The Comedian (2016)
nobody's a bargain
ジャンル : コメディ
上映時間 : 2時間 0分
演出 : Taylor Hackford
脚本 : Jeff Ross, Richard LaGravenese, Lewis Friedman, Art Linson
シノプシス
An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger brother and his wife, Jackie is forced to serve out a sentence doing community service for accosting an audience member. While there, he meets Harmony, the daughter of a sleazy Florida real estate mogul, and the two find inspiration in one another, resulting in surprising consequences.
East Friesian Otto moves to the big city Hamburg. There he gets into trouble with a loan shark and needs to find a way to impress his love interest Silvia.
ショッキングな実話をシャーリーズ・セロン主演で映画化。夫の暴力に耐えかねて故郷に戻ってきた女性ジョージーが自分の力で子供を育てるため、炭坑で働くことに。そこで屈辱を受け、やがて彼女は集団訴訟を決意する。
A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. Ripley - ever a student of human nature - initiates a game to turn a mild and innocent local picture framer into a hit man. The artisan, Jonathan Trevanny, who's dying of cancer, has a wife, young son, and little to leave them. If Ripley draws Jonathan into the game, can Ripley maintain control? Does it stop at one killing? What if Ripley develops a conscience?
A retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu and his family live in modern day Taipei, Taiwan. He lives with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each of the daughters encounter new men in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes. Since the family has difficulty expressing their love for each other, the intricate preparation of banquet quality dishes for their Sunday dinners is the surrogate for their familial feelings.
Jerry Falk, an aspiring writer in New York, falls in love at first sight with a free-spirited young woman named Amanda. He has heard the phrase that life is like "anything else," but soon he finds that life with the unpredictable Amanda isn't like anything else at all.
In 17th century New England, witch hunter Giles Redferne captures an evil warlock, but the conjurer eludes death with supernatural help. Flung into the future, the warlock winds up in the 1980s and plans to bring about the end of the world. Redferne follows the enchanter into the modern era and continues his mission, but runs into trouble in such unfamiliar surroundings. With the help of a young woman, can Redferne finally defeat the warlock?
The irreverent host of a political satire talk show decides to run for president and expose corruption in Washington. His stunt goes further than he expects when he actually wins the election, but a software engineer suspects that a computer glitch is responsible for his surprising victory.
近未来の半ば朽ちかけたような港町に子供の失踪事件が続発。実は町に横行する一つ目教団が、沖合に浮かぶ奇妙な実験室に住む天才クローン人間クランク（ダニエル・エミルフォルク）に夢を見させるため、誘拐していたのだ。サーカスの怪力男ワン（ロン・パールマン）の幼い弟ダンレー（ジョゼフ・ルシアン）も誘拐される。ワンは9歳のミエット（ジュディット・ビッテ）率いる孤児の泥棒団に出会う。彼女たちは孤児院を経営するシャム双生児の姉妹の命令下にあり、ワンも腕力を買われて一味に入らされる。ミエットはワンの弟探しに同情して、二人は一つ目教団の本拠に潜入するが捕まり、処刑されることに。
『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。
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Daniele Luttazzi, one of the best italian comedian give his best in this show.
