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HBO Signature Synopses - Month of May 2009

May 24th, 2009 Toko Parabola No comments
HBO Signature Synopses - Month of May 2009

MUMBAI CALLING 05: DATING SEASON
Dev accepts a speaking engagement on behalf of Kenny. Kenny is initially reluctant to give the speech, but Dev convinces him. Kenny now relishes the prospect. As the date approaches Kenny gets more nervous. He arrives at the venue and realizes that he has forgotten his speech. With no notes and being continuously interrupted by Dev’s mobile phone, Kenny reverts to the speech he first heard from Dev. Much to Kenny’s surprise it gets a rousing response.

MUMBAI CALLING 06: MY MATE MUMBAI
Kenny has decided he’s had enough of India. In order to get home to London he must sort out the call center’s accounts. But Terri and Kenny realize that Dev has made such a mess of the credit card database that Kenny will not be going home anytime soon. Kenny’s frustration with Dev boils over and an aggrieved Dev is easily convinced into selling the credit card details to his shady friend Vijay. Meanwhile, the call center staff has been plagued by a nuisance calls from a lonely guy, desperate for company, and Kenny steps in to resolve the problem.

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HBO Signature Synopses - Month of May 2009

May 24th, 2009 Toko Parabola No comments
HBO Signature Synopses - Month of May 2009

AFTERBURN
When Janet Harduval’s husband, an Air Force fighter pilot, dies in the crash of an F-16, she refuses to accept the official explanation of “pilot error.” She hires a somewhat skeptical, but powerful, lawyer, and sues the plane’s manufacturer.
Starring: Laura Dern

AGAINST THE WALL
This tough-as-nails reenactment of the 1971 Attica prison riots is jam-packed with political and sociological implications. Refreshingly, none of the characters in the film – the prisoners, the guards and the high-profile mediators, are rendered in strictly good-guy or bad-guy terms by screenwriter, Ron Hutchinson. Anyone old enough to have witnessed the original live TV coverage of the riot, however, will be able to discern who was truly responsible for its tragic outcome. While the 1971 TV-movie “Attica” was told from a journalist’s point of view, this drama is filtered through the eyes of an idealistic young prison guard, Michael Smith.
Starring: Kyle Maclachlan, Samuel Jackson, Anne Heche
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