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功夫雄狮
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14-year-old Jimmy (played by Tyrell Williams) practices kung fu. For the lion dance, which is performed out on the streets, he is determined to hold the head of the lion. But when his teacher, the sifu, announces the new crew, his dream comes crashing down. He has to make do with the tail end, while the talented newcomer Li Jié (Haye Lee) is given the coveted place. Jimmy does all he can to become number one and earn his place up front with the head. But this means he has to defeat a number of annoying bullies, convince the sifu of his qualities and, especially, overcome himself. Williams, a former Dutch karate champion and Lee, a kung fu practitioner, jump and kick in their first feature film. Kung fu leeuw is an exciting film for young people about the challenges of growing up – which are easier to face when you’re armed with the wisdom of the martial arts. Filmmaker Froukje Tan uses Rotterdam as the backdrop for the lion dance, highlighting the less obvious traditions of the city. Previously, Froukje Tan made the feature films Swchwrm (2012) and Links (2008), and the short Het jongetje dat niemand verstond (2002).
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鳄鱼猎手:激情之旅
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史蒂夫·艾尔文(本人饰)是澳洲的一个具有传奇性的野生动物保护者,一直为了自己的事业而奋斗不懈,顽强的与偷猎者进行体力与脑力的斗争。而这一次,他又发现一些“偷猎者”正在围剿一只野生鳄鱼。正义感十足的他勇敢出发,殊不知这些偷猎者原来有惊人的来历。他们是美国政府派来的秘密侦探,此行目的是为了一个珍贵的电子芯片。那个可怜无辜的鳄鱼就是因为误吞了它才引来这场杀身大祸的。 于是,一场各怀目的的较量在澳洲神秘的野生地带展开,同时也为我们展示了一个美丽却充满危险的澳洲风情。
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闯入者2017
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《闯入者》讲述了一个关于冲突和危险的故事。乔凡娜经营着一家课后中心,照顾贫困的孩子。生活在这样的环境下,许多家庭担心的都是安全问题。一天,玛丽亚和她的两个孩子来到中心避难,并请求乔凡娜保护。很快,乔丹娜发现玛丽亚把她的中尉丈夫藏在屋里,而她的丈夫是卡莫拉组织的一员。尽管乔凡娜被玛丽亚骗了,但当玛利亚的丈夫被捕时,她依然拒绝驱逐玛丽亚一家……
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爱情魔咒
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本片讲述的是一个年轻女人努力不懈的追求真爱,苦苦寻找真名天子的故事。这是一部介于《唐顿庄园》与《BJ单身日记》之间的电影。贝基最近刚刚大学毕业,在一家没有什么前途的公司工作。为什么她就找不到自己的梦中情人呢?她发现这个问题很难找到答案,因为她发现自己都不够了解自己。这场追爱之旅是如此的离奇曲折。这部爱情喜剧就是90后追求爱情的缩影---他们不会盛装打扮,手牵手,漫步在塞纳河畔,也不会坐在炫酷的摩托车上抱紧一个型男的胸膛;而是喜欢街头买醉,穿梭于交际场合,与朋友亲密接触。英国广播公司一号广播评论道:这部电影是生活中很多人的真实写照。
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工作的她
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帕纳约塔与丈夫科斯塔斯和两个孩子住在雅典一个很受欢迎的社区里,生活似乎很平静。她唯一的工作就是照料家务和抚养孩子。随着经济危机的严重打击,这个家庭艰难度日。在这种情况下,帕纳约塔为了补贴家用,外出就职,找到了一份清洁工的工作。虽然她的工作环境恶劣,她也面临着残酷的剥削,但到目前为止,她在枯燥的生活中度过了最快乐的时光。但这不会持续太久,因为第一轮的裁员很快就会到来。
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人类之巅
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In Buenos Aires, Exe (25) loses his job and doesn’t want to look yet for another. His neighbourhood and friends are looking so strange as common to him. On the Internet he discovers Alf, a boy from Africa, who also has a sad job. Later, Alf also follows another guy, Archie, who escapes to the jungle. In the exotic context of the jungle’s vegetation, Archie follows the path of some ants to their nest. One of them goes out and on her path she founds Canh, a Philipinne guy who’s sitting over a big dirt mountain, he then goes down to his strange and beautiful city, and he also has a sad job.
