Basic Instinct

Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Produced by Mario Kassar
Alan Marshall
Written by Joe Eszterhas
Starring Michael Douglas
Sharon Stone
George Dzundza
Jeanne Tripplehorn
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography Jan de Bont
Edited by Frank J. Urioste
Production
company
Carolco Pictures
StudioCanal
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Release dates March 20, 1992
(US)
May 8, 1992 (UK)
Running time 130 minutes
Country United States
France
Language English
Budget $49 million
Box office $352.9 million

Basic Instinct is a 1992 erotic thriller
film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas, and starring
Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone. The film follows a police detective, Nick Curran (Douglas), who is investigating the brutal murder of a wealthy rock star. During the investigation Curran becomes involved in a torrid and intense relationship with the prime suspect, Catherine Tramell (Stone), an enigmatic writer.

Plot
A retired rock star, Johnny Boz, is stabbed to death with an ice pick during sex by a mysterious blonde woman at his apartment. Homicide detective Nick Curran investigates, and the only suspect is Catherine Tramell, Boz's bisexual girlfriend and a crime novelist who has written a novel that mirrors the crime. It is concluded that Catherine herself did it or someone who is trying to frame her out of spite. Tramell is uncooperative and taunting in the investigation, smoking in the interrogation room and exposing her bare genitalia in front of the officers. She presents alibis and passes a lie detector test. Nick discovers that Catherine has a habit of befriending murderers, including her girlfriend Roxy, who is later shown to have murdered several young boys on impulse, and Hazel Dobkins, who murdered her family.
Nick, who accidentally shot two tourists while high on cocaine, attends counseling sessions with police psychologist Dr. Beth Garner, with whom he has had an affair. Nick discovers that Catherine plans on using him as a fictional detective in her latest book, wherein his character is murdered after falling for the wrong woman. Catherine becomes aware of Nick's past after paying Lt. Nielsen to look into Nick's psychiatric file; Beth gives it to him after Nielsen recommends Nick's unemployment. Nick publicly assaults Nielsen in his office and later becomes a prime suspect after Nielsen is killed. Nick suspects Catherine, and when he joins in her behavior in front of his co-workers, he is put on leave.
A torrid affair between Nick and Catherine begins with the air of a cat-and-mouse game . They dance and make out at a club and later have sex in bed. Roxy, who disapproves of Nick's interference, attempts to run him over with Catherine's car but dies in a crash. Catherine seems saddened by Roxy's death and reveals to Nick that a previous lesbian encounter at college went awry when the girl, Lisa Hoberman, became obsessed with her, causing him to believe that she may not have killed Boz. Nick identifies the girl as Beth Garner, who acknowledges the encounter but claims Catherine became obsessed.
Nick discovers the final pages of Catherine's new book in which the fictional detective finds his partner lying dead with his legs protruding from the doors of an elevator. Catherine breaks off their affair; Nick becomes upset and suspicious. Nick later meets his partner Gus, who has arranged to meet with Catherine's college roommate at a hotel to find out what really went on between Catherine and Beth. As Nick waits in the car, Gus is murdered with an ice pick. Nick runs into the building but is too late; he finds Gus' legs protruding from the doors of the elevator. Beth, standing in the hallway, explains she received a message to meet Gus. Nick suspects she murdered Gus and, when he suspects she is reaching for a gun, he shoots her. Nick finds keys in her pocket.
A search of the scene and Beth's apartment turns up the evidence needed to brand her as the killer. Despite knowing Catherine's foreknowledge of Gus' death, that she must actually have been the killer, and that she must have set Beth up, Nick tells no one. He returns to his apartment where Catherine meets him. She explains her reluctance to commit to him, but the two have sex. As they discuss their future, an ice pick is revealed to be under the bed.

Fatal attraction

Directed by Adrian Lyne
Produced by Stanley R. Jaffe
Sherry Lansing
Written by James Dearden
Starring Michael Douglas
Glenn Close
Anne Archer
Music by Maurice Jarre
Cinematography Howard Atherton
Edited by Peter E. Berger
Michael Kahn
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
September 18, 1987
Running time 119 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $14 million.
Box office $320,145,693

Plot
Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas ) is a successful, happily married New York
attorney living in Manhattan when he meets Alexandra "Alex" Forrest (Glenn Close ), an editor for a publishing company , through business. While his wife, Beth (Anne Archer ), and daughter, Ellen (Ellen Hamilton Latzen ), are out of town for the weekend, he has an affair with Alex. Though he thought it was understood to be a simple fling, she begins clinging to him.
Dan stays on a second unplanned evening with Alex in which she persistently asked him over. When Dan tries to leave, she cuts her wrists in a suicide attempt. He helps her to bandage them and later leaves. He thinks the affair is forgotten, but she shows up at various places to see him. She waits at his office one day to apologize and invites him to a performance of Madame Butterfly , but he politely turns her down. She then continues to telephone until he tells his secretary that he will no longer take her calls. She then phones his home at all hours, and then confronts him claiming that she is pregnant and plans to keep the baby. Although he wants nothing to do with her, she argues that he must take responsibility. She shows up at his apartment (which is for sale) and meets Beth, feigning interest as a buyer. Later that night, he goes to her apartment to confront her, which results in a violent scuffle. In response, she replies that she will not be ignored.
Dan moves his family to Bedford , but this does not deter Alex. She has a tape recording delivered to him filled with verbal abuse. She stalks him in a parking garage, pours acid on his car, and follows him home one night to spy on him, Beth, and Ellen from the bushes in their yard; the sight of their family life literally makes her sick to her stomach. Her obsession escalates further. Dan approaches the police to apply for a restraining order against her (claiming that it is "for a client"), to which the lieutenant claims that he cannot violate her rights without
probable cause , and that the "client" has to own up to his adultery.
At one point, while the Gallaghers are not home, Alex kills Ellen's pet rabbit, and puts it on their stove to boil. After this, Dan tells Beth of the affair and Alex's supposed pregnancy. Enraged, she demands him to leave. Before he goes, Dan calls Alex to tell her that Beth knows about the affair. Beth gets on the phone and warns Alex that if she persists, she (Beth) will kill her. Without Dan and Beth's knowledge, Alex picks up Ellen at school and takes her to an amusement park, buying her ice cream and taking her on a roller coaster. Beth panics when she realizes that she does not know where Ellen is. She drives around frantically searching and rear-ends a car stopped at an intersection. She is injured and hospitalized. Alex later takes Ellen home, asking her for a kiss on the cheek. Following Beth's release from the hospital, she forgives Dan and they return home.
Dan barges into Alex's apartment and attacks her, choking her and coming close to strangling her. He stops himself, but as he does, she lunges at him with a kitchen knife. He overpowers her, but puts the knife down and leaves, with Alex leaning against the kitchen counter, smiling. He approaches the police about having her arrested, and they start searching for her.
Beth prepares a bath for herself and Alex suddenly appears, again with the kitchen knife. She starts to explain her resentment of Beth, nervously fidgeting (which causes her to cut her own leg) and then attacks her. Dan hears the screaming, runs in, wrestles Alex into the bathtub, and seemingly drowns her. She suddenly emerges from the water, swinging the knife. Beth, who went searching for Dan's gun, shoots her in the chest, killing her. The final scene shows police cars outside the Gallaghers' house. As Dan finishes talking with the police, he walks inside, where Beth is waiting for him. They embrace and proceed upstairs as the camera focuses on a picture of them and Ellen.
Alternate ending
Alex Forrest was originally scripted to commit suicide at the film's end by slashing her throat with the knife Dan had left on the counter, so as to make it appear that Dan had murdered her. After seeing her husband being taken away by police, Beth finds a revealing cassette tape that Alex sent Dan in which she threatened to commit suicide. Upon realizing Alex's intentions, Beth takes the tape to the police, which acquits Dan of the murder. The last scene shows, in flashback, Alex committing suicide by slashing her throat while listening to
Madame Butterfly .
This resulted in a three-week reshoot for the action-filled sequence in the bathroom and Alex's death by gunshot. Her shooting by Beth juxtaposes the two characters, with Alex becoming the victim and Beth taking violent action to protect her family

9½ Weeks

Directed by Adrian Lyne
Produced by Mark Damon
Sidney Kimmel
Zalman King
Antony Rufus-Isaacs
Screenplay by Sarah Kernochan
Zalman King
Patricia Louisanna Knop
Based on 9½ Weeks
by Elizabeth McNeill
Starring Mickey Rourke
Kim Basinger
Music by Jack Nitzsche
Cinematography Peter Biziou
Edited by Caroline Biggerstaff
Ed Hansen
Tom Rolf
Mark Winitsky
Production
company
Producers Sales Organization
Distributed by MGM / UA Entertainment Co.
Release dates February 20, 1986
Running time 112 minutes (Theatrical cut)
117 minutes (Video)
Country United States
France
Language English
Budget $17 million
Box office $106,734,844

