"Billotte Vs. The
Bureau" Genre: Romantic Comedy. When computer geek Henry
Billotte gets fired
from his job at the massive federal Bureau of Regulation, he takes his
revenge by selling hot dogs in front of the agency - each wrapped with
a Top Secret Memo he took with him upon departure. The Bureau's Chief
Counsel, John McDowell, is called upon to stop him, but instead gets
entangled with Billotte's lawyer, the explosive Jackie Cessna.
Adversaries and lovers - Tracy and Hepburn - they negotiate a final
settlement that takes place on Pig Day, an annual barbecue and beer
bust in McDowell's rural home town, where the Regulator and his minions
must wade through assorted good old boys, bikers, yuppies and aging
country rockers to sign the papers.
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"Catch and Release" is
the story of two brothers, Will and Doug Mann,
coming of age at the time of the war in Vietnam. They both go off to
Columbia University, but Doug drops out to join the army, while Will
joins the anti-war movement and participates in the demonstrations that
wracked the University in 1969 and - along with Kent State - became a
violent symbol of the deep divisions within our country. The script
envisions intercutting period news footage with the dramatic material -
so that the real Peter Jennings will interview the real Mark Rudd in
the midst of the Columbia riots. After Doug's death, the only thing
that can reconcile Will and his father, a World War II veteran, is the
deep bond of "catch and release" fishing, which the father taught his
sons from childhood. Genre: Drama
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"Shooters" Genre:
Thriller. Ed Powers is a shooter - a film cameraman. His specialty is
political spots, but he wants to break into high profile commercials.
One of his clients - Roger Brandywyne, Governor of Louisiana - gets him
a big break: a national athletic shoe commercial aimed at inner-city
black kids. But when Powers gets involved with the Governor's
much-younger wife, life turns ominous. He returns home from shooting
the shoe commercial to find his pet cat pinned to a kitchen cabinet by
a big knife, dead. He sees the Governor's big bodyguard hanging around
outside his apartment. He gets unsigned, threatening notes with no
return address - but postmarked 'Baton Rouge, LA'. Gang members hired
as extras for his shoe commercial turn threatening...
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