Unit 2: Tales

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UNIT 2: Tales

What do you think this chapter is about?

True or false?

Movie Quiz

In the film "The Last Samurai", Tom Cruise
plays a US army captain who joins the samurai
warriors in Japan in 1876.
Was Captain Nathan Algren a real figure from
history?

1. True
2. False

In "Shakespeare in love", William Shakespeare
is inspired to write "Romeo and Juliet" by his
real-life relationship with a young actress.
Did this happen in real life?

1. True
2. False

In the film "Braveheart", Mel Gibson plays
The character William Wallace, leading an
army to free Scotland from the English.
Is William Wallace a real historical figure?

1. True
2. False

In the 1995 adventure "Apollo 13", we hear
the pilot saying the famous words 'Houston,
we have a problem'.
Were these his exact words?

1. True
2. False

Multiple Choice

What type of film?

Heroes chase and fight each other.

1. a crime film
2. an action/adventure film
3. a disaster movie
4. a science fiction film

The main character has mental problems.

1. a biopic
2. a docudrama
3. a psychological thriller
4. a mystery

A story about the science of the future

1. a science fiction movie
2. a fantasy film
3. a docudrama
4. a mystery

Things that happen in the life of a real person

1. a romantic comedy
2. a docudrama
3. a period drama
4. a biopic

The good guy (detective) finds the bad guy (criminal)

1. a psychological thriller
2. an action/adventure film
3. a crime film
4. a mystery

People dressed up in old-fashioned costumes

1. a docudrama
2. a period drama
3. a romantic comedy
4. a biopic

Funny things happen and two people fall in love.

1. a period drama
2. a fantasy film
3. biopic
4. a romantic comedy

Terrible things happen but people survive.

1. an action/adventure film
2. a fantasy film
3. a disaster movie
4. a science fiction film

A documentary made more interesting with some parts acted.

1. a mystery
2. a fantasy film
3. a biopic
4. a docudrama

Strange things happen in an imaginary world.

1. a fantasy film
2. a mystery
3. an action/adventure film
4. a biopic

Somebody gets murdered and a clever detective tries to find out who did it.

1. a crime movie
2. a psychological thriller
3. a mystery
4. a disaster movie

Listen

A radio show about movies

Fragment 1

What type of film does the programme talk about?

Why are these films so popular?

Fragment 2

Hellen Mirren won an oscar
for her role as the Queen.

1. True
2. False

Will Smith met Muhammad
Ali, but they didn't get on.

1. True
2. False

Josh Brolin talked to himself
in a Texan accent all day.

1. True
2. False

Audrey Tautou watched films
of Coco Chanel.

1. True
2. False