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“Comedian” (2002)

This documentary follows veteran standup comic Jerry Seinfeld as he develops an all-new act to perform live on stages. Filmed over the course of a year, the movie shows Seinfeld talking with other professional entertainers, such as Chris Rock, Colin Quinn, Robert Klein, Jay Leno, Garry Shandling, and Bill Cosby. Also, the film shows Seinfeld preparing new material and trying it out in front of small test audiences. The movie gives insight into the huge amount of hard work that goes into making people laugh, even for an experienced, successful comedian like Jerry Seinfeld, who agonizes over every word. By way of counterpoint, the documentary also shows some footage of Orny Adams, a comic who appears to be up-and-coming, as he tries to gain wider recognition.

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“25th Hour” (2002)

Spike Lee directed this drama that stars Edward Norton. Set in New York, the film chronicles the last day of freedom of drug dealer Monty Brogan (Norton) before he begins serving a seven-year prison term. Monty spends much of the time with his best friends, high school teacher Jacob Elinsky (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and investment banker Frank Slaughtery (Barry Pepper). In addition, he spends some time with his father (Brian Cox), a retired fireman who runs a bar. Along the way, Monty tries to figure out if his girlfriend (Rosario Dawson) turned him in. He also must wrap things up with some Russian mobsters and find a home for a dog he rescued. Meanwhile, Elinsky must deal with his attraction to one of his students (Anna Paquin). There's not much of a plot—this is more of a mood piece.

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“Adaptation” (2002) Superbit Collection

"Adaptation" was nominated for four Academy Awards and won for Best Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper). The film stars Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep, was directed by Spike Jonze, and written by Charlie Kaufman. This is an offbeat comedy about adapting a book into a movie, and it freely mixes fact with fiction. In "Adaptation," Charlie Kaufman (Cage) is a neurotic screenwriter who is hired to write a screenplay based on a book by Susan Orlean (Streep). The book, titled "The Orchid Thief," is about a colorful man named John Laroche (Cooper). Charlie's frustration drives him close to madness as he tries to adapt the book, which he comes to believe to be unfilmable. Meanwhile, Charlie's twin brother Donald (also played by Nicolas Cage) makes big bucks by churning out a formulaic screenplay.

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“Antwone Fisher” (2002)

Based on a true story, this emotional drama was directed by and stars Denzel Washington. However, the central role is played by newcomer Derek Luke, who gives a fine performance. Antwone Fisher (Luke) is a troubled young African-American sailor in the U.S. Navy who frequently gets into fights. He is ordered to see psychiatrist Dr. Jerome Davenport (Washington), and the result of his sessions will determine whether or not he will be discharged. Davenport and Fisher gradually make progress, and along the way, Fisher begins to date a nice woman named Cheryl (Joy Bryant). Eventually, Davenport advises Fisher he must come to terms with his past, and Fisher sets off on a journey to do just that. But Davenport has some problems, too, and his working with Fisher is good for both men.

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"The Pianist" (2002)

Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture, this Holocaust drama went on to win three Oscars, including Best Director (Roman Polanski), Best Actor (Adrien Brody), and Best Adapted Screenplay. In 1939 Warsaw, Wladyslaw Szpilman (Brody) is working as a professional pianist when World War II breaks out. A member of a prosperous family of assimilated Jews, Szpilman has no intention of leaving the city he loves. Soon the Nazis occupy Poland, and eventually Szpilman's family and nearly all the Jews in Warsaw are stripped of their possessions and forced to move into a walled-in ghetto. Ultimately, all of Szpilman's family and the overwhelming majority of Warsaw Jews perish during the Holocaust, yet through a combination of determination, luck, and the help of others, the unheroic Szpilman manages to survive.

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"Talk to Her" (2002)

Internationally acclaimed writer-director Pedro Almodóvar won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and was nominated for a Best Director Oscar for his efforts on this offbeat Spanish-language drama. Benigno (Javier Cámara) is a male nurse who cares for a ballet student named Alicia (Leonor Watling) who has been comatose for years. Marco (Darío Grandinetti) is a journalist who has a romantic relationship with a bullfighter named Lydia (Rosario Flores), then he cares for her when she falls into a coma as a result of being gored. While caring for the two comatose women, the two men develop a friendship. As the film unreels, we gradually learn a great deal about these four characters, and the strange interrelationships among them lead to a startling outcome.

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