Any one see the film Network directed by Sidney Lumet?  Can you tell me what it was about?
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I have seen and love the movie Network.  If I'm not mistaken, it was a Best Picture winner, and deservedly so.  Lumet is a brilliant director.\n\nIt was a critique on news media that tried to demonstrate how ratings rule all in television, even news media.  Basically it takes a comical spin on one unbalanced man's realization that sensationalism is more important that REAL news to most news media outlets.  He unintentionally finds a unique way to get everybody's attention and boost his own ratings the day that he finds out that he will be fired the next day.  He takes this newfound publicity and tries to expose to the news media to his viewers as a monster that he helped create.  People begin to rally around his charged speeches. His televised speeches about the evils of news media piss off his bosses at the station, but they keep putting him on the air because he gets such great ratings.  Until one day, their patience limit is reached and they...\n\nI won't spoil the rest.  Go rent it, kid.  It'll be good for you and you'll like it.
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we watched it in my english class. i thought it was interesting, i always prefer shakespeare spoken rather than reading it. denzel washington was really good in it, but my favorite by far was micheal keaton. he was hilarious.
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Good independent film, "The Year That Trembled". Won some good awards at festivals, but didn't get the wider theater release it should have.\n\n"Plot Outline The Year That Trembled is a 1970 coming-of-age story set in the shadow of Kent State that focuses on a group of young characters facing the Vietnam Draft Lottery."
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Here are a few films I suggest. These were all films I enjoyed watching and found stimulating when I was a teenager(which I am guessing your class are as well)\n\nLA HAINE (hate)1996...\nI loved watching this film....And one of the most memorable I have ever seen.. Really you must watch  it if you haven't already. This film is especially relevant to the current situation in France. It gives a real inside view to life in the suburbs. I think this is a topic  that a young audience will be able to connect with, and great for discussions.\nHere is a brief outline about the film....\nIt is a dark urban thriller which has been called France's answer to Do the Right Thing. It explores themes of racism, violence and disaffected youth in modern suburban Paris. A riot has broken out in a suburban ghetto, and been quelled by the police. The film depicts 24 hours in the lives of three teenage friends in that suburb.\n\n\nOr what about...... \n (LA VIE RÊVÉE DES ANGES)  THE DREAM LIFE OF ANGELS(1998)\nWhich I think will really captivate a teenage class because it is about being young and feeling isolated from society......\n In Lille, two penniless young women with few prospects become friends. Isa moves in with Marie, who's flat-sitting for a mother and child in hospital in comas following a car crash. Isa is out-going, unskilled, with hopes of moving south to warmer climes. Marie usually is either angry or detached. Then, while Isa begins to visit the child in whose flat they live, going to hospital to read to her, Marie slowly falls for a rich youth. At first Marie keeps him at bay, then she not only pursues him, she begins to dream he is her life's love. When Isa tries to warn Marie, their friendship flounders. How will Marie handle the inevitable? And once they lose the flat, where will they go? \n\n\nor...\n\nUN HEROS TRES DISRET (A SELF MADE HERO) (1996)\nWhich is a lighter film that deals with important questions of identity and truth, and is set post war.\nFew liars have the ability to deceive their way through life. Even fewer can maintain the charade with dignity. Their fabrications may seem convincing at first, but eventually the lies catch up and there's a lot of red-faced explaining to do. Albert (Kassovitz) not only has a talent for deception, but he also becomes another person — exactly the person he longs to be. Sheltered by his mother during the Nazi occupation of France, Albert never got to join the Resistance. When he finally does break free of his mother's hold, he runs away to seek out adventure. He meets a gay resistance hero, the Captain (Dupontel), who painstakingly educates Albert about the minutiae of the war. Albert does his homework, too, memorizing names, numbers, stories, biographies, and places himself among the right people. His savvy lands him a high-ranking position in France's peacetime military. The film skillfully urges us to admire Albert's cunning and loathe his chicanery.\n\n\nIf it doesn't have to be from France...I suggest this Belgium film...