The Air Up There (1994)
ジャンル : ファミリー, コメディ
上映時間 : 1時間 47分
演出 : Paul Michael Glaser
シノプシス
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.
Quincy McCall and Monica Wright grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.
High school football coach, Harold Jones befriends Radio, a mentally-challenged man who becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina. Their friendship extends over several decades, where Radio transforms from a shy, tormented man into an inspiration to his community.
At an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber yard. In order to succeed, he must first win the favour of the elitist Judge Smails, and then the caddy golf tournament which Smails sponsors.
Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. Iceman Chambers is the heavyweight champion, who lost his title due to a rape conviction to ten years in Sweetwater. WHen these two giants collide in the same prison, they fight against each other disputing who is the real champion.
Two former Olympians, one a figure skater and the other a hockey player, pin their hopes of one last shot at Olympic glory on one another. That is, of course, if they can keep from killing each other in the process...
第二次大戦下のドイツ捕虜収容所。連合軍捕虜の気晴らしだったサッカーが、いつしか連合軍とドイツ・チームの対決に発展。大観衆が見守る試合中、捕虜チームは脱走計画を実行しようとするが……。
U.S. soldier Frank Dux has come to Hong Kong to be accepted into the Kumite, a highly secret and extremely violent martial arts competition. While trying to gain access into the underground world of clandestine fighters, he also has to avoid military officers who consider him to be AWOL. After enduring a difficult training and beginning a romance with journalist Janice Kent, Frank is given the opportunity to fight. But can he survive?
1943年、第二次世界大戦真只中のアメリカ。プロ野球選手たちも次々と戦場へ駆り出され、大リーグの運営は危機を迎えていた。オレゴンの片田舎に住むソフトボール・リーグ選手、ドティ・ヒンソンとキット・ケラーの姉妹のところへ、ある日プロ野球のスカウトマンが訪ねてきて、近く発足する全米女子プロ野球リーグに参加しないかと誘う。
After Gordon Bombay's hockey comeback is cut short he is named coach of Team USA Hockey for the Junior Goodwill Games. Bombay reunites the Mighty Ducks and introduces a few new players, however, he finds himself distracted by his newfound fame and must regather if the Ducks are to defeat tournament favourites Iceland.
空手の達人ミヤギは、戦友の孫娘のジュリーに出会う。両親を亡くし心を閉ざす彼女は、高校でも嫌がらせを受けていた。そんな彼女にミヤギは空手を教えることに。
Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players. But he had the drive and the spirit of 5 people and has set his sights upon joining the team.
“黄金の右”と呼ばれるサッカー選手ファンは、チームメイトのハンが持ちかけた八百長試合に荷担したことがきっかけで自慢の脚を折られてしまった。夢半ばで諦めざるを得なかったファン。それから20年、ファンは、いまやサッカー界の首領として君臨するハンの雑用係にまで落ちぶれていた。そんなある日、ファンは街で不思議な青年シンと出会う。少林拳を信奉する彼は、くず拾いをしながら道行く人に少林拳を説いて回っていた。ファンはふとしたことからシンの超人的な脚力を見抜き、自らがなし得なかった夢をシンに託すべく、彼にサッカーを教え込むのだった。
Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.
After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naive hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.
It's all extreme sports and a life of freedom as Max sets off for college -- but Goofy misses Max so much he loses his job and goes to finish college alongside Max and his friends. But as Goofy tries to get closer to Max, both must go to the extreme to learn how to live their own lives together.
テネシー州メンフィス。裕福な白人家庭の夫人リー・アンは冬の夜、近所の道を薄着で歩くアフリカ系少年マイケルを見かけ、同情して彼を家に泊める。家庭に恵まれないマイケルは最近、私立校に入学させられたが、すっかり落ちこぼれていた。リー・アンと家族は純真なマイケルに感心し、そのまま彼を家に住まわせて家族と同様に接する。やがて学力が改善したマイケルは、競技のルールも知らないまま入ったアメフト部で活躍していく。
1994年、マンデラはついに南アフリカ共和国初の黒人大統領となる。いまだにアパルトヘイトによる人種差別や経済格差の残る国をまとめるため、彼はラグビーチームの再建を図る。1995年に自国で開催するラグビー・ワールド・カップに向け、マンデラとチームキャプテンのピナールは、一致団結して前進する。
うだつの上がらないスタンダップ・コメディアン、アルビーは、知り合った美女アニーと意気投合して同棲生活を始めるが、うまくいくのは最初だけ。次第に相手のイヤなところが気になり出した二人の間には見えない溝ができ上がっていた。そしてアニーの前に現れた人気歌手のカリフォルニアへの誘いが二人の仲にピリオドを打つ決定的なものとなった。
実在のミドル級ボクサー、ジェイク・ラモッタの栄光と挫折の半生。試合シーンの壮絶な迫力は筆舌に尽くし難く、ボクシング映画としてのクォリティも高いが、あくまでも作品の根底にあるのは、自らの猜疑心によって妻や弟を失う男を描いた人間ドラマ。引退後のシーンのため体重を25キロ増やしてまで破滅型の主人公を演じきったデ・ニーロはアカデミー主演男優賞を受賞。全編のほとんどを占める白黒画面も美しい。
The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain Torrance, the Toros' road to total cheer glory takes a shady turn when she discovers that their perfectly-choreographed routines were in fact stolen.
