Bolt

Synopsis

For super-dog BOLT, every day is filled with adventure, danger and intrigue, at least until the cameras stop rolling.

When the star of a hit TV show is accidentally shipped from his Hollywood soundstage to New York City, he begins his biggest adventure yet, a cross-country journey through the real world to get back to his owner and co-star, Penny.

Armed only with the delusions that all his amazing feats and powers are real, and the help of two unlikely traveling companions - a jaded, abandoned housecat named Mittens and a TV-obsessed hamster named Rhino -- Bolt discovers he doesn't need superpowers to be a hero.


Specifics

* Rating: G
* Genre: Animated
* Release: 1 Jan 2009
* Running Time: 91min
* Consumer Advice: Some scary scenes.

What is that?

Ok, this is one of the best short movies i have ever seen!
It made me change the way i sometimes treat my parents. You have to watch it from the beginning till the end.


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President Barack Obama 2009 Inauguration and Address

President Obama addressed the nation following his swearing-in during the presidential inauguration ceremony. In his address he spoke about the themes of sacrifice and renewal, calling on Americans to set aside differences and join in efforts to restore government and make America prosperous for all citizens.

The president was sworn-in by Chief Justice John Roberts. The ceremony also included the swearing-in of Vice President Biden by Associate Justice John Paul Stevens. The invocation was given by Rick Warren and the benediction by Joseph Lowery. Aretha Franklin sang "My Country 'Tis of Thee". Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Gabriela Montreo, and Anthony McGill played music composed by John Williams for the occasion. Elizabeth Alexander recited a poem she wrote especially for the Obama inaugural.

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The whole world expects lots of things from the new President. Lets hope he will not dissapoint us and a better world will be ahead.

Revolutionary Road

April (Kate Winslet) and Frank Wheeler (Leonardo DiCaprio) are a young, thriving couple living with their two children in a Connecticut suburb in the mid-1950s. Their self-assured exterior masks a creeping frustration at their inability to feel fulfilled in their relationships or careers. Frank is mired in a well-paying but boring office job, and April is a housewife still mourning the demise of her hoped-for acting career. Determined to identify themselves as superior to the mediocre sprawl of suburbanites who surround them, they decide to move to France where they will be better able to develop their true artistic sensibilities, free of the consumerist demands of capitalist America. As their relationship deteriorates into an endless cycle of squabbling, jealousy and recriminations, their trip and their dreams of self-fulfillment are thrown into jeopardy.




Trivia

• First movie Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, and Kathy Bates have worked on together since Titanic (1997).
• Director Sam Mendes opted to watch the monitor from another room while directing the love scene between DiCaprio and Winslet.
• This is the first film collaboration between Kate Winslet and husband Sam Mendes
• It's the first time Kate Winslet plays a character named April, the second time Leonardo DiCaprio plays a character named Frank, and the third time Kathy Bates plays a character named Helen.
• Child actors Ryan Simpkins and Ty Simpkins , who play Frank and April's children, are real-life siblings.

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