主演:米歇尔·菲佛,蕾妮·齐薇格,艾莉森·洛曼,罗宾·怀特
导演:Peter,Kosminsky
简介:在阿斯特丽德(爱莉森•洛曼 饰)15岁那年,母亲(米歇尔•菲佛 饰)杀死了抛弃她的情人。阿斯特丽德亲眼看着母亲被捕。自从母亲被捕,她便过着孤苦伶仃的生活,与此同时她被收养了。阿斯特丽德从女主人的男友身上感觉到了父爱,却被女主人认为她勾引自己的男友,向她开枪。康复后的阿斯特丽德居住进抚养院,她常被欺负,但自从被枪伤之后她便知道她需要依靠自己力量来保护自己。在抚养院中,男孩保尔主动接近阿斯特丽德,他们都喜欢画画。他们的来往却得不到母亲的赞同,母亲告诉她无论如何都要靠自己走下去,不能靠男人。在后来阿斯特丽德被一名女明星克莱尔(芮妮•齐薇格 饰)收养。克莱尔很珍爱经历坎坷的阿斯特丽德,可是阿斯特丽德的母亲却嫉妒她们,那次见面之后,克莱尔竟然自杀了。克莱尔的死对阿斯特丽德的打击很大,她要求被一名俄罗斯女商人收养,她变得自甘堕落。这时母亲要求阿斯特丽德为她出庭作证,并从母亲嘴里知道了有关自己的身世,可是她要求母亲放她走。母亲果真放她走了,母亲没有要她出庭,阿斯特丽德看着母亲走上囚车……
主演:阿尔伯特·芬尼,瓦妮莎·雷德格雷夫,吉姆·布劳德本特,莱纳斯·罗彻,琳娜·海蒂,德里克·雅各比,罗尼·巴克,汤姆·威尔金森,西莉亚·伊姆里,休·博纳维尔,高夫莱德·约翰,安东尼·布罗菲,爱德华·哈德威克,汤姆·希德勒斯顿,蒂姆·本廷克
导演:理查德·隆克瑞恩
简介:邱吉尔的政途于三十年代中期起下滑,已经退休的他虽然依旧参加国会的讨论,但不得志的他还是整日闷闷不乐,生命陷入低潮。。更雪上加霜的是,在股灾中,邱吉尔成了最大的受害者之一,财政状况十分糟糕。虽然他夜以继日地为各大报刊撰稿,也仍然填补不了财政赤字。但忙于政务的邱吉尔对帐务上的危机视而不见,这可愁坏了邱吉尔夫人,她努力地应付平时的各项开支,但她已渐渐觉得精神和体力都承受不了这么大的压力。此时国际形势严峻,德国纳粹不断扩张自己的势力,希特勒的狼子野心更是日益显现。邱吉尔准确预测德国的野心侵略,为大英帝国在国际上的地位担心不已。但国会却依然持着绥靖政策,任由德国纳粹势力发展,不愿出兵干涉。更可气的是,财政大臣居然鼓动国会同意卖给德国制作飞机的发动机,丝毫没有意识到德国带来的威胁。当然,对德国问题忧心忡忡的不只是邱吉尔一个人,还有任情报机关重要领导的瑞尔夫,他也察觉到德国的狼子野心终究有一天会危害到英国。但是报国无门,瑞尔夫陷入了深深的苦闷中。一次偶然的机会,在扎摩登的帮助下,邱吉尔和瑞尔夫成为了同一个战壕的兄弟,一起为保护大英帝国努力着。瑞尔夫冒险偷出的关于德国情况的详细资料为邱吉尔在国会上的演讲提供了巨大的支持,听到一组组数据,一些人开始觉醒,意识到英国即将面临灾难。但一些反对者仍然一意孤行,坚持英国应该向德国妥协,并派人威胁瑞尔夫。最终瑞尔夫顶不住来自政府的压力自杀身亡,邱吉尔对他的死表示了莫大的悲痛。为了英国,也是为了完成瑞尔夫的遗愿,邱吉尔更加努力地工作,在各大会议和电台发表演说,引起了不小的轰动。功夫不赴有心人,在邱吉尔的多方奔走下,国内支持他的群众日益增多,国会同意对德国宣战。邱吉尔终于东山再起,成为了战时的英国首相,他领到了五年的第二次世界大战,并且终于于1945年5月赢得了胜利,攀上生命新高峰。精彩视点:本片以英国首相邱吉尔二次大战崛起前后的事迹改编。影片打破传统的叙事结构,让整个故事充满惊喜,而导演细腻地处理主角之间关系的转折,更使本片有别于一般的温情类型电影,而增添许多张力。另外,本片还极好地展现了双方面进行意志较量的精彩场面,并把推理手法与心理表现完美结合起来,采用文献资料加以艺术改造。可以说,这是一部不可多得的政治人物影片。
主演:儒勒·斯楚克,热拉尔·朱尼奥,Michèle,Garcia
导演:热拉尔·朱尼奥
简介:故事发生在巴黎被德军占领期间,巴蒂诺尔(杰拉尔·朱诺 Gérard Jugnot 饰)是肉铺的老板,因此生活要比那些手无寸铁的普通居民要好过一些,但也仅仅是一些而已。一天,生活在他们家楼上的一个犹太家庭遭到了德军的逮捕,洞悉这一切的巴蒂尔诺为了保护自己和自己的家庭,而选择忍气吞声坐视不管。几天之后,犹太家庭之中的小儿子西蒙(儒勒·斯楚克 Jules Sitruk 饰)敲响了巴蒂诺尔家的大门,原来,他从集中营里偷跑了出来,投奔巴蒂诺尔,希望后者能够收留他。这下可为难坏了巴蒂诺尔,一方面,他十分同情西蒙的遭遇,另一方面,他深知如果收留了西蒙,将会给他带来多大的麻烦。
主演:浅野るり,木村亚希子,井上喜久子,古山贵实子,笹岛芳,水树奈奈,島涼香,そのざきみえ,中川亚纪子,岸尾大辅
导演:Akira,Suzuki,Takeshi,Yamaguchi
简介:仁岁千岁(岸尾大辅 配音)自幼失去了父母,在孤儿院里长大,成人后,他住进了父母留给自己的房子里。偌大的屋子内,常年只有他一个人在走动,这份孤独狠狠侵蚀着他的内心,让他常常处于孤独之中。 某日,五名个性迥异的老师们住进了千岁的房子里成为了千岁的房客。情绪波动非常大的爱哭鬼一文字睦月(浅野琉璃 配音)、沉默寡言面无表情的二之舞如月(木村亚希子 配音)、身为保健老师同时也是剑道高手的三世院弥生(井上喜久子 配音)、个性开朗充满了活力的四天王卯月(古山贵实子 配音)和运动健将五箇条五月(笹岛芳 配音),这五位老师的出现带给了千岁人生新的希望。
主演:阿曼达·伯顿,Conor,Mullen
导演:贾斯汀·查德维克
简介:Helen West is a crown prosecutor who cares about people in the criminal justice system and seeks to ensure that justice is done. She has a particular interest in women's issues and has to put up with her somewhat odd superior and his cleanliness phobia. She recognizes that it's the role of the police to find the evidence but also feels it warranted to occasionally investigate matters herself. Unmarried, she is also in a relationship with Chief Supt. Bailey, though neither seem to be able to make up their minds about their futures or what they want to get out of life.
