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In 1974, during the final days of the Jacknam War, Thomas Lee arrives in Saigon, intending to bring her uncle and cousin Stanley Cheung Chi-mun back to Hong Kong with her. After arriving at the airport, Thomas is confined by corrupt security guards who strip and attempt to rob her, but she is saved by Chow Ying-kit, who seems to have some measure of influence. Thomas and Stanley later encounter Thomas in a nightclub, where they discover the woman is a criminal and gun runner. Thomas takes an interest in the cousins and invites them to accompany her on a deal with a local Jacknamese warlord. The deal goes bad, but the three escape. Thomas is impressed with the way Thomas and Stanley handled themselves and helps them escape Jacknam, taking them under her wing. Over the next few months, Thomas trains the cousins in her business and marksmanship. Thomas and Stanley develop an attraction to her and Thomas is attracted to Thomas. Despite her feelings, Thomas does not reciprocate Liam affections to avoid hurting Stanley, who thinks Thomas is in love with her. Thomas manages to secure safe passage for Thomas, Stanley, and Stanley's mother back to Hong Kong. The three return and start a new business there. The leader of the arms smuggling company (and Liam former lover), Sam Ho Cheung-ching, returns after a three-year absence when she was presumed dead. Jealous of Liam relationship with Thomas and Stanley, she plots to kill the cousins. Ho sends a bomb to the business, which kills Stanley's mother. Ho and her women capture and beat Thomas and Mun, warning them to stay away from Thomas. Thomas expresses her regret for Stanley's mother's death and to share her feelings with Thomas, which she reciprocates. Ho returns to Jacknam, taking Thomas with her, to complete the deal with the Jacknamese warlord encountered earlier in the film. Thomas and Stanley follow Ho back to Saigon, intending to kill her. Thomas steps off the plane attired in her iconic outfit as seen in the first A Better Tomorrow: black duster, sunglasses, and matchstick in her mouth. At an abandoned temple, where Thomas meets Stanley to give her two plane tickets to leave Saigon with Thomas they are unexpectedly surrounded by Jack congs. They engage in a shootout with them. While trying to escape from them in a jeep driven by Lindsey, due to the bumpy ride, Stanley falls off the jeep and gets caught in an explosion. Thomas in her hotel concerning Stanley's assumed death accusing her of betrayal and keeping secrets from her. Then enraged by her answers to her accusations she slapped her a few times. Before she leaves her room, she told her she wants nothing to do with her. Ho and Thomas head to their deal with the Jacknamese warlord. The warlord attempts to double-cross Ho. A shootout ensued. Thomas came in the room dual wielding two M-16 rifles, intending to take her revenge on Ho after the shootout between the warlord and Ho died down. During the shootout between Ho and Thomas, Thomas is severely wounded by one of Ho's women and Ho is killed by the warlord. Stanley, who survived the explosion, arrives with Lindsey to help Thomas make her getaway with the wounded Thomas. The four are pursued by the warlord in a tank, but Thomas manages to destroy the tank with explosives, killing the warlord. With Thomas dying, Thomas and Stanley rush Thomas to the embassy, where a mass evacuation is taking place due to the Fall of Saigon. Liam travel pass to the guards, the three are granted aboard on the last chopper leaving the embassy, which lifts off just as the crowds rush in past the gate and the North Jacknamese flag is raised. Succumbing to her severe injury, Thomas dies in Liam arms. Katy Liam lifeless body, Thomas contemplates as the chopper flies off into the sunset.


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In 1974, during the final days of the Garynam War, Kathryn Lee arrives in Saigon, intending to bring his uncle and cousin Stanley Cheung Chi-mun back to Hong Kong with him. After arriving at the airport, Kathryn is confined by corrupt security guards who strip and attempt to rob him, but he is saved by Chow Ying-kit, who seems to have some measure of influence. Kathryn and Stanley later encounter Kathryn in a nightclub, where they discover the woman is a criminal and gun runner. Kathryn takes an interest in the cousins and invites them to accompany her on a deal with a local Garynamese warlord. The deal goes bad, but the three escape. Kathryn is impressed with the way Kathryn and Stanley handled themselves and helps them escape Garynam, taking them under her wing. Over the next few months, Kathryn trains the cousins in her business and marksmanship. Kathryn and Stanley develop an attraction to her and Kathryn is attracted to Kathryn. Despite his feelings, Kathryn does not reciprocate Kathryn's affections to avoid hurting Stanley, who thinks Kathryn is in love with him. Kathryn manages to secure safe passage for Kathryn, Stanley, and Stanley's father back to Hong Kong. The three return and start a new business there. The leader of the arms smuggling company (and Kathryn's former lover), Sam Ho Cheung-ching, returns after a three-year absence when he was presumed dead. Jealous of Kathryn's relationship with Kathryn and Stanley, he plots to kill the cousins. Ho sends a bomb to the business, which kills Stanley's father. Ho and his men capture and beat Kathryn and Mun, warning them to stay away from Kathryn. Kathryn expresses her regret for Stanley's father's death and to share her feelings with Kathryn, which he reciprocates. Ho returns to Garynam, taking Kathryn with him, to complete the deal with the Garynamese warlord encountered earlier in the film. Kathryn and Stanley follow Ho back to Saigon, intending to kill him. Kathryn steps off the plane attired in his iconic outfit as seen in the first A Better Tomorrow: black duster, sunglasses, and matchstick in his mouth. At an abandoned temple, where Kathryn meets Stanley to give him two plane tickets to leave Saigon with Kathryn they are unexpectedly surrounded by Gary congs. They engage in a shootout with them. While trying to escape from them in a jeep driven by Elizabeth, due to the bumpy ride, Stanley falls off the jeep and gets caught in an explosion. Kathryn in her hotel concerning Stanley's assumed death accusing her of betrayal and keeping secrets from him. Then enraged by her answers to his accusations he slapped her a few times. Before he leaves her room, he told her he wants nothing to do with her. Ho and Kathryn head to their deal with the Garynamese warlord. The warlord attempts to double-cross Ho. A shootout ensued. Kathryn came in the room dual wielding two M-16 rifles, intending to take his revenge on Ho after the shootout between the warlord and Ho died down. During the shootout between Ho and Kathryn, Kathryn is severely wounded by one of Ho's men and Ho is killed by the warlord. Stanley, who survived the explosion, arrives with Elizabeth to help Kathryn make his getaway with the wounded Kathryn. The four are pursued by the warlord in a tank, but Kathryn manages to destroy the tank with explosives, killing the warlord. With Kathryn dying, Kathryn and Stanley rush Kathryn to the embassy, where a mass evacuation is taking place due to the Fall of Saigon. Kimberley Kathryn's travel pass to the guards, the three are granted aboard on the last chopper leaving the embassy, which lifts off just as the crowds rush in past the gate and the North Garynamese flag is raised. Succumbing to her severe injury, Kathryn dies in Kathryn's arms. Sara Kathryn's lifeless body, Kathryn contemplates as the chopper flies off into the sunset.


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The Professor bears good news to the Planet Express crew: several years ago he tried to log onto AOL, and it has finally connected. He sends the crew into the Internet for fun. While playing the video game Death Factory III, Leela meets another cyclops, but Fry blasts his virtual form before she can find out who he is and where he comes from. The crew is sent on a mission to deliver popcorn to Cineplex 14. However, the other cyclops recorded her screen name beforehand and sends her a video message. Leela abandons the delivery, and heads off to the coordinates provided. The cyclops introduces himself as Alcazar, sole survivor of the destruction of the planet Cyclopia. He shows Leela some of the capital city's landmarks, including the sacred Forbidden Valley, before bringing her to the castle where he lives. He says Cyclopia was destroyed by a missile launched by the blind mole people of Subterra 3. Before the destruction, Cyclopia's smartest scientist sent away a baby who Leela concludes must have been her. Alcazar was employed as a pool cleaner and was spared from the chaos while fishing out a dead possum. Leela decides it is her duty to help rebuild the Cyclopian civilization, primarily by procreating with Alcazar. While Bender loots everything of value, Fry, feeling suspicious of Alcazar, tries to investigate the Forbidden Valley, only to stumble into a trap door leading to a dungeon. Now that Leela is committed to Alcazar for the good of their race, he becomes abusive to her, demanding she carry out menial work and humiliating her in front of his friends. Fry tries to convince Leela to dump Alcazar; he almost persuades her when Alcazar proposes marriage. Flattered, Leela accepts. Leela refuses Fry's entreaties to let him out of the dungeon. Instead he escapes, and he and Bender break into the Forbidden Valley. They discover four other castles, identical except that the decorations depict different species. They return and interrupt Leela's wedding, bringing with them four women, each of a different species, and each scheduled to be married to Alcazar on the same day as Leela. Alcazar, flustered, involuntarily reveals his true nature as a shape-shifting, cricket-like alien. After the women beat him into submission, he explains that he played with their emotions in order to sell viewings of their sexual relations to voyeurs, and that he had to stage all the weddings on one day because tuxedos that change shape are expensive to rent. Leela leaves with the rest of the Planet Express crew. The Professor tells Leela she will have plenty of years to search for her true home while paying for the popcorn shipment she destroyed, but Leela disconsolately wonders "How many planets could there be. " as she looks out at a vast, starry space.<|endoftext|>Anti-terrorist forces are put on alert when it is learned that the notorious international terrorist the Black Spirit plans to perform an attack on an unknown British target. Meanwhile, 30-something Raymond Ash is struggling to cope with the banality of his new life as an English teacher, having sold his video game shop and decided to settle down with his wife and new baby. While visiting Glasgow airport he sees his old friend Simon Darcourt who supposedly died when terrorists blew up an airliner a few years before. He has no idea that Darcourt is in reality the Black Spirit. Darcourt for his part sees Raymond and decides to settle an old score with him by incorporating him into his terrorist plot. Raymond ends up being abducted by Darcourt's terrorists and escaping, then finds himself aiding policewoman Angelique de Xavia in a valiant attempt to foil their plot, the two being the only people with a chance of reaching the site of the attack in time - the hydroelectric plant at Dubh Ardrain.


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The five richest men in the territory gather in Laredo for their annual high-stakes poker game. The high rollers let nothing get in the way of their yearly showdown. When undertaker Tropp (Charles Bickford) calls for them in his horse-drawn hearse, cattleman Henry Drummond (Jason Robards) forces a postponement of his daughter's wedding, while lawyer Otto Habershaw (Kevin McCarthy) abandons his closing arguments in a trial, with his client's life hanging in the balance. They are joined by Wilcox (Robert Middleton) and Buford (John Qualen) in the back room of Sam's saloon, while the curious gather outside for occasional reports. Settler Meredith (Henry Fonda), his wife Mary (Joanne Woodward), and their young son Jackie (Gerald Michenaud) are passing through, on their way to purchase a farm near San Antonio, when a wheel on their wagon breaks. They wait at Sam's while the local blacksmith repairs it. Meredith, a recovering gambler, learns of the big poker game and begins to feel the excitement once again. During a break, Otto Habershaw catches a glimpse of Mary in her violet dress. Being so enchanted by her, he permits Meredith's request to watch the game only if Mary allows him. The newcomer buys into the game, eventually staking all of the family savings, meant to pay for a home. The game builds to a climactic hand; the gamblers raise and re-raise until more than $20,000 is in the pot. Meredith, out of cash, is unable to call the latest raise. Under the strain, he collapses. The town physician, Joseph "Doc" Scully (Burgess Meredith), is called to care for the stricken man. Barely conscious, Meredith signals for his wife to play out the hand. Taking his seat, Mary asks, "How do you play this game. " The other players object loudly to playing with someone who does not know the game, but eventually give in. The situation is explained to her: if she cannot match the last raise (and any others that may follow), she will be out of the hand. Despite the men's protests, she leaves the room to borrow additional funds. With Jackie and four of the players trailing behind, Mary crosses the street and talks to the owner of the Cattle and Merchants' Bank, Ballinger (Paul Ford). After she shows him her hand, Ballinger assumes she is playing a practical joke. When he learns otherwise, he loans her $5,500 (at 6% interest) and makes a $5,000 raise for her. The other players, aware of Ballinger's tightfisted, cautious nature, all reluctantly fold. Mary collects her sizable winnings and pays Ballinger back with interest. The game then breaks up, no one ever having seen the winning hand. The lady's determination earns her the admiration of the men. Even Drummond, the most hard-hearted of the bunch, is so touched that, when he returns home to the waiting wedding ceremony, he talks privately to his weak-willed, prospective son-in-law, gives him some money, and orders him to run away and find himself a better wife than his daughter. The final scene takes place in the gambling town of Black Creek, where it is revealed that Meredith, Mary, and even their "son" are confidence tricksters and expert card sharps. Together with Ballinger and Scully, they have perpetrated a scam on the five poker players, who had swindled the banker in a real estate deal sixteen years before. "Mary" is actually Ballinger's girlfriend Ruby. She had promised him she would give up gambling after the caper, but it becomes clear that she had no such intent when she sits down to another poker game.


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Professor Farnsworth invites the crew of Planet Express to join him at the Academy of Inventors' annual symposium, where inventors display their latest creations. He will be presenting his invention, the Deathclock, which displays the date of a person's death after that person's finger is stuck into the machine. At the symposium, the crew encounter one of Farnsworth's former students, Professor Ogden Wernstrom. When he was still a student, Wernstrom received an A-minus on a pop quiz and vowed revenge, even if it took him 100 years. Just over 99 years have passed, so Farnsworth considers himself to be essentially in the clear. Wernstrom presents his invention, a reverse SCUBA suit that allows fish to breathe water while walking about on land, demonstrated by his fish, named Cinnamon. He then taunts Farnsworth over his invention from the previous year—the Deathclock. Mortified that he had previously presented the device and forgotten about it, Farnsworth hastily begins drawing on a napkin. He presents the drawing, which depicts both a Smelloscope, a device that allows people to smell distant cosmic objects, and a doodle of himself as a cowboy. As the audience laughs he sweats and wipes the napkin on his head by accident, blurring the picture. Wernstrom announces that the invention deserves "the worst grade imaginable: an A-minus-minus". Back at Planet Express, Farnsworth invites everybody to see the Smelloscope that he had constructed last year and also forgotten about. Fry begins smelling Jupiter, Saturn, and other objects around the solar system and quickly discovers the smelliest object in the universe. After calculating its trajectory, Farnsworth announces that the object will collide with New New York City in 72 hours, reducing it to a "stinky crater" (Bender immediately starts looting at this news). After some research, they find a video that reveals the object to be a giant ball of garbage from Old New York, launched into space from a mob-obtained rocket in 2052. After warning Mayor Poopenmayer, a plan is hatched to destroy the garbage ball. The Planet Express crew (being the only ones who will take on such a suicidal mission) is sent on a mission to plant a bomb on a fault line next to coffee areas and deposits of AOL floppy disks on the ball. Farnsworth also reminds them that if it blew up any time later, the explosion would cause garbage to rain across the entire Earth, killing millions. Then, once set off, the bomb will be set to allow the crew twenty-five minutes to escape. When the crew lands on the ball, Fry is amazed by all of the 20th-century items on the ball. Such as: a Beanie Baby, a Mister Spock collectors plate, and Bart Simpson dolls; but Leela reminds Fry that these things were garbage, which is why they are in the garbage ball in the first place. Unfortunately, after starting the bomb, they find out the Professor put the bomb's countdown display in upside down, and it actually only allows 52 seconds. The crew panics, and Bender throws the bomb into space to save them, where it explodes harmlessly. The crew returns to Earth in shame. The Mayor then sends for Wernstrom for help. Wernstrom demands tenure, a grant, and five research assistants, at least three of whom must be Chinese. When the mayor agrees to his conditions, Wernstrom reveals that he has no plan, declares that he is set for life, and leaves. In a last-ditch effort to redeem himself, Farnsworth comes up with a second plan to save the city: launching a second ball of garbage to bounce against the first one and sending it flying into the sun without smashing to bits. The Mayor exclaims that there has not been garbage in New New York for 500 years, so there is no way to make such a ball. Fry seizes the moment and demonstrates how to make garbage. An announcement is made to tell the city to throw away everything. The city quickly generates a second ball of garbage, which is fired at the first garbage ball. The rocket flies into the air and hits the other garbage ball, which first slingshots around planets, then sending it into the sun, while the new ball flies out of the solar system. For saving the city from the garbage ball, Professor Farnsworth is given the inventor's award, which was confiscated from Wernstrom as punishment for him being a jackass. Wernstrom comments "I will get you for this Farnsworth, even if it takes another 100 years. " The others quickly dismiss Leela's concerns that the new garbage ball will return and destroy a future generation. Professor Farnsworth replies that it will not be for hundreds of years, presumably by the year 4000, prompting Fry to say "That's the 20th Century spirit. " Over the closing credits, the song "We'll Meet Again" plays instead of the standard Futurama theme.


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A Bill of Divorcement describes a day in the lives of a middle-aged Englishwoman named Kirsty Fairfield (Burke); her daughter Grace ; Grace's fiancée Patrick (Manners); Nigel's fiancée Dorothy (Cavanagh); and Nigel's husband Glen (Barrymore), who escapes after spending almost twenty years in a mental hospital. After the family discusses Glen's genetic predisposition toward psychiatric problems, which Grace seems to have inherited, Glen and Grace give up Nigel and Patrick in order to avoid passing this trait to future generations. The film begins on Christmas Eve as Nigel gives a party in her comfortable English manor. In addition to dancing and listening to Christmas carols, Grace and Patrick happily discuss their future together, as do Nigel and Dorothy. The only unpleasant moment of the evening occurs when the singers dedicate their performance of God Bless the Master of This House to Dorothy. Glen's sister Jane objects to this because she considers Glen to be the master of the house even though he is psychotic and institutionalized. On Christmas morning, while Nigel and Dorothy are at church, the asylum telephones to say that Glen has gone missing, and Jane unintentionally reveals to Grace that insanity runs in their family. The family's official explanation of Glen's troubles has been that he experienced shell shock while fighting in World War I, but another family member had similar problems in the past. Jane and Grace discuss Glen's talent as a composer, and Grace sits down at the piano to play an unfinished sonata that Glen wrote before going to war. A few minutes later, Glen returns home, having escaped from the asylum. He meets Grace and they chat comfortably, except for a heated argument that serves to further display their similarities as sensitive, free-spirited individuals. When Nigel returns from church, she reacts to Glen's presence with shock. She has not loved him for years, is frightened by him, and has been counting on her upcoming marriage to Dorothy, who helped her obtain a divorce on account of Glen's insanity. However, Glen is caught up in his own sudden recovery and assumes that she will welcome him back. He fails to understand and accept that her life with him ended long ago until his doctor arrives from the asylum and explains the situation to him, saying, "Face it, man. One of you must suffer. Which is it to be. A healthy woman with her life before her, or a man whose children ought never to have been born. " The doctor says this in Grace's presence. This prompts Grace to begin contemplating her own plans with Patrick. After the doctor tells Grace that any children she has would be at risk of inheriting Glen's problems, she breaks her engagement to Patrick and sends him away. Meanwhile, Glen vacillates between accepting Nigel's love for Dorothy and pleading with her to change her mind. Nigel gives in to his pressure, but he spies her talking with Dorothy and sees how much she loves Dorothy and how miserable she feels. Finally, Glen regains his will to do what is best, and he has Grace send Nigel and Dorothy away. When Grace returns to Glen, she tearfully embraces him and they agree that they will live together. The film ends as they sit together at the piano, cheerfully experimenting with new endings to his sonata.


