Movies

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Movies
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Introduction
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BEN HUR

• Ben-Hur is a 1959 epic film directed by William
  Wyler, and is the third film version of Lew
  Wallace's novel. It premiered at Loews Theater in
  New York City on November 18, 1959. The film went
  on to win a record of eleven Academy Awards,
  including Best Picture, a feat equaled only by
  Titanic (1997) and The Lord of the Rings The
  Return of the King (2003).

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GLADIATOR

• Gladiator is a 2000 epic film directed by Ridley
  Scott and starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin
  Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Djimon
  Hounsou, Derek Jacobi and Richard Harris. Crowe
  portrays General Maximus Decimus Meridius, friend
  of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who is betrayed and
  murdered by the emperor's ambitious son, Commodus
  (Phoenix). Captured and enslaved along the outer
  fringes of the Roman empire, Maximus rises
  through the ranks of the gladiatorial arena to
  avenge the murder of his family and his Emperor.

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LORD OF THE RINGS

• The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy
  novel written by the English academic and
  philologist J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as
  merely a sequel to Tolkien's earlier work, The
  Hobbit, but eventually developed into a much
  larger story. It was written in stages between
  1937 and 1949, much of it during World War II.
• Although intended as a single-volume work, it was
  originally published in three volumes in 1954 and
  1955, and it is in this three-volume form that it
  is popularly known. It has since been reprinted
  numerous times and translated into many different
  languages, becoming one of the most popular and
  influential works in 20th-century literature.

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SPIDERMAN

• Spider-Man (Peter Benjamin Parker) is a fictional
  character, a Marvel Comics superhero, created by
  writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko.
  The character first appeared in Amazing Fantasy
  15 (Aug. 1962), and has since gone on to become
  one of the most popular, enduring and
  commercially successful superheroes worldwide,
  and is arguably Marvel's most famous character.

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THE END

• These blockbusters are sure to be very
  entertaining. Hope you enkoyed the presentation.

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SHREK

• Shrek, an animated feature film by DreamWorks
  Animation, debuted in 2001, and is based upon
  William Steig's 1990 fairy tale picture book
  entitled Shrek!.
• It was directed by New Zealander Andrew Adamson
  and Los Angeles artist Vicky Jenson and animated
  by DreamWorks Animation SKG.
• Shrek was the first film to win an Academy Award
  for Best Animated Feature, a category introduced
  in 2001. It was released on DVD and VHS on
  November 7, 2001.