主演:史蒂夫·欧德科克,龙飞,詹妮弗·董
导演:史蒂夫·欧德科克
简介:一个平静的夜里,功夫高手佩恩(龙飞 饰)一伙人闯入一家民居,将一家四口杀死,但他此行的目标——还是婴儿的天选救世主却逃走了。多年以后,救世主(史蒂夫•欧德科克 Steve Oedekerk 饰)在动物们的抚养下长大成人,他在与层出不穷的追杀者搏斗的岁月中练就了一身超凡功夫。为了向佩恩寻仇,救世主拜入鹤形唐大师门下,救世主那具有人形的奇异舌头使唐大师认可了他的身份,与玲和小罗等人成为同门师兄弟。同时,佩恩获得了当地官员支持在镇上作威作福,继而出手打败了唐大师,救世主自感远不是佩恩的对手,一身神秘的单乳女子“喔”突然出现,告诫救世主挑战佩恩必击败他的头号保镖功夫奶牛,显然,救世主的复仇之路还很漫长……本片将1976年香港电影《虎鹤双形》进行了全部颠覆的再创作。
主演:约翰·马尔科维奇,多格雷·斯科特,切瑞拉·凯瑟莉,琳娜·海蒂,雷·温斯顿,汉斯·齐施勒,保罗·保罗尼,卢茨·温德
导演:莉莉安娜·卡瓦尼
简介:本片为《天才雷普利》的续集。在上一集中,雷普利(约翰·马尔科维奇 John Malkovich 饰)凭借自己的聪明才智从一个名不见经传的穷小子摇身变成了腰缠万贯的大亨,在和钢琴家妻子路易莎(切瑞拉·凯瑟莉 Chiara Caselli 饰)结婚后,雷普利回归了平静的生活。可是,他的狡猾和野心从未改变,当得知工匠乔纳森(多格雷·斯科特 Dougray Scott 饰)在他的背后大放厥词后,复仇的火焰在雷普利的内心中熊熊的燃烧起来。当雷普利的朋友希望雷普利帮他干掉一个竞争对手时,雷普利想到了乔纳森,而经济上十分拮据的乔纳森无法抗拒那高额报酬的诱惑。雷普利的这一行为显然是造成乔纳森死亡的最主要原因,他纵然能够逃脱法网恢恢,却无法逃避来自良心的谴责,看着爱妻的背影,雷普利的心中五味杂陈。
主演:德里克·卢克,丹泽尔·华盛顿,乔伊·布赖恩特
导演:丹泽尔·华盛顿
简介:童年时期被养母和没有血缘关系的姐姐虐待的悲惨遭遇让安东尼(德瑞克·卢克 Derek Luke 饰)的性格变得孤僻与扭曲,成年后的他不仅个性残暴没有同情心,并且对女性充满了仇恨。这样的安东尼成为了一名海军,他令人无法忍受的个性不仅折磨着他自己,也给周围的人带来了诸多的麻烦。在又一次的闯下大祸后,安东尼被勒令接受心理治疗,作为他的主治医生,杰罗姆(丹泽尔·华盛顿 Denzel Washington 饰)的内心充满了担心。幸运的是,在杰罗姆的帮助下,安东尼逐渐揭开了心中的郁结,在和他的交流中,杰罗姆意外的发现了善良和细腻的一面。最终,安东尼战胜了悲惨的过去,也战胜了过去的自己。
主演:内详
导演:Brett,Morgen,Nanette,Burstein
简介:剧情:传奇监制罗伯特·埃文斯一生比电影更峰回路转。1956年,金像影后NormaShearer邀他合演新作,展开好莱坞生涯。短暂而璀璨的明星风光后,罗伯特·埃文斯欲挑战制片工作,当时的他策划了多部经典电影如《教父》、《殉情记》和《唐人街》等。80年代,罗伯特·埃文斯与老婆艾利离婚,接着有吸毒丑闻,更牵涉入《棉花俱乐部》凶杀案,自此绝迹影圈。90年代他再次出山,重回监制本行之余,撰写的自传亦卖得成行成市,更被搬上银幕拍成本片,证明罗伯特·埃文斯注定要留在电影圈里。点评:你可以说这是一部纪录片,但也可以说它是一部传奇电影,因为片中的主角、好莱坞著名制片人罗伯特·埃文斯的故事完全值得用传奇二字去注释。本片改编自罗伯特·埃文斯的畅销自传小说,布雷特·摩根以平实的手法在银幕上再现了罗伯特·埃文斯的传奇故事,罗伯特·埃文斯自己的旁白让影片显得既真实,又不失趣味。
主演:乔什·哈奈特,莎妮·索萨蒙,保罗·卡斯坦佐,亚当·崔斯
导演:麦克·勒曼
简介:对于甜蜜的恋爱,马特(乔什·哈奈特 Josh Hartnett 饰)也曾有过梦幻的憧憬,而屡屡遭遇的失败爱情却让他对女人这种难缠又奇怪的生物彻底的死了心。在又一次残酷被甩之后,悲痛欲绝的马特做出了一个对于所有男人来说都无比沉重的决定——禁欲40天。在这不近女色的40天中,马特希望自己能潜心修炼,最终成为一个无欲则刚的优秀青年。而就在禁欲的生活让马特觉得神清气爽的时候,那个名叫艾瑞卡(莎妮·索萨蒙 Shannyn Sossamon 饰)的美丽女孩来到了他的身边。虽然被艾瑞卡迷得神魂颠倒,但马特并没有忘记自己最初的誓言,更何况自己的周围有一群损友都在等着看自己的笑话。扳着手指头,马特觉得时间似乎走得越来越慢。
主演:凯文·克莱恩,埃米尔·赫斯基,艾伯丝·戴维兹,罗伯·莫洛,爱德华·赫曼,哈里斯·于林,保罗·达诺,杰西·艾森伯格,加布里埃尔·米尔曼
导演:迈克尔·霍夫曼
简介:威廉姆(凯文·克莱恩 Kevin Kline 饰)是一位恪尽职守的教师,他不仅十分热爱自己所教授的课业,同时将教书育人当做是人生的终极目标。一位名叫贝尔(埃米尔·赫斯基 Emile Hirsch 饰)的男生出现在了威廉姆的课堂上,他是参议员的儿子。尽管贝尔桀骜不驯又喜欢带头捣乱,但威廉姆依旧从他的身上看到了闪光点,他决定绝不放弃贝尔。在威廉姆的努力下,贝尔的成绩提升的很快,两人之间的敌对关系也有稍稍缓解。威廉姆十分重视的凯撒知识问答大赛即将开始,贝尔在预选赛中获得了第四名的好成绩,可是,只有前三名能够进入决赛,看着手上的成绩单,威廉姆陷入了深深的沉思,此时的威廉姆并不知道,他接下来的举动将彻底改变贝尔的一生。
主演:安吉丽娜·朱莉,爱德华·伯恩斯,托尼·夏尔赫布
导演:斯蒂芬·赫瑞克
简介:莱尼(安吉丽娜·朱莉 Angelina Jolie 饰)年轻貌美,是电视台的当家花旦,靠着自己的不懈努力,她终于爬到了如今的位置,高薪的工作、舒适的住宅、宽裕的经济条件和英俊帅气的男朋友卡尔(克里斯蒂安·凯恩 Christian Kane 饰),坐拥着这令旁人羡煞的一切,莱尼觉得自己或许就是世界上最幸福的女人。在一次采访中,莱尼的采访对象是一位善于占卜和寓言的流浪汉,令莱尼感到惊讶的是,流浪汉竟然寓言自己将会在一周之内死去。流浪汉的寓言点醒了莱尼,她开始思考起自己人生真正的意义。与此同时,一件令莱尼心烦的事情发生了,那就是她必须跟向来不合的摄影师皮特(爱德华·伯恩斯 Edward Burns 饰)一同工作,站在人生的低谷中,莱尼会怎样处理自己和皮特之间的关系呢?
