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The Movies - PC

Brand: ACTIVISION

Platform : Windows XP |

Rated: Teen

3.9 217 ratings

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Design your own studio and run it from the early days of cinema through present day and beyond in Story Mode by managing studio resources, investing in RD and maximizing box office success
Make your own movies - Make movies that appeal to the masses in Story Mode or in Sandbox Mode you can jump into any era and create your dream movie.
Control the destiny of your cast and crew - Fire and hire them, turn unknowns into movie stars, and take full creative control over script selection and the content of the movies you'll create.
More than 30 hours of continuous gameplay, thousands of exciting movie characters, and limitless options allow you to vary just about everything
Show the world your talents - Post your movies to the web for all to see.

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ASIN

B00026D13A

Release date

November 8, 2005

Customer Reviews

3.9 217 ratings

3.9 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#58,327 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
#1,666 in PC-compatible Games

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Product Dimensions

7.5 x 5.25 x 1.25 inches; 7.2 Ounces

Type of item

Video Game

Rated

Teen

Item model number

47875325876

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Yes

Item Weight

7.2 ounces

Manufacturer

Activision

Date First Available

May 10, 2004

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Imagine you could make any movie you wanted to. Imagine you could pluck someone from obscurity and turn them into a superstar. Imagine you had control of an entire movie studio, competing with other studios to create box office hits and predicting what audiences want—from epic action films to campy B-movies. With The Movies, you can make it big in Hollywood by building the ultimate movie studio and shooting the ultimate picture. Choose a script and turn it into a major release. Pick or create actors and locations. Control budgets, build sets, hire and fire at will, settle into the director’s chair and film a hit. Customize unique movies within the game, then watch and review them, adding your very own voiceover or sound effects and saving them to your hard drive. E-mail your masterpieces to friends, upload them to the web or post them on The Movies’ official site for the world to see and vote on in online awards ceremonies. Just as you can create or modify unique films, you can create or modify actors, customizing their look and renaming them to resemble anyone you wish. You can even replicate every movie star currently in Hollywood and remake all your favorite films with them. Anything you’ve ever read about Hollywood—from starlet scandals to broken box office records—is right here in The Movies.

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Imagine you could make any movie you wanted to. Imagine you could pluck someone from obscurity and make him or her the hottest star in Tinseltown. Imagine that you had control of an entire movie studio, competing with others to create a string of box office smashes. Imagine being able to use your judgement alone, deciding whether success lies with epic action pictures or lots of low budget, hammy 'B' movies.

Will the stars you've so lovingly groomed develop monstrous egos - refusing to accept that they are now too old to play the romantic leads that made them famous? You can help, but there are only so many times you can send them to fat farms and plastic surgeons.

Will you watch your movies being shot or do you want to direct the action yourself? Will you decide to innovate and introduce the talkies, color or digital sound before any of your rivals? Or will you let the other studios make the investments, leaving you to jump on the bandwagon if the new technology becomes popular?

Many of the things you've ever read or heard about Hollywood are right here in The Movies - from stars having affairs and hitting the bottle to teams of genius filmmakers creating the box office hit of the year. Movie mogul, talent spotter or film director. You can be one or you can be all three. That's the magic of The Movies.

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3.9 out of 5

217 global ratings

5 star		55%
4 star		17%
3 star		7%
2 star		5%
1 star		15%

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Clarence F. Moore III

A few mistakes keep this game from being perfect.....

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 11, 2012

Platform For Display: PCVerified Purchase

Let me start off by saying this game isn't for everyone. If your into micro-managing and sims style/tycoon games... then you will enjoy the The Movies. This game is not perfect in any way.... but what the Movies does do good....it does really GOOD. Now i have had this game before... i have played it on both Windows XP and Windows Vista Home Prenium. The game actually ran better on Windows Vista on my laptop. So i dont know what the fuss is about the game not running on certain systems.... yes its an old game, but with the better hardware i would say games are supposed to run better.. i dont know tahts just my thinking. I'll be posting a final review once i recieve the game in a few days jsut to verify the game still works on my system. Now the only Flaw i find with the game is when oneof your stars reaches the point when they require entourages'.... well the onl way to give your stars assistants is to pull staff from your other studio postions(Builders, Janitors, ect.) No matter how much money your studio has... you cannot hire people whenver you see fit. You must wait for people to appear in the employment lines. When yours Big stars demand large entourages'... this is a problem seeing as you will be short on staff and cannot hire anymore until they appear. If that problem didn't exist i'd give this game a perfect 5. Now starting off in the first 20 years of your studio career will be daunting... but once you reach the later years( like the 50's and 60's) the game will be full steam ahead. You will be so overwhelmed that the game can seem diffucult, but one you figure out the keys to success then you will dominate this game. A key trick I use in the game is releasing a bunch of One scene movies with one actor to build up my capitol, increase that star's power, and increasing my overall number of films, sure the movies wont do to well with the critics, but it still makes money in the Box Office. Do that trick and you will have become Disney lol. Now if your looking to make your own movies.... you will need to put some serious effort into that. But overall the game is enjoyable with high replay value, i was finding myself still popping out this game years after i bought it. I lost the game when i moved to a new adress and am now buying it back. Stay tuned because i will post a final review in a couple of days to verify the game working on Windows Vista.

