The film's plot, setting, and style echoes that of the Hammer Horror films, which had their own instantly recognizable style ( just as Universal Studios ' horror films did ), and is reminiscent of the Hammer production of The Revenge of Frankenstein starring Peter Cushing.

Just as today, a film's success depended upon the setting, the mood, the script, the skills of the director, and the overall talent of the cast.

The score complements the film's American Civil War setting, containing the mournful ballad, " The Story of a Soldier ", which is sung by prisoners as Tuco is being tortured by Angel Eyes.

The majority of filming took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the film's setting.

In the 1999 Will Smith film, Wild Wild West, the joining ceremony is the setting of an assassination attempt on then U. S. President Ulysses S. Grant by the film's antagonist Dr. Miguelito Quixote Loveless.

The values which Laura precariously, but ultimately successfully, clings to were widely shared and respected ( if not always observed ) at the time of the film's original setting ( the status of a divorced woman, for example, remained sufficiently scandalous in the UK to cause Edward VIII to abdicate in 1936 ).

This film was also remade in 2005 by Jean-Francois Richet, starring Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Byrne, Maria Bello, Drea de Matteo, John Leguizamo, Brian Dennehy, and Ja Rule, moving the film's setting to Detroit.

He envisioned a three-dimensional cube world as the setting and adapted part of the film's plot, E. T.

The zip code of the town was used in the film The Shawshank Redemption as the zip code of the fictional town of Shawshank, Maine, the location of the prison that served as the film's main setting.

Jud also give a fictional account of a deadly arson that occurred there five years prior to the film's setting.

A principal character is named Jojo, an African American ( a minority at the time of the film's setting ) who was played by Martin Luther McCoy.

The main reason for the film's setting is the fact that the Coens were born and raised in St. Louis Park, a suburb of Minneapolis.

The filmmaker picked San Francisco as the film's setting because it was an ideal place for a poet like Charlie to live.

It is also the setting of a scene in John Boorman's film Catch Us If You Can when the film's hero, pop star Dave Clark, encounters a group of sinister beatniks in a deserted village used as target practice by the British Army.

The soundtrack includes songs that are contemporaneous with the film's setting, along with original music by Elliot Goldenthal.

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution enjoyed the film's cinematography and Depression-era setting, as well as the performances of Hanks and Newman.

Phoenix provided the setting for many scenes in Baltimore native John Waters ' 1972 cult classic film Pink Flamingos ; the film's chief character, Divine, lived there in a trailer, which was deliberately burned down approximately two-thirds of the way into the movie.

* In the 1999 fictional action adventure comedy film, Wild Wild West, the joining ceremony is the setting of an assassination attempt on then U. S. President Ulysses S. Grant by the film's antagonist Dr. Arliss Loveless.

Ishikawa suggested Yokota Air Base for the film's setting, referring to it as the " state of California within Japan ".

The film's setting, however, will be shifted to 1948 at a United States Air Force Base in Tokyo, shortly after the conclusion of World War II during the American occupation of Japan.

The movie, roughly 20 minutes in length, weaves Brokens four music videos together via a violent " snuff film " framing sequence, concluding with an otherwise unreleased video for the EP's final song " Gave Up ," setting the conclusion of the film's frame story to the song.

The exact location of the film's setting is unclear.

Lord Stamfordham, the king's secretary is portrayed as clean shaven with a full head of hair, whereas in fact, as photographs bore out, he was moustached and became increasingly bald over the years of the film's setting.

According to McKean, the film's setting was originally in London, but that had opted to film it in Brighton at producer Simon's suggestion.

During 1936, the studio's film The Story of Louis Pasteur proved a box office success and Paul Muni, the film's star, won the Oscar for Best Actor in March 1937.

Though the cast ultimately proved to be one of the film's greatest strengths, Friedkin had problems with casting choices from the start.

Even though the villain's body count is only two, the film's " whodunit " plot structure, knife-wielding and mentally disturbed killer, twist ending and ' stalking ' camera technique proved influential on films to come.

As with the original theatrical release, the film's release on home video formats proved to be very popular.

