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The jurors were limited to feature-length (at least 60 minutes), narrative, English-language films with significant financial and/or creative backing from the United States. All characters, whether hero or villain, were to "have made a mark on American society in matters of style and substance" and "elicit strong reactions across time ...
Title Year Citation 1984: 1956 [1]The Admirable Crichton: 1957 [2]Aladdin: 1992 The Angry Silence: 1960 Antz: 1998 At War: 2018 The Battle of Algiers: 1966 Battleship Potemkin
Based on the reign of Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops), a member of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt. Cleopatra's Daughter: 1960: 2589–2566 BC: Based on the reign of Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops), a member of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt. Sudan: 1945: 2558–2532 BC: Set during the reign of the pharaoh Khafre (Chephren), a member of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt.
12. Han Solo. Harrison Ford as Han Solo. ... The greatest female hero in movie history, Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver, is responsible for making the "Alien" franchise a sci-fi staple.
Historical fiction is a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the setting of particular real historical events.Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other types of narrative, including theatre, opera, cinema, and television, as well as video games and graphic novels.
John the Blind – Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia, is considered a national hero in Luxembourg, partly because of his sacrifice at the Battle of Crécy in 1346. Khalid ibn al-Walid - A 7th-century Arab military commander. Lazar of Serbia – Serbia, medieval Serbian ruler, who fought and perished at the Battle of Kosovo (1389). [12] [13]
A culture hero is a mythological hero specific to a group of people (cultural, ethnic, religious, etc.), who changes the world through invention or discovery.A typical culture hero might be credited as the discoverer of fire or agriculture, songs, tradition, law or religion, and is usually one of the most important legendary figures of a people, sometimes as the founder of its ruling dynasty.
Khabardar Shahri (rough Hindi translation of "vigilante"), one of the most famous vimal series of novels by Surender Mohan Pathak in which the hero, a serious offender on brink of reform takes up arms once again to punish five rapists one of whom is nephew of the kingpin of the local crime syndicate which results in a new gang war and the ...