UlTRA THiN DVD'S

Stacks of ultra-thin DVDs approach terabyte level

On April 19, Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. announced the development of new volume optical storage technology that can provide terabyte-level storage capacity in a compact device. Relying on unique nanoimprint technology, the company has succeeded in reducing the thickness of DVDs to 0.092 mm (92 micrometers) — which is 1/13th the thickness of current DVDs — while maintaining the standard capacity of 4.7 GB.



The system features what the company calls Stacked Volumetric Optical Disc (SVOD) technology, which consists of 100 ultra-thin optical discs (12-cm in diameter, the same as current DVDs) loaded into a 6.5-cm (2.5-inch) thick cartridge. The result is a compact optical disc library system (1/10th the conventional size) capable of combining random access memory and long-term storage.

When laminated on both sides, disc capacity will reach 9.4 GB, bringing the 100-disc cartridge up to near-terabyte level with 940 GB of storage. The company claims that next-generation blue laser technology could boost cartridge capacity to 5 terabytes (50 GB for each double-sided disc).

According to Hitachi Maxell, potential applications of this storage media include library systems for business and institutions. While continuing to investigate other applications, the company aims to cultivate the market by presenting this technology at academic conferences and exhibitions.

The discs will be priced at under 40,000 yen (US$325) for a stack of 100.

Is the future in movies going tobe sci fi?

many people in the movie industry are predicting that the future in movies will be mostly sci fi movies. I found a site that is giving peopl the oportunity to make their predictions of the type of movies that will be around. I thought that it would be interesting to make our predictions then later find out who's right.
www.arstechnica.com/old/content/2006/09/7816.ars

Holograms movies are comming

technology is in the works for hologram movies.Holograms are being developed of many different aspects of life . for us its movies but there are so many other uses for holograms.But down the road there is another type of hologram in the works....reallife holograms, like the ones that were portrade in star wars a long time back , but now its going to be a reality. It will be a common place thing in all homes as the technolgyy is better developed
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18757574 -

free movies!!!!!

who doesn't like free anything?
well there are sites that you can down load free movies. with all the constant changes in how are tv's work. the possiblity of free movies is a very good one. i know that i wouldn't want to spend money to buy movies that i really like to not be able to watch them because tv's and dvd player are no longer the same.
so is free the way to go?
i think so but i don't know if the movie industry will will like it, they don't the money on free movies that they get when we buy them.

flo tv is here

FLO TV is a new product from verizon
its tv on the go. You can watch full legnth movies anywhere anytime you want.since everyone well almost everyione is on the go they have cell phones with internet, gps, and now movies.
www.flotv.com/

HD TV

HD TV
the change is comming!
hurry get your converter boxes, or all you'll see on your tv screen is fuzz.
All tv stations are chaning their formats to hd tv
as of june 12 , 2009. this date was extended because so many people were not ready.


For more information about hdtv
go to
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/hdtv.htm

interactive movies

this the wave of the future
soon all movies will be interactive. That means a movie may never have the same ending ever because evertime there is a part that you or someone else interactes with it it will continuosly change. This clink from youtube give a preview of a movie thats just been released
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8pl4AzeqZ4

imax theaters

IMAX

the wave of the future> It's whats new in 3d movies. Imax has been around for a while now, but didn't really catch on , but with the new way of making 3d movies and the new digital animation thats available there are more and more imax theaters being built.
this is the site to go to for the full article
seekingalpha.com/article/128830-imax-is-the-future-of-movies - 61k

3d or not 3d: that is the question

I found this article about 3d movies at one point 3d movie were thought of as a thing of the past ......not anymore.
Jeffrey Katzenberg of the DreamWorks animation studio said
" as sound (which revolutionized movies within three years in the 1920s) and color (introduced around the same time, and ubiquitous from the mid-'60s). As a TIME story trumpeted in 1990, the last time the revolution was proclaimed: "Grab Your Goggles, 3-D Is Back!" The combination of the old version 3d movies now with the new animation of today makes the newer version of 3d movie amazing! this is the link to the artickle scroll down to the bottem of the page for the link to this and other simular articles
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1172229,00.html

