This animated movie is about a confused man who isn't sure if he's existing in a dream state. Through a series of vignettes he meets people who explain to him their philosophies of life and their view of the difference between what's real and what is a dream.

An unnamed university student is walking to his philosophy class. He takes a seat in a large classroom. The professor is saying: "The reason why I refuse to take existentialism as just another French fashion or historical curiosity is that I think it has something very important to offer us for the new century. I'm afraid we're losing the real virtues of living life passionately. The sense of taking responsibility for who you are. The ability to make something of yourself and feeling good about life.  

"Existentialism is often discussed as if it's a philosophy of despair. But I think the truth is just the opposite. Sartre once interviewed said he never really felt a day of despair in his life. But one thing that comes out from reading these guys is not a sense of anguish about life so much as a real kind of exuberance of feeling on top of it. It's like your life is yours to create."

The student and his professor are then walking outside on the grounds of the university. The professor says:

"I've read the post-modernists with some interest, even admiration. But when I read them, I always have this awful nagging feeling that something absolutely essential is getting left out. The more you talk about a person as a social construction or as a confluence of forces or as fragmented or marginalized, what you do is open up a whole new world of excuses. And when Sartre talks about responsibility, he's not talking about something abstract. He's not talking about the kind of self or soul that theologians would argue about. It's something very concrete. It's you and me talking. Making decisions. Doing things and taking the consequences."

They are then sitting in a small cafe. The professor continues: "It might be true that there are six billion people in the world and counting. Nevertheless, what you do makes a difference. It makes a difference, first of all, in material terms. Makes a difference to other people and it sets an example. In short, I think the message here is that we should never simply write ourselves off and see ourselves as the victim of various forces. It's always our decision who we are."

Scene 3 "Life Lessons". 9 minutes 02 seconds - 11 minutes 15 seconds.

"In Good Company": The Results of Successful Mentoring

"In Good Company" is a clever movie about a corporate takeover and the negative effects it has on one company's employees. Many are either demoted or fired and new and strained relationships are the result. One employee, Carter Duryea, had grown up without a father or any male influence in his life. He is recently unemployed and uncertain of his future. He is in the office of his friend and former sales associate Dan Foreman (Dennis Quaid), who is much older. He stands up and says, "Dan. Thank you."

Dan is puzzled and asks, "For what?"

"For ... I guess for showing me a few things. No one ever really took the time to give me a hard time before. Or teach me anything that was actually worth learning."

"Listen, Carter. I want to tell you something. You're going to be okay."

"You think so?"

"Yeah. I know it. You're a good man."

Carter and Dan embrace. Carter comes close to welling up in tears. After a moment the two shake hands. End clip here. Dan knows that Carter will have a good future because he learned from what Dan had taught him both by word and by example.

Time: Scene 19 New Positions. 1 hour 41 minutes 31 seconds - 1 hour 42 minutes 47 seconds

"Swing Kids": Young German Admonishes His Countrymen To Wake Up

"Swing Kids" is about a group of young people in 1939 Germany who have a passion for swing music. Their good times are tempered by political forces trying to influence them to join the Nazi Youth Brigade and adopt Nazi beliefs.

Arvid 's band is playing a popular tune in a crowded club. Everyone is seated and enjoying the music. The focus is on Arvid, the lead guitarist, who is playing very well. Two young German officers are seated in a booth, also enjoying the music. One of them gives a note to the maitre d'. The song concludes, everyone claps, and the maitre d' hands Arvid the note. He reads it and defiantly says, "Tell him, we play what we want to play. If he doesn't like it, he could go someplace else."

The maitre d' answers, "You'll go someplace else after tonight. But right now I am paying you and you'll play what I say!"

Another band member suggests they play the song. Arvid crumbles the note and says, "I don't play for money."

The maitre d' retorts, "That's good. Because I'll see to it that you don't play any clubs again."

One of the young German officers says incredulously, "Hey, what's the matter with you? We liked your music. We only wanted to hear a good German song."

"There are no more German songs. Only Nazi songs." He begins to pack his guitar.

Another, older officer, objects. Arvid defiantly tells him, "Want to hear another song for the Fatherland?" He presents his guitar. "Play it yourself. Take it. Take it."

The officer takes the guitar. Arvid looks around to everyone and says in a severe, angry, and admonishing tone, "What's the matter with all of you? Can't you see what's happening? Are you afraid to look? We are murdering Austrians. Next it will be the Czechs. And the Poles. Not to mention the Gypsies. And the Jews. It's unmentionable. You think that just because you're not doing it yourself you're a not part of it? Well, I'm sick and tired of doing my part!" He turns to the older German officer. "And now you want to hear a song. You need someone to lift your moral." He turns to the others in the club. "I won't! Won't." He walks out of the club. Scene and clip ends.

DVD Scene Selection no. 7 "Which Side To Chose" DVD Time 1:10:14 - 1:13:20

"Radio": Athletic Director Sacrifices Winning For Principles

"Radio", with Ed Harris and Cuba Gooding, Jr., is the true story of a mentally handicapped young man (nicknamed "Radio") and the coach who took him under his wing. Radio's humility, courage and honesty inspires both the town and the school's athletic teams.

