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该片被公认为英国电影的巅峰佳作之一，在英国电影学院评出的100部最佳英国电影中名列第36。片中汇集了大批当年英国影坛的红人。大盗查理(迈克尔·凯恩)刚出狱就急不及待要大乾一票，准备截劫从中国运到意大利的四百万美元黄金。查理在一名黑道头目资助下，展开了一个天衣无缝的盗金计划，出动了三架库珀豪华车、一队积架车及公车来堵塞交通。片中一幕宝马库珀豪华车(MINI Cooper)在好莱坞名人大道上疯狂地追逐，穿过地铁隧道入口，沿着只有迷你汽车才能行驶的狭窄小路狂奔，被认为是影史上经典飙车追逐场面，让观众体验到前所未有的紧张刺激......

人气主播“窗户帘儿”被地主老婆指婚嫁给了不解风情的丈夫“武大三粗”，婚后生活如白开水般无味。武大三粗是个一心只懂做好烧饼卖钱，再买首饰讨好妻子的低情商直男，且患有性瘾，经常令窗户帘儿羞愤不已。当地的大网电影院老板——风流倜傥的“东门坎”，在“王婆”的撮合下对窗户帘儿一见钟情。东门坎的真心感动了窗户帘儿，渴望自由的两人设计让武大三粗喝下毒药。上山打鼠的武木公知晓哥哥去世的消息后悲愤不已，胆小的他决定成为真正的英雄……

　　The film, directed by John McPhail (Anna and the Apocalypse), tells the story of Dinah Little, a no- nonsense, curmudgeonly farmer, and Charlie, the unloved niece who Dinah begrudgingly takes in after discovering her in an orphanage. Dinah's farm is in the self-proclaimed "Pumpkin Capital of the World" where the biggest event of the year is a high-stakes, cutthroat giant-pumpkin-growing contest with an enormous cash prize. Charlie, who has a special bond with plants, decides to enter the competition where she and the other pumpkin growers face sabotage and a genetically engineered rival. As she nurtures her pumpkin ‘Peter’ and watches him grow, so does a bond between Dinah and Charlie.