FORREST GUMP (1994)

Pre-watching activities:

1. Do you know the author of the novel Forrest Gump? This is Winston Groom. Read the text about his biography and match his creations

Winston Francis Groom, Jr., (born March 23, 1943) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer, best known for his book Forrest Gump, which was adapted into a film by Robert Zemeckis in 1994.

Winston Groom was born in Washington, D.C., and was raised in Baldwin County, Alabama, where he attended University Military School (now known as UMS-Wright Preparatory School). Groom's earliest ambition was to become a lawyer like his father; but, instead, while a literary editor in college, he chose to become a writer. Groom attended the University of Alabama, where he was a member of Delta Tau Del-

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ta Fraternity and the Army ROTC, graduating in 1965. He served in the Army from 1965 to 1969, including a tour of duty in the Vietnam War.

Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked as a reporter for the Washington Star, a Washington, D. C., newspaper covering police and courtroom activities. Groom retired from journalism at age 32, and began writing his first novel Better Times Than These which was published in 1978. Better Times Than These was about a group of patriotic soldiers in the Vietnam War whose lives and patriotism both are shattered. His next novel As Summers Die (1980) received better recognition. His novel Conversations with the Enemy (1982) follows an American Vietnam War soldier who escapes from a POW camp and takes a plane back to the United States only to be arrested fourteen years later for desertion. Conversations with the Enemy was a Pulitzer Prize for General NonFiction finalist in 1984.

In 1985, Groom moved back to Mobile, Alabama, where he began to work on the novel Forrest Gump. It was published in 1986; however, it did not make Groom a best-selling author until it was adapted into a film with the same name in 1994, a film starring Tom Hanks in the title role of Forrest Gump. The film propelled the novel to best-seller status, and the novel sold 1.7 million copies worldwide.

Groom devotes his time to writing history books about American wars. He has lived most recently in Point Clear, Alabama, and Long Island, New York, with his wife Anne Clinton and daughter, Carolina. Groom was an old friend of writer Willie Morris, dating to their days together in Bridgehampton, Long Island, New York.

In November 2011, Groom introduced his latest history book, Kearny's March: The Epic Creation of the American West, 18461847. Groom describes how Kearny’s quest for westward adventure coincides with the expansionist desires of the U.S. President, James K. Polk. Anchored in mid-summer 1846, the context for both the adventures and expansionism is the Texas Annexation from Mexico, the MexicanAmerican War, and the backdrop to the American Civil War. Just as in the film adaptation of Groom’s book Forrest Gump, where Gump is introduced through the technology of production company Industrial Light & Magic to a cast of celebrities including a young Elvis Presley, President John F.Kennedy, and PresidentRichard Nixon, Groom weaves intoKearny’s Marchmountain manKit Carson,Brigham Youngand hisMormon followers, and members of the Donner party.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Groom.)

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2. Read the following text about Tom Hanks, famous American actor.

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and familyfriendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title role in Forrest Gump, Commander Jim Lovell in Apollo 13, Captain John H. Miller in Saving Private Ryan, Joe Fox in You've Got Mail, Chuck Noland in Cast Away, and voicing the character Woody in the Toy Story series. Hanks won consecutive Best Actor Academy Awards, in 1993 for Philadelphia and in 1994 for Forrest Gump. U.S. domestic box office totals for his films exceed US $4.0 billion. He is the father of actor Colin Hanks.

Tell about main facts of his life using the dates:

1986

1988

1992

1993

1994

Read more detailed information about Tom

Hanks’s career and write down his filmography.

Period of successes and failures

With Nothing in Common (1986) – about a young man alienated from his parents who must re-establish a relationship with his father, played by Jackie Gleason – Hanks began to establish the credentials of not only a comic actor but of someone who could carry a serious role. "It changed my desires about working in movies," Hanks told Rolling Stone. "Part of it was the nature of the material, what we were trying to say. But besides that, it focused on people's relationships. The story was about a guy and his father,

unlike, say, The Money Pit, where the story is really about a guy and his house."

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After a few more flops and a moderate success with Dragnet, Hanks succeeded with the film Big (1988), both at the box office and within the industry. The film established Hanks as a major Hollywood talent. It was followed later that year by Punchline, in which he and Sally Field co-starred as struggling comedians. Hanks's character, Steven Gold, a failing medical student trying to break into stand-up, was somewhat edgy and complex. Hanks' portrayal of Gold offered a glimpse of the far more dramatic roles Hanks would master in films to come. Hanks then suffered a pile of boxoffice failures: The Burbs (1989), Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), and The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), as a greedy Wall Street type who gets enmeshed in a hit-and-run accident. Only the 1989 movie Turner & Hooch brought success for Hanks during this time.

Progression into dramatic roles

Hanks climbed back to the top again with his portrayal of a washed-up baseball star turned manager in A League of Their Own (1992). Hanks has admitted that his acting in earlier roles was not great and that he has improved. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Hanks noted his "modern era of moviemaking ... because enough self-discovery has gone on.... My work has become less pretentiously fake and over the top". This "modern era" began in 1993 for Hanks, first with Sleepless in Seattle and then with Philadelphia. The former was a blockbuster success about a widower who finds true love over the airwaves. Richard Schickel of Time called his performance "charming," and most critics agreed that Hanks' portrayal ensured him a place among the premier romantic-comedy stars of his generation.

In Philadelphia, he played a gay lawyer with AIDS who sues his firm for discrimination. Hanks lost thirty-five pounds and thinned his hair in order to appear sickly for the role. In a review for People, Leah Rozen stated "Above all, credit for Philadelphia's success belongs to Hanks, who makes sure that he plays a character, not a saint. He is flat-out terrific, giving a deeply felt, carefully nuanced performance that deserves an Oscar." Hanks won the 1993 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia. During his acceptance speech he revealed that his high school drama teacher Rawley Farnsworth and former classmate John Gilkerson, two people with whom he was close, were gay.

Hanks followed Philadelphia with the 1994 summer hit Forrest Gump. Of the film, Hanks has remarked: "When I read the script for Gump, I saw it as one of those kind of grand, hopeful movies that the audience can go to and feel ... some hope for their lot and their position in life... I got that from

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the movies a hundred million times when I was a kid. I still do." Hanks won his second Best Actor Academy Award for his role in Forrest Gump, becoming only the second actor to have accomplished the feat of winning consecutive Best Actor Oscars. (Spencer Tracy was the first, winning in 1937–38. Hanks and Tracy were the same age at the time they received their Academy Awards: 37 for the first and 38 for the second.)

Hanks' next role – astronaut and commander Jim Lovell, in the 1995 movie Apollo 13-reunited him with Ron Howard. Critics generally applauded the film and the performances of the entire cast, which included actors Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, and Kathleen Quinlan. The movie also earned nine Academy Award nominations, winning two. The same year, Hanks starred in the animated blockbuster Toy Story as the voice of the toy Sheriff Woody.

1996 – present: Directing, producing and acting

Hanks turned to directing with his 1996 film That Thing You Do! about a 1960s pop group, also playing the role of a music producer. Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman went on to create Playtone, a record and film production company named for the record company in the film.

Hanks executive produced, co-wrote, and co-directed the HBO docudrama From the Earth to the Moon. The twelve-part series chronicles the space program from its inception, through the familiar flights of Neil Armstrong and Jim Lovell, to the personal feelings surrounding the reality of moon landings. The Emmy Award-winning project was, at US $68 million, one of the most expensive ventures taken for television.

Hanks's next project was no less expensive. For Saving Private Ryan he teamed up with Steven Spielberg to make a film about a search through war-torn France after D-Day to bring back a soldier. It earned the praise and respect of the film community, critics, and the general public. It was labeled one of the finest war films ever made and earned Spielberg his second Academy Award for direction, and Hanks another Best Actor nomination. Later in 1998, Hanks re-teamed with his Sleepless in Seattle co-star Meg Ryan for You've Got Mail, a remake of 1940's The Shop Around the Corner.

In 1999, Hanks starred in an adaptation of the Stephen King novel The Green Mile. He also returned as the voice of Woody in Toy Story 2. The following year he won a Golden Globe for Best Actor and an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of a marooned FedEx systems analyst in Robert Zemeckis's Cast Away. Next he teamed up with American Beauty director Sam Mendes for the adaptation of Max Allan Collins's and

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Richard Piers Rayner's graphic novel Road to Perdition, in which he played an anti-hero role as a hitman on the run with his son. That same year, Hanks collaborated with director Spielberg again, starring opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the hit crime comedy Catch Me if You Can, based on the true story of Frank Abagnale, Jr. The same year, Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson produced the hit movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding. At the age of 45, he became the youngest ever recipient of the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award on June 12, 2002.

In 2004, he appeared in three films: The Coen Brothers' The Ladykillers, another Spielberg film, The Terminal, and The Polar Express, a family film from Robert Zemeckis. In August 2005, Hanks was voted in as vice president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Hanks next starred in the highly anticipated film The Da Vinci Code, based on the bestselling novel by Dan Brown. The film was released May 19, 2006 in the US and grossed over US$750 million worldwide. He followed the film with Ken Burns's 2007 documentary The War. For the documentary, Hanks did voice work, reading excerpts from World War II-era columns by Al McIntosh. In 2006, Hanks topped a 1,500-strong list of 'most trusted celebrities' compiled by Forbes magazine. Hanks next appeared in a cameo role as himself in The Simpsons Movie, in which he appeared in an advertisement claiming that the US government has lost its credibility and is hence buying some of his. Later in 2006, Hanks produced the British film Starter for Ten, a comedy based on working class students attempting to win University Challenge.

In 2007, Hanks starred in Mike Nichols's film Charlie Wilson's War in which he plays Democratic Texas Congressman Charles Wilson. The film opened on December 21, 2007 and Hanks received a Golden Globe nomination. In 2008's The Great Buck Howard, Hanks played the on-screen father of a young man (Hanks' real-life son, Colin Hanks) who chooses to follow in the footsteps of a fading magician (John Malkovich). Tom Hanks's character was less than thrilled about his son's career decision.

Hanks's next endeavor, released on May 15, 2009, was a film adaptation of Angels & Demons, based on the novel of the same name by Dan Brown. Its April 11, 2007 announcement revealed that Hanks would reprise his role as Robert Langdon, and that he would reportedly receive the highest salary ever for an actor. The following day he made his 10th appearance on NBC's Saturday Night Live, impersonating himself for the Celebrity Jeopardy sketch.

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In 2010, Hanks reprised his role as Sheriff Woody in the third film in the Toy Story franchise, Toy Story 3, after he, Tim Allen, and John Ratzenberger were invited to a movie theater to see a complete story reel of the movie.

