北宋年间,毕升因写得一手好字,被杭州"播文堂"雕板作坊的大商贾皮子龙所赏识,聘请为作坊的写字先生。毕升临行之际,他的养父、老师乡间教书先生谢清之,将花了大半辈子心血写下的《汜胜之农书篡补》书稿托交给他,要他将其刻梓行世,毕升告别了老师和未婚妻阿香,随皮子龙来到杭州。毕升在播文堂当书写手年复一年,虽历经各种艰难,饱尝了封建权势的侮辱与歧视,《农书》仍无钱刻印。他向技艺高强的老雕匠陈大亮拜师学艺,立志自己刻版印书。在长期的实践中,他深切体会到雕匠劳动的艰苦。师傅陈大亮一辈子刻版积劳成疾,最后因背驼眼瞎辞退。师傅的遭遇,促使毕升产生了改革这项工艺的决心。他大胆实践,首创了活字印刷术。皮子龙意识到这项工艺的革新有利于他发财致富,极力支持毕升的发明,并将毕升岳父和未婚妻阿香接到杭州,为他们举办婚礼,以便使毕升能为播文堂尽心尽力。国子监提举王天书是皮子龙的侄子,...。一个年轻的拿破仑军官追踪一个神秘的女人而来到一个年迈男爵的城堡,在那里他发现这个女人是听命于一个老巫婆,其最终目的是迫使男爵自杀……
Roger directed for two days on a set left over from a previous production, and without a proper script. He hired Francis Coppola to write a script and finish the picture. After five weeks of shooting, Roger fired Francis, and hired me to finish the picture. Jack Hill was hired to write a new script with me. A lot of what Francis shot was thrown out, except for the stuff with the witch from WIZARD OF OZ. (Dorothy Newman), and I finished the picture in five days of shooting. All of the interiors are Roger's (with the exception of Francis's witch's lair), and most of the exteriors are mine. To the best of my recollection, and contrary to legend, Jack Nicholson did not direct any of the film.。