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1972 The Godfather

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:38:51 +0000

In 1972, a great classic movie was released based upon a novel that had been written in 1969. The Godfather was the name of this movie and with the release of it thereafter, the popularity began to skyrocket. It was an American gangster movie by a man named Mario Puzo, and was then directed by a man named Francis Ford Coppola. It derived from a screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Coppola that caught so much popularity in itself that the thought of making it into a picture film was such a great idea that it only took 3 years after the release of the novel before it was indeed turned into a novel. There was also another man that was involved in the making of the screenplay and the classic movie and his name was Robert Towne, though he was not truly credited.

The Godfather featured some of the most famous actors of the time such as the famous Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, John Marley, Diane Keaton, Sterling Hayden, James Caan, Richard Conte, Richard Castellano, and Marlon Brando. Some of these actors had not been previously known prior to their role in The Godfather, though this is the time when their careers really began to take off. There were also two sequels to the movie, The Godfather II (1974) and The Godfather III (1990).

The 1972 classic movie, The Godfather, did receive many Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Picture. The movie was such a hit for its time and received enough awards that it was eventually inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry. In addition to this, it ranked only 2^nd in all time for the greatest American history cinematic films. The leader of the greatest movies was won by the movie Citizen Kane.

1965 The Sound of Music

admin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:37:31 +0000

In 1965, a great classic movie, The Sound of Music, was produced in accordance to the Broadway musical that had songs written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers. The movie starred two people, Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews, who were not very well known prior to their role in the musical film, though their popularity in the movie world did accelerate thereafter. Ernest Lehman was the writer that wrote the screenplay that was later transformed into the great musical film.

The Sound of Music was filmed in Germany and Austria, as well as the 20^th Century Fox studio that is located in California. The movie gained so much popularity that it was later award a total of 5 Academy Awards for Best Picture in the opening year of 1965. The classic movie was considered by many to be the absolute best musical that was ever produced. The cast, or the actors and actresses, of the classic musical films were also nominated for a Grammy in accordance to Album of the Year.

The Sound of Music was such a great hit that if you took the money that it made in sales and translated that into the inflation of 2010, the film made over $1 billion which made it third of all time behind only two others which were Gone with the Wind and Star Wars. The film is still watched by many today and had been implemented into school systems to teach morals as well as the art of music to all students that study in schools. The complete plot to the classic musical film would not only entertain people that were watching, but also teach other aspects of life other than music, such as love and peace, though it generally used the music to get the message across to each viewer.

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:48:47 +0000

Very rarely does it ever happen that movies are made that are very simple in expression but possess monumental appeals and significant life lessons in a style only of the kind of their own that, we can’t expect even. This fact is truthfully exemplified in To Kill a Mockingbird. It’s not just a movie or even just a promising story in general, but all it portray’s is “Innocence”. A girl’s recollection of her childhood days which are still at their full bloom in her mind, depicting the innocence of juvenile as well as as adult minds, a period where mostly immature minds become curious to the racial bigotry and sometimes mature minds become its prey and a time when harsh realities of life like intolerance, hatreds, prejudice and adversities of society gradually dawn upon them.

Atticus Finch ( Gregory Peck ) is an absolutely Gentleman Lawyer whose wife has passed away and he has a son and a daughter. A Black man Tom Robinson is wrongly alleged of raping a poor white woman. In fact, he a victim of white woman’s effort to hide her guilt by targeting his innocence and utilizing favors of racial attitude of unsocial society towards Negros. Finch decides to defend him on his principles realizing that the narrow minded society will turn against him and so it happened and townspeople started making his life agonizing. The whole story is masterfully out shined by the ingenuousness, purity and innocence of his children with with a unique inspirational interaction with their father.

Boo Readly who lives in the town is mentally retarded and is sidelined by the society. He is a mark of fear and curiosity for children because he is different from others. But he is the one who marks the ultimate climax of this emotionally crafted masterpiece.

It’s a must see movie for all ages in all times because it gives many priceless emotional and touching lessons for those who are sincere and perceptive.