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 List of Greek films - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of notable Greek films.
All of the films below are in the Greek language, unless otherwise indicated.
Please add the original Greek titles to the remainder of the films after the English version of the title — or vice versa.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Greek_films   (554 words)

  
 The Vatican Film List: Ten Years Later
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Titled simply “Some Important Films,” the list is simply a cross section of outstanding films, chosen by a committee of twelve international movie scholars appointed by the head of the pontifical commission, Archbishop John Foley.
Thus, the films listed in, for instance, the “Values” category possess special moral worth, but that doesn’t mean that they are perfect even with respect to moral content — and certainly not with respect to religious or artistic significance.
decentfilms.com /sections/articles/2572   (1279 words)

  
 List of movies - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Requests for film entries can be found (and added) on the talk page.
Note that the lists are not automatically updated, and that articles may contain spoilers.
List of films preserved in the United States National Film Registry
open-encyclopedia.com /Films   (203 words)

  
 Artistic License Films - "Eternity And A Day"
Theo Angelopoulos was born in Athens in 1936.
He worked as a film critic between 1964 and 1967 and turned to directing with the film Forminx Story (1965) which was never finished and the short film Broadcast (1968).
These were followed by feature films which took part in international festivals, won numerous awards and established his reputation.
www.artlic.com /films/eternity.html   (209 words)

  
 Audio-Visual Resources selected by Skokie Public Library: Movies Home
You may also be interested in a list of Iranian films or films in Persian owned by the Library.
You may also be interested in a list of films in Hindi or Tamil, or Bengali films owned by the Library.
You may also be interested in a list of Iranian films or films in Farsi owned by the Library.
www.skokie.lib.il.us /s_audiovisual/av_films   (3279 words)

  
 The Greek Village Cafe - Greek Film Series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The film chronicles the crucial period between 1909 and 1920, when Elefterios Venizelos was invited to Athens by the Military League, sought "national redemption" by enriching the country's economic and cultural life and by expanding its borders, and then watched as all his work was destroyed by political corruption and foreign intervention.
A films on the silence of history, of love, of God." In one of his greatest performances, Mastroianni plays a schoolteacher and beekeeper who leaves his family on the day his daughter is married to drive across Greece.
Set in the watershed year 1969-70, the film focuses on a group of high school seniors as they live through "the end of an era." Christos is the centre of the group, a country boy whose family has moved to Athens so he can attend a good school and go on to medical studies.
www.greekvillage.com /villcafe/cinema/filmdes.htm   (2546 words)

  
 Greek Films and Films About Greece
In the early seventies we used to joke about Greek films (before ever having seen one) that to make a successful Greek comedy you need several things: A fat woman in a mini-skirt, a man in ladies clothing, a cross-eyed guy who yelled all the time, and a scene in a bouzouki joint.
I have complied a list of films and a description of not only Greek films but also foreign films which take place in Greece which will be helpful for anyone needing a Greek-fix or inspiration.
For The Love of Benji: I can hear the film critics howling but this was a terrific film about a very smart dog that has had a micro-chip planted on him by terrorists who escapes into 1970's Athens where he has numerous adventures including making friends with one of the stray dogs in the agora.
www.greecetravel.com /film/mattspicks.htm   (1581 words)

  
 GuruNet — Content Map
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List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients A-D
www.gurunet.com /cm-dsname-Wikipedia-dsid-2222-letter-1L-first-20201   (81 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The seemingly essential conventions of Greek theater: masks, a chorus, a limited cast of three, and the like[4], are discarded in all but a few of the films, and so the study should focus on the many changes each film brings to the play and their effect, for good or bad, on the audience.
The presentation here is concerned with the Greek play presented in more or less a pure form in a movie or on television, although the setting and costumes may be changed and the text adapted, as the dramatic requirements of the film may have dictated to the director.
In conclusion, the history of Greek drama in the cinema and television thus far is a limited one, and the growing, but still limited, use of the theatrical tradition in television has not ignited the popular mind as classical myth generally and Roman history has done.
www.lib.usf.edu /temp/Greek_Theater.doc   (9986 words)

  
 Is Your Film Language Greek?
Ana Kokkinos has actually explored the genre of the family drama in her short films, and it is surprising that hardly any other of these film-makers have approached this area (family dramas are so relevant to Greek lives - all of us who are Greek know what a drama our families can be).
One of the modes that the film utilises is that of the essay mode, with its Socratic-like questioning.
Here is a film that is tragic, that is full of life, full of feeling, and yet it is also calm in the way it looks at all these things.
www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/00/1/greek.html   (2180 words)