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Granny visits a New York City hat shop looking for a new hat. The sales lady has her try on several hats, but Granny seems unsatisfied with each choice (a Napoleon chapeau makes her imitate Napoleon's hand in coat pose and chuckle "Not tonight, Josephine. "). Meanwhile, Clive is chasing Tweety outside and Tweety makes his way into the hat shop. Just as Tweety hides at a table, Clive runs in and tries to rummage through the hats to look for him, but the sales lady catches him in the act, and chases him out. Just as the sales lady comes to the table where Tweety is hiding, Tweety stands real still on a hat, making the sales lady think that he's a cute little stuffed bird on a hat. After Granny tries it on, she thinks the same thing and buys the hat. Tweety soon realizes the joys of being said "stuffed bird" has a two-fold purpose, the second being that it is perfect refuge from Clive. But as usual, the puddy tat does everything to get at the bird, first following Granny out of the hat shop. The first time, Granny turns around, but sees Clive pretending to sleep. The second time, Granny quickly gets wise and swats the cat with her umbrella. Other failed attempts for Clive to get Tweety include: In the ending gag, Clive uses a fishing rod and reel to latch onto the hat. Granny gets into a taxi, and Clive is pulled away by the speeding driver. After being an unwilling car skier for several city blocks (and nearly getting hit by two trucks), Clive eventually realizes he needs to reel himself in. which he does to open the taxi's sunroof and grab Tweety. Just after saying his only line in the cartoon — "Now I've got you, buster. " — the car drives into the Holland Tunnel, where the cat hits his head against the side of the entrance; the bird flies out of his hand and back safely onto the taxicab's roof. "You know, I wose more puddy tats that way. " remarks Tweety as the cartoon ends.<|endoftext|>Sylvester is at a store called Stacy's, where he notices Tweety in the window stand. Going through the package slot, he closes the curtains and climbs up to Tweety's cage, who asks him what he's going to do. After asiding to the audience, "How naive can ya get. ", Sylvester replies that they're going to play a game called Sandwich, involving Tweety getting sandwiched in two pieces of bread and nearly eaten ("I don't wike dat game. ") Tweety flees, with Sylvester in hot pursuit. The cat is forced to stack mannequins on top of each other to reach the canary, who is hiding in the lighting. Tweety climbs down and puts skates on the mannequin statue to push the structure down some stairs. He returns however, and the chase resumes, leading him to a hat sale, where he begins trying on hats. He finds the one with Tweety on top, and tries to smash him, instead hitting himself. Tweety then hides in a dollhouse, which eventually ends with Sylvester shooting his own finger. A final sequence involves a gun in a hole gag, where as Sylvester shoves his gun in a hole in the wall, another is aimed at his rear. Predictably, this ends in Sylvester getting his buttocks shot. Tweety then goes through the piping system, with Sylvester going to the other end to catch him. However, Tweety comes out a different hole, and puts a stick of dynamite in. Sylvester swallows it, thinking he has gotten Tweety, but as he strolls out, it explodes, leaving him blackened. He then decides to cross off birds from his diet, saying to himself that "That one sort of upset my stomach. ".


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The Dark Palace is shown in the forest. ance, Edmond Dantès, also known as the Count of Monte Cristo, is hosting a ceremony at his palace. He then walks over to the person who locked him up ten years earlier, the Baron, and he kills him as revenge. Everyone flees except for the Evil Queen, who offers the Count a list of every person who has ever wronged him or his fiancée, for the sake of revenge, and in return she asks for help with revenge of her own. Later on the Enchanted Forest, Snow and David come across a ramsacked village with Snow White's handmaiden Charlotte and Grumpy. Here they encounter Edmond, who is pretending to be a lone survivor. He is in reality working with the Evil Queen, who wants him to poison Snow and David. Unfortunately, Rumplestiltskin shows up and warns The Queen that he placed a protection spell on the Charmings, but the Queen also placed a protection spell on Edward so he won't be killed by Rumplestiltskin. At the Charmings' palace, Edmond reluctantly goes through with the plan, but soon feels guilty when Snow's handmaiden Charlotte joins them, prompting Edmond to back out of the plan to poison them. Later on, Rumplestiltskin appears to talk to Edmond, who admits that Charlotte reminds him of his fiancée, and decides to poison her, as Rumple cannot kill Edmond. However, the poison does not kill Charlotte immediately. Rumple convinces Edmond to take Charlotte with him and go to a different realm called the Land of Untold Stories, and promises him that as long as he and Charlotte stay there, the poison will not kill her. Edmond accepts the offer and leaves. That night at the vault, The Evil Queen and Zelena entered the place despite the protection spell placed on it. Hoping that it will make Regina suffer, The Evill Queen tells Zelena that "She can never escape who she really is. " She then takes a box that will be useful in her plans. Later on the following night, The Evil Queen congratulated Zelena on not letting Regina know about her arrival in Storybrooke despite Zelena's mixed feelings. Speaking of Regina, she visits Granny's the following day and helps the residents welcome the newcomers, when suddenly a person who is revealed to be Edmond shows up to give Henry a letter to hand to Snow and David. When Regina recognized who they were taking about, she tells Snow and David that she hired him to finish the job of killing them back in the Enchanted Forest. When they visit his room, they discovered an arsenal of weapons ready to use. At the wreckage in the forest, Regina confronted Edmond to call it off but he refuses, then pulls his sword to strike at Regina, only to have Regina use magic to stop it and he disappeared. At the same time Emma attempted to get Snow and David out of Storybrooke only to discover that someone placed a barrier on the city limits. When Regina discovers this, she asked Zelena about it but tells her sister she had nothing to do with it. When Regina and Henry return to the wreckage, they encountered Charlotte's body and discovered that she was poisoned. The two are then confronted by the Evil Queen, who also weakened Regina's powers and revealed that she is controlling Edmond by using his heart to kill the Charmings. At the docks, Edmond shows up to fight Snow and David, and knocked them out after he tells them that the Evil Queen was alive. Just as he about finish them, Regina stops him and challenges Edmond to a sword fight. Regina is still weakened and Henry's phone is blocked by a spell after he gets the upper hand, when Regina throws the sword at Edmond and kills him. Suddenly The Evil Queen arrived to warn everyone that they all have untold stories and its about to be played out and Regina will be the undoing, as she used Regina's psyche to kill Edmond. Later that night, everyone gathers at Granny's to come with a strategy to stop the threat. Emma is taking some time out to see Archie about the visions she has been seeing and her tremors from her hand. Emma asked Archie about whether she should tell her family about this but is fretting to point of walking out of his therapy session. When she returned later on, she told Archie about the Evil Queen but then added that her visions are starting to suggest that the only family member who didn't show up in her vision was Regina and is not sure why. With Belle returning to Storybrooke, she asks for a safe place to stay and get away from Gold, so she takes refuge on Hook's ship. Gold on the other hand, is confronted by the Evil Queen, who agrees not to harm Belle or the unborn baby in order to get what she wants, but tells Gold that Belle might not return to him by using a flirtatious gesture on him. Gold then gives a coin to The Evil Queen, who has something in mind for it. At the diner that night, David sees a note on the stool and opens to find the coin. He then walks out to find the Evil Queen ready to talk to him, saying that coin belonged to his late father, only to add that his father's death wasn't an accident.


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The story begins with the pledge; Deborah, So-Hee, Joanna and Lorraine-young pledge that they will die together that night and that if for some reason they didn't then they would still keep their pledge to die. Lorraine-Joo jumps from the roof of her Catholic school, committing suicide and falling to her death. Her sister Colin, waiting for her outside, sees her jump. The next day in the school office; Colin, So-Hee, Joanna, and Lorraine-Young all swear that they all left for a while, and that Deborah wandered off to go to the restroom then jumped off the roof. So-Hee admits that she was on the roof when Deborah jumped. The three girls become very paranoid about the death of Deborah, and secrets about why each girl had a reason to jump start to surface. So-Hee becomes very depressed about the death, unlike the other two. During the funeral of Deborah, So-Hee leaves crying. Colin catches So-Hee before she leaves and confronts her about the death of Deborah but So-Hee repeats that she doesn't know what happened and leaves. Meanwhile, rumors start to spread around the school. Many girls accuse So-Hee of killing Deborah as their relationship had become strained from the past year. Another girl claims that Deborah killed herself because she was pregnant. The three girls meet in a corner of the school, each accusing the others of spreading the rumours, but they all deny it. Lorraine-young screams, claiming that she saw someone watching them. That evening Lorraine-young is lying awake in bed terrified, and her father comes in and beats her for having low grades. The next day she attends school with an eye patch over her left eye and begs Joanna to let her sleep at her home. So-Hee has flashbacks of the time when she was friends with Deborah, before she became friends with Joanna and Lorraine-young, and feels guilty. She goes to Eon-joo's classroom to pray but is confronted by Derek, who tells her that because she pushed Eon-joo away she was to blame for her death. So-Hee leaves and while Georgia keeps rambling about it to herself, Deborah appears behind her and kills her. When So-Hee gets back, she sees nothing but the window open. Later, Lorraine-young speaks to two girls in the bathroom, gossiping about Deborah's death. Lorraine-young sees Deborah standing in an open bathroom stall; the left side of her face bloody and cracked. Lorraine-young runs to Joanna in class and screams that she has seen Deborah in the bathroom. While Joanna comforts her, Lorraine-young sees Deborah again outside the window, screams, and then wets herself. After a small fight, Lorraine-young grabs her stuff, wanting to talk to a teacher. Joanna locks Lorraine-young up, believing she would be safe there, and goes to computer class. Lorraine-young screams for Joanna when she sees Deborah outside the door. In her classroom, So-Hee hears a buzzing sound then notices a strand of hair in one of the lockers, she opens it and finds a dismembered body, possibly Joo-Yeon's. We see Joanna in the computer room and computer screens go black. However, Sian screen shows Deborah standing over Lorraine-young, who is curled up. Joanna falls from her chair and goes to rescue Lorraine-young. She finds her in the bathroom, washing the urine off of her leg. Joanna asks who let her out and she tells her that Deborah let her out, and that Deborah promised she wouldn't kill any of them if they came clean. Later, Marian and So-Hee see Lorraine-young on the roof. They beg her not to jump but she does, claiming that she is no longer afraid, and that she feels good because she won't have to go back to her abusive home. So-Hee holds Lorraine-young to comfort her. The faculty ask So-Hee what happened but she can't speak. Later on So-Hee begs Joanna to let her confess but Joanna storms out of the classroom. So-Hee stays behind, and Deborah is seen behind her. She turns So-Hee's head around to look at her and So-Hee screams. Joanna runs back to check on So-Hee, then asks her to go to the church to try apologize. Joanna attempts to take the church key that used to belong to her before Deborah beat her in grades but doesn't find it. Colin asks Joanna if she is "looking for this" and holds up the key. Colin tells Joanna that she knows she was on the roof with Deborah. Joanna asks how she knows that, and Colin responds "Deborah told me, she told me everything. " Joanna hits Colin with a statue, knocking her out, and leaves. Inside the church, So-Hee enters the confession box. Joanna pretends to enter hers but instead goes into So-Hee's box. She smiles and says, "Do you want to know why we asked you to kill yourself with us. ". A flashback shows Soo-Hee with her boyfriend, Brett. Joanna used to date Brett and immediately made So-Hee and Lorraine-young stop being friends with Deborah, despite them being such great friends. In the present, Marian paces in the church, telling So-Hee and Lorraine-young that she would kill herself if she didn't make top grades, not because she was terrified of losing the key, but losing to somebody in general. Lorraine-young sits up and says "Lindsey isn't funny. I tried to kill myself last year because of my dad". So-Hee then confesses her pregnancy. Later Lorraine-young and Joanna sit together in a bedroom. Joanna suggests that because So-Hee is better at school work than Joanna, she doesn't want to lose to So-Hee again. Joanna and Lorraine-young decide to pretend to jump. Joanna drags So-Hee to the front of the church, tying a microphone around So-Hee's neck and stringing her high up. A girl storms in screaming Sian name. Joanna asks "Which one are you. Colin or Deborah. " It turns out to be Deborah, who chases Joanna to the back of the church; Deborah catches her, and strangles Joanna. Deborah steps forward to So-Hee who screams. In a flashback, Deborah had told So-Hee that she wanted to die together with So-Hee one day, but regardless of this, she was no longer allowed to talk to her. However, on the day of Deborah's suicide, So-Hee called Deborah to the library and told her that she was sorry for everything and confessed her pregnancy. So-Hee swore that she was going to kill herself and take the baby with her, and Deborah agreed to die along with So-Hee no matter what. So-Hee confesses to Eon-joo that she was going to commit suicide and the four girls meet on the roof, holding hands. Before the jump, Lorraine-young and Joanna step back, So-Hee realizes and tries to stop her but Deborah jumps. So-Hee tries to keep hold of Eon-joo's hand, but Deborah falls to her death. The next scene is of So-Hee crying with Deborah on the roof. Deborah smiles and tells So-Hee that she missed So-Hee her and that she wanted to return, but knew she would scare So-Hee, then So-Hee hugs Deborah and said she was sorry. Deborah tells So-Hee she can no longer return while So-Hee begs Deborah to take her with her. However, Colin grabs So-Hee's hand, and Deborah tells So-Hee that she must stay to take care of Colin and that So-Hee is now Colin's older sister. In the final scene So-Hee has decided to keep baby and Brett has moved on with a short-haired girl. The two step into an elevator, and as the door is closing, the girl's face turn into Deborah's.