The movies of the future are very interactive. There are new dvd's that are being released that you can talk to other people watch the same movie. Here is a part of the article, you can read the rest by following the link.
Get ready for a lot more ways to catch a movie. Hollywood studios and tech companies are rolling out a host of innovations that will change the way we experience films at home and in theaters. They'v...
Get ready for a lot more ways to catch a movie. Hollywood studios and tech companies are rolling out a host of innovations that will change the way we experience films at home and in theaters. They'v...
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so simple even a two year old can do it

the vertual world is the normal thing now for everyone, or at least those born in this generation. it's so common that children or i should say even toodlers know more about it than me. My two year old grandson even gets it, to him it's whats real. An example of this is he can follow along and play video games, and even on guitar hero! he's good at it too! Me i'm still trying to figure out how to turn it on. My point is that it's such a normal evrry day thing for this generation, what will our future bring with it . This generation is at the begining of what is most likely the biggest of all technological advances that will ever be made. the virtual world isn't just video games, or internet sites that are interactive, the movies of the future are going to be interactive. That means virtual reality is and will be a big part of everything. Some of the movies that are being released are interactive .

new terminator movie with robot technology

3D Movies, the Wave of The Future

DreamWorks Animation’s Jeffrey Katzenberg expects there to be 12 to 18 3D feature films by 2010. 3-D is clearly the future of cinema, at least for the near future. Here is a list of the latest and upcoming 3D movie releases.
2009:

March 27th 2009: Monsters vs. Aliens: A reinvention of the classic ’50s monster movie.

May 22nd 2009: James Cameron’s Avatar: A band of humans are pitted in a battle against a distant planet’s indigenous population. Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Giovanni Ribisi star. $190 million budget.

October 2009: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Disney has said they plan to rerelease the film around Halloween as long as it remains profitable.

November 6th 2009: A Christmas Carol: Has not been publicly confirmed as a 3D release, but the film will use the same performance capture technique Robert Zemeckis also used in Polar Express and Beowuld. The classic retelling will star Jim Carrey as Scrooge and the three ghosts. Tom Hanks, Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Bob Hoskins are also rumored to be on board the project.

November 20th 2009: How to Train Your Dragon: Based on the 2003 children’s novel by British author Cressida Cowell, about the adventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III - The teenage son of a Viking chieftain, who must capture a dragon for a rite of passage.

Crood Awakening: A comedy set in the stone age directed by Chris Sanders

TinTin: Directed by Peter Jackson or Steven Spielberg. The adventures of popular Belgian comic strip hero Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy.

Tim Burton’s Alive in Wonderland: Screenplay by Linda Woolverton based on the Lewis Carroll classic. Film will be combine performance-capture technology with live-action footage.

Deep Sea-quel: As the name suggests, a sequel to the popular 2006 3D documentary Deep Sea 3D. An underwater look at the diverse coastal regions of Southern Australia, New Guinea and the Indo-Pacific areas and the impact of global warming on the oceans. IMAX.

2010:

May 21st 2010: Shrek Goes Fourth: The further adventures of the giant green ogre, Shrek, living in the land of Far, Far Away. We will discover how Shrek arrived in that swamp.

October 2010: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Disney has said they plan to rerelease the film around Halloween as long as it remains profitable.

Fall 2010: Master Mind: A satirical take on superhero movies, in which a notorious villain loses his oomph after he accidentally kills his nemesis.

Tintin Sequel: Directed by Peter Jackson or Steven Spielberg. The continued adventures of popular Belgian comic-strip hero Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy.

Puss in Boots: A Shrek spinoff starring sword fighting cat voiced by Antonio Banderas.

2011:

TinTin 3:. The continued adventures of popular Belgian comic-strip hero Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy.

In Development:

Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie: A feature length remake of his 1984 short film.

Star Wars: George Lucas has announced plans to remaster all of the Star Wars films in 3D. When this might actually happen is anyones guess.

www./films.com/2007/11/20/upcoming-3d-movie-release-schedule/

The Future of Movie Making??

It’s been over 10 years since the highest grossing film of all time Titanic cleaned up at the Oscars, but whatever happened to the film’s director James Cameron? Well, he has been planning and making his 200 million dollar 3-D/CGI/motion capture/live action sci-fi blockbuster Avatar.

