12-20-2009, 08:15 PM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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The Last Leaf
Directed by David Anspaugh
Original story by O. Henry; adapted by Caryl Ledner
Released in 1983 by Paramount Pictures
Produced by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Distributed by Bonneville Media Communications
Pt. 2 & 3 of the film click to show As lingering pneumonia takes her will to live, a young girl decides that she will die when the last leaf drops from a dying vine outside her window. Her neighbor, an elderly artist frustrated by his inability to paint what is in his heart, follows the example of the Savior and makes the ultimate sacrifice to save her life. In doing so, he creates the masterpiece he has been struggling to paint.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi
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