...After viewing Wonder Boys. At the beginning, the music is a little decadent, so I thought it must be a sad film again, but when I keep watching I found I was totally wrong, it’s a comedy. The surprising thing is I saw the young Spider-man Tobey Maguire and young Iron Man Robert Downey Jr act important character in Wonder Boys. I think every young man like their hero movies and Downey truly has such gift of humor, his character always can make us laugh. I like the scene that he called James “Jimmy,Jimmy,Jimmy” . It’s so cute. The film is very different from the other films I have seen in class. First, this film is totally narrate in chronological order and the characters in this movie are all kind. Second, in Wonder Boys it has voiceover, a narrator Grady himself. Third, it’s a totally comedy, though there is some helpless emotion in the film, we can still find the humor in it. The film is about a professor of English at the university called Grady. Seven years ago his novel made him famous, become the Wonder boy. But seven years later, his writing into a bottleneck, for seven years he haven't finished a novel. His wife left him, and the headmaster his affair told him she was pregnant and the child’s father was Grady. But his unlucky things are not end yet, in the headmaster’s house after the party, he was bitten by the crazy dog. And his students James, in order to save him, James use the gun shot and kill the crazy dog. And then two people with a dead dog started to find the...
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...Red Truck Fintan is nearly fiftieth. He is the youngest brother of three the other two are Peter and Shane. He has older brothers, Shane and Peter who teased him when he was about six years old. When he was young he’d won a handball medals and a first-prize essay certificate. These two things were the things he was excelled in as a child, but not anymore. His most clear effect from his childhood was the red truck he got to his 6 year old Birthday. He ignored all the other presents that day. The only thin Fintan was thinking About when he woke up in the morning was the red truck. The red truck gave him Manliness and sometimes it escaped him from the humiliations from his older brothers. Fintan does not like his brothers because they always bloodied his nose, pulled down his pants, and squeezed the sides of his lips while forcing him to repeat “I´m a pretty baby”. When he then thought they had taken his red truck he could not control himself. He blamed them at once without knowing if they did it. When he then found it he did not tell anyone he just hid it in his closet. He still blamed his brothers for taken it, because he did not want the others to know he accused them without no reason. Almost 50 years later, he still blamed his brother because when he found it he told his Mom that he found it in Peters´s...
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...While the launch of (Spiderman 2) may appeal to a broad audience – this campaign will target Men aged 16 – 24. We will focus efforts in areas in urban and suburban markets where movie theaters exist. （介绍这是什么，why吸引）target Spiderman 2 is a specific type of movie – Action/Superhero – which are typically skewed to males. We have selected age 16-24 because they have seen the Spiderman movies, TV shows and comics. We also feel that there will be exposure to men outside of the target. We are calling our target “Peter” （Storytelling） Peter is 17 years old, a junior in high school and lives in the suburbs of Denver. He takes the bus to school. Afterschool he stays for baseball practice then goes home or to his friend’s house where they hang out or do homework. On weekends, Peter works at the local mall as a server for a hot dog vendor. Often he and his friends meet up at the mall during work breaks. Peter communicates with his friends via mobile and social networks. They often “snap” (snapchats) rather than carrying out a text or IM conversation. (daily life and behavior) The campaign will reach Peter his friends are in the evenings or on weekends via mobile/social and OOH. The use of social and OOH will be integrated. （讲各个media细节用）The OOH strategy would use larger than life units to “break thru” （提及关键词）and be impactful. While Peter was working today he watched as a giant Spiderman billboard was placed on the theater in the mall. It was difficult to miss and made it look like Spiderman...
