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Richard Lester: "Petulia"

counterculture. Thus, by setting his film there (he filmed most of it on location), Lester was tapping into the one spot in the co...

Representation of African Americans in Film: Rush Hour 2

enjoy his vacation but pushes aside that vacation to help his friend find retribution for the murder of his father. There are mome...

Women in the American Revolution

was developing. But, when her husband was taken it was very hard for her to do nothing. She constantly ended up battling with the ...

Women's Roles in American Cinema Since 1967

bed, or even beginning to become amorous might secure a PG rating, but during that time period, blatant sexuality in film was not ...

U.S. Society and Cinematic Stereotypes of Hispanics

In five pages this paper considers how Hispanics have been stereotyped by American society and how cinema has perpetuated this dis...

Film Depiction of African Americans

Horne and Louis Armstrong. Of course, famous tap dancing acts were featured in some films of the day. There was a well known musi...

Films and Use of Drugs

In a paper consisting of nine pages drug use as depicted in American films is examined. Fifteen sources are cited in the bibliogr...

Workplace Culture and the Film Die Hard

a fairly ordinary guy, even if he is a cop. The movie offers numerous and viciously cynical commentary on the media, the FBI, and ...

The Film Smoke Signals, Native America, and Alcoholism

In eight pages the effects of alcoholism on Native Americans and the therapeutic impact of the film Smoke Signals are examined in ...

American Art or Independent Films and the Hollywood Studio System

In five pages this paper presents the argument that American independent or artistic films are not supported by Hollywood's studio...

A Review of A Bronx Tale

A 6 page essay reviewing both the film and print versions of this popular tale. Both the negative and positive aspects of America...

Reality and Hispanic Cinema

brutalized in this event and the historical record shows that such a background would be historically accurate. Alienated against...

Actress Julia Roberts

of his life. He realizes that he has been living in an emotional vacuum, operating more as a robot than a human being, and he subs...

Film and American Culture

everyone reveals their powerful inner human side, and all comes out well in the end. Some may argue that this film depicts the ...

Cinematic Comparison of Like Water for Chocolate and Mi Familia

characterize Mexican tradition with the contemporary realism of complex family relationships. It is a cinematic postcard for fami...

African American Youth Stereotypes

more of art imitating life rather than the other way around. II. DISCUSSION The good old days of the colorful, romantic, s...

Film American Pie and Sex

just not appeal to me....Yes, the movie does have that somewhat annoying trait of finding gut-wrenching humor in the very existenc...

Paranoia, McCarthyism, and Film Noir

in the destructive power of nuclear energy. Osteen (1994) points out that few events have affected the American psyche in a manne...

Suburban Dream Subverted

In eight pages this paper examines the shift from Orson Welles' perceptions of the American Dream to the subversion represented in...

Love Stereotypes in Literature and Cinema

screen is transitory at best. This movie asks the question: Is love merely going through the motions? Is beauty a trap? Are women ...

McWhorter/Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

Another feature that is unique to English is the way in which English uses the that "-ing thing" (McWhorter 2). In English, the pr...

Films and African American Gangsters Past and Present

In a paper consisting of eight pages the African American gangster and gangs depicted in Boyz 'N the Hood and Hoodlum are contrast...

Worldwide Environment and American Film Performers

is particularly evident in the spread of American culture seemingly to the far corners of the globe (Eslake 61). On practically e...

1995 Film Critique of The American President

and well-thought out film. This film makes us ask the question, however, about whether our United States Presidents truly have pe...

Contemporary American Culture and Films

In a paper consisting of 7 pages American cinema and how it satirizes or reflects American culture is considered with student tuto...

Childhood and Child Welfare in the Progressive Era by James Marten

This book review is on James Marten's Childhood and Child Welfare in the Progressive Era: A brief history with documents. The over...

Basketball History

This research paper presents a short history of basketball that describes how the sport began and then traces the high spots in it...

Male Historians and the Challenges of Women's History

social relations formed by them impinged on the lives of Renaissance women in different ways according to their different position...

1973 Film Time Period Setting of American Graffiti

In five pages this paper examines how the 1950s are represented in the drive-in, 'hot rods,' and early rock and roll music feature...

American Film and Hispanic Women

In eight pages this paper discusses films Evita and Selena in a consideration of the depiction of Hispanic women in U.S. cinema. ...