Riverboat Rhythm (1946)
YOU'LL ROAR TO THE RHYTHM OF THE FUN RIOT ON THE RIVER!
ジャンル : コメディ
上映時間 : 1時間 5分
演出 : Leslie Goodwins
脚本 : Charles E. Roberts
シノプシス
A financially-strapped showboat captain struggles to stay in business.
伝説のインディオ、シリシャマ族を求めて南米アマゾンに来た映画作家のテリーら撮影隊は、シリシャマ族を探している途中で遭難していた密猟者・サローンを助ける。最初は温厚な態度をとっていたサローンだったが、巨大蛇アナコンダが現れるや否や本性を曝け出し、アナコンダ捕獲の目的遂行の為にテリー達を支配してしまう。テリー達はサローンとオオアナコンダの脅威から逃げ延びることは出来るのか…。
ベトナム戦争が真っただ中のサイゴン。アメリカ陸軍情報部のウィラード大尉にある密命が下される。それは、カンボジアに特殊任務で赴いたままジャングル奥地に自らの王国を築き、カリスマ的な存在と化した危険人物カーツ大佐を暗殺せよ、というもの。任務を全うすべく、ウィラード大尉は4人の部下とともに哨戒艇に乗り込み川をさかのぼる。道中、極限状態に晒され続けた彼らは幾多の異常な世界を体験していく。やがて彼らはついに、ジャングルの奥深く、カーツ大佐が潜伏する“王国”へと辿り着くのだった。
ディズニーランドでおなじみの人気アトラクション「ジャングルクルーズ」を実写映画化したアクションアドベンチャー。アマゾンのジャングルの奥深くに「“奇跡の花”を手にした者は永遠の命を手にする」という不老不死の伝説があった。行動力と研究心を兼ね備えた植物博士のリリーは、この秘密の花を求めて危険に満ちたアマゾンへ旅立つ。リリーが旅の相棒に選んだのは、現地を知り尽くしたクルーズツアーの船長フランク。ジャングルに生息する珍しい動物やスリルあふれる先住民の村、滝の裏側など名所の数々を、時にジョークを交えながら観光客相手にガイドしているフランクだったが、彼にもまた、奇跡の花を求める、ある理由があった。「伝説に近づく者は呪われる」と言われる、アマゾン奥地の「クリスタルの涙」を目指してジャングルを進むリリーたち。そこで彼らは恐るべき真実を知り、奇跡の花をめぐる争奪戦に巻き込まれる。フランク役に「ワイルド・スピード」シリーズのドウェイン・ジョンソン、リリー役に「メリー・ポピンズ リターンズ」「イントゥ・ザ・ウッズ」のエミリー・ブラント。監督は「トレイン・ミッション」「フライト・ゲーム」のジャウム・コレット=セラ。2021年7月29日から劇場公開され、7月30日からDisney+でも配信(追加料金が必要なプレミアアクセスで公開)。
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