051209

Redemption Song - movies, music & thoughts - 051209 -
The Emperor and the Assassin | Ghosts of Mississippi | Roots | Apollo 13 | t r u t h o u t

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MOVIES --


- TONIGHT -


The Emperor and the Assassin (1999)
Yin Zheng (Li Xuejian), King of Qin, embarks on a brutal campaign to unite all seven Chinese kingdoms in the third century B.C. Wanting to appear invincible, Yin sends his lover, Lady Zhao (Gong Li), to her homeland to hire a killer who will intentionally botch an assassination attempt on him. Once there, Lady Zhao tries to enlist Jing Ke (Zhang Fengyi), but complications arise in this lavishly produced historical epic from China.
Cast: Li Gong, Fengyi Zhang, Li Xuejian, Wang Zhiwen
Director: Kaige Chen


also watched the bonus features on the Apollo 13 discs - see previous: 051207 - Apollo 13



- LAST NIGHT -


Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
In 1963, civil-rights activist Medgar Evers was shot to death by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith (James Woods). He was captured, but after two trials ended in hung juries, De La Beckwith went free. Thirty years later, Assistant District Attorney Bobby DeLaughter (Alec Baldwin) reopened the case. Ghosts of Mississippi tells the true story of his struggle to bring De La Beckwith to justice.
Starring: Cast: Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods, Craig T. Nelson, Susanna Thompson, Lucas Black, Virginia Madsen
Director: Rob Reiner


also finished up the Roots series - see previous: 051207 - Roots


above quote[s] from netflix

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MUSIC --

nothing of note lately


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THOUGHTS --


- LINK[S] OF THE DAY -


from yesterday's t r u t h o u t Issues -


US Terror Watchlist 80,000 Names Long
A watchlist of possible terror suspects distributed by the US government to airlines for pre-flight checks is now 80,000 names long, a Swedish newspaper reported, citing European air industry sources. The classified list, which carried just 16 names before the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York and Washington, had grown to 1,000 by the end of 2001, to 40,000 a year later, and now stands at 80,000, Svenska Dagbladet reported.

How America Plotted to Stop Kyoto Deal
A detailed and disturbing document has revealed an extraordinary American plan to destroy Europe's support for the Kyoto treaty on climate change.

US Attacked on Its Climate Stance
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin took aim at the United States on Wednesday for its refusal to negotiate a new global warming treaty, telling a United Nations conference that the world's most powerful economy needed to resume participating in international talks to reduce greenhouse gases.

Developers Sentenced in Wetlands Case
A federal judge sentenced three Mississippi real estate developers to prison yesterday for filling in wetlands and selling the property to low- and fixed-income families, marking the end of the nation's largest wetlands criminal prosecution.




truthout.org


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