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为子搬迁
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伯特·法兰德(约翰·卡拉辛斯基 John Krasinski 饰)和维罗纳·德·泰桑特(玛娅·鲁道夫 Maya Rudolph 饰)是一对恩爱夫妇,维罗纳怀孕了,因此二人需要找到一个最适合的地方,安家,抚育即将到来的子女。他们首先想到投奔伯特父母,却不巧遇上二老决定出门旅行,他们继续走过亚利桑那州、威斯康辛州,寻找许多故交、亲属,也目睹家家有本难念的经。在走过一站又一站的过程中,两个人的感情愈发相笃,愈加意识到彼此都是唯一,也许将来也会遇到所见其他夫妻那样的问题,也正是这些真实故事,更利于他们找到幸福,兜兜转转,他们最终的家到底在何方……
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光影流情
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剧情:传奇监制罗伯特·埃文斯一生比电影更峰回路转。1956年,金像影后Norma Shearer邀他合演新作,展开好莱坞生涯。短暂而璀璨的明星风光后,罗伯特·埃文斯欲挑战制片工作,当时的他策划了多部经典电影如《教父》、《殉情记》和《唐人街》等。80年代,罗伯特·埃文斯与老婆艾利离婚,接着有吸毒丑闻,更牵涉入《棉花俱乐部》凶杀案,自此绝迹影圈。90年代他再次出山,重回监制本行之余,撰写的自传亦卖得成行成市,更被搬上银幕拍成本片,证明罗伯特·埃文斯注定要留在电影圈里。 点评:你可以说这是一部纪录片,但也可以说它是一部传奇电影,因为片中的主角、好莱坞著名制片人罗伯特·埃文斯的故事完全值得用传奇二字去注释。本片改编自罗伯特·埃文斯的畅销自传小说,布雷特·摩根以平实的手法在银幕上再现了罗伯特·埃文斯的传奇故事,罗伯特·埃文斯自己的旁白让影片显得既真实,又不失趣味。
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南瓜恶灵2:血翼
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几个年轻人把村子里有个小孩叫汤米是一个怪胎,长的很丑,城里的几个年轻人经常来这里欺负他,捉弄他.有一次好象把他杀死了,丢进一个井里. 收养汤米的老太婆是一个巫婆,她可以让汤米复活,但是她没有那样做. 城里的那几个人知道后为了寻求刺激,要玩那种复活.就去了巫婆的家里,我记得他们每个人都把手指割了一下.弄一滴血.他们走的时候碰到了油灯,结果老太婆的家里着火了. 在某一个晚上,汤米的棺材里面变红了,还响了几下.最后那几个人来这里看见汤米已经不在棺材里面了.才开始害怕.后来,汤米复活了,变成个南瓜头怪物,然后去找那些人去报仇。每次报仇之前,墙上会出现一个特殊的符号,周围就会起大风,有一次是一个农场主,他正和一个女人睡觉,然后被杀死了,女的吓成神经病,然后警方开始调查。有几个年轻人最后被追杀,其中有一个女孩被汤米逼到了井边,正要杀她时,警察把他们包围了,女孩的爸爸是警察,那个警察和汤米以前小时候在一起玩玩具火车,那个警察还救过他,最后汤米犹豫了似乎不想杀他女儿,那个警察也劝其他人不要杀汤米,可就在此时有人开枪射死了汤米,汤米掉下了那口井。
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地狱屋2:阴曹酒店
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It's been eight years since the opening night tragedy of Hell House, LLC and still many unanswered questions remain. Thanks to an anonymous tip, investigative journalist Jessica Fox is convinced that key evidence is hidden inside the abandoned Abaddon Hotel-evidence that will shed light on the hotel's mysteries. She assembles a team equally hungry for answers with one goal: break into the hotel and discover the truth.
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约翰·卡朋特的郊区尖叫
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约翰·卡朋特的《郊区的尖叫》是传奇导演、作家和制片人约翰·卡朋特创作的一部打破体裁的无剧本恐怖选集系列。这部剧探索了郊区阳光普照的街道、修剪整齐的草坪和友好的邻居背后隐藏的黑暗秘密和难以言喻的邪恶。每一集都聚焦于一个真实的恐怖故事,由经历过恐怖的真实人物讲述。他们的第一手资料通过优质的电影场景,新闻剪辑,家庭照片和档案镜头被带入生活,将恐怖电影的视觉语言与纪录片的工具和技术相结合,为观众创造了独特的恐怖体验。
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敲敲门2015
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小有名气的建筑师埃文·韦伯(基努·里维斯 Keanu Reeves 饰)事业有成,生活美满。他住在洛杉矶一套亲手设计的别墅中,妻子凯伦(伊格纳西·阿尔曼德 Ignacia Allamand 饰)美艳动人,一双儿女杰克(Dan Baily 饰)和莉莎(Megan Baily 饰)乖巧可爱。某个假日,凯伦驱车带着孩子们外出度假,留下埃文一人在家中工作。瓢泼大雨之夜,艾文突然听到了敲门声。来者是被淋成落汤鸡的女孩贝尔(安娜·德·阿玛斯 Ana de Armas 饰)和吉妮丝(洛伦扎·伊佐 Lorenza Izzo 饰),他们迷失方向,请求埃文提供帮助。两个女孩就像善解人意又诱惑媚人的小妖精,让埃文多少有些把持不住。 色字头上一把刀,世间哪有从天而降的美食和便宜……
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浓情巧克力
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平静的小镇在寒冬里迎来了火热的一天。年轻的薇安萝雪(朱丽叶特-比诺什 Juliette Binoche 饰))带着女儿来到这里,在当地教堂的对面开了一间名为“天上人间 核桃糖”的巧克力店。巧克力香浓的气味在小镇上空飘荡,吸引众多小镇居民,而神奇的是,薇安萝雪每次做出来的巧克力,都能满足顾客的心理需求,发掘他们心中隐蔽的渴望。很多人原本封闭灰暗的生活有了新的色彩。但是,这却激怒了镇里的神父和贵族,他们视薇安萝雪为异类,镇里出现了对立的两派。而这时,吉普赛人洛克斯(强尼戴普 Johnny Depp 饰)远道而来,加入了薇安萝雪的阵营,他令薇安萝雪勇敢地打开了自己内心的欲望,二人共浸爱河,却想不到神父盘算着如何把这个“不祥”女子赶出小镇,于是,新旧观念的大碰撞开始了。
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蔬菜宝贝历险记
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这个一群可爱的蔬菜们的故事,开始于一次意外事故。 在一个月光皎洁的夜晚,一群驾驶着大篷车旅行的“蔬菜”们在大道上一边前进,一边快乐的唱歌。但是他们不小心与一群由“衣服”为主力组成的小团体发生了争执,于是引发了一场战斗。在和这伙晒衣绳、拳击短裤和豪猪等的作战中,“蔬菜”们的大蓬车出了事故,于是他们只好来到一个破旧萧条的海鲜市场寻求帮助。 在这里他们遇到了一群号称“什么事也懒的做”的海盗。在等待拖车帮忙的时候,他们与这群海盗坐在一起闲聊。海盗们讲了一个关于主人公芦笋约拿的故事: 故事发生在很久以前的另一个地方。主人公芦笋约拿是一个信使。不过他可不是一个普通的投递员,他是上帝的信使。约拿很喜欢自己的工作,一天,他接到一个任务,要他把信送给古亚述国尼尼微城的人们。 约拿不喜欢尼尼微人,因为他们不仅喜欢撒谎、偷窃,而且还喜欢用鱼砸人。于是,约拿不仅不着急去完成任务,却坐上了一家相反方向行驶的船。船的主人正是这群“什么事也懒的做”的海盗。在船上,他还遇到了一个地毯“商人”,毛虫卡里尔。 不幸的是,约拿被一只巨大的鲸鱼吞到了肚子里面。在鲸鱼的肚子里,又发生了一段惊险、刺激却又好玩的故事
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鬼作秀第四季
已完结
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All new tales of terror are coming back to haunt you. Season 4 of the acclaimed anthology series, Creepshow, premieres October 13th on Shudder.
