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Scanning the Movies - New Shows!
April 28, 2006
1: On Bravo! at 8.00 p.m. Eastern time (check your local listings for the time in your area)
AKEELAH AND THE BEE
Eleven year old Akeelah Anderson is a gifted student at a predominantly black middle school in South Los Angeles. Despite the objections of her mother, Akeelah enters various spelling contests, tutored by professor and former spelling bee champ, Dr. Larabee; her principal; and the proud residents of her neighborhood. Akeelah’s aptitude earns her an opportunity to compete for a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee and her determination instils all those who help her with a sense of neighborhood pride and unity as they witness the courage and inspiration of one amazing little girl.
The episode of Scanning the Movies will focus on the pros and cons of spelling bees as well the way the movie develops the various characters through dialogue and action.
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2: Friday, May 12, 2006 - on Bravo! at 8.00 p.m. Eastern time (check your local listings for the time in your area)
POSEIDON
It’s New Year’s Eve aboard the luxury cruise ship Poseidon, at sea in the North Atlantic and many of the ship’s guests have gathered to greet the new year in style in the magnificent Main Ballroom. Meanwhile, on the bridge, the Chief Officer sees a rogue wave; a wall of water over 150 feet high, bearing down on them. He tries to steer the ship away from maximum impact but it’s too late. The wave strikes with colossal force, rolling it completely upside down. In its aftermath, a few hundred survivors are have to decide whether to stay together or try to find a way out
Professional gambler Dylan Johns (JOSH LUCAS), prefers to test the odds alone. He prepares to exit the Ballroom but is collared by nine-year-old Conor (JIMMY BENNETT), who asks that Dylan take him and his mother Maggie (JACINDA BARRETT) along. With them is Robert Ramsey (KURT RUSSELL), anxious to search for his daughter Jennifer (EMMY ROSSUM) and her fiancé Christian (MIKE VOGEL. Dylan reluctantly leads the small band of survivors upward through the bowels of the ship. Those who choose to join them rather than wait below include a shy stowaway (MIA MAESTRO), a suicidal man (RICHARD DREYFUSS) who re-discovers his will to live and a young waiter with knowledge of the ship’s layout (FREDDY RODRIGUEZ). They must forge a path together through layers of wreckage as the ship continues to sink. [ http://www.poseidonmovie.com ]www.poseidonmovie.com
This episode of Scanning the Movies will focus on what characterizes a disaster movie as well as discuss some of the great disaster movies of the 1970’s and early 1990’s.