Die Hard with a Vengeance was released in the year 1995 and was the third installment of the magnum opus. Bruce Willis as the New York Cop who tries to win back the game from Zeus Carver the villain of the piece The film produced by 20th century Fox went onto make laudable success at the Box office.
It was nominated for the Saturn awards in the year 1996 in the category of the Best action adventure film of the year. It won the BMI film music awards and the Golden Screen award in the year 1995. Die Hard With a Vengeance also earned a nomination at the MTV Movie awards. The film’s story was created according to the script that had been written by Jonathan Hensleigh . It was actually an idea for another film that was called Simon Says. This film was supposed to be made with Brandon Lee as the protagonist. It was later decide that the script could be in Lethal Weapon 4. Die Hard With a Vengeance begins with Jeremy Irons who plays the villain Hans Gruber out to avenge the death of his brother Hans. Or so it is supposed when his real motives had not yet come out, Simon therefore goes after the cop who had been instrumental in killing his brother.
John Mc Clane is first made to walk the streets of Harlem with a board where it would written “I hate niggers”. John is forced to do this because if he did not then Simon threatened to blow up certain sections of the city where he had already planted some bombs. When Mc Clane is attacked by some of the African –Americans he is saved by a shopkeeper as well as Black activist Zeus Carver. He holds some of his own community members at gun-point in order to save the Mc Clane. His motive behind doing this wins over John Mc Clane . Zeus was making sure that the white men is not killed otherwise every other white man would be baying for the blood of the blacks and a riot may take place. John wants this man to help him combating the invisible enemy. However it is difficult to win over the shopkeeper at first but later he also becomes part of the race against time. Simon has planted real as well as fake bombs at certain locations in New York City and the duo has to detonate them before they destroy the city. He plays the game of Simon Says with them where they are given a clue by the enemy on where the bombs are located. All this is a cover up for Zeus’s real plan to rob the vault of Federal Reserve Bank of New York. However the two are able to see through this and Zeus is killed by Mc Clane himself. Wikipedia
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Con Air
Con Air is an action movie that was part of the trilogy that were made featuring Nicholas Cage as the protagonist of the film. The other two movies were The Rock and the Face/Off . Produced by the famous Jerry Bruckheimer with a whooping $ 75,000,000 US the film was a great commercial success being nominated for two academy awards.
The film starts with the United States Army Ranger, Cameron Poe coming back home to his pregnant wife. After completing his service at operation Desert Storm he wants to lead a peaceful life at home. There are certain unforeseen events that take place in his life and he kills a man in a fight. He is charged with manslaughter and sentenced to seven years of imprisonment. Cameron is taken into prison even before his daughter is born . In the prison he spends his life with the other inmates of the prison who have come from different strata’s of society and are guilty of varied crimes ranging from petty crimes to serious ones. After seven years he is finally released on parole and is being transferred from prison to his home at Alabama. This transfer will be done along with others who are also being moved to a Supermax prison that has been constructed in his hometown. US Marshal Vince Larkin is brought in so that they are able to complete the operation in a smooth manner.
However this not be since some of the members who were inmates at the prison have ganged up to hijack the plane and run. Heading this team is “The Virus “ paid by John Malkovich who has been paid by the drug lord Francisco Cindino. According to trivia Jerry Bruckheimer decided to cut the last scene of the present movie featuring the garland green scene at the tables of Las Vegas. He wanted to give the film an alternative ending to the movie with a sentimental family reunion. However some of the early screenings proved that the scene was best kept unaltered. According to a website the plane crash scene of the movie Con Air was one of the highest rated as the most horrific of plane crashes in movie history. Cameron Poe’s character is not the traditional hero figure in the movie. He portrays traces of good characteristics as well as anger. He is seen as being thrown into a situation where he would have to take up the reigns himself in order to save himself as well as the people who mater to him . For instance Baby-O his fellow inmate with him he has connected in his prison term. The title of the film was taken from the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System.Wikipedia
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The film starts with the United States Army Ranger, Cameron Poe coming back home to his pregnant wife. After completing his service at operation Desert Storm he wants to lead a peaceful life at home. There are certain unforeseen events that take place in his life and he kills a man in a fight. He is charged with manslaughter and sentenced to seven years of imprisonment. Cameron is taken into prison even before his daughter is born . In the prison he spends his life with the other inmates of the prison who have come from different strata’s of society and are guilty of varied crimes ranging from petty crimes to serious ones. After seven years he is finally released on parole and is being transferred from prison to his home at Alabama. This transfer will be done along with others who are also being moved to a Supermax prison that has been constructed in his hometown. US Marshal Vince Larkin is brought in so that they are able to complete the operation in a smooth manner.
