Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes (1999)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 1時間 45分
演出 : Wesley Emerson
シノプシス
Friends, enemies, acquaintances, and family of porn star John Holmes recall their experiences with him, from his childhood to his eventual death from AIDS in 1988.
A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves.
A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.
A reporter and a blind, retired journalist try to solve a series of murders. The crimes are connected to experiments by a pharmaceutical company in secret research. The two end up becoming targets of the killer.
The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the establishment as too obscene for the public.
A 15 year old boy (Beni) falls in love with Fögi, a singer in a Rock band. As Fögi seduces him, he is only willing to follow him where ever Fögi wants to. But Fögi is a drug addict and pulls Beni deeper and deeper into the hell of drug addiction.
Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, and her husband, Charles. Years later, Khaila has gone through rehab and holds a steady job. After learning that her child is still alive, she challenges Margaret for the custody.
It's 1983, and hopeless junkie Dick gets an unwelcome visit from the past - his seriously sleazy former cellmate, Bug, to be precise. Bug requires a crash course in the 80s: different music, different drugs, and machines in walls that dispense money. The latter development gives Dick an idea.
During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the leader of the Resistance is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.
複雑な親子の幸せ探しを描き、多くの映画祭で高く評価されたハートフル・ストーリー。女性になる手術を控えた性同一性障害のブリーフと、彼を父とは知らず一緒に旅することになった息子・ブリーフのふれあいを描く。
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
レイモンド・チャンドラー原作『大いなる眠り』をハワード・ホークスが映画化したフィルム・ノワールの古典的名作。探偵フィリップ・マーロウを演じるのはハンフリー・ボガート。
ある夜、ロサンゼルスの高級アパートメントから売春婦が飛び降り自殺する。LA市警察本部捜査第一課のロジャー・マータフ部長刑事が現場の捜査を始めた矢先に新しい相棒、マーティン・リッグス刑事が異動してくる。リッグスはマータフよりかなり若いがベトナム戦争では陸軍特殊部隊員として死線をくぐりぬけた経験があり、拳銃射撃と格闘の力量は極めて高い。ただ、3年前に愛妻を事故で亡くして以来、自暴自棄になることが多く市警察本部でも問題になっていた。マータフはこの新しい相棒に困惑しながらも自宅に招くなどして次第に打ち解けるようになっていく。そしてリッグスと共に売春婦飛び降り自殺事件を捜査していくと、背景にCIA特殊部隊のOBたちによるヘロイン密輸組織が浮かび上がってくる。
Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.
実在の映画監督で、“史上最低の監督”と謳われた、エドワード・D・ウッド・ジュニア--通称エド・ウッドの伝記的作品。50年代のハリウッド。スタジオの片隅で使い走りをしながら、映画監督になる日を夢見て働いていた映画青年エドは、ある日業界誌に載った性転換をした男性の物語の映画化を知り、本物の服装倒錯者だったエドは、シナリオを3日間で書き上げ、ふとしたきっかけで知り合った往年のドラキュラ俳優、ベラ・ルゴシの出演を条件に資金を得て、監督デビューを飾るが……。
ホーマーはセント・クラウズの孤児院で生まれ育った。親代わりのラーチ院長の仕事である助産と当時は禁止されていた堕胎の仕事を手伝う彼だが、やがて自身の将来に不安を抱き始める。ある日、ホーマーは手術に訪れた若い女性キャンディとその恋人の軍人ウォリーと共に孤児院を飛び出した。彼はウォリーの誘いで彼の母親オリーヴが経営するリンゴ園で働き、収穫人たちの宿舎サイダーハウスで暮らし始めるが・・・。
敏腕女性弁護士マリアンヌはある日、死んだはずの婚約者リックとそっくりな男に出会う。戸惑う彼女がその男の素性を知った時、2人を狙う組織の影があった。メル・ギブソンとゴールディ・ホーンの共演で送るアクション。
イギリスの女性小説家バージニア・ウルフの「ダロウェイ夫人」をモチーフに、3つの時代、3つの場所で暮らす女性たちの1日を繊細に描いた人間ドラマ。1923年、ロンドン郊外。作家ヴァージニア・ウルフは病気療養のためこの地に移り住み、『ダロウェイ夫人』を執筆していた。午後にはティー・パーティが控えている…。1951年、ロサンジェルス。『ダロウェイ夫人』を愛読する妊娠中の主婦ローラ・ブラウンは、夫の望む理想の妻を演じることに疲れながらも、夫の誕生パーティを開くためケーキを作り始める…。2001年、ニューヨーク。『ダロウェイ夫人』と同じ名前の編集者クラリッサ・ヴォーンは、親しい友人でエイズ患者の作家リチャードが栄えある賞を受賞したことを祝うパーティの準備に取りかかっていた…。
1940年代、アラバマ州で生まれたフォレスト・ガンプは、知能指数こそ人に劣るが、母親にたっぷりの愛情を注がれて育ち、優しいハートと走る能力は誰にも負けない男性に成長していく。そんなフォレストは、ただひとり彼に理解を示してくれた幼なじみの女性ジェニーの愛を信じる一方、ベトナムの戦場に出征するなど、1950年代に始まるアメリカの歴史の大きな動きの中で、図らずも波瀾万丈の半生を送ることになる。
ベン・アフレックの長編監督デビュー作は、弟ケイシー・アフレックを主演に迎えたサスペンス・アクションだ。小さな町で少女誘拐事件が発生。捜索を依頼された私立探偵は、やがて衝撃の真実に気付くが……。
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
The C Word is an adaptation of Lisa Lynch's inspiring and candid book, based on her blog, about her battle with cancer.
