Artificial Intelligence: AI

Spielberg's Role: Director, Producer, Writer (screenplay)
US Release Date: 2001

just what is real?

No director is watched quite as closely as Steven Spielberg. No one... except the late Stanley Kubrick. For years now Stanely Kubrick has been working on a science fiction project. This project was always just out of reach of the technology available. It wasn't until just a few years ago when Kubrick began to think the project just might be possible in his lifetime. He started working more seriously only to be sidetracked by what would turn out to be his last film "Eyes Wide Shut".
After Kubrick's death, Steven Spielberg decided to take on the project. He had been friends with Kubrick, and believed he had an understanding of what Kubrick was looking for in the film.

Plot
AI was inspired by a short story by Brian Aldiss called Super-Toys Last All Summer Long. The story is about a family growing up in an overpopulated world of the future. A young boy and his semi-intelligent toy bear ponder the meaning of reality as young David discovers his true nature. In a world of government controlled reproduction, David's father creates synthetic life-forms for functionality, entertainment and even companionship. Imagine the confusion of a young boy, as he tries to decide - "am I real?"

"Teddy - I suppose Mummy and Daddy are real, aren't they?"

Teddy said, " You ask such silly questions, David. Nobody knows what 'real' really means."

The full text of the short story can be found at Wired.com. I suggest reading it, if you are at all interested in Science Fiction. (WARNING: since the movie hasn't been released, there is no way to tell if the story contains spoilers)

Author

The story inspiring AI was written by Brian Aldiss, a British author who is known for his great Sci-fi. The movie, however, is not being written by Aldiss. Steven Spielberg has written the screen play himself, based on the short story by Aldiss, and (according to rumor) the personal notes of Stanley Kubrick.

Cast

Haley Joel Osment plays the lead role. Osment played Forest Gump Jr. in the film Forrest Gump. Most people, however would recognize him as the Cole Sear from The Sixth Sense. It takes one amazing 11 year old to steal the show from Bruce Willis.

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Jude Law is also expected to have a lead role. No stranger to Sci-fi, Law played the disabled astronaut, Jerome in Gattca. His most recent role was opposite Matt Damon in The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Also staring in the film are:
Keith Campbell
Stuntman in many movies; most recently Mission Impossible 2
Frances O'Connor

Sam Robards
Most recently played in American Beauty, as the "partner" of Scott Bakula's character
Adam Scott
Played Josh Macon on Party of Five
Jake Thomas
Young starting actor, played "the kid" for The Man Show

Jaws

Spielberg's Role: Director
US Release Date: 1975

Jaws was a blockbuster in its time, but more importantly it gave Hollywood a new perspective on what they were doing. Jaws was the first of the mass marketed super movies that we come to expect from studios today. Before Jaws, the studios cranked out a lot of small movies at low cost which only lasted a few weeks in the theaters. Jaws cost only $8.5 million to make and made $130 million in rentals in North America alone. Jaws brought the big movie concept which paved the way for movies like Star Wars, E.T. and eventually Jurassic Park and Independence Day.
Jaws was followed by a couple sequels including the Jaws 3D attraction at Universal Studios. If Spielberg had anything to do with these movies, he has hidden it well. (although another Spielberg film, Back to the Future III pokes fun of the sequels with their Jaws 13 billboard which swallows McFly).
The big break wasn't just Spielberg's. Roy Scheider and Richard Deyfuss both stared in the movie with Robert Shaw, neither of which has had trouble getting a job since.

In June of 1998, Jaws was chosen as one of the 100 best American films in the 100 year history of cinema by the American Film Institute. Steven Spielberg had more movies honored than any other director, with 5. The other 4 movies were Raiders of the Lost Ark, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., and Schindlers List. Jaws was ranked 48th.



Form: http://www.scruffles.net/spielberg/index.html

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馬拉松小子

<電影簡介>
楚原從小得了自閉症，因此他雖然已經二十歲但只有五歲的智商。喜歡巧克力派，每每聽到自己喜歡的音樂就會不分場合手舞足蹈。他的媽媽是唯一願意照顧並與楚原溝通的親人。楚原對斑馬很有興趣，甚至夢想自己是斑馬，更曾經任意觸碰街上帶著斑馬紋的包包和衣服的人而引起誤會。不過他也像斑馬一樣擅於跑步，更在一次十公里比賽中得到第三名。
楚原媽媽為改善兒子的病情，希望馬拉松教練正旭能訓練楚原。當初正旭只是敷衍對待，後來看到楚原對跑步的堅持，於是也開始用心訓練楚原，希望他可以在真正的馬拉松比賽中跑完全程，可是楚原媽媽卻因為照顧兒子健康日差，終於病倒送進醫院…而楚原期待已久的馬拉松比賽亦即將展開…

<關於本片>
《馬拉松小子》根據真人真事改編，靈感來自患有自閉症的青年裴享珍以及其母親。自從得知兒子患上自閉症後，裴享珍的母親不斷四出尋訪名醫，嘗試各種治療方法。經過多次失敗後，她最終將希望放在馬拉松上，自此與兒子展開艱苦的訓練。沒想到，馬拉松的訓練為裴享珍帶來了生氣，在馬拉松比賽上跑完全程，取得驕人的成績。這個感人故事後來結集成書，並成為一套電視紀錄片的主題，觸動了萬千心靈。

在韓國獲超過五百三十萬人次入場欣賞的勵志電影《馬拉松小子》，劇情細膩動人，又不會刻意煽情，而曹承佑淋漓盡致的演技，更是影片賣座的重要因素。為了演活片中自閉青年楚原這個角色，曹承佑不惜四出尋訪當事人及特殊學校，不斷琢磨自閉症患者的身體語言，非常認真。難怪此片風靡韓國大小觀眾之餘，更揚威第四十一屆「百想藝術大獎」，一舉摘下最佳電影、最佳劇本及最佳男主角三項大獎。接著又再韓國大鐘獎獲得7項大獎，最佳影片、最佳男主角獎、最佳新人導演獎、最佳劇本獎、最佳音樂獎、最佳策劃獎、最受歡迎男演員獎。

<感想>
飾演自閉症青年楚原的曹承佑，演技自然，讓我想到西恩潘在"他不笨，他是我爸爸"的演出
有時楚原無知的言語，鬧了許多笑話也得罪了很多人
但楚原的母親都以耐心去教導他、鼓勵他跑步

看了這部片子之後，我對於殘障人士又有了更想關懷、幫助他們的念頭(暨一公升的眼淚之後)
天生我材必有用，相信這句話
不要看輕任何一件事、一個人
生存在這世界上一定都會有意義的