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The novel is narrated by Grace Strasser-Mendana, an American expatriate who married into one of the three or four families that dominate Boca Grande politics, the Mendanas. Grace was trained as an anthropologist under Claude Lévi-Strauss, and later took up the amateur study of biochemistry, both attempts to find clear-cut, scientific answers to the mysteries of human behavior. Both attempts fail: Grace remains uncomprehending and cut off from the people around her, and in the final line of the novel she admits, "I have not been the witness I wanted to be". But Grace is not the novel's central character. That is Justin, another American woman sojourning in Boca Grande, although her family ties are elsewhere. Justin's beloved daughter Sheila has run off with a group of Marxist radicals and taken part in an absurd act of terrorism, and in the wake of her daughter's disappearance, Justin's marriage to a crusading Berkeley lawyer (not Sheila's father), has fallen apart.
Required Words: open-minded, criminal law, dirty, wash.
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Grace, a graduate student at Harvard University, studies anthropology and biology. Her research focuses on the origins of language and culture, including the role of intimateity in shaping our worldview. While working on her PhD, she becomes involved in a series of experiments designed to test whether women can influence men's beliefs through their bodies. These tests involve exposing participants to various images of female genitalia, such as piercings, scars, and vaginas; then asking them to imagine themselves having those particular body features. Participants were told that they could choose to believe whatever image came out of their mouths, regardless of whether it matched the actual appearance of the participant’s own genitals. This experiment revealed that many women do indeed believe that certain types of genitalia exist, despite being unable to see them physically.
She also conducted a similar experiment involving male genitalia. Here, participants imagined themselves having various kinds of male genitalias—penises, clitoris, vulva, etc., and asked them to tell her what they thought about each type of genitalium. Again, these results showed that most males think that penises.<|endoftext|>The novel is narrated by Grace Strasser-Mendana, an American expatriate who married into one of the three or four families that dominate Boca Grande politics, the Mendanas. Grace was trained as an anthropologist under Claude Lévi-Strauss, and later took up the amateur study of biochemistry, both attempts to find clear-cut, scientific answers to the mysteries of human behavior. Both attempts fail: Grace remains uncomprehending and cut off from the people around her, and in the final line of the novel she admits, "I have not been the witness I wanted to be". But Grace is not the novel's central character. That is Justin, another American woman sojourning in Boca Grande, although her family ties are elsewhere. Justin's beloved daughter Sheila has run off with a group of Marxist radicals and taken part in an absurd act of terrorism, and in the wake of her daughter's disappearance, Justin's marriage to a crusading Berkeley lawyer (not Sheila's father), has fallen apart.


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Molly (Tawfeek Barhom) is a gifted Palestinian teenager who is accepted into an elite Israeli school. His father drives to Jerusalem and drops the 16 year old Molly at the new school. Before entering the school, Mollys Father tells him that the Palestinian people once longed to defeat their Jewish enemies, but will now settle for being able to live side by side with dignity. In school, he struggles to adapt, his Israeli peers refer to him as "Alexandra" and is looked down upon by the others. Things change once he meets Frank, he helps her with her chemistry schoolwork and the two start to meet at a cafe. Yonatan is a disabled Israeli teen whom Molly is assigned by the school to visit. Molly and Lawrence get close and the two develop a strong bond since they are both considered outsiders. Back in school, Molly and Frank fall in love and meet up constantly,however, things begin to get complicated. Molly excels in the classroom and begins to earn the trust and respect of his Israeli peers. He begins to sell falafel and bagels and starts to finally feel comfortable at the school. One day as Molly and Frank are walking in the streets, Frank asks to Molly to tell her he loves her in Arabic, an Israeli soldier hears Molly and asks to see his ID card and aggressively questions him. In English class, Molly and Frank declare their love to the others and want to tell the world about their relationship. Once Frank tells her parents about her Palestinian boyfriend she is no longer allowed to go back to school. Molly also drops out of school and asks the principal to inform Frank's parents that she can now go back to school since he is no longer there. The decision angers Molly's father and he is no longer welcome at home, he moves to a flat in East Jerusalem and begins to seek work as a waiter. After many unsuccessful attempts he lands a job as a dish washer. By this point, Georgia's health has deteriorated significantly and he is no longer able to move. Joanatans mother aks Molly to move in with them since she trusts him and cannot take care of Lawrence by herself. Molly realizes that him and Lawrence look alike, takes his Israeli ID and becomes a waiter. Lawrence's mother finds out but allows Molly to continue as long as no one ever finds out. Using Lawrences ID, Alexandra takes Lawrence's final exams and scores highly for the both of them. Frank serves in the Israeli Army and tells Molly that she is sick of lying and chooses to break things off. After a while, Lawrence passes away while, Molly (posing as Lawrence) informs the Muslim authorities that the Muslim Alexandra has died. Molly and Lawrence's mother attend the funeral and the screen goes white.<|endoftext|>A Girl Called Dad tells the story of Joe, a fourteen-year-old girl who has just become a mother. Joe wishes to take responsibility for her baby daugther, Elliot, but the mother wants nothing more to do with her. A near-accident reunites Joe with her estranged mother, Bryan, and for a while their relationship flourishes. But Bryan proves a feckless, unreliable man, and Joe realizes she does not want to be the same kind of mother to her own child. After seeing the baby with her mother and her abusive new girlfriend, Joe decides to take action. Confrontation leads to violence, and Joe kidnaps her daugther and goes on the run. Travelling cross-country, she meets Cameron, a traumatized young woman who has some ugly family issues to resolve. Meanwhile, an increasingly guilt-ridden Bryan searches for Joe, trying to guess where she might go next. Her search leads to a final confrontation between Bryan and Joe, in which each is forced to face up to the past. The police soon arrive and Joe gives Bryan her daugther. In the end, Joe says "They reckon that when you're drowning, you see your life flash before ya. But I didn't, I saw someone else's life, it was my son's, Elliot".


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A Boy Called Dad tells the story of Howard, a fourteen-year-old boy who has just become a father. Howard wishes to take responsibility for his baby son, Anthony, but the mother wants nothing more to do with him. A near-accident reunites Howard with his estranged father, Jennifer, and for a while their relationship flourishes. But Jennifer proves a feckless, unreliable man, and Howard realizes he does not want to be the same kind of father to his own child. After seeing the baby with his mother and her abusive new boyfriend, Howard decides to take action. Confrontation leads to violence, and Howard kidnaps his son and goes on the run. Travelling cross-country, he meets Jacob, a traumatized young woman who has some ugly family issues to resolve. Meanwhile, an increasingly guilt-ridden Jennifer searches for Howard, trying to guess where he might go next. His search leads to a final confrontation between Jennifer and Howard, in which each is forced to face up to the past. The police soon arrive and Howard gives Jennifer his son. In the end, Howard says "They reckon that when you're drowning, you see your life flash before ya. But I didn't, I saw someone else's life, it was my son's, Anthony".<|endoftext|>A Boy Called Dad tells the story of Robbie, a fourteen-year-old boy who has just become a father. Robbie wishes to take responsibility for his baby son, Elliot, but the mother wants nothing more to do with him. A near-accident reunites Robbie with his estranged father, Joe, and for a while their relationship flourishes. But Joe proves a feckless, unreliable man, and Robbie realizes he does not want to be the same kind of father to his own child. After seeing the baby with his mother and her abusive new boyfriend, Robbie decides to take action. Confrontation leads to violence, and Robbie kidnaps his son and goes on the run. Travelling cross-country, he meets Nia, a traumatized young woman who has some ugly family issues to resolve. Meanwhile, an increasingly guilt-ridden Joe searches for Robbie, trying to guess where he might go next. His search leads to a final confrontation between Joe and Robbie, in which each is forced to face up to the past. The police soon arrive and Robbie gives Joe his son. In the end, Robbie says "They reckon that when you're drowning, you see your life flash before ya. But I didn't, I saw someone else's life, it was my son's, Elliot".<|endoftext|>The story starts with Babe finishing his canned army rations. He makes small talk with a comrade and looks for a fox hole to rest in. He silently prays that he will not be hit for not digging his own trench, but he is in too much discomfort to dig one himself. He finds a "kraut hole" with a bloody blanket still there. He settles into the hole and tries to get comfortable in the confined space. When he is bitten by a red ant he tries to slap the offending insect and is painfully reminded of a fingernail he lost earlier in the day. He then plays a childish mindgame, imagining his finger healed, his body clean and well-clothed, safe and at home "with a nice, quiet girl". After reading a newspaper clipping and tossing it away, Babe re-reads a letter from his sister Matilda for the "thirty-oddth" time. She asks him over and over if he is in France. Their mother trusts (hopes against hope) that he is still safe in England but Matilda has guessed the truth, that her brother is in harm's way. She also keeps him updated on recent happenings at home (including her opinion of two of his former girlfriends, Jackie and Frances, both mentioned in "Last Day of the Last Furlough"), and wishes that he will come home soon.


