Transcript Presentation AHMAD ODEH 9-5-2016

Creative Industries Presentation
Ahmad Odeh
The message film
Film industry
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Film industry now play a key role in the world, in the transfer of data thought life-strong
language of common understanding, tools and more permeable and effectiveness in
shaping the thought and conscience of the masses. So the film has become a more
effective tool in bringing about social change, and cultural development.
The movie tool of culture and knowledge tools, and a means of effective educational
tools that aim to improve the community, also plays a prominent role in shaping
society's values, and customs, and arts, as well as use it as a means of guidance and
counseling and cultural enlightenment, stir the desire to improve the social level,
growth and material progress the viewer, and stimulate the potential of the citizen.
Valsinma give the viewer the ability to move from one place to another by the watch
and compare it to what it is, which raises the desire to improve the level, where nearly
movie scenes and various other ways of life. Film has become nowadays splash
force to be reckoned with, have been accompanied by technical progress in human
societies.
The cinema of the most important media, advertising, and general guidance, publicity,
along with important recreational aspects of their role, and educational, cultural, and
objectives that can not be counted in the social, religious, political.
The message
Directed by Moustapha Akkad
Produced by Moustapha Akkad
Harold Buck
Mohammed Sanousi
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Moustapha Akkad
was born on July 1, 1930 in Aleppo, Syria He received his high school degree from the Aleppo American
College. His father, then a customs officer, gave him $200 and a copy of the Quran before he left for the
United States to study film direction and production at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Akkad spent a further three years studying for a Master's degree at the University of Southern California
(USC), where he met the director Sam Peckinpah. Peckinpah became Akkad's mentor in Hollywood and
hired him as a consultant for a film about the Algerian revolution that never made it to the big screen, but
he continued to encourage him until he found a job as a producer at CBS.
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In 1976, he produced and directed Mohammad, Messenger of God (released as The Message in 1977 in
the United States), starring Anthony Quinn and Irene Papas. Al Akkad faced resistance from Hollywood
which forced him to make the film in Morocco.
The film follows ( ‫)الرسول محمد صلى هللا عليه وسلم‬starting with Islam's beginnings in Mecca in which the first Muslims are persecuted for their beliefs, the exodus
to Medina, and ending with the Muslims' triumphant return to Mecca.
A number of crucial events, such as the Battle of Badr and Battle of Uhud are depicted, and the majority of the story is told from the point of view of
peripheral individuals such as Hamza ibn `Abd al-Muttalib Muhammad's uncle Bilal and Zayd two of the Muhammad's closest companions, and on the other
side Abu Sufyan (the leader of Mecca) and his wife Hind bint Utbah (initially, enemies of Islam who later become Muslims themselves
Anthony Quinn‫ ـ‬Abdullah Gaith
Irene Lelekou
Muna Wassef
Michael Ansara
Hassan Al-Jundi
Michael Forest
Ali Ahmed Salem
The message film
released by the English
IN (1977)
Pencchtah starring
Anthony Quinn and
Irene Papas and the
Arab version IN (1976)
of the Egyptian artists
Championship
Abdullah Gaith and
Syrian Mona Wassef.
The story of the movie
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In the sixth century AD and the world Limoges in darkness ‫محمد ابن عبد هللا‬was born in Mecca, Mecca Now
Forum caravans and traders and the cradle of the idols of the machine that is sacred to the Arabs, in the
sacred months postpones tribal disputes and accept their delegations safe and carries her priests
Aqrapinha to the idols of the god around the Kaaba, which built by the Prophet Abraham shrine pilgrims
believers in one God, now massing 360 idol number of Arab tribes were Quraish of Mecca to the rule
The film tells the story of the prophetic message that heralded the coming of Islam.
The message movie dazzles the West and the coolest Magdem film about Islam translated into more than
ten languages.
