简介:Edith Hardy uses charity funds for Wall Street investments in hopes of buying some new gowns. She loses all the money and borrows from wealthy oriental Tori. When her husband gives her the amount she borrowed, Tori won't take it back, branding her shoulder with a Japanese sign of his ownership. She shoots him. Her husband takes the blame. In court Edith reveals all to an angry mob. Written by Ed Stephan {stephan@cc.wwu.edu}Richard Hardy, a hardworking stockbroker, labors overtime to keep up with the ruinous bills incurred by his beautiful but irresponsible wife Edith, a venal, spoiled socialite who is impervious to his pleas for fiscal restraint. Acting on what she believes to be an insider information, she impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the Red Cross charity she chairs for a stock tip. When she finds the money has been lost, she desperately turns to a Japanese ivory trader with whom she has been thoughtlessly flirting and persuades him to replace the money in exchange for an assignation. When her husband's long-awaited business deal finally materializes, she desperately tries to withdraw from their agreement by replacing the money. Angered and disappointed with her resistance to his advances, he uses a branding device to mark her shoulder as his property. Feeling violated, Edith shoots him in the shoulder and leaves. In order to protect his wife's reputation, Richard confesses to the crime and faces trial for attempted murder. Written by Gabe Taverney (duke1029@aol.com)
简介:因盗窃罪被判入狱五年的Tony(吉恩·塞维斯 Jean Servais 饰)出狱了,他的朋友Jo(Carl Möhner 饰)想和他再去盗一个珠宝店,被Tony拒绝了。Tony想找回他以前的女友Mado,然而此时Mado却和另一个黑帮老大Grutter在一起。Tony很气愤,打了Mado,并且决心重新赢回Mado。于是他答应了Jo,并联合Mario和César一共四人展开了盗窃珠宝店的行动。行动实施得非常顺利,César还拿了一个钻石戒指送给他的女友Viviane。Viviane是Grutter的酒吧里的女歌手,Grutter发现了这个戒指,认为Tony和César是盗窃者;同时,Mado提出要离开Grutter,Grutter知道是因为Tony的缘故,于是派人去杀死Tony......本片根据法国作家Auguste le Breton's的同名小说改编。
简介:影片取材自真实历史事件,1969年的纽约“石墙酒吧暴动”。1969年6月28日,纽约警方突击了一家位于曼哈顿东村地区的由黑社会经营的酒吧“石墙”,这里都是一些无家可归的同性恋人士,因为当时主流社会的排斥,纷纷以此为家。这次突袭并没有按照警方预想的那样发展,最终引发一场大规模同性恋抗议暴动,这场暴动所引发的连锁反应和美国六七十年代的黑人民权运动、反战示威等一起改变了美国乃至世界的社会面貌。电影《石墙暴动》由约翰·罗宾·贝茨(John Robin Bates)编剧,故事的主角是一个被父母赶出家门的同性恋男孩,他只身从小乡村来到大纽约 ,被石墙酒吧收留,亲身参加了这场暴动。
简介:故事发生在繁华的都市伦敦,佩吉(弗兰西丝·奥康纳 Frances O'Connor 饰)是一名家境十分贫寒的单亲妈妈,住在破旧的老房子里,独自抚养着三个孩子珍妮特(麦迪逊·沃芙 Madison Wolfe 饰)、玛格丽特(劳伦·埃斯波西托 Lauren Esposito 饰)和强尼(Patrick McAuley 饰)。最近,房子里出现的一些灵异现象让一家人陷入了恐惧和绝望之中,更糟糕的是,年纪最小的珍妮特似乎成为了恶灵附身的对象。教会的驱魔师劳瑞(维拉·法梅加 Vera Farmiga 饰)和艾德(帕特里克·威尔森 Patrick Wilson 饰)介入了此事,尽管他们十分同情这一家人,但两人的首要目的,则是探清此处灵异事件的真实性,然而,除了当事人的一些口述外,并没有确凿的证据证明这里真的发生了灵异事件,两人在无奈之中只有选择离去。
简介:Joe 'Tom' Yateley is an ex-convict. Trying to leave his past behind, he decides to starts working for the Hawlett Trucking company, which transports gravel. It's an aggressive company, where speed is everything. Doing too less runs in a day You're out. Red is the most experienced trucker, he can do 18 runs in a day. Tom soon makes friends with Lucy, the secretary, and Gino, a driver. But the record of Red intrigues him and he wants to break it. Gino advises against it, but he helps Tom when he wants to go through with it. Soon trouble begins when Red and the other drivers form an united front against Tom. Just when Tom has enough and decides to pack his bags, Lucy tells him Gino had a terrible accident. She also tells about the corruption of Hawlett Trucking.