主演:倪萍,朱军,周涛,王小丫,文清,李咏,曹颖,张政
导演:陈雨露
简介:在2002年的春节联欢晚会上,新人新作占了很大比重,很多演员都是首次参加春节联欢晚会的演出。新人新作新风貌,在晚会的总体结构、主持串联形式、观众互动参与等多方面,2002年的春节联欢晚会与历届晚会相比发生了很大变化。除了中央电视台一号演播厅主会场以外,晚会还在深圳“世界之窗”设置了露天的分会场,采用了上海、沈阳和西安三地单编注入现场直播的方案,这是春节联欢晚会举办20年来,首次将演播室节目从室内扩展到露天。
主演:克林特·伊斯特伍德,杰夫·丹尼尔斯,安杰丽卡·休斯顿,旺达·德·杰索斯
导演:克林特·伊斯特伍德
简介:近来,令罪犯们闻风丧胆的联邦调查局探员特瑞(克林特·伊斯特伍德 Clint Eastwood 饰)正在调查一个名为“密码杀手”的神秘人物,就在这个节骨眼上,突发的心脏病让特瑞不得不提前走下了工作岗位,在接受了心脏移植手术后,退休的特瑞选择远离危险的工作,来到了偏僻的乡下静养。一转眼,两年过去了,一个名叫格莱夏埃拉(旺达·德·杰索斯 Wanda De Jesus 饰)的神秘女子的来访扰乱了特瑞平静的生活。原来,为特瑞提供心脏的是格莱夏埃拉的妹妹,巧合的是,她就是“密码杀手”手下诸多的受害者之一。以此为契机,特瑞重新开始了对于凶手的调查和追击,就在他逐渐接近真相的同时,危险也来到了他的身边。
主演:Phil,Vischer,Mike,Nawrocki,Tim,Hodge
导演:Mike,Nawrocki,Phil,Vischer
简介:这个一群可爱的蔬菜们的故事,开始于一次意外事故。 在一个月光皎洁的夜晚,一群驾驶着大篷车旅行的“蔬菜”们在大道上一边前进,一边快乐的唱歌。但是他们不小心与一群由“衣服”为主力组成的小团体发生了争执,于是引发了一场战斗。在和这伙晒衣绳、拳击短裤和豪猪等的作战中,“蔬菜”们的大蓬车出了事故,于是他们只好来到一个破旧萧条的海鲜市场寻求帮助。 在这里他们遇到了一群号称“什么事也懒的做”的海盗。在等待拖车帮忙的时候,他们与这群海盗坐在一起闲聊。海盗们讲了一个关于主人公芦笋约拿的故事: 故事发生在很久以前的另一个地方。主人公芦笋约拿是一个信使。不过他可不是一个普通的投递员,他是上帝的信使。约拿很喜欢自己的工作,一天,他接到一个任务,要他把信送给古亚述国尼尼微城的人们。 约拿不喜欢尼尼微人,因为他们不仅喜欢撒谎、偷窃,而且还喜欢用鱼砸人。于是,约拿不仅不着急去完成任务,却坐上了一家相反方向行驶的船。船的主人正是这群“什么事也懒的做”的海盗。在船上,他还遇到了一个地毯“商人”,毛虫卡里尔。 不幸的是,约拿被一只巨大的鲸鱼吞到了肚子里面。在鲸鱼的肚子里,又发生了一段惊险、刺激却又好玩的故事
主演:Ross,Kemp,吉米·巴姆博,迈尔斯·安德森
导演:Rob,Heyland
简介:一部耗资数亿英镑的全球反恐剧集,并曾在戛纳影展上获奖。SAS是英国一支特别作战部队,每一个成员都是万里挑一、斥资百万打造出来的。他们威猛强悍又反应机敏,在沉稳老练的汉诺带领下,担负着普通军警力不能及的特殊使命。SAS面临的挑战艰不可测。每集都是一独立的故事。比Spooks场面要火爆。里面还有大家所熟悉的"Heroes"的Dr.Suresh。
主演:马丁·辛
导演:David,Douglas
简介:Agusta 109K2: Alpine Medivac RescueStraight Up's exploration of vertical flight begins with a high-impact alpine rescue amid an avalanche. The dramatic opening sequence documents the dangerous work of the Rega mountain rescue team and the invaluable role of the Agusta A109K2 helicopter in saving lives and minimizing injuries.As the camera pans over beautiful vistas of the snow-covered Swiss Alps, it cuts to a cornice, as a chunk of snow breaks free, triggering an avalanche. The tranquil scene is shattered as the avalanche thunders down the mountain slopes. With terrifying speed, it heads straight for a mother and child trapped in their car, wheels spinning on the icy road.The mother calls for help on her cell phone, and a second call from a snowplow prompts radio dispatch. The Rega mountain rescue team already is airborne en route to the scene, the red cross painted on the helicopter's white underbelly signaling that medical help is on the way. The mother escapes, but her son is missing. Within minutes of the helicopter landing, the rescue team dig out the car, extract the trapped boy, apply first aid, and airlift him and his mother to safety.A significant mountain hazard, avalanches are responsible for many deaths each year. Time is of the essence in avalanche rescue work. A person has a 90 percent chance of survival if found within the first 15 minutes, but one's chances of survival diminish with each passing minute. Not only do helicopters provide quick access for rescue teams, they also provide a lifeline to medical care. Flying the injured to the nearest hospital as rapidly as possible is not the only type of rescue operation; often helicopters bring the hospital to the injured, who receive treatment at the scene.The powerful avalanche was shot in British Columbia's Selkirk Mountains under the supervision of the Canadian Avalanche Association. The CAA controls avalanche risk for the safety of heli-skiers. To capture the avalanche head-on, avalanche expert and filmmaker Steve Krochel and David Douglas developed a quarter-inch-thick steel container for the IMAX camera, which was equipped with a triggering device and a beeper so that the camera could be found once the avalanche had swept it down the mountain.The rescue was completed in Switzerland's Bernina Pass near the Italian border. Filming the Rega rescue helicopter air-to-air sequence turned into an international excursion as Douglas chased the sunlight over Italy in one direction and in Austria in another before setting down in Switzerland. In another dramatic shot, Douglas centered the red cross in the crosshairs of the camera lens as the craft descended. To facilitate this shot, Douglas dug a hole in the snow large enough to accommodate himself and the IMAX camera. Inside the hole, 3 feet below the helicopter, he filmed its takeoff.According to Douglas, "The helicopter is the instrument of rapid response to natural physical and social disasters around the world, alleviating human suffering on a major scale. For the individual caught beyond the limits of training or equipment, often the last chance for survival is the hope that a helicopter will get to them in time. "The Pitcairn PCA 2, "Miss Champion"For centuries humans dreamed of flight. The Chinese, in the 12th century, developed a toy helicopter made from a pair of slats mounted on a stick, but serious efforts had to wait until the early 20th century. Then, after the Wright brothers' historic flight at Kitty Hawk, we dreamed of flight unfettered by the limitations of runways and airports. Yet by the early 1930s we were still at the dawn of the practical rotorcraft, which promised to give form to humanity's vision.The ten year period between 1925 and 1935 was an exciting time in aviation history, but few aircraft so caught and held the public's attention, as the Autogiro. Nicknamed the "flying windmill," this strange-looking aircraft was first successfully flown in 1923 by the Spanish inventor, Juan de la Cierva, who had been working on the development of such a craft since 1919. The Autogiro fascinated the air-minded public because of its remarkable performance and high degree of safety, attracting such leaders of American aviation as Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart.Juan de la Cierva sold the American manufacturing rights to Harold Pitcairn in 1928. Pitcairn's Autogiro boasted a more modern fuselage with better aerodynamic qualities. It also provided prospective buyers with a choice of either a 300- or 420-horsepower engine.In the film, Harold Pitcairn's son Stephen flies "Miss Champion," a 1931 model. This Autogiro, used for promotion by the Champion Spark Plug Company, is controlled like an airplane, but is lifted with blades. Although the original rotor blades have seen 1,600 hours of flight time, they are still airworthy. With a 330-horsepower Wright R 975-E engine, the Autogiro has a cruising speed of 98 mph and a top speed of 118 mph. "Miss Champion" led a National Air Tour and made the then-risky 300- mile-long flight from Miami to Havana, Cuba. (Until then, the longest over-water flight by an Autogiro had been 25 miles in length.) Later, "Miss Champion" flew nonstop over a distance of 500 miles to Chichen Itza in the Yucatan rainforest. "Miss Champion" was retired from active service in 1932 after setting a new altitude record for rotary-wing aircraft. Climbing to a height of 21,500 feet in 1932, the Autogiro surpassed the previous record set by Amelia Earhart. Today, the Autogiro is considered to be the evolutionary "missing link" from which the practical helicopter was born.Forty years later Stephen Pitcairn began the formidable task of collecting and restoring examples of his father's aircraft. He tracked down "Miss Champion" and in October of 1982 began the painstaking task of restoration, using the original