However this not be since some of the members who were inmates at the prison have ganged up to hijack the plane and run. Heading this team is “The Virus “ paid by John Malkovich who has been paid by the drug lord Francisco Cindino. According to trivia Jerry Bruckheimer decided to cut the last scene of the present movie featuring the garland green scene at the tables of Las Vegas. He wanted to give the film an alternative ending to the movie with a sentimental family reunion. However some of the early screenings proved that the scene was best kept unaltered. According to a website the plane crash scene of the movie Con Air was one of the highest rated as the most horrific of plane crashes in movie history. Cameron Poe’s character is not the traditional hero figure in the movie. He portrays traces of good characteristics as well as anger. He is seen as being thrown into a situation where he would have to take up the reigns himself in order to save himself as well as the people who mater to him . For instance Baby-O his fellow inmate with him he has connected in his prison term. The title of the film was taken from the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System.Wikipedia
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Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can is a masterpiece from the master himself Steven Spielberg the film stars the best from the Hollywood celebrated actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks in the lead. The movie based on a novel penned down by Frank Abagnale Jr , Stan Redding and Jeff Nathanson. The 2002 motion picture perhaps one of the most off beat ventures by the director. A marvelous creation the movie turned to be major commercial success proving the acting skills of both the lead actors.
The movie is based on the life of a con artist Frank William Abagnale, Jr who had acquired almost $4 million through his several fraud means. Establishing himself as a famous con man he carried on with his crooked means for almost six years before finally giving in. The film starts off with his the FBI agent Carl Hanratty meeting Frank in a prison in France. The movie goes into a flash back stating Frank’s position six years back. He is shown attending an award ceremony along with his parents meant for his dad. The very next day Frank disguises as his father’s driver and tries to secure a loan from the Chase Manhattan Bank but fails in the effort. As he fails to fit into in his new school Frank finds out several new ways of running away from his curriculum disguising as the French teacher. Seeing the present condition of her parent’s married life, which seemed to go into pieces Frank runs away from her home.
In his pursuit of finding a different means of living he runs short of monetary help as all the checks taken from father exhausts. He then tries his hand at several con tricks to earn a living but fails at initial levels. He gets his first success disguising himself as a pilot in an attempt of securing information from an airline pilot. He then forges the Pan Am payroll checks and attains success in obtaining almost over 1.3 million dollars. On the other side of the story Carl Hanratty is all set to catch Frank with not help from her superiors. In a famous sequence Carl is seen seeking information in a hotel when he finds out that Frank is in the same hotel and goes into his room. As he was not aware of how Frank looks so Carl is in turn fooled as Frank names himself as Barry Allen a Secret Agent. Further more Frank is later shown apologizing to Carl for fooling him over the phone with Carl refusing to accept that. Frank then goes on to disguise himself as doctor and a lawyer. Amidst all this he falls in love with a nurse Brenda. He discloses all his secrets to her and asks her to run away with him. Yet at the very particular day Frank finds Brenda surrounded by agents who plan to catch him. he them runs away to France yet gets caught by Carl. As he hears of his father’s death and finds his mother with her boyfriend Frank break away and surrenders to Carl. Later he is shown to help Carl in his investigation trying to track down frauds. With Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank William Abagnale Jr and Tom Hanks as Carl Hanratty the movie is must see material. Wikipedia
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The movie is based on the life of a con artist Frank William Abagnale, Jr who had acquired almost $4 million through his several fraud means. Establishing himself as a famous con man he carried on with his crooked means for almost six years before finally giving in. The film starts off with his the FBI agent Carl Hanratty meeting Frank in a prison in France. The movie goes into a flash back stating Frank’s position six years back. He is shown attending an award ceremony along with his parents meant for his dad. The very next day Frank disguises as his father’s driver and tries to secure a loan from the Chase Manhattan Bank but fails in the effort. As he fails to fit into in his new school Frank finds out several new ways of running away from his curriculum disguising as the French teacher. Seeing the present condition of her parent’s married life, which seemed to go into pieces Frank runs away from her home.
