Ranked the #1 Best American Film by the American Film Institute
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Orson wells
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The Battle over Citizen Kane
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The Mercury Players
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Orson as a director
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Orson's Macbeth
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To fund the Mercury Players Orson
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"the shadow"
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Radio Stunt
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Gregg Toland
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Herman Mankiewicz
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Chiaroscuro lighting
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Deep Focus
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Mese-en-scene
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Low Camera Angles
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Wiliam Randolph Hearst
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Hedda Hopper
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Hearts gets back At Orson
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What was the names of Welles Theatrical Company
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What Welles radio Broadcast caused a world of problems
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Who directed citizen cane
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Who was citizen Kanes director of photography
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What did Herman Mankiwicz do on Citizen Kane
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Before coming to Hollywood where was Orson Welles considered a star
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Scandalized the life of W.R. Heart
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How old was Orson Welles when he 1st performed on stage?
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What was the play where Orson Wells used an all African American cast?
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What radio character did Orson Welles make famous?
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What studio first signed Orson Welles to a Hollywood contract?
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The film, 'Citizen Kane', is based on what person's life?
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What was Marion Davies profession?
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What MGM studio head offered $800k to RKO for 'Citizen Kane'?
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How many Academy Awards was 'Citizen Kane' nominated for?
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How many Academy Awards did 'Citizen Kane' win?
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What group of men wanted Orson Welles to fail?
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What camera angle makes the subject seem more powerful?
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In 1939, Hollywood was at the top of its game. But none of the landmark films were the big news that year. The talk of the town was 24 year old ___, the boy genius from NY.
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One of every five Americans was reading a ___ newspaper every week.
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___would be acclaimed as the greatest talking picture ever made. But it would scandalize the life of Hearst, plunge the film industry in crisis, and prove the undoing of the young Orson Welles.
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The one thing Hearst wanted after almost flunking out of Harvard was his father's ___.
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Hearst was making a paper for the ___.
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___ was just the man to understand young Hearst.
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His (Orson Welles) career was built on ___.
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Orson Welles is somebody who simply didn't have a __.
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He (Orson Welles) was turning ___ into a spectacle, a pop thriller set in Haiti.
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What did Hearst do to Pulitzer's newspaper staff?
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Hearst was elected to ___.
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Hearst set out to buy a future in politics by buying___.
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Welles was a young man who courted danger. That was always an element of his ___.
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___was offered the greatest contract in the history of Hollywood. It was just what he wanted and the worst thing that could happen to him.
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He (Welles) saved his most savage portrayal for the woman who shared ___ life.
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The collision between Hearst and Orson Welles, the battle over 'Citizen Kane' was a large part over the honor of his_.
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She (Marion Davies) was a __ and made no bones about it.
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He (Hearst) had the largest private __ in the world.
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At his peak, Hearst was said to have accounted for 25% of the world's __.
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There had always been unfair whispers about Marion (Davies) that she was a floozy without much talent, but it was __ that would brand her forever.
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He (Orson Welles) arrived in Hollywood at the height of__.
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The deeper we penetrated into the heart of Charles Foster Kane, the closer we seemed to come to the identity of __.
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Louella Parsons took three weeks off from reporting her column. Instead, she devoted this time to killing__.
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__assembled his fellow studio chiefs. In their name, he offered $800k to buy the negative of 'Citizen Kane' for the express purpose of burning it.
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No Hearst newspaper ever published a review, and no Hearst newspaper ever published an ad for ___.
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The first time 'Citizen Kane' was nominated as one of the nominees, there were a certain number of __ from the audience.
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There is only one winner in the story of __ and that's the film that couldn't be killed.
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(Robert Wise) "Well, I thought often in recent years (about 'Citizen Kane') for the 50th anniversary. I certainly thought to myself that Orson was doing an __ film and didn't realize it."
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(Orson Welles) "Movie making is 2% production and 98%__".
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Of the following film techniques used in 'Citizen Kane', name one scene in which they were used.
a. Deep Focus__
b. Chiaroscuro Lighting__
c. Low Camera Angles __
d. Mise-en-scene__
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'Citizen Kane' is told out of chronological order. This was done so five individuals could retell the story of Charles Foster Kane. Who were they? (5x)
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What was the meaning of Rosebud in 'Citizen Kane'?
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Charles Foster Kane's dying word was?
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The summation of Kane's life (obituary) was told via a__?
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What was the reason Mrs. Kane gave for sending young Charles off to live with Mr. Thatcher?
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When it came time for Kane to enter the business world, he choose a company saying, "I think it might be fun to run a __".
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In order to make the Inquirer an important champion of people's rights, Kane wrote his __ of __.
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In order to reach the circulation of The Chronicle, Kane bought the __.
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Kane first met Susan Alexander when she was having a medical problem. It was a __.
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Kane's ambition for Susan Alexander was that she become a __ star.
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While writing an opera review, Jedediah Leland passed out from drinking. Who eventually finished his review?
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When Susan Alexander considered herself a failure, what action did she take?
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When Susan Alexander left Kane, how did he react?
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What was the actual object, Rosebud?
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surrealism
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Luis Bunuel
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David Lynch
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Oliver Stone
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Dutch Tilt
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White Telephone Films
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Roberto Rossellini
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Post-dubbing of sound
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Victorio De Sica
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David. O Selznick
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Paris, France 1950's movement
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Jean-Luc Godard
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Cinema Verite
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Francois Truffaut
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Auteur Theory
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Sweden 1950's movement
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Amelie
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What was the movement French movie critics started in the cinema?