Pitcairn factory drawings. In the spring of 1985 "Miss Champion" flew again.The Bell 47G: A Flying LessonSince Pitcairn's Autogiro, improved control systems allow the airframe to rise directly from the ground with a powered rotor. Straight Up! puts you in the pilot's seat of a Bell 47G as the basic elements of helicopter operation are demonstrated. The Bell 47G's single-rotor configuration is by far the most common type used today. Your flying lesson begins.As a helicopter pilot, the pilot uses all four limbs to fly, all at the same time! With the left hand holding the collective pitch control lever, he pulls up ever so slightly, and we go straight up into a slow-motion hover. The spinning rotor blades act as small wings, but they spin so fast that they create one continuous disc of lift. When the blades change angle, or pitch collectively, the helicopter rises or falls. The pilot's right hand always holds the cyclic control, effectively tilting the whirling disc above. Point left, tilt left. Point right, tilt right. The camera then closes in on the tail rotor. Once again, the altering of the blades affects direction. The chopper spins in response to the pilot's depressing one of the two foot pedals. If he depresses the second pedal, the helicopter spins in the opposite direction.The Piasecki H-21B Tandem Rotor Aircraft, "The Flying Banana"The last flying H-21B helicopter in the world takes off, heads for the beach and cruises 100 feet above the Pacific surf off the coast of California. One of the earliest tandem helicopters, the H-21B represents the birth of the heavy lift helicopters and dates back to the early 1950s. Nicknamed "The Flying Banana" for its shape, the H-21B had more power and greater stability than previous helicopters. The tandem-rotor H-21B carries two sets of wooden blades situated nearly 50 feet apart but operated by one set of helicopter flight controls. The pilot must be ever vigilant, as this helicopter could rapidly invert should the pilot let go of the controls.The vintage H-21B used for the film was decommissioned from the U.S. Air Force in 1972 and was restored by the California-based Classic Rotors: The Rare and Vintage Rotocraft Museum. This nonprofit museum and restoration facility, dedicated to the preservation of unique, vintage and rare rotorcraft, spent more than 10,000 hours returning the H-21B to airworthiness. Every hour flown requires 100 hours of maintenance. Classic Rotors is the only museum of its kind to maintain eight helicopters in flying condition. When its new facility in San Diego has been completed, the museum will expand its exhibits from 15 to 30 vintage rotorcraft.One of the highlights of its collection is a famous relative of the H-21B. This is a V 44 (the commercial version of the H-21)-nicknamed "The Holy One"-and is the only one to land at the Vatican and be blessed by the pope. While on a 1959 demonstration tour in Europe, the helicopter and its crew had provided help to Italian communities following a devastating earthquake.Future Helicopter DesignsOne aspect of current research centers around the development of "quiet technology" that will allow helicopters to become better neighbors and to operate more stealthily in police and military operations.Quiet technology advances rely on a combination of technologies, which include improved rotor blade design and the user of rotor systems with four or more blades. Replacing the tail rotor with a Coanda-effect NOTAR (NoTailRotor) system goes a long way in reducing noise, as does shrouding the tail rotor in an arrangement know as a "fan-in-fin." Other advances focus on noise-dampening air inlets and improved engine nozzles.New helicopter designs are tested in the world's largest wind tunnel at the NASA Ames Flight Research Center located at Moffett Field in California. Ames was founded in 1939 as an aircraft research laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which became part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958. NASA has the leading role in aerospace operations systems, which include air traffic control, flight effects on humans, and rotorcraft technology. NASA Ames scientists and engineers study robotic helicopters, high-speed hybrids, and advances in quiet technology. The center also has major responsibilities for the creation of design and development tools and for wind tunnel testing.The NASA-Bell XV-15 Tilt-rotorIn the film, an XV-15 converts over Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. The XV-15 is an experimental rotorcraft, the parent of a new family of aircraft called "tilt-rotors." The tilt-rotor combines the hovering ability of the helicopter with the speed of a fixed-wing aircraft. The XV-15 can take off and land like a helicopter. The audience will see the engines tilting forward as the tilt-rotor becomes a high-speed plane.The Bell-Boeing V-22 OspreyA V-22 Osprey unwraps, emerging like a prehistoric flying dinosaur. Built primarily for the U.S. Marines, Air Force, and Navy, the V-22 Osprey has wings that pivot and rotors that fold to facilitate its storage at sea. In less than 90 seconds, you will see the V-22 complete this process. Although still classified as a tilt-rotor, it is faster, with three times the range and more than ten times the payload of its predecessor. It shows the promise of long-distance travel, without airports.The Hawk 4 GyroplaneRotorcraft evolution is also in the hands of the entrepreneur, and this independent spirit is most evident in the Hawk 4 Gyroplane. While some designs produce groundbreaking changes, this aircraft brought the economy and safety of the Autogiro into the space age. A rotor is used for slow-speed flight, but at high-speed cruising all the lift is provided by the wing while the rotor has no lift. The Gyroplane shows promise as a high-speed, low-disc-loading rotorcraft.The Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 ComancheThe Comanche rips and dips across the screen, set against a sunset. This prototype helicopter has stealth technology. It's smart, agile, fast and invisible to radar. It's the first helicopter to provide real-time digital data to headquarters. Seeing in the dark, sensing the forces at play around us and acting on the evidence in real time, the Comanche is a complex flying machine with a human being at its heart. Everyday, in unexpected ways, it extends our powers and puts us to work with a revolutionary tool.The Comanche is the central element of the U.S. Army's future Objective Force. In addition to its complement of missiles and 20-mm cannon, the aircraft carries state-of-the-art sensors and avionics to provide battlefield commanders with so much accurate information about enemy movements. This knowledge will translate into more precise targeting, increasing the effectiveness of friendly forces beyond current capabilities.The U.S. Army has defined a requirement of more than 1,200 Comanches for the Objective Force. The RAH Comanche, the army's 21st-century combat helicopter is being developed by the U.S. Army and a team of leading aerospace companies headed by the Boeing Company and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a unit of United Technologies Corporation.The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk and AS 350 B2 AStar Enforce the LawEvents swiftly unfold as the radar plane spots an "unidentified" Cessna dropping bundles of drugs off the coast of Miami at dawn. A signal alerts the Marine and Air Branch of U.S. Customs who speed out to intercept the smugglers. Just as the drugs are transferred from boat to van, The AStar helicopter bursts over the treetops, deploying a tactical team to arrest the driver. While the smuggler's Cigarette boat attempts to escape, a Black Hawk helicopter dips down to create a giant backwash. In a stunning display of impeccable teamwork, this action forces the fleeing boat to swerve to a halt as a Customs boat cuts it off and apprehends the criminals.On a typical day, the U.S. Customs Service examines 1.3 million passengers, 2,642 aircraft, 50,889 trucks/containers, 355,004 other vehicles, 588 vessels, 64,923 entries and undertakes the following enforcement actions: 64 arrests, 107 narcotic seizures, 223 other seizures, 9 currency seizures. These amount to 5,059 pounds of narcotics, $443,907 in currency, $228,803 in conveyances, $525,791 in merchandise and more than $15,800 in arms and ammunition.Filmed over a period of five days off the coast of Miami, the air, land, and sea drug bust was staged by the U.S. Customs Service, which relies heavily on helicopters during such operations.U.S. Customs pilot, Tom Stanton, participated in the shoot with his co-pilot Kimberly Kessel. Kessel is one of seven women U.S. Customs pilots and only one of two qualified to fly Black Hawks. Both pilots volunteered to work with the film crew. Says Kessel, a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, "They were phenomenal, ready to try anything."In addition to daytime flights, Stanton flies the riskier night missions. "Flying at night is dangerous as you lose all perception of what's up or down because both the sky and ocean are black, so they just kind of run in together. There's no horizon on those dark nights," says the veteran pilot.Typically he flies from 300 to 500 feet above the water at 120 to 150 knots. "Not many people fly that low, even in the daytime," says Stanton. "There's no autopilot, so it's hands on. Plus you're chasing someone. You have to be aware. It can get tense out there."Stanton describes an air chase: "Once there's a target, we launch a jet with radar. The jet pilot calls the helicopter out and we link up, flying in formation. We follow the bad guy wherever he goes. If he has extended-range fuel tanks, we leapfrog and send another helicopter out to take up the chase. (The Black Hawk carries five hours of fuel.) When he gets into his landing configuration, we call the local police or sheriff to help us out." The Black Hawk, which can carry up to 14 people, typically carries 4 or 5 armed personnel, "so we instantly have a force of police officers there to get the bad guys.""If it's a boat, we have Cigarette boats like the smugglers. We'll call our boat and have it intercept." Stanton flies the Black Hawk next to the boat, making it hard for the smugglers to navigate. "It intimidates them into giving up. Sometimes they do [but] sometimes we chase them for hours. Or we'll follow them into a marina and block them until our boats come. If they hit the beach, we'll call the state police or sheriff, and they set up a perimeter so the guy can't get out."Stanton, who flies missions as often as once or twice a week, has been flying for 26 years, 13 of those as an army helicopter pilot before he joined U.S. Customs in Miami where he is the "standardization instructor pilot." He makes sure that everybody flies the same way, so that when they team up, the pilots easily work in tandem. Pilots fly 8-hour shifts and the operation goes on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in areas covering both the Canadian and Mexican land borders, the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines, and the Gulf of Mexico.The MD 500E HelicopterA MD 500 helicopter hovers directly above 500,000-volt power lines. As it inches closer, a lightning bolt suddenly zaps out from the hot line, arcing toward the wand extended by a lineman perched on an aluminum platform that juts out from the helicopter. The "hot-line-qualified" lineman clamps onto the power lines, and helicopter backs off, leaving him to "wire walk," crawling along parallel lines to inspect the PPL power line grid, 100 feet off the ground. To reboard the helicopter, the lineman must "bond off," reversing the procedure."I don't give two hoots and a holler about flying inside a helicopter. Put me outside, that's where I want to be," says Daniel "Spider" Lockhart, AgRotors lineman. There's only three things I've been afraid of most of my life: One was electricity, one was heights and the other was women. And, I'm married too," he grins. "The safest lineman is one that is afraid of electricity. When we bond to the power lines energized at half-a-million volts, we have to bring ourselves to the same potential. That is why you see that arc jumping out to our wand as we make both the helicopter and the power line at the same potential, so that we can eliminate the flow of current," explains the veteran lineman.Spider wears a protective hot suit, 75 percent Nomex for fire retardation and 25 percent stainless steel thread. "The metal thread basically means I have a cage around me that can be energized at very high voltage levels. A half-million volts pass over my body, but I can work without interference from the electricity."He continues, "Watching that electricity jump out while you're energizing the helicopter is a thrill. Getting on the wire, walking the wire to do repairs is a thrill. The biggest thrill I get is from doing what I do is being able to do both together-the electrical part and the helicopter part of it, the speed at which we can do it and still be safe. There are so many things that the helicopter enables us to do as linemen, which is very rewarding."The teamwork of the skilled helicopter pilots and highly trained linemen ensure that the PPL Corp. provides a constant source of electricity to its 1.3 million customers in Pennsylvania (in addition to 4.4 million in Latin America and Europe). To maintain the integrity of the transmission system to residential and commercial establishments, and to ensure the safety of the operation, the team plans and rehearses every move while on the ground before takeoff. Even so, unanticipated gusts of wind and glare from the wires can affect the pilot's depth perception, requiring total concentration during his hours at the controls. As the helicopter is isolated from the ground, the pilot and lineman, clad in protective stainless steel suits, must bond onto the transmission lines to bring themselves to the same voltage potential of the line to work safely-paralleling what a bird does when it sits on a wire.Probably the most unusual place that the director rigged the camera was on the end of the platform on the MD 500, which is designed to carry the lineman as he bonds onto the half-million-volt power line. "We took away the lineman and put the camera in his place; the lineman rode behind the camera and used his wand to draw the arc of electricity right onto the camera