Plot
The title of the film refers to the duration of a relationship between Wall Street arbitrageur John Gray (Mickey Rourke ) and divorced SoHo art gallery employee Elizabeth McGraw (Kim Basinger). John initiates and controls the various experimental sexual practices of this volatile relationship to push Elizabeth's boundaries. In doing so, Elizabeth experiences a gradual downward spiral toward emotional breakdown.
Elizabeth first sees John in New York City where she grocery shops and again at a street market where she decides against buying an expensive scarf. John wins her heart when he eventually produces that scarf. They start dating, and Elizabeth is increasingly subjected to John's behavioral peculiarities; he blindfolds Elizabeth, who is at first reluctant to comply with his sexual fantasy demands. Yet she sees him as loving and playful. He gives her an expensive gold watch, and instructs her to use it to think about him at noon. She takes this imperative even further by masturbating at her workplace at the designated time. However, he ultimately confuses Elizabeth by his reluctance to meet her friends despite the intimacy of their sexual relations.
Elizabeth's confusion about John increases when he leaves her alone at his apartment. She examines his closet until she discovers a photograph of him with another woman. John asks her if she went through his stuff, declaring that he will punish her. Their ensuing altercation escalates into sexual assault until she blissfully concedes to his struggle to overpower her. Their sexual intensity grows as they start having sex in public places.
Elizabeth's heightened need for psychosexual stimulation drives her to stalk John to his office and to obey his injunction to cross-dress herself for a rendezvous. On leaving the establishment, two men hurl a homophobic slur when they mistake John and Elizabeth for a gay couple. A fight ensues. Elizabeth picks up a knife from one of the attackers and stabs one of them in the buttocks and both attackers flee. After the fight, Elizabeth reveals a wet tank-top and has sex onsite with John with intensely visceral passion. Following this encounter, John's sexual games acquire sadomasochistic elements.
Rather than satisfying or empowering Elizabeth, such experiences intensify her emotional vulnerability. While meeting at a hotel room, John blindfolds her. A prostitute starts caressing Elizabeth as John observes them. The prostitute removes Elizabeth's blindfold and starts working on John. Elizabeth violently intervenes, and flees the hotel, John pursuing her. They run until they find themselves in an adult entertainment venue. Moments later, John and Elizabeth gravitate towards each other, finding themselves interlocked in each other's seemingly inescapable embrace.
The following morning, John senses that he will never see her again. He attempts to share with her details about his life. Elizabeth tells him that it is too late as she leaves the apartment. John begins his mental countdown to 50, hoping she will come back by the time he is finished.
Cast
Mickey Rourke as John Gray
Kim Basinger as Elizabeth McGraw
Margaret Whitton as Molly
David Margulies as Harvey
Christine Baranski as Thea
Karen Young as Sue
William De Acutis as Ted (as William DeAcutis)
Dwight Weist as Farnsworth
Roderick Cook as Sinclair
Victor Truro as Gallery Client

Batman 1989

Directed by Tim Burton
Produced by Jon Peters
Peter Guber
Screenplay by Sam Hamm
Warren Skaaren
Story by Sam Hamm
Based on Characters appearing in magazines published
by DC Comics
Batman characters
by Bob Kane
Starring Jack Nicholson
Michael Keaton
Kim Basinger
Robert Wuhl
Pat Hingle
Billy Dee Williams
Michael Gough
Jack Palance
Music by Danny Elfman
Cinematography Roger Pratt
Edited by Ray Lovejoy
Production
companies
The Guber-Peters Company
PolyGram Pictures
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release dates June 23, 1989
(United States)
Running time 126 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $48 million
Box office $411.3 million

Batman is a 1989 American superhero film directed by Tim Burton and produced by Jon Peters , based on the
DC Comics character of the same name . It is the first installment of
Warner Bros. ' initial Batman film series . The film stars Jack Nicholson ,
Michael Keaton in the title role, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl , Pat Hingle , Billy Dee Williams , Michael Gough, and
Jack Palance . In the film, Batman deals with the rise of a costumed criminal known as "The Joker ".
After Burton was hired as director in 1986, Steve Englehart and Julie Hickson wrote film treatments before
Sam Hamm wrote the first screenplay.
Batman was not greenlit until after the success of Burton's Beetlejuice (1988). Numerous A-list actors were considered for the role of Batman before Keaton was cast. Keaton's casting caused a controversy since, by 1988, he had become typecast as a comedic actor and many observers doubted he could portray a serious role.
Nicholson accepted the role of the Joker under strict conditions that dictated a high salary, a portion of the
box office profits and his shooting schedule. The tone and themes of the film were influenced in part by Alan Moore 's The Killing Joke and Frank Miller 's The Dark Knight Returns . Filming took place at Pinewood Studios from October 1988 to January 1989. The budget escalated from $ 30 million to $48 million, while the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike forced Hamm to drop out. Uncredited rewrites were performed by Warren Skaaren,
Charles McKeown and Jonathan Gems .
Batman was a critical and financial success, earning over $400 million in box office totals. It was the fifth-highest grossing film in history at the time of its release. The film received several Saturn Award nominations and a Golden Globe nomination, and won an Academy Award. It also inspired the equally successful Batman: The Animated Series, paving the way for the DC animated universe , and has influenced Hollywood's modern marketing and development techniques of the superhero film genre.
Plot
The mayor of Gotham City orders District Attorney Harvey Dent (Billy Dee Williams ) and Police Commissioner
James Gordon (Pat Hingle) to increase police activity and combat crime in preparation for the city's bicentennial. Reporter Alexander Knox (Robert Wuhl ) and photojournalist Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger) begin to investigate reports of a vigilante dubbed " Batman", who is targeting the city's criminals.
Mob boss Carl Grissom (Jack Palance ), who has already been targeted by Dent, discovers his mistress (Jerry Hall ) is involved with his second-in-command, Jack Napier (Jack Nicholson ). With the help of corrupt police lieutenant Max Eckhardt (William Hootkins ), Grissom sets up Napier to be murdered during a raid at the Axis Chemicals plant. During the ensuing shootout, Napier kills Eckhardt, after which Batman suddenly appears. The two struggle, and Napier is accidentally knocked into a vat of chemical waste. Batman flees, and Napier is presumed dead.
Batman is, in actuality, Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton ), a billionaire industrialist who, as a child, witnessed his parents' murder at the hands of a young psychopathic mugger. Bruce meets and falls for Vicki at a fundraiser, and the two begin a relationship. Meanwhile, Napier survives the accident, but is horribly disfigured with chalk-white skin, emerald-green hair and a permanent ruby-red grin. Already a sociopath, Napier is driven completely insane by his plight, he reinvents himself as "The Joker ", kills Grissom in revenge for his set-up, and usurps his criminal empire. In addition, the Joker seeks retaliation against Batman, whom he blames for his disfigurement. During his research for information about Batman, the Joker himself also falls for Vicki.
The Joker begins to terrorize the city, first by lacing hygiene products with a deadly chemical known as " Smilex" , which causes victims to laugh to death when used in certain combinations. The Joker then sets a trap at the Gotham Museum of Art for Vicki, and he and his henchmen
vandalize works of art. Batman arrives and rescues Vicki, and the pair escape in the Batmobile. Batman gives information about Smilex to Vicki so she can warn the city via Gotham newspapers about the poisoned products.
Bruce meets with Vicki at her apartment, prepared to tell her that he is Batman. They are interrupted by the Joker, who asks Bruce, " Have you ever danced with the devil by the pale moonlight? " before shooting him. Bruce, who was wearing body armor, escapes, and recollects that the young mugger who killed his parents had asked him the same question; he realizes that the mugger was none other than the Joker himself. Vicki suddenly appears in the Batcave , having been let in by Bruce's butler,
Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Gough). After avouching himself to Vicki, Bruce—as Batman—leaves to destroy the Axis Chemical plant. Meanwhile, the Joker lures the townspeople to a nighttime parade with a promise to give away $20 million in cash. When the citizens arrive, however, he attacks them with Smilex gas, spewing it from his giant parade balloons. Batman arrives on the scene and saves Gotham City from the attack using the
Batwing. A mad Joker kills his friend Bob, then takes out a long gun and shoots at the Batwing, causing it to crash.
The Joker kidnaps Vicki and takes her to the top of a cathedral, where he forces her to dance with him. Batman pursues the two, and at the top of the dusty edifice, he and the Joker confront each other in single combat. When the Joker attempts an escape via a helicopter, Batman grapples the Joker's leg to a heavy stone sculpture, causing him to fall to his death.
Commissioner Gordon unveils the Bat-Signal along with a note from Batman read by Harvey Dent, promising to defend Gotham whenever crime strikes again. Vicki is escorted to the Wayne Manor by Alfred, who informs her that Bruce will be late, and she responds that she isn't surprised.