In 2011, he directed and starred opposite Julia Roberts in the title role in the romantic comedy Larry Crowne.

Hanks is ranked the highest all time box office star with over $3.639 billion total box office gross, an average of $107 million per film. He has been involved with seventeen films that grossed over $100 million at the worldwide box office, the highest grossing of which was 2010's Toy Story 3.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hanks.)

3. Answer the questions:

1.What cities are mentioned in the text?

2.What famous actors co-starred Tom Hanks?

3.What titles has he got during his career?

4.What interesting facts connected with Forrest Gump did you read about?

While-watching activities:

Episode 1. Forrest’s childhood

4. Answer these questions:

1.What did Forrest always offer to the person near him at the stop?

2.What did Forrest’s mother say about shoes?

3.What was wrong with his legs?

4.Where did he live with his mother?

5.What hero was he named after?

6.What did Forrest’s mother say to him about his father’s locality?

7.Who was called the king?

8.What did this musician learn from little Forrest?

9.How did this musician die?

10.What did Forrest’s mother say to him before he got on the school bus?

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Episode 2. School days and college

5. Underline the correct word:

1.The most special Forrest’s friend was his mother / Jenny.

2.In the school bus boys repeated that the seat was taken / was empty.

3.He played football at school / college.

4.He entered the college thanks to his fast running / intelligence.

5.After her mothers death Jenny lived with her grandfather / father who was a farmer / a driver.

6.Jenny taught Forrest to read / to write and he taught her to run fast / to swing on the tree.

7.One day Jenny moved to her grandmother who lived near Forrest’s

house / far from Forrest’s house.

8.Jenny studied at a coed college / college for girls.

9.When he played in the all American football team he was invited to the meeting with the president Roosevelt / Kennedy in his oval office.

10.After four / five years of studying Forrest got a college degree.

Episode 3. The army

6. Find the appropriate answer:

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Episode 4. Vietnam

7. Restore the sequence of events:

1.Raining started.

2.Forrest and Bubba arrived to Vietnam.

3.Bubba died.

4.They met with Lieutenant Dan Taylor.

5.The fighting started.

6.Forrest sent the letter to Jenny and wrote about the idea of shrimping business with Bubba.

7.Finding Bubba Forrest saved his wounded friends.

8.Bubba offered to his friend to run shrimping business and Forrest agreed.

Episode 5. The hospital

8. Find the appropriate answer:

5. Forrest couldn’t manage to make a speech because of

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Episode 6. Meeting with Jenny in Washington

9. Complete the sentences:

F. Jenny!

J. Forrest! Hey!

F. It was the ... moment of my life. Jenny and me were just like…… again. She showed me around, and even introduced me to some of her … friends.

J. Hey man, he's cool. He's …. He's one of us. He's one of us. This is my good friend I told you

about. This is Forrest Gump. Forrest, this is Wesley. Wesley and I lived together in Berkeley, and he's the … of the Berkeley chapter of S.D.S.

J. Forrest! Stop it! Stop it! Forrest!

F. He should not be hitting you, Jenny. Sorry I had a fight in the middle of your Black Panther party.

J. He doesn't mean it when he does things like this. He doesn't. F. I would never … you, Jenny.

J. I know you …., Forrest. F. I wanted to be your ….

J. That ….. is a trip, Forrest. You look….. in it. You do. F. You know what?

J. What?

F. I am glad we were here together in our nation’s …… J. Me, too, Forrest.

F. Wish you wouldn’t go, Jenny. J. I have to, Forrest.

F. Know what I think. You should go home to Greenbow,…… J. Forrest, we have very different……., you know.

F. I want you to have this. J. Forrest, I can’t ……. this.

F. I got it just by doing what ….. told me to do. J. Why are you so good to me.

F. You’re my girl.

J. I’ll always be your girl.

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Episode 7. New York

10. Answer these questions:

1.What country did he visit when he was playing ping-pong in the special troops?

2.Who did Forrest meet in New York?

3.How did he get 25.000 dollars?

4.How did he spend his money?

5.Who helped Forrest with a shrimps’ catching?

6.How did Forrest become a millionaire?

7.Why did his mother die?

Episode 8. Running

11. Is the statement true or false? Correct the wrong statements.

1.That day, for peace I decided to go for a little run.

2.He'd just run state of Alabama.

3.He got a company for running.

4.Lieutenant Dan watched Forrest in the news report when he was running.

5.He had run for two years, two months, fourteen days, and sixteen hours.

Post-watching activities:

12. Answer some questions connected with the film:

1.What subject connects the beginning and the end of this film?

2.What country is the main hero from?

3.Can you remember some political events that are mentioned in the film? List these events.

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4.Enumerate real historical figures which appear in the film.

5.Who tells the story of Forrest Gump?

6.Where is the teller during the longest period of time?

7.What was the Forrest’s favorite proverb about silly people?

8.What’s the name of Gump’s son?

9.Why did Jenny die?

10.What did his mother always say to her son? Remember her sayings.

11.Do you think that Forrest lived a long and happy life?

12.Did Forrest agree with words about a life that were repeated by his mother or lieutenant Dan?

13.Who said it? Describe the situation.

1. Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.

2. Your boy is different. His IQ is 75.

3. Now we aren’t strangers anymore.

4.Run, Forrest! Run away.

5.You are my girl.

6.Dear God, make me a bird, so I can fly far, far away.

7.I want to go home.

8.Death is just a part of life. You have to do the best with what God gave you.

9.He is very smart. He’s one of the smartest in his class.

14. Analyze the speech of the main hero in the film (remember the words that he used, some mistakes, his communicative failures). How does it characterize him? In the book Forrest tells his story himself as in the film. But his written speech may be different. Describe Forrest basing on the film and the book. Here are some samples of his speech from the beginning of the book.

Let me say this: bein a idiot is no box of chocolates. People laugh, lose patience, treat you shabby. Now they says folks sposed to be kind to the af-

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flicted, but let me tell you it ain’t always that way. Even so, I got no complaints, cause I reckon I done live a pretty interestin life, so to speak. I been a idiot since I was born. My IQ is near 70, which qualifies me, so they say. Probly, tho, I’m closer to bein a imbecile or maybe even a moron, but personally, I’d rather think of mysef as like a halfwit, or somethin–an not no idiot cause when people think of a idiot, more’n likely they be thinkin of one of them Mongolian idiots–the ones with they eyes too close together what look like Chinamen an drool a lot an play with theyselfs…

When I was born, my mama name me Forrest, cause of General Nathan Bedford Forrest who fought in the Civil War. Mama always said we was kin to General Forrest’s fambly someways. An he was a great man, she say, cept’n he started up the Ku Klux Klan after the war was over an even my grandmama say they’s a bunch of no-goods.

15. Have you read the book Forrest Gump by Winston Groom? Many events of Forrest’s life weren’t included in the film. And the ending is different. Describe the endings reading the final part of the book. What ending do you like most of all? Why?

We had been in Savannah about a month, I guess, an was doin pretty good. I done my one-man band act an Sue collected the money an Dan shined people’s shoes in the crowd. One day a guy come from the newspaper an took our pitchers an ran them on the front page.

“Derelicts Loitering in Public Park,” says the caption.

One afternoon I’m settin there playin an thinkin maybe we outta go on up to Charleston when I notice a little boy standin right in front of the drums, jus starin at me.

I was playin “Ridin on the City of New Orleans,” but the little feller kep lookin at me, not smilin or nothin, but they was somethin in his eyes that kinda shined an glowed an in a wierd way reminded me of somethin. An then I look up, an standin there at the edge of the crowd was a lady, an when I saw her, I like to fainted. Lo an behole, it was Jenny Curran. She done got her hair up in rollers an she looked a bit older, too, an sort of tired, but it is Jenny all right. I am so surprised, I blowed a sour note on my harmonica by mistake, but I finished the song, an Jenny come up an take the little boy by the han.

Her eyes was beamin, an she say, “Oh, Forrest, I knew it was you when I heard the harmonica. Nobody plays the harmonica like you do.”

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“What you doin here?” I axed.

“We live here now,” she say. “Donald is assistant sales manager with some people make roofin tiles. We been here bout three years now.” Cause I quit playin, the crowd done drifted off an Jenny set down on the bench nex to me. The little boy be foolin aroun with Sue, an Sue, he done started turnin cartwheels so’s the boy would laugh.

“How come you playin in a one-man band?” Jenny axed. “Mama wrote me you had started a great big ole srimp bidness down at Bayou La Batre an was a millionaire.”

“It’s a long story,” I says.

“You didn’t get in trouble again, did you, Forrest?” she say. “Nope, not this time,” I says. “How bout you? You doin okay?” “Oh, I reckon I am,” she say. “I spose I got what I wanted.” “That your little boy?” I axed.

“Yep,” she say, “ain’t he cute?” “Shore is – what you call him?” “Forrest.”

“Forrest?” I say. “You name him after me?”

“I ought to,” she say sort of quietly. “After all, he’s haf yours.” “Hafwhat!”

“He’s your son, Forrest.” “My what!”

“Your son. Little Forrest.” I looked over an there he was, gigglin an clappin cause Sue was now doin han-stands.

“I guess I should of tole you,” Jenny say, “but when I lef Indianapolis, you see, I was pregnant. I didn’t want to say anything, I don’t know just why. I feltlike, well,there youwas, callin yourself ‘The Dunce’ anall,an Iwas gonna have this baby. An I was worried, sort of, bout how he’d turn out.” “You mean, was he gonna be a idiot?”

“Yeah, sort of,” she say. “But look, Forrest, can’t you see! He ain’t no idiot at all! He’s smart as a whip–gonna go into second grade this year. He made all ‘A’s’ last year. Can you believe it!”

“You sure he’s mine?” I axed.

“Ain’t no question of it,” she say. “He wants to be a football player when he grows up – or a astronaut.”

I look over at the little feller again an he is a strong, fine-lookin boy. “Well,” I says, “now what about, ah, your…”

“Donald?” Jenny says. “Well, he don’t know bout you. You see, I met him just after I left Indianapolis. An I was bout to start showin an all, an I

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didn’t know what to do. He’s a nice, kind man. He takes good care of me an little Forrest. We got us a house an two cars an ever Saturday he takes us someplace like the beach or out in the country. We go to church on Sunday, an Donald is savin up to send little Forrest to college an all.” “Coud I see him –I mean, jus for a minute or two?” I axed.

“Sure,” Jenny say, an she call the little feller over.

“Forrest,” she says, “I want you to meet another Forrest. He’s a ole friend of mine – an he is who you are named after.”

The little guy come an set down by me an say, “What a funny monkey you got.”

