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Mike's Murder (1984) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
Mike's Murder
director: 詹姆斯·布里奇斯 actor: 德博拉·温格 / Mark Keyloun
other title: 追凶狂花 / 危险的情人
Betty has a crush on her tennis instructor Mike. He promises to call her for a date, but never does – she doesn’t know he sells drugs on the side. After botching a deal on someone else’s turf, Mike has to disappear for a while. He contacts Betty – then he’s killed before they can meet. Betty tries to find out what happened, leading her straight into a hornet's nest of vice.
The Appaloosa (1967) [Movie] Douban
The Appaloosa
director: Sidney J. Furie actor: 马龙·白兰度 / 安贾妮特·科默
other title: 阿巴卢萨 / 大西部
本片故事发生在19世纪70年代。马龙·白兰度所饰演的角色是一名非常有个性而喜欢独自闯荡的独行侠,他决定改变一成不变枯燥乏味的生活方式,并憧憬自己在大西部做一名养马者所能过的优先生活。
Urban Cowboy (1981) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Urban Cowboy
director: 詹姆斯·布里奇斯 actor: 约翰·特拉沃尔塔 / 德博拉·温格
other title: 都市牛郎 / 油脂牛仔
Urban Cowboy is a 1980 American romantic drama film about the love-hate relationship between cowboy Bud Davis (John Travolta) and cowgirl Sissy (Debra Winger). The movie captured the late 1970s/early 1980s popularity of Country Music with John Travolta's starring after Grease and Saturday Night Fever.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Season 3 (1963) [TV] Douban
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Season 3 part of TV Series: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
director: 阿诺德·拉文 actor: 阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克 / 彼得·方达
Corrupt political boss murders the rebel father of 2 young men. The older brother faces difficult choices: swallow his pride to keep up the hardscrabble Appalachian farm & care for his developmentally disabled brother, or risk a quick death seeking retribution. When the older brother quietly leaves town to attend school, the arrogant boss is confident he's in the clear - no school offers a major in revenge, right?.
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) [Movie] Fantastika Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Colossus: The Forbin Project
6.7 (6 ratings) director: 约瑟夫·萨金特 actor: 艾瑞克·布里登 / 马里昂·罗斯
other title: 巨人:福宾计划 / 콜로서스
Eric Braeden stars as Dr. Charles Forbin, who has created a supercomputer named Colossus, built solely for the purpose of controlling the nuclear defenses of the Western alliance. It isn't too long after, however, that the Russians announce that they too have built a similar computer for those same purposes on their side--Guardian. And when the two machines begin sharing information at a speed nobody can believe, an attempt is made to disable them.
This unfortunately just raises the machines' ire; and in retaliation, they launch their weapons at each other's home nations. The result is a chilling scenario that is potentially becoming all too real these days.
COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT was not a big hit at the box office for various reasons. One is that its cast wasn't exactly well known. Another reason is that its ending isn't exactly a happy one. Still a third reason is that Universal had trouble trying to promote it in the wake of the huge success of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. The latter reason is obvious: Colossus and Guardian, like HAL in the Kubrick movie, become central characters here. The difference here is that while HAL malfunctions due to a programming conflict, Colossus and Guardian remain all too stable, convinced beyond a doubt that they know how to protect Mankind better than Man himself. As the computers point out: "One inevitable rule is that Mankind is his own worst enemy."
Joseph Sargent's direction is efficient, and the special effects work of Albert Whitlock still manages to work despite its obvious age. An overlooked gem in the sci-fi genre, this should be given a revival.
The Paper Chase (1973) [Movie] Douban
The Paper Chase
8.2 (21 ratings) director: 詹姆斯·布里奇斯 actor: 蒂姆斯·伯特姆斯 / 林赛·瓦格纳
other title: 力争上游 / 平步青云
1973年,美国导演JamesBridges以当年的哈佛法学院的实际情况,拍摄了一部名叫“ThePaperChase”的电影,中文翻译为《平步青云》。这部无论导演和演员阵容都并非豪华的电影在后来连续的几十年中,一直都被全美几乎每个法律系的学生视为“第一堂必修课”。
Chase,翻译过来是“追击、追逐”的意思。The Paper Chase,简单直接就道破了法律中追逐缠夹的本性,却不知道为何被按上这么一个无甚相关的中文名字。也许在作者理解中,进入哈佛法学院攻读法律专业,就离光荣与梦想的美式好生活相差无几———眼看着就要平步青云、志得意满了吧。
一个世纪以前,哈佛大学商学院创造性地采用了“实例分析”的授课形式以后,哈佛的法学院在不久以后也如法炮制并名噪一时———很快,全美大学的法学院就纷纷修改了自己的授课模式,把一个又一个的案例分析带进了课堂。
翻开厚厚的课本,你会惊讶地发现里面罗列了各种不同类型的经典案例。至于上课,老师总是手持一份差不多有200多名学生(也就是班上全部学生)的花名册,连名带姓还附照片一张,被点中的学生,则要就指定的案例各自发表意见和看法。课堂的唇枪舌剑,正反互辩的紧张程度与真实的法庭其实已相差无几。在这样的氛围里,学生很快就开始明白,对于绝大多数的案件而言,所谓决定性的优势并不存在,胜或败大半就系于辩护者对案件的分析洞察力以及沟通力之上。
因此,每堂课前的预习,就变得意义非凡,无论是不想在课堂上张口结舌,颜面全无,还是想要在课堂上一鸣惊人,博得喝彩,去图书馆搜罗资料,然后凝心思考、提炼观点都是不得不完成的功课。
于是,法学院学生的校园生活就显得分外忙碌。图书馆是从周一到周四必然要光顾的地方,到了周末,固然可以稍稍放松一下神经,找个消费合理环境舒适的酒吧三五成群地去“喝上一杯”,可是酒过不了一巡,大家便会不自觉地“案件重提”,争论之热烈比起课堂上有过之而无不及。
在每个攻读法律博士的学生心中,唯一不争的事实是,美国有太多的好律师,想要出人头地或者平步青云,一切都须从眼下做起。