First Assignment - Intro to Film - Eng 114-03 - Spring 2010

Adds up to 4 points (4%) to your overall grade. (NOTE: Incomplete answers and grammatical errors will reduce points.) DUE MONDAY FEB. 1.

Assignment: See the movie. Save the ticket stub or rental, library or Netflix receipt; or photocopy the DVD cover if borrowed. Attach the receipt/photocopy to this form. Illegal downloads will not count!

Answer the questions below about the film. You can do so on this form by downloading it from the internet, copying it to a word processing document, answering the questions, then printing it out. No handwritten copies allowed!

USE YOUR OWN WORDS. DO NOT COPY SOMEBODY ELSE'S SUMMARY FROM THE INTERNET. DOING SO MEANS YOU WILL FLUNK THE ASSIGNMENT, IF NOT THE COURSE!

Choose ONE from among the following films. It must be a film you have NOT seen before. Hint: IMDb.com can be very helpful in choosing a film and doing some background research. (If you have seen all these films, contact me.)

SEVEN SAMURAI (1954)
CITIZEN KANE (1941)
THE GODFATHER (1972)
GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
THE SEARCHERS (1956)
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
THE GRADUATE (1967)
ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
MODERN TIMES (1936)
SPARTACUS (1960)
BLADE RUNNER (1982)
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)


Your name: Your tech ID:

Name of film:

Your rating of the film: Thumbs up or thumbs down?

Director:

Producer(s):

Production company or distributor:

 

 Main actor or actors:

1. Plot summary in 3-6 sentences.

 

 

 

2. Short review of the film in 3-6 sentences. Be specific. Use detail. Do not use the words "interesting" or "different". Some questions you might consider answering: Was it worthwhile? Would you recommend it to a friend? Was it simply entertaining or did it have more substance?

 

 

 

3. Why do you think this film is significant to the history of American film? What is unique about it, especially for its time? (3-6 sentences.)

 

 

 

4. Read a review of the film. (Hint: Reviews can be found on Movie Review Query Engine.) Do you and the reviewer agree on the film? If you disagree, why? Does it have to do with the period in which the film was made? Give the title of the article, its author and original source with URL. (3-6 sentences.)