Harmonica (1974)

セルジオ・レオーネ監督が、主演チャールズ･ブロンソンをはじめ豪華出演陣で描く西部劇の傑作。土地を狙う鉄道王モートンの差し金で夫を失ったジル。その後も執拗に狙われる彼女にもとに謎のガンマンが現れて……。

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.

A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.

Alvin learns the true meaning of Christmas.

A homage and parody of 1950s and 1960s Thai romantic melodramas and action films. Dum, the son of a peasant falls in love with Rumpoey, the daughter of a wealthy and respected family. The star-crossed lovers are torn apart for years, but their forbidden love survives. When tragedy strikes, Dum unleashes his rage and becomes the gun-slinging outlaw the "Black Tiger" who will stop at nothing to seek his revenge.

Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band who constantly practices. Soon, Jimmy finds himself trying to help the band by getting them gigs and trying to reconcile the family with his uncle.

Near the end of the war in Germany, GI Steve Boland, a self-described "sharp-operator", meets a German girl, Ilsa, and they fall in love. Ilsa's brother Karl, whom she has not seen in three years, and his fellow Nazi Ludwig visit Ilsa. Karl proudly informs her that he and Ludwig are "Werewolves", a group of Nazi assassins parachuted behind Allied lines for the purpose of killing Allied High Command officers. She and Steve go to Army Intelligence with their information, where Steve is immediately arrested for being A.W.O.L. Captain Melton of Army G-2 intervenes on Steve's behalf, as G-2 has had a suspicion about the existence of the "Werewolves" but no concrete info before now.

Set on the southern coast of Iran, "Harmonica" begins as a young boy receives a musical present from abroad. Fascinated and envious, his friends make him the leader of the pack, as they compete for the privilege of holding the harmonica or even blowing a few notes, until the games and horseplay begin to take on a sinister edge.

Musical comedy directed by Edward F. Cline

After a long stay at the hospital Peter Sanders comes home to die. ‘Homecoming’ follows Peter’s last days and his troubled relationship with Joanne, an adulterous wife who desperately tries to reach to him, and Lindsay, his nine-year-old daughter who tries to cure him with love and Bob Dylan songs. Peter soon realizes that he’s not fighting the inevitability of death but his own fears and frustrations.

Two men in adjoining duplexes, good friends, are enchanted by the song of a bird. One buys a small harmonica and learns to play it; he keeps his neighbor awake. The neighbor buys a larger harmonica, and an arms race ensues; the instruments get larger, until it's a piano vs. a pipe organ, and then they start bringing in larger groups of friends until an entire orchestra is playing the 1812 Overture. The houses collapse from all this, atop the dueling orchestras, and on their way up to heaven, the man puts his small harmonica up for sale.

In this old-time Western from director George Sherman, peaceable cowpoke Jack Summers takes the job of sheriff to help his adopted town in its bid to beat out a nearby settlement for a lucrative railroad contract. Trailcross is trying to get the new railroad and Stevens wants it to go to Mason City. Jack and sidekick Nevady arrive and when Jack faces down Stevens' men, he is made Marshal. The townspeople raise money for the railroad and entrust it to Jack. But Stevens plants two of his henchmen as Jack's escorts and they rob him. With the Railroad Officials due to arrive, Jack must retrieve the money.

Film biography of Eileen Joyce, the celebrated Australian pianist, concentrating on her childhood in the Tasmanian bush and the Kalgoorlie goldfields. Opening and closing scenes showed the pianist herself performing at a concert.

Arguably Larry Gottheim’s most exuberant experiment in the single-shot, single-roll format (and his first with a soundtrack), HARMONICA trains the camera on a friend improvising a tune in the backseat of a moving car. Held out the window, the harmonica becomes a musical conduit for the wind, while Gottheim's film transforms before our eyes into a playful meditation on wrangling the natural elements into art. - Max Goldberg

After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.

カリフォルニア州に住むミラー判事(ブラッドリー・ウィットフォード)のもとで暮らしていた雑種犬のバックは、4歳のときにさらわれて売り飛ばされ、そり犬として働いていた。その後再び売られて厳しい環境で重労働を強いられていたところを、一人で旅をしていたソーントン(ハリソン・フォード)に助けられる。世話をされるうちに、ソーントンとの間に信頼と友情が芽生え、彼らは地図にない地を目指す冒険に出る。

ある真夜中、マルホランド・ドライブで車の衝突事故が発生。ただ独り助かった黒髪の女は、ハリウッドの街までなんとか辿り着き、留守宅へ忍び込む。すると、そこは有名女優ルースの家だった。そして、直後にやってきたルースの姪ベティに見つかってしまう。ベティは、とっさにリタと名乗ったこの女を叔母の友人と思い込むが、すぐに見知らぬ他人であることを知った。何も思い出せないと打ち明けるリタ。手掛かりは大金と謎の青い鍵が入った彼女のバッグ。ベティは同情と好奇心から、リタの記憶を取り戻す手助けを買って出るのだが…。

名作パニック映画『ポセイドン・アドベンチャー』を大胆にリメイク。巨大な津波の襲来で豪華客船ポセイドン号は転覆し、乗客の生命が多数失われた。わずかな生存者のなかで、脱出を試みるギャンブラー、ディランだったが……。

1986年、フロリダ。ヒッチハイクをしながら売春する毎日に疲れ果てたアイリーンだが、ある少女と運命的に出会う。相手のセルビーは同性愛者で、家族や社会からつまはじきにされ、アイリーン同様、絶望と疎外感を募らせていた。2人は意気投合し、どこかで一緒に暮らそうと決心。やがてアイリーンは売春業を再開するようになるが、ある客に森の奥へ連れ込まれて暴力をふるわれた彼女は反撃した結果、相手を殺してしまう。

ロンドン。英国の新首相デヴィッドは着任早々、秘書のナタリーに一目ぼれ。最愛の妻を亡くしたダニエルは、妻の連れ子から恋に悩んでいると明かされる。作家ジェイミーは、言葉が通じないポルトガル人のメイドに好意を。3人の子どもがいるハリーとカレンの夫妻だが、ハリーは会社の若い部下と浮気をしていた。ハリーの会社に勤めるサラは入社以来ずっとある同僚に片思い中などなど、人々はさまざまな想いを胸に聖夜を迎えていく。