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End of World War 1
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Scopes Trial
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End of the roaring twenties
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Start of the Great Depression
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All Quiet On The Western Front
All Quiet On The Western Front
Written by: Erich Maria Remarque
The movie shows pictures of how cruel World War 1 (1914-1918) was and is, therefore, one of the best anti-war movies ever made.
Rating: I give the movie 4 out of 5 stars.
Connection: We still have wars today but not as big as the first and second World War.
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Start of World War 2
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Grapes of Wrath
The Joad clan is looking for a better life in California. After their drought-ridden farm is seized by the bank, the family -- led by just-paroled son Tom loads up a truck and heads West.
Written by: John Steinbeck
Directed by: John Ford
Rating: I give 3 out of 5 stars
Connection: The Movie shows how Families have to travel from one camp to the next to find work.
[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-grapes-of-wrath-1940] -
Inherit the Wind
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
Inherit the Wind is a parable that fictionalizes the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial as a means to discuss.
Rating: I give 2 out of 3 stars
Connection: The movie dramatizes the Monkey trials which made people think about fundamentalism and evolution. They might questioned the bible.
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Race between Russia and the U.S. (first man in space)
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Written by: Gordon W. Prange
The movie dramatizes the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and shows the Japanese and American side of the attack.
Rating: I give the movie 2 out of 5 stars.
Connection: Through the attack on Pearl Harbor we have better communication and wouldn' t do the same mistakes the Americans did back then.
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Watergate scandal
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Jeremiah Johnson
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
A Mexican-American War veteran, Jeremiah Johnson heads to the mountains to live in isolation. As life continues in the mountains, Johnson finds himself a native bride and an adopted son. However, their peaceful existence is threatened when Johnson incurs the ire of the Crow Indians.
Rating: I give 2 out of 5 stars
Connection: The movie shows how the relationship between Indians and white men was.
[https://bmovies.su/film/jeremiah-johnson-13028] -
Nixon's resignation
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All the President's Men
All the President's Men
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
The movie is about the Watergate scandal, which brought down the presidency of Richard M. Nixon.
Rating: I give the movie 1 out of 5 stars
Connection: The Watergate Scandal really happened and showed the people that the president does not stand over the Congress.
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Escape from Alcatraz
Written by: Richard Tuggle
Directed by: Don Siegel
It dramatizes the 1962 prisoner escape from the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island.
Rating: I give 3 out of 5 stars
Connection: The escape of Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers based on a real story. Till today is unknown if they made it or not.
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The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
Written by: Tom Wolfe
The Navy, Marine and Air Force test pilots who were involved in aeronautical research at Edwards Air Force Base, California, as well as the Mercury Seven, the seven military pilots who were selected to be the astronauts for Project Mercury, the first manned spaceflight by the United States
Rating: I give 3 out of 5 stars
Connection: Trough the tests we made progress in space science
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Apollo 13
Apollo 13
Directed by: Ron Howard
The film depicts astronauts Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise aboard Apollo 13 for America's third Moon landing mission. An onboard explosion deprives their spacecraft of most of its oxygen supply and electric power, forcing NASA's flight controllers to abort the Moon landing, and turning the mission into a struggle to get the three men home safely.
Rating: I give 4 out of 5 stars
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Titanic
Directed by: James Cameron
Titanic; the pride and joy of the White Star Line and, at the time, the largest moving object ever built. She was the most luxurious liner of her era -- the "ship of dreams" -- which ultimately carried over 1,500 people to their death in the ice cold waters of the North Atlantic in the early hours of April 15, 1912.
Rating: I give 4 out of 5 stars
Connection: the movie is based on a real event.
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Life is Beautiful
Directed by: Roberto Benigni
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.
Rating: I give 5 out of 5 stars
Connection: The movie shows how Italian-Jews become victims of the Holocaust. Also when the movie presents it in a funny way it has serious parts as well. [http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/movieposters/22005/p22005_p_v8_aa.jpg] -
My birthday
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Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit
Directed by: Gary Ross
Based on a true story. The film is loosely based on the life and racing career of Seabiscuit, an undersized and overlooked Thoroughbred racehorse, whose unexpected successes made him a hugely popular media sensation in the United States during the Great Depression.
Rating: I give the movie 4 out of 5 stars
Connection: Seabiscuit is a legend today because he had unexpected success.
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Cinderella Man
Cinderella man
Story by: Cliff Hollingsworth
The movie tells the story of a boxer and his family who had to face hard times during the Great Depression and went from wealthy to poor. The boxer gives everything to give his family back what they had.
Rating: I give the movie 4 out of 5 stars.
Connection: There are still poor people today but mostly the chance to go from wealthy to poor is not as big as it was.
[https://www.amazon.com/Cinderella-Full-Screen-Russell-Crowe/dp/B000ARTN3S] -
Invictus
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Nelson Mandela faces the task of unifying a country divided by race. Only months since the end of Apartheid, divisions still exist between the country's whites and blacks, something Mandela notices during an international rugby match. Realising black supporters cheer on the opposing side when their white Springboks take to the field.
Rating: I give 2 out of 5 stars
[http://history.msu.edu/hst484-f15/2015/10/06/invictus-film-reviews/] -
War Horse
War Horse
Written by: Michael Morpurgo
The movie tells of the journey of Joey, a bay Thoroughbred horse raised by British teenager Albert (Irvine), as he is bought by the British Army, leading him to encounter numerous individuals and owners throughout Europe, all the while experiencing the tragedies of the war happening around him. (1914- 1918)
Rating: I give the movie 5 out of 5 stars.
Connection:
[https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/war-horse/id495876188] -
Unbroken
Directed by: Angelina Jolie
After Louie's plane crashes in the Pacific, he survives an incredible 47 days adrift in a raft, until his capture by the Japanese navy. Sent to a POW camp, Louie becomes the favorite target of a cruel prison commander.
Rating: I give 4 out of 5 stars.
Connection: It is based on a true story
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Starting my exchange year
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