尼克松(弗兰克·兰格拉 Frank Langella 饰)在水门事件后下台,却始终未曾对公众承认过自己的错误,欠美国人民一个道歉。福斯特(麦克·辛 Michael Sheen 饰)是一个在澳大利亚主持脱口秀的英国花花公子,在直播中看见尼克松搭乘直升飞机离开白宫时萌生采访他的意念并决定付诸实践。
没有人对福斯特抱有期望,没有电视公司愿意出钱购买他的采访,朋友约翰(马修·麦克费登 Matthew Macfadyen 饰)找来业内著名的新闻人鲍勃(奥利弗·普莱特 Oliver Platt 饰)和对尼克松研究颇深的詹姆斯来组成一个小组,开始进行资料挖掘。福斯特自己掏钱付了头笔的采访费,获得了与尼克松见面的机会,并且敲定了连续采访的日子。小组拼命准备问题以便逼尼克松在采访中认罪。尼克松的智囊团也在忙碌地准备应答,他们从不把福斯特放在眼内。正式采访开始,福斯特招架不住尼克松滔滔不绝的自辩,这一切让福斯特破釜沉舟,寻找突破口……
最近城里的屡屡发生珠宝劫案,警察们都束手无策。因为贼人的手法和以前闻名的大盗“黑猫”约翰(加里•格兰特 Cary Grant 饰)如出一辙,警察们找上了正在乡间别墅过着悠闲生活的约翰。约翰当然不会轻易就范,他摆脱了警察之后,开始调查到底是谁用他的手法屡屡作案。毫无头绪的约翰找到了以前的战友巴先生,却被巴先生餐馆里的人视作不速之客。幸好在侍者孚的女儿的帮助下,约翰来到了嘎纳海滩。在保险公司经理的帮助下,约翰展开了他的抓贼行动。
1914年,第一次世界大战爆发,1917年,法、国,意和其他欧洲国家相续结成联盟,决心一并抗击德国。很多胸怀远大志向的热血青年志愿加入了这场空前绝后的欧洲大陆的战争,并且希望通过自己的微薄努力结束战争,让大家重新过上安详平静的生活。
失去家族牧场的布雷恩(詹姆斯·弗兰科 James Franco 饰)、为了光复家族荣耀的威廉,想穿越大西洋旅行的布里格斯,因种族原因被逐出美国的黑人拳击手等三十八个年轻人为了一个共同的目标加入了海外作战空军部队。他们在在法国将军赛诺特(让·雷诺 Jean Reno 饰)和美国士兵瑞德·卡西迪(马丁·亨德森 Martin Henderson 饰)的辅助和领导下,每个人都真正了解到为荣誉和和平而战的意义,所有人组成了“拉斐特飞行小队”。可战争的残酷和现实大大超过了这群热血青年的想象,死亡每天都在靠近,危险处处不在......
quot;The Witch Burnt Alive"
After a very long, but visually arresting animated opening credits sequence, Luchino Visconti (Death in Venice) directs the first story, which is the longest of the five, taking approximately a third of the film's running length. Mangano plays a superstar actress and model who travels to a mountain resort, only to find the well-to-do inhabitants have prejudices and preconceived notions about her based on her public persona. The women are all jealous and the men all want to sleep with her, but all Mangano wants is to be left alone. It's a mostly somber satirical piece, but story-wise, it languishes in its modest idea a bit long, becoming inconsequential to all but those fascinated by the realities of being famous.
"Community Spirit"
Bolognini's piece isn't really a story. It's more of a visual gag, in a short segment that features Mangano offering to take an injured man to a hospital, driving him at breakneck speed throughout the city, but not stopping at locations where he might find aid. I won't give away the punchline here, but it succeeds in being amusing, even if it's the kind of thing that only is interesting the first time through.
"The Earth Seen from the Moon"
The esteemed writer/director, Pier Paolo Pasolini (Salo), crafts the middle segment, which is the most artistic and memorable of the five. Reminiscent in style to "Don Quixote", a recently widowed father and his son travel around the country in search of a new wife and mother, and after a long period, they discover the literally speechless Mangano. She brings joy into their lives, but they are poor, and in order to find a better life for themselves, they concoct a scheme to try to make some quick cash. The story is contrived, and not completely interesting, but the outlandish performances, artwork, and costumes does evoke great charm and likeability. Although mute, it's probably the most appealing of Mangano's five performances, and Toto is terrific.
"The Sicilian"
Franco Rossi directs the fourth an shortest piece, a straight-forward revenge story that comes and goes before it ever has a chance of becoming interesting. It's violent, but easily the least satisfying of the five stories.
"A Night Like Any Other"
Eastwood's appearance is clearly the biggest attraction here, which was filmed in between the Sergio Leone "Dollars" trilogy. It's an enjoyable departure from his normal roles, playing a comedic romantic lead, and he is affably fun to watch. Famed Italian director, Vittorio de Sica (The Bicycle Thief, Umberto D.) does a masterful job with the story, which perfectly blends the mundane and the fantasy in a visually satisfying way. The story is about a bored housewife (Mangano, of course), who tries in vain to get her husband to realize that he is not as romantic as he used to be. The scene is interspersed with comedic romance sequences revolving around the couple's past romantic interludes, and dreams of how their lives should be.
Bill Kiowa (Montgomery Ford) is released after a five-year prison term for a crime he did not commit. The bandit El Fego (Tatsuya Nakadai), who did the actual crime, also killed Kiowa's young Native American wife. Once free, Kiowa raises a gang to go after the man who framed him. An Italian western in the A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS mold with a better than average cast, which includes Bud Spencer in the debut of his heavy-handed character (later made famous in the TRINITY series) and the outstanding Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai, famous for his role in Akira Kurosawa's KAGEMUSHA. Written by horror-meister Dario Argento and presented here in the English-language version (which, considering it was filmed MOS with an international cast, is nearly as original dialogue as its Italian-language counterpart).
Amra is growing up in the Mongolian steppe between herds of goats and YouTube videos. His hopes and dreams revolve around someday performing onstage in Mongolia's Got Talent. However, the fight against the exploitation by gold mining companies and the campaign for a viable environment soon challenge the boy's eclectic talents.
Sydney and Darrel met while working through the trenches of chaos of low budget independent filmmaking. Like most forced to produce under pressure, they grew close and began to admire and respect one another. However, their romance never quite had the opportunity to blossom and once the production was over, they went their respective ways and moved on with their lives. After 2 years of post production, when the film is celebrating its premiere, the two of them meet again. With spirits flying high and the cast and crew present to critique and admire the work they have done, Sydney and Darrel after a night of drinks hook up. In the last two years they've had their professional triumphs and failures, they've had their flings and various romances, but they've always kept each other in the back of their minds as that one that got away, the magical other. But...things are different now.