The Film Collection

The Film Collection One thing I learned to stay away from is showing a movie of a book the students have already read. Unless there's a specific comparison to be taught, the lesson is redundant. We are here to teach, not show movies for fun. I use movies often in the Multimedia Classroom, but not as illustrations of a book. I use them for comparisons, so children can learn more by seeing another work on a specific theme. There's double the learning there, and the teaching medium is varied. These are some films I have used in my thirty year career, and the books I've taught with them. (Some of these films were taught in high school and may not be suitable for younger children.)

A novel by a country's most popular author, written about 150 years ago at the very height of his popularity. It's about a convict who redeems himself by adopting an orphan child, making that child rich, and helping that child reach maturity. Great Expectations / Paperback / $3.96 Great Expectations / Hardcover / $10.46 Great Expectations ~ Audio Cassette / $15.37	Les Miserables (TV movie, color) Richard Jordan / VHS Tape / $16.98 Les Miserables (10th Anniversary Concert version of the musical) / VHS Tape / $21.24 Les Miserables / Animated / VHS Tape / $25.49 Les Miserables (dubbed, long, but thorough) Jean Gabin / VHS Tape / $16.96 Les Miserables/1935 (Classic American film) March, Laughton / VHS Tape / $59.99 (I used the TV movie and the concert version with good results.)
A beautiful novel for young people about a headstrong young woman's struggles to survive adolescence and discover her own truths and inner strength. The Summer of the Swans Hardcover / $9.95 Paperback /$3.60	Anne of Green Gables VHS Tape / $25.49 Anne of Avonlea VHS Tape /$25.49 (This is the Kevin Sullivan film, produced for Disney. It is excellent in every way.)
For Advanced classes only: two studies of the male-female relationship that focuses on artist/creators and the need for love. Man and Superman : A Comedy and a Philosophy (Shaw, Bernard, Bernard Shaw Library.) ~ Paperback /$7.16 Man and Superman ~ Audio Cassette / $15.40	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?/Dvd ~Taylor, Burton / DVD / $17.49 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf /Taylor, Burton / VHS Tape / $19.99 And because you might need some reference: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Barron's Book Notes) ~$2.00 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?~$5.59 *American Dream and the Zoo Story*
Here's a case where the movie should be shown with the book. I couldn't find it at Amazon.com, but it's usually on the shelves at drama and Language Arts departments. Arthur Laurents' play, Home of the Brave, can be found in Famous American Plays of the Forties. It deals with anti-semitism during World War II.	When Stanley Kramer made the film, it was only slightly rewritten to deal with race prejudice and the main character became an African American. Home of the Brave / VHS Tape /$19.99 Home of the Brave/Clv / Laser Disc /$29.99
A man is drawn into a world of violence, superstition, and corruption; he finds his values, especially those of family, beyond his control. The Tragedy of MacBeth (The New Folger Library Shakespeare) ~ Paperback /$3.19 MacBeth ~ Audio Cassette / $11.89	Godfather Part II ~ VHS Tape / $21.24 Godfather Part II/ Widescreen Edition / VHS Tape / $21.24 Godfather 2/Clv / Laser Disc /$39.99 Godfather Trilogy 1901-1980/25th Ann. / VHS Tape /$149.99 (Special Order)
Movies from the King Arthur Unit	Knights of the Round Table / Robert Taylor / VHS Tape / $16.99 ~ / Laser Disc / $34.99 Connecticut Yankee /Will Rogers / VHS Tape /$16.99 Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Ct Bing Crosby / VHS Tape / $12.73 / Laser Disc / $34.99 *Camelot ~* Richard Harris / VHS Tape / $21.23 Ivanhoe~James Mason (TV) / VHS Tape / $16.99
Greek Mythology	Jason and the Argonauts / VHS Tape / $12.74 Jason and the Argonauts/Clv / Laser Disc / $34.99 Clash of the Titans / VHS Tape / $12.74 Clash of the Titans/Clv / Laser Disc / $39.99

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