Language use and writing
Exercise 44 . a) Write about the films using Passive wherever possible.
Example: “Back to the Future” was made in 1985.
“Back to the Future”
Y
ear:
1985
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Producer: Steven Spielberg
Main Roles: Michael Fox, Christopher
Lloyd
Script: Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Box Office: over $383 million worldwide
Nominations: Oscar for the best original
screenplay, numerous BAFTAs
Awards: Oscar for the best sound editing, Saturn for the best science fiction film
Following Films: “Back to the Future Part II”, “Back to the Future Part III”
Plot: It’s a story about a teenager who … (sent) back in time to 1955
where he … (meet) his future parents. After numerous adventures
he … (successfully / transport) to 1985.
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest”
C
ountry:
USA
Release Date: 19 November, 1975
Director: Miloš Forman
Book: Ken Kesey’s novel of the same
name (1962)
Leading Parts: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher
Supporting Parts: Danny DeVito, Christopher
Lloyd
Filming: at Oregon State Hospital
Distribution: United Artists
Box Office: over $ 100 million
Awards: all five major Academy Awards
Plot: It’s a drama about a criminal who … (transfer) to a mental
institution where he … (organise) the patients in protest against
inhuman conditions and … (eventually / kill).
b) Write about your favourite film in the same way.
Exercise 45. Read the information below advertising a new movie. Fill in the gaps in the
newspaper review.
NOW SHOWING: THE TEETH OF THE WOLF!!!
Starring Brad Bold as The Wolfman
With Clarisse Calvados, Frank Holder and Jemma Young
Written by Deborah Bradman (after the novel by Ken Wylie)
Original music by Frieda Holtmeyer
Producer Wilbert Greenberg
Director Sidney Reed
REVIEW
If you want to see a terrifying new ______________ film, go and see “The Teeth Of The Wolf”. Sidney Reed, who also made “Eyes of the Vampire” and “Claws of the Dragon” ________________ this movie. Brad Bold ______________ as Dan Kovic, a quiet, gentle village doctor with a terrible secret… At night he becomes the Wolfman, searching the forest for victims! The film is ____________ in Transylvania in the 19th century. It is ______________ on a novel by Ken Wylie, and has an excellent ____________ by Deborah Bradman. Appearing in her first major film is young French _______________ Clarisse Calvados, who gives a superb _______________________ as Martina Kovic, the doctor’s daughter. There are some amazing ______________effects, especially in the _______________ where Dan Kovic changes into the Wolfman – it looks so realistic, you want to run out screaming!
Conclusion: I’ll give this one 8 out of 10. Go and see it, but don’t go alone.