CINEMA , FILMS, VIDEO

General references

video search

Screenonline

a site established by the British Film Institute

Really excellent!

http://www.screenonline.org.uk/

The Internet Movie Database

www.imdb.com

The  Greatest films

http://www.filmsite.org

100 best films  

http://www.ew.com/ew/features/991015/100movies/index.html

  Script

http://www.simplyscripts.com/

http://www.script-o-rama.com

TV scripts

http://www.twiztv.com/

Soundtrack lyrics

http://www.stlyrics.com/

Bollywood

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

Subtitles  

http://subscene.com/

    Trailers  

                          Find a trailer

http://www.movie-list.com/    

Free Movies

  Emol  There is no cost to watch or download these movies.(public domain)

http://emol.org/movies/freemovielist.html

imovies

http://imovies.blogspot.com/

A Penguin readers teachers' guide to using film and TV

http://www.penguinreaders.com/downloads/PRTGusingfilm&tv.pdf

a summary of the plot

a list of the major characters

an extensive glossary of vocabulary and various cultural references 

that even advanced ESL learners would often not understand

questions for ESL class discussion

http://www.eslnotes.com/

Teach with movies

http://www.teachwithmovies.org/index.html

Film education

http://www.filmeducation.org/index.html

Sports and films

 a list of films classified according to their topic :
http://www.geocities.com/sportsmovies/SPMD_Theme_Index.htm
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2001/movies/

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• Actors

The Official Site of Humphrey Bogart
   Biographical information about actor Humphrey Bogart,
   http://www.humphreybogart.com/

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• Directors

Chaplin

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Screen/7157/index.html

http://www.editions-hatier.fr/anglais_exercices/index.html

(online activities)

Disney

Walt Disney Family Museum
The Walt Disney Family Museum tells the story of Disney's life
from childhood to adulthood with pictures, audio, and video.

http://disney.go.com/disneyatoz/waltdisney/home.html

Mickey Mouse

 Mickey's physical evolution and the development of his character.

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/1344/

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Genre

Film noir

  http://www.filmsite.org/filmnoir.html

  film  clips 

http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/crimefilm/filmclips.htm#clips

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Films

Bend it like Beckham

A useful page from Teaching English :

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/download/britlit/bendit/bendit.shtml

It's based on chapter 7 of the short story.

Introduction for teachers 111k pdf >>

Characterisation 216k pdf >> Character based activities

Context 881k pdf >> background information and exercises

Word Work 250k pdf >> language activities

After reading exercises 189k pdf >> follow-up and consolidation

Answer key 105k pdf >> teacher's notes for activities.

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Billy Elliot

historical, cultural and geographical context,characters, themes of the film...(in French)

http://www.forumdesimages.net/education/Grandebretagne/garde.html

http://www.ac-amiens.fr/academie/pedagogie/anglais/teachers/training/training-billyelliot.htm

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Blade Runner 

 The script 

http://www.stanford.edu/~aigeanta/creation/vince/script.html

and more

http://scribble.com/uwi/br/off-world.html

Blade Runner in class

http://www.ardecol.ac-grenoble.fr/english/brunner/index.htm

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Bowling for Columbine

http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/media/clips/index.php

trailer, film clips, photo gallery, soundtrack

vocabulary + main people

www.eslnotes.com/movies/pdf/Bowling-for-Columbine.pdf

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Braveheart

http://www.filmeducation.org/filmlib/Braveheart.pdf  (teacher's notes)

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Dead Man Walking

activity  worksheet

http://www.ac-toulouse.fr/anglais/vigo1.html

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East is East

Themes

http://www.britishcouncil.org.ar/english/infoexch/east_is_east.htm

script extract

http://www.anglistik.unibonn.de/staff/ofiles/GLC1Sum01-U2.pdf

Film reviews

http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/e/east-is-east.html

http://flakmag.com/film/east.html

http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/ricsa/about/staffpgs/east.htm

http://www.haro-online.com/movies/east_is_east.html

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/EastIsEast-1096281/

Class work

activities

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