Distinguished Rider (segment "Subway Car from Hell")
The actual experiences of New York City subway riders are dramatized in a collection of 10 intriguing and very different vignettes. The tales showcase an ensemble of familiar faces, and range from stories of compassion and love to reflections on violence and loss. Among them: a disabled beggar quarrels with a woman and ruins her shoes with his wheelchair, provoking onlookers to wrath and pity; a skittish tourist proves to be her own worst enemy; a newlywed trysts with a mysterious sexpot; a commuter helplessly witnesses a suicide attempt; and, in the most affecting segment, a young woman grieves over her mother's imminent death.
Thrift Shop Woman
San Francisco, 1963. La víspera de su partida a la guerra del Vietnam, un grupo de jóvenes marines realizan una cruel apuesta: cada uno pone 50 dólares. El que acuda con la chica más fea a la fiesta de despedida, se llevará todo el dinero.
