"District 9," starring a cast of unknowns, is about an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slumlike conditions on Earth.
It meant building a stable starting with a few cheap horses and finally winning a Breeders' Cup race, forcing some people to notice his abilities.
As if things were not complicated enough, John Edwards dropped out of the race, forcing the other campaigns to return to the drawing boards.
In Texas, a ruling moving the Republican primary to April 3 from March 6 may complicate Mr. Perry's hopes for a comeback in the race, forcing him to wait longer for an expected primary victory in his home state.
At the start of the season, everyone assumed it was The Theory of Everything that would suffer most if the presence of two troubled-English-genius biopics in the race forced some kind of vote split in key categories.
The country's National Election Tribunal, having overturned the outcomes of several provincial elections, may well annul the results of last year's presidential race, forcing him to run for president all over again.
A3 NATIONAL A14-28 Clark Declares Candidacy; Others Rethink Strategy General Wesley K. Clark formally announced his entrance into the presidential race, forcing other candidates to rethink how they were approaching the already complicated Democratic primary contest.
More than one team has demonstrated in recent years that the wild-card race forces a team to continue playing at its best through the end of the season.
The team had to retrieve a car from its shop in Concord, N.C., in order to compete in Saturday night's race, forcing Skinner to the back of the field as Nascar rules require.
Besides, Mr. Forbes's presence in the race forces Mr. Bush to conduct a two-front war -- fighting Mr. McCain for votes on the Republican left and Mr. Forbes on the right.
In Australia, he collided with Romain Grosjean early in the race, forcing the Lotus driver out.
