Mt. Zion (2013)
Find Your Voice!
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上映時間 : 1時間 33分
演出 : Tearepa Kahi
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Singer Stan Walker makes his acting debut playing the lead role in feature film Mt Zion, shot in Pukekohe, Auckland. Walker stars as Turei, a talented young musician with a dream – for his band to win the audition to be the support act for Bob Marley’s 1979 concert in Auckland. Set amongst a Maori family of contract potato pickers in Pukekohe, in which Turei’s desperate ambition clashes with traditional whanau values, leading to an emotional showdown and powerful change. Temuera Morrison (Once Were Warriors), plays Turei’s father, the hard-working head contractor who has some lost ambitions of his own. Mt Zion is written and directed by Tearepa Kahi, who made the international award-winning short film Taua. Stan Walker won the 2009 Australian Idol singing contest and is now signed to Sony Music as a recording artist and EMI publishing as song writer.
シングルとアルバムの総売上は全世界で３億枚を越える伝説的ミュージシャン、シンガーソングライター“エルトン・ジョン”の半生を描いた話題のミュージカル超大作。
パワフルな歌声、ダイナミックなアクション。聴衆を惹きつけてやまない人間的な深い魅力を武器に、ロック界の女王として君臨してきたティナ・ターナー。彼女の半生を、自伝をもとに描いた感動作。
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
ベトナム戦争が泥沼化し、アメリカ国民の間に戦争に対する疑問や反戦の気運が高まっていた1971年、ニューヨーク・タイムズがベトナム戦争を分析・記録した国防総省の最高機密文書＝「ペンタゴン・ペーパーズ」の存在をスクープする。ワシントン・ポストの発行人キャサリン・グラハムと部下で編集主幹のベン・ブラッドリーは、ニューヨーク・タイムズと時に争いながらも連携し、報道の自由を統制し、記事を差し止めようとする政府と闘うのだった。
ハリウッド史を代表するミュージカル女優、ジュディ・ガーランドのラストステージを描く感動実話。47歳で亡くなる最期の日々と長く語り継がれる起死回生をかけた舞台を、レネー・ゼルウィガーの熱演で見せる。
世界が熱狂した伝説のバンド＜クイーン＞。その光と影を数々の名曲とともに描く感動のミュージック・エンターテイメント。1970年、ロンドン。ライブ・ハウスに通っていた若者フレディ・マーキュリーは、ギタリストのブライアン・メイとドラマーのロジャー・テイラーのバンドのボーカルが脱退したと知り自らを売り込む。二人はフレディの歌声に心を奪われ、1年後、ベーシストのジョン・ディーコンが加入。バンド名は＜クイーン＞に決まり、4人はアルバムを制作し、シングル「キラー・クイーン」が大ヒット。個性的なメンバーの革新的な挑戦によって、その後もヒット曲が次々に生み出され、フレディは“史上最高のエンターテイナー”とまで称されるようになる。しかし、栄光の影で次第にフレディはメンバーと対立し孤独を深めていくのだった…。
殺人罪に問われた天才ボクサー、ルービン・ハリケーン・カーターは、人種偏見に満ちた裁判で終身刑を宣告される。無罪を主張する彼は獄中で自伝を執筆。その自伝に感銘を受けた少年との出会いを機に、カーターは連邦裁判所で最後の戦いに挑む決意をする。
第37代合衆国大統領リチャード・ニクソンが1972年に起こしたウォーターゲート事件。その全容に迫るオリヴァー・ストーン監督の衝撃作。実在の人物を通じて、アメリカの光と影を世界に問う。
女子テニスプレーヤーのビリー・ジーン・キング（エマ・ストーン）は、女子選手の優勝賞金が男子選手の8分の1であることなど男性優位主義に不満を募らせていた。男女平等を求めるために仲間とテニス協会を脱退した彼女は、女子選手の地位向上を掲げた女子テニス協会を立ち上げる。そんなビリーに元男子チャンピオンのボビー・リッグス（スティーヴ・カレル）が男性優位主義代表として対決を申し込むが、それには妻に逃げられた彼にとっての人生逆転の意味合いもあった。
1972年、アイスランドで行われたチェス世界選手権で、ボビー・フィッシャーとボリス・スパスキーが対戦する。長きにわたりソ連がタイトルを持ち続けてきたが、史上初のアメリカ人挑戦者が誕生。若き天才の登場に世界中が注目する中、ボビーは第2局に出現することなく不戦敗となり……。＜トビー・マグワイアが実在の天才チェスプレイヤー、故ボビー・フィッシャーを怪演した白熱の心理ドラマ。米ソの冷戦時代、盤上での代理戦争を死にものぐるいで戦ったアメリカの奇才対ソ連チャンピオンの手に汗握る対戦を活写する。貫録ある世紀のライバルをリーヴ・シュレイバーが熱演。変わり者の奇才の波瀾万丈の人生と、緊張感あふれる頭脳戦に手に汗握る。＞
The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.