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...143993 Daniel Olivan EN12 (R70) March 27, 2015 Time Check July 21, 2014. It was another Monday and it was a school day. I woke up early and drove to Ateneo de Manila University where I took up chemistry with materials science engineering. It was my first year in college and the semester just started a month ago, so I was only beginning to get to know the people in my course. On that Monday, my first class was chemistry and good thing that it was only a 50-minute class. I cannot take in all the formulas that Dr. Valera just discussed. My stress level was already too high. It was 8:20 am. My blockmates, Mariel, Diego, and Magin wanted to eat first before their next classes start. They have class at 9:30 while my next one was at 10:30, so we all headed to JSEC which was a cafeteria. After choosing a table, I volunteered to reserve the table and keep guard of their bags while the three of them went to food stalls to order. I checked my phone and it was 8:30 already but still I see no sign of him. Magin was the first one who got back and sat down with his bacon and eggs with fried rice. I expected that he would have mentioned his name, but he didn’t. Instead, he talked about how difficult it was to remember all of the dates in our upcoming history exam next week. I agreed and started asking him what the coverage of the exam was, so that he wouldn’t notice that I wasn’t paying much attention to what he was saying. The truth was I just...
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...Although the WBA encouraged workers to accept the new contract, many so-called radical workers rejected that advice and organized their own demonstrations and parades, which attracted large crowds in the thousands (Johnson and Dennis). It is during this period that the Molly Maguires society emerged to rectify their grievances against the political system and mine owners who were hostile to immigrants and mine workers. (Brennan). Just as they had targeted their landlords in Ireland, the Pennsylvania Mollies targeted the mine owners, company policemen, and strike breakers (Brennan). Their protests were some of the most violent in labor history (Loy). Both the union members and the coal companies were responsible for numerous violent acts, including public brawls, assaults, sabotage, and murder (Loy). Mines were...
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...Movies Introduction to Film English 225 Hannah Judson June 7, 2010 Movies The movie that I consider interesting that I have seen lately is Jerry Maguire, starring Tom Cruise. This paper is going to be about how Jerry Maguire interested me, the moral of the movie, what the producer really was trying to relate to the audience far as an understanding, and the costumes of the cast. Majority, of movies have a goal of teaching or giving the audience some type of understanding or knowledge of something that is new to them from the movie that was produced. In my personally opinion, when I first looked at the cover and tried to analyze the movie Jerry Maguire, I thought it is going to basically about a man playing football. But, when I looked at the movie I noticed that Tom Cruise’s costume was very flashy at the beginning of the movie and then towards the middle and at the end he started to dress down and appeared to be poorer than he was in the beginning. In the beginning he wore nice suits with his hair slicked down and in the middle and the end he wore jeans, a tee shirt, gym shoes, a khaki colored jacket, and his hair was kind of all over his head. What the movie meant to me is that Tom Cruise was trying to get his professionally and personally life together throughout the entire movie, by playing a sports agent. Then he realized that he had to make a choice between being honest and/or dishonest throughout his career. By him making the...
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...Jerry Maguire – Film Critique Teri Reed ENG225: Introduction to Film Instructor Daniel Burrello February 9, 2015 Jerry Maguire – Film Critique It takes several people to make a movie, from the Actors to the Directors, Writers and Producers, and to the Production Company, all of which are equally important to making a movie successful. There is a mixture of technical skills, while building strong relationships with trust, and following the personal vision of the director who serves as a master facilitator in editing and on the set. All of these people help the director to form the story in the film. A countless amount of time is put into a film’s analysis which observes the filmmaking techniques, in turn helps the audience to understand the style of the film. A film's style is a dependable on the cinematic methods that include the mise en scène, cinematography, editing, sound, and overall structure (Goodykoontz & Jacobs 2014). Filmmaker’s styles have advanced so much over many years in Hollywood, and they have incorporated many elements of all sorts of technical effects while developing distinctive approaches to making a movie. Director Cameron Crowe offers an inspiring thematic trio in the movie Jerry Maguire, it is filled with drama, comedy, and romance as it relates to a genre film. Cameron Crowe did his homework before he began to develop the character Jerry Maguire. He talked to a businessmen and interviewed him for about a year in order to develop the script...
