Choose from sentences a-g the one that best fits each gapSix sentences have been removed from the text. Choose from sentences a-g the one that best fits each gap. There is ONE EXTRA sentence that you don’t need. Many European film directors have gone to Hollywood hoping to make their mark in the American film industry, but few have had as much success there as the Czech-born film director Milos Forman. Forman was born in 1932 in Caslav, in what is today the Czech Republic. 1. ___________ Milos never saw his parents again: they both died in concentration camps, leaving him an orphan at the age of 12. Milos and his brother were brought up by one of their uncles. After the war, Forman became fascinated by film and theatre. 2. ______________ He started out in the film industry by directing television documentaries, before moving gradually into drama. He gained international recognition for Black Peter (1964) and was soon the leading figure in the 'golden age' of Czech cinema. In 1967 he made his first trip to the United States, and the following year went to Paris to organise the production of his first American film, Taking Off. 3. _________________ Not wanting to return to Czechoslovakia, Forman stayed in Paris until August 1969, when he moved to New York. Taking Off, Forman's first English-language film, appeared in 1971 The film was a critical success and won a number of awards. 4. _______________ The film became the first film for forty years to win Oscars in all five major categories - Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Director for Forman. In 1984. Forman returned to Prague for the first time in 16 years to film scenes for Amadeus, which tells the life-story of the composer, Mozart. 5. _____________ Forman bitter experiences of totalitarian regimes, whether fascist or communist, have had a profound influence on his work. 6. ____________ Naturally, Forman is always on the side of the individual. a. However, his big breakthrough came in 1975 when he directed One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. b. He has always had to struggle to survive, and his most interesting and successful films all explore the theme of the lone individual against a hostile establishment. c. His father, who was Jewish, and his mother were arrested by the Nazis during the occupation of Czechoslovakia during the Second World War. d. The film was another huge success, winning eight Oscars, including another Best Director for Forman. e. He organised a drama club at school and went on to study screen-writing at the Film Institute at the University of Prague. f. In spite of this, he returned to Czechoslovakia the following year. g. While he was there, Russia and its Warsaw Pact allies invaded Czechoslovakia. |