ラウンド・ミッドナイト (1986)
The music and the magic come together...
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 2時間 13分
演出 : Bertrand Tavernier
脚本 : Bertrand Tavernier, David Rayfiel
シノプシス
名サックス・プレイヤーの晩年を描いた感動作。デクスター・ゴードン、ハービー・ハンコックらの映画上での名セッションも刻まれたもので、ジャズ・ファンも注目の一作だ。
Publishing assistant Brett Eisenberg wants to be a big-time editor. However, she lacks self-confidence, a problem that isn't helped by her new, overbearing boss. Brett soon enters into a relationship with Archie, an older man who has plenty of his own issues, including alcoholism, diabetes and a difficult relationship with his daughter. Intent on helping Archie get past his problems, she turns to her dying father for advice.
Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phooland Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage critique of the society that made her.
John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, rule-breaking and his high public profile all threaten to topple him.
After a confrontation with one of his idols dashes his dreams of studying public speaking in college, Richard Pimentel joins the Army and ships off to Vietnam. During his service, Richard loses nearly all of his hearing. Joining a new circle of friends, including a man with cerebral palsy and an alcoholic war veteran, Richard discovers his gift for motivational speaking and becomes an advocate for people with disabilities.
A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.
1957年10月、ソ連が人類初の人工衛星スプートニクの打ち上げに成功した。ウエスト・ヴァージニア州の炭坑の町コールウッドで、その美しい軌跡を見ていた青年ホーマーは、自らの手でロケットを打ち上げたいと思い、級友3人とともに本格的なロケットづくりにとりかかった。
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
French adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's memoirs of his childhood in the countryside, early in the century.
My Mother's Castle (Le chateau de ma mere) is a sequel and companion piece to My Father's Glory (La Gloire de Mon Pere), both based on the childhood recollections of Marcel Pagnol. Like its predecessor, the movie explores the adventures of the young Marcel during his summers at the family summer home in Provence.
A chronicle of the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his painful struggle with hearing loss. Following Beethoven's death in 1827, his assistant, Schindler, searches for an elusive woman referred to in the composer's love letters as "immortal beloved." As Schindler solves the mystery, a series of flashbacks reveal Beethoven's transformation from passionate young man to troubled musical genius.
The Academy Award® nominee Cosmic Voyage combines live action with state-of-the-art computer-generated imagery to pinpoint where humans fit in our ever-expanding universe. Highlighting this journey is a "cosmic zoom" based on the powers of 10, extending from the Earth to the largest observable structures in the universe, and then back to the subnuclear realm.
A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's “The Prince,” his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia.
The King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. It also tracks Kennedy's personal tragedies - the loneliness, the unrealised ambitions and the terrible pressures of being Australia's first homegrown superstar in the 1950s and 60s.
High school football coach, Harold Jones befriends Radio, a mentally-challenged man who becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina. Their friendship extends over several decades, where Radio transforms from a shy, tormented man into an inspiration to his community.
ピーターラビットの生みの親、ビアトリクス・ポターの半生を描く感動のトゥルー・ストーリー!1902年、ヴィクトリア朝の英国。上流階級の女性が結婚しないで仕事を持つことなどあり得ないこの時代に、アーティストとして生きることを夢みる一人の女性がいた。彼女の名前は、ビアトリクス・ポター。彼女は幼い頃に湖水地方で出逢った大好きな動物たちの絵に物語を添えて、絵本として世に出したいと願っていた。
オスカー俳優のデンゼル・ワシントンが主演・監督・脚本を担当。ディベートを通じて差別に立ち向かう教師と生徒たちの勇気溢れる行動を描く、実話を基に作られた渾身の感動作。1935年、アメリカ合衆国テキサス州マーシャルは白人専用の施設ばかりで黒人たちは常に虐げられた生活を送っていた。教師のトルソンはディベート(討論)クラスを起ち上げ、黒人ということで受けてきた様々な弊害について言葉で訴えかけ、多くの人々の心を動かしてゆく。ところが学校側はトルソンの言動について、過激すぎると圧力をかけ始める。
When the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the last thing they expect is to bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Despite her joy at seeing Dylan after so many years, Vera is swept off her feet by a dashing officer, William Killick, and finds herself torn between the open adoration of her new found beau and the wily charms of the exotic Welshman.
A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a Mughal emperor and a Rajput princess.
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.
南アフリカ共和国のアパルトヘイト問題に立ち向かった黒人運動家スティーヴ・ビコを取材した記者ドナルド・ウッズの原作を基に、「ガンジー」のR・アッテンボローが製作・監督した社会派ドラマ。