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Emma Fayne

Awesome Game, Nothing Like It, But Just To Clear Things Up...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 23, 2011

Platform For Display: PCVerified Purchase

-It Wont Play Issue: Many people online speak about their game not working on their Windows Vista or Windows 7. First of all that Macromedia Flash was bought by Adobe and thats not even the real issue. Its the compatibility issue. This game was made for Windows systems that are between Windows98SE-Windows XP. NEWSFLASH: Its A Really Old Game!

-Why Nothing Compares To It: I havent seen any other game that you can actually create your own stars, write your scripts and build up your own studio. people say the graphics are horrible but they really are great, i mean this is a 2005 game. And why would you need great graphics that slow down your computer when they already are great I mean its better than gamecube i can tell you that. So anyways I dont know maybe its just me but I LOVE it :)

-CRAZY PRICE: I Cant believe that this game being as awesome as it is, sells for this much! C'mon. If your considering buying this then... why not its less then 10 dollars and if you dont like it then learn from it i dont know what else to say.

!!!! DONT TRY AND RUN ON WINDOWS VISTA OR WINDOWS 7 !!!!

If You Have Vista Or 7 Then I Guess You Can Just Download The Demo. The Website For It Is:

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(Just Scroll To The Bottom and It Links To Other Sites For Free Demo)

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Mrs. R

Fun for awhile

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 11, 2010

Platform For Display: PCVerified Purchase

I liked The Movies, but know that if you have Vista or Windows 7, you're going to have to do a bit of maneuvering to get it installed. I didn't take off stars for that though.

The game is fun, I like that you can create your own stars and it's interesting seeing how the costumes the characters can wear off-set change through the years. For me, the awards ceremony part was cute.

When I first got the game, I played it whenever I could, and got up to the 1980's...after that, it just got repetitive. I'd learned how to keep everyone happy, make tons of money and win lots of awards by then, so there wasn't much of a challenge anymore. Still, I'd recommend it if you like tycoon type games.

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Michael van Vuuren

I didn't buy this to play the game

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 29, 2013

Platform For Display: PCVerified Purchase

What I bought it for was to make movies. Ironic as that sounds- it is true. There is a feature inside the game under the sandbox option to make actual movies with stars you can design. I haven't checked to see if the server is still ther but supposedly you can upload your movies to it. I learned of this game on the Machinima forums as a means of producing directable machinima shorts. My Machiavellian plan is to make a you tube show using this as a base segment. But we will have to see. There is an expansion which still costs a fortune to acquire with newer effects and costumes but it fetches a high price still even after this game being out since Pentium III were all the rage..

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Combat Medic 1994

Very Exciting

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 23, 2012

Platform For Display: PCVerified Purchase

This game is so hilarious, but at the beginning it is very mundane, but just hang in there because it gets better. This game does take up a lot of space on your hard drive, so make sure that you have enough space on there. It is so fun to dress your stars in the emerging fashions, and see how they change from decade to decade. The awards shows are interesting as well because the presenters fashions also change from decade to decade. Overall I give this game five stars out of five for downright playability and overall entertainment. The most fun and least stressful way to be a director ever.

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words2music

A fun distraction for a while

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 24, 2010

Platform For Display: PCVerified Purchase

I really love the Tycoon-style games, and was hoping this one of that type. While it is amusing, it does not require nearly the strategy and brain power I was expecting. You can make "movies" within the game, but are so limited by the available scenes that the movies are jarring and odd. The management aspect of the game is lacking as well, since after a while you are just doing the same things over and over again -- it got repetitive and boring. The radio announcer in the background is great and very amusing.

I did get some enjoyment out of this game -- a little brainless fun and something for my husband to tease me about.

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xlnwx

Fun at first.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 5, 2014

Platform For Display: PCVerified Purchase

This game is fun and addicting at first, but keeping up with the actors gets really irritating, as making movies becomes impossible because your actors get so stressed. I love this game don't get me wrong, I just wish the actors could do more things before becoming stressed and making my studio receive bad reviews. Worth a play if you love The Sims or any simulation game. This game is really cool about showing the movie business.

Patrick Barbour

and I'm now working on translating the garble from the simulated actors into a truly beautiful script. "moodoomeerdoo

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 23, 2016

Platform For Display: PCVerified Purchase

I made a studio and made a movie, and I'm now working on translating the garble from the simulated actors into a truly beautiful script. "moodoomeerdoo, snap dibble durdoo!"

Stephaine Basker

Not compatable

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on August 28, 2019

Platform For Display: PCVerified Purchase

We are not able to run this because it is not compatible with the new systems

Sebastian

Awesome game, glad I got a copy of it

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 21, 2017

Platform For Display: PCVerified Purchase

Awesome game, glad I got a copy of it. Also found a original windows xp now so that I actually can play it. Thanks

Chelsea Hogg

Great game, great time!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 17, 2015

Platform For Display: PCVerified Purchase

This game has been the most fun since when I first got it as a kid. I lost it and when I found it, it was broken. I am so thankful I found it on Amazon! :D i ran to the mail box, opened the package and went to my computer!

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