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Robert De Niro

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Lorenzo Anello

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Chazz Palminitri

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Sonny LoSpecchio

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Lilo Brancato

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Calogero ‘C’ Anello (17)

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Francis Capra

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Calogero ‘C’ Anello (9)

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Taral Hicks

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Jane Williams

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Director of Bronx Tale

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Robert De Niro

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Gangster in Gangster films was sometimes

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the tragic hero

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Gangster film has ties with what time

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The Great Depression

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Early Gangster Films…

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Followed the history of crime in the US

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First Gangster Film to go into why they commit crimes..

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Public Enemy (1931) with James Cagney

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Warner Bros was known as

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The Ganster Film Producer

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The interesting thing about early horror films was that

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many of them came to life because of a novel

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Horro became a truly recognizable genre in

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1986 with George Melies’s The House of The Devil

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14
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What is considered the first Horror Film?

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The House of The Devil

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15
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Who Wrote and Directed Frankenstein(1910)?

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J. Searle Dawley

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16
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Where was Frankenstein (1910) filmed?

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Thomas Edison’s Black Maria Studios

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17
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What year was the landmark year for horror?

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1931

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18
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Who directed Frankenstein(1931)

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James Whale

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19
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Who played Frankenstein

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Boris Karloff

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20
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How many films did Karloff make before he was Frankenstein

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80

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21
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Who Directed Dracula

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Todd Browning

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22
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Who played Dracula

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Bela Lugosi

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Why did Bela make Dracula slow and drawn out

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He needed time to translate the lines in his head

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What genre is Universal known for

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HORROR

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How did Alfred Hitchcock change the horror genre with Psycho?

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He killed the lead actress within the first thirty minutes

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Who directed Night of The Living Dead

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George Romero

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27
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Who directed The Exorcist (1973)

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William Friedken

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28
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Who started the “Splatter” genre of horror?

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Tobe Hooper, with Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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29
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Who Directed Poltergeist 1982

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Tobe Hooper

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30
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Who Produced Poltergeist 1982

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Steven Spielberg

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Steve Freeling

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Craig T. Nelson

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Diane Freeling

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Jo Beth Williams

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Dr. Lesh

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Beatrice Straight

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Dana Freeling

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Dominique Dunne

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Carol Anne Freeling

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Heather O’Rourke

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Who was Roger Corman

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A person who gave many in the industry their start, for example, Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorcese, Gale Ann Hurd, etc.

37
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What Film Broke The Blacklist

38
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He never won an Academy Award for Directing an individual film

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Alfred Hitchcock

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What was Hitchcock’s style

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providing the audience with information that the endangered characters are unaware of

40
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Auditory Conflict

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What is heard doesn’t match what happens, or suggests something happened when it didn’t. A trick on the viewer.

41
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Hitchcock’s favorite elements (5)

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An innocent man accused of a crime, Nowhere to run, Horror resides in everyday life, Murder can happen in happy places, The unexpected can happen at any time.

42
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Where did Hitchcock start his career

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London at Paramount’s Famous Players studio illustrating silent film Title Cards

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Who was Hitchcock married to

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Alma Reville, who was his best and most trusted advisor on scripts, film choices, and etc.

44
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What is the McGuffin

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Something Hitchcock uses to help launch a story, and after the story launched it wasn’t seen again, usually.

45
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What director appeared in all of his films?

46
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Who Directed Rear Window 1954

47
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L. B. Jeffries

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Jimmy Stewart

48
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Lisa Carol Freemont

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Grace Kelly

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Stella

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Thelma Ritter

50
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Detective Doyle

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Wendell Corey

51
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Lars Thorwald

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Raymond Burr

52
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This film was Hitchcocks favorite film

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Rear Window

53
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Which genre has the most loyal fans

54
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Who directed Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956

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Don Siegel

55
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Dr. Miles Bennel

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Kevin McCarthy

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Becky Driscoll

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Dana Wynter

57
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Jack

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King Donovan

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THeodora

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Carolyn Jones

59
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Narrative

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Means the storytelling, is tantamount in any genre

60
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What launched the start of Independent Films?

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A Supreme Court decision forced the Hollywood studios to divest their exhibition/distribution operations by selling off their theatres, ending the monopoly

61
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Who started Sundance Film Festival

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Robert Redford

62
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What film redefined the term “independent” and why

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Platoon, since there was some studio backing

63
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Who are the Coen Brothers

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Well known independent directors

64
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Who are The Big Six

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Paramount
Warner Bros.
Universal
20th Century Fox
Columbia
Walt Disney
65
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Miramax

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Supportive of independent films

66
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Who Directed Big Fish 2003

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Tim Burton

67
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Who Did the Score to Big Fish 2003

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Danny Elfman

68
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Who designed the costumes for Big Fish 2003

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Colleen Atwood

69
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Ed Bloom (young)

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Ewan McGrgor

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Ed Bloom (Sr.)

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Albert Finney

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Will Bloom

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Billy Crudup

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Sandra Bloom (older)

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Jessica Lange

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Jenny (younger and older)

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Helna Bonham Carter

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The Witch

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Helena Bonham Carter

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Dr. Bennet (Sr.)

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Robert Guillaume

76
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Tandem Casting

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spiritually and physically are the character

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