Historical Film Analysis
Each grading period you will watch a movie and analysis it from its historical perspective. Below are a list of movies and their descriptions. You will pick one movie or you will be assigned a movie that you have not seen each nine weeks.
Pre, During, and Post Movie Questions
Make sure the answers are in complete sentences and with detail. Turn this in on google classroom, through my email, or a hard copy on the first day of school.
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1st 9 weeks
Unbroken (2014) PG-13 137 min.After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
Director: Angelina Jolie Writers: Joel Coen (screenplay), Ethan Coen (screenplay) Stars: Jack O'Connell, Miyavi, Domhnall Gleeson |
Life is Beautiful (1997) PG-13 116 min.When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
Director: Roberto Benigni Writers: Vincenzo Cerami (story), Roberto Benigni (story) Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini |
Thirteen Days (2000) PG-13 145 min.A dramatization of President Kennedy's administration's struggle to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis in October of 1962.
Director: Roger Donaldson Writers: David Self, Ernest R. May (book) Stars: Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Shawn Driscoll |
2nd 9 Weeks
Gandhi (1982) PG 191 min.The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
Director: Richard Attenborough Writer: John Briley Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Candice Bergen |
Joyeux Noel (2005) PG-13 116 min.On Christmas Eve during world War I, the Germans, French, and Scottish fraternize and get to know the men who live on the opposite side of a brutal war, in what became a true lesson of humanity.
Director: Christian Carion Writer: Christian Carion Stars: Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet |
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) PG 216 min.Follows a brilliant, flamboyant and controversial British military figure and his conflicted loyalties during wartime service.
Director: David Lean Writers: T.E. Lawrence (writings), Robert Bolt(screenplay), 1 more credit » Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn |
3rd 9 weeks
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) PG-13 154 min.Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas and the effect this has on the indigenous people.
Director: Ridley Scott Writer: Rose Bosch (scenario) (as Roselyne Bosch) Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver |
The Ne w World (2005) PG-13 135 min.The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.
Director: Terrence Malick Writer: Terrence Malick Stars: Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer |
4th 9 weeks
Spartacus (1960) PG-13 197 min.The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic.
Director: Stanley Kubrick Writers: Dalton Trumbo (screenplay), Howard Fast (based on the novel by), 2 more credits » Stars: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons |
Ben Hur (1959) G 212 min.When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
Director: William Wyler Writers: Lew Wallace (novel) (as General Lew Wallace) ,Karl Tunberg (screenplay), 4 more credits » Stars: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd |