ENGLISH WORK:

MY FAVOURITE TIM

BURTON'S MOVIES

Work made by:

Leonardo Oliveira, nº 12, 9ºB

EB 2/3 Manuel de Figueirerdo – Torres Novas

Teacher: Teresina Paz

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VINCENT Vincent is the first Burton’s movie, which

is actually a short film with 5:52min. In this short, a boy named Vincent, dreams he is his idol, Vincent Price, a famous actor with a scary and distinct voice.

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THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS The Nightmare Before Christmas is a story

of a place which doesn´t know Christmas. In this place live werewolves, skeletons, witches and other fantastic creatures, who celebrate Halloween every day. When John Skellington, The Pumpkin King, brings Christmas, bad things happen like the try of the boogeyman to eat Santa Claus or the delivery of atrocious gifts to kids.

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EDWARD SCISSORHANDS This movie is about an invention of a

mad scientist: an unfinished man, with scissors instead of hands. When a seller of cosmetics finds him in his castle in ruins, she takes him to his house to take car of him and he falls in love with his daughter, who is dating a rude and brute guy. When his love is corresponded, occurs a misunderstood and he is obliged to get back to his abandoned mansion.

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY This movie is about a poor child named

Charlie, who lives with his parents and grandparents in a house with bad conditions. Willy Wonka, the owner of a chocolate factory in the town puts 5 golden tickets in his chocolate’s involucres and who gets the golden tickets has the chance to visit his factory and even get in charge of it. When Charlie gets the golden ticket he can’t believe in it.

He shows the ticket to his dad and he decides that his grandfather should go with him to the factory because he already worked there. When they get there they will have to win to the other 4 contestants, by being pleasant and nice. In the end they manage to win, and, as a consequence, earn the factory.

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SWEENEY TODD – THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET Sweeney Todd is actually a musical, I

mean, a terror musical. In this film, Sweeney Todd is a man, looking for revenge for the man who send him to jail and obliged his spouse to marry him. He arrives in Fleet Street and makes a friendship with a seller of meat pies. They decide to make a business, he as a barber, pretends to shave the beard to people but instead, he cuts their throat to use their body to make pies.

Finally, he cut the throat of the man who separated him from his wife and he knew that he had a daughter. He tried to find his daughter, without success. Having revenge, he had no more reason to live, with his daughter far away, and his wife death so, he killed himself.

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