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film timeline
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Roundhay Garden Scene
The first movie ever that was only 2.11 seconds long, and it's a short silent actuality film recorded by French inventor Louis Le Prince. The movie is of a garden scene with no action, hence the name. -
Annabelle Serpentine Dance
This was the first hand colored film in history, made by William Kennedy Dickson. The film is of the performance of the Serpentine Dance from Annabelle Moore. -
Merchant of Venice
The movie was an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Merchant of-Venice." Lois Weber directed the film and became the first American female director of the feature length film. -
Snow White
It was the first full-length cel animated film. It almost made Disney bankrupt, but displayed color in each of the movie's panels. -
Midnight Cowboy
Won the Oscar for Best Picture, making it the first and last rated X movie to win the award.The movie was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation. -
Star Wars
Luccas films changed the used of special effects, props, and characters displayed on screen. The sound effects and structures are still developed and used today. Was the structure/base of the movies shown currently. -
The Lion King (Remake)
It was the first fully CGI "Live Action" movie. Disney bought national geographic to research on animal movements to capture it in the film.