lens. I don't think it's been done before. It blew all the electronics out of the camera a couple of times before we figured out how to do it," recalls Douglas.The Boeing 234 Helicopter: Helilogging with Limited Environmental DamageFloating above the forest in northern California, a 12-ton Boeing 234 helicopter selects its target with precision. Selective logging is a process where only a portion of the available timber is removed from a logging site. A single tree is lifted straight up from the forest floor, leaving the rest of the area environmentally intact. Removing such timber-very often trees that are already dead or diseased-allows the remaining trees to thrive on the additional resources of sunlight, water, and soil nutrients. Helilogging is environmentally friendly in other ways as well. First, since the logs are lifted from the ground, little soil erosion, typical of conventional logging methods, occurs. Second, in many cases the helicopter is able to use existing roads for landings, meaning no new roads need to be built into the area being logged.Columbia Helicopters cuts more logs each year than any other helicopter logging company. To prepare the timber for the helicopter, the specially trained logging crew cut it into carefully weighed sections. Columbia's flight crews are among the most experienced at long-line work in the world. With speed and precision, they are able to move heavy loads of logs at the end of lines up to 350-feet long. Once the line is lowered from the Boeing 234 helicopter, steel tongs clamp the log and the entire tree is removed without disturbing the balance of nature. "It's kinda like lookin' down 25 stories and picking up a telephone pole," comments the helicopter pilot, Dave Stroupe, who deposits the timber at a nearby transfer yard. "The unique thing about this helicopter is that, when we take off from the ground, we weigh approximately 22,000 pounds. And we're rigged for about 26,000 pounds when we get low on fuel. So the load actually weighs more than the helicopter. It's exciting and harrowing all at the same time."The Boeing 234s have a lift capacity of 28,000 lb, (12,727 kg), but most often carry loads between 23,000 lb, (10,454 kg) to 24,000 lb (10,909 kg) due to elevation and air temperature considerations. The company trains loggers to work with helicopters because load weight is such a dramatic part of what they do. Weight is determined, using a formula, which are a function of the volume and the type of wood. Different tree species have different weights per volume.When one of the pilots suggested using the log as a platform for the camera, Douglas realized another exciting camera angle. The possibility existed that the branches could scrape off the camera as the log was hauled up. Douglas prevented this by placing the camera inside a heavy steel avalanche box, which he anchored on the end of a big log. Once the log was grappled, the helicopter hauled the protected camera right through the branches, giving the audience a breathtaking view from the perspective of the log! The U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier, AH-1W Cobra, CH-53E Super Stallion and CH-46E Sea Knight on a Military MissionAn AV-8B Harrier jet demonstrates its vertical landing ability followed by a force reconnaissance inservice exercise from an aircraft carrier, as Marines climb aboard the CH-53E. AH-1W Cobras and Harriers form an assault-support package, as the reconnaissance team sets out on a mission to obtain invaluable intelligence about the enemy.Inside the CH-53E, the machine-gunner is at the ready as a Cobra fires three rockets. The action heats up as the IMAX camera captures the Marines fast-roping through the "hell hole" and sliding down a rope dangling from the CH-53E, landing in enemy territory. The leader of the reconnaissance team says, "By the time you get to touch rope in a live situation, you and your men feel tighter than family. Your fates are tied like the strands of a rope."Two hours later the Marines have completed their mission and are ready to be evacuated. Now the enemy hunts them on the ground. Trees shake as the rescue CH-53E helicopter hovers overhead, lowering a rope to the squad, now up to their waists in water. One after the other, in a matter of seconds, the men clip themselves onto the rope. "Extraction, even more than insertion, is when you need speed. You've been awful quiet. Suddenly, you're awful loud," says Sgt. James Kenneke, the squad leader. He's first in and last out. Lifted up, like washing on a line, the squad dangles beneath the helicopter as it is escorted by Cobras, out over the Atlantic."It's a relief to get out. But there's that moment of doubt. Everything slows down while you're exposed � holding your breath for that happy ending. And when you get it, you feel on top of the world. Of course, then we've got to commute home just like everybody else," smiles Kennecke.The Mi-26 and Mi-8 Deliver Humanitarian AidSometimes, something very precious must be delivered behind enemy lines-food. Sierra Leone is a nation that has suffered years of conflict. From the food depot to the hot spot, helicopters provide an air bridge. Hoisting food and medical supplies to distressed people behind rebel-held territories, they have the ability to hop over hot zones in desperate situations.The world's largest production helicopter-the Russian-made Mi-26-is the workhorse for the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operation in war-torn Sierra Leone. The heaviest production helicopter in the world, this majestic eight-bladed craft-one of four chartered by the UN from Russia-can carry a maximum of 44,090 lb (20,040 kg) of internal payload or up to 70 troops. The Mi-26's top speed is 183 mph (295 kph) and it has a range of 304 miles (400 km).In this sequence, the Mi-26 is loaded with cargo to supply UN troops protecting an isolated community in the center of rebel-held territory. The world's largest food agency, the UN World Food Program (WFP), organized a massive air campaign targeting internally displaced persons that had congregated near a clinic for malnourished children. Once rebels from the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) had surrounded the area and blocked road access, the WFP was prevented from completing a bulk distribution. Instead, they loaded up their Mi-8 and flew to the Daru clinic where the most vulnerable women and children were located."All children under five who are malnourished are given a special feeding program in Daru. And the under-five are always the first ones you target for any kind of extreme malnourished cases, because they die very quickly," says Aya Shneerson, program officer for the WFP. "Daru is a kind of an island, a safe island, surrounded by areas that are unsafe," she says, "and for that reason, it always served as a sort of magnet for the very vulnerable people coming out."Another big WFP operation, Food for Peace, gives food to child ex-combatants, in an effort to attract them to disarmament and demobilization camps.The heavily laden craft flew out of the capital city, Freetown, situated on the west coast of Africa between Guinea on the north and Liberia on the south. The WFP supervises a variety of feeding