Movie Vocabulary

director (n.) The director of The Dark Knight Rises is Christopher Nolan.
direct (v.) Dark Shadows was directed by Tim Burton.
star (n.) Johnny Depp is the star of Edward Scissorhands.
star (vi.) Johnny Depp started in Ed Wood, Dead Man, and Donnie Brasco.
star (vt.) Dark Shadows stars Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, Michelle Pfeiffer as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Julia Hoffman, and Eva Green as Angelique Bouchard.
cost (v.) Inception cost $160 million to make.
earn/make (v.) Inception earned/made more than $825 million at the box office.
tell the story of (v.) Pirates of the Caribbean tells the story of a pirate called Jack Sparrow who has many adventures at sea. (110/8344 words)