1980年代初的北爱尔兰美国律师保罗和未婚妻英格丽德等人组成的公民自由联盟组织的一个小组来到贝尔法斯特调查那里有没有发生过践踏公民权利的行为记者招待会上特里萨提供了英国政府实行枪杀政策的生动证据哈里斯偷偷地塞给保罗一盘录音带保罗乘着莫洛伊驾驶的汽车去见哈里斯半路上遭到拦截两人被开枪打死英国刑事调查局视察员克里根调查此案英格丽德从保罗的遗物中发现了录音带空盒子主动担任克里根的助手莫洛伊太太的房子被人搜查过丈夫装录音带的盒子全部被移动过在莫洛伊家英格丽德从照片上认出了哈里斯原来他是警察局特别科的人通过特里萨他们见到哈里斯原来盒录音带是针对英国高层人士阴谋的证据阴谋的策化者是美国中央情报局阴谋旨在诽谤英国前首相哈罗德·威尔逊是苏联克格勃的傀儡搞垮希思政府哈里斯盼望把这份材料公开出去克里根受罗伯特·尼尔爵士召见警告他不要扩大事态英格丽德去见哈里斯后哈里斯就被捕了英格丽德见到克里根克里根坚决拒绝介入英格丽德没有泄露她已拿到了录音带……
Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister In time he has a family and many friends, but he also finds friction with a few of his parishioners A young doctor grates at what he feels is the parson#39;s interference in the scientific treatment of patients, and a mine owner resents Grey#39;s protection of an old sharecropper whose small plot of land stands in the way of his continued mining Grey must face a public health crisis and a lynch mob as a result, all seen and described through the eyes and memory of Grey#39;s young nephew John
A former cop returns to challenge a plot to escalate gang violence in the streets of Los Angeles
Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley#39;s early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality though using sex for several years; obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich eg, her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude but unseen work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone quot;I#39;m a mechanicquot;, yet the symbolism is rich he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy is, in fact a virgin, and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played The scene between Josh and Jane a wonderful, young Edie Falco quot;You need a woman not a girlquot; is hilarious real But Hartley can#39;t leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue overandover becomes frustratingly quot;artyquot; and annoying until again it becomes hilarious What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film like kids in a perpetual quot;am notquot;/quot;are tooquot; argument Hartley#39;s weaves all of a small neighborhood#39;s idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the quot;unbelievable truthquot; of the title is, yet no two people can agree including our hero on what exactly that truth is A wonderful little movie with some big ideas
