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GEM 2005 / HY2243

FILM AND HISTORY

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Your Name: _________________________________Your Group: ______

GEM2005/HY2243 Film & History

Project 4

Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Director: Stanley Kubrick. Writing credits: Peter George (novel Red Alert, aka Two Hours to Doom); Screenplay: Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, and Peter George.   

The Graduate (1967)
Director: Mike Nichols.  Writing credits: Charles Webb, Buck Henry, and Calder Willingham

Die Hard (1988)
Director: John McTiernan.  Writing credits: Roderick Thorp, Jeb Stuart, and Steven E. de Souza

Project Instructions

Discuss the topic below with your project group using the IVLE. Then submit your own individual answer to the History Department Office (AS1/05-27) by noon Friday October 17. No late papers will be graded. Maximum word limit: 500. Please type and print a copy of your project. No email attachments.

How do Dr. Strangelove and The Graduate, which are satires, and Die Hard, which is a drama, reflect their times and comment on American society?