In his pursuit of finding a different means of living he runs short of monetary help as all the checks taken from father exhausts. He then tries his hand at several con tricks to earn a living but fails at initial levels. He gets his first success disguising himself as a pilot in an attempt of securing information from an airline pilot. He then forges the Pan Am payroll checks and attains success in obtaining almost over 1.3 million dollars. On the other side of the story Carl Hanratty is all set to catch Frank with not help from her superiors. In a famous sequence Carl is seen seeking information in a hotel when he finds out that Frank is in the same hotel and goes into his room. As he was not aware of how Frank looks so Carl is in turn fooled as Frank names himself as Barry Allen a Secret Agent. Further more Frank is later shown apologizing to Carl for fooling him over the phone with Carl refusing to accept that. Frank then goes on to disguise himself as doctor and a lawyer. Amidst all this he falls in love with a nurse Brenda. He discloses all his secrets to her and asks her to run away with him. Yet at the very particular day Frank finds Brenda surrounded by agents who plan to catch him. he them runs away to France yet gets caught by Carl. As he hears of his father’s death and finds his mother with her boyfriend Frank break away and surrenders to Carl. Later he is shown to help Carl in his investigation trying to track down frauds. With Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank William Abagnale Jr and Tom Hanks as Carl Hanratty the movie is must see material. Wikipedia
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Buono il brutto il cattivo II
Buono il brutto il cattivo II, is an action adventure movie that was made in 1966 by the director Sergio Leone. Buono il brutto il cattivo II was released in Italy on December 23rd 1966. The movie got premiered at London, UK on 22nd August 1968. Buono il brutto il cattivo II came with the tag line “For Three Men The Civil War Wasn’t Hell
Who will walk away with the cash?” the tag line itself gives an idea that the movie was no lesser than the war movies; say for example, the Bridge on the River Kwai. The run time of the movie is 161 minutes and about 180 minutes in the UK version. Buono il Brutto il cattivo II is also known as The Good, The Bad and the Ugly in the USA. Buono il brutto il cattivo II was awarded with the 1968 golden laurel award. The award was given to Clint East wood for securing the second place as an action hero. The action adventure movie Buono il brutto il cattivo II had the breath taking performance rendered by the actors Eli Wallach, who appeared as Tuco, Clint Eastwood who remarkably played the character of Blondie and other actors. Buono il brutto il cattivo II establishes the victory of good over evil. The protagonist Blondie (personifying the virtue of goodness) is a gunslinger by profession. Blondie is in search of earning a few dollars. The character Angel eyes (signifying the vice Bad) performs something in return of some payment. Tuco (the Ugly) is wanted for his criminal attributes.
Blondie and Tuco remain in a partner ship together making money out of Tuco’s ability. When Blondie wants to be off the partnership Tuco resolves not to set Blondie free. Blondie and Tuco come by a horse carriage that is loaded with corpses. The lone survivor among the dead, played by actor Bill Carson, informs Blondie and Tuco that he along with other men has buried a stash of gold in a cemetery. After Bill Carson dies on screen, Tuco succeeds to find out the name of the cemetery and Blondie is successful, finding out the name of the grave where the hoard of gold has been laid. Now both Tuco and the Blondie are crestfallen in an awkward situation, where they have to rely on each other to find a share of the store of gold. Angel eyes who has all the while been looking for Bill Carson comes to know that Tuco and Blondie has become known about the store of gold, being kept in the grave by Billy Carson and the others, who are dead. The movie inextricably states, how the good, the bad and the ugly fight out to get a share of gold each. Imdb
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Who will walk away with the cash?” the tag line itself gives an idea that the movie was no lesser than the war movies; say for example, the Bridge on the River Kwai. The run time of the movie is 161 minutes and about 180 minutes in the UK version. Buono il Brutto il cattivo II is also known as The Good, The Bad and the Ugly in the USA. Buono il brutto il cattivo II was awarded with the 1968 golden laurel award. The award was given to Clint East wood for securing the second place as an action hero. The action adventure movie Buono il brutto il cattivo II had the breath taking performance rendered by the actors Eli Wallach, who appeared as Tuco, Clint Eastwood who remarkably played the character of Blondie and other actors. Buono il brutto il cattivo II establishes the victory of good over evil. The protagonist Blondie (personifying the virtue of goodness) is a gunslinger by profession. Blondie is in search of earning a few dollars. The character Angel eyes (signifying the vice Bad) performs something in return of some payment. Tuco (the Ugly) is wanted for his criminal attributes.
