Abstract
This paper discusses how the film "Crash" is more than just a collision of cultures. The paper also takes a look at reasons for "Crash" winning an Oscar for "Best Picture", some believing that it was due to the film's theme of a realistic urban clash of racial conflict and community chaos.
According to the paper, this film clearly grabbed the issue of racial intolerance and cultural stereotyping by the neck, and shook it.

Outline:
Introduction
The Characters in the Movie
The Nuts and Bolts of the Movie -- Lighting
The Nuts and Bolts of the Movie -- Direction
The Nuts and Bolts of the Movie - Music
The Nuts and Bolts of the Movie - Script
The Nuts and Bolts of the Movie - Cinematography
The Nuts and Bolts of the Movie - Action
The Nuts and Bolts of this Movie - Editing
The Nuts and Bolts of this Movie - Casting

From the Paper
"Dillon is a total prejudiced, hateful jerk towards the couple he stops and towards a black woman who works for the HMO that his father is a member of, and yet Dillon is very kind to his suffering father; "we understand why he explodes at the HMO worker," Ebert writes. Dillon "victimizes others by exercising his power, and is impotent when it comes to helping his father." But then Haggis maneuvers the story so "the plot turns ironically on itself," Ebert continues; both Dillon's character and the young cop who despises Dillon wind up saving the lives of the black couple (a TV director and his wife) who were stopped (and harassed) without justification earlier in the film. "Is this just manipulative storytelling?" Ebert wonders."

Tags:bitchy, housewife, Los, Angeles, emotion, oscar, latino

Abstract
This paper discusses how both Oedipus and Roy have romantic feelings for their mothers. The paper explains that Oedipus suffers from the lack of control on his own life due to his ignorance about his origins, and Roy is too smitten by his mother to ever get far enough away from her. Ultimately, the paper shows how both characters, Oedipus and Roy, end up dead because of these doomed relationships with their mothers.

From the Paper
"The Oedipus Complex is one which may have had its origin in ancient Thebes, but has now been described in situations across a variety of cultures throughout time. One example of modern day Oedipus Complex is portrayed in the movie "The Grifters". The plot of this movie is based upon a mother, Lilly Dillon who is a con artist, or grifter. Her son Roy Dillon..."

Tags:oedipus, grifters, power

Abstract
This film review dissects the treatment of African-American characters in the film "Predator," directed by John McTiernan and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The paper analyzes and interprets the portrayal of Dillon, a CIA agent played by Carl Weathers; Mac, an Army sergeant portrayed by Bill Duke; and the Predator himself, played by Kevin Peter Hall. The paper concludes that the film, in essence, presents a negative image of blackness.

From the Paper
"To begin, I want to look at Carl Weathers' character Dillon and how he is treated as black. The first time we see Dillon he is immediately marked as black. He has on a white shirt that makes his black skin stand out. When Arnold Schwarzenegger's character Dutch, the white hero of the film, first encounters Dillon he calls him a "son of a bitch," alluding to the semi-evil actions that Dillon will carry out later in the film. They then proceed to have an arm wrestling contest. Dutch's arm is clearly bigger and more muscular than Dillon's and to no surprise he wins the contest marking him as superior to the black man. The entire contest is a struggle for Dillon but he refuses to give up until being beaten whereupon Dutch says to him, "You never did know when to quit." This could be seen as a slight towards blacks in general whose struggles were manifested during the Civil Rights movement and who refused to give up even when faced with the most devastating of white obstacles."

Tags:blackness, stereotype

Abstract
This paper looks at racism in the film "Crash" (2005) with Sandra Bullock and Matt Dillon. It looks at how everyone in the film has racist feelings to some degree, betrayed by their actions in the presence of those from other races, some overt and some more subtle. It shows how we all have stereotypical views of people from other countries, even though we don't know them.

From the Paper
"Victims of racism tolerate it because they usually feel powerless to do anything about it. For instance, in the film "Crash", a Black TV director and his pale-skinned wife are pulled over by police for doing something in the car that shouldn't be done while driving. One of the cops is racist and he conducts an overly invasive body search of the director's wife, and the director just stands there and lets it happen. The cop is telling the Black man he can do whatever he wants..."

