I appreciate the contributions on relevant films. My suggestion is a
less obvious choice: Woody Allen's
"Sleeper" (1973). It is less obvious, but it strikes at political
control and the inept revolutionaries. It does not deal
specificallywith religion, for the future group characters deal
Here by the way is a very nice summary of Babylon 5 "The Believers" episode.
RickRick Duncan Welpton Professor of Law University of Nebraska College of Law Lincoln, NE 68583-0902"When the Round Table is broken every man must follow either Galahad or Mordred: middle things are gone." C.S.Lewis,
I read the summary Rick directed us to, and I'm a bit puzzled. The
doctor intervened in a situation where (the summary says) "there are
only two options--surgery or
death." As a result of the intervention, the alien boy's physical life
is preserved, but in the end his parents kill him because,
Bob Jarvis and I are editing a casebook on
law and film which Lexis will publish next year.
Christine Corcos
Associate Professor of Law
Faculty Graduate Studies Program Supervisor
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies
Understanding why the outcome of this Babylon 5 episode was a "disaster"
actually teaches an important point about the free exercise clause, I think.
Prof. Tushnet's analysis is almost purely utilitarian, noting that the outcome
was death either way. But, making the outcome the same either
There's Becket (1964).
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Anyone have a good ideaon this query from my
librarian:
How about the great Ken Russell film "The Devils"?I haven't seen it in a long while, and some people hate it, but it was once on my personal top five list. Here's the IMDB description: "Cardinal Richelieu and his power-hungry entourage seek to take control of pre-rennaisance France, but need to
There have been a couple of episodes of the TV series of
"The Practice" and "Law and Order" -- each in the last few
years.
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Dear all,
Laurence Olivier starred in a 1961 film version of Graham Greene's
Power and the Glory. And, One Man's Hero
(1999), starring Tom Berenger, is about the San Patricios (Irish-American
soldiers who deserted during the Mexican-American war).
Rick
At 10:56 AM 8/11/2005, Roman P. Storzer
I suppose "The Three Musketeers" is a bit over the top for this.I'm sure there's a good Henry VIII film too, though Becket serves this aspect well, it seems.On Aug 11, 2005, at 11:48 AM, Douglas Laycock wrote: Anyone have a good idea on this query from my librarian: Doug, are you aware of any
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