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Inception

4/22/2013

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An expert dream thief must do the impossible task of implanting an idea into someone else’s sleeping mind. 

Cobb is the best information extractor in the business.  He steals valuable information from the subconscious during sleep, when it is believed the mind is most susceptible to threats.  Cobb is given the opportunity to reunite with his children if he completes one last job that is said to be impossible.  Instead of stealing information, Cobb must do the reverse and plant an idea into the target's mind.  Cobb and his team travel deep into their target's dream levels to pull off this daunting task.


   

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The Tic Code

4/22/2013

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Miles, a young boy with exceptional musical talent and Tourette’s Syndrome, has a life changing encounter when he meets Tyrone, a musician who also suffers from Tourette’s.

Miles is a 12-year-old boy with exceptional talent for piano and suffers from Tourette’s Syndrome (TS).  At school, bullies harass him because of his tics.  He prefers to spend his time at the local jazz club where Tyrone Park, a jazz saxophonist, asks him to join in, but Miles’ tics intensify and he is unable to play. Later, he impresses Tyrone with his talent.  Miles and his mother, Laura, learn that Tyrone has TS as well and a romantic relationship develops between Laura and Tyrone.  After a stressful encounter with his dad and a fight between Laura and Tyrone, Miles has a severe tic episode.  He runs off with his mother’s gun intending to commit suicide, but is found by Tyrone who helps him work out his troubles. 

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Ariana Tart-Zelvin   

The Tic Code gives a fairly realistic portrayal of Tourette’s Syndrome through the two main characters with Tourette’s Syndrome (TS). Young Miles has simple vocal and motor tics.


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Away from Her

4/22/2013

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A man struggles over the fact that his wife, who has been institutionalized for Alzheimer’s disease, is now in love with another man in the care facility. 

Fiona Anderson has just been admitted to Meadowlake long term care facility for probable Alzheimer’s disease.  For the first 30 days , Fiona is not allowed any visitors, including her husband of 42 years, Grant.  After "the adjustment" period is over, Grant is eager and nervous to see how his wife is coping.  What he finds is that Fiona’s dementia has progressed to the point where she does not recognize nor remember him and instead has transferred her affections to another patient, Aubrey. Grant struggles with sacrificing his love for Fiona, so that Fiona may find happiness.   

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My Name is Khan

4/18/2013

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A Muslim man with Asperger’s Disorder must deliver a message to the president to reclaim the woman he loves.

Rizwan Khan is a young Indian man with Asperger’s Disorder. A literal interpretation of an angry statement from his estranged wife Mandira leads him on a quest to deliver a personal message to the President of the United States that he is not a terrorist. Khan’s quest to fix things with Mandira leads him into adventure, misfortune and friendship as his Asperger’s Disorder, and with it its proclivity towards restricted interests and obliviousness to social cues, both helps and hinders Khan’s efforts to win Mandira back. 

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Julia Grayer

My Name Is Khan isn’t a film about Asperger’s Disorder; rather it is a film about a man with Asperger’s Disorder. Before we ever meet Rizwan Khan, we learn from a placard... 


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Finding Nemo

4/18/2013

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An overprotective clownfish, aided by an amnestic blue tang fish, goes on an ocean wide journey to find his abducted son.

Marlin, an overprotective father, watches as his son Nemo is taken by a scuba diver.  On his quest to find his son, Marlin encounters an extraordinary fish named Dory who volunteers to help him find Nemo.  Dory’s anterograde amnesia (inability to form new memories) leads this dynamic duo into some unexpected and sometimes dangerous situations including surfing sea-turtles, mazes of jelly fish, and recovering fish addicted sharks.  Throughout, Marlins impatience with Dory’s deficits leads to  conflicts. However, Dory is able to remember the most vital piece of information that will help reunite Marlin with his son. 

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Just Keep Swimming: Aquatic Advice For Coping with Amnesia
Danielle Brinckman

“I just, I remember things better with you.” Such a simple statement and yet such a poignant idea. While Finding Nemo may appear to be...


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Niagara, Niagara

4/11/2013

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A young woman challenged by Tourette’s Syndrome and other struggles, meets a man and takes a road trip that spirals out of control.

 Marcie, a young woman with Tourette’s Syndrome (TS), meets Seth while shop-lifting and the two spontaneously take off to Canada in this dark romantic drama. When denied in their attempt to obtain Haldol without a prescription, they steal L-Dopa instead, which worsen Marcie’s symptoms. Marcie’s rage attacks, portrayed as being caused by TS, continually land them in deeper trouble until the situation escalates to an unfortunate ending.


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Ariana Tart-Zelvin


Niagara, Niagara is a dark romantic drama about two teenagers that run away with each other. One of the main characters, Marcie, has a severe case of Tourette’s Syndrome (TS) and is not medicated for the majority of the film... 


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Front of the Class

4/11/2013

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A young man follows his passion to become an elementary school teacher while coping with challenges associated with his Tourette’s Syndrome.

Brad Cohen, a young man with Tourette’s Syndrome (TS), dreams of a career in teaching.  But, as a child, kids teased him and adults scolded him for his outbursts and tics.  Despite the poor understanding of his condition by most and his father’s lack of acceptance Brad is determined to be a teacher.  When he gets a chance to be a second grade teacher he can finally teach others about TS and show he’s got what it takes to be teacher of the year. Based on a true story. 

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Ariana Tart-Zelvin

In flashbacks throughout the film, Front of the Class highlights a number of tic-related school problems. In one case, Brad is sent out of a test when his motor tics become severe.


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Phoebe in Wonderland

3/13/2013

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A young girl, Phoebe, tries to play Alice in a school play as her Tourette’s and Obsessive Compulsive symptoms cause her to spiral.

Nine year old Phoebe is considered odd because of her undiagnosed symptoms related to tics, verbal outbursts obsessions and compulsions.  She is a misfit in school until she is cast in the lead of Alice in Wonderland.  Despite a new purpose  and her mother's attempts to understand and find therapy,  Phoebe’s symptoms escalate.  In the end, both Phoebe and her mother come to terms with Phoebe's problems and Phoebe is diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome.

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The Bourne Identity

3/6/2013

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 A spy suffers identity loss and must use his skills to follow the clues leading back to his clandestine past.

 Jason Bourne is pulled from the sea by a passing fishing vessel, with no knowledge of who he is, or how he came to drift alone in open water.  The bullets in his back and the bank code embedded in his hip are the only bits of information to survive his identity loss.  Bourne must evade his pursuers, while slowly piecing together what few clues he can find that help uncover memories of his secret life as a government assassin.




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An action packed "Who Am I?"
Joesph Hengoed

“Who am I?
”- Jason Bourne
Jason Bourne, trained CIA assassin, is found floating in the Mediterranean Sea with two bullets in his back and no memory of who he is or where he came from.  Jason is experiencing a complete loss of identity and complete retrograde amnesia, or the loss of his memories before the accident.   Jason’s amnesia may be due to


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Clean Slate

3/6/2013

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  A private investigator loses his identity and memory nightly after he is caught in an explosion, and must hide his condition until he can testify against a dangerous crime lord. 

  M. L. Pogue wakes up each day without any idea who he is, or what has happened the previous day.  His injury, the collateral damage of a car bomb, has left him with identity loss.  Pogue listens to a cassette recording every morning to learn who he is and what has happened.  His testimony - which he recorded prior to his injury- is vital to the District Attorney's case against Cornell, the criminal responsible for the bombing.   Pogue must keep his condition a secret or risk letting Cornell walk free.


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