Intro to Film Extra Credit

Films You Should See If You Haven't Seen Them Already

Adds up to 8 points to your overall grade. (NOTE: Incomplete answers and grammatical errors will reduce points.) DUE APRIL 25 AT THE LATEST!

Assignment: See the movie. Save the ticket stub or rental, library or Netflix receipt; or photocopy the DVD cover if borrowed. Attach the receipt/photocopy to this form.

  • Answer the questions below about the film. You can do so on this form by downloading it from the internet, copying it to a word processing document, answering the questions, then printing it out.
  • Use your own words. Doing so means you will flunk the assignment, if not the course!

Choose ONE from among the following films. It must be a film you have NOT seen before. Hint: IMDb.com can be very helpful in choosing a film and doing some background research. (If you have seen all these films, contact me.)

  • Illegal downloads will not count!
  • Do not copy somebody else's summary from the internet!
  • No handwritten assignments will be accepted!

Select English Language Films

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  • The African Queen (1951)
  • All the President's Men (1976)
  • Apocalypse Now (1979)
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  • Citizen Kane (1941)
  • Do the Right Thing (1989)
  • Doctor Zhivago (1965)
  • Dr. Strangelove (1964)
  • Forrest Gump (1994)
  • The Godfather (1972)
  • Gone with the Wind (1939)
  • The Graduate (1967)
  • It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
  • Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  • North by Northwest (1959)
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
  • Psycho (1960)
  • Rear Window (1954)
  • The Searchers (1956)
  • Se7en (1995)
  • The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  • The Sound of Music (1965)
  • Spartacus (1960)
  • The Sting (1973)
  • Taxi Driver (1976)

Select Foreign Language Films

Select Documentaries

Copy and paste from here down:

Your name: Your tech ID:

Name of film:

Your rating of the film: Thumbs up or thumbs down?

Director:

Producer(s):

Production company or distributor:

 

 Main actor or actors:

1. Plot summary in 3-6 sentences.

 

2. Short review of the film in 3-6 sentences. Be specific. Use detail. Do not use the words "interesting" or "different". Some questions you might consider answering: Was it worthwhile? Would you recommend it to a friend? Was it simply entertaining or did it have more substance?

 

3. Why do you think this film is significant to the history of world film? What is unique about it, especially for its time? A little research helps! (3-6 sentences.)

 

4. Read a review of the film from a reliable source — e.g., a major newspaper or magazine, a film industry publication like Variety or Hollywood Reporter, or a serious film periodical like Cineaste. (Hint: Reviews can be found on Movie Review Query Engine or metacritic.) Do you and the reviewer agree on the film? If you disagree, why? Does it have to do with the period in which the film was made? Give the title of the article, its author and original source with URL. (3-6 sentences.)