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Who was born at the start of the film?
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How does Amelie's mother die?
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Amelies leaver her home and gets a job as a _________, in Montmartre cafe
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What does Amelie like to do at the movies?
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What does Amelie find hidden inside her wall?
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What does Amelie do with the object she finds in the wall
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What was the object that Amelie's father puts near her mother's ashes?
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What is it that Amelie finds lying in the street?
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Who is it that Amelie plays dirty tricks on?
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What is so unusual about Amelie's father's gnome?
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What is it that is placed under the old painter's door matt?
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What happens when Ameilie's love interest comes to the cafe?
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What job does the man with the red shoes have?
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Who is the person that gives Amelie some good advice?
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At the end we see Amelie and her lover doing what?
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movie rating system
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The Irwin-Rice Kiss
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Joan Crawford
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Roaring 20's
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groups who objected films
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1897 Fatima
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DW Griffith The Birth of a Nation Censorship
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individual states censor films
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Films send to different states
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Fatty Arbuckle
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Arbuckle Trial
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Arbuckle result
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1922 movie monguls
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Will Hays
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1930 Will Hays created
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Joe Breen
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A Code to govern the making of motion and talking pictures
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Production Code process
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PCA rules
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PCA code for crime films
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With production code movie attendance...
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Citizen Kane
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1930's most censored film
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Shirley Temple censorship
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Betty Boop
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Gone with the wind
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the outlaw
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Mae West
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Cecil B. DeMille
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The Miracle
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The Miracle Decision
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The Pawnbroker
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1960s Bonnie and Clyde
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Jack Valenti
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X Rating
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Last Tango in Paris
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1990 Henry and June
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The Graduate
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Anne Bancroft
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1960's ideal
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Dustin Hoffman
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What was Ben's grad present
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What sport did ben star at in college
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What business was Ben told that there was "a great future in"
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Who was the aggressor in ben's relationship with Mrs. Robinson?
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Where did Ben have an affair with Mrs. Robinson
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What Was Benjamin worried about upon arriving home from college
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What does Mrs. Robinson say to provoke Ben into having sex with her
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how long did Ben's affair last with Mrs. Robinson?
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What was the reason Mrs. Robinson got married
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Who was Benjamin's Father's business partner wife
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What reason did Mrs. Robinson Give Ben for not letting him date Elaine?
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What promise did Ben give to Mrs. Robinson
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How would you describe the first part of Ben's date with Elaine
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In Order to keep Ben from seeing Elaine, Mrs. Robinson threatened to do what?
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How Long Did Ben and Elaine date before he decided he was going to marry her
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What form of transportation do Ben And Elaine use to escape the crowd after leaving the church?
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During the Last shot in the movie Ben and Elaine's expression slowly changes from joy to?
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At what age did Director Mike Nichols with best Director Oscar for the Graduate?
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1946
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Era of Discovery
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Era of Feature Film
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Sound Era
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Hollywood in Transition Era
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Hollywood Renaissance
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Franchise Films; Movie Sequel
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Box Office Peak
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Millionaire Hollywood Film Monguls
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1945-46 Hollywood Union Strikes
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Communist Party
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1947 Gov hearings
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HUAC
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1948 US v Paramount
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WWII veterans
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Television
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movie studios boycott tv
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cinemascope
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cinerama
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stereophonic sound
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large budget historical budget
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1960s and 70s sexual revolution
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what brought movie goers back to theaters
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Francis Ford Coppola
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Godfather awards
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The Godfather film summary
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Diane Keaton
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where does The Godfather rank on AFI's top 100 list?
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at the age of ten what severe medical problem did francis ford Coppola have
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where did Coppola attend film school
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How did FFC get his job at Warner Bros
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Who was the actor that won an Oscar for his role in 'The Godfather'?
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Where did Coppola locate his Zoetrope Studios?
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How many directors turned down 'The Godfather' before Coppola was hired?
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Who wrote the novel, 'The Godfather'?
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Who was the DP on "The Godfather"?
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What did James Caan do to break the tension on the set of "The Godfather"?
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Who was the actor Paramount Studio execs most resistant to using in "The Godfather"?
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How many Academy Awards was "The Godfather" nominated for?
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How many Academy Awards did "The Godfather" win?
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hat was the Academy Award that Coppola won for "The Godfather"?
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What was the social event being held at the opening of the film?
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Don Corleone's godson (Johnny Fontane) asks him for a favor. What was it?
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After the film producer (Woltz) didn't agree to Don Corleone's request, the Don___.
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What was the offer that Don Corleone turned down that caused him to get shot?
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Which son went to the hospital alone to see his father?
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From where does Michael get the gun to shoot the police chief and Sollozzo?
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How dos Michael's first wife die?
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Who does Sonny attack in retaliation for his sister's beating?
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Who called the meeting of the crime families in order to declare a truce?
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When the Don retires, who does he pick to take his place?
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When Michael went to Las Vegas, he asked Moe Green to sell him something. What was it?
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What event did Michael attend when the shooting of the rival gangs took place?
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At the end of the film, Kay (Diane Keaton) asks Michael, "Is it true (that you killed Connie's husband)?" What was Michael's answer?