Earthquake On Everest (2015)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 44分
演出 : Dick Bower
シノプシス
Eyewitness accounts, incredible home-video and the latest scientific revelations tell the gripping tragedy of an earthquake that unleashed terror on Nepal and the world’s highest mountain.
エベレスト登頂中に起こった実話を元に描くサバイバルアドベンチャー。ロブが率いるエベレスト登頂ツアーの一行は、順調に登山を続けていた。だが、頂上アタックの日、下山が大幅に遅れた上に嵐で天候が急激に悪化し、彼らは散り散りになってしまう。
舞台は1936年。プリンストン大学で教鞭を執る高名な考古学者インディアナ・ジョーンズ教授(インディ)には、世界中の宝物を探し発見するというトレジャーハンターとしての顔があった。ある日、陸軍諜報部よりインディの下にナチス・ドイツがタニスの遺跡を発見して聖櫃(アーク)の発掘に着手したという情報が舞い込む。また情報部が傍受したドイツ軍の電報によれば、聖櫃の在り処を示す重大な手がかりラーの杖飾りはインディの恩師であるアブナー・レイヴンウッド教授の手にあるという。何としてでもナチスより先に聖櫃を手に入れろとの依頼を受け、インディは聖櫃の争奪戦に臨む。
どんな病気も治すという薬草を探し求める探索チーム。自生しているとされる雪山の奥地を目指す彼らだったが、山の守り神でもある雪男は、薬草を盗み出そうとする探索チームに怒りの矛先を向ける。雪男は、彼らを一人ずつ捕らえては、喉を食い裂き、顔面を引きはがし、腕を引きちぎり、はらわたを引きずり出して惨殺していく。探索チームの面々は、雪男に恐怖しながらも薬草を独り占めしようとした末に殺し合いを繰り広げる。
人里離れた雪深い山頂に住む、大きな体で心優しきイエティのミーゴ。おっちょこちょいで臆病な彼は、ある日偶然にも小さな足の伝説の生物“スモールフット(=人間)”と出会う。しかし、誰も信じてくれないばかりか、嘘つきだと、村の掟オキテを守る最長老ストーンキーパーから村の追放を言い渡され、ミーゴは真実をつきとめるため伝説のスモールフットを探す冒険の旅に出る。
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A photojournalist's obsessive quest for the truth about the first expedition to Mt. Everest leads him to search for an esteemed climber who went missing.
One man's struggle to contain the curse he hides within... and his last-ditch attempt to free himself with the love of family. But when it looks as if he is losing his battle, and endangering all he holds most dear, the family dog, Thor, is the last hope for his family's survival... and the end to his Werewolf curse.
『ゴッドファーザー』3部作などの巨匠フランシス・F・コッポラが、幻想文学の鬼才ミルチャ・エリアーデの原作を映画化。人生をやり直す機会が与えられた老齢の言語学者が、切なくもまか不思議な魂の旅を繰り広げる。主演は『神に選ばれし無敵の男』のティム・ロス。共演は『コントロール』などで注目を集めるアレクサンドラ・マリア・ラーラ。正式な新作発表は10年ぶりとなるコッポラの新境地ともいうべき作品世界が楽しめる。
An international team of climbers ascends Mt. Everest in the spring of 1996. The film depicts their lengthy preparations for the climb, their trek to the summit, and their successful return to Base Camp. It also shows many of the challenges the group faced, including avalanches, lack of oxygen, treacherous ice walls, and a deadly blizzard.
As the denizens of a Tibetan village prepare for their arduous annual trek to exchange salt for grain, the community's allegiances are split between aging chieftain Tinle (Thilen Lhondup) and rebellious young Karma (Gurgon Kyap). Tinle tries to maintain his clout and preserve obedience to ancient customs when Karma challenges the old man's power.
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A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord.
Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut on a mountain in Nepal. When the Himalayan monsoons wash away all that remains of the family's crops, Lakshmi's father says she must leave home and take a job to support her family. He introduces her to a glamorous stranger who tells her she will find her a job as a maid in the city. Glad to be able to help, Lakshmi journeys to India and arrives at "Happiness House" full of hope. But she soon learns the unthinkable truth: she has been sold into prostitution...
Six blind Tibetan teenagers climb the Lhakpa-Ri peak of Mount Everest, led by seven-summit blind mountain-climber Erik Weihenmayer.
1953年、陸軍大佐ジョン・ハント率いる362人のイギリス遠征隊が人類未踏の高峰エベレスト初登頂に挑むことになる。先発の第1次アタック隊は体力・酸素不足により登頂を取りやめた、ニュージーランド人のエドモンド・ヒラリーとシェルパのテンジン・ノルゲイから成る第2次アタック隊が頂上を目指すことに。皆の期待を背負った二人を自然の猛威が襲う。
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A team of 20 elite Nepali climbers venture into the Death Zone of Mount Everest to restore their sacred mountain and the contaminated water source of 1.3 billion people. They ascend the highest point on the planet to the 150 bodies of deceased climbers and 100,000 pounds of rubbish that remain on the high slopes of Everest. This is the self-documented story of their life-threatening journey.
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