The Steagle (1971)
How Long Has It Been Since You Did Something You Always Wanted to Do--But Didn't Dare?
Género : Comedia
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 27M
Director : Paul Sylbert
Sinopsis
In the midst of the Cuban missile crisis, a mild-mannered professor decides to live out all of his daydreams, travelling across the country and adopting a different persona in each city.
Remake de "La vida secreta de Walter Mitty", película estrenada en 1947 y que fue dirigida por Norman Z. McLeod. La historia se basaba en un relato de James Thurber que giraba en torno al tímido empleado de una editorial que consigue evadirse de su gris existencia imaginando que es el héroe de grandes aventuras; un día, su sueño se hace realidad cuando conoce a una misteriosa mujer que le implica en una peligrosa misión.
Barry es un adolescente asmático y fantasioso del que todos se burlan, pues siempre se imagina dentro de las películas de acción de su héroe. Un día se harta y decide aprender artes marciales con un veterano maestro japonés. Esto le permitirá participar en una competición, donde se encontrará cara a cara con su héroe, Chuck Norris. (FILMAFFINITY)
Minya, el hijo de Godzilla, se encuentra en una isla donde las luchas por el poder son terribles ya que otro monstruo, Gabera, amenaza al rey y a su vástago.
Amy, la hija de Oliver, un arquitecto naval, vive en un mundo de ensueños, lo que preocupa a su padre. No tiene amigos de su edad, pero encuentra una amiga imaginaria, Irena, la difunta esposa de su padre. Se hace también amiga de Julia Farren, una actriz de cierta edad que vive recluida en su casa. Cuando Oliver se enfada y castiga a Amy, ella huye y tiene lugar una frenética búsqueda durante una tormenta de nieve. (FILMAFFINITY)
Walter Mitty, es un escritor soñador con una madre sobreprotectora, al que le gusta imaginar que es un héroe que vive fantásticas aventuras. Su sueño se convierte en realidad cuando conoce accidentalmente a una misteriosa mujer que le entrega un pequeño libro negro. Según ella, contiene las ubicaciones de las joyas de la corona holandesa, ocultas desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Pronto, Mitty se encuentra en medio de una conspiración, donde tendrá dificultades para diferenciar entre la realidad y la ficción.
Narra la historia de un chico de 13 años que se enamora de un compañero de clase en su instituto y empieza a descubrir su sexualidad, oculta hasta ese instante.
Ruth se reúne con su novio en el parque de caravanas donde él trabaja. Llevan tres años juntos, pero la estancia en este resort de vacaciones fuera de temporada hace tambalear el deseo de la protagonista. Claire Oakley parte del realismo social para trasladarnos, poco a poco, a un territorio más próximo al fantástico a través de una puesta en escena de contornos surrealistas que otorga una dimensión desolada y amenazante a este lugar perdido de Cornualles donde Ruth se replantea su identidad.
This is the story of three characters (brothers Tomek and Jacek and their neighbor Magda), each of them is in their own way lonely and alienated. The title character makes herself secluded. Tomek's alienation results from his neurological disease, and Jacek contacts the world mainly via the Internet. This is also a film about love. Love of one brother to the other and of one alienated human being to the other. All together it creates a very universal picture with a Polish entourage.
Clayton has a problem with his roommate Brian... he's secretly in love with him! Blinded by passion, he can't tell the difference between his daydream fantasies and reality. Can he control his desire or will he cross the line?
Judah is a young man with a condition - he dreams while he's still awake. His imagination makes it difficult for him to process the loss of an important person in his life, so when his cousin contacts him with a ridiculous scheme to get at the riches of their eccentric Uncle Airmid who has disappeared, Judah agrees to go along with it.
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In the midst of the Cuban missile crisis, a mild-mannered professor decides to live out all of his daydreams, travelling across the country and adopting a different persona in each city.
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Charlie, a small boy living in a big city, is content with lying in the top of a big tree and dreaming, for example about Emma. On the ground beneath it sits his big fat grandpa and he reads the newspaper over and over. Once in a while Charlie climbs down the tree and experiences all kinds of adventures.
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