所有的老师和校长听到“布兰登学校”的大名之时都会暗自在心中捏一把冷汗,这所学校因为黑恶势力的潜伏和极高的校园犯罪率而在教育界臭名昭著,如今,人生遭遇了全面滑铁卢的约翰(摩根·弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 饰)即将成为这所学校的新一任校长。 看着校园里此消彼长的歪风邪气,约翰心里充满了愤怒,他制定了严格的规章制度,希望能够以此重振学生和老师们的信心。约翰的决心逐渐的影响了信任他的学生们,然而,校园内的暴力团伙亦开始找起了约翰的麻烦,他们不仅袭击了听从约翰指挥的老师和学生,更对约翰发出了直接的威胁,约翰明白,一场旷日持久的拉锯战即将展开。
Suspended between carefree youth and the harsh realities of the adult world, a teenage girl experiences an unsettling awakening in this haunting vision of innocence lost. Based on the celebrated short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates, the narrative debut from Joyce Chopra features a revelatory breakout performance by Laura Dern as Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family whose summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations is shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger (a memorably menacing Treat Williams). Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, Smooth Talk captures the thrill and terror of adolescent sexual exploration as it transforms the conventions of a coming-of-age story into something altogether more troubling and profound.
十位导演拍摄的十部短片,每一段基于一部歌剧的一首咏叹调。详细目录如下: Robert Altman (segment Les Boréades) Bruce Beresford (segment Die tote Stadt) Bill Bryden (segment I pagliacci) Jean-Luc Godard (segment Armide) Derek Jarman (segment Depuis le jour) Franc Roddam (segment Liebestod) Nicolas Roeg (segment Un ballo in maschera) Ken Russell (segment Nessun dorma) Charles Sturridge (segment La virgine degli angeli) Julien Temple (segment Rigoletto)
亨利(米基·洛克 Mickey Rourke 饰)是一位名不见经传的小小作家,久久无法成名的苦闷让他将晚上的时光全部都花费在了酒吧中。陪酒女旺达(费·唐纳薇 Faye Dunaway 饰)是亨利的心头好,她的美貌和热情深深的吸引着后者,尽管亨利明知道旺达和酒保艾迪(弗兰克·史泰龙 Frank Stallone 饰)艾迪之间有着非常暧昧的关系,但他还是无法放弃自己对于旺达的感情。 一次偶然中,亨利邂逅了名为塔利(艾丽丝·克里奇 Alice Krige 饰)的艺术投资人,塔利一眼就相中的了亨利的才华。亨利将塔利当做自己出人头地的踏板,但随着时间的推移,亨利发现自己根本就无法融入塔利所身处的阶层。