A Few Good Men

Directed by Rob Reiner
Produced by Rob Reiner
David Brown
Andrew Scheinman
Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Based on A Few Good Men
by Aaron Sorkin
Starring Tom Cruise
Jack Nicholson
Demi Moore
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Pollak
James Marshall
J. T. Walsh
Kiefer Sutherland
Music by Marc Shaiman
Cinematography Robert Richardson
Edited by Robert Leighton
Production
company
Castle Rock Entertainment
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release dates
December 11, 1992
Running time 138 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $33–40 million
Box office $243.2 million

A Few Good Men is a 1992 American
legal drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Tom Cruise , Jack Nicholson , and Demi Moore , with
Kevin Bacon , Kevin Pollak , Wolfgang Bodison , James Marshall , J. T. Walsh, and Kiefer Sutherland in supporting roles. It was adapted for the screen by
Aaron Sorkin from his play of the same name . The film revolves around the court-martial of two U.S. Marines charged with the murder of a fellow Marine and the tribulations of their lawyers as they prepare a case to defend their clients.
Plot
The film covers the court-martial of two U.S. Marines, Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private Louden Downey, who killed a fellow Marine, Private William Santiago, at the
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Santiago compared unfavorably to his fellow Marines, had poor relations with them, and failed to respect the chain of command in attempts at being transferred to another base. An argument evolves between base commander Colonel Nathan Jessup and his officers: while Jessup's executive officer, Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Markinson, advocates that Santiago be transferred immediately, Jessup regards this as akin to surrender and orders Santiago's commanding officer, Lieutenant Kendrick, to train Santiago to become a better Marine.
When Dawson and Downey are later arrested for Santiago's murder, naval investigator and lawyer Lieutenant Commander JoAnne Galloway suspects they carried out a "code red" order, a violent extrajudicial punishment. Galloway asks to defend them, but instead, the case is given to
Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee, an inexperienced and unenthusiastic U.S. Navy lawyer. Initially, friction exists between Galloway, who resents Kaffee's tendency to plea bargain , and Kaffee, who resents Galloway's interference. Kaffee and the prosecutor, his friend Captain Jack Ross (USMC), negotiate a bargain, but Dawson and Downey refuse to go along. They insist they were ordered by Lieutenant Kendrick to shave Santiago's head, minutes after Kendrick publicly ordered the platoon not to touch the would-be victim, and did not intend their victim to die. Kaffee is finally won over by Galloway and takes the case to court.
In the course of the trial, the defense manages to establish the existence of "code red" orders at Guantanamo and that Dawson specifically had learned not to disobey any order, having been denied a promotion after helping out a fellow Marine who was under what could be seen as a "code red". However, the defense also suffers setbacks when a cross-examination reveals Private Downey was not actually present when Dawson and he supposedly received the "code red" order. Lieutenant Colonel Markinson reveals to Kaffee that Jessup never intended to transfer Santiago off the base, but commits suicide rather than testify in court because he feels that he had failed to do the right thing by protecting a Marine under his command.
Without Markinson's testimony, Kaffee believes the case lost and returns home in a drunken stupor, having come to regret he fought the case instead of arranging a plea bargain. Galloway, however, convinces Kaffee to call Colonel Jessup as a witness despite the risk of being court-martialled for smearing a high-ranking officer. Jessup initially outsmarts Kaffee's questioning, but is unnerved when the lawyer points out a contradiction in his testimony: Jessup had stated he wanted to transfer Santiago off the base for his own safety, but if he ordered his men to leave Santiago alone and if Marines always obey orders, Santiago would have been in no danger. Under heavy pressure from Kaffee and unnerved by being caught in one of his own lies, an enraged Jessup extols his and the military's importance to national security, and eventually reveals that he ordered the "code red". As he justifies his actions, Jessup is arrested; Kendrick would later be arrested for his perjury.
Soon afterwards, Dawson and Downey are cleared of the murder charge, but found guilty of " conduct unbecoming a United States Marine" and
dishonorably discharged . Dawson accepts the verdict, but Downey does not understand what they had done wrong. Dawson explains they had failed to stand up for those too weak to fight for themselves, like Santiago. As the two prepare to leave, Kaffee tells Dawson he does not need a patch on his arm to have honor. Dawson, who had previously shown contempt for Kaffee for not understanding the Marine ethos, recognizes him as an officer and renders a salute.

Music of the heart

Directed by Wes Craven
Produced by Susan Kaplan
Marianne Maddalena
Allan Miller
Walter Scheuer
Written by Pamela Gray
Starring Meryl Streep
Gloria Estefan
Angela Bassett
Aidan Quinn
Cloris Leachman
Jane Leeves
Kieran Culkin
Charlie Hofheimer
Music by Mason Daring
Cinematography Peter Deming
Edited by Gregg Featherman
Patrick Lussier
Distributed by Miramax Films
Release dates October 29, 1999
Running time 123 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $27 million
Box office $14,936,407

Music of the Heart is a 1999 drama film, directed by Wes Craven and written by Pamela Gray. It was produced by Craven-Maddalena Films and Miramax Films, and distributed by
Buena Vista Distribution . The film is a dramatization of the true story of
Roberta Guaspari , portrayed by Meryl Streep , who co-founded the Opus 118 Harlem School of Music. The film also stars Aidan Quinn , Gloria Estefan, and
Angela Bassett. It was director Wes Craven's only foray outside of the horror/thriller genre, aside from his contribution to the multifaceted and directorially diverse Paris, je t'aime . It was also his only film to receive
Academy Award nominations.
Plot
The film opens with violinist Roberta Guaspari having been deserted by her US Navy husband and feeling devastated, almost suicidal . Encouraged by her mother, she attempts to rebuild her life and a friend from student days recommends her to the head teacher of a school in the tough New York area of East Harlem. Despite a degree in music education, she has little experience in actual music teaching, but she's taken on as a substitute violin teacher. With a combination of toughness and determination, she inspires a group of kids, and their initially skeptical parents. The program slowly develops and attracts publicity.
Ten years later, the string program is still running successfully at three schools, but suddenly the school budget is cut and Roberta is out of a job. Determined to fight the cuts, she enlists the support of former pupils, parents and teachers and plans a grand fund-raising concert, 'Fiddlefest', to raise money so that the program can continue. But with a few weeks to go and all participants furiously rehearsing, they lose the venue. Fortunately, the husband of a publicist friend is a violinist in the
Guarneri Quartet , and he enlists the support of other well-known musicians, including Isaac Stern and
Itzhak Perlman . They arrange for the concert to be mounted at Carnegie Hall .
Other famous musicians, including
Mark O'Connor , Michael Tree, Charles Veal Jr., Arnold Steinhardt, Karen Briggs , Sandra Park, Diane Monroe, and Joshua Bell, join in the performance, which is a resounding success.
The film's end credits declare that the Opus 118 program is still running successfully. They also report that the school's funding was restored during the making of the film.
Cast
Meryl Streep as Roberta Guaspari
Angela Bassett as Janet Williams, school principal
Gloria Estefan as Isabel Vasquez, a teacher
Cloris Leachman as Assunta Vitali Guaspari , Roberta's mother
Jane Leeves as Dorothea von Haeften, a wealthy socialite
Jean-Luke Figueroa as Ramone Olivas, a student
Olga Merediz as Ms. Olivas, Ramone's mother
Charlie Hofheimer as Nicholas Tzavaras, Roberta's son
Kieran Culkin as Alexi Tzavaras, Roberta's son
Aidan Quinn as Brian Turner, Roberta's love interest

Out of Africa



Directed by Sydney Pollack
Produced by Sydney Pollack
Kim Jorgensen
Screenplay by Kurt Luedtke
Based on Out of Africa
by Isak Dinesen
Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Story Teller
by Judith Thurman
Silence Will Speak
by Errol Trzebinski
Starring Robert Redford
Meryl Streep
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Music by John Barry
Cinematography David Watkin
Edited by Fredric Steinkamp
William Steinkamp
Pembroke Herring
Sheldon Kahn
Production
company
Mirage Enterprises
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release dates December 18, 1985
Running time 161 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Swahili
Budget $28 million
Box office $128.5 million

Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic
romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep . The film is based loosely on the autobiographical book Out of Africa written by Isak Dinesen (the pseudonym of Danish author Karen Blixen ), which was published in 1937, with additional material from Dinesen's book Shadows on the Grass and other sources. This film received 28 film awards, including seven Academy Awards .
The book was adapted into a screenplay by the writer Kurt Luedtke, and directed by the American Sydney Pollack . Streep played Karen Blixen; Redford played Denys Finch Hatton ; and Klaus Maria Brandauer played Baron Bror Blixen . Others in the film included Michael Kitchen as Berkeley Cole; Malick Bowens as Farah; Stephen Kinyanjui as the Chief;
Michael Gough as Lord Delamere ;
Suzanna Hamilton as Felicity, and the model/actress Iman as Mariammo.
Plot
The story begins in 1913 in Denmark , when Karen Dinesen (a wealthy but unmarried woman) asks her friend Baron Bror Blixen (Klaus Maria Brandauer) to enter into a marriage of convenience with her. Although Bror is a member of the aristocracy , he is no longer financially secure; therefore, he agrees to the marriage, and the two of them plan to move to Africa to begin a dairy farm.
Upon moving to British East Africa , Karen marries Bror in a brief ceremony, thus becoming Baroness Blixen. She meets and befriends various other colonial residents of the country, most of whom are British. She also meets Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford), a local big-game hunter with whom she develops a close friendship. However, things turn out differently from her expectations, since Bror has used her money to purchase a coffee plantation rather than a dairy farm. He also shows little inclination to put any real work into it, preferring instead to become a game hunter. Although theirs was a marriage of convenience, Karen does eventually develop feelings for Bror, but she is distressed when she learns of his extramarital affairs. To make matters worse, Karen contracts syphilis from her philandering husband (at the time, cures were uncertain) and is forced to return to Denmark for a long and difficult period of treatment using the then-new medicine Salvarsan. Bror agrees to look after the plantation in her absence.
After she has recovered and returns to Africa, the First World War is drawing to an end. However, it becomes clear that her marriage to the womanizing Bror has not changed, and she eventually asks him to move out of their house. No longer able to have children of her own due to the effects of the syphilis, she decides to open a school to teach reading, writing, arithmetic, and also some European customs to the African tribal children of the area. However, her coffee plantation runs into financial difficulties, and she is forced to rely on bank loans to make ends meet. Her friendship with Denys Finch Hatton develops further.
Despite her expectation and desire to have what begins as an affair turn into a lasting relationship, Karen realizes that Denys is as impossible to domesticate as the wild animals he hunts and often refers to. Although he moves into Karen's house, he criticizes her desire to "own" things; this implies even people. He refuses to commit to marriage or give up his free lifestyle and tells her that he will not love her more just because of a "piece of paper". Karen grudgingly continues in the relationship, knowing it will not ever be official. He decides to invite a female mutual acquaintance on one of his safaris, which exceeds Karen's ability to tolerate his justifications for his lifestyle and behavior. Karen asks him to accede to her request to not take her along, and he refuses. She asks him to move out. The plantation finally yields a good harvest at long last, but a devastating fire breaks out in the processing shed, and the crops and all of the factory equipment are destroyed.
Now financially broke, and her relationship with Denys over, Karen prepares to leave Africa to return home to Denmark, just as British East Africa is becoming Kenya Colony. She arranges to sell everything that she owns and empties the house of all her luxurious items for a rummage sale . In the now empty house, Denys visits her that night, and the two of them enjoy a drink and a dance. He asks her if he might escort her to Mombasa in his
biplane to begin her journey home. She agrees and he promises to return after a few days. However, Denys never returns, and Karen is told that his plane has crashed and that he has been killed. Her loss now complete, Karen attends his funeral in the Ngong Hills. With Denys gone, Karen's head servant, Farah, takes her to the station, for the train to Mombasa.
Karen later became an author and a storyteller, writing about her experiences and letters in Africa, though she never returned there.