programs in the displacement camps, feeding 5,000 in an operation that targeted Bunbuna, Kabala and Daru in 2000.Throughout the world, helicopters have saved millions of human lives. There are 777 million people in developing countries, according to the WFP. In 2001 the WFP fed 77 million hungry people (10 percent of the hungry poor) in 82 countries.Diamonds, which should have brought prosperity to Sierra Leone, instead resulted in one of the modern world's most brutal insurgencies, dating back to 1991 when rebels launched a war to overthrow the government. In the ensuing years, continuous battles between the various factions-rebels, the army and the government-displaced tens of thousands of innocent civilians, resulting in hunger and famine. In 1998 UN observers documented reports of ongoing atrocities and human rights abuses. In 1999 negotiations began between the government and the rebels, and an agreement was signed in Lome to end hostilities and form a government of national unity. By 2000, the UN's expanded role resulted in the deployment of 17,500 military peacekeeping personnel to various parts of the country. Free elections in May 2002 have given hope and a fresh started in Sierra Leone.The AS 350 B2 and AS 350 B3 Used for Wildlife RelocationIn South Africa, helicopters are helping to save the black rhino from extinction. Protected in a few remote preserves, their numbers are rising. However, should the rhinos feel overcrowded, they will fight to the death. To protect the species, some must be relocated to safe habitats, but this is easier said than done.A platform dangles from a helicopter overhead. Inside another helicopter, flying low over the South African veldt, a man with a rifle takes aim at a black rhinoceros, dodging through the bushes below. The pilot concentrates on flying 5 feet above and 10 to15 feet behind the rhino. Anticipating its every move, a wildlife veterinarian pulls the trigger of his gun loaded with a tranquilizer dart, scoring a direct hit that successfully penetrates the rhino's inch-thick skin."When I am darting animals like the black rhino, there is this immense trust between myself and Piet, the pilot," says wildlife veterinarian, Dr. Douw Grobler, who specializes in immunizations and translocations. "I know exactly what he's going to do and where he's going to place me. I don't have to think. I can just concentrate on the animals. I just know he's gong to put me there in the right spot at the right time. It's almost that he senses what the animal's going to do. In that way, he can change the animal's mind with his helicopter."Grobler has measured a specific drug dosage, which can keep a rhino asleep for up to two hours. Once the rhino is darted, the ground crew lands as soon as possible to undertake a multitude of tasks. They monitor the beast's vital signs, take skin and blood samples to study its basic health and to detect any nutrients that are lacking. This ensures that the habitat is healthy for long-term propagation. They also conduct pregnancy testing. Each rhino's ear is notched so that it can be identified easily from the air and ground. The tip of the second horn is removed to provide material for genetic research, and a transmitter is fitted into the rhino's horn for tracking its whereabouts. Poachers present a constant danger to the rhinos' security. Should a poacher remove the horn for export, the transmitter would trigger an alarm.When two males inhabit the same territory, one must be relocated before they battle to the death. Placing a sling in position, the crew rolls the rhino aboard the platform, making sure it is fully asleep. With a lifting capability of 3,500 lb (1,590 kg), the AStar B 3 can relocate the 2,250-lb (1022-kg) rhino to an area of the sanctuary that is accessible only by helicopter.The extensive research on eleven black rhinos acquired during the four-day shoot was made possible only through SK Film's financial contribution. "My field of expertise lies in the capture and relocation of African wildlife. I am extremely grateful to Straight Up! for sponsoring this incredibly important research and relocation program at the game park. Without the film, this research would not have happened," says Grobler, who organized the capture, research and relocation project, with the film's production crew. "Every animal is just so valuable," he says, "and any information that can be collected on them is worth its weight in gold."The prehistoric ancestor of today's rhinos existed more than 50 million years ago. Among today's five rhino species, the black rhino, which has two horns, has suffered the most spectacular rate of decline. From a population of 65,000 in 1970 it had been hunted almost to extinction, declining to a population of 2,300 by 1992-93. Current statistics indicate that the African black rhino population has risen to 3,500 as a result of the protection of nature reserves, developed by conservancy groups, agencies and governments to facilitate breeding and relocation programs.This segment of Straight Up! was filmed in one such reserve in South Africa, where black rhinos had been reintroduced in 1986. The helicopter, an irreplaceable co
主演:罗宾·威廉姆斯,爱德华·诺顿,凯瑟琳·基纳,丹尼·德维托,乔恩·斯图尔特
导演:丹尼·德维托
简介:尽管兰道夫(罗宾·威廉姆斯 Robin Williams 饰)身为儿童电视节目主持人,但他的真实性格和形象远远不如节目中所表现出来的那样善良与和蔼可亲。为了参加他住持的儿童节目,家长们必须向其行贿,与此同时,兰道夫亦与黑帮分子之间有着千丝万缕的联系。东窗事发之后,电视台开除了兰道夫,为了弥补兰道夫的不良形象为电视台所带来的名誉损害,他们必须尽快找到一个可以信赖、身世清白的人作为替代,就这样,好运落在了一个名为莫普斯(爱德华·诺顿 Edward Norton 饰)的三流演员身上。让所有人没有想到的是,莫普斯居然就此一炮而红,这让生活一落千丈的兰道夫恨红了眼,他的心中只有一个想法,那就是除掉莫普斯。
主演:罗兰,施明,唐家辉,张豪龙,关宝慧,陈颖妍
导演:叶伟英
简介:一天,神婆龙娣(罗兰 饰)收到了前男友毕加索寄来的结婚请帖,他和现任女友施丹即将携手步入婚礼的殿堂,邀请龙娣出席。曾经,龙娣和毕加索也是天造地设的一对璧人,可是毕加索怕鬼,无法接受龙娣的职业,两人以分手告终。毕加索的新女友是西洋玄学学会的会长,虽然她和龙娣表面上相处融洽,实际上少不了笑里藏刀。施丹想用法术来戏弄龙娣,却被后者识破未能得逞。
主演:罗兰,王合喜,陈颖妍,张豪龙,唐家辉,张绮桐,余家豪
导演:陈耀明
简介:豪的父亲在泰国经营大象场及兰花场,美和力两兄妹替豪父工作。豪迷恋美,向她施暴,美反抗被豪错手杀死。豪将美埋尸毁灭证据,然后回香港暂避。毕基等四人兴之所至,往泰国一游。众人租艇出海,毕基遇溺,遇见美之冤魂。美之魂魄附于金链上跟毕基回港,向豪现身,豪向毕太求助。毕太把她收复,但因力向她求情,毕太将美魂魄放出,但冤魂复仇害人有违天理,毕太甚感为难…
主演:雷宇扬,蓝洁瑛,罗兰,钟镇涛,刘锡贤,唐家辉,张豪龙
导演:叶伟英
简介:毕基、毕仁兄弟二人由于误闯时空隧道,一下子被送回到一千年前的北宋,包括梁山好汉一百单八将在内的宋朝风云人物一一展现在眼前。二人贪玩任性,乐不思蜀。一天,毕基误踏女尸,好心将女尸下葬,因而遇上女鬼小倩。小倩生前被西门庆所害,但西门庆有佛像护身,小倩未能一雪此仇。
主演:内尔·德贞,内尔·皮尔森
导演:弗兰克·W·史密斯
简介:该剧为BBC在2001—2003年间播出的一套以谋杀案为主题的系列剧,由Anthony Horowitz担任创造者,共三季23集,每集一个主角,讲述的故事会涉及至少一起谋杀案,有的故事在一开始就告知观众凶手,重点在于刻画凶手由清白到产生杀机再到实行谋杀直至最后被捕或逃脱的内心世界变化(Teacher、Rage、Stalker),有的故事则暗藏玄机,重在最后出人意料的情节逆转,逆转点包括凶手身份(Victim、Flame、Swan Song)、手法(Mercy)、受害者(Sleeper)、作案动机(Motive)、尸体下落(Cornershop)等多个元素。
主演:约翰·纳特尔斯,丹尼尔·凯西,安东·罗杰斯,芭芭拉·雷吉-亨特,Gerda,Stevenson
导演:莎拉·赫林斯
简介:Called to the village of Midsomer Market to investigate someone's car being set on fire, Barnaby and Troy soon find themselves investigating the murder of Marjorie Empson who is found in her home bludgeoned to death. The focus of their attention is the the Reading Club, a group of five women who meet regularly not to discuss books in fact, but to manage a investment fund they have established. Two of the members were hoping to cash out their investments, but were prevented from doing so by the others. There are several other suspects, all in one way or another connected to the financial and investment world, but when a second member of the book club is killed, the police realize they may need to look for an altogether different motive.