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新奥林巴斯
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Two 25-year-old men who meet by chance, fall madly in love, and are then separated due to an unexpected event. For the next thirty years they pursue the hope of finding each other again.
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Agusta 109K2: Alpine Medivac Rescue Straight Up's exploration of vertical flight begins with a high-impact alpine rescue amid an avalanche. The dramatic opening sequence documents the dangerous work of the Rega mountain rescue team and the invaluable role of the Agusta A109K2 helicopter in saving lives and minimizing injuries. As the camera pans over beautiful vistas of the snow-covered Swiss Alps, it cuts to a cornice, as a chunk of snow breaks free, triggering an avalanche. The tranquil scene is shattered as the avalanche thunders down the mountain slopes. With terrifying speed, it heads straight for a mother and child trapped in their car, wheels spinning on the icy road. The mother calls for help on her cell phone, and a second call from a snowplow prompts radio dispatch. The Rega mountain rescue team already is airborne en route to the scene, the red cross painted on the helicopter's white underbelly signaling that medical help is on the way. The mother escapes, but her son is missing. Within minutes of the helicopter landing, the rescue team dig out the car, extract the trapped boy, apply first aid, and airlift him and his mother to safety. A significant mountain hazard, avalanches are responsible for many deaths each year. Time is of the essence in avalanche rescue work. A person has a 90 percent chance of survival if found within the first 15 minutes, but one's chances of survival diminish with each passing minute. Not only do helicopters provide quick access for rescue teams, they also provide a lifeline to medical care. Flying the injured to the nearest hospital as rapidly as possible is not the only type of rescue operation; often helicopters bring the hospital to the injured, who receive treatment at the scene. The powerful avalanche was shot in British Columbia's Selkirk Mountains under the supervision of the Canadian Avalanche Association. The CAA controls avalanche risk for the safety of heli-skiers. To capture the avalanche head-on, avalanche expert and filmmaker Steve Krochel and David Douglas developed a quarter-inch-thick steel container for the IMAX camera, which was equipped with a triggering device and a beeper so that the camera could be found once the avalanche had swept it down the mountain. The rescue was completed in Switzerland's Bernina Pass near the Italian border. Filming the Rega rescue helicopter air-to-air sequence turned into an international excursion as Douglas chased the sunlight over Italy in one direction and in Austria in another before setting down in Switzerland. In another dramatic shot, Douglas centered the red cross in the crosshairs of the camera lens as the craft descended. To facilitate this shot, Douglas dug a hole in the snow large enough to accommodate himself and the IMAX camera. Inside the hole, 3 feet below the helicopter, he filmed its takeoff. According to Douglas, "The helicopter is the instrument of rapid response to natural physical and social disasters around the world, alleviating human suffering on a major scale. For the individual caught beyond the limits of training or equipment, often the last chance for survival is the hope that a helicopter will get to them in time. " The Pitcairn PCA 2, "Miss Champion" For centuries humans dreamed of flight. The Chinese, in the 12th century, developed a toy helicopter made from a pair of slats mounted on a stick, but serious efforts had to wait until the early 20th century. Then, after the Wright brothers' historic flight at Kitty Hawk, we dreamed of flight unfettered by the limitations of runways and airports. Yet by the early 1930s we were still at the dawn of the practical rotorcraft, which promised to give form to humanity's vision. The ten year period between 1925 and 1935 was an exciting time in aviation history, but few aircraft so caught and held the public's attention, as the Autogiro. Nicknamed the "flying windmill," this strange-looking aircraft was first successfully flown in 1923 by the Spanish inventor, Juan de la Cierva, who had been working on the development of such a craft since 1919. The Autogiro fascinated the air-minded public because of its remarkable performance and high degree of safety, attracting such leaders of American aviation as Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. Juan de la Cierva sold the American manufacturing rights to Harold Pitcairn in 1928. Pitcairn's Autogiro boasted a more modern fuselage with better aerodynamic qualities. It also provided prospective buyers with a choice of either a 300- or 420-horsepower engine. In the film, Harold Pitcairn's son Stephen flies "Miss Champion," a 1931 model. This Autogiro, used for promotion by the Champion Spark Plug Company, is controlled like an airplane, but is lifted with blades. Although the original rotor blades have seen 1,600 hours of flight time, they are still airworthy. With a 330-horsepower Wright R 975-E engine, the Autogiro has a cruising speed of 98 mph and a top speed of 118 mph. "Miss Champion" led a National Air Tour and made the then-risky 300- mile-long flight from Miami to Havana, Cuba. (Until then, the longest over-water flight by an Autogiro had been 25 miles in length.) Later, "Miss Champion" flew nonstop over a distance of 500 miles to Chichen Itza in the Yucatan rainforest. "Miss Champion" was retired from active service in 1932 after setting a new altitude record for rotary-wing aircraft. Climbing to a height of 21,500 feet in 1932, the Autogiro surpassed the previous record set by Amelia Earhart. Today, the Autogiro is considered to be the evolutionary "missing link" from which the practical helicopter was born. Forty years later Stephen Pitcairn began the formidable task of collecting and restoring examples of his father's aircraft. He