review of a movie
- Optional Movie Review
Directions:Watch one of the following movies, or a movie that takes place between 1877 and 1992 and deals with a topic that relates to the United States. In 350 – 450 words, give a synopsis of the movie and then write one or two paragraphs on why the subject (or related topic expressed in the film) of the movie is important to American History.
Warning: Some of these are rated R and may have content that not all viewers would find suitable. Please only watch a movie that you are comfortable with.
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The Grapes of Wrath
Casablanca
Memphis Belle
The Tuskegee Airmen
Midway
Dr. Strangelove
The Right Stuff
Ghosts of Mississippi
Remember the Titans
All the President’s Men
Thirteen Days
The Great Gatsby
Iron Jawed Angels
Patton
Apollo 13
Milk
October Sky
To Kill a Mockingbird
Thin Red Line
Full Metal Jacket
Monuments Men
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Far and Away
There will be blood
The Aviator
Seabiscuit
Mr. Smith goes to Washington
The Great Escape
Saving Private Ryan
The Help
Mississippi Burning
Nixon
Frost/Nixon
Argo
Black Hawk Down
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