motion-picture show

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motion-picture show - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"

motion picture, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture

product, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"

sequence, episode - film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

credit - an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work; "the credits were given at the end of the film"

subtitle, caption - translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen

credits - a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)

telefilm - a movie that is made to be shown on television

scene, shot - a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film

feature film, feature - the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater; "the feature tonight is `Casablanca'"

final cut - the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer

home movie - a film made at home by an amateur photographer

collage film - a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage

coming attraction - a movie that is advertised to draw customers

shoot-'em-up - a movie featuring shooting and violence

short subject - a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature

docudrama, documentary, documentary film, infotainment - a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event

cinema verite - a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director

film noir - a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters; "film noir was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s"

skin flick - a pornographic movie

rough cut - the first print of a movie after preliminary editing

silent movie, silent picture, silents - a movie without a soundtrack

slow motion - a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate

talkie, talking picture - a movie with synchronized speech and singing

3D, 3-D, three-D - a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance

show - a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"

musical, musical comedy, musical theater - a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing

dub - provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language

synchronise, synchronize - make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action; "synchronize this film"

film, shoot, take - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"

videotape, tape - record on videotape

reshoot - shoot again; "We had to reshoot that scene 24 times"

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Richmond: Gateway to the West, former lawnmower capital of the world, the place where roller skates were invented, the site of the first motion-picture show, a recording center for early jazz and once the home of more millionaires per capita and almost more factories than any other city in the United States.