主演:卡梅隆·迪亚兹,托马斯·简,克里斯蒂娜·艾伯盖特,塞尔玛·布莱尔,杰森·贝特曼
导演:罗杰·昆宝
简介:克里斯蒂娜((卡梅隆·迪亚茨 Cameron Diaz 饰))与好姐妹简(塞尔玛·布莱尔 Selma Blair 饰)和康妮(克里斯蒂娜·艾伯盖特 Christina Applegate 饰)常常出入各大酒吧与夜总会,在克里斯蒂娜的眼里,没有她搞不定的男人,她深知自己魅力无穷,也十分享受被帅哥俊男包围和簇拥的快感,但同时她也明白,那些为了自己的容貌和身材神魂颠倒的男人们没有一个值得自己托付终身。一次偶然中,克里斯蒂娜结识了名叫彼得(托马斯·简 Thomas Jane 饰)的男子,对于克里斯蒂娜风情万种的热烈攻势,他居然视而不见很快就拍屁股走了人。第一次尝到失败滋味的克里斯蒂娜燃起了斗志,她不相信彼得真的对自己无动于衷。在姐妹们的帮助下,一场男女之间的猫鼠游戏就此展开,与此同时,真爱也悄悄降临到了她们的头上。
主演:托尼·夏尔赫布,比蒂·施拉姆,特蕾勒·霍华德,泰德·拉文,贾森·加里-斯坦福德
导演:Andy,Breckman
简介:妻子的死让警探艾德里安(托尼·夏尔赫布 Tony Shalhoub 饰)的生活跌落到了谷底,不久之后,常常陷入悲痛之中的艾德里安患上了强迫症。强迫症令艾德里安在警局里无处容身,很快,他便丢掉了工作,成为了无业游民。为了生存,艾德里安必须赚钱,就这样,一家私人侦探所成立了。艾德里安雇佣了护士莎罗纳(Bitty Schram 饰)为他打理日常生活,自己则靠着出色的逻辑推理能力和过目不忘的神奇本领解决了一件又一件离奇案件。之后,艾德里安结识了名为娜塔莉(特蕾勒·霍华德 Traylor Howard 饰)的单身母亲,两人之间十分投缘。随着时间的推移,丧妻之痛由浓转淡,但妻子被害一案的前因后果却依然深藏在迷雾之中,艾德里安能够依靠自己的力量破解此案揭开心结吗?
主演:Everlyn,Sampi,Tianna,Sansbury,大卫·古皮利,肯尼思·布拉纳,德波拉·梅尔曼,杰森·克拉克,娜塔莎·旺加尼恩,加里·麦克唐纳德,罗伊·比令,洛娜·莱斯利,大卫·古布吉拉,安东尼·海斯,安德鲁·S·吉尔伯特
导演:菲利普·诺伊斯
简介:故事发生在二十世纪初期,澳大利亚政府决定实行一项残酷的计划,他们强行将白人与当地土著所生的混血孩子们从亲人身边带走,编入摩尔河营地,通过训练和教化将他们变为廉价劳动力,更妄图用包办婚姻来改变他们那所谓的“低贱血统”。14岁的莫利(Everlyn Sampi 饰)就是这些孩子中的一员,无法忍受营地里的痛苦生活,勇敢的她决定出逃。和莫利一起逃跑的还有黛西(Tianna Sansbury 饰)和格雷西(Laura Monaghan 饰),三个女孩将要面对的是一千五百英里的漫漫路途和在她们身后穷追不舍的木都(大卫·古皮利 David Gulpilil 饰)。三个孩子能够顺利的到达目的地吗?在那里,又会有着怎样的生活在等待着她们呢?
主演:陈奕迅,容祖儿,黄秋生,谢霆锋,郑希怡
导演:梁柏坚
简介:路初八(陈奕迅 饰)是戏班的小配角。他平日一上场就怯,让戏班师傅非常头痛。然而这几天却有奇迹发生在他身上——他唱得异常动人,表演出色,如有神助。他终于发现惊悚的原因——有鬼上了身!此鬼是三十年代反串文武生的女子紫云飞(容祖儿 饰)。她当年苦恋二少爷(谢霆锋 饰),为了他出演旦角,等他前来观戏。但是人没来,紫云飞在舞台上就发生了意外,堕下的灯台削掉她的半边脸,她即刻香消玉殒。未了的心愿让她无法完全投胎,于是只投了一半的胎在路初八身上,而另外一半,还在苦苦等待机会,实现当年心愿。路初八得知紫云飞即自己的前世,而且她对爱的执著也令他动容。于是,他开始了帮助紫云飞实现遗愿。
主演:盖尔·加西亚·贝纳尔,安娜·克劳迪亚·塔兰孔,桑乔·格拉西亚,安杰莉卡·阿拉贡,Luisa,Huertas,埃内斯托·戈麦斯·克鲁斯,Gastón,Melo,达米安·阿尔卡扎
导演:卡洛斯·卡雷拉
简介:阿马罗(盖尔·加西亚·贝纳尔 Gael García Bernal 饰)是一名年轻的神父,他被教会派往一个偏僻的小村子,帮助在那里传教的神父本尼托(Sancho Gracia 饰)。谁知道本尼托早已经放弃了对上帝的信仰,他利用自己的身份,参与了替毒贩洗黑钱的行动牟取暴利,与此同时,他和寡妇桑嘉娜里(Angélica Aragón 饰)一直保持着肉体关系。桑嘉娜里的女儿艾米丽(安娜·克劳迪亚·塔兰康 Ana Claudia Talancón 饰)是一名虔诚的信徒,她常常找阿马罗忏悔,久而久之,两人之间竟然擦出了爱的火花。一场意外让本尼托的所作所为濒临曝光的边缘,与此同时,艾米丽告诉阿马罗自己怀孕了,她天真的希望阿马罗能够放弃神职娶自己为妻。
主演:本·福斯特,汤姆·卡瓦纳夫,兰迪·哈里森
导演:盖·费尔兰德
简介:亚当斯(本·福斯特 Ben Foster 饰)是一位十分叛逆的高中男生,曾经,他甚至口出狂言说要炸掉学校,亚当斯的言论吸引了边缘团体“特洛格”的注意,这是一个非常危险而又深不可测的组织,常常和校园周边的黑暗组织发生暴力冲突。邓肯(汤姆·加瓦那 Tom Cavanagh 饰)是学校的戏剧老师,他深知亚当斯并不是表面看上去的那样无可救药,他找到了亚当斯,邀请他在话剧中担任重要角色,这让亚当斯感到十分不可思议。在为了演出话剧而拍摄的短片中,亚当斯选择了校园枪击案作为拍摄题材,他的短片揭发了“特洛格”所组织的一系列恐怖活动,却也将自己置于了十分危险的境地。
主演:马德钟,张可颐,汪明荃,钱嘉乐
导演:苏万聪
简介:玉仪(汪明荃 饰)与老公耀冠结婚多年,育有三个儿子:天泽(莫家尧 饰)、天恩(马德钟 饰)和天平(黄家乐 饰),一家人本来生活安稳,不料玉仪的孪生姐姐碧仪(汪明荃 饰)的出现却给这个宁静带来了波浪。原来,玉仪品性纯良,对丈夫千依百顺,对儿子也是从不打骂,是外人眼中贤良淑德的好媳妇、疼爱子女的好母亲。碧仪却是一个终身为事业奋斗的女强人,事业有成却依然单身的她特地来港看完她唯一的亲人妹妹玉仪一家。碧仪看到玉仪在家全无半点威严,觉得有失女性身份,于是为妹妹出头,决定对家里的四个男人进行军训式的再教育行动,一场场搞笑风波亦由此而起。