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　　The movie Babel is hot on screen now．The title of the movie refers to the story in the Bible(圣经)where people tried to build a tower to reach Heaven．Angry God prevented them by confusing their languages so that they could no longer understand one another．

　　The movie tells a number of intersecting(相交)stories about the world we live in and the problems we suffer due to our inability to communicate．

　　The first story talks about a married couple Brad and Cate visiting Morocco．One day they're traveling by bus through a rocky area when a gunshot wounds the wife．The husband flies into hysterics trying to save her life．However, since he's in a foreign country, he suffers from his inability to communicate with the locals．

　　Then, there's the story of the shooters, Yussef and his brother, who are given a gun by their father to help guard the sheep．They are fooling around with the gun and fire a shot on a passing bus．At first, they refuse to tell anybody what happened for fear of the trouble but when the police come knocking, they are forced to come out with the truth with tragic results．

　　The next story follows the children of Brad and Cate．They are living back in Califormia under the care of the family nanny, Amelia．The shooting delays the return of their parents but Amelia was eager to attend her son's wedding in Mexico．At last she is forced to bring the children over the border(边境)along with her nephew Santiago．When traveling back over the border later that evening, they are stopped and questioned by the border police．After a couple of miscommunications, they are asked for some identification(身份)at which point Santiago tries to escape and leave Amelia and the children in the middle of the desert．

　　The final story deals with a Japanese family Chieko and her father Yasujiro, who sold the gun to the father of the two young boys．Chieko is a deaf mute(哑巴)who has a whole other set of communication problems．And because her inability to communicate makes her “different”, she isn't afraid to give a little attitude to anyone who she thinks deserves it．How does her father fit into all of this?

　　The movie really opens people's eyes to a lot of problems in our modern world．It's just a great job all around．The best movie this year!

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　　Aftershock, a movie about the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, has grossed over 160 million yuan at the Chinese box office since its opening on July 22, the State Administration of Radio Film and Television(SARFT)said Monday．

　　The movie earned more than 100 million yuan within three days of its release, breaking the Chinese box office record previously held by The Founding of a Republic．

　　Aftershock set it first box office record on its release day when it earned 36.2 million yuan-the highest box office ever for a local movie on its opening day．

　　It is about a mother's three-decade journey leading to an emotional reunion with the daughter she thought she had lost in the earthquake．The Tangshan earthquake left more than 240,000 dead．

　　A survey on sina．com, one of China's major news portals(门户站点), shows nearly half of the 20,015 people surveyed said the movie was “very good and surpassed expectations”．

　　About one quarter of those surveyed said the great performances of the movie's cast moved them the most．

　　Also there was laughter during the movie's screening, especially when advertisements were inserted into the story line of the movie and given close-up shots．

　　Fifteen minutes of the movie's total length of two and a half hours were for these advertisements, which have drawn criticism from the media as well as the public．

　　In an interview with Xinhua on Monday, Zhang Hongsen, vice director of the SARFT film department said advertisements placed in moves were necessary for film makers to make profits, as piracy(盗版行为)poses a threat to their revenues(财政收入)．

　　He said a tougher crackdown on piracy was essential to solving the problem of such advertisements placed into movies．

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　　Bobby Moresco grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen, a tough working-class neighborhood on Manhattan's West Side．By tradition he 　　1　　 have been, like his father or like most of his childhood pals, a construction worker or a policeman．But he wanted 　　2　　．Attracted by the bright lights from the time Bobby was a teen, he tried to act．“I wasn't a 　　3　　 actor, but I had a driving need to do something 　　4　　 with my life，”he says．

　　He moved to Hollywood, promising to find his 　　5　　．But he didn't make 　　6　　．For almost 10 years, he drove a taxi and worked as a waiter, 　　7　　 at an actors' workshop that he opened in Hollywood．But Moresco kept working at his 　　8　　 career．

　　In 1983 his younger brother was murdered in a mob-linked killing．Moresco moved back to his 　　9　　 neighborhood．In 1988 he finally wrote a play that was 　　10　　 to his life．Called Half Deserted Streets, it was based on his brother's 　　11　　 and staged at a small theater．A Hollywood producer 　　12　　 to see it and asked him to work on a screenplay．

　　His 　　13　　 grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood．However, it was never easy．By 2003, he was 　　14　　 out of work and out of cash 　　15　　 he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him．The two worked on the script but every studio 　　16　　 it down．Moresco believed so 　　17　　 in the script that he borrowed money, and sold his house．At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance．

　　The movie, Crash, 　　18　　 into the theaters in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success．It won three Academy Awards－Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing．

　　At the age of 54, Bobby Moresco became an 　　19　　 success．“If you have something you want to do in life, don't think about the problems,” he says, “think about the 　　20　　 to get it done．”

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