The movie, Nixon, does a far better job of tracking the full reality of Nixon's life. From beginning to the end of his presidency. As the title of this movie indicates, it's about only the last 100 days. Before the helicopter ride into Nixon's destiny that we all watched unfold incredulously. The Watergate hearings also play no part in this movie.
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Running time117 minutesCountryGermanyLanguageGermanBox officeUS$13.9 millionSophie Scholl – The Final Days (: Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage) is a 2005 German directed by and written. It is about the last days in the life of, a 21-year-old member of the anti- student resistance group the, part of the movement. She was found guilty of high treason by the and executed the same day, 22 February 1943.The film was presented at the in February 2005 and won Silver Bear awards for Best Director and Best Actress. It was nominated for an.
Contents.Plot In wartime, Sophie Scholl joins members of the student organization, including Sophie's brother, who are preparing copies of their sixth leaflet. They have more than they can distribute through the mail. Hans proposes distributing the extras at university the next day; despite Willi arguing that the risks are unacceptable, Hans says that he will take full responsibility, and Sophie volunteers to assist. The next day, at the main building of where classes are in session, Hans and Sophie set about putting down stacks of leaflets near the doors of lecture rooms.
With only minutes left until the period ends, Sophie runs to the top floor, where she impulsively pushes a stack of leaflets over the edge of the balustrade. A janitor who saw Sophie scatter the leaflets detains the pair until police arrive and arrest them.The siblings are taken to the Munich, where Sophie is interrogated by investigator. Claiming initially to be apolitical, she presents an alibi: she and her brother had nothing to do with the fliers. She noticed them in the hall and pushed a stack off the railing because it is in her nature to play pranks, and she had an empty suitcase because she was going to visit her parents in and planned to bring back some clothes. She is dismissed, but as her release form is about to be approved, the order comes not to let her go. She is placed in a prison cell with fellow prisoner Else Gebel.The investigation has found incontrovertible evidence that Sophie and Hans were indeed responsible for the distribution of anti-Nazi leaflets.
Sophie concedes her involvement, as has Hans. However, determined to protect the others, she steadfastly maintains that the production and distribution of thousands of copies of leaflets in cities throughout the region were entirely the work of both. Mohr admonishes her to support the laws that preserve order in a society that has funded her education. Scholl counters that before 1933 the laws preserved and describes atrocities committed by the Nazis that she has seen and has heard of.Sophie and her brother, as well as a married friend with three young children, are charged with, troop demoralization and abetting the enemy.
In the subsequent, Probst is the first to be examined by President of the People's Court, whose prosecutorial zeal makes the nominal prosecutor superfluous. Freisler contemptuously dismisses Probst's appeals to spare his life so that his children can have a father.
Hans maintains his composure in the face of Freisler's increasingly impatient questioning. Declining to answer only what he is asked, he argues that the defeat of the Nazi state has been made inevitable by the; all Hitler can do is prolong the war. In her own examination, Sophie declares that many people agree with what she and her group have said and written, but they dare not express such thoughts.
Freisler pronounces the three defendants guilty and calls on each to make a brief final statement. Sophie tells the court that 'where we stand today, you Freisler will stand soon.' All are sentenced to death.Sophie, who had been told that everyone had 99 days after conviction before they were executed, learns that she is to be executed that day. After a visit by her parents, who express their approval of what she has done, Mohr comes to the prison and sadly watches Sophie taken away. Soon after, she is led into a cell where Christoph Probst and Hans await. Probst remarks that what they did was not in vain.
As Sophie is led into a courtyard, she says, 'The sun is still shining'. She is brought to the execution chamber and placed in a guillotine. The blade falls and the picture goes black. Hans exclaims, 'Es lebe die Freiheit!'
('Long live Freedom!' ) before the blade falls again.
Probst is brought in next before the blade falls once more.In the closing shot, thousands of leaflets fall from the sky over Munich.
History has been cruel to in many ways. To most people under 50, he’s known only as a jumpsuit-wearing joke, the man who inspired countless cheesy impersonators and cheap Vegas wedding chapels. But “he was much deeper and smarter than his image,” Jerry Schilling, a member of Elvis’ “Memphis Mafia” inner circle and an executive producer of the new HBO documentary Elvis Presley: The Searcher, exclusively tells Closer Weekly. “Elvis was anything but comical.
He certainly had a great sense of humor, but we wanted viewers to get to know him as a human being.”That’s why Jerry, with (who also exec-produced the film), enlisted confidantes, experts, and musical disciples like Bruce Springsteen and the late Tom Petty to offer new insight into the King for this sprawling, three-and-a-half-hour doc. “Elvis was a light for all of us,” Tom says in the film.
