Needle paints a harrowing picture of a Liverpool overrun by drugs, charting a young man's nightmarish descent into intravenous heroin use and AIDS and a police and political leadership incapable of the imagination or courage necessary to respond to the drug problem.
It's New Year's Eve. Larry's parents are at the vicarage dance leaving Larry in charge of the house. Big mistake, because Larry's a party animal and tonight he's going to go wild - with a little help from his friends!
"While Wally was happy there wasn't much wrong with the world, and pints seemed a small price to pay for what he gave us. But don't forget what we gave him. We gave him the knowledge he was important, at least to us....."
The commanding officer of a regiment handling nuclear missiles is shocked to see his daughter Sally on television taking part in a student demonstration.
El Comandante Bolton (James Caan) pierde su submarino, el Gauntlet, y parte de su tripulación en una batalla naval contra los Nazis en el año 1943. Pese a que los supervivientes de su tripulación le consideren un loco temerario por sus acciones, el alto mando le condecora por la misión y le encarga además liberar un nuevo equipo para una misión prácticamente suicida: Llevar los experimentales y pequeños submarinos X hasta unos lejanos fiordos donde está escondido el Lindendorf, el mismo barco alemán que destruyó al Gaunlet.
A study of absurdity in a suburban family: father recreates the Old Bailey in the living room while the son teaches speak-your-weight machines to sing in the attic.