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PRONUNCIATION OF BUDDY MOVIE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUDDY MOVIE

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Buddy movie is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BUDDY MOVIE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

buddy movie

Buddy film

The buddy film is a film genre in which two people of the same sex are put together. The two often contrast in personality, which creates a different dynamic onscreen than a pairing of two people of the opposite sex. The contrast is sometimes accentuated by an ethnic difference between the two. The buddy film is commonplace in American cinema; unlike some other film genres, it endured through the 20th century with different pairings and different themes.

Definition of buddy movie in the English dictionary

The definition of buddy movie in the dictionary is a genre of film dealing with the relationship and adventures of two friends.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUDDY MOVIE

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Buddh Gaya
buddha
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Buddhism
Buddhist
buddied
buddies
budding
buddle
buddleia
buddy
buddy film
buddy-buddy
budge
budger
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WORDS THAT END LIKE BUDDY MOVIE

action movie
Argovie
B-movie
cult movie
disaster movie
home movie
lovie
movie
popcorn movie
road movie
slasher movie
snuff movie
splatter movie
Thurgovie
TV movie

Synonyms and antonyms of buddy movie in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «buddy movie» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUDDY MOVIE

Find out the translation of buddy movie to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of buddy movie from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «buddy movie» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

好友的电影
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

buddy movie
570 millions of speakers

English

buddy movie
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दोस्त की फिल्म
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فيلم الأصدقاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

приятель фильм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

buddy filme
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্ধু সিনেমা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

film copain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Filem buddy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Buddy-Movie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

男の友情の映画
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

버디 무비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Buddy movie
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

anh bạn phim
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நண்பர் படம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बॉडी मूव्ही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dostum filmi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

buddy movie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

buddy movie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

приятель фільм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amice film
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φίλε ταινία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

buddy movie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

buddy movie
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

buddy -film
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of buddy movie

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUDDY MOVIE»

The term «buddy movie» is normally little used and occupies the 112.007 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUDDY MOVIE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about buddy movie

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUDDY MOVIE»

Discover the use of buddy movie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to buddy movie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Movies and the Reagan Presidency: Success and Ethics
The biracial buddy movie rose to prominence during the 1980s because of changes in Hollywood's political economic structure, mode of production, and conditions of exhibition, changes which both preceded Ronald Reagan's rise to the ...
Chris Jordan, 2003
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The Matter of Images: Essays on Representations
It is based on an enormously successful book (like Jaws and The Godfather, though with less direct relation between the production of the book and that of the film) and is built around two major male stars, hence it is also a buddy movie like  ...
Department of Film Studies Richard Dyer, Richard Dyer, 2013
3
Spy
It's easy: just work your way through the 58-step Buddy-o-Matic process, choosing any of the multiple- choice options available at each step, and you'll have yourself a surefire Buddy Movie treatment. Way' where a crazed psychopathic is ...
4
Intertextual Encounters in American Fiction, Film, and ...
Grant warns in his review that "Just about the worst way to describe Thelma & Louise is to sum it up as a female 'buddy movie'" and proposes instead that we think of the film as "a road movie of a very special sort" (1461). That is to say, even in ...
Michael Dunne, 2001
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Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Though there were a few great buddy tales (Don Quixote, for example), this category really didn't take off as a story form until the dawn of cinema. My theory is that the buddy movie was invented by a screenwriter who realized that his hero had ...
Blake Snyder, 2005
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Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2012
The emotional tug-of-war intensi¤es because of the presence of Jamie's brother, Josh (Josh Gad), who seems to have been imported directly from an Odd Buddy Movie. Josh is helpless in the area of appropriate behavior, seems to have ...
Roger Ebert, 2011
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What the Good Book Didn't Say: Popular Myths and ...
... context clearly means "carnal knowledge." This story is, of course, at the root of the term sodomy. The Old Testament Law is pretty clear in denouncing and 68. 16. A Great Story for a Buddy Movie "David and Jonathan were homosexual lovers.
J. Stephen Lang, Stephen J. Lang, 2003
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The French Road Movie: Space, Mobility, Identity
... comic appeal of its performers as a double act).3 The visualized pair can in turn be located within a tradition of the buddy movie and more specifically the ' yuppie buddy movie', identified in American cinema since the 1980s (Hark 1997).
Neil Archer, 2012
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Contemporary American Cinema
This general trend developed into the buddy movie, which knowingly or not, drew attention to the erotic homosocial tensions at play in male—male relationships, heightened by the road movie's alternation between the wide open spaces of the  ...
Williams , Linda Ruth, Hammond , Michael, 2006
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Hollywood's Indian: The Portrayal of the Native American in Film
... of Philbert and Buddy's differences does not rehearse stale Hollywood Indian formulas. The trick here is that, generically, the film invokes a number of well- worn Hollywood chase-scene and buddy movie clichés. Driving the Red Road/ 149.
Peter Rollins, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUDDY MOVIE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term buddy movie is used in the context of the following news items.
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Home Video Review: 'Big Game' Features Samuel L. Jackson in a …
Big Game becomes a buddy movie as the two try to get themselves to safety. Boy, is this a stupid movie. However, Helander pulls it off, sort of; ... «Coachella Valley Independent, Jul 15»
2
“There Was That Trust That Had to Be Gained”: Talking to Tangerine …
Visually, on a physical level they had such a striking dynamic. That was what made me say, “Moving forward, let's think of this as a buddy movie ... «The L Magazine, Jul 15»
3
'Victor Frankenstein' Quotes: James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe …
The 'Woman in Black' star also joins Amanda Seyfried in 'Young Americans', a buddy movie that follows the story of Karl Rove and Lee Atwater ... «Christianity Daily, Jul 15»
4
Making Magic: Joe Manganiello Dishes on His Magic Mike …
... his Magic Mike XXL co-stars Tatum, Matt Bomer, Adam Rodriguez and Kevin Nash, and a prime reason why the film is a real buddy movie in ... «Haute Living, Jul 15»
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Heroines Triumph at Box Office, but Has Anything Changed in …
It's also a female friendship comedy — a sisterly bromance? a lady-buddy movie? Why don't we have a good word for this? — focused on the ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Channing Tatum on love, fatherhood and Magic Mike XXL
“It's more a of a buddy movie and a lot lighter in tone than the first one. “There's more humour and I also wanted people to see what their lives ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
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The heroes of Banished and Halt and Catch Fire and what Don …
True Love Amidst a Good Flogging might have been a better title for this romantic survival romp. It's a buddy movie set on a godforsaken beach. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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MacFarlane justifies Charlie Hebdo jokes
His buddy movie Ted was one of the biggest R-rated comedies ever, which inevitably means Seth MacFarlane and his furry friend are back for ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
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Here's what's playing in Lubbock movie theaters
Co-stars Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara prove that men are not the only ones who can deliver a dumb buddy movie, although each ... «LubbockOnline.com, Jul 15»
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A celebration of Carl Weathers, the man behind Rocky's Apollo Creed
... the series, the highlight of which was his approach to mealtimes (viewable above). A Tobias/Carl buddy movie spinoff has got to happen. «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»

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