永遠のモータウン (2002)
The soul behind the sound.
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー, 音楽
上映時間 : 1時間 56分
演出 : Paul Justman
シノプシス
マーヴィン・ゲイ、スティーヴィー・ワンダー、ジャクソン・ファイブ、スモーキー・ロビンソン&ミラクルズをはじめ、錚々たる有名アーティストを輩出し、数え切れないほどの名曲をヒットチャートに送り込んだモータウン・レーベル。その黄金期を支え、“モータウン・サウンド”を確立したのがレコーディング・バンド“ファンク・ブラザース”だった。しかしレコードに演奏者をクレジットする習慣のなかった60年代当時、彼らの名前が一般に知られることはなく、彼らの偉業が顧みられることはなかった。本作は、そんな彼らの偉大な足跡を、貴重な当時のインタビューや演奏シーンなどを基に振り返る。
Justin Cobb, a teenager in suburban Oregon, copes with his thumb-sucking problem, romance, and his diagnosis with ADHD and subsequent experience using Ritalin.
バンドをクビにされ、ルームメイトのネッドからも追い出されたデューイは名門小学校で代用教員をしているネッドになりすましバイト感覚で学校へ行くが……。<ミュージシャンでもあるジャック・ブラックが破天荒なロッカー教師を演じるコメディータッチの人間ドラマ。名門小学校にそぐわないニセ教師と小学生たちがロックを通じて交流を深める、笑いと風刺、感動、そして涙ありの作品。監督に「オースティン映画批評家協会」の設立者であるリチャード・リンクレイター。脚本は本作で友人役を演じるマイク・ホワイト。実際に楽器を演奏している子役たちの演奏の巧さもにも注目。>
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