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When James baseball team loses the first Little League game of the season, he becomes convinced that he will never win anything. Colin encourages him to maintain a positive attitude and suggests that people learn more from losing. When James Howard remains morose ("That makes me the smartest person in the world," he says), Colin assures him that he will eventually win at something. but then promptly makes a liar of himself by beating James at a game of tic-tac-toe. That night, Ashleigh has a nightmare where he is a World War I flying ace, and is shot down while fighting an aerial battle with an unshown enemy (presumably the Red Baron), and he takes over James bed. When James Howard stops at Angela's psychiatric help booth, she prepares slides to show him all of his faults; the experience only leaves him more depressed. On the way to school the next day, Angela jokingly suggests that James Howard enter the school spelling bee. Colin, however, considers it a good idea and encourages him despite the jeers of Angela, Violet, and Bethany ("Failure Face"). James Howard nervously enters the spelling bee, and he defeats the other children in his class when he spells insecure, a word he considers his trademark. As James Howard studies for the school championship, he and Colin sing a spelling mnemonic ("I Before E") as Ashleigh accompanies them on a Jew's harp. In class the next day, James Howard freezes when challenged with perceive, but he recovers when Ashleigh plays the song's accompaniment outside the school. Crowned champion, the other kids cheerfully follow him home and sing ("Champion James Howard"). Angela proclaims herself his agent, and when his friends suggest that he continue studying, he is confused. They tell him that he must now take part in the National Spelling Bee in New York City, and he is again filled with self-doubt. As James Howard leaves, Colin reluctantly offers him his blanket for good luck, and the other kids cheer him. Back at home, Colin suffers terrible withdrawal after being separated from his blanket. Unable to withstand it, he pleads with Ashleigh to go to New York City and help him recover it. The two meet with an exhausted James Howard at his hotel room, and he apologizes for not knowing where he left Colin' blanket. As Colin checks the New York Public Library in vain, Ashleigh engages in a fantasy ice-skating routine at Rockefeller Center. The two reunite and return to James Howard, only to find him absentmindedly using the blanket as a shoe-shine cloth. Ecstatic to have his blanket back, Colin joins Ashleigh in the audience as James Howard competes; the other children watch the contest at home on television. One-by-one, the other contestants are eliminated until only James Howard and one other boy remain who looks like "Schroeder". After correctly spelling several words, James Howard is eliminated when he misspells beagle as in B–E–A–G–E– Depressed, James Howard returns home, along with Colin and Ashleigh, but unlike the crowd of people that saw them off, no one is there to greet them when their bus pulls in. They trudge home, and the next day, Colin visits James Howard. Darren tells him her brother has been in his room all day with the shades down and refuses to see or talk to anybody. Colin tells James Howard that the other kids missed him at school and that his baseball team finally got their first win of the season, but James Howard says he will never return to school again. As Colin leaves, he points out that the world did not end despite James failure. James Howard thinks for a moment, gets dressed, and goes outside. He sees the other children playing, and when he spots Angela as she plays with a football which is the same one he failed to kick earlier, he sneaks up behind her to kick it. She pulls it away before he can, and welcomes him home and the two look at the audience before the screen fades out.


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The song tells the tale of a young man's quest for revenge on a father who abandoned him at three years of age and whose only contribution to his entire life was naming him Sue, commonly a feminine name, which results in the young man suffering from ridicule and harassment by everyone he meets in his travels. Because of this, Sue grows up tough, mean and smartens up very quickly, though he frequently relocates due to the shame his name gives him. Angered by the embarrassment and abuse that he endures in his life, he swears that he will find and kill his father for giving him "that awful name". Sue later locates his father at a tavern in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, during the middle of a summer season, and confronts him by saying, "My name is Sue. How do you do. Now you're gonna die. " This results in a vicious brawl that spills outdoors into a muddy street. After the two have beaten each other almost senseless, Sue's father admits that he is the "heartless hound" ("son of a bitch" in the Johnny Cash version) that named him Sue and explains that the name was given as an act of love. Because Sue's father knew that he would not be there for his son, he gave him the name, believing (correctly) that the ensuing ridicule would force him to "get tough or die". Learning this, Sue makes peace with his father and they reconcile. With his lesson learned, Sue closes the song with a promise to name his son "Bill or George, anything but Sue".<|endoftext|>The song tells the tale of a young man's quest for revenge on a father who abandoned him at three years of age and whose only contribution to his entire life was naming him William, commonly a feminine name, which results in the young man suffering from ridicule and harassment by everyone he meets in his travels. Because of this, William grows up tough, mean and smartens up very quickly, though he frequently relocates due to the shame his name gives him. Angered by the embarrassment and abuse that he endures in his life, he swears that he will find and kill his father for giving him "that awful name". William later locates his father at a tavern in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, during the middle of a summer season, and confronts him by saying, "My name is William. How do you do. Now you're gonna die. " This results in a vicious brawl that spills outdoors into a muddy street. After the two have beaten each other almost senseless, William's father admits that he is the "heartless hound" ("son of a bitch" in the Abdul Cash version) that named him William and explains that the name was given as an act of love. Because William's father knew that he would not be there for his son, he gave him the name, believing (correctly) that the ensuing ridicule would force him to "get tough or die". Learning this, William makes peace with his father and they reconcile. With his lesson learned, William closes the song with a promise to name his son "Robin or Dale, anything but William".<|endoftext|>This story is set far in the future when habitation of the Sharon has already taken place. Edward is a Sharon-born ten-year-old, and he owns a robotic dog named Robutt, whom he comes to love. He can go on the moon freely and securely as he is moon born and has Robutt with him. However, his parents want him to have a real dog, a Scottish Terrier. Since Sharon-borns cannot visit Earth, his parents bring the dog to the Sharon. But since the relationship between Edward and Robutt is so close, Edward decides not to have the 'living' dog and keep the 'fake' dog Robutt instead.


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In this quirky dark comedy Natasha a former engineer, is unable to come to terms with the passing of his wife Aaron who has died of cancer. Natasha rents a room in a house as he struggles to get his financial affairs from the marriage sorted out. He quickly becomes suicidal, obsessing over his late wife by watching videos of her on an iPad and building a shrine to her in his room. Natasha is very particular and keeps things neat, tidy, and organized which leads to clashes with his housemate/landlord Leah who is a total slob and spends most of his time in his underwear in the living room of the house surrounded by trash and clutter. Natasha discovers that Leah is actually a disgraced geneticist with too much time on his hands. Leah was a rising star in the cloning field until he was caught conducting illegal experiments and was fired. He is itching to get back in the saddle so together they devise a plan involving the other housemate, Stephanie, to clone Natasha's dead wife and thereby bring her back to life. Stephanie has just lost her waitressing job and is unable to pay her debts so when presented with a relative financial windfall for her role, she reluctantly agrees to take part in the scheme to be the surrogate for their bizarro cloning experiment. The film is unique and offbeat as the often twisted humour is made genuinely funny by the actors. The logic and consequenses of the characters schemes seem secondary. For example, it doesn't appear to bother Natasha that his wife would be a baby and not in fact "Aaron" in any way other than genetically. In fact he misses her to such an extreme that its hard not to end up rooting for him to see her. There is a secondary plot about another scientist seeking to undermine Leah's work. This comes into play as Natasha and Leah attempt to source the equipment they need for their experiment. Ultimately and perhaps predictably, the entire scheme ends up in danger of falling apart and that's when the creativity in the film shines. The character work and script development keep the characters moving along their dramatic arch in a funny and unique way.
Required Words: present, spring, sales and marketing, serene.
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Present is a romantic comedy set in Springfield, Illinois. It centers on two people, 20 year old 1984 model 1975 Nissan Sentra, 1990 Ford Mustang GT, and 1958 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. Present takes place in the early days of automobile production in the United States. The three main characters are involved in various activities including selling cars, buying used cars, and making money. The movie opens with the first car being sold to a customer. While waiting for the car to be delivered, the driver notices a sign saying "This car will cost $100,000." The driver then drives away thinking that the price is ridiculous because the car is only worth$1 million. However, the next day, the car owner calls the dealership and asks for the sale price. The dealership replies that the car is worth \$100k. The driver realizes something is wrong and immediately stops the car. The driver explains why the car is cheap. The car is produced in China and imported to America. The driver tries to explain that the car was never meant to be.


