The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning (1937)
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 10分
演出 : Jacques Tourneur
シノプシス
Carey Wilson narrates this MGM Miniature short in which an average office worker suffers all week-end because his boss, who had a bad case of indigestion, didn't speak to him when he came to work on Friday and is convinced he is going to get fired.
ニューヨークにやって来た青年スレヴン(ジョシュ・ハートネット)は友人に間違えられ、大物ギャングのボス(モーガン・フリーマン)に拉致されてしまう。ボスは借金返済の代わりに敵対するギャング、ラビ(ベン・キングズレー)の息子殺害を命令。しぶしぶ了解したスレヴンは、その後まもなく今度はラビに誘拐される。
タイを舞台に、製氷工場を隠れ蓑にして麻薬を密売しているギャングの一味に、次々と従兄弟達を殺されたチェンが怒りを爆発、ギャングのボスやドラ息子に復讐の闘いを挑む。
It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
物語の舞台は1958年のアメリカ合衆国。大学を卒業したばかりのノーヴィル・バーンズは、ニューヨークに出て職探しに励む。経験の無さからなかなか仕事が見つからなかったが、ようやくハッドサッカー社の郵便室に職を得た。一方、ハッドサッカー社の社長ウェアリング・ハッドサッカーは、何を思ったのか会議中に重役室の窓から身投げをしてしまう。取締役シドニー・J・マスバーガーはこれを好機と見て会社の買収に動き出す。会社の株価を下げるため間抜けを社長に据える必要の出たマスバーガー。そんな彼が新社長に選んだのは、青二才のノーヴィルだった。
Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.
Sara Shaw is the type of woman who prefers to sit on the sidelines at work, but when her big idea for a Christmas initiative is stolen, she makes a wish to Santa that she'll finally have the courage to stand up for herself. Santa grants her wish, but only gives her 48 hours. As the clock ticks, Sara will discover how to channel the Christmas magic and speak her mind all on her own.
Two friends are invited for a weekend to a luxury island with their boss. The boss gets killed and nobody seems to notice, except for the two friends. In order not to become suspects of murder they treat the body as a puppet and make people believe he's still alive. The killer wants to do his job so when he is informed that the stiff is still alive he's got to shoot him again, and again, and again.
人間が、全人生の記憶を記録した「ゾーイ」と呼ばれるマイクロ・チップを脳に埋め込むようになったという近未来の社会が舞台。そして、上流階級の間ではその映像を編集してもらい、「追悼上映会」として葬式の後に公開することが流行っていた。ところが、そうやって人の記憶を編集することについて異を唱える人も多かった。 ゾーイ記録映像の編集者、アラン・ハックマン(ロビン・ウィリアムズ)は、ゾーイ製造元「アイテック社」の顧問弁護士、バニスター氏の追悼上映会用映像を依頼される。かつて編集者であったフレッシャー(ジム・カヴィーゼル)は、アイテック社の不正を暴くべく、アランにバニスターのゾーイチップを渡すよう頼んだが、断られた。 ある日の作業中、バニスターの記憶映像の中に、自分の幼少期以来の記憶において大きな影響を与えてきた人物が成人したと思われる姿を見付ける。アランは、てっきり彼は自分のせいで死んでしまったものと思いこんでいたのである。 果たして自分の記憶は正しかったのか、アランは真相を確かめようとする。
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自らの地位を広告会社の重役まで押し上げた、野心的な女性クリスティーン。アシスタントのイザベルは、そんなクリスティーンを羨望のまなざしで見つめていた。しかし、狡猾なクリスティーンにアイデアを横取りされ、恋人にも裏切られてしまったイザベルは、クリスティーンへの殺意を抱くようになり…。
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