1974年。フランス人の大道芸人フィリップ・プティは、誰も考えついたことのない挑戦をすることに。それはニューヨークのマンハッタンにそびえ立つ2棟構造の高層ビル、ワールド・トレード・センターの屋上と屋上の間にワイヤーロープを張って命綱なしで渡っていくというものだった。そして、ついに決行の日を迎えるフィリップ。地上110階の高さに浮いているワイヤーを、一歩、また一歩と進んでいく彼だった。
In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for her guitarist, Chris Perez, who draws the ire of her father. Seeking mainstream stardom, Selena begins recording an English-language album which, tragically, she would never complete.
ロサンゼルスに住む、私立探偵のドックの前に、今も忘れられない元カノのシャスタが現れる。不動産王で大富豪の愛人になったシャスタはドックに、カレの妻とその恋人の悪だくみを暴いてほしいと依頼する。だが、捜査に踏み出したドックは殺人の濡れ衣を着せられ、大富豪もシャスタも失踪してしまう。ドックは巨額が動く土地開発に絡む、国際麻薬組織のきな臭い陰謀に引き寄せられていく。果たして、シャスタの行方は？この事件の先に“愛”はあるのか！？
1961年バージニア州。頭脳明晰なアフリカ系女性キャサリンはNASAで働くことになるが、NASAでも有色人種に対する差別は全体的に広く残り、労働環境は厳しいものだった。やがてキャサリンは、NASAでは白人を含むすべての女性が差別されていることに気付き始める。そして1961年5月、ケネディ大統領はアメリカ人宇宙飛行士の月面着陸を実現することを表明し、キャサリンたちに活躍する機会が与えられていく。
ヘンリー・ヒル、1943年ブルックリン生まれ。大物ギャング、ポーリーのアジトで育った彼は、物心ついた頃からマフィアに憧れていた。やがて念願の"グッドフェローズ"の仲間となり、"強奪"専門のジミー、野心旺盛なチンピラ、トミーと共に犯罪に犯罪を重ねていく。が、麻薬に手を出したことから育ての親、ポーリーに見放され、さらにジミーたちが起こした600万ドル強奪事件を追うCIAの捜査の手もヘンリーに迫る。
1969年、自らを“ゾディアック”と名乗る男による殺人が頻発し、ゾディアックは事件の詳細を書いた手紙を新聞社に送りつけてくる。手紙を受け取ったサンフランシスコ・クロニクル紙の記者ポール（ロバート・ダウニーJr）、同僚の風刺漫画家ロバート（ジェイク・ギレンホール）は事件に並々ならぬ関心を寄せるが……。＜アメリカ犯罪史上最も危うい連続殺人鬼と言われる“ゾディアック・キラー”を題材にした話題作。ゾディアックに関わり、人生を狂わされた4人の男たちの姿を描く。監督は『セブン』のデビッド・フィンチャー。『ブロークバック・マウンテン』のジェイク・ギレンホールが、事件の謎を追い続ける風刺漫画家を演じる。徹底したリサーチを基に練り上げられたサスペンスとしても、4人の男たちの生き様をリアルにつづった人間ドラマとしても楽しめる。＞
差別が色濃く残る時代、コロラドスプリングスで初めての黒人刑事として採用された主人公が、白人至上主義団体「KKK」への潜入捜査を行なう。まさかの実話をスパイク・リー監督が映画化したクライム・サスペンス。
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In the beginning the Devil made a bet with God. The Devil backed Eve, God backed Adam. What would have happened to love and sex if Adam hadn't taken the bite?
Housewife Rosemary Edmonds leaves her family to take up residence in a remote cottage on the Otago coastline so that she can conduct a photographic essay on the yellow-eyed penguin. No sooner has she moved in than she becomes the victim of a series of increasingly more malevolent attacks from an unknown assailant.
A group of young friends convene in the countryside to shoot a horror movie. But an experiment with LSD sees normal boundaries between them collapsing, and tragedy subsequently striking.
During the opening credits, a news report is heard reporting that 8 people have gone missing. Gina wakes up in an unfamiliar place. As she sings about it, she also sings about the fact that she has no idea why she is singing about it!
Former Welsh rugby hero Bleddyn Morgan has his life in New Zealand interrupted by a deathbed confession that leads to a replay of a controversial 1966 All Blacks/Wales rugby match - with the original teams. The now old men pull on their jerseys one more time while Morgan deals with his past on his return home. (from IMDB)
When Kirk, a top roller-blader, discovers that he has bone cancer in his leg, his pleasant affluent life is shattered. Even though amputation provides the best chance for survival; to him, losing skating means the end of life. His friends cannot cope with his condition, but his hospital isolation is relieved by Marty - a street kid survivor who was found dying of leukemia. Marty bullies, taunts, and challenges Kirk, until he begins to climb out of his depression. Marty seems afraid of nothing and, knowing she will die, wants to experience everything.