Apparently one of the reasons for Cameron’s long absence from feature-film directing is because he has had to wait for the technology to become advanced enough to match up with with his ideas for this mammoth project. The movie pioneers technologies such as a new advanced e-motion capture which uses images from tiny cameras attached to the actors head to replicate their expressions in extraordinary detail and digital 3-D. All of this is used to create the alien world in which the story is centred. Cameron has created a living breathing world with its own languages, cultures and ecosystems. The story is about earth’s colonisation of this planet in the distant future and revolves around an injured ex-marine who is torn between the two planets because he falls in love with one of the native inhabitants. It stars Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana along with more established actors such as Michelle Rodriguez and Sigourney Weaver. When it comes to the Science Fiction blockbuster there are few better equipped to handle the task of Avatar than James Cameron. Cameron’s resume includes such Sci-Fi classics as the first two Terminator films and Aliens, the sequel to Ridley Scott’s Alien, which many believe exceeded the original. Cameron is creating something original. Whether it will be merely an empty visual feast or something more is yet to be seen. It could be the best Sci-fi since The Matrix

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1886541-3,00.html

Will We Smell Our Movies in The Future

‘Smellovision’ is a technology which allows you to smell the movie as you watch it. Back in the 1950s, a tubing system transmitted odors to each seat during specific smell tracks within the film.The technology made a return in the remake of “Willy Wonda & the Chocolate Factory". Weird Al Yankovic thinks smellovision could make a comeback with new and improved technolgy.

WHAT'S AFTER BLUERAY??

As a group, we discussed the future of our dvd's and our blueray's. We think one day movies will be put on a piece of hardware such as a flashdrive or a memory card. This would allow for convience and movies being able to be played in more places. We also thought that televisions would begin to have USB ports in them, in order for the flashdrives to play in TV's.

FUTURE of Film : According to Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif talks about the future of film making in the Middle East.

The day the movies died

With the ease of downloading movies in today's digital age, what is the fate of the movie theater industry?
"Call it the Digital Revolution. The iPod Age. Whatever you like. A generation where everything is on-demand, portable and downloadable within minutes. YouTube, Netflix, MySpace, iTunes, Movielink, CinemaNow, Tivo, Vlog Central, etc.- they're all changing the way films and video are distributed to audiences."
Will there be a place for the movie theaters in such a rapidly changing enviorment?
I don't like going to the movies and paying $10 to sit in one of the front rows. If i pay for two tickets I would rather wait until the movie came out on DVD and buy it, and have it forever being able to view it as many times as i want. I propose that we pay $15 dollars for a ticket and we get a copy of the movie on our way out the door. What do you think about this idea?

http://www.moviemaker.com/distribution/article/judgement_day_for_movie_theaters_3397/

360 Degree TV - The Entertainment of the Future

Where will you watch the movies of the future? How about a 360 degree TV that lets you have a center seat wherever you are sitting? Here it is and it might not be as far off in the future as you may think.

To see more check out:

http://www.gizmag.com/go/4880/

3-D M0ViES & iMAX=FUTURE 0F M0ViE THEATERS

3-D and IMAX are the future of movie theaters
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Monsters vs. Aliens in 3-D opens today.In preparation for the onslaught of 3-D films debuting this year, and the recent Monsters vs. Aliens release on March 27, theaters around the nation are finally stepping up to the plate and making the switch to digital projectors capable of a 3-D movie watching experience.

Studios are jumping on the 3-D bandwagon as well -- or more likely -- are the catalyst for the recent evolution to digital theaters. All the major studios have plans to release blockbuster films in 3-D in the near future. Disney and Pixar recently announced it will release all of its films in 3-D. Dreamworks has pledged that all of its movies will be released in 3-D this year. And George Lucas even plans on remastering all 6 Star Wars films in 3-D.

