In the Company of Actors (2007)
From a rehearsal room in Sydney through to opening night in New York, a company of actors reveals the magic and struggle of creating theatre.
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 1時間 15分
演出 : Ian Darling
シノプシス
Within the world of theatre the rehearsal room is a sacred space -- the private domain where boundaries are pushed, risks taken, mistakes made, vulnerabilities exposed and, at its very best, magic created. It's not a place into which the public is often, if ever, invited. Until now; In The Company of Actors features an ensemble of Australia's finest actors, including Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving, as they prepare to perform the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Hedda Gabler, at the prestigious Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. Opening night is just five weeks away and the pressure is on.
オーストラリア、グレートバリアリーフ。広大な海の中でカクレクマノミの400個の卵が孵化しようとしていた。しかし、無事に生まれたのは母親の命と引き換えに助かったたった1つだけ。父マーリンは、この子を“ニモ”と名付け、同じ悲劇を繰り返さないと誓い過保護なまでに大事に育てていく。そして6歳になったニモに、初めて学校へ行く日がやって来る。しかし、突然の悲劇がニモを襲う。彼は、人間のダイバーにさらわれてしまったのだ。打ちひしがれるマーリンだったが、陽気なナンヨウハギ、ドリーの助けを借りてニモを取り戻す旅へと出るのだった。
In Bangkok, the young Kham was raised by his father in the jungle with elephants as members of their family. When his old elephant and the baby Kern are stolen by criminals, Kham finds that the animals were sent to Sidney. He travels to Australia, where he locates the baby elephant in a restaurant owned by the evil Madame Rose, the leader of an international Thai mafia. With the support of the efficient Thai sergeant Mark, who was involved in a conspiracy, Kham fights to rescue the animal from the mobsters.
Mary-Kate and Ashley star in this Down Under adventure filled with nonstop Aussie intrigue, laughs and romance. After running afoul of a notorious gangster, Mary-Kate and Ashley take refuge in the FBI Witness Protection Program. Unfortunately, the girls are uncontrollable blabbermouths and they blow their cover in town after town until there's only one hiding place left - Australia.
Adapted from the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John, Ladies in Black is an alluring and tender-hearted comedy drama about the lives of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney.
病を抱える16歳の女子高生ミラは、ふとしたことから孤独な不良青年モーゼスと出会い、恋に落ちる。両親のアナとヘンリーは、ミラの初めての恋を心配し猛反対するが、ミラは怖いもの知らずで自分を特別扱いせずに接してくれるモーゼスに惹かれ、彼との刺激的でカラフルに色づいた日々を駆け抜けていく- しかし…。
Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.
In an abandoned psychiatric hospital, a theatre group experiments with insomnia for the preparation of a stage play. With the passage of days without sleep, they reach new thresholds of perception that expose them to the secrets of the place and the energies that inhabit it. When Bianca, a young, promising actress, joins the cast, competing for the lead role, she must survive not only the intensity of the work and her cast mates, but the unknown force that is pulling them towards a tragic outcome.
Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.
Brett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. As he returns to his family house and we watch him and his brothers, Stevie and Glenn, for the next 24 hours, it becomes clear this day will not end well.
Beloved Neapolitan actor and playwright Eduardo Scarpetta, father of Eduardo De Filippo, devoted his entire life to the theater, achieving success with timeless works such as "Miseria e nobiltà." However, everything he worked for seems lost in 1904, when he's drawn into a nasty legal battle that could compromise his freedom of expression.
Servais Mont, a freelance photographer who works taking compromising photos, gets fascinated by Nadine Chevalier, a tormented low-budget movie actress married to an eccentric film photo collector.
A group of lifelong friends reunite to celebrate a special birthday, with Sydney's iconic Palm Beach providing a stunning backdrop for the unfolding drama. The good times roll, with loads of laughter, lavish meals, flowing wine and fantastic music, but slowly tensions mount and deep secrets arise.
Lloyd Newson interviewed more than 50 men asking them frank questions, initially about love and sex. One of those men was John.
Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.
A mostly true account of future Hollywood star Errol Flynn's sea adventures in the early thirties, sailing from Australia to Papua in search of gold, along with his best friend Rex, a former Canadian smuggler; Dook, a handy English gentleman; and Charlie, a grumpy old sailor.
The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show girls from disparate backgrounds brought together in a theatrical hostel. Centres particularly on the conflict and growing friendship between Terry Randall, a rich girl confident in her talent and ability to make it to the top on the stage, and Jean Maitland, a world weary and cynical trouper who has taken the hard knocks of the ruthless and over-populated world of the Broadway apprentice.
An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. He finds zero penetration in a valley owned by an old man who makes his own soft drinks, and visits the valley to see why. After "the Kid's" persistence is tested he's given a tour of the man's plant, and they begin talking of a joint venture. Things get more complicated when the Coca-Cola man begins falling in love with his temporary secretary, who seems to have connections to the valley.
Thomas is turning 16. His dad's in the army and they've just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who's autistic, has his own adolescent sexual issues. Thomas finds Charlie an embarrassment in public, so when Thomas is attracted to Jackie, a girl in his swim class, Charlie presents any number of obstacles when she drops by their house, when the three of them go for a walk, and during a family birthday dinner. Can Thomas find a way to enter the world of teen romance and still be his brother's keeper, or is Charlie's disability going to prove more than Thomas can handle?
気の弱い牧師のオスカーと、自由人の女性実業家・ルシンダ。無類のギャンブル好きであったことから出会い、深い絆で結ばれた彼らの一風変わった愛の物語。レイフ・ファインズ、ケイト・ブランシェットの美男・美女が共演している。
舞台“アンチェイン”で同性愛者の役を演じることになったジェハとヨンウ。アイドルであるヨンウは、練習初日から遅刻し、台本すらめくろうとしない。全くやる気がないヨンウに、先輩である舞台俳優ジェハは苛立ちを隠せないでいた。台本読みをふざけているヨンウにキレたジェハは、突如彼に詰め寄り渾身の演技をする。すると、今まで全く無反応だったヨンウの目から涙が…。その日を境にヨンウは、演技に関することをジェハに聞いたり習ったりと急に積極的になる。やがて 2人は劇中に使用する小道具を買いに、町まで出かけるほどの仲になる。 ある日、稽古中、癇癪をおこし舞台から飛び出したヨンウを、ジェハは彼の気が治まるまでそっと待ち続けた。そんなジェハの優しさに心が熱くなるヨンウ。それを機に、グッと距離が縮まった二人。ヨンウをただの後輩として可愛がっていたジェハだったが、演技からではなく、彼を愛おしく思う気持ちが芽生えていたことに気づき、驚く。今まで同性に抱いたことがなかった新たな感情に戸惑い、イライラするジェハだったが…。 感情移入しすぎるあまり、自身の感情のコントロールがきかなくなったベテラン俳優と若き俳優とのプラトニックなラブロマンスを描いた作品。
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