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美国女作家Shirley Jackson的短篇《摸彩》的电影版。Shirley Jackson's superb short story "The Lottery" has been filmed three times, most notably in 1969 as an acclaimed short film which director Larry Yust made for an Encyclop?dia Britannica educational film series. The Academic Film Archive cited Yust's short as "one of the two bestselling educational films ever".Larry Yust's short film, The Lottery (1969), produced as part of Encyclop?dia Britannica's "Short Story Showcase" series, was ranked by the Academic Film Archive as "one of the two bestselling educational films ever". It has an accompanying ten-minute commentary film, Discussion of "The Lottery" by USC English professor Dr. James Durbin. Featuring the film debut of Ed Begley, Jr., Yust's adaptation has an atmosphere of naturalism and small town authenticity with its shots of pick-up trucks and townspeople in Fellows, California.

故事发生在一个和我们的地球很相似的世界里，那里人们的灵魂变成灵神跟随自己。莉拉自幼（Dakota Blue Richards 饰）跟随身为约旦大学校长的叔叔一起生活，她热情、勇敢且富有正义心。一天科尔特夫人（nicole kidman 饰）要到北方去，希望莉拉能伴随身边。好奇的莉拉开心地答应。临行前叔叔交给她一个黄金罗盘，告诉她世界上只有一个人能读懂。莉拉从黄金罗盘中不仅能得到所问问题的答案，还了解到了自己的身世之谜。这一路上，科尔特夫人行为诡异，莉拉还发现在特尔特夫人的一份名单上赫然写着自己失踪朋友罗杰的名字！罗杰和其他孩子一样，被诱拐到极北之地成为科学试验品。莉拉找到时机逃跑出来，自己动身前去拯救罗杰……

在莎拉（Sarah）生日那天，她最好的朋友维多利亚（Victoria）给了她一套基因检测试剂盒作为礼物，以便她可以更多地了解家人的血统。但是那天晚上，维多利亚被惨死了。几周后，莎拉敲了敲门，是警察。

在纽约打工的青年阿克塞（Johnny Depp 饰）梦中看到一位因纽特人昏倒在冰原上，雪橇犬将其救回，一只红气球在空中不停飘荡……阿克塞痴迷表演的朋友保罗（Vincent Gallo 饰）来访，邀请他远赴亚利桑那为伯父里奥伴婚，里奥在亚利桑那经营汽车生意打拼多年，遂留下阿克塞与保罗二人在车行中工作。不久阿克塞结识了性格不合的艾琳娜（Faye Dunaway 饰）与格蕾丝母女，为帮助艾琳娜圆一个飞行梦，阿克塞滞留这对母女家中，尝试制作各种飞行器，在不断的失败中从头再来，这对神经质母女的吵闹一直伴随着他。阿克塞的梦里，一只鱼在空中穿梭飞升……艾琳娜终于得到了一架小飞机，在庆祝的聚会上，阿克塞向格蕾丝示爱引发了意外的结局。本片获1993年柏林电影节银熊奖。