A walk down Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood is a suburb of Los Angeles.

It`s the capital of world movie

production. There are the largest film studios here.

20th century FOX

Disney

Universal

Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Paramount

Warner Bros.

Columbia

OscarOscar night is

the most important event in film industry.

The statuette depicts a knight with a sword. It represents the

five branches of the Academy: film directors, scriptwriters,

producers, camera

operators and actors.

Hollywood Walk of FameThe rewarded receive a star on the basis

of their achievements in a career in film, theater,

radio, television and music, as well

as their contributions

to charity.

Hollywood factfile «Titanic» was made by James Cameron and got

11 Oscars in 1998! Dracula is the most popular film character. There

are over 160 Dracula films! The most expensive film is the fourth Harry Potter

film, «The Goblet of Fire»(2005). Director Mike Newell spent about $308 million!

One of the funniest actors was Charlie Chaplin. In the 1920s he was probably the most famous person in the world but didn`t win an Oscar until 1972!

One of the best film directors was Alfred Hitchcock. His film included «Psycho»(1960) and «The birds»(1963), but he never won an Oscar!

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