The Six Pillars of Character: Part 2

Plot: A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.

Studio: MGM

Directed by: John Badham

Writing credits: Lawrence Lasker (written by) & Walter F. Parkes (written by)

Cast:
Matthew Broderick ... David Lightman
Ally Sheedy ... Jennifer Katherine Mack

Plot: A down-and-out golfer attempts to recover his game and his life with help from a mystical caddy.

Scene: Rannulph Junuh decides to turn himself in for an extra stroke when he acidentally moves his ball.

Studio: Dreamworks

Directed by: Robert Redford

Writing credits:
Steven Pressfield (novel) & Jeremy Leven (screenplay)

Cast:
Will Smith ... Bagger Vance
Matt Damon ... Rannulph Junuh
Bruce McGill ... Walter Hagen

Plot: In order to inherit his fed up father's hotel empire, an immature and lazy man must repeat grades 1-12 all over again.

Scene: Billy makes amends with an old school-mate.

Studio: Universal Pictures

Directed by: Tamra Davis

Writing credits: Tim Herlihy (written by) & Adam Sandler (written by)

Cast :
Adam Sandler ... Billy Madison

Plot: Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball.

Scene: Benny tries to convince the team that Smalls is just as good as they are.

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Directed by: David M. Evans

Writing credits:
David M. Evans (written by) & Robert Gunter (written by)

Cast:
Tom Guiry ... Scotty Smalls
Mike Vitar ... Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez
Patrick Renna ... Hamilton 'Ham' Porter
Chauncey Leopardi ... Michael 'Squints' Palledorous
Marty York ... Alan 'Yeah-Yeah' McClennan
Brandon Quintin Adams ... Kenny DeNunez (as Brandon Adams)
Grant Gelt ... Bertram Grover Weeks
Shane Obedzinski ... Tommy 'Repeat' Timmons
Victor DiMattia ... Timmy Timmons

Plot: The daughter of orthodox Sikh rebels against her parents' traditionalism by running off to Germany with a football team (soccer in America).

Scene: Jess gets upset during the game when a player calls her a derogatory name.

Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Directed by: Gurinder Chadha

Writing credits: Gurinder Chadha (written by) & Guljit Bindra (written by) & Paul Mayeda Berges (written by)

Cast:
Parminder Nagra ... Jesminder 'Jess' Kaur Bhamra
Keira Knightley ... Juliette 'Jules' Paxton
Jonathan Rhys Meyers ... Joe

Plot: Family man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father's competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids' soccer team, and soon finds that he's also taking on his father's dysfunctional way of relating.

Scene: Phil Weston finally apologizes to his son for his out of control and insensitive coaching.

Studio: Universal Pictures

Directed by: Jesse Dylan

Writing credits: Leo Benvenuti (written by) & Steve Rudnick (written by)

Cast :
Will Ferrell ... Phil Weston
Dylan McLaughlin ... Sam Weston

Plot: Robert Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

Scene: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (Mathew Broderick) informs the troops of his all-black company that they are to be paid less than white troops.

Studio: Columbia Pictures

Directed by: Edward Zwick

Writing credits: Robert Gould Shaw (Letters), Lincoln Kirstein (Book: Lay This Laurel), Peter Burchard (Book: One Gallant Rush), Kevin Jarre (Screenplay)

Cast:
Matthew Broderick .... Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Denzel Washington .... Private Trip
Morgan Freeman .... Sergeant Major John Rawlins

Plot: The true story of an newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.

Scenes: "Make Sure They Remember"- Coach Yoast confronts a referee after the ref. continues to call the game unfairly.

Studio: Buena Vista Pictures

Directed by: Boaz Yakin

Writing credits: Gregory Allen Howard (Screenplay)

Cast:
Denzel Washington .... Coach Herman Boone
Will Patton .... Coach Bill Yoast
Wood Harris .... Julius Campbell
Ryan Hurst .... Gerry Bertier
Donald Faison .... Petey Jones
Craig Kirkwood .... Jerry 'Rev' Harris
Ethan Suplee .... Louie Lastik
Kip Pardue .... Ronnie 'Sunshine' Bass

Plot: A highschooler discovers that he is a werewolf.

Studio: MGM

Directed by: Rod Daniel

Writing credits: Jeph Loeb & Matthew Weisman

Cast:
Michael J. Fox ... Scott Howard
Jay Tarses ... Coach Bobby Finstock

Plot: The former Fellowship of the Ring prepare for the final battle for Middle Earth, while Frodo & Sam approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring.

Studio: New Line Cinema

Directed by: Peter Jackson

Writing credits: J.R.R. Tolkien (novel Return of the King), Fran Walsh (screenplay) & Philippa Boyens (screenplay) & Peter Jackson (screenplay)

Cast:
Elijah Wood ... Frodo
Sean Astin ... Sam

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: After Lucas Nickle floods an ant colony with his watergun, he's magically shrunken down to insect size and sentenced to hard labor in the ruins.

Theme: Democracy

Focus Questions: What does “E Pluribus Unum” mean?

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Directed by: John A. Davis

Writing credits: John A. Davis,John Nickle (book)

Cast:
Nicolas Cage ... Zoc (voice)
Zach Tyler ... Lucas Nickle (voice) (as Zach Tyler Eisen)