tracked down "Miss Champion" and in October of 1982 began the painstaking task of restoration, using the original Pitcairn factory drawings. In the spring of 1985 "Miss Champion" flew again. The Bell 47G: A Flying Lesson Since Pitcairn's Autogiro, improved control systems allow the airframe to rise directly from the ground with a powered rotor. Straight Up! puts you in the pilot's seat of a Bell 47G as the basic elements of helicopter operation are demonstrated. The Bell 47G's single-rotor configuration is by far the most common type used today. Your flying lesson begins. As a helicopter pilot, the pilot uses all four limbs to fly, all at the same time! With the left hand holding the collective pitch control lever, he pulls up ever so slightly, and we go straight up into a slow-motion hover. The spinning rotor blades act as small wings, but they spin so fast that they create one continuous disc of lift. When the blades change angle, or pitch collectively, the helicopter rises or falls. The pilot's right hand always holds the cyclic control, effectively tilting the whirling disc above. Point left, tilt left. Point right, tilt right. The camera then closes in on the tail rotor. Once again, the altering of the blades affects direction. The chopper spins in response to the pilot's depressing one of the two foot pedals. If he depresses the second pedal, the helicopter spins in the opposite direction. The Piasecki H-21B Tandem Rotor Aircraft, "The Flying Banana" The last flying H-21B helicopter in the world takes off, heads for the beach and cruises 100 feet above the Pacific surf off the coast of California. One of the earliest tandem helicopters, the H-21B represents the birth of the heavy lift helicopters and dates back to the early 1950s. Nicknamed "The Flying Banana" for its shape, the H-21B had more power and greater stability than previous helicopters. The tandem-rotor H-21B carries two sets of wooden blades situated nearly 50 feet apart but operated by one set of helicopter flight controls. The pilot must be ever vigilant, as this helicopter could rapidly invert should the pilot let go of the controls. The vintage H-21B used for the film was decommissioned from the U.S. Air Force in 1972 and was restored by the California-based Classic Rotors: The Rare and Vintage Rotocraft Museum. This nonprofit museum and restoration facility, dedicated to the preservation of unique, vintage and rare rotorcraft, spent more than 10,000 hours returning the H-21B to airworthiness. Every hour flown requires 100 hours of maintenance. Classic Rotors is the only museum of its kind to maintain eight helicopters in flying condition. When its new facility in San Diego has been completed, the museum will expand its exhibits from 15 to 30 vintage rotorcraft. One of the highlights of its collection is a famous relative of the H-21B. This is a V 44 (the commercial version of the H-21)-nicknamed "The Holy One"-and is the only one to land at the Vatican and be blessed by the pope. While on a 1959 demonstration tour in Europe, the helicopter and its crew had provided help to Italian communities following a devastating earthquake. Future Helicopter Designs One aspect of current research centers around the development of "quiet technology" that will allow helicopters to become better neighbors and to operate more stealthily in police and military operations. Quiet technology advances rely on a combination of technologies, which include improved rotor blade design and the user of rotor systems with four or more blades. Replacing the tail rotor with a Coanda-effect NOTAR (NoTailRotor) system goes a long way in reducing noise, as does shrouding the tail rotor in an arrangement know as a "fan-in-fin." Other advances focus on noise-dampening air inlets and improved engine nozzles. New helicopter designs are tested in the world's largest wind tunnel at the NASA Ames Flight Research Center located at Moffett Field in California. Ames was founded in 1939 as an aircraft research laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which became part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958. NASA has the leading role in aerospace operations systems, which include air traffic control, flight effects on humans, and rotorcraft technology. NASA Ames scientists and engineers study robotic helicopters, high-speed hybrids, and advances in quiet technology. The center also has major responsibilities for the creation of design and development tools and for wind tunnel testing. The NASA-Bell XV-15 Tilt-rotor In the film, an XV-15 converts over Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. The XV-15 is an experimental rotorcraft, the parent of a new family of aircraft called "tilt-rotors." The tilt-rotor combines the hovering ability of the helicopter with the speed of a fixed-wing aircraft. The XV-15 can take off and land like a helicopter. The audience will see the engines tilting forward as the tilt-rotor becomes a high-speed plane. The Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey A V-22 Osprey unwraps, emerging like a prehistoric flying dinosaur. Built primarily for the U.S. Marines, Air Force, and Navy, the V-22 Osprey has wings that pivot and rotors that fold to facilitate its storage at sea. In less than 90 seconds, you will see the V-22 complete this process. Although still classified as a tilt-rotor, it is faster, with three times the range and more than ten times the payload of its predecessor. It shows the promise of long-distance travel, without airports. The Hawk 4 Gyroplane Rotorcraft evolution is also in the hands of the entrepreneur, and this independent spirit is most evident in the Hawk 4 Gyroplane. While some designs produce groundbreaking changes, this aircraft brought the economy and safety of the Autogiro into the space age. A rotor is used for slow-speed flight, but at high-speed cruising all the lift is provided by the wing while the rotor has no lift. The Gyroplane shows promise as a high-speed, low-disc-loading rotorcraft. The Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche The Comanche rips