  
 List of Greek films -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This is a list of notable (A native or inhabitant of Greece) Greek (Photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies) films.
All of the films below are in the (additional info and facts about Greek language) Greek language, unless indicated.
A request to Greek speakers: please add the original Greek titles to the remainder of the movies, after the English version of the title -- or vice versa.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/list_of_greek_films.htm   (664 words)

  
 Mr Donn's Units - Ancient Greece   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Greek Gods: The ancient Greeks explained the wonders around them and the happenings in their lives as being the work of the gods.
The Greeks were greatly outnumbered, and the Persians had huge ships compared to the Greeks.
The type of Greek play where a man was brought down by a flaw in his character.
members.aol.com /MrDonnUnits/Greece.html   (6549 words)

  
 Medieval Sourcebook: Medieval History in the Movies
Although "medieval" and "movies" might not seem to be a good fit -- and a lot of bad films have been made -- it is perhaps worth noting that they have gone together since the earliest surviving American feature film - André Calmettes and James Keane Richard III of 1912.
Mostly filmed with all characters naked, and the dialogue is all in Latin.
Falconetti's intensely innocent face is the focus of the action, such as it is. Kael is correct in her assessment of the film.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/medfilms.html   (9636 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Smart money's on family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Several wholesome family films are in theaters or are in development, including the documentary Paper Clips, about schoolchildren learning about the Holocaust, and the poignant boy-adventure saga I Am David — both in limited release — and the dog-buddy film Because of Winn-Dixie, which is due in February.
These films aren't a threat to the big-budget popcorn PG-13 rated films that have long attracted the industry's demographic sweet spot: 12- to 29-year-old males, who account for 50% of overall ticket sales.
Granat says the films have a built-in audience potential because they're based on books that are read in many schools.
www.usatoday.com /life/2004-12-27-pop-main_x.htm   (1531 words)

  
 The Movie Times: Box Office, Celebrities, Reviews, and more.
Charts comparing several dozen of the most succesful and popular actresses based on the Box office take of their films.
Charts comparing several dozen of the most succesful and popular actors based on the Box office take of their films.
List of the top 100 movies of all time.
www.the-movie-times.com   (944 words)

  
 [No title]
With the completion of this course students are able to comprehend academic lectures and theatrical works, engage in extended discussion on a wide range of professional and specialized topics, and read works of fiction and poetry in their entirely.
Certificate of attainment in Modern Greek: Learners of Modern Greek now have the opportunity to obtain official recognition of their level of Greek language competency by sitting for an examination that is held annualy (in May) throughout Europe.
This language qualification for Modern Greek is officially recognized by the Hellenic Ministry of Education and the Centre for the Greek language.
www.angelfire.com /la/omilo/english.html   (4197 words)

  
 JR.com: Movies / Foreign Films / Greek
The simple and vibrant story of the shy daughter of an impoverished, once-genteel household, who gets the chance to escape when she...
The beautiful daughter of an upper-class Greek family realizes what she must do to survive as her family sinks into a morass of debt and...
Michael Cacoyannis' (STELLA, ZORBA THE GREEK) emotional documentary of the tragic events surrounding the 1974 Turkish military invasion...
www.jr.com /JRSectionView.process?N=21710&Ne=471   (407 words)

  
 Amazon.com: A Matter of Dignity: DVD: Minas Christidis,Mary Chronopoulou,Despo Diamantidou,Nikos Fermas,Dimitris ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The beautiful daughter of an upper-class Greek family realizes what she must do to survive as her family sinks into a morass of debt and dishonesty concocted to preserve their reputation.Cacoyannis creates a cynical portrait of Greek upper class life.
A wealthy family is on the verge of bankruptcy, and driven by the paranoid and superficial mother, struggle to maintain a facade of security at the cost of strong family bonds.
Summary: The daughter of an Athenian aristocrat strives to escape the dishonesty of her family, who is struggling to maintain a facade of wealth while they are actually on the verge of bankruptcy.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004STGY?v=glance   (1055 words)

  
 Animated Features 1
Films that are primarily live action that have animation sequences, bits, titles or computer generated characters (TWO GUYS FROM TEXAS (1948), SO DEAR TO MY HEART (1949), THE PINK PANTHER (1964), CASPER (1995), MONKEY BONE (2001), STUART LITTLE 2 (2002), SCOOBY DOO (2002), GARFIELD: THE MOVIE (2004) are not included on this list.
Film must have had: Newspaper advertising, Movie Trailer, TV Spot advertising, pressbook, one-sheet movie poster (video poster does not count), a U.S. film distributor, local printed newspaper review (trade paper reviews do not count).
Five Greek myths are intergrated into one storyline, set to music, unified by a small character (Wondermaker).
www.cartoonresearch.com /feature.html   (3275 words)

