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| - | '''''Envy''''' is a [[2004 in film|2004]] [[comedy film]], starring [[Ben Stiller]] and [[Jack Black]] and was [[film director|directed]] by [[Barry Levinson]]. The film was poorly received by both critics and audiences in the [[United States|U.S.]]. Both [[Jack Black (actor)|Jack Black]] and [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] apologized for the film at the [[2004 Cannes Film Festival]]. Many scenes were cut out of the film due to bad test screenings, evidence of this can be viewed in the ''Envy'' trailers. | + | :''[[Portrait of a Woman Suffering from Obsessive Envy]]'' |
| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | |
| - | ==Plot== | + | |
| - | Tim and Nick (played by Stiller and Black) are best friends who are also neighbours and co-workers at [[3M]]. Nick is constantly coming up with crazy ideas to get rich quick, and when he invents the Vapoorizer, a spray that instantly removes [[dog]] [[excrement]], he actually succeeds. | + | |
| - | As Nick's wealth continues to grow, so does Tim's [[jealousy]], as he had initially scoffed at the idea and squandered an opportunity to invest $2,000 and become mega-rich himself. Nick is blissfully unaware of Tim's jealousy, and his generosity only serves to make Tim more envious of him. | + | '''Envy''' is an [[emotion]], a [[resentment|resentful]] desire of something possessed by another or [[other]]s; [[hatred]], [[enmity]], ill-feeling; emulation; [[rivalry]]. |
| - | Tim's jealousy reaches new levels after J-Man (played by Christopher Walken), a [[bizarre]] drifter, decides to become his adviser. | + | The word [[jealous]] is often used to describe an envious state. In its correct usage, jealousy is the fear of losing something to another person (a loved one in the prototypical form), while envy is the pain or frustration caused by another person having something that one does not have oneself. |
| - | After a drunken night out, Tim accidentally kills his neighbour's beloved horse, Corkey, and straight away tries to hide the body so Nick does not find out. | + | In some cultures, envy is associated with the color [[green]], as in "green with envy". The phrase "green-eyed monster" refers to an individual whose current actions appear [[Motivation|motivated]] by envy. This is based on a line from Shakespeare's ''[[Othello]]''. |
| - | With the help of J-Man, he succeeds in this, but his jealousy continues to grow, as does Tim's wife's [[anger]] - she blames him for them not being rich like their friends. | + | Envy (Invidia) is one of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]]. |
| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| + | From Middle English ''envie'', from Old French ''envie'', from Latin ''[[invidia]]'' (“envy”), from ''invidere'' (“to look at with malice”) from ''in'' + ''[[videre]]'' ("on, upon" + "to look, see"). Displaced native Middle English ''ande, onde'' (“envy”) (from Old English ''anda, onda'' (“breath, emotion, envy, hatred, grudge, dislike”)), Middle English ''nithe, nith'' (“envy, malice”) (from Old English ''nīþ'' (“[[envy]], [[hatred]], [[malice]], [[spite]], [[jealousy]]”)). | ||
| + | == Namesakes == | ||
| - | One night, Nick reveals that he is going to Rome for the release of vapoorizer there, and gives Tim the oppurtunity to now join him in a 50/50 partnership. | + | *[[Envy (film)]], 2004 U. S. film by [[Ben Stiller]]. |
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Competition]] | ||
| + | * [[Jealousy]] | ||
| + | * [[Narcissism]] | ||
| + | * [[Penis envy]] | ||
| + | * [[Resentment]] | ||
| + | * [[Self-envy]] | ||
| + | * [[Seven deadly sins]] | ||
| + | * [[Spite (sentiment)]] | ||
| + | * [[Womb and vagina envy]] | ||
| - | J-Man finds out that Tim is now rich, and immediately tries to gain from this, but fails. | + | {{GFDL}} |
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| - | At the end of the movie, Corkey is seen floating down a river behind a press conference, and the animal hospital must do tests on him to reveal how he died. It is found that the horse was actually poisened - Corkey used to eat the apples off Tim's tree, and do his business there. They used vapoorizer to rid their yard of this, and this is what has killed Corky. | + | |
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| - | Straight away the Vapoorizer is pulled from the shelves in all stores, and Nick and Tim almost lose all their wealth and glory - until Tim comes up with an invention of his own - Pocket Flan, inspired by Nick and his family's love for the dessert. | + | |
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Envy is an emotion, a resentful desire of something possessed by another or others; hatred, enmity, ill-feeling; emulation; rivalry.
The word jealous is often used to describe an envious state. In its correct usage, jealousy is the fear of losing something to another person (a loved one in the prototypical form), while envy is the pain or frustration caused by another person having something that one does not have oneself.
In some cultures, envy is associated with the color green, as in "green with envy". The phrase "green-eyed monster" refers to an individual whose current actions appear motivated by envy. This is based on a line from Shakespeare's Othello.
Envy (Invidia) is one of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Etymology
From Middle English envie, from Old French envie, from Latin invidia (“envy”), from invidere (“to look at with malice”) from in + videre ("on, upon" + "to look, see"). Displaced native Middle English ande, onde (“envy”) (from Old English anda, onda (“breath, emotion, envy, hatred, grudge, dislike”)), Middle English nithe, nith (“envy, malice”) (from Old English nīþ (“envy, hatred, malice, spite, jealousy”)).
Namesakes
- Envy (film), 2004 U. S. film by Ben Stiller.
See also
- Competition
- Jealousy
- Narcissism
- Penis envy
- Resentment
- Self-envy
- Seven deadly sins
- Spite (sentiment)
- Womb and vagina envy
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