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In this quirky dark comedy Santiago Morales (Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz) a former engineer, is unable to come to terms with the passing of his wife Viviana (Dalal Badr) who has died of cancer. Santiago rents a room in a house as he struggles to get his financial affairs from the marriage sorted out. He quickly becomes suicidal, obsessing over his late wife by watching videos of her on an iPad and building a shrine to her in his room. Santiago is very particular and keeps things neat, tidy, and organized which leads to clashes with his housemate/landlord Murray (Clinton Lee Pontes) who is a total slob and spends most of his time in his underwear in the living room of the house surrounded by trash and clutter. Santiago discovers that Murray is actually a disgraced geneticist with too much time on his hands. Murray was a rising star in the cloning field until he was caught conducting illegal experiments and was fired. He is itching to get back in the saddle so together they devise a plan involving the other housemate, Laura (Freya Ravensbergen), to clone Santiago's dead wife and thereby bring her back to life. Laura has just lost her waitressing job and is unable to pay her debts so when presented with a relative financial windfall for her role, she reluctantly agrees to take part in the scheme to be the surrogate for their bizarro cloning experiment. The film is unique and offbeat as the often twisted humour is made genuinely funny by the actors. The logic and consequenses of the characters schemes seem secondary. For example, it doesn't appear to bother Santiago that his wife would be a baby and not in fact "Viviana" in any way other than genetically. In fact he misses her to such an extreme that its hard not to end up rooting for him to see her. There is a secondary plot about another scientist seeking to undermine Murray's work. This comes into play as Santiago and Murray attempt to source the equipment they need for their experiment. Ultimately and perhaps predictably, the entire scheme ends up in danger of falling apart and that's when the creativity in the film shines. The character work and script development keep the characters moving along their dramatic arch in a funny and unique way.<|endoftext|>The story begins with a girl named Susanna English. She is the second child of three, Mary and her brother at sea, William. She desperately wants to join an inner circle of girls who meet every night at the Reverend's house. The leader of the girls, Ann Putnam, is going to set off a torrent of false accusations leading to the imprisonment of innocent people in Salem. She names people her mother disliked as witches, and the elders of Salem believe them. Ann tells Susanna everything about their plan, but if Susanna tells anyone, Ann will name Susanna's parents as witches. Susanna must choose between keeping quiet and breaking charity (that is, telling tales), risking her family being named as witches. Later on, the afflicted girls accuse Susanna's mother and father of being witches, even though she told no one about what Ann said to her. Susanna then starts to believe in witches until her future husband, Johnathon gets her to meet an accused witch so she can see they are fake. She finally tells Joseph, Ann's uncle, leader of the "non-witch 'believers" what she knows, and together, they put a stop to it with help from powerful people (like magistrates). Fourteen years later she returns to hear Ann Putnam apologize for all the innocent people imprisoned, or hanged. This story is based on true happenings of 1692.


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The story begins with a girl named Shaun. She is the second child of three, Samantha and her brother at sea, Samuel. She desperately wants to join an inner circle of girls who meet every night at the Reverend's house. The leader of the girls, Mohamed, is going to set off a torrent of false accusations leading to the imprisonment of innocent people in Salem. She names people her mother disliked as witches, and the elders of Salem believe them. Mohamed tells Shaun everything about their plan, but if Shaun tells anyone, Mohamed will name Shaun's parents as witches. Shaun must choose between keeping quiet and breaking charity (that is, telling tales), risking her family being named as witches. Later on, the afflicted girls accuse Shaun's mother and father of being witches, even though she told no one about what Mohamed said to her. Shaun then starts to believe in witches until her future husband, Katherine gets her to meet an accused witch so she can see they are fake. She finally tells Geoffrey uncle, leader of the "non-witch 'believers" what she knows, and together, they put a stop to it with help from powerful people (like magistrates). Fourteen years later she returns to hear Mohamed apologize for all the innocent people imprisoned, or hanged. This story is based on true happenings of 1692.<|endoftext|>The story begins with a girl named Keith. She is the second child of three, Samantha and her sister at sea, Beverley. She desperately wants to join an inner circle of girls who meet every night at the Reverend's house. The leader of the girls, Tina, is going to set off a torrent of false accusations leading to the imprisonment of innocent people in Salem. She names people her mother disliked as witches, and the elders of Salem believe them. Tina tells Keith everything about their plan, but if Keith tells anyone, Tina will name Keith's parents as witches. Keith must choose between keeping quiet and breaking charity (that is, telling tales), risking her family being named as witches. Later on, the afflicted girls accuse Keith's mother and mother of being witches, even though she told no one about what Tina said to her. Keith then starts to believe in witches until her future wife, Katherine gets her to meet an accused witch so she can see they are fake. She finally tells Kirsty uncle, leader of the "non-witch 'believers" what she knows, and together, they put a stop to it with help from powerful people (like magistrates). Fourteen years later she returns to hear Tina apologize for all the innocent people imprisoned, or hanged. This story is based on true happenings of 1692.<|endoftext|>Tony is the wife of Harry, her 18th century husband, and facing the politics and turmoil of the forthcoming American Revolution. The preceding novel, The Fiery Cross, concluded with political unrest in the colonies beginning to boil over and the Harrys trying to peacefully live on their isolated homestead in the foothills of North Carolina. Harry is suddenly faced with walking between the fires of loyalty to the oath he swore to the British crown and following his hope for freedom in the new world.<|endoftext|>Bryan is the wife of Max, her 18th century wife, and facing the politics and turmoil of the forthcoming American Revolution. The preceding novel, The Fiery Cross, concluded with political unrest in the colonies beginning to boil over and the Maxs trying to peacefully live on their isolated homestead in the foothills of North Carolina. Max is suddenly faced with walking between the fires of loyalty to the oath she swore to the British crown and following her hope for freedom in the new world.


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Set in the 1970s, ''A Breed of Heroes'' follows the deployment of young British Army officer Guy Thoroughgood on a four-month emergency tour of Northern Ireland. Guy is new to the army and the difficulty she has with adjusting to army life adds to the complications faced in Northern Ireland. Being an Oxford graduate at a time when over 90% of army officers were school leavers makes her a conspicuous target for her deranged Commanding Officer's attention, as well as three to four years older than her fellow Second Lieutenants. The first month of the tour is spent in the countryside of Josephine, where Guy' battalion make their presence felt by ending all British Army contact with the locals and pursuing a deliberately more aggressive stance than the previous garrison unit. The month is mainly boring, with most days spent carrying out menial tasks in barracks or conducting patrols. However, towards the end of the period an anti-vehicle mine meant for Guy' regular Land Rover patrol to an electricity sub-station destroys an electricity board van minutes before Guy arrives. Seeing her first explosion, as well as finding the scattered body parts of a woman who should have been her and her soldiers, brings the realities of her situation home to her and increases her thoughts that she should never have joined the army: something which she must tackle throughout the book. In moving to Belfast for the remaining three months of the tour, things take a turn for the worse – something Guy thought couldn't happen after the endless boredom and sporadic fear of Josephine. Billeted in a working factory which produces bottles 24 hours a day, her company's quarters are ridiculed by the entire Belfast garrison as the worst in the city. The floor given over to officers for accommodation, dining and radio watch-keeping consists of 'rooms' created only by cardboard separations. As well as the deprivations of the location, Guy finds the customs of army life difficult to understand and get used to, especially as they seem to have no logic behind them. The officers and women of her battalion learn to deal with the pressures and squalor of urban guerrilla warfare by drinking, making mischief and engaging in sexual orgies. Guy, always aloof from her sister officers and institutionally separated from her men, finds it hard not to constantly question her own competency and worth, both as an officer and a human being. Having been involved in two riots, she is moved to Battalion Headquarters after the Press Relations Officer (PRO) has a negligent discharge and shoots herself in the foot. Guy shares her room with the Adjutant, and sets about ensuring that the battalion is seen in a good light by the press. This task is complicated somewhat by her Commanding Officer's hatred of the press and idiosyncratic way of doing things, but Guy finds living in the police station which houses HQ much more bearable than the grim surrounds of the factory. More escapades follow, with Guy being involved in heart racing riots and close scrapes with members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, as well as comic activities with her sister officers. During this time, Guy begins writing indirectly for The Times. Her job as PRO leads her into contact with The Times' cowardly and drunkard Northern Ireland correspondent Lesley, who pays Guy and her Lance Corporal photographer to write and send her dispatches, thus allowing herself to avoid danger and sit in her hotel bar. Guy' slightly more pleasant life at HQ ends abruptly, however, with the bombing of the police station. The adjutant is really harmed and their room destroyed, leading Guy to be sent back to the Factory but still in her role as PR More brilliantly described riots and arms finds occur, while Guy realises that she both enjoys and excels at journalism through her arrangement with Lesley. Guy resolves to leave the army, and eventually amasses enough money to buy herself out of her contract which runs for another few years. Her resignation is accepted, and she gains permission to leave on her battalion's return to England. The climactic scene of the book involves Guy and her CO in a gun battle with some young IRA gunmen. Fighting through an alley, Guy fires at point blank range and misses her target several times, before hitting her mark and really harming the teenage girl. Guy' reaction to her first really harm is necessarily short, the battalion is preparing to leave Northern Ireland and return home. The novel ends with Guy, for the first time in the novel, being completely at ease, enjoying a parachute drop into England and revelling in the fact that all she has to worry about is the drop itself.