“That is a orangutang,” I say. “His name is Sue.” “How come you call him Sue, if it’s a he? ”

I knowed right then that I didn’t have no idiot for a son. “Your mama say you want to grow up to be a football player, or a astronaut,” I says. “I sure would,” he say. “You know anything about football or astronauts?”

“Yep,” I say, “a little bit, but maybe you ought to axe your daddy bout that. I’m sure he knows a lot more than me.”

Then he give me a hug. It weren’t a big hug, but it was enough. “I want to play with Sue some more,” he say, an jump down from the bench, an ole Sue, he done organized a game where little Forrest could thow a coin into the tin cup an Sue would catch it in the air.

Jenny come over an set nex to me an sighed, an she pat me on the leg. “I can’t believe it sometimes,” she say. “We’ve knowed each other nearly thirty years now ever since first grade.”

The sun is shinin thru the trees, right on Jenny’s face, an they might of been a tear in her eyes, but it never come, an yet they is somethin there, a heartbeat maybe, but I really couldn’t say what it was, even tho I knowed it was there.

“I just can’t believe it, that’s all,” she say, an then she lean over an kiss me on the forehead.

“What’s that?” I axed.

“Idiots,” Jenny says, an her lips is tremblin. “Who ain’t a idiot?” An then she is gone. She got up an fetched little Forrest an took him by the han an they walked on off.

(www. Pdfbooksplanet.org/novels/8535/Forrest Gump-by-Winston- Groom.html.)

16. Tell the biography of Forrest Gump from the third person.

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GARFIELD: THE MOVIE (2004)

Pre-watching activities:

1. Do you know who Garfield is? Originally, he is the main character of well-known comic strips. Read the following information from Wikipedia and tell about main facts of its history using the dates:

1978

2002

2004

2006

2007

Garfield is a comic strip created by Jim Davis. Published since June 19, 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character, the cat Garfield (named after Davis's grandfather); his owner, John Arbuckle; and Arbuckle's dog, Odie. In 1994, Davis's company, Paws,

Inc., purchased all rights to the strips from 1978 to 1993 from United Feature. The strip is currently distributed by Universal Press Syndicate, while rights for the strip remain with Paws. Garfield quickly became a commercial success. In 1981, less than three years after its release, the strip appeared in 850 newspapers and accumulated over $15 million in merchandise. To manage the merchandise, Davis founded Paws, Inc. By 2002, Garfield became the world's most syndicated strip, appearing in 2,570 newspapers with 263 million readers worldwide. As of 2007, it was

widely syndicated comic strip.

Though this is never mentioned in print, Garfield is set in Muncie, Indiana, the home of Jim Davis, according to the television special Garfield Goes Hollywood. Common themes in the strip include Garfield's laziness, obsessive eating, and hatred of Mondays and diets. The strip's focus is mostly on the interactions among Garfield, John, and Odie; recurring minor characters appear as well. Originally created with the intentions to

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earning $750 million to $1 billion annually. In addition to the various merchandise and commercial tie-ins, the strip has spawned several animated television specials, two animated television series, two theatrical feature-length live-action films and three CGI animated direct-to-video movies.

Garfield: The Movie was the strip's first feature film. It is a 2004 American live-action film based on the Jim Davis comic strip with the same name. In the film, Garfield the cat was cre-

ated with computer-generated imagery, though all other animals werereal.

HewittasDr. Liz Wilson, and featuresBill Murrayas the voice of Garfield. The film was released in the United States on June 11, 2004. Reviews of the movie were generally very mixed, although Murray's voice work received some positive notices.

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (also known as Garfield 2: The Prince and the Paw-per in the United Kingdom, Garfield: The Movie 2 or on screen by its working title Garfield 2) is the 2006 sequel to 2004's liveaction feature film Garfield: The Movie. This film was directed by Tim Hill and was released in U.S. cinemas on June 16, 2006 (July 21, 2006 in UK).

The film borrows its storyline from Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. The title alludes to Charles Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield.)

2. What do these contractions and slang words mean? Translate them into Russian.

Buddy, gonna, guy, cool, gee, yeah, whoa, know-it-all, wanna.

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3. Match the words and expressions with their definitions:

While-watching activities:

Episode 1

4. Is the statement true or false? Correct the wrong statements.

1.Odie became Garfield’s new astronaut.

2.Happy Chapman loved cats.

3.John had a crush on Liz since high school.

4.Garfield outwitted Luca and took away the cinnamon apple pie from the dog.

5.Garfield was very glad to have a new friend Odie.

6.Garfield liked to travel and always left his cul-de-sac cheerfully.

Episode 2

5. Restore the sequence of events.

1.Garfield was turned out of the house.

2.Garfield was caught by the animal control service.

3.Odie won the competition.

4.The old lady found Odie and sheltered him.

5.Happy Chapman sat in the train to take Odie to New York to participate in a new show.

6.Garfield stopped the train.

7.The mouse Louis saved Garfield from rats.

8.Odie ran away from home and was lost.

9.The cat from the animal control service set free all the animals.

10.Garfield was surrounded by rats.

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G: Odie, would you mind sharing the ………., please? Every dog has his day, Happy.

H. Ch.: Nice Kitty.

G: Let's see what's on the news. Let me tell you something, Happy. To you, Odie might be just a dumb, stupid, smelly ... But to me, he's all that and much more. He's my …. Odie, try something else. Maybe there's a game on? Strong finish, little ….

J: Odie, Garfield? L: Odie?

- Odie?

H. Ch.: Be ….

J: This is for stealing my dog and my cat.

G: He didn't ………… me. I was doing the rescue work.

J: Garfield! Odie! Come here! I ……….. you guys so much. I was so worried about you... I’m never gonna let you out of my sight again. Never. You guys are my best friends.

G: You had me at ………. .

Post-watching activities:

7.Give titles to episodes 1 – 3. What episode have you enjoyed most of all? Why?

8.Who said it in the film? Describe the situation.

1.Sleeping beauty, wake up.

2.Take a powder for a couple of days, get a haircut and grow a beard.

3.I owe you one «G».

4.Love me, feed me, never leave me.

5.Yeah, I think I just may have a mental advantage on this guy.

6.I’ve been waiting years for this.

7.Give me the Benadril! Damned cat allergies.

8.You had me, a chick-magnet. And now you got a tick-magnet.

9.And this is for you if you happen to change your mind...You just ring me up and say "Hello, hello, I changed my mind." "I wanna be a star!"

10.Poor Odie. That cat is such a pig.

11."Remember: Be Happy!"

12.Once again, my life has been saved by the miracle of Lasagne.

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10. Who are these characters? Describe them according to the following plan:

-general information (name, age, position, if they are people);

-appearance;

-character;

-their habits and hobbies;

-the role in the film.

John Arbuckle

Liz

Garfield

Odie

Happy Chapman

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GARFIELD: A TAIL OF TWO KITTIES (2006)

Pre-watching activities:

1. What do these expressions and words mean? Match the appropriate equivalents:

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2. What do these contractions and slang words mean? Translate them into Russian.

Brekky, pal, guy, beat it, buddy, bro, laddie, cop, bobby, fishy, chap, okey dokey, fellas.

While-watching activities:

Episode 1

3. Underline the correct word:

1.John left Odie and Garfield at the kennel / friend’s home.

2.Lady Eleanor left her fortune to Mr. Dargis / the Prince.

3.Mr. Dargis threw the basket with Garfield / Prince into the river.

4.At the barnyard all animals greeted the cat / Mr. Dargis.

5.John and Liz went to the Tower / British museum.

Episode 2

4. Restore the sequence of events.

1.John found dirty Prince and brought him to the hotel’s room.

2.Prince liked lasagne in café.

3.Lord Dargis started to discuss his plans to transform the barnyard into spa salon.

4.Smith found Garfield in the street and brought him to the castle.

5.Winston showed the castle to Garfield.

6.Rommel tore lord’s trousers.

7.Garfield helped animals to cook lasagne.

8.Smith went on holiday.

9.Garfield made the first speech at the barnyard.

10.Prince left John and went to his castle.

Episode 3

5. Answer the questions:

1.What London’s sights were showed in the film? Enumerate them.

2.What was Garfield’s plan to teach Dargis?

3.Who did Smith meet with near the castle?

4.What happened in the castle when John appeared there?

5.Where did John propose to Liz?

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Post-watching activities:

6. Who said this phrase in the film? Describe the situation.

1.Please, sir, may I have some more?

2.Take the picture.

3.You are driving on the wrong side of the road, and I've got an entire pie in my stomach.

4.Hello, Rommel, I have a present for you. Prince's pillow.

5.There‘s the bull drinking my champagne, the pool‘s full of animals, and a pig tried to kill me.

6.This buffoon couldn‘t groom the paws of a real king.

7.Your nine lives are up.

8.Sire, thank havens, you’ve returned.

9.Good lord, it’s a conspiracy.

10.Is this a part of tour?

11.Liz, I’ve been trying to get the courage up to ask you something all week.

12.Excuse me, do you believe in love at first sight?

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HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE (2001)

Pre-watching activities:

1. Read the text about the author of the Harry Potter series and enumerate unknown facts of her life.

JK Rowling – creator of Harry Potter

Joanne Rowling, better known as JK Rowling, is a publishing phenomenon. She is responsible for the success story that is the Harry Potter series – a series that will come to a climax in the seventh and final book. She tells the story of a boy wizard and his adventures at wizarding school. More than 300 million copies of her books have been sold and that number is still increasing. She has earned more than £500 million from her books, film rights, toys and games that feature the characters she has created.

She was born in England in 1965 and grew up in the outskirts of Bristol and spent much of her childhood making up and acting out stories. She worked as a teacher for a time, but always planned to become a writer. One day, while on a train journey from Manchester to London, the idea for Harry Potter came to her. She had paper but no pen and could only daydream her story. When she arrived home that evening she began to write. Six years later, the first book was finished and she began to look for ways of publishing it. She went to her local library and found the names of literary agents. She sent a copy of her book to one whose name she liked, having no other information about him. The agent, Christopher Little, was spellbound by the story and within days was hard at work finding a publisher. It was rejected several times before a small publishing company decided to take the risk. They had one condition. They thought boys wouldn’t be interested in reading a book written by a woman, so they suggested that instead of her full name, she used her first two initials on the cover – it would make her sound more serious. Unfortunately she only had one initial

– her parents had never given her a middle name. The K in JK Rowling stands for Kathleen, her grandmother’s name.

