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Gangs of New York 2002

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Adventure, action, comedy and fantasy for all the innocent souls who still dream of being heroes.

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The film GETTYSBURG based on Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Killer Angels, has been called one of the greatest war movies of all time. Directed by Ron Maxwell, GETTYSBURG has earned fans from around the country and the world and gained a highly respected place in the pantheon of American film. Since its theatrical release in the fall of 1993, the movie GETTYSBURG has become a classic among historians, re-enactors, and anyone who appreciates serious film. GODS AND GENERALS, based on Jeff Shaara's first novel Gods and Generals, was released nation-wide by Warner Brothers in February 2003. Financed completely by Ted Turner, written and directed by Ron Maxwell, the film is the prequel to GETTYSBURG, focusing primarily on the characters of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (Stephen Lang) and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (Jeff Daniels). The film also stars Robert Duvall as Robert E. Lee. Regarding THE LAST FULL MEASURE has fallen through

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The work of art, by definition, is a stuffed crocodile. Alfred Jarry

When a person is aroused, he loves his own excitement, gets excited with it, and everything else is no longer life for him. Witold Gombrowicz, pornography

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Art is the principal way in which the human mind has tried to remake the world in a way that makes sense. The carefully edited, slow-motion, action replay of a rugby tackle, a car crash or a sex act has more significance than the original event. Thanks to virtual reality, we will soon be moving into a world where a heightened super-reality will consist entirely of action replays, and reality will therefore be all the more rich and meaningful.

JG Ballard: Theatre of Cruelty

I might be a nihilist except that I don’t believe in anything.
― Mitchell Heisman

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Complete movies of the great directors. Starting with Quentin Tarantino and the Coen brothers.

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My favorite movies about gangs / mobs

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The BAFTA Award for Best Film is given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards. It has been given since the 1st BAFTA Awards, representing the best films of 1947, but until 1969 it was called the BAFTA Award for Best Film From Any Source.

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Establishment of America

[1492] Conquest of Paradise: Christopher Columbus. "Discovery" of America.
[1608] The New World: Founding of Jamestown, John Smith and Pocahontas

Colonial America

[1692] The Crucible: Salem Witch Trials
[1757] The Last of the Mohicans: French-Indian War

Revolutionary War

[1776] 1776: Debate over declaring independence (Musical)
[1776] The Patriot: Fictionalized characters and battles representing the revolutionary war

Early Independence

[1812] The Buccaneer: War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans. Andrew Jackson and Jean Lafitte
[1836] The Alamo: The battle of the Alamo, the most accurate of a group of very inaccurate movies depicting this event

Slavery

[1839] Amistad: Pre-Civil War Slave Trade
[1841] 12 Years a Slave: Slavery in mid-1800's
[1840-1860s] Harriet: Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman

Civil War

[1861] Ride With the Devil: Early Civil War, Confederate perspective
[1861-1863] Glory: Civil War, 54th regiment the first all-black regiment int he Civil War
[1863] Gettysburg: Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg
[1863] Gangs of New York: Bloody Draft Riots. Slice of Life around Civil War (not about the war)
[1861-1869] Gone with the Wind: Southern life during the Civil War
[1865] Lincoln: Final months of the Civil War, 13th Amendment

Gilded Age

[1870] The Age of Innocence: Gilded Age

American West - Late 1800s

[1881-1882] The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: American West in the late 19th century
[1899] Newsies: The newsboy strike

Turn of the Century

[1898-1910s] There Will Be Blood: Turn of the century American oil boom
[1900s] Yankee Doodle Dandy: Turn of the Century East Coast, during oil boom in California. The start of American theater and entertainment

World War I

[1909-1920s] Wilson: President Woodrow Wilson and World War I
[1914-1918] All Quiet on the Western Front: World War I, Trench warfare
[1914-1918] Wings: World War I, Aerial combat
[1921] The Immigrant: After World War I, immigration from war torn Europe to America

The Great Depression

[1909-1940s] The Color Purple: Great Depression, through the lens of southern a African Americans
[1930s] Grapes of Wrath: Great Depression

World War II

[1943-1945] Patton: World War II
[1945] Flags of Our Fathers: Battle of Iwo Jima
[1945-1946] The Best Years of Our Lives: End of World War II, the fallout of war for normal everyday Americans

Civil Rights - Part 1

[1947-1960s] Cadillac Records: Rise of minority cultural contributions in music
[1937-1970s] The Butler: Civil Rights over several decades and presidencies
[1944-1982] Forrest Gump: Civil Rights, Entirely fictional character, passing through many real and important events

Space Race

[1957] October Sky: Space Race, just after Sputnik
[1947-1963] The Right Stuff: Space Race
[1961] Hidden Figures: Inner workings of NASA, and racial tension
[1961-1967] First Man: The moon landing

Cuban Missile Crisis

[1961] Thirteen Days: Cuban Missile Crisis

Civil Rights - Part 2

[1960s] The Help: Slice of life for southern African Americans
[1943-1965] Malcolm X: Civil Rights, Malcolm X
[1964] Selma: Civil Rights, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Assassination of JFK

[1961-1969] JFK: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

Cold War

[1964] Dr. Strangelove: Cold War, satirical

Vietnam War

[1965] Good Morning Vietnam: Slice of life for soldiers during the Vietnam War
[1967-1976] Born on the 4th of July: Vietnam War

Space Exploration

[1969-1970] Apollo 13: The aborted Apollo 13 mission

Richard Nixon

[1969-1974] Nixon: The Nixon presidency
[1972-1973] All the President's Men: Watergate

1970s

[1970-1978] Milk: First openly Gay elected to public office
[1976] Dazed and Confused: American bicentennial slice of life, 1970s

Iranian Hostage Crisis

[1979] Argo: Iranian hostage crisis

1980s

[1989] Do the Right Thing: 1980s slice of life, racial tensions

1990s

[1996] Richard Jewell: Centennial Olympic Park bombing
[1999] I'm Not Ashamed: Columbine High School shooting

War on Terror

[2001] United 93: September 11th 2001 "9/11"
[2001-2011] Zero Dark Thirty: War on Terror

Internet Age

[2003-2010] The Social Network: The Internet Age

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_actual_events

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