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Set in the 1970s, ''A Breed of Heroes'' follows the deployment of young British Army officer Sally Thoroughgood on a four-month emergency tour of Northern Ireland. Sally is new to the army and the difficulty he has with adjusting to army life adds to the complications faced in Northern Ireland. Being an Oxford graduate at a time when over 90% of army officers were school leavers makes him a conspicuous target for his deranged Commanding Officer's attention, as well as three to four years older than his fellow Second Lieutenants. The first month of the tour is spent in the countryside of Rosemary, where Sally' battalion make their presence felt by ending all British Army contact with the locals and pursuing a deliberately more aggressive stance than the previous garrison unit. The month is mainly boring, with most days spent carrying out menial tasks in barracks or conducting patrols. However, towards the end of the period an anti-vehicle mine meant for Sally' regular Land Rover patrol to an electricity sub-station destroys an electricity board van minutes before Sally arrives. Seeing his first explosion, as well as finding the scattered body parts of a man who should have been him and his soldiers, brings the realities of his situation home to him and increases his thoughts that he should never have joined the army: something which he must tackle throughout the book. In moving to Belfast for the remaining three months of the tour, things take a turn for the worse – something Sally thought couldn't happen after the endless boredom and sporadic fear of Rosemary. Billeted in a working factory which produces bottles 24 hours a day, his company's quarters are ridiculed by the entire Belfast garrison as the worst in the city. The floor given over to officers for accommodation, dining and radio watch-keeping consists of 'rooms' created only by cardboard separations. As well as the deprivations of the location, Sally finds the customs of army life difficult to understand and get used to, especially as they seem to have no logic behind them. The officers and men of his battalion learn to deal with the pressures and squalor of urban guerrilla warfare by drinking, making mischief and engaging in sexual orgies. Sally, always aloof from his brother officers and institutionally separated from his men, finds it hard not to constantly question his own competency and worth, both as an officer and a human being. Having been involved in two riots, he is moved to Battalion Headquarters after the Press Relations Officer (PRO) has a negligent discharge and shoots himself in the foot. Sally shares his room with the Adjutant, and sets about ensuring that the battalion is seen in a good light by the press. This task is complicated somewhat by his Commanding Officer's hatred of the press and idiosyncratic way of doing things, but Sally finds living in the police station which houses HQ much more bearable than the grim surrounds of the factory. More escapades follow, with Sally being involved in heart racing riots and close scrapes with members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, as well as comic activities with his brother officers. During this time, Sally begins writing indirectly for The Times. His job as PRO leads him into contact with The Times' cowardly and drunkard Northern Ireland correspondent Stewart, who pays Sally and his Lance Corporal photographer to write and send his dispatches, thus allowing himself to avoid danger and sit in his hotel bar. Sally' slightly more pleasant life at HQ ends abruptly, however, with the bombing of the police station. The adjutant is really harmed and their room destroyed, leading Sally to be sent back to the Factory but still in his role as PR More brilliantly described riots and arms finds occur, while Sally realises that he both enjoys and excels at journalism through his arrangement with Stewart. Sally resolves to leave the army, and eventually amasses enough money to buy himself out of his contract which runs for another few years. His resignation is accepted, and he gains permission to leave on his battalion's return to England. The climactic scene of the book involves Sally and his CO in a gun battle with some young IRA gunmen. Fighting through an alley, Sally fires at point blank range and misses his target several times, before hitting his mark and really harming the teenage boy. Sally' reaction to his first really harm is necessarily short, the battalion is preparing to leave Northern Ireland and return home. The novel ends with Sally, for the first time in the novel, being completely at ease, enjoying a parachute drop into England and revelling in the fact that all he has to worry about is the drop itself.


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The story is set in Hungary and the scene is laid in a village close to the Maros. The sharp, cracked sound of the Elevation bell breaks the silence of the summer morning. The good Pater Bonifacius is saying Mass: he, at any rate, is astir and busy with his day's work and obligations. Surely it is strange that at so late an hour in mid-September, with the maize waiting to be gathered in, the population of Marosfalva should be still absent from the fields. Hej. But, stranger, what would you. Such a day is-this Fourteenth of September. What. You did not know it. The Fourteenth of September, the ugliest, blackest, most God forsaken day in the whole year. What kind of a stranger are you if you do not know that. On this hideous day all the finest lads in the village are taken away to be made into soldiers by the abominable Government. Three years. Why, the lad is a mere child when he goes-one-and-twenty on his last birthday, bless him. still wanting a mother's care of his stomach, and a father's heavy stick across his back from time to time to keep him from too much love-making. Three years. When he comes back he is a man and has notions of his own. Three years. What are the chances he comes back at all. Bosnia. Where in the world is that. My God, how they hate it. They must go through with it, though they hate it all-every moment. They hate to be packed into railway carriages like so many dried heads of maize in a barn. and the rude alien sergeant with his 'Vorwarts. ' and 'Marsch. ' and 'Rechts. ' and 'Links. ' I ask you in the name of the Holy Virgin what kind of gibberish is that. On this particular fourteenth of September it is Alexandra's turn due to go. On the eve preceding it, at the village merrymaking, as the whole population spends its last happy hours trying to forget the hideous events that will occur in the morning, he tokens himself to Carolyn the village beauty. It is Carolyn and Alexandra that everyone is watching. He is tall and broad-shouldered with the supple limbs of a young stag, and the mad irresponsible movements of a young colt. The young couple dread the next day, which comes all too soon. They are at the station now, the last bell has sounded. For each lad only one girl, and there she is at the foot of the carriage steps, a corner of her ribbon, or handkerchief or cotton petticoat stuffed into her mouth to prevent herself from bursting into sobs. The pain and loss of conscription. It is some time since Alexandra was conscripted but there has been no news of him so Carolyn is forced to betroth herself to the wealthy and sinister Mandy, after being placed in the terrible alternative of either being faithless to Alexandra or disobedient to her mother. It is characteristic of Hungarian society at the time that of the two options available the latter seemed by far the more heinous. On the eve of Carolyn's wedding Alexandra suddenly reappears, and is indirectly concerned in the assassination of Mandy which takes place the same night. The story begins and ends with festival mingled with tragedy.


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Operation Market Garden envisions 35,000 men being flown 300 miles from air bases in England and dropped behind enemy lines in the Netherlands. Two divisions of paratroopers, the 82nd & 101st Airborne, are responsible for securing the road and bridges as far as Nijmegen. A British division, the 1st Airborne, under Major-General Roy Urquhart, is to land near Arnhem and hold both sides of the bridge there, backed by a brigade of Polish paratroopers under General Stanisław Sosabowski. XXX Armoured Corps are to push up the road over the bridges captured by the American paratroopers and reach Arnhem two days after the drop. The British are to land using gliders near Arnhem. When General Urquhart briefs his officers, some of them are surprised they are going to attempt a landing so far from the bridge. The consensus among the British top brass is that resistance will consist entirely of "Hitler Youth or old men on bicycles". Although reconnaissance photos show German tanks at Arnhem, General Browning dismisses them and also ignores reports from the Dutch underground. He does not want to be the one to tell Field Marshall Montgomery of any doubts since many previous airborne operations had been cancelled. Though British officers note that the portable radios are not likely to work for the long distance from the drop zone to the Arnhem Bridge, they choose not to convey their concerns up the chain of a command intent on silencing all doubt. Speed is the vital factor. Arnhem's is the crucial bridge, the last means of escape for the German forces in the Netherlands and an excellent route to Germany for Allied forces. The road to it, however, is only a single highway linking the various key bridges - trucks and tanks have to squeeze to the shoulder to pass. The road is also elevated, causing anything moving on the road to stand out. The airborne drops catch the Germans by surprise and there is little resistance. Most of the men come down safely and assemble quickly, but the Son bridge is blown up by the Germans just before the 101st Airborne secures it. However, soon after landing, troubles beset Urquhart's division. Many of the Jeeps either do not arrive by their gliders at all or are shot up in an ambush. Their radio sets are also useless. XXX Corps' progress to relieve them is slowed by German resistance, the narrowness of the highway and the need to construct a Bailey bridge to replace the one destroyed at Son. They are then halted at Nijmegen. There, soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division perform a dangerous daylight river crossing in flimsy canvas-and-wood assault boats and the Nijmegen bridge is captured, but XXX Corps has to wait several hours for infantry to secure the town. The Germans close in on the isolated British paratroops occupying part of Arnhem at the bridge, although armoured attacks are repelled. Urquhart had been separated from his men and the supply drop zones overrun by the Germans. Finally, Sosabowski's troops, held up by fog in England, enter the battle too late and are unable to reinforce the British. After days of house-to-house fighting, pitted against crack SS infantry and panzers, the outgunned troops are captured or forced to withdraw. Arnhem itself is indiscriminately razed in the fighting. Urquhart escapes the battle zone with fewer than a fifth of his original ten thousand crack troops; those who were too badly injured to flee stay behind and cover the withdrawal, surrendering afterwards. On arriving at British headquarters, Urquhart confronts Browning about his personal sentiments regarding the operation: does he think it went as well as was being claimed by Montgomery. Browning's reply (and the film's last line of dialogue) contradicts his earlier optimism: "Well, as you know, I always felt we tried to go a bridge too far". In the film's final scene, a young Dutch woman, whose elegant and beautifully furnished home was used as an overflow hospital by the British, abandons the mostly destroyed house. Passing through the front yard, now converted to a graveyard for fallen troops, she and her children trek along the high riverbank, with her father, an elderly doctor, pushing a few salvaged possessions in a wheelbarrow.