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...In attempting to examine the positions of whether money motivates or money does not motivate employees I will be examining both viewpoints and then providing my own personal observation and opinion of the topic at hand. When I think of the subject and the importance of “Money” in a working environment I am reminded of the scene in the movie Jerry McGuire where actor Cuba Gooding Jr. who plays “Rod Tidwell” a professional football player is on the phone with his sports agent Jerry McGuire played by Tom Cruise and Rod is looking for a new professional contract. McGuire asks Rod “What can I do for you Rod, what can I do for you?” and Rod tell him it’s “a personal and very important thing, are you ready?” McGuire says “I’m ready”. Rod says “Here it is” and tells McGuire to “Show Me The Money”, “Show Me The Money Jerry” and starts dancing in his kitchen. He then spells out the word M O N E Y and has Jerry screaming the phrase “Show Me the Money” back to him with passion like he really means it over the phone. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaiSHcHM0PA). Now this may be a simplistic way of illustrating how money can be important to some individuals but it nonetheless shows that for some individuals it can be the only thing. Let us briefly examine that point of view first. Money Motivates There is no question that money motivates people. We are all looking to be paid a fair wage in whatever working profession that we are earning a living and...
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...Biography of Allan Pinkerton Biography of Allan Pinkerton According to Hunt (2009), “This is a biography of Allan Pinkerton a pioneer and a leader in criminal investigation. He was born on August 25, 1819 in Glasgow, Scotland to William and Isabell Pinkerton. When he came to the U.S. he became a member of Chartists, a radical political group that advocates abolishment of slavery, better wages, and women's right, and met Joan his wife. In 1850, he created a detective agency which is named The Northwest Police Agency and noted that his greatest accomplishment was the capture of Rose Greenhow. According to Pinkerton (2005), “Pinkerton did not follow in the footsteps of his father at first instead he trained as a cooper and educated to make barrels. In 1842, after he finished his apprenticeship, Pinkerton left his country to go to the United States. He remained in Chicago and put up a cooper's shop. In 1843 Pinkerton repositioned his business to Dundee, in Kane County, Illinois. He come across and detained a group of fraudsters in that year. The outcome changed Pinkerton's life. He became entailed with police work and was assigned deputy sheriff of Kane County in 1846. He soon transferred to a more like position in Cook County, with a headquarters in Chicago. According to Pinkerton (2010), “In 1850 Pinkerton left his job from Chicago's new police force in order to organize a private detective agency that specialized in railway theft cases. The Pinkerton National Detective Agency...
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...Allan Pinkerton was born on August 25th in 1819 in the town of Glasgow, Scotland. Pinkerton started to seek work opportunities with political and social reforms shortly after his father past away. Pinkerton found himself in trouble in 1842 after a warrant was placed for his arrest because of the work he was doing. Allan Pinkerton ending up coming to America. In Chicago, Pinkerton was making a living cutting wood. During his time as a wood cutter, he stumbled across a group of people who turned out to be counterfeiters. As time passed he ended up capturing these criminals which benefited him with the Sheriff’s office in Kane County. Pinkerton quickly was given a position within the sheriff’s office opening future job opportunities such as a deputy of Cook County. During his time as a deputy with Cook’s County Pinkerton also worked within the federal government doing detective work. He dealt with cases such as robberies and counterfeiting. In 1850 Pinkerton formed the Pinkerton National Detective Agency which specialized in railway theft. This agency was not only successful but was important. The agency took care of the post office and railway industries to ensure that all employees were trusted and honest. A major responsibility of his agency was to protect the post office from being robbed and protecting counterfeiting taking place within the post office and railway industry. Pinkerton was famous for developing a private detective agency. The Pinkerton Protective Patrol was...