Her contribution to the film's soundtrack, " The Dream ( Hold On To Your Dream )" played over the closing credits of the film, and proved to be a minor hit, peaking at No. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1984.

" In the end the individual character of the three good fairies and the elegant villain proved to be among the film's strongest points.

Spacek's film Carrie was released during this film's production and proved to be a massive hit ( and a movie poster for the film appears when the main character walks by a movie theater ).

They initially tried to pitch Priscilla to various financiers at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival but proved unsuccessful and so instead took the film's concept to PolyGram and, with the backing of the Australian Film Finance Corporation, were able to begin production of the film on a relatively low budget of 2. 7 million Australian dollars.

Show Boat proved to be a financial success and, had the loan not been called for repayment until after the film's release, the Laemmles would have been able to repay the loan and retain ownership of their film production company.

From the film's trailerThe role of Sandra Kovak proved difficult to cast.

The story of Ferdinand, the bull who followed his heart and proved that just because you're a bull you don't have to act like one, served as a major influence and spirit of the film's plot.

The film's climactic monster was not intended to speak, but it proved so expressive that dialogue was dubbed in to match its mouth movements.

will be announced before the film's shoot in late 2012.

" (" The Medieval Dead " would later be used as the film's subtitle for its UK release as Army of Darkness: The Medieval Dead ).

First would be to film all the shots for a particular scene together, and all shots of consecutive scenes together ( if the scenes take place together, with no break between them in the film's timeline ).

The film's total budget was estimated to be US $ 6 million.

He and the film's production designer Joe Alves rejected shooting on location in New York City because it would be too hard to make it look like a destroyed city.

Because large amounts of money are involved, and most of a film's budget is spent during production, the post-production period can often be difficult and challenging.

: The Director is responsible for overseeing the creative aspects of a film, including controlling the content and flow of the film's plot, directing the performances of Actors, organizing and selecting the locations in which the film will be shot, and managing technical details such as the positioning of cameras, the use of lighting, and the timing and content of the film's soundtrack.

This time there was no soundtrack album in spite of the importance of music in the film as the film's writer, director and star Tim Robbins was concerned that the politically right wing content would be taken seriously and used by right wing politicians.

As part of the film's promotional campaign, some ads were placed in music magazines from fake music collectors claiming to be looking for albums from the band.

After the film's success, a soundtrack album was produced which was supposed to be made up of music one of the characters had on her walkman when she " disappeared ", although the film itself has little music in it.

The film was also the last to be produced by the four " Godzilla fathers ", with Ishirō Honda directing, Eiji Tsuburaya supervising the special effects ( with Sadamasa Arikawa actually directing ), Tomoyuki Tanaka producing, and Akira Ifukube handling the film's score.

* Heaven, a 2002 film that implies heaven can be reached the higher up one goes ( in the film's case, in a helicopter ).

Whale's original cut of the film was given generally positive reviews but sometime between preview screenings and the film's general release Rogers capitulated to the Germans, ordering that cuts be made and additional scenes be shot and inserted.

" The film's reputation has grown over the years as many critics consider Junior Bonner to be one of Peckinpah's most sympathetic works, while also noting McQueen's earnest performance.

For the film's look, the Coens wanted to avoid the usual retro 1960s clichés like lava lamps, Day-Glo posters, and Grateful Dead music and for it to be " consistent with the whole bowling thing, we wanted to keep the movie pretty bright and poppy ", Joel said in an interview.

The film's final battle, originally scheduled to be shot at the end of summer, was shot in February in near-freezing temperatures.

" When Newman wasn't available to be on-site during the film's principal photography in Mexico, William Roberts was hired, in part to make changes required by Mexican censors.

It was originally planned The Day After would be aired in May, but it was pushed back to November to allow for the post-production work that would reduce the film's length.

When posed the film's central question, can men and women just be friends, Ryan replied, " Yes, men and women can just be friends.

) The film's historical inaccuracies are, in Wilson's view, more troublesome than what can be allowed under normal dramatic license.

Miller argues that although some may be over familiar, there is a parodic element at work, " making good on film's encouragement that viewers look closer ".