Stranded in a rural area, 2 teens make friends with locals on Halloween but soon run into a cult called C.O.R.N. (Collective Order of Recreational Necrophilanthropists) that have chosen this area to perform human taxidermy.
The crew of an interplanetary starship fights for survival after an alien force takes control of their craft.
A biographical film based on the story of the singer, songwriter and pioneer of urban music in Spanish. From his humble beginnings until his jump to international fame. The harsh experiences of a warrior of life that changed the perspective of music in the world.
A documentary exploring social life in Yaffa before 1948 through a miniature portrait of a Palestinian couple, Wadee’a Aghabi and Naim Azar, constructed through the oral histories presented by their daughters and relatives.
A film about the value of work.
A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away from his hometown for 13 years, Ryuji comes back and saves the town that is becoming run-down from yakuza’s ill deeds.
She took my hand in Tokyo. She said I know a place where we could go. Come on let’s get lost in the city lights. cause everything’s ok when you’re by my side. And we’ll laugh out loud cause we don’t know. Any words they say on the radio. Baby take my phone I’m not coming home. Let’s take too many pictures. She took my hand in Tokyo.
The role of the story of Al-Wahid Al-Nemr’s 1981 play about the sheriff of the Nemes renting his villa to a person who wants to find a husband for his sister who suffers from misfortune in not completing her marriage to several people at the same time. between them
A poor maid loves her wealthy young master and she becomes pregnant. The head of the family seeks to make her marry a lawless man to give the newborn girl his name. Time passes and the girl becomes a dancer in nightclubs, and falls in love with a wealthy young man who knows who is her real father .
Junior High is one sticky situation.
In this hilarious short film we wander the desolate beaches of the Wadden Islands together with gold seeker Salomon. Just when the tides are about to turn, he discovers a giant submarine underneath his detector. To his own disgruntlement he releases the fanatical German crew, who have long passed the age of retirement..
Hassan and Rabea are two young men living in the Roxy area of Cairo. Rabea succeeds as a popular singer with the help of his good friend Hassan.
Ruja inherited a collection of paintings from his father painter. She has to hurry and repair the images for resale. Then bring money to keep the eyes of Rachel's daughter, with young artist Tim in charge of repairing the cracks that appear on the paintings. But as the two got closer to the painting The terrifying experience threatened them even more. Or this priceless piece of art will come with priceless something?
The Wadden area as you have never seen before.
Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.
The Dutch 'Wad' (coastal mud flats) is a strange place. At low tide, many square miles of mud flats surface between the mainland and the northern islands. The Netherlands grow and shrink with the movement of the moon. Sudden incoming tide make these flats 'sea' again, sometimes drowning hikers by surprise. The Wad does not know what to make of itself. Land, see, mud, ocean floor... Two characters (and their dog) are stranded there in that desolate place. The only dramatic elements in this comical short are the sea, the wind, the sand and a lonely sea gull. Drawn in mud and tar on wet sandpaper.
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Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversial court case in history.