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Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Envy

Envy is a great film on the topic of...Envy, forgiveness, jealousy, friendship...etc.
This film is about two friends, Tim Dingman (Ben Stiller) and Nick Vanderpark (Jack Black). At the start of the film they both work for the same office doing the same sort of job...equals. However, Nick comes up with this invention that makes dog poo disappear. This turns him into an overnight success and millionaire. As far as Nick is concerned, nothing has changed in their friendship...they are still mates, they still next door, however Nick's success brews jealousy and envy in Tim.
Here are some DVD scenes of interest:

Scenes 3 - 9 (6 mins 50 to 27 mins). In these scenes, Nick comes up with the invention and the jealousy brews. It finishes when Tim gets fired.
Scenes 10 - 14 (27 mins to 45 mins 30). In his jealously, Tim accidentally kills Nicks beloved horse. A good introduction for talking about friendship...what the worst thing you have done to a friend? Do you tell you friends everything? Do you forgive your friends? You could show this then show scene 26 later when Tim confesses
Scenes 25 - 26 (1 hour 19 mins 30 to 1 hour 25 mins 40 sec). Tim confesses...Nick forgives him.