Despite the sheer beauty and spectacle of numerous documentaries, art films, and travelogues, despite the impressive financial success of such a recent development as Cinerama, the movies are at heart a form of fiction, like the play, the novel, or the short story.

Director and script writer Sam Raimi drew from a variety of sources, including literature with A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and films like The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts, and The Three Stooges.

The acceptance of modernist design into everyday life was the subject of publicity campaigns, well-attended public exhibitions like the Weissenhof Estate, films, and sometimes fierce public debate.

Sci-fi comedy films, like most hybrid genre of comedy use the elements of science fiction films to over the top extremes and exaggerated science fiction stereotypical characters.

Following his success on Broadway and on film with The Odd Couple playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon would also be prominent in the 1970s, with films like The Sunshine Boys and California Suite.

Another development was the increasing use of " gross-out humour " usually aimed at a younger audience, in films like There's Something About Mary, American Pie and its sequels, and Freddy Got Fingered.

) Where the irony with which Reefer Madness was adopted as a midnight favorite had its roots in a countercultural sensibility, in the latter's place there is now the paradoxical element of nostalgia: the leading revivals currently on the circuit ironically include clearly non-cult films like John Hughes oeuvre — The Breakfast Club ( 1985 ), Pretty in Pink ( 1986 ), and Ferris Bueller's Day Off ( 1986 ), which were major studio productions and popular and financially successful during their original releases, and the teen adventure film The Goonies ( 1985 ).

Belgian cult films Man Bites Dog with Benoit Poelvoorde and Camping Cosmos starring cult figures like Lolo Ferrari, Noël Godin, and Arno Hintjens, are an element of the Belgian visual landscape.

These films should not be confused with comedic cult movies like The Toxic Avenger, Bad Taste, Army of Darkness, Murder By Death, Spaceballs, and the films of John Waters, which purposely utilize elements from films " so bad they're good " for comedic effect.

Comedy-drama was featured with films like Forrest Gump ( 1994 ), Jerry Maguire ( 1996 ) and As Good as It Gets ( 1997 ).

The Gulf War and similar skirmishes were an inspiration for dramatic films in war drama movies like Black Hawk Down ( 2001 ) and Jarhead ( 2005 ).

Some works, like the Theme Doom Patch, combined enemies from several films, such as Aliens, Predator and The Terminator.

There are also many smaller film festivals in the United States, such as the Stony Brook Film Festival in Long Island, New York, the Northwest Filmmakers ' Festival, or the Sicilian Film Festival in Miami, Florida, which do not charge entry fees ; however, acceptance of films is usually more limited, and such film festivals do not necessarily attract big names in their audiences like Sundance and Telluride do.

The films represent a movement from films consisting of one shot, completely made by one person with a few assistants, towards films several minutes long consisting of several shots, which were made by large companies in something like industrial conditions.

James Williamson concentrated on making films taking action from one place shown in one shot to the next shown in another shot in films like Stop Thief!

All of these films, and indeed others of like nature were shown in the United States, and some them were certainly seen by Edwin Porter, before he made The Great Train Robbery towards the end of the year.

The Nordisk company was set up there in 1906 by Ole Olsen, a fairground showman, and after a brief period imitating the successes of French and British film-makers, in 1907 he produced 67 films, most directed by Viggo Larsen, with sensational subjects like Den hvide Slavinde ( The White Slave ), Isbjørnenjagt ( Polar Bear Hunt ) and Løvejagten ( The Lion Hunt ).

Arc lights had been used to produce special lighting effects in films like the light from a lamp or firelight before 1906, but this now became more common.

In 1903 there was a substantial increase in the number of women film several minutes long unclear, as a result of the great popularity of Georges Méliès ’ le Voyage dans la lune ( A Trip to the Moon ), which came out in early 1902, though such films were still a very minor part of production.

After designing book covers for Gothic and science fiction book cover commissions they did while in Philadelphia, the Quays have created suggestive designs for a variety of publications that seem to reflect not only their own interests in particular authors, covers for Italo Calvino, Louis-Ferdinand Céline or Mark le Fanu's study of the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, but also in themes and motifs that these authors develop.

