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Once dismissed as a fading genre with little to say to contemporary audiences, the giant monster movie roared back to life in the new millennium. In one of modern cinema's most surprising turnarounds, a wave of 21st-century kaiju films has delivered exciting and thought-provoking viewing to global audiences. In a variety of works that range from action-packed CGI spectacles to more personal, introspective productions commenting on real-world i...

Apachen greifen einen Militärtreck an, um in den Uniformen getöteter Soldaten das Fort Yuma einzunehmen

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On June 24th, 1947, a private pilot reported numerous dazzling objects rushing through the sky above Mount Rainier in Washington state. It was the start of the current UFO phenomena, one of the country's most perplexing and persistent mysteries. Within a few weeks, hundreds of sightings of flying saucers were reported to news media. Surprising reports of a UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico further added to the mystery that July. Since then, UFO...

Das berühmte Actiondrama mit Starbesetzung erstmals auf DVD als schickes, streng limitiertes Mediabook und digital komplett überarbeitet! Zusätzlich zur Originalversion in 4:3 ist der Film auch im 16:9-Format enthalten. Das 24-seitige Booklet mit vielen spannenden Informationen sowie der Original-Soundtrack auf CD machen diese Edition zu einem echten Sammlerstück!Um die japanischen Schiffbrüchigen eines havarierten Frachters vor der Küste Japa...

Mid-20th century America envisioned a wondrous future of comfort, convenience and technological advancement. Popular culture--including World's Fairs, science fiction and advertising--fed high hopes even when war and hardship threatened. American ingenuity and consumer culture promised to deliver flying cars, undersea cities, household robots and space travel. By the 1960s political assassinations, the civil rights and women's movements, the V...

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Als sein königlicher Vater im Kampf gegen den gefürchteten Hunac fällt, wird der junge Balam als neunter König der Mayas Nachfolger des getöteten Herrschers. Vor den waffentechnisch überlegenen Feinden bleibt ihm und seinem Volk nur die Flucht. Sie schlagen sich zur Küste durch und schiffen sich dort ein. Die lange Fahrt ins Ungewisse endet an einer fremden Küste. Dort wollen die Mayas sich ansiedeln. Gleichzeitig mit dem Bau ihrer Wohnstätte...

Faculty unions are an important part of the current higher education landscape, particularly in the public sector. Yet, the rise of unionism among university faculties during the 1960's and 1970's was an unexpected development that clashed with many assumptions about academic life. Amid campus tensions, economic crisis and state political controversies, the faculties of the Universities of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island were amon...

This provocative book reveals how Hollywood films reflect our deepest fears and anxieties as a country, often recording our political beliefs and cultural conditions while underscoring the darker side of the American way of life. Long before the war in Iraq and the economic crises of the early 21st century, Hollywood has depicted a grim view of life in the United States, one that belies the prosperity and abundance of the so-called American Dr...

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Providing a detailed historical overview of animated film and television in the United States over more than a century, this book examines animation within the U.S. film and television industry as well as in the broader sociocultural context. From the early 1900s onwards, animated cartoons have always had a wide, enthusiastic audience. Not only did viewers delight in seeing drawn images come to life, tell fantastic stories, and depict impossib...

Reviewing the record of American politics, film, and television, this volume provides an overview of the war's appearance in American popular culture. It examines the ways in which this conflict has consistently resurfaced in social and political life, especially in the arena of contemporary world events such as the Soviet incursion into Afghanistan, the Gulf War and the 2004 presidential campaign. To this end, the work explores the contexts a...

Arnold presents a chronological overview of conspiracy theory in American film, television, and politics.