Tags:racism, stereotypes

Abstract
The article being reviewed in this paper appeared in Volume XIII (Fall, 1998) of the Journal of Accounting and Computers published by South Western College Publishing. The title was "Accounting Student Acceptance of Tax Preparation Software", and it was authored by Thomas W. Dillon, Michael Garner, Jean-Pierre Kuilboer, and Joseph D. Quinn. It tests to the usefulness of the Technology Assistance Model in identifying which users will have difficulty in mastering new software.

Tags:computers, education, human, interaction, accounting, tax, preparation, software, students

Abstract
This paper presents a school plan for bilingual education programs at Summit Cove Middle School in Dillon, Colorado,. The author connects the program to the Colorado State Assessment Program(CSAP).

Abstract
In order to understand what factors to determine the division of authority between local governments and the states, this paper clarifies the effect of local government?s autonomy behind zoning decision mechanisms undertaken by local governments. Section 2 explains two different legal terminologies - Home Rule and Dillon?s Rule. Section 3 explains that zoning is considered as a municipal property right in context of the Tiebout-Hamilton-Fischel world and is understood as the local ?police power?. Section 4 presents the debate of recent proposals, examines which states were likely to take over land use regulation from local governments and presents a case study of compromise between Home Rule and state intervention: the Long Island Pine Barrens Protection Act. The paper includes tables and maps.

From the Paper
"Most characterize Dillon's rule as a rule of "strict" construction that gives as little power as can be reasonably intimated by the state legislature's grant of authority (e.g. Ownes, 2000). In Dillon's Rule, interpreting that local governments are creatures of the states, empowerment depends on statutory action at the state level, is just one of the many rules of statutory construction employed by courts. In particular, some state courts use Dillon's Rule as a guide when interpreting grants of authority from the state legislature to local governments."

Tags:jurisdictions, median, voter

Abstract
This paper reviews the history of the Act of Union that created a new political entity known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Union was established to ensure Protestant ascendancy in Ireland, a move that was deeply distrusted and resented by the Catholics. The paper also investigates a series of campaigns for the sanctioning of the Catholic Emancipation bill for which Catholic priests, who previously had a very limited part in politics, took leading roles. The paper relates that, from being the prime movers of Ireland's largely Catholic population, these clergymen were booted out of politics and electioneering not by will, but by gradual changes in the different sectors of the country.

From the Paper
"The influence of the clergymen extended into the 1860s and 1870s. During elections, they canvassed, spoke at public forums, endorsed candidates, and brought voters to the polling places. However, their success had been limited due to their division. There were generally two camps: one was headed by Cardinal Cullen of Dublin, who supported liberals and the other was led by Archbishop MacHale of Tuam, who favored extreme candidates. This division worked greatly in favor of the conservative camp, which had more candidates elected to parliament."

Tags:parliament, parnell, landlords, dillon, conflict

Abstract
Very few films attempt to tackle tough issues that we as human beings face. This paper shows that the movie, "Crash" is a thought-provoking look at racial stereotypes in America. Written and directed by Paul Haggis, "Crash" is set in Los Angeles, a city in which strangers never come into contact unless they crash into one another - literally. The paper shows that the makers of the film had the guts to face racism in a way that is tasteful and yet entertaining. Racism and its depiction through film are discussed first. A plot overview is outlined, followed by the conclusion which ties the two together.

From the Paper
"This night, Jack crosses the line when he sexually assaults a woman whose car he pulled over, in full view of Thomas and her terrified husband. Terrence Howard plays black TV director Cameron Thayer, whose wife, Christine (Thandie Newton), endures this humiliation. The incident, combined with his treatment at work, pushes Cameron over the edge. The movie then climaxes with a turn of events that makes Los Angeles look like Redding itself with a bunch of coincidences that would never happen in a big city. All of these people's lives come to one big intersection for the grand finale, which leaves the viewer with subject material for plenty of discussions about racism and how it affects American life."

Tags:Ryan, Phillippe, Matt, Dillon, Thandie, Newton