HBO电影频道投拍新片《选票风波》(Recount)，回顾了2000年美国总统大选阶段闹得天翻地覆的佛州计票风波。 影片剧本由曾出演《奔腾年代》和《欢乐谷》的演员丹尼·斯特朗创作，故事从选举日当天发生的事说起，讲到五周后佛罗里达州最高法院做出裁决，回顾发生在佛州的这场计票风波。据HBO高层表示，影片的重点将落在渗透于新闻事件中的“人性”上。《选票风波》定于08年春季美国总统大选高潮期在HBO电视台播出。HBO电影频道高层科林·卡伦德表示，除了政客、投票人等，影片还将聚焦那场事件中的很多小人物，“男人、女人、丈夫、妻子……所有那些不由自主卷入那场事件的人。” 反映美国2000年大选内幕的电视电影《Recount》主演名单日前公布，凭《美国丽人》一夺奥斯卡影帝的凯文·斯派西将在片中扮演副总统戈尔的幕僚，《皇牌大间谍》导演则接任西德尼·波拉克执导此片。 凯文斯派西曾一度被“小金人后反应”困扰，像哈利·贝瑞一样，这位表演技艺稳健，擅长驾御各种性格人物的演技派在得奖后就一直没接过配得上影帝称号的好角色，《Recount》一片让人看到他翻身的曙光，斯派西在片中将扮演戈尔总统的副参谋长荣·克莱因(Ron Klain)，他也是协助戈尔针对当年投票结果对佛罗里达州征服提出诉讼的法律顾问。 2000年大选是美国历史上最有争议的大选。虽然民主党候选人阿尔·戈尔在普选中领先，但是计票结果却显示共和党人乔治·沃克·布什以微弱优势获得了选举人票的多数。民主党对佛罗里达州的计票工作提出质疑，要求对有争议的选票重新计数。最后，美国最高法院判定布什赢得佛州选举，从而也赢得了大选。 大选结束后不久，著名导演西德尼·波拉克应美国HBO有线电视公司邀请，着手拍摄一部描述这场选举的影片。但前不久老导演以病痛为由辞去导演一职，现在由拍过《皇牌大间谍》的杰伊·罗奇接手。加盟主演阵容的还有怪才导演大卫·林奇的御用女主角劳拉·邓恩，她扮演的凯瑟琳·哈里斯（Katherine Harris)时任佛罗里达州州务卿，就是她运用手中权利为布什在争议中争得胜利。老演员约翰·赫特将扮演美国前国务卿沃伦·克里斯托弗（Warren Christopher）。 “怎么叫做政治家？政治家就是找有钱的人要钱，找穷人要选票。就是让有钱人和穷人都相信自己会维护他们的利益。”——美国一位幽默大师如是说。 Recount, recount, recount......, Too close to call, too close to call，...... 2000年12月13日晚上8时，民主党总统候选人戈尔在华盛顿的副总统官邸发表输诚演说，美国历史上持续事件最长的总统大选在一连串的重新计票声中，以极具争议的数百票之差落下了帷幕。一些时事评论家认为，克林顿总统抢走了一个古巴小男孩，失去了迈阿密的西裔铁票，使得民主党在势均力敌的总统大选中痛失江山。“关键的少数”在关键时刻扮演了关键角色。
A satirical comedy that pokes fun at Spanish social and political stereotypes, featuring parodies of real events and special guest appearances from the political sphere.
7th century Arabia. A time of feuding tribes vying for power and supremacy. Courageous Princess Hind (Aiysha Hart) refuses to serve as concubine to the merciless Sassanid Emperor Kisra (Sir Ben Kingsley). Escaping with her father King Numan into the vast and unforgiving desert, Hind is pursued by Kisra’s mercenary and his bloodthirsty troops. Father and daughter are forced to trust a mysterious bandit (Anthony Mackie). Against all odds, Hind unites the fractious tribes against the powerful invading military of the Sassanid Empire. In an epic showdown, the Battle of Ze Qar will forever change the Arabian Peninsula and echo throughout history.
Fleeing from their violent father, siblings Lucía and Adrián take refuge in a remote mansion. With the help of a hidden micro-camera on a cat, Lucía uncovers a terrifying secret: their neighbors are part of a criminal network that kidnaps teenage girls to make snuff films, and they intend to get rid of the siblings. As Lucía fights to protect her brother, she must face a dark family curse that follows them into their newfound sanctuary.
In 2013, an Australian man a few months shy of turning 60 decided to walk the Camino de Santiago – an 800km pilgrimage trail across the top of Spain. He had no known religion, and absolutely no idea why he felt so deeply compelled to do this torturous walk. But compelled, he was. He completed the walk, battling a “triumvirate of pain” - a knee that he later discovered lacked an...
Calvin Trask lives in a dead end Arctic town on the fringes of society, until mysterious stranger Lucas Wade arrives, turning his solitary life upside down. Calvin's curiosity gets the better of him and is quickly pulled into Lucas' dangerous world. As secrets slowly unravel, Calvin realises just what kind of jeopardy he's put himself in, a place where murder and betrayal are a...
In 2013, an Australian man a few months shy of turning 60 decided to walk the Camino de Santiago – an 800km pilgrimage trail across the top of Spain. He had no known religion, and absolutely no idea why he felt so deeply compelled to do this torturous walk.
But compelled, he was.
He completed the walk, battling a “triumvirate of pain” - a knee that he later discovered lacked any meaningful cartilage, a blister the sight of which would make a grown man weep, and shin-soreness that felt like his lower limb had been split with a mountain axe wielded by a demented troll.
Arriving at the end of the Camino, the majestic cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, he expected an epiphany – an answer to the question he’d been asking himself every day: Why am I doing this?
But no answer came.
So when he got home he wrote a book, hoping the answer would reveal itself in his scribblings. The result was The Way, My Way, a humourous and self-deprecating book that many consider the best memoir ever written on walking the Camino.
The book has now been made into a film, and it’s an extraordinary account of a man at a pivotal point in his life, searching for meaning and finding himself undergoing a fundamental transformation so profound that he now divides his life into “Before the Camino” and “After the Camino.”
It’s a story particular to one man, yet of appeal to anyone seeking a greater meaning from life.
