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Ti is a
poor father who works all day, everyday at a construction site
to make sure his son Dicky Chow can attend an elite private
school. Despite his father’s good intentions to give his son
the opportunities he never had, Dicky, with his dirty and
tattered clothes and none of the “cool” toys, stands out from
his schoolmates like a sore thumb. Ti can’t afford to buy
Dicky any expensive toys and goes to the best place he knows
to get new stuff for Dicky--the junk yard! While out
“shopping” for a new toy for his son, Ti finds a mysterious
orb and brings it home for Dicky to play with. To his surprise
and disbelief, the orb reveals itself to Dicky as a bizarre
“pet” with extraordinary powers. Armed with his “CJ7” Dicky
seizes this chance to overcome his poor background and shabby
clothes and impress his fellow schoolmates for the first time
in his life. But CJ7 has other ideas and when Dicky brings it
to class, chaos ensues.
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"The Counterfeiters" (R)
12:35p 2:50p
5:00p 7:10p 9:40p
Salomon
“Sally” Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives
a mischievous life of cards, booze, and women in Berlin during the
Nazi-era. Suddenly his luck runs dry when arrested by Superintendent
Friedrich Herzog. Immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration
camp, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills there and is soon transferred
to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again
comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on a secret mission.
Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals
are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the program Operation Berhard. The team, which also includes detainee Adolf Burger, is given
luxury barracks for their assistance. But while Salomon attempts to
weaken the economy of Germany’s allied opponents, Adolf refuses
to use his skills for Nazi profit and would like to do something to
stop Operation Bernhard''s aid to the war effort. Faced with a moral
dilemma, Salomon must decide whether his actions, which could prolong
the war and risk the lives of fellow prisoners, are ultimately the
right ones.
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