《The Blind Side》　弱點　那份溫暖人心的感動

No.064　《The Blind Side》　弱點　那份溫暖人心的感動

英文導讀

The Blind Side is a 2009 American semi-biographical sports drama film. It is written and directed by John Lee Hancock, and based on the 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis.

The storyline features Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. As a football player and student in Wingate Christian School (a fictional representation of Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis, Tennessee), Oher works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle.

Sandra Bullock stars alongside Quinton Aaron as Michael Oher, Tim McGraw as Sean Tuohy, and Kathy Bates as Miss Sue. The movie also features appearances by several current and former NCAA coaches, including SEC coaches Houston Nutt and Ed Orgeron (Oher's coaches in college, though Nutt represented Arkansas at the time and therefore does so in the film) and Nick Saban (who was at LSU at the time and represents it in the film), former coaches Lou Holtz, Tommy Tuberville, Phillip Fulmer, as well as recruiting analyst Tom Lemming.

The Blind Side was produced by Alcon Entertainment and released by Warner Bros. According to Reuters, the film's production budget was $29 million. Filming for the school scenes took place at Atlanta International School and The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia, and it features many of their students as extras. The film premiered on November 17 in New York City and New Orleans and opened in theaters on November 20 in the rest of the United States and in Canada.

Academy Award winner Julia Roberts was originally offered Bullock's role, but turned it down. Bullock, who is not outwardly religious, initially turned down the starring role three times due to discomfort with portraying a devout Christian. According to Bullock, she felt she couldn't objectively represent such a person's beliefs on screen. But after a visit with the real Leigh Anne Tuohy, Bullock was not only won over, but also took a pay cut and agreed to receive a percentage of the profits instead.

The Blind Side was a box-office success, grossing over $300 million. The film was well-received by critics, who most notably praised Sandra Bullock's performance. Bullock went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. The film itself also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.

獲獎情況

2010年第82屆奧斯卡：最佳女主角獎，并榮獲最佳影片提名。

影片信息

導演：約翰·李·漢考克

編?。杭s翰·李·漢考克、邁克爾·劉易斯

主演：桑德拉·布洛克、蒂姆·麥格羅、昆東·亞倫、杰·海德

類型：劇情、家庭、傳記、運動

制片國家（地區(qū)）：美國

上映日期：2009-11-20（美國）

片長：USA：129分鐘

又名：《守護有心人》《溫情橄欖球》《攻其不備》《暗算》《盲點》

劇情簡介

黑人奧赫（昆東·亞倫　飾）自幼父母離異，無家可歸。不過，木訥的他卻因為良好的身體條件和運動天賦，幸運地進入了一家學校。雖然他學習成績很差，連小學一年級也能留級，但是一些細節(jié)卻讓他顯得與眾不同。一次排球比賽后，他主動收拾垃圾的行為，引起了陶西一家的注意。于是，陶西太太（桑德拉·布洛克　飾）決定收養(yǎng)奧赫，并把他培養(yǎng)成橄欖球選手。一直以來輾轉在無數(shù)個收養(yǎng)的家庭中的奧赫，在陶西太太家中，感受到了家庭的溫暖。陶西太太甚至專門為他請來了私人家教蘇小姐（凱西·貝茨　飾）。

同時，陶西的兒子還幫助奧赫訓練，使他很快地融入了橄欖球隊的生活，不斷激發(fā)他運動的潛能。終于，在一次比賽中，他因出色的表現(xiàn)而嶄露頭角，獲得了球探的關注，隨之帶來了一系列的甜蜜和麻煩……

制作花絮

現(xiàn)實生活里的奧赫是一個標準的大塊頭，6英尺4英寸（1.93米）的身高、344磅（156千克）的體重，讓他成為了大學橄欖球賽場上人見人怕的“霸主”。但是，要在苗條男橫行的好萊塢找到這么一個大塊頭，實在不是什么簡單的事情。為了找主角，導演約翰·李·漢考克吃了不少苦頭。

桑德拉·布洛克說：“整個故事里最打動我的就是奧赫的成長經歷，很難想象在那種情形里長大的小孩還能保持樂觀和向上的心態(tài)，也很難想象他后來是那么成功，成為了萬眾矚目的體育明星。我想這個故事是有教育意義的，它能教導我們每一個人在任何時候都別放棄理想和追求。也許再走一步就能到達理想的彼岸。”

重點學習

But turned it down

Turn down是英語中很常見的一個固定搭配，它詞義豐富，最常見的意思是“關小（或扭小、調低）（燈光、聲音、煤氣等）”，比如：Would you turn down your radio a little?（把收音機關小一點好嗎？）另外，其他較常見的意思還有“使彎轉；折疊；折轉；翻轉；把…翻下”“轉入；拐入“蕭條；衰落，下降”等等。

Turn down在美國英語中，它有“拒絕（請求、勸告等），拒絕（某人）的請求（或勸告等）；駁回”的意思，比如：Some impractical suggestions were turned down by the committee.（一些不切實際的建議被委員會駁回了。）在文中，turn down是“拒絕（請求、勸告等）”的意思。

Bullock was not only won over

文中的won over是win over的過去時態(tài)，它是英語中的一個固定搭配，在文中是“把…爭取過來；爭取到”的意思，比如：We'll be working hard over the next ten days to win over the undecided voters.（我們必須再努力奮斗10天把尚未拿定主意的選民爭取過來。）另外，它還有“說服；誘使轉過來”的意思，當它用于口語中，還能表達“取得對…的勝利”的意思。

單詞時間

evolution[?i:v??lu:??n] n. 演變；進化論；進展

storyline[?st?:ri?lain] n. 故事情節(jié)

potential[p?u?ten??l] n. 潛能；可能性；電勢

insightful[?in?saitful] adj. 有深刻見解的，富有洞察力的

overcome[??uv??k?m] vi. 克服；得勝

representation[?reprizen?tei??n] n. 代表；表現(xiàn)；表示法；陳述

coach[k?ut?] n. 教練；旅客車廂；長途公車；四輪大馬車

outwardly[?autw?dli] adv. 表面上；向外；外觀上地

devout[di?vaut] adj. 虔誠的；衷心的

objectively[?b?d?ektivli] adv. 客觀地

percentage[p??sentid?] n. 百分比；百分率，百分數(shù)