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　　著名黑人女演员【雷吉娜·金】将主演由电影《为奴十二年》的编剧【约翰·里德利】执导的传记片《雪莉》，讲述美国历史上著名的黑人国会议员【雪梨·奇泽姆】的政治一生，看她是如何打破【黑人＋女性】这特殊身份，从而成功当选历史上第一位黑人女性国会议员

　　根据一对父子的真实故事改编，他们在阿巴拉契亚小径的徒步旅行中修复了破裂的关系，寻找他们心爱的迷路狗。

　　While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.　　Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).　　Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.　　After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.　　Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.　　Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.　　Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.　　After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.

　　HBO电影频道投拍新片《选票风波》(Recount)，回顾了2000年美国总统大选阶段闹得天翻地覆的佛州计票风波。　　影片剧本由曾出演《奔腾年代》和《欢乐谷》的演员丹尼·斯特朗创作，故事从选举日当天发生的事说起，讲到五周后佛罗里达州最高法院做出裁决，回顾发生在佛州的这场计票风波。据HBO高层表示，影片的重点将落在渗透于新闻事件中的“人性”上。《选票风波》定于08年春季美国总统大选高潮期在HBO电视台播出。HBO电影频道高层科林·卡伦德表示，除了政客、投票人等，影片还将聚焦那场事件中的很多小人物，“男人、女人、丈夫、妻子……所有那些不由自主卷入那场事件的人。”　　反映美国2000年大选内幕的电视电影《Recount》主演名单日前公布，凭《美国丽人》一夺奥斯卡影帝的凯文·斯派西将在片中扮演副总统戈尔的幕僚，《皇牌大间谍》导演则接任西德尼·波拉克执导此片。　　凯文斯派西曾一度被“小金人后反应”困扰，像哈利·贝瑞一样，这位表演技艺稳健，擅长驾御各种性格人物的演技派在得奖后就一直没接过配得上影帝称号的好角色，《Recount》一片让人看到他翻身的曙光，斯派西在片中将扮演戈尔总统的副参谋长荣·克莱因(Ron Klain)，他也是协助戈尔针对当年投票结果对佛罗里达州征服提出诉讼的法律顾问。　　2000年大选是美国历史上最有争议的大选。虽然民主党候选人阿尔·戈尔在普选中领先，但是计票结果却显示共和党人乔治·沃克·布什以微弱优势获得了选举人票的多数。民主党对佛罗里达州的计票工作提出质疑，要求对有争议的选票重新计数。最后，美国最高法院判定布什赢得佛州选举，从而也赢得了大选。　　大选结束后不久，著名导演西德尼·波拉克应美国HBO有线电视公司邀请，着手拍摄一部描述这场选举的影片。但前不久老导演以病痛为由辞去导演一职，现在由拍过《皇牌大间谍》的杰伊·罗奇接手。加盟主演阵容的还有怪才导演大卫·林奇的御用女主角劳拉·邓恩，她扮演的凯瑟琳·哈里斯（Katherine Harris)时任佛罗里达州州务卿，就是她运用手中权利为布什在争议中争得胜利。老演员约翰·赫特将扮演美国前国务卿沃伦·克里斯托弗（Warren Christopher）。　　“怎么叫做政治家？政治家就是找有钱的人要钱，找穷人要选票。就是让有钱人和穷人都相信自己会维护他们的利益。”——美国一位幽默大师如是说。　　Recount, recount, recount......, Too close to call, too close to call，......　　2000年12月13日晚上8时，民主党总统候选人戈尔在华盛顿的副总统官邸发表输诚演说，美国历史上持续事件最长的总统大选在一连串的重新计票声中，以极具争议的数百票之差落下了帷幕。一些时事评论家认为，克林顿总统抢走了一个古巴小男孩，失去了迈阿密的西裔铁票，使得民主党在势均力敌的总统大选中痛失江山。“关键的少数”在关键时刻扮演了关键角色。

　　

无论你爱他还是恨他，你都不可否认乔治·W·布什是当今世界上独领风骚的风云人物。作为世界上仅存一超首脑，布什的一生可谓跌宕起伏、波澜壮阔，美国人喜欢他，因为他在911的风暴中顶住压力率领美国人民化悲痛为力量为美国拿下了垂涎已久的中东油田，以强硬的鹰派作风让美国世界霸主的作风深入人心。然而，他在位期间也彻底终结了克林顿创造的经济反弹，甚至将美国乃至全世界拖入了2008金融危机的泥潭；阿富汗和伊拉克两场以恐制恐的战争也让美国人民和中东人民的生活陷入了悲哀。 　　对于布什的功过是非早有人评论的太多，在好莱坞也不乏关于这位政治人物的影片。然而，真正以传记片的形式全面的去表现布什的一生，本片还是第一次。在本片中，不仅仅包含了布什从老爸的高级顾问到佛罗里达州州长再到美国总统的政治生涯写照，在他年轻时放荡不羁的花边小料也在本片中有所反应。当然，对于伊拉克战争这个布什政治...