Word: filming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...slowly, chock full of pointless little twists of plot, until about an hour into the movie when, once again, a very random five minutes reveal several disturbing little aspects of the past of our hero, Dr. Mumford. It's a welcome surprise--in doing so, Kasdan finally provides the film with some conflict and direction. (At the same time, these five minutes also show that the overly drawn-out first half of the movie could have been condensed into ten minutes...
...film focused on the lives of a handful of high school seniors from varied backgrounds, living in California and applying to the University of California at Berkeley...
...main subject of the film is J.K., a hard-working black student with high grades and demonstrated leadership who comes from an underprivileged socioeconomic background. For J.K., getting in to Berkeley seems reasonable except for one item, his significantly below-average SAT score...
Orfield, who spoke first after the film, said that the problem of below-average SAT scores among some minorities highlights a need to improve school systems where some minorities do not receive the same quality of education as students from wealthier districts...
...Sundance, at the film festival, and I thought at the time that the best movie in town was on CNN, watching those fireworks go off on TV every night...