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Following is a list of some of the videos which the World History class will be watching with Brigid in the next several months - you may wish to preview them (or watch them with your child if the movies come home).
THE POWER OF THE PAST - FLORENCE (PBS video) NR
THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE - PG13 - available at Movie Source
A TALE OF TWO CITIES - NR - 1980 TV version - @ Movie Source
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS - G - either the 1988 TV version (@ Movie Source) or the 1966 theater version...
[this movie is about Thomas More - author of UTOPIA and advisor to Henry VIII]
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS - [don't know rating yet - this is the version with Vanessa Redgrave & Glenda Jackson]
Movies we will watch in English include:
ROMEO AND JULIET - PG-13 - directed by Baz Luhrmann - R - (1996). An M-TV version, with fast pacing, set in modern-day Brazil. Involves gangs, drugs, & guns.
HENRY V - NR - directed by Kenneth Branagh (1989). As a follow-up to our reading of Henry IV, Part I... In Henry V, Prince Hal is grown and is King: he sheds his bad-boy persona as he leads his troops to war on France.
Try watching these films at some point during the year:
AMADEUS directed by Milos Forman (1984). The story of Mozart's life, genius, & lunacy.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE directed by ... An incredible mixture of Romeo & Juliet and the creative process...see how the film's writers imagine that Shakespeare came up with his ideas for the play. A study in how writers create their stories.
RESTORATION - R - directed by Michael Hoffman (1995) ...An interesting fiction, set in this period of English History.
IMMORTAL BELOVED directed by ... The story of Beethovan's life. Excellent production.
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