Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge (1991)
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Tiempo de ejecución : 12M
Director : Les Blank
Sinopsis
80-year-old Julie Lyon, sister of Old Time fiddler Tommy Jarrell, lights up this gem of a film as she spins tales of her Appalachian childhood in North Carolina - and her first romance.
The long-awaited sequel to Sprout Wings and Fly is a gentle celebration of mountain living, a once-thriving American way of life.
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Against landscapes that the artist and his father traversed, audio of the father in the Ho-Chunk language is transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet, which tapers off, narrowing the distance between recorder and recordings, new and traditional, memory and song.
In this Roy Rogers entry, featuring a song written by Oklahoma Governor Roy J. Turner (making him and Lousiania's Jimmie Davis and Texas' W.E. "Pappy" O'Daniel possibly the only state governors to write songs used in a western), Flying U ranch owner Sam Talbot is killed by a fall from a horse. St. Louis reporter Connie Edwards comes to check a rumor that he might have been murdered. She goes to Roy Rogers, editor of the local newspaper, and he takes her to the reading of Talbot's will. The ranch is left to Talbot's 12-year-old ward, Duke Lowery, much to the dismay of Talbot's niece, Jan Holloway. After some attempts on Duke's life, Roy finally proves that Jan, Steve McClory and coroner Jim Judnick had Talbot killed and are conspiring to do the same for Duke, making Jan the last heir.
Documental sobre la experiencia de morirse. Cinco pacientes terminales de la unidad de cuidados paliativos del Grace Hospital de Toronto comparten sus últimos días y su muerte con el equipo de filmación, habiendo dado su consentimiento previamente. Lo hacen con la esperanza de que su experiencia sea útil para el público a la hora de lidiar con su propio miedo a morir y a la muerte. Sus familias, amigos y el personal médico también participan de ese cometido. Sin narración ni entrevistas, la cámara observa con sencillez la intimidad de los episodios que suceden en el transcurso de catorce semanas mientras cinco personas se enfrentan a la puerta que todos debemos atravesar. Mientras que algunos lo hacen repentinamente ...
A young girl chronicles her divorced mother's relationship with a new boyfriend who has just moved into the house.
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When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in order to regain financial stability.
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Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun was loaded with real bullets. Luckily, criminologist Phillip Montrose is on hand to help the police. When Kennedy quickly ends up dead as well, the police think it's a tidy murder-suicide, but the family lawyer knows of a letter that voiced Kennedy's suspicions about someone who was out to get him. Soon, the cops are on the trail of a ruthless and clever killer who is one step ahead of even Montrose.
The story of a father and his son, or how to pass on the work of a lifetime? A movie about culinary art, tradition and emotion.
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