DENZEL WASHINGTON Acting not only sharpens one's imagination but also helps to understand others better When you get into a role of someone else behavior In life. This helps to understand the thinking process or mindset of that individual a person is playing in a role An actor who can repeatedly produce great work and be recognized for that work will shine in Hollywood. Today in the movie business one of the most influential actors in Hollywood is Denzel Washington. Washington has starred in numerous films I will be comparing and analyzed three films Washington starred in and the roles he play in the films. These three films are Philadelphia 1993 Glory 1989 and Remember the
Everyone assumes that directors and writers decide what happens in a movie, but many times the movie star is the most powerful person involved with the project. For instance, when Jim Carrey wanted to make a movie about his favorite number, The Number 23 hit theaters across the country. A much more entertaining abuse of this star power occurs when huge movie stars decide they look awesome doing something, and proceed to force that something into every movie they make. For instance ... #5. Tom Hanks' Career is a Urinary Morality Play Most movie stars use their careers to build up enough credibility to avoid urinating onscreen.
I think he did this because, he wanted to get bigger roles in movies and not get small roles that know one noticed him. I think James Stewart became the most famous when he did movies with Alfred Hitchcock. I think his two best movies were Vertigo and Rear Window. I think he was a perfect fit for these two movies because, he just seemed like that type of guy in real life. He continued making films into the late 60’s until his hearing problems got to
“The Charm School”, as well as three other novels from Mr. DeMille is in current production for major motion pictures. This novel is already successful from sales, but the addition of the motion picture will make it even more economically successful than it already has become. The fan base has been sending numerous requests to all of the major motion picture companies pleading for more of Nelson Demilles’ books made into movies. The cultural values challenged in Mr. Demille’s novel “The Charm School” brings to light the thoughts that this type of situation did, “in fact,” take place, and the ramifications and consequences of this if it did happen. There have been a lot of conspiracy theories that have been thrown out by not only the media, and government, but by actual participants of the Vietnam War.
Due to his outstanding talent Cooper has been asked to try his hand at a middle of a film. He made the
Compare and Contrast Essay Ridley Scott, despite waiting until he was almost forty years old to make his first film, quickly became one of the most respected directors working in Hollywood. Scott was regarded as one of the best to his peers, thanks to classics like Alien (1979) and Blade Runner (1982). However, he did suffer harsh criticism, particularly with Thelma and Louise (1991), 1492: The Conquest of Paradise (1992), and White Squall (1996). Most directors would have wilted under the crushing failure, but Scott’s imperviousness to failure and drive to soldier on led him to achieve enormous success, starting with his Oscar-winning historical epic, Gladiator (2006), and American Gangster (2007), which earned the director his third Academy Award nomination for Best Director. Ridley Scott has always
Robert Duvall has been nominated and won numerous awards for his exploits in acting. His ability in both leading and supporting roles, lead him to be named by Guinness Book of World Records as the most versatile actor in the world. He had a role in six of the American Film Institute Top 100,
He has written ten novels including westerns, modernist genres, and southern gothic. He has won many awards including 1959 and 1960 Ingram-Merrill awards, 1965 Faulkner prize for a first novel for The Orchard Keeper, 1965 Traveling Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1992 National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award for All the Pretty Horses. In 2005 his novel No Country for Old Men was made into a major motion picture. In 2006 he was named joint runner up in a poll surveyed by The New York Times of the best American fiction published in the last 25 years. In 2007 he won four Academy Awards including Best Picture for No Country for Old Men.
He won three Grammy’s in 2005 and 2010. This information does not include 2014 results. Data taken from Wikipedia Legend’s soundtrack credits include two 2012 box-office hits. For the film version of Steve Harvey’s best-selling book, Think Like a Man, the singer/songwriter contributed the Grammy-nominated “Tonight (Best You’ve Ever Had)” featuring Ludacris. Then Legend took a bluesy turn on “Who Did That to You,” an anthem featured in Academy Award-winning writer/director Quentin Tarantino’s critically acclaimed film Django Unchained.
Elvis Presley Originator or Imitator Elvis Presley is by far one of the greatest music icons to ever grace the earth. Bursting into the music scene in the 1950’s, he became a catalyst for Rock N Roll. Elvis has had more number one records and movie roles than any other rock n roll artists in the past and present. He had 126 gold and platinum records and 114 songs on the Top 40 charts. He starred in thirty-three movies.