Joseph in Egypt (1995)

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The Old Testament story of Joseph, favorite son of Jacob (Martin Landau) and great-grandson of Abraham, who was sold into slavery by his brothers, but who rose to become prime minister of Egypt. Joseph (Paul Mercurio) governed the country during a seven-year famine, during which his brothers visited Egypt seeking grain, only to encounter their brother, whom they had long presumed dead. Also features Ben Kingsley and Leslie Anne Warren.

Abraham

The first chapter in the story of Salvation. Rather than choosing a great leader or king, God chooses Abraham, an elderly shepherd from Mesopotamia, as the way to establish his Covenant with mankind ... Abraham is a man of great faith. After his calling he continues to believe in God even when He seems to have abandoned him. For Abraham, God's greatest promise is that his family will continue through the line of Isaac, Abraham's favourite son. However God presents him with a tremendous test by asking him to sacrifice of Isaac. Is Abraham willing to put God first? Even

Esther

Ahasuerus (Xerxes I), King of the Persians, whose empire now extends from India to Egypt after the defeat of the Babylonians, is holding a celebratory banquet for his people in the citadel of Susa to display his wealth and splendor. When he summons his attractive wife Vashti, to show off her beauty to the guests, the proud queen refuses to come. The king promptly bans her from ever entering his presence again, and gives orders for the most beautiful young virgins in the land to be brought to him. The young Jewess Esther, adopted daughter of her uncle Mordecai, is among the girls selected; they are told to beautify themselves in the royal harem and prepare to spend the night with the king. Esther succeeds in enchanting the king with her extraordinary beauty and charm, and he makes her his queen. The king promotes his loyal subject Haman - whose family is notably anti-Jewish - to the post of first minister of the kingdom. When the Jew Mordecai fails to kneel down before Haman like all the others, Haman's irritation with him is transformed into a deep hatred of the Jewish people. He manages to get the king to pass a law allowing the Jews of all countries to be persecuted and killed on a certain day. In his desperation, Mordecai seeks help from Esther. She places her life at risk by visiting the king without his consent, and then invites him and Haman to dine with her that evening. By revealing her Jewish origins Esther now succeeds in exposing Haman's evil plan to kill the Jews, and in obtaining the king's pardon for her people. Haman is duly hanged on the gallows he had built for Mordecai. Since the royal decree is irreversible, Ahasuerus passes another one allowing the Jews to defend themselves against their enemies, whom they end up by vanquishing. Many Jews now return to the Holy City and begin rebuilding Jerusalem.

Totalmente demais de 04/01 a 10/01/16

Stelinha exige que Eliza aprenda a usar os talheres de forma requintada. Jacaré se recorda de quando foi preso para satisfazer o desejo de Sofia/Nina. Jamaica ajuda Fabinho sem saber que está contribuindo para prejudicar Jonatas. Stelinha comemora o progresso de Eliza. Jonatas avisa a Rosângela que assistirá à prova do concurso de Eliza. Carolina se surpreende ao ver Stelinha acompanhando Eliza. Fabinho arma contra Jonatas.

Stelinha avisa a Carolina que veio ao Brasil ajudar Arthur a ganhar o concurso. Zé Pedro desconfia que alguém tenha sabotado o pagamento dos funcionários da fábrica. Germano decide chamar a Polícia e Fabinho fica apreensivo. Cassandra implora para Carolina não eliminá-la e se compromete a prejudicar Eliza. Os policiais encontram o envelope com o pagamento dos funcionários no armário de Jonatas, que acaba sendo preso. Com a intenção de prejudicar o desempenho de Eliza na prova, Carolina conta à candidata que Jonatas foi preso.

Eliza avisa a Arthur que não conseguirá fazer o teste, mas Arthur garante que ela poderá ir à delegacia ver Jonatas. Jamaica desconfia de que foi Fabinho quem fez a troca dos envelopes para incriminar Jonatas. Jacaré tenta pegar Eliza, que é salva por Arthur e Florisval. Rosângela fica arrasada ao saber que Jonatas está preso. Jamaica acusa Fabinho de ser o responsável por Jonatas estar na cadeia.

Jamaica conta a Leila que foi Fabinho quem armou o roubo para incriminar Jonatas, mas a jornalista não acredita. Rosângela visita Jonatas na prisão e diz ao filho que acredita em sua inocência. Leila inventa uma desculpa para conseguir com Mirthes as imagens gravadas pelas câmeras de segurança da Bastille. Leila e Jamaica comprovam que foi Fabinho quem fez a troca dos envelopes e mostram para Zé Pedro. Policiais vão à casa de Germano para apreender Fabinho.


Lili fica abalada ao saber que foi Germano quem mandou libertar Jonatas e prender Fabinho. Lili expulsa Germano de casa. Na comemoração da volta de Jonatas para casa, Montanha dança com Rosângela. Jojô e Stelinha ficam sozinhas em casa e acabam se aproximando. Arthur liga para Eliza e pede que a jovem volte para sua casa. Jonatas enfrenta Arthur.

Arthur alerta Jonatas sobre a prova de Eliza. Zé Pedro avisa a Lili que é possível que Fabinho possa responder ao processo em liberdade. Maristela conta a Rosângela que vai se casar com Florisval. Natasha revela a Pietro que Arthur não pode ter filhos porque fez um procedimento médico. Jonatas leva Eliza ao local de sua prova, e a modelo pede desculpas a Arthur por seu atraso. Germano decide recontratar Jonatas. Stelinha afirma a Arthur que eles precisam separar Eliza de Jonatas.

A walk to remember

Directed by Adam Shankman
Produced by Denise Di Novi
Hunt Lowry
Screenplay by Karen Janszen
Based on A Walk to Remember
by Nicholas Sparks
Starring Shane West
Mandy Moore
Peter Coyote
Daryl Hannah
Music by Mervyn Warren
Cinematography Julio Macat
Edited by Emma E. Hickox
Production
company
Gaylord Films
Di Novi Pictures
Pandora Cinema
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release dates January 25, 2002
Running time 102 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $11 million
Box office $47,494,916

A Walk to Remember is a 2002 American coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Adam Shankman . Based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks, the film stars Shane West , Mandy Moore , Peter Coyote , and Daryl Hannah , and was produced by Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowery for Warner Bros.
Plot
Popular and rebellious teenager Landon Carter (Shane West ) is threatened with expulsion from school after he and his friends leave evidence of underage drinking on the school grounds and seriously injure another student as the result of a prank gone wrong. The head of the school gives Landon the choice of being expelled or atoning for his actions by tutoring fellow students and participating in the school play. During these functions, Landon notices Jamie Sullivan (Mandy Moore ), a girl he has known since kindergarten and who has attended many of the same classes as him, and who is also the local minister's daughter. Since he's one of the in-crowd, he has seldom paid any attention to Jamie, who wears modest dresses all the time and owns only one sweater. Jamie is labeled an outsider and a geek. She makes no attempt to wear make-up or otherwise improve her looks or attract attention to herself.
Landon has trouble learning his lines for the play. Jamie, who is also in the play, agrees to help him on one condition: Jamie warns Landon not to fall in love with her. Landon and Jamie begin practicing together at her house after school. They get to know each other and a spark of affection arises between them.
On the opening night of the play, Jamie astounds Landon and the entire audience with her beauty and her voice. Onstage at the peak of the ending to the play, Jamie sings. When Jamie finishes, Landon kisses her which is not part of the play.
Jamie avoids Landon after the play, and it is not until Landon's friends play a cruel prank on Jamie and he protects her in opposition to his friends that she warms up to him again. Landon asks Jamie on a date soon after, but Jamie says her father doesn't allow her to date. Landon asks her father if he can date his daughter, bringing up that he's looking for a chance at redemption with her and at life through her. Reluctant at first, he gives in.
On their first date, Landon helps Jamie to fulfill her list of things she wants to achieve in life, such as being in two places at once, and getting a tattoo. After that, they go to the docks. Jamie tells Landon about how she experiences belief and how it's like the wind. It is then that he tells her he might want to kiss her now.
On another date, where Jamie is very silent and unfocused, Landon asks Jamie what her plans for the future are. She then confesses she isn't making any because she has leukemia and hasn't been responding to treatment. A desperate Landon asks for his father's help in curing her, but is disappointed by his reply and heads on a long drive home thinking about Jamie.
One by one, his friends become aware of the tragedy looming for Jamie and Landon. They give their support to him. Jamie's condition grows worse and she gets sent to the hospital.
Still in hospital, Jamie gives Landon a book that once belonged to her mother. She states that maybe God sent Landon to her to help her through the rough times and that Landon is her angel.
Unbeknownst to Landon, Jamie is given private home care by Landon's estranged father relieving her father's financial burden. Landon visits his dad, tearfully thanking him for his help. They embrace and are reunited.
Landon is building a telescope for Jamie to be able to see a one-time comet in the springtime. Jamie's father helps him get it finished in time. The telescope is brought to her on the balcony. She gets a beautiful view of the comet through the new telescope. It is then that Landon asks her to marry him. Jamie tearfully accepts, and they get married in the church in which her deceased mother got married. Jamie and Landon spend their last summer together, filled with a deep love like no other. Jamie dies when summer ends.
Four years later, Landon has finished college and been accepted into medical school. Landon visits Reverend Sullivan to return to him Jamie’s precious book that belonged to her mother. Landon apologizes to the Reverend that Jamie did not witness a miracle (an ambition she expressed in the class yearbook). The Reverend disagrees saying that in fact she did and that her miracle was Landon. He is shown to have completely changed his original opinion of Landon in the beginning of the film, where he completely detested Landon and did not hide it.
Landon visits the docks contemplating the belief that although Jamie is dead, that she is with him. It is then that he understands love is like the wind; you can't see it, but you can feel it.
Cast
Shane West as Landon Rollins Carter
Mandy Moore as Jamie Elizabeth Sullivan
Peter Coyote as Reverend Hegbert Sullivan
Daryl Hannah as Cynthia Carter
Lauren German as Belinda
Clayne Crawford as Dean
Al Thompson as Eric
Paz de la Huerta as Tracy
David Lee Smith as Dr. Carter
Jonathan Parks Jordan as Walker
Matt Lutz as Clay Gephardt

