The 1960s movies to represent a cultural shift

The 1960s movies to represent a cultural shift

The 1960s movies. As one of America’s most transformative decades, the 1960s represented a cultural shift on multiple fronts, cinema being no exception. Between the emerging youth market, the collapse of the studio system, the influence of foreign films, increased competition from television, and a variety of other factors, the decade ushered in new paradigms of big-screen entertainment.

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Three key facts about the legendary The Lord of the Rings trilogy

Three key facts about the legendary The Lord of the Rings trilogy

The Lord of the Rings is a Peter Jackson film trilogy based on the fantasy literature series written by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. All films in the series were shot simultaneously in New Zealand. The shooting of the films with a combined budget of approximately 270 million dollars took 15 months, and the post-shooting stages took about a year.

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First Love (1977)

First Love (1977)

First Love movie synopsis. Elgin Smith is a student attending Ridgedale College who spends his time working part time as a waiter on campus to pay for what his partial scholarship won’t, studying, attending classes, or kicking around a soccer ball to get some exercise (as he isn’t very good at the actual game to get much real playing time in his pickup league).

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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

The Postman Always Rings Twice movie synopsis. Frank Chambers (Jack Nicholson) a drifter, stops at a depression-era rural California diner in the hills outside Los Angeles for a meal and ends up working there. The diner is operated by a young, beautiful woman, Cora Smith (Jessica Lange), and her much older husband, Nick Papadakis (John Colicos), a hardworking but unimaginative immigrant from Greece.

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