The Six Pillars of Character: Part 1

Plot: Based on the true story of the First Jamacian bobsled team trying to make it to the winter olympics.

Scene: Derice asks his coach why he cheated in the Olympics.

Studio: Disney

Directed by: Jon Turteltaub

Writing credits:
Lynn Siefert (story) & Michael Ritchie (story) & Lynn Siefert (screenplay) and Tommy Swerdlow (screenplay) & Michael Goldberg (screenplay)

Cast:
Leon ... Derice Bannock (as Leon Robinson
John Candy ... Irving 'Irv' Blitzer

Plot: A fast track lawyer can't lie for 24 hours due to his son's birthday wish after the lawyer turns his son down for the last time.

Scene: Fletcher tries to convince his on that white lies are okay.

Studio: Universal

Directed by: Tom Shadyac

Writing credits:
Paul Guay (written by) & Stephen Mazur (written by)

Cast :
Jim Carrey ... Fletcher Reede
Justin Cooper ... Max Reede

Plot: Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett.

Scene: Babe learns how far politness can get him.

Studio: Universal

Directed by: Chris Noonan

Writing credits: Dick King-Smith (novel The Sheep Pig), George Miller (screenplay) & Chris Noonan (screenplay)

Cast:
Christine Cavanaugh ... Babe the Gallant Pig (voice)
Miriam Margolyes ... Fly the Female Sheepdog (voice)
Hugo Weaving ... Rex the Male Sheepdog (voice)
Miriam Flynn ... Maa the Very Old Ewe (voice)
Evelyn Krape ... Old Ewe (voice)
Roscoe Lee Browne ... Narrator (voice)
James Cromwell ... Farmer Arthur Hoggett

Plot: When a young boy is bullied, he finds it easier to blame the ants in the anthill below him than to face up to the bully.

Scene: When Lucas is tormented by bullies bigger than he is, he takes out his anger on ants.

Studio: Warner Brothers

Directed by: John A. Davis

Writing credits: John A. Davis and John Nickle

Cast:
Julia Roberts ... Hova (voice)
Nicholas Cage ... Zoc (voice)
Meryl Streep ... Queen (voice)

Plot: This tale may be set in the 1940s, but the situations these kids face are vary familiar today. For example, when a friend dares you to do something that you know is not a good idea, what will you choose to do?

Scene: Flick is double dog dared to stick his tongue to the flag pole.

Studio: MGM and Warner Brothers

Directed by: Bob Clark

Writing credits: Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark

Cast :
Peter Billingsley ... Ralphie Parker
Darren McGavin ... The Old Man Parker
Melinda Dillon ... Mrs. Parker
Ian Petrella ... Randy Parker

Plot: A young boy attempts to make the world a better place after his teacher gives him that chance.

Scenes:
"The Assignment"- A Social Studies teacher assigns a project where the students must come up with an idea to change the world.

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Directed by: Mimi Leder

Writing credits: Catherine Ryan Hyde (Book), Leslie Dixon (Screenplay)

Cast :
Kevin Spacey .... Eugene Simonet
Helen Hunt .... Arlene McKinney
Haley Joel Osment .... Trevor McKinney
Jay Mohr .... Chris Chandler
James Caviezel .... Jerry
Jon Bon Jovi .... Ricky McKinney

Plot: A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.

Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Directed by: John Sayles

Writing credits: Eliot Asinof (book), John Sayles (screenplay)

Cast :
John Cusack ... George 'Buck' Weaver

Plot: Gordon Bombay, a hotshot lawyer, is haunted by memories of his childhood, when, as the star player in his champion hockey team, he lost the winning goal in a shootout, thereby losing the game, and the approval of his coach.

Scene: Charlie stands up for himself when his coach tells him to cheat in a game.

Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

Directed by: Stephen Herek

Writing credits: Steven Brill

Cast :
Emilio Estevez ... Gordon Bombay
Joshua Jackson ... Charlie Conway

Plot: It is no fun to be laughed at and beaten up. So when this happensto a young boy at the couny fair, he watches very carefully to see what his father will do to the kids who humiliated and hurt him.

Scene: The father of a boy who has been attacked by bullies gives them a gift of cotton candy.

Studio: Universal Studios

Directed by: Jon Avnet

Writing credits: Kathy McWorter

Cast:
Kevin Costner ... Stephen Simmons
Elijah Wood ... Stu Simmons
Mare WInningham ... Lois Simmons
Lexi Randall ... Lidia Joanne Simmons

Plot: True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of the nation as well.

Scene: Tom explains that a life isn't worthless because it is damaged.

Studio: Universal

Directed by: Gary Ross

Writing credits: Laura Hillenbrand (book) & Gary Ross (screenplay)

Cast :
Jeff Bridges ... Charles Howard
Chris Cooper ... Tom Smith

Plot: Based on a World War II drama. US soldiers try to save their comrade, paratrooper Private Ryan, who's stationed behind enemy lines.

Studio: DreamWorks SKG & Paramount Pictures

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Writing credits: Robert Rodat (written by)

Cast:
Tom Hanks .... Captain John H. Miller
Matt Damon .... Private James Francis Ryan

Plot: Two Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center.

Scene: John McLoughlin muses about the goodness of mankind.

Studio: Paramount Pictures

Directed by: Oliver Stone

Writing credits: Andrea Berloff (written by), John McLoughlin (true story) & Donna McLoughlin (true story) and William Jimeno (true story) & Allison Jimeno (true story)

Cast:
Nicolas Cage ... John McLoughlin
Michael Peña ... Will Jimeno