and dips across the screen, set against a sunset. This prototype helicopter has stealth technology. It's smart, agile, fast and invisible to radar. It's the first helicopter to provide real-time digital data to headquarters. Seeing in the dark, sensing the forces at play around us and acting on the evidence in real time, the Comanche is a complex flying machine with a human being at its heart. Everyday, in unexpected ways, it extends our powers and puts us to work with a revolutionary tool. The Comanche is the central element of the U.S. Army's future Objective Force. In addition to its complement of missiles and 20-mm cannon, the aircraft carries state-of-the-art sensors and avionics to provide battlefield commanders with so much accurate information about enemy movements. This knowledge will translate into more precise targeting, increasing the effectiveness of friendly forces beyond current capabilities. The U.S. Army has defined a requirement of more than 1,200 Comanches for the Objective Force. The RAH Comanche, the army's 21st-century combat helicopter is being developed by the U.S. Army and a team of leading aerospace companies headed by the Boeing Company and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a unit of United Technologies Corporation. The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk and AS 350 B2 AStar Enforce the Law Events swiftly unfold as the radar plane spots an "unidentified" Cessna dropping bundles of drugs off the coast of Miami at dawn. A signal alerts the Marine and Air Branch of U.S. Customs who speed out to intercept the smugglers. Just as the drugs are transferred from boat to van, The AStar helicopter bursts over the treetops, deploying a tactical team to arrest the driver. While the smuggler's Cigarette boat attempts to escape, a Black Hawk helicopter dips down to create a giant backwash. In a stunning display of impeccable teamwork, this action forces the fleeing boat to swerve to a halt as a Customs boat cuts it off and apprehends the criminals. On a typical day, the U.S. Customs Service examines 1.3 million passengers, 2,642 aircraft, 50,889 trucks/containers, 355,004 other vehicles, 588 vessels, 64,923 entries and undertakes the following enforcement actions: 64 arrests, 107 narcotic seizures, 223 other seizures, 9 currency seizures. These amount to 5,059 pounds of narcotics, $443,907 in currency, $228,803 in conveyances, $525,791 in merchandise and more than $15,800 in arms and ammunition. Filmed over a period of five days off the coast of Miami, the air, land, and sea drug bust was staged by the U.S. Customs Service, which relies heavily on helicopters during such operations. U.S. Customs pilot, Tom Stanton, participated in the shoot with his co-pilot Kimberly Kessel. Kessel is one of seven women U.S. Customs pilots and only one of two qualified to fly Black Hawks. Both pilots volunteered to work with the film crew. Says Kessel, a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, "They were phenomenal, ready to try anything." In addition to daytime flights, Stanton flies the riskier night missions. "Flying at night is dangerous as you lose all perception of what's up or down because both the sky and ocean are black, so they just kind of run in together. There's no horizon on those dark nights," says the veteran pilot. Typically he flies from 300 to 500 feet above the water at 120 to 150 knots. "Not many people fly that low, even in the daytime," says Stanton. "There's no autopilot, so it's hands on. Plus you're chasing someone. You have to be aware. It can get tense out there." Stanton describes an air chase: "Once there's a target, we launch a jet with radar. The jet pilot calls the helicopter out and we link up, flying in formation. We follow the bad guy wherever he goes. If he has extended-range fuel tanks, we leapfrog and send another helicopter out to take up the chase. (The Black Hawk carries five hours of fuel.) When he gets into his landing configuration, we call the local police or sheriff to help us out." The Black Hawk, which can carry up to 14 people, typically carries 4 or 5 armed personnel, "so we instantly have a force of police officers there to get the bad guys." "If it's a boat, we have Cigarette boats like the smugglers. We'll call our boat and have it intercept." Stanton flies the Black Hawk next to the boat, making it hard for the smugglers to navigate. "It intimidates them into giving up. Sometimes they do [but] sometimes we chase them for hours. Or we'll follow them into a marina and block them until our boats come. If they hit the beach, we'll call the state police or sheriff, and they set up a perimeter so the guy can't get out." Stanton, who flies missions as often as once or twice a week, has been flying for 26 years, 13 of those as an army helicopter pilot before he joined U.S. Customs in Miami where he is the "standardization instructor pilot." He makes sure that everybody flies the same way, so that when they team up, the pilots easily work in tandem. Pilots fly 8-hour shifts and the operation goes on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in areas covering both the Canadian and Mexican land borders, the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines, and the Gulf of Mexico. The MD 500E Helicopter A MD 500 helicopter hovers directly above 500,000-volt power lines. As it inches closer, a lightning bolt suddenly zaps out from the hot line, arcing toward the wand extended by a lineman perched on an aluminum platform that juts out from the helicopter. The "hot-line-qualified" lineman clamps onto the power lines, and helicopter backs off, leaving him to "wire walk," crawling along parallel lines to inspect the PPL power line grid, 100 feet off the ground. To reboard the helicopter, the lineman must "bond off," reversing the procedure. "I don't give two hoots and a holler about flying inside a helicopter. Put me outside, that's where I want to be," says Daniel "Spider" Lockhart, AgRotors lineman. There's only three things I've been afraid of most of my life: One was electricity, one was heights