Laurence Fishburne — Actor (123)

Performance

American Buffalo
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David Mamet genre: theater
other title: 美国水牛 director: Robert Falls / Daniel Evans … actor: Haley Joel Osment / Damian Lewis / John Goodman / Tom Sturridge / Laurence Fishburne
The play concerns a team of men, Don, Teach, Bob, and Fletcher (who does not appear in the play, but is referred to), who are conspiring to steal a coin collection from a wealthy man. Don, who owns a junk shop, sold a nickel to a man for much less than what it was worth. Out of revenge, he and his young gofer, Bob, plan to steal the man's coin collection after suspecting that he went away for the weekend. Teach, an experienced and misanthropic friend of Don's, persuades Don to release Bob from the job because of what Teach feels is inexperience and potential disloyalty, using himself and Fletcher in Bob's place. Right before the caper is going to be carried out later that night, Bob appears at the store and attempts to sell Don a rare nickel, similar to the one Don sold. When asked where he got the nickel, Bob is evasive. He explains Fletcher's absence by saying he was mugged and is now in a hospital, but when Don calls the hospital, Fletcher has not been admitted. Bob's excuse is that he didn't actually know which hospital Fletcher went to, but by this time Teach is sure that Bob is trying to trick them and in anger strikes him on the head with a metal object from the store. Shortly thereafter a call comes in from another friend of theirs corroborating the Fletcher story and naming the correct hospital, which Don calls and confirms. Don admonishes Teach for wounding Bob and orders him to get his car so they can take him to the hospital.

Movie

Making 'The Matrix' (1999)
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other title: “黑客帝国”制作特辑 / HBO First Look: Making The Matrix
A promotional making-of documentary for the film 'The Matrix' (1999) that devotes its time to explaining the digital and practical effects contained in the film. This is very interesting, seeing as how they're giving away the cinematic secrets that they created solely for the this movie, that have now been spoofed and referenced in countless other films.

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Deep Cover (1992)
Deep Cover
other title: 卧龙战警 / 딥 커버 …
Having witnessed his junkie father killed Russell Stevens grows up to become a policeman and make a difference. When he is offered an undercover job by Gerald Carver he accepts and begins to build a relationship with David Jason in order to get to the main dealers. However as he is forced to deal drugs and kill to keep his cover he finds the lines between cop and criminal being lost – is he a cop pretending to be a dealer or a dealer pretending to be a cop? Larry (as he was then) Fishburne's first lead role was a typically dark vehicle. The story is the usual one of cop losing himself when undercover, however it manages to be more than that for most of the time. Co-written by Tolkin, who wrote The Player, this naturally has a nice cynical edge to it when it looks at the US's hypocritical approach to drug control and the political links between the street hustlers and the political high rollers who court respectability. The story does eventually settle into a traditional setting but even then it works well as a thriller. The multi-talented Bill Duke directs well with a gritty feel and a few nice touches. However several things are a bit iffy. For most of the film Fishburne's narration/voice over is a bit like a cross between Apocalypse Now and Blade Runner – it comes across as a little too dark and heavy and also explains things like we can't figure it out ourselves. However once you get into the film it's not as big a deal. My main problem lies with the characters. Fishburne is excellent, a real model of underlying anger and violence, Goldblum is good but perhaps a little OTT on the yuppie/violence thing, but there's good support from Smith and Spin City's beautiful (and often underused – but not here) Victoria Dillard. However the two main white characters (Goldblum and Smith) are both smeared with racist insinuations – Smith appears to insult his black officers and doesn't care about the junkies, while Goldblum is fascinated about all things black and talks about them as wild beautiful beasts and loves having sex with "black'. These things aren't a major problem, but with basically only two white characters in it, it's a little worrying that both are given that edge. However these are minor complaints that get lost with a good thriller. Fishburne excels and Duke delivers a story that is a good thriller but also has a jaded, subversive edge.

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Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)
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other title: 够黑了吗? / 흑인다운 게 뭔데?!? …
American film critic Elvis Mitchell’s kaleidoscopic documentary creates a definitive narrative of the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism—a work of painstaking scholarship that’s also thoroughly entertaining, an essential archival document and testament to a period of American film history unlikely to be repeated.

