Pocket Desert: Confessions of a Snake Killer (1999)
장르 : 다큐멘터리
상영시간 : 24분
연출 : Teresa Marshall, Craig Berggold
시놉시스
This personal documentary is the story of Teresa Marshall, who grew up on a British Columbia ranch. Every child needs a demon, and Teresa took battle against rattlesnakes. In the dry interior of B.C., the south Okanagan and Similkameen valleys form the bio-region known as Canada's "pocket desert." As settlers' dreams of creating an agricultural Eden erase fragile desert lands that support a breathtaking array of wild species, the narrator and her snake-hunting neighbours are forced to examine their environmental attitudes.
기후변화로 변해가는 지구의 충격적인 모습을 담아냈다. 우리 모두가 개인으로, 하나의 사회로 기후변화가 초래한 비극적인 변화를 막기 위해 취할 수 있는 행동도 소개한다.
죽마고우인 로이드(Lloyd Christmas: 짐 캐리 분)와 해리(Harry Dunne: 제프 다니엘스 분)는 둘다 좀 모자라는 빈털털이 노총각으로 돈을 모아 함께 애완 동물 가게를 하는 것이 꿈이다. 운전기사로서 어느날 미녀 매리(Mary Swanson: 로렌 홀리 분)를 공항까지 태우고 가던 로이드는 매리가 공항에 두고 간 가방을 주워서 돌려 주려다가 정체 불명의 괴한들에게 미행을 당하게 된다. 그 가방은 납치당한 매리 남편 바비(Bobby: 브래드 로커맨 분)의 몸값으로 납치범에게 전하려고 매리가 공항에 갖다 두었던 것이었다. 로이드와 해리는 매리에게 가방을 전해주기 위해 아스펜까지 장거리 여행을 하게 되는데 멍청한 로이드가 길을 잘못 드는 바람에 여비까지 떨어져 싸움이 벌어지게 된다. 싸움 끝에 해리가 가방을 집어 던지자, 열린 가방 속에 현금이 가득 들어있다. 두 사람은 평생 처음으로 실컷 돈을 쓰면서 부자집 귀공자 노릇도 해본다. 마침내 아스펜에 도착한 두 사람 매리에게 가까이 다가가는데 성공하지만 로이드가 매리를 사랑한다면서 해리에게 중매를 부탁하는 바람에 일은 한차례 더 꼬이게 되는데...
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