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My Favourite Actor. Kevin Costner — Actor Come Producer


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My Favourite Actor. Kevin Costner — Actor Come Producer


Kevin Costner, a famous american actor, was born in Los Angeles. He spent his childhood often on the move, changing schools frequently, owing to his father's job at the regionalelectricity company. As a teenager, he developed a keen liking for football, baseball and basket-ball and was also interested in singing and writing poetry. He married his college sweetheart Cindy whilst still at California State University and came out with a business degree in marketing. In his spare time he appeared in local theatre productions. Theatre became increasingly important to him and after having worked six weeks in a marketing company, he gave the job up to become an actor. He played in many small part roles before his principle role which was not a success. However Costner himself was given good reviews. In 1987 his starring role in "The Untouchables" and "No Way Out" really introduced him to international fame. Indeed, he won the Star of Tomorrow prize from the U. S. National Association of Theatre Owners. Then in 1988 came "Bull Durham" which was a huge hit movie in the States about baseball. His subsequent film "Field of Dreams" was also a success and touched baseball again. Then came the violent drama movie "Revenge" followed by his first directorial debut film "Dances With Wolves" in which he also starred and which won 7 Oscars. His movie "Robin Hood, Prince of the Thieves" was also a great success.
I like this actor because the characters he plays are strong personalities, wise people who are worthy of my admiration. In my opinion, this is the reason of his growing popularity in many, countries. He is not only a talented actor, who's acting draws your attention from the very moment you see his face on the screen. But he is also a successful producer and continues working at his new films which are certain to amuse the people.
Cinema and theatre
At the theatre you can see plays, e.g. Hamlet by Shakespeare, or musicals, e.g. Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber. In a play the ease (= the total number of actors) is usually quite small, but musicals often have a very large cast.One difference between the theatre and cinema is that you usually book (= reserve) tickcts in advance (= some time before the actual performance) if you are going to the theatre. Another difference is that the audience (= the people watching the play/musical) clap at the end of the performance. This does nor usually happen (in Britain) at the end of a film.
Cinema
Plays are performed on stage, films arc shown on screen. In your country, films in English are either shown with subtitles (= there is a translation across the bottom of the screen), or they are dubbed (= the English is removed and replaced by actors speaking in your own language).
Films are set (= take place) in many different periods and places, e.g. Room with a View is set in the early part of the 20th century; Blade Runner is set in the future. And when people talk about films, they often talk about the director, e.g. Spielberg, Bertolucci; and the stars, the most important actors and actresses, e.g. Tom Hanks and Jodie Foster.
Types of film
western: a film about America in the 19th century; often with cowboys and indians war film, e.g. Born on the 4th of July action film, e.g. Indiana Jones horror film, e.g. Dracula; Frankenstein comedy: a funny film that makes you laugh science fiction film: about the future thriller: an exciting story often about a crime
Describing plays and films
Journalists write articles in which they give their opinion of new films and plays. They are called critics, and their articles are called reviews. These are some words they may use:
moving: producing strong emotions, often of sadness; a positive word
violent: includes lots of scenes with fighting and death
powerful: has a big effect on our emotions
gripping: exciting and very interesting
good fun: used to describe a film that may not be very serious or important but is enjoyable
slow: boring

Look at the picture of your visit to the theatre and answer these questions.

  1. Did you sit in the stalls or circle?

  2. Which row were you in?

  3. Were you next to an aisle?

  4. Did you have a good view of the stage?



  1. What word or phrase is being defined?

  1. A play or film in which part of the story is sung to music.

  2. The total number of actors in a play or film.

  3. The people who watch a play at the theatre.

  4. What these people do with their hands at the end of a play.

  5. The person who makes a film.

  6. Journalists who write articles about films and plays.

  7. The name of the articles they write.

  8. The translation of the story of a film across the bottom of the screen.

  9. To reserve tickets before the performance.


10 The most important actors or actresses in a film.

  1. Have you seen these famous films made in English over the last twenty years? If so, try to complete the rest of the table using words from the opposite page. Then write in the titles of three more films you have seen and complete the rest of the table for it.



Film

Type of film

Subtitles or dubbed?

Description of film (adjectives)

  1. Dirty Harry with Clint Eastwood

  2. Blade Runner with Harrison Ford

  3. Four Weddings and a Funeral with Hugh Grant

  4. Schindler’s List with Liam Neeson

  5. Dances with Wolves with Kevin Costner










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