《An Affair of Three Nations (1915)》Storyline
Inside the mission church, stuffy English missionary Rev.Samuel Sayer (Robert Morley) and his prim, repressed, spinster sister Rose Thayer (Katharine Hepburn) lead the church service.During the credits to the tune of "Shakedown" (by Bob Seger), handsome and stylish Detroit Detective Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) dressed for a day""s work, and drove his expensive red Ferrari to the police department, to investigate a showy credit card fraud case.A second inter-title presented a condensed version of the film""s central story line:Man - puny but irresistible - encroaching forever on Nature""s vastnesses, gradually, very gradually wresting away her strange secrets, subduing her fierce elements - conquers the earth!This is the story of a woman who came into the domain of the winds -The Opening Dusty and Desolate Train Ride:The film opened with a distant establishing shot - a view of a train crossing a prairie ("the domain of the winds"), with dust and smoke trailing behind." A dour cynic, Adam plays the piano to accompany him and later joins him in the singing.Jerry ends up tap-dancing all over his friend""s place, even on top of the piano.BackgroundAmadeus(1984) was director Milos Forman""s stunning, opulent fictional biography of musical prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the Tony-winning Broadway play by Peter Shaffer (whose screenplay adaptation won him an Oscar).But the film continued to be renounced as "the meanest vilification of the Negro race." Riots broke out in major cities (Boston, Philadelphia, among others), and it was denied release in many other places (Chicago, Ohio, Denver, Pittsburgh, St.