Seal Island (1948)
True-Life Adventures
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 27M
Director : James Algar
Sinopsis
Seal Island is a 1948 American documentary film directed by James Algar. It won an Academy Award in 1949 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).
Las sombras de los gritos suben más allá de las colinas. Esto ha ocurrido antes. Pero esta será la última vez. Los últimos pocos lo perciben, retirándose profundamente en el bosque. Ellos gritan en el negro, como las sombras pasan, en el suelo.
Bas Jan Ader hangs from the branch of a tall tree, until he loses his grip and falls into a river below.
Tras sufrir el ataque de un monstruoso jabalí maldito, el joven Ashitaka emprende el camino en busca de la cura que detenga la infección. Mientras, los humanos están acabando con los bosques y los dioses convertidos en temibles bestias hacen todo lo posible por protegerlo encabezados por Mononoke, una princesa guerrera. Ashikata deberá escoger bando y decidir si ayudar a los hombres o las deidades intentando detener la maldición de su herida que se extiende por su cuerpo sin cuartel.
Grace y su amiga Judith salen a dar un paseo a caballo y sufren un terrible accidente al ser atropelladas por un tráiler. Judith y su caballo mueren, mientras que Grace y el suyo (Pilgrim) resultan gravemente heridos. En un intento desesperado por recuperar a Pilgrim que, desde el accidente, se ha convertido en un caballo salvaje, Anie, la madre de Grace, decide ir a Montana a ver a Tom Booker, un vaquero que posee una facultad especial para hablar y curar a los caballos.
En esta secuela del éxito de 2003 "Como Dios" (Bruce Almighty), el presentador de TV Evan Baxter (Steve Carell) se convierte en congresista de los EE.UU., y se muda desde Buffalo a Washington con su mujer (Lauren Graham) y sus 3 hijos. El primer día en su nueva casa reza pidiendo ayuda para poder cumplir su promesa política de "cambiar el mundo", y entonces es cuando el mismísimo Dios (Morgan Freeman) le pide que construya un arca, ante el supuestamente inminente diluvio universal que se avecina.
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