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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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What is considered the first Horror Film?

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The House of The Devil

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Who Wrote and Directed Frankenstein(1910)?

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J. Searle Dawley

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Where was Frankenstein (1910) filmed?

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Thomas Edison’s Black Maria Studios

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What year was the landmark year for horror?

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1931

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Who directed Frankenstein(1931)

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James Whale

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Who played Frankenstein

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Boris Karloff

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How many films did Karloff make before he was Frankenstein

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80

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Who Directed Dracula

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Todd Browning

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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?
He killed the lead actress within the first thirty minutes
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Who directed Night of The Living Dead
George Romero
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Who directed The Exorcist (1973)
William Friedken
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Who started the "Splatter" genre of horror?
Tobe Hooper, with Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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Who Directed Poltergeist 1982
Tobe Hooper
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Who Produced Poltergeist 1982
Steven Spielberg
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Steve Freeling
Craig T. Nelson
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Diane Freeling
Jo Beth Williams
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Dr. Lesh
Beatrice Straight
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Dana Freeling
Dominique Dunne
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Carol Anne Freeling
Heather O'Rourke
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Who was Roger Corman
A person who gave many in the industry their start, for example, Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorcese, Gale Ann Hurd, etc.
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What Film Broke The Blacklist
Spartacus
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He never won an Academy Award for Directing an individual film
Alfred Hitchcock
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What was Hitchcock's style
providing the audience with information that the endangered characters are unaware of
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Auditory Conflict
What is heard doesn't match what happens, or suggests something happened when it didn't. A trick on the viewer.
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Hitchcock's favorite elements (5)
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.
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Where did Hitchcock start his career
London at Paramount's Famous Players studio illustrating silent film Title Cards
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Who was Hitchcock married to
Alma Reville, who was his best and most trusted advisor on scripts, film choices, and etc.
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What is the McGuffin
Something Hitchcock uses to help launch a story, and after the story launched it wasn't seen again, usually.
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What director appeared in all of his films?
Hitchcock
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Who Directed Rear Window 1954
Hitchcock
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L. B. Jeffries
Jimmy Stewart
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Lisa Carol Freemont
Grace Kelly
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Stella
Thelma Ritter
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Detective Doyle
Wendell Corey
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Lars Thorwald
Raymond Burr
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This film was Hitchcocks favorite film
Rear Window
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Which genre has the most loyal fans
Scifi
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Who directed Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956
Don Siegel
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Dr. Miles Bennel
Kevin McCarthy
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Becky Driscoll
Dana Wynter
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Jack
King Donovan
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THeodora
Carolyn Jones
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Narrative
Means the storytelling, is tantamount in any genre
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What launched the start of Independent Films?
A Supreme Court decision forced the Hollywood studios to divest their exhibition/distribution operations by selling off their theatres, ending the monopoly
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Who started Sundance Film Festival
Robert Redford
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What film redefined the term "independent" and why
Platoon, since there was some studio backing
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Who are the Coen Brothers
Well known independent directors
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Who are The Big Six
``` Paramount Warner Bros. Universal 20th Century Fox Columbia Walt Disney ```
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Miramax
Supportive of independent films
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Who Directed Big Fish 2003
Tim Burton
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Who Did the Score to Big Fish 2003
Danny Elfman
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Who designed the costumes for Big Fish 2003
Colleen Atwood
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Ed Bloom (young)
Ewan McGrgor
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Ed Bloom (Sr.)
Albert Finney
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Will Bloom
Billy Crudup
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Sandra Bloom (older)
Jessica Lange
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Jenny (younger and older)
Helna Bonham Carter
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The Witch
Helena Bonham Carter
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Dr. Bennet (Sr.)
Robert Guillaume
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Tandem Casting
spiritually and physically are the character

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