简介:Marg Duffield (Lee Remick) is the Maine wife of Al (Joseph Sommer) whose daughter Peg (Marlee Matlin) is deaf. Peg's husband is killed in a car accident on the way to visit the Maine house, and the Duffield's take in Peg's six year old daughter, Lisa, while Peg recovers. Since Lisa is a speaking child, Marg thinks of her the way she wanted Peg to be, and seeks guardian custody.Remick's role is secondary to Matlin's, though she is presented as a tragic figure, particularly as Al refuses to help her plan to gain Lisa. Peg's deafness is said to be from a childhood case of spinal meningitis, and the teleplay by Louisa Burns-Bisogno, with story by Louisa and Tom Bisogno, reduces Remick to a textbook mother who is self-hating from guilt and therefore cannot love her own daughter. In a memorable scene, Peg angrily signs her exit to Marg, since Marg has refused to learn sign language, though Peg has learned to speak for her mother.The treatment uses the Tennesee Williams play, The Glass Menagerie, for therapy, to help Peg overcome her grief and also Marg `lose her unicorn horn' and embrace her daughter. Whilst Peg choosing to act in this play may seem an odd choice for someone grieving, what is more noticable is that Matlin is far too more glamourous to be believable as Laura. The Bisogno's include Michael O'Keefe as Dan, Peg's deceased husband's best friend and director of Actors Theatre for the Deaf, to offer Peg a new romantic interest, and thankfully she rebukes his protestations of love. Although his opinion may be influenced by his `crush', Dan tells Peg that being different is better than being normal, since the normal ones are as `common as weeds'. This philosophy reads as rather Nietzschean, on the level of artists not being restricted to the common moral code.Director Karen Arthur either has those signing also speaking or those signing being translated for the audience, though in one scene the sound of lapping waves drowns out the dialogue between Dan and Peg. She also gives Matlin some good moments, one being her scream of horror when she hears the news of the death of her husband, and another when she chases Remick down a flight of steps, hitting her.
简介:初来乍到的鞋子设计师凯丽(詹妮弗·格雷 Jennifer Grey 饰)过着拮据的生活,她不仅在事业上郁郁不得志,更不得不受三名室友的气。一次偶然中,凯丽帮助了一个落难的妇人,没想妇人摇身一变成为了神奇的魔女,她施法让凯丽设计的一双高跟鞋拥有了魔力,只要凯丽穿上它,既能够变成美若天仙的完美女性。一日,凯丽穿着这双魔鞋来到设计师萨尔维托(罗伯·劳 Rob Lowe 饰)举办的晚会,光芒四射的凯丽一出现就立刻吸引了萨尔维托的目光。凯丽化名普鲁登斯成为了萨尔维托的助手,而后者也越来越为普鲁登斯的魅力所折服。随着时间的流逝,凯丽发现一切美好都变了样,她不知道萨尔维托喜欢的究竟是平凡的自己还是美艳的普鲁登斯,魔鞋的魔力开始让她感到无所适从。