So why are her books so successful? Her mother died of a serious illness soon after she began writing the first book, and Harry’s feelings for the loss of his parents certainly reflect the pain the author felt over the loss of

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her mother. The magic car, which appears in one of her books, belonged to a friend who encouraged her to write and believed that she would one day be a great success. Yet, the most likely reason for the success of the Harry Potter books is that they are good stories that let children’s and adult’s imaginations wander through a world we would like to be real, but we know isn’t.

2. Read the text about J. K. Rowling. Are the statements true or false? If the statement is false, say why it is and correct it.

1.People are still buying Harry Potter books.

2.She wrote the story on a train.

3.She finished the first book straight away.

4.The publishers wanted her full name on the cover.

5.Her mother never read her books.

6.She writes about an imaginary world we would like to live in.

3. Complete the summary with words from the first text.

JK Rowling

JK Rowling ……….. a lot of money from her books and a fortune from the characters she has ………. . Her childhood was spent …………………

stories. The idea for her first book came to her on a train journey. She spent six years writing it. When the book was published, she made her name sound more ……… .

Her books are successful because they free our ……….. .

4. Translate these words into Russian:

Rumours, a wizard, a witch, a snake, an owl, a broom, a scar, a wand, a spell, a feast, a staircase.

5. Translate these words into English:

Дракон, оборотень, арфа, единорог, метла, шахматы, зло, заклинание.

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6. Match the words and expressions with their definitions:

Episode 1. Harry Potter in the human world

7. Underline the correct word:

1.Professor Dumbledore left a baby / a pet on the porch of Dursley’s house.

2.Dudley was satisfied / dissatisfied with his presents.

3.Harry let the snake / lizard go and placed his cousin / brother into a terrarium cage.

4.All Dursleys had to go away from their home because they were afraid that Harry would find and read the book / the letter.

5.Professor Dumbledore / Hagrid found Harry and brought him sweets /

a letter.

6.Harry Potter bought a wand / an owl for his studies.

7.Hagrid / Ron’s mother helped Harry to get to the platform 9 ¾.

Episode 2. At Hogwarts

8. Find the appropriate answer:

1. Who was the first classmate whom Harry met?

2. Which house did the sorting hat want to offer for Harry?

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Episode 3. Quidditch match

9. Explain the rules of the game using these words:

A keeper

A hoop

10. Answer the questions:

1. What teams played in this game?

2. What happened with Harry during the match?

3. Who helped Harry to capture his broomstick?

4. Why Harry’s team won in this game?

5. Who was responsible for accident with Harry’s broomstick according Hermione’s words?

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Episode 4. Merry Christmas

11. Find the appropriate answer:

4. What did the Mirror of Erised show to people?

5. What was for the Philosopher’s Stone?

7. What for was Draco Malfoy punished?

8. What did children do with Hagrid in the Dark Forest?

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Episode 5. Searching the philosopher’s stone

12. Restore the sequence of events.

1.Three friends come along the corridor under the Invisibility cloak.

2.Hermione stays with Ron to help him.

3.Harry and Hermione go through the magical plants.

4.Neville tries to stop Harry and his friends.

5.Quirrell’s body turns into ash as Harry touches him.

6.Harry sees professor Quirrell and the Mirror of Erised in the dungeon.

7.Harry finds the right key and the friends open the door.

8.Voldemort tries to convince Harry to give the stone to him.

9.The harp stops playing and the dog is awaken.

10.Ron sacrifices his figure to checkmate.

Post-watching activities:

13. Who said this? Describe the situation.

1.What happened down in the dungeons between you andProfessorQuirrellis acompletesecret,so,naturally,thewholeschoolknows.

2.This boy will be famous. There won’t be a child in our world who doesn't know his name.

3.I remember every wand I've ever sold, Mr. Potter. It just so happens that the phoenix, whose tail feather resides in your wand gave one other feather, just one. It is curious that you should be destined for this wand when its brother gave you that scar.

4.Ah! Another Weasley. I know just where to put you...Gryffindor!!

5.Nothing, I repeat, nothing gives a student the right to walk about the school at night. Therefore, as punishment for your actions, 50 points will be taken.

6.You'll be okay, Harry. You're a great wizard, you really are.

7.Snape was trying to...save me?

8.There is no good and evil. There is only power, and those too weak to seek it. Together, we'll do extraordinary things. Just give me the stone!

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HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (2002)

Pre-watching activities:

1. Match the words and their synonyms:

Episode 1. Harry Potter in the Dursleys’ house

2. Is it true or false statement?

1.Uncle Vernon was afraid to let out the owl because it might deliver secret messages to all of Harry’s friends.

2.When guests came to Dursleys Harry should have been in the lounge and haven’t made any noise.

3.Harry promised Dobby not to return to Hogwarts.

4.Dobby bewitched the cake and it fell on Mrs. Mason.

5.Being afraid of Harry’s strange friends uncle Vernon put the bars to his window.

6.Ron’s parents rescued Harry.

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Episode 2. Harry’s adventures in the magical world

3. Find the appropriate answer:

1. What was the specialization of Mr. Weasley in the ministry of magic?

2.Why did Harry get to the wrong address when he spilled the magical powder?

A) Because he said the words quietly.

B) Because he made a mistake in the spell. C) Because he was bewitched by Voldemort. D) Because he pronounced the words quickly.

3.Who saved Harry in Knockturn Alley?

4. What Hogwarts’ teacher was the most favorite among women?

5. What transport did Ron and Harry use when the gateway was sealed?

6. What school rules did Harry and Ron break?

A)They have been seen by muggles.

B)They used the car without permission.

C)Being in the human world they used magic.

D)They have broken the magical tree.

7. Who saved all pupils during the defense against dark arts?

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8. Why Ron used the spell against Draco Malfoy?

A) Because Draco called his family poor. B) Because Draco informed on Hagrid.

C) Because his wand was broken and made it occasionally. D) Because Draco offended Hermione.

9. What happened with the victims of a mysterious wizard whose voice Harry heard?

10. What Harry’s ability made his mates be afraid of him after the duel?

Episode 3. Petrifying

4. Restore the sequence of events.

1.Harry found himself in the past and saw that some people suspected Hagrid in the girl’s murder.

2.Ron and Harry saved from spiders.

3.Crabbe and Goyle ate the enchanted cakes and slept.

4.Hermione was petrified.

5.Ginny Weasley was taken to the Chamber of Secrets.

6.Hagrid was led to the prison.

7.Ron and Harry drank the potion and changed into Crabbe and Goyle.

8.Harry found Tom Riddle’s diary in the bathroom.

9.Harry found in the Hermione’s hand the description of Basilisk.

10.Draco Malfoy said that he didn’t know anything about the Chamber of Secrets.

11.Harry and Ron came to Hagrid to find out who has opened the Cham-

ber.

12.Harry interrogated the spider and discovered that Hagrid was innocent.

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Episode 4. The ending

5.Who or what do these words refer to?

1.You’re the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher! You can’t go now!

2.I want to ask you how you died.

3.If you die down there, you’re welcome to share my toilet.

4.Whatever shed this must be sixty feet long – or more!

5.Are you a ghost?

6.You won’t be needing it.

7.And you framed him, didn’t you?

8.You’re hurt.

9.He transferred some of his powers to you the night he gave you that scar.

10. It would take a true Gryffindor to pull that out of the hat.

The words for information: Harry, a wand, a sword, Lockhart, Moaning Myrtle, Tom Riddle, basilisk’s skin, Hagrid, Voldemort.

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MONSTERS, INC. (2001)

Pre-watching activities:

1. Translate these words:

scare, scarer, scream, incorporated, closet, shredder, card key.

While-watching activities:

Episode 1. One day in the company

2. Find the appropriate answer:

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4. What was the worst mistake of a beginning scarer when he came into the child’s room?

5. What did monsters use children’s screams for?

A) It was essential mean for life. C) Monsters enjoyed scaring children.

Episode 2. Boo’s appearance in Monstropolis

3.Is the statement true or false? Correct the wrong statements.

1.For the first time many monsters saw a little girl in the Monsters’ Corporation.

2.At first Sully and Mike were afraid of a little girl.

3.A little girl was afraid of her monster Mike.

4.Boo got into trouble and was found in a rubbish chute.

5.Randall caught Mike in the Boo’s room.

6.Mr. Waternoose invented a new machine that was called a Scream Extractor.

7.Mike and Sullivan were banished from Monstropolis.

8.Mr. Waternoose wanted to kidnap Boo because he feared that she knew all information about Monstropolis and could tell everybody.

9.Children’s screams were more effective than laughter.

10.Roz became a new head of the company.

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Post-watching activities:

4. Match the persons and their characteristics. And tell who gave this characteristic to any person?

5. Who said this phrase in the film? Describe the situation.

1.Our city is counting on you to collect those children’s screams.

2.I can’t believe it. I was on TV.

3.Do you hear that? It’s the winds of change.

4.Look in the bag.

5.Once you name it, you start getting attached to it.

6.This thing is a killing machine.

7.That looks like Randall. Randall is your monster.

8.Hey, Mike, this might sound crazy, but I don’t think that kid’s dangerous.

9.She is not scared of you anymore. It looks like you’re out of a job.

10.I’ll kidnap thousand children before I let this company die!

11.None of this ever happened, gentlemen!

12.I was the fastest one out there. Of course, I was the ball.

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PEARL HARBOR (2001)

Pre-watching activities:

1. Read and translate the following text from Wikipedia.

Attack on Pearl Harbour

The attack on Pearl Harbor (called the Hawaii Operation or Operation Z by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, and the Battle of Pearl Harbor by some Americans) was a surprise military strike conducted by the

Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the morning of December 7, 1941. The next day the United States declared war on Japan resulting in their entry into World War II. The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from influencing the war that the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia, against Britain and the Netherlands, as well as the U.S. in the Philippines. The base was attacked by Japanese aircraft (a total of 353, in two waves) launched from six aircraft carriers.

Four U.S. Navy battleships were sunk (two of which were raised and returned to service later in the war) and all of the four other battleships present were damaged. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship and one minelayer. 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed, 2,402 personnel were killed and 1,282 were wounded. The power station, shipyard, maintenance, and fuel and torpedo storage facilities, as well as the submarine piers and headquarters building (also home of the intelligence section) were not attacked. Japanese losses were light, with 29 aircraft and five midget submarines lost, and 65 servicemen killed or wounded. One Japanese sailor was captured.

The attack was a major engagement of World War II and came as a profound shock to the American people. Domestic support for isolationism, which had been strong, disappeared. Germany's ill-considered declaration of war on the U.S., which was not required by any treaty commitment, moved the U.S. from clandestine support of Britain (for example the Neu-

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trality Patrol) into active alliance and full participation in the European Theater. Despite numerous historical precedents for unannounced military action, the lack of any formal warning by Japan, particularly while negotiations were still apparently ongoing, led to President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaiming December 7 "a date which will live in infamy".

