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Hace 5 días · Jaws, American suspense and horror film, released in 1975, that was directed by Steven Spielberg and is considered the first summer blockbuster. Based on the 1974 novel of the same name by author Peter Benchley, it tells the story of a great white shark that terrorizes a beach resort town.
Hace 2 días · It won several awards, including an Academy Award for Best Sound, and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2010 for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.""The Empire Strikes Back" left an indelible mark on the film industry and popular culture, setting a new standard for sequels and solidifying the Star ...
Hace 5 días · The National Screening Room showcases the Library’s vast moving image collection, designed to make otherwise unavailable movies freely accessible and downloadable. Library of Congress: Selections from the National Film Registry
Hace 14 horas · The Plot: In 1901 near Kenedy, Texas, a group of Texas Rangers are on the hunt for Gregorio Cortez (Edward James Olmos), a Mexican wanted for the murder of a local sheriff. Over the course of eight days, Cortez evades the Rangers as he rides across South and Central Texas on stolen horses. Through a series of flashbacks recounted from a variety of perspectives, we piece together the events ...
Hace 5 días · Posted in: Asian American, Comics, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Writers. George Willeman, at Home with (Old, Highly Flammable) Movies. May 5, 2021. Posted by: Neely Tucker. George Willeman is the leader of the nitrate film vaults at the Library of Congress Packard Campus.
Hace 2 días · Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress and have also been named as some of the greatest films ever by the American Film Institute. Born in Chicago in 1901, Disney developed an early interest in drawing.
Degrees to the NFR. Think of this game like “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”, but instead, it’s with the Library of Congress’ very own National Film Registry! Name a movie, a person in the film world, or any other thing you can think of, and I’ll see if I can connect it to the National Film Registry! I have been interested in the National ...