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Al Akkad consulted Muslim clerics to avoid showing scenes or address topics that might be
contrary to the teachings of the Islamic religion,He saw the film as a bridge of communication
between East and West, especially between the Islamic world and the West and to improve
the image of Islam.
In 1972 spread in the Arab world the news of the view that the way out of Syria is preparing
to shoot a movie called the message, went the argument on the pages of newspapers among
those who welcomed the initiative and those who categorically reject that the Messenger of
Allah, peace be upon him subject Senemaiaa and how this director would dare to show his
image peace be upon him on the screen by a representative, and the clamor grew more
when he knew that foreign representatives, especially the Americans, participate in it and
Satqmson different roles.
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The people who have worked on writing the script about six American writers, most notably
Harry Chegav who resided in "Neil Hilton" hotel in Cairo for the entire year were helpful in
writing with Abdelhamid quality silicosis and Tawfiq al-Hakim and Ahmad Chalabi.
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After an exploratory tours in many countries, Morocco has been chosen to be the imaging
place, and exactly in a suburb of the city of Marrakech that combine aspects of life in the
desert of the Arabian Peninsula and between Imran Mecca and Medina, as well as some
small oases.
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The film crew found in Morocco's King Hassan II deeply enthusiastic about the direction of this huge work,
so I gave instructions to officials in order to pamper the odds, and remove obstacles to the progress of
photography and public accommodation process, the more, the king invited to almost every Moroccan
actors to join in Marrakech and expose themselves the director even contribute to the film, and this
explains the emergence of a large number of Moroccans in the film, even in a symbolic roles or their backs
at the forefront totals.
After six months of filming, Morocco was forced to stop any license for the movie filming because of a
Saudi religious pressures, making the King Hassan II calls director Akkad and apologize to him.
Morocco withdrew from the project, The film team to go to the Libyan desert to complement the film.
And it has already completed the film in Libya and were set in the southern desert, and the rest were on
the outskirts of the capital Tripoli, all of which encourage a Libyan official and popular. This also explains
the intense appearing Libyan representatives in the film, a slave-Fattah Wasia in houses of worship, and
Mohammed Sahli in the role of the merchant Shylock, and Isa Abdul Hafiz, who del Quraish infidels on the
conduct of the Prophet when he emigrated, and Imran Urban in the role of Suhail bin Amr, but the most
important roles were Ali Salem in the role of Bilal bin Rabah and Salim Kaddoura in a brutal role.
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Screening of the film for the first time under the title Muhammad is the messenger of God, and the show
was in London, and was attended by Moustapha Akkad was sitting in the last rows until the film follows
and follows the reaction of the audience in the hall, and the sudden Sarah greatest pleasure when he saw
viewers interacted with every shot and scene, especially when near the film finally began scenes of
mosques in the Islamic world was watching on the screen and the voice of the ears of various accents
Islamic peoples rises in the hall, her watch a group of young spectator and lined up in front of the screen,
and establish regular prayers, Msstefy Akkad cried at that moment.
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After the end of the film claimed the people after he knew that the author of this great Islamic work,
congratulating him and thank him .
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This film won the Oscar for Best Music in 1978, and was supposed to get the best director award, but ...
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Award for best film and the film thanks to the commitment of historical facts proven, high professionalism
was a reason to hold thousands of people of the Islamic religion after having pushed the movie to delve
deeper into Islam and to identify the correct teachings of tolerance.
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The cost of the film in English and Pencchth production amounted to about $ 17 million, and achieved
revenues Arabic version alone is ten times that amount. The film has been translated into 12 languages
and distributed worldwide.
Moustapha Akkad R.I.P wanted to spread the message of moderate Islam through art, and succeeded in
doing so, in his film which suffered greatly admired and widely was reason to hold thousands of Islam in
the West, according to different media.
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In the end, we like to say that nothing is impossible, we work and perseverance and
challenge all the difficulties to achieve our goals and communicate our ideas through
filmmaking because it has become the most powerful language in the world.
THANK YOU ALL