  
 Celluloid Jesus - The Christ Film Web Pages (New Testament Gateway)
Either enter the film title in the "search" box or go to my entries on each of the films on their individual pages on the NT Gateway.
In each case there is a link to the U.S. Version and the U.K. version of the site.
Director Paul Verhoeven discusses the life of Jesus on film; an article in the February 26-March 4 1998 issue of the Sonoma County Independent.
www.ntgateway.com /film   (354 words)

  
 Roger L. Simon: For your amusement - A BEST MOVIE LIST (UPDATED AND EXPANDED)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Still a lovely list, although it could be strongly argued that there should be two lists, the pre-blockbuster era and blockbuster era films.
It dealt mainly with the US cinema, but not entirely: the Italians, French, Germans, and Japanese film industries doing even worse than Hollywood since the end of the 1970s, and the British cinema not what it once was from the 1930s through the 1960s, despite still putting out an occasional good film.
If a good criterion for deciding whether a film is memorable is that you'd like to see it again and again over your lifetime, I've no great interest in seeing any of the realist films of thew 1950s save for Rossellini's General Della Rovere.
rogerlsimon.com /archives/00000452.htm   (4843 words)

  
 Jeff Quinton - Backcountry Conservative: Top 100 Grossing Movies I've Seen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
I have included that list in the extended entry.
If for no other reason than reaffirm your belief in a sacrificial Saviour who loved you so much that he'd die for you, this movie is worth seeing.
There are a few other "classic" movies on the list you should see, too.
www.jquinton.com /archives/001179.html   (309 words)

  
 Brooklyn International Film Festival > archives > 2003 > all films
Kagami is a film about a man who is stuck in the corporate ratrace of living and working in New York City in this day and age.
A road movie dealing with the lives of two Greek Cypriots whose lives have been torn apart by the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974.
Dance to This is a ballet film that features the innovative choreography and thrilling dance performance of Canada's alluring and gifted Sabrina...
wbff.org /films/2003   (2411 words)

  
 Roz Mov
Greek Lesbian and Gay Publications (with archive of selected articles)
A Greek Language Bibliography of Lesbian and/or Feminist Concern (mostly in greek)
Greek fonts required for viewing some of the pages.
www.qrd.org /qrd/www/world/europe/greece/roz_mov   (468 words)

  
 The Road to the Oscars at IMDb.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Scarlett Johansson -- The just-turned-20 star rode the waves of love from Lost in Translation throughout the year, culminating in an unexpected Golden Globe nomination for A Love Song For Bobby Long.
Brad Pitt -- The Troy boy might not have turned the Greek epic into a huge domestic hit ($133 mil in the US), but he proved he still had sturdy, muscular legs when the movie went on to do over $480 million worldwide.
Angelina Jolie -- Despite the failures of Taking Lives and Alexander, she won us over with the best movie line all year -- "Alert the amphibious squadron" -- in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
www.imdb.com /features/rto/2005/starmeter   (985 words)

  
 i cannot do it -- yet i'll hammer it out - I think 'a will plow up all if there is not better directions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
I will not forget that stage and film are two different media.
If I have to include Hecate, I will not cast a pretty boy and put him in a white dress and give him white contact lenses, no matter how "cool" I think it is. Particularly when this makes "her" look like a Greek statue, but I have the witches in ballet-class "rags" and blue paint.
I will check up on the set designer on a regular basis so that they do not surprise me when the time comes to put the set in the proper space by 1) not showing up and 2) not having done anything but paint a bunch of platforms fl.
www.livejournal.com /users/angevin2/148520.html   (8139 words)

  
 "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" surprise HIT of the year - Movie-List Forums
IFC Films' incredibly-performing My Big Fat Greek Wedding rose yet another two spots to second place with an estimated $14.6M for the four days.
The $5M feature, produced by Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson and written by/starring Nia Vardalos, has now earned a total of $82.3M in 20 weeks.
Wasn't the best film I've ever since, I wouldnt even call it one of my favorites but it was pretty good.
www.movie-list.com /forum/showthread.php?t=1469   (193 words)

  
 Link spam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
An increased page rank means the spammer's commercial site would be listed ahead of other sites for certain Google searches, increasing the number of potential visitors and paying customers
Link spamming originally appeared in internet guestbooks, where spammers repeatedly fill a guestbook with links to their own site and no relevant comment to increase search engine rankings.
Wiki spam sometimes only appears on a wiki's sandbox page, but is often found defacing multiple pages.
www.info-pedia.net /about/link_spam   (553 words)

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