A US politician (Sam Waterston) visits his poet friend (John Heard) in Mont. St. Michael, France. While walking through the medieval island discussing their philosophies of life they happen upon Sonja (Liv Ullman), a scientist in recluse, who joins in their conversation. The two men listen to the ideas of this brilliant woman and discuss how her ideas can work in their own politician and poet lives.

In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.

该剧讲述了一家虚构电视台“亚特兰蒂斯有线新闻台（Atlantis Cable News，ACN）”台前幕后的故事，由阿伦·索尔金（Aaron Sorkin）制片并担任编剧。

杰夫·丹尼尔斯（Jeff Daniels）斯扮演 ACN 新闻网《晚间新闻（News Night）》主播 Will McAvoy，英国女星艾米莉·莫迪默（Emily Mortimer）饰演 ACN 新闻网《晚间新闻（News Night）》执行制片人 Mackenzie MacHale，老牌影星萨姆·沃特森（Sam Waterston）则扮演 ACN 新闻网新闻部部长 Charlie Skinner，而奥斯卡影后简·方达（Jane Fonda）则出演 ACN 新闻网母公司（AWN）的首席执行官 Leona Lansing。

Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.

When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

The summer Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald lived in Connecticut inspired one of the world's most beloved novels: The Great Gatsby. We know the book, we know the films and series, but do we know the truth? Track down the mystery millionaire who threw extravagant parties, uncover new evidence of the location and players, and dig deep to discover the untold story of the real-life Jay Gatsby himself.

After a suicide attempt, Lane has moved into her country house to recuperate. Her best friend, Stephanie, has come to join her for the summer. Lane's mother, Diane, has recently arrived with her husband Lloyd, Lane's stepfather. Lane is close to two neighbors: Peter, and Howard. Howard is in love with Lane, Lane is in love with Peter, and Peter is in love with Stephanie.

汉语简介
19世纪工业革命传到美国，美国经济迅速发展，同时美国获得了西部的大片领土，急需劳动力，南方奴隶制成为经济发展的障碍。 1860年主张废除奴隶制的林肯当选总统，南方奴隶主发动叛乱，南方蓄奴州纷纷独立，1861年2月组成邦联政府，戴维斯当选总统。同年4月南方邦联军先发制人攻占萨姆特要塞，内战爆发。
南军准备充分，势如破竹，很快占领了海军基地诺福克，5月6日占领铁路枢纽马纳萨斯，进逼华盛顿，北军仓促应战，24日进入福吉尼亚。7月21日，北军被击溃，逃回华盛顿，林肯紧急动员50万志愿军。1862年，北军发动进攻，西线由格兰特指挥，进展顺利，2月攻克亨利堡和多纳尔森堡，4月在夏洛战役中击败南军，5月攻克科林斯和孟菲斯，解放了肯塔基和田那西。东线北军则进展迟缓，7月被罗伯特.李指挥的南军击溃，李乘胜北进，8月在布尔河再次击败北军，兵临华盛顿，9月两军进行安提塔姆会战，李被击退。12月北军在弗雷德里斯克堡战役中再次被李击败。
1863 年元旦林肯颁布「解放宣言」宣布解放黑奴，允许黑人参加北方军队，之后又颁布「宅地法」，允许所有美国人得到西部的土地。同年5月，北军再次进攻里士满，在切斯罗维尔被李击退。6月李再次北进，7月1日两军在葛底斯堡展开决战，3日南军被击败。在李北进的同时，格兰特在西线包围了南军防守密西西比河的要塞维克斯堡，5月22日北军发动总攻，进行了长达47天的炮击，7月4日南军投降。7月8日北军占领哈得逊港，南军被分割成东西两部分。9月北军攻克查塔努加，11月击退南军的反击。
1864年北方发动全面进攻，5～6月格兰特率军同李进行一系列会战，李虽然每次都能取胜，但北军的援军不断到达，李军团陷于绝望。6月15日，北军进攻彼得斯堡，双方相持不下，拖住了南军主力达9个月。7月厄尔利率南军一部再次奔袭华盛顿，被北军谢里登部击退，谢里登在进军途中实施焦土战略，厄尔利军瓦解。5月谢尔曼在西线发起进攻，9月2日攻占亚特兰大，并破坏了该城。之后谢尔曼以宽正面向佐治亚海岸进军，沿途实施焦土战略破坏了一切南方可资利用的资源，12月21日谢尔曼攻占萨凡纳，将南方邦联东部分割成南北两半。1865年1月，谢尔曼北上，2月相继攻克哥伦比亚和查尔斯顿，3月和格兰特会师，4月3日攻占彼得斯堡，9日李率残部投降。4月14日，南方派人刺杀了林肯。26日南方投降，内战结束。
南北战争摧毁了奴隶制，为美国资本主义经济的发展扫清了道路。这次战争中工业革命带来了军事上的巨大进步，双方使用了金属弹壳和后装填步枪作战，使用铁路和蒸汽船实现快速的兵力机动和集结，使用蒸汽铁甲战舰进行海战，机械连发枪第一次投入实战，特别是北方发展了制造标准化零件组装武器的生产方式，大大提高了工业生产效率。

《科幻大师》是ABC于2007年制作的一套科幻剧集。它的整体创意与恐怖大师系列相同，每集都是延请不同的导演来讲述一则发生在未来的故事，片头的解说词则请来著名物理学家史蒂芬•霍金担当。剧集于当年8月份开播，但在播出4集后便停播，另有两集则等到DVD推出后才与世人见面。
《一逃了之》讲述心理医师连续数月来不断尝试让一个男人恢复记忆，她的目的究竟是什么？《觉醒》讲述外星生物莅临地球，并夺去人类的武装，他们反复之阐明了一个意思；《杰瑞也是人》则将镜头对准一个本来没有感情的生化机器人；《太空浪子》中一群因疾病而异变的人类被抛弃太空，这天他们迎来地球的访客；《小兄弟》中一种智能机器人代替人类进行审判，人类渐渐失去自由和思考能力；《机器鸟》则讲述一种可以判断罪行的机器鸟，它甚至逐渐取代警察。

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an attractive television producer while making a film about her insufferably self-centered boss.

When Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the emotionally glacial relationships of the three grown-up daughters are laid bare. Twisted by jealousy, insecurity and resentment, Renata, a successful writer; Joey, a woman crippled by indecision; and Flyn, a budding actress; struggle to communicate for the sake of their shattered mother. But when their father unexpectedly falls for another woman, his decision to remarry sets in motion a terrible twist of fate…

1980 American Western film directed by Michael Cimino

1984 film by Roland Joffé

Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.

Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.

An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.