Different Drummers is based on a true story about two unusual boys in Spokane, Washington in the mid 1960s. In this more innocent time, when body builder Jack Lalanne ruled the airwaves, the two heroes, a couple of elementary school students, make a bold attempt to triumph over mortality through friendship. Eleven year old David is slowing down and is now wheelchair-bound by muscular dystrophy, while Lyle can't stop speeding up. Back then, he was referred to as having a condition called MDB (Minimal Brain Dysfunction) but today he would be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder. Lyle wants more than anything to get David out of his wheelchair and running again, and he concocts a wild scheme involving a science project, some firemen, drummers, the school principal, a cop and a hand-walk across the school gymnasium, among other things. It works like this Inspired by his TV idol, Lalanne, and his message of intestinal fortitude and willpower, Lyle manages to convince David that ...
特里普(马修·麦康纳 Matthew McConaughey 饰)是个标准规格的王老五,虽然不再是二十多岁的翩翩美少年,却不失成熟男子的魅力,成功的事业和不赖的长相一应俱全。但他几乎和男女私情绝缘,整天喜欢在家中和父母混在一起,成为情感上的“啃老族”。
这当然让父母着急。两老为了帮儿子早点拍拖结婚,想尽各种点子。在发现特里普似乎对金发碧眼的美女十分感兴趣时,他们的好主意便成型了——他们找来一名叫波拉(莎拉·杰茜卡·帕克 Sarah Jessica Parker饰)的美女,让她完成任务给她报酬,目的就是:让特里普发现异性的吸引,从此计划恋爱的事儿。怎料,特里普在迷人的波拉面前不堪一击,防线瞬间崩溃,堕入情网。这不仅令波拉也有点情迷意乱,还印证了“计划赶不上变化这句老话”……
A coming of age story set in New York, Sisters on Track is about hope, belonging, and the metaphorical and literal sisterhood of young athletes Tai, Rainn, and Brooke Sheppard.