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Manufacturer: Activision



ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Brand: ACTIVISION
EAN: 0047875325876
Label: Activision
Manufacturer: Activision
Model: 47875325876
Platform: Windows XP
Publisher: Activision
Release Date: 2005-11-08

Features
Design your own studio and run it from the early days of cinema through present day and beyond in Story Mode by managing studio resources, investing in RD and maximizing box office success
Make your own movies - Make movies that appeal to the masses in Story Mode or in Sandbox Mode you can jump into any era and create your dream movie.
Control the destiny of your cast and crew - Fire and hire them, turn unknowns into movie stars, and take full creative control over script selection and the content of the movies you'll create.
More than 30 hours of continuous gameplay, thousands of exciting movie characters, and limitless options allow you to vary just about everything
Show the world your talents - Post your movies to the web for all to see.

Accessories
The Movies (Prima Official Game Guide)
PC Gamer (1-year)
The Movies: Stunts & Effects Expansion Pack

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Editorial Reviews:

The Movies answers a question that many of us have had: What if YOU were in charge of a movie studio? Imagine if you could make any movie you wanted, any way you wanted. Would you create epic action films? Campy b-movies? You can make it big in Hollywood by building the ultimate movie studio. Choose the scripts, control budgets, design & build sets, and settle into the director's chair and see if you can make a hit. Once you've created your box-office smashes, you can even watch them -- adding your own voiceovers and saving them to your hard drive or publishing to a Web site.


User Comments about the The Movies

The only dissapointing thing about the game is that you have to use pre-made scenes which can make making a movie longer than two minutes hard.


This game is really fun.


I recommend this game to anyone who's every dreamt over beening a movie creator.


You get to do Something no other game lets you do.


The scriptwriters office writes movies for you, but you can make your very own.


The game's grapics are really good as are the sound effects.


Make movies.


The studio building mechanic is really easy to use.


(If you like it a lot I suggest getting the Stunts and Effects Pack)



i got this of amazon and as always im totally happy with it.it plays great.



casting-couches. Simply, there is no other game like it.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Casting is prety straight forward, plucking some lucky characters from the waiting line and turning them into stars. The bad news is that if your visions are long and complicated your studio will be. Or janitors. During these months of boycotting most new PC games releases (for harboring vicious DRM schemes and Limited installations), I found the time to replay a number of older games that truly are much better in many ways.


Not only do you get to step into the shoes of a Hollywood mogul, but you get a shot in "realizing" that film you always had in you.The game starts with the design and building of your Studio (using up the allocated funds), complete with Script stables, Sound stages, Production offices and (ahemm.). bankrupt in no time, as it will release fewer and more expensive movies.


Most importantly, innovation.THE MOVIES is a cross-genre hybrid, beautifully combining a SIMS game with a business-RTS one and a highly creative movie suit. Not only are most stages in making a movie readily available and the means to achieve this evolve as time progresses, but everything has a familiar feel and self-evident practicality as well.Stars throwing tantrums and directors relaxing too much with the sauce; aging stars in need for nip/tacks - and always keeping an eye out for whoever has the bigger trailer.What I loved about this game was the opportunity to plan out the script in a detailed story-board and then shoot my own movies.


But that is besides the point, is it not. Yes, life is a bitch.What I liked about this game was its historic accuracy, simplified efficiency and clear-cut design.


Or script writers. (no.strangely THAT part of Hollywood was not included).


Or directors. What is a bankrupt studio in the wake of a iconoclastic new director towards his vision.In the end, although very entertaining in many ways, the strong suit of this game is not its Movie-Business Management Simulation but rather its Movie Creating editor.



Well, it's fun for the first day or two, but it gets very repetitive and irritating after awhile.



I'm 14 years old and i liked the game, i think anyone any age wold like it too. The game is an fun game you can play in two modes, sandbox and regular, i have tried both the first day i got it i played it non stop for a bout a week, a little while later i got bored of it but i just started to play it again and it really is fun. I don't know any game that you wont get bored of eventually, so i think this game is worth buying at amazon.com at least. :-) :)