爱尔兰裔的丹尼·格林(雷·史蒂文森 Ray Stevenson 饰)出身于柯林伍德东区,在这片黑手党控制的街区里,格林从小就不断尝试挑战西西里孩子们的权威。1960年,当时在克利夫兰湖区码头工作的格林用暴力掌控了码头装卸工工会,从此他和一班帮手半公开的盗窃货物,敲诈勒索。克利夫兰警方不得不将格林收押,终止了他日益发展的犯罪事业。出狱后的格林另谋出路,为了统一垃圾车业务他选择与黑手党合作。声名鹊起的格林不再骚扰普通人,反而乐善好施打抱不平,这令其赢得了“罗宾汉”的称号。然而格林与黑手党不久即因利益分配发生冲突,引发了一连串疯狂的炸弹袭击……
汤姆·克鲁斯凭此片获金球奖最佳男配角奖。 主持吉米(菲利浦·贝克·霍尔 Philip Baker Hall 饰)患癌症时日无多,女儿陷入对邻居的狂热迷恋,妻子对此无能为力,吉米不知如何将自己的情况告诉女儿。吉米节目的嘉宾斯坦利(杰瑞米·布莱克曼 Jeremy Blackm an 饰)马上就能打破由唐尼(威廉姆·H·梅西 William H. Macy 饰)30年前创下的纪录,却不知唐尼只能在电器店打工。帕特里奇爵士(杰森·罗巴兹 Jason Robards 饰)病入膏肓,年轻的妻子琳达(朱丽安·摩尔 Julianne Moore 饰)当初为钱嫁给他如今却真心爱上老人,悔不当初。护理医生菲尔(菲利普·塞默·霍夫曼 Philip Seymour Hoffman 饰)把老人离家出走多年的爱子弗兰克(汤姆·克鲁斯 Tom Cruise 饰)带到家希望他谅解父亲......
The Polish doco for the BFI’s Century of Cinema distinguishes itself from all the others in the series by being the only one not to have any film critics, academics, directors, etc providing a commentary. Instead it takes the refreshing route of having ordinary people of all ages talking about what’s special to them about movies – so we get some old folks describing their first trip to the cinema when a lot of people didn’t even know what a film was, memories of what it was like to go to the movies as children, teenagers, and adults before, during, and after WWII, and especially the key scenes from films that have made lasting impressions upon them (not unexpectedly, Wajda’s KANAL strikes a nerve), which are shown in accompaniment, so that it becomes the interviewees who ultimately decide what’s shown in the doco. This kind of stuff is what the ‘100 Years of Cinema’ celebration is really about.
The cast reunite to look back over a decade of such fun, friendship, romance and everything that made millions of fans connect with this unique and very special sitcom.