\nROSETTA(1999)\nWhich shows the struggle of a young girl from a poor family trying to survive and keep a job. It really deals well with the hardships young peopple can face.\n It is about a girl of 17 trying desperately to escape her depressing life. In this effort she tries to find and keep a job that will allow her to move out of the caravan and away from her alcoholic mother. In Belgium the film inspired a new law prohibiting employers from paying teen workers less than the minimum wage,\n\n\nHere are a couple of older films I would also reccomend....\n\n400 BLOWS(1959)\nA new wave film that grimly shows how a young boy can descend into a life of crime.\nFrancois Truffaut's first feature was this 1959 portrait of Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), a boy who turns to petty crime in the face of neglect at home and hard times at a reform school. Somewhat autobiographical for its director, the film helped usher in
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If you are talking about what was on the news recently then you are talking about:\n\n#1 on AFI's NEW list of 100 most inspiring films. Here it is:\n\nThe American Film Institute's list of the 100 most-inspiring movies, with film title and year of release:\n\n****  1. "It's a Wonderful Life," 1946  ****\n\n2. "To Kill a Mockingbird," 1962\n\n3. "Schindler's List," 1993\n\n4. "Rocky," 1976\n\n5. "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," 1939\n\n6. "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," 1982\n\n7. "The Grapes of Wrath," 1940\n\n8. "Breaking Away," 1979\n\n9. "Miracle on 34th Street," 1947\n\n10. "Saving Private Ryan," 1998\n\n11. "The Best Years of Our Lives," 1946\n\n12. "Apollo 13," 1995\n\n13. "Hoosiers," 1986\n\n14. "The Bridge on the River Kwai," 1957\n\n15. "The Miracle Worker," 1962\n\n16. "Norma Rae," 1979\n\n17. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," 1975\n\n18. "The Diary of Anne Frank," 1959\n\n19. "The Right Stuff," 1983\n\n20. "Philadelphia," 1993\n\n21. "In the Heat of the Night," 1967\n\n22. "The Pride of the Yankees," 1942\n\n23. "The Shawshank Redemption," 1994\n\n24. "National Velvet," 1944\n\n25. "Sullivan's Travels," 1941\n\n26. "The Wizard of Oz," 1939\n\n27. "High Noon," 1952\n\n28. "Field of Dreams," 1989\n\n29. "Gandhi," 1982\n\n30. "Lawrence of Arabia," 1962\n\n31. "Glory," 1989\n\n32. "Casablanca," 1942\n\n33. "City Lights," 1931\n\n34. "All the President's Men," 1976\n\n35. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," 1967\n\n36. "On the Waterfront," 1954\n\n37. "Forrest Gump," 1994\n\n38. "Pinocchio," 1940\n\n39. "Star Wars," 1977\n\n40. "Mrs. Miniver," 1942\n\n41. "The Sound of Music," 1965\n\n42. "12 Angry Men," 1957\n\n43. "Gone With the Wind," 1939\n\n44. "Spartacus," 1960\n\n45. "On Golden Pond," 1981\n\n46. "Lilies of the Field," 1963\n\n47. "2001: a Space Odyssey," 1968\n\n48. "The African Queen," 1951\n\n49. "Meet John Doe," 1941\n\n50. "Seabiscuit," 2003\n\n51. "The Color Purple," 1985\n\n52. "Dead Poet's Society," 1989\n\n53. "Shane," 1953\n\n54. "Rudy," 1993\n\n55. "The Defiant Ones," 1958\n\n56. "Ben-Hur," 1959\n\n57. "Sergeant York," 1941\n\n58. "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," 1977\n\n59. "Dances With Wolves," 1990\n\n60. "The Killing Fields," 1984\n\n61. "Sounder," 1972\n\n62. "Braveheart," 1995\n\n63. "Rain Man," 1988\n\n64. "The Black Stallion," 1979\n\n65. "A Raisin in the Sun," 1961\n\n66. "Silkwood," 1983\n\n67. "The Day the Earth Stood Still," 1951\n\n68. "An Officer and a Gentleman," 1982\n\n69. "The Spirit of St. Louis," 1957\n\n70. "Coal Miner's Daughter," 1980\n\n71. "Cool Hand Luke," 1967\n\n72. "Dark Victory," 1939\n\n73. "Erin Brockovich," 2000\n\n74. "Gunga Din," 1939\n\n75. "The Verdict," 1982\n\n76. "Birdman of Alcatraz," 1962\n\n77. "Driving Miss Daisy," 1989\n\n78. "Thelma & Louise," 1991\n\n79. "The Ten Commandments," 1956\n\n80. "Babe," 1995\n\n81. "Boys Town," 1938\n\n82. "Fiddler on the Roof," 1971\n\n83. "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town," 1936\n\n84. "Serpico," 1973\n\n85. "What's Love Got to Do With It," 1993\n\n86. "Stand and Deliver," 1988\n\n87. "Working Girl," 1988\n\n88. "Yankee Doodle Dandy,&quo
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It brought women together for the first time to discuss these issues under the leadership of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. These women had been active in the fight against slavery and were aware of women's second grade status - there is an interesting parallel with second wave feminism a century later. It used the rhetoric of the Declaration of Independence to appeal to American ideas of political participation.\n\nGood luck with the documentary.
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Good film,but not an easy one to watch. Do not rent this if you are depressed in any way!!\nThe acting was absolulutly top notch from both big Sam and Laura Linney.