The one minute scene takes place in the hallway of a high school. Coach Jones (Ed Harris) is confronting a student over a malicious prank he had played on Radio. In an angry tone, Coach Jones tells him, "I though you learned something these past few months. I guess I was wrong."

The student, Johnny Clay, responds: "What are you talking about?"

"Don't say a word unless I tell you to, you understand me? Now you may think you're clear on this because Honeycutt wasn't around. But let me tell you something, this is my call. There's no way you're suiting up tomorrow night."

Johnny smiles and sarcastically says, "Right."

"What did you say?"

The school principal joins the two and says, "Coach Jones, Mr. Clay, what seems to be the problem here?"

Johnny tells her, "You hear the problem, ma'am."

She retorts, "Young man, students do not tell me what I do and do not hear."

"He said I can't play tomorrow."

"Is that what you're thinking, Coach Jones?"

Coach Jones firmly replies, "That's what I'm saying."

The principal turns back to Johnny and tells him, "Well then, seeing that Coach Jones is the Athletic Director, I say you are not playing."

Johnny can't believe it and exclaims, "Ma'am, this is West Side. If we win, we're in first place!"

"Well that's all the more reason for you to cheer on your teammates, isn't it? Anything else?"

Johnny has an angry expression on his face. End clip here.

VHS: 1 hour 14 minutes 45 seconds- 1 hour 15 minutes 41 seconds from the start of the studio logo.

"Luther": Monk Directs Martin Luther To The Source

"Luther" is the most recent movie version of the life and influence of 16th Century Protestant reformer Martin Luther. The movie details Luther's doubts and failures as well as his inspiring leadership.

Martin Luther (Joseph Fiennes) and an older monk are repairing bee hives outside in a green plush garden. The monk asks him, "Have you ever read the New Testament, Martin?"

"No, Father."

"Not many have, but in Wittenberg you will."

Luther is surprised. "Wittenberg?"

"A doctorate in theology."

"Are you sending me away to study?"

"I'm sending you to the source. The Scriptures. Christ Himself."

Luther is puzzled. "Here I'm losing my faith, feeling like a fool even to pray, and you're sending me away?"

"You'll preach."

"I'd be a fraud as a preacher."

"We preach best what we need to learn most."

"Do not send me away from you."

"God gave you gifts for a purpose. In Wittenberg, you will be able to change minds, open eyes. That's what you want, isn't it? To change things?" Luther is pensive. Scene and clip ends.

DVD Scene 4: Student and Preacher (14 minutes 30 seconds - 15 minutes 36 seconds).

"The Cure": Boy Accepts Friend With AIDS

"The Cure" is about a 13 year old boy, Eric, who befriends an 11 year old boy, Dexter, who is dying of AIDS, which he got from a blood transfusion. Eric is made fun of at school because he is friends with a "homo". Together they form a strong bond as they look for a cure for Dexter's disease.

The clip begins with Eric in his back yard on one side of a tall white picket fence having a conversation with Dexter, who is on the other side. They had never met face to face. Eric tells Dexter, "My grandmother says you're going to hell. She says you'll suffer eternal torture from a billion flames hotter than the center of the sun."

"She must be some kind of genius."

"What?"

"Well, my doctor is really smart. He says he has no idea what happens to people after they die. If you're grandmother knows, she must be a genius."

"She's a clerk at K-Mart."

"Maybe she's just an underachiever."

"No, she's an idiot."

"Maybe I won't go to hell after all."

"Are you sure those germs of yours don't travel through the air?"

"Yeah. Why?"

Eric gets up and walks away. Dexter, who had been playing with some action figures, stands up and walks to the fence, wondering where Eric went. Suddenly Dexter sees the end of two nails protrude through his side of the fence. Eric had nailed in a wooden plank to step on. He springs over the top of the fence and lands in front of Dexter. Their friendship begins.

This clip contrasts the grandmother's judgmental attitude toward Dexter with Eric's courageous, accepting, and loving attitude. This is how Jesus treated sinners, lepers and other sick people. The tall fence symbolizes the wall that must be overcome between sinners and outcasts and those who judge them.

DVD time: 8 minutes 42 seconds - 9 minutes 58 seconds. No scene selection is available.

Note: Their is a vulgar word immediately following tthe clip.

"Gods and Generals": Colonel Willing To Sacrifice His Life To Free The Slaves

"Gods and Generals" depicts the battles, heroes, and military strategies of the early Civil War. Spiritual and secular motives of the commanders and soldiers are also brought to light.

The 2 1/2 minute clip begins with Colonel Chamberlain and his brother walking among their army's camp. The Colonel motions toward the camp, which is made up of numerous wooden huts and tents, and tells his brother:

"All these thousands of men. Many of them not much more than boys. Each one of them some mother's son. Some sister's brother. Some daughter's father. Each one of them a whole person, loved and cherished in some home far away. Many of them will never return.

"An army is power. Its entire purpose is to coerce others. Now, this kind of power cannot be used carelessly or recklessly. This kind of power can do great harm. We have seen more suffering than any man should ever see. And if there is going to be an end to it, it must be an end that justifies the cost.

