サーカスの世界 (1964)
John Wayne Wild Across the World!
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 2時間 15分
演出 : Henry Hathaway
脚本 : Ben Hecht
シノプシス
Circus owner Matt Masters is beset by disasters as he attempts a European tour of his circus. At the same time, he is caught in an emotional bind between his adopted daughter and her mother.
A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, with two fanciful "instincts" guiding him as swooping bird-like acrobats initially menace, then delight. As an adolescent, he enters a desert, where a man spins a large cube of metal tubing. He leaves his instinct-guides behind, and enters a garden where two statues dance in a pond. As he watches their sensual acrobatics of love, he becomes a man. He is offered wealth (represented by a golden hat) by a devil figure. In a richly decorated room, a scruffy troupe of a dozen acrobats and a little girl reawaken the old man's youthful nature and love.
曲撃ち、荒馬乗り、ナイフ投げ。団員6人を引き連れ全米各地を巡業するリーダー、ブロンコ・ビリー……。クリント・イーストウッドが妙技に挑戦した現代版ウエスタン。自ら監督も手がけている。
Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
過去と未来をつなぐドラリオンが、人類と自然の調和を求めて永遠の旅へ出る――。エンタテインメント業界に革命を起こし続け、従来のサーカス概念を根底から覆してしまった、スーパー・パフォーマンス集団“シルク・ドゥ・ソレイユ”。今や全世界から絶賛を浴びる彼らが、五感のすべてを躍動させる壮大で荘厳な旅ドラリオンへと誘う。古来中国から伝わる伝統的な曲芸と、芸術性溢れる華麗なアクロバティック・パフォーマンスが見事に融合!幻想的でありながらダイナミックに繰り広げられる究極のエンタテインメントワールド、それが『ドラリオン』だ。この興奮と驚嘆に、世代を超越し大人も子供も胸が高鳴る！
A family of aerialists decides to go after the $250,000 prize being offered to any group that can execute a complicated trapeze maneuver. However, personal dramas and financial difficulties soon threaten to overtake the flyers' pursuit of the elusive quadruple somersault. The film received a Robert Award as the best Danish film of 1985.
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Odd little circus film about trapeze artists and obsessive love.
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A French PR man (Terence de Marney) and his girlfriend (Phyllis Dixey) steal a lottery ticket from twin trapeze artists (Herbert Lom), prompting murder.
A cobbler gets a job in a Circus as a janitor, recommended by the beautiful girl rider of the show. But later, he gets in trouble when he involves in dangerous acts, such as the trapeze. Obviously, our friend will risk his life by the love of his new girlfriend.
Hélène and Aldo Giovanni are a circus trapeze double act and a couple. Aldo is temporarily replaced by former-partner Alexandre when the former is injured. The two get into a fight and the following day Alexandre is discovered dead. Hélène suspects her husband is responsible for the murder.
Bugs Bunny is hired to perform in Colonel Korny's Circus alongside Bruno the Magnificent, the Slobokian Acrobatic Bear, but Bruno doesn't want to share the limelight.
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having an accident during his family's trapeze act in the army variety show, which also features a gallery of MGM stars.
Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden agenda, involving the President and General Custer.
