Leadership

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: In a small village in the Shire a young Hobbit named Frodo has been entrusted with an ancient Ring. Now he must embark on an Epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it.

Scene: Frodo volunteers to destroy the ring.

Studio: New Line Cinema

Directed by: Peter Jackson

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

Cast:
Alan Howard ... The Ring (voice)
Noel Appleby ... Everard Proudfoot
Sean Astin ... Sam Gamgee
Sean Bean ... Boromir
Orlando Bloom ... Legolas Greenleaf
Billy Boyd ... Peregrin 'Pippin' Took
Marton Csokas ... Celeborn
Megan Edwards ... Mrs. Proudfoot
Mark Ferguson ... Gil-Galad
Ian Holm ... Bilbo Baggins
Lawrence Makoare ... Lurtz

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: 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: An unorthodox English teacher in a private prep school both challenges and inspires his young students to think for themselves and live life to the fullest. His motto for them is simple, yet life-changing: Carpe Diem, or "Seize the day!"

Scene: Professor Keating encourages his students to use walking styles as a way to express their individuality.

Studio: Touchstone Studios and Buena Vista Pictures

Directed by: Peter Weir

Writing credits: Tom Schulman

Cast :
Robin Williams ... John Keating
Ethan Hawke ... Todd Anderson

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.

Scene:
"Attitude Reflects Leadership"- Two players agrue over each others' performances during football practice.

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

Scenes: "It Has to be Something Big"- Trevor presents his "Pay It Forward idea to the class and it causes a debate on whether it can work.

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: A Chicago man's hope for a peaceful family vacation in the woods is shattered when the annoying in-laws drop in.

Scene: Chet and Roman compare their views of the lake area.

Studio: Universal Pictures

Directed by: Howard Deutch

Writing credits: John Hughes

Cast :
Dan Aykroyd ... Roman Craig
John Candy ... Chet Ripley

Plot: A Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs.

Scene: A coach encourages his players to take pride in themselves.

Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

Directed by: John Lee Hancock

Writing credits: Mike Rich

Cast :
Dennis Quaid ... Jimmy Morris

Plot: Samuel L. Jackson plays the controversial high school basketball coach who benched his undefeated team due to their collective poor academic record in 1999.

Studio: Paramount

Directed by: Thomas Carter

Writing credits: Mark Schwahn (written by) and John Gatins (written by)

Cast:
Samuel L. Jackson ... Coach Ken Carter
Rob Brown ... Kenyon Stone
Robert Ri'chard ... Damien Carter
Rick Gonzalez ... Timo Cruz
Nana Gbewonyo ... Junior Battle
Antwon Tanner ... Worm
Channing Tatum ... Jason Lyle

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