Monsters vs. Aliens (from DreamWorks Animation and Paramount Pictures) is just the first of many 3-D films coming soon to theaters near you. And it is also the first computer animated movie which will be produced in real 3-D, instead of converting the film into 3-D after it is finished (an extra $15 million cost to the film's budget). This cost is reflected in ticket prices. Currently, the average 2-D movie ticket is about $7, according to the National Association of Theater Owners. IMAX and 3-D films are generally double that price.

But while studios move full-steam ahead with 3-D production, there's one minor hitch. The chicken and the egg if I may? There still aren't a whole lot of 3-D movie theaters -- only about 1,000 out of 38,900 screens in the United States are 3-D.

IMAX in particular is pushing to build and convert more theaters as quickly as possible. However, some IMAX theatres are independently owned, and their operators make the business decisions on whether or not to show movies in 3-D. Additionally, some theatres are only equipped to play 2D movies.

Here is a list of where you can catch new 3-D films in eye-popping IMAX 3-D in your area: http://www.examiner.com/x-4907-Movie-Reviews-Examiner~y2009m3d27-Watch-Monsters-vs-Aliens-in-eyepopping-IMAX-3D-at-these-locations

FUTURE of Movies - On Your Cell ?

The website listed below predicts that live television will be coming to every cell phone in the near future. Also they say you will be able to buy movies on your cell phone as well. Since people wont be buying DVD's and Blue Ray's as much, and movies on your cell phone will cost as little as 9.95, The reporter states “We will still be seeing a lot of $200 million movies, and a lot of low budget movies, but mid range movies will go away.”





http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4011

FUTURE of Digital Media

On the website listed below it is stated that in ten years all televisions will be hooked up to internet connections.

They also talk about how films shot digitally bring in a lot more money than films that are not. Because of this they perdict that more theatres will be investing in digital projectors.

http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4011

FUTURE Of Movies - Everything On The Internet?

The article below talks about the future for DVD's and Blue Rays. It talks about how you will be able to watch and order movies from the internet instead of actually going out and buying them.

"The internet continues to change our lives and starting this year formidable opponents to packaged video intend to use the internet to try and change the way consumers watch Hollywood blockbusters. I will not go into the specific products or technical details here, as that information will be coming from our other authors soon enough. What I will tell you is that a number of these services are going beyond TV programs and DVD movies, and being hyped as delivering the HD Blu-ray experience in your home without the Blu-ray carrier, the disc.

While you will need the internet for these services, you don't necessarily need a PC. The new kids on the block will be providing hardware in the form of a box that sits in your rack just like any other consumer product you have in your home. Some are delivering this service in real time while others will have you wait on a download. Some will be selling ownership of the content to be exclusively stored on your box, which is also directly competitive with users seeking 100 disc carousel players or hours upon hours of content in a media PC. The new kids marketing departments are leaving the impression that they can deliver a performance envelope every bit as rich and detailed as Blu-ray. That's clearly wishful thinking when comparing Blu-ray bit stream bandwidth to that of the internet. The real question will be if the common user can see or hear enough of a difference to justify Blu-ray over one of these SD/HD movie services, especially if the convenience of these new services betters packaged media. "


http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/articles/2008/03/will_internet_video_replace_blu

Television Series Made Into Movies

Often times television shows are made into movies.. here is a preview for the television show Sex and The City made into a movie..

Superbad

Trailer from a present day comedy..

iPhones MINI Projector

iPod is famous for the amount of atatchments and gizmos that can be purchased for thier products. They also have what is debatably the hottest phone on the market right now, the iPhone. It was only a matter of time befor their gizmo and gadget department got thier hands on the iPhone and this is what we get. The iPhone is capable of playing movies that are stored in it or they can even stream movies off of the internet. This little projector will solve the problem that arises when 10 people are all trying to look at a little iPhone screen. Instead of jaming into every nook and cranny behind the phone, you can tell your friends to just look at that wall. Individual movie projection is a wave of the future and its here today. Enjoy!http://http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/06/iphone_mini_projector_concept.html

Crystal clear images thru Blu-Ray

In recent years the quality of the movies we watch has sky-rocketed. With the advent of Blu-Ray players, like the ones built into the PS3s, people can see and hear exactly what the director was trying to get across.

The wide dispersion of Sony's PS3 has made the movie industry try to catch up. We are seeing many of the classics that we grew up with coming out in HD.

