跟随查尔斯家族的生活,他们处理家族遗产等主题,决定如何处理传家宝,家庭钢琴。
妻子的死给电视台王牌主播霍华德(彼得·芬奇 Peter Finch 饰)带来了沉重的打击,使他陷入痛苦和悲伤中无法自拔。电视台决定解雇已经无心工作的霍华德,霍华德的老朋友麦克斯(威廉·霍尔登 William Holden 饰)成为了传达这一噩耗的不二人选。得知自己即将被 解雇,为电视台做牛做马多年的霍华德十分愤怒,在第二天的节目上,他竟然向观众们预告,自己即将进行自杀直播。 霍华德的这一出格举动惹恼了电视台的高层,更让一直对麦克斯心存不满的总裁弗兰克(罗伯特·杜瓦尔 Robert Duvall 饰)发现了找茬的机会。在隔天的新闻直播中,霍华德理应按计划对自己的不慎言行做出道歉,可是恼羞成怒的他却大放厥词,将矛头直指当代美国的种种弊端。女制片人戴安娜(费·唐纳薇 Faye Dunaway 饰)从霍华德的一系列行为中看出了商机,她买通了弗兰克,成为了霍华德背后的推手。
乔治爵士(蒂姆·皮戈特-史密斯 Tim Pigott-Smith 饰)和海蒂(妮可莱特·谢里丹 Nicollette Sheridan 饰)决定举办一场热闹的乡村游园会,为了将游园会的气氛推向高潮,他们决定设置一场谋杀游戏。知名犯罪小说家阿瑞登(珍·斯塔普莱顿 Jean Stapleton 饰)同意为这场游戏提供一些好点子,她决定将案件的现场设置在乔治爵士所居住的纳塞庄园中,并且将案件的受害者一角给了年仅14岁的马琳(桑德拉·迪金森 Sandra Dickinson 饰)。 然而,就在一切都按照计划井然有序的进行时,赫邱勒(彼德·乌斯蒂诺夫 Peter Ustinov 饰)却接到了阿瑞登夫人的来电,他是她最信赖的朋友。在电话中,阿瑞登夫人坦诚,她所设置的谋杀游戏,有可能演变成一场真正的悲剧。
Follows two estranged siblings as they return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved.
黑人男孩奥赫(昆东•亚伦 Quinton Aaron 饰)自幼父母离异,无家可归。不过,木讷的他却因为极强的身体条件和运动天赋,幸运地进入了一家私立基督教高中。虽然,他科科零分,但是一些细节却让他显得与众不同。一次排球比赛后,他主动收拾垃圾的行为,引起了陶西一家的注意。于是,陶西太太(桑德拉•布洛克 Sandra Bullock 饰)决定收养奥赫,并把他培养成橄榄球选手。陶西太太让他感受到了家庭的温暖。同时,陶西的儿子还帮助奥赫训练,使他很快地融入了橄榄球队的生活,不断激发运动的潜能。终于,在一次比赛中,他因出色的表现崭露头角,开始获得了球探的关注,随之带来了一系列的甜蜜和麻烦…… 本片根据迈克尔•刘易斯(Michael Lewis)的原著《弱点:比赛进程》(The Blind Side: Evolution of the Game)改编,取材自2009年美国国家橄榄球联盟(National Football League)选秀状元迈克尔•奥赫的非凡经历。荣获第82届奥斯卡最佳女主角奖(Sandra Bullock)。
Rabiye Kurnaz is someone you might generally call an ordinary woman, except that she is a real dynamo. Taking care of her children and much more, she is the one running the show in her terraced house in Bremen. Shortly after the attacks of September 11, 2001, her son Murat is accused of terrorism and is (one of the first) shipped off to Guantanamo prison camp. This marks the beginning of a journey into the heart of world politics for this resolute German-Turkish woman. Together with human rights lawyer Bernhard Docke, whom she soon has completely on her side (like almost everyone around her), she battles for the release of her son – using her very own brand of self-taught English – all the way to the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Cologne-based comedienne, author, presenter and much more Meltem Kaptan is the perfect fit for Andreas Dresen’s special talent for combining explosive topics (in this case based on actual events) and the everyday concerns of the average citizen. Kaptan’s, or rather Rabiye’s, performance is overwhelming, and not just for the lawyer (played by Alexander Scheer) who quickly becomes a friend. A portrait of a passionate woman who holds the steering wheel of her beloved vehicle as firmly in her hand as she does the reins in this turbo-charged film.