The Great White Hype (1996)
If you can't find the perfect contender....make one.
ジャンル : コメディ, ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 31分
演出 : Reginald Hudlin
シノプシス
When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. However, once Rev. Sultan convinces him to fight, he goes into heavy training while the confident champ takes it easy and falls out of shape.
ドラッグが蔓延するブルックリンの劣悪なエリアを舞台に、ドラッグ中毒であるカリスマ歴史教師と彼の秘密を知ってしまった女子生徒の交流、教師の闇からの再生を描く。ライアン・ゴズリング主演による幻の衝撃作。
Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage he directed.
スポーツ・エージェントのジェリーは、選手の年俸をつり上げるだけのやり方に疑問を持ち、会社に提言書を提出した。だがクビになってしまい、彼はただ一人共感してくれた会計係のドロシーと共に独立するが、クライアントは、落ち目になったアメリカン・フットボールの選手ロッドだけだった……。キューバ・グッディング・Jrが96年アカデミー賞助演男優賞を受賞。
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Grocery store clerk Simon occasionally sells drugs from his cash register at work, so when soap opera actors Adam and Zack come looking for Ecstasy on a quiet Christmas Eve, they are surprised to find Ronna covering his shift. Desperate for money, Ronna decides to become an impromptu drug dealer, unaware that Adam and Zack are secretly working for obsessed narcotics officer Burke.
パリ・オリンピック陸上短距離で祖国イギリスに金メダルをもたらした2人の若者がいた。ユダヤの血をひいている為、言われなき差別と偏見を受けてきたハロルド。彼にとって走ることは偏見に勝利することであった。一方、宣教師の家に生まれたエリックは神のため、信仰のため走った。
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