ABCs at the Movies: The Doubles Round!

[MaineWriter]

Chris Gardner is the real life person upon whom the movie, The Pursuit of of Happyness is based. This is a brief documentary about his life.

Below, Will Smith and Chris Gardner at the San Francisco premiere.



Next up: N in eleven

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IMDb Plot Summary:   No Secret Anymore shows Del and Phyllis creating coalitions that took on the prevailing belief that lesbians were illegal, immoral and sick. Phyllis and Del did the groundbreaking work on lesbian mothers, sex education, family violence, and more. Always working both from within and outside the institutions they sought to change, Del and Phyllis were able to advance the rights of women, lesbians, gay, bisexual, and transgender (lgbt) people. Today these unapologetic and unstoppable activists are educating both the lgbt and aging movements on the needs of old lesbians.



Next:  O in 12

[southendmd]

One Piece Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates Adventures in Alabasta (2007)

I have no idea what this is, but it's 12 words!

Next, if you dare, "P" in 13...

[MaineWriter]

The Path to Nuclear Fission: The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn (2006)

These movie titles are getting so long, I can't fit the whole thing on the subject line!

About the movie:

In 1938, with Hitler in power, the discovery of nuclear fission was made by the physicist Lise Meitner and the chemist Otto Hahn. This documentary  explores their lives and the work that led them down the path of this discovery.



Next up: Q in 14 (is that possible?) or Q in one.

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 I found a Q title with 13 words, just one short!  So we're back to One word with QUITTING, a movie I actually saw.  Also known as ZUOTIAN.

IMDb Plot Outline:    An actor becomes increasingly introverted and psychotic and his entire family attempts to intervene.


Next: R in 2

[southendmd]

Next:  "S" in 3.

[MaineWriter]

Next up: T in 4

[Fran]

[southendmd]

With the dreamy Chris Klein.



Next:  "V" in 6.

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IMDb Comment: The title in English for this film is "Work Hard, Play Hard", which is the slogan for the McGregor group, the company at the center of the story. Of course, it bears no resemblance with the original French title that perhaps makes more sense.

This film deals with the realities of what is happening in the work place today. It's sort of a universal phenomenon in which the fate of people that have given their lives working for a company, suddenly, face an uncertain future. A few of them will end unemployed because these workers are expendable.

Director Jean Marc Moutout presents us with the intrigues within a successful company. Philippe Seigner, a young and talented would-be executive type, is hand picked by his immediate superior, not because of his credentials, but because the boss thinks he can carry out the hatchet job without any qualms. Since Laurent has no scruples, he expects nothing else from his subordinate.

Philippe meets and falls in love with the single mother, Eva, who sees in the young man someone she can love. Alas, Philippe will surprise her with an unusual turn of events that will separate the two lovers forever.

The acting is first rate. Jeremie Renier seems to be a natural actor. Cylia Malki and Laurent Lucas, are quite good, as is the rest of an ensemble cast under the sure direction of M. Moutout.