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...more realistic situations, however, have a darker source of humor. There’s the neighbor who rushes out in the middle of the night armed with a gardening implement because she thought she heard a “Negro.” Peter’s elderly billionaire client Mrs. Arness (Joan Plowright) fondly reminisces about Ivy, the unpaid black servant her family employed in her youth. These culture clashes, which provide much of the movie’s humor, have the potential to offend, but shouldn’t. Instead, these scenes highlight Peter’s willingness...
...sentence for a bar fight that resulted in manslaughter. Shortly before the end of his term, he is released on parole at the behest of prison official Shoji Nango (played by wizened screen icon Tsutomu Yamazaki). Nango wants Mikami's help in a private investigation commissioned by an enigmatic client. Their mission: to clear a convicted murderer slated to hang in three months. It is a chance for both men to unburden themselves of their guilt?Mikami for the bar killing, Nango for taking part in prison executions?and the investigation increasingly turns into a journey of atonement...
...case, Kreindler worked at an airplane maintenance shop to learn the design of the plane. The knowledge he gained from that experience helped him craft a propeller-failure theory that persuaded a jury to award what was then the highest award in an air crash suit to his client...
According to Dolan, with enough dates (sometimes as many as 25 in a year), It’s Just Lunch can usually find a suitable match for someone in their city’s client base...
After an It’s Just Lunch date, clients talk to the directors to tell them what was great about the date or what went wrong. Directors use this feedback to determine exactly what a client is looking for. If a woman was happy that her date was tall, handsome and enjoys some of the same water sports as she does but was just a little too quiet, the director will pick a slightly more outgoing good-looking water-skier for the next date...