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A film (British English)—also called a movie (American English), motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay, or flick—is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally accompanied by sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema" is a shortening of the word "cinematography" and is used to refer to either filmmaking, the film industry, the overall art form, or a movie theater. (Full article...)
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Alien Autopsy may refer to:
- Alien Autopsy (1995 film), a 1995 black-and-white film
- Alien Autopsy (2006 film), a 2006 comedy film (Portal:Film/Featured content)
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Interior of the kinetographic theater, also known as Edison's Black Maria, Thomas Edison's movie production studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
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- ... that film critics accused the MPAA ratings board of having yielded to studio pressure to rate The Exorcist R rather than X?
- ... that the live-action drama adaptation of Our Dining Table was filmed in the hometown of one of the lead actors?
- ... that Jeʹvida is the first feature film in the Skolt Sámi language?
- ... that George Krugers was circumcised so he could pass as Muslim and film The Great Mecca Feast?
- ... that actor Jim O'Heir consumed numerous cinnamon rolls for a scene in Better Call Saul?
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Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is a New Zealand-born Australian actor, director and musician. He was born in Wellington, and at age 4, moved to Australia residing there permanently. His work on screen has earned him various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a British Academy Film Award.
Crowe began acting in Australia and had his breakout role in the drama Romper Stomper (1992). He gained international recognition for his starring roles as a police detective in the thriller L.A. Confidential (1997) and Jeffrey Wigand in the drama The Insider (1999). Crowe gained wider stardom for playing the title role in the period film Gladiator (2000), winning the Academy Award for Best Actor. Further acclaim came for portraying mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. in the biopic A Beautiful Mind (2001). He then starred in the war film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), the sports drama Cinderella Man (2005), the Western 3:10 to Yuma (2007), the crime drama American Gangster (2007), the thriller State of Play (2009), and the action film Robin Hood (2010). (Full article...)Featured lists -
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