简介:当爱逐渐变得褪色无光,婚姻的瓶颈期就随之而来了。本(布鲁斯·威利斯 Bruce Willis饰)和凯迪(米歇尔·菲佛 Michelle Pfeiffer饰)的婚姻也面临着这个难题。一方面,他们还爱着对方,另一方面却又对每况愈下的婚姻质量失去耐性。孩子们去夏令营了。这一个月里面,他们可以有足够的空间和时间重温旧梦,寻回爱情的美妙感觉。然而,他们的努力一再白费。刻意的挽回婚姻只令彼此都更清楚到了非分开不可的地步了。于是,二人协商,在孩子们回来的那天,要跟他们好好谈论离婚的决定。首先反悔的是凯迪,她对本的爱情明明还在,而这个家庭的气息让她如此舍不得摧毁。凯迪的爱意让本也觉得,他们应该再为婚姻的努力一下……
简介:世界上魔术师千千万,但大部分都是招摇撞骗的欺诈师,而斯坦利(科林·费斯 Colin Firth 饰)属于有真本事的那一拨,虽然身为英国人,但是他却非常擅长表演东方魔术,在巡演的同时,斯坦利还进行着“魔术打假”的事业,将行业内的害群之马一一驱逐。 某日,来到法国的斯坦利邂逅了名为苏菲(艾玛·斯通 Emma Stone 饰)的少女,苏菲自称是灵媒师,能够和死去的人交流。不信邪的斯坦利一眼认定苏菲在说谎,于是她成为了斯坦利的下一个“猎物”。哪知道随着时间的推移,古灵精怪的苏菲渐渐动摇了斯坦利的意志,斯坦利发现自己竟然被这位神秘的少女给迷住了。
简介:米歇尔(梅甘·洁特·马丁 Meaghan Jette Martin 饰)出生在一个并不富裕的家庭之中,因为父亲工作的缘故,米歇尔幼时常常搬家,因此身边并没有非常交心的朋友,个性敏感而又内向的她常常会因为自己的经历和出身感到自卑。 这一次,米歇尔转入了北岸高中就读,在那里认识了校园女王曼蒂(玛雅拉·沃什 Maiara Walsh 饰)和经常受到曼蒂霸凌的女孩艾比(詹妮弗·斯通 Jennifer Stone 饰)。受艾比父亲所托,米歇尔决定和艾比成为朋友,两人的出双入对很快就激怒了曼蒂,米歇尔的这一举动无异于当众忤逆曼蒂。于是,曼蒂将米歇尔也划入了敌人名单之中,开始对她进行猛烈的“攻击”。
简介:缠绵悱恻20年,金钱之爱根据以色列移民在美国追逐梦想的真人真事改编。故事开始于1973年的Tel Aviv,在那Izek在脏乱差的环境下成长,街头混混经常光顾的地下赌场就开在他家酒吧的后面。这所赌场是罪恶的温床,逐渐侵蚀着Izek和他的家人。最后迫不得已,举家迁至洛杉矶。为了追逐梦想重头来过,Izek开始了经商之路,购置地产,经营一家汽车修理厂。他春风得意,处处受到幸运女神的眷顾,尤其是当他与Aline坠入爱河之后。但是好景不长,Izek一直想逃离的罪恶一直如影随形,追随他到每一个角落... Spanning over two decades, "For the Love of Money" follows the true account of an Israeli immigrant who searches for his piece of the A merican dream. The story begins in Tel Aviv in 1973, where a young Izek is raised in a seedy, gangster filled illegal casino that operates behind his family's bar. The casino is a haven for unsavory characters who seek to corrupt him to their way of life. When the violence and crime finds its way to him and his family, Izek (Yuda Levi) and his family relocate to Los Angeles. Hoping to start anew, he pursues his ambitions to become a young entrepreneur by developing small businesses, purchasing real estate, and running an auto repair shop. Success seems to find him at every turn and after falling in love with the beautiful Aline (Delphine Chaneac), luck seems to be on his side. However, it isn't long before the world of crime that Izek tried to escape so long ago continues to doggedly follow him every step of the way...
简介:纽约市市长约翰(阿尔·帕西诺 Al Pacino 饰)为人成熟老练,处事圆滑,是政坛当中的一把好手。副市长凯文(约翰·库萨克 John Cusack 饰)尽管资历尚欠,但凭借着一腔热血和年轻气盛,亦将自己的事业经营得风生水起,在这一老一少两人的完美配合之下,纽约这座繁华的城市每日都显得如此生机勃勃。某日,发生了一起意外事件。在警方和毒贩的交火中,一名无辜的黑人男孩不幸中弹丧生。这起敏感的事件在城市里掀起了轩然大波,各路媒体争相报道,支持和反对的声音层出不穷,各占风头。凯文决心调查这起事故的真相,却发现其中的种种黑幕和约翰有着千丝万缕的关联。
简介:疗养院的老太太薇拉连人带轮椅滚下了楼梯,当场毙命。护理她的保姆桃乐丝(凯西•贝茨 Kathy Bates 饰)手持凶器站在旁边。桃乐丝是唯一的嫌疑人。原来,桃乐丝是薇拉雇佣了40年的女佣,由于她饱受主人的责骂和变态要求,所以这起案件很容易被导向怀恨在心、伺机报复的谋杀。警方一直想把她定罪,判处她20年徒刑。这个案子惊动了桃乐丝远在纽约做记者的女儿莎琳娜(詹妮弗•杰森•李 Jennifer Jason Leigh 饰)。她亲自参与案件的追踪,再度与离散多年的母亲重逢,共同生活了几日。这令她不得不回首阴暗往事,而桃乐丝也总是恍然回忆起女儿小时候的样子。与此同时,一个恶魔般的身影也随之被记忆唤醒。那是她的丈夫,经常对她实施暴力。在忍无可忍之际,她做出了最后的反击……