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor)

2. Answer the questions:

1.When did the attack on Pearl Harbour take place?

2.What countries were involved in the conflict?

3.How did the attack influence the USA people?

3. What do these contractions and slang words mean?

Let’em –

Year

Buddy

Gonna

Gotto

Ma'am

lettin'

Episode 1 (1923)

4. Describe the scene. Who take part in it? Why does the film start with this episode?

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Episode 2

5.Name the main heroes you meet in the second episode. Where and when does the scene take place?

6.Find the appropriate answer:

Rafe: Ma'am, I'm never gonna be an English teacher. But I know why I'm here: to be a pilot. And you don't dogfight with manuals. You don't fly with gauges. I mean, it's all about feeling and speed, and lettin' that plane become like a part of your body. And that manual says that a guy who's a slow reader can't be a good pilot. That file says I'm the best pilot in this

Episode 3

7. Read the following dialogue and fill in the gaps. Translate the dialogue into Russian:

Words: nervous, football, strange.

CITY NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT

It's a party in full swing; swing music, jitterbugging, beautiful young men and women in high spirits. Rafe and Evelyn are sitting at a big table with the other pilots and nurses. Anthony's paired up with Sandra, Billy with Barbara, and Red, shyest of the group, finds himself next to Betty. Betty's already found a companion in Red Strange.

RED: He, I'm R-Red. Red S-Strange. BETTY: Red...Strange?

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RED: You know the ... player, Red G-Grange? Well the guys called me R- Red, cause you know, I'm red...and they thought I was ... , so, you know, Red G-Grange, Red Str-Strange.

BETTY: But...they called you Strange? Because of Red Grange? I don't get it. Was Red Grange strange?

RED: How would I know.

(Beside her beer is an open ketchup bottle; he picks it up and swigs from that. Rafe and Evelyn see this, and try to keep from laughing).

BETTY: Do you always stutter? RED: Only when I'm n-n-n- BETTY: ...?

RED: Yeah. But if I have to get something out, I c-can always s-s-s- (he sings) SIIING!

She covers his hand with hers.

BETTY: Don't be nervous.

(Red looks at Betty with love in his eyes. Under the table, Rafe and Evelyn join hands too).

8. Restore the sequence of events:

1.Rafe and Evelyne dance.

2.They kiss.

3.Evelyne looks out the glass doors as Rafe walks away.

4.Rafe says Evelyne about his going away to the war.

Episode 4

9. Answer the questions:

1.What does Roosevelt think about the war?

2.Why do the Japanese want to bomb Pearl Harbour?

3.How do they characterise America and its President?

4.What do American analysts think about Pearl Harbour safety?

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10. Translate the following passages:

YAMAMOTO: The Council knows I have opposed fighting the Americans. No matter how great our resolve, they have resources beyond ours. If we must go to war, there is only one way – deal them a blow from which it will take them years to recover. In that time we can conquer all of the Pacific, and they will have no choice but to ask for peace.

STRATEGIC ANALYST: Pearl Harbour can't be attacked effectively from the air. It's too shallow for an aerial torpedo attack. Pearl Harbour's safe. It's everywhere else that we're vulnerable.

Episode 5

11. Complete the sentences:

1.Lieutenant... I'm Danny Walker. I'm Rafe McCawley's ... .

2.I taught him to drink beer. He taught me how ....

3.He said you're the only one he ever saw who was better ... .

4.I understand why Rafe loved you. You're as ... .

12. Restore the sequence of events:

1.Rafe told Evelyn how he had survived.

2.Danny gets a telegram from Rafe.

3.Rafe and Danny fight.

4.Danny and Evelyn meet at the café.

5.Evelyn tells Rafe that she is fallen in love.

6.Danny shows Evelyn Pearl Harbour at night.

13. Read and translate what Danny says to Rafe:

DANNY: She said I was so much like you. I said, No, I'm not. I'm like I am because of you, but I'm not you, not as good as you. Everybody else saw me as a loser with a big chip on his shoulder. But you saw the better part of me, the part of me that could be like you, and changed me. You made me who I am.

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Episode 6

14. Describe the Japanese attack in general. What do main characters of the film do during the attack?

Episode 7

15.Describe the last flight of Rafe and Danny. How does it characterize them as pilots and as friends?

16.Why do the film-makers decided to use these dialogue as the last one in the film?

DANNY: Take care of Evelyn.

RAFE: I will. And your baby. Danny, you can't die. You can't die. You know why? Because you're going to be a father. You're going to be a daddy. I wasn't supposed to tell you. You're going to be a father.

DANNY: No, you are.

Post-watching activities:

17. Describe the situation. When and where were these words spoken? Who told them?

1.Why are you crying?

2.– You are so beautiful, it hurts.

–It's your nose that hurts.

–I think it's my heart.

3.What is gonna become of us all, Rafe?

4.If I had 1 more night to live, I would spend it with you.

5.– I got one of them.

–Pull up! Pull up!

–I’m hit! I’m hit!

6.You gotto try and forget about Rafe.

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18. What are the speakers talking about? Describe the situation.

1.– Oh, it’s bleeding.

–Lay still.

2.It’s been the most romantic 4 weeks and 2 days.

3.It’s beautiful.

4.– Do you always stutter?

–It’s not he is shy, he’s a little unsure of himself.

5.What am I doing… you forgot this…

6.I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant.

7.Returning from the dead wasn't all that I expected... but that's life.

8.– You know what top secret is?

–Yes, sir. It's the kind of mission where you get medals, but they send 'em to your relatives.

9.– Dolittle assigned me. He wanted me to get some... some real combat training.

–Well guess what? It isn't training over there, it's war. Where losers die and there aren't any winners, just guys who turn into broken-down wrecks like my father. Now if trouble awaits me, I'm ready. But why go looking for it?

19. Translate the speech of the USA President into Russian.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt: Yesterday, December 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy. The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by Naval and Air Forces of the Empire of Japan. It is obvious that planning the attack began many weeks ago, during the intervening time the Japanese Government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace. The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American military forces, I regret to tell you that over three thousand American lives have been lost. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this pre-meditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. Because of this unprovoked, dastardly attack by Japan, I ask that the congress declare a state of War.

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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK

PEARL (2003)

Pre-watching activities:

1. Read the text about the actor, playing one of the main roles in this film (Captain Jack Sparrow), and fill in the missing words:

John Christopher Johnny Depp II was born in Owensboro, Kentucky in 1963. His father was a civil engineer, and his mother was a waitress. Depp’s family moved frequently during his …. In 1978 his parents divorced. His mother married Robert Palmer whom Depp called his …...

With the gift of a guitar from his mother when he was twelve, Depp began playing in various garage bands. A year after his parents' …., Depp dropped out of high school to become a …… musician. He

played with The Kids, a band that enjoyed modest local success. In 1990, he undertook the quirky title role of the Tim Burton film, Edward Scissorhands. The film's success began his long ….. with Burton.

The 2003Walt Disney Pictures film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was a major success, in which Depp's ……. as the suave but shambling pirate …… Jack Sparrow was highly praised. The character became popular with the movie-going public. The film's director, Gore Verbinski, has said that Depp's character closely ….. the actor's personality, but Depp said he …… the character after The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. Depp was …… for an Academy Award for the Best Actor for the role.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Depp.) Words for information: performance, divorce, resembles, childhood, captain, inspiration, modeled, association, nominated, rock.

2. Translate into English:

Пират, пиратство, женитьба, предложение, снять проклятие, сдаться, горизонт, веревка, засада, компас.

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3. Translate into Russian:

Parley, blacksmith, whelp, plunder, accord, fugitive, Interceptor, return fire, black mark, to haul, to betray.

4. Match the words and expressions with their definitions:

Episode 1

5. Where does the beginning of the story take place? Translate the following expressions and give definitions:

the powder magazine, merchant vessels.

6. Who said these words? Describe the situation.

1.Man overboard!

2.He’s still breathing!

3.You’re a pirate!

4.Elizabeth, I want you to accompany the boy.

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Episode 2

7. Read the passage

Jack Sparrow: I’m terribly sorry. I didn’t know. If I see one I shall inform you immediately. There’s some sort of high-toned and fancy to-do up at the fort. How could it be 2 upstanding gentlemen such as yourselves did not merit an invitation? Someone has to be sure this dock stays off limits. It’s a fine goal, to be sure. But it seems to me that a ship like that makes this one here a bit superfluous, really.

What does Jack mean?

8. What was Jack doing during this conversation? Dramatise it.

-The Dountless is the power in these waters, true.

-But there’s no ship as can match the Interceptor for speed

-I’ve heard of one. It’s supposed to be very fast. Nigh uncatchable. The

Black Pearl.

-Well, there’s no real ship as can match the Interceptor.

-Black Pearl is a real ship.

-No. No, it’s not.

-Yes, it is. I’ve seen it.

-You’ve seen it?

-Yes.

-You haven’t seen it.

-Yes, I have.

-You’ve seen a ship, with black sails that’s crewed by the damned and captained by a man so evil that Hell itself spat him back out?

9. Restore the sequence of events:

1.Jack throws his irons around Elizabeth’s neck.

2.Mullroy notices Jack at the wheel of the Interceptor.

3.Jack quietly slips passed them unnoticed.

4.Jack dives in to save Elizabeth.

5.Elizabeth and Norrington step onto the platform. Elizabeth walks over to steady herself and tries to catch her breath.

6.Jack makes to continue but is blocked by Murtogg and Mullroy.

7.Jack stands on the mast ofhis boat, noticing that it’s filling up with water.

8.Jack throws his chains about a rope and slides down to the ground.

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9.Jack sees medallion.

10.Elizabeth falls over battlement.

Episode 3

10. Complete the sentences with the following words:

Fugitive, three hours, escape, hunting, crossing, familiarity, way out.

1.You're the one they're .... The pirate.

2.I make a point of avoiding ... with pirates.

3.Do you think this wise, boy? ... blades with a pirate?

4.Once again, you are between me and my ....

5.And I practice with them ... a day!

6.I cannot just step aside and let you....

7.Excellent work, Mr. Brown . You’ve assisted in the capture of a dangerous ... .

Who do these phrases belong to?

Episode 4

11. Answer the questions:

Why are the prisoners whistling and waving a bone to a dog ? What does Elizabeth think about Norrington?

Why do pirates want to kidnap Elizabeth? Why is Black Pearl so notorious?

12. Translate the conversation into Russian. Dramatise it.

Pintel: [opens door of the closet] Hello, Poppet.

Elizabeth : Parley!

