A Night at the OscarsThe Oscars, awarded annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and

Sciences, showcase the best in movies, honoring films released in the previous year. This year’s nominee is The Town.

Presented by: Helen FaheyProject 14: Nominate a Movie for an Academy AwardJanuary 13, 2012

The TownTable of ContentsMeet the CastMeet My Favorite ActorThe Town ReviewA “Must See” MovieAlso In the RunningTHE END

Meet the Cast of The Town

Ben Affleck ... Doug MacRay Rebecca Hall ... Claire Keesey

Jon Hamm ... FBI S.A. Adam Frawley

Jeremy Renner ... James Coughlin

Blake Lively ... Krista Coughlin Click here to return to the Table of Contents

Meet My Favorite ActorBenjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt born on August 15, 1972 (39) in Berkley

California is married to Jennifer Garner and the father of two children, Violet and Seraphina. He now lives in Millbrook NY with his family. Affleck was born in Berkeley, California with his mother, Christine

Anne and father, Timothy Byers Affleck. His family moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, when he was very young and his parents divorced in 1984. At age eight, Affleck met 10-year-old Matt Damon,

who lived two blocks away, they still remain great friends! Affleck came to national attention working with Damon in Good Will Hunting

in 1997,(16) for which they shared writing credit and received the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, they acted in it as well. Ben Affleck loves new years day, and to walk his dog with wife, Jennifer Garner.

The Town Review

The Town is about a group of notorious gangsters from Charlestown, Boston who plan on robbing a prestigious bank in the town. After robbing the bank and escaping a thrilling police chase, Doug MacRay, played by Ben Affleck, falls in love with one of the bank workers they held hostage. Doug decides to change himself for the better, leave Charlestown and start over with his new love. Unfortunately, Claire Keesley, played by Rebecca Hall finds out that he was one of the robbers who held her hostage, and their relationship is changed forever. In the end, Doug changes his life around but one big piece of his plan is missing, Claire. He will always love her but understands that he can never be with her because of what he did in his past. One scene I will never forget is when Doug is preparing to leave Charlestown to start over his life, he visits the owner of the flower shop who is also the leader of the gang and kills him. This was an amazing movie, very real and I believe captured the life of a Boston gangster realisticly. Click here to return to the Table of Contents

A “Must See” Movie

I think that this movie is worthy of an Academy Award because of many reasons. The realistic, gripping, scenes were memorable that kept the audience glued to their seats. Powerful, thrilling, engaging, suspenseful, splendid, successful. The town is definitely a must see movie.

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Also in the Running…Below are five other movies

that should also be considered for an Academy Award.Movie Title

Release Date

Gross Earnings

Type of Film

Rating

Step Brothers

July 25, 2008 $128,107,642

Comedy 90/100

The Departed

October 6, 2006

$290,539,042

Crime Thriller

95/100

Halloweentown

October 17, 1998

$70,000,000

Comedy 100/100

Cat in the Hat

November 8, 2003

$101,149,285

Comedy 96/100

Ella Enchanted

April 9, 2004 $22,918,387

Romantic-Comedy

98/100

Thank You!