A film focused on an oil merger in the Middle East, Syriana earned George Clooney an Academy Award for his performance as a CIA agent. However, the film was also significant to him for the trauma that occurred while shooting it: Clooney cracked his skull open during the filming of, ironically, a torture scene. Information …
Premiering on Valentine’s Day weekend in 2012 and starring teen heartthrob Channing Tatum, The Vow advertised itself as a simple romantic comedy and, ultimately, brought in almost $200 million. Not just based on a true story, the film is based on a book of the same name. In 2000, Krickitt and Kris Carpenter, in association …
In 1900, L. Frank Baum wrote a political satire aimed toward children, known as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Inspired by this tale, MGM released a movie in 1939, The Wizard of Oz, which, over time, became one of the most revered films in Hollywood history. However, inspiration doesn’t mean duplication. The screenwriters for the …
TBI on the Screen 