American Spoken Here (1940)
장르 :
상영시간 : 11분
연출 : Basil Wrangell
시놉시스
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North American slang.
When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?
네 손가락 프랭키(베니치오 델 토로)는 자신이 훔친 고가의 다이아몬드를 뉴욕의 보스 아비(데니스 파리나)에게 전달해야 하지만, 프랭키는 이를 도박권투에 건다. 무허가 권투 프로모터 터키쉬(제이슨 스테이섬)와 토미(스테판 그래험)는 사기 도박권투를 추진한다. 아일랜드 집시 복서 미키(브래드 피트)는 4회에 쓰러지기로 했지만 오히려 상대를 기절시키고 만다. 한편, 도박권투에 참가하기로 했다가 실종된 프랭키를 찾아나선 아비는 전설적인 인물 총알 이빨 토니(비니 존스)에게 사건을 의뢰한다. 얼마 후 프랭키는 시체로 발견되고 보석의 행방은 알 수가 없다. 이제 다이아몬드와 권투, 도박과 사기로 한데 엉킨 이들의 좌충우돌 해프닝이 시작되는데...
The film explores the history of the word throughout its inception to present day. Woven into the narrative are poetry, music, and commentary from celebrities about their personal experiences with the word and their viewpoints. Each perspective is unique, as is each experience... some are much more comfortable with the word than others.
백과사전을 만들기 위해 모인 일곱 명의 학자들이 외딴 시골집에서 열심히 작업을 진행 중이다. 이 중 비속어 전문가인 학자가 클럽에서 일하는 한 여성에게 길거리 비속어에 대한 도움을 청하고, 마침 경찰과 건달들에게 쫓기던 그녀는 자신을 숨겨주는 조건으로 제안에 응한다. ‘백설공주와 일곱 명의 난장이’를 재치 있게 변주한 스크루볼 코미디 영화.
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