MY FAVOURITE MOVIES

INTRODUCTION

• Details

• The reason for choosing this topic

• Why I would offer these movies

• Why are they my favourites

• Short description of the films

• Social problem

1950’s12 Angry Men

(1957)

• Cast: Henry Fonda

• Genre: Drama

• Social problem: American law system

• Plot: 12-year-old boy is accused with the murder of his father. The verdict is death penalty and a jury is about to decide about it with a strange man among them.

1960’sOnce Upon A Time In The West

(1969)

• Cast: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson Claudia Cardinale • Music: Ennio Morricone • Genre: Western • Social problem: Gangs and railroad war

• Plot: This is a story of 4 people, whose ways become connected. The lonely woman, the bandit, a helpful man and of course a stranger.

1970’sGodfather

(1972)

• Trilogy • Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall • Genre: Crime • Social problem: Mafia, gangsters, corruption • Plot: The trilogy is about an Italian mafia family in the USA and their control over almost everything.

1980’sFull Metal Jacket

(1987)

• Director: Stanley Kubrick • Genre: War • Social problem: Vietnam

• Plot: Movie about the training of the soldiers, who are going to Vietnam sometimes in a funny way with funny characters.

1990’sAmerican History X

(1998)

• Cast: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong Beverly D’ Angelo

• Genre: Drama

• Social problem: racism

• Plot: Derek Vinyard is a very smart and talented young man, but when his father gets killed by blacks, the boy becomes racist.

2000’sRequiem For A Dream

(2000)

• Cast: Jennifer Connely, Marlon Wayans • Music: Clint Mansell

• Genre: Drama

• Social problem: addiction (drug, tv)

• Plot: Best movie of its genre, drug addiction and its consequences, evolved from different reasons.