish mob boss, Jack Nicholson, playing Frank Costello. Costigans counterpart is Colin Sullivan, played by Matt Damon. Both men just-graduated from Massachusetts State Police Academy; Sullivan is

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    was the one that told him he should try to “go big” with his singing career. “Between 1943 and 1946, Sinatra's solo career blossomed as the singer charted a slew of hit singles. . . . By the mid-1960s, Sinatra was back on top again” (Frank Sinatra-Film Actor, Singer). Before his solo career blossomed, Frank Sinatra was in several different small bands. Then, in 1943, he began his solo career. After being a solo artist for years upon years, Sinatra joined “The Rat Pack” with Dean Martin, Peter Lawford

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    Intro: Hello my name is Bikram my candidate number is 0013 The film I have chosen is On the waterfront directed by Elia Kazan. I will be giving an in depth analyses of the 5minuted extract I have chosen from 00:02:00 – 00:07:00. This film explores the social issues of corruption and racketeering by crime gangs or crime unions (OR WE CAN CALL THEM ORGANISED CRIME GROUPS) which have control over the dock area in New York IT explores how the protagonist Terry Malloy played by Marlon Brando goes from

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    Gene Kelly Research Paper

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    Gene Kelly
 Gene Kelly was the king of the musicals in the 1940s and 1950s. He was an American film actor and director who had an artistic, classical style of ballet techniques that transformed the film of musicals. He boldly blended dance solos, mass movements and offbeat camera angels to tell a story in visual terms. Not only did Kelly direct and act in the most famous films, he also worked behind the scenes, breaking the ground with his choreography and establishment. Gene Kelly

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    Evaluation of a film: Johnson’s Family Vacation A 2004 film called “ Johnson’s family vacation” directed by Christopher Erskin is based on a African American film that consist with a reunion of different family generations coming together to celebrate another year of happiness. The Johnson’s family has many obstacles to face before they arrive at this reunion. Enjoying this comedy film brings one’s view of happiness and warmth; it also shows how a family has to go through different obstacles through

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    band. Sinatra decided to go down this road on his own. During 1943 and Sinatra’s solo career continued to blossom as the singer winning with many hits singles. Sinatra was not only a singer, he was also an actor. 1943 was the year Sinatra made his first movie debut on the big screen with the films Reveille With Beverly. In 1945, he won a

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    The Life of Shirley Temple “As long as our country has Shirley Temple, we will be alright.” -President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Shirley Temple was a child actress during the Great Depression. Her works brought a sense of hope, and lightened the nation. Her bubbly personality and curly blonde hair grasped the attention of many souls. Shirley is not only remembered for her works as an actress, but also for her diplomatic achievements. Shirley is remembered as a breast cancer survivor, and a pioneer

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    Robert Michael Schneider is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director. A stand up comic and veteran of the Nbc sketch comedy. Robert Michael Schneider is born on October 31st, 1963. A very talented actor with an amazing sense of humor and A great person to be around. with Schneider outclassed his contemporaries in the genre of comedy with his self deprecating humor tactics and goofy antics in many of his films and television series. Schneider did not have a great start to his career

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    It's a good chance that you'll quickly recall the name and talents of singer, actor Frankie Avalon, no matter your age. Frankie's stellar career embraced three generations of music, television and motion pictures and was an intrinsic fiber of American entertainment history. Frankie Avalon was born September 18, 1940 in "The City of Brotherly Love", Philadelphia, PA. He could light the flame and turn up the heat on nearly every love struck teen girl or adult woman in America! A child prodigy,

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    Bridge of Spies tells the story of James Donovan (Tom Hanks), a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself in the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on a near impossible mission to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot. This is a story inspired by true events that capture the essence of a man who risked everything and his family to negotiate the release of a suspected spy Rudolph Abel played by Mark Rylance. Donovan is defending the ideals of our nation and does not sacrifice

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