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ner. He is one of the founders of Walt Disney Productions, beside his brother Roy O. Disney and is especially famous for his influence in the area of entertainment in the 20th century.

 

'May the force be with you' [30] , this sentence is probably known to the majority of the people, is another stage of Americas film history . In the seventies George Lucas has created the figures Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and Princess Leia by his masterpiece Star Wars. This film has ensured worldwide a big enthusiasm by his actions „in a galaxy far, far away' [31] . Meanwhile there are already five Stars Wars cinema movies and even TV series on the market.

 

Beside the film production, also the culture of experiencing and enjoying movies is continuously redefined by the Americans.

 

With the introduction of cars at the beginning of the 20th century Richard Hollingshead Jr., the owner of a company for means of car care, had the idea to start the world’s first drive-in cinema. This way of enjoying a movie had for years a special value in the USA, because with the though of it, the picture of a romantic date in the private shere of a car comes immediately to mind. Later such cinemas spread out all over the world. [32]

 

Another American invention is the 3-D cinema. In 1952 there came for the first time the trend to enjoy films in a quite special way, besides, the remarkable sign are the 3-D glasses. Nevertheless, after a big success in the beginning, a lull also came fast, because 'wide-screen formats knocked 3-D into second dimension' [33] . However, short time ago, in the 1980th, a renewed impetus occurred through the origin of the IMAX. Furthermore attempts run for the development of a system to pursue such films also without 3-D glasses. A new, very popular entertainment possibility for the people was created by the origin of 3-D cinema. [34]

 

Sport, music and film industry are some of the main examples from many different areas in which life style trends and icons have originated from the American pop culture.

 

Consequences of the American pop culture on Europe

In Europe the popular culture of America rapidly found a wide base of followers. In the 1950s this was noted especially in Great Britain, because, above all, young people found big fallen in the American culture. They used this in certain way to escape from the 'grey certainties of British everyday life' [35] . One can interpret this movement virtually as a kind of the liberalisation which is also called Americanization.

 

The concept Americanization describes a one-sided cultural transfer of the USA in other states. This signifies the cultural values leaving America and slop over on本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。