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...“Differentiation” is the strategy Jerry is proposing for his new firm. Jerry’s objective is to remodel the sports management standard practice, by incorporating the idea that personal relationship is the essence of client management. This according to Jerry is an important missing element in the sports management industry. Providing this attribute will distinguish Jerry’s new firm from competitors, as other management firms don’t hold the same quality in their values. In “The things we think and do not say”, Jerry states: Let's bring soul and character to what is already there. I propose that we recreate everything that we're currently about. Question 3 “Task Significance” is the core job dimension proposed by Hackman and Oldham that Jerry Maguire sees as important, but missing at his current job at Sports Management International (SMI). This core job dimension, as explained in the textbook, “refers to whether a person’s job substantially affects other people’s work, health, or well-being”. Agents at SMI have become so caught...
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...help to you in filmi style) Top Eight romantic lines to make-up after a fight Trying to woo back your lady is no easy task, especially when you forget her birthday (or something relevant to her). The plain three words “I love you” or “I am sorry” won’t work in these situations. Fret not guys, females, by nature; are hard-core romantics and they like being spoilt by mushy lines. Hence, we have compiled a list of the eight most loved romantic dialogues of popular films of all times here, to save your day. Yeah, these lines may sound cheesy to you and thou must have even begun the process of criticizing and cringing, but I guarantee that this is the only inexpensive way to win her back. So read on folks…. You complete…me. - Jerry Maguire I’m just a girl standing in front of a boy asking him to love her. - Notting Hill I’m scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel with you. - Dirty Dancing I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it. - City of Angels Our love is like wind. I can’t see it, but I can feel it. - A walk to remember Take love, multiply it by infinity and take it to the depths of forever…and you still have only a glimpse of how I feel for you. - Meet Joe Black Every step I took since the moment I could walk was a step towards finding you. - Message in the bottle Storm clouds may gather and stars may collide...
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... | | | |Mark McCormack, Superagent | |The founder of IMG managed and marketed athletes from Arnold Palmer to Monica Seles in a way that changed the game profoundly | In a famous scene in the 1996 film Jerry Maguire, the sports agent played by Tom Cruise is goaded by his client, played by Cuba Gooding Jr., to repeatedly scream into the phone "Show me the money." By the time that film came out, however, the role of the sports agent had long since been transformed into one far more sophisticated than simply negotiating contracts. And while screenwriter Cameron Crowe based the Jerry Maguire character on agent Leigh Steinberg, it was Mark McCormack who ushered in the modern era of sports management and marketing. McCormack, founder of International Management Group (IMG), believed the popularity and marketability of athletes could transcend borders, cultures, language, even sports itself. McCormack-managed athletes were the first to endorse clothing, watches, and motor oil. They played exhibition matches around the world (you can thank McCormack for golf's upcoming "silly season"). They gave inspirational talks to business at a hefty price...
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...F. Scott Fitzgerald's “The Great Gatsby” was an excellent book and was filmed numerous times to try to capture Fitzgerald's vision. The most recent (2013) version directed by Baz Luhrmann was a flashy modernized take on the classic. With the modern music and language along with the editing of the overall movie it gave it a present day feel. The book was set in the 1922 and all of the music that they used comes out of the 2000s, and having the script mainly this eras speech pattern. Not necessarily modern day slang but, taking out the boring unnecessary dialog that this generation probably won't understand. This gave the overall production a modern day feel. I'm not mad at this though. It wasn't meant to be an exact copy of the book. Luhrmann...
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...An often debated topic regarding fiction writing is whether the construction of a story, or the content of a story makes the reading interesting. It is my position that the content of a story makes a piece worth-while. I will argue this point using information from the stories; “How to Date…” by Junot Diaz, “Spiderman Summer” by Laura Brodie, and “Child of God” by Geoff Wyss. I will discuss how the characters, plot and themes all contribute to making these fiction pieces worth reading. I feel that the stories share a mutual theme in that the protagonists each share an obsession of some sort. In the story “How to Date…Yunior, the protagonist is a teenage boy who shows an obsession with having sex with girls. He details a pretty in-depth...
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