Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A film produced for television broadcasting.
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- noun a movie that is made to be shown on television
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Examples
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The telefilm was the first TV project to ever premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2008.
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An original "telefilm" (I don't believe that's a real word, but apparently spellcheck likes it, so I guess it is) about that awful situation where a gunman shot five Amish school girls before killing himself.
Pajiba Intern Rusty 2010
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Sometimes it really does mean the filmmakers are trying to show an actual portrayal of the events related by real people who claimed to be involved, as in The UFO Incident, the telefilm based on the alien abduction case of Betty and Barney Hill.
21 « April « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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The biggest difference being SyFy relies on horrible CGI while the 1970s telefilm relied on stock footage.
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Or are you content with direct-to-video and telefilm releases?
‘Flight Of The Conchords’ Co-Creator Is Circling A ‘Muppets’ Movie » MTV Movies Blog 2010
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And we end this week with a minor film, a telefilm in fact named Time Travelers.
Quick Hits – Beyond Wonderland #1, Kull #4, Red Sonja #41, and Why So Much for Marvel Minis? 2009
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One movie I have been trying to get my hands on was the 1974 telefilm, Hurricane.
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And we end this week with a minor film, a telefilm in fact named Time Travelers.
08 « February « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark' The original 1973 telefilm frightened a 10-year-old Mexican named Guillermo del Toro into becoming the pre-eminent fantasist of world cinema.
'Idiot Brother': Silly, Satirical and Smart John Anderson 2011
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Sometimes it really does mean the filmmakers are trying to show an actual portrayal of the events related by real people who claimed to be involved, as in The UFO Incident, the telefilm based on the alien abduction case of Betty and Barney Hill.
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