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GARFIELD: THE MOVIE (2004)

Pre-watching activities:

1. Do you know who Garfield is? Originally, he is the main character of well-known comic strips. Read the following information from Wikipedia and tell about main facts of its history using the dates:

1978

2002

2004

2006

2007

Garfield is a comic strip created by Jim Davis. Published since June 19, 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character, the cat Garfield (named after Davis's grandfather); his owner, John Arbuckle; and Arbuckle's dog, Odie. In 1994, Davis's company, Paws,

Inc., purchased all rights to the strips from 1978 to 1993 from United Feature. The strip is currently distributed by Universal Press Syndicate, while rights for the strip remain with Paws. Garfield quickly became a commercial success. In 1981, less than three years after its release, the strip appeared in 850 newspapers and accumulated over $15 million in merchandise. To manage the merchandise, Davis founded Paws, Inc. By 2002, Garfield became the world's most syndicated strip, appearing in 2,570 newspapers with 263 million readers worldwide. As of 2007, it was

widely syndicated comic strip.

Though this is never mentioned in print, Garfield is set in Muncie, Indiana, the home of Jim Davis, according to the television special Garfield Goes Hollywood. Common themes in the strip include Garfield's laziness, obsessive eating, and hatred of Mondays and diets. The strip's focus is mostly on the interactions among Garfield, John, and Odie; recurring minor characters appear as well. Originally created with the intentions to

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earning $750 million to $1 billion annually. In addition to the various merchandise and commercial tie-ins, the strip has spawned several animated television specials, two animated television series, two theatrical feature-length live-action films and three CGI animated direct-to-video movies.

Garfield: The Movie was the strip's first feature film. It is a 2004 American live-action film based on the Jim Davis comic strip with the same name. In the film, Garfield the cat was cre-

ated with computer-generated imagery, though all other animals werereal.

HewittasDr. Liz Wilson, and featuresBill Murrayas the voice of Garfield. The film was released in the United States on June 11, 2004. Reviews of the movie were generally very mixed, although Murray's voice work received some positive notices.

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (also known as Garfield 2: The Prince and the Paw-per in the United Kingdom, Garfield: The Movie 2 or on screen by its working title Garfield 2) is the 2006 sequel to 2004's liveaction feature film Garfield: The Movie. This film was directed by Tim Hill and was released in U.S. cinemas on June 16, 2006 (July 21, 2006 in UK).

The film borrows its storyline from Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. The title alludes to Charles Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield.)

2. What do these contractions and slang words mean? Translate them into Russian.

Buddy, gonna, guy, cool, gee, yeah, whoa, know-it-all, wanna.

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3. Match the words and expressions with their definitions:

While-watching activities:

Episode 1

4. Is the statement true or false? Correct the wrong statements.

1.Odie became Garfield’s new astronaut.

2.Happy Chapman loved cats.

3.John had a crush on Liz since high school.

4.Garfield outwitted Luca and took away the cinnamon apple pie from the dog.

5.Garfield was very glad to have a new friend Odie.

6.Garfield liked to travel and always left his cul-de-sac cheerfully.

Episode 2

5. Restore the sequence of events.

1.Garfield was turned out of the house.

2.Garfield was caught by the animal control service.

3.Odie won the competition.

4.The old lady found Odie and sheltered him.

5.Happy Chapman sat in the train to take Odie to New York to participate in a new show.

6.Garfield stopped the train.

7.The mouse Louis saved Garfield from rats.

8.Odie ran away from home and was lost.

9.The cat from the animal control service set free all the animals.

10.Garfield was surrounded by rats.

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G: Odie, would you mind sharing the ………., please? Every dog has his day, Happy.

H. Ch.: Nice Kitty.

G: Let's see what's on the news. Let me tell you something, Happy. To you, Odie might be just a dumb, stupid, smelly ... But to me, he's all that and much more. He's my …. Odie, try something else. Maybe there's a game on? Strong finish, little ….

J: Odie, Garfield? L: Odie?

- Odie?

H. Ch.: Be ….

J: This is for stealing my dog and my cat.

G: He didn't ………… me. I was doing the rescue work.

J: Garfield! Odie! Come here! I ……….. you guys so much. I was so worried about you... I’m never gonna let you out of my sight again. Never. You guys are my best friends.

G: You had me at ………. .

Post-watching activities:

7.Give titles to episodes 1 – 3. What episode have you enjoyed most of all? Why?

8.Who said it in the film? Describe the situation.

1.Sleeping beauty, wake up.

2.Take a powder for a couple of days, get a haircut and grow a beard.

3.I owe you one «G».

4.Love me, feed me, never leave me.

5.Yeah, I think I just may have a mental advantage on this guy.

6.I’ve been waiting years for this.

7.Give me the Benadril! Damned cat allergies.

8.You had me, a chick-magnet. And now you got a tick-magnet.

9.And this is for you if you happen to change your mind...You just ring me up and say "Hello, hello, I changed my mind." "I wanna be a star!"

10.Poor Odie. That cat is such a pig.

11."Remember: Be Happy!"

12.Once again, my life has been saved by the miracle of Lasagne.

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