Top cast：William V. Ranous,Julia Arthur,Florence Auer
Director:Bennett Miller
Genre：Short
Region：Brazil
Year：1999
Storyline：At first as he climbs the stone staircase, he believes he deteriorating, rotting mausoleum-like estate belongs to a long bygone era [a symbol of Hollywood""s own decaying state], and is deserted because of its unkempt condition.Poitier""s nomination was the first ime a male black actor received a nomination for a competitive Oscar.Blood money paid to stem the slaughter he wreaked upon them with his armies.But the greed of Cortes was insatiable.So the heathen gods placed upon the gold a terrible curse.Any mortal that removes but a single piece from that stone chest shall be punished for eternity" - after Barbossa located the chest and stole the Aztec gold coins (and wastefully spent all of them), the ancient curse was placed on him and his greedy crew ("We are cursed men") - they were doomed to sail the seas as living corpses." Another disturbing omen of the bloody dark times to come is foreshadowed by a few fateful drops of the reddish liquid that accidentally spill on the bride""s white gown - unnoticed and hidden from the line of sight of witnesses.