Indecent Proposal

Directed by Adrian Lyne
Produced by Sherry Lansing
Screenplay by Amy Holden Jones
Based on Indecent Proposal
by Jack Engelhard
Starring Robert Redford
Demi Moore
Woody Harrelson
Oliver Platt
Seymour Cassel
Music by John Barry
Cinematography Howard Atherton
Edited by Joe Hutshing
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates April 7, 1993
Running time 118 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $38 million
Box office $266,614,059
Plot
High school sweethearts David (Woody Harrelson ) and Diana Murphy (Demi Moore) are a married couple who travel to Las Vegas , hoping they can win enough money to finance David's fantasy real estate project. They place their money on red in roulette and lose.
After gambling away all of their savings, they encounter billionaire John Gage (Robert Redford ). Gage is attracted to Diana and offers them one million dollars to spend a night with her. After a difficult night, David and Diana decide to accept the offer, and a contract is signed the next day. Gage flies Diana to a private yacht where he offers her a chance to void the deal and return to her husband if he loses a toss of his lucky coin. Gage calls it correctly and she spends the night with him.
Although he had hoped to forget the whole incident, David grows increasingly insecure about his relationship with Diana, consumed with a fear that she remains involved Gage; this insecurity is heightened by the fact Diana discovers that Gage has bought their home/property while it was going into foreclosure . As tension between them builds, David and Diana separate.
Gage renews his advances on Diana. Although she initially resists, Diana eventually consents to spending time with him and a relationship develops. David, meanwhile, hits rock bottom and then slowly pulls his life back together. When Diana files for divorce, David signs the divorce papers and gives the million dollars away.
Diana tells Gage "I think we should talk". Gage, perhaps sensing what's coming, recognizes that, even if Diana stayed with him, their relationship would never achieve the intensity she had with David. Realizing that she longs to return to her husband, Gage makes up a story that she was only the latest in a long line of "million-dollar girls". Diana understands that Gage is doing this to make it easy for her to leave. Gage gives her his lucky coin, which is revealed to be double sided. She returns to the pier where David is waiting and he proposes. They join hands.
Cast
Robert Redford as John Gage
Demi Moore as Diana Murphy
Woody Harrelson as David Murphy
Seymour Cassel as Mr. Shackleford
Oliver Platt as Jeremy
Billy Bob Thornton as Day Tripper
Rip Taylor as Mr. Langford
Billy Connolly as Auction M.C.
Tommy Bush as David's Father
Sheena Easton Cameo as Herself
Herbie Hancock Cameo as Himself

Daddy's home

Brad Taggart (Will Ferrell) is a kindhearted radio executive who wants to be the best possible stepfather to his wife's (Linda Cardellini) two children. When her freewheeling ex-husband Dusty (MarkWahlberg) breezes back into town, Brad's feeling of insecurity quickly develops into an inferiority complex. As Dusty demonstrates his flair for athletics, home repair and bad-boy charisma, Taggart finds himself in a no-holds-barred battle to one-up his rival and win the approval of his family.

CAST

Will Ferrell
Brad Whitaker
Mark Wahlberg
Dusty Mayron
Linda Cardellini
Sara
Thomas Haden Church
Leo Holt
Scarlett Estevez
Megan
Owen Vaccaro
Dylan
Bobby Cannavale
Dr. Francisco
Hannibal Buress
Griff
Bill Burr
Jerry (Bully's Dad)
Jamie Denbo
Doris
Mark L. Young
Dental Hygienist
Matthew Paul Martinez
Pete (Recording Engineer)
Dave Davis
Panda Singer #1
James Harlon Palmer
Panda Singer #2
Riley Corbin
Hello Kitty Girl
LaJessie Smith
Jean Jacket
Billy 4 Johnston
Red-Head Kid
Olivia Renee Dupepe
4th Grade Bully Girl
Billy Slaughter
Instigator Dad
LaMonica Garrett
Marco (Lakers Coach

Schindler's list

Businessman Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) arrives in Krakow in 1939, ready to make his fortune from World War II, which has just started. After joining the Nazi party primarily for political expediency, he staffs his factory with Jewish workers for similarly pragmatic reasons. When the SS begins exterminating Jews in the Krakow ghetto, Schindler arranges to have his workers protected to keep his factory in operation, but soon realizes that in so doing, he is also saving innocent lives.

David

The tribes of Israel need to defeat the superior might of the Philistines: "Now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have." (I Samuel, 8:5). And so the prophet Samuel gives the Hebrews their first king, Saul, a simple farmer, who with God's help becomes a brave and mighty warlord who leads the united tribes of Israel against their enemies. Saul, however, has incessant doubts about his mission. Not trustful enough of divine wisdom, he acts of his own accord and thus sins against the Lord. The influential prophet Samuel turns away from Saul in order to select a new king according to God's will: David. He is still a young boy, tending sheep in the fields, when, secretly Samuel oints him as the next king of the Israelites. When David - as courageous as he is intelligent - emerges victorious from his encounter with Goliath, the Philistines' most powerful warrior, he becomes a hero. His fame arouses the jealousy of King Saul, who senses that David is going to dispute his right to be king - and tries to kill him. David flees from Saul, and finds many supporters and loyal companions who believe that he is destined to be king. In exile, David waits for his time to come, since he does not want to take the place of Saul by violence. He is young and in the prime of his strength, while King Saul is a broken man. When Saul falls upon his sword after losing a battle, David's hour is at hand. The new King David conquers Jerusalem. The magnificent city is to become the royal residence for the glorious hero, who now plans to leave the business of war to others in future and to become a King of Peace. However, this temperamental man, with so many years of battle behind him and still in the bloom of youth, is not predestined for a quiet, orderly life at all. Very soon he plunges into an illicit love affair with Bathsheba, a married woman - an affair that threatens to become the king's undoing when it turns out that she is expecting his child. To conceal his adulterous fatherhood, the king sends Bathsheba's husband Uriah - one of his best and most loyal soldiers - to his death, and then marries her. The prophet and royal adviser Nathan announces to David that his act will result in divine punishment: the Lord will not countenance such an outrage. Violence and evil will continue in David's own family and bring disaster upon the heads of the numerous sons born to David from his wives and concubines. Then the child of David and Bathsheba dies. She gives him another son, Solomon, but very soon David suffers another sharp blow of fate: his grown-up son Absalom kills one of his brothers for the latter's rape of his sister. David is far too mild in response to this: not only does he fail to bring the incestuous seducer to justice, he also leaves the fratricide unpunished. The king does not realise that he is gradually losing control over his family, and that his hold on the people is also growing weaker. For David is obsessed with his plan of building the finest and largest temple in the world in Jerusalem. He demands immense sums from the populace for this project, even though God has commanded him to leave the completion of the building to his successors. David's ambitious son Absalom thus finds it very easy to drum up support for a conspiracy against his father. After a fierce battle, culminating in Absalom's death, David makes it back

