故事发生在纽约,一个专业棒球队里两个球员的故事。Henry是明星投手,Bruce Pearson是普通投手,Bruce和其他球员十分友好,但与Henry投手却十分隔漠,这甚至开始影响球队的命运…… ◎简 介 Henry Wiggen是纽约长毛象队( New York Mammoths based on NYY)的明星投手。 (那是自由球员制还未施行的年代,球员的薪水并不高,即使像Henry Wiggen这种明星球员,还得兼营一些副业。在电影中,可看出他还是保险经纪人,而且对理财颇有一套,另外,他还是曾出过书的作家——这就是他 Author 这个绰号的由来。) 而他的室友——也是他保险的客户—— Bruce Pearson,则和他刚好相反。他球技普通,生活习惯又差,平时一副蠢样,在队上根本没人理他。(Henry 本身也很讨厌他,有一次,Henry 逮到Bruce在洗手檯便溺,气得向总教练Dutch投诉。) 但,就在这一年春训之前,一切都改变了。 因不幸而变成好友 Bruce感到身体不适,经医师诊断是何杰金氏淋巴瘤(Hodgkin's disease, or Hodgkin's lymphoma),这在当时是绝症。Bruce的保险是向Henry投保的,在Henry 的陪伴之下,他们一起到专门的医院做进一步诊疗,并得到医院的确认。 Henry听从Bruce的要求,保守著这个秘密。两人回到春训集训地,当时 Henry 和球团的谈薪陷入僵局,Henry 正在「罢训」。但不久他得到消息,球团打算要释出Bruce,於是他接受球团提议的薪资,只不过要加入一条附加条款——他的命运必须和Bruce绑在一起,球团不管要交易还是释出Bruce,都得连他一块送走。 球团答应这个条件。但总教练觉得事有蹊蹺,如之前所述,Henry曾向他抱怨Bruce的不良生活习惯,但怎么突然间,又像是情人一样不可分离呢?总教练私下想尽办法要查个水落石出。 总教练一直找线索,想要知道之前Henry和Bruce到了什么地方、做了什么事,而 Henry就不断扯谎,想出各种理由来掩饰他和Bruce去过医院。 脱胎换骨的表现 Henry还以他的理财知识当条件,和一位老爱奚落Bruce的队友达成协议,希望他不要对Bruce那么刻薄。Henry告诉这位队友Bruce罹患绝症的秘密,并要他守口如瓶。 但这种「秘密」,很快就在队友之间秘密流传,没多久,大多数球员都知道了。忽然间,大家对 Bruce 都特别包容,人人都愿意与他交友。原本这支球队,充满了球技一流的球星,但人人各自为政,谁也不服谁,现在因为Bruce的不幸,球队的向心力竟因而凝聚了起来,此后球队连战连胜。 Bruce原本只是替补捕手,上场机会不多,表现也不理想;因为队友的接纳,他开始有了自信,各项表现都创下生涯新高,到了七月,他已是主战捕手了。 球队最终拿下第一,季后赛一路横扫,夺得世界大赛冠军。而Bruce在球季结束前,就因病重离队,於不久后便病逝了。 电影在Henry的旁白中结束。Bruce的丧礼,球队只有送花,没有代表到场。 ◎幕 后 Bang the Drum Slowly ,中译名为「战鼓轻敲」。不过首先要说明的,这个Drum,并不是战鼓,而是送丧时的哀鼓;Slowly,也非「轻」敲,而是「慢」敲。这个鼓声,就像是丧鐘,沉重地、缓慢地敲击著,像是死神逐渐走近的脚步…… 本片改编自 Mark Harris 的同名小说 Bang the Drum Slowly 。Mark Harris 总共写了四本棒球小说,这「四部曲」分别是:The Southpaw (1953)、 Bang the Drum Slowly (1956)、A Ticket for a Seamstitch (1957),和 It Looked Like For Ever (1979),书中的主角,都是投手 Henry Author Wiggen。 Bang the Drum Slowly 这个书名,是从一首美国的传统牛仔歌曲 Streets of Laredo (或称为「牛仔悲歌」 Cowboy's Lament )中的歌词改编而来,这首歌,唱的是一位垂死牛仔的临终遗言,原先的歌词,有些用语比较古老一点,而在电影里,歌词有小小的更动,以下是和书名有关的副歌部分: O bang the drum slowly and play the fife lowly, Play the dead march as they carry me on, Put bunches of roses all over my coffin, Roses to deaden the clods as they fall 啊,哀鼓慢慢击,横笛低声奏, 当他们抬我灵柩时,演奏那送丧曲, 在我棺木上,覆满成束玫瑰, 让那玫瑰,舒缓落下的土块。
Drag queens and club kids battle zombies craving brains during a zombie outbreak at their drag show in Brooklyn, putting personal conflicts aside to utilize their distinct abilities against the undead threat.
Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for survival and the battles to come. But when the world is about to break, no place is safe.
“People have a tendency to move on,” says Lynsey Addario. “It’s my job to get people to continue paying attention.” Love+War profiles the Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist as she risks her life for that mission. We follow her on several trips to Ukraine in recent years and trace her past two decades in the war zones of Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone, and Libya — where she was kidnapped by Muammar Gaddafi’s troops — among others.
The beloved K-band DAY6 is making their long-awaited big screen debut with the cinematic music road movie 6DAYS.
DAY6, a band that stays evergreen, yet makes every day feel new. This summer, the four young men write what can only be described as their Time of Our Life. Celebrating their 10th anniversary, DAY6 embarks on a spontaneous road trip across America, fresh off a triumphant world tour.
6DAYS of DAY6 indulging in a radiant moment of youth. A cinematic road trip painted with dreamlike landscapes, and at the heart of it all, there was music.
More than just a concert film or travel documentary, 6DAYS is a story-driven road movie produced by MBC and DEJONG FILM, with investment and distribution by CGV ICECON and CJ 4DPLEX. The movie features the four members of DAY6, SUNGJIN, Young K, WONPIL and DOWOON.
Highly decorated Navy SEAL Marcus Capone returns from Afghanistan and attempts to readjust to civilian life. But years of unprecedented warfare have left Marcus with treatment-defiant PTSD, traumatic brain injuries, and severe depression beyond what current government treatment options can effectively address. Fearing for Marcus' life, his wife, Amber, finds hope in a groundbreaking therapy combining two powerful psychedelics unapproved for use in the U.S., but with seemingly limitless applications. Inspired by Marcus' remarkable recovery but still confronted with the alarming rate of veteran suicide in their community, Marcus and Amber embark on a new mission: providing access to this lifeline. Alongside intimate interviews, captivating animation, and first-of-its-kind research at Stanford's Brain Stimulation Lab, In Waves and War, from Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen (Athlete A, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power), is the emotional, inspiring odyssey of three American heroes as they overcome the after effects of war and rediscover their humanity.
格蕾丝(詹妮弗·劳伦斯 Jennifer Lawrence 饰)在生下孩子后与丈夫杰克森(罗伯特·帕丁森 Robert Pattinson 饰)搬回了杰克森的老家蒙大拿州生活,迷失于自我身份认同和精神崩溃的格蕾丝,行为日渐脱序,她在徘徊于现实边缘的同时努力保持理智,也愈加执著于对爱的追求……
该片改编自阿丽亚娜·哈维茨的同名小说。
Martina, a schoolteacher, and her three friends embark on a crazy experiment to test the theory which states that a human's body functions best when its alcohol in blood level is kept at 0.5.