If you have any questions about the PS3 or other Blu-Ray Disc players visit: http://http://www.pcworld.com/article/127892/burning_questions_ps3the_bluray_movie_experience.html

Twilight -- Special Effects

Special effects are used in almost every movie today.. Here is a clip that uses special effects from the movie Twilight..

Portable DVD Players

Now you can watch DVDs wherever you go! On a plane, in the car, at school, or anywhere you want with a portable DVD players. They are great for the kids on a long trip, or for yourself when your on a long plane or bus ride.

Special Effects

Movies wouldnt be movies without special effects. Special effects can include makeup, which can make someone who is 19 look like the are 70, or make a human into an alien. Special effects makeup can also creat the illusion that somebody is cut and bleeding. Special effects can create the illusion that someone is flying by using wires. Special effects can also create illusions of things that arent actually there by using what is called a green screen. A green screen is used to place actors against a different background. Special effects can also include creating wind, rain, snow, and fog; blowing up a building, and breaking through a "brick wall."







http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_effects

3D M0ViES iN THEATERS...

Jeffrey Katzenberg must be breaking out the champagne. Hollywood's new obsession with 3D has finally ended a prolonged staredown between studios and movie theater owners over who would foot the bill for theaters converting to digital projection. You can't show 3D movies in theaters without digital equipment, which is a key reason why five film studios announced agreements yesterday with the nation's top theater chains to help cover the costs of converting roughly 14,000 screens to digital projection over the next three years. According to Variety, the five studios -- 20th Century Fox, Disney, Paramount, Universal and Lionsgate -- will pay a "virtual" print fee to help exhibitors defray their conversion costs.


SEE M0RE @ http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2008/10/3d-movies-get-b.html

iMAX THEATERS....

iMAX THEATERS ARE THE NEW THiNG T0 WATCH M0ViES...
IMAX (short for Image MAXimum)
iT iS A SCREEN THAT G0ES 180 DEGREES AR0UND.
As of March 2007, there were 280 IMAX theatres in 38 countries (60% of them are located in the US and Canada)
The largest rectangular IMAX screen in the world is located at IMAX Theatre Sydney

Blue Ray

The alternative to DVD's are Blue Ray Discs.

"The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data. The format offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc. This extra capacity combined with the use of advanced video and audio codecs will offer consumers an unprecedented HD experience.

While current optical disc technologies such as DVD, DVD±R, DVD±RW, and DVD-RAM rely on a red laser to read and write data, the new format uses a blue-violet laser instead, hence the name Blu-ray. Despite the different type of lasers used, Blu-ray products can easily be made backwards compatible with CDs and DVDs through the use of a BD/DVD/CD compatible optical pickup unit. The benefit of using a blue-violet laser (405nm) is that it has a shorter wavelength than a red laser (650nm), which makes it possible to focus the laser spot with even greater precision. This allows data to be packed more tightly and stored in less space, so it's possible to fit more data on the disc even though it's the same size as a CD/DVD."

http://www.blu-ray.com/info/


What do you think, Will they catch on?

Books into Movies

Books make the best movies. There are many movies that you might not even know were books before they were feature films.. Some you might recognize are..
Da vinci Code
Twilight
Marley and Me
Moulin Rouge
Requiem For A Dream
and this website lists many many more!! http://www.ocl.net/bookinfo/if/movies.shtml

Internet Movie Database

IMDB is a great website where you can view the entire cast of a movie and their bios, find out what movies are in store for the future and what actors/actresses will be in them, chat with other people about movies and television shows, and watch trailers for upcoming movies! Check it out.. WWW.IMDB.COM

Top 10 F/X Scenes in Movie History

Erin McCarthy of Popular Mechanics came up with the Top 10 F/X scences in Movie History and here is the list:
1. STAR WARS (1977)
Motion-control photography, in which a computer is used to control a long, complex series of camera movements, made possible the spaceship battles in Star Wars. It would have taken too long to film the scenes manually, says Anne Thompson, deputy film editor at The Hollywood Reporter.