Blondie and Tuco remain in a partner ship together making money out of Tuco’s ability. When Blondie wants to be off the partnership Tuco resolves not to set Blondie free. Blondie and Tuco come by a horse carriage that is loaded with corpses. The lone survivor among the dead, played by actor Bill Carson, informs Blondie and Tuco that he along with other men has buried a stash of gold in a cemetery. After Bill Carson dies on screen, Tuco succeeds to find out the name of the cemetery and Blondie is successful, finding out the name of the grave where the hoard of gold has been laid. Now both Tuco and the Blondie are crestfallen in an awkward situation, where they have to rely on each other to find a share of the store of gold. Angel eyes who has all the while been looking for Bill Carson comes to know that Tuco and Blondie has become known about the store of gold, being kept in the grave by Billy Carson and the others, who are dead. The movie inextricably states, how the good, the bad and the ugly fight out to get a share of gold each. Imdb
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To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird is a popular Southern Gothic novel of Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird has a kind of autobiographical touch. Harper Lee has won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 for the novel. The novel is loosely based on the family and friends of the author with different character names. To Kill a Mockingbird is mainly based on juggling of themes like selfishness, courage, pride and prejudice and several other themes
In To Kill a Mockingbird the author explores different stages of life in the Deep South backdrop. To Kill a Mockingbird remains a subject of interest for many. To Kill a Mockingbird was filmed by director Robert Mulligan with a screenplay by Horton Foote in 1962. The story revolves round Scout Finch and her family and friends. Scout Finch lives with her brother, Jem, and her father, Atticus, who is a middle-aged lawyer, in Maycomb county of Alabama. One summer, a boy named Charles Baker Harris (Dill) living in their neighborhood for the summer becomes friends of these brother and sister. Dill got attracted toward the weird Radley House, earlier owned by Mr. Radley. Radley had two sons, Nathan and Arthur. Nathan takes the charge of the household after Mr. Radley's death. The weirdest thing about Arthur is that he has lived there for years without getting outside of the house in daylight. There are rumors about the boy that he had once stabbed in the leg of his father out of impulse and he gets out of the house at night to eat squirrels and lurks outside people’s house.
Scout goes to school and describes her days at schools and her friends. On his last day, Dill and her friends go to the Radley and are shot at by Nathan and Jem has his trousers in trouble. When he returned to find them, the trousers are found mended and kept on the fence. In the winter, Scout and Jem are given gifts by Arthur but Nathan stopped all the ways of communication among these three. But the brother and sisters are too young to understand all these. During the trial of a case, these brother and sisters duo are seated in the colored bench. When the verdict is out, Jem’s belief in the law is shaken. After the verdict is out, Bob Ewell menaces Tom Robinson's widow. She attacks Jem and Scout when they are coming from school. Arthur saves the child and while they are struggling Bob was stabbed to death and Jem breaks his arms. But sheriff saves the situation and insists that he tripped on a root and fell on his knife. Scout now understands what her father wants her to do when he tells them to see the life from other’s perspective. Now she feels sorry for Arthur. She tells her father that Arthur turns out to be a nice person and her father says "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them." Wikipedia
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In To Kill a Mockingbird the author explores different stages of life in the Deep South backdrop. To Kill a Mockingbird remains a subject of interest for many. To Kill a Mockingbird was filmed by director Robert Mulligan with a screenplay by Horton Foote in 1962. The story revolves round Scout Finch and her family and friends. Scout Finch lives with her brother, Jem, and her father, Atticus, who is a middle-aged lawyer, in Maycomb county of Alabama. One summer, a boy named Charles Baker Harris (Dill) living in their neighborhood for the summer becomes friends of these brother and sister. Dill got attracted toward the weird Radley House, earlier owned by Mr. Radley. Radley had two sons, Nathan and Arthur. Nathan takes the charge of the household after Mr. Radley's death. The weirdest thing about Arthur is that he has lived there for years without getting outside of the house in daylight. There are rumors about the boy that he had once stabbed in the leg of his father out of impulse and he gets out of the house at night to eat squirrels and lurks outside people’s house.
