Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee intertwines the perspectives of three characters: Charles Eastman (Beach), né Ohiyesa, a young, Dartmouth-educated, Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation Sitting Bull (Schellenberg), the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of their identity, their dignity and their sacred land – the gold-laden Black Hills of the Dakotas and Senator Henry Dawes (Quinn), who was one of the architects of the government policy on Indian affairs. While Eastman and patrician schoolteacher Elaine Goodale (Paquin) work to improve life for the Indians on the reservation, Senator Dawes lobbies President Grant (Thompson) for more humane treatment, opposing the bellicose stance of General William Tecumseh Sherman (Feore). Hope rises for the Indians in the form of the prophet Wovoka (Studi) and the Ghost Dance – a messianic movement that promises an end of their suffering under the white man. This hope is obliterated after the assassination of Sitting Bull and the massacre of hundreds of Indian men, women and children by the 7th Cavalry at Wounded Knee Creek on Dec. 29, 1890. Written by HBO Film
2年前,科幻小说家大卫·戈登(约翰·库萨克 John Cusack 饰)遭受了丧妻之痛,时间并未抚平他心中的伤口,反倒令其愈感空虚。为了排遣心中的孤独,大卫决定收养一个小孩,当然这个决定遭到周围亲友的质疑和反对。不顾他人的意见,大卫领养了名叫丹尼斯(鲍比·科尔曼 Bobby Coleman 饰)的小男孩。丹尼斯虽然清秀可爱,性格却非常古怪。他自称来自火星,终日躲在纸盒子里,不与其他小朋友玩耍,喜欢用没有胶卷的相机拍照。丹尼斯的到来为大卫的生活注入活力,也为他带来久违的爱情。而随着生活的继续,大卫却发现与火星男孩的相处实非易事……
本片根据David Gerrold的获奖科幻短篇小说改编。
George is the scapegoat of his classmates. One day he cracks and shoots them. His best and only friend Blaise is accused in his place and sentenced to 7 years in a psychiatric hospital. At the day of his release, Blaise realizes he only has one family: his best friend George. But he does not want to hear about his childhood friend, as he tries to integrate with the "Chivers" a gang whose members wear red jackets and boots, drink milk, drive sport trucks and play an incomprehensible and violent game that mixes cricket and mental arithmetic.
由于妻子出轨,特德(安东尼•霍普金斯 Anthony Hopkins 饰)冷静地将她射杀了,他的完美杀人计划开始了。当警方接报前来现场时,警官罗布发现特德的妻子正是自己的情人珍妮佛。伤重但还没身亡的珍妮佛成了一具植物人,让人吃惊的是特德欣然承认了罪行。
年轻的公诉律师威 利(瑞恩•高斯林 Ryan Gosling 饰)觉得此案极容易获胜,希望凭借此案让自己进入经济庭和在女友面前威风一把。然而事件并没有这么简单,老奸巨猾的特德放弃使用辩护律师,由他自己亲自应诉。虽然每个人都知道特德犯了罪,但由于他在法庭上的“完美”表现和充分利用制度上的形式公平而合理合法地逃脱了法律的制裁!
威利若想将犯人绳之以法,只有去抓住每一点的――破绽。