2. TRON (1982)
It wasn't the first film to use computer-generated (CG) graphics (and many effects were hand-drawn) but the sci-fi video-game fantasy flick Tron was the first to use computer imagery to create a 3D world, making it one of the pioneering CGI films. "Effects people said, 'Let's see what the computer can do,'" says Harry Knowles, movie critic at Ain't It Cool News.

3. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991)
"Morphing" was first used in Willow (1988), but in T2 the effect was "jaw-dropping," Knowles says. The liquid-metal robot's humanoid texture, which was layered onto a CG model, looked frighteningly real.

4. CLIFFHANGER (1993)
Faux alpinist Sly Stallone was held up by wires that were later digitally removed. The ability to erase wires changed how stunts are done: Now stars and stuntmen can be put in real-world environments as well as in front of green screens.

5. JURASSIC PARK (1993)
Although they enjoyed only about 6 minutes of screen time, Jurassic Park's digital dinos were a revelation: They introduced CGI live animals with realistic movements, and believably textured muscles and skin. The photorealisitic digital elements were intercut with animatronic dinosaurs.

6. FORREST GUMP (1994)
While most filmmakers in the early '90s used digital effects to create fantasy, the creators of Forrest Gump altered history. Using Kodak's Cineon system, they digitized archival footage, and composited Tom Hanks's character into historical clips.

7. THE PERFECT STORM (2000)
Although much previous work had been done to make CGI water look real, The Perfect Storm's monster wave scene set a new benchmark. "Water is an organic thing that's hard to create in software," says Andy Maltz of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences. "To make it look believable was a big thing."

8. LORD OF THE RINGS (2001)
For the huge battle scenes in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the filmmakers created Massive, a computer program that generates crowds of artificially intelligent individuals "who make their own decisions based on behavior patterns," Knowles says. This makes for more realistic battles.

9. THE POLAR EXPRESS (2004)
Director Robert Zemeckis used a large motion-capture stage and up to 200 cameras to gather data from the performance of Tom Hanks and other actors. This data was used to help animators create digital versions of the actors while maintaining their performances.

10. THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004)
The creators of the film about worldwide climatic disaster took more than 50,000 photos of New York City and scanned them into a computer, providing "a 3D, photorealistic model of the city," Thompson says. After that, destroying the metropolis with a giant digital wave was a piece of cake.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4206967.html

IMAX

Many movies can now be viewed in IMAX, or Image Maximum Theaters. IMAX Theaters first started in Canada. IMAX Theaters show movies on a much larger screen than a standard movie theater screen, giving you a much more intense movie expirence. There are 280 worldwide and more than half of them are in Canada. Standard IMAX screens are 72 feet wide and 53 feet wide. There are 3 types of IMAX Theaters.. IMAX Dome, which is displayed on a dome screen, IMAX Digital, and IMAX 3D.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAX#IMAX_Dome_.2F_OMNIMAX

Remakes

One of the greatest movies of the 1940s was the Mask of Zorro which was recently remade.



Like The Mask of Zorro, many movies of the past are being remade.. such as Halloween, Friday The 13th, Carrie, Freaky Friday, Godzilla, and many many more!

VHS

Remember these guys?! VHS's are a thing of the past. Remember having to rewind them on those rewinder machines!

Greatest Disney Movie of The Past

Top 10 Movies of The 90's

According to Filmsite.org the top 10 movies of the 90s are..

Titanic (1997)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Independence Day (1996)
The Lion King (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Men in Black (1997)
Armageddon (1998)

We all were watching movies in the 90s.. What is your list?!

FiRST M0ViE WiTH S0UND

The nearly three-hour-long Don Juan (1926) was the first major motion picture to employ a synchronized sound system of any type throughout. Its soundtrack contained a musical score and sound effects, but no recorded dialogue-in other words, it had been staged and shot as a silent film.

The first feature-length talkie was The Jazz Singer (1927).

The Nicelodeon

Harry Davis and John P. Harris moved 96 seats into an empty store to create the first movie theater in 1905. It was in our own state, Pennsylvania! To be exact, it was Pittsburgh and the name was the Nickelodeon. The name came from the cost per movie, a nickle, and the greek word for theater, odeon. Imagine that, paying only a nickel to see a movie!! To see a movie now it costs about 10 dollars per person. They played films in this room all day long and the first films shown were Poor But Honest and The Baffled Burglar.



