Plot
Lenny and Amanda have an adopted son Max who turns out to be brilliant. Lenny becomes obsessed with finding Max's real parents because he believes that they too must be brilliant. When he finds that Linda Ash is Max' real mother, Lenny is disappointed. Linda is a prostitute and porn star. On top of that, she is quite possibly the dumbest person Lenny has ever met. Interwoven is a Greek chorus linking the story with the story of Oedipus.
Keywords: adopted-son, adoption, adultery, biological-mother, boxing, deus-ex-machina, directed-by-star, greek-chorus, greek-mythology, helicopter
The new comedy from Woody Allen
Chorus: Children grow up, they move out! Sometimes to ridiculous places like Cincinnati, or Boise, Idaho! Then you never see them again!::Chorus Leader: You'd think they'd at least pick up a phone!::Laius: But is there a growing void in the Weinrib marriage?::Chorus: We didn't say there was! We're all just speculating on possible motives! Children are serious stuff!
Greek Chorus Leader: Don't go any further. I know what you're thinking, Lenny, and forget it!::Lenny Weinrib: I can't forget it; the thought's been put in my head.::Chorus: Oh, cursed fate; certain thoughts are better left unthunk.
Lenny Weinrib: Achilles only had an Achilles heel, I have an entire Achilles body.
Greek Chorus: Of all human weaknesses, obsession is the most dangerous, and the silliest!
[showing Lenny a novelty watch]::Linda Ash: See, as the mainspring goes back and forth, the bishop keeps fucking her in the ass. It's a genuine antique and it keeps perfect time.
Linda Ash: I feel like I owe you a great fuck.
Linda Ash: You didn't want a blowjob so the least I could do is get you a tie.
Linda Ash: And so there I am on the first day, on the set, and there's this guy fucking me from behind, right, and there's these two huge guys dressed like cops in my mouth at the same time and I remember thinking to myself, "I like acting. I wanna study."
Kevin: I've had 16 fights and I won all of them but 12.
Chorus: [referring to Oedipus] Look, here's a man who killed his father and slept with his mother.::Jocasta: [(Oedipus' mother)] I hate to tell you what they call my son in Harlem.
Plot
Pogue is a private eye with a problem: every morning when he wakes up, he has total amnesia, waking up with a 'blank slate'. Since he is in the middle of a hot investigation and has a developing romance, this is less than convenient.
Keywords: amnesia, anterograde-amnesia, consciousness, detective, dog, independent-film, pantyhose, private-detective
It's a day he'll never forget... until tomorrow.
Plot
As the Ayatollah Khomeini takes over Iran, two executives of the Texas based Electronic Data System's (EDS) are arrested in Tehran and held for $13,000,000 ransom. H. Ross Perot, the company head, tries diplomatic approaches to get his executives released. When that fails, he hires a retired Army Colonel to head up a rescue mission.
Keywords: based-on-novel, based-on-true-story, cat, green-beret, hostage, iranian-revolution, islamic-revolution, magnate, ransom, reference-to-henry-kissinger
Leadership has been described as “a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task". Other in-depth definitions of leadership have also emerged.
Leadership is "organizing a group of people to achieve a common goal". The leader may or may not have any formal authority. Students of leadership have produced theories involving traits, situational interaction, function, behavior, power, vision and values,charisma, and intelligence, among others. Somebody whom people follow: somebody who guides or directs others.
The search for the characteristics or traits of leaders has been ongoing for centuries. History's greatest philosophical writings from Plato's Republic to Plutarch's Lives have explored the question "What qualities distinguish an individual as a leader?" Underlying this search was the early recognition of the importance of leadership and the assumption that leadership is rooted in the characteristics that certain individuals possess. This idea that leadership is based on individual attributes is known as the "trait theory of leadership".
Daniel Grayling "Dan" Fogelberg (August 13, 1951 – December 16, 2007) was an American singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk, pop, rock, classical, jazz, and bluegrass music. He is best known for his 1980 hit "Longer" and his 1981 hit "Leader of the Band".
Dan Fogelberg, the youngest of three sons, was born in Peoria, Illinois, the son of Margaret (née Irvine), a classically trained pianist, and Lawrence Peter Fogelberg, a high school band director, who spent most of his career at Peoria's Woodruff High School and Pekin High School. Dan Fogelberg's mother was a Scottish immigrant, and his father was of Swedish descent. His father would later be the inspiration for the song, "Leader of the Band". Using a Mel Bay course book, Dan taught himself to play a Hawaiian slide guitar that his grandfather gave to him; he also learned to play the piano. At age 14 he joined a band, The Clan, which covered The Beatles. His second band was another cover combo, The Coachmen, who in 1967 released two singles, written by Fogelberg, on Ledger Records: "Maybe Time Will Let Me Forget" and "Don't Want To Lose Her."
