Unit 9 • Articlesand reviews
1.2 Film review
Completethe review by writingthe missingwordsin the gaps.Use onlyone
word foreach space.The exercise begins with an examp le(0).Howard'sEnd
The partnershipof jam e sIvo ry.director. and Isma il
Merchant.producer.hasbe enmakingfilms for
almost 30 ye a rs. But(0) it has
seldommanageda mor e successfu l literary
ada pta tion 0 )___ that ofE. M.
Forster 'sIlouiard's EI/d.
It is(2) o f those eleg a nt peri od
p ieces(3) i w hic h the
Merchant-Ivoryte amis famous(the book
(4) w ritte n in 1910 )a nd is th eir
thirdForsteradaptation, followingRoom With A
View(5) Maurice.Itis alsotheir
b est - be au tifu lto lo ok(6) _
su btlyscriptedby RuthPrawerjhab vala.the
novelist (7 ) is th eirregular
collaborator,and actedwithpana cheby a
distinguished cast.Filmreviews
TypesoffilmPeopleT echnicalNarrativeTheatrereviews
ShowsPeopl eHoles
Words
Things
OrganizationThe bo o kis (8) storyoftwo
fa milies: the Sch leg els are culturedand liberal, the
Wilcoxfam ilyprosperousandconventional. Its
themeconce rns the breaking(9) _
o f barrier s betweenp eople who find itimpo ssib le
to understa nd( 0 )- _ otherin
normal circum stances.
Emma Thompson andHelenaBonhamC~1I1er
play the t\VOSchlegelsisters whosefatesbecome
inextricably linked with(11) o f Mr
a nd Mrs Wilcox (Antho ny Ho pkinsandVanessa
Redgrave),Hel en (BonhamCarter)falls in love
( 2 ) the ir son; Marga ret
(Tho mpson)is befriendedby Mrs Wilcoxand,
( 13) shedie s,ma rries Mr Wilcox.
Eachper forma ncemak e sits mark.jame sWilby,
Prunella Scalesand Samuel West area lsoinvolved.
but itisHo pk ins .(4) the
puritanical Wilco x.0 5) heartis
so f te nedb y Margaret ,w hois mo stnotable.f eatu refilm,docu me ntart],box officesuccess/[atlnre,
biockhnstcr,art movie,thriller,\ Ves ter/!,IlOrror fil11l,
comed y(roma nt ic,!Jlack), cartoon, lo re story
d irecto r, p rodu cer.cameraman,cast ,actor/actress(the lead.
sta r, co-star).
ccmerauiorlc,ca mera(Ingles , cmlocation,inthe stud io. subtitled.
dubbed.screenplat] ,script .soundtrack,specia leffects .stu nts
stonjl;lle(plot),j illalscelle, clillUlx,jlashlHlckplay, traged y.comedy.farce.musical. caba ret. ballet.
modemdance
d irecto r. set designer,costwiledesign er. stagel1ul1lager.
aud ience. primaballerina,p rincip al dance r, choreographer
the title role.alcadillgpart,a icalk -onpart -
a speech,alIlc)Ilologue/soliloq uy. dialogue
stage. sceuenj,!Jackst ag e. box office -
The curtainrises onActI Scene1;itfalls at the inte rvaland at
thee nd- the fi lialcurtai ".
Televisionreviews
Programmes current(~fJairs,nature programme. the llelVS,a documcntanj,(/1/
educationalprogram me.(lsoap opera.situati oncomedy, drama.
gamesiunc,chatshmc, rarietyslunc,child ren'sprogrammes130 • Task types