| Overall: | C |
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| Violence: | D+ |
| Sexual Content: | C- |
| Language: | D |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B- |
| Run Time: | 116 |
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After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.
In a closing scene, media helicopters hamper the efforts of a police helicopter, but when they are asked to leave, they refuse. Do you think journalists have a right to be as close to the “action” as law enforcement officials? What are the pros and cons to this decision?
“Hollywood” is often used to identify the entertainment industry. However, for this section of Los Angeles, the glamour of the past has been replaced by the realities of inner-city struggles. For a history of Hollywood, see this page from the Hollywood Entertainment Museum:
www.hollywoodmuseum.com/whoweare/whoweare_main.html.
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
