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Budget. $20 million [1] Box office. $23.9 million [1] American History X is a 1998 American crime drama film directed by Tony Kaye (in his feature directorial debut) and written by David McKenna. The film stars Edward Norton and Edward Furlong as two brothers from Los Angeles who are involved in the white power skinhead and neo-Nazi movements.
Although many other films are seen as first moments of 'movie magic,' this film stands out as the first. 1886 – Louis Le Prince is granted an American dual-patent on a 16-lens device that combines a motion picture camera with a projector. 1887 – Man Walking Around a Corner, directed by French inventor Louis Le Prince. The oldest known film.
The history of film chronicles the development of a visual art form created using film technologies that began in the late 19th century. The advent of film as an artistic medium is not clearly defined. There were earlier cinematographic screenings by others, however, the commercial, public screening of ten Lumière brothers ' short films in ...
The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known metonymously as Hollywood) along with some independent films, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century. The dominant style of American cinema is classical Hollywood cinema, which developed from 1910 to 1962 and is still ...
October 4, 1988. ( 1988-10-04) –. present. American Experience is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. The program airs documentaries, many of which have won awards, [3] about important or interesting events and people in American history . The series premiered on October 4, 1988, and was ...
The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect, June 15, 1804. Battle of Sitka, October 1804. The Territory of Orleans is organized and the District of Louisiana is created, October 1, 1804. The Territory of Michigan is organized, June 30, 1805.
Animated movies are part of ancient traditions in storytelling, visual arts and theatre. Popular techniques with moving images before film include shadow play, mechanical slides, and mobile projectors in magic lantern shows (especially phantasmagoria ). Techniques with fanciful three-dimensional moving figures include masks and costumes ...
Glory is a 1989 American historical war drama film directed by Edward Zwick about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the Union Army 's earliest African-American regiments in the American Civil War. It stars Matthew Broderick as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the regiment's commanding officer, and Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, and ...