Solomon

David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon. The two young men are fierce rivals, since both are prospective heirs to the throne and only one can be successful. During a hunting expedition, Adonijah challenges his younger brother Solomon to a chariot race. While Solomon, though brave, still retains a modicum of caution, the daredevil Adonijah is eager to win at all costs -- and loses control of his chariot. Solomon takes the seriously injured Adonijah back to Jerusalem. On the way there they meet the attractive Abishag, who despite her youth is versed in the use of healing herbs. She actually succeeds in helping the prince. Adonijah falls in love with Abishag -- but Bathsheba arranges things so that she works for David, hoping that her youth, her beauty and her healing powers will soothe the old king's suffering. Several members of the influential priesthood and also the respected army general Joab, who served David loyally for many years, support Adonijah's claim to the throne-- even though David has still not made any decision with regard to a potential successor. The battle-experienced Joab regards Solomon as an indecisive weakling, under whose leadership the kingdom would soon fall apart. When the prophet Nathan finds out about Adonijah's conspiracy he informs Bathsheba and Solomon, who urge David to take immediate action. And so it comes to pass that preparations to anoint the future king of Israel are made both at the Spring of Enrogel, where Adonijah and his men are encamped, as well as in Jerusalem. The festive procession for Adonijah has already been assembled and the people enticed with delicious delicacies to cheer him on, when the news of Solomon's coronation reaches Enrogel. The people promptly acknowledge the will of King David and stream off to Jerusalem in their hordes to greet Solomon, their future ruler. Adonijah remains behind with a handful of loyal followers. He realizes that he has lost -- for the time being. Humbly he places his life in his brother's hands. Adonijah is forgiven on one condition: that he always remains loyal to his brother Solomon. The great King David is dead, and his son Solomon has succeeded him as the rightful ruler of Israel. Adonijah now has a request to make of Bathsheba: he wants to marry Abishag. Solomon hears about this seemingly innocent wish, and recognizes it as a renewed ploy on behalf of his brother to reclaim the throne -- Adonijah's marriage to the last woman to share King David's bed would strengthen his political position considerably. Solomon knows that he has to act quickly and decisively if he is to secure his own power. He has his brother Adonijah and the latter's closest associate Joab executed. After this radical decision, Solomon withdraws to present sacrifices. In a dream the Lord appears to him and grants him the fulfillment of a wish, whatever it may be. Solomon merely asks for wisdom -- in order to become a good ruler and judge. War with Egypt is looming. To arm his kingdom against the territorial ambitions of its powerful neighbors, Solomon not only introduces several reforms but also decides to marry the daughter of the pharaoh. The Egyptian princess does not remain Solomon's only wife, however: as time goes by the king marries numerous noble women from many different countries for political and economic reasons. In this way he preserves peace for his people, and creates great prosperity. By allowing the women to continue practicing their domestic customs and religious rituals in Jerusalem as well, he comes into regular conflict with the priesthood, who see the foreign religions as endangering Israel's sole covenant with the Lord. The wisdom granted to Solomon by God becomes fully evident when the king sits in judgment. One day two harlots each claim to be mother of the same baby. Solomon's decision seems utterly cruel: he says that the child should be cut in two so that each woman receives half. Solomon can now determine who the real mother is from her reaction: she will not allow her child to be harmed. Solomon hands the child back to its true mother amid cheers of approval. One of the most important tasks handed down to Solomon by his father David is building the great Temple to house the Ark of the Covenant. It has to be larger and more magnificent than all other temples in the world, and Solomon now sets about fulfilling his father's wish. He places Jeroboam in charge of the Israelite workers as chief overseer. Seven years later, the work is completed. The expensive construction materials have been brought from far-off lands, and the people of Israel have paid exceedingly high taxes without complaint in order to finance the construction work. The Ark of the Covenant can now finally be taken to the Temple in a triumphant procession. After so many years of wandering, the Israelites' most sacred possession now has a fixed home of its own. People stream to Jerusalem from across the entire country to celebrate the great day. Abishag, now married, comes too and brings her family. Solomon has decided to mingle among the people in disguise, and he and Abishag are overjoyed when they accidentally meet again after so many years. The Temple makes Jerusalem and its king famous throughout the world. Even the dark-skinned Queen of Sheba sets off with a large retinue to visit the wise and cultivated Solomon and admire his magnificent city. The admiration turns out to be mutual: Solomon, captivated by her beauty, falls deeply in love with her. The two of them have a child, Menelik, but one day the Queen of Sheba decides to leave. She does not want Menelik to be deprived of the regal dignity awaiting him in his home country. Solomon stays behind, with a heavy heart. The king has now achieved everything he set his heart on, but with the passing of the years the wise Solomon gradually becomes a melancholy, skeptical old man who regularly questions his very existence. Material things seem to represent the only reality for him. He also refuses to adopt any kind of steady policy, especially in religious matters. With his foreign wives, Solomon sacrifices to foreign gods, and this incurs the wrath of the priesthood. The loyal Jeroboam appeals to his king's conscience, but to no avail. During one of Solomon's sorties in disguise among his people, a simple farmer reminds him of the first of the Ten Commandments revealed by the Lord to Moses: "You shall have no other gods before me." At another decisive moment, God Himself speaks to Solomon and announces the punishment for his sinfulness: the kingdom will collapse after Solomon's death. The king has grown old and weary. He has lost touch with the people of Israel, who are suffering from heavy taxation and forced labor. Solomon has treated his long-standing companion Jeroboam, to whom he entrusted the administration of the northern tribes, with murderous anger ever since a prophet predicted the division of the kingdom to him. The king no longer has the strength to change things -- he just leaves them as they are. The consequences of this become clear shortly after his death. Solomon's son and successor Rehoboam treats the country's leaders with arrogance, and provokes the division of the kingdom into two parts: the only tribe still loyal to him is that of Judah, while all the others unite under Jeroboam. The prophecy has been fulfilled. The kingdom that Solomon received from his father David, and invested with such might and magnificence, is now divided.

Son of Saul

Directed by László Nemes
Produced by Gábor Rajna
Gábor Sipos
Written by László Nemes
Clara Royer
Starring Géza Röhrig
Music by László Melis
Cinematography Mátyás Erdély
Edited by Matthieu Taponier
Production
companies
Hungarian National Film Fund
Laokoon Film Arts
Laokoon Filmgroup
Distributed by Mozinet
Release dates 15 May 2015
(Cannes )
11 June 2015
(Hungary)
Running time 107 minutes
Country Hungary
Language Hungarian
Yiddish
German
Polish
Budget HUF$ 280 million
(USD$ 1 million)
Box office $795,587


Plot
In October 1944, Saul Ausländer (Géza Röhrig ), a Hungarian-Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz works as a
Sonderkommando member, burning the dead. One day, he finds the body of a boy he takes for his son. He tries to salvage the body from the flames, and find a rabbi to arrange a clandestine burial. Meanwhile other members of the Sonderkommando learn about their impending extermination, rise up and destroy the crematorium . Saul keeps focused on his own plan to pay the last honours to a son he never could take care of before.
Cast
Géza Röhrig as Saul
Levente Molnár as Abraham
Urs Rechn as Biedermann
Sándor Zsótér as Doctor
Todd Charmont as Braun
Uwe Lauer as Voss
Christian Harting as Busch
Kamil Dobrowolski as Mietek

Lofar

Directed by Puri Jagannadh
Produced by C. Kalyan
Written by Puri Jagannadh
Starring Varun Tej
Disha Patani
Music by Sunil Kashyap
Cinematography P.G. Vinda
Production
company
C. K. Entertainments
Sree Subha Swetha Films
Release dates 17 December 2015
Country India
Language Telugu
Budget ₹ 25 crore (US$3.7 million)
Box office ₹ 30 crore (US$4.5 million) (4 days)

Lofar is a Telugu film directed by Puri Jagannadh . It features Varun Tej  and Disha Patani in the lead roles while Revathi and Posani Krishna Murali appear in crucial supporting roles. The film was officially launched on 8 July 2015 in
Hyderabad .,  Earlier makers revealed the first look posters and trailer of the movie which received good response in the social media. Varun Tej will be seen in the powerful performance and in a mass avatar.
The film was released on 17 December 2015 in more than 1000 screens across the globe and received positive reviews from critics.

Plot
Raja, is raised by his father as a thief. His arrogant father takes him away from his mother Lakshmi as a baby when she calls him a loafer. Raja always feels depressed for his mother's death. Raja and his father now live together in Jodhpur stealing money from others. Raja one day meets Mouni, a girl who has eloped from her evil father, a dreaded factionist who forces her marriage. Her brothers who are also evil and support their father, they even kill their own mother after she slaps her husband as she does not accept Mouni's marriage and finally scolds them for their brutal ways. Mouni stays with her friend in Jodhpur and works as a tourist. Raja steals her suitcase as his father steals her phone as soon as she enters Jodhpur. At first they go through a series of clashes, but they slowly fall in love. Mouni tells her aunt about their love, who is none other than Raja's long lost mother Lakshmi. However when her father's men find her in Jodhpur, he asks ransom to take Mouni without any harm, his mother sees this and scolds him and that's when Raja finds out his mother is still alive. Mouni breaks up with him. Raja saves them from her father's men and disowns his father after lying to him all these years. He then sets out to his mother's village but doesn't tell her he's her son. She at first doesn't let him stay at her house as she still hated him, but then after realizing Raja is the only one who can save the village from the crimes committed by Mouni's father and his sons, she does so. She orders him to save Mouni but not fall for her. Raja agrees to this but he still inside loves Mouni. Raja reveals to Mouni that he's her aunt's son. Raj's mother thinks her son is dead since her father said so. This causes Raja to hate his father even more. He meanwhile sends his friends from Jodhpur to lie to Mouni's father that there are mines in the village, so he makes everyone sell their properties only to soon find out that everyone has left the village and that this was all Raja's idea. He makes the police arrest Raja as they beat and injure him. Raja however escapes with his mother as she finally accepts him as her son. Raja beats up Mouni's father's men and sons until he is brutally stabbed by one of them. Mouni's father orders his men to kill his own sister until Raja stops them. When Mouni's father is about to kill Lakshmi, Raja's father comes in and kills him. Raja finishes Mouni's brothers as everyone reunites.
Cast
Varun Tej as Raja
Disha Patani as Mouni
Revathi as Lakshmi
Posani Krishna Murali as Raja's father
Mukesh Rishi as Mouni's father
Ali as Spider babu
Brahmanandam as Srimanthudu
Charandeep Surneni as Raja
Pavithra Lokesh as Mouni's mother
Saptagiri as Raja's friend
Nora Fatehi (special appearance in a song) [6]
Dhanraj as Raja's friend
ishitha