Scout goes to school and describes her days at schools and her friends. On his last day, Dill and her friends go to the Radley and are shot at by Nathan and Jem has his trousers in trouble. When he returned to find them, the trousers are found mended and kept on the fence. In the winter, Scout and Jem are given gifts by Arthur but Nathan stopped all the ways of communication among these three. But the brother and sisters are too young to understand all these. During the trial of a case, these brother and sisters duo are seated in the colored bench. When the verdict is out, Jem’s belief in the law is shaken. After the verdict is out, Bob Ewell menaces Tom Robinson's widow. She attacks Jem and Scout when they are coming from school. Arthur saves the child and while they are struggling Bob was stabbed to death and Jem breaks his arms. But sheriff saves the situation and insists that he tripped on a root and fell on his knife. Scout now understands what her father wants her to do when he tells them to see the life from other’s perspective. Now she feels sorry for Arthur. She tells her father that Arthur turns out to be a nice person and her father says "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them." Wikipedia
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Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society, the movie was made in the year 1989, by director Peter Weir. The story of the movie was written by Tom Schulman and it is a great work of drama to be made in the movie version. Dead Poets Society was released at Toronto in Canada on June 2nd 1989. On the same day the movie was released in the United States of America. The movie was also made in several other languages such as French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish and others
The story of the movie Dead Poets Society revolves around a protagonist named as Todd Anderson, who is very coy in his nature. He somewhat suffers from deprived reflexes, that does not allow him to freely mix with others. When Todd Anderson, first goes to the school, his older brother was already very popular over there and was very well known as a Valedictorian. At his school, Todd Anderson had to stay at the school boarding, where he got to share his room with Neil. Now while Todd was very reserved and not very free to intermingle with the others, Neil was an exceptionally bright student and quite known among his friends and the staff at school. But he has to remain under the strict vigilant eye of his father, who likes to rest his weight upon him. The twosome team up along with their friends encounters Professor Keating, who happens to be their new English Teacher. It is Professor Keating, who tells Todd, Neil and the others about the Dead Poets Society. Professor Keating now urges the whole group to go against the set norms, and do something out of the way. The movie Dead Poets Society revolves around how the friends work in their own manner, in order to accomplish something extraordinary and as a whole, their notion about life changes, and they themselves are changed as humans.
While the credit titles for the movie have been done by Tom Schulman, the exciting crew of Dead Poets Society comprises of Robin Williams, as the mentor John Keating, along with Robert Sean Leonard as Neil Perry, Ethan Hawke as the coy Todd Anderson. The other characters of the movie get portrayed by the other actors like Josh Charles, who perform as Knox Overstreet along with the others such as Gale Hansen as Charlie Dalton and the others. Since Dead Poets Society is basically a drama, hence music and the background score find a place of significance in the movie. The Musical score of the movie has been done by Maurice Jarre, while the shots of the movie have been taken by John Seale. While the movie Dead Poets Society was nominated in 1990 in the Academy awards for the categories of best director, best actor in a leading role and the best picture, an Oscar was won by Dead Poets Society for the best writing and screenplay by Tom Schulman. Imdb
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The story of the movie Dead Poets Society revolves around a protagonist named as Todd Anderson, who is very coy in his nature. He somewhat suffers from deprived reflexes, that does not allow him to freely mix with others. When Todd Anderson, first goes to the school, his older brother was already very popular over there and was very well known as a Valedictorian. At his school, Todd Anderson had to stay at the school boarding, where he got to share his room with Neil. Now while Todd was very reserved and not very free to intermingle with the others, Neil was an exceptionally bright student and quite known among his friends and the staff at school. But he has to remain under the strict vigilant eye of his father, who likes to rest his weight upon him. The twosome team up along with their friends encounters Professor Keating, who happens to be their new English Teacher. It is Professor Keating, who tells Todd, Neil and the others about the Dead Poets Society. Professor Keating now urges the whole group to go against the set norms, and do something out of the way. The movie Dead Poets Society revolves around how the friends work in their own manner, in order to accomplish something extraordinary and as a whole, their notion about life changes, and they themselves are changed as humans.
While the credit titles for the movie have been done by Tom Schulman, the exciting crew of Dead Poets Society comprises of Robin Williams, as the mentor John Keating, along with Robert Sean Leonard as Neil Perry, Ethan Hawke as the coy Todd Anderson. The other characters of the movie get portrayed by the other actors like Josh Charles, who perform as Knox Overstreet along with the others such as Gale Hansen as Charlie Dalton and the others. Since Dead Poets Society is basically a drama, hence music and the background score find a place of significance in the movie. The Musical score of the movie has been done by Maurice Jarre, while the shots of the movie have been taken by John Seale. While the movie Dead Poets Society was nominated in 1990 in the Academy awards for the categories of best director, best actor in a leading role and the best picture, an Oscar was won by Dead Poets Society for the best writing and screenplay by Tom Schulman. Imdb
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