Hello, As part of a research project I'm interested in--I'm looking for suggestions for movies to investigate. Briefly: I'm looking for films where characters of an "upper-class" (broadly defined: economic, social etc) are "moralized, "emotionally healed," shown a "better" life perspective, etc. by characters of a "lower-class" (again broadly defined). Further I'm primarily interested in mainstream contemporary Hollywood cinema (made since about 1977 or so) that fit this very broadly defined category. Some examples are: White Palace, Titanic, Pretty Woman, & Passion Fish I realize that matters of race & gender will often be important to these films also. Any help with movie & research suggestions is greatly appreciated. Thank you, Emmett ____________________________________ J. Emmett Winn Film Studies Instructor Department of Communication 217 Tichenor Hall Auburn University, AL 36849-5211 Phone: 334-844-2761 Fax: 334-844-4665 [log in to unmask] http://www.auburn.edu/~winnjoh ---- To sign off SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]