Joy

Directed by David O. Russell
Produced by John Davis
Megan Ellison
Jonathan Gordon
Ken Mok
David O. Russell
Screenplay by David O. Russell
Story by Annie Mumolo
David O. Russell
Starring Jennifer Lawrence
Robert De Niro
Bradley Cooper
Music by West Dylan Thordson
David Campbell
Cinematography Linus Sandgren
Edited by Alan Baumgarten
Jay Cassidy
Tom Cross
Christopher Tellefsen
Production
companies
Fox 2000 Pictures
Davis Entertainment Company
Annapurna Pictures
TSG Entertainment
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release dates
December 25, 2015
(United States)
Running time 124 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $60 million


Joy is an upcoming American
biographical comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. Russell and starring Jennifer Lawrence , Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper . The film is about a struggling single mother of two children, Joy Mangano (portrayed by Lawrence), who invented the Miracle Mop and is the president of Ingenious Designs. The film is scheduled to be released on December 25, 2015 by 20th Century Fox .
Plot
The film follows Joy Mangano , a divorced mother of two children, through four generations as she builds her business empire after creating the Miracle Mop.

Jeremiah

The young Jeremiah grows up in a priest's family in the village of Anathoth, near Jerusalem. God appears to Jeremiah in different human guises on several occasions, and makes it clear to him that he has been selected to announce God's message to the people of Jerusalem: a mighty ruler from the north will attack the Kingdom of Judah if the people there continue to worship false idols, and fail to remember the One God. No-one in Anathoth believes Jeremiah's prophecy, however. Instead, he is accused of blasphemy and is physically attacked - and not even his family comes to his aid. Nevertheless, with the help of Baruch, a temple scribe who hears Jeremiah's first sermon and becomes his disciple, Jeremiah succeeds in announcing the word of God. The prophet's message of impending doom incurs only the wrath and rejection of the ruling classes, the priesthood and the King. Jeremiah can find no audience, and lands up in captivity again - but even though he even has to leave his true love for Judith to fate, he still sticks firmly to his mission. It is only when war with the enemy forces from Babylon seems inevitable that the people of Jerusalem start to grow restless, and Jeremiah gradually starts to win support. However the King, who is taking the advice of the false prophet Hananiah, is certain that the country's powerful neighbours, the Egyptians, will come to his assistance. Shortly afterwards, however, the Babylonians lay siege to the Holy City. Although the King now believes Jeremiah, he still finds it impossible to make the decision to surrender the city. Jerusalem goes up in flames, and the people are led off into exile in Babylon.

My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)

Julianne Potter (Julia Roberts) is a successful and independent food critic. Her closest friend is George (Rupert Everett), who happens to be gay. Over dinner with George, she reminisces about another relationship in her past: her brief romance and long-term friendship with Michael ONeal (Dermot Mulroney), a freelance sports writer. Jules and Michael were such good friends, they made a half-serious promise to each other that if neither found a mate before they turned 28, they would marry each other. Soon afterward, Jules receives a call from Michael, who tells her he has met that special someone -- Kim Wallace (Cameron Diaz), the daughter of a billionaire baseball team owner. Michael is madly in love with Kim, but asks his "best friend" to visit him in Chicago to lend him support. Jules is shocked to hear this news, and suddenly becomes desperate to win Michael for herself. She travels to Chicago, meets Kim, and realizes that this girl really is perfect, not just to Michael. Nevertheless, she embarks on a campaign to turn Michael and Kim against each other. George joins her, and attempts to help her face the truth about what will make her feel good for the immediate moment and in the long term. As the wedding date approaches, Jules becomes more desperate, but her attempts fail. However, just before the wedding, Michael gets a message that throws his relationship with Kim seriously into doubt...and gives Jules her chance to share her true feelings with Michael. This romantic farce features the music of Burt Bacharach.

The danish girl

Directed by Tom Hooper
Produced by Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Anne Harrison
Tom Hooper
Gail Mutrux
Screenplay by Lucinda Coxon
Based on The Danish Girl
by David Ebershoff
Starring Eddie Redmayne
Alicia Vikander
Matthias Schoenaerts
Ben Whishaw
Sebastian Koch
Amber Heard
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography Danny Cohen
Edited by Melanie Ann Oliver
Production
companies
Working Title
Pretty Pictures
Revision Pictures
Senator Global Productions
Distributed by Focus Features
Universal Pictures International
Release dates
5 September 2015
(Venice )
27 November 2015
(United States)
1 January 2016
(United Kingdom)
Running time 119 minutes
Country United Kingdom
United States
Language English
Budget $15 million
Box office $1.4 million


The Danish Girl is a 2015 British-American pseudo- biographical drama film directed by Tom Hooper, based on the 2000 novel of the same name by
David Ebershoff .  The film stars Eddie Redmayne as Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of sex reassignment surgery , Alicia Vikander as Gerda Wegener, Matthias Schoenaerts as Hans Axgil and Ben Whishawn as Henrik.
It was screened in the main competition section of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival , and it was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival .  The film was released in a limited release on November 27, 2015 by
Focus Features . The film will be released on 1 January 2016, in the United Kingdom by Universal Pictures International .


Plot
In mid-1920s Copenhagen , the portrait artist Gerda Wegener (Alicia Vikander ) asks her husband, popular landscape artist Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne), to stand in for a female model who was late to come to their flat to pose for a painting she's working on. The act of Einar posing as a female figure unmasks what turns out to be a lifelong identification on the part of Einar as a female, named Lili Elbe. This sets off a progression, first tentative and then irreversible, of leaving behind the identity as Einar, which Lili has struggled to maintain all her life. This takes place as both Lili and Gerda relocate to Paris; Gerda's portraits of Lili in her feminine state attract the kind of attention from art dealers that her previous portraiture had not. It is there that Gerda tracks down art dealer Hans Axgil (Matthias Schoenaerts ), a childhood friend of Einar (Hans had been the first boy that Einar had ever kissed). Hans and Gerda's mutual attraction causes problems as she is navigating her changing relationship to Lili, but his longtime friendship and affection for Lili leads him to play a supportive role for each.
Ultimately, Lili undergoes one of the very first instances of male to female
sex reassignment surgery with the help of Dr. Warnerkos (Sebastian Koch), a two part procedure that first removes Lili's external genitalia and then, after a period of recovery, fashioning a vagina. Lili's eagerness to shed the vestiges of her male anatomy leads her to rush the sequence of procedures, and eventually dies of complications from it. The movie ends with Gerda and Hans back in Denmark; a scarf that Lili had worn and had given to Gerda before her second operation. It is taken by the wind.
Cast
Eddie Redmayne as Lili Elbe / Einar Wegener
Alicia Vikander as Gerda Wegener
Matthias Schoenaerts as Hans Axgil
Ben Whishaw as Henrik
Amber Heard as Ulla
Sebastian Koch as Warnekros
Emerald Fennell as Elsa
Adrian Schiller as Rasmussen

Ghost

Directed by Jerry Zucker
Produced by Lisa Weinstein
Written by Bruce Joel Rubin
Starring Patrick Swayze
Demi Moore
Whoopi Goldberg
Tony Goldwyn
Music by Maurice Jarre
Cinematography Adam Greenberg
Edited by Walter Murch
Distributed by Paramount Pictures

Release dates
September 21, 1990
Running time 127 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $22 million
Box office $505.7 million

Ghost is a 1990 American romantic fantasy thriller film starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn, and Whoopi Goldberg. It was written by Bruce Joel Rubin and directed by
Jerry Zucker .


Plot
Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze), a banker , and Molly Jensen (Demi Moore), a
potter , are a couple who renovate and move into an apartment in New York City with the help of Sam's friend and co-worker Carl Bruner (Tony Goldwyn ). One afternoon, Sam discovers unusually high balances in obscure bank accounts, but despite Carl's offer to help investigate, Sam decides to investigate on his own. That night while walking home together Sam and Molly are mugged by a street thug who pulls a gun and demand's Sam's wallet. Sam struggles with the attacker and is shot. After pursuing the street thug, Sam runs back to Molly and - seeing her crying over his dead body - discovers that he has died from the gunshot and has become a ghost . Sam stays by the distraught Molly, trying to come to grips with his new condition, when Carl comes over and suggests Molly take a walk with him. Sam cannot bring himself to follow.
Moments later, the mugger enters the empty apartment and commences searching for something. When Molly returns, Sam scares their cat into attacking the thug, who flees. Sam follows the mugger to his apartment in
Brooklyn and learns that the man's name is Willie Lopez and that Willie intends to return later to continue the search.
While walking back to the apartment, Sam happens upon the parlor of Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg), a con artist posing as a medium. But when she can hear Sam, she realizes she has an actual gift. He convinces her of the danger that Molly is in and that Oda must warn her. Molly is skeptical about Oda until Oda relays information that only Sam could know.
Molly goes to the police, who show her Oda Mae's record and convince her that Oda is a con artist. After Molly tells Carl about Oda Mae, Carl - unaware that Sam is following - then goes to Willie's apartment. There, to Sam's surprise, he finds that Carl and Willie are working together, that Carl had had a hand in Sam's death, and that he had needed to obtain Sam's book of passwords in order to access and launder the excess money from the bank accounts.
Meeting a violent poltergeist in their ghostly realm, Sam learns from him how to manipulate physical objects from within the spirit realm. Sam then approaches Oda Mae and asks her not only to withdraw the money in the fake name that Carl had set up but then to give that $4 million to charity. Sam tries to scare Carl away from Molly but she reveals to Carl that Oda Mae was at the bank withdrawing the money. Sam then prevents Oda Mae from being attacked by Willie, terrorizing the thug and then sending him into oncoming traffic where Willie is hit by a car and killed. As Willie's ghost is grabbed by creatures from the shadows that drag him to Hell , Sam returns to the apartment where - by levitating a penny into Molly's hand - he convinces Molly that Oda Mae is telling the truth about him.
Oda Mae allows Sam to possess her body so he and Molly can share a slow dance, but Carl interrupts them and Molly and Oda Mae flee onto the fire escape. Carl chases the women to a loft under construction and catches Oda Mae. When Molly comes to save her, she is grabbed and held hostage. Sam disarms Carl and chases him toward a window. He throws a suspended hook at Sam; it misses, swings back, and shatters the glass. As Carl tries to climb through the window a sharp shard of broken glass falls, impaling him through the chest. Carl's ghost rises from his body and, as Willie had been, he is grabbed by the creatures from the shadows and is carried to Hell.
Sam asks if the women are all right. Miraculously, Molly can now hear him. A heavenly light shines in the room, illuminating Sam in sight of both of them. Realizing that it is his time to go, he and Molly share tearful goodbyes. Oda Mae tells him that he is being called home, and he thanks her for her help.
Sam then walks into the light and onward to Heaven .

