Recorded in California at the Santa Barbara County Bowl, this live concert appearance from Bob Marley and the Wailers was filmed on November 25, 1979. One of the last shows to be recorded before Marley's untimely demise, the gig is a scintillating mix of reggae classics and provides a fitting epitaph to the influential musician. Tracks include "I Shot the Sheriff," "Exodus," "Is This Love" and many more.
常夏の地・ジャマイカから無謀にもボブスレーチームを組んで、88年カルガリー冬季オリンピックに参戦した男たちの実話を描いたスポ根コメディ。幼い頃から100m走でオリンピックを目指していた主人公が選考会で転倒の巻き添えを食い、出場不可能になってしまう。それでもオリンピック出場の夢を見る彼は冬季五輪のボブスレー競技のことを知り、幼なじみのお調子者や転倒事故で同じく夢破れた2人を巻き込んで、過去に2度金メダルを取ったアメリカ人選手をコーチに招いて練習を開始するのだった……。
Roots Time is the story of "Jah Bull" and "Baboo", two Rastafarians that sell LP records in an old colorful car field for the villages within Jamaica. By chance "Farmer Roots," his favorite radio host makes them finger in an emergency by carrying his sick girlfriend to a hospital. "Jah Bull" and "Baboo" by their Rastafarian principles, do not believe in traditional medicine and convince "Farmer Roots" to take his sick girlfriend to a known herbal doctor called Bongo Hu. Getting to the herbal doctor is much more difficult than they expected and all kinds of adventures happen along the way
ブードゥー教でハーレムを支配し、ソ連・スメルシュの一員でもある黒人犯罪王ミスター・ビッグは、海賊“血まみれモーガン”の財宝の金貨をアメリカ国内に持ち込み資金源としていた。イギリス秘密諜報部員007ジェームズ・ボンドはニューヨークに派遣され、FBIのデクスター主任やCIAのフェリックス・ライターと協力して調査を開始するが、すでにその情報を掴んでいたミスター・ビッグから手荒い歓迎を受ける。だが、霊感能力を持ち、ミスター・ビッグが妻にしようとしているソリテールが寝返り、ボンドは彼女とセントピーターズバーグへ向かうが、そこで彼女は奪い返され、フェリックス・ライターも鮫に片腕・片脚を食いちぎられた姿で送り届けられる。怒りに燃えるボンドは、ジャマイカでミスター・ビッグと最後の対決を行う。
映画史に刻まれるスパイ・アクション映画の金字塔、007シリーズの記念すべき第1作！宇宙ロケットを妨害する怪電波の調査に当たっていたイギリス諜報部員がジャマイカで殺された。早速現地に派遣されたのは、コードネーム＝007ことジェームズ・ボンド。そこで彼はドクター・ノオと名乗る中国人博士が所有する謎の島に秘密が隠されていることを知る......！
17世紀、海賊たちが大海原を荒らしまわっていた遥かなる時代。カリブ海の港町ポートロイヤル。美しい総督の娘エリザベスはかつて海上で助けた少年ウィルが身につけていた黄金のメダルを手に入れ、今も密かに保管していた。そんなある日、突然ブラックパール号に乗ったキャプテン・バルボッサ率いる冷酷な海賊たちが町に現われ、エリザベスがさらわれてしまう。海賊の目的は、彼女がその時身につけていた例のメダルだった。一方、鍛冶屋で働く逞しい若者へと成長したウィルは、幽閉されていた元ブラックパール号船長で一匹狼の海賊ジャック・スパロウと手を組み、エリザベスの救出に向かうのだが…。
A powerful portrait of the leaders of the reggae music Movement, and how Reggae has become a worldwide phenomenon. The film showcases performances by the best Reggae and Dance Hall artists ever assembled. From their native ghetto to international fame, "Made in Jamaica" is the story of the artists who represent the Jamaican Dream.
Ivanhoe Martin arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lands a recording contract as a reggae singer. He records his first song, "The Harder They Come," but after a bitter dispute with a manipulative producer named Hilton, soon finds himself resorting to petty crime in order to pay the bills. He deals marijuana, kills some abusive cops and earns local folk hero status. Meanwhile, his record is topping the charts.
Horsemouth, a drummer living in a ghetto of Kingston, plans to make money selling records. After his prized motorcycle is stolen, his plans fall through and he's forced to adapt.
Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.
Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. Directed by Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland), MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best.
Jamaica, 1973. When a young boy witnesses his brother’s assassination, a powerful Don gives him a home. But 10 years later, when he’s sent to London, his past catches up to him.
一獲千金を夢見るバーテンダーが、真実の愛に目覚めるまでを描いた青春映画。軍隊を除隊したブライアンはエリートビジネスマンになろうとニューヨークに降り立った。しかし学歴のない彼を雇う企業はどこにも無く、通りすがりにバーの求人をみつけアルバイトをしながら大学に通う事にするが……。
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, end as an exhilarating voyage of self discovery as Stella learns to open her heart and find love - even if it's with a man 20 years her junior.
This is the never-before-told story of one of the most influential artists ever to come out of Jamaica, Toots Hibbert. It features intimate new performances and interviews with Toots, rare archive from throughout his career, and interviews with contemporaries and well-known admirers including Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Jimmy Cliff, Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Marcia Griffiths and Paolo Nutini.
When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners in ridding the Caribbean of buccaneers. When one of them apparently abducts the previous governor's pretty daughter and joins up with the rebels, things are set for a fight.
Urgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, and post-punk acts, filmed in 1980. Among the artists featured in the movie are Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Magazine, The Go-Go's, Toyah Willcox, The Fleshtones, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, X, XTC, Devo, The Cramps, Oingo Boingo, Dead Kennedys, Gary Numan, Klaus Nomi, Wall of Voodoo, Pere Ubu, Steel Pulse, Surf Punks, 999, UB40, Echo & the Bunnymen and The Police. These were many of the most popular groups on the New Wave scene; in keeping with the spirit of the scene, the film also features several less famous acts, and one completely obscure group, Invisible Sex, in what appears to be their only public performance.
Dramatisation of Jean Rhys's novel set in 19th-century Jamaica. The tragic story of the first Mrs Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre centres on an arranged marriage between a white Creole heiress and a brooding Englishman, who fall in love only to be torn apart by rumours, paranoia and a cultural divide.
This is a story about a mother's love for her child and an activist's love for his country - and the stakes are life and death. Spanning five countries, THE ABOMINABLE CRIME explores the impacts of homophobia through the eyes of two gay Jamaicans who are forced to choose between their homeland and their lives. Simone, a young lesbian mother, survives being shot outside of her home by anti-gay gunmen. She must choose between living in hiding with her daughter in Jamaica or traveling alone to seek safety and asylum abroad. Maurice, Jamaica's leading gay-rights activist, is outed shortly after filing a lawsuit to overturn Jamaica's anti-sodomy law. He escapes to Canada, but decides to return to continue his activism.