Ragetti: What?

Elizabeth : Parley. I invoke the right of parley. According to the Code of the brethren, set down by the pirates Morgan and Bartholomew , you have to take me to your Captain.

Pintel: I know the code.

Elizabeth : If an adversary demands parley you can do them no harm until the parley is complete.

Ragetti: To blazes with the code.

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Pintel: She wants to be taken to the Captain. And she?ll go without a fuss. We must honor the Code.

13. Retell this episode as if you are:

-a pirate;

-a prisoner;

-Elizabeth;

-Jack;

-Norrington;

-Estrella.

Episode 5

14. Find the appropriate answer:

A) Because he wants to be a pirate. B) Because pirates took Elizabeth.

C) Because he wants Jack to become a captain of the ship. 3. When does Jack agree to help Will?

A)After he hears about Elizabeth.

B)After Will offers him a big sum of money.

C)After he understands whose son Will is.

Episode 6

15. What information about Will Turner or Bootstrap Bill have you found in the episode? Describe his character. Tell about the origin of the curse.

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16. Translate this text into Russian:

Barbossa: That’s why there’s no sense to be killing yet. [offers Elizabeth an apple] Apple? Arr. I’m curious: after killing me what was you planning on doing next? [she runs out and sees the pirates, all decaying skeletons] Look! The moonlight shows us for what we really are. We are not among the living, and so we cannot die, but neither are we dead. For too long I’ve been parched with thirst and unable to quench it. Too long I’ve been starving to death and haven’t died. I feel nothing: not the wind on my face nor the spray of the sea, nor the warmth of a woman’s flesh. [walks out into the moonlight and reveals a skeleton] You best start believing in ghost stories Miss Turner . You’re in one! [drinks and it pours over his ribs, laughs and the crew laughs with him] What are ye looking at? Back to work!

Episode 7

17.What story is Will told about Jack being marooned on the island and his escape?

18.Give Russian equivalents. Who do these words belong to?

A)Wind in the sails! Wind in the sails!

B)You stole my boat! – Actually – borrowed. Borrowed without permission. But with every intention of bringing it back to you.

C)Dead men tell no tales.

D)No heroes amongst thieves, eh?

E)You know, for having such a bleak outlook on pirates you’re well on your way to becoming one .

F)Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.

Episode 8

19. Answer the questions:

Why did Elizabeth take William’s medallion?

Whose blood do pirates need?

Who steals the medallion?

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Episode 9

20. Dramatise the dialogue. How could the song they sing be translated into Russian?

Jack: [looks back at the Pearl] That’s the second time I’ve had to watch that man sail away with my ship.

Elizabeth: But you were marooned on this island before, weren’t you? So we can escape in the same way you did then.

Jack: To what point and purpose, young missy? The Black Pearl is gone and unless you have a rudder and a lot of sails hidden in that bodice unlikely - young Mr. Turner will be dead long before you can reach him. Elizabeth: But you’re Captain Jack Sparrow . You vanished from under the eyes of seven agents of the East India Company. You sacked Nassau Port without even firing a shot. Are you the pirate I’ve read about or not? How did you escape last time?

Jack: Last time Iwas herea grand total ofthreedays,allright?Last time[opens a secret cellar door] ?the rumrunners used this island as acache.Came by, and I was ableto barterapassage off. Fromthelooksofthings,they’ve longbeen out of business. Probably have your bloody friend Norrington to thank for that. [climbsoutwithtwobottlesofruminhishands]

Elizabeth: So that’s it then? That’s the secret grand adventure of the infamous Jack Sparrow? You spent three days lying on a beach, drinking rum?!

Jack: Welcome to the Caribbean , love. [hands her a bottle]

Elizabeth and Jack: [singing and dancing around a fire] We're devils and black sheep and really bad eggs. Drink up me 'earties yo ho! Yo ho, yo ho a pirate's life for me.

Jack: I love this song! Really bad eggs! Ooh. [falls] When I get the Pearl back, I’m gonna teach it to the whole crew, and we’ll sing it all the time! Elizabeth: And you’ll be positively the most fearsome pirate in the Spanish Main .

Jack: Not just the Spanish Main , love. The entire ocean. The entire world. Wherever we want to go, we’ll go. That’s what a ship is, you know. It’ not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails that's what a ship needs but what a ship is what the Black Pearl really is - is freedom.

Elizabeth: Jack, it must be really terrible for you to be trapped on this island.

Jack: Oh, yes. [puts his arm around her shoulder] But the companyis infinitely betterthanlasttime,Ithink.Thesceneryhasdefinitelyimproved.

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Elizabeth: Mr. Sparrow? I’m not entirely sure that I’ve had enough rum to allow that kind of talk.

Jack: I know exactly what you mean, love. [curls his moustache] Elizabeth: [toasts] To freedom.

21. How did Jack and Elizabeth manage to escape from the island? Find if you were right, in the dialogue. Translate it into Russian.

Jack: To the Black Pearl [drinks and loses consciousness; wakes in the morning to the smell of smoke; sees the island burning and runs to Elizabeth]. No! Not good! Stop! Not good! What are you doing? You burned all the food, the shade! The rum!

Elizabeth: Yes, the rum is gone. Jack: Why is the rum gone?

Elizabeth: One, because it is a vile drink that turns even the most respectable men into complete scoundrels. Two, that signal is over a thousand feet high. The entire Royal Navy is out looking for me, do you really think that there is even the slightest chance that they won’t see it?

Jack: But why is the rum gone?

Elizabeth: [she sits to stare at the horizon] Just wait, Captain Sparrow. You give it one hour, maybe two, keep a weather eye out and then you will see white sails on that horizon.

Jack: [takes out pistol, thinks better of it and puts it back, stalks off, imitates Elizabeth Must’ve been terrible for you to be trapped here, Jack. Must’ve been terrible for you? Well it bloody is now! [Spots the Dauntless]. There’ll be no living with her after this.

Episode 10

22. Answer the questions:

Why does Elizabeth accept the Commodore’s proposal?

What do the pirates tell Will about his father?

Episode 11

23. Who do these words belong to? Describe the situation they were spoken in.

1. This is just like what the Greeks done at Troy? Except they was in a horse instead of dresses. Wooden horse.

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2.Me? I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly? stupid.

3.The code? You’re pirates. Hang the code, and hang the rules! They’re more like guidelines anyway. Bloody pirates.

4.Ten years you carry that pistol, and now you waste your shot.

Episode 12

24. Describe the story ending. What about the monkey? Post-watching activities:

25.Give titles to episodes 1–12.

26.Who said this? Describe the situation.

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27. Who or what do these words refer to?

1.Right where I left you... Not where I left you.

2.He’s a fine man. But William Turner is a fine man, too.

3.And he requests you wear this.

4.It’s what you’ve been searching for.

5.He’s got to be the best pirate I’ve ever seen.

28. Answer the following questions:

How often does Bill practice fencing?

What is a ship for Jack?

29. Find Russian equivalents to the following English idioms and phrasal verbs. Translate the sentences.

It’s a fool’s errand.

I’d die for her!

Bring her around!

Keep a sharp eye!

30. Find English equivalents in the film.

Бесполезное дело, глупая затея; внимательно следить (смотреть в оба, быть настороже); повернуть лодку; умереть за… (отдать жизнь за…).

31. Who are these people? Describe them according to the following plan:

-General information (Name, age, position)

-Appearance

-Character

-The role in the film

Will Turner

Jack Sparrow

Elizabeth

Governor Swann

Norrington

Barbossa

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STARDUST (2007)

Pre-watching activities:

1. Find the synonym and translate into Russian:

2. Match the words with the translation:

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While-watching activities:

Episode 1. Introduction

3. Is the statement true or false? Correct the wrong statements.

1.This story began 150 years ago at the Royal Academy of Science in England, London.

2.The old man agreed to let young man through the wall.

3.The young man liked the bluebell and bought it.

4.He has bought the magical flower bringing luck.

5.The flower’s cost was 5 pounds.

6.The young prince liberated the tricked princess and cut the enchanted chain.

7.The village near the magical kingdom was called Wall.

8.Four years later the young man got a child whose name was Tristan.

2. For Victoria’s hand in marriage Tristan promised … and she agreed to

3. Who will be a new king of Stormhold according to the words of old king?

A) Male heir.

B) Female heir.

4. The most important old king’s quality was his ….

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Episode 3. The witch’s attack

5. Restore the sequence of events:

1.The witch turned Bernard into a goat.

2.Septimus killed the soothsayer for his false data.

3.Ivaine arrived to the inn and had a bath.

4.All royal sons were poisoned except Primus and Septimus.

5.Tristan found himself in the crater in the other world.

6.The witch Lamia went seeking the star.

7.Tristan left the star near the tree.

8.Tristan offered Ivaine to go with him as a gift for Victoria’s birthday.

9.Lamia punished Ditchwater Sal so the latest couldn’t perceive the star.

10.The witch became an innkeeper’s wife and waited the star.

11.Tristan and Ivaine used a Babylon candle and disappeared.

12.Tristan stopped the coach and persuaded Primus to take him.

13.Primus was killed by Lamia.

Episode 4. Meeting with Captain Shakespeare

6. Find the appropriate answer:

1. Where did Tristan and Ivaine get when they lit the Babylon candle?

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6. What did Captain say to Ivaine?

A)He said that he knew their pursuers.

B)He said that Tristan loved Ivaine.

C)He said that she was a star.

D)He said he knew about her love to Tristan.

7. What did the witch do with a tradesman?

A)She turned him into a frog.

B)She changed his voice.

C)She burnt him.

D)She enchanted him.

Episode 5. The ending

7. Complete the sentences using information from the film.

1.The witch turned Tristan into …….. .

2.Captain Shakespeare always valued his ………. and after surprise attack of prince Septimus he lost it.

3.Tristan gave to the witch …… in exchange for safe passage.

4.Tristan brought ….. to Victoria as a birthday present.

5.Tristan knew that Ivaine couldn’t cross …… because she would …… .

6.The witch took away Ivaine and Tristan’s ……. .

7.The first witch was killed by ………….. .

8.Tristan opened the cages of ….. and they ……… the second witch.

9.Tristan had to fight with his relative …….. who was enchanted by Lamia.

10.Tristan’s mother made a present of …. … to the queen and the king of Stormhold.

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Post-watching activities:

8. Who said this? Describe the situation.

1.For your hand in marriage, I'd cross the wall and I'd bring you back that fallen star.

2.Only he of royal blood can restore the ruby.

3.Dunstan Thorn. Not again.

4.Oh! Oh, Mother, I'm so... I'm so sorry. Are you all right?