In 1959 he appeared in 13 films, the busiest year of his career, including Jack the Ripper, Too Many Crooks, Carlton-Browne of the F. O., The Hound of the Baskervilles and I'm All Right Jack, which was critically and commercially the most successful of le Mesurier's credited films that year.

He directed Gérard Depardieu in three films, including Sous le soleil de Satan ( Under the Sun of Satan ), for which Pialat won the Palme d ' Or at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.

In 1937, he appeared in his first movie Fermo con le mani, and later starred in other 96 films, many of which are still frequently broadcast on Italian television.

Some of his best-known films are Fifa e Arena, Totò al Giro d ' Italia, Totò Sceicco, Guardie e ladri, Totò e le donne, Totò Tarzan, Totò terzo uomo, Totò a colori ( the first Italian color movie, 1952, in Ferraniacolor ), I soliti ignoti, Totò, Peppino e la malafemmina, La legge è legge.

She has worked in more than 30 films, including 54 ( 1998 ), El Coronel No Tiene Quien le Escriba ( No One Writes to the Colonel, 1999 ), Wild Wild West ( 1999 ), Traffic ( 2000 ), Frida ( 2002 ), for which she earned an Academy Award nomination, Ask the Dust ( 2006 ) and Bandidas ( 2006 ).

There will be over 100 films presented to the general public, using the following venues: le Centre International de Deauville, le Casino Lucien Barrière de Deauville, et le Cinéma le Morny.

Most notorious in this respect are D ' Amato's movies Anthropophagus, in which the monstrous protagonist devours a human fetus ripped from the womb of one of his victims and at the end of the movie gnaws on his own entrails, and Buio Omega, in which the protagonist bites into a human heart, but the theme already occurs in one of D ' Amato's earlier films, Emanuelle e Françoise le sorelline ( 1975 ), which was an erotic thriller fantastique with a cannibalistic dinner scene.

It was followed by a number of films written and directed by Robbe-Grillet himself: Trans-Europ-Express ( 1966 ), his two French-Slovak films L ' homme qui ment / Muž, ktorý luže ( The Man Who Lies ) ( 1968 ), L ' Eden et après / Eden a potom ( Eden and After ) ( 1970 ), Glissements progressifs du plaisir ( The Slow Slidings of Pleasure ) ( 1974 ), Le jeu avec le feu ( Playing with Fire ) ( 1975 ), La belle captive ( The Beautiful Captive ) ( 1983 ) and many others.

* 1913-14 Series The funny Life: The Jocond ( La vie drôle: le Jocond ) ( vaudevilles-5 films )

The most notable films in which she performed were 1931's Cœur de Lilas, based on the Tristan Bernard play, and Pépé le Moko that starred Jean Gabin.

Antoine Duhamel has scored several of Jean Luc Godard's films, including Pierrot le Fou and Week End.

The following year, he teamed up with Duvivier again, this time in the highly successful Pépé le Moko that became one of the top grossing films of 1937 worldwide ; its popularity brought Gabin international recognition.

The classic film noir period of the 1940s and 1950s brought the genre to fame, by focusing more explicitly on the heists themselves, with such films as John Huston's Asphalt Jungle, Jules Dassin's Rififi, Jean-Pierre Melville's Bob le flambeur and Le Cercle Rouge, Stanley Kubrick's The Killing or Mario Monicelli's Big Deal on Madonna Street.

Beginning in the late 1970s during the production of Perceval le Gallois Rohmer began to reduce the number of crew members on his films.

American actor Eddie Constantine played the title roles in the French-made spy films Nick Carter va tout casser ( 1964 ) and Nick Carter et le trèfle rouge ( 1965 ).

Like many of Godard's films, Pierrot le fou features characters who break the fourth wall by looking into the camera.

* films and documentaries: Barking Water, Given to Walk, Le jour avant le lendemain, Imprint, Expiration Date, Johnny Tootall, Dreamkeeper, The Doe Boy, Unbowed, Smoke Signals, Healing of Nations, PahaSapa ...