“We shouldn’t make the mistake of writing off an artist for all the clatter that came later.” Over the 40 years since at age 42, he’s become a one-dimensional caricature to some, but The Searcher shows the many sides of his complex personality — scroll down to read all about Elvis’ amazing life! The Mama’s BoyIt’s no coincidence that Elvis’ first record was “That’s All Right, Mama,” and the film provides a new understanding of why Elvis was so attached to his mother, Gladys Presley, and so devastated by her death at 46 in 1958. Elvis felt connected to his mom after his twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley, was stillborn in 1935, and his father, Vernon Presley, was sent to prison in 1938 for forging a check to try to feed his poverty-stricken family. “Elvis had to step up to be the man of the house at an early age,” says the film’s director, Thom Zimny. Notes Priscilla, “He felt a responsibility to his mother.” She recalls her first, which Elvis had built for his parents, a few years after Gladys’ death. “I opened up a closet, and it was filled with his mother’s clothes,” she says. “It really showed me the love he had for her.” The Loyal ClientIn retrospect, Elvis’ manager, Colonel Tom Parker, mismanaged his later career, tying him up with contracts to do terrible movies and refusing to let him tour internationally (maybe because the Colonel had immigrated illegally from the Netherlands and feared not getting back into the US).
Still, “The Colonel was not a bad guy,” says Jerry. “He treated Elvis with total respect and vice versa.” Schilling cites Elvis’ inability to break away from the Colonel as the cause of the psychic distress that led to the singer’s ultimately fatal use of drugs. Elvis was torn because he felt a familial devotion to the Colonel for the many smart decisions he made early in his career.
“In doing research, I found a letter Elvis wrote him in 1956 thanking him for everything he’d done,” says Jerry. “At the end, he says, ‘I love you like a father.' ”(Photo Credit: Getty Images) The Loving HusbandEven though they divorced in 1973 amid allegations of infidelity, never flamed out.
“When we got divorced, we held hands in court,” says Priscilla. “There was still a lot of love between us.” Through all the ups and downs, “Elvis was a family man,” says Jerry. “But he was a rock ’n’ roller.” As long as he stayed close to home making movies in the ’60s, “it was conducive to family life,” he adds.
Once Elvis went on tour in the ’70s, it proved impossible to sustain the marriage. “We were living two different lives — he was performing, and he was home very little,” Priscilla says. “It was very difficult to communicate at that time.” The divorce “didn’t diminish their love, believe it or not,” says Schilling. “They talked a lot on the phone late at night until the day he died., and she knows it.” The Caring FatherHome movies of Elvis with daughter Lisa Marie Presley after her 1968 birth reveal how much he adored her.
“I don’t think Lisa ever knew Elvis and Priscilla were divorced,” says Jerry. “Her daddy would go out on the road, and then she would spend time with him at Graceland when he got back.” Although his own father was absent early in his life, Elvis tried to be there for his daughter. “He didn’t have a great example as a model for a paternal relationship,” Alan Light, the film’s co-writer, tells Closer.
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“That made it difficult for him, but Elvis wanted and aspired to have that kind of connection.”(Photo Credit: Getty Images) The Artist“He wasn’t a hillbilly who stumbled into success,” says Alan. The Searcher incorporates unseen footage of Elvis in the studio, drawing on his vast knowledge of gospel, country, blues, and pop to create a musical synthesis that had never been heard before. “He was deeply connected to music,” director Zimny tells Closer. “Throughout his life, he turned to music, was healed by it and used it to process the world around him.” Perhaps Tom Petty put it best: “This is Picasso.
This is taking your influences and going somewhere with them to a place that’s new. Elvis didn’t get lucky. He had a drive from day one.”Tragically, that drive died out after he felt obliged to the Colonel to do kitschy movies and Vegas shows. “I lost my friend at an early age due to creative disappointment,” says Jerry. “He was embarrassed by some of the stuff he was doing.” Laments Priscilla, “Those last shows are hard to watch. I don’t even know why he got onstage.” Concludes Tom: “He felt outgunned and gave up.” Yet Elvis’ legacy lives in his music — and The Searcher’s tender tribute.
“He was a human being,” says Jerry. “He has four beautiful grandkids he’s never seen. He had a great career, but he deserves so much more. I hope in this film, we give him the credit due.” In any case, for his millions of fans, Elvis remains always on our minds.(Photo Credit: Getty Images)For more on Elvis, pick up the latest issue of Closer Weekly, on newsstands now — and be sure to for more exclusive news!
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