and the other was women. And, I'm married too," he grins. "The safest lineman is one that is afraid of electricity. When we bond to the power lines energized at half-a-million volts, we have to bring ourselves to the same potential. That is why you see that arc jumping out to our wand as we make both the helicopter and the power line at the same potential, so that we can eliminate the flow of current," explains the veteran lineman. Spider wears a protective hot suit, 75 percent Nomex for fire retardation and 25 percent stainless steel thread. "The metal thread basically means I have a cage around me that can be energized at very high voltage levels. A half-million volts pass over my body, but I can work without interference from the electricity." He continues, "Watching that electricity jump out while you're energizing the helicopter is a thrill. Getting on the wire, walking the wire to do repairs is a thrill. The biggest thrill I get is from doing what I do is being able to do both together-the electrical part and the helicopter part of it, the speed at which we can do it and still be safe. There are so many things that the helicopter enables us to do as linemen, which is very rewarding." The teamwork of the skilled helicopter pilots and highly trained linemen ensure that the PPL Corp. provides a constant source of electricity to its 1.3 million customers in Pennsylvania (in addition to 4.4 million in Latin America and Europe). To maintain the integrity of the transmission system to residential and commercial establishments, and to ensure the safety of the operation, the team plans and rehearses every move while on the ground before takeoff. Even so, unanticipated gusts of wind and glare from the wires can affect the pilot's depth perception, requiring total concentration during his hours at the controls. As the helicopter is isolated from the ground, the pilot and lineman, clad in protective stainless steel suits, must bond onto the transmission lines to bring themselves to the same voltage potential of the line to work safely-paralleling what a bird does when it sits on a wire. Probably the most unusual place that the director rigged the camera was on the end of the platform on the MD 500, which is designed to carry the lineman as he bonds onto the half-million-volt power line. "We took away the lineman and put the camera in his place; the lineman rode behind the camera and used his wand to draw the arc of electricity right onto the camera lens. I don't think it's been done before. It blew all the electronics out of the camera a couple of times before we figured out how to do it," recalls Douglas. The Boeing 234 Helicopter: Helilogging with Limited Environmental Damage Floating above the forest in northern California, a 12-ton Boeing 234 helicopter selects its target with precision. Selective logging is a process where only a portion of the available timber is removed from a logging site. A single tree is lifted straight up from the forest floor, leaving the rest of the area environmentally intact. Removing such timber-very often trees that are already dead or diseased-allows the remaining trees to thrive on the additional resources of sunlight, water, and soil nutrients. Helilogging is environmentally friendly in other ways as well. First, since the logs are lifted from the ground, little soil erosion, typical of conventional logging methods, occurs. Second, in many cases the helicopter is able to use existing roads for landings, meaning no new roads need to be built into the area being logged. Columbia Helicopters cuts more logs each year than any other helicopter logging company. To prepare the timber for the helicopter, the specially trained logging crew cut it into carefully weighed sections. Columbia's flight crews are among the most experienced at long-line work in the world. With speed and precision, they are able to move heavy loads of logs at the end of lines up to 350-feet long. Once the line is lowered from the Boeing 234 helicopter, steel tongs clamp the log and the entire tree is removed without disturbing the balance of nature. "It's kinda like lookin' down 25 stories and picking up a telephone pole," comments the helicopter pilot, Dave Stroupe, who deposits the timber at a nearby transfer yard. "The unique thing about this helicopter is that, when we take off from the ground, we weigh approximately 22,000 pounds. And we're rigged for about 26,000 pounds when we get low on fuel. So the load actually weighs more than the helicopter. It's exciting and harrowing all at the same time." The Boeing 234s have a lift capacity of 28,000 lb, (12,727 kg), but most often carry loads between 23,000 lb, (10,454 kg) to 24,000 lb (10,909 kg) due to elevation and air temperature considerations. The company trains loggers to work with helicopters because load weight is such a dramatic part of what they do. Weight is determined, using a formula, which are a function of the volume and the type of wood. Different tree species have different weights per volume. When one of the pilots suggested using the log as a platform for the camera, Douglas realized another exciting camera angle. The possibility existed that the branches could scrape off the camera as the log was hauled up. Douglas prevented this by placing the camera inside a heavy steel avalanche box, which he anchored on the end of a big log. Once the log was grappled, the helicopter hauled the protected camera right through the branches, giving the audience a breathtaking view from the perspective of the log! The U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier, AH-1W Cobra, CH-53E Super Stallion and CH-46E Sea Knight on a Military Mission An AV-8B Harrier jet demonstrates its vertical landing ability followed by a force reconnaissance inservice exercise from an aircraft carrier, as Marines climb aboard the CH-53E. AH-1W Cobras and Harriers form an assault-support package, as the reconnaissance team sets out on a mission to obtain invaluable intelligence about the enemy. Inside the CH-53E, the machine-gunner is at the ready as a Cobra fires