Made for Play: Board Games and Modern Industry (2013)

Detroit’s story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century – the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle class; the love affair with automobiles; the flowering of the American dream; and now… the collapse of the economy and the fading American mythos.

「モンスター上司」のジェイソン・ベイトマンと「きみに読む物語」のレイチェル・マクアダムスが夫婦役で共演し、謎解きゲーム中に本物の犯罪に巻き込まれてしまった人々を描いたコメディドラマ。ゲーム好きな夫婦マックスとアニーは、週に1度、友人たちと集まって様々なゲームに興じていた。ある日、彼らはマックスの兄ブルックスが企画した謎解きゲームをすることになるが、そこへ覆面姿の男たちが侵入してきてブルックスを誘拐してしまう。しかし参加者たちは演出だと勘違いし、ゲームを攻略するべくブルックスの行方を追うが……。

1954年、ニュー・イングランドのとある地域にある大邸宅で、ディナー・パーティが開かれる。ゲストの顔ぶれは、上院議員ピーコック夫人、ワシントンのホステスとしてすご腕を発揮している。ワズワース、殺人を目のあたりにしても少しも騒がない無表情な男だ。ある重要人物の未亡人で腹黒い女ホワイト夫人、精神料医プラム教授、上品な官僚グリーン氏。いばりちらしてばかりいるマスタード大佐、セクシーでずる賢く自分の欲しいものを手に入れる術を心得ているスカーレット。他にフランス人メイド、イヴェット、ボディ氏らの面々だ。その夜、パーティーは緊張の中で開かれやがて彼らの秘密が暴かれる。

ダニーは兄のウォルターにかまってほしいためにボールを投げてふざけていると手もとが狂いボールがウォルターの顔に当たってしまう。怒ったウォルターはダニーを地下室に閉じ込めてしまうが、ダニーはそこで「ザスーラ」というボード・ゲームを見つける。

Lucy Hill is an ambitious up-and-coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, she loves her cars and she loves climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offered a temporary assignment — in the middle of nowhere — to restructure a manufacturing plant, she jumps at the opportunity, knowing that a big promotion is close at hand. What begins as a straightforward assignment becomes a life-changing experience as Lucy discovers greater meaning in her life and, most unexpectedly, the man of her dreams.

Kill or be killed is the golden rule of the Game of Death. Sucks for seven millennials who ignored that rule. Now each one's head will explode unless they kill someone. Will they turn on each other to survive, or will this sunny day be the last for the innocent people of their middle-of-nowhere town?

In 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization with the strong support of a Democratic President and Republican Congress. Before the ink was dry on this free trade agreement, China began flooding U.S. markets with illegally subsidized exports while the big multinational companies that had lobbied heavily for the agreement rapidly accelerated the off shoring of American jobs to China. Today, as a result of the biggest shell game in American history, China has stolen millions of our jobs, corporate profits are soaring, and we now owe over $3 trillion to the world's largest totalitarian nation. This film is about how that happened... and why the best jobs program for America is trade reform with China.

Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association (ABA). In 1976 before the ABA collapses, the National Basketball Association (NBA) plans to merge with the best teams of the ABA at the end of the season. Only the top four teams will make the move and the worst teams will fold. The Tropics are the worst team in the league and if they want to make it to the NBA, Jackie Moon must rally his team and start winning. The only problem is the fact that Jackie Moon is not really the coach and star basketball player he thinks he is. To keep his team from oblivion and leave his mark in the city, Jackie Moon must inspire his team to win fourth place in the playoffs.

At any given moment hundreds of people are soaring above us in a 747. From the moment the very first jumbo jet took off in 1969, it has been the aircraft against which all others are judged. But its 45-year journey has been anything but smooth. This is the definitive story of the Boeing 747, from its milestones and triumphs to its turning points and disasters. Witness its history through rare archival footage and tales from pilots, engineers, designers, and passengers who were there when it all began.

Two estranged brothers reunite at their missing father's video store to liquidate the property and sell off his assets. As they dig through the store, they find a VCR board game titled 'Beyond the Gates' that holds a connection to their father's disappearance and deadly consequences for anyone who plays it.

The owner of a factory that produces flavor extracts, Joel Reynold seems to have it all, but really doesn't. What's missing is sexual attention from his wife, Suzie. Joel hatches a convoluted plan to get Suzie to cheat on him, thereby clearing the way for Joel to have an affair with Cindy, an employee. But what Joel doesn't know is that Cindy is a sociopathic con artist, and a freak workplace accident clears the way for her to ruin Joel forever.

After his engagement ends badly, Josh decides to take advantage of his bachelor-party plans in Ojai, California, with the few friends still willing to join him. Focused on drugs and their own hangups, his self-absorbed friends refuse to confront the elephant in the room and ask Josh how he’s feeling. As welcome and unwelcome guests stop by, Josh will attempt to find some closure over this weekend with the guys.

ボードに浮かび上がった指示通りの事が現実となってしまう呪われたゲーム“ジュマンジ”をめぐるパニック・ファンタジー。100年前に封印された奇妙なボードゲームを手に入れた少年アランは友だちのサリーとゲームを始める。だが、ボードのメッセージ通りの事が起きた上、アランはどこかに消えてしまった。それから26年後、売りに出されていた屋敷に移り住んできた幼い姉弟ジョディとピーターは屋根裏部屋でそのゲーム“ジュマンジ”を発見する。

An independent documentary film about the phenomenal resurgence of the modular synthesizer — exploring the passions, obsessions and dreams of people who have dedicated part of their lives to this esoteric electronic music machine. Inventors, musicians, and enthusiasts are interviewed about their relationship with the modular synthesizer — for many, it's an all-consuming passion.

プロの囲碁棋士テソクは、サルスのチームの陰謀により兄を亡くし、さらには殺人の寃罪をかけられてしまう。 数年後、サルスチームへの復讐を誓ったテソクは全国の有名な選手たちを集め、負ければ生きて帰ることは許されない悪名高きサルスチームに勝負を挑む。

An agoraphobic woman with autism begins summoning spirits to be her friends while her brother/caretaker is gone during the day, but the more time she spends with the spirits the more it becomes clear they aren't so friendly after all.

Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story shows how the classic board game has become a worldwide cultural phenomenon and follows the colorful players who come together to compete for the coveted title of Monopoly World Champion.

American Made Movie looks back on the glory days of U.S. manufacturing when there was a more balanced relationship between the goods produced and consumed, and illustrates how technology and globalization have changed the competitive landscape for companies doing business in America, as well as overseas. By illustrating the successes of companies and entrepreneurs that, of their own accord, have prospered without adopting the practices of their competitors, American Made Movie shows the positive impact these jobs can have on national and local economies in the face of great challenges.

We examine the unique manufacturing ecosystem that has emerged, gaining access to the world’s leading hardware-prototyping culture whilst challenging misconceptions from the west. The film looks at how the evolution of “Shanzhai” – or copycat manufacturing – has transformed traditional models of business, distribution and innovation, and asks what the rest of the world can learn from this so-called “Silicon Valley of hardware".

Young Ivan Drago's newfound love of board games catapults him into the fantastical and competitive world of game invention, and pits him against the inventor Morodian, who has long desired to destroy the city of Zyl, founded by Ivan's grandfather. To save his family and defeat Morodian, Ivan must come to know what it is to be a true games maker.