Here is an article about the theater! http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/neighborhoods/downtown/down_n71.html

http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/first-movie-theater.html

Drive In Movie

Drive in's were the movie viewing expirence of choice in the past. Now your lucky if you can even find one in existance. Heres a short video portraying drive in movie theater memories..

Famous Movie of The Past

Top 10 Movies of The 80's

Heres filmsites list..

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Rain Man (1988)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Batman (1989)
Back to the Future (1985)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Top Gun (1986)

What do you think of these ??

FiRST DiSNEY M0ViE...

SN0W WHiTE & THE SEVEN DWARFS

Official Release Date: December 21, 1937

Copyright: Walt Disney Productions © 1937

MPAA Rating: G (General Audiences ~ All Ages Admitted)

Length: 83 minutes



Cast
Roy Atwell ~ Doc

Stuart Buchanan ~ Humbert The Huntsman

Adriana Caselotti ~ Snow White

Eddie Collins ~ Dopey

Pinto Colvig ~ Grumpy; Sleepy

Marion Darlington ~ Bird

Billy Gilbert ~ Sneezy

Otis Harlan ~ Happy

Lucille LaVerne ~ The Wicked Queen Grimhilde

Scotty Mattraw ~ Bashful

Moroni Olsen ~ Spirit Of The Magic Mirror

Harry Stockwell ~ The Prince



Characters
Bashful ~ Scotty Mattraw

Bird ~ Marion Darlington

Doc ~ Roy Atwell

Dopey ~ Eddie Collins

Grumpy ~ Pinto Colvig

Happy ~ Otis Harlan

Humbert The Huntsman ~ Stuart Buchanan

The Prince ~ Harry Stockwell

Raven

Sleepy ~ Pinto Colvig

Sneezy ~ Billy Gilbert

Snow White ~ Adriana Caselotti

Spirit Of The Magic Mirror ~ Moroni Olsen

The Wicked Queen Grimhilde ~ Lucille LaVerne

GREATEST M0ViES 0F 1930.

1930's


All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), 105 minutes, D: Lewis Milestone
Based on the anti-war novel by Erich Maria Remarque and one of the best anti-war films. Best Picture award winning film. It is about the experiences of a group of young, patriotic, German schoolboys during World War I. They volunteer to serve their country in 1914, fighting in the trenches on the Western Front battlefields, quickly finding that their illusions of glory are shattered. With innovative uses of a giant crane to provide sweeping views. A powerful, grim and poignant masterpiece.




Animal Crackers (1930), 98 minutes, D: Victor Heerman
The second Marx Brothers film. Another zany, rapid-fire, anarchic hit. A valuable painting has disappeared from the home of wealthy Mrs. Rittenhouse (Margaret Dumont), and African big-game hunter Captain Spaulding (Groucho Marx) is called upon to find it.




Anna Christie (1930), 86 minutes, D: Clarence Brown
A film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play. One of the earliest talkies, noted for the film in which silent star Greta Garbo first speaks. Her first line of dialogue: "Gimme a viskey..." Garbo plays an ex-prostitute who returns home to locate her barge captain father. She falls in love with a seaman (Charles Bickford), and must tell him and her father about her past.




The Big House (1930), 84 minutes, D: George Hill
One of the earliest and most realistic of prison pictures, with Wallace Beery as condemned prison inmate Machine Gun Butch, a murderous cell-block leader. The film's highlights include a jailbreak to escape from sadistic guards and a bloody massacre. Used by many subsequent dramatic prison films as a model.




The Devil's Holiday (1930), 78 minutes, D: Edmund Goulding
A manipulative manicurist Hallie Hobart (Nancy Carroll) schemes to marry a millionaire's son David Stone (Phillips Holmes), but is opposed by the young man's father Ezra Stone (Hobart Bosworth) and brother Mark (James Kirkwood). She offers to divorce him if paid $50,000. After leaving, her conscience begins to take over and she takes solace in parties and drink. Meanwhile, David is seriously ill as a result of a fall suffered in a fight over her with his brother. She returns to the side of her seriously-ill ex-husband, realizing she really loves him, and she also returns the $50,000.