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Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
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other title: 埃弗斯小姐的男孩们 / Miss Evers' Boys(TV)
改編自真人真事,描述一段令人髮指的種族歧視人體實驗…。 事發於1932年,政府挑出412名的黑人,在他們身上注入梅毒病毒,以測試藥劑成效,並在事後以藥膏敷衍了事。其中,一名當時參與過程的護士,決心挺身而出,揭露這項慘無人道的官方醜聞…。 艾爾菲伍德演出片中護士,精湛演出一舉奪下當屆艾美獎、金球獎影后,本片另掄下艾美獎最佳電視電影等多項大獎。

TV

black-ish (Black-ish) (2018)
Black-ish Season 5 part of TV Series: black-ish TMDB Douban
盖尔·勒纳 actor: 安东尼·安德森 / 翠西·艾利斯·罗斯 …
在5×01《Gap Year》中,Dre和Bow将Junior送到华盛顿的霍华德大学后不久,Junior突然回家宣布自己将休学一年(或者说「间隔年」),这让他们感觉十分担心。Junior整天无所事事,于是Dre强迫他到广告公司和自己一起工作。Junior居然取得了一定程度的成功,这让他对大学的信念开始动摇:我真的有必要去上大学吗?与此同时,双胞胎Jack和Diane产生一个疑问……他们是否该继续共处一室?他们现在是中学生(七年级)了,但他们的社会地位和以前完全不一样。Bo在她那个疯狂的工作场所交了一些新朋友,甚至是铁杆盟友。 第五季的故事时间向前跳跃了三个月,Dre和Bow不仅挽救了婚姻,而且现在过得还不错。 本季会有另一个警察主题集,如同2016年《Hope》这集。虽然这集的内容不一定涉及白人警察对黑人平民滥用暴力,但是这集肯定会说黑人内部的矛盾心态——Andre试图向警方举报社区出租屋内可能存在的不法行为,但他的街坊邻里都是黑人,这让他心态复杂。 11月13日的新集将是该剧第100集,制片人承诺这集会给观众留下深刻印象。他们将进行另一次大胆尝试,就像第四季首集的做法。根据已知消息,这集将向传奇音乐人Prince致敬,感谢他对剧中Johnson一家的重要影响。这集会有大篇幅的音乐剧元素,Prince的经典歌曲《Kiss》、《When Doves Cry》、《Let’s Go Crazy》将以某种形式出现在剧中。

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The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
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other title: 에어이글 / Die Ehre zu fliegen - Tuskegee Airmen …
During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.

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Standoff (2016)
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other title: 僵持 / 对峙 …
Carter (Thomas Jane), a troubled veteran who gets a chance at redemption by protecting a 12 year-old girl from an assassin after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single shell, he engages in physical and psychological warfare in a desperate fight for the girl's life.

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蛇行太保 (2003)
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里基·洛克·拜斯伍德 actor: 劳伦斯·菲什伯恩 / 莉莎·博内特 …
other title: Biker Boyz / 狂飙少年
这是一个发生在城市里的故事,一群白天和夜晚过着两种截然不同生活的人——“新城市牛仔”们的故事。 在这个城市里面,有一个地下的摩托车竞技俱乐部,它的带头人是绰号叫做“烟雾”的曼纽尔(劳伦斯·费什伯恩饰)。在这个俱乐部里,那些白日生活在白领世界的人,解下领带,脱去西服,开始一种挑战自己生命极限的别样生活。而无疑,作为这个俱乐部的领头人,曼纽尔是最强的。他是不可战胜的,所以他又被尊称为“摩托之王”。 忽然有一天,有一个绰号“小孩”(德里克·卢克饰)的年轻人闯进俱乐部来,他的目标就是挑战曼纽尔并最终战胜他成为新的“摩托之王”。伴随着即将到来的决定胜负的比赛,两个人的竞争也日趋白热化。在这个黑暗的街头,必然将爆发出刺目的火花。

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Have a Little Faith (2011)
Have a Little Faith Douban
other title: 一点小信仰
在最困難的時候,你能不能把自己放下,相信希望? 故事從一個問題開始:「你願意為我撰寫祭文嗎?」問這問題的人,是米奇小時候參加的猶太教會裡的牧師,而這時老牧師已經八十二歲。與此同時,他在目前居住的城市結識了另一位叫做亨利的基督教牧師。亨利牧師特別關注窮人和遊民,但他曾經由於販毒入罪坐牢。這兩位牧師,一白一黑;一個六十年如一日,而今垂垂老矣,一個曾誤入歧途、歷經滄桑但現在虔誠又熱心,而在這一切的不同之中,他們卻都有著許多相似動人的溫暖故事…

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Higher Learning (1995)
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约翰·辛格顿 actor: 欧玛·艾普斯 / 克里斯蒂·斯旺森 …
other title: 校园大冲突 / 教室情仇 …
African-American student Malik is on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will earn him a free ride through college. Fudge, a "professional student" who has been at Columbus for six years so far, becomes friendly with Malik and challenges his views about race and politics in America.