故事发生在1944年的德国,伊丽莎白(琳达·汉密尔顿 Linda Hamilton 饰)带着儿子福瑞斯(Matthew Harbour 饰)藏身于森林木屋之中,以躲避战火带来的伤害。某日,三名受伤的美国士兵敲响了伊丽莎白家的房门,他们需要一个地方修养疗伤,无奈之下,伊丽莎白只得让他们进屋,但前提条件是他们的武器必须留在屋外。
没过多久,又来了三名不速之客,他们是德国士兵,在小小的木屋之中,互为敌对的两方人马狭路相逢,艰难维系着表面的平和。圣诞节来临了,众人围坐在餐桌前,共同庆祝这个上帝赐予他们的节日,杯筹交错之间,大家放松了下来,暂且忘记了各自的国籍和立场,气氛开始缓和起来。
River of Grass has all the elements of a conventional road movie: a car, a gun, criminal plans, and young lovers on the run from an angry father who also happens to be a suspended police officer. But writer and director Kelly Reichardt has instead taken these familiar elements and fashioned an anti-road movie, a deadpan film that is more existentialist comedy than crime drama. The young lovers in question are Cozy, the cop's daughter, and Lee Ray, a shady character from the wrong end of town. Lee Ray comes into possession of a pistol, and soon he and Cozy find themselves unintentionally involved in a shooting. Fearing capture by the law, the two make plans to leave town, committing a series of robberies on the way. However, they don't manage to get very far; indeed, the film's central premise is how the romantic myth of lovers on the lam proves disappointing in the face of a far more pedestrian reality. This well-received, low-budget indie was shot on location in South Florida, placing its story against an appropriately depressed landscape of sun-bleached strip malls, barren highways and overgrown, swampy fields; the title is another name for the Florida Everglades.
In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and incidentally discovers that she is involved in a plot against the British, meant to arm the Jewish underground in Palestine. The plot finally fails, Justine is sent to jail and Darley decides to return to England.
- Written by Guy Bellinger (From IMDb)
大萧条时期,每个人都要守住一个梦想,以此来度过最黑暗的时光,生活失意的汽车制造商查尔斯•霍华德(杰夫•布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰)也不例外。他买了一匹小个子赛马,名为“海饼干”,并笼络了一批同样有梦想的人,意图进入赛马圈。
第一个发现海饼干天赋的是训练师 汤姆•史密斯(克里斯•库珀 Chris Cooper 饰),他认为这匹马虽然个头矮小,腿脚也不太灵光,天性中却藏着十足的执拗和倔强,这有可能使其成为赛马圈的王者。他们找来前拳击冠军瑞德•波拉德(托比•马奎尔 Tobey Maguire饰)作为海饼干的骑师,三个人一匹马在共同的征程中重新找到了生活的方向。
米奇(罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰)和特瑞(艾迪·墨菲 Eddie Murphy 饰)是一对个性迥异的搭档,前者沉默寡言稳重可靠,后者幽默健谈爱出风头。一次任务中,米奇精心设计的行动被特瑞的多嘴多舌给搅黄了,米奇的心中燃烧着怒火,又被随之而来的记者骚扰,忍无可忍的他逃出了枪,击碎了摄像机镜头。
米奇的粗暴举动在业界掀起了轩然大波,电视制作人切斯(蕾妮·罗素 Rene Russo 饰)发现了其中的商机,她提议拍摄一档关于警局日常的节目,为了挽回声望,局长同意了切斯的提议,而米奇和特瑞则成为了节目的嘉宾。对于米奇来说,这种抛头露面的活动简直就是苦差事,而对于特瑞来说,这是他功成名就的好机会。