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Director:  Elaine May  \nStarring: Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Jack Weston, George Rose \n more cast & crew... \nSynopsis:  Elaine May wrote and directed (credits May attempted to have removed after the studio made... \n\nfull plot synopsis... \nReleased:  1971 ( USA )  \nRun Time:  102 min. \nGenre:  Comedy \n more details
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Nothing's wrong with shortbus, in fact it is good films that are different, but still cover relevant issues are released.  However it is contoversial and some would say not suitable for discussion on a family site!\nIf you were wanting to know about the ending here goes:\n\nSofia begins to go daily to a spa with an isolation chamber to meet Severin, and the two begin to have intense conversations. Severin begins to help Sofia loosen up sexually; Sofia helps Severin achieve a deeper human connection than she had experienced before. One evening at Shortbus the two have an unplanned sexual experience that causes strain on the friendship.\nThroughout the film we see that James has been making a film about himself. It turns out to be a sort of suicide note for Jamie, and James tries to take his life by taking pills and simultaneously drowning himself. He is rescued by Caleb, who takes him home. Caleb and James then have sex, and James is awakened to the good things he has in life when he sees how desperately Caleb has clung to them as a voyeur.\nUltimately Jamie and James appear to have decided to maintain a one-on-one relationship. Sofia finally achieves an orgasm while having a threesome with a couple at Shortbus. Caleb and Ceth wind up meeting and hitting it off, and Severin decides to stop being a sex worker to be an artist
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Less than Zero with Morton Downey Jr.... Andrew McCarthy and Jamie Gertz who has never been better. I got the impression I was not watching a movie but was spying on a group of rich kids and the empty lives they lead... through the lense of a camera....struck a chord with me...deeply. \nAwesome soundtrack....especially Bangles opening song...slice right out of time.\n\nBut there are three others... \n\nCome Back, Little Sheba (1952) \nA movie version of the play by William Inge, COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA is the story of "Doc" and "Lola" Delaney -- a sadly aging couple whose attention seems drawn undistractably to lost dreams and failed ambitions. A grim and cold recovering alcoholic, Doc seems only able to numb the pain of his black-and-white existence with drink. Lola, on the other hand, desperate for warmth and affection, still longs for the little lost dog named "Sheba" missing for nearly a year which had provided her so much companionship and joy. Into this mix comes Marie, a carefree young co-ed happily dabbling at love and romance. When she rents a room from the Delaneys, their home is suddenly inhabited with the ghosts of their own failings -- Doc's professional failings, Lola's failings as a wife and mother, and the shared failings of their marriage.\n\nThe Morning After (1974) (TV)\nRichard Matheson's masterful screenplay is a genuine classic as well as Dick Van Dyke in the performance of a lifetime...for his mindblowing portrayal of an alcoholic. devastating ending...\n\n\nDeadly Care (1987) (TV)\nTrue story about a nurse's descent into the nightmarish world of substance abuse which endangers her life and the lives of her patients. \nCheryl Ladd puts in a command performance as a woman bitten by the disease of addiction...after a few minutes I forgot I was wtaching a Charlie's Angel. Ladd nails it ...good stuff.\n\n\nOh yes...almost forgot...\n\nGo Ask Alice (1973) (TV)\nA high school girl gets heavily involved in drugs, finally realizes she needs help. \n\nhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068644/
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It's only been out for a week (and not yet arrived in my town). I will probably see it, if I have the stomach for it.\n\nFolks who think this is some 'liberal' propaganda or 'food for terrorists' - just put yourself in this scenario: You're going to a friend's wedding overseas. While you're there, the U.S. is attacked. Suddenly, now you're determined to be in a 'terrorist country.' You're rounded up - even though you're a U.S. citizen - on suspicion of terrorism, for no reason except that you're in the wrrong place at the wrong time. You're imprisoned for 3 years, tortured, never charged with any crime, nor ever given a trial. Three years of your life are lost, and then suddenly you're set free. No apologies, no explanations, no remorse from "your government." You never find out why.\n\nHow do you feel? Find some compassion for these people. That's what happened to them.\n\nThe movie sounds harrowing but important. This is what Time magazine wrote:\n\n"IF the movie's remorseless depiction of this nightmare doesn't shock audiences into numbness - 'United 93' is a Hallmark card compared with this horror show - they may be inspired by the stubborn bravery of Iqbal and his friends. Documents like this are supposed to open our eyes, even if we would rather shut them to the awful realities on view."
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Yeah i saw lucky number slevin...at first it was slow starting, but once everything came together towards the end it all made great sense. It actually turned out to be an awesome movie.
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I saw it on Friday. It was a bit strange and far fetched in places but generally I thought it was really interesting and profound. My boyfriend didn't like it though. He thought it was a load of crap!
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all right... it was a very painful movie, not because it's boring and not good at all but because it was so powerful you'd feel real pain watching some scenes in the movie. it's also directed by the great miike (he's seen in the movie hostel!).\n\nhere goes. this man just lost his wife and his son's actually okay with the idea of his dad being remarried again. he held an audition but that was a front - because he really wanted to meet the girl he would want to marry through this, so he met this girl. but it turned out that this girl had a very dark past and led him into something really painful. painful is just the right term for all of this. anyway, i don't want to tell you all the details. i suggest you try to find a copy of this movie and watch it. trust me, it's good. :)
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You should go to imdb.com and ask somebody on the movie's message board - I'm sure they'll know!
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saw it thursaday 5/18 in korea.\n\nit was a good film, a fiction film, no more no less.
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Great film  ! ! ! \n\nthe virgins in the tower ... and Sir lancelot's being saved aganst his will  !!!! looooooool !!!!\nThe rabbit and it's throat attacks\nthe knight at the bridge and his flesh wounds ! ! !\n\nIt's just too funny !!!!\n\nBut make sure you see 'The Life Of Brian' , It's even better    §;^)