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(Encyclopedia) film: see motion pictures.

American Film Institute

(Encyclopedia) American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and…

O - Film

Director:Tim Blake NelsonWriter:Brad KaayaLions Gate Films; R; 91 minutesRelease:8/01Cast:Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles The distinction is simple: in William Shakespeare's…

Movies and Film: Film Directing

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Movies and Film: Film Editing

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Movies and Film: Foreign Films

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King, Stephen

(Encyclopedia) King, Stephen, 1947–, American writer, b. Portland, Maine. Influenced by the 19th-century Gothic tradition, especially the works of Poe, King's fiction reveals the macabre and horrific…

Zhang Yimou

(Encyclopedia) Zhang Yimou, 1951–, Chinese film director. Sentenced to forced labor during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76) because his father had been an officer in Chiang Kai-shek's army, he then…