Page 76 - Exercise 1A

Page 76 - Exercise 1A

The British cinema

1) JAMES BOND

One of the most famous characters in British films is the secret agent, James Bond (007). Ian Fleming created the character He wrote the first James Bond book in 1952. Ten years later; the first James Bond film appeared. Dr No starred Sean Connery as James Bond. In 2006, Daniel Craig became the sixth James Bond in Casino Royale.

2) SHERLOCK HOLMES

Sherlock Holmes is the most famous detective in the world. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created him in I 887 in a book called A Study in Scarlet. Holmes and his assistant, D r Watson, appeared in sixty stories. Between 1900 and 2012 Sherlock Holmes appeared in 211 films. More than any other character There’s a TV series called Sherlock, too, with Sherlock Holmes as a modem detective.

3) HARRY POTTER

A younger British film hero is the boy wizard, Harry Potter With his friends, Hermione and Bon, Harry fights the evil wizard, Lord Voldemort. Harry started life in the books o f J. K. Rowling.The first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, appeared in 1997. More adventures soon followed. In 2001 Daniel Radcliffe became an international film star as Harry Potter. Ten years later the eighth and last Harry Potter film appeared in cinemas.

4) WALLACE AND GROMIT

Nick Park created these two characters Wallace, the inventor and Gromit, his very clever dog. They’re made of plasticine. In their first film, A Grand Day Out ( 1989), Wallace and Gromit go to the moon.Three later films - The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave and The Curse of the Were-Rabbit - all won Oscars.