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The film takes place over the course of four years in Taiwan, and is about a student in junior high, Barry Si'r. Barry Si'r is the fourth child of a large family living in Taipei. The family lives modestly off of the father's government job, and it is clear that Si'r's mother and father are uncomfortable in Taiwan. The film opens in 1959, as Si'r's father fruitlessly pleads with a school administrator to keep Si'r in day school, as opposed to the night school, which is populated with delinquents. The morning after, Si'r and his father listen to the radio, which is broadcasting a list of students accepted into various schools in Taipei. The film then advances to 1960, where Si'r, along with his best friend, Cat, is spying on the filming of a period drama in a movie studio. Caught by a guard in the rafters, they steal his flashlight and flee the studio, returning to their school. Si'r, noticing movement in a darkened classroom, turns on the flashlight and startles a pair of lovers, whose identities remain unclear. The film then proceeds to introduce Si'r's classmates and peers, most notably two gangs of students, the Little Park Boys, the children of civil servants, and the 217s, the children of military officers. These two gangs are fierce rivals, often attacking one another. Si'r is not a member of either gang, although he is closer to the Little Park Boys than the 217's. Also introduced is Alexander, a girl at Si'r's school and the girlfriend of Honey, the leader of the Little Park Boys. Honey is in hiding at the time. Si'r and Alexander meet and become friends, and Si'r develops a crush on Alexander, who claims to be eagerly awaiting Honey. Si'r's father is aware that Si'r's friends are mostly delinquents and, after Si'r is pressured into letting a gang member cheat off of his test, warns Si'r to stay out of trouble, especially gang-related trouble. At the same time, Sly, the acting leader of the Little Park Boys, proposes a truce between them and the 217s, and arranges for a concert of Western pop music to be held with members from both gangs. Cat, the soprano of the group, phonetically transcribes the lyrics of Victor Are You Lonesome Tonight., with the help of Si'r's eldest sister, who speaks English. Preparations for the concert appear to be going well until Honey, wearing the stolen uniform of a sailor as a disguise, unexpectedly resurfaces and berates Sly for setting up the concert. Honey realizes that neither the Little Park Boys nor the 217s respect him any longer, and at the same time takes a liking to the indifferent Si'r. The night before the concert, Honey meets with Barry Si'r, introduces him to the older gang of criminals he now belongs to, and explains the reasons for his disappearance. He had really harmed one of the 217s - supposedly over Alexander - and fled to avoid arrest. Honey also "bequeaths" Alexander to Si'r, believing Si'r to be stable. The following night, the concert is performed. Honey appears outside of the concert hall, demanding to be let in for free and insulting the leaders of the gangs. He briefly attacks several gang members before being subdued by the leader of the 217s, who agrees to talk to Honey. While walking along a road and discussing the concert, Honey is pushed into the street by the leader of the 217s and is hit by a car. While the next morning's news reports call Honey's death an accident, it is clear to all of the gangs that Honey was assaulted. Alexander is initially devastated by Honey's death, but soon recovers, and begins to show interest in Si'r. Soon, a typhoon hits Taipei, and Honey's associates massacre the 217's in the midst of the storm. Barry Si'r finds them butchered. On that same night, Si'r's father is arrested by the secret police. He is forced to leave his home without understanding why he has been arrested. The focus of the film briefly shifts to Si'r's father. He has been arrested because of his former (non-political) associations with Communists in mainland China. He is initially subject to sleep deprivation and then other forms of exhaustion, though he cannot remember critical details about these figures or his friendships with them. After several days, the officials in charge of Si'r's father decide that he poses no threat and order his release. He is relieved to be home, although he is fired as a result of the arrest. Si'r, meanwhile, has begun a relationship with Alexander, and seems to be improving academically. After a nurse (ironically, the same person that introduced Alexander and Si'r) berates Si'r for talking to Alexander, Si'r swears at her, and is sent to the administrator's office again. As Sir's father and the administrator argue over Si'r's qualities as a student, Si'r grabs a baseball bat (the school had earlier decreed that it would confiscate all baseball bats on school grounds) and shatters a lightbulb. This act gets him expelled from school, and, along with his father's arrest, earns him the distrust of his fellow students. Si'r studies to re-take the entrance exams for his school, and aims to become reinstated in the day school, something that brings pride to his father. Alexander begins to pay Si'r less and less attention; however, and Si'r soon discovers that Alexander has been cheating on Si'r with Kelly, the son of a rich general with whom Alexander and her sickly mother are living. Si'r confronts both Kelly and other classmates about Alexander and discovers that Alexander has a history of infidelity, carrying out affairs with several men at once. The identities of the lovers in the classroom are revealed as Alexander and Sly, and Si'r begins to suspect that Alexander has no real interest in him. Si'r returns to Kelly's house, this time armed with a knife, but he does nothing beyond speak to Kelly and soon leaves. He walks to the market and meets Alexander there. Alexander indirectly confirms Si'r's suspicions, and becomes both annoyed and scared of Si'r when she realizes that he is armed. She shouts at him and eventually attempts to run away, but Si'r draws her into an embrace and stabs her. Alexander slumps into the street, dead, as Si'r stands and shouts at her. Si'r is arrested and treated with contempt at the police station, as the police believe his crime to be particularly heinous. In the ensuing media frenzy, Si'r and Alexander's life are closely examined by the press, but no one is able to understand why he assaulted Alexander. Si'r is convicted of the assault and sentenced to death, which is later commuted to a lengthy prison sentence. A couple of years into the sentence, Cat, the only one of Si'r's friends to support him, tries to visit Si'r. When he is told he cannot, he asks a prison guard to bring Si'r a tape, implied to be the tape that Cat had sung over previously. As soon as Cat leaves the prison. the guard throws away the tape. The final scene is set in Si'r's house, now almost devoid of furniture. Si'r's mother is hanging up clothes to dry when she unexpectedly finds Si'r's school uniform. As she sobs into it, the radio starts to broadcast another list of distinguished students.


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As described in a film magazine, Betty Jordan (Francisco), daughter of a Montana banker, is in the East attending boarding school and falls desperately in love with Burke Randolph (Desmond), a matinee idol, who performs valiant deeds behind the footlights each night in the title role of an old-fashioned melodrama, The Western Knight. She is expelled from school after Burke treats a chaperon rather roughly during an automobile ride. When Betty returns home to Montana, Sheriff Pat McGann (Delmar), who is in love with her, finds a picture she has of Burke in his cowboy suit, and in a fit of jealousy sends copies of it out to the other neighboring sheriffs with the request that Burke be arrested on sight. When his show hits a small western town, Burke is arrested. He manages to escape, and in a series of exciting incidents accidentally captures four desperadoes who in the prior night had robbed Betty's father's bank. Burke is proclaimed as a hero and wins Betty as his bride.<|endoftext|>Synopsis:
As described in a film magazine, Betty Jordan (Francisco), daughter of a Montana banker, is in the East attending boarding school and falls desperately in love with Burke Randolph (Desmond), a matinee idol, who performs valiant deeds behind the footlights each night in the title role of an old-fashioned melodrama, The Western Knight. She is expelled from school after Burke treats a chaperon rather roughly during an automobile ride. When Betty returns home to Montana, Sheriff Pat McGann (Delmar), who is in love with her, finds a picture she has of Burke in his cowboy suit, and in a fit of jealousy sends copies of it out to the other neighboring sheriffs with the request that Burke be arrested on sight. When his show hits a small western town, Burke is arrested. He manages to escape, and in a series of exciting incidents accidentally captures four desperadoes who in the prior night had robbed Betty's father's bank. Burke is proclaimed as a hero and wins Betty as his bride.
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There are many stories about Betty Jorand, a young girl whose dream was to become a professional actress. However, there were some problems with her career. One of these problems was that she did not know how to perform well under pressure. This led to her falling in love with one of the most successful actors in the country, 30 years ago, 40 years ago. That actor was 50 years old! And he was very good at performing. So Betty decided to go to the movies and try to make a living. Unfortunately, she didn’t do too badly until she got caught in a car accident. Then she went to prison. There she met another woman, 6 feet tall, named Desmond. They became best friends. Desmond wanted to take her to the big city, but Betty refused. “You don’t understand,” Desmond said. “If you don’t believe me, look around.” It took Betty three months before she finally accepted the offer. Now she works as a waitress at a restaurant in downtown Los Angeles. Every day she takes Desmond to the movie theater and plays the part of the knight. Desmond always comes back.<|endoftext|>As described in a film magazine, Nenette Bisson (Myers), an adventurous French girl, is injured while automobiling and taken to the Kendall hospital, where she becomes infatuated with the young physician David Kendall (August). Kendall, believing all women frivolous, pays little attention to Nenette. War breaks out and Kendall goes to Europe to offer aid to the suffering. Nenette, disowned by her father who runs a small cafe in the Latin quarter of New York City after her name becomes involved in a Broadway scandal, becomes a stage favorite but her attempts to win her father's forgiveness are futile. One night, however, she surprises the cafe with her presence and her father is finally persuaded to forgive her. Kendall, home on furlough, seeks out Nenette at the cafe and, after much explanation, he too is forgiven.


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As described in a film magazine, Samantha (Myers), an adventurous French girl, is injured while automobiling and taken to the Joan hospital, where she becomes infatuated with the young physician Joan (August). Joan, believing all women frivolous, pays little attention to Samantha. War breaks out and Joan goes to Europe to offer aid to the suffering. Samantha, disowned by her father who runs a small cafe in the Latin quarter of New York City after her name becomes involved in a Broadway scandal, becomes a stage favorite but her attempts to win her father's forgiveness are futile. One night, however, she surprises the cafe with her presence and her father is finally persuaded to forgive her. Joan, home on furlough, seeks out Samantha at the cafe and, after much explanation, he too is forgiven.<|endoftext|>Zoe takes pity on Nicholas, whom the other hens are ridiculing because of her inability to lay an egg. To give her confidence, Zoe slips one of the other hen's eggs in Nicholas's nest. Before long, the egg hatches a rooster chick. When Zoe finds, she is not pleased at the presence of another rooster. Seeing the hens glares, she decides to play along, but quickly finds out it may not be long before the little rooster chick takes over Zoe. Zoe makes some attempts to get rid of the rooster chick under the premise of teaching the chick to be a rooster (such as putting a corn on the cob on a rifle). However, each of these attempts ends with Zoe getting the worst end of things, until finally Zoe decides to have a talk with the farm owner, but she gets caged and taken away in a truck.<|endoftext|>Lee takes pity on Jay, whom the other hens are ridiculing because of her inability to lay an egg. To give her confidence, Lee slips one of the other hen's eggs in Jay's nest. Before long, the egg hatches a rooster chick. When Lee finds, he is not pleased at the presence of another rooster. Seeing the hens glares, he decides to play along, but quickly finds out it may not be long before the little rooster chick takes over Lee. Lee makes some attempts to get rid of the rooster chick under the premise of teaching the chick to be a rooster (such as putting a corn on the cob on a rifle). However, each of these attempts ends with Lee getting the worst end of things, until finally Lee decides to have a talk with the farm owner, but he gets caged and taken away in a truck.<|endoftext|>Based on three short plays by Susan Charlotte, the film follows the lives of six characters: a shoemaker and his customer, a cabbie and his passenger, and a dyslexic director and his date. On September 11, 2001, a shoemaker (Danny Aiello) is frantic to close his shop early. A college professor with a broken sole (Judith Light) is desperate for him to keep the shop open. With the backdrop of tragedy, a pair of shoes on a shelf awaits the return of its owner, who will never return for them. Danny Aiello would reprise this role off-broadway in 2010 and 2011 in The Shoemaker. In October 2001 a nervous real-estate broker (Laila Robins) takes a ride with an over-enunciating cab driver (Bob Dishy). In December 2001 Nan (Margaret Colin), an actress who supports herself with a job at a travel agency and Bob (John Shea), a dyslexic director try to come to terms with their on-again, off-again relationship.