5.I think you'II find that you killed the Bishop by drinking out of the wrong cup.

6.You shall not see the star, touch it, smell or hear it. You will not perceive her even if she stands before you.

7."Think of home!" That was a great plan! You thought of your home and I thought of mine and now we're halfway between the two!

8.Now, tell me news of my beloved England. I want to hear absolutely everything.

9.Have you heard any of these rumors going round about a fallen star? Everyone's talking about it.

10.I know what you are. No, no. Have no fear. No one on this vessel will harm you, but there are plenty who would.

11.Come on. There's an inn over there. Victoria's birthday's not till tomorrow.

12.He told me that my true love was right in front of my eyes. And he was right.

13.Youth. Beauty. It all seems meaningless now. My sisters are dead!

14.I couldn't have done that without you. No star can shine with a broken heart.

15.The last surviving male heirofthe Stormhold bloodline.It's you, Tristan.

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asked for two months' yearly vacation in his contract–time spent writing in Jamaica. Between 1953 and his death in 1964, Fleming published twelve novels and one short-story collection (a second collection was published posthumously).

Fleming had long planned to become an author and whilst serving in the Naval Intelligence Division during World War II he had told a friend, "I am going to write the spy story to end all spy stories." Fleming used his experiences of his espionage career and all other aspects of his life as inspiration when writing.

1953 Casino Royale

1954 Live and Let Die

1955 Moonraker

1956 Diamonds Are Forever

1957 From Russia, with Love

1958 Dr. No

1959 Goldfinger

1960 For Your Eyes Only – short stories

1961 Thunderball

1962 The Spy Who Loved Me

1963 On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1964 You Only Live Twice

1965 The Man with the Golden Gun

1966 Octopussy and The Living Daylights – short stories

After Fleming's death in 1964, subsequent James Bond novels were written by Kingsley Amis, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks and Jeffery Deaver. Moreover, Christopher Wood novelised two screenplays, Charlie Higson wrote a series on a young James Bond, John Pearson wrote an authorised biography, while other writers have authored unofficial versions of the character.

There have been 22 films in the Eon Productions series to date, the most recent of which, Quantum of Solace, was released on 31 October 2008 (UK). In addition there has been an American television adaptation and two independent feature productions. Apart from films and television, James Bond has also been adapted for many other media, including radio plays, comic strips and video games.

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The Eon Productions films are generally termed as "official", by fans of the series, originating with the purchase of the James Bond film rights by producer Harry Saltzman in the early 1960s.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond.)

2.Answer the questions:

1.When and how was James Bond created?

2.Did Fleming use his own experience as inspiration for writing?

3.How many novels about James Bond did he write? Give examples.

4.After Fleming, who wrote subsequent James Bond novels?

5.How many Eon Productions films have been made?

3. There are a lot of films about James Bond. Try to match the film and the leading actor.

Episode 1

4. Answer the questions:

Where does the scene take place?

Who was killed according to James Bond?

Who managed to escape?

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Episode 2

5. Fill in the gaps:

1.SIR ROBERT: Thanks for getting my … back – never expected to see it again. You’re the kind of man I could use. Though I won’t offend certain parties by asking you to join King Industries.

2.BOND: Old …?

M: Since Oxford. I knew him when he had nothing but a brilliant … and enough guts to conquer the world. He’s a man of great integrity.

3.BOND: Who buys classified reports for … pounds.

4.BOND: Someone was watching over me in Geneva. A guardian … with a … sight.

6. Tell the group what has happened to Mr. King.

Episode 3

7. Answer the questions:

Which symbols of London do you see during the chase? How did James Bond manage to drive under the drawbridge? How did a woman try to escape after leaving the boat? How did the episode end?

Episode 4

8. Translate into Russian:

INT. BRIEFING ROOM, CASTLE THANE (MI-6 HQ)- LATER

A huge chandelier dominates the vast stone room. SEVERAL AGENTS listen to the debriefing. ROBINSON and M watch TANNER explain things; he holds a FIFTY POUND NOTE and KING’S LAPEL PIN (now blackened, fused, melted to expose electronics beneath).

TANNER: ...The money was dipped in urea, dried, and packed tight. In one note the metal strip had been replaced with a combustible magnesium circuit – in effect a tiny detonator. King always wore a pin in his lapel, an heirloom called ‘the Eye of the Glens’; but someone switched it for a copy, a ceramic micro-circuit emitting an electronic signature… When he came within range of the money – boom. Ingenious.

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9. Why are these numbers interrelated?

3,030,303.03

5,000,000

10. Fill in the gaps with the given words:

A. A Scot in … plays the … - badly. He spins round, drops the pipe from his mouth, simultaneously fires … from one pipe and a jet of flame from another. The … is a realistic dummy - now a molten, bullet-ridden mess.

Words: target, bagpipe, bullets, a kilt.

B. In the background, we see a man in a sleek black …. The man pulls…...the jacket becomes an ... it envelopes him, he gets impossibly tangled in it.

Words: jacket, airbag, string.

C. Ahh, the rampant 007 wit. I, of course, am laughing inside. But I dare say you’ve met your match in this …. (touring the car) The absolute latest in intercepts, … and countermeasures. Titanium plating and armor, a mul- ti-tasking heads-up …. Completely indestructible. All in all, rather stocked.

Words: display, surveillance, machine.

Episode 5

11. Answer the questions:

Why does M blame herself?

What mission does she offer to James Bond?

What advice does she give him?

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Episode 6

12. Who do these words belong to? Describe the situation.

1.Sorry about all that, comrade. Old habits die hard. I am Head of Security.

2.It's not the pin your father wore. It's an exact duplicate. Inside is a tiny electrical detonator. We have reason to believe the assassin had an inside accomplice, someone who worked at this company.

3.Send the pipe around.

Episode 7

13. Put these places in the order they appear in the film.

-Casino.

-Villa.

-Mountains.

Describe the episode in the mountains in details.

Episode 8

14. Who do these words belong to: RENARD, BOND or CHRISTMAS? Describe each scene.

1.Don't know any doctor jokes.

2.You can't kill me. I'm already dead.

3.Melt-down doors. If he gets them closed, they won't be opened again for forty-eight years.

Episode 9

15. Read and translate the dialogue. Describe the feelings of each character during their conversation. Why do they behave so?

ELEKTRA: James! BOND: You look surprised.

ELEKTRA: What's wrong with you? Are you crazy?

BOND: A little. Does it matter? After all, what's the point of living if you can't feel alive? Isn't that right, Elektra? Isn't that your motto? ELEKTRA: What are you talking about?

BOND: Or did you steal it from your old friend Renard? ELEKTRA: ...what?

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BOND: We had a run-in, he and I. He knew about us, he knew about my shoulder, he knew exactly where to hurt me...

ELEKTRA: Are you saying... Renard is the man who's trying to kill me? BOND: You can drop the act, it's over.

ELEKTRA: I don't know what you're talking about!

BOND: I think you do… At MI-6 we call it Stockholm Syndrome. It's common in kidnappings. A young impressionable victim. Sheltered, sexually inexperienced. A powerful kidnapper skilled in torture, in manipulation. Something snaps in the victim's mind. The captive falls in love with her captor.

ELEKTRA: How dare you! How dare you! That animal!? That monster!? He disgusts me! You disgust me! So he knew where to hurt you, is that it? You had a sling on your arm at the funeral! I didn't have to sleep with you to find that out.

BOND: He used your exact words.

ELEKTRA: You knew. You knew all the time, that he was out there, that he was coming for me, and you lied. You used me, you used me as bait. You made love to me what, to pass the time as you waited for him to strike?

Episode 10

16. Where and how do these things appear in the film?

A travel clock, caviar, a map, a hat, a locator card.

17. Put these scenes in the correct order.

1.Zukovsky shoots, and the shot hits the binding at Bond's wrist.

2.Bond gets a signal from M’s locator card.

3.A submarine surfaces in the secret quay.

4.Boa explodes the packet and tries to kill Zukovsky.

5.Bond, Zukovsky and Christmas visit former KGB center.

6.Electra says M that Bond is dead.

7.The submarine sinks.

8.Renard leaves M with a travel clock in the cell.

9.Bond and Christmas stop the reactor.

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10.Bond chases Boa.

11.Bond and M visit industrial plant and observe Electra’s pipeline scheme.

Post-watching activities:

18. Answer the questions:

1.What countries do the film episodes take place in?

2.What kinds of transport are used in the film?

3.For whom “the world is not enough” in your opinion?

19.Describe any 2 characters of the film according to the following plan:

- general information (name, age, position); - appearance;

- character;

- the role in the film.

20.If you had a chance to change anything in the plot, what would you suggest?

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THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1999)

Pre-watching activities:

1. At home, try to translate the word Affair and the whole title of the film into Russian.

Try to find out information about the film.

What film was it proceeded and when? What novel does it based on?

2. Mind map. From the film, write down as many words connected with the topic CRIME as you can.

crime

While-watching activities:

3. Questions for discussion

a)What museum was burgled?

b)What picture was stolen? Why?

c)What are the names and positions (social status) of main characters?

d)When did main hero return the stolen picture? Who helped him?

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4. Quotations. Who and when said this words? Describe the situation. Complete the sentences where necessary.

1.A woman could trust me as long as her interests were not…

2.Have you figured out what you’re going to say to your board when they realize you paid me thirty million more than others were offering?

3.Do you want to dance? Or do you want to dance?

4.I saw him wreck a 100 000 dollar boat because…

5.You think I’d believe you’d leave your hard stolen painting around a carribean hut?

6.Men make women messy.

5. Read the following dialogues and tell when and where they took place. Then, dramatize one of them.

I

[Banning shows up at a ball wearing a red sash]. Thomas Crown: This is a black and white ball. Catherine Banning: That's okay, I wasn't invited anyway.

II

Catherine Banning: Men make women messy.

Thomas Crown: Here's to the fear of being trapped.

III

Detective Michael McCann: Are you okay? Catherine Banning: Yeah.

Detective Michael McCann: You know I was okay once. My girlfriend went out one night and came back... married. I told everyone that I didn't care, and then I fucked five women in three days, flipped my car on an onramp, beat a suspect unconscious, got suspended... but I was "okay."

IV

Thomas Crown: You look wonderful! Catherine Banning: Thank you! How are you? Thomas Crown: Popular.

Catherine Banning: Damn, I hate being a foregone conclusion.

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V

[Catherine looks out the plane window at a tropical island]. Catherine Banning: That island isn't Manhattan.

Thomas Crown: It's not?

Catherine Banning: I have appointments. Thomas Crown: Wanna keep 'em?

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[at Crown's tropical resort]

Catherine Banning: Oh! This must go over! Thomas Crown: With whom?

