MOVIES
Introduction
BEN HUR
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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).
GLADIATOR
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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.
LORD OF THE RINGS
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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.
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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.
SPIDERMAN
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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.
THE END
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These blockbusters are sure to be very
entertaining. Hope you enkoyed the
presentation.
SHREK
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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.