孤儿威姆(Tygo Bussemakers 饰)渴望进入学堂,偷心但遭到院长拒绝,偷心威姆私自出逃,被污蔑盗窃,警察将其关押到看守室,一只机灵的猴子帮他打开门锁,一人一猴相依为命勇敢踏上了未知的旅程...孩子从不畏惧表达渴望、完成渴望,面对强权的警察和孤儿院院长,威姆坚持自己上学的梦想,而世人眼中供人娱乐的猴子和弱势的儿童之间又有着怎样奇妙的友谊与旅程呢?
孤儿威姆(Tygo Bussemakers 饰)渴望进入学堂,偷心但遭到院长拒绝,偷心威姆私自出逃,被污蔑盗窃,警察将其关押到看守室,一只机灵的猴子帮他打开门锁,一人一猴相依为命勇敢踏上了未知的旅程...孩子从不畏惧表达渴望、完成渴望,面对强权的警察和孤儿院院长,威姆坚持自己上学的梦想,而世人眼中供人娱乐的猴子和弱势的儿童之间又有着怎样奇妙的友谊与旅程呢?
回复 :海伦·米伦与伊恩·麦克莱恩即将出演新线的剧情片《The Good Liar》(优秀的骗子,暂译)。影片将由比尔·康顿执导,他最近的作品,就是在全世界狂揽12亿美元的《美女与野兽》。在影片中,伊恩爵士饰演一名职业骗子,当他遇到海伦·米伦饰演的富裕寡妇时,简直不敢相信自己的运气。这位寡妇把自己的生活和家门都向骗子打开,骗子却发现自己是真的关心她,让这笔本该骗了就撤的买卖,变成了像走钢丝一样的危险关系。
回复 :An explosives manufacturer suspects a young man is out to kill him. He calls in new parents Nick and Nora to sort things out.
回复 :Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Anna Neagle (who subsequently became known as 'Regal Neagle'). Just as Elizabeth I commissioned artists to create flattering iconic images for public consumption, so this film performs a similar function, for Neagle is more beautiful than the real life Victoria. Controversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') are omitted and unpleasant aspects of Victoria's character (her petulance, arrogance, favouritism and 'right to privilege') are glossed over as endearing little 'whims'. Albert acts as a moderating influence when she goes too far.The film followed a year after the highly successful Victoria the Great (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1937). Again the screenplay is by Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart, and many of the supporting cast (the cream of acting talent of period) repeat their roles, this time for the colour cameras. This was the first full length Technicolor film of cinematographer Freddie Young, who captures the spectacle of royal weddings, grand balls and opulent interiors, with scenes actually filmed at royal palaces. Vivid battle scenes, set in Alexander Korda's empire territory (Sevastopol and the Sudan), rival those in The Four Feathers (d. Zoltan Korda 1939).The title music sets the tone: a regal choir sings over a shot of the crown. Elgar's 1901 'Pomp and Circumstance' march is heard during the diamond jubilee celebrations and, as Victoria's coffin lies in state, the film concludes with Anthony Collins' stately music accompanied by the text of Rudyard Kipling's 'Lest we forget'. Combined with the emotional appeal of scenes of Victoria connecting with her 'ordinary folk', this is stirring stuff.The film connects with contemporary events of 1938. The release of two celebratory royal films was intended to boost public affection for the monarchy in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. Anglo-German relations were another touchy subject. With another war on the horizon, influential voices wanted appeasement, and the film could be seen to fit that agenda. Victoria herself was of mainly German descent, nicknamed 'the grandmother of Europe', while Albert is a 'good German', charmingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man.Sixty Glorious Years now seems unduly formal and reverential. Had movies existed during Victoria's reign (they only emerged at the end) this might have been the kind of film produced. Unlike Mrs Brown (d. John Madden, 1997), it is all so very 'Victorian'.Roger Philip Mellor