"Now, somewhere out there is the Confederate Army. They claim they are fighting for their independence, for their freedom. Now, I cannot question their integrity. I believe they are wrong, but I cannot question it. But I do question a system that defends its own freedom while it denies it to others. To an entire race of men.

"I will admit it, Tom, war is a scourge. But so is slavery. It is the systematic coercion of one group of men over another. It has been around since the book of Genesis. It exists in every corner of the world. But that's no excuse for us to tolerate it here, where we find it right before our very eyes, in our own country.

"As God is my witness, there is no one I hold in my heart dearer than you. But if your life or mine is part of the price to end the curse and free the Negro, then let God's will be done." Scene and clip ends.

DVD Side 2, Scene 41, "No Excuse For Slavery", 50 minutes 02 seconds - 52 minutes 35 seconds.

"Gettysburg": Colonel Asserts The Dignity of Man

"Gettysburg" is the highly acclaimed movie about one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. The 2 1/2 minute clip begins with Colonel Chamberlain's (Jeff Daniels) army unit stopping to rest on the way to Gettysburg. A "John Henry", a runaway slave, had been discovered by a creek. A soldier had given the black man a cup of water. The Colonel and Lieutenant Buster discuss his physical condition and arrange for him to receive food and to be seen by a doctor.

Colonel Chamberlain and Lieutenant Buster then walk up a hill to sit in the shade of a large tree. The Colonel says, "We used to have visitors from the South before the war. They were always very polite. Academic, you understand. Stayed off the question of slavery out of courtesy. Towards the end there was no way of getting away from it. Yet I could never understand, I don't now, I don't know why. And they fight so well. Tell me something, Buster, what do you think of Negroes?"

"Well, if you mean the race, I don't really know. This is not a thing to be ashamed of. The thing is, you cannot judge a race. Any man who judges by the group is a 'pewit'. You take men one at a time."

"Seems to me there never was any difference. Of course I haven't known that many freed men, but those I knew, you look in the eye, there was a man. There was a divine spark. It's all there is to it. What a piece of work is man. How infinite in faculties, in form, in moving." End clip here.

Time: 1 hour 10 minutes 55 seconds - 1 hour 13 minutes 35 seconds from the start of the studio logo.

"The Hustler": Life’s Winners and Losers

Paul Newman is "The Hustler", a young, ambitious pool player trying to make a name for himself by defeating the legendary and unbeatable Minnesota Fats. He is often insecure and unsure of who he is and what his future holds.

The one minute clip begins with Eddie Felson and his girlfriend out on a picnic in a nearby park. Eddie spreads out a blanket on the grass and they both sit down. In a reflective tone, Eddie asks, "Sarah, do you think I’m a loser?"

"A loser?"

"Yeah. I met this guy. Bert Gordon. He said I was. A born loser."

"Would he know?"

"He knows. A lot."

"Why did he tell you?"

"I’m not sure. He said there are people who want to lose, who are always looking for an excuse to lose."

"What does he do, this Bert Gordon?"

"He’s a gambler?"

"Is he a winner?"

"Well, he owns things."

"Is that what makes a winner?’

"Well, what else does?"

"Does it bother you, what he said?"

"Yeah, it bothers me a lot." End clip here.

"The Amati Girls": Repentant Father Lifts His Daughter Up

"The Amati Girls", with Cloris Leachman and Paul Sorvino, is about the trials, hopes, and successes of four Italian American sisters and their widowed mother. One of them is separated from Paul, an overly ambitious advertising executive who hasn’t been spending much time with his 16 year old daughter.

Just before the two minute clip Paul had changed his mind at the last minute about an important business trip to Dallas. He rushes to his daughter Laura’s ballet recital and greets her offstage just before she is supposed to go on. Laura begs him to stand behind her with the other fathers (instead of a stand-in) and Paul nervously agrees. The fathers are supposed to lift their daughters when they dance back to them.

Joe (Paul Sorvino), who is standing next to Paul, coaches him in a discreet voice. "Now when they come back and land in front of you, they’re going to put their arms out. That’s your cue to lift."

Paul nervously asks, "Wait for her knees to bend?"

"That’s it. Her body is her instrument."

Laura gracefully dances back toward her father. He lifts her only slightly. "Almost, daddy." Two men in the audience comment that he is choking.

Joe tells him, "Better. But elongate. Lift all the way. High and strong." Paul wipes his brow. Laura dances in union with the other ballerinas. Joe instructs Paul to walk forward three steps and put his right arm out. Paul does this but puts his left.

"Your right arm, daddy. That’s it. Catch me, daddy." She makes a simple movement leaning on his arm then falls backward. Paul catches her.

Joe quickly mutters final instructions about lifting her onto his right shoulder when she dances back. Paul and the other fathers simultaneously do this successfully. The audience stands up and claps. Laura, on her father’s shoulder, is beaming. Paul has a big smile. End clip here.

Time: 1 hour 06 minutes 54 seconds - 1 hour 9 minutes 02 seconds from the studio logo