December (2009)
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 31分
演出 : Hilmar Oddsson
シノプシス
December is a present-day tale set in Reykjavik during the holiday season. Jonni (Tomas Lemarquis) returns to Iceland to spend Christmas with his family and to record an album with his old (one-hit-wonder) band. He soon finds out that circumstances in his family have changed dramatically and his friends have moved on. We follow Jonni as he deals with this blunt new reality. Tomas Lemarquis, the star of Noi the Albino, plays Jonni, a musician who after a long time living abroad returns to home Iceland to spend Christmas with his family and record an album with his old (one-hit-wonder) band. He soon finds out that family circumstances have changed dramatically and that his friends have moved on. Dealing with this blunt new reality, Jonni also has to wrestle with the reigniting of an old flame, as he helps his family make Christmas merry in spite of everything.
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.
Determined to unseat Steve Finch's reign as the town's holiday season king, Buddy Hall plasters his house with so many decorative lights that it'll be visible from space! When their wives bond, and their kids follow suit, the two men only escalate their rivalry - and their decorating.
While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.
エドワードは、発明家の博士によって生み出された人造人間。だが、完成直前に博士が急死してしまった為、彼は両手がハサミのままこの世に残されてしまう。その後、ゴースト屋敷のような丘の上の家で、顔が傷だらけで孤独な日々を送っていた彼の元にある日、化粧品のセールス・ウーマンのペグが訪ねて来た。心優しい彼女は、そんな彼の姿に同情し、自分の家に連れて帰る。そうして家の中へ通された彼は、写真に写っているペグの娘キムに心奪われ、彼女に恋してしまう。
1959年、12月。従業員31,259名を擁するニューヨークの保険会社。19階の大部屋に勤める C. C. バクスター(ジャック・レモン)。勤続3年10カ月、礼儀正しく、数字に強く、押しに弱い"バド"の週給は94ドル70セント。 セントラルパーク近くの家賃月額85ドルの (くつろげて、独身向き) アパートに暮らすバドは、なし崩し的に続いている「バドの部屋のまた貸し」を当てにし私生活に割り込んでくる課長ら上司の、色恋の絡む、あってないような空き予約をなかなか断り切れずにいた。
南北戦争の最中。米・マサチューセッツ州に住むマーチ家の四人姉妹は、気丈な母を中心に出征した父のいない家を守っていた。青春の煌きの中で希望に燃え、愛と哀しみを分かち合い、身も心も美しく成長していく姉妹たち。
収穫祭の賞品として農場主アーサーにもらわれた子ブタのベイブ。牧羊犬の母犬フライはベイブに農場のルールを教えた上、自分の子供たちと同じようにベイブを可愛がってくれる。
Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to fulfill his obligations, or else he'll be forced to give up his Yuletide gig.
An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.
Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
ニューヨーク西34丁目にある老舗デパートのコールズは、営業不振に苦しんでいた。そんな中、クリスマス恒例のパレード開始直後にサンタクロース役が酔い潰れてしまい、責任者のドリーは、偶然居合わせた老人クリスを代役に起用する。サンタのイメージにぴったりのクリスの活躍でパレードは大成功を収め、デパートの売り上げも急上昇。しかし、ライバルのデパートの社長たちの陰謀によって、事態は思わぬ方向に…。
動物学者の両親を持つケイディは、ずっとアフリカで暮らしていたが、16歳になってアメリカ合衆国のシカゴの郊外に引っ越してきた。新しい環境に馴染めるかと心配する両親をよそに楽天的なケイディだったが、いざ学校に行ってみると、そこは細かいルールが幅を利かす世界だった。すぐにジャニスとダミアンという友人が出来るも、ケイディは戸惑うばかり。そんなある時、同級生レジーナをクイーンとする人気グループ"Plastics"に気に入られる。 ＜リンジー・ローハン主演の学園コメディ。保護者指導教員であるロザリンド・ワイズマンのノンフィクション『女の子って、どうして傷つけあうの？（Queen Bees and Wannabes）』が原作となっている。＞
ニューヨークのTV局に勤める若社長フランクは、視聴率と金儲けのために生きる傲慢な男。クリスマスの夜、そんな彼の前に3人のゴーストが現れる……。ビル・マーレイ主演の現代版『クリスマス・キャロル』。
An escaped maniac returns to his childhood home on Christmas Eve, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one.
A father, who can't keep his promises, dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has the final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic publisher.
13 year old kind-hearted Sonja arrives at a tiny village together with a company of bandits. But there is a curse on the village. A long time ago, the King’s only daughter Goldhair disappeared while searching for the Christmas Star. The Queen died of a broken heart, leaving the shattered King all on his own. From that day on, the King cursed the Christmas Star, thereby causing darkness and grief to descend upon the land. However, an old sage has revealed that Goldhair is still alive, and will return only if the King finds the way back to the Christmas Star. Ever since, the King has been searching for the Christmas Star every Christmas, but all in vain.
When four generations of the Cooper clan come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, leading them all toward a surprising rediscovery of family bonds and the spirit of the holiday.
１８６０年代。マサチューセッツ州で暮らすマーチ家の４姉妹は南北戦争に出征中である父親の無事を祈るが、作家を目指す次女ジョーはニューヨークに引っ越す。四女エイミーはパリに行き、幼なじみのローリーと再会するが、ローリーはジョーを相手に失恋した過去があった。長女メグはローリーの家庭教師からのプロポーズを受け、彼と結婚。やがて三女ベスの病気が悪化したと知ったジョーは、急いでマサチューセッツに舞い戻り……。