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Nobody cares, no one's concerned
We all stand watching while the city burns
Some are jumping from the windows.
Some are crying in the street
And the situation's worsening
While the chasms getting deep.
They outlawed compassion
They tarred and feathered hope.
The Church cried out "Have mercy!"
While hanging from a rope
But the gunman shouts the loudest
And the people listen well
While the city keeps on burning
further. whatever gets me
higher. whatever gets me
richer. whatever gets me
all of the power i need
clawing. pushing. ceating. stealing. using?
it doesn't bother me
see it. want it. grab it. hold it. never let go and
it doesn't bother me
dirty fighting. openly lying. always conniving
it doesn't bother me
callous. brutal. barely human. cold and cruel and
it doesn't bother me
i am your leader
i am your leader
i can't wipe the smile from my face because you trust me
i can't wipe the smile from my face - i'm sure you envy your leader
no mercy. no pity. no sympathy
i've got what it takes
i've got your life and i've got your fuckin' money
Get offa me!
Away from me!
Get me outa here!
Don't follow me!
Don't bother me!
I'm no leader.
What's wrong with you?
I wash the dishes.
Walk to the post office.
I get some juice in my mouth.
I spit it out.
I spit it out.
I spit it out.
I spit it all over my clean shirt.
(it says "vail)
I'm not yours or anyone's.
I don't even own myself.
Why do you always watch me?
I just wanna be myself.
Get offa me!
Away from me!
Get me outa here!
Don't follow me!
Don't bother me!
I'm no leader.
You don't know me,
so don't touch me.
I'm not here to validate your behavior.
You need to stop.
You need to stop.
You need to stop talking so fast.
(I'm not interested in anything you have to say)
I wish you would crawl back up to the bar.
Tell it to your drink.
Tell it to your drink.
Tell her who you are.
Don't tell me.
Don't talk to me.
I want you to shut your mouth.
Get offa me!
Away from me!
Get me outa here!
Don't follow me!
Don't bother me!
I'm no leader.
I can not be your leader.
I can not be your leader.
Stop lookin at me.
Stop lookin at me.
Stop lookin at me.
Stop lookin at me.
I brush my teeth,
stop looking at me.
I park my car,
stop looking at me.
Get on the train,
stop looking at me.
I turn around,
There are so many signs, the end is now
Our leader told us so besides
We follow him blind, to and fro
Wherever he decides to go
He speaks, we listen
We'll see his vision
He explained so easily
We are all the missing pieces
Maybe you'll fit right in, too
Ask yourself, it might be true
Now join our hands and come along
The day's about to dawn, you feel it coming
On and on the hour's upon you
Now it won't be long, you feel it coming
Now we'll put you in our uniform
Everyone will be reborn
Wear us over where your heart is
Your new life with us has started
You'll speak, he'll listen
We'll see his vision
Join our hands and come along
The day's about to dawn, you feel it coming
On and on the hour's upon you
Now it won't be long, you feel it coming
Sitting on it all alone
We're on a ticking bomb, you feel it coming
On and on the hour's upon you
Now it won't be long, you feel it coming
You feel it coming, you feel it coming
You feel it coming, you feel it coming
You feel it coming
Join our hands and come along
The day's about to dawn, you feel it coming
On and on the hour's upon you
Now it won't be long, you feel it coming
Sitting on it all alone
We're on a ticking bomb, you feel it coming
On and on the hour's upon you
Now it won't be long, you feel it coming
You feel it coming, you feel it coming
For every toy soldier I put to war when I was just a boy
I had no idea where I was going, I was built for more
I saw a man on TV, he had lost:
Some limbs, his younger brother, and his heart
Cause we need a leader
Someone to be a hero
I'm tired of fakers, actors, and bankers
They're everywhere I go
They're drawing our lifelines, making decisions
But never have to know
And everyone's got reasons why they're wrong
In the end we'll end up fine and for their cause
Cause we need a leader
Someone to be a hero
And we fight the fire
With a bigger, brighter lighter
All that we need is everyone we know
Everyone we know
How did we get so far?
And how did we get so lost?
How did we get so far?
And how're we getting back home?
How did we get so far?
And how did we get so lost?
How did we get so far?
And how're we getting back home?
How did we get so far?
And how did we get so lost?
How did we get so far?
And how do we get back home?
Back home, back home...
Cause we need a leader
Someone to be a hero
And we fight the fire
With a bigger, brighter lighter
All that we need is everyone we know
Is everyone we know
Cause we need a leader