three rockets. The action heats up as the IMAX camera captures the Marines fast-roping through the "hell hole" and sliding down a rope dangling from the CH-53E, landing in enemy territory. The leader of the reconnaissance team says, "By the time you get to touch rope in a live situation, you and your men feel tighter than family. Your fates are tied like the strands of a rope." Two hours later the Marines have completed their mission and are ready to be evacuated. Now the enemy hunts them on the ground. Trees shake as the rescue CH-53E helicopter hovers overhead, lowering a rope to the squad, now up to their waists in water. One after the other, in a matter of seconds, the men clip themselves onto the rope. "Extraction, even more than insertion, is when you need speed. You've been awful quiet. Suddenly, you're awful loud," says Sgt. James Kenneke, the squad leader. He's first in and last out. Lifted up, like washing on a line, the squad dangles beneath the helicopter as it is escorted by Cobras, out over the Atlantic. "It's a relief to get out. But there's that moment of doubt. Everything slows down while you're exposed � holding your breath for that happy ending. And when you get it, you feel on top of the world. Of course, then we've got to commute home just like everybody else," smiles Kennecke. The Mi-26 and Mi-8 Deliver Humanitarian Aid Sometimes, something very precious must be delivered behind enemy lines-food. Sierra Leone is a nation that has suffered years of conflict. From the food depot to the hot spot, helicopters provide an air bridge. Hoisting food and medical supplies to distressed people behind rebel-held territories, they have the ability to hop over hot zones in desperate situations. The world's largest production helicopter-the Russian-made Mi-26-is the workhorse for the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operation in war-torn Sierra Leone. The heaviest production helicopter in the world, this majestic eight-bladed craft-one of four chartered by the UN from Russia-can carry a maximum of 44,090 lb (20,040 kg) of internal payload or up to 70 troops. The Mi-26's top speed is 183 mph (295 kph) and it has a range of 304 miles (400 km). In this sequence, the Mi-26 is loaded with cargo to supply UN troops protecting an isolated community in the center of rebel-held territory. The world's largest food agency, the UN World Food Program (WFP), organized a massive air campaign targeting internally displaced persons that had congregated near a clinic for malnourished children. Once rebels from the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) had surrounded the area and blocked road access, the WFP was prevented from completing a bulk distribution. Instead, they loaded up their Mi-8 and flew to the Daru clinic where the most vulnerable women and children were located. "All children under five who are malnourished are given a special feeding program in Daru. And the under-five are always the first ones you target for any kind of extreme malnourished cases, because they die very quickly," says Aya Shneerson, program officer for the WFP. "Daru is a kind of an island, a safe island, surrounded by areas that are unsafe," she says, "and for that reason, it always served as a sort of magnet for the very vulnerable people coming out." Another big WFP operation, Food for Peace, gives food to child ex-combatants, in an effort to attract them to disarmament and demobilization camps. The heavily laden craft flew out of the capital city, Freetown, situated on the west coast of Africa between Guinea on the north and Liberia on the south. The WFP supervises a variety of feeding programs in the displacement camps, feeding 5,000 in an operation that targeted Bunbuna, Kabala and Daru in 2000. Throughout the world, helicopters have saved millions of human lives. There are 777 million people in developing countries, according to the WFP. In 2001 the WFP fed 77 million hungry people (10 percent of the hungry poor) in 82 countries. Diamonds, which should have brought prosperity to Sierra Leone, instead resulted in one of the modern world's most brutal insurgencies, dating back to 1991 when rebels launched a war to overthrow the government. In the ensuing years, continuous battles between the various factions-rebels, the army and the government-displaced tens of thousands of innocent civilians, resulting in hunger and famine. In 1998 UN observers documented reports of ongoing atrocities and human rights abuses. In 1999 negotiations began between the government and the rebels, and an agreement was signed in Lome to end hostilities and form a government of national unity. By 2000, the UN's expanded role resulted in the deployment of 17,500 military peacekeeping personnel to various parts of the country. Free elections in May 2002 have given hope and a fresh started in Sierra Leone. The AS 350 B2 and AS 350 B3 Used for Wildlife Relocation In South Africa, helicopters are helping to save the black rhino from extinction. Protected in a few remote preserves, their numbers are rising. However, should the rhinos feel overcrowded, they will fight to the death. To protect the species, some must be relocated to safe habitats, but this is easier said than done. A platform dangles from a helicopter overhead. Inside another helicopter, flying low over the South African veldt, a man with a rifle takes aim at a black rhinoceros, dodging through the bushes below. The pilot concentrates on flying 5 feet above and 10 to15 feet behind the rhino. Anticipating its every move, a wildlife veterinarian pulls the trigger of his gun loaded with a tranquilizer dart, scoring a direct hit that successfully penetrates the rhino's inch-thick skin. "When I am darting animals like the black rhino, there is this immense trust between myself and Piet, the pilot," says wildlife veterinarian, Dr. Douw Grobler, who specializes in immunizations and translocations. "I know exactly what he's going to do and where he's going to place me. I don't have to think. I can just concentrate on the animals. I just know he's gong to put me there