The Rule of Three
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- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTim RobbinsMorgan FreemanBob GuntonOver the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.The three parole hearings:
1/ The 'routine/expositional' one - REJECTED
2/ The one where the heart isn't in - REJECTED
3/ The 'cut the bull****/ I don't care" - APPROVED - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksRobin WrightGary SiniseThe history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.The three President scenes:
1/ Meeting JFK
2/ Meeting LBJ
3/ Meeting Nixon (and later causing his downfall) - DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTom HanksMichael Clarke DuncanDavid MorseA tale set on death row, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the lead guard, Paul Edgecombe, recognizes John's gift, he tries to help stave off the condemned man's execution.The three executions:
1/ Arlen Bitterbuck - how it works / a taste of heartache (graphic)
2/ Edward Delacroix - the botched one / a middle-climax of horror / let's hate Percy a little more (not just graphic, but horrific)
3/ John Coffey - the emotional culmination of the film (off-screen, it's all in the emotions) - DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTom HanksMichael Clarke DuncanDavid MorseA tale set on death row, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the lead guard, Paul Edgecombe, recognizes John's gift, he tries to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDanny GloverWhoopi GoldbergOprah WinfreyA tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.Sofia's three slaps:
1/ Harpo (setting the character of Sofia)
2/ Squeaky (played for laughs)
3/ Hell no! (the one too many, the dramatic one that will change Sofia's life) - DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi LópezIn the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.The three tasks:
1/ The one with the toad (disgusting but not too hard, a warm-up so-to-speak)
2/ The one with the Pale Man (a taste of horror -literally- and one of the film's highlight)
3/ The one with the baby (the test of character / emotional climax) - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsRyan O'NealMarisa BerensonPatrick MageeAn Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.The three duels:
1/ Redmond's father (seen from a distance / almost anecdotical / setting the duel as a common practice of the era)
2/ Redmond vs. Captain Quinn (the pivotal duel / Redmond's character established / the journey can begin)
3/ Redmond vs. Lord Bullington (the climactic duel / the journey can end) - DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJeff BridgesJohn GoodmanJulianne MooreJeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
- DirectorVictor FlemingGeorge CukorSam WoodStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas MitchellA sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.The three sunrise scenes:
1/ Scarlett and her father - this is your land
2/ Scarlett sacred vow "I'll never be hungry again"
3/ The ending "Tomorrow is another day" - DirectorCharles CrichtonJohn CleeseStarsJohn CleeseJamie Lee CurtisKevin KlineIn London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.