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The Movies: Premiere Edition (DVD)

The Movies: Premiere Edition (DVD)
From Activision

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Run your own movie studio and create masterpieces.

Product Description

The Movies Premiere Edition (DVD) PC

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #6761 in Computer & Video Games
  • Brand: ACTIVISION
  • Model: 47875329034
  • Released on: 2005-11-08
  • ESRB Rating: Teen
  • Platform: Windows XP
  • Format: CD-ROM
  • Dimensions: 2.00 pounds

Features

  • Make it big in Hollywood in this strategy/simulation game
  • Play as studio power broker, talent spotter, or film director, or all 3
  • Make comedies, action films, romances, sci-fi flicks, horror films, and more
  • Create or modify actors, renaming them and customizing their look
  • 2 gameplay modes: build ultimate movie studio or shoot ultimate picture

Editorial Reviews

From the Manufacturer
This premiere edition of The Movies packages the game with more than 100 tracks of original music performed by world-class orchestras, bonus films, trailers, concept art, and 11 exclusive costumes for your actors, including Mad Doctor, Disco Male, and Zombie.

Imagine you could make any movie you wanted to. Imagine you could pluck someone from obscurity and turn them into a superstar. Imagine you had control of an entire movie studio, competing with other studios to create box office hits and predicting what audiences want -- from epic action films to campy B-movies.

the script pool
building a movie
Keep your eyes on the business side, the creative side, or both sides of making movies

With The Movies, you can make it big in Hollywood by building the ultimate movie studio and shooting the ultimate picture. Choose a script and turn it into a major release. Pick or create actors and locations. Control budgets, build sets, hire and fire at will, settle into the director's chair and film a hit.

Customize unique movies within the game, then watch and review them, adding your very own voiceover or sound effects and saving them to your hard drive. Upload your masterpieces to the web or post them on The Movies' official site for the world to see and vote on in online awards ceremonies.

Just as you can create or modify unique films, you can create or modify actors, customizing their look and renaming them to resemble anyone you wish. Anything you've ever read about Hollywood -- from starlet scandals to broken box office records -- is right here in The Movies.

  • From nobody to mogul -- Become a mega-rich studio honcho, calling all the shots and hiring and firing at will. Will you ignore the stars' tantrums? Will you give in to their monstrous egos and allow them to fall in and out of love, gain weight or get plastic surgery? Or will you show them who's boss by ruining careers, crushing dreams and putting yourself first?
  • From pitch to premiere -- Handpick the scripts you want to greenlight, watch them being shot or direct the movies yourself. Make the films you love to watch or create brand new masterpieces. Innovate with new technological advancements or let other studios make the investment and ride their coattails.
  • From flops to runaway hits -- Make comedies, action films, war movies, romances, sci-fi flicks, horror films or anything you choose. Different genres at different times attract different audiences, so are you after a box office smash or is pleasing the critics and winning awards more your scene?
  • Anything is possible with The Movies -- Ultimately, you'll be judged by the movies you make. Will you be brave enough to put your movies on the web or share them with friends? Will your movies pick up a nomination and win you a real award? Will this game launch you into an actual movie career? Studio power broker, talent spotter or film director - you can be one or all three. That's the magic of The Movies.
  • Two sides of Hollywood, two modes of gameplay - In Sandbox Mode, you can focus exclusively on making movies. In Story Mode, your objective is to build your own studio from the ground up by starting with an empty lot. Now it's your chance to find out if you have what it takes to make it in Hollywood.

Customer Reviews

Okay but I got bored with it quick3
It's like The Sims, yet not. It didn't hold my attention like The Sims games do. Not knowing how to do certain things, not knowing which people have which skills (and from a distance, it's hard to tell who's who), not knowing who should go where and when, and them needing stuff while I'm trying to build something without knowing all the necessities for that type of building... well, it just left me want an update and more info and help.

Stay Away from this Pathetic Game1
I bought this game just after Christmas. It stinks. This is not a good simulation game at all. Firstly, most computers won't be able to run this game. It installs poorly, has frequent crashes when trying to launch the game, and the customer service is non-existent.

The pathetic help menu is of no help at all, and the game offers you an opportunity, after crashing, to read the ReadMe File. Thanks...big help. Try the BiteMe File, instead.

Once the game is finally installed, you'll find it's a time-consuming bore. Micromanaging everything down to the characters' bathroom breaks is not at all fun, and you'll soon be very sorry you wasted your time, money, and enthusiasm on such a pathetic piece of software.

Keep looking for a fun, simulation business game. It's not here.

This Game Does Have Potential, But It Isn't The Best3
The game fun after the two weeks though you find out how limited you are. When you buy this game you want to make movies but you don't make the scenes the game does. It it hard to make a decent movie. The fun part is running the studio.