吉姆·麦考利斯特（马修·布鲁德里克 Matthew Broderick 饰）是卡佛高中的教师，青春他教学严谨活泼，青春为人随和友善，曾三次获得优秀教师的称号，为广大学生所喜爱。在他所教授的班级中，有一个名叫翠茜·弗利克（瑞茜·威瑟斯朋 Reese Witherspoon）的女孩 。翠茜高傲自信，力求上进，积极参加校内外的社团活动。她信心满满竞选学生会主席，鲜逢敌手。吉姆出于某些原因不满翠茜的作为，于是也卷入卡佛高中这场激烈的选举大战中来……本片荣获1999年美国演员协会最佳喜剧表演奖（Lisa Beach）；2000年弗罗里达影评人协会最佳剧本奖；2000年独立精神奖最佳导演、最佳影片、最佳剧本等三项大奖。
李永昌
回复 :Golden Bear winner Peter Mackie Burns has started shooting his London-set debut feature Daphne, production company The Bureau has revealed.Emily Beecham [pictured] - who features in the cast of Berlinale opening film Hail, Caesar! - plays the titular Daphne, a young Londoner with a frenetic lifestyle who decides she needs to change her life after witnessing a violent robbery.The Bureau producers Tristan Goligher and Valentina Brazzini developed the project in-house. The BFI and Creative Scotland are the main financiers of the film, together with The Bureau.The company’s Paris-based sister company, The Bureau Sales, is handling international rights.Mackie Burns won the Golden Bear for best short film in 2005 for Milk, about a girl trying to bathe her grandmother.Nico Mensinga wrote the screenplay for Daphne in his second collaboration with Mackie Burns after the short Happy Birthday To Me, also starring Beecham.The Daphne shoot kicks-off amid a high-profile year for The Bureau following the success of Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years, which won two Silver Bears for the lead performances of Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay in Berlin last year, with Rampling also receiving an Oscar nomination, and is up for Outstanding British Film at tonight’s Baftas.“Peter Mackie Burns has made some visceral performance driven shorts including the award-winning Milk,” said Lizzie Francke, BFI senior production and development executive. “It is great to be able to support him on the next stage of his film career
胡培蔚
回复 :马戏团的表演因为呆板无趣而失去了观众，他们面临着破产和倒闭的危险，谁都不知道会不会有“救星”从天而降。流浪汉查理（查理·卓别林 Charles Chaplin 饰）在游园会中被卷入了一个小偷的圈套中，招来警察的追捕。他像无头的苍蝇一样钻进了正在演出的马戏团。舞台上，查理 躲避警察的各种肢体动作，被观众当成马戏团的表演，他们非常喜欢查理的“表演”，热烈地鼓掌来。马戏团老板想让查理留下来，帮助马戏团起死回生。虽然查理并不想以马戏团为生，但是走投无路的他为了维持生计也只好接受了老板的提议。很快，查理的喜剧表演天赋让他成为了马戏团的招牌演员。他爱上了善良柔弱的马戏团老板女儿，想尽办法取悦她，但是，老板的女儿真正爱上了的人却是走钢丝的男演员，为了成全所爱的人，伤心的查理默默地离开了喜欢他的观众。查理·卓别林凭此片获得第1届奥斯卡金像奖荣誉奖。
许嘉凌
回复 :一个男人因为一场意外，一直被困在原地，不断跟时间打转······
