介绍:
Hello guys, welcome to culture bridge! This is ..... Nice to meet you all again after a winter vocation.
Well How about your holidays? Did anything special happen?
All right, it looks like you guys had a wonderful time during the vacation. Well, today, we’re gonna recommend you a British movie basically representing a real story between a street man who got addicted to drugs and a street cat,whose name is A Street Cat Named Bob.
Did you guys ever keep a cat? How much about do you know about the movie?
Descriptions of the movie
James Bowen found a wounded street ginger cat that huddled in the hallway of his flat, yet not knowing how his life would be changed by this curious episode. As a street artists struggling for survival badly, he never thought of keeping a pet. However, James decided to adopt the smart cat and named him Bob. After taking good care of Bob carefully, helping him get back on his feet, James was about to set him back to the streets and made their relationship to and end with a farewell. But Bob clearly had his own plan. Soon, they became an inseparable combination, through a series of journey full of fun and dangers. seeking strength as well as comfort from each other and finally getting out of the gloom of life. Thanks to their excellent street performance, Bob even has his own Twitter account with over 10,000 followers. Besides Hollywood shown a great interest in this, making tender story showing on the big screen. 耀华
About the author
The author, James Bowen, whose parents got divorced when he was a child, suffered being bullied and got disease due to his mother moved with him very frequently during his school period. After that James was unable to integrate into his father's new family.. Feeling hopeless and desperate, James chose to waste his life living in the street for almost 10 years, becoming a druggy. This kind of life didn’t last until a turning point of his life appeared. It was in spring 2007 when James accepted a detoxification that he found a street cat sitting in front of his flat. Having experienced some dramatic and funny story, Bob decided to keep the street cat and named him Bob. After that, James lived with Bob and finished his detoxification successfully, with the encouragement of Bob. Finally James found a stable job and made his life back on track, sizing the last shot of a second life, a shot that Bob, also he himself, gave him.欣艺
Screened date and the original book
So far, it officially shows that it has been screened in UK on December 4th 2016 and in Sweden on January 13th 2017. However that remains a pity that it seems like the film company haven’t had announced clearly that when to screen it in China yet. But , just don’t be down, Actually, the official prevue of movie was released and available now. By the way, the movie is adapted from an original book having the same name A Street Cat Named Bob written by James Bowen himself personally. We can’t guarantee that the original book is bound to be more attractive than the movie, but at least we are sure the you could have a much more comprehensive understanding by reading this book and learn a lot of extra daily affairs of the pair of lovely partners that the movie doesn’t show. So, if you’re unable to hold oneself back to watch it, never mind, just enjoy the book, enjoy the the peace and warmth that it brings you~李敏
Behind the screen and Bonus
A Street Cat Named Bob is not just simply a movie, but areal story that happened to the author James and the little male cat Bob. It’s really touching and healing, isn't it? What’s more fantastic, the cute little cat in the film is right Bob himself, in other words Bob is not only good at acting like a spoiled child or playing cute, but also, in fact, has a fabulous acting skill. Besides, the movie soundtracks are also beautiful and healing, offering audiences an outstanding enjoyment, which are fairly worthy of enjoying.欣艺
Well, indeed, though the clue of the movie A Street Cat Named Bob is predictable and moving, it’s still a tricky disruptive film, depicting James struggling in a cold street in London, as well as people's indifference from the beginning to the end. So, like it, then watch it, or read its original book if you like.
OK, so much for today’s culture bridge’s program. Hope you guys enjoy A Street Cat Named Bob and have a good time~ See you next week!!!
