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“Socrates strolls through the crowded high school auditorium in a bathrobe, nodding hello to Sigmund Freud, as Genghis Khan swings his battlestaff nearby. Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Bonaparte and Billy the Kid sink back in the plush seats, while Joan of Arc plays with her dog. On stage, Beethoven faces a large array of synthesizers, with a computerized lighting system to introduce him to the MTV generation.

The center of attention, however, is two teenage boys who have brought these legendary figures to the present-day to help them pass a history class.

Elizabeth Coatsworth once said, “When I dream, I am ageless.”

Dreaming is essentially imagining the unimaginable, obtaining the unattainable and breaking the boundary of what is real and what is not. I know when I dream, most of the time I’m aware of the fact that I’m dreaming, but in most cases I’ll tune out that awareness and let the events of my dream unfold.

Top Ramen, Maruchan, and Cup o’ Noodles are the primary food source for a college student and anyone on a budget. Just look at cinematic history and you’ll find this reference to instant soup on the run in the movie The Jerk with actor and writer Steve Martin. The slow, mild-mannered Navin Johnson is the only adopted son of black sharecroppers. He decides early on that his destiny awaits him as he leaves the farm and begins a journey full of hilarity and invention.

It’s hard to believe that Hollywood, the mecca of film and entertainment, has only utilized the Internet for less than ten years and yet within that time frame they’ve managed to increase awareness of upcoming films and thus increasing their revenue ten fold.

Yet, it’s no secret that Hollywood has been using some form of advertising for their films, even before the first talkie, The Jazz Singer, in 1927. To increase awareness, Hollywood has in the past and still to this day use marketing materials such as full-page spreads, billboard ads or promotional press packets.