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A documentary on the history of garlic. Blank interviews chefs, garlic lovers, and historians about the their love of the 'stinking rose.'Often referred to as a stinking rose, garlic, in its culinary uses, generally evokes a love it or hate it response. Quite often, these responses are on cultural lines, where old world cultures have generally revered it in their cooking, while new world cultures have not. A renaissance of sorts is taking place in the use of garlic in the United States, with more and more immigrants bringing their use of the spice to the country, with more people desiring more spice in their food, with a desire to get back to the land and with the production of plant a large part of the Central California landscape. Many chefs are presented preparing dishes prominently featuring the spice. On the bad side, the association of garlic to bad breath is discussed. On the other side, its purported health benefits are also discussed. Other topics presented include its association to vampirism, and speculation of how people will want their garlic to be presented to them in the future.

乐手小喇叭（韩非 饰）和工厂女工阿翠（李丽华 饰）相恋多年，两人一直渴望能够携手步入婚姻的殿堂，无奈囊中羞涩，没有足够的钱来举办一场盛大的婚礼。小喇叭拒绝了邻居和朋友们的帮忙，想要靠自己的力量凑钱，他好不容易靠卖馄饨赞了一笔钱，却因为阿翠的父亲受伤看病而将这笔钱花掉了。阿翠的爸爸不忍心看见两个年轻人被钱所困，于是谎称住在朋友家，将自己的家让给小两口，实际上流落街头，小喇叭最终发现了老人善意的谎言，又将他请回家。之后小喇叭企图用肥皂箱建造一座木屋用来结婚，可一转眼就被地主给拆除了。日子眼看着越拖越久，这婚到底能不能结呢？

22世纪中叶，地球并未借助文明和科技的进步变得更加美好，反而在各种贪欲荼毒之下变成毫无希望的废墟荒原。少数极度富有之人抛弃生身故乡，在漂浮于地球之上的空间站上建立了宛若天堂般美好的乐土，继续过着享乐奢靡的幸福生活。而绝大多数的穷苦人不得不留在千疮百孔的地球上，在绝望的混乱之中苟延残喘，同时被迫忍受各种严苛可笑的联邦法规的压迫。他们在富人建立起来的工业系统下努力赚取稀薄的营生，时而仰望苍穹，幻想着早日移民空间站开始新的生活。无奈在政府官员德拉库特（朱迪·福斯特 Jodie Foster 饰）的铁腕掌控下，偷渡者一次次化作宇宙中的碎片。工作中受到强辐射的普通人麦克斯（马特·达蒙 Matt Damon 饰），除非借助空间站先进的医疗系统，否则五天后将一命呜呼。纵使仅有一线生机，也要朝着极乐世界挺进……

故事描述华尔街巨子卡比为了赚钱而有意将工厂扩展到住宅区，但遭该地范德霍夫家族强烈反对。范家成员个个性情古怪，次女爱丽丝并在卡比公司担任秘书，又和卡比的儿子托尼相恋，引起卡比的不满。双方的纠纷最后由德高望重的祖父居中调解，卡比也变成乐善好施的慈善家。改编自获得普立兹奖的百老汇舞台剧，采用喜剧手法宣扬新睦邻的主题，在三十年代面对经济不景气打击的美国老百姓因而感受到人际温情和生活希望，使这部洋溢着乐天思想的影片勇夺当年金像奖最佳影片奖殊荣。导演弗兰克．卡普拉以其一贯兼具讽刺性与娱乐性的手法拍出人情世态的微妙冲突，莱昂内尔．巴里莫尔、琪恩．阿瑟、詹姆斯．斯图尔特等演得也成功。