Catherine Banning: Whoever you bring here. Thomas Crown: I never bring anyone here. Catherine Banning: What was it?

Thomas Crown: Nice little Renoir...

Catherine Banning: Oh... Renoir. Nice little copy? Thomas Crown: We'll never know will we?

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The Psychiatrist: I want you to talk about women. [waits for a few moments]

Mr. Crown?

Thomas Crown: I'm sorry?

The Psychiatrist: Women. You get to talk about women. Thomas Crown: Oh, I enjoy women.

The Psychiatrist: Enjoyment isn't intimacy.

Thomas Crown: And intimacy isn't necessarily enjoyment.

The Psychiatrist: How would you know? Has it occurred to you that you have a problem with trust?

Thomas Crown: [smirking] I trust myself implicitly. The Psychiatrist: But can other people trust you? Thomas Crown: Oh, you mean society at large? The Psychiatrist: I mean women, Mr. Crown. Thomas Crown: Yes, a woman could trust me.

The Psychiatrist: Good. Under what extraordinary circumstances would you allow that to happen?

Thomas Crown: A woman could trust me as long as her interests didn't run too contrary to my own.

The Psychiatrist: And society? If ITS interests should run counter to your own? [Crown smiles].

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VIII

John: Tommy, that's a hundred thousand dollars on a goddam golf swing! Thomas Crown: It's a beautiful Saturday morning, John... What the hell else have we gotta do?

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Detective Michael McCann: Can I drop you someplace? At your hotel? Catherine Banning: One, I keep an apartment here, and two, I am going to your office.

Detective Michael McCann: [pause] She keeps an apartment. I keep goldfish.

The Psychiatrist: [laughing] Peter Pan grows up, and discovers there's no

Post-watching activities:

6. Opinion.

1.Choose the episode you like most. Retell it.

2.What do/don’t you like about the film (plot, scene, details etc.).

What would you like to change in it?

7. Read some interesting facts concerning the film. Which do you like most?

Which facts refer the viewers to the 1968 version?

1.Faye Dunaway, who played the psychologist in this movie, played the insurance investigator in the 1968 original.

2.The dark green Shelby Mustang that Crown drives on Martinique was originally intended to be used for Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in Last Action Hero, another John McTiernan film, and was retrieved from the director's garage for this film.

3.The idea of unusual heat in the museum rendering thermal cameras useless came from director John McTiernan's earlier movie Predator. In that movie, McTiernan's actual thermal cameras began to fail when the jungle temperature broke 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

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4.The scene of Crown racing a catamaran replaced a similar scene in the original script (and the original movie) that was set at a polo match. Director John McTiernan deemed a polo match to be too much of a cliche, and wanted a scene that conveyed more action and excitement, and not just wealth.

5.The final heist consisted of men wearing bowler hats, trench coats, and carrying briefcases, to confuse the surveillance team. This was similar to The Heist, another Pierce Brosnan film, where a heist at a horse track involved multiple men wearing Hawaiian shirts and straw hats.

6.One of the songs played by the band in the ballroom scene is "Windmills of Your Mind," a song written for the original film, The Thomas Crown Affair, that became a big hit in the late 1960s.

7.Pierce Brosnan performed his own stunts during the boat crash scene.

8.At the time of filming, Pierce Brosnan was not a golfer, and thus he had to take lessons for a couple weeks to make his scene hitting out of a sand trap look believable.

9.The Claude Monet paintings used in the film, "San Giorgio Maggiore at dusk" and "Wheatstacks", are, of course, reproductions and were supplied by "Troubetzkoy Paintings"in New York, USA. What's more, the originals are not owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. "San Giorgio Maggiore at dusk" is owned by the Bridgestone Museum of Art in Tokyo, Japan and is currently (2003) on display in the National Museum and Art Gallery, Cardiff, Wales. "Wheatstacks" is at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. The painting Crown admires and calls "his haystacks" is Vincent van Gogh's "Noon: Rest From Work (After Millet)", the original of which is in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, France.

10.When we first see Thomas Crown's bedroom, briefly visible on his dresser is an autographed and personalized black and white photo from supermodel Cindy Crawford.

11.The Metropolitan Museum of Art refused permission for their interior to be used in the film, so the filmmakers used the New York Public Library, a few blocks, away for many interior scenes, and a sound stage for the rest. The exterior of the Metropolitan was shown several times, with permission from the city of New York.

12.Despite the fact that the museum is never mentioned by name, in one of the first scenes a proctor is seen wearing a blazer with "Metropolitan Museum" clearly visible on it. It is also noted on the crate carrying the 'trojan horse'.

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13.The house used as Crown's Caribbean get-away is owned by one of the

30original families who settled in Martinique in the 1600s.

14.The film originally showed Crown breaking the backing of the Claude Monet painting in order to fit it into his briefcase. However, John McTiernan later decided that audiences might be put off if they saw him in some way damage the painting, so he edited the scene so that it only showed Crown putting the folded painting into his briefcase, and figured most people wouldn't catch on to the fact that the briefcase was half the size of the painting.

15.When Thomas Crown is signing the sale contract in the boardroom, it can clearly be seen from the movement of the pen that he is signing "Pierce"and not "Thomas."

16.The second painting that comes up missing and is given to Catherine Banning at the heliport is "Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil" by Edouard Manet, 1874 and the real painting resides on long term loan to the Courtauld Institute Gallery in England. It is never explained in the movie how it was taken but hints do exist in the original draft of the script.

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UP (2009)

Pre-watching activities:

1. What do these expressions and words mean? Match the appropriate equivalents.

2. Who or what do these words refer to? Explain these expressions briefly.

Paradise falls

Spirit of adventure

Cross heart

Adventure book

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Adventure is out there!!!

Shady Oaks

Episode 2

3. Is the statement true or false? Correct the wrong statements.

1.Mr. Fredricksen went to South America on his floating house.

2.Mr. Fredricksen travelled alone.

3.Russell attracted a giant bird by sweets.

4.Travelers met a talking dog in South America.

5.They had five days to walk the floating house to Paradise falls.

6.The bird was pursued by many dogs.

7.In South America Russell used his GPS to find his bearings on the ground.

8.Russell couldn’t build the tent because his father didn’t teach him.

9.The travellers ran away from the bird and their dog.

10.The bird called her babies that were in twisty rocks.

Episode 3

4. Restore the sequence of events:

1.Kevin was caught by Charles Muntz.

2.Mr. Fredricksen and Russell took the bird to her babies.

3.Charles Muntz started to shoot at balloons on the floating house to capture the bird.

4.On the ceremony Carl Fredricksen pinned the missing badge to Russell’s ribbon.

5.Main heroes were taken as prisoners to the famous explorer.

6.Charles Muntz flew away from his dirigible.

7.Travellers met with Charles Muntz.

8.They saved from dogs when they jumped over to the other rock.

9.They came aboard the dirigible.

10.Russell flew away to save his bird.

11.Travellers had dinner with Charles Muntz.

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Post-watching activities:

5.Who said this phrase in the cartoon? Describe the situation.

1.So long, boys! I’ll send you a postcard from Paradise Falls!

2.I can smell you.

3.Please, let me in!

4.Well, this is all a misunderstanding. My dogs made a mistake.

5.Don’t you know this is an exclusiveclub?Onlyexplorers get inhere.

6.I steered us! I steered the house.

7.There it is! Ellie, it’s so beautiful.

8.You know, you don’t talk very much. I like you.

9.I found the snipe!

6.The following is a summary of the cartoon. Put the lines of the summary in the correct order.

America. That’s why he bound to his house many Fredricksen. In South America they had many

By chance little explorer Russell flew away with Mr. close to Paradise Falls. They returned home in the

An old man Carl Fredricksen had a dream to get to South 1 balloons and went to the lost land on his floating house. adventures. They saved the bird and placed the house

dirigible and became close friends.

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WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988)

Pre-watching activities:

1. What do these words and expressions mean?

Toon, Toontown, pat-a-cake, dip, sugar daddy, blackmail, will, bump off, probate, gag.

While-watching activities:

Episode 1. The beginning of the detective story

2. Find the appropriate answer:

1.What task did Mr. Valiant get from Mr. Maroon? A) to find Roger rabbit.

B) to follow Roger’s wife and to prove her adultery. C) to find Jessica’s lover.

D) To reveal a murder.

2.For this task Valiant asked…

3. Why Eddie didn’t want to work in Toontown?

A)Because he didn’t like toons.

B)Because toons couldn’t pay much money.

C)Because his brother was killed by the toon.

D)Because toons owed him much money.

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4. What was the password for entrance to the bar?

6.Why Roger was upset? A) because he lost his job.

B) Because his wife played pat-a-cake with other man. C) Because he lost his wife.

D) Because he looked after baby Herman badly.

7.What man was photographed with Valiant?

Episode 2. The murder and consequences

3. Who said this phrase in the film? Describe the situation.

1.I’ll catch the rabbit, Mr. Valiant. Then I’ll try him, convict him and execute him.

2.The rabbit didn’t kill Acme. He is not a murderer.

3.Everybody knows when a toon’s in trouble there’s only one place to go: Valiant& Valiant.

4.Baby was right.

5.Every toon knows that Acme had a will. He promised to leave Toon town to us, toons.

6.I asked the fireman, the green grocer, the butcher, the baker. They didn’t know.

7.Get out off this chair.

8.Eddie Valiant, you are under arrest.

9.One of these days you’re gonna die laughing.

10.For starters, don’t ever kiss me again!

11.Is that a rabbit in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

12.Maybe you can go to downtown and check the probate.

13.I am a pawn in this game, like Roger.

14.Maroon wanted to blackmail Acme.

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15.It’s Cloverleaf that wants to get their hands on Toontown.

16.A laugh can be a very powerful thing.

17.Hey I’ve seen a rabbit.

18.I don’t know who is toonier – you or Doom.

Episode 3. The investigation of the crime and the happy end

4. Is it true or false?

1.Benny helped Roger and Eddie to escape from the chase.

2.Roger and Eddie hid in the bar.

3.Cloverleaf wouldn’t buy the Maroon’s studio unless Toontown was sold.

4.Jessica wanted to kill Mr. Valliant.

5.Weasels found the Acme’s will.

6.Judge Doom was the sole stockholder in Cloverleaf.

7.Judge Doom killed people because he wanted to build a freeway through Toontown.

8.Weasels killed Valliant’s brother.

9.Judge Doom was dipped.

Post-watching activities:

5. Fill in the chart.

The details of this crime The answers

the crime

suspected persons

the cause

victims

murderer

Weapon

6. Match the names and their meaning.

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