Michael Cooke

Michael Cooke

Perfil

Michael Cooke

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Across the Tracks
Producer
Tara and Ella Hines are sisters living very different lives. Tara is a big city architect with a fighting spirit that has brought her great success. Ella, a few years younger, never left the hometown of their youth and has been the primary caretaker of the family. Estranged for 40 years, they are brought together finally with the death of their mother. Through a series of flashbacks, their childhood in rural 1960s Georgia unfolds. The "Coloreds only" bathroom and side entrance to shops. The train tracks that separated the town by skin color. We see them navigate this world full of inferiority and bullying, ultimately leading to Ella's decision to become white. As the sisters lay their mother to rest, the past rises up to meet them and we're finally shown the moment that tore their family apart.
Across the Tracks
Writer
Tara and Ella Hines are sisters living very different lives. Tara is a big city architect with a fighting spirit that has brought her great success. Ella, a few years younger, never left the hometown of their youth and has been the primary caretaker of the family. Estranged for 40 years, they are brought together finally with the death of their mother. Through a series of flashbacks, their childhood in rural 1960s Georgia unfolds. The "Coloreds only" bathroom and side entrance to shops. The train tracks that separated the town by skin color. We see them navigate this world full of inferiority and bullying, ultimately leading to Ella's decision to become white. As the sisters lay their mother to rest, the past rises up to meet them and we're finally shown the moment that tore their family apart.
Across the Tracks
Director
Tara and Ella Hines are sisters living very different lives. Tara is a big city architect with a fighting spirit that has brought her great success. Ella, a few years younger, never left the hometown of their youth and has been the primary caretaker of the family. Estranged for 40 years, they are brought together finally with the death of their mother. Through a series of flashbacks, their childhood in rural 1960s Georgia unfolds. The "Coloreds only" bathroom and side entrance to shops. The train tracks that separated the town by skin color. We see them navigate this world full of inferiority and bullying, ultimately leading to Ella's decision to become white. As the sisters lay their mother to rest, the past rises up to meet them and we're finally shown the moment that tore their family apart.
Mulholland Drive
Herb
Betty, una joven aspirante a actriz, llega a Los Ángeles para convertirse en estrella de cine y se aloja en el apartamento de su tía. Allí conoce a Rita, una mujer que padece amnesia a causa de un accidente en Mulholland Drive. Las dos juntas deciden investigar quién es Rita y cómo llegó hasta allí.
Poodle Springs
Captain
Philip Marlowe está prácticamente retirado de su vida como detective. Se ha casado y vive lujosamente dentro de la más selecta sociedad. La llamada de un amigo detective lo lleva a involucrarse en un nuevo caso en el que la pornografía es la tapadera de un asunto de mayor envergadura.
Showgirls
Casino Lecher
La joven y ambiciosa Nomi Malone viaja a Las Vegas con el objetivo de convertirse en una estrella del espectáculo. Empieza trabajando como bailarina de strip-tease, pero acaba consiguiendo una audición para cantar en el coro de una obra del Casino Stardust. Sin embargo, no tardará en darse cuenta de que el mundo que la rodea es más duro y menos brillante de lo que pensaba.
The Silence
Tom Thorne
A cadet at West Point is subjected to "internal exile," which means that other students refuse to talk to him or acknowledge his existence, after he is accused of violating the school's code of honor.