The Art of Piano - Great Pianists of 20th Century (1999)

A tale about the relationship between a businessman who launders money for a Mafia figure and his gangster bodyguard.

The story of the first cloned human being - told in her own words: At the age of thirty the world-famous composer Iris Sellin learns that she has an incurable illness. She - a person who wanted to live for ever - does however not give in. In order to preserve her art and also herself, beyond death, for all posterity, she has herself cloned. Her daughter Siri, whom, in this way, she turns into her virtual twin, learns as a child that she is the world's first cloned human being. In fact a blueprint: a blueprint of her mother. From that moment on nothing is as it was before...

実在するオーストラリア出身の天才ピアニスト、デビッド・ヘルフゴットが、さまざまな苦難を乗り越え演奏家として再起するまでを描いた感動ドラマ。主演のジェフリー・ラッシュは、今作でアカデミー主演男優賞を受賞。

Un Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between director Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.

19世紀の半ば、スコットランドからニュージーランドへ写真結婚で嫁ぐエイダ。旅のお供は娘のフロラと一台のピアノ。エイダは6歳の時から口がきけず、ピアノが彼女の言葉だった。夫のスチュアートはそのピアノを重すぎると浜辺に置き去りにし、原住民に同化している男ベインズの土地と交換してしまう。ベインズはエイダに“ピアノ・レッスン”をしてくれればピアノを返すというが……。

The story about the relationship between a manic depressive man, Mr Jones, and the female doctor who takes more than a professional interest in his treatment.

Like his father, Tom is a real estate agent who makes his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, deals. But a chance encounter prompts him to take up the piano and become a concert pianist. He auditions with the help of a beautiful, young virtuoso pianist who cannot speak French - music is their only exchange. But pressures from the ugly world of his day job soon become more than he can handle.

23歳のモリーは、創業113年を誇る“マゴリアムおじさんの不思議なおもちゃ屋”の雇われ支配人。そこは愉快なマゴリアムおじさんの魔法でおもちゃたちが命を吹き込まれたように動き回り、子どもたちを楽しませる、すばらしい店だった。そんなある日、243歳を迎えたマゴリアムおじさんが突然引退を宣言し、後継者にモリーを指名する。だが代替わりに不満を抱いたおもちゃたちや店そのものが反抗を始め、モリーは戸惑う。

A young pianist is shocked when she witnesses a strange chess tournament with a robot. Could there be a gruesome secret behind this exhibition?

Jenny is young. Her life is over. She killed someone. And she would do it again. When an 80-year-old piano teacher discovers the girl’s secret, her brutality and her dreams, she decides to transform her pupil into the musical wunderkind she once was.

南太平洋の孤島に暮らすディダムは、娘に内緒で、現地の女性と結婚し子供までつくっていた。ところがある日、彼のもとにボストンにいる娘がやってくるという報せがとどく。慌てた彼は、親友のドノバンを三人の子供の父親、ということにするが……。南海の美しい珊瑚礁を舞台に、男の友情、家族愛、そして男女の恋愛を描く傑作コメディー。

An ex-prisoner moves to an old apartment, where one gets to see in the middle of a domestic problem between a police officer, his wife and his daughter. When he tries to intervene, he will be caught in a mysterious curse.

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

ガイ・リッチー監督・脚本によるクライム・ムービー。一攫千金を狙う4人の若者を軸に、ギャングやマフィアが入り交じって繰り広げる群像劇を独特のユーモアを交えて描く。巧妙なストーリー展開やテンポある演出に加え、多彩な登場人物が見せる妙な味わいが秀逸。ロンドンの下町に生きるエディはある日、仲間3人から金を集め、ギャンブルに投資するが惨敗。逆にその元締めに多額の借金を背負ってしまう。返済猶予は一週間。途方に暮れるエディたちだったが、彼らは偶然隣人の強盗計画を耳にする。

凄腕の企業乗っ取り屋エドワードは、モースが経営する会社を買収するためロサンゼルスへ。ビバリーヒルズのホテルに泊まり、夜のハリウッドをドライブすると、そこで若い売春婦ビビアンと出くわす。彼女を気に入ったエドワードは1週間もの間、彼女を雇って自分のそばにいさせる。やがて2人の間には本物の愛情が芽生え始めるが、片やビジネスマンで片や売春婦。暮らす世界の違いからビビアンは彼と別れる決心を固める。

A young man wishes he could get away and his wish is granted in a globetrotting, song singing way.

「荒野の用心棒」に続いてイーストウッドが主演した、セルジオ・レオーネ監督によるウェスタン。殺人強盗犯と、彼をめぐって衝突しあうふたりの賞金稼ぎを描く。

Stan and Ollie are mousetrap salesmen hoping for better business in Switzerland, with Stan's theory that because there is more cheese in Switzerland, there should be more mice.

Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addition to interviews and performances by such living legends as Pinetop Perkins and Jay McShann, as well as Dave Brubeck and Marcia Ball.