Her films My Best Friend's Wedding ( 1997 ), Mystic Pizza ( 1988 ), Notting Hill ( 1999 ), Runaway Bride ( 1999 ), Valentine's Day ( 2010 ), The Pelican Brief ( 1993 ), Ocean's Eleven ( 2001 ), and Ocean's Twelve ( 2004 ) have collectively brought box office receipts of over $ 2. 4 billion, making her one of the most successful actresses in terms of box office receipts.

He also appeared in the short films Mickey's Christmas Carol ( 1983 ), The Prince and the Pauper ( 1990 ), and Runaway Brain ( 1995 ).

Gere's status as a leading man solidified and he went on to star in several successful films throughout the 1990s, including Sommersby ( 1993 ), Primal Fear ( 1996 ), and Runaway Bride ( 1999 ) ( which reunited him with his Pretty Woman co-star Julia Roberts ).

Other notable films she has appeared in include Stars and Bars, Married to the Mob, Say Anything ..., Runaway Bride, Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3.

Metcalf has performed in roles that range from very large to very small in many films, including Desperately Seeking Susan, Making Mr. Right, Miles from Home, Internal Affairs, Stars and Bars, Beer League, Mistress, A Dangerous Woman, Uncle Buck, Blink, The Secret Life of Houses, Treasure Planet, Toy Story, Runaway Bride, Bulworth, Meet the Robinsons, Georgia Rule, Fun with Dick and Jane, Leaving Las Vegas, Scream 2, Stop Loss, and Hop.

Pearson also collaborated with John Grisham on early drafts of the screenplays for The Rainmaker ( 1997 ) and Runaway Jury ( 1998 ), films based on two of Grisham's novels.

Nikita's older brother is the filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky, primarily known for his collaboration with Andrei Tarkovsky and his own Hollywood action films, such as Runaway Train and Tango & Cash.

Although they are most remembered for the Death Wish sequels and Chuck Norris action pictures such as The Delta Force and Invasion U. S. A., and even the vigilante thriller Exterminator 2 ( the sequel to 1980 ’ s The Exterminator ), Cannon ’ s output was actually far more varied, with musical and comedy films like Breakin ’, Breakin ’ 2: Electric Boogaloo, The Last American Virgin, and the U. S. release of The Apple ; period romance pictures like Lady Chatterley's Lover ( 1981 ), Bolero, and Mata Hari ( 1985 ); science fiction and fantasy films like Hercules, Lifeforce and The Barbarians ; as well as serious pictures like John Cassavetes ’ Love Streams, Zeffirelli ’ s Otello ( a film version of the Verdi opera ), Norman Mailer ’ s Tough Guys Don ’ t Dance, Andrei Konchalovsky ’ s Runaway Train, and Shy People ; and action / adventure films such as the 3-D Treasure of the Four Crowns, King Solomon ’ s Mines, Cobra and American Ninja.

He produced numerous short films and the three New Zealand feature films made in that period: Broken Barrier ( 1952 ) with Roger Mirams, Runaway ( 1964 ), and Don't Let It Get You ( 1966 ) for which he is most remembered.

Her participation in films include Miami Blues with Alec Baldwin, Three Kings with George Clooney, Runaway Jury with John Cusack and Zoolander with Ben Stiller, and most recently the hit independent film Love for Rent ( 2005 ), Pineapple Express ( 2008 ), and My Suicide ( 2009 ) with Gabriel Sunday.

The company has produced over 40 films including the Academy Award-winning Million Dollar Baby as well as Runaway Bride, The Hunted, Bulletproof Monk, Mothman Prophecies, The Gift, Arlington Road, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Autumn in New York.

Piven has appeared in several successful films, including Lucas, Grosse Pointe Blank, Singles, Very Bad Things, The Family Man, Black Hawk Down, The Kingdom, Heat, PCU, Old School, Rock N Rolla, Serendipity, Smokin ' Aces, and Runaway Jury.

His television films include The Boy in the Plastic Bubble ( 1976 ) with John Travolta, the Emmy-Award-winning The Gathering ( 1977 ) and Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway ( 1976 ).

His songs have also been featured in television series including Miami Vice, Touched by an Angel and Dawson ’ s Creek — and in films including Twins, Runaway Bride and Serendipity.

McCloskey starred in numerous made for television films and miniseries including The Bermuda Depths, Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway and its sequel Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn in which he played the title role.