Top cast:James Kirkwood,Marion Leonard,Arthur V. Johnson
Director:Lou Jeunet
Genre:News
Region:Palestine
Year:2001
Storyline:(It was met with rave reviews in Europe, and won Best Picture at the Brussels Film Festival).It was completely un-nominated for Academy Awards -- bypassed by the Academy that instead gave Best Picture honors to he frothy, somewhat distasteful musical tale ofGigi (1958)(with a record nine Oscar wins), about a young woman trained to be a courtesan of a wealthy suitor.The truth came out: Kirby and Amanda were a divorced couple searching for their son Eric and Amanda""s boyfriend Ben (from the film""s opening scene).[Note: This was the first of two significant ""father-figure"" deaths in the film for Chance.Both life-changing events bookended the film to keep it balanced.However, Chance had no reaction or mourning period for this first death.] Without any emotion next to the corpse, he sat on the edge of the bed, reached for the room""s TV remote, and switched on another TV:a Sealy Posturepedic Advertisement: with he cheery "It""s a Sealy Posturepedic Morning" jingle, and the pitchman: "Feeling so good that it shows because Posturepedic is designed in cooperation with leading orthopedic surgeons for no morning backache from sleeping on a too-soft mattress.As they tried to escape, they heard ominous laughter from Jabba ("Ho, Ho, Ho...") and his gang of monsters from behind a closed - and then opened curtain.Jabba refused to negotiate, threatening to turn Han into Bantha fodder, as he was led away and placed in Chewie""s cell.A sullen Libby takes Norman safely home to sleep off his drunkenness.In the middle of the night, haunted by the memory of Esther, he awakens and determines to track her down.