The Divorcee (1930), 83 minutes, D: Robert A. Leonard
A melodrama that was regarded as hot and racy in its day. Jerry (Norma Shearer) marries newspaperman Ted (Chester Morris), but then when he becomes a flirtatious philanderer with an ex-girlfriend, the recently divorced Janice (Mary Doran), Jerry decides to divorce him and live the adventurous single life as a wayward wife, matching his behavior. After a series of sexual escapades and two weeks on a yacht in the summer with married (but separated) former beau Paul (Conrad Nagel), she selflessly returns and is reconciled to her husband on New Year's Eve in Paris.




Hell's Angels (1930), 135 minutes, D: Howard R. Hughes
Two brothers, Monte (Ben Lyon) and Roy Rutledge (James Hall) leave Oxford to join the British Royal Flying Corps and become fliers during World War I. Both brothers are rivals for the love of beautiful "Platinum Blonde", sexy siren Helen (an 18 year old Jean Harlow), who has fickle, two-timing affections. With sensational aerial photography. At $3.8 million, the most expensive film to date.




Little Caesar (1930), 80 minutes, D: Mervyn LeRoy
Considered as a milestone film which launched the gangster genre. Cesare Enrico Bandello/"Little Caesar" (Edward G. Robinson), a small-time hood and merciless killer, rises to power at the top of the mob in the underworld. A fast-paced crime story, with lots of gunfire, robberies, killings, and implicit violence. Known for one of the most memorable closing lines in films, at Rico's death scene: "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?"

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First Cartoon Ever !!

The first animation ever was "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces" (1906) by newspaper cartoonist J. Stuart Blackton





The first "successful" cartoon ever was "Gertie the Dinosaur" (1914)



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#1 M0ViE 0F ALL TiME..EYES 0F THE CRiTiCS

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Starring: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Melville Cooper, Ian Hunter

Director: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley

Arguably Flynn's greatest role, this is the classic, swashbuckling, adventure, costume epic/spectacle about the infamous rebel outlaw and his band of merry men from Sherwood Forest who "robbed from the rich and gave to the poor." The charming Robin Hood (Flynn) fights for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne (Rathbone), the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham (Cooper), and the scheming Prince John (Rains), while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian (de Havilland) - and to save the English throne for King Richard (Hunter). This good-natured, extravagant adventure epic still packs romance, comedy, great sword play action, music, colorful characters and storybook fantasy. One of the earliest films to be shot in three-color Technicolor and, at the time, the most expensive film Warner Bros. had produced ($2 million). William Keighley started directing the film, but Curtiz finished the filming. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Picture. Academy Awards: 3, including Best Interior Decoration, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing.

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M0ViE HiST0RY

The 1920's were known as the Pre-sound era. These were the top ten movies of the decade


Top 10 movies in the 1920's:

The Big Parade (1925)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
The Ten Commandments (1923)
What Price Glory? (1926)
The Covered Wagon (1923)
Way Down East (1921)
The Singing Fool (1928)
Wings (1927)
The Gold Rush (1925)

Filmin' it old school

Check out this vintage camera. It's a Lumière camera of 1896. Over a hundred years old. Look at the construction of the casing and all the innerds. they don't make em like they used to.

FiRST BASEBALL M0ViE!!

When: 1898

Who: Thomas Edison (Producer)

The first baseball movie: The Ball Game

Summary: Two amateur teams from playing from Newark, NJ.

Both teams playing for it all, giving their all.

Independant Films

Tecnology has really changed the independant film world. Check out this video!


Independent And Art Filmmaking: How has technology changed the independent film world?

First Movie

The first short ever made, "Strongman Sandow," was filmed in 1880. The first short with an actual storry line was "The Great Train Robbery" in 1903, and the first feature length film was "The Story of the Kelly Gang" in 1906. The first movie presented in color was "The World, the Flesh and the Devil," in 1914. Here are some pictures from these movies...

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first movie

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im glad we have better movies now.