Cast
Patrick Swayze as Sam Wheat
Demi Moore as Molly Jensen
Whoopi Goldberg as Oda Mae Brown
Tony Goldwyn as Carl Bruner
Rick Aviles as Willie Lopez
Vincent Schiavelli as Subway Ghost
Gail Boggs as Oda Mae's Sister
Armelia McQueen as Oda Mae's Sister
Phil Leeds as Emergency Room Ghost
Augie Blunt as Orlando

The Pelican brief

Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Produced by Alan J. Pakula
Pieter Jan Brugge
Bryan D. Gilchrist
Written by Alan J. Pakula
Based on The Pelican Brief
by John Grisham
Starring Julia Roberts
Denzel Washington
Sam Shepard
Hume Cronyn
Stanley Tucci
John Heard
John Lithgow
Tony Goldwyn
James Sikking
William Atherton
Robert Culp
Music by James Horner
Cinematography Stephen Goldblatt
Edited by Tom Rolf, Trudy Ship
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release dates
December 17, 1993
Running time 141 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $45 million
Box office $195 million

The Pelican Brief is a 1993 legal political thriller based on the novel of the same name by John Grisham. Directed by Alan J. Pakula , the film stars Julia Roberts in the role of young law student Darby Shaw and Denzel Washington as Washington Herald reporter Gray Grantham. Music was composed by James Horner . This was the last film to feature Pakula as a producer and writer before his death.
Plot
Two Supreme Court justices are assassinated by the professional
assassin "Sam" Khamel (Stanley Tucci ).
Tulane University Law School student Darby Shaw (Julia Roberts ) writes a
legal brief detailing her theory on why they were killed and under whose orders, and shows it to her law professor, mentor and lover Thomas Callahan (Sam Shepard). He gives a copy to his friend Gavin Verheek (John Heard ), a lawyer at the FBI.
Callahan is killed by a car bomb ; Darby escapes because she would not get into the car with her drunk lover. She is attacked by an unknown assailant. Realizing that her brief was accurate, she goes into hiding and reaches out to Verheek for help.
Political reporter Gray Grantham (Denzel Washington) is contacted by an informant who calls himself "Garcia" who claims to have information about the assassinations. "Garcia" disappears. Darby contacts Grantham and mentions her brief; Grantham discovers the information Darby discloses has validity.
Darby finds out that her computer, disks and files are gone from her apartment. Soon after, she is attacked again, but again escapes. She contacts Verheek and arranges to meet him, but he is murdered by Khamel, who then goes to the meeting impersonating Verheek. Before Khamel can kill her, he is shot and killed by an unknown agent.
Darby contacts Grantham again and agrees to meet him in New York City. There she gives him the details of her brief.
The legal brief speculates that the assassinations were committed on behalf of Victor Mattiece, an oil tycoon who wants to drill for oil on a
Louisiana marshland that is a major habitat of an endangered species of
brown pelicans . A court case on appeal is expected to make its way to the Supreme Court. The two slain justices had a history of environmentalism — their only common view — and thus Darby surmised that Mattiece hoped to turn the case in his favor by eliminating the two justices. Grantham tells her about "Garcia", and together they discover that "Garcia" is Curtis Morgan (Jake Weber ), a lawyer in the oil and gas division of White & Blazevich in Washington.
Darby visits White & Blazevich, pretending to have an appointment with Morgan. She is told that he had been killed, and suspects that this was related to the information he had. She and Grantham visit his widow, who gives them a key to a safe deposit box.
Darby visits the bank to retrieve the contents of the box. After barely escaping death by a car bomb, they reach the Washington Herald building, where they review the documents and a videotape recovered from Morgan's box. The tape confirms Morgan's discovery that Mattiece ordered the assassination of the justices and the documents confirm the accusations. With this evidence Grantham writes his story. He gives the FBI a chance to comment, and FBI Director Voyles (James B. Sikking ) confirms that the Pelican Brief was delivered to the
White House ; off the record, he reveals that the President ordered the FBI to "back off", that CIA agents were investigating Mattiece, and that one of them killed Khamel to save Darby's life. A plane is arranged for Darby to flee the country.
The movie ends with Darby at her hideaway, watching Grantham being interviewed on TV, where it is revealed that Mattiece and two of his lawyers have been indicted in federal court, the President's chief of staff has resigned, and the President himself will not run for office again. Grantham deflects speculation that Darby is fictional, but does agree that she is "almost" too good to be true. Darby smiles as the screen cuts to black.
Differences from book
The film does not contain the murder of Matthew Barr and therefore does not show the primary antagonist, Victor Mattiece.
Gray Grantham is Caucasian in the book. He is portrayed by Denzel Washington, an African-American, in the film.
The villains continue their hot pursuit as Darby Shaw opens the safe-deposit box, putting a bomb in Gray Grantham's car and shooting at them both in the parking garage in the film but not in the book.
The movie opens with Rosenberg speaking to Gray Grantham, where in the book he is speaking to one of his aides.
There is more dialogue by Khamel in the book, as he arrives on shore and meets a man who gives him a ride into the city. The man talks about knowing this is the terrorist, but not wanting to look at him because of that. Eventually he does look at Khamel, who kills him for it.
Darby's friend Alice goes to her apartment upon Darby's request, to find out if her apartment has been broken into and tampered with. In the book, Alice speaks with Darby's neighbor about if anyone has been in the apartment. They do not show this in the movie.
In the book Thomas seems to be attempting to be sober, where in the film his alcoholism is alive and well as he dates Darby.
Voyles is described as portly in the book but is quite tall and slim in the movie. Also, Fletcher Coal is bald in the book while being covered in curly hair in the movie. In the book Coal is also described as a workaholic spending 120 hours per week in the White House, while he has a wife and two kids in the movie.
In the book, while Darby is in the offices of the Herald with Gray, finalizing their story, Mattiece's hired associates wait outside of the building hoping to end Darby's life as she enters or exits. In the movie, there is no such watching of the building.
Darby cuts her hair very short and dyes it several times in the book while maintaining Julia's signature red, curly locks in the movie.
One of the biggest differences between the book and the movie is that in the book, there seems to be a burgeoning romance between Darby and Gray, which ends with them meeting up after she flees the country. In the movie, they keep it very business like, and there is no love story ending where they end up on a beach, talking about the future. The film is sometimes cited as an example of how American films of this era tended to avoid depicting interracial romance; however, the producers claimed the romantic element was removed from the film not due to racial issues, but because "it would detract from the thriller".


Cast
Darby Shaw (Julia Roberts ) - second year Tulane University Law School student; author of the brief
Gray Grantham (Denzel Washington ) - reporter for the fictional Washington Herald
Fletcher Cole (Tony Goldwyn) - White House Chief of Staff
Khamel "Sam" (Stanley Tucci ) - hired assassin
Thomas Callahan (Sam Shepard) -
Tulane law school professor; romantically involved with Darby Shaw
Gavin Verheek (John Heard) - lawyer, special counsel to the FBI director; friend to Thomas Callahan
F. Denton Voyles (James B. Sikking ) - Director of the FBI
Alice Stark (Cynthia Nixon ) - Darby Shaw's friend
Bob Gminski (William Atherton) - Director of the CIA
The President (Robert Culp ) - elected U.S. President whose name is unspecified and is always referred to as "the President"
Smith Keen (John Lithgow ) - Gray Grantham's boss, an assistant managing editor at the fictional
Washington Herald
Justice Rosenberg (Hume Cronyn ) - eldest, most controversial Supreme Court Justice
Justice Jensen (Ralph Cosham ) - youngest Supreme Court Justice
Curtis Morgan (aka Garcia) ( Jake Weber ) - lawyer for White & Blazovitch who stumbles across an incriminating memo, costing him his life.
Marty Velmano (Anthony Heald ) - senior attorney at White & Blazovitch and conspirator on Victor Mattiece's behalf
Stump (Nicholas Woodeson ) - assassin who stalks Darby Shaw