Deep within a dark, twisted forest, at a faraway adventure camp, a group of young 'camp leaders' play a fast and furious game of 'hide and seek'. The atmosphere is strange and thick with tension - there is a feeling in the air that all is not well. Alliances are formed; relationships are tested, and in some cases disintegrate to the point of violence. All the while they are being watched by someone... or something. In a spectacular climax, the mystery begins to unravel as everything becomes suddenly and painfully clear. The shocking, violent truth is far worse than could ever have been imagined...
In small town Carlton Bob, the head of the Progressive Association, the local accountant and the boxing coach at the men-only gym, hires a masseuse from Auckland. Sandra is quite happy to give straight massage, but Bob pressures her to give "city massages". The wives are disturbed by her presence - perhaps with some justification. The climax occurs when accountant Phil, wants to leave his wife for Sandra; but when she rejects him, he smashes up the gym. The boys rally round to hush up Phil's indiscretion.
Boy meets girl. Boy is already in a relationship. Boy's girlfriend is having an affair with the mechanic. Girl has a room full of cereal and a complex about "mat". How can there be a happily ever after?
Liz has missed an appointment to have an abortion. She has to keep her child, and neither her boyfriend Geoff nor child's father Neil are too happy about it. She can not decide which partner is better for her, and Neil makes a proposal to her when they attend the wedding of her best friend Prue and Mike. She probably prefers Geoff, but he is preoccupied with his girlfriend Bryony, who returned from abroad. Another friend, Ant, has written a script for documentary film, which is directed by a German and in which topless women, well, talk about their lives.
Family drama set in New Zealand about Geoff Crome, a young boy (Fulford) who immerses himself in his own private fantasy world where he meets Firpo (Papps), a strange being who dreams of being an Olympic athlete. Together, the two begin a close friendship as Geoff attempts to help Firpo realise his dream. However, it is not long until the adult world begins to impinge on his fantasy.
The Tongan Ninja is dispatched to the island nation of New Zealand in order to help a brother of his master with his floundering Chinese restaurant. But the mysterious Mister Big stands in the eatery's way as he sends numerous villains such as Knife Man, Gun Man, and the super-sexy Action Fighter who may know a lot about the hero.
Jess is a solo mother and reluctant parking warden. Tom is a self-obsessed greetings cards salesman with an addiction to competitions who will do anything to win. Together they are just two of the competitors in a gruelling endurance contest to win a car - whoever keeps their hand on it the longest wins. As the sleepless days wear by, what price will they pay for winning this competition?
Dean is threatening to firebomb his ex-girlfriend's wedding. Mickey is filling the garage with stolen goods - again, and pierced teenage daughter, Leesa, is an accident waiting to happen on the family's beloved Triumph motorbike. An unconventional tough family, battling to survive with humour and love, in a world of motor bikes, rock 'n' roll, classic cars and alcohol. This is a family that you probably would not want next door, but they are fun to watch, and they have their ways of holding family together.
A western set in New Zealand during the 1820s following a group of British pioneers seeking a new life Down Under.
Shakespeare’s tale of teen love reimagined as a rock opera set in a beachside caravan park. A triumphant blast of style and 21st-century Kiwi trailer trash pop. Classic tragedy probably shouldn’t be quite this much fun.
Michael has life pretty sweet. His girlfriend adores him, his best mate David is loyal to the end, plus David’s girlfriend doesn’t mind a quick hook-up either. But Michael’s self-regarding lifestyle comes crashing down when he is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Desperate not to let his life just fade away, Michael steals the $200,000 raised for his treatment, and catches a one-way flight to London. He isn’t there for long before his nerve and sense of humour earn him a vicious beating in a back alley. Waking up cold and bloodied, he finds himself being watched over by the ethereal Sylvie; a mysterious French drifter. They fall head over heels in love, and attempt to outrun death itself.
Wife of successful NZ businessman is seduced by fellow American after "chance" meeting in park. However, Greg has more than love-making with the beautiful Christine in mind.
Young Lonny comes from America to visit his Auntie Leah (Evision) and Grandfather Cooger (Lewis). There is something magical about Cooger and when he dies, he doesn't stay dead for long.
Colin is the deputy principal of a city high school (Avondale College, Auckland) who reluctantly applies for the principal's job on the latter's retirement. Colin's wife, Elizabeth - who is losing interest in him -gives a dinner party. Among the guests is Judy, temporarily reconciled with her husband for the sake of the children. Colin - who has taken upon jogging to combat a spreading waistline - and Judy, gradually enter into an affair.
