My Friends (1975)
ジャンル : コメディ
上映時間 : 2時間 20分
演出 : Mario Monicelli
脚本 : Pietro Germi, Piero De Bernardi, Leonardo Benvenuti, Tullio Pinelli
シノプシス
Four middle-aged friends in Florence organize together idle pranks (called zingarate, "gypsy shenanigans") in a continuous attempt to prolong childhood during their adult life.
ビリー、パディ、アーチー、サムの4人組は、幼い頃からの大親友。ある日、唯一独身を貫いてきたビリーが若い娘と結婚することになり、ラスベガスで派手なバチェラー・パーティーを行うため、3人と久しぶりの再会を果たす。久しぶりに羽目を外すことに年甲斐もなく興奮する面々だったが、パディだけは浮かない顔をしていた。先立ったパディの妻のソフィの葬儀に、ビリーが出席しなかったのを根に持っていたのだ。しかし、アーチーがカジノで大勝し、最高級ホテルやクラブで派手に騒ぐうち、次第にパディにも笑顔が戻っていく。ところが、4人の前に美人の歌手が現れたことで、彼女を巡って再びビリーとパディは対立してしまう。対立の原因はそれだけではなく、実は二人には幼い頃から続く大きな確執が隠されていたのだ。
It's the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.
Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance.
順風満帆な人生を歩む5人の男たち。彼らは妻に内緒で共同で部屋を借り、それぞれ浮気相手との情事に利用していた。ところがある日、その部屋で女性の死体が発見される。慌てて部屋に集まった5人は、女性の正体や死の真相について議論を続けるうち、互いに疑心暗鬼に陥っていく。
ジョニー・デップの初主演作で出世作となった同名テレビシリーズを映画化。監督はフィル・ロードとクリストファー・ミラー、脚本はマイケル・バコール。主演は「マネーボール」のジョナ・ヒルと「G.I.ジョー」のチャニング・テイタム。全米で1億ドルを超える興行収入をたたき出し大ヒットとなった。
Best pals Jason and Daniel indulge in casual flings and revel in their carefree, unattached lives. After learning that the marriage of their friend Mikey is over, they gladly welcome him back into their circle. The three young men make a pact to have fun and avoid commitment. However, when all three find themselves involved in serious relationships, they must keep their romances secret from one another.
Doug Harris is a loveable but socially awkward groom-to-be with a problem: he has no best man. With less than two weeks to go until he marries the girl of his dreams, Doug is referred to Jimmy Callahan, owner and CEO of Best Man, Inc., a company that provides flattering best men for socially challenged guys in need. What ensues is a hilarious wedding charade as they try to pull off the big con, and an unexpected budding bromance between Doug and his fake
best man Jimmy.
In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends set out to find the Holy Grail of Christmas parties since their yearly reunion might be coming to an end.
19世紀末の西部史に名高い、二人組の強盗ブッチとサンダンスの逃避行を、哀愁とユーモアをこめて描く。列車強盗としてならしたブッチとサンダンス。しかし、近代化に向かう時代に、彼らの生き方はあまりにも旧弊だった。新たな夢を求めて、二人は南米ボリビアへと旅立つが……。
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
Three lovable party buds try to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke.
A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.
Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must contend with is the jealousy and suspicion that threatens to tear them apart.
R・カスダンが製作から脚本、監督まで務めた痛快娯楽ウェスタン。とある事件で出獄したばかりのエメットは、故郷シルバラードに向かう途中、仲間に身ぐるみをはがされたというペイドンと出会う。エメットの弟で正当防衛の殺人で投獄されていたジェイクを助けて逃亡し、そこへ黒人ガンマンのマルが加勢。4人は一途、シルバラードへ向かうが、しかしそこには土地独占を企てる牧場主が嫌がらせを続けており、エメットの姉夫婦も立ち退きを要求されていた。そして酒場のオーナーで町の保安官として君臨しているコッブ達の悪行に怒ったエメットは仲間と共に一味に戦いを挑む……。
それぞれに事情を抱え惨めな生活を送っていた男3人が大学のそばで同居することになったことから、自宅を非公式の学生友好の場として開放しバカ騒ぎを繰り広げるコメディ。
パラグライダーの事故のために首から下が不自由になり、車いす生活を送る大富豪フィリップ。介護者募集の面接にアフリカ系青年ドリスがやって来る。ドリスは不採用の証明書3枚で支給される失業手当が目的だったが、フィリップは彼を気に入って介護者に採用。介護の訓練が始まるが、マイペースのドリス。しかし、傲慢で気難しいフィリップに対してドリスがシニカルなユーモアや深い教養を示すうち、2人の間に友情が芽生えていく。
After standing in as best man for his longtime friend Carl Petersen, Randy Dupree loses his job, becomes a barfly and attaches himself to the newlywed couple almost permanently -- as their houseguest. But the longer Dupree camps out on their couch, the closer he gets to Carl's bride, Molly, leaving the frustrated groom wondering when his pal will be moving out.
幼なじみのフリオとテノッチは17歳の高校生。溢れるエネルギーを持て余し気味の二人が考えることといえばセックスのことばかり。ところが、肝心のガールフレンドたちは旅行に出かけてしまい、せっかくの夏を何をするでもなく過ごしていた。そんなある日、親戚の結婚式で二人は年上の女性ルイサと知り合う。彼女をドライブに誘うためダメもとで“天国の口”という在りもしないビーチの名を口にする二人。ところが、数日後、夫の浮気を知ったルイサはテノッチに一緒にドライブ旅行に行くと告げる。慌てる二人だったが、チャンスとばかりルイサを連れアテのない旅に出るのだった……。
After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.
仕事に人生をささげた大富豪エドワード(ジャック・ニコルソン)と、家族のために地道に働いてきたカーター(モーガン・フリーマン)は、入院先の病室で知りあった。共に余命は6か月。やりたいことをすべてやり尽くそうと決意し、無謀にも病院を脱出。“やりたいことリスト”を手に、さまざまなことに挑戦する。
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