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The story of the Tower of Babel turns up in Hebrew and Muslim texts, as well as the Bible, but the basic gist is that men tried to build a stairway to heaven and God subverted them by giving them different languages. They could no longer understand each other, so the whole construction fell apart. It's a powerful myth because it carries so many ideas: that there are two worlds and we got the lesser one; that God is spiteful; that cultural differences are the root of all our woes since then; even that crossing a border without permission will get you in a whole world of trouble. Some scholars believe the tower was in southern Iraq, or in Babylon itself. The tragedy of modern Iraq is never mentioned in this superb new film but I'm sure that's one of the things on the minds of the filmmakers, the same Mexican writer and director team behind Amores Perros and 21 Grams . The story of the tower works so well for what the film is about, which is that the relationship between rich...

Fight Club is a 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk. The book follows the experiences of an anonymous protagonist struggling with his way of life and changes in American pop culture masculinity. To overcome this, he establishes an underground fighting club as radical psychotherapy. In 1999, director David Fincher adapted the novel into a film of the same name. The novel tells the story of an anonymous protagonist who hates his job and his lifestyle; he works as a Product Recall Specialist for an anonymous car company, responsible for organizing product recalls of defective models only if the corresponding cost-benefit analysis indicates that the recall-cost is less than the cost of out-of-court settlements paid to the relatives of the killed (paralleling the Ford Pinto's safety problems and recall). His dissatisfaction, combined with his frequent business trips through several time zones, is mentally taxing enough that he develops severe insomnia. At his doctor's recommendation (who ...

[An update on the twins' weights: 10 Grams of Baby Fat] The BBC, People, and Agence France-Presse all report that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are the proud parents of a new boy and girl. The children are named Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt and Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, according to Nice Matin, the local paper which broke the story. Knox seems to be following in the X-name tradition of brothers Maddux (b. 2001) and Pax (b. 2003). The other two daughters in the Jolie-Pitt clan are Zahara (b. 2005) and Shiloh (b. 2006). The new twins were born by Caesarian section on Saturday night at the Hospital Lenval in Nice, France, where Jolie has been awaiting the birth for the last few weeks. Nice Matin calls them "Les bébés les plus célebres du monde" and further describes them as "Knox Léon Jolie-Pitt, un petit garçon de 2 kg 270 et Vivienne Marcheline, une petite fille de 2 kg 280." That would be about 5.00 and 5.03 pounds, respectively. The Associated Press calls them ...

Brad pitt movies - Burn After Reading (2008) Genre: Comedy, Crime Starring: Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, George Clooney, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Release Date: September 12, 2008 Synopsis At the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Arlington, VA, analyst Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich) arrives for a top-secret meeting. Unfortunately for Cox, the secret is soon out; he is being ousted. Cox does not take the news particularly well and returns to his Georgetown home to work on his memoirs and his drinking, not necessarily in that order. His wife Katie (Tilda Swinton) is dismayed, though not particularly surprised; she is already well into an illicit affair with Harry Pfarrer (George Clooney), a married federal marshal, and sets about making plans to leave Cox for Harry. Elsewhere in the Washington, D.C. sububrs, and seemingly worlds apart, Hardbodies Fitnesss Centers employee Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand) can barely concentrate on her w...

Brad pitt movies - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Elle Fanning, Julia Ormond, Tilda Swinton Director: David Fincher Release Date: December 25, 2008 Synopsis 'I was born under unusual circumstances.' And so begins 'Benjamin Button,' adapted from the classic 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. A man, like any of us, unable to stop time. We follow his story set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the twenty-first century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett with Tilda Swinton, Taraji P. Henson, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond, 'Benjamin Button,' is a time traveler's tale of the people and places he bumps into along the way, the loves he loses and finds, the joys of life and the sad...

Brad pitt movies Brad pitt movies: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) Mr. And Mrs. Smith (2004) Ocean's Twelve (2004) Troy (2004) Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005) Babel (2006) Ocean's Thirteen (2007) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) Burn After Reading (2008) Chad Schmidt (2008) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Lost City of Z (2009) The Fighter (2009) Brad pitt movies

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to Adopt a Child from Burma Looks like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt may be adding a new child to their family. Insiders have reported that Angelina is planning to adopt a child from Burma and Angie is said to be desperate to offer help to troubled nations, and feels the repressive Republic of Myanmar, or Burma, is the ideal place to adopt another child – preferably, a girl. The couple already has four children and she believes that adopting another girl would balance her family out. According to the source, Angelina’s frustration at not doing enough to help the Third World is exacerbated by her sense that she and Pitt spend too much time in Hollywood.Angelina has spoken in the past of her desire to start a “rainbow” family of children adopted from nations all over the world.She recently said: “Ever since I was about 12, I’ve always wanted to adopt – I don’t know why. We want to have a big, big family.” Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to Adopt a Child from Burm...

Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt open an Ethiopian hospital for Zahara Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s Foundation has made a $2 million donation to the Global Health Committee to establish a health center to help children who are affected by tuberculosis and HIV in Ethiopia. The center is set to be modeled after the Cambodian Health Committee’s Maddox Chivan’s Children’s Center in Cambodia. The Jolie-Pitts are setting up shop at each of the countries that their children are from, naming hospitals after them in each of the countries. Angelina Jolie said in a statement, “Our goal is to transfer the success we have had in Cambodia to Ethiopia where people are needlessly dying of tuberculosis, a curable disease, and HIV/AIDS, a treatable disease.” Brad Pitt said in a statement, “It is our hope when Zahara is older she will take responsibility of the clinic and continue its mission. The fact that poor people continue to die in our world today of TB, a curable disease, because of lack of access...

Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt want to adopt a Chinese baby? Can you believe that the adoption rumors are already starting up again? Jeez, give the woman a break. Angelina Jolie just gave birth to twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline last month. Reportedly, she is so touched by footage of the recent earthquake in China, that she’s looking to adopt a Chinese orphan. A source says, “Angelina is devastated over the earthquake that occurred in China in May. She has been in constant touch with relief workers as part of her UN involvement, and even got her hands on photos of a few orphaned kids. She’s made overtures offering a home to one earthquake orphan, or even two if they are siblings.” I mean, Brad did say that they’d crap out like eight or nine kids before they’re done. They’ve got six now, so it’s not unconceivable to think that they’d adopt some more children. Hey Chinese kids, try to look really sad for your Brad and Angelina scholarship fund pictures. Also, it’ll help if your n...

Brad Pitt fan attack WELL that's one way to get your hands on film hunk BRAD PITT. A mad female fan at the Venice Film Festival tried to jump the star - before being pulled off by security. And the momentary look of sheer anger on Brad's face is something that just can't be matched in any movie.

Brad pitt movies - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) Genre: Action, Drama and Western Starring: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Mary-Louise Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Sam Rockwell Director: Andrew Dominik Release Date: September 21, 2007 (limited) :::Synopsis Jesse James [BRAD PITT] was one of the country’s first bona fide celebrities. There have been countless books written and tales told about America’s most famous outlaw—all of them colorful and fascinating, all focused on his larger-than-life public persona and daring exploits, and most of them bearing only incidental reference to the truth. To those he robbed and terrorized, and to the families of those he admittedly killed, he may have been just a criminal, but in the sensational newspaper articles and dime novels chronicling the James Gang throughout the 1870s, Jesse was the object of awe and admiration. He was a Robin Hood, they suggested, targeting railroad owners and banks that exploited poor farmers. ...

Brad pitt movies - Ocean's Thirteen (2007) Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller Starring: Al Pacino, Brad Pitt, Ellen Barkin, George Clooney, Matt Damon Director: Steven Soderbergh Release Date: June 8, 2007 :::Synopsis It's bolder. Riskier. The most dazzling heist yet. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and more reteam with director Steven Soderbergh for a split-second caper that stacks the deck with wit, style and cool. Danny Ocean again runs the game, so no rough stuff. No one gets hurt. Except for double-crossing Vegas kingpin Willy Bank (Al Pacino). Ocean's crew will hit him where it hurts: in his wallet. On opening night of Bank's posh new casino tower The Bank, every turn of a card and roll of the dice will come up a winner for bettors. And they'll hit him in his pride, making sure the tower doesn't receive a coveted Five Diamond Award. That's just the start of the flimflams. The boys are out to break The Bank. Place your bets! Brad pitt movies - ...

The wonder twins, Knox and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt will be making their debut appearances on Monday in issues of Hello! and People magazines. Sources say that the two publications split the $10-$15 million asking price for the photos, so that they could be the first to showcase the new Brangelina twins. The Brangelina twins, Knox & Vivienne, will be making their debut in Hello & People magazines Monday Note to self, the magazines won’t be allowed to use the term Brangelina, so I’m feeling the need to use it as much as possible here. I’m rotten like that. The generous couple are said to be donating the proceeds from the sale of the pictures to charity again. I never get tired of celebs actually doing good. Hello! and People are probably going to be recouping their hefty price tag for the photos in sales, so everybody wins. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Brad pitt movies - Babel (2006) Genre: Drama Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal, Rinko Kikuchi, Adriana Barraza Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Release Date: October 27, 2006 (limited) :::Synopsis In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world. In the struggle to overcome isolation, fear, and displacement, each character discovers that it is family that ultimately provides solace. In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert, a rifle shot rings out -- detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couple's frantic struggle to survive, two Moroccan boys involved in an accidental crime, a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children and a Japanese teen rebel whose father is sought by the police in Tokyo. Separated by clashing cultures and sprawling distances, each of these four disparate groups of people are neverthel...

Brad pitt movies - Mr. And Mrs. Smith (2004) Starring: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn, Adam Brody Director: Doug Liman :::Synopsis MR. AND MRS. SMITH -A sexy, action-packed thrill ride about a bored married couple who discover that they are enemy assassins. John and Jane Smith are an ordinary suburban couple with an ordinary, lifeless suburban marriage. But each of them has a secret -- they are actually both legendary assassins working for competing organizations. When the truth comes out, John and Jane end up in each other's cross-hairs. Brad pitt movies - Mr. And Mrs. Smith (2004)