in the right spot at the right time. It's almost that he senses what the animal's going to do. In that way, he can change the animal's mind with his helicopter." Grobler has measured a specific drug dosage, which can keep a rhino asleep for up to two hours. Once the rhino is darted, the ground crew lands as soon as possible to undertake a multitude of tasks. They monitor the beast's vital signs, take skin and blood samples to study its basic health and to detect any nutrients that are lacking. This ensures that the habitat is healthy for long-term propagation. They also conduct pregnancy testing. Each rhino's ear is notched so that it can be identified easily from the air and ground. The tip of the second horn is removed to provide material for genetic research, and a transmitter is fitted into the rhino's horn for tracking its whereabouts. Poachers present a constant danger to the rhinos' security. Should a poacher remove the horn for export, the transmitter would trigger an alarm. When two males inhabit the same territory, one must be relocated before they battle to the death. Placing a sling in position, the crew rolls the rhino aboard the platform, making sure it is fully asleep. With a lifting capability of 3,500 lb (1,590 kg), the AStar B 3 can relocate the 2,250-lb (1022-kg) rhino to an area of the sanctuary that is accessible only by helicopter. The extensive research on eleven black rhinos acquired during the four-day shoot was made possible only through SK Film's financial contribution. "My field of expertise lies in the capture and relocation of African wildlife. I am extremely grateful to Straight Up! for sponsoring this incredibly important research and relocation program at the game park. Without the film, this research would not have happened," says Grobler, who organized the capture, research and relocation project, with the film's production crew. "Every animal is just so valuable," he says, "and any information that can be collected on them is worth its weight in gold." The prehistoric ancestor of today's rhinos existed more than 50 million years ago. Among today's five rhino species, the black rhino, which has two horns, has suffered the most spectacular rate of decline. From a population of 65,000 in 1970 it had been hunted almost to extinction, declining to a population of 2,300 by 1992-93. Current statistics indicate that the African black rhino population has risen to 3,500 as a result of the protection of nature reserves, developed by conservancy groups, agencies and governments to facilitate breeding and relocation programs. This segment of Straight Up! was filmed in one such reserve in South Africa, where black rhinos had been reintroduced in 1986. The helicopter, an irreplaceable co
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杀戮房间
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讲述一个杀手(乔·曼根尼罗 Joe Manganiello 饰)、杀手的老板(塞缪尔·杰克逊 Samuel L. Jackson 饰)和一个艺术商人(乌玛·瑟曼 Uma Thurman 饰)的故事:一场洗钱阴谋意外地让这个名叫Reggie的杀手一夜成名,成为艺术界的当红先锋人物"The Bagman",为此他不得不让艺术世界与地下犯罪世界对上了。
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所有我们看不见的光
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《所有我们看不见的光》根据普利策奖获奖小说改编,是一部开创性的限定剧集,讲述了法国盲人女孩玛丽-洛尔和父亲丹尼尔·勒布朗的故事:他们带着一颗传奇钻石逃离被德国占领的巴黎,以免它落入纳粹手中。一名生性残暴的盖世太保军官为了一己私欲而试图占有这块宝石。玛丽-洛尔和丹尼尔很快就在圣马洛找到了避难所,他们和一位隐居的叔叔住在一起,这位叔叔投身抵抗运动,通过无线电广播发送密电。然而,在这个曾经田园诗般的海滨城市,玛丽-洛尔的道路注定要与一个志趣相投的人发生不可思议的碰撞:沃纳,一个被希特勒政权征召去追踪非法广播的聪明少年,他与玛丽-洛尔有着秘密联系,并且与她一样相信人性,坚信希望的存在。 《所有我们看不见的光》巧妙地将玛丽-洛尔和沃纳十年间的生活交织在一起,这个故事讲述了人际关系的非凡力量:这是一盏明灯,可以引领我们度过最黑暗的时代。这部四集的限定剧集由肖恩·利维执导,斯蒂文·奈特担任编剧,新人演员阿丽雅·米娅·洛伯蒂和内尔·萨顿分别饰演老年时期和少年时期的玛丽-洛尔,马克·鲁弗洛饰演丹尼尔·勒布朗,休·劳瑞饰演艾蒂安叔叔,路易斯·霍夫曼饰演沃纳,拉斯·艾丁格饰演冯·伦佩尔,玛丽昂·贝利饰演马内克夫人。
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利贝蒂(琳达·费奥伦蒂诺 Linda Fiorentino 饰)尽管已是有夫之妇,但依旧性感火辣。某日,她前往剧院观看情人的演出,就在这时,一通神秘的电话打到了她的手机上,对方自称祖(韦斯利·斯奈普斯 Wesley Snipes 饰),祖告诉利贝蒂,当手机的电池耗尽之时,隐藏在某一处的炸弹就会爆炸,从此时开始,死亡开始了它的倒计时。 原来,祖的女儿不幸成为了一场校园枪击案中的遇难者,而凶手所使用的枪械,正来自于利贝蒂那身为军火商的丈夫。与此同时,利贝蒂的情人亦被祖挟持,祖想要的东西只有一样,那就是一份及其机密的名单。在如此紧急的情况之下,利贝蒂该做出怎样的选择?
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After surviving a violent encounter, renowned pianist, Amber Waltz, relocates to a rural farmhouse to complete her latest symphony. When the music mysteriously begins writing itself, Amber slowly discovers that this piece could be her last.
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6号小姐:音乐把我拯救
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The Lady In Number 6 is one of the most inspirational and uplifting stories of the year. 109 year old, Alice Herz Sommer, the world's oldest pianist and Holocaust survivor shares her story on how to achieve a long and happy life. She discussed the importance of music, laughter and how to have an optimistic outlook on life.
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香烟女孩
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Cigarette Girl (2023), which has garnered significant attention due to the couple Kamila Andini and Ifa Isfansyah, delves into the life of a female protagonist entwined with the 1960s Indonesian cigarette industry.
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独角兽学院
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这是每个孩子梦寐以求的寄宿学园。坐落于独角兽岛,索菲亚和其他新生必须与一只独角兽建立深厚的羁绊,方能解锁他们的魔法力量;仅有这样,他们方可习得成为这座岛屿及其魔法的备受尊崇的守护者之道。
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这是一部探讨意大利人爱情与性观念的带有社会学性质的纪录片。影片向意大利各地、各种阶层,各种行业、各种年龄的男女们询问关于爱情和婚姻生活、性生活方面的各种问题,甚至采访孩子们“孩子是怎样生出来的”。 他随意地把镜头和麦克风向着沐浴在阳光下悠闲散步的人们;在镜头后面,他向人们抛出了一个有关"爱情"――这是一个交叉着包容了性、夫妻、快乐、家庭、婚约以及风俗习惯、卖淫及其价格等多种范畴的模糊不定的领域――的问题。有的人把他的那些"不足为外人道"的回忆伪装改扮,说起来支支唔唔、顾左右而言它,而他们又时常收拾起他们自己的隐痛,喋喋不休地好象是别人的代言人;他们越聊越近乎,说出他们赞赏的事物和不满意之处;他们勾肩褡背、面面相觑。笑语、伤痛,还有些许狂热迅速在这一群人中间传递,波及每一个人。
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杀戮演绎
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1965年,印尼政府被军政府推翻,那些反对军事独裁的人都被认定为“共产党人”,并遭遇了血腥屠杀,一年之内,就有超过100万“共产党人”丧命,其中就包括农民还有一些当地的华人。本片的主角Anwar Congo和他的朋友们就参与了当年的屠杀活动,他如今是印尼最大的准军事组织Pemuda Pancasila的元老人物。Anwar和他的朋友接受导演的邀请,在镜头前重新演绎当年他们是如何处死那些“共产党人”的,他们通过拍摄电影的方式,重现了当年的场景,再次拿起了那些沾满鲜血的用来勒死人的铁丝。Anwar讲述了他的故事,其中就包含着他年轻时候对美国黑帮电影的喜爱,而他所属的准军事组织Pemuda Pancasila虽然是维护国家安全的力量,恰恰也被人视为印尼最大的黑帮......